Ship in the gulf. Its 50 years since the moon landings, but how did the pictures get back to earth . Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 8 am in singapore, 1 am in london and 8pm in washington where President Trump has sought to distance himself from racist chanting aimed at a democratic congresswoman, who was born in somalia, during his election rally on wednesday. The president said he was not happy with what happened. But he made no attempt to stop the chanting. Our north america correspondent nick bryant has this report. This is a rally that will be talked about for decades to come. After the racism of Donald Trumps original attacks on the four congresswomen of colour came the kind of racial demagoguery weve not heard or seen from a modern day american president. First, he singled them out by name. Representative ilhan omar. Crowd boos. Representative Alexandra Ocasio cortez. Crowd boos. Go back to where you came from was his message to the congresswomen earlier this week, three of whom were born in the usa. His latest advice, if you dont like america, then leave. Tonight i have a suggestion for the hate filled extremists who are constantly trying to tear our country down. They never have anything good to say. Thats why i say, hey, if they dont like it, let them leave. Let them leave. Crowd chants send her back. Send her back was the shout, and donald trump made no attempt to calm the crowd. For 15 seconds, president ial silence. Today, though, he tried to distance himself from the chants. Earlier, Republican Leaders told the white house we cannot be defined by that cry. I was not happy with it. I disagree with it. But again, i didnt say i didnt say that, they did. Newly elected and on the left of their party, the congresswomen call themselves the squad. Alexandra Ocasio Cortez describes herself as a democratic socialist, and the president as a racist. Ilhan omar, a muslim born in somalia, has been condemned for remarks about israel her critics claim are anti semitic, and for saying of september the 11th, some people did something. This was her response today, to mr trump. We have said this president is racist. We have condemned his racist remarks. I believe he is fascist. Tonight at the oval office, he looked more conventionally president ial, but the angry mood of the North Carolina rally speaks more of the age of trump. Lets take a look at some of the days other news President Donald Trump says us forces have shot down an iranian drone that approached an american vessel near the strait of hormuz. Our correspondent Aleem Maqbool gave me more details. Donald trump called it a defensive action. In his words, this drone came within 1000 yards of the uss boxer, in the strait of hormuz, when it was shot down, apparently having ignored calls for it to back away. The pentagon has since given a few more detail, saying it happened around 10am local time and they insist, the pentagon insists, that it was not a tit for tat operation because, remember, a few weeks ago iran shot down a us surveillance drone. That of course led to the precipitation to an action in which the us reimposed very tough sanctions on iran. Since then we have seen iran saying it has removed restrictions on its nuclear activity, there have been ships seized britain has seized an iranian vessel, we believe, as well. So lots of tension in that region. But curiously the Iranian Foreign minister, javad zarif, who is currently visiting new york, has been asked about this latest incident where this iranian drone, we hearfrom the pentagon, has been shot down and he said tehran has got no knowledge of having lost a drone. In other news theres been an outpouring of sympathy in japan and around the world after an arson attack on an animation production studio in kyoto, killed at least 33 people. The police are holding a 41 year old man in custody, suspected of deliberately starting the blaze. Rupert Wingfield Hayes has more from tokyo. The more we learn about this attack, the more horrific the details become. As the fire crews have gone through this charred and blackened building, they have found more and more bodies, many of them apprently crowding onto stairs as people tried to escape onto the roof of the building as the fire tore through in a very, very short amount of time. As to the allegation that this was a deliberate attack, the police are saying they have a 41 year old man in custody. He went into the bottom of the building with a can of petrol or gasoline and then spread it around the floor and set fire to it. They claim eyewitnesses heard him shout, die, as he did that. A truly horrific scene there. The death toll continues to rise in south asia from the devastating monsoon rains. At least 97 are dead in india, and 78 have been killed in nepal. Millions have been displaced and authorities fear floodwaters could lead to a spread of disease. Officials in southern afghanistan say a car bomb has exploded in the city of kandahar, killing at least twelve people and injuring sixty others. The attack took place near the entrance of the city police headquarters, and several gunmen started firing at the building afterwards. The taliban has admitted responsibility. Parliament here in the uk has passed an amendment which will make it more difficult for the next Prime Minister to force through a no deal brexit. Meanwhile, the governments own financial watchdog has warned the uk could be pushed into recession by a no deal brexit. The red cross is appealing for extra funds to be sent to north korea, which it says will produce only half of its expected harvest this year due to a drought. Millions of north koreans are already chronically undernourished, and the red cross is warning that rates of malnutrition are rising. Hows this for a delayed response . In 1959, as a 13 year old boy, paul gilmore wrote a letter on the long boatjourney from the uk to australia, where his family was migrating. He put it in a bottle and threw it overboard into the indian ocean. This week 50 years later a 9 year old boy found that bottle on a remote South Australian beach and the message was still inside. He has written back, although paul has long since moved back to the uk. Paul who is ironically on a cruise at the moment told the bbc he had always hoped the letter would come back to him. In the united states, the top official responsible for detentions on the southern border says family separations at the border with mexico are now rare, and only done for compelling reasons. At a hearing on capitol hill, Kevin Mcaleenan was confronted by congressman Elijah Cummings about the conditions that Migrant Children are being held in. When we hear about stories coming out from you and your agency that everything is pretty good and you are doing a greatjob, you feel like you are doing a great job, right . Were doing our level best. What does that mean when a child is sitting in their own faeces cannot take a shower come on, man what is that about . None of us would have our children in that position they are human beings ajudge in new york has ruled that the disgraced american financier, jeffrey epstein, must remain in jail while awaiting trial on charges of trafficking underage girls for sex. Mr epstein, who once counted bill clinton and donald trump among his friends, denies the charges. Our correspondent, nada tawfik, explains how the prosecution thought epstein could be a flight risk. Ultimately, thejudge decided ultimately, the judge decided with prosecutors who argued thatjeffrey epstein, a registered sex offender, remained a danger to the community and flight risk and they pointed to evidence they found at his mansion. They found in his safe, foreign passport with a fake name, piles of cash, diamonds as well as many, many lewd photographs of young women and girls. They said he had not changed his ways and had the means and motives to flee. The judge said the suggestion by the defence that mr epstein could be under house arrest with an electronic monitoring bracelet was not adequate. Even though mr epstein offered to pay for armed guards 24 7 put up 100 million in collateral. There are calls to widen the use of vaccinations to help bring a halt to the ebola epidemic in the democratic republic of congo. The announcement from medical charity msf comes a day after the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak a Public Health emergency. So far at least 1600 people have died. This week a pastor died from ebola in the city of goma, which is home to more than a million people. The city is a major transport hub and sits on the dr congo rwanda border. The bbcs anne soy sent this update from goma. The pastor was brought here over the weekend with ebola. He is a classic example of the kind of patients dealt with during this outbreak. The community has generally been resistant to the message about ebola and many believe it does not exist. Many people staying at home, dying, effecting others and never showing up in hospital. This pastor changed his name when he was travelling, met people even though he knew he was under observation. This is made the response very difficult. It heightens the risk of it crossing into other countries. The outbreak has crossed already to uganda. There is still high risk of ebola crossing to countries within this region however the World Health Organization says that the risk of spreading internationally remains low. You are watching newsday on the bbc. Still to come on the programme the australian outpost that helped millions watch the moon landing. How one Radio Telescope helped to relay history. Also on the Programme Instagram removes the number of likes on posts in some countries. A mental reprieve or an end to popularity contests . After months of talks and missed deadlines, a deal has been struck to keep greece within the eurozone. The immediate prospect of greece going bust, in the worst crisis to hit the eurozone, has been averted. Emergency services across Central Europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worse floods this century. Nearly 100 people have been killed. Broadway is traditionally called the great white way by americans, but tonight its completely blacked out. Its a timely reminder to all americans of the problems that the Energy Crisis has brought to them. Leaders meet in paris for a summit on pollution, inflation and third world debt. This morning, theyjoined the revolution celebrations for a show of military might on the champs elysees. Finally, wildlife officials in australia have been coping with a penguin problem. Fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on a huge shoal of their favourite food, pilchards. Some had eaten so much they could barely stand. This is newsday on the bbc. Im rico hizon, in singapore. Im Samantha Simmonds, in london. Our top stories President Trump has sought to distance himself from racist chanting aimed at a somali born congresswoman during his election rally on wednesday. He said he was not happy about people shouting, send her back. There has been an outpouring of sympathy in japan and internationally following an arson attack on an animation production studio in kyoto that killed at least 33 people. Dozens more are injured. Lets take a look at some front pages from around the world. The japan times has a story previewing sundays upper house election. They say the vote is crucial for Prime Minister shinzo abe in his bid to amend part of the countrys constitution, but turnout is expected to be low. To hong kong, and the South China Morning Post leads with more details about a bloody clash between riot police and protesters last sunday. Sources revealed to the post that Senior Officers ordered 100 riot officers to enter a Shopping Plaza to rescue 20 detectives cornered by protesters. And the philippine inquirer leads with a tragic image two children sitting in the remains of their home, which was destroyed by a landslide caused by the heavy rains from Tropical Storm falcon. The social media platform instagram is hiding the number of likes that appear on posts in several countries as part of a test to see if it removes pressure on users. Normally instagrammers can see how many likes other posts have received, but in the test, this will only be visible on content that they upload. Here is Hong Kong Based clinical counsellor Bhavna Bharvani on whether these changes will make a difference. I think its a really positive thing for teen mental health. A lot of teens consider likes a measure of their self worth. It is a social currency for them, and so it often leads to problems that can be Like Mental Health illnesses, like depression and anxiety, feelings of low self esteem and feelings of inadequacy when they dont get as many likes as some of their peers. So this move to hide the number of likes, i think, can have a really positive impact on teen mental health. And i hope they do more with regards to you know, i think theres more they can do here in terms of teen mental health, for some users. So, bhavna, you are a clinical counsellor in hong kong. Do you have patients who come to you who have problems because of social media . I do have a lot of teens that come to me, maybe not because of social media, but its definitely part, and contributes to their problems of depression and anxiety. And i would say its quite a widespread problem. The only thing is that its become so normalised to go on instagram and to feel badly that teens dont tend to question it, and dont tend to think that theres something they can do about it. So, on the mild side, you have people i have teens coming in talking about feeling low self esteem, and to the more severe side, feelings of depression and anxiety, and even addictive behaviours, because when you get a like. Addictive behaviours could it also be because of bullying, because theyre not as popular as their friends on instagram or other social media platforms . Its to do more so with actually, when we get a like on instagram, the same part of our brain is activated as when we have opioids in our system, so dopamine released into the brain. And as a result, we have teens that are chasing this dopamine hit, chasing likes, and that can create this addictive process of spending hours filtering pictures, researching the right hashtags, to make sure that they can get the number of likes that they want and get that dopamine hit. And even more and even in a more severe case, it can lead to things like selfie dysmorphia, which is a term coined by plastic surgeons, who have found a rise rise in teens seeking plastic surgery. So bhavna, briefly, this trial is only for instagram. Do you think it should be extended to other social media platforms, like twitter, snapchat and facebook . Without a doubt. Anything that teens are on, it should be extended to. This weekend marks 50 years since man first walked on the moon, an event watched live by a Television Audience of 600 million people. The pictures were broadcast thanks to a Radio Telescope in rural australia, which was later immortalised in the film the dish. Our correspondent Hywel Griffith has been to meet one of the people who helped bring those famous images to the world. Theyve got the flag up now, and you can see the stars and stripes. It was the tv moment of the 20th century. Beautiful, just beautiful. The giant leap for mankind sent 384,000 km through space and onto screens around the world. It was only possible thanks to this dish. The parkes observatory was one of three receiving the signal on earth. It produced the clearest pictures, and so was the main source of the tv images. David cooke was the senior receiver engineer. The enormity of the occasion didnt strike him until later. If we started to think about what a great thing that were doing, were likely to break down and not do it properly. So only afterwards did i go down outside the telescope and look up and see the moon, and realise that there were three people up there, and two of them on the surface, and we had helped to put them there. Thats armstrong. On the moon. Much of the story was captured in the dish, the film which told the observatorys history, with a little dramatic license. For example, there wasnt really a power cut as the moment approached. But there was plenty of real life drama here on the day. Just as the astronauts were landing on the moon, a storm arrived here in parkes, bringing wind gusts of over 100 km h, causing the tower to shake and sounding the safety alarms. Normally they would have shut down the dish, but they didnt want to miss their moment in history. It is one which has put parkes on the map, and keeps bringing visitors out to this country town. I find it very cool, cause its just amazing how that big thing can, like, see or, like, hear people out in space. I dont think they realise how much of an impact it had on history, when it comes from such a small town, and it is out in the middle of nowhere. And nowadays, we have this equipment. The dish is still in use, and is now 10,000 times more powerful than when it came into operation. One of their projects is to look for alien life. We scan the heavens, visible from here, looking for evidence of radio emissions from alien civilisations. We havent found anything yet, butjust imagine if a signal is found from another civilisation elsewhere. I mean, that will be. There is still so much we dont know about the universe around us, but 50 years on, this dish is helping humans to see and think beyond our own planet. Since the moon landing, we have sent rovers to mars, satellites into orbit, and put probes on asteroids. But as we extend our reach into space, sometimes things are left behind, called space junk. But one persons trash is anothers treasure. Space archeaologist alice gorman, who is also known as dr space junk, tells us what kind of things are left behind. Well, there are some things on the moon that we know went up there, but we dont currently know where they are. So theres some objects like a piece of thermal blanket that was torn off and has gone missing. And sometimes astronauts take things up a little bit unofficially, and they might know what they have put up there, but there arent these official records to say that they were there. So there are a few little mysteries in the stuff that weve left scattered through the solar system. Is there anything that we should be worried about . I think i can fairly safely say that theres nothing surprising thats going to come and bite us up there. Now, you have described the moon as being essential to our lives. Why, and how . The moon has such a big role to play in the way ecologies and the environment work on earth. So the tides are such a big part of how everything operates on earth. The light of the moon regulates vegetation growth. It regulates human decision making, so many people in hunter gatherer societies only go hunting when the light of the moon is right. It regulates what we can see when were outside at night, as well. Its the source of so many stories and cosmologies and myths and legends, and just a beautiful object in the sky that people like to look at and think about. Now, you argued the case for approaching Space Exploration and the moon from an archaeological standpoint. Just explain more about that. So we have left all this junk up there on the surface. Theres over 50 missions that have landed or crashed onto the surface of the moon. And so you could say this is junk, but what archaeologists do is look atjunk humans leave behind to find novel insights into human behaviour. So this stuff is fairly recent, but we have, of course, the six apollo landing sites, where humans actually walked and did things on the surface of the moon. They were adapting to a new gravitational regime. They were operating in an environment that no other human had been in before. So we have an archaeological record in the stuff that they left on the surface, and of course, those famous footprints and the traverses where they walked around the landscape. So we can study whats left behind to see what it can tell us about the early space age on earth. What do you see happening when it comes to Space Exploration in the next 15 years . Well, i think there are so many challenges to be overcome, and obviously things are accelerating at the moment. There are numerous plans to go back to the moon. People are thinking about mars. So the drive is there, and we know weve done it once before. So i would say, in the next 50 years, its highly likely well see some kind of permanent settlement on the moon, and were quite likely also to have developed lunar industries. And maybe one day rico and i will be broadcasting from the moon. That would be lovely, samantha and rico live from the moon. You have been watching newsday. Im Samantha Simmonds in london. And im rico hizon in singapore. Stay with us. Profit warning for boeing. The plane maker says its Second Quarter earnings have been hit by the grounding of its 737 max after two deadly crashes. Thats all for now. Stay with bbc world news. Hello there. If youre hoping for warm weather, it might be worth sticking around until the end of this forecast, but in the meantime, some soggy weather to get through during the day ahead. This frontal system sliding in from the south west, this is going to bring some outbreaks of pretty heavy rain northwards across many parts of the uk, and with that, a brisk breeze. That rain very quickly getting into South West England and the south of wales through the morning. Many other spots starting the day dry and clear, but through the rush hour, some very heavy rain falling across parts of the west country and particularly south wales. Could well be some surface water and spray on the roads, some very poor travelling conditions, perhaps some disruption. But as we drift further north, across northern england, Northern Ireland and scotland, many places starting the day dry, with some spells of sunshine. 14 degrees there in glasgow, with a scattering of showers across the north of scotland. Now, as we go through the day, this band of rain, perhaps with the odd flash of lightning, the odd rumble of thunder, will move its way northwards across the midlands, east anglia, up into northern england, clipping into Northern Ireland, getting into southern scotland, perhaps into the central belt by the middle of the afternoon. Some showers chasing on from the south. The best of the dry weather, albeit with one or two showers, across northern scotland. Some sunny spells here, temperatures of 19 21 degrees. Now, on the southern flank of this rain band, there could be some thunderstorms breaking out across the far north of england, the far south of scotland through friday evening. Another batch of wet weather sliding across southern parts of england. Generally speaking, across the south east of the uk its going to be a muggy night, a muggy start to saturday morning. A little cooler and fresher across the north west. Now, the main body of the wet weather tied in with this frontal system here will be sliding eastwards as we get into saturday, but low pressure still very much in charge. So yes, there will be some spells of sunshine, but also a scattering of showers, and some of those could be heavy, could be thundery, could crop up just about anywhere, but especially for central and eastern areas. Temperatures 20 24 degrees, beginning to creep upwards again. Split fortunes on sunday england and wales having a predominantly dry day, increasing amounts of cloud, some sunny spells, but well see rain across Northern Ireland spreading into the western side of scotland. Temperatures down towards the south may be into the middle 20s at this stage, but they will climb a little higher, i suspect, because early next week, heat will really be building across iberia and france. Some spots up to 40 degrees, and that heat looks like getting drawn into at least the southern half of the uk. Some spots into the low 30s celsius, but further north, itll be cooler and more unsettled as well. Im Samantha Simmonds. This is bbc world news. Our top story President Trump says he didnt agree with racist chanting at a Campaign Rally in North Carolina on wednesday, aimed at a somali born democratic congresswoman. The president told reporters at the white house that he was not happy with the taunt. Footage from the rally shows mr trump paused when the chants erupted. An American Navy ship has shot down an iranian drone in the gulf. President trump said the drone had flown within a kilometre of the vessel, threatening the safety of its crew. And this story is trending on bbc. Com. A message in a bottle has been found, 50 years after it was thrown into the indian ocean. It was found this week by a 9 year old boy in South Australia with the message still inside. Thats all. Stay with bbc world news. And the top story in the uk