this is bbc news. i'm krupa padhy. our top stories: police in the east german city of chemnitz order thousands of far—right demonstrators to disperse following an anti—migrant rally. washington's farewell: three former presidents are among those paying tribute to senatorjohn mccain at his memorial service. for all times we sparred, i never tried to hide, and i thinkjohn came to understand, the long—standing admiration that i had for him. palestinian officials condemn a us decision to withdraw all funding from the united nations agency that supports palestinian refugees. and all change on the tracks — the children's television programme that's trying to move with the times. hello, and welcome to bbc news. we start in germany,

where thouands of far—right demonstrators, many chanting nazi slogans, have been marching through through the city of kemnitz. it's a week since a german man was stabbed to death there, apparently by two asylum seekers, triggering a series of violent demonstrations. the far right political party afd has been accused of inflaming tensions. our correspondent jenny hill is there. fury, hostility, on the street sold chemnitz. lugenpresse, lying press, they shout. leading them on, the anti— migrant party afd. this

protest a funeral march, organised by several far right groups to remember the german man killed last weekend by, police believe, a syrian and an iraqi. we are a democratic country so i can't check it and job the body who is much in with us. —— each and every body. but your organisation hasjoined each and every body. but your organisation has joined with the far right organisation in this much. there might be some of those in this much, and therefore i don't do it? there are migrants in this town who are terrified, who are locking themselves into their flats, are terrified, who are locking themselves into theirflats, because they are afraid of the violence that has broken out here. is that the kind of germany you want to live in actually, you know, you just have to talk to your colleague from the local newspaper, who said that the reports that migrants are people from abroad, who were hunted through the city... i spoke to some, they showed me the marks on their face or they had been attacked. the editor in chief of the chemnitz newspaper

says he has not seen anything. i don't know, but i have learnt that as soon as we try to express our grief we are put into a certain corner, and i decided to accept at all. this afternoon, as a member of the press, i have had people charged lugenpresse at me. it is an old nazi slogan and it is very offensive. do you think that i am a lying journalist? i actually, you know, the nazis were vegetarians as well andi the nazis were vegetarians as well and i will not blame every vegetarian... do you think that it is acceptable in a democratic country for people to shut lugenpresse at the press? the things you complain about, there is a certain tendency in the german media, ican certain tendency in the german media, i can just certain tendency in the german media, i canjust repeated, the vast majority of the people are normal citizens, very normal people, and they just don't understand citizens, very normal people, and theyjust don't understand and they don't accept the policy of the german government, nigel merkel. that is the message for today. police feared mass violence, but just about held the line. the

challenge now for the authorities, how to contain the anger and fear which divide this troubled city. 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. 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 his daughter said that his core values marked him out as a true american. the america ofjohn mccain is generous and welcoming and bold. america does not boast because she has no need to. the america ofjohn mccain has no need to be made great again because america was always great. applause donald trump might not have been mentioned by name, but there was no attempt to hide

the pointed references to a president who once mocked and derided senator mccain. mr trump's daughter and son—in—law attended the service, but he was specifically not invited. donald trump seems to have made a point of publicly ignoring what's happening inside the cathedral behind me. even as the service has been taking place, he's been tweeting about trade deals and travelling to one of his golf courses. however, past presidents were here to pay tribute to a man who was both a political rival and a friend. back in the day, he could frustrate me. and i know he'd say the same thing about me. in the end, i got to enjoy one of life's great gifts, the friendship ofjohn mccain, and i'll miss it. 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 that it was important to reach out to both sides of america's political divide. during this presidency, finding a middle way has become much 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. let's get some of the day's other 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 ukraine of being behind the killing,

which kiev denies. 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 airstrike which killed dozens of civilians on a bus last month was not militarilyjustified. an investigation by the coalition found mistakes had been made, and said those responsible for the attack should be held accountable. more than a0 children were killed. 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. the us military says it has decided to cancel $300 million in aid

to pakistan over what it calls islamabad's failure to take action against militant groups. the united states was, until last year, the biggest contributor to the un relief and works agency which helps five million people across the middle east. yolande knell reports from from jerusalem. pupils starting a new term at un—run schools this week, but it's not clear if these will still be open by the end of the month. already, unrwa is facing a financial crisis, after the us froze $300 million in the funds it planned to give this year. now it's cutting off all support. washington calls the agency "irredeemably flawed," expressing concern about the impact on innocent palestinians, but saying that unrwa has failed to reform and reset how it works. back in 1948, some 700,000 palestinians were displaced in the war that led to the creation of the state of israel. 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 in the palestinian territories, but also in jordan, lebanon and syria.

many still live in refugee camps — these overcrowded neighbourhoods — and rely on unrwa's services. most palestinians here wants the right to return to their ancestral land that now lies within israel. that's what the big key symbolises. israel, of course, rejects that claim and, along with the united states, it accuses unrwa perpetuating false hopes and the israel—palestinian conflict. earlier this year, i asked the israeli prime minister about the agency. the perpetuation of the dream of bringing the descendants of refugees back to jaffa is what sustains this conflict. unrwa is part of the problem, not part of the solution.

israel backs the new us move, but palestinians say washington is trying to decide the fake of refugees without peace talks. what is the american decision doing? they are undermining the modern forces in palestine and israel. those elements you want to achieve peace, peacefully. whereas the two—state solution is being destroyed. in gaza, the recent deadly protests on the border with israel began because of the refugee issue. now there are fears of further violence and warnings of the dangerous consequences for the region if new funds for unrwa can't be found. yolande knell, bbc news. a senior member of the palestinian liberation 0rganisation described the us move as a cruel way of punishing the people. institutions that have been providing services, including health and education and so on, social

welfare services, you cannot suddenly turn off the tap and decide you can find alternatives. you cannot. the palestinian leadership has been trying desperately to find alternative funding. this is a punitive measure. it is a cool, calculate it way of punishing the palestinians because we would not surrender to israel and we would not accept american dictates. this is a way of telling the world, if you do not do what we tell you, if you do not do what we tell you, if you do not accept the victimisation of the palestinians, we will punish the palestinians, we will punish the palestinians even further. they are trying to increase the 38 billion dollars they are giving israel while they are removing $200 million they are giving to the victims. the us military says it has decided to cancel $300 million in aid to pakistan over what it calls islamabad's failure to take action against militant groups. a pentagon spokesman said

the united states continued to press pakistan to "indiscriminately target all terrorist groups" operating in the country. the military‘s proposal has to be approved by the us congress. 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 news. still to come, children's favourite thomas the tank engine gets a global makeover with help from the united nations. 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 news. the latest headlines: thousands of far—right demonstrators have been marching through chemnitz in germany. the city saw an outbreak of violence after the death of a german—cuban man blamed on immigrants. america's political elite have been

paying tribute to us senatorjohn mccain. three former presidents took part in a memorial service in washington. and now some history. during the second world war, many allied soldiers were taken prisoner in asia by the japanese army. these men were forced by the japanese and korean guards to build a railway through thailand — a story made famous by the film the bridge over the river kwai. cyril doy was one of those soldiers, and he spoke to witness about the horror of those camps and how he managed to survive. it looks like an ordinary iron railway bridge but its past makes it a symbol of the of war, human suffering and human heroism. the japanese wanted to build this railway through thailand several 100

miles through virgin country through mountainous country, through jungle, threw rocks, and we were the means of them doing it. we became the white coolies. we left civilisation and entered another world for almost four years, and it turned out in the end. apra for as it. at that time, one simply hated people who did that sort of thing. in fact, if you had a rifle, you would have shot the lot. i was at a

place called tamakan where we built the bridge over the river kwai. we would be on these groups chanting, ichi, ni, san chi... japanese up to ten. and you would do that at the whole way. racked with malaria and the centre, eaten away with tropical ulcers and dying of cholera, the starving prisoners drag himself each day from the camps to sleep under the burning sun. if they flag for a moment, there were the guards. for many, this was a happy release. i have splinters from these shells and a leg, the scar started to break down and turn into a big ulcer.

major arthur moon, the australian medics, took me on a bamboo table and without anaesthetic, he cut up my leg and he pulled out a great big tendon. like that. you know? and of course, but saved my life. but the man in there, the one next to me, he was man in there, the one next to me, he wa s cove re d man in there, the one next to me, he was covered with these ulcers, terrible, he was, and he was delirious and he was full of make it. -- delirious and he was full of make it. —— maggots. i remember him dying next to me. i consider flies coming out of his mouth then. the whole length was built in the incredible time of only 14 months. every mile of the railway cost 400 human lives. and every fourth slip represents the

death of a man. but the allied prisoners, more than 16,000 dying, of the issues no one knows for certain but the estimates is nearing 100,000 dead. you never give up because you want to survive. it is as simple as that. you always had in the back of your mind but sometime, you will be free. that is the witness programme. here in the uk, the queen has officially opened a new highland games centre named after her son, prince charles. 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. .. emcee: oh, yes! cheering and applaiuse. ..dancing, piping, and, of course, the tug of war. -- cheering and applause.

people come here from all over the world to take part and watch. there's a lot of things going on, you know? we don't get it to see these games, you know, in the states so this is different for us. we don't get it to see these games, you know, in the states so this is different for us. i'm 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 full of all things highland games, so people can experience them all year round. it will be a home to highland games, because as famous as highland games are all over the world, there is no permanent exhibition to their history. so here at braemar, which is probably the most famous highland games in the world, there is this wonderful new centre. it's 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 that i have so that we have a day — one per year, the first saturday in september, where people come along from all over the globe to enjoy traditional highland games and 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. catriona renton, bbc news. 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! weight! i have an idea!

your driver could pick some of the long grass over their ed husic to guide her away from the tracks! to make engines are much better than one, you know! nia was right. everyone needs help sometime. we are so everyone needs help sometime. we are so lucky that nia hasjoined the steam clean — — so lucky that nia hasjoined the steam clean —— team. earlier, ian mccue, the new thomas and friends series producer, told me the thomas revamp will give other children's favourites a run for their money. i think what could the big and poor patrol don't have is trains. when a young audience loved trains. with thomas ‘s global adventure it is a fast paced series than ever before. a new theme song. diverse team. gender equality. great storytelling behind it as well. i think it is a enjoyable show for all. let's break this down and talk about gender

balance because my four year rolled a lwa ys balance because my four year rolled always says why are they all boys saving the day rather than girls. what have you done about this? 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 they have always fallen into the background. so this time around, the big change for us really is we are bringing to make brand—new female engines to the show, and they will become part of the course deemed team cinema will have thomas is still the number one hero but there will be three boys and three girls behind him at the sheds. so they are equal. and it is becoming more globalised, i believe? absolutely. thomas ‘s huge globally anyway, i think it is shown in 100 countries and stabbed in over 40 languages but through our research, a little boy said that trains go

places, thomas is a train but he doesn't go anywhere, and we thought we keep in at home but the recent whole world he could explore and now that he is the voice of the show and oui’ that he is the voice of the show and our storyteller, the idea is he could be the eyes and ears of the young audience exploring the world beyond their back garden. i'm intrigued. so in terms of more countries being involved, which destinations are we looking at? the new series he is going to china, india, australia. and we have the movie recently, the big adventures, thomas travelled the globe sort of five continents around the globe, he went to sort of south america through the amazon rainforest. lots of different places to explore and of different places to explore and of course lots of new engines to be introduced to to be good role models. sticking with the subject of kids. it's a problem many of us face — what to do with the kids at the weekend? well, for some people in el salvador, the answer to that is to take them

to a fireball festival. these pictures are from the town of neckappa where every year residents pelt each other with petrol—soaked rags rolled into tight balls of flames. the event is to commemorate a volcanic eruption that forced all of the residents to abandon the town hundreds of years ago. fascinating. in germany thousands of far right demonstrators, many chanting nazi slogans, have been marching through the city of chemnitz. it is one week since a german man was stabbed to death, a p pa re ntly german man was stabbed to death, apparently by two asylum seekers, triggering a series of violent demonstrations. the far right political party afp has been accused of inflaming tensions there. plenty more on our website. —— afd. and give the watching bbc news. —— thank you for watching. saturday ‘s top temperature was 25.2

in hull, eastern parts of the uk saw the lion ‘s share of the sunshine with high—pressure stood close by for part two of the weekend. a weather system is approaching from the west and sofa some of us, it will be a wet end the day. looking at things first thing in the morning, a lot of cloud around northern and western parts of the uk which has held the temperature up overnight into the midteens and drizzling in places, just a few spots in eastern england now into single figures under the clearer skies, maybe one or two missed and fog patches clearing. a windy day for northern ireland in scotland, gusts 30— 40 miles an hour, the cloud in the north and west with some sunny in the north—east scotland, also into eastern england. and for pm, brengle spreading towards western scotland, and northern ireland. increasingly wet

going into the evening. the sunny spells north—east scotland so that in the temperatures into the low 20s. even under the cloudier zones, we could see some brighter spells with the chance of it getting some light rain. if england last it —— south—east england get some sunshine. in the afternoon, into the evening, the rain to end the day in northern ireland and western scotland, moving very slowly further south—eastward as the night goes on. behind it, where nuclear in northern ireland in scotland it will be cooler. ahead of it, with a cloud and outbreaks of rain, quite a warm night. for monday, where the system is continuing to move its way south. it isa is continuing to move its way south. it is a very slow process. the cold front is a dividing line between the warm airto the front is a dividing line between the warm air to the south and the cooler air following warm air to the south and the cooler airfollowing behind. as we look warm air to the south and the cooler air following behind. as we look at the picture from monday, into the cooler air the picture from monday, into the coolerair in the picture from monday, into the cooler air in northern ireland, usman khawaja scotland, some sunny spells, feeling fresher, and

outbreaks of rain to eastern scotla nd outbreaks of rain to eastern scotland and pushing across more of northern england, the midlands, wales and the south—west. the east of it, some sunny spells, some warmth in east anglia and south—east england, wherever you go to the editor sunshine, a bigger range of temperatures, a range of weather, through monday. it spread south on tuesday, bringing the cooler air but for the rest of the week and wednesday onwards some cloud around, some sunny spells, temperatures closer to average but some dry weather to be found. the week ahead it will be turning cooler for a time the north are plenty of dry weather to come with high—pressure stood close by. this is bbc news. the headlines: police in the east german city of chemnitz say they have ordered thousands of far—right demonstrators to disperse over safety concerns. they say that the anti—migrant rally, which drew more than 4,000 participants, had overrun its authorised time limit. earlier, several thousand

counter—demonstrators attempted to block their route. tributes have been paid to the late senator, john mccain, at a memorial service in washington. two former presidents, george w bush and barack obama, led the mourners, praising his patriotism. president trump, who'd feuded with him, was not invited to the service. there's been criticism of the decision by the united states to withdraw all funding from the un agency that provides assistance to palestinian refugees, amid fears it could further destabilise the region. a spokesman for president mahmoud abbas described the move as a flagrant assault against the palestinian people.