this is bbc world news today. i'm kasia madera. our top stories... the us piles on the economic pressure on turkey. but president erdogan remains defiant. hundreds of rya nair flights are cancelled after pilots in five european countries go on strike. in romania — thousands of demonstrators are protesting in the capital bucharest, they accuse the government of corruption and low wages. flash floods force hundreds of people to be evacuated from the south of france. hello and welcome to world news today. us president donald trump has announced he's ramping up sanctions against turkey, doubling steel and aluminium tariffs against the country. it's because of the continuing battle over this man, american pastor andrew craig brunson. he's been held in turkey for nearly two years

on disputed terrorism charges. and this row has caused the turkish lira to tumble dramatically. its value has fallen as much as m percent in the last day. our correspondent selin girit reports from istanbul. a day the finacial market will never forget. the turkish lira has seen ups and downs but it has never sunk so low before. at one point the lira plummeted by nearly 20% overnight but the turkish government will scheme to put on a brave face. —— was keen to put on a brave face. translation: they keep on talking about this foreign exchange rate and what not, forget about that. despite all the tax aimed at our country through foreign exchange rates, god willing, we will continue to grow in the second quarter and in the 2018 at record highs. erdogan‘s rhetoric may have gone down well with the supporters but not with international markets. another major blow came when the us president donald trump tweeted this to announce a doubling of steel

and aluminium tariffs on turkey. "our relations with turkey are not good at this time," he commented. they argue that the extra tariffs were against the rules of the world trade organisation as the rift between the two nato allies defend. —— the rift between the two nato allies defend. these are the options that turkey has at the moment, an hike which president erdogan sees as the mother of all evils is not likely to happen. he might seek help from the imf, following the example of argentina, but that is not likely either as it will have strings attached and it will be frowned upon in turkey. there is a feeling that the quickest and most efficient step is to ease the tensions with washington, and for that to happen, washington expects an american pastor currently under house arrest in turkey to be released and sent home. otherwise washington warns more sanctions could follow. a lot to discuss there. but pick up

some of those points. let's speak to dr esra ozyurek from the london school of economics. she is chair for contemporary turkish studies at the university's european institute. thank you very much for coming in and seeing asked. the relationship between turkey and the us has been deteriorating and of course the two clerics, the american pastor and another are very much at the centre of this, what is the likelihood of the american pastor being sent back? it is quite likely in the turkish side said they are ready to reach an agreement and they also had agreements, and another source of tension is that the turkish bank has violated the sanctions against iran and that has been continuing. that also has economic consequences of there are several things that are being negotiated. so that is also taking a

while. there is a lot of different issues in a complicated situation. in your opinion what is the most important one they need to sort out. we have another who the turks blame for the recent failed coup who they wa nt for the recent failed coup who they want extradited from the us and that is not going to happen, is it? want extradited from the us and that is not going to happen, is mm does not look likely and it looks like the evidence they have been providing both to germany and the united states has not been found sufficient. what i get the impression is what is being discussed on the table is more this violation of sanctions against iran and... the leader of that bank in jail in the us and the pastor. so it is most likely that they might be exchanged. that is interesting. what about the ongoing close relationship between turkey and russia. after we

had donald trump doubled these tariffs, the the first phone call president erdogan made is to rush a. the relationship with russia is also pa rt the relationship with russia is also part of the sanction especially since turkey is in the process of buying missile defence systems from russia and that will break the conditions of nato's. so that turkey asa conditions of nato's. so that turkey as a nato country wants to buy a missile defence systems from russia and that is also something that the us has bid adamantly opposing that has been adamantly opposing. we heard president erdogan really rallying the turks to support him and he is very popular at home, isn't he? he is quite popular, and at the elections he got aboutjust 50% and the opposition has mobilised quite strongly even though he had

all the resources in his hand to continue the election campaign and lots of politicians were in jail. so he is quite popular but his popularity is not absolute. so also to keep in mind but this kind of anti—agonistic relationships with other countries are benefiting both president erdogan and donald trump. so they have been escalating this in relation to their own voters. —— this kind of antagonistic relationship. ryanair pilots are on strike in five european countries, in what is the largest action in a series of protests over pay and work conditions. the 24—hour walk—out involves staff in germany, sweden, ireland, belgium and the netherlands. 400 flights have been cancelled and around 50,000 passengers have been affected. gavin lee reports. the no—frills airline, with no flights out of one of europe's busiest airports today. at frankfurt the message for passengers was clear,

and the same for berlin today, with 250 flights grounded in germany and another 150 cancellations in ireland, sweden, and here in belgium as well. ryanair is the second—biggest airline in europe, and usually during summer budget airlines like this have queues snaking through the airports, but 80% of the flights to and from belgium have been cancelled, according to the unions. ryanair says it has texted or e—mailed up to 75,000 people so they don't come here today wondering whether their flight is on. at the heart of the european pilots are asking for better pay and requesting their contacts be governed by the laws of the nation where they are based, not by irish legislation. all these people, their daily life is based around belgium — travelling to dublin, just for a claim, a problem,

an issue, especially when you have to deal then with legislation not familiar to you, not in the country you live in where you can be defended. it's a nightmare, basically. ryanair has described the strike is regrettable and unjustified, claiming their pilots are among the best paid in the budget airline market, and who in their view have the least reason to complain. gavin lee, bbc news. didier lebbee is a permanent secretary with the workers union cne in belgium, which was among the groups calling for pilots there to strike. i spoke to him about what they're demanding. what we are doing now with the workers of ryan air is to ask a very simple demand, which ryan air respects local lot and respects european recommendation about the working. it is established in europe, but it does not follow

european and local law. once they —— we wa nt european and local law. once they —— we want all so that ryan air, will respect the worker, the passenger and for everybody because they have no respect and that is not possible. ryan airagreed to no respect and that is not possible. ryan air agreed to recognise the unions over christmas and asked for seven days notice and terms of strike action in you talk about respect. is it respecting the customers that you serve to call a strike with just two days notice? there are several questions, what you ask me. to recognise the union, ido you ask me. to recognise the union, i do not need to be recognised. i recognise myself, i want the local law as in belgium, recognise the

local law, recommends the unions, it is not huge dealings and to recognise the passenger for ryan air does not respect the passenger either because when they say we will never reimburse you, we will never do what the lot asks us to do when there is a strike. reimburse you, give you money back and for me and for many of my european colleagues in other unions in europe, it is totally stu pid. in other unions in europe, it is totally stupid. we do not understand what they are doing. we think that they are breaking this company. we do not want this company to fail, we wa nt do not want this company to fail, we want this company to change. from the pilots worker union there, in belgium. the saudi—led coalition says it will investigate an attack in yemen which killed at least twenty—nine children. the attack targeted a school bus in the town of saada,

which is under the control of iranian—backed houthi rebels. following the strike the coalition initially claimed they had targeted militants. the un secretary general has called for an independent inquiry into the attack. the bbc‘s nada tawfik is live in new york. so the council members have agreed that there is a need for an investigation? yes, that is right. date met behind closed doors and received a briefing from the top un official and they said that they agreed that there was a need for a credible and transparent investigations. now this attack has really shocked the world, there has been instant condemnation because dramatic video footage shows this school bus hit with dozens of children killed and many others injured so the un has come out to say that they should have an independent investigation and that

this is a low point in this conflict and that security council members have taken this seriously. they have met and have not called for an independent investigation which is notable but set a credible one is needed. what is also interesting is the saudi coalition has also ordered an inquiry into this air strike? absolutely. originally they said that this was a legitimate attack against militants but they came under pressure from the united nations and the united states and others and reversed course and said they would order their own inquiry and they said that before the security council came out so it kind of gave saudi arabia's allies on the council like the united states and france in the uk the freedom to join this statement to call for a credible investigation. the british ambassador to the united kingdom was asked why it was not independent, the investigation. and she said, the

key point is we are calling for a credible investigation so when one comes to us we will study it and if it is credible we will look at what happened and if it is not we will review that as well. so she said that the security council will stay across best. thank you. -- across this. mass demonstrations are being held across romania, where tens of thousands of people are protesting against corruption and low wages. in the capital, bucharest, police have clashed with protesters as they demand the government stand down. tiffany wertheimer reports. in the centre of bucharest, right at the front of the city's government building, this crowd demands change. the protesters on the governing social democratic party to resign, angry that anti—corru ption prosecutor whose work was highly effective was sacked. scuffles broke out between protesters and the police. some demonstrators threw

bottles a nd police. some demonstrators threw bottles and tried to break through barricades and police fired back with tear gas and water cannon. people on both sides needed medical treatment. many of the protesters are romanians living abroad but have returned home tojoin are romanians living abroad but have returned home to join the rally, wanting an end to the country's corruption. low wages, portland living standards. —— poor living standards. it has tried to decriminalise several corruption offences and hundreds of thousands offences and hundreds of thousands of people have signed a petition demanding a law that would bar anyone with corruption charges from running for office. there are 3-5,000,000 running for office. there are 3—5,000,000 romanians living abroad where there are more opportunities and more money. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news... police in the canadian city of fredericton say four people have been killed in a shooting, including two of their officers.

one suspect is in custody following the attack in the provincial capital of new brunswick. police say there is no further threat to the public. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, said the government was following the situation closely. officials in afghanistan say at least 16 people have died following a major night—time assault by the taliban on the city of ghazni. the city is a provincial capital on the key highway between kabul and kandahar. officials said the militants took control of parts of the city before being pushed back to the outskirts. in gaza, there have been fresh protests near the border with israel, following a series of israeli air attacks and artillery shelling on gaza. israel has instructed the army to continue acting with force against what it calls perpetrators of terror, following an escalation of violence in and around gaza. on wednesday, israel shells killed three people in gaza, including a 23—year—old woman and her 18—month—old daughter. stay with us on bbc

world news, still to come... and we have an eyewitness report on china's rapid expansions of its military presence in disputed waters in the south china sea. the big crowds became bigger as the time for the funeral approached. as the lines became longer, police prepared for a hugejob in crowd control. the brutalformer the brutal former dictator died at the age of 80 and has been buried in saudi arabia where he lived in exile

since being overthrown in 1979. 2 billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later when the sunset over the bay of bengal. this is bbc world news today. our main headlines for you. president erdogan calls on the nation to back its falling currency in the face of the new us tariffs. hundreds of rya nair flights are cancelled after pilots in five european countries go on strike. the inauguaration of zimbabwe's president emmerson mnangagwa has been deferred, after the opposition challenged last week's election results in court.

the mdc claim they have evidence opposition leader nelson chamisa was cheated out of the presidency. if the court decides in favour of the challenge it could order a recount or nullify the election results. shangai nyoka has more from harare. the movement for democratic change alliance lawyers that filed the papers here at the constitutional court and at the very last minute. they are challenging the outcome of the presidential results and say that ballot boxes were stuffed in numbers inflated to give president mnangagwa a narrow victory. they will have to proves that those irregularities affected the outcome of the boat. mnangagwa avoided a runoff by less than 40,000 votes, this election and the outcome of the court case is hugely significant not just for him but for zimbabwe. he is seeking legitimacy after a questionable takeover of power last

november. the international community is looking to the court case and election results and say that free, fair elections are the first step to providing much—needed financial assistance. let's get all the sports news. over to you. the new premier league season to you. the new premier league seasonis to you. the new premier league season is under way and manchester united are taking on lester and old trafford and united beat by a goal— zero. and alexi sanchez‘s shot hit the arm and andre marriner went to the arm and andre marriner went to the spot and pol pot but captaining united tonight. fred is making the debut for manchester united as is james madison for the visitors. and he is denied by david de gea. liverpool play west ham on the

opening game on sunday and finished fourth last season, 25 points behind manchester city, and liverpool boss says they are still behind the likes of city and chelsea. we cannot be, we have to do more, fight more, to do all these things. that must be our attitude. it was a great day of cricket at lords if you are in england fans, given the rain delays, they pulled out india after rank com pletely they pulled out india after rank completely washed out the opening day. rain played a large part today but did not put off the bowlers. jimmy anderson taking five wickets and chris wilkes marked his return to international cricket. we started well with the ball but the rain delays, it just messes well with the ball but the rain delays, itjust messes up your rhythm a little bit and you want to, asi rhythm a little bit and you want to, as i said we started well and want

to keep the momentum going. i thought we did really well when we came back out towards the end of the day to keep our focus and keep our concentration, keep putting the balls in the right areas and we just followed on from edgbaston. we bowled really well as a group there, we are missing then this week but chris wilkes came in an almost sea mless chris wilkes came in an almost seamless with the transition and has not played with an england shirt for a while due to injury but he came on for new much where he left off from the nursery and and he followed me brilliantly at this and. just thought it was a really good group performance. manchester united just had a penalty turned out, still leading lester i—0. had a penalty turned out, still leading lester 1—0. a one—shot lead in the second round of the pga championship in missouri. woodland hit a four under 66 taking it ten underfor the hit a four under 66 taking it ten under for the round and further out, dustinjohnson under for the round and further out,

dustin johnson seven under and under for the round and further out, dustinjohnson seven under and tiger woods you can see birdied the second and third holes a short time ago and is two under and he just picked and third holes a short time ago and is two under and hejust picked up a shot so now he is three under par. kevin anderson is through to the semifinal of the rogers cup. the wendell bell the wimbledon finalist from south africa, and anderson had lost his previous seven meetings against the bulgarian. —— the wimbledon finalist from south africa. the prize for the most imaginative presentation of a new player has to go to be a real out —— the loreal. a magician took to the pitch and the article gestures and there he is, in a tube filled with smoke. the former arsenal midfielder

arriving in spain where he came through. quite an arrival. that is all the sport for now. see you later. thank you. powerful storms and flash floods forced the evacuation of more than 1500 people from the south of france. richard lister reports. after the heatwave, the deluge. there were marble—sized hail stones in south—eastern france, as thunderstorms rolled in. torrential rain turned drought—hit rivers into raging torrents. lapping at waterside houses, spilling over the road and causing chaos downstream. several campsites were quickly overwhelmed. the water moving through with such force, that possessions were swept away and buried. more than 400 police and

firefighters fanned out to search for stranded tauris. somewhere found hypothermic and clinging to trees. these german teenagers were in a campsite north of avignon when the flood came. they were among more than 100 people who had to be rescued, most with only the clothes they were wearing. "we couldn't even take a suitcase", she said, "but the most important thing is that we are all ok". later, though, it was discovered that a german man in his 70s was missing. the caravan he took refuge in had been swept away. in the gorge, 150 people kayaking and hiking had to be led to safety. it was pretty intense on the river and on the banks, seen such devastation. i have witnessed the river come up quite a big in the last few years i worked out here, but i have never witnessed it this

time of year when there are so many touristy or. that is the biggest thing that caught people out, there we re thing that caught people out, there were so many people on the ground who did not know what they were doing. it was an abrupt and frightening finish to the holiday season for many here. but the deluge in surrounding towns and villages caused damage here, too, and left people trapped inside. in ardeche, streets churned with dangerous floodwater, engulfing cars and everything else in its path. the wind, rain and hail damaged roofs, broke windows and flooded basement. a violent end to a long, hot summer. richard lister, bbc news. what a difference to think that same area just experienced a heat wave. once more, visit our website and i am on social media. it would be great to hear from you. hello and good evening, we are

certainly not going to see a repeat of the weather last week and, this week and looks very changeable and probably more places will be dry on saturday, more places will have some rain at times on sunday. we look out into the atlantic and this is where our weather is coming from. this cloud will progressively bring the rain infrom cloud will progressively bring the rain in from the west as the weekend goes on. this cloud, some torrential rain and the worst of it is moving weight towards the north sea and being replaced by this ridge of high pressure but only briefly ahead of these systems bringing the cloud and from the atlantic. things are calming down through this evening in the heaviest rain out towards the north sea. a few showers towards the far north of scotland. a chillier night and temperature is winding down into single figures, and a few spots of drizzle. many places tomorrow will start dry and sunny if you are up early enough. it will be

wetter through the day in the cloud will push its way further north and east in the cloud over northern ireland and a good part of scotland. away from northern ireland, wales and the southwest, it will be a dry day and temperatures will be a little higher than they were today. for the cricket not a good first today's weather—wise at least, we should get a good play at lords for day three. by the evening session there may be some rain, and not far away from london as the wetter weather, a bit sporadic, and things are going downhill because pressure is falling. it look like at one stage it was going to be a blustery weekend and that is less likely because things are slowing down in the weather from there is slowing down, keeping rain on and off across england and wales, pushing up from the southwest. some rain across scotla nd the southwest. some rain across scotland and a few showers for and

northern ireland and a few showers for the southeast. area is a little bit more humid despite the fact that there will be rain around, still looking at temperatures in the 20s, 22 celsius. next week, we are starting to dry things off in some showers around and weather fronts in the northwest later on on tuesday. getting a little warmer in the southeast. now on bbc news, a profile on two weddings in uganda, looking at the country's thirst for large, lavish and very expensive weddings. a new craze is seducing couples across uganda. in a quest to show off new found wealth or status, and in a race to outdo their neighbours, brides and grooms are going to extremes on their big day. ugandan weddings are now big business. big dresses, big venues, and big bills. i'm on the shores of lake victoria.

i'm here to witness one of the biggest weddings in kampala in recent weeks. over a quarter of a million couples are getting married every year in uganda. but, in a country where the average annual income is just over $700, many people are spending a small — and sometimes unaffordable — fortune on their wedding. you feel like your husband cannot provide. you feel like you really made a mistake. rita is an up—and—coming wedding planner in kampala. this is the dress i was telling you about. she started her own events company three years ago. rita is meeting viola, a bride—to—be, for a very special appointment. that's lovely. this has a touch of white, a touch of champagne, but it has a lot of embroidery.

you don't like the embroidery? no. wow! yeah. i know. a bit complicated. we shall get there. this, no. wow! it looks so nice. i love the fact that itjust holds your waist so nicely. i can't breathe. we will try millions till we get what you want. 0k. wow! it's really nice. how much does that crown go for? 200. 200,000. only? yeah. buying it?