welcome to bbc news — i'm vishala sri—pathma. our top stories. rescue workers in indonesia continue to search for survivors — after a major earthquake in west java that killed more than 260 people. the closer to the epicentre of the earthquake, the more visible the damage, some beyond repair. people are too afraid to go back to their houses. the us supreme court denies a request by donald trump to withold his tax returns from a congressional investigation. the us—trained, somalian forces, fighting one of the world's most violent terror groups. we have the latest of our special reports. these trips have captured the

vast amounts of territory here in the centre of somalia liberating dozens of villagers but the question, and it is always the question here in somalia, is how long can they hold onto the territory? cristiano ronaldo is to leave manchester united with immediate effect — just as the club's owners say they are thinking about selling—up. and — the saudi king declares a public holiday — after his football team beat argentina, in one of the greatest upsets in world cup history. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. rescue workers in indonesia have spent a second night searching through rubble — in the hope of finding survivors — following the devastating earthquake on the island ofjava. more than 150 people are still missing — and the death toll has risen

to 268 — many of the dead were children, killed as schools collapsed. the government says thousands of homes have been destroyed and roads have been damaged which is making it hard to reach the worst hit areas. the epicentre of the earthquake was in chian—jur in westjava, from where our indonesia correspondent, has sent this report. a34 asa house collapsed to the ground. someone here on the highest floor. they managed to be rescued. my brother—in—law was on the be rescued. my brother—in—law was on the first be rescued. my brother—in—law was on the first floor. be rescued. my brother—in—law was on the first floor. the ruins fell on him. i smack the

government estimated that most victims are children because of a number of boarding schools in the area that have been destroyed.— the area that have been destro ed. ~ . ., , destroyed. meanwhile, many destroyed — destroyed. meanwhile, many destroyed houses _ destroyed. meanwhile, many destroyed houses are - destroyed. meanwhile, many destroyed houses are left - destroyed. meanwhile, many destroyed houses are left by| destroyed houses are left by the owners who took refuge in makeshift tents. the the epicentre of the earthquake, the more visible the damage, far beyond repair. people are too afraid to go back to their houses. these also prone to collapsing even with the smaller shock. the mayor tucked under a landslide triggered by the earthquake. translation: as for the victims who are still buried _ in the rubble, i have ordered that the search for victims and their evacuation must be prioritised. the indonesian geophysical agency has learned that the earthquake is a once in 20—year event. for hundreds of injured people at the hospital, the effect

could last a lifetime. thefts valdya baraputri, bbc news, cianjur. the governor of west java, ridwan kamil spoke about the challenges facing the search and rescue teams. so, currently, we are coordinating to focus on search and rescue for the missing persons. and rescue for the missing persons-— and rescue for the missing ersons. ~ ., , , persons. and also establishing the refugee — persons. and also establishing the refugee camp _ persons. and also establishing the refugee camp in _ persons. and also establishing the refugee camp in 14 - the refugee camp in ia locations. yesterday, the president was in the location. i was on the location hours after the earthquake so we are still coordinating and, more or less, the situation focus and educate also the people because their follow—up earthquake, we collect remark, is still happening. iao tremors, it is some kind of

earthquake but slower. in power and also limited in numbers per day. as you know, it is very steep, hilly kind of landscape. many people are still missing mostly uphill or in the mountain tops. now we are using also the helicopter and not only the ground transportation is. but the major connection is already normalised yesterday. but some roads, village roads to the hilltop there is still some not doing 0k, still damaged. therefore we are doing walking search and rescue by motorbikes, and also by vehicle, the search and rescue team we have two helicopters standing by.

the us supreme court has ordered former president, donald trump to release his tax returns to a congressional committee. the move is a significant setback for mr trump — who has tried for years to shield his tax returns from public scrutiny. he had argued that the request by a panel led by a democrat — was politically motivated. our north america correspondent peter bowes joins me now. peter it is interesting because in theory this is about federal law and changes to the way that presidents submit taxes. but lots of supporters of trump will be quite cynical about that. in will be quite cynical about that. , . , will be quite cynical about that. . , , will be quite cynical about that. . , that. in practice this is all about donald _ that. in practice this is all about donald trump - that. in practice this is all about donald trump and l that. in practice this is all. about donald trump and how that. in practice this is all- about donald trump and how he has conducted his businesses over the past several years. the court has given the go—ahead for six years of tax returns to be handed over to the committee. and of course these are tax returns that many people have wanted to see for several years and donald trump

has been successful since he stood for the presidency in 2016 and keeping those documents under rap. as you say, he has maintained all along but the democrats in control of the committee were politically motivated. clearly members of those committee will get their hands on these tax returns, we assume very soon because the club is against them. they are only in control of that committee for the next few weeks. the democrats, the republicans take over in january. they have a lot of work to do to physically get those documents, to look at them, to scrutinise them, and perhaps come to any conclusions about them. perhaps come to any conclusions about them-— about them. it is interesting because it — about them. it is interesting because it is _ about them. it is interesting because it is a _ about them. it is interesting because it is a tight - about them. it is interesting because it is a tight windowl because it is a tight window between the change of powers. how will this affect mr trump's bid to become president again? i think it is going to depend on how this plays out. what is seen, what is reported about those documents, those tax

returns indeed whether they are made public. the committee has not made it clear whether it is their intention to make the contents of those tax returns public. clearly, whatever is in there, could impact public impressions of donald trump and this of course comes on top of the other investigations, the other legal issues that he is facing like the investigation into his role if any in the january sex attack on congress, the investigation into those top—secret documents that were found at his home in florida. all of these things clearly will influence public perception of the former president as he moves forward. it isjust president as he moves forward. it is just possible but they will embolden all of these controversies could embolden mr trump and his supporters. peter, i am sure we will talk to you quite a bit about this over the next bit. 0ur north american corresponded there. in

recent months we have been reporting about the drought in somalia, the worst to hit the country in decades. growing numbers of children are dying and hundreds of thousands of people are displaced and facing famine. the ongoing war between the somali government and a militant group has made the situation much worse. the bbc has gained rare and exclusive access to the somali army's elite special forces unit which is spared in that campaign against the military. the soldiers are trained by the united states. these are somalia's most battle hardened troops setting out before sunrise into a vast and furiously contested wilderness. all eyes alert for ambushes.

this special clauses unit trained and funded by america has spent years trying to crush an islamist insurgency. suddenly in the midst of a terrible drought, they are making progress. we arrive in the ruins of a small town, a recent battle here saw the formidable militant group driven out.— formidable militant group driven out. ~ . ., ., ~ driven out. we managed to kill fiuhters driven out. we managed to kill fighters but — driven out. we managed to kill fighters but right _ driven out. we managed to kill fighters but right before - driven out. we managed to kill fighters but right before we - fighters but right before we reached here they fled the town. right before they left they purred down everything. they destroy their shops, the houses, the people right now do not even have clean water to drink. this was your shop? translation: it drink. this was your shop? translation:— drink. this was your shop? | translation:- what drink. this was your shop? - translation:- what has translation: it was. what has chanced translation: it was. what has changed he _ translation: it was. what has changed he is— translation: it was. what has changed he is the _ translation: it was. what has changed he is the mood. - translation: it was. what has changed he is the mood. no - changed he is the mood. no longer of despair but of determination. a popular underpricing is under way. local sellers somalia's drought has left with no option but to help defeat the hated

militants. in the last month or so, these troops have captured vast amounts of territory key in the centre of somalia, liberating dozens of biz ledgers. the question and it is always the question here in somalia, is how long can they hold onto the territory? 0r hold onto the territory? or will the militants simply melt away into the countryside and then return? they have hit back hard with a string of devastating bomb attacks like this one in the capital. but listen to this politician who survived five attacks by the militants.— survived five attacks by the militants. ., , ., militants. you see i am, when they were _ militants. you see i am, when they were taking _ militants. you see i am, when they were taking me. - militants. you see i am, when they were taking me. this - militants. you see i am, when they were taking me. this is l they were taking me. this is ou on they were taking me. this is you on a _ $z/startfeed so this is you on the stretcher? yeah, yeah, yeah. he now believes the momentum has shifted. do you think this could be a turning point, then,

against al—shabab? i'm sure this is a turning point. i believe that if the government gets advantage of this opportunity, i think it will be the time that al—shabab will be defeated. that confidence is spreading fast, people in newly liberated areas no longer ruled by fear. can you put your hand up if you are glad that al—shabab has been driven out of your village? that was quite remarkable, to see a village like this with people finally ready to say, "we are glad to see the back of al—shabab," because they've terrorised villages across this region for so long. people have been too afraid to speak out, until now, it seems. will it last? somalia still faces huge challenges. millions here are living on the brink of famine. but if the war ends, then real progress could follow. andrew harding, bbc news, central somalia. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: why superstar footballer, cristiano ronaldo is leaving manchester united —

as the club's owners say they are thinking about selling up. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world, the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number 10 to see the queen, she told her cabinet, "it's a funny old world." angela merkel is germany's first woman chancellor, easily securing the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hot air - balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed i to mind very much. as one local comic put it, "it's not hot air- we need, it's hard cash." the death of fidel castro at the age of 90. castro developed close

ties with the soviet union in the 1960s. it was an alliance that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war with the cuban missile crisis. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... rescue workers in indonesia continue to search for survivors — after a major earthquake in west java that killed more than 260 people. the us supreme court has denied a request by donald trump to withold his tax returns from a congressional investigation. two football—related stories to bring to you now — concerning one of the biggest clubs in the world — manchester united. late on tuesday afternoon here in the uk, the club announced that it was going to part ways with cristiano ronaldo — the star who rejoined the club last season, but who recently gave an interview criticising officials and the current manager. more on that in just a moment — because just a few hours after that announcement,

the club's owners put out a statement saying they were considering selling it. it said the glazer family, who have owned manchester united since 2005, would �*consider all strategic alternatives, including new investment into the club, a sale, or other transactions. the glazerfamily claim there are 1.1 billion manchester united fans around the world — and it's one of the most valuable sporting clubs in the world. but if the club is sold — whoever buys it won't be able to pick cristiano ronaldo. here's how the club tweeted the news — a short statement saying, "cristiano ronaldo is to leave manchester united by mutual agreement, with immediate effect. the club thanks him for his immense contribution across two spells at old trafford. let's go now to tampa, florida where we can speak to devin walker. he's a longtime member of one united usa,

the manchester united supporters club of america. thanks forjoining us. first of all, your reaction to cristiano ronaldo leaving? 50. all, your reaction to cristiano ronaldo leaving?— all, your reaction to cristiano ronaldo leaving? so, right now, i think it is _ ronaldo leaving? so, right now, i think it is for _ ronaldo leaving? so, right now, i think it is for the _ ronaldo leaving? so, right now, i think it is for the best, - ronaldo leaving? so, right now, i think it is for the best, we - i think it is for the best, we thank him so much for everything he did for the club over the ledge who spells but at this point it is led two parties go it is interesting it has come nowjust after he gave an interview, do you think it was expected? so, after the interview, yes, ithink was expected? so, after the interview, yes, i think there was no choice that both parties had to go. i think it forced manchester united's had to do that, if you didn't do that interview i don't we would be sitting here speaking at this point. sitting here speaking at this oint. �* ., sitting here speaking at this oint, �* ., sitting here speaking at this oint. �* ., ., , point. and also some more news from manchester _ point. and also some more news from manchester united, - point. and also some more news from manchester united, a - from manchester united, a double whammy for fans like

you, they glazer family are thinking of selling it, is that surprising to you? 50. thinking of selling it, is that surprising to you?— thinking of selling it, is that surprising to you? so, to me, not surprising _ surprising to you? so, to me, not surprising at _ surprising to you? so, to me, not surprising at this - surprising to you? so, to me, not surprising at this point. i not surprising at this point. they are about to lose their most marketable asset and he also basicallyjust threw most marketable asset and he also basically just threw them under the bus for the entire world to see so at this point they are not making as much money as they were before, it could start being a losing asset for them so from a business perspective it makes sense for them to sell. [30 business perspective it makes sense for them to sell. do not think that _ sense for them to sell. do not think that perhaps _ sense for them to sell. do not think that perhaps the - sense for them to sell. do not think that perhaps the brand | sense for them to sell. do not| think that perhaps the brand is bigger than one player? a lot of people would say manchester united as a very long history of success, it has a huge global following, of success, it has a huge globalfollowing, do of success, it has a huge global following, do you of success, it has a huge globalfollowing, do you not think that perhaps there are other factors at play or do you think it is solely about ronaldo?— think it is solely about ronaldo? ~ , ronaldo? so, i think it is solel ronaldo? so, ithink it is solely about, _ ronaldo? so, ithink it is solely about, it - ronaldo? so, ithink it is solely about, it is - ronaldo? so, ithink it is| solely about, it is obvious ronaldo? so, ithink it is- solely about, it is obvious the club needs investment to keep up club needs investment to keep up with the rest of the other clubs around the world and if they are not willing to put in that investment, they are losing out on the value of the

club soaked for them it makes sense now to sell it when they can get the most money for it before it becomes more of a deteriorating asset for them. and is it important to get owners that the fans are happy with, do you think?— with, do you think? that, at this point. _ with, do you think? that, at this point, to _ with, do you think? that, at this point, to get _ with, do you think? that, at this point, to get the - with, do you think? that, at this point, to get the fans i this point, to get the fans back onside, i believe that is extremely important. it is also somebody who truly cares about the success of the club, if you do that, the fans will love the owner, whoever owners are. thank you very much forjoining us. let's speak to marc edwards he's at the bbc sport centre for us. what do you make of it all? it is not everyday that an interviewer with footballer has immediate wide—ranging consequences. as you said earlier on, cristiano ronaldo is no longer a manchester united player, isuppose inevitable, really, despite being a legend at the club

scoring hundred and a5 goals over the two spells, that scorched earth interview with piers morgan meant his place at old trafford was untenable. look, he said he felt betrayed by the club, didn't respect the manager and he was being forced out but he also had a go at the owners and the facilities as well. it is a bizarre situation where the resolution suits both parties, the manager seen as a huge character who was undermining him sometimes and now ronaldo is free to find a new club, where that is who knows. he will pretty need —— the club will need a pretty big cheque book to get him to play for them. cheque book to get him to play forthem. it cheque book to get him to play for them. it is all go at old trafford, on tuesday, the glazers, the american owners of manchester united, they are up for selling the club, the family bought united for over $2 billion in 2005 and they haven't really been very popular owners but what we do know is they will be looking to make a tidy profit, that is why

they have been in this situation is a whole throughout their ownership, if you will, united did say the same and the processes designed to enhance the club. they want to capitalise with opportunities on that pitch and commercially. they spells of parts in 2012, they sold 10% of the club and then sold following —— more shares in the following year so they will be some dollars flying around.— they will be some dollars flying around. sounds like it miaht be flying around. sounds like it might be a _ flying around. sounds like it might be a big _ flying around. sounds like it might be a big gash - flying around. sounds like it might be a big gash a - flying around. sounds like it might be a big gash a busy. might be a big gash a busy night for you, mark. thank you. let's turn to the world cup in qatar now — and for the first time, there were four matches on the same day. here are the results from tuesday — involving the teams from groups c and d. there were goal—less draws between denmark and tunisia, and mexico and poland. defending champions france were a goal down before beating australia a—1. but the stand—out result was saudi arabia's victory over one of the pre—competition favourites — argentina — coming from behind for what is now a famous win.

that led to two very different reactions. here's the response from buenos aires. some very disappointed faces on view. contrast that with the celebrations in riyadh. both teams can of course still qualify for the knockout stages — but perhaps for the first time since the world cup kicked off, it's the football which is leading the headlines. with more, from doha, here's lucy hockings. many people are calling it one of the biggest upsets in world cup history. it will certainly be talked about for years to come. and for the thousands of saudi fans who came here for the game — because after the qataris, they are the country who have bought the most tickets, along with the usa, for this world cup — they are absolutely thrilled. this is a result they couldn't have imagined in their wildest dreams. and when you walked through the saudi fan festival, which is very close to where we are, there was still such a sense of shock, in a way, that their team has managed

to achieve this. they're so thrilled with the result. what was really interesting is that there were thousands of people queuing to get in as well. i actually haven't seen any space here in qatar so busy as the saudi fan fest today. but it was qataris who were there as well. and if you think about the fact that relations between saudi arabia and qatar were in the deep freeze between 2017 and 2021, because of a trade and travel blockade — with the saudis accusing qatar of terrorism, something that qatar denied — it is remarkable to see the sense of camaraderie between people today and the qataris just saying they're here to support their neighbours, they're here to support all of the arab teams, tunisia and morocco as well, and they're absolutely thrilled that the underdogs performed such an incredible feat today. so the saudis have been given a holiday tomorrow, a national holiday for saudi arabia tomorrow, and the partying, we think, will continue well into the night. when they won, though, i have to say, we have our saudi colleagues who are next to us in the studio next door,

so i went across and grabbed a few of them and brought them over here to ask them what their reaction was to their team's victory. all the players do the best and we are proud about what they did. what does this mean to everybody back home in saudi arabia? firstly, specialthanks for our players and our coach. so i can't explain that. i'm so happy, yeah. when the match was on in saudi arabia, the government said that people didn't have to work, so apparently the entire country was glued to their television sets. many went to fan parks in saudi arabia as well. and such is the joy around this victory, i think they're also hoping this team will get momentum and it might even help them with a joint bid that they're putting in with egypt and greece for

the 20s0 world cup. eurovision — the annual songwriting competition — has announced major changes to next year's contest. for the first time — countries who aren't competing will have a say on who goes through. this year's event took place in italy — and was won by ukraine's kalush 0rchestra. next year it will be held in liverpool — here's steve holden — host of the official eurovision song contest podcast — to explain more. at the moment it is a 50—50 split between the public vote, so you and i voting for who we like and professionaljuries who make up half of the score. in a semifinal next year, those professionaljuries are being eliminated, essentially, from the vote, so it is powered to the vote, so it is powered to the people, so only the public at home will decide who goes through from the semifinal to the grand final. in a grand final itself, there will still be a professionaljury on each

country to make up half the marks and the other really exciting development is that countries or people from countries or people from countries that do not compete any revision from next year will be able to vote for their favourite acts, meaning there will be arrested the world vote, so eurovision, it has been like this for a while, but it is truly going global. the slovak ice festival which is one of the most famous winter attractions in slovakia has opened. and the main attraction is a replica ofjerusalem's church of the holy sepulchre. if you like facts and figures it took 22 sculptors and carvers from slovakia, the czech republic and germany to carve the work of art out of 225 tons of ice and is made up of nearly 1900 blocks of ice. and if the weather stays cold enough it will be open until april next year. that's it from us for now. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ bbc vishala sp.

hello. yet another day of lively weather to come across the uk this wednesday. we start the day with a band of rain sweeping its way in from the southwest — it should quickly move through, but then, as the sun comes out, anticipate some lively showers, as well. here's the rain first thing out towards the southwest, and then, through the morning, it quickly sweeps across england and wales, pulls out of northern ireland, comes to settle across central scotland by lunchtime, and then, will slowly work its way northwards here through the afternoon. brighter skies following on — yes, it will stay windy throughout the day, gales possible around our irish sea coasts, and those winds will carry in some pretty punchy showers and carry them a fair way east. so, we could see some showers just about anywhere — they're likely to be most frequent, though, in the west.

temperature—wise, a shade up on the figures we saw at the start of the week, around average values. that front�*s out of the way later on on wednesday, but here we go thursday, doing it all again, and low pressure sweeping in another band of rain across the uk. now, the positioning of this front might be slightly different to wednesday's, might align itself more uprightly, if you like, across the uk, which could mean we get higher totals towards the west, as the rain may stall here for a time — it could the relatively drier in the east, but that could be subject to change as we get closer to the time, so do bear that in mind. but at the moment, our predicted rainfall totals for some western parts of the uk through the course of wednesday and thursday are around 50mm of rain — that's around two inches — particularly across many western counties. that whole system, though, does move away for friday. we get a brief little ridge of high pressure here, but you can see the next low is not far away in the atlantic. i can't, unfortunately, promise an entirely dry day for friday either — it looks like there could be some pretty frequent showers across western scotland, and a few drifting in

from the west elsewhere. but the winds will be lighter, there should be a lot of sunshine, and our temperatures around average for the time of year. that next low waiting in the winds to come in for the weekend will tap us into some air from quite a way south into the atlantic. so, actually, saturday and sunday, we'll see our temperatures getting bolstered, i think they'll sit a couple of degrees above average quite widely across the uk. but we are looking at a couple of very windy days, and some further heavy rain to follow during the week ahead.

this is bbc news. the headlines: rescue workers in indonesia are continuing to search for survivors, after major earthquake in west java that killed over 260 people, and injured hundreds more. many of the deaths were children whose schools collapsed around them. more than a hundred and 50 people are still missing. the us supreme court has denied a request by donald trump to withold his tax returns from a congressional investigation. the former republican president — who claims the probe was politically motivated — will now be required to hand over his accounts to the democrat—led house of representatives.