across the water. larger dry just across the water. largely dry on wednesday and high pressure returns and keeps it dry and bright with some sunshine on thursday. let's go welcome to newsday on the bbc. welcome to newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl, in singapore. the headlines: a mass shooting in florida. four people are dead after a gunman opend fire during a video game tournament in jacksonville. we have one suspect in this case. he is deceased. he is a white male and we are still to confirm his identity. pope francis returns to rome after his visit to ireland. he says he'll pursue justice for victims of abuse committed by the catholic church. i'm lukwesa barak, in london. also in the programme: australia's new prime minister announces his first cabinet, but can he heal the deep divisions within his government? a mass grave in sri lanka's former war zone in the north west of the country. in the north—west of the country.

dozens of skeletons have been unearthed. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in the us state of florida where there's been a mass shooting at a video game tournament in the city of jacksonville. the sheriff's office has reported multiple fatalities, with at least four dead. many more people were taken to hospital. our north america correspondent, david willis has this report. a video gaming tournament was on the way at the sprawling shopping

complex in downtown jacksonville, florida. gamers have come from across the country to take but in the event which is being streamed live. eyewitnesses spoke of the pain that account as the government look aimed. i was right over there by the park andi aimed. i was right over there by the park and i saw him running... you sought someone running with a gun? yes. he started shooting and that... was he shooting when he was running through the park? yes. officials took to social media urgent people took to social media urgent people to stay away from the area. we have no outstanding suspects at the time but we have one suspect in this case, his deceased at the scene at this point. his white male and we are still working to confirm his identity. we have deceased victims at the scene and victims at the

hospital. we do not have account you right now. this is not for the first time where young people appear to be the principal victims. let's take a look at some of the day's other news: and following his death at the age of 81, it's been confirmed that john mccain will lie in state in washington on friday. it's an honour given to few americans — john f kennnedy, ronald reagan and civil rights icon, rosa parks, have previously been accorded the priviledge. a memorial service will then take place next saturday, with a burial the following day at a us naval academy in annapolis. george w bush and barack obama are expected to be amongst the speakers at his natioanl memorial service. it's believed president trump will not be invited. also making the news today: two reuters journalists accused of obtaining secret state documents in myanmar, will learn their fate on monday. if convicted, 32—year—old wa lone

and 28—year—old kyaw soe oo face jail terms of up to 14 years. the court in yangon, has been holding hearings since january. the reporters claim they were set—up by police to block or punish them, for their reporting of a mass killing of rohingya muslims. the british—iranian charity worker, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, has not been granted an extension to her temporary release from imprisonment in iran. according to her husband, richard ratcliffe, she's now returned to evin prison. ms zaghari—ratcliffe was jailed in 2016 for 5 years, after being convicted of spying — which she denies. she had been granted a 3 day release, spending the time with her li—year—old daughter. zimbabwe's newly—elected president, emmerson mnangagwa, has been sworn in at the national stadium in harare.

a host of african leaders attended the ceremony, along with tens of thousands of mr mnangagwa's supporters. the main opposition mdc, has refused to recognise his victory in last month's vote. dutch police hunting for the person who killed a schoolboy 20 years ago have said their prime suspect has been arrested in spain. 55—year—old jos brech was detained following a public appeal last week. he was identified as a suspect after the netherlands' biggest ever dna harvesting operation. although he did not provide a sample, some of his relatives did and their dna was linked to evidence found on the victim's clothing. the us playwright, neil simon has died at the age of 91. simon wrote more than 30 plays, including come blow your horn and the odd couple. he was the first playwright to have a broadway theatre named after him,

and won the pulitzer prize for drama in 1991 for lost in yonkers. now, it's august and europe should be enjoying the last warm days of summer. but look at these pictures filmed on sunday in austria. parts of the country have been blanketed in up to a0 centimetres of snow as temperatures fell to near freezing. some mountain roads were temporarily closed because of the unexpected snowfall. but those who thought it's time to dust up their skis may have to think again. the warm weather is coming back. with 25 degrees expected on monday, all this is will be gone in no time. australia's newly elected prime minister, scott morrison, has announced a fresh ministry. the country's defence minister, marise payne, will take over

as foreign minister, afterjulie bishop resigned. ms bishop entered the race to become prime minister, but lost in the first round of voting. mr morrison's other challenger for the leadership, peter dutton, will keep his job as home affairs minister. the changes follow a tumultous week in australian politics, with liberal party infighting leading to the ousting of prime minister malcolm turnbull. our correspondent hywel griffith joins us live from sydney. these prime minister in five years, we have been reporting on all this through the week at the tumultuous week. scott morrison beginning his first official day in office and wasting no time in naming a new cabinet. some of those cabinet ministers have been sworn in. the

interesting appointment is peter dutton, for anyone who has been following this, they would do it dutton has instigated this, challenging the leadership of former prime minister malcolm turnbull but not getting is the top job. instead of pushing him to the backbenchers and potentially given rise to more instability, he decided to keep in the cabinet. it does not mean that the cabinet. it does not mean that the turmoil is over. scott morrison thought he was going to have a bit ofa thought he was going to have a bit of a honeymoon but the latest newspoll suggests he has a huge task ahead. each is the coalition has fallen behind labour even further, there is now a 12% gap between labour as a first choice in the election and the liberal party coalition. critics are saying that

the bigger issue is that an election is always just around the corner. members of parliament never seemed focused on their doctor they seem rather forever focus on their electoral life. is that a fair statement at what has happened to the national interest when things like a drought is threatening the survival of farmers? a lot of people discuss this as a three—year cycle problem. any new prime minister within 18 months really has improved their position all make those around them will start to say, is this the right person to win the next election? scott morrison obviously wa nts to election? scott morrison obviously wants to move away from that, refocus and so he is addressing

national issues and that is why he is spending much of the day in western queensland, one of the worst hit areas. queensland has had years of drought in some areas. he once be seen to be getting on with the job, getting his hands dirty in the dusty central part of australia rather than getting his hands even do that in the murky world of canberra. australians do not seem terribly happy. we have seen also be resignation of a popular minister, julie bishop. julie bishop's position is interesting. the poll suggested she was by far the most popular of the candidates with the australian public but she finished third out of three and some messages lea ked third out of three and some messages leaked over the weekend that purport to be from different ministers, suggest actually they were using her asa suggest actually they were using her as a way to try to eliminate one of

the others so perhaps she is sort of fed up with the murky business of canberra and decided she does not wa nt to canberra and decided she does not want to be in the cabinet. who knows? may be a move to the backbenchers before coming back. he would not rule anything out these days. the vatican says more than 300,000 people attended an open air mass led by pope francis, on the second day of his visit to ireland. addressing worshippers he begged for forgiveness from god, for what he called the "open wound" of sexual and institutional abuse uncovered in the church. our religion editor, martin bashir, reports. at a shrine where 15 people believed they witnessed an apparition of the virgin mary, a man said by the roman catholic church to be the successor of st peter arrived at knock this morning. good morning. applause. in a brief speech, pope francis extended greetings to the people

of northern ireland, and prayed for a continuing commitment to the peace process, and again, he promised to be firm and decisive in dealing with child sexual abuse. well, has has he won the people of ireland back? he certainly spoke very proximately to them, he spoke very simply to them, and i think he has certainly gained the hearts and minds of many people here, which is most important. as he flew back from knock, people were beginning to arrive at what would prove to be the climax of this short visit — a celebration of mass in the vast open space of phoenix park, almost a0 years after the last pa pal visit. it'll be my first time seeing the pope. i remember mum getting ready in' 79, but i always thought, would i ever get to see the pope in my lifetime? this might be my only chance. he wears a white robe, and he has the rosary around his neck, and he's from argentina. not forgetting the hurt

and the abuse, that's important that we all remember that. but we're never going to move forward if we don't think of the hope, and pope francis is hope for the church. all ages rushed for a close—up view of the pope as he drove around the grounds for almost 30 minutes. and then, speaking from handwritten notes in his mother tongue of spanish, he asked ireland to forgive the church for its sins. translation: we ask forgiveness for the times that, as a church, we did not show the survivors, of whatever kind of abuse, compassion, and the seeking ofjustice and truth through concrete actions. given the circumstances leading up to this visit, with abuse scandals of raging from australia to america, this has been a relatively trouble—free trip for pope francis.

but the overall message, both in and outside of catholicism, is that the time for talking is now over, and decisive action must be taken if the church in ireland is to thrive once again. six speeches, two internalflights, meetings with the homeless and victims of abuse — 81—year—old pope francis spared little in his effort to engage with the irish people. martin bashir, bbc news, dublin. stay with us. also on the programme: the illegal trade in bile, and how it's taking vietnam's wild bears to the edge of extinction. he's the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king

declared "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky. an orange glowing disk that is brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet, mars. there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. it'll take months and billions of dollars to repair what katrina achieved injust hours. three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years, so it was with great satisfaction that clock maker john vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl, in singapore.

and i'm lukwesa barak, in london. our top stories: there's been a mass shooting in florida. 4 people are dead after a gunman opened fire during a video game tournament in the city of jacksonville. pope francis has ended his visit to ireland. he says he'll pursue justice for victims of abuse committed by the catholic church. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the japan times' top story is a move by prime minister shinzo abe to run in the liberal democratic party's leadership election next month. the paper says it will set the stage for a two—way race against former defence minister shigeru ishiba. mr abe said he was determined to lead the nation as ldp president and prime minister for the next three years. the straits times here in singapore reports

on a major housing development at a new punggol district to be started later this month. the times says punggol point district has been envisioned as a smart and green town that pays homage to its heritage as a farming area. and the new york times has a front page feature on the rising haitian/japanese tennis star naomi osaka. the 20—year—old is training with sascha bajin, best known for working as serena williams's hitting partnerfor eight years. sri lankan forensic experts are trying to identify dozens of skeletons found in a mass grave in the north—west of the country. it's not clear who the victims were or what happened to them. tens of thousands of people were killed and many others went missing during 26 years of conflict between government troops and tamil tiger rebels. this latest mass grave

was discovered by workers digging the foundations for a new building in the town of mannar. the bbc‘s anbarasan ethirajan visited the town earlier this month and sent this report. shrill and can forensic experts have been carefully digging out the skeletons and other bones from this pic here in the town of mannar in north—western sri lanka. they found the first skeleton in this great a few months ago and then a detailed enquiry was ordered and the experts from different parts of the country are now trying to find out what is lying behind this pit here. so far, they say they have found the skeletons they say they have found the s keleto ns of they say they have found the skeletons of more than 70 people. the empire area, you can divide it into two. one segment, you have a

proper symmetry there, but here in the second part you have a collection of human skeletons which had been deposited in a kind of informal way. we are concerned about the lying position, it is completely chaotic. and you know, you have two layers of skeletons, roughly, it is mixed. those are the situations of. this north—western town of mannar is strategically located and there were intense clashes between the shrill and ten security forces and the tamil tiger rebels here in this town in the civil war, which led to the defeat of the tamil tiger‘ in 2009. this is one of the biggest mass graves they have found so far in the last ten years of post— conflict

period. experts here think there was more bodies buried here underneath this place, this work will take a further few weeks to complete and thenjudicial further few weeks to complete and then judicial officials will order a further investigation to find out how these people died and where these people came from and what clearly happened to them. wild bears in vietnam facing extinction are now under further threat as the demand increases for their bile to be used in traditional asian medicine. it‘s also meant that prices are plummeting for the bile from caged bears, an illegal business, but widespread in the country. however, in some countries such as china, the practice is still legal. brian crudge is research programme manager at the campaigning organisation free the bears. i asked him how widespread bear farming is in vietnam. we recently published research looking at the conservation challenges and implications of bear

bile farming in vietnam‘s and we found farmers are following the decline in demand have started to pay less. it has dropped from $35 to just $4 per month. who is buying this bile? there are alternatives on the market. there are plenty effective and affordable herbal and synthetic ones available. it became profitable and was marketed to the country as an effective medicine. what can and is being done what is described as a barbaric act as? —— practice. we have been working a lot to reduce demand for bear bile. we are also building centuries in their numberand are also building centuries in their number and allow to help the species before it is too late. what

particular there are is under threat? this is adriatic sun bears, which are used for farming often. you can see pictures online, why is it now people are turning to wild bears as opposed to aged bears. there is a preference in traditional asian medicine for the wild alternative, it is perceived to be a more effective medicine. it‘s a hundred years since the birth of leonard bernstein, one of the most influential musicians, composers and conductors of the 20th century. the anniversary is being celebrated around the world, including at the edinburgh international festival, and the bbc proms, where his one time pupil and protege, marin alsop, will be leading the baltimore symphony orchestra, playing some of his works. our arts editor will gompertz has more. the baltimore symphony orchestra

rehearsing leonard bernstein‘s west side story. conducted by marin alsop, who took up conducting when she sought leonard bernstein when she sought leonard bernstein when she was nine years older. tackled —— a decade or so later, he took her on as his people. i was terrified to meet him because i didn‘t want to lose that idol i had. but he exceeded all of my expectations. and thatis exceeded all of my expectations. and that is so rare in a hero. and clearly a visionary, in a way it him taking you on was a visionary act as it was unusual for a young woman. to wa nt to it was unusual for a young woman. to want to be a conductor. he was at the forefront of feeling that women should be able to do this. i am not

sure he ever came to terms with it as it was so foreign still, to him. i remember one rehearsal and he was sitting out there and i went out and isaid sitting out there and i went out and i said maestro, what is wrong? he said, ican‘t i said maestro, what is wrong? he said, i can‘t figure it out. when i close my eyes i can‘t tell your woman. so i said, missing, if you wa nt to woman. so i said, missing, if you want to keep your eyes closed during my concerts, i‘d don‘t mind. —— i don‘t mind. i think sometimes we underestimate our audiences. sometimes wejust underestimate our audiences. sometimes we just say just sit there and don‘t clap, don‘t cough. that is ridiculous. my feeling is, this is a big test i am challenging you with, if you need to cough, go—ahead. but thank you for listening. if you had a magic wand, and you could do one thing... i do have one. you do have

a magic wand! with your magic wand, if you turn around and conduct the world, what is one thing you could change about classical easy to enable it to reach more people?” would ask every classical musician to think about opening the doors wide, whether it is through the internet, through recording from television and lets share instead of trying to hold it tight. applause. you have been watching newsday. i‘m lukwesa burak in london. and i‘m sharanjit leyl in singapore. don‘t go away. stay with us for an industrial cleanup. we will be looking at how this little robot is cleaning up our dirty work at one of the most contaminated radioactive nuclear sites in europe. hello, good morning. after all the

cold wet weather that we had yesterday, you know things could only get to. it was stuck at 13 degrees for much of the afternoon and with some rain heavy enough to give some localised flooding, we almost had two inches of rain pouring in south wales. became from all of that thick cloud, that has moved away. still a moist, westerly airstream heading our way, a fair bit of clout around today. at least we will see some sunshine at times, no more than just a few light showers. let‘s ta ke let‘s take you like to jacksonville in florida, where the sheriff ‘s department is giving us a news conference following that mass shooting at a videogame tournament. i would like to make —— i would like to thank the media as we come together to provide the meat —— the

community for an update dismissing rumours regarding the events that took place earlier today. here is what we know. this afternoon, there was a madden 19 event atjackson lending. 911 calls came in stating that people have been shot inside a. two minutes later, at 1:36 p.m., officers were on cnet outside. shortly thereafter, businesses in the lending were not down as other patrol units work to evacuate the area. when the swat teams arrived on thing they also detailed a sweep of the lending. so there were three deceased individuals at the scene. one of those being the suspect who took his own life. there were nine victims transported byjf aditya ta re victims transported byjf aditya tare area hospitals, several of those had gunshot wounds. in addition, there were two additional

gunshot victims that sell transported themselves to local hospitals. i am transported themselves to local hospitals. iam happy transported themselves to local hospitals. i am happy to report that they are all in stable condition at this time. so let me recap, there we re this time. so let me recap, there were 14 total victims, 12 with gunshot wounds and 12 with other injuries that were sustained during the fleeing from the restaurant. so please note this number may change as we learned that the victims who may have transported themselves to area hospitals. if you are a victim and you have not heard from us, we ask that you call us to report this. the single suspect in this case is a white male. this is pending confirmation, but we believe the suspect to be put before you roll it david katz from baltimore merilyn and the fbi is assisting with our. we have located and impounded the suspects vehicle, a search of that is pending but we believe he stayed somewhere locally last night, maybe ata somewhere locally last night, maybe at a hotel. if anyone has any information about where he stayed last night please call us or e—mail

us. we will be releasing more detailed information about the suspect in the next couple of hours. so ago that the suspect used at least one handgun to commit this act and we are working with our partners at atf on that aspect of the investigation. i will not be discussing any details pertaining to the motive at this time as that part of the investigation is still ongoing. as i mentioned at an earlier news conference, there is a video, we do have a copy of that footage, we are asking if anyone has any additional video footage to please e—mail that, call us to get that additional information to us. so that our family assistance unit is up and running, so if you have a loved one that you believe to be at that event and you have not heard from them, please call us again so we can have that information. if

anyone has any information regarding this shooting, any at all, we ask us please call us again or e—mail us, or of course use our partners at first crimestoppers. i want to take a minute to thank the men and women of jacksonville sheriff ‘s office and the fire and rescue for their incredible response today. we spend a lot of time training together and separately for events like this. decree obviously that it never happens, but today it did and we we re happens, but today it did and we were prepared to. i also want to thank all our partners, many law enforcement partners who stepped up today through the challenges that we had today. through that, i will invite our narrow. —— our mayor.