hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the us reaches agreement with mexico on what could become a new trade agreement to replace nafta, if, that is, canada agrees to go along too. the un says myanmar‘s army generals should face genocide charges — because of crimes they say were committed against rohingya muslims. the scale of the brutality and the systematic nature of the rape and violence indicate that they are part of a deliberate strategy to intimidate, terrorise or punish the civilian population. meanwhile president trump is criticised, because flags on buildings across washington remain at half mast in memory of senatorjohn mccain, but not at the white house. and we'll be looking at why the pope has come under fire for what he said about children who think they're gay.

donald trump has announcced he has an incredible new deal with mexico. it's may not be as clear cut as that. we know the president wants to ditch or change the north america free trade agreement, which includes the us, mexico and canada. and we saw him on the phone with the mexican president earlier. it's been a long time and this is something that's very special for our manufacturers and for ourfarmers, from both countries, for all of the people who work forjobs. it's also great trade and makes it a much more fair bill and we are very, very excited about it. we've worked long and hard, your representatives have been terrific. my representatives have been fantastic too. they've gotten along very well and they've worked late

into the night for months. an extremely complex bill and it's something that i think will be talked about for many years to come. the president referred to a bill. it's not a bill, it's an agreement about a trade arrangement. the existing arrangement nafta is over 20 years old — and donald trump trashed it throughout his campaign to be president — he claims the deal sucked jobs out of the us and into mexico. key to securing the agreement was mexico agreeing that more jobs in the car industry would pay a higher wage, to protectjobs in us car pla nts wage, to protectjobs in us car plants from cheaper competition to the south. now what about canada? nafta is a three country affair. it had out the recent trade talks.

what's not clear is how it's going to fit in after this announcement. the mexican president has been on twitter. the mexican president is talking about nafta, so he's not seeing it being replaced, as donald trump has said in the past would happen. he's also calling the announcement a commercial understanding, some short ofa commercial understanding, some short of a deal. we saw this from a frequent critic of donald trump. evidently he not impressed. the markets like this. this was the stock market in new york opening earlier. when trading got under way the two

indexes, the s&p 500 and nasdaq reached record highs and shares in the likes of ford and general motors rose. protecting us car manufactureres has long been a central plank of the trump agenda. he'll be pleased with the announcement. nada tawfik is in new york. some people will say that this isn't a done deal, it'sjust a part of some people will say that this isn't a done deal, it's just a part of the process but that concession on the car industry is something that the trump administration can be excited about? yeah, exactly. this was a key sticking point. the fact that the two sides have come to compromise on that and the fact that any deal wouldn't expire after five years and have to be when negotiating, which the mexicans and canadians were concerned about, this means they've made an important step towards winner goes to nafta. on the other hand what we saw today is president

trump sitting in the oval office, bragging that he had made a deal that no one thought possible but clearly saying that he would move ahead even without canada and that he'd impose tariffs on canada's automobiles if they didn't reach agreement. this is connected because any deal has to be approved by congress and mexico has said that they want canada to be part of it. business leaders have said that if you're going to protect their economy and businesses, canada has to bea economy and businesses, canada has to be a part of this. a big step forward , to be a part of this. a big step forward, yes, with mexico, but as eve ryo ne forward, yes, with mexico, but as everyone has said, big questions about ca nada's involvement. everyone has said, big questions about canada's involvement. the couple of things relating to canada. this is the toronto star, covering the story, saying trump tries to put squeeze on canada. where have we gone here? we will get to the

canadian film reviews and later! it was saying that donald trump has put a squeeze was saying that donald trump has put a squeeze on was saying that donald trump has put a squeeze on canada by making this announcement. we have this announcement. we have this announcement coming out of ottawa, saying the foreign minister is going to travel to washington on tuesday to travel to washington on tuesday to continue trade negotiations. at first glance this appears to be about canada being left out of the room but am i right about canada being left out of the room butam i right in about canada being left out of the room but am i right in saying this is the idea, that mexico and the us would thrash some of it out alone? exactly, canada made a determination that they would take a step back from negotiations. they've been out of them for several weeks. the us and mexico would figure it out and then they would come back in. that was their strategy. the us and mexico are putting a time prompt canada, saying they want to send it to congress by friday and it could passin to congress by friday and it could pass in mexico before the outgoing

president leaves at the end of his term. this is giving the canadian foreign minister a bit of a time crunch going there. what we saw in the canadian media, referring to the fa ct the canadian media, referring to the fact that president trump has tried to use his unpredictability to give his negotiators a hand up in the talks. maybe they feel that is happening here as well. but canada have insisted they will only sign a deal that good for canadians and they say that their signature is required on any future deal. the kind of street is important between mexico and the us. what are the sticking points between the us and canada? —— the kindest is important. it centres around canada's dairy industry. president trump complained today that they have 300% tariffs on imports of dairy products. that's true, that has been a long complained in the united states, that canada isn't an open place to

some of america's products in that sector. when you look at any kind of trade agreement, all of these things get negotiated based on various industries. so it's hard to tell at this point what else could be given to canada or taken by the us to move past that, but i think what we saw with the us and mexico is that it's possible. the canadian foreign minister is coming with a few days to get something wrapped up in the timeframe that the us and mexico have set out and we'll have to see what happens. thank you forjoining us. if you want to know more, search for nafta and bbc into any of the main search engines and it will take you to a page with a lot more detail and content. un investigators are accusing myanmar‘s military of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. this new report details horrific violence against rohingya muslims

and other ethnic minorities, focusing on attacks that started in august last year. it directly accuses the most senior military figures — and says "military necessity would neverjustify killing indiscriminately, gang raping women, assaulting children, and burning entire villages". we've covered this story many times. and these are some of the images of the aftermath in 2017. the myanmar military says the rohinga people burned down their own homes. of course this is something that they deny. as a consequence of the violenace, there was a vast exodus — at least 700,000 have left their homes in the past year. many have gone to bangladesh, where huge refugee camps have been created.

the un investigators wanted to focus on three areas in myanmar — kachin, shan and rakhine state. but they couldn't go there. the myanmar government stopped them coming to the country at all — so they interviewed hundreds of people in those refugee camps in bangladesh. here are more of their conclusions. the mission has concluded on reasonable grounds that the patterns of gross human rights violations and serious violations of international humanitarian law that it has found, amount to the gravest crimes under international law. in myanmar there is a very clear chain of command and there is no doubt in our minds whatsoever that what we saw happen in rakhine, as a whole, wouldn't have happened without it firstly being in the knowledge of the senior military readership and secondly under their effective control. the scale of brutality and systematic nature of rape and violence indicate that they are part of a deliberate

strategy to intimidate, terrorise or punish the civilian population. they're used as a tactic of war. we found rape, gang rape, sexual slavery, forced nudity and mutilations. the investigators say six of myanmar‘s senior military leaders are to blame. they include the army's commander—in—chief — seen here alongside with myanmar‘s de facto leader aung sang suu kyi. remember she is a nobel peace prize winner. you wonder what the nobel committe think when they watch clips like this from today. we are deeply disappointed that state councillor aung san suu kyi has not used her position or her moral authority to stem, prevent or condemn the unfolding events in rakhine state. in bringing out this report, we hope the international community will act, not only to bring justice for victims but also to help

deter future atrocities. but aung san suu kyi has always refutes accusations concerning rakhine. this was from a bbc interview last year — she was asked if she was worried she'd be remembered as a peace prize laureate who failed to stand up to ethnic cleansing. no, because i don't think there's ethnic cleansing going on. i think ethnic cleansing is too strong an expression to use for what's happening. facebook is also criticised. it's been claimed that it was used to spread hate and that its response was slow and ineffective. well today, facebook shut down the pages of about 20 myanmar officials — including the military chief. it says it's kept the data on those pages in case it's needed as evidence in the future. next, the un investigators are calling for the international criminal court in the hague to become involved. this is based on the details of

what's in their report. might that happen? what are the next stages. here's the bbc‘s diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. what the report is saying is that the un security council should, in its words, ensure accountability of crimes under international law, preferably by referring this to the international criminal court. alternatively by creating what it calls an ad hoc international criminal court, such as we saw for the former yugoslavia. until such a tribunal is convened, it says the general assembly should, or even the un human rights council, should create an impartial mechanism to assemble evidence surrounding this case. and that's similar to what is already going on in syria, where there is isn't an international tribunal but evidence gathering is going on. they are the mechanisms they are recommending. will the security council be prepared to move?

china will be a significant obstacle. probably russia to. myanmar isn't without its allies still on the un security council and that could prove an enormous problem. as for aung san suu kyi herself, i think her reputation, which has been steadily declining over the last couple of years, is pretty much shattered now. she seems to be in denial. she gave a speech the other day where she did not mention at all the situation in rakhine state, or any of these problems and was still going on about rakhine's beaches being the most beautiful in myanmar. it seems that she's out of touch with reality. whether she's even a useful figure for myanmar military, now that she's internationally diminished, even that is questionable, so i think her authority in all sorts of ways is at rock bottom. inafew in a few moments we will talk about the pope. two controversies, one is an accusation that he helped hide some of the crimes committed by a

cardinaland some of the crimes committed by a cardinal and another concerning comments made about my sexuality. —— about homosexuality. he is the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party it is 45 years ago to the day since martin luther king declared, i have a dream. as darkness falls, an unfamiliar night in the south—east, an orange glowing disc that is brighter than anything save the moon, our neighbouring planets, mars. there's no doubt that this election is an important milestone for the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. it will take months and brilliance of dollars to repair what katrina achieved injust hours. of dollars to repair what katrina achieved in just hours. three weeks is the longest the great clock has

been off duty in 117 years so it was with great satisfies them —— satisfaction thatjohn with great satisfies them —— satisfaction that john byrne and swung the pendulum to get the clock going again. —— john vernon. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story comes from washington. donald trump says the us has reached agreement with mexico on what could become a new trade agreement to replace nafta. but canada has to agree to it too. first, a story we've been keeping a close eye on — a judge in uganda has granted bail to popular musician—turned—politician bobi wine, as well as 32 opposition politicians. they're facing treason charges. mr wine appeared in court on crutches. the army, who had detained him, has denied reports that he had been beaten.

that's from bbc swahili. a moscow court has jailed opposition leader alexei navalny for 30 days over an unauthorised protest earlier this year, just days before another planned political rally. the judge said mr navalny had repeatedly violated russian law with a call for a mass protest in january. that's from bbc russian. you'll know about the traditional of running with the bulls — well this is a new one on me — it's a festival called the running of the balls — the ball being a replacement for bulls. well, one person is seriously injured in a town near madrid after being hit by the ball, which weighs 250kg. i don't know if you've seen the controversy around president trump's response to the death ofjohn mccain. he treated his sympathies but since then he has said nothing. there has been no diffusive statement praising senator mccain's

service to his controversy. and the white house flag has been at the top of the flagpole while across washington, many flags have been at half—mast. look at this. why going to show you some copy because senator mccain's service has now been acknowledged by the white house. they have put out a statement. here we go. "despite our differences on policy and politics, i respect senatorjohn mccain's service to our country and, in his honor, have signed a proclamation to fly the flag of the united states at half—staff until the day of his interment. i have asked vice president mike pence to offer an address at the ceremony honoring senator mccain." quite a shift from the position that donald trump has assumed. also worth saying that donald trump has not being invited to john

saying that donald trump has not being invited tojohn mccain's funeral. he'd made it clear that he wasn't to come but he's asked barack obama and george w bush to eulogise him at his funeral. pope francis has refused to respond to claims by a former vatican diplomat that he covered up reports of sexual abuse by a us cardinal. the pope was asked about the accusations by reporters. translation: read the document carefully and judge it for yourselves. i will not say one word on this. i think the statement speaks for itself and you had sufficient journalistic capacity to reach your own conclusions. archbishop carlo maria vigano is the man making these claims. in an ii—page letter he said the pope "knew from at leastjune 2013 that us cardinal theodore mccarrick was a serial predator". he said the pope "knew that he was a corrupt man, he covered for him to the bitter end." mr vigano hasn't provided any

evidence for his claims. they come at a time the extreme pressure for the catholic church. two weeks ago a grand jury in pennsylvania found thousands of children were abused by catholic priests over the course of decades. and it's notjust in the us. the pope has just the pope hasjust been in ireland. he was greeted by many people but also protesters, some of whom hold up also protesters, some of whom hold up signs protesting the church's historic role in child sexual abuse. olivia rudgard is the daily telegraph's religious affairs correspondent — i asked her why this letter was sent now. i think it depends who you ask, that one. interesting that it's coincided with the irish visit. it's been potentially timed, the pope's supporters would say it's been timed to create maximum controversy and to draw attention to him perhaps not behaving in the right way at a time when the eyes of the world

are on him at this important moment in his papacy. it was released to two relatively conservative catholic media organisations in a kind of quite planned way. there may have been an element of timing in terms of maximum impact, when everyone is talking and thinking about this abuse issue and specifically in ireland as well. just seen a clip of the pope saying he's not saying any more, you are journalists and you can judge what is in the public domain. so i'll put that back to you, how do you judge what's in the public domain? i think what he's referring to, there's a big context around this in that the author of the letter is from a faction of the church which has a particular stance on all this. so i think some of the commentators on this have said he may have a vested interest. he makes several references to homosexuality, homosexuals in the church.

that's a particular stance that conservative catholics have taken to explain some of the abuse issues that have arisen. and at the moment we're not sure, people have been going to different cardinals and senior figures in the catholic church and asking them to corroborate it on either side. at the moment, there's been a couple of senior figures who have said that this tallies with what they experienced, but equally i think there is at least one senior figure who said this isn't a fair summary of the situation. i think what francis is saying, look at the context, look why he might be saying this and why he's saying it now and understand how it fits into the greater debate within the church around this issue. other comments that the pope made, taking questions on the plane, is gathering a lot of attention. it is his advice to parents of gay

children, which he gavejust after that statement i played you. translation: i would say first, pray. don't condemn. talk, understand. make room for your son or daughter so that they can express themselves. another point to consider is the age at which a child manifests that anxiety. the age is important. it is one thing when it happens during childhood, when there are many things to do, with psychiatry, to see how things are. quite another situation is when it manifests itself when they are 20 or older. i could have pulled out any number of tweets. this is from pink news. the use of the word psychiatrist was a lwa ys the use of the word psychiatrist was always going to be very controversial. here's olivia again. really interesting microcosm of some of the ways in which francis's

papacy has been confusing, i think. partly he said something which sounds quite progressive, he said treat your child with compassion, listen to them, give them space, don't bejudgmental, but then he made a reference to psychiatrists, perhaps it is useful to see a psychiatrist, which is a bit opaque. it's not clear what he means by that. which a lot of have taken to mean, you know, kind of inferring the idea of conversion therapy, which is obviously a very controversial issue which, in a liberal context, people would be very uncomfortable with. so it's very interesting because i think this pope, when he first came into office, everyone thought he'd be very progressive. he said a lot of progressive things on homosexuality but actually he's also been quite confusing in some of the things he said. i think it's a very good illustration of that issue and it's difficult to know where he really

stands a lot of the time. just a comeback to believe story, the announcement from mexico and the us that they've come to an arrangement with a view to either renegotiating or new trade deal. at first glance a lot of people thought my goodness, canada isn't involved, this is a very significant announcement. it may be significant, there have been shifts in how the us and mexico deal, in terms of trading caste for instance. but it isn't a completed deal, in part because mexico and the us have some talking to do and partly because canada must be brought into the occasion and also any new deal in which the us is involved must be signed off congress which wouldn't begin for at least six months. important development but plenty of time to go. a fine

afine and a fine and settled end to today which was a much better day than what we had on sunday with all of the rain. for the week ahead, mostly fine and settled thanks to the areas of high pressure. a little bit of rain, especially across the north west. sunday's rain pushing into the continent. i pressure on monday and going into tonight it will keep things that ought with light wind. not necessarily clear skies across the country. quite a bit of cloud. across southern england we may see some mist and fog patches developing. in north—east england, it may be quite a chilly one. in the north—west, a weather system bringing more cloud, wind and eventually outbreaks of rain as we head into tuesday. elsewhere, bright start, a bit of sunshine and variable cloud. in the afternoon, similarto variable cloud. in the afternoon, similar to monday with quite a bit of cloud and some sunny spells. the

weather front bringing it ploughed into the northern isles, some more persistent rain and wind but in southern scotland, it should be right pretty much all day. —— should be bright. england and wales, variable cloud and these guys. —— and annie skies. the weather front —— sarnies skies. the weather front continues pushing in but on wednesday this should be a dying feature and then we turn to the south—east corner, where a thundery low from the continent may bring in rain to the south—east. some doubt about the westward extent of that. the weather front will die a death by the time it reaches the south east. they find a further north and

west with light wind although it will be breezy across western scotland. temperatures, 17—21. pressure over scotland and northern ireland. with high pressure it looks like it will be generally fine and dry with variable amounts of cloud and sunny spells. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the us reaches agreement with mexico on what could become a new trade agreement to replace nafta — if that is, canada agrees to go along too. the canadian foreign minister is visiting washington very soon. meanwhile, the president is criticised, because flags on buildings across washington remain at half mast in memory of senatorjohn mccain, just not at the white house. demonstrations and unrest for a second day in east germany as the authorities struggle to control protests by far right groups. a man was killed, murdered, on

sunday, and an iraqi and syrian have been arrested in conjunction with that murder. not everyone ran through the city chasing people, but anyone who does something like that is our acting outside of the rule of law. and we'll be looking at a new weight—loss pill that scientists say actually works, and doesn't have a dangerous load of side effects. while there's been an outpouring of grief and tributes forjohn mccain, donald trump's reaction to his death has been causing controversy. here's the president earlier today. thank you very much, everybody. the president had treated his

sympathies to the mccain family on saturday, but after that no statement had been published and he declined the opportunity to answer a question aboutjohn mccain there. we should say there was no love lost between these two men. mr mccain requested barack between these two men. mr mccain requested ba rack obama between these two men. mr mccain requested barack obama and george w bush eulogise him at his funeral, he asked that president trump did not attend. just two hours ago, senator mccain's statement was read out in arizona. do not despair our present difficulties, we believe always in the greatness of america because nothing is inevitable here. americans never quit, we never surrender, we americans never quit, we never surrender, we never americans never quit, we never surrender, we never hide from history, we make history. farewell, fellow americans, god bless you, and god bless america. you may have also seen god bless america. you may have also seen the washington post report

quoting multiple sources that the president had rejected releasing a statement prepared by his aides that praised john mccain. then we have this controversy earlier. while many, many flags across america remained at half staff this morning — not so at the white house, where it was fully raised. but in the last hour, the white house has released a statement saying that flags would be lowered until the date of senator mccain's internment. quite a shift. i asked anthony zurcher about the controversy. ssource sot it really is at the discretion of the president, there was a proclamation made by eisenhower back in the 50s that said for sitting member is of congress who were not in the leadership the flanks in dc would stay at half—mast for two days, and then go full, and in the

state or district where they are from it would be a whole week summer but all of that is guidance that can be overruled by the president and clearly many people viewjohn mccain is more than just another long serving member of congress will stop he was an american hero, and someone who has been mourned by many americans, and so the idea is that donald trump should have recognised this fact and kept the flags at half staff for thej oration of the week for all of these memorial services across the country that will take place. perhaps i should be used to it but i never seem to cease to be amazed to pick fights with people that you are not an obvious target to pick fights with as a republican president, whether it is fox news journalists or senator mccain now. it is such a small little snub that he didn't have to do and would not generate these headlines, that it is now. in many ways, this is the

quintessential washington controversy, it is about nothing really. whether donald trump says something nice aboutjohn mccain or not, everyone knows he doesn't really m ea n not, everyone knows he doesn't really mean it, their history goes back a long ways, and yet it is also about everything, because it is a microcosm of the struggle for the soul of the republican party, betweenjohn mccain's interventionist and vicious foreign what policy wing, pro—immigration, pro—free trade, and trumpism, which is against a lot of that. and the whole establishment and trumpism, the idea that someone likejohn mccain is someone who should go into politics, who should be elevated in politics, who should be elevated in politics, and by contrast donald trump would be someone who falls short of that standard. a few seconds before i have to say goodbye to you, what is your take on the announcement of the mexico trade arrangement? one thing you have to keepin arrangement? one thing you have to keep in mind is that it will take six months for congress to get to a point where they could even approve anything like this. this is the

first step, they have to bring canada in to get some sort of a lasting agreement that wouldn't take even longerfor congress lasting agreement that wouldn't take even longer for congress to get through. congress has the final say on this, so it is progress but not the final game by any means. iran has asked the international court ofjustice to lift sanctions that the us imposed after it pulled out of the iran nuclear deal. this is happening in the hague. here's the iranian representative. the united states is publicly propagating things intended to damage as severely as possible around's economy, and iranian's nationals and companies, and therefore, inevitably, iranian nationals of course. this policy is plainly in violation of the 1955 treaty. so we find this little—known1955 treaty at the heart of this case — and the us is expected to argue that its sanctions do not breach it. right or wrong, the sanctions have certainly had an impact — since may when the sanctions came

in, the iranian currency, the rial, has lost half its value against the dollar — the monthly inflation rate has risen to 10.2%, and unemployment stands at 12.5%. here's more from bbc persian's camelia sadeghzadeh. iranians have been taking to the streets to protest, but this time it's not about lack of political freedoms, it's not about human rights. it's something more fundamental. it is about fear for the future of the country. more and more iranian say they are running out of hope. so what has triggered this current wave of despair? around's currency is in freefall.

the ten one is worth half of what was at the beginning of the year. irani is experiencing its worst drought in 50 years. most places are dealing with summer highs of 45 to 55 degrees. the drought has also created severe water shortages which recently set on violent processes in southern iran. all this means iranians have to use theirair all this means iranians have to use their air conditioning is a lot, but all the energy needed to power them is having a knock—on effect, and causing power cuts. irani and the us

have recently ramped up the rhetoric against one another, so the question many iranians are asking is if the country is heading toward with the us? -- to country is heading toward with the us? —— to war. now that president trump has backed out of the iraqi nuclear deal, those sanctions are starting to snap back into place, and iranians fear that will make the situation even worse. many in tehran said corruption, mismanagement and bad policies are the root cause of their despair, but iranian authorities blame foreign elements, or what they call the enemy. but not everyone's convinced.

thanks to our colleagues at bbc persia for that. don't forget, you can get much more detail on our top stories on our website, there is full coverage on bbc.com/news for those of you watching on the bbc news channel here on the uk we will continue. we turn now to eastern germany. have a look at these pictures which have just come into the newsroom, from the city of chemnitz in saxony. bottles were thrown and fireworks set off, as several thousand far—right supporters and counter—demonstrators took to the streets. several people have been injured

as police tried to keep apart rival protests. there was a large and noisy contingent of far—right supporters as you can see. and there's a heavy police presence too. this is all connected to the fatal stabbing of a 35—year—old man in the early hours of sunday. a syrian man and an iraqi man have been arrested on suspicion of murder. one journalist tweeted this screengrab from the facebook page of a far—right football fan club, calling for "#cfc fans, our sympathizers, to show who has the say in the city." and some of them obliged. it's the second day the city has seen the protests turn ugly. here's the mayor of the town speaking today. translation: not everyone ran

through the city chasing people, but anyone who does something like that is acting outside the rule of law. there is no reason and no excuse for such behaviour. angela merkel has said "there is no place in germany for vigilantejustice, for groups that want to spread hatred on the streets, for intolerance and for extremism." but pegida, a far—right street movement, urged people onto the streets today. and this is an mp from the far—right political party afd, "if the state is no longer to protect citizens then people take to the streets and protect themselves. it's as simple as that!" felix tamsut is a reporter for deutschewelle. he is live with us on outside source. i guess this isjust the latest manifestation of a long—term frustration around the issue of immigration? yes, that's correct. in recent times, in recent weeks even,

there were lots of protests, particularly against angela merkel in the east of germany, namely in the city of dresden just about a week ago, in which famously in germany journalists were week ago, in which famously in germanyjournalists were hindered by the police that took the far right protesters's side in fact and prevented journalists from doing theirjobs. so it is definitely not theirjobs. so it is definitely not the first time, and the issue of immigration is certainly the one that seems to be in and around this whole protest waves, i would say. and is it a correct perception that these frustrations are more pronounced in east germany?m these frustrations are more pronounced in east germany? it is, roughly speaking, correct. the east of germany is a region in which the far righta of germany is a region in which the far right a ft party, that you mention, get a lot more voters —— afd. around 20% from the state of saxony voted afd. the general amount

is claire i also have the east of germany also has cities like leipzig that are considered much more liberal and accepting, so that also exists but generally speaking i would say this perception is roughly accurate. clearly the people in chairman it's feel that immigration brings a risk —— in chemnitz brings a risk of increased crime, is there evidence that immigrants are more likely to commit crimes than other people in germany? not at all, generally speaking the crime rates in germany have not been affected by the wave of immigration in the last few years, namely the one from syria, iraq and afghanistan. quite the opposite, in fa ct, afghanistan. quite the opposite, in fact, crime rates in germany are the lowest in quite some time, so in terms of the numbers, no, that's not correct. we also have to say that

the protest is in the city of chemnitz, as you mentioned, spurred on bya chemnitz, as you mentioned, spurred on by a group of football hooligans, according to reports in germany, we are talking about far right protesters that are against immigration of any kind. we are talking about a group of people who have banners which translates, foreigners out, it doesn't talk about immigration of a specific region or religion, just foreigners in general. we are talking about numerous occasions of nazi salutes that were captured on camera, and we are talking about the protests you mentioned yesterday when the whole thing started, there were reports of attacks, people that do not look german, what they call non—german appearance. so it is not an anti—immigrant sentiment, only this certain group, i would say it is more of a general sentiment, a far

right sentiment, let's put it this way. and more broadly this remains a challenge for angela merkel, doesn't it, to talk about this issue in a way that satisfies voters, because she is getting pressure notjust from saxony, but from lots of other parts of germany as well? i'm not entirely sure that is the case, because we are talking about a very blatant case of far right marches in a... i suppose i was thinking about the tense relationship between the csu and the cdu at the moment, in pa rt csu and the cdu at the moment, in part driven by differences on immigration policy? yes, that's true, and this discussion continues to be held in germany, especially because the elections in bavaria are up—and—coming, but i wouldn't be so quick to make that connection between such protests that are very to the far right. we're not talking about people that support the csu,

asi about people that support the csu, as i said, we are talking about people that, as i said, in the middle of the german streetjust carried out nazi salutes in front of the lease offices. we are talking about something a lot more fundamental, a lot more extreme. felix, we appreciate you helping us understand the story. thank you very much indeed. from germany to france. emmanuel macron's relationship with donald trump has always been a curious one — they've disagreed sharply on climate change and free trade — but they laid on huge state occasions for each other — and have the weird macho handshake thing going on, as well. well, things sharpened a little today. this is emmanuel macron in paris. translation: europe can no longer rely solely on the united states for its security. it is up to us today to ta ke its security. it is up to us today to take up our responsibilities and

guarantee european security, and, consequently, european sovereignty. we must fully realise the consequences of the end of the cold war. alliances still have their releva nce war. alliances still have their relevance today, but the balances, or the mechanisms on which they were built, needs to be revisited. let's get the take of the bbc‘s paris correspondence, lucy williamson stop claire it was always a policy of mr macron to try to extend the hand of french upon the world stage, to try to get these big leaders not quite in his pocket but certainly talking to him about all the issues. the trouble is that that hasn't really brought conflict results, not on climate change, the status of those jerusalem, and not on the tariffs that the us has now imposed on aluminium and steel from the eu. sol on aluminium and steel from the eu. so i think it is really a case of mr macron realising the limits to that relationship, but also it has to be said, quite independent of that, he has aways had a very clear vision of

what european security and defence should look like. this is really just part of his programme and it has to be said it also chimes with what he is hearing from across the atlantic. he is hearing president trump say that nato is obsolete, that it trump say that nato is obsolete, thatitis trump say that nato is obsolete, that it is very expensive, he sees it as that it is very expensive, he sees itasa that it is very expensive, he sees it as a burden, and he would like european nations to do more to pay for and to support their own defence. so i think mr macron sees the way the wind is blowing, he sees that it aligns with what he would like to see in europe as well, and he also sees the limits of what he can achieve in terms of talking to his american counterpart. next the story you will have seen on the front pages of lots of the pages in the uk. a weight loss pill being hailed as a potential holy grail in the fight against obesity. a major study in the us has found that a weight—loss drug does not increase risk of developing cardiac problems. and can also reduce people's weight by an average of four kilograms over

1:0 by an average of four kilograms over a0 months. this matters, because the pill is the first weight—loss drug to be deemed safe for long—term use, without causing risk to the heart. here's sophie hutchinson. for years the race has been on to find a weight—loss pill that is safe, it's been a perilous journey with some pals withdrawn from the market because of dangerous side effects. but could this little blue pill be the answer? scientists from harvard medical school have published research in the new england journal of medicine showing in particular that the pill does not increase the risk of cardiovascular problems such as strokes and heart disease. having a pharmacologic weight—loss agent, a pill to assist with weight loss that is no proven to be safe from a cardiovascular perspective is important and it's the first time we have had that. it's an appetite suppressant that works by activating receptors in the brain to trigger feelings of being fooled. in the brain to trigger feelings of being full.

of the 12,000 overweight or obese people who took part in the trial those who took the drug lost on averagejust over half a stone in a year. critics say at a cost of around £200 a month it's a relatively expensive option for a small amount of weight—loss and many argue lifestyle changes such as diet and exercise would be a more effective way of tackling the uk's obesity problem and it's time the nhs made it a priority. the nhs could do much more to treat obesity much more seriously than it is. we know already that if doctors spent 30 seconds with a patient they can motivate that person to undertake the kinds of behavioural changes that will lead to long—term weight loss and that also will save the nhs money in the long term. the government has an obesity strategy and the nhs in england is looking as part of its long—term plan to make

obesity one of the nhs's priorities in england. as for this drug, it's been licensed for use in america but the question is will europe give it the green light too? one of the most contaminated industrial sites in europe is here in the uk. it's a nuclear fuel site at sellafield and it's no longer in use. but there's an awful lot of work to be done, the buildings are crumbling and it is home to decades worth of accumulated radioactive waste. the bbc‘s theo leggett has been given exclusive access to see the scale of the problem and what's being done about it. in the early days of the nuclear age, britain was enthralled to the awesome power of the atom. newsreel: the first large scale atomic power station in the world will be supplying britain's grid next summer. its scientists scrambled first to build bombs, then to develop what seemed to be a limitless source of energy. and sellafield was at the heart of it all. but those heady early days have left a toxic legacy of crumbling contaminated structures.

now, the bbc has been allowed to film inside one of the most hazardous of all. and here it is. this is the first—generation magnox storage pond here at sellafield and this is where, in the past, used nuclearfuel was brought to cool down before it could be taken away for reprocessing. it hasn't been used for 30 years, but it's still full of toxic radioactive material and cleaning all that up is now proving to be a major challenge. it has to be cleaned up. the structure is obviously showing its age. if part of it were to collapse, the consequences could be very serious. but removing its dangerous contents isn't easy because it wasn't designed with decommissioning in mind. the word decommissioning didn't exist until about 20 years ago so there was no thought. the idea was it would just be emptied. nobody realised at that time that the radiation would change the nature of the material, that some of it would corrode. it was expected that it

would be relatively straightforward just to empty. the job of sifting through the radioactive murk is given to specially designed underwater robots. their human operators remaining at a safe distance. it demands cutting—edge technology able to operate in the harshest environments. machines like this one developed by localfirm forth engineering. the company is one of hundreds based near the plant which are benefiting from sellafield's predicament. and many of the products they develop for the nuclear industry can also be sold profitably elsewhere. sellafield has been definitely a great test—bed and definitely a good pedigree to have our robots go there first. if it can work at sellafield, it can certainly work in the oil and gas and marine industries. it will be many years before this dilapidated facility can finally be demolished and decommissioning other parts of sellafield will take even longer, but for engineering firms in the region, that means their ingenuity will be sorely needed

for plenty of time to come. theo leggatt, bbc news, sellafield. thank you for watching, i will see you the same time tomorrow, goodbye. clear say what you like about monday's weather, it was, at least, better than sunday's if you don't like the rain that is, and rain does not feature particularly heavily, i have to say, in our forecast for the weekend. over the next few days, not much rain, there will be some but not a lot and we will see some spells of sunshine. this weather system out in the atlantic will bring some rain into north—western areas later on tuesday. there are some weather fronts gathering down

to the south, and they will also come into play. but for the most part, tuesday is a fine, dry day, any part, tuesday is a fine, dry day, a ny early part, tuesday is a fine, dry day, any early mist and fog patches clearing away and then for eastern scotland, it will stay dry, quite a lot of cloud, some sunny spells, temperatures 17 to 21 degrees, but the breeze strengthening across northern ireland and western scotland, as some outbreaks of indignant pushing through the late afternoon. also during tuesday evening, there is the chance we will see some showers bricking up across the channel islands and parts of southern england. those showers tied in with an area of low pressure. there are some uncertainty about this, it looks like it will graze very close to the south—east of england. so parts of kent, part of east anglia, there could be some showery rain on wednesday. our frontal system which will have been moving into the north—west slide south—eastwards but fizzles away, so many places try again on wednesday with some sunny spells and highs of 17 to 21 degrees. those various frontal systems slide away to that used during wednesday night, and thenit used during wednesday night, and then it looks like high pressure

will build its way back in for thursday. so, across—the—boa rd, will build its way back in for thursday. so, across—the—board, a fine day, could be a fairly cool start with the odd mist patch, then some sunny start with the odd mist patch, then some sunny spells, large areas of cloud likely to develop as the day wears on and those temperatures ranging from 16 to 21 degrees, not far really from where they should be at this time of year. friday looks dry for many, but there is a chance that out west we will see frontal systems trying to push in from the atlantic. a lot of uncertainty about how much progress these fronts will make that there could be some rain into pa rt of make that there could be some rain into part of the south—west, maybe northern ireland, late in the day, but for most it is dry, because high pressure is still sitting pretty close to the british isles. these fronts will tend to weaken. saturday is likely to bring some extra clout and some outbreaks of rain across western scotland, northern ireland, wales and the south—west, the further east you are the better chance of staying dry, and actually something a little bit warmerfrom london or the way north towards

newcastle, looking at temperatures in the low 20s celsius. then we get into the end of the weekend and next week, what does the jet stream do, because this of course is what drives all of our weather systems around the world, and it looks like we will see this dip in the jet strea m we will see this dip in the jet stream heading in our direction for the start of next week. dips in the jet stream bring unsettled weather, or at least they can, but if this dip except residents out west for a little while it could allow us to tap into some pretty warmer air, particularly in the south, so temp just could well climb for the early pa rt just could well climb for the early part of the week. then there is quite a lot of uncertainty but it looks like the dip in the jet stream will slide eastwards across the uk, bringing unsettled weather for a time but as it goes away, high—pressure likely to build its way back in. what can we say about net week's whether? there is some uncertainty. often it will be dry. not a lot of rain in our forecast

for the next ten days.