this is bbc news, the headlines: the report by us special counsel robert mueller says there's no evidence that president trump or his campaign team welcome to bbc news, colluded with russia broadcasting to viewers to influence the 2016 election. in north america but it stops short of completely and around the globe. exonorating the president i'm reged ahmad. on accusations of our top stories: the mueller report says there's no "obstruction ofjustice". evidence the trump campaign colluded with russia over a pro—military political party the 2016 us election. in thailand has performed better the president claims victory. than predicted in the country's first election since the army took power five years ago. preliminary results show that the phalang pracharat party won about half a million more votes than the main opposition. so it's complete exoneration — no collusion, no obstruction. but as calls grow for the release of the entire report, a senior democrat says stock markets have fallen sharply president trump still faces serious questions. over fears of an economic slowdown. the yield curve results indicated a global slump.

this report does not amount to a so—called "total exoneration". special counsel mueller says that this "does not a pro—military party takes a shock lead in the thai elections. we'll be live in bangkok as results come in. growing fears of sickness and disease in southern africa as the death toll from cyclone idai passes 700. and too hot to farm, too hazy to breathe. how thousands of mongolians are caught between climate change and an increasingly contaminated capital. a two—year investigation into russian interference in the 2016 us presidential election has concluded that there is no evidence of conspiracy with moscow by members of donald trump's campaign team.

the details have been revealed in a summary of special counsel robert mueller‘s report. but the special counsel did not exonerate the president on a second allegation, that of whether donald trump interfered with other investigations into russia's role in the elections. in other words, obstruction of justice. but the attorney general who summarised the report has decided not to prosecute. president trump has always denied any wrongdoing, repeatedly denouncing the mueller inquiry as a witch hunt. speaking to reporters in florida, he insisted the report completely exonerates him. so after a long look, after a long investigation, after so many people have been so badly hurt, after not looking at the other side, where a lot of bad things happened, a lot of horrible things happened, a lot of very bad things happened

for our country, it was just announced there was no collusion with russia, the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard. there was no collusion with russia. there was no obstruction, and none whatsoever, and it was a complete and total exoneration. it's a shame that our country had to go through this. to be honest, it's a shame that your president has had to go through this for — before i even got elected, it began, and it began illegally. and hopefully somebody‘s going to look at the other side. this was an illegal take—down, that failed. and hopefully, somebody‘s going to be looking at the other side. so it's complete exoneration, no collusion, no obstruction.

thank you very much. chair of thejudiciary committee jerry nadler says the report does not conclude that the president committed a crime but it also does not exonerate him. i take from this letter three points. first, president trump is wrong, this report does not amount to a so—called "total exoneration". special counsel mueller says that this "does not exonerate" the president. david lippman from politicojoins me live from our washington studio. donald trump says it exonerates him, the democrats say no it doesn't. which is at? i think it is a combination of the two, president

trump is sighing a big sigh of relief because he was worried he could be tried from this enquiry or it would be damaging and recommend charges, and there is a lot of criticism from democrats who say that the trump justice department is, after only 2a hours, or after only 48 hours is, after only 24 hours, or after only 48 hours of review, saying trump is clear he should not be charged with obstruction ofjustice, production ofjustice possible to join any evidence... that is a great point. democrats and even

republicans are agreeing that the american public, after tens of millions of dollars funding this report, and after this has consumed the country, this has been the dominant topic of conversation for the last couple of years, that we should be able to see the report, as much of it is possible, maybe not the underlying evidence in a public realm, but definitely for congress to look at. and then we can judge for ourselves. there is a lot of u na nswered for ourselves. there is a lot of unanswered questions about trump's knowledge about the trump tower meeting, about wikilea ks, knowledge about the trump tower meeting, about wikileaks, and what robert mueller thought when he said there were very difficult issues in regard to the obstruction charge, which they didn't bring. 50, going forward , which they didn't bring. so, going forward, what happens now? we have heard that the us attorney general william barr may have to give testimony, what do you see happening next? bill barr would likely have to

testify on capitol hill, as well as robert mueller, and they are going to one by one bring trump family people to testify on the hill, to basically give the same type of testimony that they gave to the special counsel. i think we will see democrats ramp up their investigations from the house side. there are still a dozen or so investigations of trump's conduct in new york from the southern district of new york, so that will not — trump is not fully clear yet but he is definitely happy that the mueller report didn't find something he can be charged with, and i think the temperature in washington will go down a little bit because this has been hanging over his head for such a long time that it has made it harderfor him to a long time that it has made it harder for him to act as president, although just

by who he is there will be a controversy every day no matter what. it doesn't really matter if there is no investigation anymore. stockmarkets in asia have fallen sharply during monday morning trading. the falls are being put down to growing fear of a global economic slowdown. 0ur correspondent mariko 0i is in singapore. tokyo's benchmark nikkei 225 index dived more than 3 per cent in morning trade on monday, as fears grew over a global economic slowdown. it is all because of a key us indicator, which has correctly predicted almost all of the us

recessions that have ever occurred in the 20th and 21st centuries. so quite a reliable warning. what is it exactly? quite a reliable warning. what is it exa ctly ? it quite a reliable warning. what is it exactly? it is called the yield curve, and is a difference between the two year treasury bond yield and the two year treasury bond yield and the ten year treasury bond yield. so if you wait longer to get your money back, you would get more from the ten year bond than the two—year bond. that means investors are willing to be paid less to wait longer because they have less confidence in the us economy, and thatis confidence in the us economy, and that is exactly what happened. the last time this happened it was back in 2007just last time this happened it was back in 2007 just before the global financial crisis, which is why asian markets are following the us and european lead in falling this morning. let's get some of the day's other news

mali's president has replaced senior army officials following the killing on saturday of more than 130 fulani villagers. the military has long been criticised for failing to protect villages from attacks by rival ethnic militias and jihadists. two students from a florida high school where 17 people were shot dead last year have killed themselves within a week of each other. they both attended the marjory stoneman douglas school in parkland where students launched a campaign for tighter gun laws after the tragedy. boeing says it has invited more than 200 airline pilots, technical experts and regulators to its factory as part of its efforts to restore the grounded 737 max to commercial service. boeing said the session would give information about software and training updates for the aircraft, which has been involved in two fatal crashes since october. a pro—military political party in thailand has performed better than predicted in the country's first election since the army took power five years ago.

the palang pracharat party won about half a million more votes than the main opposition party. official results, which were postponed from sunday, are due out in the coming hours. from bangkok, jonathan head reports. it was a day that had been promised, and then repeatedly postponed. thais by and large participated keenly, despite an electoral system that tilts the odds heavily in the military government's favour. the man who deposed the last elected government in a coup and has run thailand ever since cast his vote early. general prayuth is bidding to keep hisjob as prime minister, but many younger voters, 7 million of them eligible to vote for the first time, looking for something different. i am happy there is a voting at last, we have been waiting for this election for some time and i hope it brings good things for the country. we need some younger or newer generations in the government to bring a more modern

policy, less corruption, a cleaner government. that hunger for fresh faces has driven a groundswell of support for a brand—new and radical party, future forward, under the leadership of a telegenic young businessman. as the polls closed and voting began, many thais gathered around the polling stations, eager to ensure the transparency of the tally. here at the headquarters of the largest opposition party, pheu thai, cheers greeted every result going their way. theirs was the party ousted by the coup, they were hoping for a comeback. but the results then took a surprising turn. general prayuth's party, which had aroused little enthusiasm during the campaign, went ahead in the popular vote. future forward was also polling strongly.

but thailand's oldest and once governing party, the democrats, had been wiped out in bangkok. its leader of 14 years forced to resign. and, the pheu thai vote, once by far the largest, had fallen sharply. a mystery compounded when the election commission inexplicably delayed its announcement of the final result until monday. so what are we to make of these preliminary results? many thais will want to know how this pro—military party had done so unexpectedly well, and why the pro—thaksin party, winner of all recent elections performed relatively poorly. but the questions asked about this vote would be whether it would help thailand to move on from the crippling political conflict of the last 12 years. and at this stage it is not easy to see how this flawed and highly manipulated election could do that.

stay with us on bbc news, still to come: more than a million people in monglia's capital face what could be the world's worst air pollution. let there be no more war or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. very good. applause so proud of both of you. with great regret, the committee have decided that south africa should be excluded from

the 1970 competition. streaking across the sky, the white—hot wreckage from mir drew gasps from onlookers on fiji. onlooker: wow! this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the investigation into alleged links between donald trump's election campaign and russia has cleared the president and his team of colluding with moscow. a pro—military party in thailand has taken a shock lead, in the country's first election since the army took power five years ago. 0ur correspondent, nick beake

is in bangkok for us. the results have been delayed, do we know why? we do not know why that is. it was an unexpected announcement last night from the people who run the elections here in thailand. with 90% of the vote in, they said you have to come back tomorrow in the morning to see what has happened. we will have to wait a few more hours to find the full picture but from the vote that came m, picture but from the vote that came in, this is an unexpected result. the party that was aligned to the military was expected to come up poor third, the first elections in five years since the militaryjunta seized power. the party allied did extremely well and it looks like they topped the popular vote. what

about the other parties, especially those attached to former prime minister thaksin shinawatra. the party linked to him potentially lost half the number of votes gathered in the previous election. remember that thaksin shinawatra's the previous election. remember that tha ksin shinawatra's party the previous election. remember that thaksin shinawatra's party or those allied to him have one every single popular vote. we have also sent yesterday the emergence of a new political force, a new yesterday the emergence of a new politicalforce, a new political party, future forwarder, run by a billionaire, and it seems to have attracted a lot of the younger vote. 7 million ties were voting for the first time. when you joined those two things together, it gives you an indication as to why the military

aligned party seems to have done well and i think the junta will say 110w well and i think the junta will say now they have a perfectly valid mandate to keep on rolling the country, as they have been saying, in the interest of security. turn out it is worth pointing out was much lower than expected. we were hearing that turnout was expected to be high? absolutely and in the advanced voting we had, it was skyhigh. 90% in some areas. a real appetite to cast their ballot and have their voices heard. but from what we heard last night, the turnout it seems was around 65% and people are baffled by this. when you look at the election back in 2011 it was a 75%. a week or so ago, people are eagerly voting as soon as they could. questions will be asked and

people will want to know answers. why is this the case that people appear to have shunned the opportunity to come out and effectively have a referendum on whether they want a military junta to run the country and shape their future. eleven days after cyclone idai hit southern africa, there are growing warnings about the risk from sickness and disease. field hospitals are being flown in to help medical staff, but some areas are still cut off because roads are unusable. several hundred people are known to have died in mozambique, zimbabwe and malawi. but the final death toll will only be known once the flood waters have receded. 0ur africa editor fergal keane reports from nhama—tanda, in mozambique. jozuejulio daniel, aged six, died march 22nd, 2019, in the hospital of nyamatanda. seven days after the cyclone, disease taking lives.

when we visited this ward, there were sick children sleeping together, all suffering from severe diarrhoea. adults, too. in the room next door, where the roof is now open to the elements. the mozambique staff work relentlessly, but with inadequate medical supplies, and aware that beyond these wards there is vast need. you can cry, stop crying, get sad, and then get disappointed, because you cannot help. you just can help the patient. their families are suffering. maybe these young born will die. rosa antionio was sick with severe diarrhoea, and her three—year—old daughter azaria has died. her husband works nights, so she worries for the six—month—old baby left at home.

but when we went to the family home, we found the baby being cared for. delphine answered a call for help from rosa's husband. translation: the father was my friend, so when i came here i saw the situation. it was night. i went inside the house, and ifound the baby was there and there was no one to care. when i saw her, i felt pity. in the family's hour of need, rosa's husband, ezekiel, has found kindness. translation: the neighbours are the ones who are helping, and my former partner. she felt she had to come and help me. with the world around so broken, ezekiel feels like a man at the of endurance. all over the world, countries are grappling with the extent and the effect of air pollution. but mongolia's capital ulan bator

is suffering from some of the worst and there, the problem is intrinsically linked to climate change. rising temperatures have forced thousands of mongolians to abandon homes in the countryside and a traditional herding lifestyle for the smog—choked city. 0ur correspondent stephanie hegarty reports. this is the view from shagara's house. she lives in one of the most polluted cities in the world. you can smell the air pollution, you can even taste it. it gets caught in the back of your throat. i have an air pollution monitor here, and it's monitoring the levels of pm 2.5, which are these tiny particles that get deep inside your lungs, that's why they're so dangerous. the monitor says 999, because that's as high as it'll go. a safe level is anything under 25. so right now we're at least 40 times above what's safe. shagara's son is five months

old and he's already been hospitalised six times. he has chronic bronchitis. translation: as soon as he smelled the smoke, he has difficulty breathing, and parts of his face start to go blue. when we see that, we have to rush to the hospital. the reason for this toxic air is raw coal. it's the only source of energy for 60% of people in this city who can't afford electric power. the government is trying to ban raw coal, but its replacement, processed coal, is expensive. ulaanbaatar was built for half a million people, but now it has three times that, and this is what most of them have abandoned. they come from a long line of traditional herders but this

generation could be the last. translation: if it wasn't for national disasters we would stay in the countryside. i lost 20 horses and 30 shape and last years went up this year the opposite, no snow at all. translation: because of the drought and harsh winters, our herd is disappearing. 0ur drought and harsh winters, our herd is disappearing. our only option is to search for a better future for oui’ to search for a better future for our children. instead she wants to find work in the city. the changing climate forcing another family into the crowded city. making it even more difficult for a place known for its vast and stunning landscape to emerge from its choking smog. a kenyan secondary school teacher has won $1 million, after being given the 2019 global teacher award. peter tabichi teaches science

at a school in kenya's rift valley. mr tabichi, who is a member of the franciscan religious order, says he gives away more than three quarters of his salary to help poor students go to school. he was chosen from over ten thousand nominees from around the world by an education charity based in the united arab emirates. congratulations to him. before we 90, congratulations to him. before we go, we do not often show you motorcycle racing from costa rica but to riders into the national championships have received two—year bands after getting into a fight during a race. the incident started when the riders got tempered up, one ending up on the back of the other. gosh, they are getting into a fight.

in the middle of the tribe, it brought the race to a halt. i am not surprised they got into trouble! stay with us on bbc news. hello there. we saw mixed fortunes of the weather across the uk on sunday, with breezy, windy conditions, with showers across the north. further south unbroken sunshine. we saw 15.1 celsius in stjames's park, in london. the windy showering conditions across the north of the country has been attributed to this area of low pressure, which is continuing to push out into the near continent, and allowing this big area of high pressure to topple in across the uk. so it will continue quite windy for the early hours of monday, across some eastern areas, perhaps a few showers. but elsewhere lighter winds and lengthy clear skies. so it's going to be quite a chilly start to the day today, with low single figures across the south and a touch of frost out of town, across more northern areas. so a chilly start to monday but at least largely dry and bright with plenty of sunshine. the winds will be light too because high pressure will be dominating.

so lots of sunshine across england and wales, and across scotland and northern ireland to begin with, but then skies will gradually turn cloudier through the day as we see a weak warm front pushing off the atlantic. so it will blot out all the sunshine. we'll see a little bit of showery rain across the north and the west. but some milder air moving in — 10—11 degrees, in fact, milder than it was on sunday. for england and wales, down into the channel islands a glorious afternoon with widespread sunshine, light winds and temperatures around 13 degrees after what was a cool start. and then high pressure dominates the scene for the week ahead. slap bang on top of us, in fact, we will be drawing some drier air off the near continent. this is why we shouldn't see too many problems with clouds and we should potentially see quite a bit of sunshine. so it's looking pretty good for the rest of the week. mainly dry. quite warm by day but night will continue to be chilly, with a touch of mist and fog. this is thepictue then for tuesday: chilly start, any mist clearing away quickly and then we'll see plenty of sunshine. but into the afternoon a bit

of fairweather cloud tending to build up here and there. and to the very north of scotland, here we'll have a frontal system which will bring outbreaks of rain, mainly to the northern isles, where it will be quite breezy. a nice mild day, temperatures 13 or 14 celsius. a similar picture on wednesday. we start off quite cool, a little bit of mist and fog around and that hould clear quickly. and then three's lots of sunshine through the afternoon. again, a bit of fairweather cloud building up here and there. the best of the sunshine will be across england and wales. a little bit warmer on wednesday. 14 degrees in aberdeen, 15 degrees across central, southern and eastern parts of the country. and if anything it turns even warmer towards the end of the week. we could be looking at 17, 18, maybe 19 degrees across the south east. but like i mentioned, warm by day but still quite chilly at night. chilly at night.