rhodri davies has more. 36 years missing and still they are searching.he vatican in the case of emanuela orlandi. it follows the opening of two terms in a vatican cemetery after orlandi's family lawyer received an anonymous tipoff pointing to the marble topped graves. the tombs turned out to be empty and the chambers revealed only centuries old bones of two german princesses. orlandi's family had urged the vatican to open an internal investigation into the disappearance, which it did this year. she was the 15—year—old daughter of a vatican employee. she vanished in rome in 1983 after her flute lesson. it is a disappearance that has kept italians captivated. it is probably italy's most enduring mystery. everybody has a theory about it, a favourite theory. she is inside the vatican, some say. it could be the islamic terrorists who wa nted could be the islamic terrorists who wanted the release ofjohn paul ii's would—be assassin. is almost no enormous sympathy for the family and support for the investigation. at the family has regularly appealed to the famil

rhodri davies reports. look like night. hundreds of firefighters are battling these fires across the country's centre. but others are having to take up the fight themselves. amid the groups of the brave, some asked why they were confronting these annual infernos. translation: there must be something that can be done. i do not know if there is anyone interested in doing it. but those in power should see that all this is against people's interests. firefighters managed to get two fires under control, but only after several people were injured — by fires that had started on saturday in the mountainous castelo branco region north of lisbon. they spread elsewhere, abetted by high temperatures and atlantic winds. police say they've arrested a 55—year—old man on suspicion of starting a fire. another year, another wildfire, another arrest, leaving portuguese wishing their beautiful summers were less cruel. rhodri davies, bbc news. southwestern japan has been lashed by heavy rain as a typhoon passed across the korea

rhodri davies, bbc news. let's look at some other stories in brief.to the streets of the russian capital moscow to protest against the exclusion of opposition candidates from registering for local elections. officials barred around 30 candidates from running, claiming they failed to qualify. those excluded say they're being punished for challenging the control of putin loyalists. in london, pro—european opponents of brexit have held a ‘no to boris, yes to europe‘ march. it featured this inflatable cartoon of boris johnson, the man expected to become the next british prime minister. he — or his only rival, jeremy hunt — will take over in number 10 downing street next week. both have promised to see brexit through but only mrjohnson had his own balloon caricature. you're watching bbc news. more now on our earlier story, the suspension of some british airways and lufthansa flights to cairo for the next seven days amid security concerns. with me is our news reporter ramzan karmali. can you give us an idea of how unusual this is? can you give us an idea of

rhodri davies, bbc news.ling — how a skate park gives syrian children strength and courage. mission control: you can see them coming down the ladder now. it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight for the first crash in the 30 year history of concorde, the world's only supersonic airliner. it was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence and hatred that tore apart the state of yugoslavia. but now, a decade later, it's been painstakingly rebuilt and opens again today. there's been a 50% decrease in sperm quantity and an increase in malfunction of sperm unable to swim properly. thousands of households across the country are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potter. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: nato condemns iran's seizure of a british—flagged ship in the gulf. british airways suspends all flights to and from cairo for a week over security concerns. tens of thousands of pe

rhodri davies, bbc news.suburb. eight years of civil war in syria have had a traumatic effect on children, and the park aims to develop their sense of self—determination and promote development. the skate park is also a public green space encouraging community engagement, as gail maclellan reports. mohammed doesn't care how many times he falls off his skate board. he is happy to learn, and probably lucky to be alive. translation: i hurt my arms, legs and shoulder, until i learned how to do it. he says it took a while to get to grips with the board. at first, we used to sit on it. we didn't know how to stand. and then the volunteers came and told us these are skateboards. we didn't understand in the beginning, but they taught us, and now we know how to do it. mohammed was displaced from an area in eastern ghouta that saw fierce fighting in the syrian conflict. the skate park was built a month ago by the german ngo skate aid, which has transformed a public square in quadsaya into a playground for the children.

rhodri davies reports.he daytime sky look like night. hundreds of firefighters are battling these fires across the country's centre. but others are having to take up the fight themselves. amid the groups of the brave, some asked why they were confronting these annual infernos. translation: there must be something that can be done. i do not know if there is anyone interested in doing it. but those in power should see that all this is against people's interests. firefighters managed to get two fires under control, but only after several people were injured. by fire that had started on saturday in the mountainous castelo branco region north of lisbon. they spread elsewhere, abetted by high temperatures and atlantic winds. police say they've arrested a 55—year—old man on suspicion of starting a fire. another year, another wildfire, another arrest, leaving portuguese wishing their beautiful summers were less cruel. rhodri davies, bbc news. the uk has committed to a target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by

rhodri davies, bbc news.ons in a raid on a warehouse. they dispayed 2 kg of explosives, ten petrol bombs, and literature opposing the plans to allow extradition to mainland china. a senior bomb disposal officer said it was the largest seizure of the explosive triacetone triperoxide, or tatp, police had come across in hong kong. staying in hong kong, and tens of thousands of people have joined a protest in support of the territory's police force and calling for an end to violence. it comes after a wave of demonstrations against that planned extradition bill. another big anti—extradition protest is planned for sunday. our correspondent stephen mcdonell has the latest. today in hong kong it has been the turn of the pro—beijing camp to have a rally. they have turned out today, they say, to support the hong kong government and the city's riot police, who have been criticised for their at times heavy—handed suppression of the mass rallies in support of democracy and opposing a controversial bill to allow extraditio

rhodri davies has more. 36 years missing and still they are searching.hrough two chambers at the vatican, in the case of a missing 15—year—old girl, following the opening of two tombs in the vatican cemetery after the family lawyer of emanuela 0rlandi's family received an anonymous tip—off pointing to the graves, the teams turned out to be empty and the chambers revealed only centuries old bones of two german princesses. the emanuela 0rlandi family of had urged the vatican to open an internal investigation into the disappearance, which it did this year. she was the 15—year—old daughter of a vatican employee. she vanished in rome in 1983, after her flute lesson. it is a disappearance that has kept italians captivated. probably the most enduring mystery in italy, everyone has a favourite theory, mafia, paedophile ring inside the vatican, some say it could have been islamic terrorist or the stasi, and so there is enormous sympathy for the family and for the investigation. yet the family has regularly appealed to the vatican to provide more information. some