welcome to bbc news. i'm mike embley. our top stories: us democrats condemn israel's decision to her two congresswomen from entering the country — a move encouraged by president trump. india's prime minister defends the decision to strip indian—administered kashmir of its special status. pakistan says three of its soldiers have been killed in fighting on the border. a rape victim in el salvador, is re—tried for murder, under the country's strict anti— abortion laws — she's already served three years in prison. and, the incredible findings at missionjurassic, we'll take you to one of the biggest dinosaur graveyards in the world.

in a very unusual move, israel has banned two us congresswomen from visiting the country. donald trump has claimed rashida tlaib and ilhan omar, "hate israel and alljewish people." the two democrats have been strongly critical of israel's policy towards the palestinians — and of mrtrump. the israeli government says they've been denied entry because of their support for the international boycott movement, intended to influence israeli policy. this report from our north america editor, jon sopel. have two newly elected members of congress ever created the stir that ilhan omar and rashida tlaib have? they were the first two muslim women to be elected to the house. they're both on the left of the democratic party,

neither is a fan of the israeli government, both are outspoken, and donald trump relishes going after them. omar has a history of launching vicious anti—semitic screeds. her colleague, representative rashida tlaib... booing. ..agreed with omar‘s characterisation of 9/11 and said that members of congress who support israel forgot what country they represent. and they haven't been shy in dishing it straight back to him. we have said this president is racist, we have condemned his racist remarks. i believe he is fascist. this is normal political knock—about, but this morning donald trump tweeted this... moments later, israel announced its ban on the two congresswomen‘s visit. the government says it welcomes

critics and criticism but... translation: israeli law prohibits the entry into israel of those who call for and work to impose boycotts on israel, and this is what the interior minister decided regarding the two congresswomen, and i agree with him. for donald trump, this isn't about who goes in and out of israel — it's about the next election, and he wants to personify the democratic party as these two women. he's vilified them as being anti—semitic, left—wing extremists, anti—american. and the more that democrats get behind them, the more he likes it. but what israel stands to get out of this is harder to fathom. the us president and israeli prime minister are tight, but this decision hasn't only alienated democrats. many republicans are critical too, and even aipac, the pro—israel lobbying group, has said it's wrong. john sopel, bbc news, washington. michael wilner is the white house correspondent for mcclatchy,

the digital news company. he was the former washington bureau chief for the jerusalem post. he's in washington. should stress how unusual it is what israel has done, and how an usual it is foran israel has done, and how an usual it is for an american president to urge a foreign country dubai entry to a us citizen, let alone members of the congress. it is absolutely no doubt, there is no precedent, it's not a new sentiment with the truck presidency of course, but there are several aspects of this that are unusual that the highlighted in your report. of course, israel denying any us citizen much less a sitting member of congress entering the country. it is new, we have provision of law, it does call for this, anyone who called to deal distract to legitimise estate in the jewish state, could be barred from

entry but for them to apply this to members of congress, and for the president to urge them is extraordinary. do you think it's right to see this as the president with his eye on the 2020 election? this is politics divorce i'm adept —— other democrats to defend their women to help him characterise the whole party as extremist, anti—semitic, anti—american? whole party as extremist, anti-semitic, anti-american? the president ‘s right to say that... to point out and it has been pointed out by his staff that this to congress and have very low approval ratings. they are lower than his approval ratings on his left on that and see that as an opportunity to ta ke and see that as an opportunity to take the democratic party to them, there are long—term consequences on israel's national security, if he is going to make israel an issue going forward and as a reporter pointed

out, it's hard to find them what is —— what he gained from that. it's been said in the past that they're trying to maintain israel's security with the supportive of only one of the two major parties, of the united states, it's a trait if i obtain with one wing. extraordinary given the amount of money that the us congress gives each year to israel to foreign defence aid, and to jeopardise that the relationship with us democrats is a tremendous risk for the israelis to take. of course, they don't believe that they're doing that because i do believe these two members are exceptional, that they don't represent the democratic party and that leadership will remain with them. very interesting to talk to you, thank you very much. a pleasure. let's get some of the day's other news. the south korean military says north korea has carried out its sixth weapons test in less than a month. it says two missiles were fired

from near the eastern city of tongchon into the sea of japan. the authorities in gibraltar have ordered the immediate release of an iranian oil tanker that was impounded last month by british marines and local police. the ship, grace one, was suspected of carrying iranian oil to syria — in defiance of european union sanctions. it's being freed after iran provided written assurances that the vessel wouldn't go to syria. the italian authorities have allowed five migrants, described as psychologically disturbed, to come ashore on the island of lampedusa from a rescue ship that's been caught up in a political row for two weeks. the spanish charity open arms said the other 100 and 42 remain on board, despite an offer by six european countries to take some in. data from weather monitoring stations across the globe has confirmed thatjuly was the hottest month since records began. heat records were broken across the northern hemisphere, and not even the arctic was spared. hundreds of wildfires

are burning across vast areas of the arctic circle, above and below ground, including siberia, alaska and greenland. pakistan says three of its soldiers have been killed in an exchange of fire with indian forces along the line of control which divides the disputed territory of kashmir. two civilians are also reported to have been killed in the skirmishes. there's been heightened tension in the region since the indian prime minister, narendra modi, scrapped the autonomous status of the indian—administered part of kashmir earlier this month. the bbc‘s secunder kermani is in islamabad. there were conflicting reports about exactly what happened along the line of control. the pakistani military says that three of its soldiers and five indian soldiers were killed, while the indian army denies that it suffered any losses. now, clashes between the two sides in that region are not uncommon, but this comes at a particularly dangerous moment.

last week, india stripped the part of kashmir that it controls, which has been home to a long running insurgency, of its special, more autonomous status. now, analysts believe this is part of a drive by the hindu nationalist government in india cracking down on a muslim—majority province. and the move has infuriated the authorities here in pakistan, who believe that kashmiris should be given an option to vote for independence from india and to become part of pakistan instead. the prime minister, imran khan, has called on the international community to intervene. and tomorrow the united nations security council will hold a closed doors discussion about kashmir, but indian officials remain adamant that their policy there is an internal matter. so tensions looks set to escalate. i've been speaking to sadanand dhume, he's a resident fellow at the american enterprise institute. i started by asking him about prime minister modi's comments on kashmir. if you listen to the speech

yesterday it's precisely the message he is sending, and i think its primary audience seems to be the people of india and what he is selling is a picture of a cashmere thatis selling is a picture of a cashmere that is no longer a problem. where theissue that is no longer a problem. where the issue of separatism is sort of magically resolved, and where peace reigns and prosperity is brought in by large amounts of indian private investment. what is wrong with that picture? there's nothing wrong with that picture as an ideal, i think most people follow —— avoid the region closely would be very doubtful about that coming to anytime soon. you have to understand that the economy is not doing well in any case, and this is a conflict zone. and we haven't heard from the cashmere for days, but we do start hearing from them, there will be a great deal of anger over this. so it's already a conflict zone, these armed countries are for who was of a cashmere already, the pakistani government seems to be saying the

rest of the world it is by n. when you talk to international diplomats, the said the case for pakistan is quite weak. they may struggle to get international support, that could mean more terrorism, couldn't it? international support, that could mean more terrorism, couldn't mm could but even on the terrorism card pakistan has used in the past but distract by funding groups, pakistan has the threat of sanctions over its head, it's in the middle of an imf programme, i think the mood of the world towards islamist terrorism has changed medically up 2001, after them on my attacks in 2008, you have to be careful about that. it's possible we will see more attacks in the coming months. how do you think this is likely to play out ultimately? who knows about ultimately? who knows about ultimately? i think india has taken the gamble, nobly knows which way this is going to play out over the next five, ten, 15 years was not one

out goes against conventional wisdom about how that should have been treated, which would be gradually and incrementally. but he's gone for and incrementally. but he's gone for a big, bold move. most of the people in india seem convinced that this will power. the sea holds. —— let's see what the future holds. in el salvador a retrial is under way of a rape victim who has been charged with murder under the country's strict anti—abortion laws. evelyn hernandez, who's 21, was attacked as a teenager by a gang member. she said she suffered a miscarriage, but prosecutors accused her of having an abortion after her child was found dead in a septic tank; she was sentenced to 30 years in prison. john mcmanus reports. singing in a country where abortion is illegal under any circumstances, this case has attracted widespread publicity. inside the court, 21—year—old evelyn hernandez, who's facing a retrial on aggravated homicide after she was accused of having an abortion. ms hernandez has already served three years injail, but that conviction was quashed by the supreme court on the grounds that the original trial decision was made on insufficient evidence. translation: i have always told

you that i am innocent. my goals are to keep studying. and i only asked the prosecution to think things through because i am really innocent. also, to thejudge, i know that he will do justice. god willing, all will end well. i am innocent. ms hernandez said she was raped by a gang member and suffered a stillbirth. one ngo says 147 women were sentenced to prison in similar cases over a 1a—year period. like this woman, teodora vasquez, sentenced to 30 years in prison when her baby was found dead after she went into labour alone. last year, her sentence was commuted. she'd already served ten years. legislators failed to vote on a plan last year to allow terminations

in strict circumstances. the issue is one that remains highly emotive. john mcmanus, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: why hundreds of australian school children are mimicking the sounds of the nation's native birds. the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a hugejob of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutalformer dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia, where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979.

two billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later when the sun set over the bay of bengal. this is bbc news. the latest headlines. us democrats condemn israel's decision to bar two congresswomen from entering the country — a move encouraged by president trump. india's prime minister defends the decision to strip indian—administered kashmir of its special status, but pakistan says three of its soldiers have been killed during fighting on the border.

it's being called the miracle over ramensk, after passengers and crew on board a russian airliner had a remarkable escape after their plane was forced to make an emergency landing after a birdstrike just outside moscow. there were 233 people on board the ural airlines flight when it came down in a belly flop in a cornfield. steve rosenberg has more. it's being hailed as a miracle. a passenger plane makes an emergency landing in a cornfield, and everyone on board gets out alive. this was takeoff in moscow. see the birds? it's thought a flock of gulls got sucked into the engines of the ural airlines airbus. the plane needed to land fast. you can see smoke rising from near the wing. this was the moment of impact. terrifying for the passengers and crew, but at least

they were down. 233 people had survived a dramatic emergency landing. "we've just crashed," he says, "but those pilots were amazing. full respect to them for getting us down." the kremlin today called the pilots of flight 178 heroes. they're expected to receive state awards. the incident revived memories of another miraculous landing on new york's hudson river a decade ago. a us airways flight ditched after colliding with a flock of geese. but with these escapes from disaster, perhaps miracle is the wrong word, it is the skill of the pilots that saves lives. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. and the multiple nascar winner dale earnhardtjunior along

with his family and the pilots have emerged unharmed after their plane crashed in tennessee. the aircraft caught fire after over—shooting the runway at elizabethton airport. earnhardt was travelling with his wife and their one—year—old daughter. he was due to commentate on this weekend's nascar race at the nearby bristol circuit. one of the biggest sites for dinosaur bones anywhere in the world, is being excavated in the us state of wyoming. the dig, which has been dubbed mission jurassic, has already unearthed more than a dozen fossils and footprints and researchers think there may be more than 100 dinosaurs buried there. our science correspondent rebecca morrelle has the story. a hot, dusty landscape extending for miles. but emerging from this barren terrain, a dinosaur graveyard where the bones of some of the biggest creatures ever to roam the earth are being discovered. where does this fit on this mass? that slots straight in here. so, you found the pelvis? yeah, it's brilliant. that's amazing! the dig is called missionjurassic.

what is fantastic about this site, there's multiple bones from at least a dozen individuals already poking out of the ground. when you realise we have only really scratched a corner of this square mile, there is going to be dozens if not 100 plus dinosaurs lurking in the rocks of thejurassic here. this dinosaur drowned in a flash flood, and was then caught up ina logjam. the tree trunk it was crushed up against is still preserved millions of years later. these are just some of the amazing bones that are being discovered at this site. right here, you have an arm bone. next to it, a giant shoulder blade. and then you can just begin to see the backbone starting to emerge. and standing here, you really get a sense of the size of this creature. it's a type of sauropod which from nose to tail measured 30 metres long. and scientists think it might even be a species that's new to science.

there are so many dinosaurs here. excavating each bone is a painstaking process, so it takes people power. but how do you tell bone from rock? try licking it. 0k. quite sticky? yeah. because it's porous, and it's sucking onto your tongue. so that's... rock doesn't do that but bone does. the rocks are from thejurassic period 150 million years ago — a golden age when dinosaurs exploded in shape and size. dinosaurs are getting really, really, really big and there are loads of them. there are loads of different types and they are all walking around on these flood plains eating presumably huge forests, and that is a really good question actually — where were all these huge forests and how did they get enough food to eat? the dig is like going back in time. a meat—eating allosaurus has been found here and herds of plant—eating diplodocus also grazed on this landscape. before that, there was a vast inland sea. marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs were abundant in these waters. this dinosaur dig is expected

to last 20 years but the team says the efforts will be worth it to unlock the secrets of the jurassic past. rebecca morelle, bbc news, wyoming. the australian bush is home to hundreds of species of native birds — all of which make a unique sound. and now they're being mimicked by a bunch of young students as part of a revived school competition from the 1950s. freya cole has the story. mimics bird sounds this is the bournda bird olympics. clarity is key, so is enthusiasm and accuracy. if you don't mind, it's going to be loud. 0k. mimics bird sounds that's the sound of an australian bellbird. it's one of the entries into a friendly competition that mimics the sounds of native birds.

mimics bird sounds all right, no, that's not it! mimics bird sounds these students live in the far south coast of new south wales in the bega valley, where the noble art of bird calling is being revived. what can you do? a magpie. all right, let's hear a magpie. it's a local tradition which dates back to the 1950s and ‘60s, but it's only recently been brought back to life. these men are former bird calling school champions and have their importantjob of mentoring the next generation. that was a familiar cackle of the kookaburra, followed by a fan—tailed cuckoo. the winner automatically becomes a local hero, but no matter the outcome, they're all winners and the birds so too. freya cole, bbc news.

and just a short time i ago i spoke with the organiser of the event — doug reckord — from the bournda national park education centre in australia. he told us more about how it all begun. it's a wonderful story that this was a big thing in australia in the 1950s. there was an organisation called the gould league which encouraged students to love their herds and respect birds and this bird calling competition was statewide. it was a big thing, a big deal at the time and some of our local schools were very, very in that area and the great thing is, the older people now who are ourjudges were those school students of the past, and theyjust love seeing the circle of life, if you like, with the kids coming into do the bird calling. i suppose you relied on local media and local journalists to spread the word, they were helpful to us in pulling together the pictures for this.

vanessa milton in the south—east for the abc is wonderful. she connected the dots before we got involved. she was talking to people at the merimbula museum, a local history organisation, and she did the initial story, which really gave this a lot of impetus, and she's covered our three bird olympic events and your recorders saw that video. it's just very engaging and the beautiful thing is the kids enjoy it and they show very little self—consciousness when they're doing it, and wejust love their reaction. and the kids who featured are generally really good at it, aren't they? do you think it's more than a competition, does it have life lessons? there's a whole lot of stuff in there. where fortunate on the far south coast, mike, it's an absolute

biodiversity hotspot with dutiful national park and a lot of these kids come from very small bush schools where there surrounded by the bush. it's part of their life. we have issues like many other spots in the world with factors which may endanger some birds. we have endangered bird species. in looking at the science and technology behind the bird calls, we hope these students will play inactive role in helping to protect their habitats. thanks for talking to us. the australian tennis player, nick kyrgios, has been fined $113,000 after spectacularly losing his temper during a match in the us. kyrgios swore repeatedly at the umpire, calling him "the worst ref ever" and "a tool", before walking off court and smashing two rackets against the floor. the australian went on to lose the cincinnati masters match against his russian opponent. the sport's governing body says it's considering taking further action against kyrgios, who's well known for clashing with officials.

that is it for now. thank you for watching. hello there after a stray day on thursday with some sunshine things are going downhill for friday. we have this area of low pressure coming in from the atlantic. it will sit in the north—west of the uk of the next few days. at the moment it is pushing ahead, this weather front, thickening cloud and bringing in outbreaks of rain from the west, slowly but surely. that rain is going to be heaviest across wales in the south—west, across the hills, 2— three inches of rain, could be localised flooding. a dry start for isa localised flooding. a dry start for is a part of england. here is the rainband with some of the rain heavy at times. you may get structure was at times. you may get structure was at times. you may get structure was at times. eventually it will brighten up in scotland and more readily for northern ireland in the afternoon, with some sunshine. the winds will be quite brisk with that

rain as well. strong, maybe even gale force across the western coastal areas. and where we get the sunshine in scotland and northern ireland temperatures could poke up to 21-22 ireland temperatures could poke up to 21—22 under the cloud it will be nearer 18 or 19. we may get away with a dry morning session at lourdes for day three, but once the rain arrives, about lunchtime, it will still be there through the rest of the day. so we went into the day across england and wales. some shop showers still for scotland and northern ireland, well into the night. you can see how the rain moves away from the south—east of england, clear skies follow. moves away from the south—east of england, clearskies follow. it should not be too chilly. 15— 16 degrees, 12 or 13 further north. for saturday, we will find most of the showers is coming into scotland and northern ireland. some heavier ones for western scotland. a few showers for western scotland. a few showers for england and wales. not many getting through to eastern areas, a good chance of staying dry. the savages backup to 21 or 22 degrees at best —— temperatures. notice the

weather coming into the north—west of scotland. the low pressure close plate will be quite a wet weekend. there is the of that weather front returning to the south—east of england on saturday night. that should have cleared away by sunday morning. we are back into this sunshine and showers mix. maybe more showers across england and wales on sunday. again, the main focus will be for scotland and northern ireland. some of these heavy and thundery. the wind is picking up again on sunday, with fresh to strong winds, may be touching gale force in one or two places. that will make it bill kollar, puttick level scotla nd will make it bill kollar, puttick level scotland and northern ireland. 21 also in the south—east —— that will make it bill kollar in scotland.

this is bbc news. the headlines: israel has barred two us congresswomen from entering the country, a move encouraged by president trump. rashida tlaib and ilhan omar are democrats who have criticised policy towards the palestinians. the israeli government says they have been denied entry because of their support for a boycott of the country. india's prime minister has defended the decision to strip indian—administered kashmir of its special status. he also denied reports that five of its soldiers were killed during fighting on the border. pakistan says three of its soldiers were killed during a recent exchange of fire. a young woman charged under el salvador‘s strict anti—abortion laws has appeared in court and protested her innocence at her retrial.

evelyn hernandez became pregnant through rape. she said she miscarried, but was convicted of murder after prosecutors said she had induced an abortion. now on bbc news, panorama. the betting business is booming in britain. it is as simple as tap, tap, boom. but is it problem gamblers who are paying the price? they never questioned whether i could actually afford to, you know, spend 50 grand a night. we meet the punters who've lost everything. i was insane, i was insane. but i couldn't stop. the gamblers who don't know when to quit. um, an addiction, a compulsion like i've never seen in my life.