this is bbc news i'm ben brown. the headlines at 8: the government takes over the running of birmingham prison from the private firm gas after inspectors warn that it had slipped into a "state of crisis". it's not out of control yet. but it's not far from it's not out of control yet. but it's not farfrom it it's not out of control yet. but it's not far from it and the physical conditions there were among the worst we have ever seen. the british woman who survived ten hours in the sea after falling from a cruise ship, is due to be released from hospital in croatia this evening. a man appears in court charged with attempted murder after a car crashed outside the houses of parliament. as the venezuelan government brings in a plan to curb hyperinflation — we'll be finding out how the currency devaluation is affecting everyday life. also coming up — a flying start for a baby boy born on a coastguard helicopter. his mother went into labour while visiting the isles of scilly and gave birth while being airlifted to a hospital in cornwall.

and we hear from the actor idris elba as he makes his debut as a director in yardie — a film set injamaica and london in the ‘70s and ‘80s. we did an opencast ing for extras and 2,000 people showed up! birmingham prison is being taken over by the government from the private firm gas, after inspectors said it had fallen into a "state of crisis". the chief inspector of prisons said it was the worst prison he'd ever been to — conditions were filthy, and some inmates were scared to leave their cells. he accused the ministry

ofjustice of being "asleep at the wheel", saying it should have intervened earlier. 0ur midlands correspondent sima kotecha sent this report from birmingham. it's one of the country's largest jails, but today hmp birmingham has been branded as the most violent prison in england and wales. parts of the prison are squalid, its cockroach infested, it's rat infested, it's disgusting. a former inmate released injune said it was perilous. we've protected his identity because he's concerned about his safety. i've seen people thrown out of the balconies onto the netting. i have seen people just beaten up in front of staff, just whacked. 0rganised fights. that happens a lot, organised fights where one guy has got a beef with another guy, and they will organise a fight in the laundry room, in the shower room, on the landing, and the staff turn a blind eye.

the chief inspector of prisons says somebody must have been asleep at the wheel for it to get this bad. in a report, he says blatant drug use was not being tackled. staff and inmates were often fearful and parts of the jail were filthy, with the vermin, blood and vomit on the floor. the prevalence of drugs, the levels of violence, the lack of order, discipline and control within the prison has led to a state of affairs where it is verging on being out of control. it's not out of control yet, but it is not far from it, and the physical conditions there were amongst the worst we have ever seen. the government says the situation is appalling and they are now taking it over on a temporary basis. i'm afraid, in this case, this is a fundamental failure of leadership and management. we'd hoped that gas bringing in a new experienced governor would make a difference. it didn't, which is why we have had to make the difficult decision to step in ourselves.

already a decision has been made to reduce the number of inmates by 300 and increase the number of prison officers. gas has been in charge here since 2011, but today's disturbing report is bound to raise some questions about its role in running prisons. the company has welcomed the findings and says it is an opportunity to urgently address some of the problems. a recent video filmed by inmates inside the prison smoking what looks like cannabis. downing street says it has confidence in gas‘s leadership and that the company runs prisons effectively. but some former staff disagree. you didn't really have any control over prisoners. the prisoners were controlling you. the prisoners were running the jail. now the onus is on the government and the new governor in charge,

who has a month to come up with a plan to turn things around. sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. we can speak now to andrea albutt, president of the prison governors association — who has been a governor at a number of male and female prisons. she joins me via webcam from rickmansworth. thank you for being with us. what's gone wrong at birmingham prison? well i think what we are hearing at birmingham we have heard in a number of prisons recently. so this this isn't a public versus private issue. it is about resourcing prisons. there have been government austerity measures and they have resulted in inadequate staffing levels and it's allowed things like drugs to enter oui’ allowed things like drugs to enter our prisons, the staff/prisoner relationships that we know make our prisons safe, they have been

compromised and birmingham isjust one more prison in a long line of prisons with these issues. the fact that it has been run by gas, that is irrelevant? our view is it is irrelevant, the issues we're seeing at birmingham we have seen at liverpool, nottingham and wormwood scrubs. the far end indeed, because the chief inspector or prisons said it is the worst prison he has set foot in, and he has seen quite a few pretty bad prisons in this country. what we need to remember is in 2016, birmingham had the worst riot that we had seen in decades. for a prison to come back from that when they have chronic staffing levels, they have chronic staffing levels, they have a challenging prisoner population, an overcrowded prison, to come back from that is a tall ask

when you have staffing issues, you have got people who have got very little experience in the prison setting. they struggle to retain staff. and what we have seen today is basically evidence that they have really haddish had issue is. how would you turn birmingham prison around? to think that in six months hmpps can make a significant difference, i think that is a tall ask. the issues are complex. you need to look at the staffing, you need to look at the staffing, you need to look at the staffing, you need to have prison fit for purpose. it needs to be maintained. with suitable accommodation. the type of prisons they have, the short tomorrow convicted prisoner, you need to have the help there to deal

with these issues and to have technology and so that things like drugs, it is more difficult for drugs, it is more difficult for drugs to come into prison. while you mention drugs, spice is said to be a particular problem, this drug, which has been called a game—changer in all of britain's prisoners, because it is changing the mood of prisoners, just tell us how big a factor you think that is. yes, psychoactive su bsta nces factor you think that is. yes, psychoactive substances as they are 110w psychoactive substances as they are now known, have a massive issue. they drive debt and violence and they kill people. we have this in oui’ they kill people. we have this in our prisons. this why we need technology to prevent drugs coming into prisons. but we have to work on the demand and we have to stop the supply getting into prisons, but we have to deal with prisoners who want to ta ke have to deal with prisoners who want to take these drugs. so we have to stop the demands and have substance misuse services that are responsive and can react to the demand. thank

you. the woman who fell into the sea from a cruise ship and survived in the water for 10 hours has left hospital. kay longstaff was pulled from the adriatic sea yesterday morning after apparently falling from the cruise liner on saturday night. she said she was very lucky to be alive. from pula, guy delaunay sent this report. kay longstaff returned safely to dry land on a different sort of ship. the croatian coastguard rescued her from the adriatic after she spent a whole night treading water. i fell off the back of the norwegian star, and i was in the water for ten hours, so these wonderful guys rescued me. this is the moment she was pulled from the sea on sunday morning. her rescuers said she was tired and a bit sunburnt, but remarkably well, considering her ordeal.

kay spent the night here at pula general hospital. she was discharged this afternoon without making any further public statements, but her doctors say that her adriatic adventure doesn't appear to have done her any permanent physical harm. she is in good condition, probably because she is a young and healthy person. and nothing happened to her after ten hours in the croatian sea. kay was on board the norwegian star, filmed here on an earlier cruise. it is thought she was on the seventh deck, close to the back, when she fell. the ship had left the port of dubrovnik and was heading north. that roughly 60 miles out from the coast of croatia, kay longstaff went overboard. the ship made several turns to try to find her. only later did it go on to its final cruise stop of venice. everyone is still asking how kay could have survived

that long treading water. perhaps her previous experience as airline cabin crew may have helped, or her apparent dedication to yoga. the major factors in survival in this case are going to be in the warm water, which is about the same temperature as a swimming pool, the fact that it was calm, so it was not a great requirement to work hard to keep her airway clear of the water. that she was female, which helped her float, because females have more body fat than males. whatever happened, it seems like an incredibly lucky escape against the kind of odds which would have broken the bank at a cruise ship casino. guy de launey, bbc news, pula. a man accused of attempting to murder members of the public and police officers in an attack outside the houses of parliament last week has appeared in court. salih khater, who's 29 and from birmingham, is accused of driving a car that crashed into cyclists and pedestrians, before hitting a security barrier. he was remanded in custody by westminster magistrates until the end of the month. our home affairs correspondent

daniel sandford was in court. it was last tuesday at 7:37 in the morning that a ford fiesta ploughed through a group of cyclists on the edge of parliament square. without stopping, it drove up the access road to the house of lords car park and smashed into the security barrier. because of the location and the use of a vehicle, counterterrorism officers led the investigation. salih khater, the driver of the car, has now been charged with attempting to murder cyclists at the junction of parliament square and with attempting to murder the police officers who leapt out of the vehicle's path. this morning, he was brought to court for his first appearance in the dock. salih khater wore a grey t—shirt and white trousers and confirmed his name and his address in birmingham. asked what nationality he was, he said sudanese and then quickly corrected that to british. a refugee from sudan, he only got his british citizenship six weeks ago. born in darfur in sudan, he came to britain in 2010,

after travelling for two years through africa and europe. he continued his education here while also working as a security guard. this morning's hearing lasted less than six minutes. the chief magistrate, emma arbuthnot, told salih khater he would remain in custody until his next appearance in court at the old bailey in 11 days' time. daniel sandford, bbc news, at westminster magistrates' court. a mother and daughter remain in a critical condition after being attacked by a hammer in south—east london. 27—year—old joe zuereb, who did not know the women, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder last night. the women, aged 6a and 30, are being treated at hospital. rescue efforts are being stepped up in the indian state of kerala, which has been hit by floods. an alert of severe and hazardous weather has been lifted, although some areas are still under water.

india's air force and navy helicopters are airlifting stranded people, and dropping food supplies to those they cannot yet reach. more than a00 people have died in the floods and thousands have been marooned. from cochin — kerala's commercial capital — yogita limaye sent this report. as the water recedes, people want to go back home. but it isn't dryjust yet. praveen and his family left their house in thrissur five days ago. today, he has returned to take a look. but the water level has only gone down a few inches. these low—lying areas, there are many pockets like these where you still find water. it is completely cut off from the mainstream. for us, it is going to take at least a week to kind of get back to complete normalcy. but some don't have a house to go back to. chandra's home has been swept away. he is a tailor and struggles

to make ends meet. "i don't know what to do," he says. more than half a million are in need. and here supplies are coming in that could help. bags of rice, clothes, water — it is all being stocked at this indoor stadium, where it is sorted and re—packed before it's sent off. hundreds of people have volunteered, many of them students. people have just lost everything that they have earned over their entire lives. now this is going into a house, they do not know if it'll stand. or it will crumble on their heads. ijust wanted to do something, do anything at all, rather thanjust sitting at home, watching the news. relief efforts are going on at a frantic pace. this lorry behind me has come in from the neighbouring state of karnata ka, bringing boxes of bottled water. they are taken to the centre, and from here they will be dispatched to areas across kerala.

people are waiting for it to arrive. it will help them get through the next few days. many still don't know what is left of their homes and belongings. yogita limaye, bbc news, kerala. the headlines on bbc news... the government takes over the running of birmingham prison from the private firm gas after inspectors warn that it had slipped into a "state of crisis". the british woman who survived ten hours in the sea after falling from a cruise ship — is due to be released from hospital in croatia this evening. a man appears in court charged with attempted murder after a car crashed outside the houses of parliament. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. good evening

liverpool will look to join the likes of manchester city, chelsea and tottenham by winning their opening two premier league matches, they face crystal palace at selhrst park tonight, who have the unenviable task of trying to keep liverpool's front line quiet. palace also won their opening match against fulham in the early stages. it remains goalless in that one. you can it remains goalless in that one. you ca n follow it remains goalless in that one. you can follow it live, commentary on bbc radio five live and the bbc web—site. loris karius, the liverpool goalkeeper looks set to leave to join besiktas on a two year loan deal. karius suffered concussion in the champions league final, a match which saw him make two costly mistakes as they lost to real madrid. england's under 20 women have been knocked out of the world cup. playing in their first semi—final they were beaten 2—0 byjapan.

they will now contest the third/fouth placed play—off game on friday. gemma collis—mccann reports. england in a world cup semifinal — an increasingly familiar sight. this time the turn of the young lionesses — on the hunt for a place in the under 20 final. and mo marley's side made a good start, chloe kelly denied by the slightest of touches in the opening minutes. but it wasn't long before japan began to make their mark, dancing around england's defence — just unable to find the target. it was riko ueki who broke the deadlock, giving japan the lead. and control. lions traditionally hunt in packs. not these ones though. manchester city's lauren hemp increasingly left to go it alone. japan doubled their lead just five minutes later. riko ueki denied by the woodwork. juan endo wouldn't make the same mistake. england's best chances came in the final five minutes. manchester city's georgia stanway — the tournament's top scorer

going into this match — going closest. tears for england uder—20s as their run to the world cup final is brought to an end byjapan. gemma collis—mccann, bbc news. england must bat out the next two days at trent bridge if they're to avoid defeat to india in the third test at trent bridge. they've been set a target of 521, after india declared on 352 for 7, with captain virat kohli making 103. remember, england lost all ten wickets in a single session yesterday as they were bowled out for 161. they negotiated a tricky evening session having been put in to bat, alistair cook and keaton jennings emerging with their wickets in tact, they will need to dig in again tomorrow. whetherjonny bairstow bats after suffering a fractured finger today, remains to be seen. johanna konta is through to the second round of the conneticut 0pen with a routine win over germany's laura siegemund. the british number one came through 6—2, 7—5 in the first

round of her final tournament before next week's us open. she's the only british woman to have direct entry into the main draw. she'll play spain's carla suarez navarro next. and england international danny cipriani has been given an additional two thousand pound fine by his club side gloucester. it follows an incident outside (00v) a nightclub in jersey. he pleaded guilty in court to assault and resisting arrest with gloucester giving him an additional sanction — as well as ordering him to spend 10 hours coaching local youngsters. the rfu are still to announce the findings of their report into his behaviour. and hollie arnold and harrie jenkins have both won gold for great britain on the opening day of the european pa ra—athletics championships. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. there were chaotic scenes at gatwick airport earlier

as thousands of passengers were forced to read flight details written on white boards, after information screens broke down on one of its busiest days of the year. some passengers missed flights, as staff resorted to writing out gate numbers manually for each departure. vodafone, which provides the service, said the problem was due to a damaged fibre cable. a spokesman for gatwick says the problem has now been resolved, as jon hunt reports. this is how the airport was telling passengers which gate they needed to go to to board their flight today. the digital information screens went blank after a data cable was danned. passengers —— damaged. staff updated the status of flights with marker pens. some had problems checking in. when we arrived the paper machine to

print the boarding pass didn't work. so we wait, we wait, we ask, we were five person, that we will miss our flights. and they... didn't do anything. so we missed ourflight. it seems a lot of kiosks were down and there wasn't enough people to manage everyone who needed tickets. i ended manage everyone who needed tickets. iended up manage everyone who needed tickets. i ended up missing my flight and they told me i nigheded to needed to get on the next one. i'm frustrated, i was looking for a relaxing vacation. the issues affected the first wave of flights from four. 35am. screens at the north and south terminal were affected and around 200 people missed flights. for the departure screens to fail in the early hours of this morning and to jeopardise the first wave of outbound flights is i'm afraid

another technical embarrassment for gatwick airport. i guess the best thing is that only 200 people missed their flight, although they must be very cheesed off. the display screens started working again this afternoon. gatwick has apologised, as has vodaphone who supply the systems. it is something the airport could have done without on its busiest summer ever. now let's take a look at some of the day's other stories. pope francis has taken the unprecedented step of writing an open letter to all roman catholics, saying no effort will be spared to prevent the sexual abuse of children within the church. the pope condemned what he called the ‘atrocities' of hundreds of cases of abuse involving priests in pennsylvania in the united states. millions of people could face long term unemployment,

as artificial intelligence revolutionises the workplace — that's the warning from the chief economist of the bank of england. andy haldane has told the bbc that a major push on learning new skills would be necessary for workers to avoid being overtaken by computer programmes and robots. it's predicted technology could replace millions ofjobs over the next ten years. around two million people have been taking part in the annual hajj pilgrimage in mecca in saudi arabia. the pilgrimage represents the world s largest single gathering. all able—bodied muslims are expected to attend once in their lives — with participants visiting a number of holy sites over several days. today pilgrims visit the holy site of arafat near mecca. the authorities in venezuela are issuing new banknotes, in effect slashing five zeroes from the country's currency to try to stem hyper—inflation. the international monetary fund has warned inflation in venezuela could reach a million percent by the end of the year. thousands of venezuelans have been trying to flee the country and its economic turmoil, prompting other countries to impose strict border controls.

let's speak live to our south america correspondent katy watson who's been following the venezuelan migrant crisis — she's in sao paulo. first of all, let's talk about the currency. how difficult is it for ordinary people in venuzuela to cope with these extraordinary rates of inflation? extraordinarily difficult. the problem is that prices rise, they're doubling every 25 days. inflation as it stands is about 80,000% this year. the fact that five zeros are being slashed from the currency, perhaps it is useful. but long—term, what will it

mean for the economy and for the people in venuzuela? and a lot of people in venuzuela? and a lot of people are concerned that this won't be anything apart from a cosmetic face lift. the concern when these measures were announced was one of the big problems was they were going to increase the minimum wage. pi about 3,500%. people had been left worried about that. there may be an overhaul of the currency, but when it comes to paying salary, how they will get the extra money. will people have a job in the next few weeks. a lot of people will have to lay staff off. there is a lot of uncertainty as the new measures come into play. and we have seen huge numbers of people trying to get out of venuzuela and increasingly neighbouring countries don't want them. they don't want this huge influx of people and a lot of tension on the borders? that's right. at the weekend we saw here in brazil on the board border, there

we re brazil on the board border, there were clashes with venezualans and neighbours and a lot of migrants s went back into the country. the court has denied a request to close the border. for humanitarian grounds, brazil keeps the frontier open. there are concerns about the difficulties and the number of venezualans coming difficulties and the number of venezuala ns coming over the difficulties and the number of venezualans coming over the border. the government has increased the number of troops along the border and will step up the efforts to relocate people coming into other cities. so relocating venezualans so they can move on and find work. bit is causing a lot of friction across brazil and ecuador and peru, who are also clamping down. thank you very much. let's give you an idea

of the current situation around hyperinflation in venezuela. it's worth remembering the country was once among latin america s most prosperous nations, but a recent fall in oil prices accompanied by corruption and mismanagement has left the economy in chaos. so, the country's president is introducing economic reforms including new banknotes. so, for example — a 2kg chicken from a supermarket in the capital, caracas, will cost fourteen—million, six—hundred—thousand boliva rs — that's equivalent to £1.7a. a pack of baby nappies is eight—million bolivars. meanwhile, a toilet roll would cost you two—million, six—hundred—thousand boliva rs. and for a kilo of tomatoes? that'll cost you five—million bolivars. well we can speak now to jimena blanco,

a latin america political analyst. what is the root cause of this absolute economic chaos and hyperinflation? of course, you touched upon the fall in the oil price. that is the venezualan government's number one source of income. that is a huge issue. the other is that the government never adjusted its policy when the oil price fell and continued paying for massive social programmes they couldn't afford and never invested in economic diversification and just kept printing money. the monetary expansion is exponential and that will only continue causing inflation. so economic mismanagement and you know, for ordinary people, life must be be becoming so

difficult and almost crazy as we have seen from those absolutely ridiculous prices. yes and people are turning to battering and other forms of exchange to get goods. a lot of people are leaving the country and politically i think that isa country and politically i think that is a positive for government. because it is leaving a less educated, more dependent population thatis educated, more dependent population that is growing tired of protesting against the government. so the country's losing its more education people, a sort of brain drain? this is probably venuzuela's most dangerous recovery factor. if there isa dangerous recovery factor. if there is a restructuring of economy that, brain drain will be very hard to turn around. and its main industry, oil, is losing its people and other

oil, is losing its people and other oil companies in the region are benefitting. is there any hope of any economic improvement in the near future? well, not in the medium term as the government's recent measures point to more inflation or more unemployment. depending on whether people can keep theirjobs or not, we will have to wait and see whether the administration comes with structural reforms rather than cosmetic ones. and as we mentioned, we seeing chaos on the boarder as people try to get out of venuzuela and others don't want them to come in? yes they're leaving in the hundreds of thousands and the point being ina hundreds of thousands and the point being in a lot of these countries, it is the poorest areas that are receiving them and so their public services are also getting stretched and people are you know afraid of losing their ownjobs and people are you know afraid of losing their own jobs and their access to what are already poor benefits. thank you for coming in to

discuss the situation in venuzuela. thank you. now we will pause and check out the weather for you with ben rich. many of us have had cloudy skies today. quite warm, quite humid as well and we will keep that humid feel tomorrow. i hope the cloud will break up more to give some sunshine. extensive cloud for many areas tonight across england, ireland, wales and southern scotland. in the north of scotland we will see some clear skies and some mist. and a chilly feel. further south, minimum temperatures 16 degrees. tomorrow, a lot of cloud as we start off the day. the cloud should break to give some sunshine and a chance of a shower in eastern and northern england. later some thicker cloud in western scotland bringing rain by tuesday evening. temperatures into

the 20s and up to 27 degrees towards the 20s and up to 27 degrees towards the south—east. but some rain moves south—east during wednesday and thursday. we will all get into some much cooler, fresher air. hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines: the government takes over the running of birmingham prison from the private firm gas after inspectors warn that it had slipped into a "state of crisis". it's not out of control yet, but it's not far from it. and the physical conditions there were amongst the worst we've ever seen. the british woman who survived ten hours in the sea after falling from a cruise ship in croatia says she's "lucky to be alive". a man appears in court charged with attempted murder after a car crashed outside the houses of parliament. rescue efforts are continuing in the flood—hit indian state of kerala, where monsoon rains have eased for now. let's get more now on our main

story, and the government has taken over the running of birmingham prison from the private security firm gas after inspectors found it to be "in a state of crisis". the chief inspector of prisons peter clarke described the privately—run prison as the worst he's even been to. let's discuss this more withjulian le vay. he was a finance director for her majesty's prison service for five years. he's also written a book on competition between private and public sector prisons, and joins me from oxford. thank you for being with us. do you think what is going on and at birmingham is the result of it being in private hands by being run by gas? many say that actually gas to run some prisons that are pretty good. indeed. it runs one of the

very best. i do not think it is the difference between public and private sectors. birmingham was taken over private sectors. birmingham was ta ken over by private sectors. birmingham was taken over by gas in 2007 because of they were not doing a good enough job. very good at research efforts from the institute in cambridge that in the first year it was making market improvement. so initially, it was successful. something seems to have happened in the last few years. last year, 2017, the chief inspector went there and it was struggling. they had just had a massive riot. but he described a team that was determined to revealed, that was determined to revealed, that was determined to revealed, that was determined to make improvements. and he said a lot of positive things about it. somewhere between that

inspection last year and now, the prison seems to have totally lost its way. that is very alarming, is its way. that is very alarming, is it not, for a major prison. the chief inspector said it is not out of control yet but almost out—of—control. the question is is birmingham just out—of—control. the question is is birminghamjustafar out—of—control. the question is is birmingham just a far worse in all the other prisons in this country or is in many ways typical of the other prisons? i am not well-positioned to make thatjudgement, but prisons at the moment, the prison system as a whole, is in serious crisis. and on the last count, nearly half of the prisons in england and wales were rated by the ministry ofjustice has concerning. that is up from 10% or less ten years ago. so we have a lot of prisons, particularly local prisons which are difficult to run at the best of times, in serious trouble. at the moment, it probably

is the worst or one of the worst. but i do not think it is in a category of its own, no. all right, well, good to talk to you. julian le vay, one of the finance directors for the prison service for five yea rs. for the prison service for five years. thank you for your time. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:a0pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are kate andrews from the free market think tank the institute of economic affairs, and henry mance, political correspondent at the financial times. so dojoin me for that. some thought the day would never come. separated since the korean war of 1950—53, today, a group of elderly south koreans met their relatives in north korea. it was inevitably an emotional reunion and probably the last and only time many will see each other. 0ur seoul correspondent laura bicker has the story. it contains some flash photography. after more than 60 years apart,

it can be hard to find words. some just throw themselves in their brothers' arms. others offer a deep bow. "i remember how beautiful you are," says one sister to another, as they try to recognise features not seen in decades. earlier, as she prepared to head north, this 92—year—old couldn't stop thinking about what she would do when she saw her son. he was only four years old when they were separated. translation: i'm hoping to throw my arms around my grown—up son. i think i would like to ask where and how were you, who did you live with? newsreel: more than 80,000 civilians have already left. mrs lee was one of thousands caught in the chaos as refugees tried to head south at the end of the war in 1953.

she lost sight of her husband and son as she was put on a boat. within days, the border was closed. she was trapped in the south, herfamily in the north. when the moment came, it took only one glance for her to break into a run. for now, all thoughts are on these first precious hours together. even though they both know they are also likely to be their last. this woman knows what these families are going through. this frail 83—year—old had her one chance three years ago. over 50,000 are still waiting to see their loved ones. translation: it was so good to meet them. but when i was separated from them, it was worse than not meeting them at all.

my sisters kept saying how hard it was living in north korea. it broke my heart. these are the human faces of the korean conflict. a symbol of an enduring bond between the two nations, but also a reminder of the pain of decades of division with no end in sight. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. after almost ten years of economic hardship, greece has successfully completed a bailout programme in which it received tens of billions of euros to help it fix its economy. it means the country can now borrow again on international markets. the loans given to greece since 2010 amounted to the biggest bailout in global financial history, but were conditional on its government introducing a series of deeply unpopular austerity measures. mark lowen, who covered the crisis

for us, has returned to athens and sent this report. from 2010, greece was gripped by unrest. shouting. revealing its sky—high deficit led to three bailouts totalling over 300 billion euros. as austerity hit, despair turned to rage, running battles consumed central athens. greece was collapsing and risked taking the eurozone with it. archive: a huge bout of tear gas has just come up to this place where i'm broadcasting from... i covered the story as the athens correspondent, and have come back as greece finishes its bailouts. the endless days i spent here among the chaos of the protests seem almost like a distant memory. greece is clearly rebuilding, but the problems are still here. unemployment is at 20%, down from a high of 28%. austerity has pushed one in five below the poverty line. the economy has shrunk by a quarter.

greece may be coming off life support, but it is still far from real recovery. and out of sight for those still suffering, the once comfortable depend on food hand—outs after losing jobs and homes. livelihoods suddenly destroyed in 21st—century europe. translation: i don't see the crisis coming to an end. we are stressed and angry because we don't have jobs. i'm embarrassed that i cannot buy my little grandchildren a present. we just want to live comfortably in our own homes so we can look our children in the eyes. it's the young fuelling a sense of recovery through start—ups, like this online human resources firm. they're drawing back home some of the half a million who left greece in the crisis brain drain. the fact that we don't have any more particular issues of "0k,

are we going to be in the eurozone, are we going to have euros tomorrow?" it's a good indication at least that we feel there is some kind of stability. beneath greece's idyllic surface lies pain that will take longer to heal. but a ray of hope is beginning to flicker here. mark lowen, bbc news, athens. a bbc investigation has found that conservative councillors spent thousands of pounds of public money on a hospitality box at a rugby stadium while their authority was facing a financial crisis. the payments were made by a company owned by northamptonshire county council, but the authority insists all payments were transparent. staurt ratcliffe reports. may 2015, and the b—17 bomber performs a fly—past in northamptonshire. the cost of this flight, nearly £a000, all paid

for by a company owned by the county council. that company, northamptonshire enterprise agency properties, which was set up to promote the county as a business destination. the company also paid £2700 for a heritage dinner and £80,000 was spent at northampton saints, including £20,000 for a hospitality box. 0pposition councillors say at a time when the council knew it was facing severe financial problems, these costs are shocking. i think like most councillors, i thought that anything in the service of the company was going back to the council. i did not really believe it or think that there was money being held back and being spent on all sorts of weird and wonderful projects. but there we are, that is what has happened. and evidence about this spending was also seen by the government inspector, who wrote this year's damning report about the county council. we noted that there had

been an extrernal audit which was critical of nea properties, and that before that report was finalised, the council had closed any nea properties down, so there was no action to take. but the external auditory report speaks for itself. that audit report into the company found no evidence of improper spending or the management mother company, but it did point out that in the absence of various records, only limited assurance could be provided. when the county council was contacted about this story, they told us the organisational impact was minor. they also pointed out the report also found the expenditure and financial transactions were transparent, but they also added, "however, the committee did draw up a number of recommendations and work on addressing those will be done as soon as possible." when it comes to the dire financial situation here, these findings are embarrassing,

but they didn't contribute to the overall problems. but its critics believe they do give an insight into the council's overall attitude towards its finances. the headlines on bbc news: the government takes over the running of birmingham prison from the private firm gas after inspectors warn that it had slipped into a "state of crisis". and the woman who fell into the sea from a cruise ship and survived in the water for 10 hours has left hospital in croatia. a man appears in court charged with attempted murder after a car crashed outside the houses of parliament. an update on the market numbers for you. here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states, this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. a baby has got off to a flying start in life by being born on board a coastguard helicopter.

the boy's mother went into labour while visiting the isles of scilly and was being transported to the mainland to give birth. but the baby had other ideas, as naomi diamond reports. the coastguard helicopter rescue crews here in the uk have to be prepared for anything, 2a hours a day, so when the call came in on saturday night saying they needed to collect an expectant mother from the isles of scilly had gone into labour, they had no idea they would be taking off with seven passengers and landing with eight. after the drama and excitement of the weekend, a chance for search and rescue paramedic eddie griffis and community midwife linda benton to get their breath back and reflect today on a most memorable journey. linda was drafted to assist the crew in a call to a lady on the isles of scilly.

had her lay down here, and she was puffing away on the gas there and she was clearly in a lot of pain, but she was calm. she was amazing, and i kept asking to communicate through the headsets, we cannot just talk because it is deafening in here. so i was just communicating with her and saying and obviously i felt like her contractions were coming a lot quicker, and shejust would poke me and pointed and her waters had gone everywhere. so the baby would be behind and sure enough, there was about three minutes later, the baby was delivered. less than two hours after the emergency call was made and at 1a00 feet somewhere above penzance, baby mcdonald arrived. amazing, just amazing. but every birth is amazing, but this was just a little bit different. yes, it certainly was an unusual shift. so i've been doing search and rescue for about ten years and have been to all sorts of calls, mountains, out to sea,

and i have done up different emergency, so labour type rescues for want of better word. but never delivered over a system with the delivery of a baby in the air. the baby and mum are doing well and the family have thanked everyone involved in his safe delivery. they are now heading home to inverness on what they are hoping will be sorely less eventful journey. naomi diamond, bbc news. he's best known for lead roles in some of hollywood's biggest films and dramas. but now the british actor idris elba has taken on a new challenge — he's directed his first film. yardie, which is out next week, is an adaptation of a novel set injamaica and east london in the 1970s and ‘80s. he's been speaking to our community affairs correspondent adina campbell. yardie is a nostalgic film about a time in my life when i was growing up in the mid—1980s, starts off in the ‘70s injamaica. follows a young man who goes through a traumatic thing at 11 years old and finds him in england, still chasing his demons. why won't you stay? mummy has work, vanessa. she can't stay with me.

i think people expect a massive gangster film and it isn't that. it's a story about trauma management, if you like. and this is your first big production as a director? were you not tempted to play one of the main characters, or were you solely focused on being behind the camera and leading from the back? ijust wanted to put all my energy behind the camera, support the actors and let it not be about me, but my vision and their vision and, you know, share that. i want you to be real, yeah? really real. first—time directors are typically younger than me. but i've had the university of my career, which has been to work with some of the greatest directors. and for your directorial debut, to film back at home, where you grew up in hackney, that must‘ve been quite special. i did an open casting for extras to come and sort of be a part of the film. and, like, 2000 people showed up. i think they called it idris carnival day for that day. idris castival day.

ijust did that. very good! how do you feel that the film industry is going at the moment in terms of bringing in and nurturing new, fresh black talent? i think it's a very healthy time. you and i sitting here right now, you as a presenter, me as a film—maker, it's an amazing thing. that never happened when i was growing up. when we look at england, we should all be proud that we're quite a multicultural society here. and it's starting to be reflected in our stories, in our content and our television shows. still a long way to go, you know, but at the end of the day, there is movement. series five of luther is coming out soon. lots of people excited. are you surprised byjust how popular it is, notjust in the uk but all over the world? yeah, definitely surprised. started off as a six—part series about a warped detective. and has become an iconic character. the luther fan base deserve a really good luther this a really

good luther this year, and i'm hoping i've given them one. i can't let you go without asking about the tweets recently. see you later! i've got to ask you. am i looking at the next 007? no. absolutely not? no, you're not. would it be a role you would love to do? i don't want to talk about it, honestly. idris, thank you so much for your time. thank you, wicked. he says he will not be the next james bond. he's famous for creating dresses that only the boldest stars would dare to wear — women like marilyn monroe, madonna and most famously cher. they've all worn some of the outlandish pieces by the costume designer and nine—time emmy award winner bob mackie and now many of their outfits are up for sale. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito has been to meet him. i'm bob mackie, and i'm a costume designer. and i've dressed some really interesting women, in my life.

they come to me to wear something that, when they walk out on stage, the audience knows they're there for a show. bob mackie, one of the first dresses he helped work on was this showstopper for marilyn munroe. # happy birthday, mr president... but he truly made his name as the master of attention—grabbing style when he teamed up with cher, especially those 0scar outfits. these are dresses that stop traffic, aren't they? well, they stop traffic, and they're like smoke and mirrors. they don't show anything, but you think you're seeing everything. is there anything she's said no to? only if she thought it was boring. is there anything you have designed for her and you thought, "no, you can't wear that to the oscars?" yes, yes, and she made me do it, and then i denied doing it for years. it was her turn back time outfit, that was called the "sailors on the ship". of course, bob's heyday was an era when fashion fame was limited to a tiny number of stars. these days, it's rather more democratic. freddie harrel‘s part of a new era of fashion bloggers and instagram stars,

so we invited her to see what she makes of yesterday's attention—grabbing outfits. wow, fantastic. 0h, turn around, look at her! and you know this dress is cher‘s dress, not tina turner's. i know, i can't believe it. the dress, a cher classic, from her tv show. it's certainly eye—catching, but for freddie, the modern era of online fashion fame isn't so much about standing out, but bringing people together. sharing thisjourney on instagram, on social media, it allowed me to find this community of like—minded people who also are really eager to express themselves, and also find who they are and who they are made of. but for bob, this is a moment of farewell. do you feel sorry to say goodbye to them? no, it's ok. they're all documented,

and it never looks as good as it did on that woman that day she put it on for the first time. indeed, when you've got someone like freddie, that's when a dress becomes a bob mackie. david sillito, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. and good evening. some very humid air has been wafting its way across most of the uk. pretty warm and moist air as well. that gives us a lot of cloud. many of us that had cloudy skies to contend with it today. tomorrow, hoping the cloud will break up a little bit to reveal spells of sunshine but still a warm and humid field. here is a satellite picture early on. extensive cloud across many areas. the best of the brea ks across many areas. the best of the breaks across northern scotland and you will season clear and starry skies and the oddness patch but it will turn cool and fresh. further

south, humid airand will turn cool and fresh. further south, humid air and a live cloud and spots a drizzle here in there. those temperatures in some spots no lower than 16, 17, maybe 18 degrees. keep this feed of warm, humid air from the southwest tomorrow. would that, a lot of cloud of streaming in. from the northwest, a weather front and that will come into play across northern areas later in the day. the most part, quite a bit of the dry weather iraq, the cloud of breaking up to give it some spells of sunshine throughout the day. small chance for showers across a street england and northern england, too. the cloud is: thickening later in the date as the front approaches from the northwest. those two brochures as they do get up to maybe 27 degrees. this frontal system is likely to bring some heavy and prolonged rain across parts of northern ireland and scotland during tuesday night and wednesday. the front then sings its way further south and east during wednesday,

moving across northern england, perhaps to the southwest and fizzling away to the southeast. a lot of cloud and sunny spells and still humid air here but further north and west, behind that front, we started to ring in something much cooler and fresher. so aberdeen, glasgow, belfast, 17 degrees. contrast that with 27 in norwich. this will pep up as he moved into the southeast corner into thursday and another cold front is hot on its heels. behind that, we start to get into sensitive gimli cooler, fresher air. temperatures drop to end of the wii, maybe 1a or 15 degrees in the north, struggling to hit 20 for the setup and administer the sunshine and showers. hello, i'm krupa padhy, this is 0utside source. pope francis condemns what he calls the "atrocities" of child sex abuse and church cover—ups — in an unprecedented apology to the world's roman catholics. a break in the monsoon rains in india allows rescuers to step up their efforts. more than 350 people have died in the worst flooding

in kerala in a century. emotional scenes as dozens of people from north and south korea are briefly reunited — many hadn't seen their families in more than six decades. also on the programme: how the us—china trade war is affecting the price of lobsters. we start our coverage looking at the impact of tariffs and import duties on people's lives.