will i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: a small break in the weather has allowed rescuers in the indian state of kerala more access to those affected by the worst flooding for a hundred years. going to. even the boat i was rescued in almost curbside. —— i thought i was going to die. even the boat i was rescued in almost capsized. afg hanistan‘s president declares a three month ceasefire — but only if the taliban agree to respect it too. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: terrifying scenes as more earthquakes strike lombok island, just a fortnight after major tremors there left hundreds dead. and more reunions forfamilies separated by the korean war. bittersweet encounters, they won't have long together. translation: i felt like cutting off

my own flesh. anyone who has given birth knows what it feels like to leave their children behind. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's seven am in singapore, midnight in london and 4am in the indian state of kerala, where after more than a week of the worst monsoon flooding in a century, more heavy rainfall is still expected in many districts. more than 350 people have died so far — more bodies are being discovered. many lost their lives in landslides. the flooding has also left 300,000 people homeless. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye reports now from kerala. the help they were waiting

for has finally arrived. this baby was rescued from a southern district. the boy's mother had been airlifted just before him. they are among hundreds of thousands who have had to leave their homes, finding shelter at schools turned into relief centres. there are nearly 4000 people here. aid is being sent by the government, but they are receiving supplies from people who want to help. instead of running the school he normally heads, fatherjoe is now managing the centre. it is more than our imagination, they are coming from all over. they had no time even to respond. they have no place to go anywhere. they leave everything and they came. and suddenly we open camps right now. this woman was visiting her sister when the flooding started. she was rescued by locals in a small fishing boat. translation: i thought

i was going to die. even the boat i was rescued in almost capsized, my sister and i fell out of it, but somehow they were able to hold onto us. not everyone was able to escape. heavy rainfall caused a mudslide which destroyed this house. nine people died here. among them were this man's wife and brother. he works in dubai and came here a day after the tragedy. my wife was my partner of 30 years. and now she has left me. my brother has gone and his children. ijust can't bear it. neighbours and relatives gathered together offering prayers for the dead. outside, the rain has stopped for the first time since the eighth of august. this road was flooded earlier but because it hasn't rained in the past 12 hours,

the water levels have receded and cars can pass again. it has made the work of people like those in these lorries behind me, indian navy personnel and rescuers, it has made their life easier. uprooted trees and rocks had also blocked roads. troops had been clearing them. bridges are being repaired so that relief material can get to even the most remote areas of the state. no rain is expected for the next few days. but even now large parts of kerala are underwater. it will be a while before people get to go home. our other top story — the afghan president has announced a conditional ceasefire with taliban insurgents from monday ahead of the muslim festival of eid. speaking at an afghan independence day ceremony in kabul, ashraf ghani said the ceasefire would continue for three months — as long as the taliban respected it.

nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg welcomed the ceasefire and urged the taliban to accept it. the announcement follows days of intense fighting in the city of ghazni. here's ashraf ghani. translation: in order for our countrymen to spend the date of eid—ul—adha in a peaceful manner, once again we announce a ceasefire that will start tomorrow, monday, until the anniversary of prophet muhammad's birth, provided that the taliban preserves and respects it and announces it for any period they agree upon. we call on the leadership of the taliban to welcome the wishes of afghans for a long lasting and real peace. and we urge them to get ready for peace talks based on islamic values and presences. pakistan has a new prime minister. the former cricket star imran khan, has promised to tackle corruption and improve the state of the country's finances. he made the pledge in his first address to the nation after his swearing—in. let's have a listen. translation: we have

to stand on our own feet. we cannot carry on behaving the way we have. the more debt we're under, the more freedom we lose. we lose our respect. how bad would you feel, in fact, think about how bad i would feel, begging other countries for money? i would be ashamed. when a country begs for money from other countries, that country's entire respect goes. the world only respects a nation that respects itself. also making new today, the former head of the cia who had his security clearance revoked by president trump last week says he is considering legal action to get it back. john brennan, a regular critic of president trump, says the white house broke its own rules on controlling clearances. the president's lawyer has hit back, accusing mr brennnan of being what he called "totally unhinged". australia's prime minister

malcolm turnbull has announced $1.3 billion worth of additional funds forfarmers struggling with the worst drought in more than half a century. with grass unable to grow, some farmers have had to sell off stock or even slaughter their animals. this woman had a lucky escape after she fell off the back of a cruise ship off the coast of croatia. the 46—year—old — called kay — survived in the sea for 10 hours before she was pulled out alive by a rescue ship a kilometre from where she fell in. the commander of the croatian coastguard vessel which found her said she'd only survived because the water was very warm. crazy rich asians, the first film with an all—asian ensemble cast from a major studio in 25 years, dominated this weekend's north american box office with some $25 million in ticket sales. the romantic comedy stars constance wu, michelle yeoh, and awkwafina and is set in singapore.

it's an adaptation of a best—selling novel exploring consumerism and opulence in a continent that produces more billionaires than anywhere else. yet again the indonesian island of lombok has been hit by a series of earthquakes. the latest had a magnitude of 6.9. it was felt in the east of the island, triggering landslides and sending people fleeing into the streets. the new tremors come just two weeks after an earthquake killed more than a70 people and destroyed tens of thousands of homes. richard galpin reports. once again, people in lombok run for their lives as another series of powerful earthquakes hit the island. the fear palpable. one of the tremors measuring 6.9,

the same as the quake which killed more than 400 people here earlier this month. for those living near the hills, another danger — landslides triggered by the earthquakes sweeping down towards them. aid workers are doing what they can to help. we are lucky, they have water and food they can distribute, we are also distributing tarpaulin, but more aid is needed, and for example this latest earthquake triggered a major landslide, and so we cannot reach all the areas we would like to at the moment. already traumatised by the other earthquakes of the past few weeks, many people in east lombok are taking no chances, spending the night out on the streets. this man described how he and everyone else had run out of a hotel, but he said it had been

orderly, not chaotic. 0n the neighbouring island of bali, this couple were showing a camera crew how earthquakes had damaged their home. when they felt the ground shaking once again. these scenes of people fleeing their homes here in bali, and much more so in lombok, have been going on for almost three weeks now, and no—one knows when the tremors will stop. richard galpin, bbc news. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: more reunions for families divided by the korean war. after decades apart, they will be given just three days together. also on the programme: we begin a week of in—depth coverage on global trade wars here on bbc world news, looking at how president trump's tariffs are impacting businesses inside the usa.

washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed, i did have a relationship with miss lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today, in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last ten days, 500 have died. chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we're all with them now, within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people, in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us,"

chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: a major relief operation is underway in kerala to help tens of thousands of families made homeless by the worst flooding for 100 years. afghanistan's president, ashraf ghani, has declared a three—month ceasefire, conditional on the taliban agreeing to respect it too. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the japan times reports that north korea has agreed to allow international officials to conduct an on—site inspection to ensure that international flights are safe

from the country's missile launches. this is according to the un international civil aviation 0rganisation. the south china morning post leads on hong kongers working and living in mainland china who will have their chinese identity cards revoked if they pose a threat to national sovereignty and security. the paper says lawmakers have raised questions about whether this can be done if no laws have been broken. and the gulf times reports on the beginning of the hajj rituals. it says the five—day pilgrimage has become increasingly tech—savvy, with apps now helping people to navigate islam's holiest site. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? are these almost too real to eat? ice cream that has been moulded into the shape of puppies

is being sold at a restaurant in taiwan. available in a variety of flavours, the ice cream is then decorated with chocolate sauce to create these all—too—lifelike features. it takes around five hours to make each ice cream pup. letters his head... 0ops. —— there goes his head. within the next couple of hours, north korea is to host a temporary reunion of families separated by the korean war. it is the first time this has happened in almost three years. from monday, a total of 93 people from the south and 88 from the north will be able to meet their family members for three days each. for many, it will be the first meeting in 70 years. laura bicker reports from seoul. kim remembers the moment she saw her

daughterfor the first kim remembers the moment she saw her daughter for the first time in over 60 years. but the reunion was brief and bittersweet. all too soon they we re and bittersweet. all too soon they were torn apart. translation: when time was up, i let go of my daughter's hand and got onto the bus. the moment i sat down, i could not speak. not a single word came out of my mouth. i felt like cutting off my own flesh. anyone who has given birth knows what it feels like to leave their children behind. mrs kim knows she was lucky to have at least this one chance. it is unlikely to come again. yin is one

of 88 who were chosen this time around. he got a call to say he will meet his younger sister. he hasn't seen herfor meet his younger sister. he hasn't seen her for nearly 70 years. translation: after hearing the news, i was so shocked that i drank and couldn't sleep at all that night. he fled north korea in the middle of the night, leaving his family behind after growing concerned about the spread of communism. he fought the north during the korean war, and is unhappy with the current division. translation: i want to tell the world that we should allow separated families to meet whenever they want, instead of how it is now, with few people meeting railey. this man can only glance across the border to his former known in —— home in the north. he has never been selected for the state—run reunions. his family came south during the war but his mother returned north to prepare for peace. she didn't return.

translation: when can we meet our loved ones? after all of us are dead? it is just loved ones? after all of us are dead? it isjust meaningless. there are 50,000 people waiting all over the country. as well as bringing joy, the country. as well as bringing joy, this week's reunions will remind koreans on both sides that the pain of separation has not and may never leave this peninsula. 0livia enos is an asia expert at the heritage foundation. speaking via webcam from washington, she told me the significance of reunions to korean families. family reunions are one of those rare moments where both north and south korea seemingly put people over politics, and even still, with his family reunions, it seems like there is a political angle for north korea. we have seen time and time

again that north korea has consistently used the family reunions as a litmus test for the health of inter— korean relations, as well as a bargaining chip in its negotiations. and i think that this is particularly poignant considering that we are just ahead of the third inter— korean summit this year, which is expected to come up here in september. so i think north korea is trying to put its best foot forward ahead of those meetings. all right, what do you expect to come out of those meetings? as we said, it was the third, we saw the historic inter— korean talks in april this year. so what can we expect in terms of concrete developments, particularly with north korea denuclearising? well, south korean president moon says that his primary goal in the third inter— korean summit is the mainly paved the way to signing a treaty that would officially end the korean war that separated these of thousands of individuals and family members from each other, but moonjae—in was also

hoping that they can make forward movement on denuclearisation. u nfortu nately, movement on denuclearisation. unfortunately, since the singapore summit, we really haven't seen north korea taking concrete and meaningful steps towards denuclearisation, so i remain sceptical that we are going to make or see any serious movement towards denuclearisation, even if it is encouraging that these family members are able to meet each other, albeit only for a few hours. the trump administration is about to hear from american businesses about whether the third proposed round of tariffs on china are a good idea. it is a reminder that, while trade tensions are rising everywhere, the person who has triggered the trade war is the man in the white house. as paul blake reports, many us companies are now scared of what their president has started. it's going to be only america first. america first. the history of the great trade war of 2018 can be traced back to the campaign trail, with donald trump running on one of the most protectionist platforms in decades. hillary clinton unleashed a

trade war against the american worker when she supported one parable deal after another. worker when she supported one parable deal after another] worker when she supported one parable deal after another. , as commander—in—chief, trump declared his own trade war with the flick of his own trade war with the flick of his presidential pen five months ago, raising steep tariffs on steel and aluminium from all countries, saying imports were national security threat. a strong steel and aluminium industry are vital to our national security, absolutely vital. steel is steel, you don't have steel, you don't have a country. as those tariffs came into effect in earlyjune, those tariffs came into effect in early june, they were those tariffs came into effect in earlyjune, they were met with strong rebukes from america's closest allies. but trump soldiered on, expanding the pacific front of this global trade war with new ta riffs this global trade war with new tariffs on china. i assume it's been announced by now, but we are putting ta riffs announced by now, but we are putting tariffs on $50 billion worth of technology and other things. now, to many, trade wars can sound like a lot of hot air. but forjohn hauge, a boatbuilder in long island, a new ta riffs a boatbuilder in long island, a new tariffs on china could sink some of

his business. we dodge the first bullet, we got grazed by the second one, and we got broadsided from the third listed tariffs. almost everything we sell was affected on a third less. that third list could ta ke third less. that third list could take effect as early as september. well, it is products like this boat that i am a medical global supply chains, designed here in the us, made in china, and sold here in the us, and now potentially subject to donald trump's tariffs. tariff is a tax, quite simply. and it is a tax not on chinese but on americans who trade with china, and any business that faces an extra expense has no choice but to pass that on to our customers. after months of anxiously watching this trade war escalates, john hoge and many other business owners are hoping that donald trump can dial that the rhetoric and ease some of the pressure. —— dialback the rhetoric. with me is robert carnell,

who is the chief economist and head of asia research at the investment bank ing. as we saw in that report, businesses in the us are profoundly worried about it. we havejust in the us are profoundly worried about it. we have just had a statement, in fact, from the us chamber of commerce, essentially saying that the planned $200 billion worth of chinese imports dramatically expands the harm, they say, to american consumers, workers, businesses, and the economy. have they got a point? they have not only got a point, they are absolutely bang on the button with this. ta riffs bang on the button with this. tariffs are attacks, they are a tax on imports. an american consumers and american visitors by imports, lots of them, so it is putting up the price of the things they buy, it reduces profit margins, it is putting up inflation, it means the central bank of the us, the federal reserve, will carry on putting up interest rates, that will put up the dollar. a catalogue negative consequences from this, all of which are going to hit the american economy. all right, these are dire consequences indeed, but how are

they impacting china? i mean, you had the first round of these tariffs come come into effect injuly, on $34 billion worth of chinese imports in the chinese trade numbers seem to reflect none of this. in fact, they rose. not really surprising, because ta riffs rose. not really surprising, because tariffs won't improve or worsen the trade deficit or surplus of the country. they just trade deficit or surplus of the country. theyjust don't work, they don't really operate in that way. they simply make everybody a little bit worse off, because more trade is better. we have about 3000 years of history to prove that. that is why the world is a better place today thanit the world is a better place today than it was 1,000 years ago. it is still very early days. the amount of ta riffs still very early days. the amount of tariffs that have been put in place are tiny compared to, one, the size of the global economy and the economies of china and the us, and two, the amount that has been threatened. now, forget the amount that has been threatened. if you added a lot in all the retaliatory movements, it comes to 650 billion dollars, and then the impact of this could be really very substantial. all right, and know we focused a lot

on the us and china, but what about emerging markets? they are already having to content with the turkish lira going into freefall? what about the rest of the world? emerging markets are a bitjittery right now and asa markets are a bitjittery right now and as a result of the tariffs in place, with the stronger dollar. stronger dollar means these emerging market currencies are almost by definition week. that means they tend to drag on inflation, they tend to put in interest rates, it makes it harder to service their overseas debt, and it all becomes more problematic. so the longer this goes on, the harder it is the emerging market economies. very quickly, we know are talking, the us and china. the negotiations, are you optimistic about them ? the negotiations, are you optimistic about them? frankie, no. it is talks about them? frankie, no. it is talks about them? frankie, no. it is talks about the possibility of talks. i think the individuals involved are fairly low ranking officials. i am not holding out much hope. all right, well, thanks for that. we will be talking to you soon and hopefully we will find out what impact all of this is going to have. you have been watching newsday. i'm babita sharma in london. and i'm sharanjit leyl

in singapore. stay with us. trade tensions among the us and china. why is washington so worried over beijing's "made in china 2025" policy? more later in the programme. and before we go, we leave you with these picture from india. the city of varanasi in uttar pradesh state, where prayers have been said for those who died in the floods in kerala. flowers were scattered in the ganges for the victims. regarded as the spiritual capital of india, the city draws hindu pilgrims who bathe in the ganges river's sacred waters and perform funeral rites. we will have an update for you. stay with us on tuesday. hello again, good morning. all the

weather this week is going to be coming in from the atlantic once again. most of the rain will be across the northern half of the uk. there won't be much rain around today, though, in most places will be dry. a little bit of sunshine but we are seeing much more cloud arriving in from the atlantic. and a lot of the rain bearing cloud is up here, and eventually that will arrive into the north—west during tuesday. at south of that, very warm, quite humid air, and that means quite a lot of cloud once again. now, there will be some sunshine from time to time, but out towards some of these western coast and hills it may well be a little bit damp and misty too. some more pronounced breaks in the cloud across central and northern scotland, the odd light shower in the far north of scotland. here it isa the far north of scotland. here it is a slightly cooler and fresher feel, but elsewhere another warm day to come. i think even with a good deal of cloud around, those temperatures could get up to around 25 degrees. there will be some brea ks 25 degrees. there will be some breaks here and there, the sunshine coming and going, and overnight we

will have a few breaks. but on the whole a lot of cloud around. far north of scotland still on the cooler side, but elsewhere in the warm night, perhaps no lower than 15 or16 warm night, perhaps no lower than 15 or 16 degrees. now, we saw that band of cloud earlier on. here it is here in its glory. it is arriving into the far north—west during the second half, really, tuesday. away from here, though, it looks like it's probably going to be dry and we may start to see a little more sunshine. that will start to boost the temperatures more widely, particularly across england and wales and the of scotland. the 25, 20 six degrees. that weather front is going to be a problem, though, around the middle part of the week. because it is staggering its way southwards. how quickly it go southwards, that is going to be the difficulty. because there is a little wave on it, just delay the process. so we may see a little bit more rain for northern ireland on wednesday, wales and northern england too. not that, though, we should get more sunshine from scotla nd should get more sunshine from scotland pushing down into northern ireland. here is cooler and fresher

air. south of our band of cloud and ran, particularly midlands and the south—east, a very warm feeling day, especially when we have some sunshine. now, that weatherfront very wea k sunshine. now, that weatherfront very weak as it moves its way towards the south—east the thursday. that weather front in the north also weaker, more areas of showers. let's look at thursday first of all, that is the boundary between the warm muqqy is the boundary between the warm muggy airand is the boundary between the warm muggy air and something cooler and fresher. so that moves through, producing very little rain, it gets cooler and fresher everywhere. we will see some showers, more pronounced, really, across scotland, but those temperatures will be a bit lower. no better than 23 celsius. i'm babita sharma with bbc news. our top story. rescue teams are urgently trying to reach people cut off by floods in kerala state in southern indian. thousands of people have been trapped on roofs or in their homes for days. more heavy rainfall is still expected in many districts. more than 350 people have died so far, 300,000 people are homeless. afg hanistan's president ashraf ghani has declared a 3—month ceasefire, but it will only go ahead if the taliban agree to abide by it too. and this video is trending on bbc.com: ice cream that has been moulded into the shape of puppies is being sold

at a restaurant in taiwan. it takes around five hours to make each ice cream pup. they're available in a variety of flavours. that's all. stay with bbc world news. as you'll know, kofi annan, the first black african to become un secretary—general died a few days ago.