welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories: the trump administration confirms that it's stopping all funding for the un agency that supports palestinian refugees. a week of talks, but no deal. the us and canada fail to forge a new north american free trade agreement. a star—studded send off for aretha franklin at a funeral ceremony in her hometown of detroit. the world is celebrating you. and the world is mourning you. and the world is going to miss you. and how genetic science is helping britain's magnificent golden eagles spread their wings. hello, and welcome to bbc news.

america is to stop its large contribution to a un agency which supports palestinian refugees, saying it's "irredeemably flawed." the state department said washington will hold talks with the un and others to consider new approaches to the conflict between israel and the palestinians. i asked our washington correspondent chris buckler what prompted this move. well, i think there are several different things here. first of all, america feels it's been funding this programme, has been leading certainly in terms of funding this programme, for a number of years and it doesn't want to carry that financial burden any more. but that's only part of it, because it also makes clear in its statement it has concerns about the way the programme is being run. it says for example it's been in crisis mode for many years, and it's an irredeemably flawed operation and it really attacks the whole agency in terms of the way it is providing aid and education.

that of course is something the agency itself really rejects. but i think there's a third element to this as well and that's a political one, because i think there's a political edge to this decision, and that's because relationships between washington and the palestinian leadership are not good, particularly since donald trump's decision to move the us embassy in israel tojerusalem. they've been at a low point and there's been a number of fights inside the united nations. as a result, there will be some who are saying there's a political element to this, and therefore given the amount of good this agency does do, there will be many who are saying, is this the right decision? well, chris, this has been in the offing because they did mention this earlier this year

that they were going to do this. yeah, and we do have a statement from unrwa, which is this organisation, in which they say they have deep regret and disappointment, but what they do not say is that there's surprise in this. they do strike back at some of the comments that have been made, particularly that one where it says they are irredeemably flawed when they do the programmes. they've pointed out that the world bank describe their activities as a global public good, and of course they also want to continue with their work. but there's potentially a big hole in theirfunding because the united states really offered more than $360 million last year to this organisation. this year, it's given $60 million, so that's $360 million of a hole, and course going forward it doesn't plan to contribute anything at all. trade talks between the us and canada have ended for the week without a deal to amend the north american free trade agreement, also known as nafta. tensions were high after leaked, off—the—record comments suggested that president trump wasn't interested in negotiating at all. lebo diseko has more. after days of negotiation,

still no deal. the us had set a deadline for friday, but for canada, no agreement is better than the wrong one. we are not there yet. this is a very complex agreement and we are going to continue working at it. as we said from the outset, our objective in these talks is to update and modernise nafta in a way that is good for canadians, good for americans, and good for mexicans. one of the biggest sticking points was dairy. the us wants canada to open up access for its products. canada says it is standing firm. and on cars, will trump has threatened tariffs on paths from canada coming into the us if a deal is not reached. mr trump had been quoted as saying any deal would be totally on american‘s terms. the comments were made off the record, but he later tweeted, "at least canada

knows where i stand". one thing that might really put the pressure on is another agreement that has been reached, this time between washington and the other nafta partner, mexico. we just made a great deal for both countries with mexico. big thing. dig, big thing. nafta was a disaster. and we've changed it around. the us says it will continue talks with canada next week, but president trump says if no agreement is reached, that's fine. in the meantime, he has notified congress he will sign the deal with mexico in 90 days. some of the greatest musical performers of the last 60 years have joined leading politicians and civil rights leaders to remember the life of aretha franklin. she died earlier this month from cancer, at the age of 76. the funeral service for the singer, who became known as the queen of soul, has been taking place in detroit, at the church where she sang as a child. 0ur north america correspondent aleem maqbool was there. # it's marvellous

# marvellous # it is a day of giving praise for the life of a woman who made an unprecedented impact with her voice and with her soul. # it's marvellous # a culmination of two weeks of tribute since the passing of aretha franklin. a public that adored her queued for hours to get inside the church to get a chance to say their final goodbyes to the queen of soul. i could not sit at home and watch it on television. being here really brings in the real feel of things. her message and what she represented for people who are of african descent in this country, number one.

two, beyond that the music is healing, the music is powerful, the music isjoyful. # marvellous # in paying their last respects to her before she's laid to rest, the stars and dignitaries who reflected the reach of aretha franklin's impact and a legacy that goes far beyond the music industry alone. # i'm going up yonder, # i'm going up yonder # she lived with faith, not without failure but overcoming her failures. she lived with power, not without weakness, but overcoming her weaknesses. ijust loved her. in life, aretha sought to fight perceived social injustice and commanded respect.

today, on her behalf, the civil rights icon reverend al sharpton demanded the same from the current president. you know on sunday on my show i misspelled "respect" and a lot of y'all, a lot of y'all corrected me. now i want y'all to help me correct president trump to teach him what it means. cheering and when i would go to her shows and watch her sing, it would be the best feeling in the world. nothing sounded better to me than the way my grandma sings. her voice made you feel something. you felt every word, every note, every emotion in the songs she sang. her voice brought peace. the world is celebrating you and the world is mourning

you, and the world is going to miss you. # you make me feel like a natural woman # there's no doubt the often tough, troubled life of aretha franklin that ultimately yielded such towering achievements, has touched many who came after her, and while goodbyes are being said today, her legacy will continue to inspire long into the future. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in detroit. fellow musician and longtime friend stevie wonder was one of the last to pay tribute to aretha franklin. this is what he had to say. and yes, the reason that we are here

today is because of love. because of how much we love this woman. the blessing from god was given to us. and as we talk about all the things that those have talked about today, please remember the greatest gift that we have been given in the life itself is love. let's get some of the day's other news. brazil's top electoral court has ruled thatjailed former president luiz inacio lula da silva cannot run in this year's presidential election due to a corruption conviction. the 72—year—old is currently serving a 12—year sentence for the conviction but his workers party registered him as a candidate for the october vote anyway, claiming he is innocent. in the other major farewell today, senatorjohn mccain's body was taken back to the us capitol a leader of russian—backed separatists in eastern ukraine,

alexander zakharchenko, has been killed in an explosion in donetsk city. russia's foreign ministry said it suspected ukraine of organising the killing. but the ukrainian government has denied any involvement. the un says there's the risk of a humanitarian catastrophe if the syrian regime doesn't halt its plans to retake the last major rebel stronghold of idlib. almost three million people live there. many of them are rebel fighters and opposition members who were brought to idlib after the army regained control of other opposition areas across the country. in the other major farewell today, senatorjohn mccain's body was taken back to the us capitol for the final time. colleagues, friends and family all gathered to honour the lawmaker, who will lie in state until his funeral on saturday. here's a look at some of the days defining images. all week, messages of support and tribute. and today, john mccain's casket arrived at the capitol, scene of some of his greatest

trials and triumphs. here he will lie in state, a rare honour afforded to only a dozen other senators. and an opportunity for his congressional colleagues to pay their respects to a man who often frustrated them as much as they admired him. depending on the issue, you knewjohn would either be your staunchest ally or your most stubborn opponent. at any moment, he might be preparing an eloquent reflection on human liberty, or a devastating joke served up with his signature cackle and that john mccain glint in his eye. this was also a moment for personal grief. the public setting made intimate once again by his wife, cindy. tears from his daughter, meghan. and his mother, aged 106, who must‘ve believed she'd lost him years before

as a prisoner of war in vietnam. and although president trump was conspicuous by his absence, vice president mike pence summed up the ideal of service that john mccain personified for so much of his life. on behalf of a grateful nation, we will ever remember thatjohn mccain served his country, and john mccain served his country honourably. john mccain was, of course, a flawed man and deeply human, but, for many americans filing past his coffin, he was an american hero in the real sense. somebody who put ideals and love of country above politics, and who believed passionately in something greater than himself. the bbc‘s jane 0'brien reporting from washington. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come — time to end daylight saving? europe looks set to scrap seasonal clock changes. she received the nobel peace prize

for her work with the poor and the dying in india's slums. the head of the catholic church said mother teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. we have to identify the bodies then arrange the coffins and take them back home. parents are waiting and wives are waiting, so... hostages appeared, some carried, some running, trying to escape the nightmare behind them. britain lost a princess today, described by all to whom she reached out as irreplaceable. an early—morning car crash in a paris underpass ended a life with more than its share

of pain and courage, warmth and compassion. this is bbc world news. our top story: the trump administration is stopping all funding for the un agency that supports palestinian refugees. let's get more on this — a little earlier i spoke with 0mar baddar, deputy director of the arab american institute. he gave his reaction to the halting of all us funding to unrwa. i mean, it's really appalling, it's hard to find the right words to describe it. he's effectively going after the most vulnerable populations in the region. it's morally reprehensible because of the direct impact it has on these refugees. it is politically stupid because it gets us farther away from peace, and it's also potentially destabilising because we don't know the consequences of denying millions of people the vital assistance they need.

so it's really negative from every angle they could possibly look at it. this hasn't come out of the blue, they did say they were going to do this possibly earlier this year, so that should have given unrwa possibly some time to prepare? yeah, although it's very difficult to know what preparing is. it's a question of whether other countries... how much other countries are going to be able to step up to fill in the gap that the us is leaving behind. but let's remember that this is ultimately about, for the trump administration, the hints they've given early on, it's about pressuring the palestinian leadership to play ball and to acquiesce to american policy in the region, you know, with thejerusalem embassy move and pressuring them to come to the peace negotiations under very, very difficult circumstances, let's just call it that. sorry to interrupt, 0mar, you're saying acquiesce, but they would say that they want the palestinian administration to come to the negotiating table and talk peace. for example, hamas refuses to recognise israel and they need to do more for their people instead of relying on unrwa.

yeah, but let's be clear about one thing. israel is the one that created the refugee crisis in the first place by driving the palestinians out. the problem has long been the palestinians have been bending over backwards to try to resolve this conflict on the basis of a 2—state solution, which israel has rejected repeatedly by building more and more israeli settlements on top of palestinian lands. the problem has always been a lack of american pressure on israel to get it to abide by international law and to end the occupation of the palestinian territories for peace to move forward. and when the trump administration came in, instead of applying that needed pressure on israel to get the peace process moving, what they ended up doing is giving israel a carte blanche to do whatever it wants and shifted all of the pressure on the palestinians, which basically is moving us in the wrong direction in this sense. so coming to the negotiations table under these circumstances, you know, there's basically no reason to come to a negotiations table when the party that is supposed to be mediating these talks ends up acting

effectively like a participant in israel's war on the palestinians. if we look at this from the us perspective, that this agency has been running since, 1950, so we're about 68 years on, that is too long for an agency to be running a programme looking after refugees. that is probably the only thing the trump administration and i would agree on. the fact that you have a population that has been left as refugees for this long is absolutely unacceptable. and frankly it is unsustainable in the long—term to keep basically trying to look after refugees, a population that is growing. but the way to solve that is not by crushing the victims, it is not by punishing the victims by withholding aid from them, it's by pressuring the party that created this crisis in the first place, which is the israeli government, to take responsibility for having created that crisis and to bring them to make them more interested in resolving this conflict in a way that actually takes care of the refugees, as opposed to putting the pressure on the victims in this situation. the israeli prime minister benjamin

netanyahu has said that what unrwa does is it makes palestinians dependent on aid, dependent on being given money rather than using their own nouse to build up the economy and make things happen for themselves. it's easy for someone trying to get away with having... what netanyahu's trying to do is evade the responsibility the israeli government has towards these refugees by basically saying those who are trying to sustain their life are somehow responsible for perpetuating the refugee crisis when again you cannot end the refugee crisis by withholding aid from people. the only way to do it is by resolving the issue politically and that's really the only place where the conversation can take place and it's about who is being rejectionist when it comes to moving the peace process forward and that's where the conversation ought to be happening. the former president of chile, michelle bachelet, will officially take up the post of un high commissionerfor human rights.

she is not expected to shy away from confronting hard issues, growing up in the 1970s she and her mother were tortured in chile by the regime of augusto pinochet. she is also no stranger to the un having previously served as the first director of un women, the organisation's agency for gender equality and the empowerment of women. the 21—year—old who was convicted of preparing acts of terrorism planned to d eto nate preparing acts of terrorism planned to detonate a bomb at the gates of downing street and then kill theresa may with a gun. the women in the

music festival has started in gothenburg. novell security guards, musicians, journalist, or caterers are allowed to enter this vessel in sweden's second city. the man free event was organised as a response to a wave of sexual assaults at music festivals in the country. this weekend excludes cis men, whose gender matches their sex at birth. 0rganisers say it is the first major music gathering for women and

transgender people. music gathering for women and tra nsgender people. the music gathering for women and transgender people. the exclusivity is welcomed by many. translation: it feels like a safe zone where women can just get together and have fun and celebrate and maybe feel safer. but in a country which is seen as one of the most gender equal in the world, the equality ombudsman has been dealing with many complaints about the festival and is considering whether it breaks any of the antidiscrimination laws. despite the complaints, festival—goers inc an important point is being made. translation: feels certain tension is gone and we make make a statement together. in believing complete separatist, but i believe it is important to carry out this festival right now. organisers said the statement festival is injune with the #metoo movement. it forces a debate which means the problem can

no longer be ignored. the european commission to abolish seasonal clock changes in the eu. it is most people wa nt to changes in the eu. it is most people want to stop switching between summertime and wintertime. is time up for daylight saving? europe, it seems, says yes. an online poll of nearly 500 million people found the overwhelming majority want to scrap the six—monthly ritual to spring forward and fall back. this is the highest number of responses we have ever received in any of our public consultations, and the result of this public consultation is very clear. 84% of respondents are in favour of putting and end to the biannual clock change. among the reasons, the disruption to sleep patterns and the impact on productivity at work. translation: i'm a fan of summertime and i always find it silly changing the clocks back and forth every

year, so i think it's great if we can stick with one time. translation: i think it's good. changing the clocks has always bothered me and now with the children it's even worse. they notice the time change and they struggle with it. but others aren't pleased at the prospect of losing an extra hour or two of daylight. switching, they say, cuts traffic accidents and saves energy. even the most dedicated clock—watcher isn't entirely sure if he wants the practice to end. translation: at first, i was really pleased. i thought it was great. but now i've thought it over and actually it wasn't fun changing all 365 clocks. it takes five days but i don't mind. if i didn't change them, i wouldn't bust them. i'd be too lazy.

—— dust. still to be resolved, when any change moght take place and whether to choose permanent winter or summer time. brussels wants everybody to be on the same time, but with each member state to be able to decide themselves, the prospect of changing your watch at european borders can't be ruled out. andy beatt, bbc news. a reminder of our top story: the united states is cutting off all funding for the united nations relief agency which helps palestinian refugees. it supports 5 billion people in the west bank, gaza, and countries neighbouring israel. —— 5 million. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @nkem ifejika. goodbye. well, the weekend's upon us, and the weather is actually looking pretty good across much of the country over the next

couple of days. some warmth, summerlike warmth. in fact, temperatures could get up into the mid—20s. the nights are drawing in, the days are getting shorter and any warmth that we do get, we really should make the most of it. so let's see what's happening then into the weekend, high pressure's very close to the uk, so that means settled weather conditions, but there are weather fronts very close to our neighbourhood. they will be nudging in later in the weekend, possibly bringing some rain to north—western areas. but before that happens, we've got that warmth being drawn in from the south, from spain, portugal, france as well and, as i say, temperatures will be well into the twenties. this is what it looks like through the rest of the night into the early hours of saturday morning, clear skies across many eastern and central areas so here there will be a nip in the air very early in the morning. temperatures dipping down to single figures.

not as cold as last night. across western areas, more cloud here, more of a breeze and a little bit warmer. that means in the west of the country, temperatures first thing will be around about 15 degrees but there's quite a lot of cloud you can see here from cornwall, devon, throughout wales, the irish sea and into south—western scotland, and if you squint you'll notice there's even a little bit of rain here, so perhaps for some of us, a grey start to the day across western parts of the country. the clouds here will be breaking up here, it's not one layer of grey, there will be some sunshine out for sure, and even if you get a grey morning, by late morning, lunch time, you will probably see some sunshine by then. best of the weather by far will be across eastern and southern areas and here, temperatures could reach around the mid—20s, but certainly around 20 degrees on the cards for northern ireland, and not far off that in the lowlands of scotland. that was saturday, this is sunday now. again the best of the weather will be across eastern and southern areas but this weather front is edging closer and closer. the winds are strengthening, really quite blustery around the western isles, in the north and west coast of northern ireland. but the real warmth develops in central and eastern areas, that's that plume of warmth

coming out of france, so temperatures will get into the mid—20s in london, possibly even the mid—20s as far north as yorkshire, but in the north—west, a little bit of rain on the way for belfast later in the afternoon on sunday or early evening. the outlook into next week isn't looking bad at all, variable amounts of cloud. looks like the temperatures will drop a little bit, but essentially speaking it's looking fine, into the 20s or high teens for most of us. bye— bye. this is bbc news, the headlines: the trump administration has confirmed that it's stopping all funding for the un agency that supports palestinian refugees. washington had already drastically cut its support for the agency, which helps more than five million palestinians. a spokesman for the palestinian president described the move as a ‘flagrant assault‘ on the palestinian people. the us and canada have failed to strike a deal to amend

the north american free trade agreement, despite a week of talks. president trump has said he'll sign a bilateral deal with mexico if canada doesn't agree to the terms being offered. friends and relatives have been paying their final respects to aretha franklin at an invitation—only funeral ceremony in detroit. famous faces attending included jesse jackson and former president bill clinton. he described aretha as the voice of a generation if not the century.