the uk's foreign secretary boris johnson has held talks in tehran where he's pressed for the release of the british iranian woman nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. she's accused of working against the regime, which she denies. the foreign office said the discussions had been "frank" and "constructive." there's been a third day of protests by palestinians in the west bank and gaza after donald trump's decision to recognisejerusalem as israel's capital. arab foreign ministers have urged the us to abandon its decision. palestinian leaders have cancelled a meeting with the vice president mike pence. iraq says its war against so—called islamic state is over. government troops say they now have complete control of the iraqi—syrian border. the group seized large parts of syria and iraq in 2014, declaring it a caliphate, but has suffered a series of defeats in the last two years. parts of north wales, northwest england and the midlands are bracing themselves for heavy snow. the met office has issued

an amber weather warning, urging people to be prepared for possible disruption. some eastern areas could also be affected. olivia richwald reports. layers of thick snow a scene of beauty in shropshire, but the first heavy snowfall of the winter is bringing disruption to parts of the united kingdom. motorists are being told to avoid driving unless absolutely necessary in parts of the north because of the icy conditions, as temperatures plummet down to minus six tonight in parts of scotland and wales. in oldham, greater manchester, this depot has been working 2a hours a day since thursday. the drivers here grit more than 300 kilometres of road. from busy urban centres to remote routes through moorland. with heavy snow showers forecast overnight in this area, they say they're prepared. we've just had the forecast

in so the temperatures are going to drop quite significantly. sub—zero. so what we're doing this afternoon now is we will pre—grit all our primary gritting routes and then overnight then we'll carry on treating and treating throughout the night, getting as much salt on the ground as possible. it's trans—pennine routes like this that can quickly become hazardous if they're not well maintained. oldham council alone expects to use 600 tons of grit this weekend alone — and there's still no guarantee these roads will stay open. although power was out at some properties in the midlands and scotland, in belfast it was sledges out, instead. i like to do snowballs and make a snowman and make models and go down with sleds. it's very slippery and i've been falling down! more scenes like this are forecast tomorrow as heavy snow is expected across central areas. but both the north and south may miss out. olivia richwald, bbc news, oldham. now on bbc news, it is time for our

world. in august 1996, ken and ruth pohler, an american couple from michigan, arrived in china. in the town of suzhou, they adopted a baby girl from a social welfare home. they called her kati. hey! doesn't she look like a picture! can you wear shorts in china, when you're teaching? i mean my knees are pretty hot, so i mean... yeah, no i can. i think trans—racial adoptions makes it super obvious that you're different, from day one. she was just beautiful.

but seeing that picture and then seeing her in life was, yeah. very happy, very emotional, just tears running down my face. i grew up in a place that was very white, very caucasian. but for me, my community was so close and so tight. i saw myself as different but i was actually really accepted. but then things started to become different when i went outside that community, and not everyone knew me and knew my story, and they expected me to act certain ways. kati was probably five years old. and she came up to me, we were at a meeting at church, she asked me whose tummy she came from.

"did i come from your tummy?" and i said, "no, you didn't come from my tummy. you came from a lady's tummy in china. but you came from my heart. you were born of my heart." and she was off running, doing something else. that was all she needed to know, and she was happy with that. looking back at it now, i thought the right thing to do was to not really pursue that and think about that. i guess part of the reason i didn't pursue it more too was because i knew, especially from my mom, i think it was hard for her. when ken and ruth received their baby, they were given an unexpected piece of paper. it was a note, and it was written by kati's birth parents. for the last 15 years, lida and fenxiang have been visiting the broken bridge in hangzhou, hoping to find their daughter. their story was picked up by the chinese media. finally, through a contact,

lida and fenxiang discovered their daughter had been adopted by a couple in the united states. but kati's adopted family didn't think a reunion would be in her best interests. until now. i guess meeting my birth parents isn't something that i really had a strong desire to do. but i don't think i ever considered it as something that could ever even happen. so now that is happening, it's a lot to think about. the dominating emotion is probably excitement. we should have brought our bags to make us look better! kati's adopted parents told her about the full story of her adoption when she turned 20. she is mature and she made that

decision, and so we're here to back her completely, and do whatever we can to make sure that it's a good experience for her, and that her trip over there will be a blessing to her birth parents. how are you? i'm good. how are you? we were just wondering where you were! in a way i see it as a loss, but also a gain. it's just a change in the relationship. we pray for kati as she gets ready to go on a journey. that the planned meeting will go well and that she'll have safe travel to china, and to return her safely back to us. after finding out about her birth parents, kati decided to fly to china, to meet them herself.

i think my biggest fear in meeting my biological family is that somehow i will disappoint them. i mean, in a lot of ways, obviously they feel like they've let me down. but i also know how much pain they have gone through. wow, it's so large. yeah, i see that! ahead of the big reunion, kati spent some time getting to know wow, it's so large. yeah, i see that! ahead of the big reunion, kati spent some time getting to know the country of her birth. forthe meeting, i'mjust going to try and take it as it comes, and try to be in the moment as much as possible, and make the best

decision for me at that time. this is kati. hi, hello. the big day has arrived. kati and her birth family are travelling to the broken bridge where they will meet for the first time. i'm excited. i feel pretty ready. i feel like there's been a lot of build—up to this point, so i feel like — feel like it's time. i'm generally not a very symbolic person. like, i think it's nice, but i'm not really one for, like, sentimental things. but since it was my biologicalfather‘s idea, i respect that, and i do see the beauty in it. so yes, i think meeting on the bridge is definitely the logical choice, and i think it will be good. the legendary broken bridge in hangzhou is famous

in chinese folklore. it is the inspiration for an ancient love story, and millions of people visit each year. it was a beautiful afternoon. and so it was definitely kind of surreal, walking across the bridge, just looking at the people, like, this is it. i'm only going to do this once. you only meet your biological family once in your life. i don't get super emotional in those types of situations, but for my birth mother, i think she was just... she was actually really sad, in a lot of ways. she just kind of held me and sobbed for about a half—hour. and that's another time when i was like, you know what? i'm glad i can't speak chinese, because i have no idea what i would say anyway.

so after the meeting, like, my biologicalfamily really wanted me to, like, stay with them for the night. and i was like, no. i've met so many people today, i haven't been sleeping a lot, so i just want some time to myself. so i think — yeah, that first night, yes, i didn't stay with them. and then after that, the day after that, i hung out with, yeah, my parents. her biological parents have brought kati back

to theirfamily home in hangzhou. translator: i'm kati's biological mother. hello. thank you very much, for taking care of kati. we're also very thankful to you for giving her life. that night, they skype—chat with kati's adoptive family in the us. it is the first time the two families have met. can you tell us a little bit how the bridge reunion went? i haven't really tried to talk about it yet, that night, they skype—chat with kati's adoptive family in the us. it is the first time the two families have met. can you tell us a little bit how the bridge reunion went? i haven't really tried to talk about it yet, because i don't know how to talk about it well.

because... 0k. i don't know how to capture what it was. i don't know. we love her dearly, and she knows that, and we haven't lost anything today. we haven't lost anything at all. we're just happy for her. i'm just happy that she's come to this point. ijust hope there's a sense of peace and contentment with her, and that, you know, if it means developing a relationship with them, that that's ok, because that's good. one thing i realised, going on this trip — that i almost did it more for my biological

family than myself. obviously it was both, but in a lot of ways, it was a lot more meaningful to them. just because it was a lot more traumatic for them, and they've been living with a lot more emotion about it for so many years. but for me, also, it was good. it was — yeah, it was good in different ways, i think, for us. but, for me, it was definitely fulfilling. what is it? translator: chicken wing. sure. translator: my oldest daughter, she is already 25, but she never went into the kitchen once. i'll teach her how to cook. i guess having two sets of parents, it's — it's hard, because it's a lot of family ties,

and that's — like, how much to communicate, and i'm not really good at communicating with my family in the first place, and i have a whole other family. the next morning, kati's dad wants to take her to the place where he abandoned her. but it is difficult to find the exact spot. the next morning, kati's dad wants to take her to the place where he abandoned her. but it is difficult to find the exact spot. he reallyjust wanted my

forgiveness, which is... it was just really interesting, because, like, i understand from him why he needed forgiveness. but, for me, i didn't feel like i needed to forgive them for anything. like, from my perspective, i understand their situation, as much as i think i can. and, like — yeah, they were stuck. they were stuck in a system that was so broken. six hours from hangzhou is this town. it is the original family home, and it is where kati's grandmother lives. i think another really cool moment

was, like, meeting my grandma. i think she was on the boat when i was born, so, like, she's been also thinking about me a lot through the years. just seeing her, and seeing my extended family, i'm just like... it really made it feel

more like family. i don't know, just seeing how much it meant that i was there, and she really wanted to see me before she died, and that was kind of — it was a powerful moment. it is time to say goodbye. all the family are at the airport to see kati off. back in michigan, a new chapter is beginning in kati's life, as she prepares for her final year of university. i guess for, like, for other adoptees who are pursuing reunion or searching, i think it's important to just, like, be very aware of your feelings. and, like, there's not really a right and wrong way to feel during any part of the process. no matter how much you know about your adoption, or why you were given up, or how much you feel about it, and how much it hurts, or no matter what the circumstance,

i don't think it's good to suppress those feelings that might be hard to deal with. the wintry weather will continue to cause disruption across the second half of the weekend. temperatures as low as —12 or —14 across the snow cover in scotland. further south we have this band of rain, sleet, and increasingly that is turning to snow as it pushes into the cold around. especially through the central slice of the country. ice could be a problem further north. the met office have issued an amber warning for that snow. be prepared for that snow to cause significant disruption, especially through mid and north wales and parts of northern england, especially in the midlands as well, where we could see five or ten centimetres at low levels, 20 centimetres possible over the hills, certainly enough to cause disruption to travel. during the day, some uncertainty about exactly

how far north that snow gets. further south it will be a mixture of snow, sleet, and probably turning back to rain later in the day. the winds are also going to be an added hazard, gusting 60 miles an hour or more through the english channel and the blistered —— wsdl channel as well. a quieter picture across the further northern half of the country. bahrain few wintry showers in the far north it will be drier here, though temperatures will struggle even to get to freezing during the day. milder further south, but certainly disruptive snow, which will ease away later in the day. sunday night and into monday morning, is could be a problem once again as those temperatures plummet overnight. further south across europe we have an area of low pressure affecting portugal, spain and france with strong winds and hill snow. the northern edge of that system could ring gales and heavy rain to southern and south—eastern parts of england, but we are keeping a close iam england, but we are keeping a close i am that. elsewhere across the

country, a quieter day to come on monday. still a few showers in the north and west. it is drier and not quite as cold as it has been through the weekend. on tuesday we have a ridge of high pressure. like winds and more sunshine, looking dry on tuesday, but temperatures will once again struggled to get much above freezing. tuesday night into wednesday, this area of rain will push east, with strong winds as well. followed by sunshine and heavy showers. not quite as cold as it has been through the weekend. the by. —— goodbye. hello and welcome to bbc news. the british foreign secretary, borisjohnson will meet the president of iran on sunday. he's expected to bring

up the imprisonment of the british iranian woman, nazanin zaghari ratcliffe. mrjohnson has already had discussions with the iranian foreign minister. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. it could look routine. borisjohnson and his iranian counterpart, mohammad javad zarif, shake hands on the way into talks. but there's nothing routine about this encounter. the foreign secretary looking uncharacteristically tense,