supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault, says she will testify against him next week. she gave details of an incident which she says happened when they were teenagers. mr kavanaugh has denied the allegations. iran's supreme leader has ordered security forces to find the people behind the attack on a military parade that left at least 29 people dead. the state news agency says tehran has summoned the envoys of britain, the netherlands, and denmark, accusing their countries of harbouring iranian opposition groups. the american cable giant, comcast, has won its fight for control of the broadcaster, sky, after beating 21st century fox in a blind auction. the $40 billion bid will make comcast, which owns the nbc network and universal pictures, the world's largest pay tv operator with around 52 million customers. a lot of employers have had to take a long, hard look in recent years at the way they recruit and treat female employees. but britain's prestigious royal horticultural society is looking into an incident of sex

discrimination with a difference. it took place 120 years ago. helen briggs has more. the turn of the century. queen victoria is on the throne, but women still cannot vote, serve onjuries, or — as it turns out — win a prize to train as a gardener. this box revealed the prize that had been won but never given, for one simple reason. the winner was a woman. clearly a very determined young woman. she has entered this exam, she did well, and she claims her rightful prize. she single—handedly sent the rhs into a bit of a tailspin. her name was miss harrison, and after getting top marks, she should have been given the equivalent of £5,000 and a training scholarship. but that never happened. scrawled over the document, the words of reverend wilks, then leader of the rhs: "it was never contemplated that

a female might claim the scholarship." although she might not personally have succeeded, she is chip, chip, chipping away at that sense that women cannot do these things. if she had been awarded a prize today she would have trained here at rhs wisley, and who knows where her career might have taken her? a picture is starting to emerge of the mysterious miss harrison. we know from the syllabus of the exam she took that she was well—versed in all the main principles of gardening, from the names and orders of plants, to growing fruit. and student gardeners say it is hard to imagine women being excluded. it makes me feel very frustrated and angry. i would hate to have been restricted in that way, and i'm grateful for the people who went forward to make it possible. but we still need to go further to make sure everyone is included. miss harrison paved the way for a new generation of gardeners. the rhs wants to make

sure her name is not forgotten. they think her family may have letters that can tell them more about her. i would really love to know what happens next. did she carry on fighting? did she carry on into a career in horticulture and make a living that way? i'm just really curious to know what happened to miss harrison, because she's clearly a character. did she prevail? and with your help, maybe they will finally solve the mystery. now on bbc news — our world. sings in arabic. hello there. sa nta

santa brings more wet weather. is that we are today on saturday in leeds. sunshine in the north, where there could be heavy burst of rain in the south once again. that is down to the fact that we have this low pressure system tracking its way slowly eastwards across england and wales. the north, high pressure is in charge. they sunny start to sunday for much of wales and southern england. they are drifting eastwards. northern england, northern ireland, scotland, having sunny spells and a peppering of showers as well. to the south—east of england, for a time, the weather could be destructive. we have that must give not only heavy rain, but gusty winds. winds could gust to 50 miles an hour. windy ann pyke is welcome with the rain slowly clearing away. moving further north and west across south—west england and west across south—west england and wales, space and stray, but a few showers. they will come in on

the north—west leap breeze quickly. asimilar the north—west leap breeze quickly. a similar picture in northern ireland and was discovered two. there could be a little bit of hail and thunder mixed in, too. eventually we lose the wet weather from the south—east, but that the temperatures. 0nly from the south—east, but that the temperatures. only about from the south—east, but that the temperatures. 0nly about 11— from the south—east, but that the temperatures. only about 11— 15 degrees at best. some sunshine in between as we end the day. the winds will ease into sunday evening. things largely dry into the early hours of monday. the big air of high pressure starting to move in from the west. it will quieten them down across the country after a soggy weekend, particularly in southern england and wales. an improved date by monday. more sunshine, lighter woods around, to. the temperatures will respond. it will feel warmer by the time we get to monday, 1417 degrees out top temperatures. 0ne the time we get to monday, 1417 degrees out top temperatures. one or two showers degrees out top temperatures. one or two s howe i’s a cross degrees out top temperatures. one or two showers across was in scotland. it introduced, declared increases

from the north—west. letter on the day, perhaps rain for not a moment and the west of scotland. england and the west of scotland. england and wales stayed dry through the day on tuesday, and it will feel a bit more pleasant, with top temperatures about 14— 17 degrees. 17 degrees. goodbye. —— letter on in the day. —— later. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is reged ahmad. our top stories: christine blasey ford, the woman who's accused us supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault, agrees to testify against him next week. the end of a dramatic battle for control, as america's biggest cable network, comcast, submits a $40 billion winning bid for british broadcaster sky. from hong kong to china — the high speed rail link which promises to cut the journey time to beijing from 24 hours to nine. and britain's anthonyjoshua knocks out russia's alexander povetkin in the seventh round to retain his world heavyweight titles.