hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. saudi led pro—government forces in yemen launch an all—out assault on a crucial port. aid agencies warn of a humanitarian catastrophe as supplies to millions of people face being cut. mike pompeo says the us wants to see major disarmament in north korea within two—and—a—half years. the fifa world cup heads to america, canada and mexico, after they win a joint bid to host the 2026 finals. we will update you on what's been happening in russia. the spain international team is without his coat, he's been sacked. and the latest internet sensation, the racoon that climbed up a skyscraper in minnesota as the world watched. he climbed 23 stories of a skyscraper while the world watched on. “—

skyscraper while the world watched on. —— up a skyscraper. saudi arabia is attempting to make a decisive move in the conflict in yemen. but aid agencies warn it could lead to a further humanitarian catastrophe. yemeni government forces, backed by a saudi—led coalition, have begun an assault on the crucial port of hudaydah. it's held by houthi rebels, and you can see in these pictures, government forces and their allies are assembling nearby. they are getting ready to try to ta ke they are getting ready to try to take the sport back from the rebels. president abdrabbuh mansour hadi saudi arabia sees the rebel group as an iranian proxy and together with other sunni arab states launched a military campaign in 2015 to try and restore mr hadi's government. already this conflict has killed 6000 civilians. listen to this

warning from the un today, saying any attack could lead to a quarter ofa any attack could lead to a quarter of a million civilians losing everything, even their lives. we already know that they have led a —— an aerial campaign against rebels. they set a deadline, the rebels ignored it, so that the air strikes began. let's show you some recent pictures that shows you the size of the sport. the primary accusation is that iran uses the sport to smuggle weapons to rebels, something iran absolutely denies. the bbc‘s nawal al—maghafi is yemeni, and has covered the conflict in her country extensively. these are her thoughts. the war‘s been going on now for its fourth year. and if the coalition succeed in retaking this port, recapturing it, it will be a major shift in the balance of power in yemen. but the process of retaking this port, the that is about to happen will have catastrophic consequences across the country this port is responsible for importing around 70% of all humanitarian aid,

food, and fuel. so if it stopped working for evenjust a day, the impact will be felt across the country. the conflict started in late 2014, when the houthis seized north—western parts of the country, including the capital sanaa. president abdrabbuh mansour hadi fled to saudi arabia where he's in exile. saudi arabia is a sunni state and sees the shia houthis as iranian proxys. in march 2015, saudi arabia and other mostly sunni arab states, backed by the us, uk, and france began air strikes against the houthis, with the aim of restoring mr hadi's government. this has not gone to plan.

this is a national conflict with a regional context. here's our chief international correspondent lyse doucet‘s view on that. wars of our time, there is such a tendency now for outside powers again involved. as you've been describing, it's the immediate neighbours. saudi arabia very much sees this as an attack on its sovereignty. it doesn't want iran so close to its territory. what has been most worried about as of late is the ballistic missiles they say come from iran has been reaching as far as rihad. most of them have been intercepted, but this is what it says is one of the reasons why the saudis and emirates, which is been the junior partner in this coalition, they're the ones taking the lead this time. they say that crucial port is being used to smuggle in weapons, and for houthis to mishandle the aid and take the money

to further their war aims. this is a gamble, and the fact that the scandal is happening is evidence that the previous strategy has not delivered what this countries were hoping for. for nearly two years, i've had un officials right up to the un secretary—general, telling the saudis and emirates he is, don't do it. don't launch a military assault on the port, the civilian consequences will be catastrophic. but now they've decided that they don't want to wait any longer. is it comes coincidence it just days before they're about to announce a peace plan, possibly forcing all sides to the table? are they trying to gain advantage on the battlefield? they admit they want to force the houthis to the table. but many of the heads of aid agencies are an attack on the port is an attack on peace process. where do france, the uk and the us stand on this? can we hold them in part responsible for whatever plays out? where do they stand? we saw the uae ambassador to london today. he said france gave them a green light, to which france said that they never gave them a green light, they aren't part of this. we heard a story from the wall streetjournal,

that the light from the americans is a blinking yellow light. in other words, "go in, but be very careful". and the british said to please hold on, give the un envoy more time. the ambassador said that we gave him more time, a0 hours, it was enough. -- it —— it wasn't enough. it's true that this could be a game changer in the war. if this port is taking, 80% of notjust aid, but imports of all kinds, food, medicine, all kinds goods, they all go through the port. and what some of the aid agencies are saying is that it is by definition, if the port is out of action, people will die. it is a huge cost, and what the united nations and every single agency as saying is that the cost is simply too high. the uae is saying that they're exaggerating, but the cost,

they say they'll get cost to migrate from other agencies. if they are right and it is over eight days, they will be right, but that's what they said when they first began this offensive in 2015, and we are nearly four years in. i'm also right in understanding that even if this port was to fall in a matter of days, that's a huge if, it doesn't mean this coalition would have territorial control over yemen by some distance? no, because many of the areas are under houthi control. as the same time they move into the port, they've also circled... i was close to sanaa in february or march, and to get from the hype surrounding to the capital, it's the same thing. they would have to fight street to street, and that is what will happen, that's why in both cases, everyone is saying to hold on, try a political solution. the saudis and emirates are saying that they've waited long enough. let's hear how the trump

administration is seeking to flesh out exactly what was agreed at that singapore summit. here's secretary of state mike pompeo arriving in seoul. he says the americans are expecting "major disarmament" by north korea by 2021. meanwhile here's president trump arriving back in the us. here he is stepping off of air force 0ne. he tweeted, "just landed, a long trip, but everybody can now feel much safer than the day i took office. there is no longer a nuclear threat from north korea". based on what we know about what was agreed and what the north koreans have done so far, that appears to be an overstatement. but we shall see. there remain many questions about how denuclearisation is achieved. here's east asia expert jonathan pollack. any negotiation with north korea on these issues is going to be enormously complex, very protracted, would require north korea to consent to an inspections regime within north korea that north korea has never allowed in,

nothing even remotely close to it. so how do we get from here to there? arguably the biggest announcement in singapore, was that the america will stop stop its military exercises with south korea. here's president trump explaining his thinking on fox news. we aren't going to play the war games any more. you know how expensive that is? flying these massive bombers in for practise from guam. how far is guam? six and a half hours. that's a long way for a big bomber times 20, and lots of other planes coming in. so we won't be doing the war games, as long as we are negotiating in good faith. the message from both donald trump and mike pompeo is that the exercises will resume if north korea doesn't meet expectations. you'd imagine, that's the very minimum that south korea and japan want to hear. here's the japanese defence minister. translation: none of the details of been decided, but we believe

the us—south korea military drills are vital to the security of northeast asia. earlier i asked our north america reporter anthony zurcher how the summit has gone down in us media. the american media, the way they're covering it, is that it was an historic meeting, but there were still lots of unanswered questions and details that need to be worked out. looking ofver the document, it didn't spell out any verification processes that there could be. and they think that this is a big show, but the devil is in the details, and as details have yet to be worked out. within washington among the us politicians, democrats have wondered if this is all one big publicity stunt, they a bit more critical. republicans by and large say this is a good first step, this was an historic meeting, that progress has been made. although there was a fair amount of confusion

yesterday about what this exercise cancellation means. mike pence was on the hill talking to members of the senate, and he said that the day—to—day exercises and training would continue. some people interpreted that as all the exercises including these annual war games would continue, but it's been clarified since that the war games are off, but there will still be low—level training and exercises. one other story i want your help with, there are some reports that michael cohen, donald trump's personal lawyer, is shifting his position with regards to the mueller investigation. what can we say with any certainty? there are multiple media reports out there that he may be considering cooperating with these investigators. remember he is under investigation not from mueller‘s team, but for federal prosecutors in new york for possible campaign—finance violations, financial violations, but again these are just media reports, there is a lot of smoke, there is talk about michael cohen

changing his legal team or getting rid of his lawyers at the end of this week. what we do know is that on friday, it's the deadline for mr cohen and trump's lawyers to go over these millions of documents that were obtained by federal officials in a raid on his hotel room and office on april 9. if they can't review them, and so far only several hundred thousand have been processed, if they can review them then they go over to independent federal officials who will complete the review. -- if —— if they can't review them. so it could be that deadline is driving some of this, there was another report that michael cohen feels like he might be arrested any day. again, this is all second—hand and anonymous, so at the moment there's lots of smoke but we don't know what is verifiable. stay with us on outside source, still to come. we'll be live in westminster, as the british prime minister comes under growing pressure over the government's handling of brexit. a plumber has won a legal battle that may well have huge

ramifications for people who are self—employed. gary smith said he was unfairly dismissed by pimlico plumbers, after he tried to reduce his hours following a heart attack. the supreme courtjudges have ruled that even though he was self—employed. the boss of the firm disagreed. this guyjoined the company as a self—employed plumber, he worked happily for six years, earned half £1 million in three years. he claimed every benefit as being self—employed. he was vat registered, supplied his own materials and uniform. he took every advantage possible, filling and tax forms indicating he was self—employed. this is about the wider picture, about the future of nearly 5 million subcontractors.

employment laws aren't worth the paper they're written on. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. saudi led pro—government forces in yemen launch an all—out assault on a key port. aid agencies warn of a humanitarian catastrophe as supplies to millions of people face being cut. attempts to keep the uk in the european economic area after brexit have been defeated in the house of commons, attempts to keep the uk in the european economic area ssource ben wright is in westminster. for viewers who are starting very beginning, take us through it. what is happening right now, mps are still voting here. the house of commons over a couple of days, they're digesting commons over a couple of days, they‘ re digesting and commons over a couple of days, they're digesting and voting upon a whole raft of changes to a big piece

of legislation going through parliament all about brexit. changes that the house of lords recommended and mps are now considering. so far the government have defeated all the amendments they wanted to kick out. the one we were all watching this evening was an amendment which would effectively instruct the uk to remain in the single market. something called the eea, that's the way norway is able to become a full member of the european single market. and there are a number of mps across the house who like the idea as a way of protecting the uk economy. the government comfortably managed to kick this out because they instructed their mps to vote against this eea amendment. the labour front bench told their mps to abstain, but 90 labour mps defy their party whip. 75 labour mps voted for single market membership, 15 they were mps voted with the conservatives to kick it out. so

it's really good evidence of how split labour is on many of these device to praise a question. in terms of the pressure it applies to the labour position, i guess it is still chosen to pick a very careful line to the issues, particularly the single market and the customs union. does this makejeremy corbyn‘s life harder? i think it does. they've taken a heavy hit here, and this shows how rebellious labour mps are prepared to be on these economic questions surrounding brexit. jeremy corbyn wouldn't have expected dozens of his mps to defy him on this, but this is still a big number who have decided tojust this is still a big number who have decided to just ignore his instruction to them. labour mps were ina instruction to them. labour mps were in a really interesting position. on the whole, most of them would absolutely like britain to stay in the eu, would probably like this eea option. but the majority of them represent in situ and sees who voted

strongly to leave, and this leaves them ina strongly to leave, and this leaves them in a typical binder. you see that playing out on the site this. couple of other things ask you about, because the conservatives haveissues about, because the conservatives have issues of their own. pro—eu conservatives started to express concerns that the assurances they'd been given by theresa may yesterday about the role of parliament in the brexit process. one of them, anna soubry says, "if the pm goes back on that there will be no agreed amendment that i can support #sortitplease. the bbc‘s political editor laura kuenssberg's asks "could brexit concessions intensify tory warfare?" ben wright is in westminster. the answer would appear to be yes? we are waiting to see what the government's proposal will be on this really critical question, that the power —— about the power of the

mps will have at the end of the brexit process. what happens if mps vote down the deal that ministers bring back from brussels? what happens if there's no deal at all? that's what this argument is all about. yesterday the government saw offa about. yesterday the government saw off a potential rebellion by offering a compromise to the tory party, saying we will come back, look at this, take on board your concerns and bring back an amendment to the house of lords that beefs up the power of parliament. but in a way that does not constrain the government's negotiating hand. that's the balance that ministers are trying to find. i bumped into one of annas udry‘s colleagues who is in the meeting with the prime minister yesterday, and he says a compromise amendment will come very soon, maybe tonight, and he seemed pretty happy. as far as he knows the content will address the concerns raised with a promise or yesterday. if it doesn't, you will probably

hear cries of betrayal from some of those mps. what's the bell? that's the division bell! that's what calls mps around this huge palace, there in the bars and restaurants in their offices, telling them to dash back and vote. they have a ten minute window to do so. thank you very much, ben. that's not all the drama from today. the scottish national party's westminster leader, ian blackford, was ejected from the house of commons. ian blackford refused to sit down when ordered to by the speakerjohn bercow, he'd asked . the powers that are enshrined under the scotland act of 1998 are being grabbed back! he's accusing westminster of sidelining scotland in yesterday's brexit debate. and his colleagues followed him out en masse. scotland's first minister

was in full support. "right behind @ianblackfordmp. scotland and @scotparl are being treated with contempt by westminster and it needs to be highlighted." next this is the bbc‘s scotland editor is sarah smith. this parliamentary walk—out by the s&p was dismissed by their opponents asa s&p was dismissed by their opponents as a manufactured stunt. it was undeniably an effective one. the snp said they have gained over 1000 new membersjust this said they have gained over 1000 new members just this afternoon since people in scotland saw what was happening in the house of commons this afternoon. what is the route all about? the snp are genuinely furious that the house of commons last night voted to impose that eu withdrawal bill in scotland, despite the fact that the scottish parliament voted overwhelmingly last month of rejected. this is the first time in nearly 20 years of devolution that westminster has voted to overrule holyrood like

this. the snp except that legally there's nothing they can do about it, but they say politically, the battle will go on, and at the uk government, if they proceed anyways, risk political consequences. next, this is adam fleming on how this is all looking from the eu's perspective. the eu's keeping half an eye on what's happening in houses of parliament in the uk, but their focus at the moment is on the unresolved issues in the brexit withdrawal treaty, and none of those are affected withdrawal treaty, and none of those a re affected by withdrawal treaty, and none of those are affected by the votes this week. having said that, if there was to be a big shift in the uk government policy, likejoining the european economic area alongside norway, iceland and lichtenstein, eu leaders would be prepared to what radically revise their offer to the uk. also, some of them are slightly worried that if parliament is given the power to send the british pm back to

the negotiating table at the 11th hour, that could make the end of the brexit process quite messy. somebody who has been watching was the dutch prime minister. i asked him who has been watching was the dutch prime minister. iasked him if who has been watching was the dutch prime minister. i asked him if he cared about what was going on, he said that he did, and he found some of it quite hard to follow, but his key m essa g e of it quite hard to follow, but his key message was that he is very concerned that a solution to be found to avoid a hard border between ireland and the republic of ireland. all this will come to ahead in a few weeks when eu leaders have a summit in brussels at the end the month stop. america's central bank has raised borrowing costs for the second time this year. interest rates are now at 2%, the highest level since the 2008 financial crisis. kim gittleson is outside the federal reserve in washington. why have they gone so high? actually this signals a good thing, showing the us economy is going —— growing

ata the us economy is going —— growing at a healthy pace and at such a rate that the fed feels comfortable increasing borrowing. there are too think the fed is trying to balance. while it wants to spur economic growth and encourage more investment and jobs and wages here, the other thing it doesn't want to do is encourage so much in the prices rise. on tuesday we saw the inflation here in the united states hit a six—year high, which is why the fed felt comfortable increasing its target interest rate, because it feels that there is enough growth and momentum in the us economy that people can withstand these higher borrowing costs. does the federal reserve have an opinion on the trade fights that donald trump is picking at the moment? everyone in the press conference at the moment? everyone in the press co nfe re nce we re at the moment? everyone in the press conference were pestering jay powell with questions, asking if he was worried about the possible economic and book —— invocations of this trade war that the us seems to be picking with frankly every country right now. and he said that it's not thejob of america's

right now. and he said that it's not the job of america's central bank to worry about trade policy, that is the executive branch, they will remain focused on the core economic democrat economics here in the us. although he said that many members of the fed's open—market policy committee had heard from their constituents and business leaders in the various districts that they were worried about the possibility of the trade work, that they were withholding investment decisions, waiting to see what might happen. but powell said that right now the us economy is doing quite well, there was nothing in the numbers indicating that there was any drag asa indicating that there was any drag as a result of these tensions. as a result, the fed was probably going to be increasing its interest rate this year notjust three times, but up this year notjust three times, but up four—time. this year notjust three times, but up four-time. thank you very much. uk tech retailer dixons carphone has admitted to a massive customer data breach. it involves 5.9 million payment cards and 1.2 million personal data records.

of those customers affected, 100,000 were outside the eu. the company said after the hacking attempt, which began injuly of last year, there was no known fraudulent use of cards. jonty bloom has more. the principal regulator will still be the one in the uk, because that is where this company is based. but we're talking about sex— 7 million people across the whole of the eu, and also a special group of about 100,000 people who have a slightly different credit card than most people in europe. and european people in europe. and european people have pin cards, so you have a chip in the card and also have to put ina chip in the card and also have to put in a secret code. in america it is far more likely you could have a ca rd is far more likely you could have a card and you signed for it. they tend to be more vulnerable, so this company, dixons carphone, is much more worried about those 100,000 people in north america. see you in a couple with more of the biggest global stories. good evening. willis it's been a

relatively dry june here good evening. willis it's been a relatively dryjune here in the uk so far, it's been far from relatively dryjune here in the uk so far, it's been farfrom it relatively dryjune here in the uk so far, it's been far from it across in france. looking at monday— tuesday's rainfall charts, this intense area of rain, gauging some of —— one of the wettestjune days on record in some parts of northern and central france. exceptional weather unfortunately result in disruption, and we saw a landslide and some flash flooding in the suburbs of paris. now fortunately the low pressure that has caused thoseissues the low pressure that has caused those issues has pushed away eastwards, so fortunately some —— similaramount of eastwards, so fortunately some —— similar amount of rainfall across the balkans in the coming few days, with a ridge of high pressure moving in. but this brings a change for the uk, some stormy weather, storm hector moves in to thursday, pushing its way notjust through the uk... parts of scandinavia, but it is

likely to get some disruption. tomas will have more on the weather in the uk later on. we also are well into monsoon season. this disturbance will continue to feed it really intense rain falls through parts of bangladesh and miramar. elsewhere, central india is seeing the monsoon easing at the moment, still across the himalayas but we could see 2—300 mm of rain in the coming days. the monsoon continues further the than cats, so there are warnings out. this massive cloud here is a hurricane button. it's giving flooding rains west of mexico, but it's heading towards the baja peninsula. towards the weekend, is likely to bring some rain with the likes of colorado and arizona, currently being struck by wildfires. so that will be welcome rain, but at the same time, that storm will be surrounded by strong and gusty winds as well. cool and breezy weather with some hills no still across

british columbia and far northwest of the united states. some intense heat, storms further east. still very unsettled across the far north of south america, really quite cold even though we are in winter for the south across chile and argentina, and the return of more rain for southern parts of chile and argentina, some snow over the andes mountains here. stormy weather across the south and ease of australia. western queensland, after what has been a very wet few days for northern ireland, things are quieting a little bit, but we have more rain to come into the west. as for here in the uk, with artie mentioned that there is a —— storm hector is bearing down on us, thomas will have more on that in the next half hour. goodbye. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source, and these are the main stories here in the bbc newsroom. saudi led pro—government forces

in yemen launch an all—out assault on a crucial port. aid agencies warn of a humanitarian catastrophe as supplies to millions of people face being cut. the us secretary of state mike pompeo is in soul explaining why president trump cancelled joint military exercises. he says the us wants to see major disarmament in north korea within two—and—a—half years. the fifa world cup heads to america, canada and mexico, after they win a joint bid to host the 2026 finals. every day outside source features bbc journalists working in over 30 languages. your questions are always welcome. #bbcos is the hashtag. back to a story we've been covering all week,

the rescue ships carrying migrants in the mediterranean. well the issue continues to sour relations between italy and france. you'll remember both malta and italy refused to let target this ship, the aquarius, carrying 629 migrants, dock earlier this week. it's now heading for spain. emmanuel macron then accused the italian government of "cynicism and irresponsibility." italy responded by postponing ministerial talks with france that were planned today. there are also suggestions a meeting between the new italian prime minister and mr macron may be held off too. and angela merkel seems unimpressed with developments. for me, the question of how we deal with the migration issue is

something of a litmus test for the future and the cohesion of europe. and the interests of each country must be taken into account. this is from our europe editor, katya adler, on those macron comments. and points out that italy so far this year has taken in far more migrant arrivals this year than other eu countries on the mediterranean. in fact, these pictures from today are of the arrival of another migrant boat into sicily. this boat had 937 people on board, as well as the bodies of two people who died. i put it to the bbc‘s sara monetta that mr salvini might be said to have a point when it came to the italians doing their bit. i spoke about what the interior minister was saying about when

italians will accept migrants and when they want. it's not only that, we have to remember that there is a border between italy and france that has seen quite a lot of trouble about migrants recently. and french border police have been very determined in turning away migrants even when migrants were in the middle of snow, they turned away a pregnant woman who died in when she came back and it was recently also ice packed with thailand authorities when basically the french border police came into italian territory and they made an unauthorised raid on an ngo that was given information to migrants who wanted to go to france so this now is the tipping point of this simmering tension between the two countries. the one thing i want to understand, the italians turned away the boat earlier in the week but then since then another boat with even more people almost a thousand people has been allowed to arrive

sicily so it seems inconsistent. we need to make a difference here, because the migrants who were rescued on the upper areas have been taken by ngos. over 900 migrants that have arrived at is they have collected by the european force working in the mediterranean to rescue this boat. basically, this is the continuation of the fight against the ngos. if you remember not very long ago in the italian parliament there was this motion against ngos because they are seen as accomplices of people smugglers. one day to go until the start of the world cup. as you'll know, it's in russia. in four years it's in qatar. and today we learned that in 2026 it will be in america, canada and mexico. the us president has reacted. well, how did these nations manage to pull off a joint bid amid all the tense relations in that region. here's rajini vaidyanathan. there are big stands over trade

between america and mexico and america and canada. that's a very good question, i think partly because of the opposing bid from moroccojust wasn't seen as strong enough. now what fifa did was the two countries and eight gave morocco upgrading of 2.7 out of five whereas the united bid got four out of five and that was based on things like infrastructure, accommodation, hotel, that kind of thing. and also there were concerns about how lbgtq people might be treated because of morocco's policy towards lbgtq people. but of course when it comes to geopolitics this really is quite astounding, i'lljust read you this, the president of the us soccer federation said the beautiful game transcends borders and cultures but of course the irony is not lost here. does it transcend the planned border

wall between the us and mexico? and of course that's ongoing trade feud between canada and the us? meanwhile, few have the first big story of the world cup, spain has sacked its manager yulen lopetay—gee. two days before their opening match. yesterday, real madrid announced him as its new manager, and the spanish fa say it found at 5 minutes before the announcement. i spoke to spanish football journalist rik sharma who told us more. yeah, it was very strange decision, based mainly i think on the president of the spanish fa trying to basically save his own ego because he renewed the contracts on the 22nd of may which was really the first thing he did after he was appointed president and then the coach says he's actually walking away at the end of the world cup after signing a deal until 2020 was just

a massive blow to his ego and he made that very clearjust the way he spoke in a press conference today that he was personally furious and i think he's made the decision based on anger rather than one that's based on what's best for spain at the world cup. do we know what the players wanted to happen? yeah, the players wanted to keep him and to the head of the spanish fa about that and ultimately he wants. he won the battle because he's the boss and he sacked him and appointed fernando instead. the players like him, he's a quite popularfigure, he's got a great history with spain, played nearly 100 times with them andi think he won't necessarily come in and do a bad job, it's just a huge shock ahead of the tournament. spain had been the big theme of the last ten years but all dynasties come to an end, how is it shaping up?

actually until this all broke really yesterday and today, things looked pretty good, they had a bit of trouble scoring goals against tunisia in the game over the weekend but playing quite well, the defence is strong, the midfield a strong, they did not lose a single game in qualifying. he did not lose a single game during his entire tenure as manager over the last two years and yet here we are. there will be extensive coverage on the world cup here on bbc world news and bbc news channel as well and add on the bbc news app. you will not miss a moment. stay with us on outside, source still to come. the most complete, satellite—based study ever undertaken of antartica finds that the ice sheet has lost around three trillion tonnes of ice in less than three decades. we find out what this means for the world's sea levels. one in five of the uk's species of wild mammals face a high risk of extinction according to a new study. the red squirrel, the water vole and the wildcat are all listed as facing severe threats

to their survival due to climate change, loss of habitat or the use of pesticides. the report has been described as the first comprehensive review of the population of british mammals for 20 years. claire marshall has more. the water vole, the inspiration for ratty in "wind in the willows". its numbers are plummeting. it has been put high on the newly endangered species list. and this is where we are going to be looking for our signs. we have come to perfect water vole country, a wildlife reserve on the gwent levels. we are going to try to catch a glimpse for ourselves. brilliant, we've got a burrow here... the list has been put together using international standards. researchers examined more than 1.5 million biological records, and near the top is the red squirrel. we are living in a country that is changing enormously, we're building houses, new roads, railways, agriculture is changing. so it is really important we have up—to—date information so we can plan how we will conserve british wildlife. in even more peril, the scottish wildcat. the report's authors placed

the blame on climate change, disease and loss of habitat. an extension of the m4 could slice through part of the gwent levels reserve, potentially have a major impact on the water voles. they are really starting to thrive again in this landscape where they were once widespread but already we are up against another threat. that is in the form of a new motorway that the welsh government wants to build across the gwent levels. so this is a precious little pocket of nature, and what the creators of this endangered species list hope for is that wildlife would be valued, notjust in places like this, but across the whole country. with this new list, it is even clearer which species we need to protect. the hope is that it will happen. claire marshall, bbc news, the gwent levels. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom.

our lead story is: saudi led pro—government forces in yemen launch an all—out assault on a key port. aid agencies warn of a humanitarian catastrophe as supplies to millions of people face being cut. lawmakers in argentina are due to vote on a draft bill that would allow women to have abortions in the first 1a weeks of their pregnancies. the vote appears to be on a knife edge, with only a dozen deputies still undecided. abortion is currently illegal except in cases of rape or when the life or health of the woman is at risk. bbc mundo japan has voted to lower its official age of adulthood, from 20 to 18. the change to the civil code means 18 year olds can marry, or obtain a passport, without parental consent. they will however still be barred from drinking alcohol, smoking or gambling, until they reach 20. 0f of the bbc chinese. popular online, indian prime minister narendra modi's yoga poses

are trending on twitter. he was given a fitness challenge by the indian cricket captain. the prime minister posted a video of his everyday exercise routine, which includes breathing and stretching. update you on the rohingya refugee camps in bangladesh. they're home to hundreds of thousands of people who fled violence in myanmar. well the monsoon season is onlyjust beginning and already heavy rains have come, and at least ten people have died. these aerial shots show why the camps are vulnerable to landslides, today local authorities said over 30,000 refugees will have to be relocated. and the rain is already causing structural damage to building. one little boy died on monday when a wall collapsed on him. here's the un on the situation.

given the scope of the population, the sheer size of the settlements and the challenging terrain, we fear the extreme weather will cause further damage, destruction, and potential loss of life. based on aerial mapping of the settlements, we estimate up to 200,000 refugees could be at the risk of landslides and floods and still need to be moved to safer areas. bbc bangla's shahnaz parveen in dhaka. we are hearing that the situation in the camp is dyer, there are around £30 and almost all of them are affected, there are floods in areas

and people who aren't living on heels, those are actually small hills completely shaved, no trees, so there are chances of mudslide and there's already been several mudslides and they are trying to move these rohingya is but actually it's not possible to move them outside but what they're doing it that they are moving them in shelters which is actually also being sheltered in other rohingya households and they are also receiving rudy's standing inside the water and aid agencies are telling us that it's a really, really horrible scene out there. what heavy rain at this time of the year is not a surprise in bangladesh, are questions being asked about how well the authorities have planned for this eventuality? actually, it seems

like there a bit behind schedule of whatever they're planning like there a bit behind schedule of whatever they‘ re planning to like there a bit behind schedule of whatever they're planning to do and yes, heavy rain is usual at this time of year but there are more rains now because of a cycle generating so there's been a week of rain and the hill that i described, they cannot take it any more, and it seems like there were plans to move them to a safer and planes land but they are not ready and they were warning the government and the agency kept talking about it for the last couple of months, it seems like they're actually did not do much and evenif they're actually did not do much and even if they did do much there were running behind schedule. or any of the refugees in particular because of the terrible conditions considering going back to myanmar?‘

that we've heard of. they still feel safer in bangladesh even though the condition that they are living in you know floodwater, mixed with you know there are lots of big shift the trains and these floodwater mixed with faeces and there's a lot scared that they might be diseases and diarrhoea breaking out but they still want to be here because they don't feel like going back to myanmar would be safer for them. new research has found that the antarctic ice sheet has lost about three trillion tonnes of ice since 1992. this is the most complete, satellite—based study of the continent ever undertaken. and this is an animation of the findings. we're told that the ice loss just in antartica has increased global sea levels by almost 8mm since 1992. and that the rate at which ice

is melting is accelerating. here's victoria gill. this is an international study, a group of scientists coming together to carry out the biggest picture ever taken of what to carry out the biggest picture ever ta ken of what exactly to carry out the biggest picture ever taken of what exactly is happening to the antarctic ice sheets. it's known as the ice sheet mass balance in the comparison exercise and as academic as that sounds stick with me because it's important. it's taking a huge step back and looking at antarctica from space. taking 2a different satellite measurements over a period from 1992 to 2017. to measure what's happening to 2017. to measure what's happening to that ice. they looked at the change and shape of the ice sheets and a look at how the grass is flowing and the speed in which they are flowing into the ocean and more recently, scientists have been able to ta ke recently, scientists have been able to take gravity measurements that allow them to waive that vast ice sheet that holds 90% of the planet's freshwater. it's a huge weight of

ice and the dynamics are on an enormous scale is why scientists have to take this massive step back. what he has seen is a ramping up ramping up over that period of the ice loss as the ocean warms underneath its digging away at that ice and melting it away and what we are losing now the estimate is about 200 billion tonnes of ice per year. now, pushing the that they can calculate into how much that is contributing to sea level rise. we have at the moment about three mm per year of global sea—level rise. and antarctic ice is contributing 0.6mm and antarctic ice is contributing 0.6 mm every year. that's a really big significant contributor. what the scientists are saying is that the scientists are saying is that the antarctic how it's moving and shifting and changing is going to need to be factored into our global plans of how we protect vulnerable coastal communities from sea level rise. how this freezer at the bottom of our planet is changing is going to affect the entire globe in terms of how our planet to respond to

climate change as a whole. frieda kahlo's paintings were inspired by mexican popular culture — her iconic style is often called magical realism. but there was much more to her life and career than meets the eye. at london's v&a museum, there's a focus on her struggles with illness and disability, and how that affected her self—image. the show has never been seen outside of mexico — our arts editor will gompertz has more. the instantly recognisable face, the mexican artist with the world—famous mono brow who fashioned an image that turned her into an international icon. with a back story we thought we knew. the near fatal car crash in her teens, her turbulent marriage to his demi runas vehicle repair and their communist politics. that was before her hidden treasure trove was discovered. this is the blue house in mexico city

where frito lives. when she died, they decided the bathroom should remain locked for 50 years. when it was opened in 2004, they found tens of thousands of objects, a selection of thousands of objects, a selection of which make up the contents of this show. they found wardrobes packed with her trademark traditional mexican clothes. drawers teaming with indigenous jewellery and cupboards full of her medical equipment. showing how free used art and fashion to both ken sio and confront her disabilities. no matter where i looked around i can see it. she's become a role model for this activist. for me fashion that allows me to articulate a whole identity that perhaps people don't see so i'm wearing an orange cape and that you may have a sense of my personality and that's what frida did. she took items that were supposed to be medical devices whether they were corsets or boots or whatever it was an really accessorize them not only to get her self confidence but to

make them really visible and say yes iam disabled. make them really visible and say yes i am disabled. look at me i'm great. why can't i be proud of all of our different —— differences and challenges because that's what makes us who we are. and it's not something we need to overcome and something we need to overcome and something which is negative but entirely empowering. this show is not so much about frida the artist as so much frida the person but more specifically the public image constructed for herself and the very personal reasons behind it. we could not finish the programme is out talking about this raccoon. i can't believe we have not heard about it. you may have already heard about the racoon that climbed up a 23 storey building in st paul minnesota —and while it took almost 24 hours to make its perilousjourney, livestreams were set up, tweets were sent — and the world watched. here you go. the racoon made it to the roof of the building at about 3am this morning. and during this epic climb it took breaks on window ledges. local radio station minnesota public radio is based in the neighbouring building.

it plotted the racoon's journey, using the ever more popular hashtag #mprraccoon'. by this point all perspective had been lost. tweet, matt ritter, in the early hours of the morning, said ‘i have a 7am work flight to catch but obviously if the raccoon isn't rescued by then, i'lljust get anotherjob' , joel neil said, ‘the greatest story ever told — he made it'. it was seriously entertaining while it lasted. it's crazy. thousands and thousands of re—tweet of this is all raccoon story, people gathering on the streets to watch it from below

andi the streets to watch it from below and i think the world really captivated wondering if this of all animal is going to make it safely up this office tower last night. where is it now? it was trapped in a wire trap baited with cat food apparently ra ccoo ns trap baited with cat food apparently raccoons are quite fond of wet cat food and this little raccoon that she could not resist it when she got over the wall and onto the roof. a wildlife company, wildlife control company came up the office tower about 10am this morning and fetched their trap and give her more cat food and put her in the back of a truck and drove her out to some private property to an undisclosed location. they don't want people tracking her down and opened the door and let her out. before we wrap up, one of the curiosities to me is i understand minnesotans and ra ccoo ns i understand minnesotans and raccoons are not particularly loving to each other. no, in my neighbourhood you are likely to see them tipping over your garbage cans and dragging it down the alley for

dinner overnight than accomplishing any feeds on office buildings. they're kind of a nuisance for most of us and we've never seen anything like this before. it was an astonishing ascent that kept people just arrived here as they wondered if this little animal was going to make it the whole way without slipping. i love it. the # is mpr raccoon if you wanted a copy footage. that's it for this edition of outside source, thank you for watching and remember if you want background in any of the stories even the raccoon story you will find it on the bbc news app which you can download on your smartphone and i'll see you tomorrow. goodbye. batten down the hatches, storm

hector is approaching and for due and this is going to be an exceptionally windy spell of weather and its bombs at the met office to issue an amber warning for some parts of northwestern britain. this is where the storm is right now, it's still some way towards the west of us here but it's intensifying. it's winding itself up. this is the centre of the storm here, here are the weather fronts which are bringing rainfall to some parts of the country and as we go through the night and through thursday morning and afternoon, this low pressure is basically going to a bar across the north there with its strongest winds towards the south moving to northern ireland, scotland and into northern england. so, this is six o'clock in the morning on thursday, at this stage the worst of the winds somewhere around here north coast of ireland and eastern northern ireland, severe gale developing around the western isles and slowly transferring. gust of wind but actually exceed 70 miles an hour on some coasts in exposed areas. 50 mph

possible in —— inland as well. that also includes northern england to the south where also going to be feeling the effects of hector but not to such an extent. still look at these gusts here around 60 mph, exposed coast of northern wales, and to the south around 30 to 40 mph. but as we go through the course of the morning, any cloud and rain should tend to clear away in fact there will still be showers around lunchtime in scotland but then the sun comes out and it'll end up being for many of us a very sunny day with a very blustery wind. the wind should eventually ease towards the end of the day. and there could be some damage in the wake of the storm. he could see some trees down, some power interruptions in places as well. so take care early on thursday and drop thursday itself. now friday, a much calmer day. much lighter winds but still some showers around here across northwestern parts of the country. temperatures

will be in the high teens possibly the low 20s a bit further south. now how about the weekend? is another low pressure moving through, nothing at the scale of hector. we will see showers affecting northwestern and western parts of the country. the best of the weather towards some of the southeastern areas. of the chance of catching some heavy showers on saturday possibly even some rumbles of thunder in places as well. an u nsettled thunder in places as well. an unsettled sort of day on saturday and as we head into sunday it looks like the weather is going to calm down. i of the two days after that show or read saturday i think sunday is your best bet for some dryer, brighter, and warmer weather. beyond that into next week. though pressures a re that into next week. though pressures are early in the week expected to grace northwestern parts of the country and bring some gale force winds around exposed costs but as we head into tuesday we will start to see this area of high pressure. we call it the azores

high, start to build in and looking at it thematically, next week from around midweek the thinking is eventually this high pressure is going to build in and thejet stream will move a little bit further north. it may take time. let's summarise all of this into next week the jet stream is expected to move northward and become more settled with a high pressure moving in and asa with a high pressure moving in and as a result it will be a bit warmer. tonight at ten: the prime minister under growing pressure over the government's handling of brexit. theresa may faces claims she won't deliver on promises made to some fellow conservatives, amid a protest in the commons from scottish nationalist mps. i order the right honourable gentleman to withdraw immediately from the house! the snp leader — ejected from the commons — said changes to the devolution settlement were being pushed through parliament without scottish voices being heard. let's be under no illusion, this is a constitutional crisis.

we are now giving message to the government that we will take them on. we'll have the latest, as dozens of labour mps defied the party leadership on future trade relations with europe. also tonight... in yemen, pro—government forces — backed by saudi arabia —