in the last few minutes the worlds most powerful rocket has been launched in florida. we will talk about that and what this car is doing on board. that is the payload as elon musk is explaining. normally when a new rocket is tested, they put something boring on like a block of concrete. we were like that is pretty boring, what is the most fun thing we could put on. in taiwan and earthquake has killed at least to people. it's been a case of blink and miss it on the dowjones today, huge volatility on the market in new york but also tokyo and hong kong

too. quentin tarantino is under pressure after boomer thurman released this footage of her crushing during filming with him 15 yea rs crushing during filming with him 15 years ago, he has called the event one of the greatest regrets of his life. —— uma thurman. the world's most powerful space rocket has just taken off. most powerful space rocket has just ta ken off. it most powerful space rocket has just taken off. it was built by spacex, called the falcon heavy launcher and this is the moment it left the ground. building on the history of apollo...

we are getting ready to throttle down. cheering and applause. it took off from the same site nasa used when it carried out the apollo missions nearly a0 years ago so spacex has an eye for history. it looks like a success so far and if spacex can make the bigger rockets work it opens up all sorts of possibilities for what it can put

into space. this animation gives more details on what happened during the take off. you can see that this particular operation is really three smaller rockets bolted together. these are actually from an earlier spacex model number capable of creating double the thrust of its rival rocket. we can get an idea of what is happening to these boosters, the smaller ones come off and this has already happened in the last few minutes. the central booster continues with the payload but it too will separate and it doesn't come down to cape canaveral, it has got to land on the drone ship out at sea so got to land on the drone ship out at sea so it is a hugely complicated operation. so far it is going to plan. the reason they are being ambitious is if you get the rocket down to earth it is a lot cheaper.

estimates are the launch cost around 90 million dollars as opposed to 350 for one of its competitors. because of the high rate of failure, the payload isn't a real payload, normally you put whatever you want in there with an equivalent weight. elon musk put one of his cars into space, apparently it will have a mannequin driving it and also david bowie playing as it goes about its business. here is elon musk. bowie playing as it goes about its business. here is elon muskm bowie playing as it goes about its business. here is elon musk. it is just forfun. business. here is elon musk. it is just for fun. what is the purpose of sending a card to mars, there's no point, it isjust sending a card to mars, there's no point, it is just for fun and to get the public excited. as you were saying, normally when a new rocket is tested they put something boring on likea is tested they put something boring on like a block of concrete. we were like, that is boring, what is the most fun thing we can put on because this is just

most fun thing we can put on because this isjust a most fun thing we can put on because this is just a test flights. we don't want to put valuable satellites on board so the car is the most fun thing we can think of. this graphic helps us understand how it compares with other rockets. it lifts 6a tonnes into lower orbit, twice as much as its nearest rival, the delta four heavy space shuttle which used to lift around 2a tonnes but now decommissioned. this video is entitled how not to land a rocket booster. it has had its ups and downs over the years. you may remember this from 201a, just how difficult it is to do these things. jonathan amos has been watching with interest, quite a sight, wasn't it? elon musk had tried to draw spec ——

drawdown expectations before the launch but it has gone pretty much to plan and we got spectacular views of the side boosters coming back to land at the kennedy space centre in unison touching down, very balletic. we are still waiting to hear of the central core stage, one of three, strapped together managed to land successfully on a drone ship in the atlantic. it looks like it has gone very well. it will be many hours before we know if that roadster with the mannequin is on its way to mars. the top part of the rocket has got to do cruising around earth and fire its engines a few times to put it on the path to the red planet but so far so good. these boosters when they come back down, the idea is they come back down, the idea is they are completely reusable. they have to do a brush and clean. he has

got a new batch coming. this is kind of like the old batch he is using at the moment. the new batch, he wants to fly them ten or more times and that's how you get to this cheapness is offering satellite operators. he saying i have a rocket twice as powerful as the next one but a third of the price and that's how he intends to blow them out of the water. i was showing the graphic showing the different weight they can lift, then the hugejump showing the different weight they can lift, then the huge jump to the one that has taken off. what have his engineers done to allow them to do something twice as powerful as what has gone before? there's a little bit of oranges and apples in that graphic in the sense you compared with the space shuttle which has more thrust off the path than the falcon heavy. it has 2a tonnes of usable payload. of course

it was lifting the orbiter off the ground as well, that's huge rocket plane that came back so it's a little bit oranges and lemons. what we have seen today is pure lift. yes, five double—decker buses' worth of payload. people have talked about doing this kind of thing before. elon musk said ican kind of thing before. elon musk said i can put three together, maybe i will put another two on the sites. the difficulty is then you have got to control all of those engines at the bottom and in some ways he's already gone past this. he is planning an even bigger rocket which he calls the bfr and is planning to fly it next year. i understand how this gets bigger kit into orbit, help me understand why it also helps us help me understand why it also helps us get further towards mars. you can put something like 16 tonnes on a path to mars. if you think of the

curiosity rover running around mars at the moment, that weighs a tonne. it took about three and a half tonnes to get it there in terms of all the paraphernalia to cruise through space to get to mars inside a capsule to get to the surface. now we are talking about 16 tonnes so imagine the rover you can put on the surface of mars with this particular rocket. then you start to think what could i do? the biggest telescope in the world, the james webb telescope, the world, the james webb telescope, the successor to hubble, it has to be folded origami like. now you have a big rocket, you think i can build a big rocket, you think i can build a really big telescope and launch it into space. everything you put in spaceis into space. everything you put in space is constrained by the size of the rocket you can put it up there with and if you have this extra capability, you can start playing with your imagination. exciting,

thanks for explaining it. let's go straight to south africa because the political drama is developing by the minute. jacob zuma is under severe pressure. south africa's times live new service is citing sources on tuesday saying the president will resign once a list of preconditions have been finalised. we should say we don't know what the list of preconditions are and we are not able to stand the story up ourselves but local media is saying a deal is being worked on which would involve the new anc leader cyril ramaphosa becoming president. stinging criticism

although president zuma has always denied these allegations of corruption. up until yesterday, the anc had been insisting that not only would the state of the nation address take place as planned, it would be given byjacob zuma address take place as planned, it would be given by jacob zuma who is still the president of the country. as you mentioned, there has been speculation over his future and it has reached pretty much fever pitch here. the opposition had been threatening to disrupt proceedings. we have seen them do that before but i guess the fear within the anc was it would be even more dramatic than had been seen. certainly when the speaker of the house addressed journalists earlier today, that is what she said, that they wanted to avoid disruption. what we are being told here is that the internal machinery within the anc has clicked into place and really it's not a

question of if but whenjacob zuma will go so you can imagine with all of that happening in the background, it would have been a pretty awkward addressed to make, certainly at this time. the story is going to develop i'm sure. we will come back to it tomorrow but let's also tried to work out what happened on the stock markets on monday. the single biggest percentage fall since the financial crisis in 2008 so let's look at where we got it today and it's been a topsy—turvy day. this is the live feed coming from the dow jones in new york. it started the day with a fall of 2% so there have been big swings throughout the day, not just been big swings throughout the day, notjust in new york. here are the figures for elsewhere in the world. paris down over 2%, and look at what happened in japan and paris down over 2%, and look at what happened injapan and hong kong.

this is the fourth day we have seen this volatility and primarily markets going down. if you are wondering, should i worry? we have been listening to lots of experts today, most have said no and here is one of them. markets have become extremely expensive, notjust high valuation but earnings ratio. a lot of companies have become expensive, the price of their stocks relative to what they earn. as we saw asia follow suit, part of it is profit—taking so they have already gained this match on the rise, maybe it is time to take a little bit out in case the market falls further. this is the tweet from james hughes who says the dow is back—up, panic over. he's right, there doesn't seem to be panic at the moment but i don't think we are back to normal yet. a broker called jason lawlor

says "trader's paradise right now... " because they see it as a chance to make money. curiously donald trump has not been tweeting about this. he has not been tweeting about this. he has not been tweeting about this. he has not turned to the subject in the last 2a hours. it is worth saying those things don't directly correlate, anyway the president hasn't been talking about this but his treasury secretary has. we are very focused on the long—term economic growth and we believe the policies we have enacted including tax reform are very positive for long—term economic growth. we are already beginning to see that in terms of corporate investments back into the us and the impact on corporate earnings. as you said the stock market is up significantly, over 30% since president trump was

elected. we are monitoring the stock markets, they are functioning well and we continue to believe in the long—term impact of the stock markets. we spoke an hour ago and things were chopping and changing, where have we got to now? markets just closed about ten minutes ago and the dow seems to have closed 567 points up. at the start of the day it had gone down 500 points, it made up it had gone down 500 points, it made up those losses and has closed higher and that seems to be the case with the other industries as well which means it has closed higher thanit which means it has closed higher than it closed yesterday. it has made up some lost ground but definitely not all because on friday and yesterday we saw the massive slide but essentially it is an indication of what people have been talking about on the stock market today which is volatility and they expect that won't go away so soon.

even though we have seen a relatively good day on the markets today, they believe this volatility we re today, they believe this volatility were last at least for the rest of the week. and how do we understand the week. and how do we understand the new york market is up whilst others have all gone down significantly? we will have to wait and see what the asian reaction is to what the us markets have done today because to some extent the asian markets were reacting to what happened in the us markets yesterday. how all of this is connected, the sell—off started on worries interest rates would rise rapidly. if that happens essentially investors with money to spend could think of moving it to the us and away from other countries and that's the reason you have seen this domino effect on other stock market. seeing what has happened today, we have to wait and see how asian markets react 110w. wait and see how asian markets react now. 0k, thank you. in a few minutes

we will talk about the premier league because it is considering a winter break, perhaps injanuary. league because it is considering a winter break, perhaps in january. we will bring you up—to—date on that. the former chairman of the construction firm carillion has said he takes full responsibility for its colla pse he takes full responsibility for its collapse and is devastated. philip green was giving evidence to mps on a committee investigating why the firm went into administration. it will delay a hospital project in liverpool. subcontractors are waiting to find

out what sort of money they will secure when liquidation proceedings are finished with carillion. in the meantime they are struggling to make plans and commit resources to the royal liverpool. 0ur lead story is that in the last few minutes, spacex has launched the most powerful rocket from cape canaveral. two of its boosters are already safely back down on earth. some stories from world service, a judge in london has ruled the arrest warrant against the wikileaks founderjulian assange remains valid. he has been living in the

embassy in london for five years. morgan tsvangirai is reported to be critically ill at hospital. he is being treated in south africa, and was a vocal opponent of robert mugabe. and thousands of you have been watching this drone footage from missouri of a huge pile—up that involved over 100 vehicles and several independent accidents. it happened on sunday but the video has only just been released. happened on sunday but the video has onlyjust been released. you will find it on the most watched list on the bbc news app. bp‘s quarterly profits are quite something, for the last three months of last year the profits quadrupled to $6.2 billion. that's not unrelated to oil prices, they have hit a recent four year high of $70 per barrel. here is one a nalyst high of $70 per barrel. here is one analyst on what is going on, and on the ongoing impact of the deep water

horizon disaster. this spill still casts a shadow over bb and its results. the net debt ratio is still high and that has been a stubborn problem for them and that weighs against them compared to some major oil peers. with oil prices up, that has helped them, but they announced to investors there was a $1.7 billion charge last month and they cannot quite close the chapter on that. we often talk about electric vehicles on the programme, much less so about aeroplanes with electric engines. here is a new report on this. battery technology is one of the key

thing is big companies around the world a re thing is big companies around the world are investing in today. i think we will see a progressive or electric power on the bigger aeroplanes and we will see this concept of hybrid electric. the way the technology works is similarto the way the technology works is similar to how the way the technology works is similarto how an the way the technology works is similar to how an electric car works. the batteries power an electric motor and in the case of the aeroplane it powers the propellers that get the aeroplane into the air. i think it isjust a question of when and not if really. we think in ten years there will be

some very finalised design is available but then it will have to go through tough certification process. let's look at this story in detail, the english premier league is considering a winter break. the league is saying "we are open to this in principle". 0ver christmas in england it is pretty much nonstop football, six games in 20 days is not unusual. pep guardiola at man city says how many injuries will the players have to have, he's not happy about this. in february the champions league starts and that puts more pressure on. jose mourinho, he thinks english clubs are handicapped in the champions league whereas other sides for

example in spain are fresh because they have had a winter break. none of this will go ahead without support of the broadcasters which have spent $7 billion on the right. the reason this issue has come around now is the next round of broadcast rights are about to be auctioned. he was the bbc sports editor giving his thoughts, you can find that on the bbc sport website. they have been running a poll on this issue. 58% of people voting support the idea. here is a tweet from the football fans federation saying... soi so i guess it depends who you ask. chelsea not having a great time at the moment, a couple of bad defeats

including to watford last night. the football association will be thinking about the fact the england national team have got —— not been toa national team have got —— not been to a world cup semifinal since 1990. this is the first time the premier league, who also have a massive say of course, have ever even considered it. they cannot bring it in straightaway and the main reason for thatis straightaway and the main reason for that is the current tv rights. tv companies pay billions of dollars for the right to show premier league football matches. if they do bring it in, it may have a big impact on the tiredness of england players, but at the same time the theory goes that if they do bring in a winter break, some of the top premier league clubs might use this as an excuse to make more money. in preseason, june and july, they often leave the country and go to the

middle east, to china and america to make money through pre—season tours. what the likes of manchester city and manchester united use those weeks to have a quick moneymaking trip abroad? it is possible they would be premier league are keen to talk about it, and it could be that in early january, rather than over christmas, a deal is struck to suit all parties. just before we finish this half, i want to show you again these extraordinary pictures from cape canaveral in florida in case you missed them at the beginning of the programme. this is the most powerful rocket in terms of what it can lift that has ever been fired, the latest from spacex and we will get you more on that as we go through the programme. good evening, thank you for the

joining me for a look at the world weather. you will notice the graphics are different this evening, i hope you enjoy them as we take a closer look at what's going on around the globe, and restart in north america and temperature contrast. a lot of cold air digging its way south across the plains of the us but bumping into this from the us but bumping into this from the gulf of mexico, forming an active weather front bringing heavy rain into the southern mississippi valley, through the appellations on wednesday running into the north—east. it's a wintry outlook for montreal and new york. this will exit through the east coast quickly so the forecast for new york, by the time we get to thursday, much brighter but it will feel significantly colder. that cold air

is digging its way into atlanta too. heading to south africa now, where drought is still a major headline for cape town. the worst drought in over 100 years and it looks like the water may be cut off completely once we get into may unless we get significant relief. the weather front is set to approach on friday, any rain is a good thing here. that clears away at the start of the weekend, then back into sunshine on sunday, monday and tuesday, but at least some respite hopefully. into north africa now, not such a lively looking weather front but this cloud is significant, the border between the warm airfrom is significant, the border between the warm air from the tropics and cooler air that has moved down from europe. along with the cool air, active weather systems so some unusual weather across northern africa, snow at quite low levels, and for wednesday a pretty nasty

area of low pressure focusing on the canaries. we are going to get some heavy showers here and further along the north african coast the weather becoming increasingly unsettled for tunis and tripoli on friday and saturday. casablanca stays pretty u nsettled saturday. casablanca stays pretty unsettled throughout. heading further north, let's look at that low as we centre on the mediterranean. if we take off some of the cloud from this picture we can see what's going on with the snow, with the northerly airstream and snow in the forecast on wednesday for the pyrenees, still wintry weather on the way for france and heavy snow affecting the east side of the cops for some time. meanwhile closer to home for the uk, we stay with plenty of cold weather and further snow showers for the coming days. more from my colleagues in halfan coming days. more from my colleagues in half an hour. i'm ros atkins with 0utside source,

the main stories, spacex has launched the most powerful rocket in the world in florida, then it is lifting up with a big crowd cheering it on. as you may have seen, spacex box elon musk used to the sports car as part of the load, he explains why. he isn't there but i can tell you that the dowjones has closed up but london, tokyo paris and hong kong were all down and it's still volatile markets. if you want to get in touch please use our hashtag. just days until the winter olympics in pyeongchang, and there is no doubt we'll see a lot of high—grade

sport. although it's interesting that at the moment the whole thing is looking awfully political. yesterday on 0utside source we told you north korea's delegations will be led by this guy, the second in charge after kim jong—un. the american delegation will be led by vice president mike pence. and he has been warning today that despite the sporting and cultural overtures from north korea, we shouldn't be taken in. we will tell the truth about north korea at every stop. we will ensure that whatever co—operation existing between north korea today with their 0lympic teams doesn't cloud the reality of a regime that must continue to be isolated by the world community. let's stick to our correspondent. a curious lion they have to walk

because they like the idea of playing broker between two sides that don't get on but they hated if the games become political. that's right, i think the games are already political so this is a lost cause. you heard mike pence taking the tough line, he and his people say he's going to the olympics to counter the propaganda value of the north korea charm offensive and remind everyone what a bad actor north korea really is. when asked if they will be a chance for a meeting with the north koreans at the 0lympics, he said, we'll see what happens. he said this after a telephone call with rex tillerson who said the same thing, we will see what happens. then we heard from an administration official, message has been sent, not quite clear what it involves but they have left the door at least ajar from a possible meeting, and if there are going to be some, kim yong—nam is a senior

official but the public messaging a nyway official but the public messaging anyway is about north korea's bad record and its nuclear threat and in washington president trump has also used that same messaging in fighting north korean defectors to the white house to highlight human rights abuses. north korea and south korea are allies, and you get the impression that the usa is irritated by their enthusiasm to have joint teams and joint cultural events and so on? i think it makes them a bit uneasy. publicly president trump has said we hope something positive can come out of north korea's participation and the americans are pleased that it has at least the peaceful because american athletes are going there as well and they don't want anything to go wrong but the government has been quite enthusiastic about this participation of north korea and says they hope it will lay the foundation for better relations. what administration officials say

when asked is, we have a lot of talks behind the scenes with south korea, they've been very clear that in orderfor relations korea, they've been very clear that in order for relations to improve north korea has to deal with its nuclear programme as the world is asking so that is the messaging we get here. it is quite a different sort of feel that the south koreans are giving, then the message that mike pence was talking about which is, we need to make sure that north korea is isolated and under pressure. one more story about syria, a spokesperson has spoken about the recent chemical attacks there, she was asked if the americans are thinking about military action to deter this kind of attack and this is the response. we have taken military action before, you are all familiar with the steps our government took to do that. we're watching the situation.

we're very concerned about it. sex attacks in a month is of tremendous concern not just attacks in a month is of tremendous concern notjust to the united states but to the entire world. i wa nt forecast states but to the entire world. i want forecast any action that may or may not be taken. is that a warning to the syrians? i have been clear, we've put out two strongly worded state m e nts we've put out two strongly worded statements about the use of chemical weapons, i'lljust statements about the use of chemical weapons, i'll just leave it statements about the use of chemical weapons, i'lljust leave it at that. back to barbara on this, in reality america knows that the strongly worded statements don't get you far in syria. it's true, she was careful not to forecast military action but last week the defence secretary seemed to suit a failed threat, he said the regime would be ill—advised to violate the chemicals weapon agreements again. the us is at the forefront of getting a response to these reported attacks by chlorine

gas, they have been blocked at the united nations by russia but they are trying to set up a mechanism for an alternative investigation but that wouldn't have the same cloud or scope as united nations investigative team. thank you barbara. i began by talking to barbara. i began by talking to barbara about the winter olympics. backin barbara about the winter olympics. back in 1988 when south korea last hosted the games, just months before them and north korean spy blew up a korean airlines plane and the person who carried out that attack has now issued a warning. she says the north korean regime recruited her and trained her to murder those 150 south korean people has not changed and she's been telling her story to the bbc‘s seoul correspondent, laura bicker. she was under heavy sedation, with her mouth covered with adhesive tape.

translation: i was told that i was on the front line to unify korea. that i would be freeing south korea, like a revolutionary hero. i was full of pride and dignity. but i realised it was murder, killing my own people. innocent, everyday people. it was a japanese radio, a small radio, and that's where i put the detonator. next to it was the liquid explosives in a liquor bottle, in a plastic bag, which i placed on a shelf in the plane. in the north, we are taught that the south is a colony of america. poor and corrupt. that the us is an aggressor. we are told they are the arch enemy, and we cannot live under the same sky. in a blaze of publicity this

morning, the south koreans paraded the woman they claimed was a north korean agent. kim hyon—hui apparently told intelligence officers she'd blown up the south korean airliner to disrupt the olympic games. do you think right now all of this is fake? do you think the run—up to the olympics, the overtures of peace coming from kim jong—un, do you think it's fake? translation: of course it is fake. the ultimate goal of north korea is to complete its nuclear programme. they have nothing in their minds but nuclear weapons. north korea will not change through dialogue. north korea cannot be changed by soft words. i believe only pressure will work on north korea. so, you have life,

you have love, and now, i believe, you have children. do they know what you did? translation: my children are not old enough to know the story, and i haven't tried to tell them the details yet. but these days, with internet readily available, and my interviews in the media, i suspect they must know something. my son is quiet, but i think he knows. as the bomber, i have a lifelong work of atonement. it is my cross to bear for the rest of my life. much more on all the stories that we

cover on 0utside source via the bbc news website. 0n cover on 0utside source via the bbc news website. on every edition of 0utside source we bring you the biggest global stories. now to taiwan, there has been a 6.a magnitude earthquake, several buildings have partially collapsed and the epicentre of the earthquake was 20 kilometres from a city, several smaller after—shocks followed. let's follow with this update. at 11:50pm, this magnitude six earthquake struck in eastern taiwan off the coast of hualien city. it was quite shallow and caused an intensity of about seven in hualien. three buildings tilted

of including a ten story hotel, another ten story residential and commercial building and a 5—6 story residential building. they told us that amazingly they been able to rescue 28 people, a few minutes ago when i spoke to them. most of them suffer only light injuries but it is still early because many people are still early because many people are still trapped inside a hotel. local media reports that 29 people are trapped inside a hotel alone and the authorities say they don't know how many people were trapped in the other tall building, the residential building. so they are still trying to find people inside. the images you see of the hotel show that the first floor and b one have been crushed so what you see at the bottom floor is actually the second floor. the local media says that what you can see is the fourth floor but what i've heard from the authorities is that two floors have

been crushed and they frantically trying to find the people still inside. there was a moment when a woman in hualien was talking to the bbc when another after—shock struck. 0h, bbc when another after—shock struck. oh, my god. this is an after—shock. i'm sorry. my goodness, my goodness. we have been told to go into the road and stay in the road but we are having some after—shocks, maybe this is our seventh of the hour. after the initial shock they came about every five minutes and now they have been happening maybe every 20 minutes. not as regular but still happening. let's go to germany. some workers in germany have won the right to reduce weekly hours from 35 down to 28. that is, if they need to look after children or elderly or sick relatives. if they are allowed to do that they may do and two us.

the unions also wanted workers doing that to get paid the same as you would for doing a full working week. they didn't get that but these workers instead will get a pay rise of over a%. in return the companies can increase the working week to a0 hours but only for workers who would like to do the extra hours. at the moment this dealjust covers one state in germany, barden burton berg. it involves about1 million workers. there could be a point with this spreads across germany's industrial sector, at which point millions of people would be affected, here's damian in berlin. 0ver affected, here's damian in berlin. over the years the power balance in germany has shifted from bosses to employees. that's because the economy has been growing for nine yea rs economy has been growing for nine years now. that means an appointment is at record low and as a result it's hard for many in many sectors

to find skilled workers or any workers at all for that matter. that means employees now feel them bold and and have been asking for higher wages and also for more flexible working conditions which is why this new optional 28 hour working week has become a contractual obligation hundreds of thousands of workers in this particular sector. the question is, though, our work this particular sector. the question is, though, ourwork is this particular sector. the question is, though, our work is going to wa nt to ta ke is, though, our work is going to want to take this up because it would mean less money for 28 hours working week, if it proves popular it could expand to other parts of the union because this company, ig metall, has set the standard for many types of working conditions. it'll be interesting to see if it doesin it'll be interesting to see if it does in fact expand to the rest of the economy, this has been a topic in germany figures, the idea of work— life balance and how to combine the family with the commitments of the job. this

combine the family with the commitments of thejob. this is combine the family with the commitments of the job. this is the first time it has become a contractual obligation. thank you. doing that report my screen went black which was not the development and was looking for so we will try to resolve that and will talk about quentin tarantino because he is under pressure for a couple of reasons. firstly when you must sermon “— reasons. firstly when you must sermon —— uma thurman spoke to the new york newspapers sheet said harvey weinstein tried to hit on her and also spoke about on the an accident on the set of the film kill bill. she put this image on instagram, we see her driving a car at speed and hitting that tree which she said injured her neck and knee, injuries that have never properly

healed. she says she didn't feel safe when this was proposed but quentin tarantino refused to let you use a stunt double. he says he doesn't remember that exchange that uma thurman has also said the circumstances of this event were negligent to the point of criminality, he doesn't see malicious intent, she says that the direct is deeply regretful. quentin tarantino, for his part, says the crash is one of the biggest regrets of his life. earlier asbo to entertainment journalist of his life. earlier asbo to entertainmentjournalist kay jay matthews in los angeles. this is her ta ke matthews in los angeles. this is her take on this development. we know what is interesting, a lot of people think the timing of this interview fits in with the metoo movement, and because of that, but quentin tarantino has allegedly said he wa nts to tarantino has allegedly said he wants to do the interview with the new york times, because they had to

go through a lot of facilities, he wa nted go through a lot of facilities, he wanted her to tell her story to the new york times, she seems to think there is a systematic allegiance against to prevent her from showing this video. this is the second reason why quentin tarantino is under pressure, audio from an interview with howard stern which has resurfaced, in this interview quentin tarantino defends roman polanski, a director who has lived in europe figures to avoid charges to do with the alleged rape ofa charges to do with the alleged rape of a 13—year—old girl in the 19 70s. this is what quentin tarantino says. nine it is not started to retake. he

has sex with a minority mac. that is not rape. when you talk about rape, it means throwing them around, is one of the most violent crimes, throwing the word rape around is like throwing the word racist around. she was down with that. she's talked about it. you are crazy! i am right, she's talked about it. she's said, it didn't really do anything, it was the technicality of being 13. that hasn't aged well. back to our los angeles correspondent. that is awful, you cringe when you listen to that ordeal. it hasn't aged well. he was on the howard stern show, eve ryo ne was on the howard stern show, everyone knows howard stern is a shock jock. when you everyone knows howard stern is a shockjock. when you have someone like howard stern trying to tell you right from wrong you know something is wrong. howard stern claimed the crime was raped and quentin tarantino said no, he read the book,

this is blown out of all proportion, it's not the same thing as some violent rape that happens between strangers and even though the girl was 1a she was perhaps mentally older than 1a, she was partying and taking drugs. so far the reaction in hollywood has been shock and disgust, some people are saying that you shouldn't even work with quentin tarantino you shouldn't even work with quentin tara ntino any you shouldn't even work with quentin tarantino any more. it's hard to see how he will come back from this. so far quentin tarantino hasn't released a statement regarding the resurfacing of this audio clip from the howard stern show. it will be interesting to see how he explains this. a day of the utmost significance in the uk because it has been 100 years since some women we re has been 100 years since some women were first given the right to vote, the law that came into effect on the 6th of february 1980 and gave the

vote to women who were over 30 and who owned land. this followed along campaign by members of the suffragettes, who campaigned vigorously for women's rights to vote. theresa may spoke at an event today to commemorate the centenary. those who fought to establish their right, my right, every woman's right to vote in elections, stand for office and take their full plays in public life did so in the face of fierce opposition. they persevered in spite of all danger and discouragement because they knew their cause was right. eventually through a free encounter of opposing views their arguments won the day and we are all in their debt. some

campaigners are demanding pardons for the womenjailed in campaigners are demanding pardons for the women jailed in this struggle but helen pankhurst the great granddaughter of suffragette emily pankhurst has told the bbc this is not a priority. if there is something that the suffragettes and the suffragists knew it was how long and difficult the journey would be so they would understand that 100 yea rs later we so they would understand that 100 years later we are still fighting those same issues. s i think they would also say, grab the moment now when there seems to be something in the airand use when there seems to be something in the air and use it to the maximum advantage. i also feel we have a decade of action ahead of us because 2018 is the centenary of the first vote. 2028 will be the centenary of the equal franchise so let's use the ten yea rs the equal franchise so let's use the ten years we have now and come together, different organisations, different individuals saying, what do we really care about. we can show you part of a lovely interview from earlier, greta was just two years old when women were granted the

right to vote and cheese but to victoria derbyshire from her care home in the south—east of england. it is very important, the women thought, wait, during the first world war, we did a man'sjob. we worked in the factories and worked in the fields. we did a man'sjob worked in the factories and worked in the fields. we did a man's job so why can't we have a vote. equal rights. but men are, by nature, control freaks. there's no argument about that. and i wouldn't argue with her! while it has been 100 yea rs with her! while it has been 100 years since women could vote in the uk, it has been a much more recent change in many other countries. we will play you some tips of alma, the woman's affairs added to add bbc arabic. there's a large gap between the first and the last arab countries whose women have gained the right to vote. for example immediately the second world war, women in some countries like

djibouti, syria and lebanon have this right but however only recently in gulf countries like saudi arabia for example, only in 2015 have women got that right. and we were all observing that online activism. also what is observed in the region is that although women like the arab women's movements started in the late 19th century and the struggle has been really long, it is thought that after independence and gaining these rights women will enjoy and play a more active role, but because of political instability in these countries, the whole political climate was not really helpful for women and citizens, to participate politically. we spoke to women in a

few days ago who said, yes, i will be voting now, i won't abandon this struggle and women took part four, others are not convinced that these societies are democratic enough or that they believe in this whole political gain. for much more on the centenary, find it online, there's an entire section on the bbc news website, more fascinating stories about the women who fought for women's right to vote, i will see you tomorrow for another hour of the biggest stories in the world. bye bye. hello there. the wintry story continues, not just hello there. the wintry story continues, notjust in the uk, also across much of europe and north—west

africa. these scenes from tuesday we re africa. these scenes from tuesday were not from the tops of the pennines but from morocco where we saw extensive and in places heavy snowfall. the air mass across europe, you can see the blue colours as far south as the canaries, the warmest air is in the east of the mediterranean. we have this extent of cold air because the jet stream is doubling back on itself, feeding in easterly winds and the cold and too many places, pushing yourself towards the west, there's an atla ntic towards the west, there's an atlantic jet stream set to bring changes over the coming days and introducing some atlantic weather fronts. before that arrives on wednesday this ridge of high pressure means it should start dry with ice, showers of a wintry nation towards the east clearing away but notice how cloud increases across scotla nd notice how cloud increases across scotland and northern ireland, snow on the scottish mountains, up to ten centimetres, stornoway, 8 degrees by the end of the day, elsewhere even

with sunshine and the chilly day and a bit more breeze than we saw on tuesday. frost quickly developing towards the south and east and largely clear skies until wednesday night, this weather front will move south and east slowly through wednesday night and into thursday with cold air trying to push back in once more from the north—west. the weather front into the start of thursday will be near the borders, outbreaks of rain this time, not everywhere, it will be fairly scattered across this zone that heavy bursts into the west of wales later on, a bright but cold start in the south—east, temperatures in plymouth 10 degrees by the end of the day, still largely dry with hazy santon, a the day, still largely dry with hazy sa nton, a wet the day, still largely dry with hazy santon, a wet night to come first night into friday as bad weather front night into friday as bad weather fro nt m oves night into friday as bad weather front moves east, a ridge of high pressure building but not very strong. they could be frost here and there on friday, the weather front clearing from the south—east, mainly rain, followed by a scattering of showers, rain, hail, sleet, and

snow, northern ireland as tim bridges again dropped to four or 5 degrees, the breeze will make it feel colder. frost risk across england and wales and the next front coming on its way, heavy bursts of snow on its northern edge across the mountains of northern england and north wales it will turn back to rain as the milder pushes in, rain reaching the south—east corner later, turning brighter later on across scotland and northern ireland, later temperatures dropping and while the winds come off the atla ntic and while the winds come off the atlantic they are coming all the way from canada by the end of the weekend, a source of gold at the moment we away with the wintry showers across the board, mainly across northern and western areas, primarily of snow given further covering in places, that will mount up covering in places, that will mount up this week across the mountains of scotland, temperatures in single figures but with added wind chilly close to freezing, the further north and west you are. if you are going to the following week, half ten this

atla ntic to the following week, half ten this atlantic jet stream pushing, to the following week, half ten this atlanticjet stream pushing, when we get that to the north we get low pressure, to the south high pressure. then it goes through most of half term week, the dominant one more likely to be the low pressure system so overall it will stay cold with wins in the north—west, motorsports coming in, outbreaks of rain preceded by snow and next week a lwa ys rain preceded by snow and next week always that bit windier. impression! keith, your carlisle side play notts county in a couple of weeks, they have done you a favour! i'm glad i'm playing notts cou nty favour! i'm glad i'm playing notts county and not swansea!