hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the uk is due to leave the european union in under 12 weeks time — but mps in parliament have made one way out a lot more difficult. the ayes to the right, 303. the no‘s to the left, 296. a defeat for the government means leaving without a deal has become harder — forcing theresa may to seek parliament's approval for any new taxes to pay for it. president trump's preparing to make a national address. his administration says the situation at the us border with mexico amounts to an humanitarian and security crisis. london heathrow airport was forced to temporarily halt departures earlier, because of a reported drone sighting. and in germany, a member of the far—right afd party has been beaten unconscious by three masked men. a no deal brexitjust

got much less likely. the government has just been defeated in parliament, with mps voting for an ammendment designed to thwart preparations for a no—deal brexit. these were the scenes at parliament a couple of hours ago. border. border. —— order, order. border. border. -- order, order. the ayes to the right, 303. the no's to the left, 296. thank you. the ayes

to the right, 303. the no's to the left, 296. so, the ayes had it, the ayes have it. unlock. so, with a 7—vote majority, they have passed an amendment to the finance bill that will limit spending on no—deal preparations unless authorised by parliament. the significance of this is — as the spectator‘s james forsyth points out: that while "the victory for the cooper no deal amendment doesn't change that much, but it does show that there is a majority in the commons to frustrate a ‘no deal‘ brexit." and another important point which the political editor of the sun makes: "0uch. division list reveals 20 tory mps voted against the govt — including 17 former ministers, 7 of them cabinet level." let's speak to peter saull in westminster.

i guess all sides are spinning this to fit their narrative at the moment. yes, i think it is probably helpful to talk about the chronology here. this time next week mps will be voting on the deal that theresa may had negotiated with the european union. if that does not get through parliament as seems to be likely at the moment, then the default position is brittle leaves the european union without a deal. according to this though tonight it seems pretty clear that the majority of mps do not want that to happen, but this amendment does not stop that happening. all it does is say to theresa may, look, we got the numbers here and we're going to do oui’ numbers here and we're going to do our utmost to present —— prevent it. in the event of an 0dile brexit the government may want to spend extra money on things like border officials, things like that to try to mitigate the effect of it, but in order to raise taxes or make spending cuts elsewhere, to do that, then they would have to put it again toa then they would have to put it again to a vote in parliament, were potentially extend the article 50 brexit processed by a few months as well. both of those scenarios for

obvious reasons are things the government in the uk would want to avoid, but it is another political blow for theresa may after a series of blows for her premiership in recent months. stay with us peter, a couple of other elements of the story to consider. while that's playing out in westminster, the government has been running radio adverts to prepare people for brexit. here's one. will my travel be affected when we leave the eu? what about documents for driving? will mobile roaming change? along with the ad campaign, there's also this website offering advice on how to prepare for brexit. in its advice for businesses, it says the government is working twoards a deal, but without a deal, businesses may need to take action before 29 march 2019. —— towards. which, peter, mayjust be putting it mildly. i guess the problem with dealing with offering advice to

businesses or other people is it is ha rd to offer businesses or other people is it is hard to offer advice when you don't know what is going to happen. absolutely, no one knows exactly what is going to happen here in the uk in the next few months, but the government says it is simply the responsible thing to do to prepare for all events well it is, hence why some of those adverts are going out today. there'll be more we are told in the coming days as well, there'll be information online for eu citizens living in the uk, what it all might mean for them in the event ofa all might mean for them in the event of a no—deal brexit. i think politically theresa may has to be seen politically theresa may has to be seen to be taking the prospect is —— the prospect of no deal seriously because she still hoping to get some concessions, some extra bits of language from the european union on that deal to help win over some of those wavering mps in the next few days, and also because it is perhaps the strongest argument that she has and she's made this argument again too concerned mps in a meeting this evening, that if they do not back her deal, than the alternative is no

deal and a sure—fire way to avoid no deal and a sure—fire way to avoid no deal is to back the prime minister. peter, let's also talk about a story we are covering this time yesterday —— were covering this time yesterday concerning the treatment of bmp. gas concerning the treatment of bmp. gas concerning the treatment of bmp. gas concerning the treatment of an mp. yesterday we reported on mp anna soubry. she was giving an interview to the bbc when this happened. ido i do object to be calling a nazi, actually stop the right. apologies if you're offended by what you are listening to. ijust think if you're offended by what you are listening to. i just think this if you're offended by what you are listening to. ijust think this is astonishing. this is what is happening to our country. anyway, let's try and move on and be positive about things. then after the interview, anna soubry was harrangued on her walk back into parliament. we're told that the speaker of the commons has asked the head of the london police force to look into the incident. also, at least 115 mps have called on police to improve their response to abusive protesters outside parliament. the police say they are assessing whether any

crimes had been committed. 0ne one of the things that is interesting about this, peter, is that while no one wants anyone to be hurt, there are other people that they look there is freedom of speech issues here and you ought to be able to chat whatever you like whether it is outside parliament or not. that is outside parliament or not. that is the balancing act for the police. 0n is the balancing act for the police. on one side they want to the right to process —— protest peacefully but also meant to protect mps from the kind of abuse and harassment we saw there. i have to say, outside in westminster at the moment it is pretty febrile and it has been for some weeks. the overwhelming majority of protesters there and you have pro—brexit and anti—brexit protesters that stand by the side of the road asking cars to honk at them as they drive past. they have been largely doing that very peacefully without any real problems. there is a small group that do appear to be causing some issues. we do not know

if this is related to what has been happening in recent days, but tonight the police have arrested an intruder at the entrance to the houses of parliament at carriage gate. they say it is not terror related but clearly someone inside and it was quickly stopped in his tracks and ta ken and it was quickly stopped in his tracks and taken away by the police but again, what goes to showjust how difficult an atmosphere we have here in westminster at the moment. peter, thank you. 0ver over to us politics. 9pm in the evening us time, donald trump will give a televised address later. that's because partial shutdown of the us government has reached day 18. at the core of this stand—off, is the president's demand for $5 billion to fund a wall on the border with mexico — and congress‘ refusal to sign the money off. this is vice president mike pence earlier. nearly 60,000 people over the past several months have attempted to come into our country illegally, but for the first time the predominant number are families and

unaccompanied children, and it simply is overwhelming the ability of our customs and border patrol. i spoke to katty kay in washington for her thoughts on president trump's address: i guess it is all part of a pr strategy. you speak from the oval office, that automatically has quite a lot of clout. american television networks will all carry this, bumping their own primetime dramas and comedy shows and sitcoms. they'll be showing the president instead, and millions of people will turn in and listen to the president, and if the president feels that he can sway public opinion, that could potentially put pressure on democrats to do a deal with him. whether any of that happens, i'm not quite sure, because opinion polls consistently show that aof -- a majority of americans, don't want a border wall, so he has a huge uphill battle to do tonight in the space of eight minutes on television, if he really wants to turn around public opinion enough to try and persuade democrats

who are themselves feeling pretty adamant that they do not want to co—operate with the president on this one. and in terms of what he may seek to give us, presumably this is more about the arguments around the border than it is the nitty—gritty of how this project or that project is funded within congress. yes. i think this is all about the border, and what we have heard from the vice president over the last two days, what we've heard from the president himself over the last few days, that there isa crisis on the southern border with mexico. most of the facts and numbers of immigrants coming in all suggest there is not a crisis, but the administration is saying this is a humanitarian crisis, a security crisis, it needs urgently addressing. in fact, the numbers of immigrants coming across that border has been declining over the last few years, but that will be what the message is from the president because he wants to whip up that same kind of response that he gets when he is out there in those rallies that you have heard a lot. we have played them a lot on the programme. all of that response of build the wall, build a wall, that is what he wants to get. the problem from tonight is that he is on teleprompter, he is speaking

directly to camera, there is no applause in the room, it is not necessarily a format which he particularly enjoys. stay with us for a couple of minutes, because this is notjust about politics, it is about people, and it is estimated that 800,000 federal workers are being affected by the shutdown. some of them are not going to get paid this week because of it. we also know there are estimates that 39,000 mortgage applications have already been delayed. let me show you these pictures from la guardia airport in new york a little earlier. we have seen increased waiting times, in fact that has happened at other airports too, and unpaid workers are reported to be calling in sick. some workers have been deemed essential, so they are working without pay, others are being placed on temporary leave while all of this is playing out. this is jamie rodney, who is one of them. it is absolutely devastating for our lives. i am in a dual income earning middle—class family. my husband and i are a team. we require both of our incomes in order to make our life, which is that of a normal middle—class

american family work. 0ur mortgage is due next thursday, daycare, preschool, for our three—year—old is due, bills for our car, insurance, everything, you name it. groceries, gas, what are we going to do? how am i going to get my thousands of dollars, my paycheck covered? donald trump says this wall is necessary to deal with illegal immigration. as just katty‘s just alluded to, government data suggest the problem has gone down significantly. in recent years. here a graph that shows monthly apprehensions, people taken into shows monthly apprehensions, people ta ken into custody shows monthly apprehensions, people taken into custody as they come across the border since the beginning of the century and you can see in 2000 is well over 200000 and it has come down and down and down until we have come up to 2018. as you heard from mike pence they're putting the emphasis on the number of families and miners who are being

detained as they try and cross. 0n that we can say in april of last year overfamilies were that we can say in april of last year over families were taken into custody, in may of 2014 the figure was higher. 0ver custody, in may of 2014 the figure was higher. over 12,000, custody, in may of 2014 the figure was higher. 0ver12,000, and i guess the problem here is for donald trump that if he sees billy bang it seemed to be causing upset for ordinary americans, these are the very blue—collar voters who put him in the white house in the first place. it was interesting to hearjamie from the california we interviewed her a few moments ago and she was laying out this case, this quandary they are in. she has all of these payments coming due next week, mortgage, bills, car payment, childcare payments and she is not getting her paycheck, but she is not allowed under government law to take anotherjob while she is still a federal employees though she is in a total bind. this has been going on 18 days, and what she's also said she doesn't know whether this is going to end and i think that is where the peril is notjust for the

president, i think there is peril for democrats also. if this drags on and we get more and more stories by jamie's the people not being able to pay bills, family suffering in the us because of this, the mood to turn pretty ugly and that then becomes unpredictable. who gets the blame? the moment the president is getting the blame for this government shutdown, but that could switch if democrats start being seen as the ones that are not giving the president something,. people getting to work. there is a real public relations issue here and that is why you the parent —— president speaking tonight immediately followed by nancy pelosi and chuck champ —— chuck schumer, top democrats. stay with us on 0utside source — still to come: ina in a moment we'll talk about the rights and wrongs of networks carrying that speech. if you want to watch it is on in four hours 45 minutes. ina watch it is on in four hours 45 minutes. in a few minutes we will update you on heathrow airport. flights are taking off at heathrow again this evening after sightings of a drone stopped departures briefly earlier. the french writer yann moix caused outrage by saying

he is incapable of loving a woman over 50, despite being 50 himself. some french women even started posting pictures of their bottoms on social media as a symbol of body positivity. journalist colombe schneck was one of those. i posted this picture on instagram that instagram censored because you are not allowed to put your bottom on instagram. because i had women around me, and i was the same woman when i was younger will stop you think well, when you are getting older you are not as attractive as a young woman, but ireland or when i was 25, i was very lower. i didn't have many boyfriends. i thought i was not very attractive, and because my life was sad at the time. i wa nted my life was sad at the time. i wanted to show him and show many women that attractiveness and seduction and beauty and vitality

has nothing to do with your age. we are alive in the bbc newsroom. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is the british government has been defeated in a vote by mps on brexit. they backed an amendment making it harder for the uk to leave the eu without a deal. the scottish government has admitted it acted unlawfully in its investigation of sexual harassment claims made against the former first minister of scotland alex salmond. it's admitted it breached its own guidelines by appointing an investigating officer who had "prior involvement" in the case. mr salmon denies the allegations, which police are still looking into. the leader of the russian orthodox church has warned that dependence on smartphones and modern technology could bring about the coming of the antichrist. patriarch kirill told russian state tv the "worldwide web of gadgets" represented "an opportunity to gain

global control over mankind". the us administration has lowered the status of european union diplomats in washington — though the eu says it wasn't informed. the downgrade means eu representatives a re less likely to be invited to high profile events. donald trump has often made plain his disdain for the eu — and at the recent funeral of president bush the eu ambassador, david 0'sullivan was called last out of 150 diplomats to pay respects. heathrow airport briefly stopped departures earlier today after reports of a drone sighting. this was recorded at the time from the website flightradar24 — as you can see, planes were only landing, none were taking off. here's a plea from the metropolitan police in london saying: here's a bbc cameraman

who was driving by the airport when the drone was seen. yes, i was driving north on the m 25 between junction 15 and 16 yes, i was driving north on the m 25 betweenjunction 15 and 16 and about —— at about a quarter to six, traffic was fairly slow so i could see i would say about 300 feet up, very bright and stationary flashing red and green lights over the area. i could tell that it was a drone. these things up quite distinctive lights. not a helicopter. the lights are very close together, they are very clear and the object was stationary. it was turning very, very slightly and i could see it very slightly and i could see it very clearly for about i would say

four or five minutes. very clearly for about i would say four orfive minutes. i would definitely say that with a drone. it was quite a large one as well, and i would say 250—300 feet. if you are looking at the airport from the top it would be in the northwest corner of the airport, near the top of the northerly runway, probably quite near to the airfield boundary, if not just either over the fence near to the airfield boundary, if notjust either over the fence or just over it. there is heathrow on the map to the west of central london. remember, this disruption at heathrow comes just three weeks after drone sightings at gatwick airport led to the cancellation of about 1000 flights in three days. transport secretary chris grayling said: "we are in contact with @heathrowairport concerning the drone sighting. i have already spoken to both the home secretary and defence secretary and the military are preparing to deploy the equipment used at gatwick at heathrow quickly should it prove necessary."

given that it took three days to resolve the situation at gatwick, that might not be much comfort to passengers. but for now heathrow is up and running again. we will keep a close eye on that. time for outside source business. some significant shifts taking place in the us retail industry. amazon is now the most valuable publicly traded company on wall street — overtaking microsoft. that happened while the famous department store sears, which has been around for over 100 years, is teeters on the edge of liquidation. —— teetering on the edge. michelle fleury is in new york. any hope for sears? and has a 24—hour lifeline. essentially the german and major investor in the company has been given 24 hours to try and come up with some cash by 4pm tomorrow, $120 million. eddie lampert is the chairman of sears who

put ina lampert is the chairman of sears who put in a bid for the company at $4.4 billion to stop the offer was rejected by the company in part because all of this was going to be financed through loans, none would be put forward in cash, and that is why you now have this reprieve last minute negotiations. that means more uncertainty for the thousands, tens of thousands of staff waiting to find out what is the future of a department store that really was once the walmart of the country or the amazon of the country. let's talk about amazon. it seems unstoppable and in some ways the fa ct unstoppable and in some ways the fact that online commerce would become a big deal has been no secret. people have been talking about it for 20 years. what is it that amazon is doing that everyone else is struggling to do?” that amazon is doing that everyone else is struggling to do? i think we a lwa ys else is struggling to do? i think we always think about it as a retailer. 0nline retailer, and sort of one a nalyst was 0nline retailer, and sort of one analyst was making the point actually we have this all wrong. we should be thinking about it as a technology company that just should be thinking about it as a technology company thatjust happens to sell retail products. first and

foremost it is the technology that has made a huge success, and i think perhaps that might explain why you andi perhaps that might explain why you and i are talking about such diverging fortunes between seers that once this huge catalogue company and now amazon which is obviously a huge online retailer. good to talk as usual. thank you very much. michele in new york. carlos go—wn, former boss of nissan, has told a court hearing injapan that he's been "wrongly accused and unfairly detained". this is his first public appearance since he was arrested in november. it's worth emphasising he was one of the most powerful people in the global car industry. rupert wingfield hayes has more from tokyo. it has been a morning of high drama here at the tokyo district court house because this is the first chance anyone in the outside world has had to see or hear from carlos since his detention at tokyo airport all the way back on the 90 —— 19th of november last year. he came into court wearing a dark suit, no tie

him in his hands were handcuffed at the waist with a rope around his waist. he was apparently wearing plastic slippers. he looked gaunt and as though he had lost weight, but he then went on to make a very robust defence of himself and denial of the allegations against him and i'll read you a little bit of what he said. he said i been wrongly accused on meritless and unsubstantiated allegations. he said he had not received any compensation from the sun were a corporation that was not disclosed and he said he acted honorably, legally and within the knowledge and approval of the executives in the corporation —— nissan motor corporation. that is a direct refutation of the allegations made by nissan and the tokyo prosecutors office. the presiding judge this morning said that he believed his detention was being continued because he was a flight risk and because if he was released on bail there was a fear he would destroy evidence against him. his current term of detention last until this friday at which point the court will have to decide whether to release him on bail were to continue

his detention further. the us firm monsanto has won an important court ruling in india. the supreme court has said monsanto can claim patents on its genetically modified cotton seeds. india is in the world's biggest producer of cotton so this ruling has huge ramifications. davina gupta. this is one of the most crucial cases to be fought in the england court over the intellectual property rights. to date is top court has allowed the us—based seed maker to claim a patent on its genetically modified cotton seeds which are called bt cotton. they came into india in 2002 with these cottonseed and when they were getting popular many local farms opposed to sell the seeds. in the process, monsanto was getting royalties, but in 2015 and had a dispute with his local farm and did not get royalties. after that it approached the court and today this means monsanto have

exclusive rights to sell their cotton, and if there's any other firm which is producing the cottonseed it will have to pay royalties this farm to lead a firm. for a market which is the world's largest cotton producer and has almost 40% genetically modified cotton seeds, this is big money for monsanto. the ruling also paves the way for otherforeign monsanto. the ruling also paves the way for other foreign companies which want to enter into india with their genetically modified technology on seeds, because this is that now those companies will be able to get royalties and money from this market. most of the experts have welcomed the move, however there has been a concern over the environment and health impacts of bt cotton which have been waist again and again by many activist. and now monsanto's real and again by many activist. and now monsa nto's real fight will and again by many activist. and now monsanto's real fight will be to find a market space and greater acceptance. back with you in a couple of minutes' time. hello, once again this evening let's

focus on the snowfall, which is certainly affecting much of central and eastern europe at the moment. we arejust on the and eastern europe at the moment. we are just on the periphery of it all staying in something a little milder, but even as far south east as athens around the acropolis would look up to a dusting of snow through this morning and cypress in the eastern mediterranean snow men have been built and of course in and around alpine regions especially austria there's been too much snow to handle. huge amounts of traffic problems, avalanche risks at the highest state and much more to come. let's focus on alpine regions over the next few days, heavy snowfall in the next few days, heavy snowfall in the next few days, heavy snowfall in the next 36 hours using a little through thursday night into friday then another wave of slightly lighter snow flurries to take us into friday and the start of the weekend and that will all be mounting up. a goods in action at metre or two of snow on top of snow decks like this in the mountains, posted three metres in some parts of austria at the moment. with all of that snow falling in a shorts base of time is that which causes the massive problems with avalanches. what is going on? the weather

patterns are blocked across europe, low pressure to the east, high to the west, bringing something milder to the west of the uk down and towards iberia, but with low pressure to these we been dragging the cold air all the way down towards the east of the mediterranean and every time we see a band of moisture weather front working their way southwards they are largely containing snow, particularly over the hills and certainly for wednesday again central areas blighted by snow, but increasing risk of more snow for greece and across the southern balkans compared to the west, we are under the high pressure. a bit of a breeze blowing through france and into the western mediterranean —— mediterranean, then you're nowhere near as cold. looking at the details for wednesday afternoon if they are on your travels at a cost in the navy looking brighter, norway, sweden was a good sunny spells developed to the southeast of them and further snow but western —— western: into eastern and southern germany more snow falling here, even at lower levels of cash around southern germany and across austria as much as 50, 60 cm of snow at the moment. a bit more towards those

without, that of a break, the alps providing kilterfor parts without, that of a break, the alps providing kilter for parts of northern italy, try here across albania into parts of serbia and across northern greece where they have higher ground more snow will fall. heavy rainfall around the coast of albania, greece, strong potentially damaging winds and they'll be with us through wednesday night and into thursday and the snow keeps on falling around the balkans, still a spot of some snow but a little lighter and in and around parts of austria through towards hungary. northern parts of the digne, western areas of europe staying dry. lots of sunshine around towards all the dashed iberia and the winds through the western mediterranean should be nowhere near as strong. 0ur winds have eased through today, little sunshine made a welcome return but there is more crowded to come later this week as things turned milder and windier. bye for now. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. the uk is due to leave the european union in under 12 weeks time — but mps in parliament have made 0ne way out a lot more difficult. the eyes to the right 303. the noes

to the last 296. a defeat for the government means leaving without a deal has become harder — forcing theresa may to seek parliament's approval for any new taxes to pay for it. president trump's preparing to make a national address on the shutdown and the southern border. us tv networks have given the democrats equal time to respond. we'll discuss how the media is responding to the current political situation. turkey's president has some angry words for the us national security adviser on how america intends to withdraw from syria, and what happens after. and scientists find out why some

penguins have been travelling hundreds of miles from home — and getting stranded in south america. it turns out that female penguins are taking more risk than the male ones. let's go back to donald trump will give a televised address later. infourand a in four and a half hours he's going to give a nationalised televised address. house speaker nancy pelosi tweeted: "now that the television networks have decided to air @realdonaldtrump's address, which if his past statements are any indication will be full of malice and misinformation, democrats must immediately be given equal airtime." there had been a debate about whether major networks would carry the president's primetime address — but in the end, they decided they would. there is precedent not to air a presidential address. this is an article from the washington post from 2014 — when networks declined to broadcast

president 0bama's address on immigration. and here's an article titled, "do the networks have to give equal time to the democrats? in a word, no". here's the author al tompkins, from the poynter institute for media studies. hejoins me from florida. why should they get equal time? why should they get equal time7m the united states, equal time is only required when it has to do with the purchasing of advertising by a political candidate. then you have to allow equal access to another candidate to be able to purchase airtime as well. back in the 19505 or 405, there was something in the united states caught the fairness doctrine. thi5 doctor and required

over the air broadcasters to be fair, to give —— this doctrine. not necessarily adjacent to each other. the fairness doctrine wa5 rolled back a few years ago and that allowed one point of view to be able to do what they do. cable television in the united states i5 to do what they do. cable television in the united states is different. they do not require equal time, they do not even require a fairness doctrine. i think the viewers do require that. if you are a broadcaster, generally your rc seen unfavorably that unfair and not reliable if you only give out one point of view. cable requires a small audience over the year in order to survive and be successful, thati5 order to survive and be successful, that is why they be so parti5an. order to survive and be successful, that is why they be so partisanm in the something forjournali5t5 a5 well because nancy pelosi says, drum

builds his information with lie5 well because nancy pelosi says, drum builds his information with lies in his speeches. so when asking for air without any of those checks, that is a huge advantage to him. anyone in the world will felt their point of view and usually at the expense of someone view and usually at the expense of someone else. so that is not unusual. i think what is unusual is that there is a new word making its way around social media this evening, it is called prebunk instead of debunk stop the whole idea is to think of what the president is going to say and debunk it before he even says it. i understand that it is going to be sceptical of what he is going to say. but let's understand that there is over a million federal workers because of this standoff. at the same time, what the president of the

united states says affects global markets and global policies. what he saysis markets and global policies. what he says is news. has deftly decays if he was to say something relevant to the shutdown, it would be news. the thing about donald trump is that sometimes he says things that are not going to happen or said things that happened but they do not materialise that way. some people might listen to you and say that you are applying the rules to an old game toa are applying the rules to an old game to a new game and it is being changed by the president. game to a new game and it is being changed by the presidentlj changed by the president.” understand the criticism and i understand the criticism and i understand that. what i would say is that whatever he says about the government shutdown in the united states, whatever he says about the budget negotiations, and fundamentally that's what we're talking about right now, that is why the border fence that he wants to build, or walk is a hot issue because it is a link the budget. whatever he says is going to have an impact on an awful lot of people. it is not purely partisan. whether it

comes to pass or not, it is the policy that people will be reacting to. i think that people should be able to see it and make their own judgement about it. there is nothing that preventjournalists judgement about it. there is nothing that prevent journalists from judgement about it. there is nothing that preventjournalists from fact checking. political act will be on twitter doing live fact checking. there is nothing that prevents that. but it should not prevent the president of the united states and say what he wants to say. it is possible, we do not know, that he might announce a national emergency in order to build a wall. i think i will be a constitutional problem, if not a crisis almost immediately if he tries to do that, it is possible that he might say that tonight. we'll have to see, thank you. if you search and pointer for his we'll have to see, thank you. if you search and pointerfor his name, you will find that article. if you want

to see it, you could see it on bbc world news. if you're watching in the us, it is not a pm world news. if you're watching in the us, it is nota pm in world news. if you're watching in the us, it is not a pm in the evening eastern standard time. back to the ever—more confusing american withdrawal from syria. donald trump said last month it would happen right away. then this week his national security advisorjohn bolton said it'll only happen if turkey protect kurdish fighters who've been fighting alongside the americans. given that turkey considers these kurds terrorists, the response we now have from president erdogan is no surprise. translation: it is not possible for us to the subject and stomach the message john bolton gave from europe. regarding this matter, bolton has made a serious mistake, and whoever thinks like this has also made a mistake.

it is not possible for us to make compromises on this point. those who are apart of the terra and syria will receive the necessary lesso n . there is not a single difference between the pkk, ypg, pyd, and dash. this is the situation in syria. the green area you see in the north of syria marks kurdish forces — next to them, the red is the turkish military — along with syrian rebels who turkey backs. there's other rebels in the stronghold of idlib — butjihadists are also present. the blue area is controlled by the

syrian government. and the majority of the country is under government control. the islamic state group has hardly any territory now, which is one of the reasons donald trump has declared victory over is. well if you want a measure of turkey's displeasure at the shift in the us position, president erdogan refused to meetjohn bolton. the plan was they'd talk about the us withdrawal and then hold a news conference, but that was cancelled without explanation. sebastian usher is a middle east analyst here in the bbc newsroom. i think what was quite striking was just how bad they reacted. i mean john bolton was in ankara at the moment the president erdogan said he had made a serious mistake. although both sides said that they had not in

a meeting that was cancelled, they had no interest in meeting john bolton while he was there. essentially, that was comments that he made at the start of the trip that he was making to the middle east that he was going to smooth things over. which he said that yes, turkey needs to ensure that there is part of the process and protection for the allies, the kurds, when the us pulls out. i guess the fact that erdogan feels strong enough to not meetjohn bolton suggest that yields quite a few cards in reference of the situation in northern syria. yes, he said in his speech as he said before that essentially the turkish forces are ready to go. preparations have already been set up, they essentially gave their message to the us to not do anything while they are there. but they are essentially leaving the threat on the table that unless the kurds pull—out from the areas with from

the areas with the us further to the east where they have an enclave, the turks will act. in a sense, what is there to stop them, they did this slightly over to the west in the middle of last year. it did not end up being a huge amount of bloodshed there, but again, the turks made it quite clear that they were willing to take military action. and that us, it does not have a huge contingent of troops there, but this is a very complicated mosaic. if you pull one piece out and suddenly the instability that was just being kept at bay is suddenly there again. and that is what we are seeing. while all of this is happening, us secretary of state, mike pompeo is beginning a tour of eight countries in the middle east. he's currently in jordan. he'll also go to egypt, bahrain, united arab emirates, qatar, saudi arabia, oman and kuwait. here's sebastian again. it does seem to be a toy that is in the wake of what president trump did when he made his announcement about

stereo that he made a couple of weeks ago and to reassure america's allies that the us is not pulling out from their region that it is so pa rt out from their region that it is so part of the region and decor elements in the interest that it is achieving there. one, i asked. elements in the interest that it is achieving there. one, iasked. since then, he has backtracked from that. mike pompeo have done the same. more importantly, they even drum once again on iran, president trump came in and before he made his clear his position on iran, that there is key evil in the middle east. they want a bit more substantial in the sense of what the americans are still doing and what their relevance is. the french government has announced new plans to curb the yellow vests protests. they've been going on for weeks, and at least six people have died and 1,400 have been injured.

these new measures include a register of known trouble—makers, similar to lists that are used to keep football hooligans out of stadiums. here's the french prime minister with more detail. the government is in favour of our laws being stripped and, of a new ——strenghthened law being adopted which would allow to sanction those who do not respect their obligation to declare protest to the authorities. those who take part in undeclared protests, those who arrive at protest wearing, today it is punishable by a fine, fine it has to become an offence. to make sure that violent protesters are held accountable so they end up paying for the damage and not the taxpayers. the reason the government is taking action — is events like these. this was on the banks of the seine in paris at the weekend. there was particular outrage over these clashes. and this man christophe dettinger became the centre of the story.

he's a pro boxer who was filmed punching police officers. a fundraising page was set up for him and gathered more than 100,000 euros before being shut down. 0ne government minister, tweeted, apparently it now pays to hit the police. i've been talking to clarisse fortune from bbc afrique. from the yellowjackets, they are saying that this is not what they were expecting because this is more a reaction to security than anything else that they were asking for. they think it is more a provocation and that actually makes them even angrier and they fill they have not been answered for. ——feel. the same thing actually for political side, some are saying they might even wish a tougher stance that what he announced yesterday. so early on in these protests, we saw the

president change some policies to try to appease the protesters, but that is not what the government is doing here at all is it? no, the prime minister said yesterday facing ultraviolence, you need ultra strength basically, you need to be stronger, and basically he is having some measures compared to the anti—hooligan measures, basically you will not be able if you have not registered. if you are registered as a troublemaker, you will not be able and you will be searched by the police. how are they going to control that because when they use those measures in trouble stadiums, they know the stadium location, it is much easier than a much fluid protest situation like we have seen in paris? that is one of the issues that the policemen tend, yes, in order to the increase

the measures, you need more police force, which can be quite difficult. actually for next saturday, for example, the prime minister has already announced 80,000 police officers for the protest. as the protests continue and they continue to be violent, is public opinion shifting in terms of its attitude towards ? actually no, 55% of the french people that have been interviewed are saying that they are still supporting the movement. why are they supporting the movement? what is it that the movement represents that they like? ok, so we went far from the gas hike prices and now basically the current government is paying for all the past politics that were occurring. now, they are protesting about social measures, which they feel like they have been treated unfairly. stay with us on 0utside source. still to come...

a birthday trip for kimjong ii — north korea's leader travels to china for talks. ——kimjong un. a giant fatberg as big as a boeing 747 has been discovered blocking a sewer in a seaside town. made up of fat, wet wipes and grease, it was found near the sea in sidmouth in devon. jon kay reports. sidmouth — a regency seaside resort where queen victoria played as a child. but lurking beneath the town, a 21st—century reality. there's another layer of fat down there. a sludgy mass of wet wipes and sanitary products, glued together with tonnes of kitchen and fat. ——kitchen grease and fat.

discovered last month, it has grown over christmas. it's the biggest one i've seen. it's probably about right here. charlie found the fatberg when he was inspecting the sewers with his crew. what were you saying to one another when he kept going on and on? when does it end? when does it ever end? we took a few lights down there, and we eventually saw the end of it. so far they have only uncovered the tip of the fatberg. it'll be weeks before they get to the bottom. it lies beneath sidmouth‘s elegant espla nade, and is at least 64 metres. that is longer than the leaning tower of pisa laid flat, and even longer than a boeing 747. we tend to think of these being under big cities, not somewhere like sidmouth. we were surprised. we thought this was more something that you found in a bigger urban environment. the devon fatberg will be chopped up like the even bigger one found under east london two years ago.

work starts next month and will take eight weeks. does it smell? it probably does smell but obviously me being in the industry of two years i'm immune to that kind of smell. but holiday—makers should not see or smell anything grim in the months ahead. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is? brexit. the british government has been defeated in a vote by mp5 on brexit. they backed an amendment making it harder for the uk to leave the eu without a deal. as mentioned earlier, kimjong un has celebrated his birthday by taking a trip to china. he got the sleeper from pyongyang move to beijing. here he is arriving

at pyongyang station yesterday with his wife. no shortage of officials to send him on his way. after a few greetings, he got a round of applause. we saw the train setting off. and we should say his visit to beijing was at the invitation of president xijinping. and we are in beijing. lots of security — and the whole area seems to have been sealed off. from the station, it was into the motorcade. and some sort of a birthday celebration. not sure if cake was involved. and it's worth putting this trip and other recent trips in context. for the first six years of his leadership, kimjong un didn't leave north korea. we don't know what will be talked about — but it's hard to believe

north korea's nuclear programme won't come up. john sudworth is in beijing ssource kimjong un kim jong un boom's fourth trip to china sends a message. it shows that if nuclear diplomacy with america fails, he has other options. preparations are under way for a second trump—kim summit. kim has made few concessions. precisely the reason some argue it is unlikely to ever get them up. thousands of penguins become stranded on the coastline of south america every year — and most of them are females. now we may know why. here's a report from laura foster. sounds like a donkey, but it is

actually a pink when calling for a mate. these penguins mate for life. but every year when the breeding seizing is over, they had —— the breeding season is over, it they had said the water to feed. recently, scientists follow a small group and found out that males and females go different ways. males who are bigger, fish in deeper waters. the females travel farther in search of food at other places. researchers say because they travel farther, they run into more trouble. they die at sea, sometimes because they were not able to get enough food and they go to the beach to die. what might they found the females ventured

further than that males shown by the highlighted areas. some go as far as the waters of southern brazil. the males only go as far as uruguay. this can be great concern because particularly we the females travel farther north. they need to be back at the colonies to reproduce. the penguins are literally being transported into military aircraft and being flown back south to the colonies. it is not known exactly what causes the strandings, but the fishing industry and man—made pollution is often blamed. these penguins are not endangered but few females can hinder the numbers of the species. researchers will continue to study the routes that they take. a no deal brexitjust

got much less likely. the government has just been defeated in parliament, with mp5 voting for an ammendment designed to thwart preparations for a no—deal brexit. these were the scenes at parliament a couple of hours ago. ayes to the right 303, the noes to the last 296. they have passed an amendment to the finance bill that will limit spending on no—deal preparations unless authorised by parliament. !we ! we will talk again tomorrow at the same time. 0n on monday, the week started with fluor —— fewer cloud. the high

pressure that has been with us for a couple of weeks, it's the west. the more north northeasterly direction, thatis more north northeasterly direction, that is significant because there's going to be more cloud that is going to spread to central england. frost is that the date in northern england and scotland but it will continue to go over. that will lead the best of an unlimited sunny spells and western areas of england and wales. that is where the best of the afternoon sunshine is more likely to be. in the evening, we will see that thicker cloud and rain gold south. it is here where we will see temperatures just below freezing and a touch of frost as possible. it will be a much milder night in scotla nd will be a much milder night in scotland and northern ireland because of that thicker cloud. thursday, it will be pushing softwa re thursday, it will be pushing software is for england and wales. a

lot of cloud for england and wales. still pick up enough to bring a few spots of rain as it works southwards. the mature wives, we looking at a height of six celsius. temperatures nine or 10 degrees for northern ireland in scotland and will be a lots of drier weather around. nota will be a lots of drier weather around. not a lot has changed for recent weeks thanks to this big jet stream. there are signs that the block pattern is going to break down later this week. we will see subtle changes in our weather. friday, it looks like another dry day. the cloud cover will be thick enough to bring passing showers and northern scotland. there'll be more significant changes in the weather significantly. we pushing southwards

in the uk bring ukraine on friday night. that will be around saturday morning in the south. then claire. what will follow the a few scattered showers were the majority will be in the northwestern uk. it is not actually that cold. temperatures are normalfor actually that cold. temperatures are normal for the actually that cold. temperatures are normalfor the time of actually that cold. temperatures are normal for the time of year. nine or 10 celsius. it stays mild for the second half of the weekend. we could be looking at a little bit of brain, dry and cloudy in the milder weather. reaching a high again of around eight to 10 celsius. beyond that, we will look at whether patterns for next week. the jet strea m patterns for next week. the jet stream looks very different. we do not have that massive amplitude. the smaller scale ridges will be carrying low pressure, initially targeting iceland. 0ver carrying low pressure, initially targeting iceland. over time, they will work to central arts of

scotland. the weather gets more changeable, it will get windy. there'll be spells of rain next week. swings in temperatures, often it will be mild, cold air will be following, we could possibly see some winter showers at times. that is your weather. tonight at ten... for the second time in a month, disruption at a british airport following reports of a drone sighting. no flights took off at heathrow airport for roughly an hour this evening after initial reports that a drone had been sighted. they had a police helicopter circling above and the emergency services came onto the runway to see if they could find the drone. as passengers waited for flights to resume, staff were hoping to avoid a repeat of the extensive chaos at gatwick before christmas. we will be asking what this latest

incident tells us about how vulnerable uk airports are. we'll be asking what this latest incident tells us about security standards at uk airports. also tonight...