hello, i'm philippa thomas, this is outside source. here are some of the stories we're looking at today. scientists have warned we could soon cross an irreversible climate threshold — leading to boiling hot temperatures and sea levels rising by up to 60 metres. in indonesia, rescue workers are searching the ruins of a mosque where it is feared people were trapped by sunday's deadly earthquake. fires continue to blaze across california — one is now the biggest in the state's history. donald trump's weighed in. and he's also warned america's allies that they have to choose between trading with iran — or the us. these pictures are coming in live from colombia, where the new president is being sworn in. he's promising to crack down on drug traffickers. we'll have the latest on all of those stories — and if you have questions about any of them, the hashtag is bbc 05. lets start with the us

sanctions on iran — earlier we got this tweet from the us president. donald trump fired off that warning to his allies just hours after punitive measures targeting iran's access to us dollars and its gold and and precious metals came into effect. few american companies actually have ties to iran — so the impact of any sanctions depend on washington's ability to block european and asian firms from doing business there. thousands ofjobs are at stake.

this was the message from the eu's foreign policy chief today. the trade that the european union has with iran compared to the trade we have worldwide is very little, but it is a fundamental aspect of the iranian right to have an economic advantage in exchange would have done so far which is being compliant with all of their nuclear related commitments. mr trump's desire to isolate iran's economy appears to be working already. german carmaker daimler has already put on ice its plan to make mercedez benz trucks there. french carmarkers psa and renault have suspended their operations as has total — the french energy giant — its ceo saying the company simply can't do business in a country with secondary sanctions. he sent this stark warning injune — the reality is that the capital of the world today is in the hands of the us". a second wave of sanctions

will hit in november and are expected to hurt even more, targeting iran's oil sector. us national security adviser john bolton told reporters today washington wants iranian oil imports at zero. here's a bit more of what he said. we think these distinctions are biting already and will continue to bite and cause significant economic consequences for iran. bush is bringing a page from an article on press tv. sanctions violate international law‘ and says the measures infringe trade sovereignty. and in the past couple of hours iran's foreign minister retaliated with this tweet. tweet @jzarif "ta ntrums & capped tweets really fighting talk to there.

blanket sanctions are being felt in all sectors — from iran's global pistachio trade to exports of its iconic persian rug. bbc persian visited a carpet store in washington to see how the ban affects them. i've been here about a0 years, and i think i have seen at least for sanctions on persian rugs. 0ne think i have seen at least for sanctions on persian rugs. one had the sanction coming back on the rugs, i personally felt very bad because such a beautiful art should not be involved in any politics whatsoever. for my business i

decided to carry some extra inventory as a back—up for the future. we don't know how long this is going to be so i concentrate by bringing in the product for the sanction. we sell a lot of our rugs online now and unfortunately some of the websites now because of the sanctions are deleting and taking out our product from the sites because it is made illegal. this is a persian rug from 1880. the rug like this has been in the country for the past 100 years. i think the reason these rugs being woven for

the past 2500 years has nothing to do with politics or money, it has to do with politics or money, it has to do with politics or money, it has to do with the love of the art. earlier i spoke to bbc persian‘s amir paivar. about the response back in iran. the reaction is a mix of defiance and denial on one hand, and frustration and fearon denial on one hand, and frustration and fear on the other. to find the denial posted by iranian officials that think the whole world is not united states, we will keep trading with the asian powers and also will go back and rely more on domestic capabilities, but that's more of a motto, a slogan. they always use in their sanctions haven't done in the past, the have—not province back to using the capabilities inside the country. fear and frustration by ordinary people who think again sanctions coming to hit our economy,

oui’ sanctions coming to hit our economy, our livelihood, prices aren't going up our livelihood, prices aren't going up that means inflation, that means recession and we have seen it all before. of course, the european union really wants to keep the nuclear deal alive and to do so is trying to maintain trade with iran even though washington is threatening penalties if it does so. to start with, the european union should continue buying a reigning crude. at the big part of the trade between your iran and the eu. that crude oil is but not by the governments of europe rather than by will companies that are privately owned. now, the european union is telling all the companies that have been active doing business with iran saying keep trading with iran because if there is any damages you have to play to america i we will protect you and support you. it is very collocated, and it will turn into more of a fight, a war between

washington and brussels rather than between say an oil company in greece and the us treasury. basically, it will need strong support and the eu is giving them that so far. to continue trading with iran, but the problem is will their boards and shareholders to which they are accountable shareholders to which they are accou nta ble really shareholders to which they are accountable really like this formula 01’ accountable really like this formula or not? let's go to california, because a wildfire burning there has become the largest in the state's history. known as the mendocino fire, it's burnt nearly 28a acres of land — that's almost the size of los angeles. according to the california fire protection website, there are more than 20 fires burning in the state right now — 16 of them classified as major blazes. the images of the fires are extraordinary and terrifying. let's show you some of them. there are 1a,000 fire fighters and hundreds

of army personnel fighting fires across california. they're struggling in horrific conditions — temperatures over a0—degrees celsius, strong winds, very dry air. the mendocino blaze has been burning for 11 days, and firefighters believe it will take at least another week to contain, because of what they're calling the "extreme fire behaviour." at least 75 homes have been destroyed. look at the wind whipping up the flames here — it's called a fire devil — and shows how strong these gusts of wind. and this is a fire burning just south of los angeles, in the montains of cleveland national forest. it's been dubbed the "holy fire". it tripled in size injust three hours. earlier i spoke to allison woods, a californian news presenter for the krcr network. she told me the latest

on the relief effort there. we had firefighters from australia coming herejust the we had firefighters from australia coming here just the other day all over california, neighbouring states. multiple agencies working to put out these fires. i want to get a little bit more from you in the moment but first the me bring in an image that many of our viewers will recognise. donald trump has finally been tweeting about the california fires, and what he's offering is blame for what's going on. he has taken aim atjerry brown the liberal governor of california and at the california environmental policies. this is what he's saying. let's go back now to alison because

i guess that has been seen rather differently from where you are. they made a statement about the water, the comment that trump made and what they said is there's no water shortage here. we have the carfire surrounded by two lakes. firefighters are able to use that water there, as for the fire it most likely is a climate that is causing these devastating fires not necessarily the water. and i guess ata time necessarily the water. and i guess at a time where everybody is concerned, somebody is frightened of firefighters working fairly hard that's not the sort of tweet people wa nted that's not the sort of tweet people wanted to see. no, i don't think so and everybody knows that firefighters are working very hard to we know the issue is the climate. the hot weather and dry conditions here, we know how that works here in northern california and that's what's fuelling these fires is the grass, the dry fuels and the hot

weather. and you are used to that. there's always a fire season and worries about when and how fast it can be contained, but does this feel rather different? it's different this year big ties especially here in northern california with the fire, we typically have huge fires that destroyed towns, but as fire came into the city of redding to my the car fire and has destroyed more than 1000 homes, so it was really it is stating. it really took a lot of people public homes, a lot of lives in six lives have been lost in his fire and so this fire has been very devastating. but to stay on a related theme. the warning is clear and serious. the earth could soon cross a threshold leading to boiling temperatues and rising seas — a potentially deadly period of dramatic climate change. carousel that prospect has been called hothouse earth by the team of international researchers who have just released a new report into the state of our world.

we've been showing you pictures like this all week. we've already talked about the fires in california. there have been evacuations in portugal, where more than 1000 fire fighters are tackling a wildfire in the algarve region, which is popular with tourists. in france, 67 out of 101 departments are on a heat wave alert — the french dubbed today "terrible tuesday" it was so hot. in japan, local media is reporting that more than 71,000 people have been taken to hospital in the past three months for suspected heatstroke. 138 have died. and look at these pictures just in from iceland, where a main ring road is flooded due to a glacier being melted. the hothouse earth study warns if global temperatures rise

by 2 degrees celcius — it could trigger an unstoppable chain of events, making parts of our planet uninhabitable within decades. here's the bbc‘s environment correspondent matt mcgrath. the oceans of the lands in the force of the world have long played an important role in helping humanity avoid the worst of global warming. they have soaked up huge amounts of c02 over the past two centuries limiting the rise in temperatures of around one celsius. but scientists are now worried that these friendly natural systems will turn into enemies and of sucking of c02 they may start spewing out huge quantities of gases into the atmosphere. approaching 2 degrees celsius, we can no longer exclude crossed the tipping point great ships from being a cooler best

friend to becoming a forcing warm entity. it's the widespread wildfires seen around the world this summer wildfires seen around the world this summer could also send a pulse of carbon into the year that can negatively influence the earth's system in the future. all of these extra sources of carbon could cause a domino effect where permafrost thaws, forests die back and dyche seats crumble. no cause temperatures to rise on as president of scale. many to rise on as president of scale. ma ny coasts to rise on as president of scale. many coasts flooded in some of the world made uninhabitable. so many uncertainties saybrook uk researchers. the problem is it is that we are looking for evidence of a tipping point we will see the full evidence once it happened. will be too late by then so we started to see until signs of it beginning to happen and we need to take is really seriously. in 2015, politicians

signed the paris climate agreements to limit global warming this century. the scientists in this new study say that will not be enough by itself to avoid hothouse earth. donate two pints huge amounts of forests to cut emissions deeper than planned and developed new technology to suck carbon from the air and everyone, countries and individuals alike wanted to become stewards, not exploiters of the earth. stay with us on 0utside source — still to come... elon musk, the very controversial head of tesla has said he's considering taking test the private. it will go live to new york to learn the latest. the death of a seven—year—old boy is being treated as murder, after he was killed in a house fire, the met police has said. joel urhie was found after a "very severe fire" at his home in deptford, south—east london, in the early hours of tuesday.

we are not treating this as a murder investigation. detectives from a homicide a major homicide commander in the process of taking over the lead for this investigation. 0ur our work will continue to the scene andi our work will continue to the scene and i will think this opportunity for the local community and i also like to stress to the local community can help us piece together what happened in the early hours of this morning. hundreds they appeal to anybody was in the area or saw anything suspicious at around 3:30am 01’ anything suspicious at around 3:30am or who has any information about who is responsible for starting the fire to co nta ct is responsible for starting the fire to contact the police immediately. president trump re—imposes

sanctions against iran, following the united states' withdrawal from the nuclear deal. the iranian president, hassan rouhani has accused the us of psychological warfare and says talks and sanctions couldn't go together. other stories. brazil has re—opened its northern border with venezuela to those fleeing economic and political turmoil there. it had been closed in response to an order from a federaljudge. 500 venezuelans have been crossing the border every day. that's on bbc mundo. the standoff between police and protesters is continuing in bangladesh. dhaka has been gripped by protests for more than a week now — and they've turned violent. rights groups have criticised the police for "unlawfully attacking" students. the protesters want better road safety. bbc bangla. and take a look at this. a shark expert greg skomal was looking for great white sharks off cape cod in massachusetts —

and he got more than he bargained — because one breached beneath his feet. a court in germany has sentenced a mother and her boyfriend, to twelve years injail, for sexually abusing her young son — and selling him for sex to other paedophiles on the dark web. this footage shows the german couple being led into court ahead of sentencing this morning. the pair were arrested last year, along with six other men, following a tip—off. jenny hill has been following the story. even the experienced investigators who dealt with this case they they we re who dealt with this case they they were shocked by its severity. of the worst cases they have had to deal with, and it concerns a young boy, he's not ten but he would have been the age of seven win over a two—year period he was raped and abused by

his own mother and her boyfriend. they also sold him to strangers for sex on the so—called dark knight. prosecutors say that he was subjected to more than 60 serious sex attacks. many which are found in the footage thejudge sex attacks. many which are found in the footage the judge noted today is most likely still out there and irretrievable. as shocking ordeal for a young boy, it's a case which was horrifying in german and us of it because of its severity and scale but also because of the authorities missed opportunities to rescue the little boy. it's a merge for example that a new that the boy's mother's boyfriend was a convicted paedophile who had been banned from contact with children, and yet he was able to live in the family home. a lot of questions for the authorities. there are also concerns that perhaps officials wrongly presumed that a woman is incapable of sexually abusing her own child. in fact,

sentencing the mother to date the judge noted that she had been responsible for one of the most brutal sexual attacks on the boy. she has been sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison, a psychiatrist at one point told the court she was unusually lacking in empathy and she of course received the highest prison sentence of all involved in this case. her boyfriend was sent to jailfor this case. her boyfriend was sent to jail for 12 this case. her boyfriend was sent to jailfor 12 years. you this case. her boyfriend was sent to jail for 12 years. you will be kept in detention thejudge jail for 12 years. you will be kept in detention the judge said after that pretty much indefinitely until the authorities decide that he's no longer a risk to the public. in six other men who participated in the abuse have also beenjailed. we don't know very much about the boy himself other than to say that he is 110w himself other than to say that he is now recovering in the care of a foster family. time to bring you business which has dominated today by elon musk. elon musk — the very

controversial head of electric carmaker tesla — has been tweeting up a storm that could have serious ramifications for the company going forward tweet that was the first unexpected message. and then later... tesla's shares on the nasdaq were suspended after the twitter—storm. it's quite as appraising development and the and the saga of tesla and whether or not they can hit his reduction targets and eventually turn a profit. now he is saying that he believes that because so many investors are betting against terror. it's one of the most bet against stocks on wall street is considered a hostile environment is what he thinks taking a private would be better for their what he thinks taking a private would be betterfor theirfuture. at

that price, $a—$20 per share that would give the company had value of something like $82 billion, that's a significant premium on what it's currently trading at on the nasdaq, and it would be one of the biggest buyouts in us history and i do want a mission that shares an tesla did resume trading the last 50 minutes here and they closed up over 11% on these developments. it sounds like a fit of personal pique but he has a serious point coming as to guarantee the stability of his company. he does, and i mean, he's not alone in saying that wall street focuses on courtly results, that puts pressure on companies to focus the short term and not for long term. mr musk said on twitter that he has secured investor backing ina that he has secured investor backing in a blog post following up on the streets and he said that while no decision was final he did do believe that ultimately investors in the company would support him in the decision and he added that you might wonder what would happen with his

other private company space acts which of course is engaged in space exploration and he said he had no plans of merging the two companies and just thought that it would be better for the future of the company if they could focus on producing model three cars. a few other stories for you. the indian ride hailing app 0la has stepped up its overseas expansion plans. the company says it's going to launch here in the uk in the next month where it will have to compete with the market leader uber. devina gupta in delhi has the details box 2 ita it a seven—year—old start up in india which has gained about 50% market share here. the goal first global expansion was in australia this february and now they're coming to the uk with a new mantra that it is taking everyone together. the consumers in south wales injust is taking everyone together. the consumers in south wales in just a month and greater manchester would

be up to choose a private higher cab 01’ be up to choose a private higher cab ora be up to choose a private higher cab or a black cab on a single app and that's what it's doing to get the black cab drivers and the private higher drivers together on a single app platform. this is being seen in the view of how uber has faced hurdles with the iconic london black cab drivers and so hopefully this model could be a win—win for both. also what they're doing is charging lower commissions from drivers at each ride. something that's worked for them very well in australia and they hope to change the model in the uk as well. and pubs in the uk are apparently closing at the rate of 18 a week. suppressing up to the world cup. a lot more for you in the next half an outside source. good evening, it's been another hot

and humid day across southern and eastern parts of the country. pressure conditions already in the northwest, but the heatwave is said to go out with something of a bang. this is a senior there on this afternoon blue skies and affair with afternoon blue skies and affair with a cloud there. not too far away. we saw some pretty threatening skies with nimbus clouds building and producing some really heavy showers and thunderstorms. here's the radio that shows where the rain has following over the past few hours. riling up of the aimless channel and the rest of this evening pushing over that part of sussex into suffolk, essex and norfolk as well. played heavy showers the rumbles of thunder to come. areas with a lot of rain and there could be some localised standing water around as we head through tonight and into the early hours of wednesday. during wednesday morning was of the shower should clear away and so expecting to see some fairly wet services. good news for some areas that do

need that rainfall. would be a study pressure night but we will really see that pressure air piling in through the day tomorrow. the orange colours getting out towards the it's a blue colours returning from northwest indicating that pressure air mass that will be in charge for all of us of the day on wednesday. still showers through parts of scotla nd still showers through parts of scotland in northwest england in the southwest of england as well. for the south and east of the largely dry date we have a reasonably warm afternoon to calm and not as hot and humid as it has been in effect around 10 degrees. 20 through 2a degrees the southeast for the north and west of the 17 or 18. in the dentist a lot to try with her still but again is the southeast of england that could well see some fairly persistent rain and could be a little bit further east or west so don't take that position too literally. a similar picture on friday as well. spells of sunshine are fresher with a westerly breeze developing. mostly towards the north and the west. the pitchers about 16

to 22 degrees. but for the next area of low pressure will approach from the atlantic making away across the atlantic. in general we are looking ata atlantic. in general we are looking at a blustery weekend with a bit of rain at times. hello, i'm philippa thomas, this is 0utside source. scientists are warned that we could soon scientists are warned that we could soon cross scientists are warned that we could soon cross and irreversible climate

threshold, leading to boiling temperatures and sea levels rising up temperatures and sea levels rising up to 60 metres. in indonesia, rescue workers are searching the ruins of a mosque where it is feared people were trapped by sunday's deadly earthquake. fires continue to blaze across california, one is now the biggest in the state's history. donald trump's weighed in. and he's also warned america's allies that they have to choose between trading with iran, or the us. these pictures are coming in live from colombia, where the new president ivan duque is being sworn in. he's promising to crack down on drug traffickers. we'll have the latest on all of those stories and if you have questions about any of them, the hashtag is bbc 0s. turning to indonesia where at least 105 people are now

known to have died and more than 80,000 left homeless after sunday's powerful earthquake. the 6.9 magnitude quake struck here. in fact infacti in fact i will show you a map. coming into indonesia you can see where the quake was centred. 0n the island of lombok, just east of the popular tourist spot bali. the impact has far exceeded that of another quake which struck the island last week killing 16 people. rescue workers have been scouring the rubble of mosques where dozens are thought to be trapped. many were observing evening prayers as the quake struck. there has though been some glimmer of hope. look at these pictures here. what you're seeing here is the rescue, pulling somebody out from the rubble. you see his head has been bandaged and a survivor being pulled

out. that video was posted on twitter by the disaster agency spokesman. we know another person has been pulled out of the rubble alive. so something for rescue workers to hold onto. there have also been videos emerging of people staying very calm in the face of disaster. look at this video ca ptu red disaster. look at this video captured in bali as the earthquake struck. you can see people starting to run out of the building but despite the danger he is m, in, he continues his prayer. he is swaying by the force of the tremor. while rescuers are still looking for dozens thought to be trapped, aid agencies say the priority now is providing shelter for displaced people, as aftershocks continue to shake the area. here's mehulika sitepu in lombok. the number of casualties are likely

to rise because people are believed still to be trapped underneath the rubble. injured survivors are taken to the nearest hospital. this one here was also damaged by the earthquake. patients are being treated outdoors in tents. most victims were killed by falling debris and many people suffered broken bones. since sunday's earthquake, more than 100 aftershocks have been felt in the area with more expected. for the rescue area with more expected. for the rescu e crews area with more expected. for the rescue crews it means difficult conditions as they continue to search for more survivors. to the us now... the trial of paul manafort continues. to remind you, this is him, president trump's former campaign manager. and this is rick gates, a long—time

business partner. —— associate. he is facing charges of bank fraud, tax fraud, and failing to report foreign bank accounts. rick gates is on the stand today. he pleaded guilty in february and agreed to co—operate with prosecutors. we don't have footage from inside the courtroom, but here are some court artist pictures from the trial. paul manafort has pleaded not guilty on 18 counts. but mr gates says that he and manafort did commit crimes by filing false tax returns, and not disclosing foreign bank accounts. rajini vaidya nathan is here to tell us more. you have been watching proceedings today, what stands out? it isjust a litany of financial impropriety that rick gates, paul manafort‘s former right—hand man is accusing his former close compactor yet of. as you mentioned there, rick gates has pleaded guilty to most of the

charges and this relates to the time before they joined charges and this relates to the time before theyjoined the donald trump campaign, when they worked as unregistered of a foreign government, effectively lobbying foreign governments on behalf of former clients, including the former ukrainian president, pro russian. they channelled some of that through offshore bank accounts including one in cyprus and today rick gates told the court that paul manafort asked him to conceal the nature of the payments for tax purposes and we heard that paul manafort lied about properties so he could get a lower mortgage interest rate and asked him to fabricate invoices. the defence has begun their cross—examination of rick gates and they are trying to undermine his credibility. they talked about an affair he had more than ten years ago. questioning how

rick gates was able to fund the lifestyle which included a flat in london and questioned whether he was drying from the bank account in cyprus as well. why does this matter to the rest of us? this is the first trial or relating to the larger investigation that robert mueller is undertaking at the moment. into whether or not the donald trump campaign colluded with the russians. this is not specifically about that but rick gates yesterday told the court that he is cooperating with the investigators and has met with them on 20 occasions. the question eve ryo ne them on 20 occasions. the question everyone wants to know is what other information is he feeding into the wider robert mueller probe given that he has worked on the donald trump campaign and is not broken midi. thank you for getting us up to date there. let's go to mexico, where the president—elect, andrayss manuel lopez 0brador, is due to hold the first in a series of public round—table events to discuss violent crime. here are the awful figures for you.

more than 29,000 people were killed in mexico last year, the most violent year since the military—led war on drugs began in 2006. the country s homicide rate stands at more than 20 murders for every 100,000 inhabitants. when you go back to 2006, then—president felipe calder n sent in the army to combat the cartels. but the map you can see now shows just how ineffective this has been. the cartels have fragmented, with seven major cartels exerting control over swathes of the country. fast—forwa rd to fast—forward to today. mexico's new leftist leader won the general election in july after running on a platform committed to tackling cartel violence. i've been speaking to the bbc‘s lourdes heredia about the challenge he faces. he is saying the war on drugs is a

failure and we have to do something. therefore before he assumes power on the 1st of december, during this time we will have dialogue with all the people, the ones who have been affected by the bible and, by young generations and see what the ideas they come up so they can change directions because what is happening right now should not be the normality. it should not be how a country deserves and when he opens the dialogue, what about the border of the united states, one of the most violent parts of mexico. and there is a saying, let's talk. we know there is a problem and we know the solution is hard but let's start talking and hear what people are saying. of course there is a lot of controversy between it because as you say there are some things that

he is hinting he could do that some people think will be great and some people think will be great and some people say this is completely wrong, this is another wrong way to fight drugs. like poppel bell legalizing drugs? exactly, he says he could legalize drugs and has not specified which kind of drugs but that is one option. another option is amnesty like what columbia has been going through, let's talk to all the victims and try to move forward. but of course the situation in mexico is much harder in control of the problem is not within mexico because the demand comes from the united states and europe. can he control the demand? no. so he is not controlling the supply. but what is true is something has to be done. stay with us on 0utside source. still to come... live pictures from colombia where the new president is being sworn in. we will look at the challenges that

he faces. scotland's first minister has challenged theresa may to set out clearly what britain's future relationship with the european union will be. here's bbc scotland's political editor. a meeting then but scarcely a meeting of minds, the leaders formally signed £8 billion city deal formally signed £8 billion city deal for edinburgh in southeast scotland, first in line last year. an atmosphere of brexit uncertainty, the prime minister enthusiastically emphasise the gains. this is a great day for the south east of scotland ina day for the south east of scotland in a exciting step towards a brighter future of this wonderful pa rt brighter future of this wonderful part of the united kingdom. the deal lens funding from both governments, local authorities, universities and businesses. cash is already flowing and city leaders hope that this plan

will keep it going. gives you an opportunity to praise what is so special about the capital city but expand on what is so great about the capital city. giving money for infrastructure and housing, and what makes behind me is so vibrant and continues to be vibrant for generations to come. the package also rules out cash,... but what if brexit goes wrong? what if it ends up brexit goes wrong? what if it ends upa brexit goes wrong? what if it ends up a tangled mess with no future trade to the eu and perhaps no fixed deal at all? it would be catastrophic and we cannot let that happen. but the danger is if the premise or continues on her current track which the checkers deal, as the way forward there is a risk we end up there so she must set out what her plan is. we would not be here if she takes a sensible option

which is remaining in the single market and the customs union. so will it be single times ahead or will it be single times ahead or will be brexit bubble burst. —— will be brexit bubble burst? this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story... president trump re—imposes sanctions against iran, following the united states' withdrawal from the nuclear deal. the iranian president, hassan rouhani has accused the us of psychological warfare and says talks and sanctions couldn't go together. the so called islamic state group's kidnapping and murder of journalists and aid workers brought the group s depravity and brutality to the world's attention. ?ricardo vilanova, a spanish photographer was one of their captives. he says that his tormentors were a group of four british jihadists, dubbed the beatles by their captives. ?the gang are thought to have tortured

and murdered as many as 27 people. in this exclusive report, mr vilanova returns to syria with our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville to find the former prisons where he was held, and the men he accuses of keeping him captive. 0n the river euphrates, photojournalist ricardo vilanova is on a personal assignment. war he says brings at the best of us. and the worst. in raqqa, he experienced both. under kurdish escort, he has come to find his formerjail. and his formerjailers, a gang of britishjihadists known to the prisoners as the beatles. this is the place but we do not know exactly where it is because maybe the house was there but... it was destroyed. he was held captive for eight months. he and his british, french and american cell—mates were moved regularly to prevent any

western rescue attempts. once an is stronghold, this ground now belongs to the kurds. the house was destroyed by a coalition air strike. this is the place. this was the view that ricardo saw. a rare glimpse of sunlight from underneath his blindfold. we are here in the room, and we slept there and we had the toilet there. 0n the second floor. now ricardo is free to go where he wants. the cells under raqqa's stadium are a reminder that is brutalised a population. a new sadism was born here in this is prison. he was held nearby. ricardo heard the screams of the tortured and dying on a daily basis. we would spend three months here in a cell like that.

three people. eventually his government secured his freedom, ransoms were paid. then, he went back to work. but his task here is not complete. here are the men suspected of imprisoning him. they are accused of torturing and killing 27 hostages. ricardo wants to confront them. he says they are cowards who fled the battlefield. they refused to answer his questions and quickly bring the interview to halt. before he leaves, he takes a final picture. but they want to shut him out. afterwards, he gave me his reaction to the meeting.

translation: i wanted to see the suspects and look them in the face, that is it. the first thing i thought when i saw them was ghadaffi or saddam. they were able to torture and murder but when the moment arrived they handed themselves in order to survive. i think that is despicable. should they face the death penalty? translation: no, i do not believe in the death penalty. but i think they should spend the rest of their lives in prison and in the same conditions they kept their hostages. his tormentors are now dead or injail. ricardo vilanova had the strength and opportunity to survive. but more than that, he has had the courage to return here so that these dark horrors

will not be forgotten. in the uk, borisjohnson has said he won't apologise for remarks he made about the burka. a few days ago, mrjohnson wrote this article in the daily telegraph, arguing that a total ban on the burka, like one that denmark has recently introduced, was wrong. but then he went on to say that schools should be able to tell students to take them off if they came in "looking like a bank robber." he also wrote, "it is absolutely ridiculous that people should choose to go around looking like letter boxes." the conservative party chairman has told him to apologise, and this is what prime minister theresa may said. i think boris johnson i think borisjohnson used language in describing people's appearance,

it has obviously caused offence and it has obviously caused offence and it is the wrong language to use and he should not have used it, on the keyissue he should not have used it, on the key issue about women's ability to wear the burqa, and it should be for a woman to choose. dan hodges writes for the mail on sunday. he quotes a borisjohnson spokesman who says... "we must not fall into the trap of shutting down the debate on difficult issues. we have to call it out". mr hodges has a different take, "ok. boris is dog—whistling to racists so they'll help him become prime minister." the issue of islamophobia has troubled the conservative party in generalfor some time, as our political correspondent vicki young reports. from online abuse to attacks on mosques, crime figures suggest that islamic phobia is on the rise in britain and conservative party has faced accusations that it has not done enough to deal with issues in the party. for years she has been

calling for an inquiry on this on the phobia in the party. she says borisjohnson is the phobia in the party. she says boris johnson is using the phobia in the party. she says borisjohnson is using bigotry to further his political career. he uses other colourful language to have this debate, it is not about having a serious debate on a serious issue, it is about trying to get airtime and attention on an issue which he knows will resonate with a certain part of the tory party. mr johnson's friends say it is ridiculous that his views are being attacked and difficult issues had to be debated. it was an erudite column with a bit of human about a pertinent issue that denmark have banned the burqa but he does not think it is the answer to that issue in our country think it is the answer to that issue in ourcountry and think it is the answer to that issue in our country and he made the comments. nothing to apologise for and it has all been loaned out of proportion for those who wish to cause him political damage. senior conservatives have criticised him

for using offensive language. what concerns him is it will be seized upon and used to justify anti—muslim actions. a source close to mr johnson says he was actually speaking up for liberal values and would not be apologising. this is colombia's new president, ivan duque. the conservative politician has become the state's youngest elected leader. here he is being sworn in in bogota — just a few minutes ago. leaders from across the region including chile, argentina and bolivia are there to watch ivan duque being inagurated as president of colombia. he won just over half the vote — like his counterpart in mexico, he's vowing to tackle the drugs trade — but his way is to crack down trade — but his way is to crack down on traffickers and pledge justice against militant rebel groups. he hasn't spoken at the ceremony yet. this is what he had to say when he was elected. translation: we are receiving a

country with many challenges, complexities and difficulties. not only is it a country that continues to experience the convulsions of violence but also one that has seen the exponential growth and props in recent yea rs. the exponential growth and props in recent years. and there are some people who are reusing the weapons of violence and want to continue the path of persecuting citizens. but he's facing a number of challenges. as he mentioned just then, coca production is soaring to record levels and there's been increased violence as armed groups fight for territory. add to that the worry about the fate of the peace deal signed with the farc in 2016, as duque has promised to overhaul the agreement. here's an expert on latin america cynthia ahrnson. i think that there will certainly be less enthusiasm under the new

president, duque, to implement the agreement but it is important to point out that his position has actually evolved quite a bit over the last couple of years. he was dead set against political participation from members of the guerrilla movement unless they served jail time. he opposed these mechanisms of transitional justice and didn't contemplate jail time. he has really evolved his position now, his stated position was deemed to have the support of the majority of colombians which is members of the fa rc colombians which is members of the farc who have been convicted of war crimes should not be allowed to take up crimes should not be allowed to take upa crimes should not be allowed to take up a seat in the house or senate without having fulfilled their sentence. i think what will happen is under this government there will bea is under this government there will be a much lesser emphasis on volu nta ry be a much lesser emphasis on voluntary eradication and voluntary agreements with the government to eradicate cocoa in exchange for

development assistance and in return toa development assistance and in return to a much more aggressive policy of forced eradication. i think people are very enamoured now even under the outgoing government of the use of drones to go in to target and point and spray cocoa crops. and the real question is how that will impact the kinds of violence that are already taking place in the countryside, and rural areas that have seen a dramatic increase in violence just in recent months since the election. the final story tonight... ajapanese medical school has admitted it routinely cut women's entrance test scores for several years, while giving extra marks to male candidates. an internal investigation at tokyo medical university showed that dozens of male candidates had their test scores raised by a certain number of points. officials at the university have apologised and say they may offer compensation to those affected,

but they added that they were unaware of any manipulation of candidates' test scores. let's listen to what the director of the university had to say, a warning, there's some flash photography. translation: we deeply apologise for having inconvenienced and cause so many people paint with such a serious scandal. society is changing rapidly and we need to respond to that in any organisation that fails to utilise women will quote the macro week and it failed to contribute to society. thank you for watching us here on outside source. the of summer 2018 will go down in the history books it is now easily being replaced by something more typical of the time of year. we saw

temperatures up to 32 degrees and by the time we get to wednesday, pass for 2a hours or so those temperatures are more like 23 degrees of some parts of the country are seeing a drop in almost 10 celsius so things are turning cooler across the board. you see the orange hues and the warm weather getting squeezed further east across europe, blue and green colours returning to the uk so things will not only be cooler but certainly less humid than they have been where it has been sticky for several days now. parts of western scotland, northwest england and wales in the southwest of england as well, and towards the south and east you are more likely to stay dry and temperatures 20 through 2a celsius. pressure for third north, about 18 or 19 for scotla nd third north, about 18 or 19 for scotland and northern ireland. we have lost the sticky humidity of recent nights but still around 15 degrees towards the london region but further north we are looking at single figures. heading into

thursday now and although much of the country will be dry we have an area of low pressure across france and that could well set its weight northwards across the channel. the exact positioning of this area of low pressure and is likely to bring rain to parts of north england in east anglia as well. a cooler day, and some of the rain will certainly be quite the welcome rainfall for farmers in the southeast of england. now for friday and we have a westerly breeze, brings a fresher feel and it is said to be a day of sunshine and not all of us are going to catch a day of sunshine. high teens in the north and south about the low 20s. for the weekend it looks like we will see an area of low pressure dominating our area through the weekend, pushing west to east across the country and slowing down as it bumps into higher pressure a cross down as it bumps into higher pressure across the continental europe. for saturday most likely to

see the rain are parts of scotland and northern ireland, quite breezy as well. a touch warmer compared to thursday and friday and by the time we get to saturday we are in the mid—20s here. it will be under the rain at 17 or18 mid—20s here. it will be under the rain at 17 or 18 degrees and by the time we get to sunday it is likely the rain will shift further south and other areas more likely to see outbreaks of rain. highs around 17 to 25 or so down towards the southeast. let's look at early next week and what is happening with the jet stream. wins high in the atmosphere and you see this trough and that jet stream atmosphere and you see this trough and thatjet stream here which moves its weight towards the uk next week which will drive low—pressure systems from west to east across the country. later next week it looks like low pressure will probably be sitting towards the north. further south it is this area of high pressure which is set to build and.

so to end next week it still will be rather breezy and unsettled across the northwest. drier and warmer in the northwest. drier and warmer in the south but uncertainty about how high that pressure will get and it could be that we are all into the drier and warmer weather by the end of next week. at a blustery weekend with a bit of rain at times. tonight at ten, theresa may has backed calls for boris johnson to apologise for comments about muslim women who wear full—face veils. the former foreign secretary has written that they "look like letter boxes", and that wearing burqas was "ridiculous." i think borisjohnson used language in describing people's appearance that's obviously caused offence. it was the wrong language to use. he should not have used it. nothing to apologise for. it's all been blown out of all proportion by those who wish to cause him political damage. mrjohnson has so far refused to apologise, amid accusations of islamophobia.

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