according to newly released court documents. the united nations issues a stark warning about climate change asjuly is set to be the hottest month on record. the era of global boiling has arrived. the air is unbreathable, the heat is unbearable and the level of fossil fuel profits and climate inaction is unacceptable. the un suspends its humanitarian operations in niger, after the country's elected president was ousted by soldiers. taiwan's largest military exercises in 25 years focus on action to repel a chinese invasion. hi thank you for being with us.

we start tonight with some developing news from the united states. former us president donald trump has received further charges in the mar—a—lago documents case. mr donald trump received an additional charge of willful retention of defence information and to new charges of obstruction. and an additional person a staff member has been indicted in the case. mr donald trump has all charges. let's bring in our work north america corresponded who was in washington for us. firstly, sean, what is the date and what is the latest, give us more detail.— more detail. let's quickly stamp clearly _ more detail. let's quickly stamp clearly that - more detail. let's quickly stamp clearly that this i more detail. let's quickly - stamp clearly that this relates to the florida case which involved the retention or alleged retention of classified documents that prosecutor saint mr donald trump was not entitled to keep after left office. to be absolute. this is unrelated to the other federal case in washington, dc that

donald trump is expecting an indictment into. that is related to january the 6th. so we will just treat this one separately because it is a separately because it is a separate case. we know that the department ofjustice as you something called a superseded indictment. they have added charges both in terms of donald trump in relation to and strict accounts that he held onto it often when he wasn't entitled to, they've also charged him. a chap called will nauta and a maintenance man named this evening. so it will not be dramatic news to the donald trump campaign but something that they will have to deal with this evening.- that they will have to deal with this evening. has there been any — with this evening. has there been any reaction _ with this evening. has there been any reaction from - with this evening. has there i been any reaction from donald trump? been any reaction from donald trum - ? , ., , been any reaction from donald trum? , ., , , been any reaction from donald trum? , , ., ., trump? yes, he has put out a statement this _ trump? yes, he has put out a statement this evening - statement this evening describing the biden, crime family saying it is another

desperate and flailing attempt. it's a fairly robust response from him but again, we arejust underlined whether he is guilty or not guilty that will be for a jury to determine. he was already expecting to face trial for this in may of next year. what is suggested or what prosecutors claim is that he held onto national defence information, that is the key additional charge that has been late this evening. all sorts of claims that he had defence plans, contingency plans for going into other countries. potentially, very varied damaging documents. another day, another discharge but it is certainly not the case that he was maybe it is expecting. as you said earlier, donald trump other legal cases. talked about the case involving the 20/20 presidential election, but also there has been other indictment as well, has there not? �* . ' ., indictment as well, has there not? . , ., ., indictment as well, has there not? . ' ., ., , not? an awful lot of the roads leads to the _ not? an awful lot of the roads leads to the 2020 _ not? an awful lot of the roads leads to the 2020 election. i

not? an awful lot of the roads i leads to the 2020 election. the classified documents obviously in a corner on its own but the others relating to the washington, dc case that he said that he expected to be indicted on shortly. it has yet to happen. that investigation relates to the january the 6th storming of the capital building and claims that the so—called fake electors would go along to congress and failed to certify the votes from their particular state. the voting system called the electoral college. that is the one case that we are watching with keen eyes at the moment of the timeline of what we know so far is, next march he is do to face trial in new york over allegations about the way that he is accounted for payments to the former adult film star, stormy daniels and the way it was done in terms of running the money through his business, thatis the money through his business, that is next march in may. this florida case to be have you spoken about is scheduled to start on the 20th. as with all

of these cases, you might think you may be bad news for mr donald trump but however he chooses to spend it, it is hardly good news from a personal spirit perspective. with the clear exception that he uses this as a campaign or each time he says it is a witch hunt. each time you can see that his poll numbers go up and he is still the front runner in the republican residential nomination race.- the republican residential nomination race. indeed. thank ou so nomination race. indeed. thank you so much — nomination race. indeed. thank you so much for— nomination race. indeed. thank you so much for the _ nomination race. indeed. thank you so much for the update - nomination race. indeed. thank you so much for the update on. you so much for the update on that breaking news from the united states. there was another warning from the head of the un today. we are now in an era not of global warming but of �*global boiling'. the comments come as figures suggest thatjuly is set to be the hottest month ever recorded in the world. us presidentjoe biden has today said heat is the number one weather related killer in the us, and that no one can continue to deny the impact of climate change. we start with our climate editor, justin rowlatt. there has been no let—up in the searing weather

or the wildfires in parts of southern europe and north africa, with firefighters battling blazes in as many as nine countries. july isn't over yet, but it is already virtually certain to be the hottest month ever recorded on earth, say climate scientists around the world. we have entered the era of global boiling, according to the un chief, but do not despair, he says. the evidence is everywhere. humanity has unleashed destruction. this must not inspire despair, but action. we can still stop the worst. but to do so, we must turn a year of burning heat into a year of burning ambition and accelerate climate action now. here in the uk the met office has said last year's record—breaking temperatures were a taste of things to come. if carbon emissions continue as expected, by 2060 an average

july in the uk will be as hot as 2022. month after month, these records are being broken. we're seeing extreme weather events around the world, whether they're heat events, wildfires, droughts, even flooding events linked with climate change as well. and we're going to see more of those much more frequently, more intense, more prolonged as our climate continues to change. let's take a look at just how exceptional temperatures have been. the grey lines here show average day—to—day temperatures since 1940 and let's now add in this year. and look how it peaks onjuly 6th, that was the hottest day ever recorded with an average global temperature of 17.18 degrees celsius. and if you're thinking that sounds a little bit low, it's because it is global. it includes everywhere from the arctic to the antarctic and day and night. and now look howjuly continues to be exceptionally hot.

this graph gives us all thejulys since 1880, when the industrial revolution and carbon emissions really started to take off. and look how the temperature has steadily risen to where we are now. this, of course, is how the weather looked for most of us here in the uk thisjuly. even if there was record heat elsewhere. it was a very different story last year, though, with that record—breaking heatwave. 57 weather stations across the country recorded all—time high temperatures. look how widespread they are. there were records broken in all the nations of the uk. so what can be done? well, we can plant more trees. they soak up carbon from the atmosphere, but it takes time for them to grow and the c02 can be released back when they die. a british start—up company has developed small—scale units that can strip carbon dioxide from the air. it can then be permanently

stored underground. we can produce units anywhere because we have off—the—shelf units that we're using and we can deploy them anywhere. and so from our perspective, that means you have the highest opportunity to actually remove the most amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. other companies like this one in iceland have alternative technologies that do the same. but by far the most important thing we need to do is reduce our use of fossil fuels, and quickly. the carbon dioxide they create is the main driver of climate change. justin rowlatt, bbc news. well, the impact of global warming is seen in extreme weather across the world. in a moment, we'll hear from our correspondents in the us and in pakistan but first to jenny hill in rhodes which has seen scorching temperatures and raging wildfires. it's the height of the summer season here on rhodes, and ordinarily holiday—makers would be enjoying its beaches,

its natural scenery. instead, heatwaves and wildfires have brought destruction to this island. 20,000 people were forced to flee their hotels and their homes this week, and much of southern europe and north africa were also badly affected. the greek prime minister has warned that the climate crisis is already here and will trigger greater disasters in the mediterranean region. now, other extreme events have of course hit europe in recent times. just a couple of years ago i was reporting in germany on floods there, which claimed the lives of nearly 200 people. what's the eu doing about it? well, it's asked member states to more than halve their greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and the bloc aims to become climate neutral by 2050. it's monsoon season in pakistan and already rural areas and cities are experiencing flooding.

but nothing on the scale of what was seen last year when an intense heat wave followed by heavy rains led to devastating floods. 33 million people were affected, crops destroyed, homes, bridges, roads, and more than 1,700 people lost their lives. there are still people displaced today because of the damage that was done then. the un secretary—general referred to it as climate carnage. now pakistan has seen intense flooding during the course of its history and it's considered to be particularly vulnerable to climate change. in the north of the country is an area referred to as the third pole because it has more glacial ice than anywhere else on earth apart from the polar regions. and some of those are melting at a rapid pace according to the un development programme. pakistan is responsible for less than 1% of global greenhouse emissions and its politicians have been at the forefront of arguing that wealthier countries need to pay their dues because of their heavier carbon footprint.

here in the us capital today it's been around about 36, 37 degrees c, but that is positively mild compared to other parts of the united states. in phoenix, arizona, they've been enduring their 28th consecutive day with the mercury up above 43 degrees c. and it's a similar picture across much of the country. some 150 million americans this week are living under an official heat alert. now, president biden has introduced a number of measures at the white house this afternoon. they include better protection for workers, farm workers, those working in construction so they don't have to go out and work in the heat. also, more money for weather forecasting. but the truth is, these are measures that deal with the symptoms of climate change, not the causes. and, of course, america historically has been the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases. it now comes just behind china. and president biden�*s critics will say that faced with a congress that has

sometimes dragged its feet on introducing tougher measures, that basically he has not acted quickly or effectively enough in reducing america's greenhouse gases. i spoke to dr satyendra prasad, former fijian ambassador to united nations and chair of pacific island states at the un. he's also chief technical lead for climate for the australian consultancy, abt associates. he explained that while extreme weather is being felt across the globe for pacific islanders climate change was an existential problem. we are witnessing a global, interconnected phenomena these are the heat stress and fires in greece and algeria and the record—breaking, persistent temperatures across usa

are all part of a single interrelated phenomena. for the pacific islands, low lying pacific islands that have been living this catastrophe for not years, some in many cases for decades. and they've been saying that we are perhaps the canary in the coal mine. and so we come into a new era. we have moved from an era, as un secretary—general said last night, from global warming to a global boiling. and the world needs to step up and get ready to operate in this new era. and also we keep talking about the impact on us humans, but the rising temperature of the ocean in this new era of global boiling that has a huge impact on ecosystem in the water where we don't always have a camera. absolutely. the fires are dramatic, but across the oceans and across the pacific ocean, the catastrophe is less visible, less dramatic from coral bleaching to collapse of whole marine aquatic food systems

on which the pacific islanders themselves depend. but pacific island also feeds the world. one in three of the world's tuna comes from the pacific islands, and these are threatened. the world's food supply is fundamentally threatened by warming warming oceans, and it has now entered a catastrophic phase, as we are beginning to see across florida and so many other parts, coastal parts. but we have entered an era in which everything, everywhere and all at the same time needs to be undertaken to return our planet to some measure of stability. the united nations says it has suspended its humanitarian operations in niger, a day after soldiers announced the overthrow of the country's elected president. supporters of the coup have attacked the headquarters of the ousted president's party, setting it on fire and stoning and burning cars outside. trouble began early on wednesday when troops from the presidential guard took the president

mohamed bazoum captive. soldiers say they have dissolved the country's constitution, suspended all institutions and have temporarily closed the nation's borders. the man leading the coup is col maj amadou abdramane. 0ur reporter chris ewokor is monitoring the situation from neighbouring nigeria. the un stance is coming after we've seen a situation where the country has been sharply divided as a result of the coup. well, many people say they support the coup. i mean, the coup players, but there are other people who say they support the president who has been ousted. today, we saw hundreds of people who came out to demonstrate some waving both russia and flags and the nigerian flag and declaring support for the military over the action.

we have also seen, well, a situation where because of what's happening, a lot of condemnation has gone out from the international community. right now, the situation still remains uncertain because we don't know for sure who is the head of the new junta. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. some other stories making headlines in the uk. a man who shot and killed a custody sergeant while handcuffed in a police cell is beginning a whole life sentence for his murder. luis de zoysa, was convicted of murdering sergeant matt ratana in 2020, and is unlikely to ever be considered for release. the judge at northampton crown court said that he acted in cold blood.

it is unlawful, thejudge ruled that the power to place children and hotels should only be used in an emergency and for very short periods of time. the case was brought by the charity, every child directed against trafficking. the chief executive of coutts, has announced he'll step down from the role after the private british bank closed nigel farage's account. mr farage has provided documents suggesting that coutts, which is owned by natwest, closed his account because of his political views. us secretary of state antony blinken is now in australia in his latest tour of the pacific. earlier he was in new zealand. where defence issues were prominent. his visit is viewed

in part as an effort to counter china's influence in the region. live now to matt brazil, senior fellow at the jamestown foundation in washington and is the co—author of the book: chinese communist espionage, an intelligence primer. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. it seems like the us is trying to show its commitment to the south pacific after china targeted the region with its built—in root initiative. the region with its built-in root initiative.— root initiative. yes, that is true, root initiative. yes, that is true. the _ root initiative. yes, that is true, the initiative - root initiative. yes, that is true, the initiative of - root initiative. yes, that is i true, the initiative of course is wide—ranging and it involves quite a bit of money and one of the places that the secretary visited on this trip, tonga, finds itself in debt. to china to a significant degree so i think the americans are looking at the lessons, i have to say from world war ii. where it was necessary to overcome the islands in the pacific in a way

to victory againstjapan and certainly the united states does not want to look like it's going to attack china but i think washington wants to make sure that the patient understands that the us is ready to defend taiwan, whether by slowest regulation or an over the beach assault. we will have a full— over the beach assault. we will have a full report _ over the beach assault. we will have a full report on _ over the beach assault. we will have a full report on taiwan - have a full report on taiwan shortly, but also there habits of military exercises taking place during antony blinken�*s visit, assuming that is also with training in mind. it visit, assuming that is also with training in mind.- with training in mind. it is, it's a rather— with training in mind. it is, it's a rather large - with training in mind. it is, it's a rather large exercise | with training in mind. it is, i it's a rather large exercise in australia. and it is designed to make sure that logistics worked properly in the event of conflict. this is certainly another lesson from world war ii and that is that although australia is a long distance from china, it was also long distance from japan and australia's pearl harbour, so

to speak, was on february, 1942 when the japanese bombed jar wind, the far northern city in australia, in order to prevent support from there. against japan's overall offensive. in the south pacific. i japan's overall offensive. in the south pacific.— the south pacific. i was you about new _ the south pacific. i was you about new zealand - the south pacific. i was you| about new zealand because antony blinken said that the door was open for new zealand to engage with the weapons development project between the us britain and australia how wide student that is? —— likely? wide student that is? -- likel ? ., ~ , wide student that is? -- likel? ., ~ , ., likely? not likely for the time bein: likely? not likely for the time being because _ likely? not likely for the time being because new— likely? not likely for the time being because new zealand l likely? not likely for the time i being because new zealand and stretch walk a fine line between trying to keep up its very significant trade relationship, their biggest trade partner with china. and the relationship and alliance with the united states and some viewers will remember back in 1987, new zealand began a

policy of no nuclear weapons or reactors and no bio weapons on new zealand's soil which prevented the us from allowing its nuclear submarines to harbour at its ports. so new zealand has always had an independent foreign policy so it remains to be seen whether any of this will significantly change in the coming years. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme today. taiwan is holding its biggest military exercises in a quarter of a century. they reached their climax with a mock invasion of beaches close to the capital taipei, which was repelled by defending forces. the exercises are a response to the growing military threat from china and to russia's invasion of ukraine, which experts say has been a huge wake up call to taiwan. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is in taiwan and watched the mock invasion as it took place. a beach in northern taiwan is under attack. invading forces from china have landed and are attempting

to secure a beachhead. but taiwan's own troops are fighting back hard with infantry, armour and even attack helicopters. the invaders are being driven back. this, of course, is not a real battle. one day it could be and taiwan wants to show china and the rest of the world that it is ready. they have long been questions about whether taiwan takes the military threat from china as seriously as it should and whether it has the will and indeed the ability to fight if china ever sent its troops to land on these beaches behind me here. and since russia's invasion of ukraine last year. those questions have just become a lot more urgent. the invasion of ukraine has prompted the largest military and civilian exercises here in taiwan in at least a quarter of a century. there is a palpable sense from people here that the threat from china is real. and time to prepare is getting short. relations with china are really tense.

actually, they are really frightening. so we need this sort of practice. the sense of urgency is being driven by china's president xijinping. he has described unification of taiwan with china as inevitable and has even set a deadline — 2049. but experts say xi jinping's plan is to build a military so powerful that taiwan will realise it has no hope and will capitulate. i don't think the objective is war. the objective is to have taiwan coming back home, right? taiwan is one of the remaining children that has not got back home. and this needs to happen by 2049. we know that xi jinping operates on deadline. within that context, however, the use of force is not the first option. in fact, if the options that one needs to put in place, if everything else fails. if that is xi jinping's objective, then so far it's having the opposite effect. more than 70% of people here now say they're willing to fight to defend

their island home. they do not believe that resistance is futile. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in northern taiwan. let's remind you for breaking news this hour because federal prosecutors in the united states have a white in the criminal investigation into the former president, donald trump former president, donald trump for his handling of government documents that after she left the white house. he has been served with three extra charges. is it for the programme. thank you for watching. hello there. sunshine and prolonged heat across the uk has been very limited this july, hasn't it? and actually we had once again some contrasting weather conditions across the country. in fact, in scarborough in north yorkshire, we had just over 40 millimetres of rain, most of that falling in the afternoon.

but by contrast, once the sunshine broke through across parts of the midlands in warwickshire, we had a high of 26 celsius. we haven't seen temperatures like that since the beginning of the month. now a quiet story on friday continues, but this low pressure is set to move in from the atlantic for the start of the weekend. it'll be the third weekend we've seen an area of low sitting to the north—west. so make the most of friday's weather — dry with some sunny spells, showers should be fairly isolated. it'll feel quite pleasant with the sunshine coming through. a quiet story for many with temperatures generally at around 17 to 23 or 24 degrees, that's 75 fahrenheit. it means there's a potential for another dry day for the cricket at the oval, but there's a further chance of showers. and saturday and sunday, some of those are likely to interrupt play. and it's all because of this low that's sitting out to the north—west, the strongest of the winds to the southern flank of that low, the heaviest and sharpest of the showers on saturday the

further north and west you are. there will be a few drifting their way steadily through and with blustery winds from a westerly direction, at least they should clear relatively quickly. dodge those showers and keep some sunshine. it'll still be pleasantly warm, 22 or 23 not out of the question. now, moving out of saturday into sunday, our area of low pressure gradually drifts its way steadily eastwards, with another one waiting in the wings. it's going to close out to the month on quite an unsettled note. so we'll see a spell of showers drifting their way through north—west england over to east anglia, clouding over with further outbreaks of rain by the end of the day, pushing into northern ireland and west wales. blustery winds for this time of year, once again. they will push the showers through quite quickly. top temperatures on sunday ranging from 15 to 21 degrees. so into the weekend, no significant change to the trend ofjuly so far. sunshine and showers breezy at times and disappointing temperatures.

the latest economic data shows continued growth out of the us... despite ongoing fears of a recession. plus earnings season is underway, but for energy companies, those lower oil and gas prices are taking a toll.

hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm mariko 0i. the big week for us economic news continues, the federal reserve's preferred measure of inflation will be released later today. and more evidence of slowing inflation would boost hopes that the world's biggest economy could be headed for a soft landing. this is as the latest data showed the american economy growing 2.4% in q2 —— topping expecations. michelle fleury with more. personal consumer expenditures measures how people spend their money, the inflation update is one of the pieces of data watch closely by america's central bank. raised rates by a quarter of a percentage point this week by more than a decade high. they would be watching and