will you be providing housing for the rohingya families?r the muslim people and the rakhine people. the project will become more and more. up to half a million rohingya muslims who did not flee the 2017 persecution remain in rakhine state. one united nations investigator said they live in modern day concentration camps, denied many freedoms. and while there is such a bleak outlook there is little chance that friends and family across the border in the refugee camps will be coming home tojoin them. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the afghanistan government faces allegations of sexual harassment — we hear the stories of women who claim to have been assaulted by top officials. 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 responsible. germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup. they pipped the favourites, south africa, by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing had

will you be providing housing for the rohingya families?r the muslim people and the rakhine people. the project will become more and more. up to half a million rohingya muslims who did not flee the 2017 persecution remain in rakhine state. one united nations investigator said they live in modern day concentration camps, denied many freedoms. and while there is such a bleak outlook there is little chance that friends and family across the border in the refugee camps will be coming home tojoin them. the united states has opened an investigation into french plans to tax internet and tech giants such as google and facebook. the us trade representative has said he's concerned the digital services tax will unfairly target american companies. the french government says companies that make big profits selling digital services in france should not be able to escape tax simply because their headquarters are elsewhere. dave lee is in san francisco. it does look as if the french parliament is going to approve this on thursday, france is taking a risk h

will you be providing housing for the rohingya families?ndu people but also for the muslim people and the rakhine people. the project will become more and more. up to half a million rohingya muslims who did not flee the 2017 persecution remain in rakhine state. one united nations investigator said they live in modern day concentration camps, denied many freedoms. and while there is such a bleak outlook there is little chance that friends and family across the border in the refugee camps will be coming home tojoin them. president trump's labor secretary, alex acosta, is resisting calls for his resignation over his part in a case involving the billionaire financier, jeffrey epstein. on monday, jeffrey epstein pleaded not guilty to charges that he oversaw a network, trafficking underage girls for sex. alex acosta is under scrutiny for negotiating a lighter sentence for him, in 2008. that missile by reiterating that i am pleased that the new york prosecution is going forward. they brought these charges based on new evidence against the register

emergency help for hundreds of rohingya refugees left without shelter after a series of landslides in bangladesh. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: the wealthy american fiancier jeffrey epstein pleads not guilty to charges of trafficking underage girls for sex, more than a decade ago. and a balancing act for the planet. we have a special report from the amazon on the vital role played by its trees, as more and more are cut down. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where president trump has accused british prime minister theresa may of making a mess of brexit. in a series of tweets, he said he had told the prime minister what she should do about brexit and that she had chosen to go another way. it comes after leaked emails from the uk's ambassador to washington, which described donald trump's administration as inept. our north america correspondent, nick bryant, reports. at a personal level, it's always looked more like an awkward rather than

has gained rare access to myanmar‘s rakhine state, where families displaced by the violence of the rohingyarisis have been getting new houses — but none have been reserved for muslims. and this video is trending on bbc.com: the us women's football team have celebrated their world cup win with a massive victory parade in new york. thousands of people gathered to cheer the champions as they made their way through the skyscraper—lined "canyon of heroes" in lower manhattan. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report.

and rohingya shelters are destroyed.ens, families now left to pick up the pieces. the monsoons are set to continue for a few more months. as millions struggle, the worst is not yet over. also making news today: the eu commission has its first female president. german defence minister ursula von der leyen has been confirmed as the new eu chief. when she takes over from jean claudejuncker in november she says she wants to build a more united europe. the trust you place in me is confidence you placed in europe. your confidence in a united and strong europe, from is to west, from south to north. your confidence in europe that is ready to fight for the future, rather than fighting against each other. the us has announced sanctions on myanmar‘s military commander and other military leaders for alleged human rights abuses against the rohingya muslims. secretary of state mike pompeo said the burmese government had taken no action to hold to account those responsible for rights violations. hundreds of thousands of rohingya fled t

and thousands of rohingya shelters are destroyed. a sudden intense storm in pakistan killed dozens.es. the monsoons are said to continue for a few more months as millions struggle, the worst is not yet over. also making news today, the eu commission has its first female president. german defence minister ursula von der leyen has been confirmed as the new eu chief. 383 meps voted to approve her nomination, giving hera slim majority ofjust nine votes. when she takes over from jean—claude juncker in november, she says she wants to "build a more united europe." the us has announced sanctions on myanmar‘s military commander and other military leaders for alleged human rights abuses against the rohingya muslims. secretary of state mike pompeo said the burmese government had taken no action to hold to account those responsible for rights violations. hundreds of thousands of rohingya fled to neighbouring bangladesh after a brutal military crackdown nearly a year ago. wednesday marks five years since malaysian airlines flight mhi7 was shot down with a missile over ukraine, killing all 298 pe

in 2015, thousands of rohingya refugees took to boats. either directly from myanmar or from neighboring bangladesh. the governments in the region responded with various policies, many initially denying access. after images of desperate rohingya stranded at sea on rickety boats went viral, several countries allowed them to come ashore. two years later, in late 2017, more than 700,000 rohingya fled into bangladesh, after renewed violence in myanmar. they joined 250,000 who had already been there for decades. the response by the government and the people of bangladesh has been incredibly generous. but the pressures on the rohingya to return to myanmar are mounting. while in other boat crisis well, hopefully, not occur, it is, of course possible. and despite a long and proud tradition in africa, hosting refugees, we've also seen people denied protection on that continent as well. in 1996, thousands of liberian refugees spent days at sea, rejected at one west african port, after another. until ghana and sierra leone finally relented and let th

at the rohingya refugee camp, thousands of shelters w destroye "the rainwateras been rushing into our home," he says. "we can't sleep at night. we are in a bad situation." in pakistan-adminiered kashmir, a sudden intense storm killed dozens. families now lef to pick up the pieces. torrential rains have brought torturous conditions. the monsoons are set to continue r a few more months, as millions strgle, the worst is not yet over. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. laura: on capitol hill today, facebook got a grilling over the company's plans to launch its own cryptocurrency. lawmakers in both parties say the social-media giant isn't trustworthy enough to run its own digital money. facebook defended its plans for , saying it would address concerns from the regulators. the bbc staveley was followed -- the bbc's staveley was following the heargs and joined me rlier. lawmakers want to know how facebook would protect our data and stop criminals using the currency. what is the answda? : facebook said they will take every measure to make sure that happens, but of course, digital currenci

at the rohingya refugee camps, thousands of shelters now destroyed.ozens. families now left to pick up the pieces. the monsoons are set to continue for a few more months. as millions struggle, the worst is not yet over. three men are to stand trial in malta, accused of involvement in the murder of the anti—corru ption journalist daphne ca ruana galizia. she was killed by a bomb planted under the seat of her car in 2017. in pre—trial proceedings, the three suspects pleaded not guilty. local authorities in southern france have moved out thousands of holiday makers from a popular camping area — after high winds increased the risk from forest fires raging nearby. the wildfire, on a road leading to the sea, was first reported on monday. no—one was hurt. the dutch prime minister mark rutte willjoin hundreds of relatives at an event in the netherlands today, to mark the fifth anniversary of the mh17 air disaster. the malaysia airlines passengerjet was carrying 298 people. it was shot out of the sky by a russian made missile over eastern ukraine. no—one survi

in talks on the weekend, rohingya refugees told a visiting delegation from myanmarthat they refuse toty and rights as citizens are guaranteed first. president trump has confirmed that the director of national intelligence dan coats is stepping down next month. donald trump says he'll nominate the republican texas congressman john ratcliffe to replace him. dan coats has been in office for two years and has often appeared out of step with the president. two people have died and 25 were injured in an explosion in kabul on the day the country's official presidential election campaign launched. afghan security services believe the blast was targetting vice—presidential candidate amrullah saleh, who was among the wounded. egan bernal has become the first colombian to win the tour de france. wearing the yellow jersey on the final ride into paris, the 22—year—old becomes the youngest person to win the gruelling three week race in 110 years. the duchess of sussex has been revealed as the guest editor of british vogue's september issue, the fashion bible's most important edition of the year. on

that have been described as positive. 750,000 rohingya fled a wave of ethnic cleansing in myanmar indeal signed 20 months ago has not won the confidence of most refugees. the hungarian prime minister viktor 0rban has claimed that the european project had been taken over by liberals and it was high time — in his words — to return it to its national and christian roots. speaking in romania, mr 0rban again declared himself to be an "illiberal leader". over 1,000 passengers have been ferried to safety from an express train trapped by torrential rains near the indian city of mumbai. helicopters, boats and diving teams were deployed by the authorities after the train was stranded on friday night close to the town of vangani. heavy rains have battered mumbai. yogita limy reports. stuck in a flood, a train with 20 coaches carrying hundreds of passengers. a river near the tracks overflowed because of several hours of heavy rainfall, which meant the mahalaxmi express couldn't go further. people were stuck on board for nearly 15 hours. they ran out of food and drinking water. then, a massive re

the population have increased their support for the army, because frankly they do not support the rohingyaing to listen to the army when they say they have been carrying out an antiterrorism drive, trying to make the country a safer place. many people in the community don't buy that argument. among them is special rapporteur yanghee lee, a top human rights expert, and later today she will be giving her assessment of the situation on the ground in rakhine state, even though she is not allowed to travel there. she believes that there is continued targeting of civilians, and she believes some of that may constitute war crimes. this week we've been hearing the remarkable story of twins born joined at the head and how they were separated at great ormond street hospital in london. such cases are incredibly rare, but the surgeons performed a similar separation eight years ago. fergus walsh has been to meet that family. hi! salaam alaikum. quite a moment. i'm good. the twins ritaj and rital meeting the surgeons who separated them eight years ago. how are you? born in sudan, they now live in irelan

let's get some of the day's other news: a burmese government delegation has met rohingya leaders in a on repatriation that have been described as positive. 750,000 rohingya fled a wave of ethnic cleansing in myanmar in 2017. a repatriation deal signed 20 months ago has not won the confidence of most refugees. thousands of tunisians have turned out for the state funeral of the country's first freely elected president. beji caid essebsi died on thursday at the age of 92. foreign leaders including the french president, emmanuel macron, and the palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas, also attended. the hungarian prime minister, viktor 0rban, has claimed that the european project had been taken over by liberals, and it was high time, in his words, to return it to its national and christian roots. speaking in romania, mr 0rban again declared himself to be an illiberal leader. over 1,000 passengers have been ferried to safety from an express train trapped by torrential rains near the indian city of mumbai. helicopters, boats and diving teams were deployed by the authorities after the train was st

they came to the camps in bangladesh to convince the hundreds of thousands of rohingya to return to me on march that country's government sent a 14 member high level delegation for the job but many refugees here say they're not willing to go back without full citizenship and security guarantees definitely will not be considered an issue for us because we'll be granting them as an nationality of myanmar and then eventually we will be providing them with the id cards where there will no longer be the issue of race or the issue of the their citizenship but for the few him the refugees there seems to be a window of hope i was. very grateful to the bangladesh government if the letter was we'd like to return to the delegates told us they'll give us back our land and property however the vest majority of their own don't seems to know what was discussed in the meeting they came here looking for safety after me and mars army launched a crackdown that the u.n. has called an ethnic cleansing from which you know i understand that a delegation is headed to solve the crisis and i feel good about it

abuses against the rigging in the well actually special repertory lee has not yet addressed the rohingya in these remarks but i'm sure she will be soon because often times she you know every quarter or so talks about what has been going on with the rohingya she's always expressing concern about the plight of she did touch on it briefly and as well as with other ethnic groups because she talked about so far in her remarks that because of what's going on in mia more that is really destabilizing the entire region that it has caused a refugee crisis really a huge proportions that at least 1500000 people from me and more have fled to neighboring countries in the past few years she's also expressed concern about the conflict that is ongoing in parts of me and more right now and right kind of state northern rock kind southern chin these 9 townships where you have the top. which is the 1000000 more army going against these rebel groups like the r. khan army ethnic buddhist armed groups as well up there that are separatist in nature so she's been talking thus far about how difficult it is and als

committed against the regime go but there are so many different processes that are ongoing and the rohingya are really caught in the middle at a time when they say that the international community really doesn't care what's going on with them and are turning their backs on their plight or thanks so much for june. the u.s. house of representatives is voted to condemn rice's comments made by president donald trump about full congresswoman on sunday trump tweeted telling the politicians to go back to where they came from and he's refusing to let up despite growing criticism both home and abroad like how to reports from washington d.c. . without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table the vote went largely along party lines only for republicans joining house democrats in their rebuke of president. it was a rare occasion on which all in the house were forced to go on the record in response to intemperate comments made by the president these comments from the white house are disgraceful and disgusting and experiment are racist the vote was delayed by republicans who attempted to h

doing what they can to distribute emergency supplies and relocate the most vulnerable refugees as rohingya refugees work to guard against landslides and secure their overcrowded camps hillsides from erosion the international court of justice has ordered pakistan to review the death sentence handed down to a former indian navy officer the i.c.j. granted a stay of execution of the sentence passed to live was put on death row for terrorism and espionage charges after he was arrested and baluchistan province the verdicts can't be enforced the case has been a source of escalating tensions between the nuclear neighbors well let's look at the events which led to the verdict was arrested in 2016 when he was charged with trying to create an arcane pakistan it wasn't until a year later when terrorism charges were added and he was sentenced to death and he approached the i.c.j. which immediately postponed execution a meeting of the court in february failed to come to a decision well. as a professor and dean at the gentle school of international affairs in new delhi. we were wanting to save the life o

united states is hitting photo of me in moscow top generals with sanctions or the mosque killings of rohingya muslims men must bigotry have been accused of a campaign of violence in the kind state which has led to more than 700000 fleeing the country over the last 2 has the military leaders identified the u.s. sanctions include me and mas c'mon live in chief mean only and seem have in the country civilian media aung san suu kyi also targeted are his deputy and 2 of the subordinates the sanctions bother generals and the immediate families from traveling to the united states. other steps of washington strongest yet against me and ma for what it called the ethnic cleansing of my daughter tito who has u.s. secretary of state powell had this to say in his statement he said quote we remain concerned that the burmese government has taken no actions to hold accountable those responsible for human rights violations and abuses and that are continued reports of the burmese military committing human rights violations and abuses throughout the country but from across the border from myanmar hundreds of th

muslim minorities save repatriation to me on more including possible housing and citizenship for the rohingya about 700000 of them fled myanmar in 2017 after a brutal military crackdown. at least 2 people have been killed in an attack coinciding with the 1st day of election campaigning in afghanistan gunman stormed the offices of incumbent president gone his running mate after the decimation of a large car bomb it's unclear who was behind the attack. at least one person has been killed after a small tornadoes struck a coastal area near italy's capital road the woman's car was overturned by the strong winds flash floods and storms claimed 2 more lives in the north of italy the heavy rains extended to neighboring austria causing months lines. to lebanon now where pressure is mounting on syrian refugees to return home authorities have been cracking down on work permits and i.d.'s a move activists say as a pretext to try and force the refugees to leave and in the eastern region of arsal syrians have been forced to demolish their own homes in refugee camps as authorities say the only allow shelter

has gained rare access to myanmar‘s rakhine state, where families displaced by the violence of the rohingyarisis have been getting new houses — but none have been reserved for muslims. and this video is trending on bbc.com: the us women's football team have celebrated their world cup win with a massive victory parade in new york. thousands of people gathered to cheer the champions as they made their way through the skyscraper—lined "canyon of heroes" in lower manhattan. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. pals cutting comments to the fed chairman is defined in the face of trumps criticism and strongly hinted ata trumps criticism and strongly hinted at a rate cut this month. the digital divide. the us orders an investigation into france's planned new tax that will hit american technology giants hard. good morning asia, hello world. it is thursday thank you forjoining us for another exciting addition of asia business report. we start with the us federal reserve and its chairman has brushed off heated attacks by donald trump saying

myanmar's foreign ministers held talks with rohingya representatives in a refugee camp in neighboring bangladesh both sides were discussing conditions for the muslim minorities safe repatriation to myanmar including possible housing and citizenship for the range of about 700000 of them fled me in 2017 after a military crackdown. an attack on by boko haram militants has left 65 people dead in nigeria that's according to local officials the attack took place in a village in borno state in the northeast of the country the victims were attending a funeral where they were gunned down by a gang of militants riding on motorbikes and in vans. and the tell us more i'm on the line joins me an echo in la gus he's on the phone sell it what else can you tell us about this latest attack. yes well as you mentioned the attack took place at a funeral in the not far away from i could agree that for a couple of former saints and that's one of them not very much about the specifics of the attacks but according to local citizens you so much as several people were killed at the funeral on saturday and othe

monsoon rains have affected more than one million people in south asia, including thousands of rohingya muslim refugees in southern bangladesh's cox's bazar -- the largest refugee camp in the world. the tunisian r red crescent says the bodies of all 82 missing people who were on board a migrant ship that sank off its coast earlier this month have been recovered. the boat was heading to europe from libya. tunisian fishermen initially rescued four o of the boat's passengers but one later died in hospital. according to the international organization for migration, at least 426 people have drowned attempting to cross the mediterranean so far this year, while thousands have been returned to migrant jails in libya. in algeria, protesters took to the streets friday for the 21st straight week to call for the establishment of independent, civilian-led institutions to oversee upcoming elections. algeriall build another in a free and independent. an independent trust is an independent regime and independent president, to build a country with an independent economy. amy: longtime president abdelazi

refugee camps it's the largest refugee settlement the world in cox's bazaar you have nearly a 1000000 rohingya refugees there the fact is they are still suffering they're suffering greatly the conditions in those camps have been greatly improved and when i 1st visited them in october 2017 the infrastructure is much more improved there are roads there are dams they try to protect the most vulnerable from the elements but just in the past couple of weeks you had torrential downpours monsoon season greatly affecting the rain the refugees in those camps because of that thousands of in this place and a population that is amongst the most vulnerable populations in the world they are even the situations even more park for terry is for them i mean we're just hearing from town. in the bangladeshi capital about this i.c.c. delegation that's the rived how difficult is it going to be for them to stop a case is a complicated process daryn because 1st you had the i.c.c. rule that they would have jurisdiction and the way that they have jurisdiction in this isn't through me anymore because myanmar is not a si

doing what they can to distribute emergency supplies and relocate the most vulnerable refugees as rohingya refugees work to guard against landslides and secure their overcrowded camps hillsides from erosion to head to on the news hour facebook is burned down the house over and over in cold every arson a learning experience. john facebook it's quelled by a fetish as of a proposed cryptocurrency. and spa and why the organizers of the festival in fact and from charles to focus on contemporary issues and a rare shore and remind them that not all sports stars and gifted across the range of just friends. hello we've got the heat building once again across the middle east largely clear skies bits and pieces of cloud around the black sea over towards the caspian sea we'll see the temperatures really picking up over the next couple of days or into the forty's for terrans for baghdad and full kuwait city a rather more pleasant $29.00 celsius to beirut and for jerusalem it is some showers sliding across key would be surprised to see the 2 just making its way into cyprus over the next day or so clear

model in the last 2 weeks in 2017 a military crackdown in iraq and state cause more than 730000 rohingya muslims to flee to neighboring bangladesh according to un investigators mass killings gang rapes and arson were perpetrated by me in march military and executed with genocidal intent such as a team from the international criminal court is now in bangladesh to investigate what happened the i.c.c. is process.

bangladesh has been affected with heavy rain hitting the rohingya refugee camps. the flash flooding has killed more than 20 people in pakistan-administered kashmir. here is rajini vaidyanathan. rajini: misery for millions, as the monsoons return. large parts of the northeast indian state now submerged. under this vast expanse, entire villages virtually vanished.li fa forced to flee to our -- flee their homes with whatever theercan carry. "ws inside my house," this man says. "i have had no help and i'e've t norary shelter." these animals are also struggling to stay afloat. one of india's best-known national parks engulfed by the rains. across the region, heavy downpours are taking their toll. in nepal, landslides have claimed dozens of lives. many people still reported dessing. millions in bangla also affected. here, rescue workers warn residents to stay away from the ruing floodwaters. at the ringya refugee camp, thousands of shelters now destroyed. "the rainwater has been rushing into our home," he says. "we can't sleep at night. we are in a bad situation." in pa

has gained rare access to myanmar‘s rakhine state, where families displaced by the violence of the rohingyas have been getting new houses — but none have been reserved for muslims. and this video is trending on bbc.com: the us women's football team have celebrated their world cup win with a massive victory parade in new york. thousands of people gathered to cheer the champions as they made their way through the skyscraper—lined "canyon of heroes" in lower manhattan. now on bbc news it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. there are some human experiences which most of us find very hard to get our heads around. my guest today experienced the unimaginable torment of more than four decades in solitary confinement in a tiny cell in one of america's most notorious prisons. albert woodfox was the victim of ingrained racism and brutality inside america's system of criminaljustice. he is now a free man. but what does freedom really mean after everything he has been through? albert woodfox, welcome to hardtalk. here you are, in london as a free man. but given everything you have been

the state department says the action is being taken over the ethnic cleansing of rohingya muslims.ys myanmar's government has taken no action to hold accountable those responsible for humans rights -- human rights violations. the former peruvian president has been arrested in the united states under an extradition order. allegations for that he took $20 million in from a brazilian construction company at the center of latin america's biggest corruption scandal. the company has admitted to paying officials throughout the region in exchange for lucrative public works contracts. the 73-year-old denied any wrongdoing. a palestinian man has died in an israeli jail. the 31-year-old was being held in solitary confinement after a monthrested in a raid ago. it is claimed he was being interrogated at the time of his death. turkey is sending a ship to the eastern mediterranean to explore for oil and gas in defiance of the european union a day after the e.u. imposed sanctions on turkey for drilling off the coast of cyprus. they suspended talks over and air transport agreement and called for re

myanmar and bangladesh will continue talks on monday about the return of thousands of rohingya refugeesy campaign in rahkine state in 2017. libyan authorities have buried 46 of the migrants who died at sea following one of the deadliest shipwrecks in the mediterranean this year. so far 62 bodies have been recovered in waters off the coast of libya after an overloaded boat went down near the city of khoms. pope francis has made an appeal to the international community to ensure the safety of migrants. ramzan karmali has this report which contains images you may find distressing. the un aid agency has called it the worst mediterranean tragedy of this year. this is the massive funeral for 46 migrants who drowned trying to desperately get to europe. rescue workers recovered 62 bodies in total. the remaining funerals will take place later. the vessel these victims were on was said to be overloaded with some 400 on board. among those burying the dead are seven sui’vivoi’s. among those burying the dead are seven survivors. translation: we we re seven survivors. translation: we were saved and h

they came to the camps in bangladesh to convince the hundreds of thousands of rohingya to return to me on march that country's government sent a 14 member high level delegation for the job but many refugees here say they're not willing to go back without full citizenship and security guarantees definitely will not be considered. because we'll be granting them. nationally and then eventually we will be providing them with the us where there will no longer be the issue of race or the issue of their citizenship but for the few him the refugee there seems to be a window of hope. we're very grateful to the bangladesh government if the letter was we'd like to return to myanmar the delegates told us they'll give us back our property however the vest majority of their own don't seems to know what was discussed in the meeting they came here looking for safety after me and mars army launched a crackdown that the u.n. has called an ethnic cleansing from which you know i understand that a delegation is here to solve the crisis and i feel good about it but i don't really know what they will say and

while rohingya refugees work to secure their overcrowded camps hillsides from erosion aid agencies like the world food programme are doing what they can to distribute emergency supplies last year heavy monsoon rains in southeastern bangladesh led to the deaths of 5 children and many fear the conditions could be even worse this year and worry the down poor may not let up anytime soon more than 730000 mainly muslim or he fled from me and more to neighboring bangladesh after a military crackdown in 2017 un investigators have said attacks on me and mars western record state included mass killings and gang rapes and that they were executed with genocidal intent in june the international criminal court moved closer to opening a full investigation as prosecutor fact toobin sudha announced she will request the court to look into crimes relating to 2 waves of violence in iraq and state the request 6 authorization from the courts to open an investigation into alleged crimes within the jurisdiction of the court in which at least one element occurred on the territory of bangladesh is there. and wit

officials estimate that at least 180 people have died floods hit india nepal and bangladesh where rohingya refugee camps have experienced extensive damage. scientists in canada say they've observed record temperatures in the world's northernmost settlement a high of just over 20 degrees celsius was measured on sunday and monday in alert that's a military facility near the north pole the average july high there is just 7 degrees in the u.s. the house of representatives has passed a motion condemning president donald trump for making racist comments it follows a series of tweets in which trump said 4 democratic lawmakers should quote go back to their countries although all are u.s. citizens and 3 were born there all 235 democrats voted to condemn trump although the motion has no legal weight. it was a symbolic vote and one easily approved by the democrat held house of representatives but 4 republicans and one independent also supported the motion to condemn donald trump for making xenophobic statements we condemn the hurtful inoffensive comments that demean immigrants and people of color the

sanctions on four of myanmar‘s top generals, accusing them of gross human rights violations against rohingyae targeted include the country's commander in chief. the measures mean neither the generals, nor their immediate families, can travel to the us. the dutch prime minister mark rutte willjoin hundreds of relatives at an event in the netherlands today to mark the fifth anniversary of the mhi7 air disaster. the malaysia airlines passengerjet was carrying 298 people. it was shot out of the sky by a russian made missile over eastern ukraine. no—one survived. the german defence minister ursula von der leyen has been elected president of the european commission despite stiff opposition. she's the first woman to hold the european union's topjob. thanking the european parliament in strasbourg, she said she was honoured and overwhelmed and that the task ahead humbled her. with more details, gareth barlow reports. asmile, a a smile, a side and a standing ovation as ursula von der leyen was announced as the next president of the european commission. the german defence minister, an ally of the chanc

all the countries of concerns to a particular at the moment are bangladesh what with the rohingya prices there is libya and we see a lot of problems in yemen. just picking up on what you said there about the oppose the virus a new russian vaccine against the virus is being developed so you are reportedly delivered so you think you can help. we're not. very sorry for the fact right noises but the emphasis is not fighting which that seems should be using it is it doing so with us or with the same with government services that working on this but in general it is very good more input from all countries to fight this important demi and i was very fortunate yesterday to speak to on the full one of your leading health care authorities and we discussed of our the vaccine as well and try to see together what we can do in this situation if only is is super important to to fight all together but for the people in d.r. see where we're trying to fight this is there are a lot of all the problems on them owing to the conflict and malaria outbreaks. and it's difficult for them to understand why now the

a delegation from myanmar has failed to convince rohingya refugees in bangladesh to return home during 2 days of free patch talks hundreds of thousands of people have been sheltering in camps at cox's bizarre since 2017 when they fled a crackdown by myanmar's military refugee say they won't return home to myanmar without citizenship papers and a security guarantee. a is of war and instability have damaged iraq's gas and oil infrastructure leaving it dependent on energy imports despite having huge reserves now it wants to turn that around with help from big overseas investment osama bin jobs report some zubair. claims like this one help keep the lights on across iraq electricity is in high demand specially during the summer and power plants rely on gas most of it comes from fields like the basra gas field in the south and because it's associated gas with oil a single well provides both oil and gas but iraq doesn't produce enough gas for its power stations a 3rd of what it needs is imported from iran. in the 1980 s. raining jets took out most of iraq's oil and gas infrastructure in the s

doing what they can to distribute emergency supplies and relocate the most vulnerable refugees as rohingya refugees work to guard against landslides and secure their overcrowded camps hillsides from erosion of on foreign minister says he believes that european palace want to preserve the 20 day nuclear deal that's making to al-jazeera at the united nations because the us have had too much control of the european signatories to the equipment. what do you think of europe's response to this crisis in the way they present. europe's response i think europeans want to preserve the j.c. pure. but unfortunately they're not prepared to pay anything they're not prepared to invest for their security and at the end of the day they're allowing the united states she said the edge and i don't know whether that in the interest of europeans or thank you very much for the international court of justice has ordered pakistan to review the death send a sentence handed down to a former indian navy officer thought i.c.j. wanted a stay of execution over the sentence passed to push on john doe he was put on death

hundreds of thousands of rohingyas flood here from neighbouring myanmar.rdships — flooding and landslides. torrential monsoon rains cause annual misery across the region, in places, it is made worse by poor water management and the rapid felling of trees. there is no sign of an end to the heavy rain in the days to come. in hong kong, police have clashed with demonstrators, angry at the presence of traders from mainland china. the visitors bulk—buy products in hong kong and take them home to sell, which the protesters claim is a form of tax avoidance. police have used batons and pepper spray on the crowds. the bbc‘s stephen mcdonell reports from the scene. this seems to be the new normal in hong kong. every weekend, there are a rolling series of protests which at any stage, could turn into a conflict with the police. they start off as a march and then at the end, those who i suppose you could say are at their more radical end of the protest movement, are really taking it up to the authorities. police here also showing that their tolerance for the tactics of