hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. donald trump and a critic falling out isn't always news, it happens all the time. but it does matter when it's a senior republican senator who's accusing the president of putting the us on the path to world war iii. venezuela is becoming more and more isolated. another major airline has suspended flights into caracas. we'll be live in barcelona on the eve of possible declaration of catalan independence. this was the spanish government's message to the regional president earlier. translation: we have told him several times he was walking towards an abyss, i think he is now hanging from the abyss. at least 12 people have drowned and many more are missing after a boat carrying rohingya muslim refugees capsized while crossing a river from myanmar to bangladesh. and harvey weinstein, one of hollywood's best known producers, who has been sacked by his own company over sexual harassment allegations. we will hear from a reporter in los

angeles who has been working on the story for years. yet more evidence of the pressure on venezuela. argentine airlines is suspending its weekly flight from buenos aires to caracas. airlines in colombia, chile, brazil and mexico have already stopped flying there. united airlines, delta, air canada and lufthansa also stopped a while ago. the trade body for airlines said last week, "there are only six or seven carriers left operating a very low flight frequency." "venezuela is practically disconnected from the rest of the world, above all by air, and we can't see any solution in the short term." it also says there's been a 75% drop in passenger numbers

in the last four years. argentine airlines didn't give much away. it says "operational reasons" about behind the decision. if you want more details and you speak spanish, you can find a statement on its website. candace piette, americas editor, is here in the newsroom. there are still some carriers who are flying to venezuela, there is the panamanian carrier, which said it was determined to remain in the country, despite the situation, and there are some other larger carriers there, air france, iberia and american airlines, but obviously with a very diminished frequency of flights. so it is really getting very ha rd to flights. so it is really getting very hard to book a flight to caracas. there is a symbolism to airlines pulling out of a route into

caracas, but in practical terms what is the impact? the very rich hire their own planes and fly to miami, thatis their own planes and fly to miami, that is how it is, this is an oil—producing country which has a very rich elite. your ordinary middle class willjust have to wait in queues to find flights. but of course venezuela i'is in queues to find flights. but of course venezuelans have been increasingly impacted by very runaway, high inflation, so their currency is becoming less and less worth anything, and this is one of the reasons why the airlines are very reluctant to fly to venezuela at the moment, and why they are moving out, because they do not want to be holding olly —— bolivars which are worthless, and the government is not allowing them to exchange their currency for dollars. a lot of time when we speak to you, it is about the broader political crisis in

venezuela, where have we got to since the referendum of a few weeks back? the situation continues, it is becoming increasingly more tense politically, we we're leading up now toa politically, we we're leading up now to a series of elections where mid—term elections are supposed to be taking place some time this month, and everyone is looking to see weather those elections will be free unfair. outside source is an hour of international news from the bbc newsroom, and the next we turn to turkey, which is having a serious i’ow to turkey, which is having a serious row with the us at the moment. to borrow a phrase from mark lowen our correspondent there, turkey is sticking the knife in further. #eyamerika is now top trending topic. that roughly translates as "hey america." and the reason some turks want america's attention is that there are reports that prosecutors want to question a us consulate worker. that's after turkey detained another us consulate worker last week. that move prompted the us to announce it was halting most visa services.

it put out a statement on sunday which says it is reassessing the turkish government's commitment to the security of us mission facilities and personnel. turkey quickly responded with exactly the same actions. in fact, as new york times journalist ceylan yeginsu points out, "the turks appear to have just copy and pasted the us statement in retaliation." and remember — turkey and the us are supposed to be close allies. last month, president trump said "we're as close as we've ever been," and said he gave president erdogan "very high marks" for leadership. some of you watching me want to discuss whether those high marks are warranted or not, but we will concentrate on this story for the moment. i asked ozge ozdemirfrom bbc turkish why turkey would start this. relations between the two countries

have been down slightly, despite these remarks from trump, there have been issues of the table, for example the us was supporting the kurdish militia in syria, which was a problem for turkey. turkey has arrested a couple of us citizens, and turkey once the extradition for the man they consider responsible for the coup d'etat last year. that is not going to happen, is it? talks have been going on for a year, and the us is saying that they have sent the us is saying that they have sent the files, so it is a complicated it's you. i guess the two countries need each other, particularly in terms of security in syria and other countries. absolutely, two countries which are important partners for each other, so many analysts are

saying that this crisis would not or should not be lasting so long. nonetheless, reports that a second member of staff at the us consulate is being spoken to, suggesting turkey is not ready to back down yet. actually, for example, there is another us consulate worker who has been arrested for a couple of months, so the tension has been going on. for example, some accusing the turkish government of using another us citizen which was arrested, to use this, you know, if you want your citizen to be released, send us the guy we want from you. in terms of fethullah gulen and the american position, it seems highly unlikely that he would be returned to turkey, so why is the turkish government pushing this so hard? since last year's attempted coup d'etat, president erdogan has been accusing foreign sources, sometimes saying that the us has also been involved in this coup

d'etat. for example, it is another issue that has been raised, and president erdogan has made a statement in ukraine. he was not so aggressive, he said we are very saddened by the statement, so i also talked to the foreign minister, exact same statement against the us. if you can speak turkish, you can get news from bbc turkish. a couple of wires on the story, the us ambassador saying he has been unable to determine why the staff member was arrested or what evidence exists against the employee. one more thing from reuters, the us ambassador to turkey says he hopes the suspension of these services will not last long but cannot predict how long it will ta ke to but cannot predict how long it will take to resolve the matter. if you wa nt take to resolve the matter. if you want information on this, a couple of twitter feeds we are following, the us embassy and the turkish embassy is another. they have regular updates on this story. don't forget, you can get much more detail on our top stories on our website. there is full coverage

on the bbc world website. where you can find more on our top stories — catalonia, trump's policy announcements, and the debate over harvey weinstein. and a fifth round of brexit negotiations began today, of information about the content of those talks. round five of brexit negotiations begin in brussels with a clash between the two sides over who should make the next move to unblock the stalemate. first of all, here is the european union. there has been, so far, no solution found on the divorce proceedings, so the ball is entirely in the uk court. but then here is

theresa may earlier. as we look forward to the next stage, the ball is in their court, but i'm optimistic it will receive a positive response. that was theresa may speaking to british mps today. eu leaders are meant to meet in ten days to talk about post—brexit relations with the uk, including a new trade deal, but that's only if enough progress has been made in these initial talks. theresa may has talked of the possibility of a "unique and ambitious economic partnership." but she has a warning too. while i believe it is profoundly in all our interests for the negotiations to succeed, it is also oui’ negotiations to succeed, it is also our responsibility as a government to prepare for every eventuality.

bbc political editor laura kuenssberg said may was explicitly spelling out the possibility of no deal. and this was from the former communications director for david cameron. alex forsyth is live with us cameron. alex forsyth is live with us in westminster, that might surprise some people, that those no deal preparations are under way. theresa may said from the beginning that if the uk didn't get the deal and wanted, it would walk away from the talks altogether. the phrase and she used was no deal is better than a bad deal, so that is not new in its own right, but what we have heard from theresa may today, and what we have seen in these government papers that have been published, setting out future customs and trade arrangements, is a bit of a hardening of that position, tangible evidence that the government is considering this as a possibility. so in those papers, it

talks about minimising disruption to businesses and travellers, if the talks were to collapse and the uk was to leave without a deal, so i think what it shows is the uk government is thinking that this might happen, we have to be ready if indeed it does. a lot of people talking about time pressure at the moment, alex — could you explain why the pressure is on, even though we are well over a year away from when brexit is supposed to happen? well, we are also 15 months since the uk voted for it to happen, and there is a bit ofa voted for it to happen, and there is a bit of a tight time frame. it is officially a two year period from when the uk pushes the button to start the official process do when we should be out of the european union. now, that is set down in the regulations about managing this kind of process, so that clock is really taking, and what the eu have said is that they want to sort out his use of separation, the eu budget, the rights of citizens, before we talk about the future relationship to do with trade, and we will only move

onto that when sufficient progress is made on the other areas. the uk wa nts to is made on the other areas. the uk wants to hurry those dogs along, and there is a crucial meeting next week when eu leaders will discuss whether enough progress has been made, and of course this ticking time clock really does add to the pressure on both the uk and the eu to get a deal and perhaps heightens the possibility that that might not happen. and all the while, while theresa may is sending messages to brussels and the capitals of europe, she is having to manage her own party, because different tory mps wa nt party, because different tory mps want quite different things from brexit. she is walking a real tight right..., there are demands of the eu 27, the demands of the opposition in the uk, the scottish national party, the greens, all of whom have different views, but the biggest challenges from those in the conservative party, some of whom wa nted conservative party, some of whom wanted to stay in the european union, access to the uk is leaving

but want what some call a moderate, soft brexit, and those who for a long time argued the uk should leave the eu, the so—called brexiteers, who want this to be done quickly, don't wanted to hang on for years and years, and she is facing pressure from all sides, trying to walk this tightrope with that time pressure as well. this is not easy for theresa may, she is trying to juggle for theresa may, she is trying to juggle the competing demands. in the end, there is the possibility she won't satisfy anybody. alex, thank you, great to have you ever programme, alex forsyth in westminster. outside source will be live at the european summit in brussels next week. let's talk about the situation in bangladesh and myanmar. at least 12 people have died after a boat full of rohingya muslims capsized near bangladesh. it happened on the naf river. the people in the boat were trying to flee myanmar for bangladesh. it's thought up to 100 people were on board. several are still missing. here's what the un's refugee agency says happened. they said the boat was coming from

an area in the south of rakhine state, that these people were desperate, they had not eaten for days, they had not had water for days, they had not had water for days, and they had been waiting on the other side for these boats to come. so when they finally came, they were so desperate that they pushed the captain to go into territory that was at low tide, and they became stuck, and when the high tide eventually came, it came with a wave that just flipped tide eventually came, it came with a wave thatjust flipped the boat over. we heard that at least 12 people died as a result, 12 bodies have been recovered, many more are missing. the boat was overcrowded, with many children. ten of the 12 bodies recovered are of children, and some of them have already been buried. next i can play you the

account of one person who survived this boat going down. translation: we were seven, my three kids, wife, one father—in—law, my mother, and me. all my family members died. we all have had so much difficulties for food. they killed people and burned down the villagers, houses. we came here to save our lives. we have talked many times on outside source about this exodus of rohingya muslims from myanmar into bangladesh, and we know most of playing from rakhine state. this began in late august, when rohingya militants attacked a security posts, prompting a severe military response. the un say so far more than half a million have fled. they're ending up in refugee camps in bangladesh. as you can see from this diagram, new camps are having to be built to accommodate them. and this isn't the first time people have died trying

to cross into bangladesh by boat — in september, about 60 people are believed to have died doing just that. here's the un again. the situation remains desperate. from those who have arrived recently, we have heard that there are tens of thousands waiting on the other side, waiting for these boats to come. those who can afford it have come, the ones who are left there cannot afford the journey. they are running out of food, they are running out of water, they sound very desperate. at unhcr, we are calling for a scaled up response to this distress at sea, for more boats to be at there to conduct rescue at sea, because these people, they keep coming, they are coming at night to try to escape detection, boats are overcrowded, they are desperate, hoping to reach safety as soon as

possible. that is a lethal combination, and we are likely to seek more incidents like this happen. we have already seen two in the last two weeks, and we expect to see more and there's the rescue at sea see more and there's the rescue at sea operations are stepped up. next, we turn to west africa. 800 suspected members of nigeria's militant group boko haram have been officially remanded on the first day of unprecedented mass trials in the country. thousands of people stand accused of having links to the group. here's focus on africa's ishaq khalid. this is the biggest series of terrorism related trials in nigerian history so far. there are about 7000 suspects, arrested at different times, and many of them detained for yea rs. times, and many of them detained for years. human rights activists and families of some of the suspects have expressed fears that the secret trials and detention centres will undermine transparency. the

unprecedented and trials are a difficult task for nigeria. the gathering of evidence by the security forces is a huge challenge, so security forces is a huge challenge, so how will the security forces now convince the courts that the persons they have arrested are actually guilty of the crimes they are being accused of, of having perpetrated? and why is boko haram, which started in 2009 in north—eastern and why is boko haram, which started in 2009 in north-eastern nigeria, grew to become one of the most dreaded terror groups in the world. it has since affiliated to the so—called islamic state. more than 20,000 people have been killed and millions of others displaced by boko haram's ad insurgency in several countries in the region. —— eight year insurgency. many people, including women and jordan, have been abducted by the militants. as the conflict rages on, the trials may go some way towards justice for those people. there is no official

time frame for these trials, but they are likely to take months, maybe years, because of the huge number of boko haram suspects to be tried, and the judicial system number of boko haram suspects to be tried, and thejudicial system here in nigeria is chronically slow. ishaq khalid, bbc news, abuja. we will finish the programme in los angeles by talking about this man. harvey weinstein is one of hollywood's biggest producers, and he's been fired by his own company. with good reason, too. he was best known for being behind massive films like shakespeare in love and pulp fiction. the list goes on and on. he's rapidly becoming better known for serial sexual harassment over the last 25 years. this story began with a detailed new york times report. it listed multiple allegations of sexual harassment. mr weinstein is denying many of the allegations but he's apologised. "i appreciate the way i've behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain." he was already taking time off work. that was made permanent

when directors of his company released a statement saying, "in light of new information about misconduct", his employment had been terminated effective immediately. lots of condemnation. emma thompson said he was "a predatory man". judi dench who said she was "completely unaware" of the "horrifying" claims, "offering her sympathy to those who have suffered, and wholehearted support to those who have spoken out." and most recently, meryl streep "appalled" by the "disgraceful" news, praising "the women who raised their voices to expose this abuse." donald trump has also spoken on this. i have known harvey weinstein for a long time, i am not at all surprised to see it. kim masters is a

journalist with the hollywood reporter, and she has been looking at the zoo for a long time. it has been pretty much impossible to get this story on the record, i am not exaggerating when i tell you that i have been trying this into bed and eight for more than 20 years. —— trying this intermittently for more than 20 years. and do the allegations in the new york times fit with what you have heard? honestly, i have heard worse, and that may yet be revealed, because there is a possibility that the new yorker may have more damning material. there is a possibility, a likelihood, that more women will come forward. so i don't know quite when this ends and how, but obviously for harvey weinstein, after a long run at the absolute peak of power in hollywood, he is gone, andi peak of power in hollywood, he is gone, and i was talking to a producer who couldn't get his head

around hollywood without harvey. how do we understand this was in plain sight for over 20 years, and yet no—one managed to get the story across the line? because you have to have someone on the record, and when you are dealing with harvey weinstein, let's say you are a woman who was sexually assaulted by harvey weinstein, your choices to go up against a very wealthy and famous person who can hire an army of lawyers, as he has done in this case, very powerful lawyers who can bleed you to death in various court proceedings, smear you, have your entire background investigators, blacklist you in hollywood, or you can say, you know, iam blacklist you in hollywood, or you can say, you know, i am going to ta ke can say, you know, i am going to take a settlement and try to recover from this horrible experience. there was a fear that people might not believe women if they came forward, but the price for coming forward was so but the price for coming forward was so high, you are asking someone to wreck their career and potentially their life. we have only a minute

left on the programme, but do you anticipate the story will build further in the coming weeks?” anticipate the story will build further in the coming weeks? i do, because i am getting phone calls already pointing to this person and that person, we will have to figure out how to proceed, where you don't wa nt to out how to proceed, where you don't want to destroy careers but you don't want to tolerate this sort of behaviour. this story does not end ina behaviour. this story does not end in a day. just a reminder that tomorrow brings a huge moment for spain, and in particularthe tomorrow brings a huge moment for spain, and in particular the region of catalonia. after that referendum held by the regional authorities, which the government in madrid did not recognise, but the regional authority said gave them a mandate to declare independence, they said that was their intention to do so. if that declaration is to come in the near future, it if that declaration is to come in the nearfuture, it is if that declaration is to come in the near future, it is likely to come tomorrow. we shall see, though. join me tomorrow, bye—bye. let's see what mother nature is up

to over the next few days, and on the weather front it is looking very mild, assistant south—westerly winds for most of us this week, and that means a lot of cloud, and there has been a lot on monday, but not one uniform area of cloud. there is some sunshine around as well, so actually the weather will be quite changeable over the next few days. let me show you the satellite image, lots of weather systems waiting in the atla ntic weather systems waiting in the atlantic ready to come our way, but not one solid area of cloud, lots of breaks, so further south and east, the better the weather is going to be over the next few days. in the north and west, you are more likely to be affected by these weather fronts off the atlantic. so what is heading our way for tuesday, a weak weather front crossing the south of the country at this stage, a bit of cloud, spots of rain, but not too much. many eastern areas of the country will be quite bright, whereas in the north—west, this is

the next area of weather closing in, and it looks like it will be wet into the afternoon and evening across scotland and parts of northern ireland. that takes us into tuesday night and wednesday, again, the weather front edges towards the east, south—westerly winds persisting around this area of low pressure, dragging in a lot of cloud, a lot of moisture, and on wednesday the rain could turn out to be persistent and heavy, particularly across the hills, for example around the lake district. the ills of wales, the south west of scotla nd the ills of wales, the south west of scotland as well. but this rain edges towards the south and east, so the rain improves across scotland later in the day. this is the weather front clearing the uk into thursday, and briefly the skies are going to clear, it will be the exception this week — it could be a little on the chilly side first thing on thursday morning. notice the winds, south—westerly, starting to nudge into more of a southerly,

and that means we will be importing much warmer airfrom the and that means we will be importing much warmer air from the southern climes. by friday these weather fronts have altered, not progressing further east, almost stalling across north—western areas, bringing grey and drizzly weather. in the south—east, closer to this area of high pressure, this is where we have got warm aircoming high pressure, this is where we have got warm air coming in from the south, so the warmth is going to be felt throughout friday, saturday, and into sunday, and if the clouds break, particularly across southern and eastern areas, i wouldn't be surprised if temperatures get up into the low 20s. this is saturday, the weather front still stalled, so outbreaks of rain, grey and drizzly but mild for belfast, 16 degrees, up to the low 20s across southern areas. come sunday, this is what the jet stream is doing, to the south a lwa ys jet stream is doing, to the south always warmer, to the north it is colder, and we're just on the boundary scotland and northern ireland, cold air trying to feed in, but at this stage on sunday, most of

the country is on the warmer side, so the country is on the warmer side, so temperatures could get up to 23 or 24. but the cooler air to the north—west of the country, the other side of thejet north—west of the country, the other side of the jet stream, it looks as though it might be making inroads as we head into the middle part of the week, so that will eventually arrive, feeling fresher, back to normal temperatures, even a risk of some frost at night, particularly when the skies clear. that said, up to date. —— that's it. tonight at ten, the strongest warning yet from theresa may that britain could leave the european union without a brexit deal. the prime minister told mps that the ball was now in the eu's court and she signalled that leaving without a deal was a possibility. while it is profoundly

in all our interests for the negotiations to succeed, it is also our responsibility as a government to prepare for every eventuality. as mps took in the full import of the prime minister's words, labour accused her of wasting time. 15 months on from the referendum, we're still no clearer what the future of this country will look like. the question must be asked — what on earth has the government been doing all this time? and in another development, mrs may hinted that britain