:00:22. > :00:26.Let's look through some of the main stories here in the BBC Newsroom.
:00:27. > :00:28.In from the cold - Turkey's president Erdogan travels
:00:29. > :00:30.to St Petersburg to repair relations with Russia's President Putin.
:00:31. > :00:32.After months of uneasy relations between the two countries,
:00:33. > :00:34.the leaders pledge to restore economic ties -
:00:35. > :00:37.and find common ground on resolving the crisis in Syria.
:00:38. > :00:39.The UN calls for an immediate ceasefire in Syria's
:00:40. > :00:43.It warns that more than two million residents there have no access
:00:44. > :00:54.to running water or electricity - because of heavy fighting.
:00:55. > :00:55.Pakistan in mourning - the country's lawyers
:00:56. > :00:58.launch a nationwide strike following a suicide attack in Quetta
:00:59. > :01:00.that killed at least 70 people - including many of their colleagues.
:01:01. > :01:03.And Donald Trump - slipping in the polls,
:01:04. > :01:23.The UN is warning that more than two million people
:01:24. > :01:26.in the Syrian city of Aleppo have no access to running
:01:27. > :01:29.There've been days of heavy fighting with two sides of
:01:30. > :01:33.The UN has called for an urgent humanitarian ceasefire to allow
:01:34. > :01:38.electricity and water networks to be repaired.
:01:39. > :01:39.Unicef's representative in Syria said "Children and families
:01:40. > :01:50.in Aleppo are facing a catastrophic situation,"
:01:51. > :01:52."Getting clean water running again cannot wait
:01:53. > :01:57.Children's lives are in serious danger."
:01:58. > :02:05.And all this while there is a heatwave going on.
:02:06. > :02:07.Aleppo, formerly a big commercial centre in Syria,
:02:08. > :02:09.but much of it has been destroyed over the past five years.
:02:10. > :02:12.This is a map which shows you in a bit more detail
:02:13. > :02:16.Generally speaking - it is confusing -
:02:17. > :02:19.these purple areas are under rebel control - while the blue areas
:02:20. > :02:28.But don't be mistaken there's no free movement, each side has
:02:29. > :02:33.the other surrounded at the moment, in a mutual strangelhold,
:02:34. > :02:35.the other surrounded at the moment, in a mutual stranglehold,
:02:36. > :02:38.with the people of Aleppo trapped in the middle.
:02:39. > :02:42.Here's our diplomatic correspondent James Robbins.
:02:43. > :02:53.GUNFIRE It's a city of ruins. Aleppo has
:02:54. > :02:56.been fought over a cross four years but still neither Syrian government
:02:57. > :03:03.forces nor the anti-Assad rebels can dislodge their enemy. Now the 2
:03:04. > :03:09.million residents are at greater risk than ever. Electricity and
:03:10. > :03:13.water pumping stations are so damaged by bombardment the UN says
:03:14. > :03:17.ceasefires, even short ones, are vital to allow in humanitarian
:03:18. > :03:22.supplies. Clean water has been running for less than 24 hours since
:03:23. > :03:29.the end of last month. These cuts are coming amid a heatwave putting
:03:30. > :03:32.children in Aleppo at grave risk of waterborne diseases and getting
:03:33. > :03:37.clean water running again cannot wait for the fighting to stop.
:03:38. > :03:41.GUNFIRE Opposition fighters have been
:03:42. > :03:47.celebrating their ability to hang on, but for now Aleppo and its
:03:48. > :03:51.people are trapped in a disastrous deadlock. If the city does
:03:52. > :03:54.eventually fall it could be a pivotal moment in the civil war
:03:55. > :03:57.which has laid waste so much of Syria and forced millions to flee.
:03:58. > :04:01.James Robbins, BBC News. Dreadful scenes in Syria. There is
:04:02. > :04:06.more about that on the BBC website. I showed you at the beginning
:04:07. > :04:16.of the programme the medals table as it was but it is
:04:17. > :04:24.changing all the time. America at the top, United States
:04:25. > :04:31.when I showed you last command now China up to the top position. One of
:04:32. > :04:37.those golds is the female weightlifter from China who has just
:04:38. > :04:40.taken gold. I suspect the United States might take another gold in
:04:41. > :04:45.the next hour because the women's gymnastics is underway and they are
:04:46. > :04:49.very strong in that. Great Britain, we have gone down to 12, I thought
:04:50. > :04:57.we were in the top ten but that is 12th, we badly need some golds, come
:04:58. > :05:00.on, Great Britain. Plenty of social media comments around the events at
:05:01. > :05:04.Rio, these are the quirky things that have been catching our eye.
:05:05. > :05:13.Now you see him, now you don't. Daniel Goodfellow and diving partner
:05:14. > :05:17.Tom Daley won a bronze medal for Team GB in the men's synchronised
:05:18. > :05:22.ten meter platform dive on Monday. But on Tuesday, only Tom Daley
:05:23. > :05:26.appeared on the front and back pages. Daniel Potts 's mum Sharon
:05:27. > :05:30.tweeted her disappointment at the coverage and plenty backed her up.
:05:31. > :05:34.The editor of The Times joked it was a brilliant achievement to win a
:05:35. > :05:37.solo medal in a synchronised event. The Times did at least change
:05:38. > :05:44.aspects of its coverage in later editions to focus equally on
:05:45. > :05:49.Daniel's achievement. Now, is this the oddest job at the Olympics?
:05:50. > :05:52.Trained lifeguard to watch over a pool filled with some of the
:05:53. > :05:57.greatest swimmers in history. Brazilian law states that any public
:05:58. > :06:01.pool over a certain size must have them there, and about 75 lifeguards
:06:02. > :06:06.have been hired to attempt to the various swimming, diving, water polo
:06:07. > :06:09.and whitewater kayaking events. Probably a refreshing change to
:06:10. > :06:17.watching kids go headfirst down the water slide! This is already being
:06:18. > :06:23.called the most iconic photo of the Games. North and South Korea
:06:24. > :06:27.gymnasts post for a selfie during a warm up. Relations have long been
:06:28. > :06:30.frosty between the two countries who are technically still at war with
:06:31. > :06:34.each other but this was a brief moment of unity and it has been
:06:35. > :06:40.widely praised as capturing the Olympic spirit. Great photo.
:06:41. > :06:42.20 years ago Nigeria won its first Olympic gold medal
:06:43. > :06:44.and since then it's only won two more.
:06:45. > :06:47.It's a relatively small total isn't it given that Nigeria is Africa's
:06:48. > :06:51.So why it is failing on the biggest stage.
:06:52. > :06:53.So why it is failing on the biggest stage?
:06:54. > :06:55.Long jumper Chioma Ajunwa understands better than anyone.
:06:56. > :06:58.She won that very first medal for Nigeria, while still working her
:06:59. > :07:14.What I remember about that day in the long jump competition in Atlanta
:07:15. > :07:21.96, when I came up, I saw all of the professional athletes they were
:07:22. > :07:30.jogging. I happen to be the smallest among them. As they were jogging in
:07:31. > :07:35.and out, in and out, something struck my brain. I said, look, get
:07:36. > :07:41.up, their legs are not made of iron, they are human beings like you. And
:07:42. > :07:51.by the time they called us for the long jump finals my mind was like a
:07:52. > :08:09.stone. I was not afraid any longer. And my first jump. We were told in
:08:10. > :08:13.Atlanta this made $50,000, and for that reason I know that if it gets
:08:14. > :08:22.into the wrong hands they can sell it. So because of that I kept it in
:08:23. > :08:27.the bank of Nigeria. Here in Nigeria we don't have the attitude of, you
:08:28. > :08:31.know, going into planning, we don't take it seriously stop its not that
:08:32. > :08:39.we don't have talent, it's not that we can't have the likes of Usain
:08:40. > :08:42.Bolt. We can have them because we have great talent here in the
:08:43. > :08:48.country, but our problem is we don't want to go to the grassroots, we
:08:49. > :08:52.don't want to spend money on the athletes. We don't want to give them
:08:53. > :08:59.the platform where they could start from.
:09:00. > :09:04.Denis Gargaud Chanut, Nigeria's first gold medalist -- Chioma
:09:05. > :09:06.Ajunwa. A little non-Olympic news
:09:07. > :09:08.for you now because four years after Paul Pogba went to Juventus,
:09:09. > :09:10.Manchester United has bought him back -
:09:11. > :09:23.for a world record transfer fee It's an unprecedented deal in a new
:09:24. > :09:28.era of Premier League access. Four years after he left Manchester
:09:29. > :09:31.United Paul Pogba returns as the most expensive footballer. The
:09:32. > :09:36.transfer which dragged on all summer was brought to an end in the middle
:09:37. > :09:39.of the night when Manchester United received Dunne released a series of
:09:40. > :09:42.videos on social media. Many supporters in England would have
:09:43. > :09:46.missed the announcement which was surely timed to serve the club's
:09:47. > :09:50.global fan base and sponsors. As for the player it feels like a
:09:51. > :09:55.homecoming. There is no words to be honest, when I just came back to
:09:56. > :10:00.Carrington it was like I just came back home. Pogba joined united in
:10:01. > :10:05.2009 as a highly rated 16-year-old. He made his Premier League debut
:10:06. > :10:10.three years later. And on comes the highly sought after Paul Pogba.
:10:11. > :10:15.Having made just seven appearances he rejected a new contract and move
:10:16. > :10:19.to Juventus for next Dunne next to nothing. The left me out and said
:10:20. > :10:23.you want to leave, and they said go command that is disrespectful stock
:10:24. > :10:27.in Italy he won four league titles before helping France to the final
:10:28. > :10:30.of the European Championships. The 23-year-old is regarded as one of
:10:31. > :10:34.the top midfielders in world football and his former youth coach
:10:35. > :10:40.believes there is more to come. You could see that he had potential to
:10:41. > :10:44.be a really top player. I think that still is. Potentially. Is not the
:10:45. > :10:48.finished article, E23, Paul Scholes said the other day this money is
:10:49. > :10:54.crazy for someone who is only 23 and not really commending the whole game
:10:55. > :10:57.-- he's 23. Pogba returns for a world-record ?89 million surpassing
:10:58. > :11:01.the fee that real Madrid signed Gareth Bale fourth in 2013 and
:11:02. > :11:05.Cristiano Ronaldo four years earlier. It's an eye watering sum
:11:06. > :11:09.for a player they let slip from their grasp but Manchester United
:11:10. > :11:15.believe Popper is the man to spark a revival. Their fans will hope he
:11:16. > :11:18.will prove worth the wait and cost. Katie Gornall reporting.
:11:19. > :11:22.Donald Trump is not having the best of times.
:11:23. > :11:25.It's seems elements of the Republican party are at war
:11:26. > :11:28.Today it's the turn of Maine Senator Susan Collins,
:11:29. > :11:34.who highlighted Mr Trump's inability to admit error or to apologise.
:11:35. > :11:38.It comes after an open letter was signed by 50 Republican national
:11:39. > :11:40.security experts warning the Republican nominee
:11:41. > :11:47."would be the most reckless president" in US history."
:11:48. > :11:51.They said: "He appears to lack basic knowledge about and belief
:11:52. > :11:55.in the US Constitution, US laws, and US institutions."
:11:56. > :11:58.Mr Trump dismissed his critics as the 'establishment elite'.
:11:59. > :12:08."I am running against the Washington insiders."
:12:09. > :12:18.Just like I did in the Republican primaries. These other people that
:12:19. > :12:22.have made the United States is. Our correspondent is in Washington and
:12:23. > :12:28.he explained which national security experts were included on the open
:12:29. > :12:33.letter and which were not. You don't see prominent names like Colin
:12:34. > :12:37.Powell, Condoleeza Rice, Henry Kissinger. If any of those broke
:12:38. > :12:41.towards Hillary Clinton those names lots of Americans would recognise.
:12:42. > :12:44.But it does represent the foreign policy establishment of this
:12:45. > :12:51.country, pretty much universally being against Donald Trump. Anthony,
:12:52. > :12:55.what do you think? Does it play well for him being the antiestablishment
:12:56. > :13:01.figure? It seems to work on the left and it worked here in Britain with
:13:02. > :13:04.the Brexit debate. Yes. A list with 50 experts, national security
:13:05. > :13:08.experts coming on the heels of another list that came out with a
:13:09. > :13:13.letter in March with 150 experts, talk to Donald Trump supporters and
:13:14. > :13:16.it is water off a duck's back for them, they don't care what the
:13:17. > :13:20.experts think they think they are to blame for the problems. Donald Trump
:13:21. > :13:23.hit on it exactly in his response. The people who got him the
:13:24. > :13:27.nomination are not people who will listen to veteran foreign policy
:13:28. > :13:31.hands, or experts of any type. There are the people who would fall in
:13:32. > :13:33.line behind Donald Trump because he's running against the
:13:34. > :13:35.establishment. They think the whole thing is corrupt, they think the
:13:36. > :13:52.whole thing is falling apart and want someone totally
:13:53. > :13:54.outside the system to shake it up. Tomorrow we are looking forward to
:13:55. > :13:56.Hillary Clinton, I think on Thursday, in fact, she sets out her
:13:57. > :13:58.economic platform. He did that yesterday, has there been any
:13:59. > :14:01.reaction to that in the morning papers? There has been lots of fact
:14:02. > :14:03.checking of his speech, looking at some of the things he talked about,
:14:04. > :14:06.the Michigan economy and Detroit's economy in particular and some of
:14:07. > :14:09.the things he said about Hillary Clinton. The analysis of his speech
:14:10. > :14:12.largely seems to be it was a pretty standard Republican economic speech
:14:13. > :14:18.that had a bit of Donald Trump grafted onto it, his talk about
:14:19. > :14:20.trade and immigration was added in to traditional conservative
:14:21. > :14:24.boilerplate. Whether that changes the equation at all I don't think
:14:25. > :14:28.there has been a whole lot of impact so far. Stay with us.
:14:29. > :14:31.Coming up we'll be finding out why one of India's best-known political
:14:32. > :14:33.activists has decided to end a hunger strike -
:14:34. > :14:43.a hunger strike that has lasted 16 years.
:14:44. > :14:48.British athletes have enjoyed a largely positive start of the fourth
:14:49. > :14:52.day of the real Olympics although there was some disappointment. Let's
:14:53. > :14:56.look at some of the day was my main events.
:14:57. > :14:59.Great Britain have started their men's sevens campaign with two wins
:15:00. > :15:03.after beating Kenya earlier. They followed up with a dramatic win over
:15:04. > :15:07.Japan this evening. They looked to be heading for a win when Marcus
:15:08. > :15:11.Watson broke away for a try in the last minute giving GB 821-14 lead,
:15:12. > :15:14.however the Japanese crossed the line with the last play of the game
:15:15. > :15:18.meaning a successful conversion would give them a 21-21 draw but
:15:19. > :15:23.they missed and Britain win and look well on course to reach the last
:15:24. > :15:27.eight, the last group game is against New Zealand who lost to
:15:28. > :15:30.Japan earlier. There was a great win for Johanna Konta in the women's
:15:31. > :15:35.singles of tennis this evening. She came from a set down to beat
:15:36. > :15:40.Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia. Kuznetsova and won the first set 6-3
:15:41. > :15:44.but the British 11 broke the Russian to take the second 7-5. Konta had
:15:45. > :15:49.five match points before coming through 7-5 in the decider to win in
:15:50. > :15:55.more than three hours. She will face the Australian Open champion
:15:56. > :15:58.Angelique Kerber. Sam Stosur of Australia in the quarterfinals. Andy
:15:59. > :16:03.Murray breezed into the third round with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over
:16:04. > :16:06.Argentina's Juan Monaco. He's dropped nine games in the tournament
:16:07. > :16:12.so far and is favourite to retain his title with Novak Djokovic having
:16:13. > :16:15.already gone out. Monaco looked like he had had enough and give away his
:16:16. > :16:19.racket after the match. Marie was content to fire off a few signed
:16:20. > :16:23.balls. It's been a disappointing day for Great Britain in Rio when it
:16:24. > :16:26.comes to medals so far. David Florence didn't make the podium in
:16:27. > :16:31.the sea one canoe slalom. He qualified third fastest but it was a
:16:32. > :16:35.night to forget for the 34-year-old from Aberdeen. -- C1. A flawless
:16:36. > :16:40.round is needed to win in the final but Florence made a mistake and Mr
:16:41. > :16:44.gait and paddled back upstream. He never really recovered, Florence
:16:45. > :16:48.finished tenth overall and has to concentrate on the sea to category
:16:49. > :16:52.with Richard Hounslow in two days' time. There are four medal races in
:16:53. > :16:55.the pool of the night but the action is under way. Great Britain's Duncan
:16:56. > :17:02.Scott got off to a flyer in the heats of the 100m freestyle. The
:17:03. > :17:07.19-year-old from Glasgow broke the British record. 48.01 seconds the
:17:08. > :17:11.time, to finish first. Scott was third quickest overall with the best
:17:12. > :17:21.16 going through. That is all of the sport for now.
:17:22. > :17:24.This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.
:17:25. > :17:27.Our lead story: Turkey's president makes his first foreign trip
:17:28. > :17:28.since the attempted coup - to rebuild damaged
:17:29. > :17:37.One of India's best-known political activists, Irom Sharmila,
:17:38. > :17:40.has told a court that she is ending a sixteen-year hunger strike -
:17:41. > :17:42.during much of which she's been force fed in hospital.
:17:43. > :17:45.She was protesting against a law that gives the Indian army
:17:46. > :17:47.sweeping powers to tackle an insurgency in Manipur.
:17:48. > :17:50.Our correspondent Sanjoy Majumder is in Manipur and filed this report.
:17:51. > :17:59.These are some of Irom Sharmila's supporters, upset at her decision to
:18:00. > :18:03.end her fast after nearly 16 years. They believe it is a step she should
:18:04. > :18:10.not have taken, especially as because she was fighting for, the
:18:11. > :18:16.removal of a law that grants security forces sweeping powers and
:18:17. > :18:18.it Dunne in Manipal is still on the books. Inside the court Irom
:18:19. > :18:26.Sharmila told the judge she was standing by her decision to end her
:18:27. > :18:33.fast. Today Irom Sharmila has said she wants to break the fast. After
:18:34. > :18:39.that she was asked to sign the bail bond. Now she has signed the bail
:18:40. > :18:45.bond, the PR bond and the cheque was found correct and accepted and we
:18:46. > :18:48.have the bond here so technically Irom Sharmila is out on bail.
:18:49. > :18:51.She was physically upset at the kind of pressure and criticism she
:18:52. > :18:55.received over the past few days, not just from supporters but even her
:18:56. > :19:00.family who made a last-ditch attempt to have her change her mind. She
:19:01. > :19:06.said: why can't anybody treat me like a human being? She is now being
:19:07. > :19:10.taken back to hospital to be checked medically to try and see if she is
:19:11. > :19:15.healthy enough to leave medical supervision. She has furnished her
:19:16. > :19:19.bail and will eventually be set free. As for her political battle
:19:20. > :19:22.it's very obvious looking at the scene is here that there is a very,
:19:23. > :19:24.very long and difficult path for her.
:19:25. > :19:27.Lawyers across Pakistan have been staging a strike in protest
:19:28. > :19:30.at a suicide attack in Quetta that killed at least 70 people.
:19:31. > :19:32.In Balochistan - Quetta is the provincial capital -
:19:33. > :19:37.markets and schools have been closed today.
:19:38. > :19:44.Shaimaa Khalil reports from Islamabad.
:19:45. > :19:56.Paying respects to a grieving family. Five of its members were
:19:57. > :20:02.killed in a bombing at Quetta's main hospital. Today their loved ones are
:20:03. > :20:12.mourning them. Abdul Malik lost his son in the blast. My feeling is
:20:13. > :20:17.those people who buried their sons. This was the moment when the blast
:20:18. > :20:21.hit. As lawyers gather to pay tribute to their slain colleague.
:20:22. > :20:25.Some lawyers have gathered in prayer. Remembering those who died
:20:26. > :20:30.as tributes from across the country brought in on social and mainstream
:20:31. > :20:35.media. Many saying Pakistan has lost a generation of lawyers. Others have
:20:36. > :20:40.taken to the streets of Quetta and other major cities to condemn the
:20:41. > :20:46.targeting of their colleagues and what they describe as a security
:20:47. > :20:49.failure. TRANSLATION: Those who believe the lawyers or the nation
:20:50. > :20:54.will become scared or nervous, that they will succeed in their nefarious
:20:55. > :20:57.designs, we want to give them this message that we will follow them to
:20:58. > :21:04.their last breath, their last resort, the last rathole. At the
:21:05. > :21:11.hospital the aftermath of the attack is still quite visible. A splinter
:21:12. > :21:15.group of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the
:21:16. > :21:21.blast. Also reports that the so-called Islamic State said they
:21:22. > :21:32.were behind the bombing. There was no official confirmation of which
:21:33. > :21:43.group was responsible but ten point Baluchistan has been a long term
:21:44. > :21:46.problematic area. All of these elements make it one of the most
:21:47. > :21:49.sensitive areas in Pakistan. But with that comes intense security and
:21:50. > :21:53.military presence. The authorities are now under pressure to explain
:21:54. > :21:56.how an attack of this magnitude happened in a city in a province so
:21:57. > :22:05.heavily controlled by security forces. Shaimaa Khalil, BBC News,
:22:06. > :22:06.Islamabad. You might not know this fact. The highest mountain range in
:22:07. > :22:09.the UK is underwater. Scientists have just returned
:22:10. > :22:11.from an expedition exploring the hidden peaks off
:22:12. > :22:13.the Coast of Scotland. Their mission was to log the marine
:22:14. > :22:16.life they discovered there - and along the way they think they've
:22:17. > :22:19.discovered a new species. Our science correspondent
:22:20. > :22:26.Rebecca Morelle reports. Plunging hundreds of meters beneath
:22:27. > :22:29.the waves. A submarine heading to Britain's
:22:30. > :22:33.mountains of the deep. This expedition has revealed that
:22:34. > :22:38.life there is thriving. Coral grows in abundance
:22:39. > :22:41.on the mountain tops, teaming with creatures in these
:22:42. > :22:46.cold, dark waters. They are living on the UK's
:22:47. > :22:49.highest mountains. The biggest is 1700 metres tall,
:22:50. > :22:54.dwarfing Ben Nevis, Located off the West Coast
:22:55. > :23:10.of Scotland, they were explored over On board the ship, the scientist
:23:11. > :23:14.controlled underwater robots, It's so exciting to do
:23:15. > :23:18.this type of research. You see the sea floor coming out
:23:19. > :23:21.of the gloom and you don't know This is the first time that anybody
:23:22. > :23:26.has seen this mountain. The first end they have seen these
:23:27. > :23:28.animals, how they live and what they live on,
:23:29. > :23:30.who lives with them, It is docked in Southampton
:23:31. > :23:41.and getting unpacked. During their six weeks at sea,
:23:42. > :23:42.scientists collected They are being unloaded now, but
:23:43. > :23:52.here is a small selection of them. We've got a coral species
:23:53. > :23:54.here that is possibly This one can grow
:23:55. > :23:59.several metres tall. A sponge with tiny little
:24:00. > :24:01.creatures growing inside. It's going to take months to analyse
:24:02. > :24:04.all of this, but, even now, the team thinks that some of these
:24:05. > :24:08.species may be new to science. The researchers say these sea mounts
:24:09. > :24:22.are a biodiversity hotspot. Lots of people think of the deep sea
:24:23. > :24:26.as being a desert of mud when in fact these mountain
:24:27. > :24:29.structures are far from that. The scientists need to work out
:24:30. > :24:36.exactly what it is they've found. Understanding what's living
:24:37. > :24:39.on Britain's deep sea mountains will be vital
:24:40. > :24:52.for protecting them in the future. Fascinating story. That's it from
:24:53. > :24:56.us. We will be back at the same time tomorrow evening. John is for that.
:24:57. > :25:00.From me and the rest of the team, thank you for watching.