a man appears in court accused of the murder of 28—year—old midwife samantha eastwood. her body was discovered on saturday, eight days after she was reported missing. 32—year—old michael stirling, the brother—in—law of her ex—fiance, is remanded in custody charged with her murder. we'll be getting the latest from our correspondent in north staffordshire. also this lunchtime: thousands of residents and tourists are evacuated from the indonesian island of lombok after another powerful earthquake, the second in a week, leaves more than 90 people dead. england cricketer ben stokes arrives at court to face trial for affray along with two other men. potential jurors are asked if they are cricket fans supporting either england or india. police in the us state of new mexico rescue 11 starving and dishevelled children who were being kept in squalid conditions in a remote desert compound. two men are arrested accused of child abuse. hundreds of firefighters tackle blazes in portugal, as countries around the world are hit by soaring temperatures and heatwaves. golf's cinderella story — georgia hall celebrates

her women's british open triumph, herfirst tour win, and all with the help of her father's unchanged socks. i'm quite superstitious, and my dad's even worse, so he was like, "yeah, i'm just going to keep them on." "it's going to be worth it, hopefully." and coming up on bbc news, adam peaty goes for his second of four possible golds after his team qualify for the mixed medley relay final at the european championships. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a man has appeared in court in staffordshire charged with the murder of the midwife samantha eastwood. her body was found on saturday, eight days after she was last seen leaving work at royal stoke university hospital. michael stirling, who's 32

and from stoke—on trent, was remanded in custody. our correspondent caroline davies is at the court in newcastle—under—lyme. yes, a very brief appearance by michael stirling here this morning at north staffordshire magistrates court, he spoke only to confirm his name, his age and his address. this isa name, his age and his address. this is a community still in shock, waiting to find out what happened to popular midwife samantha eastwood. warm, generous, with a great sense of humour — samantha eastwood, a 28—year—old midwife, was reported missing ten days ago. her disappearance has now become a murder inquiry. appearing in court, 32—year—old michael stirling was charged with samantha's murder. michael is thought to have known samantha. he's her former fiance's brother—in—law. samantha's engagement ended earlier this year. this is the last known image of samantha, here on the left,

leaving her night shift at the royal hospital stoke university ten days ago. when she didn't arrive for a ship that evening, her colleagues raised the alarm. on friday, samantha's sister made an emotional appeal for anyone with information to come forward. she's my best friend and partner in crime. without her, half of me is gone. samantha's body was found on saturday in rural staffordshire, ten miles from her home. michael stirling left the magistrates court after hearing the charges. your next appeared via video link on wednesday at stafford crown court. two men have been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, both have been released on conditional bail. this isjust the start of this process, and as yet we have not heard any indication about a plea from michael stirling. caroline, thank you very much.

thousands of tourists and residents have been left stranded after a second earthquake in a week hits the holiday island of lombok. officials in indonesia say they have begun an evacuation of parts of the area. some of those waiting to leave the nearby gili islands are said to be "hurt and in shock". at least 91 people are known to have died. jane—frances kelly reports. chaotic scenes greeted people waiting to be rescued on the beaches. thousands were on the move, trying to get to safety, but the authorities struggled to meet demand. translation: most victims were killed by collapsed buildings. evacuations being done step by step due to a shortage of vessels. tourists from the nearby gili islands travelled to lombok in the hope of getting flights home but it was far from easy. it's terrible. it's terrible what is happening in the gili, but i don't know how to go to the airport. despite the devastation, lombok airport is continuing to operate, allowing tourists to cut short their holidays and leave. one dutch man who injured his knee was in a restaurant

when he felt the effects of the powerful earthquake. the noise was crazy, so i thought this is as bad an an earthquake, so i started running to the exit. then everybody who was the restaurant was also running through the exit, so there was like a big stampede, and everyone fell, and there were like three or four people fell on top of me. the earthquake, with the magnitude of 6.9, happened early on sunday evening, the second in a week to hit lombok. indonesia is prone to them due to its location on the pacific ring of fire, an arc of volcanos and fault—lines. those hurt were taken to damaged hospitals and makeshift clinics, as medical staff tried to cope with the sudden influx. indonesia's president has called for the immediate evacuation of the injured. translation: i have said work should be carried out as fast as possible to bring out the dead and injured, as well as to provide emergency aid, and put on more flights to collect people stuck in more remote areas.

the country's disaster management agency said military and aid teams were delivering tents and medical aid, but the earthquake has damaged roads and bridges, making it difficult to move around. it's expected the numbers of confirmed dead will rise in the coming days. jane—frances kelly, bbc news. the england cricketer ben stokes has gone on trial accused of affray, following an incident in bristol last september. the durham all—rounder and two other men — 28—year—old ryan ali and ryan hale, who's 27 — deny the charge. our correspondent phil mackie is at bristol crown court. phil. yes, simon, this was described by the case for the prosecution not as a moment of trivial unpleasantness, he said it was a sustained episode of significant violence which left

onlookers shocked. it involves an incident which took place outside a city centre nightclub called embargo on monday the 20th of september last year. ben stokes, of course, was the hero of the edgbaston test match on saturday, today here bristol crown court surrounded by a phalanx of photographers, and he has been sitting in the dock this morning for the opening of this trial, alongside his co—defendants, ryan ali and ryan hale, who are both also accused of the charge of affray in relation to this incident that happened outside the nightclub last year. all three we re the nightclub last year. all three were described as young men of promise, ben stokes, the international cricketer, ryan hale and ryan ali, one a veteran of the war in afghanistan, the other works for the emergency services. the trial itself is expected to last until next week, and beforejury we re until next week, and beforejury were selected to sit in this case, they will ask a number of questions, one of which was whether or not any of them had an extreme passion for

cricket. none of them said they had, and so they were empanelled to sit in this trial. the case will continue after a brief adjournment this afternoon. simon. phil mackie in bristol, thank you very much. new figures show drug deaths involving the misuse of the powerful painkiller fentanyl in england and wales have risen by almost a third. forms of the drug, which is used to treat cancer pain, are often imported illegally and sold to users via the dark web. meanwhile, the office for national statistics says that deaths from synthetic drugs designed to mimic cannabis halved in 2017. police have rescued ii starving and emaciated children from a filthy makeshift compound in the us state of new mexico. officers searching for a missing three—year—old raided the site near the state border with colorado. the child was not there, but they found 11 others being kept without enough food and water. rachel wright reports. a makeshift compound in the deserts of new mexico. a prison for 11 children. a small underground caravan covered by plastic and

surrounded by tyres, with no running water or electricity. police searched the site after receiving a note which said, "we are starving and need food and water." they found the emaciated children, aged between one and 15, wearing dirty rags with no shoes. there's annie ings, oatmeal and rice... —— onions. the owners of the property, jason and tanya badger, were unaware of what had been happening there. they did the cuddle thing. but not right here. the police also found three women believed to be the children's mothers, and two heavily armed men, siraj wahhaj, who is already wanted for the suspected abduction of his three—year—old son, and lucas morton. both men were arrested and charged. all 11 children have been placed in protective custody. the raid on the compound followed a two—month investigation by the police and the fbi.

the local sheriff said in all his 30 years on thejob, he had never seen anything like this. rachel wright, bbc news. the cost of rural crime is soaring, it was up to £16 million last year, and farmers across the uk are resorting to medieval methods to try and protect their equipment. according to the insurance company nfu mutual, some farmers, as well as using modern technology, such as cctv, floodlighting and motion sensors, have also built trenches to protect their properties against a growing wave of vehicle, equipment and livestock theft by organised gangs. ian white reports. it's an idea that comes from medieval times — moving mounds of earth to create trenches, ditches and barriers to stop criminals getting onto farmland. this team in gloucestershire is encouraged by the police and is provided free of charge by local companies. this year, we're seeing people bringing things like earth banks, the sort of medieval fortifications last used a thousand years ago,

they're putting up stockade like fences around their farms, and using these in conjunction with hi—tech security, like cctv. as you can see, ian, here we are on top of a hill. a mile over that hilltop, and you're into west yorkshire and keighley... yorkshire sheep farmer david knows only too well what it's like to be targeted by criminals. his farm in craven spans five miles across three counties, and thieves come at him from all directions. in the last sort of 18 months, it has got beyond a joke. we were being visited at least once a fortnight. i would put it down to two different groups. one group were pinching tools and small items. but our biggest problem is our quad bikes. with equipment costing hundreds of thousands of pounds being kept in remote, isolated areas, sophisticated, sometimes dangerous gangs of criminals know exactly

what they're looking for. we know organised crime gangs are working notjust across europe but across the world, and that will be paying for other things, that will be paying for large quantities of drugs to come back in, that will be paying for debts to be paid off, that will be paying forfirearms smuggling. different police forces have different priorities, so there's a lack ofjoined—up thinking when it to tackling rural crime. the government says police funding will increase by over £160 million this year, with around 280 million going directly to forces to spend on local priorities. what we're trying to do is make sure it's harder in every place for criminals to make profit, and to make people safer by working effectively together, understanding what are our tactics, and understanding, as we find here today, what works, what is good for this, and how do we give our officers the best opportunity to chase after criminals. the fear now is that if the police can't help, farmers could be tempted to take the law into their own hands. god help me if i ever caught one in the act, you know, and it's wrong, but, you know, i couldn't say

what i would do to them. every chief constable in england has now signed up to a national plan to tackle rural crime, but the police say farmers too must do more to keep their property safe. ian white, bbc news. our top story this lunchtime: a man appears in court charged with the murder of midwife samantha eastwood. her body was discovered on saturday, eight days after she was reported missing. and coming up from japan to south yorkshire, four endangered bears travel thousands of miles to be rehomed here in the uk. coming up on bbc news, with a silver medal and a place in history books, the ireland squad return to dublin following their stunning run to the final of the hockey world cup. forecasters are predicting temperatures across the uk will fall

back down to average for this time of year by the end of the week. but across many other parts of the world heatwaves are continuing. in portugal, hundreds of firefighters are continuing to try and control a major wildfire in the algarve. neighbouring spain continues to swelter in temperatures close to a0 degrees. and it's notjust in europe — on the other side of the world, japan and australia are also trying to cope with extreme weather, as richard lister reports. looming over this village in southern portugal, a mountain of fire. it's been burning for three days. the extreme heat in the region has turned it into a tinderbox. as the via muslera, homeowners have been returning to see what is left. this woman was reunited with the animals she was paul scully behind, they have all had a lucky escape. on they have all had a lucky escape. on

the portuguese coast, the heatwave is driving people away from the cafes — the streets are deserted as people seek shade. it is hard, this man says, we're brazilian and we have never seen heat like this. it is too hard, says anna, it is true it is the summer, but we cannot breathe. parts of switzerland have seen the hottestjuly since records began, so hard that this ageing nuclear power plant has been forced to scale back electricity production to scale back electricity production to keep vital equipment cool. the drought here means crops are struggling too. that is notjust a european problem. in australia's new south wales, it is winter, but the farmers have not had enough rain this year to break the drought. the government has had to intervene with financial support. australian farmers are resilient, they plan for drought, they are good managers. but it can become really overwhelming. this is the worst drought in new

south wales since the 1965 drought. across asia, people had been sweltering for weeks. injapan today, temperatures nudged a0 degrees. this summer has been the hottest on record with scores of deaths. so what britain's long hot summer? in hyde park today, the deckchairs were empty, the sunshine a novelty that seems to have worn off. while it is going to be hard for some for a few more days, the bookies have slashed the odds that august could end up being the wettest on record. richard lister, bbc news. in the united states a state of emergency has been declared in california, as wildfires rage across the region. thousands of firefighters are tackling blazes, which have been spread by high temperatures and strong winds. so far, seven people have died and thousands of homes have been evacuated. our north america correspondent, chris buckler, reports. for more than a week parts of california have been in a state of emergency. and now, as a result of the damage, destruction and deaths caused by these ferocious wildfires,

the white house has declared this a major disaster. we've displaced nearly a0,000 plus people. there's been about 1300 plus homes that have been destroyed. but on the good part we've repopulated many areas and got people back into their homes as quickly as possible. skylines across a series of states, including utah, have been lit up by the wildfires. a spectacular sight. but everyone here knows what is at risk. we stayed up there as long as we could in our valley, until the flames were actually — they weren't 360 degrees around our area, but close enough that we decided to get out. in california alone more than a thousand aircraft and fire engines are being used in the attempt to bring the fires under control. but it's proving extraordinarily difficult. firefighters from new zealand and australia are flying in to help try to tackle the carr fire north of sacramento,

another of the major blazes. in this state well over a0,000 people have been involved in a huge effort to put out these flames. but this is only the start of the wildfire season, and there is a clear fear of what california could face in the weeks ahead. chris buckler, bbc news. the world's most—starred michelin chef, joel robuchon, has died at the age of 73. the french chef founded a string of restaurants that revolutionised fine dining and which between them have 31 michelin stars. prescription—only drugs are being sold online to potentially vulnerable patients, according to a bbc panorama investigation. the health care regulator in england, the care quality commission, has called for a change in the law in response to the documentary. it revealed a legal loophole

allowing companies abroad to sell medication to patients in the uk. faye kirkland, who is also a gp, has this report. with the help of volunteers, panorama went shopping for prescription only medications. eleanor was treated for anorexia as a teenager, and is now completely well. she bought three months of prescription slimming pills online. she filled out a questionnaire with a false medical history, and wasn't asked questions about contacting her gp. i have so many diet pills here. if i had still been in the depths of my illness it would have been so dangerous for me. literally a massive box of them. she is not overweight, and if she had seen a gp face—to—face she would not have been prescribed these drugs. i am horrified to see some of those sites you have shown me, to see that you click on the drug and then go through the consultation. this is not right. it is not safe. it has to be sorted. the site cannot be regulated by the care quality commission

because prescribing doctors are contracted by a company outside england. i tracked it down in romania. it is called euro rx, and the registered address is a flat in timisoara. it is 50% owned byjulian eden, who used to be a doctor until he was struck off in 2000 for what was described as cavalier prescribing. posing as investors, panorama met him. panorama has discovered that several uk—based online doctor sites avoid the cqc inspection by using doctors contracted by romanian company. as a gp it makes me very angry that patients are put at risk. and as a regulator it actually makes me even more certain that we need to try to get the legislation changed so that people cannotjust bypass our regulatory activities. the department of health and social

care says it is working with the cqc to improve patient safety. julian eden told panorama he has never sought to evade cqc oversight and that his shareholding in euro rx is sensible business investment. fay kirkland, bbc news. and you can watch faye kirkland's full investigation in panorama, ‘online doctors uncovered', on bbc one. in wales you can watch it at 10.a0. president trump has admitted that his eldest son, donald trumer, did meet a group of russians before the 2016 presidential election, to obtain information about the democratic candidate, hillary clinton. but president trump tweeted that what his son did was totally legal. cbs news correspondent laura podesta joins us now from new york. laura, significant because before

president trump has denied this meeting happened ? president trump has denied this meeting happened? absolutely. but the president doesn't seem to think this admission is significant. he tweeted earlier that this was a meeting to get information on an opponent. totally legal and done all the time in politics. it went nowhere. he added that he knew nothing about the meeting of the time. but what is significant in regard to the robert mueller investigation on russian interference in the presidential election is that this does appear to be evidence of russian meddling. a foyer met with top campaign officials in order to spill dot on trump's opponent, hillary clinton. —— dirt. even if the campaign did nothing illegal, it is more fuel to the fire that there was in fact russian meddling. what is also of note and is irksome to many

democrats is how the story of what happened in this meeting continues to evolve and continues to change. in the beginning donald trump to evolve and continues to change. in the beginning donald trumer said it was about russian adoptions. later on he admitted it was in fact about getting dirt on hillary clinton. people are still sceptical we have the full truth. read because over the last year the topics said to have been covered in this meeting have changed so drastically. laura podesta, thank you. there's a warning that plans to build half a million homes on green belt land will do little to help young people get on the property ladder. the campaign to protect rural england says people are being "sold a lie", with only around a quarter of homes built on greenfield sites last year categorised as affordable. the government says last year saw the highest number of new homes built in a decade, and has denied a charge that it's "tearing up the countryside". tim muffett reports. the first green belts were designated in the 19505, to stop towns and cities sprawling indefinitely. but it's claimed today that much of this protected

land faces a bigger threat than ever. the campaign to protect rural england has been analysing planning applications. we're seeing an unprecedented level of housing planned for the green belt. we're seeing plans for a60,000 homes to be built in the next few years. we're absolutely for the right housing in the right place, but we don't think green belt is the right place. today's report claims that over 70% of housing built on green belt land is unaffordable to those on average incomes. it calls for housing to be built on previously used land, or brownfield sites, instead. but with the government aiming to build 300,000 homes a year by the mid—2020s, some believe the greenbelts can't be avoided. the institute of economic affairs is a think tank that promotes free—market views. we've seen the green belt basically double in size over the last a0 years. if we are not willing to look at some of it that is fit for development then we'll have a permanent

housing crisis in britain, not a short to medium—term one. the government says the number of new homes built last year was the highest in a decade and only 0.02% of green belt land was developed for housing. it says councils should only give planning permission in exceptional circumstances. tim muffet, bbc news. four endangered bears are settling in to their new home at a wildlife park in south yorkshire, after a remarkable 5,000 mile rescue mission. the animals had spent years in cramped cages in a museum injapan. but now they're exploring their new, more spacious surroundings near doncaster, as fiona lamdin explains. for the last three decades, this has been home to hanako, a brown bear living in a museum in northern japan. her cage so small she has only ever been able to take two steps. four days ago, that changed. first, the oldest male, amu, is sedated by vets. and, despite prods from hanako,

his next—door neighbour, he remains asleep, while all 350 kilograms of him is stretchered out to a truck. we started at aam this morning. it is 9am and the bears are in the crates and being strapped into the lorry. and so begins the 5000 mile journey. the main concern keeping four bears cool in a3 degrees heat. it is a well—planned operation. fans ready to spray the bears, sheets of ice and buckets or watermelon. two flights later, four bears arrive at heathrow. i was sitting on the plane thinking no—one knows there are four brown bears on this plane. it was quite surreal. nowjust opening the gate. and these the first tentative steps into their new home in yorkshire. they could do very little

on the concrete floor. it all started two years ago when this animal welfare expert saw the bears in japan. if they could express happiness, this would be it. bears spend up to 18 hours foraging. he hasn't been able to do that. they are really powerful. for the first time he was able to use his claws and dig. well, kai is 17 and it is the first time in his entire life he has ever been able to take a bath. getting out, well, that proved a little more problematic. this is his new, permanent home. so he has a lifetime to master it. fiona landing, bbc news. she described it as her "dream come true". england's georgia hall won herfirst golf major by two strokes at royal lytham yesterday. now, the 22—year—old from bournemouth hopes her succes will inspire more young girls

to take up golf, and attract new sponsors to the ladies european tour. david ornstein reports it was the performance that gave georgia hall lift off. at royal lytham, one of the great sporting venues, a regal achievement and the finalist —— finest moment of reflecting career. i've always dreamt of winning this. i started golf i'd aged seven. to do it now at 22 is incredible. to get my first big win, and fric to be a major at the british open, is a dream come true. she was born during the 19 86 masters, famously won by nick faldo in georgia. as a child she would hit shots in return for chocolate bars. by shots in return for chocolate bars. by ten she had a handicap to match her age. filmed here by the bbc in

2012, she was sinking putts while rising to prominence on the courses around her home town of bournemouth. trailing by a shot going into the final round, she drew level with faten of thailand before taking the lead at the 16th. she didn't look back, becoming britain's youngest major winner. usually her boyfriend is her caddie. but here it was father wayne, making this a family affair. it's great to have some new fully trust on the bag. for it to be my dad was special. great for him to make me relax as well. i think he was more nervous than i was. at the end we gave each other a big hug and it was amazing. she hopes to inspire more girls to take up golf. but this isn't a bad way to go about it. the path would appear to start here. david ornstein, bbc news. time for a look at the weather with ben rich. changes on the way. yeah, by the end

of this week things will look and feel different. for many, particularly in the south—east, we are starting with what we are used to. someone and sunshine. this is how it looks in east sussex. change afford further north and west. more clout. you can see this ribbon of cloud moving into north—western parts of the uk. it is quite slow—moving, quite weak. not much more than a band of cloud and a few spots of rain over scotland, northern ireland, northern england. isn't scotland seeing a fair amount of sunshine. the real heat is once again further south and east. temperatures in the capital could