hello, i'm karin giannone. this is outside source. a state of emergency is declared in the area around genoa in italy. as hope fades in the hunt for survivors, others describe their narrow escapes. people were running, screaming in italian, run, out. out of the cars. so we just literally, kids, run, run. we didn't know what was happening. another taliban attack — this time in kabul. at least 48 people are killed, after a suicide attack at an education centre. scores of students are injured. anger and condemnation after an australian senator calls for a ‘final solution‘ to ban muslim immigration in the country. and what's being described as a mysterious russian satellite displaying "very abnormal behaviour" raises alarm in the uk. a 12—month state of emergency has been declared in

northwestern italy following yesterday's bridge disaster in genoa. 39 people were killed, at least three of them are children. here are the latest pictures out of genoa. these are amazing aerial footage of the scene — you can really get a sense of how huge the bridge was. almost a0 vehicles plunged off it when it collapsed — they fell 45 meters. the rescue effort has now turned a tragic corner — from searching for survivors — to searching for bodies. sniffer dogs have been brought in to help locate them. it's hot and heavy work. and it's very dangerous for the fire fighters too — many parts of the rubble are still unstable. look at this rescuer — suspended from what seems to be a car wreck. of the 39 victims, 37 have been identified. amoung them, this family of three. they were on their way to sardinia for a summer holiday. their little son, samuel,

was one of the first victims to be recovered. this is andrea cerulli, a keen amateur footballer with a toddler son. he was on his way to work. and this is elisa bozzo, she recently wrote on her facebook page, "how can i not celebrate life?" but there are also amazing stories of survival. my colleaguejames reynolds spoke to a british family about their harrowing experience we were driving from balestrino to raphael yesterday and because of the weather we decided to take the faster route, along the motorway. we came out of the tunnel, the rain was torrential and as we drove along we felt the car sliding to the right. it felt like high wind, as we were on a tall bridge. we kept going and then we saw lots of red lights, the cars in front braking. we could only see a couple in front of us. suddenly the reverse lights came on.

people started shouting, waving their arms to reverse. tooting horns and everything like that. we tried to reverse and we couldn't go anywhere. the car in front hits the front of our car. people were running, screaming in italian, run, out. out, cars. we were literally, kids, run, because we didn't know what was happening. you have a 12—year—old and a nine—year—old. yes, we do. we came through the tunnel and we were like, run. our daughter has a form of cerebral palsy, so we grabbed our daughter's hand and started running but we couldn't pick up because the car were flying open, people everywhere, torrential rain. screaming. our daughter had taken her shoes off because she was going to sleep. she didn't have her glasses. we left everything in our car and

ran for we left everything in our car and ranfor our we left everything in our car and ran for our lives. everyone was stood in the entrance to the tunnel. there was a lot of crying. another survivor, who's recovering in hospital, survived the fall when his car landed in a pocket between the cement columns. he didn't want his face shown, but did speak to media. translation: i felt as if a miracle happened, it was like being in a film. i saw the rescuers who arrived, the fire brigade, everyone. it was a shock, a real shock. ijust had the picture front of my eyes off the road that collapsed. i saw four cars in front of me. there was a fair bit of traffic. ijust can't imagine something like this happening in italy. i was heading to genoa and i can say ifeel like a miracle. saint barbara protect me. there's talk of massive fines for the company that looks after the maintenance of the bridge, and the genoa prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into possible negligent homicide. italy's transport minister is angry. he wants heads to roll at the company, and has promised to hold it accountable — here he is at the scene. translation: in a civilised and modern country like italy, tragic events like this must not be

allowed to happen. this is unacceptable and those responsible must pay in the end. the families of the desperate victims, the families of the people who are still under the rubble, we are facing a real slaughter. they deserve to be compensated until the last cent, even though is clear that it will not take away their pain. the maintenance company says it had checked the bridge every three months using highly specialised techniques. the prime mininster giuseppe conte has said all infrastructure across the country will now be double—checked. here is is speaking a short time ago. translation: we wish our most fervent wishes for a speedy recovery to all the injured. some of them in a serious condition. unfortunately the number of victims is increasing, as the hours pass and we can only express our heartfelt thoughts. our closeness to them, to their family and to all

the health workers who are working to recover the injured. these are unacceptable tragedies that shouldn't happen in a modern society. this government will do everything to prevent such tragedies from happening again. tim willcox is at the bridge in genoa, and filed this report. here in genoa it has been a day of grief and anger. 39 people are confirmed to have died. some of the search and rescue teams i've spoken to say there are several more who may now be recovered, not as survivors but unfortunately as bodies. the anger comes also because several residents of the city say that this was a disaster waiting to happen. there have been complaints over the years about the maintenance and quality of the bridge, which was built 50 years ago, completed in 1967. one engineer told me it was an engineering failure, it should be knocked down and a new bridge built. so much money has been spent on it. nevertheless the teams and cranes

behind me continue to lift those huge chunks of reinforced concrete, just in the hope that there may be a pocket of air which has a crushed, but not badly crumpled vehicle in which some people are surviving. the teams we've spoken to for the last 18, 20 hours, say they will not stop until they have found every single vehicle which they believe fell to the ground here to make sure there is no one alive. today is a national holiday in italy. two the days of official mourning to coincide with what should have been a day of great happiness, a day of family for people here in italy, taking two weeks off for summer sunshine. it's liberation day in the korean peninsula — that's a holiday marking independence from japanese colonial rule. take a look at these pictures from south korea. this is a ceremony in seoul — you can see people waving flags.

and a war veteran sang the national anthem. we also heard from south korean president, moonjae—in. translation: although we have the ha rd processes of translation: although we have the hard processes of denuclearisation of the peninsula and the economic crisis in front of us, if we work together there is nothing to be afraid of. an optimistic note from the president there. compare celebrations in the south with the north. this was broadcast on state television. it's a huge concert to mark the end of world war ii in 1945. north korean tv showed a full day of commemorative programmes like this one. it's been two months since the historic summit between president trump and kim jong—un. this is the document that both leaders signed. since then, negotiations have stalled.

north korea wants the us to drop its sanctions. pyongyang says it's made a number of goodwill gestures. this is a satellite image from earlier this month — appearing to show key facilities being dismantled at the sohae launch site, north korea's main missile engine testing site. but the us is pushing for total denuclearisation before any sanctions are eased. the relationship between these two men, kimjong—un and moon—jae, seems much warmer. north and south korea are preparing for a third meeting in the demilltarised zone next week. let's bring in daniel russel, who is is vice president for international security and diplomacy at the asia society policy institute. he also served under president obama in east asian and pacific affairs. as north and south korea mark liberation day in what's been a very dramatic year of developments, how

do you view where things stand right now? the liberation date speeches by the south korean president as well as the commemoration in the north we re as the commemoration in the north were pretty conventional, frankly. on the south korean side, it was awfully vague about denuclearisation and awfully heavy on a peace regime, and awfully heavy on a peace regime, a peace treaty. this points at part of the problem in the two months since the singapore summit. north korea would like to divert attention away from the real issue, the real problem, which is its nuclear ballistic missile problem, and instead talk about the us alliance, what they call the hostile policy and the need for a peace treaty. very much a red herring because the threat to peace in this part of asia doesn't come from a 60—year—old

armistice agreement, which works, it comes from north korea's nuclear and missile programme which u nfortu nately missile programme which unfortunately is moving ahead apace, its unabated by a short piece of paper that the north korean leader and president trump signed. on that note i'm going to bring in a tweet talking about the goalposts moving. is injune, it was north korea denuclearise in quickly, thenjuly, no timeline, in august, making progress towards denuclearisation, and late august, progress could possibly be made. what about that word, denuclearisation? do you think the optimism is slowly fading? the optimism was unilateral, it was on the part of president trump and four officials like secretary of state pompeo, it's a tough challenge when your leader has already declared

victory before the kick—off, even. it's going to wind up in rapidly moving goalposts. the fact of the matter is that what north korea has in mind by denuclearisation is much closer to what we would call arms control. they want to be treated as a peer nuclear power and they are willing to discuss overall neutral reduction, which is a far cry from living up to the mandatory requirements of the un security council resolutions. you worked for the obama administration but i wonder, hasn't president trump, with his unconventional methods, achieved inafew his unconventional methods, achieved in a few months far more than president obama achieved in two terms as president? it remains to be seen what president trump has achieved. north korean leaders from kim il—sung on —— onwards always wa nted kim il—sung on —— onwards always wanted to be treated as a peer of

the us president, always wanted to meet the us president but until now, no us president was prepared to accept north korean terms, to give them the validation, the litter legitimisation, the meeting, without north korea doing meaningful things to convince it of compliance with obligations. there have been a few token and is bullocksjust obligations. there have been a few token and is bullocks just as obligations. there have been a few token and is bullocksjust as by north korea, —— there have been some commitments by north korea, the dismantle of the defunct nuclear site and the limited test freeze, which doesn't apply to ballistic missiles which could hit korea and japan, is instantly and easily reversible. let's look for something

meaningful before we declare progress. thank you forjoining us. stay with us on outside source — still to come. courting controversy — an australian senator faces a backlash after using a phrase linked with the holocaust. 30 men and one woman have been charged with offences linked to child sexual exploitation in huddersfield. many of the accused are thought to be british pakistanis. emma glasbey reports from huddersfield. some of these offences date back 13 years. police say all of the charges relate to five women. these women were aged 12—18 years old when it is alleged the offences took place, between 2005—2012 in the huddersfield area. detectives have charged 30 men, most of them are from huddersfield

but they have also charged a man from dewsbury, a man from shipley and a man from camden with offences including rape and trafficking for sexual exploitation. a 38—year—old woman from huddersfield has also been charged with facilitating the commission of a child sex offence. they will all appear before kirklees magistrates‘ court next month. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: italian pm giuseppe conte has declared a i2—month state of emergency. the death toll has risen to 39, rescuers say, and there‘s little hope of finding more survivors. brazil has a presidential election coming up, and this man, former president luiz unacio lula da silva, known as lula,

wants to run for office. but there‘s a problem, he‘s currently serving a 12—year prison sentence for corruption, and he‘s barely four months in. this has not deterred his supporters, today they marched through the streets of the capital, brasilia, which will end with the top members of lula‘s workers party registering his candidacy, here at the electoral court, just before the deadline, in under two hours‘ time. this registration is expected to be frought with complications. i asked katy watson to tell us why. most people think that he probably won‘t be able to run. what‘s happening today in brasilia, it‘s a bureaucratic process. in the last few weeks, parties have announced who they want to put forward as their presidential candidate and this isjust a register, if you like, registering with the courts to say that these are the candidates going through and the judges have until the 17th of september to decide whether these candidates can run. one of the big problems

is that lula is in prison, he‘s been convicted of corruption and has been upheld on appeal. a law that his party brought in in 2010, the clean slate law, stops people, if they‘re in politics and have been committed of a crime, so himself is a victim of his own success, this law will stop him running. this is brazil, lots of things could change but at the moment it‘s looking like the courts will probably decide, like most people think, that he will be able to run in the long—term. looking and the conviction of corruption, looking at the crowds on the streets, how popular would you say he is, despite the conviction? he‘s a man who changed brazil considerably when he was in power. he left power in 2011 with an approval rating of more than 80%, so he was brazil‘s most popular position at one point. with the corruption allegations against him, the popularity has

waned but nevertheless he is seen by many people as the only chance for a lot of poor people in brazil to be able to better themselves. he listened to them for the first time after years of corrupt politics but at the end of the day he is in prison for corruption and a lot of people feel that he has been the source for many problems in brazil. he‘s a character that draws both anger and admiration. the election is in october. are there any other likely contenders? there are. if lula is allowed to run it looks like he will get around one third of brazilians voting for him and he would win. if he doesn‘t, a lot of spoiled ballots. people are undecided about who they will vote for because the second man in the running, bolsonaro, is as far from lula in terms of politics as you could imagine. he‘s a man who admires the former military dictatorship,

he wants looser gun laws, he is known for homophobic rants, he‘s made comments about congresswomen. he‘s a character that is very different, as far on the right as lula is on the left. he‘s another candidate being talked about but a lot of people feel very confused about who they will vote for in october. there‘s more economic tension between the us and turkey. steve herman is white house bureau chief for voice of america. and about an hour and a half ago he tweeted "sanctions, but not steel tariffs, in place on #turkey would be lifted if brunson is released, says @presssec." this comes on a day when the turkish lira has regained some of the ground it‘s lost against the us dollar recently. it‘s now just over 6 lira for one us dollar. some of the reason for that is that turkey‘s president erdogan has announced new tariffs on imports from the us as mark lowen in istanbul has been explaining.

today, turkey announced it was hiking cariss drastically on american goods from cars to alcohol, to cosmetics, even rice —— hiking taxes. some of them doubled, some of them going up by double in response to the us raising sanctions and imposing sanctions on turkish goods because of that continued detention ofan because of that continued detention of an american pastor. every sign that the rift is deepening, two nato allies at each other‘s throats, with regional implications. the court here voted not to release the pastor and it will go to an up in court but there is little optimism that he will be released. difficult for businesses that have borrowed or brought in items with foreign

currency against the lira. it has plunged in value. worrying for turkish people who are trying to travel abroad for their summer holidays, where there lira is buying far less. there is real concern. the core base of president erdogan are rallying behind him because they see him as turkey‘s saviour. when he hits out and the us, calling for economic war, framing it in terms that are really for his nationalist support base, stoking conspiracy theories, external plots against turkey, that plays for his base and they are rallying behind him. so all of that turmoil is putting enmorous economic strain on turkey. one country that knows about economic strain is just across the aegean sea, greece. it‘s a country still feeling the effects of its infamous debt crisis of a few years ago. in the capital athens, property prices crashed which has allowed foreign investors to pick up bargains and rent them out.

but that‘s causing tensions with locals, as philip hampsheir reports from athens. until the financial crisis, tourists only usually spent a few days in athens with a few days at the acropolis before moving to their final destination. residential property fell 46% from its peak in 2008. flats rented a short—term holiday—makers using online services. nine years ago the property market went down but the tourists, people visiting greece for vacation have been going steadily up. people coming in and buying apartments creates issues elsewhere, if they rent them out online to short—term holiday—makers. it means that by definition there is less supply. that‘s bad news if you‘re a native person of athens who lives and works here because if you need a longer term lease, they might be a

bit more expensive and you may need to move to a different district, one you didn‘t call home. to move to a different district, one you didn't call home. when we moved here, all six flags were either rented or the owners lived in the flats —— all six flats. in the last two years the renters have left because the lease was over and the owners politely ask them to leave. so they could rent the apartments to whoever they need. staying with housing — let‘s go to new zealand — where the government has just passed a law banning overseas buyers from purchasing existing homes. today, the associate housing minister said new zealanders "should not be tenants in our own land." the country has become what some call a "billionnaires bolthole" for people like this man, american tech billionnaire peter thiel. he has property here in queenstown — in the south island. and this could be why people like him are buying there.

the guardian headline "why silicon valley billionnaires are prepping for the apocalypse in new zealand" says it all. the idea being that they‘re buying new zealand property as a safe space to ride out an end of days scenario. outside source producer briony sourdin has more. the new zealand government actually passed a landmark bill that bans foreign buyers from purchasing existing new zealand homes. singapore and australian buyers are the only ones exempted from this. the associate housing minister said today in parliament that new zealanders are sick and tired of being renters in their own country. he says this is the only way for new zealanders to set the market price. one of the big issues is affordability. in new zealand only one quarter of new zealand adults own their own home and the number of foreigners buying property has increased. new zealand is attractive for a number of reasons. it‘s become a sort of sanctuary for the world‘s rich. james cameron owns propertyjust outside of wellington and queenstown, which many people know as a tourist hotspot has

a new hotspot, peter thiel, the paypal founder from america, who gained citizenship, controversially, after eight days in the country. one of the big issues is housing affordability in auckland in particular, where house prices have increased 75% in the last four years. the reaction today from the real estate market is that this will do little to actually improve housing affordability for the average new zealand family. stay with us. coming up in a few minutes‘ time, the latest on what is described as a mysterious russian satellite displaying very abnormal behaviour. in the next few nights we may see

some particularly red sunsets in the uk and if you‘ve been following the weather in north america you may have heard about the wildfires plaguing californian and even parts of canada. very hot and sunny and dry, you can see the hot air over here. what‘s going to be happening with those smoke particles generated by the wildfires, they are caught up in thejet by the wildfires, they are caught up in the jet stream and they are shunted over canada and carried across newfoundland, over the atla ntic across newfoundland, over the atlantic and into our direction, which may affect us. we are seeing the signs of this. this is north america, i know there‘s a lot going on here but if we zoom in a bit closer to this part of the satellite image, the east coast of the united states and canada, this is newfoundland. you can see the white haziness, that‘s moat travelling ——

smoke travelling over canada and the atla ntic smoke travelling over canada and the atlantic and coming in our direction. when we get a lot of smoke particles, sunsets can become particularly red. smoke particles carried by the jet stream and then we‘ll see the effect of that light being scattered from the sun, creating those red areas. red hot heat still across europe on thursday, temperatures up to 32 in paris and over 30 degrees in germany. let‘s go to the other side of the world and trouble in the tropics, this is a tropical storm bringing heavy rain to parts of china and will affect the unarmed. this is another one that‘s formed recently, going the direction of shanghai. we are expecting poor weather over the coming days. japan shrouded with clouds after the passage of another tropical storm.

in the pacific there are other angry looking clouds, another one looking clouds, anott forme looking clouds, anott form into a the pacific which may form into a tropical storm, possibly a typhoon over the coming days. a lot happening over this part of the world. it is monsoon season in south—east asia and typhoon season in the asia—pacific region. this storm moving to shanghai on friday. heavy rain in vietnam‘s and other parts of southeast asia. to the south of that, central parts of indonesia seeing subdued rainfall, less tha n indonesia seeing subdued rainfall, less than normal, so plenty of sunshine in borneo and into singapore. the uk outlook is in half an hour but this is a quick look at the weather. temperatures rising over some parts of the country in the coming days. thanks for watching. hello, i‘m karin giannone, this is outside source. a state of emergency is declared in the area around genoa in italy. as hope fades in the hunt for survivors, others describe their narrow escapes.

people were, screaming in italian, "run". "out cars, out cars." so we just literally... "kids, run, run," because we didn‘t know what was happening. another taliban attack, this time in kabul. at least 48 people are killed, after a suicide attack at an education centre, scores of students are injured. anger and condemnation after an australian senator calls for a "final solution" to ban muslim immigration in the country. and we‘ll have the latest on the trial of paul manafort, donald trump‘s former campaign manager. we‘ve talked about paul manafort before, he used to be donald trump‘s campaign manager, he‘s on trial facing 18 charges of tax and banking crimes. he has denied all the charges

against him, and his lawyers made their final arguments today. chris buckler is outside the courthouse. what‘s the latest from court? what's the latest from court? we've heard the final statement stuff from both the defence and prosecution teams. there has been lots of talk during this final day of this hearing being given about the star witness for the prosecution, and man named rick gates. now he was a business associate of paul manafort, and he gave evidence as part of a plea deal. he has already pleaded guilty to a series of charges, and he has been testifying that he committed crimes along with paul ma nafort committed crimes along with paul manafort and under the instruction of paul manafort. but during their final statements, the defence said that he was a liar who is trying to get one over on the jury. they said that he was someone who is simply trying to get his sentence reduced. the prosecution ‘s argument is that

ray gates is not the star witness in this case, the documents are. they have pointed to all the documents to appointment held by paul manafort, 31 bank account that they show the lack is a show he was trying to hide money from donald trump. the sums are huge, some tens of millions of dollars, and they say he was trying to hide $15 million a way to stop them from paying taxes. he denies that. just explained, this is the first criminal trial to come from the inquiry into alleged russian meddling, but the charges don‘t relate directly to it, do they? absolutely, as i mentioned there, specifically these charges re—date his time working with donald trump, and they are not in any way related to the trumpet campaign. and they are not related to what the special

counsel is trying to look at, which is the allegation of russian interference in the presidential election back in 2016. however, the special counsel‘s own investigation jurisdiction was particularly wide, essentially he could look at anything that was related to anything that was related to anything next to the trump administration, and he could go to investigate that. that is exactly what he has done in this case, he has looked back at a decade before at what paul manafort was involved with when he was working for probe —— with road —— pro russian... the jury —— with road —— pro russian... the jury have been given instructions and it will be up to them to decide whether paul manafort is guilty or not guilty. thank you very much, chris. to afghanistan, where at least 48 people have been killed in yet another day of violence. this time targeting students at an education centre in kabul. this was the scene earlier today. doctors rush to help the victims of a suicide attack. some of the pictures

are too grim to show you. police say a suicide bomber walked into a class while a lesson was under way. many of the victims were teenagers. the taliban has denied involvement for this latest attack, which targeted a shia neighbourhood of the capital. there are reports up to 100 students may have been inside at the time. you can see here there‘s a heavy security presence. people are already on high alert as militants step up attacks across the country. hours earlier, we heard that about 35 soldiers and nine policemen had been killed here in baghlan province. the target was a military outpost. and we‘ve been telling you about here ghazni for the past few days, which has been at the centre of fierce battles between the taliban and government forces. this picture came into the newsroom today. destruction, everywhere you look. people here are returning to see what‘s left of their homes.

the un warns that up to 150 civilians may have died in the fighting. today, the un special representative for afghanistan appealed for violence to end, saying, "the extreme human suffering caused by the fighting in ghazni highlights the urgent need for the war in afghanistan to end". sana safi from bbc‘s pashto service spoke to me earlier. this is not the first time that whoever is behind this attack has targeted such a soft target. in the past, mosques were attacked, and this is why most people blame isis, and the taliban have denied it. the taliban are pretty careful when it is subject and extremely soft target when children are among the casualties. are they careful the say that it was not them, and can we

taken at face value? they have done this before when the targets were civilians or children mostly, have denied responsibility. but most afg ha ns denied responsibility. but most afghans blame this attack on the taliban, as well, because they think that the reason they‘re denying it is because they know there were children involved. the violence though comes hours after the taliban said it would no longer give safe passage to red cross staff, amid a prisoner row. militants say taliban prisoners held in kabul‘s jail are in a terrible state of health, warning that the icrc would be responsible for anything that happened to them. the icrc is of course, a neutral organisation that‘s been offering aid and monitoring detention centres, even in areas under taliban control. last year, they had to close back their operation after six workers were shot dead by suspected islamic state gunmen. today the icrc told the bbc that it was hoping to find a solution so that they can continue humanitarian work. this tweet is by the new york times afghan correspondent, "even for taliban standards, a new low." here‘s sana speaking

to me about that. there are concerns that this will jeopardise their efforts in the country as a whole, because they‘re the main providers of notjust health care, but assistance to prisoners, up to some of the most insecure or remote parts of the country, when there is such attacks or problems. but their reason for this is that there has been a hunger strike in one of the mainjails in kabul, and the hunger strike has been called by taliban prisoners, and the taliban are saying that this isa and the taliban are saying that this is a response to the inability for them to provide further prisoners in them to provide further prisoners in the capital, that is why they will no longer stand by that agreement that they did a while back, that they will not be targeted, their safety will be guaranteed. why are

we seeing so many attacks in afghanistan now at this particular moment? depending on who you ask this question, different people have different answers. if us government sympathizers, they will tell you that the reason is that the afghan army, the number of attacks compared to the demand, the afghan army cannot be trained fast enough because they are losing people every day on such a large—scale attack. those critical of the government, they will tell you it is because of they will tell you it is because of the internal bickering, the government‘s inability to outsmart the taliban and, or their lack of understanding to clip local police with the right weaponry to defend themselves —— equipped. like in ghazni for example, had they been equipped, they would have defended the city. this is fraser anning,

an australian senator. he‘s refusing to apologise after being accused of racism for his maiden speech this tuesday. here‘s some of it. the majority of muslims in australia of working age do not work and live on welfare. muslims in new south wales and victoria are three times more likely than other groups to be convicted of crimes. we have black african muslim gangs terrorising melbourne, we have isis—sympathising muslims trying to go overseas to fight for isis, and while all muslims are not terrorists, certainly all terrorists these days are muslims. he also said this. the final solution to the immigration problem, of course, is a popular vote. of course, the phrase "final solution" is nowadays pretty much synonymous with the culmination of the holocaust, in which six million dues were murdered by the nazis. unsurprisingly, the speech called outrage, parliamentary motions were passed today censuring mr anning. and here‘s the australian prime minister. there's no place in

australia for racism. we're the most successful multicultural society in the world. we are a migration nation, our immigration programme is non—discriminatory. the wide australia policy was abolished by my predecessor as prime minister and liberal leader, harold holte. senator anning's remarks are appalling, i condemn them and reject them in their entirety. as the new york times notes, "even the far—right politician pauline hanson, who once wore a burqa on the floor of the senate as a stunt, called senator fraser anning s speech appalling". but mr anning is refusing to apologise. here is he is speaking to the media, and we‘ll have more coverage on this talk to people of australia that i do, in bars and such, and you‘ll find that most of them want to back exactly what i said. the leader of mr anning‘s party, bob katter, has also been unrepentant.

he called the speech absolutely magnificent and everything that this country should be doing . georgina smyth is a bbcjournalist here in the newsroom. georgina, what is the general public reaction? widespread condom nation and australia set the tone for this response, as we‘ve seen malcolm turnbull has rejected the comments, bill shorten labelled them as repugnant, but the most surprising reaction has been from pauline hanson. she labelled the speech as appalling, despite also calling for appalling, despite also calling for a ban on muslim immigration in 2016. so it is certainly not the first time we have seen a stand on comments like this in australian politics, it is unlikely to be the last. despite australia‘s tight control of its borders, immigration isa control of its borders, immigration is a hot topic. it‘s incredibly

divisive and something people enjoy talking about. he made some heavy allusions to the white australian policy in his speech, which of course was the banning of non—european immigrating... but we can see that legacy is still alive, and teams around this policy are still very much a discourse in australia. similar to public opinion in the uk after borisjohnson‘s comments on the burqa, very controversial comments, people and voters in australia enjoyed having representatives say that others will not, and they‘ll continue to vote them and. tell us about this party that fraser anning is a member of? it isa that fraser anning is a member of? it is a minor party in australia, it represents a very conservative region and in far north queensland. its leader is very outspoken and a cooper hat wearing leader, he is

known for being controversial in his comments. his support of the senator does not come as a surprise, his small minor party, like other minor parties in australia, really anchor themselves in with a few key issues, and they defend these issues quite aggressively, they are quite good at igniting public opinion. so they really help set an agenda in australian politics. despite the fa ct australian politics. despite the fact they‘re quite small, they often are quite good at breaking monopolies in the upper lower house of australian politics. so despite the fact they are small and look minor, they can have a big say on issues. they can be influential when they want to be. thank you, georgina. stay with us on outside source, still to come: a bbc investigation into rhino horn poaching in south africa, and how official corruption plays a part. what price convenience? that‘s the question many cash—strapped councils in england are being forced to ask when it comes to providing

free public toilets. numbers have been declining for years and now the bbc has learnt that some uk high streets have no council—run loos at all. it‘s become a familiar sight, public toilets no longer in use. in some cases, they‘re being sold off, or transferred to other bodies to run. either way, councils are maintaining fewer of them and saving money. research by the bbc shows that across the uk, councils have stopped running 13% of public toilets over the past eight years. major councils now maintain 4,486. that‘s down from 5,159 in 2010. and in 37 areas, they no longer run any public loos at all. in this former toilet block, you‘ll spend more than a penny. leased from cardiff council, it‘s been reopened as a business. while enjoying a new local amenity, customers have noticed there are fewer public toilets around.

i think it‘s a disgrace that they‘re closing so many and don‘t provide the amenities for people. i live in a neighbouring town and when i was pregnant, it was very inconvenient, because there's only actually one there and it's in the bus station. just the way it is, isn't it? just councils spend their money on something else. there‘s no legal obligation for councils to provide these facilities. in some places, shopping centres are filling the gaps, but in rural areas, changes may be felt more keenly. it‘s about health and well—being, it‘s about equality, it‘s about social inclusion. as well as that, it‘s about public dignity and public decency. councils say they have to make tough choices about paying for public facilities. across the uk, larger councils have been shifting responsibility to smaller parish, ortown, councils, but there‘s concern about how long that can be sustained. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom.

our lead story. italian pm giuseppe conte has declared a 12—month state of emergency. the deathtoll has risen to 39, rescuers say, there‘s little hope of finding more survivors. other stories from around the bbc newsroom. a reuters investigation has found more than 1,000 anti—rohingya posts featuring calls for their murder were live on facebook last week. facebook‘s rules prohibit "violent or dehumanising" attacks on ethnic groups. but the firm relies on users to flag offending posts, rather than find it themselves. and this is "gugu" the goose, who has won a place at a prestigious chinese university after its owner joked she was "reluctant to cook it". she posted on the chinese social media site that she was worried she would not be able to care for "gugu" when she moved house. the university was quick to respond, announcing gugu‘s admission in a post on its official weibo page.

rhino populations in southern africa have been on the decline for years, and one of the lead causes is poaching. in an effort to protect the rhino here, in malawi, the uk has sent soldiers to bolster rangers patrols in the country‘s wildlife reserves. the bbc‘s james waterhouse joined them on a patrol. an animal checkup with high stakes. lance corporaljamie knott is one of 1a british soldiers in malawi working with local rangers. today they are tracking black rhino, to both check on their health and make sure poachers aren‘t taking a similar interest. it‘s 50—50 whether they‘lljust turn back and run away, orjust charge straight at you. so it‘s pretty dangerous. after a near—miss, they get their picture. in the last 50 years, malawian rhino numbers have dropped from 70,000 to 5,500. the elephant population has halved in the last 30 years, as well. right now, this deterrent,

along with the money starting to get generated through tourism, is working. there have been no recorded poachings in this area for more than a year. but conservationists say they are already preparing for a new, growing threat that is happening right across africa. international organised crime. it‘s powered by a wealthy black—market in mostly asian countries like china and vietnam. there has been a recent surge in poaching in neighbouring countries, but for now, malawi seems to be holding out. one of the countries james mentioned there, that has seen a surge in rhino poaching, is south africa. here, around 1,000 are killed every yearfor their horn, and there are only 25,000 left. our correpsondent alistair leithead travelled to zululand to investigate allegations that the poaching is linked to corruption in the province‘s legal system. thousands of rhinos have been killed in south africa in the past few

years, and there are allegations of a link between the poachers and court officials. in zululand, it is a cesspit of corruption, it is massive. jamiejoseph is a conservationist, activist and investigator, who says she has uncovered evidence of corruption. inside the courthouse there was an alleged syndicate of magistrates and prosecutors taking bribes in rhino poaching cases. this police informer claims his uncle, a lawyer he worked for, was part of a large, corrupt syndicate and that his job was delivering bribes from poaching kingpins to court officials. i would give my name to most of his friends and most of his friends are magistrates, lawyers, prosecutors. if you want your case to be withdrawn, or if you want everything to just disappear, you just go to him. fresh passed a lie detector test. his uncle, welcome ngwenya, denies the allegations. but fresh says the syndicate involved dumisane gwala,

a suspected rhino horn kingpin who‘s trial has been delayed for three years, after more than 20 court appearances. mr gwala, are you the rhino kingpin that people are making you out to be? mr gwala, have you dealt in rhino horn? are you being protected by officials in south africa? and there are separate allegations of a corrupt syndicate of court officials, in a separate report to the magistrates commission, seen by the bbc, concerning alleged payments for appointments. it found eric nzimande, the most senior magistrate in kwazulu—natal, received money from fresh‘s uncle ngwenya, as well as other magistrates. the report says it appears to have a pattern of racketeering activity. mr nzimande denies any wrongdoing and said... the commission and the police are investigating. corruption is a word often used in south africa, but one of its veteran zulu

politicians fears it is wiping out the rhinos. i mean, they are a wonderful species. it seems to me they want to completely eliminate them from the face of the earth. i think the whole of south africa wreaks, if i may say so, of corruption. as more rhinos are killed, the number of orphans left behind is increasing. unless demand is stopped in asia and corruption tackled here, they are heading towards extinction. alastair leithead, bbc news, zululand. a mysterious russian satellite displaying "very abnormal behaviour" has raised alarm in the us. this is a transcript from the us state department, in it an official says, "we don‘t know for certain what it is and there is no way to verify it", and said its behaviour was inconsistent with other russian satellites, voicing fears it was impossible to say whether or not it was a weapon. a senior russian diplomat said these were "unfounded, slanderous accusations based

on suspicions, on suppositions and so on." i spoke to dave lee a little earlier about what the satellite might be doing. well, we know very little about what it might be doing. we know that it was launched in october 2017, according to the us state department. they said they‘ve been monitoring the behaviour of this particular satellite, and since it‘s reached orbit, and they say it‘s been acting and abnormal ways, calling it a troubling development. they said it‘s impossible to determine whether it is a weapon or not, because unlike traditional weapons, there are not many of the telltale signs. indeed, if a satellite is being used as a weapon, it is for very different ways, such as jamming gps signals, which could be one thing a space weapon could be doing. so it‘s very difficult to tell. as you mentioned, the russians say this doesn‘t have any merit whatsoever, they say it was unfounded and slanderous. but we do know that the

russians have ambitions with their space forces. they say it‘s to prototype new weapons, and that‘s what has the us particularly worried. now i‘m wondering if this is the sort of thing that has resulted in the announcement last week by the trump administration about a new space force? yes, absolutely, a space force, the new sixth arm of the us military has come in for a bit of steak from some corners, saying it is unnecessary, but it is clear that there is some significant concern within the trump administration, and also the us about what might be happening in space. there is also worry about a new arms race up in space, similar to what we saw in the nuclear age. and that is why people are beginning to rally around this idea, the head of the military in the us, james mattis, originally was not for the idea of a space force. but he‘s done a bit of an about—face about back, telling an audience in brazil this week that there are threats they need to look at.

so this space force, a new part of the us military, will be looking to defend the country against whatever threats, either perceived or real coming from the russians or whoever up in space. dave lee speaking to me earlier from san francisco. a 12 month state of emergency has been declared in northwestern italy following yesterday‘s bridge disaster in genoa. 39 people are known to be killed, at least three of them were children. i‘ll be back at the same time tomorrow, thanks for watching. after the exceptional weather earlier in the season, we are now back to what is basically standard summer weather, with the bluest

skies and highest temperatures towards the south and east of the country. further north and west, we have some clout and outbreaks of rain. the low pressure is close behind at northern parts of the uk, high pressure generally speaking is pretty close to the south of the uk. but from time to time, we shift these weather jigsaw puzzle but from time to time, we shift these weatherjigsaw puzzle pieces around a bit, so it is on thursday, low pressure comes a bit further south, and we will get some rain evenin south, and we will get some rain even in southeastern areas. the midlands and south west of england, their days start with rain, moving to east anglia and the southeast. higher we see sunny skies, hefty showers into the northwest. the temperatures had downwards, 16—20d. there is another frontal system moving towards the northwestern areas as we get there friday, but the high—pressure tries to reestablish itself down to the south. so we are down to that fairly

standard summer weather, ran across northern ireland, northwest england and wales, and it will be a breezy day wherever you are, particularly across the northwest of scotland, 40- across the northwest of scotland, 40— kph wind gusts. the warmth will start to return. now as we look to the weekend forecast, we have to see what‘s going on right now and the atlantic. this clever here is some tropical storm not a particularly strong or threatening storm, but a lump ofairand strong or threatening storm, but a lump of air and moisture. whenever we move one of these towards our sure, our computer weather model struggles a little bit, throwing things at the off course. that brings some uncertainty into our weekend forecast, but it looks like low pressure will be close to the north of the uk. so we will see what weather and breezy weather at times, but it is always likely to be driest and warmest down towards the southeast. saturday is not a bad

day, seeing some dry weather and spells of sunshine, a few showers around but they will fade away into the afternoon. the storm moving through the southwest, importing some warm air into the south. temperatures up into the mid—20s celsius, and by sunday, here‘s our lump of whether moving across parts of northern and england, up in the scotland. uncertain about where that rain will show scotland. uncertain about where that rain willshow up, scotland. uncertain about where that rain will show up, down to the south when it has had a relatively warm day. as we go out of sunday into monday, high—pressure still close to the south, a fairly familiar tale. it surely weather front will bring cloud, ran across scotland. still, further south and east you look across the chart, that is where the highest temperatures will be, getting up in the mid—20s. the pattern looks set to continue as we go through next week, high—pressure still close to the south, areas of low pressure, tides moving towards

the north. but there is a chance that there is high—pressure moving further north, that could give us some more generally dry weather across the country at times. but as across the country at times. but as a rule of thumb, next week it will be wettest towards the north and west, or warmest towards the south and east. fairly standard southern weather continues. —— summer weather continues. 39 people are now known to have died after a bridge collapsed in italy — a number of others are still missing. rescuers are spending a second night searching for survivors, but hopes are fading of finding any more people alive beneath the rubble in genoa. dozens of other motorists on the bridge at the time describe their narrow and dramatic escapes — among them a british couple from oxford. people were running, screaming in italian, "run, out!" "run, out, cars, out." "run!" so we were just literally, "kids, run!" "run!" because we didn‘t know what was happening. we‘ll be live in genoa with the latest. also tonight... more details emerge about the 29—year—old british citizen being questioned by police over yesterday‘s suspected terror attack in westminster.

the bbc says it won‘t appeal against a court ruling that it breached sir cliff richard‘s privacy by covering a police raid on his home. rail commuters face an increase of more than 3% for many tickets, sparking a row over how rises are calculated.