this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm victoria fritz. a man is arrested after threatening argentina's vice president with a gun outside her home in buenos aires. american equality and democracy are under assault: that's president biden�*s stark warning about the threat from election deniers and maga republicans. donald trump on the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. a cargo ship carrying 3,000 tonnes of corn from ukraine runs aground in turkey's bosphorus strait. the ladyzehma was travelling under a un—brokered export deal.

and japan declares war on retro technology after discovering almost 2,000 government processes are still carried out using mini disks, floppy disks and cds. hello and welcome to the programme. in the last couple of hours, police in argentina have arrested a man. the country's vice president, cristina fernandez de kirchner, was threatened with a gun outside her home in the capital, buenos aires. a gun was held just inches from her head, but no shots were fired and she was unharmed. argentina's economy minister has called the incident an attempted assassination. with me is our bbc reporter louisa pilbeam.

tell us what happened. what we know is that video has emerged, and absolutely terrifying video if you are watching this, terrifying for anyone in public office for any politicians, and what happens in this video is that a gun is literally put to cristina fernandez de kirchner�*s face, her head, and it clicks as if somebody is pulling the trigger. so she then puts her hands to her head and it looks like she is completely bewildered and in shock and doesn't realise the magnitude of the situation, and then it hits her that this is being called an assassination attempt. the president of argentina has spoken this evening, he addressed the nation, and he has called this an assassination attempt, and he has said that christina remains alive, and for some reason the weapon that had five bullets in it did not fire

despite having been triggered. so this weapon was loaded and pointed at her head? it clicked, as you say. remind us of the tech — the contents of this. of the tech - the contents of this. �* , ,., , ., this. absolutely. there are hundreds _ this. absolutely. there are hundreds of _ this. absolutely. there are hundreds of people - this. absolutely. there are hundreds of people in - this. absolutely. there are hundreds of people in this| hundreds of people in this video, it was outside her home in buenos aires and they are there because she is actually undergoing us much is involved in a court case at the moment, accused of defrauding the state and being accused of diverging public funds while she was president between 2007 and 2015. she does have a lot of support and that is why there were so many people there voicing that support. but if she is convicted, this is incredibly serious, because she faces 12 years a lifetime lifetime ban from politics. the absolute elegy of that is because you have this privilege in the fact she is the senate president, it is unlikely she will go to prison, but that could be changed. absolutely

shocking scenes because for somebody to get that close and a man who is 35 has been arrested, he is a brazilian, and he has been arrested this evening. and he has been arrested this evenina. ., ~ ,, , . evening. thank you very much for the update. _ let's get some of the day's other news. the kremlin has said vladimir putin won't attend the funeral of the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev, on saturday because of what's been described as the president's busy work schedule. mr gorbachev hasn't been granted a state funeral, although there'll be a military guard of honour at the ceremony. people in southern pakistan face more devastation after record floods have submerged a third of the country, killing more than 1100 people. a third of water is now flowing down the river threatening communities in the southern province.

chengdu has become the latest chinese city to be locked down after a fresh outbreak of covid—i9 as beijing continues to pursue its controversial zero—covid policy. around 21 million people have been ordered to stay indoors with just one person per household allowed to go out for essential shopping. some residents in the us state of mississippi have been urged to shower with their mouths closed as they endure a fourth day without clean running water. that is to avoid contamination. much of the city of jackson has lost its water supply completely after flooding disrupted an ageing water treatment plant. president biden has made an impassioned speech in defence of american democracy. he warned that donald trump and what he termed "maga republicans" represent a form of extremism that threaten the american way of life. he also urged all americans to come together to defend american democracy regardless of their ideology. 0ur north america correspondent

peter bowes has this report. a setting for a speech that pulled no punches. a prime—time address from philadelphia, the birthplace of american democracy. a way of life that joe biden says is under threat from donald trump and his supporters. from donald trump and his sweden-— from donald trump and his su orters. ~ , , ., , supporters. we must be honest with each other _ supporters. we must be honest with each other and _ supporters. we must be honest with each other and with - with each other and with ourselves. too much of what is happening in our country today is not normal. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. it very foundations of our republic— republic. it was a full throated _ republic. it was a full throated attack - republic. it was a full throated attack on i republic. it was a fulll throated attack on the republic. it was a full - throated attack on the former president in the campaign donald trump calls make america great again. donald trump calls make america great again-— great again. maga is determined to take this _ great again. maga is determined to take this country _ great again. maga is determined to take this country backwards i to take this country backwards to take this country backwards to an america where there is no

right to choose, my right to privacy, no right to contraception, no marriage to —— right to marry who you love. he lashed out at supporters of donald trump refund the flames of political violence, the mob that's stormed the united states capital. the speech related recent comments by the president when he described the three philosophy as semi— fascism. three philosophy as semi- fascism-— three philosophy as semi- fascism. , ., , , , . fascism. history tells us that blind loyalty _ fascism. history tells us that blind loyalty to _ fascism. history tells us that blind loyalty to a _ fascism. history tells us that blind loyalty to a single - blind loyalty to a single leader and a willingness to engage in political violence is vital in democracy. it is engage in politicalviolence is vital in democracy.— vital in democracy. it is 'ust over vital in democracy. it is 'ust ovetwoi vital in democracy. it is 'ust over two months i vital in democracy. it isjust over two months before - over two months before americans go to the polls to elect new members of congress, and this wasjoe biden setting out his stall for what could be a vicious campaign. i out his stall for what could be a vicious campaign.— a vicious campaign. i will not stand by _ a vicious campaign. i will not stand by and _ a vicious campaign. i will not stand by and watch. - a vicious campaign. i will not stand by and watch. i - a vicious campaign. i will not stand by and watch. i will. a vicious campaign. i will not| stand by and watch. i will not the will of the american people overturned by baseless evidence through claims of fraud. i will not stand by and watch

elections in this country stolen by people who simply refused to accept that they lost. it refused to accept that they lost. ., , ., refused to accept that they lost. . , . . ~' refused to accept that they lost. . , ., ., ,, , lost. it was a dark message focused on _ lost. it was a dark message focused on his _ lost. it was a dark message focused on his political- focused on his political opponent. butjoe biden also said he had never been more optimistic about america's future stop we are onlyjust beginning, he said. it was enough to win over some of donald trump's supporters? i have to say i think biden put himself in a very difficult position here because he is making a bet that the roughly 35% of americans who still believe in this alive at the 2020 election was stolen will never vote for him anyway so he doesn't need their votes and he can go all in on this maga republican message. the scene is set by mid-term _ republican message. the scene is set by mid-term election - is set by mid—term election campaign like no other. with huge consequences for donald trump ausmat republicans and joe biden's presidency. peter bowes, bbc news. well, joining me now is nikki mccann ramirez, a political reporter for the rolling stone magazine. thank you so much forjoining

me. this is clearly one of the most explicit and impassioned stances we have seen biden take during his presidency. why now? well, i think the timing of this is absolutely key. this speech comes a little over two months before the mid—term elections which are going to be hugein elections which are going to be huge in the united states, and it comes at a moment where biden's approval rating is soaring and donald trump's is tanking. i believe this method is intended to mobilise voters and mobilise voters who may be and mobilise voters who may be a little bit disillusioned with donald trump in a moment where he is coming off of the first wave of january six congressional hearings and currently facing a growing controversy over his handling of classified documents after his presidency. it comes at a moment where biden is confident in his own steam, riding a little bit of a wave and there is a a lot of presence of the baggage that donald trump had

coming out of the presidency within american discourse right now. , ., ., . ., , now. the situation culturally and politically _ now. the situation culturally and politically does - now. the situation culturally and politically does appear l now. the situation culturally| and politically does appear to be extremely febrile at the moment in the united states. who and how large is this middle ground, and therefore, who exactly is this speech aimed at in terms of converting over to the biden administration? ~ , , administration? absolutely. i think it is _ administration? absolutely. i think it is also _ administration? absolutely. i think it is also important - administration? absolutely. i think it is also important to i think it is also important to remember that this speech took place in pennsylvania, a battleground site that i'm barely one in 2020. he knows that he can convert some of these voters in battleground states and he is aiming for that voter that considers themselves a moderate, isn't too in love with trumpet but may still be hesitant about voting democrat, and what biden is very intentionally trying to do here is in the mid— terms into a referendum about donald trump. the intended audience was obviously the voter, but a second part there is at the audience in the speech is

supposed to be republican leadership, because for the democrats, it is a very good thing for republican leadership to be focused on defending donald trump and defending the maga movement rather than be focusing on issues. i think the democrats are also hoping that by going all in on this rhetoric, they can once again turn the election into a sort of repeat of 2020 where the vote isn't so much a referendum on policy, but a referendum on donald trump. in on policy, but a referendum on donald trump.— on policy, but a referendum on donald trump. in your view, how is the country — donald trump. in your view, how is the country responding - donald trump. in your view, how is the country responding to - is the country responding to the biden presidency, and the people within the country share his optimism about the future? in my experience, it is a bit of a mixed bag. in my experience, it is a bit ofa mixed bag. ithink particularly in the last month, biden and the democrats have made a very solid push to try and prove that they are fulfilling a lot of the campaign promises they made. we saw that earlier this month when the reconciliation package

was passed, as well as last week when biden announced a huge debt forgiveness for students in the united states, but i think what the government are hoping to do is convert anger over the fruits of the trump administration, things like the end of row and the innerfederal abortion road —— inner federal abortion road —— right innerfederal abortion road —— right into votes in november. i think many people are still slightly disillusioned with the state of american politics, but are much more willing to give biden verified rather than trump. i think for a lot of voters, particularly more moderate voters, trump (say logician with a lot of baggage, investigations and controversy for the average voter, seeing that versus disunity message, which it may or may not land, but it is an attempt, i think they are much more inclined to vote that direction. but we'll have to see how well this plays out in the november midterms which historically have favoured the party that is out of power. favoured the party that is out of power-—

of power. interesting. thank ou so of power. interesting. thank you so much- _ of power. interesting. thank you so much. thank - of power. interesting. thank you so much. thank you - of power. interesting. thank you so much. thank you for| of power. interesting. thank- you so much. thank you for your time and insights. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: time to move into the 21st century as japan declares war on government departments still using mini disks, floppy disks and cds. she received the nobel peace prize for her work with the poor and the dying in india's slums. the head of the catholic church had said mother teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. we have to identify the bodies, then arrange the coffins and take them back home. parents are waiting and wives are waiting, so... hostages appeared, - some carried, some running, trying to escape _ the nightmare behind them.

britain lost a princess today. described by all to whom she reached out as irreplaceable. an early morning car crash in a paris underpass ended a life with more than its share of pain and courage, warmth and compassion. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a man is arrested after threatening argentina's vice president, cristina fernandez de kirchner, with a gun outside her home in buenos aires. president biden has used a prime time speech to warn of the threat to equality and democracy from election deniers and "make america great again" republicans.

a cargo ship carrying a grain shipment from ukraine has been refloated after it ran aground in turkey's bosphorus strait. it halted shipping through istanbul. turkish officials say ladyzehma suffered rudderfailure, but was safely anchored. the panama—flagged ship is one of six that left black sea ports in ukraine on tuesday under a un—brokered export deal. a ukrainian teenager who has developed a landmine detector drone is one of the ten finalists for the annual global student prize. this year, there were more than 7,000 entrants from 150 countries, all vying for the one $100,000 prize. the award is given to one exceptional student who has made a real impact on learning, the lives of their peers, and on society more broadly. and eegor klymenkojoins me now from alberta in canada

where is he just about to start his degree in computer science. thank you so much forjoining us, we are not worthy here on bbc world news. you've been working on this since you were nine. why does the quadcopter mean so much to you? hello, thanks for this opportunity to speak to you. i started thinking, how can i, like a schoolboy help our people and help people who are fighting for my country? a begin thinking about the mining innovations, things that can help our military. at first it was ideas about ground robots but when they transferred in 10th grade was interested in and i started developing

research board detecting landmines remotely. so research board detecting landmines remotely. research board detecting landmines remotel . landmines remotely. so when the annexation _ landmines remotely. so when the annexation of _ landmines remotely. so when the annexation of crimea _ landmines remotely. so when the annexation of crimea happened . annexation of crimea happened in 2014 you were just nine years old. what exactly is this design? because you keep making new iterations of it, what is capable of doing at the moment? it is level three prototype which can detect landmines in labradorian environment, so we are using drones implemented with detect as for landmines and also upgraded for co—ordinates with accuracy to two centimetres. co-ordinates with accuracy to two centimetres.— co-ordinates with accuracy to two centimetres. wow! so the aint on two centimetres. wow! so the paint on the — two centimetres. wow! so the paint on the outside _ two centimetres. wow! so the paint on the outside of- two centimetres. wow! so the paint on the outside of this . paint on the outside of this quadcopter is actually geo— located technology? quadcopter is actually geo- located technology?- quadcopter is actually geo- located technology? yeah, it is reo- located technology? yeah, it is geo- locating _ located technology? yeah, it is geo- locating landmines - geo— locating landmines remotely providing the exact co—ordinates of explosive objects. it is also painting exact points on the ground which provides safer and faster way to mind territories. using

these devices we can save hundreds or even thousands of people's lives. hundreds or even thousands of people's lives-— people's lives. yes, not even potentially — people's lives. yes, not even potentially the _ people's lives. yes, not even potentially the people - people's lives. yes, not even potentially the people who i potentially the people who might be blown up by these mines but the brave people who go out and try to find them in the first base. do you know who nominated you for this prize? 0h, nominated you for this prize? oh, when the war started after the 24th of february, and lived with my family to the countryside and we were living in a basement for months and wasjust trying to in a basement for months and was just trying to find new opportunities to develop this project faster because i had already some prototypes and i would like to develop it faster to provide our military. i was searching for opportunities and after that i saw the global student prize award. was working with my supervisor and we prepared all the document and prepared an application for this competition. i and prepared an application for this competition.— this competition. i know you were so determined - this competition. i know you were so determined to - this competition. i know you | were so determined to finish this competition. i know you l were so determined to finish a high school education in kyiv at the start of the year when the war broke out. tell me about the decision of your family to flee to the countryside, to be separated from them and they know now

your mum is helping you settle in in canada but it will not is still settled back in ukraine? when the war started we were shocked because in kyiv we had explosions and this is why we just took all of our things and moved to the countryside immediately, and we were sitting there for all the time period of the war, we will helping also our military is, we were preparing food and water and volunteering for them and after that we found this great opportunity to move to canada but my father and grandparents, my sisters are in countryside still, so yeah. and countryside still, so yeah. and 'ust ve countryside still, so yeah. and just very briefly, _ countryside still, so yeah. and just very briefly, what will you do if you win? i just very briefly, what will you do if you win? i would like to spend _ you do if you win? i would like to spend the _ you do if you win? i would like to spend the most _ you do if you win? i would like to spend the most part - you do if you win? i would like to spend the most part of- you do if you win? i would like to spend the most part of the| to spend the most part of the money for development of my project, because i think if they will develop this device

can save a lot of lives and a human's life is like the best that we have so want to spend most part of the money for developing my project to do it faster, to provide ukrainian militaries and other militaries in the world to d mine most of the territories faster and safer because it would be great to solve the problem of landmines in the world. thank ou so landmines in the world. thank you so much _ landmines in the world. thank you so much for— landmines in the world. thank you so much for your - landmines in the world. thank you so much for your time, i l you so much for your time, i wish you all the best of luck with the competition and you really are truly an inspiration so it is a real pleasure to speak to you on bbc news. thanks a million for this opportunity and yeah, thank you. opportunity and yeah, thank ou. ., y n time for all the latest sports news. hello. i'm gavin ramjaun. this is your update from the bbc sport centre. we'll start with tennis — and the rafa nadal was the headliner, under the lights at flushing meadows — in the us open. several other big names secured their spots in the third round on thursday. women's number one iga

swiatek is through — after beating former champion sloane stephens in straight sets. swiatek dropped just five games on her way to a 6—3, 6—2 win, and faces another american, lauren davis next. the number three seed in the men's, carlos alcaraz, is safely through to the third round. the spaniard, who won's won two masters titles this year, in miami earlier in the year, and in madrid, beat argentina's federico coria in straight sets. in the english premier league, manchester united's upturn in form continues. after losing their first two games of the season, erik ten hag's team beat leicester on thursday to make it three wins in a row. jadon sancho scored the only goal of the game, midway through the first—half, and the result takes united up to fifth in the table. it was finally, i am really happy for him and he scored many goals in precision and he scored against liverpool, he scores today and he put a lot

of investment and appreciation, but it was a team goal. how we build that up from the back, it was in a transition moment but really good decisions and finally we find the final path and really good finish. it's been a busy thursday, for clubs across europe getting deals done, before the transfer deadline passed. all the main headlines on the bbc sport website. the biggest in terms of money saw brazilian forward antony, leave ajax for manchester united, for a fee of $95 million. he'll reunited with united boss erik ten hag, and has signed a contract until 2027, with the option of an additional year. pierre—emerick aubamenyang has left barcelona after only six months in spain. he's joined chelsea who've paid $12 million for the former arsenal captain. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me — gavin ramjaun — and the rest of the sport team,

we'll see you next time. to japan, somewhere which most of us associate with high tech and innovation. but it's also a country whose government still uses floppy disks. that's right. it's reported up to 1900 government procedures still require businesses to use the storage devices — and now the country's digital minister has "declared war" on the floppy — and all the other retro tech still in use. we can go now live to singapore and speak to dexter lowe. japan has form here, fax machines, pagers, cassette tapes, all still cranking away, why does the country have a habit of holding on to outmoded tech? basically, it is a mix of reasons, really butjapan is basically one of the countries where, they emphasise tradition quite a lot and they really are quite a lot and they really are quite keen to use current

technology, like fax machines which is a unique stem that most japanese which is a unique stem that mostjapanese have and is most japanese have and is used for a lot of functions, these are kind of practices that are quite widely used in bureaucracy and one of the reasons why they are really trying to move away from this and move actually down, one of the more outspoken politicians who have been quite critical of some of these practices and keen to move on from these practices and he actually said in quite a colourful press conference on tuesday that, where does one even by a floppy disk in these days? so he is very keen and also committed to phasing out some of these technologies in the past like the fax machine. i technologies in the past like the fax machine.— technologies in the past like the fax machine. i mean, he's not wrong- — the fax machine. i mean, he's not wrong- i— the fax machine. i mean, he's not wrong. i don't _ the fax machine. i mean, he's not wrong. i don't know i the fax machine. i mean, he's| not wrong. i don't know where you would buy one these days. and of course small businesses still dominate the business landscape, 99% of the four million or so registered japanese firms, that has an impact on the way in which companies operate.

so basically there are a lot of procedures in place which is that in order to do business with the government injapan you need to go through these procedures and these procedures really mandate the use of these practices stop if you want to get administrative things done, you need to use a fax machine, you need to use a fax machine, you need to use a floppy disk, for example and as you mentioned just now, about 1900 procedures were in place that requires various forms of outdated technology, things like cds for example which we don't use nowadays as well. so they are basically trying to review these practices and by the end of the year they say they expect to give us an of what they are trying to get rid of one how they can improve this process to make it very

more modern. fii< this process to make it very more modern.— this process to make it very more modern. ok thanks very much dexter, _ more modern. ok thanks very much dexter, dexter - more modern. ok thanks very much dexter, dexter low i more modern. ok thanks very much dexter, dexter low in l much dexter, dexter low in singapore. that has been a really lovely front half of the programme, isn't it? we have the business news next, and start with nuclear. is at the end of our energy woes? summer 2022 was certainly a memorable one and as we bring summer to a close, these are some of the standout headlines. england'sjoint warmest summer england's joint warmest summer on england'sjoint warmest summer on record and the driest year so farfor on record and the driest year so far for the on record and the driest year so farforthe uk on record and the driest year so far for the uk since 1976. there is some rain in the forecast as we go through friday and towards the weekends not be the weather is set to change. we have got this with a frontier weathering pace into the north—west and thus with affront to be bringing some showers stopping those showers may well linger for parts of england and wales, fairly isolated but nevertheless they will still be there, the best of the sunshine north wales, northern england and eastern scotland. showery outbreaks of rain gather into the far

north—west of scotland and northern ireland, temperatures perhaps at around 18 degrees the high but it will be another hot and humid afternoon for central and eastern england with temperatures into the high 20s. with temperatures into the high 205. all with temperatures into the high 20s. all change as we move into the weekend for some there will be some thundery showers around, longer hours of rain and it will turn increasingly windy for all. as an area of low pressure anchors itself out to the west, spiralling around that low in and endicott highs direction is a series of weather front that's going to bring some rain, some of it fairly persistent through northern ireland and south with scotland throughout the weekend and that could have an impact. it will certainly have an impact on the feel of the weather. elsewhere, sunny spells and scattered showers, not a bad day for the far north of scotland, highs of 19 here but in the sunshine in east anglia if you dodge those showers you should see highs of 24 celsius copy or wet weather in a similar position coming up through southwest england, wales and then sitting across

northern ireland and south—west scotland. showers elsewhere, if you dodge those showers you still keep those blustery winds but it will still feel quite warm in the sunshine for parts of england and wales is temperatures are still likely to peak at highs of 25 degrees. disappointing under the cloud and the rain. the low pressure is not set to move very far very fast at all, into the early half of next week it anchors itself down to the south—west, the wind direction still coming from the south still coming from the south still relatively mild but still we could see some showers and those showers could be heavy and quite widespread for the early half of next week.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. going nuclear: borisjohnson pledges £700 million for the sizewell c power station project. but it could take 15 years and many billions more before it's up and running. pounded! sterling continues to fall after its biggest monthly slide since the brexit referendum in 2016. all eyes now on the usjobs report for august. a big number could mean more aggressive rate hikes from the federal reserve, and an even stronger dollar. plus, big screen versus big stream: can old—school cinemas survive in the age of netflix?