this is bbc news. our top stories: the usjustice department is ordered to release a redacted version of the evidence that prompted the fbi to search donald trump's mar—a—lago home. safety concerns at the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ukraine, after the russian—occupied site is temporarily disconnected from the national power grid. russia should agree to demilitarised zone around the plant — demilitarised zone around the plant and agreed to allow an international atomic energy agency— international atomic energy agency visit as soon as possible. drought and record temperatures in china threaten rivers and crops, putting several provinces on a national red alert. and — back from the brink. the large blue butterfly has its best summer in 150 years.

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in the us, where a federaljudge has ordered thejustice department to release a redacted version of the underlying evidence that prompted an fbi search at donald trump's mar—a—lago home earlier this month. the judge who approved the search warrant said the redacted version of the affidavit submitted in application of the warrant should be unsealed, citing public interest as the reason to do so. prosecutors now have until noon on friday to make the document public. our north america correspondent, anthony zurcher gave us the latest from outside the court in florida. judge bruce reinhart who works in the federal courtjust behind me has given the us justice department until noon on friday to release a redacted

version of the affidavit the justice department presented to the judge as part of its request for a search warrant of donald trump's mar—a—largo estate about two and a half weeks ago. the judge released a 2—page memo saying he agreed with the proposed redactions from thejustice department. he said it protected the identity of potential witnesses and sources, and shielded the scope and strategy behind the federal investigation. that investigation is into the handling of classified material in the chaotic final days of donald trump's presidency, and the removal of the material from the white house in boxes to mar—a—largo where it was stored over the past year and a half. this isn't the only legal proceedings around this search. there is another request by donald trump's lawyers to appoint a special master to review all of these documents, and then determine which ones thejustice department can keep and which ones should go back to donald trump. thejudge has issued a deadline

of friday in that request for donald trump's lawyers to more carefully refine it to present what exactly they want from their request. so there are a lot of moving parts in this investigation right now, but the bigger picture is all of this is unprecedented. there has never been a federal search of a home of a former president, particularly a former president who still may harbour presidential ambitions, as donald trump does. well, earlier we spoke to us constitutional lawyer, bruce fein. he talked us through the legal implications. i don't know whether it moves the ball forward in regard to any prosecution of mr trump. the search warrant was executed and mr trump has never challenged its validity as he has a right to do under rule 41. it feeds public interest in

the particular evidence of the three crimes that are identified in the search warrant, that were suspected to have evidence in mr tromp�*s files that had not been returned to national archives because they were presidential records. i take issue a little bit with saying this is unprecedented. is unprecedented, partly because i have worked through all presidential impeachments, beginning with nixon. in mr nixon's case, there were four subpoenas issued to him while he was president by the house judiciary committee relating to obstruction ofjustice. and when mr nixon didn't comply, there were articles this of impeachment voted. i was in the housejudiciary committee when president gerald ford testified about his pardon of nixon's, explaining how it was not corrupted. mr nixon, after he left office, was required to testify for ii hours before a grand jury. mr bill clinton, you could have watched on tv, his testimony for the grand jury, answering

questions and his videotape of the paula jones deposition. in the united states, the rule of law of king, the king is not law, so there really is nothing unprescedented in my view, constitutionally, about the search warrant of mr trump's home. it is unprecedented since the presidential records act of 1978 in which i helped draught, that this is the first time a president ever carted off to his home documents that were prepared in the course of his presidency. those documents belong to the united states, not any individual. i served in the government for 15 years. the government's, none were my own. the only thing that is unprecedented is mr trump's contempt for the law. and how much does this affect mr trump's chances of running for presidency again in 202a? i think it's a little premature until we know further steps in the legal process. i think the search warrant and the publicity will peel away some of his support, but it's not clear how much.

remember, it's pretty lame for him to allege that this is some kind of fbi witch—hunt when the fbi is headed by his own appointee, christopher wray. christopher wray was confirmed by every single republican in the senate under the law. if mr trump thought before he left office injanuary 2021 that mr wray kind of turned, defected to the other side he could have fired him, which he didn't do, and so it is pretty hard to argue that your own appointee who you could have fired is somehow engaged in a witch—hunt. and plus, mr wray is not a political appointee, he has never run for office in his life, but the point that you're asking is, what does shake out politicall mean? i think trump will lose some support in the short run once we have more disclosure. in the long run i think it will depend more on what kind of criminal charges may be forthcoming, which could be far more devastating than just a search warrant. on that point, mr trump's detractors often looking for some kind of conviction — guilt, prosecution. mr trump's supporters looking for vindication and being found

innocent, what do you think will happen in this case? i believe that if there is an indictment it would be tried in the us district court in the district of columbia. the district of columbia would not be favourable to mr trump, it votes about 99% democrat. i reside in the district of columbia and that is where the jury would be drawn. and if you can recall right now, these january 6th prosecutions occurring, there have been over 200 guilty pleas — not a single individualfound innocent. there are 600 more to go. and i do think that given the notoriety of mr trump for being a compulsive liar, to be candid, the most obvious one that you probably know about is the fake, fantastical standing order that anything he took out of the oval office was automatically declassified — something that no—one ever knew about and maybe

he dreamt about once. that if he was indicted he would be his own worst enemy, and i do think he would be convicted. at that point i do not think he would be a credible candidate in 202a. to ukraine now where there's continuing concern over safety at europe's largest nuclear power plant — which is held by russian forces. the final two working reactors at the zaporizhzhia power plant were cut off from ukraine's power grid on thursday. the country's nuclear agency said the problem was caused by nearby fires that damaged overhead cables. the power was later restored, but the incident rang alarm bells far beyond ukraine's borders. a nuclear power plant should never be a inactive war zone so russia should agree to

demilitarised the area and agreed to allow an international atomic energy agency to issue enter as soon as possible to check on the safety and security of the system is. earlier i spoke tojohn herbst, the us ambassador to ukraine between 2003—2006, who said the accident will only increase pressure on russia to allow access to the plant. it is very dangerous. in march they put military stores in or around, this and apparently have been conducting fire exercises — i mean shooting from areas near the reactor. the ukrainians have been talking about this for sometime and recently over the past month or so the international community, the iaea and you and have recognised the danger, and i would say the — may been active in pushing for access to the site. the incident today will only increase pressure on moscow to allow access,

kyiv will happily allow access. maybe we will get some control over this difficult situation. you talk about the pressure on moscow increasing, but the pressure has been there for months and moscow has refused to back down and is still pretty steadfast. do you really think things will change? i'm not promising it, but keep in mind that moscow was blockading ukrainian ports so they could not ship grain for months, and pressure gradually began build and it was eventually persuaded russia to let some ships depart ukrainian ports with grain for markets elsewhere. given the intense attention to this now and this latest development, dangerous development today, this may persuade the kremlin to stop playing with fire. these requests have come from washington, london, the united nations, nato, and they have fallen on deaf ears, are there other intermediary countries that can do more to help, turkey for example?

i think that there are, it would be wonderful for example if india, a longtime friend of moscow would make its desires honest, also there could be other countries that could be conceivably be heard —— hurt by an explosion by the reactor, even countries in the middle east have expressed concern about this. i'm not predicting that moscow will allow access, i am saying that growing pressure could help that. as it did on the grain embargo. is there anything ukraine could do to help facilitate this? ukraine has a great interest in allowing international access because if the reactor were to blow, ukraine would be the immediate and largest victim of it. again, it is not in moscow's interest for this reactor to blow because russian

territory would be hit and b — other european countries would be hit and this would produce a sharper reaction against moscow's current war crimes in ukraine. there has been speculation one of the reasons russia is keen to hold onto the powerplant is because they want to disconnected from ukraine's grid and connected to russia's grid. what is your take on that? i think this is quite possible but i don't think it is a sure thing because, again, this would have a very dramatic impact on people in ukraine and would be seen as one more russian war crime added to the list of many, and they don't need another international black eye at this time. john herbst, thank you. russia's president vladimir putin has signed a decree to increase russia's army by 10% — to about two million people. just over half the total personnel will be soldiers — though it's not yet clear

if the numbers will be boosted through volunteers, or broader conscription. while no official death tolls are available, russian forces have suffered heavy losses as a result of the war in ukraine. the increase is due to come into effect from january next year. let's go to east africa, and a five—month humanitarian truce in northern ethiopia has been broken, with renewed fighting breaking out between the government and tigrayan forces. fears are now growing for the millions of people in desperate need of humanitarian aid. the bbc�*s kalkidan yibeltal sent this report from addis ababa. northern ethiopia has witnessed a brutal civil war. tens of thousands have been killed. millions of others left hungry and in need of urgent humanitarian aid. the conflict here has been intense and unforgiving. both the government and tigrayan forces have blamed each other for war crimes, carrying out mass civilian killings and weaponising rape

as the world watches. but a breakthrough in march saw both sides agree to a humanitarian ceasefire. this saw an increase in much needed aid getting through to tigray as heavy fighting subsided. but events of the last few days have shattered that five—month silence from the guns. massive troop movements, heavy gunfire and war rhetoric have again rung alarm bells, both at home and abroad. i am deeply shocked and saddened by the news of the resumption of hostilities in ethiopia. ethiopians, tigrayans, amharas or oromos afar, they have already suffered too much. my strong appeal is for an immediate cessation of hostilities, and for the resumption of peace talks between the government and the tplf. but those talks have progressed slowly, with both sides maintaining a hard stance on who exactly should lead the negotiations.

the government wants peace talks to be lead by the african union, while tigrayan forces say the au cannot bring peace in the region. at the same time, tigrayan forces want the immediate return of the disputed western tigray, which is currently under the control of amhara forces. this development suggests an impasse. that deadlock has led to renewed fighting, which is already impacting the delivery of humanitarian aid. on wednesday, the un accused tigrayan forces of looting its warehouses, as once again the sound of war returned to northern ethiopia. and just an example of what the impact of the renewed fighting is having, on august 24th, a world food programme warehouse in mekele was forcibly entered by tigrayan forces who took 12 fuel trucks, tankers, with 570,000 litres of fuel. the team on the ground unsuccessfully tried to prevent this looting.

the stocks of fuel were to be used solely for humanitarian purposes with the distribution of food, fertiliser and other emergency relief items. the long struggle for peace seems to be in jeopardy again, but what is clear is that the country can't afford to go through yet another round of bloodshed and conflict. kalkidan yibeltal, bbc news, addis ababa. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: as parties and "going out" return after the pandemic — it seems, sky—high heels are back in fashion. he's the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years to the day that martin luther king declared, "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky.

an orange glowing disc that's brighter than anything, save the moon — our neighbouring planet, mars _ horn toots. there is no doubt that this election is an important i milestone in the birth- of east timor as the world's newest nation. it will take months, and billions of dollars, to repair what katrina achieved injust hours. three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years, so it was with great satisfaction that clockmaker john vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. big ben bongs this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: the usjustice department has been ordered to release a redacted version of the evidence that prompted the fbi to search donald trump's mar—a—lago home.

safety concerns grow at the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ukraine, after the russian—occupied site was temporarily disconnected from the national power grid. many parts of the world have been facing soaring soaring temperatures, but in china, a record heatwave has led to particularly severe drought, threatening crops and drying up riverbeds. for 12 consecutive days, officials have issued a national red alert, when four or more provinces experience temperatures over a0 degrees for two days or more. take a look at this map. it shows where the worst of the drought is, mostly across the south of the country. china's ministry of agriculture says it's affected crops, such as rice and corn in particular. it's the longest sustained period of high temperatures and sparse rain in southern china since records began more than 60 years ago, leaving water levels in the yangtze river at an all—time low. our correspondent stephen mcdonell has sent this report from beijing

in august, laoye temple is normally surrounded by water. this year, you can walk to it across the dry bed of poyang lake. for 70 days, the yangtze river basin has been caught in a record heat wave and low river levels have hit hydroelectricity production. one of the worst—affected cities has been the inland metropolis of chongqing, home to tens of millions of residents. they've been riding underground trains in the dark because of power rationing. translation: this year, - you turn on the cold water tap for a few minutes and yet, it's still coming out extremely hot. translation: the weather is so hot, i cannot sleep. i then i wake up with the heat as well. environmentalists are opposing calls for more fossil fuel electricity to guard against future drought effects on hydropower. to ensure the energy supply of residents and industry

is supposed to be the most priority thing for china to do right now, but we're also concerned that this kind of narrative will, you know, give opportunity for more new coal power plants in local provinces. china has been experiencing extreme high temperatures across vast swathes of this country for months on end, bringing climate change into sharp focus for people on the street. then, to make things worse, this turned into a drought, which is really hitting the economy. consumers across china could find certain foods harder to come by, unless the drought breaks soon. what's more, if china can't rescue its autumn harvest and has to buy more food from overseas, this could have an effect on global supplies. crops are said to be under severe threat, according to chinese officials, so extra water has been diverted from neighbouring provinces to the driest areas. translation: with | water, there is hope. this water is coming

all the way from hunan. even water for everyday use has been hard to come by in some communities. with river levels so low, previously submerged 600—year—old buddhas have again become visible. they'll gaze out onto what humans have made of the world until the rains return, replenishing the water, which will eventually reclaim the relics. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. let's get some of the day's other news: pakistan's climate change minister has described the country's unprecedented monsoon rains and flooding as a national emergency. sherry rahman called for international help, and said the situation was a climate—induced humanitarian disaster of epic proportions. the provinces of sindh and balochistan have been the worst hit regions. more than 900 people have died sincejune. the french president, emmanuel macron, has said

france and algeria should move beyond their painful shared history and look to the future. mr macron is visiting the former french colony, and announced that a joint franco—algerian commission of historians would be set up to study archives on algeria's time under french rule. now to some good environmental news. it was on the brink of extinction in britain more than a0 years ago, but thanks to conservation work, it's been a bumper summer for the large blue butterfly. thousands have been recorded this year, with the restoration of wild meadows, and south—west england now has the world's greatest concentration. helen briggs reports. the vibrant flash of the large blue butterfly. declared extinct in the uk in 1979, it had to be rescued by bringing caterpillars in from sweden. and now decades of conservation work's paying off, with more large blue recorded this summer than at any time in 150 years. for one scientist,

it's a dream come true. it's been a great thrill to see the butterfly back in such large numbers again. i, alas, was present when the large blue went extinct in this country, many years ago, and, at the time, i never thought i'd see it back. but now, to look at it, and watch perhaps some four, five, six or more, all on one patch of flowers, is just terrific. the butterfly�*s tricky to protect, because it's fussy about where it lives and depends on ants. the young caterpillars trick the ants into taking them into their nests to spend the winter underground. restoring the flower—rich meadows that the butterfly likes to lay its eggs has been key to turning its fortunes around. we're notjust trying to get the large blue back on these sites, we're actually recreating a missing type of habitat that, for various reasons of land use change, had more or less disappeared from at least the northern half of europe.

you can now see the large blue across much of southern england, alongside other rare insects. the butterfly remains endangered, with climate change and extreme weather the greatest challenges ahead. but the resurgence is, for today at least, providing a bright spot for conservationists. helen briggs, bbc news. after two years largely without social events, calendars in new york are filling up again and, it seems, high heels are back in fashion. wendy urquhart reports. department stores in new york are putting high—heeled shoes front and centre for the first time in ages and women can't buy them fast enough. we have seen an up tick in demand for high heels with our customer. she is excited to go back to the office, she's excited to go to that first social event again, so high heels are definitely on the top of her shopping list. whether you love them or hate them, there's no doubt that

women do feel different in heels. it's completely different. ifeel like a million bucks when i put heels on. i love high heels. i really missed them during the pandemic, yeah. retailers saw a massive 50% drop in sales of high—heeled shoes in 2020 compared to the year before, mostly because of the covid pandemic, but experts are confident that sales are picking up at last. high heels, actually, have outperformed a lot of other categories and that's when you look at their performance versus last year, because they still were so depressed last year, so the improvement is there but they're not back to the level of 2019 sales like many other categories are. so, it's time for all you fashionistas to put your trainers, flat shoes and slippers back in the wardrobe where they belong because high heels, wedges and kitten heels are back on trend. wendy urquhart, bbc news.

that is it from us for now. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ rich preston from all of us here in london, thank you for watching, bye—bye. hello. well, last night, parts of south—eastern britain were swamped by thunderstorms — a month and a half of rainfall in one or two spots, much quieter out there right now. and friday promises to be a decent day, not all that sunny. we are expecting the clouds to increase through the course of the morning, into the afternoon — all as a result of this weather front, which is approaching from the west. it's a weaker weather front, there's not an awful lot of rain on it. perhaps a few showers out towards the west, and notice that central and eastern areas will be mostly bright, even sunny. so here's a closer look, then — early hours of the morning, here's the cloud reaching south—western parts of england, wales, the irish sea. certainly cloudy for northern ireland and parts of scotland, early on friday morning.

out towards the east and south, it will be much brighter. 1a in london, the starting temperature, around 10—11 in the north of scotland. so starts off quite sunny, but then, this weak weather front, moving very slowly across the uk, will build cloud across many central parts of england. i suspect the sunniest areas will be along the north sea coast, around the coasts of east anglia, and also the channel. and you can see where the showers are possible — maybe in south—western scotland, one or two elsewhere, the north—west of england, perhaps wales. now, the weekend — all—important weekend, because it is, of course, for some of us a bank holiday weekend — sunny spells and just a few showers on the horizon. so predominantly sunny weather on saturday, with high pressure building. this weak weather front may just about brush the very far north—west of the uk. and the temperatures are highest in the south—west of the uk. in cardiff, around 25 celsius. here's that area of high pressure — and this time, it's building from the north. look at the arrows — they're blowing around the high, and the winds will be quite strong at times. so it does mean that the coasts of around the north sea

and east anglia, and the channel could be quite chilly at times. that will push the warmth out towards the west, so the best weather conditions, i think, around the irish sea, wales, the south—west of england. here, temperatures up to around the mid—20s once again, but very decent also, say, in glasgow, up to around 21 celsius. now here's the outlook through the weekend, and into next week, and i think, overall, we can say that the weather is mostly set fair for most parts of the uk. that's it for me. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: a federaljudge in florida has ordered the usjustice department to release a redacted version of the affidavit that convinced him to approve an fbi warrant to search donald trump's mar—a—lago home. mr trump has accused the fbi of an act of political retribution. power has been restored to the russian—occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ukraine after fires cut off overhead electricity lines. president zelensky has said moscow's actions have left europe "one step away from a radiation disaster". the white house is urging russia to demilitarise the zone around the plant. in china, a drought and a sustained record—breaking heatwave are threatening water supplies and crops. several provinces have declared an emergency national red alert.

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