hello everyone and welcome. you are watching newsday on the bbc. i am rico hizon in singapore. the headlines. president trump says iran made a big mistake in shooting down aus made a big mistake in shooting down a us drone, but adds it may not have been intentional. i have a feeling it was a mistake made by somebody that shouldn't have been doing what they did. hong kong braces forfresh protests after the government announces demands to scrap its controversial extradition bill. also in the programme. a warm north korean welcome for china's president xi,

the first time a chinese president has been there for 14 years. and then there were two. borisjohnson will facejeremy then there were two. borisjohnson will face jeremy hunt in then there were two. borisjohnson will facejeremy hunt in the battle to be written‘s next prime minister. —— britain's next prime minister. glad you could join us. it is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in the evening in washington, dc, where president trump reacted angrily to the news that errani and forces shot down a us drone over the straits of hormuz. he said iran had made a very bad mistake —— iranian. iran insisted the aircraft was flying over its territory and it has now retrieved parts of the drone from its territorial waters. gary

donahue has the details from washington. the us and iran agree on one thing, that an american drone was shot down by iran. what they disagree on is where it happened. this pentagon footage aims to show it was over international waters, 21 miles of iran's post. the iranians say it was in their airspace. the president's immediate response on twitter, iran made a very big mistake. but during a meeting in the oval office between canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau, he was definitely turning it down. ministerjustin trudeau, he was definitely turning it downm ministerjustin trudeau, he was definitely turning it down. it was a mistake made by somebody that shouldn't have been doing what they did. ithink shouldn't have been doing what they did. i think they made a mistake, and i'm not just did. i think they made a mistake, and i'm notjust talking the country made a mistake. i think that somebody under the command of that country made a big mistake. pressed on what his response would be, though... you'll find out, you'll find out. this isjust the latest in a series of recent incidents that have inflamed tensions around the strait of hormuz, which carries 20% of the world's oil production from

the persian gulf to the open sea. last week, the us accused iran of being behind attacks on two oil tankers, accusations the iranians deny. on wednesday, in an increasing war of words and actions, the us invited journalists to examine the fragments of the mines they say were used to cripple the two tankers. and last month, four other tankers were attacked while moored off the united arab emirates. again, the us pointed the finger at iran. iran's leaders have insisted they are not seeking war, but would defend their borders. on monday, they announced they would soon on monday, they announced they would soon pass on monday, they announced they would soon pass the agreed limits for low enriched uranium under the denuclearisation treaty. that president trump withdrew from last year. it is a move that could drive an even deeper wedge between america and europe, which still supports the original deal, and his companies are

facing major sanctions for doing business with iran. our washington correspondent chris butler told me earlier that the white house is trying to dial down the tensions —— buckler. white house is trying to dial down the tensions —— bucklerlj white house is trying to dial down the tensions -- buckler. i think there's a pressure in washington to really try and de—escalate this as much as possible, and that's coming from congress. as well as certainly some of what president trump has said. if you take a look, he has been saying, for example, that this was a big mistake, but it may not have been intentional, it may have been a general who did this as opposed to the state. that is certainly not what iran is saying, and a suspect that some of the administration will be listening to the words that they have been saying suggesting that this was a very deliberate action, because this drone was in their view spying, and they will be saying perhaps america needs to take a harder tone. for example, we know that the national security advisor in the white house, john bolton, has at times been really pressuring president trump to

do more against iran, to take a harder line. but at the moment, president trump doesn't seem to want to do that. but we are going to continue to get these two different m essa 9 es continue to get these two different messages from the two different countries. even in the last few hours, we have had two separate maps released of this drone incident. the first comes from the iranian foreign minister, who has published this map, which is pretty handmade looking, and some of it is written, and it seems to suggest from the iranian point of view that they believe that this was in iranian waters, although as i say it is not particularly detailed. in response, the pentagon has revealed their own map, and it is much more detail. and they say very clearly, in their view, it shows that this was in international waters, it was not in iranian waters. so you do get the sense that the two countries are trying to stick out there very different versions of what happened, and there is the danger of this escalating. certainly for the democrats, for example, the leading democratic senator chuck schumer

said that there is a danger that u nless said that there is a danger that unless things have changed, unless there is a new strategy, that frankly president trump could tumble into war. some of the other stories making news today. the us senate has voted to block billions of dollars of arms sales to saudi arabia, in a rare rebuke of president trump's plans. it comes as a court in london ruled that the uk had acted unlawfully in the way it granted licenses for arms exports to saudi arabia. speaking to the bbc, the junior saudi exports to saudi arabia. speaking to the bbc, thejunior saudi foreign minister defended his country's record. we are operating within the bounds of international humanitarian law. when incidents happen, we investigate them and we release the results publicly, and we have done that. and we review the procedures are in order to ensure that we don't violate any principles of international humanitarian law. we work closely with the us and with the uk, with others, to make sure that we are careful with regards to

targeting and careful with regards to how the weapons are used. and so the charge that saudi arabia is reckless or is randomly bombing are really not based on fact. police in georgia have fired rubber bullets to disperse thousands of demonstrators outside parliament. crowds had tried to storm the building, and some demonstrators chanted slogans against the russian president, vladimir putin. others carried eu flags or placards, saying russia is an occupier. they are angry about a visiting russian mp. ten european cities have stepped up a campaign against what they call the touristication of cities by air b&b and other websites. they are arguing for new laws to allow for proper planning and enforcement. they worry that locals are being priced out of the housing market. there has been a colourful display of solidarity in new york's times

square. drag queens parading a record beating 1.2 mile long feather boa turned out in force to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the stonewall uprising, a series of violent demonstrations by the gay community against a police raid. hong kong is bracing for another round of demonstrations, after the government ignored a deadline set by protesters to withdraw its extradition bill. the city has been electrified by a series of mass protests in recent weeks, fuelled by widespread anger at the proposed law, which would allow authorities to send residents to mainland china for trial. hong kong's chief executive, carrie lam, has suspended this bill, but protesters want it scrapped, and their deadline for doing so expired overnight. for more, let's cross over to our hong

kong bureau. we arejoined by laura westbrook. the stage is set for another protest. what are we expecting today? yes, hong kong is gearing up for yet another day of protests. protesters have begun arriving, and some have even slept overnight. and the reason why they are there is they say that the government has ignored their demands. they set a deadline of last night at 5pm for the government to listen to them, and that they said if the government didn't listen they would start a protest at 7am, which is right now. so people have already started arriving, and what they are demanding is that the complete withdrawal of this extradition bill. they are also demanding that the government remove calling the protest, as we saw on wednesday, a riot. they are saying that they want

people who have been arrested, for the charges to be dropped against them, and they are also asking for an independent enquiry into allegations of police brutality. i've been seeing on various secure messaging apps and groups that actually people are saying that they wa nt actually people are saying that they want this protest to be peaceful. they've been saying that they want to stroll, have picnics and sing hymns, even. one of the hymns i have heard it nearly every single protest march has been sin hallelujah to the lord, and that is because people are saying that if they sing that, it will protect them against getting arrested because of hong kong's laws against religious freedom. are fun and relaxed protest, but they have so many demands, and seem not to be satisfied with just the suspension of this extradition bill. yes, up until a week ago, this... carrie lam, hong kong's leader, had said that she was adamant that she was going to push this bill through, and

the protesters secured a victory, and a rare climbdown, when she said actually she was going to suspend it. but that really isn't enough for people. they don't believe her. they believe this bill is just paused, that it will come back, maybe not this year but in the future, and so that's why they are really coming out again, and why there is the pressure on carrie lam still here. i've been reporting on this story for a week now, and the anger against carrie lam hasn't abated. people are very angry with her handling of the crisis, and they say they are going to continue protesting until she listens to them. the protests continue in hong kong. the chinese president, xijinping, has met the north korean leader, kim jong—un, during the first chinese

state visit to the country in 1a yea rs. state visit to the country in 1a years. both countries are currently in separate disputes with the united states, china over trade in north korea over nuclear weapons. let's get the very latest from our correspondent robyn brandt, in shanghai. what do you think the two leaders will be looking to get out of this meeting? well, look, this is about bilateral relations. the two countries are getting close to celebrating 70 years of diplomatic friendship. i think for xi jinping, he wants to embrace north korea and its leader, kim jong—un, he wants to embrace north korea and its leader, kimjong—un, once again. relationships over the last few yea rs have relationships over the last few years have been pretty frosty. that's because of china's ongoing support for the united nations sanctions regime, which was intended under what is known as maximum pressure, to force north korea to stop its nuclear weapons programme. so far, of course, that hasn't worked. so when reporting on chinese state media here, we have had talk from xijinping state media here, we have had talk from xi jinping about consolidating the friendship between the two countries, also between the two men. we have had xi referring to a new

period in relations between the dprk, as it is formally known, and china. most tellingly there is this comment from xi jinping. he china. most tellingly there is this comment from xijinping. he is ready to maintain close exchanges with him to maintain close exchanges with him to consolidate mutual political trust. that to me signals that xi jinping once again wants to send a message to washington, dc that perhaps it is china and china's leader that can play an active role in trying to restart talks between the united states and between north korea over its nuclear weapons programme. and all of this, of course, just a week, as luck would have it, before xijinping and donald trump are due to meet on the periphery of the g20 injapan to discuss their ongoing trade war. i'm glad you mentioned the timing, robin, because we have been saying it is the first state visit by a chinese leader to pyongyang in 1a yea rs. chinese leader to pyongyang in 1a years. and ijust wonder whether there is a coincidence that it is happening just before the g20, and if not, why are they choosing to have this state visit now, all times? well, look on it's taking a long time for a chinese leader to go

to pyongyang, as you said, 1a years. xijinping has hosted kimjong—un on four occasions in the last 1.5 yea rs. four occasions in the last 1.5 years. sometimes he has come by train, sometimes he has come by plane. this time, president xi is reciprocating. what kim jong—un gets is the chance to say to his people through the very tightly controlled state media in north korea, look china, our biggest and most important friend, is here and willing to show the world that effectively it got our back. what china's leaderjust effectively it got our back. what china's leader just happens effectively it got our back. what china's leaderjust happens to get as well is that the trade was shows no sign improving at all, just a few days before meeting with donald trump at the g20 injapan is the chance to remind washington, dc that china and perhaps only china is a country that may have some kind of role to play in trying to restart those talks with north korea over its nuclear weapons programme. so xi jinping and china perhaps again trying to leverage that long and historic relationship with north korea for some kind of game, in terms of what the big issue of the

moment is. thank you very much indeed. you are watching newsday on the bbc, live from london and singapore. still to come on the programme: madagascar‘s measles outbreak. at least 1000 people have died, most of them children, since it began last october. also coming up in the programme cold in the race to become the next british prime minister goes down to two men after a day of drama at westminster. there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act, which for a0 years forcibly classified each citizen according to race. germany's parliament, the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat of government from bonn to berlin.

berliners celebrated into the night, but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. just a day old, and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. early this evening, the new prince was taken by his mother and father to their apartments in kensington palace. the real focus of attention today was valentina tereshkova, the world's first woman cosmonaut. what do you think of the russian woman in space? i think it's a wonderful achievement and i think we might be able to persuade the wife it would be a good idea if i could to get her to go up there for a little while. welcome back. you are watching newsday on the bbc. delighted to have you with us. the top stories: president trump says iran made a big mistake shooting down a us drone but addsit mistake shooting down a us drone but

adds it may not have been intentional. hong kong process for another round of protests after the government fails to respond to demands to withdraw its extradition bell. looking at some of the front pages: in singapore, it leads with the meeting of china's president xi jinping and north korea's kim jong—un. there was talk about nuclear weapons, trade sanctions and the handshake. in the new york times, the culture of bribery in china's healthcare industry. multimillion dollar medical equipment contracts. in the gulf news, the picture of a devastating image of women in india looking for

water. drought has caused thousands to flee their villages. and trending, quite interesting, it seems too much work, especially for us, might not be good. get ready for the treadmill and healthy eating. researchers in france have looked at the effects of long working hours and it is boring news. people who work more than ten hours on at least 50 days of the year have an increased risk of suffering a stroke and the more years we do it, the greater the risk becomes. the good news is we can do something about it. the effect can be counteracted by exercising and eating well.|j it. the effect can be counteracted by exercising and eating well. i am starting immediately after this programme. thank you, ben. 1000 people have died in madagascar since measles outbreak last october. mostly children. a campaign by aid

agencies has contain the outbreak but it is far from over. parent they are keen to get their children vaccinated by the health services are stretched. it is the only clinic for kilometres. some have walked more than two hours to get here. they we re than two hours to get here. they were scared and wanted to get their babies are vaccinated against measles. with only one doctor for 11,000 people, nojourney or weight is too long. —— wait. this little boy is nine months old. over 1000 people have died and most children. a mass campaign has contain the disease for now but it is notjust about the vaccine, there are still long—term problems.

about the vaccine, there are still long-term problems. we have 5096 of the children under five years suffering from chronic malnutrition. in the context of malnutrition, we have frequent complications or infections that add to the measles. madagascar is one of the poorest countries in africa. poverty and malnutrition has made diseases like measles, which have been easier to treat elsewhere, deadly. it is a vicious cycle. many communities are isolated and the infrastructure is poon isolated and the infrastructure is poor. another challenge is delivering the necessities to stop the outbreak. some have had to travel by foot. some of the campaign came too late. this couple say they we re came too late. this couple say they were not aware of the measles vaccine. their ten month old son was

one of five children who died in this village. translation: at first he got a fever and started coughing. we immediately thought he had measles so we took him to adopt the end he seemed to get better. ——we took him to a doctor. we were hoping he would recover. we tried to save him. he died. they believe it was his fate. many other children have been saved but this was the worst outbreak madagascar has seen and it may not be the last in the land were so many people have so little. the race to become the next british prime minister is now down to two men after a day of drama at

westminster. the brexit campaigners borisjohnson will go westminster. the brexit campaigners boris johnson will go head—to—head with jeremy hunt with boris johnson will go head—to—head withjeremy hunt with mrjohnson the favourite to win. who were they thumping the table for, the tory equivalent of applause? votes in the ballot box would reveal the pair, one of whom will be our next prime minister. michael gove — 75. jeremy hunt — 77. boris johnson — 160. we therefore declare that jeremy hunt and borisjohnson are going forward to a vote of the qualifying membership of the conservative and unionist party. they did it, just. the momentjeremy hunt found out he was through by a breath. just two votes put him ahead of michael gove,

evidently delighted. jeremy hunt will be the one to take on borisjohnson. well, i am the underdog in this race. i've been the underdog right from the start, and i like to prove people wrong. and the way that i'm going to win this race is by showing that the best way to brexit is by sending the european union a prime minister that they will engage with. the next battle is away from here. mrjohnson is the frontrunner, but both men will be put through their paces by tory members beyond these gates. thejohnson camp reckon mr hunt is an easier opponent, though, than what might have been. with michael gove only two votes behind... thank you very much, thank you. ..no surprise there are whispers of foul play. look, i'm sorry, because i think michael was the best candidate. but i think we've got two great candidates now. there was a huge amount

of suggestion that people are doing all sorts of things with votes behind the scenes. laura, i'm shocked, shocked, to hear you say that. do you think there was? i haven't got a clue, nobody does. borisjohnson's team absolutely denies they dangled their power in front of mps to keep mr gove off the ballot. they only want to focus on what's next. boris is focused on his game, which is what he brings — clarity on brexit, out by the end of october, a positive vision for the country, and that optimism to get the country out of the rut. so what do we know about the two who are now rivals? they worked together for years, here at the london olympics. they both went to oxford. they have both even been the foreign secretary. but, crucially for tory members, jeremy hunt campaigned for remain, borisjohnson a brexiteer. even with all of his baggage, all of his colourful past, mrjohnson is on his way to the members well, well in front.

you can find lots more on our website including on line profiles of both borisjohnson and jeremy hunt. you can also download the bbc app. you have been watching newsday on the bbc. the race has been watched very closely in asia. a city desperately short of water. we will be finding out how that is impacting local residents. we would like to leave you with these pictures, britain's prince charles meeting james bond actor daniel craig on the set of the latest instalment of the film. presumably a few gadgets on display. suave, sophisticated and

full of mystery that that's enough about me and rico. see you soon! see you soon. temperatures on the rise. some areas quite hot and an increase of thundery downpours as well. the here and now, friday another one of sunny spells and scattered showers although most of the showers across the northern half of the country. we start early friday with a few showers across scotland, northern ireland, the far north of england. further south mainly dry with early sunshine. quite nippy out there. high pressure building up from the south as we head through the course of today. the low pressure affecting scotland. more of a breeze blowing

in from the west and north—west. some showers fairly heavy. tending to become fewer in the afternoon. further south, a dry day install. good sunny spells. lighter winds and a little bit warmer. the south—east still in the midteens. friday night, early saturday, the high—pressure continuing to exert its force killing off most of the showers and the winds turning lighter. clear skies. one or two mist and fog patch is otherwise a fine start. again fairly nippy. on the weekend, warm airfrom the weekend fairly nippy. on the weekend, warm air from the weekend and we should see a lot of dry weather and actually quite a good—looking weekend on the whole. saturday, lots of sunshine up and down the country. south and south—easterly waves.

fairweather cloud building for the day. the pressure charts through the weekend: high—pressure dominates with a warm south—easterly air. low pressure to the south—west trying to move in to western areas and it will destabilise the atmosphere. increasing chances of rain. but sunday looks fine with lengthy spells of sunshine drawing up some warm and humid airfrom the near continent. temperatures reaching the mid 20s across the south. it will be warmer temperatures for all, with low pressure move again, the chance of thundery downpours increase so stay tuned to the forecast.

news. resident trump says he finds it hard to believe iran would have shot down a surveillance drone but he insists it was a very bad mistake. us insists it's drone was over international waters when was targeted. iran disagrees, saying it was brought down when it came inside iranian territory. hong kong is bracing for another round of demonstrations after the government failed to respond to protesters demands. in this story is trending on bbc .com. a colourful display of solidarity in new york's times square. drag queens with a 1.2 mile long for the lower to commemorate the stonewall uprising.

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