good morning. it is 8:00am in singapore, 1:00am in the morning in london and 6:00pm in texas, where president trump has been visiting the city of el paso, where a gunman shot dead 22 people 50 irish unanimity on this issue is breaking down. in an apparent hate crime last weekend. he has met victims and medical staff affected by the attack, which targeted hispanic people. mr trump flew to texas from dayton, i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: in ohio, the scene of another mass shooting in which nine people died. president trump visits the sites 0ur north america editorjon sopel of last weekend's mass shootings, as critics accuse him of stoking racial hatred. reports from el paso. the us calls for calm and restraint over kashmir, as tensions between india president trump and first lady and pakistan continue to escalate. melania arrived in el paso and it is fairto melania arrived in el paso and it is fair to say civic leaders are not hanging out the flags for them. a i'm ben bland in london. white nationalist guilt 20 people, also in the programme: canadian police believe they have found the bodies of two teenage targeting hispanics. before leaving fugitives suspected of three murders. the white house, the president and vodka, with a twist. denied that his fiery rhetoric on we look at the first consumer product made from ingredients grown 00:00:49,192 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 inside the chernobyl exclusion zone. immigration had inflamed it.

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. # and this is my town, el paso... in el paso, a big protest has been taking 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. i'm just so focused, as are my fellow el pasoa ns, i'm just so focused, as are my fellow el pasoans, on this community, on the families who are struggling with a loved one who is still recuperating or who have lost someone still recuperating or who have lost someone in their lives. and i think the president's visit distracts from that healing, and our ability as a community to come together. 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 at the weekend, meeting survivors and their 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. president trump has been meeting law enforcement officers and first responders at an emergency operation centre in el paso. he spoke about how he and the first lady had been received. we had an amazing day. as you know, we left 0hio

we had an amazing day. as you know, we left ohio and the love, the respect for the office of the presidency, it was — i wish you could have been there to see it. i wish you could have been in there. it was no different here. we went to the hospital, just came from the hospital. we were there a lot longer than we were anticipating to be. it was supposed to be just a fairly quick — we met with numerous people, we met with also the doctors, the nurses, the medical staff. they have done an incredible job. nurses, the medical staff. they have done an incrediblejob. both places, just incredible. and the enthusiasm, the love, the respect, and also the — telling them let's see if we can get something done, and republicans wa nt to get something done, and republicans want to do it and democrats want to do it. 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 10:00am, rcmp officers located two male bodies in the dense brush within one kilometre from where the items were found. at this time, we believe these are the bodies of the two suspects wanted in connection with the homicides in british columbia. also making news today: at least 14 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. there have been clashes between police and protesters, despite a security lockdown. all of kashmir has been claimed by both india and pakistan since the partition of british india “11947, but each country administers only part of it. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye is in srinagar and sent this report. it's the third day that kashmir remains in lockdown, but sporadic protests have begun to break out now. in a particularly restive part of srinagar, every evening,

protesters are coming out, throwing stones and chanting anti—indian slogans, and security forces have been using pellet guns to contain the violence. there are also reports that clashes have been breaking out in southern kashmir, as well. but these do remain quite 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, barbed wire, checkpoints. you're asked to show your identity, where you're going, why you're 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 kashmir‘s special status. it had included a number of things. it gave the local government here 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 residents of this region are, and it only allowed those people to buy land here.

all of that is now gone. pakistan has reacted angrily to india's decision to revoke kashmir‘s special status. 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 between them, but on — along the border, in punjab and kashmir region, there 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. earlier i spoke to cbc correspondent megan batchelor in vancouver. she has been following this story. 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 in finding these two bodies was a key piece of evidence that was found on friday.

and we know that 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's 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. yeah, that's right, and rcmp addressed questions about the timeline. i mean, you're looking at two—plus weeks that these two teenagers were out on the run from canada's national police force, and so they had to answer the questions of why did it take so long. and they had a couple of key factors here. one is that they managed to get from northern bc to northern

manitoba in just a matter of days, and the rcmp today compared that journey 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's really not populated, so 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 these two didn't want to be found, and so that really made this difficult for the rcmp infinding 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, i mean, just 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 the murder victims? that we don't know at all. that's still a really big question mark here. so we know the first crime scene

was the deaths of lucas fowler and chynna deese, an australian and american tourist. they were found first. nearly 100 km away was the body of leonard dyck, who was from vancouver. he did lectures with the university of british columbia. so rcmp say that they do have evidence linking these scenes, but they haven't said what that evidence is, or just how they know for sure that it was these two that are connected to these two crime scenes. 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 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.

thanks for staying with us. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm ben bland in london. our top stories: us president donald trump has visited el paso 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 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 commercial disputes. he 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.

actually the philippine red cross is actually the philippine red cross is a 3—point strategy. we have a strategy. one is ensure access to hospitals. two, make sure we have equipment is in large supply so we have a massive cleanup effort. we need to decongest patients in hospitals, we have already provided eight tents in hot spots. we also provide — we have an army of volunteer nurses and doctors that can help assist with dengue. and in the red cross we have 93 red cross service facilities, and they have already provided more than 300 units to patients. that was doctor christie monina nalupta from the philippine red cross. a leaked un report has accused north korea of stealing an estimated $2 billion through cyberattacks

to fund its weapons programme. a panel of experts is investigating at least 35 attacks on financial institutions and cryptocurrency exchanges. andrew mahony, who is the head of cyber solutions for aon in asia gave me his view of the report a little earlier. whether they think any time you see reports around state—sponsored cyber activity, there is naturally going to bea activity, there is naturally going to be a concern for all of the larger losses that we have seen related to cyber attacks. they have been allegedly connected to state—sponsored activity. those of the most well resourced, the most percents didn't —— persistent threat actors. so that presents a real concern. what do we know? the un paper's joining 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

efforts 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 suggests it takes a well—funded state sector to do this as well. so how is north korea able to do this at all seeing as it has been so squeezed by sanctions? i suppose the link here is that despite the squeeze of sanctions, things like this activity in order to generate revenue does prop these sort of things 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. why would you say cyberattacks are a way north korea has resorted to, 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 forensically attributed to anybody. you add to 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. yeah. and you're saying we know it isn't just north korea doing this sort of thing, there are other countries doing this sort of thing too? well, allegedly. that is what reports suggest, 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. so it is something organisations 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 cryptocurrency exchanges

that were breached? yeah, the trend is only upward in that sense, 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. andrew mahony speaking tushar injured a little earlier. —— to sharanjit leyla injured a little earlier. —— to shara njit leyla little injured a little earlier. —— to sharanjit leyla little bit earlier. 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. abandoned for more than 30 years, but in one small pocket of the 4,000 square kilometre exclusion zone that surrounds the chernobyl nuclear power plant,

it's 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 chernobylski rye grains. this means we don't just abandon the land. we can use this land in different and diverse ways and we can produce something which will be totally clean from the radioactivity. and this is what it's being used to produce. 0ur idea was to distil it and produce a kind of moonshine artisan vodka. this is set to be the first consumer product that's 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 vodka. we've checked it, we've have two

of the best laboratories in the world looking to see if they can find any radioactivity from chernobyl and 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 outer regions of the exclusion zone still live under strict regulations. no agriculture is permitted here. it's 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 impacts of the nuclear accident. until atomik production starts, though, i'm allowed just a tiny taste poured from a genuinely unique bottle. victoria gill, bbc news. impressive stuff. i do have a glass of something here. i think it is,? london's finest. you try? 0h,

of something here. i think it is,? london's finest. you try? oh, god, 0k? alto to get that for you, ben. wow, 0k... 0h, 0k? alto to get that for you, ben. wow, 0k... oh, dear. 0h, guys. i'm not sure about the taste either, then, probably water, which is all we are allowed to drink at work. given the quantities in this class, it is probably just given the quantities in this class, it is probablyjust as well. laughter you've been watching newsday on the bbc. i'm ben bland in london. and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. we are drinking water, i assure you. and so was banned. will see you $0011. and so was banned. will see you soon. bye bye. —— so was ben. good morning. yet again it was scotland and northern ireland that bore the brunt of the showers

for wednesday. the area of low pressure that was responsible, that's now drifting off into the north sea, allowing this brief ridge of high pressure to build before this deepening area of low pressure starts to push into the south—west during the early hours of friday morning. and it's 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, for the next few hours, we've still got a few showers through scotland and northern ireland in particular. and a little bit of patchy mist and fog forming in western areas. elsewhere, we will see lengthier spells and temperatures falling down to a comfortable 11—13 degrees just first thing on thursday morning. there will be some early morning sunshine and thursday, generally not a bad day for many. some lengthy, dry prolonged spells around. we still can't rule out a few isolated showers in scotland and northern ireland and maybe one or two cropping up in the midlands. but, with some sunshine we will get some warm highs of 24 degrees, that's 75 fahrenheit.

but that low pressure is going to start to push into the south—west during the early hours of friday morning, it's going to be some heavy rain and strong to gale force gusts of wind on exposed south—west coasts. so that rain at 1am will start to push its way up through cornwall, across wales, up into the midlands. so for the early morning rush hour, it'll be leaving north wales, the north midlands and will be sitting across northern england. don't forget the yellow and greens denoting heavier pulses of rain. some areas could see 20—30 millimetres before the morning is through. and, with the additional prolonged showers that we've seen, that could bring some localised flooding. so the frontal system clears to the north of scotland, behind it, a trail of showers and some blustery winds gusting in excess of 50—60 miles an hour in exposed coasts in the south—west. eastern england will stay largely fine and breezy, but 24—25 degrees is 77 fahrenheit, it will be quite a humid feel to things. now friday into saturday, we will see that area

of low pressure sitting across the extreme north. and the 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 dawdles its way steadily eastwards, we've still got plenty of showers with us on sunday. the best of the drier weather into the south. take care.

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