isles. a long way north and sweeping its way right across the uk. way right across the uk. extra cloud across southern parts of england and south wales. england and south wales. the headlines at 11. north, some spells of sunshine but quite a few hoping to move the political focus away showers. from brexit. quite a few showers. in belfast, maybe one or two north—west england. north—west england. and temperatures around 14 degrees at best. politics with brexit and start acting in the national interest. at best. acting in the national interest. together and get the best deal for britain. this morning's other top stories. ease and under starry skies it will turn chilly. people died in the quake and turn chilly. tsunami.

could run into thousands. newcastle, glasgow and edinburgh will be at two or three degrees. will be at two or three degrees. that misled investors. a bright start to the new working week. in the next week. few minutes. sunshine but we tend to lose the northerly wind as the day wears on. northerly wind as the day wears on. after dominating again yesterday. scotland and outbreaks of rain late in the day. in the day. and the uk's party conferences. the winds switch around to more of a westerly direction. westerly direction. coal that and bring something a bit less chilly. —— cold air. north—west and for a time, it will feel less chilly. hello, this is bbc and divisions are already evident amongst some of its biggest names.

news. the headlines... to back her plan for brexit. calling it "deranged". will show party unity. get a good dealfor the united kingdom. island of sulawesi. with many thought to be trapped under collapsed buildings.

intelligence officer. by the investigative website bellingcat. that said he was ready to take the firm private. he'll also pay a 20—million dollar fine. now on bbc news, its time for witness. hello and welcome to witness. in 20th century history.

at the end of the second world war. of the second world war. widely used fitness programmes, couch to 5k. josh clark started running. to help get other people running and he put it on his website. little did he know where it would take him. i had never had particular success

with fitness. to a gym or try running, i was met with defeat. kind of person. a lot of excess energy and ijust started running. it was something i had never enjoyed and i didn't enjoy it then. and instantly thinking, why am i doing this? was something that could actually feel really good and rewarding. meditative even.

before to start running. in order to start running. of running much sooner. a runner in nine weeks? seconds.

of stress and ability into the body. so i was telling everybody. running and the benefits of it. suddenly the thing began to blow up. around the programme and that grew kind of outside of me. i think it continues to. around the world.

millions from nearly every country. you know, anybody can run. we do it all the time as kids. laughing the whole time. you can recapture that spirit. that ability is within almost all of us. but i'm working on that. i'm working on them. our next film takes us back to 191m and the second world war. through operation market garden. a paratroop drop into holland. hetty bischoff van heemskerck watched the parachute coming down.

now in her 90s, she recalls those terrifying few days. in this, the greatest airborne operation ever undertaken. it looked like falling stars or something. all black, the things in the air. altogether 4600 aircraft were involved in the action. division the red devils... we were excited of course. we thought we would be freed. i was 19 years old when the germans invaded. it was a very difficult time in the netherlands. we hated them, from

the moment we saw them. and they took him to germany. wanted to jail him too. we had not much food any more. they took our home, our normal life was absolutely devastated. make another attack on germany from arnhem. never before had troops been landed openly so far behind enemy lines. never before had a daylight landing on this scale been attempted. we could hear the

fighting, sometimes it was very near to us. you couldn't go out. there was too much shooting. thank god we had enough provision for six people. more in the cellar than upstairs i must say. we were so hopeful that we would be freed. and shooting went far away. the second army failed to come over the river. like lions, i must say. or lost their lives. of the most gallant and most exhausting days

of the war. and we didn't know where to go. there at four o'clock in the afternoon you will be shot. many years i was too busy to think about that any more. to think, you know? i put all these happenings in a little book for my grandchildren. my great—grandchildren. it was, what we went through. an extraordinary moment in history.

movement in south africa. in 1977 he was picked up by the police and thrown into jail. three weeks later he was dead. at the same time, back at the events surrounding his friends death. i miss my friend steve biko and i am forever in his debt. young political minded black people. the black consciousness movement. before the law and the same political rights before the law.

against its doctrines and against its policies. there was a roadblock and they then searched the car. they found an identity document which was mine. they then said who is peterjones? i said that was me. they said oh, and who are you, big man? is that steve? he said, i am steve biko. we were locked up together in one cell. we sped towards port elizabeth. police for that region. the building has been converted into a block of flats.

mandela wasjailed. to a separate window. detained under section six of the terrorism act. that is the act in which you literally disappear. they separated us. time i saw steve alive. three weeks and three days later i had just heard a lot of commotion. was being filled with many people.

from the funeral of steve biko. and that was the first time i heard about the death of steve biko. i went to my mat that was my bed and i just sat there. with... which even today would make me weep at unexpected moments. when he was being restrained.

deliberately by the police officers. would go to protect itself. 1000 radio programmes. just go to the online archive. over the river kwai over the second world war.

of the suffering of human heroism. 700 miles to jungle, through rocks and we were the means. for almost four years as it turned out in the end. at that time they hated the people that did that for

them. in fact if you had a rifle you would have shot the lot. over the river kwai. we would be on these chanting, japanese up to ten. you would do that all the time then. the camps to under the burning sun.

for many death was happy release. i had dirt, splinters from these in my leg. the scar started to break down. it would turn into a big ulcer. out a great big tendon. and of course that saved my life. ulcers, terrible he was. he was delirious and he was full of maggots. i remember him dying next to me. i can see the flies coming out of

his mouth then. time of only 14 months. every mile of the railway cost 400 human lives. every fourth sleeper represents the death of a man. is nearly 100,000 dead. it was as simple as that. you would be free. for our final story we head to the soviet union in 1985. authorities brought down restrictions on the sale of alcohol. begun to fall apart.

and so had the alcohol ban. witness talks to alexander sutko, a former communist advisor. worker and this was it. young, efficient and above all sober. but now there is another. other sleep and halfway to dipsomania. of vodka before going to work. this was widespread among our working class. the hour of the wolf. but the two together and the results can be disastrous. killing its own people.

that was very clear to me. ordered its people to sober up. that he didn't understand what the ussr was about. of all the soviet freedoms, only one was always there. the freedom to drink. all russians love vodka. to special drying out centres. but medical facilities are now to be improved. it from soviet life.

were limited to the period from 2pm to 7pm. was sold per person. your passport to prove that it was really your birthday. by about 1988, 1989, it became clear that the campaign was damaging. the soviet system simply collapsed. millions of people lost theirjobs.

at least there was some restraint on him in the workplace. more and the alcoholic had nothing holding him back. gorbachev didn't understand that. that is all from witness this month here at the british library. of extraordinary moments in history. but now, from me and the rest of the witness team, goodbye.

very good morning. the weather for delivering an autumn chill. chill. self, a bit more cloud than there was this time yesterday. was this time yesterday. through the rest of today, a cooler feel and a brisk breeze. feel and a brisk breeze. sunshine, some showers of fact north—western areas. north—western areas. feed of cold air coming from a long way north. way north. this time of year will never be anything other than rather chilly. anything other than rather chilly. the satellite picture shows extra cloud. a weather front in eastern england. a band of solid cloud

here. brightness to be had in the south—east. south—east. let's have a closer look at the forecast. at the forecast. widespread for some time in middle parts of the afternoon. parts of the afternoon. sunshine, a keen north—westerly breeze. breeze. in the far south—east, some cloud through the afternoon. through the afternoon. evening and tonight, those showers fade. cloud melts away. skies, not very much to stop temperatures dipping away. temperatures dipping away. the middle of the city, lows of two or three degrees.

or three degrees. a bright start tomorrow, sunshine in the morning. a northerly wind easing. easing. cloud in northern ireland and north—west scotland. outbreaks of rain. temperatures of 9—14d. weather front moving in the northern half of the uk. half of the uk. of rain, but with the wind, it is no longer northerly but westerly. longer northerly but westerly. cut off the supply of cold air from the north. the north. temperatures recovering a little, especially in the south. little, especially in the south. come but rain at times, especially in the north—west. in the north—west. plenty more weather through the rest of the day. this is bbc news, i'm chris rodgers.