back in the rome countryside, farmer daniel granieri survey's his olives. this year he'll have to pick them early in order to save what isn't already lost. >> ( translated ): drought has absolutely become a recurring event. a farm like mine now has to decide either to change business, or make some serious changes in infrastructure. if this happens again next year, farms will go out of business. >> reporter: for urbanism professor tom rankin, rome's drought is a wake-up call, not just for the eternal city, but for cities around the world coping with a changing climate. >> if rome, which is by definition a great water city, can no longer manage its abundant resource, then how can we expect places which have a very limited supply of water to survive? on the other hand, if rome were able to demonstrate its ability to engineer a solution, providing fresh, clean water for free to a growing population, then it would set a model for the rest of the world. >> reporter: is that what we're seeing, rome rising to the occasion? >> not yet. >> reporter: for the pbs newsh

bush went to rome to give the presidential medal of freedom to john paul ii. he was hunched in agony, barely able to mouth words, he thanked bush and he thanked reagan. he said i send my regards to president reagan. .nto mrs. reagan ronald reagan died the next day. june 5. a year later, on april 2, 2005, john paul ii died as well. joining his partner in life, now in death less than a year later. i will wrap up with this final statement. another thing that nobody in the press reported on, june 27, 2011, a special mass is held at st. mary's. they called a thanksgiving -- i mass. a thanksgiving mass. officiating was this cardinal. it was the priest who held a bleeding holy father in his arms at st. peter's square. who anointed him at the hospital. he said this -- this world is a battlefield of good and evil, truth and falsehoods. each of us faces a choice. today, we recall two great men who stood before this very decisiond how their changed the course of history and shaped the world in which we live. those two, john paul ii and ronald reagan, answered the call. t

three weeks later, at this flat in rome, he strangled 67—year—old vincenzo iale, who he had also metthe website badoo. and days later, posing as an official from the british embassy, he tried to kill another man. martin was caught and jailed in italy for both crimes and brought home to stand trial for the west london killing. in the dock at the old bailey, he claimed he had no memory of the attack. a killer who thought he'd covered his tracks and fooled investigators, but the emergence of this evidence has now brought him to justice. nick beake, bbc london news. that's a summary of the news. newsday is coming up at midnight. now on bbc news, it's time for newsnight. north korea versus the usa —

one by one, rome, budapest, and hamburg withdrew. fea rful of budapest, and hamburg withdrew. fearful of gusts and a lack of public support. —— fearful of costs and a lack of public support. pitching to host the olympics for a third time, la wanted to bring the summer games third time, la wanted to bring the summer games back to the us the first time since 1996. with most of its infrastructure already built it boasted it could host the games tomorrow. but now they have confirmed they are to wait. in 2028 we are bringing the games back to la. one of the great capitals of this olympic movement. a city that has always been a games changer. and will be again in 2028. in exchange for its patients, la will get a financial sweetener from the international olympic committee. extra funding for an extended planning period. the only championship in terms of athletics which competes with it,

major tourist sites in milan, rome and turin have stepped up security in pedestrianised areas. the times says the us is putting pressure on nato members to send more troops to afghanistan. in a speech a few hours ago president donald trump said us support was not open—ended and insisted he would not engage in "nation—building," a practice he has accused his predecessors of doing at huge cost. also in the times, people with long term gum disease are 70% more likely to develop dementia according to researchers. scientists believe that years of gum neglect could eventually damage the brain and also cause heart disease and some cancers. and finally the photo on front of the independent says it all. millions of americans were amazed by a total solar eclipse which swept the us from coast to coast.

in a private jet for 25,000 euros for a night in rome.'s quite a lot of money to be spending when it's taxpayers money. you can imagine that the daily telegraph we re imagine that the daily telegraph were rubbing their hands with glee. all their christmas is at once because it is proof of the massive gravy train. exactly what they've been warning about. for a lot of people it was the reason for brexit. now that proof is here that the money we've been paying in is squandered on these over the top expenses. showing the bloated inflated european union. that's the story they have got. it's worth noting that the daily telegraph were also the paper that broke the expenses scandal in the uk. that changed a lot of the culture in this country. this is about very senior commission officials. mep expenses are clouded in secrecy. there is not the trans transparency we have now in the uk. we didn't know about the expenses of mps and gifts and travel and hospitality. since that light has shone on it, mps expenses is now very clean. let's have a look at

it is already 30 celsius in rome. parts of south of france and corsica. france and corsica. there is also a trout situation in italy. trout situation in italy. cubic metres of rainwater that have not fallen. not fallen. notjust in rome but in other parts of italy as well. of italy as well. good ten or 15 degrees above where they should be. they should be. but in southern parts there is also quite a strong wind. quite a strong wind. there is no let up to that in the short term forecast. short term forecast. scotland, northern england and northern ireland. northern ireland. wales, we are looking at sunshine and showers. and showers. they will whip through quite quickly on the wind. quite quickly on the wind. be a lot of dry weather and some sunshine. sunshine. northwards but it will come south through the night. through the night. catch one it is likely to be heavy but there will be a lot of sunshine. but there will be a lot of sunshine. anglia, kent and to the isle of wight. wight. quickly and the sun will come out qui

i agree it works with the nuclear rome. realm. the nuclear they had conventional deterrence even before they added the current components. they have been attacking north korea for many many years. reinforcederrent has the conventional deterrent. cyber, however, is a new area we ,re struggling to figure out how to develop deterrence in the cyber rome because we do not know -- in the cyber rome, because we do not know. are trying towe go towards to tyrants and cyber, but right now we don't know. with regards to your question of fromng deterrence attacking north korea, i don't think you need to worry about that. this is aall, difficult situation because it's not just talking about deterring the united states, right? there is a mutual aspect. situations, the nuclear issue is layered on top. it is layered on top of a complicated problem. is like china and taiwan. the u.s. basically says we know you guys have a problem. we are not going to allow you to solve it by force. we have one china. resolved, we are not would you talk about that

in rome, ornate fountains are even more of a draw in the 100-degree heat.ia airu of rome's capitol police explained they stepped up patrols at fountains following a series of incidents where some, including a skinny-dipper, just dove in. at the fontana di trevi the fine is now more than $500 if anyone jumps in. >> problem is some of them look at us and when they see we are turn our head in other direction, they get into. >> reporter: airu suggests other ways to cool down. >> have an ice cream or whatever else. >> gelatos. a gelato every day, sometimes 22. >> reporter: scientists are warning that avoidable deaths here in europe due to extreme weather could increase 50-fold by the end of this century if global warming is not slowed. anthony. >> mason: seth doane on fountain patrol in rome. thank you, seth. heat waves, heavy rain, and extreme storms are happening much more frequently in this country. it's evidence that we're already feeling the negative effects of climate change, according to a draft report produced by 13 federal agencies and first published b

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anthony. >> seth doane on fountain patrol in rome.nk you, seth. >>> heat waves, heavy rain and extreme storms are happening much more frequently in this country, it's evidence that we are already feeling the negative effects of climate change according to a draft report produced by 13 federal agencies and first published by "the new york times." some of the scientists behind it worry the trump administration could dismiss for change the report. in the past the president called climate change a con job. >>> so what happens to a government scientist whose speaks up about this? here's chip reid with a whistle blower. >> reporter: on the remote western coast of alaska, three small native alaskan villages are literally melting into the arctic ocean. scientists blame warmer temperatures due to climate change. >> so the land is being chewed away, houses are dropping in. and frankly they're one wiped out. so it is a, not just health and safety issue a matter of american lives. >> reporter: for seven years, a u.s. interior department scientist

one of my favorites is steve writes about ancient rome and it's a wonderful series and he's one of my favorite authors to turn to for respite and great history. in a different period, there were a series of books written about the period and again he has a character that solves mysteries to the mystery is superb and i recommend him as an incredible writer. the british historian of the espionage during world war ii comes to the conclusion that nobody was very great at it and there was an enigma in terms of networks that were successful by any country and it's a wonderful history of the rise of bad science to the espionage. at the biography of a great presence in the supreme court that gave us a lot of our modern law started out as a ku klux klan and showing people can grow. he was an incredible justice in the supreme court. this writer, this is the second of the two volumes about the road to this union, extraordinary writing and very complex before the breakout of the war he draws a distinction in terms of their attitudes toward slavery, it was writing out and a lot of the states in my

he was fascinated by the temples of greece and rome. and in paris he was able to meet and collaborate with a professional french architect, charles lewis cled so and those two men got together and i like to think of jefferson as the author of our original capitol building and claruso as a professional editor of the ideas and they eventually looked to a well preserved roman temple in southern france in the town of neem and it is known to the french as [ speaking in a foreign language ] . when jefferson was planning the virginia state capitol to look like a classical monumental roman temple, he followed the advice of people who studied the architecture of antiquity and put the capitol up on top of a major hill. and it became by design the centerpiece of our city. likely the first thing that you would see that would make an impression on you would be this civic temple on a hill. and it faces south with a great view back in the old days of the james river. and the front of the building has eight columns, they are over 40 feet tall. it has a

organizations like the huffington post were suggesting will you know rome used to remove statues leader would die and they desecrate the statues remove them build new ones remove them build new ones remove them build new ones we'll guess one rome collapsed it's a totally corrupted system at this point. and it's because we have this first amendment that the supreme courts have said means that rich people can spend as much money as they want to buy the elections and that's exactly what they're doing. i'm kevin now and that's the way the news looks this saturday lunchtime from moscow calling brazier just about half an hour's time you can continue watching us this weekend this is. international. with this manufactured consent to the public will. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the flaming. lips and be the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. but you. know melissa another flood plain and one million people. killed people even. now when no one's come to a view that is random and that's. thank you. thank. you ed. and you can go both of them on. a you know vehicle b

organizations like the huffington post were suggesting well you know rome used to remove statues leader would die and they desecrate the statues remove them build new ones remove them build new ones remove them build new ones we'll guess one rome collapsed it's a totally corrupted system at this point. and it's because we have this first amendment that the supreme court have said means that rich people can spend as much money as they want to buy the elections and that's exactly what they're doing. that's the way the news looks from his saturday on calling bright thanks for watching to make and often enough the next update. but you. know melissa another flood plain and one million people died and. killed people even. now no one's income tooling everybody's around it and that's. when you'll make this manufactured consent to the public well. when the ruling closest to protect themselves. the find. me the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. oh. oh oh why. did. i want to spend the whole first half of the show on something the mainstream media won't touch with a ten foot pole whi

organizations like the huffington post were suggesting well you know rome used to remove statues leader would die and they desecrate the statues remove them build new ones remove them build new ones remove them build new ones well guess what rome collapsed it's a totally corrupted system at this point. and it's because we have this first amendment that the supreme court have said means that rich people can spend as much money as they want to buy the elections and that's exactly what they're doing. find us on facebook of your stories about so you don't call great site was so much more than we've got time to bring you unfortunately a lot of news every thirty minutes check it out if you're not done so lately my name is kevin i would wish you very good morning for most of the some of your weekends unfolding well. but also. to the ship between. now and a fairly strong one there were two thousand. do chemicals that the advertising. really increase the risk of cancer. known to use in the. wrist is true by independent scientists so did the industry. and station for my time as well as the others

"well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" this is bbc news. three of the suspects in thursday's terror attack are now confirmed dead. they include the 17 year—old thought to have been the van driver. and president trump has fired his chief strategist, steve bannon, the former head of the rightwing news website breitbart. one of british television's biggest and best loved stars, sir bruce forsyth, has died at the age of 89. the prime minister and the biggest names in british show business have paid tribute to the man whose career began “11942 when he was just 1a. he continued to work for more than 70 years, most recently in the bbc‘s smash hit, strictly come dancing. david sillito looks back at his life. live from london, this is strictly come dancing. please welcome your hosts... bruce forsyth! when it comes to tv history, bruce forsyth was simply the face of saturday night. strictly come dancing the last hurrah, in a career that went back more than 70 years. the boy bruce, the mighty atom wasjust the beginning of a life of song, dance and com

his internal reporting from rome. doesn't get on the day's trading action now european markets searched his shoes i was strong economic data and corporate earnings. the firm for tax let meetings over one percent sign employment germany still at five point seven percent. of the load of lessons reunification fits was one hundred six heart my world royce which structures sergeant henderson on strong profit. more he's also try going upwards visit our downtown once again hitting a new record high trading in your your the twenty church. thousands mark. unemployment point nine per. the. first comic a psa is completed its takeover of vox on both pal from general motors. the deal makes psa which already owns the peugeot and citroen brown's the second largest automaker in. europe behind fox sogha. the agreement values the browns at two point two billion euros. usa hopes to bring them back to. moving on some days of the business headlines now. bp is back in the plot reporting better than expected profits of six hundred eighty fo

organizations like the huffington post were suggesting well you know rome used to remove statues reader would die and they desecrate the statues remove them build new ones remove them build new ones remove them build new ones well guess what rome collapsed it's a totally corrupted system at this point. and it's because we have this first amendment that the supreme courts have said means that rich people can spend as much money as they want to buy the elections and that's exactly what they're doing. before he makes a british companies under fire for refusing to stop producing a toxic chemical that's been linked to premature death and brain damage the risks were well known even as far back in fact as the one nine hundred twenty s. but all that said it didn't stop all corporations from adding this substance to fuel. at the beginning of the one nine hundred twenty s. the leading american all in automobile industry added lead to gasoline to obtain a more efficient fuel at that time that was already. promptly to the new system especially children but hundreds of thousands of tons of lead were

like bruno gulotta, who was 35, from rome, on holiday with his wife and two young children. little boy and girl, now left fatherless. and there are concerns forjulian cadman, who's seven and thought to have dual australian and british nationality. he hasn't been seen since the attack. the spanish are resilient people. 2a hours after the blood—letting, this is las ramblas. where a few hours ago bodies lay, now there are flowers. and on the boulevard where the white van eventually crashed, there's a shrine. so many have told us life must go on, that the terrorists will never win. but lives have been changed here forever. later on we will speak to a terrorism expert. now finland, where police say that two people have been killed and at least seven have been injured ina killed and at least seven have been injured in a stabbing attack in the city of turku. a young man has been arrested. he is thought to be the only suspect. authorities say they're increasing security. the european commission president, jean—claude juncker said: i spoke to a journalist from finland who was near by

"well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" this is bbc news. who carried out the barcelona terror attack may still be alive and on the run. it was thought he'd been killed on friday. and president trump has fired his chief strategist steve bannon, the former head of the right wing news website breitbart. the red cross warns that floods in south asia are becoming one of the worst regional humanitarian crises in years. widespread flooding in nepal, bangladesh and india is affecting more than 16 million people. forecasters say the flooding is expected to worsen over the weekend. sarah corker reports. this is a rescue mission in north—east india. teams scour submerged villages looking for the missing. communities have been cut off, left to wait for food and aid to arrive. their homes have been destroyed. crops ruined. the sheer volume of the monsoon rains has washed away bridges. roads are disappearing too. the floods reshaping this landscape. and, for many, these makeshift shelters are now all they have left. in low—lying bangladesh, 3.9 million p

organizations like the huffington post were suggesting well you know rome used to remove statues leaderwould die and they desecrate the statues remove them build new ones remove them build new ones remove them build new ones we'll guess one rome collapsed it's a totally corrupted system at this point. and it's because we have this first amendment that the supreme court have said means that rich people can spend as much money as they want to buy the elections and that's exactly what they're doing. always love to hear what you think about the day's stories so don't get in touch by following us on facebook and twitter you can join me again for more news in about thirty minutes. but. the relationship between. it was suggested. and a fairly strong one there were two thousand. in the study it's a very extensive study done by a well respected scientists. do chemicals that the advertising. really increase the risk of cancer and i chose a means of known to use them in the. skepticism. that is true by independent scientists so did the industry paid you for this i received some compensation for my

if the emergency vehicles needed to be repaired another scandal like the fires has also spread to rome where two hundred hectares of a nature reserve have gone up in flames and so apparently has the reputation of a former t.v. director who local media citing the investigation claim is part of a racket who started the fires to intimidate a group of transvestite prostitutes working in the air. area to make them pay their protection money while he was found with a flyer in one hand and a lighter in the other one could perhaps say the evidence against him is incendiary . on the american wrist spoken exclusively to the musician pink floyd co-founder roger waters one of the topics discussed was the current frenzy over fake news is think preview of the interview which you can watch in full on r t america's youtube channel in fact that is where we're living now where propaganda is more important than fact it's far more a book and that value is a huge news story about this whole thing about fake news is that people have understood. the truth facts philosophy knowledge is tree education none of

president donald trump and north korea is this president rome's first international trial and how is he handling it let's talk about this and more with former u.s. representative david jolly republican of florida he joins us from tampa james madison david off for defense secretary one north korea of the destruction of its people donald trump talked about fire and fury and hell long leash like never before are we going to do here is shimon august what's happened what's going on. you know and those messages conflict with what our secretary of state rex tillerson has been trying to accomplish when he talks about a peaceful negotiation suggesting we don't want regime change. we know that the escalation when north korea has reached a point that no president has faced before yes they've had a nuclear program has been the subject to framework talks since the ninety's but we have never faced a north korea with a nuclear military capability of reaching the united states and that's what donald trump faces the only military solution should we end up in that situation is shock and awe where we s

"well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" this is bbc news.suspects in thursday's terror attack are now confirmed dead. they include the 17 year old thought to have been the van driver. and president trump has fired his chief strategist steve bannon, the former head of the rightwing news website breitbart. more than 460 people are now confirmed to have died in the landslide and flooding that hit sierra leone's capital freetown, according to the red cross. around 600 are still missing. the bbc‘s martin patience reports from freetown. the lush green hills of freetown dominate the city. but they can be deadly when it rains. volunteer rescue teams are sifting through debris. we took away two dead bodies. one gentleman and a lady, this colourful lady. and there's also another dead body inside that we need these logs to be removed before we can access those dead bodies. but we don't have the equipment to cut off these logs so we can access this. so the body's just going to rot, then? yes, it's going to rot, yes. this neighbourhood was once home to d

organizations like the huffington post were there suggesting well you know rome used to remove statues leader would die and they desecrate the statues remove them build new ones remove them build new ones remove them build new ones we'll guess one rome collapsed it's a totally corrupted system at this point. and it's because we have this first amendment that the supreme court have said means that rich people can spend as much money as they want to buy the elections and that's exactly what they're doing. coming up a lot including rights groups accuse the u.k. of using aid to prevent refugees fleeing from war from the war zone in libya just one of the stories ahead. most people think just stand out in this is this you need to be the first one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest raid in truth to stand this is just the dance the right questions. the right answer. the. question. again rights groups are accusing the u.k. of using aid to libya as a means of preventing refugees from leaving out war torn country now libya has been spending a large amount of m

above 40 degrees in rome. way too hot for most people.orthern europe. 20 celsius back on oui’ northern europe. 20 celsius back on our shores. we have cloud and rain spreading insofar today. northern scotla nd spreading insofar today. northern scotland is looking a lot brighter. cloud is building in shetland. further south, it is a different story. this is the picture from another of our weather watchers in dorset. a lot of rain on the south coast and some of that is heavy. some heavy bursts clearing away heading eastwards. it is drying up in wales. we will see a feud breaks towards liverpool and temperatures around 19 celsius. the rain moves north and it goes downhill for central scotland. northern scotland, you have some sunshine but a shower 01’ you have some sunshine but a shower or two toward shetland later on. the weather is on the move moving north and eastwards. by the end of the night, we will see the showers piling in to the western side of the uk. temperatures around 12 celsius in the north of the uk. warm at 16 celsius towards

"well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" this is bbc news.spects in thursday's terror attack are now confirmed dead. they include the seventeen year old thought to have been the van driver. and president trump has fired his chief strategist steve bannon, the former head of the right wing news website breitbart. paul farhi is a media reporter with the washington post in hot springs, virginia. thanks forjoining us today. the statement says it was mutually agreed, but one senses there was a lot more to this? quite a lot more. there were a lot of factions in this white house. steve bannon led one of those factions. the rivalries were a bit too much for the new chief of staff john kelly and something had to give an steve bannon is what gave. bannonism isn't going to disappear entirely from the white house, is it? there's still a fraction that he brought in. sebastian balk is one of the policy advisers. he brought in another from. —— breitbart. the policy advisers. he brought in anotherfrom. —— breitbart. they are the anti— globalist faction, the w

on monday, two flights, one from brussels, the other from rome, were headed to montreal. but they were diverted to ottawa, because of bad weather. when they arrived, passengers were kept on the planes for several hours. air transat says the airport was unable to provide stairs that would have allowed passengers to disembark. the airport authority says the airline was at fault. one passenger called 9-1-1. responded with bottles of water. the two planes finally took off for montreal, hours behind schedule. believe it or not-- retailers are already starting to release their plans for thanksgiving. "gamestop" says its stores will be open on thanksgiving. that's a switch from previous years, when the video game retailer closed for the day. gamestop says customers' "evolving holiday shopping needs" contributed to the decision to open on thanksgiving day. at xx time for weather. toss to eileen fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 <

hopelessly dishonestly rome. i am asked as are this is the kaiser a four era fabulous freedom of press in las vegas. there's a concept we have talked about it it's called moral hazard let the central bankers and their minions of the big banks get away with little crimes here and there thinking that well the economy is going to benefit the long run just let us live. well trickle down moral hazard is corrupting every facet of our lives in america. yes max we're continuing with this theme of freedom is not meant for much freedom happening in america not only do we have those of wealth and income gap in the declining life expectancy and all that sort of stuff but we have this gross problem of civil asset forfeiture this is a story that is not getting much attention because the american media is obsessed with him but in the real world that affects the average voter we have the shocking story over the past week and that is just in o.j. a new asset forfeiture policy police can seize property from people charged with cri

yes we have a very busy tourist section as well but we also have cars etc i'm thinking of possibly rome for instance you've got cars and pedestrians i like there are there are a lot of areas here where they have to just say we need to turn places pedestrian we need to get bollards in there because we simply don't know when something like this can occur. absolutely correct there has to be i mean i think we've been learning this over the past two decades as these things began. you know with there were attacks in boston that began with the the jihadi s. and sohan in boston now. we have come to an era in which we're having serious extended multi kolache of different ideologies and different religions and our job. as public public opinion influencers is to insist that the minimum be done and that is the restriction of easy targets from from vehicular traffic and the restriction of exit zones so that if somebody does make a terror attack they know there is no way out of there so these are these are two very basic restrictions and they are already practiced in most of north america with minima

for a historical novelist who writes about ancient rome and one of my favorite fiction authors and gets his history right. with the similar name the tudor history in great britain and also has a character who solves mysteries and i recognize him. max hastings as a british historian especially world war ii and comes to the conclusion that of that ended the but of terms of a real network that was successful by any country and is a wonderful history of that science of the espionage. a the biography of hugo black is wonderful of the presence of the supreme court that gave us modern lot. starting off with the kkk member in alabama showing that people did well and he was an incredible justice. this writer is the second of two volumes. and extraordinary ratings and very complex ways it is more complex the a new ones to the south. and between the border states and the deep south. so what would happen to the institution? it was dying out but it is a great history documented. a new biography of rasputin from russia was the last czar of russia and russian history takes a little getting used to bec

it is fantastic having the water fountains around rome.lert. hospital admissions have increased by 15%. and the prolonged drought is said —— set to cost agriculture billions, with 11 regions facing critical water shortages. arlit crops are already 50% lower than normal. —— olive. in sicily, beaches are quieter than usual as people follow the leader of the local and staying indoors. others do what they can to protect themselves and keep cool, as forecasters see no respite. sophie long, bbc news. gavin lee is in the town of castellammara del golfo in the north—east of sicily. as we heard from sophie, the beach is very quiet. what is it like where you are now? it is 43.5 degrees here, an all—time high of sicily this year. you have to go back to 1999 when the temperature was higher, 48.9 degrees, and for some comparison we are talking about average temperatures for august in the south, on the mediterranean, of about 33 degrees, 10 degrees higher. this is the main square in castellammara del golfo, very close to palermo, sicily. usually packed,

a heatwave across some central and southern and eastern parts of europe, 37 celsius over there in rometarts to build on thursday. we still have the tail end of that wet weather across east anglia and the south east. it may start of grey and wet for a time. a slow moving air of weather. that pushes away. high pressure builds and a window of fine weather develops on thursday. thursday the best day, then friday and saturday the weather will be hit and miss, once again. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: north korea threatens missile strikes near the us pacific airbase on guam after president trump issues this warning to pyongyang. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. early results in kenya's election put president uhuru kenyatta in the lead but the figures are rejected by his rival, raila 0dinga. hong kong closes 13 beaches as more and more congealed palm oil washes ashore. and the american country music legend glen campbell has died at the age of 81.

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it's like rome if rome fell but never burned pup get the sense of all the empire but nothing is destroyed the war. st. stephens cathedral, it's an incredible place. >> it certainly is. in all seriousness, it was one of the most beautiful cities in the world. and it's an old one. it was a roman garrison, and it went all the way to today. and let's see what, you know, the future brings because politically, they've-- traditionally, politically, they're a little... >> stephen: to the right? >> oh, i should say so. ( laughter ). >> stephen: you can have fun there. i'll say one thing, late at night, i would make the disco, you know. you make the disco? >> no. >> stephen: go to make the disco? >> no. >> stephen: go to discos and it would be, "jake sent me." we had a guy when we were there barbara. it was the most fun i have ever had. my writing partner. >> i loved a bar that nobody-- when i was still living in vienna as a teenager. nobody went to that bar even though it was smack in the middle of the city, and you had to knock, and it took a while, and some old guy kind of shuffled up and put hi

while lazio have won the italian super cup at the stadio 0limpico in rome in dramatic fashion.ealed a 3—2 win againstjuventus after paulo dybala's two goals in the last five minutes had levelled the match. to tennis news, and alexander zverev shocked second seed roger federer in straight sets in the montreal masters final to win his fifth title of the season on sunday. the 20—year—old german utilised his strong serve to overpower federer 6—3, 6—4. zverev‘s only loss of the season in a final came against the 36—year—old swiss at halle in june. he's now tied with the 19—time grand slam winnerfor the most titles this season at five, as the players now head to cincinatti with the us open in new york getting underway later this month. elina svitolina took a comprehensive victory over caroline wozniacki to win the toronto wta trophy on sunday for her fifth title of 2017 and her second final of the season against the former world number one. svitolina needed just 77 minutes to beat wozniacki in straight sets 6—4, 6—0 hitting four aces as she took the final eight games of the match. wo

not easy to rome run in this ballpark. looked like he would have it. nice catch actually all right we'll give him that one. brian zimmerman could go on to hit a rome hundred. his left the ballpark. that would do it in thes win 1-2. first pitch at 10-10 and in other news the nationals line matson and they recalled shawn kelley returning to dl. washingtonen without price harper and stephen strasburg all are expected a reason for the postseason against his humid town bad rays and somebody else has been missing from the ballpark. principal owner has not been at games recently a lot of people wondering why not in letter of washington revealed he is recovering from cancer had left leg annual pew dated earlier this month. he's feeling well and healing well and cancer free and looking forward to eventual new prosthetic and getting to the ballpark. >> kevin during respect will not go to the white house to visit trump is nba champs are invited. he said i don't agree with what he, meaning president agrees with so my voice is going to be heart by not doing that. m

a bit of a heatwave across some central and southern and eastern parts of europe — look at rome, 37 celsiusher keep the 18 in london. high pressure starts to build on thursday. we still have the tail end of that wet weather across east anglia and the south east. so, it may start off grey and wet for a time. it's such a slow moving air of cool weather. it's got to push away. high pressure builds and a window of fine weather develops on thursday. thursday the best day, and then friday into saturday the weather will be hit and miss once again. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and naga munchetty. "fire and fury". president trump warns north korea it will face an unprecedented response if it continues to threaten america. as pyongyang says it's considering a missile strike close to an american military base, tensions between the two countries reach new heights. north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. good morning, it's wednesday, august 9th. also this morning: an extra 500 medical school places i

orfrom rome to milan.freedoms could be at risk. for one thing, the system operates under thejurisdiction of the european court ofjustice, which britain has vowed to leave. so, will we see empty skies and hundreds of grounded planes at heathrow and manchester the day after we leave the eu? with his alarmism dismissed by other industry figures, mr o'leary is largely alone in this assessment. he's not been afraid of that in the past. michael o'leary is with me now. you're meeting transport secretary chris grayling tomorrow, others may see him afterwards, what is your pitch? it is one of concern. the problem with the legislation is if the uk leads the european union it is automatically leaving open skies. as things stand currently there are no flight rights between the uk and the europe and vice versa. that happens at the end of march. uk government therefore has to negotiate a bilateral knot with individual countries but with the eu 27. there is no sign of that being negotiated and no sign of any agreement. y

major tourist sites in milan, rome and turin have stepped up security in pedestrianised areas. the times says the us is putting pressure on nato members to send more troops to afghanistan. in a speech a few hours ago president donald trump said us support was not open—ended and insisted he would not engage in "nation—building," a practice he has accused his predecessors of doing at huge cost. also in the times, people with long term gum disease are 70% more likely to develop dementia according to researchers. scientists believe that years of gum neglect could eventually damage the brain and also cause heart disease and some cancers. and finally the photo on front of the independent says it all. millions of americans were amazed by a total solar eclipse which swept the us from coast to coast. it lasted almost three minutes in some places, as the moon's shadow raced across the earth at a speed of almost 2,500 kilometres per hour. with us is iain anderson, who's founder of the international communications agency, cicero group. they give arejoining they give are joining us, iain. t