welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... senior republicans condemn an unprecedented search of former president donald trump's mar—a—lago home. the white house insists it only learned of the fbi's action from media reports. votes are being counted in kenya as the country decides which of two long—term politicians will become the next president. the un says there's growing evidence in myanmar of crimes against humanity committed by the army since it seized power in a coup last year. and serena williams suggests she's planning to retire the heaviest rainfall and 80 years leaving homes submerged in seoul.

the iconic companies fashion designer has died aged 84 —— chinese fashion designer. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the us, where senior republicans have condemned the fbi's unprecedented search of donald trump's florida home on monday as an abuse of power. the former vice—president mike pence called for the us attorney general to give a full public account of why it happened, saying it caused him deep concern. the former president, who was not

at mar—a—lago at the time, said a number of agents had occupied the compound and broken into his safe. the white house says president biden learned about the search from media reports. 0ur north america correspondent, john sudworth, reports from washington. save america! they trump bandwagon is fuelled by conspiracy, and news of the search brought supporters to his florida resort even more convinced of their theories of stolen elections in deep—state plots. you feel like you might be in venezuela or china, russia, we feel the fbi's doing a political hitjob on president chum. hitjob on president trump. it's a two—tiered justice system, so we're out here just gathering, showing support. the american people see the state of this country. | they see what's going on. so, yeah, this is all about stopping trump from running in 2024. - they are views that match the former president's own. in a statement, he spoke of his own being under siege, of his home being under siege,

raided and occupied by the fbi, describing the action as "prosecutorial misconduct" and the weaponisation of the justice system in an attempt to stop him from running again. there's been no comment from the fbi here, but their search is thought to relate to official records and the possibility that mr trump, who's already been forced to return some documents since leaving office, may have squirrelled away more. but it's worth pointing out, of course, that to execute that, they will have needed to convince and obtain a warrant from a federaljudge. it came from a lifetime appointee, federaljudge, a third branch of government, and that's the huge difference, and that the checks and balances that we have in our united states constitution that are so important. we are a nation in decline... but within hours of the search, donald trump released this video. but soon, we will have greatness again. he hasn't yet officially announced

a 2024 presidential bid, but this is now a man increasingly looking to be in full campaign mode. we need back—up! as the investigations into his attempt to cling to power continue, there is a danger here for his opponents. the more serious the congressional committees or criminal inquiries become, the more republicans can claim he's being persecuted. the fbi, when it comes to trump, has lost their way. this unending desire to destroy trump and his family is frustrating. the legal implications are farfrom certain. even if he's charged, it may not bar him from office. the political implications seem clearer though. seem clearer, though. if anything, it's galvanising him to run again. john sudworth, bbc news, washington. i'm joined now by retired fbi agent ted hulsey in texas. hejoins us on

he joins us on newsday. hejoins us on newsday. great he joins us on newsday. great to get you on the programme. from your experience, what process with the fbi have had to follow to obtain the search warrant for donald trump's resident was yellow let's go back a little ., ~ , ., ., ., little further. thank you for having me. the record _ little further. thank you for having me. the record to _ little further. thank you for having me. the record to mar-a-lago - little further. thank you for having | me. the record to mar-a-lago and me. the record to mar—a—lago and bonomo —— voluntarily a released 11 boxes of documents, which were found classified materials. in spring, a federal grand jury was convened by districtjudges. a federal grand district judges. a federal grand jury districtjudges. a federal grand jury was convened to conduct investigation as to whether or not the president improperly removed and stored classified material. thejury has tremendous power. the

equivalency of us district court order to conduct an investigation. this is how federal investigations are often run, particularly big ones like this. the fbi is the investigated agency. thejustice department would be directing this, so in terms of the process, the fbi would have to develop probable cause to believe in declassified information was improperly removed and at mar—a—lago. then they have to convince a judge for a search warrant that this is so too cause a federaljudge to believe this. 0nce federaljudge to believe this. once the warrant is issued... just federaljudge to believe this. once the warrant is issued. . ._ the warrant is issued... just to “um - the warrant is issued... just to “um in the warrant is issued... just to jump in there. _ the warrant is issued... just to jump in there, and _ the warrant is issued... just to jump in there, and i _ the warrant is issued... just to | jump in there, and i appreciate the warrant is issued... just to - jump in there, and i appreciate the point, but we are talking about a former president. how strong with the evidence need to be? bier? the evidence need to be? very stronu. the evidence need to be? very strong- in _ the evidence need to be? very strong. in fact, _ the evidence need to be? very strong. in fact, internal- the evidence need to be? very strong. in fact, internalto -

the evidence need to be? - strong. in fact, internal to both the fbi .net and then the guidelines requiring any case being investigated, that's from of city councilman. where various levels of approval would have to be reached. the approvals would've gone at least to the deputy attorney general level before this application was made to court. likely the attorney general himself gave the go—ahead to make the application to the court. 0nce those approvals are met, he goes to the justice department for ultimate approval. the justice department for ultimate a- roval. ., �* ., ., approval. todd, we've heard from senior republicans _ approval. todd, we've heard from senior republicans calling - approval. todd, we've heard from senior republicans calling for - approval. todd, we've heard from senior republicans calling for a i senior republicans calling for a full public accounting of why this is happening and a former us vice president mike pence calling on the

attorney general to explain why this was carried out. is there any legal obligation?— obligation? there is no legal obligation- _ obligation? there is no legal obligation. to _ obligation? there is no legal obligation. to his _ obligation? there is no legal obligation. to his claim - obligation? there is no legal obligation. to his claim to i obligation? there is no legal. obligation. to his claim to the public or any other person the basis of this. any facts or legally protected. we say that they're secret, they're not secret from the national security. someone can go to prison for divulging... so it's very closely held in any briefing the attorney general may give has to shy away from any real facts that are developed in the investigation anyway. going back to whether there's obligation to discuss the investigation, the answer is no. todd hulsey, thank you forjoining us on newsday.

meanwhile, the federal appeals court has ruled a house of representatives committee has the right to see former president trump's tax returns. the three judge panel rejected mr trump's claims that the request was too political and unanimously agreed that it complied with the law. the ways and means committee said we expect to receive the tax returns immediately. donald trump is the first us president in 40 years not to release his tax returns. moving on to the fact that... to kenya now, where counting is under way to vote for new president to succeed uhuru kenyatta. polling day was largely peaceful. however, voting was suspended in one constituency in the volatile northern region. the election follows months of intense campaigning and kenyans are eagerly waiting to find out if the next leader is the the bbc�*s akisa wandera reports from gatundu. this is an important constituency that has produced two presidents.

it's the family home of the country's first president, jomo kenyatta, and his son, uhuru, has thrown his weight behind an old foe, former prime minister raila 0dinga. this election led to fallout with his own deputy president, william ruto — a move seen by some as betrayal, leading to some voters switching support to the deputy president, even in uhuru's political back yard. the mood here today is calm. strings of voters are in guard to practice their democratic right. but elections in kenya have been haunted by history and violence and disputed results. a pass the current president hopes will change. it is every kenyan's — president hopes will change. it 3 every kenyan's hope that that is the way it shall be. do every kenyan's hope that that is the way it shall be-_ way it shall be. do you hope so? absolutely- _ way it shall be. do you hope so? absolutely. this _ way it shall be. do you hope so? absolutely. this vote _ way it shall be. do you hope so? absolutely. this vote is - way it shall be. do you hope so? absolutely. this vote is a - absolutely. this vote is a battle between kenya's _ absolutely. this vote is a battle between kenya's political- absolutely. this vote is a battle between kenya's political elite. | between kenya's political elite. raila 0dinga is the son of the

country's first five president and is running for the fifth time. william ruto has been deputy president for ten years. canyons are struggling to cope with inflation and unemployment. both candidates have been accused of historical corruption. whoever wins, there's little hope here for significant change. akisa wandera, bbc news, central kenya. they've gathered from the evidence the un says there's growing evidence in myanmar of crimes power in a coup last year. un investigators say they've gathered growing evidence of crimes against humanity there, and are calling the abuses a systematic attack against a civilian population. in february last year, the country's military seized power, ousted the civilian government

and arrested its de facto leader, aung san suu kyi. a state of emergency was declared. six months later, thejunta tightened its grip as min aung hlaing appointed himself prime minister of a "caretaker government" and repeated a pledge to hold elections by 2023. since then, opposition and protests have been brutally crushed. according to local monitoring groups, more than 2,000 people have been killed and 15,000 arrested. at the beginning of this month, approval was given to extend the state of emergency for a further six months, which came as the un gathered evidence of crimes against humanity. i'm joined now by simon adams, who is ceo of the center for victims of torture, one of the biggest organisations in the world that works with torture survivors and also carries our human rights advocacy. carries out human rights advocacy. he joins us now from new york. great to get you on the programme. i suppose the first thing to ask is were you surprised by the findings? first of all, thank you for having me on the show, and i was appalled,

but not surprised. i was obviously sickened by the report, but not at all surprised. i think some of those figures that you mentioned there in your introduction — let's look at the situation since february 2021. more than 2000 people killed. i think there's 11,900 people still in detention as of today. more than 100 people have been tortured to death, and recently in the last couple of weeks, we saw four activists paying for the first time in many years in myanmar. —— hanged. thejunta is waging a waragainst myanmar. —— hanged. thejunta is waging a war against some of its own people. so, that's kind of what this un report says. it says this is what's going on, these are crimes against humanity and the perpetrators need to be held accountable, and here's the evidence. i think that's a positive thing that the report says that.

simon, at the risk of the labelling the point, what difference does the report like this actually makes? it's unlikely that the junta will pay any attention. will the international community do anything more than what we've seen so far, which frankly isn't very much? rights. i doubt very much is going to be a part of min aung hlaing's reading material. thejunta does actually pay attention to what the rest of the world says and it does crave legitimacy, and this report deprives it of that legitimacy. i think it also should help to increase the pressure on the junta, keeping in mind that there has not been enough international action, but since the coup, we saw some businesses cut tie with these corrupt conglomerates that kind of ruled the economy in myanmar, saying there could be no business as usual. we have seen some states pose

sanctions. some have recognised the national unity government, which is the elective officials rather than ones who the coup simply says are now the ruling government. so i think that we have to recognise that the climate of inaction and indifference which is largely a result of the veto of china and russia at the un security council has created the culture of impunity, but this again puts a little pinprick and that matters. what do ou think pinprick and that matters. what do you think the _ pinprick and that matters. what do you think the international- you think the international community should do? you've talked about some positive actions that some companies have taken, but looking at myanmar�*s neighbours, we've not seen much action there, have we? ., ., �* , have we? know, we haven't seen nearl as have we? know, we haven't seen nearly as much — have we? know, we haven't seen nearly as much action. _ have we? know, we haven't seen nearly as much action. this - have we? know, we haven't seen nearly as much action. this was l have we? know, we haven't seen i nearly as much action. this was this attempt, the five—point consistency, which was... and the junta simply ignored it. has not even bothered to

pay lip service to meet some of the man's, and i think change in terms of the international response has to start with the region. if they increase pressure on the junta, if they start looking at them national unity government, if we see states like malaysia and indonesia and other states in the region — singapore as well — look at the possibility of sanctions, the generals will start to play attention.— generals will start to play attention. ,, ., ~ ., , ., attention. simon adams, ceo of the centres for victims _ attention. simon adams, ceo of the centres for victims for _ attention. simon adams, ceo of the centres for victims for torture, i centres for victims for torture, thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... serena williams suggests she's planning to retire from tennis after the us open, having dominated the sport for almost a quarter century.

the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a huge job of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutalformer dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia, where he'd lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. 2 billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennia. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later, when the sun set over the bay of bengal.

this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. i want to tell you about how south korea has experience its heaviest rainfall in 80 years. with floodwaters submerging roads in the capital seoul. at least eight people have died, including three who were living in a basement apartment. 0ur correspondentjean mackenzie reports from seoul. flood water cascades down into the heart of seoul. filling the city from the underground up. the rain is relentless, the flooding sudden. streets submerged, then cars and buses. this morning, people struggled to make sense of the destruction that scatters the city, as if part of a film set. but this is the scene of a real tragedy. living underground behind these tiny windows were two sisters

and one of their 13—year—old daughters. as water submerged their home, they were trapped and drowned. these semi—basement apartments were made famous by the oscar—winning film parasite. the lead family tried desperately to funnel water out of their home during a torrential downpour. today's outcome is far worse. this man has lived above the family for ten years. by the time he arrived home last night, their home was covered. translation: i feel devastated about this tragedy. _ if i had come home earlier, perhaps i could have saved them. i have a lot of regrets. earlier, the country's president visited the apartment. it flooded so fast, the residents tell him, injust ten minutes. the fact that south korea's president visited this apartment this morning shows how significant these deaths are. they're a reminder that away from the glitzy and upmarket

neighbourhoods nearby, there are still hundreds of koreans who are living in these basement apartments that are not safe. heavy rains are common during the summer here, but this year, they have lasted longer than usual. the consequence of climate change, its suggested. with more on the way, seoul and its people are vulnerable. jean mckenzie, bbc news. tennis star serena williams has announced plans to retire from the sport she's dominated for much of her career. in an article for vogue magazine, the american, the 23—time grand slam champion said she didn't like the word "retirement", but would be "evolving away from tennis" after the us open, which starts later his month. in an instagram post, she said "there comes a time in life, when we have to decide to move in a different direction." she also went on to say, "now, the countdown has begun. "i have to focus on being a mum, my spiritual goals and finally

"discovering a different, butjust exciting serena. butjust as exciting serena. "i'm gonna relish these next few weeks." the 40—year—old won her latest match at the toronto open on monday. afterwards, she was asked about her motivations to carry on playing. this is how she answered. i don't know, i guess there'sjust a light at the end of the tunnel! she laughs. what is that light? i don't know, i'm getting closer to the light, so... all laugh. yeah, so lately, that's been... that's been it for me. i can't wait to get to that light. i know you're joking, but can you...? i'm notjoking. ok, so then, explain to me what the light is to you, what it represents. freedom. yeah. i love playing, though. it's amazing, but, you know, i can't do this forever, so it'sjust like, sometimes, it you want to try your best

and enjoy the moment and do the best that you can. words to live by indeed. the japanese fashion designer issey miyake has died at the age of 84. he was known for his creative use of technical fabrics, and designs driven by technology. miyake developed a new way of pleating fabric, by wrapping it between layers of paper in a heat press, leading to his famous �*pleats please' collection. issey miyake was born in hiroshima, where he witnessed the nuclear bombing in 1945. let's hear more on the life and legacy of issey miyake now. i'm joined by dana thomas, author of fashionopolis: the price of fast fashion and the future of clothesfor those perhaps not it's great to get you on the programme. i'm very sorry for your loss. i know that you knew issey miyake very well, closely for some three decades. can you share some of

yourfondest memories three decades. can you share some of your fondest memories with us? yes. your fondest memories with us? yes, absolutel . your fondest memories with us? yes, absolutely- i— your fondest memories with us? yes, absolutely. i loved _ your fondest memories with us? yes, absolutely. i loved issey _ your fondest memories with us? is: absolutely. i loved issey san, as i called him. i made him about —— met him about 30 years ago as a reporter at the new york times, writing about fashion show he's had where he cast six women, more than 60 years old. 0ne six women, more than 60 years old. one of them was 91 years old, and i thought that was really cool at a time when fashion was not thinking about inclusivity. but he was always trying to make fashion more democratic and more accessible, and fashion businesses often talk about the democratisation of luxury, and for them, that means putting logos on handbags and selling them for $200 to middle market consumers, but issey was about taking ideas and translating it into something everyone could wear. pleats please was rooted in ancient greece togas

and the fortuity pleaded council of venice, but he made them available for anyone who could... it was pleaded like ancient greece the white amazing pleaded like ancient greece the white amazin— pleaded like ancient greece the white amazin: . ., ., , , ., white amazing creations. i 'ust want to oint to white amazing creations. i 'ust want to point to that white amazing creations. i 'ust want to point to this tweet i white amazing creations. i 'ust want to point to this tweet for i white amazing creations. ijust want to point to this tweet for our - to point to this tweet for our viewers that i think you wrote a little while back, saying you knew him for 30 years. you called him a futurist. interested in that word that you used and indicating the vision that he had for a different kind of passion, perhaps. yes. vision that he had for a different kind of passion, perhaps.- kind of passion, perhaps. yes, i used t0- -- _ kind of passion, perhaps. yes, i used tom i _ kind of passion, perhaps. yes, i used to... i saw— kind of passion, perhaps. yes, i used to... i saw him _ kind of passion, perhaps. yes, i used to... i saw him a - kind of passion, perhaps. yes, i used to... i saw him a couple i kind of passion, perhaps. yes, i. used to... i saw him a couple times in tokyo and whenever he came to paris, and he would talk about for him, the most modern thing you can do, dress everyone and really

beautiful clothes. they shouldn't just be for the elite and the wealthy. coach is for the happy few. —— co—tour. he had this idea that you could smell that with technology and use it to dress everyone. i'm wearing a issey miyake short, it's not terribly fancy but it's cool. it's a beautiful colour because he was a wonderful colourist. it's comfortable and packs up into nothing and i can take it anywhere! that is what he thought, good fashion should be available to anyone anywhere and anytime, and he was always technology using for other things, like computers or cars or whatever. other things, like computers or cars orwhatever. how other things, like computers or cars or whatever. how can we use this and fashion to make it... or whatever. how can we use this and fashion to make it. . .— fashion to make it... fascinating stuff. fashion to make it... fascinating stuff- i'm _ fashion to make it... fascinating stuff- i'm so _ fashion to make it... fascinating stuff. i'm so sorry _ fashion to make it... fascinating stuff. i'm so sorry to _ fashion to make it... fascinating stuff. i'm so sorry to cut - fashion to make it... fascinating stuff. i'm so sorry to cut you i fashion to make it... fascinatingj

stuff. i'm so sorry to cut you off. what a great thought to leave our audience with. dana thomas. that's it for us on tuesday. hello. 0ur spell of dry and increasingly hot weather is set to continue the rest of the week. we see those heatwave conditions building and hardly any rain in the forecast. just the far northwest of scotland. forthe forecast. just the far northwest of scotland. for the rest of us, high pressure dominates. that will draw in this really hot air from the near continent, so by the time we get to thursday and friday, we'll see temperatures soaring across a good part of england and wales. temperatures to start wednesday between 11—15, a touch lower in the countryside. lots of sunshine on the cards for wednesday. that bringing a bit more cloud to the far northwest,

bit more cloud to the far northwest, bit of rain for the western isles. down towards the south and southeast, 31 degrees, pretty widely. from thursday onwards, that's when that amber extreme heat warning kicks and across a good part of england and into eastern wales as well. wherever you are, you can feel the heat and disruption due to the high temperatures in terms of health problems, potentially transport problems, potentially transport problems as well. thursday, another hot day away from the northwest of scotland. temperatures widely in mid to high 20s, mid 30s in the south. the 4 degrees —— 35 possible on thursday. most of us baking in that hot sunshine, so the mid—20s to mid 30s. hot sunshine, so the mid—20s to mid 305. if hot sunshine, so the mid—20s to mid 30s. if we zoom into the hottest spots, somewhere here could see 36

on friday. looking towards the weekend, perhaps a degree or so potter into saturday. warm sunshine once again lasting for many of us through the weekend. we hope things start to change a little bit. later on sunday, a few thunderstorms developing across france. then it looks like they will develop widely across the uk, but still quite a lot of uncertainty. when and if those thunderstorms are coming, but we hope into next week, things will turn to turn colour.

though to being counted in kenya following an intense campaign. blessed been reported as sister teddy make after a military base had ammunition explode in storage causing the storage space to come on fire. serena williams says she plans to retire and didn't like the word retirement but said would be evolving away from tennis after the us open. much more on all of the stories after the bbc news website and also get in touch with us on social media and i am at martin fun