it is a dangerous way that japan is heading. and shinzo abe's regime and administration, and i am afraid of that. why did did you think making a film about 1945 might address those issues? well, it is clearly telling how difficult it is to abandon the army once we had this organisation. the emperor had to come out and to speak out and it made such tremendous effort for everyone in the cabinet to finish the war, to end the war, and to abandon the army, to save the nation. and if japan moves that way again, to form a new type of army, i feel fear of what we're doing, that we're going to harm's way. some think it is unnecessarily anxious view of the current japanese government. to bring about the surrender, hirohito had to face down resistance at the top of his government. and harada says portraying the emperor on screen today also involved taboos. while in preproduction, i checked about the safety of making this film and asked mr hando, who wrote the book, and he asked some right—wingers and checked the situation, and maybe it i

and interesting, for the eu and japan to doa interesting, for the eu and japan to do a deal with this —— to do a deal like this. japan has factories in the uk, nissan, car companies, like this. japan has factories in the uk, nissan, carcompanies, in the uk, nissan, carcompanies, in the meantime, the eu is getting closer to japan. young, this is something that should worry manufacturers oi’ something that should worry manufacturers or at least the government politicians in the uk. —— yeah. they are essentially leaving an economic bloc that is not only significant for uk exports to the eu but is it significant forjapanese manufacturers because after this agreement, if the eu uk leaves the eu and does not sign a similar agreement with japan and a similar agreement with japan and a similar agreement with japan and a similar agreement with the eu, it really risks falling out of this trading area and japanese manufacturers will have the alternative then of exporting directly to the eu with no ta riffs exporting directly to the eu with no tariffs or moving their manufacturing from

exhibition motors imports exclusively from japan, nasda mostly from japan with a little bit from mexico. in contrast, a company like honda is very localised. they would be much less impacted as long as the ta riffs be much less impacted as long as the tariffs for now were limited to outside nafta. how could these carmakers, the japanese carmakers you mentioned, how could they potentially protect themselves and what are they doing as a response? in terms of protection, u nfortu nately in terms of protection, unfortunately there is little in the way of near—term solutions. if you think back to when you have the first push of localisation it was in response to quotas and pressure at the time of the paris are caught. and so they responded by locating planets, parked —— primarily in the us, but also canada is at that time you had the us canada water agreement in place. and so that was the prime area it responsibly —— prime —— primarily responsibly matter is building a plant with toyota but it could be finished until 2021. you could see other makers moving into the us market wit

rocksolid jan vertonghen led japan m, rocksolid jan vertonghen led japan in, my haraguchi converting under pressure. inui with a rocket from outside the box. belgium shellshock. but not dead yet. vertonghen atoning for his earlier mistake. and soon they were back level, pinpoint from hazard and maroune fellaini once again the man to turn to in times of trouble. with all of rostov ready for extra time, a brilliant half of football had one last twist. nacer chadli finishing a textbook break to win the game in the last minute. their prize, a showdown with brazil, whose fans always expect. russia is in the market for a new star with messi and ronaldo always, already at home, neymar didn't disappoint. a stamp from this mexican player missed by the referee. as mexico tried to bully their way into the game, brazil ran away with it with firmino tapping the favourites into the quarter—finals. in the end a co mforta ble the quarter—finals. in the end a comfortable win, brazil peaking at the right time. austin halewood, bbc news. brazil will play belgium on friday in kazan in their quarterâ

could japan spring one of their own against belgium? these belgian players have high hopes of making it all the way to the final. japan, though, had ideas of their own. haraguchi opening the scoring early in the second half. nicknamed the blue samurai, japan sliced the belgian defence apart again just minutes later. commentator: oh, what a strike! with another shock result on the cards, it took a stroke of luck to jolt belgium back to reality. commentator: vertonghen. and in. but they all count, and the next most certainly did. marouane fellaini imposing himself to level the scores. commentator: the big goalfor belgium! and then, the cruellest of twists. a swift break, a cool dummy, a devastating winner. commentator: absolutely extraordinary! heartbreak forjapan. belgium know how close they came to going home. richard conway, bbc news, samara. brazil and eventually belgium safely through to the quarterfinals. can england join them here in moscow tomorrow evening? there is a real sense this is the biggest game that england will have play

and to japan, too. because of the end, there is a leading do other than hope that you can get through these moments and get to cooler weather. of course, when you have the heatwaves be sustained high temperatures, it provokes debate of climate change again, and the question about whether this is just an aberration and 80 one year, or this is said the matter of longer—term change. this is said the matter of longer-term change. we have hot summers in the uk, people are kind of enjoying it, so they are not alive and they are not impacted with health or anything like that. when they can sit at the beach or in a garden, it is a good positive story. soi garden, it is a good positive story. so i don't know how much it pushes public opinion at the moment, i guess. and coming back to japan to me here is a country where they are also used to trying to get through the heat. they have this attitude where you go to work in short sleeves and i do not be air—conditioning and try to cope with the heat, and you worr

western japan got hit pretty hard. hiroshima and nearby 0kayama, also on the island of shikoku, ehime prefecture was also badly hit.. i see. in terms of the rescue efforts and the evacuation advice, it wasn't mandatory. these weren't orders to leave? that's true. there's some rethink of that going on. it has to be said that the advisories, the weather advisories, are very frequent, very clear. japan does that sort of thing extremely well. whether they were mandatory or advisories, there is some after—the—fact guessing about that, but it's probably good to remember that fundamentally, you've got so many people injapan squeezed into such little land, half the size of the united states... half the population, i should say, squeezed into land the size of california, that inevitably you've got people and companies and buildings in floodplains and squeezed up against hills and mountains that are vulnerable to flooding and landslide. so i think that's the main issue when you get rains like this. and you've also got the is

the japan times leads on an ironic twist from those devastating floods. it says hundreds of thousands of people in affected areas are now suffering with water outages, their homes being completely cut off from water supplies. and the international edition of the new york times says china is investing billions in high—tech systems to track and control its people. the picture is a screen image that shows facial recognition software in use on a street in beijing. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? and the story about the instagram model who got bitten by a shark is trending worldwide. katarina zarutskie was visiting the bahamas with her boyfriend last month when she decided to get in the water to take a picture with a pack of nurse sharks. one of them bit her wrist and pulled her underwater. she managed to free herself and get out quickly, holding her wrist up to stop the blood getting in the water. you can see in the last picture the shark's bite marks. her boyfriend captured the entire incident on camera, clearly not keen to jump in and s

at a time when trade tensions and trade tariffs between the united states and its partners japan and the european union have done the opposite, signing a historic free trade deal. this agreement removes almost all tariffs and covers nearly one third of the world's economy. rupert has more from tokyo. this is a huge and public heavy trade deal, but they will be significant winners on both sides. for the eu, one of the big winners will be the food and agricultural export area. that means if you are a japanese wine lover and you love french wine, it will be good as this will get a lot cheaper. if you like eating european cheeses it will be good because this stuff right now in japan is incredibly expensive to pick if you are a beer drinker, there is going to be more choice. at there is going to be more choice. at the moment, japan was that beer market is heavily regulated at regulations are different from europe, those will be harmonised and that should mean more choice for beer drinkers. 0n the japanese side, the real big winners are going to be the real big winners are going to be the

it's no longer rain, but rays pounding japan. a new meteorological trial for assistance but for some, like these children soaking up the sun on a beach open for the first time since the country's 2011 tsunami, the weather means summer has arrived. japan is not the only place where we are seeing extreme heat and other weather events. in sweden, people have been evacuated from certain areas as dozens of forest fires rage across the country as far north as the arctic circle. sweden has been struggling to cope with the amount of fires in unusually hot conditions. severe thunderstorms have affected parts of the us southeast. there have been tornadoes in iowa, and wind damage in kansas and missouri. and here in the uk, there's been no substantial rain since may, with temperatures tipping past 30 degrees celcius. water restrictions have been brought in for some areas. so what's behind these weather events? and to what extent are they linked to climate change? 0ystein hov is a professor at the norwegian meteorological institute. it is ob

it's no longer rain, but rays pounding japan. a new meteorological trial for its citizens, but for some, like these children soaking up the sun on a beach open for the first time since the country's 2011 tsunami, the weather means summer has arrived. japan is not the only place where we are seeing extreme heat and other weather events. in sweden, people have been evacuated from certain areas as dozens of forest fires rage across the country as far north as the arctic circle. sweden has been struggling to cope with the amount of fires in unusually hot conditions. severe thunderstorms have affected parts of the us south—east. there have been tornadoes in iowa, and wind damage in kansas and missouri. and here in the uk, there's been no substantial rain since may, with temperatures tipping past 30 degrees celcius. water restrictions have been brought in for some areas. so what's behind these weather events? and to what extent are they linked to climate change? 0ystein hov is a professor at the norwegian meteorological institute. i

japan does that sort of thing extremely well. whether they were mandatory or advisories, there is some after—the—fact guessing about that but it‘s probably good to remember that fundamentally, you‘ve got so many people in japan that fundamentally, you‘ve got so many people injapan squeezed into such little and, half the population of the united states squeezed into land the size of california, that inevitably you‘ve got people and companies and buildings in floodplains squeezed up against hills and mountains who are vulnerable to flooding and landslides. that is the main issue when you get a rain like this. you also have the issues of the mudslides because more rain is forecast. that's true, we have another typhoon developing in the south, and it looks like it‘s headed to china and not mainland japan but the rainy season was officially declared over yesterday which is a little bit of irony about a lot of the saturate areas could get further inundation. just briefly, what is the government doing for those people who

theink the ink has barely dried on the japan— eu trade deal and japan today is on the march, still7 japan— eu trade deal and japan today is on the march, still? they are. they are very forthright when it comes to pursuing free trade. they are meeting west of tokyo in a beautiful national park area and they are trying to work out a way to get over the line when it comes to this tpp11. this was the new deal that came about as a result of the original trans—pacific partnership which was canned after president trump took office last january. it was signed in march, but so far only mexico has ratified it, back in april, and japan has completed the procedure so that they can ratify it in ten days' time. they need four more to get over the line, which japan hopes can happen by the end of this year. they need other signatories like australia or new zealand and singapore to sign on. while the prospective new members that they are interested in? colombia has requested tojoin it. the tpp 11 have said that korea is ready but have not applied. and when it comes to countries like thailand and indon

so parts of the world, but not normal in japan. so climate parts of the world, but not normal injapan. so climate change is frightening because it hits the people who have never experienced this before. people would have thought maybe if we play a round during summertime, one to three o'clock then we get heat stroke, but actually people, especially old people, when they're sleeping at night they get heat strokes. for japan's 35 million pensioners, the heat is now a threat to life. climate scientists say summer heat waves like this are only going to become more common. what is so unusual about this pattern of weather is that multiple heat waves are happening at the same time across four continents. let's get more from our correspondents around the globe. the temperature has hovered around 37 celsius for several days, and it's notjust the top temperature that's the problem, it's the lowest temperature. they have had the hottest night here in seoul for 111 years since records began and on that night the temperature did not dip much be

japan had ideas of their own. 0pening all led the final. japan had ideas of their own. opening the scoring early in the second half. nicknamed the blue samurai, japan sliced belgium apart just minutes the blue samurai, japan sliced belgium apartjust minutes later. with another shock result on the cards, it took a stroke of luck to bring belgium back to reality. but the all count and the next did. fellaini imposed himself to level the scores. and then, because of twists a swift break, called dummy, a devastating win. —— a crawl. heartbreakfor a devastating win. —— a crawl. heartbreak forjapan, elton a devastating win. —— a crawl. heartbreakforjapan, elton know a devastating win. —— a crawl. heartbreak forjapan, elton know how close they came to going home. —— belgium's. —— belgium. meanwhile, england expects the three lions are preparing for their match against colombia that kicks off tomorrow at 7pm in moscow. natalie pirks has been assessing the mood in the england camp. they are loud, they are proud and they are bringing south american flair to

the headline on the front of the japan times is interesting. they are going with the headline around the rail network still being crippled, which is the consequence of this. we all know that japan's famous for its bullet trains. i have been on them. they are phenomenal. always on time. they are phenomenal. always on time. the reality behind this is 200 people have been killed as a result of torrential rain. 60 people are still missing. it is not the kind of story that we are familiar with from japan. it is a really interesting story, but a tragic one, because there has been a loss of life. parts of the region in western japan saw as much as four times the average july rainfall during 11 days through sunday. we have got to hope that some of those 60 missing are found alive. they really tragic story. we move alive. they really tragic story. we m ove o nto alive. they really tragic story. we move onto a final story. the guardian. this is close your high because you loved teddy bears. do i? i will be honest. people who queue for five hours to get a

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in okayama, western japan. later in the bulletin we will be speaking to a mother and a son. you have them on your screens. they have been affected by this. stay with us for that interview. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: new research that poor sleep could be a factor in developing dementia in older age. also on the programme: we are at wimbledon, where serena williams will play germany's angelique kerber to decide the singles title, after both won their semi—finals in straight sets. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup, and they pipped the favourites, south africa, by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated and celebration parties were cancelled. the man entered the palace through a downstairs window and made his way to the queen's privat

across western japan, four times the averagejuly rainfall came in one week. the link between global climate change and extreme weather events is very complicated, but for many years now climate scientists have been predicting that across the northern hemisphere there will be more and more extreme rain events, where up to a month or even two months‘ rainfall can fall in just two or three days. that is exactly what happened here last week, and this is the result. japan is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, with some of the best flood defences, but they were not strong enough to withstand this onslaught that has left 200 dead and still counting. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in 0kayama, western japan. you‘re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: new research that poor sleep could be a factor in developing dementia in older age. also on the programme: we are at wimbledon, where serena williams will play germany‘s angelique kerber to decide the singles title, after both won their semi—finals in straight sets. central

japan is experiencing a record—breaking heatwave. in fact it's so hot, the government's weather agency is calling it a natural disaster. officials say 65 people have died this week. more than 30,000 people were admitted to hospital in the past two weeks suffering from heat exhaustion. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes sent us this report from tokyo. for more than two weeks now, the sun has burnt down onjapan from a cloudless sky with barely a waft of wind. 0utside cloudless sky with barely a waft of wind. outside the imperial palace in tokyo, the heat shimmer tells its own story. here the tourists are sweltering in only 37 degrees today. translation: china is hot now but compare between tokyo and china, tokyois compare between tokyo and china, tokyo is hotter. a little further night —— a little further north, it is considerably hotter. the thermometer hit 41.1 on monday, the highest ever recorded anywhere in japan. the heat is notjust uncomfortable, it is now extremely dangerous. at tokyo's emergency dispatch centre, the

but that japan belgium game, i my goodness. as you say, so much heart stopping action watching that match. after the second half, japan scored two goals, i was getting ready to tell you that there was going to be another upset in the world cup, but then belgium came back and scored two goals to equalise. i was getting ready for the penalty shootouts, but in literally the final seconds of that game, belgium scored a third goal to win that match. belgium have won all of their world cup matches so far in this tournament. they are now looking at very strong contenders going forward, but a heartbreaking night for fans of the blue samurai. back from the brink — belgium scraping into the quarterfinals. japanese hearts broken. hazard, de bruyne, lukaku — the big names were all back for belgium but it was japan that had the better of a dull first half. thibaut courtois not helping the belgium nerves. but into the second, the match exploded into life. rock solid jan vertonghen crumbling and letting japan in. genki haraguchi convertin

from a helicopter, as far as the eye can see, parts of japan are underwater. mass evacuations are now under way. whole families are being floated to safety, others left stranded and forced to wait on roofs for rescue. most of the damage is here, a few hundred miles west of tokyo, in japan's hiroshima prefecture. hit by high winds, rising river levels and what japan's meteorological agency has called unprecedented rainfall. translation: heavy rain will continue in the area from western to eastern japan. and it will be historic torrential rainfall, which could be the heaviest rain ever recorded. with roads cut off, the floodwaters have caused escape routes to crumble. whole stretches of road have collapsed. and here, a train has been derailed. with widespread landslides across the country, hundreds of homes and buildings have been destroyed. with more than 50 deaths now confirmed, often from people swept into this fast—moving floodwater, and dozens more are reported missing. more than a million people have now been ordered to leave their homes, another 3 milli

japan group, but they will feel heartbroken. they have never made it be on the last 16 and they were 20 minutes away from getting there. belgium showing strength in depth, really, with the talent roberto martinez has on the bench, he used them and it paid off, but my words they have a tough quarterfinal coming up on friday. what about brazil? reasonably straightforward ? yes, we expected a bit more from mexico, so it will be a brazil belgium quarterfinal on friday. brazil, everything revolving around neymar, the goals and the assist and the drama and the theatrics. it was goalless at half—time. mexico have won over a lot of supporters with their style of play, beating germany along the way. neymar actually got the first, a wonderful run around the first, a wonderful run around the edge of the box and a little backheel from willian, and then there was neymar. neymar set up the second late on for roberto firmino, the liverpool striker. fairly standard and a comfortable victory for the brazilians. they are growing into this tourn

japan is happy, all of asia is happy. but the fake news is saying, without ever asking me (always anonymous sources), that i am angry because it is not going fast enough. wrong, very happy!" but as this bbc article notes, reports on a us intelligence leak earlier this month reveal pyongyang may still be continuing its weapons programme. here's su—min hwang from bbc korean service. we have seen the space launch site being dismantled, two sites being dismantled according to 38 north and that could be seen as a positive sign that north korea is moving towards disarmament. however, the overall consensus is that it is premature to say that. however there are other reports, could not be verified although a lot of north korea watchers agree that there are signs that north korea is actually upgrading some other key sites. and also the dismantling of this particular site, analysts say that they could be reversible. so if north korea wanted to, they could actually put things back together and it is not going to be tetra mental to

translation: heavy rain will continue in the area from west into eastern japan. it will historic torrential rainfall which could be the heaviest rain ever recorded. with more than 50 d is now confirmed, often from people swept into this fast moving floodwater and dozens more are reported missing. more thani dozens more are reported missing. more than i million dozens more are reported missing. more thani million people have now been ordered to leave their homes, another 3 million have been advised to do so, with emergency services working non—stop in places from friday to saturday, more than half a metre of rain fell in just 2a hours and the misery is far from over, with more rain expected over the coming days authorities have warned that the death toll will continue to rise. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: a backlash from brexiteers — but theresa may defends her proposed new deal with the european union. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties and there is growing speculation

japan have been knocked out of the world cup after a remarkable comeback from belgium. japan were leading 2—0 well into the second half, but belgium rallied, scoring three goals in less than thirty minutes, the third goal coming in the last seconds of the match. brazil won their match against mexico 2—0 and will play belgium in the quarter finals on friday. the bbc‘s 0lly foster is following events from moscow. there were tears from the blue samurai. they have never made it into a world cup quarter—final and they were so close to. no one saw this performance coming at all, the way that they limped out of their group. those two goals set them into dreamland. but the belgian bench came to their rescue, their two substitute among the goalscorers, chadli, the matchwinner in the end at the 94th minute. the last kick of the game, practically. that is the first time since 1966 that a team has come back from 2—0 down in a knockout match to win a match inside 90 minutes. belgium perilously close to going out. the japanese knew how close they came. they were absolutely

translation: heavy rain will continue in the area for western to eastern japan. and it will be historic torrential rainfall, which could be the heaviest rain ever recorded. forecasters say it looks likely that the heavy rains will continue throughout the weekend. joanna jolly, bbc news. theresa may has been defending the brexit deal agreed by her cabinet on friday at the prime minister's country residence, chequers. the deal with the eu will keep the uk closely aligned to brussels after brexit. part of the agreement is that unlimited immigration from the eu will end. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. brexit is a marathon, not a sprint. mps rushing to downing street to get more on theresa may's plan. happy with what's been agreed? the cabinet agreed it. but who else knows what's going on? the only thing that we are certain about today is free coffee at number 9. inside number 10, the prime minister relieved to have her cabinet on board. i think when public voted to leave the european union they wanted an end to free movement. free movement will end. t

translation: heavy rain will continue in the area for western to eastern japan. and it will be historic torrential rainfall, which could be the heaviest rain ever recorded. forecasters say it looks likely that the heavy rains will continue throughout the weekend. joanna jolly, bbc news. back now to this afternoon's big world cup match, as england face sweden in the quarterfinal. we are not long now from kick—off. one grassroots club in south manchester helped three of england's players get to the top. marcus rashford, danny welbeck and jesse lingard all forged their football careers at fletcher moss rangers. our reporter ian haslam has been to their training ground. welcome to fletcher moss rangers juniorfootball club, welcome to fletcher moss rangers junior football club, the place where it all started forjesse lingard, marcus rashford and danny welbeck. this is what they call the wall of fame, featuring photographs ofa number of wall of fame, featuring photographs of a number of successful boys and girls teams over the years. this is one in particular caught

we get to the japan times and a story that we looked at yesterday, with japan and the eu completing a massive trade deal. both sides are talking about how significant it is and how great it will be for the eu and how great it will be for the eu and forjapan. i was looking at this and forjapan. i was looking at this and wondered if this was a blueprint for the uk. i think that the bigger story free trade is continuing, there are people who understand the importance of that. deals are being done... deals are being done. the us is being left behind by a lot of this which is a major problem. i think the concern for britain has too big will britain have the hat to negotiate a deal of this quality from outside of the eu? 0ne criticism of the eu before the referendum was the difficulty for brussels to strike this kind trade agreement. we are discovering that when they are sufficiently motivated they can. and also for the uk outside of the eu, its relationship with japan is so important. so many big factories in this country, carmakers, based in the uk. they are japanese and the japanese are

tell us a little about japan's inflation targeting. why haven't they been able to achieve 2% which they so need? inflation target, the consumer price increase, is a function of a number of parameters. some para meters number of parameters. some parameters will work to push it up, some down. so monetary easing, high energy cost, or the robust economy would all increase the inflation target or the expectations. on the other hand persistent factors will bring them down. shares in the american express fell two and a half ‘x: american express fell two and a half % after the company raised currency conversion rates for business clients without notifying them. a us business reporter paul blake explains what allegations the company is facing. this goes to a wall streetjournal article that p°pped wall streetjournal article that normed up wall streetjournal article that popped up earlier in the day here in the us and the wall streetjournal is alleging essentially that american express attracted businesses to come to them for foreign exchange

let's turn now to the japan times. it reports that unesco has decided to add 12 sites in southwestern japan that are linked to the history of the country's persecuted christians to the world heritage list. the sites include the oura cathedral in nagasaki, the oldest surviving church in the country. on up—to—date with some of the papers. —— that brings you up to date. now for a dramatic prison break. french police are searching for a notorious gangster who escaped from jail by helicopter. redoine faid had been serving a 25—year sentence for a failed robbery during which a police officer was killed. richard lister has the details. a career criminal, inspired by gangster movies. redoine faid is now on the run. his escape from this prison in the paris suburbs had all the hallmarks of a film script. as he waited in a visiting area, two accomplices in a hijacked helicopter landed in the grounds. using smoke bombs and heavy tools, they broke through to faid, bundled him onto the helicopter and flew him away. the hel

the heartbreak about japan. the heartbreak aboutjapan. it the heartbreak about japan. it can bea the heartbreak about japan. it can be a brutal game. it can also be perilous for those proclaiming the know it all when it comes to predicting match results. well, japan's psychic octopus, rabio, had correctly predicted all of the country's world cup results, until last night whenjapan was knocked out of the tournament by belgium. the exit of the blue samurais was a bad omen for rabio, who has since been killed and turned into sashimi. yeah. let's return to our top story, the mission to rescue 12 boys and their football coach, found alive deep within flooded caves in thailand. edd sorenson, a cave diving expert based in florida with nearly 30 years' experience, explained how difficult the rescue will be. i'm working on what information i have, i'm not there, they have a great team on the ground there, rick and his team, fantastic prizes. i, you know, iapplaud and his team, fantastic prizes. i, you know, i applaud them for an amazing, you know, daring job that they did in fi

by countries like japan and the policy uncertainty. by countries likejapan and the us, we policy uncertainty. by countries like japan and the us, we have industries explicitly focused on trade policy and they are way up. industries explicitly focused on trade policy and they are way upm is not just about sentiment, trade policy and they are way upm is notjust about sentiment, but also about the strategy president from has taken. what does these tell you about how he wants to engage in this part of the world? under the trump administration the traditional respect and support for a rules —based trading order seems to be off the table. he likes to do bilateral deals one at a time. he sees that as exercising us economic might but speaking for myself i see it as worrisome that the international trading order is eroding. to smartphones makers are in the spotlight. apple and samsung will tell investors how they fared when they release their earnings report. both companies settle their seven—year—old court battle. a tech a nalyst says se

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in 0kayama, western japan. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: separated at birth in the name of science. a new documentary looks at the dark secret that shattered the lives of these triplets. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. the flamboyant italian fashion designer gianni versace has been shot dead in florida. the multimillionaire was gunned down outside his home in miami. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worst floods this entry. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the great white way by americans but today it's completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder to all americans that the problems the energy crisis has brought to them. 200 years ago today a huge parisians crowd stormed the bastille prison, the first act of the revolution that would topple the french monarchy. today hundreds of thousands thronged the champs—elysee for the traditional parade. penguins have been collapsing

in the japan times, we've got the massive trade deal betweenjapan and the eu. the paper says the free trading zone will account for roughly 30% of the world's gdp. and finally, staying with free trade, check out this story in the ft. a survey in china has found more than half of chinese consumers would boycott us goods in the event of a trade war with washington. so let's begin.

other business news: we heard the latest trend figure from japan and exports rising by just under 7% in june from japan and exports rising by just under 7% injune from a year ago any demonstrate a pickup in global demand at the rise was slightly less than what economists had expected. imports of also grew to 0.5% injune and speaking of japanese exporters, the weakness in the japanese yen, which of course means a stronger us dollar, is really helping the japan nikkei market which has just opened. this is how markets are trading at the moment. wall street also had a really good session after strong corporate earnings. thank you for watching. this is bbc news the top stories this hour: twelve boys and their coach have described their rescue from a thai cave as a miracle and paid tribute to saman kunan, the thai diver who died while helping to bring them out safely. after previous denials, donald trump says vladimir putin is responsible for russian meddling in the us election. the leader of the neo—nazi group, national action, has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for keeping the gro

dozens are still missing after japan's worst floods in decades. the death toll‘s now passed a hundred and seventy. and croatia come from behind to beat england and book their place in the world cup final. they'll face france on sunday. hello and welcome to bbc world news. president trump has called on nato allies to double the amount they've committed to spend on defence, from 2—4% of national income. mr trump was commenting after he clashed with the german chancellor, angela merkel, at the nato summit in brussels — singling out her country for not paying its share and accusing berlin of being a "captive" to moscow because of its reliance on russian energy. our europe editor katya adler sent this report. such careful choreography — not showy, but precise. nato boasts that it is in control and ready to take on modern—day threats — cyber—crime, cross—border terror, concerns about russia. but there was one big element today over which nato had no control at all — donald trump, a man determined to shake up this alliance, which has gu

translation: heavy rain will continue in the area for western to eastern japan. and it will be historic torrential rainfall, which could be the heaviest rain ever recorded. forecasters say it looks likely that the heavy rains will continue throughout the weekend. joanna jolly, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. the weekend has had a very warm start in places with plenty of sunshine and more to come from any of us tomorrow. the odd shower developing in kent and they will fade away this evening and plenty of evening sunshine and overnight, clear spells and the cloud increasing for north west scotland with rain and drizzle later. not as cool as last night in scotland and temperatures dropping close to freezing but double figures for tonight and elsewhere around 12—16. humid so tough for the sleeping. tomorrow, plenty of sunshine to begin, some cloud building here and there and showers from northern england and southern scotland. very hit and miss. northern scotland will be cloudier and colour compared to today with light rain and d

the thermometer here hit 41.1 degrees on monday — the highest ever recorded anywhere in japan. the heat is notjust uncomfortable, it is now extremely dangerous. at tokyo's emergency dispatch centre, the calls are coming thick and fast. the ambulance crews are struggling to keep up as across japan more than 30,000 people have now been hospitalised with heatstroke or heat exhaustion. the elderly are most at risk — more than if half of the deaths reported so far are in people over 65. in the ancient capital kyoto, the summer festivals are under way. here it has been 38 degrees or more for a solid week, another record. all of this is being caused by a huge high—pressure dome that is sitting over the top ofjapan and korea. for the last two weeks, it has refused to budge. the bad news is it could be here for another two. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. well, the heatwave is still affecting us in this country, particularly in central and eastern england. and it's having an impact on business. the latest official retail figures suggest the food and drink sector is doi

in japan, the there it is possible to reduce those emissions. injapan, the past there it is possible to reduce those emissions. in japan, the past few days have set new records for temperature. engineers are checking buckled rail tracks. the governor of tokyo says it is like living in a sauna. ina tokyo says it is like living in a sauna. in a traditional ceremony, people try to cool the streets amid real concerns about japan hosting the olympic games at this time of yearin the olympic games at this time of year in 2020. disney fans will have the chance to own rare pieces of disneyland history, with a hollywood agent who is about to sell off his huge collection of theme park memorabilia. and they're so precious — some items are expected to fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars. tiffany wertheimer reports. disneyland. it's described as the happiest place on earth and now, from the world's most famous theme park to your home, all this could be yours. 750 disney items are going under the hammer. hollywood agent and have a disney collector richard

as the weakest team left, japan weren't expected to test their character. but something about belgium didn't look quite right. chelsea goalkeeper thibaut courtois is usually reliable. if that was heart stopping, it was nothing compared to what was to come after the interval. japan looks completely different. surging forward, hannah ricci did no one was expecting. eden hazard rattled the post. before they could compose themselves, the japanese took advantage of their disarray. bewildered belgium needed someone disarray. bewildered belgium needed someone to save them. their forwards had failed to deliver, but a defenderfound had failed to deliver, but a defender found the precision they had been lacking. jan vertonghen rewarded for his ambitious approach. still belgium needed more firepower, and it came thanks to the introduction of marouanne fellaini. he signed a new contract with manchester united last week and showed why they were keen to keep him. as the game wore on, the urgency increased. another substitute almost won it. romelu lukaku substitute almost