welcome to bbc news. i'm mike embley. our top stories: canada's prime minister justin trudeau apologises after time magazine uncovers a picture of him wearing brownface makeup at a party 20 years ago. i dressed up in an aladdin costume and put makeup on. i shouldn't have done that. i should have known better, but i didn't. and i'm really sorry. the us secretary of state describes the attack on saudi oil facilities as an "act of war" — and again blames iran. european union chiefs give borisjohnson two weeks to set out his brexit plans — if he doesn't, they say, "then it's over". and the trump administration revokes california's right to set its own, stricter, vehicle emission standards

— setting up a legal battle. hello. within the past couple of hours, canada's prime ministerjustin trudeau has apologised for wearing brownface make—up to a costume party in 2001 after it was published by time magazine. the photo shows mr trudeau at a party which was themed arabian nights. he is wearing a turban and robes with his face, neck and hands completely darkened. according to time magazine, mr trudeau was a teacher at the private school. at a news conference, the prime minister was asked if he should resign. i take responsibility for my decision to do that. i shouldn't have done it. i should have known better. it was something that i didn't think was racist at the time,

but now i recognise it was something racist to do. and i am deeply sorry. for more we'rejoined by our correspondent david willis. is there serious talk of him resigning? well, it was certainly a very highly contritejustin trudeau who faced reporters this evening, mike. he called on canadians to forgive him. he repeatedly apologised for his actions, said he shouldn't have done it, should have known better, regretted what he did, and so on. he said the photograph was unacceptable stop and he also said that he worked all his life to fight against racism and intolerance and create opportunities for people and create opportunities for people and that he had made this mistake when he was much younger and he wished he hadn't. mr trudeau said at one point that he had been overly enthusiastic, at one point in his life, about wearing costumes. but

asked on multiple occasions whether he should resign, he consistently dodged the question. he said it was something that he didn't think was racist at the time. well, condemnation has been swift, as you can imagine. canada's left wing new democratic candidate jagmeet singh had this response to the photograph tonight. well, it's troubling. really, it's insulting. anytime we hear examples of brown face or black facing, really, it's making a mockery of someone for the lived experiences. i think he needs to answer for it. i think he needs to answer for it. i think he needs to answer the question of why he did that. it remains to be seen what actually happens, what sort of comeback there is as far asjustin trudeau is concerned. just one week into his race for re—election. trudeau is concerned. just one week into his race for re-election. and of course it was 20 years ago, but it seems so adrift from all the

values he has very publicly advocated. absolutely. this is a man who has been seen as a hero for the progressives, not just who has been seen as a hero for the progressives, notjust in canada, but in north america and elsewhere. this is somebody who, in his time, had promoted the role of minority groups, the plight of refugees, canada has ta ken groups, the plight of refugees, canada has taken in more refugees than its american neighbour, and, of course, his liberal party has been a firm advocate of free trade. but he had already been dealing with criticism over a scandal involving allegations that he tried to influence his formerjustice minister's handling of a corruption case. so it remains to be seen, i think, how that pans out amongst ordinary voters and how much impact it has on his race for election. we will hear more on that from canada

just a little later. thank you very much, david. saudi arabia has produced what it says is wreckage which it claims proves iran was involved in attacks on two of its oil refineries at the weekend. the defence ministry unveiled parts from what it says are 18 drones and seven cruise missiles fired from a direction which it claims rules out yemeni rebels as the source. the us secretary of state has suggested the attacks were an act of war. the latest from our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville. here is what saudi arabia failed to stop — the remains of a swarm of 18 drones and seven missiles, a terrible miss that knocked out 5% of the world's global oil supply in an instant. the attack was launched from the north, and was unquestionably sponsored by iran. and, despite the pile of enemy debris before him, he praised saudi defences. well, we are pretty proud about our air defence. 0ur air defence have intercepted, until now, almost 232 ballistic missiles.

but what saudi arabia didn't say, as the united states has done, is that this was a direct attack from iran, and from iranian soil. instead, it said it was sponsored by iran. these two bitter enemies have proxies throughout the region. any direct escalation would spread like wildfire, and would be difficult to contain. arriving injeddah today, the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, called the attack an act of war. injune, the us blamed iran for these attacks in the gulf of oman. last year's abandoned nuclear deal and us sanctions have fuelled confrontation. good morning, prime minister. iraq's prime minister, speaking to the bbc, urged his neighbours to exercise caution. well, i hope we don't go to attack — they attack each other, really, because if we have an open war, it will not stop. this is a very dangerous war.

this is not like any other wars. this was an attack with global implications. tonight, president trump and borisjohnson spoke and called for a united diplomatic response — hardly fighting talk. few want to run the risk of this crisis raging out of control. quentin sommerville, bbc news, beirut. borisjohnson has two weeks to set out his brexit plans to the eu, according to finland's prime minister. antti rinne says he and the french president have agreed the uk should produce proposals in writing by the end of the month — if not, he said, "then it's over". the prime minister of luxembourg has denied he tried to embarrass mrjohnson on monday, when he held a press conference with just an empty podium for the british prime minister. xavier bettel spoke to our europe editor katya adler. i am sad about these perceptions from people to think that i want to humiliate — i have too much respect for the uk, too much respect for the uk citizens

and for boris johnson, to think that i prepared this as a trickjust to have five minutes of popularity. really? there has been quite some outrage in the uk, after prime minister bettel, following a meeting on monday, here in luxembourg, with borisjohnson, decided to hold a press conference. mrjohnson, he holds the future of all uk citizens... loudly criticising the brexit process in front of anti—brexit protesters, after the prime minister had left the building. you vehemently deny accusation that this was a planned ambush or a planned humiliation... no! but, prime minister, you are a very experienced politician, you must have realised how it would look to have an empty podium where the uk prime minister should have stood but borisjohnson was not there in order to answer the very emotional criticisms that you had about the brexit process. you must have realised how

that was going to go down? do you regret it now, looking back on it? no, because the fact it was agreed to have this press statement together. so keen was mr bettel to show me why he was unable to meet boris johnson's request to hold their press conference indoors to avoid the noise outside of the anti—brexit demonstrators, that he took me on a personal tour of his prime ministerial offices. i have no room, press room, for 120 journalists. and so to pickjust five or ten, 15 and to say that we organise just with them i think was a problem. yesterday, we even had the us ambassador to the uk in the argument, saying that your treatment of boris johnson was evidence of why the uk is a right to leave the eu. i am a friend of the united kingdom. the fact that some people have been hurt makes me sad. so let's look at the deal. you did sit here with borisjohnson.

he also sat withjean—claude juncker, the president of the european commission. president juncker today described the meeting as friendly and, in parts, positive. was that you're feeling as well, despite the kind of... it felt like anger outside, inside was it a constructive conversation with the prime minister? it was a perfectly friendly, constructive discussion that we had inside. but i'm waiting for concrete proposals, time is ticking. time is ticking. he told me that what could be plans, what could be ideas but i cannot decide on ideas. i need legally binding texts. are you actually going to be able to find a deal by mid october? when i have concrete proposals, i can tell you. i really would hope that we are able to have this deal and to have also the future relations directly decided. and that, in a few weeks, we are able to say, they did it.

xavier bettel speaking there to katya adler. let's get some of the day's other news. a verdict is expected soon from a japanese court, on whether three executives from tokyo electric power are liable for the fu kushima nuclear disaster of 2011. the trial is the only criminal case that's come out of the incident, when a massive tsunami caused by an earthquake overwhelmed reactors at the plant. president trump has named the american hostage negotiator, robert 0'brien, as his new national security advisor. he replaces john bolton who was sacked last week. robert 0'brien also served under presidents george w bush and barack 0bama. india has announced a complete ban on e—cigarettes, with immediate effect. the government says they pose a health risk, particularly to young people, and are being used as a style statement. few people vape, currently, in india, but the country has more than 100 million adult smokers, making it a huge potential market for e—cigarettes. greta thunberg has told politicians in the us they're not doing enough

to combat climate change. the 16—year—old environmental campaigner was one of several young activists invited to address the senate climate taskforce during two days of action and speeches. she sent congress copies of a major report on global warming, urging them to listen to the scientists and take "real action" the trump administration has announced it is revoking california's ability to set its own emissions standards on cars. the president claimed in a tweet that the move would allow manufacturers to "produce far less expensive cars for the consumer, while at the same time making the cars substantially safer. this will lead to more production," he suggested. the governor of california has described the president's claim as "factually inaccurate," and the state has begun a legal challenge. we can now speak to mary nichols who is the chair of the california air resources board, as well as being an environmental lawyer for over four decades.

what to make of what the president is saying and doing here? it's hard to see it as anything other than a political act on the president's part, because what he said, of course it was on twitter, so this is not exactly something that you can ta ke to not exactly something that you can take to the bank or even to court, but his statement is definitely not supported by anything in the record of the regulatory proceedings that are going on here and it is also something that comes, as it happens, just at the moment when he's in california trying to rally big money from republican donors. he clearly was very upset about the fact that four major auto manufacturers, including ford, honda, walter hagen, and bmw all came out publicly saying they supported the california approach —— volkswagen. he is trying

to get some support for his own rollback of the regulations. which, as far as rollback of the regulations. which, as farasi rollback of the regulations. which, as far as i can see, has no actual objection to other than that they we re objection to other than that they were adopted under a former president, 0bama. your state has begun a legal challenge. how do you expect this to end up? well, the idea, of course, is that it will end up idea, of course, is that it will end up at some time or another in the supreme court in the hope, i'm sure, on the part of the trump followers is that they will have a more friendly supreme court than they have had in the past, because of the two trump appointees and somehow they will succeed in finally getting rid of california as a force. it is an indicator, i guess, of this long, continuing struggle between states and the federal government, but also the way climate change is a battleground now in the us. yes, exactly. u nfortu nately, battleground now in the us. yes, exactly. unfortunately, climate change has become a partisan issue,

which it absolutely was not when we first started working on this area backin first started working on this area back in the clinton administration, there were strong efforts on the pa rt there were strong efforts on the part of republicans to join in effo rts part of republicans to join in efforts to create a whole climate programme for the united states. but i think it's even worse than that, in some ways it's turned into a real battleground over trump himself and his ability to be the decider, ultimately, of all environmental issues, as opposed to the structure that we have in place under the law, the clean air act, which actually gives the stay is the responsibility for meeting health standards in our states. so we have this very bizarre situation in which, by law, california is required to achieve health standards for our citizens, at the same time the federal government is trying to take away our ability to do the most important

thing that we can do, which is to clea n thing that we can do, which is to clean up our thing that we can do, which is to clean up our cars. thing that we can do, which is to clean up our cars. mary nichols, good to talk to you. thank you very much. you you are stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a toy monkey, lost on a five—year—old's visit to buckingham palace, makes a royal return to its owner in australia. 30 hours after the earthquake that devastated mexico city, rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have died. there is people alive and there is people not alive. we just can help and give them whatever we've got. a state funeral is being held for princess grace of monaco at the church where she married prince rainier 26 years ago. it looked as though they had come to fight a war, but their mission is to bring peace to east timor, and nowhere on earth needs it more badly. the government's case is being forcefully presented by monsieur badinter, the justice minister.

he's campaigned vigorously for the abolition, having once witnessed one of his clients being executed. elizabeth seton spent much of her time at this grotto, and every year, hundreds of pilgrimages are made here. now that she's become a saint, it's expected that this area will be inundated with tourists. the mayor and local businessman regard the anticipated boom as just another blessing of st elizabeth. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: canada's prime ministerjustin trudeau has apologised — after time magazine uncovered a picture of him wearing brownface makeup at at party 20 years ago. the us secretary of state has said the us secretary of state has said the attack on saudi arabian authors -- oil the attack on saudi arabian authors —— oilfacilities the attack on saudi arabian authors —— oil facilities wasn't a war and

has again claimed iran —— blamed iran. indonesia is stepping up its response to thousands of forest fires which are sending thick smoke across the region. schools have been closed in malaysia and thousands of people have been treated for lung infections linked to the haze. the province of central kalimantan on the island of borneo has been one of the worst—hit areas. 0ur correspondent rivn dwiastono is in palangka raya. the air quality in the city is still in hazardous level. therefore people are still advised to wear their masks every time they leave their houses. today we actually followed a team of firefighters and volunteers to visit some hotspots in palangka raya. we visited at least three hotspots today, and from what i saw, it's not an easyjob that they did. the fire from the burning peatland is getting closer to locals' residence, and here the fire broke outjust behind the house of a local that is made and built out of wood, and that can easily be lit by the fire itself. the firefighters are still trying to put out the blaze, but it's hard because the water

sources are very dry because of the dry season that's occurring right now. it took more than an hour for them to completely extinguish fire in one hotspot. it's partly because of the nature of peatland itself. they have to make sure that they extinguish the fire not only on the surface of the peatland, but also beneath the surface. that can go down as deep as tens of metres. another reason is the fact that, in dry season, water sources are very rare, so almost every water source is dry. they need to actually go as far as 2 km away to pick up hundreds of litres of water, back and forth to the location where they need to extinguish the fire, and that takes up their time from what could have been a more productive day. an australian hiker who fell six metres down a waterfall said he had to carry his broken leg for two days

while he waited to be rescued. he was bushwalking alone near brisbane when it happened. i started sliding down the face of the rock and slid about 20 feet, cartwheel, slammed into the rock and then land at the bottom. i thought i was in a lot of trouble now because nobody knows where i am, i don't have a personal location beacon. that was two days of lifting my leg, i had a bandage around my elbow so i could use my elbow and i was scrambling inch by inch. let's return now to the story that was breaking as we came on air aboutjustin that was breaking as we came on air about justin trudeau apologising that was breaking as we came on air aboutjustin trudeau apologising for brown face make up that he wore it as aladdin seemed dinner 20 years ago. he was wearing brown face at that dinner. joining me now from

0ttawa is vassy kapelos, the host of cbcs power and politics programme. thank you for talking to us. this is almost impossible to spin your way out of. it will not play well. it is already not playing well. prime minister, rather the liberal leader is in campaign mode here. he was trying to apologise. he said he was, quote an oak, pierced at himself and he deeply regretted it and called it racist but i can't describe exactly for you how big a moment this is in this campaign. it had been a quiet campaign until now. his party ‘s neck and neck with the opposition and potentially this could really change things. so many people will be hurt and offended, surprised, outraged. what is the political damage? the political damage is a little more than that. of course, on the face of it it is completely offensive and awful thing to have done. however this leader of the party has, as prime minister, spoken

so party has, as prime minister, spoken so much about diversity and modelled himself and i'm sure you then that on the end to national age, is the embodiment of canadian values and the antiracist person. the antiracist candidate. criticise the opposition so much in the first week of this campaign for keeping candidates who had social media past to exposed racist or homophobic views. he said the leader of the 0pposition should not forgive them, that those candidates should be booted. and now that the tables have been turned it is the hypocrisy of those comments that will be so political damaging for him. there was already a scandal about the handling of a corruption case?‘ was already a scandal about the handling of a corruption case? a big scandal. it has faded a bit because it broke back in february but at the time and fora it broke back in february but at the time and for a number of months it personally heard once again that same thing i was talking about, his personal brand. his numbers dropped and they stayed there for a while. ironically in the last three or four weeks they had started to level off

and pick back up, so much so that the liberals, his party which had been down in the polls for a number of months had bounced back up and were, as i said, now neck and neck with their main opposition to the this could once again turn the ta bles this could once again turn the tables on him, given that it hits in the same vein as he had promised to do politics differently and to be different, to be a model of canadian values and each of these issues strike at that rand and could be damaging to his politicalfortunes. he is characterising it as a massive error ofjudgement. to some people it looks like a politician claiming to be one thing but is actually being another. exactly. ithink it is that sort of hypocrisy. right away the opposition came out tonight and said it was still racist to dress in brown face into thousand and one. he is the son of one of this country ‘s most famous prime minister. he had all the education in the world. he was a teacher at the time. it is hard to understand

how he could not conceive that as being racist even if it was 18 or 19 yea rs being racist even if it was 18 or 19 years ago. and once again it is the hypocrisy you highlight and just the damage of the visual of that picture that could prove to be potentially really damaging. thank you so much for your time. a five—year—old australian girl who left a toy monkey at buckingham palace has been reunited with her cuddly companion. the queen — no less — sent it back to her. gareth barlow reports. for harriet monkey it has been quite this summer. while on holiday with five—year—old savannah, harriet was lost as they too would buckingham palace. he fell out of my dad 's bag and she went in the garden. she was taken from that is bad to get some photos and the next day we were on a tour bus and i had the thought and i

asked where harriet was. it is a question that savannah's kindergarten class wanted answered. so they went to the top and they wrote to the queen. she has been to europe, africa, egypt, fiji three times... we put in a lot of photos of her adventures around the world and all the children signed it and put it in an envelope and posted it. 0ne put it in an envelope and posted it. one week later, the palace replied sending pictures of harriet enjoying a cream tea, meeting staff and making friends with a toy corgi. after her round the world trip, harriet is now back home in adelaide and already preparing for her next adventure. there is more on all the news any time for you on the bbc website and you can reach me on most of the team on twitter. thank you very much for watching. please, come again.

hello. thursday morning brings another rather chilly start but actually the emphasis over the next few days is for things to turn a little warmer and, with that, for the vast majority, it will be dry. high pressure firmly in charge at the moment, centred right on top of the british isles for thursday morning. one or two fog patches underneath this high, with light winds and one frontal system bringing some extra cloud and the odd spot of rain in the far north of scotland. and that's where we'll have the mildest weather through the first part of the morning. further south, one or two spots down around to three or 4 degrees in the countryside. but across england and wales, we will see plenty of sunshine, once any early fog patches have cleared from the likes of north—west england. some early fog across parts

of northern ireland but, again, some sunshine to come here. where we start off cloudy in scotland, that cloud should break to give some spells of sunshine. there could be some areas of cloud there and lapping into east anglia and the southeast through the afternoon, but, generally speaking, a dry day for most and a slightly warmer one as well, with highs of 17 to 22 degrees. it stays fine as we go through thursday night. the cloud continuing to peel away from scotland. the winds picking up though, across western areas. so no realfog problems, i suspect, across the western side of the uk. certainly not much fog affecting northern ireland. slightly milder in the west as well. but further east some rather chilly weather to start friday morning, and the fog risk really pushing its way into south—east scotland and north—east england. but any of that fog will lift. we'll see some areas cloud drifting northwards through the day but, generally, it is another fine day with quite a lot of sunshine and, again, it will be a little bit warmer. widely 19 to 21 degrees, but somewhere in north—east scotland, we could get all the way up to 2a degrees. and saturday looks warmer still. a feed of very warm air wafting up from the south.

relatively humid air as well. and then, as we go through the weekend, we will turn our attention to the west because these frontal systems will be trying to make some inroads. for the majority, on saturday, we get away with a dry day, with quite a lot of sunshine. it will be quite breezy but there is just a hint there of a shower across the south—west of england. could see some of these into wales, northern ireland as well, late in the day. there could be the odd thunderstorm and some hefty downpours as well. but i think saturday, the warmest day generally. 21 degrees in glasgow. 25 or 26 towards the southeast. some uncertainty about this but on sunday it looks like we will see showers and thunderstorms becoming more widespread. but there are some doubts aboutjust how far north and east they will push. some spells of sunshine as well but it will start to turn cooler and fresher from the west.

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the headlines: canada's prime ministerjustin trudeau has said he is deeply sorry. time magazine has published a picture of him wearing brownface makeup at a dinner 20 years ago. mr trudeau says he dressed as aladdin for an event with an arabian nights theme — which he says he now recognises was a racist thing to do. he says he should have known better. saudi arabia has produced what it says is wreckage which it claims proves iran was involved in attacks on two of its oil refineries at the weekend. the defence ministry unveiled parts from what it says are drones and cruise missiles. the us secretary of state has suggested the attacks were an act of war. the trump administration says it's revoking california's right to set its own emissions standards on cars. the president claimed the move would allow manufacturers to produce cheaper and safer vehicles. the governor of california said his claim was "factually inaccurate". the state's begun a legal challenge.