and the great outdoors. the pair's signature look is the cat hat which has made henry and baloo a big hit on social media. they travel with their owners across the beautiful landscapes of colorado. the pair, who are both rescue pets, are inseparable. baloo the cat is best known for his unusual sleeping position — on top of henry's head. he really does look wackiest fast asleep. the sticker liverpool. but let's ta ke asleep. the sticker liverpool. but let's take a look at the weather. is it going to be raining cats and dogs? you went there. there are some rain but by no means is it a wash—out. temperatures are fairly mild. the rain pushing north as we move through this afternoon in northern ireland, parts of northern england and central and southern scotland. perhaps some brighter intervals developing in the south—east. the risk of 12 showers

and the risk of a shower or north—west scotland. temperatures at the maximum of 17. through this evening and overnight the rain works its way further north becoming increasingly patchy and light as it so. increasingly patchy and light as it so. dry weather behind it with some clear spells, starting to see a bit more rain pushing into the south—east into the early hours. we can see some patches of mist and fog. starts with some cloud across central and southern paris. some brea ks central and southern paris. some breaks of rain as well as a move to the dead. by the intervals for wales and england and at the greatest in northern england and the amount, it is sunny spells with perhaps the odds. —— on shower. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. 300 extra police will be on patrol in areas of london this weekend. it comes after six people were killed in shootings or stabbings in the last seven days, and over 50 since the start of the year. russia warns president trump there will be a "tough response" to new us sanctions on businessmen and officials close to president putin.

washington says it's targeting those involved in what it called "malign activity" around the world. there's been a 25% increase in holiday makers losing their money to fraudsters. officialfigures suggest nearly £7 million was paid for airline tickets or accommodation that didn't exist. 14 people have been killed in a crash between a bus carrying a junior ice hockey team and a lorry in western canada. the accident happened in a rural area in the province of saskatchewan. vicky young will be here at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, ben zand has travelled to guatemala, to investigate claims of miracle healings and giant vegetables, in the second part of cults, gangs and god. i'd made it to guatemala, the home of mayans and volcanoes. as well as having big

problems with poverty, corruption and crime, it's also got one of the highest populations of portesta nts and evangelical christians in the whole of latin america. it's a pretty religious place. it also has these — ginormous mega churches. i'd been hearing a lot about evangelical pastors and one name kept coming up — cash luna. ask anyone here and they'll know who he is. not only does he claim to be in direct communication with the big man himself, but he's also a multi—millionnaire and has one of the biggest churches in the world — casa de dios, or house of god. which can hold over 11,000 people. i was on my way to visit him. that is one big church.

looks like an alien spaceship. there we go. let me just remind you, this isn't anfield. this is a church and it's just a normal sunday ceremony, it's rammed. oh, my god, look at it. it's like a theatre or something. hello. i've been to a few churches in my life and they're usually quite solemn places, quite dark, quite old looking. this one looks more like somewhere i'd see mariah carey perform! cash luna is a superstar here, with thousands of adoring fans who come each week. he isn'tjust one of the most famous men in guatemala, but he's famous all over central and latin america. we're up again. and he knows how to put on a show. the church has a dedicated band and its own theme tune.

during each congregation, the donation baskets come out and people give all they can in the hope a sickness will be cured or they'll get richer. this is often called the prosperity gospel. this message resonates well in a country where over half the population is below the national povery line and 23% live in extreme poverty.

what's more impressive though is he says he has the ability to heal people through god. there was even a video playing at the congregation where they claimed a woman had been healed of hiv due to attending the church. i was amazed. this was a man who said to cure people of hiv through the power of god. i wanted to talk to him and as soon as the congregation finished, i got my chance.

hello! hello, how's it going? nice to meet you. this is very nice. ijoin cash luna for breakfast with his family. it was amazing to see you up there, so experienced at talking to people. i try not to use religious language when i speak. so if somebody who knows nothing about what you teach, how would you explain what it is you're telling them? they are looking for options, solutions, so i have one. it is jesus. you saw the testimony of this lady with. .. she got cured of hiv. yes. by god? yes, we have many of them. cured of hiv? yes. a lot of people would say that isn't possible. many people... that's the amazing thing, to experience impossible things for the rest of the people. is there a limit to the things he can heal? if i broke my leg? hiv, he can do, sorted. a broken leg...

you tell me. i don't know. you tell me, if he can cure the vha, he can heal your knee or your leg or... you think so? i believe, i believe so. everything can be healed. everything. why is everybody not healed of these things then? i really don't know. people say, "you don't get healed because you don't have enough faith." i don't want to say that because i don't want to condemn nobody. it's safe to say i was sceptical people had been cured of hiv due to attending casa de dios. the only evidence i'd seen seemed to be a video that played on repeat during cash's congregation. i wanted to ask about money. he's a millionnaire and it seemed like he was preaching the prosperity gospel, telling people that if they gave his church money, god would make them rich like him. do you see yourself as a rich man? are you a rich man? not like a rich man, blessed. to be blessed is different to being rich. 0k.

the bible says that god can give you riches without sadness. are you saying you're rich and really happy simultaneously? no, what i said is i am blessed with riches or without riches. are there misconceptions about you? people were telling me you have a privatejet. no, i don't. a rolex. the church has a private jet, a smalljet. oh, the church does. it's for six people. it is an incredible place. i have never seen a church like this in my life. it's amazing. yes. was this made on people's donations? yes. how much did it cost to build? millions. 45. when you got 45 million, did you think, maybe i could build ten hospitals? sometimes we have more people getting healed here than in hospital. so we are healing. i had seen one video online i was particularly amazed at. it showed cash luna using the power

of the bible to take over people's bodies. i'd heard it got him a lot of attention, so i wanted to ask about it. there's an amazing video. you lay down a bible and there's people walking and then they... yeah, this is one of the more polemic videos. it's amazing. explain how god comes through. this is like a wall, look. if you see the video and you weren't there, you will not understand nothing at all. 0k! can we walk with you? yes, yes. it'd be nice to see. it was time for cash to head back on stage. it's really not hard to see why he does this. he's got thousands of adoring fans, he owns one of the biggest churches in the world. he's got a private jet.

and this alljust shows you how big evangelism is here, this is just one church. my time with cash hadn't worked out like i hoped. he seemd a bit annoyed by my interview. maybe he didn't like the questions i'd asked. and he didn't want to meet again a few days later as we'd originally agreed. but cash luna isn't the only pastor like this. guatemala's full of these people. and pastors from all over are trying to follow in cash's footsteps. there was one place i'd heard of that was known around the country for not only being evangelical but also for being the spot of the biggest miracle of all — god had blessed it with giant carrots. yes, giant carrots. and now it was enjoying an era of prospertiy. one of the most influential and ambitious pastors in the town was pastor sanchez, an avid follower of cash luna. it's an honour to meet you, sir.

gracias. i recognise this man here. this is cash luna. si. he's very famous in guatemala. oh, that's in miami. in miami, florida. wow. do you talk to him quite a lot, do you phone him? i heard a bit about your personal story with god. has god said anything to you whilst we've been filming? is he actually saying that everybody who watches this film will then believe in god?

you're confident that's going to happen? you're not even remotely concerned that it might not? you arejust certain that will happen? there's a chance that if this gets view by enough poeple, this film could literally cure the world of everything. are you feeling god as we speak? is there any way you can display

for us now on camera what god is telling you, what he's doing? so it's just gone in those few seconds that i asked that question? these are the carrots. they've got the carrots, it's our first taste of carrots. wow, they are pretty hefty carrots. muy grande. that is a pretty big carrot. i didn't expect it to be so big. it's bigger than my foot. wow, incredible. the story of almolonga goes like this — the people here used to believe in other gods and so they were punished.

the crops were small. they had problems with alcohol, poverty and loose morals. but since they started to believe in the god of people like pastor sanchez, it all changed. they call it the transformation. why do you think that, out of all things, god decided to give almolonga really nice carrots? he could have, you know... money could have rained down on the city, he could have gave everyone fantastic health. these are tiny carrots. what happened to these carrots? it's a scam, it's all a lie.

small! i was admittedly amazed at the size of almolonga's carrots. but something told me there was more to the story than the divine power of god. i arranged a call with a woman named yulia, who was doing a phd on the miracle of almolonga. she said she could give me more clarity on the giant carrots. hello, yulia. i've just been to almolonga and i saw some giant carrots. are they from god? i'm not a religious person, so for me god would never bring these carrots. the carrots are legitimately massive. i was genuinely amazed. why are they so big? yeah.

what are the health risks? would you say that almolonga is using too many fertilisers, too many pesticides? yulia told me almolonga did have good conditions for growing vegetables, but that the overuse of chemicals was worrying.

i wanted to know if the people working in almolonga's farms knew of these risks or whether the apparent presence of god made them feel protected. nicholas has been spraying agro chemicals on his crops for years and was happy to talk to me about almolonga's carrots. what are the names of these things? it smells very strong. i have a bit of a headache. has anybody ever told you these chemicals might have adverse side—effects? a lot of people tell me it is god that makes the carrots big, but it seems like if you didn't use the fertiliser, surely the carrots would be very small? so do you think that maybe this idea that god has made them huge maybe it's not entirely true?

do you think god protects almolonga and the people here, so everyone will be ok? i was surprised by what i'd found. i wanted to speak to pastor sanchez about it so i headed back to meet him. it was the day of his congregation. hola, pastor sanchez. nice to see you. thank you very much. i decided to wait until after the event that evening to ask about the carrots. there was a lot he'd planned to show me and he'd invited me to his house. that's a fancy car. off—camera, pastor sanchez told me he actually ran a trucking company, transporting vegetables all over central america. so as well as being a pastor, you

also work in the vegetable business. so i suppose you're very lucky then that god blessed this area and gave it big carrots? because i suppose you make more money from that. that's correct. ok, let's do it. look at that. looks like a rock star. yeah, it's very big garage, isn't it? you don't see much of these in almolonga. are you the only guy with a bmw? what do you think people see when you drive round the streets with your nice jacket, your bmw? what do you think the population are thinking when they see you fly by? as night time hit, i made my way

to the congregation. i've only really got one question i want to ask him now — which is about the carrots and whether they in fact come from fertiliser and not god. i'm a little bit nervous to ask him about it. it was clear pastor sanchez was a popular man. the church was packed and even had its own tv show. but there was something very familiar about what i was seeing. then right in the middle of the ceremony, i was called on stage. the whole town had heard

i was at the congregation and they had a gift for me. that is... it was a bag of giant carrots. this isn't a carrot, this is a small child's leg. this is awkward now, i have to ask him about the carrots in front of everybody. thank you for the carrots. this is actually ridiculous. i had one question about them. maybe it's not so much god that makes them big, but it's because people

are using a lot of fertiliser? have you ever heard of that before? no. you definitely have some good land here, but i've been told that to get this big, people need to put quite a lot of fertiliser on that can be bad for people's health. no, no, no. these chemicals, they can increase diabetes, cancer risks, all sorts of diseases. no, no, no. people would be scared if it was true to tell people because the town would lose a lot of money, people like yourself wouldn't make as much money. so would they even want to tell people if it was true? thank you very much.

thank you. i don't quite know what i was expecting pastor sanchez to say, but that was a very difficult conversation to have. religion is so important to almolonga and these carrots are so important to almolonga. so ijust felt like i was destroying their most famous story. there is a reason the carrots are massive but something tells me it's not because of god, but for people like pastor sanchez, the truth is bad for business. so i can't see it changing any time soon. good afternoon. a bit of a mixed bag

today. our weather watchers have been out sending photographs of the weather. this photo were sent in from a weather watcher in aberdeenshire. a bit of blue sky feeding in there, but cloudier skies over northern wales and we have seen outbreaks of rain. through this weekend, a mild picture with outbreaks of rain. there will be some sunshine although a fair amount of cloud. we've seen some rain already through today, working its way north as we move through the day. there have been some heavy breasts but it will become a bit patchy as we move through the rest

of today. through today, continuing to see outbreaks of rain for northern ireland, northern england and central and southern scotland working its way north, dryer for central and southern england with some bright intervals developing, some bright intervals developing, some showers perhaps. some shoppers for scotland, the best of any brightness over in the north—east. as we go through this evening and overnight, we will see that rain pushing its way north and becoming increasingly liked and patchy, if ever amount of dry weather and there will be some clear spells at times. turning cloudy in the south—east with some shimmery outbreaks of rain, we will see some mist and fog developing. temperatures staying above freezing, a frost free night for most. this weather front over in the south—east will bring a fair amount of cloud and outbreaks of patchy, like rain. we'll start off with some patchy outbreaks of rain for the far north of scotland, some

brightness in the north—east. temperatures already about 12 celsius in aberdeen at nine o'clock. ibid. mcleod as we move into northern england and the midlands, some shimmery outbreaks of rain in the south and east. it was bitter brightness by parts of south west england and southern wales. as we move through the day, will start to see more in the way of bright intervals developing across scotland, northern england and ireland. some shoppers for the far north—west of scotland and northern ireland, staying fairly cloudy in the south—east with outbreaks of rain, temperatures a touchdown on what we've seen today. in maximum of 12 degrees in the south—east. staying in double figures. starting next week, temperatures staying in double figures, if you remain to guide and some shimmery aid breaks of rain, too. this is bbc news.

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police have to do to keep us safe. some of it is covert work, they need us some of it is covert work, they need us to be the eyes and ears. stop and search is a valuable tool. 11! people have been killed in a crash between a bus carrying a junior ice hockey team and a lorry in western canada. russia warns president trump there will be a "tough response"