so this is tragic. we report from the philippines where tensions with beijing are rising over territory in the south china sea. the uk has a new defence secretary — we'll ask how grant shapps will approach relations with china. it sounds like a cock and bull story — we'll hear about the man pulled over for driving with a real life bull in the passenger seat. 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. we begin in the south african city ofjohannesburg where twelve children are among more than 70 people now known

to have died after a fire in a tower block. it's thought a locked gate prevented people from escaping the flames. our correspondent shinghai nyoka is injohannesburg and has been witnessing the aftermath. screams. the sound of screaming piercing the night in the heart of africa's richest city. "fire! fire!" they shout from a burning building home to hundreds of people. officials say many residents were trapped inside by a gate, blocked by the bodies of those who had already died. i was watching out of the window, all of the building was on fire so i decided myself to jump first. ijumped down, my wife throw for me the baby, i catch him. i tell her to tie a bed sheet. she tied a bed sheet and came down it. i catch him. relief and shock

etched on the faces of those who managed to escape, but the rows of body bags are a grim reminder of those who didn't. many who lived inside this building were migrants from across the continent. the residents here were living in overcrowded conditions without consistent electricity or water. authorities say it resembled an informal settlement with shack—like partitions of cardboard boxes and sheets that likely fed the fire. now that the flames have been extinguished, the realisation that not everyone is coming out has set in. translation: i couldn't get into the second floor- because the fire was so bad. someone found my five—year—old and rescued him but i lost my 2—year—old. i don't know what to do, i don't know where to go. the flames were so intense that people inside have been said to be burnt beyond recognition. i have got about 23 years

in the service, i have never come across something like this in my whole life. we sympathise with the people who have lost their lives, the residents who have lost their lives here, but we must do something about it as a city, working together to make sure we prevent incidents like this one. this evening, a visit by the south african president. support for him evident even among those grieving. the ministers and the mses and the province and the city are working now full out to make sure that those who need assistance, from accommodation to trauma counselling to hospitalisation, are being looked after. while the cause of the fire is still unknown, authorities are promising a thorough investigation as loved ones in mourning demand answers about one of the worst fires in south africa's history. shingai nyoka, bbc news, johannesburg. there's new evidence

of tension around long—standing territorial disputes in the south china sea. officials in the philippines have told the bbc they will stand firm, despite a chinese ship using water cannon against filipino coastguards who approached a contested reef. china has long claimed much of the area within the red line you can see here going against the lines you can see in blue, marking the internationally recognised waters of countries in the region, our asia pacific correspondent laura bicker sent this report from the island of palawan, in the philippines. on the edge of this filipino paradise, survival depends on the sea. if you don't fish, you don't eat. they are used to battling wind and tide, but this country is also in a stand—off with beijing over who owns which part of the south china sea. this crew used to fish

near contested waters. from the age of 14, the deputy captain spent months on those shoals but not any more. translation: we might not return there, ma'am. - we are now scared. we're scared of china. we were harassed and even asked to leave. the fishermen have been asked to join a militia to help defend filipino territory. but life is already bathed in saltwater and sweat while steering boats made of simple bamboo. they have no wish to take on a global superpower. translation: you feel guarded. how can we feed our families? what we need is to fish, that's our goal, out in the sea. the chinese might fire their water cannons. we just have a wooden boat. we're really afraid of going back there. this is what the fishermen

are afraid of. the chinese fired their water cannons at the filipino coastguard earlier this month. these are philippine waters according to un law. resolved to keep hold of their reefs, manila deliberately ran aground a rusting world war ii ship on what is known as ayungin shoal. but recent monthly efforts to supply troops on board with food and water have become increasingly tense. china argues that it is doing what is necessary to protect its sovereignty, its claims over the south china sea. the problem is that beijing's tactics and beijing's actions are pushing american allies in this region closer together, against what they see as aggression. in a show of solidarity, australia held its first large—scale joint exercises with the philippines last week. they practised retaking an enemy—controlled island.

and in manila bay, japanese and us navy warships sit side by side, ready forjoint drills. allied support has emboldened the philippines to speak out. really it is a david versus goliath issue, butjust like david, we will continue to pound and double down on the need to protect the resources which are important for the future of the philippines. the outcome of this dispute could have a profound impact here. where once their future was determined by ocean currents, now it may depend on the resolve of world leaders. laura bicker, bbc news, palawan. i was joined now by collin koh, a senior fellow at the institute of defence and strategic studies at nanyang technological university in singapore. he explained what is at stake in this territorial dispute in the south china sea. this is

about and _ the south china sea. this is about and concern - the south china sea. this is about and concern about. the south china sea. this is| about and concern about the united nations, the rights and duties and freedoms to those waters. in this case, for the philippines it also concerns its sovereign rights and exclusive economic zone, without interference from other parts. without interference from other arts. �* ., without interference from other arts. �* . . without interference from other parts. japan and australia have been holding — parts. japan and australia have been holding military— parts. japan and australia have been holding military drills - been holding military drills alongside the philippines this week. beijing will not like these activities, will they? sorry, could you repeat the question?— sorry, could you repeat the uestion? . ~ , ., ., question? japan and australia have been _ question? japan and australia have been holding _ question? japan and australia have been holding military . have been holding military drills this week alongside the philippines but beijing will not like these activities? yes, correct. these _ not like these activities? yes, correct. these activities - not like these activities? yes, correct. these activities have | correct. these activities have been ongoing for quite some

time. in fact, been ongoing for quite some time. infact, even been ongoing for quite some time. in fact, even before the south china sea flareups. these activities have been going on, the only difference is in recent years has been the pacification. but they are interactions with rival maritime and military forces so we would not expect anything different and if these exercises as well. �* ., ., exercises as well. i'm going to ask ou exercises as well. i'm going to ask you about _ exercises as well. i'm going to ask you about the _ exercises as well. i'm going to ask you about the new - exercises as well. i'm going to ask you about the new map i exercises as well. i'm going to i ask you about the new map china list, the 2023 standardised map which india and the philippines have rejected. can you explain to us the significance of these maps and what it is trying to achieve. , , ., achieve. there is this line of thinkina achieve. there is this line of thinking about _ achieve. there is this line of thinking about how - achieve. there is this line of| thinking about how potential aggressors will resort to

strategies around conflict, what we call grey zones. and they would be law fares, instead of warfare. the legal dimensions without resulting in armed conflict. for china, in this case, it is to use maps as a legal case to the south china sea, for instance. to be honest, this map recently released, may not appear to be very new, for example academia and countries around the region are used to this routine release of maps so the significance here is in light of recent tensions in the south china sea and you have to juxtapose it with a domestic problem that china is facing now and some will argue this is one way for china to distract public attention from these domestic problems.-

public attention from these domestic problems. collin koh are sneaking — domestic problems. collin koh are speaking to _ domestic problems. collin koh are speaking to me _ domestic problems. collin koh are speaking to me a - domestic problems. collin koh are speaking to me a little - are speaking to me a little earlier. let's show you some live pictures here in singapore because people are now voting for the citystate's president. the first presidential election in more than a decade and it is closely watched. a series of red political scandals here have occurred. there are three candidates in the race. it is a non—partisan post by political lines were already drawn ahead of the election. donald trump has pleaded not guilty in his georgia election fraud case. he's waived the right to appear in court next week to officially answer charges. the former us president is among 19 people charged with conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 election results in the us state. our north america correspondent peter bowes has the latest. let's ta ke let's take his decision not to appear in court in person. that is entirely within his right in

the state of georgia. different states have different laws in terms of people appearing in court for the arraignment, as it is known, when the charges are red and the defendant has the opportunity to plead either guilty or not guilty. he has pleaded not guilty and we expected that. it doesn't spare anyone concerned, to be blunt about it, the spectacle, the circus —like atmosphere of a court appearance by donald trump. his plea has been entered as part of court papers, which he has signed through his lawyers, acknowledging that he understood his right to appear in court if he wanted to. his attempt to separate his case from the others, he is as you say one of 19, that seems to be a tactic to prolong everything, a tactic to prolong everything, a political tactic to push this down the road. as we have seen already with some of the other cases the former president is involved in, he wants to use delay after delay to allow him,

presumably, time to fight the election if he is the republican candidate. try to get back into the white house and that is what he wants to focus on and put his legal blows sometime down the road. how significant is the sentencing of one of the proud boys? sentencing of one of the proud bo s? , , , sentencing of one of the proud bos? boys? this is significant. joe bins boys? this is significant. joe biggs was — boys? this is significant. joe biggs was one _ boys? this is significant. joe biggs was one of _ boys? this is significant. joe biggs was one of many - boys? this is significant. joe l biggs was one of many scores boys? this is significant. joe - biggs was one of many scores of people in charge and some have been convicted and sentenced. this is indeed one of the happiest sentence is so far and clearly sends a message from at least this court that there is a no—nonsense approach was of the sentence could actually have been a little bit higher than was imposed by the judge but it shows those who are convicted can in some cases

expect to go to jail for a very long time and this is a legal process playing out up and down the country. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. they have a good amount of school uniforms and peer kids. they are collected at schools across nottingham and wash before given to families who need extra help. in the current financial climate, demand is increasing. this summer. _ demand is increasing. this summer, compared - demand is increasing. this summer, compared to - demand is increasing. this summer, compared to le l demand is increasing. ti 3 summer, compared to le sommer, 55 children a week needing uniforms, last year it was around 28 a week so it has roughly doubled. we are getting more referrals from different agencies. more referrals from different auencies. ., , more referrals from different agencies-_ more referrals from different auencies. ., , ., , , agencies. people who use this charity say _ agencies. people who use this charity say it _ agencies. people who use this charity say it is _ agencies. people who use this charity say it is vital. - agencies. people who use this charity say it is vital. the - charity say it is vital. the cost of — charity say it is vital. the cost of food _ charity say it is vital. the cost of food in _ charity say it is vital. the cost of food in addition l charity say it is vital. tue: cost of food in addition to charity say it is vital. tte: cost of food in addition to the cost of food in addition to the cost of food in addition to the cost of uniform is a massive but along with that they are expressing great appreciation for a service like this and

grateful something like this exist. fist grateful something like this exist. �* ., , ., , exist. at the moment they only su -l exist. at the moment they only snooty primary _ exist. at the moment they only supply primary school - exist. at the moment they only | supply primary school uniforms. the charity hopes one day you can find ways to provide secondary school uniforms as well. from more stories across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you are live with bbc news. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has reshuffled his cabinet for what could be the last time before the next general election. long—serving defence secretary ben wallace has been replaced by energy secretary grant shapps. this is his fifth cabinet role in 12 months. our political editor chris mason reports. the wheels of politics are turning with a bit of zip again. before mps return next week, downing street has a spot of housekeeping to attend to — finding a new defence secretary. enter, then, grant shapps. the government's utility man has another newjob.

it's his fifth — yes, fifth — cabinetjob in a year. this, then, the first of many uniformed companions for grant shapps as he left downing street and headed for the ministry of defence. what's your first priority? first of all, i'll get my feet in the door and pay tribute to my predecessor, i think. he's talking about this man, ben wallace, the former soldier turned defence secretary who'd done the job for four years under three prime ministers. in his resignation letter, he wrote: he also said: is grant shappsjust going to be a political appointee, whose primary task, if you like, will be to support

the prime minister in cabinet? or is he going to really understand the needs of defence? grant shapps's replacement as energy secretary is claire coutinho, a long—standing ally of the prime minister. it's a huge promotion for her. are you ready to tackle the global energy crisis, miss coutinho? it really doesn't matter how many newjobs rishi sunak gives to his friends, it's still moving the deck chairs. they're still a sinking ship. this country really needs change. defence secretary is always a big job but claire coutinho faces the tricky business of delivering the government's climate promises with some tory mps sceptical about the implications. taking a step back, this was a safety first reshuffle. loyalty in the prime minister prized and, yes, limited in scale. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. i spoke earlier tojing—han tsung, professor of china and international studies at lancaster university. he reflected on how the new appointment might alter uk—china relations.

i think it depends on what kind ofjob you are doing. i think the defence secretary is always one who has to be more hawkish about china policy because after all, thejob is looking into the national security partners so i think that we should be realistic about what he is saying about china. i think we still have a kind of us china confrontation, some war in ukraine and people will be pushing him to focus a lot more on securities so we will see a lot of things from the security lens so we will not expect a change to the uk china relations but in probably some small areas there are hope that grant is using tiktok and he is closer to rishi sunak and that means he may be looking into

the wider picture beyond defence and trying to factor in more. so i think beijing will be very cool about it, not being too excited, that this will not currently change the uk china relations. speaking of those relations _ uk china relations. speaking of those relations we _ uk china relations. speaking of those relations we had - those relations we had secretary cleverly visiting beijing this week and some senior conservatives though have been rather critical, saying that this approach is that of appeasement, mr clovelly has said this engagement is not helpful so what is your view? diplomacy is all about dialogue _ what is your view? diplomacy is all about dialogue and - what is your view? diplomacy is all about dialogue and whetherl all about dialogue and whether you like it or not, china is a trading partnerfor the uk and the second largest in the uk in the second largest in the uk in the world and you really have to talk to china, otherwise you are not going to tackle any other major global issues. the

very least climate change, economic stability, crime, other issues, so you have to be willing to have the dialogue and you can see what america, france, germany, what they have been doing, they all want china in the dialogue so i think engagement is very important, especially with china. professor xing talking to me earlier. dozens of women may have been groomed into online sex work by a group fronted by the controversial social media influencer andrew tate. the bbc has uncovered messages linked to his secretive all—male organisation called the war room. it teaches its members for a fee — how to exploit potential victims by emotionally manipulating and socially isolating them. andrew tate has separately been charged with rape and human trafficking in romania and is due to face trial. he denies all of the allegations. matt shay has this

exclusive report. —— matt shae has this exclusive report. the war room is kind of like the illuminati but cooler. with brotherhood and people you can trust and capable people. that's what the war room is. andrew tate's so—called war room costs more than £6,000 a year tojoin. he describes it as a "self—improvement and "professional network". in reality, leaked messages reveal it teaches members through its so—called phd course how to groom women into sex work. our documentary has been given exclusive access to 12,000 pages of encrypted messages sent by hundreds of its members. the encrypted messages identify at least 45 potential victims from around the world with the true number likely much higher. a young woman from buenos aires says that she was groomed by a war room member. he bombshelled me with love. he wants me to get his name tattoo at all cost. and she says things even turned violent. drastic level of violence and submission that i never thought i will be involved with.

another woman told me a similar story. he wanted me to tattoo his name on me. although they live thousands of miles apart, their stories indicate that their alleged groomers were following the same tactics. if i wasn't doing well, things would become more violent. there was a night that i had gone over there and as soon as i walked in the door, he, like, pushed me to my knees and, like, smacked me really hard across the face. while andrew tate is the public face of the society, our investigation has found that an american man named miles sonkin, who calls himself iggy semmelweis, appears to be its true leader. in documents and messages seen by the bbc, sonkin appears to encourage the members to remove the women's support systems, take all or most of the money they earn and create, in his words, female sexual slavery. i also spoke to eli, who said he spent two years at the organisation as its head of sales and marketing, but has now left to

speak out against it. "iggy," he basically said, "let's not "kid ourselves, this is a cult." who's in charge? of the war room? iggy�*s at the top, yeah. i put these allegations to sonkin at his home in los angeles. iggy semmelweis. are you training people in the war room how to enslave women? do you run the war room? we've seen chatroom evidence that you're training men how to enslave women. do you care to comment on that? he did not respond to me, but wrote on social media afterwards. "i say nothing. ""now, matt will never know who the real mastermind "of the war room is. "matt bleep up again." andrew tate has managed to appeal to the insecurities of millions of young men. our investigation suggests his fame is being used to sell a method of abuse to men around the world. a statement issued by mr tate's press officer said the bbc�*s findings represent another brazen attempt to present one—sided, unverified allegations against him. matt shea, bbc news.

now, before we go, take a look at this. police in norfolk in nebraska pulled over a carfor having a huge bull standing in its passenger seat. the car had half of its roof cut off to fit the animal in. the man driving the car was given a warning by police. no—one was injured. andrew pfeifer, who actually found the bull in the car and filmed the footage you saw on screen, says it was quite the sight to behold. i hopped in the car and i drove west for a solid io, 15 minutes, watching the cars pass by. nothing, nothing. and sure enough, then, i kind of see this little black speck in the distance get closer and closer, and i'm like, "that is a full—grown bull". and eventually, i pulled a u—turn, pulled up beside him and he wanted nothing to do with me — i could tell already — but i knew it wouldn't be long

before he got pulled over, and that's exactly what happened. what an incredible story to end this addition of newsday but of course a lot more on our website with all of the stories that we have covered for you on this programme so do check that out. i will be back with business news shortly but for now, thank you so much for watching newsday. good morning. well, with the change of month, once again, we're likely to see a change of weather fortunes. high pressure is going to build as we head into the weekend and for the first week of september. yes, we'll see some early morning mist and fog first thing but on the whole, for most of us, it will be dry, sunny and increasingly warm. ahead of that, though, we've still got to get rid of this messy—looking weather front that's going to produce some low cloud and some drizzle first thing in the morning,

particularly through northern ireland, scottish borders, down into the north of england. now, to the north of that, clear skies and a chilly start but sunny start for scotland. to the south of that, a cloudy start but the cloud will thin and break and a few scattered showers break out. one or two of those could be quite hefty. top temperatures generally between 17 and 22 celsius. now, as we move into the weekend, we are likely to see that frontal system easing away and the high pressure starts to build from the west. we could start off with a little bit of patchy low cloud, mist and fog across central and eastern england. clearer skies further north here. single figures to start off our saturday. so, that mist will take its time to clear away but on the whole, it's all about high pressure. a weak weather front will bring some breezier and wetter conditions to the north but with lighter winds first thing in the morning, it could start off a little bit murky and disappointing. it won't be long, though, before we see some sunshine breaking through and

the warmth starts to build. so, as we go into saturday, yes, a grey start for some. more sunshine further north and west. this weather front trying to push in but really, not making too much of an impression for the first half of the weekend. as we go through the afternoon, there'll be some decent sunny spells and temperatures will start to climb, 23 or 2a degrees — that's into the mid 70s fahrenheit. now, as we move out of saturday into sunday, there's that weatherfront, bringing some breezier conditions and rain to the far north—west but on the whole, sunday will be a dry day with plenty of sunshine coming through and a degree or so warmer by the middle part of the afternoon — mid 20s quite possible across central and southern parts of england. warmer still as we go through the week ahead — in fact, some places could see temperatures into the high 20s by the middle part of the week. take care.

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the battle over chips heats up as export controls begin for one of europe's biggest tech companies. # sexy enough to start a chain reaction. one avatar gets a major recording contract and raises challenges for the creative community.

hi there and welcome to asia business report with me mariko oi. let's begin with the global chip war because semiconductor equipment maker asml has confirmed reports it had received licenses from the dutch government to export some of its advanced tools to customers in china until the end of the year. export controls are due to begin today, after the netherlands has followed pressure from the united states to curb with the sales of advanced computer chip technology. this means the current licenses in place are good until the end of 2023. it's widely expected that in 2024, these licenses will not be renewed and so what that means is asml which has a 90% market share in this space is not going to be able to sell these machine next

year in china.