hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. donald trump has blocked congress from getting the full details of the mueller report. that came as the house was poised to hold attorney general william barr in contempt forfailing to hand over an unredacted version. this sums up the democrats‘ mood. in this country, no one is above the law, including the president of the united states. iran say it's withdrawing from some of the commitments it made under the iran nuclear deal — a year after the us pulled out. we're also in south africa where people have been voting in the country's general elections. it's the first real test for president ramaphosa. we'll also be live at the uber

headquarters in san francisco as drivers from ride—hailing apps strike over wages and conditions. president trump has blocked congress from seeing the entire mueller report on russian election interference. the president has previously claimed the report's findings exonerate him completely. today for the first time, he used presidential secrecy powers to prevent the publication of redacted portions of the special counsel's report. this is a quote from a letterfrom the assistant attorney general. this letter was sent to the head of the house

judiciary committee, jerrold nadler. and that was ahead of the committee's debate on whether to hold the attorney general, bill barr, in contempt of congress, for not providing an unredacted version of the mueller report. here is jerrold nadler speaking in congress. our fight is not just about the mueller report, although we must have access to the mueller report. our fight is about defending the rights of congress as an independent branch to hold the president, any president, accountable. the white house has a different view. chairman nadler is again trying to violate the law. the president and the attorney general are the ones that are actually upholding it and as long as congress and this committee continue to ask the attorney general to commit a crime, the president and the attorney general will continue to actually uphold the law. chris buckler. live from washington. how much of the mueller report is redacted? it's about 10% of what is in the full

report itself but there are key bits and that is what democrats are concerned about. they want to see the underlying information. when you ta ke the underlying information. when you take a look at the subpoena, the issueis take a look at the subpoena, the issue is they wanted to see everything, they wanted to find the evidence that had been collected by robert mueller to see what information was found particular about the issue of obstruction of justice because you will remember that robert mueller the special counsel did not make a decision about that and left it to the attorney general william barr for him to decide whether or not the president had obstructed justice but did say specific that he had not exonerated the president. and those words from mr molar have left the democrats anxious to see all of what is in that full unredacted report. are the democrats doing this to scorpio points or do they believe that if they see the whole thing this could inform their repot —— response? i think the answer is probably both. the republicans will

say politics is at play here but they feel inside of sitting in congress they should have access to that information. that this information was gathered for specific purpose of looking at what happened during the presidential election in 2016 and they want to be able to see what is there. partly thatis able to see what is there. partly that is to inform the electorate and partly that is to inform the electorate specifically knowing that there is a vote seeking their next yearin there is a vote seeking their next year in the 20/20 presidential election. stay with us chris. remember bill barr released his own summary of the mueller report before releasing the whole thing with redactions. that redacted version is available online. and it's caused some to question bill barr's summary and conclusions. whether they were the best they could have done. this is the former fbi chief james comey. it struck me, especially after i read the mueller report, as misleading. i'm not suggesting it was intentionally misleading but it was inadequate to summarise that work.

and chris, if we come back to you, is this the end of the matter, does the present have the right to say "that's it, you can't see it"? he can say it and exert his executive privilege but i don't think the democrats are going to give up there andi democrats are going to give up there and i think we are going to see an active battle about what we will see and what we won't see. you heard james comey they're concerned about the fact he feels that the summary was not adequate in sending out the report to come. actually robert mueller had similar views because he wrote a letter to the attorney general william barr concerned that really it didn't give a full picture of what he had found during his investigation. and perhaps a key to all of this will be who congress wa nts to all of this will be who congress wants to hear from all of this will be who congress wants to hearfrom because all of this will be who congress wants to hear from because they would like to hearfrom wants to hear from because they would like to hear from the special counsel himself and would also like to hear from counsel himself and would also like to hearfrom someone counsel himself and would also like to hear from someone who gave a lot of evidence that investigation don mcgahn, the former white house counsel and it is also —— already pretty clear that president trump is

not keen on that happy. he said he will resist that as well. chris, don't go anywhere, one more thing to talk about. the trump administration has so far refused to co—operate with congressional probes on at least a half—dozen instances. one of them is the president's refusal to release his tax returns. but the new york times has managed to acquire his tax information from 1985 to 1994. the headline reads — "a decade in the red. tax figures show over $1 billion in business losses". the story raises questions about president trump's business prowess. in some years he managed to lose more money than any other american. donald trump has been tweeting about this saint... —— tweeting about this a lot. he went on to say "it is sports". bear in mind, in 1990 and 1991, he lost a quarter

of $1 billion each year. suggesting he was playing a sport not many of us could afford to play. yeah, a pretty expensive game it must be said. but the democrats want to see donald trump's more recent tax records. he has been a president not to release his tax returns as was the practise from most recent yea rs. as was the practise from most recent years. as a result, donald trump is under pressure to get that tax information right there. there is a great deal of interest and gossiping that new york times report because it does look into his business, his business with hotels, casinos media spaces business with hotels, casinos media s pa ces of business with hotels, casinos media spaces of the way, but there is also the question which democrats want to look at of whether or not potentially he has conference of interest and they said that tax returns are interest and they said that tax returns a re very interest and they said that tax returns are very important to that. there has been a developing today in that the new york state senate has passed a bill which might make it easierfor passed a bill which might make it easier for congress passed a bill which might make it easierfor congress to passed a bill which might make it easier for congress to get access to some of donald trump's tax returns andi some of donald trump's tax returns and i suspect they will be discussing that right now inside

that big building in washington. chris, thank you very much indeed. we will return to a story donald trump 0sher has been very closely following. —— i am sure has been following. —— i am sure has been following closely. the united states has accused iran of engaging in nuclear blackmail. it comes after iran said it would no longer abide by the commitments it made under the 2015 nuclear deal with major world powers. this deal was tonnage by 2015. aimed at curbing iran positive nuclear ambitions and in return got sanctions really. president rouhani now says iran will keep enriched uranium stocks rather than sell them abroad. he's also threatening to resume production of enriched uranium to a higher level. if the arena so that it would be seen as being highly provocative. —— if the iranians did that. here's more of what he said. translation: under the terms of the agreement, we agreed that we would keep enrichment to the level of 3.67.

we will stop adhering to this and there will no longer be a set level for the enrichment of uranium. it's exactly one year to the day since the us pulled out of the iran nuclear accord. president trump claimed the deal did nothing to curb iran's missile programme. the americans may have left. everyone else stayed in. the uk, france, china, russia, and germany and the eu all remain committed to the deal they signed in 2015. iran now says they have two months to protect iran's oil and banking sectors from us sanctions before they make good on their threat. iran's foreign minister javad zarif said... here's the us secretary of state mike pompeo.

iran's decision to depart from the jcpoa for us mostly is about the decision to work on their nuclear programme. to create pathways which might reduce their break—out time. as you can see from the science behind mr pompeo, he was speaking during a visit to london alongside britain's foreign secretaryjeremy hunt. the us and britain are on different sides of this issue. britain is still one of the countries which supports the iran deal. mr hunt had this to say. i urge iran not to take further escalatory steps and to stand by its commitments. sanctions were lifted in exchange for restrictions on iran's nuclear programme. should iran cease to observe its nuclear commitments, there would of course be consequences. today, the iranian foreign minister javad zarif was in moscow to meet with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. both of them urged european members of the iran deal to help save it.

translation: our country and russia have shown our commitment to the deal. many other countries are only declaring their commitment but haven't taken any measures so far. translation: we expect our european colleagues will volunteer to find a solution to the problem created by the americans to fulfil their obligations. we have turned to... for more here's rana rahimpour from the bbc‘s persian service. iran is taking baby steps towards leaving a deal but it has given europe 60 days to decide whether they want to keep it or not. very unlikely that they will be able to do anything like that but iran has decided that enough is enough. they have a year to meet iran's demands and encouraged iran to save the deal and encouraged iran to save the deal and they're and encouraged iran to save the deal and they‘ re not and encouraged iran to save the deal and they're not happy with where they stand. so they think they have to send a signal. but by sending the

signal do they pull the rug from the deal or is not quite as stable as that? no, but they announced today is completely within the framework of the deal. completely acceptable by the iaa international atomic agency. what they have done is com pletely agency. what they have done is completely legal but they have said that "these are the steps we will ta ke that "these are the steps we will take and if within the next 60 days you don't do what we are asking you to do making it possible for us to deal with the rest of the world and sell our oil, then we will have to rethink our position". it is quite unlikely that the americans will reveal —— reverse out of a big policy shift weight this. it is after a ll policy shift weight this. it is after all the other signatories to the will play this. i think on the european side, of course they have dragged theirfeet, they european side, of course they have dragged their feet, they had european side, of course they have dragged theirfeet, they had one year to set up this mechanism for iran to be able to deal with the other signatories of the deal. but we are talking about multinational companies unwilling to work with

iran because the stakes are high because the business they do with the americans is so huge that no european country can force them to deal with iran. on the other hand we have russia and china who might be willing to help iran at least go through the next two years until the next year pounds r presidential election but they have their own promises was a deal with. the question is how much they give up in order to support iran. let's have a look at how us sanctions have affected the iranian economy since they were reimposed in november last year. this imf forecast shows how iran's economy bounced back after sanctions were lifted when the nuclear deal was implemented in 2015. you can see her that there has been contraction of the iranian economy following the americans reinstating those sanctions because of their disquiet at the iran nuclear deal

and then eventually pouring out of it. but this other graph shows what happens to iranian oil production because of sanctions. sanctions introduced in march 2012, a big dip. this is the consequence of sections being lifted because of the iranian deal. the american sanctions come backin deal. the american sanctions come back in again and oil exporting drops off a cliff. for more on how iran and other signatories could reach a way forward, here's rana rahimpour again. they have set up a mechanism which is supposed to help iran karen working with the other signatories. the fact is that iran says it was too little and it was too late and it took a long time. —— to help iran carry on. the date the united states announced they were leaving to the rainy and said they would stay in the deal as long as what they were promised happens. and it has not. that is why iran is sending the signal that "we will give you another two months and if it doesn't

happen, the deal is off". does this play with the political arena in iran, this is a popular move? hardliners have put a lot of pressure on president rani's government who is a moderate president because he failed and was not radical enough in his positions throughout —— towards the united states. they are clearly very pleased. at ordinary iranians are very worried because they cannot see a way out of this and they're extremely worried about a possibility of a warm. thanks to her. we will turn to both pakistan and canada to update you on asia bibi, the woman... christian woman who spent eight years on death row in pakistan after being convicted of blasphemy has left the country. she's now in canada — we'll report from there. we have the name for new world baby.

—— new royal baby. archie harrison mountbatten—windsor. the announcement came after the happy couple, with megan's mother doria, introduced the queen and the duke of edinburgh to their eighth great—grandchild at windsor castle. the first of many royal photo calls and having had two days to get to know baby archie in private, this was the time for his proud parents to show him off. magic, it's pretty amazing and here i had the two best quys amazing and here i had the two best guysin amazing and here i had the two best guys in the world so i am really happy. it's great parenting is amazing it's on been waft tuna half three days. we are just so thrilled to have our own little bundle ofjoy and to spend some precious time with him as he slowly starts to grow up.

this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is from washington. donald trump invokes his executive privilege to stop congress getting the full details of the mueller report on russian interference in the elections. here are some of the main series from bbc world service. in pakistan at least nine people have been killed and up to 25 injured in an explosion next to a major sufi shrine in lahore. the attack targeted a police van. that's from bbc hindi. 20 people are reported to have been killed in fighting in north—western syria. government forces have been attacking a strategically significant town in their latest offensive against rebel and jihadist fighters. that's from bbc arabic. and one of our most read stories is about a six—year—old afghan boy who began dancing with joy after being fitted with a new prosthetic leg. according to the red cross, ahmad rahman lost his leg when he was just eight months old, and whenever he is fitted with a new limb he dances

for the nurses in the hospital. let's talk about asia bibi because she has left pakistan. she's a christian woman who spent eight years on death row for blasphemy. islam is pakistan's national religion and public support for its blasphemy laws remain strong. that meant when her conviction was overturned by the pakistani supreme court last year, this happened. this was islamabad in november — and protestors chanting for asia bibi to be hanged. after her release, asia bibi went into hiding. and her husband always said she'd have to leave. translation: the problem is even if the court sets her free, she won't be able to live in pakistan. these people will kill her. asia bibi was injail in the city of multan in the state of punjab. after her release, a number

of countries offered her asylum, but it's now known she has arrived in canada, where two of her daughters already live. we will hear from our reported there ina we will hear from our reported there in a moment. but first let's hear from her lawyer speaking earlier. asia has suffered enough for many years and now she can have a decent life in a country where people are loving and law and order is available. yeah, it is a really great day. i was saying that he is in canada, let's hearfrom him now. we are told that asia bibi has arrived here in canada and if that is true, that would mark the end of a long intro trammell chapter in her

life that began eight years ago. she was working with the muslim women picking berries when an argument ensued. she had not been allowed to use a cup that the other women were drinking from. the muslim women were drinking from. the muslim women were drinking from. the muslim women were drinking from. and in the and those women accuser of westmead, went to court and she was convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death and i remember at the time reporting on the fact that two politicians who came out in support of her were assassinated and asia bibi remained in prison. until october of last year when the supreme court of pakistan finally decided that there hadn't been enough evidence to uphold her conviction and it was recommended that she should be released event. but in a move that was seen released event. but in a move that was seen to appease the fundamentalist groups and religious grooves in pakistan, the government of pakistan decided that although indeed her conviction had been overturned would not be allowed to

leave the country. given what has happened to others in pakistan who have been accused of blasphemy, that was seen as a move have been accused of blasphemy, that was seen as a move that was in a sense signing her death warrant. but now she has finally been allowed to leave, a final appeal against the supreme court ruling was thrown out injanuary and it appears that she is now here to be reunited with other members of her family who faced death threats but of course, this is not the end of the story for her. we can only imagine the toll it has taken on her and herfamily‘s lives and already there are groups in pakistan who have promised to find asia bibi and kill her wherever in the world she is. from canada to the us. in the us, drivers from uber and other ride—hailing firms are striking over wages and conditions. we have marked some of the major cities in the us where these walk—outs are happening but there are other cities where it is happening too. drivers are being urged to log

off their apps for 12 hours. and users are being encouraged to not request cars in that same period. dave lee is in san francisco where protests are happening outside the uber headquarters. lots of protesters behind you dave. what to they want huber to do?l good turnout i think you could say here from uber drivers in san francisco. they are saying that there wants to be a fair deal for them. they say they work very long hours, they have nojob them. they say they work very long hours, they have no job security, they have no holiday pay, no sick pgy- they have no holiday pay, no sick pay. if their cargoes off the road, they have to pay for that and they don't earn any money while it is out of action, and they say that for a company soon to be worth $90 billion that the cohen founder of that monday taking six planned hours from that, they say it is only right that the people who make that service possible in the first place get better conditions and that is why some of come out here today in san

francisco. there have been other protests in los angeles, philadelphia, new york, and other parts of the world as well. for the company's parts of the world as well. for the compa ny‘s part they parts of the world as well. for the company's part they say they value theirjarvis very much and they are trying to help improve their conditions. but of the people i have spoken to here who are very angry, i have to say ross very angry, they say huber isn't simply not supporting them in their desire to earn enough money to live off. dave, is this designed to time with the same week that uber‘s doing its public announcement? it is and many of the people here said that it was seen of the people here said that it was seen those numbers being thrown around about the money that will be generated by uber that has given the impetus and motivation for people to come out here today. i think it's right to stress that while there is a good cloud here, maybe around 100 01’ so a good cloud here, maybe around 100 or so who have come to the protest, there are many other drivers around

there are many other drivers around the city who have been given the time to take out of their day to support them. some have driven by an haunt and support. uber cherishes one change. dave, thank you very much g. —— g. take a look at the dowjones — an index made up of 30 big companies in the us — it was moderately up earlier — but in the past half an hour or so has taken a bit of a dive. this week has been a roller—coaster ride for markets. and you guessed it — it's all down to the us china trade talks happening in washington this week. let's speak to michelle fleury in new york. last time i checked the chinese delegation is coming in thursday. what is the format, how would play out from that point? we understand there will be talks between the two sides but here is the thing, it has got a lot more complicated. if you got a lot more complicated. if you go back to last friday i think there

we re go back to last friday i think there were expectations amongst investors that perhaps we would be looking at an announcement this thursday or friday that a deal was done, that a date might be set for a potential summitand date might be set for a potential summit and meeting between the leaders of the world pontiac to artist economies. instead what we got on sunday was a tweet from president donald trump threatening ta riffs president donald trump threatening tariffs and now a very competent indicated sort of set of negotiations going into these sort of talks. —— complicated sort of emotions. you have the chinese commerce ministry standing ready to retaliate if higher tariffs are imposed on chinese goods. high—stakes talks, imposed on chinese goods. high—sta kes talks, unclear what imposed on chinese goods. high—stakes talks, unclear what to expect from this and against all of this backdrop, we are also going to get the latest trade deficit figures from the united states. michelle, thank you. we are well up against the first half of the programme. thanks to michelle, we will be back with the latest from westminster. more pressure on theresa may, you may not be surprised to hear. we

will be with ben wright in westminster in a couple of the programme. thanks to michelle, we will be back with the latest from westminster. more pressure on theresa may, you may not be surprised to hear. we will be with ben right in westminster in a couple minutes. welcome to our net look at what is happening right around the world. ongoing right now is another round of severe storms in the southern portion of the united states. it is tornado season. this cloud pushing across from texas, louisiana, arkansas as well. more tornadoes, damaging winds regardless, large hailand damaging winds regardless, large hail and torrential rain north of that which will spill into the mississippi valley only exacerbating flooding situations where we have seen some flooding situations where we have seen some of the highest river levels in decades if not on record leaving scenes like this. while that is ongoing in the southern portion of the united states, the northwest and across bridge columbia we have a unusual warm sage and across bridge columbia we have a unusual warm sage for the stage and spring. —— british: b. sunny skies

in vancouver and seattle well above levels they should be. seattle above the ‘80s and fahrenheit. to africa now and tanzania and parts of kenya who were under some severe flooding at the moment well over one months worth of rain has phone. sucking wish away from areas where rain is needed. from botswana, bolivia and angola. to the northwest of africa, he is set to build? those in the canaries and morocco see chapters climb to levels not usual in this time of year well into the high 20s. to the north of austria we have a developing tropical cyclone and to the south, we have things cooling down quite rapidly under this area of cloud which over the next 2a hours pushes away and brings heavy rain to adelaide and melbourne dropping temperature here and could even produce a little bit of snow at times over the higher ground. and if things stay on the core site for adelaide and melbourne over the next few days. canberra will start to

warm up. then across europe we have seen snow we scenes of warm up. then across europe we have seen snow we scenes of the past week across areas such as germany, seen snow we scenes of the past week across areas such as germany, the alps, even as far south as italy and slovenia. more cold weather to come across alpine regions into thursday but it is this airflow pressure responsible which is affecting us in the uk. strong winds across france into germany as you go through tonight into tomorrow. heavy, thundershowers here. warm air confined to eastern parts of europe at the moment. certainly in towards western russia, moscow seeing temperatures into the mid—20s. we will see cloud and rain gathered towards the west of spain and portugal thursday but that will clear itself away and in doing so in the rest of this week and weekend, we are going to see down here the temperatures build. just notice how those red colours appear in the chart particular to the south west of spain across portugal. the whites of spain across portugal. the whites of seville as well as lisbon see cha pters of seville as well as lisbon see chapters climb quite remarkably into the high 30s over the next few days. —— the likes of seville. here in the uk it has been chilly of late.

things are said to warm up into next week after the showers fade and things turned dry this weekend.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. donald trump has blocked congress from getting the full details of the mueller report. that means an unredacted version. this came as the house was poised to hold attorney general william barr in contempt forfailing to hand over an un—redacted version. this sums up the democrats' mood: in this country, no one is above the law, including the president of the united states. we're also in south africa where people have been voting in the country's general elections. scientists are using drones to map chernobyl‘s red forest, one of the most radioactive places on earth. and we'll look at how brazil's culture wars are being waged in the classroom,

where there's an increasing focus on discipline and order. india's elections are the biggest exercise in democracy in the world — and we're reaching the finale. there are 900 million registered voters in india — that's four times the next biggest democracy, the us. and because of this, the election is done in seven phases. and phase six is on sunday. among the areas still to vote is delhi. the party of the incumbent prime minister held a huge rally there today, rajini vaidya nathan was there. "at a narendra modi rally you're neverfarfrom the man himself. albeit in ca rdboa rd". here is a picture.

you'll see another cardboard modi in rajini's report, here it is. tens of thousands of people have gathered here on a hot and dusty delhi even. to watch a rally being addressed by the indian prime minister noranda modi, also the leader of the party here. as you can see the crowd is going wild. the cult of his personality moves largely. the crowd chanting his name. india may have a parliamentary system, and in many ways it feels like a presidential rally. it almost reminds me of those rallies in 2016 when i covered donald trump in the us race. as well as narrow drum modi leading the opposition congress party, —— as well as modi hosting the party. we are entering the final stages of the week—long indian

election campaign. in the nation's capital, they go to the polls to vote on sunday. voting ends on the 19th and a few days later on the 23rd, the votes will be counted in the largest democratic exercise in the world. from indian politics to british politics. since we've been on air we've had updates on how those cross party talks in the uk between labour and the conservatives are going, to try to find a way forward for brexit. this comes from reuters... then we have this this. i will get some help on translating that for you! let's speak to our uk political correspondent ben wright.

what does that mean? these state m e nts what does that mean? these statements are pretty generic, after these talks. the tone is interesting, after yesterday's meeting, which lasted for three hours, the government talked about —— spoke about them being constructible making progress. the briefing coming from labour was that there were significant hurdles and fundamental differences remained between the two sides, around customs arrangements post brexit and labour's demands about a guarantee ofa labour's demands about a guarantee of a custom union with the eu after brexit. yesterday, i thought the mood music was pretty chilly, really, certainly from labour's side. these statements sound more positive. my sense is, there is a genuine hope and willingness from the just negotiation teams, to find an agreement and landing zone, and find commonality that can actually translate into a paper that they can

sign off on and agreeable formed the basis of votes in the house of commons. i find myself wondering, and i don't think i am the only one, whether these are good—faith discussions and if progress is being made. why are they meeting tomorrow rather than last week? this is a national crisis? they said there are two sets of negotiation teams at an official level that will meet and there will be an exchange of papers. the difficult bit is turning the rhetoric and chat within these meetings into an actual text that can form the basis of the agreement. what you may see in the next week is an exchange of documents between the just sides with officials doing some of the legwork and trying to produce documentation where the principles, the cabinet ministers and theresa may, jeremy corbyn, could sign up to those and that is the process that

will continue. thank you for clearing that up. we talk about this a lot with ben, the prime minister rejecting calls for her to quit over her handling of brexit, plenty of her handling of brexit, plenty of her own mps would like to set a date or her departure and among them is the tory brexiteer andrea jenkyns. she failed to deliver on her promises and we have lost 1300 hard—working promises and we have lost 1300 ha rd—working councillors and promises and we have lost 1300 hard—working councillors and sadly the public no longer trust her to run brexit negotiations. isn't it time for her to set her aside and let someone else lead our country and negotiations? downing street says it has already made it clear that the prime minister will leave only when she has seen through a brexit withdrawal deal. this evening mrs may agreed to address a meeting of the 1922 committee next week. that's a group of tory backbencher mps which oversees leadership contests. its chairman is sir graham brady. she has made clear not only her

determination to try and secure the first stage of the brexit process, in the very near future but crucially, to introduce the necessary legislation before the european elections take place. and possibly in the much nearer future than that. laura kuenssberg does the interview, and she tweeted afterwards this. at least we can agree that there isn't a great deal of clarity as to when the prime minister will go? she said on the 29th of march, the day that brexit was supposed to happen, that she would step down as prime minister wa nts would step down as prime minister wants the first phase of negotiations was done, and when the agreement had passed through parliament. that has been restated by number 10 parliament. that has been restated by number10 again parliament. that has been restated by number 10 again and again that there are many tory mps unhappy with that, particularly after the drubbing the tories got last week.

they felt changing the leader sooner than that would make a difference to the party's for jeans than that would make a difference to the party's forjeans and they want a specific date and they are not happy with a vague reassurance that she will go when the first phase is done. graham brady, who you saw there, has had two meetings with the prime minister over the last week or two, relaying concerns to the prime minister and hearing what she had to say back, and now we know the prime minister will meet not the whole 22 but the 18 strong executive of the 1922 committee next week, for what could be something of a reckoning between senior tory mps and the prime minister over the circumstances of her departure from office. it was interesting to, what sirgraham office. it was interesting to, what sir graham brady said about the government intending to bring back the withdrawal agreement bill. it's not the meaningful vote but the legislation needed to enact the brexit deal. he thinks the prime

will attempt to do that before the european elections on the 23rd of may. number 10 will only attempt that if those talks with labour are going somewhere and there is a guarantee that the vote will go through, perhaps, with either a labour extension or support. ben, we a lwa ys labour extension or support. ben, we always appreciate your support. the european elections began on the 23rd, two weeks tomorrow. it's the south african election — the first real electoral test for president ramaphosa. the polls suggest he's the most popular leader since nelson mandela — we'll see if that translates into votes. just like mandela, he leads the anc — the party's always been in power since the end of the apartheid in the 90s. but it's under severe pressure over corruption allegations and the state of the economy. let me show you some pictures from earlier.

the president himself voting in soweto, supporters outside to welcome him. soweto is an iconic place in south african politics, the natural place for an anc leader to vote. he promises to deal with corruption and clean up his party. the man who wants to stop him also voting in soweto, the leader of the main opposition party, the democratic alliance. he says his vote would be for a nonracial future. this man wants to disrupt what the anc are doing. always in red, he leads the far left economic freedom fighters, and he was voting in the north of south africa. there are 28,000 polling stations across the country, this isjust are 28,000 polling stations across the country, this is just one are 28,000 polling stations across the country, this isjust one in cape town. you can see quite long queues of people seeking to vote. they would not have been short of options when they got to the parling booths, there is a record 48 parties taking place in this election,

making for a mammoth voting ballot paper, half a metre long, no less. the party with the most seats elect the president and will be sworn in towards the end of may, may the 25th. we will not know the result until saturday unless something unexpected happens. the anc is going to win, but might its vote share fall? we will have to see, the president hopes not. this is a vote that reminds us of 1994. in 1994, our people were just as excited as this, because they were heralding a new period, a new future, for our country. today, this is what i also picking up. our people are really excited about what lies tomorrow, and they want to vote for a government. a government that is going to serve them and address

their needs. their aspirations, and they have great confidence that we will be able to do so. not everyone is excited about what tomorrow will bring, this report says that it is the most economically unequal country in the world. the world bank estimates the country's richest households are more than ten times wealthier than the poorest. there are many ways of demonstrating that, this picture from johannesburg highlights the juxtaposition of the two different communities and the start and a quality that they represent. or, look at this analysis showing which demographics, showing which population is most affected by poverty. black south africans are affected more than any other people

in south africa. unemployment is among the highest in the world from over 27%, meaning 6 million people out of work. worse looking at young people, over half are unemployed and half of that place into one statistic. 6 million young south africans did not register to vote. some of those who did have been speaking to the bbc. some of those who did have been speaking to the bbci some of those who did have been speaking to the bbc. i expect change. a lot of jobs. gray speaking to the bbc. i expect change. a lot ofjobs. gray i am voting because i want changes. change. a lot ofjobs. gray i am voting because i want changeslj wa nt voting because i want changes.” wa nt to voting because i want changes.” want to see jobs, and housing. voting because i want changes.” want to seejobs, and housing. so i can buy my own house. red i want to see change.

milton nkosi is in soweto. why are voters not punishing it for what has happened to the economy? yes, voters are telling us here, i have been here all day in soweto, and as people have been coming to vote, at this voting station in the local high school, they say that they are voting for history. remember, apartheid only ended in 1994. 25 years may seem long, but actually, the country's lifetime, thatis actually, the country's lifetime, that is no gap at all. those who lived under white minority rule, today they were voting for history. remember, the anc lead the democracy and they want to encourage it to keep going. the anc has failed quite drastically, particularly on the

issue of corruption, which you rightly pointed out. but there have been many successes as well. people do actually want to balance the su ccesses do actually want to balance the successes and failures of the anc and that is why it is likely to come back to power after the vote today. the eff favour a more interventionist approach to the economy. what is the alternative that president ramaphosa offers? that he says will deal with inequality and the economy? and the mackie is pushing on inclusive growth, he is asking for foreign direct investment to come into the country, and he wants intra— africa investment, to try and grow south africa's economy committee is the most industrialised on the continent and it wants a lot more investment to come in and expand manufacturing

to come in and expand manufacturing to create jobs because, to come in and expand manufacturing to createjobs because, as to come in and expand manufacturing to create jobs because, as you rightly said, 27% unemployment rates, that is where it is at the moment and it has been going well below where it should be. it has gone below the percent at the moment. and he is trying to take it past 3% but it is a tall order because the economy is sluggish at the moment and voters are judging president ramaphosa on that. is a lwa ys president ramaphosa on that. is always great to have you on outside source. thank you forjoining us. back to our top story. the battle between democrats in the us congress who want to see the full, unredacted report of the special counsel's investigation into russian election interference — and the trump administration, which wants to stop them. breaking news coming in on the wires, the us and democrat led

house, they have voted to recommend co nte m pt house, they have voted to recommend contempt citation against attorney general barr. they have debated that step for a number of hours and they are moving to press ahead. that is because william barr, the attorney general, refused to provide the unredacted document when asked to by thejudiciary unredacted document when asked to by the judiciary committee in unredacted document when asked to by thejudiciary committee in congress. earlier, as i mentioned president trump, and the presidential secrecy powers, calls executive privilege, to shore up the attorney general‘s decision to refuse the committee access to the full document. much more on this to come, we will keep you up—to—date. stay with us on outside source — still to come... these scientists are using drones to map out the areas of contamination

of chernobyl‘s red forest, one of the most radioactive places on earth. we show you their findings. the nhs is seeing its first sustained fall in the number of family doctors in half a century. research for the bbc shows the number of gps entering the profession isn't keeping up with the number leaving. dominic hughes reports. it's eight o'clock in the morning and dr carmel boyhan—irvine hasjust arrived at her practice in plymouth. i'm looking to a busy day with complex consultations. no time to reflect. high demand. with more than 8,000 patients on the books, her time is precious. so most patients are consulted over the phone. how can we help today? i'm feeling quite faint, feeling quite sick. so, basically, last tuesday, i got run over by a car. only the most pressing cases get seen face—to—face. people like janet, who struggles with high blood pressure. it's been off and on, probably for quite a while.

there is a crisis in general practice. it's very real. it's the worst crisis since 1948. its future is injeopardy, there's no doubt about that. and at the ashton medical centre in wigan, they're trying new ways of working to ease the pressure. nurse practitioner trudi lowe now sees patients that were once seen by a doctor. minor illness, minor ailments, and looking at management of chronic illness as well. we work alongside the gps and it also absolutely looks at hospital avoidance. it doesn't mean we are not committed to making sure that we have the right number of gps in this country, to look after our patients as they change over the years. but we are also bringing in additional health

ca re also bringing in additional health care professionals to support gps and nurses as well. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story... in the us — the house has voted to recommend holding attorney general william barr in contempt forfailing to hand over an unredacted version of the mueller report. and from the bbc world service... in pakistan — at least nine people have been killed and up to 25 injured in an explosion next to a major sufi shrine in lahore. the attack was targeted at police. twenty people are reported to have been killed in fighting in north—western syria. government forces have been attacking a strategically significant town in their latest offensive against rebel and jihadist fighters. that's from bbc arabic.

here in the uk — the duke and duchess of sussex have named their son archie harrison mountbatten—windsor. uk scientists have used drones to map the area surrounding the chernobyl nuclear power plant in ukraine. it's called the red forest and it's one of the most radioactive places on earth. the chernobyl nuclear power plant in ukraine. it's called the red forest and it's one of the most radioactive places on earth. here's what the drones captured. this is what the forests look like now. in 1986 many of the trees died and turned orange after the explosion in the plant's number—4 reactor. it was the worst nuclear disaster in history. the total number of deaths, and they include future deaths as people are still dying from the consequences of radiation, is highly controversial.

estimates range from 4,000, to more than 90,000. the scientists from bristol university used the dronesbiv to create radiation maps. like this one. they tell us which areas have the greatest contamination. there were some surprises. such as this unexpected hotspot to the south of the red forest here. this is the same area on google maps. you can see how close the area of the forest surveyed by the drones is to the plant. jonathan amos has more. shortly after the accident, they instigated an exclusion zone, with some 2600 kilometres, and what you can do there is very heavily restricted. you have probably heard of this area called the red forest, just to the west of the power station which took the brunt of the fallout in the days immediately after that accident. a lot of the trees died, they even turned orange.

that is why they call it the red forest. there are parts of the forest which are literally no—go zones, some of the most contaminated land on earth. but precisely which areas are hazardous is not precisely known. that is the reason ukrainian authorities called in these british experts with their drones, to go and survey the forest and surrounding area, the most detailed survey that has ever been done from the air. they reaffirmed a lot of what we already know and found some new hotspots. places where they had buried old equipment that was used in the immediate aftermath of the clean—up. and areas where they did not fully understand what was under the ground. they have been able to gather that information and the reason it is useful is going forward over the coming years, the exclusion zone is likely to be drawn. the boundaries will be redrawn and

already more people are going into the zone. last year, you had 70,000 tourists visiting chernobyl. and there is talk of putting solar farms on redundant land to keep everyone safe, they need very good maps of where the contamination is and that is the purpose of the drone activity. british experts still have work to do so they will be going backin work to do so they will be going back in the next few months. studio: a reminder of the breaking news, our lead story anyway, a stand—off between democrats in congress and the trump administration over whether they should see a full unredacted version of the miller report. they are recommending a contempt citation against attorney general william barber because he has refused to provide the full report —— mike william barr. the president has backed up the attorney general‘s position, they have a major

stand—off happening. we will keep you up—to—date with what is happening. see you tomorrow. hello there, last month was a pretty dry month across the uk and very dry for some in east anglia. we only had 25% of the normal rainfall. so this area of low pressure that brought in the wet weather on wednesday i'm sure would have brought welcome rainfall to many a gardener and farmer alike. the low though still influences the weather through thursday bringing with it a lot of cloud with outbreaks of rain to start the day. the rain tending to transition to heavy showers and thunderstorms this week along through the afternoon, some of those will be slow—moving in nature. after a chilly start in scotland, there should be a little more in the way of sunshine developing across northern ireland. still a few showers mind you and temperatures are below par for the time of year, you are looking at highs between 10—15 degrees. now, showers continue on and off through the evening

and overnight as well, particularly for northern ireland and parts of northwest england too. we've got an old weather front here that's encouraging those downpours. the far north of england and scotland where the sky is clear, will be cold enough for some patches of frost and still some wintry showers over the high ground of scotland. yeah, that is just about possible. by the end of the week, showers continue to feature in the forecast but the area of low pressure is a feeling, getting less deep all the time and that means the winds are getting significantly lighter. all that means on friday is where we see those showers, they will become particularly slow—moving in nature, really heavy downpours. some thunderstorms, some hail mixed in as well. but in between those showers, we should start to see a lead but more in the way of sunshine. and that trend toward slightly more settled conditions continues onto saturday. western air is probably staying dry with some sunshine. showers tending to become limited to central and eastern parts of england. central and eastern parts of scotland as well. in between those downpours, a bit more sunshine and then the sunshine, we are up to 17 degrees in cardiff. it is going to start to feel

a little bit warmer than it has done over recent days. beyond that, the jet stream starts to change. it starts to get more amplified pattern. now, with this ridge extending into the uk. we get sinking air pushing downwards through atmosphere and that's this low stays the other side of the channel and leaves us with fine weather is high pressure builds, thanks to the sinking air. so come on sunday, it is a dry day for most of us, sunny in the morning in many cases. things looking cloudy in the north—west, as we had through the afternoon. a bit of rain, skirting into the western isles but otherwise with more sunshine it will make all the difference as to how the day feels, 15 in edinburgh, not bad! 17 in london but temperatures will rise

further into next week. the area of high pressure remains slow—moving. dry weather still to come next week, exactly where the high pressure remains day by day will influence where the winds are going and if they come from the sea, it brings in cooler that for many, a lovely looking weak on the cards. dry weather around, decent sunshine and temperatures in the north of the uk climbing into the high teens, above—average for this time of year. and in england and wales, sunshine, some cloud building in, temperatures in the high teens, low 20s. a big contrast compared with cooler weather we have seen in recent days. temperatures will be above normal next week. that's your weather.

tonight at ten, for the first time in 50 years, the nhs suffers a sustained fall in number of gps across the uk. the shortage of gps is getting worse at a time when demands on family doctors are rising sharply. patient groups say the shortage is causing real difficulties in making appointments as practices fail to fill vacancies. we tried to recruit a new gp, and there were zero applicants. we'll have details of the steps being taken to address the problem. also tonight: the duke and duchess of sussex have named their newborn son. he's archie harrison mountbatten—windsor. it's magic. it's pretty amazing, and i have the two best guys in the world,