hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. brazil's national museum has been destroyed in a huge fire, priceless collections have been lost, questions are already being asked about whether budget cuts contributed to what happened. theresa may has been batting away more criticism from a former foreign secretary. brycejohnson is arguing that the current approach will leave the uk with "two thirds of diddly squat". in myanmar, twojournalists have been sentenced to seven years in prison for reporting on the killing of rohingya muslims. translation: this is a direct challenge to democracy and media freedom in our country. we will face the situation calmly and do our very best in the appeal. and we'll be reporting from the netherlands, where two children at the centre of an immigration case that's gripped the country went into hiding, to escape deportation. (titles) devasting news from brazil.

the national museum in rio de janeiro has burnt down. the fire started on sunday evening after the museum had closed. then the hydrants closest to the museum didn't work so firefighters had to get water from a nearby lake. by that time the fire had spread — with 20 million items inside. they included bones of luzia — the second oldest human remains ever found in the americas. already, cuts are being blamed. this is the museum's director. the museum has been fighting for years and years and years to get better in order to prevent something that has happened here. it's a sad story, but we have to try to go on. brazil's president called the incident "a sad day

for all brazilians" on twitter. but concerns about the museum's safety had already been raised. concerns have been repeated again and again about cuts and the museum's safety. this article was published three months ago in the newspaper folha — it details maintenance issues and the impact of budget cuts. this is what we heard from rio‘s fire department. translation: during the process of the aftermath, we are going to have the aftermath, we are going to have the participation of museum employees. it will be a slow process so employees. it will be a slow process so that we can, who knows, recover a fragment, something that could still have historic values are. nathalia passarinho, bbc brasil.

i spoke to the minister while ago. he said that the botanic items than 500,000 books were saved. however, most of the items of the 20 million items in the central building were com pletely items in the central building were completely destroyed. we are talking about the biggest egyptian collection in latin america, one of the biggest dinosaur skeletons found in south america. one of the oldest human remains found in south america as well, a 12,000 year old woman skeleton. the building itself has great historic value, it was the house of the portuguese royal family from 1800 onwards. it is a very tragic loss. lots of people were saying that the government knew this museum wasn't getting enough money,

did the minister want to talk about that? reports year after year have pointed out that the situation was very precarious. in 2004, the then secretary of energy and electricity literally said that the building would eventually catch fire and be com pletely would eventually catch fire and be completely burnt. in 2016 an internal report also said that the building was in a very difficult situation and the ceiling could fall on the heads of the researchers and the visitors. but what we've seen so far is that the budget has been significantly reduced from 2013 to 2018. the budget was 500,000 a year and now it was 55,000. i questioned the ministry of culture as to which was the responsibility of the

central government and in all situations like that, the different levels of administrations tried to push the responsibility to each other. they said the previous government hadn't done enough and he hadn't got enough budget to invest. evenif hadn't got enough budget to invest. even if we can be sure the budget has been decreased and that that has had an impact, can we be sure the budget cuts can be connected to why this fire started. do we understand the fire well enough to draw long—term conclusions? the fire well enough to draw long-term conclusions? we don't know yet what has caused the fire but we do know that the building didn't have any efficient fire system to combat, to detect and immediately combat, to detect and immediately combat any flames that could appear. so, this is what we also know. we'll sign over firefighters had so, this is what we also know. we'll sign overfirefighters had a lot so, this is what we also know. we'll sign over firefighters had a lot of trouble containing the fire because

the hydrants near the museum weren't working. they actually had to go to the nearby lake to get water and tried to put out the fire. presumably this operation is still going on. as to two hours ago they we re going on. as to two hours ago they were able to control the fire. they actually put out the fire. but this happened after six hours of fire so the damage was very big. many thanks to all of our colleagues at bbc brasil. in myanmar, two reutersjournalists have been jailed for seven years. they had uncovered a massacre carried out by the burmese military — but they were prosecuted for obtaining confidential documents. the judge said they'd "intended to harm the interests of the state". you might think that uncovering a massacre is in the interests of the state — not in myanmar it seems. the ruling goes on. "the defendants have breached official secrets act" — that's a law that dates back to the colonial era. one of the journalists wa lone

spoke outside court. translation: this is a direct challenge to democracy and media freedom in our country. we will face the situation calmly and do our very best in the appeal. since we didn't do anything wrong, we have no fear. we're going to do our best to face the future. the two reporters, wa lone and kyaw soe oo, were arrested in december. they were investigating the killing of ten rohingya men and boys by the burmese military. this happened in a village called inn din in rakhine state last september. this was part of the broader military operation against rohingya muslims — something the un has called genocide. in february, reuters published its story. this image was taken of the ten the day they were killed.

the burmese military admitted the incident had taken place. the two reporters have testified they were arrested moments after police officers gave them documents at a restaurant — and one police witness has testified it was a sting organised to entrap the journalists. nick beake was in the court in yangon earlier. this is the court room where thejudge handed down the decision. he said the reuters reporters had actively sought out classified and secret information which would be useful to enemies of the state, and for that reason he found them guilty. chaotic scenes afterwards as the two reporters were brought out, protesting their innocence once again. wa lone said "we know what we did, we did nothing wrong, i have no fear, i believe in justice, democracy and freedom." kyaw soe oo, who stood next to him in the dock, said, "what i want to say to the government is,

you can put us injail but do not close the eyes and ears of the people." certainly, many people believe that this was a trial that was politically motivated. worth reminding ourselves this comes just a week after un investigators said that the top military generals in myanmar should stand trial for genocide because of the crimes committed against the rohingya people last year. that was the same story these two reporters were investigating last year when they were arrested. people say that is no surprise, they believe they were targeted because of their investigative work. what happens next? they've both been sentenced to seven years each, there is a glimmer of hope there may be a presidential pardon in the future, that the government frees them. but for now, a real sense of despair among wa lone, kyaw soe oo, their families, the reuters news agency, and, it has to be said, among the journalistic community here in myanmar. today a un official in myanmar said he is disappointed by the sentencing

of wa lone and kyaw soe oo. journalist patrick osgood points out that isn't very strong language, diplomatically speaking. some people are looking for stronger stuff from the un. this is the eu ambassador to myanmar kristian schmidt. the eu has called for them to be released immediately and unconditionally. here's reuters editor in chief stephen adler. i think there are a lot of things we can do. we aren't going to say in advance what they are but we aren't going to sit still and let this happen. there are many possibilities of things we can do all over the world and we are going to work very ha rd world and we are going to work very hard on that. international governments have been fantastic. there were 80—100 people in the court for every significant hearing.

ambassadors have been involved, from the uk, the eu, canada, australia, japan, the usa. tremendous support. what myanmar has done has been roundly condemned, because these people are innocent. they were simply reporting a massacre in a village in myanmar and they were arrested so they wouldn't continue reporting that massacre. it's absolutely outrageous and there's no rule of law have whatsoever. stay with us on outside source — still to come. argentina's economy's in deep trouble — the government's solution is to axe ten of its own ministries to save money. a labour activist who made controversial remarks aboutjews has been re—elected to the party's ruling body, despite a storm of protest. here's ben wright. his return to the nec confirms that the momentum—supporting corbyn—backing left is in firm control of the party's nec.

there was a slate of nine candidates up for election of the whole labour party membership this time round. originally the whole nine were backed by momentum but after peter willsman's comments were leaked momentum decided to pull their support. they called his remarks disturbing and there was some encouragement for him to stand down. despite that he has been re—elected to the nec, despite the fact that momentum which has a lot of clout these days didn't give him active support. it's interesting. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom.

our lead story is... brazil's national museum has been destroyed in a huge fire, priceless collections have been lost. some brazilians are asking whether budget cuts contributed to what happened. and some of the main stories from the bbc world service. tens of thousands of people have turned out for a free concert in the german city of chemnitz — organisers are using the hashtag "there are more of us" — that's their way of trying to counter the slogan "we are the people" which far right groups protesting recently in the city used, claiming support for their opposition to immigration. conservationists in botswana say there's been a big increase in elephant poaching. in a survey from the air, they located the carcasses of 87 elephants with their tusks cut off. botswana has the largest number of elephants in the world. that's on bbc swahili. this is getting a lot of attention online. a fishmonger in kuwait has been closed down for sticking googly eyes on fish to make them appear fresher.

images showing one of the fake eyes slipping off, have been shared a lot. one twitter user said: "neverjudge the freshness of fish by the googliness of their eyes." wise words. the uk says there has been a surge in the number of online child sex abuse images they have uncovered. the national crime agency says they've identified up to 80,000 paedophiles in the uk who pose a sexual threat to children online and there's been a staggering 700% increase in child abuse images being referred to them in the last 5 years. they say those images are getting more graphic, and abuse of babies and children under 10 is becoming more frequently documented. this is home secretary sajid javid. and if you work for a technology company, perhaps you are in this audience, perhaps you are listening, but when you hear this message, let me be very clear. getting this sort of horrific

content off your platforms is the right thing for your businesses, and it is the right thing for society. and all eyes are now on you to do the right thing. duncan kennedy has more on this. the images are horrific. the numbers are chilling. the challenges are daunting. online child abuse is the grim curse on the internet, and the scale of it can be hard to take in. the nca says internet companies must do more. 50% of the images that were referred to us during a week earlier this month were known to us. if an image is known, that means that technology companies are in a good position to block access to that image. so, we want proactive and aggressive blocking to make sure people can't access these images. we also want those images taken down as quickly as possible.

in just one recent week—long operation, the nca arrested more than 130 people, including teachers, a children's entertainer and a former police officer. today, the home secretary spoke of the horrors of this bleak reality now coursing through britain's online world. do not think that you can satisfy your vile perversions from behind a computer screen or on a smartphone. do not think you can hurt our children or support or encourage others to do so. do not think that you will get away with it, because we will make sure that you don't. our children deserve to have their innocence and their futures respected and protected and to grow up without fear. the home office is already funding one technology project which automatically trawled through the internet to capture images of child abuse. but this is a cross—border business, involving money, paedophiles and the exploitation of vast

numbers of children. duncan kennedy, bbc news. argentina's economy is in deep trouble — and president macri went on tv first thing this morning to announce his new plan to fix it. austerity is the key word. ten government ministries are being axed. and from january export taxes will be increased — the presdient said himself it's a terrible idea, but an emergency measure needed to balance the economy. but it's all with the aim of balancing the books — which it claims it can do by next year. sounds ambitious. here is president macri. translation: to cover what's missing during this transition,

that has become an emergency, we will ask those who have more capacity to contribute. i'm referring to those who export in argentina, that your contributions are greater. in these few months, all the storms were released at the same time, but there's no reason to lose hope. we must mature as a society and not continue living above our means, nor continue living with corruption. the country is in the meantime lobbying for a fast—tracked imf loan of $50 billion. let's hear now from argentina expertjimena blanco. this is argentina going through boom and bust cycles. the last government is, of course, the last experience of price controls, currency controls, export controls. this is what gets us here. nobody wants to go into an austerity plan, but of course it's

what the country needs and it's what investors are looking for to see that these measures will be sustained over time and that macri's reform plan wasn'tjust a blip of three years and next year we might be heading into an election that sees another populist come to power. so, when argentina enters this new deal with the imf there's actually a clause which is what dujovne tomorrow is probably going to discuss with christine lagarde, that will allow argentina to some degree ring fence social spending. so, the government needs to be very careful because it needs to get the economy back on track, but at the same time it can't afford social unrest, labour unrest and tough negotiations with the unions in an electoral year next year. daniel pardo, buenos aires. there may be some viewers wondering who's in charge of argentina, is it the government or the imf? or is it

the government or the imf? or is it the largest party in the country which is not part of the government right now? they say no one can govern argentina... part of the reason president macri is facing so much trouble is because he faces difficulties to negotiate with the opposition. the question is quite intelligent right now. how can a government function if it gets rid of ten ministries? they are going to become secretaries. they'll still have some budget and some things to do but it will be limited. i think the change in the cabinet is more symbolic and it's trying to show that the government is trying to slash as much as possible. on the other hand what they did was to put taxes on exports which in this country is one of the biggest food producers in the world is something

that involves a lot of money. it's something many considered populist and something president macri didn't wa nt to and something president macri didn't want to do but now he's had to do it against his will. presumably some are concerned that if you put taxes on exports you risk slowing down the economy. and it will. it's not the only fact that it's going to slow the economy. also, last week they put in place a 60% interest rate from the central bank. that means much of the money in argentina is going to be going to banks and savings because they want to improve their attraction of the peso. many people aren't being able to get credit, pay for the new car, the new roof. most companies are small companies and they depend on credit. we are going to see recession by the end of the year and possibly next year. the crisis is quite big for macri. thank you. a former trader behind the biggest fraud in uk financial history is facing deportation as we speak —

kweku adoboli was convicted of a £1.4 billion fraud at swiss bank ubs in 2012. he is to be deported to ghana after serving four years of a seven—year sentence in the uk — something he is contesting. foreign nationals sentenced to more than four years in jail are automatically considered for deportation. douglas fraser, bbc scotland's business editor. douglas has been speaking to kweku adoboli. where is he now?|j douglas has been speaking to kweku adoboli. where is he now? i spoke to him before he was detained. he is required under the conditions of his bail to go to a local police station and signing readily. today he was detained. he bought this might happen in two weeks ago but there was a political intervention from his mp which appeared to postpone

the action being taken by the uk borderforce. he was the action being taken by the uk border force. he was detained today. his spokesman, i think it's fair to say his friends say that he is now in an immigration detention centre, the main one used in scotland in these deportation cases. it's in lanarkshire. their expectation these deportation cases. it's in la narkshire. their expectation is that the home office wishes to get him deported to garner within seven days. he is a ghanaian passport holder, not a british passport holder, not a british passport holder but he has lived in britain since the age of 12 when he came here to attend boarding school. he was at university in england and famously went into the financial sector in london. 26 years spent in britain. he says it's very much his home, this is where his family and friends are and that this is a violent act to take him out of britain, when there is a great deal

he says he can be doing to inform the authorities, banks and government. last week he was advising the british army on issues around systems failures, when processes go wrong. he says he wasn't a rogue trader, it was a system that went wrong at ubs. does he accept the procedures being followed correct, that he is being deported in line with what the regulations suggest? he told me he gets the logic of the law, that the intention is that if you have a jail sentence of more than four years then you should be deported on the grounds that you may be a risk to britain. he is also saying there are elements within the law that allow for people who pose no threat, there is no violence in the crime they

committed. although he has accepted from the start that he did wrong although for reasons other than those put forward in court, that the things he did wrong at ubs bank were the reason he went to jail and he accepts that, but he's not accepting he's the only one. he says he has a great deal more to offer by staying in britain and that the exceptions there can be to that law should be used in this case, if the politicians in this case the home secretary are willing to make an exception for him. thank you. we'll be back with more of the biggest stories from around the world live from the bbc newsroom in a couple of minutes' time. good evening. quite a few storm

systems around the world at the moment. two will have an impact on land and the big one is in the west pacific. this area of cloud is moving its way northwards. right towards japan and the main island of honshu. it is a powerful one, it is a strong typhoon and the winds a short time ago were sustained at around 100 miles an hour. there will be some damage. with heavy rain there will be flooding and landslides. the any good thing about the typhoon is it is moving quickly northwards right over honshu and then that were the front will sweep then that were the front will sweep the rain away and draw in more sunshine. you can see how the wet weather gets pushed into eastern parts of russia together with the warm tropical air. it allows colder airto come warm tropical air. it allows colder air to come down behind that from northern parts of china and push its way southwards. the temperatures are likely to drop in beijing, possibly

into seoul. kyoto is going to get a direct hit and it is sunny and dryer on wednesday. similar story in manila where it is wetter than normal this time of year. in new zealand it is snowfall that's been the main headline over the past few days, extending the skiing season in the south island. some disruption further north where it is still very windy. high pressure will mean it's going to be cold and frosty. plenty of people enjoying it on the ski runs. across australia we've got some stronger winds running through the bite. for western australia particularly in the south it's going to be quite chilly for the time of year. the north america, we've got a band of cloud taking some rain eastwards a cross band of cloud taking some rain eastwards across canada. we need to focus on this cloud earlier on around the florida keys. this is developing into the seventh named storm of the season. this is gordon

and is the track it will take, making landfall in louisiana on tuesday night. on tuesday day we've still got some rain developing in the gulf of mexico. some very wet weather arriving on tuesday. north of that some more rain in central parts of the united states, into the midwest. another band of rain sweeping into parts of canada. high temperatures with a lot of humidity in new york and those temperatures are rising in the pacific northwest. we've got some rain across northern parts of iberia and we've also got some rain in eastern russia. this is where we are seeing some of the highest temperatures. the weather improving for italy and central europe. some rain for the low countries and that is probably going to head for the uk. goodbye. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. brazil's national museum has been destroyed in a huge fire, priceless collections have been lost, questions are already being asked about whether budget cuts contributed to what happened. there's a new brexit

headache for theresa may, and it's from her own side — the former foreign secretary says her approach would leave the uk with "two—thirds of nothing". we will get into that in a moment. china's been playing host to african leaders, it's pledged $60 billionollars of investment — but critics are warning countries that take up the offer could find themselves trapped in debt. and as the us begins to gear itself up for the mid—term elections, we'll have a report on why so many veterans of the armed forces are running for office. this is borisjohnson‘s latest contribution to the brexit debate. he took the headlines by writing in the daily telegraph that "victory for brussels is inevitable.

we have gone into battle waving the white flag." that's quite a way to talk about your prime minister's plan. but we already knew that mrjohnson is opposed to the approach to brexit that the uk cabinet agreed on — it's one of the reasons he resigned as foreign secretary. he claims today that, "the uk has agreed to hand over £40bn of taxpayers' money" — that's the money for the so—called divorce bill — "for two—thirds of diddly squat." downing street's response was terse. "there's no new ideas in this article to respond to." and that the uk needs "serious leadership with a serious plan. which sounds a little like strong and stable — but, as you'll know, that phrase was retied after the prime minister's election disaster last year. we've heard from the former foreign secretary, and from no 10 — this is the home secretary. this is a plan that has been put forward by the uk government and it is still being considered by all the

different bits that make up the eu and we will see what they say but thatis and we will see what they say but that is the plan. that is the plan. there are a range of people lining up there are a range of people lining up against it. over the weekend, the eu's chief negotiator gave an interview to a german newspaper saying he was ‘strongly opposed' to it. so is leading brexiteer jacob rees—mogg. mr barnier was, as you would expect, extraordinarily charming and well—informed. and he and i found we were in a considerable degree of agreement, that chequers is absolutely rubbish and we should chuck it and what we should have is a canada—style free—trade deal. i mean, he seemed to think that was the way forward and has published charts showing that. so, interestingly, eurosceptics and mr barnier are in greater agreement than eurosceptics and the government, or mr barnier and the government. it was very encouraging. in case you're counting — it's 207 days until brexit happens. and roughly two months from when a deal needs to be done.

it will be needed to be signed off by all the national parliaments within the eu. but still the conservatives can't agree on what they should ask for — let alone asking for something the eu agrees to. this is helpful from laura kuennsberg. here's ben wright in westminster. i feel like we have talked about this before, the tories are not agreeing that they have got to agree soon because the deadline is coming up soon because the deadline is coming up but surely they do have to agree very soon? it is remarkable that we are seven months away from the date when we leave the eu and the

conservative party is more split than ever about the basic shape of the trading relationship that the uk should have with the eu after brexit. this is pretty astonishing. theresa may insists that her chequers plan that would keep the uk tied to the eu's single market for goods after brexit governed by a common rule book is the only way forward in terms of keeping trade frictionless with the eu and also allowing the uk freedom to strike its own trade deals, but as you have said very clearly there is opposition on so many fronts and the jacob rees—mogg clip was extraordinary. in some ways he is right, michel barnier has always said that there is no possibility of giving the uk a bespoke arrangement. either it rates with the —— it trades with the eu single market

like norway or it has a basic agreement like canada which is music to the easy jacob rees—mogg who finds the chequers proposal as com pletely finds the chequers proposal as completely toxic. boris johnson and david davis and others agreed. theresa may has a double—header, there are many tory mps would like her to go down the norway route as a way of protecting the uk's economic treasure ship with the eu so she is ina bind treasure ship with the eu so she is in a bind —— economic relationship. i asked if she had a plan b last week in africa and she said no. one of the plans we need to consider is that no deal is a very real possibility. the eu have been preparing for this and the uk is preparing for this and the uk is preparing for this as well and more papers will be produced by the department for exiting the eu shortly shown the contingency measures they are putting in place and so far the ones we have seen are pretty thin, everyone expects that

if there's no deal for the disruption be great but it is a possibility, far more of a possibility, far more of a possibility than it seemed a month ago —— for the disruption to be great. the chances of no deal happening have always been greatest once deal gets to westminster precisely because it is hard to see where the arithmetic lies for theresa may in terms of it approving a deal so if it is based on chequers mps might decide they would rather go and turn this... reject this deal and open up the can of worms, rather than sign up to a com provides that very few seem to believe in at the moment. —— rather than sign up to a compromise. thanks forjoining us. there are just nine weeks to go until the us midterm elections. the results will decide whether the republicans retain control of congress.

laura trevelyan has been speaking to a new generation of military veterans, who want to serve their country in a different way. this woman is running her campaign with military precision trying to meet as many voters in this new jersey suburb as possible, this is what you would expect of a former naval helicopter pilot, with her eye on winning what has been a republican seat for decades. on winning what has been a republican seat for decadeslj on winning what has been a republican seat for decades. i was a heller —— helicopter pilot for many yea rs heller —— helicopter pilot for many years and i never said, heller —— helicopter pilot for many years and i neversaid, i'm heller —— helicopter pilot for many years and i never said, i'm only taking republicans or democrats on this mission. this mother four is running against the tax changes coming newjersey‘s way and she is also the gun control. unqualified in automatic weapons and i know the danger of them, we need the federal government to make sure we have the gun government to make sure we have the gu n safety government to make sure we have the gun safety legislation —— i'm qualified. max rose has knocked on

15,000 doors in neighbouring new york as he tries to turn this republican seat loop. —— blue. it is a message he hopes will resonate on staten island where president trump is popular. injured in afghanistan, max was decorated for bravery, and his run is inspired by his soldiers. they did not think about their own personal interest, theyjust tried to get thejob personal interest, theyjust tried to get the job done, personal interest, theyjust tried to get thejob done, and personal interest, theyjust tried to get the job done, and that's what i want to see more of in washington. that motivation resonates with emily who helps republicans and democrats with the service —— with a service background run for office. when they serve their country they learn to be about something bigger than themselves and if we had more leaders who were doing what is best for the country over what is best for the country over what is best for themselves it would fundamentally transform our democracy. it is not surprising that democrats are pinning their hopes on vetera ns to democrats are pinning their hopes on veterans to flip the suburban seats like this one in new york and win

back the house of representatives. americans have more confidence in the military than in any other government institution and nearly one third of the democratic candidates running in competitive seats this november have served in the military. mikey is one of five female veterans contesting the democrats top target seats. we thought that if we were navy helicopter pilots or federal prosecutors we were creating a better world for our children and to see us better world for our children and to see us lose ground was so upsetting to so many women. military retains the respect of americans at a time fears partisanship, —— at a time of fierce partisanship. veterans will be leading the charge at the mid—term elections. don't forget you can get much more detail on our top stories on our web site — there is full coverage on our website —

that's bbc.com/news. adolescent girls are facing violence in almost every aspect of their lives because of a humanitarian crisis in the lake chad basin — that's according to the charity plan international. it's released detailed claims of widespread abuse both on the streets and in homes in a new report — including rape, sex for survival and kidnapping. interviews were done in cameroon, nigerand nigeria, in the lake chad region, where there's ongoing conflict. here's the bbc‘s mayeni jones. the charity group plan said this group is vulnerable to violence because of their young age and gender and other young girls have also reported abuse, domestic abuse, also reported abuse, domestic abuse, a quarter of the girls who took part said they had been hit in the last month, and a smaller number, about

8%, said they had received unwanted touching and kissing and many of the victims of sexual abuse said they are stigmatised by their society and often forced to marry their abusers. an estimated 2 million internally displaced people in the lake chad region and most of them have been displaced because of conflict between armed forces and boko haram but also internal conflict which has been caused by the scarcity of water. $1.56 billion is needed to help people and an estimated ten and people in the region are in need of some form of humanitarian assistance -- 10 some form of humanitarian assistance —— 10 million people. there is a high—level conference this week in the region, to address some of these humanitarian problems and wales want to tackle some of the longer term and developmental issues —— they also want to tackle. they want to make sure longer term the crisis can be tackled and averted.

now to a new report from the un that details how the number of migrants attempting to cross the mediterranean has fallen — but the number of them dying has risen. more than 1600 people have died making the journey this year. this is the un talking to the bbc earlier. we are calling for the european authorities in particular to come up with a coordinated strategy whereby boats can be systematically disembarked in different parts of europe and were —— where asylum centres a re europe and were —— where asylum centres are ready to receive those people who arrive. in the first six months of 2017 — 1 in 42 people attempting to cross the central mediterranean — died or went missing. the risk has more than doubled this year. that appears linked to the decrease in search and rescue

operations off the libyan coast — and that is related to italy's recent crackdown on ngo charity boats. it's also thought traffickers are taking more risks. this is a different un official on that. the smugglers and human traffickers who look to arrange these journeys are taking evermore risky routes and using increasingly unseaworthy vessels to escape those new measures which have been put in place. the dangers facing migrants travelling to europe don't end when they arrive. this is nick thorpe in hungary with a report on a fatal high—speed chase. october the 3rd, 2017, the wreckage ofa van october the 3rd, 2017, the wreckage of a van carrying illegal migrants to hungary, the smuggler and one migrant dead in the crash, 17 migrants badly injured. this person from northern iraq was the worst injured, with brain damage and

broken bones, she recovered slowly in this hungary hospital over most of the other survivors were deported to romania as soon as they could walk. this person is still suffering from the consequences of the accident mostly lead and spinal injuries. heidi is 21 and herfamily made it to germany before her, she stayed in iraq to go to university and then set out a loan to join them. then the accident happened. and then set out a loan to join them. then the accident happenedlj them. then the accident happened.” said, help help, we need the ambulance. i feel this in said, help help, we need the ambulance. ifeel this in the said, help help, we need the ambulance. i feel this in the foot. it is good, the doctor did the operation to me, and said to me, you will walk again, don't be afraid. four months after we first met i've come here to find heidi, she left the camp with the smugglers just a

couple of days after we spoke to her and herjourney couple of days after we spoke to her and her journey from romania couple of days after we spoke to her and herjourney from romania to germany in a car to 20 hours, it hidden beneath a blanket at border crossings. —— took 20 hours.” hidden beneath a blanket at border crossings. -- took 20 hours. i saw my family crossings. -- took 20 hours. i saw myfamily and crossings. -- took 20 hours. i saw my family and i was so crossings. -- took 20 hours. i saw happy. crossings. -- took 20 hours. i saw my family and i was so happy. i embrace them. i hugged my father and mother and i cried so much will stop my mother, we cried. i'm so happy. thanks to nick thorpe for that report. this is 13 year old howick and his 12 year old sister, lily. they're armenian children who've spent most of their lives in the netherlands. they had asylum applications turned down — and for a time went into hiding. their cases have sparked a broader discussion about asylum and immigration. anna holligan in the hague can tell us more. the children's mother was deported

last year after arriving in the netherlands from russia in 2008 and initially lily and ten one went into hiding but then they were discovered by the dutch authorities —— and howick. they have been staying with family friends since, and the campaigners and their supporters say if they were deported they could be taken into an orphanage. the dutch prime minister has even intervene, saying he understands the emotion attached to this case but that the asylu m attached to this case but that the asylum numbers had to be kept under control and that anyone who does not meet the criteria cannot be allowed to stay. these children barely speak armenian and they've speak very fluent dutch —— they speak. campaigners are hoping the migration minister will intervene to overturn this court ruling. last week we were talking at theresa

may in africa looking to increase uk investment in the continent. this week we are talking about china. china has pledged an extra $60bn in african development. the chinese president made the announcement at the opening of the china—africa summit in beijing. here he is. translation: it is for china to complement africa's development through china's own growth and it is for china and africa to cooperate and share common development and in doing so china follows the principle of giving more and taking less, giving before taking, and giving without asking for return. with open arms we welcome african countries aboard the express train of china's development. if you look at the chinese press today — this is the english language global times — it's got blanket coverage of the summit. howard french is an author and expert on china. "china's africa moves are of serious geopolitical importance and the resources represent major new options for the better governed

countries, but this is not "wanton generosity." larry madowo is the bbc‘s africa business correspondent — here's his assessment of the money that's being promised. $60 billion is similar to what the last african summit, but $5 billion is to increase the amount of exports into china, in response to the criticism of the trade deficit africa has with china, it seems that china is getting more out of the relationship with africa than vice versa, and china is trying to go out of its way to say that these are not vanity projects and that they are not involved in the governments and governance of african countries and they are purely on a win—win scale with african countries which is easier said then really done. the

chinese might want to say this is win—win but presumably they want plenty in return for this money. the british prime minister theresa may also tried to paint british african cooperation as win—win, but the chinese are especially so because of the massive asymmetry of power that many people point out that is between china and africa. angola is heavily indebted to china. all over the continent they are very much involved in what they say is africa's largest free—trade zone, so china is trying to sh some of those fears and saying they are trying to encourage them to export more to the huge chinese market —— trying to assuage. the chinese president is

knocking on democracy, does this —— is not keen on democracy, does this affect africa? in swaziland they do not recognise the one child policy in china and china do not like that, but other african countries are happy to do business the chinese way. they are not afraid to give bribes in africa, and also the way african governments negotiate with china, is much more lenient than they would with, say, the uk or the us. if you are being eager eye, you would have seen the south african president in that picture. —— eagle eyed. this is from the south african president. but there are serious concerns

about the level of debt some african countries may take on. this graph shows how loans from the chinese government have increased over the years. starting in 2000 and then going up and up. i asked larry about these concerns. the imf has warned that at least 40% of low income countries in africa are at risk of high debt distress or are at risk of high debt distress or are already in that distress, but china have said they are not to blame entirely but that and that african countries are borrowing from other countries. —— for that. however the largest chunk of the debt is to china and many economists look at these numbers and they worry that african debt to china has become unsustainable and there

should be a stop to that even though it doesn't seem that is about to happen any time soon. thanks to larry. a british company has unveiled a new robot that can perform surgery on humans. it's controlled by a surgeon using a console, and is expected to make its debut at several hospitals in the uk next year. fergus walsh has the story. imagine this operating on you. it's the latest in surgical robot technology. all controlled by a human hand at a console, with the aid of a 3—d monitor. the aim is to make laparoscopic or keyhole surgery technically easier for surgeons, allowing greater precision, and so giving better outcomes for patients. it's considerably easier. all you can do with a conventional la pa roscopic instrument is you can move it in and out, and you can rotate it. and so what the robot enables you to do is to play

with this in a much more wide range of movement. the versius robot has been designed and built in cambridge. these robot arms have joints like a human's, at the shoulder, elbow and wrist. they're smaller and more flexible than current robotic systems, which makes them more versatile, so they should be able to do many more types of keyhole surgery. none of this would have been possible without da vinci, the first surgical robot, introduced to the uk in 2001. there are now more than 70 of them here, mostly doing prostate, bladder and gynaecological surgery. so we want to do operations in the upper abdomen, such as gall bladder operations, operations in the stomach, certainly operations in the bowel for bowel cancer. we want to operate in the chest, so the aim is to replicate keyhole surgery, but with all the advantages of the small instruments, the wristed instruments, that will make it better and easier for the surgeon. the field of robot surgery is about to get crowded. there are several new

systems being developed. the most eagerly awaited is from tech giant google, called verb, which aims to connect all its robots to the internet so they can learn from each other. the cost of the versius robot has not been revealed, but the company aims to make it cheaperfor the nhs to run than its american rival. the first operation on a patient will be early next year. fergus walsh, bbc news, cambridge. we have some pictures coming from east germany. far right protests a few days ago, but today we have tens of thousands of people attending aq —— a free concert against racism. there were far right process is —— far right protests a few days ago.

the crowd at the concert have been shouting, nazis out. that is it for tonight. this is a word you might hear a few times in the forecast, uncertainty, partly because of development is far from here, in the tropics, we will return to that in a moment. the time being we are more concerned with developments closer to home and the weather front across the british isles bringing a band of cloudberry slow—moving, across parts of the wales and southwest —— cloud very slow—moving. sunny spells and a small chance for a shower, beautiful day for scotland and northern ireland with sunny spells but a cooler and fresher feel. the first weather front will die a death as we get into wednesday. high—pressure dominates the scene. unsubtle weather might throw a few showers

into the far south—east and we have cloud thickening as well. in the north. in between we have spells of sunshine and relatively cool between 17 and 20, and then we get to the end of the week, a big change, very cool end of the week, a big change, very cool, breezy, rain at times and this is where we look to the tropics. it has been very quiet, the hurricane season, a few different topical storms on the move at the one moving across florida and it has also been busyin across florida and it has also been busy in the eastern pacific including a storm which cause disruption to hawaii not that long ago. the tropical storms inject warm and moistair ago. the tropical storms inject warm and moist air into the atmosphere and moist air into the atmosphere and that warm air moves north and that can have an impact on the jet strea m that can have an impact on the jet stream and it pushes the jet stream north essentially, causing it to buckle, like shaking a skipping rope, it runs across north america

and the atlantic, you can see these dips south and north, and whenever we have an undulating jet stream like this the computer models struggle to work out what is going to happen especially when we add in triple —— tropical moisture, but it looks like one of the dips in the jet stream will be slow—moving in the british isles spinning up the area of low pressure and that will mean showers or longer spells of rain drifting around the low and there will be sunny spells as well, there will be sunny spells as well, the winds coming from the north and north—west so it will feel decidedly cool north—west so it will feel decidedly cool. these day by day details may change because of the uncertainty and the north—west of scotland might have heavy and persistent rain at the end of the week. some sunny spells in other places, but still the core macro feel, and not much change on saturday —— cool feel.

areas of low pressure on saturday and also quite a breeze and the temperatures topping at 15—19. a lot going on at the end of the week. the jet stream looks likely to continue and elating so there is uncertainty but it looks likely the jet will settle to the north—west of the uk —— continue undulating. i pressure will build back into the south, says southern areas are likely to see something which is warmer into next week, there will be rain in the north west. once again uncertainty in part because of the tropical troublemaking. tonight at 10:00, the technology giants are warned of severe action unless they do more to combat child sex abuse online. the likes of google, facebook, microsoft and twitter, could face new laws, unless they step up action, to tackle abusive content. as officers of the national crime agency deal with a sharp rise

in reports of abuse images online, the home secretary spelled out his demands. i'm notjust asking for change. i'm demanding it. and the people are demanding it too. we'll have details of the home secretary's warning, and we'll be asking if new legislation really is the answer to this rapidly—growing problem. also tonight... the growing brexit divide between boris johnson and theresa may, after he says her chequers plan would be a disasterfor britain. intense anger in myanmar, where two journalists are jailed