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. we have a special report on the somalian forces fighting al shabaab as the country is facing a drought and on the brink of famine. these troops have captured 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. 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 cianjur in west java, from where our indonesia correspondent, valdya baraputri, has sent this report. rescue workers remind people not to get too close to a ruin of a house. they are trying to evacuate a body of a 28—year—old man trapped in concrete after a three—floor house collapsed to the ground. there were five people at the time, but the others survived. translation: the other people were on the highest floor. - they managed to be rescued. my brother—in—law was on the first floor, the ruins fell on him. the government estimated that most victims are children because of the number of boarding schools in the area that have been destroyed. meanwhile, many destroyed houses are left by the owners who took refuge in makeshift tents.

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. well, as you can see, the slanted floors are very prone to collapsing, even with the smallest aftershock. 151 people are still missing, many trapped 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. 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 also establishing the refugee camp in 14 locations. yesterday, presidentjoko widodo was in the location. i was on the location hours after the earthquake. so we are still coordinating and, more or less, the situation is under control. now we just need to focus and educate also the people because the follow—up earthquake, we call it tremor, is still happening. more or less 140 tremors. it is some kind of earthquake, but slower in power and also limited in numbers per day. so, as you know, cianjur is very slippy, hilly kind of landscape, so many people are still missing,

mostly in the remote area in the uphill or in the mountain tops, so now we are using also the helicopter, not only the ground transportations, but the major other connection is already normalised yesterday. but some roads, village roads to the hilltop is still some... not doing 0k, still damaged, and therefore we are doing a walking search and rescue, by motorbike search and rescue and also for difficult areas the search and rescue team will 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 has more. well, 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 keeping those documents under wraps. and, as you say, he has claimed all along that the democrats in control of this committee were politically motivated, but clearly those numbers of that committee will get their hands on these tax returns, we assume, very soon because the clock is against them. they are only in control of that committee for the next few weeks, the democrats. and the republicans take over injanuary.

so they have a lot of work to do to physically get those documents, to look at them, to scrutinise them and to perhaps come to any conclusions about them. yes, it is interesting, peter, isn't it? 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 and the committee hasn't made it clear whether it is their intention to make the contents of those tax returns public, but 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 6th attack on congress, the investigation into those top secret documents that were

found at mar—a—lago, his home in florida. all of these things will clearly influence the public perception of the former president as he moves forward and it is just possible that they will embolden, all of these controversies could embolden mr trump and his supporters. let's get some of the day's other news. a lawyer representing the collapsed crypto—currency exchange, ftx, has told a hearing in the us that many of its assests have been either lost, or stolen. ftx filed for bankruptcy earlier this month, with debts of $8 billion. the us federal authorities are also investigating allegations of improper loans to a hedge fund owned by the company's former boss, sam bankman—fried. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, says there were no more unplanned cuts to power supplies across his country on tuesday, as it deals with waves of russian attacks

on its infrastructure. he also said that 4,000 care centres had been set up — which would provide basic supplies like electricity, water and medical treatment, if the main services were affected. the far—right party of brazil's outgoing president, jair bolsonaro, has issued a challenge to 0ctober�*s election that saw him lose narrowly to luiz inacio lula da silva. the liberal party claims without proof that some voting machines were compromised. in recent months, we've been reporting on the drought in somalia — the worst to hit the country in decades. growing numbers of children are dying, hundreds of thousands of people are displaced and facing famine. the ongoing war between the somali government and the militant group — al—shabab — has made the situation much worse. the bbc has gained rare and exclusive access to the somali army's elite specialforces unit, danab,

which is spearheading the campaign against al—shabab. the soldiers are trained by the united states. 0ur africa correspondent andrew harding joined danab in the hiraan region in central somalia. let's go, let's go, let's go. 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 forces unit, trained and funded by america, has spent years trying to crush an islamist insurgency. and suddenly, in the midst of a terrible drought, they�* re making progress. we arrive in the ruins of a small town. a recent battle here saw the formidable militant group al—sha bab driven out. we managed to kill 60 al—shabab fighters, but right before we reached here, they fled the town. right before they left, they

have burned down everything. they destroyed the shops, the houses, the water wells. like, the people right now do not even have clean water to drink. this was your shop, was it? it was. but what's changed here is the mood, no longer of despair but of determination. a popular uprising is under way, locals telling us somalia's drought has left them with no option but to help defeat the hated militants. in the last month or so, these troops have captured vast amounts of territory here in the centre of somalia, liberating dozens of villages, but the question — and it's always the question here in somalia — is, how long can they hold on to the territory? or will the militants of al—shabab simply melt away into the countryside and then return? al—shabab have hit back hard, with a string of devastating bomb attacks, like this one

in the capital mogadishu. but listen to this politician, who's survived five attacks by the militants. you see, when they were taking me... 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.

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 withhold 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. on tuesday, 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 another 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... let's put all of that into context now — with bbc with bbc sport's marc edwards. it is not really everyday that an interviewer with a footballer has such 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 145 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, he didn't respect the manager, erik ten hag,

that was a big one, that 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, really erik ten hag seen as a huge ten hag seen off a huge character who was undermining him sometimes this season, while ronaldo is now free to find a new club. where that is who knows. what we do know is you will probably need a pretty big 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 $1 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 as a whole throughout their ownership, if you will. united did say the same and the process is designed to enhance

united did say in a statement the process is designed to enhance the club. they want to capitalise with opportunities on that pitch and commercially. they sold off parts in 2012, they sold 10% of the club and then more shares in the following year, so there will be some dollars flying around. i also got the fans' perspective on ronaldo's departure, from florida—based devin walker. he's a long—time member of one united usa, the manchester united supporters club of america. right now i think it is for the best. we thank him so much for everything he did for the club over the two spells, but at this point i think it is best that the two parties go their separate ways.— separate ways. and it is interesting _ separate ways. and it is interesting it _ separate ways. and it is interesting it has - separate ways. and it is interesting it has come | separate ways. and it is - interesting it has come now, just after you gave an interview, as you mentioned there. do you think it was expected? 50 there. do you think it was “meted?— expected? so after that interview, _ expected? so after that interview, yes, - expected? so after that interview, yes, i - expected? so after that interview, yes, i think. expected? so after that - interview, yes, i think there was no trace that both parties had to go. i think it kind of forced manchester united's hand

to do that. if you haven't done that interview, we would not be here sitting speaking at this point. here sitting speaking at this oint. , ., ., here sitting speaking at this oint, , ., ., h, ,., ., point. yes, and also some more news for manchester _ point. yes, and also some more news for manchester united, . point. yes, and also some more news for manchester united, a i news for manchester united, a double whammy for fans like you, that the glazer family who have owned the club for many years now are thinking of selling it. is that surprising to you? selling it. is that surprising to ou? ., , ., to you? for me it is not surprising _ to you? for me it is not surprising at _ to you? for me it is not surprising at this - to you? for me it is not surprising at this point. j to you? for me it is not - surprising at this point. they are about to lose their 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 their perspective it makes sense for them to sell. p, it makes sense for them to sell. ., ~' it makes sense for them to sell. ., ~ ., sell. do not think that the brand perhaps _ sell. do not think that the brand perhaps is - sell. do not think that the brand perhaps is bigger. sell. do not think that the i brand perhaps is bigger than just one player? a lot of people would say that manchester united has got a very long history of success, it has got a huge global following. do not think that perhaps there are other factors at play? 0r perhaps there are other factors at play? or do you think it is solely about reynaldo? so at play? or do you think it is

solely about reynaldo? 50 i solely about reynaldo? so i think it is — solely about reynaldo? so i think it is solely _ solely about reynaldo? so i think it is solely about, - solely about reynaldo? sr i think it is solely about, it solely about reynaldo? 5r i think it is solely about, it is obvious the club needs investment to keep up with 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 a club, so 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 the fans are happy with, do you think? at owners the fans are happy with, do you think?— do you think? at this point, to net all do you think? at this point, to get all the _ do you think? at this point, to get all the fans _ do you think? at this point, to get all the fans back _ do you think? at this point, to get all the fans back onside, l do you think? at this point, to get all the fans back onside, i | get all the fans back onside, i believe that is extremely important. it is also has to be someone who cares about the success of the club. if you do that, the fans will be happy with whoever the owners are. let's turn to the world cup in qatar now — and for the first time in this tournament, 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 4—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 2030 world cup.

lucy hockings in doha. eight more teams make their tournament debuts on wednesday. in group e, germany take onjapan, while spain face costa rica. and in group f, it's morocco against croatia, and belgium versus canada. and don't forget, you can get all the latest details on the tournament on our website — just log on to bbc.com/news — or download the bbc app. 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. firstly, in the semifinals

currently, which take place before the grand final on the tuesday and thursday, at the moment it is a 50—50 split between the public vote, so do a diet voting for who we like, and professionaljuries who make up half of the score. in the semifinals next year those professionaljuries are being eliminated essentially from 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 the grand final itself, there will still still be a professionaljury on each country to make up half the marks. the other really exciting development is that people from countries who do not compete in eurovision from next year will be able to vote for their favourite acts, meaning there will be a rest of the world vote. so eurovision, it has been like this for a while, but it's truly going global. while, but it's truly going ulobal. ,, ., ., global. steve holden there and ou can global. steve holden there and you can read — global. steve holden there and you can read much _ global. steve holden there and you can read much more - global. steve holden there and you can read much more about| you can read much more about eurovision on our website. that's it from us for now.

you can reach me on twitter — i'm @bbcvishalasp. hello. yet another day of lively weather to come across the uk this wednesday. we start the uk this wednesday. we start the day with a band of rain sweeping its way in from the south—west and it should quickly move through, but then as the sun comes out anticipate some lively showers as well. he was the rain first thing out towards the south—west and through the morning it quickly slips across england and wales, pulls out of northern ireland and settles across scotland by lunchtime and will slowly work northwards here through the afternoon. brighter skies following on, yes, it will stay windy throughout the day, gill is possible around the irish sea coasts and those winds will carry some pretty punchy showers and carry them a fair way east, so we could see she

was just about anywhere, likely to be most frequent in the west. in temperatures, a shade up west. in temperatures, a shade up on the figures we saw at the start of the week, around average values. that is out of the way later on wednesday, but on thursday doing it all again, low pressure sweeping another band of rain across the uk. positioning of this band might be slightly different to wednesday, might align itself more uprightly across the uk, meaning we get higher totals towards the west, as the rain may stall here for a time, could be relatively dry in the east, but that could be subject to the change as we get closer to the change as we get closer to the change as we get closer to the time, but at the moment are a predicted rain totals or some western parts of the uk through the course of wednesday and thursday are around 50 millimetres of rain, that is around two inches, particularly across many western counties. that whole system, though, does move away for friday, we get a brief ridge of high pressure here, but you can see the lex low is not too far away in the atlantic. i unfortunately cannot promise an entirely dry

day for friday either, it looks like they could be some pretty frequent showers across western scotland and a few drifting in elsewhere, but the winds will be lighter, that should be a lot of sunshine and temperatures around average for the time of year. that next low waiting in the wings to come in for the weekend will tap us into some air right away self into some air right away self in the atlantic, so actually saturday and sunday will see out temperatures getting bolstered, i think they will 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 fall during the weekend.

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. the american owners of manchester united — say they are considering

selling the english premier league football club. in an unrelated development, the club's portuguese striker, cristiano ronaldo, is leaving — with immediate effect — after a recent interview in which he criticised united. now on bbc news it's time for panorama. tonight on panorama: the struggle to afford a home. ii struggle to afford a home. if you have to sell it, you have to sell it. you have to sell it, you have to sell it— to sell it. that is tough, isn't it? _ to sell it. that is tough, isn't it? yes, _ to sell it. that is tough, isn't it? yes, it - to sell it. that is tough, isn't it? yes, it is. - to sell it. that is tough, isn't it? yes, it is. it- to sell it. that is tough, | isn't it? yes, it is. it has been quite _ isn't it? yes, it is. it has been quite hard. - isn't it? yes, it is. it has been quite hard. risingl been quite hard. rising mortgage _ been quite hard. rising mortgage rates - been quite hard. rising mortgage rates and - been quite hard. rising l mortgage rates and rents been quite hard. rising - mortgage rates and rents are hitting homeowners and tenants hard. . , hitting homeowners and tenants hard. ., , ., , hitting homeowners and tenants hard. .,, ., , hard. there was noise coming from the _ hard. there was noise coming from the hole. _ hard. there was noise coming from the hole. that's - hard. there was noise coming from the hole. that's when i i from the hole. that's when i -ot from the hole. that's when i got my— from the hole. that's when i got my phone _ from the hole. that's when i got my phone out _ from the hole. that's when i got my phone out and - from the hole. that's when i got my phone out and i- from the hole. that's when i. got my phone out and i started to have — got my phone out and i started to have acquired. _ got my phone out and i started to have acquired.— got my phone out and i started to have acquired. wow! millions are trapped _ to have acquired. wow! millions are trapped in — to have acquired. wow! millions are trapped in miserable - are trapped in miserable conditions. i are trapped in miserable

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