this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top story: it's a double blow for president trump as his former campaign manager is convicted on multiple counts of fraud and in a separate case his ex—lawyer pleads guilty to breaking campaign finance rules. thousands of venezula ns flee their country as its economic crisis intensifies, inflation could reach one million percent by the end of the year. ravaged by tourism, montenegros‘s medieval city of kotor could lose its unesco world heritage status as visitor numbers continue to rise. us sanctions against russia come in to force today following the poisoning of the skripal‘s in the uk. what impact will this have on the russian economy? a warm welcome to the programme,

briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also in the programme, top tourist spots are too busy due to swift development and commercialisation. so we are asking what's been your experience in places like montenegro, it's taking action to reduce visitor numbers. get in touch, just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. president trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, has pleaded guilty at a court in new york to charges including making unlawful election campaign contributions. he did not mention mr trump, but said he acted for a candidate for a federal office with a view to influencing the election. at a separate trial, mr trump's former campaign manager,

paul manafort, has been found guilty of tax and bank fraud. president trump said he was very sad at the verdict and referred to it as a witch hunt. chris buckler reports from washington. president trump landed in west virginia to attend a rally and to face many questions. about two men who once part of his in a circle, two men had who are now facing substantial jail sentences. in new york, his former lawyer and six at michael cohen pleaded guilty to that tax fraud and breaking campaign finance laws. while just outside

washington, a jury found that president's former campaign manager paul manafort guilty of a series of financial crimes, in a case brought by robert mueller, who is assessing allegations of russian interference in the election. it is a witch-hunt and it is a disgrace. this has nothing to do what they started out, looking for russians who were involved, there were none. throughout paul manafort‘s trial, donald trump defended him, at one stage even suggesting that his former campaign chairman was being treated worse than the mob boss al capone. paul manafort made tens of billions of dollars, which he hid in bank accounts, spending it on property, cars and clothing. famously including this, a $15,000 jacket made of ostrich. paul manafort‘s crimes were not

linked with the trump campaign, at michael cohen has said that some of his decisions were made specifically by the president to influence our vote. he says mr trump told him that pay tens of thousands of dollars to stop the porn star stormy daniels are making allegations about a sexual relationship and to silence the former playboy model karen macdougall for going public. mr cullen guilty to two financial charges, both to influence the 2016 election. in addition, what he did was heaped worked to pay money to silence to women who had information that he believed would be detriment of two the 2016 campaign. in front

of two the 2016 campaign. in front of his supporters in west virginia, mrtrump of his supporters in west virginia, mr trump avoided talking about his former lawyer, but he made no effort to hide his fury with the special counsel's investigation and the many media reports. fake news and the russian witch—hunt, we have got a whole big cabinet. where is the collusion? you know they are still looking for collusion, where is it? but mrtrump is looking for collusion, where is it? but mr trump is now himself facing serious allegations, truth that he mightfind serious allegations, truth that he might find harder to dismiss the usual catchphrases. surely in this programme we will be going to live to the united states for that story, what it means for the president and later in our news briefing we will look at the media reaction to the outcome from michael cohen and paul ma nafort outcome from michael cohen and paul manafort and president trump —— and paul manafort

and president trump. thousands of people are continuing to flee venezuela the country's economic crisis intensifies. the situation, which has been going on for years, is so bad now that the inflation rate is expected to hit one million percent by the end of this year. 0ur correspondent katy watson is on the border between venezuela and colombia, which is seeing the highest numbers of economic migrants. people coming through the border today said they are still unsure about what new currency overhaul will entail. i spoke to one family who said it was the final straw for them, these economic measures pushed them, these economic measures pushed them to leave venezuela once and for all. colombia is the worst affected by the migrant crisis, more than 1 million venezuelans have come to its borders in the last 18 months, any of them along this very rigid. the influx of venezuelans has caused tensions in border areas like here, people sleeping on the streets and filling up beds in hospital. 0r people have moved on to parts of south america but the new rules that

are being implemented from ecuador and carew, asking for passports, is and carew, asking for passports, is a worrying development. they say there could be a bottleneck and that these new measures will not stop venezuelans coming these new measures will not stop venezuela ns coming over, these new measures will not stop venezuelans coming over, it will just make the crisis worse. ecuador has called for a regional meeting to discuss the crisis because it is a concern for all of venezuelans was that neither is. —— neighbours. a fresh set of us sanctions against russia are due to come into force today. they're the result of a former russian spy and his daughter being poisoned by a chemical agent in the uk earlier this year. cornelia meyerjoins me now. in terms of these sanctions that the us announced some time ago, coming into effect today, what are they actually on? because of the

poisoning, but they are very limited. they are on a few institutions, but not that many. it is not that much and if you look at it, even congress as well as the senate are pretty much more although run majority —— majorly by republicans, they are in favour of sanctions at. lot of the senators have come out and said we probably haven't done enough yet. as you say, the sanctions come into it effect today are fairly limited, some say there might have a big impact on the economy but some argue not so much. having said that, jeremy hunt, who will be in washington very soon, his

first visit as foreign secretary, is go to be calling on the eu —— of the eu to follow the us‘s suit. go to be calling on the eu —— of the eu to follow the us's suit. he absolutely will and i think the uk has been in the driving seat for this set of sanctions. you have at the same time as we see this, you have had microsoft saying we see more cyber attacks on us think tanks in the run—up to the mid—term elections in november. so obviously congress will need to act, we'll need to have more sanctions, and the interesting thing is the us government has done a lot, but it is dampened by the rhetoric of the president, who in his helsinki meeting with vladimir putin was so positive towards vladimir putin. 0n one hand, congress and the us administration are doing quite a bit on sanctions, on the other hand we

have this rhetoric by the president which actually goes against what the actions are. we will have more on this later. ryanair customers due compensation for delayed flights have found their cheques have either bounced or were not signed. it comes after a summer of delays which the airline company blamed on external factors. jonathan sturdy reports. it has been a summer of chaos, delays and cancellations for ryanair. since april, 1 million passengers across europe have been disrupted. but with holidays and work trip through and, who pays? ryanair blames most delays on bad weather and control servers is. it has turned down many claims for refunds and compensation. but some passengers thought they had been lucky when their cheques arrived in

the post. when i received a cheque there was the signature on the cheque, i took some time away from work to try and bank the cheque, i was told by the colour that i couldn't use it. gordon fong was fight that flying from the south of spain to bournemouth but the plane had a problem and had to divert to madrid. after three hours on the ground, it took off again, but landed instead in birmingham, around 5am landed instead in birmingham, around sam the following morning. had to ta ke sam the following morning. had to take a taxi 150 miles home, arriving back over nine hours later. of the ryanair passengers also had problems cashing their compensation cheques. ibank cashing their compensation cheques. i bank the cheque, didn't think anything would be wrong with it and thenit anything would be wrong with it and then it was weeks later when i received a letter from the bank to say that the cheque had bounced. i was absolutely dumbstruck. ryanair has apologised for and administrative error and set a very small number of cheques were issued without signatures. is as these were

reissued several weeks ago but passengers we have two haven't received them yet. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the most dangerous job in south africa. why attacks on drivers cash handling vehicles have risen by 40% this year. 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?" you are watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: thousands of venezula ns flee their country as its economic crisis intensifies. inflation could reach one million percent by the end of the year. donald trump is facing a huge test of his presidency after his former lawyer michael cohen admitted breaking election finance rules. and, in a separate trial, the president's former campaign manager paul manafort has been found guilty on eight charges of tax and bank fraud. let's stay with that now.

let's get more from our north america correspondent peter bowes. it has been a dramatic turn of events, the announcements from the two separate courtrooms coming minutes apart. tell us about reaction since. well, it has been an extraordinary few hours, when you have in two separate courtrooms two men very closely associated with donald trump either being found guilty or admitting to serious charges involving tax on bank fraud. and there could be future implications for the president. the reaction has been, well, to some extent reaction has been, well, to some exte nt d own reaction has been, well, to some extent down political lines. many of donald trump's based supporters say they are sticking with him. in fact,

they are sticking with him. in fact, the president was addressing one of his typical campaign style rallies. he didn't address what is happening in the last few hours directly, although he did allude to the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 campaign, which again he described as a witch—hunt. but significantly, he hasn't talked about what happened to michael cohen and the allegation that michael cohen made in court that he had been directed by, he didn't name him, but it clearly was the president, someone it clearly was the president, someone seeking federal office, to breakfederal someone seeking federal office, to break federal election laws. that could longer term proved to be very significant. and as you say, in all of this, it is that particular detail, isn't it, that could be very damaging for the president. it is just a question of seeing what happens next. yes, it is. and what he is seemingly doing there is incriminating the president

implicating —— implicating the president in criminal activities. essentially regarding the handing over of money to women the president was involved with, allegedly, which brea ks was involved with, allegedly, which breaks election rules, the handing over of such a large sum of money. if the president was directly involved in that, then perhaps some congressmen will think this is the time to perhaps lay charges with the president, and a lot of people are talking about the possibility of impeachment charges. thank you very much indeed. as i have mentioned, we will have more on the media reaction to these dramatic events in a news briefing shortly. driving vehicles which deliver cash to banks and atms is seen as one of the most dangerous jobs in south africa. attacks on these vehicles has risen by more than 40% in just a year, and now the government is under pressure to clamp down on these types of robberies.

0ur correspondent karen allen reports from johannesburg. this is not a war zone, but the outs but outskirts of johannesburg. there's two trucks, and two cars. terrified office workers watch in horror, as gangsters overpower armed guards. cash in transit heist like this were once under control, though they are now threatened with a resurgence. the intelligence dropped the ball, and secondly, i am sure they were given the space, then, to multiply and develop their skills in dealing with the matter. and thirdly, people that were arrested in the 1980s and 1990s on the matter began to get out of prison, and gave

new skills to the young guys, and all that. and those new skills include the use of explosives and more sophisticated weapons. this former robber who served time in jail, and who says he is now clean, describes the mindset of gangs in a country where cash is still king. they have got what i want, but i don't hurt them. ijust they have got what i want, but i don't hurt them. i just frighten them. put fear, install a lot of fear into them. have you ever kill anybody? i haven't killed anybody. i could fire about two or three shots to someone who is coming our way, but not the exact target. butjust months ago, this guard was the target. still off work after being shotin target. still off work after being shot in the arm and leg, he still lives in fear. in 12 years of

service, he said, he has never seen it so bad. from the beginning of this year, last year and the beginning of this year, we are all going on the road knowing anything can happen, because they cash in transit, it was happening every day. arming themselves for the road, cash handling companies are trying to keep one step ahead of the crime syndicates. 200 cash in transit heist so far this year, and despite some high—profile arrests, the industry is worried. this is arguably one of the most dangerous jobs in south africa. it is not unique to this country, but police corruption does create an enabling environment. there have been audacious reports of police applying criminals with weapons and body armour, even driving the getaway

vehicles after a hit. the police accept that corruption fuels this type of crime. there have been five arrests in the past few days, but the criminal gangs are also fast to adapt, often commanding fear and respect in the community. now it is time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm marc edwards, and here is your wednesday sport briefing, where we will bring you all the latest results from the champions league playoffs. and we will be seeing how usain bolt, or boltinho, as he might want to be known, is getting on with his attempt at becoming a professional footballer. india's cricketers are on the verge of a huge victory in the third test match against england at trent bridge. they need just one more wicket to wrap up the match and head into the fourth test one behind, at 2—1. needing an improbable 521 to win, england lost early wickets, but then showed some metal thanks to a maiden test century from jos buttler, as england were 311—9 at stumps to take it to a final day.

i think it was very important to us to show up and show a lot of character and a lot of fight, and not give it away too easily. we did that really well through the day, even the two guys at the end, making sure we come back tomorrow, and showing that no matter what it is, we're not going roll over. 0nly five teams have won the champions league more than ajax, but the dutch side still need another win to qualify for this season's edition of the tournament. they face ukraine's dynamo kyiv in a two—legged play—off. the first leg takes place in amsterdam later on wednesday, with the return match in kiev next tuesday. three former european cup winners were in champions league action on tuesday. benfica and red star belgrade were held to draws at home, while 1988 winners psv eindhoven came from behind to win at bate borisov, where finnish striker jasse tuominen put the home side in front after only nine minutes.

psv turned it round with two goals either side of the break. it was their mexican winger hirving lozano who put them in front for the first time. in a frantic finale, alexandr hleb equalised for the belarussians, before donyell malen won it for psv in the 89th minute. 0lympic sprint legend usain bolt says he is ready to prove the doubters wrong and grab himself a professional football contract. he turned 32 on tuesday, and celebrated with a first training session with the central coast mariners, in new south wales. the eight—times olympic gold medallist has been given an open—ended trial with the club, who finished bottom of australia's top division. some have dismissed it as a publicity stunt to boost the mariners' profile, but bolt doesn't agree. i'm not setting myself, like, any targets to say, all right, this is what i am going to do. i'm just going to put in the work you do what imean? going to put in the work you do what i mean? this is my first chance getting the chance to train and to

getting the chance to train and to get to a level to play as a professional football, so get to a level to play as a professionalfootball, so i don't know what to expect. so i'm just here to push myself, learnt as much as possible, as i told the coach from the start, listen, i'm here with a blank slate. no matter what i've learnt or what i've seen on tv, for me it is a blank slate. i am here to learn and get better. here's a look at what has caught our eye on social media. what do paul pugba, emile husky, john terrier and mauricio poochettino all have in common? well, simply put, they are terrible attempts at dog/footballer name puns. but what if we did have a genuine football superstar of the canine variety? meet 0llie the british bulldog, blessed with marvelous tekkers. worth another look in slow—mo, sumptous control there from the big fella.

you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport team, that's your wednesday sport briefing. it was once called the most beautiful merging of land and sea, but montenegro's adriatic coast could now be under threat from a tourism boom. there are fears that the town of kotor, which is a unesco world heritage site, could soon go the way of neighbouring croatia's dubrovnik — a city that now appears on no—go travel lists due to overcrowding. lebo diseko has more. 0nce hidden gem by the adriatic sea, but montenegro's mediaeval town of kotor could become a victim of its own popularity. the tourism boom means cruise ships everyday bringing thousands of visitors to the town during the height of summer. the overcrowding and overdevelopment that have come with that could threaten its unesco world heritage status. last year, the town showed up status. last year, the town showed up on of destinations to avoid because of too many tourists. locals say it is becoming a town of

souvenir shops, where they are pushed out. translation: when there are big crowds in the town, sometimes a short trip of a kilometre or half a kilometre takes half an hour. this is a problem when it comes to emergency medical aid, firefighters, and especially for older people. just down the coast, a croatian city that has also battled with being too popular. dubrovnik has seen a surge of visitors since the series game of thrones was filmed there. authorities have fought back by tightening restrictions on street benders and trying to control cruise ships. many in montenegro hope their government will do the same. the challenge will be balancing the income that the tourists bring with protecting just what makes towns like this so special. stay with me on bbc news. i will be back with the business briefing in just a few moments. i will see you very soon. hello.

well, wednesday promises to be a find they once again across southern and central areas of the uk. we will see seems like this, a lovely picture from tuesday around the document, the blue skies and the skyscrapers. but northern parts of the uk have been wet in the last few hours. it has also been very lucky. we still have that wall coming in all the way from the azores here. see those orange and yellow colours, that subtropical air, so temperatures are still in the high teens across the south of the uk. but as we go through the course of the night, this weatherfront but as we go through the course of the night, this weather front will be moving through. so cool and cooler conditions will be stepping into scotland and northern ireland eventually, but by very early on wednesday morning it is still raining around glasgow, just around belfast as well, and look how warm it is ahead of this weather front. where the sky clear it might pull off little bit in towns and cities we are actually talking about 15, 16,17 degrees. and we are actually talking about 15, 16, 17 degrees. and then through of wednesday morning the weather front

moves a little bit further southwards, so there will be this central swathe of the uk which will be cloudy, with some rain at times, not an awful lot. maybe the north—west of england, perhaps northern wales. but look at the temperature contrast. the orange colours in the south, at the weather front, indicate temperatures quite possibly get into the high 20s, maybe even 28 degrees, whereas some 10 degrees lower here in glasgow and in belfast, with that fresh atlantic aircoming in. and in belfast, with that fresh atlantic air coming in. and then through the course of the evening that weather front tries to move further southwards, but most of the rain fizzles out. now, we have a succession of let's call it cool fronts moving across the uk towards the end of the week, and the forecast in the last few days has been for this fresh air all the way from the north, from iceland, to arrive and reach our shores, so that means that temperatures will be dropping away from thursday onwards widely across the uk. but there is the chance of some showers as well, dotted around across the country. some in the north—western scotland, some in the south—east, and the breeze will be picking up as well.

quite a breeze across particular parts of scotland, double those figures for gusts. you can see the temperature on thursday dropping down to the low 20s in the south—east and only the mid—teens in the north of the uk. the temperatures will keep on dropping in belfast by friday. it is only 1a degrees and just scraping 20, maybe 21 by monday in london. goodbye. this istthe business briefing. i'm sally bundock. us sanctions against russia come in to force today following the poisoning of the skripals in the uk. what impact will this have on the russian economy? and have you heard of sorghum? a crop that's now in the firing line between the us and china as trade tariffs take hold. in our special series on trade, we'll explain all.