shutdown, or at least until february 8. the deal was approved by democrats in congress after republicans agreed to try to solve the fate of thousands of migrants brought to the us illegally as children and now facing deportation. venezuelan security forces have used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators gathered to pay tribute to a rebel helicopter pilot shot dead last week in a shoot—out with soldiers. the protesters were trying to move to a cemetery in eastern caracas where oscar perez was buried on sunday. three executives have resigned from the governing board of usa gymnastics as former team doctor larry nassar is about to be sentenced for sexually abusing dozens under his care. athletes have been giving testimony, for five days, many saying they felt betrayed by usa gymnastics. the trial has started of a man accused of driving a van into a group of muslim worshippers outside a mosque in north london. darren osborne denies the murder of makram ali and attempting to kill nine others.

the prosecution says he was trying to kill as many people as possible in an act of terrorism, as daniel sandford reports. the pandemonium on a summer night in north london after a large box van smashed into a crowd of worshippers at speed, leaving them strewn across the pavement, some with life—changing injuries, and leaving 51—year—old makram ali dead. today, his family were at woolwich crown court to watch as 48—year—old darren osborne from cardiff went on trial. jonathan rees qc for the prosecution said osborne had deliberately driven into a group of muslims, trying to kill as many as possible. the prosecution say darren osborne became enraged after a bbc drama about sexual abuse by pakistani men in rochdale, and by the attacks on london and manchester. his partner said he was a ticking time bomb

who followed on twitter tommy robinson, the founder of the far right group the edl. the day before the attack, he hired a large van. that saturday evening, darren osborne came here to his local pub, the hollybush, and the prosecution say that witnesses remember him writing on a piece of paper, and then becoming increasingly loud and abusive about muslims. the prosecution say that after the attack, a misspelled note was found in the cab of the van osborne hired. part of it reads: the prosecution say that this pro—palestinian march may have been darren osborne's original target, but when that didn't prove viable, he instead started looking for mosques.

their case is that it was an act of terrorism designed to intimidate the muslim community. daniel sandford, bbc news. now, it's time for the travel show. this week on the travel show — i explore australia's northern territory, hearing what the future holds for tourism at one of the country's most famous attractions. we find out what it takes to work as a croc wrangler ina stunning australian national park. also, we scour the globe to meet people skilled in a rare art. we discover tacos with a twist in mexico city. and ade is back with the latest on what is trending in travel. first this week, i've come

to australia's northern territory and one of the most iconic sites in the world — uluru. the giant monolith attracts more than 250,000 visitors each year. for many of them, climbing to the top is something of a rite of passage. but for the indigenous people of central australia, the anangu, the rock means much more. as well as being an important place for tourists, uluru is a sacred site.

now, at the moment, tourists are allowed to go up to the peak, but all of that is about to change. at the end of 2017, the people who manage uluru in conjunction with its anangu owners made a landmark decision to ban tourists from climbing the rock. the 600 million—year—old rock is at the heart of anangu culture. they believe that touching the red sandstone is a way of communicating with the gods and it's the basis of their creation stories. it is almost like a law and it's really something that is so integral, so important to anangu,

and those very stories are based in locations around uluru. and so why was the decision made in the first place to ban the climb? there's a couple of reasons. primarily, it's because anangu don't want to see people climbing, for cultural reasons, but there's also been quite a significant number of fatalities on the climb. they do get very sad whenever anybody gets injured or dies, and there have been more than 35 people that have died. the ban won't come into force until october 2019 and until then, tourists can continue to climb on days when the weather isn't too extreme. the base of the route has a number of signs asking tourists to respect anangu wishes not to climb, but many people ignore these. whilst the decision has been welcomed by many in the local area, not everyone in the northern territory is supportive of the ban. i get the local indigenous people, i get where they're coming from, but i think it is a shame because it is a

fantastic place to visit. i think that it's a good thing because, like, you know, people go up and they get hurt and then the government spends a lot of time and energy rescuing people. yeah, that's a big issue. i mean, it costs a lot of money to get to central australia, as, you know, so if you're diminishing the experience, then i think it's got to impact somewhere. so, will the closure of the climb have a negative impact on tourist numbers visiting uluru? left foot in the stirrup here. just throw your leg through nice and gently. well, to keep visitors coming, local tourism bosses are working hard to show that there are other ways to experience the rock. there we go. hey! holy moly. uluru camel tours takes people out into the desert here. they give people a great camel experience. it's all about people really connecting with nature and connecting with the outback, and what better way to do it than on the back of a camel? so when you're riding those camels,

just relax from the waist down, let your body go with the flow. sure. don't try to tense your body up. well, they're environmentally friendly, they browse on 85% of the vegetation out here, they've got big, flat feet so they actually don't chop the ground up, they're a low—impact animal, and they go for months without water so they don't have to hang around a water source and eat all the vegetation. wow. unbelievable. you never get sick of that, do you? the views from the vantage point are pretty breathtaking. for chris, the decision to ban the climb is very welcome. look, i think closing the climb has been long overdue. and it's been something that's been talked about for many, many years. for myself, will it affect tourism out here? i don't think so. i think it will still bring more numbers, itjust actually gives people a bigger and better understanding about the anangu stories out here, and also the culture. as well as established activities like camel rides and cycling tours, new attractions are being introduced to encourage tourists to keep coming. and most popular of them

all comes to life at sunset. bruce munro's field of light installation is designed to embody the energy, heat and brightness of the desert landscape. what a way to finish my trip here in uluru! there's 50,000 light bulbs here, glowing, and it all looks like iridescence in sort of water. the work was originally installed in 2016 and was only supposed to stay in place for a year. but due to the huge popularity of the piece, it will now be here until the end of 2020 — a clear sign that uluru remains confident it can continue to attract tourists long after the ban comes into force in october 2019. now, while many people

get their travel inspiration these days online, some of us still prefer to gaze at a map or a globe to pick our next destination. so we headed to london to meet some of the last people working in the intricate art of hand—crafted globe making. there's something about globes thatjust is sort of inspiring and just sometimes looking at them, when i'm practising to make, i just sort of wonder what it's like in that specific part of the world. they're quite special. i'm still learning how to make them. i was surprised by the complexity of the process. you don't quite realise how difficult it truly is. every single piece of the globe is on show. so every single bit

has to be finished perfectly. you need to have a lot of persistence, a lot of patience. it takes a lot of concentration and willpower. you just fail so badly when you first have a go. at one stage, i was probably over £100,000 into the project and i still hadn't worked out how to make a globe, and ijust had to crack on with it and understand that if i did it enough times, potentially, it might work. thankfully, it did. the difficult part, fundamentally, the thing that took me a long time to work out is how to stretch a flat piece of paper onto a sphere and to do that without tearing the paper, ripping the paper, making it obvious it has been done. and that's really, really difficult.

slowly, i started to learn how to be patient with myself and just understanding the process. but i've definitely become a little bit more of a perfectionist, purely because of the standard that is required. i think everyone is fascinated by globes from an early age. it's the answer to so many questions, it's something that you can interact with all the time. when i see the one i have at home, i literally look at it every single time i go into the house and i spin it every single time without fail. i think the perfect globe is something with character, something with meaning. people can add little things to them — little illustrations or highlighted areas of places in the world that mean a lot to them. definitely makes people understand where they fit in in the world.

when you first see a globe and you first get pointed out you live a little speck of land surrounded by ocean, it makes you — it puts thousands of questions into your head. it often makes you think how we should be really careful about how we use the planet and things like that. a globe allows you to understand. to mexico city next, where you'll find amazing street food pretty much everywhere. our global gourmet has been to meet one man whose culinary creation has been causing a thing of a stir. still to come on the travel show... we meet the filmmaker who turns mountains into miniatures

in trending travel. and what does it take to work as a crocodile wrangler in one of australia's most stunning national parks? stick with us for that. the travel show. your essential guide wherever you are headed. it is time for trending travel. your monthly mash—up of the very best travel—related stories, pics and clips online. founded in 2015, the website accomable lists holiday accommodation for travellers with accessibility requirements. each listing includes photos and in—depth information on adaptations. but with awareness around accessible travel growing, the company has been taken over by airbnb. they say they plan to incorporate accomable‘s list of services into their own platform later this year. i really believe other companies will take notice of this

and try to help the disabled community more on the basis that this is a genuine market opportunity that should be taken seriously. loads of us love to see some exotic animals when we travel. but getting too close can have harmful consequences. a charity, world animal protection has launched a wildlife selfie code with the aim of discouraging tourists from posing with wild animals. they say many of the animals are kept in inhumane conditions. instagram have followed suit, advising its users against sharing these kind of images. if you can hug, hold or have a selfie taken with a wild animal, the chances are that that wild animal will have experienced terrible cruelty at some point in its life. say no to that selfie. there are ways you can have a fantastic wildlife experience and finding a good responsible tour operator is a great start. check out the world animal protection website

for more information. and people from around the world have shared video applications to a party on board a plummeting aircraft. next month, 16 winners including two from every continent, will travel to germany to board a modified a310 plane that simulates weightlessness. their mission is to bust some moves in a zero gravity nightclub. boasting three headline djs, the clubbing is expected to last for 90 minutes. thank you to everyone who sent us their pictures from their travels are using the hashtag traveltuesday. here is what caught my eye. elizabeth shared this night—time glimpse of dubai. ashish took this picture of the sky in india. don't forget to check out our twitter and facebook pages for loads of extra special travel show content that

you will not see anywhere else. here are the travel videos we have been watching this month. youtube channel little big world turns epic views and towering cityscapes into miniature. all through trick photography. we spoke to the creator, joerg daiber, to find out how it is done. a tilted effect creates a shallow depth of field which tricks the eye into believing this is micro photography, making it look like a miniature. there are a few other things you may want to do to sell the effect, shooting from a high angle with a wide angle lens. contrast and saturation in post production. i believe that the world would be a better place if people did not take themselves so seriously. we are tiny bugs and if only a few people understand this message, my work is done. you can check out his channel for more videos viewable in glorious 4k. and if you see anything you think

we should know about, please do get in touch. you can find us on twitter. finally this week, how would you like to be in charge of a park encompassing over 2000 types of plant and an incredible 10,000 crocodiles? for many, it is a dream job. and when kakadu national park put out a job adverts for a new park manager, it caused the global stir. so what does it take to run a park of this size? we caught up with the current park manager on one of his last days on thejob. every day is different

and that is what makes the job interesting. tourism is a big part of it so working to make sure that tourist sites are as good as they could be. there is a lot of interaction with wildlife. two weeks ago one of the rangers called me up and said they had caught a crocodile in a trap, and taped up the snout. and they told me i needed to sex it. i asked what that was involved and i had to stick a finger into a slit on its underside and determine its gender. we put a quirkyjob ad out there which was looking for a ceo and part—time croc wrangler. it has had a huge amount of interest from around the world. it went viral and we had people from europe and america are interested. it is one of those jobs... you see a job ads sometimes and it

says "unique opportunity", but that's an empty cliche. this one is certainly unique. there is nojob like it in the world. primarily this is aboriginal land, so the traditional owners of the land have leased it back to us, the federal government, and jointly with them we manage the national park. the size of the park is enormous. 20,000 square kilometres. in context, that is about the size of wales or half the size of switzerland. a workforce of about 75 people, they are extremely busy maintaining the park. we have a large influx of visitors in the dry season, in the middle of the year, may through october, and our rangers are doing biodiversity work, conservation work, operational stuff and making sure that our visitors are safe and having a great time.

one third of all australian bird species live within kakadu. we have 60 different kinds of mammals. really diverse landscapes as well. stone country, 1.5 billion—year—old rocks, some of the oldest in the world. on a rock is 20,000—year—old rock art. we are living amongst a 65,000—year—old culture, the oldest in the world. immersing yourself in that is just amazing. for me, the big challenge going forward is tourism and growing tourist numbers because there is a uranium mine leased within the park and that mine is closing down at the end of 2020. that provide a large amount of income and sustains the town of jabiru.

finding a sustainable alternative source of revenue for the town to keep people employed and services open is important, so we are working closely with traditional owners and the northern territory government to look at how tourism can replace mining as a source of revenue and sustain the park. i would say the biggest challenge is ensuring that tourism grows in the future but continuing to work with traditional owners as well, making sure that there needs are met and aspirations are realised as well. applications are now closed for the next lucky ka kadu croc wrangler. as workplaces go, it is not more stunning than this. i am afraid that is all we have time for this week.

coming up next week, jo heads to israel to find out how these huge sinkholes have become the latest attraction for travellers to the dead sea. it is a lot to take in because it is devastation but also quite beautiful. don't forget you can follow us wherever we are in the world byjoining our social media feeds. details are on your screen now. from me and the rest of the travel show team here in australia, it is goodbye. hello there.

we're sticking with a mild theme for the next couple of days, and if anything, today looks very mild in places. we import that air from the south—west. it's going to bring about a considerable fall of any lying snow across central and northern areas, too, and with weather fronts bringing outbreaks of rain and the thawing snow, we could see standing water around. it's going to be a very mild start. those are the temperatures we're expecting this morning. but it's going to be a breezy one, a lot of cloud through tuesday, maybe a little bit of brightness here and there, and there could be a couple of weather fronts straddling the country. we start off with rain in england and wales and another one pushing into northern ireland and scotland. this is going to produce some moderate bursts of rain. it's going to be quite persistent across western parts of scotland. add on to the snowmelt, with temperatures between 9 and 11 degrees, like i mentioned, a lot of standing water around. a warm weather front across the eastern side of england

gradually clearing away. a little bit drier in between, pushing into wales and the south—west of england. there's going to be a lot of low cloud, mist and murk with these weather fronts too. always the case when we pick up these mild south—westerlies. a bit of brightness at times across central, southern and eastern areas. that will really push the temperatures up, but there'll be more rain into western areas, and some heavy showers into scotland and northern ireland. look at these temperatures, though, into the afternoon — double—figure values for most. we could even make 1a in one or two of the brighter spots. and then on into tuesday night, it stays blustery. becoming very windy, with gales across western areas. an area of persistent rain moving in. briefly some snow on higher ground, but with milder air continuing to push northwards, it's going to be a very mild night across the south, just 10 or 11 degrees at the lowest. this area of low pressure will move through on wednesday, could cause some disruption. it's going to deepen and bring about some severe gales to scotland. maybe gusts of 70mph here. but it's going to be a very

windy day elsewhere, widespread gales, a band of heavy, squally rain spreading southwards and eastwards through the day. brightening up behind it, but it is a cold front. it's going to start to introduce cooler air, which will eventually reach the south—east by the end of the day. and then on into thursday, we're all into this cooler air mass. that's through thursday and also friday. quite a blustery day again on thursday. perhaps some sunshine, though, across england and wales, before some showers, maybe even long spells of rain. those temperatures back into single figures for most of us. so, to end the week, we're back into the cooler air briefly. there'll be sunshine and showers, and it will be quite windy. but then, as we head on in towards the weekend, it looks like things are set to turn milder once again. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories — president trump signs a deal to end the us shutdown, but for less than three weeks. every day we spend arguing about keeping the lights on is another day we cannot spend negotiating daca or defence spending

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