hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the white house has responded to concerns thatjeff session‘s firing could undermine the mueller investigation. it says it's done everything that's been asked of it. we'll be looking into just why people have concerns about that new acting attorney general. a former us marine has shot dead 12 people in a student bar in california. i was right by the tables on the next floor, and as soon as we heard a shot, we dropped to the floor. my friend was like, "get down", and we were hiding. asia bibi, the pakistani christian woman acquitted of blasphemy, is freed from prison after eight years on death row. but there's confusion over whether she's free to leave the country. and we're in new york where the jurors are picked for the trial of el chapo, the notorious leader of mexico's sinaloa drugs cartel. if you're wondering what impact the sacking ofjeff sessions as us

attorney general will have on mueller investigation, this is the view from the white house. we have not impeded it at all. we had an attorney general who is recused from it, we've now don't have an acting attorney general who is recused from it. nobody wants to prolong it, we've done everything that we've been asked to do. when i say we, i mean the trump team here and outside of the building. as i understand it, 33 individuals who have been called, millions of pieces of paper have been produced. and we will see what mr mueller‘s report says. remember, jeff sessions had recused himself from having any responsibility for the investigation into russian meddling in the us election. he's the 23rd senior staffer or official the president has sacked. late last night, we saw mr sessions leaving the white house to a round of applause

from his colleagues. and this is acting attorney general. matthew whittaker was jeff sessions‘ chief—of—staff. he's also a former football star turned lawyer. and he's a trump loyalist. before joining the department ofjustice, he was a commentator for cnn and and in articles like this, he wrote, "mueller‘s investigation of trump is going too far." last year, he tweeted the investigation is "boring". and here he is on cnn last year. i do still believe that there's not enough evidence here to substantiate an obstruction ofjustice claim, certainly criminal, anyways. and there is no evidence, we would know by now, as much leaking as there has been, if there was collusion between the trump campaign and russian officials. i can see a scenario wherejeff sessions is replaced with a recess appointment, and that attorney general

doesn't fire bob mueller, he just reduces the budget so low that his investigation drags to a halt. and to dwindle his resources. we will have to see if he goes with that option, he now has influence over whether that happens or not. elizabeth warren is a democratic senator for massachusetts. she says, "donald trumps firing ofjeff sessions brings us one step closer to a constitutional crisis. congress must act to ensure that mueller can do his job without interference." top democrats sent this letter to the fbi and cia among other agencies. they want all documents relating to the russia investigation, and ofjeff session‘s sacking, be kept as potential evidence, because they're doing their own investigations. danjohnson dan johnson is danjohnson is in washington, dc. dan, a number of things to sift through here. in terms of the powers

that be acting adjutant —— acting attorney general takes on canada can he act on whatjeff sessions could've done yesterday? everything thatjeff could've done yesterday? everything that jeff sands —— could've done yesterday? everything thatjeff sands —— jeff sessions could've done, because he stepped back from the russian investigation. matthew whitaker does not have a restriction on him. he is now the man ultimately in charge of robert mueller‘s investigation, and as you heard the man himself there speculating, he could. he is now in position to restrict the funding to the investigation, he could sack robert mueller tomorrow if he feels like it, if that is what the president wishes. we don't expect that to happen at least right away, but there is concern that that investigation may not be compromised oi’ investigation may not be compromised or come under pressure. now investigation may not be compromised or come under pressure. now robert mueller is not a man who will give into pressure lately, he has kept the inner workings of this investigation to himself very quietly, but there is a whisper today that he may not be close to publishing his report. now that

could be something at the white house is putting around to try to reassure people that there is no room for pressure to be exerted here because robert mueller it has nearly finished his work. we have not heard that from mueller himself, there have been no leaks from his investigation team whatsoever, we will have to see what his investigation is completed and that report is published. but there is concern not from notjust report is published. but there is concern not from not just from democratic senators, but from republicans. the investigation's independence needs to be guaranteed. stay with me, dan, this is rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general. the mueller inquiry was under his control, not now. one question a lot of people have now is whether donald trump had to appoint a deputy, whether hejust have a different way or whether he is broken protocol? it seems appointing a deputy would have been the automatic choice for interim attorney general, the fact that the president has not done that has

raised some suspicions again, even more so raised some suspicions again, even more so that he has brought in someone more so that he has brought in someone who has been critical of the investigation. there was some speculation that rob rosenstein could be the next person to be fired. that would be pointless now because he has reverted back to being just the deputy, he does not have oversight of this investigation any longer. so in terms of the russia inquiry, he is now effectively irrelevant, there is no need to fire him. but his power has shifted to the matthew whitaker, and thatis shifted to the matthew whitaker, and that is what people are concerned about. i was wanting to ask here's another. the trump administration has suspended the white house press pass of cnn's jim acosta, it's because of this. that's enough. mr president... that's enough. pardon me, ma'am, mr president... that's enough. i tell you what, cnn should be ashamed of itself having you working for them. you are a rude, terrible person. you should be working for cnn. —— shouldn't be working for cnn. go ahead. you're a very rude person,

the way you treat sarah huckabee is horrible. and the way you treat other people are horrible. you shouldn't treat people that way. go ahead. peter, go ahead. injim's defence, i travelled with him in washington, he's a diligent reporter... well i'm not a big fan of yours either, so... i understand. sarah sanders tweeted, "president trump believes in a free press and welcomes tough questions. we will, however, nevertolerate a reporter placing his hands on a young woman." worth reminding ourselves that sarah sanders works for a man who boasted about sexually assaulting women. welljim acosta, "this is a lie." it's quite something that we're having to spend our time looking back at something like this from a presidential press conference, but here we go. we have the president, jim acosta is here with a microphone in his hand. she reaches her right hand across

his left arm. playing it further, you can see that she then moved her left arm to try and take the microphone. at that point, it makes contact with jim acosta's left arm. he doesn't move in her direction at any point. cnn says taking away the press pass "was done in retaliation for his challenging questions at the press conference. in an explanation, press secretary sarah sanders lied and cited an incident that never happened." adding fuel to the fire, sarah huckabee sanders tweeted this video. there is some slowing down and zooming in and in this video. people have been quick to point out this version seems to have been subtly edited to make the situation look worse. that's not verified, and lots of video specialists are saying the proof is not at all conclusive. matt dornic from cnn. "absolutely shameful, @presssec.

you released a doctored video — actual fake news. history will not be kind to you." we can be sure of is that sarah sanders shared a version of the video that had been posted by an editor of infowars, that's a media operation that focuses on conspiracy theories. it says it didn't doctor the footage, and it is hard to see clear proof that it did. in the past, though, it's claimed 9/11 was staged by the us government, and that the sandy hook school massacre was a hoax. so truth is not top of its agenda. people are saying that both president trump and cnn... this is a war that has gone on to this presidency, and in a way, a war that both sides are winning because the more cnn and its reporters take on the president, the bigger their profiles and audience, the more the president confronts them back, which plays into his narrative of the press being fake news and the enemy

of the people. some people are suggesting this was a confrontation where both sides, some think the president had sought out yesterday. that is why he called onjim acosta to even ask a question. jim acosta speaks —— six at his position, not giving up the mike easley, as you saw. but most people are just seeing whatever they wanted to see, even the reporter going too far, perhaps placing an arm in the way of that white house intern, or the intern being the aggressor reaching in and snatching the mic from him. people are seeing it whichever way they see things depending on who they side with naturally. thank you very much, dan. it feels like light years ago, but it was yesterday that we start getting results from the us midterms before jeff sessions was sacked getting results from the us midterms beforejeff sessions was sacked and the extraordinary press conference. in those midterms, the democrats took control of the house of representatives, the lower house of congress. that in the long run will

have a far greater influence on what donald trump can and cannot do as president of america. another mass shooting in america, this time in california, 12 people died. these pictures show police searching the gunman's home. he's been identified as a former us marine. these are pictures of him, police have named him as 28—year—old ian david long. the attack was happened on wednesday evening in a bar in a suburb called thousand oaks, which is about 55km outside of los angeles. here's one survivor. we thought it was a joke, we didn't take it seriously. you freeze because it sounds like firecrackers, and you kind ofjust... like, everyonejust dropped down to the floor, and then... we thought it was a joke. we couldn't get out because the shooting was on that side, so our friends got the bar stools and they started slamming against the window so we could get out. it's ok, ma'am. that's how we were able to get out, they broke the window... this is sergeant ron helus.

he died after being shot as he tried to enter the bar. he's the only victim to be named. take a look at these pictures that came in a short time ago, showing a procession for sergeant helus. his colleague, sheriff geoff dean, held a press conference not long after the attack. sergeant helus died at the... the sergeant passed away at the hospital... about an hour ago. our correspondent james cook is in thousand oaks, and has more on the shooter, ian david long. he had risen to the rank of corporal, he had been a machine gunner, serving in the theatre of afghanistan between 2010—11, and there have been some history of problems. some suggestion that he might have been suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder, a mental health condition which has affected many troops returning from war.

the police had been called to his home last spring, and at that time, he had been agitated, was behaving it in a manner that disturbed people. he had been assessed, and the decision had been taking that he did not need to be taken against his will into the custody of mental health services. clearly there will now be an investigation into whether or not more could have been done to foresee what happened here, but the information that is coming out so far suggests that this was a damaged mind who went on to inflict much more horrific damage on the people in his own community. stay with us on outside source, still to come. the pakistani christian woman acquitted of blasphemy, is freed from prison after eight years on death row. so what now for asia bibi? we will bring you right up to date. the prince of wales has said he'll

keep his views on controversial issues to himself when he becomes king, in a bbc documentary to mark his 70th birthday. here's a clip from the programme. as he wanted, the prince did squeeze in the visit to the great barrier reef. he flew into the island at the southern end, where the reef is in better shape than the warmer waters further north. coral reefs have been a major part of his long—running campaign on climate change. you must understand the vital importance of all these remarkable natural ecosystems. they are our life support system. do think we have begun to turn the corner now? we are running out of time. the necessary action hasn't been taken yet, has it? that's the problem. and i cannot believe that we are simply not

paying attention to science. they accepted every other aspect of modern existence, the evidence, but apparently not climate change. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story. in the us, the democrats are warning of a constitutional crisis after president trump fired his attorney general last night. let's bring you some of the main stories from bbc world service. at least 47 people have died in the east of zimbabwe after two buses collided. an eyewitness told local media that one of the buses was trying overtake a lorry. that's from bbc afrique. the us supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has been hospitalised after fracturing three ribs. she fell while she was in court on wednesday. ms ginsburg is 85, and is the court's most liberaljudge. around 400 buffalos have drowned after stampeding into the chobe river along the border between botswana and namibia. it's thought the animals were running away from three lions,

which had been seen in the area. that's one of the most read stories on our website. pakistani officials are denying reports that asia bibi has left the country. she's the christian woman who has been on death row for eight years after being convicted of blasphemy. her conviction was quashed recently, and we're now told she has been released but is in in a secret location in islamabad. this is why it has to be secret. these were protests today by islamists. these were peaceful. but last week, other protests weren't. we saw schools closed, and the pakistani government agreed to the demand that asia bibi should not be able to leave pakistan. things then got confusing. there were reports she had left the country, those were based on comments from her lawyer.

but she hadn't. and the government condemned the claim as "extremely irresponsible." we've also heard from one of asia bibi's family friends. asia bibi is with herfamily, but until now, she is separated because she is under higher protection. so far, as we know, she was able only to speak with her husband. and she didn't meet her daughters yet, but they are finally together, and they are waiting to... to go out of pakistan, but this morning, they were still in pakistan. this may not be the end of the matter. the government hasn't changed its position that she can't leave, and it's petitioning forjudges to review the case. this may go on within the justice

system. this is the analsysis of karachi writer reema abbasi in karachi. the government must absolutely stand by the supreme court, and asia bibi and the verdict. it should not give him mob the right to decide to take the writ of law in their hands. that is what this boils down to. a number of western countries are understood to have offered asia bibi and herfamily asylum. her lawyer has already fled pakistan after receiving death threats. he's now in the netherlands. asia can still move anywhere she likes, and she is not detained in pakistan because of the review perdition. she is there that somebody from outside some countries should make a request that we want to take asia bibi, and i'm sure that this is delayed

because of the outside word, as nobody has stepped forward to take asia and her family out of the country. farhat javed from bbc‘s urdu service has more. during a weekly press briefing here in the foreign office, asia bibi is a free woman and she can go anywhere, but he also referred to the review perdition that has been sired against the supreme court's decision that she was set free, he referred to this review perdition, saying that after all the legal proceedings and what the court decides next on whether she can leave the country. so there is a big question mark here, and it seems that the government is also waiting for the review perdition to be taken up by the court, and only then that would she be able to leave the country, although she is free to move anywhere. now the us central bank, the federal reserve, as expected,

has just left rates on hold in a range of two to 2.25%. this was the response from one futures trader... "snooze fest". so should we care? short answer is yes. here's a longer answer from samira hussain, new york. sell this one to us, why should eve ryo ne sell this one to us, why should everyone around the world be paying attention? well it is a little bit more than the snooze fest that you referred to. this particular industry decision was not really a surprise. but what is more interesting is what the federal reserve actually said in its statement, and they‘ re reserve actually said in its statement, and they're saying things like the us labour market is doing really well, the us economy is doing really well, the us economy is doing really well, the us economy is doing really well, and what that means is that we are probably going to be

seeing interest rates rising. now many people believe we will be seeing a rise come december before the end of the year, but even more crucially, we will see a bunch of them next year. so everyone will be watching for that. the other thing thatis watching for that. the other thing that is interesting to note is that this time we got that note via the press release. from here on in, any time there is a rate decision, there'll be a press conference, which is not something we have seen before. before we only saw a few press co nfe re nces , before. before we only saw a few press conferences, and out every time there is a great decision, there'll be a press conference. samira hussain is in new york. now to a development in the long—running investigation into the theft of billions of dollars from imdb, a malaysian state fund. earlier this month, we learnt that two goldman sachs bankers had been charged by us prosecutors in relation to the case. well now, it's emerged that goldman sachs' former chief executive lloyd blankfein was at a key meeting with the pair. our business reporter leisha sa ntorelli made sense of it for me. well this time, one of wall street's

most powerful men has become caught up most powerful men has become caught up in this one scandal. i'm talking about goldman sachs's former chief executive, lord blake fine. according to reports from the financial times and bluebird bluebird, he actually met with the malaysian businessman at the centre of this massive scandal, as well as one of the senior officials who was actually —— have actually pled guilty to these charges levied on him by the us department ofjustice. so they all met together with malaysia's former prime minister in 2009 in new york. goldman sachs has a lot of questions to ask as to how much top executives at the firm knew about imbd and what was actually going on. as we discussed the last time, two former goldman sachs bankers, two very senior bankers, one of them has pled guilty to

things such as bribing officials in abu dhabi and malaysia in order to win business. and we have this interesting dynamic where the americans are investigating, and the malaysians are also investigating qv is yellow absolutely, this is an investigation taking place in many parts of the world. for today's revelations about blankfein being at this meeting in 2009, goldman sachs has declined to report on those reports, but its new executive gave an interview to bloomberg television, saying that he felt very distressed and that it was horrible that two former goldman employees blata ntly that two former goldman employees blatantly disregarded the company compliance and controls. goldman sachs also filed something with us regulators saying that they could face penalties in relation to the imbd sketch —— scandal, so goldman sachsis imbd sketch —— scandal, so goldman sachs is preparing forfurther investigations into the role and how billions of dollars was siphoned off from this malaysian development fund. so currently the picture is

looking good, but ijust did a quick check, goldman sachs's stock is doing just fine. i'm not sure whether i should be worried about this. the xinhua news agency in china has developed an artificial intelligence news presenter. it's ready to take over at any time on any day. here he is. hello everyone. this is my very first day. my voice and appearance are modelled on a real anchor. and he'll even work with regular presenters. here you go. seediness pot which one is the actual human and which one is the ai. pretty convincing, person is on the left, but it's not that easy to spot. xinhua says the ai presenters can work in social media or on video streams, and it argues this will reduce costs, particular when there's breaking news. that ai presenter is in action from today. not everyone's convinced.

michael wooldridge, university of oxford. "it's quite difficult to watch for more than a few minutes. it's very flat, very single—paced." i'm sure that applies to a few of us, too. noel sharkey, professor of artificial intelligence at the university of sheffield. "good first effort... the problem is that it could be very dull". it's a danger we all dance with, though as you've made it to the end of the show, i'm hoping we avoided that description. we'll be back with an investigation special into the murder ofjamal khashoggi. we will also bring you the latest on brexit, as well. i'll was even a couple of minutes. hello, temperatures across southern

states of the us are about to take a tumble. the cold air already in place across canada, many northern and central states are sliding their way southwards. where you get this contrast between the cold and much warmerair isa contrast between the cold and much warmer air is a perfect recipe for storms. they continue, torrential rain and thunderstorms on this almost stationary front. you could be forgiven for thinking further west it looks quieter, and it is mainly dry. but we have strong santa ana winds across california, which will enhance the wildfire risk here over the next few days. meanwhile back east, an area of low pressure across canada, stretching down into parts of new england, bringing some significant snowfall for the weekend. notjust snow, but strong winds, as well, meaning we will see blizzards. across to europe, this front of wind and rain to the british isles on friday, citing its way eastwards across france and into scandinavia through saturday. you can see it is very unsettled across the western side of europe. further

east, high pressure, mainly dry, temperatures not as high as they have been in the last few days. across africa, we want to draw your eye did this area of rain. tropical cyclone lcd, north of madagascar are, likely to weaken over the next few days. but potentially can still bring some heavy rain and strong winds to the of madagascar as we head to the latter part of the weekend and into next week. so we need to keep an eye on that. meanwhile, temperatures turning to rise across the western tip of africa. torrential rain and flooding across parts of the middle east, particularly kuwait. more showers are to come as we head to the weekend, working their way eastwards across saudi arabia. further torrential rain is in place, such as the nature of showers. we had a lot of heavy rain across other parts of india. slowly due next week, that rain starts to ease away, but there are still some rain warnings in place as we head to the weekend. in the meantime, we're keeping an eye

on this area of rain, which is actually connected to the system bringing heavy rain across thailand. that is working its way into the bay of bengal, eventually clearing its way into southern thailand. but i'm sure you can see plenty of showers across indonesia and malaysia, many more showers than we normally expect this time of year. good start to the weekend on unsettled note. some showers pulling away from the east coast, affecting northeastern parts of australia, but things are starting to quiet down across new zealand after what was a very u nsettled zealand after what was a very unsettled week. back to the uk, you can see what is happening on friday. this system working in from the atla ntic this system working in from the atlantic will bring some strong winds and heavy rains slowly eastwards through the day on friday. a fairly unsettled weekend, but all the details and whether for the week ahead and a half an hour. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the white house has responded to concerns thatjeff sessions‘ firing could undermine the mueller investigation. it says it's done everything that's been asked of it. we'll be looking into just why

people have concerns about that new acting attorney general. democrats are saying anything the towards a constitutional crisis. a former us marine has shot dead 12 people in a student bar in california. his motive is unknown. i was right by the tables on the dance floor, and as soon as we heard shots, we hit the floor. my friend was like, "get down!" and we were hiding. asia bibi, the pakistani christian woman acquitted of blasphemy, is freed from prison after eight years on death row. but there's confusion over whether she's free to leave the country. and we have a special report from our colleagues at bbc arabic investigating the background in saudi arabia itself to the killing ofjournalist jamal khashoggi. we start this half with a special report

by our colleagues in bbc arabic. they've been investigating the background in saudi arabia itself to the killing ofjournalist jamal khashoggi. one of those alleged to have been involved is a man called saud al qahtani, the former media adviser to the crown prince and described by some as his enforcer. he has since been demoted by the regime. but was this the first suspicious death he'd been implicated in? here's joelle naayem. in november 2017, the saudi elite was gripped by panic. the crown prince mohammed bin salman ordered more than 200 princes, businessmen and government officials to be detained at a luxury ritz—carlton hotel in riyadh. it was described as an anti—corruption drive. back then, mbs, as he is also known, was talked of almost as a saudi robin hood. the bbc interviewed journalist jamal khashoggi about the event. i think we necessarily shouldn't

give him the benefit of the doubt. yes, we need to punish corruption, but it is being done by one—man rule. khashoggi's concerns tended to be supported by the allegations emerging from the ritz—carlton. allegations that detainees had not just been stripped of their wealth, some had also been tortured. a secret informant inside the kingdom tells bbc that khashoggi's murder was not the first killing to be carried out by people close to the crown prince mohammed bin salman. he says one man, a major general, was beaten to death. we cannot independently verify the story, but it tallies released with a couple of other accounts of what took place. translation: his interrogator beat in the face with a clock and he fell to the floor. they poured water on him, but he did not get up. his heart stopped.

a lawyer who's worked for several princes, who is also a critic of the saudi regime, says he heard says he heard about this murder from those close to the general. he says the general‘s attackers believed he held damaging information about the crown prince and his circle. he described the information as a black box. translation: they intended to kill this man because he was a black box for many things. this is one of the theories about jamal khashoggi's killing. that he was also a black box because of the long—time association he had with the saud family. the bbc reached out to the crown prince's office whether bin salman had ever sanctioned torture and killing.

the events at the ritz—carlton revealed how saudi arabia carried out its anti—corruption drive. but what about those regarded as political dissidents? they were the targets of an all—saudi unit of 50 officers formed in the summer of 2018. that is according to the bbc source in saudi arabia who has a relative on the squad. they call this the tiger team. the source also says the 15 men who carried out the khashoggi murder were part this unit. this man is a well—known critic of the saudi leadership, now living in london. he claims to know about the tiger team. it was supposed to target and kill dissidents outside the country and inside the country. people who the regime does not want fuss to be made about their arrests. saudi arabia has stated that the operation was carried out by a team acting without the knowledge or authorisation of the royal court. however, the saudis themselves now say this saud al qahtani,

a trusted servant of mbs, accused in the involvement of the ritz—carlton abuses, was one of those in charge of the team who killed khashoggi in istanbul. according to friends of the journalist who spoke to the bbc arabic, he had been pressured to murder everyone by phone and text. bbc arabic has also established that the saudi attack has not been back to his offices to do the khashoggi. saudi media say he has been fired. the saudi government has told bbc is investigation into the khashoggi death will be... saudi arabia's recent actions have attracted massive global attention, most of it hostile. ironically, jamal khashoggi's death

has subjected the saudi government and the man who runs it to the sort of scrutiny nothing he wrote could ever have achieved. joelle naayem, bbc news. much more on our website in english and arabic. time for a brexit update. we're still waiting to see if the uk cabinet will sign up to an agreement on the terms of the uk's withdrawal. today, the foreign secretary was asked how close we were to a deal with the eu. i think seven days is probably pushing it, but i am optimistic. i'm optimistic that there will be a brexit deal, but i wouldn't want to be drawn on a specific timescale. that timescale is getting shorter and shorter if theresa may wants a deal done with the eu by the end of november. that's because once she gets her own cabinet to agree to her deal, that then has to be accepted by the european council. so a summit will have to be organised with all the heads of eu member states.

the big sticking point, as it has been for some time now, concerns the irish border, and the nature of the backstop for it. the backstop is a way of avoiding a hard border if customs arrangements cannot be agreed by the eu and the uk by the end of the transition period in december 2020. at the moment, not even the uk cabinet can agree on how long that backstop should last or whether one side should be able to pull out unilaterally. here's one view, that of the international trade secretary. we have an instruction from our voters to leave the european union. that decision can't be subcontracted to somebody else. that needs to be an issue for a sovereign british government to be able to determine. worth saying the irish government said earlier this week it completely rejects that option. jonathan blake live in westminster.

the focus is theresa may lining up the cabinet first. she is and get them ona the cabinet first. she is and get them on a side. she has to reveal at some point that final 5% of how she and the eu see the backstop issue being worked out. and that will form the missing piece of the jigsaw for the missing piece of the jigsaw for the withdrawal agreement, which is only stage one in the negotiation, the terms of britain's exit from the eu before he can go on to flesh out and start learning about in detail the future trading relationship. but liam fox as you heard there is keen on the uk being able to withdraw from that backstop mechanism as and when it wanted to. there are others in canada who feel differently and it may well be that some of them and feel that they cannot sign up to whatever the final plan is. and in that scenario, they will have a very big decision to make as to whether

they want to stay in theirjob or not. stay with us please. moving from the irish border to the french—uk one. the brexit secretary dominic raab has been taken to task over comments he made about the dover—calais crossing. here they are. we make clear that we want a bespoke arrangement on goods that recognises the peculiar, frankly, geographic economic entity that is the united kingdom. we are, and i hadn't quite understood the full extent of this, but if you look at the uk and you look at how we're trading goods, we're particularly reliant on the dover—calais crossing. and that is one of the reasons why, and there's been a lot of controversy about this, but that is one of the reasons why we wanted to make sure that we have a specific and very proximate relationship with the eu to ensure frictionless trade at the border. so saying he did not realise the full extent the dover— calais route was playing. nicky morgan's, prominent

anti—brexit conservative, response to this incident was "gulp, #enoughsaid". she was not overly impressed. i guess in the scheme of things, looking at breaks, these kind of comments will not be too high profile but they do not help, do they? no, they do not. i think if they? no, they do not. i think if the bridges are to terry had a chance again, he might have chosen his words a little differently. some pointing out that this was an hour—long session with questions and answers and this is one sentence within that. he was talking about mitigating the risks of an nobilo brexit and this is necessarily represent a lack of understanding. some saying it has been taken out of context that does not stop its opponents and coming on and using it to have a pop am. the shadow brexit minister saying that this shows it is not even understand the basics about brexit. i am sure he would refute that given the chance. but something of a side issue and there is no doubt that the port of dover and the route between dover and

calais is a hugely important and hugely significant in britain's tray with the rest of the european union and have to manage that after brexit is indeed a big consideration. always appreciate your help, but you very much indeed. stay with us on outside source. this man is launching a legal battle to change his birth date to make him 20 years younger. he reckons it'll help him score more dates on tinder. we have the story. the prince of wales has said he'll keep his views on controversial issues to himself when he becomes king. in a bbc documentary to mark his 70th birthday, he says he recognises being heir to the throne and head of state are two different roles. the bbc‘s royal correspondent nicholas witchell has the details. for italy have a century now,

charles and strive to make a difference for the better. for —— as prince of wales, he is camping on the environment, youth activities, architecture to name the comp —— causes he is pursued. but as he approaches pursued. betsy burgess is better than anyone that a new role beckons. when he succeeds to the throne, his public interventions must stop. but can the passionate prints transition to a monarch who does not meddle? into not‘s documenter, charles says he and will. it is vital to documenter, charles says he and will. it is vitalto recall there is only room for one sovereign at a time, not to. so you cannot be the same as the sovereign if you are the prince of wales or the air. but the ideas that i am going to go on at the same way if i had to succeed is com plete the same way if i had to succeed is complete nonsense because the two situations are completely different. clearly, i will not be able to the

same things as air so of course you operate with because additional parameters. the constitutional conventions are clear. the british monarch should not make public interventions as charles is now accepted. but a king or queen can encourage or reward but that must be done privately to the prime minister. slowly but surely, the way it's been prepared for the moment when the crown passes from a monarch noted for her discretion to a prince who until now has never been slow to speak out. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: in the us, the democrats are warning of a constitutional crisis after president trump fired his attorney general last night. the united nations has announced plans to double its food aid

to yemen to avert mass starvation. the un's world food programme said the situation was worsening so fast that it was preparing to feed 14 million people. the us supreme courtjustice ruth bader ginsburg has been hospitalised after fracturing three ribs. she fell while she was in court on wednesday. ms ginsburg is 85 and is the court's most liberaljudge. around 400 buffalos have drowned after stampeding into the chobe river along the border between botswana and namibia. it's thought the animals were running away from three lions which had been seen in the area. the jury has been selected for the trial of el chapo. he's the leader the infamous sinaloa drugs cartel in mexico. security measures mean this will be one of the most expensive trials in us history. el chapo is facing charges including murder and trafficking. this was when he was

captured in 2016. they'd got him before, but he escaped prison in mexico twice, once in 2001 when he hid in a laundry basket. he was recaptured in 2014, but escaped soon after, this time through this mile—long tunnel which his men built right underneath his cell. prosecutors say he has a history of intimidating or ordering the murders of potential witnesses. his lawyers deny this. all 12 jurors will remain anonymous and will be escorted to and from court by us marshals. reportedly, when one woman learnt she was picked as a juror, she wept. you can understand why. the trial will begin in new york next week. gerardo lissardy from bbc mundo. well, the security measures for this courthouse in brooklyn are really exceptional.

i can see a lot of policemen, some heavily armed and even using bomb sniffing dogs in building. the roads to access the courthouse are of course very tight and also the judge of the case has been taking some special measures like approving an anonymous jury and having the jurors escorted by us marshals. the 12 anonymous jurors for the trial were already chosen this first week. but they were not sworn in yet. some of those who were most notorious during the process, including an impersonator of michael jackson or a man who mentioned he likes a sandwich or bagel called the el chapo were discarded because of fears they could be identified somehow. today, due to security concerns, thejudge rejected a request by el chapo's for his wife to greet him and embraced his beauty

queen well before the opening statements begin next week. it is important to remember that he has been held in solitary confinement in manhattan after twice escaping from prison in mexico. but even though the judge said his conduct injoe has been exemplary, he found that granting him permission to greet and hug his wife could help him co—ordinate an escape from prison or direct an attack against cooperating witnesses. now what punishment could be given to el chapo if he is found guilty? he is facing a life sentence. el chapo is a man who is now 61 years old. he is considered the biggest drug lord in the us, that the us has ever extradited and now tried. he was for years the most wanted man in the us after the death of osama bin laden. he was the leader of the mexican sinaloa cartel and he is accused of smuggling more than 155 signs of cocaine and other drugs into the us over 25 years.

so if convicted, el chapo is likely to spend the rest of his life behind bars in a maximum securityjail in united states. and just one question about the cartel that he used to lead, it is still incredibly powerful in mexico, isn't it? despite him being in prison in the us. yes, it is. there was a lot of violence also after el chapo was after extradited to the us and some people are questioning why if you have the leader of this cartel in the us, you still have all this violence happening in mexico and attributed to the same cartel that he used to lead? the bbc produces news in over 40 languages of these days. you can find is in all different one which is at the website including from bbc

mundo in spanish. it's already one of the world's most polluted cities, but air quality in delhi has deteriorated severely after the number of fireworks set off to mark diwali, the hindu festival of lights. take a look at these images of the city taken the day before and the day after celebrations. you can see the difference. here's another. fireworks were set off despite a recent supreme court ruling limiting their use. monitors at the us embassy in the indian capital recorded pollution readings more than ten times the level considered safe. here's the bbc‘s andrew plant in delhi. head out anywhere in delhi today and the pollution is all too obvious. we don'tjust see it, the haze on the horizon, but you also feel it, in your nose, in your mouth are particularly in your eyes if you are wearing contact lenses. now today is notorious

here for having poor air quality. it is the day after the diwali festival. the air quality safe levels are set by the world health health organisation at 25. that is part of pollutant per cubic metre of air. look on the monitoring stations here in delhi today, and the best you find is about 200, about eight times the safe level. that is described as unhealthy. while some places in the 300 level, which is described as very unhealthy. and some around 500 or more, which is described as hazardous. at an event this morning, some of those registered at 999, which is basically described as off the scales. so the true reading is not even known. the supreme court tried to put a partial ban on fireworks safety book can only put them off at 8pm and ebm at night and reduce the amount of smoke produced in settling overnight in the city. we heard lots set off yesterday before and well after

those hours past midnight, taken as a vehicle openly flouting the ban. but it is not really firecrackers that are causing this pollution problem. it is things like the infrastructure, the poor road layout and the very, very clotted traffic jams that you get here, too, and also an accident of geography. this city is a landlocked, very low light, almost in a bowl and surrounded by some huge industrial factories and also the sum of year, fathers day to burning stubble and setting light to fields after they been harvested and all of those things add up to some of the very worst air quality anywhere in the world. this is emile ratelband, a 69—year—old dutchman who's going to court in hopes to legally lower his age to 49. why? because he thinks this will improve his chances with women on the dating app tinder. the positivity trainer says with his face and a younger age, he'll be in a "luxurious position". bbc‘s anna holligan has this one.

well, emile ratelband is a positivity speaker and a motivational guru. and in this case, there are people here who are saying he is having a laugh, but actually the 69—year—old is entirely serious. so he has gone to court to get the judges to officially amend his age from 69 to 49 because he believes that will improve his life chances and also he says that he has been discriminated against on the basis of his age. he believes it will be easier for him to find work, to get a new house and new car and women if he was 20 years younger. he also points out that here in the netherlands, people can go to court to change their names, even change their gender, so why should he not be able to change his age? he talks about the doctors,

he said doctors had said he has the body of a 45—year—old and described himself and described himself as a young guy. now this would be the first case of its kind here in the netherlands if he wins. the judges though have been pretty sceptical, asking what happens to the first 20 years of his life? should thatjust be erased? he says he is a pioneer in many fields so why not this one? he's also promised to revoke is a dutch state pension, saying it is more about the women and the life chances than the money and the judges are expected to rule in about four weeks' time. when they do, we will tell you how he gets on. let's remind you of what is going on in washington. if you're wondering what impact the sacking ofjeff sessions as us attorney general will have on mueller investigation, this is the view from the white house. democrats saying this... of course, robert mueller is a mess

collusion from the donald trump campaign and a rusher. that is the man taking over, matthew whitaker. he used to be an american football player and is now a lawyer and was a commentatorfor cnn player and is now a lawyer and was a commentator for cnn and when player and is now a lawyer and was a commentatorfor cnn and when he player and is now a lawyer and was a commentator for cnn and when he was a commentatorfor commentator for cnn and when he was a commentator for cnn, he commentator for cnn and when he was a commentatorfor cnn, he said a number of critical things about the investigation so they will be interesting to see if he puts any of those criticisms in the place. democrats have also written a letter to the fbi saying look after all that documentation with a reference to the robert mueller investigation. what's going on, we will see you next week. thank you for watching, bye— bye. good evening. take a look at the weather a bit further ahead.

what was a tale of two halves thursday, glorious in the east. with a lot of rain in western part of wales, milford haven had nearly 40 mm of rain. and for the coming day, the heavier rain be more widespread and the winds will be stronger. why? because we had this huge area of low pressure sat in the eastern atlantic. it will dominate our weather the coming few days and this will lead to widespread rain. with the severe gales it will be unpleasant into the rows. further 805, when you're an cloudy and largely dry. moving 5lowly through norman allen and a rise in the afternoon. even in the east and the gu5t5 around 40 mph and 60 or 70 in expo5ed

gu5t5 around 40 mph and 60 or 70 in exposed areas to the west. very u nsettled exposed areas to the west. very unsettled weather to end the week. why turbulent you might say. that whether to send acro55 why turbulent you might say. that whether to send across the eastern side of england and scotland through friday night into saturday with all that cloud and wendy temperatures holding up in lots of showers falling behind because the area of high pressure 5tays li5t falling behind because the area of high pressure 5tays list of the week and you see just how vast it is. driving the weather acro55 much of we5tern driving the weather acro55 much of western europe right the way down into spain and portugal. for our5elve5, into spain and portugal. for ourselves, as a system finally clears, you may drag its heels in the south and east of it we open to the south and east of it we open to the south—westerly winds of throbbing in showers to southern and western areas and given the strength of the way, not as strong as product but at the push the showers eastwards and do not think many will escape. similar story for armistice day on sunday because you still have that low—pressure driving those hours in. some areas was way but others will get shower after shower. not especially cold but ten to 14 degrees is a bit above average but it will not be very pleasant

standing outside in those showers. there will still be with us in the west is the go into monday. by monday, some potentialfor some more persistent rain to pass close by to the south and east of some uncertainty under the cover monday but what it does look like it's it it will stay unsettled. we will stay in this is the weather picture with the southwest coming out of it when a drum of this of low pressure and thatis a drum of this of low pressure and that is because the jet stream is strung across the middle latitudes of the moment so. driving those lopressor is our way towards a way of the british isles but then as time goes by towards the middle of the way, the jet stream starts to be and a bid for the software is matt low starts to feel and certainly it becomes less indeed, less angry if you like. join fewer systems are white and instead the jet stream is northwards and it allows therefore high pressure to pull in and across the uk. that is the changing face of autumn if you like. we have the rain and the gales of the moment which we are likely to replace with foggy weather potentially into the middle

of next week and beyond. we often, and it anti—cyclonic gloom because you have that high pressure above trapping all the moisture at lower levels and there are foggy mornings that her into rather gloomy after this. there are warnings out because of the turbulent weather ahead and the details are on the website. tonight at ten — the soaring cost of treating type 2 diabetes, and the threat to the future of the nhs. the condition, linked to obesity, now affects more than 3.5 million people across the uk, and the numbers are increasing sharply. this is nobody‘s fault but mine. i don't blame doctors, i don't blame surgeons, i don't blame anybody but myself. if i'd done what i'd been told, i wouldn't have been in this situation. as doctors advise more exercise and a healthier diet, they're concerned at the ever—rising numbers of prescriptions being written. the complications of diabetes are devastating, as far as trying to continue with the life that you've had before. and i think that's what people don't necessarily realise when they hear about type 2 diabetes.

we'll have the latest figures, as experts say that diabetes is now taking up 10% of the total nhs budget. also tonight...