In a very unusual move, israel has banned two us congresswomen from visiting the country. Donald trump has claimed Rashida Tlaib and ilhan omar hate israel and alljewish people. The two democrats have been strongly critical of israels policy towards the palestinians, and of mrtrump. The Israeli Government says theyve been denied entry because of their support for the International Boycott movement, intended to influence israeli policy. This report from our north america editor, jon sopel. Have two newly elected members of congress ever created the stir that ilhan omar and Rashida Tlaib have . They were the first two muslim women to be elected to the house. Theyre both on the left of the Democratic Party, neither is a fan of the Israeli Government, both are outspoken, and donald trump relishes going after them. Omar has a history of launching vicious anti semitic screeds. All chant send her back her colleague, representative Rashida Tlaib. Booing. Agreed with omars characterisation of 9 11 and said that members of congress who support israel forgot what country they represent. And they havent been shy in dishing it straight back to him. We have said this president is racist. We have condemned his racist remarks. I believe he is fascist. This is normal political knockabout, but this morning donald trump tweeted this and, moments later, israel announced its ban on the two tweeted this and, moments later, israel announced its ban on the two congresswomens visit. The government said it welcomes critics and criticism, but. Translation israeli law prohibits the entry into israel of those who call for and work to impose boycotts on israel. This is what the interior minister decided regarding these two congresswomen, and i agree with him. For donald trump, this isnt about who goes in and out of israel. Its about the next election, and he wants to personify the Democratic Party as these two women. He has vilified them as being anti semitic, left wing extremists, anti american, and the more that democrats get behind them, the more he likes it. But what israel stands to get out of this is harder to fathom. The us president and israeli Prime Minister are tight, but this decision hasnt only alienated democrats. Many republicans are critical too, and even aipac, the pro israel lobbying group, has said it is wrong. John sopel, bbc news, washington. So is this an unusual move on the part of israel to deny two congresswomen entry into the country . Doctor guy ziv is a professsor of International Relations at american universitys school of International Service in washington. Israel had been willing to allow congresswomen tlaib and omar to enter the country and it was a policy reversal due to constant pressure from President Trump. And if you follow trumps series of tweets you can kind of see what his strategy is fairly clearly. Continue to target these congresswomen, paint them as anti israel and anti semitic and then portray them as the face of the Democratic Party. Never mind the fact that these two congresswomen who are part of the so called squad represent a small minority of the Democratic Party. I can see i think anyone can see mr trumps motive here. This is dangerous territory for israel, isnt it . Its always been israeli policy, i think, to tie support for israel to both parties, to both main parties in the us. Here mr netanyahu is allying himself squarely with the republicans against the democrats. Sure. I mean, this sets a very dangerous precedent. And its also part of a continuing trend in the netanyahu era to turn israel into a partisan issue in the united states. Israel has long been a bipartisan issue supported strongly by both parties. And during the last decade of netanyahus rule he has single handedly sided with the Republican Party and President Trump and undermined president obama and the democrats. It is also entirely possible, isnt it, that it will increase anger towards israel and boost the boycott movement. Well, this is essentially hes handed the bds movement, the boycott, divestment, sanctions movement, a gift that they otherwise would not have gotten. They havent been effective despite their efforts over the years to muster up support, they have very little to show for it. And this is really a huge gift that netanyahu has given to them. Its really exhibit for those critics of israel who argue that israel is not a liberal democracy, that it doesnt tolerate criticism. I just want to be very clear, netanyahu knows this as well. He did this for domestic political purposes. Just as trump is doing this for domestic political purposes. Trump is appealing to the evangelical portion of his base, which he really needs in order to be re elected next year, just as netanyahu needs trumps support for his own re election next month. Lets get some of the days other news. The south Korean Military says north korea has carried out its sixth weapons test in less than a month. It says two missiles were fired from near the eastern city of tongchon into the sea of japan. It came as pyongyang released a statement saying it had no intention of sitting down for talks with south korea again. The authorities in gibraltar have ordered the Immediate Release of an Iranian Oil Tanker that was impounded last month by british marines and local police. The ship, grace 1, was suspected of carrying iranian oil to syria in defiance of European Union sanctions. Its being freed after iran provided written assurances that the vessel wouldnt go to syria. The italian authorities have allowed five migrants, described as psychologically disturbed, to come ashore on the island of lampedusa from a rescue ship thats been caught up in a political row for two weeks. The Spanish Charity open arms said the other 142 remain on board, despite an offer by six European Countries to take some in. Data from weather monitoring stations across the globe has confirmed that july was the hottest month since records began. Heat records were broken across the northern hemisphere, and with the arctic warming even faster than the rest of the planet, hundreds of wildfires are burning there, above and below ground, across vast areas including siberia, alaska and greenland. Pakistan says three of its soldiers have been killed in an exchange of fire with Indian Forces along the line of control which divides the disputed territory of kashmir. Two civilians are also reported to have been killed in the skirmishes. Theres been heightened tension in the region since the indian Prime Minister, narendra modi, scrapped the autonomous status of the indian administered part of kashmir earlier this month. The bbcs Secunder Kermani is in islamabad. There were conflicting reports about exactly what happened along the line of control. The Pakistani Military says that three of its soldiers and five indian soldiers were killed, while the Indian Army Denies that it suffered any losses. Now, clashes between the two sides in that region are not uncommon, but this comes at a particularly dangerous moment. Last week, india stripped the part of kashmir that it controls, which has been home to a long running insurgency, of its special, more autonomous status. Now, analysts believe this is part of a drive by the hindu nationalist government in india cracking down on a muslim majority province. And the move has infuriated the authorities here in pakistan, who believe that kashmiris should be given an option to vote for independence from india and to become part of pakistan instead. The Prime Minister, imran khan, has called on the International Community to intervene. And tomorrow the United NationsSecurity Council will hold a closed doors discussion about kashmir, but Indian Officials remain adamant that their policy there is an internal matter. So tensions looks set to escalate. We heard more on this just now from sadanand dhume, resident fellow at the American Enterprise institute. Yeah, you know, if you listened to modis Independence Day speech yesterday thats precisely the message that he is sending. And i think his primary audience seems to be the people of india. And what he is selling is the picture of a kashmir which is no longer a problem, where the issue of separatism is sort of magically resolved, and where peace reigns and prosperity is brought in by large amounts of Indian Private investment. And whats wrong with that picture . Well, theres nothing wrong with that picture as an ideal. I think most who follow the region closely would be very doubtful about that coming true any time soon. You have to understand that the Indian Economy is not doing well in any case and this is a conflict zone. And we havent heard from the kashmiris, of course, in more than ten days. But when we do start hearing from them i suspect theres going to be a great deal of anger over this move. As you say, it is already a conflict zone, these two Nuclear Armed countries have fought wars over kashmir already. The pakistani government seems to be saying that the rest of the world needs to weigh in here. As i understand, when you talk to international diplomats, they say the diplomatic case for pakistan is quite weak and they may struggle to get international support. That could mean more terrorism, couldnt it . It could. But even on the terrorism card, which, you know, pakistan has used in the past by funding Islamist Groups that were active in indian administered kashmir, pakistan has the threat of sanctions over its head. Its in the middle of an imf programme. I think the mood of the world towards islamist terrorism has changed quite dramatically after 2001 and after the mumbai attacks in 2008. So pakistan would have to be careful about that. Though, of course, it is indeed possible that we will see more attacks in the coming months. So how do you think this will play out, ultimately . Well, who knows about ultimately . I think india has taken a very big gamble. Nobody knows which way this will play out over the next five, ten, or 15 years. For now it certainly goes against conventional wisdom on how this should have been treated, which would be gradually and incrementally. But modis gone fora big, bold move. And many people in india seem to be convinced this will pay out. Lets just see what the future holds. In el salvador, a retrial is underway of a rape victim who has been charged with murder under the countrys strict anti abortion laws. Evelyn hernandez, whos 21, was attacked as a teenager by a gang member. She said she suffered a miscarriage, but prosecutors accused her of having an abortion after her child was found dead in a septic tank. She was sentenced to 30 years in prison. John mcmanus reports. Singing in a country where abortion is illegal under any circumstances, this case has attracted widespread publicity. Inside the court, 21 year old evelyn hernandez, whos facing a retrial on aggravated homicide after she was accused of having an abortion. Ms hernandez has already served three years injail, but that conviction was quashed by the Supreme Court on the grounds that the original trial decision was made on insufficient evidence. Translation i have always told you that i am innocent. My goals are to keep studying. And i only ask the prosecution to think things through because i am really innocent. Also, to thejudge, i know that he will do justice. God willing, all will end well. I am innocent. Ms hernandez said she was raped by a gang member and suffered a stillbirth. One ngo says 147 women were sentenced to prison in similar cases over a 1a year period. Like this woman, teodora vasquez, sentenced to 30 years in prison when her baby was found dead after she went into labour alone. Last year, her sentence was commuted. Shed already served ten years. Legislators failed to vote on a plan last year to allow terminations in strict circumstances. The issue is one that remains highly emotive. John mcmanus, bbc news. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come mimic bird sounds why hundreds of Australian School children are mimicking the sounds of the nations native birds. The big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. As the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a hugejob of crowd control. Idi amin, ugandas brutalformer dictator, has died at the age of 80. Hes been buried in saudi arabia, where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. Two billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. It began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later when the sun set over the bay of bengal. This is bbc world news. The latest headlines us democrats condemn israels decision to barr two congresswomen from entering the country, a move encouraged by President Trump. Indias Prime Minister defends the decision to strip indian administered kashmir of its special status, but pakistan says three of its soldiers have been killed during fighting on the border. The headline writers are calling it the miracle over ramensk. Passengers and crew on board a Russian Airliner had a remarkable escape when a bird strike forced their plane to make an Emergency Landing just outside moscow. There were 233 people on board the Ural Airlines flight when it belly flopped into a cornfield. Steve rosenberg has the story. Its being hailed as a miracle. A passenger plane makes an Emergency Landing in a cornfield, and everyone on board gets out alive. This was take off in moscow. See the birds . It is thought a flock of gulls got sucked into the engines of the Ural Airlines airbus. The plane needed to land fast. You can see smoke rising from near the wing. This was the moment of impact. Terrifying for the passengers and crew, but at least they were down. 233 people had survived a dramatic Emergency Landing. Weve just crashed, he says, but those pilots were amazing. Full respect to them for getting us down. The kremlin today called the pilots of flight 178 heroes. Theyre expected to receive state awards. The incident revived memories of another miraculous landing on new yorks hudson river a decade ago. A Us Airways Flight ditched after colliding with a flock of geese. But, with these escapes from disaster, perhaps miracle is the wrong word. It is the skill of the pilots that saves lives. Steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. And the multiple nascar winner dale earnhardtjr, along with his family and the pilots, have emerged unharmed after their plane crashed in tennessee. The aircraft caught fire after overshooting the runway at elizabethton airport. Earnhardt was travelling with his wife and their one year old daughter. He was due to commentate on this weekends nascar race at the nearby bristol circuit. One of the biggest sites for dinosaur bones anywhere in the world is being excavated in wyoming. Missionjurassic has already unearthed more than a dozen fossils and footprints. Researchers think there may be more than 100 dinosaurs buried there. Our science correspondent Rebecca Morrelle has the story. A hot, dusty landscape extending for miles. But emerging from this barren terrain, a dinosaur graveyard, where the bones of some of the biggest creatures ever to roam the earth are being discovered. Where does this fit on this mass . That slots straight in here. You found the pelvis . Yeah, its brilliant. Thats amazing the dig is called missionjurassic. What is fantastic about this site, theres multiple bones from at least a dozen individuals already poking out of the ground. And when you realise weve only reallyjust scratched a corner of this square mile, theres going to be dozens if not 100 plus dinosaurs lurking in the rocks of thejurassic here. This dinosaur drowned in a flash flood and was then caught up ina logjam. The tree trunk it was crushed up against is still preserved, millions of years later. These are just some of the amazing bones that are being discovered at this site. Right here you have an arm bone, next to it a giant shoulder blade, and then you can just begin to see the backbone starting to emerge. And, standing here, you really get a sense of the size of this creature. It is a type of sauropod which from nose to tail measured 30 metres long, and scientists think it might even be a species that is new to science. There are so many dinosaurs here. Excavating each bone is a painstaking process, so it takes people power. But how do you tell bone from rock . Try licking it. 0k. Quite sticky . Yeah. Because its porous, and its sucking onto your tongue. So thats. And rock doesnt do that, but bone does. The rocks are from thejurassic period, 150 million years ago a golden age when dinosaurs exploded in shape and size. Dinosaurs are getting really, really, really big, and there are loads of them. There are loads of different types, and theyre all Walking Around on these flood plains, eating presumably huge forests. And thats a really good question, actually where were all these huge forests, and how did they get enough food to eat . The dig is like going back in time. A meat eating allosaurus has been found here, and herds of plant eating diplodocus also grazed on this landscape. Before that, there was a vast inland sea. Marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs were abundant in these waters. This dinosaur dig is expected to last 20 years, but the team says the efforts will be worth it to unlock the secrets of the jurassic past. Rebecca morelle, bbc news, wyoming. The australian bush is home to hundreds of species of native birds, all of which make a unique sound, and now they are being mimicked by a bunch of Young Students as part of a revived School Competition from the 1950s. Freya cole has the story. Mimics bird sounds this is the bournda bird olympics. Clarity is key, so is enthusiasm and accuracy. Dont mind, its going to be loud. 0k. Mimics bird sounds thats the sound of an australian bellbird. It is one of the entries into a friendly competition which mimics the sounds of native birds. Mimics bird sounds oh, wait, no. Thats not it. Mimics bird sounds these students live in the far south coast of new south wales, in the bega valley, where the noble art of bird calling is being revived. What can you do . A magpie. All right, well, lets hear a magpie. It is a local tradition which dates back to the 1950s and 60s, but it has only recently been brought back to life. These men are former bird calling school champions, and now have the importantjob of mentoring the next generation. That was a familiar cackle of the kookaburra, followed by a fan tailed cuckoo. The winner automatically becomes a local hero, but no matter the outcome, theyre all winners, and the birds so too. Freya cole, bbc news. And just a short time ago i spoke with the organiser of the event, doug reckord, from the Bournda National ParkEducation Centre in australia. He told us more about how it all began. Its just a wonderful story, that this was a big thing in australia in the 1950s. There was an organisation called the gould league which encouraged students to love birds and respect birds, and this bird calling competition was statewide. It was a big thing, a big deal at the time. And some of our local schools were very, very in that area. And the great thing is that the older people now who are ourjudges were those School Students of the past, and theyjust love seeing the circle of life, if you like, with the kids coming in to do the bird calling. And i suppose you were relying on local media, localjournalists, to spread the word. They were certainly helpful to us in pulling together the pictures for this. Vanessa milton in the south east for the abc is wonderful. She connected the dots before we got involved. She was talking to people at the merimbula museum, a local history organisation. And she did the initial story, which really gave this a lot of impetus, and shes covered our three bird olympic events, and provided just that your recorders saw that video. Itsjust very engaging, and the beautiful thing is the kids enjoy it, and they show very little self consciousness when theyre doing it, and wejust love their reaction. And the kids who featured are genuinely really good at it, arent they . Do you think its more than a competition . Does it have life lessons . Look, theres a whole lot of stuff in there. Were fortunate on the far south coast, mike. Its an absolute biodiversity hotspot, with Beautiful National parks, and a lot of these kids come from very small bush schools where theyre surrounded by the bush. Its part of their life. We have issues, like many other spots in the world, with factors which may endanger some birds. We have endangered bird species. In looking at the science and Technology Behind the bird calls, we hope these students will play inactive role in helping to protect their habitats. The australian tennis player, nick kyrgios, has been fined 113,000 after spectacularly losing his temper during a match in the us. Kyrgios swore repeatedly at the umpire, calling him the worst ref ever and a tool, before walking off court and smashing two racquets against the floor. The australian went on to lose the cincinnati masters match against his russian opponent. The sports governing body says it is considering taking further action against kyrgios, who is well known for clashing with officials. Hello there, good morning. Thursday was a much better day, but things are going downhill now, and its going to be quite a blustery few days ahead. Weve got this cloud thats coming in from the atlantic, and that will push outbreaks of rain eastwards across the whole of the country. The main driving force, that area of low pressure, thats going to sit to the north west over the next few days. At the moment its pushing these weather fronts ahead, thickening the cloud and bringing some rain from the west. So this is how we start friday morning. A little on the cooler side for eastern parts of england, with a few breaks in the cloud for longer. But the rain is coming in from the west, and that could be heaviest over the hills of wales and south west england. Maybe 2 3 inches of rain, and that could lead to localised flooding. This is the picture through the day, a dry start for Eastern England and where weve got this rain coming from the west, heavy at times. We should get sunshine in the afternoon in Northern Ireland, eventually across scotland, but there should be a few sharp showers around too. The winds picking up together with the rain, so fresh to strong winds, maybe locally gale force around western coasts. Where we have the sunshine, temperatures 21 or 22 in scotland and Northern Ireland. Under the cloud and rain in england and wales, 18 or 19 at best, i suspect. So once the rain arrives at lunchtime for the cricket at lords, its set in all day. That rain moves away from the south east eventually overnight, clearer skies follow. A lot of showers further north, and these heavy and thundery especially in western scotland and 12 16 for the start of the weekend. And its a blustery start to the weekend. Sunny spells and some showers. Not too many showers for england and wales. Good chance for eastern areas to stay dry. But therell be some more focused showers coming into Northern Ireland and particularly western parts of scotland, where temperatures will be a bit lower. In the sunshine further east, were back up to 22, maybe 23 degrees. Maybe seeing a bit of rain coming into the south east of england on saturday night in the returning weather front, but we still have the area of the low pressure to the north west of the uk, so we can expect lots of showers for scotland and Northern Ireland. Heavy and thundery, blustery winds too. The winds picking up for england and wales through the day, blowing in a few more showers. Most of them will be out to the west, but weve got those fresh to strong westerly south westerly winds continuing, and those temperatures will be disappointing if youre underneath those showers. In scotland and Northern Ireland, maybe 20 or 21 in eastern parts of england and wales. We start next week with more showers around, particularly in the west, but as the week goes on there is the possibility High Pressure could make a welcome return, drying things off and it will feel a bit warmer too in the sunshine. This is bbc news, the headlines israel has barred two us congresswomen from entering the country, a move encouraged by President Trump. Rashida tlaib and ilhan omar are democrats whove criticised policy towards the palestinians. The Israeli Government says theyve been denied entry, because of their support for a boycott of the country. Indias Prime Minister has defended the decision to strip indian administered kashmir of its special status. He also denied reports that five of its soldiers were killed during fighting on the border. Pakistan says three of its soldiers were killed during a recent exchange of fire. A young woman charged under el salvadors strict anti abortion laws has appeared in court and protested her innocence at her retrial. Evelyn hernandez became pregnant through rape. She said she miscarried but was convicted of murder, after prosecutors said shed induced an abortion. Now on bbc news, hardtalk with stephen sackur