jon ironmonger, bbc news. some sad news for disney fans.at the age of 75. the walt disney company said roosi taylor's passing meant "minnie mouse had lost her voice". taylor married wayne allwine, the voice of mickey mouse until his death in 2009. prone to gigglesjust like the character she played, taylor captured the sound of minnie in films, on tv and at theme parks. the weather now with matt taylor. good morning. bournemouth may have been the hot spot on saturday, 24.8 celsius. but of note was actually shetland. blue skies overhead and lerwick had its warmest day in ten years. some, though, had replaced the heat, humidity, and the sunshine of recent days for cloud and rain. and it was in sussex where we saw over 50 millimetres, two inches of rain fall. this is the weather front responsible. that weather front still with us in roughly the same areas through the day ahead. either side of it we start with some sunshine. temperatures in single figures in the countryside in the south—west. still a humid feel further north. but what we'll see

jon ironmonger, bbc news.ur united states congresswomen holding a news conference to respond to racially charged statements made by president donald trump. representatives alexandria occasio—cortez, rashida tlaib, ilhan omar, and ayanna pressley were told by the president to go back and fix the "crime—infested places" from which they came. well, now president trump has targetted yet another democratic representative — elijah cummings. taking to twitter, the president launched his attack on cummings' constituency in the eastern us state of maryland, saying its "a disgusting, rat and rodent—infested mess". the president continued saying the district, which includes the majority black city of baltimore, is "the worst run and most dangerous anywhere in the united states". 00:08:50,833 --> 2147483051:41:10,132 and that "no human being would 2147483051:41:10,132 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 want to live there". d watkins is a published author and a professor at the university of baltimore. he said, when it comes to the

jon ironmonger reports. alexandra macesanu has sparked outrage across romania, and members of herfamily have joined protests, expressing fury with the police‘s handling of the case. "the girl rang 112 three times," her aunt says, "but they arrived after 19 hours." that's how long it took for officers to enter her suspected abductor‘s house in caracal, despite alexandra's repeated calls to the emergency services to report her kidnap and to provide details of her location. the authorities said police initially struggled to trace the call. but having reached the property, they wasted six hours waiting for a warrant that wasn't required. once inside, officers found fragments of human bones in a barrel as well as pieces of alexandra's clothing and jewellery. this man, gheorghe dinca, has been arrested on suspicion of child trafficking. and the 66—year—old was forced to be present during the searches of his home. translation: we focussed today on the collection of different types of criminalistic samples. and gene

jon ironmonger, bbc news.s killed at least eight people. the us geological survey said the largest quake registered was a magnitude of 5.9 in the province of batanes. many of the island's renowned spanish colonial era buildings have been destroyed. the bbc‘s howard johnson in manila has more. to give you a sense of the geography of where these earthquakes struck late last night here in the philippines, itbayat is the northernmost inhabited island in the philippines. it's around 200 kilometres away from taiwan. when we visited last october, locals told us it's so close, they pick up taiwanese radio there. now, sadly, one of the people we met last time told us that her house had been destroyed by this earthquake. she said that the church opposite her, the santa maria church, the main church on this island, which serves around 1000 people who live on the island, had been badly damaged, lots of cracks in the facade, the bell tower had snapped into two and collapsed onto the road. we've also seen on social media pi

jon ironmonger, bbc news.that 15 people are missing after a thick torrent of mud buried houses on tuesday. a0 people have been rescued. it comes as heavy rains continue to batter parts of the country. more than a thousand people have been arrested at a protest in moscow, after some opposition candidates were prevented from standing in local elections. the opposition say they were barred for political reasons. demonstrators were dragged away from the city hall as security forces used batons against the crowd. the eu foreign affairs spokesperson condemned the detentions. a british teenager has won nearly a million pounds after coming second in the world cup finals of the online game fortnite. jaden ashman, from essex, was competing in new york, in what was billed as the biggest ever "e—sports" event. joe tidy reports. fortnite world champions, aqua and nyhrox! they're as shocked as you are. playing the game they love has just earned them a shared $3 million, or £2.11 million. 16—year—old emil bergquist pedersen

jon ironmonger, bbc news.e power station has been providing the uk with energy for 50 years, but today the first of the cooling towers was blown up in a controlled explosion to make way for a new gas—fired power station. four more towers are expected to be demolished in october. a british teenager has won nearly a million pounds after coming second in the world cup finals of the online game fortnite. jaden ashman, from essex, was competing in new york, in what was billed as the biggest ever "e—sports" event. joe tidy reports. fortnite world champions, aqua and nyhrox! they're as shocked as you are. playing the game they love has just earned them a shared $3 million, or £2.4 million. 16—year—old emil bergquist pedersen from norway, known online as nyhrox, and 17—year—old david w from austria, known as aqua. it all ended in a hail of bullets after a day of action watched by a packed new york stadium crowd. the prize purse for this, the first fortnite world cup, is the largest ever in e—sports. even the second—pl