welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: with the united states out of the international nuclear deal with iran, now president trump is re—imposing sanctions. at the trial of donald trump's former campaign chairman — a key witness testifies that he helped paul manafort submit false tax returns. two britons accused of beheading western hostages in syria tell the bbc they shouldn't be sent for trial to the us. and the moment the tremor struck — indonesian officials say nearly 100 people have died in the latest lombok earthquake. hello. the united states has reimposed sanctions on iran, following up president trump's decision to withdraw

from the international agreement, designed to curb tehran‘s nuclear programme. the first phase of sanctions will target iran's purchase of us dollars, the trade in precious metals, and its car industry. in tehran president rouhani said the trump administration's previous offer of talks and this latest action do not make sense. 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's honesty in the process. 0n 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. rick gates, a longtime business associate of paul manafort,

president trump's former campaign manager, has confessed at manafort‘s fraud trial that they did commit crimes by filing false tax returns — and not disclosing foreign bank acounts. gates is considered a star witness in the case after he pleaded guilty in february and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. mr manafort, has instead pleaded not guilty on 18 counts. joining mei s our news correspondent peter bowes who has been following the trial. mrtrump of mr trump of course will have a close eye on this. what's been going on? this was arguably one of the most crucial days of this trial because rick gates was, for a decade, his right—hand man, his business associates. working closely with him on the election campaign during 2016

and of course, these charges were to their work outside of that campaign, largely predating the election campaign of donald trump and the whole thing has come to light because of the investigation into possible collusion with russia over the election of donald trump and whether any of his aides worked with the russians during that campaign that the serious charges of tax fraud, hiding income from overseas, are very important for paul manafort because if found guilty, he could go to jail for the rest of his life. rick gates appearing as the star witness today being asked directly by the prosecutor whether he committed crimes, mick —— paul manafort, and the answer was yes, he was involved in hiding bank accounts of paul manafort overseas, hiding income from overseas sources as loa ns income from overseas sources as loans so he would not have to pay money —— have to pay taxes in the

united states. he also says he embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from paul manafort, his former employer, by submitting fake expenses so former employer, by submitting fake expenses so ha rd—hitting former employer, by submitting fake expenses so hard—hitting testimony from him. it will continue on tuesday with more questions from the prosecution and the defence will have their opportunity to speak to mr gates. they are likely to try to portray him as an unreliable witness in the trial, the trial itself likely to go on friend of a couple of weeks. 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 elsheikh 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. and here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale with more on the accusations levelled against the two men. the alexander's —— the allegations

against alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh are pretty clear. the british home secretary said in a letter recently there was intelligence that implicated both men in the murders of a number of individuals including three americans and two britons. the us state department says specifically elsheikh had a reputation for mock executions and crucifixions and alexanda kotey was responsible for cool forms of torture city allegations against them which they deny clear. what is less clear is what is going to happen to them in the future and whether or not they will ever face trial and that's because of a number of compensating factors. first of all, they've been held by kurdish militia in northern syria, they are not in the hands of authorities and despite what they say, the british government has stripped these two men of their british citizenship. also, the victims were international and various victims families saying they should be tried in different parts of the world. the british government's user there should be

tried in the united states and british ministers say there would be a greater chance of successful prosecution in the united states. at the moment, the americans have not made up their mind whether that is what they are going to do and i think the problem is this, the fear within british government is the longer this goes on, the more this uncertainty, this legal limbo, other options may come into play. the americans might say, why don't we send them to guantanamo bay, without due process? 0r send them to guantanamo bay, without due process? or what if the stf, the kurdish militia, decides to take matters into their own hands? might they release these two men? might they release these two men? might they do even worse, perhaps execute them? there they do even worse, perhaps execute them ? there is they do even worse, perhaps execute them? there is a fear within the british government that at some point, some decision has to be made. why this matters is because these two men are so high—profile, how they are handled and trickled —— treated will set the bar and the tone, an example of how other foreign fighters might be treated by the west in the future. stay with us on bbc

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moment for the church as an international movement. the question now is whether the american vote will lead to a split in the anglican community. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: president trump re—imposes sanctions against iran following the united states‘ withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal. the iranian president, hassan rouhani, has been speaking to iranian television. let's hear more of what he had to say about the reimposition of the sanctions by the us. translation: there's no precondition for negotiations. if the us is ready to negotiate with the us debts and conversation with the run from the coup in 1953 conversation with the run from the coup in1953 and conversation with the run from the coup in 1953 and the intervention in iran were ready to negotiate with

the us. they want to launch psychological warfare against the iranian nation and create divisions among the people. his goal is aimed at the us congressional elections in the near future. that at the us congressional elections in the nearfuture. that person at the us congressional elections in the near future. that person who left the negotiation is trump and his administration. if they were true to their word, we are always ready to negotiate. brian 0'toole is senior fellow from the atlantic council and was a former senior us treasury sanctions official. he's in raleigh, north carolina. how do you think iran will react in the longer term and just as importantly, how will the other signatories to the international nuclear deal react? thanks for having me. iran has limited options here. if they continue to maintain the support they have, the other signatories to

they have, the other signatories to the jcpoa, will continue they have, the other signatories to thejcpoa, will continue the same course. if you see iran moving towards a harder line, especially with regards to developing its nuclear and ballistic missile programme, europe will shy away quickly from the jcpoa. china programme, europe will shy away quickly from thejcpoa. china and russia will be the outliers, they will continue to be upset with the us and some their nose at the us, to get them to go along with us sanctions. there's going to be a real disconnect not only between the us and the other signatories, but probably also between what europe is willing to do versus china and russia are willing to do. so if you don't see much help coming from other signatories to the deal, that is going to be really bad for the iranian economy, isn't it? allowed the iranian economy is already in a pretty bad place but there's going to be some leakage from the sanctions. europe is to dollar rise

to two avoid us sanctions and get away with it, china is not. that's going to be the interesting piece in this ina going to be the interesting piece in this in a lot of ways. what is china going to do? they've already indicated they don't want to cut back at all and it's entirely possible they may continue to do that in some of the other areas of trade were sanctions will be reimposed tomorrow, the order for the reimposition of those came out today. you may recall in the previous iteration of these sanctions, china set up a bank sanctioned by the us, serving as a funnel for some of the trade with iran it wanted to continue. that bank was entirely separate from the united states, didn't need to deal in the dollar or with other us goods, so was able to continue to do that. that's going to be a much harder task for europe. like i said, you're going to the europe kind of fall in line with us sanctions and the question will be what will happen with some of those other countries. thank you very much indeed for that.

no problem, thanks. as diplomatic relations between canada and saudi arabia worsen, saudia, the saudi state airline, has suspended flights in and out of toronto. a diplomatic row kicked off when canada called on the saudi kingdom to release rights activists who had been recently detained. lebo diseko has more. this is one of the female activists who canada said it was concerned about. samar badawi is one of several women's and human rights campaigners detained by the saudi authorities in recent months. in a tweet of last month, canada called for her and others to be released. that was met with fury from riyadh, who said the comments were a blatant interference in their domestic affairs. it has since frozen all trade and expelled canada's ambassador in response, but 0ttawa has said it will continue to advocate for human rights. in terms of canada's position going

forward , in terms of canada's position going forward, we stand... absolutely with great assuredness stand by what we have said. we will always speak up for human rights, we will always speak up for women's rights around the world. saudi arabia has recently lifted a decades—old ban on women driving, one of a number of reforms. but it's also intensified its crackdown on activists campaigning for things like and into laws which mean women must have a male guardian. this row and the response from riyadh has raised even more questions about the country's commitment to change. lebo diseko, bbc news. mandatory evacuations have been ordered in california's 0range cou nty ordered in california's 0range county as another major wildfire brea ks county as another major wildfire breaks out. the holy fire blaze broke out on tuesday and according to firefighters it spread rapidly across cleveland forest canyons and

now cove rs across cleveland forest canyons and now covers around 1000 acres. eight major wildfires are burning out of control across the state, prompting president trump to declare a major disaster. 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. 0ur correspondent, mehulika sitepu, 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 aren't enough boats. some at the island's airport, though, are managing to leave. we didn't get a wink of sleep and we're currently in the airport. as soon as the earthquake hit we booked a flight to just get home straight away. 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, lombok. the australian government has announced more aid for farmers as pa rt announced more aid for farmers as part of the countries suffers worst dried spell in living memory —— dry spell. successive seasons of above average temperatures and not much rain have hit grazing and cropland. prime minister malcolm turnbull has

praised the resilience of farmers, who said the drought could become overwhelming. he was speaking at a farm in the most populous state, new south wales. the vast majority of new south wales is afflicted by drought. disney's new winnie the pooh film christopher robin is stirring up debate in china where film authorities have denied a release for the new movie without an apparent reason. but it's widely rumoured to be part of a nationwide clampdown on references to the children's character. chinese authorities have been blocking images of pooh on social media since last year, after chinese leader xi jinping was compared to the bear on social media. 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. 0ur arts correpsondent, david sillito, has been to meet him. scheveningen on the dutch coast,

and a summer spectacle, the strandbeests, wind—blown mechanical artworks. my name is theo jansen and i try to make new forms of life on the beach where i was born 70 years ago. what you're looking at is 28 years of trial and error, expertise at 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 legs could cope with the 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. from the netherlands to montana... a spot of what's been called mutton busting. this is the course record breaking ride from five—year—old sam vantassle holding on tight to a fully grown sheep. he managed to stay sheepback for just over ten seconds and avoided injury on his dismount. as you can see he was rather happy with his performance picking up a record high score from the rodeo and a free belt buckle.

more on all the news any time on the bbc website. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter, i'm @bbcmikeembley. thank you for watching. hello there. today we see the last of the hot and humid conditions across the south—east before it's all change by the time we reach wednesday. we'll maintain a north—west/south—east split for the next 2a hours, that's because we've got a weak weather front across northern and western areas, largely clear skies and a very warm and muggy start in the south—east, whereas further north and west, slightly fresher and there will be more cloud around, perhaps a spot of drizzle and some hill fog too.

so it means for tuesday morning it starts off relatively cloudy across many northern and western areas, but the cloud tending to thin and break. sunny spells developing quite widely. will be breezier across the north—west, but again, across the south and east, another hot and sunny day. you can see the deep orange colours unfolding there into the afternoon with highs again 29 to maybe 31 degrees. further west, though, in those yellow colours, it's going to be feeling a little bit cooler. something typical for the time of year, 18 to 22 celsius. and then late on tuesday evening and overnight, we could see a cluster of thundery showers move up from the near continent, grazing past south—east england and east anglia. bit of uncertainty as to how far westwards these will get, but it's all tied in with this weather front, which is going to continue to move its way eastwards during the course of thursday night. and then by wednesday morning, we lose the hot and humid air from the south—east and then we're all into the cooler air mass. so, for wednesday it's going to feel very different to what we've been used to, particularly in the south—east. there will be some sunshine around, but some showers as well, particularly across western areas, some of them could be heavy and thundery.

and there's your temperatures, 17 to 2a celsius. a good eight degrees lower in the south—east than what we've been used to on monday and tuesday. 0n into thursday then, most of the showers will be across the north—west corner of the country. sunny spells elsewhere, but there is a chance of some thundery rain moving up from the near continent, again grazing the south—east. but it could stay over the near continent, south—east could stay dry. and again, temperatures around the seasonal average but feeling cooler than what we've been used to. friday not a bad looking day, largely dry. some showers in the north. but then later on in the day, the skies are going to cloud over across western areas with increasing breeze ahead of a weather system. now, this is something we haven't seen much of during the summer period, but it looks like it's going to be quite a vigorous area of low pressure hurtling in across our shores just in time for the weekend. it could deliver a spell of pretty heavy rain at times, and also strong winds. could be touching gale force. so saturday's looking very unsettled with wet and windy weather moving through. for sunday, though, a little bit

brighter with sunshine and showers, but it's going to feel much cooler over the weekend. this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump has re—imposed sanctions against iran, following the united states' withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal but says iran could avert sanctions by agreeing to talks to abandon its nuclear and missile programmes. iran's president, hassan rouhani, has accused the united states of psychological warfare. a key witness at the trial of president trump's ex—campaign chairman, paul manafort has testified that mr manafort filed false tax returns and tried to hide millions of dollars in foreign banks. mr manafort has pleaded not guilty to charges of bank fraud and tax evasion. the indonesian disaster management agency says