i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: the g7 summit ends with the possibility of a meeting between president trump and the iranian leader. drug companyjohnson and johnson is fined over $500 million for its part in america's opioid addiction crisis. i'm rico hizon in london. also in the programme: indonesia is to have a new capital built on the island of borneo as the land around jakarta sinks. and dancing the days away — seoul's seniors disco tackles loneliness.

announcer: live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am london and 2am in the french resort of biarritz, where the g7 summit of world leaders has ended in an unexpectedly positive mood. french president emmanuel macron persuaded his colleagues to agree to help brazil fight the fires in the amazon. he also convinced president trump to at least consider a meeting with iran's president rouhani. and mr trump himself was upbeat about the resolution of another crisis he has initiated: the trade war with china. i think they should make a deal, and i think if they don't make a deal, it's going to be very bad for china. and i very much appreciate the fact

they came out last night, very late last night, and they said they wanted to make a deal, they wanted it to be under calm circumstances. it was a little different kind of statement, i thought it was a beautiful statement. the us president stood beside emmanual macron as the french leader laid out the idea of a meeting between mr trump and iran's president rouhani. translation: what i told minister zarif and what i told president rouhani over the phone is that if he accepted to meet president donald trump i'm convinced that and agreement can be found. we know the terms, the objectives. now we need to get round the table and manage it. so i hope that in the next few weeks, on the basis of these conversations, we can manage to organise a meeting at the highest level between resident rouhani and president trump. ros atkins has been covering the summit for us. here are his thoughts on what's been achieved. before this summit started,

one local newspapers here in south—west france said the best outcome for president macron would be if nothing happened at all here in biarritz. of course, the president wouldn't put it that way, but certainly everyone was aware that at the last g7 donald trump left before the end and was decidedly unhappy about the whole thing. as such this g7 has been constructed to avoid conflict. so much so that with the final press conferences this afternoon, there's been one constant message. donald trump talked about the great unity here. emmanuel macron talked about common ground and shared messages. he also talked about the fact that everyone within the g7 likes concrete outcomes. so let's look at what we've got. on the issue of the trade and the trade war, donald trump made positive noises about the possibility of getting a deal a deal with china. lots of other people said

they wanted the trade war to finish. but if you're looking for significant policy shifts to ta ke us towards that end, no positive results i'm afraid. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. american pharmacutical firm johnson &johnson has been ordered by an oklahoma court to pay nearly $600 million for its role in fuelling the us opioid epidemic. in a historic ruling, the judge found the company liable for its promotion of highly addictive prescription painkillers. experts say the ruling could be a model for future lawsuits. i asked our north america correspondent peter bowes whether the company is likely to appeal. they have said they will definitely appeal this ruling. they believe this judgement is flawed. they strongly disagree with it, they strongly disagree with the assertion that they were responsible for the opioid epidemic in the state of oklahoma. and, of course, bear in mind,

there are lots and lots of other lawsuits of a similar nature pending around the united states. and, of course, what this will give the lawyers pursuing in those cases is it will help them with their legal arguments, because in the state of oklahoma, johnson &johnson were accused in a specialist way of being a public nuisance. now, that was described byjohnson & johnson as radical but it succeeded and the judge agreed, so it may well provide a framework for those other lawyers in other states to pursue similar lawsuits. what's likely to happen next, peter? well, the appeal will start, but of course what doesn't tragically end is the opioid crisis in the united states. we know that many, many people have died over the past couple of decades and it's interesting thatjohnson &johnson acknowledge that it is a problem. they say they're working with their partners to try to alleviate the problem in the future, but that doesn't

change their view on this lawsuit, strongly disagreeing that they were in anyway to blame for it. that they were in any way to blame for it. peter bowes reporting. also making news today: the trial of film producer harvey weinstein has been pushed back to january after prosecutors filed a new indictment against him. the fallen hollywood mogul pleaded not guilty today to new charges of sexual assault at a court in new york. he had already denied charges of rape and sexual assault involving two women. amid rising tensions between the iran—backed hezbollah movement and israel, the lebanese president, michel aoun has described israeli drone crashes as a declaration of war. over the weekend two drones fell in the suburbs of beirut where the hezbollah movement has its stronghold. the united nations today called for maximum restraint by all parties. pakistan says another five cases of polio have been detected, bringing the total number of people affected by the disease so far this

year to 58. that's almost five times the number of cases reported last year. there's widespread distrust of the polio vaccination programme in pakistan. islamist militants have tried to claim it's a western conspiracy to sterilise muslims. thailand's royal palace has released a series of unprecedented images of the king vajiralongkorn‘s newly—anointed consort, causing the website they were posted on to crash. they include candid photos showing her aiming a weapon on a firing range, piloting a fighterjet and preparing to make a parachutejump. sineenat wongvajira pa kdi is the first person to receive the consort title in almost a century. indonesia's presidentjoko

widodo has announced where the country's new capital will be built. the current capital jakarta is sinking so it will move to the island of borneo, wedged between two regions in the east kalimantan province. 10 million people live injakarta. half of the city is below sea level and could be entirely underwater by 2050. deasy simandjuntak is an associate fellow at the institute of south—east asian studies at the yusof ishak institute. she told me more about the significance of the move. the president finally announced the name of the regions where the capital city would be relocated, which is north balikpapan and samarinda in east kalimantan.

there is a lot of questions why it has to be now. like you said earlier, jakarta is sinking, and also the president yesterday mentioned something about the heavy burden jakarta has been carrying as the hub for trading, finance, services and economy, plus being the centre for government as well as the burden that java in general has been carrying. he's right, because it's a massive burden. jakarta is overcrowded, you've got massive traffic congestion, some of the worst in the world in fact. it's sinking, prone to natural disasters. we know the reason for it, but how do people injakarta feel about potentially losing power here. you're from jakarta, how do you feel about this? as usual with all policies, there are pros and cons. some people are excited about it, some people are not very much excited about it. those supporting this decision think about... this is a way of mitigating jakarta congestion, the overpopulation.

but those less excited about it think about the ecological side of it, the environment, because east kalimantan has rainforest and also the faunas, you know, the orang—utans, and what's going to happen to this aspect. that is a legitimate concern, it is borneo, the endangered orangutan and many other creatures live there. to what extent will indonesia be able to deliver this ecologically, because it's not a country known for that. it's early days still. the president still needs an approval for the parliament. yesterday he said he's already sent an official letter for the parliament to prepare. and it's massively expensive too, it's going to cost over $33 billion. $33 billion, that's right.

336 trillion rupia. massive amount of money, so where are they going to get it from and how is it going to work? the president said something like only using i9% of the state budget to finance this and the rest will come from private state and private partnerships and direct private investment as well. he said something about state—owned enterprises also having to show their costs. deasy simandjuntak speaking earlier to sharanjit. one subject that also dominated the g7 summit was the fires currently burning in the amazon. leaders did manage to agree measures to help tackle the fires. more than $20 million was promised in emergency funding forfirefighting equipment and military assistance. will grant reports. as each day passes, another chunk of the amazon disappears. this is just one of the 75,000 fires in brazil which have prompted such an angry response is a finite resource vanishes before the world's eyes. but now it seems the world's wealthiest nations are at least

trying to react. the g7 have promised funds for the battle to save it. £18 million to be precise. while that's welcomed by environmental campaigners in brazil, most would say it's nowhere near enough for the scale of the problem. this is the scorched and blackened earth of another small part of the amazon destroyed by the fire. president bolsonaro says the idea of an international alliance to save this would turn brazil into a colony or no man's land. more evidence, if any were needed, of the deep hostility between the international community and brazil's leader on this issue. an operation by brazilian forces is supposedly under way in the state of rondonia, but resources appear thin and critics say the response has been slow and woefully undermanned. that is at the heart of why people

are turning out on the streets in brazilian cities. in rio and sao paulo, people rarely protest over the amazon this is their country and thousands in the urban centres are furious at bolsonaro. the wildfires aren't contained to brazil's borders either, with neighbouring bolivia facing a daunting challenge in bringing its own under control. it's lost overi million hectares of the chiquitano forest in the east of the country. president morales of bolivia does want international help. however, with much of latin america in flames, europe's response is insufficient to put them out. will grant, bbc news, rondonia province, brazil. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: a sea of volcanic rock. how did these pumice stones come to be drifting in the pacific ocean? also on the programme: notting hill carnival colour — london celebrates caribbean heritage in the capital in caribbean temperatures.

he's the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared, "i have a dream." as darkness falls, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky. an orange glowing disc that's brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet mars. horn toots there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. it will take months and billions of dollars to repair what katrina achieved injust hours.

three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years. so it was with great satisfaction that clockmakerjohn vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. big ben bongs this is newsday on the bbc. thank you for staying with us. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm rico hizon in london. our top stories: the g7 summit draws to a close in biarritz with president trump considering a meeting with his counterpart in iran. it's "realistic," he says — although iran's state media has rejected the idea. the drug makerjohnson &johnson is to be fined over half a billion dollars for its part in fuelling america's opioid painkiller addiction crisis. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world, all of which lead with their own

take on the g7 summit. all of them lead with their let's begin with britain's independent, which shows an empty seat where president trump should have been seated for a discussion on the fires in the amazon. mr trump has been criticised for his absence, under the headline "a climate crisis — but no sign of trump". in france le figaro, homes in on the relationship between presidents trump and macron. they held a joint press conference at the summit, where mr trump praised mr macron for his leadership. and the front page of the japan times shows president trump with prime minister shinzo abe. the two leaders announced a us—japan trade deal following a meeting on the sidelines of the g7.

those are the papers. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? yes, cows. yes — we've all heard of herd mentality but this group of cows in the uk have taken it to a new level. watch them jump over the white line in the middle of the road as they cross over to a new field. twitter users have been left fascinated. many have shared their ideas as to why the herd chose to jump the flat line. 0ne user said the line could remind them of electric fencing. 0thers suggested it's due to them taking in a broaderfield of vision than humans. see them round. —— run. scientists say a vast raft of volcanic rocks, that is nearly the size of manhattan, is drifting through the pacific ocean. the sea of pumice the size of 20,000 football fields was first reported by australian sailor and is believed to have come from an underwater volcano near tonga which erupted earlier this month. tom whitehead and shannon lenz

sailed their boat into the pumice field. well, it was very unusual. it started very slowly. we had slicks of what looked like rocks and dirt floating. itjust seemed very odd. it was like we had blundered into pirates of the caribbean. it was just bizarre. earlier i spoke to scott bryan, a geologist with the queensland university of technology, and i started by asking him how rare the phenomenon is. no, it's quite a common occurrence actually for our region. in the southwest pacific it happens around every five years or so. the last one was 2012 and i3,

so this is just history repeating. but can this pumice really revitalise the great barrier reef? yeah, so what we've seen in the past is — these last eruptions that we did studies in detail and over 20 years or so, this pumice is going to drift past coral reefs and islands in fiji, vanuatu, new caledonia and the east coral sea. and when they come into contact with these islands and reefs, the pumice is going to come into contact with larvae floating in the water from all of the life that's living and breathing there. those larvae are going to touch the pumice, find a solid home to attach to, and grow and mature, blissfully unaware that they're going to be transported 5,000 kilometres westwards to arrive along our shorelines around easter time next year. so much promise. so, will it reach the great barrier reef by next year? yep, so, based on the winds and surface currents,

it should arrive in our region along the east coast of australia around march, april, next year. but what is the possibility that the pumice will break up on its way to the great barrier reef? yeah, so at the moment, and the sailor who encountered the raft, it's a big mass, made ofi trillion or more pieces of pumice ranging from marble sized to basketball size. so what's going to happen as that it's slowly going to spread out across the ocean's surface and the waves, expanding the area it is covering. in a sense it will break up and won't be such a concentrated mass that has been picked up by boats for the last week or two. has there been a president where this has revitalised another reef?

—— precedent? well, as an idea postulated a number of decades ago, it was thought the great barrier reef actually owes its mechanism to organisms being rafted in. so it's a natural process, it's how nature can distribute life across our planet and certainly allows corals to cross deep oceans, otherwise they need to live and grow on a hard substrate in shallow waters. europe's biggest street party has been taking place in record breaking heat in west london. more than one million people filled the streets for the notting hill carnival. charlotte gallagher reports. for some, it's the first carnival, but others had been

coming for decades. how many times have you done this before? i'm 2a, and i've been doing carnivalfor 2a years. absolutely beautiful. it's the best time of year for everybody, black, white, green, pink, yellow. nottingham hill carnival has been running for 50 years and the costumes, community and dancing will continue for many years to come. a daytime disco for over—65s in the korean capital seoul is giving seniors a new lease of life. the event is the first of its kind organised by the local government and aims to tackle loneliness and dementia in the country, which has a rapidly ageing population. we went to take a look.

yes, i love to dance. great exercise, prevents the manager. great for you. great for your health. —— prevents dementia. you have been watching newsday. i'm rico hizon in london. and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. stay with us. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures. it's taylor swift arriving at the mtv video music awards which are due to begin shortly. the ‘shake it off singer has the honour of opening the show and she also has the most nominations, along with ariana grande. the pop princesses will battle it out for best video and best song of the year.

good luck to all the nominees. that's all for now. stay with bbc world news. hello once again. in some areas — the british isles — the late august bank holiday has been marked by unseasonably high temperatures and the records have been tumbling through sunday and indeed into the bank holiday on monday. on both days, 30 celsius was exceeded in the south—eastern quarter of the british isles. come the middle to end of the week, you'll be looking at something a good deal closer to 23 or 24. perhaps that suits you a good deal better. and it's there, waiting in the wings behind this particular weather front. we've got all that fresher, atlantic air waiting to pile its way across the british isles. but even before that arrives, right from the word go into the south—west across wales

and then eventually through tuesday up into the north of england, perhaps eventually come the evening into lincolnshire and cambridgeshire, we may well find some pretty heavy showers and thunderstorms. temperatures still in that south—eastern quarter around about the sort of 32—33 degree mark or so. so the change not quite in hand through tuesday but certainly we'll notice it through wednesday, so thunderstorms quit the scene overnight on tuesday, then on wednesday we push that weather front ever further towards the east. ahead of it again, we may well find the odd sharper burst of rain getting down towards east anglia and the south—east. a lot of cloud around but a brighter end to the day. and there you see the temperatures no longer 33, it's closer to 23 or 24. and that's what marks the middle and indeed the end of the week, where we go into a period of atlantic—derived air, the jet stream kinking a trough there, quite a marked one too, just initially to the western side of the british isles but then gradually tumbling its way ever further towards the east and no longer do we sit on the warm

side of the jet stream, we are very much in the firing line of a succession of low pressure areas firing their way, particularly towards the north—western quarter of the british isles. the high pressure for the second half of the week very much confined to the southern counties. so as we get on through thursday we'll find yet more wet and windy fare driving its way across the british isles, some brighter skies following on behind, but everybody just about at risk of a sharper burst of rain at some stage in proceedings. temperatures in the teens to the low 20s. not a great deal of difference on through friday with regard to the temperatures, but certainly, i think we'll find the rain at this stage largely confined to parts of scotland and northern ireland, perhaps just getting across the border later on into the north—west of both england and wales. the driest of the weather at that stage, further south.

i'm sharanjit leyl with bbc world news. our top story: the g7 summit has drawn to a close in biarritz.

president trump is considering the prospect of meeting his iranian counterpart, though state media in tehran has been quick to reject the idea. the us pharmaceutical giantjohnson &johnson has been ordered by a judge in oklahoma to pay a fine of more than $500 million for fuelling an epidemic of pain—killing opioids in the state. the ruling is being seen as a test case for litigation against drugs companies across the united states. and this video shows one of the fastest—sinking cities in the world. the indonesian capital is to be moved from jakarta, seen here, to the island of borneo 1,200 kilometres away. jakarta is home to more than 10 million people, but it sits on swampy land and is slowly sinking. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and for the top stories and more in the uk, take a look at the bbc website.