this is bbc news. the headlines... natwest reports a sharp rise in profits — following a week of high—profile resignations. as wildfires rage across the mediterranean, greece's prime minister calls for more action to tackle the effects of climate change. and at the women's world cup — england draw first blood — taking an early lead against denmark. we'll have the latest from sydney.

natwest has reported a sharp rise in first half profits to 5.6 billion. the results follow a week of high profile resignations including the bank's chief executive over the closure of nigel fa rage�*s bank account. our business correspondent hannah miller has the latest. those pre—tax profits of more than 3.5 billion, nearly 5.6 billion in the first six months of this year, up from £2.6 billion for the same period last year. the press conference this morning, though, was totally overshadowed by the row over the closure of the former ukip leader nigel farage�*s account. natwest owns coutts, the bank that closed mr farage�*s account without giving him an explanation.

it later emerged that his political views had perhaps been considered. — when the decision was taken. and the fallout from that has really been enormous, the boss of natwest dame allison rose had to resign over her comments on the issue and yesterday afternoon the chief executive of coutts also resigned. this morning the chairman described it as a painful period for the bank as he apologised for these uncertainty for shareholders. he himself has come under pressure over the way all of this has been handled, but he says it is his intention to stay in his role. he says he intends to go before july next year anyway. he says the board was not involved in the handling of the closure of nigel farage�*s account and he himself was not the person who went on to speak about it publicly. he did announce an independent review into the way that this

closure was handled and into the way that it was subsequently talked about. there is clearly a worry within natwest group about the reputational damage that's been done here but when you look at the financial performance this morning, it really is pretty strong. the 5.6 billion pre—tax profit. they will pay about they will pay about £1 they will pay about £1 billion they will pay about £1 billion of they will pay about £1 billion of uk they will pay about £1 billion of uk tax on that. the greek authorities say the outlook is improving for firefighters trying to control wildfires in the centre of the country as well as on the islands of rhodes, corfu and evia. the fires triggered explosions at an air force ammunition depot on thursday. thousands of residents and tourists have been evacuated from the affected areas in recent days. the greek prime minister kyriakos mitsotakis says — more action is needed — to combat the effects of climate change. our correspondent, bethany bell,

sent this update from rhodes. there is relief here that the temperatures are a little lower than they were over the last few days. as you can probably see, the wind is up this morning and that is something thatis this morning and that is something that is causing concern to firefighters, because if you can imagine all of the smouldering embers which are still around because of the fires that have been raging over the past few days. there is the danger that sparks can be blown through the wind and set up new fires, and in fact, we've been told there are high alerts for fires in several regions of greece today, rent article, around athens, in crete, in the peloponnese, amongst others. —— around after car. an incident yesterday were a fire approached an ammunition depot belonging to the greek air force and

they had to evacuate the area because there were explosions in the ammunition depot, so a country still very much on alert, trying to deal with what has been a very difficult summer. , , ., ., ~ ., ., with what has been a very difficult summer, , ., ., ~ ., ., ., summer. just looking onto the long term for a little _ summer. just looking onto the long term for a little bit, _ summer. just looking onto the long term for a little bit, the _ summer. just looking onto the long term for a little bit, the greek - term for a little bit, the greek prime minister has said that more needs to be done to tackle the effects of climate change. what goes into that discussion? what are they considering?— considering? well, there are a number of _ considering? well, there are a number of different _ considering? well, there are a number of different things, i considering? well, there are a| number of different things, and considering? well, there are a - number of different things, and what the greek perimeter was also talking about yesterday was the need to improve their firefighting and fire protection measures. so things like looking after the forests, ensuring there is not combustible material just lying around like old leaves and things like that that can easily burnin and things like that that can easily burn in these very hot summers, that

greece is continuing to see. a number of things like this and then of course how the control of the great fire brigade which you can imagine that firefighters have been coping with over the last few days, very hot weather. to firefighting pilots killed when their plane crashed, the funeral of one of those pilots happen yesterday and the second funeral is expected today. temperatures here in southern italy have dropped significantly in the last few days, but firefighters here are still hard at work. they've had to battle more than 3000 fires in the last few days

and you can see the aftermath of one of those fires, that entire valley used to be green but now all you see is burnt out trees and charred terrain, and i think that really gives you an idea of the scale of the damage here in calabria. many of these fires have been blamed on arsonists. we spoke to some experts here who told us that up to 60% of the wildfires we've been seeing here in italy have been started by people. so the question is, why would anybody want to start a deadly fire? well, it's lots of reasons. it could be by accident, it could be to settle a local dispute, especially here in the countryside, it could be, some people are even blaming firefighters themselves saying they start some of these fires so that they can get more but what a lot

of funding but what a lot of people have told us is that mostly it is pyromaniacs who want to create chaos. chaos indeed. looking at the scene behind. italy is so dependent on the tourist industry, can you tell us what those in the tourist industry... look at the ashes, how are they going to recalibrate now? that's a really good point. the wildfires we've seen in the last few days and this consecutive heatwaves have hit several countries in southern italy, several countries in southern europe. italy, greece, spain, portugal, and those countries heavily rely on tourism. greece, for example, one quarter of its gdp comes from tourists, so this is really problematic. what we are seeing here speaking to people is that there is an understanding that these high temperatures could be the new normal, we could be seeing something very similar next summer for example, and so what a lot of

people here told us is that tourism could change, not so much that people would not want to come to places like this but that they might come at different times of the year, so rather than picking july and august, they would come in may or september. and another issue here is that tourists tend not to follow the guidance being given out by governments, local governments about how to behave and how to stay away from the sun. for example, one of the main thing is people are being told here in italy is try and avoid alcohol, avoid coffee, avoid heavy food and don't go in the sun in the afternoon but they told us we spoke to here told us we only have a very limited amount of time, we're not going to in our hotel for hours, were not going to avoid

italian food for example, so what we have seen in the last few days as several series to collapse, get heat stroke and have to be hospitalised. at the women's world cup, half time has just ended and play has resumed in the match between england and denmark. the lionesses are off to a flying start. lauren james got an early goal — putting england up 1—0 against the danes — scoring from the edge of the box. if england win today, they'll be one step closer to the knockout stage. 0ur reporter yasmin khatun dewan is with fans watching the action in east london. i have some of the founders and youngest member of this club,

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few years on to get here from that initial idea?— initial idea? it's amazing, it shows the growth — initial idea? it's amazing, it shows the growth of _ initial idea? it's amazing, it shows the growth of the _ initial idea? it's amazing, it shows the growth of the women's - initial idea? it's amazing, it shows the growth of the women's game, | initial idea? it's amazing, it shows - the growth of the women's game, that there is an average come and watch women's sports and an appetite to watch in a safe and inclusive space and that's exactly what we are trying to do, so i'm not surprised we sold out, there is real demand for the lioness is, what they did last year, is about building upon that this year and that's what we're trying to do, to give everyone a really inclusive and safe space to enjoy watching what is such a beautiful game. d0 enjoy watching what is such a beautiful game.— enjoy watching what is such a beautiful game. do you think as a result, beautiful game. do you think as a result. there _ beautiful game. do you think as a result, there will _ beautiful game. do you think as a result, there will be _ beautiful game. do you think as a result, there will be more - beautiful game. do you think as a result, there will be more placesl result, there will be more places like this, notjust here in the uk, but then they miss set absolutely, is a trailblazer, _ but then they miss set absolutely, is a trailblazer, one _ but then they miss set absolutely, is a trailblazer, one of _ but then they miss set absolutely, is a trailblazer, one of the - but then they miss set absolutely, is a trailblazer, one of the first - is a trailblazer, one of the first kind of environments that has been created. we've watched other bars and pubs come out, something we started to see, a really good space to create. especially in the world cup, there are a lot more pubs and bottles that we opened at nine o'clock, 9:30 kick—off, women's

sports, literally look around. the atmosphere is wild. we sports, literally look around. the atmosphere is wild.— sports, literally look around. the atmosphere is wild. we are watching the name atmosphere is wild. we are watching the game with _ atmosphere is wild. we are watching the game with all— atmosphere is wild. we are watching the game with all the _ atmosphere is wild. we are watching the game with all the fancy, - atmosphere is wild. we are watching the game with all the fancy, danish i the game with all the fancy, danish and english fans, and come back to us to check out what is happening. fantastic. holidaymakers are being warned to stay away from sick or dead birds washed up on the uk's beaches as avian flu continues to ravage wild populations. thousands of infected seabirds have been found along the coastline as the largest outbreak of the normally—seasonal virus continues into summer. it comes as millions head to beaches and coastal beauty spots for the summer holidays. gareth barlow reports. it's the largest ever outbreak of bird flu, and it still has the uk's birds in its grip. normally the virus dies

down during the summer, but this year it's still ravaging wild bird populations, particularly along the coast. already this month, hundreds of dead birds have had to be removed from beaches in aberdeenshire. avian flu has also hit the rspb coquet island for a second year, with fears growing for the rare roseate tern colony. meanwhile, the farne islands off the coast of northumberland, home to approximately 200,000 seabirds, has closed to visitors due to the outbreak. while here in pembrokeshire, huge numbers of seabirds are washing up on the shore. it started off as one or two on certain beaches here amroth was one of the first places, and then has spread along the southern coastline here in pembrokeshire. we've totted up. we think it's in the order

of about 7—800 birds so far, which if you consider that's over a two—week period and we don't know what's to come yet, know who knows how many we could be talking about once this thing has run its course? and this is just one small corner of the uk. 50,000 wild birds are said to have died from avian flu last year, and the true figure is expected to be even higher. the reality is that birds that end up dead on beaches like this one died out there. out in the ocean. so what we're seeing along our coastlines is most likely the tip of the iceberg. the rspb says more needs to be done to protect already threatened bird populations. 0ur seabirds are already facing a cocktail of threats from damaging developments in their marine environment to warming oceans. on top of that, bird flu is already a crisis, and if governments don't step up their response soon, we risk that crisis becoming a full—scale catastrophe. the uk's national authorities say they are working with a range of agencies to respond to the flu outbreak and are closely monitoring wild bird populations. and new seabird conservation strategies are also in development.

meanwhile, this summer, millions of us are already heading to the beaches where infected birds lie. we're working very closely with the national park, the national trust and the wildlife trust to ensure that where birds are, dead or sick birds are reported in, they're collected and dealt with as quickly as possible. but is this message getting through? it's a bit worrying, isn't it? to say the least. absolutely. i thought that had | all cleared up now. judging by what was in - the newspapers and everything where they are, you know, the chickens are allowed . to go outside now and | they're not cooped up. i thought it had all ceased. to have a wonderful tourist result like this, and then to be struck with bird flu is going to really make you anxious if you're a hotelier or in a restaurant.

a few people are concerned. we've had a few people come up to us and ask like, "oh, we've got dead birds on the beach." but obviously we can't really do anything about it. the uk health security agency says the risk posed by bird flu to humans is very low. but for the seabirds along our coastline, it remains a deadly threat. gareth barlow, bbc news, pembrokeshire. let s get some of the day s other news now. the us embassy in haiti has urged american citizens to leave the country as soon as possible — due to clashes between the police and armed gangs. the embassy says — us citizens have been targeted in kidnappings. displaced haitians have been seeking refuge outside the embassy — from widespread gang violence. a bbc investigation has found that google s earthquake warning system failed to alert many people in turkey before february s deadly tremor. the company says people may not have noticed the alert, adding that factors including internet access could affect the system. the ministry of defence in london has begun an investigation after officials accidentally sent emails which may contain classified information to mali — a close ally of russia — because of a typing error. the emails were actually intended for the pentagon, which uses the domain name "dot m—i—l".? but by mistake they missed out the letter i,

and so the messages went instead to mali. 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 being held against a backdrop of growing military threats from china — and russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine. from taiwan, our asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes sent this report. 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 xi jinping. 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. we have some breaking news, information coming from the west midlands police, they see a 14—year—old boy has been arrested after a seven—year—old girl died following a hit and run accident on thursday evening. we'll bring you more information as soon as we get to. north korea has staged a military parade to commemmorate 70 years since the signing of the armistice, which ended fighting in the korean war. north korea's leader kim jong—un attended the display of new drones and missiles, and hosted delegates from russia and china. meanwhile, in south korea, a ceremony paid tribute to un soldiers who played a crucial role in the fighting.

this included over 80,000 troops from britain. and to mark their contribution back home, one former england cricketer has been painting portraits and hearing the stories of veterans who survived. dan johnson reports. archive: for four days, the gloucesters withstood a chinese army. _ the faces of those who survived are now revealing to us the marks the korean war made on the men who fought it. joe collett, who's troubled a little bit, and he got wounded early on. roy mills, i wanted to show his hands, because every other sentence was about fighting. there's harry hawksworth, just i thought, he's just so proud to put the beret on and show the medals off. he was like some of the things i've heard painting these portraits, i'm just shaking my head going, "i don't know how you did that." private bryan hamlet was on national service with the gloucestershire regiment. i never knew where korea was, i

never heard of korea, like you know. the furthest i had been before was weston—super—mare! you were a young man? yeah, i had me 19th birthday on the boat going over. and it was cold, right? bloody cold! the firstjob we done was minus 40. that cold it hurt! archive: so centurion tanks move forward to clear the way. _ more british soldiers died than in the falklands, the gulf war, afghanistan and iraq combined. this lieutenant colonel banburyl watches his men move up... but a nation still weary from world war underrated their faraway sacrifice. seeing the results of napalm, that was horrendous. i mean, it wasjust bloody horrible, suffocating, weren't they, really? you know, just charred bodies like, you know. it's not a game show. it's. . . real. when you when you shoot somebody, they're dead. when you see your first person shot, you sort of grew up overnight, like. can you just pull your jacket around a bit? some of the families have been

sat around watching me paint. they go, "oh, wow, i never, we don't even know he did that", you know? so it's been a real amazing experience. archive: the enemy surrender and... a multinational force stopped north korea imposing communism on the south, but at huge cost. you look back at it and you think, "what the hell was it all about?" look at all those lives lost. what they say is that you gave us our democracy. battle took lives, and captivity crushed youthful innocence. brian and many comrades spent two years in prison camps. we know we want their legacy to live on, but it seems to have helped these guys get rid of the badness. yeah, but what a privilege for me. so much was lost, and korea is still divided. we call that quits for today. brilliant. yeah, that's good. 0h, great sitter. you see, what a sitter! but its sacrifices are not forgotten. i still question why i survived. why me? you learn to live with it, don't you? you can shut it out. you know, you can remember the good times, the comradeship. that's the main thing. danjohnson, bbc news, gloucester.

now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. hello. the month ofjuly 2023 is certainly shaping up to be a fairly wet month. we've had well above average rainfall across all parts of the uk, but at least today a window of drier and brighter weather. so a lot of dry weather with some sunshine. there are a few showers in the forecast, but many places will avoid them. so we're between weather fronts, yesterday's wet weather moving off towards the north and the east, the next area of low pressure moving in from the west. now, that will be a player through the course of the weekend. but for today, areas of cloud drifting their way gradually eastward, so perhaps clouding over for parts of east anglia, for instance. but a bit more sunshine working through for northern england, central scotland, few sharp showers for northern and eastern scotland, one or two for parts of northern england, southern england perhaps as well. temperatures about 17 to 2a degrees. and we'll see more cloud and showery rain moving into northern ireland later on.

but, of course, the fifth test in the ashes continues at the oval today and i think we'll see a lot of dry weather the next few days. more likely to see some interruptions at times, but it won't be raining the whole time at all. now, through this evening, then, any isolated showers fading away for a time, but the next area of showery rain soon moves in from the west. so parts of scotland through wales seeing that rain first thing tomorrow, but also east anglia and the south—east, and some of those downpours could be really quite torrential for the early hours of saturday. so to summarise your weekend's weather, then, it's unsettled with a mix of sunshine and showers, often quite breezy and feeling rather cool for the time of year. temperatures coming down a notch.

but here's the area of low pressure that drifts its way into the north and the west. so the bulk of the showers on saturday will be across the north—west of the uk. but a trailing weather front bringing a few showers eastwards across parts of england and wales through the morning. so some sunshine, blustery winds developing from a west or south—westerly direction, but showers for northern ireland and scotland could be really heavy and thundery. hail mixed into some of those, gusty winds as well, 17 to 22 degrees on saturday, so a touch cooler than the weather we're seeing out there today. now, this area of low pressure continues to drift eastwards into sunday. the next one lining up there from the atlantic. so initially some really heavy rain sunday for parts of southern scotland, northern england, getting some thunderstorms in the mix there. bit more patchy rain moving in from the west later in the day as well. the breeze picking up. an improved afternoon for parts of scotland, also east anglia and the south—east should see some dry weather. top temperatures, though, only about 15 to 21 degrees, a little below average for this time of year. bye— bye.

live from london, this is bbc news. donald trump's legal problems grow. he's now facing new charges in the mar—a—lago classified documents inquiry. a legal challenge aimed at halting the expansion of london's ultra low emission zone fails at the high court. ukraine says it's gaining

ground on its front line with russian forces. western officials say a major thrust is under way. and at the women's world cup, england lead denmark in a nervy second half. we'll have the latest from sydney. we start in the us, where the former president donald trump is facing new charges over his handling of classified documents after he left office. handling of classified documents federal prosecutors filed an indictment on thursday evening, superseding formal federal charges made in june, to which trump has pleaded not guilty. mr trump and two of his employees at his florida estate mar—a—lago have been charged with obstructing the investigation into the former president's retention of top—secret documents. court documents claim employees were asked to delete camera footage recordings of the basement, where classified documents had been stored, after they'd been served a subpoena to produce the footage.