hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. theresa may has addressed eu leaders in brussels, marking the start of a crucial summit on brexit. we'll be live in brussels. president trump is pressed again on the disappearance ofjamal khashoggi and again he stresses the importance of saudi money. they are an important ally, but i want to find out what happened, where is the fault, and we will probably know that by the end of the week. but mike pompeo is coming back and we will have a long talk. a bomb and gun attack in a college in crimea kills at least 19 people, mostly teenagers. bbc russia will help us update that story for you. and clashes in kerala as hindu protesters try to stop women entering a sacred shrine.

i have said this a few times, but todayis i have said this a few times, but today is yet another key moment in brexit negotiations. theresa may is in brussels for a summit with all other eu leaders. the prime minister says her proposals for a deal are not dead — if so, at best they're on life support. she is under extreme pressure. here's mrs may as she arrived. i will be talking to leaders tonight about the very good progress that has been made since salzburg, both on the withdrawal agreement and our future partnership. the teams have been working very hard in order to make sure we can address these issues. what we've seen is that we've solved most of the issues in the withdrawal agreement. there are still, there is still the question of the nothern irish backstop but i believe everybody around the table wants to get a deal and by working intensively and closely we can achieve that deal. a deal is achievable and now is the time to make it happen. this evening, theresa may addressed the 27 eu leaders. she then left — leaving them to talk over dinner.

we've heard that she did not present anything new to the members. one of the 27 is emmanuel macron. we now have to find a solution and agreement. we've made a lot of progress but i think now is time to find a good agreement. so i will see now prime minister may in order to have such a discussion, and we will have a discussion first with prime minister may and after with michel barnier. michel barnier and his team have made a very good job to follow the guidelines provided and to try to find a compromise. not so far, but it's time to find this... to find an agreement. the original idea was that this summit would agree to hold a special summit in november at which the brexit deal was finalised. that may yet happen but there is

still this huge stumbling block over how to resolve the status of the irish border between northern ireland in the uk, about to leave the eu, and the republic of ireland, very much an eu member. chris morris from the bbc reality check team has more. you may have heard about the backstop. it's a baseball term, really, so what does it have to do with brexit? think in terms of a safety net and you get the general idea. the backstop is key to talks over the future of the irish border after brexit. why? because this line between the irish republic and northern ireland will be the only land border between the uk and the eu. and that matters for trade because in theory, there should be checks on stuff crossing the border after brexit. but no one wants new inspections at the border. they'd bring back memories of 30 years of conflict in northern ireland and checkpoints could become a target. so the uk and eu hope to agree a trade relationship in future that

keeps the border as open as it is now. but if they can't or there is a delay, that's where the backstop comes in. it's a legal guarantee to avoid a hard border under all circumstances. the trouble is, the uk and the eu don't see eye to eye on how the backstop should work. the uk says eu's version could undermine the union between northern ireland and great britain. the eu says the uk's plan could damage the integrity of its economic area, the single market. for both sides, these are really important principles, so they are looking for a compromise before time runs out. the backstop has to be part of the withdrawal agreement that needs to be signed before brexit is due to happen in march 2019, and without a backstop, there would be no brexit deal at all. remember, the bbc news website has a guide

to all the key terms on brexit. from backstop to article 50 to wto rules. just punch any phrase into the search box and it will explain it for you. we also saw this, this is generating a lot of commenting online from the spectator, its new front page says, divide and rule, a potent phrase to use. berry mind, the republic of ireland used to be a colony of the uk and divide and rule isa colony of the uk and divide and rule is a phrase that dates back to colonial times. it says, is a phrase that dates back to colonialtimes. it says, how is a phrase that dates back to colonial times. it says, how the uk used ireland to take control brexit. let's bringing chris, live from brussels. do you think that is a reasonable piece of analysis, that the eu is seeing a chance here, leader with the border issue by which it can get what it wants from theresa may?” think it's a narrative we will hear a lot of over the next few weeks and

months, especially from those who wa nt months, especially from those who want a much cleaner, harder brexit, if you like. that the original purpose of the whole exercise has been rather betrayed in the negotiation. the thing is, if you look around the eu, and that its external borders are entirely open. —— none of its borders. there is no frictionless trade at any eu external border, yet both eu and the uk have agreed that is what they wa nt uk have agreed that is what they want in ireland. eu have said from the beginning that you cannot have your cake and eat it, the uk cannot have all the bits you like of eu membership like completely open borders as well as also leaving. that is what this... if you like, divide and rule is also of another version of that. cake and eat it, divide and rule, perhaps two things are being asked for which are simply mutually incompatible. so is this just staring contest with each side saying they're not budge on? or are there talks taking place where people are giving ground? it's more than a staring contest. one thing

which is being discussed, for example, the transition period which has been talked about, a 21 month period after brexit which will give more both sides wartime to sort out their future relationship. —— more both sides wartime to sort out theirfuture relationship. —— give both sides more time. that could ta ke both sides more time. that could take longer, there also a concern that the transition period is not long enough to sort out something as competent as the future trade relationship. if you make it longer, some people would not like that, they will say it means we have not left and even longer period of time but if you made it longer they would be more time to come up with at free trade agreement which could in theory soul that irish border issue. —— solve that irish border issue. if you were to do that then the problem of the backstop would disappear because theresa may could look her backbenchers and allies in northern ireland in the face and say, don't worry about the backstop, it is never going to have to come into effect. so they are looking for mechanisms, forforms effect. so they are looking for mechanisms, for forms of words to get past this. there is as well, of

course, the idea getting the idea of art agreement between the uk and the rest of the eu, there is the question of whether any deal theresa may brings back at past —— could passin may brings back at past —— could pass in london. the problems are not just the irish border, there is also citizen rights and other issues, theresa may is keen to emphasise actually, a lot of difficult obstacles have been overcome? they have. don't forget, go back a year and everyone was saying, will never reach an agreement on the amount of money that the uk still owes the eu in the divorce bill. a form of words was found on that. it's easier than the irish border because money can a lwa ys the irish border because money can always be hidden or payments can be delayed. the irish border is more of a nick existential issue, it is open oi’ a nick existential issue, it is open or it isn't, you cannot fudge it. there have been some difficult issue but in the end those are the easier ones to fudge than the border

because it is such a black and white issue, either it is open or it isn't. that is proving more difficult. but there are still going to go see it over the next few weeks. but of course, unlike many negotiations where you can keep kicking the canada little bit further down the road, because of the way the article 50 negotiations, the way the article 50 negotiations, the process of leaving the eu is set up, it does have a definitive end date, the end of march next year. and that is why some time pretty soon, something definitive is going to have to change. chris, thank you. we have been leaning on chris for a long time brexit and we will continue to do so here on outside source. remember, the reality check tea m source. remember, the reality check team post all their work online, you can find that easily through the bbc website. mike pompeo was in turkey today. he says america wants to help establish what happened to the missing saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. here's the secretary of state with president erdogan.

mr pompeo said america needs facts before deciding how to respond. also today, turkish investigators have been inside the residence of the saudi consul in istanbul. not the consulate, the resident of the consul. this was supposed to happen yesterday, but improbably, no saudi official was available — and this is a joint investigation. remember, the saudis say mr khashoggi left the consulate after he visited a couple of weeks ago, though improbably they have no cctv footage of that. turkey says he was murdered inside. here's more from cagil kasapoglu of bbc turkish. it seems like turkey knew from day one what had happened to mr khashoggi, as soon as he entered the consulate. turkish unnamed sources leaked a lot of information. they claimed and still claim that mr khashoggi was tortured and killed, so those leaks were made to the international media. why? because it seems like they wanted to have the international community on board in this conflict. otherwise, this could easily have

turned out to be an issue, a bilateral issue between the saudis and the turks. and president erdogan himself refrained from pointing fingers directly at riyadh from the very beginning. and he committed himself to his priority, wait and see what the interrogation, what the investigation will come up with. but investigation teams, it took them almost two weeks to get into the building. clearly, this indicates that integrity of the crime scene might have been compromised. mike pompeo was in turkey today. he was in riyadh yesterday with the saudi king — and crown prince mohammed bin salman. this is what he's told us about those meetings. we had the chance to have a number of meetings, extended meetings with king salman, the crowd print, the

foreign minister, each of these meetings, i stress the importance of them conducting at complete investigation into the disappearance ofjamal investigation into the disappearance of jamal khashoggi and investigation into the disappearance ofjamal khashoggi and they made a commitment and said they would do that. they said there would be a thorough, complete and transparent investigation and made a commitment that they would show the entire world the results of their investigation. well, saudi investigations do not have a reputation for transparency but we will see how this one goes. the americans are supporting a saudi investigation into a unexplained disappearance in a saudi consulate. you'd imagine the saudis already have a pretty good idea what goes on inside their consulate in turkey. donald trump suggests otherwise. this was yesterday. but here's the bbc‘sjohn supple...

so the language being used has changed. and here is the president today. they are an ally. we have other very good allies in the middle east, but if you look at saudi arabia, they are an ally and they are a tremendous purchaser of not only military equipment, but other things. when i went there, they committed to purchase $450 billion worth of things, and $110 billion of military. those are the biggest orders in the history of this country, probably the history of the world. i don't think there's ever been any order for $450 billion. and you remember that day in saudi arabia when that commitment was made. so they are an important ally, but i want to find out what happened, where is the fault, and we will probably know that by the end of the week. here's barbara plett usher in washington. both the president and the secretary of state have spent a fair bit

of time talking about the importance of the relationship with saudi arabia. you heard mr trump there, he has also talked about the need to work with saudi arabia against iran, talked about fighting terrorism, commercial ties, arms sales, as has mr pompeo. in fact, mr pompeo spelled out that these are very important things for the us national interests, they are important for americans and they will be taken into account when the us decides what to do. so i think they have both been quite upfront about that side of it. at the same time, when it comes to the disappearance death of mr khashoggi, they have had to have some response. and so their focus has been on this investigation, as you said. mr pompeo is just returning from his trip to the middle east, which was remarkably fact free, frankly. he at one point at i don't want to talk about the facts and the saudis didn't either. but he said, we've got this investigation going, we will let them continue with it

for another couple of days. the turks are happy with it, they told me they are cooperating and we will see how they respond. but definitely, the impression one gets is that they are trying to contain the damage rather than to confront the saudis over a possibly egregious action. and i wonder what you think about the analysis some people have, which is this is in part about the relationship between two countries but also in part about a personal relationship between donald trump and mohammed bin salman? well, there is a personal relationship, not only between mr trump and the crown prince but between mr trump's son—in—law and senior adviser, jared kushner, who has formed a close relationship with mohammed bin salman. and they and the administration have really kind of bet on the crown prince as this sort of reforming figure, somebody who they've actually invested a lot of their middle east policy in in terms of confronting iran. this administration has very much taken on board the saudi view that iran is the main problem in the region. even in terms of the middle east peace process, they are looking to the saudis and to the prince

to try to put forward, put through the israeli—palestinian deal, that they need his support. and, you know, counterterrorism has been there all along as well. and so there is a sense that the administration has fully embraced the saudis and now, what are they going to do if they had given them too much of a leash, if they have sort of sent a message that anything is ok? you even get the sense in congress from others who felt they provided a lot of the political capital and goodwill towards the prince that they feel a bit betrayed. lindsey graham, the senior republican senator, said i think yesterday, i feel used and abused. so there is the sense that that is also at stake. thanks, barbara. stay with us on outside source — still to come... we'll update you on a horrific

attack at a college in crimea. 19 people were killed in a bomb and gun attack in the uk, tens of thousands of passengers using one the the uk's busiest railway stations have endured a day of major disruption and cancellations, after severe damage to overhead power lines near paddington. the fault, which has affected passengers travelling to and from south west england, wales and heathrow airport, emerged after an electric train was tested on the line last night. the manufacturer of the test train, hitachi, promised a full and thorough investigation. network rail has said passengers could face more disruption tomorrow. the trains take their power from an overhead line that is just above the train, and it uses a device which touches that wire and brings the power onto the train. but the wrong pa rt power onto the train. but the wrong part of that device appears to have made contact with the wrong part of

the wire, and instead of a smooth contact it has actually ripped the wire down for half a kilometre. so that it clearly a lot of wire, it is a long distance and it has disrupted all for tracks. —— all four tracks. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story. theresa may is in brussels foran eu summit with fellow leaders. again, the irish border is the primary challenge. stories from bbc world service... the un special envoy to syria, staffan de mistura, says he will step down at the end of november for personal reasons. he said he would use his remaining time to try to make progress on ending the war in syria. that's from bbc arabic. south africa's education department has revealed that 36 pupils aged between 10 and 19 from just two schools in the limpopo province are pregnant. it describes the rate of teenage pregnancy in the country as a major social problem.

that's from bbc afrique. and a plane carrying melania trump was forced to land after a haze of smoke was spotted on board. the plane suffered what was described as a minor technical issue around 10 minutes after takeoff in maryland. that is one of the most read on the bbc news website. at least 19 people have been killed and dozens more injured, in a gun and bomb attack at a college in crimea. these are pictures from the scene. you can see some you can see some of you can see some of the injured being taken away from the scene. investigators say an 18—year—old student detonated a bomb in the cafeteria then ran through the building firing at fellow pupils before killing himself. most of the victims were teenagers. they all attended this polytechnic college, marked on the coast here, just by the black sea. in a place called kerch. remember crimea is internationally recognised as part of ukraine but was annexed by russia in 2014.

this is president putin earlier. translation: i would like to express condolences to relatives of those who died and expressed hope that the victims will recover as soon as possible. we will do everything possible. we will do everything possible for this. it's already clear that this is a crime. the motives for this tragedy are being carefully investigated. bbc russia has been covering this all day, as you would expect. yuri vendik, bbc russian, told me more about the attacker. one of the witnesses told russian media that sometimes before the incident, he was speaking about his hatred towards the professors and his intention to make them pay for being rude to him or something like that. we also know he obtained are

hunting license, license for a gun. shortly before the incident. and bbc russian has been talking to some people who were close to this? at the moment, what we see and hear from the russian officials, they say that all of the victims died of gunshots but our witness, he said that there was definitely a huge explosion and he had a concussion from that and others were even killed. and it is not particularly surprising given what has happened in crimea in recent years that this has become immediately politicise? yes, and what is remarkable, in the beginning the russian investigators committee started the investigation under the terrorist paragraph but then later, within an hour,

reclassified it as mass murder. but while it was still terrorism, there we re while it was still terrorism, there were all sorts of conspiracy theories in russian information space on all sides, by the way, some russian even officials suggested that this was ukraine, this was the west, the speaker of the crimean parliament suggested ukraine authorities have some thing to do with this incident, he said that all the evil inflicted on crimea comes from ukrainian authorities. which he used to belong to, by the way, before the annexation. and another political commentator on russian tv said that this is kind of a signal from the west to russia because of russia's actions in syria and libya and so on. on the other hand, many of the ukrainians and members of the russian opposition alike suggested that this could be something...

reichstag fire of sorts. and the russian authorities will use this as a pretext for an ultimate crackdown on the crimeans, and members of the opposition. back to the us. donald trump has stepped up his criticism of the us central bank over interest rate rises. the federal reserve has been gradually raising rates since 2015 — in response to the performance of us economy improving. last week the president said the bank under had "gone crazy" — —— under its new governor. he's now called it his greatest threat. samira hussain, new york. help me out, what is the president'sgreat? the president is saying that the biggest threat to his residency is the federal reserve and the fact that they are raising

interest rates, the question is why? higher interest rates means it is more expensive to borrow money, meaning people may not be as inclined to borrow money or to spend. and likewise with consumers, it is more expensive to borrow money and they may not be as willing to spend money. as we know, spending money is a big part of how the us economy sort of moves along. the second part of course is that if you look at investors and stock markets, president trump has taken a lot of credit for the high valuation and the high—rises on us stock markets. but investors will probably start moving more towards bonds because bonds will have a better return, so people will make more money off of that. meaning that stock markets will not be doing the same kinds of claims he's been taking so much credit for. soak bundling all that together, it doesn't really give the president the kind of numbers he really likes to talk about and he

could easily put his finger at the federal reserve, saying it's their fault why he's in this position. thank you very much. at the world economic forum puts out a global survey that assesses the most competitive countries in terms of business, and for the first time the us is top. this is the wef managing director. their innovation powerhouse, they do well in terms of labour market and market size, they do fairly well in terms of institutions. but there are also worrying signs. the us is one of the lowest ranked t20 economies when it comes to health. there are concerns about freedom of the press, judicial independence. and so there are a numberof judicial independence. and so there are a number of these softer factors that could have an application for the country'scompetitiveness in the longer term. i will see you in a couple of minutes. hello, your

next uk forecast in half an hour. at this time, we take a look at whether around the world. first, a satellite picture from the western mediterranean. you can see the cloud here, we are seeing is a big storms around, some deadly flooding in south—west france earlier in the week, and over the next to days, it looks like some bigger downpours will extend to southern and eastern parts of spain. and there's the risk of flooding in places as a result, not just of flooding in places as a result, notjust in spain northern areas of africa will also be seeing some downpours into algeria and broken. you can see storms developing on thursday. these are still holiday destinations at this time of year but there are some places that could see 100 millimetres or more of rain, meaning there is the risk of flash flooding. extending towards corsica, sardinia, italy, too. elsewhere in europe, there is a lot of fine quite

sunny and warm weather, although it will call a little bit towards the weekend. dramatic scenes of the usa from texas, showing how relentless rain, remnants of tropical weather system feeding in, 250 millilitres of rain injust a few system feeding in, 250 millilitres of rain in just a few days system feeding in, 250 millilitres of rain injust a few days in system feeding in, 250 millilitres of rain in just a few days in some spots. significant flooding here. and in some parts of texas, including dallas, the wettest autumn on record. that is quite something. some rain easing during thursday, putting further east in the usa, a lot of sunshine to come. wintry showers for some in the north—east we re showers for some in the north—east were things have cooled down quite a bit. temperatures will recover slightly in the coming days here. some want to be had in the west, and so, take seattle in washington state where temperatures around the 20, 20 1 degrees for a few days, around the 70 fahrenheit murk. that is unusual for this stage of october. it will

turn slightly cooler towards the weekend. australia, if you storms around on thursday, very few left on friday if you look at the picture into queensland. but it has been a rough spell of weather here. in the past week or so, part of queensland away from the gold coast have had around 300—500 millimetres rain that it is already for some the wettest october on record, notjust rain but hale and winds, too. but as we saw from the forecast, things turning a little quieter towards the beacon. this is the picture for thursday in the uk on the weekend, high—pressure settling things down. but will it last into the weekend or beyond? find out in half an hour with our latest weather for the week ahead. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. theresa may has addressed eu leaders in brussels,

all trying to find a way towards a brexit deal although that remains some way off. president trump is pressed again on the disappearance ofjamal khashoggi and again he stresses the importance of saudi arabia. they're an important ally but i want to find out what happened, where is the fault and we will probably know that by the end of the week. but mike pompeo's coming back, we're going to have a long talk. ina in a moment we will turn to the south of india and kerala. hindu protesters try to stop women entering a sacred shrine. and you can contact us about any of the stories using the #os. asi as i was just saying... violent protests are breaking out in india's

southern state of kerala. these demonstrators don't want women of all ages to be being able to enter sabarimala, which is one of hinduism's holiest temples. women of menstruating age have been banned, but last month the indian supreme court ruled that this violates the constitution. james clayton is in kerala. the atmosphere here really is quite febrile. you only have to look at some of these guys, look at theirfaces, to know how seriously they are. they really don't want women to attend this temple. the crowd spots a woman getting out of a bus. she needs a police escort to escape the mob. other cars containing women are also attacked. the crowd has now sensed blood, a rumour a woman is in a bus trying to get through. the police are trying to stop the protesters from actually boarding the bus. they're saying that there's a woman inside. but it goes without saying, that i don't know what the woman

inside there is thinking right now, but this is an incredibly intimidating atmosphere. the temple was due to open its doors to all women at around 4:30 in the afternoon local time today. but as you've just seen, not a single female devotee has made it through. these are the pictures from today. this gives you an idea of the pressured situation. protesters were at the base camp for the hilltop climb to the temple. hundreds of police were deployed, to try to control the situaion. it only managed to do that in part. there are also reports ofjournalists being attacked, and their vehicles and cameras destroyed. as tensions rose, our reporter james clayton was told to leave — the scene was just too dangerous. we saw this treat for an indian journalist... important to note,

it's notjust men protesting against women, many women are protesting against it too. here's what some of the protestors told the media. before the journalists were told to leave because it was too dangerous. the media and the politicians are making this — they want to change our belief. they want to destroy our culture. they want to destroy our religion, that's the only thing behind this. more than 99% in kerala supporting these temples. 99%? only a microscopic minority, they are ready to destroy our customs. this all started back in 2016, when a group of female university students started the happy to bleed campaign. these are pictures from back then. they were outraged by this comment by the sabarimala temple chief's comment. that provoked a campaign which

culminated in the supreme court ruling and now these protests. here's sangeetha rajan explaining why menstruation is considered an issue. this temple in particular, it quotes in men teenage should not be entering the temple. a particular god has abstained himself from any worldly desires of physical pleasures or anything, so he doesn't wa nt to pleasures or anything, so he doesn't want to see women and things like that. though not all temples ban women. there is a belief that women

who are menstruating shouldn't enter temples because they are not clean or pure, but for this temple there has been some other reasons as well, historically there are some myths and stories, so people believe that women shouldn't be entering and it is disrespectful for the god in that temple. but also, there are historians that do argue that this has not been the case always. women have been entering that temple in the past, many years ago, and we don't have proof to say whether they entered or not. how entered or not. h ow ofte n entered or not. how often have we seen courts intervened to say actually women of all ages can go to this site or this site? i think this is a rare scenario, considering there are very few te m ples scenario, considering there are very few temples that never allow women at all. in the past, courts have interfered in letting certain people

into temples. so the courts did interfere back then, but for women, i think this is the third time in recent yea rs. i think this is the third time in recent years. in 2006, if i am right, there was another hindu temple but didn't allow women into the temple, and i think there was another, a muslim worship place where women were not allowed. i think it is a very rare scenario and a lot of campaigners are saying this isa a lot of campaigners are saying this is a very welcome decision and they are supporting it. presumably they are supporting it. presumably they are not just are supporting it. presumably they are notjust welcoming this decision but perhaps looking at other sites and thinking, we could push this even further? definitely, they would see this as a positive approach to something they see as equality, when it comes to religion, when it comes to worshipping the god, it should be equal rights. even the supreme court judges who gave theirjudgment, they

said when it comes to practising religion, it should be call for a man or woman. so there will be change like this. in every edition of outside source we bring you the most important stories. i want to update you on the ebola situation in democratic republic of congo. the world health organisation called a meeting to decide whether it should declare a global health emergency. it decided against — but they still said this. but this does not mean who is not taking the outbreak seriously. we still have more than 250 people working in drc to bring this outbreak to an end. although the risk of global spread is low, it remains very high for neighbouring countries and we will be vigilant and sustained in our response and we will not rest until the outbreak is finished. the outbreak happened in august in the province of kivu. 22 people have died this

week and more than 130 have died since july. and conflict in this area has made it hard to contain. here's a map from who showing beni and mabalako where the majority of cases have been confirmed. there's also worry, the virus may spread to neighbouring rwanda and uganda. this is the congolese health minister earlier today. the outbreak so far has affected ten health zones, but they've been able to manage, to contain the virus, in eight of these ten zones in less than four weeks. the risk for spreading of the disease to the neighbouring countries is not a new risk. the risk is there since august. we have been able to contain it. imogen foulkes has been following who meeting in geneva. we are seeing, particularly around beni, cases coming

in and which are not on known contact lists. that means that it's spreading in ways that the who is not yet monitoring or not yet able to track. that kind of thing is the kind of thing that will be ringing alarm bells, and i think the who will be thinking not yet international concern, but this is something we must monitor day by day, hour by hour, to try and avoid the catastrophe that we saw in guinea and sierra leone and liberia a few years ago, when the who, as we know, was charged with really being very slow to react. don't forget, you can get much more detail on our top stories on our website there is full coverage at bbc.com/news. for those watching on bbc world news, see you tomorrow. those on the bbc news channel, we will continue ina bbc news channel, we will continue in a moment. if you are watching outside source

yesterday you will know i spoke to you about the detention camp this for uighur muslims in the western xinjiang region of china. now chinese state television has broadcast a prime time, 15—minute defence of them. here are some of the pictures from within that report. we're told the facilities are educational in nature and are designed to discourage involvement in radical islamist groups. we see people studying, playing games and dancing. i should add, we're unable to vouch for the veracity of these pictures. there's long—standing scepticism about this version of events. the bbc has talked to former detainees who allege physical as well as psychological torture. a un panel has expressed alarm about the number of people detained there. and multiple other news organisations including the washington post, foreign policy and buzzfeed have also reported similar

stories from xinjiang. this buzzfeed article calls it a 21st century police state. it was written by megha rajagopolan. in august, her application to renew her chinese visa was denied. i spoke to her earlier — she told me about china's position on these camps. the government spent a lot of time basically not acknowledging their existence at all. there were local newspapers and other official channels in the region of xinjiang that were making reference to these camps, photos would come out sporadically of things like ribbon cuttings for the opening of the camps on things like that but a lot of that stuff was scrubbed from the internet and it didn't feel like an organised campaign. that all changed in august, when the un committee on the elimination of racial discrimination in a surprising move

took china to task for the treatment of ethnic minorities in xinjiang, and specifically brought up the issue of these camps. at which point the chinese official was forced to say the camps didn't exist. he said there is no such thing as re—education camps. so in the couple of months since that august meeting, we have seen the slow roll—out of this big propaganda campaign. it shows that the chinese government very much cares about what the international community thinks about its treatment of ethnic minorities in xinjiang and recognises this has become an international human rights issue, and issue governments are taking up and an issue that has become front—page news. when you are inside china reporting on this story, tell us about what you were able to find out and how easily you were able to go about your journalism. well, i think one of the big

problems in xinjiang is access for any independent observers, including journalists, foreign journalists, is extremely difficult and they designed it that way. when i was a journalist in china, i was part of a group of foreign journalists and amongst the couple of hundreds of us, ithink amongst the couple of hundreds of us, i think there were many, many people who had gone to xinjiang to report and had been detained. people who had had that sources face repercussions, people who had been threatened. it makes it very hard for us to find out any real information on the ground and creates an environment where people are creates an environment where people a re really creates an environment where people are really afraid to speak with foreignjournalists. another are really afraid to speak with foreign journalists. another thing to note is these read —— re—education camps, it's hard to find their locations because you can talk to people who left the region and they remember where the camps are or you can speak to many people in the area, and these places are marked, they have signs that allude

to their role and big walls and barbed wire and things like that. but what you can't do is go inside of those places. the kind of recent state m e nts of those places. the kind of recent statements from the chinese government leads me to wonder if these places are so wonderful, if they do have recreational facilities and wonderfulfood they do have recreational facilities and wonderful food provisions and wonderful sleeping quarters, as government officials have stated, why should it be such a threat to allow outsiders to go inside? i visited or sought to visit a re—education camp myself when i was there last fall and i try to take a picture of the outside and there was a police officer who was sitting outside the camp who asked me to delete all my photos and told me not to publish anything about it. it is very clear that this is something authorities fear the kind of secret as much as they are coming out with this propaganda push at a high level now. this is india's junior foreign minister — mj akbar. he has now resigned after a number of women accused him of sexual harassment and assault.

the minister, a prominent fromer newspaper editor, is the most high profile figure to be named, in what's being called india's metoo movement. initially, mr akbar had earlier filed a defamation case, against the female journalist, who first named him. from delhi, devina gupta has more on this story. he is the most prominent name to come out of the india metoo movement, not only because he's a junior minister, but also because he was an influential newspaper editor. all be charges that have surfaced till now are during his time of heading an english daily. now, one of the journalists, priya ramani, was the first one to call him out on social media last week, and the last 48 hours have been quite rapid, because mr akbar has denied these allegations, then said they are politically motivated, even filed a defamation case against priya ramani. but it was yesterday night when 20

women journalists who worked with him filed a petition in the court, saying that they will be willing to testify against him, alleging sexual misconduct and standing with priya ramani, that there was more pressure which was being put on the government. this evening, with a brief statement, mr akbar has resigned from his post as india'sjunior foreign minister and he has said he will continue to follow the cases legally and fight his battle in the courts. we have had stories from india, congo, china and the us, now to canada. canada has completely legalised the possession and recreational use of marijuana. only uraguay has already done that. this was a campaign promise of prime ministerjustin trudeau. today he has been emphasising this will not mean children have easier access to the drug. and that a legalised trade will keep seperate cannabis from criminals. from criminals. certainly it's good news

for the governmnent. this could raise more than $400 million a year in tax. here's samira hussain. this is no ordinary grow but a high tech operations that produces a staggering amount of legal marijuana. we're kind of like a tech company that produces cannabis. there was an idea that had to be done properly and it was more about tech than kush. inside this fault is the stuff ready to ship. security is tight and not surprisingly, considering half $1 billion worth of marijuana that line these shelves. this is based reached toronto, canada's this is based reached toronto, ca nada's financial district. the country's early adoption of cannabis asa country's early adoption of cannabis as a legitimate businesses allowing it to dominate the industry. just ask this investor. this has become the hub of business, where most of

the hub of business, where most of the global cannabis companies coming to raise their capital. they are coming to list on the canadian exchange because they can't list on other markets. in this classroom, stu d e nts other markets. in this classroom, students are learning to cultivate marijuana on an industrial scale. the goal is to get them into cannabis companies fast, to start running their production operations. there is also the added benefit of giving some of these students more legitimate or legal experience stop year it hasn't been a professional industry said the technologies have stayed kind of minimal to keep it under the radar. does that mean you have a lot of illegitimate experience. yes. i do... shalli just tell you my name? hundreds of people queued up outside dispensaries to be among the first to purchase the drug legally as the clock struck midnight. earlier, the bbc spoke with a man who owns a cannabis store about his first night

open for business. about 200 people were outside. inside, i was surrounded by family, friends and co—workers. i did the very first recreational legal sale on my first customer was my father. i couldn't have had a proud moment in my life. i was very happy. we open for a few hours and we served the very last customer in the line—up ten seconds before i had to close the store. it was a dream come true. this has been a long time coming for me. he has the business and the teacher as well! the bbc‘s jessica murphy is in kamloops, british columbia — the home of the province's first and only legal marijuana dispensary. just a few hours into legalisation in canada and the people here behind me are here to celebrate. they, like many people in canada, have been

lining up outside this new legal cannabis store, hoping to be among the first customers. they are here to celebrate what they say is an historic moment, the end of nearly 100 years of criminal prohibition. in terms of culture, i think it will let people like myself who have been closet stone is the most of my adult life, kind of express yourself a little bit more and not be ashamed of consuming cannabis.” little bit more and not be ashamed of consuming cannabis. i woke up about 9:45am and it said it was opening at ten o'clock. i thought of skipping my class are just coming out here stop here i think it's lovely, lovely! ithink out here stop here i think it's lovely, lovely! i think we out here stop here i think it's lovely, lovely! ithink we need out here stop here i think it's lovely, lovely! i think we need to be stigmatised a lot of things. this world is a little bit tojudgments about things. i'm sure the ramifications, or the legal parts will come through, because this stuff isn't as bad as liquor. what did you get? oil. roumat this one is strawberry. canadian prime minister

justin trudeau has called prohibition failed system. his government said the new regulatory framework will be more effective, but there are questions and concerns around just how effective it might be, whether it will make a dent in the estimated $5 billion black market for the drug, if it will keep you out of the hands of miners and if it will make an impact on the health and social harms related to cannabis use. but for the people behind me lining up to be the first customers of legal cannabis in canada, they just want to customers of legal cannabis in canada, theyjust want to mark customers of legal cannabis in canada, they just want to mark a customers of legal cannabis in canada, theyjust want to mark a day they didn't know if they would see in their lifetimes. here is a link i don't think i have done before, a link from a closet stoner to blue crabs in tunisia. they have gone from pests, to a crucial income earner for local fisherman. they invaded the tunisian coast

about four years ago and have now turned the region into a multi—million dollar crab industry. of the tunisian coast, the gulf of gates revealed little about the battle that has been raging on it. four years ago the fragile ecosystem around these waters was interrupted by the arrival of blue crabs. they snapped up arrival of blue crabs. they snapped up the fish and attacked the nets of fishermen. no one knows how they got here. there is speculation either that eggs were transported on boats to the region or they arrived as pa rt to the region or they arrived as part of hurling free migration that started when the suez canal opened in 1869. translation: when we started finding them, they would be stuck in ourfishing started finding them, they would be stuck in our fishing nets. started finding them, they would be stuck in ourfishing nets. the started finding them, they would be stuck in our fishing nets. the fish men were surprised to see them. but after they invaded the sea, baby

camea after they invaded the sea, baby came a real pest. this species stops us came a real pest. this species stops us from fishing. they eat the fish that get caught in our nets and they destroy our nets. all the parties involved in this research thought about making a national plan, to exploit these crabs. the tunisian fishermen were then taught how to trap the crabs and the government began subsidising the cost of purchasing what was called. crab fishing infrastructure was set up, including plants, so they could be transported to markets in the golf and asia where they were in high demand. one of the key players in crab fishing is a company that is willing to use the experience gained dealing with an influx of that crabs back home. translation: we didn't

have the market or the profit marketing techniques or the knowledge on how to sell or consume this animal. but when the investors came and the administrations of the ministry of agriculture and maritime and fisheries, we started to exploit the foreign markets. according to the foreign markets. according to the ministry of agriculture, tunisia produce 1450 tonnes of blue crabs, worth three points $5 million during the first seven months of this year. the fishermen now have an extra strea m the fishermen now have an extra stream of the fishermen now have an extra stream of revenue the fishermen now have an extra stream of revenue and they've gone from deep testing these crustaceans to being concerned that they do not deplete the stocks of crabs too much. see you tomorrow. hello. it looks like we will keep this quiet autumn weather going through the week ahead to, dominated

by large area of high pressure. earlier the high pressure was here, towards the south—west but it is building towards the uk right now, building towards the uk right now, building on between beast two very wea k building on between beast two very weak weather fronts that are slowing down across our shores. we were sitting in between two weather fronts for most of the day on wednesday. so there is some hazy sunshine here and there. probably more blue sky on thursday. although, southern parts of england will see some cloud but it should be drier and brighter than on wednesday. some cloud coming in on the south—westerly breeze into the north west of scotland. in between, lots of sunshine around. temperatures may bea of sunshine around. temperatures may be a little lower but it will feel pleasa nt be a little lower but it will feel pleasant in the sunshine. 16 in london, probably 14—15 in caerphilly. the temperatures will drop away fairly quickly in the evening under the clear skies. some patchy fog forming across eastern parts of england. this band of rain coming into the north—west as well. ahead of temperatures, down for 5

degrees in some rural areas. a chilly start. the fog slowly lifting across eastern parts of england in the morning. this weakening band of cloud and rain slips its way down towards we nsleydale. cloud and rain slips its way down towards wensleydale. sunshine follows behind across scotland and sunnier and milder weather continuing towards the south—east of england. temperatures 17 or 18. it looks like it'll be quite mild as we head into the weekend. we have the high—pressure, we have this atlantic wind toppling around the top of that area of high pressure and a bit of rain coming into the northern half of scotland. by the end of the day, thatis of scotland. by the end of the day, that is mostly across the north west of scotland. south of that, a bit more mist and fog in the morning across east wales, west midlands, down towards the cheddar gorge. that should lift, plenty of sunshine for england and the last few days. the next weather front, the cold front follows the warm front, this one coming down into scotland and northern ireland. higher pressure towards the south. what we will find

is well sigurdsson rain to begin within scotland and northern ireland on sunday, as the band cloud moves southwards, the rain peters out. so ahead about, temperatures of 16—17 with some sunshine, beginning to turn a bit cooler for scotland and northern ireland. that weak weather front, there is no rain by the end of sunday, then slips away and we draw down some cooler air around the top of the area of high pressure. more of the west north—westerly breeze. light for most areas. maybe a bit more sunshine about more widely but increasing cloud coming into scotland and some outbreaks of rain in the north of scotland. those temperatures will be quite as high on monday. about 11 or 12 degrees. let's look ahead to the outlook. high—pressure is going to be sitting about here on the outlook for next week. that is going to shape our weather. it does mean we will find some areas of cloud, some weather fronts toppling around it. most of the rain across the northern half of the rain across the northern half of the uk. quite a few isobars on the

chart. some strong winds probably coming in. the really cold air is missing us but there will be a bit ofa missing us but there will be a bit of a chill to that breeze as the week goes on. so a cooler breeze probably for next week. probably not mist and fog around, there will be some sunshine around. many places will be dry. most of the rain will be in the north west of scotland. that is it, goodbye. tonight at ten: at the summit in brussels, theresa may urges eu leaders to show more flexibility, in the search for a brexit deal. on her way into the meeting, mrs may said a deal was still achievable and denied suggestions that her own proposals were no longer credible. by working intensively over the next days and weeks, i believe we can achieve a deal — a deal that i believe everybody wants and a deal that is in the interests notjust of the uk, but also of the european union. after the dinner, the prime minister left her fellow leaders to continue the talks, as the time to settle a brexit deal is rapidly running out.

we'll have the latest from brussels. and we'll be getting reaction from business leaders. also tonight... turkish investigators enter the residence of the saudi consul in istanbul, to gather more evidence about the suspected killing of a saudi journalist. chaos on the rail network in parts of southern england and wales,