hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. a bbc investigation reveals more than 100 chemical weapon attacks in syria — most carried out by president assad's forces. as the eu says a no—deal on brexit is more likely than ever before,theresa may insists she's still confident a deal can be reached, even though the irish border isn't yet resolved. and 13 days after a saudi journalist disappeared, investigators are finally allowed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. we will hear from bbc turkish service. this is what donald trump has said. i don't want to get into his mind but that sounded to me like maybe he is going to blame rogue killers, who knows? if you have comments or questions on the stories we are covering, the

hashtag is on the screen now. we begin with a new investigation by bbc panorama and bbc arabic that, for the first time, establishes the extent to which bashar al assad's government has used chemical weapons in syria. the war there is seven years old and has claimed more than 350,000 lives. before i play nawal al—maghafi's report — i should warn you it contains distressing images. another air strike hits khan sheikhoun. this attack told the world that not all of syria's chemical weapons had been destroyed. abdul hamid youssef witnessed it. translation: i heard the planes, i woke up, the first bomb was at 6:30am. he left the house with his wife and twins, unaware of what was about to unfold.

translation: this is where i left them. iran to help people over there. it was a chemical attack. sarin is 26 times more deadly than cyanide. abdul‘s neighbours were dying in the streets. more than 80 people were killed and almost 300 wounded. abdul was taken to hospital after losing consciousness. translation: when i woke up, people asked me where the twins and my wife were. 15 minutes later, they brought them to me, dead. president assad had denied responsibility, but evidence gathered by international investigators would prove the chemical used belonged to the government. the bbc looked at 164 reports of chemical attacks. we wanted to find the truth.

we cross checked each report with the help of experts and specialist researchers. we were left with 106 chemical attacks we are confident did take place. 51 of them launched from the air. there is no evidence the opposition has capacity to carry out air attacks. so it appears the government must be responsible. aleppo — a chlorine strike over the city. the battle here lasted four years. recapturing the city was a turning point in the war for the syrian government. the bbc‘s research shows there were 11 chlorine attacks in the final month of the government's offensive. five of them in the last two days of the siege. all of them came from the air. translation: when we told people to go up because chlorine sinks down, they were confused. if they go up, they get bombed, if they go down, they get killed by chlorine. the people were hysterical. the pattern that we are witnessing

is that the regime uses chemical weapons in areas that it regards as strategic, areas that it has besieged for a while and the final stage of taking these areas back seems to be using chemical weapons to make the local population flee. aleppo's an example of the strategy. in the last weeks of the assault, over 120,000 civilians left, many to a different city. the final rebel stronghold, idlib. there are now 3 million people kettled here. the truce held for now, but it could break at any minute. translation: we made the shelter in 2012 when the regime began bombing. the tunnel is a shelter from conventional bombs, but not from a chemical attack. translation: i am fearful for women and children, so i make these masks.

our research shows beyond reasonable doubt that president assad has fought a chemical war against his own people, one that so far, the west has failed to prevent. i spoke to nawal earlier. i asked her about supporters of assad who say much of the evidence could have been fabricated. when you take visual evidence and match that with eyewitness testimony, some of this evidence had samples from on the ground. some of these also have organisations who were based on the ground in syria that had investigated these attacks. you put all of the research together and put the pieces of the puzzle together and then you can get really strong grounds to prove that these chemical attacks did happen. there might be some people listening to this thinking,

why is the bbc doing this? why not the un or an appropriate international body? the political process has been stalled many, many times and that's mainly because the way the un functions, countries like russia can halt investigations like this, and that's what we've seen happen. the political process has failed, we took it upon ourselves to use the evidence that outburst and try and figure out what's going on, on the ground. you have done that work and you have put it out there. what are the opcw and other relevant bodies saying? they are really supportive of our work. we had one of the permanent representatives of the opcw quote share our work today and say it is meticulous research on what's going on on the ground in syria. the question is, will the international community react?

and to be honest they have been presented evidence like this before. some of these chemical attacks have been investigated and they knew that they were happening, and nothing has been done until now and, to be honest, we are not hopeful that anything will happen at this point. and when you turn round to the russians and the syrian government and said, we have spent six months on this, we have detailed investigations, what was their pushback? we got the usual answer that these attacks have been fabricated, that the opposition are responsible and, 106 attacks, we don'tjust point at the government. from the 106 attacks that we investigated, we saw that 51 of them were launched from the air, and the syrian regime has complete control of the airspace so there's no question that they are responsible for them. the other attacks were land deployed and that is where it gets a bit complicated to figure out who is responsible. when we mapped these 106 attacks and we look at how the ground shifted immediately after an attack was launched, so how the areas were recaptured by the government and there was a mass number of people fleeing

from these areas after they had been hit by chemical attacks, which shows you that it was vital in helping the government get to the point that they have in syria's war. just before i let you go it seems like many years ago that the americans were saying the use of chemical weapons was a red line. we confronted them with that question and we confronted of the characters in our form, and we said, was it was it a mistake that president obama didn't react in 2013 and could it have changed the course of the war? and everyone answered unanimously, yes, it could have changed the course of the war. had they reacted, then. we can update you on the disappearance of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. us secretary of state mike pompeo is on his way to saudi arabia to meet with the saudi king. and this is mr trump just after that call. the king firmly denied any knowledge of it. i don't want to get into his mind but

that sounded to me like maybe he is going to blame rogue killers, who knows? we are going to try to get to the bottom of it very soon, but his was a flat denial. that line about "rogue killers" has drawn attention. chris murphy, a democratic senator: "been hearing the ridiculous "rogue killers" theory. absolutely extaordinary they were able to enlist the president of the united states as their pr agent to float it. just to recap the story. i am sure that you have been following this. journalistjamal khashoggi has been critical of the saudi regime. almost two weeks ago, he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul — he hasn't been seen since — and many suspect he was murdered. today the saudis agreed to allow turkish police to search the building. journalist ragip soylu tweeted this picture. these are cleaners going into the consulate. just after that, a team of people was seen going in. turkey says this a joint turkish—saudi team. i've been speaking to oyka altuntas from the bbc‘s turkish service.

this search was basically part of a legal investigation, a legal investigation that turkey had to carry out and of course, it is a diplomatic building. it had to have the authorisation of saudi arabia, so the cooperation was needed, the search was needed, but today when the teams got inside the building, we understand that it was mostly a search conducted by criminal scene investigators, so, they probably were looking for evidence left by khashoggi. the security camera recordings. and they waited a long time, actually, to have that authorisation, but after that they haven't made any statements. we don't know if they have left the building yet. and actually from today there was not any big outcomes expected from today.

but we know that turkey will continue cooperating with saudi arabia for multiple reasons. this cooperation actually was because the un operation asks turkey to have the cooperation of saudi arabia to enter the building and because this person has disappeared, allegedly maybe killed, on its land, turkey has to conduct the search, has to pursue the legal investigation, as any country would do. let's bring injane o'brien live from washington, dc. the issue is that america, turkey and saudi arabia cannot afford to walk away from their respective relationships. donald trump and the us are a bit of buying because saudi arabia is one of the us most staunch allies in the

middle east. they have lots of shared things in common, notably the concern about iran's ambitions in the region. both saudi arabia and the region. both saudi arabia and the us need each other to try to curtail that. but the problem here is that, if america does not call out its ally, if these allegations are proved to be true, then according to republican senators, not just democrats, according to republican senators, notjust democrats, america risks losing its moral authority and that, no money can have a buy—back, for donald trump, of course, it is a question of losing a massive arms deal, $110 billion worth of arms to saudi arabia according to him and he's taking a more pragmatic and open approach to this and saying that america can't afford to lose those jobs and it also risks that america can't afford to lose thosejobs and it also risks pushing saudi arabia into the arms of the chinese and russians, so there is much at stake. mike pompeo is going to meet the king of saudi arabia and

may go elsewhere as well. what is going to happen during that trip? what it shows is that both sides are taking this extremely seriously, the fa ct taking this extremely seriously, the fact that the king himself spoke to donald trump, not his son, mohammed in sall man, who is known as mbs, is now the king taking the lead on there so i would suggest it is a crisis and for donald trump who said that nothing would affect the us — saudi relationship now sending secretary of state with immediate effect, he is still in the air as far as we know, i think demonstrates how far this has gone. stay with us on outside source — still to come. we will be going to bavaria. the established parties took a kicking as expected in the result of the elections there on sunday, and we will speak to a green politician.

the greens have a much better night. the energy firm, cuadrilla has begun fracking for shale gas in lancashire again. the work involves pumping liquid underground at high pressure to fracture rocks and release natural gas. it's the first time fracking has taken place in the uk since 2011 when it caused two small earthquakes near blackpool. dozens of protestors gathered near the site as the work got underway. our reporter danny savage sent this update. it is interesting that ministers have described this as green gb week, and is interested in having a zero carbon emissions economy in yea rs zero carbon emissions economy in years to come, but that has happened on the same time as a new pioneering way of extracting fossil fuel is being developed in lancashire. the counterargument to that is that the gas company says that there is huge

demand for natural gas, and there will be demand for decades to come. the protesters here today who have been blocking the gate behind me until moments ago, say that fracking even lancashire is sending out the wrong message. —— here in lancashire. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: a joint investigation by bbc panorama and bbc arabic has found that at least 106 chemical attacks have taken place in syria in the past five years. these attacks appear to have been crucial to president assad's almost complete victory in the conflict over the rebels. flash floods in the south of france have killed at least 10 people. the aude region saw seven months worth of rain fall overnight. rivers have burst their banks, villages have been cut off and schools have been closed. that is from bbc world service english. the duke and duchess of sussex

are expecting their first child, due next spring. harry and meghan are currently in australia at the start of their first royal tour as a married couple — they're due to spend 16 days visiting australia, fiji, tonga and new zealand. if you were watching outside source last week, you'll know that on thursday we were live in munich, looking ahead to the bavarian elections. some saw that as a referendum on angela merkel‘s government. they happened on sunday — and preliminary results are in. this is the take of suddeutsche zeitung, a local paper — "a debacle for the csu and spd" that's the two larger established parties. more importantly, the csu is angela merkel‘s sister party. it is an important part of our

coalition. —— her coalition. this graphic is from europe elects, a poll aggregator. you can see the csu is still the largest party, but it's suffered huge losses. its leader is horst seehofer — he was asked if he would resign. translation: i say it again, today was not the day to talk about who was not the day to talk about who was responsible or analysis or personal consequences, now is the first step, we want to build a government without any constraints which is what the bavarian people expect from us. the problem is — they can't form a government without constraint — they'll have to go into coalition. horst seehofer is also the german interior minister. earlier this year he clashed very publicly with angela merkel over her immigration policy. this is what she had to say after the election. translation: the election showed that the best economic results, almost full employment in bavaria,

is not enough of a population if there is not something equally important, trust in politicians. much was made before the election of the far—right alternative for deutschland, orafd‘s, rise. it got 10.2% — and so is set to enter bavaria's parliament for the first time. significant — but below where it had been polling. here's its leader speaking afterwards. translation: it is a kind of turning point. the big parties are definitely on the way down and the new parties are on the way up and one of the new parties experienced the biggest success is definitely us. the biggest success is definitely us. one thorn in the side of this otherwise good news is a surprising success otherwise good news is a surprising success of the greens. as he mentioned, the green party came second overall, behind the csu. second overall on over 17%. #bavaria's greens — the ideological foes of merkel‘s

arch—conservative csu allies — are the big winners of this election." we spoke to a green candidate and she is live again with us on outside source. do you agree with the md that this was a victory for their parties on the side? for once i do ee, parties on the side? for once i do agree, but unlike the afd, we have proved that if you run a campaign, in narrative, that is modern, forward—looking and inclusive, you can also gain voters. i think we actually have proven that this works in bavaria and there may be also merit in it for the european elections in other countries. horst siefhoffer wants to create a

bavarian government without constraints, but you will be in that government and you will be applying constraints. we want to help co—create the future for this country, and we would talk to anyone who is running, who is doing politics, with a focus on ecology, on pro—european issues and pro—human rights and upholding the rule of law. we would not talk to anyone who puts hate over heart, which is what the md puts hate over heart, which is what the afd have been doing, so we're willing to talk to the csu who has taken away the majority, but ends up being a loser, if you will, so we will wait to see what comes this week because we have to be very quick according to the bavarian constitution, you only have three weeks to form a government. on the issue of immigration, one of the dominant issues, where does the green party stand, because you do not agree with this csu wanted earlier this year to turn some

people away at the german border? emigration is not one of the main concerns for the voters, it is one of the concerns of the civil service, and our concern is protecting the environment, climate protection, of course, integration rather than putting up fences at the border, strengthening rural communities, strengthening infrastructure and also family policy. so, of course, what you point towards, this is part of a number of issues but it is not the number of issues but it is not the number one issue. are you going to be taking a seat in the parliament? i don't know that yet, are election system is complicated because it is a combination of direct and proportional voting so i still have to wait. it looks unlikely at this point, but i cannot say no, just yet. thank you for speaking to us. judith bognerfrom

yet. thank you for speaking to us. judith bogner from the green yet. thank you for speaking to us. judith bognerfrom the green party in bavaria. it was once an icon of american retailing — now it's filed for bankruptcy protection. sears has been in trouble for some time. kim gittlesonjoins us from new york. the problems started in the 1990s for sears. it was once america's biggest retailer. you could buy anything there. i was reading some early catalogues when you could buy opium and cocaine in the 1890s! houses had been built by sears but in the 1990s it started to lose market share to the likes of walmart and target. that's because it did not invest in its stores. and then in the early to thousands, sears was very slow to catch onto online. it

does not have a huge web presence. those factors combined sales declining, and this bankruptcy filing was on the wall for some time. it is a surprise but —— not a surprise but it is a sad day for american retailing. could someone come in and swoop for a brand that still has huge levels of awareness? and proxy filing is not the end of the story, ever. the question is whether predators who are owed money will accept whatever new plan the company puts forward, they would have to sign off on any future for sears. it have to be a plan that could suggest that there was a future for this as you mentioned icon of the american landscape. we have some interesting comments from melinda gates, the co—founder of the bill and melinda gates foundation. talking about not just bill and melinda gates foundation. talking about notjust the impact of technology but how you provide equal

access to technology. digital is upon us, access to technology. digital is upon us, so access to technology. digital is upon us, so whether we like it or not it is coming and it is already there. three quarters of the world population use cellphones today. what we are trying to say the countries is you need to make investments in health and education, you have to have a healthy population, and educated population but you also have to make investments in digital in the right regulatory framework because you can ta ke regulatory framework because you can take advantage of digital and when young people, which 50% of the continent of africa is under 25, when they have access to capital they will start to create new businesses and create jobs in your economy. there's always this criticism about the innovative economy and technology industries that leaves workers worse off and some of the most vulnerable may not have the rights that they should have, so how do you address these sort of issues? today in the low—income countries only 12% of people have access to the internet,

so we have to make sure that internet pricing comes down across the world, and you have to make sure that phones get into the hands of women at an equal rate as men. you have to make sure that the regulatory environment is there, so when you open up a sector like the ceuphone when you open up a sector like the cellphone sector, people can have mobile wallets but you need regulations around that so that people do not put the money and, particularly the poor, who like to save a dollar a day, but that that economy does not go bust, or overcharge people for notjust putting the money in but for taking it out. so you have to have the right regulatory framework that protects citizenry but opens it up to digital technologies. protects citizenry but opens it up to digital technologieslj protects citizenry but opens it up to digital technologies. i will be back with a full update on brexit in a couple of minutes. this weather update takes a look at

some of the main weather stories happening around the world, and it is dominated by tropical cyclones or former ones. take a look at this area of clout on the" a former hurricane bearing down on portugal. cloud moving east producing some flash downpours to. and then another area of cloud with the remnants of hurricane michael also pushing across. this is the effect of ex hurricane leslie on portugal, snapping trees, some flash flooding in places. ex hurricane michael is in florida were the clear up work is a huge task which is under way. to the north across the usa and canada there is a cold front moving through, with the arrows indicating the air is coming from the north and

north—west. there will be a different field of things through the great lakes from midweek. actually, for the west there is a bit of warmth to the east of the rockies as well. temperatures have headed up. a cyclone has already made landfall into yemen and oman, with rain and of course strong winds. you can see the satellite picture it weakened before doing so but any picture it weakened before doing so butany rain picture it weakened before doing so but any rain in this part of the world, does bring some flash flooding. totals were in excess of 50 millimetres. we can see what is left of the cyclone still producing some downpours across southern parts of saudi arabia. you can see the circulation in the atmosphere and there will be some brisk winds with that as well. in india, the south are seeing some heavy downpours but the cyclone is to the north—east which has cleared, it is a much quieter picture and those deadly snowstorms in netball, as well. now

taking things back to europe, away from the tropical cyclones, the story is the heat. 21 celsius in finland on sunday. a new temperature record for october and in norway, 25 degrees, just above, very close to the october heat record here as well. things have changed a little bit here. there has been rain across scandinavia with some flash flooding but things are quiet over the next couple of days. what is left of hurricane lesley producing some intensive downpours through southern france and into portions of italy so we will keep a close eye on that. many other places have sunshine and warmth. it is a quieter story for the uk. more about that in our weather for the week ahead in half an hour. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. as the eu says a no deal on brexit is more likely than ever before — theresa may insists she's still confident a deal can be reached, even though the irish

border isn't yet resolved. a bbc investigation reveals more than a hundred chemical weapon attacks in syria — most carried out my president assad's forces. and 13 days after a saudi journalist disappeared, investigators are finally allowed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul donald trump has spoken to saudi arabia's king, and said this afterwards: he didn't really know, maybe, i don't want to get into his mind, but it sounds to me like maybe this could have been rogue killers, who knows? there is much more on these stories on the bbc news app. here's your latest update on brexit.

the irish border continues to be the main obstacle to a brexit deal. theresa may briefed parliament earlier. we are entering the final stages of these negotiations. this is the time for cool and can head to prevail, and it is the time for a clear eyed focus on the few remaining but critical issues that are still to be agreed. yesterday the uk's brexit secretary dominic raab travelled to brussels. there was plenty of speculation we were on he brink of something. but we came right back to this issue of the border between ireland and northern ireland — no—one wants border checks here, but if you don't have them, how could be uk be outside

the single market and customs union? if you ask that question, you'll get lots of answers. here's theresa may again. the european union have responded positively by agreeing to explore a uk wide custom solution to this backstop. two problems remain. first, the eu says... laughing first, the eu says there is not time to work at the detail of this uk wide solution in the next few weeks. the eu have proposed that there is a border in the irish sea, but theresa may insists any arrangement — temporary or permanent must apply to all of the uk. she says any temporary solution has to have a time limit — which would require the eu to agree.

this is all what you'll hear called the backstop. chris morris can explain it all. the current dispute is over what exactly the legal text of this backstop should say. to begin with, the eu suggested northern ireland would have to stay in the eu customs union. no customs checks and in most parts of the single market, the idea to avoid any text at the irish and border. not acceptable said the uk, that would split the country, in effect. so a compromise has been worked on that focuses broadly on two things. northern ireland would be treated differently from the rest of the uk for a while in terms of single market regulations. that means there would be some checks within the uk in great britain and northern ireland, on things like product standards and certainly on food and animals. but the government's allies in northern ireland, the dup, really don't like that. secondly, notjust northern ireland, but the whole of the uk, would remain in a temporary customs

union or arrangement with the eu. many tory mps really don't like that, because it wouldn't allow the uk to strike new trade deals around the world. they want any temporary arrangement to have a precise end date, otherwise it could drift on for years. the eu reject that, arguing that if there is a precise end date, it is not a backstop under all circumstances. we've also heard from the the leader of northern ireland's democratic unionist party, and as chris said, their support is key to giving theresa may a majority in parliament, and first, ireland's prime minister. for all of us, but particularly the united kingdom, the consequences of a no deal cliff edge brexit at the end of march next year is potentially catastrophic. really bad for ireland, relatively bad for the eu, but quite a disasterfor the uk. we want to see a brexit that works

physical united the united kingdom and one that works in a way that doesn't create any barriers between northern ireland and great britain. that's what we want to see happening. unionism is united on that issue, notjust in northern ireland, but right across the whole of the united kingdom. brexit is applying pressure to the make—up of the uk in several ways. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon wants scottish independence — she is opposed to brexit. there in mind that when the brexit referendum happened, the majority of scots voted to stay in the european union. every constituency voted to stay in the eu. ms strugeon says that means they should get their own deal. firstly and very importantly, we still believe that continued membership of the eu would be the best outcome for both scotland and the rest of the uk. secondly, failing continued eu membership, we think that the uk as a whole should

remain in both the customs union and the single market. thirdly, if the uk government is determined to pursue a more distant relationship with europe, we have argued for two years now, reflecting of course the strong remain vote in scotland, that there should be the possibility of a differentiated approach which allows scotland to remain in the european single market. to try and make sense of all this, earlier i spoke to rob watson, uk political correspondent. in many ways, to go back to brexit, who would have thought that leaving the european union after a0 odd years of being together, being a part of our economic, diplomatic, you name it way of life, was going to be easy. of course not. and of course, what we are finding out is that you have all the practicalities of unravelling our relationship, plus all the politics and sensitivities — what do you do about northern ireland? and what on earth does theresa may do when she has

such an amazingly divided conservative party? one of the things that surprises me is that i remember the week before the brexit vote, i was sent to scotland, because we were focused on how the scottish were likely to vote to stay in the eu and this could put pressure on the uk structure from that point of view. i don't remember the referendum campaigns being full of talk of this issue. that's an interesting point. i do remember the day when two former prime ministers, john major and tony blair, were in northern ireland saying, you know what everybody, you think scotland might be bad, imagine what would happen if scotland voted to remain, but england voted to leave, things could be awkward. of course that has happened. but, look out for the border, they said. i guess you could say, maybe people weren't paying enough attention. they also say the darkest hour is just before dawn, so as we approach any deal in politics, you often... it looks like it's not going to be cut and then it is. where is the summit at the end of this week in brussels fitting into that equation?

let's get an even bigger picture than that. that is what everyone wants to know. will there or won't there be a deal weather at this summit or a bit further down the line? i guess i would say that everything points towards there being a deal, because it would be catastrophic for the uk to leave without there being a deal and it wouldn't be much better for the eu either. but, i can see that all the logic points towards their how could there be a deal that somehow suits the eu, suits the governing conservative party, keeps the uk together, doesn't upset the scottish, somehow satisfies northern ireland and the irish republic? and, sorry to say it, at this point, i can't see it. ina don't forget you can get much more detail on our top stories on our website. if you want any background on this

situation. you will find an extraordinary range of information on brexit, as well as on the other stories recover today. here's a clip to focus the mind. a week after leading scientists told us that climate change is out of control — will lead to catastrophe if nothing is done — this is donald trump on cbs news. i think something is happening, something is changing and it will change back again. i don't think it's a hoax. there is probably a difference but i don't know if it's man—made. i don't want to give trillions of dollars and lose millions and millions ofjobs, i don't want to be put at a disadvantage. so president trump is seeing this in terms of money. this is the head of the un on that. the green economy is becoming more and more of the profitable economy.

renewable energy now is more competitive than any kind of fossil fuel based energy. again, governments have been slow in taking all the necessary measures to make sure that climate action runs faster than climate change. we heard president trump say "it could go back" when referring to global warming. he offered no proof to back that up — and there appears to be none. this graph from nasa shows temperatures warming in the past few decades — and according to nasa data — the 10 warmest years in the last 138 have all have occurred since 2000. the four warmest years were the last four years. scientists don't believe this will reverse. but anyway — the president says it could go back. he also says "he doesn't know climage change is man—made." nasa has referenced the widely shared statistic that 97% or more

of actively publishing climate scientists agree" that "climate—warming trends over the past century are extremely likely due to human activities." it also lists on its website 200 worldwide scientific organizations that hold to the same findings. we can go to washington, dc now. a lot of people will think the president is out on a limb and out of sync with the scientific community and many world leaders. when we talked earlier, you said he was reasonably in the sink with conservative thinking in america? that is certainly the case. that is the mainstream view of climate change within the republican party. you give people saying we need to address climate change, there are a lot of ifs and

buts. that is how the republican party has been. back to 2008, john mccain said climate change was real. the climate has shifted over the last tenuous. we are talking about the missing saudi journalist, donald trump said that refers to trade. he also talked about climate change and he was focused on and trade and jobs. that is his bread and butter. he has talked about climate change, saying it is a hoax that has been perpetrated by countries like china, in order to cost america economic competitiveness. during the

campaign, he talked about a war on coal, a way of damaging the us energy independence and it was costing americanjobs energy independence and it was costing american jobs in energy independence and it was costing americanjobs in places like west virginia, pennsylvania and ohio. he feels that that is his constituency and that is the reason he was elected president, because he talked about these issues and jobs. he will certainly not turn his back on that now and that is why he withdrew the us from the paris climate records and why he continues to cast a sceptical eye towards the science that binds that climate change is real. just a word on the midterms, there have been news on the brett kava naugh midterms, there have been news on the brett kavanaugh story and cute little ovation. re returning to... —— political eyes asian. ——

politicisation. some of the people we re politicisation. some of the people were running for election and whether that will happen or not, it will take a little while on the poll numbers to work through whatever bump there was for the brett kavanaugh hearing. if you look at the house of presenters, those numbers are showing that numbers are up numbers are showing that numbers are upa numbers are showing that numbers are up a lot. one yesterday showed that democrats had a double—digit lead whether people preferred an aquatic congress to republican congress. those numbers indicate that the democrats will do well. we have three weeks until election day. i would say, let's look at the polls over the next week and then we will have a better idea of this. thank you very much. a chinese woman who's become a celebrity because of her livestreams online — has been detained for five days. she's accused of "insulting" the national anthem. yang kai—li is 20 — and she filmed herself singing the anthem while flailing her arms.

she broadcast this on the streaming platform hu—ya — she has 44 million followers there. but this is her profile. the message says "the user violated t&cs, this is currently in the process of rectification". nothing more. you can find the video online. the clip was posted and this is the offending incident. the offending incident happened in the first few seconds of a four—hour stream by yang kai-li. the shanghai police department says "the national anthem is a symbol of the country, all citizens should respect it and safeguard its dignity. live—streaming platforms are not above the law." i asked kerry allen if it really is illegal to sing the national anthem

in an odd way. she has been explaining to me if it is illegal if you are on a lifestrea m. is illegal if you are on a lifestream. you will love her to a while ago, that because our clean misfired the clip. now, i can't believe the clip. some people ask me if this screen is real, here is your answer, we cannot always do what i would like to do. at the moment, i can't play that clip, it is a shame. kerry was explaining that it is not illegal, but it is an offence and you can be detained for a few days. we understand the lifestream star will be released and she has apologised. i will apologise as well, because kerry's views were interesting. we talk a lot about migration into europe on outside source,

and its effect on european politics. this map shows the main routes taken from the african continent through europe. they involve greece and italy. official figures from unhcr show that more than 183,000 people made these journeys last year. this year, numbers are down — but many have still perished. at one point in april, 1 in 1a people who attempted the sea crossing died. the bbc‘s is'haq khalid has been to benin state in nigeria — the area is home to almost half of all nigerian migrants making their way to europe. here's his report on an initiative to help stop migrants making that dangerous journey. communities like this are the heart of europe's migrant crisis. nigerians top the list of africans trying to of africans trying to make their way across the mediterranean. here in the south of the country, poverty stricken villages have become hotspots for illegal

migration and trafficking. we met a man who tried to get to germany, but found himself imprisoned and enslaved in libya. they started whipping me on my legs and my knee. he asked not to be identified. when i came back, ijust feel like killing myself. because there is no hope, nothing. are you willing to go back to europe? i prefer to go back. because the suffering here is too high, sometimes i think, wow, maybe one day i will find myself in europe. that is your dream ? that is my dream. many people from this village told us they were willing to risk everything for a better life. coming to a rural community like this is easy to see why people make the dangerous journey to europe. villagers here complain about corruption, lack of electricity, clean water and most crucially, jobs. but navigating the perilous journey

to europe is only the beginning. human traffickers target migrants. we met a woman who was forced into prostitution in italy. she was later deported back to nigeria, her dreams of europe shattered. you're standing on the streets and you're going to pay money for it. the food you're eating, you are paying money for it. what they want you to do, live and work. with the help of nigeria's anti—trafficking agency, she has started a catering business with two other people. i'm moving on. helping migrants build a life in their home countries is key to tackling the migration crisis. here in benin city, people are on a

eu funded course to help them start their businesses. we try to give them a new lease of life, a change of mindset. we take them back from the negative beliefs, the trouble they have encountered. i lost myjob, everything. so when they called me to come, i was the happiest person on earth. the programme has assisted more than 5000 returnees, but it is expensive, at 3117 us dollars per person. the root cause of illegal migration from africa is poverty. these initiatives can only address the symptoms, not because the crisis. storms in south—west france have killed at least 13 people. report now on the african penguin population — and how its is rapidly declining. conservationsists say their habitat is being hit by rising tides caused by climate change.

since that report from the un last week on climate change, so many organisations have been coming forward to emphasise the importance it has on their work. eliza philippidis reports. boulders beach, home to one of the 28 african penguin habitats. these birds can only be found in south africa and namibia. but their survival is under threat and one of the reasons is there is not enough fish in the sea. the african penguin have to swim far distances to find food but in the past that wasn't the case. we suspect it could be from commercial trawling. work with overexploitation of the food sources of the african penguin. in just three years the number of breeding pairs has

dropped by a fifth. here at boulders beach the rangers are encouraging the penguins to use artificial nest boxes, hoping to increase their chances of breeding successfully. this colony is the only place in the world where people can swim freely with these endangered wild birds. as a result, they get millions of visitors every. it's really amazing to see them here and get as close as i have. i really think it's important we do everything we can to preserve these wonderful animals. stabilising the population and increasing penguin numbers is a priority here. the aim? that children can see the african penguin in the wild. storms in south—west france have killed at least 13 people. flash floods inundated a number

of towns and villages. civil defence officials say the equivalent of three months‘ rain fell in a few hours. with more details from paris, here's hugh schofield. three months of rain fell in one day on the region around carcassone. rivers burst, covering fields around here. small villages were the worst hit, one village was evacuated for fear is a dam that might collapse. here, a stream was swept away and houses collapsed. two elderly ladies died here. translation: it started at 2am. when it started, it was raining, raining, raining. then, we hear water rushing and so i turned on the light. there was nothing, it stayed dark. so, i got out of bed and i put my feet in

water. i went to the kitchen, but it was impossible to open the door. i forced it open and then there was water up to my waist. some of those who died opened their front doors to try and escape the rising water, but instead found themselves trapped. others were caught inside their cars. most of the victims were from the small town of trebes. this place was in the news earlier this year after an islamist attack that killed for mac people. —— killed four people. see you tomorrow, thank you for joining people. see you tomorrow, thank you forjoining us. i'm sure many of you will be relieved to hear we have a quieter ten days ahead, no named storms. we are still seeing quite a battering

taking place elsewhere across europe. this band of cloud brought the flooding in france and this area of low pressure contained a bit of extra hurricane michael. another area of low pressure will affect our weather, this is a regular area of low pressure and it will bring some strong gale force winds in the north—west of scotland, nothing unusual about that. we have this narrowing band of rain that shouldn't amount to very much. there will be a misty, great start, skies will be a misty, great start, skies will brighten and it should be sunny by the afternoon across the south—east. it should be pretty one as well, temperatures up to 22 celsius. for most of us, it should bea celsius. for most of us, it should be a bit warmer on tuesday. that is possibly the peak of the heat, we have the band of cloud and some rain that to drift its way into england and wales. either side of that, some mist or fargo, nothing too cold yet. there are some colder nights on the way, mind you. on wednesday, we have this band of cloud and some rain. at

the moment, it could be grinding to a halt from lincolnshire down into the south—west of england, where we will see most of the rain. some mist and fog in the south—east, but temperatures up to 18 degrees. a little cooler for scotland and northern ireland. high pressure is trying to build in from the atlantic, from the south—west overnight, that will clear the skies for most of us. especially across the northern half of the uk and this will be a cold night with temperatures not far from freezing in rural areas. not quite so cold across southern england where we have some low cloud. this is just cloud, it may spoil the day a little bit. away from here, there could be some sunshine after a chilly start. temperatures may not be as high on thursday. high pressure building in on thursday, and lingering in england and wales on friday. most of

the rain will be across the north—west of scotland and as the weather front moves into scotland, it becomes much weaker. for england and wales, a dry day, some spells of sunshine. some early mist and fog and temperatures up to 16 degrees. we still have some high pressure dominating across the southern half of the uk, toppling in across the north of that area of high pressure, some more weather systems for the start of the weekend. we will see a fresh breeze in the north—west of scotland, nothing too strong, some rain. away from here, it will be a dry day, sunnier skies nearer the high—pressure akron this —— across southern part of england and wales. the area of high pressure will be the main feature. the position will be crucial, some weather fronts around the top of this area of high pressure will bring some rain across the northern half of the uk. we may see the high building a little

further north, allowing a north—westerly breeze to push down at times and it could bring some showers into eastern parts of england. on the whole, it looks like most of the rain will be across the northern half of the uk and at times, the wind will bring some cooler and fresh air. on the whole, decent temperatures for this time of the year. tonight at 10:00pm, in a crucial week for the brexit talks, the prime minister spells out the remaining obstacles to a final deal. two days ahead of a vital eu summit, theresa may says that disagreement over the future of the irish border should not be allowed to lead to a no—deal brexit. we cannot let this disagreement derail the prospects of a good deal, and leave us with the no deal outcome that no one wants. as ministers continue their visits to european capitals, all depends on the reaction of the other member states. iam in i am in berlin tonight, where the

german government says brexit deal is close, but that the eu will not be into making concessions. we'll be asking about the prospects of a breakthrough at this week's eu summit in brussels. also tonight... following the disappearance of a saudi journalist in turkey, the diplomatic pressure increases on the saudi leaders