hello everyone, and welcome. you are watching newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: president trump says iran made a big mistake in shooting down a us drone, but adds it may not have been intentional. i have a feeling that 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 plans to scrap its controversial extradition bill. —— defies 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 m years. and then there were two. boris johnson will face jeremy hunt in the battle to be britain's next prime minister. glad you could join us. it is 8:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london and 8:00pm in the evening in washington, dc, where president trump reacted angrily to the news that iranian forces shot down a us drone over the straits of hormuz. he said iran had made a very bad mistake. iran insisted the aircraft was flying over its territory, and it has now retrieved parts of the drone from its territorial waters. gary 0'donoghue 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 claims to show it was over international waters, 21 miles of iran's coast. 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 with the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, he was definitely toning it down. it was a mistake made by somebody that shouldn't have been doing what they 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 is just 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 that 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 whose companies are facing major sanctions for doing business with iran.

0ur washington correspondent chris buckler told me earlier that the white house is trying to dial down the tensions. 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's 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 i suspect that some in the administration are going to 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'll 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 messages from the two different countries. even in the last few hours, we've had two separate maps released of this drone incident. the first comes from the iranian foreign minister, who's 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 detailed. 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 their very different versions of what happened, and there is the danger of this escalating. certainly if you listen to the democrats, for example, the leading democratic senator,

chuck schumer, has said that there is a danger that unless things are changed, unless there's a new strategy, that frankly president trump could bumble 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 foreign minister defended his country's record. we believe that 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 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, and 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 charges that saudi arabia is reckless or is randomly bombing yemen are really not based in 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. 0thers 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 i.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. the chinese president, xijinping, has met the north korean leader, kim jong—un, during the first chinese state visit to the country in 14 years. both countries are currently in separate disputes with the united states, china over trade and north korea over nuclear weapons. let's get the very latest from our correspondent robin brant, in shanghai. well, look, this is about bilateral relations. the two countries are getting close to celebrating 70 years of diplomatic friendship. ithinkforxijinping, he wants to embrace north korea

and its leader, kim jong—un, once again. relationships over the past 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's known as maximum pressure, to force north korea to try to stop its nuclear weapons programme. so far, of course, that hasn't worked. so, in reporting in chinese state media here, we've had talk from xi jinping about consolidating the friendship between the two countries, also between the two men. we've had xi referring to a new period in relations between the dprk, as it's formally known, and china. but i think most tellingly, there's this comment from xi jinping. he is ready to maintain close exchanges with kim, to consolidate mutual political trust. now, 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, you know, we've been saying it is the first state visit by a chinese leader to pyongyang in 14 years. and i just wonder whether there was a coincidence that it is happening just before the g20, and if not, why are they choosing to have this state visit now, of all times? well, look, it's taking a long time for a chinese leader to go to pyongyang — as you said, 14 years. xijinping has hosted kim jong—un on four occasions in the last 1.5 years. sometimes he's come by train, sometimes he's come by plane. this time, president xi is reciprocating. you know, what kimjong—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 has got our back. what china's leaderjust happens to get, as well, as the trade war shows no sign of improving at all, and 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 xijinping and china perhaps again trying to leverage that long and historical relationship with north korea for some kind of gain, in terms of what the big issue of the moment is. hong kong is bracing for another round of demonstrations after the government ignored a deadline set by protesters to withdraw its extradition bill. let's ta ke let's take a look at life pictures, and this is the scene outside hong kong's legislative council. a lot of

stu d e nts kong's legislative council. a lot of students and hong kong people sitting down outside the legislative council, where they are currently on protest. they are angry that a chief executive, carrie lam, has so far refused to scrap the proposed law, which would allow authorities to send residents to mainland china for trial. let's get the latest from laura westbrook, whojoins trial. let's get the latest from laura westbrook, who joins us from our hong kong bureau. we are seeing a lot of people outside the legislative council in hong kong, laura. yes, hong kong is into yet another day of protest. people have been steadily arriving all morning. some even slept there at the legislative council overnight. and they are there because they have some demands which they say the government has ignored. they want this controversial extradition built withdrawn. they want the government to not call wednesday's clashes between police and protesters a riot because of legal consequences. they wa nt

because of legal consequences. they want people who have been arrested, the charges dropped against them, and they want an independent enquiry into those clashes we saw on wednesday. because of allegations of police brutality. and people are there, they are arriving, they are continuing their pressure on the government, but they say they want to be peaceful. i have had a look at what they plan to do. they say they wa nt to what they plan to do. they say they want to stroll, picnic and seeing, and one of the songs that has become and one of the songs that has become an unofficial anthem of these protests is a hymn, it is called sing hallelujah to the lord, and it isa sing hallelujah to the lord, and it is a real ear worm. sing hallelujah to the lord, and it is a real earworm. it sing hallelujah to the lord, and it is a real ear worm. itjust gets stuck in your head, and the reason why people have been singing that is because they say it will protect them against arrest. they say it would protect them against arrest because of hong kong's laws against religious freedom. and most of the protesters, when we saw the life pictures outside the legislative

council, are all wearing black. and they have so many demands. what happens next, if none of the demands are met, and if this extradition built is not cancelled —— extradition bill is not cancelled, and isjust extradition bill is not cancelled, and is just suspended? extradition bill is not cancelled, and isjust suspended? yes, black has become the uniform of protesters since those massive protests that we saw on sunday, where organisers said 2 million people took to the streets. and they have forced the government to have a rare climbdown. just a week ago, carrie lam, the leader, was adamant that this bill is going to be forced through parliament. she climbed down and said it would be suspended. but for them, this isn't enough, and the reason why is they think it will come back. they think it is simply being paused, and that it could come back, if not this year, maybe next year or the year after. and that's why they are continuing this pressure on carrie lam, until, they say, she listens to them. the pressure on the hong kong chief

executive continues. thank you for that update from hong kong. you are watching newsday on the bbc, live from london and singapore. still to come on the programme: madagascar‘s measles outbreak. at least 1,000 people have died, most of them children, since it began last october. also coming up in the programme: 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 everyone. you are watching newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon, in singapore. hello, i'm ben bland, in london. our top stories: president trump says iran made a big mistake in shooting down a us drone but adds it may not have been intentional.

hong kong braces itself for another round of protests after the government fails to respond to demands to withdraw its extradition bill. let's now take a look at some of the front pages from around the world: and we start off with singapore's straits times newspaper, and it leads with the meeting between china's president xi and north korea's kimjong—un. as we heard earlier, there was talk about nuclear weapons, trade sanctions and, of course, the classic handshake between the two leaders. in the international edition of the new york times, it looks at the culture of bribery in china's healthcare industry. luxury watches and golf club memberships are reportedly being exchanged for favour on multimillion dollar medical equipment contracts. and finally the front page of the gulf news, and it features a devastating image of women in india desperately searching for water. the paper reports severe drought has lead to rural distress causing

thousands to flee their villages. and trending, quite interesting, it seems too much work, especially for us, might not be good. researchers in france have looked int othe effects of long working hours and it is worrying news. —— into the. 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 effects can be counteracted by exercising and eating well. make sure you get on the treadmill and grab yourself a salad as well. thank you, ben. at least 1000 people have died in madagascar, most of them children, since measles outbreak last october. a recent vaccination campaign by aid agencies has contained the outbreak but it is far from over.

parents in madagascar are keen to get their children vaccinated but the health services are over stretched. it is the only clinic for kilometres. some have walked more than two hours to get here. they were scared and wanted to get their babies vaccinated against measles. with only one doctor for 11,000 people, no journey or wait is too long. this little boy is nine months old, his mother tells me she's trying to keep him healthy. but over 1000 people have died and most of them children. a mass campaign has contained the disease for now, but it is notjust about the vaccines, there are still long—term problems.

we have 50% of the children under five years suffering from chronic malnutrition. measles aggravates this 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 here have made diseases, like measles, which wouldbeen easier to treat elsewhere, deadly. —— would be. it is a vicious cycle. many communities are isolated and the infrastructure is poor. another challenge is delivering vaccines to help control the outbreak. sometimes they had to be carried by foot, and they became less effective. for some the campaign 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 a doctor and he seemed to get better. but the next day, he was unwell again so we took him to another hospital and they put him on a drip. he died. we tried to save him. we were hoping he would recover. 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 head—to—head with the foreign ministerjeremy hunt, with mrjohnson the favourite to win next month. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports. thumping sounds who were they thumping the table for, the tory equivalent of applause? votes in the tiny traditional ballot box would reveal the pair, one of whom will be our next prime minister. michael gove — 75. jeremy hunt — 77. ministers gasp. 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. hi. 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. man shouting: boris! stop! 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. do you think there has been skulduggery this afternoon? there was a huge amount of suggestion that people were 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 knows. reporter: are you pleased with the result, mr williamson? 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 — which is clarity on brexit, we're out by the end of october, a positive vision for the country, and all of that optimism to get this 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've 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. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. you can find lots more on our website, including online profiles of both boris johnson and jeremy hunt. you can also download the bbc app. you have been watching newsday on the bbc. i'm ben bland, in london. the race has been watched very closely here in asia. i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. the indian city of chennai is desperately short of water. we will be finding out how that is impacting local residents and enterprises. before we go we would like to leave you with these pictures of royalty meeting a super spy or at least britain's prince charles meeting james bond actor, daniel craig. the visit took place on the set where 007‘s latest instalment is being filmed, at pinewood, to the west of london. ther were, of course, the bond cars on display and presumably a few gadgets too.

suave, sophisticated and full of mystery but that's enough about me and rico! we'll be back shortly, see you soon. hello there. well, you may have already heard that temperatures are on the rise this weekend. certainly to next week, it could be that some areas become quite hot indeed, but we'll see an increase of thundery downpours too. more on that in just a moment. to the here and now, friday is looking like being another one of sunny spells and scattered showers, although most of the showers will be across the northern half of the country, closer to low pressure anchored to the north of scotland. so we start early friday with a few showers across scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england. further south mainly dry with some early sunshine around. it'll be quite nippy out there first thing. high pressure is going to be building up from the south as we head through the course of today. there's that low pressure system. this weather front affecting mainly scotland and the isobars a bit closer together here. so more of a breeze blowing

in from the west or the north—west. some of the showers fairly heavy and frequent through the morning. but they will tend to become fewer as we head on into the afternoon, and that goes for northern ireland and the far north of england. but further south, actually a dry day in store. some good sunny spells around. lighter winds too so it will feel a little bit warmer — 20 or 21 degrees in the south—east. still in the midteens for the north. as we head on into friday night, early saturday, that area of high—pressure continues to exert its force across the country. kills off most of the showers and the winds turning lighter. there'll be clear skies. one or two mist and fog patches, otherwise for most, a fine start to saturday but again fairly nippy. as we head on into the weekend, we start to draw up some very warm air from the near continent thanks to high pressure and we should see a lot of dry weather so actually quite a good—looking weekend on the whole. saturday, here it is then, lots of sunshine up and down the country.

south or south—easterly winds. a bit of fairweather cloud tend to build up through the day. but most places should stay dry. it will feel a bit warmer — those temperatures into the low 20s celsius across the south, maybe a degree or so warmer further north. so i'll show you the pressure charts as we head through the weekend: high—pressure dominates for most, bringing this warm south—easterly across the country. but we've got low pressure to the south—west trying to move into western areas and all that will do is destabilise the atmosphere here so we will see increasing chance of showers or maybe even some thundery rain. but for much of the country, on sunday it looks fine again, with some lengthy spells of sunshine drawing up some really warm and humid air from the near continent. temperatures might reach the mid 20s celsius across the south. but across the board you can see, it going to be warmer temperatures. central scotland, for example, in the low 20s. but like i mentioned, with that area of low pressure trying to move in the chance of thundery downpours increases from sunday onwards so stay tuned to the forecast.

you are watching newsday on the bbc. our top stories: president trump says iran made a big mistake in shooting down a us drone but adds it may not have been intentional. he again insisted it was a very bad mistake. the us insists its drone was over international waters when it was brought down. tehran says it was only targeted after violating uranian airspace. —— iranian airspace. hong kong braces itself for another round of protests after the government fails to respond to demands to withdraw its extradition bill. researchers in france a people who work more than ten hours on at least 50 days per year have an increased risk of suffering a stroke, but exercise and eating well can help to lower that risk. stay with us on bbc