this is bbc news. i'm ben bland. our top stories: zimba bwe‘s newly elected president appeals for unity after violence following his election victory. iurge i urge everyone to be calm and peaceful and to look forward. lawyers for harvey weinstein try to have the criminal case against him alleging rape thrown out of court. emergency services in spain and portugal are on standby this weekend, with warnings that temperatures could reach 48 degrees celsius. and britain's theresa may visits the french president at his holiday retreat, to push her vision for brexit. hello and welcome to bbc world news. zimbabwe's president emmerson mnangagwa

has called for peace and unity after being accused of winning a "fraudulent and illegitimate" election. opposition leader, nelson chamisa, has refused to accept the result and claims he can prove that the electoral process was rigged. the us has said its observers are reviewing the election‘s outcome and called for "graciousness in defeat". our africa editor fergal keane reports from the capital harare. "open for business". the newly elected president's voice, as the the police order people back to work. this a day after the army pushed them home. who really runs this country and what kind of zimbabwe is it becoming? questions on the morning after victory. we were there in the early hours of the morning when the result was finally declared after days of waiting. emmerson mnangagwa of the zanu—pf party is duly declared elected president of the republic of zimbabwe with respect

—— effect from the 3rd of august 2018. cheering. there you have it, quarter to one in the morning. the news that emmerson mnangagwa becomes the president of zimbabwe after this highly contested, volatile election. the slenderest of majorities amid claims of rigging, but it is enough for these party loyalists. this is a story of parallel politics. for elsewhere in the city there was terror, soldiers beat civilians in several opposition strongholds. this man told us how they had attacked around 50 people at a bar. "we were just beaten and i don't know why," he says. "i lost consciousness, they beat men and women with rifle butts and whips". he showed us the bruises on his body. as these reports were emerging,

a public relations disaster for the government. riot police arrived at a hotel where journalists had gathered to hear the opposition leader. they were pushed out. isn't this a democracy, i asked? no luck, there. then, a government minister arrived. at first there were angry exchanges with mdc supporters. a senior zanu—pf figure has appeared. he is arguing with a member of the opposition, trying to get control of the situation. why did you come here? why did i come? yes. because i was told there was going to be a press conference, but the police want to cancel it. i'm saying, let's go ahead. and so the opposition leader was able to appear, partly thanks to a minister's intervention. significantly, he called on his own supporters

to disavow violence. we are a democratic organisation and we do not believe in violence. we do not believe in anarchy. we do not believe in the use of weapons of war. and within the hour, the president himself had decided to speak. no triumphalism, but an appeal to his defeated opponent. to nelson chamisa, i want to say that you have a crucial role to play in zimba bwe‘s present, and in its unfolding future. i watched the press conference with his foreign minister, a keen ally of the president. who is really in charge in this country? the president or the security people? in fact, that question, i can answer it when i am asleep. i know very clearly, it is president mnangagwa who is in charge. and very firm indeed. tonight zimbabwe must hope

for a more tolerant politics. it is by no means guaranteed. earlier, fergal explained what could happen next and the options available to the two parties. you have two things going on. the opposition talking about taking their concerns over the election, their concerns over the election, their claims of reading, the court. at the same time you have a discussion going on within the movement for democratic change about the strategies they undertook during the strategies they undertook during the election campaign. to hear nelson chamisa say violence was not an option, we are party of peace, is an option, we are party of peace, is a message that the opposition is not going to call it supporters onto the street and risk the kind of violence

we saw a few days ago. there were also questions for emmerson mnangagwa. he needs to show he has control of the security forces. the kind of events that took place last night harm massively his attempts to draw international support and get the kind of investment, the funding from the well back, which this country needs to rescue it from the crisis created by the decades of robert mugabe's rule. emmerson mnangagwa has the biggestjob of all. the hollywood film producer, harvey weinstein, is attempting to have criminal charges against him dismissed. his lawyers say evidence was not disclosed, which they say shows he was involved in a long—term relationship with one of the women he's accused of raping. he denies the charges. let's speak to our correspondent paul blake, in new york, for more details. what is the argument that lawyers

are making? or a three different parts to this case but the centre of the argument coming out today in reports from the courtroom centre around e—mails that have emerged from the defence that relates to the 2013 alleged rape case. the defence said they show a long—term consensual relationship between harvery weinstein and the woman alleging the assault. the e—mails spanned from weeks after the alleged assault up to four years afterwards, never once relating to the assault. we do not know who the woman is. her identity is the protected in this case. the other two cases, from 2004 and 2006, the lawyers claimed they should be from now on the galaxies. prosecutors have not been able give a specific enough date for the

alleged crime, in one of them, instead have given a three—month period. in the other case, they say the prosecutors did not give the defence enough of a warning, notification, that they were giving serious charges against mr weinstein. what happens next? harvery weinstein was one of the most famous hollywood producers in the film industry. since october his career has imploded. he was the person whose allegations against in kick off this mitu movement. —— metoo. it looks like the trial will go ahead in september. as europe sweats its way through another heatwave, people in portugal and spain

are bracing themselves for the continent's highest—ever temperatures. on friday thermometer readings nudged 46.4 degrees in el granado, in southern spain, near the portugese border. but, forecasters say the current european record of 48 degrees could be broken in the coming days. sima kotecha reports from cordoba. a city exhausted by the heat. there is little movement today. sweltering conditions are having an impact on the younger and older generations. translation: i drink a lot of water, igoto translation: i drink a lot of water, i go to the swimming pool and i have assessed in the afternoon. translation: or people did not go out. you will not see anybody in the street because everybody is home

with theirfamily street because everybody is home with their family and air—conditioning. with their family and air-conditioning. temperatures have been the highest in the country over the last few days with the gauge peaking at 45 degrees it yesterday. an hour or so away in the southern region of andalusia that was concerned. people want to see everything and visit all the places but they are not used to the heat. you can go inside the places but do not walk around at midday. because it is very bad news for them. this heat is almost unbearable. it is coming from hot air from south africa and stagnating. the great mosque dominates the centre of cordoba. it attracts tourists from across the world. for those from

britain, the tirade weather is unbearable. we feel we are absolutely melting. we are dodging the sun and trying to stay hydrate. we just got in the car in the air—conditioning, travelled for an hour. is that ice cream cooling you down a bit? yes. in neighbouring portugal it has also been intense with similar temperatures. it is often said that britain's like complaining about the weather now it seems even the spanish are catching the habit. —— brittons stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: the nuclear bunker made out of buses. we get a tour of a rather unusual hideaway in canada. the question was whether we want to save our people,

and japanese as well, and win the war and taking a chance to win the war by killing our young men. the invasion began at 2am. mr bush, like most other people, was clearly caught by surprise. we call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all the iraqi forces. 100 years old and still full of vigor, vitality and enjoyment of life. no other king or queen in british history has lived so long, and the queen mother is said to be quietly very pleased indeed that she's achieved this landmark anniversary. this is a pivotal moment for the church as an international movement. the question now is whether the american vote will lead to a split in the anglican community. this is bbc news.

the latest headlines: zimbabwe's newly relected president insists the country's election was fair, free and credible, but calls for calm after violence that's left six people dead. harvey weinstein's lawyers are trying to get the criminal rape case against him thrown out of court. the british prime minister theresa may's attempts to sell her brexit plans have taken her to france, where tonight she's had talks and had dinner with president macron. this is just after the governor of the bank of england intervened in the brexit debate, warning the chance of a "no deal" is "uncomfortably high". but mark carney‘s comments have been criticised by some brexiteers, who say he's scarmongering. our business editor simonjack reports. wish you were here. this is the

holiday. government ministers are touring the scorching capitals of europe, hoping to persuade leaders to get behind its proposed deal with the eu. the prime minister even cut short her own holiday to join the french president on his. meanwhile, the governor of the bank of england cranked up the temper trap them with the strongly worded warning. the possibility of a no deal is uncomfortably high at this point. it does mean that potential disruption, certainly it means disruption to trade as we know it. and as a consequence of that, disruption to the of economic activity, changes higher prices for a period of time. the governor of the bank of england doesn't say anything by mistake. he knows every utterance is clearly scrutinised, so this was a very deliberate in that —— intervention

from a governor who thinks it is his job to highlight risks to the financial system, a governor who thinks —— to people think is too political. the canadian bank manager who won't be here in a while also has taught us that everything that is going to be terrible and the end of the world. —— told. he said that before but the british people said no, we are coming out of the european union and i am afraid people like the manager at of the bank of england have got to accept it. but the boss of r35 today bank of england have got to accept it. but the boss of rbs today said the uncertainty of how we leave is affecting the value and prospect the back of a bank still largely owned by the taxpayer. we are preparing this bank for a very, very slow time in 2019. no matter what happens through brexit, or we are able to look after our customer base, it brings down the share price and stocks. so there is a brexit discount on uk focused stock? 's is.

any uncertainty brings a discount. the bank of england might be sweating about the brexit outcome of a governor also offer reassurance. buffer —— the financial system will be ready for that undesirable and still unlikely possibility. the financial system will be ready. ready, but hardly willing. tonight, french president emmanuel macron is entertaining guests on a mission. not the holiday either would have hoped for. adam fleming has been following theresa may's visit. we know absolutely nothing about how this meeting has gone tonight the odd what the two leaders had for their five course dinner. now that doesn't mean it was a trail for a disaster, just that this is part of a very long process that will end in a very long process that will end in a couple of months with a political declaration by those the eu and the uk about the shape of their future relationship in the years and decades after brexit. theresa may hopes that the political declaration looks quite like the white paper her

government published last month, so she is on a tour to understand that her fellow leaders understand every pa rt her fellow leaders understand every part of that so they don't miss it. she faces the few challenges on this journey, not least the fact that 27 remaining members of the eu negotiate as one. chester win over more thanjust negotiate as one. chester win over more than just one or two of them, evenif more than just one or two of them, even if they are pal. it secondly, michel barnier has already identified a few areas of the british blue print that conflicts with the eu's guidelines and they wa nt with the eu's guidelines and they want theresa may to focus on those still unresolved issues of the divorce, the departure at the northern irish border. she still has plenty of work to do, ipx —— i expect there will be many more five course dinners in glamorous locations. more than 500 people have died in heavy rains in india so far this year, and there's still a month of the monsoon season to go.

the north—eastern state of assam has been badly hit with more than a 100,000 people affected by flooding. because of the devastation, several camps have been set up for those who've lost their homes. nick beake reports. water is painting a dramatic new picture in many corners of india. ricefields now sprawling late, schools submerged. communities cut off. —— lakes. cap coping with the annual monsoon floods is a way of life you. at this year, it is the threat to life that is causing such alarm. at this release centre, the strain of flood after flood is taking its toll on this mother of two. this happens to us every year. translation: i am so tired of it. my entire family was crying last night because the water was neck high and

no one can to rescue us. “— because the water was neck high and no one can to rescue us. —— cane. because the water was neck high and no one can to rescue us. -- cane. as we venture to moora mode starts of assa m we venture to moora mode starts of assam state, it feels like an aquatic ghost town, but then signs of life and we meet those who refuse to abandon their homes. translation: what will i do if i leave this place? i have my house, my field is here. somewhere else, i will have nothing. i stayed here. somewhere else, i will have nothing. istayed here here. somewhere else, i will have nothing. i stayed here because i wa nt to nothing. i stayed here because i want to protect my house and all that i have. they tried to bring as many of the animals inside as possible, along with the scooters, but before he is completely caked with thick mud where the water came rushing in. if you just double inside the bedroom you will see that they have tried to stack up as much of the furniture as possible, but really they are fighting an extremely difficult battle and this is why. were told the river normally is why. were told the river normally is about half a kilometre away from here, today the water has rushed all

the way towards us, it now com pletely the way towards us, it now completely surrounds this house, leaving the owner of totally isolated. some of india's biggest cities have also been inundated. this, mumbai, and a hospital deluged. fish swim among the patients in their beds. many are furious that have not been better protected. the indian authorities deny they have neglected their people and even criticised these flooded protesters. they are simply miscreants and we have, we were able to disperse them and no relief camp is without relief. many scientists say climate change will bring more flooding from increasingly destruct with storms and yet some of the world ‘s most porous and balwyn will people are at risk. —— vulnerable ——

the world ‘s poorest and vulnerable people. let's get some of the day's other news. at least 25 people have been killed in a suicide attack on a mosque in eastern afghanistan. two men wearing women's burqas opened fire on shia muslims attending friday prayers. dozens of people were injured, including children. it's unclear who carried out the attack, although the islamic state group has targeted the shia minority in the past. chile has become the first latin american country to ban plastic bags. president sebastian pinera marked the historic law by handing out cloth bags. small shops now have two years to phase out plastic bags, larger business have six months. in the meantime, customers can only have two plastic bags each. china says said it will levy new tariffs on more than 5,200 us products if the white house moves forward with its latest tariff threat. they duties would range from 5%—25% on $60bn worth of us products. the us has said it's considering even higher tariffs on $200 billion of chinese goods than it initially planned. chinese officials have accused the us of "unilaterally" heightening tensions between the

two economic giants. there might be a lot going on in the world right now, but most of us haven't got to the stage of building a nuclear bunker to escape from it all. but canadian bruce beach has been preparing for the worst case scenario in a pretty unusual way. he's created a shelter using more buses. let's take a look. well, i thought the years this is it. i keep saying that they can't get any worse than this. if they do... —— but they do. we put the first four buses in in

1980. initially this shelter was built for 1000 people and the government standard at that time was ten square feet per person. and they halved the standards, so it is 500. ok, so i will just lead you through. standards, so it is 500. ok, so i willjust lead you through. this is the key corner of any shelter, because this is what stops the radiation and just comes down the hallway and runs into that wall, radiation will turn corners. these are people coming in with sidearms, they drop hit so they don't take them on. decontamination pub, the contamination table, that contamination table, that contamination shall. this bunker is

fought 96 kids, we sleep then here 48 ata fought 96 kids, we sleep then here 48 at a time on two shifts. i expect it will serve people mostly in the local community, i don't think people will have the opportunity to ta ke people will have the opportunity to take any great distance to get here. there is the question about whether the community will come in and join me, soi the community will come in and join me, so i don't know! rather than seeing these catastrophes that are going to happen as being the end of the world, you see it as the beginning ofa world, you see it as the beginning of a new age. humanity is going to acrobat and then hopefully re—establish so there will be world peace and humanity will move forward from this point. it is just at the bottom age ran our. —— edge right

now. now if that wasn't strange enough for you, there's a story from boise, idaho that has been keeping us all busy on twitter today — watching a suburban neighbourhood be invaded by goats. the news was broken by reporter joe parris, whose tweet about the goats attracted 83,000 likes and 36,000 retweets. joe posted this video of the goats devouring everything in sight. the party was brought to an end when the owners of the escaped animals — a firm called we rent goats — were called to come and get them. the goats normally go on hire to eat noxious weeds, but carried out their services for free on a few lawns today. when i first saw that i thought you have goat to be kidding. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @benmbland. see you soon. hello there. we had a bit of rain

around on friday across parts of northern england, north wales, into the midlands at most places was another warm and dry day. this is how weak ended the day in topsham in devon. heading towards the weekend we will see things like this, more spells of sunshine around and it is looking dry and warm wherever you are. just the chance of the chao across northern and western parts of scotla nd across northern and western parts of scotland but it should be a dry weekend elsewhere. heading through the day on saturday, we have high pressure building its way in from the west, a couple of weak weather fronts pushing further south across the uk introducing slightly fresher conditions to northern and western parts of. to the south—east of england at this early keep the heat and humidity through the day on saturday. most places on the best of sunshine towards the south and east, whereas northwest, we will have a bit more clout, perhaps the odd

shower. breaches not quite as hot, the yellow colours on the map but down towards southern england we will see those red colours returning. the heat building once again in the south—east, temperatures of 33 celsius on fridays at the 29 or 30 degrees by the time it gets to saturday, not quite as hot and slightly fresher furthermore. overnight into sunday and most of us are saying bright —— staying dry with white wind, not as quiet as humid as it has been. a few showers towards the north—west of scotland, dry elsewhere and bridges falling between 12— 16 degrees almost towns and cities as sunday morning. the second half of the weekend and it is high pressure once again that is going to be driving our weather, moving its way in from the west and holding on for the next few days. sunday looks like another dry day, northern scotland senior bit more clout, bringing the prospect of a few more showers to the highlands of scotland. sunny spells for scotland, northern ireland and northern england, on

spells of sunshine for england and wales and it is to the south—east that we see the highest temperatures. 1829 degrees for most of us on sunday. into monday and we will start to see a bit more cloud with a weak front into northern ireland and the west of scotland, one or two showers and perhaps in the far north of england. again, a dry day with lots of sunshine and white wind. because it had won celsius, a little bit more warmer over time it gets to monday and a touch fresher north. to the middle pa rt touch fresher north. to the middle part of the week and those temperatures will get down a little bit, most places staying dry. a few showers in the west. bye bye. this is bbc news, the headlines: zimba bwe's newly re—elected president emmerson mnangagwa has called for peace and unity after being accused of winning a "fraudulent and illegitimate" election by the opposition mdc alliance. there have been some clashes with police. the mdc leader nelson chamisa says he'll challenge the result in court. the hollywood film producer, harvey weinstein,

is trying to have criminal charges against him of rape dismissed. his legal team are arguing that prosecutors should have shared email evidence with the grand jury that indicted him. mr weinstein denies all the charges. britain's prime minister, theresa may, has held informal talks with france's president macron at his summer retreat, to try to push her plan for leaving the european union. it's the latest in a series of british meetings with individual european leaders to try to secure a brexit agreement. the sister of a woman missing for more than a week, has made an emotional appeal for help in finding her.