live from washington. a former us marine who was freed from russia the biden administration names a new national monument to honor civil rights catalyst emmett till. we speak to till�*s cousin about his legacy.

plus with some teams making history. we'll take you live to sydney. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. a former us marine who was wrongfully detained in russia, then freed in a prisoner swap last year, has been injured while fighting in ukraine. the bbc�*s partner cbs news confirmed that trevor reed suffered a laceration to an extremity and is being treated at a military facility in germany. in april of 2022 — mr reed was freed by russia in a prisoner swap. he was convicted in russia of endangering the lives of two police officers while visiting moscow in 2019. reed is scheduled to begin studying at georgetown university next month. earlier, the us state department sought to distance the government from reed's actions. mr reid was not engaged in any

activities on behalf of the us government and as i indicated we have been incredibly clear, warning american citizens and nationals not to travel to ukraine let alone participate in fighting there. meanwhile, the us announced a new aid package for ukraine totaling $400 million. the us department of defense said the aid including air defense missiles, armored vehicles and small drones. this marks the 43rd security assistance package approved by the united states for ukraine. since russia's invasion in 2022, the us has provided more than $15 billion in military aid to ukraine. this news comes as lawmakers in russia raise the maximum conscription age for men from 27 to 30. the change is expected to be approved by president putin. last week, the maximum age at which reservists can be called up was raised as well, meaning some men will now be considered available for military service until they are 55. a federaljudge vacated former army sergeant bowe

bergdahl�*s conviction and dishonorable discharge on tuesday. bergdahl left his post in afghanistan and was captured by the taliban in 2009. he was held captive for nearly five years, and was repeately tortured during that time. bergdahl was returned to the us in a prisoner swap for five taliban leaders in 2014. in 2017, bergdahl pled guilty to desertion and misbehavior. he was dishonorably discharged and ordered to forfeit $10,000 in pay. bergdahl�*s conviction and sentence had been narrowly upheld by military appeals courts, before his lawyers took the case to us district court, resulting in tuesday's ruling. now to another big international story. chinese state media are reporting that the country's foriegn minister chin gang has been removed from his post after less than seven months on the job. he has not been seen in public for a month. a statement mentioning an apparent health problem has since been wiped from the record. an official statement named china's top diplomat, wang yi, as his replacement. 0ur china correspondent stephen mcdonell sent this update from beijing.

of course this is absolutely massive news in china and yet in typical fashion it came in such a muted way with just a few sentences read out on the evening television news bulletin that the foreign minister qin gang was to be removed from his post and replaced by the communist party's seniorforeign affairs official, wang yi, someone who has done thejob before. for the chinese people that is all they get and i suppose it is for them to accept it. that is the idea. the government made a decision, this is your foreign minister, he is gone, no more explanation as to why. the interesting thing, though, is how somebody who was seen as being so close to xi jinping, who was appointed by xi jinping only half a year ago could have so quickly been removed from this post.

because of the opaque nature of governance here, all manners of questions are being asked about this. i mean, he disappeared and was not fronting up for his normal duties about a month ago and the official explanation was because of health reasons. but as the weeks went on and he was not reappearing, people started to speculate that maybe it is some sort of political punishment for him. 0nline the rumours started spreading about him having had an affair with a television presenter and that she also had disappeared. it could be a combination of those two things as well, for example, his enemies in the party could be using an affair like this, an extramarital affair to get him. here in washington,

the house of representatives�* select committee on china is looking into us investments in chinese technology companies. the committee sent letters to four us venture capital firms expressing concern over investments in artificial intelligence, quantam computing, and other advanced technologies. we spoke to the ranking member on the committee, democratic congressman raja krishnamoorthi, about the investigation. great to have you with us in the studio. the house select committee on china has been looking into us venture capital forms who are investing in chinese take particularly in regards to ai. what are the investments that most concern you? investments that most concern ou? , , ., ., investments that most concern ou? , , . ., ., you? investments that go into nuantum you? investments that go into quantum computing _ you? investments that go into quantum computing or- quantum computing or semiconductors because what we found is that some of those companies that american venture capital forms companies that american venture capitalforms have companies that american venture capital forms have invested companies that american venture capitalforms have invested in our also involved in military fusion endeavours and also endeavours to crackdown on the uighur or to surveilled people and dissidents. we do not want

our money going into adventure that could harm our interest or value. ~ . , value. what is the exact concern? _ value. what is the exact concern? in _ value. what is the exact concern? in regard - value. what is the exact concern? in regard to i value. what is the exact. concern? in regard to our national— concern? in regard to our national security - concern? in regard to our| national security interest, some of that al and quantum computing and semiconductor technology is going into hypersonic missiles or into the nuclear programme or other ways that harm our interest so we want to be careful about that as well. ~ ., ., , as well. what do these companies _ as well. what do these companies say - as well. what do these companies say about i as well. what do these i companies say about the investments?— companies say about the investments? some have resnonded _ investments? some have responded and _ investments? some have responded and others - investments? some havej responded and others are saying, well, the people who made those investments left the company a long time ago others say we have exited from those investments completely so we are still gathering the information, it is done on a voluntary basis right now but we are looking forward to further cooperation. i we are looking forward to further cooperation. i want to ask about _ further cooperation. i want to ask about the _ further cooperation. i want to ask about the large _ further cooperation. i want to ask about the large policy - ask about the large policy landscape because the white house considers an executive order that restricts firms from investing in china but we have

also seen two us senators working on legislation to track investment in china and democratic senator bob casey said the following, as a matter of national and economic security we need greater insight into each of our critical technology cool capabilities have been moved overseas and at what scale. are you concerned that competing initiatives with the white house with one approach in senators with another, that they may not create a big bureaucratic hurdle for american companies looking to invest? , , ., ., american companies looking to invest? , ., invest? this is one of those areas where _ invest? this is one of those areas where there - invest? this is one of those areas where there is - areas where there is bipartisanship in the sense that, and bicameral bipartisanship so republicans democrats in the house and the senate are working along with the white house on what is sensible legislation and policy going forward so i think that is a good thing but, yes, we do not want a situation where we create confusion or regulatory hurdles that make it even more difficult to understand what you should be doing and should

not be doing. so we need to be cautious about that. how not be doing. so we need to be cautious about that.— cautious about that. how can that be done? _ cautious about that. how can that be done? what - cautious about that. how can | that be done? what approach should be taken to make sure the approaches are streamlined? we have to make sure that we are consulting with the white house on what they think is the right path forward and we are also consulting with the senate. i think it is fair to say that the committees of jurisdiction in the house and the senate are working together on this and the white house is obviously giving its input so hopefully we can come up with something sensible. in the news we see that the foreign minister of china has been replaced after not being seen for a month.— for a month. what does this mean for — for a month. what does this mean for us _ for a month. what does this mean for us efforts - for a month. what does this mean for us efforts to - mean for us efforts to stabilise a relationship with china? ~ ., �* ~ ., ., china? we don't know what will ha en in china? we don't know what will happen in regard _ china? we don't know what will happen in regard to _ china? we don't know what will happen in regard to the - china? we don't know what will happen in regard to the policy l happen in regard to the policy although the person just removed was also a wolf warrior diplomat and extremely hawkish in tone towards the united states so if his replacement is a little less hawkish that may be a good thing. but we don't

know yet how the policy is going to change. the newly appointed minister is highly trusted and very able and i am not sure that there will be big changes but i think all of this illustrates the opacity and the lack of transparency that the chinese government has and how you just don't know what on earth is going on sometimes within the ccp. it is not exactly a liberal democratic organisation. i exactly a liberal democratic organisation.— organisation. i want to ask about the _ organisation. i want to ask about the war _ organisation. i want to ask about the war in _ organisation. i want to ask about the war in ukraine i organisation. i want to ask l about the war in ukraine and organisation. i want to ask - about the war in ukraine and we see the white house confirmed today that trevor reid who was freed last year from today that trevor reid who was freed last yearfrom russia today that trevor reid who was freed last year from russia was injured while fighting in ukraine in the white house warned us citizens about the risk of getting involved in fighting in ukraine. is it appropriate for him to be fighting there? individual american _ fighting there? individual american citizens - fighting there? individual american citizens felt - fighting there? individual american citizens felt so | american citizens felt so strongly and feel so strongly about the war in ukraine that they are going to go and do

what their heart commands and i don't think we will be able to stop that. 0bviously don't think we will be able to stop that. obviously we have our advisories and so forth in place which urge caution but at the same time, you know, we have a tremendous amount of passion behind the positions supporting ukraine even in places like my own constituency which has a huge ukrainian american population. congressmen i also want to ask about president biden announcing the establishment of announcing the establishment of a national monument to emmett till in illinois and mississippi. what does this mean to illinois?— mississippi. what does this mean to illinois? emmett till was from _ mean to illinois? emmett till was from chicago _ mean to illinois? emmett till was from chicago and - mean to illinois? emmett till was from chicago and was i was from chicago and was murdered in august 1955 when he was visiting his family down south. and as you know his mother, after his murder, she made the courageous decision to have an open casket in chicago

during his funeral so that the world could see how this mob had so disfigured her son out of hatred and in some ways it catalyse the civil rights movement. it shocked the conscience of a nation that such discrimination and bigotry and prejudice could lead to the death of this young boy in this manner. and so i think it is very important, obviously, for illinois where the family was from but also for the south and contrast that with what you are seeing in florida where they are actually passing laws that say that it is ok to teach our children, teach children in florida that slavery somehow benefited african—americans and benefited african—america ns and you benefited african—americans and you will see a significance of reminding people of the history of what has happened to african—americans in this country. african-americans in this country-— african-americans in this count . ., , . country. thank you very much

forjoining _ country. thank you very much forjoining us. _ country. thank you very much forjoining us. as _ president biden designated the creation of a national monument to emmett till and his mother in an event at the white house attended by members of his family and civil rights leaders. till was a black teenager whose lynching in the 19505 galvanized the civil rights movement. the 14—year—old was tortured, murdered and his body was dumped in a river in mississippi after a white shopkeeper said he whistled at her. no—one was ever convicted. the announcement came on what would have been till�*s 85th birthday. president biden spoke to the importance of learning about till�*s life at the white house earlier. silence is complicity. i will not be silent nor will you be silent about what happened. we can'tjust choose to learn what we want to know. we have to learn what we should know. we should know about our country. we should know everything. the good, the bad, the truth of who we are as a nation.

earlier i spoke with deborah watts, emmett till�*s cousin and the co—founder of the emmett till legacy foundation. thank you so much forjoining us in ourstudio thank you so much forjoining us in our studio today. what does the national monument mean to you? it does the national monument mean to ou? ., , ., does the national monument mean to ou? . , ., , to you? it means that the story and the name _ to you? it means that the story and the name and _ to you? it means that the story and the name and the - and the name and the sacrifices, the nature in which emmett was murdered, that that story will be told, that those places that are being preserved will be protected and they are part of the journey from the life and legacy of emmett till and his mother and it is important that our american history has this piece and this moment in time as one that we can all remember. it is a sad story, it is a story of pain

but from what i call from tragedy to triumph and that is where we sit today. but we want to make sure that people remember emmett and remember the sacrifice, understand the story and the truth behind it so that is what this means today for my family and i. at today for my family and i. at the ceremony president biden said this, only with truth comes healing, justice repair and another step forward towards the forming a more perfect union. is this a step towards healing and a sense of justice? to towards healing and a sense of 'ustice? ., , , ., , justice? to be very honest with ou justice? to be very honest with you healing _ justice? to be very honest with you healing is _ justice? to be very honest with you healing is going _ justice? to be very honest with you healing is going to - justice? to be very honest with you healing is going to require| you healing is going to require a lot. we had a bill passed, the victim recoveries programme and that means that there needs to be an intentional piece of therapy targeted towards impacted families including ours so that, we cannot ignore that, that is important.- that, that is important. what

should that _ that, that is important. what should that look _ that, that is important. what should that look like? - watcher that look like? in terms of the therapy? it should look professional, that people should be able to share their pain, raw pain, and then be able to have an opportunity to be on theirjourney towards healing. it will be a journey for many otherfamilies, healing. it will be a journey for many other families, my family along with this many others. i think it is towards that, it helps towards that, butjustice, you know, there's nothing that you can compare with having true justice. nothing that you can compare with having truejustice. that didn't happen in the case of emmett till, in terms of the reality from a judicial perspective, but we try to turn our tragedy into triumph, and that means that we are going to still be on the struggle towards truth, justice and accountability, and work with other impacted families as well. maybe we didn't get the justice that we were achieving or trying to achieve, but it is also mean that we still have a lot of work to do in this

country, and we will be committed to making that happen. committed to making that ha en. ., , committed to making that hauen. ., , ., happen. howedes today impact that? today — happen. howedes today impact that? today is _ happen. howedes today impact that? today is a _ happen. howedes today impact that? today is a beginning. - happen. howedes today impact that? today is a beginning. it l that? today is a beginning. it is lona that? today is a beginning. it is long overdue _ that? today is a beginning. it is long overdue that - that? today is a beginning. it is long overdue that emmettl is long overdue that emmett till�*s name and may be till nobody goes down in history, the way it will go down in history today —— and may meet hill mountain —— mamie till—mobley�*s name will go down in history today. thejourney that emmett was on, which includes an additional sites that are in addition to what happened in chicago with roberts temple and the other two sites that they have. in fact, we are going to be on the journey in august, which would be the 68th anniversary of emmett till�*s murder, and we are actually taking people on a truth, tears truth and terror a educational tour, to visit those sites and others. the president _ those sites and others. the president in _ those sites and others. the president in the _ those sites and others. the president in the ceremony also talked about the banning of books and burying of history in the country, and he said the country has a long way to go to

achieve racialjustice. do you agree? i achieve racial 'ustice. do you auree? ., ., ., , , agree? i do agree, absolutely. the banning — agree? i do agree, absolutely. the banning of _ agree? i do agree, absolutely. the banning of books - agree? i do agree, absolutely. the banning of books is - agree? i do agree, absolutely. the banning of books is trying | the banning of books is trying to erase a part of our true history and our true nature in america, and we need to, i think, fight for the truth to be told, and also fight for a way forward. if we don't deal with that history, that raw history, there is for us to go, and so that can't be erased, and so that can't be erased, and banning books is not the way to go. and, you know, one of the things that i often think about, and that is how i learned about my own history, and i didn't learn in school, unfortunately. but i learned that the seat of my great grandparents. i learnt at my church, with different organisations, and so i think that means that all of us have a role to play in order to make sure that the truth is told about our history, and that we have a way to move forward. we

cannot move forward unless we understand where we've been, and our youth have to be a part of the telling of those stories, like my grandchildren are. . , stories, like my grandchildren are. ., , , ., are. last year the emmett till anti lynching _ are. last year the emmett till anti lynching act _ are. last year the emmett till anti lynching act was - are. last year the emmett till anti lynching act was passed, | anti lynching act was passed, he said up the tally gave you and yourfamily time he said up the tally gave you and your family time to exhale. what else do you want to see from the government, from stakeholders to honour their legacy? i stakeholders to honour their lea ? ~ , ., , legacy? i think the true story and the full _ legacy? i think the true story and the full complement - legacy? i think the true story and the full complement of. legacy? i think the true story l and the full complement of the story need to be told. more people need to know about mamie till—mobley and her sacrifice, the kind of woman she was, in her 30s and doing some of the tremendous things that she did. so i think that we have a wonderful opportunity to make sure that our young people understand that, and then i think the additional sites that are part of thatjourney need to have recognition as well. also, having peoplejoin us on these anniversaries, because i think it gives us an opportunity to talk about what

happened, to use our authentic voices and our platforms, and join up with other groups and organisations, so that they can carry that story forward, and also connecting with our young people. it is so important that wherever we are, in whatever walk of life that we are in, that they are understanding our journey and understanding how they can play a part, moving forward, as well.— they can play a part, moving forward, as well. thank you so much for _ forward, as well. thank you so much for sharing _ forward, as well. thank you so much for sharing your - much for sharing your perspective with us today. thank you for having me. i appreciate it. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. each summer, cornwell�*s population swells as thousands of visitors flock to the county. it often means health care services are put under extreme pressure. as the summer holidays start, the nhs is hoping people can help them by notjust hoping people can help them by not just turning hoping people can help them by notjust turning up here, unless there is an urgent need. what we want to do is help

people get to the right place, and get seen in a timely fashion. that's really important for us here in the emergency department, because we want to be able to treat people who have emergency conditions, life—threatening conditions, life—threatening condition things, in a really timely way. no matter what you can do nowjust because of remote technologies you can bring your own gp who knows you, he's got all your own records, he knows exactly what medicines you are taking, and they can sort out a perception for you. they can sort out a perception for ou. ., , , ., for you. people unsure of the health care — for you. people unsure of the health care service _ for you. people unsure of the health care service they - for you. people unsure of the health care service they need are advised to call 111, or use nhs 111 are advised to call 111, or use nhs111online, but are advised to call 111, or use nhs111 online, but doctors say those who have been told they need urgent care shouldn't delay coming in. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. the backlash continues in israel, after the passing of judicial reforms that demonstrators see as a power grab by the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. protests on the streets have subdued, but public objections continue. major israeli newspapers printed an all—black front page ad, placed by a group that's worried about the reforms. critics of the bill

worry that it weakens the supreme court's ability to review state decisions, endangering democracy. on tuesday, the israel medical association called for a 24—hour strike, but a court ordered the doctors' union back to work. the doctors complied, but said they would not remain silent, and protest leaders report that growing numbers of military reservists would not report for duty. israel's military took its first known disciplinary action over the protests on tuesday, fining one reservist, and giving another a suspended jail sentence for ignoring call—ups. in greece, deadly wildfires continue to rage across the mediterranean. two pilots battling the fires have died, after their plane crashed. they were tackling a blaze on the island of evia, north of athens, when the plane smashed into a hillside. evacuations from the fires are under way across the region. 0n the island of rhodes, hundreds of tourists have been rescued. the bbc�*s azadeh moshiri has more. the bbc�*s azadeh batty in southern rhodes. that is a

spreading. wildfire, which is spreading. the fire service has said that is the biggest concern they have right now, this area here. now, this is localised in southern rhodes, this is where this happening and that's what's so difficult for firefighters to respond to. we've seen water bombers come several times around and several times around here and that fire truck is clearly trying to respond to it that fire truck is clearly trying t| weatheri to it that fire truck is clearly trying t| weather conditions but it is weather conditions here that are so difficult. we've been watching the wind is literally a fan these claims. they were not disclosed before but they are now. now of course, remember, this is southern rods. 0fficials course, remember, this is southern rods. officials have been saying that this is localised. all these fires affected less than 10% of hotels, but of course this is why the greek prime minister and officials have been saying there will be a hard time the next few days, the difficulty firefighters are having with these rising temperatures and these rising temperatures and these weather conditions are clearly not over. the women's world cup continues in austraila and new zealand. the group stages continue, with japan taking on costa rica, spain play tournament debutants, zambia, and olympic

gold medallists canada face off against ireland. live now to our correspondent katie silver in sydney. it is good to see you, katie. let's start with that big upset. the philippines beating new zealand first power are the home team fans reacting to that today? home team fans reacting to that toda ? ., ., ., today? there a lot of disappointment, - today? there a lot of disappointment, as l today? there a lot of. disappointment, as you today? there a lot of- disappointment, as you can imagine. they were coming off the elation of course of having beaten norway the first game in this entire tournament. there they won 1—0, and of course that happened on the day we saw that happened on the day we saw that terrible attack in auckland, so there are certainly a lot of excitement in new zealand around this. as you can imagine, the philippine fans on the other hand are ecstatic. this is the first time they have been in a world cup. their world cup debut. there are eight teams this world cup having there are eight teams this woi in cup having steel-'— . ~—~— —— .,.. , , , there are eight teams this woi in facthaving steel-'— . ~—~— —— .,.. , , , there are eight teams this woi in fact theygt%sir— . ~—~— —— .,.. , , , there are eight teams this woi in fact they are 51-2 . ~—~— —— .,.. , , , there are eight teams this woi in fact they are the . ~—~— —— .,.. , , , there are eight teams this woi in fact they are the first ,. — — .,. — , , , and in fact they are the first team of all of them to score. so we us born so we saw for example us born serena bolden score for the philippines will stop she is

normally based in santa clara. she scored on about the first half and they managed to keep out a lot of following three zealand for the following three quarters really of the match and it is quarters really of the match and said for example her mum is she said for example her mum is going around the office telling she said for example her mum is going filipino he office telling she said for example her mum is going filipino diaspora telling fellow filipino diaspora workers that they were in the world cup, workers that they were in the world cu�* had scored the first daughter had scored the first ever goalfor daughter had scored the first ever goal for the philippines in an international tournament such as the world cup, so an incredible moment billy foster i also want to ask you about columbia beating south korea, 2-0. columbia beating south korea, 2—0. history was made in the field. tell us what happened. that's right, so we saw the youngest ever player take to the field in a world cup, be it men’s. again. this women's or men's. again, this was a us born player, that is kc fare normally was a us born player, that is kc fare norm; actually south jersey, she is actually south korea's first ever multiracial player. the 78th minute, and listen to this, she is only 16 years old and 26 days. so young. it in fact beats the previous

and 26 days. so young. it in fa and ats the previous and 26 days. so young. it in fa and 3a the previous and 26 days. so young. it in fa and 3a days, 'evious and 26 days. so young. it in fa and 3a days, so ous and 26 days. so young. it in fa and 3a days, so just buy 16 and 3a days, so just buy eight days, that was by a in 1999, nigerian player back in 1999, and in fact it's even younger than any man that i've ever played in the than any man that i've ever played alsoe than any man that i've ever played also meant that south than any man that i've ever played also rr largestat south than any man that i've ever played also rr largestat so gap korea had the largest ever gap between the oldest player and the youngest player on the between the oldest player and the younges team, r on the between the oldest player and the younges team, more 1e between the oldest player and the younges team, more than field for the team, more than 20 years between them. an incredible achievement for that 16 royal player.— 16 royal player. rate to speak with you. _ 16 royal player. rate to speak with you, thanks. _ 16 royal player. rate to speak with you, thanks. thank - 16 royal player. rate to speak with you, thanks. thank you i 16 royal player. rate to speak. with you, thanks. thank you for watching bbc news. head to the website for all of the latest news, information and analysis around the clock. for the headlines, follow us on twitter. hello, there. by contrast, southern europe, in sicily, temperatures reached 46 degrees. this is the temperature anomaly map. the blues are where it's colder than normal.

the reds are where it's hotter than normal. and the heat is really getting squeezed down towards the southeast of europe. a significant drop in temperature on the way across italy in the next 2a to 48 hours. the heat lasts a bit longer in greece, but even here, it will be cooler by the end of the weekend, not as windy, either. here in the uk, our weather continues to come in from the atlantic, and that cloud that we saw there is going to bring some rain into western areas on wednesday. further east, maybe a little bit warmer than it was on tuesday. but it will be a chilly start, where we have the clearer skies — three degrees in scotland, six or seven across some be more cloud, showers left over from overnight. across northern england, perhaps southern scotland, not as widespread as we saw today. from the west. rain in northern ireland by

lunchtime, over the irish sea into wales and the south—west of england during the afternoon. that'll keep the temperatures a bit lower. but ahead of that, with some sunshine for a while across now, this weather front will take that rain eastwards it means a lot warmer night, actually, but it means quite scotland. it may well linger through the english channel, but elsewhere, as it slowly brightens up and we see a little bit of sunshine, that could trigger a few more sharp showers through the day. there will be a lot of cloud around. it'll feel quite muggy, actually. a warmer day for western areas, and again, in the east, temperatures about 23 degrees. quick look ahead to friday, still got the chance of some quite a bit of cloud here and there, as well, and those temperatures, not really changing an awful lot, still making 23, perhaps 2a in eastern areas, maybe a bit cooler for western scotland and northern ireland, certainly cooling off then across southern

but what about here in the uk? 0ur weather is not changing too much, still dominated by low pressure, as we head into the weekend, with the wetter

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