Hello and welcome. Us secretary of state mike pompeo is on his way to the middle east for talks with both saudi arabia and the uae and an offer to negotiate with iran. There have been days of extreme tensions with washington and tehran and it includes reports of an american cyber attack on iranian weapons, a p pa re ntly cyber attack on iranian weapons, apparently in retaliation for the shooting down of a us drone. Chris buckler reports. Having backed away from military strikes, america is trying to show it is not afraid of conflict with iran. Officials say they launched Cyber Attacks, which they claim disabled iranian systems controlling rockets and missile launchers, exactly the kind of hardware that was responsible for shooting down an american drone over the gulf. With tehran showing off the wreckage and President Trump threatening iran with obliteration if this ends up in confrontation, the International Community is increasingly worried. Everybody must keep nerves of steel. It is
Industrial heartland on the impact of trade wars on Small Businesses. Close to 200 days with hardly any rain. The impact of water shortages in the indian city of chennai. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its midnight here in london, 7am in singapore and 2am in turkeys biggest city istanbul where thousands of opposition supporters have been celebrating on the streets after their candidate has been re elected as mayor. Its the second time he has won this year. In march he narrowly beat a candidate from president erdogans ak party, but the result was annulled. This time he increased his lead to nine per cent. Its been seen as a rebuke to the president his worst political setback in decades. Mark lowen is there. They roared, not just they roared, notjust in victory but in celebration that there turkey still exists. An opposition thats waited 25 years to control istanbul but long felt incapable of success, savoured its moment. Ekrem imamogl
Ina in a moment, time for sportsday, but first, what else is coming up on bbc news, 7pm, beyond 100 days speaks to the former us defence secretary ash carter, on the rising tension between iran and the us. Eight oclock, looking at the damage caused by flooding after homes in england were evacuated, motorists stranded and trains cancelled and we will have a review of tomorrows newspapers. That is all ahead, on bbc news. Now it is time for sportsday. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Lots in store this evening, including, another busy day at the womens world cup in france. Join me in le havre, as i bring you the latest news from the england camp. We will also be hearing from the scotla nd we will also be hearing from the scotland squad, they are looking for a positive response to defeat in their opening match. Elsewhere, rock and roll, at pebble beach, this yea rs and roll, at pebble beach, this years us open gets under way in california. And also coming up in the programme, she is the un
Of President Donald Trump. This time, hes accused of running a criminal enterprise to keep him in power for violations of georgia law arising from a criminal conspiracy. Donald trump, an 18 allies indicted for scheming to overturn trumps 2020 election loss in the state of georgia. Good evening, everyone. Im mike mibach. And im greg lee. This is his fourth indictment in four months. Ctvs Jana Katsuyama has been following breaking details coming out of georgia tonight. Joins us now with the very latest. Jana, greg and mike, all of this happening very quickly just in the past couple of hours. The grand jury deliberated until 8 p. M. Tonight, georgia time. It was almost midnight on the east coast when the District Attorney came out and announced these charges against the former president. The da released the 98 page indictment tonight. It charges 19 people, including former President Donald Trump, and lists 41 felony counts against him and other top republicans, including local leaders in
Yeah. Its not as bad as yesterday. But yes, we actually have a little rain here in oakland. Wow. Big drops, big drops. Temperatures are warm again, although weve lost a majority of the higher clouds. Theyre still plenty going through. And theres a little line forming ill show you here in a second. I mean, 60s again, on many of these lows, thats for sure. Have a watch. The line that forms from fremont to oakland right there. Its right over richmond now. Probably berkeley and emeryville and heading out right over San Pablo Bay, stretching back along the 880 corridor. So were not done with that moisture yet. Still some coming up from the south. Its going to be hot today, especially if you dont have any clouds. Well go 70s, 80s and 90s to 100 out there in livermore. I think sals here. There he is. There he is picking up something on 80. Thats my guess. Thats right. 80 at powell street was a big rig crash. Its right at powell street and theyre still clearing it up. It happened last night, l