state media in zimbabwe has confirmed that eight out of ten regional branches of the governing zanu—pf have passed a vote of no confidence in president robert mugabe, following a military takeover on wednesday. they also want his wife grace, who was apparently planning to succeed him, to quit the party. the lebanese prime minister, saad hariri, has left saudi arabia for france on his private plane to meet president macron. he's been in the kingdom since tendering his resignation two weeks ago. an international effort is continuing in the south atlantic to try to find an argentinian submarine. the sanjuan has now been out of radio contact for three days. a nasa research plane has joined in the search. the missing vessel has forty—four crew on board. let's have brief look now at some of the front pages of the morning pages. we start with the financial times which reports that the london stock exchange group is considering whether to publish a dossier on the behaviour of its chief

executive in defence of accusations they forced him to resign. the times says google has made millions of pounds in advertising from videos that exploit young children on youtube. it also features prominently a photo of zimbabwe's president robert mugabe emerging from house arrest in harare. the i says a tax on takeaway plastic, like food boxes and coffee cups, could be introduced when the government announces its budget next week. the daily mirror reports on a father's fight to clear his name after he punched an intruder in his home. the telegraph says europe is threatening to withhold britain's final rebate payment of five billion euros as part of negotiations over the brext bill. the sun claims an exclusive on the controversy surrounding pornography found on damien green's computer at westminster. it says content is violent and would have been illegal if found week later.

it also says it is unclear who downloaded the material. the daily mail has the story of british explorer benedict allen, who was rescued from a papua new guinea jungle after going missing on an expedition. and the guardian says parents who divorce could be denied access to their children if they try to turn one against the other. now on bbc news time for the travel show. this week, japan's prettiest railways... there is a push for the last carriage, maybe it has the best views. chomping your way through the big apple. we just eat crazy things for the sake of eating crazy things. the things we eat are actually really delicious. and road testing apps for keeping your mobile. this gives you a lie in.

this is the tadami line in central japan. it is regarded as one of the country's most beautiful train routes, and hugs the river as it makes its way from fukushima to niigata prefectures. and it is a specially beautiful in autumn. the train stations along the tadami line are quaint, this doesn't even look like a

are quaint, this doesn't even look likea train are quaint, this doesn't even look like a train station, it looks at the post office to me. it is really bustling inside. people come here for the view and it attracts a particular crowd. its popular chiefly with older people, a handful of railway enthusiast and of course at this time of year, leif peters. there is a bit of a push for the last carriage, maybe it has the best views. today is unusually busy. normally only around 35 people a day come here for the eight—day —— eight daily departures. it is a sareen trip through some of the country's lesser—known backwaters. but there isa lesser—known backwaters. but there is a problem. this is tadami station, at everyone has to get off now, because the whole area was damaged in the floods. this area escaped tsunami and nuclear disaster that made fukushima famous. butjust

too much —— two months later mother nature struck again. heavy storms caused flooding which made a long stretch of the track here unusable. a handful of stations were shut and to this day remain abandoned. this is one of the six disused stations -- 60 is one of the six disused stations —— 60 disused stations and the sign says beware of the bears. locals don't much use the service that is remaining. it is less useful now that you can't travel and interrupted from one side to the other. but it does still occupy a special place in some people's hearts. well, look at this view. the colours are amazing. for a start, it's a beautiful thing to photograph. there is quite a view from up here, no matter what season is his. and it is not one that kenko is alone in enjoying. in thailand we don't have any autumn, i come to the autumn,

believes change colour. —— the leaves change colour. i thought this train moving is a very perfect shot. how did you feel in 2011 when the floods destroyed part of the tadami line? the operator, jr east plans to restore the entire line by 2021. but

in the meantime, in an attempt to get morejunk in the meantime, in an attempt to get more junkjapanese —— in the meantime, in an attempt to get morejunkjapanese —— young japanese using the line, these comedians are hosting tours. you will notice a very different crowd from the passengers i was with earlier. this time, it's exclusively young women. most of them would probably never have come here in the past. each comedian, including this palm reader, takes turn entertaining each group of passengers, so eve ryo ne each group of passengers, so everyone gets their money ‘s worth. money line. happy line! the tadami experience also takes in local temples, and the kanayama well where

you can drink the naturally occurring sparkling water. i expected to see a lot of old people ona tourlike expected to see a lot of old people on a tour like this, but i was really surprised to see so many young people. ithink really surprised to see so many young people. i think it's a really clever marketing tool to get these comedians on board. this looks like a lot of fun. and if you are planning a visit soon, here is the travel show guide of things to see and do injapan this winter. the snow festival is arguably japan's most famous winter spectacular. around 2 million people had the northern city of sapporo every year to see the 200 snow and ice sculptures carved there. entry is free and the next one starts on debris to fifth. japan is a very popular ski destination and many people tend to head their, where

more snow is received in any other pa rt more snow is received in any other part of the world, or nagano, where the winter olympics were held in 2012. another place receives trees blasted sideways by the snow. you can also see the snow monkeys in nagano prefecture. a troupe of wild macaques come to the bustard they've done all year round because they are —— come to the baths all year round because they are fed by the park wardens. this island north of hokkaido is well worth thinking about. it is the country's most untouched national park and the place to go and see the mating

rituals of the red crowned cranes. you can combine it with a careful walk along the drift ice or a ride out on one of the icebreaker shift —— ships there. in winter is also a really beautiful time to head for the buddhist monasteries at mt koya, south of a sucker for some come. stay overnight with a month, —— with the monks, eat what they eat and set your alarm for morning prayers. we are told the peace that comes with the morning mountains is a wonderful experience. next this week we are off to south—west china to meet the man responsible for one inspirational building project in the mountains of guizhou. still to come here and the travel show: lucy is here with the best tech for getting you around town fast. this is simply a case of

following the arrow and making your way safely to your destination. and we pull on our eating trousers for one of new york's most eclectic foodie sewers. we just eat crazy things for the sake of eating crazy things. the things we eat are really delicious. —— tours. things. the things we eat are really delicious. -- tours. the travel show, your essential guide wherever you are heading. you may have noticed in recent years right howling at a place in the traditional arm in the air. and it's easy to see why. in a couple of taps your pre— booked turns up at your feet. huber is the market leader in most of the world but some have raised concerns about its work into this is and the service has faced suspensions and even outright bans inafew suspensions and even outright bans in a few places. the alternative, your guide to the rest of the rest.

first, get together, it merely serves the uk currently in london and manchester and it's a black cab ride sharing service on routes they say are underserved by public transport —— gett. i'm standing at one of the start of the routes, it is an easy interface with one quick click the will be here in five minutes. fares start at £2 and will be shown with other passengers which is fine when there is a thought they are as nice as lucy. this service gives it a bit of a lie in. exactly, yeah. london, the service is limited to four but they are plans to roll it out to other areas across the city, i like the fact you can hop on and off at any point on the route and off at any point on the route and the cabs use bus lanes which means you don't have to sit in traffic. you take the options differ, though, depending on what pa rt differ, though, depending on what part of the world you are in. andrew has been looking through the options for us. what of the best i should

use? depending on where you live, if you are in the states you probably would be using lyft, they are an underdog in the battle but it is making good ground. here we have manhattan, you can use different types of cars and save on the amount of people you have or you can go luxurious all if you have a child and she wanted child seats, at your destination and say you want to go to macy's, it brings up a total of what it will be, you request it, and thenit what it will be, you request it, and then it arrives. if you are in europe, and you will probably looking at mytaxi, it is available in about 50 cities in europe, in nine years, countries, you say where you are, it can geo— locate you, or you are, it can geo— locate you, or you can put in a destination and all of that. you then order a taxi. it isn't the same sort of tailored service you get from lyft or huber but you get region specific cars. so if you are in london and you want a black cab because you want to

support them and mix with the new, the new, the next one, i have got a bit strange, so... housetrained? pretty strange. pedal me. this is actually a right howling when you get driven on a bicycle. a summer application? you can see here we have our location, your drop—off, and you go i want to go to buckingham palace, because why wouldn't you ? and buckingham palace, because why wouldn't you? and it comes up with the thing that will tell you it will cost you less than £10 so it is actually pretty reasonable. not as expensive in each top in london. similar approach to water and huber would be and you get to have a good experience. and just in case you don't fancy sitting in traffic all day, there is a line. it isn't classed as they satin avenue, a smart compass. and attach it to the compass of your bike, it makes it handy for exploring big cities all

over the world. the destination in your phone and the application will relay instructions. it is incredibly straightforward. while some riders. a dedicated site computer or a smartphone to their handlebars, it can smartphone to their handlebars, it ca n prove smartphone to their handlebars, it can prove the struck in rest with this it simply is a case of following the arrow and making your way safely to your destination. finally this week we're off to new york city and the drop in on a fruit clu b york city and the drop in on a fruit club that aims to try the most interesting dishes the town has to offer. but you can forget the usual salt beef bagels or pastrami on right, the gastronauts are looking for something a little special. new york is a food city, there are a lot of different kinds of foods we eat, tremendous ethnic diversity. we are in flushing queens which is new york's kind of major chinatown. it is really big, it is far away, about

40 is really big, it is far away, about a0 minutes by right, but it is outside the city and we are coming down here so this is the luxurious entrance to the golden mauls. we descend into the stomach of flushing queens. i love coming here. whenever i hear, queens. i love coming here. whenever ihear, i queens. i love coming here. whenever i hear, itry queens. i love coming here. whenever i hear, i try to stop by and at least have some lamb dumplings or some peers 01’ some least have some lamb dumplings or some peers or some duck heads. my name is curtis bail i am one of the founders of the gastronauts. which isa founders of the gastronauts. which is a club for adventurous eaters. here in new york. we started the clu b here in new york. we started the club in 2005 and we started off in a tiny little relation chinese place in manhattan chinatown. it was six people. we had pork intestines, tripe, it was a fantastic feast. the next time we met, there were 12 people and then the next dinner there were 20. in 30 and 50 and 100

and itjust there were 20. in 30 and 50 and 100 and it just kind there were 20. in 30 and 50 and 100 and itjust kind of kept going. so 110w and itjust kind of kept going. so now we have i think somewhere around 2500 members in new york city and 1500 in los angeles and 1000 in san francisco. the gastronauts is not a dinner club that is about eating out at fancy dinner club that is about eating out at fa ncy restau ra nts dinner club that is about eating out at fancy restaurants in manhattan. it is the kind of club we are. we are it is the kind of club we are. we a re interested it is the kind of club we are. we are interested in going the more far—flung places throughout new york city, to the other boroughs, to the definite ethnic sections, some club meets once a month and every month we find a different restaurant or place to make us an amazing usually four or five course feast that features the more challenging aspects of that particular cuisine. we have had lambs had in a greek restau ra nt, we have had lambs had in a greek restaurant, we have had 16 day fertilised egg which the filipinos

and the vietnamese love to eat. tomorrow we are going to have shillington food in staten island and to get there we are going to have to take a subway, a fairy, and a van to get to the restaurant —— sri lankan. —— ferry. a van to get to the restaurant —— sri lankan. -- ferry. this is egg plant, like a sweet and sour. sanjay is great. it is at this restaurant for at least ten years, from what i can see. before that he cooked in saudi arabia and in bahrain as a private chef to somebody very important. he has travelled all over the world. these restaurants are usually extremely excited to see us because it is a small out of the way place that don't see 30 people coming at once. hello, my name is

sanjay. welcome. thank you, thank you. before we start with the main course i want to show you what i cook. so i will bring around to everybody, 0k? what is the biggest misconceptions about the gastronauts is that we eat crazy things to the sake of eating crazy things to the sake of eating crazy things. it isn't true. the things we eat are actually really, really delicious. that is chicken liver, that is gifted and that is black curry on beef. this is unsurpassed. excellent. the gastronauts is a food club but is also a social club. we are a mixed bunch, there is journalist, also a social club. we are a mixed bunch, there isjournalist, morley is, a few policemen, architects,

construction workers. —— lawyers. it is diverse. people have relationships, there are the gastronauts marriage, the relay baby, someone has attacked two of the gastronauts on their forum, the people, it has become a fixture in people, it has become a fixture in people ‘s lives. the gastronauts isn't an eating clubs are people who wa nt to isn't an eating clubs are people who want to eat in manhattan, it is a clu b want to eat in manhattan, it is a club where people want to explore the outer reaches of their city and what it has to offer. that is also this week. coming up next week. the buyer, a special program— we had our deep into the

desert to try our hand at traditionalfalconry, 2000 desert to try our hand at traditional falconry, 2000 feet in the airfrom a hot air traditional falconry, 2000 feet in the air from a hot air balloon. the four 2500 years ago we relied on the falcon the way the people relied the supermarket. traditionally the way it worked, it still happens today, in europe and asia, my great epic piece on the way to africa because on the migration is wendy people would attract the falcons from the wild and use them for the winter months and at the end of winter they would release them. really beautiful system. unique experience, beautiful. don't forget you can join us on the road by signing up to a social media feeds but in the meantime from all of us indifferent ashima prefecture injapan, of us indifferent ashima prefecture in japan, goodbye. of us indifferent ashima prefecture injapan, goodbye. —— fukushima.

hello. colder air is in and is staying for the weekend before mild air makes a fight—back next week. for friday, it was sunshine and showers and the cold air in scotland across southern and eastern parts of england. hardly a cloud in the sky. here is a view from the isle of wight. flipping things around, though, for the start of the weekend — it's actually scotland who will have the best of the sunshine. there will be a brisk wind, with isobars close together. an area of cloud and patchy rain extending across wales and south—west england and other parts of england and wales through the day. there will be a patchy frost to start the morning for saturday — not as widespread as friday morning, and then sunshine becomes more limited for many of

us through the day. not the case though in scotland. there will be blustery showers in the far north, the northern isles, wintry on hills to relatively lower levels in places, but plenty of sunshine in scotland. mainly dry in northern ireland, but a fair amount of cloud around. a band of showers working south across northern england early in the day but then the sun comes out for the afternoon. early sunshine east anglia, the south—east of england with a touch of frost, but not lasting too long. already got cloud across wales and into south—west england and that's going to extend eastwards during the day, taking some occasional outbreaks of rain. never amounting to too much but making for a dull, damp afternoon for some here. you can see the sunshine across northern england, but especially into scotland, but remember that brisk wind in the far north with the blustery showers. technically milder for some in wales and south—west england. then again, it won't feel that way with the cloud and any rain. but for most of us, it'll be single—figure temperatures once again. now, for the rugby, well, we're expecting some rain in cardiff, maybe a bit of patchy rain in twickenham,

clear and cold going into the evening at murrayfield and also a dry evening for the ireland game in dublin. looking at things going through saturday evening and saturday night, some wet weather affecting wales and southern england overnight, becoming confined to the far south—west of england. elsewhere, clearing skies and the temperatures dip and the frost will be more widespread going into sunday morning. temperatures lower than this away from towns and city centres. so some of us will be at or below freezing, but with some sunshine to follow on sunday across much of scotland, northern england and the east of england. clouding over in the midlands, cloud for south—west england. for wales, northern ireland — not as chilly here but here, we have cloud and some outbreaks of rain. most of that light, most of us in single figures, so it will be another cold—feeling day. going sunday night and into monday, we take cloud and outbreaks of rain northwards, but into colder air, particularly with scotland and the risk of snow, perhaps notjust on hills on monday, so keep checking the forecast throughout the weekend. we will keep you updated. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and jon kay. examining the wreckage:

the investigation continues to find out why two aircraft collided over buckinghamshire. police and air accident investigators have joined forces to try and get to the bottom of the crash which left four people dead. good morning, it's saturday the 18th of november. also this morning: pressure on the president of zimbabwe robert mugabe, as his own party calls on him to quit and people prepare to take to the streets. 90 mps say patients in the health service in england are being failed by the system as they ask the prime ministerfor a cross—party solution.