welcome to bbc news, i'm rich preston, very good to have you with us. our top stories: the new york times says it's obtained president trump's tax records dating back two decades, which it says reveal chronic losses and years of tax avoidance. he denies the claims. it's totally fake news. made—up. fake. we went through the same stories, you could've asked me the same questions four years ago, i had to litigate this and talk about it. totally fake news. fighting breaks out between armenia and azerbaijan in the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh, with casualties on both sides. tear gas and mass arrests as tens of thousands march in belarus against president lukashenka. and high rise bird feeding in bolivia, how one woman eased her lockdown loneliness

by befriending a trio of visiting birds of prey. the new york times says it's obtained donald trump's tax records stretching back more than two decades, which it says reveal chronic losses and years of tax avoidance. the newspaper reports mrtrump paid only $750 in federal income taxes in the year he won the presidency and paid no income tax at all in ten of the previous 15 years. speaking earlier at a white house news conference, the president dismissed the latest report, as he has done in the past. it's totally fake news. made—up. fake. we went through the same stories, you could've asked me the same questions four years ago, i had to litigate this and talk about it. totally fake news. no, actually, i pay tax.

but — and you'll see that as soon as my tax returns are... it's under audit. they've been under audit for a long time. the irs does not treat me well. the treat me like the tea party — like they treated the tea party. they don't treat me well. they treat me very badly. you have people in the irs that very — treat me very, very badly. but they're under audit. and when they're not, i would be proud to show, but that's just fake news. the new york times try to — the same thing — they want to create a little bit of a story. a little bit of... they do anything they can. not only — that's the least of it. i mean, the stories that i read are so fake, they are so phony. our north america correspondent peter bowes has more. it is certainly a persistent story. the new york times says that it has managed to get hold of data of the president's tax affairs dating back decades, not only of his personal tax returns but the many businesses that make up the trump organization, and perhaps crucially, the first two years during his time in the white house. and according to the paper, they say it shows that he paid

just $750 in taxes, personal taxes, income taxes, the year that he was elected. another $750 in his first year in office, and no taxes at all for over 10 of the 15 years before he was elected. and the story because into some detail. it says that he managed to do that because quite simply his losses were greater than his gains, than his profits, during that time. and it talks about a "hollowness" but also a "wizardry" involved in how the president carried out his affairs that made him the billionaire businessman with that image that he certainly was when he entered the white house. one of the elements the article goes into his mr trump's foreign earnings and investments, even during his role as president. yes.

and i think there will be a lot of focus on that. that is way i say crucially, those two — those first two years during his time in the white house. and of course presidents are subject to strict rules and regulations in terms of what they can do while in office, as it applies to business ventures — both at home and overseas. so, a lot of scrutiny there. and i think of course the other aspect of the scrutiny of this entire story is the timing. as the election moves into its final phase, we are just a day or two away from the first debate withjoe biden, and a lot of the, well, let's say critics of the new york times are saying, as the president himself has reflected, that this is just an attempt to smear the president in these final, crucial weeks. and of course in that press conference, president trump deriding this as "fake news", "phony" news? yeah, once again using that phrase we hear so often from the president, whether he's focusing on the new york times or many other media organisations that he doesn't like.

he calls this fake news. interestingly, he said he would be "proud" to reveal his tax returns when the audit, that he talked about — and we've heard about many times again, from this president, the audit from the tax authorities in the united states. he says when that is over he would be proud to reveal his tax returns. we can now speak to david cay boylejohnston who is is an american investigative journalist and author, a specialist in economics and tax issues. thank in economics and tax issues. you very much for bei with thank you very much for being with us. you have been following president trump's tax records and chasing them down for a number of years now, what you make of this new york times report? this is an incredibly detailed report, it is very clear the times has what is known as a tax information rather than the returns, the data that is on the returns. it

shows, it is important because donald trump has had two income tax fraud trails, he lost for fabricating non—existent tax deductions, and the times story suggest strongly that there are fabricated deductions, that there were improper deductions for personal legal expenditures oi’ for personal legal expenditures or expenses, and there may have been a gift tax violation that went to his daughter a bunker among other things. president trump has, in the past, said that if anything avoiding tax shows how smart he is, how is this going to go down with american voters? even the $750 figure, that is less than most americans spend on rent or a mortgage each month, and with an income that in some years was more than $150 million a year, paying nothing to $750 and being able to get back, thatis and being able to get back, that is going to disturb people

who are not solid trump fans, whether it will move anybody as a voter, that is another issue but one of the important things which is that the times, where i worked for many years, says there are more stories coming. and what about the claims in the article about business interests in particular in the philippines, india and turkey. donald made a lot of money from these countries where the us has relationships. he paid more in taxes to some foreign countries than to the united states in some years, and donald has over $300 million of loa ns donald has over $300 million of loans that he personally guaranteed coming due. the times report suggests he doesn't have the liquid resources to pay those loans and an obvious question would be, would any american bank try to foreclose on the president

inaudible . borrowing money that he knows he is not in a position to pay back and he himself has said he has borrowed money in the past not intending to pay back. let's get some of the day's other news. in the last hour, a federal judge in washington has blocked president trump's ban on downloading the chinese—owned video—sharing app tiktok. the reasons for the temporary injunction have not been made public. the white house has previously called the app a national security threat, alleging that its chinese parent firm is tied to the beijing government. france's president says he's ashamed that lebanon's politicians have failed to agree a new government. following the devastating blast in beirut in august, emmanuel macron led international efforts to persuade the ruling elite to quickly form a new administration, to help lebanon face its numerous problems, from the fallout of the explosion to an extremely fragile economy made worse by the coronavirus pandemic. india's president has signed

three agriculture bills into law, despite large scale protests by farmers. the laws will open up the indian farming industry to the private sector, a move the government says is much needed. but many farmers say the reforms remove support and protection, such as minimum prices for their produce. to the caucuses now, where there's been continued fighting between armenia and azerbaijan, in the disputed territory of nagorno—kara bakh. armenia's prime minister, nikol pashinyan, has warned of the risk of full—scale war after clashes with azerbaijani troops. officials in the breakaway region, which is controlled by ethnic armenians, say 16 soldiers have been killed. azerbaijan has also reported deaths. both nations have now declared martial law and accuse each other of starting the fighting. the bbc‘s correspondent rayhan demytrie reports. bang. sunday morning, nagorno—karabakh. bang. heavy fighting using tanks, artillery, drones and

helicopters broke over this territory disputed by azerbaijan and armenia for more than 30 years. bang. both countries accused each other of reigniting the conflict. both sides reported casualties, including civilians. translation: it is no secret that the first fire, including artillery fire, was opened by armenia. and the first to die were azerbaijani servicemen. azerbaijan gave a decent response to the enemy and the enemy could not move an inch. the armenian prime minister urged the world community not to stay silent. translation: the outbreak of a large—scale war in the south caucasus, the brink of which we are standing now, could have the most unpredictable consequences. it could go out of the region's borders and take wider volumes and threaten international security and stability.

turkey expressed its solidarity with azerbaijan. russia called for an immediate ceasefire. the mountainous kara bakh was an autonomous region within soviet azerbaijan, populated largely by ethnic armenians. the two countries fought a war there in the early 1990s. armenia gained control over the territory and a number of adjacent azeri districts following a 1994 ceasefire. azerbaijan has repeatedly expressed its frustration with a lack of progress in the decades—long peace process. it is now resorting to a military solution to regain its territories. tens of thousands of opposition supporters in belarus have taken to the streets for the seventh consecutive sunday, in protest at president alexander lu kashenko's disputed re—election last month.

police say they've detained around 200 people. the protests centred on the capital minsk, where the main event was a rally near the hero city monument. jonah fisher is in minsk and has this report. drumming. seven weeks after the disputed election, belarus' protests now have a certain rhythm. each sunday there's a big march, and today there were once again tens of thousands on the streets of the capital, minsk. with the passing weeks, the protesters' outfits have evolved, as have the jokes and the insults. why do you put a rat on a cross? it's our president. alexander lu kashenko claimed victory but is widely thought to have lost august's vote to the housewife svetlana tikhanovskaya. chanting. they chant for her, but a crackdown has destroyed the opposition leadership. sergei — a tractor factory worker and trade unionist is pretty

much the only leader who's neither injail or in exile. and he's worried. while we're with him, his wife calls twice to make sure he hasn't been picked up. "at the moment, there is no organised opposition inside belarus", he tells me. "but if you call the people of belarus the opposition, then the opposition is stronger and more united than ever." the opposition's problem is that despite the protests, president lukashenko's security forces remain solidly behind him. so this is what we have seen repeatedly here in belarus. excuse me, sir. basically, these masked guys, nothing on them which says who they are, disrupting demonstrations — detaining people, taking them into vans.

where are you taking these people? woman screams. this was a women's march on saturday. what's happening to you? she says she was just standing outside a cafe. what's your name? we've showed you our name. no name. no name? why not? no name, no face. why don't you show your face? yeah, i am afraid. on europe's eastern flank, the men in masks are still very much in charge. jonah fisher, bbc news, minsk. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: escapism through the movies, how a refugee camp in syria has become an unlikely venue for an international film festival.

in all russia's turmoil, it has never come to this. president yeltsin said the day would decide the nation's destiny. the nightmare that so many people have feared for so long is playing out its final act here. russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. it was his humility which produced affection from catholics throughout the world, but his departure is a tragedy for the catholic church. this man, israel's right—winger ariel sharon, visited the religious compound, and that started the trouble. he wants israel alone to have sovereignty an idea that is unthinkable to palestinians. after 45 years of division, germany is one. in berlin, a million germans celebrate the rebirth of europe's biggest and richest nation.

this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the new york times says it has obtained president trump's tax records stretching back two decades, which it says reveal chronic financial losses and years of tax avoidance. the united states hasjoined russia and the un in calling for an end to the worst violence in years the disputed region between armenia and azerbaijan. firefighters in california are battling a new wildfire that broke out in the state this weekend called the glass fire. the blaze began early on sunday morning. the napa county sheriff's office issued an evacuation orderfor some parts of the area. cal fire said the blaze had a dangerous rate of speed. the national weather service said low humidity, dry fuel and winds are causing significant fire—weather concerns.

earlier i spoke to rob mayeda who's a meteorologist for nbc bay area. i asked him to give us this update of the current weather conditions facing california and how it could impact on the wildfires. we are seeing a lot of those existing fires take on new life. all those critical fire danger caused by what are known here locally as "red flag" warnings, across most of northern california, including the bay area. and this is where we see these very hot temperatures, gusty, dry offshore winds. and you can see what it is doing to the fire behaviour. we're seeing across california, fires that are burning extremely quickly, the smoke and the embers staying low to the ground — that's the extreme rate of spread we're seeing on a fire down west of redding and, you mentioned, the glass fire there, off to the north of napa — just to give you a reference — that is part of the wine country, north of the san francisco bay area, and notice how the wind is keeping those smoke plumes very low to the ground. so we've got the gusty winds, very low humidity at times — 13% — and air temperatures in the mid—90s fahrenheit, roughly over 35 celsius.

these are the extreme conditions we were worried about developing this weekend, and all signs are that we could see even hotter temperatures and, unfortunately, more air pollution problems, as these new fires erupt, coming back into the bay area. that is the two fronts concern for both wildfires and the air quality issues we are going through again. evacuation orders issued covering hundreds of people, is it likely those will be broadened? that's quite possible, it's a great point. we have been watching the temperatures very closely. today, we have seen temperatures that were near record highs today and in some cases, tomorrow, the map behind me shows you that we are going to be trending even warmer, on the order of about 20 degrees hotter than average. tomorrow it looks even hotter than the temperatures we saw today. that of course in fahrenheit, about 10 celsius warmer than the temperatures that we usually would see this time of year. so unfortunately, with the hot weather, that really inflates these fire rates of spread. we see fires moving twice or three times as fast and, just to give you a reference, so far this year, five of the six largest fires in california's history,

all have occurred in 2020, and you notice that most of these have actually occurred in just the last four weeks here in california. and just briefly, tell us about this glass fire which seems to be particularly bad? the glass fire we are seeing right now in the north bay, one of the most impacted areas by this red flag warning, and the critical fire danger is around this glass fire zone which is off to the north of napa. again, a lot of wineries in the san francisco bay area flank those hills around the north bay. the soils there are great for the vineyards but, at the same time, they can act as miniature canyons once these winds get going, and really push those fires down into the valleys. right now, thankfully, we've had great visibility so a lot of air tanker attacks during the day to add more retardant lines, but the concern tonight is those winds could pick up again, so those evacuation orders likely not going away for quite some time as these conditions are expected to continue for another 2a hours. rob mayeda from nbc bay area.

residence in texas want not to drink the tap water after a six—year—old boy contracted and died. eight places in texas we re died. eight places in texas were warned not to use the water supply except to flush water. the warning lifted on saturday except lake jackson home to 27,000 people. american football icon, joe montana and his wife have rescued their nine month old grandchild from a kidnapping attempt. the los angeles county sheriff's department said the couple confronted a woman who entered their home and grabbed the child from a playpen. officials said the couple was able to retrieve the child after a tussle. the hall of fame quarterback took to twitter thanking everyone who has reached out and saying it was a "scary situation" but thankfully "everybody is doing well. now, a refugee camp where there are no cinemas in war—ravaged syria seems an unusual place to celebrate movie—making but that's what's been happening at a film festival

in a camp the north of the country. more than 50 features have been included in the festival billing which organisers hope will encourage people to embrace art instead of violence. jiyar gol from the bbc‘s persian service has this report. showcasing films in war—torn syria... ..for refugees who have been living in camps for years. leloun international film festival is one—of—a—kind. kurdish syrian film—makers who themselves are internally displaced persons have organised the festival. last week, on the international day for peace, the festival started with performances and music in a camp in northern syria. in a week of the film festival,

58 local and international films had been showcased. why this festival? why now? why there? translation: the residents of these camps, before their cities were occupied, had many cultural and art centres. we are hoping that this festival will help them, even for a moment, to forget about their trauma and their losses. most of the displaced people in these camps are kurds from northern syria. once there was a vibrant art and cultural community, and women were active members. this woman is from afrin. she has been living in this camp since turkish proxies captured her city three years ago. translation: i'm happy happy

this festival is taking place in this camp, and the world will see it. we continue our struggle until we return to afrin. i don't want to stay here. i would like to go back to my forefathers' home and farm. they fought the islamic state and defeated the extremists. but later lost their cities and villages to islamic militants backed by turkey. these people have lost their homes, their movie theatres, culture centres, their loved ones, to the extremistjihadists. yet these people still show this resilience and hope they have through cinema, and they want to share this message with the world. most of the stories showcased in the leloun film festival are about war, extremists, brutality and human rights violations. something the people of this

camp have experienced through their body and souls. jiyar gol, bbc news. finally, one silver lining to being locked inside for months during the pandemic is that some of us have formed unlikely friendships with other people, or animals, or even birds. and one relationship in bolivia has ruffled a few feathers as paul hawkins reports. waiting to be served — 18 floors up in the bolivian capital, la paz, this is the southern crested caracara, or carancho, a species of falcon from south america and, thanks to lockdown, they've struck up a friendship with elba and her son, rudolpho. translation: because of the pandemic, we paid more attention and we saw them more. for me, it was like a visit. i said, i have three lovely visitors because every time that they come they bring us happiness. i feel very happy to see them and, with the issue of fires, with so many animals being lost

and birds disappearing, i felt very useful to be saving these three birds. they're known as opportunistic raptors, so they don't miss a treat. this was the only restaurant that stayed open through lockdown, serving fruit and corn, but, after a bit of internet research, the family discovered their visitors were actually meat eaters. so now, they get mince. translation: they come and we give them food, right to their beaks, and they eat it. there are three of them and they are always together. lately, it seems that, since it is spring and mating season, a couple formed and one comes alone, but the three always come. three's a crowd, supposedly, but not in this case. paul hawkins, bbc news. great stuff. that's it from me for the time being. you can keep up with all the latest news on our website and our

app. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @ rich preston. i would love to hear from you, thank you for your company. good morning. some potentially turbulent weather on the way, later in the week, and that's after what is a fairly placid but also pretty cold start. many of you starting the day with frost around. temperatures well below freezing through some parts of northern england and south—east scotland. it's in this zone where we saw the best of the sunshine, yesterday, from eastern scotland down through towards parts of, say, wiltshire, somerset. it's here where there'll be a frost the ground. mainly the countryside but some of the suburbs as well. sunshine overhead to begin with. cloudy start in east anglia and the south—east, again, and cloud will be thicker across northern ireland. outbreaks of rain through the first part of the morning. brightening up though from mid—morning onwards. that rain and cloud will spread into western scotland through the morning, and during the afternoon to eastern scotland, through wales and the western fringes of england. many on either side of it all will see some sunshine

and, at long last, the winds ease as the sun comes out across east anglia and the south—east, and it will feel warmer than recent days. now then, bringing about the change is this weather front which, through monday night into tuesday, will be pushing its way eastwards, to take us into the start of tuesday. it mayjust become confined across east anglia and the south—east, producing some cloud, outbreaks of rain, but not the strong winds we saw through the weekend. elsewhere, a bit of patchy frost around, not as cold as monday morning, but it really a dry and sunny day for many. quite pleasant in the sunshine. temperatures on monday and tuesday around levels they should be for this stage in september. but then the first turn to something more turbulent. as we go through tuesday night into wednesday, a deep low centred towards the south of iceland. more in the way of active weather fronts spreading it way in and stronger winds. its way in and stronger winds. winds could touch gale force with the heavy rain which is across ireland and into the western fringes of the uk first thing, only slowly pushing its way eastwards. some eastern areas start the day dry and bright, and some will stay dry

through daylight hours, but rain will spread through as we go into wednesday night. starting to feel that bit cooler, of course, with the cloud, the wind and the rain. a cooler feel still as we go into thursday, and then, as a jet stream really fires up towards the end of the week, we start to see this develop — a potentially stormy area of low pressure. exact position of that will be crucial to who sees the wettest and the windiest conditions, but there is the risk that we'll see some disruption. so after a bright and frosty starts, it's cool through the week. that midweek spell of wind and rain and then potential for storms to watch out for as we head towards the weekend. bye for now.

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the headlines: the new york times says it has obtained president trump's tax records stretching back two decades, which it says reveal chronic financial losses and years of tax avoidance. the newspaper reports that mr trump paid only $750 in federal income taxes in the year he won the presidency. the president has dismissed the claims as fake news. the united states hasjoined russia and the un in calling for an immediate ceasefire between armenia and azerbaijan in the disputed territory of nagorno—karabakh. sunday saw the worst clashes in the region for many years with deaths from both sides. police say they've detained around 200 people following a seventh consecutive week of anti—government protests in belarus. tens of thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets of capital in minsk to oppose the regime of president alexander lukashenko.