s maduro on saturday. the interior minister said the six were part of a group that loaded two drones with explosives and set them off during a military parade in caracas. our latin america correspondent katy watson reports. mr maduro‘s speech started off like all the others, a rallying call on state television to support his revolution. and then this happened. the sound cuts off. the television pictures continue to roll. at this point, you can hear what sounds like panicked officials trying to protect mr maduro. and then chaos. the broadcast gets cut. unverified footage appears to show the moment the drone exploded during the president's speech. pictures taken seconds afterwards show the president being shielded by bodyguards. within hours of the incident, he returned on screen, defiant. translation: there has been an attempt to assassinate me. i have no doubt that this all points to the extreme right in venezuela in cahoots with the extreme right in colombia and that the colombian president is behind th

s maduro. president trump has declared a major emergency in california — as wildfires rage across the state. thousands of firefighters have been deployed, tackling blazes which have been spread by high temperatures and strong winds. so far, seven people have died and thousands evacuated. 0ur north america correspondent, chris buckler reports. for more than a week, parts of california have been in a state of urgency. and now, as a result of the damage, destruction and deaths caused by these ferocious wildfires, the white house has declared this a major disaster. slowly they are containing more and more of the biggest blazes, but it's obvious firefighters are struggling in their battle against the flames and the conditions. strong winds, high temperatures and low humidity have combined to create the perfect conditions for the wildfires to spread. we've displaced nearly 40,000 plus people. there's been about 1,300 plus homes that have been destroyed. but on the good part, we've repopulated many

nicol s maduro was speaking in the capital, caracas. live footage shows the president suddenly looking upwards — startled — and dozens of soldiers running away. he was unharmed, but seven soldiers were injured. the us first lady, melania trump, has expressed her support for the basketball player lebronjames, hours after her husband made insulting remarks about him on twitter. the los angeles lakers player had said in an interview that mr trump was "divisive" and had "emboldened racists". chris buckler has more. lebronjames is without any doubt one of the biggest stars in american sports. when he recently signed for the la lakers, it made the headlines, but he's found himself in the news again because of his criticism of donald trump. on cnn, he accused the president of using sport to split the us apart, and it's not the first time he's spoken out against mr trump. i'm not going to let — while i have this platform — to let one individual, no matter the power, no matter the impact that he should have, or she should have, ever use

nicol s maduro was speaking at a military event in caracas. live footage showed the president suddenly — startled — and hundreds of soldiers running away. he was unharmed but seven soldiers were injured. the us first lady, melania trump, has expressed her support for the basketball player lebron james, hours after her husband made insulting remarks about him on twitter. in an interview the basketball star had said the president was "divisive" and had "emboldened racists". however, a spokeswoman for mrs trump later said james was "working to do good things" with a new school he opened in his hometown. there were chaotic scenes in brighton last night after police prevented crowds of people attending the city's pride event from entering the railway station. thousands of people trying to leave the parade and a britney spears concert were held on the street after gates outside the station were padlocked. a spokesman for govia thameslink said they acted under police advice and train services were resumed in the early hours of this morning. a fam

s maduro on saturday. the interior minister said the 6 were part of a group who loaded 2 drones with explosives and set them off above the presidential stand during a military parade in caracas. the united states and colombia have rejected allegations they were involved. the president of south sudan, salva kiir and the rebel leader riek machar, have signed a power—sharing agreement in the sudanese capital, khartoum. the deal is aimed at ending 5 years of civil war that has left many thousands dead and 4 million people displaced. in june, they signed a permanent ceasefire. previous efforts at ending the conflict have rapidly unravelled. the last 2a hours has seen a surge in violent crime in the american city of chicago. more than a0 people have been shot, 4 of whom have died. police say some of the shootings were targeted and are linked to gang violence. officers say in one shooting alone in the gresham neighborhood, 8 people were wounded. the upsurge in crime has been putting hospital emergency rooms und

in venezuela, opposition lawmaker juan requesens has been arrested after president nicol s maduro accused him of being involved in saturday's alleged drone attack against him. the arrest came as a government official revealed plans to strip two other mps of their immunity. seven people have been detained so far in connection with the alleged assassination attempt. wildfires have been burning forfive days in the southern portuguese region of the algarve, popular among european holiday makers. near record temperatures of around 45 degrees last week have made putting out the fires difficult. olivia crellin reports. carrying their loved ones to safety — children, pets, the elderly, the sick. police evacuated residents of the historic portuguese town silves, as fires but for the fifth day in the region of the algarve. authorities make sure that even those reluctant to leave got out as the clouds of smoke towered overhead, the line of fire steadily advancing over the hillside. more than 1,400 firefighters and soldiers battled the fire by land and by air as it encroached on the mountain sparta

s maduro on saturday. the interior minister said the six were part of a group who loaded two drones with explosives and set them off above the presidential stand during a military parade in caracas. venezuela's defense minister has gone on national television to read out a statement from the armed forces expressing "unconditional and unrestricted loyalty to our commander in chief". the united states and colombia have rejected allegations they were involved. katy watson reports. mr maduro‘s speech started off like all the others, a rallying call on state television to support his revolution. and then this happened. the sound cuts off. the television pictures continue to roll. at this point, you can hear what sounds like panicked officials trying to protect mr maduro, while in the distance, a small group of soldiers start to move. and then chaos. the broadcast gets cut. from a nearby apartment block, you can see the military parade emptied, the sound of emergency sirens hardly heard above people's screams.

venezuelan president nicol s maduro has announced the end of the country's long—running free fuel policy. the president said that venezuela ns "should pay the international price" to fill their tanks from now on. the south american country is dealing with a deep economic crisis and this unprecedented step is part of a wider plan to increase government revenues. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: why half the clubs in england's premiere league, —— why half the clubs in england's premier league, could let football fans in for free and still make a profit. 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, uganda's brutal former dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's 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

s maduro... , is credible? it is still unclear as to who the actual authors or intellectual authors of this attack are. —— maduro‘s accusations. one thing i do believe that is important to point out is that despite the fact that there was initially some doubt as to there was initially some doubt as to the credibility of what the government's version of the event was, that it was a drone attack against nicolas maduro and others, possibly, in his government, was because his cabinet as it was a stage with him at the same time, almost of them, and so it would have been a very drastic situation, had the drone actually exploded on stage. one thing that is important to point out is that there have been a number of independent and critical journalists, critical of nicolas maduro‘s government, that have confirmed, and have confirmed with others, as well, that they were to growden could explode seemed intent on attacking nicolas maduro what he was speaking. —— about it. it shows the vulnerabi

the measure, introduced by president nicol s maduro, eliminates five zeros from previous banknote denominations as part of an economic reform package aimed at easing the country‘s economic crisis and hyper—inflation. the bbc‘s guillermo 0lmo reports from the capital caracas. long queues are a common thing in banks in venezuela, but today is the different day. introduced by the government, they say it will help to tackle hyper—inflation the high prices that are, we have talked to some the people in this 0&a of told us that the problems continued. the atm working over there aren‘t just giving them the small amounts of boliva rs and that is less than they will be asked for if they want to have a cup of coffee by the cafeterias near the area. this is one of the challenges that venezuelans have to overcome an everyday lives, we talked to some of the people and a few of them fear that the government‘s plan for the economy will make things even worse and even harder. it‘s been announced this evening that the british director danny boyle will no longer direct the nextjames bond film due t

s maduro. since assuming office in 2013, mr maduro's administration has drawn widespread international condemnation for undermining democracy and violating human rights in his country. here's a reminder of how this situation developed. the attempted assassination of venezuela's president comes as the country is mired in a deep, economic crisis that is driving hundreds of thousands of venezuelans from their homes. so what's gone wrong? many state oil is at the root of all venezuela's problems. the country is rich in oil and has the largest proven reserves in the world. oil reserves account for about 95% of venezuelan's export earnings. so when the oil price was high, money was flowing into the government's coffers. when socialist president hugo chavez was in power, he used some of the money to finance generous social programmes to reduce inequality and poverty. but when oil prices dropped sharply in 2014, the government was suddenly faced with a gaping hole in its finances. but oil is not the on