welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories: north korea is hosting a temporary reunion of families separated by the korean war. a small break in the weather allows rescuers more access to those affected by kerala's worst flooding for a hundred years 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. the indonesian island of lombok is hit by another series of earthquakes. and we'll tell you why this woman is lucky to be alive after her cruise took an unexpected turn. we begin with a story that's happening right now.

dozens of elderly south koreans are travelling to the border with north korea for a reunion with family members they have not seen for more than sixty years. the 89 south koreans, many of them now elderly and frail, were separated from their relatives by the korean war. this is the north south korean border where the buses carrying those elderly relatives are travelling across to meet loved ones they have not seen for at least 60 years. the two countries are still technically at war. these meetings, which will be held at the tourist resort of mount kumgang will be the first such reunion event in three years, and, as laura bicker reports from seoul, follow a recent thaw in tensions between the governments in the north and south. kim hyun—sook 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 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. yoon heung—gyu 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 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 rarely. hwang rae—ha can only glance across the border to his former 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's just meaningless.

there are 50,000 people waiting all over 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. more bodies have been recovered in the indian state of kerala, after devastating floods that have killed at least 350 people since the end of may. many died in landslides which have swept away entire villages. the flooding is the worst for a century, and it's left 300,000 people homeless. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye sent this 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. saralamma 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 abdul azeez‘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. the indonesian island of lombok has been hit by another series of earthquakes, including three within a0 minutes. there are reports that one person died on sunday, and a number of fires broke out after the most powerful of the tremors, which struck in the middle of the night. more than 400 people have been killed in three weeks of earthquakes on the island. richard galpin reports.

once again, people in lombok run for their lives as another series of powerful earthquakes hits 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 clearly still 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 suddenly, 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 three weeks now, and no—one knows when the tremors will stop. the united states says it's ready to support direct peace talks between the afghan

government and the taliban. it comes after the afghan president, ashraf ghani, announced an unconditional ceasefire at a ceremony in kabul, to mark afghan independence day. so far the taliban has not responded. the proposed ceasefire follows days of intense fighting in the city of ghazni, and comes ahead of the muslim festival of eid—ul—adha. 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 principles. let's get some of the day's other news: greece is now free to borrow money on the financial markets, following the successful completion of its third bailout programme.

the rescue fund known as the european stability mechanism has given athens loans worth nearly 70 billion us dollars over the past three years. the greek government was forced to introduce a series of unpopular austerity measures as a condition of the loans. the search operation for those missing after a motorway bridge collapsed in genoa, in northwest italy, has ended. the official number of people killed is 43. a 200—metre section of the morandi bridge gave way in busy traffic on tuesday, plunging vehicles and chunks of concrete to the ground 45 metres below. an egyptian man, accused of hijacking a plane, has been deported by cypriot authorities after a two—year extradition battle. seif al—din mostafa was flown back to cairo amid tight security. he's alleged to have used a fake suicide belt to hijack an egyptair plane flying from alexandria to cairo in march 2016. pakistan's 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. mr khan also said he would refuse to live in the prime minister's mansion and would avoid what he called the extravagent lifestyles associated with pakistan's previous ruling elites. 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. the british government is preparing to publish advice designed to prepare the uk for the possibility of not having a deal

with the european union when it leaves the bloc. it comes after one of the founders of the fashion brand, superdry, donated a million pounds to a campaign for a public vote on the final deal. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo reports. and we stare into the abyss of no deal... this weekend in edinburgh, the latest in a series of rallies being held by those calling for the public to have their say on the final brexit deal. the people's vote campaign is demanding another referendum. now it's been given a boost — a £1 million donation by the businessmanjulian dunkerton. he wants to fund polling to test whether public opinion is shifting. if people think that this brexit is going wrong, if they think it's being botched, if they think that the politicians are making a mess of it, they have every right to demand that they take back control of this brexit and have a people's vote. parliament would have to pass a law for there to be another vote. the government has repeatedly ruled that out.

for now, labour is not backing the idea either. and it's a prospect that incenses brexiteers. the only poll that counts is the referendum and people voted to leave. the people's vote talk about democracy. actually their declared intent is to overturn the democratic decision of 2016, to leave the european union. they want a second vote only to remain in the european union. time is now running out to do the deal. brexit secretary dominic raab will go to brussels again this week for further talks. much is still to be resolved. fundamental questions remain about how close or distant britain's relationship with the eu will be once we leave. negotiations are still ongoing and both sides are aiming for an agreement. it is likely that will not happen. as the clock ticks down,

preparations for an ideal of being stacked up. a series of papers will be published giving advice to people and businesses of what to do in the event of a no deal. is there shall be given about an outline of the government ‘s plan. it is about ensuring stability whatever happens but the right of those here who favour that outcome but others are alarmed about the ark, and they fear the divisions in parliament might scupper any possible deal and they think it is time for the public to step in. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a close shave in blackpool at the british beard growing championships. 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 bbc news, our main headline: north korea is hosting a temporary reunion of families separated

by the korean war. brazil is sending troops to its border with venezuela, after local people attacked camps housing venezuelan migrants, in an attempt to drive them out. it comes amid economic and political turmoil that's led more than 2 million venezuelans to leave their country in the last three years. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson has been following the story. venezuela's neighbours have long said the migration crisis is getting out of hand. this weekend it reached breaking point. angry about the stabbing of a local resident, these people took revenge on the venezualans they held responsible. amid chants of, "go back to venezuela," hundreds of migrants did just that. forced to return to the place they'd escaped from. in april, i visited the same camp.

these young families had fled venezuela. yet with no money, they had little option but to sleep here, just metres away from the border. many told me about the tensions in town between locals and venezualans. "the situation in venuzuela is critical," said nicole, "every month food prices go up." she came to brazilfor a better future for her daughter. but she worried that with more and more venezualans coming, things were going to get worse. president nicolas maduro is doing this to stop his country's economic freefall. last week, he announced plans to devalue the country's currency — an attempt to rein in inflation that the international monetary fund said could hit one million percent by the end of the year. but venezualans are worried this latest announcement will just make the crisis worse. this weekend, ecuador said its borders would be shut to venezualans without a passport. peru announced similar measures. for those trying to get out, it is a worrying development.

translation: we really want to contribute, we have to work, because of our kids. if we don't, our kids will die. our kids will literally starve to death. this is one of worst mass migration crises in the history of latin america and one that is expected to worse as venezuela's economy continues to decline. katie watson, bbc news, in brazil. 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's 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 terrible deal after another. but, as commander—in—chief, trump declared his own trade war with a flick of his presidential pen five months ago, raising steep tariffs on steel and aluminium from all countries, saying imports were a 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, 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 tariffs on china. i assume it's been announced by now, but we're 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 hoge, a boatbuilder in portjefferson, long island, the new tariffs on china could sink some of his business. we dodged the first bullet, we got grazed by the second one, and we got broadsided from the third list of tariffs. almost everything we sell was affected on the third list. that third list could take effect as early as september. well, it is products like this boat that embody 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. a tariff is a tax, quite simply, and it's a tax not on the 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 escalate, john hoge and many other business owners are hoping that donald trump can dial back the tariffs and ease some of the pressure.

a british woman has been rescued in the adriatic sea, more than 10 hours after falling from a cruise liner off the croatian coast. she's now recieving treatment after the ordeal and says she feels lucky to be alive. tom burridge reports. she fell from a cruise ship late at night, and then spent ten hours on her own at sea. but kay looked pretty well on this, the final leg of her rescue by the croatian coastguard. one very grateful holiday—maker back on dry land. and this is the moment she was rescued. i fell off the back of the norwegian star, and i was in the water for ten hours. so these wonderful guys rescued me. she fell from the back deck of this

92,000 ton cruise ship, the norwegian star. kay fell from the back deck down into the adriatic. the ship had docked in dubrovnik and was heading north towards venice when, just before midnight last night, kay went overboard about 60 miles off the croatian coast. too much sun the only visible effect, but what an ordeal. i am very lucky to be alive. there has been no comment on how she fell. the coastguard said she was exhausted when they pulled her from the water. tom burridge, bbc news. more than 200 competitors from around the world have been taking part in the fourth british beard and moustache championships in the northern english town of blackpool. the charity event is open to all ages, all nationalities and all genders. andrew plant reports. they are calling it a hairy extravaganza. all shapes and sizes of facial hair competing in 21 different categories. best beard,

best moustache, full beard freestyle, even finest fake eared too. a lot of guys really do love it. they are attached to it. they love it. a lot of guys like to show off, you get quite a lot of extravagant people here and it is somewhere they can come and feel co mforta ble somewhere they can come and feel comfortable amongst their peers at. all manner of facial hair is here. from the distinctly european, too respectable english gentleman. sporting some of the world ‘s most celebrated sideburns. sporting some of the world ‘s most celebrated sideburnslj sporting some of the world ‘s most celebrated sideburns. i am the reigning world and reddish natural sideburns champion. it takes a lot of looking after. the conditions today are not perfect for the beards, the wind and the humidity is having an effect, but it is the same for everybody. a lot of people from germany and europe. scottish, new zealand. no one takes it terribly

seriously, as long as you get beaten bya seriously, as long as you get beaten by a better beard that is ok. first of all, i couldn't be bothered shading. but then it becomes an identity and once you have grown it for so long, it want to get rid of it because it just for so long, it want to get rid of it because itjust takes so long to grow. the british beard and moustache championships takes place every two years and are getting more popular each time. more and more people take part to compete for the acclaim and adulation of world ‘s most winning whiskers. andrew plant, bbc news. iam about i am about to say something i don't often say, i feel very inadequate. i am about to say something i don't often say, ifeel very inadequate. i will have to work on my beard. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @nkem|fejika. thank you very much for watching, by by. —— bye bye. hello there.

all this week our weather will be coming in from the atlantic, so once again it will be rather changeable. sunday saw some welcome sunshine across a good part of the midlands towards the south—east of england, and in the warm and muggy air it felt warm out there as well. the main rain—bearing clouds that's remaining for the time being towards the north—west of the uk, but south of that it is going to be difficult to gauge how much sunshine there will be today because the air is moistening up, more low cloud coming in, a lot of dry weather around and there may be some sunshine around at times. you can see the extent of the cloud. the best of the breaks across central and eastern parts of england, a bit of drizzle around the western hills and coasts. more substantial breaks across central and northern parts of scotland, where the air is a bit cooler and fresher. still a decent day and with the cloud further south is going to be a warm day again,

temperatures maybe up to 25 degrees. a little bit of sunshine to end the day and any breaks of cloud tending to fill in as the night goes on, except across northern parts of scotland, where those temperatures around nine or ten degrees, but 17 is a minimum temperature across southern parts of england. into tuesday, things changing a little. in the north—west, you can see we have rain coming in, that cloud we saw beginning to advance around scotland and northern ireland, away from here and more in the way of sunshine and probably higher temperatures across england and wales, across south—east scotland as well. this weather front will be a bit of a nuisance. it is moving southwards but rather slowly, rather erratically because the progress is being delayed by a little wave on that front. could get a bit of rain for while across northern ireland on wednesday, northern england perhaps into wales. should see more sunshine coming to scotland and northern ireland, cooler and fresher air here, towards southern parts of england and the midlands, and south east where we get some sunshine, it will feel very warm. that is the last of the humid air because that weather front is going to push its way down towards the south—east.

the other following in the north is more on the intensification of the showers. it is the boundary between the humid air that is getting pushed into the near continent of cooler and fresh air from the north—west. sunshine around on thursday, a few showers for scotland, temperatures across the board will be a little bit lower. we'll keep that north—westerly airflow through friday, but we see rain coming down into more northern parts of the uk. drier across southern parts of the uk, always dry across southern areas, but by the end of the week it is not going to be as warm. this is bbc news, the headlines elderly south koreans are travelling to north korea ahead of three days of family reunions with relatives from whom they were separated when the two countries split. many of them are now over eighty years old. rescue teams continue to step up their efforts to try and reach thousands of stranded families in flood—hit indian province of kerala.

almost 200 people have died in the last 10 days and thousands have been left homeless. afghanistan's president ashraf ghani has announced a conditional ceasefire ahead of the muslim festival of eid—ul—adha. he's also said it will continue if the taliban reciprocates. they've yet to respond. the uk is to investigate allegations that british world war ii shipwrecks