:00:00. > :00:25.Dramatic scenes in Charlottesville as an organiser of last night's
:00:26. > :00:27.rally is for to wait from the microphone.
:00:28. > :00:30.The US top military chief arrives for talks in South Korea as tensions
:00:31. > :00:32.between the United States and North Korea intensify.
:00:33. > :00:34.Kenya's defeated presidential candidate urges people
:00:35. > :00:37.Also in the programme: Streets turned into rivers in Nepal
:00:38. > :00:53.as the death toll from flooding and landslides rises to at least 49.
:00:54. > :01:00.Hello and welcome to World News Today.
:01:01. > :01:07.One of the organisers of Saturday's far right rally in Charlottesville
:01:08. > :01:13.that resulted in a woman being killed by a car was for to abandon a
:01:14. > :01:18.media briefing following protests. Meanwhile the White House defended
:01:19. > :01:21.President Trump after it was claimed he didn't go far enough in
:01:22. > :01:24.condemning violence by white supremacists. Laura Bicker reports.
:01:25. > :01:26.After a violent day of division, Charlottesville has come together
:01:27. > :01:29.to pray, to show that this city condemns the hate brought here
:01:30. > :01:36.The Virginia governor went from row to row,
:01:37. > :01:37.hugging worshippers in this Baptist church.
:01:38. > :01:41.He promised to keep politics out of the pulpit,
:01:42. > :01:45.but there is a message he felt he had to give.
:01:46. > :01:48.It is about politics in that the political rhetoric
:01:49. > :01:56.in this country today is breeding bigotry.
:01:57. > :01:59.The streets here simmered with tension yesterday before
:02:00. > :02:02.finally erupting into violence, as white supremacists
:02:03. > :02:06.The group, which included members of the Klu Klux Klan, said
:02:07. > :02:13.Counter-protesters and anti-racism activists challenged them.
:02:14. > :02:16.Police tried to disperse the crowd but this day
:02:17. > :02:25.A car, at speed, rammed into protesters.
:02:26. > :02:28.Shocked witnesses captured the aftermath.
:02:29. > :02:31.The crash killed 32-year-old Heather Heyer, who had fought
:02:32. > :02:38.Many others are still being treated in hospital.
:02:39. > :02:41.Those who captured the scene on camera said they were not shocked
:02:42. > :02:47.The police have charged a 20-year-old James Alex Fields
:02:48. > :02:53.The Nazis who came to town yesterday clearly had the intent
:02:54. > :02:58.You don't come to town with shields and helmets and weapons
:02:59. > :03:02.and have a militia with automatic or semiautomatic weapons
:03:03. > :03:05.around their shoulders if you are here to peacefully
:03:06. > :03:09.Others, who have lived here all their lives,
:03:10. > :03:11.say the scenes do not represent Charlottesville,
:03:12. > :03:15.and they want politicians to challenge those responsible.
:03:16. > :03:17.It is important to call these people what they are -
:03:18. > :03:21.I don't understand why that is so difficult,
:03:22. > :03:25.They're not hiding this behind a statue, they didn't come
:03:26. > :03:27.here because of a statue, they came here because
:03:28. > :03:31.just as David Duke said yesterday, they came here to fulfil the promise
:03:32. > :03:34.of President Trump and take their country back.
:03:35. > :03:37.This city did not want bigotry on its streets.
:03:38. > :03:40.Its people now want to remember those who died trying to challenge
:03:41. > :03:50.Well, within the last couple of hours, Jason Kessler,
:03:51. > :03:53.one of the organisers of the Unite the Right Rally, has been giving
:03:54. > :03:56.a statement about the trouble that flared up at the weekend.
:03:57. > :03:59.But that media briefing had to be cut short after protests.
:04:00. > :04:02.The BBC's Joel Gunter is in Charlottesville
:04:03. > :04:15.We're in downtown Charlottesville where Jason Kessler, the organiser
:04:16. > :04:20.of yesterday's white nationalist rally, tried to give a press
:04:21. > :04:25.conference but he was drowned out by shouts from the cloud of shame and
:04:26. > :04:30.thug and murderer. He spoke for a few minutes before the cloud chased
:04:31. > :04:35.off the street. He was met riot police who got into the police
:04:36. > :04:39.station. The riot police formed a defensive line with shields and it
:04:40. > :04:46.looks like Kessler has now been taken out in an armoured vehicle.
:04:47. > :04:49.There are still a large group of protesters on the streets making
:04:50. > :04:50.speeches. Tensions in Charlottesville remain high.
:04:51. > :04:53.There is no imminent threat of a nuclear war with North Korea -
:04:54. > :04:56.so says the Director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo, amid heightened
:04:57. > :04:59.Mr Pompeo says the US intelligence had a good idea
:05:00. > :05:02.of what was going on in Pyongyang and that he wouldn't be
:05:03. > :05:04.surprised if it carried out another missile test.
:05:05. > :05:07.Meanwhile, the head of the US military, General Joseph Dunford,
:05:08. > :05:11.has arrived in South Korea for talks on the two countries' defence
:05:12. > :05:14.alliance, as well as North Korea's nuclear and missile threats.
:05:15. > :05:18.He will meet President Moon Jae-in and the Defence Minister on Monday.
:05:19. > :05:21.General Dunford will also visit China and Japan
:05:22. > :05:32.On the Pacific island of Guam, people turned out in large numbers
:05:33. > :05:42.They are now potentially in the firing line as the stand-off
:05:43. > :05:43.between the US and North Korea continues.
:05:44. > :05:49.Pyongyang has threatened to fire missiles toward this island
:05:50. > :05:59.which is home to major US military bases.
:06:00. > :06:02.We're here to pray for leaders of those countries to remain calm
:06:03. > :06:05.and think about the people and the lives of the
:06:06. > :06:08.In Japan anti-aircraft systems were deployed at the weekend
:06:09. > :06:10.to shoot down any North Korean missiles aimed at Guam.
:06:11. > :06:13.This area of southern Japan would lie on the flight path.
:06:14. > :06:17.This is the most serious crisis in the region since the end
:06:18. > :06:23.of the Korean War in the 1950s, according to some military experts.
:06:24. > :06:27.There is a real risk by miscalculation probably more
:06:28. > :06:32.than anything else and by rather unbalanced rhetoric of something
:06:33. > :06:36.happening that no-one intends and I think it is very dangerous,
:06:37. > :06:40.I think we are closer to there being some sort of fighting
:06:41. > :06:45.in the Korean peninsula than we have been since the ceasefire in 1952.
:06:46. > :06:49.Despite this, US President Donald Trump is not
:06:50. > :06:52.turning down his rhetoric, including his recent statement
:06:53. > :06:56.that the US military was locked and loaded.
:06:57. > :07:00.I hope that they are going to fully understand the gravity
:07:01. > :07:11.of what I said and what I said is what I mean so hopefully
:07:12. > :07:14.they will understand exactly what I said and the meaning of those
:07:15. > :07:17.words, those words are very easy to understand.
:07:18. > :07:19.On Monday the US' most senior general, Joseph Dunford,
:07:20. > :07:22.will be in the South Korean capital for meetings with
:07:23. > :07:25.The Americans say there is no imminent threat
:07:26. > :07:27.of conflict and the diplomatic track is continuing.
:07:28. > :07:34.But tensions are likely to rise even higher in a week's time when yet
:07:35. > :07:38.more planned military exercises involving the US and South
:07:39. > :07:43.Korean Armed Forces take place in the region.
:07:44. > :07:47.Another show of force to try to convince North Korea to
:07:48. > :08:07.Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci says
:08:08. > :08:11.there are people inside the white is working against Donald Trump. He has
:08:12. > :08:17.given his first TV interview since being sacked after just ten days in
:08:18. > :08:21.office. Speaking to BBC News, he said there were parts of the
:08:22. > :08:33.establishment trying to reject the President. The president is not a
:08:34. > :08:37.representative of the political establishment so people have decided
:08:38. > :08:43.to reject him. It's like he has opened the doors for billionaires to
:08:44. > :08:48.open the Washington political system. The members of the political
:08:49. > :08:54.class do not like that. So ease fighting an enemy within the White
:08:55. > :08:59.House? There are members inside Washington, also in the White House,
:09:00. > :09:08.that are not necessarily abetting the President's interest. Name
:09:09. > :09:11.names. I have named some names and there were some strategic changes
:09:12. > :09:15.and there will be more, the president is realising he has to
:09:16. > :09:17.bring in the witness to him and he has to bring in a different
:09:18. > :09:18.strategy. The Kenyan opposition leader
:09:19. > :09:21.Raila Odinga has given a defiant response to international calls
:09:22. > :09:23.for him to respect the results of At a rally in the capital Nairobi,
:09:24. > :09:29.he urged his supporters He said he would announce his full
:09:30. > :09:33.course of action on Tuesday. Our correspondent
:09:34. > :09:38.Alistair Leithead has more. They believe the election was stolen
:09:39. > :09:45.and have taken to the streets. Opposition presidential
:09:46. > :09:47.candidate Raila Odinga toured his stronghold
:09:48. > :09:51.in the capital, the first time he has appeared in public
:09:52. > :09:54.since losing the election. He urged his supporters not
:09:55. > :10:00.to accept the result. They knew they would be defeated
:10:01. > :10:04.and would have to steal, he told the crowd, that is why
:10:05. > :10:09.they had come to kill innocent people, shoot them,
:10:10. > :10:12.put them in body bags Dozens have been injured and some
:10:13. > :10:20.people killed this weekend The question was whether
:10:21. > :10:25.the opposition would accept They are calling for mass
:10:26. > :10:31.action and for people Much of the country has
:10:32. > :10:46.accepted the result. I wish to declare
:10:47. > :10:50.for Uhuru Kenyatta. President Kenyatta was declared
:10:51. > :10:53.winner on Friday night, beating his rival by a wide margin,
:10:54. > :10:58.and has a second term in office. International observers declared
:10:59. > :11:02.the process broadly free and fair and the Electoral Commission
:11:03. > :11:05.dismissed claims the ballot In a place with a history of ethnic
:11:06. > :11:11.post-election violence, The opposition leader has done
:11:12. > :11:17.little to urge peace and is now taking his election challenge
:11:18. > :11:23.to the streets. In Nepal, 49 people have been killed
:11:24. > :11:26.in floods and landslides, and there are fears that
:11:27. > :11:29.number will rise. Rescue forces have been deployed
:11:30. > :11:32.and the Prime Minister has called BBC World Service's environment
:11:33. > :11:37.correspondent, Navin Khadka is in Kathmandu and has more
:11:38. > :11:58.on the worst affected areas. We are talking about the plane lands
:11:59. > :12:03.that border India so this is the rivers and river alerts, where they
:12:04. > :12:09.meet the Ganges, so this is massive rainfall in a short space of time.
:12:10. > :12:14.The rivers have broken the embankments and so you have water
:12:15. > :12:20.everywhere, but the scale we are seeing now, a similar thing was seen
:12:21. > :12:26.in 1993 and since then there have been other incidences but not of the
:12:27. > :12:30.scale. Scientists predict this will carry on with the longer prediction
:12:31. > :12:36.of massive rainfall in a short space of time. The issue right now is
:12:37. > :12:40.about the maroon and submersed places everywhere, houses, schools,
:12:41. > :12:46.farms, and the government has admitted it is overall brand, the
:12:47. > :12:51.resources are not there and people are stranded so there is a huge
:12:52. > :12:56.challenge. There is no electricity or telephone so communication is a
:12:57. > :13:02.huge issue and that is a massive challenge and the movement has been
:13:03. > :13:07.hindered, and there for a government rescuers and officials have admitted
:13:08. > :13:07.it Let's take a look at some of
:13:08. > :13:10.the other stories making the news. Iran's parliament has overwhelmingly
:13:11. > :13:18.approved a bill giving more than half-a-billion dollars of extra
:13:19. > :13:21.funding to its missile programme It's a response to the latest US
:13:22. > :13:24.sanctions against Tehran. Iran's chief nuclear
:13:25. > :13:26.negotiator said the new bill - which also sanctions US military
:13:27. > :13:29.officials - does not violate Gay rights activists have been
:13:30. > :13:32.assaulted after taking part Dozens of people held flags
:13:33. > :13:36.and banners in a peaceful parade While leaving the event,
:13:37. > :13:40.a number of the activists were targeted with pepper spray
:13:41. > :13:43.by unidentified men. At least 11 people have been
:13:44. > :13:46.arrested for looting containers that had fallen from a cargo
:13:47. > :13:48.ship in Brazil. Locals went out in small boats
:13:49. > :13:50.to the floating containers, They took consumer goods,
:13:51. > :13:54.including bicycles, air Stay with us on BBC
:13:55. > :14:03.World News, still to come... More on the mystery of what happened
:14:04. > :14:06.to a Swedish journalist who went missing after riding on this
:14:07. > :14:30.privately built submarine. The big crowds became bigger as the
:14:31. > :14:35.time of the general approach. But the lines of fans became longer,
:14:36. > :14:46.police prepared for the huge job of cloud control.
:14:47. > :14:55.Idiot Amin, Uganda's brutal former dictator, has died at the age of 80.
:14:56. > :15:06.He is being buried in Saudi where he lived in exile since being
:15:07. > :15:10.overthrown in 1979. 2 billion people around the world have seen the last
:15:11. > :15:17.total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. It began
:15:18. > :15:19.its journey off the coast of Canada, ending after the sunset over the
:15:20. > :15:40.coast at the Bay of Bengal. This is BBC World News. The latest
:15:41. > :15:46.headlines... One of the organisers of Saturday's far right rally in the
:15:47. > :15:56.US city of chocolate spill was booed after he tried to give a news
:15:57. > :16:01.conference at City Hall. The US top military chief says in North Korea
:16:02. > :16:05.there is no threat of an attack by the dated states.
:16:06. > :16:11.More on the mystery of what happened to a Swedish journalist who went
:16:12. > :16:14.Police in Denmark searching for a missing Swedish woman say
:16:15. > :16:16.they've found no clues on the submarine where
:16:17. > :16:19.The owner and designer of the submarine escaped when it sank.
:16:20. > :16:28.Investigators have begun scouring the Nautilus, looking for clues to
:16:29. > :16:29.help solve the mystery about what might have happened aboard on
:16:30. > :16:32.Thursday night. A freelance journalist whose work has been
:16:33. > :16:39.published internationally has not been seen or heard from since. This
:16:40. > :16:45.was raised off the sea bed on Saturday and brought to learn
:16:46. > :16:47.overnight it was drained. No one was found inside that forensic
:16:48. > :16:54.specialists will continue their work. After he was arrested on
:16:55. > :16:58.Friday, the owner said he had dropped the journalist off on one of
:16:59. > :17:03.Copenhagen's Islands on Thursday night. A police spokesman said he
:17:04. > :17:07.had not given a different explanation of what happened during
:17:08. > :17:11.the voyage. The spokesman would not elaborate. He also cast doubt on the
:17:12. > :17:19.account that the Nautilus sank when he was trying to repair an issue
:17:20. > :17:23.with the ballast tanks. He told journalists that the submarine had
:17:24. > :17:24.been sunk deliberately. Meanwhile the search for the journalist or her
:17:25. > :17:31.body continues. Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari
:17:32. > :17:33.has broken his silence after spending much of this year
:17:34. > :17:35.in London for medical treatment. He said there had been
:17:36. > :17:37.a "tremendous" improvement in his health and that he feels
:17:38. > :17:40."ready to go home". But it is still not clear
:17:41. > :17:43.what he is being treated for, and his prolonged absence has
:17:44. > :17:46.sparked protests in Nigeria. Haruna Shehu is from the BBC's
:17:47. > :18:00.Hausa Service and explained more. The presidency has not disclosed
:18:01. > :18:06.what the president has been suffering from and although a lot of
:18:07. > :18:11.people have been criticising the silence of the disclosure of the
:18:12. > :18:16.President's illness, what people, especially the presidential aides
:18:17. > :18:21.are saying, is he is entitled to some kind of privacy, that it is not
:18:22. > :18:26.necessary for him to disclose what they want he is suffering from. The
:18:27. > :18:35.fact that the president has been awake in London and has appointed an
:18:36. > :18:42.acting president is enough so people should not worry about what he is
:18:43. > :18:46.suffering from. A lot of people are saying that the president should
:18:47. > :18:50.either go back to the country or resign and allow the acting
:18:51. > :18:55.president his own full presidential powers to discharge the duties of
:18:56. > :19:00.the office of the President but what the people who were closed to the
:19:01. > :19:05.president are saying is that there is nothing wrong, the president has
:19:06. > :19:10.transmitted power as the queues at -- as the constitution says, if he
:19:11. > :19:16.is going to be away for a period of 90 days, he should hand over power
:19:17. > :19:22.to his deputy, which she did, and in that case there is no constitution
:19:23. > :19:31.clause that had been violated, and then the acting president has been
:19:32. > :19:37.performing smoothly so there is no cause for alarm, according to those
:19:38. > :19:42.who were close to the president. It's time to get all the sports News
:19:43. > :19:43.now. Lucy, thank you.
:19:44. > :19:45.The 16th IAAF World Athletics Championships are nearing
:19:46. > :19:48.a conclusion in London with seven golds on offer on the final night.
:19:49. > :19:50.South Africa's Caster Semenya took her third world
:19:51. > :19:58.Semenya, the defending Olympic champion, ran the fastest
:19:59. > :20:01.time of the year so far, Kenya's Hellen Obiri took gold
:20:02. > :20:05.in the 5000 metres after picking up the silver at last year's Olympics
:20:06. > :20:10.in Rio while Kenya's Elijah Motonei Manangoi upstaged his teammates
:20:11. > :20:14.Timothy Cheryiot and Asbel Kiprop to win gold in the men's 1500 metres.
:20:15. > :20:16.Romelu Lukaku scored a double on his official Old Trafford debut
:20:17. > :20:18.as Manchester United beat West Ham 4-0.
:20:19. > :20:21.Jose Mourinho's team were a constant threat against a poor Hammers side,
:20:22. > :20:23.Lukaku finishing smartly with a goal in each half.
:20:24. > :20:26.Antony Martial made it three in the 87th minute,
:20:27. > :20:29.and Paul Pogba rounded things off with a well taken finish
:20:30. > :20:38.from outside the box in the 90th minute.
:20:39. > :20:45.It was a good performance with confidence level is very high, with
:20:46. > :20:52.a team coming through the second half, winning 1-0 and playing to win
:20:53. > :20:56.in their more comfortable way and I think it was a very positive
:20:57. > :20:59.performance with a good reflection of the confidence levels we have.
:21:00. > :21:01.So United move top of the table on goal difference courtesy
:21:02. > :21:04.of their victory while the team who finished second last year,
:21:05. > :21:07.Tottenham, were also winners in their opening match as Delle Ali
:21:08. > :21:10.and Ben Davies second half goals saw them win 2-0 at newly promoted
:21:11. > :21:12.Newcastle United who had Jonjo Shelvey sent off
:21:13. > :21:20.The world's most expensive footballer, Neymar,
:21:21. > :21:22.made his Ligue Un debut for Paris Saint-Germain
:21:23. > :21:25.But it was in the relatively smaller surroundings
:21:26. > :21:33.The forward, who signed for over 260 million dollars,
:21:34. > :21:39.Is now part of a team that is winning 2-0.
:21:40. > :21:43.Defending champions Monaco opened their campaign at Dijon
:21:44. > :21:46.Neymar's former club Barcelona are currently in action
:21:47. > :21:52.against Real Madrid in the opening leg of the Spanish Super Cup.
:21:53. > :21:58.It is still currently goalless after about 20 minutes played but
:21:59. > :22:00.Barcelona have looked more likely to take the lead in that one.
:22:01. > :22:02.While the Italian Super Cup which is played over just the one
:22:03. > :22:09.leg at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome features Juventus and
:22:10. > :22:12.Lazio Ciro Immobile with a penalty at 32 minutes.
:22:13. > :22:24.The final round of the US PGA Championship sees overnight leader
:22:25. > :22:30.American Kevin Kisner tie for the lead.
:22:31. > :22:35.He and Hideki Matsuyama are both on seven under par.
:22:36. > :22:37.Pre tournament favourite Rory McIlroy finished one over.
:22:38. > :22:44.Jordan Spieth was looking to become youngest to achieve career grand
:22:45. > :22:46.slam but finished well back on two over.
:22:47. > :22:48.World Number one Dustin Johnson four under for day
:22:49. > :22:52.Defending champions England scored ten tries against Italy as they made
:22:53. > :22:55.it two wins out of two in Pool B of the Women's Rugby World Cup.
:22:56. > :22:58.Arguably their only downfall was goal kicking that saw them land
:22:59. > :23:02.England's next game on Thursday will be a pool decider
:23:03. > :23:04.against the United States who beat Spain 43-0.
:23:05. > :23:06.Elsewhere New Zealand and Canada scored second wins in Group A,
:23:07. > :23:09.the Black Ferns 121-0 winners over a hapless Hong Kong who've
:23:10. > :23:11.conceded 209 points in two games while scoring none.
:23:12. > :23:14.While hosts Ireland were 24-14 winners over Japan in Group C
:23:15. > :23:22.and France are leading Australia 34-0.
:23:23. > :23:37.After weeks of public divisions between members
:23:38. > :23:40.of the Cabinet over Brexit, the Chancellor, Philip Hammond,
:23:41. > :23:41.and the International Trade Secretary, Liam Fox,
:23:42. > :23:44.have made a joint pledge that any transition period will not be
:23:45. > :23:48.The two have previously put forward opposing views on Brexit.
:23:49. > :23:50.Here's our political correspondent, Ben Wright.
:23:51. > :23:52.Not always heading in the same direction.
:23:53. > :23:55.While the Chancellor Philip Hammond wanted Britain to stay in the EU,
:23:56. > :23:57.Trade Secretary Liam Fox has long believed in Brexit,
:23:58. > :23:59.and in headlines over the summer, their disagreements over what should
:24:00. > :24:02.happen after Britain leaves the EU in March 2019 have been clear.
:24:03. > :24:05.Writing a joint piece in the Sunday Telegraph,
:24:06. > :24:08.they say there must not be a cliff edge break when Britain leaves
:24:09. > :24:15.They will seek a time-limited transition period with the EU.
:24:16. > :24:19.But during this period, Britain will leave the EU single
:24:20. > :24:27.I think it is actually very encouraging because over the last
:24:28. > :24:30.three or four weeks we have seen conflicting signals sent out
:24:31. > :24:34.by various numbers of the Cabinet, and now it does look as though
:24:35. > :24:39.someone has said to Mr Fox and Mr Hammond we need to see unity.
:24:40. > :24:42.The customs union sets EU-wide tariffs.
:24:43. > :24:46.The single market allows free trade and the movement of people.
:24:47. > :24:49.Ministers say the UK can leave both while still giving business
:24:50. > :24:53.confidence during our departure from the EU.
:24:54. > :24:57.It sounds worryingly to me as if the price Philip Hammond has
:24:58. > :25:01.had to pay for a transitional arrangement has been to sign up
:25:02. > :25:03.to us leaving the single market and the customs union.
:25:04. > :25:07.I think that is a dreadful mistake for the future of our economy, jobs,
:25:08. > :25:12.It's in Brussels all this will have to be hammered out.
:25:13. > :25:15.The EU insists progress must be made in sorting out the terms
:25:16. > :25:18.of the divorce before the UK's future relationship
:25:19. > :25:23.And one issue the EU wants clarity on is how the border
:25:24. > :25:25.between Northern Ireland and the Republic will
:25:26. > :25:28.This week the government will publish its formal
:25:29. > :25:31.position paper on the issue, expected to include
:25:32. > :25:34.plans to give Irish citizens the right to move
:25:35. > :25:51.Shooting stars littered the sky last night as the Perseid meteor shower
:25:52. > :25:55.You've been sending in your pictures from around the country.
:25:56. > :25:59.Up to 100 shooting stars an hour were visible,
:26:00. > :26:01.there's another opportunity to see the display tonight.
:26:02. > :26:13.That's all for now. Thanks for watching.