hello, i'm philippa thomas, this is outside source. at least 35 people are killed when a motorway bridge collapses in the italian city of genoa. the deputy prime minister speaks out: i have crossed that bridge hundreds of times, but now as an italian citizen i will do everything to get the names and surnames of those responsible past and present because of the unacceptable people can die this way in italy. a car crashes outside the houses of parliament in london, injuring bystanders, police are treating it as a terrorist incident. she was a senior white house aide — now president trump has called her a "dog" and his campaign is suing her. we'll have more from washington. and if you want to talk to us about any of our stories, the hashtag as ever is #bbcos. we start in italy where at least 35 people have been

killed and many more injured, after the sudden collapse of a motorway bridge carrying at least 30 cars and three heavy vehicles. it happened in the city of genoa. these pictures captured the moment of the collapse. as you can see, these are pretty stormy conditions — and police are linking the disaster to what they call violent cloudburst. the morandi bridge links the italian riviera and the southern coast of france. it was built in the 1960s. this is the stretch that fell — dozens of metres long. to give you a sense ofjust how high it was, soaring over a river and a railway — this image of the bridge is from google streetview. this is what it looks like now.

scores of firefighters attended the scene to help free people trapped in the debris. looking to see if there were any other casualties kept the vehicles oi’ other casualties kept the vehicles or in the street below. maria chiara grandis is a journalist for italian tv station rai. she went to the site earlier and spoke to the bbc from genoa. when we arrived here it was almost midday, and that was debris broken into exactly. the part of the bridge down the river and under the bridge. the stuff in the bridge, sorry, under the bridge in the river. there

we re under the bridge in the river. there were many, many people trying to save people but it got very difficult because it was raining very hard. now it's not raining anymore but at the beginning it was very difficult to operate in this area. the area is still under control because a lot of people here had to flee their houses because it's dangerous because of a gas and the electric that has been stopped, so the electric that has been stopped, so you have been taken to schools and other places. already there is talk of who is to be held responsible. here's italy's deputy prime minister matteo salvini earlier. translation: i have crossed that bridge hundreds of times, but now as an italian citizen i will do everything to get the names and surnames of those as possible past and present because it's unacceptable that people can die this way in italy.

but his coalition partner — the five star movement — has in the past been vocal in its opposition to investing in new motorways. this image is a still from the website of the five star movement back in 2013. in the highlighted paragraph you can see, its rejects the notion that this the bridge could face an imminent collapse, citing a 2009 report saying that it could last another 100 years. this graphic shows how much italy has invested in infrastructure compared to a number of their european neighbours — italy is the blue line — less than spain, germany, france and the uk. earlier i spoke to marco zatterin, deputy editor—in—chief at the italian newspaper, la stampa. i asked him where he thinks responsibility lies. matteo is utterly wrong in putting

the blame on the contracts coming from the budget and the european union, because the eu has been giving to italy 3a billion euros in the past three years just to do new infrastructure, so if you want to put the blame on somebody on this awful day, this day of tragedy, you can blame it on the public administration who was not checking what was happening on the bridge. you can put the blame on the company managing the bridge itself, you can put the blame on the political situation in italy because 25 years ago there was a huge debate about the possibility of diverging in order not to use as much as was done. then there was an awful political row and everything was

suspended, so already 25 years ago they started thinking about how to intervene on the bridge and nothing was done. if you want to put the blame on something, put the blame on the worst of this fantastic country called italy. and they had actively campaigned against italian public funds going to infrastructure like bridges. exactly, that's the story. five yea rs exactly, that's the story. five years ago, the 5—star movement battled against the interventions to river the bridge. they say it was a fairy tale that the bridge was in danger of falling, and then the new government now is rearranging the infrastructure public investments and they are actually cutting them down saying that he wants to rearrange them in a better way, but

everything is suspended now. so it's rather surprising that they say that it isa rather surprising that they say that it is a matter of public investment when they are stopping public investments right now. as you seem to be indicating their people are seeing this not only as a localised tragedy but as a comment on the state of the nation. indeed it is. for those not aware of the situation of genoa, it's a very relevant matter ports and that motorway that was crossing that bridge until today is the main access you use if you wa nt to is the main access you use if you want to travel from rome, florence to france to even spain. they will be an immense loss of money for berger to and for italy because it would take years to rearrange the

situation, and genoa will lose money. italy will lose money as they will lose money because of that particular area. political lack of will and governments being unfit to intervene when it is necessary. and it is not only this government. this is the story that's more than 25 yea rs is the story that's more than 25 years old. it is the sick heart of a fantastic country, and i'm ashamed of what happened. a man is being held by police in london, on suspicion of terror offences, after a car was driven at speed into a security barrier in front of the british houses of parliament. the car hit three members of the public — two were taken to hospital. this was the moment the driver of the silver car, coming up to the buildings at the houses of parliament, it veers off

and two police officers and almost hits them before crashing into a security barrier. the the suspect was arrested on the scene. of course this isn't the first attack on westminster. the area has been re—fortified with barriers after five people were killed last year when a man drove a car into pedestrians. he also stabbed to death an unarmed police officer. but what's different this time is there have been no fatalities — and that's something that hasn't gone unnoticed. this is a tweet from tom harwood — just one of many on the same theme — saying how well the new measures, including extra barriers actually work. well we've been getting updates from the metropolitan police all day. here's daniel sandford with the latest from outside scotland yard. well, he is a 29—year—old man to could see clearly that he is a black man, we believe he's from the birmingham area. certainly to

addresses in birmingham are being searched along with an address in nottingham, and he was at the wheel of the car police believe what about is that barrier very nearly heading two police officers. the key thing of course is what is his motivation? he was not widely known to counterterrorism police or to my five, there was some foreknowledge by the police of him and the key thing will be what was that. and also trying to work out whether this deliberate act as counterterrorism police believe it was was motivated for some political reasons because that's what would make it a terrorist act. it's quite adjusting to look at what his vehicle did in those last minutes and hours in fact before the attack. he is believed to have driven down from birmingham to london overnight. he was in the totte n ha m london overnight. he was in the tottenham court area of london for about six hours or so between midnightand about six hours or so between midnight and six o'clock in the morning and then to have been in the whitehall area between six o'clock

in the morning and 730 am where he very nearly missed two police officers who are very lucky to escape without serious injury. now, a breaking story from pennsylvania. a sweeping grand jury report on tuesday found credible allegations against more than 300 predator priests and identified over 1,000 child victims in decades of child sex abuse covered up by the catholic church in pennsylvania. that's from the afp. nada tawfik is in new york for us. tell us more about what this report has revealed. the pennsylvania state attorney general has been holding a news c0 nfe re nce attorney general has been holding a news conference saying church officials in pennsylvania and the vatican systematically covered up cases of child sex abuse in the catholic church involving 301 priests over 70 years. they found

that more than 1000 victims were identified, but they said that number could be far more because the church did not always keep internal records on certain cases and other victims were reluctant to come forward. they say these priests use the catholic religion as a weapon to victimize children. some as young as 18 months old and this really details of some graphic cases and in one case a family of nine, five of the sisters were abused by the same priests. one of them just 18 months old and the abuse continued until she was 12 years old. in either case priests were found to keep child pornography and relate to try to groom some of the young man for abuse and to try to urge them not to report it. but also to persuade

police not to investigate certain cases. this is really one of the most cover hands of reports by us government agency into child sex abuse. this is an investigation that took two years by a grand jury in pennsylvania. it's really sickening some of the detail coming out in this report am sure the people they're asking is anybody going to be brought to justice over this? well, the state attorney general said that almost all of these cases are too old to prosecute because of the state statute of limitations. not all in the city will pursue charges in those cases, but we have heard from several campaigners and some of the victims themselves that said they really want to push to have the states laws changed and reversed. as if anyone reads this report and still does not believe that there should be some accountability that they really need to re—examine their thoughts. i

should just say we have heard from one of the catholic diocese in pennsylvania, the bishop there, he put out a statement and said he ex presses put out a statement and said he expresses his sorrow directly to the victims and that they will not shroud abusers in secrecy no matter who they are or how long ago the abuse occurred. thank you for bringing us that news out of pennsylvania. stay with us on outside source — still to come... we will talk about how the international markets are reacting. the england cricketer ben stokes has been found not guilty of affray, after a fight near a bristol nightclub. the 27—year—old had faced trial following the brawl between a group of men last september. his lawyer, paul lunt said his client now wanted to focus on his cricket career. ben was minding his own business

when he came across two men being subjected to what been identified as serious homophobic abuse. he was only when others came at a threat that ben became physically engaged with the man in question. the steps that he took were solely aimed at assuring the safety of himself or others present. the past 11 months have surged to highlightjust how highly he values his position as england representative both in terms of the privilege that role entails and the responsibilities that accompany it. now that the trial is over he is keen to get back to cricket being his sole focus. thank you. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is. a large section of a motorway bridge has collapsed in the northwestern italian city of genoa. around 30 people have died back to syria now.

today turkey and russia's foreign ministers met for talks about it. on the agenda was the idlib region, in the country's north. it's now the key rebel—held enclave — and home to a million people who've fled from other rebel—held parts of syria after previous government offensives on eastern ghouta near damascus and deraa in the south—west. reports recently have suggested idlib is next on the government's list. here's the turkish foreign minister. translation: we will assess what we can do in idlib. what we can do to prevent what we can do to fight against terrorism. our leaders that recently against terrorism. our leaders that rece ntly o n against terrorism. our leaders that recently on the sidelines of a

summit in johannesburg, they figure they speak on the phone. our military and intelligence officials as well as other concerning institutions continue to work on this issue. we hope that we can find a solution to the problem in idlib within this cooperation. all very polite. but perhaps pointedly mr chav—uush—aw—loo also emphasized the importance of distinguishing between "terrorists", rebel fighters and civilians. he added "it would be a massacre to bomb idlib, but russia backs the syrian government wholeheartedly — and here's what its foreign minister had to say. translation: the syrian army is on its soil and fighting for independence against terrorists with full accordance with you in relation to number 2254. we provide

assistance to the searing army in that. sebastian usher is the bbc middle east editor. i asked him what the human cost of a major offensive on idlib could be. is around 2 million people now in idlib, northwest area. is around 2 million people now in idlib, northwestarea. if is around 2 million people now in idlib, northwest area. if the last major stronghold of any rebel groups. and people in the hundreds of thousands will be going over the past two years as the syrian government has been winning battles in aleppo, near damascus in the south, each time the deal being that people with families and their fighters can go to idlib, is a problem that has been waiting to become a major headache all this time. we have seen last week some more intense bombing, some more intense attacks from the searing government and still there's a sense that not all of our offences are on the cards. diplomatic way out between russia and turkey, the two

of the forces there may possibly achieve something. it's a big challenge for the searing government forces, the things they have done in the past year or so have not been anything on the scale as taking idlib. if we look to the medium-term now, it does seem, well, the president is determined and with russia behind him it does not seem as if the opposition really have much hope. they really lost the war when they lost eastern aleppo, that's more than a year and a half ago. the chance of actually winning ago. the chance of actually winning a real victory finished and even before that when the russians came in with their military might. we have seen in the past year or so is the searing government taking more and more places, but what he has not taken is the northeast where the us backed kurds remain. but there may be something afoot there as well.

there's been kurdish delegations coming to damascus for the second time this week. again, some kind of deal could be agreed which would allow the us to leave as president trump said he wants to. at the moment that the very sizeable part of syria held by a forest outside the control of the president. he's not going to be a will to return to the status quo that existed before internationally and in terms of his reputation and the terms of the people in syria. that is the big move to bring back the people that have left but these millions will feel persuaded to come back to syria. the turkish president has imposed a boycott of us electronic goods after washington doubled tariffs on steel and aluminium last week. tu rkey‘s currency lost nearly a fifth of its value after the announcement, but the country's finance minster today said... in the coming period. let's get

more on this with agat demarais, principal economist at the economist intelligence unit the giverjoining us here on outside source. how the market than reacting? the markets have been reacting? the markets have been reacting a lot today. there's been two channels, but the first one for emerging markets of course there's been a quality of markets which are seen as been a quality of markets which are seen as much safer and to the other has been for companies, western companies especially that are exposed to turkey and this has been the case for european banks for instance. some of them suggest paying and are quite exposed to turkey and could suffer losses. do you think that the central bank will change its mind and raise interest rates given how much we know the

president hates that prospect? yes, he hates that process, his cold interest rates. this is not what we are saying but it's what would be needed for credibility. this is what the investors would look for, but it's not what we are saying so far. so what do you think is the riskier to the turkish economy, two turkish businesses? the riskier it is not to have in our view a full blown economic crisis, but to have a short slowdown of economic growth. this will be especially the case that we have corporate defaults under debt. it meets the local currency value of that repayment has really gone up. it's that that will be quite significant. they will have a lot of difficulties to repay their debts and invisible will feed him for the turkish banking sector and we will

certainly have a short slowdown. however, in our view we should have a contingent there. they're quite country specific. if the us or president trump is actively damaging the turkish economy which outsiders might help to pick up the pieces? the thing i would be needed to pick up the thing i would be needed to pick up the pieces would be to restore the credibility of the central bank and then to have fiscal policy. this is the domestic side and then with the us perspective of course better relations with the us which is a traditional there. we have seen a lot of stuff there about the turkish decision to buy a defence missiles from russia. this has been quite difficult as relationship to manage but certainly an improvement is

needed to help with the turkish economy. thank you so much for joining us here. two billion dollars— that's how much the co—founders of tinder are seeking from the current owners of the company in a lawsuit filed today. the legal case alleges that tinder‘s parent company sought to deprive the original co—founders of share options by limiting the business‘ valuation to just three billion dollars, despite its ongoing success. let's get more on this with our north america technology correspondent dave lee. dave, this is quite a kerfuffle over tinder. yes, it really has it all comes down to basically how much money the people who created tinder, ten employees that were instrumental in making the app are able to get by selling stock in the company now that has been acquired by the mass group. the alleged that the match

group. the alleged that the match group purposely devalued the value of tinder when it came to those employees selling their stock, and they said because of this the money they said because of this the money they received was much, much lower thanit they received was much, much lower than it should have been given how tinder was taking the dating world by storm at that time. the reason the evidence they say for this is that the match group said they would make for $150 million more in revenue this year when in fact looks like it's going take in more than $800 million in revenue therefore the plaintiffs say that means they have been done a few dollars from that the company may say the lawsuit isa that the company may say the lawsuit is a meritless. thank you for the latest on that story, we have plenty more to come here on outside source. do stay with us. it's holiday season, and one of the

uk's popular long—haul holiday destinations is of course the caribbean command system of the year we give very close eye on the tropics. and hurricanes. at the moment it is fairly quiet, no storms brewing on the horizon, so if you are heading to the kerevi and it looks fine. the reasons we have not seen looks fine. the reasons we have not seen too many storms is because the ocean water here is a little cooler than average, so perhaps a little bit less energy from the storms and also a lot of saharan dust blowing in the airwhich also a lot of saharan dust blowing in the air which can inhibit the formation of storms. we have the forecast for the hurricane season and would of for me national oceanic atmospheric administration and here's the met office. the number of hurricanes predicted four to seven and the number of the met office around six. that's around average, possibly slightly below average according to the americans. we have

not seen too much in the way of storm activity so far, that's an indication that perhaps comes september and later in the year, later in the summer that's what we will start to see some of those storms develop across this part of the world but for the time being it's quiet. let's change the scene, these are seen to the northeast of these are seen to the northeast of the united states and from new jersey where they have had a lot of rainfall in the last few days. ignore these of the us hasn't played by rootless ra i nstorms ignore these of the us hasn't played by rootless rainstorms and that's why click to continue for a little while. because this area of cloud circling across as part of the world and its introduced a lot of very warm weather and heat which has been searching the direction of the northeast, so across this part of the world looks like the temperatures will be on the rise in new york city for example up to 32 celsius and we have plenty of sunshine as well. the weather is improving across the part of the world. how about closer to home for any european destinations? the weather cooling off here in the uk, but as far as much as europe is

concerned is very much feels like summer. a lot of sunshine around and temperatures will be on the rise across some european destinations, paris and in germany temperatures are back up to in excess of 30 degrees. let's been around the world and have a look at the asia pacific. we have various tropical weather system spinning around and this is a tropical storm heading towards japan and the will make landfall for wednesday evening. it's likely turn very wet and windy over the next 24 hours or so. if you have full forecast for the weather week ahead it's coming up in half an hour. goodbye. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. -- i'm —— i'm philippa thomas and this is

outside source. at least 35 people are killed when a motorway bridge collapses in the italian city of genoa. the deputy prime minister speaks out: i've crossed that bridge hundreds of times, but now as an italian citizen, i'll do everything i can to get the names and surnames of those responsible, past and present, because it's unacceptable that people can die this way in italy. she was a senior white house aide — now president trump has called her a "dog" and his campaign is suing her. we'll have more from washington. a car crashes outside the houses of parliament in london, injuring bystanders —— police are treating it as a terrorist incident. and in pennsylvania — a grand jury report says historic child abuse allegations against more than 300 catholic priests are credible. its says there might be over 1,000 victims. it's the 11th day in the trial of paul manafort —

the man on the left here. he was donald trump's former campaign chairman and he's accused of avoiding taxes on at least $16 million of income. well yesterday the prosecution rested and mr manafort‘s defence team asked the judge to throw the case out. but that was all they did — choosing not to present a defence case or to call any witnesses. i spoke to the bbc‘s chris buckler in washington to find out why. their argument is they do not believe that the prosecution had met sufficient proof in terms of what they're presenting sufficient proof in terms of what they‘ re presenting —— sufficient proof in terms of what they're presenting —— they have presented so far. as you had mentioned we have had two weeks of this trial and during that there have been a number of things mentioned in the number of evidence given by their star witness who is a former business associate of paul ma nafort former business associate of paul manafort who claims that he committed crimes alongside his former boss. and there have also

been evidence given from book—keepers among other people, as far as the defence are concerned they believe that at this stage group has not been met as far as the trial is concerned and they have decided to take the unusual step of simply resting their case and that means thejury simply resting their case and that means the jury is likely to your final -- means the jury is likely to your final —— final arguments tomorrow. stay with us, i want to bring to our viewers another story concerning this woman, camarasa manacled newman, she was working as an advisor to donald trump before being fired last year to help publicise her tell—all book unhinged, and insider's account of the white house she's released what she says are tapes of conversations with the us president and his chief of staff. donald trump is not taking this too well. this is what he tweeted. let's go back to chris on this. the language is astonishing, but also there is now potentially legal

action involved. yes, it seems like the trump campaign had omarosa signed a confidentiality agreement backin signed a confidentiality agreement back in 2016, so what they are doing is saying that they want to take her into arbitration. basically that it's a way of trying to solve this without a going to court but a way of trying to try to get them around the table and have a conversation. i have to say it might be a premier way than going to court but it doesn't seem at all friendly whenever you look at the words that the president is using and she is using back frankly at him. she's a character in many ways, she first met donald trump on the reality television show the apprentice, where she was eventually fired after being seen as something of a doggy dog candidate, perhaps someone who liked giving in the background a little bit, so maybe a bit of a shock donald trump has been so surprised to see that she has been scheming a little bit in the background of this particular book. her tell—all expose of the white

houseis her tell—all expose of the white house is now out and it has to be said when you call it unhinged is full of allegations which in some people say stretch credibility and a lot of people asking questions about her as well as the president. donald trump seems to value loyalty above all, and i think you can tell from the language in his tweets, notjust that one, he's pretty riled up right now. he is furious, and you get a real sense of that because omarosa was someone real sense of that because omarosa was someone he really gave a platform to. he was somebody... she was somebody that he frankly found on reality television and took onto another celebrity apprentice programme and then brought into the white house. very much she was his hiring and firing her you got a sense that really he was angry at the way she behaved in that role but now this is seen as nothing less than a betrayal. next, venezuela. its fuel prices are massively subsidised. or they were. now the president facing a tanking economy has said its time for these prices to rise. this is nicolas maduro making

the announcement on state tv — he said the move was to stop smugglers cheating the country out of billions of dollars. i want to explain to you why this might be. the price of a litre of petrol in venezuela currently stands at 1 bolivar. on the black market, venezuelans pay more than 4 million bolivares for one us dollar. so for the equivalent of a single us dollar, venezuelans can fill the tank of a medium—sized car about 720 times. as you can imagine, smuggling the subsidised fuel from venezuela into neighbouring countries, where prices are much higher, is big business. according to government figures, venezuela loses $18bn to fuel smuggling annually. and this is what this new policy is trying to combat.

the bbc‘s katy watson is in sao paulo. how are venezuelans reacting? people i have spoken to in venezuela are waiting and seeing. a lot of people said this seems like another crazy idea and others saying this is a long time coming because at the end of the day petrol is practically given away, the only thing most people can still afford in venezuela. the big controversy is the fact that he has said that those who sign up to the so—called fatherland id card will be able to get subsidized fuel, those who don't would have to pay international prices, and that is where the problem lies because this id card if you like has been very criticised by opposition who say that it's just a way of keeping tabs on people and on

subsidies. the government says it's a way of streamlining welfare benefits, but the opposition say they won't sign up to these cards and save those —— so those are the people the critics of the government who might see themselves having to pay much higher prices for fuel. at the moment it is a kind of watching and waiting, people not really understanding when these subsidies would and, exactly what it might be. i still can't quite get my lin had around just how cheap gas is. —— get my head around. if you go fill up a car in venezuela do you have to pinch yourself every time you get bill? none of us can understand. every time i go i always take a picture of how much a cost and it is something silly like .00001 picture of how much a cost and it is something silly like .0000 1 cent. i ta ke something silly like .0000 1 cent. i take a picture and also handing over money and there is no note even small enough to pay for you end up paying five or ten times the actual price at the pump because hyper inflation, not any nose to pay for it. it is the one thing venezuelans

don't complain about, the price of gas and most people don't think... it is seen as a right if you like, is an oil—rich country and there's lots of oil around but there is a feeling that this is where the government could certainly get some reve nu es government could certainly get some revenues and they certainly need it at the present time. that he's thinking of tampering with this as you say write almost is a mark of the desperation felt about the state of the economy. absolutely. petrol prices have been very sensitive in the past, in the late 80s the president did put up the prices and that caused riots in the country. that is something that it has never been a popular move, but this is a very different time for venezuela. when petrol is free but buying a crate of eggs is more than a monthly minimum salary you know that the economy needs addressing, drastically. so, it is a mark of the desperation of the government and

how they can try and improve revenues. the fact is oil production is also grinding to a halt, it's a really difficult time for this when it passed venezuelan economy so a nyway it passed venezuelan economy so anyway it could boost its revenues is seen as a welcome move. how it will play out and how it will play out with both opposition and supporters of the government remains to be seen. good to talk to you. thank you. let's go to afghanistan now where violent clashes continue. in the north of the country the taliban captured an army base after two days of fighting. taliban fighters overran chenayeeha army base, in ghormach district, reportedly killing at least 17 soldiers with dozens feared captured. these pictures show clashes between government forces and insurgents in ghazni today. government security forces are struggling to push insurgents from eastern ghazni — five days after the initial attack. and the humanitarian situation there remains bleak, with the un warning that food

supplies are running low, and electricity and water supplies have been cut. here 5 the bbc s asadullahjalalzai who fled from ghazni to kabul. i saw dozens of dead bodies lying on top of each other in hospital, and people were desperately searching for their relatives amongst the dead and wounded. from time to time you could hear a loud cry in the air and you knew they had identified a relative among the dead. there was not much food there. if you managed to find a piece of bread, you would have to pay 5—6 times more to buy it. there was no water and electricity, and hundreds of shops had burned down and their owners lost everything. shoaib sharifi is in kabulfor the bbc. he's been following the latest developments.

security forces say they have cleared the inner city from the caliban and this has somehow broke in the blockade in the city, creating an escape route from one direction to families stranded to leave the city and also for the aid convoys to reach 270,000 people that have had no water or electricity and emergency medical supplies in the past five days. the red cross society says their aid convoys led bya society says their aid convoys led by a lorry of 200 coffins as well as food and nonfood items reached the city. this indicates how much devastation as well as casualties this city must have suffered in the past five days of severe fighting between the caliban and security

forces. stay with us on outside source — still to come... independence activist andy chan addresseses foreign journalists in hong kong — that's despite huge pressure from beijing on the event's organisers to cancel. the struggling diy retailer homebase is to close a further 42 stores —— putting about 1,500 jobs at risk. the company was bought for £1 in may. emma simpson reports. homebase has already been shutting stores. this one in west london is about to go and 42 more are set to follow. it's a shame, it really is. i mean, because there's nothing. where can we go here in walking distance to get some plants and things like this? there's nowhere. i'm sort of ambivalent about it in a way but, obviously, there's a loss ofjobs that kind of thing, then it's very tricky for people. there's no doubt retailers are having a tough time

but, here's the thing. homebase was a profitable business until it was bought two years ago by one of australia's biggest companies. they thought they could teach the brits a thing or two about diy but they made a real hash of it. we've got carpet and we've even got rugs. in australia, the bunnings diy chain is a big success but, in the uk, its product mix didn't work and the losses quickly mounted. lowest prices are just the beginning. homebase was then sold for £1 in may to the turnaround company, hilco. it said many of the 42 stores were losing money and decisive action was needed. it's going to be really tough homebase to win customers back. the housing market is stagnant and consumers are prioritising essential spend. they're are also facing rising competition at the value end of the market, players like b&m and home bargains who are doing a great deal more in bargains and homewares.

we've already lost some of the biggest names on the high street this year — others are slimming down. homebase is just the latest. its plans need approval from its landlords. the chain says, it's long—term future depends on it. emma simpson, bbc news. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is alarge section of a motorway bridge has collapsed in the northwestern italian city of genoa. around 30 people have died (pres) other stories from around the bbc at this hour. a boy whose remains were found in a remote desert compound in new mexico died during a "ritual ceremony" — that's accoridng to us prosecutors. his remains were discovered after police rescued 11 malnourished children who were being held at the site. five adults have been arrested on charges of abusing the children. india's patent office has rejected

a plea by a canadian company to patent a vibrator because sex toys violate "public order and morality". invoking india's obscenity law, the patent office said the law "has never engaged positively with the notion of sexual pleasure." we ta ke we take you now to hong kong. we wa nt to we take you now to hong kong. we want to show you this man. this is andy chan. he's the leader of a party advocating hong kong's independence from china — and today he delievered a speech at the city's foreign correspondents club. that might have gone under the radar but has in fact drawn global attention, because of attempts by both beijing and authorities within hong kong to stop it. the city's former leader cy leung — here on the left — wrote a letter urging the club to revoke its invitation to andy chan and, in what seems a veiled threat, he reminded the club that it pays just a "token rent" for its building. he also likened the invitation

to giving "criminals and terrorists" a platform. the current chief executive of hong kong carrie lam also urged the club to reconsider calling the decision " regrettable and inappropriate". still, despite this, the club the fcc says it values free speech and the talk went ahead. so this is some of what mr chan had to say: the hong kong national party, it all started in 2016 when my friends and i founded what was truly the first political party that had hong kong independence clearly stated as one of its central goals. due to the nature of how the chinese public machine works, the national party was instantly demonized as some sort of extremely —— extremist group due to the single word independence. the situation is so dire that dare i say, hong kong has never experienced such a horrible

colonialism since 1997. they are now our colonial masters. a group of protesters supporting democracy and freedom of speech gathered nearby. including a man with a yellow umbrella — a clear reference to the so—called umbrella movement of 2014 when young protesters occupied hong kong's commercial district. there were also protests by pro—beijing demonstrators outside the foreign correspondents club. they were angry at andy chan's speech advocating independence. some want the government to take back the club 5 premises. the bbc‘s martin yip was there. these protesters have been chanting slogans all morning demanding for zero tolerance to what is the idea of hong kong independence, and there is also demand for those who support the idea to be expelled from hong kong. they also demand that the hong kong government should terminate the lease for the fcc

from using this historic building which is a government property. andy chan has been demanded by the government to submit his defence as to considering whether to terminate his national party on national security grounds. this would be quite unprecedented if that happens since 1997. and in his speech he described china as an empire that is threatening world freedom and hong kong is moving towards dictatorship. with me is the bbc‘s laura westbrook, a former hong kong reporter, who covered those elections for us in 2016. we were saying before the programme, so we were saying before the programme, so much we were saying before the programme, so much pressure we were saying before the programme, so much pressure to stop 1's speech. given this with a speech by a leader of quite a small political party, this probably would have flown under the radar if it hadn't been for the reaction which he started out in

your intro there where he had this veiled threat almost in the open letter saying that the fcc pays a token rent. it actually pays and 70,000 us dollars per month, and then you had the ministry of foreign affairs in hong kong which also put out a statement which is also quite unusual, saying they did not consider this to be freedom of speech. they liken him speaking to have an nazi speak in germany, terrorist speak in the united states, so they were putting a lot of pressure on the foreign correspondents cloud. as the talk went ahead and they responded by saying that hong kong has these freedoms of freedom of speech, which are enshrined in their constitution, and that they were going to let him speak. they have let supporters of the communist party speak, they have let supporters and advocates of brexit speak, so for them it was very much an issue of freedom of speech and they would let this go

ahead. let's get the context because his party is not that well supported in hong kong. yes, let's be clear, people who support independence in hong kong are not the majority. he is the leader of a very small political party. they have dozens of supporters. there really is not a lot of support for independent in hong kong, and he comes from this french political party. but what his breast —— what has pressed them into the spotlight is that hong kong, the authorities are considering banning his party, and if they do that i would be the first time they been a political party since 1997, and the reason why they're doing that is under this law which is from the colonial era, and it is under national security. so they very much see this as being a threat to national security. if we put that in context there is a fear expressed by many whether it be lawyers or book—sellers, activists in hong kong

that china is gradually tightening its grip and changing what hong kong used to be like. yes, when i was in hong kong during the elections what was so hong kong during the elections what was so surprising and unprecedented was so surprising and unprecedented was you saw the young pro—democracy activist who then got elected into parliament but for the first time you saw parties and leaders advocating for independence from china, and that really was never happened before. that's only come about in the last few years, and in 2014 we saw the umbrella movement, and this independence movement really ca m e and this independence movement really came out of that movement. since the 2016 or you have these independence parties and independent candidates, hong kong has started cracking down and banning them from even being candidates to run for office. so andy chan would say with the threat to ban, and with hong kong not allowing these pro—independence activists to become

candidates that this is this erosion of freedoms happening in hong kong and for him that it's a real worry. that is the story that we will continue to cover. thank you very much. finally on outside source tonight — a report from burkina faso. it's about how a mass radio campaign on health saved thousands of lives. the bbc‘s health correspondent, smitha mundasad has more. in her village in rural burkina faso, she's known as the child of the radio. that is because her dad says the radio saved her life. when she was just says the radio saved her life. when she wasjust one says the radio saved her life. when she was just one she developed a high fever and became very unwell. she was just one she developed a high fever and became very unwelllj enfolded high fever and became very unwell.” enfolded traditional healers and spent most of my money on traditional remedies and medicine i bought at the market —— consulted traditional healers. but nothing worked and on the sixth day she fell into a coma. then her father heard a

radio campaign warning parents to watch out for signs of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea, three of the biggest killers of young children in the country. the campaign was part of a huge experiment broadcast on seven local radio stations for three years. experiment broadcast on seven local radio stations for three yearsm you're the minister of health of a typical african country and you have 30- $40 per head of population to spend on health you are literally deciding who lives and dies. so anything you spend your money on has to be proven and this has not been prove n to be proven and this has not been proven until now. it had simply never been proven that mass media can change behaviours let alone save lives. the number of children like marietta who were seen for malaria rose by 56% in the first year. the consultations with diarrhoea and pneumonia increased also. it was not just one—way messages, parents had the chance to call into interactive shows, sharing questions and concerns. they have also worked with local people in developing scripts and dramas and stories that are

really engaging and get people's emotions going and make it much more likely people will behave based on listening as opposed to just thinking it is information given to them from some expert. this campaign may have worked well in a rural area where almost everyone listens to their local radio station, the question is would it do as well in parts of the world where tv stations and the internet all compete for people's attention? media messages can only do so much. good health ca re can only do so much. good health care is crucial, but while children still die from avoidable illnesses, hearing the right information may help save lives. thank you very much for being with us on outside source tonight. hello there. whether fortunes looking quite mixed over the coming

days. very different weather in different parts of the country. that would certainly the case on tuesday, the best of the sunshine found towards the south coast of england. many other areas a lot of cloud, the thickest of that across the north and west and very similar day in prospect on wednesday. a lot of cloud across western and northern parts of the uk without specs as outbreaks of rain particularly for scotla nd outbreaks of rain particularly for scotland and northern ireland whereas further south and east we see breaks in the cloud, some sunny spells and temperatures once again up spells and temperatures once again up into the middle 20s. a little cooler across the northwestern areas. so, to sum things up through the week ahead the winners of the weather will be across those northwestern areas, the warnings will tend to be across southeastern areas because of the jet stream which will steer most of the weather systems across northern parts of the uk. however, from time to time the jet stream will dip southwards and whenever that happens it will allow low pressure a little bit further south, bringing rain even to

southern and eastern parts of the country. that is exactly what we are expecting to happen on thursday and along with this dip in the jet strea m along with this dip in the jet stream we will see cooler, pressure air spreading across —— across all parts. even in the southeast a dose of rain on thursday morning, behind that brighter skies, spell the sunshine, a scattering of heavy thundery showers into western scotla nd thundery showers into western scotland and northern ireland but those temperature is well down. 16-20d. those temperature is well down. 16—20d. those dips in the debt —— state strea m 16—20d. those dips in the debt —— state stream will be bring lower pressure and ratings to the south but where it bends its way back northwards again that will allow higher pressure to build its way backin higher pressure to build its way back in and that is going to be the way of things across the south on friday we're back to that mainly dry theme across southern and eastern parts of the country with some sunny spells at times, but another weather system moving into the northwest. more rain for northern ireland, scotland, northwest england had a strong wind as well with wind gusts of 40-50 strong wind as well with wind gusts of 40—50 mph in the far northwest. with the dry weather in the south

east there comes a return of some warmth. back up to 23 degrees. as we head into the first part of the weekend high pressure will still try to hold onto the south, those frontal systems mainly being steered we suspect across central and northern parts of the uk. on saturday a bit of uncertainty about this but it looks like we will see extra cloud and rain evenjulian to northern ireland. elsewhere particularly for the dutch brothers out dry weather, sunny spells and work as well. that rain during saturday night and sunday is likely to tra nsfer saturday night and sunday is likely to transfer across saturday night and sunday is likely to tra nsfer across scotla nd saturday night and sunday is likely to transfer across scotland and northern england whereas downs toward the south again not much rain in prospect, spells of sunshine through sunday and temperatures back up through sunday and temperatures back up into the middle 20s but always cooler and pressure towards the northwest. the pattern looks set to continue, for the most part as we go into next week. thejet continue, for the most part as we go into next week. the jet streams during weather systems across northern parts of the uk and occasionally bending its way south to bring rain into southern parts, but remember when we see the jet strea m

but remember when we see the jet stream bending its way northward again that allows high pressure to build and there is just a chance around the middle part of next week, the jet stream might get far enough north to allow high pressure to build in across all parts of the country. for the most part next week still looks wettest in the northwest and warmest in the southeast, but there may be a spell of drier weather were all abuzz at least for a time. —— for all of us, at least for a time. dozens of people are feared dead, after a huge section of a motorway bridge collapses in italy during a rain storm. police say at least 26 people are dead in genoa, and others are badly injured, after vehicles plummeted 150 feet to the ground. this is the moment the bridge collapsed — horrified onlookers cry out as one of the central supporting towers came crashing down. the span of this viaduct‘s collapse is enormous. it includes a riverbed, railway tracks and then buildings. standing here, that gap must be well over 200 metres.

rescuers are still searching for survivors amid reports that cries can be heard from people trapped in the rubble. we'll have the latest from genoa. also tonight... anti—terrorism police are questioning a 29—year—old man suspected of deliberately crashing a car outside the houses of parliament this morning. the car hit several cyclists and pedestrians before