this is bbc news, i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 7pm. at least 98 people have been killed and thousands of residents and tourists evacuated after the second earthquake on the indonesian island of lombok in a week. many people are still awaiting evacuation as authorities struggle to cope with the aftermath of the disaster. it's getting dark now, the is no power, is no water, we arejust going to hold out and see what happens tomorrow. england cricketer ben stokes "mocked two gay men" before a fight outside a nightclub in bristol last year, a court's heard. the trump administration is re—imposing a series of sanctions on iran, starting with metals trading, industrial—related software and the motor industry. a man appears in court accused of the murder of 28—year—old midwife samantha eastwood. also coming up — wildfires across europe and america and here a warning the hot weather could last till october

we'll be asking if hot weather like this is going to be the new normal, and what we should do to adapt. good evening and welcome to bbc news. thousands of tourists and residents have been left stranded after a second earthquake in a week hit the holiday island of lombok. officials in indonesia say they have begun an evacuation of parts of the area. at least 98 people are known to have died, and the authorities say they expect that figure to rise. hundreds more were injured. the country is prone to earthquakes because it sits on the "ring of fire",

an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the pacific basin. lombok is east of bali. the two islands are home to about seven million people, but millions more visit every year. the quake has also affected the gili islands, three tiny islands just off the coast of lombok, which are popular with divers. our correspondent mehulika sitepu is on lombok and sent this report. it struck without warning, sending thousands into the streets to seek shelter. the 6.9 magnitude quake is the second to have hit the island of lombok. the after—shocks could bring about a tsunami. in the fresh light of day, a sense of the scale of the damage. homes and buildings reduced to rubble, and a desperate hunt for those who may have survived.

my son and wife all survived but my nephew hurt his head and he died because of the damage from the wall. there were also three children who died. hundreds are injured and medical staff are struggling to cope with the numbers turning up at the hospitals in the main city. we should try to minimise the effects of this earthquake as quickly as possible, be it evacuation of the dead or the injured. they should be treated as well as they can be. hundreds of tourists are among those stranded. the normally serene paradise beaches covered in swarms of people desperate to leave by any means possible. but there aren't enough boats. some at the island's airport are managing to leave. we didn't get a wink of sleep and we are currently at the airport. as soon as the earthquake

hit we booked a flight to get home straightaway. for the locals here the earthquake comes too soon after the one last week which displaced 10,000 people. a further 10,000 are expected tojoin them in rescue camps like this where they can find food, water and shelter. the tsunami threat has been lifted and no further large tremors are predicted, but the death toll is expected to rise. let's speak to luke turner now — he's staying in a hotel on lombok, and was on the first day of his honeymoon with his new husband when he felt the earthquake. thank you for coming on, tell us what it was like when the earthquake struck? i would not wish it on anyone‘s worst nightmare. it was utterly terrifying. we were sweeping off jet utterly terrifying. we were sweeping

offjet lag when the whole ring, the ceiling collapsed, the floor cracked beneath us. the shower room, the glass smashed on the floor, tiles falling off. we hid under a table in the room and held on for dear life. by the room and held on for dear life. by the time we got outside the whole resort had just been demolished. it turned from paradise to a war zone and it felt like. where did you go after you got outside? we noticed the staircase had collapsed and one side of the whole building had com pletely side of the whole building had completely gone but then we were told, people were screaming and seeing get up high, get up i. we ran up seeing get up high, get up i. we ran upa seeing get up high, get up i. we ran up a steep road which went to the edge of the cliff at the top of the hill to stay up there when we had an extra after—shock which was frightening, people being sick. people crying with glass stuck in

their leg from the debris. people absolutely petrified, pitch black, all the power had gone out and we we re all the power had gone out and we were just frightened of jason amey. but we have had 12 shocks, major shocks since we have been, since and the locals are very frightened. what is the plan now? i will say the locals have been extremely kind we are locals have been extremely kind we a re less locals have been extremely kind we are less than a mile from the airport. no extra flights have been put on. people have been in the roads, grass verges, grabbing what they could. we managed to get a

flight they could. we managed to get a flight out tomorrow to jakarta at 11 o'clock just to go flight out tomorrow to jakarta at 11 o'clockjust to go home, our honeymoon is finished but we are holding it together with adrenaline. people are very frightened is and the island here, we feel for the locals. people are generally worried about the volcano here. locals. people are generally worried about the volcano herelj locals. people are generally worried about the volcano here. i was going to ask you about that, what is their position regarding this parking nearby? you cannot miss it, it's no mess on the island. many locals say they fear it is due to erupt. they are not used in earthquakes so frequently like this. they are frightened the volcano will erupt. it's all speculation and of course people here things. but everyone wa nts people here things. but everyone wants of the island. we feel so much

for the people who live here who cannot get off the island. but something is definitely not right and we feel a bit helpless. we just feel very alone at the moment. listen, i hope you get that flight out tomorrow, thank you very much for talking to us. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are the former conservative minister, nicola blackwood and sebastian payne, politcal leader writer at the financial times. the us has reimposed sanctions on iran. the move follows president trump's decision to withdraw from the 2015 international deal designed to control iran's nuclear ambitions. the first phase of sanctions will go into effect overnight and will target tehran‘s purchase of us dollars, trading in precious metals and iran's car industry. the eu says it deeply regrets the decision and has vowed

to protect their businesses from the consequences of sanctions. let's speak now to our washington correspondent, gary 0'donoghue. we knew this was coming, how big an impact is this likely to have? it's likely to have a pretty big impact on the iranian economy, we have started to see in the last few months and appreciation of the currency, growing inflation. a lot of that has been down to companies already making decisions to pull out and take their business elsewhere. not entirely but it does seem to be pa rt not entirely but it does seem to be part of the problem especially with the currency devaluation. this is the currency devaluation. this is the first wave of sanctions, there will be another round in november targeting iran's oil exports. the difficulty now is that the americans

are doing this junior laterally —— unilaterally, they are doing it against the wishes of the other signatories to the deal and europe is bowing to try to protect its businesses, going about legitimate businesses, going about legitimate business inside iran. and what of president trump's comments about this with particular reference to the possibility, and i stress possibility, of looking at this and maybe renegotiating the deal in some way? yeah, he has suggested that and the us seems to want a renegotiation that involves something more tough on nuclear, the nuclear question, making it much harderfor iran over a much longer period of time to go down the nuclear route but also widening the scope of any deal to ta ke widening the scope of any deal to take end things like iran's attends a developing ballistic missiles and its influence in the region. it's propping up of the syrian government for example and its influence

elsewhere. it still regards iran as the biggest sponsor of international terrorism. that is what the trump administration says it is looking for, but we have been hearing from the iranians and the president has been saying he does not think sanctions and negotiation can go hand—in—hand. sanctions and negotiation can go hand-in-hand. thank you gary. the england cricketer ben stokes has appeared in court charged with affray after a fight in bristol last september. the jury was told that the 27—year—old mocked two gay men outside a nightclub and then "lost control" during what was called a sustained episode of significant violence. two other men, ryan ali and ryan hale, are also charged with affray. all three deny the charges. 0ur sports editor dan roan reports. having had to swap the cricket field for the court room, ben stokes arrived here this morning for the opening day of his trial. dressed in a navy suit, the 27—year—old sat in the dock alongside ryan hale and ryan ali, the two local men he is accused

of punching during a late—night brawl in bristol last year. all three defendants are accused of affray, a charge they deny. the jury was told that having been refused re—entry to this nightclub in the early hours of september 25 last year, just hours after he played for england, stokes acted in a provocative and offensive way. he allegedly mocked two openly gay men and according to a bouncer he insulted, flicked a cigarette but at one of them. the court was told that later stokes lost his control and started to attack with revenge and retaliation or punishment in mind, well beyond the realm of self defence. not a trivial moment of unpleasantness, but a sustained episode of significant violence that left onlookers shocked. for the prosecution, the barrister said the incident left both hale and ali unconscious. the latter had a broken eye socket. the jury was shown cctv and mobile phone footage of the incident along with an audio recording of a 999

call from a witness. just two days ago, stokes was starting for his country at edgbaston, his six wickets helping england win attends opening test match against india. but this case has already cost one of world cricket's top talents in the england vice captaincy and a place on last winter's ashes tour for which he was suspended. the prosecution said that stokes told police he acted in self defence or in the defence of others and the force used was reasonable and entirely justified. the trial is expected to last until early next week. 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. 0ur correspondent caroline davies was in court. 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 enquiry. appearing in court, 32—year—old michael stirling was charged with samantha's murder. mr stirling knew samantha. he is herformer 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 royal stoke university hospital. when she didn't arrive for her shift that evening, her colleagues raised the alarm. police were concerned about samantha's disappearance. her car was still in her driveway. she had not used any of her bank cards and on the day she went missing, neighbours here heard a scream around two o'clock in the afternoon, coming from near her house. on friday, her sister made an emotional appeal for anyone with information to come forward. she is 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. outside the hospital where she worked, colleagues held a temporary memorial. 0ne message read, our lovely little work family will never be the same. our hearts are breaking. samantha's family were not in court today, but hersister, gemma, and her former fiance, john peake, visited samantha's home, to read the messages left by the community. the family have asked for time to grieve. michael stirling left the magistrates' court and was remanded into custody. he will next appear via video link on wednesday at stafford crown court. caroline davies, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: at least 98 people have been killed and thousands are evacuated after the second earthquake on the indonesian island of lombok.

england cricketer ben stokes "mocked two gay men" before a fight outside a nightclub in bristol last year, a court's heard. the trump administration is re—imposing a series of sanctions on iran, starting with metals trading, industrial—related software and the motor industry. two men accused of being part of the notorious islamic state group cell known as the beatles, have called into question the governments attempt to have them tried in the united states. speaking to the bbc for the first time since the legal moves were made public, alexanda koty and shafee el sheikh deny being part of the is cell and say they have not been stripped of their british citizenship. the pair are being held at an undisclosed location in northern syria. they spoke to our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville. for seven months now, alexanda koty and el shafee elsheikh have been held in kurdish and american custody in northern syria. the us government alleges

that the men waterboarded, crucified and executed prisoners as part of a jihadist cell dubbed "the beatles" by the prisoners. what did you do in is? as for the specific details as to what i was doing while living in is—controlled territories, a question i prefer to decline to answer at this present stage. for legal reasons. do you still deny that you were a member of the group known as the beatles which carried out executions and beheadings? yes, of course. el shafee? same question? yeah. the gang is blamed for the brutal killings of britons alan henning and david haines, and the murders of americans james foley, abdul—rahman peter kassig and steven sotloff. kayla mueller was also ta ken captive. none of the bodies of the dead have been found. did you ever meet kayla mueller?

who? kayla mueller. remind me. she was an american ngo worker. we didn't meet any foreign non—muslims. the gruesome videos from the group set a new grim low. defenceless journalists and aid workers were beheaded in front of the camera. the chief executioner was mohammed emwazi, dubbedjihadijohn. but he was only the ringmaster, one of a group of four who imprisoned, tortured and executed as many as 27 prisoners. emwazi was killed by a us drone strike. did the two men know the islamic state's most notorious executioner, and did they spend time with him, i asked. he's a friend of mine. jihadijohn? he was nicknamed that, yeah. the emwazi, jihadijohn that the rest of the world knows is an executioner,

someone who's been called a psychopath. yeah. somebody who will be remembered for his cruelty and his brutality. that's their way to choose to remember him. i choose to remember him differently. you wouldn't condemn his torture and his beheadings of the likes of james foley... i took a position... ..alan henning, and... i took a position of not speaking of him at all in a negative way. so, you've no remorse, there is no shame, it wasn't you? i have many regrets, notjust being here, previous to coming here. i have my regrets. not about coming to syria. i told them that britain wants to send them to the united states where they could face the death penalty. what makes the british government want a british citizen to be tried in america? but they've stripped

you of your citizenship. that hasn't been confirmed. for now, the fate of alexanda koty and el shafee elsheikh remains uncertain. the government's plan, that they face trial in the united states, is under judicial review. former hostages tell us that they want them to face western justice. in the meantime, the two men have been returned to solitary confinement. they are being held under heavy guard at an undisclosed location in northern syria. quentin somerville, bbc news. earlier i spoke to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale — who explained to me more about what el shafee elsheikh and alexanda kotey have been accused of. the us state department alleges these individuals were involved in a lot of what they were doing, particularly el shafee elsheikh had a reputation for water boarding,

mocks executions and crucifixions and it also alleges alexanda kotey was responsible for exceptionally cruel torture methods. there was intelligence implicating these two men in the murder of several individuals so there are specific individuals so there are specific individual allegations against these men which is why british police have been investigating them. what about the possibility raised in the interview of them going to the united states to answer these charges? that is what the british government would like, that these men face trial in front of a federal judge but it's fairly compensated. these people are being held by a kurdish militia in northern syria so they are not in the hands of the us 01’ they are not in the hands of the us or british authorities. secondly as was said in this report they have had their sins and chip removed, despite what they say, this was confirmed. there are lots of people,

there is uncertainty over the jurisdiction but essentially the british government view is that the american laws are broad enough to cover these allegations and sentences and that is where they should be tried. but the americans are yet to make a decision and the fear within the british government is the more there is a delay on this at some point other options might happen, in other words americans might say we will send them to guant namo bay without due process 01’ guant namo bay without due process or the kurdish militia could say we could release them, or could hand them over to their opponents in the syrian regime, or they could execute them themselves. there are lots of other options but at the moment there is a limbo of uncertainty. let's get more now on the controversy in the labour party surrounding allegations of anti—semitism. in the last few minutes, it's emerged the party has dropped its disciplinary action against dame margaret hodge. 0ur political correspondent, jessica parker is at westminster. as you say, we have only learned

about this very recently, it all centres around an investigation, disciplinary action being taken against margaret hodge, a long serving labour mp, this is after she had had something of a confrontation with jeremy corbyn had had something of a confrontation withjeremy corbyn the labour leader over the situation with anti—semitism in the labour party. there has been a long—running saga recently as the labour party has tried to deal with claims anti—semitism exists in the party and they have not cracked down on it. we understand dame margaret hodge was frustrated the labour party had failed to fully adopt the guidelines from internationally recognised definitions of what anti—semitism is so we learnt a margaret hodge was being investigated after having had this confrontation with jeremy corbyn,

she said she was frustrated and thought it was ridiculous and did not understand what she was being accused of. we have learned last few moments that indeed that indeed that investigation has been dropped. the general secretary of the labour party has written to dame margaret hodge to inform her of this and it's no doubt something which will be welcomed by some of her fellow labour mps. many of them were critical that she was being investigated when the labour party has been accused of being too slow to act when people have been accused of anti—semitism itself. this comes ona of anti—semitism itself. this comes on a day that a labour party member has been suspended from the party for alleged anti—semitic comments online and talking today the shadow business secretary rebecca long—bailey admitted it's an ongoing problem in the party. it's a very, very difficult issue, and we're coming from a very dark place. we know that we weren't dealing with issues very quickly when this issue first presented itself. now we need to get to grips with the matter, and we know that we've had jeremy speaking quite openly on this issue over the weekend.

we've opened dialogue with the jewish community to make sure that we get our anti—semitism code of conduct really, really on the button. it has to be, because we've got to restore faith in the jewish community. let's talk about boris johnson, let's talk about borisjohnson, he has been writing and has starred up something of a debate? yes, writing in his daily telegraph column talking about the full face veil saying he opposes a total ban in public, for example one was brought in denmark and he argues against banning it but whilst doing so he used some fairly striking language about his thoughts, saying in this article in the daily telegraph that it's weirder and bullying to expect

women to cover their faces. he said it's ridiculous that people should choose to go around looking white letter boxes. the former foreign secretary has attracted plenty of criticism for these comments. some have called him islamophobic, a labourmp have called him islamophobic, a labour mp says she will report him to the equality and human rights commission. there is also anger from muslim groups, the conservative muslim groups, the conservative muslim forum which is facilitated to the conservative party, they say they are appalled. downing street have also been quick to say they also oppose a total ban of the burqa and this is a bit of a headache for the party because the muslim council of britain has already called for an independent enquiry into what it believes are incidents of islamophobia within the conservative party, following borisjohnson's article today, the muslim council

has saying this article underscores the need for such enquiry. thank you jessica. two trucks have crashed on a motorway near bologna in northern italy causing a fire which has killed two people and injured at least 60 others. it's thought that a lorry carrying cars collided on a bridge with another truck full of flammable materials. the bridge partly collapsed and fire spread to a car park below, where several more vehicles exploded. 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, and parts of the united states, hundreds of firefighters are still trying to control major wildfires. injapan and australia the authorities are also trying to cope with severe weather conditions. 0ur science editor david shukman reports. an image of apocalypse

of the kind you might expect hollywood to conjure up. but this was filmed on a realfront line, in california, over the weekend. record temperatures and bone dry conditions are triggering dozens of wildfires in several american states. we stayed up there as long as we could in our valley, until the flames were actually, they were not 360 degrees around our area, but close enough that we decided to get out. there are similar scenes in europe. in portugal, an entire mountainside in the algarve has been burning for three days. fires are a constant risk here, but the speed of their spread has been shocking. this woman and her animals had a lucky escape. at the same time, there is punishing heat in asia. north korea, usually so secretive, allowed its shimmering streets to be filmed. the heatwave has been declared a natural disaster. the summer isn't over yet but already there has been a string of remarkable extremes. last month, death valley

in california had an average temperature of 42.3 celsius, the highest ever recorded. even in the arctic, in one area of norway it reached a record high of 33.5 celsius and 0man had a 24—hour period in which it never got below 42.6. and scientists say that climate change may bring more of this. what we think is, as the globe warms, this is more likely to take place. there will be more weather extremes, there will be more heatwaves, there will be more floods, there will be more big storms and all these are expected to come about in response to climate change. extreme heat is felt in many different ways. in switzerland, the meadows have turned brown and this nuclear power station has had to cut back, because the river water that is meant to cool it, is now too hot. and injapan, there is another challenge, more than 100 people have died in the heat, but this is where the olympic games will be held in 2020.

so, they might shift the clocks by two hours, so races can be run in cooler conditions. a radical move as temperatures are set to rise. david shukman, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. temperatures reached 32 in greater london, another hot and sunny day in the south east but further north west we had thicker cloud and overnight a few showers coming into western scotland, a weak weather front moving into wales and northern counties of england bringing a few outbreaks of rain, not amounting to do too much. to that used its drive for the warm sleeping with low on the falling back about 18. tomorrow further showers, the week weather fronts will slowly continue to push its way further east which will leave this swathe of the midlands

and central and southern england with hot and sunny weather. temperatures again widely pushing into the high 20s to low 30s whereas brother north and west temperatures are near normalfor the brother north and west temperatures are near normal for the time of year for many areas, high teens to low 20s. tuesday evening and overnight we might see thundery rain and parts of eastern england. thatcher weather. hello, this is bbc news with julian worricker. the headlines. at least 98 people have been killed and thousands of residents and tourists evacuated, after the second earthquake on the indonesian island of lombok in a week. a court has heard that the england cricketer ben stokes "lost control" during a fight outside a nightclub in bristol last year. he and two other men deny a charge of affray. a man's appeared before magistrates charged with the murder of the midwife, samantha eastwood. her body was found in a rural area of staffordshire on saturday. the trump administration

is re—imposing a series of sanctions on iran, starting with metals trading, industrial—related software, and the motor industry. an investigation by the labour party into one of its mps, dame margaret hodge, for allegedly shouting atjeremy corbyn over his handling of anti—semitism allegations, has been dropped. more now on our top story, thousands of tourists and residents have been left stranded after a second earthquake in a week hit the holiday island of lombok. officials in indonesia say they have begun an evacuation of parts of the area. at least 98 people are known to have died, and the authorities say they expect that figure to rise. hundreds more were injured. i'm joined on the phone by kayleigh farrell, who is currently on a ferry after managing to leave the gili islands. those islands are just to the north

of lombok. tell us more about what happened to you when the quake struck? so i was in the nearby... it seems to be jet democrat hitjust as bad as lombok. it wasjust seems to be jet democrat hitjust as bad as lombok. it was just absolute panic. we got the tsunami threat, so we we re panic. we got the tsunami threat, so we were not sure what to do, but it was between a lot of buildings which we did not want to go near with the aftershocks i could make the buildings collapsed. it was just absolute chaos. we didn't know what to do, but we managed to get off today, we have had no resources available to us until midday today. we got off the island, so we had to

drive through lombok just we got off the island, so we had to drive through lombokjust to get onto ferry. where will this ferry ta ke onto ferry. where will this ferry take you now? which is gotten back to mainland now —— we have gotten back to mainland now. where there is much more help for people and it is safer? bali mainland seems to be the safest place for people. what stayed in your mind with the images you've seen in your mind with the images you've seen today? it's been absolutely terrific, with so many injuries, bodies laid out along the island, that's been the most traumatic 24 hours of my life. you been travelling around the region for quite a while, haven't you?” travelling around the region for quite a while, haven't you? i have, i've been in asia for the last ten months, but i haven't experienced anything quite like this before. and

what is your plan now? i've only got about a month left, so i leave bali on thursday to go to the philippines, so i'lljust continue with my travels. and just looking back, where there any fears expressed by people about preparedness for something like this on the islands that you are staying at? no, we had talked about that today, even after the earthquake last week, we just never expected another one this week, it was never brought up or anything. even the locals on the island had no idea what to do, they panic more than we did. and there have been aftershocks since, haven't there? there were aftershocks until right after.m must be a relief for you. we were just told there was another

earthquake. but it was a smaller magnitude, but we haven't heard any more news from that. it must be a great relief for you to be where you are. thank you so much for coming on the line. no problem. she was much closer to the epicentre of the earthquake when it struck yesterday. us president donald trump has admitted his son met a russian lawyer injune 2016 "to get information on an opponent", but argues it was legal. it is the us president's most direct statement so far on the reason for donald trumer‘s meeting with russian lawyer natalia veselnitskaya at trump tower tower. the meeting is currently being looked at by special counsel robert mueller, as part of his wider investogation into russian interference in the 2016 election. —— investigation. let's get the thoughts of niall stanage, white house columist at online political newspaper, the hill, he's in washington.

good evening to you. good evening. donald trump junior‘s e—mails good evening to you. good evening. donald trumpjunior‘s e—mails have already effectively told us the story, so what is the significance of what his father said today? there area of what his father said today? there are a couple of points of significance. this is a big deal and i think the reason it is a big deal is partly that it contradicts previous statements that donald trump, the president, has made about this meeting. and it really encapsulates the idea that this was indeed an attempt to get dirt on hillary clinton, not as the truck caps for suggested when news of the meeting emerged, as some kind of conversation about russian adoptions. so those two things, the change in subject and the court purpose of the meeting, are the twin importance of the. donald trump says he did not know about the meeting before it happened, doesn't he? he does, now this is in some doubt more

thanit does, now this is in some doubt more than it has been recently, because michael cohen, donald trump's former lawyer and fixer, has apparently indicated that he is willing to testify that donald trump did know about this in advance. so it is all about this in advance. so it is all a very murky business for now, we haven't really got to the bottom of this. relations between mr cohen and donald trump have soured somewhat in recent times. very much so, michael cohen was once a famous loyalist who would take a bullet for donald trump, there is not much sign of that as of late, mr cohen could be in significant legal trouble himself after his home was raided back in april. just at a wider up -- point about getting there on your opponents, do they not do that all the time? they do, but not from people not inside the political system here. the issue is not the

getting of opposition research, as it is called in the tray. the issue here is getting help from a foreign government, the e—mails alluded to in your introduction told donald trump junior that this meeting in your introduction told donald trumpjunior that this meeting was pa rt trumpjunior that this meeting was part of the russian government's attempt to aid his father. that is really the core of the potential wrongdoing. and in terms of the robert mueller investigation, where are we with the possibility of the president being required to either give evidence to that, to answer questions from it indirectly? in whichever platform happens, are we looking at the possibility of donald trump himself having to address points raised by robert mueller? there are negotiations going on between donald trump's legal team, rudy giuliani, and the mueller investigation. mr giuliani has recently indicated the intent to

make a decision with at approximately the next ten days, but they have gone back and forth on this point. of course robert mueller could subpoena donald trump, but a few were to go that route, the suspicion is that the trump team with pushback, it would get into a whole legal battle about whether trump would testify or not, so mueller would prefer a voluntary interview. thank you very much for your thoughts. rural crime has risen to its highest level in four years across the uk, with many farmers saying they feel vulnerable and have to protect their property, according to insurers. nfu mutual says some farmers are digging trenches and earthbanks, to try to deter organised gangs of criminals targetting quad bikes, tools and machinery. 0ur correspondent danny savage reports from peterborough. it's a load of cannabis growing material. when it comes to being a victim of rural crime, farmerjudith jacobs can claim a full house. fertiliser, plastic sheets, etc.

first, there is the fly—tipping. the remains of a cannabis farm is the latest thing to be dumped by her fields. we are dumbfounded, basically, by people that can leave this on our doorstep and their doorstep. they're too lazy to go to the tip and it actually creates us a lot of work and makes us very sad. also it's a fire hazard. and just a few days ago, there was a fire on her land. got a phone call on saturday night to say that the neighbours had seen three boys running away and the fields were on fire. judith says it was almost a disasterfor the business. we've got two combines out there valued at £150,000 each. standing crop behind me there that we had to gather a group of neighbours up to batter it down and try to contain it until the fire engines arrived. research out today suggests farm thieves are getting more aggressive and don't care if they are caught on cctv. so some farmers are building long earth banks to protect their land, as organised crime gangs muscle in on rural easy pickings. whenjudith found a criminal gang in

her own farmyard, she dialled 999. but nobody came. it was the most frightening experience i've ever had. i was confronted in my own yard by two vehicles and eight men and then said they know where i live and they'll be back. she says things must change. i would like somebody when i dial 999, to understand my predicament and be able to help me, give me advice and point me in the right direction and be there for me when i need them. police say they are updating their tactics but too many people in rural areas feel as though crime is not been adequately tackled. danny savage, bbc news, cambridgeshire. deaths from drug poisoning in england and wales have reached a new high, according to the latest figures. more than 3,700 people lost their lives to drugs in 2017. that works out as more than ten people dying every day. as our home editor mark easton reports, it has provoked a row over funding for drug treatment.

i never dreamt i'd have one son die from a heroin overdose, never mind two. rose and her husband saw two of the children die from heroin overdoses and since then they have campaigned for reform to the drug laws, including posting this emotional video. ten miles from here is a natural burial ground. two of my sons are lying there. today, with new figures showing record drug deaths in england and wales, rose is demanding more help be made available for people addicted to drugs. we have to make the government in charge of the drugs trade so that they can make drugs safer, so that since people are going to be using them anyway, at least they can do it safely, they can buy it or have it prescribed from safe places, instead of having to get involved with criminals. the official statistics show

the number of people who died from drug poisoning last year at an all—time high, 3,756 people, over half died from overdosing on opiates, mostly heroin, a figure still close to record levels. the government's official drug advisory body told ministers in 2016 that the way to stop so many people dying was to protect funding for treatment, in particular substitution therapy. prescribing medicines such as methadone or even diamorphine, pharmaceutical heroin, to street heroin users. responding last year, the home office said it accepted the advice on substitution therapy in full, but the money for drug treatment comes from the public health fund distributed to local councils, that has been cut by hundreds of millions of pounds per year and treatment has disappeared with it. even in the town that is the worst affected which is blackpool,

we are seeing cuts. alec stevens is one of the official advisers on drug deaths and today is beginning a personal capacity, he told me of his frustration. the problem is that ministers claim to accept the recommendations but their actions have not lived up to their words and instead of investing in substitution treatment, they have cut funding. no minister was available to talk about the figures or answer questions about cuts to therapy. in a statement, a spokesperson said that the government wants everyone across the country to get access to the help, the treatment and support they need to live a drug—free life. when it comes to public spending, illegal drug users are not high on the list of priorities for the public but behind each of the ten deaths every day from drugs is a personal tragedy that many believe can and should be avoided. mark easton, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. at least 98 people have been killed

and thousands are evacuated after the second earthquake on the indonesian island of lombok. england cricketer ben stokes "mocked two gay men" before a fight outside a nightclub in bristol last year, a court's heard. the trump administration is re—imposing a series of sanctions on iran, as a result of the us withdrawal from a 2015 nuclear deal. let's get more now on the white house re—imposing sanctions on iran, following washington's withdrawal from the international deal to curb tehran's nuclear activity. the first phase of sanctions will go into effect overnight and will target ff tehran's purchase of us dollars, metals trading, which includes gold, and coal. in a statement, president trump said he remained open to striking a new nuclear deal with iran that would address what he called the full range of the country's

malign activities. speaking to fox news, president trump's national security adviser, john bolton said iran needed to come back to the negotiating table. they could take up the president's offered to negotiate with them, to give up their ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programmes fully not under the owner's term of the nuclear democrat to run nuclear deal, which is not satisfactory, stop their support for international terrorism, give up their military actions within the region. this is a com plete actions within the region. this is a complete package, the president has spoken to numerous leaders about this. if iran were serious, they would come to the table. we will find out if they are. let's speak now to richard goldberg, senior adviser at the foundation for defence of democracies, a conservative think tank, and was the lead negotiator in the us senate for the republicans for economic sanctions on iran. he joins me via webcam from chicago. good evening to you. good evening to

you. how significant a day is today, do you think? it's a big step, the first step, but it reminds all the businesses, especially the banks and insurers in great britain and around europe and the world, that us sanctions are coming back. this has not been a political bluff, this was not been a political bluff, this was not a trump in challenge for around the pull—back. us sanctions are coming back, this is the first phase. the next via november, and if you are a bank or company that touches iran, now would be the time... we're losing you, which is frustrating, but i will continue with the conversation as best we can. what impact do you therefore say this will have on businesses of the side of the olympic ocean? you mentioned great britain, but there are other countries as well who continued to do business with iran.

i think that when you compare the market share of iran to the united states, there is no contexts —— contest. if you're a bank or insurer like the royal bank of scotland, you're not challenge the banks —— sanctions, if not worthwhile, your lawyers will let you. today, anything that touches certain sectors of the iraqi economy, gold and silver, that comes to a halt. but the much bigger thing will come in november, and if you're the royal bank of scotland or if you sit on the board of the swift financial messaging service, that will come under sanctions as well in november u nless under sanctions as well in november unless it disconnects iranian banks. what about the international politics of this? while the united states is doing one thing, the other signatories to this deal are still insistent that they want to stick with what they've got? how does that unravel from your? everyone

with what they've got? how does that unravelfrom your? everyone has their own domestic politics. the germans in particular are very wet to this deal, they have a lot of business in iran and don't see iran asa business in iran and don't see iran as a threat the way you the united states and france have in the past. great britain is negotiating brexit, so they have to be with europe on a certain things, like this. and in france there is just a french commitment, they didn't like the deal, barack 0bama made us do the deal, barack 0bama made us do the deal, but now it's here. that's all well and good from the diplomats and politicians, but the businesses in germany and france and great britain, they'll have to comply with the sanctions, their lawyers are telling them so. there no blocking statute from brussels that can save the bank cut off by the us financial system. but what about what john bolton was saying? you talk about the idea that iranians might be persuaded to come back to the negotiating table as a result of this. if you are iranian, why would you go back to the table when the

people you're negotiating with have just imposed sanctions on your?“ you are an iranian dictator and a terrorist dictator at that, you probably just care about terrorist dictator at that, you probablyjust care about being in power and surviving. so right now you might still be sceptical that the united states can impose its will without europe for others stepping in to block the sanctions. but as the pressure rises to a degree where you have to choose between continued existence or not, thatis between continued existence or not, that is what we will see decisions taken into tehran. we do not know if they will step down with the president or discuss actually ending being a state sponsor of terrorism, giving up their missiles, their nuclear ambitions, getting out of syria. that is a laundry list, and for most people in europe, they are saying it will never happen, it is too much to ask. for most people in washington, we say isn't thatjust the basic standard of what it means to bea the basic standard of what it means to be a normal country? we will see what happens, thank you for coming on. 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, abu, 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 4am this morning. it is 9am and the bears are in the cranes and being strapped into the lorry. and begins the 5,000 mile journey.

the main concern keeping four bears cool in 43 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 injapan. 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. have a look at these, extraordinary animal sculptures that can roam across the sand, powered entirely by the wind. they‘ re called strandbeests and they've been created by the dutch artist theo jansen, who's been working on them for almost three decades. and now his eerie contrapations have caught the attention of nasa, they want to use his ideas to create a windpowered rover on venus, one of the most inhospitable places in the solar system. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito went to meet him. scheveningen.

0n the dutch coast. and a summer spectacle, the strandbeests. wind—blown mechanical artworks. you don't get used to it, not really, so it is always something special when you see them. i think they are amazing. my name is theojansen and i try to make new forms of life on the beach where i was born, 70 years ago. it moves pretty easily, doesn't it? theo jansen is an engineer and artist and wejoined him as he brought out his latest beests for his summer experiments. these animals, they gave me sleepless nights, because i am thinking about them. the puzzle, how to make something move and survive on the beach, powered only by the wind?

what you're looking at is 28 years of trial and error, expertise, creating mechanical movement, almost a mechanical brain, which is what has attracted the attention of nasa. this animation shows how their meeting with theo has influenced their thinking for a venus rover, an environment where pressure and heat is just too much for normal motors. however, he had doubts that the legs could cope with rocky surfaces, so he showed them this, his caterpillar. inspiration for a more robust design. i was honoured that nasa, they invited me and of course, i promoted the beests very much there. do you think one of your strandbeests will end up on another planet now? i don't think so, but i hope so. nasa is still working on a final

design, but whatever they come up with, it will owe something to theo jansen's strange, beautiful, windborne creatures. david sillito, bbc news, scheveningen in the netherlands. a giant scarecrow statue of the pope has been created for a competition in an irish town, before the pontiff is due to visit the republic later this month. the massive model of pope francis in his ‘popemobile' was created by a group of men in durrow for the annual durrow scarecrow festival, which is known for its topical depictions, from donald trump to king kong. the group added lights to the popemobile and when you press a button, the scarecrow pope waves. you'll just have you'lljust have to take our word for that. now it's time for a look at the weather, with chris fawkes. temperatures reached 32 degrees in

london, it's been another hot and sunny day in the southeast. but further northwest we've had thicker cloud, and over in out, a few showers coming and where —— western scotland. bringing a few outbreak of rain, not really too much, the east front, it's a dry night for the midlands in eastern england, lowe's only slowing down to 18 degrees. showers across northern england and the uk, continuing to push its way to further ease, but at leaves the swathe of central southern england and east anglia with hot and sunny weather. temperatures pushing into the high 20s or low 30s, whereas further north and west, temperatures are normalfor this time further north and west, temperatures are normal for this time of year. for many areas, high teens and low 20s. 0vernight we may see some thundery rain work up in the parts of eastern england. that's her weather. —— your weather.

this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 8pm. at least 98 people have been killed and thousands of residents and tourists evacuated after the second earthquake on the indonesian island of lombok in a week. many people are still awaiting evacuation as authorities struggle to cope with the aftermath of the disaster. thankfully, we were outside, we were going to watch a movie. but everything just went blank and it was terrible. england cricketer ben stokes ‘mocked two gay men' before a fight outside a nightclub in bristol last year, a court's heard. the trump administration is re—imposing a series of sanctions on iran, as a result of the us withdrawal from a 2015 nuclear deal. the labour party has dropped its investigation into one of its mps, dame margaret hodge,