if the taliban continue their attacks. we ll hear from our correspondents in kabul and the us. also ahead. the terrifying force of nature in india, as a landslide unleashes boulders which destroy a bridge. and with his time in office nearing its end, we ll look back on the controversial presidency of the philippine s rodrigo duterte. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s 7am in singapore and 8am in tokyo where day two of the olympics saw plenty of drama, and a few shocks and surprises. and while some of the competitions, like the tennis, are still in their early stages
the english channel in small boats after 378 migrants arrived in england today. the french authorities said they d intercepted a further five boats. so far this year, a record 8,500 migrants have made the sea crossing to the uk. thunderstorms moving across the south east of england have caused flash flooding in many parts of london deluging train stations, shops and homes. a yellow weather warning for more storms remains in place until midnight for a large area stretching from plymouth to norwich. still to come a bit later in the programme: our special report on how rodrigo duterte has changed the philippines during his controversial time as president. to tokyo now, where day two of the olympics saw plenty of drama, and a few shocks and surprises.
after all of that drama how are your brackets doing of the 11.5 million people that posted theirs on espn one fan had a perfect bracket in to saturday night. then that ended ohio state arizona game was his down fall. he got it right through 34 games. last year no one had it perfect after 24 games. still the four regional top seeds, kentucky, wisconsin and duke still number one seeds. we talked about villanova going down. the first number one seed to do so. america s basketball fan in chief took in the tournament action, too. of course he did. the president, malia and other family members went to see princeton play, the women s team. the women s team beat wisconsin green bay in the ncaa game. why would he see this game? his niece leslie robinson plays for the princeton team. she s a freshman. she didn t get in the game actually but did you know this, kentucky is now 36-0.
princeton s women s team is 31-0 for the season. wow. only undefeated women s team out there going. we need to give them a lot of attention as well. i love the fact he went to a women s game because women s basketball is so important and they deserve every second of attention. absolutely. sometimes he sits court side when he goes to games but looks like he is mixing it up with everybody. it is not too crowded at the game as you can see as well. princeton, the women there, 31-0. haven t gotten a lot of love and respect this year. get a little more. how are your brackets? i don t do it. why? it ruins the tournament for me. you re cheering for the bracket instead of the upset. ruins the tournament for me. so no brackets. just love the game. think they have political brackets for the 2016? i ll fill that out. coming up, the road trip that just got underway. the one that may change how we all do road trips. the ultimate test for the self-driving car. 3500 miles across
challenge you one-on-one on the basketball court. i d let you win. i m a nice guy. now to march madness. now to march madness. college basketball s best 64 now down to the sweet 16. the millions who binge watch the first jam packed weekend of the ncaa tournament saw plenty of drama. wichita state shocker. they keep shocking people. we shouldn t be shocked by them anymore. they beat the kansas jayhawks. this was an upset. this is a two seed versus a seventh seed. they beat down kansas pretty good. wichita state will face notre dame in the sweet 16. michigan state, another 7 seed taking on 2 seed virginia that a lot of people thought would make it to the final four. they beat virginia fairly handedly. behind their senior guard travis trice. scored more than half of michigan s total points. impressive. don t bet against tom izzo in the ncaa tournament. reena, that s for you. note to self. nc state.