flowers near the scene of the st petersburg metro blast which killed 11 people and injured more than a0. investigators believe it was a terrorist act. a second device was found and defused at a second station. in the colombian city of mocoa, funerals have been held for victims of the mudslide which killed at least 250 people. residents are still without water and electricity. officials are handing out sanitation kits and warning of the risk of disease. president trump has extended a warm welcome at the white house to egypt's leader, and declared a "reboot" in relations. abdel fattah al—sisi is the first egyptian president to visit the white house in nearly a decade. it was a difficult diplomatic relationship with the obama administration. much more for you any time on the bbc website. foui’ men and a woman have appeared in court charged in connection with an attack on a teenage asylum seeker in croydon in south london. on monday evening, two more people have been charged.

seven people who have been arrested remain in custody. police say up to 30 people were involved in the incident on friday night. reker ahmed, who is 17 and a kurdish—iranian, suffered a fractured spine, a fractured eye socket and bleeding on the brain. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has the story. the suspects all live close to where the attack happened. police have asked us not to show theirfaces. daryl and da nyelle davis, barry potts, jack and george walder, appeared in court charged with violent disorder. jack walder alone with racially aggravated wounding. it started outside this pub. a group of up to 30 allegedly confronted two young asylum seekers — a third waiting at a bus stop was dragged in and police said what followed was a horrendous attack. i think this is power by numbers. so there's been an incident outside the pub, they have obviously picked on three young men. and there was no reason for this attack.

and i believe that because of the numbers involved, people havejustjumped on the back of it, and this has turned into this violent brawl, where somebody has been viciously beaten and is very lucky not to have lost his life. reker ahmed's friends escaped. he was chased by the group. this is where the attack ended, leaving reker ahmed bleeding in the gutter. police said that neighbours did come and help. of his pursuers, they said some did not strike any blows but equally they did nothing to stop it happening. police have gathered cctv footage and released pictures of two more men they want to speak to. 16 have now been arrested and this evening two more people charged. there is a constant police presence here and an air of tension. tom symonds, bbc news, croydon. now on bbc news — the travel show. hello and welcome to

the travel show, coming this week from the historic city of canterbury in southern england. i'm here to take a look back at some of the great stories we have clocked up already in 2017. and so far, it's been a great year. it's actually quite difficult to walk through here. it's so busy. i only learned to ski for the first time two weeks ago. it's definitely not recommended if you are a little bit claustrophobic.

wow! if you touch it four times, you're going to be in love and married inside of six months. now, one of the things we really pride ourselves on here at the travel show is taking you off the beaten path, to find destinations you may not find in your average guidebook. let's kick off the programme with some fantastic recent stories that certainly tick that box. in a moment, we look back at a truly astonishing sight that rajan caught a glimpse of in myanmar back in january. and then we check out some long abandoned military tunnels in russia that carmen went to explore. something dropped on my head! but first, we sent henry off to turkey to see an archaeological dig that is revealing some

fascinating insights about that country's past. in the heart of nevsehir, among the modern houses and office buildings, workers made a startling find as they cleared a hillside for redevelopment. the largest underground city of its kind. excavations have revealed these openings dug into the side of the hill. experts estimate the caves could extend over 450,000 square metres. wow! look at all of this. ifind it quite hard to believe that there were people living on top of here, and all of this was actually hidden. so they had no idea that this was here? no. that is insane. that ceiling is rather unique, isn't it? what's all this? this is a monastery. and according to the scientists,

the monastery dates back to the sixth century. you can definitely see the outline across there. this region was very important for the early christians. turkey is the single country on earth which has got the function of a bridge which is connecting two continents together. asia to europe, europe to asia. nearly 30 different civilisations have passed through this country. those are the civilisations that leave some remains. there are plans to turn sections of the cave network into an archaeological park with art galleries and boutique hotels. authorities hope to open it to the public in 2018, when visitors can see the excavations in their full glory. look at this. wow!

these caves are home to 9,000 buddhist statues, some dating back hundreds of years. they are all brought and donated by devotees hoping for a blessing. it's just buddhas galore. and they are made of, what? what material underneath the gold? like a mortar. concrete. so by making a buddha image, what do the people hope happens in terms of buddhism? does it give them a better life after life? so this is like a good deed. like merit making? yeah. and maybe the next existence, they can get a better place, you know. they believe in levels of beings. they want to be like an upper and to live in one day.

wow! vladivostok in russia's far east is home to more than half a million people. and it is no stranger to traffic jams, partly because there is no subway system here. but what do lie beneath vladivostok‘s hills are the remnants of what used to be one of the most powerful maritime fortresses in the world. abandoned for decades, some areas are now open to tourists. this is vladimir. he is an author whose interest in vladivostok‘s military past was sparked as a young boy growing up in this area. is this where you used to come as a child? yeah. today, vladimir and i are exploring his childhood stomping ground, also known as stronghold number one.

so those holes there, were they for the guns? yeah. they were holes for quickfire guns. at the turn of the 20th century, czarist russia went to war with japan over who controlled korea and manchuria to the south, and the waters surrounding them. vladivostok was home to the imperial russian fleet, and that made it a potential target. vladimir, why was vladivostok such an important military point? it was the only gate of russia in the pacific region. and it was the only port on the russian pacific shore connected with siberia and other parts of russia by the trans—siberian railway. wow, i didn't expect the ceilings to be so high. yeah. it was proposed for shelter of peoples, and that's why they have a lot of space.

although many of the military structures in vladivostok are still derelict, it's great to see more people getting interested in them. these structures that once aimed to make vladivostok impregnable, deserve to be preserved. carmen going underground in russia back injanuary. now where do you think is the best place in the world to meet a potential love match? well, if you are irish, it could be a little place on the west coast. # 0h, lisdoonvarna. # lisdoon, lisdoon, lisdoon, lisdoonvarna. the lisdoonvarna matchmaking festival is europe's largest singles event, attracting up to 60,000 people each year. it's been a local tradition for 160 years. the festival was originally designed to help find wives for lonely farmers at the end of the harvest season.

for the past half—century, willie daly has been the town's matchmaker in chief, using skills passed down from his father and grandfather. the process is this. would you like to have children if all goes well? i think so, eventually, yeah. punters fill out their details and tell willie about themselves and what they would like in a partner. i have you down there as good—looking and nice. 0h! then, once the 20 euros fee is paid, willie will attempt to find them a match. joe's a little farmer. he has his own farm. 0k. i had my doubts. i may still have doubts. but i thought i would give it a whirl, why not? not everyone attending the festival is single. many couples who met here in years past, return to celebrate and dance

the night and day away. # please help me i'm falling... but most of the folk here are looking for love. we want to find the one. so far we haven't. but you know what, there is such a good buzz around. it's a great atmosphere. it's a fantastic community. it's brilliant. we would like to find someone with a bit of land, a nice personality, not bad looking. we're not fussy. we have to find the right match. there are no shortage of options for the ladies here. is there anybody out there? yes. ta me anseo. now if i were to ask you, what's the most famous thing about italy,

the chances are you would say it's food. and most of their best pasta dishes contain meat of some sort. but not if the new mayor of turin has her way, as rajan found out recently. food is notjust a matter of eating. it is a matter of having knowledge of what you eat. how you eat it, where you eat it. and also about the story of what you're eating. so it's a matter of health, it's a matter of respecting environment. so when we talk about vegetarianism, we are talking about what it means to have a food policy, and what it means to having knowledge of what you are eating. are you a vegetarian? no, i'm not. among the proposals are a vegetarian map for tourists. 0ne meat—free day a week. and teaching children about animal welfare and ecology. as a non—meat eater myself, i'm curious as to how

realistic the proposals are. according to the mayor's office, there are already at least 30 vegan and vegetarian restaurants like this one in turin. but she wants many more. we want to propose something new, something different. we study a lot about different kinds of ingredients, or techniques. a lot of dishes inside italian culture are vegan, but people don't know. people eat spaghetti and tomatoes and think about spaghetti and tomatoes. but it's a vegan plate. do you know what i mean? so it's natural in italian food? yeah. yeah, it's really easy. this soup is a cream made with potatoes. luka got into veganism through the punk scene when he was young. this is vegan parmesan. and he feels turin is ahead of the game on eating trends. we have to carve the truffle.

it's not easy, i know. one of the most famous and the first vegan festival in italy was in turin. like the first gay pride was in turin. i think it's like a really european and open—minded city. mmm. sumptuous. really, really nice. rajan in turin. it will be interesting to see how the mayor's plan turns out. don't go away, because there's plenty more to come here on the travel show. addy takes to the decks in london. i'm and carmen busts some moves in peru, which could give any break dancer a spin for their money. but first, what's claimed to be the largest floating village in the world. we sent henry to brunei

to check it out. along the brunei river lies kampong ayer. it's made up of 4,000 stilted buildings and over 18 miles of walkways. to get over to the floating village over there, you have to take these water taxis, which only cost $1. but it's very choppyjust because of the volume of water. it's a channel, almost. there is a lot of wind, a lot of these whitecaps that you can see. the older section of the village still features plenty of wooden buildings and walkways. it's not as pristine as the modern section. but it has its own charm. wow! what a beautiful boat. so you made this?

so, so big. how many generations have your family been in the industry? just like that. it fits perfectly. this stunning entrance is the opening to the caves. it's two to three million years old. once inside, you can explore the caves by using the specially constructed walkways and take yourjourney back in time. starting to work up a bit of a sweat here. despite 0man being arid most

of the year, the country's pockmarked with river beds which can flood very quickly when it rains. and flash flooding back in 2014 sent water gushing into the caves, submerging most of them and closing the complex down to tourists. just over two years on, and the water is being pumped out, returning the caves to theirformer glory. i could stare at these rocks for ages. that looks like a lion's head. i swear it looks like a lion's head! you can see its mane. there's a bit of its mouth. it's bizarre. as you venture deeper and deeper into the caves, the walkways get longer and the stairs get steeper. look at that. but after coming all this way, i'm determined to see as much as i can. this is like being back at my mum and dads old councilflat.

you've got to be pretty able to get around this cave. sadly though, it doesn't look like i'm really cut out to be a caveman. it's like a proper training work—out. wow! look over there, it's just stairs — flights and flights of stairs. i think my cave dwelling is over now. this is enough for me. to finish off our look back at some of the recent best bits of the travel show, here's a selection of stories that seem to be the producer's favourites. those are the ones where presenters get pushed way out of their comfort zone and have to try something new. well, i didn't have to travel far from here in canterbury to try a spot of champing recently. all will be revealed in a moment. i'm and neither did addy, when he tried his hand playing a set in one of london's most famous nightclubs. we sent carmen all the way to peru and wanted her to try her hand

at scissor dancing. i'm here for a spot of champing — church camping. it's available at 12 historic venues around the country. beautiful ancient sites that are rarely, if ever, used as places of mass worship any more. that's a very big hotel room. money raised from letting champers like me stay means the crumbling buildings are spared a slow and inevitable decline. somebody at the pub just told me that tonight is supposed to be the coldest night of the year. so that's good, as i head into my unheated church room for the night. i've got my... ..air bed. sleeping bag.

so i'vejust got into bed. and it's quite comfy, actually. i feel quite cosy, given how cold it is. i can see my breath. i am going to try to go to sleep now. and try and forget that i'm entirely surrounded by graves. it is quite cold, notably quite cold. i think there's a jolly good reason that champing is usually only done during the summer. deciding to come champing at the dead of winter was a really terrible idea. you've got your volume controls here. you've got your highs, mids and lows. your bass knob. this is the big bass knob. give it some sibilance. straighten it out. with the technology today, it gives you much more flexibility to take risks and do things that you couldn't do in the

old days with vinyl. so could you put a classic opera track with some hip—hop? yes. beethoven wrote most of his music in 120 bpm. so he was one of the first house djs. beethoven knew what he was talking about! he dropped beats. he did. and a lot of his stuff was dance music speed. all right, let's do this then. 0k. one, two, three, four. two, two, three, four. three, two, three... four, two, three, four. bingo! i'm now time to see if all that training has worked. it's the moment of truth. i'll tell you what i will say, it's very loud in here. now fortunately, it's still early, so the pressure is off a little bit. and i'm getting the hang of things.

by the end of the night i've got the house rocking. the origin of the peruvian scissor dance is shrouded in mystery. but many believe the tradition began in the highlands of the andes as an act of worship to the mountain gods. now its importance in peru's history has been recognised by unesco. and its backbreaking moves would put many break dancers to shame. first, i've got to get to grips with the scissors. the aim is to hit the handles together in time to the music. the blunt blades aren't connected, so holding them in position is really tricky.

there is no way i'm going to be able to do this and coordinate my feet. and it's not just mastering the scissors. this is the one that makes your knees bleed. learning the dance moves takes some serious commitment. after a few minutes, i'm exhausted. i can't even imagine how hard it would be to do these moves up in the andes, where the thin air makes everything so much harder. these guys are true athletes. that was hard work! carmen there, trying a spot of scissor dancing. and as they say, folks, don't try that one at home. well, that's all we've got time from this week's show. coming up next week...

henry is hitting the canals of bangkok to find out what's being done to clean up the city's waterways. so much polystyrene, old teddy bears, mattresses. have a look at that. so dojoin us then if you can. in the meantime, don't forget you can keep up with us while we're out on the road in real time, by signing up to our social media feeds. but for now, from me, christa larwood, and the rest of the travel show team in canterbury, it's goodbye. we have is way in from the west but

before we get a lot at that, let's look back at some of the highlights of monday. a beautiful weather watchers picture sent in from cambridge. lovely afternoon with highs of 18. but the storm clouds gathered in argyll and bute. a very atmospheric shot here and showing the rain arriving from the west. it is quite fragmented and moving erratically eastwards in the next few hours, perhaps sitting towards dawn in the south—east corner. behind it, clearer skies and a fresh start across scotland and northern ireland. more cloud in the south west and wales. the bulk of the reindeer sitting probably across the south coast up to 0xfordshire and east anglia. even then, quite light and fragmented. further north, more cloud, early morning mist and murkiness. decent sunshine spells in northern ireland and scotland. bit more of a breeze in the far north

and west and that could continue to drift in 12 showers in the northern and western isles. that wind would just take the edge of things, i suspect. 0n exposed coasts. the sunshine will continue to break through across north—west england, wales and the south—west by the end of the day. perhaps just the midlands and eastern england which was the quite cloudy and again with the odd spot of two of rain. temperatures more subdued in the south—east with highs of around 15 celsius. elsewhere, 8—15 or 14 as the daytime maximum. if you head to the daytime maximum. if you head to the premiership matches and evening, you will not be disappointed with this story. 8pm kick—off, it is dark, the cloud as well broken but not too cold, 8—10 celsius. it could be windy again in scotland which would make it feel chilly but it is going to be dry and that's probably the most important thing. high—pressure stays with us through the middle of the week. weather france toppling over the top of that i. —— weather fronts.

france toppling over the top of that i. —— weatherfronts. it will continue to stay quite windy in scotla nd continue to stay quite windy in scotland and we could see gales, may be severe gales to the extreme north and a scattering of showers, some quite heavy as well in the far north—west. elsewhere, we start with decent spells of sunshine, little bit offair decent spells of sunshine, little bit of fair weather closely the afternoon and temperatures pegged back a little. nevertheless, 8—14 celsius is the high. all in all, not too bad. it is a similar story for the end of the working week, thursday and friday. stats of relatively sunny, bit of cloud in the early afternoon. # it starts off relatively sunny. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: in his home city, president putin lays flowers near the scene of the st petersburg metro blast. eleven died.

authorities believe it was a terrorist attack. as colombians bury their dead, a national emergency is declared. hundreds are still missing. a warm welcome at the white house — president trump meets egypt's leader and declares a "reboot" in relations. and china's baby boom, driven partly by older mothers — we have a special report. will