newly released court documents. united nations issues as stark warning about climate change as you is set to be the hottest month on record.— you is set to be the hottest month on record. the era of ulobal month on record. the era of global whaling _ month on record. the era of global whaling has - month on record. the era of global whaling has arrived. l month on record. the era of i global whaling has arrived. the air is unreadable, the heat is unbearable, and the level of fossil fuel profits and claim an action is unacceptable. taiwan's largest military exercises in 25 years focus on action to repel a chinese invasion. announcer: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. hi there. thank you for being with us. we start with breaking news from the united states where former us president donald trump has received a

further charge in the mar—a—lago documents case. according to thejustice department he has received an additional charge of wilful retention of defence information and to new charges of obstruction. an additional person, a mar—a—lago staff member, has also been indicted. mr trump has denied all charges. let's bring in america correspondent dooley in washington. talk us through the details of the latest development.- details of the latest develoment. , . development. yes, innocence prosecutors — development. yes, innocence prosecutors federally - development. yes, innocence prosecutors federally who - development. yes, innocence prosecutors federally who are i prosecutors federally who are prosecuting this case in florida claiming that the three people who are charged for in the case of mr mr trump says additional charges have conspired delete cctv last summer particularly in relation to an area that prosecutors have asked to see in a basement area. the particular charges

the maintenance man or property manager after 90 colleague to delete the server. mr trump had been told he'd face trial next may in the classified documents case and had been charged with 37 counts, 31 of which related to the retention of top—secret documents, defence documents that prosecution say he had no right to retain. it seems the extra account, the 32nd count relation to the classified documents relates to mr trump showing information to a biographer. it has been circulating fairly widely and it is said to contain details of a contingency plan were america to ever wish to invade a particular country. these things are contingency plans and thought about the white house and pentagon rather a lot but what makes this one fairly unusual as it would be showing without security clearance. mr

trump had sought to stay in the media and the follow—up to that but actually it was a bravado that he was bragging and didn't really have the documents in hand. it seems prosecutors would like this and those obstruction charges related to his other employees had in this same florida classified documents case next may. has there been — documents case next may. has there been any _ documents case next may. has there been any reaction from mr trump on this latest development? trump on this latest develoment? ., , development? certainly, there has. development? certainly, there has- there _ development? certainly, there has. there was _ development? certainly, there has. there was a _ development? certainly, there has. there was a statement i has. there was a statement emailed from the trump campaign calling a failing attempt to continue what he described, what they described as a witch hunt by what they describe as the biden crime family. again he used the term deranged jack smith, referring to the federal prosecutor who is looking at the case and separately special counsel in other words part of the prosecution for the unrelated investigation federally entered that 6

january, 2021 attacks. he has made it clear in that statement that he has little regard for this process. {131 that he has little regard for this process.— this process. of course mr trump also _ this process. of course mr trump also faces - this process. of course mr trump also faces other - this process. of course mr l trump also faces other legal cases and earlier today actually spoke about the other case involving the 2020 presidential election as well. that's right. a couple of the cases relate to the election. mr trump had said fairly recently that he expected to be indicted in relation to claims that he had been involved with the 6 january attack one that he had been involved with the 6january attack one way or another. in particular the talk around attempts to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power. they are very serious allegations and crimes. he had received was known as a target letter from jack smith, the prosecutor, federal prosecutor, and this is one of the cases in new york in relation to payment of hush money to an adult actress and other case on the way as well. actress and other case on the way as well-—

way as well. sean dilley in washington, _ way as well. sean dilley in washington, thank - way as well. sean dilley in washington, thank you - way as well. sean dilley in washington, thank you so | way as well. sean dilley in - washington, thank you so much for that update. the head of the united nations has issued a stark warning, quote, we are now in an era of global warming but of global whaling. the figures suggest thatjuly is set to be the hottest month ever recorded in the world. us presidentjoe biden has said heat is the number one weather—related killer in the country and no—one can continue to deny the impact of climate change. here is a climate editorjustin roberts. —— 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 19110 and let's now add in this year. and look how it peaks on 6july, 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 fossilfuels, and quickly.

the carbon dioxide they create is the main driver of climate change. justin rowlatt, bbc news. the impact of global warming has seen an extreme weather across the world. minimum we will hearfrom across the world. minimum we will hear from correspondence in the us and pakistan that first scorching temperatures and raging wildfires with jenny. it's the height of the summer season on roads and ordinarily holiday—makers but enjoyed speeches, its scenery. instead heat and wildfires have brought destruction to the silent. 20,000 people were forced to flee their hotels and their homes this week and much of southern europe and northern 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. 0ther disasters in the mediterranean region. other extreme events have of course hit europe in recent times, just a couple of years ago i was reporting in germany on flood's there which claimed the lives of nearly 200 people. what's the eu doing about it? it is asked member states to more than half their greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and the bloc aims to become climate—neutral by 2050. it is monsoon season and pakistan already rural areas and cities are experiencing fighting but nothing on the scale of what we are seeing last year when an intense heat wave followed by heavy rains allowed to devastating floods. 33 million people were affected, crops destroyed, homes, bridges, roads, and more than 1700 people lost their lives. there are still people displaced today because of the damage done. the un secretary general referred to as climate

carnage. pakistan has seen intense flooding during the course of its history and is considered to be vulnerable to climate change. in the north of the country is an area referred to as the third poll because it has more close your eyes 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 36— 37 celsius but that's positively mild compared to other parts of united states. in phoenix, arizona they've been enduring the 28 consecutive day with the mercury up above 43 celsius and it's a similar picture across much of the country. some hundred 50 million americans this week are living under an

official plr. president biden has introduced a number of measures at the white house this afternoon including better protection for workers, farmworkers, those in construction, so they don't have to go out and work in the heat, also more money for weather forecasting heat, also more money for weatherforecasting but heat, also more money for weather forecasting but the truth is these are measures that deal with the symptoms of climate change, not the courses. and of course america historically has been the world? biggest emitter of greenhouse gases and outcomes just become china. president biden pozner critics will say at face with a concrete that sometimes dragged its feet on introducing tougher measures, that basically he has not acted quickly or effectively enough in reducing amara carr's greenhouse gases. earlier i spoke to a former ambassador to the nations and the chair of pacific island states at the un. he is also chief lead for the australian

consultancy. he explained that while extreme weather is being felt around the world, for pacific islanders climate change is in existential problem. change is in existential problem-— change is in existential roblem. ~ ., ,, change is in existential roblem. ., ,, ., problem. we are witnessing a rlobal problem. we are witnessing a global integrated _ problem. we are witnessing a| global integrated phenomena, the heat stress and fires in greece and algeria and record—breaking persistent temperatures across the usa are all part of a single interrelated phenomena. for the pacific islands, leo leite pacific islands, leo leite pacific islands, leo leite pacific islands, they have been living this catastrophe are not years, in some cases decades, and seeing that we are perhaps the canary in the coal mine, so we come into a new era have to move as the un secretary general said last night from global warming to global boiling and the world is just above and get ready to operate in this new era. find

above and get ready to operate in this new era.— in this new era. and also we keep talking _ in this new era. and also we keep talking about - in this new era. and also we keep talking about the - in this new era. and also we i keep talking about the impact on us humans but the rising temperature of the ocean and this new era of global boiling, but has a huge impact on ecosystem in the water we don't always have a camera. absolutely. fires are dramatic but across the oceans and across the pacific ocean, the catastrophes are less visible, less dramatic, from coral bleaching to collapse of aquatic food systems, on which the pacific islanders themselves depend. but pacific islands also, one in three of the world pozner tuna comes from the pacific islands and these are threatening the world cosmic food supplies, fundamentally flattened by warming oceans and its now entered a catastrophic phase as we are to see across florida and so many other parts of coastal parts, but we have entered an era in which

everything, everywhere, all at the same time, needs to be undertaken to return our planet to some measure of stability. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. nearly a year, thousands of 55 to 7a—year—olds in cornwall who are former or current smokers have been coming to this mobile unit for a lung scan. today, janet is back for a follow—up scan, after a nodule was found on her lung. after a nodule was found on her lunu. , , after a nodule was found on her lunu. , ~ after a nodule was found on her lun, , ~' ,, lung. everybody knocks the nhs but thin . s lung. everybody knocks the nhs but things like _ lung. everybody knocks the nhs but things like this _ lung. everybody knocks the nhs but things like this are - but things like this are brilliant.— but things like this are brilliant. ., . . brilliant. catching lung cancer earl is brilliant. catching lung cancer early is tricky. _ brilliant. catching lung cancer early is tricky, as _ brilliant. catching lung cancer early is tricky, as patients - early is tricky, as patients don't go to the gp unless they have symptoms. the don't go to the gp unless they have symptoms.— don't go to the gp unless they have symptoms. the problem is about 6096 _ have symptoms. the problem is about 6096 of — have symptoms. the problem is about 6096 of those _ have symptoms. the problem is about 6096 of those patients - have symptoms. the problem is about 6096 of those patients we | about 60% of those patients we see through that path i end up having — see through that path i end up having a — see through that path i end up having a late stage cancer, and any other— having a late stage cancer, and any other cancers that we find tend _ any other cancers that we find tend to — any other cancers that we find tend to be incidental. that any other cancers that we find tend to be incidental.- tend to be incidental. that is what this _ tend to be incidental. that is what this national _ tend to be incidental. that is what this national pilot - tend to be incidental. that is i what this national pilot scheme is about. this week the team in

cornwall hit 6000 scans. at that time at least 45 lung cancers have been identified. smokers attending a lung check are getting help to quit too. it is never too late to quit smoking, they will always see benefits. ., ., , ., benefits. for more stories from across the _ benefits. for more stories from across the uk, _ benefits. for more stories from across the uk, head _ benefits. for more stories from across the uk, head to - benefits. for more stories from across the uk, head to the - benefits. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc| across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you are life with bbc news. taiwan is holding its biggest military exercises in a quarter of a century. they reach 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 also to rush ainvasion of ukraine, which experts say has been a huge wake—up call to taiwan. 0urasia 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. but one day, it could be, and taiwan wants to show china and the rest of the world that it is ready. there 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. translation: 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, it's the option 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. us secretary of state antony blinken is due in australia today, the latest stop on his tour of the pacific. earlier, he was in new zealand, where defence issues were prominent. mr blinken's visit is viewed in part as an effort to counter china's implements in the region. let's now bring in viola now when, a senior fellow forindo viola now when, a senior fellow for indo pacific defence and strategy at the international institute for strategic studies, a british think tank. thank you forjoining us on the programme. firstly, it seems the us is really trying to show its commitment to the south comac —— to the south pacific after china targeted the region with its belt and road

initiative.— with its belt and road initiative. ,, ., , ,., , initiative. sure, absolutely. i think chinese _ initiative. sure, absolutely. i think chinese investment - initiative. sure, absolutely. i think chinese investment in l initiative. sure, absolutely. i. think chinese investment in the south pacific has been a concern around the influence that might afford china as well, in the direction that the united states and others are potentially not comfortable with, that we can to the rule of and decrease transparency for example, but also more generally concerns around debt in the region to china, and the lack of sustainable investment, which the united states is now trying to provide alternatives for. �* ., , trying to provide alternatives for. ., , ., trying to provide alternatives for. �* ., , ., , for. and also, they have been some military _ for. and also, they have been some military exercises - for. and also, they have been | some military exercises taking place while mr blinken is in the region, and i guess that is also with china in mind? sure, absolutely- — also with china in mind? sure, absolutely. china's _ also with china in mind? sure, absolutely. china's rapid - absolutely. china's rapid military modernisation is of huge concern. we have seen of course also china reach out and sign security agreements, such as with the solomon islands of late, and so these types of

exercises are, one, to build interoperability and trust between partners, but two, also to send a signal to china that allies and partners are united. meanwhile, mr blinken said on thursday when he was in new zealand that the door was open for new zealand to engage with the orcs weapons development —— the orcs weapons development —— the aukus weapons development between britain, america and australia. trade play such a crucial part for its economy. how likely do you think that new zealand joins this pact? i think there are various parts to aukus. 0ne think there are various parts to aukus. one is the nuclear submarine technology part, the other is called pillar two, advanced military technology, such as aia, quantum, information sharing and others. so new zealand has expressed some interest potentially in exploring whether it could join pillar two, and the united states has said that door remains open. so i think this

is very much an exploration phase. it has said it is not interested in the nuclear submarine pillar, which would go against its own nuclear free position, but in pillar two, it is an expression of opportunities at the moment. for some, this is an economic and strategic benefit, for others there is concern whether this may be goes against new zealand's own possession around being against militarisation or withstanding perhaps —— wits and worrying signals to countries in southeast asia for countries in southeast asia for countries that are worried about militarisation.- countries that are worried about militarisation. they have been quite _ about militarisation. they have been quite a — about militarisation. they have been quite a number _ about militarisation. they have been quite a number of - about militarisation. they have been quite a number of visits l been quite a number of visits by us officials more of a down payment in between washington and beijing. i payment in between washington and ibeijing-_

and bei'ing. i think during the trum and beijing. i think during the trump administration, - and beijing. i think during the trump administration, we - and beijing. i think during the | trump administration, we saw and beijing. i think during the i trump administration, we saw a lack of face—to—face engagement and presence in the region. the biden administration is certainly trying to correct that, and to be representative in the region, showing your face is half the game so to speak. but at the same time, offer a position and make it clear it is not asking countries to choose. simply offering alternatives for countries.— offering alternatives for countries. ., ., , countries. the united nations sa s it countries. the united nations says it has — countries. the united nations says it has suspended - countries. the united nations says it has suspended its - 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 started early on wednesday when troops from the presidential guard took the presidential guard took the president mohamed bazoum captive. sojust president mohamed bazoum captive. so just say they have dissolved the country's constitution, suspended all institutions and have temporarily close the nation �*s borders. 0ur reporter is monitoring the situation. the un 's un �*s stance is coming after we have seen a situation where the country has been sharply divided, as a result of a coup. many people say they support the coup, 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 within both — microwaving both russian flags and the nigerien flag, and declaring support for the military for further action. we have also seen a situation where — microwaving both russian flags. where a lot of condemnation has gone out from the international community —— waving both russian flags. we don't know for sure who is the head of the new for sure who is the head of the neinntao. for sure who is the head of the newjintao-_ neinntao. that is all for now. thank _ neinntao. that is all for now. thank you - neinntao. that is all for now. thank you so - neinntao. that is all for now. thank you so much| neinntao. that is all for i now. thank you so much for watching newsday. hello, there. sunshine and prolonged heat across the uk has been very limited thisjuly, 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, as the us 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 two decade high,