‘ in the hours ahead. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. president trump's former lawyer michael cohen reaches a plea deal with prosecutors — he's due to appear in court shortly. microsoft says it shut down 6 websites it says were targeting the us senate and two us think tanks — and it's blaming a hacking group linked to the russian government. that will have been noted by the uk foreign secretary who's in washington — and has russia on his mind. people need to know that we are standing shoulder to shoulder and thatis standing shoulder to shoulder and that is the way that we will restore proper red lines. plus we'll hear from venezuelans who've been trying to get their hands on their new currency. it's not going smoothly. some news that's just

broken in the last hour — michael cohen, president trump's former lawyer, has entered into a plea deal with prosecutors in new york. this is him. he's been under investigation for bank and tax fraud. mr cohen is due to appear in court any moment — where he's expected to plead guilty to felony charges including tax fraud and campaign finance violations. i spoke to nick bryant in new york earlier. what we don't think though is that michael cohen is going to co—operate with prosecutors. this seems to be a plea agreement to avoid a trial to keep down his legal costs. but it doesn't seem to be

in agreement that michael cohen has agreed to co—operate with federal prosecutors including the mueller probe looking into russian collusion and looking into the possibility of donald trump's involvement in that. might he go to prison? well these are very serious charges, so is that strong likelihood indeed michael cohen is now in the custody of the fbi. he apparently voluntarily gave himself up to the fbi as part of this agreement, a short time ago and it's the fbi who's going to be bringing him to court. so he is in custody already, the question is on white—collar crime, sometimes you get released on bail before sentencing, but we will wait to see and will listen very carefully to what he has pleaded guilty. especially pleaded guilty to, especially if they involve a possible campaign—finance violations and as you remember, to the pavement and as you remember, to the payment

of $130,000 that was made just before the presidential election to the porn actress stormy daniels. that has always raised questions that was in violation of campaign finance laws in the united states. and if michael admits guilt to that, then that is a huge political blow to donald trump. because remember, michael cohen was not only his personal lawyer, he was as mr fix—it, he was the guy that made problems go away. and that's the allegation with the stormy daniels. she of course claims that she had an affair with donald trump. the $130,000 was hush money. michael cohen has been working very closely with donald trump, so for a while, was paul manafort, campaign managers, and the 2016 election, where have we got to in his case, nick? well this extraordinary day where it'll be happening in this courthouse behind her,

and a lot of action going on right now, in alexandria, in virginia, where the jury is still deliberating over the 18 charges against paul manafort, donald trump's former campaign manager charged with such things as money laundering and conspiracy against the united states. we understand that the jury cannot reach an agreement on one of those counts, so they have to reach an agreement on 17 of those counts, but it's up to the judge earlier, asking for guidance about what to do if they could not reach consensus about what to do about one of those counts. we don't know which one it is and where they are with the other 17 counts either. but it does seem like those deliberations are nearing completion and a verdict could be imminent. we do know that michael: will be appearing in court in new york when that happens, we will bring you

details on that. microsoft says it's thwarted several russian cyber attacks on us political groups known for their support of the republicans. it says it indentified six internet domains being used by a carousel it says it indentified six internet domains being used by a group of hackers known as fancy bear. us intelligence believe it has links to the russian military intelligence unit — that unit used to be known as the g.r.u. and already this year, 12 russians who are accused of being members of it have been charged with hacking the democratic party during the 2016 presidential election campaign. microsoft says in the cases it found, highly accurate copies of websites were created — a move it calls "spear phishing". microsoft president brad smith explains. what we have seen in recent years with this group in particular

is a variety of tactics, but often the creation of these kinds of fake internet sites that are then used to hack into and download e—mails from political campaigns or candidates or other political organisations. we saw the focus of attacking the united states in 2016 presidential election, we sought across—the—board in the french presidential election last year, we sought again in 2018 and we're seeing it's notjust against democrats but also in this instance, two think tanks that are more commonly associated with republicans, we're seeing it with a variety of domains that are clearly focused on members of the united states senate. as microsoft's president just said there — hackers targeted the us senate. and two thinktanks, the hudson institute and the international republican institute, or the iri as its known. both thinktanks have ties to the republican party — and have been critical of president putin.

the iri board features some familiarfaces including senatorjohn mccain and former governor mitt romney — both of them have been critical of president trump's interactions with vladimir putin. that said, how does this fit into the narrative that russia wanted the republicans to win in 2016? this is new york times columnist and author paul krugman here's the bbc‘s technology correspondent mark ward. this group has been involved in political attacks for many years. it is the one that was indicted by robert muellerfor the is the one that was indicted by robert mueller for the attacks on

the democratic committee's and the us. and there's that broad feeling that russia is trying to disrupt the midterm elections and a lot of elections, so it is that broad policy and that this will probably attack, it has to do with services run by the us senate, but these groups like john mccain, run by the us senate, but these groups likejohn mccain, and people from the us military involved, it is pretty valua ble from the us military involved, it is pretty valuable data you could hack it because you can't get information and just information on the types of passwords the user pick and again, thatis passwords the user pick and again, that is very good attack information that is very good attack information that you can try and impersonate,. this is also interesting. the headline on rt "no evidence', but russian fancy bears are doing it again (ps here's our new product) — microsoft". in th earticle there's a suggestion that microsoft's language is very close to some us politicians responding to the story. more now on russia's reaction from 0lga ivshina. they keep saying that the government

previously and now microsoft, hasn't presented any hard evidence on the other side. it's very hard to present hard evidence in the question of hacking. so russia keeps saying listen, there is no hard evidence, no obvious connection and even if you know some russian words, or coincidence with the russian time zone or something else in these hacking patterns, for example, in the way that this job is done, it can be russian citizens be there is no way you can refer to them to russian security systems, to main intelligence directorate or anything like that. 0n the other hand, as many specialists, western specialists say, if it walks like a bear, growls like a bear, look for the bear, it is highly likely that this can be a bear. but the connection, the alleged connection between the group and the more formal

intelligence union, is an important one because the russians would say look, even if there are some individuals out there, it's got nothing to do with the government. it's exactly what the kremlin spokesman said previously, several months ago, listen. even if some russian citizens, there is no way to prove they are connected to the russian security services and that's exactly what a russian based cyber security expert previously said that there is no way to prove this group of hackers is connected of hackers is connected to russian officials or to russian military. military bodies. 0n the other hand, some western base security company can say that there are a bunch of small coincidences, small patterns that add to a bigger picture, which makes them believe that there is a massive connection to russian security bodies for example,

the main intelligence directory and previously, us—based prosecutors said that they accused 12 russian offices from minister of defence and hacking. and if those western analysts are right, that the group is carrying out actions in america and being supported by the russian state in some way, why would the russian state be so highly motivated to carry out these attacks? well we are speculating, that their motive might be to show their power, despite so many all those barriers which western security is trying to put. they are still able to penetrate, this might be a show of force

a flexing of muscles. maybe so. another story relating to russia now. jeremy hunt took over as the uk's foreign secretary last month. he's making his first visit to washington in the role — and he's calling for more sanctions against russia — in part as an ongoing response to russia's alleged poisoning of the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia. this wasjeremy hunt earlier. today, the united kingdom asks its allies to go further. by calling on the european union to ensure its sanctions against russia are comprehensive and will truly stand shoulder to shoulder with the us. that means calling out and responding to transgressions with one voice, wherever and whenever they occur, from streets of salisbury to the heart of crimea. russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov is unimpressed. "in essence, our british colleagues have a rather high

opinion of themselves. a nation that is leaving the european union, in the framework of the so—called brexit, is eager to impose its foreign policy to the european union and, as it turns out, london wants to impose its russia policy on washington." here's bbc‘s diplomatic correspondent jonathan marcus. has been casting his eye on all of this. it is also divided on russia, a very strong response collective response on the immediate aftermath of the attack, it looks as though the evidence that the british government showed was that its allies was convincing, significant numbers of diplomats were expelled to stop but i think there are still differences between many european countries, some have larger business ties with moscow and some are far less amenable to a tough line towards russia. so i would be

surprised if there is anything like the same concerted action from the europeans that we saw some weeks ago. i think the secretaries point of view was interesting, because there are two contexts here, one context was the liberal order which is brought prosperity to the world he believes in the aftermath of the second world war. of course, there's also a specific british context, british decision to lead the european union, —— legal will stop closest ally because of the material nature of the american president, so it isa nature of the american president, so it is a difficult context taking up the rains from britain foreign—policy knost to navigate. stay with us on outside source — still to come. us tariffs on china are already having a knock on effect on other asian economies. we report from singapore where family businesses are trying to avoid becoming a potential casualty in the trade war. the uk's home secretary has

apologised to 18 members of the so—called windrush generation, after a review found they may have been wrongfully removed from the uk or detained. almost 12,000 cases have been re—examined, with sajid javid saying he's committed to "righting the wrongs of the past." i think it's a clear official acknowledgement that the home office has got it seriously wrong in respect of these 18 people and potentially dozens of others as well. because what officials have been doing is going to almost 12,000 cases and they've come up with a poll of 164 for people with a poll of 164 where people who have been living in the uk from caribbean countries prior to 1973 were either removed from the uk, or detained. and they believe that of those 164, 18 have very, very strong grounds for saying that they were unlawfully or wrongfully removed or detained.

that's why the home secretary is going to issue a formal apology. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is? donald trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, has reached a plea bargain with prosecutors. he's facing charges related to campaign finance violations, bank fraud and tax evasion. there are reports that al-qaeda's chief bomb—maker in yemen was killed last year. us media has cited sources saying they're confident that ibrahim al—asiri died in an american drone strike. bbc arabic. authorities in the democratic republic of congo say 55 people are feared to have died from the ebola virus. vaccines and experimental drugs are being used to help limit the spread but the number of cases is expected to increase. bbc hausa. and danny boyle has announced he'll no longer be

directing the nextjames bond movie. he's blaming "creative differences" for his decision. the next bond film is due for release next year. bbc world service and one of the most read on bbc.com. two goats who wandered on to a rail line in new york have been herded to safety, by none other than the us tv personality jon stewart, and his wife. the islamic state group says it carried out an attack near the presidential palace in kabul earlier. the president was there at the time — giving a televised address to the nation when this happened. the explosions you heard there are the sound of a mortar attack.

the president seemingly unfazed by the chaos, only briefly interrupting his message to say ‘if they are thinking the rocket attack will keep afghans down, they are wrong'. a gunfight lasting several hours ensued following the explosions — and two attackers died. it's just the latest in a growing number of violent attacks in afghanistan, with at least 150 civilians killed in recent weeks, as pressure mounts on the taliban to enter peace talks with the afghan government. from kabul here's shoaib sharifi. today, millions of people were

preparing to celebrate one of the most important festivals in afghanistan was disturbed by explosions of more on the most important, passivity of the presidential palace and diplomatic enclave, this was followed by an attack when assa ila nts followed by an attack when assailants managed to break through various security bared his and almost reached the doorsteps and it took police and the army almost four hours using ground as well as air support and helicopters to and this attack. this was happening at a time with the government had offered a conditional cease—fire deal to the taliban and many were hoping that this would be a peaceful time if it caliban responded positively to the

cease—fire. although the caliban have said they were not behind this, the attempt for a peaceful time was disrupted in the streets of kabul, not many people as there were in the early hours of the day were seen on the streets celebrating this very important festival. the s&p 500 is a stock index containing america s biggest companies — and it's hit a new record high valuation. it comes ahead of another milestone, expected tomorrow, when the market could post the longest bull run in history. a bull market is when an index rises 20% from its previous low point. i hate to break it to you but investors are i hate to break it to you but investors a re not

i hate to break it to you but investors are not scientific, but there is a loose consensus of a bull market is different and a bear market is different and a bear market is different and a bear market is when it declines 20% from a peak. so the idea is that the 500 has been in this sort of bull cycle since march nine 2009, so come tomorrow that will mean that we've beenin tomorrow that will mean that we've been ina tomorrow that will mean that we've been in a bull market for 3453 days, which surpassed the last record which surpassed the last record which is the lead up to the .com bubble here in the united states. does it feel like a bubble? for investors, a re does it feel like a bubble? for investors, are fundamentally, the market is reacting to what is a pretty good us economy. american corporations are reporting record profits, but that's because the economy is doing quite well and many people are surprised that this market existed after the great financial crisis, after the great

recession, but that does not mean that we're in a period of bubble right now. as a president trump has issued tax breaks to companies amah and are spending once again. and thatis and are spending once again. and that is what compelled the market to these. making mention the president, let's bring up a tweet from back in january. donald trump as he talked about quite often likes to claim responsibility for the surge in stock prices, curious back in january to what degree can the white house claim responsibility for what we're seeing the trading floor?” claim responsibility for what we're seeing the trading floor? i think it has to do with what i was saying earlier, which is whether or not we are ina earlier, which is whether or not we are in a bubble, some units being produced thereby economic fundamentals that the economy is doing quite well. you have to stay that the recovery that happened since the depths of the financial

crisis, by the many would quibble with that. that's not to say that some of his economic policies have not helped at american corporations and poured money into equities which is fancy speak for stocks. tax reform is something that some have cited as one of the reasons why we have seen these franchise, but some credit for but certainly not all of the credit. now to trade — and concerns about us tariffs on china are having a knock on effect. many asian economies are intricately linked through their manufacturing supply chains — so what hurts china can also hurt countries further afield. that includes singapore, as our asia business correspondent karishma vaswani has been finding out. ended 50 years he's this business, he has not seen anything quite like

this. he and his daughter trying to find out how the family business can avoid becoming a potential casualty of the trade war. they make speakers in this factory and have factories in vietnam and china. 2596 tariff... they found that the equipment in a chinese factory is on the latest list of chinese goods that the us targeting. if these tariffs come into effect with their chinese made speakers, it could be up to 25% more expensive for american customers. we have very little voice, our voices will probably be drowned out. and the trade might cease. we are not sure, anything can happen so we have to be prepared for the worst. the predictions are dire, singapore could see up to their economic

growth fall due to the trade war and the other regions are just as bad. but as the minister says, the biggest threat is lurking in the background. in global competence, it is shaken. it is impacted negatively and people could and hope that he met withhold their investment, for their entire economy. international trade, goods being made but not this for singapore but the entire region. from an economic backwater to being front and centre on the road map of trade. but now asia is stuck in the middle, caught up asia is stuck in the middle, caught up in asia is stuck in the middle, caught upina asia is stuck in the middle, caught up in a fight between the world's superpowers. and although the businesses can do is stand on the sidelines and rock plenty happening across the globe in

terms of whether at the moment, most of it rain related, but there is some good news because the recent heavy rain has given us, across india and pushes farther north, bangladesh, seeing some very heavy rainfall that the same time pushing to the bay of bengal, affecting bangladesh along the himalayas as well. and moving away from south asia, toward some parts of the pacific and the western pacific, we have two typhoons at the moment, one that we need to keep a close eye on and we see this amazing picture on the satellite picture you can clearly pick out the eye, it looks likely to brush with the southern japanese island of the next day, but

making landfall across south korea hearing thursday and i will lead to some very heavy rain. sharper showers fell on wednesday across southern china over and the philippines, same true for vietnam, largely quiet. but it could be the second typhoon to hit system does and 12, and certainly there's going be potential for some localised flooding. through north america now where this massive cloud here in an area of low pressure is brought some very heavy rain on wednesday, it's going to move its way across canada and through new york and it could potentially bring some very heavy rainfall, five or six inches before it clears through, further west it's all about the heat although there are signs of the pacific northwest across british columbia in particular of that he'd started to slowly ease down and you can see that on a five—day city forecast that on a five—day city forecast that we have high 20s and beginning

of the week in out the 20s, something to watch out for across australia at the moment is this area of low pressure, it does not look particularly threatening, but it could bring some very welcomed rain across parts of new south wales and victoria and that will come as good news, and you can see the signs of that in sydney, there could be some sharper showers as we move through the weekend. but ill get settled and sunny and getting a bit cooler later. this weather fronts sunny and getting a bit cooler later. this weatherfronts here is the dividing line that is brings in court erred down across the northern half of europe and i'll continue south across there, it'll be settled and sunny but sharp thundery downpours always a possibility through southern italy. of the next few days, we'll keep that fresh feel across the uk, as bad weatherfront continues with more details on the weather coming up in just continues with more details on the weather coming up injust half an hour. i'm ros atkins with outside source.

president trump's former lawyer michael cohen reaches a plea deal with prosecutors. we're expecting him to plead guilty in next few moments. we are awaiting for the details from the court. microsoft says it shut down 6 websites it says were targeting the us senate and two us think tanks, and it's blaming a hacking group linked to the russian government. that will definitely have been noted by the uk foreign secretary who's in washington, and has russia on his mind. people need to know that we are standing shoulder to shoulder, and that is the way that we will restore proper red lines. and we will report from kampala, where political unrest continues. we are keeping a very close eye on

courtrooms in new york and virginia with respect to michael cohen and paul manafort. when we get developments from either, we will bring them to you. in the meantime, let's talk about venezuela and its latest effort to deal with rampant inflation by releasing new bank notes. it's not proving easy. yesterday, president maduro knocked five zeros off the venezuelan currency — the bolivar — and he anchored it to a new virtual currency, which is called the petro. these are a very common sight. long queues at cash machines. and certainly something had to be done. i could illustrate the hyperinflation in any number of ways. here's a chicken next to the amount of the old currency you'd need to buy it — 14,600,000 bolivars. that's just over $2 us.

a bar of soap, it would cost you 3.5 million bolivars, about 53 us cents. these images are from a longer feature you can find on the bbc website. bbc mundo's guillermo olmo is in caracas. this is what he's seen. people have been queueing in banks to try to get some cash with the new bank notes, which very lucky people have put their hands on so far. and this sense is of uncertainty. nobody knows how the thing is going to be from today on. the idea that leaving the country is the only way out of the crisis that's affected the country for so long time. it's been on for a while. it's not a matter of the new currency. the point here is that people feel that nothing can stop the hyperinflation which is queuing up venezuelans, and that's why many of them think the only option is just to leave. the country and the city

has been in a standstill over the last three or four days, not because of any strike, butjust because the uncertainty and just... they don't know how the money is going to affect businesses, and that's why they're closed. not everyone, but i would say the vast majority of venezuelans have to struggle so hard to get basic foods. it's not only the matter of the price, which is the main one. it's also the matter of the difficulty they find to get access to their own money. for instance, we've talked to people this first day of the new currency that are finding it so difficult to get cash from atms, and even paying by digital means, electronic means, is so difficult. but it is so hard for the vast majority of them. ido i do have some more material on venezuela but we had to go to the

update in the us. two cases we are following. first of all, let's talk about paul manafort. former campaign chairman for the trump campaign in the 2016 presidential election. here's a copy coming in. this is reuters federal court. they have reached a verdict in the trial of paul manafort according to a jury note. hard to know where to look? on having legal whiplash today. obviously here in the dc area, this news out of the ma nafort dc area, this news out of the manafort trial is just breaking. in agreement on eight counts. there we re agreement on eight counts. there were 18 counts, so that means ten they are deadlocked on. they've been deliberating for four days, so they are deadlocked on. they've been deliberating forfour days, so it wasn't a particularly unusually long period of deliberation. it's interesting if thejudge

period of deliberation. it's interesting if the judge decides he's going to let them announce those eight verdicts and rests with the ten deadlocked once. in that it will be up to the prosecution whether they want to try to retry those original ten counts or focus on the trial that manafort is going to be facing in virginia just next month and then do something about it afterwards. we don't know whether those eight verdicts are guilty or not guilty. we have to wait and see. and remind usjust how not guilty. we have to wait and see. and remind us just how close mr ma nafort and remind us just how close mr manafort was to donald trump in one states. because recently, he has tried easy guess he was a periphery figure. the reality was manafort was brought in to help secure the nomination for donald trump. he had worked the floor of the republican convention under gerald ford so he knew republican politics. he was going to bring, coming to carry trump over the finish line. secure his nomination. he did that and then

he took over as campaign chair for a couple of months in the middle of summer. he was the top man in donald trump's presidential campaign. he also was one of the three individuals representing the trump campaign on that trump tower meeting with russian nationals injune of 2016 along with donald trump with russian nationals injune of 2016 along with donald trumer and jared kushner. he was a key figure in the trump campaign at least for those months despite what donald trump says afterwards. and he has been charged with bank fraud, tax evasion and hiding foreign bank accou nts evasion and hiding foreign bank accounts in this indictment. we don't know which ones the jury is returning the verdict on and that trial i mentioned in september, that will be on an unregistered foreign lobbyist, additional tanks and bank fraud charges. while that is playing out in virginia, in new york, we are keeping a very close eye on another courtroom because michael cohen looks like he will plead guilty.

what we do know about what we've got to? right now, we finding out exactly what counts michael cole has pled guilty to. apparently, there are eight counts. one five of tax evasion from 2012 to 2016, account ofa evasion from 2012 to 2016, account of a full statement —— full statement... another cut of willful laws among unlawful corporate contribution. the last count is excessive campaign contribution. i wa nt to excessive campaign contribution. i want to put a bullet next to those two because those are very likely in reference to michael cohen's pigment to stormy daniels, the adult film star who was about two alleged she had an affair with donald trump. michael cohen made a $130,000 payment to her and there was thoughts once that payment was revealed that it constituted an illegal campaign contribution, that it was done in order to help donald

trump get elected president, and he we have michael cohen accordingly to a p pa re ntly we have michael cohen accordingly to apparently leading guilty to that charge. donald trump did not —— said he did not have any knowledge of that at the time. his campaign team have walked that back, saying at some point michael cohen was reimbursed generally knew it was reimbursing michael cole and for doing things like this. and help us with a little presidential, historical context. how unusual is it for people this close to the president of america to be facing these of charges during a term in office with the man they work for? it is quite unusual. obviously, bill clinton had people connected with him face criminal prosecution. that was the result of the whitewater investigation. someone to present on allegations of financial misdeeds unrelated to bill clinton's time as

resident or his campaign. ronald reagan was embroiled in the iran contra scandal... he had several of his aides... anthony, let me just up in. we're told mr manafort has been found guilty on eight of the charges at least. this is very, very serious for the trump at least. this is very, very serious forthe trump campaign at least. this is very, very serious for the trump campaign and mr trump generally. there you have it. we we re generally. there you have it. we were having an open question about whether it was going to be guilty or not guilty. now it is guilty. this has to be viewed as a win for robert mueller‘s team. almost half of the counts, a serious development... and there was a lot of pressure on robert mueller‘s team to come up with some kind of conviction on this case. this was the first case they brought to cry out... let me leave it there. we've got plenty more to talk about. we'll get to it on outside source in the next few minutes. just to reiterate, and his

information coming in all the time from these two courtrooms, one in new york, one in virginia. in new york, we know that donald trump's former personal lawyer michael cole and will plead guilty to a number of different crimes. we are awaiting precisely which cards you will plead guilty to and then wait his punishment but we also now know that his former campaign chairman, paul manafort, who worked with him in 2016 as he sought the republican nomination and then of course went on to defeat hillary clinton and become president, he has been found guilty on eight charges. he was facing 18 charges. we are still getting more information on what the jury getting more information on what the jury has concluded and will come back to that in the next few minutes on outside source. in the meantime though, want to turn to a very important environmental story we've been looking at today. the oldest and thickest sea ice in the arctic is starting to break up. this is known as the "the last ice area".

you can see it here marked on this graphic. it's very close to greenland. before this year, there were no records of it ever breaking up. now, this year, it's happened twice. scientists are saying warm winds and a heatwave are the causes. it's notjust this area of the arctic affected. that's meant what has been frozen waters are flying in the summer and some businesses are taking notice. this week, maersk line is launching the first container ship specifically designed to sail in the arctic. these are pictures are taken onboard a vessel belonging to chinese firm cosco shipping. they show how routes that used to be blocked with ice are now available. and that means that a new shipping route is available. it's called the northern sea route, and stretches from the bering strait between russia and the us along the far north of russia to its exit close to norway. this is touted as a potential rival to the suez canal

for asia—europe trade, as it can take weeks off the journey. han guomin is from cosco. has been speaking about this. translation: we are offering several shipping passages every summer. compare with the traditional roots, this passage would benefit greatly the shipping company and the customers. the shortened shipping time lowers the cost for the carrier, cuts the delivery time for the shipper. that's a ship, in fact! this is an article that the journalist jonathan watts has written for the guardian. he came to speak with us a little bit earlier. the economic opportunity will be considerable because you can save up to a week or up because you can save up to a week or up to two weeks through this route,

but the biggest significant obviously is what it means in terms of how fast climate change is advancing. but there is a question about the economic opportunities, presumably some industries will be very keen to find ways that ships can make the most of an opportunity that they may not wish it happened that they may not wish it happened thatis that they may not wish it happened that is a reality. this, any moment now, the world's begins shipping lane is about to start a roots through basically this arctic ocean and able cut journey through basically this arctic ocean and able cutjourney times considerably. there is a real economic opportunity there which is why so many countries are trying to move into the area. the opportunity is partly because of transport but it's also because more area will be opened up to resource exploitation. one of the features of climate change we've seen more broadly in the world is that it is notjust

involve heating up. we've seen more extremes, both cold and hot, so presumably there are more opportunities that the ice we've seen break in future years could in future years seen break in future years could in future yea rs not seen break in future years could in future years not break up. yes, i think it's very likely it will freeze again because it's easy... what's different this year is an area that's never been known to melt before has melted twice, so this is a surprising to a lot of meteorologists who study these things, and they say since the start of satellite observation, this is a unique phenomenon and it's happening in the area where the ice, the sea ice was supposed to be thicker than anywhere else in the arctic ocean. and help us understand the factors that drive where the sea ice does or does not break up. in this area, it's many things. the first one is

the temperature obviously, which thins the ice, and then secondly, it's the winds that can push it further from the shore. and it's the winds that can push it furtherfrom the shore. and if it's the winds that can push it further from the shore. and if they pushit further from the shore. and if they push it far enough from the shore and it's ta ken push it far enough from the shore and it's taken away in a current to more southern waters, it will melt rapidly. temperatures close window. just looking online, thejudge in the trial of paul manafort, the former chairman of the trump campaign in 2016, has declared a mistrial on ten of the counts. mr ma nafort mistrial on ten of the counts. mr manafort was facing 18 different charges. thejurors were manafort was facing 18 different charges. the jurors were deadlocked on this ten times but the verdict on those accounts are going to be read and we believe they are being read at the moment so we're going to get newswi res at the moment so we're going to get newswires coming in all the time. as we get those bits of information, we will let you know. hugely significant. mr trump, one will let you know. hugely significant. mrtrump, one of will let you know. hugely significant. mr trump, one of his was his colleagues in 2016, facing serious charges. just to remind you, as that's happening in virginia, mr

shall‘s lawyer, michael cohen, plea bargain, look for it could involve a prison sentence of five years in three months. very serious. we will keep a look at all of this information as it's coming in. in the meantime, let's turn to brexit. the uk leaves the eu at the end of march, and there was another meeting today to try and fashion a deal on how this will work. we heard from the uk's brexit secretary dominic raab along with the eu's michel barnier after their meeting. the negotiations are now entering the final stage. we have agreed that the eu and the uk will negotiate continuously from now on, and dominic and i will meet regularly to take stock and move the negotiations forward. there are still gaps and we've had an honest conversation about those. equally, on our side, we feel we've shown the ambition,

the energy and the pragmatism and i know how committed michel is to securing a deal. and if we have that ambition, that pragmatism and that energy on both sides, i'm confident we can reach the agreement in october. now that reference to october is because on the 17th and 18th october, there will be an eu summit which is seen by many as a deadline by which they need to negotiate the withdrawal agreement. although today, michel barnier suggested the deadline might be closer to early november. by then, time will be tight. all the eu's member—states will need to approve the deal in their national parliaments. that will include the uk parliament, which is expected to consider it in february.

if this all goes to a plan, the whole thing will be ratified by the eu in march. and the uk will leave. there are, of course, concerns there will be no deal with damaging consequences. for instance today, seniorfigures in the national health service warning a no—deal brexit could see hospitals run out of medicine. here's the bbc‘s iain watson. could we be facing a health emergency? a group that represents nhs hospitals and ambulance services in england have written to senior health service officials, expressing concern about what will happen if britain leaves the eu without a deal. in the letter, nhs providers say that while. .. instead, hospitals are having to... and... a former health minister who backs a so—called "people's vote" on any brexit deal says he shares those concerns.

drugs shortages, food shortages, medical equipment shortages, staff shortages. the only way out of this, given that this is going to happen in march next year, is to put this issue back to the people in another referendum. the labour leadership, though, aren't calling for a new referendum. they are claiming that the nhs could become a casualty of brexit. there has to be a ready supply of medicines both ways across europe, and i'm quite frightened of the idea that we have to stockpile medicines in the event of there being a no—deal brexit. today's meeting we saw did not show any significant progress. orat or at least they did not tell us about it. here's adam fleming in brussels. the unresolved issues that exist a few weeks ago still exist tonight.

for example, there is still no agreement on a back—up plan to avoid the reintroduction of customs checks on the border between northern ireland and the rare public of ireland. when it comes to the separate documents, the so—called political declaration that will set up political declaration that will set up the future relationship between the eu and the uk in the years and decades to come, the eu is still asking me questions about the uk's proposal when it comes to a single rule book for industrial goods and agricultural products that will span both sides and also the incredibly public at a customs arrangement the uk is proposing. this question still exists and the fact is, they will have to be solutions found to both those things by the end of october with the beginning of november because that is the deadline that has been set by both sides, because they need to have a few months to be able to get that agreement approved by eu leaders at a summit to get it ratified by the european

parliaments, and to also get it ratified by the british parliament at westminster. and that is why both men today, the brexit secretary, the gtd aviator —— the chief negotiator, said they are ready to throw their normal timetable. they are now going to meet continuously. i'm not sure exactly what that means in practise, but it does look like we will get the two men meeting here in brussels for political talks, face—to—face on having tough discussions, every single week. there's certainly going to bea single week. there's certainly going to be a meeting here next week. the reason they're doing that is there are still some pretty big issues that have to be solved. and for more information on the explanation of brexit, and to the bbc website to find them. let's go back to these stories which have been developing throughout the hour. michael cohen, personal lawyer or donald trump for many years, he is pleading guilty to certain crimes in

the courtroom in new york. while thatis the courtroom in new york. while that is happening, in alexandria in virginia, very close to washington, dc, president trump's former campaign manager who worked with him in 2016, has been found guilty on eight charges in a courtroom. on ten others, the jury could eight charges in a courtroom. on ten others, thejury could not eight charges in a courtroom. on ten others, the jury could not reach a verdict. that's happening in washington, dc, also in new york. we got live pictures coming into the bbc newsroom. we are awaiting further details of exactly what michael cohen has pleaded guilty to any kind of punishment he might face. i was showing you some wire copy that had come into the bbc newsroom just a few minutes ago with thejudge in the new newsroom just a few minutes ago with the judge in the new york case, and michael cohen's case, saying this could involve a custodial sentence. let's have a quick look at some of these news agency copy coming in here. paul manafort found guilty on

eight charges he faced. he will be facing further charges in september on separate issues. thejudge in the case declared a mistrial on the ten other counts. what that means is that prosecutors must decide whether they seek a further trial on those remaining ten charges or whether they decide to leave those and move only onto those that he will be facing in september. that's in virginia. here's some copy from reuters on michael cohen. michael cohen says... that's a reference to donald trump... that is a reference to stormy daniels, the porn actress who claims she had a relationship with donald trump many years before he ran for president, by the way, donald trump says that very much did not happen. i initially donald trump saying he did not know anything about it. then we saw his legal team walked back a little from that

statement but nonetheless, we await to hear exactly what michael cohen is willing to say on that payments. that arguably could be the most significant on the number of significant on the number of significant developments for the child team. these are two men who worked in timidly with donald trump as he sought to become president of america, both in two different court rooms, found guilty of different crimes. this will continue to roll on in the weeks and months to come. thanks for watching this addition of outside source. much more information to come on the dbc news channel and on the bbc news at 10pm andi channel and on the bbc news at 10pm and i was you tomorrow —— the bbc news channel and i was you at the same time. —— will see you at the same time. —— will see you at the same time. you might already be wondering what the weather is going to be like at the weekend because

for many of us, it is a bank holiday weekend. you are in luck because this is our long—range weather forecast. as we had in that direction, things are going to turn much cooler. quite a lot of rain through the early part of wednesday across scotland and northern ireland. as the front continues to make progress southwards and eastwards through the day ahead, more and more of us are going to start to get into that cooler, fresher air. here is ourfront on wednesday morning. moving out of scotla nd wednesday morning. moving out of scotland and northern ireland down into northern england and wales. ahead of that, a fair amount of cloud with some sunny spells and well and truly in the humid air. further north, lighter colours on the charts. still the mid—20s across the charts. still the mid—20s across the southeast. this first weather front will bring a bit of rain across the southeast for the first pa rt across the southeast for the first part of thursday. there is another front following into parts of

western scotland and northern ireland. that will sink down into northern england and wales. quite breezy but by this stage, more and more of us feeling the effects of that cooler air. temperatures continuing to get away. if 10 degrees of frost —— 15 degrees across scotland. by friday, that will be just across scotland. by friday, that will bejust a across scotland. by friday, that will be just a memory. across scotland. by friday, that will bejust a memory. look across scotland. by friday, that will be just a memory. look at where the white lines are coming from. that shows where our air is coming from and by friday, our air will be coming from a long wait north, basically coming down from the arctic. and even in summer, is not going to be a warm wind direction. ride a will brooks and spells of sunshine. it will also bring some showers. some heavy and sunny, particularly across northern areas. thicker cloud bringing in some more persistent rain by the late of the day but look at these temperatures. 15-20d at day but look at these temperatures. 15—20d at best. as we start the weekend, this did not look

particularly optimistic if you're looking for dry weather. this will bring some heavy bursts of showery rain moving southeast as we do onto the deck. behind things should brighten up. still some showers, but these temperatures, 14 to 17 degrees can actually well below par for this time of year. sunday at this stage looks at the driest day of the weekend. should season spells of sunshine of what will be a three chilly start. those temperatures eventually recovering, 14 to 20 degrees. by monday, likely to see another frontal system pushing eastwards. a bit of patchy rain with this. brightening the skies in the northwest as we get toward the end of the day, those temperatures still 17 to 21 degrees. as we look beyond a week and into the following week, the site we will see another area of low pressure bringing a bit of rain

into northern areas at a time and another burst of cooler air. as we get deeper into the week, it looks like things will start to warm up again from the southwest, particularly across the southern half of the country. as we go on into next week, purely cool at first. warming up in the south with a lot of dry weather, a little bit of rain at times in the north. in a word, mixed. that's all for now. all charges are dropped against a former police chief accused of blaming liverpool fans for the hillsborough disaster. sir norman bettison was facing four counts of misconduct in a public office, but prosecutors said there wasn't enough evidence — a decision he welcomed. i've been forced to deny strenuously that i have done anything wrong, in the aftermath of the disaster, and today's outcome vindicates that position. but relatives of some of the 96 who died say they're distressed by the decision, and are calling for

an independent review. five other men are all still facing separate charges in connection with hillsborough, and its aftermath. also tonight: heading to brussels for more talks — the brexit secretary says all eu citizens currently in the uk can stay, whether or not there's a deal.