—— the scots and northern ireland got away early. the european space agency is asking for the public‘s help to name their new mars rover. the robot is currently called exomars, but it's hoped the public can come up with something a little more inspiring, as caroline rigby reports. it is a competition that's, well, out of this world — what to call a robot set to explore mars in 2021. currently called exomars, this six—wheeled rover will travel across the red planet in search of life. capable of drilling to depths of two metres, it will also look for microbes deep below the surface. it is set to be a fascinating mission, and that is why scientists from the european space agency think this little robot deserves a big name. in america, nasa has previously opted to call its mars rovers names like opportunity and curiosity, and the european space agency has launched a public competition to find something equally inspiring. british astronaut tim peake is a leading the hunt, which he hopes will inspire future

generations to follow in his footsteps. it's always nice to give something inane, especially if it is going on an ambitious journey to the red planet. i don't think we will end up with a boaty mcboatface for the rover. that was the name chosen by more than 100,000 people for this polar explorer ship in 2016. but in case you are tempted by the likes of rovery mcroverface, be warned. an expert panel will have the final say. how about this for a bigger audience? —— big audience. more than a thousand spectators gathered to cheer on the release of two sea turtles, who were rescued and rehabilitated at an animal hospital in florida. they've been fitted with satellite—trackers and returned to the ocean to become part of the tour de turtles, an annual event that follows the long—distance migration of different species of sea turtles. lovely pictures from florida.

now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. hello. despite quite a bit of cloud to start the day, it will be drier and brighter throughout the rest of saturday. with those lengthy spells of sunshine coming through, temperatures are expected to be higher than yesterday. they fly in the ointment is raining the north west of scotland later but foremost, temperatures are higher, perhaps the odd sharp shower, but hit and miss. 0vernight, the mist and low cloud returns, particularly to the north and west. as humidity rises, it will become uncomfortable sleeping again. 20 degrees potentially in london. more likely the teams for many. missed will claye, cloud for the western parts of the country.

goodbye for now. hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: a group of mps has criticised the government's smart meter programme. it also suggested the technology will only save households £11 a year. nine members of the same family are confirmed to have died when an amphibious vehicle sank on a lake in missouri. new searches are taking place in salisbury as part of the investigation into novichok poisonings. the civil aviation authority says ryanair customers should be entitled to compensation if they're affected by flight cancellations due to strike action. now on bbc news, it's the travel show. coming up on this week's programme: rajan is injordan‘s capital, amman, getting a flavour of what the city has to offer.

so good! in china, we go underground. forest bathing is to feel nature. and i am off forest bathing here in japan. so go slow and take it all in? yes, that's the point. when you think ofjordan, bucket list items usually include petra, floating in the dead sea, or going into the desert, but how about veering off the beaten track into amman?

over the years, it's become a magnet city, attracting people from its neighbouring regions to create a unique arabic culture, as rajan went to explore. it may have once enjoyed a heyday, particularly as a roman city, but in more recent times, safe to say amman has not been amongstjordan‘s most glittering jewels. by the 1940s, its population had dwindled. but an influx of palestinians, then iraqis and syrians over the past few decades has seen it take new shape. now the capital's population stands at 4 million, a third of whom are migrants and refugees. and with that rapid rise in amman‘s population, a new contemporary and cosmopolitan atmosphere is developing here which is very much at odds with the traditional, understated image of the city.

and that cultural hotpot of diverse people is expressed through cuisine. so today, we are making it with cauliflower and eggplants, because they're in season. maria haddad runs cookery classes which recognise the variety of arab influences in the food. this goes here, in the pot. she wastes no time in putting me to work on the farmers‘ dish called maklouba. arabic food in general is arabic food. there is no such thing as syrian, lebanese. i love that you're agreeing with me! yes! maklouba is an arabic dish. 0k. it's not a jordanian or a palestinian. everybody, can you just taste this? it's such a pretty colour. that's the beauty of amman, you know? you have people who are half—lebanese, half—syrian, half—jordanian, people who are half — and there's always halves, you know? i'm a combination of lebanese,

jordanian and palestinian, and this was obviously an influence from all the refugees that came in a long time ago. maklouba literally translated means "flipped upside down". and remove it very slowly. perfect. all right! this looks fantastic, by the way, maria. it looks great. i cannot believe that we made this! well, you made this, really. yay! so good! maria herself has roots injordan, palestine and lebanon. she restored this family home and calls this cook—and—dine experience beit sitti — that means "grandmother's house". when we were very young, we used to come here and we used to learn how to cook arabic food from my grandmother. but really, what we do

here is a social business, so when my grandmother passed away, we decided we wanted to keep her house open and her memory going and to teach guests the dishes that she used to teach us. maria feels amman is going through a renaissance. the parents sort of were too busy and they felt like amman wasn't really worth investing in. but now, the younger generation is really putting their foot down and saying it's time to come to amman, you know? and stay — stay here. maria feels this cultural revolution is driven in part by successive waves of refugees. her house is in the jabal al—weibdeh district, where the community includes brea kdancers and graffiti artists, giving it a surprisingly street arty vibe. and then there's this. the 7hhills skatepark. wow! that is astonishing! that is a girl who had never even touched a skateboard before today,

and there's more backgrounds here today experiencing that. brilliant. many of these kids are refugees, practising on borrowed skateboards, and the classes are run by an ngo called make life skate life. i think i mightjust give this a miss! it is all run by mo zakaria, jordan's first prominent skateboarder. there was no space for us as a skateboarding community in amman to have, you know, like a skate park for ourselves, so we always had to go, like, in street spots and be in trouble with the security guards and stuff like that. the skate park sits in a disused sprawl of scrubland. it's a huge problem with public spaces. you know, all the spaces that we have are either residential or private and so, if you don't have any money, all the kids are going to end up on the street and then, this is where problems start. the big vision is, you know,

renovating public space in amman. this is the future of your country now. i really think it is. i think amman has never been a place of a single nationality, let's say. you know, amman‘s become the new york of the middle east. amman has become the new york of the middle east! yeah, yeah. it's a nice time to be in amman. that idea of amman will certainly challenge a few preconceptions and so will my next and final stop, because 20km north—west of amman is fuheis, home tojordan‘s first and only microbrewery. right here, this is our packaging line and bottle storage. jordan — yep, that is his first name — the chief brewer here, told me how they started from scratch four years ago. injordan, there's, like, no infrastructure, there's no culture, there's absolutely nothing related to beer making. so everything in the factory had to come from outside of the country. and it's notjust the equipment, which comes mainly from china,

italy and germany, but the ingredients too. this is what's called pilsner malt, so you can see from the light colour it's not been roasted very much, so this actually makes up the base of all of our beers. but what's quintessential about the beer are the distinctive jordanian flavours from local produce, like date molasses, grapefruit from the jordan river valley, and even sea salt from the dead sea. honestly, every step of the way, putting this brewery together, selling the beer, making the beer, it's been an exercise in educating the authorities as to what craft beer is. let's not forget that 85% ofjordan's population is muslim and therefore, in principle, largely teetotal. the company are banking on export sales to compensate for the limited market that they have in jordan and this particular brew, dead serious, is their next big hope.

and i am going to get a preview. 0h! a real tang to it, and you can taste the salt and you can taste the grapefruitjuice. really unique flavour. excellent. and do you know what? it's craft beers like this that are going to help create new aspects to this city and also, i think, break the stereotypes that people might have of bothjordan and the middle east. rajan reporting there from amman, and if you're thinking of heading tojordan any time soon, here are some travel show tips to help you in your way. first off, it's important to be culturally sensitive and dress accordingly. jordan is primarily a muslim country and if you are travelling off the beaten tourist track, you will need to dress accordingly. for men, the key thing to note is that shorts in certain religious places are discouraged. when it comes to foreign female visitors, the general advice is not to show too much skin. strangely enough, it doesn't matter

how fitting the outfit is, but bare shoulders, short skirts and cleavage are a realfaux pas. foreign women do not have to wear a veil to hide their hair, unless visiting a mosque. a traditional and very authentic way to explore this gem in the middle east is to embark on a homestay experience. baraka destinations is one organisation that arranges community—owned travel experiences. you can stay in a local‘s home and set off on a season—specific activity such as beekeeping orforaging in thejordanian hills. another environmentally sustainable project, but something at the other end of the spectrum, is the newly built resort of ayla. situated along the beautiful coast of aqaba, ayla is a diverse development complex withjordan‘s one and only golf course, designed by golfing legend greg norman. well, stay with us here on the travel show because coming up after the break, i'll be heading out of busy tokyo for a spot

of forest bathing. so don't go away. well, next up, we're off to china, a country that is becoming just as well—known for its skyscrapers as much as is for its temples and terracotta warriors. but not everybody there is keen on high—rise living. in fact, some people would prefer to stay firmly underground. techno music plays. well, from the rural tranquillity of china to the urban madness of tokyo, and you'rejoining me here at the shibuya crossing injapan, one of the most urban societies in the world. and in recent years, tokyo's become known as the biggest city on the planet. but believe it or not, in amongst all this hustle and bustle, people here are finding ways to reconnect with nature. and for travellers, taking part in this could be a distinctly

japanese way to experience culture and the countryside. more than 38 million people cram into the streets and public transport system here, making tokyo the largest city in the world. according to the un, just over half the world's population lives in urban areas. but injapan, it's a whopping 92%. so how do tokyoites and tourists de—stress and decompress? to try and tap into my inner calm, i'm hitting the road and heading to 0kutama, a couple of hours‘ drive from the centre of tokyo, to indulge in a spot of forest bathing, or what the japanese call shinrinyoku. it's basically about drawing on the therapeutic benefits of being in nature. leaving on tour, i follow my guide, masuzawa—san. you are spending a very stressful life. who knew so much nature could be found, you know, in tokyo? i know, right?

this is 0kutama! tokyo! this is still part of tokyo? yes. you would never guess. i want you to taste one plant. just one leaf. it helps your digestion. you can eat this? yes. it's awful. it's awful! awful. how awful? so bitter! it's really, really bitter. 0h, bitter, yeah. good medicine tastes bitter. these leaves are dried for medicine for stomach. it's really, really bitter. forest bathing tours like this are becoming hugely popular with stressed—out japanese office workers. the forest therapy society has certified 62 forest therapy sites across japan. it's beautiful.

yeah, beautiful. masuzawa—san‘s tour includes meditation and deep breathing exercises. so, ok, let's practise breathing methods. inhale from nose and exhale mouth. calming music plays. so, this isjust like hiking, isn't it? no! it's not hiking. it's completely different. so, uh, forest bathing is to feel nature. if you walk first, you can feel anything from nature. so, observing everything in the forests, plants and listening to the sounds of the brook and birds and the smelling. so go slow and take it all in? yeah.

the forest bathing movement is gathering momentum around the world as a hot new wellness trend. clinical studies show it can reduce blood pressure, stress levels, as well as diabetes. shinrinyoku is effective in preventive medicine. it's very effective for anti—ageing. anti—ageing? sure. oh, really? so, what do you think? how old am i? how old are you? oh, dear. um... this is tricky — i don't want to offend. 40, 45? no. no, i'm 62. what?! you're 62? yes. wow! ok, so i should go home, throw away all my creams, and just come back here. at the top of the mountains,

some of the forest bathing tours include yoga, or you can take a more relaxed approach. i must admit, i was a bit reluctant to lie down in first place, but now that i have, i don't think i want to get up. but for those who can't escape the city, there are other ways to experience nature right here in tokyo, in a uniquelyjapanese way... my goodness, this is spectacular! ..with technology. the newly opened digital art museum is exploring a new relationship between humans and nature, through art. so what happens if i touch the wall here? if you put the hand on the wall, it's like a natural waterfall. the waterfall changes their movement. and these flowers —

look, if i touch them, what would happen? so if you touch the flowers, the flower will be gradually flowing down. if i came here on a different day with different people, this installation would look different, right? yeah, exactly. so now we are only two people here, but if we have many people, the movement, more complex. so every time you come here, the scenery would be different. i love the fact that you're encouraged to interact with the installations here — the animals and the nature — that you could actually touch things. you know, living here injapan, there's so many rules and things that you can and can't do. but here, i felt free. it was really refreshing. well, from the virtual to the real. people here are pretty open—minded when it comes to the pursuit of inner peace and calm. it has been so relaxing here.

i'm really not quite ready to go back to the city just yet. but that's all we've got time for this week. coming up next week... check this out! every little boy's dream! whistle blows. we sent rajan into the desert on the trail of lawrence of arabia, 100 years on from the arab revolt. this is a bit worrying. it's like they're ready for some sort of attack. whoa! i'm in the middle of a battle! whoa! oh, what the hell?! hands up! you're not gonna take me, are you? are we going for a cup of tea? well, i hope you canjoin us for that if you can. and don't forget, we're on social media too, so why don't you follow us there, and you then can share your travel stories with the rest of the world? but until next time, from me, carmen roberts, and the rest of the travel show team here in 0kutama, it's goodbye.

many of us had at least a little rain yesterday. a rarity. but it's back to business as usual today. we've seen some drizzly rain first thing. but behind this front the high pressure is building again for the rest of saturday which means there will be more sunshine around than we had on friday. there are some exceptions. the main one is this front opinion rain into the north—west of scotland. the other could be some showers in the

afternoon hours as temperatures are expected to get to the high 20s. compared with yesterday it'll feel warm with sunshine. the best of the sunshine will be around the coasts. more cloud in north—east england. cloudy from northern ireland and much of scotland, as well, and later we have a patchy rain coming back to the north—west. for the open it does look fairly fine. the light drizzle will clear away. should be a largely bright picture. warmer tomorrow with more sunshine around. that's because we pick up more of a westerly breeze. it dries out the air as it goes over the grampians. we will see that happening tonight. more moisture around scotland and northern ireland. more cloud for england and wales. list and fog will return at lower levels. a fairly uncomfortable night as we build upon humidity over the coming days. —— mist and fog. sunny for the majority of england and wales, eastern

scotla nd of england and wales, eastern scotland and northern ireland. the north—west will be cloudier than today with the cloud thick enough for some drizzle, particularly over the western isles and northern isles. around this western coasts, things are cooler. 25 potentially for eastern scotland. pushing towards 30 across the south and east of england. the smallest chance of showers. it is diminishing as high pressure built in. we will have this weather front early next week meandering around northern ireland and scotland. we are into fresher at the antique air. the header that the heat will build. —— fresher al —— fresher al antic more details on the website. goodbye. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11am: not—so—smart smart meters? a criticism of delays in the multi—billion pound roll—out scheme — which may only save some customers 11 pounds a year.

police in wiltshire widen their search for clues into novichok poisonings, as a man who was left critically ill in amesbury is discharged from hospital. nine people from the same family were among the 17 who died when an amphibious boat capsized on a lake in missouri. also coming up this hour, has your ryanair flight been cancelled this week? if so, you may be in line for a payout. the civil aviation authority says passengers should be compensated by the airline if their journey is affected by strike action. and in 30 minutes, i'll bejoined by a panel of international journalists to get their views on this week's events in dateline london.