this is bbc world news today. our top stories. an airline employee has died after stealing and crashing a plane in seattle. he was 29. turkey's president erdogan accuses the united states of trying to bring his country to its knees and warns that he'll look for new allies. chemical giant monsanto is ordered to pay nearly $300 million in damages to a man who claims its weedkiller caused his cancer. i'm glad to be here to help with this situation after i learned about roundup and glyphosate and everything, i'm glad to be here, to be able to help, but the cause is way bigger than me. and sprinter dina asher—smith wins her second gold at the european championships. that and the rest of the day's sports news coming up. hello and welcome to world news today.

an airport worker in seattle in the united states has died after stealing and crashing a plane. the plane belonging to alaska airlines' sister carrier horizon air, took off from the seattle tacoma airport. north american aerospace defense sent two fighter jets to intercept the plane. after flying erratically for 90 minutes, the plane crashed in ketron islands, some 50 miles south of the airport. andy moore reports. what the hell? the stolen plane was filmed by shocked witnesses flying low over the islands of puget sound. what is happening right now? ok, but why has it gotjets? it was pursued by at least two f—15 military jets. the authorities said those aircraft escorted the plane out of harm's way but were not instrumental in bringing it down. what the hell is this guy doing? whilst he was performing aerobatic manoeuvres, the 29—year—old man at the controls was talking to air traffic control. the man piloting the plane said he would perform a last barrel roll

and then call it a night. he crashed into a sparsely—populated island, causing this fire. there was the loud boom and i looked at her and said, "what, did they drop a bomb over there?" and that really must have been it. our information now is that there was only one person on the plane and that was the person flying the plane. there is no indication that this person who was flying the plane was trying to damage anything or attack anything. that man said himself he was not a qualified pilot, but he had enough knowledge to take a plane and fly it for some time before bringing his journey to an end. andy moore, bbc news. turkey will look for new friends and allies unless washington stops its unilateralism and disrespect — that is the warning from the turkish president recep tayyip erdogan. his comments follow president trump's doubling of tariffs on metal imports from turkey — a move which helped drive the turkish currency,

the lira, to record lows on friday. joe lynam reports. crowds were out in force in northern turkey today in support of their president in this escalating and very public row between two nato allies. this dispute could destabilise the middle east and global markets. and today, president erdogan did nothing to calm the situation. he told supporters that the economy was not in a crisis nor going bankrupt and the fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate were "missiles in an economic war waged against turkey". although president erdogan may be standing firm, his currency, the turkish lira, was collapsing. it's down 40% so far this year against the us dollar. yesterday alone it fell by 14%. that could push up prices rapidly for turkish consumers, interest rates might soar and restrictions could be placed on turks withdrawing their own money.

this row seems to have come out of nowhere. turkey has held an american pastor andrew brunson for two years over suspected but unproven links to the failed coup in 2016. america applied sanctions on senior turkish ministers last week and when turkey refused to release the pastor, president trump doubled us tariffs on turkish steel and aluminium yesterday, in a tweet. while the collapse of the lira spells danger for the turkish economy, british tourists could see the cost of their holiday plunge. turkey has become a popular location since the pound weakened in 2016. joe lynam, bbc news. let me show you these live pictures from romania, where tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of the capital, bucharest, for a second night of mass protest against the left—wing government. they're accusing the leaders of corruption and abuse of power. more than 400 people were injured in friday's

marches in the capital. several police officers were among those injured, as they clashed with demonstrators. tear gas and water cannons were used to try to disperse the crowds. the pharmaceutical company bayer says its monsanto weedkillers are safe. this is after a court ordered the company to pay nearly $290 million in damages to a man who became terminally ill after using them. dewaynejohnson, a school groundsman, alleges his cancer was caused by glyphosate in the herbicides. here's our us correspondent james cook. for dewaynejohnson, the verdict was bittersweet, to say the least. at 46 years old, he is dying of cancer, caused, the jury found, by monsa nto's weedkillers. thousands more americans claimed they, too, were sickened by the herbicides and their key ingredient, glyphosate. since the beginning of this case, i've received a lot of support and a lot of thank you,

and a lot of prayer and a lot of everything, just getting energy from a lot of people that i don't even know, you know? i'm glad to be here to help with this situation, after i learned about roundup and glyphosate and everything, i'm glad to be here to be able with a cause that's way bigger than me. the jury found that roundup presented a substantial danger to users, monsanto had acted with malice or opporession, and the company had been negligent in failing to put a cancer warning on the label. that is a choice that reflects reckless disregard for human health. it is a choice that monsanto made, and today is their day of reckoning. every single cancer risk that has been found had this moment. every single one. where the science finally caught up, where they couldn't bury it anymore. the agricultural giant strongly disagrees. monsanto says farmers around the world rely on glyphosate.

it says it will appeal and insists its products are vital, effective and safe. it is the most widely used herbicide in the world, it's the most widely studied herbicide in the world. there are over 800 scientific, medical peer—reviewed, published studies that demonstrate glyphosate is safe and does not cause cancer. and yet world health organisation scientists say glyphosate is probably carcinogenic, while the us and eu continue to approve its use. this case by no means ends the controversy about the most heavily used herbicide in history. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. well, there has been a statement after that ruling, in which monsanto said it was "sympathetic to mrjohnson and his family" but it would "continue to vigorously defend this product, which has a ao—year history of safe use". "today's decision does not change the fact that more than 800

scientific studies and reviews — and conclusions by the us environmental protection agency, the us national institutes of health and regulatory authorities around the world — support the fact that glyphosate does not cause cancer, and did not cause mrjohnson‘s cancer", says monsanto. joining me now to discuss this further is seattle university law lecturer steven tapia. given that this is a row that has rumbled on for many years about whetherjoel whether glyphosate causes cancer, how has this case come to a relatively speedy conclusion? that's a great question. i don't know if there is for either party to up the process. litigation has its own path and if monsanto decide they want to appeal to the last appeal, this may take years before the plaintiff sees any kind

of funds or relief. and the amount of funds or relief. and the amount of damages seems huge, $290 million, almost? california has a very strong tradition of product liability verdict that are extremely large and this is an example of whatjury is in california do. american product liability law is different from state to state. certain states like 0klahoma have restricted by way of statute the amount of damages that can be granted. while this is a significant amount of money in california, between the fact that m o nsa nto california, between the fact that monsanto has 49 otherjurisdictions in america alone in which to retry these issues, as well as the appellate process in california, it's difficult to say that this amount of money is real money that will ever actually be paid. the company says it will appeal. how does that work? essentially, they

have to show that the court made some kind of error, whether it's an error of fact or law. in california there are two state law levels of appeal, each of which may take several years. we could be talking about five or six years before it makes its way to the californian supreme court. even if it's nothing more than the court rubber—stamping the decision, saying there was nothing wrong, it still takes time. m o nsa nto nothing wrong, it still takes time. monsanto has to file the appeals, each appeal costs money. it is a standard corporate litigation tactic, to drag it out as long as possible with as many appeals as possible with as many appeals as possible in the hope that the plaintiffs won't have enough funds to track all the way to the last that of litigation. we understand there are thousands of similar cases pending. how does this outcome differ? could it set any president? it may, there are two ways. the

first one is that outside of california, you can have persuasive value, meaning a judge may choose, in their opinion, that there is enough validity to the california decision that it could be held to be binding, but it isn't held to be a requirement. in california it is a requirement. in california it is a requirement. unless the verdict is overturned, the facts will be binding on any californian litigation against monsanto. the other way this could go, and we saw it with asbestosis and johns mandeville, there is two different kinds of legal tactic available to litigants in the united states. 0ne isa litigants in the united states. 0ne is a cross action suit and there is one other, and they basically roll all the lawsuits into one big lawsuit. if the leggett lawsuits are

-- if the lawsuit. if the leggett lawsuits are —— if the leggett lawsuits take the same “— —— if the leggett lawsuits take the same —— if the later lawsuits take the it will be difficult for plate and is, they look for identity of damage so is, they look for identity of damage so they would have to be substantially identical durations and with asbestos there were many pipefitters who had worked in naval shipyards, so the facts were very similar from shipyards, so the facts were very similarfrom person to person. here, with the difference in the way that roundup is deployed, it will be difficult for the plaintiffs to say they have had the same kind of exposure and damage. thank you for joining us. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. worsening floods in the southern indian state of kerala have now displaced at least 36,000 people, and killed nearly a0. hundreds of relief camps have been set up across the state to accommodate those forced from their homes. a 51—year—old man has appeared in court charged with starting a wildfire in southern california

which has forced 21,000 people to flee their homes. forrest clark is accused of arson and other crimes in connection with the fast—moving blaze near lake elsinore in orange county. prosecutors say he intentionally started the fire on monday after a decade—long dispute with neighbours. canadian police have arrested a man after four people were shot dead in the eastern city of fredricton on friday. the 48—year—old man has been charged with four counts of first degree murder. two police officers and two civilians were killed in the incident. israeli arabs are holding a protest in tel aviv against the country's new nation state law. the change was brought in a few weeks ago. it defines israel as a principally jewish state, and removes arabic as an official language. last week, thousands of israelis from the druze minority also protested, saying the new law will legalise discrimination. bbc arabic‘s nawal assad

reports from the rally. thousands of israeli arabs came to the heart of tel aviv, near rabin square, to demonstrate in a big rally with thousands participating, demanding to abolish this controversial law. the law does not make them equal to otherjewish citizens in the state of israel. they are carrying banners, demanding justice, and they are also calling for otherjews to support them in their quest. i just want to remind our viewers that these arabs are actually forming 20% of the israeli population, which the new israeli state law says they are not equal with the otherjews who are citizens of the state of israel. a memorial march is taking place in cha rlottesville,

virginia to mark a year since a protestor was killed following clashes that were triggered by a neo—nazi rally in the city. 32—year—old anti—racism campaigner heather heyer died after a suspected white nationalist ploughed his car into a crowd. president trump has tweeted that "the riots in charlottesville resulted in senseless death and division". he said "we must come together as a nation. i condemn all types of racism and acts of violence. peace to all americans." the tweet contrasts to comments he made last year which condemned what he called "violence on both sides". stay with us on bbc world news, still to come. are peace prospects the winner as workers from north and south korea play each other in a football match in seoul? the big crowds became even bigger as

the time of the funeral approached. as the line of fans became longer, the police prepared for a hugejob of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutalformer dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia where he lived in ex—isle since being overthrown in 1979. —— he lived in 2 billion people have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place this millennium. it began off the coast of canada, ending three hours later when the sun set over the bay of bengal. this is bbc world news today.

the latest headlines. an airport worker in seattle in the united states has died after stealing and crashing a plane. the 29—year—old man took off from seattle tacoma airport without permission and later crashed into a nearby island. turkey's president erdogan calls on his people to sell dollars and buy lira as a dispute with the us hurts his country's economy. let's get the latest from the bbc sport centre. reaching the conclusion of the european championships and great britain's dina asher—smith has firmly placed herself amongst the world's best after adding the 200 metre title to her 100 crown. she ran the fastest time in the world this year, smashing the british record in the process. she broke 22 seconds with a run of 21.89 to leave world champion daphne schippers settling for silver.

just running as fast as i could. i was so just running as fast as i could. i was so surprised to see 20.8 because i'm tired —— to seek 21.8. sometimes, you never know, it's kind of cold, so i never thought i was going to run so quick. impressive for 22—year old dina asher smith. well, she's got 5 years on norway's jakob ingebrigtsen, who, 2a hours after winning the 1500metres, added the 5000 to his collection. his brother henrik ended second. the world's most expensive keeper, £71 million kepe arrizaballaga marked his chelsea debut with a victory and a clean sheet. it was a 3—1victory over huddersfield. it was also a first

competitive win for the new maanger maurizio sarri. ka nte kante gave ka nte gave chelsea kante gave chelsea the lead and jorginho scored after half an hour. the game was more difficult than the result, if you see the results. but it was a very easy match, although the first half was difficult. you said in the week it will take 2—3 months to see the best of this chelsea team. do you think you can do it faster than that? i hope so, it depends on me, it depends on the players. it's not so easy for me at the moment. maybe two months instead of three! dele alli scoring the winning goal for tottenham against newcastle.

newly promoted fulham were beaten at home by crystal palace. chris woakes' maiden test century has propelled england into a commanding position after day three of the second test against india at lord's. england closed on 357—6, with woa kes unbeaten on 120 at stumps. he added 189 for the sixth wicket with jonny bairstow after most of england's top order made starts and then got out. mohammad shami was the pick of the india seamers with three wickets but the day and the plaudits belong to the man who wasn't fit enough to play the first test. it's never good, being out of the side because of injury. a frustrating time, being away from the team and off the field. you do the hard work to get back, for moments like today. playing for england in front of a full house at lords and performing well is the icing on the cake. a frustrating time, so it makes it sweeter, being back in the side

and performing well. and golf‘s final major of the year has reached what they call moving day. the third round of the us pga championship is in full swing in st louis. there's been a change of leader too with double us open champion brooks koepka leading the way on 11 under par. gary woodland, who led though the first couple of rounds, is one back. rickie fowler has picked up a shot on saturday to move to nine under. and just look who is tied for fifth, tiger woods. five birdies in his first eight holes. he's just three off the lead, chasing an unlikely 15th major title. justin rose is best of the brits on 5—under. that's all the sport for now. workers from north and south korea have played each other in a football match in seoul. the game aimed to cement ties between their peoples, following a meeting of their political leaders in april. and the game was good natured, as rhodri davies reports. a simple game of football.

but it's been a while since these neighbours, from north and south korea, went for a kickabout. here in seoul, workers on the north, in red, played counterparts from the south, fulfilling on their three—day trip perhaps every amateur football player's dream, to play in a world cup stadium. the message all around it, "red unification" and the friendly game is part of an objective to improve korean civilian exchanges, born from the leaders' summit in april. while political tensions persist, here there was only sporting goodwill. translation: i hope there will be more events like this, even if they are not organised by the government but rather by civilian groups. i hope we will soon achieve independent unification so the south and north can be together. as you can see, i came here to cheer them on.

tens of thousands of spectators gave similar messages, this sign reads, "we are one." after six decades of separation, the neighbours were close enough to touch. translation: being able to shake the players' hands, so close up, gave me the impression they are so far away, and the symbolism of two sides, technically still at war, holding hands, with banners raised of a unified peninsular, and opposing delegates, sitting together, will raise more hopes for more talks between the countries. this is both sides' officials meeting next week planning a possible summit in the autumn and one suspects the leaders were looking on here. 0fficials stressed that this match

wouldn't have a victor, and although north korea's team did win 3—1, perhaps a feeling of togetherness came out on top. the american space agency nasa has delayed the much—anticipated launch of a space probe to study the sun's outer atmosphere. here's the moment we heard about the decision. we have expired our time in our window for tonight's launch. the parker solar probe was due to launch from cape canaveral in florida — but it was postponed when an alarm went offjust minutes before the closure of the launch window. it has been rescheduled for sunday. the mission will see the probe fly within about six million kilometres of the sun, closer than any other spacecraft in history, and it'll fly faster than any other object ever made by man. it's hoped the parker probe will gather information about solar flares and the sun's solar wind, which can have an effect

here on earth. and it's hoped that the heatshield on the spacecraft can survive roasting temperatures above 1,000c. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of my team on social media. see you soon. the weather stays changeable over the next few days but as a general, if you had sunshine today, as they did in west yorkshire, the chances are tomorrow you will see some rain. the reverse is true further south and west. tomorrow, spells of sunshine but also some sharp and maybe thundery showers. tonight, a band of rain across northern ireland, wales and northern ireland, moving north but perhaps not reaching the far north of scotland.

south—east england seeing little rain. a much milder night, lows between 12 and 17 celsius. parts of northern ireland and scotland were close to freezing last night. sunday is looking messy, low pressure to the west, france working their way east. should be out of the way of northern ireland —— fronts working their way east. a band of rain working east out of wales into england and a band of rain slowly moving north through scotland. behind the main, england and wales, sunshine and maybe thundery showers. windy for the western isles of scotla nd windy for the western isles of scotland and south—west england seeing a brisk breeze. elsewhere a gentle seeing a brisk breeze. elsewhere a ge ntle to seeing a brisk breeze. elsewhere a gentle to moderate wind. highest between 19 and 22, but 14—16 in scotla nd between 19 and 22, but 14—16 in scotland where the rain will be slow to clear. some brightness in the borders through the evening. dry for much of the day in 0rkney and

shetland. heavy showers working their way east behind the rain across england and wales. we still have that low pressure close by as we go into the new working week, so further showers, maybe longer spells of rain, especially in eastern counties and outbreaks of rain in scotla nd counties and outbreaks of rain in scotland which will lead to the day. mostly dry elsewhere, sunshine and feeling a bit warmer but watch out for some sharp showers across the north—east of england and southern scotla nd north—east of england and southern scotland through into the late afternoon. height and bridges on monday, 19—23 in and northern ireland —— high temperatures. cooler in scotland. scotland and northern ireland keep the chance of further rain on tuesday and wednesday. dreyer south, further some spells of sunshine and feeling warmer. this is bbc world news, the headlines: an airline employee has died after stealing and crashing a twin—engine plane in seattle in the us. the 29—year—old carried out

what's been described as "an unauthorised take off" from seattle tacoma international airport. no passengers were on board at the time. turkey's president erdogan has warned the united states that turkey will look for new friends and allies unless washington reverses a trend of what he calls unilateralism and disrespect. the pharmaceutical giant bayer says its monsanto weedkillers are safe, after a us court ordered it to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to a man who claimed his terminal cancer was caused by glyphosate in the herbicides. and british sprinter dina asher—smith has won her second gold at the european championships, in the women's 200 metre final.