this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 11pm: america re—imposes sanctions on iran over its nuclear programme, though the white house maintains it's still open to talks. the sanctions come as protestors take to the streets over the worsening state of iran's economy. 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. we were outside, we were going to watch a movie, but everything, just, like, 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 labour party drops its investigation into one of its mps, dame margaret hodge, for allegedly shouting atjeremy corbyn over his handling of anti—semitism allegations.

also coming up: wildfires across europe and america, and here a warning the hot weather could last till october. we'll be asking if weather like this is going to be the new normal and what we should do to adapt. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the former conservative minister, nicola blackwood, and sebastian payne, political leader writer at the financial times. stay with us for that. good evening. the united states has reimposed sanctions on iran, that follows president trump's decision to withdraw from the international

agreement designed to curb tehran‘s nuclear programme. the first phase of sanctions will go into effect overnight, targetting iran's purchase of us dollars, the trade in precious metals and the iranian car industry. the eu says it deeply regrets the decision, and has vowed to protect european businesses from the consequences of the sanctions. tonight, the iranian president, hassan rouhani, accused the white house of psychological warfare. our north america editor, jon sopel, reports. the demonstrations may be sporadic and they may be geographically widespread, but discontent across iran with the state of the country's economy is high and could be about to get a whole lot higher still. the us will reimpose sanctions from tomorrow, making life even tougher. so what can be done to avoid this? president trump's national security adviser was characteristically blunt. they could take up the president's offer to negotiate with them, to give up their ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programmes fully and really verifiably,

not under the onerous terms of the iran nuclear deal which really are not satisfactory, to stop their support for international terrorism, to give up their military activities in the region. the sanctions are a direct result of america pulling out the iran nuclear deal, negotiated by the obama administration, along with britain and other european nations. in return for halting its nuclear programme for a decade, the country was promised sanctions really. president trump always maintained it gave iran far too much, for too little in return. so today he signed a new package of measures, warmly welcomed by allies in the region. translation: i praise president trump and the american administration for the decision to impose sanctions on iran. this is an important moment for israel, for the us, the region and the entire world. it signifies the determination to halt iran's regional aggression and also its ongoing plans to arm

itself with nuclear weapons. the sanctions will hit iran's car industry, trade in gold and precious metals and the ability to purchase us currency in foreign exchange markets. from november, 2018, sanctions will be extended and they'll target iran's crucial oil industry. but from tehran today, defiance. translation: trump and his government are the ones who have rejected negotiations and turned their back on diplomacy. what he is doing is against the iranian nation and against the national interests of iran. iran is ready for diplomacy if there is honesty in the process. on the streets and in the markets, the iranian economy has been rocked by the sharp decline in the value of the rial against the dollar, sparking social unrest. america says its goal is not regime change, but it is certainly turning the heat up on iran's rulers. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. a court in bristol has been told

that the england cricketer ben stokes carried out a sustained violent assault outside a nightclub in the city last september. at the time he was england's vice—captain, and along with two other men, denies a charge of affray. our sports editor, dan roan, was in court. having had to swap cricket field for courtroom, ben stokes arrived here this morning for the opening day of his trial. dressed in a navy suit, the 27—year—old all—rounder sat in the dock alongside two local men he's accused of punching during a fight in the city last year, ryan hale and ryan ali. all three are accused of affray, a charge they each deny. the jury was shown this mobile phone footage of a late night brawl outside a bristol nightclub in september, just hours after stokes had played for england. both hale and ali were knocked unconscious by the cricketer, leaving ali with significant

injuries, including a broken eye socket. the court was told stokes lost his control and started to attack with revenge, 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. the prosecution said stokes insisted he acted in fear for himself and others, and believed the force he used was reasonable and entirely justified. however, the jury was told that earlier in the night, having been denied re—entry to the nightclub, stokes had acted in a provocative way, a bouncer claiming the cricketer insulted him and mocked two openly gay men, flicking a cigarette butt at one of them. just two days ago, stokes was starring for his country at edgbaston, his six wickets helping england win the opening test against india. but this case has already cost one of world cricket's top talents the team's vice captaincy, and a place on last winter's ashes

tour, from which he was suspended. this evening, stokes should have been preparing to play in the second test, which starts on thursday. instead, he's being ruled out, with the trial expected to last until early next week. dan roan, bbc news, bristol. the labour party has dropped an investigation into the senior mp dame margaret hodge. disciplinary action was launched against her last month following a confrontation with leaderjeremy corbyn, over claims of anti—semitism in the party. our political correspondent, jessica parker, is in westminster. so the action dropped, another twist in this long—running saga, jessica, isn't it? alow yes, i know for many it feels like a long—running saga but tonight is a significant development, dame margaret hodge is a long serving veteran labour mp.

she was pretty angry when she learned she was being investigated following an angry confrontation with the labour leaderjeremy corbyn over his handling of the anti—semitism issue. at the time she said she didn't understand what she was being investigated for and tonight we learned that investigation has been dropped, and a labour party source said margaret hodge had expressed regret for the way she had expressed herself. now, interestingly, dame margaret quickly took to twitter and is there had been no apology from either side, and what's more, she shared a letter from her legal team sent to the general secretary, jennie formby, it must have been this evening, which makes it clear she is pretty angry about the whole way this has been handled. the lawyers acting on her behalf say the labour party's closed a misguided and baseless disciplinary investigation, they said dame margaret did not express

regret and their client will not apologise for conduct all words as she did nothing wrong. they say you've entirely misrepresented our client's discussions with the chief whip ina client's discussions with the chief whip in a cynical attempt to save face in your necessary climbdown. it seems like a case of the labour party trying to mitigate what turned out to be a controversial investigation into dame margaret hodge to mitigate an issue about the anti—semitism problem the labour party has been dealing with, and there's angry response from dame margaret hodge‘s legal team says the way this investigation has been handled has somewhat backfired. and there's the question still over how the party defines anti—semitism? exactly. one of the things dame margaret hodge was frustrated and anxious about, and she herself lost family in the holocaust, it is worth saying, was the labour party's national executive committee decision not to fully adopt what's

an internationally recognised version of what constitutes anti—semitism. a number of labour mps, notjust anti—semitism. a number of labour mps, not just dame anti—semitism. a number of labour mps, notjust dame margaret hodge, have been cross about this and think the party should adopt this full definition, including indeed tom watson, the deputy labour leader, who wrote in the observer yesterday that he thought the labour party should adopt this definition but that led to some members of the labour party calling for him to resign so it shows there are divisions over this. today a labour party member was suspended from the party in the wake of this tom watson article after making alleged anti—semitic comments online. so we can see that this issue does deeply divide the labour party in how well it's been handling this anti—semitism problem. jeremy corbyn, of course, he released a video over the weekend saying he does take the issue seriously, he reiterated an apology to the jewish community and basically said he is determined to get this right and

anyone expressing anti—semitic views doesn't do so in his name. i'm sure his people are well aware this saga has been rumbling on for some time and it looks like it will last for some time to come. thank you very much, jessica. jessica parker at westminster. the former foreign secretary boris johnson has been accused of islamophobia after saying muslim women wearing burkas look like letter boxes. in his newspaper column, he said he was against bans on face—covering veils in public places, but added that they looked absolutely ridiculous. the muslim council of britain accused him of pandering to the far right. in indonesia, thousands of people have been left stranded after a second earthquake hit the holiday island of lombok and the surrounding area. more than 90 people are known to have died and hundreds have been injured. thousands of others have been left without shelter, and are having to camp out in the fields. our correspondent is in lombok, and sent us 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 in just over a week, causing yet more chaos, destruction and death. and it has displaced thousands who were driven out of their homes in the fear the after—shocks could bring about a tsunami. for the locals here, the quake comes all too soon after the one last week which displaced 10,000 people from their homes. a further 10,000 are expected tojoin them in rescue camps like this where they can find food, water and shelter. 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 are not enough boats. some at the island's airport, though, are managing to leave. we didn't get a wink of sleep

and we are currently in the airport. as soon as the earthquake hit we booked a flight to just get home straightaway. 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. translation: 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, mataram. translation: 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. the tsunami threat has been lifted and no further large tremors are predicted, but the death toll

is expected to rise. mehulika sitepu, bbc news. 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, 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. one 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 her sister, 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. two people have been killed and dozens injured after a tanker and lorry collided on a motorway in italy. the crash on the outskirts of the northern italian city of bologna caused a major fire and explosion. the tanker and the lorry then caught fire, triggering a huge fireball and the partial collapse of the bridge they were on. the headlines on bbc news: america reimposes sanctions on iran, over it's nuclear programme, though the white house maintains, it's still open to talks. 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. two men accused of being part of a terror cell in the islamic state group, that beheaded western hostages, and were called the beatles by their captives, have questioned the government's attempt to have them tried in america. speaking for the first time since the legal moves were made public, alexanda koty and shafee el sheikh told the bbc, they were not part of the cell, and they haven't been stripped of their british citizenship. they're being held in northern syria, and have been speaking 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, the jihadi john 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. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has more on what the two men are accused of. the us state department alleges these two individuals was very specifically involved in a lot of what he was doing particularly, the british home secretary there was evidence that they were implicated in the murders of several men. the

british government said that macro on “— british government said that macro on —— elsheikh liked mock crucifixion is an kotee liked cool torture. what is less clear is what is going to happen to them in the future and whether they will face trial and that's because of a number of complicating factors. first of all, they have been held by kurdish militia. secondly, despite what they say, the british government has stripped these two men of their citizenship and their alleged victims were international and various victims families say they should be tried in different parts of the world. the british government believes they should be tried in the united states and ministers believe there would be a more successful chancellor prosecution in the united states. at the moment, the americans haven't made up their mind as to whether they are going to do that andi whether they are going to do that and i think the problem is this, the fear within the british government is the longer this goes on, the more

legal limbo, other options may come into play. temperatures across the uk, are expected to return to normal for this time of year, by the end of the week. but across many other parts of the world, heatwaves are still a major problem. in portugal, and parts of america hundreds of firefighters are dealing with major wildfires, while injapan and australia temperatures have been soaring for several weeks. our 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 real front line in california over the weekend. record temperatures and bone dry conditions are triggering dozens of wildfires in several american state. we stayed up there as long as we could in our valley. until the flames were truly, 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. summer isn't over yet but already there's 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, bardufoss in norway reached a record high of 33.5 degrees celsius. and oman had a 24—hour period in which it never got below 42.6. and scientists say that climate change may bring more of this. a new report warns that we're still pumping out the gases that

warm the atmosphere and that the earth may suddenly become much hotter. because natural features of the planet like the rainforests are under pressure, and they help to keep us cool. so if it were correct and if this was to take place, it would be very serious because there would be all sorts of impacts that would affect people in many ways. for ,example some places would be very short of water, other places, with deltas and places, would be flooded. one extreme is clear in switzerland, the famous alpine meadows have turned brown. nearby, a nuclear power station has had to cut back because the river water that is meant to cool it is now too hot. and in japan, 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 in cooler conditions. a radical move as temperatures are set to rise. david shukman, bbc news.

take a look at these. quite amazing moving animal sculptures, powered entirely by the wind. they‘ re called strandbeests and are the creation of the dutch artist theo jansen, who's been working on them for almost three decades. well now his eerie contraptions have caught the attention of nasa, which wants to use his ideas to create a windpowered rover on venus, one of the most inhospitable places in the solar system. our arts correspondent david sillito has been to meet him. scheveningen. on 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 theo jansen 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 is this really workable? 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. in a moment, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers — the former conservative minister, nicola blackwood and sebastian payne, political leader writer

at the financial times. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for the weather with chris fawkes. we are going to see some big changes in our weather over the next few days. we put an end to that streak of hot weather across parts of southern england. highs reaching the low 30s. 32 in kew in greater london and the hotter weather in south—east england and east anglia, the last of a hot days. west, cloudless sky, heavy showers of scotland, isolated for northern ireland in a weak weather front stretching across northern england and wales with the odd spot of rain but dry and bright, hotair restricted to central and eastern england. thunderstorms move up eastern england. thunderstorms move

up from france to affect eastern england. that is something to watch. we will see some big changes in the weather pattern. the start of summer, the jetstream weather pattern. the start of summer, thejetstream was stripped. instead, we had the dry start, high temperatures in scandinavia and spain and portugal had a cool stuff to summer. a week or so ago, that was blocking thejetstream. there is nothing to stop weather systems moving off the atlantic. we have had high pressure over recent days bringing hot and sunny weather over the south. the weather can change that it will change. over the next few days, low pressure will take hold. strengthening westerly winds with cool air off the atlantic. quite a big change around the corner. on wednesday, brisk westerly winds blowing that fresh air. heavy