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. mr trump's campaign has responded to the new charges, calling it a "desperate and flailing attempt" by the government to harrass him. on thursday, trump's lawyers also reportedly met with federal prosecutors in the investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. a potential indictment in that case is still looming. earlier, i spoke to cbs news correspondentjarred hill about about what the new charges mean. at face value, it means that there are an additional three charges now that former president trump are facing. and again, this is all related to the the classified—documents investigation that's happening based out of florida, in particular, his sort of estate resort in florida here. what we're looking at are charges including willful retention of national defence information, as well as two more obstruction ofjustice related charges. these specifically are connected to the allegation that he, as well as a couple of aides

of his there at mar—a—lago, made attempts to hide information, hide some of these documents from the authorities as they were trying to investigate and get them back from mar—a—lago. how have donald trump's political supporters been reacting to this news? so by and large, looking at the polling, right, because i mean, so there have been a couple of things. on one hand, we have seen people continuing to rally behind former president trump, especially on sort of an official basis within the party. when it comes to some of his opponents who are running against him for the republican nomination for 2024, we have continued to see people trying to straddle this line between not alienating trump supporters because they want to get their votes, but at the same time saying, if nothing else, this is a distraction. if nothing else, there's something going on here that we don't really think is beneficialfor the party

and for the country. when it comes to the voters, though, at least by and large, former president trump is still is the front runner amongst the republican field for the nomination when it comes to 202k. and so, at least as of now, we haven't really seen any of these indictments, and again, these are now multiple indictments against the former president in multiple jurisdictions, we're expecting potentially another one to come up based out of washington, dc centered around the january 6th insurrection, as well as the the efforts, the alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. none of these indictments so far have had a negative impact on former president trump's polling, at least not significantly. and in fact, in some of these cases, we have seen the support for former president trump amongst his base, amongst republicans, continuing to rise. now, plans in london to expand the capital's ultra low emissions zone are at the centre of a major political row.

they've been introduced by london's labour mayor and are thought to have been a key factor in the party's failure in a recent by—election in the city. a short while ago, however, five conservative—led councils lost their legal action to half the expansion of the scheme at london's high court. the extension of the zone is due to come into force on august 29th. the scheme — already in place in central and inner london — will see drivers of the most polluting vehicles charged £12.50 or nearly $16 a day. our reporter frances read is at the high court and joins us now. tell us more, if you can, about this verdict. . , �* , ., verdict. yeah, sure, we've 'ust had thisjudgmentfi verdict. yeah, sure, we've 'ust had thisjudgment about t verdict. yeah, sure, we've 'ust had thisjudgment about an h verdict. yeah, sure, we'vejust had thisjudgment about an hour - verdict. yeah, sure, we'vejust had thisjudgment about an hour ago i verdict. yeah, sure, we'vejust had i thisjudgment about an hour ago now, this judgment about an hour ago now, and the high court read that ruling this morning on this expanded ultra low emissions zone within london, which is a big point of debate here, on both sides of it, actually. five

conservative councils had argued that the london mayor had been acting unlawfully in trying to expand this ulez zone and that he had exceeded his powers within the scheme. however, they have failed in that claim, and the high court today in london has dismissed it. so from the 29th of august, one month tomorrow, the ulez can be expanded tomorrow, the ulez can be expanded to cover the whole of london. it is already in central london, but this will encompass the outskirts as well, and drivers of noncompliant vehicles, as you said, will have to pay a daily charge of £12.50 in order to be able to drive anywhere within the zone. campaigners have said it is necessary to protect londoners, to protect their health, their lungs going forward, that something has to be done and that no pollution is acceptable at all. but these four conservative controlled boroughs wanted to block the expansion through a judicial review, they challenged the legal basis of

they challenged the legal basis of the mayor's power to act, challenged the mayor's power to act, challenged the legality of the public consultation, saying that people outside of london who driving every day would be impacted, that they had not been consulted at all. and also the mayor's decision to provide a grant to tfl for a scrappage scheme, they were talking about that as well. but mrjustice swift said they have failed in a challenge. well. but mrjustice swift said they have failed in a challenge.- have failed in a challenge. thank ou, have failed in a challenge. thank you. frances _ have failed in a challenge. thank you, frances read. _ let's get more from westminster and our political correspondent jonathan blake. tell us more about the political ramifications of this decision. the ulez ramifications of this decision. tue ulez expansion ramifications of this decision. tte ulez expansion in ramifications of this decision. ttj: ulez expansion in london has really become a flashpoint for the debate about green policies in the uk as a whole. in a by—election in southbridge and uxbridge last week, it was the conservatives who won, holding onto their seat, their candidate had made it very clear he and his party opposed the expansion, and his party opposed the expansion, and labour blamed their loss on that

one policy alone. and sir keir starmer, after the result, said the mayor of london, sadiq khan, should reflect and ultimately rethink this expansion. and up until then, he'd really been sitting on the fence about the issue but has now distanced himself in the wake of that result from the policy of the labour mayor of london, sadiq khan. so it is, as i say, feeding into the debate between the two main parties at westminster, labour and the conservatives, and also within those parties themselves about how to reduce carbon emissions overall, which most people agree needs to be done, and more difficultly, how to go about doing that in a way that isn't seen to unfairly penalised voters or cost them money in the

short—term, when his goals are being considered. cut out 0k, short—term, when his goals are being considered. cut out ok, thanks for taking us through that, jonathan. jonathan blake speaking from westminster. now to ukraine, where the military says its forces are making steady progress in a counterattack against russian troops on the southeastern front line. western officials say a major thrust is under way, though reports indicate that ukrainian advances are relatively minor. in a video published by president zelensky, ukrainian troops said they had taken the village of staromaiorske. the village, which is 150km east of zaporizhzhia city, was taken under intense artillery fire and airstrikes, according to the army. russian president vladimir putin said ukraine's attacks had "significantly" intensified. 0ur correspondentjames waterhouse has the latest. for weeks, we've had ukraine probe for russian weaknesses whilst keeping the bulk of its forces in reserve. and we've seen russia pretty much do the same. and now if you look at some corners of the west, we've had some us officials describe today

as being the start of a major thrust. there is a lot of excitement, but ukraine isn't using the same kind of language. in terms of what we know, it seems ukraine has has concentrated a lot of men and a lot of machinery in a southeastern pocket of the front line, where it is claiming to have liberated a village called staromaiorske, which would equate to a gain of only a few kilometers. however, to even make that kind of again, with the level of russian fortifications there, with land mines and the reports of heavy artillery and russian forces fighting back in some areas, it is clear that that the ukrainian effort has dialed up to some degree, and this is somewhere where ukrainian forces really want to try and push through and break a russian occupied land corridor in half. so whether this is part of a much bigger trend, it's too early to say. for now, it seems part of the typical toing and froing of the front line, which has been the case

for months, frankly. so we've been speaking a lot on bbc news about the failure of the grain deal. have there been any signs of any continuing negotiations behind the scenes, perhaps in orderfor the grain deal to be reinstated 7 not that we know of. last week, president erdogan of turkey, one of the major brokers of this agreement, said there was a positive atmosphere. he said, "i'm going to go on a business trip, "a diplomatic trip to the middle east. "and when i'm back, i will speak to vladimir putin then." and we haven't really heard any more on that front. in the meantime, russia has been sort of nailing nail after nail in the coffin. of this grain initiative through very deliberate and very targeted missile strikes on port areas around 0desa, the southern city, as well as the surrounding region, as well as on terminals on the mouth of the river danube further south, which is touted as

an alternative route. so right now the agreement couldn't look more dead, and i think ukraine is having to look at alternatives. within the last few minutes, the natwest group has said it's launching an independent review into how coutts bank — which it owns — closes accounts. it comes after a major row over the closure of the former brexit party leader nigel farage's account at coutts and the resignaton of the natwest chief executive. we'll have more on that with aaron in the business news in a short while. to west africa, where niger's interior ministry has issued an order to ban all public demonstrations. the statement from the interior ministry came after supporters of wednesday's military coup set fire to the party headquarters of the ousted president. it called on the security forces to protect the public and their property. demonstrators took to the streets of niger with russian flags

and pro—russian chants a day after the apparent coup. and guards shot at protestors outside the compound where president mohamed bazoum is still being held. france's foreign minister says mr bazoum is in "good health". western allies have condemned the takeover in niger. here's our security correspondent frank gardner. this is west africa's fifth successful coup in just three years. and it's really pretty bad news for the international community, especially for the us, france, but also the region. america has got a $100 million drone base there. it's the center of operations for france, which is only recently moved its bases out of mali following a coup there into niger. what does it mean globally? well, it means that the international effort to try and push

back al-qaeda and isis linked insurgent groups is almost certainly going to be weakened. it depends, of course, how long this coup lasts and what the future arrangements are for western forces. but almost certainly the wagner group, which is the kremlin backed mercenary group, will be looking to profit from this. they've already entrenched themselves in mali and burkina faso and central african republic. they'll be looking to do something similar in niger, which is very rich in uranium or something that will not have escaped the notice of people in the kremlin. 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 .mil. but by mistake they missed out the letter i, and so the messages went instead to mali. 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. 0ur correspondent bethany bell sent this update from rhodes. well, 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 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, around athens, in crete, in the peloponnese, amongst others.

there was an incident yesterday evening where a fire 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. just looking onto the long 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? well, there are a number of different things, and what the greek prime minister 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 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 greek fire brigade, which you can imagine that firefighters have been coping with over the last few days, very hot weather. two firefighting pilots killed when their plane crashed, the funeral of one of those pilots happened yesterday, and the second funeral is expected today. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. last—minute preparations for the leavers' concert. and these year six pupils at

new ford academy in stoke—on—trent are departing for pastures new on a high. their school has just been rated as outstanding by 0fsted. their learning plans are actually catered to each individual child and you can constantly see what the child is learning and what is striving towards. nobody falls behind. everyone has a chance to catch up while everything's fresh in their memories. that level of learning is something the school strives for for all 480 pupils. we're ambitious for every child, that they are absolutely given everything that they need and with hard work and resilience that they can achieve whatever they want to. staff say the passion here for learning will serve these pupils well. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. in the women's world cup,

england are leading denmark 1—0 in the final minutes of what's been a dominant performance by the england side. the danes have had their chances, but laurenjames got an early goal, putting england up 1—0, scoring from the edge of the box. a win would put the lionesses one step closer to the knockout stage of the tournament. let's get some reaction to the game so far from our correspondent shaimaa khalil in sydney and our reporter yasmin khatun dewan at a watch party in east london. shaimaa, tell us what the reaction has been so far. we shaimaa, tell us what the reaction has been so far.— has been so far. we are in the fan zone in sydney. — has been so far. we are in the fan zone in sydney, just _ has been so far. we are in the fan zone in sydney, just a _ has been so far. we are in the fan zone in sydney, just a few- has been so far. we are in the fan| zone in sydney, just a few seconds before we came on air, denmark created a chance with almost a sure shot that hit the post, and you could feel the collective intake of breath, because that was a real chance for them to score, and i

think that has really been the theme in the second half, after launching england ahead without very early goal, you can feel thejubilation and energy in first half, but the mood changed after keira walsh's knee injury, she was carried off on a stretcher and in tears. you could feel the dynamics change a little bit, there were so many chances that england could have scored, they haven't, they are still ahead 1—0, but another goal could really settle the nerves at this point, especially because denmark have been pressing really hard in the second half. so all the england fans hoping for a second goal, because england and denmark are both fighting it out for that push for the knockout stages, either england or denmark will be in the final 16 if they win and if china fails to win against haiti, and that is looking ahead at the next game. for now, england feel that they need to hang on, i do score another goal or be stronger defensively, so that denmark do not

create those chances, because it is becoming very dangerous for the lionesses at this point. we becoming very dangerous for the lionesses at this point.— becoming very dangerous for the lionesses at this point. we are 'ust in the final— lionesses at this point. we are 'ust in the final minutes i lionesses at this point. we are 'ust in the final minutes of i lionesses at this point. we are 'ust in the final minutes of the i lionesses at this point. we are just in the final minutes of the game. i in the final minutes of the game. yasmin, what is it like for you there? . , ., there? hearts are racing here, celia, everyone _ there? hearts are racing here, celia, everyone is _ there? hearts are racing here, celia, everyone is on - there? hearts are racing here, celia, everyone is on the - there? hearts are racing here, | celia, everyone is on the edge, nervous — celia, everyone is on the edge, nervous for— celia, everyone is on the edge, nervous for those last few minutes. how are _ nervous for those last few minutes. how are you — nervous for those last few minutes. how are you feeling with four minutes— how are you feeling with four minutes to go? gn how are you feeling with four minutes to go?— how are you feeling with four minutes to no? ., [m minutes to go? on edge, on edge! how are ou minutes to go? on edge, on edge! how are you feeling — minutes to go? on edge, on edge! how are you feeling with _ minutes to go? on edge, on edge! how are you feeling with that _ minutes to go? on edge, on edge! how are you feeling with that last _ are you feeling with that last attempt? everyone was on the edge of their seats? _ attempt? everyone was on the edge of their seats? i attempt? everyone was on the edge of their seats? , ., , .., attempt? everyone was on the edge of their seats? , ., , .. ., their seats? i 'ust hope we can hold on, it is their seats? ijust hope we can hold on. it is getting _ their seats? ijust hope we can hold on. it is getting a — their seats? ijust hope we can hold on, it is getting a bit _ their seats? ijust hope we can hold on, it is getting a bit nervy! - on, it is getting a bit nervy! everyone is watching these last few minutes _ everyone is watching these last few minutes to — everyone is watching these last few minutes to save england can hold on the iead~ _ minutes to save england can hold on the lead. how this game been? i think the lead. how this game been? think the the lead. how this game been? i think the early was good in a way, but also _ think the early was good in a way, but also badm _ but also bad... cheering- but also bad... j cheering and but also bad... _ cheering and applause cheering and applause you can hear the cheering there,

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seconds to organisers have done a greatjob. 9: seconds to go, organisers have done a greatjob. 52 seconds to go, to think the england team are going to win this game? t team are going to win this game? i reckon we can hold onto it, we have .ot reckon we can hold onto it, we have got an— reckon we can hold onto it, we have got an experienced team. how many minutes? _ got an experienced team. how many minutes? 90 seconds, we can do it! denmark— minutes? 90 seconds, we can do it! denmark are — minutes? 90 seconds, we can do it! denmark are keeping england on their toes, 0k, we have got a denmark are keeping england on their toes, 0k, we have gota minute, we are going to hold it together, everyone is on edge, it has gone quiet. 0ne everyone is on edge, it has gone quiet. one minute to go! we have seen last minute _ quiet. one minute to go! we have seen last minute drama _ quiet. one minute to go! we have seen last minute drama in - quiet. one minute to go! we have seen last minute drama in a - quiet. one minute to go! we have seen last minute drama in a lot i quiet. one minute to go! we have seen last minute drama in a lot ofj seen last minute drama in a lot of these _ seen last minute drama in a lot of these world — seen last minute drama in a lot of these world cup— seen last minute drama in a lot of these world cup games _ seen last minute drama in a lot of these world cup games so - seen last minute drama in a lot of these world cup games so far. i seen last minute drama in a lot ofl these world cup games so far. can you hear— these world cup games so far. can you hear me? _ these world cup games so far. can you hear me? i_ these world cup games so far. can you hear me? i can— these world cup games so far. can you hear me? i canjust _ these world cup games so far. can you hear me? i canjust about- these world cup games so far. can you hear me? i canjust about hear you! _ you hear me? i can 'ust about hear ou! , ., ., , ., ., you! tell us, what does it mean for the fans you _ you! tell us, what does it mean for the fans you are _ you! tell us, what does it mean for the fans you are watching - you! tell us, what does it mean for the fans you are watching with - you! tell us, what does it mean for the fans you are watching with to i you! tell us, what does it mean for| the fans you are watching with to be able to watch this women's world cup in a packed pub in east london, i mean it must feel so surreal in some ways. t mean it must feel so surreal in some wa s. ~' mean it must feel so surreal in some wa s. ~ ., , mean it must feel so surreal in some wa s. ~' ., , , ways. i think it means everything, i have spoken _ ways. i think it means everything, i have spoken to _ ways. i think it means everything, i have spoken to people _ ways. i think it means everything, i have spoken to people who - ways. i think it means everything, i have spoken to people who have i ways. i think it means everything, i. have spoken to people who have never been able to attend a match before, they have come with their babies, with theirfamilies... cheering and applause

little children here, running around, playing without always mothers feeding their babies, i think everyone has really loved being here for the atmosphere, that community feeling, regardless of whether... it looks like it would be a win, but everyone has had a great time. ., .., a win, but everyone has had a great time. ., .. ., i. a win, but everyone has had a great time. ., ., i. . time. you can hear everyone cheering on the team. — time. you can hear everyone cheering on the team, the _ time. you can hear everyone cheering on the team, the last _ time. you can hear everyone cheering on the team, the last few— time. you can hear everyone cheering on the team, the last few seconds. i on the team, the last few seconds. they are loving being here. everyone i have spoken to has loved and enjoyed that community spirit. cheering you can hear the fans, all having a fantastic time and i have seen their team win... time to party, i think!

music plays look at these celebrations! everyone has such a blast, celia, and i think the celebrations are going to continue now.— the celebrations are going to continue now. ., ,, , ., . ., continue now. thank you so much, a watch party — continue now. thank you so much, a watch party in _ continue now. thank you so much, a watch party in east _ continue now. thank you so much, a watch party in east london, - continue now. thank you so much, a| watch party in east london, watching england win that game against denmark, and of course we had shaimaa khalil as well speaking to us from sydney, so much excitement. stay with us on bbc news. much more to come. 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—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—21 degrees, a little below average for this time of year. bye— bye.

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helped by higher fares and the rebound in post—pandemic travel. welcome to world business report, i'm aaron heslehurst. give me 30 minutes to give you a snapshot of all the best business. the owner of british airways has posted record half—year profits helped by higher fares and the continued rebound in post—pandemic travel. the airline group iag reported operating profits of £1.1 billion, that's $1.1; billion. after being boosted by a "strong" recovery in leisure travel. in the same period last year, it had posted a loss of around $500m. let's get more. john grant is senior analyst at airline analysts, 0ag.

john, good to see you.