nicola sturgeon says the party would vote for a second eu referendum if it's proposed in parliament. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly. good afternoon. if you missed last night's ufc 229, you missed more thanjust the fight inside octogan with lightweight champion khabib nurmagomedov starting a brawl among the fans after beating conor mcgregor. khabib dominated the fight, beating the irishman in the fourth round by submission, which means the russian retains his title, but afterwards, in extraordinary scenes, he leapt over the cage and attacked someone in the crowd. then someone from the khabib camp climbed into the cage and appeared to attack mcgregor inside the octagon. it's since emerged that three of khabib‘s party have been arrested and his payment has been withheld pending further investigation. i want to say sorry to the athletic commission, to nevada, to vegas. i know this is not my best side.

this is not my best side. i am a human being. i don't understand how people can talk about ijump in the cage. what about talking about my religion, about my religion, he talk about my religion, my country, my father. well, former ufc fighter dan hardy was commentating on the fight for bbc radio 5 live and says the brawl cast a shadow over the sport and that khabib should be banned for his actions. i don't see any other way around it and if he's suspended depending on how long for, which i think would be at least six months and maybe 12 months for his actions. that is footage of him jumping feet first into a crowd of people. that is unforgivable. unfortunately he will be suspended for a period of time which means the belt would probably be stripped from him and then we will see tony ferguson facing someone else for the vacant title. lewis hamilton is on

the verge of a fifth formula one drivers' championship. he could wrap it up as soon as the next race in the united states after dominating to win the japanese grand prix. his main rival — ferrari's sebastian vettel — tried to gain ground from eighth place on the grid but span to the back after colliding with max verstappen. vettel recovered but could only finish sixth. hamilton meanwhile serenely led from the front for the whole race to seal his ninth win of the season and move 67 points clear at the top of the standings. three games in the premier league this afternoon. the first kicked off at midday at craven cottage where arsenal are leading fulham 3—1 after a double from alexandre lacazette and a third from aaron ramsey. after that game chelsea are at southampton looking to extend their unbeaten run this season — and speaking of unbeaten, it's manchester city away to anfield at a50. liverpool beat the champions three times last season and jurgen klopp is also the only manager who has a positive

head—to—head record against pep guardiola. in the scottish premiership rangers host top of the table hearts, while celtic will be hoping to bounce back from their europa league defeat when they travel to stjohnstone. that's all the sport for now. now it's time for the travel show. this week we are in kazakhstan. the view from the top! a vast country in the middle of central asia. full of stunning landscapes and nomadic traditions. you can feel the fish tugging on the net. nature and the great outdoors have always been central to the kazakh people's way of life. birds chirping, fish jumping, sun setting... i get it. and i'm here to explore how they are now combining both ancient

and modern ways to stay in touch with their wild side. grunts. it feels good to make the sound, but i don't know what they are saying. woo! this is a lot of fun! i've arrived in kazakhstan‘s biggest city of almaty. once, back when the country was still part of the ussr,

and long before that, it was the capital city. now things have changed here. back in 1991 it was the last soviet republic to declare independence, ten days before the collapse of the union. since then it has been under the control of president nazarbayev who moved the capital north to the purpose—built city of astana. one thing is clear, this country has undergone a tumultuous period. but through it all nature has continued to play a vital role for the once nomadic people here, and for travellers who visit. you start to get a sense of that at the green bazaar. there has been a market here since before soviet times. this is fermented horse milk, which has been around since the nomadic times and they say it is a cure for tuberculosis. it's a strong taste.

the aftertaste is almost like you are smoking a cigar. i don't know why, but that is exactly what it tastes like. very sharp, though, very intense taste. some russian influences have remained, but some of the old kazakh traditions that had been suppressed under the soviets are once again bubbling to the surface. like faith in tengriism, calling on nature through shamans, known as baksys. arman, my friend! i wanted to find a baksy, so i'm meeting up with someone who says he can get me an introduction. can you tell me a bit about what exactly a baksy is? baksy are spiritual servants who are create by nature to help people. these days in modern culture, do people still go see a baksy? yes, of course, it is part of our life. if official medicine,

european medicine, doesn't help, people go to baksy. well arman, i can't say i know what to expect, but i feel ready. arman takes me to a far corner of the city, and an old, unmarked apartment block. we are on our way up to the baksy‘s apartment. she will be waiting for us outside the door. not entirely what i expected. chanting. we have just arrived here in the baksy‘s apartment, and we are in the middle of some kind of ceremony. there are two ladies who are getting their souls cleaned, i guess. it's hard to know what's going on. chanting and grunting.

this is extremely intense. can you explain a little bit of what is happening? like an exorcism? each baksy is different, and this one incorporates elements of islam, kazakhstan‘s most followed religion. there is a power in this room i can't describe right now. i have never experienced anything like this. so now it is my turn.

having witnessed the devotion vera had to the process, i felt it wouldn't be right to go through it without the same belief. so we agree on just a blessing for myjourney. but then, unexpectedly, i seem to be getting the full treatment. growling and grunting. it feels good to make the sound, but i don't know what to say. he is coaxing. as an experience alone it is very powerful. as the process continues, the baksy calls on the totem animals

as they did many years ago here. i may not believe in everything that is happening here, but i do like to open myself to the experience as a traveller. all i can say is i know i feel something. although many muslims here frown on these ancient ceremonies, for some kazakhs, they are a direct link to their nomadic past. it's the world's ninth largest country, but kazakhstan is also one of the most sparsely populated. its people were traditionally nomadic, with their lives tied to their environment. today, travellers come to explore its relatively untouched landscapes. i want to find out more of the kazakhstani people's relationship with nature today. so i am heading east to the aral sea, the world's fourth—largest lake,

or at least that's what it was. welcome to the dusty streets of zhalanash. if you can believe it, this used to be a bustling fishing village, but if you come over here and look down to the ground, you can see what used to be the bottom of the aral sea. there's not much fishing going on now. it's been called one of the world's biggest environmental disasters. the sea which stretches the border between kazakhstan and uzbekistan was once about the size of ireland. back in the 1960s the immense stretch of water began to dry up. around 90% of it was wiped off the map, and with it the livelihoods of many of the people who lived

on the sea's produce. i had heard that here in kazakhstan the sea was actually coming back, and bringing travellers too. so off i go, in search of the aral sea, across miles of the old seabed. i have arranged to meet a guide in this region. he wanted me to see the full extent of what the sea, which was actually a large lake, once was, thousands of years before it dried up in the 20th century. the view from the top! what caused it to recede so far?

the flow of water was diverted to feed the soviet cotton industry. uzbekistan still remains one of the world's top producers of cotton, but while the uzbek side of the sea remains mostly lost, interventions have meant the north aral sea in kazakhstan is returning. approaching the shore, one of the biggest draws

for travellers has been the eerie sight of shipwrecks scattered across the old sea bed. spiderwebs everywhere. here we are. the aral sea. at one stage this was the fourth largest manmade lake in the world, and soon it will reclaim that title. i made it. birds chirping, fish jumping, sun setting. i get it. i get it now. it's a beautiful place. good morning. this is where we spent the night last night. it might look like we're in the desert, but actually

it was very cold this morning. the bedding was just a simple roll out pillow mat on the ground with some blankets. but this is a fisherman‘s house. we're up early this morning because they are going to take us out to catch some fish. they are chipper. myself, i'm working on it. but it should be a good day. my hosts tell me i am not the first traveller to stay with them following the sea's return. though not all of them choose the early—morning fishing run. the sun has not yet crested over the horizon of the kazakh steppe. today we are fishing, and on the fishing team we have one sleepy, inexperienced travel show presenter. we have our hosts, one of whom you know already, our fisherman and his father in the back. these are our boats. out there, there's a lot of fish, and our plan is to catch them and bring them back to shore.

0k. we're maybe 100 metres offshore. we've encountered the first net. so from what i understand, the net was put out last night right before sunset. and it stays out until sunrise, and they come and pull it back in, and every day is quite a surprise. but it seems that over the years there are more and more in the nets almost every single day. ok, so it's my turn to give this a shot, pulling in the net. it's not too hard, actually. it's interesting, because it is like when you are fishing with a reel, you can feel the fish tugging on the net. you must love it out here.

so we've been pulling the net for about 30 minutes, now. the basket‘s almost full. so i think we're probably getting near the end. we've caught a lot of fish. and besides the amount, they're big fish. myself, being a traveller,

connecting with people is always very special. here you can tell that there's a lot ofjoy in the job this morning. it's not my life being out here covered in fish scales, but for them, you can tell that they absolutely love it, especially when they can bring in a haul like this. i wanted to see how kazakhstan‘s relationship with nature is changing. so i'm meeting up with a mountain guide back in almaty. she's agreed to take me out to some of the places she likes to explore. we begin at the location of one of the country's most impressive historical sites. wow, they look almost like paintings. they're petroglyphs. and these cliffs are covered with petroglyphs, right? this isn't the only site, there are many sites. there are many sites.

there are about 5000 carvings here. wow. it was discovered in 1957 by archaeologist maximova. and it's more than 5000 carvings on the rocks in this area. and this is the central part, which is very significant and very important at that date, because people was speaking from here, and it served as a pantheon. so you could clearly hear what they were talking about down in the valley, where the people and crowds were standing and listening. so here we see the 12 dancing men, which is doing the ritual dance. and here it's a woman who is giving birth to a child. as you walk around the site, it's amazing how many carvings you see here. this here is the club? yeah. karla tells me it's thought they believed the more animals they carved into the rocks, be more animals they would successfully hunt. it adds so much to the experience

today, being able to in touching distance of things that are so old. i'm used to multiple layers of security, men making sure that you don't breath on art like this. but being able to see every little chip out of the stone really makes it special. but what karla really wanted to show me was how some people are mixing old kazakhstan with the new. sandboarding on kazakhstan‘s most famous singing sand dune. famous because under the right conditions, the dune makes a humming sound, almost like an organ. wow. it's huge. you can see the little dust devils twisting up the sides.

it almost looks alive. the skin of the dune, sweeping back and forth like a snake. i heard that it almost is. it actually moves. over the past 150 years it has moved three metres. slowly, but it is moving. it's incredible. i don't know how we are going to snowboard down it. along for the ride was karla's friend and olympic snowboard trainer leanna. the dune stretches for 3km and reaches a height of 150 metres and let me tell you, while it might look placid from a distance, it is a different story when you're up there. it's a little windy today, but we're on the singing sands. i guess that's always how it is here. for myself, i have gone snowboarding before. what are some differences with sandboarding 7

0k. lean back, yes? that being said, it was comforting knowing that i would be going slower than on snow. and also the cool thing about a sand dune is there are are no trees! so it's safer, right? there is no doubt this is the definition of an extreme sport. there i am strapped in. i think i'm ready. this way, yeah? like this? ooh — and then the board comes...

woah! this is a lot of fun! though i promise you that you get sand in a lot of places you do not want sand. one of those places is your mouth. i've got a bit of a crunch in my teeth right now. but woo, it is a rush. karla's about to come down. she's standing up. she looks excited but a little bit nervous. you've got it, karla, yeah! but before long, we're starting to get the hang of it. this is a lot of work.

what's incredible, though, is when you come down, as the sand starts to avalanche, you can feel it shaking and reverberating underneath the board. it's very cool. it sings as you come down. we've got our final round from the very, very top, if i can make it! let's stay here and take a break for a sec. yeah! and with that, my trip to kazakhstan is at an end. and what a ride it was.

good afternoon. i wonder how many of you are in scotland and northern ireland at the moment thinking it is time to book a holiday at the moment because weather conditions are not great this sunday. better whether further south. the sunshine is back in england and wales where you had the rain but it is sunshine replaced by grey skies and rain for scotland and northern ireland at the moment and northern ireland at the moment and it is onlyjust the start for western scotland. note is this big strip of cloud. it is streaming into various areas for the next 48 hours. there could be flooding issues for western scotland over the next few days. it is raining heavily at the moment on the radar chart. drier in the east. rain pushing into cumbria and northumberland at the moment, meaning that the intensity will ease offa meaning that the intensity will ease off a bit. something drier at times and northern ireland. to go with the rain, gusty gale force winds, up to 50 mph around the headlands and the

mountains. not so windy further south. you saw the picture in east sussex, sunny spells but with hazy sunshine across much of england and wales this afternoon. not feeling as cool as yesterday. overnight the rain eases off in the highlands. the rain wobbles southwards, bringing it back to northern ireland. temperatures would drop away as much as last night. if we are going to see a frost, it will be in sheltered parts of east anglia and the rowell southeast. where we will see another dry and sunny day. the outside chance of a shower in wales and northern ireland. the weatherfront wobbles north once again and the rain turned more consistent in the highlands. in eastern scotland it will stay dry. temperatures where they should be for this time of year. the mid to high teens. more rain works its way into northern scotla nd rain works its way into northern scotland as we go through the night and into tuesday. the rain continues to come here and it will through

tuesday as well. then the rain at times and northern ireland. something drier and brighter in southern scotland for part of the day. more sunshine developing through the day in england. with the winds in the south—west, temperatures continue to creep up above 20. but as we go into the middle part of the week, get ready for morning commuter problems with fog in the south, but at the same time warmerair fog in the south, but at the same time warmer air pushes north. the rain becomes confined to the very far north of scotland. most places dry midweek but make the most of it because before you know it, there is more wet and windy weather towards the end of the week. goodbye for 110w. this is bbc news. the headlines at 2: party leader nicola sturgeon says the snp would back a new brexit referendum, if the proposal was put forward at westminster. i have said before we would not stand in the way of a second referendum. i think snp mps would undoubtedly vote for it. pret a manger confirms a second case, where a customer is believed

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