this is bbc news. our top stories: the united nations accuses the world of turning its back on syria after more than a hundred people are killed injust ten days. air strikes kill and maim significant numbers of civilians several times a week and the response seems to be a collective shrug. walking free — the british man who helped stop a cyber attack—against the national health service, only to stand trial for hacking in the usa. the united states says it's reached an agreement with guatemala to help stem the flow of migrants reaching its southern border.

south african musicianjohnny clegg is remembered by family, friends and fans at a memorial service in johannesburg. hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin in syria, where, according to the united nations, airstrikes by the government's armed forces and its allies have killed at least a hundred people in the last ten days. 26 of them were children. the un's human rights chief, michelle bachelet, has accused the international community of treating the violence with "appa rent indifference". the fighting has been taking place in idlib provice, in the north—west of syria, which is one of the last strongholds of the rebel groups which rose up against president assad. imogen foulkes reports.

this five—year—old desperately trying to save her baby sister from an air strike. butjust hours later she herself died from her injuries. idlib is the last area of syria still in rebel hands. it is also home to millions of civilians. the united nations has warned for months that a battle here would come at a huge cost to civilian life. the area is supposed to be a de—escalation zone, but in recent weeks syrian forces has stepped up their operations. 103 people have been killed in the last ten days alone. a quarter of them children. this latest relentless campaign ofairstrikes, by the government and its allies, has continued to hit medical facilities, schools, and other civilian infrastructure such as markets and bakeries. these are civilian objects and it seems highly unlikely,

given the persistent pattern of such attacks, that they are being hit by accident. intentional attacks against civilians war crimes. and those who have ordered them or carried them out of criminally responsible for their actions. syria and its ally russia both deny deliberately targeting civilians, nevertheless, men, women, children are dying in the air strikes and, to the un's frustration, there's little sign of international concern. those air strikes kill and maim significant numbers of civilans several times a week and their response seems to be a collective shrug. with the security council paralysed by the persistent failure of its five permanent members to agree to use their power and influence to stop the fighting and killing once and for all. many of the people in idlib fled there from aleppo. they have already endured one brutal struggle for control of a city, now, in what could be the last decisive battle before syria returns entirely to president assad's

control, they have nowhere to go. imogen foulkes, bbc news, geneva. a british hacker who pleaded guilty to making malicious software has been released from custody in the us — after a court sentenced him to the time he had already served. mark hutchins could have faced up to ten years in prison. but he's now expected to return to the uk, where he became famous for helping to stop the biggest—ever cyber attack on britain's national health servive. gary o'donoghue was in milwaukee for the court hearing — and sent this report. after two years on bail, marcus hutchins is now free. i'm glad it's over. it was relief round and gratitude to a judge who was full of praise for hutchins‘s talents. they want to thank everyone

who supported me and the judge for his incredible leniency. two years ago marcus hutchins was a hero. he had been credited with stopping the biggest ever cyber—attack to ever hit the national health service. the ra nsomwa re exploit the weaknesses in computer systems, locking up data and demanding money for it back. the malware hit around one third of nhs trusts in england, leading to appointments and operations been cancelled. in fact, wannacry linked north korea, it hit tens of thousands of computers in dozens of countries right around the world. and it was marcus hutchins who discovered a kill switch which stopped the virus from spreading. he talks about it in an interview at the time. i checked the message board. there were maybe 16, 17 reports of different nhs organisations being hit. and that was at the point where i'd decided by holidays over i've got to look into this.

but while attending a hackers‘ conference in las vegas shortly afterwards, marcus hutchins was arrested by the fbi as he waited for his flight home. in a case unrelated to wannacry, the us said hutchins had previously written and sold computer code known as kronos which enabled criminals to steal online banking details. hutchins could have gone to jailfor ten years, but the judge said that the consequences of what he'd done pales in comparison to the foresight he had shown in stopping the wannacry virus. astonishingly, thejudge even raise the idea of a pardon, something only in the gift of the president. gary o'donoghue, bbc news, milwaukee. let's get some of the day's other news. thousands of pro—democracy protesters have been holding a sit—in at hong kong international airport. the protest was against the police‘s slow response to last weekend's attacks — allegedly by triad gangs — on demonstrators and passers—by. the chairman of the us joint chiefs

of staff has expressed optimism about efforts to bring the long—running conflict in afghanistan to an end. generaljoseph dunford says the us envoy is in talks with the taliban in doha. president trump has announced that the us and guatemala have signed a so—called safe third country agreement to limit asylum claims to the us. it came just days after mr trump threatened to impose tariffs on the central american country if it didn't agree to the deal. look, we've been dealing for many years, i would say, with guatemala and with other countries. and we are now at a point where we are, we just get along. and they're doing what we've asked them to do and i think it's going to be a great thing for guatemala. they don't want these problems either.

so were able to get this done and we got it done fairly quickly. the bbc‘s washington correspondent chris buckler explained the terms of the agreement. the way it's supposed to work is that those coming from honduras or el salvador, going through guatemala on their way to reach the us border, will have to claim for protection, claim for asylum there in guatemala before they go through mexico and reach america's border. now, that is something designed to try and ease the real problems and the surge of migrants who have been arriving and trying to claim refuge at the border between mexico and the united states. but, at the same time, of course, there are also people coming from guatemala who make their way through mexico to go to the us as well. and actually these problems exist in central american that have to tackled in the long—term president trump is saying that this is a very good deal.

but there is a question about it and it is this. guatemala's also suggested that any sort of a deal like this would need congressional approval. basically the country's congress would have to vote in favour of it. it is currently on its summer recess. so that vote hasn't taken place. and what we are not clear on is exactly how the guatemalan government have managed to get around that. and, certainly, in the statement they were pretty vague about the specifics of how this steel would work. it sounds like they were under a lot of pressure from washington to agree to something. there is no doubt about that whatsoever. if you take a look at president trump, in recent weeks he has really been putting pressure on guatemala, suggesting there could be tariffs put on some of their products that are imported into the us. and, of course it has a struggling economy and that could be damaging to its economy. there was a suggestion they could be issued fines further the number of people arriving from guatemala.

having made their way through there. the truth is, this was kind of a carrot and stick approach from president trump. in one way he's saying this new deal will also make it easierfor people from guatemala to come and take farm jobs in the united states. there is a feeling on many ranches that that kind of worker, that kind of support is very, very much needed. at the same time, there was this threat that they would take some kind of economic sanctions against guatemala, effectively putting in place tariffs, that would have real problems for the country. as i say, these problems have not been sorted with this deal. the truth is, there are still problems in the central american countries, like poverty, like corruption, like violence, that are forcing people to flee and ultimately that means there are likely to be many migrants who still come to the us border. chris buckler in washington. staying in the us, and the country's supreme court has cleared the way

for the trump administration to to build sections of the president's promised border wall with mexico using pentagon funds. the supreme courtjustices narrowly voted to allow officials to access two and a half billion dollars from the military budget to strengthen existing barriers in border states. immigration control was central to president trump's election campaign, and he was quick to declare the ruling a ‘big victory‘ on twitter. trump had previously tried to declare a national emergency to fund the wall, having failed to persuade congress to provide the money. president trump has hinted that he might impose tariffs on imports of french wine, in retaliation for a new french tax on online commerce. the french government has approved a 3% levy on revenue from digital services earned in france by large online firms. in a tweet, mr trump spoke of president emmanuel macron‘s "foolishness", as our north america business reporter michelle fleury explains.

the romance between these two definitely appears to have called. this goes to france's plans that effectively places a 3% tax on french revenue on some of the american tech giants, companies like facebook and google. if they earn over a certain amount in france, digital revenue, that will be taxed at 3%. the white house had previously expressed his displeasure and once this law was signed you suddenly saw, 2a hours later, h went from donald trump, no less, threatening retaliatory measures, implying that french wine could be the one to face future levies and saying that he has always preferred american wine over french wine. michelle fleury there. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the world's biggest bike race — the tour de france — is forced to stop after a hailstorm and a landslide in the mountains.

cheering. the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh. once an everyday part of the soldiers' lot, drudgery and danger, now no more after almost four decades. if one is on one's own, in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't really see why people should wander in and say, you're doing something wrong. six rare white lion cubs are on the prowl at worcestershire park and, already, they have been met with a roar of approval from visitors. they're lovely, yeah. really sweet. yeah, they were cute.

this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the united nations says airstrikes by the syrian government may be directly targetting civilians. it's accused the world of turning its back on their plight. a british man who helped stop a cyber attack against the uk health service has walked free from court in the us, after time served on hacking charges. the summer heatwave has broken records across the world, and not even the arctic has escaped the dramatic rise in tempratures. there have been hundreds of wildfires within forests in the arctic circle, including siberia, alaska and greenland. plumes of smoke from the fires can be seen from space. ramzan karmali reports.

wildfires are ravaging the egg. this fire in alaska has been burning since the 20th ofjuly. over 2 million acres have been squashed in the state, and areas of north siberia, northern scandinavia and greenland have been engulfed in flames. lightning often triggers fires in the region, but this year they are lasting longer. the temperature was much higher than the average, and also things like the soil moisture in the amount of precipitation is much lower than the average. what this means is it is much drier, much warmer, so when there is ignition, the fire has been able to persist and spread quite quickly, and endure. arctic fires are common between may and october, but higher temperatures, blamed on climate change, have meant the fires this year have been more intense. global satellites are now tracking a swathe of new and ongoing wildfires within the arctic circle. smoke is

affecting large areas, involving some places completely. cities in eastern russia have noted a significant fall in our quality with many people seeking medical help. translation: smoke is a horror. you are choking and feel dizzy because the smell of the smoke is very strong. the fires are releasing copious volumes of carbon dioxide, which scientists say will make our planet even warmer. that means wildfires like these will become even more common. the computer game fortnite — which allows players to battle with and against each other online, is staging the biggest esports tournament ever seen. thousands of fans are expected as 200 players face off for the ultimate prize. the finalists will play each other over two days until only one is left standing. up for grabs in new york is a $3 million first prize. the game has a large global following, with as many as 250 million users.

amanda zelos—kuss is a journalist for fortnite intel, a website dedicated to news about the video game. she is also a player of the game herself, and i asked her what it takes to be part of this tournament. these kids have to dedicate 10—12 hours a day just these kids have to dedicate 10—12 hours a dayjust to be good enough to be considered one of the best. u nfortu nately to be considered one of the best. unfortunately as a 27—year—old with a full—timejob i don't have unfortunately as a 27—year—old with a full—time job i don't have the time for it, but i still love the game. what do you love about it? yeah, one of my favourite things about fortnite is the fact that i can hop into a game with 100 different players, and those players can be better than me, they can be worse than me, but whoever is standing at the end, they are the best, there is nothing you can do to argue against it. and for me, this weekend, when you havejust argue against it. and for me, this weekend, when you have just about 200 of the best competitors in the world, you can't get any better than

that when it comes to esports. am i showing my age or ignorance when i say i am just staggered by the numbers involved, not least a $3 million prize at the end? yeah, absolutely, no, you are not showing your age, because i am dumbfounded by this amount, the finals thatjust finished up, the winners were able to walk away with $1 million, so if you split that between the players they are getting about $300,000. i don't know about you, i would love that money to play video games, and like we said before, they are putting ours into it, the solo final, who wins tomorrow, $3 million. the duo finals, $3 million, it isa million. the duo finals, $3 million, it is a life changing amount. it is crazy to think about. two premier league footballers have been the victims of an attempted car jacking, by an armed gang in london.

the arsenal players were targeted on thursday night, but both escaped uninjured. footage on social media appears to show one player chasing the robbers away. simonjones reports. the arsenal player, defending himself and teammate mesut 0zil, against the two men armed with knives. he darted towards the front of the vehicle to the end of the attacker and then with agility normally seen on the field, he turned his attention to the other attacker at the back. the footballers were then pursued for around a mile by the men on motorbikes, they abandoned their four—wheel drive— here, they raced into this turkish restaurant to ask for help. they had phoned the owner who is a friend as they were being pursued. so when they arrived at a restau ra nt, pursued. so when they arrived at a restaurant, staff were able to chase the bikers away empty—handed. restaurant, staff were able to chase the bikers away empty-handed. we didn't festival understand what has

happened, and then when we see the motorbike passing from here, we realised it is serious. mesut ozil arriving home after training knows he has his friends to thank for intervening. was it a scary experience? it was, but is ok now. the other player tweeted he was fine, arsenal say they will be reminding their squad how to keep safe and continue to review security measures with the police. the players know this could have ended very differently. the wales forward gareth bale is set to leave real madrid for a move to the chinese super league. sources in spain say the 30—year—old is close to leaving the bernabeu after signing a three—year—deal with jangsu suning. it's reported he will earn more than a million dollars a week. bale was real madrid's record signing when hejoined the club from tottenham in 2013 there was confusion at the world's biggest cycling race, the tour de france on friday, when the organisers stopped the race part of the way through the stage.

the reason was a huge hail storm in the alps, which had made the mountain roads too dangerous to ride. 0ur sports correspondent ben croucher has the details. stage 19 taking place on friday, one of the big last couple of days in the alps. crucially for the main contenders, one of the last opportunities to go for the win of the race. about 20 kilometres before the end, at the ski resort of tignes, there was a hailstorm, and a snowstorm, and what that did is that flooded the roads and caused a landslide, blocking it so organisers were forced into the incredible decision of actually abandoning the race. it caused confusion amongst many of the riders within the race about what was going on exactly. leading is the man you can see, egan bernal, leading away at the front, behind him, geraint thomas, the defending champion, and cruciallyjulian alaphilippe, who was in the lead of the race until friday. race organisers decided to abandon the race at the top of the climb,

before they went into the resort of val d'isere, that means that egan bernal was essentially declared the winner of the stage. he was two minutes ahead of the previous leader at the time, and has now taken the lead of the race with just one competitive stage remaining. it is almost unheard of to do an act like this, but mother nature, despite the heatwave we have had around most of europe over the last few days, had intervened and that has caused this unprecedented action today. he was one of south africa's most celebrated musicians. johnny clegg has been remembered at a memorial service in johannesburg. he was known as the "white zulu", for his vocal criticism of the apartheid government. he died at the age of 66, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. 0ur correspondent milton nkosi sent this report from the service.

guitar music.. we are here at the memorial service for the legendary musicianjohnny memorial service for the legendary musician johnny clegg. hundreds memorial service for the legendary musicianjohnny clegg. hundreds of people came out today to pay their respects. he died last week and was buried the following day. but today people came here to say what they thought about him, and the legendary actor, john carney, delivered the eulogy. this is the man who broke all the barriers. the man who took ona all the barriers. the man who took on a culture, a man in his own embodiment was south africa, was an african. this is the man who, through his music, through his art, now i know wanted to study where we come from, because he wanted to understand where we're going. and then came the moment whenjohnny clegg's son jesse

then came the moment whenjohnny clegg's sonjesse performed a song, and paid an emotional tribute to his late father. ultimately, it is impossible for me to sum up what my dad was to my mother, my brother and me. but writing this song together was a wonderful memory that we shared. and it gave us a chance to celebrate these most precious things. it is a memory that i will a lwa ys things. it is a memory that i will always carry with me. and i would like to sing this song for him now. guitar music.. # i've been looking for something to lose, i've been looking for something to prove, oh well, it is ha rd to something to prove, oh well, it is hard to find yourself... # i've been looking for a brighter day, i've been looking for the words to say, oh well, it's hard to be

yourself... the people who came here today to attend this memorial service came from all walks of life. and this is what they told us. but what clegg meant to them. he is the son of south africa, you know, he is a legend, and someone that is, i guess, always been a symbol of what we wa nt guess, always been a symbol of what we want for our country, he has a lwa ys we want for our country, he has always been that barrier between colour, creed and lip is as he is our brother, he is in our hearts, and asa our brother, he is in our hearts, and as a south african, the whole world is saying, the family, just paying their very big condolences to them. he means a lot to us, he is an epitome of what south africa should have been. singing..

remembering johnny clegg. you're watching bbc news. we have made it to the end of what has been an extraordinary week of weather. initially it looks like we had not broken the uk's all—time temperature record, and the last 2a hours some information has come to light, a temperature reading from cambridge university botanic garden of 38.7 degrees on thursday afternoon, this still needs to be verified, it means to be checked by the met office, that will happen in the coming days and weeks, but if that temperature stands, that will be a new uk record. but, and i am sure many people will welcome this, a very different feel this weekend,

much cooler weather with some heavy rain in place, that rain could be enough to cause some disruption, because we have the slow—moving weather front draped across the british isles, bringing some rain across the eastern side of the uk, on saturday morning, quite muggy as we start the day between 14—17, not quite as warm as it has been on recent warnings. as we go through the day this band of cloud and rain really taking very little progress, wet weather across the south—east into east anglia, the midlands, parts of northern england and up into scotland, the rain heavy and persistent, perhaps enough to cause localised flooding, certainly the chance and travel disruption. north—eastern scotland, northern ireland, wales and the south—west of england, either side of that system, it will likely slay dry, temperatures 18—23. on saturday night at the front will pivot and move westwards to some extent, there is uncertainty about exactly how far west that front will get, it could introduce some rain

into northern ireland, but some uncertainty about that, and it is going to be a somewhat fresh night, by no means chilly but 12—15, a little more comfortable for sleeping. during sunday our weather front still wiggling around, rain perhaps into northern ireland, some hanging around south—west scotland and some rain dangling down into northern england, the midlands, a few showers in the south—east. again either side of the front of the north—east and the south—west, we see a lot of dry weather, some spells of sunshine and the temperature is still in the 20s. as we go into monday, aral weather front still probably sitting across the northern half of the uk, that will allow some showers to develop and later, an area of low pressure is likely to throw some rain towards the far south—west of england. elsewhere some sunny spells, women down to the south ——warmer down to the south but still nothing like it has been, and unsettled start then the next week, it settles down and warms up towards the end of the week, but no return to the heat.

ramzan karmali reports.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the united nations has accused the world of turning its back on the war in syria. airstrikes there have killed more than 100 people in the last ten days. the un says the syrian government may be directly targetting civilians. the us and guatemala have signed a migration agreement, days after us president donald trump threatened the central american country with tariffs. under the deal, migrants from honduras and el salvador who pass through guatemala would be required to stop and seek asylum there first. scientists have described wildfires in the arctic circle as "unprecedented" in size. they say a large number of summerfires have been triggered by lightning. wildfires are ravaging the arctic, with areas of northern siberia, northern scandinavia, alaska, and greenland engulfed in flames.