hello, i'm ros atkins. welcome to outside source. let me ta ke welcome to outside source. let me take you through some of the stories around the road i'm going to bring you into the‘s addition. in the us, one of the reporters who brought down richard nixon in the ‘70s has dropped a book on trump, saying the president's own officials view him as a threat to national security. he quotes his chief of staff is saying it's "crazy town." the white hazard he pushing back against that. —— white house... injapan, one million people have been told to leave their homes as the country deals with the worst storm to hit in 25 years. in syria, planes have been bombing the rebel—held province of idlib, as the government prepares for a final offensive.

the top police others are in the uk is going on tonight companies to give them immediate access to the social media accounts of people suspected of serious crimes. and we'll also be taking about this man, jose mourinho, who's become the latest big footballing figure to fall foul of the spanish courts. he's paid a huge fine in a tax case. around five hours ago, the washington post published this story. it includes excerpts from a new book by journalist story. it includes excerpts from a new book byjournalist bob woodward. it is littered about quotes from the white house. but first of all, let's get straight to the pushback from the white house. and it's been strong and it's been immediate. spokesperson sarah sanders has said...

or you oryou can or you can listen to the white house chief of staff, john kelly, who is quoted in the book. he says... but thatis quoted in the book. he says... but that is the quote that is in the book. it's been the quote should be most on social media. john kelly is quoted as saying... and he goes on to say... it's worth pointing out, it's still a job he chooses to do. here's another for you. he's still in post. former chief of staff reince priebus describing the environment in the white house this way. presumably in particular for the rapid. it's not clear which animal he was, or indeed which animal

he thinks the president is. let's bring in anthony zurcher is in washington. i guess it was never going to take more than a few minutes for the white house to push back with some power. not at all, and you will notice that the decision includes john kelly's response. in particular, i think that's an acknowledgement that the kelly quote in that book was probably one of the most damaging portions, or his own chief of staff was wondering why should even be doing hisjob as saying it's the most miserable job he's ever had. i think i was telling it how damning it was. the other thing interesting in that response was that it did not call woodward himself a fake news or a fabricator oi’ himself a fake news or a fabricator or anything like that like the way the normally attacked the media. there are saying he was getting stories from disgruntled employees. and as we discussed in the last hour, that may be a reflection of

the fact that trump himself i called woodward to have a conversation about the book and attested to his view that woodward is usually a straight shooter and tells it like it is. stay with me, anthony. a couple more elements of this story. ari fleischer... he goes on to say... in other words, idid not like he goes on to say... in other words, i did not like always in the book it was correct. according to bob woodward, he made multiple attempts to interview president trump but he did not get set up. after he got called by the printers, he get caught by president trump, saying he wa nts to caught by president trump, saying he wants to contribute. here is just a clip. let's bring in anthony again, live

with us on that. when the book came by michael wolff day and it was reasonable to question some the sourcing that he had on some of the stories he put in his book. i understand bob woodward's approach to sourcing is a little more thorough, should we say? obviously, bob woodward has reputation he has built up to my doing books on administrations all the way back to nixon's administration and is the watergate story. there's general consensus in washington that is a goodidea consensus in washington that is a good idea to talk to bob woodward. you'd much rather be a source for one of his books than a target because you know that your enemies and your associates are talking to him and his computer side of the story out. i think those tapes the washington post released, i think i was a useful way of rebutting this attack that and started taking place against the book. it also reflection, the book says there is

chaos in the white house and donald trump is confused why his staff members have not brought this to his attention before. kellyanne conway, one of his season —— senior advisers, barely not telling him. he does the sources on deep background heat records all the conversations and he and his books describes the events taking place mostly in the people's own words, the way he constructs them together using his source is. nonetheless, anthony, we've known for some time that things are a little different. the president does things differently. he likes to create environments that are reasonably robust. we know already he's not, for instance, vertically interested in detailed foreign—policy. i wonder how damaging this is knowing that his supporters would have known the gist of this before it came out. exactly. there are instances and stories, particularly the wake donald trump handled some of these foreign—policy crises and the debate and the

consternation behind the scenes taking place, and that is not going to be helpful to him. as i could be helping to him in washington, where is going to be a big distraction. but i love this was not and i think —— a lot of this was not known. bob woodward is someone who is an establishment figure and here he is presenting the establishment is against donald trump at how other establishment washington politicians and people who have long time do not like the president and do not likely he's going about doing things. as far as whether it's going to have an actual impact on his loyal support, i think that is a stretch. before this came out to make you about what was happening in the senate today. a confirmation hearing for brett kavanaugh and the us supreme court. it's fair to say the hearing did not go to plan. the chairman is chuck grassley. he only started saying things for things got derailed.

i want to welcome everyone... mr chairman. mrchairman to i want to welcome everyone... mr chairman. mr chairman to be recognised for a question before you proceed. mr chairman, ilike recognised for a question before you proceed. mr chairman, i like to be recognised to ask a question before we proceed. the committee received just last night, less than 15 hours ago, 42,000 pages of documents that we have not had an opportunity to review or read or analyse... you're out of order. i will proceed. we cannot possibly move forward, mr chairman... we have not been given an opportunity to have a meaningful hearing... as you can see, senator grassley was doing his best to battle on. the protesters and some democratic senators continued to interrupt, including richard blumenthal. mrchairman, if we mr chairman, if we cannot be

recognised for my move to adjourn. i moved to adjourn. cheering mrchairman, i moved moved to adjourn. cheering mr chairman, i moved to adjourn. anthony zurcher in washington. i get that the democrats need to be seen to be awkward because the midterms are coming around. but in reality, can they do anything to stop this? at the bottom line is they don't have the votes. unless republicans break ranks, they have a majority in the us senate and they can majority in the us senate and they ca n vote majority in the us senate and they can vote to confirm brett kavanaugh if they stick together at the time being. there is no indication that even the moderate senators like susan collins, who is a pro—choice, pro abortion rights politician even they don't seem inclined to turn on brett kavanaugh. they don't seem inclined to turn on brett kava naugh. they they don't seem inclined to turn on brett kavanaugh. they can create a big fuss, talk about not having a disclosure, not enough time to

review all the documents about brett, when he was back in the white house into thousands. eventually come if republicans stick together, they will prevail. anthony, thank you very much. let's switch from anthony in washington, dc to japan. japan is experiencing its worst storm in 25 years. it's called typhoonjebi, and a million people have been told leave their homes. some of the worst hit areas are osaka, kyoto and hyogo. this more detailed graphic shows us why. that is precisely where the storm made land earlier on today. and these are some of the pictures, quite astonishing pictures, that came in earlier. this is a tanker rammed into a bridge that links kansai airport to the mainland. the tanker weighs 2,500 tonnes. unsurprisingly, the bridge has been significantly damaged. that left thousands of people

stranded at the airport, which itself had problems. the runway flooded. some car parks we re the runway flooded. some car parks were dealing with lisa verge —— were nearly completely submerged. and this is terrifying footage. this is amaterur footage from a city in hyogo prefecture. winds were measured at over 200kmph. this isn't the first extreme weather japan has experienced this summer. flooding killed more than 200 people and there was also the highest—ever temperature was recorded. chris fawkes from bbc weather. the typhoon is quite different than what happened earlier in the year, but both the flooding and heat waves are probably both linked to climate change because of saw very meandering pattern in thejet change because of saw very meandering pattern in the jet stream which some scientists are linking to the rapid warming of the arctic regions. because the arctic is warming at you more quickly than the mid—latitudes and that is causing the jet stream to set in a more

meandering pattern. the huge balls of rain we had injuly that cause catastrophic flooding. that's one thing. thatjet catastrophic flooding. that's one thing. that jet stream catastrophic flooding. that's one thing. thatjet stream shifting northward is probably linked to the heatwave we've seen recently as well. and the footage and the wind in the storm is just terrifying. what generates wind that powerful?” liken it to a clump of thunderstorms. it's like a chimney ina thunderstorms. it's like a chimney in a way. as long as the air can flow at the top of the typhoon or hurricane systems were closer than they can come in at the bottom, pressure falls. the winds accelerated with the pressure falling, the winds go even quicker. it carries on like a feedback loop. the reports at this airport gusting there at 230 miles per hour. this is there at 230 miles per hour. this is the strongest storms since 1993. have we seen the worst of it? yes, it has been downgraded to a tropical

storm. it has gone down in 12 hours from a very strong typed into a tropical storm. it is going under extratropical transition. that's going to be bring some very strong winds and heavy rains to eastern areas of russia over the next three days. i will move from japan northwards and it would maintain its strength for several days? one thing i think is incredible. we are talking about the winds spiralling around quickly. the low itself is moving about 80 km/h. you can imagine it's making progress northwards very, very quickly. in a way, it's semantics. the power source for these typhoon's warm waters are not going be powered by that any more but rather, the temperature contrast... that is the clash between tropical air and air coming down from polar regions. that's what's going to be driving infidels to be very wet and very windy for eastern russia for another

couple of days. we've had stories in the us and japan, we are going to go to a story in spainfrom japan, we are going to go to a story in spain from earlier today. jose mourinho's reported to have agreed to pay a fine of around 2 million euros. following a car chase in madrid. —— following a court case. brexit secretary dominic raab has updated mps on the state of brexit talks. here he is responding to caroline flint‘s question about the final brexit deal. first of all, we should be striving in the closing stages of negotiations to bridge those outstanding gaps and secure a good deal, and she's also right to say that there'll be two components which is the withdrawal agreement and there will be also the framework for the future relationship and its right to say that during the implementation period, we will need to turn that into a binding treaty. and one of the areas that we've made progress, again, not touched on by other honourable members on that side, is the agreement in principle that we are pursuing to have linkage so that the withdrawal

agreement requires in good faith to proceed to that future relationship. i think that's important when we talk about not having a deal until we've got the whole deal. yes, there are different aspects of the package, but the deal has got to be viewed in the round and in a balanced way. outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story: a new book on president trump says senior officials view the president as a threat to national security. donald trump laws chief of staff john tilley has called the book" bs." -- john tilley has called the book" bs." —— donald trump laws chief john tilley has called the book" bs_" —— donald trump laws chief of staffjohn kelly. a bridge has collapsed in kolkata in eastern india. many are feared to have been trapped under the debris. reports say there were many commuters in cars and on bikes

when the bridge came down. that's from bbc hindi. brazil's government says it is seeking funding from companies and banks to help rebuild the national museum in rio dejaneiro after it was destroyed by fire. the irony here is that there had been many calls for urgent funding to maintain the building in the months before the fire. the museum saying almost 90% of the collection has been destroyed. that's from bbc mundo. this is getting a lot of attention online. this is not australia, this is austria. they're a long way apart, and very different countries — but now, both have at least one wild kangaroo. this animal was filmed in northern austria. one local police official said "it sounds unbelievable, but it's true." there have in fact now been multiple sightings and the mystery marsupial remains at large. we demand answers! this seems to unlikely. cressida dick is the most senior police officer in britain, and today, she's arguing that social media companies should hand over "vital evidence" connected to criminal investigations "within minutes" of it being requested.

this issue is in the spotlight after police in hampshire were unable to access the facebook account of a man suspected of murdering a 13—year—old girl, because he wouldn't give them his password. duncan kennedy has more. it's ok to grieve, to be upset. for pupils at lucy's school in southampton, the excitement of the first day of term was mingled with the sadness of her death. in a special assembly, they remembered her and listened as the headteacher spoke of lucy's irrepressible personality, and how her loss had touched everyone. it's ok to cry. i've cried. a lot. it's ok to feel sad. it's ok to feel down. lucy, who was 13, was seen in this security footage the day she disappeared in july. her body was later found in woodland next to a park in southampton. she had been stabbed. police arrested a man called

steven alan nicholson on suspicion of murder. he was not charged, and was later given bail. but last friday at southampton crown court, he was jailed for 14 months for failing to give the police the password to his facebook account. he had pleaded guilty to breaking a law, calling on people to disclose passwords in a police investigation. today, the head of the metropolitan police said companies like facebook should unlock these accounts much more quickly. law enforcement in the uk ought to be able to have vital evidence which might bring somebody to justice. within minutes rather than through some protracted process? absolutely, but there are complex practical things for them and legal things for them, which i do respect. and lucy mchugh‘s mother agrees with that, saying facebook should unlock this account and hand over the details to the police.

stacey white says it will be easy for them to do so, and that all she wants is justice for her daughter. but facebook says that it's bound by a legal agreement between the united states and britain governing access to its data, and says it can't just bypass the system. one former facebook executive says the agreement is out of date. i think it's absolutely not fit for purpose. this procedure for exchanging criminal information was built for exchanging information on drug traffickers and fugitives. it was built before the internet age. the police say they have other lines of inquiry whilst access to the facebook account is resolved, and say they need every tool possible when investigating the most serious of crimes. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in southampton. next, we are going to talk about amazon. it has — briefly — become the second us—listed firm to have a market value of more than $1 trillion. amazon shares rose nearly 2% to a new high before slipping back.

apple was the first company to hit this landmark in august. let's get some help. kim gittleson is live for us in new york. amazon does an awful lot of things, i just wa nt to does an awful lot of things, i just want to know, what one of the things it does generates the most money? its main revenue generator is online sales, which is the way you and i most sales, which is the way you and i m ost ofte n sales, which is the way you and i most often use amazon, to buy a book and than everything else as time wears on the company. increasingly, it's been generating a significant amount of revenue from its cloud services businesses. visit the idea if you want to put up a website, you need someone to host a website, and amazon is the leader in providing that particular service. that's generated billions of dollar revenue for the company which helped propel it to nearly $2.5 billion in profit last quarter, which is a big deal for this company. for a big time has

its public company trading in new york, it was not often profitable at all him and that frustrated many of the compa ny‘s early all him and that frustrated many of the company's early investors that worried over time, jeff b's is what continue to cloud the sales back into the business and they would never see any of that money. clearly, that is not the case and as a result, we've seen the company briefly get this symbolic milestone ——jeff briefly get this symbolic milestone —— jeff bezos. briefly get this symbolic milestone -- jeff bezos. i spotted three from oui’ -- jeff bezos. i spotted three from our colleague david lee, which said... he's got an awful lot of money coming in now. he does. they've never actually trading him asa they've never actually trading him as a favourite stats aboutjust how wealthy he is. he would have to spend something like $28 million each day just to spend something like $28 million each dayjust to stop accumulating wealth, so clearly, he's been probably the biggest beneficiary and amazon's share price. one of the key

questions here in the united states is what he's going to do with all of that money. unlike other big billionaires like mark zuckerberg or bill gates, he has not announced any philanthropic and test this —— intentions just yet. increasingly, people are putting pressure on him to announce what is going to do with all of that wealth, which as you mentioned, is something quite shocking. $8 million an hour compared to the american average earnings is simply a number that for some people, suggest that maybe there is something a little bit confusing about corporate america, particularly when there are no plans as of yet to redistribute that wealth. kim, thank your much indeed. speaking of corporate america, this is an interesting story. colin kaepernick is an american football quarterback. he famously refused to stand for the us national anthem ahead of some nfl games in protest against police violence. nike has caused a stir releasing

this advert. that is a political advert. remember, donald trump has repeatedly attacked those athletes who took a need. here's branding expert allyson stewart—allen. if you think about all of the research we now have about the millennials, and the way they expect brands to take a stand, you could say that nike is doing absolutely the right thing. by appealing to the spending power of those between maybe age 16 to 25, because they like brands that take a stand. and even though this may not be popular across a wider group, it certainly has people talking, like us today in

the but it also means that you know where nike is coming from. this is not that new of an idea. if you go back to the 90s, the 2000s, even last month. you got in then attend... highly politically charged situations. they one injuly, mediterranean refugees will set you might think, what's the connection between that and selling jumpers are fashioned? similarly, you might ask what is the connection between join and his football player and talking about what you stand for, but actually, there is an expectation that a brand should be transparent and should be public about what it values. nike is basically saying, we need to be inclusive and i don't think too many people would argue with being inclusive. as a concept, that works. the execution in choosing this football player for this particular campaign, i think

that's the beast that has people upsetin that's the beast that has people upset in some quarters —— that is the peace. it is disrespecting the american tradition of playing the national anthem at the start of every game. i will be back with you ina every game. i will be back with you in a couple minutes' time. hello there. the weather here in the uk is set to turn cooler and more unsettled, but that's nothing compared to what's happening elsewhere around the world. let me take you into the west pacific. this massive cloud here was a major typhoon called jebi, and it's been impacting most of japan. on landfall earlier, sustained winds were approaching 110 miles an hour, which is what we've had scenes like this, the rain lashing down as well. the only good thing about this typhoon is it's been moving very quickly. so after making landfall injapan as a typhoon, it's making landfall 24 hours later as a tropical storm in eastern russia.

so it's moving upwards and weakening. the weather injapan on wednesday and thursday will look very different. but by friday, we've got these two weather systems combining to bring more torrential rain. and that's partly because we've got some very warm, muggy air coming up from the south into japan, clashing with cooler, dryer air that's coming down from the north across china. no rain in beijing. not quite as hot as it has been. the sunshine won't last long. in kyoto, some torrential rain and flooding is likely. already had some flooding in south korea, and briefly, we'll get a spell of very wet weather here as well. now down under, and the weather is more static in new zealand — high—pressure, frosty weather in the south island, wet and windy conditions across the north island. there are some weather fronts to move in across southern parts of australia, and there's also some stronger winds in the south, some quite cold air as well. but it's in melbourne where we just had the coldest september night for 15 years. 3.4 may not sound too cold, but it will get an awful lot milder over the next few nights, when there will be some rain around as well.

now this is miami, florida. this was taken on monday, as we started to see the development of the seventh named storm of the season. this is gordon, of course. it's been moving into the gulf of mexico, strengthening to become a hurricane on landfall in mississippi late tuesday. category one hurricane, sustained winds around 75 mph. then move inland. that's the forecast track. as it moves inland, loses the energy and it will weaken, but the rain willjust keep going and going. so if we move things on a bit to wednesday, we've got some very heavy rain moving into the lower mississippi valley. eventually, that will push into all this band of rain that we've got here. had some rain and flooding in parts of texas, kansas, and that heavy rain stretches all the way to the great lakes, pushing into eastern canada. for new york and new england, it's very warm and it's very humid. for more western parts of north america, it's still dry and sunny. and for central parts of europe, we'll see a lot of dry and sunny weather to begin with on thursday, but then some storms develop over the alps.

still got some of those towards northern parts of iberia, and it will be turning wetter here for the north as well. and it's that weather combined with an area of low pressure that's pushing its way towards the uk. goodbye. welcome back to the outside source. welcome back to the outside source. we have talked about one of america's best—known journalists. saying that the president's artificial serum is a threat to national security. the white house press secretary has already dismissed this as people settling scores. we will be speaking about the ongoing crisis in venezuela. the government has put out an extra in a statement on the alleged migration not happening as the un says it is. we'll also talk about syria because know government forces are getting ready to attack idlib which is a rebel held province. it seems the russians have carried out air strikes. we would talk about these two reuters journalists who have been imprisoned in me and mar. that

happened yesterday. today their wives held a press conference and the bbc was there for that. plus as i mentioned, josie mourinho has become the latest big footballing figure to fall foul of this vanished courts. it's reported that he paid if you should find in a tax case. back to venezuela — it's in the throes of an economic crisis and a political crisis. and together they have created a migration crisis, millions have left. the story's developing by the day. listen to what the vice president has said today. translation: we're not going to allow for isolated actions from

government employees because he tried to alter a normal migration flow to justify international intervention in venezuela. we will not allow it. that's the official line but un figures show that 2.3 million people have fled since 2014. that it is a political move as the state. the un does not agree with that. breaking that down — its estimated 600,000 have gone to colombia, 500,000 escaping to the us and spain — others to peru, ecuador and brazil. and if you want a measure of how serious this is, the un is comparing this with what happened in europe in 2015. let's bring in katy watson from sao paolo. it sounds like we're getting to the stage where we can see if something is white that the venezuelan government will say it is black. this is an argument the venezuelan

government has consistently talked about that these figures are inflated and that actually the problem is not as bad as it is being portrayed in the media. nevertheless last two weeks have been especially intense when talking about the migration crisis. peru, ecuador have called state of emergency on the border. they close the border to venezuelans who do not have passports. countries are looking at this very seriously. in fact today and yesterday, about 13 countries from the region, pretty much all of south america and latin america apart from venezuela and bolivia got together to discuss this very problem. yes there is a problem desired by venezuela but very much an issue for the rest of the region. i was mentioning the un making comparisons with europe in 2015. as we detailed many times the eq has struggled to find a unified approach to the migration crisis here in europe. —— the eu. are there similar

struggles among american countries? up struggles among american countries? up until now there hasn't been much ofa up until now there hasn't been much of a unified response. in this meeting they just put of a unified response. in this meeting theyjust put out an 18 point statement, a declaration really pointing to the need for more cooperation. there are some interesting points here i will read some of them. some of them are fake but one of things they have done is called for venezuela provide documentation. —— some of them are vague. people are unable to travel freely because they can't get their passport renewed or they cannot get a new password because the bureaucracy and because of the problems and the slowdown in the country. and that is buzzing a lot of concern amongst venezuelans. they have asked for countries to honour an expired document as legal documentation for migrating purposes. so this is the more talks

amongst the region to come up with a unified response. they've call for more money in investment and more support for the country pots of most affected. columbia has seen the most amount of venezuela ns affected. columbia has seen the most amount of venezuelans consider and ecuador and purdue because of the migratory corridor have moved further down south america. —— and per roof. —— and peru. further down south america. —— and per roof. -- and peru. the government sees a lot of countries try to undermine it. does it have allies either in south america or further afield? its biggest ally in south america is bolivia. it is traditionally always supported venezuela. beyond that in the region it does not have allies. that's one of the things this meeting was proving is that everybody is getting together to put pressure on the government. to ask for change but nobody is getting anywhere. there is still very much a united front in

venezuela that the likes of columbia are trying to mess with the sovereignty of venezuela. there was a recent drone attack on mr maduro. people in columbia for that. there are two very different worlds if you like, different opinions here in the region. good to talk to as always. thank you very much. live from a sao paulo. this is el mundo in spain. it says jose mourinho has it sastose mourinho has accepted ata it sastose mourinho has accepted at a suspended prison sentence and large fine to end a tax fraud case that's been going for months. these pictures are from last november in madrid. mourinho is accused of hiding those earnings from image rights in offshore accounts in 2011 and 2012, that's when he was manager of real madrid. the bbc has today spoken to a source close to the manchester united manager who disputes some of the spanish newspaper's

reporting, and denied that a prison sentence had been accepted. others have been caught up in somewhere others have been caught up in somewhere cases. injune, christiano ronaldo accepted a fine of nearly 19 million euros — around $22 million. he also received a suspended prison sentence and again this concerned money from image rights. then lionel messi paid a fine after a court ruled he'd funnelled earnings illegally through offshore compaines. allison bender is a sports journalist to talk to me about this case earlier. just when you thought that the jose mourinho stories case earlier. just when you thought that thejose mourinho stories have gone away they have had a disappointing start, manchester united, losing to brighten and then 3-0 united, losing to brighten and then 3—0 against tottenham. jose mourinho looks unhappy with the press speaking about how he deserves some respect. now reading these reports in the spanish newspaper, this has been going on for some time. this relates back to 2011—2012 when he

was real madrid manager. as you say we have heard this kind of story before. pushing ottawa and although, lionel messi. —— christian on a ronaldo. briefly if you would why do his mini flurry of these high—profile cases? his mini flurry of these high-profile cases? it goes back to 2003 when david beckham signed for real madrid. back then florentino perez and real madrid wanted to attract more big signings to spain. so they put in place a cap of 24%. that ceiling meant basically players could tax more than that. and they would get taxed around 40%. and that we saw 14 oh for his part in the likes of ronaldo, and so many others. who would benefit from these tax reliefs. but in 2006 this was actually stopped and of course that

means that many of the players might have been advised to sort of put some of theirfindings have been advised to sort of put some of their findings and some of their funds and offshore accounts i think perhaps ill advised. spain had been looking into this and that's why so many of these reports of,. —— so more reports. don't forget you can get much more detail on our top stories on our website. you can download the bbc news app or the bbc sport app on your phone and access all the latest stories. those of you watch and the bbc news chanda, we continue. —— watching in the bbc news channel. there are reports from syria that russian planes are bombing the rebel—held province of idlib. we already know government troops are ready for a major offensive. and some would call idlib the end game. it's the last major stronghold for the rebels — its estimated that around 30,000 fighters are there.

it matters because it's the last stronghold — it's also matters because of it's location. it borders turkey to the north, and contains a number of important roads to aleppo, damascus and the mediterranean coast. it's a major prize — but this will not be resolved without an intense conflict. the un has again warned of what that will bring. you have the civilian population in the middle. ifear there will come into the crossfire. there are nearly 3 million civilians. 1 million children there. so, we have to do all we can to avoid war calming to idlib. there are also one point for mowing people already displaced inside. so it would be like having a warner refugee camp. —— 1.4 million. president trump is backing that assessment. yesterday he warned russia, iran and syria not to make a "grave

humanitarian mistake. " turkey agrees with him. translation: the breakdown of the cease—fire in idlib and the printout of the regime would be disastrous for the region. it would be a disaster from all for the region. it would be a disasterfrom all sides for the region. it would be a disaster from all sides from a humanitarian point of view and from a security point of view. we can access and vital expertise in the stories we cover. i spoke to the bbc‘s middle east regional editor, alan johnston. it is a bit different. for a long time now, the syrian government and its rational iranian allies have been winning this war. they've been overrunning one rebel enclave after another. but often, the battle would end with the most hardened of the rebels being allowed to board buses and given safe passage northwards. to the province of idlib. this is been a gathering place of many civilians and fighters fleeing the regime.

so now you have tens of thousands of the most battle hardened rebels, many of them hardcorejihadis in among the the civilian population between 2—3 million people. you can see that there is scope for a major battle there. these rebels will feel that this will be the last place they can make a stand and syria, that they've got their backs to the wall. in all the time you've seen over the past days and weeks, syrian government forces amassing on the edges of this province. a real concern in the international community that we may be about to see a really major offensive enough to recapture idlib on the part of the government. and the un warning again and again if that happens, there may be a humanitarian catastrophe on a level that we simply haven't seen even in the syrian war. i was just saying we have reports of russian air strikes

in idlib but you've been looking at this all day. what can we say about any certainty about what the russians are doing? that's right, there have been sporadic air strikes in recent weeks. anti—government sources saying that they were slightly different, that the russian air force was in action. we do not have any confirmation of that. there were air strikes and quite harrowing accounts from the ground. listening to one man saying there's an air strike near his home and that everybody in it fled the house. and sure enough there were two direct strikes on that home. it seems to have been one account, 24 air strikes seem to have gone on. for about five hours during the middle of the day targetting towns and villages various. now, it's quite difficult to read president trump's mind on syria but we have had a tree from him this week saying, "russia, syria, pay attention to what you're doing".

—— a tweet from him this week. but in reality, what are the options available to the americans if they don't like what they see? well, mr trump weighing in in typical style on twitter overnight saying that any reckless attack as he put it could lead to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. a warning that that shouldn't be allowed to happen. but the russians responding to that, a government spokesman in the course of the morning was not in any way affected by that. he said that idlib was a hotbed in what he described as terrorists and saying that this was a problem that needed to be dealt with. and the syrian government forces were readying themselves to deal with it. and the fact is we've seen the americans talk very tough quite recentlyjust before it really major syrian government offensive down in the southwest of the country.

—— a really major offensive. but when it came to was no american response and i would imagine that the syrian government and the russians won't expect any great american interference this time. having said that, just in the last two hours, —— last few hours, we've seen the white house say that if there was to be any use of chemical weapons and an attack on idlib, then there would be a very swift retaliation and we've seen the americans and the west strike at the syrian government in the aftermath of suspected chemical weapons attacks before. this is jalaluddin haqqani, the founder of haqqani militant network, one of the most feared insurgent groups in afghanistan. he had close links to al-qaeda and the taliban and the taliban say he's dead. a statement... but they are no details on where or when he died. given the rumours that have been circulated for years, about whether he is alive or dead,

your guess may be as good as mine. on the things we can more sure about here's shoaib sharifi in kabul. he was one of the most powerful and feared affiliates of insurgency in afghanistan. and a man who has spent more than half a century fighting a ruling government. first backed and supported by the cia and the americans fighting the occupation of basket —— soviet occupation of afghanistan. and then in the 90s, the affiliate of the then us government against and be talk than turns against the americans and until very recently continued to be behind some of the fiercest attacks and operations against americans and the afghan government across the country. he had links with al-qaeda

fighters as well as a reputation among taliban raking service and that his son is now the deputy leader of caliban in afghanistan. —— the caliban. —— taliban. the haqqani network is one of several militant groups base themselves in tribal areas along the afg hanistan—pakistan border. it's carried out many co—attacks on afghan and nato forces in recent years, including a truck explosion in kabul last year that killed over 150 people. but despite this pakistan has been accused by the us and afghanistan of being a safe haven forjalaluddin haqqanl here's shoiab again. circles in afghanistan often some of the deadliest attacks even though they killed 150 people in the capital of kabul, the afghan government believed and claim that

the network has the closest ties with in some circles in the pakistani government. and they have got some of the strongest safe havens across the border in pakistani soil. and they has said that he has been subject of arguments between the two countries between the two safe havens. we wa nt we want to update you on a story we updated and covered yesterday. the wife of one of the two reuters journalists who've been jailed in myanmar has given an impassioned plea for his release. kyah soe oo and he and wa lone uncovered a massacre carried out by the burmese military — for their troubles they were prosecuted for obtaining confidential documents. this was earlier. translation: they are totally innocent. they arejust doing theirjob as reporters. the judge said they wanted to harm the country. that really upsets us. i hope they return to their families soon. they are good citizens

and they did nothing wrong. the massacre that was discovered took place in a village in rakhine state last september. it was part of the broader military operation against rohingya muslims — that, last week, the un called genocide. the bbc‘s nick beake was at today's press conference in yangon. they were asked a lot of questions a lot about myanmar‘s leader who many have criticised for not speaking up for the journalists. where their wives was that he was a hero for many in this country but she felt so sad when she heard that he had said they are not realjournalists because in her eyes they have broken the official secrets out. they also talk about the pain they feel. one of the journalists wives sent a

direct message. she said "the pain she feels is unbearable when they're young daughter says, why is daddy not coming home and why is he not with us"? writers has said that they are considering extremely carefully. they don't know if this is by legal attitude or not. there is support for these two reporters and also a deep level of concern that this might have a chilling effect on freedom of the press in myanmar. we will finish the programme by talking about. this is martin selmayr. he was jean—claude juncker‘s chief of staff — then in february he was promoted twice — very quickly — and became secretary general of the european commission — the commission is effectively the eu's civil service. it was called a coup at the time — today, the eu ombudsman has written a scathing report about what happened. she says his promotion had "stretched and possibly even overstretched the limits of the law".

and she said the european commission reacted to valid concerns in an "evasive, defensive and legalistic manner. " if at this point, you're wondering what has this internal eu process, here's one an ep in march are great as much bigger than that. this destroys the trent —— the repetition of the eu —— of the european union. at a time when of the trust in the european union as well, this is devastating. the commission remains staff shows how disconnected it is from reality. so, in conclusion, the commission will have to choose what is more important, his career or the credibility of the european union. that's coming from someone

who thinks well of the eu. nigel farage and uk independence party's other meps do not. here's mr farage. it is the perfect stitch up. it's a fax of nepotism, on accountable government, a piece of public funds, thank god the uk is leaving. mr selmayr‘s nickname is the monster. he's also been described as the "frank underwood" of the european commission, a reference to the political thriller house of cards. back in february he applied for the role of deputy secretary general of the commission — the role below his current one. that house of cards reference will make more sense when our europe regional editor in the newsroom mike sanders explains what happened next. one of the complaints by the ombudsman is that martin himself drew up or of the job spec for the veryjob he knew he was quick to apply for. saying "that is against

the spread of how this should go about! the spread of how this should go about". to put it mildly. he goes through that selection procedure they say it wasn't really to fill they say it wasn't really to fill the post of deputy general, it really was just to make sure he had the qualifications to take on the topjob when it the qualifications to take on the top job when it arose. and the qualifications to take on the topjob when it arose. and lo the qualifications to take on the top job when it arose. and lo and behold, the secretary—general announces his surprise resignation. and so they haven't got a top man to fill hisjob. at and so they haven't got a top man to fill his job. at the very same meeting probably ten minutes between the two selection procedures, jean—claude juncker, he was the two selection procedures, jean—claudejuncker, he was his former chief of staff, he proposes martin selymar for the top job. former chief of staff, he proposes martin selymar for the topjob. so it isa martin selymar for the topjob. so it is a stitch up. so why are there no consequences? there are no consequences insofar as they are not questioning martin selymar‘s up and as for thejob. nobody questioning martin selymar‘s up and as for the job. nobody disputes the fa ct as for the job. nobody disputes the fact that he is a very bright german

lawyer and he is well—qualified for thejob. lawyer and he is well—qualified for the job. but there are process to make these kind of appointments. and so the ombudsman emily o'reilly has suggested there must be a separate procedure for the top job. you cannot do that thing again we do appoint someone to one role, the deputy role, and then immediately appointed to the top job. there will be changes from that point of view and that i suppose can be seen as the main consequence. but that is a consequence for the future and there will be lots of people watching here andi will be lots of people watching here and i have some sympathy with this who look at this and say "they knew what they were doing, they knew they would get in trouble but hey, he at that point is in the job so who ca res ? " that point is in the job so who cares?"... as if the a lot of people will take. and of coursejean—claude juncker will retire next year. but that will leave martin selymar in the position. and a lot of people who voted brexit for example in britain will see that as a classic example of stitch up and why they voted against staying in the

european union because it makes brussels appear to be an elitist organisation that takes its own decisions regardless of the wishes of people who actually live in the european union. just quickly, as anyone defending what happened?m the grounds that martin selmayr is very capable but the other thing is he is the third german and one of the taxable service posts in the european union. yet the secretary—general the parliament and you have helga schmidt the cemetery gender of the external action service and it looks like a german dominated group to outside of. and my finishes this addition of the show. thanks for watching. we will be back at the same time of the biggest global stories. brought you by bbc journalist and biggest global stories. brought you by bbcjournalist and any other sources of information that we useful. i will see you then. the first two days of september

brought coors whether to our shores. much of him and in wales last weekend was sunny and warm. which is what we are reaching the low to mid 20s celsius on sunday. that was last weekend. this upcoming week and we think is going to feel very different indeed. a lot cooler thanks to an area of low pressure nearby. no rain and strong winds. temperatures at best and the high teens celsius. in the short—term we have high—pressure dominated the sea. have high—pressure dominated the sea. a lot of find dry weather. with psych a ny sea. a lot of find dry weather. with psych any showers should clear away from the far southeast. —— looks like. other weather in the northwest will bring wetness to scotland and northern ireland. but there will be mostly fine and try whether with sunny spells. temperatures around

18-22d sunny spells. temperatures around 18—22d and the southeast. as we had to his area of high pressure. it will push for the westward and about northrup westerly winds. —— north norwood westerly winds. it will bring more showers around as you see there. buy cherry across northern areas ruby in the mid—teens. even cooler in the south. to end the week it will feel decidedly more autumnal across the uk. it is all tied in as we and the week, the jet stream will be very undulating in the atlantic and towards our shores. big deep troughs and pea ks. and towards our shores. big deep troughs and peaks. and he does in one such dip over the north sea that we will see a cut above low development pitch will intensify on friday. it will bring weather to the northern half of the country and then following that, weather systems pushing into the west of the country to start the weekend is that area of

low pressure moves east. for friday we think this is the picture, wet and windy across. little burst of sunshine here and there. that's the sunshine here and there. that's the sunshine across the south and west and staying largely dry and much cooler. 14—15 to around 17—18 in the south. on saturday low pressure we thinks bush it further east with a cool northwesterly airflow. out to western inman thanks to another weather front. another cool day. mid to high teens celsius. as we head into the second part of the weekend with high pressure building in sunday will be the better day, drier, brighter and more sunday will be the better day, drier, brighterand more sunshine. it could feel a bit warmer with 18-21 to it could feel a bit warmer with 18—21 to greece for this time of year. still uncertainty heading on his way. —— 18—21 degrees. areas of

high pressure will build and across the south of the uk. that will settle the more westerly airflow and a mobile airflow which will bring in for the showers or clouds to the western areas. next week still a lot of uncertainty regarding weather. but looks like more central and northern areas will be unsettled and close the areas of low pressure will be... tonight at 10, labour takes a new approach to tackling anti—semitism, hoping to end months of division and controversy. rival groups demonstrated as the party's ruling body debated its preferred definition of anti—semitism, eventually backing the one many had been demanding. i think it's a small step in the right direction. we've lost faith within the jewish community, and we know that, and it hurts pretty much all of our labour membership to know that we're in that state of affairs at the moment. the row has been a major test ofjeremy corbyn's leadership.

his labour critics say there's an urgent need to repair links with thejewish community. a political party, if i'm honest, that has lost the confidence so badly of one of britain's communities can't really claim that it deserves the support of anybody else.