hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. russian and british officials clash at the un over the salisbury nerve agent attack. the us, canada, france and germany back uk claims that russian intelligence agents are responsible. celebrations in india as the supreme court scraps a law from colonial times that banned gay sex. i'm finally glad that i can say that i'm not a criminal in this country any more. some of donald trump's closest advisers deny writing an anonymous article attacking the president and speaking of "a quiet resistance" at the white house. we will talk to anthony. and we would hear the trip it's been made to actor burt reynolds. —— tributes made. sharp exchanges at the un security council.

the uk, us, france, germany and canada are all agreed that russia "almost certainly" approved the novichok poisoning in salisbury. first here's britain's ambassador. they tried to murder the skripals. they played dice with the lives of the people of salisbury. they work in a parallel universe where the normal rules of international affairs are inverted. this is a direct challenge, madam president, to the rules—based international system which has kept all of us safe, including russia, since 1916. in the face of such behaviour, the international community needs to continue to defend the laws, norms and institutions that safeguard our citizens against chemical weapons and safeguard them against the threat of hostile foreign interference. this followed on from the uk releasing details of why it believes these two men carried out the attack

on the orders of the russain government. after the uk, we heard from russia at the security council. translation: everything is exactly the opposite. we have been calling london to co—operate rather than london calling us to co—operate and london has been refusing us this cooperation. london needs this story forjust one purpose, to unleash a disgusting anti—russian hysteria and to involve other countries in this area. —— this hysteria. now, the number of inconsistencies and unresolved issues in connection with the new british so—called quote unquote "evidence" is off the charts. the bbc‘s nada tawfik is also at the un. well, look, ithink in the security council certainly nobody was expecting any action

on this issue. but the united kingdom wanted to use the pressure of the security council and the international attention to really force russia to not only hear out the findings of their investigation but then to really hear out all the other countries who agreed with the united kingdom and so that's what we saw today. we always knew that this was going to turn into a bit of a showdown between the uk and russia on one—hand, so that is what we saw. we saw the majority of the council really saying that they had full confidence in the uk's report while a few of the other members who are allies of russia like bolivia, china, kazakhstan and ethiopia saying they needed more information before reaching any conclusions. but at the end of the day, this isn't going to result in any un action. it could though result in individual pressure from countries such as sanctions or other measures like that.

now yesterday when the uk released all this information, i heard plenty of analysts suggest this would be much harder for russia to push back against because of the amount of detail the uk provided. in reality, you watch the un security council a lot. did it look more uncomfortable for the russians? russia had no problem sitting there and trying to poke holes or sew confusion in the uk's investigation. and at one point, the russian ambassador said, "does it make sense that a chemical as dangerous as novichok would be an administrator from a perfume bottle?" —— administered from a perfume bottle. he tried to poke holes in the timestamps on the cctv footage. so, he did not appear at all uncomfortable. he actually relished the position to be on the council to try to refute the claims. he said that the government categorically rejected the allegations and he even took it

further, saying this was alljust a politically motivated attempt to malign russia in the international community as he called it, "unleash a disgusting anti—russian hysteria." now to news which is coming in the last hour. the film star burt reynolds has died at the age of 82 — reportedly from a heart attack in florida. reynolds starred in movies for more than 30 years. arnold schwarzenegger has tweeted, "burt reynolds was one of my heroes. he was a trailblazer. he showed the way to transition from being an athlete to being the highest paid actor, and he always inspired me." nick higham takes a look back at his career. i thought they'd surely kill us. they would have. they would have, for sure. burt reynolds in deliverance, playing a tough city boy up against the american wilderness and its murderous inhabitants.

it was the film he was most proud of. oh, my god! as in most of his films he did his own stunts and nearly drowned filming this. he'd cut his teeth in scores of films and tv westerns, navajojoe was one. which exploited his own part native american ancestry. what's your name? joe. he became a sex symbol. and a regular action star. now naturally we're going to trying get away with as much as possible. in the longest yard he played the coach of a prison football team. he wanted to play football himself until a youthful injury ended his chances. you come with me, the rest of you stay here.

is that dempster? no, it's newark. gator in 1976 was one of a string of films set in middle america in which he drove a car very fast. i'm beginning to think you're funny! now, what you do besides drive fast? have fun. is this fun? driving? driving, talking to me. well, they're both a challenge. smokey and the bandit was essentially one long car chase. by now he was america's top box office star and his co—star sally field was one of his many conquests. you want us to be pulled over and be blessed by a black priest in a red ferrari? couldn't hurt. but by the time of the cannonball run his career was running into trouble. he had acquired a reputation as a hard drinking womaniser who had earned a fortune and spent a fortune. and those priests... weren't fathers. he was offered fewer

good parts like this, and eventually went bankrupt, owing $11 million. hell of a guy. came in second to you in the snotball pageant. there was an acrimonious divorce and he became the star of a long—running television sitcom, by now sporting a wig and happy to share the fruits of his decades in front of the camera. you know? there's no handle on this door. it doesn't take a rocket scientist to be an actor — you just have to make it real. you come into my house, my party, to tell me about the future. that the future is video tape, not film? in boogie nights he played a porn film director he hated making the film which gained him an oscar—nominated. you're the director?

lam. i thought you were the driver. well, i'm that, too. she's also playing the fool. by the time he made a bunch of amateurs, playing an ageing american actor tempted to play king lear in an amateur production, he was happy to parody himself. at the end of a roller—coaster career which proved he was if nothing else one hollywood's more resilient stars. huge moment for india. its supreme court has ruled that gay sex is not a crime. this tweet from indian film directer karanjohar expresses the sentiments of millions across the country, this is the moment that some campaigners found out. you can see the message getting

through and what it means to many of these people who have been fighting this law for years. the law dates back over 150 years to the colonial era — which categorised gay sex as an "unnatural offence". not any more. from now on in india, to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation is seen as a fundamental violation of civil rights. here are some campaigners outside the court. i haven't come out to my parents, so i'm going to do that. laughter. this is a huge turn of events i really didn't expect, you know, like a whole... ijust came here to listen to them and whatever the verdict was. and now i'm out. i'm super, superelated. i'm really happy with this judgement because it has been a legal battle which is been going on for close to three decades. and i'm finally glad that i can say that i'm not a criminal in this country any more. arundhati katju is a lawyerfor some of the petitioners that brought this case to the supreme

court, here's her reaction. vicor has come for four lgbt indians. they have said that the constitution has applied with full force. and promises of equality and dignity applied lgbt indians as well. this is not a ruling about gay sex. the court has given directions to the government. they want the message of this judgement to be spread by the government and also directed that government officials should be trained and there should be sensitivity programmes for the police on the ground dealing with situations on a day—to—day basis. this is a ruling of huge significance — not just in india but globally too. this is the british activist peter tatchell. until today, the maximum penalty for prosocial behaviour in india was and life imprisonment under a law that was originally imposed by britain on

the people of india during the colonial period in the 19th century. so this scraps the colonial era law. it will effectively decriminalise same six relations for nearly one fifth of the world of gbg population who live in india. —— same sex. it is argued the biggest reform of one world history. these are just some of the countries where same sex relationships are still illegal. in iran, saudi arabia, sudan, and qatar, and others we couldn't fit on the map — those found engaging in same sex relationships can face the death penalty. in these others, homosexuality is punished with jail terms, again there are more than just these. and in many cases these punishments are because of laws that date back to british rule. the activist laxmi tripathi turns to these issues here. this branch is backed up to what we

have fought for so many years. i believe india is going back and is going back in his own culture and a cce pta nce going back in his own culture and acceptance and his own culture in treating every human being as it will do your own self. and i applaud the supreme court in the manner of what they have dealt this colonial law. i think the the religion has ever discriminate. who are we to judge? it is between god and the gods child even the pope said so. for me i believe that my religion has never discriminate against us. sexuality and gender has been enjoyed in the culture of india even before the british came. but after what happened, the colonial rule gave us the ruling 1877 and i'm

talking to bbc today. but today i am really proud as an indian that we are off this colonial law. this is what thejudges are off this colonial law. this is what the judges have said so beautifully and they said to forgive the society for this blue delivery of justice to the the society for this blue delivery ofjustice to the entire community. and i believe around the world people who are listening to me, it is to stopjudging people who are listening to me, it is to stop judging evil in the name them my rowdy and religion because no religion on planet earth will ever discriminate any child from the god. and who are you to judge anybody? stopjudging! god. and who are you to judge anybody? stop judging! were god. and who are you to judge anybody? stopjudging! were to accept. in a few minutes on outside source we would turn to japan. these pictures are from japan — in one week it's been hit by a typhoon — and an earthquake. a planned tax cut for self—employed workers in the uk has been scrapped by the government.

it said it was concerned that low—earning self—employed people would pay more to access the state pension, and it would make the tax system more complex. here's alex forsyth. this is a tax that was paid by some as3 this is a tax that was paid by some as 3 million self—employed people towards things like the state pension and maternity pay. it costs £150 a year. but the government said it would scrap that as plans to simple by the system. now it is not. it is no longer going ahead with that plan. and the reason according to ministers is the personal complexities of the tax system for the self—employed. some of those earning the very least would actually have an up paying more towards their pensions. you may remember it was only last year the chancellor got himself into some political hot water for having to i’ow political hot water for having to row back on another plan changed the tax system for the self—employed. labour is artie said that this one isa labour is artie said that this one is a betrayal of workers who are the

engine of the economy. —— has already said. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. british and russian officials clash at the un, while several countries support the uk's conclusion that the kremlin "almost certainly" approved the poisoning of a former russian spy. it has received support from the us, germany, france and others. some of the maser is from bbc world service. —— main stories. hundreds of syrians have have been fleeing the last rebel stronghold of idlib. a government offensive is expected — though russia, turkey and iran will hold a summit in tehran that could decide what plays out. bbc arabic. has that story. bbc brasil reports that the front—runner in brazil's presidential election, jair bolsonaro, has been stabbed at a campaign rally. his son says he had a superficial wound in the abdomen, but is well and recovering in hospital.

just another week in the trump white house. first, the president had to deal with a new book by bob woodward — one of america's most revered journalists. full of uncomfortable details for the president. among a pile of details were mr trump's chief of staff describing the situation in the white house as "crazytown" — and the secretary of defence saying the president has the know—how of a child. both men deny saying that. then this — arguably more extraordinary still. it came through what we were on air yesterday. an anonymous opinion piece in the new york times — written by a senior official in the white house — in which they describe actively undermining the president to prevent him harming america. i really recommend you read the whole thing. here are a couple of quotes... that's so far sounds at

the present we have seen in some situations. it goes on... the author calls the presidents leadership style "impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective." of course the president has pushed back at this, saying... no sign of the new york times doing that. here's a statement from sarah sanders — she criticises the media's wild obsession with the article i wonder how she's describe her boss — he's tweeted about the article six times — as well as suggesting the ny times will be out of business by 202a. by

by the time he is and president because there will be nothing be writing about. sarah sanders also shares the phone number of the opinion desk at the ny times. before we move onto other of this story. often with these stories it's worth pausing — that's the press secretary of the president of america — encouraging supporters to ring up a desk at a newspaper. while all that's playing out — a raft of politicans have been quick to deny it was them. one was mike pence. plenty of speculation around him because the article uses the word loadstar — and mr pence uses it frequently. anyway, he says, "it's not me." here are some of the others who say it wasn't them, including defence secretary james mattis and secretary of state mike pompeo. if you want a full list of all the people who may or may not have written it, here's an article by anthony zurcher just published written it, here's an article by anthony zurcherjust published in the last two minutes in which he has lived through the options. before he published that he spoke to me washington. it's almost like a 1960s

movie. all the members of the ministration are standing up and saying they are not spartacus. here they are denying it. we are wondering who is left who has not denied to get. one article i wa nted not denied to get. one article i wanted to show everyone what watching and asking about this was shared widely. it is written by the political commentator david frum india granted. a fierce criticism of this writer of the article saying this writer of the article saying this was a cowardly cool and inflamed trump pots of paranoia and endanger american security. this is not a solo effort. we have seen this sentiment a lot. here is stephen bush for the new statesman magazine in the uk saying... and i confess anthony i had a similar thought. it doesn't seem to add up as a move. it's not exactly a

profile in courage to do this anonymously. and a lot of what the writer in this piece says is already out there and has been echoed on the record and off the record accounts that have appeared in newspapers practically since the beginning of donald trump's presidency. 0n the rosa was a senior administration official and she has written an entire book that has similar sentiments. —— 0marosa to say that this is big news is a stretch. although there was something suggested that there was a conversation possibly talking about removing donald trump because he is not capable of being president any more. that is a startling revelation. i also want to ask you about the repeated claims by trump supporters in recent months that there is a deep state operation trying to undermine the president. lots of people in the media has said, "ridiculous, whatan

lots of people in the media has said, "ridiculous, what an idea". and here we have a number of different sources in different way suggesting there are people in the building we can see behind you actively trying to stop the president doing his work. right. and the dc accusations that have come for the trump people have been directed at particularly people in the intelligence community, holdovers from past administrations, 0bama era officials and long—time government bureaucrats. who have been working to subvert donald trump's agenda. what we see now in these allegations coming from this new york times opinion piece are members of trump's bowness staff, people he picked and install, also operating to subvert donald trump's will. you listen to trump and his supporters say, "this isjust will. you listen to trump and his supporters say, "this is just a chance of the washington elite to fight back". and you shouldn't be surprised that people willjet to the way business has been been done different such as on free trade and

foreign policy. and other things. but the reality is that as donald trump treated, "is it treason, is a dissent from within?". these are people donald trump should've at least thought about trusting and it turns out they have been operating against them nevertheless. the trade war between china and the us looks likely to escalate four—fold. today marks the end of the trump administration's consutation period on plans to impose 25% tariffs on another $200 billion of chinese imports — this are a vast array of products from from selfie sticks to semiconductors. samira hussain is in new york. five. we are at the end of this period. does that mean these tariffs kick in? it means that we could find out the fate of these tariffs at any point. what we see is that luck, they had all this time to really consider the request to impose these

kind of tariffs. we're talking about ta riffs kind of tariffs. we're talking about tariffs that could rage —— raise everything from the low—end to up to 25%. it will be on $200 billion worth of imports that come in from china to the united states. that represents almost 40% of what comes into the united states from china. so it's a big jump if some of those ta riffs so it's a big jump if some of those tariffs go into place. so, people here in the us would certainly start paying a lot more for goods and many of the goods that they are buying right now. and that of course will have an impact on the rest of the economy. really selling fears of a possible slowdown stopped what i wa nted possible slowdown stopped what i wanted to ask you about that. we we re wanted to ask you about that. we were focused. we were focused on the deadline for the north american free trade agreement, nafta. we that has to be sorted by friday. here we are one we gone, have i missed it or is this still not sorted? well, it is

still not sorted of course. what is happened is there is an agreement that has been reached between mexico and united states. and now that agreement has been sent to congress. and now they have about another 60 days before congress is allowed to say "ok, go ahead with this agreement," or "no, we don't agree". chances are they will say that 0k. but the big question is how canada fits in with all this and those parts of the negotiation continue. thank you on both fronts. wife with us thank you on both fronts. wife with us from new york. we would take a break. back more with more the biggest stories in the world. i will speak with you then. bye—bye. hello. plenty of stores across the

globe at the moment. but i want to start off with two hurricanes in the east pacific. 0ne start off with two hurricanes in the east pacific. one is norman. this is the house of hawaii. it is not expected to make landfall but it is brushing pretty close and it will bring some rough sea, high storm surge. and another is 0livia out to the ease. this hurricane could move towards the islands of hawaii in the early half of next week. at the same time across the america it has been pretty stormy. all due to gordon. the remnants of the storm still deducing heavy flooding rains across the mississippi valley. we have seen in excess of nine, ten inches of rainfall. this system the divided between hot and humid air down to the southeast and some who were fresher conditions off to the north. low 20s here but we're still seeing both 30s further south. it does look across the eastern seaboard it was a pretty unsettled the next few days. showers into new york and also into atla nta. showers into new york and also into atlanta. moving away from florida,

we wa nt atlanta. moving away from florida, we want to look at what is happening out at the caribbean. 0ur we want to look at what is happening out at the caribbean. our first major hurricane of the atlantic season. this is florence and it could potentially track toward the island of bermuda into the early half of next week. and then off to the eastern seaboard way away. we will keep an eye and above. one of the reasons that hurricanes form at this kind of years because of heavy rain pushing up the west coast of africa and you can see how significant the rainfall is particularly through the via and sierra leone in the next couple of days. a deep depression for amy to the bay of bengal releasing heavy rain. the two northeast states of india. places like bangor —— and nepal. playing with the theme of heavy rain plenty of it across tokyo. the korean peninsula, central and southern areas of china down to the north. relatively quiet here with some of this range very extensive and that will continue down into vietnam. who sees sharp showers in the northern half of the

philippines. it looks a little quieter there. into austria we keep quite whether although the wind picking up close through the bite down towards tasmania. we see rain moving from the east and that will push its way towards the area which is been unsettled in a few days. gale force gust winds as well. temperatures here struggling just a little bit. looking at the city forecast, it does look as though things will quiet down. try and pleasa nt things will quiet down. try and pleasant sunshine. finally towards the europe, an area of low pressure bringing cooler conditions across northern europe. showers through the alps and the mediterranean looks fine, settled and sunny. it stays pretty unsettled into northern europe. more details on all that and the uk in half an hour. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. russian and british officials clash at the un over the salisbury nerve agent attack. the us, canada, france and germany back uk claims that russian intelligence agents are responsible.

celebrations in india as the supreme court scraps a law from colonial times that banned gay sex. iam i am finally glad that i can say that i'm not a criminal in this country any more. some of donald trump's closest advisors deny writing an anonymous article attacking the president and speaking of "a quiet resistance" at the white house. the actor burt reynolds has died at the age of 82. it keeps coming injapan. in one week it's been hit by a typhoon — and an earthquake. the quake caused landslides on the northern island of hokkaido. at least eight people were killed

in one farming town. a0 are still missing. when ucb ‘s pictures, first of all of when the earthquake hit, you see this aeroplane moving around just after 3a m this aeroplane moving around just after 3am local time, and the scale of the blackout that it caused, over 3 million people lost power. you will understand why it has caused such devastation but luckily there was no tsunami risk and the worst of the earthquake was not in densely populated cities, but mainly in regional areas but nonetheless, look at the landslides that were caused. absolutely huge, multiple landslides involving homes and fields, that is why it is difficult to assess how many people have lost their lives. here is more, showing buckled roads

and cars caught up in muddy ground water, they have emerged in the early hours. this footage came in of a person being lifted to safety. prime ministers shinzo abe saying that he will send thousands of soldiers to help with the rescue effort. there have been problems in the south due to the typhoon. this temple has all been but flattened by the power of this earthquake. the earthquake struck in the north, in the south people are very much still recovering from typhoonjebi, we have seen these images over the last few days. the most powerful in a quarter of a century. it killed at least ten people, causing extraordinary damage. and we've been focusing at this airport which remains closed, connected to the mainland by a bridge. the bridge is damaged and the airport is flooded, 3000 people were evacuated. it is still closed, the authorities will be working hard to fix that. as ucb stories coming in this week, you

would be forgiven for wondering whetherjapan would be forgiven for wondering whether japan is would be forgiven for wondering whetherjapan is more prone to disasters than other countries? typhoon season injapan is made to august, peak is august to september. not every typhoon makes landfall but if sea temperatures are high enough and the winds in the atmosphere are right, you have landfill. —— landfall. what we have seen this year is a lot of extreme weather events. that is probably down to climate change. it is thought that climate change. it is thought that climate change. it is thought that climate change will probably lead to more powerful typhoons, not more of them but more powerful ones. the only good thing about typhoonjebi, the most recent powerful typhoon, was fast moving. but there is more heavy rain in the forecast, cool and dry aircoming down

heavy rain in the forecast, cool and dry air coming down from china, meeting warm and muggy air coming in from the south. this band of persistent rain stays for the next four or five days. 300 persistent rain stays for the next four orfive days. 300 millimetres of rain, given thatjapan is mountainous, that is likely to lead to flooding and landslides. and what about these earthquakes? david rothery is a professor of planetary geosciences at open university. of planetary geosciences i asked him to explain where japan sits on earthquake fault lines, and how it works. at the edge of the pacific ocean, thatis at the edge of the pacific ocean, that is where the pacific ocean floor is being pushed and a japanese islands. it doesn't happen smoothly. every itjerks, islands. it doesn't happen smoothly. every it jerks, there islands. it doesn't happen smoothly. every itjerks, there is an earthquake. you've probably heard of the pacific ring of fire. earthquakes and go together. both are to do with the ocean floor being pushed below japan. yesterday's earthquake was magnitude 6.7, there are about 132 earthquakes each year, half a

dozen are in japan. 132 earthquakes each year, half a dozen are injapan. it depends on how shallow they are and where they are as did the damage they cause. we talk a lot about the ring of fire and the countries affected, countries there, on the ring, are they more affected than others? yes, they more affected than others? yes, the speed at which the plates are going, around the pacific ocean, the ocean floor below south america is much slower than the seduction of the pacific ocean flawed below japan. you get, on average, more earthquakes in japan. it japan. you get, on average, more earthquakes injapan. it continues from japan into alaska, and it goes quiet into you get to california and below central america all the way down to south america. you have a

varied amount of activity around the ring of fire. varied amount of activity around the ring offire. japan, varied amount of activity around the ring of fire. japan, because of where it is, it has more than its —— more than its fair share of earthquakes but japanese buildings tend not to fall down in earthquakes, people know how to behave there when the ground shakes. houses were below quite steep hills in the quake yesterday, and when a landslide comes down, they are caught by the landslide. david, thank you for talking to us. if you are watching in japan thank you for talking to us. if you are watching injapan and have been caught up in those disasters, we wish you well. bobi wine has been talking to the bbc. this is the ugandan pop star turned opposition mp who was badly injured while in custody recently. he's in washington and granted an interview to bbc swahili. well, they did unspeakable things to me. they brutally arrested me. they

bet me. tortured me. abused me. they left me for dead. they have been tortured and killed for many years. iam going tortured and killed for many years. i am going to continue the fight for freedom. and it is the fight where we have two win or die trying. he spoke again — to the world's media — a short time ago. i'm not presenting myself as a victim. because, i'm nobody ‘s victim. because, i'm nobody ‘s victim. iam victim. because, i'm nobody ‘s victim. i am a survivor, and i represent resilience rather than giving up. i was brutally tortured by soldiers. brutalised and abused. here's zu ha ra yunus from bbc swahili. i asked her how long bobi wine was likely to stay in the us.

he actually has not specifically said how long he will be there. he has said that he is waiting for approvalfrom his has said that he is waiting for approval from his doctor. has said that he is waiting for approvalfrom his doctor. i do not know whether it was going to be months or weeks, hejust know whether it was going to be months or weeks, he just said know whether it was going to be months or weeks, hejust said it would be soon. he is optimistic he will not be there for long. did he seem like a man who still have fire in his belly to take on the president? well, he's a little weak but in time he may be ok. he had a crutch on one leg, he said he had a back injury. basically the scars he had, he had scars on his face and hands initially, they have disappeared but within time he may have the belly and he seems to think he will have the belly to fight on. was he taken aback by the fact he's an opposition mp in uganda and has

become someone reported around the world ? become someone reported around the world? he sounded humbled by that. i think he was not expecting that support. when he came out on bail after the arrest, he was surprised to find all of that support. he mentioned countries like kenya, kenya demonstrated on his behalf. he mentioned south africa, nigeria, you name it. he was very pleased. i think he was a bit surprised, not expecting that. remember, the ugandan government refuge allegations that bobi wine is making. don't forget you can get much more detail on our top stories on our website. to those watching on bbc world news i say goodbye. india and the united states have signed an agreement that could open the way for india to buy sensitive american defence equipment.

if you want a measure of how seriously the americans are taking this — secretary of state, mike pompeo — and defence secretary, james mattis, were in delhi for negotiations. devina gupta has details of what else was on the agenda. two things. first is india's imports of oilfrom two things. first is india's imports of oil from iran, two things. first is india's imports of oilfrom iran, they import 23% of oil needs from iran. the us will impose sanctions on the country. mike pompeo has said that there could be waivers given to certain countries, indicating that india will have more time beyond november. india has inked an agreement with russia to buy an aircraft system from russia. india have been able to

diplomatically mini that out of that sticky hole with mike pompeo, saying they do not want to punish india for that. the us is looking at india as an emerging power in the continent and to counter china's aggression in the region. india and china are both seen as a superpower in the region. but it is tension between the us and china which has this between the nations going. president trump's raging at lots of people at the moment — not kim jong un though. north korea's done very little to back up its promise to denuclearisue, but today mr kim said his faith in mr trump is unchanged, and that he does wants to denuclearise by 2020. that went down well. "thank you to chairman kim. we will get it done together!" the kim quotes come via south korea diplomats who are pyongyong to arrange a summit between later this month. it will be the first time

in more than a decade that a south korean leader has visited the north's capital. the hope is moonjae—in can help keep us north korea relations on track. here's laura bicker in seoul. kim jong—un welcomed the envoys from the south, photographs show them smiling and laughing. it seemed there was a warm reception. 0n smiling and laughing. it seemed there was a warm reception. on their return, the south korean envoy said kim jong—un emphasised that he was committed to the denuclearisation of the korean peninsula, and he wants to work closely with the united states to get to that aim. he said kim jong—un had emphasised states to get to that aim. he said kimjong—un had emphasised he had trust in president trump, and wanted

to work with him before the end of his term, towards the goal of denuclearisation. and for a peace settle m e nt denuclearisation. and for a peace settlement for the korean peninsula. let's review where we are. there is a problem between the north koreans and the united states, because both sides want different things. the united states want north korea to first give up its weapons. however, the north koreans once an end of war declaration in return. the war between the us and north korea ended in 1953 with an armistice, not a peace treaty. since then, north korea say they have been working towards this end of war declaration. kim jong—un has wanted this since he stepped onto the global stage in january. a peace treaty, and end of war declaration, something his father and grandfather never achieved. so what should come first?

that is why there is this end past. but the south korean leader is now going to pyongyang between september the 18th and september 20. a three—day visit to convince the north koreans. he will then fly to new york to take part in the un general assembly where, on the sidelines, it is hoped he will meet president trump. another chance for him to persuade president trump to move forward a little. there's a chance here, that september could be pivotal and once again, south korea's president moon could be a brokerfor any deal to korea's president moon could be a broker for any deal to move forward. thousands of white workers at a south african fuel plant are striking to protest at what they say is racial discrimination. in secunda, just south ofjohannesburg, have staged a protest over a shares scheme offered exclusively to black staff. about 5,000 of the mainly white solidarity union marched

to the gates of sasol fuel plant, after the company sold 25% of its local operations to qualifying black employees, as part of a drive to reverse decades of racial exclusion under white apartheid. pumza filhani was there. you would be forgiven for thinking that this is a picnic. it is, in fa ct, that this is a picnic. it is, in fact, a that this is a picnic. it is, in fa ct, a protest. that this is a picnic. it is, in fact, a protest. unions so do solidarity have been on strike for the last week over a new share scheme that has only been offered to black employees. 0utside scheme that has only been offered to black employees. outside the sasol chemical plant, hundreds of workers picketed to show their displeasure at what they say is a divisive policy. they believe that they have

walked a mile with sasol and the company scheme is discriminatory. the sign behind me says that white workers are worthy to, today was a show of force against sasol to say to them that they are also part of the people who have bolstered the company and when they benefit, they wa nt to company and when they benefit, they want to be considered. sasol say there were only 195; 35; 55-1? iéflkfifiééfii in the current phase of employees in the current phase of the scheme, some of them came to support their white colleagues. it's not fair. i am here to support fellows of a other colour, it is about south africa as a whole. discrimination has to stop. but cecil has defended the decision —— sasol. they say it is about boosting

black ownership in the multi—million dollar company. they want to redress historical injustices meaning that black people were left out in the cold. that solidarity maintains that this scheme is causing racial tensions. it puts pressure on sasol, they have a process where we will frustrate them. and it will frustrate them. and it will frustrate millions. they are taking a stand by withdrawing their labour. a lesson they are hoping to pass to future generations. we've had stories from japan, india, the uk and us. now back the states. in the us, most fraternities will no longer allow hard alcohol, unless it it is served by a licensed, third party vendor. that's after a near unanimous vote by north—american interfraternity conference, a national umbrella organisation. it said it was "an important, decisive action to enhance health and safety."

this has got a lot of attention — in fact... "due to high—volume of traffic, our website is currently down." charlotte gallagher, bbc world service radiojoins us now. to clear this up, what is a frat house? a frat house and a sorority house, they are quite unique american institutions, they are couege american institutions, they are college campuses. a fraternity is for men, sara tfor women. they are an exclusive prestigious society where people can audition to join when they enter college. that is pa rt when they enter college. that is part of the problem, they take part in hazing ceremonies to get into these fraternities, which involves drinking a lot of alcohol and performing humiliating tasks. they've been linked to serious cases and even deaths to students getting into fraternities. and this ban on

ha rd into fraternities. and this ban on hard alcohol, that is spirits? americans would call it strong liquor, so whiskey, vodka and tequila, they will not be allowed in any frat houses. they say beer and wine will be allowed and even people over 21, the ag country illegally in america, they will not be allowed spirits in these houses. who will check it? it relies on colleges to police frat houses and fraternities themselves. it is saying to teenagers really that you are not allowed spirits any more, people are saying it is a positive move by the organisations but how many of these teenagers will actually listen? their website was down but i do not know whether people were reading it because they were infused by ed or objecting to it? journalists are interested , objecting to it? journalists are interested, many american comedies are based on fraternities. some say

the reaction from students has been fairly positive so far in that they can have beer and wine. that's what they say to officials but to their friends, what they say may be com pletely friends, what they say may be completely different. who is in charge of the students when they are within the frat house, is it the university orders the fraternity step aside? the university is ultimately in charge but fraternities are very powerful organisations within universities. they can lobby and own quite a lot of property within universities themselves. ultimately the college will be in charge but fraternities area will be in charge but fraternities are a small community. even when people leave those fraternities that can help them in their career. many presidents have been in fraternities, it is the most privileged people and societies —— in society who are usually part of

these fraternities. we will finish these fraternities. we will finish the programme by talking about burberry. burberry has made a couple of important announcements. here's a press release it put out. first it says it will stop burning unsold goods. and if you're thinking — they do what? yes this is true — injuly, burberry announced it announced it had burnt £28.6m worth of accessories and perfume in 2017 — to protect its brand. it's unlikely the subsequent controversy did much to protect its brand — and they've it's changed tack. burberry will also not using real fur any more. in a statement it said "at burberry, we are passionate about driving positive change." it will also be well aware that there's plenty of market research — like this from bbc advertising — suggesting that richer millenials "are extremely passionate about the environment" and "follow this through into purchase behaviour." will chalk is from radio1 newsbeat

— i asked him why burberry had burnt goods in the first place. 0ne one thing to say is that many experts do not think this is just a burberry problem, they think it is something that happens across the industry and while they may sound outlandish and crazy, there is justification. they are high—end brands and products, people pay hundreds for them. if they do not sell, they sell them off cheap afterwards and it devalues the brand. they cannot risk storing it for ages because people may steal it and the market is flooded with burberry products, suddenly all of their handbags worth thousands of pounds are suddenly worthless and they lose a lot of money. they are ina bit they lose a lot of money. they are in a bit of they lose a lot of money. they are ina bit ofa they lose a lot of money. they are in a bit of a corner. now they have made a calculation that it is better not to burn them. there is obviously a way of running a business and not

burning your products? there are two thoughts as to how we move the industry forward from this. some say they need to produce less but they need big ranges and lines because that's what people want. and we, as consumers, need to think about how we look at clothes and fashion, we need to stop seeing clothes as a one—time use, we need to look at them as a long—term investment and think about what happens to our close when they are thrown away. and what about the decision not to use real fire what about the decision not to use realfire any what about the decision not to use real fire any more? what about the decision not to use realfire any more? as i was reading, you don't have a handle on how many brands use real fire? on 0xford how many brands use real fire? on oxford street, you would be hard pressed to find a high—street shop selling real fur. you pressed to find a high—street shop selling realfur. you can still import it, some biggerfashion brands do still import it. and believe it or not a lot of people argued vehemently for further, they say that it is environmentally

friendly and you don't need to use chemicals to use it and it is biodegradable. so we should be using it. but there are a lot of animal rights campaigners who question the condition that these animals are in and that it is cruel. your target of news readers is under 30, sometimes it is the wealthier consumers buying fur? undoubtably, as always the world is changing and i think as always the world is changing and ithinka as always the world is changing and i think a lot of brands are shifting their marketing strategies and policies towards younger people. you could be cynical and say they are just doing it to sell more products but if some good comes out of it, who will argue? will, thank you. last news to tell you before we wrap up. alexjones community him from in firewalls, twitter has announced that it has

banned alex jones from twitter. twitter has announced that it has banned alexjones from twitter. —— i nfowa rs. banned alexjones from twitter. —— infowars. thank you for watching, see you next week. hello. last time on whether for the week ahead we talked about uncertainty in the forecast, looking further ahead based on the presence of hurricane florence in the atla ntic of hurricane florence in the atlantic but what about that times three? 0n the west coast of africa, a birthstone of tropical hurricanes. this cloud could develop into one such system across africa and the atlantic. then, this could become a tropical storm or hurricane hellenic in future. this is hurricane florence. three tropical weather systems, or potentially three, three reasons for computer models to struggle with the forecast, they do

not handle these well. across the atlantic, and into next week, there are questions surrounding our weather next week as you see. 0n friday, though pressure in the north sea. north—east england, still therefore the northern isles, the odd shower. a cool north—westerly breeze but in the afternoon it will be dry. sunny spells around. temperatures in the low 20s. that is less likely for friday. at the weekend, low—pressure becoming less significant but we have a fresh frontal system coming in from the atlantic. rain for some, frontal system coming in from the atlantic. rainforsome, in frontal system coming in from the atlantic. rain for some, in the detail here, it looks like england will have outbreaks of rain but it may not fringe at all into northern ireland and in scotland, mainly dry. we cannot be sure about the presence

of the position of that rain. as we go into sunday, it looks as though the frontal system may have stalled across england and wales with cloud. some patches of rain and some showers. we are not share it —— not sure exactly where but keep checking the forecast. some showers and a breeze into north—west scotland. some sunny spells and it may be a little warmer by the time we get to sunday. 0n little warmer by the time we get to sunday. on monday, a quiet start. weather fronts are coming our way. it looks as though they will be targeting northern ireland and scotla nd targeting northern ireland and scotland with outbreaks of rain. a breeze south—west across the uk. england and wales stay dry on monday with sunny spells and a few places getting into the low 20s. uncertainty next week over the position of the jet stream. this suggests it will be targeting the

northern half of the uk, low— pressure northern half of the uk, low—pressure here. likely to see spells of strong winds at times, and lower temperatures. further south, closer to high—pressure across much of europe and therefore things tend to be more settled and the temperatures are a little higher. we have a range of temperatures across the uk next week. some of us in the blue, closer to low—pressure and some of us in the mid—20s. but remember that uncertainty over tropical weather systems in the atlantic. in the jet stream, we could shift the kind of weather and the feel of the whether you get. a lock to play for, it can look and feel very different —— a lock to play for. it is fun this, isn't it? international support for britain over the novichok investigation — as the us, france, germany and canada agree that russia was almost certainly behind the poisoning. britain's ambassador to the un says two russian military intelligence officers carried out the nerve agent attack, but russia says

it's all been invented. they tried to murder the skripals. they played dice with the lives of the people of salisbury. they work in a parallel universe, where the normal rules of international affairs are inverted. translation: london needs this story forjust one purpose. to unleash a disgusting anti—russian hysteria, and to involve other countries in this hysteria. we'll have the latest from the united nations in new york. also on the programme tonight: