this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. these are the top stories developing at 11. scotland's former first minister, alex salmond, strongly rejects allegations of sexual misconduct, dating back to his time in office. we will have more live from glasgow is the former first step threatens to ta ke is the former first step threatens to take the scottish government to court over the allegations. brexiteer conservatives accuse the chancellor of spreading messages of "dodgy project fear" messages by brexit—backing conservatives, after he warned of the economic impact of a no—deal. "no criminal suspicion" according to egyptian authorities, after a couple from burnley both die during a holiday at a red sea resort. also coming up... bad news if you enjoy a drink. a major new study says there is no safe limit on alcohol consumption. it recommends people go tee—total. and budget airline ryanair brings in new rules and fees for passengers travelling with cabin luggage. good morning.

it's 24th august. i'm ben brown. welcome to bbc newsroom live. scotland's former first minister, alex salmond, has strongly rejected allegations of sexual misconduct, dating back to his time in office. he's taking the holyrood government to court to challenge the way it's handling the complaints, saying he hasn't been allowed to see the evidence against him. in a statement, the scottish govenment has confirmed that alex salmond has initiated legal proceedings. the government says it will defend its position vigorously and that it treats any allegations of harrassment seriously. our scotland political correspondent glenn campbell reports. in a statement, alex salmond said...

two people had made allegations against him. the daily record newspaper said the complaints were of a sexual nature and dated back to 2013 when he was first minister. mr salmond says he refutes all the allegations and that some were patently ridiculous. he said that they were being dealt with under what he called an unjust procedure put in place by the scottish government after he left office. he said he was not being allowed to properly challenge the case against him. mr salmond, who twice led the snp, is seeking a judicial review of the complaints process in the court of session. the scottish government said it would defend its position vigorously. andrew kerr is in glasgow for us. angie, just tell us a bit more about the allegations against alex salmond and who is making them. good morning. these allegations are rocking the british political establishment this morning. these

allegations date back to december 2013 when alex salmond was the first minister of scotland and the daily record newspaper alleged there were two exa m ples record newspaper alleged there were two examples of the sexual misconduct against two staff members at his official residence in bute house, like number 10 downing street ina house, like number 10 downing street in a sense. in a countermove, mr salmond has denied these complaints and is taking the scottish government to court because he says the complaints procedure, as we have just been hearing, has been unlawful and unjust. the scottish government has confirmed these proceedings have been launched and vigorously he is saying they will perceive this as well. this is really quite a significant story. mr salmond a well—known figure, not just significant story. mr salmond a well—known figure, notjust here in scotla nd well—known figure, notjust here in scotland but right across the united kingdom. as you say, he is vigorously denying these allegations and taking action himself. that is

right. in the last few minutes we have just had a statement from the permanent secretary at the scottish government, leslie evans. she has confirmed that, actually, in january, she received two complaints concerning harassment allegations in relation to mr salmond. she informed mr salmond in march of these allegations and then, on wednesday, informed the interested parties of the conclusions to her investigation. mr salmond, of course, did, of course, take that legal action and says his statement contains significant inaccuracies which will be addressed in court proceedings was just to emphasise how unusual this story is in a sense that we have a former first minister of scotla nd that we have a former first minister of scotland taking the scottish government to court. it really is quite extraordinary and, as i say,

really rocking the scottish political establishment. much more on this throughout the morning. the chancellor, philip hammond, has been accused of launching a "dodgy project fea r" by brexit—backing conservatives. this after he reiterated warnings that a no—deal brexit would cause major economic damage. mr hammond's comments camejust hours after the brexit secretary, dominic raab, played down the likelihood of the uk leaving the eu without a deal. mr raab insisted an agreement is the most likely option but says it's important "practical" preparations are made. 0ur political correspondent, tom barton, is in westminster. not for the first time, a war of words with green brexiteers on the tory backbenchers and the chancellor of the exchequer. it is a relatively common sight. the hard brexiteers

who are suspicious of philip hammond, the chancellor, and the treasury, seeing them as pushing for the softest brexit possible. yesterday, in the letter to the commons treasury committee, philip hammond raised warnings really about the damage that the treasury says no—deal brexit could potentially do to the economy, saying that after 15 yea rs to the economy, saying that after 15 years the economy could be 5% to 10% smaller than it otherwise would have been. and that, he says, could cost the treasury as much as £80 billion a year in extra borrowing. that letter drew criticism from brexiteers but, david liddington, the cabinet office minister this morning told the today programme this was really, in his view, a row about nothing because the analysis that philip hammond was using in the letter has been around for several months. this is provisional analysis that the treasury published back in

january this year. and i think all philip was doing was simply referring back to that in response that he had had from a senior member of parliament. i mean, philip, like dom raab, is absolutely committed to the objectives that the government set out in its white paper after chequers cabinet meeting. while the analysis might not be new the timing raised eyebrows. this letter was published just hours after the brexit secretary had published a range of documents, telling businesses what they needed to do to prepare for a no—deal brexit but putting a very positive spin on it, saying any disruption was likely to only be in the short term and, of course, no deal was very prospect. brexiteers really see that timing as proof of their suspicion that philip hammond is

pushing from inside government for the softest brexit possible. this is what jacob rees—mogg had the softest brexit possible. this is whatjacob rees—mogg had to the softest brexit possible. this is what jacob rees—mogg had to say the softest brexit possible. this is whatjacob rees—mogg had to say on newsnight. the treasury's brexit panic means that you can no longer trust the treasury's forecast, which is actually why george osborne set up the office for budget responsibility in the first place because, he said, as chancellor, we need independent forecasters. so, another row between philip hammond and brexiteers. this is something which we have seen before. time though is running out. we only have till march for any deal between britain and the eu to be agreed and, those making the decisions on both sides of that debate really have to get on with it if the risk, as the treasury puts it, the no deal, is to be averted. thank you bray much indeed.

—— thank you very much. alex salmond has strongly rejected allegations of sexual misconduct against him, dating back to his time in office as first minister of scotland. we have just had a statement in actually from the current first minister of scotland when nicola sturgeon, saying complaints are made injanuary about alex salmond by two individuals. the complaints have been considered since then. it was agreed by me in december 2017 in the wake of public concern about harassment of nicola sturgeon says, although i have been aware for some time about the investigation, i have had no role in the process and have referred to it before now and to have referred to it before now would have compromised the integrity of the internal investigation. but nicola sturgeon also says alex salmond is now challenging the scottish government's siege in court. she

says this focus cannot detract from the fact complaints are made and we re the fact complaints are made and were swept under the carpet. i have been clear on many occasions that all organisations on workplaces must make it possible to report concerns and have confidence they will be treated vastly. this must be applied without fear or favour regardless of the identity, seniority or political allegiance of the person involved. finally, nicola sturgeon says, my relationship with alex salmond makes this an extremely difficult situation for me to come to terms with. i am acutely are dashes are aware how upsetting this will be. my priority must be to insure fair and due process. that statement from nicola sturgeon, the first minister, about those allegations against her

predecessor, former first minister alex salmond. he is strongly rejecting and denying allegations of sexual misconduct dating back to his time in office. thomas cook is removing all its customers from a hotel in egypt after the unexplained death of a british couple. john cooper and his wife susan from burnley in lancashire, died at the hotel steigenberger aqua magic in the red sea resort of hurghada. the circumstances of their deaths are unknown although egyptian authorities have said that there was no criminal suspicion behind the deaths of the two british tourists adding that they died of "natural causes." thomas cook have sent us the following statement: janette rawlingson has been staying at the hotel in the resort

where the couple died and criticised thomas cook's response to their deaths. i have had an upset. 0vernight. any because of my persistence, i went out to a local supermarket to get my two children's food because i did not want to be in the restaurant. basically they do not know what has happened at all. everyone is really worried. as anxiety raises and people start talking, they are talking to each other. the lack of a nswe i’s talking to each other. the lack of answers from thomas cook is really disappointing. we flew out on tuesday which is a davies for people passed away. i am really sorry about what has happened. —— which is the day. we have chosen to go home. i have two schoolchildren. 0ne already has a peanut allergy and we are very careful about his food. the answers

from the hotel are not very good at all, from thomas cook. i am so disappointed with them. we have worked incredibly hard and saved very ha rd worked incredibly hard and saved very hard for a summer holiday for the family. we have had children in clu bs the family. we have had children in clubs and everything for four weeks waiting for a family holiday and this is what has happened. sarah campbell has been following the story for us. sarah, we have had a statement from the couple who died, from their daughter. at the centre of this story is a family tragedy. the couple, susan and john cooper, were on holiday with their daughter and 110w on holiday with their daughter and now three grandchildren. kelly 0rmerod is their daughter. this morning she released a statement to the local radio station in lancashire and said that, as a family, we are devastated. mum and dad meant the world to me and we are in utter shock over what has happened. prior to going on holiday

mum and dad were fit and healthy. they have no health problems at the moment, a postmortem is under way. she gave some details about what happened. dad never went to hospital and died in a hotel room in front of me. i went to hospital in an ambulance with mum when she passed away. terrible events. her priority 110w away. terrible events. her priority now is finding out what happened with the cause of death and trying to get her and her three children had. unimaginable and incredibly confusing. she said they were healthy beforehand. the authorities are saying there were no suspicious that the senses and they died of natural causes. thomas cook pulling people out of saying there is a raise level of illness at the hotel. we saw this statement saying we have received further reports of a raise level of illness among our guests. that is why, as a precautionary measure, they are taking the 300 mogg s away from this hotel. the

senior director of corporate communications for the hotel's in company said, in a statement, there was not an unusual level of illness among the 1600 guests currently staying at the hotel. he also added that mr cooper has complained of low bp and was treated by the hotel's on—site doctor on the night he died. clearly lots of questions which remain to be answered. 0bviously, the details, the postmortem details, will give some answers as to what happened. thank you very much indeed. the headlines on bbc news. scotland's former first minister, alex salmond, strongly rejects allegations of sexual misconduct, dating back to his time in office, and says he'll take the scottish government to court over its handling of the allegations. brexiteer conservatives accuse the chancellor of spreading messages of "dodgy project fear" after he warned of the economic impact of a no—deal. a postmortem is to be carried out on the bodies of a british couple

who died in egypt while staying at a hotel in the red sea resort of hurghada. and in the sport, formula 1 returns after it some of —— its summer break to belgium. practice is under way. sean dyche criticises the officials in the europa league match against limping our costs. saying they succumbed to pressure from the home players. burnley lost 3—1. david levine has won gold in the t13 5000 metres adding to the impressive tally. all of those stories just after half past. australia has a new prime minister. scott morrison has taken office after he won a leadership contest within the governing liberal party. he replaces malcolm turnbull, who was forced to step down by rivals from within his own party.

mr turnbull had been under pressure from poor polling and a looming election. a warning, the following pictures contain flash photography. a short while ago, mr morrison was sworn into office by the governor general, sir peter cosgrove. mr morrison, who was the outgoing treasurer, won the leadership contest by 45 votes to a0 over the former home affairs minister, peter dutton, who had been mr turnbull‘s most vocal threat. after his election, mr morrison told reporters he would unite a "bruised and battered" party and bring the country together. we are an optimistic, we are a passionate and we are an ambitious people, full of aspiration for ourselves, for our families, and, of course for our great nation — for all of us. that's what we believe as liberals. our plan — my plan — for this country is for an even stronger australia, to keep our economy

strong, to guarantee the essentials that australians rely on. to keep australians safe from terrorism and all the way to bullying in our schools. to keep our country together, to not pit one group of australians against another, to ensure that one can succeed and all can succeed — that one doesn't have to fail for another one to succeed. we have a lot of challenges as a country and we will get through them as we always have — together. let's go to our sydney correspondent, phil mercer, who's following the latest developments. it is strange to think of a stroller is not a very stable political democracy in the sense we have had

six prime minister ‘s in less than ten years. —— think of australia as not. many australians will be breathing a sigh of relief that this is part of the drama least is over for now. many australians would have been aghast at the shenanigans coming out of canberra in the last few days. once again, we have seen the revolving door of australian politics. you have to go back more than ten years to find an australian prime minister you managed to serve a full term. —— who manage. malcolm turnbull has been ousted following an internal party revolt by conservatives. scott morrison says he isa conservatives. scott morrison says he is a man to bring together this wounded party that he does not have long. we will have an election here in australia before me. before that time scott morrison had to bring the party back together and regain the trust of those voters, who have looked on with such dismay at

developments in canberra this week. in terms of political direction, is he likely to change it or is it likely to be more of the same under his premiership? politically speaking, here's to the right of the man he replaces, malcolm turnbull. but i do not think we will see any sharp departures from the government's agenda because the government's agenda because the government has a wafer thin majority. if, as expected, malcolm turnbull leaves parliament, there will be a by—election. the government has a one seat majority. ido government has a one seat majority. i do not think scott morrison will wa nt to i do not think scott morrison will want to do too much to rock the boat because we could have back election far sooner. if the government loses the by—election. we do not know when that will be. we know this is a disunited and fractured government which is posing a huge challenge for the new prime minister. he must bring it together in time for the next election, whenever that is.

whenever it is, whenever there is the next election, is the governing party likely to survive? what is the opinion polling at the moment? party likely to survive? what is the opinion polling at the moment7m you have a spare £10, ben, i would imagine probably do not put it on the government. that is the view of most australians here. if you look at the bookmakers and political a nalysts, at the bookmakers and political analysts, they would believe the government probably will not win the next election because of all the infighting we have seen. malcolm turnbull has been pretty unpopular, if you believe opinion polls, over many, if you believe opinion polls, over any if you believe opinion polls, over many, many months is that this is not just a result many, many months is that this is notjust a result of many, many months is that this is not just a result of the many, many months is that this is notjust a result of the last many, many months is that this is not just a result of the last week orso, it is not just a result of the last week or so, it is a slow burning unpopularity that has stalked the gutman and one would imagine the big winners in all of this will be the labour opposition party. —— the government. labour is already measuring for curtains in government offices. thank you very much indeed. pope francis will arrive in dublin tomorrow for the start of a two—day visit to the republic of ireland.

he's expected to draw significantly smaller crowds than the last papal trip to the country byjohn paul the second in 1979. the irish prime minister, leo varadkar says pope francis will arrive in an ireland where the church has less of a dominant influence on society. i think in the past the catholic church had too much of a dominant place in irish society. i think it still has a place in irish society, but not one that determines public policy or determines our laws. can certainly express the views and contribute to the debate, as all organisations do, but not in a way that determines public policy. in the wake of abuse scandals in the catholic church, what kind of welcome will pope francis receive? critics are planning protests. but as our correspondent, chris page, reports, the church remains a key part of irish life. 39 years ago, ireland put

on a massive display of euphoria, devotion and loyalty. people of ireland... john paul ii was the first pope to visit the country which, at the time, was often described as the most catholic in the world. tomorrow, pope francis will arrive on a transformed ireland. the church's influence is much diminished and its reputation badly damaged. people who were abused in children's homes run by religous orders are preparing to protest. they want the pope to say sorry on behalf of the church and go further. we're asking him to apologise and, not only that, to fork up and do what's right. out of the faults and the money that they have, it's not all about money, i know that, but that's the only form of justice that people are going to get, especially our elderly people, whose lives have been ruined. the revelations aren't over yet, especially in northern ireland. stormont has commissioned research

on church institutions for unmarried mothers to help decide if there'll be a public enquiry. particularly for a lot of women in northern ireland, their voices have not been heard. we do not know about their stories. and those stories are ones that we will hopefully be able to hear, be able to uncover, be able to understand more in a new era, as the church does have to deal with the responsibilities from the past. the dark side of the church's past continues to overshadow its present. but catholic church attendances in ireland are still proportionally the third highest in europe. there are many thousands who express their faith practically and wholeheartedly to make a positive difference. at st patrick's parish in north belfast, about 200 come to this soup kitchen every weekend. it's open to anyone in need from all communities and backgrounds. i suppose part of any christian faith is the basics isjust to reach

out your helping hand and feed people. as christian catholic people, we want to be able to ensure that the people around us are given every bit of help that we can give. a number of the volunteers will be heading south for the pope's visit. they admire what he says about tackling poverty. they say the pope has shown a form of leadership around different social issues, around homelessness, and shown passion as well, which is very important that that passion is shown and you can see the passion that people have. i believe, as well, that we're saving lives here. the soul of ireland is under the spotlight. half a million people are expected to come here to phoenix park in dublin for a papal mass on sunday. for the catholic church's most sincere members and its strongest critics, this weekend will be significant, symbolic and historic. chris page, bbc news. travel chaos is threatening getaway plans for thousands

of holiday—makers ahead of the bank holiday weekend. the rac say they expect more than 1a million cars to take to the roads over the next few days as a perfect storm of rail cancellations, road works and airport strikes threaten to severely hamper people's hopes of getting away or getting home. meanwhile, network rail is urging passengers not to use the west coast main line to and from london between tomorrow and monday as london euston is closed. the budget airline, ryanair, is bringing in new rules on what passengers pay to take their luggage onto the plane. from november, passengers will still be allowed to take one "small personal bag" into the cabin, as long as it will fit under the seat in front. but they will have to pay £6 if they also want to take a ten kilogram bag, such as a pull—along suitcase, on board. and they'll still have to pay up to £10 if they want to check

that bag into the hold instead. the airline says it's not about making money but a way to help speed up boarding. let's get some more details now. here with more details is the deputy head of travel at the independent, helen coffey. just outline these new rules. when isa just outline these new rules. when is a small bag not a small bag?m is a small bag not a small bag?m is quite a bit of a u—turn for ryanair. this is quite a bit of a u—turn for rya nair. this new is quite a bit of a u—turn for ryanair. this new change mean they go from being one of the most generous airlines, especially for a budget airline in terms of free baggage, to almost the opposite. instead of getting, at the moment, you get a big wheeled bag and a small bag as well now you get this hybrid, this medium—sized bag you can take on as long as it fits under the seat and front. at the moment

you get 58 litres for free and now you're just you get 58 litres for free and now you'rejust going to you get 58 litres for free and now you're just going to get 120 litre bag forfree. you're just going to get 120 litre bag for free. a lot of people might struggle to know what a 20 litre bag is. is it about money or punctuality? they have made it very clear it is about punctuality, which i believe. in the long one that does mean money for ryanair. their business model is based on the fact they have this high turnover of flights. they get you on, they get you there, they get you off. they can run a lot of flights during the course of the day. they said that so many people bring on big bags and it means flights are delayed which, i think, is true. i think that is the real reason they are doing it. on the upside, they will make more money because feminist people will pay for priority boarding now. we often pay for priority boarding now. we ofte n forget pay for priority boarding now. we often forget i think ryanair is the biggest airline in europe. will this

have implications for other airlines questionable others like easyjet and british airways follow suit? they will watch closely to see whether passengers access to it or not. ryanair is beginner and profitable enough that they can try out these new ways of doing things. 0ther airlines will be seen, our passengers happy with this. the upside might be if passengers are not happy, maybe they will look elsewhere. maybe that is another option that offers more free cabin baggage, they will go with that airline. interesting to talk to you. thank you. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. it is looking very mixed over the bank holiday weekend. some sunshine and rain was looking fairly mixed at the moment for many parts. rainbows being spotted by weather watchers.

you can just about see it there with blue skies. quite a few showers moving into scotland and northern ireland and north—western parts of england, wales and the south—west will stop a few showers moving away south and east with sunny spells in between the showers. in the south—east of england it is looking mostly dry and sunny. feeling pretty cool out there. maximum temperature is 15 to 19 degrees. showers will continue in the south—east. eventually we will get some showers. clear spells for many of us into saturday morning. it will turn pretty chilly. temperatures in the countryside between four and six celsius. chile to start saturday but plenty of sunshine. 0ne celsius. chile to start saturday but plenty of sunshine. one or two macro showers with the rain spreading in. 0n bank holiday monday things improving with brighter spells. this is bbc news. our latest headlines.

alex salmond, the former scottish first minister, has described sexual misconduct allegations against him as "patently ridiculous". that is as he moves to take the scottish government to court over the complaints procedure. first minister nicola sturgeon said she had been aware for "some time" of the investigation into alex salmond but that she has had no role in the process. the current first minister , nicola sturgeon , has said that while this is an extremely difficult situation for her due to her relationship with mr salmond, the over—riding priority for the scottish national party is to ensure fair and due process. brexit supporting conservatives accuse the chancellor of spreading m essa 9 es accuse the chancellor of spreading m essa g es of accuse the chancellor of spreading messages of dodgy project fear after he wandered the impact of a no—deal brexit. thomas cook is removing all its guests from a hotel in egypt following the death of a british couple. john and susan cooper died while staying at the red sea resort. the exact cause of their

deaths remains unknown. a new global study confirms previous research that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption. it suggests health visual should consider recommending that people go teetotal. ryanair introduces rya nair introduces new ryanair introduces new rules on cabin ragas. the budget airline says it is to speed up for boarding. sport now. here's katherine downes. the iconic spa circuit in belgium is the venue for formula 1's return after a break. mercedes usually does well at this circuit but sebastian vettel is showing determination to close the gap on lewis hamilton. he topped the time sheets in practice more than three tenths of a second quicker than hamilton. spanish rider maverick then yellows led a yamaha

in the british make a gp at silverstone. he was quicker than valentino rossi, with cal crutchlow in fourth and marc marquez down intense after a crash. burnley manager sean dyche was critical of his first defeat in the europa league play—off in athens, regarding the home team's conduct at half—time. they lost 3—1 in a game in which ben gibson was sent off and both sides were awarded a penalty. after the incident where they tried for a penalty, which wasn't a penalty, and i think they appeared on the pitch and the referee and linesman and the fourth official and all i remember being told was respected in the referee's respect of the conduct around the referee and the scene do so at half time around the referee were interesting,

from all and sundry on that side. and then changed in the second half. rangers were the only british site to managing win in the first leg of last night's europa league qualifiers to take steven gerrard's unbeaten run as manager to ten games. celtic manager brendan rodgers said his side lacked pride and desire after another disappointing night. the one positive was an away goal against the team in lithuania. their defence fell apart again the team in lithuania. their defence fellapart again and the team in lithuania. their defence fell apart again and the tie is level at 1—1 going into the second leg on thursday. i feel for the supporters tonight. they have come all the way out here, 200 of them, all the way out here, 200 of them, all the way out, trains and buses, the whole thing, and, you know, it's a disappointing performance. they have seen a goal, but we have to be much better. chris ashton's hopes of an england recall could be further,

located with the dates of his ban for a dangerous tackle during the preseason. possibly subject to change. his seven—week ban was due to start with another pre—season friendly scheduled for tonight but that match is not on the fixture list, which means the bank could start later and he won't get to play a tall before eddiejones named his squad for the autumn internationals. the first track gold medal of the day of the european para athletics championships has been won by great britain's david davies. he added to britain's david davies. he added to britain's impressive tally at the games. 5000 metres, on top of the silver he won in the 1500 metres earlier in the week. ijust had to get ready to go with two laps to go, and that's exactly what i did. 0ne of the spanish guys passed me but i am made up with that. great britain

are top of the medal table at the european para athletics. i will keep the updated later. studio: thank you. it's home to the world's largest indoor rainforest and its big shiny domes have attracted millions of tourists in cornwall. but could a second eden project be on its way to morecambe? john maguire has been finding out. morecambe is rightly proud of its past. these pictures, almost 120 years old, showjust how popular the seaside town once was. and with an eye on that history, its annual vintage by the sea festival, which takes place next weekend, brings in around 40,000 visitors. but now it's this space—age vision that could propel morecambe into the future. this is the eden project in cornwall, a major visitor attraction, and now there are plans for one here. so the eden project could see this area totally transformed. absolutely, depending

on final plans... this whole project will be a total enabler for the district, not just the town actually, because it's not only going to be an economic one, it's going to be social, environmental and also educational, because with the involvement of lancaster university, being one of the top ten universities in the country, they're putting all their might behind us, and also their research, i believe this is going to be quite an educational facility as well. for local businesses, eden would represent a highly prestigious and, crucially, year—round draw. morecambe's been quite innovative over the years. morecambe invented bingo, so this is the new bingo if you will. it's really going to put us not just on the national but the international map. the eden project says its feasibility study indicates morecambe is a viable location, and now the task begins to raise the many millions needed to create it. and, if it is built, it will bring notjust sunshine, but millions and millions of new visitors to morecambe bay. a0 years ago, ron stallworth became

the first black detective in the colorado springs police department to become an undercover member of the klu—klux—klan. his story has now been brought to the big screen in the film "blachlansman" by the man behind the malcolm x biopic, the director, spike lee. my colleague naga munchetty went to talk to him about it. hello. who am i speaking with? grand wizard of the ku klux klan? what can ido wizard of the ku klux klan? what can i do for you? since you ask, i hate blacks. the irony of the character is he is a black policeman, a rookie cop, in an all white environment,

trying to persuade racist colleagues as well, that they need to bring down the plan. and the language that john washington needs to use when he impersonates the ku klux klan, it is quite harsh. how did you deal with having to say those words? be that character? he is undercover. in fa ct, character? he is undercover. in fact, there is a scene where he is holding the phone and everybody is laughing, so there is humour in the film. and as people, especially white audience members, are looking around, like, is it ok to laugh? but they can laugh. ijust want around, like, is it ok to laugh? but they can laugh. i just want them around, like, is it ok to laugh? but they can laugh. ijust want them to laugh at the end of the movie. they can laugh. ijust want them to laugh at the end of the movielj find it interesting that he says david duke could never be elected to president. that line made me laugh. we put a whole lot of things like

that in the film. my co—writer that automatically had people think, like... did they? we did that because we are firm believers of history repeating itself. the stuff you see in the film does notjust happen overnight. the term, america first, was thought about by the ku klux klan in the 1920s against immigrants. this stuff is not new. it's remodelled, repackaged, shined up, it is still hate. president trump features in the film, was that all was going to be the case? well, i called him agent 0range. no, he wasn't always... august 12, in the year of our lord, 2017, i saw a

despicable act of home—grown american terrorism. you're talking about the violent in charlottesville sparked by far right activists and clashing with people who didn't like what they were saying. yes. and the reaction of president trump, his words weren't that where he refused to condemn one side, he said there we re to condemn one side, he said there were good and bad on both sides. to condemn one side, he said there were good and bad on both sidesm isa were good and bad on both sidesm is a significant part of his legacy in american history, where a united states american president has a chance to denounce hate and denounce the ku klux klan and the alternative right of neo—nazis and he refused to do it. spike lee, it has been an absolute joy. spike lee do it. spike lee, it has been an

absolutejoy. spike lee with nike and chatty. itv says declan donnelly will have a co—host for this year's series of ‘i'm a celebrity, get me out of here'. the announcement comes amid speculation the presenter may have fronted the show by himself following his co—host, ant mcpartlin being given time off following a recent drink—driving conviction. the 2016 winner, scarlett moffatt remains the bookmakers' favourite to take up the role. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... scotland's former first minister, alex salmond, strongly rejects allegations of sexual misconduct, dating back to his time in office, and says he'll take the scottish government to court over its handling of the allegations. brexiteer conservatives accuse the chancellor of spreading messages of ‘dodgy project fear‘ after he warned of the economic impact of a no—deal. a postmortem is to be carried out on the bodies of a british couple who died in egypt while staying at a hotel in the red sea resort of hurghada.

good morning. the business headlines... the boss of one of the uk's largest customs brokers is warning of a 500% rise in customs processing if there is no deal to leave the european union. george baker told bbc five live's wake up to money he expects a no—deal brexit to increase their workload by 500%. he said it will be "very difficult to cope" if there is no brexit deal. a customs broker submits electronic declarations on behalf of import and export traders. trade talks between the us and china have ended with little progress in a week that has seen the trade war between the two countries heat up. on thursday, the us imposed a second wave of tariffs on chinese goods worth £12.4 billion. china immediately imposed retaliatory taxes on the same value of us products.

the talks between the us and china in washington were the first face—to—face discussions between the two sides sincejune. procter & gamble is reported to have applied to trademark acronyms that are common in text speak. if successful, terms including "lol" laugh out loud — and "nbd" no big deal — could be used to market products. p&g reportedly registered the trademark applications with the us patent and trademark office in april. the products would be sold alongside well known brands such as febreze, fairy and mrclean. another acronym was trademarked but i cannot repeat that on national television. a stark warning from the national union of farmers in the event of a no deal breaks it. the nfu emphasises the need for free and

frictionless trade with the eu and has called for clarity on what will happen to trade where the uk to leave with no deal after march 29 next year. joining us now is the president of the national union of farmers, minette batters imports also issue as 70% of food and feed and drinks from eu? what would the process be for the export and import of farm feed and food if there were no deal?|j export and import of farm feed and food if there were no deal? i guess it goes to highlight how absolutely essential it is to achieve a deal with the eu. it clear that no deal being achieved would mean this country reverts to third country status, subject to the highest rate of tariff wall, if we look at our bmb of tariff wall, if we look at our lamb exports, 40% of lamb goes into the european union, that would be subjected to a tariff of 51%. it is

u na cce pta ble subjected to a tariff of 51%. it is unacceptable not to achieve a deal. the other worrying thing is that we saw in the technical notices was the fa ct saw in the technical notices was the fact government would be looking to put up its own tariff wall effectively for products coming in. we could face a situation where british farmers are being heavily penalised by the highest tariff wall available and our government choosing to lower the threshold for products coming in. worst case scenario, all efforts, as we have been saying since we first published our report, on the back of the referendum. what do you want the government to hearfrom referendum. what do you want the government to hear from foreigners? what are your worries? what do you wa nt to what are your worries? what do you want to happen? this isn'tjust about farmers, it is about the impact on food. we need a serious and grown—up conversation about food and grown—up conversation about food and the nation's supply of food, how we produce it at home, how we create

stability and how we make sure we have a free and frictionless movement of food and agricultural products. it is very uncertain at the moment. we had a strong idea that agriculture and food would be carved out of the deal but then on the back of the speech we had this would be brought back in. we still don't know the detail of what that will mean. but this has seismic impact, notjust will mean. but this has seismic impact, not just for farmers will mean. but this has seismic impact, notjust for farmers but will mean. but this has seismic impact, not just for farmers but for consumers as well. pro brexit groups say there is nothing to fear because brussels needs a deal more than we do. they tell farmers, you have nothing to fear, you will be better off. what is your reaction? yeah, we have been told this from day one, we will avoid the cliff edge and will have a deal, the government is, in my believe, rightly, preparing for a no deal situation. but i don't think anything can be ruled out. we know agriculture is always the last

chapter in any trade deal to be achieved. as i say, reverting to third country status, facing the highest wall of tariff for our farmers, it would be absolutely catastrophic for british agriculture. is good to talk to you from the nfu. a look at some of the day's other big business stories now procter & gamble is reported to have applied to trademark acronyms that are common in text speak. if successful, terms including "lol" laugh out and "nbd" no big could be used to market products. the global household products company has applied to use the acronyms in soap, detergents and air fresheners. the uk's competition watchdog has launched an investigation into the proposed sainsbury‘s—asda merger.the competition and markets authority will look into whether the deal will mean less consumer choice, higher prices or worse service. the combined group would be the uk's biggest retail chain with 2,800 stores and 31.4% of the grocery market. luton airport has been named the worst in the uk for the third year in a row

in a passenger satisfaction survey. london luton was rated one star for its baggage drop queues, shops, seating, toilets and staff in the which? study. an airport spokesman said the survey represented a fraction of passengers and that 70% of people it polled were "happy with their experience". doncaster sheffield was named the best uk airport, with praise for its queues, facilities and speedy baggage reclaim. that is your round—up. what is your favourite airport? heathrow, terminal five. mind is gatwick, closer to my house! thank you. it is just approaching 11:50am. last month, militants from so—called

islamic state mounted attacks in south—west syria, killing more than 200 people, and kidnapping dozens more. the victims were mainly druze — a religious minority whose people are split across national boundaries. many druze live in and around the golan heights, much of which israel captured and later annexed from syria, with whom it fought two wars in the 1960s and 70s. to this day many druze families remain separated across un ceasefire lines. 0ur middle east correspondent, tom bateman, reports from the town of majdal shams, where druze families have been mourning relatives killed in last month's is attacks. this divided land has seen families separated for half a century, israel ca ptu red separated for half a century, israel captured the golan heights from syria in 1967. the druze religious minority here, in fractured across 65 lines ever since. the torment has only deepened with the syrians have a war. those families in the

israeli—occupied golan, saying there has been little comfort in the separation of a conflict that has devastated families. this woman wa nts to devastated families. this woman wants to see her hometown again before she dies. she left in 1979, a brightjoining her before she dies. she left in 1979, a bright joining her druze before she dies. she left in 1979, a brightjoining her druze husband on the israeli side. her relatives were among 200 people killed in is attacks in her hometown last month. translation: we are constantly on edge. the anguish and the burden are indescribable. at any moment, we could hear that there has been a terrorist bomb. her nephew was killed in an accident cleaning his gun in the days before last month is attacks. as we she called his sister.

i wish i was with you during this tragedy, she says. this is the closest contact his relatives can make, distraught from the current war, distance by an old one. the sense of separation for people here has only worsened after the most recent attacks in southwest syria. but the fracture for the community across ceasefire lines that existed for decades. trying to bridge the divide is often proving difficult and painful. for decades, these families could only way even shout to each other across the fence. they call this the valley of tears. wedding parties met amid barbed wire. assyrian bridesmaid, a one—way trip into the golan heights. but even the short reunions ended with syrian civil war. the wedding here todayis syrian civil war. the wedding here today is a rare chance to celebrate. the singer pays tribute to absent

family members inside syria. contact between loved ones across old dividing lines is another casualty of this region ‘s wars. tom bateman, bbc news. so far summer 2018, has been memorable — particularly dry and particularly hot as well. many businesses that rely on agriculture have already been affected and one of scotland s on agriculture have already been the impact in the future — whisky. nick miller has been to the glenlivet distillery to find out how they are responding to changing climates to maintain the quality of its whisky. risky, it is a core part of scotland's national identity and it's a massive moneymaker to. there are over 100 distilleries and last year exporter hit a record high with 1.2 billion bottles going to an

almost insatiable overseas market. and this is where it all begins with a crop of malting barley ready to be harvested and i'm going to dojust that in that combine over there. let's get this barley cut. the lack of rain here this summer has affected the quality and quantity of the barley sent to the distillery. but it's predicted whether changes for the future, higher temperatures, more intense rain, when it rains, potentially longer droughts, that are on the mind of this farmer.m we get more extreme weather is, we have to do react to that extreme weather in the way we grow our crops and harvest, so we get smaller harvest windows, and smaller drilling windows when the weather is right to do the drilling. for whiskey, you need water too from streams and underground springs and this distilleries working with scientists from the university of aberdeen on nature —based solutions such as dams, to maintain a steady

flow of water at the right temperature. something that could become more difficult as our weather warms. what these strategies are designed for is basically to hold back and store water in the landscape and make that the term to our streams slower. landscape and make that the term to our streams slower. we do want to building any more of these structures and keeping the integrity of the landscape but moreover, these features can have multiple benefits, so features can have multiple benefits, so not only potentially helping to mitigate floods and droughts, but it could also help to increase the biodiversity and improve water quality and carbon storage. and now we are in the distillery where the barley we saw harvested earlier comes in through here, with the water, it's all mixed together where it is heated and we end up with a sugary liquid. there's then is transferred into the wash bag where it is cooled, yeast is added, it foments and you get alcohol. now

you're talking. and then all of comes into play. whiskey works of art, stills, shaped to an exact specification to create the unique taste. distilleries like this across scotla nd taste. distilleries like this across scotland are facing up to climate challenges. but their opportunities too. in terms of a longer term we've had a piece of work done which suggests climate change will actually mean more soils become suitable for growing barley in this area in future so that could be a good thing but it might mean that some of the lighter soils would need to be irrigated. from the field to bottle, whiskey makers here are adapting to our changing climate. so our taste for it could be constant. whatever the weather. nick miller, bbc news, murray. headlines are coming upfor bbc news, murray. headlines are coming up for you at the top of the hour. ina coming up for you at the top of the hour. in a moment he was say goodbye to the was on bbc two. let's leave you with the bank holiday weather prospects. the bank holiday weekend is looking

pretty mixed. some sunshine, rain, and a bit more sunshine to come and the theme for today is quite mixed, as well, actually. rainbows coming in this morning from our weather watchers. heavy showers in scotland, northern ireland, across north—west england, north west wales, as well but in between this and sunny spells and certainly down towards the south—east of england, plenty of blue skies. in east sussex the moment. as they go through the rest of the day, showers in northern and western areas where they could be heavy and sundry. the driest and brightest of the weather is in the south—east of england, but it's feeling pretty chilly at there. you will notice the change compared to the last few days. 14—16 in northern parts, 18—19 further south. through the streaming and tonight, showers continuing to move into the south—east. with lengthy clear

spells, it will turn pretty chilly. look at the greens here. the odd bit of blue in scotland. temperatures dropping away. single figures into the early hours of tomorrow morning. 4-5 the early hours of tomorrow morning. 11—5 in the countryside. into saturday, quite chilly to start off with but there will be a good deal of dry and bright weather on saturday. a few showers in the north and west, but looking mostly dry and it is still going to feel a bit chilly. those temperatures up to around 17—20. haps a degree higher than today. through into sunday, that's when things change. low— pressure that's when things change. low—pressure moving in which will push these weather fronts from west to east. outbreaks of quite heavy rain actually during sunday. and it will push its way through and feel quite disappointing with maximum temperature is only getting into the mid to high teams. bye—bye. this is bbc news.

our top stories... alex salmond says he will take the scottish government to court over its handling of the claims. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon says it is an extremely difficult situation and due process must be followed. more from her shortly. a couple from burnley both died chairing a holiday at a red sea resort. a new prime minister in australia, scott morrison, is sworn into office just a few hours after his predecessor was forced out. we have a lot of challenges as a country and we will get through them as we would have, together. pope francis is visiting ireland. it will be his first visit to the country

and most a0 years. ryanair brings in new rules and fees for passengers travelling with cabin luggage. how low. scotland's former first minister has strongly rejected allegations of sexual misconduct dating back from his time in office. he is taking the holyrood government to court to challenge the waiters handling complaints against him, saying he has not been allowed to see evidence against him. in a statement, the scottish government has confirmed alex salmond has initiated legal proceedings. the government says it will defend its

position vigorously and treats any allegations of harassment seriously. nicola sturgeon has also released a statement saying she has been aware of the investigation for some time but has had no role in the process. she goes on to acknowledge his challenge of the scottish government but says she refused his criticisms about its process. she continues to say, my relationship obviously makes this an extremely difficult situation for me that i have to come to terms with. i am acutely aware how upsetting this will be for my party. the complaints data back to 2013 when he was first minister. some of

them were ridiculous. he said they we re them were ridiculous. he said they were being dealt with under an unjust procedure put into place by the scottish government after he left office. mr salmond, who twice led the snp, is seeking a judicial review of the complaints process in the court of session. the scottish government said it would defend its position vigorously. 0ur scotland political correspondent, andrew kerr, sent us this report earlier. these allegations are rocked the scottish political establishment this morning. they date back to december 2013 when mr salmond was first minister of scotland and the daily record newspaper alleged there we re daily record newspaper alleged there were two macro examples of sexual misconduct against two staff members that his official residence in bute house, like the number 10 downing street, in a sense. in a co meath,

mr salmond has denied these complaints and is taking the scottish government to court. he says the complaints procedure has been unlawful and unjust. the scottish government has confirmed the proceedings have been launched in may are vigorously saying they will pursue this as well. this is really quite a significant story. mr salmond of course a well—known figure, notjust here in scotland but right across the united kingdom. you say he is vigorously denying the allegations and taking action himself. in the last few minutes we have had a statement from the permanent secretary at the scottish government leslie evans. she has confirmed that injanuary government leslie evans. she has confirmed that in january she received two macro complaints concerning harassment allegations in relation to mr salmond. she informed him in march of these allegations

and then on wednesday informed the interested parties of the conclusions to her investigation. mr salmond of course did take that legal action and mr evans says the statement contains inaccuracies which will be addressed in court. just to emphasise how unusual this story is in a sense that we have a former first minister of scotland taking the scottish government to court. it really is quite extraordinary. as i say, really rocking the scottish political establishment. thomas cook is removing all its customers from a hotel in egypt after the unexplained death of a british couple. john cooper and his wife susan from burnley in lancashire, died at the hotel steigenberger aqua magic in the red sea resort of hurghada. the circumstances of their deaths are unknown although egyptian authorities have said that there was no criminal suspicion behind the deaths of the two british tourists, adding that they died

of natural causes. thomas cook have sent us the following statement: i spoke to our correspondent sarah campbell a little earlier. the couple, susan and john cooper, we re the couple, susan and john cooper, were on holiday with their daughter and the three grandchildren. kelly or marauders her daughter and this morning she released a statement to her local radio station in lancashire and said, as a family we

are devastated. mum and dad meant the world to me and we are in utter shock over what has happened. prior to going on holiday mum and dad were fit and healthy with no health problems at all. we have no cause of death. at the moment a postmortem is under way. she gave some details about what happened. dad never went to hospital. he died ina dad never went to hospital. he died in a hotel room in front of me. i went to hospital with mum in the ambulance where she passed away for the terrible events. her priority is finding out what happened with the cause of death and trying to get her and her three children home. unimaginable and incredibly confusing. she said they were healthy beforehand. the borough twos in egypt said there were no suspicious circumstances and they died of natural causes. thomas cook ina died of natural causes. thomas cook in a statement are pulling people out of saying there is a raised level of illness at the hotel. we saw the statement than saying we have received further reports of a

raised level of illness among our guests. as a precautionary measure they are taking the 301 guests away from this hotel. the senior director of corporate communications for the pa rent of corporate communications for the parent company of the hotel said, in a statement, there was not an unusual level of illness among the 1600 guests currently staying at the hotel. he also added that mr cooper had complained of low blood pressure and was treated by the on—site doctor on the night he died. lots of questions which remain to be answered. obviously, the details of other postmortem details that will give some answers to what happened. janette rawlingson has been staying at the hotel in the resort where the couple died and criticised thomas cook's response to their deaths. i have had an upset. overnight. any because of my persistence i went to

a local supermarket to get my two children some food because i did not wa nt children some food because i did not want them eating in a restaurant. everybody is really worried. as the anxiety raises and people start talking, they are talking to each other and the lack of answers from thomas cook is really disappointing. we flew out on tuesday, the davies poor, poor people passed away. i'm really sorry about what happened. we should have been given an option whether to come or not and we would have not. now we have chosen to go home. i have two small children, one already has a peanut allergy and they are careful with food. the a nswe rs they are careful with food. the answers from the hotel and not very good at all, from thomas cook. i'm so disappointed with them. we saved ha rd so disappointed with them. we saved hard for a summer holiday with family and had the children in clubs and everything for four makes family and had the children in clubs and everything forfour makes —— waiting for a family holiday and this is what happened. we're waiting

for a statement egyptian authorities. let me read it out to you. the authorities are saying that the british tourist james cooper, 69 yea rs old the british tourist james cooper, 69 years old when he died in his hotel room at 11am on tuesday. it was revealed after an urgent medical examination was done on the spot he had suffered a sharp drop in blood circulation and a sudden stop in the heart muscle, this is the egyptian statement. the body was transferred to the mortuary of the hospital. the cause of death was a sudden failure in the heart muscle and respiratory failure which confirmed the lack of criminal suspicions. at four p: m. , mrs susan cooper, his wife, 6a years old, she was transferred says the statement to the hospital in a state

of fainting where doctors did heart recovery work lasting for 30 minutes. after that she died at 5:12 p:m.. the body was immediately transferred to the same mortuary where it was immediately checked by the health inspector who, according to the statement, proved that the cause of death was a drop in blood circulation and respiratory functions again with no criminal circumstances. there we are. that is the statement from the egyptian authorities essentially saying that both the couple died of natural causes with no criminal circumstances at all. that is a statement from the egyptian authorities but clearly a lot of questions still to be asked and a nswered questions still to be asked and answered by the family. thomas cook, in their statement, talking about concerns of a raised level of illness that hotel. the chancellor, philip hammond has been accused of launching a "dodgy

project fear" by brexit backing conservatives. this after he reiterated warnings that a no—deal brexit would cause major economic damage. mr hammond's comments came just hours after the brexit secretary dominic raab played down the likelihood of the uk leaving the eu without a deal. mr raab insisted an agreement is the most likely option, but says it's important "practical" preparations are made. the ongoing battle really between conservative brexiteers, hard brexiteers if you like, you are very suspicious of philip hammond, the chancellor, and the treasury, seeing them is pushing for the softest brexit possible. yesterday, in this letter to the commons treasury committee, philip hammond raised warnings really about the damage the

treasury says no—deal brexit could potentially do to the economy. after 15 years, the economy could be five to 10% smaller than it otherwise would have been. that, he says, could cost the treasury as much as £80 billion a year in extra borrowing. that letter drew criticism from brexiteers but david liddington, the cabinet office minister, this morning told the capital at today programme that this was really, in his view, a row about nothing because the analysis that philip hammond was using in the letter has been around for several months. it is nothing new. it is provisional analysis published by the treasury back in and february this year. he was referring back to iraq in response he had from a senior member of parliament. —— back to that. he is committed to the

objectives set out by the governor in its white paper after the chequers cabinet meeting. -- by the government. it is the timing that raised eyebrows. this letter was published just hours after the brexit secretary had published a range of documents, telling businesses what they needed to do to prepare for a no—deal brexit but putting a very positive spin on it. saying any disruption was likely to only be in the short term and no deal was a very unlikely prospect. brexiteers see that timing is proof of their suspicion that philip hammond is pushing from inside government for the softest brexit possible. this is whatjacob rees—mogg had to say on newsnight last night. the treasury's brexit panic music and along the trusts the treasury forecast which is why george osborne set up the office for

budget responsibility in the first place because he said as chancellor, we need independent forecasters. another row between philip hammond and brexiteers. this is something we have seen before. time is running out. we only have until march for any deal between britain and the eu to be agreed and those making the decisions on both sides of that debate really have to get on with it if the risks, as the treasury puts it ofa no if the risks, as the treasury puts it of a no deal, is to be averted. —— the risk. the headlines on bbc news. scotland's former first minister, alex salmond, strongly rejects allegations of sexual misconduct, dating back to his time in office, and says he'll take the scottish government to court over its handling of the allegations a postmortem is to be carried out on the bodies of a british couple who died in egypt while staying at a hotel in the red sea resort of hurghada. a new prime minister in australia. scott morrison is sworn into office just hours

after his predecessor was forced out. sport now. that afternoon to you. the iconic spa in belgium is the iconic menu for the formula 1 return. it is where mercedes usually does well. sebastian vettel is showing his determination to close the gap on championship leader lewis hamilton. the german has topped the time sheets in first practice, more than three tenths of a second quicker than lewis hamilton. chris ashton's hopes of an england recall could be further, gated with the dates of his ban for further, gated with the dates of his banfora further, gated with the dates of his ban for a dangerous tackle during pre—season possibly subject to change. his seven—week ban was due to start with another pre—season friendly scheduled for tonight. that

match is not on the fixture list, which means the ban could start later and he will not get to play at all before england boss eddiejones named his squad for the autumn internationals. the burnley manager has been very critical of officials after his side's v in the first leg of their europa league play—offs in athens will stop ben gibson was sent off on both sides were awarded a penalty. he was also upset regarding the conduct of the home team at half—time. the conduct of the home team at half-time. after the incident where the try for a penalty which was not a penalty. they were around the referee, the linesman and the fourth official. all we get told is respect official. all we get told is respect of the referee and the conduct around the referee. the things i saw at half—time around the referee were interesting. from all and sundry on

the side. and then things change in the side. and then things change in the second half. the first track gold of the day at the european championships has been won by david devine after victory in the t13 5000 metres on top of the silver he already won in the 1500 metres earlier in the week. my coach said, just go to the front and control it for four k just go to the front and control it forfour kand just go to the front and control it for four k and get ready to go with two laps to go and be up there kicking. that is what i did. one of the spanish guys went past me. that is exactly howl the spanish guys went past me. that is exactly how i want it to go. that is exactly how i want it to go. that is all the sport for now. we'll be back with more in the next hour. there is no safe limit to alcohol consumption and health officials should consider recommending that people go teetotal. that's the findings of a major global study. the research was led by the university of

washington and published in the lancet medicaljournal. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. just how much alcohol is it safe to drink? different studies offering apparently contradictory results can be confusing, as is the level of risk posed by drinking even a moderate amount of alcohol. now new research says there is no safe level of alcohol consumption. the global study looked at drinking habits over 26 years in 195 countries. around the world, one in three people are thought to drink alcohol. alcohol use is linked to nearly a tenth of all deaths in those aged 15 to a9. this leaves the authors to conclude that any health benefits of drinking are outweighed by the risks. in the uk, the advice is to limit consumption by 1a units a week, around six pints of lager or seven glasses of wine. health experts say for most people, sticking to this level of consumption presents a very low risk and in the end,

this is what the debate around alcohol consumption comes down to, the level of risk we're each willing to live with. dominic hughes, bbc news. professor sonia saxena from imperial college london is one of the study authors, and she's here now. thank you for being with us. this has been a huge study. people are often confused and think a lot of the advice on what to drink whether to drink his alcohol is quite confusing. what are you saying? that current recommendation in the uk is that men and women should not exceed 14 that men and women should not exceed 1a units per week. what this study has found is that probably that actually needs to be reviewed to little bit because we have studied across the globe and found there really is no safe level. the best

thing to do is actually abseiled from alcohol. you are saying, first of all 1a units as part of the confusion because people do not know what a unit is. what does 1a units are great too and what do you think it should be in terms of it being lowered from 1a? it should be in terms of it being lowered from 14? 14 units is not very much at all. it means one or two. one small glass of wine, a small beer, or a very small spirit type drink which is a0% proof. uk, women drink three units per day. it is 21 units across the week. the m essa g es is 21 units across the week. the messages i would say is, the safest thing is not to drink alcohol at all. if you are going to drink then sticking within the limits is a good idea, one or two drinks and if you get beyond that you really are increasing the risk is quite dramatically of diabetes, cancer, of

the liver, cirrhosis, self harm, lots of violence, road traffic accidents and problems across the globe are driven by alcohol. this study did not even measure the effect on other persons and looked at individual, adverse effects. effect on other persons and looked at individual, adverse effectslj at individual, adverse effects.” talked about the conflicting and confusing advice. we have had advice in the past and drinking some wine is good for you. red wine in particular people have said is good for you. that is what previous studies showed. taken, together with all the combined risks, we now think thatis all the combined risks, we now think that is not good advice. any modest benefit against ischaemic heart disease is actually outweigh dramatically by the risk of other adverse effects. so, problems to do with cancer and liver cirrhosis, all of that taken together will increase your disability in later life. recommending that people give up alcohol altogether, some might say thatis alcohol altogether, some might say that is not realistic. perhaps do we

need a change in our thinking altogether? cigarette smoking, more more people understand is very bad for you and huge numbers of people have given up smoking. but it is not the same with alcohol. are you suggesting a sea change in our thinking about alcohol? my concerns are mainly for the next generation. every generation, particularly in the uk since the 1930s has increased their levels of drinking that there is evidence suggesting that the millennial generation is drinking less. we' re millennial generation is drinking less. we're not seeing that in very young people who are taking that up. ido young people who are taking that up. i do think we need to think about a changing culture towards reducing and abstaining and increasing those would the other thing to mention is that women have genetically increased their drinking impaired with men. the gender gap has closed. i think this is a great success story for the advertising industry. i think the government needs to think about minimum pricing. it has done that very well in the scottish

parliament but i believe in the uk that was considered and not taken any further. maybe we need to look at some of those measures. thank you for coming in. one of the authors of the study on alcohol consumption. thank you for your time. strong winds and torrential rains from hurricane lane have hit hawaii in the pacific ocean, causing flash floods and landslides. all public schools and many offices are closed as residents take shelter. the hurricane, earlier measured as category four has now been downgraded to category three, but authorities still warn it needs to be taken seriously and a state of emergency has been declared , as jon donnison reports. this is what half a metre of rain has done to hawaii. a tropical paradise, transformed. the islands may have so far avoided a direct hit

that hurricane lane has made its mark. hawaii will be impacted by hurricane lane, the question is how bad? it is going to become a significant event. we are extremely concerned about the potential is for england's flooding with landslides occurring and damage to the transportation and communications infrastructure. many have lead their homes with dozens of evacuation centres set up across the state. long queues have formed outside supermarkets with people urged to stockpile food and water. a state of emergency has been declared. we have the federal state, all of the county say, to make sure we are protecting the health, safety of fire of all of all about people, including some 300,000 tourist who are in the state

right now. these pictures from the international space station show the hurricane on its approach to hawaii earlier this week. two or three days ago it was a category five, at this top of the scale for the these storms are really rare close to hawaii for some it does not get that many hurricanes that this is the latest satellite. you can see the hawaiian chain. that is the big island. the smaller one is where honolulu is. most of the cloud is in the south. this track shows you where the eye of the store may be in the next two was three days. itjust so happens in the last few minutes it has taken a 90 degrees turn, so, hopefully, the worst of the storm will stay out to sea. but authorities are not taking any chances with beaches being reinforced for a possible storm surge. hawaii's surfers, the only

ones making hay while the sun does not shine. now it's time for a look at the weather. thank you. good afternoon. a definite hint of autumn about our weather at the moment not helped by the brisk, north westerly winds which is feeding in plenty of showers. some of them heavy with their risk of hail and vendor mixed in. we have already had reports of lightning in parts of east yorkshire. you can see a rash of showers developing across north—west england, particularly first thing this morning and into scotland. there are gradually transferring their weight used with as we head to their weight used with as we head to the afternoon. they are rattling through quickly on the blustery wind. there is some dry, bright intervals to be had,

particularly down towards the south and the east. it will take quite a while for the showers to edging. these are the average wind speeds. around the showers we are expecting gusts of 30 miles an hour. a blustery day, cooler than it has been an act is reflected in today's temperatures back down into the teens across the board. as we head on into the evening, gradually these temperatures. touissa nt favours on into the evening, gradually these temperatures. touissant favours we do keep the brisk wind that will be a feature first thing in the morning. the two clearly out in some sheltered spots that emojis will dip down from back into single figures for all of us. a chilly start to saturday morning for a particularly down the north sea coasts. we have got quite a keen wind at first but high pressure starts to building, so the winds will ease. for most of us it will be a fine and dry day with lengthy spells of sunshine. the chance of one or two showers here are never most places remaining drive. because the winds are lighter and there is more sunshine around britain bridges will fare little bit better tomorrow. back in the mid teens to possibly lower 20s, backed down in the south—east. look what is lacking in the wings as we head into sunday. it is a low pressure system that will bring rain. first to

northern ireland. as we head into the day, working its way to south—west england into wales and the north west of scotland. through the north west of scotland. through the day that'll work its way eastwards. we could have some heavy bursts on and it will be accompanied by fairly blustery south—west winds this time. and the cloud with the rain it will feel particularly cool with temperatures back down into the teens. as we head into bank holiday morning some good spells of sunshine around once again. the chance of one or two showers but many places will remain dry throughout. temperatures picking up a that'll be it. they are looking at highs of 20 celsius. in the high teens in the north. a quiet story but cool. this is bbc news. our latest headlines. scotland's former first minister alex salmond has described sexual misconduct allegations made by two people against him as "patently ridiculous". he will move to take the scottish government to court over its complaints procedure. meanwhile, the current

first minister nicola sturgeon said that allegations against her predecessor "could not be ignored or swept under the carpet". let's listen in to say. since then, we have been under investigation by the permanent secretary. under a procedure that was agreed by me in december last year, the permanent secretary has been investigating. i have been aware of the fact of the investigation, but i've had no role in it. until now, i was not able to refer to it publicly in order to protect the integrity of the investigation. the permanent secretary advised me earlier this week that she has concluded their investigation and intends to make the facts of the complaint known publicly. alex salmond has now instituted legal proceedings against the scottish government and therefore restricted what more i can

say for that i will however save the scottish government will vigorously defend its processes. the other thing which is important to say is that when complaints are received, it is important that they are not swept under the carpet because of the identity, the seniority of the political allegiance of the person being complained about. i have made clear on many occasions that in all workplaces people must be labelled to bring forward complaints and have confidence that they will be treated seriously and now it is important that due process and fair process is followed. what has the investigation concluded? i'm not able to share that information. i myself have limited information, but there were legal proceedings under way and, for legal proceedings under way and, for legal reasons, that means i'm not able to confirm even the limited information that i have. has the case been reported to police

scotland? i'm not able to confirm that. that would be a matter to be directed to the scotland... when and if the scottish government is able to make more information available, they will do so but i hope people will appreciate that the most important thing now is fair process to all parties concerned. when did you first hear about the nature of these allegations and what action did you take? i heard about the fact of the investigation initially from alex salmond himself in april. i knew at that time that the process i had agreed in december was under way. i knew i had a role in that process. i later made the permanent secretary where i knew about the fa ct of secretary where i knew about the fact of the investigation but made clear to her, that i would not intervene that process for such informed me this week that process had been completed and it was her intention to make the fact of its

public. we then, obviously, had legal proceedings raised, which does however frustrating this could be for all, restrict the information the scottish government is able to give. is alex salmond still a member of the scottish national party? this'll be considered in the fullness of time for the those not pa rt fullness of time for the those not part investigation. legal reasons, i'm not able to pass the information to the party, so the situation will undoubtedly developed as more information becomes available, but i'm not able to confirm more than i have at this stage. has anyone ever come to you with concerns about alex salmond's behaviour? the first i have been aware is in the context of the two complaints. i have had no prior acknowledgement of them complaints made and those complaints have been under investigation by the scottish government. what is the

personal impact of this on you as someone personal impact of this on you as someone who has been side by side with alex salmond for many many yea rs ? with alex salmond for many many years? this is an incredibly difficult situation for me to come to terms with. everybody knows the length and closeness of my relationship to alex salmond, and i think people will understand how difficult this is for me and for my party. this'll be extremely upsetting to members of the snp up and down the country. it a difficult situation, but what is important is that complaints are treated seriously regardless of who the person complained about is. i have been very clear that my belief and the importance of that, it's a principle that cannot be applied selectively, no matter how difficult that might be for me, my party or others. thank you. studio: that's a statement from

nicola sturgeon, first minister of scotland, about the former first minister of scotland, alex salmond, who has described the allegations against him of sexual misconduct as patenting ridiculous. but nicola sturgeon saying that this is an incredibly difficult situation because she of course has long been a close political ally of alex salmond and saying it is extremely upsetting for members of the scottish national party, but at the same time, nicola sturgeon really emphasising that there has to be fairand due emphasising that there has to be fair and due process in terms of this investigation. and saying nothing could be in her words swept under the carpet, saying complaints that have been made cannot be ignored or swept under the carpet. she said i have been clear on many occasions that all organisations and workplaces must make it possible for people to come forward to report

concerns they have. they will be treated seriously. that cannot be applied selectively and must be applied selectively and must be applied without fear of favour regardless of the identity or seniority captain maxime fournier political allegiance of the person involved, so nicola sturgeon batting away questions about whether she knew the results of this investigation or indeed whether it had been referred so far to police scotla nd had been referred so far to police scotland fold that the latest from scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon commenting on those allegations about alex salmond, her predecessor. you are watching bbc news. the budget airline, ryanair is bringing in new rules on what passengers pay to take their luggage onto the plane. from november, passengers will still be allowed to take one ‘small personal bag' into the cabin, as long as it will fit under the seat in front. but they will have to pay six pounds if they also want to take a ten kilogram bag, such as a pull—along suitcase, on board.

and they'll still have to pay up to ten pounds if they want to check that bag into the hold instead. the airline says it's not about making money but a way to help speed up boarding. earlier i discussed these changes with helen coffey, the deputy head of travel at the independent. it's quite a bit of a u—turn for ryanair because it's quite a bit of a u—turn for rya nair because of it's quite a bit of a u—turn for ryanair because of this new change will mean they go from being one of the most generous airlines, especially for a budget airlines in terms of free baggage, to actually almost the opposite. instead of getting at the moment, you get your big bag, small bag, as well, but now you will get this hybrid medium sized bag you can take on. as long as it fits under the seat in front. it means it's cutting it by two thirds almost. at the moment you get 58 litres for free, you will get one 20 litre bag for free so it's a 58 litres for free, you will get one 20 litre bag forfree so it's a big

change. a lot of people might know what a 20 litre bag will be but why are they doing it, money or punctuality? they have made it clear it's about punctuality which i believe, but it's because in the long run, that does mean money for ryanair. their long run, that does mean money for rya nair. their business long run, that does mean money for ryanair. their business model is based on the fact that they have this high turnover of flights so they get you one, get you there, get you off and the next people come on so they can run a lot of flights during the course of the day and they said so many people bringing big bags on beans the flights are delayed. which i think is true. i think that's the real reason they are doing it but i definitely think the upside for them is they will make more money no doubt about it because so many more people will pay for priority boarding now. we often forget, i think ryanair is the biggest airline in europe, so will this have implications for other airlines? will other people like easyj et follow airlines? will other people like easyjet follow suit, edition airways potentially and so on?” easyjet follow suit, edition airways potentially and so on? i think they will be watching closely to see

whether passengers accepted or not. ryanairare big whether passengers accepted or not. ryanair are big enough and profitable enough that they can often try out these new ways of doing things. and it's not going to see them go under. i think other airlines will be seeing, our passengers happy with this? the upside of it might be if passion does not happy, maybe they will look elsewhere and maybe there's another option which offers much more free cabin baggage and they will go without a line. -- with that airline. pope francis will arrive in dublin tomorrow for the start of a two—day visit to the republic of ireland. he's expected to draw significantly smaller crowds than the last papal trip to the country byjohn paul the second in 1979. the irish prime minister, leo varadkar says pope francis will arrive in an ireland where the church has less of a dominant influence on society. i think in the past the catholic church had too much of a dominant place in irish society. i think it still has a place in irish society, but not one that determines public policy or determines our laws.

can certainly express the views and contribute to the debate, as all organisations do, but not in a way that determines public policy. in the wake of abuse scandals in the catholic church what kind of welcome will pope francis receive? critics are planning protests. but as our correspondent, chris page reports, the church remains a key part of irish life. 39 years ago, ireland put on a massive display of euphoria, devotion and loyalty. people of ireland... john paul ii was the first pope to visit the country which, at the time, was often described as the most catholic in the world. tomorrow, pope francis will arrive on a transformed ireland. the church's influence is much diminished and its reputation badly damaged. people who were abused in children's homes run by religous orders

are preparing to protest. they want the pope to say sorry on behalf of the church and go further. we're asking him to apologise and, not only that, to fork up and do what's right. out of the faults and the money that they have, it's not all about money, i know that, but that's the only form of justice that people are going to get, especially our elderly people, whose lives have been ruined. the revelations aren't over yet, especially in northern ireland. stormont has commissioned research on church institutions for unmarried mothers to help decide if there'll be a public enquiry. particularly for a lot of women in northern ireland, their voices have not been heard. we do not know about their stories. and those stories are ones that we will hopefully be able to hear, be able to uncover, be able to understand more in a new era, as the church does have to deal with the responsibilities from the past. the dark side of the church's past continues to overshadow its present.

but catholic church attendances in ireland are still proportionally the third highest in europe. there are many thousands who express their faith practically and wholeheartedly to make a positive difference. at saint patrick's parish in north belfast, about 200 come to this soup kitchen every weekend. it's open to anyone in need from all communities and backgrounds. i suppose part of any christian faith is the basics isjust to reach out your helping hand and feed people. as christian catholic people, we want to be able to ensure that the people around us are given every bit of help that we can give. a number of the volunteers will be heading south for the pope's visit. they admire what he says about tackling poverty. they say the pope has shown a form of leadership around different social issues, around homelessness, and shown passion as well, which is very important that that passion is shown and you can see the passion that people have.

i believe, as well, that we're saving lives here. the soul of ireland is under the spotlight. half a million people are expected to come here to phoenix park in dublin for a papal mass on sunday. for the catholic church's most sincere members and its strongest critics, this weekend will be significant, symbolic and historic. chris page, bbc news. itv says declan donnelly will have a co—host for this year's series of i'm a celebrity, get me out of here. the announcement comes amid speculation the presenter may have fronted the show by himself following his co—host, ant mcpartlin being given time off following a recent drink—driving conviction. the 2016 winner, scarlett moffatt remains the bookmakers' favourite to take up the role. the headlines on bbc news. scotland's former first minister, alex salmond, strongly rejects allegations of sexual misconduct, dating back to his time in office,

and says he'll take the scottish government to court over its handling of the allegations. meanwhile the current first minister nicola sturgeon said that while the allegations against her predecessor could not be ignored, the priority for the scottish national party was to ensure fair and due process. a postmortem is to be carried out on the bodies of a british couple who died in egypt while staying at a hotel in the red sea resort of hurghada. it's home to the world's largest indoor rainforest and its big shiny domes have attracted millions of tourists in cornwall. but could a second eden project be on its way to morecambe? john maguire has been finding out. morecambe is rightly proud of its past. these pictures, almost 120 years old, showjust how popular the seaside town once was.

and with an eye on that history, its annual vintage by the sea festival, which takes place next weekend, brings in around a0,000 visitors. but now it's this space—age vision that could propel morecambe into the future. this is the eden project in cornwall, a major visitor attraction, and now there are plans for one here. so the eden project could see this area totally transformed. absolutely, depending on final plans... this whole project will be a total enabler for the district, not just the town actually, because it's not only going to be an economic one, it's going to be social, environmental and also educational, because with the involvement of lancaster university, being one of the top ten universities in the country, they're putting all their might behind us, and also their research, i believe this is going to be quite an educational facility as well. for local businesses, eden would represent a highly prestigious and, crucially, year—round draw. morecambe's been quite innovative over the years.

morecambe invented bingo, so this is the new bingo if you will. it's really going to put us not just on the national but the international map. the eden project says its feasibility study indicates morecambe is a viable location, and now the task begins to raise the many millions needed to create it. and, if it is built, it will bring notjust sunshine, but millions and millions of new visitors to morecambe bay. so far summer 2018, has been memorable, particularly dry and particularly hot as well. many businesses that rely on agriculture have already been affected and one of scotland s well—known products could also feel the impact in the future — whisky. nick miller has been to the glenlivet distillery to find out how they are responding to changing climates to maintain the quality of its whisky.

whisky, it is a core part of scotland's national identity and it's a massive moneymaker too. there are over 100 distilleries and last year exports hit a record high with 1.2 billion bottles going to an almost insatiable overseas market. and this is where it all begins with a crop of malt and barley ready to be harvested and i'm going to do just that in that combine over there. rob, let's get this barley cut. the lack of rain here this summer has affected the quality and quantity of the barley sent to the distillery. but it's predicted weather changes for the future, higher temperatures, more intense rain, when it rains, potentially longer droughts, that are on the mind of this farmer. if we get more extreme weathers, we have to do react to that extreme weather in the way we grow our crops and the way we harvest, so we get smaller harvest windows,

and smaller drilling windows when the weather is right to do the drilling. for whiskey, you need water too from streams and underground springs, and this distillery is working with scientists from the university of aberdeen on nature—based solutions such as dams, to maintain a steady flow of water at the right temperature. something that could become more difficult as our weather warms. what these strategies are designed for is basically to hold back and store water in the landscape and make that retern to our streams slower. we don't want to building any more of these structures and keeping the integrity of the landscape but moreover, these features can have multiple benefits, so not only potentially helping to mitigate floods and droughts, but it could also help to increase the biodiversity and improve water quality and carbon storage. and now we are in the distillery where the barley we saw harvested

earlier comes in through here, with the water. it's all mixed together where it is heated and we end up with a sugary liquid. this is then transferred here where it is cooled, yeast is added, it ferments and you get alcohol. now you're talking. and then all of comes into play. whiskey works of art, stills, shaped to an exact specification to create the unique taste. distilleries like this across scotland are facing up to climate challenges. but there are opportunities too. in terms of the longer term we've had a piece of work done that suggests climate change will actually mean more soils become suitable for growing barley in this area in future, so that could be a good thing but it might mean that some of the lighter soils would need to be irrigated. from the field to bottle, whiskey makers here are adapting to our changing climate. so our taste for it could be

constant whatever the weather. nick miller, bbc news, moray. and you can find out more on weather world tonight at 9.30 on the bbc news channel. a0 years ago, ron stallworth became the first black detective in the colorado springs police department to become an undercover member of the klu—klux—klan. his story has now been brought to the big screen in the film "blachlansman" by the man behind the malcolm x biopic, the director, spike lee. my colleague naga munchetty went to talk to him about it. hello? this is ron stallworth calling. who am i speaking with? this is david duke. grand wizard of the ku klux klan, that david duke? god! last time i checked. what can i do for you? well, since you ask, i hate blacks. the irony of ron stallworth‘s character is that he is a black policeman, a rookie cop in an all—white environment trying to persuade racist colleagues

as well that they need to bring down the klan. and the language that john washington need to use when he impersonates a ku klux klan wannabe, it's quite harsh. how did he deal with having to say those words, be that character? that was the job. he's undercover. in fact, there's a scene where he's, like, holding the phone so the other guys can hear it and everybody‘s laughing. so there is humour in this film. and as people, especially white audience members, they're, like, looking around, like, "is it ok to laugh?" but they can laugh. ijust don't want people to laugh at the end of the movie. i find it interesting in the film, ron stallworth jokes that david duke could never be elected to president.

that line made me laugh, it made me smile. intentional! we put a whole lot of things like that in the film. my co—writer, kevin willmott, automatically had people think, like... today, today. and we did that because we're firm believers of history repeating itself. this stuff you see in a film did not just happen overnight. the term america first was started by the klan in the 1920s against immigrants. this stuff is not new. it's remodelled, it's repackaged. shined up, buffed up. it's still hate. president trump features in the film, was that always going to be the case? well, i don't call him that, i call him agent orange. agent orange. he wasn't always... it was august 12 in illinois, 2017, i saw those despicable,

despicable act of home—grown american terrorism which killed heather heyer. you're talking about the violence in charlottesville? yes. that was sparked by far—right activists, protesters clashing with people who didn't like what they were saying. and president trump's reaction to that, his words after that, where he refused to condemn one side, he said there were good people and bad people on both sides, how did that make you feel? because you've used that clip in the film. that statement, historians are going to write that as a significant part of his legacy and american history, where a sitting president has the chance to denounce hate, to denounce the klan, denounced the alt—right, denounce neo—nazis, and he refused to do it. spike lee, it's been an absolute joy talking to you. thank you so much.

thank you. it's been a busy time at london zoo, where more than 19,000 animals have had their vital statistics recorded at the annual weigh—in. the keepers had to come up with some rather inventive ways to take the measurements of some of the creatures. it looks like a lot of fun, but there's a serious purpose. the information will be shared with other facilities to help endangered species. in a moment it's time for the one o'clock news with kate silverton but first it's time for a look at the weather with mel coles. good afternoon. there are hints of thought about our weather today, not helped of course by about a brisk north—westerly wind which is feeding in plenty of showers. some of heavy with hail and thunder mixed in their too but in between there are dry, bright intervals to be had, even

some sunshine, particularly the further south and east you are, but it is cooler for all of us. the jet strea m it is cooler for all of us. the jet stream has ta ken it is cooler for all of us. the jet stream has taken a dip which allows the cooler air to get dragged down from the north which is a cool direction even at this time of the year and that is certainly reflected in today's temperatures. cool around those showers but across—the—board temperatures are now back down into the teens. as we head on into this evening, most of the showers will gradually start to ease and fade. for most places, dry overnight, lengthy clear spells and we keep the wind so it will be particularly cold with temperatures down into single figures but in rural spots in particular, it will be quite a fresh start on saturday morning. a cold start on saturday morning. a cold start for all of us, particularly down north sea coasts. a key wind at first but at high pressure builds, the wind will ease, and it settles down. most places having a fine dry day on saturday with good spells of sunshine and in the sunshine, it

should feel quite pleasant. temperatures up a notch or two on today's hive. down to perhaps no 20s in the south—east corner. it does not last because look what's lurking in the wind ready for sunday. low— pressure in the wind ready for sunday. low—pressure system will bring rain to most places i think throughout the day on sunday. it pushes into south—west england, wales, north—west england, northern ireland and scotland first thing on the morning, gradually working its way is to it through the day and they could be some heavy bursts of rain on this. quite blustery wind, south—westerly wind, as we head through the day on sunday and once again, with the rain, it will feel cool again, with the rain, it will feel cool, temperatures back down into the teens. another quieter day to come on monday. a lotta fine, dry weather. the wind more north—westerly so it will feel quite fresh and there will be one or two showers feeding in on the wind but essentially another dry day with bright and sunny spells and feeling fairly pleasant highs of between the mid—teens and low 20s.

describes sexual misconduct allegations against him as "patently ridiculous". mr salmond is taking legal action to challenge the scottish government's process over the complaints, which he has described as "unjust". scotland's serving first minister, nicola sturgeon, has said the sexual misconduct allegations "could not be ignored". i have made clear on many occasions that in all workplaces people must feel able to bring forward complaints and have confidence that they will be treated seriously. and now, it is important that due process and fair process is followed. also this lunchtime... thomas cook is removing its guests from a hotel in egypt following the death of a british couple who died while staying at a red sea resort. scott morrison is sworn in as australia's sixth