ichiro and junko kaneto in okayama.ghth wimbledon singles title this weekend after both won their semi's in straight sets. after both won their semis in straight sets. the american, former world number one overpowered germany's julia julia gorges 6—2 6—a. williams was in control from the outset against the 13th seed, who was making her grand slam semi—final debut. meanwhile, two—time grand slam champion angelique kerber reached her second wimbledon final, with a commanding performance against an error—prone jelena ostapenko. kerber beat the latvian 6—3 6—3. did you have a good sleep last night or were you kept awake perhaps by someone snoring? well, researchers at the university of sydney have been investigating whether loud snoring might not only be linked to tiredness, but also dementia. they say screening and treating older people for sleep problems, could help slow the onset of the brain condition. professor sharon naismith is a clinical neuropsychologist at the university's brain and mind centre. she led this resea

okayama has a mild climate, he says.ould've told my neighbours to evacuate. "they didn't need to die. "we've lost so many people here." the volume of rain was unprecedented. in one place, half a metre fell in 2a hours. across western japan, four times the averagejuly rainfall came in one week. the link between global climate change and extreme weather events is very complicated, but for many years now climate scientists have been predicting that across the northern hemisphere there will be more and more extreme rain events, where up to a month or even two months‘ rainfall can fall in just two or three days. that is exactly what happened here last week, and this is the result. japan is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, with some of the best flood defences. but they were not strong enough to withstand this onslaught that has left 200 dead, and still counting. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in okayama, western japan. two people have been arrested in connection with the death of a three—year—old girl who was t

okayama has a mild climate, he says.ld be hit by such a disaster. "i should've told my neighbours to evacuate. "they didn't need to die. "we've lost so many people here." the volume of rain was unprecedented. in one place, half a metre fell in 2a hours. across western japan, four times the averagejuly rainfall came in one week. the link between global climate change and extreme weather events is very complicated, but for many years now climate scientists have been predicting that across the northern hemisphere there will be more and more extreme rain events, where up to a month or even two months‘ rainfall can fall in just two or three days. that is exactly what happened here last week, and this is the result. japan is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, with some of the best flood defences. but they were not strong enough to withstand this onslaught that has left 200 dead, and still counting. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in okayama, western japan. two people have been arrested in connection with the death

"okayama has a mild climate," he says.ght we would be hit by such a disaster. i should've told my neighbours to evacuate. they didn't need to die. we've lost so many people here." the volume of rain was unprecedented. in one place, half a metre fell in 2a hours. across western japan, four times the averagejuly rainfall came in one week. the link between global climate change and extreme weather events is very complicated, but for many years now climate scientists have been predicting that across the northern hemisphere there will be more and more extreme rain events, where up to a month or even two months‘ rainfall can fall in just two or three days. that is exactly what happened here last week, and this is the result. japan is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, with some of the best flood defences, but they were not strong enough to withstand this onslaught that has left 200 dead and still counting. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in okayama, western japan. tennis now and serena williams remains on course for

earlierjapan's prime minister shinzo abe visited the city of okayama to inspect the damage, as michaelflooding became clear, shinzo abe cancelled a planned trip abroad. he went to see this natural disaster for himself. he visited a shelter for people who have been washed out of their homes. the prime minister promised them everything they needed to rebuild their lives. the government has put aside extra money and pledged to make sure they get it quickly. the emotion of the ordeal told them the voices of some of those shinzo abe met. the clean—up has now begun. people are sorting through the items that can be saved and those that must be discarded, and there are co nsta nt must be discarded, and there are constant reminders of more carefree times. somehow, the floodwater that this miniature horse stranded on a roof. she fell off but was unharmed. the search is now on for her foal. japan's worst flooding in decades is being blamed on more unpredictable weather caused by climate change. japan is one of the best prepared countries in the world when it comes to disaster risk reduction, disa

rescuers are still searching for dozens of people missing in the prefectures of hiroshima and okayama. and this story is trending on bbc.com. workers at an italian fiat chrysler plant will strike over the signing of cristiano ronaldo tojuventus. the football club and the carmaker are both controlled by the agnelli family, who agreed to sign the portuguese star for over £99 million. that's all from me. another story making the news here in the uk: ministers have given their approval to rupert murdoch's bid to take control of the broadcaster sky. his company, 21st century fox, has agreed to sell sky news to address concerns about his influence over the uk media. the us... between time warner and at&t. and it's the deadliest natural disasters since the 2011 tsunami. we find out how long it will take for japan to recover from the latest floods. good morning, asia. hello, world. it's friday, almost the weekend, glad you could join us for another action packed edition of asia business report, i'm rico hizon. it's a merger that could shake up the us media industry for yea rs shake up the us

on wednesdayjapan‘s prime minister, shinzo abe, visited the city of okayama to inspect the damage, asthe flooding became clear, mr abe cancelled a planned trip abroad. he went to see this natural disaster for himself. he visited a shelter for people who have been washed out of their homes. the prime minister promised them everything they needed to rebuild their lives. the government has put aside extra money, and pledged to make sure they get it quickly. the emotion of the ordeal told in the voices of some of those mr abe met. the clean—up has now begun. people are sorting through the items that can be saved and those that must be discarded. there are constant reminders of more carefree times. somehow, the floodwater that this miniature horse stranded on a roof. she fell off, but was unharmed. the search is now on for her foal. japan's worst flooding in decades is being blamed on more unpredictable weather caused by climate change. japan is one of the best—prepared countries in the world when it comes to disaster risk reduction, disaster risk response. they are supremely well prepared

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in okayama.heathrow means we are a bit late starting with business live, but it is coming right up. stay with us. this is business live from bbc news. trump‘s brexit bombshell, plans to keep close ties with the eu would probably kill a trade deal with the us, the president tells the sun newspaper. that is our top story on friday the 13th ofjuly. president trump has also praised borisjohnson, saying president trump has also praised boris johnson, saying he president trump has also praised borisjohnson, saying he would make a good prime minister. all this topping off a challenging week the mrs may. china‘s trading surplus with the us hits a record high, will it add fuel to the trade war between the world‘s two biggest economies. european markets are open and it looks positive for now. and it has been a big week in the world of economics, we will be talking to andrew walker about the week that was. and today, as twitter‘s latest crackdown on fake accou nts twitter‘s latest crackdown on fake accounts

downpours triggered mudslides and left homes flooded, hiroshima and okayama were among the worst affecteddismissed accusations by north korea that he engaged in gangster—like behaviour during a visit there. he's now in the vietnamese capital hanoi and stressed that denuclearisation was a condition for lifting sanctions. mr pompeo urged north korea to follow the example of vietnam, saying president trump believed pyongyang could replicate its path to normal relations with washington and to prosperity. the british man poisoned by the novichok nerve agent has regained consciousness, two days after his partner dawn sturgess, who was also poisoned, died. doctors treating charlie rowley in a hospital in southern england say there's been a small but significant improvement in his condition. police are investigating a possible link to the case of russians sergei and yulia skripal, who were poisoned with the same substance in nearby salisbury. hollywood star george clooney has suffered minor injuries in a scooter crash in sardinia. the 57—year—old's scooter was hit by a car that failed to stop, an

hiroshima and okayama, and also on the island of shikoku.e, it wasn‘t mandatory. these were orders to leave. that is true, and there is some rethink of that going on. it has to be said, the advisories, the weather advisories are very frequent, very clear. japan does that sort of thing extremely well. whether they were mandatory or advisories, there is some after—the—fact guessing about that but it‘s probably good to remember that fundamentally, you‘ve got so many people in japan that fundamentally, you‘ve got so many people injapan squeezed into such little and, half the population of the united states squeezed into land the size of california, that inevitably you‘ve got people and companies and buildings in floodplains squeezed up against hills and mountains who are vulnerable to flooding and landslides. that is the main issue when you get a rain like this. you also have the issues of the mudslides because more rain is forecast. that's true, we have another typhoon developing in the south, and it looks like it‘s headed to china and not main

tell us about the state of your health and what you saw when you arrived at okayama? longer live there. the water level reached up to the ceiling of my grandparents' house. and it, you know, flew over to the second floor of my mother's flat. so yeah, and all the stuff in the house was, you know, soaked. it was all wet, and we cannot use it, so it was devastating. it must be tough, ichiro, having lived in that home in 0kayama of your parents for many, many years, and now you can‘t even return to it because of the devastation in the area. yeah. yes, so it's... it's a bit, you know, it's very sad that i cannot... i'm not going back to my grandparents'. so ichiro, what are the family plans now, if you don‘t plan to go back to your old home, briefly? we rent. we're going to rent a flat for my grandparents and my mother. you know, everyone else is thinking about the same thing, so moving to another new place. so we've got to make — you know, secure the new house. i‘m really sorry for the loss. thank you so much for joining us on newsday. serena williams will face germany‘s

rupert wingfield—hayes has been to okayama, one of the towns worst affected by the flooding.d show you just the incredible destruction that this sort of flooding, the water, does, to people's houses. so this is the first floor and everything in here was destroyed, because the water went up to above this level. this was completely immersed in water. you can see everything has been destroyed. look here in the kitchen. everything is covered in a thick layer of stinking mud. you can't smell it, but it really stinks in here as well. the electrical system all the appliances, the refrigerator, the oven, the cooker, everything — nothing can be recovered, and it's the same upstairs. so mr and mrs watanabe took refuge up here. mr watanabe told me how he watched as minute by minute the water rose step—by—step up here, until eventually — you can see the tide mark here — this is where the water came to. as the waters rose here in their bedroom they were forced to make another escape, this time out of this window and into a little outside roof. it was there that they saw a rescue boat and

hiroshima and okayama were among the worst—affected.injuries in a scooter crash in sardinia. the 57—year—old's scooter was hit by a car that failed to stop, and he slammed into its windshield. clooney was taken to hospital but is now recovering at home. and the us says it is ready to hit china with additional duties on $200 billion worth of imports, including tv components and refrigerators. china says the move will harm the world trade organization system, and the only correct choice for china—us relations is cooperation. in business briefing we will look at market reaction to that story on trade. and we will have some expert analysis in business briefing in around 20 minutes. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come: tributes to the rescuers, at the end of the massive operation to free 12 boys and their football coach trapped in flooded caves in northern thailand. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsib

rescuers are still searching for dozens of people missing in the prefectures of hiroshima and okayama. and this story is trending on bbc.com. workers at an italian fiat chrysler plant will strike over the signing of cristiano ronaldo tojuventus. the football club and the carmaker are both controlled by the agnelli family, who agreed to sign the portuguese starfor over 99 million. now on bbc news — hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. president donald trump seems to value his gut instinct more than expert advice and appears to respect raw power more than traditional alliances. this is not a president ready to make nice with europe simply because of shared values. amid the constant churn of administration staff his informal advisers seem to know him best — like my guest today — long—time trump ally and conservative media mogul christopher ruddy. how far will trump take his love of disruption? welcome to hardtalk. donald trump is in europe, talking to nato, he will come and meet the uk prime minister, he is also then going to meet vladimir putin. why is it that donald trump

hiroshima and okayama were among the worst affected.d neighbouring amesbury not to pick up objects that could contain liquid or gel, following the poisoning of a couple who came into contact with the nerve agent novichok. the family of dawn sturgess, who died after being exposed to the poison, today described her as a ‘gentle soul'. the condition of the other victim, charlie rowley, is said to be improving, as our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. this is thought to be charlie rowley, the day before he fell ill, buying drinks in salisbury. police still think he and his partner must have touched something in the following 2a hours, something containing the nerve agent, theyjust don't know what. but this evening, mr rowley is conscious and the country's most senior counter—terrorism officer told a packed public meeting in amesbury that that could change everything. i am hoping charliejust recovers full stop. but i am hoping that when he recovers, he will be able to tell us, perhaps, or shed some light on this which would nar