The most played song goes to. If i lay here would you lie with me and just forget the world . Chasing cars by snow patrol, its been crowned the most played song of the 21st century on uk radio. And englands netballers could qualify for the semi finals of the netball world cup in liverpool today. They need to beat trindad and tobago. Coming up, gazing at the moon weve got some spectacular pictures to show you of the Lunar Eclipse. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Comments made by President Trump about four congresswomen have been condemned as racist by the us house of representatives. The president called for these women from minority backgrounds to go back to their countries of origin, despite all being us citizens. Shortly after the vote, a democrat politician called for mr trump to be impeached. 0ur north america correspondent david willis reports. A row that started in cyberspace became all the more human, not to mention personal, on the floor of the nations capital, after the president was accused of racism. These comments from the white house are disgraceful and disgusting, and these comments are racist. On sunday, President Donald Trump urged these four congresswomen of colour, vocal critics of his administration, to go back to where they came from. Senior republicans have since been doing their best to defend him. Do you feel enough republicans have spoken up against the president . Absolutely not. What message does that send . The normalisation of it. The fact that its against our core American Values, that theyre choosing him over country. I wasjust going to give the gentle speaker of the house. If she would like to rephrase that comment. I have cleared my remarks through. Republicans sought to have Nancy Pelosis racist accusations struck from the record. Can i ask that the work be taken down . I make a point of order, the gentle womans words are unparliamentary and should be taken down. Whereupon the ill tempered partisan brawling that ensued proved too much for the acting house chairman. We want to just fight. I abandon the chair. The house voted to allow nancy pelosi to call the president a racist, and lawmakers lined up to tell of the effect racism had had on them. I know racism when i see it. I know racism when i feel it. And at the highest level of government, theres no room for racism. Telling four members of this body to go home because of where you believe they are from, is racist. There is racism coming out of the white house. And make no mistake, when people tell me to go back to where i came from, that is a racist insult because its based on race. I am a proud naturalised citizen born in india, a proud patriot, a proud person who belongs in this country, and its not the first time ive heard, go back to your country, but its the first time i have heard it coming from the white house. The president has said he doesnt have a racist bone in his body, but in a virtually unprecedented move, the house voted nonetheless to condemn his original tweet. Yet far from settling the matter, the debate served to underline how combustible as an issue race has become in 21st century america. David willis, bbc news, washington. Well, jan halper hayes, who will be working alongside mr trump as he campaigns for re election in 2020, said that although she didnt agree with the words he used its a political strategy that has put him in a better position to win a second term. The way he said that, many people, including republicans, have come out and said that that was inappropriate. But the strategic part of it is he now has put the squad back in the centre of the media. They stand for socialism, they stand for hating the country and so he is using that language, we are talking about it, but its deeper and more strategic because it is influencing the country, and getting them to see the difference. And nancy did not want them to be the centre of attention and he, by doing this, has made them the centre of attention again. Speaking on radio 4s today programme, David Axelrod former Senior Advisor to president barack 0bama, said the majority of americans are uncomfortalbe with mr trumps tweets. This isnt the first such situation with this president and, you know, there is a question as to whether people become inured to this kind of behaviour. But i think cumulatively, it can be problematic for him, in that i think there are a majority of americans who are uncomfortable with so blatantly racist appeals, of which this was one, and i think it also was problematic for republicans to essentially affirm it by voting against this resolution. But, from the standpoint of the president , i think he also sees value in inflaming his base and trying to maximise his base. So, we will see how this all pans out, but i dont think anybody knows for sure at this juncture. Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, the british iranian woman jailed in iran for alleged spying, has been moved to a psychiatric ward, according to her husband. Richard ratcliffe says military personnel are preventing family visits. It comes after mrs Zaghari Ratcliffe went on Hunger Strike for 15 days last month in protest at her detention. Both she and the British Government deny the spying charges. Well, mr ratcliffe spoke to the today programme this morning about whats happening to his wife. The last we heard was two things. 0ne, we got a phone call on monday with her saying she was being transferred to hospital and shes been taken to a big hospital in tehran to a psychiatric ward. Yesterday, her dad went down to the hospital and tried to visit her and spent a number of hours there and was unable to get in. He took some lunch along and wasnt able to deliver that or to phone herfrom the hospital reception up to her. Probably to go back in a day and half, we were quite hopeful when she was transferred to hospital that it was transferred to hospital that it was a good thing. We have been calling for medical treatment for a long time and is something the British Government have been calling for. We started off euphoric but when it transpired she is under control of the revolutionary guard again and there is no access, we got more worried. Why do you think they have done it . I dont know. I think without doubt, as you said in the introduction, the fact she did and Hunger Strike was enough to say enough is enough. There has been pressure to say listen, she is in a terrible way mentally. So there has been some movement there. That was something that had been resisted by the revolutionary guard. I was surprised but i probably shouldnt have been that they have taken control and are blocking access. Quite what they are up to, i dont know, in all honesty. They properly got more alarmed as it became clearer. We have asked the embassy to try and visit as soon as possible. They have not been able to visit her yet but in hospital it might be easier. Just to try and find out what is going on. |j might be easier. Just to try and find out what is going on. I suppose it is possible, isnt it, anything is possible with that lot, but it must be possible this is a prelude to her release . I think its possible it is good news. It is possible it is good news. It is possible it is a prelude to her release or a prelude to her getting treatment and all my fears are unfounded and she is being treated and she will be there awhile and then back in prison and we will do without. It is possible Something Else is going on. The last time she met the revolutionary guard went on Hunger Strike, they were pressuring her to sign various to announcements and her to sign various to announcements a nd co nfess her to sign various to announcements and confess to various things. That is what i get worried about. As yesterday carried on, are they isolating her again to squeeze her . Richard ratcliffe talking to the bbc a little earlier this morning. More than 60 labour peers have taken out an advert in the Guardian Newspaper accusing Jeremy Corbyn of failing the test of leadership over his handling of allegations of anti semitism in the party. The advert opens with this is your legacy mr corbyn, and it says hes failed to accept responsibility for allowing anti semitism to grow in our party. Adding that hes failed to defend our partys anti racist values. It goes on to say that labour is no longer a safe place for all members and supporters. Lets go to westminster and talk to our assistant Political Editor norman smith. What is the reaction to this letter and what will it mean for the Party Dynamics . It has been another very brisk response from team Jeremy Corbyn, who dismissed the peers as hostile to his leadership. They have again defended the way mr corbyn has responded to these allegations, pointing to the fact there has been a fourfold increase at which the speed at which these claims are dealt with, only 0. 06 of Party Members have ever faced such allegations. But there is huge pressure on mr corbyn personally. He is personally blamed now for creating a culture in the labour party which has allowed this form of anti semitism to thrive and there are now mounting calls for mr corbyn personally to intervene and to press ahead with rule changes. It does appear now to be heading to something of a showdown in the wake of the panorama programme. We have had the peers this morning, we had a letter also from the pier is just the other day, demanding that they should be an inquiry into the panorama claims, suggesting they could help set up a new complaint system. Before that, we had tom watsons intervention, setting out a whole list of demands, including that the party should publish its admission to the equalities and human rights commission. We had a Tribune Group of left leaning mps also weighing in. We have had former party staff members. We have had a barrage of criticism of mr corbyn personally in response to these allegations, and it would seem difficult to me for mr corbyn just to hunker down and in effect say im dealing with it and dont need to do any more. Moving to the conservative camp, we have the final hustings, final leadership hustings tonight. What is the assessment of how these hustings so far have gone and can we expect to any big surprises tonight . I would doubt it. I think the honest truth is, we have had 16 hustings and various online digital hustings. We have had debates the newspaper audiences, radio audiences, television interviews. The two men must be heartily sick of each other. We know all their lines and alleged jokes. What i think has emerged as the most striking fact from these sort of hustings is that whoever wins, and it does look as if it will be borisjohnson, wins, and it does look as if it will be Boris Johnson, the wins, and it does look as if it will be borisjohnson, the next government is clearly going to take a much, much harder stance on brexit, one in which no deal becomes a much more plausible outcome. We know Boris Johnson a much more plausible outcome. We know borisjohnson has said the 31st of october is a hard to do or die deadline. He has ruled out any changes to the backstop and suggested that if we did have to pursue no deal, that well, the costs would be vanishingly small. So we have moved from a government which was deeply reticent about no deal to one which looks like its quite ready to press ahead with no deal. And it is wednesday, that means it is pmst and although next week we will know who the new conservative leader and Prime Minister will be, this is an actually theresa mays last pmst today . Its a curious one, her last pmst as party leader foster next tuesday, we will get the result of the leadership contest. But mrs may is still going to do the Prime Ministers questions the following day on wednesday, but she will do it as Prime Minister, not party leader. And in the aftermath of that pmqs there is an expectation she may make a statement in parliament and then she will return to downing street, presumably go to the palace, announced she is stepping down and then it will be either borisjohnson stepping down and then it will be either Boris Johnson orjeremy stepping down and then it will be either borisjohnson orjeremy hunt who will go to the palace, return to number ten and take over as Prime Minister. 0k, norman, thank you very much. Norman smith. Households have been gripped by a tighter income squeeze in recent years than during the 1990s recession, according to an audit of living standards. The Resolution Foundation a think tank focusing on people on lower incomes claims that growth in Household Incomes in the past two years was weaker than its been since records began 58 years ago. The government says it is helping with the introduction of the National Living wage and by freezing fuel duty. And in the next half hour, well bring you the latest inflation statistics which are published at 9 30am. It is 9 15am exactly. The headlines on bbc news. The us house of representatives votes to condemn President Trumps attacks against a group of non white democratic congresswomen as racist. The husband of nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe the british iranian woman who was jailed in iran in 2016 says she has been transferred to a psychiatric ward. Mps say the uk could cut 700,000 cars worth of Carbon Emissions simply by adding more ethanol to petrol. Fleetwood town manager Joey Fleetwood town managerjoey barton has been charged with actual bodily harm after an incident that left a man with facial injuries following his side doesnt match with barnsley april. He has been summoned to appear before magistrates in 0ctober. Ahead of the start of the open tomorrow, rory mcilory says it will be hard not to burst out crying if he wins at royal portrush this weekend. And england can confirm a semifinal spot at the netball world cup with a win over Trinidad And Tobago today. Scotland face the tough task of playing jamaica. More and all of those stories at 9 40am. See you then. Thank you, sally. See you soon. The United States has announced sanctions on four of myanmars top generals, accusing them of gross Human Rights Violations against rohingya muslims. Those targeted include the countrys commander in chief. The measures mean neither the generals, nor their immediate families, can travel to the us. 0ur correspondent nick beake sent this update. Well, its nearly two years now since the rohingya were driven from myanmar in such great numbers. Many people, of course, believed that that was genocide. Thats certainly what some un inspectors believe. But this is the first time that the commander in chief here in myanmar, min aung hlaing, has been sanctioned in this way. He, along with his deputy and two other senior figures in the military, will no longer be able to travel to the United States, if, indeed, they want to. Some people today are seeing this as a symbolic gesture. Will it really have an impact . Certainly their family members, if they had sons and daughters or grandchildren who wanted to study in the United States, they wouldnt now be able to do this. Generally, though, human Rights Groups have welcomed this decision but theyd like the us and other countries to go further. They would like to see financial sanctions on key business interests of the burmese military, because, of course, the army still holds a great deal of power and has lots of money invested in key businesses here and they make a lot of money from those. Worth reminding ourselves that myanmar has always denied the charge of genocide and ethnic cleansing, but, interestingly, in the last few weeks, another top un official has said that she believes there are crimes being committed in Rakhine State to this day, which may amount to fresh war crimes. Interestingly, aung san suu kyis government is also criticised today for not doing more to try and bring to account those responsible for the crimes against the rohingya people. But its difficult to see whats happening in the here and now in Rakhine State because it remains, for the most part, shut off to journalists and shut off to the outside world. Heavy rains are set to continue across south asia, in a monsoon has already left more than a hundred and eighty people dead and displaced millions. Nearly 50 of the fatalities are in india, and at least sixty seven were killed in nepal. Rajini Vaidya Nathan has more from delhi. Misery for millions, as the monsoons return. Large parts of the North East Indian state now submerged. Entire villages virtually vanished. These animals are also struggling to stay afloat was not one of indias there is no National Parks engulfed by the rains. In nepal, landslides have claimed dozens nepal, landslides have claimed d oze ns of nepal, landslides have claimed dozens of lives. Many people still reported missing. Millions in bangladesh also affected. Here, rescue workers warned residents to stay away from the rushing flood waters. At the rohingya refugee camps, thousands of shelters now destroyed. In pakistan administered kashmir, sudden intense storm killed dozens. Families now left to pick up the pieces. The monsoons are set to continue for a few more months. As millions struggle, the worst is not yet over. Three men are to stand trial in malta, accused of involvement in the murder of the anti corru ption jo