welcome to bbc news. i'm david eades. our top stories: senior republicans condemn the fbi search of donald trump's florida home. the white house insists it only learned about it from media reports. moscow plays down a series of explosions which have shaken a russian military airfield in western crimea. president zelensky predicts ukraine will eventually recapture the peninsula. torrential rainfall leaves homes and roads submerged in the south korean capital — at least eight people were killed. 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. the dramatic effect climate change is having on migration patterns, in the pacific rim — we have a special investigation, in the latest

climate critical report. after dominating womens�* tennis for a quarter of a century, 23—time grand slam champion, serena williams suggests she's planning to retire. hello, thank you forjoining us. senior republicans in the us 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. our north america correspondent

john sudworth reports from washington. cars beeping their horns. save america! the 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 and deep—state plots. you feel like you might be in venezuela or china, or russia. we feel the fbi's doing a political hitjob on president trump. it's a two—tiered justice system, so we're out here just gathering and 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 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 run for president 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 search, they will have needed to convince and obtain a warrant from a federaljudge. now, the authorisation did not come from the department ofjustice. it came from a lifetime appointee, federaljudge, a third branch of government, and that's the huge difference, and that's the checks and balances that we have in our united states constitution that are so important. trump: 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's 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. if anything, it's galvanising him to run again. john sudworth, bbc news, washington. i'm joined now by dave aronberg, state attorney for palm beach, florida. thank you very much forjoining us. can i ask you if you think they should have been a clearer media communication of all of the wise and wherefores of why

this rate has taken place, if rate is the right word? the department _ rate is the right word? the department of _ rate is the right word? tue: department ofjustice rate is the right word? tte: department ofjustice is not a department ofjustice is not a political body. theyjust follow the evidence where it leads. if they do provide more information, it could jeopardise any future defendants right to a fair trial, undermined the entire investigation, lead to cases being thrown out. it would be the opposite of what they are supposed to do, conducting an investigation in secret so as not to jeopardise the sources of the investigation and the defendant's right to trial and due process. those were: for the department ofjustice to be more transparent know better. they are trying to score political points and trying to defend trump if he does become a campaigner. defend trump if he does become a campaigner-— a campaigner. that has to be something — a campaigner. that has to be something pretty _ a campaigner. that has to be something pretty big - a campaigner. that has to be something pretty big behindl something pretty big behind this if it passes muster?

correct. there is no way that the head of the fbi, i donald trump appointed, they had of the department ofjustice and a judge who found probable cause that a crime existed, there is no way they signed off on assigned warrant if the materials at mar—a—lago were just some token, love letters from kimjong—un, it involves sensitive material that involves national security concerns and why did they not send a subpoena and take these materials by surprise because obviously the department of justice thinks that donald trump lied to them and squirmed away some documents and lied about it and that these documents were so sensitive they needed to be retrieved right away and it could lead to criminal charges. we right away and it could lead to criminal charges.— criminal charges. we have to wait and see _

criminal charges. we have to wait and see how _ criminal charges. we have to wait and see how this - criminal charges. we have to wait and see how this plays l criminal charges. we have to i wait and see how this plays out but it has been a very dramatic 24 but it has been a very dramatic 2a hours. pictures even of the fbi cars turning up at mar—a—lago, lights on, it is in the dark, very dramatic stuff. how do you re—establish a sense of sobriety on what is after all a serious investigation? the problem is that you have a targeted us investigation who thrives on this. if you got too close to him and went into his inner sanctum, close to him and went into his innersanctum, merhi largo, inner sanctum, merhi largo, this innersanctum, merhi largo, this was inevitable stop because donald trump wants run for president again, he wants to be a martyr. —— mar—a—lago. he knows is of running on ideas he will run on a grievance is but remember merrick island, the attorney general, does not do politics. —— garland. he is

following the evidence and adhering to the law. president zelensky says ukraine will eventually recapture the russian—controlled crimean peninsula but is not taking responsibility for a series of explosions that killed at least one person there on tuesday. moscow says the blasts came from detonations of stored ammunition at a russian military airfield, in western crimea, close to seaside resorts. as mark lobel reports. explosions running for cover in russian—controlled crimea. children nervously urging their mother to flee the area. homes were hit in novofedorivka, which neighbours a russian airbase where the blasts occurred. translation: when the explosions happened we were hiding behind garages.

we didn't know where to go. we abandoned the apartment immediately, ran away, just grabbed water and that was it. visiting the airbase, the head of the russian appointed regional administration said one person was killed. translation: the situation is under control. _ only the houses next to the military airfield will be evacuated. we will not leave anyone without help. russia says ammunition was detonated, but there are suggestions supporters of ukraine may have caused the blast. ukraine's military sarcastically reminded russia on facebook of its fire safety rules and the ban of smoking in unsettled places. but an advisor to ukraine's president flatly denied responsibility, though his desire to retake the peninsular remains. translation: this russian war against ukraine, - in a free europe, started

in crimea and has to end in crimea, with its liberation. it is impossible to say when it will happen, but we are getting there. many fear the consequences of ukrainian attack in crimea would be severe. over the past two months, russia has accused ukraine of firing on black sea oil drilling platforms in crimean waters, and of a drone attack on their naval facility in sebastopol. if this latest incident was found to have been a ukrainian attack, it would be deemed a significant escalation in an already bitter war. mark lobel, bbc news. south korea has experienced 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. our correspondent jean 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've lasted longer than usual — a consequence of climate change, it's suggested. with more on the way, seoul and its people are vulnerable. jean mckenzie, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come:

after dominating womens' tennis for a quarter of a century, serena williams suggests she's planning to retire after the us open. after the us open. we'll hear from tennis legend pam schriver. 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 brutal former dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. two billion people around i the world have seen the last

total eclipse of the sun to - take place in this millennium. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, . ending three hours later, when the sun set over the bay of bengal. -

take the pacific region, where ever more intense cyclones are wiping out houses and livelihoods, as this un—commissioned cartoon shows. and while many islanders head off to other countries for work to support their families and in the hope of rebuilding their lives, that migration can often leave them exposed. pia oberoi is the senior

advisor on migration and human rights for the un human rights commission in asia pacific, shejoins me from bangkok. thank you forjoining us. can i start with this simple point, when is it a climate refugee, when is it a climate refugee, when is it a climate migrant? these titles do matter, don't they? these titles do matter, don't the ? �* , these titles do matter, don't the ? ~ , ., these titles do matter, don't the? ., , these titles do matter, don't they? as you have seen already in our they? as you have seen already in your reporting, _ they? as you have seen already in your reporting, there - they? as you have seen already in your reporting, there are - in your reporting, there are different reasons people choose to move. most people stay in their country, 23 million were displaced in southeast asia last year. some will have to cross borders and that is where the legal understanding of who was a refugee, someone who is bullying persecution, conflict and war, does not match well with the people we see move. but they need protections and any human rights protections. this is why we are trying to come together to understand what other vulnerabilities for people when they cross the border, and what kinds of

mechanisms can governments put in place to ensure their protection.— in place to ensure their rotection. ., �* , protection. that's the point, isn't it? they _ protection. that's the point, isn't it? they don't - protection. that's the point, isn't it? they don't go - protection. that's the point, isn't it? they don't go round with a badge on a pole seeing climate migrant. they are basically cheap labour as far as people who might want to use them there as perhaps seasonal work like picking fruit. yes. work like picking fruit. yes, absolutely. _ work like picking fruit. yes, absolutely. one _ work like picking fruit. yes, absolutely. one of - work like picking fruit. yes, absolutely. one of the - work like picking fruit. yes, i absolutely. one of the things we have been talking about is labour migration as an adaptation, and adaptive solution.— adaptation, and adaptive solution. ., ., , , solution. so that means seeing it as a good — solution. so that means seeing it as a good thing? _ solution. so that means seeing it as a good thing? yes, - it as a good thing? yes, exactly- _ it as a good thing? yes, exactly. some - it as a good thing? yes, exactly. some way - it as a good thing? yes, exactly. some way in i it as a good thing? yes, i exactly. some way in which people can mitigate the effects of climate change by adapting to the situation that faces them. we have to understand who it is that is taking these roots and again, the climate crisis is causing the greatest impact on communities that are structurally vulnerable so those that live in poverty as we see in these videos. those that need to move to access education options for their

children, health etc. these people will not for instance be able to just turn around and go home often, that it be increasingly obvious as the kinds of climate effects, uncritical rainfall, storms, typhoons, and in the case of the pacific there are not that many internal relocation option because the land isn't there, the options are not there. when people are moving in these labour migration or other pathways, they need to protections available to them for when they say, look, we cannot go home because my house does not exist anymore, my livelihood is not present, my children cannot go to school. evenif children cannot go to school. even if they actually only have a three month visa, they have to find a way to live there a bit longer. ijust wonder and i am not going to point the finger at particular countries, for pacific islands new zealand and australia are of course probably the most important target areas and they do have policies about bringing people in from islands. is your view

that those policies generally speaking need to be more generous, more open to what these people need and what they are going through?— are going through? well, as you say seasonal _ are going through? well, as you say seasonal migration - are going through? well, as you| say seasonal migration pathways have existed for many years. it is part of the fabric will help some of the pacific islanders lived through their communities. there have been concerns raised about protections that are embedded in these pathways, for instance theissue in these pathways, for instance the issue of temporarily nurse where you have people that are permanently in temporary situations, having to go back and forth. when they cannot go back, they live in irregular migration status which is problematic for them because they don't have protection. the issueis they don't have protection. the issue is that people that move in these ways, they could move in these ways, they could move in labour migration pathways but they need greater protection. if they needed to

bring their families to live with them, many of these seasonal labour migration pathways do not allow family reunification in the country of destination. they don't allow access of these people to proper housing, proper education for the children etc. as it would seem with climate change, the issues are only going to get bigger. there is clearly plenty of work still to be done. we will have to leave it there. they give very much. let's move on to one of the great sporting superstars of our era. 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, 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. i'm gonna relish these next few weeks." earlier i spoke to pam shriver, a former professional tennis player, a 22 time major doubles champion, and olympic gold medalist. i asked her if she thought serena made the right decision. she is in the sunset of her career and has been there for a while. it was great to see her play at wimbledon, a three hour and 11 minute match, but clearly showing the signs of not playing for a year, but what she has done in the sport since managing herfirst major in 1999 — winning herfirst major is truly remarkable, a 25 year professional career, and there are so many things that are off the charts with what she has done and her legacy off the court is onlyjust

beginning. you mentioned steffi graf there, we have some greats, that you are among this pantheon of greats chris evans, steffi graf, where do you put serena williams? i think when you look at the entire longevity of her career, singles record, doubles record, mixed doubles, majors, four olympic gold, the only thing she is missing say from a great star like navratalova who won 167 tour titles, serena has only one about half as many, but during her whole career, it was really about winning majors, and that is what he has focused on, especially the last 1015 years, so when you look at everything, i would say she is the goat, but i know it is tough to compare eras, and it's a time in tennis where we are focused on the majors and she has also been number one for so long but i don't think

anyone will ever play for as long and when over as many decades as she did. it's always a bit of a tough question, who was the greatest. another very interesting thing, you had two children relatively late in your 40s, and serena has said she wants to have another child, and she doesn't want to be pregnant again as an athlete, and i guess you can appreciate where she is coming from there. yeah, when i read the vogue article, or the essay she wrote, that was the part that really hit home to me, and i actually had two pregnancies, three kids, which means my second pregnancy was twins, and i had my first at 42, and my second and third at 43, and this is what she is looking at, and to read her essay and to see how difficult it was to make the decision and realised that she could not be a champion tennis player and have a sibling for her daughter olympia, who wants a sister so badly, parts of the essay were

really touching on what she is going through to realise that she needs to give up something she loves, professional tennis in order to really do something she loves even more, which is to expand herfamily. she certainly wasn't saying that i am looking forward to stopping, it's obviously going to be a very difficult decision for her. i must ask you one other point though, here was a young woman who came as a black tennis player and very much a white world, and i always think tennis fans are quite fickle, they hold onto their champions for a very long time and then they don't like newcomers necessarily coming in and stealing the show. it has taken serena a good chunk of those 25 years to become the much loved serena williams. yes, that's true, and that's true for a lot dominant athletes. i play doubles with martina for ten years and she was not truly beloved until the end, and the new york crowd, the us open crowd will embrace serena williams and leave nothing on the table, and we saw

at wimbledon, said the court when she lost to harmony tan and there was more love out there for her then, and people tend to appreciate these dominant, amazing athletes at the end of their career even more when they are champions, because they often look to the underdog and the quantity the underdog, but i don't think there will be any mixed emotions, it is all in for serena williams, but can you imagine if she plays venus in the us open first round! there could be some crazy stories coming out of the last major of the year. ijust i just have ijust have time to i just have time to tell you the latest on the wail that has been caught in the rather still waters of the seine in france. rescuers have tried to get hold of the wail and feed it. it has been a struggle but it has been now ticked up, these pictures are from earlier will stop it is now going to be transported in theory to open waters. good

luck there. let's hope it works out. that is bbc news. hello. our spell of largely dry and increasingly hot weather is set to continue for the rest of this week. over the next few days, we see those heatwave conditions building and hardly any rain in the forecast. just the far northwest of scotland, where we see a weather front close by, we'll see a little bit of rain, but for the rest of us, high pressure dominates. as that high pressure shifts its way slightly more towards the east, that will draw in this really hot air from the near continent, so particularly by the time we get to thursday and friday, we'll see those temperatures soaring, particularly across a good part of england and wales. temperatures to start your wednesday morning between about 11—15 in our towns and cities, a touch lower in the countryside first thing. lots of hot sunshine on the cards for wednesday, that weather front bringing a bit more cloud to the far northwest, bit of rain for the western isles, perhaps. but temperatures in england, scotland and northern ireland in the mid—20s, but down towards the south and southeast, 30—31 degrees pretty widely. then, from thursday onwards, that's when that amber extreme heat warning kicks in across a good part of england and into eastern wales as well.

but wherever you are, you can feel the heat and disruption due to the those high temperatures in terms of health problems, potentially transport problems as well. so, thursday, another hot, dry day away from the northwest of scotland, and temperatures widely in the mid—to—high 20s in the north, mid—30s in the south. 3a, possibly 35 degrees on thursday, could be even a degree or so hotter than that as we head on into friday. again, a bit more cloud and rain for the western isles, highlands, northern isles as well where it's a little bit cooler, but most of us baking in that hot sunshine, so the mid—20s to mid—30s during the course of friday. if we zoom into the hottest spots — probably across parts of central and southern england, just into wales as well — somewhere here could see 36 degrees on friday. and looking towards the weekend, perhaps a degree or so hotter than that into saturday. so, warm sunshine once again lasting for many of us through the course of the weekend. we are hopeful that things will start to change a little bit later on sunday, particularly overnight into monday. a few thunderstorms developing across france, which could really do with the rainfall, and then they look like

they will develop more widely across the uk, but still quite a lot of uncertainty at this stage about exactly when and if those thunderstorms are coming. but we're hopeful that, into next week, things will start to turn cooler with an increasing chance of rain. bye— bye.

merrick garland this is bbc news, the headlines: senior us republicans have condemned the fbi's unprecedented search of donald trump's florida home on monday as an abuse of power. the former president was not at mar—a—lago at the time. the white house has insisted it only learned about the raid from media reports. russia has played down a series of explosions at a military airfield on the crimean peninsula. authorities in moscow say munitions exploded in a store and denied that the airfield had come under ukrainian attack. kyiv has refused to take any responsibility for the explosions. south korea has experienced its heaviest rainfall in 80 years, with floodwaters submerging homes and roads, in the capital, seoul. at least eight people have died.