this is bbc news, i'm nancy kacungira with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the tax returns of former president donald trump will be handed to congress — after a ruling by the us justice department. the cost of covid for pregnant women in brazil — the bbc has exclusive footage of a maternity ward treating women with the virus. day eight of the olympics is underway in tokyo — with plenty of action ahead including the women's one—hundred metres final. and a packed audience and no more social distancing at the royal albert hall for the first night of the proms in london.

hello and welcome to the programme. the usjustice department says tax returns belonging to the former president, donald trump must — after all — be handed over to congress. the decision reverses a previous ruling — officials now say lawmakers have legitimate reasons for asking to see the documents. live now to our north america correspondent, david willis. let's start with how this reversal actually came about to begin with. what changed? every president dating _ begin with. what changed? every president dating back— begin with. what changed? every president dating back in - begin with. what changed? er president dating back in modern times to richard nick and two richard nixon has disclosed their tax returns. do you richard neck and two richard nixon has disclosed their tax returns. the one exception being dawdled trump. he has

fought tooth and nail through the court to prevent those documents from becoming public. until recently of course he had the backing of the usjustice department. now the new administration the biden administration the biden administration are unwilling to back mr trump administration are unwilling to back mrtrump in administration are unwilling to back mr trump in the way that they had previously. so they have agreed now, ruled in fact to release these documents. that is in response to a request from a congressional mckey two committee which is been looking into mr trump�*s tax affairs. does this mean that donald trump long—awaited tax returns are soon to be made public? that is a moot point at the moment because there are bound to be legal challenges to this decision. of course the current eight congressional committee, the house ways and means committee will have to vote on whether that

information provided by donald trump and his attorneys can be distributed to other members of congress and in deed to the wider world outside. 50 congress and in deed to the wider world outside.- wider world outside. so it sounds like _ wider world outside. so it sounds like we _ wider world outside. so it sounds like we are - wider world outside. so it sounds like we are still. wider world outside. so it sounds like we are still a| wider world outside. so it - sounds like we are still a long way off from actually seeing these tax returns, if it comes to that. what sort of steps might donald trump take next? well, he can take legal action to try to bar this justice department ruling and to have it reversed. he's fought very hard in the past through the courts to prevent any of these documents being released. although recently the us supreme court voted down a move by the trump attorneys to have these documents barred from access for the manhattan district attorney that is also a body that's been looking into donald trumps private affairs. but those documents release

will not become public. these however could be. as i mentioned, it will be quite some time before that happens. the israeli foreign minister, yair lapid, has called for a harsh response after two crew members were killed in an attack on an israeli—operated oil tanker in the arabian sea, nearoman. the vessels owners, zodiac maritime, said one of those killed was british and the other romanian. other ships with israeli links have also been targeted in recent months — with iran suspected to be behind the attacks. with more, here's the bbc security correspondent, frank gardner. well, this is quite a serious escalation, and certainly it doesn't look like piracy. an investigation was begun fairly soon afterwards. it took place late in the afternoon yesterday, about 150 nautical miles, that's about 250, roughly, kilometres, northeast of the omani port. and what israli television is saying, quoting

an israeli official, was that it was attacked by an explosive drown. now, usually in piracy attacks, it's very unusual for anybody to be killed. piracy attacks are quite rare now because most of the ships either have escorts, or they have armed guards on board. so they are nothing like the level that they were at ten years ago. so the suspicion is that this is some kind of state backed to terrorism, and certainly the israeli media is pointing the finger at iran, and in the past, iran has denied any part in such attacks. the ship itself was carrying no cargo. it was on the way from the port in tanzania going to the port of the united arab emirates, and it has been escorted for the last leg of its journey by the us navy. there is no question that there is an undeclared shadow war taking place between iran and israel where they had been attacking each other�*s interest. in the case of israel, they had made no secret of the fact

that they are trying to slow down iran's nuclear programme, and although they have never admitted it openly, they have certainly hinted that they have played a part in the sabotage attacks, for example, on some of the nuclear facilities. but offshore in the red sea, the arabian sea, the northern indian ocean, there have been a number of mysterious explosions on board ships. iran, for example, has a fairly stationary ship that's at the bottom of the red sea, that had some explosions on board, and there has been israeli ships under attack as well. so it's this undeclared shadow war, where the two countries have very carefully calibrating what they deal, not to cause too much pain but enough to keep the other one, make the other one uncomfortable. more than 1,600 pregnant women have died in brazil since the beginning of the pandemic. the bbc has obtained exclusive footage from the only intensive care unit for pregnant women with covid in sao paulo.

bbc brasil�*s nathalia passarinho reports. music. 23—year—old has always dreamt of being a mother. just a year ago, she was 35 weeks pregnant with twin boys. translation: we started thinking of names in casel we had boys or girls. we thought about clothes and the crib. since the beginning, we started to plan everything. but her dream was taken away too soon. after being diagnosed with covid—i9, she was admitted to an icu in sao paulo. shortly after an emergency c—section, she died of a cardiac arrest. translation: when i saw the babies, - i saw what true love is, but when i received the news, it was so difficult. how could my whole world fall apart in a matter of hours? she is one of more than 1,000

pregnant women who have died from covid in brazil this year. neonatal wards in the country have been filled with premature babies. deaths among pregnant women were high even before covid spread in brazil, mostly because of a lack of adequate specialist care. but the pandemic really made things worse. this is a doctor in the intensive care unit she helped open in the city of sao paulo. it is the only unit in the country dedicated to pregnant women with covid. why are so many pregnant women dying of covid in brazil? translation: we have serious problems with l the quality of assistance. one in five women that died did not have access to an intensive care unit. one in three didn't have access to intubation. the unit helped bring mortality rates down in the city, but in the poorer parts of brazil,

access to even a hospital bed remains a challenge. in a remote village in north—eastern brazil, this man's wife was only 27 weeks pregnant when she was diagnosed with covid. she had to be driven for two hours to reach a hospital bed. she died a few days later. her babies were born on the same day. translation: for me, it was a big shock. - i fell down to my knees near the doctor's feet. i couldn't believe it. do you believe there is something that could have been done differently to save her life? translation: i wish i had taken the vaccine for covid. _ brazil has the second—highest number of covid—related deaths worldwide, yet only over 16% of the population have been fully vaccinated so far. and until the pandemic is brought

under control in brazil, thousands of pregnant women will remain at risk. nathalia passarinho, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. the internet retail giant amazon has been fined almost $900 million for breaking the european union's data protection laws. it's the biggest fine ever imposed under the eu's privacy regulations. the company has called the decision baseless and says it plans to appeal. a covid outbreak first discovered in the chinese city of nanjing has spread to five provinces and beijing, with state media calling it the most extensive since wuhan. almost 200 people have been infected since the virus was first detected at the city's busy airport on the 20th ofjuly. all flights from nanjing airport will be suspended

for the next two weeks. the world food programme says food convoys held in ethiopia's afar region are finally on their way to the northern region of tigray. access into the region was cut off last week after the only available route for aid delivery was made inaccessible following an attack on a world food programme convoy. humanitarian agencies have been warning that many in tigray are facing catastrophic levels of hunger. to the tokyo olympics now, and day eight is just getting under way. the bbc�*s sarah mulkerrins has the latest on what we can expect to see on the middle weekend of the games. well, it's the middle weekend of the olympics, and there is some great action ahead on the track on saturday. not least the women's 100 metres final. we've been billing that, haven't we, over the last couple days because there are so many star names in that. they've all made it safely through the heats, and they've been setting some very, very quick times on the track at the olympic stadium. shelly—ann fraser—pryce ofjamaica, winner of two

olympic gold medals in the 100 metres. she's bidding to become the first woman to win three of those sprint golds. she's through safely, as is the 2016 champion elaine thompson, also from jamaica. a very fast time for her. great britain's dina asher—smith also through. easy, comfortable heat for her. she won silver at the worlds last year. and also marie—josee ta lou from the ivory coast, she set a national record in her heat. so, there are lots of big name in action. one thing to look out for on the track as well, we're going to have the axaoo—metres mixed relay. the usa are the world champions in that, but it'll be the first time it takes place at the olympics. and then it's going to be the women's tennis final as well. remember the czech republic knocked out one of the home favourites in naomi osaka earlier in the tournament. she is through to the final where she is going to play switzerland's belinda bencic.

stay with us on bbc news. still to come, we'll be looking back at team gb�*s historic wins on the bmx track. the us space agency nasa has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol once an everyday part of the soldiers lot, drudgery and danger, no more after almost four decades. if one is one's own home, a private house, not doing any harm to anyone i don't really see why all these people should wander in and say you were doing something wrong.

six rare white lion . cubs are on the prowl at leicestershire park and already they've . been met with a roar- of approval from visitors. they are lovely, yeah, really sweet, really cute. this is bbc news. the latest headlines — the tax returns of former president donald trump will be handed to congress after a ruling by the us justice department. more than 1600 pregnant women have died in brazil since the beginning of the pandemic. 200 afghan interpreters and their families have landed in america as part of the first evacuation flight. presidentjoe biden said the us was fulfilling its promise to those who served "shoulder—to—shoulder" with american forces in afghanistan. our correspondent secunder kermani reports from kabul. tens of thousands of british

soldiers served in afghanistan. crucial to their mission, the help of local interpreters. with international troops withdrawing, hundreds of them along with their families have been relocated to the uk. but others remain stuck in afghanistan. annis, not his real name, is one of dozens of interpreters whose applications have been rejected. he says he fears for his life. they're going to kill me. that's it. and it's a big threat for my family also. because of me, my family will be paying for that. annis served for two years of british forces in helmand province but was then sacked. those dismissed for serious offences aren't being relocated.

he says he refused to go on a second mission in order to attend his engagement ceremony. defence sources alleged he repeatedly failed to turn up to work. i was very sad. i wrote all of my story, what happened to me in helmand, because i did the good service. so i thought that maybe i'd receive a positive response. afg ha n forces afghan forces push back. the insurgents haven't taken anything from the capital yet but some fear it's only a matter of time. the taliban say former interpreters that work with forces but now show remorse will not be harmed. if you are reassured by that though, dozens are reported to be killed by the group in recent years. military veterans and campaigners say the evacuation policies need to be more generous. the evacuation policies need to be more generous.— more generous. the absolute -riori more generous. the absolute priority for — more generous. the absolute priority for an _ more generous. the absolute priority for an afghan - priority for an afghan relocation is looking at are these people under threat because of their association with us? and the only exception that needs to be made there is

that needs to be made there is that if there would be any individuals who would be posing a risk to the national security of the uk. then that should be a base of exclusion.— a base of exclusion. with fresh taliban assault _ a base of exclusion. with fresh taliban assault every - a base of exclusion. with fresh taliban assault every day - taliban assault every day british say it's already relocated staff and that scheme is one of the most inclusive in the world. everyone knows the situation is growing increasingly critical. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. president erdogan of turkey says fire—fighting planes from russia, ukraine and azerbaijan are now battling the wildfires on the country's southern coast. four people have died and dozens have been taken to hospital. the flames have forced the evacuation of entire villages. with more, here's david campanale. soaring flames have turned summer skies blood orange over turkeys luxury hotels and villages. dozens of neighbourhoods and tourist resorts had to evacuate before

the onslaught of the wildfires which have stretched along the mediterranean and aegian coast. we don't know anything. our hotel doesn't say anything to us. so wejust decided to come outside. translation: everything was normal when we came but there was no smoke in the background. we thought it was raining, all of a sudden we saw the flames. helicopters and planes have made repeat journeys to scoop up and drop water. on the ground thousands of firefighters have been mobilised into action as temperatures have soared. they're working alongside more than a thousand firefighting vehicles to snuff out the fires which. rolling hills parsed by another dry summer. turkey has called on its allies to help. this helicopter was sent by belarus. speaking after friday prayers president erdogan said the arrival of the aircraft meant day operation was turning in

a positive direction. translation: unfortunately, 71 wildfires have broken out. i 57 forest fires were contained. efforts are under way to contain 1a wildfires so there is progress in a positive direction. almost 1000 extreme weather incidents were recorded in turkey last year which local media have called in all—time record. despite this, turkey is the only major g20 economy not to ratify the paris agreement on climate change which aims to keep global temperatures well below 2 degrees above preindustrial levels. the first night of the proms have been taking place at london's royal albert hall. it's one of the highlights

of the cultural calendar audience members are being strongly encouraged to wear masks and they are required to provide proof of a negative covid tester vaccination. last year at the reduced orchestra played to an empty albert hall. mark savage reports. for music lovers of the royal albert hall, the wait is over. finally, i am absolutely thrilled, i have been waiting two years for this day. being not socially distance will be something to quickly get over. to be leaning forward, listening to music with the same intensity as the person next to you is going to be, it is a feeling of community. the concert was led by finnish conductor with the bbc symphony orchestra socially distance on a extended stage. how strict are they? we have a guy with a ruler. what is it like to be back? we have been waiting over

one year to have a full audience and i think that we are all emotional and we are going to play really our hearts out with this concert. what is the moment of the concert you're most looking forward to? just to hear the people clapping and the whole ritual, just to start the silence and the waiting, when the first note starts to play. and the opening piece of music held a special significance. really, the whole night is about new beginnings and celebrating together. last year's proms ended on a controversial note after the bbc announced and then reversed a decision not to sing the lyrics of rule britannia. i have kind of moved forward from all of that

and what i really want to say is that i am extremely proud that the whole last night actually came together at all. this year's opening night drew a line under the controversy with a programme that was simultaneously reflective and helpful. ——hopeful and when it is all over, how are you going to feel? i think that after the journey that we have made after doing this for one and a half years and that we finish the concert and we have the audience is there, i think it will feel like a great victory. classical music, she says, has a healing quality, something that has never been so important. mark savage, bbc news. let's return to the olympics with a look back at day seven, which saw the athletics get under way. the first gold medal on the track was won by 21—year—old selemon berega

from ethiopia. but whist there was delight for him, there was disappointment for the world number one novak djokovic, whose hopes of winning a golden slam, that's all four majors and the olympic title in the same year, are over. imran sidat reports. day seven in tokyo, and it was time for the athletics to take centre stage. the first gold medal on the track was up for grabs in the men's 10,000 metres, and a close finale was in store before the ethiopian selemon berega surged clear in the final lap. and there wasjust no stopping him. a moment the 21—year—old will never forget. translation: it means a lot to me because i've| been practising a lot. not only by myself, but together with all the ethiopian people. and also the athletics federation has been supporting me a lot. this is a very important moment for me.

in the pool, there was history for tatjana schoenmaker as she took victory with a world record in the 200—metre breaststroke. it's the first time in 25 years a south african woman has won a swimming gold. i think it'll kick in when i get home probably. i don't know if it should be kicking in now because if i was crying that much when it's like half there, half not, i just can't imagine. it was also a day to remember for great britain's bethany shriever after she won a dramatic women's bmx final. the olympic debutante needed crowdfunding to make it to tokyo and hopes her achievement will inspire others to chase their dream. it's great, like, and i hope iti does more for the sport now, especially in great britain. i hope to get more girls . involved and boys as well, just everyone just to prove - that if you commit to something and you have fun doing it, i you can be rewarded for it. things just keep getting better and betterfor south korea's an san.

the 20—year—old picked up her third gold medal of the games after winning a shoot—out in the individual archery final. and despite conquering all in front of him this year, novak djokovic's hopes of a golden slam her over. he was beaten by alexander zverev in the semis, with the german now taking on karen khachanov in the final. imran sidat, bbc news. and... how is this for a homecoming? these are pictures of britain's two—time gold medallist helen glover arriving at london heathrow from the olympics and being greeted by her three young children. her hopes of a fairy—ending at tokyo 2020 were dashed when glover and her rowing mate polly swann finished fourth in the women's pair. glover who won gold in 26 he was aiming to become the first

british woman to win a three olympics. british woman to win a three olympics. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @kacungira well, friday brought quite a nasty spell of weather to some south—western and southern areas of the uk. gale—force winds around coasts briefly. they were very, very strong indeed, brought by storm evert. you can see on the satellite picture here thunderstorms and heavy showers inland, generally a really changeable day, but the weather has now shifted into the southern north sea. it's approaching parts of germany and denmark. behind it, you can see from the motion of the arrows, it's a fairly cool north—northwesterly, so it's going to be a fairly cool day for most of us. really quite nippy,

in fact, in the very far north of the country. sunny spells and showers expected. so, let's have a look at the early morning hours. that northerly wind blowing across scotland and along the north sea coast. showers there right from the word go, but i think showers are possible almost anywhere early in the morning, apart from the extreme north west of the country here. temperatures a little on the fresh side, around 12—13 degrees in some spots. and then, tomorrow, a pretty cloudy day for many of us, in the morning at least, to start with. then the sunny spells develop, but also the showers, and some of them will be heavy. you can see here in the east of the country and the north, some thunderstorms there, too. showers also breaking out across the south. the best of the weather, i suspect, in the north west of the country, parts of northern ireland, south—western and western scotland and also cornwall, devon and southern wales shouldn't do too bad on saturday. here's a look at sunday's weather map. the weather still coming in from the north. we have a weather front crossing the country. that is expected to bring

showers to more southern areas of the uk on sunday. they should be more confined towards the very far south towards the end of the day. that's how the end of the day starts, so a little on the chilly side in some areas. those northerly winds, feels quite nippy along the north sea coast, could even be around 111—15 degrees during the daytime. best spots, i think, in southern wales, maybe northern ireland again, but i think in southern wales and cardiff, up to around 21 degrees or so. so, here's the weekend summary again, and the outlook into next week, not an awful lot changes. there's no warm weather on the way. i think it's going to stay more or less the same, below average and a chance of some showers. and that's it, bye—bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines — the usjustice department has ruled that the tax returns of former president donald trump must be handed over to a congressional committee. unlike other recent presidents, mr trump had resisted the demand that he surrender his tax records, and the justice department had backed him while he was in office. covid—19 has critically affected pregnant women in brazil, with more than 1600 deaths. one in five women that died from the virus didn't have access to an intensive care unit, and one in three didn't have access to a ventilator. at the olympic games in tokyo, it's super saturday. the women's 100—metres final, as well as the women's tennis final, are among the highlights coming up on day eight. the triathlon�*s mixed relay is also making its olympic debut. all the details on our website. ali official is one of the uk's top comedians. in this film, he has some difficult and insightful