south korea's president has held a meeting in seoul with the sister of north korea's ruler, who's visiting for the winter olympics. president moon shook hands and exchanged pleasa ntries with kim yo—jong at the opening ceremony. the historic meeting goes against the wishes of the united states. donald trump has blocked the release of a democratic memo, rebutting claims of alleged anti—trump bias in the fbi's russia probe. the white house says the memo "contains numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages" and for this reason the president was unable to declassify it. us officials say they're considering what action to take after two british jihadis were captured in syria. alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh were part of a team of four british is members who the americans say killed 27 hostages. the british foreign secretary boris johnson is to visit a refugee camp for rohingya muslims in bangladesh.

nearly 700,000 people have fled to bangladesh from neighbouring myanmar since a military crackdown began there last august. after meeting the bangladeshi government, mrjohnson spoke of the need to resolve the crisis. what we all want to see is safe, dignified and secure returns for the people of the rohingya, back to their place of origin, and talking to his excellency and to the prime minister just now, i was really struck by how bangladesh and the united kingdom really share a common analysis of what needs to be done, but i think where you are obviously right is we need to make those points together to the government of myanmar. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the show... on the run

in central mexico. this experience is one of the craziest things i've done. wild and rugged scottish holidays. and painting a picture of denmark. it has special colours and a special light. we are starting this week right in the middle of mexico in a state just two hours north of mexico city. the

landscape is exactly what you might expect. the sheer cliffs and prickly ca ptors a re expect. the sheer cliffs and prickly captors are so abundant it's almost cartoonish. wow. this particular area is gorgeous. central mexico is incredibly beautiful and it's hard to imagine why anybody would want to leave. but they did. this is now a bustling friendly place to pick up some large. butjust a couple of decades ago people say it looked like a ghost town. they were leaving for the united states in sizeable numbers, as they were for many towns and villages across mexico. in the crook of this ravine at group of recently returned illegal immigrants decided they wanted to solve a problem on their own. years before

any talk of a border wall. they wa nted any talk of a border wall. they wanted to convince their children and grandchildren that they would have a better life in mexico and to warn them about the dangers of crossing. the notorious crowning glory of the park was the brutal night walk, which allows tourists to experience what it's like to illegally crossed the us border, albeit a fake one. their hope, that it would be a deterrent. we are told to meet inside the main gate. this is the real deal. even though these guys are planning apart, they really mean business.

the guy yelling at the top is a clear key, what you call someone who brings you across the border —— coyote. he is taking his character extremely seriously. he is yelling out orders to our group. already my heart is beating so fast. they are trying to make this as realistic as possible. listen to them. breaking into the usa. i'm going to have to stop going. firstly, we are all jumping on the back of a pickup truck. i have no idea where we are going. he's not giving us any tips. she is saying this is the second

time doing the border crossing. she is not very scared, however this guy right here, it is first time, i'm pretty scared. we are going to all cross, or attempt to cross the border they've created for us tonight. i have to watch my step. there are gunshots, sirens, this bridge is totally not sta ble sirens, this bridge is totally not stable and there's people crawling on the ground. i don't even know what's going on, but the group is... you 0k? yeah. unsure footing i can kind of deal with. but things get

much scarier when you are forced to these ground —— to the ground by this very authentic looking armed bandits. unnaturally afraid to make too much noise. i do want him to come back. normally you would welcome the arrival of the police with open arms, but elle three tells us to run. arms, but elle three tells us to i’ui’i. “ arms, but elle three tells us to run. —— oui’ arms, but elle three tells us to run. —— our coyote. do you think people coming here and

experiencing this works and make them want to stay in the whole point of this park is to show people the hardships and the work that goes into a border crossing and tonight has been a perfect example of that so far. look at this. i have a cactus stuck in the bottom of my shoe. look at that. it went all the way through the side of my shoe. this is the moment, this is the moment. when we can hopefully ci’oss is the moment. when we can hopefully cross the border. 0ur coyote is

stressing out. we are waiting for the next truck and as soon as it comes with a jump on the back. the sirens are off in the distance. the number of illegal migrants being arrested at the border is coming down significantly. us border patrol said it stopped 44% fewer last year than in 2016, of the journey still kills hundreds annually. here at parque ecoalberto they are hoping it will end up saving many of those lives. it has certainly given the guest tonight pause for thought. that was seriously one of the most difficult things i've ever done in my life, however, if you are planning to come to this area here isa planning to come to this area here is a guide to some of the things you can do and see around mexico city. top of our list would be the street food. you will see tacos,

quesadillas and all sorts of things. it is cheap and delicious but make sure whatever you are reading is made in front of you. and if you are feeling really brave, head to the market and try a handful of crunchy scorpions or grasshoppers. the food at the museum is in a pretty suburb and it is where the artist was born and it is where the artist was born and lived a long side her husband. inside you will find collections of work from both of them. some of the rooms have been left in the same state there were in when house became a museum in the 1950s. 0ur tip is to get there early to beat the long queues. this is an incredibly popular attraction. the same advice goes for this castle which gets crowded in the high season which gets crowded in the high season but is well worth a look. the beautiful 18th—century building started life as a retreat for aztec rulers and sits in the world's largest urban park. while you are there check out this american ceremony in which four or five men perform suspended from the top of a

30 metre pole. and this is the unesco listed canal district a short distance outside the city. read colourful boat and take in the gardens and wildlife. on saturday the place comes alive and becomes kind of a floating party district. it's quite a sight. one weird highlight is the island of the dolls, a creepy diversion. still to come on the travel show, oui’ still to come on the travel show, our global guru is he with recommendations for scotland in the summertime. and the artistic secrets behind denmark's biggest fishing port. it's a beautiful place because you can see all around and there's inspiration. the travel show, your essential guide wherever you're heading. welcome to

the show that gets the best out of your travel. an island escape in scotland, and the pyramidal problem of tipping, who and how much? this time ona of tipping, who and how much? this time on a river cruise. high—speed rail should be arriving shortly in south —— south —— saudi arabia. the link between mecca and medina across the arabian desert should be opening in march. spanish built trains will be covering the 270 miles between the two holy cities in about two hours. helen is looking forward to christmas, a place, not the day. christmas, a place, not the day. christmas island, a beautiful coral atoll in the heart of the world's biggest ocean, is the only island in the republic of kiribati who has a

international air links. it is a stop on the way between honolulu and fiji. there are many ways to reach honolulu from the mainland at us airports, but you will need to make sure you are there at noon on tuesday when the only flight of the week takes off for the three hour flight week takes off for the three hour flight south to christmas island. the hebrides, the islands of the west coast of scotland complies raw, elemental landscapes with a dramatic seashore punctuated by ports and superb beaches. the weather is not a lwa ys superb beaches. the weather is not always clamoured and the mediterranean is rather more warm than the north atlantic, when the sun shines the western isles have

few rivals for sheer beauty. while the outer hebrides have a compelling, growth family, the one island that is likely to be just right is the inner hebrides island of malta. —— mull. it is easy to reach from the seaside town of open. you get a wider choice of accommodation and fewer crowds. —— oban. a river cruise is a superb way to experience the cities and landscapes of central europe, and it is my favourite waterway. —— the danube. tipping on river cruises is different from ocean cruising, there is no intense pressure and you could

have nothing at the end of the cruise, but the crews of a recommendation and they tend to be quite similar. 12 euros per person per day for the ships staff and for the cruise director, wear and i am paying a handsome amount for the danube cruise i would probably tip the staff but leave the cruise director to negotiate their own fees. whether you are contemplating a trip to the nation next door or the nation next door or the ends of the nation next door or the ends of the earth, i am here to help. so e—mail your questions to me and i will do my very best to find you an answer. from me, the global guru, wife now, see you next time. finally, we are off to skagen, the most northerly town in denmark. it is possibly best known for hosting a

colony of artists known as the skagen painters who were cared in the 19th century known as the skagen painters. and today there legacy lives on. one of my favourite paintings is this one, a midsummer paintings is this one, a midsummer painting of the bonfire at stjohn‘s night, and it is bringing together a lot of the things that these skagen painters and the colony was all about, because it shows us the artist and the local fishermen together in this same painting. actually we still today celebrate st john's night in the same ways as we see on the painting. back in the 18705 see on the painting. back in the 1870s and 1880s, the skagen painters started coming here. they were from

denmark, norway, sweden, great britain, and at this time travelling was part of the education of becoming an artist. they found a fishermen ‘s village at the top of denmark, where these two oceans meet each other. this touch that the artists made this town is very important to skagen today. this is going to be a sketch for a quick painting in my studio. that is the idea. it's a beautiful place because you can see all around, you have both seaside and you have the houses of skagen which are quite

important, with the colours, the yellow, the red, the white. most of our paintings are from the period, 1870— 1920, most of our paintings are from the period, 1870—1920, 25 full, 30. that is when the artist colony was really alive. they would come back nearly every summer, the artist is met at the hotel, mainly, and there is this social connection between the people, the locals and the artists was very important. the people, the locals and the artists was very importantlj usually artists was very important.” usually say it all began here at bondums hotel. it is a very special place, we want to keep that

atmosphere because it is what the people want to see when they come here. the her —— the owner of a hotel at the time said to the artists they didn't have to pay anything for staying here, they could just give them the pictures. it was here that all the artists we re it was here that all the artists were having beginners, playing cards, have a lot of discussions about paintings and so on. this is my drug, about paintings and so on. this is , you about paintings and so on. this is my drug, you know, i have to paint. i need it everyday to live my life, i cannot live without painting. it gives me the speed of being alive. we have a lot of paintings focusing on the fishermen, and that was like a core motif for most of the skagen painters, because that was what they

mess, these ha rd—working painters, because that was what they mess, these hard—working local fishermen, living and dying for the sea. more than 100 years back this town was more or less a very small town, where the fishermen landed their catches on the beach, beating the smaller boats. i can't help feeling a lot of respect for the fishermen and the circumstances they had to work under. in 1907 the construction of the port was finished which meant a whole new opportunity. the past 13 years or 14 years we have been the largest fishing port in denmark. it is working out well within the port area and for the businesses of the port, it is working out very well

for the town of skagen as well. i like very much to paint a big and heavy. being a painter in skagen todayis heavy. being a painter in skagen today is not as was of course, but it is still the same energy and still the same colour, attitude that iuse, still the same colour, attitude that i use, because skagen has special colours and has a special light. you can actually come into the museum, look at these paintings, and you can go outside and you can find these different motifs that you see on the canvas. i think the fact that there was an artist colony here plays a very important role in putting skagen on the map. the people of

skagen on the map. the people of skagen in denmark, bringing this week ‘s show to an end. coming up next week: we will be on—board africa's freedom railway, a vital artery connecting zambia to the tanzanian coast are over 40 years. seven lions chasing a zebra, it was like a movie! but it was real! finding web the future holds. for this now creaking train line. and in the meantime if you would like to join our adventures on the road and follow us on social media, but for now from myself and the rest of the travel show team in mexico, it is adios. hello again.

most of us saw some sunshine yesterday, but there were also some wintry showers out and about. the highlands looked splendid, didn't they? after the recent snowfall here and clear blue skies as well. but looking ahead to the weekend's forecast, not so much sunshine to go around on saturday. sunday sees the sunshine return, along with some snow showers. it'll become windy for a time this weekend. here's the satellite picture. it shows an area of low pressure, a curl of cloud racing towards the british isles, and this cloud is going to be moving in, bringing a band of rain with it. and that rain is going to be quite heavy over the next few hours, turning readily to snow — even low down across parts of eastern scotland. i think we will see things turning rather wintry. the other thing you'll notice if you're out and about first thing is how cold it feels. yes, we're looking at a widespread frost and a risk of some icy stretches first thing. now, looking at the weather

in a little bit more detail through saturday morning. the snow across scotland, well, five to ten centimetres possible over the higher ground. it will tend to transition back to rain as milder air works in from the west as we go on through the early morning. further southwards, for wales and south—west england, it's just rain that will fall really. and after that cold and frosty start across east anglia and south—east england, bright with some sunshine, but then the cloud moves over that cold air. it's probably one of those mornings where temperatures will be very slow to rise across parts of eastern england. not really rising significantly until we get into the afternoon, when the winds pick up and we will start to see the threat of some light rain working into east anglia and the south—east. quite a range of temperatures, turning mild in the south—west. highs up to 11 degrees. we still have the cold air hanging on across northern scotland, where we'll also have some bright weather with some sunshine. now, it's six nations again this weekend and both at dublin and also twickenham, the threat of rain. probably the rain heavier at twickenham as the evening progresses. now, looking at saturday night, a windy spell of weather looks on the cards thanks to this area of low pressure.

i've just drawn the fronts in, and it's around the southern flank of this low pressure that we could see the winds being particularly strong. gales seem likely. gusts of wind 50 to 60 miles an hour. it could be a bit stronger than that across parts of the east, it just depends how quickly this area of low pressure develops. either way, as we get into the first part of sunday, that area of low pressure will be working across to cause problems in the continent. we are left with brisk north—westerly winds, that will drag in plenty of wintry showers, most of them snow inland. towards the coast, there could be a bit more of a mix of rain and sleet. there will be sunshine between those showers, but it will feel chilly, highs generally around three to five degrees. it looks quite likely that we will see another spell of heavy snow for the hills of england, northern ireland and scotland monday night. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. the government condemns the "appalling abuse of vulnerable people in haiti" and says

the charity oxfam has serious questions to answer. the department for international development says it is reviewing its work with the organisation. the charity denies claims of a cover—up. good morning, it's saturday the 10th of february. also this morning: a government minister says two captured members of the british islamic state cell, nicknamed ‘the beatles‘ should be considered for trial at the hague. two tech giants go head—to—head. we'll find out what happened when uber took on google's self—drive company waymo in court.