hello, i'm nuala mcgovern, this is outside source. britain's ambassador to washington resigns days after his confidential emails were leaked. sir kim darroch said it was impossible to do his job after president trump's public attacks on him. some say he resigned because borisjohnson refused to back him in last night's leadership debate — but the front runner to become britain's next prime minister rejects that claim. my my views, it's wrong to drag a civil serva nts my views, it's wrong to drag a civil servants into the political arena, that's what i think. shining a light on countries that undermine a free press around the world. campaigners come together on the back of a deadly year for journalists. this decline in median free and doesn't only mean we have your

rights, it means we all have. and scientists discover the oldest modern human fossil ever found outside africa. three days after the contents of his scathing diplomatic cables about donald trump were published in a sunday newspaper, and a day after the president said he would no longer have anything to do with him, the uk ambassador to the united states has resigned. sir kim darroch said in a letter to the foreign office "the current situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as i would like." the head of britain's diplomatic service has been speaking to parliament about donald trump's refusal to work with a british ambassador. this is not the first time a british ambassador has left post. but, or

resign because of... actions taken by host government, but usually, they are governments with who we have problematic relations rather than friendly relations. and even then, had there been many occasions in your experience where there has been refusal to work with the british, complete refusal by head of state to work with the british government? i know i've not. many politicians in the uk have said how troubled they are by kim darroch‘s resignation, including the prime minister. the whole cabinet rightly gave its full support to sir ken on tuesday. he has given a lifetime of service to the united kingdom and we owe him an enormous debt of gratitude. theresa may will not be prime minister much longer. in two weeks she will be replaced by one of these two men, boris johnson orjeremy hunt. according to the daily

mail's political editor "friends of sir kim darroch say he decided the game was up last night" — after borisjohnson refused to back him during a live tv debate. it is vital that our civil servants are not politicized by ministers leaking what they say. whoever lea ked leaking what they say. whoever leaked that deserves to be eviscerated. boris, just answer the question, tell less appeal to the ambassador, come on. no one here is going to tell anyone, just tell if the answer. you wouldn't extend his term? i will keep him until he is due to did —— retire we want to know of you would? i will not be so presumptuous. this is the view of the financial times chief political correspondent

"make no mistake, the resignation of sir kim darroch is a historic moment and not in a good way, this is an ominous precedent". here's a former british diplomat who's worked in the us, explaining why. washington is a uniquely sensitive place. i think it's more there than anywhere else because of our relationship at the us and the importance of post brexit trade agreement, and of course personality of the us president. but more generally, you are right of course, there is a chilling effect. it's already existed but there will be one on getting frank advice until you can be absolutely certain it won't be leaked in some way. and create problems for the country and the ambassador in particular. so i think already we are in a situation where future generations of researchers will not find a treasure trove of information in the archives when they come to look at happen 30 yea rs i when they come to look at happen 30 years i because people will be very relu cta nt to years i because people will be very reluctant to put things down on

paper. serious questions are being asked about who was responsible for leaking sir kim's emails to the media. here's a for us diplomat explaining why. 0ur our focus should be on 0urfocus should be on how our focus should be on how did the lea k our focus should be on how did the leak happen, is that a disgruntled employee?, leak happen, is that a disgruntled employee? , with the leak happen, is that a disgruntled employee?, with the political agenda oi’ employee?, with the political agenda or hostile government seeking to undermine the us anglo relations? and if so, being what right does that... we have to address that, but also what's the purpose of the media and publishing this? so i know freedom of press and expression, but this goes beyond this. there is no inherent need for the public to know about secret cables, in fact it goes against public interest. the public should one to read my to be able to communicate freely. so i think there should be some reflection on whether the media should consider that when they receive something like this, if it's not whistle—blower situation, that they should think twice before

publishing it. sir simon mcdonald, who we heard from earlier, has written a reply to sir kim darroch‘s resignation letter. it reads "on behalf of the diplomatic service, i accept your resignation with deep personal regret... you were the target of a malicious leak; you were simply doing yourjob. we have been lucky to have you as a friend and colleague. you were the best of us." it's a view shared by this former uk ambassador to the us. iam i am really sorry and i am also extremely angry that a good man has been brought down by a terrible leak of highly classified documents and bya of highly classified documents and by a president as vindictive and spiteful as darroch said he was and is highly confidential classified communications. by the way, it is not donald trump plus plus get to say who the british ambassador should be. he could certainly make

life impossible for him if he wants to, and he has done this, with darroch, but we should take a measured decision on who should be the right person to represent and not the american interest, not donald trump interest, but that british interest in the united states and we have to recognise that the british interest does not always coincide with the american interest. let's go live to washington, and speak to anthony zurcher. although, watching your twitter feed, i was reading you said not a lot of americans engaged at that synapse showed up at opinions that it's deathly talking point on this side of the pond, but do you think this will have ramifications for the us uk relationship? well, now that theissue us uk relationship? well, now that the issue has essentially been resolved at least on the trump administration standpoint, it probably will be in the rear—view mirror. as a statement that i the

department of state yesterday that this relations between us and uk is bigger than any one individual, bigger than any one individual, bigger than any one individual, bigger than anyone government, and so bigger than anyone government, and soi bigger than anyone government, and so i think the view of this administration is now that the ambassador is out of the picture, the special relationship can continue to stop there will be lasting effects clearly and they'll have to deal at that, but when donald trump gets what he wants which is the removal of the ambassador, and he will be satisfied i think at this point. it's quite interesting, we thought boris johnson and his leadership debate, demand is a front runner for the next prime minister, i did not back some darroch and people thought that was that death note. but what you think these elite cables and e—mails, the president so much? donald trump likes to style himself ofa donald trump likes to style himself of a counterpunch or when criticised and pushes back the yes his response was particularly the suppressed, been part of the read it —— reason is that donald trump time and type

again, he has talked about how he making america at respected again on the world stage and that it wasn't under previous presidents and he is restoring the american greatness overseas and foreign leaders tell him all the time about what a great job is doing, will you not tangible evidence here from you in advance or not from any country but the us plus my closest allies saying best dysfunction and chaotic so it under cuts to claims. anthony, thank you but stay with this because i want to bring another story i know you've also been following. in the last few moments the us labour secretary alex acosta has been holding a press conference. he's defending himself over his past role in striking a plea deal with billionaire financierjeffrey epstein. mr acosta was a federal prosecuter in 2008 when mr epstein pleaded guilty to prostitution charges. democrat's have called the plea deal quote — "amoral". here's what mr acosta had to say. 0ne one of the tough questions in these

cases, what does that value at the ac carried guilty plea? with the registration. braces rolling the dice. and i know that in 2019 looking back on 2008, things may looking back on 2008, things may look different. but this was at the judgement of the prosecutors with dozens judgement of the prosecutors with d oze ns of judgement of the prosecutors with dozens of yea rs judgement of the prosecutors with dozens of years of experience. if you look to the letter, you will see it's not a single person making those decisions. let's go live to washington, and speak to anthony zurcher. so, mr epstein, a name that our view have come across i so, mr epstein, a name that our view have come across i know american euros have been watching closely, acosta speaking there and getting the press conference, why did he need to do that? well because he was coming under increased criticism from democrats and in the victims themselves at his handling of the prosecution at epstein, the plea agreement and the sealed plea agreement and the sealed plea agreement agreement he reached, derek critics saying it was letting him off lightly. 13 months in prison

with a work release six days a week, and allowing him to go to his office and allowing him to go to his office and then back on the streets, debuted that with evidence they had for more than 30 underage girls at sexual misconduct and rain, that he should have pursued that prosecution vigorously. how much interest is there in this case? is a huge amount of interest. we talk about the ambassador story, i was getting mentioned but the epistemic case is stealing all the headlines. alex acosta is trying to explain away things were different back then than they are now and he didn't want to roll the drive —— dice a prosecution but the question is will it lower the heat on them and it probably will not because he's a direct tie to the administration and brings politics into it, this is a horrendous sex offence case, it has all the ingredients to really ca ptu re all the ingredients to really capture the interest of the american public. anthony, thank you so much for bringing us up to date. there's been a major shock

in the cricket world cup. new zealand have knocked out the favourites india in the semi—final. huge celebrations from new zealand fans — mammoth disappointment for millions of indian supporters. england play australia on thursday to see who takes on new zealand on sunday. today's match took place at old trafford near manchester, joe wilson was there. what an incredible day here, and he admitted 2112 in the semifinal and new zealand started so well taking three quick wickets and then a partnership, but it looked like it may take india to victory but didn't happen in the end. and, you are there inside. what happened to india? i think the early lots of virat made a difference had been there it was the team, the score was difficult. in any case, i think new zealand, i wish england also comes

to the finals because none of them had, neither had won the world cup at least when dad, we have had it once. that's very gracious, of course both are playing tomorrow, by 242 course both are playing tomorrow, by 2112 when a well—kept semifinal. course both are playing tomorrow, by 242 when a well-kept semifinal. that is very, very easy but still disappointed it happens. they have one before, new zealand and never had a could be a new name on the trophy. who knows, second semifinal still to come, every emotion on the streets at manchester. the defeat is a massive shock for india. shortly after the match finished 6 of the top 10 hashtags trending worldwide were related to the match. and the top 4 were all about the cricket. vikas pandey from bbc india was monitoring the reaction online. "absolute meltdown on twitter. many can't believe that the famous batting line—up failed when it mattered the most.

blame game begins. let's go to delhi — the bbc‘s divya arya is there. it's been a disappointing day to say the least. and was high expectation from this match, everyone thinking in was the clear favourite, this was a strange match, it was a one—day spread over two days, and we saw empty spread over two days, and we saw e m pty rows spread over two days, and we saw empty rows into sword —— deserted roads yesterday and today, people stayed back from work or stayed late into work and gloat —— glue to mobile phones watching every ball waiting with keen anticipation. i have heard analysis about how they could affect the chances and even if the weather where going to rain for today or the whole match was washed out orjust a few over, there was a huge interest. and of course, huge

disappointment because it was a very, very keenly thought contest. the reaction started pouring in on twitter as soon as it ended in fact, the press people to react what the indian prime minister, narendra modi, he congratulated the team on valiant efforts through the well—kept coming to the stage, and he said that winning and losses are something we take in stride and not be disappointed, that's easier said than done though. they will be lots of disappointed people coming to bed tonight, and india of course there are two more matches to watch, but clearly indian stat —— chances in the well—kept after winning the trophy twice earlier had come to a sad end. cipro my colleagues as well. stay with us on 0utside source — still to come... scientists we look back at the iconic car history.

this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is... the british ambassador to the united states is stepping down four days after his confidential cables about president trump were leaked. ukraine's president has signed a decree to transform the area around the chernobyl nuclear reactor into a tourist site. volodymyr zelensky said he wanted to bring new life to an area of ukraine forever associated with the world's worst peacetime nuclear disaster. bbc russian. thousands of people lined the streets of new york to celebrate the us women's football team, fresh from their triumph at the world cup. 0n the eve of the parade, the team captain, megan rapinoe, launched a ferocious attack on president trump, saying his message was to exclude people. the german chancellor angela merkel has insisted she is fine after being seen shaking for a third time in a month. it happened as national anthems were being played at the reception

of the finnish prime minister. at a press conference shortly after mrs merkel said she was in a phase of processing a previous shaking spell but that there had been progress. that's our most read on the website. wall street has rallied after comments by the federal reserve, chairjerome powell. he's said, that the us economy is not immune to global risks — like trade wars and slowing growth around the world. the fed — is ready to "act as appropriate" — leading to speculation, that a rate cut, may come at the end of the month. samira hussain is in new york. the two happy back on outside source, why is it important? this is important because if the federal reserve decides to cut interest rates, but i don't mean there is a lot more free—flowing money available to go to stock markets,

usually bonds are the more attractive avenue in terms of long—term investing. but if interest rates are low, it means how much money people can make on bonds that will be lower and that makes stock look more attractive and that's why every time you get a sent that —— a sense perhaps there's a cut in interest rate you see stock markets in the united states hit record highs. in fact, in the united states hit record highs. infact, two in the united states hit record highs. in fact, two of the three main indices had hit record highs based on this testimony. now that's something that president will also talk about, but this is something he was looking for, a rate cut to try and bring the economy to a stronger position in his eyes. absolutely, but it really put the chair at federal reservejerome powell in a difficult position. this is a political position so he's not taking any sort of political ideas are pressured into consideration,

but there is no doubt us president donald trump was putting or is putting political pressure on mr pollock. in fact, putting political pressure on mr pollock. infact, during putting political pressure on mr pollock. in fact, during his testimony to members of congress, he was asked what he would do if the president asked him to resign and he said he would certainly fight back. a clear sign he does not want to bow to political pressure, but ultimately if that federal reserve is cutting interest rates, that's somewhat like the president getting what he wants. thank you very much. always interesting to hear from you speaking from new york. the us aviation regulator came in for a lot of criticism after two boeing aircraft crashed in recent months. the federal aviation authority was the last regulator to ground the 737 max after those crashes. it's a step closer to gettting a new head today — it's a step closer to getting a new head today — the nominee is stephen dickson. today he won the backing of a senate committee by just two votes — the decision now goes to the full senate.

let's hear from a former congressman who thinks president trump has chosen the right man for the job. the faa rated for evidence and then they rounded us and if they saw the evidence, but they waited for the evidence, but they waited for the evidence and that's the most important thing you have to do. the evidence has to determine where we go with this and again, democratic senators criticised the faa for not grounding the seventh lisette and max quick enough. and then they say he got not that was wrong, he aired on the side of caution and that's what we want out of an administrator like that, if you're going to air on the side of the state to do it on the side of the state to do it on the side of caution and that's what the side of caution and that's what the captain has proven he would do and if you look at the aviation record here, especially in the united states. we had the safest aviation and aerospace in the world. there been one fatality in the united states of america and the last ten years. this only mode of

transportation it's safer than flying is getting on an elevator. we had an extreme lycee situation united states but again we have to look at what happened with that system, but the training of these two airlines that the crash occurred and because it's notjust necessary technology. as many things that can happen. it's the end of the road for an iconic car — the volkswagen beetle. the last one of its current incarnation rolls off the production line today. here's a look back at its history. (music).

the beta was my first and only car actually if i'm honest. let's move on. “— actually if i'm honest. let's move on. —— beetle. now this may not look like much to you and me. but for scientists this is a massive discovery. they have identified the oldest evidence of modern humans living outside africa. this skull from from the south of the peloponnese in greece is five times older than the previous oldest signs of people in europe. paul rincon explained it all.

this skull was found in the 19705, and air thi5 skull was found in the 19705, and air fragment5, so thi5 skull was found in the 19705, and airfragment5, so they had to wait until today, with modern techniques he had like ct scanning to actually put this 5kull together virtually. to to actually put this 5kull together vi rtually. to really to actually put this 5kull together virtually. to really tell that it look5 virtually. to really tell that it looks like, it really does look like a modern human 5kull it doesn't look like a neanderthal, has a very rounded shape and characteristics of. we are seeing some pictures there at the moment, to me it looks like a vase or something like that. but how significant is it? this usually significant 5imply but how significant is it? this usually significant simply because of the ages 200,000 years old, and that's much older than anything found outside africa before. so one of the reasons is significant is that we and everyone outside of africa are descended from a wave of migration that happened 60,000 years ago, but we know from various a po5tle ago, but we know from various apostle findings there was an earlier wave of migration out of africa that was a dead end and didn't result in anything or replace

the neanderthals in asia, so we know from china and the near ea5t, this i5 from china and the near ea5t, this is really old evidence from europe that we were in europe alongside the neanderthals much earlier than anyone expected. just wondering, do you think now that's where they will start excavating and looking at so that they found it in greece, they will be more hunter5 on the way out? that's right, one of the things they do of i5 that's right, one of the things they do of is that we have find stone tool5 do of is that we have find stone tools a year, we can't a55ume now they will made by neanderthals. some of that may be from modern humans, but we can look at these caves where they found the scholars in the 705 and other sites, there are other cities in mu5eum with fo55il find5 like these that have not been looked at, i may be modern techniques well throughout a real surpri5e. at, i may be modern techniques well throughout a real surprise. you can form —— my mark on our news app. i wa nt to form —— my mark on our news app. i want to bring you more about the global pre55 want to bring you more about the global press freedom summit in london today and tomorrow coming up in the next half—hour.

hello there. it's that time of day where we take the left at the weather is around the world and there is a lot of activity at the moment. acro55 there is a lot of activity at the moment. across the united states, we are monitoring and developing start potential in the gulf of mexico. it's a developing start potential in the gulf of mexico. severe 5torms further north continuing progress across the great lakes and eastern areas with people and had at it. the heat is to let us acro55 alaska. and then at temperatures exceeding 30 celsius. that's ongoing i55ue then at temperatures exceeding 30 celsius. that's ongoing issue and therefore that's a fire risk. looking at developments in the gulf of mexico, went around for it —— florida panhandle. likely this will be named a storm in the next 36 hour5, be named a storm in the next 36 hours, even if it is in it's a slow moving feature for the southern coastal areas of the united states,

like loui5iana into texas where it's very wet. but the soaking rain. warnings widely acro55 price in indiana, but normatively northern india, the next four orfive indiana, but normatively northern india, the next four or five days promises india, the next four or five days promi5e5 access at india, the next four or five days promises access at 500 mm of rain, a very active in a period in the monsoon at the moment. we expect i55ues monsoon at the moment. we expect issues and that and you can see heading into bangladesh and myanmar, very wet. thi5 heading into bangladesh and myanmar, very wet. this band of crowded 5low moving why the front, calling it that it's around this time of year and affected pa rt5 that it's around this time of year and affected parts to china, korea, japan and taiwan. it's been getting lots of rain recently and it will continue for the rest of the week with pul5e5 continue for the rest of the week with pulses of rain moving across japan with flash flooding a5 a result. not as much as last week acro55 japan but any rain is not welcome on the saturated ground and you see a way to find a strong it's way into eastern parts of china. acro55 australasia, chilly wet and

windy weather and around new south wale5 windy weather and around new south wales and southern au5tralia victoria and tasmania with snow in the hills. heatwave acro55 victoria and tasmania with snow in the hills. heatwave across the south of africa, temperatures expected to get toy5 of africa, temperatures expected to get toys at record levels like that wet weather as you see acro55 weston price here, we see fla5h flooding but here we go. the record at this time of year is 24.4 celsius the record—breaking heat before it tails off again with heavy 5howers. europe now where that might more severe 5torms now where that might more severe storms to come the potential for large hail working its way 5outh acro55 large hail working its way 5outh across the balkans into turkey and the black sea states. the heat and instead continues to build up against iberia pushing 40 in madrid against iberia pushing 40 in madrid again but cool well below average though acro55 scandinavia and eastern pa rt5 of though acro55 scandinavia and eastern parts of europe compared with a week or two ago. high pressure building the heat acro55 price of france and iberia, whether france plaguing u5 price of france and iberia, whether france plaguing us here in the uk would take showers and thunderstorms

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hello, i'm nuala mcgovern, this is 0ut5ide source. britain's amba55ador to washington re5ign5 days after his confidential emails were leaked. sir kim darroch 5aid it was impossible to do his job after president trump's public attacks on him some say he resigned because borisjohnson refu5ed to back him in last night's leadership debate — but the front runner to become britain's next prime minister rejects that claim. my view is that it is wrong to drag civil servants into the political arena is what i think. shining a light on countries that undermine a free pre55 around the world. campaigners come together on the back of a deadly year for journalists. thi5 this decline in media freedom doe5 not only me thatjournali5t had fewer rights, it means we all have.

my fewer rights, it means we all have. my sequels are carrying 5uperbugs re5ista nt to antibiotics. last year was one of the deadliest years on record for journalists. reporters without borders, which advocates for press freedom, says 84 media professionals were killed in 2018. a conference on the issue took place in london today, and the prominent human rights lawyer amal clooney was among those a conference on the issue took place in london today, and the prominent human rights lawyer amal clooney was among those 5peaking. we are seeing, according to freedom house, the 13th consecutive year of decline across the globe. this decline in media freedom doesn't only mean thatjournali5t5 had fewer rights, it means we all have. becau5e a5 james madison,

one of the american populace founding fathers warned us more than 20 years ago, founding fathers warned us more than 200 years ago, the right to a free press is the only effectual guardian of every other right. the saudi journali5t jamal kha5hoggi was one of the most high profile killings last year. he was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul. the un released this report last month which said saudi arabia was behind the killing and that this man, crown prince mohammed bin salman, should be investigated. the un official who wrote that report was at the conference and said the us mu5t act on herfindings. the us has a vested interest in uncovering the truth around the killing ofjournali5t kha5hoggi. he was working for the washington po5t, he was a legal resident of the us and demanding that the fbi and tend to make undertake of the us and demanding that the fbi undertake

an investigation into the killing of mr kha5hoggi. the pressure is being stepped up on saudi arabia. a delegation from reporters without borders met with top saudi officials in riyadh this year, to urge them to free 30 journalists who are currently being detained there. they listened to us. they did not agree with many of our points but they did listen to us. we gave it some time because one possibility to discu55 was possibly pardon5 during the ramadan period. that didn't happen so we chose not to speak out in the now to speak out in the international attention on saudi arabia, the international scrutiny and criticism is not going to go away unless there is a clear signal of political will to start to repair the extensive damage done to their image in the wake ofjamaal kha5hoggi'5 assassination. we think that can only be done through release of the 30 jailed journalist5. ly5e doucet has been at the conference. we are coming to the end of the first day

of what is said to be the first global media conference here in london and you can see people are moving away now, but everyone who is committed to do this you can see behind me the kiosk for well—known media watchdogs and committee journalists, one world media, there's areas for the freelancers the ministers have spoken so far, including jeremy hunt, the british foreign secretary and the cabinet minister of foreign affairs, a formerjournalist yourself. they have all set the right things about protecting journalists, new legal frameworks and punishing those countries, those groups that actually abuse press freedoms. but this is not meant to be a talking shop. journalism, journalists, this whole profession is said to be deep existential crisis and if it is, it is, it is democracy itself that is it risk. the thing about this co nfe re nce it risk. the thing about this conference is that we are told that

more than 100 countries are here and that includes more than 60 government ministers. we do not know which governments have come here, including governments who should be here that are regularly accused of violating media freedom. standards are slipping across the world, including in europe. tomorrow is the day that the solution. and people are cautiously optimistic, media freedom needs champions, so now they're more were willing to put their head above the parapet and say that this matters. and to free journalist, not to imprison them, to defend both journalists and journalism. the jury will be out on whether or not this is the success that many are hoping it will be. there are delays at london's gatwick airport after air traffic control system malfunctioned, causing all flights in — and out — to be suspended for more than two

hours earlier. this was the situation back then — every single flight delayed. later on though, gatwick tweeted people caught up in this have been tweeting too: the bbc‘s ben ando say5 gatwick isn't well prepared for something like this. they have got one runway, so obviously they have to be careful and they have to get that right. as soon as they realised they had computer problems, they took the decision immediately to divert incoming flights to other airport5 and cancel 5ome there on the ground,

they said they had to take hospital now, it will be sometime before they get back to normal. it is the eighth busie5t in all of europe and thousand5 busie5t in all of europe and thousands of people will have been disrupted. 0ne thousands of people will have been disrupted. one woman tweeted that landing from the canary islands, that take a bus ride to get back to gatwick. getting bussed back where they are expected, they have long—term parking or they can make long—term parking or they can make long arrangements for any ongoing travel costs. this is ursula von der leyen. she's germany's defence minister and the nominee to become the next european commission chief, if approved by the european parliament. she's vowed to put climate policy at the heart of her five—year term. we will have to be more ambitious because we are running out of time. c02 has to have a price. if we want

to set global 5tandard5, c02 has to have a price. if we want to set global standards, we have to move fa5t. to set global standards, we have to move fast. we have to be more ambitiou5 about the 2030 goals because climate neutrality by 2050 i5a because climate neutrality by 2050 is a must. ursula von der leyen will be hoping that message goes down well with green mep5, who she's been meeting with and whose support she'll need to win the nomination, among other groups in parliament as well. i asked green mep terry reintke if m5 von der leyen had support from the green group. we have just decided that the group and the european parliament, 5he we have just decided that the group and the european parliament, she did not meet our expectations to have enough commitment for example to ta ke enough commitment for example to take her time and she will not get our vote next week. getting into both i have seen the defence minister has said that the eu should boost its 2030 production target to 50%, that is up from the current 40%

goal, that is laudable, trying to tackle climate change. they are already going to go beyond than the pa55 already going to go beyond than the pass legislation, 5he already going to go beyond than the pass legislation, she is basically asking that if we vote for her, we go back on our ambition and in the selection, we have seen that a lot of people want to see more action on climate change and beyond what we have already done in the last legislature, so she should've come with a better proposal than this because you have a lot of urgency to act in the cl. so no urgency to act on that field. , we are not going to compromise on it she came out with this proposal without really having a clear plan on how she is going to put this into practise, so this is not enough for the high ambition that we have in this field stop we talk about the rule of law, i think you might be speaking about hungry‘s party and that is a far right party

is that correct? we are looking for a very clear statement towards what they have been doing these past yea rs, they have been doing these past years, restricting press freedoms, undermining fundamental rights of certain people in the society and she was absolutely evasive on this question and did not position yourself whether she's going to stand up against this. we need a commission president who will say that she is going to defend liberal democracy in europe and sophia they have not done that so we are not going to support her. she may begin make moves or strengthen press freedoms when she is in a more powerful position? we can hope for that, and i would still welcome if she does but we are very clear that we need content and clear commitments. she has not done that and is vague and her responses, that is not going to be enough.

interpol has released details of its latest crackdown on wildlife smuggling. on their twitter feed they say here some of them, a white tiget cub seized in mexico over 4,000 tortoises found in a shipping container from kazakhstan, they say over 500 people were arrested, and thousands of marine species birds, and various other wildlife were seized. paul stanfield from interpol, told me more about the operation. the raid event took place injune of this year. we covered over 23 live primates

and their 30 cats in large quantity of animal parts 414 pieces of elephant tasks, with an additional 545 kilos of ivory. large quantity of animal parts 414 pieces of elephant tusks, with an additional 545 kilos of ivory. over 4000 birds recovered, 10,000 marine animals, 2600 plants, as well as the associated arrests that came with that and yeah. so, why was this necessary when people look at the scope of this raid that there was? this is transnational organised crime. it crosses borders. it is not present in any one country, it is global in nature and therefore, interfered with multiple law enforcement agencies, with 194 member countries that were placed to co—ordinate and work with our members to tackle what is a transnational organised crime threat.

i suppose the question might be, what happens next was mac i suppose the question might be, what happens next? for example, the countries where these people may be prosecuted, will they buy in actually following through with these charges that you have leveled against them? one of the main objectives of this operation is really to raise awareness and try to highlight the countries, the scale of the problem. what we have here is shut in a period of 12 months, which is probablyjust the tip of the iceberg of what actually happened. so first of all, it is to raise awareness that this is happening on a daily, monthly basis, and we really need to mobilise and take action. this is notjust the responsibility of law enforcement agencies, this is the responsibility of everyone. it's the first objective is to raise awareness, the second was to take action against those criminal organised crime groups that believe

and operate in that space. but then it's also to sit back and say what more can be done to actually prevent this in the first place? stay with us on 0ut5ide source. still to come. from this week, to be able to get assistance and ask questions such as how do i treat a migraine and alexa will automatically search the website for answers. but they have condemned the new service as a data protection disaster waiting to happen. 0ur health corresponded reports. alexa, what are the symptoms of chickenpox? according to the nhs website, chickenpox starts with red spots.

the popularity of voice assisted technology is growing and now the nhs is looking to harness its benefits. from this week people using their amazon alexa device to search for health information, or to ask medical questions, will get that information drawn directly from the nhs choices website. but will this be enough to convince people not to go to their gps or pharmacists? i have an alexa and she rarely hears me right so i probably wouldn't, i probably would just google on my phone. i think if it's for something less life—threatening, like the common cold and things like that, i would listen to it, but if i'm risking my life i wouldn't be happy, i'd probably go and see my gp. i probably wouldn't feel confident at all because even just googling my symptoms through my phone i don't trust it at all. the department of health and social care in england accepts there will be limits to what it

will be used for but believes it could be helpful, especially for people who may struggle to access the internet in the traditional way, such as older people or those who are blind. people already ask alexa medical questions, that happens in millions of homes across this country and i want when people ask those questions for them to get the very best advice. here is your flash briefing. 0ur our top story, this ambassador to the united states is stepping down four days after his confidential m essa g es we re four days after his confidential messages were leaked. ukraine's president has signed a decree to transform the area around the chernobyl nuclear reactor into a tourist site. volodymyr zelensky said he wanted

to bring new life to an area of ukraine forever associated with the world's worst peacetime nuclear disaster. bbc russian. thousands of people lined the streets of new york to celebrate the us women's football team, fresh from their triumph at the world cup. 0n the eve of the parade, the team captain, megan rapinoe, launched a ferocious attack on president trump, saying his message was to exclude people. the german chancellor angela merkel has insisted she is fine after being seen shaking for a third time in a month. it happened as national anthems were being played at the reception of the finnish prime minister. at a press conference shortly after mrs merkel said she was in a phase of ‘processing' a previous shaking spell but that there had been ‘progress'. that's our most read on the website. the new prime minister of greece, kyriakos mitsotakis, has chaired his first cabinet meeting since winning the election on sunday. here he is, surrounded by his new ministers.

the new democracy party beat syriza, which governed greece through some very difficult years of austerity when grexit — a greek exit from the euro — was the worry in brussels. bbc hardtalk‘s zeinab badawi has been speaking to mr mitsotakis about his relationsip with britain — and of course, brexit. i believe you have also had a friend congratulates you from boris johnson, the british mp. congratulates you from boris johnson, the british mpi communicated with him when he happened to, we spent some time together on the creek islands and we exchanged text messages, called me and congratulated me. it is not my point to make any public comments on who will replace the prime minister. but increase obviously a part of the european union, would you be in

favour, as a country, to renegotiate with the brexit deal? because both contenders have said they would like to see that. i do not think there is another deal available for the united kingdom. not part of the previous negotiations, but i do not see how the european union... because i think the deal has been agreed and it was agreed after a long and cumbersome process and i do not see... mr mitsotakis has been criticised for not having enough women in his cabinet. here he is again with zeinab badawi. do you support gender equality, for instance? i do and i would love to do more on that front. why do you not have more cap ministers that are women? 0nly not have more cap ministers that are women? only to our women at a very

total number of 51. only five are women was blue because u nfortu nately, we women was blue because unfortunately, we do not have that many women who are interested in stepping into politics. what we did was we put out a quota, 40% of our candidates were women which was a big step forward, but if you look at the composition, we don't have 40% of women. 21 of the 51 ministers are not members of parliament, their people of ability, he can describe the evaluation, you could've said, i'm going to find 21 experienced women. i am sure i can find them for you. i asked a lot of women to join the cabinet and i am not happy about the cabinet and i am not happy about the gender composition, i openly acknowledge it, the women we have are extremely capable and will do a fantasticjob are extremely capable and will do a fantastic job and they are extremely capable and will do a fantasticjob and they will help more, it's definitely an area of

improvement. a new study shows that seagulls all over australia are carrying superbugs resistant to antibiotics. here's the study online. it's from murdoch university in perth. the study found more than 20% of silver gulls carry the bacteria — including a strain of e. coli, which can lead to sepsis or urinary tract infections. map in the states of new south wales and victoria gulls were also found in the states of new south wales and victoria gulls were also found to be resistant to a stronger class of drug used to treat infections in australian hospitals. here's the lead researcher talking to australian radio. you will make sponges, these picked picking it up and one of the other sources travelling in looking at him to make humans and farm animals and

cats and dogs. so just how are the seagulls picking up these resistant strains of bacteria ? here's our reporter shaun hassett. well, they are getting it from us because these bacteria reside in the human gut. so somehow they're coming in the contents with human fecal matter and going to rubbish dumps, sewage, also other forms of human waste. so it is our refuse that is causing this problem. but what is the danger than to humans? there is no direct threat if you're just picking up a siegel, but there is a little bit of, some people really like birds, but if you are heading down to the beach and the sequels are there trying to get in on it and you do come into contact with some siegel droppings and adjusted, it is possible that he could pick up that bacteria. it is quite rare that would happen and if you wash your handsit would happen and if you wash your hands it is not likely to happen, but it is concerning that they can pick up the strains from seagulls at

this point in time. and the longer term effect? the longer-term effect is if this gets passed along down the line to other animals. we know that some seagulls roost with other birds that have migration pathways that go from austria to asia and wetlands, so they may take these strains to closer and lead and that goes closer to food producing animals once it is food producing animals, gets closer to us. so they are raising the alarm now and trying to get it nice and early because we do not do the research now, will be a big problem down the line. two particular samples they're concerned about because they showed there was about because they showed there was a strand of e coli there was a resista nt to a strand of e coli there was a resistant to a drug that is a last ditch effort to tackling it. what they want take a look at it now to ensure that we can knock it on the head. and they are not the most beloved of birds, i think it is fair to say when i kind of had a look

around social media today. are they increasing in numbers? why did they consider them such a menace? people do because you've often run into them when you're trying to have fun. the siegel comes along and they come along a nice big flocks and you can get a little bit concerned when they are there. it is notjust them, there are others gavin sure birds —— scavenger birds, it is always there running to make rummaging around looking for food. running to make rummaging around looking forfood. finding running to make rummaging around looking for food. finding these bacteria strands and other birds, other animals. that is what they wa nt to other animals. that is what they want to find out. if you like to know more about our top story. our top story, this ambassador to the united states is stepping down four days after his confidential messages were leaked.

changeable, that is probably the best weather word to describe our skies across the uk in the next day or two, some blood pressure moving and it has been moving in for the atla ntic sta nley, and it has been moving in for the atlantic stanley, brought a sundry and wednesday for some and could produce some storms. some wet weather to start right across parts of northern eastham scotland and northern eastern england in particular. a few showers around but most of those will fade away and things will turn dry, the cloud will break up and we'll see some sunshine for the time and things will get going again later. more prominent against parts of eastern scotland and maybe northeast england were he can see some torrential thunderstorms to take us in the thursday evening with temperature

still on the humid side between 20 and 25 degrees. from parts us, northern england the clouds will fade away into the north sea is a look in the thursday night and into friday. following the scent of our low— pressure friday. following the scent of our low—pressure out there, winds going anticlockwise, we will notice that the stud to come from a northwesterly direction for friday, humidity willjob a little bit but the humidity more comfortable, but it will be a few showers here and there but the heaviest amount of those converging along the lines of eastern parts of scotland and down to some eastern counties of england. she could be sitting under some that rainfora she could be sitting under some that rain for a while but others will stay completely dry even though it is fresher, it will feel pleasantly warm. has the pressure builds, the wind goes more northerly and we have got to have a feature of north to north easterly winds and eastern sides, northwesterly and perhaps down the spine of scotland and england, this is where we could see the greatest chance of a few showers going to the day. that extra four

hours, mainly way showers but it will be there nonetheless, on either side comes to some dry weather especially as wind feels lighter, still in the sunday as the precious to us to some dry weather especially as wind feels lighter, still in the sunday as the precious just a movement across more generally. it's so we could have wanted to isolated showers pop up during the day, but increased amounts of sunshine, a bit more cloud across inventive wells and is here particularly most likely to see an afternoon shower. tim just outside on the fresher side lake climbs up to the 205 as he finished sunday afternoon. and then sunday afternoon, the high pressure is still with us and will stay in place through much of a dry stuff the majority in the outside chance of a shower pushing in the early morning mist fog, the vast majority dry, strong sunshine of her head advocacy to be just creep up a little again. the atmosphere fairly static it will

see things warm up day by day. the big picture as we headed to the start of next week, this is the rough line of the jet stream that is been meandering under this big dome, we have high pressure and to the rest of us, low—pressure will form and it doesn't likely start that high—pressure and place, but eventually will start to see the low— pressure eventually will start to see the low—pressure system. a different computer models are showing this rate of change from high to low, going at different levels. while we all going at different levels. while we a ll start going at different levels. while we all start to think on a dry note next week, with plenty of sunshine, there's going to be increasing chances of things to think of them we re chances of things to think of them were showering in the big? is how big that change will show and how wet it will be. probably still not as bad as some, especially.

tonight at ten — after days of mounting pressure, britain's ambassador to america resigns, after the leak of his frank assessment of the trump administration. sir kim darroch said it was impossible to do his job. he'd been frozen out by the white house and personally attacked on twitter by president trump. there are claims the resignation was triggered by borisjohnson refusing to back the diplomat. allegations, mrjohnson denies. my my view is it's wrong to drag civil serva nts my view is it's wrong to drag civil servants into the political arena, that's what i think. he's basically thrown this fantastic diplomat under the bus to serve his own personal interests. we'll be assessing where the diplomatic row leaves transatlantic relations.