a man who made violent threats on social media against president biden is shot dead by the fbi. tragedy in the mediterranean — 41 migrants drown off the italian island of lampedusa after their boat capsized. police officers in northern ireland say they're shocked and angry after a data breach revealed sensitive information about them. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. hi there, thank you for being with us. we begin in the us, where a man who posted violent threats against presidentjoe biden has been shot dead by the fbi. agents were trying to serve an arrest warrant

on craig robertson at his home in utah, just hours ahead of a planned visit to the state by mr biden. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal shared this latest update from washington, dc. the details that we have so far is, as you mentioned there, the suspect�*s name was craig robertson. we understand he was 75 years old. and there was a criminal complaint that had already been filed in the district court of utah regarding serious concerns about him. so one of the charges that he was facing was threats against the president — i've got the criminal complaint in front of me — but fbi agents conducted surveillance of his home back in march. they wanted to talk to him about his social media posts. he told them, according to the complaint, to come back with an arrest warrant — which they did. now, when you look at the criminal complaint and the evidence that they had compiled against him, it included social media posts that he'd put up. and they're very dark messages. they show violence towards president biden and other notable democrats,

also glorifying guns. one particular post which worried agents and that has been cited in the criminal complaint is when he posted, "i hear biden is coming to utah. "cleaning the dust off the m21; sniper rifle. "welcome, buffoon—in—chief." now, we haven't been given any details on exactly what led to the shooting, although our partner station cbs says law enforcement sources told them that there was a gunfire of some sort, and the fbi told the bbc in a statement that they're following their policy, which is to now refer the case to the agency for a review. nomia iqbal reporting in washington for us. and we can bring you some breaking news now. presidentjoe biden has ordered all federal assets in hawaii mobilised for fire response. of course, why he has

been experiencing some wildfires today. we've been reporting that at least six people have died in a force we spoke to a local resident who also is a photographer who managed to take pictures overnight as he saw fires spread around his home, as he was standing on the rooftop. so six people have been confirmed to have died from that fire and president biden has now ordered all federal assets in hawaii mobilised forfire all federal assets in hawaii mobilised for fire response, all federal assets in hawaii mobilised forfire response, so we will get you the latest as we will get you the latest as we get it, of course, wildfires fanned by strong winds from hurricane laura. thousands of been evacuated. the winds have grounded fire fighting helicopters. i asked local resident and photographer

daniel sullivan what he saw. the fires, we started with the winds from the hurricane, and all the trees were down, up where i live on the volcano. and as night fell, we started to see the fires pop up. we weren't sure what started them. and they started kind of on the volcano, to the east of us, and blowing towards us, and new fires developed until we were completely surrounded at my house. we had a fire below us, a fire to the east and a fire really close up above us, and we couldn't escape because all the trees were down, so ijust went up on my roof and i photographed what was going on around me throughout the night. i just sat up and hoped that the fires wouldn't burn our house. and so i've just spent the last 2a hours photographing what's been going on. we've had so much devastation. we've lost front street

in lahaina, historic front street, we've had fires all over the island and lots of people have been injured, so it's been devastating for us. yeah, daniel, we're showing some of the pictures that you've managed to take, and we're very glad that you are safe and you're able to speak to us. have you witnessed anything like this before? i've never seen anything like this on maui. it was just a perfect storm of the winds and the drought and the fires, but, no, i mean, front street is hundreds of years old. those buildings have been there, they're historic, and it's gone. i mean, it looks like a bomb went off down there. yeah, we've never had anything like this happen. it was just unusually dry, and we don't know what caused it. the fires were all over the island, on every single part of the island. evacuation shelters where people were staying were having to be evacuated, because the fires were coming where the shelters were. yeah, it was crazy.

that's daniel sullivan, a resident photographer in maui, speaking to me in a little earlier. 41 migrants have drowned off the italian island of lampedusa after their boat capsized. 45 people, including three children, had been on the vessel, which set off from the tunisian city of sfax last thursday. four survivors, originally from the ivory coast and guinea, gave their accounts to coastguards after being brought ashore. the three men and a woman had initially been rescued by a cargo ship. these pictures show rescue workers helping migrants in trouble around the lampedusa coast at the weekend, one of several rescues in recent days. our rome correspondent sofia bettiza has this report. this is the moment three young adults and a child were found adrift in the mediterranean. it is really important and urgent, if you could support these people, possibly taking them on board...

they were spotted by the crew of a plane run by a migrant charity, which called out to a passing ship for help. to give them food and water... their original boat had capsized and sank, throwing the 45 people on board into the water. they are getting them on board... but these four, originally from the ivory coast and guinea, were the only ones to survive and make it safely on board the cargo vessel. translation: the four migrants rescued by the coastguard - arrived at lampedusa this morning. they say they survived by hanging onto inflatable rubber devices. then they clung to an abandoned motorless boat for days until their rescue. translation: the survivors are two men and _ one woman, in their 205, and a 13—year—old boy. they only had small cuts and bruises and were dehydrated. shipwrecks like these

are becoming more frequent. in the last few days, more than 2,000 migrants have been rescued and brought to lampedusa. according to the united nations, this is by far the most dangerous migrant crossing in the world. and it is a political issue as well. italy's right—wing government under giorgia meloni was elected on a promise to clamp down on illegal migration, but so far this year, nearly 94,000 migrants have reached italy by sea. that is already double last year's figure. so for all of the tough talk, more people are arriving here, and still, many others are dying trying to make it. immigration continues to be one of the most controversial political issues across europe. it played a key role in the rise of nationalist parties across the continent

over the past decade. and while that debate rages, all the time, yet more lives are being lost. sofia bettiza, bbc news, rome. this was the latest incident in a series of recent tragedies in the mediterranean, as increasing numbers of migrants try to reach europe via north africa. our reporter nicky schiller has been taking a closer look at the figures. this video from the rescue group doctors without borders shows one of their vessels going to the aid of a boat packed with migrants in the mediterranean on monday this week. the central mediterranean route from north africa to europe is one of the deadliest in the world. take a look at this map from the international organization for migration. it shows deaths through migration since 2014. globally, there have been over 57,000, but you can see

the majority of those are in the mediterranean region. indeed, the organisation says this year alone, more than 1800 people have died or are missing in the central mediterranean. and you only have to take a look at some of the reports on the bbc news website to see how that figure comes about. for example, back injune, 78 people died in the greek boat disaster, whilst the italian migrant boat shipwreck back in february killed at least 60 people. and off the coast of tunisia in march, at least 29 people died. talking of tunisia, the authorities there have told us that this year alone, they have recovered 900 bodies in maritime incidents in the central mediterranean, but they also say that around 3a,000 people have been rescued or intercepted by them. now, to give you a sense of the scale of the issue that we're talking about, the united nations refugee agency says that this year alone so far, 90,000 migrants

have arrived in italy. the majority of those are from tunisia or neighbouring libya. nicky schiller reporting there. us presidentjoe biden has signed an executive order that will ban certain us investments in sensitive technology in china. it's the latest twist in us—china tensions and comes at a time when china's economic growth is slowing sharply. the economy is now slipping into deflation, when prices fall rather than go up. it can erode profits and depress business confidence. there've been a slew of data released this week — injuly, prices in china fell by 0.3% compared to a year before. a crisis in the property sector and high youth unemployment are some of the factors why people are not spending money. trade data was also released this week, and it showed

chinese exports falling at their fastest rate since the pandemic — by 14.5% in the year tojuly. and china isn't importing as much either — down more than 12% in the same period. joshua meltzer is a senior fellow in the global economy and development programme at the brookings institution. i asked him what exactly the latest executive order targets. this is something the administration has been preparing for quite a number of months now. they've been running it through the traps, doing the interagency process to get it right. and it's really about complementing all the other export restrictions and investment screening tools that the administration has put in place, with respect to access by the chinese communist party to what the us considers to be critical technologies for its national security purpose. and this is essentially a complement to that, by restricting certain types

of outbound investments — investments from the us into china — into a range of what it considers to be sensitive technologies critical to national security. and it's identified essentially three sectors that it considers critical, which are semiconductors, quantum and artificial intelligence. clearly, beijing won't be happy about this, but at the same time, some in america say that it's not as restrictive as they had hoped. what's your assessment? i think that's right. there've been different proposals out there from other members of congress. in terms of restricting us investment, some have gone considerably further. this has really got two components to it. one is to essentially require notification to the treasury of certain transactions, so that would primarily apply to potential investments in what the administration wants to narrow down as a subset of artificial intelligence. and then when it comes to semiconductors and quantum, the us is looking to prohibit those investments. but, again, these are going

to be subsets of investments in those sectors, so quite narrowly targeted and very focused at the end of the day on the types of technologies that the administration considers critical for national security. and before we let you go, i just want to ask you about senate democratic leader chuck schumer�*s comment praising this, saying that for too long, american money has helped fuel the chinese military�*s rise. is this true? and would this executive order help stop that? i think what probably needs to be kept in mind is that access to capital, per se, is not something that is holding back chinese investment. if you look at this eo — this executive order — closely, i think what the concern of the administration is, the types of intangible know—how and sort of skills and connections that these types of venture capital investments, for instance, bring with them when they make those investments.

so the less capital that may be coming from the us, i don't think is going to make a difference in terms of access to capital broadly in china for these types of investments, but the concern, really, is the type of know—how that comes along with this capital, and i think that's where the e0 is going to be primarily focused. joshua meltzer, speaking to me a little earlier. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bringing you different stories from across the uk. lugging the weekly shop the long way round. no—one will deliver here, so sarah rogers and the other residents of forge mews have to take this route every time they want to get from their cars to their homes. i do the shopping for my next door neighbour, who's disabled. if i didn't do his shopping, then, you know, he wouldn't have any stuff. for two years now, it's been like this. the bridge was closed in 2021 because of concerns that it might collapse under its own weight. some repairs meant it could be reopened to pedestrians 18 months ago, but newport council has no date for when things will be completely

back to normal. all we get, whenever we try to contact them, is the fact that they're monitoring the bridge. i mean, how long does it take to monitor a bridge? newport council said work had proved complex and technically challenging. it said repairs were ongoing and thanked the residents for their patience. it said all the emergency services had been given the code to the gate. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. senior police officers in northern ireland will be questioned by politicians on thursday about a data breach which has caused huge worry amongst thousands of staff. the policing board, which holds the chief constable to account, is holding an emergency meeting. information on everyone who works for the police service was leaked online on tuesday. our ireland correspondent chris page has more.

in this part of the uk, the risks which police face are particularly stark. members of the police service of northern ireland take far—reaching measures to protect their identities. but yesterday, information appeared online about all 10,000 staff, both officers and civilians. they haven't told their family what they do and now it is all out there and they are really frightened, actually. the bbc has spoken to two serving officers. one told us... another said... this local councillor, who left the police two years ago, is familiar with the threat.

anyone who has an officer's name in mind to target will want to know two things, where they live and where they work. this breach of their personal data has done half thejob for them. during the conflict known as the troubles, more than 300 police officers were killed. attacks are much more rare now. however, officers still face challenges which come with community divisions. earlier this year, paramilitaries tried to murder a detective. john caldwell was shot by the new ira, a dissident republican organisation which is opposed to the peace process. political leaders say the security situation makes the data breach all the more concerning. what we need to do now is get to the bottom of it, we need to find out how it happened and why it happened. what i want to see now is a robust response from the senior command of the psni to deal with this

very serious security breach. what is known so far is that the problem came about after a routine request for data under freedom of information laws. but the police also released a huge excel spreadsheet by mistake, containing the personal details. this afternoon, the police said they were investigating another breach. it involves the theft of documents from a car, including the names of 200 workers. the chief constable, simon byrne, has cut short his holiday to try to deal with the crisis. tomorrow, there will be an emergency meeting of the northern ireland policing board, where politicians hold senior officers to account. the data leak has caused worry, anger, and fear, and generated the most serious of questions about potential consequences. chris page, bbc news, belfast. yemen, the poorest country in the arab world, has been

brought to the brink of collapse by almost a decade of civil war. back in 2014, houthi forces — backed by iran — seized the capital. a saudi—led coalition — supported by britain and america — intervened. but the houthis have not been dislodged and still control sanaa and the north, where most of the population live. few places have suffered more that taiz, a city which for more than 3,000 days has been besieged by houthi forces. our senior international correspondent orla guerin spent several days in the city's main hospital. every second counts, and war has taught them to be quick. it has honed their skills. at al—zour hospital, doctors patch up some of the latest broken bodies. this time, it's government troops hit by a houthi drone.

one soldier, called omar, could not be saved. another is rushed away for treatment elsewhere. anyone can be a target here, notjust men in uniform. nearby, we meet hanadi. every painful step reminds her of the war. her father struggles to pay for her treatment. she was shot in the back by a sniper, he tells us. that was in 2016 and the bullet is still lodged inside her. are you very worried about the future for hanadi? "yes," he says. "i am worried for her because she's a girl. "i wish it happened to me and not her. "i wish the sniper had

shot me and not her." this is the biggest hospital in a city that has been a battleground for years. these days in taiz and in yemen, it's not all out war, but it's not peace either. the guns are quieter, but this hospital is still receiving plenty of patients wounded by the conflict. like mohammed, who is seven... ..and crying for his mother. his dressing needs to be changed. it's hard for his father to watch. mohammed lost three fingers when he picked up an explosive device. he was playing on the roof of his home. translation: he's scared because his hand is gone. l he's very scared. he can't do anything. he can't even hold a pen. in the hospital's busy prosthetics clinic, they try to replace what war

has taken away. but these artificial limbs are basic, and it's traumatic, even for the doctors. it must be very, very hard for you to see the children like this. it's so bad. translation: it's very upsetting. - our hearts ache when we see young children who are still looking forward to living and enjoying life needing amputations. next door, a regular physiotherapy session for shaima al ahmed, who has been walking this path for years. a landmine took her leg and killed herfriend. shaima is determined to be a lawyer, and at 12 years old, she is the voice of a generation in yemen. translation: children

here suffer. _ they've lost their arms and legs. they don't go out and play like other children around the world. they play in comfort, but we play in fear. wejust stand by the doors of our homes. when we hear shelling or gunfire, we run back inside. shaima, what would you like to say to the international community, to the world, about what is happening here in yemen? translation: why don't you see the children of taiz? _ why all this neglect? are we not humans in your eyes? across town, an honour guard for omar, the soldier killed in the houthi drone strike. one more death in a long war, and few here see a chance for peace. orla guerin, bbc news, taiz.

hundreds of firefighters have been tackling a series of wildfires in portugal. although the country often suffers summer fires, these come amid a ferocious heatwave, with temperatures reaching 46.4 celsius this week. 1,500 residents and tourists have been evacuated from an area around odemira. 11 people have died after a fire broke out at a french holiday lodging where a group of young people with learning disabilities were staying. the fire started early on wednesday at the facility in wintzenheim, in the eastern alsace region. that is it for the programme. thank you so much for watching newsday. hello there. heatwave conditions across the globe have been dominating weather headlines in recent weeks. and this week, we saw a return

to heat across iberia. and wednesday afternoon in southern spain, we saw a high of 44 degrees, 111 fahrenheit. we are tapping into some of that warmth across the uk — not as extreme. it was a pleasant day on wednesday. thursday, it will be warmer still, with temperatures perhaps peaking at 27, possibly 28 degrees. that's 82 fahrenheit. but widespread warmth is expected generally across the country, and that's because we've got high pressure with us for another day. however, this frontal system is going to start to push in late on thursday. a beautiful start, lots of blue sky, lots of sunshine coming through. little bit of cloud and mist and murk down to the south—west may linger first thing, a little more cloud into northern ireland and southern scotland as we go through the day. but on the whole, with light winds and a warm, muggy start, those temperatures will respond widely into the mid—20s, possibly, as i say, as high as 27 or 28 degrees. but that cold front is expected to arrive

during thursday evening, pushing into northern ireland, and then it will really start to pep up as it moves its way across scotland. it'll be quite light and patchy through central and south—eastern england. a band of cloud through the night, but the rain, the brighter colours denoting the intensity, will be sitting in scotland first thing on friday morning. with the cloud, the wind and the rain and still that southerly breeze, it's going to be a muggy, sticky start, really, to friday. some of that rain will take its time to clear as well in scotland, clinging onto the northern isles with a stronger breeze here. but elsewhere, with a light south—westerly wind starting to pick up through the day, it's a case of sunny spells and blustery showers, the showers few and far between. most of us will continue to see sunshine and, again, some warmth, temperatures widely into the mid—20s. now, as we move out of friday into the start of the weekend, we see a return to low pressure once again. closest to the low, that's where we're likely to see

the wettest of the weather and the strongest of the winds once again. it's not going to be quite as severe as the weekends just past. and in fact, parts of england and wales should stay largely fine and dry, but a noticeable drop in the feel of the weather, with the risk of some showers the further north and west you are. take care.

the us unveils its long—awaited order, limiting certain american investments in china's tech sector. and we look at how sri lanka's economy is making a comeback, thanks to its tourism industry. hello, and welcome to asia business report. i'm mariko oi. our top story this morning — us presidentjoe biden has slapped new restrictions on american investments in china's hi—tech sector. the long—awaited executive order targets industries like semiconductors and artificial intelligence. it is expected to come into effect next year. a spokesperson from the chinese embassy in the us has called the move disappointing. earlier, i spoke to anna ashton from political risk consultancy firm eurasia group, and she explained what sort of reach the order could have. it is not as restrictive

as it could have been, certainly not as restrictive as the rumours suggested it