welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is duncan golestani. our top stories: he was wrong to re—tweet material from a far—right group. the british prime minister criticises president trump. is he losing hisjob? the white house refuses to confirm whether president trump still has confidence in his secretary of state, rex tillerson. the argentine navy abandons efforts to rescue the crew of a submarine that disappeared two weeks ago. and a large iceberg breaks off a glacier in southern chile. scientists say it's because of climate change. welcome. the british prime minister theresa may has said she will never be

afraid to criticise the us and point out when it gets something wrong. during a trip tojordan, she repeated her condemnation of president trump's decision to re—tweet anti—muslim videos posted by a british far—right group. mr trump's actions have led to renewed calls from some mps for his planned state visit to britain to be cancelled. the bbc‘s nick watt reports. over here there was powerful condemnation of the president in parliament. it is offensive to all decent british people. donald trump is now actively selling seeds of hatred in our country. the president of the united states loves twitter and talks about fake news. he actually retweet had fake news. in jordan theresa may made no secret of her irritation. britain first is a hateful organisation and seeks to spread division and mistrust on our

communities. —— brfirst. iron very clear that re— tweeting from britain first was the wrong thing to do. this row is all a far cry from the warm days of the reason may‘s first visit to the white house when she followed the rule book of recent predecessors who halved the us president close. she had hoped to harness president trump's enthusiasm for brexit to accelerate a new trade deal with the us. that new era in the special relationship is meant to begin here with the opening of the new us embassy by the river thames. and who was supposed to perform the opening ceremony? donald trump. but his visit across the pond is being delayed and delayed and delayed. battered and bruised or living to fight another day? where does this i’ow fight another day? where does this row leave the special relationship?

certainly it is bigger than any one day or anyone fight. it has intuit through however presidents on both sides and it is really built in on oui’ sides and it is really built in on our connections with each other as people —— it has intuit. and the values we share. over so very many years the countries have stood firm against both far right extremism and jihadi extremism and will continue to do so. but we have to continue that special relationship through out that special relationship through our institutions, through cooperation and not think it means actually pandering at the individual level to a president who is behaving ina way level to a president who is behaving in a way that is really damaging to out in a way that is really damaging to our communities. with its commanding views over london, the new us embassy should be the perfect base to usher in a new era in the anglo—american special relationship. first of all, those riverside diplomats may have to work on a basic repairjob. let's speak to our correspondent

laura bicker in washington. as we've just seen, getting lots of attention here in the uk. what about where you are in washington? there has been a lot of attention paid to adhere in the us. i wouldn't call it exactly shock, because when it comes to this unpredictable president there's one thing we do know. he not wa nt to there's one thing we do know. he not want to let go of a perceived slight, even if it's from a close friend, even if it's from a close international ally. and when it comes to this tweet in itself, when you look at it itjust tells us what we already know about what he described as his modern—day presidential style. there is a large amount of outrage and a large amount of worry that this will cause an international rift between the us and the uk. after all, theresa may was one of the first dignitaries to

be invited to the white house. at one point they were even seen holding hands. there seemed to be a close bond. has that bond now been broken? well, donald trump may be taking some kind of calculation, if there is a calculation on this at all. if it comes down between a choice between showing strength to his supporters are kowtowing to an international ally, he's going to choose the former. just day with us for a moment while we bring in another story that we are following. that is that the white house has denied reports rex tillerson is said to be replaced by the cia chief. we know the relationship between the two has been bumpy for some time, butjust how did this feud develop? well, back injuly mr tillerson is alleged to have referred to mr trump as a "moron", following a meeting in the pentagon. he's been asked about his comments by journalists and hasn't denied the allegations.

then at the start of october the president tweeted that mr tillerson should stop wasting his time on negotiating with north korean leader kimjon—un. later that same month, after hearing of the moron comment allegations, trump publicly challenged his secretary of state to an iq test, saying, i can tell you who is going to win. press secretary sarah sanders was asked about the issue earlier today but told reporters there would be no reshuffle. when the president loses confidence in someone they will no longer serve in that capacity. the president was here today with the secretary of state. they engaged in a foreign leader visit and are continuing to work together to close out what we've seen to be an incredible year. that was sarah huckabee sanders. let's go back to laura bicker in washington. i think is position is

becoming rather untenable, despite the public notice from the state department and the white house, that it is business as usual. that the secretary of state will travel to europe in december. that the announcement made today. i think he has been undermined on a number of occasions, though that you mentioned in tweets from donald trump on north korea and then there was that rift after rex tillerson allegedly described the president as a moron. the relationship seemed to fail to recover after that. donald trump wasn't happy with his performance. that was at a press conference. the truth also is that rex tillerson isn't very popular within his state department. he has concentrated on budget cuts. a number of those remain unfilled. and a number of senior staff have been let go. so there is a lot of unrest there. there have been reports of low

morale. those reports have not been denied. so when it comes to whether oi’ denied. so when it comes to whether or not he will be in place, they think it's a matter of when —— be replaced. there are also reports within the us that this kind of lea ks within the us that this kind of leaks from the white house have been deliberate to try to both undermine rex tillerson and forced him almost to the finish line. but there is some time to go, we think. we will just have to wait and see. the replacement touted is the current cia director mike pompeo. he is more ofa trump cia director mike pompeo. he is more of a trump loyalist and is a former hardline of a trump loyalist and is a former ha rdline republican of a trump loyalist and is a former hardline republican and it is thought perhaps that he might be a better fit when it comes to this trump administration. politically, would it be damaging for a president to lose the holder of such a high office so overly in a presidential term? it is certainly highly unusual. it has been a number of

yea rs unusual. it has been a number of years since the secretary of state has only lasted one year. someone said it has been 20 presidents since this has happened. but when it comes to this trump administration, well, i think it not entirely unusual. there have been a number of reshuffles and resignations as this white house tries to figure out its way forward. donald trump was never a politician. they are trying to find their way in washington. so we can spina find their way in washington. so we can spin a rocky start for trump administration and this is part of it. thank you very much. the argentine navy has abandoned efforts to rescue the crew of a submarine that disappeared two weeks ago with 44 people onboard. a navy spokesman said a big search operation in the south atlantic was now officially closed. a number of vessels, including submarines, will continue searching for the wreck of the sanjuan. the bbc‘s daniel pardo has been following events from the capital,

buenos aires. it has been 15 days since the submarine went missing and as time went by argentina ran out of hope. there's been a huge task for the international rescue force to be able to look for this submarine. there are in mind that the submarine is believed to be one to three kilometres below sea level and with huge effort the submarine that was brought from the us on wednesday could only go down 600 metres. so that shows that they were really looking for a needle in a haystack. so now it's very difficult to continue with this rescue operation, with the huge resources that implies, and knowing that it impossible to find the crew alive. that's why the navy has decided to reduce the operation and keep looking, but only the submarine. what we are going to see now is the political implications in argentina for this terrible tragedy. the president is likely to trigger reforms to the military, change some

of the people who control the military and see how the military could be involved in different tasks, like the fight against terrorism and the fight against drug dealing. but today what we see here in argentina is that people are moved by the story that has become a huge tragedy that divides the country. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the north korean leader's half—brother, who was killed in malaysia in february, was carrying an antidote to the nerve agent that caused his death. it was in his backpack. a prosecution witness revealed this at the trial of the two women accused of kimjong—nam's murder, suggesting mr kim knew he was a target and the method of possible attack. zimbabwe's new president, emmerson mnangagwa, has named two senior military officers in his first cabinet. the army general who appeared on tv to announce that the military had taken control of the country

from the former leader robert mugabe has been named as the new foreign affairs minister. some close allies of the former president have been dropped from the cabinet. riot police in honduras have clashed with supporters of the main opposition contender in the presidential election, salvador nasralla, who has accused the electoral court of fraud. police fired tear gas at opposition activists outside the centre where the final result is due to be announced shortly. the incumbent, juan orlando hernandez, is thought to be ahead. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the view from above. one photographer takes to the skis to show us famous cities in a new light. it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory.

i am feeling so helpless, that the childrens are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippy cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people in los angeles. at 11:00am this morning, just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe. it took the drills just a few moments to cut through the final obstacle. then philippe cozette, a minerfrom calais, was shaking hands with and exchanging flags with robert fagg, his opposite number from dover. this is bbc news.

the latest headlines: the british prime minister, theresa may, says president trump was wrong to retweet material from a british far—right group. the white house press secretary has refused to confirm whether president trump still has confidence in his secretary of state, rex tillerson. the american music producer russell simmons has announced that he is leaving his fashion and production businesses after a screenwriter claimed she was sexually assaulted by him 26 years ago. we now speak to the bbc‘s peter bowes in los angeles. peter, another big figure in the entertainment industry falling by the wayside because of these allegations? yes. he is one of the biggest names in music, one of the biggest names in music, one of the biggest names in the entertainment business. not only music, but the

fashion industry and film as well. now a woman has fashion industry and film as well. now a woman has come fashion industry and film as well. now a woman has come forward, jenny lummond, the daughter of the screenwriter of the same name. she says she was abused by him several decades ago, in 1991, when she said they went to a restaurant together and then went back to his apartment in new york, and that is when he forced himself on her. he has issued a statement, quite a lengthy statement, acknowledging that they met on that occasion, saying that he remembers the evening rather differently. but that she was intimidated by what happened, and significantly, he says he apologises. just to give you more details about what he says, he says "while i have never been violent, i have been thoughtless and insensitive in some of my relationships over many decades, and i sincerely and humbly apologise".

peter, the account ofjenny lummond was quite harrowing, wasn't it, the one she supplied to a magazine? yes, it was harrowing. it goes into quite a lot of detail. in fact, it should be said that this is not the only allegation he is facing. another woman came forward to say that she was forced into a sexual act with him in the same year, 1991, when she was only 17 years old. now, he issued a statement regarding those allegations, saying that as far as he was concerned, and at was a consensual situation. so he essentially denied the nature of the claim. nevertheless, two claims against him, and today he has announced he is basically leaving his companies. to use his words, he says he doesn't want to be a distraction. that is why he is stepping down. peter bowes in los angeles, thank you. one of the sticking points as britain leaves the european union

is what happens to the uk's only land border with the eu in northern ireland. the irish government and the eu want northern ireland to remain inside the european customs union and the single market. but that idea is deeply unpopular with many in northern ireland. our ireland correspondent chris buckler reports. on the island of ireland, culture does not recognise borders, and neither do people. the uilleann pipes are one of the traditional sounds of this land, and in his workshop that sits just a mile from where northern ireland meets the republic, martin gallen makes the pipes. he's closely watching the slow negotiations to try to carve out a deal that will see the uk leave the eu, and he fears it will mean a return of checks on the irish border. they're on about promising that there would be no hardening of the border, but i honestly can't see how they're

going to stand by that promise. neither the british government, nor the european union, wants a return of customs posts on the border bridges that connect ireland, north and south. the eu says one way to ensure that is for northern ireland to stay inside the customs union and the single market, even if the rest of the uk leaves. it's an offer that has angered unionists, and their support is vital to the conservative government at westminster. if there is any hint that, in order to placate dublin and the eu, they're prepared to have northern ireland treated differently than the rest of the united kingdom, then they can't rely on our vote because they have undertaken an agreement with us — our votes for their support for the union. that's a fear of a move towards a united ireland, and it would probably mean new checks for ships crossing the irish sea — effectively creating a border between two parts of the uk.

but there could be benefits for northern ireland's troubled economy. this border business park was opened in 2013, using £6 million of public money. four years on, all 22 acres lie largely empty. last month, one firm did finally sign up to take a site here. and others might be more likely to follow after brexit, if being based here meant you can trade either within the eu or as part of the uk. just as we have for our people, we can choose identity, whether it be british or irish, our products can be exactly the same. and if we take this opportunity, we become probably one of the most attractive investment locations anywhere in the world. no—one wants new barriers in the cities and towns that sit all along this border, and the irish government are still prepared to stand in the path of trade talks to ensure that. this is an historic moment and we are not going to allow the re—emergence of a physical

border on this island. and the european union will support us on that, so there's going to be no need to use a veto. that does sound, though, that if you had to use a veto, you would be prepared to use it. the eu side, in my view, will not progress phase two unless we make sufficient progress in all three areas. and it's the border that's the sticking point? the border‘s the sticking point. ireland's uilleann pipes were once known as the union pipes, but no—one is sure of the consequences once this island is at the edge of two unions, both the eu and the uk. chris buckler, bbc news, at the irish border. in bali, mount agung is predicted to erupt imminently. more than 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate the area around the volcano. thousands of tourists are stranded.

flights have resumed but the airport may have to close again if the wind changes direction. the bbc‘s rebecca henschke has the latest. well, yes, it's another day of watching and waiting. this has continued now for almost three months. there are tens of thousands of people who are living in temporary shelters not far from where i am now. they're living in bamboo and plastic rooms and, with the heavy rain, life there is uncomfortable. mount agung does remain on high alert, so people are being told not to return to their homes, and for the people remaining in their village, to leave. there is dramatically less smoke and ash clouds coming out of the crater now, as you can see behind me, compared tojust a few days ago. that ash is now travelling west still to lombok island, and the airport there is closed. that will be reviewed in a few hours, and the bali main international airport is still open today.

but all experts who are monitoring this closely say this is a natural pattern for a volcano, a natural downturning, and this definitely doesn't mean it's over. things could change very quickly, an unpredictable situation. a large iceberg broke off the grey glacier in southern chile. it's not occurred since the early 1990s and scientists say it's because of climate change. laura westbrook reports. floating free, this is the latest fragment to break off the antarctic ice shelf. park rangers said it sounded like thunder when it wrote away. the grey glacier in nature lay

away. the grey glacier in nature lay a national park is 350 metres long, and just as wide. —— a chilean national park. the car thing had been expected, but it was bigger than scientists predict that. translation: the retreat of the grey glacier is a process which has been co nsta nt glacier is a process which has been constant and accelerated in recent times, and is likely to have to do with climate change. events like this in this location are rare. last time this happened here was 20 years ago. but look at these satellite images. on the left is 2005. on the right is this year. you can see just how much the glacier has receded in blue, on the right. new records for temperatures are being set around the world. scientists say more warming will threaten ice sheets. and so, bit by bit, year by year, the level of the sea will continue to rise. the biggest cities in the united states are recognised by their iconic skylines, but for one photographer, the best view is from above. jeffrey milsten captures stunning

images on helicopter rides across los angeles and new york. his new book ‘la ny' is a compilation of those photos. he spoke to us about his aerial method. are you get into a zone when i am photographing. —— i get. the things i like to look for our patterns and geometry. you might see things in a microscope sometimes that have some of the same patterns. i am a pilot. i got my licence when i was 17. and that's actually when i first began photographing aerials and aeroplanes. i grew up in los angeles, moved to new york and practised architecture. those are

the two cities that i know and love. in square photo was shot after dark, when all the lights have come on. —— that time square. the light on the street is cosily changing depending on what is on the screens. you see all the taxis, the cabs, it is almost like large—cell is moving through arteries, like information moving down the streets. —— blood cells. disney is the only private entity in the united states that has its own the no—fly zone. i found it was only to 3000 feet. so i got a helicopter and i brought some longer lenses with me. from above, you get to see at all, and how it is laid out. it is just so much fun, to see at all, and how it is laid out. it isjust so much fun, to go around ina out. it isjust so much fun, to go around in a helicopter with the door off. it is kind of dreamlike. you are watching bbc news. some of us experienced more snow

showers on thursday night but with a lot more cold air moving in, the showers will return back to sleet or rain as we go through the morning. early on, bearing in mind where we have had the showers overnight there will be icy patches around through eastern parts of scotland and northern england. still a scattering of showers through the east of england. most falling as rain. showers through the west of wales are now clearing away and more of us will be dry and see some sunshine. there will be good sunny spells around during the afternoon and the temperature a little higher than was on thursday. it will just not feel as cold or wintry as it did to many places are dry that the best of the sunshine in england and wales. and increasing cloud in northern ireland, an area of cloud and patchy rain working southwards through scotland. behind that, showers following. as we go on into friday evening and friday night we will keep the cloud heading southwards across the uk and that means temperatures are not dropping.

there will still be a touch of frost in cold spots across the south in particular on friday night but by saturday morning some temperatures will rise. if we look at the big picture going into the weekend, we have had arctic air across the uk. that gets nudged southwards and an atlantic influence is coming across. that means it is less cold and temperatures are getting closer to average for this time of year with mild air coming in. it takes a while to get into the south—eastern parts of england and could still be chilly on saturday but on sunday it will arrive. this atlantic air is coming, it has a great deal of cloud around. there is patchy cloud and there will be sunny spells so it's five degrees in norwich but 10 degrees in stornoway, feeling the benefits of mild air. part two of the weekend on sunday, a lot of cloud around. cloud thick enough in some spots to produce patchy light rain does not amount to too much. hazy through the eastern uk and temperatures closer to average.

main stories of the weekend is mild, less cold air coming in but it comes with plenty of cloud. while there will be dry weather around, cloud will produce patchy light rain at times. this is bbc news. the headlines: the british prime minister, theresa may, says that president trump was wrong to re—tweet material from a british far—right group. but she stressed the "special relationship" between britain and the us was "in both our nations' interests" and should continue. the white house has insisted that rex tillerson remains the us secretary of state, despite rumours that he was being replaced.

media reports suggested president trump was considering appointing the current cia director, mike pompeo, in his place. and the argentine navy has given up attempts to save the 44 crew members of a submarine that went missing in the south atlantic two weeks ago. a navy spokesman said an international rescue operation, involving 4,000 people, had now officially ended but a smaller—scale search for the wreck of the sanjuan would continue. now on bbc news, thursday in parliament.