the people who came here today to attend this memorial service came from all walks of life. and this is what they told us about what johnny clegg meant to them. welcome to bbc news — i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: the us supreme court rules on donald trump's border wall, clearing the way to divert as they said, he's the son of south africa, you know, military funds to build it. he is a legend, the united nations accuses and someone that's, i guess, the world of turning its back always been a symbol of what we want on syria after more than 100 people for our country. he has always been that no barrier are killed injust 10 days. between colour, creed. air strikes kill and maim i say rest in peace our brother, significant numbers of civilians several times a week he is still in our hearts, and the response seems to be and as a south african, a collective shrug. the whole world is saying, guys, sorry, the family, just paying their very big condolences to them. and south african musician he means a lot to us, he is an epitome of what south johnny clegg is remembered africa should have been. by family, friends and fans at a memorial service in johannesburg. singing

johnny clay‘s memorial service in johannesburg. much more coming up on bbc news. we start with breaking news. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @regedahmadbbc. the us supreme court has cleared the way for the us president to build sections of his promised border wall with mexico, using pentagon funds. the supreme courtjustices narrowly voted to allow the trump administration to access $2.5 billion from the military budget to strengthen existing barriers in border states. president trump was quick to declare the ruling a big victory on twitter. hello. we've made it to the end of what has been an extraordinary week of weather. initially it looked like we had not broken the uk's all—time temperature record, but in the last 2a hours some new information has come to light, a temperature reading from chris buckler is in washington. cambridge university botanic garden of 38.7 degrees on thursday afternoon. this still needs to be verified, why is this decision significant? as it needs to be checked by the met office, that will happen you know, president trump has long promised this audible. he went to in the coming days and weeks, but if that temperature stands, raleigh after raleigh even before he that will be a new uk record. but, and i am sure many was elected president and promised people will welcome this, a very different feel this weekend. he would build a barrier between mexico and america to tackle the problem of illegal immigration and much cooler weather with some heavy rain in places,

that rain could be enough there has been a long battle between to cause some disruption, president trump and his political because we have this slow—moving opponents over how to fund that. weather front draped across the british isles, bringing inside congress, democrats have some rain across the eastern side repeatedly blocked his attempts to get money specifically for the wall earlier this year he declared a of the uk on saturday morning, quite a muggy feel, some mist national emergency, arguing that there was a crisis in america's and murk as well, those temperatures southern border because of a number as we start the day between 14—17, of people trying to claim a silent not quite as warm as it has been on recent mornings. and because it illegal immigration as we go through the day this band and because it illegal immigration of cloud and rain really making very and he argued because of that national emergency, he should be little progress, wet weather allowed to redirect funds from other across the south—east into east anglia, the midlands, government departments. for example, parts of northern england and up into scotland, the rain heavy and persistent, the department of defence, in order perhaps enough to cause localised to pay for the wall. a court had flooding, certainly the chance of some travel disruption. argued, and had decided that it was going to put in place an injunction to north—eastern scotland, because it felt it that stage, it northern ireland, wales and the south—west, either side of that system, it will likely stay dry, with some spells of sunshine, wasn't appropriate for it to do it temperatures 18—23. on saturday night the front and part of that is because congress will pivot and move westwards in washington ultimately does have to some extent, but there responsibility for the purse is uncertainty about exactly how far strings. it should have a say on west that front will get, it could well introduce some rain these issues, it would be argued, into northern ireland, but the press —— the supreme court but some uncertainty about that, and it is going to be a somewhat fresher night, has ruled president trump can go by no means chilly, but 12—15, a little more

ahead with his decision to build the comfortable for sleeping. wall and there is no doubt he regards that as a major victory on during sunday our weather front still wriggling around, twitter, ——on twitter, he said it still sitting in place, was a big win for border security. rain perhaps into northern ireland, some hanging around south—west scotland and some rain dangling down it isa was a big win for border security. it is a big decision from the court into northern england, the midlands, but on another migration— related a few showers in the south—east. but again either side of the front, development, the us and guatemala the north—east and the south—west, have —— reached some sort of we see a lot of dry weather, migration deal. can you tell us some spells of sunshine and the temperature more? of course one of the big problems with the border as people is still in the 20s. coming from central america and they are coming from countries like guatemala, el salvador and honduras. as we go into monday, our old weather front still probably what what imola seems to have agreed sitting across the northern half to is the those people who are of the uk, that will allow some coming from honduras and el salvador showers to develop and late in the day, an area of low pressure who make their way through guatemala is likely to throw some up who make their way through guatemala rain towards the far up to now seek protection first south—west of england. there and guatemala before they go to the us, essentially claiming asylu m to the us, essentially claiming asylum in that country before they reach the united states and that is elsewhere some sunny spells, something that american officials a little warmer down to the south have been pushing very hard for some but still nothing like it has been. an unsettled start then to next week, it settles down and warms up time. however, we don't know the towards the end of the week, specific details of this deal and but no return to the heat.

actually, there are some suggestions that what is often called this "bird country arrangement" is not mentioned in specific detail, it's certainly not called that in this agreement, signed by the guatemalan government and the american administration. there is also another issue, the guatemalan courts had said very clearly that as far as it was concerned, it needed the approval of congress and couldn't go ahead without that. currently, the congress in guatemala is on summer recess survey congress in guatemala is on summer recess survey has congress in guatemala is on summer recess survey has not been a vote in favour of this deal and it's not entirely clear yet how the guatemalan government got around that problem. chris butler in washington taking us through that, thank you very much. lots of migration developments in the us. —— buckler. the us supreme court has given donald trump permission to use $2.5 billion of pentagon funds for his section of the border wall.

let's get some of the day's other news. thousands of pro—democracy there protesters have been holding a sit—in at hong kong international airport. this is bbc news, the headlines: the protest was against the police's the us supreme court has ruled slow response to last weekend's that the trump administration can attacks — allegedly by triad gangs — divert military funds to pay for the construction of the president's long—promised on demonstrators and passers—by. border wall with mexico. donald trump had tried to declare a national emergency to fund the chairman of the us joint chiefs the wall after failing to persuade congress. of staff has expressed he called the ruling a big success. 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. the us and guatemala have signed a migration agreement, president trump has brushed away any concerns days after us president donald trump about north korea's latest short threatened the central american range missile tests. country with tariffs. he's told reporters it didn't under the deal, migrants constitute a warning from honduras and el salvador to the united states who pass through guatemala would be and that his relationship required to stop and seek with kim jong—un was very good. asylum there first. the united nations has accused the north korean leader called the two missile tests carried out the world of turning its back on thursday a "solemn warning" on the war in syria. to south korea over its plans airstrikes there have killed more to hold military drills with the us. than 100 people in the last 10 days. the un says the syrian government may be directly targetting civilians. the united nations says 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 ‘apparent indifference.‘ (gfx)the fighting has been taking —— with apparent indifference. the fighting has been taking place in idlib provice, in the north west of syria. it's one of the last opposition strongholds in the country after eight years of civil war. it is supposedly covered by a truce brokered in september by russia and turkey — which backs the opposition — that spared the 2.7 million civilians living there from a major government offensive. but fighting escalated on 29th april, leaving hundreds of civilians dead and thousands forced to flee their homes. as imogen foulkes reports, despite denials by syria and russia, civilians, hosipitals and businesses in idlib have been targeted. 5—year—old rehan desperately trying

to save her baby sister from an air strike. butjust hours later rehan 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 are 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.

let's cross over now to indianapolis where we are joined by keynaan rahmani, an advocacy manager for human rights group the syria campaign. thank you so much for your time. you are in touch with people in idlib. what are you hearing? the people on the ground are absolutely terrified because there is nowhere that is safe right now for them. hospitals are being bombed, over 30 hospitals have been bombed in the last three months. a market was bombed yesterday. we have seen over 100 people killed in the last ten days and there is no area in idlib that is safe now. the horrible reality is that half of the 4 million person population in idlib has already been

displaced once before and they will have nowhere left to go if idlib is com pletely have nowhere left to go if idlib is completely destroyed by the assad regime and russia. hearing you describe the difficulties in idlib and we have seen pictures coming out of the area, do you feel like the world has forgotten about the situation in syria ? world has forgotten about the situation in syria? it certainly seems that the world has. syria is no longer a front page story but we are seeing the highest level of casualties we've seen in many, many months and all we are getting state m e nts months and all we are getting statements from the united state m e nts statements from the united statements from the united statements from the united states statements from the united states states and statements from the united states and others in the west but there is no action to stop the assad regime warplanes i'm continuing to bomb hospitals, white helmets, busy markets and children. as we just saw in the clip, children are at the highest level of vulnerability to be

killed by these indiscriminate strikes on civilians. we heard the human rights chief talk about a paralysed un security council. many countries seem reluctant to take on russia which is embedded in syria. what do you think can be done by the international community to help in some way? well, there is a precedent for action when the security council is ata for action when the security council is at a deadlock. we saw this in kosovo and we've seen other times throughout history. the reality is there should be no deadlock in the security council when there are atrocities and potential genocide taking place. what russia is doing is absolutely shameful and it is incumbent on the other members of the security council to find ways outside of the security council to force the assad regime and russia to stop bombing civilian areas.

force the assad regime and russia to stop bombing civilian areasm nothing is done, if nothing changes, where is this going to end for people in idlib? in a matter ofjust three months, we've seen over 350,000 people displaced from their homes. if this continues, we are going to end up seeing up to 4 million people displaced, refugees, and these people have to seek refuge somewhere in the death tolls will be very high. the number of refugees that leading to turkey, to europe, everywhere, will be very high and with the current situation it looks like it could be the worst humanitarian crisis in the war yet. a very sober assessment. thank you very much for your time. 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 arctic. this fire at grouse creek in alaska has been burning since the 10th ofjuly. so far, over 2 million acres of forest land have been scorched in the state, and areas of north siberia, northern scandinavia and greenland have also 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 and the amount of precipitation is much lower than the average. what this means is it's much drier, much warmer, so when there is an ignition, then the fires have 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, engulfing some places completely. cities in eastern russia have noted a significant fall in air 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. ramzan karmali, bbc news. a british computer hacker who helped stop a major cyber—attack affecting the uk's national health service in 2017, has avoided a jail sentence in us, on malicious hacking charges. marcus hutchins was convicted of creating malware designed to steal banking information. he faced a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison but the judge said he should be

spared any further jail time. 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 us supreme court has cleared the way for the trump administration to use pentagon funds to build sections of the president's promised border wall with mexico. 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.

three us university students have been suspended from their fraternity after posing with guns in front of a memorial honouring a murdered civil rights icon. the photo, obtainted by the mississippi center for investigative reporting and propublica, shows the three brandishing firearms by the bullet—ridden sign. the memorial honours 14—year—old emmett till, whose torture and murder in 1955 galvanised the civil rights movement. jerry mitchell of the mississippi center for investigative reporting joins us now from jackson, mississippi. thank mississippi. you so much forjoining us. i wa nt thank you so much forjoining us. i wa nt to thank you so much forjoining us. i want to start with the emmett till case itself. what significance does that case have today? well, it has a lot of significance. as you mentioned, it galvanised the civil rights movement and emmett till remains, and continues to grow,

as an icon. he's very much been adopted and is part of, kind of, the black lives matter movement as well 110w. black lives matter movement as well now. so it's very common in these protests to say you have a photo or sign of trayvon martin and emmett till alongside, so he's actually grown in stature, i guess you could say, as opposed to shrinking, unlike most people. when you read about the emmett till case, it's such a horrific case, what happened to that boy. why would anyone pose in the way we've seen these boys pose in front of that s|gn? well, obviously it's strictly speculation on our part as to what was their mentor latif or it. if you ta ke was their mentor latif or it. if you take the best case scenario it would bea take the best case scenario it would be a prank, and theyjust stood in

front of the signs with their guns and snapa front of the signs with their guns and snap a pic to at night rather than obviously during the day when it would be without guns, you know. but more nefarious explanation would be that they shot the sign and took a photo of that after they shot it. its not quite clear whether they shot the sign and the case is now being investigated, but does it raise a bigger issue that perhaps some communities in mississippi perhaps haven't quite come to terms with the history of that state? well, if i'm going to be honest, i would agree mississippi hasn't come to terms with it and i'd also agree the united states in general hasn't come to terms with it. i think it's been a struggle, you know, throughout the united states, so yes, i think that's very true and i think it's a troubling photo. i know

when it went online a lot of people commented and said they were very disturbed by what they saw, that these young people... for african—americans, this is like sacred ground. the place for any till, where his body was found —— emmett till. there very concerned about this image, and understandably so. jerry mitchell, thank you so much for explaining that and talking about that pic are there. 0bviously very controversial issue. jerry mitchell from jackson, mississippi. thank you very much. some sports news now, and there was confusion at the world's biggest cycling race, the tour de france, when the organisers stopped the racing 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 crucially julian alaphilippe, who was in the lead of the race until friday. now, race organisers decided to abandon the race at the top of the climb, just 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 musician johnny 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 kani, delivered the eulogy. this is the man who broke 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, an anthropologist — now i know why he wanted to study where we come from, because he wanted to understand where we're going. and then came the moment when johnny clegg's son jesse performed a song, and paid an emotional tribute to his late father. ultimately, it's 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's a memory that i will always carry with me. and i would like to sing this song for him now. 00:24:19,441 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 guitar music