welcome to newsday, on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl, in singapore. the headlines: kim meets donald — the sequel. reports a second summit between the two world leaders is being planned. efforts to retake idlib, the last pocket of resistence in syria, displace more than 30,000 people. the un has this warning. don't turn the next few months in idlib to the worst humanitarian catastrophe with the biggest loss of life in the 21st century. i'm rico hizon, in london. also in the programme: a brexit breakthrough might be on the cards. the eu's chief negotiator says a deal could be reached by november. and the row that keeps on giving — the women's tennis association defends serena williams‘ outburst in the us open final. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning.

it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7:00 in the evening in washington, where the white house says the north korean leader, kim jong—un, has requested a second meeting with president trump and that officials are looking into scheduling one. negotiations on the topic appeared to have stalled after the two leaders‘ historic summit in singapore injune, leading the us secretary of state mike pompeo to cancel a scheduled trip to north korea last month. the white house spokeswoman has told reporters the letter shows a continued commitment on the part of pyongyang to the denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. the president has received the letter from the president has received the letterfrom kim the president has received the letter from kim jong—un. it was very

warm, a very positive letter. we will not release the full letter u nless will not release the full letter unless the north korean leader agrees that we should. the primary purpose of the letter was to request and look to schedule another meeting with the president, which we are open to and are ready in the process of co—ordinating that dog the recent parade in north korea for once was not about the nuclear arsenal. the president has achieved tremendous success president has achieved tremendous success with its policy so far and this letter was further evidence of progress in that relationship. a number of things that have taken place, the remains have come back, the hostages have returned, and the historic summit between the two leaders. this is further indication of the progress being made and hope to continue. us officials have recently warned

that gunn yang appeared to be building a new ballistic missile, contradicting their pledges to denude the rise. the council also said there was a massive increase of illegal ship to ship products in an effort to try to sell weapons abroad. let's take a look at some of the day's other news: and first to the syrian province of idlib where more than 30,000 people have been forced to flee their homes. syrian government forces and their russian allies resumed their bombardment of the rebel—held enclave last week. now the un is warning that a large—scale military offensive to recapture idlib could provoke the worst humanitarian catastrophe of the 21st century. 0ur middle east correspondent, yolande knell reports. there is no credibility in rural

idlib. issue workers rushed to help survivors of another rush. —— rescue workers. another casual key of the intense bombardment by syrian forces and their allies. it is a frantic scramble to rescue elderly villagers from what is left of their home. increasingly this looks like the buildup to a major military offensive and that worries eu and officials. there needs to be ways of dealing with this process. do not turn idlib into the biggest catastrophe in the 21st century. 20,000 people have fled idlib according to the un. 0thers, staying behind, resort to desperate means to protect themselves. this man is putting together a makeshift gas mask. the searing government says it

is targeting terrorists. this area is targeting terrorists. this area is the last stronghold of many opposition groups. islamist militants, jihadists links to al-qaeda and separatist rebels but by every rebel fighter, the un says dirar 100 civilians now in by every rebel fighter, the un says dirar100 civilians now in danger. —— there are. also making news today: evacuations have been ordered as the us east coast braces for hurricane florence, in what may be the strongest storm to hit the region in decades. officials say florence is now a category four storm and is gaining strength. south carolina's governor ordered the evacuation of its entire coastline, while north carolina and virginia declared states of emergency. the united states has ordered the closure of the palestine liberation organisation's office in washington. a senior palestinian official called the decision a dangerous escalation. it comes as the white house's national security adviser, john bolton, accused the plo of not supporting peace talks with israel. the world meteorological

organisation has warned there's a 70% chance of another el nino weather event before the end of this year. the last one occurred in 2015 and 2016 and impacted weather patterns around the world. it was one of the strongest ever recorded, creating heatwaves, droughts and floods. but researchers say they are not expecting this new one to be as intense. sri lanka's national airline has found itself in trouble with the country's president, over a few nuts. president maithripala sirisena has complained that, during a recent trip with sri lankan airlines, he was treated to some cashews which were not fit for human consumption. the airline has yet to comment on the president's outburst. they're being billed as the biggest war games russia has conducted

since the cold war. nearly 300,000 troops and more than a thousand aircraft are to take part in the exercises in central and eastern russia. there's nothing new about russia carrying our military drills but what is different, is that china's armed forces will taking part with russian forces for the first time. mongolia is also playing a part. earlier i spoke to steve fish, professor in comparative politics at the university of california, and i asked him why china and mongolia were getting together with russia in these military drills. this is largely a russian project. of course, these are russian war games and an attempt by the vladimir putin administration to pursue its main goal in the world, to raise its profile, increasing its glory. to that end russia is trying to pull

chinese as a quasi— allied. in recent yea rs chinese as a quasi— allied. in recent years they have gotten on well and china wants to resist american influence in the pacific. and in the asia—pacific region itself. russia is intent is betraying itself as the great resistor to american homogenate. you say this is a russian message to the world. the biggest wargames since the 1980s. they have been described as on the scale of one of the large world war two battles. should the rest of the world have something to fear here must make do not think the rest of the world has anything to fear. i think this is vladimir putin trying to show that he is able and willing to move into something of an alliance with china. another issue to keep in mind is that if russia

carried out these drills without chinese involvement, it would be of concern to the chinese stock after all, these are being carried out in areas and seas near china, notjust the united states. inviting china was it really necessary to keep the chinese from getting worried about these drills. the countries that have the worried most about it are japan and korea and with the american security guarantee looking shaky under donald trump, there are special concerns about this. i do not think the world generally has much to worry about this but, of course, japan and korea are going to be concerned. the european union's chief negotiator michel barnier says a deal on brexit can be reached by november, if talks are "realistic". it comes as a former brexit minister warned the prime minister that the conservative party faces a "catastrophic split" if she persists with her current brexit strategy. steve baker says up to 80 mps

would vote against her so—called chequers proposal, in which the uk would maintain a common rulebook for all goods with the european union. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg has the latest. arriving at the office back door. work in the red box, tory woes splashed over the paper the prime minister's clutching too. in 200 days, she's to be the leader that takes us out of the eu. but the actual deal must be done long before. today, europe's negotiator sounded more friend than foe. i think that if we are realistic, we are able to reach an agreement on the first stage of this negotiation, which is the brexit treaty, within six or eight weeks. the rivalries at home are bitter, though.

boris johnson, holed up at his country house, no word on his private life, but objections aplenty to the government's plan for brexit. many tories at westminster hate the so—called chequers plan, where parts of the economy would stay closely tied to the eu, but with no hard border in ireland. and one former brexit minister says dozens of his colleagues would vote against it, and it could even break the party. the chequers answer is threatening to split the tory party in two, with even proponents of remaining in the eu opposing chequers. your plan is where? where's your alternative? we will bring forward our ideas, but what we're not going to do is pre—empt them today. the fundamental issue here is that we've ended up in a trap, in a sense, of our own design which we need help the government out of.

but there's no sign of the government budging. ministers hope enough mps will choose a deal rather than none at all. can a chequers deal survive? of course it will. could the conservative party split over chequers, do you think? no, i don't think we will. i think we'll reach a good agreement and all have the right brexit will work for the country. hello. yes, i'm sorry, i've got a bit of a sore throat. do you think the chequers deal can survive, mr gove? this is more than tory squabbling about europe, way past the point of who backed leave or remain, who hates or really supports brexit. but this is whether theresa may can find a compromise with the rest of the eu that ultimately she can get through parliament. the belief in government is most mps would support her rather than choose unknown chaos and no deal. but the truth, with no majority of her own, there can be no guarantee. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: more than 1500 on line listing of

live animals on sale in thailand, some endangered. also on the programme: the baby born with her heart on the outside of her body. we'll look at the incredible medical breakthrough that's allowed her to be taken home for the first time. 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 in soweto township as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today, in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears. enough! translation: the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and

exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people, caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. —— i'm rico hizon in london. our top stories: to as requested a new meeting with

donald trump. the un warns that an assault on the syrian city of idlib could become the worst humanitarian catastrophe of the 21st century. -- kim —— kimjong—un. and among the most read on our website: an egyptian man in saudi arabia has been arrested after a video of him having breakfast with a woman went viral. this is illegal in saudia arabia where single men and women must sit seperately in public restau ra nts a nd cafes. the incident has divided users on social media. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the south china morning post looks at the man set to become head honcho at one of world's most valuable companies. daniel zhang, who's described as a free and unfettered spirit, will be taking over at the e—commerce giant alibaba from next year. the straits times is adding a splash of colour to their front page, as a horticultural story hits the headlines. they spotted these flowering trees in singapore. they're calling them a home—grown version of japan's famous cherry blossoms. and the new york times takes a peak

at an exhibition that really deserves the name, underground art. these alien styled domes are on top of helsinki's newest museum. so people can look—down on some high—brow art. that brings you up—to—date with some of the papers of. —— in the papers. a wildlife monitoring group says it has found more than 1,500 listings on facebook of live animals for sale in thailand, some of them endangered. the group, traffic, said 200 different species were listed for sale on facebook pages, many of which were not protected by thai law because they were not native to the country. a spokeswoman for facebook said it did not allow the trade of endangered species and removed such material as soon as possible. elizabeth john is senior communications officer with traffic, and shejoins us now from selangor in malaysia. thank you so much forjoining us, elisabeth. tell us, what did you

find exactly from these facebook listings? so we looked at 12 facebook groups for 23 days, but just fought 30 minutes but a. and for the short period of time what we discovered was 1521 live wild animals were offered for sale. these we re animals were offered for sale. these were offered for sale as pets. why is this a problem? they are being marketed as pets. many of the species being marketed as pet are protected under law, they shouldn't be sold among many of them are endangered and facing many threats ina wild, endangered and facing many threats in a wild, showed they really shouldn't be ta ken in a wild, showed they really shouldn't be taken out a wild. it is a vast volume of wildlife being taken out of the wild and being traded online and many of these animals are already those in trouble. you mentioned that you

monitored these facebook listings over a 23 day period, have you been able to identify the locations of these listings and where these animals are being sold? they are being sold across many places in thailand, from north to south, but as you know, with locations on facebook, it is really up to the person selling and buying to mark their location. so we take this with a little pinch of salt when we look at the locations, but they seemed to bea at the locations, but they seemed to be a cross thailand. spokesperson for facebook has already said that it did not allow the trading of such species and removes such material as soon as possible. from your last check, has facebook taken down these listings? facelock has taken down some of the listings, we understand,

but it is a question of whether the postings violate the community standards. so when facebook looks at the community standard, they look at the community standard, they look at the endangered status of animals, whereas when a trafficker —— when traffic does it, it looks at the endangered status and the laws of the country. these may not turn out to be the exact same list. there are these animals that are being still sold on facebook. thank you so much for joining sold on facebook. thank you so much forjoining us. the us open women's final was on track to be one for the history books. but now it's going to be there for all the wrong reasons. serena william's bid to win a record number of grand slam tournaments ended with a surprise defeat to naomi 0saka, after the umpire penalised williams multiple times. the tennis star says her treatment was sexist. the bbc‘s richard conway has more. incensed that accusations of foul

play, she directed her anger at umpire carlos ramos, saying you will never be on another court of mind. she then called him a seat and said he had stolen a point from her. that prompted him to escalate the penalty by awarding an entire game to the eventual winner, naomi 0saka. after the match, williams claimed she was fighting for a greater cause than simply her own. i have seen other men call other umpires several things and i am here forfighting for women's rights and for women's equality and for all kinds of stuff. for me to say thief and for him to ta ke for me to say thief and for him to take a for me to say thief and for him to takea game, for me to say thief and for him to take a game, it made me feel like it was a sexist remark. she has been backed by steve simon, the chief executive of the women's tennis association. wta thinks that has prompted further debate,

with the international tennis federation siding with the umpire, saying that he acted with professionalism and integrity. the statement has added fuel to the fire, novak djokovic, fresh from his own victory in the men's tournament last night, disagrees over questions of umpiring fairness between the genders. i don't see things as mr simon does, i really don't. i think men and women are, you know, treated in this way or the other way depending on what the situation is. is hard to generalise. but on the streets of new york today, it was the 23 times grandslam winner who attracted support. it feels like a lot times —— a lot times they think

the worst of us, instead of thinking iama the worst of us, instead of thinking i am a woman, i am strong, you need to apologise to me publicly. i am a woman, i am strong, you need to apologise to me publiclylj i am a woman, i am strong, you need to apologise to me publicly. i think there is some sexism and racism involved. at the same time she has got to stay in control of her actions as well and she can only really blame herself for losing it like that. serena williams and her —— in her early years been coached by her father —— in her early years been coached by herfather richard, —— in her early years been coached by her father richard, overcoming racism on her party greatness. seventh us open title, nearly —— nearly a year on from dying from giving birth, instead it will be for different reasons of. vanellope wilkins was born with her heart outside her body and with no breastbone. after spending the first nine months of her life in hospital, the little girl from nottingham, has been allowed home for the first time. she is the only child with this rare condition to have survived in the uk. this report from our medical correspondent fergus walsh, contains some graphic images. this is the moment vanellope's parents dreamed of,

taking her home from hospital. it is just for one night for a trial home visit, but it shows the remarkable progress this baby girl has made. she has fought all the way to be here. nine months down the line. it doesn't seem real. she is finally sat in ourfront room. during pregnancy, ultrasound scans clearly showed vanellope's heart was outside her chest. so, at birth at glenfield hospital in leicester, she was immediately sent for surgery. it took three operations to put her heart back inside and close the wound. her parents were told she had less than a 10% chance of survival, but vanellope has defied the odds. she has no breastbone and so nothing protecting her heart, which is why she wears this purple brace, which will be crucial once she starts to crawl. in a few years' time, she will need more surgery to build a breastbone. the bigger she is, the easier it

will be for us to do some reconstructive surgery and using her own cartilages and bones or using some artificial materials. vanellope was transferred to queen's medical centre in nottingham in may to be nearer home. she's continued to make excellent progress, but needs help to breathe, and sometimes a mask, to ensure a constant supply of oxygen. her parents are being taught how to manage her care. if they are taking over charge of a child who needs breathing support to sustain their life, they need to be adequately trained and competent to manage all the equipment, to know when to escalate care, to check for help and to manage emergency situations at home. despite the challenges ahead, vanellope's parents say that they are looking forward to having her home for good. fergus walsh, bbc news. you have been watching newsday.

i'm rico hizon in london. and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. stay with us. we will see what is in store for alibaba, now that we will see what is in store for aliba ba, now that jack we will see what is in store for alibaba, now that jack ma has stepped down. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures of kylie minorgue who took her fans by surprise last night be calling her old neighbours co—starjason donovan up on to the stage. they performed their 1988 hit, ‘especially for you‘ at a concert in london‘s hyde park. it‘s emerged that jason had cycled to the show and never expected to be singing with kylie. that‘s all for now, stay with bbc world news. hello there. full uk weather

forecasts coming up injust a moment, but first of all i thought we we re moment, but first of all i thought we were cast an eye of what is going on across the other side of the atlantic. you might have heard we have a major croquet and on our hands. this is hurricane in florence, a very powerful category for couric aim, winds of 140 mph but these will strengthen, 190 mile per hour were gusts and that is heading to the east coast of the united states. went full on thursday night around north carolina will cause big problems of. to the north of florence we have got an area of cloud that extends thousands of miles across the atlantic right over to the united kingdom. is a massive weather front, a couple, to the united kingdom. is a massive weatherfront, a couple, really. it will be pushing southwards bringing some heavy rain. rain always had this across the hills and coast of north—west england and wales, so the east of high ground is one of those fronts where the rain is probably not amount to much of. nevertheless there will be some doubt whether

getting into the east of the pennines boards. it given it stays quite windy overnight, temperatures will stay into other —— double figures and this massive weather front marks the dividing line between some cool air that we have got flowing into northern areas and air that has come in more from the mid— tropical atlantic across the south. a lot of cloud around, but we will see the highest averages across southern counties of england. the odd spot of drizzle towards the coast and hills to start the day, but for many of us a dry start. to the day we will see outbreaks of rain pushing southwards across wales, quite murky through the bristol channels and there will be further showers and western scotland. which are wise, cool wish they across the north of the uk with temperatures around 13 and 16 celsius, further south temperatures still into the low 20s, 22, 20 three degrees, something like that around london. through tuesday night, we will seek that weather front have a pulse of energy running along, pushing the rein back northwards

into north—west england into the north—west of wales and that is where it a day on wednesday. 0n wednesday the rain will start very slowly trickling its way southwards where it will be confined to southern counties of england to take us southern counties of england to take us into wednesday afternoon. it was a goal and down across the southern areas with the rein bit slower to clear the list. temperature wise, 16 degrees in london, averages around seven degrees. it will be a much colder feeling day in the south of particulate on wednesday. the rest of the week sees a bit more sunshine in the south, which is seen to recover but the north—west will see further showers from time to time. that is your weather. i‘m rico hizon, with bbc news. our top story: the white house says the north korean leader, kim jong—un, has requested a second meeting with president trump. officials are looking into scheduling another meeting. negotiations on the denuclearisation of the korean peninsula appeared to have stalled after the two leaders‘ historic summit in singapore in june. warnings from the un that a forthcoming offensive on the syrian city of idlib could be the worst humanitarian catastrophe of the 21st century.

more than 30,000 people have been forced to flee their homes. and this video is trending on bbc.com the video is from a shop in colorado where a robbery goes badly wrong for the robber. he drops his gun as he draws it on the sales person. as you can see, she then picks it up and he makes a quick exit. that‘s all. stay with bbc news.