hello, i'm nuala mcgovern, this is outside source. there are calls for an apology from the eu president after after he had this to say about the uk's pro—brexit politicians. by by the way, i have been wondering what that special place in hell looks like for those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it safely. a new report on climate change and extreme weather — we're likely to experience things we've not seen in hundreds of years the pope admits for the first time ever that clerics have sexually abused nuns, and it's still going on. the us secretary of state says us troops will stay in syria to fight is, weeks after president trump said the group had been defeated. we'll be live in washington. the countdown to brexit rolls on, and pressure is mounting

on all sides to decide the terms of the uk's exit from the eu. as you can see, there are just 51 days left until britain leaves. and patience is wearing thin, this is what the president of the european council, donald tusk, said today. by by the way i have been wondering what that special place in hell looks like for those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it. as you can imagine that hasn't pleased many people who campaigned for the uk to leave the eu. let's ta ke let's take a look at this tweet. nigel farage, former leader of the uk independence party, said in response that being "free of unelected, arrogant bullies" like mr tusk "sounds more like heaven" to him. let's get some more reaction,

here's our europe editor katya adler in brussels. let me introduce you to donald tusk, the president of the european council and that means here in brussels he represents all the 27 eu countries though he does not really have much influence over them and he was certainly not speaking to all —— for all of the eu today. he is known as an emotional politician and enjoys public attention and occasionally has a tendency to seriously misjudge his words. using ata seriously misjudge his words. using at a press conference at the architects of brexit going to hell certainly judge architects of brexit going to hell certainlyjudge his... considering the delegate political dance the premise is trying to pull off at home, it certainly not helpful. donald tusk‘s remarks in brussels came after talks with the irish taoiseach leo varadkar, who has travelled there

to meet with mr tusk and jean—claude juncker, the president of the european commission. mr varadkar took the opportunity to remind us that the withdrawal deal was agreed by 27 members of the eu, and the current impasse is because the british prime minister theresa may has failed to persuade her parliament to agree to it. the threat of no deal is not a threat the european union is making or not a threat that ireland is making, it is a deadline set by britain and britain and it is open to the united kingdom to request a extension to article 50 or revoke article 50 if that is their wish. theresa may will be heading to brussels herself tomorrow to speak to eu leaders, but today she's been in belfast in northern ireland. mrs may is trying to make changes to the ‘backstop‘, the part of the withdrawal deal which aims to prevent a hard border in ireland. it would keep northern ireland in the single market and customs union if britain and the eu fail

to agree a new trading relationship by 2020. one problem for mrs may is that she relies on the nothern irish democratic unionist party for support in westminster and they don't like the backstop. this is what its leader had to say after her meeting with the prime minister. we reiterated again the fact that the backstop was a problem in with the backstop was a problem in with the withdrawal agreement and the amendment that down in the house of commons last week gives her the mandate now to go to brussels as she intends to do on thursday and we look forward to hearing the outcome of that. another factor for theresa may is the northern ireland peace process. northern ireland saw years of conflict between those who wanted a united ireland, and those who wanted it to stay part of the uk. today mrs may also met with sinn fein, northern ireland's largest nationalist party, who very much want

the backstop to remain. this was their reaction. if british politics is incapable of acknowledging and upholding the good friday agreement and preventing a hardening of the border, then the only last option, the backstop of la st only last option, the backstop of last resort is a referendum on irish unity. a little earlier i spoke to dara doyle, dublin bureau chief for bloomberg news. i asked him what the picture is in ireland this evening. i think today it was really a day about showing the ireland, donald tusk and youngblood younger, and i think what was significant today was also something thatjean claude juncker said, i will not be left alone and no—deal brexit, saying that if there is brexit economy that

separates badly, they will help ireland and that is significant because a key thing would be if the concern of the irish economy and ain't no deal scenario and what they are saying today is that we will help you out and stick to your guns. that point of view it as a very significant day for the irish point of view. but it is not that long ago that they went to such a financial crisis, it is only really back on its feet and it must be quite scary frankly that a new deal brexit for the irish economy that is selling to the irish economy that is selling to the uk. and that is why i think it was significantly helpful or for the irish government, that we will not abandon you at this tough time and i think you have to think of it, i do not think most people know a lot about this guy in the uk and we

spoke to his colleagues over the last couple of days to see what he is like and i spoke to six different officials in the last two or three days and not one of them think that he will bend on the backstop issues. and i will give you an example, as you know, a topic that was to be to for so long, he came into politics and became the t shock and he took that issue on and when a resounding victory and showed a resolve to get batteries. i would not underestimate him, andi batteries. i would not underestimate him, and i do not think he will buckle under pressure. what do you think this dies because really all the emphasis is on this border between north and south and talks of the troubles previously, does this change in any way you think the relationship between northern ireland and the republic, even when it comes to political, what what i call it a friendship that there has

been past number of years?m call it a friendship that there has been past number of years? it has no evidence that it soured the relationship as shown by southern politicians and the idea of a united ireland, and in a lot of ways it is a red herring, the reality is the irish government has no interest in having a reunification pull, for two reasons, how he stay blazing and can be for the peace process and if there was a vote for unity, uk currently gives ireland about £9 billion a year it and there is no way the ireland government can afford that. william 19 stomachs the overtime is the hard border that will return to points and police on the border. —— but what you will see is the hard border. it will not

happen anytime soon. thanks to you. moving on to climate change. the world is in the middle of what is likely to be the warmest ten years since records began in 1850, according to the uk's met office. let me bring up some figures for you. it's forecasting that temperatures for each of the next five years are likely to be between one and 1.5 degree celsius higher compared to pre—industrial levels. here's rebecca morelle. from the devastating flooding that's inundating australia, forcing thousands from their homes, to the deadly forest fires that raged across the united states last year and the record—breaking temperatures seen here and across europe over the summer, it's been a year of extremes, and now scientists warn that there could be more to come. the long term climate projections say... at the met office, researchers have been tracking global temperatures, and their new forecasts suggest we could be in the middle of the warmest decade since records began.

this is worrying because this is a new level of temperature extreme, and the regional impacts of that are likely to be unprecedented in some regions. so we're likely to see things that we have not seen in over the 100 years of observational records. a temperature rise of 1.5 celsius above preindustrial levels is set as a threshold by un scientists. anything more could lead to dangerous global impacts. have a look at this graph. the red area shows the predictions the met office has made over the years, and the black lines show the actual temperatures they recorded. there is a close match. the last four years were the hottest on record. this blue area is their forecast for the next five years. it suggests that the warming trend will continue, with a small chance that temperatures could temporarily exceed 1.5 degrees. the main driver for all this is the greenhouse gas emissions we are producing. we are still too reliant on fossil

fuels like coal and globally, levels of carbon dioxide are at a record high. we've got to reduce our emissions of greenhouse gases. we've got to reduce concentrations because if we don't, we are looking at really big changes in the climate. we're going into territory that we've never been in before. we haven't experienced this, so we don't know precisely what is going to happen. all eyes will now be watching to see if this forecast plays out. scientists warn that the time to act is running out fast. rebecca morelle, bbc news. thanks very much to rebecca for that. lets move on to the story. the pope has admitted clerics have sexually abused nuns and that it's still happening. it's thought this is the first time he's acknowledged the sexual abuse of nuns. he was in the middle east answering questions from reporters and this is what he had to say. translation: there were priests and

also bishops who did that. i think it is still going on because it is not a thing that once you realise it is happening, it is over. it is a lwa ys is happening, it is over. it is always continuing. he also said his predecessor pope benedict had to dissolve a female congregation in france because of sexual slavery. i want to bring up a map. this was in stjodard at the community of stjean in 2005. but the reason for shutting it down hasn't been public until now. i want to show you this. the issue was raised because days earlier, an article was published in the vatican women's magazine and here it is an italian, hightlighting the abuse and alleging in some cases, nuns had abortions or gave birth to children of priests. earlier i spoke to bbc world service religion journalist, sophia smith—galer about what evidence there is of these allegations. we have already actually known for

quite a long time there have been cases of priests sexually abusing nines and we have seen these cases happen in europe and africa and in asia but the way that the catholic church has always portrayed them has kind of been as singular events. to what has happened this week is that pope francis has admitted, he has tied them together and admitted to widespread problem in the catholic church with priests sexually abusing nuns. it is so interesting that you say this, i have covered catholic issues or follow that perhaps being from ireland, but this is the first timei from ireland, but this is the first time i have heard it mentioned but 110w time i have heard it mentioned but now you're saying it is something that has been talked about before pope francis? it certainly has been and even in the article that you mentioned earlier, the vatican women's magazine, it is referenced that nuns have not talked about it for yea rs

that nuns have not talked about it for years out of fear, that they are scared if they report these priests they do not know what the repercussions are going to be and that has a great residence with the need to a movement that is currently happening. we talked about child sexual abuse within the catholic church and do you think this scandal will now be treated in a different way? have they learned anything because pope francis seems to say it is still ongoing? it was only in november of 2018 pappy global catholic organisation nuns have... they said that nuns around the world, catholic nuns are facing abuse and it is sexual, it is verbal, it is different types of abuse. he said that kind of put this into motion and pope francis has added to it by saying, not only admitting that it is a massive problem in the catholic church but

inferred that it is historical and it is probably happening now. said the fact is that this february when he is going to have his summit with bishops, to talk about clerical sex abuse, he is probably going to talk about the sexual abuse of nuns as well now. stay with us on outside source — still to come... we have the latest on the missing footballer emiliano sala as his former club nantes threatens legal action if it doesn't receive part of his $20—million transfer fee within the next ten days. this is a moment that millions and iran have been waiting for, after long years in exile, the first has a ten long years in exile, the first has a te n ce nts long years in exile, the first has a ten cents —— hesitant steps on soil. and b anc leader nelson mandela is to be set free unconditionally.

countdown to a critical moment, the world prospect most powerful rocket ignited 27 engines at once and it is the recycling of the rocket, slashing the cost of a lunch making ita slashing the cost of a lunch making it a breakthrough in the business of space travel. to americans have become the first to walk in space without a lifeline to its spaceship. a spectacular homecoming and the port after she smashed the world record of sailing around the world solo nonstop. this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... there are calls for an apology from the eu president after he says there's a special place in hell for the uk's politicians who campaigned for brexit. let's ta ke

let's take a look at some of the other stories being covered by the bbc... the attorney general of the us state of virginia, mark herring has apologised for dressing up in a blackface costume as a college student. it comes as the state's democratic governor ralph northam faces calls to resign over a racist photo. bbc world news. an eight storey apartment building in istanbul has collaposed. at least one person has died. a search and rescue operation is underway. from bbc turkish. one of the most read here in the uk... here in the uk a man has been arrested after crashing his car into a ditch. he said he'd swerved to avoid an octopus. police found no evidence of a sea creature. they've now arrested him on suspicion of drug—driving. that's on our website. the former club of missing footballer emiliano sala has threatened legal action if it does not receive part of his transfer fee within the next ten days. french side nantes agreed a fee of almost $20 million with cardiff city last month.

map but the plane transporting sala from france to cardiff went down over the channeljust over 2 weeks ago and the wreckage was discovered north of guernsey at the weekend. sian lloyd is in guernsey. attem pts atte m pts to attempts to recover the wreckage of the plane and the body that has been identified as still being on board continuing out on seat today but there is a development between the two football clu bs there is a development between the two football clubs that were involved with emiliano sala. you may remember that he was card and said he's * striker and he was on his way from nantes and france from cardiff when the plane lost radar contact. we have learned that nantes made a demand over payment of transfer fee

to cardiff city and that cardiff city had not yet made their first scheduled payment because they say they are unhappy with the documentation and that they need further clarification. it is also understood that nantes have threatened legal action against cardiff city unless payment is made within ten days. the bbc have approached nantes for comment, that has yet not been forthcoming but this legal wrangle and wrangle over money, you must remember tonight there are two families, the family of emiliano sala and the pilot are still desperately waiting for news. let's turn to business news. the music streaming giant spotify has taken a big step into podcasting. they've just snapped up the podcasting companies gimlet and anchor, and have pledged to spend hundreds of millions on podcast content. the bbc‘s samira hussain has the story from new york. good to have you with us. what is

behind this move, it is difficult making money with podcasts? spotify has done pretty well when it comes to streaming music. and they have actually been able to monetize it pretty well. but now they have already said that we are looking to try and grow our company and what they have done is they announced that they are going to be buying two companies to do podcasting, one is a podcast start up and two is a company that really helps content creators or podcast makers to monetize their content basically. so what spotify is trying to do is positioning itself into a big entertainment warehouse for its listeners. how is this being received, it sounds like an unusual move perhaps, risky? it could be

seen as risky or something that dovetails rather nicely but their streaming service. streaming music tends to go towards a younger audience, we are seeing that podcasts are exceptionally popular with younger audiences so that could actually work and to be honest, spotify knows a thing or two about streaming information or streaming content. this might not be too out of their alley so to speak. we can look forward to lots of great new podcasts. thank you. the russian direct investment fund is russia's sovereign wealth fund, founded in 2011 by then prime minister vlaidimir putin, which manages $10 billion of capital. rdif‘s ceo spoke to the bbc earlier and explained how he saw the global outlook for trade. with the geopolitical tensions it

was the biggest challenge and for example the trade war between us and china and if it is not resolved, that would mean a slowdown of the world economy that is already highly leveraged and declining stock prices all over the world and we also see other challenges in europe including social tensions and change of leadership so i think geopolitical tensions are one of the biggest risks but we continue to work with china,japan, the risks but we continue to work with china, japan, the middle east and other countries to pursue joint investments and we believe that joint works or partnerships, it is possible to ease some of that geopolitical tensions. we are working with a number of investments with japanese partners. president trump has formally nominated former bear sterns

economist david malpass as the new president of the world bank. treasury secretary mnuchin praised malpass — while the president himself made clear he expected a malpass —led world bank to further american interests. the bbc‘s kim gittleson is here with me. so who is david malpass, what do we know about him? he is currently serving in the treasury department and have served with reagan and george h w but andy is the chief economist up until the bank needed a rescue in 2008 and he wrote this op—ed in the wall street journal in which he decided that the housing market or debt markets would have a big impact on the us economy which was in 2007 cell history has not looked kindly on that but the number one reason that he is really interesting as a peck as he is very donald trump, he has been a critic of the world bank. and he loves to

play people into the positions that they have criticised. so that is why his appointment has raised a few eyebrows. not just his appointment has raised a few eyebrows. notjust in the united states but from people who might need to approve his nomination as head of the world bank. we spoke about what 2019 might bring and you said it could be a time for a reckoning, how do you think he will fit into that? one of his main criticisms of the world bank has to do with what the world bank has seen as its mission for the last couple of decades and that is poverty alleviation. it is supposed to lend to developing nations and try to bring people out of poverty and contrast from the international monetary fund which we talk about a lot, and they are viewed as a last resort for developed nations and developing nations. he he has

criticised world bank to not lend to china and says that they did not need any money from the world bank and poverty alleviation should be seen them accent elsewhere. and that is interesting due to donald trump and his trade war is with china. we have about 20 seconds but what has reaction been to the tap on the shoulder? some people have seen maybe now is the time to not have an american head of the world bank and traditionally a american leads the world bank and maybe it needs a rethink and this might not be a bad choice. so we will see how it plays out. thank you for bringing us up with the business news. we did have another half hour of outside source to come so please stay with us. let's have a quick round up of some

other stories going on across the globe and start with north america, quite a bit going on there and satellite picture for the last 2a hours shows that strip of cloud which is an area of low pressure and some very heavy rain mixed into that across the rockies and this area of clouds is no bearing and bringing heavy snow and places and a temperature contrast across north america. very warm air being drawn and by this area of low pressure across the deep south, well above the seasonal average where else where it is extremely cold across canada and west coast of the united states. as we had through wednesday, we have heavy rain and very strong winds moving in towards the eastern seaboard and northeast and potential for severe thunderstorms and further snow, and ice across much of the pacific northwest causing all sorts of trouble. into africa heavy rain from the gulf of guinea into mozambique and extremely heavy rain

across central and northern madagascar are. noticed there in the southwest indian ocean, two tropical storms, one could move very close to mauritius. across the pacific region for the next area of low pressure which is bringing heavy snow to the north of japan. a which is bringing heavy snow to the north ofjapan. a lot of which is bringing heavy snow to the north of japan. a lot of snowfall seeing in the last month or so and japan. about 11 degrees for shanghai and some heavy rain but for it the indochina peninsula, very hot. and across australia at the monsoon level has caused all sorts of problems with significant rainfall and record—breaking amounts over the last week or so and it will not go anywhere fast but by the end of the week it will start to pull away slowly and bring further heavy downpour is for much of queensland and across australia we see an

abundance of sunshine and new zealand is looking dry and sunny. into europe, this area of low pressure is causing issues and some severe thunderstorms. that will push eastward into the middle east over the course of the weekend and meanwhile across the northwest, of europe, looking windy and mild on thursday. a bit of a brief rest might before the next area of low pressure m oves might before the next area of low pressure moves to bring a spell of gales so we are ending the weekend ona mild gales so we are ending the weekend on a mild note but risk of gales which could be severe and likely to have some distractions or state the forecast. —— so state into the forecast. hello, i'm nuala mcgovern, this is outside source. there are calls for an apology from the eu president after after he had this to say about the uk's

pro—brexit politicians. by the way, i've been wondering what the special place in hell looks like for those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it safely. a new report on climate change and extreme weather — we're likely to experience things we've not seen in hundreds of years. the pope admits for the first time ever that clerics have sexually abused nuns, and it's still going on. the us secretary of state says us troops will stay in syria to fight is, weeks after president trump said the group had been defeated. we'll be live in washington. venezuela is in the grip of a worsening humanitarian

crisis as these men battle for the presidency. the opposition leaderjuan guaido — who declared himself interim president last month — is trying to bring in aid. but look at these pictures. venezuelan soldiers — who support president nicolas maduro — have blocked a bridge on the border with colombia ahead of the shipment. mr maduro says humanitarian aid would pave the way for a us—led invasion. he's insisting "no one will enter, not one invading soldier." james reynolds is in caracas. good to happy with us. what is the latest you are about that standoff about eight coming into the country? i think we need to unpack that a little bit. my understanding of that situation is that the blockade is

largely symbolic because that border road was not actually in current use at that time. it is necessarily a symbolic step by the venezuelan government to show that if any aid we re government to show that if any aid were attempted to be passed through the border it would not get through. clearly the opposition leader with the help of money from another of his international bankers, a number of his international bankers will not just look at getting of his international bankers will notjust look at getting a torts section of the border, but look at a number of options. as he should just a conflict between the two rival powers in venezuela will be played out through a delivery of aid. it will take several weeks before the opposition organise eight shipments in position to a pastor for the border. i mentioned the humanitarian crisis there in the beginning as well. i'm curious and since you have beenin well. i'm curious and since you have been in the city, what have he met to just been in the city, what have he met tojust get us been in the city, what have he met to just get us an example of what

it's like there. he weariness. weariness when you are on one of the bus is where i was earlier. i need doctor caracas it's spent a lot of time talking people who say they are spending hours of day trying to get to work or spending a lot of time simply trying to find enough money to buy things in the shops. one man said he was unemployed and he could not by much. they went with some collea g u es not by much. they went with some colleagues further on the outskirts of caracas to speak with my family who was struggling to get medicine for their 12—year—old daughter. —— to speak with one family. wherever you look there are people with stories of crisis. and the struggle to survive, as you mentioned, ijust wonder how much the politics is entering their lives. is this something that everybody is following? this battle betweenjuan guaido and nicolas maduro?m following? this battle betweenjuan guaido and nicolas maduro? it is in some way. i was in a pro—government rally in the centre of town a few hours ago. in one day one and

queuing up, it was full of insults was the leader. those are the people following situations most closely. it is worth saying a lot of people in caracas and elsewhere in venezuela have that used to living with a level of crisis. that other countries simply just do with a level of crisis. that other countries simplyjust do not know how to deal with. in other words are used to dealing with crisis. they don't follow every minute of the political developments because they arejust political developments because they are just trying to get by. thank you so much. james reynolds by caracas. turning to the us — and in the past hour donald trump has said that he'll make an announcement imminently that the islamic state group has lost nearly all its territory in syria and iraq. he's been speaking in washington to a global coalition that's been fighting the armed group since 2014. have a listen. the united states military, our coalition partners and the syrian democratic forces have liberated all the territory previously held by isis in syria and iraq. it should be formally announced

sometime probably next week, that we have 100% of the caliphate. but i want to wait for the official word. i don't want to say it too early. a mention about waiting for official word — probably because he's been accused ofjumping the gun on this before. you might remember in december that donald trump announced victory over isis and that american troops would be pulled out of syria. this was his tweet... but that shocked many defence officials, republicans and some of america's allies abroad — forcing the president to slow down the withdrawal. today the secretary of state mike pompeo said that us troops will stay in syria. it's essentially a tactical change. it is not a change in the mission.

it does not change the structure, design, or authorities on which the campaign has been based. it simply represents a new stage in an old fight. the draw—down will be well coordinated and our policy expires syria has remained unchanged. let's turn to the state department. barbara, i get too happy with us. we are beginning to get, i don't know, maybe a sense from mr trump on what he is expecting to happen with american troops in syria. how are you reading it? actually we really didn't get much of a sense from him with what was going to be happening with what was going to be happening with us troops in syria other than that, he is still planning to bring them home. he said we are looking forward to welcoming our warriors back on. in all of the details i think which the coalition members would like to know what exactly is

the timeline, we have heard reports but we haven't had anything official. how is the us going to deal with counterterrorism in syria, its military officials and officials and mr pompeo as well have said said that the isis militants will remain a threat, the group that state a comeback if there is not sustained pressure against it. will that mean if the americans pull their troops out? detail about that either. both mrtrump and mr out? detail about that either. both mr trump and mr pompeo said that the us was still needing the —— leading the fight and would be alongside the phthalates continuously. but they did not say how that role would change across the military troops we re change across the military troops were no longer in the equation. you will notice mr trump for a lot speech talking about the victory, the territorial gains. he set the land was gone, waiting for that formal announcement. acknowledging that it still remained a threat but not getting much detail about how the americans would re—shift in terms of how to deal with that.|j

mentioned terms of how to deal with that.” mentioned that the many politicians against his announcement of withdrawal of troops. but for the american public, is it something thatis american public, is it something that is politically popular, a drawdown of people that are fighting abroad? it would certainly be popular with mr trump's base. it was a campaign that he may, in america's endless wars. i think that resonates with those who supported them. probably also more widely as well. because americans are weary of sending troops overseas to the middle east where they don't see that anything is resolved, or that the fight continues for many years. on the wrong side of things in terms of washington establishment here and the military as well. all of them i think would probably consider a drawdown of troops. at some point. but the way that mr trump has

handled his surprise announcement and his not having talked about the details of how they are to keep islamic state defeated rather than just pull out has caused a lot of anxiety here. you see that pushback from intelligence and defence officials in the past week, all of them to say islamic state is still out there and it can make a comeback and could regroup and be next month if that pressure is not kept on. thank you so much. making sense of what we're hearing coming from dc for us. staying in the us — because the vice president mike pence has said he can't guarantee another us government shutdown won't happen if democrats and republicans can't reach a compromise on border security funding, before it runs out in nine days' time. the last shutdown ended just two weeks ago — and was the longest in us history. mike pence made the comments in an interview to cbs — here's some more of it. i never think it's a mistake. why? ..to stand up for what you believe in. and i think that the american people

admire most about this president is, he says what he means and he means what he says. in a very real sense. he said there was a crisis at our southern border, he said he was determined to get the funding to build a wall and secure our border, and he was willing to take a stand to accomplish that. now we agreed to be helping the government for three weeks because after talking to democrat rank and file members of the senate and of the house, we were told that they were willing to work with us. they were willing to fund a barrier at our southern border and to address the other priorities that the president laid out in that common sense approach. we have taken them at their word, but the american people saw this president's absolutely determined to keep his word to secure our border and in the crisis of illegal immigration. last night donald trump gave his second state of union address — which had to be delayed because of the shutdown. he used the speech to push a message of unity, and to once again push to build a border wall.

in case you didn't hear it — here's some of what he said. congress has ten days left to pass a bill that will fund our government, protect our homeland and secure our very dangerous southern border. now is the time for congress to show the world that america is committed to ending illegal immigration and putting the ruthless coyotes, cartels, drug dealers and human traffickers out of business. applause donald trump's proposed wall — along mexico's border — was a key campaign promise of his. he wants $5.7 billion from congress for it. it's that demand that lead to the recent shutdown. the deal that ended that shutdown will only keep the government open until february 15 — that's the date when funding will run out, if no new deal is reached by then. the message from democrats

today was clear — senate minority leader chuck schumer told msnbc that a deal could be reached if the president stays out of the process. he also said this about mr trump. here's jane o'brien in washington. well, he came out of the gate talking about bipartisa nship and really saying all the right things, the things that you would expect a president to say in an attempt to bring together a very divided country. but the reality is, this is the era of divided government. the house is now under the control of the democrats. many of whom were elected to be a check on his presidency, so one question is — who was really listening to those words?

we are going to get an early test of whether bipartisanship can take root in this washington, because of course next friday is the deadline for inviting another government shutdown. bipartisan talks are under way. trying to come up with a compromise on immigration. but president trump, still, he is demanding money to build his wall. and democrats are giving no indication at this point that they are going to give it to him. there was another development during mr trump's address. he's announced a second nuclear summit with north korea's leader kimjong un later this month. their first meeting last year in singapore made history. more now from laura bicker in seoul. when it comes to donald trump's statement that this peninsula woul be at war if he was not president — i think there was a few raised eyebrows about that statement. because many believe that it was president trump's rhetoric about raining down ‘fire and fury‘ on pyongyang that brought

this peninsula to the brink of war. however he does get a lot of credit here in seoulfor bringing kim jong—un to the negotiating table and being willing to talk to north korea. stay with us on outside source — still to come... pakistan's foreign minister tells the bbc there will be no changes to the laws that left a christian woman, asia bibi, facing execution for blasphemy... crime rates, property prices and transport links, are some of the factors many consider, before moving to a new area. but what do young people think about? here's daniel rosney from radio1 newsbeat. we've looked at 11 different kinds of data for every area and england, wales and scotland. it's a really simple tool. all you do is type in your postcode or your local authority. and it ranks yor area out of ten.

it gives you information as well. it looks at 11 factors for under 26—year—olds including the number of bars, clubs and music events, as well as access to sports facilities and ag. average rent prices and levels of unemployment are also used. ringing. esme is 18. she's a home carer and lives in bridport, west dorset. it's one of the bottom five areas to live in britain if you're under 26. that's what this new bbc analysis suggests. people tend to retire in towns like bridport, which is why there's a demand for carers like esmie. if i want to go for a proper night out as an 18—year—old, then i'll have to drive about an hour, over an hour, to actually be able to stay up past 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning. apart from that, it's all right because i can drive. but if you can't drive, i don't see how you could grow up in west dorset, or anywhere, because there's nothing to do. 60 miles away from bridport is bristol.

and that's one of the top five areas for serving its younger population, according to this research. shan describes himself as a proud bristolian, born and bred. every corner that you go to has history about it, has some sort of culture about it and has something unique, and it'sjust so nice because everyone here has a different background and a different story about them and ijust love that about bristol. esme plans to move to gloucester in september to study nursing, but for her, west dorset will always be home. daniel rosney, bbc news. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... there are calls for an apology from the eu president after he says there's a special place in hell for the uk's politicians who campaigned for brexit. let's go to afghanistan now. yesterday we talked about the talks

that are under way in moscow — they're the highest level talks between afghan officials and the taliban in years. secunder kermani is there — and he's been speaking to the man representing the taliban there. yes, it was good. notjust insurgents, but a politicalforce — that is how the talent and like to be seen. this is a team which has led the groups discussions with us officials on how to end the war. and bring the taliban into the mainstream. as the war is difficult, peace is more difficult than war. in the problem, it's actually the conflict of the war that has been and afghanistan for the last four decades, giving an end to it cannot be overnight. and there are many afghan civilians

who have lost family members through taliban attacks. what message would you say to them, what message which is sent to them? they might be saying we don't want these guys to come back. there are not lots of civilians. united nations says you are more responsible for more deaths than any other. united nation and all those medians which are working in afghanistan, they are not free. whatever report they give, we do not agree with that. the taliban were overthrown in 2001. but have fought their way back to controlling or contesting nearly half the country. their main demand is for us troops to be withdrawn from afghanistan. in exchange, they say the internationaljihadist groups won't be allowed to operate there. that has been the focus of talks so far — not how the country will be run. but over the past two days in russia, a taliban delegation have been senior afghan politicians to discuss their vision for the country.

there are a significant number of high—ranking afghan political figures attending the talks here. but crucially there is no one inside from the afghan government. they weren't invited. the taliban have resisted pressure to engage directly with officials in kabul, saying they have no legitimacy. it is one of the main obstacles in reaching a peace agreement. the last time the taliban were in power, the regime was ultra—conservative and at times brutal. girls were banned from going to school. many in afghanistan fear a peace deal with the taliban would sacrifice progress made on issues such as women's rights over recent years. the women should not worry because today also we discussed and we briefly told this meeting that all those rights, which are according to the islamic rule and also the afghan culture, this will be granted to them. and this is their right.

they can go to school. they can go to universities. they can work. afghanistan is a country desperate for peace. but some are wondering what price they might have to pay for it. secunder kermani, bbc news, moscow. well you heard the taliban talking about women in secunder‘s package there. but, as you can see in this picture, not many women in view at this table — there's only one in the corner here just at the edge of the photo. so many people are sceptical. here's pal—washa hassan — the executive director of the aghan women's educational centre on this issue. women of afghanistan has seen the taliban period. and the way they rule in this country. girls were told, not allowed to go to school. women were totally abandoned from the public scene. women were not allowed to work.

women were publicly lashed if they didn't obey the taliban rule. there is huge concern. i think this will be not enough. it is important that women's rights is really spelled out in whatever argument is signed finally. so that story on the tally band. i wa nt to so that story on the tally band. i want to move on to the case of asia bibi. we have spoken to her a lot. she's a christian who was first dragged from her home in pakistan and beaten in front of an angry mob, then charged and sentenced to death — for blasphemy. but after eight years on death row, her conviction was overturned in october. that then sparked these — large protests — and since then she's been in protective custody. asia bibi had been found guilty of insulting the prophet muhammad in an argument with two muslim women in 2010. pakistan's foreign affairs minister, shah mahmood qureshi has been talking to the bbc about her case — mishal husain asked if ms bibi is still in custody in pakistan.

i wouldn't say she is in custody — she's being protected. and she is a citizen of pakistan. and we need to protect any citizen who is in danger. has there been an offer from the british government for her to come here? we asked friends around the world if they want to help her — remain quiet. it doesn't help her case for there to be more publicity surrounding it? i think so. it depends. if you want to help her personally, then i think quiet diplomacy would be better. that period reflected very badly on pakistan and its international image. the vision of a woman who had just been included by the supreme court for people to be on the streets calling for her to be killed, the judges who acquitted her to be

killed, calling the army chief, calling for the army to mutiny. this went on for days on the streets of pakistan. by some people. and what action have you taken against them? very, very clear action. that they cannot challenge the state. they will have to respect the law feeling. and we took affirmative action, and people were taken into custody. they were put behind bars. what challenges have been brought against a leader ——what charges have been brought against a leader of that group, tlp? charges against public order. is it time for the government of pakistan to look at the flaws in the way that they can be abused,

and find safeguards to reform the laws accordingly? there is, in every society, even in the west, there are elements that are extremist. but the question i asked you was about looking at the law into clear evidence of the way that it has been abused. in asia bibi's case, there was no evidence. a case should not have to reach the highest court in the land before it is thrown out lack of evidence. your government, the case and against amending the law so that those who make false accusations of blasphemy are punished. why? as a law it should not be misused. by anyone. that is our policy. but the government is not prepared to reform the law to help prevent that happening? i have said what i have to say. that is all from we are looking at a turbulent spell of letter over the next three days.

deep areas of low pressure being a combination of wet and windy weather our way. the first of these showing up our way. the first of these showing up on the satellite picture. a deepening low bringing a slave across england and wales. low pressure is going to continue to push its way eastward actually push onto thursday. ethan england and will start to see the weather improved. that will probably be be a wet start to the day. later in the afternoon, we should see some living there. there will be showers for northern ireland and western parts of england and wales as well. little bit called further north. six and seven for northern scotland. we are not dumb at the windy weatherjust there because at the end of the week of friday we are looking at the next systems moving in. bringing in some heavy rain and some further dust or

dance a stronger gust of wind. the next area of fresh or is at this one racing across the atlantic and deepening. you can see the isobars quite tightly packed in. it tells us this will be a windy system. discussed could reach a windy system. discussed that reached 70 mph in places. outbreaks of rain will be widespread. a cause for concern across parts of northern scotla nd concern across parts of northern scotland where we could see 20 having 30 mm of rain and perhaps 60 of any mountains bringing a risk of some localised flooding. strong winds causing impact. potentially at risk of flooding to northern scotland. it will be mild for many. temperatures around ten or 11 celsius. heading into the week in an area of low pressure begins to move out into the north sea. we will probably see trough moving down across the uk bringing bands of heavy showers. we could see snow across the hills, maybe a little bit of mentoring is over the high ground northern ireland has the showers moving as well. it will be a blustery start to be weekend. temperatures still on the mild side for england and wales. further north

those temperatures around six or 7 degrees again northern scotland. uncertainty with sunday's weather forecast. each could see an area of blood pressure across southern england bringing more wet and windy weather. it may just england bringing more wet and windy weather. it mayjust be showers that come down northwesterly. sunny spells on the way for most areas. those temperatures coming down on account of those more northerly winds, looking at heights between 4-7dc winds, looking at heights between 4—7dc for the second half of the weekend. into monday quite a significant change in our weather. they low is going to be quite breezy with northerly winds. most should have a try to look spells of sunshine. clap thickening at times across the north to bring a few passing showers here. temperatures fairly close to normal for the time of year. 4—7dc for most of us. that change in our weather fortune of year. 4—7dc for most of us. that change in our weatherfortune is into next week. it is all caused by the jet stream which instead of having a trough, it is going to have a ridge running over the top of the united kingdom. this encourages descending air across the uk, building an area of high pressure.

probably towards the southern england, maybe towards northern france. across more southern parts of the uk the weather isn't most likely to be disguised with some peace and spells of sunshine. it may bea peace and spells of sunshine. it may be a few mist and fog patches. across the far north of scotland look at wealthy spells of wet and windy weather and time. every last the next three days are looking pretty turbulent.