strikes if the government of president assad uses chemical weapons again. the american ambassador to the un, nikki haley, told the security council the us was "locked and loaded". the strikes have been described as hooliganism by the russian ambassador vassily nebenzia. he said there'd been a blatant disregard for international law. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has appealed for restraint in what he called "dangerous circumstances". there've been huge anti—government protests in the hungarian capital, budapest. tens of thousands of people were demonstrating against the right—wing government of prime minister viktor orban. a week ago, his party won two—thirds of the parliamentary seats with half of the national vote. those where the headlines. with all the sport, here's lizzie greenwood—hughes at the bbc sport centre.

athletes from england, scotland, and wales dominated the penultimate day of the common what games, winning nearly one third of 44 gold medals on offer. we report from the gold coast. england's track team have been accused of making a slow start to these games. there was nothing sluggish about the men's four x 100. a strong second mate with them at the front. they held on to the baton and be lead. but whatever the men can do, the women can bet. they didn'tjust win, can do, the women can bet. they didn't just win, they set a new english record, with long jump lorraine ugen called in. english record, with long jump lorraine ugen called inlj english record, with long jump lorraine ugen called in. i thought i have to run. i have two. asuna she gave me the baton i went 0gogo. have to run. i have two. asuna she gave me the baton i went ogogo. -- as soon as. in the boxing they were going for it as well, with england's, wales, and northern ireland battling. these have been a

record come of games. ever a but it sézééicczg w' it have .. , ,, them in them mg them in 2 final against australia. wolves have been promoted to the premier league today, but who will ta ke premier league today, but who will take their place in the championship match of the day? it follows the news. a voter attention if you do not want to hear the results. crystal palace and huddersfield moved closer to safety. southampton remain in trouble. swansea drew with everton and there were wins for burnley, liverpool, and manchester

city, who will win the title tomorrow if manchester united lose. motherwell into the scottish final after beating aberdeen 3—0. they will face either celtic rangers. elsewhere, kulemin it beat hamilton in the only premiership. there is plenty more on the bbc website, including the there's rugby union news. now, good night. there is no matter the day. now on bbc news it's time for the travel show. this week on the travel show: the australian town taking its tourism up a gear. a fiery dc dish tested by 60 years of political titans. how to fly without leaving the ground. the chilli will make your hot dog bark. and the african national park fighting back against poachers. i thought it would be this depleted park. in fact, it's just teeming. but first today, i'm in alice springs, the red centre of australia's enormous and sparse northern territory. indigenous populations have lived here for thousands of years, and in the late 19th century,

the town became an important stop on australia's telegraph line connecting darwin and adelaide. if you drop the a pin right in the middle of australia, you would probably land not too far from this part right here. north about 1,500 kilometres, you reach darwin, and over to the south the same amount, you reach adelaide. and in that direction, as the crow flies, 2,500 kilometres, you reach sydney. the remoteness of the town means that it is not a common stop on the australian tourism trail — numbers far below those of rival towns in australia. down

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shaking up its image. the earth sanctuary was set up by former neighbours star dan falzon, and with his family, he teaches visitors about the outback. what are we up to, what are we doing? ijoined dan to make some damper, along with their newly created beer, the red centre devil. it's the first craft beer in central australia at the moment, also the only beer we have in central australia. so craft beer is becoming really popular around the world. the difference with this one is we've infused some of our beautiful fruits that grow on the property. they're called quandongs — really high in vitamin c. we collect the fruits, and we can make chutney out of it, beautiful syrups which can go

in desserts, and all sorts of stuff. pour your beer in there. the recipe for making damper is incredibly simple. a bit of a beer in first, self—raising flour, and some raisins. as i kneaded it together, i asked him about the history of the bread. as far as we're aware, the aboriginal people were the first people to make bread. it takes them a whole day to go out there and find the appropriate seeds, and obviously mill it down and do this. there are stories that when the first europeans came up, they had these bags of flour on horses, and the aboriginal men said, you must have a lot of wives, just collecting the flour! it's easy for us to forget — our financial transaction these days is money, but bartering with flour and sugar... it was key.

having some tucker like that is the best thing to do. mine is not too far. it looks good. that is perfect. as long as there's enough flour. says it getting burned in. that is lovely, mate, well done. 45 minutes in the fire, the damper was ready to eat, and dan and his team prepared a feast of bush tucker for me to eat including camel, kangaroo, and croc. i have to say, it didn't taste half bad. what you do is you dip it in, as you've done there, dip it in the virgin olive oil, and some wattle seed. that is fantastic, it is really good. it's lovely to be in a place like central australia, a very ancient environment, which can draw on the beautiful rare and exotic foods. it helps you along the way, and adds to the wonderfuljourney around this great country. for sure, cheers. good on you, great effort.

next up, we visit a diner in washington, dc, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary, for a taste of their famous chili half—smoke. the owners have served generations of political heavyweights, including the legendary civil rights activist martin luther king, who died 50 years ago this month. i'm virginia ali. my husband and i opened ben's chili bowl in 1958. located not so far from the white house. dr martin luther king came here rather often, whenever he was in town. the half—smoke is our signature dish. it's also washington's signature dish. it's a breakfast sausage, a combination of beef, pork and spices, and we dress it with our home—made

spicy chili sauce. we had a commercial here at ben's chili bowl many, many years ago that said our chili will make your hot dog bark. it has been a popular thing with us since 1958. this was a segregated city. we have such a wonderful community right here in washington. it was a place to go forjazz and to see live performances. this was the place to be. dr king was a very, you know, distinguished, calm, soft—spoken gentleman. when he was assassinated, people were coming and crying. we turned on the radio to listen to the news, and the sadness kind of turned to anger. by the following night, the rioting was severe. ben's chili bowl was the only place

allowed to remain open during a three—night curfew. and that provided a place forfirst responders, for the police department, for city officials, to come and find a way to quell the violence that was occurring. i think we were chosen because we had been kind of a favourite in the community, and it's kind of been the place to come to if you want diversity. we have everybody here. it's typical washington. look at that. all the way from germany. isn't that cool? so president 0bama's visit — he came as president—elect. it was just a couple of weeks before his inauguration. of course, he had the chili half—smoke. he had no grey hair back then, in that photo. i'm proud to have been able

to remain here for so long. i'm grateful to this town, and i'm grateful that, you know, it's been a wonderful, warm experience. still to come here on the travel show: we will pay a visit to the african park bringing back its elephants. the travel show — your essential guide, wherever you're headed. time now for trending travel, your monthly mash—up of the best travel—related stories, snaps and videos online. if your favourite part of a holiday is the flight, then this japanese company claim to have the experience for you. first airlines in tokyo offer their customers virtual

reality flights, simulating trips to the likes of rome, paris and new york. they even provide an in—flight meal, and the choice of standard or business class. clocking in at a supersonic two hours, it is for people who want the thrill of travelling without the hassle of a long flight. in australia, tourists and locals alike can now find out about melbourne's indigenous history with an app. melbourne dreaming helps users take a self—guided tour around the city, with travel info and audio narration, telling the hidden stories behind popular visitor destinations like port phillip bay. graffiti artists, throw down your spray cans and pick up your knitting needles. la street artist london kaye has been tagging the world with her yarn bombs, including this recent creation.

these crocheted works of art have been shared on london's instagram feed. we asked what the reaction has been like, and whether she has been hassled by the fuzz. i've put up over 500 young bombs, and maybe twice i've got in trouble, so i think that's a pretty good run. as long as you ask permission, and don't do it on somebody‘s particular property, you should be fine. i've travelled to rome, to london, pretty much all over the world. and your search for the ultimate instagram—able beverage has come to an end. this is the selfieccino. visitors send their selfie to a machine, which takes their picture. it is apparently a first for europe, but the idea has gone viral since the launch of selfie cafes across asia. thanks to everyone who sent

us their pictures this month using the hashtag #traveltuesday. here are some of my favourites. iq shared this foggy, atmospheric snap from west bengal, in india. while richard posted these pictures from the banksy hotel in bethlehem, after it opened last year. now let's look at the travel videos clocking up the views online. this year, poland celebrates 100 years of independence, so we asked some top travel filmmakers to share their experiences of the country. i've been travelling to poland for the last 1a years. i definitely had time to observe some of the country's complexities, and its natural beauty. i remember all these super early mornings in pursuit of these perfect lights in perfect locations, and i remember, like, waking up at 4am or sometimes even 3am, just shooting for five minutes and getting all these perfect colours that you have in just a brief moment of the day. and if you see anything you think we should know about, don't forget to get in touch. it's: finally this week, michelle jana chan is in zakouma national park in chad. 0ver recent years the area has experienced war, crime and terrorism.

tourists have been warned away but another threat has been to its wildlife, which has suffered severe poaching. but for the animals, things mayjust be looking up. seeing an abundance of wildlife like this in an african park and you might think of botswana, kenya or half a dozen other places before you think of chad. but there is spectacular wildlife here. and lots of it. i've come to find out how the population of elephants and other animals in the park have

rebounded in recent years to rival even the finest national parks on the continent. i thought it would be this depleted park that had suffered so badly at the hands of poachers, but in fact it's just teaming. the reason for this turnaround has been largely credited to a private non—profit organisation based in johannesburg called african parks, who took over management of zakouma eight years ago. it came at a time when its elephant population had been hit hard by poaching. in 2002, the park was home to 4,000 elephants but by 2010, that number had plummeted to around 450. experts feared zakouma's remaining elephants could have been gone

in a few years. but thanks to new strategies to protect the elephants, their numbers have increased to over 500. african parks now protects 15 areas in nine countries across the continent. this is the operation centre and this is the heart of zakouma. if you zoom out and we can count all of these colours, i know i've got 18 females and 11 bull colours in this group, and that's the big herd of elephant, about 500 elephant. and then i also know we have a bull there, a bull there, that way you they know what is happening. one of the strategies being implemented is close contact with the local communities, who are given radios as part of an early warning system

for when poachers approach. any sign of poachers around the park is immediately responded to by a skilled force of armed rangers. so far, these highly disciplined, tough tactics have been working. we've not had anybody inside the park since last year, may, when a group of four people with seven camels entered the park. we rushed in there, stopped these guys and it was just a bunch of herders that got lost. but even with successes, some critics of this sort of approach still argue the benefits of local management and caution against the risks of such a heavily armed show of force. we do a 15km group march... leon invites me to see the rangers at work in the field. we've got these six teams at any given time. today we've got four horse teams,

two mamba teams, mamba teams are rapid reaction teams. this team's are on vehicle patrol now, moving from point a to point b where there's a bunch of elephant bulls at the moment. they're always supported by a large machine—gun. and everything's packed inside this vehicle? these guys are self—sufficient for ten days. the work can be dangerous. in 2012, six rangers lost their lives to poachers in an ambush. for those protecting the park today, it's work they are proud of. many governments currently caution against travel to this region. but despite the risks, some tourists are starting to come here on safari, with the money generated funding a third of the park's costs. for now, at least, the wildlife here seems safe and the area

of zakouma under african park's protection has a good outlook. the animal numbers are increasing. in particular, the elephants. symbols of zakouma's remarkable turnaround and offering hope for further conservation across the continent. well, that's all we have for this week, but coming up next week: christa larwood takes to the seas for a sneak preview of the world's largest cruise ship. there's always a romance about going to sea because it's an amazing thing to feel the ship under your feet. that was amazing. don't forget you can join us on all of our travels wherever we are in the world by following our social media feeds. all of the details are

on your screens 110w. but from me, henry golding, and the rest of the travel show team here in alice springs, it's goodbye. hello there. i can't promise the second half of the weekend will be as sunny as warm as the first. with beautiful scenes oi'i as the first. with beautiful scenes on saturday. the big of low cloud shrouding but blue skies overhead. a bit of the fly in the ointment during sunday. this area of low pressure coming in from the west and

it will strengthen the winds, especially from the west. it will bring outbreaks of rain. generally speaking, it will be cloudier and breezy on sunday and we will see outbreaks of rain but not all the time. it is not a complete write—off, by any means. the rain moving into the south—west past of england, drifting across the midlands. the rain is quite on and off, quite sporadic. behind the main area of rain, we get into a mixture of sunshine and showers. north—east gotland was sticking to sunshine and it may well be where we see the highest of the temperatures. —— north—east scotland. still some areas of clouds drifting north with clear spells. temperatures not dropping too far. monday, not a bad looking day for many. particular in central and eastern areas, good spells of sunshine. always the areas

of cloud. another windy day to come as well. temperatures are not doing too badly, not as high as they were on saturday that still 13, 1a or 15 degrees. temperatures will climb further as the week goes on. low pressure in the atlantic, high—pressure moving south—east. we will see some outbreaks of rain across northern ireland and scotland. perhaps north—west england and north wales is well on tuesday. best of the sunshine down towards the south—east, will lift the temperatures up to 19, 20 degrees. that is a mere taste on what is to come because as we go into wednesday and thursday, somewhat warm air comes in from the near continent and parts of the south—east could get up as high as 25 degrees. many other places further north and west, not too far behind. there is some more spring warmth on the way. welcome to bbc news,

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