steve rosenberg, bbcews, syria. rajini: us brits, we love to talk about the weather, and that usually means complaining about it summer is drowned out by the rain in the u.k. but this year, all people are lking about is the heat, and that includes archaeologists who are having a field dur. the temper have laid bare previously undisclosed sites seen from above. our arts correspondent habeen out with flying archaeologists. this is one of historic england's aerial archaeologists. this long hot summer has revealed lost landmarks. this is affordshire. we can now see the outline of a lost manor house. and in oxfordshire, prehistoric settlement has come into full view. even the airfield we landed on has its secrets. from grounlevel, all you can see is dress, dry patches, nothinr,special. howehe archaeologists above me at e moment can see mething completely different. the aerial photograph showwe are standing on three long stripes in the grass. close-up, they don't look much. however -- >> this is a ditch that datese. from

steve rosenberg has this report. teve: vladimir pun really -- rarely does this -- a half-hour televised address to. the nati it was an attempt toth convince russian people to accept that pension reform isav dable. pres. putin: it is impossible to postpone any longer. it could lead to ser consequences for the economy and the social sphere, and affect the destinies of millions of people. steve: in recent weeks, government proposalstio raise the ment age for men from 60 to 65, and for women from 55 to 63, have sparked protests across russia and dented the president's popularity.is in tv address, vladimir putin argued that an aging population makes change avoidable. but he softened some aspects of the reform. pres. putin: we have a special caring attitude towards women in our country. we understand that they do not only work their jobho but the wholehold is reliant on them. the retirement age for women should not be increased more thanor men. i feel it necessary to decrease the retirement age for women suggested by the dr

steve rosenberg in moscow. —— against the dollarfor rosenberg in moscow. —— against the dollar for twoing shortfall of around £70 million has approved a plan for major cuts to jobs and services. the conservative—run northamptonshire county council backed the proposals at a crisis meeting. campaigners against the cuts say they will hit services for children and vulnerable adults. from northampton, our social affairs correspondent alison holt sent this report. it is people like roxanne, who relies on 2a hour a day care paid for by northamptonshire county council and families like the bakers, who will feel the pain of the action plan approved by councillors today. well done. good thinking. the baker children all have disabilities. their mum fears the £70 million of council cuts will mean important help will not be there when needed. these families did not ask for these battles and yet that is what they face day in and day out. they have enough difficulties managing behaviours and managing medical routines day to day. to add a lack of service on top of that is just pushing families over th

steve rosenberg, bbc news, syria.salmon you're eating, that could be because it's not salmon. new rules introduced in china mean rainbow trout can now be labelled and sold domestically as salmon. beijing correspondent stephen mcdonell explains why. this is a salmon. and this is a rainbow trout. except that in china now, this trout is now also a salmon. confused? well, you're not the only one. it seems that trout has been passed off as salmon here for so many years that some of the officials decided, what the hell, let's just legalise it. a fisheries organisation underneath the ministry for agriculture has decided that the reason that trout can be sold as salmon is because both species come under the same broad salmonidae category. perhaps not surprisingly, chinese fish eaters have been ridiculing this change on social media. "why don't we just call crayfish lobsters?", said one person. 0thers, though, are taking it more seriously, saying there is a much better chance of having parasites in trout than there is in salmo

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.'t been immediately clear if putin's intervention will be enough to defuse public anger over raising the pension age. but state television, the main source of news for most russians, presented his intervention in a positive light, as did politicians from the ruling united russia party. here's a look at some of the reactions from moscow. translation: from the beginning it was clear the president approval rating was falling so this is marketing the race again. translation: i believe the pension reform is inevitable. the retirement age should increase because the population aged is increasing and someone population aged is increasing and someone has to support the state. the inflation make a woman should only have the work for the pleasure and look after the home. thanks to women, russia is thriving there for women, russia is thriving there for women should have more. translation: the government deprive people of choice. i expected at the age of 60 it would be my right to work further oi’

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.been immediately clear if his intervention had defused anger. most television news presented it in a positive light. these are some of the reactions from moscow. translation: from the beginning it was clear that the president's approval rating was falling, so this is marketing the raise it again. of course this was how it was supposed to end. translation: i believe that the pension reform is inevitable. the retirement age should increase because the population is aging and someone has to support the state. translation: a woman should not have to work. she should work only for her own pleasure. she brings up children, she is the keeper of her family's home. i would say that, thanks to women, our country is thriving, therefore women should have more privileges. translation: the government deprive people of freedon of choice. i expected that at the age of 60 it would be my right to work further or not. i have been deprived of this choice. that means i have to work for another five years.

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.nce, torrential downpours have caused flash flooding and flood alerts across the country. thousands of homes are without power. several hundred people have been evacuated from three campsites in the ardeche and drome regions, just north of marseille. 0ne german man in his 70s is still missing and a few people, although rescued, have been taken to hospital. 0livia crellin has the story. roads turned to rivers. rivers have become rapids. this is what it looks like now in some parts of france, after a weeks—long heatwave finally gave way to storms. intense rain over the last 48 hours has put central and southern areas of the country on flood alert, while around 17,000 homes are without power. firefighters in the ardeche and drome regions evacuated 1,600 people when campsites like this one turned into mud baths in the wake of the storms. the conditions made the rescue operation particularly difficult. translation: the first thing i did was put in place a plan to quickly identify where peop

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.s app has suffered a data breach resulting in the suspected loss of thousands of its customers' personal details. the company said it had "detected unusual login behaviour with its mobile app between aug 22—24" and has warned that users who entered their passport details into the product may have had that data stolen. daniel tobok is a cyber security specialist. iasked him if air canada had suffered such breaches in the past. so, of course air canada, like any other major airline in the world, is a direct target by cyber criminals. there have been some problems in the past with air canada, but this is basically the latest and most public this year. we're talking 20,000 users directly affected, but is it 1.7 million customers have been locked out? there's roughly an estimate of 1.7 to 1.8 million customers who have been locked out of the app. currently air canada's statement is that only 20,000 are affected, there are still not a direct perimeters around it to provide evidence for that.

steve rosenberg, bbc news, syria.aving a field day, because the dry temperatures have laid bare some previously undisclosed historical sites. david sillito reports. 0k, martin. we've found an edge within the boundary. triple ditch. this is damian grady, one of historic england's aerial archaeologists. and this long, hot summer has revealed some lost landmarks. this is tixall, in staffordshire. look to the right. we can now see the outline of a lost manor house. and in 0xfordshire, a prehistoric settlement has come into full view. even the airfield we landed on, at old sarum in wiltshire, has its secrets. from ground level, well, all you can see is grass. a few dry patches, nothing special. however, the archaeologist who is above me at the moment can see something completely different. the aerial photograph shows i was standing on three long stripes in the grass. close up, they don't look much. however... this is a ditch that dates from the iron age. over the years, the ancient ditches were filled in and the new soil d

steve rosenberg reports from moscow.ncy. state television announces that america has launched yet another round of sanctions against moscow. this time, washington is limiting exports to russia of sensitive technologies, some electronics, oil and gas production equipment. a response to the nerve agent attack on sergei and yulia skripal, an attack america says violated international law. today, moscow dismissed the allegations. this down at the russian foreign ministry, they denounced the sanctions, and threatened retaliation. translation: whatever sanctions are taken against russia, reprisal measures will be identical. and this, less than a month after the helsinki summit, when donald trump told vladimir putin america and russia were destined for an extraordinary relationship. the kremlin doesn't blame donald trump personally for the sanctions. it knows he's under pressure back home. it knows, too, that russia has few friends right now in washington, but there was a deep sense of disappointment here that the us president

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.t has found sexual abuse at two leading private catholic schools spanning 4 decades. the report says both institutions, ampleforth in north yorkshire, and downside in somerset, tried to cover up "appalling" abuse. children as young as seven were sexually assaulted by a number of monks, who are described as "secretive, evasive and suspicious of anyone outside their benedictine order." this from our religion editor, martin bashir. they decorate some of england's most attractive landscapes. downside school, here in somerset, and ampleforth in yorkshire — described as resembling a harry potter world of beguiling charm. but within these golden monastic buildings from the 1960s onwards, some teachers sexually abused children as young as seven. piers grant—ferris was described as a sadistic and violent abuser at ampleforth's prep school, where he taught for ten years from 1965. seen here on the right in 2006, he was found guilty on 20 counts of indecent assault and was one of ten staff at the

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.de france, geraint thomas. the 32 year—old is the first welshman, and only the third briton, to win the race. he said he was overwhelmed by the numbers who'd turned out, to celebrate his victory. it's been a good day for great britain at the european championships which are taking place in glasgow and berlin. adam peaty won his fourth gold in the pool, as part of the 4 by 100m medley relay team, and there were more medals in diving and athletics, as natalie pirks reports. cometh the hour, cometh the man. adam peaty made it four golds in four tonight, but this time he needed some help from his friends. it is gold to great britain! peaty‘s breaststroke leg in the four by 100 metres medley relay helped britain reel in the russians. confidence is clearly high.

steve rosenberg, bbc news, syria.re than a0 years. but the office for national statistics added there had been a slowdown in wage growth. meanwhile, the number of european union nationals working in the uk has fallen by a record amount. andy verity has been looking at the numbers and is here now. you have to go right back to february 1975 to find a time when the unemployment rate was this low. the number ofjobless got up above 12% in the recessions of the early 80s and early 90s and there was another spike 10 years ago in the global financial crisis. but ever since then, with some interruptions, the unemployment rate has kept falling. now it's a%. now economic theory says when unemployment gets low enough, employers will have to offer bigger pay rises. but that keeps on not happening. on average pay rose by 2.7% in the year tojune — slower than last year and not enough to keep up with things like railfares. but many are now feeling the pressure to pay more. employers have already being competing to increase pay, becau

steve rosenberg rscorts from moow. steve: in russia, there is one word that you hear and see with increasing frequency. state television announces that america has launched yet another round of sanctions again moscow. this time washington is limiting exports to russia of sensitive technologies, some electronics, oil and gas production equipment. a response to the nerve agent attack on sergei and yulia skripal, an atck that america says violated internationalaw. today, moscow dismissed the aldogations. at the russian foreign ministry, they denounced the sanctions and threatened retaliation. w tever sanctions are taken against russia, the reprisal measures will be identical.. prump: great to be with you. steve: and this less than a month after the helsinki summit, where donald trump told vladimir putin that america and russia were destined for an extraordinary relationship. the kremlin does not blame donald trump personally. u it knows he er pressure back home. it knows, too, that russia has few friends ght now in washing

steve rosenberg in moscow.nce has unveiled plans to create what he calls a space force. it would be the sixth branch of america's military. here he is speaking earlier. now the time has come to write the next great chapter, where america's greatest best will be called to deter a new series of threats to our people and our nation. the time has come to established the united states 5 pa ce come to established the united states space force. his boss is pleased, this is what donald trump tweeted, very brief tweeter him. 0ther tweeted, very brief tweeter him. other members of the trump administration have been so keen in the past, this is a memo written by the past, this is a memo written by the defence secretary last year opposing the creation of this new military service, although he was with mike pence today, sony seems to have changed his tune. i asked antilles ezcurra what exactly is a space force, and how it works. it would be consolidating a variety of programmes within the us military dealing with outer spac

but first, steve rosenberg, who's in moscow. what is being said where you are, steve? addictively negative reaction. one senior russian politician today said america was behaving like a police state, dispensing justice in the worst traditions of lynching. rather less colourful language from the kremlin today butjust as less colourful language from the kremlin today but just as firm. president putin's press secretary said these new sanctions were absolutely illegal and categorically unacceptable, and he repeated moscow's assertion that russia had nothing to do with the salisbury poisoning. and you get the feeling the kremlin is increasingly confused by the mixed messages coming from washington. on the one hand, the us president donald trump says he wants better relations with russia. but on the other hand, the list of us sanctions against russia gets longer and longer. and all of this not only getting the kremlin down, but the russian national currency as well. the ruble has fallen to its lowest level against the dollar for two y

steve rosenberg there in moscow.ch of an impact these additional sanctions will have we can now speak to sarah mcgregor, markets editor for bloomberg, who joins us from washington. thank you for being with us on bbc news. we saw the ruble fall to a two—year low today, but it then regained some of those losses by the end of trading. so a certain amount of kind of shock reaction to this. but how worried the longer term do you think russian investors are going to be? as you said, we saw this immediate knee jerk going to be? as you said, we saw this immediate kneejerk reaction in stocks, the ruble earlier, and i think that those were an immediate reaction to the sanctions. investors reacting immediately to what happened. but i think what we want to look toward a bit longer term is what next. the sanctions that were put in place don't affect a large pa rt put in place don't affect a large part of the russian economy, but in 90 days, the us under the same law that used for the sanctions this week needs to revisit and look

here‘s our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg ssource this is the federation council, the upper houserliament. russian senators should be on a summer holidays right now but a small group of senators has been called back because of what is happening in the room behind me for that that is because a us delegation is here, led by american senator rand paul girvan meeting a senior group of russian senators about how to boost relations between russia and america. one of them, a russian ambassador to washington back in 2016 when washington allegedly interfered in the american presidential election. this is a controversial visit. four days ago the american most senior intelligence to you at each cheese announced that russia is continuing effo rts announced that russia is continuing efforts to try to undermine american democracy. they agreed to keep on talking. we have invited members of the committee to come to the united states with us to meet in washington. we have also agreed if it can be arranged to me as well in neutral country with all of our committees. i think this is incredibly impor

in a moment, we'll get more from washington, but first, here's our moscow correspondent steve rosenbergnegative. one russian senator said america was behaving like a police state dispensing justice in the worst traditions of a lynch mob. the language from the kremlin today a little less colourful but it made the same point. president putin's spokesman said the us sanctions were absolutely illegal and categorically unacceptable, and he insisted there was no connection between the russian state and the salisbury poisoning, but the kremlin sounds increasingly confused by the mixed signals coming out of washington, the fact that on the one hand there is a us president who says he wants better relations with moscow yet at the same time the list of us sanctions against russia grows longer and longer, and all this is notjust getting the kremlin down but dragging down the national currency. the ruble fell to its lowest level against the dollar for two years. we can now get the perspective of brian whitmore, from the washington based think—tank the centre for european policy analysis which focus

let's speak to our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg.ort phrase, nothing to do with us. a short while ago vladimir putin's press secretary said we do not know what hackers you are talking about and we do not know what influence they are supposed to have had elections and we do not understand what evidence you have, we have seen nothing. i think that is to be expected, a typical denial from the kremlin, saying there was nothing about the hackers linked to russian military intelligence. but this hacking group fancy blair have come up before? fa ncy fancy they have come up several times as being linked to russian military intelligence. this coming out on the dayjeremy hunt is due to make a keynote speech in america criticising russia and accusing them of floating established rules of international conduct, accusing them of aggressive and more lying behaviour. there has also been a reaction to that from moscow with the russian foreign minister saying britain has a very high opinion of itself and jeremy hunt expecting to call on the eu to com

with me now from russia is our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg.ing said about this stage? literally in the last few minutes the kremlin has reacted to these new us sanctions. the kremlin is not happy. dmitry peskov, president putin's press secretary, said it was an unfriendly act, and could hardly be associated with the constructive atmosphere at the helsinki summit, when putin and trump had at their meeting. he said the new restrictions were absolutely illegal and he said it was cutting off... —— but adorably unacceptable to link the sanctions to what happened in salisbury, repeating the moscow denial. he said russia could not have any connection to the use of chemical weapons. it seems that russia is rather confused at the moment. dmitry peskov talked about the unpredictability of our partners across the atlantic. he said you can expect anything right now from washington. no direct criticism of donald trump, and he also said vladimir putin was still hopeful for constructed relations with the united states. so, not giving up just yet on the trump

our correspondent steve rosenberg is in moscow. any reaction to the new sanctions from the us?rd from the kremlin yet all the russian foreign ministry but we have heard from russian officials. the head of the foreign affairs committee of the upper house of the russian parliament branded america a police state, which is dispensing justice in the absence of a crime, in the worst traditions of lynching. the russian embassy in washington has reacted, two, saying the americans invented a pretext for these sanctions but provided no evidence to justify their decision. more than 20 countries have imposed sanctions on russia. how much pressure is moscow wonder? -- under. increasing pressure, the new wave of sanctions triggers two waves of sanctions and the first wave i think will have a limited effect, that concerns america banning the export of sensitive technology, sensitive in terms of america's national security, to russia. so things like gas turbine engines, electronics, things like that. there are already restrictions in place on that. but if within 90 days, russia doesn't offer a

we can speak now to our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg. good morning.shire. part of a cliff collapsed onto the beach at seaton garth in staithes yesterday where it‘s thought the girl was on holiday. part of the beach remains cordoned off as caroline davies reports. ambulances and emergency helicopters called to a tragic incident. those out for a day at the beach can only watch as rescuers try to help. the emergency services were called yesterday around 4:18pm after a section of the cliff fell here at seaton garth in north yorkshire. the falling rocks hit a nine—year old girl, causing her serious head injuries. despite the rescuers‘ efforts, she died here at the scene. it‘s shocked this holiday village. theyjust said there‘s been an incident on the beach and that‘s all we know. tragic thing to happen, isn't it, really? in a place like this, it's bad. the girl‘s thought to have been on holiday with herfamily. they‘re being supported by specialist trained officers. at this time of year, this beach would be humming with people. now it‘s empty, closed by the

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