this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump's choice for supreme courtjustice, brett kavanaugh, has been forced to defend himself again in public, against accusations of sexual assault. judge kavanaugh insisted he was completely innocent and that he would not step aside. mr trump says he hopes the confirmation will happen quickly. amid intense speculation about the future of us deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, the white house has announced the president will meet him on thursday. mr rosenstein was responsible for appointing robert mueller to head investigations into allegations of russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. hopes of a second summit between north korea's leader, kim jong—un and the us. have been raised after president trump said he expects a further meeting to be announced "pretty soon". the president was speaking during a meeting with south korean president moonjae—in at the united nations. on sunday night, more than ten million viewers watched the final episode of bodyguard on bbc one, making it the most watched drama of the year, and the most—watched bbc drama in a decade. it's a sunday night success for traditional television as it

faces challenging competition from streaming services netflix and amazon prime. our media editor amol rajan has this report, but if you haven't seen the finale of bodyguard you should maybe look away. i'm cooperating! don't shoot! last night's episode of political drama bodyguard was one of the tv stories of the year. peaking at over 11 million viewers and a 50% audience share, the show also pulled in 1.3 million viewers between 16—34, those who have been fleeing traditional tv. negotiations are under way for a second series, which the bbc is determined not to let go. with each episode, people felt that they couldn't wait, that rather than catching up and being behind the conversation, they felt a pressure to watch live. so the proportion of our audience watching live went up as the series went on.

i think that shows that there is still an appetite for appointment to view television. are you all right? but not every new bbc drama is released via traditional schedules. precisely to appeal to viewers flocking to netflix, amazon, and other streaming services, the darkly comic thriller killing eve has been released as a box set. we're experimenting with all sorts of ways of putting out shows. killing eve i think is one of those shows which is so binge worthy. i think the ability to be able to just go on watching once you've got into it... it is a really distinctive tone, a comedy thriller. i don't think we've ever seen anything like it. so i think when people find it, they've really adored the fact that they can just keep watching. for commercial channels who don't enjoy the privilege of the licence fee, standout shows like the bake off and love island subsidise more risky and ambitious programming. the executive producer who turned love island into a bafta—winning sensation among young viewers says that scheduled tv still has a future. young people want to watch tv. they want to watch good tv and i think we shouldn't patronise them by thinking that they don't

want to watch that kind of television. i think, you know, a couple of years ago, when netflix came along, everyone panicked and thought, "oh, no, we can't compete, we can't do it". but you can. you make a great programme that is engaging and people are going to watch it. i had nothing to do withjulia's assassination, nothing! i tried to save her. for shows like bodyguard much of whose final episode was filmed here, tense plotlines that unfold in scheduled bursts rather than box sets can still appeal to a younger audience reared on smartphones. in fact, the gap between broadcasts can actually boost ratings, with days to generate huge buzz on social media and to heighten the anticipation. the latest series of doctor who launched on the red carpet in sheffield today. even hit shows like this can only temper and not reverse the gradual shift of younger viewers online. in the age of abundance, television has gone from daily menu to permanent feast. but binge watching isn't always healthy. sometimes, it's good to build up an appetite, the better to savour the occasional treat. amol rajan, bbc news. more compulsory viewing coming up at

the top of the albert me. before that, it is the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show with me, christa larwood, coming to you this week from the sunny thames riverside. this is the perfect place to watch the world go by. also a great place to catch up on some of oui’ recent adventures here on the travel show. here's a of what's coming up. blows whistle. i'm actually scared!

it's incredible. let's kick off with just some of those trips. in a moment we will see mike in bulgaria, getting an exclusive look inside one of the most famous abandoned buildings in the world. and then we will head tojohannesburg with lucy to explore a once neglected and crime—ridden skyscraper that has been reborn to become a symbol of success in south africa. first up though, we will start here in london where tourists are discovering more and more vegan options on their menus. we sent ade out for a taste test. it's no ordinary bus tour. this is a vegan afternoon tea bus tour, offering a vegan version of the traditional british afternoon tea, on an iconic red routemaster bus.

what a way to see those sights. a fellow passenger onboard today is dominika, from the vegan society. how has veganism managed to attract the next generation, what is it that has changed, because it has been around for awhile, hasn't it? yes, veganism has been around for about 70 years, which not many people are aware of. but i think we live in the digital age of information, where you log into your social media accounts and you are bound to see something about veganism at some point. i think a lot people are starting to understand that animals are not here for us, they are here with us on this planet that we share with them. as you can see we can have all the things that meat eaters have, which is cake and some sandwiches, you can basically veganise anything you want.

all i heard then was cake. i heard nothing else. it's cake, and that sounds good to me. vegans do cake, i am sold. so normally to make a cake you have milk, eggs, what will you do to replace that for a cake like this in veganism? vegan cake is all the normal ingredients you would expect a cake to contain, but for example instead of dairy milk, you may want to use almond or soy milk, and you might be surprised to hear that replacing eggs is as simple as mashing up a banana, because eggs are used as a binding product rather than for flavour. so the banana has a similar consistency to egg. this is good. this is good! a tour bus around london, eating food that will help us live forever! that's well said. ok, maybe not live forever, but a pla nt—based diet can have some health benefits. today, i'm travelling to the centre

of bulgaria to a place that's lain forgotten for decades, that could become one of the most popular tourists draws in the entire country. with me is architect dora ivanova. she's an expert on the site. i'm excited. it has been a long time i have wanted to come here. wow, it is massive, isn't it? at 70 metres high and 60 metres wide, buzludzha looks out across the balkan mountains. completed in 1981, it was built as an iconic national monument to glorify the communist party. it's here because this was the birthplace of the bulgarian socialist movement. this is powerful, powerful architecture. following the collapse of the regime, the building

was abandoned, and later shut off to the public as it fell into disrepair. recently, the only people to have seen inside are a select group of photo—hungry urban explorers who have broken in illegally. this is a really big deal today. the travel show is the first international tv crew to be allowed in the front doors of buzludzha. we are very excited and lucky to be able to do so. are you ready? oh, wow! here it is. me first? welcome. it's seen better days, hasn't it? definitely. it cost the equivalent of $35 million in today's money to build buzludzha. since it was abandoned, the years, they haven't been kind. dora, it's... it's incredible. there's some work to do, obviously,

but it's still very impressive. look at this. 50 square metres of mosaic inscribed on top. there is the symbol of communism, actually, the hammer and sickle, and you can read in cyrillic around it, "workers from the world unite." towering over the skyline is the continent's largest residential skyscraper, ponte city. at more than 500 feet tall with an iconic circular design, ponte offers stunning views overjo'burg. now tourists can visit a converted apartment on the 52nd floor. all right, good morning, everyone. welcome, welcome, welcome. my name is frank. welcome to dlala nje. for those who don't know, dlala nje is a word that means "just play. " before i get into the history of the building, what do you guys know about the building?

what are some of the stories you guys heard of the building? quite a lot of poverty, but fantastic views. also, through dlala nje, we heard there is a very cool tour to see the whole ofjohannesburg and understand a bit more. 0k, cool. so what we do is pretty much provide context, and this building that we use, the reason we start here, this building played a huge part in the history ofjo'burg. dlala nje, the social enterprise that operates the tours, is run by a former resident. i spent three and a half years of my life in ponte city. i moved here in 2012 after doing a story on, what is this infamous landmark on the johannesburg skyline? ponte opened its doors in 1975. it was built for the top 1% of society. there were saunas, wine cellars. this actually was the first floor of a 3—storey apartment. berea, the specific suburb where this building finds itself,

has always been very cosmopolitan. during apartheid the government didn't want black people to partake in certain sectors of the economy and imported a lot of skills. so what you had was a lot of german engineers mixing with portuguese artisans, anybody like immigrants, expats, coming here and just making a life for themselves. very, very diverse. what it resulted in was a lot of racial mixing as well. the foreign residents brought with them more liberal values and less regard for the apartheid laws. according to nickolaus, the government reacted by cutting off services to the building. as many white residents left for the suburbs, ponte‘s fortunes declined. no running water, no electricity. this is when you hear the really crazy stories that we were brought up on in johannesburg in the 80s and 90s, about this building being the place where angels fear to tread, you know? because quite literally, it was just a horrible place.

no—go territory? exactly. my parents moved in here before i was born. what year was that? my parents moved here in 94. 94 until 98. staying here was dangerous, whether you were staying in the building or if you were visiting. people would rob people in corridors, the lifts were not working. they were staying on the 23rd floor. it wasn't until the late 2000s that the building was cleared and renovated. how would you say things have improved now? truth be told, so when my friend told me that the building is nice and stuff, i would be like, nah, i'm not coming, not coming. the day i came and i visited him and i saw his apartment, i was like, damn, i want to come back here. now it is home to a diverse range of people, including migrants from all over africa. and dlala nje operate a community centre on the ground floor. lucy in johannesburg last month on the travel show.

up next we are off tojordan for the centenary of the culmination of the great arab revolt, when much of the middle east rose up against the ottoman empire. it was also the inspiration to the 1960s film lawrence of arabia. we sent rajan back injuly to see how the country is marking the anniversary. this is a reconstruction of one of the original trains on the hejaz railway, and it used to carry pilgrims and supplies to the ottoman troops. i'm going to take a trip now through the stunning landscape. it's baking hot out there. i hope it's cooler inside. check this out.

every little boy's dream. this is a glorious feeling. huge, vast arid desert around me, big granite mountains on either side. just how you imagined it. whoa. oh my god! horses! go low. whoa!

that is loud. and we cannot move. we have been well and truly hijacked. i tell you what, for a reenactment, it's pretty realistic. i'm actually scared. even though i know they're blanks. yeah, i'm coming. what the hell? hey! yep, hands are up. ok, i'm good, 0k. i get it, i get it. yep, yep, 0k. you can'tjust leave me here! i'm being abducted!

rajan in jordan there, helping to recreate a bit history back injuly on the travel show. up next we are off tojapan, taking a walk on the wild side and lower our blood pressure in the process. and ade meets some youtube sensations in cairo. one of the best parts about working on this programme is getting to do the strangest things in some of the most unexpected places. here are some stories that rather perfectly illustrate that point. in a moment, carmen goes back to nature in the middle of tokyo. and then mike heads to a cafe in manila, where the menu is driven by your mood. but first, back in june, we spent ade to cairo to meet the young rappers who have become

a youtube sensation. music plays mahraganat means festive. it means festival. it is very much a street music. it evolved from a previous genre called chaabi, that means "of the people" or "popular". and it's very, very unique to egypt, specifically cairo. and it's loud and brash. and it has its roots that are quite similar to the way hip hop evolved in new york. mahraganat has launched the careers of a new generation of egyptian music stars. and i'm about to meet a band who have had a hit that has — get this — 125 million youtube views. music plays this is a 3—piece

band from alexandria. hassan writes and composes the songs. his friend and collaborator ahmed is one of the managers. and ahmed's cousin ferris is the singer. despite these defined roles, they still have some creative differences. what about your biggest hit single, what was it called? and what about abroad, are you going to play in other countries, will you come to the uk and play in some festivals? singing in arabic to try and tap into my inner calm, i'm hitting the road and heading to 0kutama, a couple of hours‘ drive from the centre of tokyo, to indulge in a spot of forest bathing, or what the japanese call

shinrinyoku. forest bathing tours like this are becoming hugely popular with stressed—out japanese office workers. the forest therapy society has certified 62 forest therapy sites across japan. it's beautiful. yeah, beautiful. masuzawa—san‘s tour includes meditation and deep breathing exercises. so, ok, let's practice breathing methods. inhale from nose and exhale mouth. calming music plays so, this isjust like hiking, isn't it? no! it's not hiking. it's completely different. so, uh, forest bathing is to feel nature.

if you walk fast, you can't feel anything from nature. so, observing everything, the forest, the plants, and listening to the sounds of the brook and birds and the smelling. so go slow and take it all in? yeah. the forest bathing movement is gathering momentum around the world as a hot new wellness trend. clinical studies show it can reduce blood pressure, stress levels, as well as diabetes. shinrinyoku is effective in preventive medicine. it's very effective for anti—ageing. anti—ageing? sure. oh, really? so, what do you think? how old am i? how old are you? oh, dear.

yeah. um... this is tricky — i don't want to offend. 40, 45? no. no, i'm 62. what?! you're 62? yes. years. wow! ok, so i should go home, throw away all my creams, and just come back here. yeah. before you even think of picking up a menu here, you're encouraged to get involved. hi, welcome. hi. i am dining alone tonight, yes. 0k. so first, i have to give you a map for you to look around the place. step one, take off your footwear. check. yeah. step two, you are the server. i am the life server. i will be serving you tonight.

step three, pick a hat and wear it. yes. it's like a performance in which you play a part. choose a hat, make yourself a tea to match your mood, and write a message on the wall. so i write my deepest, darkest secrets on the wall for everybody to see. privacy, please. come on now, guys. van gogh is bipolar is the brainchild of this man. jetro rafael is himself bipolar. it's a condition that used to be known as manic depression and can make your mood swing from one extreme to the other. butjetro says this place is his therapy. mike, welcome to my kitchen. i call it the cuckoo kitchen. why? well, because i'm crazy. it is what i have learned and what i am still learning in life. you have to somehow embrace your being, your authentic being. and with no shame.

it has to be with grace, and unconditional love. for your main course, it's actually meant to make you calm. and this is the main, the chicken, and fresh lamb from the farm ofjetro. here is your rice, it's called black mountain rice, it's one of the healthiest rices in the philippines. all topped off with an alcoholic eggshell. no pressure, no pressure, here we go! ready? 0h! 0k, young man. how are you doing? good. how was your experience? it was delicious. you've come a long way. this restaurant, for you, has done what, what have you achieved? life is more simple now, and that's a big change. now i see me, i hear me, ifeel me.

the space serves as a safe haven for the community, for people who are lowest, who are abandoned, and also we give them that sacred space that they needed, where they feel accepted, celebrated, and unconditionally loved. well, that's it for this week. i do hope you've enjoyed our look back at our recent travels on the show. join us next week if you can, when... i'll be finding out how one of london's most iconic but humble tourist attractions could soon be disappearing. if you say london, it's the telephone box. the first thing that came into my mind, whenever i heard something about britain, is either the queen or the red phone booths.

so dojoin us then if you can. in the meantime, don't forget you can keep up with us in real—time by signing up to our social media feeds. details are on the screen. but for now, from me, christa larwood, and the rest of the travel show team, it's goodbye. hello. for a time this week, temperatures will be on the rise. not just yet. it is a cold night under clear skies for much of england and wales. meanwhile, this stream of cloud in the atlantic continuing to extend across parts of northern ireland,

northern and western scotland, strengthening winds on tuesday. but away from the far north and west, after a cold start, there will be plenty of sunshine. the dry day in light winds. you can see a lot of sunshine across much of england and wales. these are the average wind strengths, fairly light winds but as he had further north, likely to bring on the wind gust. these are the black symbols and quite widely up to 50 mile an hour winds. 0utbreaks quite widely up to 50 mile an hour winds. 0utbrea ks of quite widely up to 50 mile an hour winds. outbreaks of rain working their way eastwards, it may seem just about dry across aberdeen and murray with some spells of showers here. they're going to keep those outbreaks of rain with strong winds across northern ireland, scotland, some of it may sink its way a little bit further southwards into the far

north of england. temperatures staying quite easily into double figures —— single figures, some areas of south england into double figures. still this won't affect in northern ireland in scotland, the heaviest of the rain due wednesday probably for northern and western scotland. conversely, some spells of sunshine for eastern scotland, we could get temperatures up to 20 celsius. fairly light winds across much of england and wales, where again we are going to find some sunshine and temperatures again getting up to between 19 and 21 celsius. to the end of the week, we have still got this area of high pressure to the south but very slowly, this one starts to make in road south and eastwards. as it runs into that area of high pressure, all thatis into that area of high pressure, all that is going to be left on it in the south—east is just an area of high cloud. what will do is replace the warmth we have for some time with something a bit cooler by the weekend. for the most part, some

places will be staying dry. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is lewis vaughanjones. our top stories: donald trump's supreme court choice, brett kavanaugh says he won't step aside, after another allegation of sexual misconduct. i'm not going to let false accusations drive us out of this process, and we're looking for a fair process, where i can be heard defending my integrity and my lifelong record. speculation about the future

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