today at five — theresa may announces plans to boost britain's investment in africa after brexit. on her first visit to africa as prime minister — she says she wants britain to be the g7‘s leading investor there by 2022. the driving focus of our development programme will be to ensure that governments in africa have the environment, knowledge, institutions and support to attract sustainable long—term investments in the future of africa and africans. we'll be looking at the potential for increasing british trade with africa. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. police appeal to the public to help them find janbaz tarin — a 21 year old man wanted for questioning over the stabbings of his former partner and her mother. the former chief rabbi describes says jeremy corbyn‘s recently reported remarks about zionists are the most offensive by a senior politician since enoch powell's ‘rivers of blood' speech. a fire destroys a primark store in belfast — in a historic building that has

existed for nearly 250 years. and thousands of fans arrive in detriot — to pay tribute to the legendary soul singer aretha franklin — as her open casket goes on public view. our main story at 5 — the prime minister has announced plans to boost british investment in africa after brexit, and called for a new partnership with the continent. at the start of a tour of south africa, kenya and nigeria, she promised an extra £4 billion in direct uk government investment in african economies. the prime minister expects that figure to be matched by the private—sector. and she said she's unashamed in wanting uk aid to africa to be spent in britain's national interest.

our political correspondent ben wright has been travelling with the prime minister and sent this report. bringing a new rhythm to an old relationship. the uk and south africa go back a long way, and theresa may began her trip to cape town at a school symbolising, she said, the youth and dynamism of many african nations. this is a trade mission underpinned by a promise, a new partnership between the uk and africa. the prime minister pledged £4 billion to support african economies, and she wants that to be matched by the private sector. mrs may said it was essential to create jobs for africa's young. i want to see strong african economies that british businesses can do business with in a free and fair fashion, whether through creating new customers for british exporters or opportunities for british investors. our integrated global economy means

healthy african economies are good news for british people as well as for african people. theresa may said the government was changing the way it spends aid money towards long—term economic development and supporting private enterprise. what we can offer is long—term investment of the very highest quality and breadth. something that will deliver more for africans for longer, and which can only be achieved when the government and private sector work together. south africa's president cyril ramaphosa was the first of three african leaders theresa may will meet on this whistle—stop tour of sub—saharan africa, her first visit to the continent as prime minister. china is africa's big outside investor and countries like france and germany are alljockeying for opportunities too. for the uk, of course, brexit is a spur to expand trade beyond the european union, which is by far britain's biggest market.

theresa may hopes to get a new deal with the eu hammered out over the autumn. but on the way down to cape town, said again that she was prepared to walk away rather than accept a bad deal. the tone here in south africa is far more friendly, symbolised by the return of a maritime relic, and the hope of closer ties in the future. ben wright, bbc news, cape town. our africa business editor larry madowo joins us now from nairobi with more on this. many people saying that the chinese already invest massively in africa as to the united states and the eu and theresa may is a bit late to the party. she is a bit late to the party. she is a bit late to the party but it is something under consideration because if you compared the investment that the

chinese have put into africa than the uk is higher but if you compare the uk is higher but if you compare the imports and exports between the uk and africa and with the chinese and africa then china is significantly higher. talking about the volume of trade, about 188 million dollars with china. so that is something to keep in mind and the prime minister is here this week next week african leaders travel to beijing and likely they will be coming back with more deals than the prime minister delivered today. she also says edition to africa should be for the british national interest, what do you think she means by that? it is an interesting decision, maybe use of words because she says she's not ashamed to say it should be the british national interest. but the bulk of the speech focused on trade and equal market

access for african countries into the uk and this lies about being in the uk and this lies about being in the british national interest, we have yet to decode that, it will remain to be seen in the weeks and months to come. traditionally in african countries we have seen them as recipients of aid but other really genuine lucrative trading opportunities and investment opportunities and investment opportunities and investment opportunities and how many of these african economies are growing? they are byfar african economies are growing? they are by far the fastest growing economies in the world right now and the prime minister has 29 different representatives of reddish business looking to sign deals here to see what the opportunities and prospect are. nigeria and kenyan, there are two of the biggest trading partners for the uk two of the biggest trading partners forthe uk in two of the biggest trading partners for the uk in africa put up kenyan very influential in east africa so it is well timed where she is going and why. but the problem is for many

african countries they cannot compete on the global scale because of these nontariff barriers and coming from a disadvantage to start with and she is saying we will try to make sure there is a more even playing field so more of them can sell in the uk. thank you very much. rachel irvine is the founder of ‘irvine partners' — who represent south african based businesses looking to expand their reach globally. rachel is here with me now. making a lot of overtures, the prime minister in africa, what does africa have to offer in terms of trading and investment? the first thing to say is south africa and africa offer so much more than minerals and if we look particularly in a disrupter economy world which were in, africa has services to offer and disruptor economy enable that. our economies

are now increasingly sophisticated, five of the fastest—growing economies in the world are in africa. if we look as i mentioned the disruptor companies and economies, if you look at the disruptor is like google and investment into nigeria, google for nigeria, the global ceo was there last year and they did another event this year. they see the potential and the entrepreneurship coming out from africa. another disru ptor, and the entrepreneurship coming out from africa. another disruptor, air b&b, hosting a global african travel summit in cape town in september it soi summit in cape town in september it so i think that global companies see how much value there is in africa and not just in how much value there is in africa and notjust in minerals or notjust under the ground. lots of other countries are also willing africa, the chinese in particular, massive investment in countries like zimbabwe full stop speaking as a business person, we will take

anyone's money and what i mean by thatis anyone's money and what i mean by that is there has been criticism saying the chinese interest in africa could be the new form of colonialisation but we should not infantilise africa as a trading partner, we will do business with whoever suits us bestjust like any other global market player. some critics would say some african countries are hard to invest in because of endemic problems such as corruption particularly in countries like nigeria. what would you say?” didn't think anyone with argued that corruption is a problem but i will say corruption is a global problem. politicians looking out for their own interests, lobbyists who may have supported an election campaign, that really is quite global. do you think that the uk post brexit, that this is one of the places that it really ca n this is one of the places that it really can do business and in a sense perhaps reddish hands have been a bit tied by being part of the

eu, eu as an entity has invested heavily in africa but now the uk could go it alone. speaking again as a business person, south african business and african business certainly would welcome that. in south africa in particular it is no secret that the jacob zuma years we re secret that the jacob zuma years were tough and the economy in many respects is in trouble, we are open for business and looking for trading partners and we would welcome anything that would enable that put up anything that would enable that put up and britain has this huge history in terms of its empire, its imperial control of a lot of africa, are there was links an advantage or disadvantage in terms of trade and investment now? that is the million—dollar question, obviously there is and history in the colonial past, that needs to be addressed. but then there is also because of the history of trade, there is an established relationship so i do not

think there is a clear—cut answer yes or no in that regard. thank you so much for being with us. west midlands police are hunting a man they want to question about the murders of his former partner and her mother in solihull. detectives are urging anyone who's sheltering 21 year old janbaz tarin to call them immediately. our correspondent dan johnson is in solihull for us. we have learned a bit more about janbaz tarin today, he is 21 years old, originally from afghanistan. the lyc e that he was living here legally. there is a growing manhunt to try to tracking down and find out where he may be and the police have been searching properties in birmingham where it is believed he was living. this is the scene where he is believed to have killed a mother and her daughter just after

midnight on sunday night and we learned more about that family as well today. we know that raneem oudeh was 22 years old, she was the daughter who has a two—year—old son herself although that is not the son of janbaz tarin, but herself although that is not the son ofjanbaz tarin, but she is his former girlfriend so that is the connection and that is what police are looking at as a potential motive for this attack. also killed was 49—year—old khaola saleem, and there isa 49—year—old khaola saleem, and there is a large family here grieving and traumatised by what has happened and people have been coming and going from the house all day, a lot of support for this family. we know they are originally from syria but have lived here on this quiet peaceful close for a number of yea rs, peaceful close for a number of years, quite a long time put up so a lot of shock in this community of this neighbourhood and people are stunned by what has happened but the family say they are devastated by the loss. police say they are increasingly concerned about finding janbaz tarin as soon as possible.

they have appealed to anyone who knows where he may be to get in contact and also appealed directly to him saying he should do the right thing and make contact with the police and hanged himself in. —— hanged himself in. rallies are being held in northern ireland to demand the restoration of devolved government after stormont took the record today for having the world's longest peacetime period without a properly functioning government. there has been no assembly in place for more than 18 months after the power—sharing arrangement between the dup and sinn fein collapsed in january last year. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. two years ago northern ireland one the bid to stage the commonwealth youth games in 2021 but the devolved government collapsed before ministers could agree the funding. now northern ireland has been stripped of the chance to host the event. i was annoyed that we're not going be able to do it because it

would've been opportunity for people here. i'm quite shocked that they are not sticking together. not helping each other. as well as losing the games, £2 billion worth of infrastructure projects have been put on hold, a new transport hub for belfast, a cruise ship terminal, just some developments put on hold. the corridors of power remain empty at stormont where the northern irish government collapsed last year. a row over a mishandled renewable energy scheme caused the break—up and since then talks between the dup and since then talks between the dup and sinn fein have repeatedly failed. it has been 589 days since northern ireland had a functioning assembly and civil servants say while there is no cliff edge, what they are seeing is stagnation and a slow decay across public services. schools and health care are suffering. northern ireland has the longest hospital waiting lists in the uk, there's no politicians in

place to help tackle the problem. today at stormont the dup accused sinn fein of prolonging the deadlock. there's only one problem party and that is sinn fein. they need to end their boycott and allow government to happen here in northern ireland. sinn fein insists it is up for a deal and says the dup will not compromise. we want to intensify discussions and we are not meeting reciprocation from the dup or the british government. power—sharing northern ireland is a legacy of its troubled past. but it is in danger of becoming a barrier toa is in danger of becoming a barrier to a better future. is in danger of becoming a barrier to a betterfuture. what is in danger of becoming a barrier to a better future. what would is in danger of becoming a barrier to a betterfuture. what would it ta ke to to a betterfuture. what would it take to get them to agree? forget about the past and move on. they need their heads banged together and get on with it. i want to say enough is enough and we deserve better. tonight rally sparked by a social media campaign are being held to

urge politicians to resolve the differences. northern ireland has now surpassed the record set by belgium of the longest period to go without a government in peace time and patience is running out. the headlines on bbc news... theresa may has announced plans to boost britain's investment in africa post brexit — promising 4 billion pounds to support the continent. police appeal to the public for help in finding a 21 year old man — janbaz tarin over the stabbings of his former partner and her mother. the former chief rabbi describes jeremy corbyn as an anti—semite who has given support to "racists, terrorists and dealers of hate". and in sport jamie and in sportjamie vardy and gary cahill i had to the england world cup cahill i had to the england world cu p stars cahill i had to the england world cup stars and have announced their retirement from international. jose mourinho demands more respect as he stormed out of a news conference after manchester united's 3— yl defeated tottenham. and johanna

konta says she's in a mental place, getting into the us open. and she plays tonight. —— in a better mental place. the former chief rabbi, jonathan sacks, has said remarks byjeremy corbyn about zionists are the most offensive made by a senior british politician since enoch powell's rivers of blood speech. in an interview with the new statesman magazine, lord sacks accuses the labour leader of being an anti—semite who, he says, has "given support to racists, terrorists and dealers of hate". sacks was the most senior rabbi in the uk from 1991 until 2013 — and is a crossbencher in the house of lords. mr corbyn has insisted his remarks were taken out of context. let's talk to our chief political correspondent vicki young, she's at westminster for us. yet more condemnation ofjeremy

corbyn but lord sacks has not spoken aboutjeremy corbyn but lord sacks has not spoken about jeremy corbyn until corbyn but lord sacks has not spoken aboutjeremy corbyn until now. corbyn but lord sacks has not spoken about jeremy corbyn until now. there has been months and weeks of protest and condemnation ofjeremy corbyn for things he has done in the past before he was labour leader. for some of the people he shared a platform with over his decade as a backbench mp. but this is one of the most prominent members of thejewish community condemning jeremy corbyn in the strongest possible terms by saying that those comments that he made in 2013 talking about british zionists and saying they did not understand english irony, lots of jewish people said that that made them sound as if they were not properly british in some way and we re properly british in some way and were being singled out as different p°p‘up were being singled out as different pop—up and many felt that that was racist. now lord sacks says it is one of the most offensive comments ever made by a british politician since that infamous speech by enoch

powell where he criticised mass migration from, of countries to the united kingdom. but also really strong words as well with lord sacks saying you can judge jeremy strong words as well with lord sacks saying you can judgejeremy corbyn by his words and actions and he has supported racist, terrorist and dealers of hate. now there has been a response from the labour party today, they say the comparison with enoch powell is absurd and offensive. they sayjeremy corbyn is determined to tackle anti—semitism within the labour party and in wider society. one of the ways he could do that of course is to agreed to adopt that of course is to agreed to adopt that internationally accepted code, the definition of anti—semitism which has caused such a row within the labour party. that will come to a head next week, there will be a meeting about whether that should happen and also a ballot of labour mps so all of this is not going to go away. thank you very much. fire has destroyed a primark

store in a historic building in belfast. flames and thick black smoke engulfed the entire five—storey bank buildings — which has been in the heart of belfast for almost 250 years. primark shoppers and staff were evacuated from the building — which had recently undergone a multimillion—pound refurbishment. joining us from belfast is our ireland correspondent, chris page. and we can see the fire just behind you but it has been raging for a long time and this is a building with a lot of history? this is a very dramatic and very unnerving sight, right in the heart of belfast city centre. the store is in what is called the bank buildings on royal avenue, one of the main shopping streets in belfast. the fire broke out around 11 o'clock this morning and looked like it was coming under control but since then there have been sporadic explosions probably

within the building and every time that happened it seems that the fire has reignited. so firefighters are still battling, around 100 of them onside, around 1a fire engines and still this retail district in belfast city centre has been sealed off as people have been finishing their work they have been stopping to ta ke their work they have been stopping to take a look and they cannot believe what they're seeing. this was a very well—known building in belfast city centre, to local people. in the past it has been everything from bishops residence to a bank and since 1959 primark upheld it and they have been refurbishing the building just over the last few months. they will of course be extremely disappointed, there's very little of the building and u nfortu nately all little of the building and unfortunately all shoppers and staff had been evacuated and as far as we know, they have been no injuries. —— fortu nately. know, they have been no injuries. —— fortunately. is there any hope of saving the building customer it does not seem to me that there will be much left of the building at all by

the time the fire is put out. at the most it would be just a blackened shell, smokers been bellowing over belfast all day, you can smell it hanging in the air still. there is a bit less smoke around now than two or three hours ago but certainly about 30 minutes ago the flames, the fire itself which is in the third and the fourth stories of the five story building, was as intense as it has been all days to get the impression that the fire service still have a long evening ahead of them. and this building has survived bombs, previous virus as well, but this looks like it is absolutely devastating? absolutely, it is all but destroyed. there has been a fire in this building apparently in the mid—19 70s during the troubles, and there was a bomb attack on the building and fire broke out afterwards. a few years after that in 1979 it was purchased from house

of fraser and sold to primark and they were stored at to its former victorian glory. a lot of effort put into bringing back the facade of the building and they had been extended and refurbishing it just building and they had been extended and refurbishing itjust over the last few months. but it looks like this store is not going to be open again to the public any time soon and whether it can be salvaged at all, no one can be sure about that. thank you very much. there've been heated exchanges at an inquest into the death of a windrush migrant, who died earlier this year. the coroner, dr william dolman, ruled that the home office had not directly caused the death of dexter bristol, who was 57. mr bristol's family had argued that stress from having to prove his british citizenship had contributed to his death. but the coroner accused lawyers representing mr bristol's family of trying to tell him how to run his court. the coroner later apologised.

tom burridge has been following the case for us at london's st pancras coroner's court. the question which is disputed this morning is whether or not the home office should play a part here at bristol dexter's inquest. his family say it should because tougher immigration laws caused questions over his immigration status even though he moved to britain in the 1960s aged eight. and it caused him acute stress, they say, which contributed directly to his death. but the coroner this morning ruled against that. but when the family's barrister basically stood up to say, to put forward a case as to why she disagreed and that more evidence should be considered further, maybe that the home office should play a part in the inquest, the coroner doctor william dolman became visibly angry. he got incredibly irate, i think in fairness hejust simply lost his cool. the court session was suspended and when he came back he was very different.

he was pleasant to the family and he apologised to the family and to the barrister concerned. but the family essentially walked out of today's proceedings. dexter bristol's mother gave this reaction to the coroner's conduct as she left court. i think he was very rude. although he was not speaking direct to me, he was very rude. no sympathy for anyone. he just said his own thing, that's all. how has all of this made you feel now? it made me feel disappointed and i feel the same, just like i lost my son, the same moment my son died. the feelings i had at that time, i have it now. well the family got an apology but they did not get the coroner to change his mind about the home office. the home office said they never received an application from dexter bristol to confirm his british citizenship, but the family say they were still trying to get proof together for a costly application and their issue really is with wider immigration policy

in the windrush scandal and its impact on his death. tom burridge at st pancras coroner's court. it's been two months since the moorland fires in the north west of england. at the height of the summer heatwave, some six thousand acres were affected and a hundred soldiers were drafted in to help firefighters. but how have local farmers been coping since then — and what's been the impact on wildlife? our correspondent danny savage has returned to the scene near stalybridge to find out. the desperate days of high summer on the roof of england. several square miles of pennine moorland burned for days. it was difficult to contain and left a thick wall of smoke hanging over vast areas of greater manchester. in the thick of it, farmers took dangerous risks to rescue their livestock. dodging the flames to find their animals. the survivors now graze

on the lower slopes, their owners are still working out where to go from here. it was quite shocking at the time because the fire was raging worse than any fire i've ever seen before in my life. clare says the sheep ran for their lives and ended up scattered over a huge area. we had a team of farmers come from miles and miles away to come and help us get the sheep off at the time. and still now we are getting phone calls from farmers miles away saying, we've got a few more of your sheep, they are turning up in various places! just devastation. nine weeks on from the fires, the gamekeeper here has lost most of the moorland he manages. very depressing. yes. i mean, to pick yourself up and go forward on it you know, so sad. the only thing that's keeping me going at the minute is this is all coming back. you know, the heather is re—shooting. you know, if we can get it all back together again it would be good. how many years will it take to get

back to where it was? some bits four years, other bits probably 20 years. that long? yes. it's estimated that about seven square miles above stalybridge was destroyed. the rspb manage part of the area and are seeing rejuvenation on the fire boundary. the minute you go to these damper gullies actually the fire just jumped over these areas and they are really still growing green. so there has been quite a patchwork of areas unaffected, actually. a few days of fire changed the look of this countryside for decades to come. the great scars no longer smoulder, they now have to heal. danny savage, bbc news, stalybridge. well the heatwave that help to cause both blazes seems quite a long time ago but let it get a look at the forecast now. quite a lot of clout around? over the next few days in southern

areas that will be warming up but a lot of clout around today. it has not been reducing much rain but we will see some rain over the course of tonight and tomorrow but also a bit more sunshine as well. at the moment we have a cold front moving into the west of scotland and northern ireland and also a strengthening breeze. ahead hope that a few showers in parts of south—east england. quite a warm night towards the south—east. then tomorrow with the summer showers in parts of kent and coastal parts of east anglia. at the same time the weather front moves south—east but not much more than a few showers. and at worst a little more sunshine, a fairly fresh feel for many but something on the human side across the south—east. then across southern

areas, warming up as we the south—east. then across southern areas, warming up as we head to the weekend. further north not as warm but for just about everyone staying mostly dry. this is bbc news. the headlines: theresa may has called for a new trading partnership with africa after brexit, saying she wants britain to become the g7‘s leading investor in africa. the prime minister is in cape town at the start of a three—nation african tour. police have carried out raids in birmingham as part of efforts to trace a 21—year—old janbaz tarin, who they want to question in connection with the murders of his former partner and her mother. the former chief rabbi has compared some ofjeremy corbyn's remarks to those of enoch powell's in the 1960s — mr corbyn says his comments have been taken out of context. a fire has destroyed a primark store in a historic building in belfast — which has been in the city for nearly 250 years. now, let's get the sport with chris mitchell.

good afternoon. the leicester strikerjamie vardy and chelsea's gary cahill both announced their retirement from international football today. cahill made his england debut in 2010 and captained the side on several occasions. he was part of gareth southgate's squad for the world cup this summer, but only played once, in the group match against belgium. he bows out with 61 caps and five goals. speaking to chelsea tv, cahill said: it seems jamie vardy‘s decided that his priority is prolonging his club career. ian stringer, who commentates on leicester city for bbc local station, says age is catching up with the striker. jamie vardy is getting into his 30s

and whilst he doesn't look to be he is getting any slower, he probably wants to preserve what he's still got left. he scored seven international goals, not bad retiring after a semifinal in the world cup. he was part of the squad we thought would be bringing it home over the course of the summer with harry kane. jamie vardy has looked at it, in the euros in a couple of years, will he still be as quick and prolific as he is for the foxes. 20 goals a season in the premier league, he probably wants to focus on leicester city. he likes to play on the shoulder of his opponents and tried to break away from defences, but in international football that doesn't seem to have been utilised by gareth southgate. my understanding is jamie vardy is ok with that, he understands that and knows the direction gareth southgate is going in so he has stepped aside. he hasn't retured as yet,

he said if he is needed because of a real injury crisis then jamie vardy would be available and he's not a bad option to have, is he? jose mourinho has demanded respect, as pressure mounts on him following manchester united's 3—0 defeat by spurs. mourinho made a point of applauding united's remaining fans inside old trafford, and for much longer than you'd expect after a big defeat. plenty of immediate speculation as to what he was doing but he says he was just showing his appreciation, something he felt was lacking in his news conference after the game. to the us open, where british number onejohanna konta says she's in a better place mentally ahead of the final grand slam event of the year. our tennis correspondent russell fuller is at flushing meadows. after the frustration of wimbledon,

johanna konta made a spectacular start to the us hard court summer, beating serena williams and dropping only one game in the process in california. she has had some standout results by beating victoria aza renka standout results by beating victoria azarenka and jolene ostapenko. but she needs to string together a sequence of wins in the same week if we see her recapture the sort of form but became commonplace up until last yea r‘s form but became commonplace up until last year's wimbledon. caroline garcia is a horrible start. it is the first time johanna konta garcia is a horrible start. it is the first timejohanna konta has not been seeded in a grand slam for the last ten events. so to play the world number six in the opening round is not ideal. she does have a record against the french player and has won three of their first five matches. victory today open up a more palatable route into the second week of the us open. but that seems a long way away. she has a tough start on another very hot and very humid new york day. and one of the biggest stars in american football has signed one

of the biggest contract in the nfl's history. this is odell beckham junior who plays for the new york giants. he's a wide—reciever known for his one—handed catches. his new contract is worth almost £75 million over the next three seasons. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6.30. children as young as ten trying to kill themselves, intolerable conditions and horrific violence. this, say aid workers, is what life looks like inside a european refugee camp. the bbc has been given rare access to moria camp on the greek island of lesbos. workers for the charity msf say it is the worst refugee camp on earth. it has a capacity for around 2000 refugees yet houses four times that number. on the day the bbc was given access,

two people were stabbed. our reporter catrin nye has this exclusive report. the paradise greek holiday island of lesbos. also home to the refugee camp described as the worst on the planet. we have been given 45 minutes only to go around the camp. this is a section for the newest arrivals. there are 7,500 people in here. it has capacity for between 2,000 and 3,000. food is scarce, conditions are appalling and violence is almost constant. fewer refugees are arriving on this island than previous years, but they are not leaving. as part of the eu—turkey deal,

they are being held on lesbos rather than moving to the mainland. while we are filming at the camp, two people are stabbed in the queue for food. police block us from getting near the scene. always the same pattern. it starts with a fight, now it is for the food line. two people got stabbed. and it is always something between different communities. msf say conditions are leading to deep trauma, that they have children as young as ten attempting suicide. we are reporting this to the public system, to unhcr, to the minister of health, "look, we have children as young as ten years old who try to suicide," and there is no child psychiatrist or psychologist on this island. and despite the fact that we pushed to move these children to athens as soon as possible, it is not happening. ali, along with many

other kurdish people, fled moria after a huge fight broke out in may, largely between kurdish and arab men. iron bars were used to beat people. do you think there are dangerous people in moria? despite conditions, boats keep coming. almost everyone on this one from afghanistan. hello! they celebrate landing somewhere at least more safe. but they are unaware of the new trauma that lies ahead. catrin nye, bbc news, greece.

the flag at the top of the white house has been lowered for a second time following strong criticism that it was raised too soon the death of the veteran senatorjohn mccain at the weekend. mr mccain and president trump had clashed on many occasions and the late senator had requested that donald trump should not attend his funeral. the president has now said he respects the senator's "service to his country" and has signed a proclamation to fly the us flag at half—mast until his burial. jon donnison reports. thank you very much. mr president, do you have any thoughts on john mccain? do you have any thoughts at all about mccain? at times over the weekend, getting president trump to say something nice about his long—time criticjohn mccain was painfully awkward. you don't need to be a body language expert to get the message. but the former vietnam vet and prisoner of war who survived torture is regarded by many americans as a hero. as criticism of the president's

obvious reluctance to praise him intensified, mr trump stopped stonewalling. when it finally came, the tribute was brief. we very much appreciate everything that senator mccain has done for our country, so thank you very much. as we gather here today... it was left to others to fill in the gaps. ..extend my deepest sympathies to the family of senatorjohn mccain, an american patriot who served our country with distinction for more than six decades. the nation is united in its grief, and the world mourns the loss of a true hero and a great statesman. the president ordered the flag on the white house to be returned to half—mast, bringing it in line with other landmarks in washington. but in an interviewjohn mccain's brother said mr trump hadn't done enough.

this trump not even addressing whenjohn was sick and dying, and his refusal to call him a hero, just, i mean, it sounds petulant, it sounds childish. that's as close as i'll ever be to a presidency, but anyway... before he died the former arizona senator pointedly made it clear that he didn't want the president at his funeral. john mccain believed donald trump was pulling his party and his country in the wrong direction. millions of americans would disagree, but in death as in life he's proving to be a thorn in the side of the country's commander—in—chief. the japanese car—maker toyota is to invest several hundred million pounds in the "car—hailing service" uber. they intend to expand a partnership tojointly develop self—driving cars. the firms said this would involve

the "mass—production" of autonomous vehicles that would be deployed on uber‘s ride sharing network. the move is being viewed as a way for both firms to catch up with rivals in the competitive driverless car market. the trade secretary liam fox has been in singapore for trade meetings, where he has been discussing the chances of a brexit deal. earlier this month the trade secretary had said that the odds of a no—deal brexit were 60—40. but he says now there is increasing engagement by european capitals. it is difficult to be scientific on these things. we need to focus on getting a deal with the european union. if you get outside europe and look at it from the outside and here we are talking to investors in singapore, their view is that it's

not just a singapore, their view is that it's notjust a debate between britain and the european union, it has a global context. if there are investments that appear in europe as a process, it will send a signal to the rest of the world's investors how open europe is for investors. the us and mexico have agreed to revamp nafta, the north american free trade agreement, in what donald trump called a "really good deal" for both countries. canada, the other member of nafta, is yet to agree to the new terms and will hold more discussions today. david willis reports from washington. it's a big day for trade. big day for our country. a lot of people thought we'd never get here. it is, in his words, an incredible deal and the president wanted his mexican counterpart to share in the celebrations. i believe the president is on the phone. enrique? which he did... once a white house official had worked out how to divert the call to speakerphone.

it's an incredible dealfor both parties. most importantly it's an incredible dealfor the workers and for the citizens of both countries. details of the deal remain sketchy, but its intended to replace the existing nafta agreement, which donald trump has consistently branded a disaster for american manufacturing. the new deal would keep more car park production within nafta, part production within nafta, something that's good for mexico, and boost the number of parts that are made in factories paying the us minimum wage, something that's good for america. but where does that leave the other signatory to the deal, canada? playing catch—up it would seem. i'll be terminating the existing deal and going into this deal. we'll start negotiating with canada relatively soon, they want to negotiate very badly. mexico wants canada on—board. 80% of its trade is with north america. but at a rally in mexico city,

mr pena nieto seemed relieved to have at least reached agreement with one of his countries' principal trading partners just a few months before he is due to leave office. translation: we've reached an agreement regarding the main topics of importance for both countries. let's remember that after the arrival, a little over a year ago, of the new us government, quite frankly we were faced with uncertainty and doubt in regards to what would happen, especially the commercial relationship between us. talks with canada are due to get under way later today. mr trump's relationship with his northern neighbours hasn't always been easy, and he's making clear, if canada doesn't come on board, the old north american free trade agreement will go from three members to two. david willis, bbc news, washington. the headlines on bbc news: theresa may has announced plans

to boost britain's investment in africa post brexit — promising £4 billion to support the continent police appeal to the public for help in finding a 21—year—old man — janbaz tarin over the stabbings of his former partner and her mother the former chief rabbi describes jeremy corbyn as an anti—semite who has given support to "racists, terrorists and dealers of hate". marine conservationists in scotland have created an interactive map to try to combat plastic pollution washing up on the coast. it's hoped it will help guide those of us who want to roll up our sleeves and clean our beaches, as well as scientists and experts who want to work out where the rubbish is coming from. lorna gordon has been finding out more. taking to the skies in the war against litter. i am going on a flight with the volunteers pinpointing hotspots where plastic rubbish is washing in from the sea.

this is a typical, sort of, patrol height and patrol speed. as you can see, things are moving past reasonably quickly. you can see in some of these inlets there are bits and pieces. there is a fishing net or something. absolutely, you can see it there. have you found it quite an eye opener? absolutely. from the east coast, the north, the south, the west, the volunteer crews have been methodically crisscrossing scotland's coastline. from the air, flying at heights ofjust a few hundred feet, you get a unique perspective of the plastic rubbish blighting our shores. from beautiful sandy beaches like this one, to more remote rocky inlets hard to reach by foot, thousands of miles of scotland's coastline are being photographed and surveyed. every photo, every bit of footage, shedding more light on the challenges faced. i feel pretty passionate about this problem.

the trouble is i think that people just don't realise that the problem exists because nobody has found the stuff before. the reason they haven't found it is because it is almost impossible to see from the sea and it's almost impossible to see from the land, because many of these sites are so isolated. light aircraft are the only real way of finding this stuff. so we have got everything here. we have plastic fish boxes footballs... from the air, it looks shocking. but on the ground, it is even worse. this is where the photos are going to have so many different uses, aren't they? we can see where there's litter, but then we are also going to work with universities, with scientists to figure out where is it coming from? can we stop it at source? is it coming from certain places, is to coming form certain outlets, or do we need to go right up to the top, to government, and say we need some law changes to actually stop this entering the oceans in the first place. the hope is highlighting where the worst of the waste is washing up will prompt more action to stem the tide of marine

litter scarring some parts of scotland's beautiful coastline. lorna gordon, bbc news. a leading think tank is calling on the police to increase the use of stop and search, to combat the rise of gang violence in london. the centre for socialjustice, co—founded by the former conservative leader iain duncan smith —calls for a zero tolerance approach to what it calls the "toxic cycle of serious violence" in the capital. it's blueprint is based on the success of policies in glasgow, and boston and cincinati in the united states. we can speak to iain duncan smith now from milton keynes. i think we have lost iain duncan

smith for the moment. we will go back to him as soon as we can. a week of events have been planned in the us city of detroit, to remember and celebrate the life of the queen of soul, aretha franklin, before herfuneral there later this week. stevie wonder, chaka khan and jennifer hudson are all expected to perform at an outdoor tribute concert on thursday. our correspondent rajini vaidya nathan is there. the queue that you can see behind me snaking around this museum, as fans line up to pay their final respects to aretha franklin, the queen of soul, as she lies in state here at the city's african—american museum. i am joined by entertainer sir diego brazil?. you have come here all

the way from florida. all the way from north miami beach, florida. it was a must. you have already been meant to pay your last respects. what was it like in there? it's very spiritual. when i walked in, one of her gospel songs from amazing grace was playing. she has a smile on her face. red pumps, her legs are crossed, she is on the freeway to heaven in the pink cadillac. you are glad you waited in line for this? # i am grateful, yeah. everyone is singing, this is actually more of a celebratory mood than sombre. sounds like you have a singing voice. maybe 30 seconds of your favourite aretha franklin song. # knew you would be a vision and white. # how did you get your pants so tight? # i don't know what you're doing, but you must be living right. # we are going riding on the freeway of love. isn't that right, y'all? # freeway. thank you. a realjoyous mood here, as people celebrate the queen

of soul who has a special place in this city's heart. we can speak to iain duncan smith now from milton keynes. that call is coming from the centre for socialjustice and has been co—founded by iain duncan smith, who joins me once again. hope you can hear me this time, but i was asking you your blueprint is based on what has happened in glasgow and american cities like boston and cincinnati. what is the blueprint you want to see applied in london? what has actually happened is the cities you mention, glasgow, the third—largest city in the uk, then cincinnati, boston and other cities in new york. this plan was put in place and they

have phenomenal levels of gang violence. glasgow was considered at one stage as the murder capital of the uk. they have reduced the violence comes from gangs which comes from criminal behaviour made up comes from criminal behaviour made up of dysfunctional kids. they have got control over it but london and other cities have not implemented the same programme with the same level of authority. the result in london, 32 boroughs broken up and doing different things. the police sometimes feeling a little hamstrung because they need to be able to stop any movement of weapons, knives, guns, drugs within those areas. using stop and search carefully, not like in the old days, but using intelligence that comes from joint work with communities and they need to ta ke work with communities and they need to take the kids out of the gangs earlier. community work, it needs to

go in parallel. a0 recommendations which has been used in glasgow and other cities, police action to take the leaders abu community action to get the kids out of the gangs and into remedial education. there were a0 recommendations to do that. the levels of islands are terrible. we did a polland levels of islands are terrible. we did a poll and we found 21% of people in london said they knew somebody who had been murdered in the last 2a months. that seems to be a staggering figure and unacceptable. you mentioned increasing stop and search and that is what has drawn the headlines from your report. you will remember what your report. you will remember what your prime minister said when she was home secretary, theresa may said nobody wins when stop and search is misapplied, it is a waste of police time and she said it is unfair to young, black men and is bad for public confidence in the police. young, black men and is bad for public confidence in the policelj think that might have been me, i am

not sure. i don't think you can hear me now. we seem to have lost but we seem to have got the gist of what iain duncan smith was saying. time for a look at the weather. good evening. a lot of cloud around in most places. it hasn't produced huge amount of rain, most places have had a dry day. the cloud has been extensive and we have seen some brea ks been extensive and we have seen some breaks down towards the south coast and north—east england and eastern scotland. but this thick cloud has been sliding into the picture bringing outbreaks of rain across the western side of scotland. this evening, it will drift further south and east and eastern and southern parts of scotland holding onto dry weather for a few hours yet. rain drifting across northern ireland and some of it is on the heavy side. in

england and wales, most places having a fine england but one or two showers showing their hand across south—eastern parts of the uk. as we go through the night we will see some of those showers breaking out across parts of the south—east, east anglia and maybe into the east midlands as well. the band of rain slides across southern scotland and eventually into parts of northern england. the frontal system continues south eastwards tomorrow. the potential for showers across this south—eastern corner, particularly coastal parts of kent and east anglia. but the many, tomorrow is a dry day. there will be spells of sunshine and the chance of a shower to the north—west and those temperatures, 1a to 19 degrees for many. a fresh feel but something more humid across the south—east. various weather fronts bringing more humid across the south—east. various weatherfronts bringing rain which will slide away as we get into thursday. high pressure starts to build into the south. as the area of high pressure settle things down and

brings light winds we will see mostly dry weather this week. but night—time will be decidedly chilly. thursday morning, you can see the green and blue colours on the chart. temperatures in the big towns and cities down to six, seven, 8 degrees. in the countryside you can knock a few degrees off the values. it does leave us with a chilly start with a few mist patches. a fine day on thursday, bit of cloud bubbling up on thursday, bit of cloud bubbling up as the day wears on and cannot com pletely up as the day wears on and cannot completely rule out a shower. the winds will be light so it won't feel too bad. we had soon the weekend and western areas seem more cloud and a small chance for rain at times were as further east, we will see some spells of sunshine and particularly down to the south—east over the weekend, things are going to turn warmer. the prime minister announces plans to boost britain's investment in africa after brexit. theresa may is pledging £a billion in a bid to deepen economic and trade ties

with the continent as she tries to move with the times. our integrated global economy means healthy african economies are good news for british people as well as for african people. we'll be looking at what impact new economic ties with africa could have on uk trade. also tonight... the former chief rabbi, jonathan sacks, callsjeremy corbyn an anti—semite, who has given support to racists, terrorists and dealers of hate. a major police hunt is underway for a 21—year—old wanted after his ex—girlfriend and her mother were stabbed to death in solihull yesterday. a huge blaze destroys a primark store in one of belfast‘s