hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. a russian plane gets shot down in syria amidst an israeli attack, in the fog of war, moscow blames jerusalem translation: we see isreal's provocative actions as hostile. as a result of their actions, 15 russian service personnel personnel have perished. there's no doubt we're in the middle of a global trade war. the us and china have hit each other with tariffs on billions of dollars of goods. in the us, a man has been charged with the murder of a spanish golf champion, who was found dead on a golf course. and we'll be talking about the first paying customer for a trip around the moon, a japanese billionaire who's willing to pay elon musk‘s space x big money for the privilege. not that we needed a reminder, but the downing of a russian

surveillance plane over the mediterranean highlights the complexity of the syria conflict. russia is blaming israel, which in turn blamed the syrian government. israel also criticised iran, and hesbollah in lebanon. all while turkey and the us are watching closely. we'll look at the story from every angle. let's start with russia. translation: it's really air control, and its f—16 pilots could not see the russian plane as it was coming in for landing at an altitude of five km. nevertheless, they deliberately committed this provocation. moscow says this happened about 35 km from the syrian coast. the surveillance plane was returning to a russian airbase near the city of latakia. this red line shows the path of the russian plane,

while this blue line shows the flight path of the israeli jets. russia says the israelis flew behind the radar system of the russian plane, using it as a shield to avoid detection. is believed israel was attacking sites where they believed troops we re sites where they believed troops were attacking. but there's a view that whatever the israelis were doing, the syrian air defences should have known that the russian plane was inbound regardless, so there may have been incompetence on their part. it will take us along while figure out exactly what happened. here's the russian spokesperson again. translation: we see israel's provocative actions as hostile. as a result of their actions, 15 russian service personnel have perished. it does not correspond to the spirit of russian—israel partnership, and we reserve the right to take commensurate measures in response. but remember, russia and israel have plenty to gain

from their relationship. later in the day, vladimir putin was more conciliatory. translation: here, it rather looks like a translation: here, it rather looks likea chain translation: here, it rather looks like a chain of tragic accidental circumstances. an israeli jet did not shoot down our plane. israel put out a statement on twitter, saying, "israel expresses sorrow for the deaths of the aircrew members of the russian plane that was downed due to syrian anti—aircraft fire". but they don't accept blame for the incident. "israel holds the assad regime, whose military shot down the russian plane, fully responsible. " sarah rainsford spoke to us in moscow. i think ithink mr i think mr putin's choice of language was very interesting, and very deliberate. he came out and say that the statement from the defence ministry had been cleared with the kremlin and it didn't represent russia's official position. but he did not utter those words of condemnation of israel himself.

instead, he is careful language to describe what happened as essentially an accident. i think it was deliberate. for russia, israel is also a key ally in the middle east. this is a country which russia prides itself on being able to maintaina prides itself on being able to maintain a relationship with all the key players in the rate —— regions, including iran and syria, where russia has been militarily and politically backing president assad there for some three years. it is a delicate act, i think that what has happened now will put a strain on relations, particularly with israel. but also its era, because despite the fact that these accusations against israel have come from the defence ministry, it is clear that it is syria shot the fought —— fired the shots that brought down the israel democrat israeli plane. and from the political side to syria, and how strong the conversations in reality actually are between russia and israel. publicly, russia is not

accusing syria, its key ally, it is accusing syria, its key ally, it is accusing israel. that may put a strain on relations, but it is important that president hooton has struck a deliver a more conciliatory tone. it's worth remembering that this latest incident took place close to idlib province, the last major stronghold of rebel troops. syrian government troops are gathering there to take back the territory. just yesterday, russia and turkey agreed to create a demilitarised buffer zone in the province. israel's statement also pointed the finger at iran and the lebanese militant group, his brother. -- his israel rarely acknowledges carrying out strikes on syria. but the israeli government is concerned by iran's presence in syria and the supply

of arms to hesbollah. rana rahimpour, bbc persian. we know that iran is present in syria, and they were getting ready foran syria, and they were getting ready for an all—out until yesterday. syria, and they were getting ready for an all-out until yesterday. and a few weeks ago, israel said over the last 18 months, they have targeted 200 errani and facilities in syria —— iranian. this is in line with that, but they may also feel that iran is in a relatively weaker position now that the war on idlib is suspended for a while. it was a good opportunity, and i think they have used every opportunity to target iranian facilities in syria as they have confirmed over the last 18 months. so we have this buffer zone and pos announcement by the

turks yesterday. explain why that might put iran in a week situation in idlib? iran was not involved or invited to the meeting yesterday in sochi where president erdogan and president putin had a meeting. and to many iranians, that came as a surprise because earlier they were altogether, and suddenly they went toa altogether, and suddenly they went to a meeting and they came out announcing that they had success, and there is not an agreement. many a nalysts and there is not an agreement. many analysts believe iran is feeling of that sidelined, and they were hoping to have it a better stronghold in idlib. but without any consideration of iran's positions, they have come toa of iran's positions, they have come to a agreement. but they're keeping face, the iranian foreign minister has welcomed the agreement, saying this is the best way to stop a humanitarian —— unitarian catastrophe. but what we have in idlib, potentially will be sought

today, was the israelis carrying out air strikes against positions of fighters from iran or backed by iran. will the iranian government justify that loss of personnel as a cost worth bearing? interestingly they have never really talked about they have never really talked about the cost of life and the personnel that they are losing in iraq. they have a religious justification for it. they call the iranian troops in syria as people who are defending the muslim —— muzzle them. saying they have to be there for britt —— religious reasons because president assad has enlightened them. they will not stop, it they see israel as a threat, they are invited by assad to be in syria, they see a site as a huge ally for iran and they will be there despite their wishes —— the

wishes of president trump. and have we heard from the iranians today with specific response to the israelis? not yet. in previous cases there has been absolute silence, they usually do not react, and after a few weeks we may hear an adviser here they're talking about it. but usually, in the immediate aftermath ofan usually, in the immediate aftermath of an attack, they go silent. grateful to her and many other collea g u es grateful to her and many other colleagues for —— for guiding us to the searing conflict. we've heard from president trump as us continues to ratchet up the trade war with china. yesterday america brought in tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese imports. this affects 6,000 products, including textiles and rice. and this means that if you put together all tariffs, around half of all chinese imports will now affected. here's the president. it should've been done many years

ago, it should've been done by other presidents. it's actually a disgrace that it wasn't done. the losses have been staggering for so many years for our country. and we just can't let that happen any more. there's more to come. president trump's also saying he'll put tariffs on almost all chinese goods if china retaliates. which is exactly what it's done. we have new tariffs on $60 billion of american goods. here's a chinese foreign ministry statement. translation: china has to tell it -- retaliate against us measures to firmly defend our rights and interests, and safeguard the loop —— global free interests, and safeguard the loop —— globalfree trade order. china's tariffs are targetted at american products such as such as liquefied natural gas that produced in states that have previously backed donald trump. previous tariffs have targetted farm exports, another industry where the president is popular. this has been highlighted in a few articles. back in april, the financial times ran a story suggesting his trade war is hurting the people he promised

to help in his election campaign. certainly the president has noted what china is trying to do. "china has openly stated that they are actively trying to impact and change our election by attacking our farmers, ranchers, and industrial workers because of their loyalty to me. what china does not understand is that these people are great patriots who fully understand that china has been taking advantage of the united states on trade for many years." samira hussain, new york. i'm interested in the practicalities here. the president says $200 billion worth of tariffs coming in, how quickly do businesses feel that? so these tariffs, what separates them from other tariffs we have seen implemented earlier this year is that it actually targets some consumer goods. so things that people are using on a regular basis. now it is really going to be up to the businesses in america and how those impacts the higher costs of

business, how they will distribute that. it could be completely distributed onto the us consumer, meaning the us consumer will be paying a bit more for the goods they are binding —— buying, orthey may shy away from buying those goods altogether. now we're only talking about 10% right now, and in the new year, that will be ratcheted up to 2596. year, that will be ratcheted up to 25%. so just year, that will be ratcheted up to 25%. sojust in year, that will be ratcheted up to 25%. so just in terms of when exactly a consumer will go to a store and start paying a bit more, that just really store and start paying a bit more, thatjust really depends on quite a few factors. can america definitely do this? i remember in the past, the chinese have said they may go to the world trade organisation and argue that this goes against existing agreements on trade? the white house has really made a calculation here that it can put these tariffs on these goods to try and really exert pressure on the china to try and change some of the trade practises that the united states believes is

deeply unfair. and yes, china has said it can go to the wto, but they are —— there are audio agreements that the united states has with china in light of rules set in place by the wto. so what we're seeing here is that there are these two big powerhouse countries that are trying to find some middle ground, in terms of negotiating a better trade agreement. the united states feels that china has not been doing enough in that respect, so they have said that they will put these massive ta riffs that they will put these massive tariffs on their goods in the hopes that they can squeeze china into coming back to the table and being more amenable to the kinds of changes they want to see. thank you so much. stay with us on outside source. still to come: venezuelans are up in arms about this footage of president maduro enjoying a very expensive meal in istanbul, this video has not gone down well in

venezuela. many people are expecting basic food shortages. two men have been acquitted of negligence in connection with the deaths of three sas reservists who died on a march in the brecon beacons injuly 2013. the judge at the court martial said the two men, who oversaw the march, had no case to answer. the widow of one of the reservists spoke after the case. it has been over five years since my husband, james, died. and i miss him every day. this court—martial has revealed the shocking reality that there are still —— is still no official guidance for those enduring training marches on heat illness, even five years on. this is beyond

unacceptable. and it shows blatant ignorance to a vital need where a p pa re ntly ignorance to a vital need where apparently three deaths are not enough. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story. israel expresses regret over the shooting down of a russian plane by syrian forces, but rejects the idea that its jets caused the mistake. turning to the main stories from bbc world service at the moment. members of zimbabwe's opposition walked out of president emmerson mnangagwa's state of the nation address in parliament. it was the president's first speech since he was elected injuly, but the opposition continue to dispute the result. that's from bbc swahili. plenty of respect online for this elderly man in a betting shop in ireland. he got caught up in a robbery.

cctv footage shows the robbers wielding hammers and what appears to be a gun. police say they'll stll searching for the men, but as you'll see, 85—year—old dennis o'connor met them with his fists, and in the end, a kick up the backside. space x says it has its first paying customerfor a ride around the moon. it's japanese billionnaire yusaka maezawa. he's made an awful lot of money in the fashion industry, and he has form on spending it. like $110 million on this jean—michel bass—key—art painting. today he told us about the new plan. we're going to the moon! finally i can say it, i am very glad to be here, and i'm really excited and

honoured. i really appreciate being able to share this announcement with you. it's not going to be a solo mission. listen to who he plans on bringing with him. i don't like being alone, so i want to share these experiences and things with as many people as possible. so that is why i choose to go to the moon. i choose to go to the moon with artists! with artists! from now, i choose to invite artists from around the world on myjourney. in fact, he's inviting eight artists with hin. he's calling it the "dear moon" mission. this is a video you can put see on his website. he's hoping that seeing the moon up—close will inspire the "dreamer within". the last mission to the moon was nasa's apollo missions, which ended in 1972.

this one will blast off in 2023, and space x's big falcon rocket will be the spaceship. at least that's the plan so far, however, the rocket hasn't been built yet. here's the expected journey. there'll be no landing on the moon, but they'll come as close as 200 km, and the whole thing will take a week. it's a dangerous mission. elon musk, head of space x, calls mr maezawa and the artists going with him brave to take the flight. this retired canadian astronaut chris hadfield thinks so too. "flying this spaceship around the moon & back will be riskier than most people think." well, we can ask chris now. welcomed outside source, thanks for your time. my pleasure, nice to talk to you. why is it riskier than we might like to think? because it is a

brand—new spaceship that's never been flown. also, the speed to go into orbit is about five miles a second, but to go to the moon you must go faster to get away from the world. you must go about 40% faster, meaning that when you come back, you have a lot more energy that you somehow need to slow down to come into the atmosphere, so your ship has to be thickly protected from the heat of reentering the atmosphere. also on the way to the moon, you don't have gps or the world as a reference like you do orbiting the planet, so just straight navigation is difficult. but a lot of explanation has been difficult, and this sort of resembles darwin on the beagle, or captain cook where there was a ship's crew that they brought along people who could understand it, artists and scientists. and i think it is a really interesting new technology. it will not be easy, it will be dangerous, but it is a real interesting next up —— exploration —— development and space declaration. what i love about this

product, her project, taking along at eight artists, already complicating pick—up located mission. they at the same thing about the beagle launch. what charles darwin did for society, think about —— what we understand a society is the art that reflects back to us. there will be a company crew on board mix with artificial intelligence and human crewmembers. space x has gone from nothing to being one of the world's leading rocket companies in ten years. it's not easy, it will take longer than 2023, no doubt. but i think that combined technological leap, and the ability to see ourselves more clearly a nd ability to see ourselves more clearly and look back at the earth, i think that'll be really interesting, and i admire the idea and the fact that he is much just do it for himself. i was interested to hear him talk about the fact that he wa nts to hear him talk about the fact that he wants to release the dreamer within. when you were working in space, no

doubt you are very focused on safety and science. did you also have a chance to reflect? i took 45,000 pictures of the world, and i play guitar almost every night on the space station after i finished all the work. i wrote and recorded an album up there. astronauts are not machines, we are also people and poets, and artists. but to take good quality artist up there, that in balance with ensuring the safety of the mission first, i think that is a good opportunity. it will be harder than everyone thinks, but i admire the way they're setting up to do a. would you like to go?|j the way they're setting up to do a. would you like to go? i would love to go, thank you for asking. you can apply as an artists! dodd i'm probably more qualified to drive the thing. i think has a lot of potential, and the moon is the next big exploration. we have been exploring the world for 70,000

yea rs, exploring the world for 70,000 yea rs , we exploring the world for 70,000 years, we got to new zealand 800 yea rs years, we got to new zealand 800 years ago, antarctica a hundred yea rs years ago, antarctica a hundred years ago. i think this is an interesting next up in human exploration, sort of inevitable, but really interesting. we appreciate yourtime, really interesting. we appreciate your time, chris. a video of venezuela's president to show you. he is eating steak and him stumble. -- in him he is eating steak and him stumble. —— in him stumble —— dissemble. this is president nicolas maduro and his wife, cilia flores. he's with a celebrity chef from turkey who's known as "salt bae". he has quite a knife technique, as you can see. this is at an upscale steak restaurant in istanbul, and the video's not gone down well back home in venezuela. leaving aside the chef's performance, which is a whole other discussion, the focus has been on a president chowing down along with a big cigar while millions of venezuelans struggle to get enough to eat, and basic domestic supplies. we've discussed many times the millions of venezuelans who've fled the political and economic crisis.

here are the people reacting. highlighting the disparity between the the —— venezuelan president's experience and the venezuelan people's experience. la pecilla newspaper's online edition has the headline "you have to see it! maduro's millionaire's feast in istanbul. " president maduro has responded. translation: we paid a visit to istanbul's historic centre, and accepted an invitation to go to a very famous restaurant. i am sending a greeting to our friend. very famous restaurant. i am sending a greeting to ourfriend. friend, i will send this to go back to istanbul so we can see each other again. soon, soon, ishall return istanbul so we can see each other again. soon, soon, i shall return to istanbul. no sign of an apology there, then.

for more on this, we often speak to daniel garcia when he's in caracas. he's now back here in the bbc newsroom. there has been outrage in venezuela. a lot of presidents all over the world have luxurious dinners, but the situation in venezuela makes this footage especially painful for most venezuelans. we're seeing president maduro and his wife having dinner, smoking a cigar and eating red meat. we must take into account how difficult it is for venezuelans to even get food, and imagine red meat, if you can find it in venezuela, which is very difficult and expensive. imagine most venezuelans, they are very angry with this footage we're seeing it, and president maduro eating and having such a luxurious dinner with this flamboyant turkish chef. so we must take into account that almost 2

million venezuelans have fled the country because of the huge economic crisis. there are shortages of medicines, food and basic goods. so that makes people very angry, which makes the opposition to the venezuela say that this is new evidence of how president maduro is disconnected from the reality and the crisis of the country. on the other sign, mr maduro says that it was a great dinner, and he was very thankful to this turkish chef, saying it was a great time and that this chef loves venezuela. of course there was no apology, which makes people in venezuela even angrier. thank you, daniel, i will see you in a few minutes. hello. impacts from florence

continued to be felt across the eastern side of the united states. whilst the heaviest of the rain has moved away from the carolinas, it is marked —— moving its way up to the northern mid—atla ntic states. prolific river flooding will be the issue over the next few days, for virginia and the carolinas. this is footage from north carolina, you can see for yourself the extent of the flooding. elizabethtown has had around 36 inches of rain, over 900 mm. riverflooding around 36 inches of rain, over 900 mm. river flooding is around 36 inches of rain, over 900 mm. riverflooding is certainly a cause for concern over the next few days, even as an area of rain hauls away to the atlantic. our eyes turn to the west of the great lakes, some heavy rain for the mid—waste and planes for the next few days. —— midwest. wednesday into thursday and friday, let's talk about our other big storm of last week, this typhoon is no longer a typhoon, justice area of cloud across the southwest of

china. what i will do over the next few days is intensify the rainfall across thailand enemy and mark, and also bangladesh. i'm sure you can notice this area of rain across northern parts of china, which will get heavier over the next few days. it will get drierfor get heavier over the next few days. it will get drier for hong kong and macau. showers for the philippines, some strong winds going on for a time. rain has been causing problems in africa. we always get plenty of showers across as part of the world at this time of year, but in nigeria, this is —— the river burst its banks from all the heavy rain, you can see the impact from all the flooding here. it looks like over the next few days, they will tend to filter their way of that further westwards with the likes of sierra leona, donna and the ivory coast. —— donna. across the europe and back to

the uk, you can see windy conditions across the british isles, extending to scandinavia. i had of all this, we have high temperatures the likes for paris and frankfurt. but back to the uk, as we go into wednesday, we have our first storm of the season, storm ali, gusts of up to 75 mph for scotland, northern ireland, and northern england, with wet weather here. it should stay mainly dry with some sunshine, but for all of us, a very windy day, some strong but gusts. look at this, 40—50 mph, and asi gusts. look at this, 40—50 mph, and as i mentioned, 60—70 mph in parts of northern ireland and scotland. that's all for me, bye—bye. moscow initially blamed jerusalem. we see that those that provocative actions and hostile. as a result 15

russian service personnel perished. certainly right in the middle of a global trade war the us and china have hit each other with tariffs on billions of dollars worth of goods. in the us a man has been charged with the murder of a spanish golf champion, who was found dead on a golf course. the head of germany's intelligence service is moved from hisjob after comments he made in the wake of far—right extremist attacks on immigrants. we'll report on that. this was the head of germany's domestic intelligence service. he has been moved from hisjob after he said that reports about far right extremists randomly attacking immigrants may have been deliberate misinformation. he made these comments in the days that followed all that unrest in chemnitz in the east of germany, which i'm sure he

remembered. these are pictures from that day where we had several thousand right—wing protesters turned out, smaller groups of people objecting to their policies with police present as well. it turns out this man has been moved into a more seniorjob in the german interior ministry so it's a strange type of punishment. the bbc‘s danny aeberhard explains. if it was accidental, then it certainly doesn't look like that. it seems perhaps an ill advised intervention into a particularly hot sphere of german politics at the moment. this is after the killing of a german cuban man in chemnitz, and the subsequent far right protests and counter demonstrations after that. he called into question the authenticity of the video that seems to show a far right protestor chasing after and aiming a kick at a man of forward—looking appearance.

-- foreign looking appearance. he also questions the reports about so—called witch hunts of attacks, random attacks by far right extremists on migrants, and he suggested that was part of a deliberate misinformation campaign by the media. is there any evidence that there has been misinformation deliberately placed into the public sphere? no, this is the problem for him in that when he gave his interview to the newspaper he did not give any evidence, and he then subsequently rolled back a little bit and said i didn't mean what i said. what i meant was you cannot from the video deduce there is a wider pattern of attack on migrants, but by that time the damage was done. he had also been seen publicly to contradict the comments of chancellor angela merkel which again is probably not a good career move, generally. she had spoken of the fact there had been hatred on the streets of germany, and it gave an opportunity really for his critics, people who are saying he abandons political neutrality, crucially in that sort of sphere.

they raised issues such as the fact he had meetings with far right anti—immigrant politicians from the alternative for germany party, he denied incidentally that he had passed them unpublished data or given them advice on surveillance. but there was a perception that he cannot carry on in the job. it sounds like he had not checked the job description. absolutely. the strange thing now is that he's being given what is seen as a promotion. he will now serve as a deputy interior minister. he will be working under the man whose protected him throughout this period. although he is a fellow conservative, like angela merkel, he has criticised her stance on immigration, he has been very voluble on that, and he said to the german statement that was released after this to value the competence on the field of public security, but

in iowa, a man has been charged with the murder of the well known spanish golfer celia barqu n aroza—mena. her body was found on a golf course in ames on monday. she was 22 years old — and was a high profile sportswoman at iowa state university. back injuly, she won the european ladies‘ amateur championship. at the time the organisers shared this tweet. with her rivals rushing to celebrate with her. let's hearfrom a man who was on the golf course with her at the time of her murder. very nice young lady. came up with her pushcart and we all agreed that she should go in front of us. i knew she'd be a lot faster than a bunch of old men. that gentleman along with his fellow

golfers than found her abandon golf clu bs. here he is out of vision explaining what happened next. this was very strange. and not right. there's no reason to abandon your clubs in the middle of the fairway. we saw her about 8:45, then when i called the clubhouse it was 1010. 9:30, 10:00 in the morning with a full view of anyone that wanted to look. that's a very brazen act. we also want to show you these pictures. this is a 22—year—old man. collin daniel richards. he's been charged with the murder and as you can see here he's already appeared in court. let's get the latest from cbs news. new details today after an iowa state university student athlete was found dead on a local golf course. 22—year—old

celia barqu n aroza—mena. was a2018 big 12 champion golfer and a school female athlete of the year. this morning we sat in a local courtroom and watched as the man charged with her murder sluggishly walked in for his initial appearance before a judge. colin richards is charged with her murder. he's 22 years old. at the initial appearance it lasted just two minutes. the judge set the bond at $5 million, cash only. the county attorney jessica reynolds saying that richards is a danger to the community. today we received these court documents you see here, these entail exactly what led to the arrest. police say that they found her body in a pond just after 11am yesterday near a coldwater golf links golf course. police say she had several stab wounds to her upper torso and head and neck. a man walking near the scene told police that richard had told him he had an urge to rain and kill a woman. -- rain —— rain and kill. the to have both been staying in tents across the creek from the golf course. a boone county sheriff k—9 unit

later tracked the sent from where her body was found to that tented area. while there, officers were approached by richards who had fresh scratches they say consistent with fighting and a deep gash and a deep laceration on his hand. he told police he stay with another man during the day, officers located the man who said richards showed up at his home near the golf course disheveled and covered in blood, sand and water. officers found in that tented area bloody clothes and a knife. police say a crime like this is shocking. witnesses dropped richards off in that tented area so there are a lot of moving parts here, and many people that we could see future charges with. i asked police in a press conference earlier today, they said theyjust don't know but we will see with this investigation. they say they are continuing to look into it but they do not believe that richards knew the victim. that report from cbs.

kim jong un remains keen to talk. south korea's president moon has been visiting pyongyang. here's the two leaders at the city's airport. worth bearing in mind when you see this rapturous reception that technically the koreas remain at war. the focus of the talks is nuclear disarmament. back injune, president trump declared north korea was no longer a nuclear threat. based on what we know that's overstating things. the talks are deadlocked, a recent meeting was cancelled — and so president moon finds himself — to borrow a phrase used by laura bicker on our website — as "the man in the middle." we'll see how he copes with donald trump and kimjong un on either day. the three day trip isn't only about arms — it's about the economics too. samsung's de facto leader here — one of a number of south korean business executives who are in the delegation. here's su min hwang from bbc korean on this side of the talks.

what is happening is that north korea wants to see the security of the regime from the us, at ie the end of the korean war. however the us, what they want is to see the tangible result of the denuclearization. that hasn't been working out very well so present and will step in and offer the economical operation and try to see if they can come make both countries to see both sides. so there are two more things on the agenda. one is the military tension. he wants to see it being used, and to show kim jong—un that we are bringing these four big conglomerates and the people from the railway works and these are things we could potentially offer you if you are going to show us that you are going to be nuclear rise. more on the bbc website about that. those of you watching on the new see

you tomorrow, those ominous channel we will carry on now —— those of you watching on the news channel, we will carry on. did you hear a few days back about an activist associated with the russian protest group pussy riot being taken seriously ill? well german doctors who say he was probably poisoned. this is pyotr verzilov. he was the guy who ran onto the pitch during the world cup final in moscow. four other other members of the group did too. he spent 15 days behind bars for that. last week he fell critically ill after a court hearing — and initially couldn't walk, talk or see. he was moved from moscow for treatment at a hospital in berlin. we're told his condition is improving. this is his doctor. translation: as you know there's been talk of a possible poisoning in the last few days. we can say that the impression and the findings that we now have, as well as those provided by colleagues from moscow suggest that it was highly plausible that it was a case of poisoning. we have no indication yet

that there may be any other explanation for the state he is in. pyotir verzilov was married to nadezhda tolo—konnikova of pussy riot. she's been more explicit in her accusations. it will be be really dangerous for him to go back because it probably was an assassination attempt, and if not it was intimidation, because probably pyotir knew something he wasn't supposed to know and we have suspicions of what it could be, but we cannot talk about it without pyotir's consent so we have to wait until he will regain his consciousness. but probably pyotir will go back because he is a true patriot of russia. bbc russia has been looking at this

story all day. let's get the latest from bbc russia's yuri vendik. today we have learned from the russian independent media that according to some sources close to pyotir himself he's been taking an active part in an investigation of the murder of the three russian journalists who were killed at the end ofjuly in the central african republic and those journalists were commissioned thereby the structure is set up by mickael to set of instigate activities of the russian private army known as a group which has been active in the ukraine and then in syria and then in the central african republic. the interim report of that investigation was due to be made public this week, but because of this alleged poisoning that's likely to be postponed now. but of course it's absolutely unclear whether there is any connection between the

investigation and the selected poisoning. tariq ramadan is one of the muslim world's best—known preachers and scholars. since february he's been in pre—trial detention in france, relating to rape charges. in the last week swiss authorities have begun their own rape and sexual misconduct case against him. bbc news has been speaking both to his accusers and to those who say he's being treated unfairly. myriam francois reports. you have to have light. he's been dubbed the martin luther of islam. a charismatic filho g and who dined with the pope and the dalai lama. his public lectures across the world attract thousands. for many, oxford professor to wreak ramadan has become the face of modern european islam. as well as a religious and spiritual authority. but now in the midst of the meat to movement, he's become one of the most high—profile

muslims to be accused of sexual assault —— me too movement. it's a far cry to this prison in paris. tariq ramadan has been obtained here for much of the last six months on multiple rain allegations, allegations he denies. if the case that has sent shock waves through the muslim world. five women have now made allegations of sexual assault. in february he was formally charged with two counts of rain and has been in pretrial detention since then. slowly a picture has begin to emerge of a man seemingly at odds with his public persona. he has admitted having extramarital affairs with several women. this is one of them, and she's accused him of sexual assault. professor ramadan's supporters have

formed a campaign calling for his release from pretrial detention, but several of his accusers, including a woman known as crystal have said that support has sometimes veered harassment and intimidation. the incidents led professor ramadan to release this video calling for restraint. mr ramadan's family have been vocal in their support of their father. they say his health is failing, and that he's being unfairly treated. what we know is my dad's role in the political scene in france, the debate about islam in france, about identity in france, all of these things, and! identity in france, all of these things, and i think once you put

these two together becomes obvious at least to us that it's therefore moderated by other reasons which we feel our political. do you think your father has done anything wrong? i think every human being does things that are wrong. yes, i know my dad has made mistakes the same way i have and every human being has, this is not what the story is about. the story is not about the sta kes, about. the story is not about the stakes, it's about a crime and i believe he did not commit this crime. judges have still not decided whether the case will even go to trial, but it has already sparked a global conversation about the potential abuse of religious authorities and trust in the french legal system. a longer version of that report on the bbc news app right now. new developments on brexit coming daily at the moment — and there continue to be two parallel conversations. at the eu level — tomorrow there's an informal leaders summit in salzburg. that will be a crucial test of how far thersa may has come in selling her proposals.

and then then there's uk politics — and in particular the debate within the conservative party. this government report on immigration is relevant to that — and could shape future uk immigration policy. it says eu nationals should be subject to the same ‘immigration rules' as those from outside of the eu — unless a new trade deal allows easier movement for eu nationals. which is of course a big ‘unless'. it also says it should be easier for higher—skilled workers than lower skilled workers to come into the uk. because these workers make a more positive contribition to public finances. here's the author of the report. the problem with free movement is that you don't have control over the number of migrants, and you don't

have control on the mix of migrants. so, we think that if migration is managed there is a way in which it can accentuate the benefits and mitigate the cost. in addition, the report says "there's no evidence that increased european migration has damage life in the uk" and that "eu migrants pay more in tax than they recieve in benefits." but proposals to restrict lower skilled workers has raised alarm bells for industries such as catering, hospitality and manufacturing. jennifer hallowaay, owns a fashion manufacturing business. 80% of machinists are from eastern europe. in the country they do years and years of training, experience and it's really highly regarded as a craft. they are absolute masters at their profession, and it does not have the same standing as a career here in the uk. generally the government is seeking to restrict low—skilled workers — but it's suggesting an exception — the seasonal fruit picking industry.

currently 99% of its workers come from the eu. here's a report from the bbc‘s deputy political editorjohn pienaar. corn fritters, anyone? first someone has to pick it, and here on this farm outside peterborough for ten hours a day the answer is this t—mobile gary romanians. does britain need so many migrants? well, not enough naysayers want to do work like this at this farm outside peterborough, not in a lot of places. do you think you are taking britishjobs? places. do you think you are taking british jobs? yes, because they don't want to do the job and we need money and we should take the jobs. some places where you rarely see a migrant voting for brexit also, so who will get a welcome to britain after brexit? everyone expected more migrants after that you expanded in 2004 with ten new countries, but it was not just a 2004 with ten new countries, but it was notjust a trickle. numbers increased and then increased again

until that increase reached 189,020 16, the year of the vote to leave. in these parts foreign labourers a lwa ys in these parts foreign labourers always come in and have been welcomed. italians and polls after the war, from the commonwealth in later decades. the face of britain has changed completely. nothing much changes immediately on brexit day. migrants already part of the british picture can stay whatever happens, though they will have to register. free movement goes on during a brexit transition, if there is a brexit transition, if there is a brexit deal, and there could be a visa system like the one for non—eu workers for somejobs, visa system like the one for non—eu workers for some jobs, and those numbers have already gone up, much higher than those coming from europe. take a look around peterborough and lots of places, plenty of business is run by migrants, many more which rely on them. then there's agriculture, construction, cleaning and

hospitality. it also means pressure and some complaint about wages kept low, strain on schools, hospitals. working out the uk's need for migrants than matching that need and still satisfying those voters they wa nt to still satisfying those voters they want to try to control, that may turn out to be a political mission impossible. well about an hour ago eu chief brexit negotiator michel barnier held a press conference and said the european union is ready to improve its proposal to britain on how to manage the irish border after brexit. we need to be dramatized the text that are needed, these checks are caused by the uk's decision to leave the yukon its single market and the customs union. —— leave the eu. what we need is a legally operational backstop, which fully respect the territorial or her integrity of the uk. this backstop will only apply

u nless uk. this backstop will only apply unless an anti—or better position is found in the context or future relationship. just remind you of the issue at stake is this is the only ha rd issue at stake is this is the only hard border there'll be between the uk and the european union after brexit. the republic of ireland is a member of the eu, it will remain as such, northern ireland is part of the uk will stop being part of the eu wants brexit happens at the end of march next year. for more on this i'm joined by the bbc‘s political correspondent leila nathoo. she has been listening to across all of this. what is your verdict on what michel barnier had to say?|j think it's a pretty significant statement from him. i think to his —— theresa may will be pleased to hear there'll be work from the use side on that backstop proposal. that's what has been holding up negotiations so far. we have heard the words along the way that progress has been made in other areas but it's the issue of the irish border and this backstop that is an insurance policy of what will

happen to that border that's been holding things up. the uk side and eu site have had different interpretations of what that insurance policy should be. that you use side has said northern ireland would stay in the single market and customs union —— eu side, that is something to reframe theresa may has pulled out. —— theresa may has ruled out. i think they'll be seen from the uk side as a pretty significant shift and a sign that perhaps the eu is inching towards wanting to get a deal done now by october, november, this october summit as michel barnier said will be the moment of truth when everyone will be able to tell whether a deal can actually be done. 30 seconds on, those immigration suggestions, do you think that will wash with brexiteers and tories? this is a government commissioned report, the government said they wanted the advice of this committee to take into account the post brexit immigration policy here in the uk, but this migration report

does not assumes that the government will be making a unilateral immigration policy and that immigration policy and that immigration will not form part of the brexit negotiations and i think that's very unlikely because the government here has repeatedly refused to pool all the fact that some sort of movement —— rule out the fact, some sort of movement or beverage of treatment for eu markets will be part of the talks. -- preferential treatment of eu migrants. thank you. we will see you tomorrow. hello there. the uk will take a bit ofa hello there. the uk will take a bit of a buffeting from storm alley on wednesday. this is what happens when we put an area of low pressure underneath a jet stream that's moving at 175 mph. it develops an area of low pressure that will bring strong winds to the uk. that is why the met office have issued an amber wind warning for northern ireland,

central and southern parts of scotla nd central and southern parts of scotland where the wind gusts could reach about 80 mph around some of the coast in health, strong enough to blow trees down to expect transport disruption wednesday, certainly speed limitations on the bridges and those brisk winds will be affecting the central belt of scotla nd be affecting the central belt of scotland as well. along with the very strong winds we will also have heavy rain, feeling quite cool. furthers out a band of rain pushing eastwards, still warm air across east anglia and and into wednesday night and thursday we start to get another area of low pressure forming along the weather front and so outbreaks of rain will once again become extensive across england and wales but it's across wales and perhaps cumbria where we could see the largest falls of rain from the next weather system. the met office yellow warnings in effect for the amount of rain, 80—100 mm over the hill. expect putting from this. yesterday i was adjusting this area of low pressure could be deeper, more developed. it is, 15 milligrams

deeper on thursday, the consequence if we get strong winds across seven resume and —— seven. could be slow to clear way from south east england for friday, but ultimately friday is going to be quite a breezy kind of day. sunshine and showers and again some of those showers could merge to give spells of rain across northwestern parts of the uk. temperatures will be coming down with northwesterly winds so instead of— mid—20s and warmer spots we will be looking at temperatures just to around 17 degrees or so and in the very warmest areas may be 18 in london. onto the weekend's forecast the pressure is forecast to build modestly across the uk on saturday, most of us should have a decent day. however we will see rain returning off of the atlantic towards the southwest. for southern wales, southwest. for southern wales, southwest england look like there will be rain here. otherwise after a chilly start to the date there will be sunshine and blustery showers working into western scotland and

the temperatures, i is ranging between 13 to around 18 or 17 degrees further south —— the highs are raging. a look at the second half of the weekend. at the moment the forecast is for an area of high pressure to move in, however this is somewhat of an outlier of the forecast compared with a lot of the major computer models. what a lot of them do instead of this kind of scenario is they have a nasty area of low pressure running widely across the uk. if that alternative scenario happens sunday would be a wet and windy day rather than the state of rain across the far south of the country. there could be further changes in the forecast there. into next week but will generally happen is we should start to see bridging in the jet stream and that will encourage an area of high pressure to form. that is most likely to happen quite close to the uk where it eventually lines up will determine just how warm it gets, but i think the trend will be we should see increasingly dry weather, particularly across southern parts of the uk although that said still the risk of nearly wet and windy

weather at times across the far north and west. that is your latest forecast. made easier for highly—skilled workers to come to the uk after brexit. the migration advisory committee also said that eu citizens hoping to come here to work should not be given preferential treatment after brexit. the impacts of migration depend on things like the skill of the migrants, but not fundamentally on their nationality. and so we don't think there should be a preference for eu citizens over non—eu citizens. the committee also found that overall, the impact of migration from europe to the uk has been relatively small. also tonight: the irish border question — the eu says it's about to make an improved offer to try to break the deadlock in the brexit talks. following the deaths of three men on an sas exercise, two supervisors have been acquitted of negligence, to the dismay of one widow.