news broadcasting to north america and around the globe. these are the top stories. questions surface after donald trump's former lawyer recorded him to silence a former playbhs mo before the u.s. election. police confirm nine members of the same family were killed when a duck boat sank in a storm in missouri. just months to a finalize brexit deal the e.u. chief negotiato says there is progress but more work to be done. a formerck c terror is the frontrunner in pakistan but is eing overshadowed by his links to the military >> welcome to bbc donald trump's former lawyer michael cohenecorded him discussing payments to a former playboy model. the tapes were reportedly discovered during an f. pwfplt eufpb.i. raid property.hen's on it trump andcu cohen d paying karen mcdougal who said she had a 10 month affair with trump in 2006. let's speak to our correspondent who joins us live from washington. chris, could you give us more etail to clarify what exact is going on here? >> it is a complicated story.it s alleged that karen mcdougal h an affair with donald trump a decade b

it was around 250 lifetimes ago that people began to arrive in north america into the ice age megaphone. i listened through the case for the moment before the arrival. time without timearea . >> i was with a singer in his home on the north side of non-whole mountain talking about this question, about where people came from and his grandson has grown adult grandson was translating from dna into english and i was asking these questions about my migration and the singer said that there was no migration, we came from the ground. and i feel stupid about this whole encounter so i write about things that i do stupidly in books. i wrote about this moment where i was going no, i didn't explain myself right. i'm not talking about stories of emergence, i'm talking about archaeological data and linguistics and so let me try to explain. then he listens and he says yes, we came up from the ground. this linguistic stuff, that's something else and i went oh, it's getting lost in translation. how do i saythis ? i ran into this people in a village in the arctic and i went through the whole story. and he'

the north america world cup. very exciting. something that would have been hard to imagine ten or 20 years ago. mexicans would have been reluctant. imagine canada and the united states perhaps they would have been reluctant to do a bed with the united states seeing this as an overbearing partner. we probably didn't have the awareness to give a joint bid 20 years ago. a lot has changed in this short period of time but my guess is that it would have taken until now for this to happen. it may seem on if you are at the point you listen to the political rhetoric things are different if we believe what we see coming across going to argue tonight but we should believe more in the world cup then we see in politics and then we see happening where we are actually coming together around north america and in relation of a different kind of relation is more where we are headed in the future than we see coming out in political discourse. we will come back to that because it does matter and it can shape what happens in important ways. but i s

and europe are safer together nato is good for europe nato is good for north america. string nato secretary general yes stoltenberg speaking there want to go to do we have correspondent teri schultz she is at nato headquarters she listened very carefully to that address that terry at nato as secretary general is stoltenberg reminding all involved about the importance of nato would that they need winding. the fact that he had such strong statements that he himself said he was reminding north america and europe that they needed each other is testament to the fact that strain ties have been strained and we shouldn't say ties with all of north america but the united states because of course canada is among those allies that the united states criticizes for low defense spending so we're really talking about the united states and the europeans here and yes i think he did feel that he needed to remind them of this message that they have to stick together and on on the defense burden sharing this is been a trend since twenty fourteen but there's been an increase even even more

they were actually coming together around north america. it's more where we are headed in the future. and what we see coming out in political discourse. in stomach that doesn't matter it's not because it comes down to that. or that are happening below the political level. and in the book vanishing frontiers. and ultimately tell it as a story. i meditate for four stories it's all different assets. into a larger story. but perhaps what i'd i like to call intimate strangers. without the ability to understand how that comes together. let me start where the book starts. not at the border. i decided to start in hazleton pennsylvania. a number of people who have been there. my guess is that if you've heard of hazleton except if you had spent time there. we have probably heard of it because there was a place. that was in 2006 not that long ago. there were protests for and against immigrants. it was largely put on the national map. it is a city that has gone through. it is a fascinating town. i think it's actually going places. and as a town that we

thousands have fled their homes as wildfires rage across northern california and other parts of north america. seven or so majorfires seven or so major fires are seven or so majorfires are no burning here in california, and some 90 that are burning across the western united states and in fact as far across as colorado and new mexico. far across as colorado and new mexico. trolls, people who abuse others online and who try to intimidate election candidates and campaigners, could be barred from public office, the government says. tourists are led to safety as a powerful earthquake hits the indonesian island of lombok — at least 1a people have died and more than a hundred are injured. qatar denies claims it ran a secret campaign to sabotage other countries‘ bids for the 2022 world cup. also this hour — toasting to his upcoming victory. geraint thomas is on the brink of becomig the first ever welshman to be crowed the tour de france champion. and at 4:30 the money clinic travels to miami, to speak to young families struggling with the cost of living. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. fire figh

welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm nkem ifejika. our top stories — massive wildfires sweep north america, bringing death and devastation from new mexico to alaska. a relief operation‘s underway on the indonesian island of lombok after a powerful earthquake left 1a people dead and damaged thousands of homes. just hours before zimbabwe's historic election, former president robert mugabe says he won't back his successor and the man who ousted him. celebrations in wales as geraint thomas triumphs in the tour de france. he says his surprise win is the stuff of dreams. hello and welcome to bbc news. at least six people are now known to have died in a wildfire which has destroyed hundreds of homes in northern california. the blaze is one of around 130 large wildfires currently burning in the united states and canada. more than 10,000 firefighters have been deployed in california alone. 0ur north america correspondent james cook has sent this report. even by the wild standards of rural california this fire is exceptional.

of the stoxx 600 after a surprise profit in the second quarter boosted by positive momentum in north america. i'll speak to the ceo in about 20 minutes time. >>> shares in the assassins creed videomaker hit a high thanks to a strong first quarter sales. >>> and jay powell says countries that embrace protectionism fair worse >> for now the best way forward is to keep gradually raising the federal funds rate on the one hand raising interest rates too slowly may lead to high inflation or financial market excesses. if we raise rates too rapidly, the economy could weaken and the economy could run below our projecti projection >>> good morning as you can see, it's been a positive start to the day's trading here in europe with the stoxx 600 up almost a half percent at this stage. a lot of those numbers coming in in terms of earnings seeming to help that upwards momentum looking at individual markets and how they're driving that number, italy in the red the ftse mib down more than a tenth of a percent the xetra dax up more than 0.75%. the cac 40 up more than a half percent. technology up more than 2

nato is good for europe and north america. today, we agreed to strengthen nato deterrence and defense. step up the fight against terrorism, and share the burden. i really welcome that many leaders have made announcements about new contributions to a whole range of nato missions and initiatives. we agreed. have 13 we will mechanized battalions, 30 air squadrons, and 30 combat vessels ready to use within 30 days or less. uptake of thejor nato command structure, with more than 1200 new personnel, and new commands for atlantic and norfolk virginia, and for support and logistics in germany. these decisions will ensure we can have the right forces in the right place at the right time. many of the challenges we face blur the line between peace, crisis, and conflict. today, we set up a new counter support team. in toxperts will stand support allies in areas like cyber defense, and energy security. up a newgreed to set cyber operations center as part of strength and command structure. draw nationalan cyber capabilities in missions and

this is just one of 130 wildfires burning across north america, and as the dry weather continues, sodanger. caroline davies, bbc news. 0ur north america correspondent james cook has been following the fires from redding, california. he sent us this. this fire continues to burn. it swept into the city and jumped across the sacramento river and leave severe destruction behind it in other communities along the way, including an old gold mining town there has been tragedy as well. we know two young children and their great—grandmother were among people who died. two firefighters were killed. 0ne who died. two firefighters were killed. one of those was a bulldozer operator who was 81 years old. now the firefighters‘ attention is out here, further west and south of reading now and the fire is moving in this direction and it is a very large blaze still. it is one of perhaps seven or so major fires now burning here in california and some 90 that i burning across the western united states and as far across as colorado and new mexico. there have been fires in canada, perhaps a0 major fires bee

nato is good for europe and nato is good for north america. so today, we agreed to strengthen nato so deterrents and defense. step up our role in the fight against terrorism, and share the burden of our security more fairly. i really welcome that many leaders have made announcements about new contributions to a whole range of nato missions and initiatives. we agreed a readiness initiative the 430s. by 2020, we will have 30 mechanized battalions, 30 air squadrons, and 30 combat vessels ready to use within 30 days or less. we agreed a major update of the nato command structure with more than 1,032 personnel and more commands in norfolk, virginia and for support and logistics in germany. these decisions will ensure we can have the right forces in the right place at the right time. with higher readiness and greater ability to reinforce. but many of the challenges we face blur the line between peace, crisis and conflict. so today we set up the new support teams. nato will stand ready to support allies in areas like cyber defense, counterpropaganda

something big for football in in the region i mean if you look for example at north america it's been trying for so long now that. it's not the number one very close and nothing bigger than the world cup this is another opportunity absolutely but you know the truth is is that the strong has been there for twenty years league gets better every year the mexican league is outstanding as well it's one of the top leagues maybe it doesn't have the sexiness is some of the european leagues but if you look at the attendance as. the m. alas and the mexican league they actually dwarf most of the european leagues you know you know the reality is that t.v. money generates a lot of what happens in europe from a stray bums in seats our leagues in other america outperform ninety eight percent of all leads in europe and that's the truth and that's the reason this is because in all football actually has arrived in north america what needs to arrive now is the performance level of our national teams so that france's mexico can get to a semi final as the u.s. can get to a semi final canada can get to the

now like today 200 native million americans in north america and south america died in the first century of european settlement so by the time they arrived there was already a mass die off across the new world. so then the trees grew back so it did become more wilderness because those people that had inhabited the area planting crops and clear ways to manage them and work on -- were gone. [inaudible] connect that comment is the stories about winners and i also want to be careful to say what we need to tell the stories of the victims because i don't think it is that simple because the lost colonists were not just conquering races but they were more than that and leaving london primarily that was plagued written long -- ridden and they wanted to get the hell out and had reason to leave and so many others who come to this country for the same reason so it isn't black and white when it comes to who suffer. think there is plenty of suffering that goes with the settling of our country and we need to recognize that. but there were winners in wayne we don't fully appreciate in the way that peopl

welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories: massive wildfires sweep north america bringing death and devastation from new mexico to alaska. a relief operation‘s underway on the indonesian island of lombok, after a powerful earthquake left fourteen people dead and damaged thousands of homes. just hours before zimbabwe's historic election, former president robert mugabe says he won't back his successor and the man who ousted him. president trump's attacks on the press are branded divisive and dangerous by the publisher of the new york times. celebrations in wales as gerant thomas triumphs in the tour de france. he says his surprise win is "the stuff of dreams". hello and welcome to bbc news. firefighters in the united states say 90 large wildfires have now burned a million acres in m states. the deadliest fire is in northern california, where six people have died and president trump has declared a state of emergency. and president trump has declared a state of emergency. thousands of peop

let's speak to our north america correspondent david willis in washington.

and this was the largest oil field ever found in north america. and the instant that knowledge spread, everyone knew this was going to change the state of alaska for good. the pipeline came about after delays and of court and reallyc delays, environmental battles over the future of alaska. and when congress acted in 1973, which coincidentally was about the time of the arab oil marco, that changed politics, but after congress acted in 1973, construction moved along rapidly. it began in 1974 and was completed in the summer of 1977. we are looking back at it, it was a fairly intense and rapid period of construction that really transformed the state. in the early 1900s, gold was what brought a lot of newcomers to alaska. of course, there was an indigenous population here for hundreds and hundreds of years, thousands of years. but that really began to change in the early 1900s. with the gold discoveries. and that really held sway up until about world war i. after that period, we began a slow transition to what was you could say a government dependence,

a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley. our top stories: president trump says he's ready to meet iran's leaders any time and with no preconditions. fleeing syria to fight another day. we have a special report on the hunt for is fighters still on the run. burning out of control — raging wildfires in california force 50,000 people to leave their homes. high turnout and hopes for a better future — counting is underway in zimbabwe's historic elections. hello to you. president trump has suggested he's willing to meet the leaders of iran without preconditions any time they want to discuss how to improve relations. strains have deepened since may, when mr trump pulled out of the international deal designed to limit iran's nuclear ambitions, and the white house is about to reimpose sanctions. leaders of iran and the us have not met for around four decades. this is what president trump said. i would certainly meet if they want to. do you have preconditions for a meeting? no. anytime they want. i would certainl

a very warm welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe.y name's mike embley. our top stories: president trump says he's ready to meet iran's leaders "any time" and with "no preconditions". the hunt for is fighters escaping syria. we have a special report from the border. here, in the last four months, they have stopped more than 1000 i spices. some of them small fire at, some of them commanders. many more are still on the run. —— smallfry. burning out of control. raging wildfires in california force 50,000 people to leave their homes. high turnout, and hopes for a better future. counting is underway in zimbabwe's historic elections. and a crushing blow against crime in the philippines. millions of dollars of luxury vehicles a re destroyed to deter smugglers. hello. president trump has suggested he's willing to meet the leaders of iran without "preconditions", "any time they want," to discuss how to improve relations. strains have deepened since may, when mr trump pulled out of the international deal designed to limit iran's nuclear ambitio

welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe.g death and devastation from new mexico to alaska. a relief operation's underway on the indonesian island of lombok, after a powerful earthquake left fourteen people dead and damaged thousands of homes. just hours before zimbabwe's historic election, former president robert mugabe says he won't back his successor and the man who ousted him. president trump's attacks on the press are branded divisive and dangerous by the publisher of the new york times. celebrations in wales as gerant thomas triumphs in the tour de france. he says his surprise win is "the stuff of dreams".

hello again we'll look at the americas this time in north america we've got some pretty warm weather at the moment he way conditions across the whole of the east of the country through into parts of canada too also some fairly big showers across the upper midwest surtees scenarios also looking pretty sure at the moment a lantern george and miami florida seen some big downpours should be largely dry and dallas and terms there pushing the forty mark temperatures in denver about thirty degrees and find conditions more typical weather really for western areas with seattle washington state coming in with a high of eighteen now as it moved down into central america here we're seeing some pretty heavy showers affecting panama costa rica through towards nicaragua what some are also seeing some rain at times across the islands of the caribbean we've got some showers across the bahamas and cuba in particular otherwise the most part should be fairly dry and bright not much change expected moving on through into monday and then as against north america heavy showers all the way from syrian and f

better understanding of the importance of the windmill as far as people being able to settle in north america. country,art of the people cannot live without a windmill. theope they understand different varieties of the therells and the fact were 600, 700 when mill companies in america at one time. mill companies in america at one time. >> learn more about lubbock at c-span.org/scitiestour. >> you are watching "american history tv" on cspan3. next, two law professors explore different interpretations of the u.s. constitution. we will hear from randy barnett of georgetown university and richard primus of the diversity of michigan. the event in the supreme court chamber was cohosted by the supreme court historical society and the john simon guggenheim memorial foundation. it is about one hour and 15 minutes. >> let me begin by expressing the society's gratitude to justice ginsburg. you have always been a very generous in giving of your time to the efforts of the society, when we have called upon you. thank you for taking time from your enormous schedule at this particular time of year. this even

military presence on the presses of canada in europe is good for north america it's good for europe but it's also good for america and especially for the not the states because it helps to united states to be a global power the u.s. military presence in europe is about protecting europeans but it's also about projecting u.s. military power into asia the middle east and africa and other news libya and wallowed any for half the has agreed to return control of major oil ports to the internationally recognized government following appeals by regional policy as well as the u.s. from sicily and britain have to also started an offensive last month against a rival group for control of export to those. there have been celebrations in thailand after a dramatic underwater cave rescue mission succeeded in saving the lives of twelve boys and their football coach. who could have been gathering outside the hospital to thank the elite team of thai and foreign doctors who conducted the dangerous mission over three days the boys and their coaching are recovering in hospital and after having spent sevente

this is just one of 130 wildfires burning across north america and, as the dry weather continues, sooes the danger. caroline davies, bbc news. 0ur north america correspondent james cook has sent us this update from redding in northern california. this fire continues to burn. it swept into the city of redding, jumping across the sacramento river, and leaving very severe destruction behind it, notjust in that city, but in other communities along the way, including shasta, an old gold mining town where some properties were destroyed. it has been tragedy as well. we know that two young children and their great—grandmother were among the people who died. two firefighters also were killed. one of those was a bulldozer operator who was 81 years old. and now the firefighters' attention is out here. we are further west and south from redding, the fire is moving in this direction, it is a very large blaze still. this is one of perhaps seven or so majorfires now burning here in california and some 90 that are burning across the western united states and in fact as far across as colorado and new

welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories: north korea warns that denuclearisation could be off if the us continues to insist on a one—sided process. the warning comesjust hours after us secretary of state mike pompeo flew out of pyongyang, having given a very different account of the meeting. it appears rescuers in thailand are planning to bring the trapped boys out of the flooded caves earlier than thought. some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded — we ask why. from canada to algeria, the northern hemisphere is wilting under a heatwave. at the world cup, england go through to the semi—finals — along with croatia. the hosts, russia, are out. hello and welcome to bbc world news. north korea has issued strong criticism of the us, just hours after the secretary of state, mike pompeo, left pyongyang after two days of talks with the leadership there. the foreign ministry says america made too many demands, and that it had displayed a regrettable attitude. the north korean statement sa

not necessarily north america. that's for the opportunity for industries that continue to make prices more affordable for travel as compared to some premium supersonic travel. we will see what boeing is going to do in that regard. for myself, i am a proponent of making it easier to access for people rather than investing. >> ed bastian okay, thank you you're thinking of investment, your plan investment and recent investments in new aircraft in terminal renovations will help expand passenger capacity. so what investments, if any, are you looking to make to expand capacity and how would you characterize air cargo capacity today? >> we do not have a dedicated air cargo business. they sit in the belly of the aircraft. we are working on logistics and distribution arrangement with sales those arrangements they carry better cargo. not necessarily carry more cargo, but certainly to an other tracking devices and better technologies so that customers know the location in the delivery times on a more efficient means. you talk

more on that offer, our north america editor jon sopel 20 from the white house short time at -- joined me from the white house or short time ago.ro you were in th. was anybody expecting this? jon: no, and it would be easy to think that this was a throwaway remark from the president. but very few people thought he would be meeting vladimir putin in a summit, and we saw it happen in helsinki. would beople thought h meeting north korean leader kim jong-un. we saw what happened in singapore. there something of the kimng n playbook and all of this. you remember the languageap of s being locked and loaded and fire and fury would be unleashed on north korea, and now talks. now we have donald trump tweeting a days ago, never ever en the united states eve again or you will suffer consequences the few throuveout history suffered. we will no longer stand for your demented words. anweek later donald trump is saying, yeah, weave talks, anytime, anywhere, no preconditions whatsoever. what has changed in the intervening eight days? i'm not really sure. jane: you just mentioned the language there. is

-- $2.75 gas in north america.es us into certain businesses. we have looked at asset integrity, for example, where was he focus on of our mental safety and governance concerns around the industry, whether it is oil spills, the aging infrastructure of the vast pipeline system in north america and the rest of the world, and investment has continued to be placed in the best -- have to continue to be placed in those assets. jason: so how you take her of the and -- take care of the infrastructure. alex: all of the maintenance necessary to keep everything running in a safe and clean way. jason: you have talked about volatility and risk, yet a lot of money keeps coming into this area, especially from big institutional investors. what is their mindset? your limited partners, current and future, what are they saying to you about their appetite to this? alex: i think that the investor mindset is also quite diverse at this point. i think it is the backdrop of private equity business, we are in a tenure expansion and private e

friday july 30th, 1943 all of this was going on and winston churchill was preparing to sail to north americand prime minister was intent on his arrival early to win over roosevelt to the british position on strategy before quadrant and churchill's head of atomic research was flying to washington from london to negotiate for british participation in the manhattan project. the new government in rome that had replaced mussolini only or less than a week before was dispatching emissaries to find a way out of the conflict with the allies and joseph stalin was pondering whether he could lead moscow in the near term to be secretly with roosevelt. henry simpson was flying back to washington from his meetings in london and north africa determined to persuade fdr to insist that churchill accept the us military position on strategy and to win the war in europe based on cross channel assault into normandy. further he would insist that an american service serve as the pre- mallett commander and roosevelt focused with the hopes of each was quietly leaving town to go fishing. fdr nine car train was on its w

and europe are safer together nato is good for europe and nato is good for north america. so today we agreed to strengthen nato so that turns on the fence step up our role in the fight against terrorism and share the burden of security more fairly. i really welcome that many leaders have made announcements about new contributions to a whole range of nato missions and initiatives we agreed to read in this initiative and therefore thirty's by twenty twenty we will have thirteen mechanized the talents thirty air squad rooms and thirty eight combat the vessels ready to use within thirty days or less we agreed a major update of the nato command structure with more than one thousand two hundred new personnel and new commands for the atlantic in north in order folk would you know for support and not just sticks in all in germany these decisions will ensure we come have the right forces in the right place at the right time with a high here redness great ability to reinforce. but many of the challenges we face a blur the line between peace crisis and conflict so today we set up a n

it wasn't visible in north america. that's why you have us. beautiful. >> we will have more on that >>> let's get to the top story. horrific scene in california. firefighters work around the clock to try to get an upper hand on the huge wildfire that is onlyrsetting it is one of nearly 90 fires burning in 13 states right now. nbc's steve patterson is the carr fire in redding, california. good morning. >> reporter: craig, gd morning. neighborhoods have been leveled. te estimate is 500 structures have burnedthe ground with another 5,000 now threatened with the same fate. it's relentless. the fire that swallows commun y communities whole. fuelled by miserable triple digit heat and 70-mile-anour winds. the carr fire tripled in size since itrted four days ago. towering flames sent racingnto neighborhoods. leaving hundreds of homes in ruins. >> all of a sudden, i hear the cops pounding on the front door saying you got to go. we got to . reporter: chris says his family barely made it out alive. his childhood home gone. >> a lot of memories. my sister

welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe.y name is mike embley. our top stories: the moment 12 young boys and their football coach are found alive, after being trapped in a vast cave system in thailand for nine days. it will be a prolonged operation, but right now this entire country is relishing a happy ending that had become harder and harder to believe a left—wing anti establishment candidate is to become mexico's next president. lopez obrador has vowed to crack down on corruption. the german interior minister has dropped his threat to resign because chancellor angela merkel has agreed to tighten controls on immigration. and back from the brink. belgium come from two—goals down to beatjapan and qualify for the world cup quarter—finals. hello and welcome to bbc world news. 12 children and their football coach who've been missing for 10 days have been found alive in flooded caves. two british divers who flew to thailand last week to help in the international rescue operation were the first to reach them. they found them on a

welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is ben bland. our top stories: a crucial newjudge for the us supreme court, president trump expected to reveal his choice within minutes. hopes are high that four remaining boys and their coach will be rescued from caves in northern thailand within hours. hello and welcome to bbc world news. president trump is due to announce his nomination for the supreme court shortly. thejudge will replace justice anthony kennedy, a moderate conservative, who is standing down. let's speak to our north america correspondent david willis in washington. that is the scene in washington where we are expecting donald trump to reveal his pick for the supreme court. david, the shortlist down to four. any clues as to who might be the frontrunner? well, it is down to four and they all have quite a few things in common. they are all white, they all federal appeals courtjudges and they all have a record of conservative judgements. that is something that has unnerved the democrats, particularly since ju

. -- north america.agged peaks and vast regions of ice and snow, a strange, cold world. the snow fills the deep valleys to form glaciers, the great, frozen rivers that moved slowly to the lower valleys. glacialt to form streams and rivers. the coast of the bering sea, we find eskimo villages, usually close to the water. today the eskimos build wooden houses and are well acquainted with modern ways of living. many of them still where the a jacket parka -- wear or parka. they still live by fishing and -- they pursue the whales, they use both made of wood covered with sealskin. this woman is cutting will meet into strips to hang in the sun. open air drying is a common method of preserving for the winter. native eskimo life is one of the tourist attractions. at no visitors enjoy watching the game of lincoln tossing. it is a great event for the fun-loving eskimos. these friendly people are a part of the story of alaska. that story is changing rapidly. the old alaska to the new alaska . from the log cabin to t

the majority of north america has been inside for the past two quarters. there were at least signals that europe was reaching some kind of saturation as well. those are by far the most profitable parts of the facebook application in terms of generating profit. so any slowdown there was going to spell trouble for the stock. clear, i look at this thing as -- you know, a mixed situation for facebook. if you are an investor, the good news is that facebook has other properties. which is veryam, profitable and growing exceptionally rapidly. in many ways, it is just as bad , product for users as facebook and for teenage users it is actually much worse. emily: why? roger: they have just began to monetize whatsapp, which is humongous, and have not done anything with like their marketplace. there is a lot of growth opportunity. the issue is what pe multiple will investors put on that, given that facebook's underlying business model is really based disinformation and hate speech and things like that? not because of facebook approved -- not because of facebook disappr

this is one of 130 major fires burning across north america. from new mexico to alaska. it could be awhile before flames subside. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. several hundred hikers are trapped up a mountain on the indonesian island of lombok, following an earthquake on sunday. they're unable to come down from mount rinjani because their paths are blocked by landslides. hundreds of emergency workers are trying to get the hikers off the mountain, assisted by helicopters. 16 people were killed by the earthquake. in the next few hours the malaysian government will publish its final report on what happened to flight mh370. the malaysia airlines plane disappeared with 239 people on board as it was flying from kuala lumpur to beijing in march 2014. it's believed it crashed in the southern indian ocean. malaysia has said it would consider resuming the search if new clues came to light. a number of landslides have been triggered by heavy rainfall in southwest china. in yunnan province cars were submerged and houses flooded after five centimetres

welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. our top stories — north korea warns that denuclearisation could be off if the us continues to insist on a one—sided process. could a rescue operation operation be imminent? thai authorities are clearing the area around a cave in which 12 boys and their football coach have been trapped. hello and welcome to bbc world news. north korea has issued strong criticism of the us, just hours after the secretary of state, mike pompeo, left pyongyang after two days of talks with the leadership there. the foreign ministry says america made too many demands, and that it had displayed a regrettable attitude. the north korean statement says the trust between the two countries is now facing a dangerous situation. and it accuses mr pompeo of insisting on unilateral denuclearisation which it says is against the spirit of the summit. removing the nuclear threat from the korean peninsula had been a key part of donald trump's approach during his meeting with kimjong un in singapore. the north korean statem

nato is good for europe and nato is good for north america.us raised the stakes in a trade war between the countries with a 10 percent import duty on a further $200 billion worth of chinese imports. the tariffs will be due on hundreds of food products as well as chemicals, coal, handbags and cat food. more on this coming up later in asia business report. in wimbledon, defending champion roger federer has been knocked out. he was beaten by eighth seed, kevin anderson, who fought back from two sets down in a gripping quarter—final. top seed federer, who was aiming for a record—equalling ninth singles title, missed a match point in the third set which proved pivotal. the duke and duchess of sussex are visiting dublin in their first official overseas engagement since getting married. prince harry and meghan markle met the irish president michael d higgins and first lady sabina coyne at their residence —— alongside their two dogs. rescue workers injapan are continuing their search for dozens of people missing after torrential rain caused flooding a

our north america editor jon sopel reports. topsy—turvy world, residents arrived in helsinki, having given nato and european allies are kicking an theresa may a mauling but saying his meeting with vladimir putin might well be the easiest of this european tour. so in the trump worldview who is a friend and who is foe? i think the european union is a foe, what they do to us in trade. now, you wouldn't think of the european union but they're a foe. russia's a foe in certain respects. china's a foe economically, certainly, they're a foe. but that doesn't mean they are bad, it does not mean anything, it means they're competitors. and that sort of language causes deep unease among in us allies and some in his own administration. theresa may wants the us president to raise the use of novichok in salisbury. only two days ago 12 russian spies were indicted for interfering in the 2016 prsidential election. so, would the president be asking for vladimir putin to agree their extradition? well, i might. i hadn't thought of that but i certai

facebook stock price that's punished after a company report showed its user base of potholed in north america and shrunk by three million in europe so what's behind all this well i think we're finding that the these pioneer firms facebook and twitter are you know i think part of the problem is that they have remained fairly technologically where they were when they started and so a lot of the people that really use social media which would be your sort of millennial group you know people in their twenty's and thirty's and even teens are . have lost interest in facebook and twitter they don't use them they're more into instagram and newer forms even than instagram well it's also look at the political issues here as we said before the conservatives have accused facebook of left wing bias means many trees that claim no it's ridiculous think. there's also been cracking down on. left wing and alternative media something i'm familiar with it's hard to get. to get you know stories on the left any kind of traction. on facebook and also on google google google downgrades a lot of say that they conside

welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe.th america, bringing death and devastation from new mexico to alaska. a relief operation‘s underway on the indonesian island of lombok after a powerful earthquake left 1a people dead and damaged thousands of homes. just hours before zimbabwe's historic election, former president robert mugabe says he won't back his successor and the man who ousted him. celebrations in wales as geraint thomas triumphs in the tour de france. he says his surprise win is the stuff of dreams.

across north america, tens of thousands of firefighters are battling to save life and protect property, setting controlled burns like this one and hacking away at the undergrowth to try to deprive the wildfires of fuel. it is relentless and often dangerous work. quite how dangerous was underlined again with the death of brian hughes, the 33—year—old captain of the arrowhead hotshots. he was fighting this blaze near yosemite national park when he was struck by a falling tree, the fourth firefighter to die in california's current wildfires. 50,000 people in the state have now fled their homes. but staying can be deadly. in the mountains of shasta county, where this village was reduced to ashes, police say they found the body of someone who had refused to leave. these pictures of the fires sweeping in were filmed by a helicopter pilot. they show it jumping the sacramento river, leaving two young children and their great—grandmother among james cook, bbc news, in northern california. the other top stories so is respecting the rainy and asian‘s writes and respecting diplomacy at things that

our north america editor, jon sopel reports. dressed up, and donald trump does have somewhere to go. not a state visit, this is meant to be just a routine work trip for the president, accompanied by first lady melania. well, you could've fooled me. the british are pulling out all the stops. this may be a country in turmoil, as the president remarked, but it still knows how to put on a show. the bands of the welsh, irish and scots guards beat a retreat, and the setting for tonight's banquet was the magnificent blenheim palace, winston churchill's birthplace, and a hero of donald trump's. theresa may and husband philip waited patiently to greet them. when the turmoil of brexit is finally over, this is the man who she might be concluding a trade deal with, and the prime minister wants to make him feel welcome — a feeling not universally shared. hey, ho, racist trump has got to go. at the gates of blenheim, protesters gathered to voice their displeasure at donald trump's visit, although this was middle england, and it was all a bit

welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories: at least five are dead as a huge wildfire sweeps across northern california. officials warn residents must evacuate if they're asked. the worst thing that happens is people refuse to leave, and then the fire is coming and then firefighters are placing themselves in harm's way. final campaign rallies in zimbabwe ahead of the first election since robert mugabe was ousted as president. pope francis accepts the resignation of a prominent us cardinal following allegations of historic sexual abuse. and a feat of spirit and stamina. celebrations as the first female skipper and her amateur crew win the round—the—world yacht race. hello and welcome to the programme. tens of thousands of people have fled from raging wildfires across north america. firefighters say they are struggling to contain about 130 separate major blazes. almost 40,000 people have already left their homes in the city of redding. those remaining are being urged to leave immediately.