i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: president trump visits the sites of last weekend's mass shootings, as critics accuse him of stoking racial hatred. the us calls for calm and restraint over kashmir, as tensions between india and pakistan continue to escalate. i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme: canadian police believe they have found the bodies of two teenage fugitives suspected of three murders. and vodka, with a twist. we look at the first consumer product made from ingredients grown inside the chernobyl exclusion zone.

good morning. it is 7:00am in singapore, midnight in london and 5:00pm in texas, where president trump is visiting the city of el paso, where a gunman shot dead 22 people in an apparent hate crime last weekend. he is meeting victims and medical staff affected by the attack, which targeted hispanic people. mr trump flew to texas from dayton, in ohio, the scene of another mass shooting in which nine people died. 0ur north america editorjon sopel reports from el paso. president trump and first lady melania trump arrived in el paso a short time ago, and it is fair to say civic leaders aren't hanging out the flags for him. a white nationalist killed 22 people, targeting hispanics.

before leaving the white house, the president denied that his fiery rhetoric on immigration had contributed to the problem. i am concerned about the rise of any group of hate. i don't like it. any group of hate, i am — whether it's white supremacy, whether it's any other kind of supremacy, whether it's antifa, whether it's any group of hate, i am very concerned about it, and i'll do something about it. # this is my town, el paso... in el paso, a big protest has taken place against the visit, the main speaker the former congressman for the area and democratic presidential hopeful beto o'rourke. he is critical of the president coming. this makeshift shrine alongside the walmart here in el paso probably stretches for something like 100 yards. there is always the hope on occasions like this that something good might emerge out of something so dreadful. but in america today,

the problems of hate, of guns, of racism, seem as intractable as ever. these two nurses, erin and stephanie, were working at the local hospital last saturday. everything was chaotic. nurses get called in, and things are different, and you can feel sombre in the hospital. and what do you feel about the president coming today? i think it's probably a bad timing, in — for him to come right now. and emotions are still incredibly raw. i would prefer you have my daughter. 0k. i can't — i can't talk. i would like him to bring unity, not only to el paso, texas, but to our country. what's going on, what's going on? but it has now emerged that a shooting which took place two

weeks ago in gilroy, california is now also being treated as an act of domestic terrorism, like el paso. from the fbi over the last two years, a number of their investigations are racially motivated, and within that category, the majority are white supremacist extremist motivated. this morning president trump was in dayton, ohio, where nine people were killed over the weekend, meeting survivors and relatives. these images released by the white house — no journalists were allowed in. he offered consolation, but in terms of concrete measures to tackle gun violence, he was much more vague. 0ur correspondent gary 0'donoghue is in el paso, and told me more about president trump's trip so far. he has been visiting some of the injured and the relatives, and some of the sort of emergency services at the university medical centre, the hospital outside the city. it is

unclear at this stage whether or not he will have anything to say publicly there. when he went to dayton earlier in the day, in ohio, where those nine people were shot dead last saturday, he didn't take any press with him when he spoke to the relatives. so that may be the same pattern here. and here, of course, the protests have been much bigger than they were in ohio. they filled the baseball park here with people who really didn't want the president to come to el paso. and the reason for that is that they do blame him, some do blame him, in part, for what happened here on saturday, when that man went into that superstore behind me and killed 22 people with a high—powered rifle. his anti— hispanic rhetoric, his words posted online, his hate speech, they believe, some believe here, were inspired by donald trump. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. police in canada say they have found what they believe to be the bodies of two fugitive teenage boys in manitoba. the teenagers had been on the run

for almost three weeks. they were suspected of killing three people, an american woman, her australian boyfriend and a canadian man. the bodies were found near the town of gillam, more than 3,000 km east of british columbia, where the murders took place. the royal canadian mounted police made the announcement a short while ago. items directly linked to the suspects were located on the shoreline of the nelson river. following this discovery, we were at last able to narrow down the search. this morning, at approximately 10am, rcmp offices located two male bodies in the dense brush within one kilometre from where the items were found. at this time, we believe these other bodies of two suspects wa nted these other bodies of two suspects wanted in connection with the homicides in british columbia.

we will have more information on that case a little later in the programme. also making news today: at least 1a people were killed when a large truck bomb exploded outside a police station in the afghan capital, kabul. nearly 150 people were injured, including children, and the afghan interior ministry says most of those killed or injured were civilians. the taliban says it is behind the attack. thousands of british airways passengers have had their holidays disrupted because of cancellations and delays caused by it problems. more than 100 flights were cancelled and more than 200 others were delayed, leaving passengers stranded at london's heathrow and gatwick airports. the airline says it has now resolved the technical issues, but warned of continued disruption as it works to restore its schedules. and take a look at this. a popularjapanese convenience chain has apologised after a video of rats scurrying through a store has emerged. the video has been circulating on social media and shows several rodents scampering down aisles near sushi displays. familymart says it is sorry if the unsanitary footage made customers feel uneasy.

the video has been viewed more than 5 million times. the company has said it will remove and dispose of any tainted products. the pakistani government has expelled india's envoy to the country and downgraded diplomatic relations with delhi. it follows india's decision to change the special status of indian—adminstered kashmir and place it under the direct control of delhi. 0ur correspondent asif farooqi is in islamabad. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye is in srinagar, and sent this report. it is the third day that kashmir remains in lockdown, but sporadic process have begun to break out now. ina process have begun to break out now. in a particularly restive part of

srinagar every evening, protesters are coming out, throwing stones and counting anti— indian slogans and security forces have been using pellet guns to contain the valence. there are also reports that protests have been breaking out southern kashmir as well, but these remain small and sporadic and there are a number of reasons for that. one of the reasons is what you can see behind me. literally every street corner there are armed soldiers, but wire, checkpoints, you asked to show your identity, where you are going, why you are going there. hundreds of thousands of extra troops have been deployed in what is already one of the most militarised regions in the world. on monday, india's government unilaterally revoked cashmere's special status. it included a number of things —— kashmir‘s special status. it gave the local government hear the right to make laws about everything other than defence, communication and external affairs. it also allowed the local government to define who the permanent

residence of this region are, and it only allow those people to buy land here. all of that is now gone. 0ur correspondent asif farooqi is in islamabad. the government statement says that the committee has decided to downgrade diplomatic relations with india. now, what this means is that pakistan will be recalling its high commissioner to india, and vice—versa. india will have to do the same. the other thing which the committee has decided is to suspend bilateral trade with india. pakistan and india do not have a huge trade twin them, but along the border, in punjab and then kashmir region, they used to be local level trade which will now not happen. this trade was helping local communities in the region. pakistan also decided today that it will take this matter to the united nations security council, and independence day of pakistan, which

is on 1a august, will be celebrated as the solidarity day with kashmiri people, and on 15 august, which is india's independence day, that will be celebrated as black day in pakistan. more now on the story we brought you from canada, where police believe they have found the bodies of the two teenage boys charged with killing a university lecturer and suspected in the murders of two tourists in british columbia. live now to megan batchelor, cbc correspondent in vancouver. what more, then, do we know about these two boys, apart from the fact that obviously they have been on the run for almost three weeks? yes, that's right, this has been going on for nearly a month now. we found out this morning from the rcmp, canada's national police force, that two bodies had been found in northern manitoba along the shoreline of the nelson river, and they believe that these bodies belong to kam mcleod

and bryer schmegelsky, and they had been searching this area for two weeks now, but what really helped them infinding weeks now, but what really helped them in finding these two bodies was a key piece of evidence that was found on friday. we know that that is all that rcmp will say about that is all that rcmp will say about that is that it was key pieces of evidence, items found that belonged to these two, and so that really helped the rcmp in trying to narrow this search, because it was a huge area that they were looking for these two people in. and so now, this morning, we found out that they did find those two bodies. we don't know how they died, we don't know how long they had been there, and so we are hoping that an autopsy that is going to be done will hopefully provide some of those answers. and in terms of the man—hunt, i mean, this was on a huge scale, and a lot of effort by police to track them down. yes, that's right, and kam mcleod and bryer schmegelsky addressed questions about the timeline. i mean, you are looking at two plus weeks that these two teenagers were out on the run from

canada's national teenagers were out on the run from ca nada's national police teenagers were out on the run from canada's national police forces, so they had to answer the questions of why did it take so long? and they had a couple of key factors here. 0ne had a couple of key factors here. one is that they managed to get from northern bc to northern manitoba in just a couple of days, and the rcmp today compared thatjourney as one from london to moscow, sojust today compared thatjourney as one from london to moscow, so just a sense of how wide an area these two travelled in. number two, the area that they did run from the police from was very remote. they stuck to the northern part of canada, that is really not populated. so they don't have people seeing them, they don't have people seeing them, they don't have those areas that are populated by police that could perhaps spot them as well, and the third major factor is that these two didn't want to be found, and so that really made this difficult for the rcmp in finding them. but it has been a really tough couple of weeks on both the police force and those communities that these two had been spotted in along the way. and just in terms of the murders that they we re in terms of the murders that they were suspected of, do we know at the moment whether there was any link between these two teenagers and motor victims? that we don't know at

all. that is still a really big question mark here. so we know the first crime scene was the death of luke fowler and chynna deese, they we re luke fowler and chynna deese, they were found first, nearly 100 kilometres away was the body of leonard dyck who was from vancouver. he did lectures with the university of british columbia. so rcmp say they have evidence linking these scenes, but they haven't said what that evidence is just how they know for sure that it was these two that we re for sure that it was these two that were connected to those crime scenes. thank you very much. your welcome. —— you are welcome. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: are cyber attacks funding north korea's weapons programme? a leaked un report says billions of dollars have been stolen. also on the programme: why chernobyl‘s nuclear legacy is no problem for makers of this pioneering product.

the question was whether we want to save our people and japanese as well and win the war, or whether we want to take a chance on being able to win the war by killing all our young men. the invasion began at two o'clock this morning. mr bush, like most other people, was clearly caught by surprise. we call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all the iraqi forces. 100 years old and still full of vigour, vitality and enjoyment of life. no other king or queen in british history has lived so long, and the queen mother is said to be quietly very pleased indeed that she's achieved this landmark anniversary. this is a pivotal moment for the church as an international movement.

the question now is whether the american vote will lead to a split in the anglican community. this is newsday on the bbc. thank you for staying with us. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm ben bland in london. our top stories: us president donald trump has arrived in texas as part of a visit to two cities affected by last weekend's mass shootings. pakistan is to expel india's top diplomat and suspend trade with its neighbour, deepening a row over the disputed territory of kashmir. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. first, the japan times leads with comments made by the us national security adviserjohn bolton, suggesting us deployment of intermediate—range ballistic missiles in asia is a move designed

to protect its allies. next, to the south china morning post, which focuses on the laser rally held outside the space museum by demonstrators in hong kong to protest against the arrest of a student leader. and finally the straits times, which gives details of a milestone united nations treaty named after singapore, which aims to promote mediation in the settling of cross—border international commercial disputes. a leaked un report has accused north korea of stealing an estimated $2 billion through cyber—attacks to fund its weapons programme. a panel of experts is investigating at least 35 attacks on financial institutions and cryptocurrency exchanges. for more on this, i'm

joined by andrew mahony, who is the head of cyber solutions foraon in asia. how worrying is this? very much so. especially when connected with state sponsored activity, those of the most well resourced, the most persistent threats. so that presents a real concern. what do we know? the un papers joining the a real concern. what do we know? the un papersjoining the dots, i suppose. the un paper has nowjoined the dots and connected that back to an effort to monetise these attacks. but we've seen in the past if to disrupt, destabilise and embarrass. so this is just the next in a series

of state—sponsored activity. it's interesting you say it is well resourced, which presumably suggest it takes a well funded state sector to do this as well. so how is north korea able to do this at all seeing it has been so squeezed bays functions? i suppose the link drone here is that despite the squeeze of sanctions, things like this activity in order to generate revenue does properties sort of services up. we have seen the best attacks come with a well resourced team that is able to be persistent, so it is in the system for some time. it is not simply about having the right technology, but a team that is able to be present in these systems for over six months at a time. why would you say cyber attacks are a way north korea has resorted to try to raise cash? i think until now, it is something that has gone under the radar to some extent and even with these specific attacks, targeting cryptocurrency means it can be difficult to trace. these attacks are generally difficult to fore nsically are generally difficult to forensically attributed to anybody. you answer that the elements of

cryptocurrency and difficulty in tracing those transactions, it means you can go under the radar to an extent. particularly in comparison to other activities that we see from north korea. and you are saying we know it isn't just north korea. and you are saying we know it isn'tjust north korea doing this sort of thing, there are other countries doing this sort of thing too? allegedly. that is what is suggested, and all of the larger events, suggested, and all of the larger eve nts, eve n suggested, and all of the larger events, even in 2017 and the singapore health breach of last year, connections have been drawn to state—sponsored activities. it is something states need to be aware of. you don't seem to be surprised this is happening. are you surprised at there were some 35 financial institutions and exchanges that were breached? yeah, the trend is only u pwa rd breached? yeah, the trend is only upward in that hands, but i'm surprised that the level of breach and the ability of these actors to

fraudulently transfer funds, for example. it isn't uncommon for an organisation to be compromised, but we expect most organisations to be able to detect a compromise and respond effectively and that is probably what has been missing here. thank you for coming in here and explaining that for us. aid groups in the philippines say they're struggling to cope with a spike in dengue cases as the country declares a "national epidemic." more than 600 have died from the mosquito—borne disease this year. symptoms are flu—like and can include a fever and pain behind the eyes. most severe cases of infection are detected in children. dengue fever affects more than 400 million people a year, around the world — mostly in tropical zones. the outbreak comes two years after the philippines stopped using a dengue vaccination due to safety concerns. doctor christie monina nalu pta of the philippine red cross told the bbc more about what is being done to contain the spread

of the disease. we have a strategy. 0ne we have a strategy. one is ensure access to hospitals, too, make sure we have equipment is in large supply so we we have equipment is in large supply so we have a massive cleanup effort. we need to decongestant patients in hospitals, we have already provided a tense in hot spots. we also provide — we have an army of modern nurses and doctors that can help assist with dangin. and in the red cross we have 93 red cross service facilities, they have already provided more than 300 units to patients. that was doctor christie

monina nalupta from the philippine red cross. scientists from ukraine and the uk — who've spent decades studying the abandoned landscape around the chernobyl nuclear power plant — have launched a vodka made from ingredients grown inside the exclusion zone. it's the first officially consumable product to be made in chernobyl since the nuclear accident there in 1986. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill has been given a unique taste of what's on offer. abandon for more than 30 years, but in one small pockets of the 4000 square kilometre exclusion zone that surrounds the chernobyl nuclear power plant, it is harvest time. this experimentalfarm power plant, it is harvest time. this experimental farm was set up by a team of scientists, and the crops being grown here, they say could be a first step towards using this land productively again. very nice chernobyl ride grains. this means we

don'tjust chernobyl ride grains. this means we don't just abandon the chernobyl ride grains. this means we don'tjust abandon the land. we can use this land in different and diverse ways and we can produce something which will be totally clea n something which will be totally clean from the radioactivity. this is what it is being used to produce. 0ur idea was to distil it and produce a kind of moonshine artisan vodka. this is said to be the first consumer product made entirely from ingredients grown within the exclusion zone. i tremble when they pick it up, because this is the only bottle in existence. this is no more radioactive than any other vital —— vodka. we have had two laboratories searching for radioactivity, they haven't found it. it might not be for everyone, but this is about much more than making a spirit with a unique selling point. communities in relatively uncontaminated zones

still live in strict regulations, no agriculture is permitted here. it is hoped that some of those restrictions will soon be lifted, but any vodka profits will be channelled into supporting economic development in areas still affected by the social impact of the nuclear accident. until atomik production starts, i'm allowed only a tiny taste boa rd starts, i'm allowed only a tiny taste board from a genuinely unique bottle. victoria gill, bbc news. i'm not sure if i would want to drink that. in my experience, any report involving food or drink, it's essential you sample a bit of it. i'm glad that victoria was sticking with the rules for us. about's rate. stay with us, we are going awayjust yet. fans of samsung won't have to wait too long, the latest models of the compa ny‘s smartphones

wait too long, the latest models of the company's smartphones will be coming out in a couple of hours, we will tell you what to expect. thanks for watching. good morning. yet again it was scotla nd good morning. yet again it was scotland and northern ireland who brought the brunt of the showers on wednesday, now this brief ridge of high pressure is building before this deep area of low pressure sta rts this deep area of low pressure starts to build in in the early hours of friday morning. and it is going to stay with us friday, into the weekend as well, heavy rain and

gales are going to be a feature of the forecast. but the next few hours, we still have a few sours to scotla nd hours, we still have a few sours to scotland and northern ireland in particular. and a little bit of pudgy mist and fog in western areas. elsewhere, we will see lengthier spells and savages falling down to a co mforta ble spells and savages falling down to a comfortable 11— 13 degrees first thing in the morning. there will be some early morning sunshine and thursday, generally not a bad day for many. the lengthy, dry prolonged spells. a few isolated showers in scotla nd spells. a few isolated showers in scotland and northern ireland and maybe one or two in the midlands. but, with some sunshine we will get some warm highs of 24 degrees, 75 fahrenheit. but the low pressure is going to start to put into the south—west during the early hours of friday morning, it is going to be some heavy rain and strong to gale force winds on exposed south—west coasts. so that rain at 1am will start to push its way up through cornwall, across wales, opposite the midlands. so for the early morning rush hour, it will be leaving north wales, the north midlands and will be sitting across northern england. don't forget the yellow greens denoting heavier pulses of rain. some areas because 28 and 30 millimetres before the morning is very. and, with the additional prolonged showers that we've seen, they could bring some localised flooding. so the frontal system clears to the north of scotland,

behind it, a trail of sours and some blustery winds gusting in excess of 50-6 blustery winds gusting in excess of 50—6 e—mails an hour, exposed coasts in the south—west. england was a largely financial brighter, still breezy, but 24— 25 degrees, 77 fahrenheit, it will be quite a humid field today. friday into saturday, we will see that area of low pressure sitting across the extreme north and southern flank of that low is where we are likely to see the strongest in the winds. saturday, plenty of frequent showers across scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, the rainfall totals really starting to add up and some gales further south. but still, those highs of 22 degrees. the frontal system really not moving very far, very fast, that low pressure daughters its way steadily eastwards, we still have 90 of sours with us on sunday. the best of the dry weather into the south. take care. “— dry weather into the south. take care. —— still have showers.

i'm ben bland with bbc world news. our top story: president trump

is visiting two us cities affected by mass shootings at the weekend. 31 people died in separate attacks in dayton, ohio, and el paso, in texas. the visits come amid a row over whether mr trump's divisive language is stoking hatred of non—white people. the us has called for calm and restraint over kashmir, as tensions between india and pakistan continue to escalate. pakistan is to expel india's envoy to the country and downgrade diplomatic relations, after delhi assumed direct control of the region. and this video is trending on bbc.com. ajapanese convenience store chain has issued an apology after a video went viral on social media showing one of their stores overrun with rats. the pictures shot at familymart in tokyo show the rodents enjoying a feast of rice balls and bento boxes, scampering across shelves and down aisles. that's all. stay with bbc world news.