this is bbc world news today. our top stories: figures from america's political elite — including three former presidents — pay tribute to us senator john mccain at a memorial service in washington. for all our differences, for all of the times we sparred, i never tried to hide, and i thinkjohn came to understand, the long—standing admiration that i had for him. there's a heavy police presence in chemnitz in germany at a march by thousands of far—right demonstrators. violence flared in the city after the death of a german—cuban man, blamed on immigrants. anger and condemnation as the us says it is stopping funding the un agency that helps palestinian refugees. also in the progamme: britain's queen visits the oldest highland games in scotland to open a new visitors‘ centre named after her son, prince charles. hello and welcome

to world news today. former us presidents barack obama and george w bush have led tributes at a service for senatorjohn mccain at washington's national cathedral. the vietnam war hero, who was one of america's most high—profile politicians, died a week ago from brain cancer at the age of 81. our north america correspondent chris buckler reports. for almost four decades, john mccain served inside the capitol building. today, his body was carried from it to begin a final journey through washington. the cortege paused at the vietnam memorial. a moment for his family to pay tribute to senator mccain's military as well as his political service.

during the vietnam war, john mccain was shot down as he flew over hanoi. for years he was held prisoner and periods of torture and interrogation were to leave him with lasting injuries, as well as a sense of duty. when he returned to america, he rose through the ranks of the republican party, eventually becoming its presidential candidate. he may have failed in that attempt, but with his sense of public service and duty, he was remembered here as a true american. america does not boast because she has no need to. the america ofjohn mccain is generous and welcoming and balls. —— bold.

the america ofjohn mccain has no need to be made great again because america was always great. applause. that was every bit as pointed a reference as it seemed. although donald trump's daughter and son—in—law attended the service, the current president was specifically not invited. past presidents did pay tribute. whereverjohn passed throughout the world, people immediately knew there was a leader in their midst. and in that epic life was written the courage and greatness of our country. but for all our differences, for all the times we sparred, i never tried to hide, and i thinkjohn came to understand, the long—standing admiration that i had for him. john mccain always believed it was important to reach out to both sides of america's political divide. during this presidency, finding a middle way has become more difficult and the personal politics of this man who never became

president feel of a long—gone, less polarised era. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. thousands of far—right demonstrators, many chanting nazi slogans, are marching through chemnitz in germany. the city saw an outbreak of violence after the death of a german—cuban man blamed on immigrants. our correspondent jenny hill is there. the so—called funeral march led by alternative for germany was halted on the street, because there appeared to be a pretty bits cou nterprotest appeared to be a pretty bits counterprotest happening at the other end of the strip. thousands of demonstrators on both sides have been on the streets this afternoon

and early evening. you can probably see behind me police are trying to disperse those protesters. we have seen demonstrators clashing with one another and police clashing with demonstrators. this really is a troubled city. police have on standby at —— been on standby with water cannon. they have not deployed them. there have been mounted officers as well. police fear a repetition of those very violent scenes we saw last weekend in the early days of this week. those violent scenes have not been in evidence tonight, yet, but people police are very concerned that the situation could tip over. what i must say is that there is real fury, and there is realfear on must say is that there is real fury, and there is real fear on these streets. it is from all different parts of the community. on the one hand, there are far right groups here trying to whip up anti—migrant sentiment. people who live here who

are very fearful about what they perceive as migrant fuelled criminality and violence. there are migrant themselves, some of them have told us they have been attacked in the last few days. others have said they have had to lock themselves in their homes as they are too afraid to go out. then there are too afraid to go out. then there are other people, like the woman who came up to me to say that she is ashamed of her home city. "we are not all like that." this is a very divided city. the police are doing a reasonable job of managing it tonight but the authorities‘ job in the longer term will be harder. how do you contain the anger that has burst out into the streets of chemnitz in the last two days? let‘s take a look at some of the other stories making the news. moscow has ruled out international meetings about the future of eastern ukraine following the murder of the leader of the self—proclaimed donetsk people‘s republic, alexander zakharchenko. russia‘s foreign minister, sergei lavrov, said talks could not be considered for the time being. russia has accused kiev of being behind the killing. and staying with ukraine the country‘s state security agency

says the man who tried to organise the killing of the russian journalist arkady babchenko has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to four and a half years in prison. the case became famous around the world when it was revealed that mr babchenko had faked his own death. the saudi—led coalition fighting in yemen has admitted that an air strike that killed dozens of civilians on a bus last month was militarily unjustified. an investigation by the coalition found mistakes had been made and said those responsible for the attack should be held accountable. most of those killed were children. pope francis has called on politicians to take concrete measures to combat the emergency of plastics littering seas and oceans. speaking in the vatican, the pontiff said efforts to fight litter from plastics must be waged "as if everything depended on us." he urged politicians to be responsible and generous in dealing with climate change. a spokesman for the palestinian president mahmoud abbas says a decision by the united states

to withdraw funding from the un agency that provides assistance to palestinian refugees is a flagrant assault against the palestinian people. the agency — unrwa — has rejected us claims that it runs a hoplessly flawed operation. yolande knell reports. palestinian pupils back at un—run schools this week. but it is not clear if these will still be open by the end of the month. unrwa has been facing a financial crisis, after the us, which was its biggest donor, froze $300 million it planned to give this year. now, washington has announced it is stopping all support, drawing palestinian condemnation. back in 1948, some 700,000 palestinians fled, or were forced to leave, their homes in the first arab—israel war. the un relief and works agency was set up to take care of them, and over time their descendants.

there are now over 5 million registered refugees across the palestinian territories, jordan, lebanon and syria. many still live in refugee camps, now overcrowded neighbourhoods where unrwa provide services. palestinians here claimed the right to return to their ancestral land, which now lives in israel. which now lies in israel. israel rejects that as a threat to itsjewish life in majority. along with the united states, it accuses the organisation of perpetuating false hopes in the israel—palestinian conflict. but officials say the peace talks must decide the fate of refugees. the status has to be resolved. it may be an attempt to bring about peace in the middle east, but we are very clear on this. international law must be respected. un resolutions must be respected. if there is to be a resolution of the refugee crisis, the refugees themselves must be consulted, and they have rights.

in gaza, where most palestinians are refugees, the recent deadly protests on the border with israel were called the great return march. with the truce still being negotiated, there are fears that the latest statement from washington could lead to unrest and regional instability. a senior member of the palestinian liberation organisation described the us move as cruel way of punishing the people. the institutions that have been providing services, including health and education, social workers, you cannot suddenly turn off the tap and decide that you can find alternatives. you cannot. the palestinian leadership has been

trying desperately to find alternative funding. this is a punitive measure, a cruel, calculate and way of boosting the palestinians because we did not surrender to israel and did not accept american dictates. this is a way of telling the world that you do not do what we tell you, if you do not accept the victimisation of palestinians, we will punish the palestinians even further. they are trying to increase the $38 billion they are giving israel, while they are removing $200 million they are getting to the victims. in myanmar, dozens of people have marched through yangon to demand press freedom and the release of two reuters journalists who are currently on trial. the two men have been accused of violating a state secrets law while investigating the killing of rohingya muslims. they deny the charges. a court in yangon is expected to announce its verdict in their case on monday. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: thomas the tank engine gets a global

makeover with the help of the united nations. we have to identify them and arrange the governance and taken back home. h osta g es the governance and taken back home. hostages appeared, some carried some running stop trying to escape the nightmare behind them. britain lost a princess today. described by all to whom she reached out as irrepressible. an early

morning car crash in a paris underpass ended a life of more than its share of pain, courage, warmth and compassion. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines: america‘s political elite have been paying tribute to us senatorjohn mccain. three former presidents took part in a memorial service in washington. thousands of far right demonstrators have been margins of chemnitz in germany. the city saw an outbreak of violence after the death of a german — cuban man blamed on immigrants. thomas the tank engine, percy, gordon, and, of course, the fat controller. these are well—known characters in the children‘s tv programme, which has been running for 73 years. but it‘s getting a more ‘inclusive‘ global makeover. the show has collaborated with the un to achieve the revamp. here‘s nia, one of several new female characters, during production.

0h, oh, yes please! this is so exciting. wait, i have an idea! your driver could pick some of that long grass over the and use it to guide her away from the tracks. two engines are much better than one, you know! nia was right. everyone needs help sometimes. we are so everyone needs help sometimes. we are so lucky nia hasjoined the steam team. let‘s discuss this with ian mccue, the new thomas and friends‘ series producer. i have to say, my two—year—old is obsessed with the usual crazes of poll patrol and paper pig, how will you sell this to him? i think what

those do not have our dreams and we nor oui’ those do not have our dreams and we nor our young audience love trains. with the global adventures, it is a faster paced series than ever before, with a new theme song, gender equality, diversity, great storytelling behind it. ithink gender equality, diversity, great storytelling behind it. i think it isa storytelling behind it. i think it is a very enjoyable show for all. let‘s break this down. let‘s talk about gender balance. my four—year—old always says while there are more boys saving the day rather than girls? what have you done about this? it is exactly that reason. we know from research that at least 40% of our audience are girls, and in the past we have introduced a lot of female engines to the show, but they have always fallen into the background. this time, the big change for us is bringing two brand—new female engines to the show. they are going to become part of the team. we will have, then, thomas is still the

number one hero, but there will be three boys and three girls behind him in the sheds. 0k, three boys and three girls behind him in the sheds. ok, so they are equal. and it is becoming more globalised, i believe? absolutely. thomas ‘s huge globally anyway. i mean, it is shown in over 100 countries, dubbed into over a0 languages. through our research, a little boy said that trains go places, thomas is a trend that he doesn‘t go anywhere. we thought, actually, we will keep him where but there is a whole world that he could explore. now that he is a storyteller, the idea is that he could be the eyes and ears of our young audience exploring the world beyond their back garden. young audience exploring the world beyond their back gardenlj young audience exploring the world beyond their back garden. i am intrigued! in terms of poor countries being involved, which destinations are we looking at? -- more countries. the new series is going to china, india and to australia. we had the movie recently, where thomas travelled the

globe, five continents around the globe. he went to south america, through brazil, the amazon ra i nfo rest. through brazil, the amazon ra i nforest. lots of through brazil, the amazon rainforest. lots of different places to explore. lots of new engines to be introduced and to become good role model. thomas is very busy. let‘s talk about the un getting involved in this project. why were they interested? i think that when they interested? i think that when they saw the global reach of thomas and the discussions that we had early on, where we had not confirmed that we were going to take thomas around the world. we started speaking to them about their sustainable development goals and i do recall being slightly nervous because, you know, you have got to remember that thomas is aimed at preschoolers, a very young audience. to try to get some of this difficult message across to a three—year—old was always going to be a tough gig to sell. so, we decided with the un, let‘s not do all these sustainable development goals, let‘s choose the

ones that will work naturally for thomas. gender equality, quality education, responsible consumption. things that naturally would fit into thomas‘s world. with him going around the world, it allows us to have great stories of animals involved, so we can also do life on land, one of their sustainable development goals. it is a fantastic collaboration with them where we shared script and ideals and worked together to get a great result. all right, thank you for those insights. thomas‘s life lessons,, i believe, are going to close every programme. yourgun your gun club‘s side beat leicester city 2—1. a mistake from allison,

the £67 million goalkeeper, let leicester back into the game. liverpool held on to maintain their 100% record. we need liverpool held on to maintain their 10096 record. we need to get used to it. don‘t play the goalkeeper and give the ball constantly to the goalkeeper to stop we need other solutions. i thinkjoe could have shot the ball away, but he didn‘t and then of course alison could have done it as well. but that is how it is. we did not know exactly what we did. it is a fantastic goalkeeper who makes fantastic save again, helped us a lot on the situation. we did not do what we should have done, but on word. chelsea also have maximum points for further season. they beat bournemouth 2—0. they were made to wait for the goals. pedro was their first, —— first, made to wait for the goals. pedro was theirfirst, —— first, his made to wait for the goals. pedro was their first, —— first, his third of the season. hazzard then drilled

ina of the season. hazzard then drilled in a second five minutes from time to seal the win. four wins out of four games. a stunning winner from carole walker helped manchester city, premier league champions, continued their unbeaten start to the season with a 2-1 unbeaten start to the season with a 2—1win against newcastle. raheem sterling opened the scoring for the home side who had 78% possession. the visitors equalised before the walker call won the game for city. at the other end of the table, west ham are already in trouble, losing to wolverhampton. four defeats in four games. sincejoining to wolverhampton. four defeats in four games. since joining from middlesbrough, a late winnerfor the cup. middlesbrough are rooted to the bottom despite around £100 million of investment over the summer following pellegrini‘s appointment. it isa following pellegrini‘s appointment. it is a very bad start. you cannot lose points here. six points that we lost at home. maybe play norway against arsenal, liverpool, you can have... if you do not play well, you

will not have a result. but here at home, to lose these six points, of course it must be very worried. in the day‘s other games... everton and huddersfield had to matter goals inside two minutes in the first half. in the‘s batsmen have put them ina half. in the‘s batsmen have put them in a promising position against india in southampton. the home side reached 260—8. that is a lead of 233. the struggles did continue for england‘s top order. alastair cook went for 12, captain joe root england‘s top order. alastair cook went for 12, captainjoe root made a8 before he was run out. five—time us open champion roger federer has beat his australian competitor at the tournament in new york. it was relatively easy for the swiss star, who booked his place in the second week of the grand slam. earlier in

the day, madison keys beat her opponent. in the last few minutes, the wimbledon champion has been knocked out of the us open. she has been beaten 3—6, the three. ferrari set the fastest lap in formula 1 history as the store poll position as the italian grand prix. he upset the bomb by clocking that record time during qualifying. it is ferrari‘s first italian grand prix pole since 2010, when they last won the race. sebastian vettel and lewis hamilton are second and third. that is all these board for now. a uk official will raise the case of the british—iranian national jailed for spying during his two day visit to tehran. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is serving a five—year term in prison after she was convicted of spying — charges she has always denied. tom burridge reports.

the moment nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was briefly reunited with her daughter last week. she was released from jail in iran forjust three precious days before the regime there locked her up again. and this is nazanin with gabriella a week before she was arrested in the spring of 2016. they have been separated ever since, with iran accusing nazanin of spying — something she strenuously denies. the foreign office minister alistair burt is now in iran. he will meet his counterpart and push for nazanin‘s release. his boss, the foreign secretary, expressed frustration on twitter, calling iran "an incredibly difficult regime to deal with." jeremy hunt said nazanin‘s hopes had been raised and then dashed when she was returned to prison. he promised to redouble efforts to get her home. last week he raised her plight at the united nations. every day that she is in prison is a reminder to the whole world of a gross injustice. nazanin‘s husband,

richard ratcliffe, has praised the foreign secretary for his efforts. she suffered panic attacks after being locked up again. who calls the shots in iran is often not straightforward, and nazanin‘s predicament is complicated by tehran‘s deteriorating relationship with our key ally, the united states. here in the uk, the queen has officially opened a new highland games centre named after her son, prince charles. the queen is at the braemar gathering, which is considered —— catriona renton reports. the queen arrives at the braemar gathering. she has been coming here since she was just seven years old. this is the oldest highland games in scotland, dating back to 1815. with all the traditional heavy events — throwing the hammer, tossing the caber. .. ..dancing, piping, and, of course, the tug of war. people come here from all over the world to take part and watch. a lot of things going on!

we don‘t get it to see these games in the states. so, this is different for us. i am also here to see the queen. voila! this is a regular date in the royal calendar. prince charles is seen here enjoying the games as a child. today, the queen named the new pavilion after him, the duke of rothesay, his scottish title. it is a heritage centre filled with all things highland games, so people can experience them all year round. it will be a home to highland games, because as famous as they are all over the world there is no permanent exhibition to their history. so, here at braemar, probably the most famous highland games in the world, there is this wonderful new centre. it is estimated 15,000 people attended today‘s gathering. it takes a lot of planning. this is 18 months‘ worth of work for me to bring this together with the team i have so that we have one day per year, the first saturday in september, where people come along from all over the globe to enjoy traditional highland games on sport.

but people will not have to wait another year to come to braemar and find out about the games, as the new pavilion is expected to open to the public in the spring. don‘t forget you can get in touch with me and some of my team on twitter. i‘m @krupapadhy. thank you for watching. it may have been the first day of meteorological autumn today but there was still some warmth to be had, particularly on the eastern side of the uk. the west, you got a cloud. it did not feel cold but that did n a bit of patchy rain. the best of the country was in north—east scotland and the east of england, were some spots reached the mid—20s. here is the

satellite view from earlier. the clouds billing and across the north and west of the uk. patchy light rain and drizzle format in places, as there will be too late. some holes in the globe through eastern parts of scotland, especially eastern england, allowing temperatures in some places to dip them into single figures. —— samples on the cloud. for most, into the mid teens an overnight will. we assume. quite a wind picking up in scotland. tomorrow, still plenty of cloud to the north and west of the uk. cloudy across much of the midlands concurred with today. sunny spells in north—east scotland but especially east anglia and south east england. you may encounter a bit of patchy light rain and drizzle. here is a snapshot of your weather at apm. a breezy day, especially the further north you are. into northern england, northern ireland and scotland. the outbreaks of rain heading towards northern ireland through the afternoon. ahead

of that, a few sunny spells for a time. running into the western side of scotla nd time. running into the western side of scotland as well. through the north—east, temperatures up to 2a degrees in some sunny spells. this range in the day, northern ireland and western scotland. it is a weather front, a cold and western scotland. it is a weatherfront, a cold front, leading edge of career, moving south very slowly on monday. cloud change in the feel of the weather behind it. fresher, less humid and it will be cooler. some sunny spells around scotla nd cooler. some sunny spells around scotland and northern ireland. the weather front will take some outbreaks of rain into parts of northern england, the midlands and the and wales. cooler as well. some warmth of the front into east anglia and south east england. sunny spells. a range of weather on monday but this weather front complete the journey southwards tuesday. temperatures closer together by then. a cooler flu across the board. as the week goes on, plenty of dry weather to come. this is bbc world news, the headlines. america‘s political elite

has paid tribute to us senator, john mccain, at a service in washington. former presidents, george w bush and barack obama, addressed the congregation. mr mccain‘s daughter, meghan, said they were mourning the passing of american greatness.