welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: held in contempt — us democrats vote to officially condemn the attorney general for refusing to release the full mueller report. the first detailed study of the world's longest rivers show that most of them have been choked by human development. another footballing fightback for an english team. tottenham beat ajax to join liverpool in the champions league final. and after the world's first glimpse, now a name for britain's new royal baby — archie harrison mountbatten—windsor.

the fight over access to robert mueller‘s report into russian election interference has escalated. president trump has used special powers to stop democrats getting access to the full, uncensored document. the housejudiciary committee has voted to hold the attorney general of the united states in contempt of congress for refusing to to hand over the full report, or testify before them. and the senate intelligence committee, which is controlled by the president's own party, has subpoenaed his son donald trump junior, in its own russia investigation. here's our north america correspondent peter bowes. well, i think it's certainly significant because it tells us all the various developments to date show that this investigation, this russia investigation is set to continue for a long time. the democrats are determined about that. they want to see the full mueller report, unredacted

and all of the additions and extra documents, every single word of that because they want to further their own investigation into whether the president obstructed justice. and we know there are ten examples given in the mueller report of times where the president may have impeded the investigation and the democrats want to be able to see them further investigated. as you were just saying, the president has invoked his executive privilege to try to stop it and the committee has certainly moved to censure the attorney general. the full house of representatives will vote on that, that is also controlled by the democrats and likely to go in the same way. really, they're setting the stage for a showdown in the courts to decide essentially which branch of american government is right on this. and for the first time in all of this, a member of the trump

family has been subpoenaed, and by a republican—controlled committee? this is donald trumpjunior, and you are right, a republican—controlled committee that wants to speak to donjr further about previous testimony that he gave about the russia investigation, we don't know the details, but they are calling for him — forcing him to appear. it's significant because as far as we understand, it's the first time that any of the trump children have in subpoenaed in this way to answer questions about the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. but perhaps more significantly, the president's role during the investigation. peter bowes for us there. let's get some of the day's other news. results in the market for the election in thailand give no 1—party a majority for the 500 seats in

parliament. us secretary of state has been in london, as a run in lowndes it's partially suspending some of its commitments to the international deal intended to limit its nuclear programme —— in iran. the trump administration has already pulled the us out of the nuclear deal and today ramps up its threatening posture by increasing sanctions. the us defence department has suspended work to recover the remains of thousands of troops still missing in north korea, 66 years after fighting ended in the korean war. a pentagon spokesman said work was stopped because north korea has stopped communicating since the inconclusive second summit with president trump in february. almost three quarters of the world's great rivers are no longer free—flowing, that's according to the first—ever in—depth report carried out by scientists. the assessment examined 12 million kilometres of rivers and found that 70 of 91 rivers more than i,000km long are affected by human development.

the study says that these rivers have been severed by dams, reservoirs or other man—made constructions as ramzan karmali reports. the world's largest hydro—power project, the three gorges dam. it spans the entire yangtze river in china. it may be a major feat of engineering excellence, but according to the first—ever in—depth studies into long rivers, it has come at a cost. the yangtze is just one of those rivers i,000 kilometres in length or longer that isn't free—flowing. that means it had some kind of construction that interrupts the flow. experts are worried about the impact this may have on earth's biodiversity. they provide valuable contributions to nature as well as human beings and we need to do a betterjob to protect these rivers going onto the future, looking out more than 4000 dams planned or under consideration

worldwide. currently there are 2 billion people who rely on rivers as a source of drinking water. and 12 million tons of fish are caught from them each year. the worry for some scientists though, around 500 million people live near river deltas, which they say are sinking as dams starve them of sediments. and the problem is being acutely felt in europe, just two of 14 great rivers in europe that once flowed freely into the sea still do so. the danube is one of the most fragmented rivers, something that is common in populated areas. 0ther fragmented rivers include the nile, the euphrates, the missouri, and the darling in australia. areas where they haven't been impacted in include remote regions of the arctic, the amazon and the congo. hydroelectric power may be significantly cleaner in terms of emissions than oil, gas or coal.

but the study warns that planners should be aware when building new dams of the impact they may have. ramzan karmali, bbc news. the second most senior official in venezuela's national assembly, edgar zambrano, has been arrested by the country's main intelligence agency. these pictures show the moment his car was surrounded by the secret police outside one of his political offices in the la florida district. he was live—tweeting as the arrest unfolded, posting that he's been taken to the police offices, where he said he was prepared for a fight. he is accused by the supreme court of treason. the opposition claim the allegations are false and that he's in effect been kidnapped. a un official has warned a lack of health funding in gaza could lead to hundreds of palestinians shot by israel having to undergo amputations in the next two years. weekly palestinian protests at the border between gaza and israel have resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries, pushing the health system to the limit. now the un has warned that inability

to provide complex surgery and rehabilitation could lead to almost 2,000 amputations. 120 had already been carried out, 20 of them on children in the past year. 1,700 people who are in need of serious, complicated surgeries for them to be able to walk again. these are people who have been shot during the demonstrations and who are in need of rehabilitation and very serious, complex bone reconstruction surgery over a two—year period before they can rehabilitate themselves. the issue is that we don't have the capacity or the resources and unfortunately many of those people might end up being amputees. it's a tragic situation, when many of these people are of working age. here in the uk, a teenager who contracted a life—threatening infection has been successfully treated with a new type of therapy — which could prove vital in the battle against growing anti—biotic resistance.

instead of antibiotics, this treatment used a carefully—controlled mix of viruses to target the specific bacterial infection that would otherwise have killed the patient. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh has this report. sit. isabelle carnell—holdaway was given only a 1% chance of survival after a bacterial infection ravaged her body. antibiotics couldn't save the 17—year—old, who was recovering from a lung transplant, but now she is back at school doing her a—levels after being treated with viruses. it's an incredible thing. it's still working, slowly. but it's just great being able to do all these things on my own, without having any problems. isabelle still takes the personalised treatment at home twice a day. these syringes being prepared by her mum contain viruses known as phages. they are naturally—occurring viruses which infect and kill bacteria.

they latch on to them like this, and then inject their dna. now, this hijacks the machinery of the bacterial cell to make multiple copies of the virus, and then they destroy that cell when they burst out to hunt for more bacteria to kill. doctors used a cocktail of three different phages, genetically engineered in the united states, to target the specific bacteria attacking isabelle‘s body. phage therapy was developed in the 1920s, but the research was largely abandoned when antibiotics were discovered. it's still widely used in russia. the rise of antibiotic resistance has prompted renewed interest in phage therapy. doctors at great 0rmond street can't be certain it saved isabelle, but her family have no doubts.

it was absolutely incredible the effect that the phage had on her life. she's been such a fighter all her life, and this phage has come along and been a miracle for her, it really has been. isabelle is due to have a new phage treatment in a bid to clear a bacterial infection completely. this is just one case in thejournal nature, but it gives hope that other patients may benefit from the same approach. stay with us on bbc news. still to come — the mystery on the french shore. the unexplained symbols that go back more than 200 years. i, nelson rolihlahla mandela, do hereby swear to be faithful to the republic of south africa.

after six years of construction and numerous delays, the channel tunnel has been formally opened by the queen and president mitterand. but the tunnel is still not yet ready for passengers and freight services to begin. for centuries, christianity and islam struggled for supremacy. now, the pope's visit symbolises their willingness to coexist. roger bannister became the first man in the world to run a mile in under four minutes. memories of victory as the ve celebrations reach their climax. this night is dedicated to everyone who believes in a future of peace and freedom. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines:

the us housejudiciary committee votes to hold attorney general william barr in contempt after he refuses to turn over the full uncensored mueller report. more on this story now — wendy 0lson is a former us district attoney for idaho. she worked with attorney general barr in washington when she worked in the department ofjustice with him. she has read the mueller report, i asked her what she thought of it. when we first spoke, william barr had released his letter to congress summarising what he saw in the report, that was some weeks before the full report was released. and, yes, i think attorney general barr didn't characterise the report completely accurately, particularly with respect to obstruction ofjustice. i think it is important here for a fuller version of the report to be released, certainly to congress, who has a significant oversight role with respect to the executive branch of the notice as government. we know too that is certainly what robert mueller wrote in a letter to mr barr. yes, that's exactly right. both william barr and robert mueller have long—term connections

to the united states government and to the department ofjustice. it is an interesting juxtaposition where you have robert mueller and his investigation telling the criminal attorney general and the attorney general when ijoined the department in 1992 that he needs to be more straightforward, both with congress and the american people. and there have been a whole bunch of former attorney generals who have made it plain in public they are very unhappy with the way mr barr has acted. democrats suggest he is acting more like mr trump's attorney than the united states attorney. what you make of that? i think that is exactly right. the department ofjustice has a long tradition of being — the attorney general, of being the attorneys for the united states and not the president. when i became united states attorney, along with my colleagues, we were told by president 0bama "you are the people's attorney, you are not my attorney". that is expressly more

so for the attorney general. the attorney general really has to answer to congress. ultimately, he will have to do that almost fully. what you make of the fact that a member of the trump family, for the first time, is being subpoenaed and by a republican—controlled committee? well, he was subpoenaed previously by the same committee. i do think it is significant that this is, now that the house has been controlled by the democrats and the republicans still have the senate, i think it is significant that the republican—controlled senate committee is asking donald trumer to come forward again. i think that suggests that at least with respect to that particular committee this is not going to simply be a partisan divide, but there are significant national security issues that the senate is going to demand attention to, responses to. what you expect to come out of that? well, i expect that eventually donald trumer will have to testify.

i think that there has been a little bit of reluctance at least from the white house to completely shield donald trumerfrom having to do that. i anticipate, given that it is a republican—controlled senate committee, the donald trumer will come forward and have to testify, whether that is in public or in private that is to be seen, my guess would be in private. all right, thank you very much, wendy 0lson. thank you. former environment ministers in brazil have accused the president jair bolsonaro's government of denying climate change and dismantling the country's existing environmental protections. the eight former ministers said the bolsonaro administration was creating a climate of impunity and risked out—of—control illegal deforestation in the amazon. they say it's because authority over forestry and water services had been moved from the environment ministry to other departments asia bibi, the christian woman, who was cleared last year of blasphemy charges in pakistan, has finally left the country after spending eight years on death row. her lawyer has told the bbc that she is now in canada where two of her daughters already live. 0ur north america correspondent aleem maqbool is there.

it's been years since asia bibi was really a free woman. and for much of the last decade she had a death sentence hanging over her all because of her religion. a christian in pakistan, she'd got into an argument with muslim women she'd worked with in the fields of punjab who accused her of insulting the prophet mohammed. a court convicted her of blasphemy and gave her the maximum penalty. when pakistan's highest court overturned that ruling last year, many hundreds of extremists took to the streets in anger. that led the pakistani government to give in to one of their demands — to force asia bibi to stay in the country. well, given the threats against her, releasing asia bibi from prison but not letting her out of pakistan was akin to handing her another death sentence. instead, though, it appears that the pakistani government

has finally relented. in the face of massive international pressure, including pleas from the vatican to let her leave, and now it appears start a new life here in canada. that was the letter to prime minister trudeau. 0mar latif was one of those who lobbied the canadian government to grant asylum to asia bibi, writing letters to his prime minister. how does he feel about today's news? 0n the one hand, very sad. 0n the other hand, quite happy. very sad because the woman couldn't live in her homeland free of discrimination and tragedies and the threat of deathly violence to her and her family. and i'm happy that she now won't have two worry about that physical danger, at least. the case, though, did account for the lives of two senior politicians who stood by her, including punjab governor salmaan taseer.

the fact that his assassin became revered by many pakistanis, with huge numbers turning out to honour him since he was executed, sends a chilling message to pakistan's minorities that many of their countrymen and women are against them. hundreds of uber drivers have switched off their apps — refusing to work — in protest against their employer. drivers pictured here in new york — joined others in california, boston and in london — to demand better pay. they're especially outraged ahead of friday's blockbuster stock market debut for the company — and the pay disparity between their take—home incomes and what investors are set to make. football, and this season's european champions league final is going to be an all—english affair, thanks to a second dramatic semifinal. tottenham beat the dutch side ajax

in another pulsating match.at three—nil down on aggregate, with just 35 minutes left, the brazlian lucas moura scored a hat—trick — his last goal deep into injury time — to draw the two sides level. but also, crucially sending spurs through, on the away—goals rule. spurs will now play liverpool in madrid on june 1st. moura couldn't believe it, the fans couldn't believe it, pochettino couldn't believe it. yet here we are. and pochettino, at the final whistle, when ajax had thrown everything at them, when spurs had tried again and again and ajax really were going for it, and of course, they had to, and it was 3—3 and that away goal was crucialfor spurs, and at the end, that emotion from pochettino, and we see him in press conferences — sarcastic, sometimes quite tongue—in—cheek, sometimes showing he doesn't want to talk to us. but my, did he let all his emotions go at the end. ajax, on the other hand, down on the floor. football can be so cruel. and they have been amazing this season, beautiful to watch. thrilling for the neutral. their brand of total football has blown us all away. and they deserved, really, to get something from this game. but spurs are in the final.

it's an all premier league affair. and madrid better get ready ‘cause the english are coming. the duke and duchess of sussex have been showing their newborn baby boy to the world for the first time. and they've announced their choice of name. the seventh in line to the throne is called archie harrison mountbatten—windsor. he's the queen's eighth great—grandchild. harry and meghan say he‘s very calm with the ‘sweetest temperament.‘ 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell has the story. the first of many royal photocalls. and having had two days to get to know baby archie in private, this was the time for his proud parents to show him off. it‘s magic. it‘s pretty amazing. and, you know, i have the two best guys in the world, so i‘m really happy. yeah, it's great. i mean, parenting is amazing. it's only been, what, two and a half, three days. yeah. but we are just so thrilled to have our own little bundle of joy.

nestled in his father‘s arms, getting a close—up view of the baby‘s face was tricky, so who does the seventh in line to the throne take after? we are still trying to figure that out. well, everyone says that babies change so much over two weeks, and we are basically monitoring how the changing process happens over the next month, really. and what do the public make of his name? archie harrison. what do you think? archie harrison? 0k. was not expecting that, i‘m not going to lie. i was thinking of something a little bit more traditional. i think it is a good choice. i think they've gone with something a little bit left field, a little bit different. and i think good for them for going for something that's clearly their choice and not a traditional royal name. no title, archie harrison. that‘s kind of it. that surprises me, actually. there yet, it does, but... yes. it's kind of of the time. unaware of his royal status and unique place as an anglo—american, mixed—race child at the heart of monarchy, he slept through this entire photocall.

he has the sweetest temperament, he is really calm. i don't know where he gets that from?! he hasjust been a dream, it has been a special couple of days. thank you all so much. thank you. thank you, everybody, for all the well wishes and kindness, it‘s meant so much. and then it was off to meet the family. meghan‘s mother doria was present for the first meeting of baby archie and his great—grandparents, the queen and duke of edinburgh, both said to be delighted to welcome an eighth great—grandchild. sarah campbell, bbc news, windsor. a village in france is offering a reward of 2,000 euros — more than $2,000 — to solve a mystery from the late eighteenth century. a series of letters and symbols have been found carved into a large stone on the shoreline of plougastel—daoulas. no one knows who put them there — or what they mean. the bbc‘s tim allman has the story. it‘s not all that easy to find.

you can only get there at low tide. hidden away somewhere between caro cove and raven fort, a riddle, a mystery that‘s more than 230 years old. and this is a mystery carved out of rock and stone. translation: by moving from the bottom to the top we see a date, 1786. and then n—e—e—i—z on top of a bunch of letters from our alphabet. it keeps going on and up to the top of the rock, which makes around 20 lines. some have suggested that the writing is basque or perhaps old breton. but no—one has ever been able to decipher it. was it a message or code for smugglers?

whatever the answer, it seems that locals are tired of not knowing. translation: so we said to ourselves, there are maybe people in the world who have done research and may have a solution. so we told ourselves that rather than keep searching and not knowing what the lines say, we would create a competition. any interested historians, linguists, academics, or students will have until november to enter the contest. a jury then will meet to consider the most plausible solution. and maybe, just maybe, the mystery of the stone shield will be solved at last. tim allman, bbc news. much more on the bbc website. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — i‘m @bbcmikeembley.

hello there. wednesday was a thoroughly wet, cold, windy day for many areas. further south we did see the sunshine appear through the afternoon, but that gave way to showers and some thunderstorms with hail. all tied in with this area of low pressure, which is slowly moving out into the north sea, although its weather fronts will continue to affect parts of the country as we head through today. now, early on today it‘s going to stay quite damp across parts of scotland, northern england, with persistent rain, still quite a breeze blowing in off the north sea there. but northern scotland will start dry with clear skies. so here another cold one with a frost out of town. but further south, because of more cloud and rain around, then it should be a less cold start. so for thursday, it will be a damp start for many. a lot of cloud around. the best of the sunshine across the northern half of scotland.

winds will be generally lighter across the uk as that area of low pressure continues to pull out. but into the afternoon, i think it will be a mixture of sunshine and showers for northern ireland, for much of england and wales. though the far south—west to stay dry. we‘ll see top temperatures of 14—15 degrees in the south. as we head on into friday, the low pressure continues to pull away. although this weather front will continue to bring showers mainly to central parts of the uk. but winds will be lighter still on friday, so we‘ll start off on a fairly cool note. there will be some sunshine around. but as those temperatures rise then showers will also develop, some of them could turn out to be heavy ones. again, southern scotland, northern ireland, into the midlands, northern england as well. i think the south—west should stay largely dry. highs of 15 or 16 degrees. a little less cold across scotland. into the weekend, it looks like high pressure is going to start building in, although northerly winds on its eastern flank for a while, so it will stay quite chilly into the weekend.

as that high pressure moves a little bit further eastwards we‘ll start to draw up warmer southerly winds. it‘s a slow process but this weekend looks like it will be turning drier and it should turn a little bit warmer as well, particularly beyond sunday. for saturday, a chilly start in those northerly winds, quite bright with some sunshine around. we think showers will develop — mainly across eastern areas. and some of these could be quite heavy. the best of the sunshine further west. and in the sunniest sports across the south—west we could see 16—17 celsius. but a little bit warmer further north too. into sunday then, i think we will start off chilly again with some sunshine. a bit of cloud develops here and there. probably the best sunshine again further west, probably closer to that area of high pressure. it should be a bit warmer across the board, highs of 17—18 celsius. then beyond sunday into next week with that high pressure building in, southerly winds, it‘ll be turning warmer with some places seeing the low 20s celsius.

the latest headlines from bbc news. the judiciary committee of the house of representatives has voted to hold the attorney general of the united states in contempt of congress for refusing to hand over the full uncensored report on russian election interference. the senate intelligence committee has subpoena donald trump junior to testify in its own investigation. the first detailed study of the world ‘s longest river shows most of them are choked by human development. researchers found only 21 of the 91 rivers longer than 1000 kilometres still have free—flowing access from the source to the sea. football and ina the source to the sea. football and in a second extraordinary comeback by an english team in the space of two days, tottenham hotspur have eaten ajax in amsterdam. they now have a place booked in the champions league final against liverpool in