welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: a senior aide to donald trump accuses him of "amorality" and " reckless decision—making". the president calls the attack "gutless" and "phony". a new summit with the north announced. britain names two russian military intelligence officers as suspects in the novichok nerve agent attack, but how could moscow be held to account? warnings of a global health threat, as a deadly new superbug sweeps hospitals across the world. a senior member of president trump's own administration has attacked him in the new york times, suggesting many senior officials within the government are secretly working to resist the president,

to frustrate what they see as his worst impulses. the anonymous editorial echoes the chaotic picture of the white house in the book published this week by veteran journalist, bob woodward. the times suggests mr trump is facing a test unlike any experienced by a modern american leader. in the editorial, the writer claims "the root of the problem is the president's amorality." "anyone who works with him," the writer says, "knows he is not moored to any discernible first principles that guide his decision making." a few hours after the article was published, president trump said the editorial was "gutless". he was speaking to reporters at the white house where he was meeting law enforcement officers. so when you tell me about some anonymous source within the administration, probably who is failing and probably here for all of the wrong reasons, and the new york times is failing. if i weren't here, i believe the new york times probably wouldn't even exist. applause. and some day when i am not

president, which will hopefully be in about six and a half years from now, the new york times and cnn and all of these phoney media outlets will be out of business folks, they will be out of business. because there will be nothing to write and there will be nothing of interest. let's go to washington now and our correspondent chris buckler. we know what he is saying publicly and can only imagine what he is seeing privately. but plenty of ammunition here? and plenty of questions about what is happening inside the white house. when you look at the quote is written by the new york times by an anonymous senior official in the white house,

that it senior official in the white house, thatitis senior official in the white house, that it is a president who is in picturesque, petty, and that some are working at great lengths to keep decisions contained to the west wing and that his inner reality and moot any principles to guide his decisions. it gives you a real sense of white house deeply concerned about the president and doing the best to try to protect america from that president. they are striking back very hard. the press secretary sara said it has chosen to deceive rather than support the president. this coward should do the right thing and resign. it gives you a sense they have to fight back. it is a week where the white house ‘s big question on numerous occasions.“ you cared enough to do this, to

resist the man with the most powerfuljob resist the man with the most powerful job secretly, resist the man with the most powerfuljob secretly, why would you publicise it? i do think that president trump will be looking over his shoulder. fear: trump in the white house, the bob woodward book, the author responsible by exposing the author responsible by exposing the watergate scandal. officials taking notes of desks, taking the president out of the way, stopping him from making decisions that would be that america. but you are right, there would be people inside are worried about president trump and a lot of people looking over their shoulders to look for who is responsible and indeed, the

president might be thinking to yourself, are people following through with requests i make. what bob woodward is claiming is that they are trying to distract the president, off his mind the things they feel would be bad. he will be questioning those around him and that could make the situation inside the white house potentially more combustible and certainly more difficult. after months of investigation british police have identified two russian nationals as suspects in the attempted murder of the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia. the men, using the names ruslan boshirov and alexander petrov, are thought to be officers from russia's military intelligence service. mr skripal and his daughter were poisoned with the nerve agent novichok, in salisbury, in southern england in march. moscow has denied any knowledge of the men, as our security correspondent gordon corera reports. these two russians now stand accused of the salisbury nerve agent attack.

it is claimed that in march they deployed the nerve agent which poisoned sergei and yulia skripal, and which months later accidentally contaminated charlie rowley, and killed dawn sturgess. police say they came to the country as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov, but those are thought to be false names, used by two undercover operatives. the government has concluded that the two individuals named by the police and cps are officers from the russian military intelligence service, also known as the gru. the gru is a highly disciplined organisation, with a well—established chain of command. so this was not a rogue operation. it was almost certainly also approved outside the gru, at a senior level of the russian state. the two men, police say, carried out a remarkably sophisticated attack. they flew in from moscow,

and are seen here in salisbury, shortly after it is alleged they smeared nerve agent on sergei skripal‘s front door. and this was what is believed to have been their weapon — the perfume bottle used to carry the novichok nerve agent. today's announcement by the crown prosecution service marks the most significant in the investigation. we now have sufficient evidence to bring charges in relation to the attack on sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury, and domestic and european arrest warrants have been issued for the two suspects. we'll be seeking to circulate interpol red notices. prosecutors say they have enough evidence to charge the two with conspiracy to murder sergei skripal, attempted murder of sergei skripal, his daughter yulia and detective sergeant nick bailey, a police officer who went to their house, use and possession of novichok contrary to the chemical weapons act, and causing grievous bodily harm with intent to yulia skripal and nick bailey. so what is the gru?

based in this building, it is the intelligence arm of the russian military, with a long track record of undercover operations around the world. undeeradimir putin, seen here visiting its headquarters, observers say it has become even more aggressive, accused of hacking america's 2016 election, operations in ukraine, and now using nerve agent in britain. its prime target in salisbury was sergei skripal, himself a former officer in the gru. sergei skripal, it is thought, was targeted by former colleagues in the gru because they viewed him as a traitor for working for the british secret service, mi6. today was about much more than just naming two individuals, but also, in the government's eyes, exposing the role of the gru. and the prime minister made clear that, as well as the public accusation, british intelligence would be asked to do more to counter the gru's activities out of sight.

today, russia's deputy ambassador was summoned to the foreign office. moscow has said it doesn't recognise the names of the two men accused. the british government acknowledges there is no real chance they will be extradited, but it will be hoping that today increases the pressure on moscow. gordon corera, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news: several people have been injured in a landslide after a strong earthquake struck japan's northern island of hokkaido. at least ten people have been taken to hospital and others are believed trapped in the town of atsumi. the local electricity company has shut all its plants, cutting power to almost three million people. at least 20 people have been killed in two separate explosions at a sports club in the afghan capital kabul.

four people died in a suicide bombing. a second, larger blast killed at least sixteen more as emergency services and journalists arrived. there are fresh attempts to restart talks on persuading north korea to give up its nuclear weapons programme. south korean special envoys have visited the north korean capital to prepare another meeting, later this month, between moon jae—in and kim jong—un. live now to the bbc‘s laura bicker in the south korean capital, seoul. the ferry different welcome to south korean envoys to the one given to the american envoy. we have some breaking news, we can tell you the next inter— korean summit, the third between kim jong—un and moonjae—in will be between september 18 and 20th. he will become the first south

korean leader in more than a decade to visit pyongyang. the welcome to the south koreans was warm and friendly and it appears the two sides have managed to french frankly. in a press conference, the south korean envoy said kim jong—un has expressed his frustration is with the world that they do not believe his will to denuclearise and says he wants to denuclearise the eyre peninsula. he wants to come to a peace settlement. —— the korean peninsula. he wants to come to an agreement within the next few weeks before president ben visits the north. —— president moonjae—in. everyone welcomes the news of the summit but there are problems

stalling denuclearisation? the main problem seems to be what comes first. the us wants kimjong—un problem seems to be what comes first. the us wants kim jong—un to give up his nuclear weapons and an artillery of what he has and where they. a security guarantee is required by kim jong—un they. a security guarantee is required by kimjong—un before they. a security guarantee is required by kim jong—un before that and that seems the sticking point. it now appears to be saying that an end of war declaration does not mean the us would have to withdraw its troops but that has also been a worry and concern by many in the trump administration and south korea that by signing some kind of peace process , that by signing some kind of peace process, peace treaty, that would mean no longer would the us need troops in south korea but to date north korea is saying that is not

the case. they are trying to remove the case. they are trying to remove the obstacles to sign a declaration to end the war. the two sides are technically still at war. that is a sticking point. what should come first? should kim jong—un sticking point. what should come first? should kimjong—un hand over his weapons or make sure the declaration come first. south korea also wants an end of war declaration. it has gone on for 68 yea rs. declaration. it has gone on for 68 years. they have signed an agreement to try cited by the end of the year. now we will see what a third into korean summit would achieve. —— inter— korean. korean summit would achieve. —— inter- korean. our summit announced for september 18 — 20. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: with so many people streaming movies, how can cinemas pull customers away from their couches?

thousands of years it is missing or dead. we report on a community in crisis. -- dead. we report on a community in crisis. —— yazidis. freedom itself was attacked this morning and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes the spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here. of the blacks of soweto township as well as the whites of the neighbouring suburbs. we say to you today, in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears. enough. the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it is an exodus of up to 60,000 people, caused by the uneven pace

of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a senior aide to donald trump has accused him of "amorality" and reckless decision—making. the president has slammed the attack in a report in the new york times as "gutless" and "phony". after talks in pyongyang, the north korean and south korean presidents will meet later this month ‘s. let's stay with our top story now. earlier, i spoke to steve herman, white house bureau chief with voice of america news and i asked him what he made of what's happening. well, on a day we've gone from crazy town to treason—ville, and this story continues to inflate by the hour,

mostly because of president trump himself reacting to it. yes, it does echo a lot of what bob woodward had to say in his book, doesn't it? but you have to wonder, if people are actually doing this, why publish it? surely that makes it harder to do it. well, there is a big debate both from the left and the right here about the motivations here, and whether this was actually a good idea by this senior administration official. because if supposedly this official is concerned about the president, and how he behaves, this has only triggered him into much more radical action — the "treason" tweetjust a while ago, and a demand that the new york times turn over this person to the government, presumably for prosecution. well, you know very well how it all works there.

what is your thinking about what is really going on? well, it's really hard to say. we do believe that this has to be a fairly senior official for the new york times to take this unprecedented step. and the whole thing really is unprecedented, according to presidential historians, and they have never seen anything like it. and trump has further escalated it with his comments on twitter, and he is not one to back down. but obviously the new york times, which would post this as a first amendment case, is not obviously going to reveal who this source is, or turn them over to the government, as the president is demanding. there are clues as to who it might be, aren't there? it's the biggest parlour game in washington tonight, i can tell you that, and all sorts of names are bandied about. people trying to tear apart the language in the editorial, and trying to find other public

statements and writings that have been made by high—ranking officials in the past, saying a—ha, look at this particular word, "lodestar," for example, or look at this particular phrase and saying this official has used it before in speeches. there is no way of to say who it really is. and i suppose most importantly, do you think it is really going on, thousands of yazidis are still missing in syria — four years after so—called islamic state attacked them in their ancestral home in northern iraq. the un has called the crimes against the minority group genocide. an international aid effort backed by a bombing campaign saved the majority of the population, who sought safety on nearby mount sinjar. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has been there, and has this report. sinjar mountain, sacred land of the yazidis, these slopes still haunted

by the terror of islamic state in this northern corner of iraq. four years on, clothes still litter the mountainside, discarded in panic by a people on the run, desperate to escape. now, in the foothills, a chilling silence. a date seared in every yazidi's memory. is fighters no longer hold this land, but still hold a people hostage. thousands of men, women and children are still missing. but, for this family, some relief. a daughter enslaved by is in syria is freed after four long years. her family paid tens of thousands of dollars

to get her and her children back. the day after she returns, we visit her at home. and she feared she would never be able to escape that living hell. translation: when i was in captivity, isis lied to me. they said yazidi women would never be free, and that our families would kill us if we tried to come home. so i was scared to come back. i was scared my family would kill me, and i was so surprised at the welcome i got. who can begin to imagine what women like her have been through, at the hands of so—called islamic state. daily beatings, brutalisation, and there are said to be 3,000 more yazidi women and children still missing, still captured by islamic state.

from sinjar, we made the shortjourney to kocho, the yazidi village is tried to wipe off the map. now, it is a monument to a massacre. more than 1,000 people rounded up — men and old women shot dead, young women sold into slavery. the sense of loss here is overwhelming. this man mourns his brother, buried alive at the back of this schoolyard. inside, a memorial to the dead and the missing. he shows his grandsons the photos — their father, uncles, aunts, favourite cousins, all gone. upstairs, traces of horror. mattresses scattered across the floor, abandoned uniforms. the aching silence of a generation lost. at the edge of kocho, mass graves,

just three soldiers standing guard. killing fields darken the yazidi heartland, bones exposed by the wind. people are desperate for these graves to be exhumed. translation: this is where isis killed my people. these bones are evidence of a massacre. they bear witness to what happened here. we want these crimes to be investigated. the un calls this a genocide, but four years on, little has been done. after so much loss, the yazidi people are now losing hope.

lyse doucet, bbc news, sinjar. ten people have been taken to hospital from ten people have been taken to hospitalfrom an ten people have been taken to hospital from an emirates ten people have been taken to hospitalfrom an emirates plane ten people have been taken to hospital from an emirates plane that was quarantined on arrival in new york. the passengers and crew complained of feeling ill. it had flown in from dubai and over 500 people on board of whom 300 reported symptoms. they're calling it a ‘major medical public health threat‘. australian researchers have discovered a new superbug that is spreading undetected through hospital wards across the world. the bacteria — which are resistant to all known antibiotics — may be increasing the risk of severe infections and even death. katie silver reports it is called staphylococcus epidermidis, a bacteria commonly found on normal human skin. in most healthy people, it doesn't cause any problems.

but it is one of the most common causes of infection in hospitals, especially amongst the elderly, or patients with an implanted medical device, such as a heart valve or prosthetic limb. until now, these infections have been able to be treated using antibiotics — or so we thought. what we've uncovered in this study is that a single change in the bacteria has led to resistance to two of our key antibiotics. professor howden and his team found the superbug existed in almost 80 hospitals around the world, including the us, uk and europe. the situation was particularly bad in germany. some of the strains that were included in our study from europe were resistant to those two antibiotics, as well, making them almost essentially untreatable. the place where the impact of the superbug will be felt the worst is in intensive care units, where hospital—acquired infections are the highest. in developed countries, where the samples were taken from, about 30% of patients in an intensive care unit get some infection associated with their treatment. in developing countries, this can be up to 89% of patients. the infection has been spreading in some places for up to 15 years without detection, caused mainly by antibiotics

being incorrectly prescribed. how many people have been affected is still unclear. katie silver, bbc news. just before we go, the beautiful game with a beautiful view. this freestyler has ta ken game with a beautiful view. this freestyler has taken his passion to a whole new level. he has been filmed doing tricks while suspended from a crane above the city of oslo in norway. the point of this is to help inspire the country's young football talent. we will stay with these pictures for a moment in the hope that their route comes the point when he will drop that ball. he willjust have too. hello there.

we're ending this week on something a lot more unsettled than how we started it, that's because we're replacing high pressure with an area of low pressure. at the moment, we're still in between systems. there is a developing area of low pressure out across the north sea. but we've got high pressure dominating, i think, for much of thursday morning, a couple of weather fronts around too. now, they're going to bring outbreaks of rain to the northern isles, this weather front trailing down into northern england, north—west england, parts of north wales. barely anything on it, just a line of cloud and the odd spot of rain. we could see further showers returning to western scotland, too, first thing this morning. and where you have the cloud, then temperatures generally starting in double figures, otherwise under clear skies, single—figure values, so on the chilly side. in fact, today will be feeling cooler right the border, especially across the north. and we're starting the morning off with a good deal of sunshine around, in fact, too. showers will start to get going, though, across scotland, then we'll see another feature, another weather front moving out

of ireland, across the irish sea into wales and the midlands and south—west england, as we head on into the afternoon. so conditions go downhill for many central and southern parts of england and wales. could see still a little bit of sunshine across the far south—east, where we could make 20 or 21 degrees. further north, a lot more cloud, outbreaks of rain, temperatures around the high—to—high teens celsius. but it's going to feel cooler than that further north. for the far north of england, northern ireland, scotland, sunny spells and scattered showers, and some of them could be heavy, maybe even thundery across scotland. now, as we head on in towards friday, we start to see this area of low pressure i was talking about develop. now, most of the very heavy rain will stay offshore, we think, but as we head through friday, looks like it could be quite wet across parts of scotland and north—east england. now, some of this rain could be quite heavy for time through friday morning across eastern scotland, north—east england, with another spell of rain pushing into northern scotland. but, further south and west that you are, it should be generally drier and brighter. but with the north, north—west winds, it's going to feel

on the cool side across the board, temperatures ranging from 15—19 degrees. and those winds quite a feature, i think, across the eastern side of the country. that area of low pressure continues to spin around, moving a little bit further eastwards into the north sea. we see another feature run into wales and the south—west of england as we head on into saturday. a bit of uncertainty to this, but this is the feature i'm talking about. could bring some wet weather to parts of england and wales through the day. meanwhile, low pressure to the north of the country continues to bring showers to much of scotland. so i think saturday, you see that rain spreading its way eastwards, and then into sunday, probably the better day, the drier and the slightly brighter day. this is bbc news. the headlines: a senior aide to to donald trump has said members of the administration are working to frustrate parts of his agenda to protect the country from his "worst inclinations". the unnamed official said trump's "amorality" and "impulsiveness" had led to ill—informed and reckless decisions. president trump slammed the critic as "gutless". after talks in pyongyang,

south korea's envoy says president moonjae—in will meet kimjong—un in north korea later this month. it will be the first time in more than a decade that a south korean leader has visited the north korean capital. britain has named two russian intelligence officers as suspects in the novichok nerve agent attack. the british prime minister theresa may says the attempted murder of a former russian spy and his daughter was almost certainly approved by the russian state. now on bbc news, it's time for click.