hello, i'm nuala mcgovern, this is outside source. idlib under attack... the united nations describes syria's bombing campaign against rebel—held areas as a "scorched earth policy" — which deliberately targets civilians. where is the media? is is not terrorism? where are the arabs? are you watching what's happening? black lawmakers boycott president trump in virginia... over the racism row. indian law makers pass a controversial instant divorce bill. and less than a week into boris johnson's leadership, his no—deal brexit talk is rattling

the currency markets and the pound has taken a record dive. the un has given a stark assessment of the situation in syria — where 500 civilians have been killed in the most recent fighting. what you see is a level of distraction consistent with a bombing campaign aimed at a scorched earth policy. almost every building destroyed in a three month period. he's referring to the russian and syrian bombing campaign in rebel—held northwestern syria — specifically the province of idlib where the un has accused the government of deliberately targeting civilian areas including hospitals and schools. last week, the un human rights chief said the resurgence in violence has been met

by international indifference. "air strikes kill and maim significant numbers of civilians several times a week, and the response seems to be a collective shrug." the war in syria is in its ninth year. 370,000 people have been killed. today's briefing to the un security council on syria was the seventh since fighting escalated at the end of april. nada tawfik is at the un in new york. we really hurried a level of frustration from the un humanitarian chief, that we heard slightly in the past as well bates growing even more now. he said he has his message after speaking to children and a doctor in ad lib, they said we are afraid, please help us, make it stop. so he is criticising security council members for not doing

anything despite the carnage in syria, and telling them that these hospitals continue to be targeted despite un passing coordinates to the parties in conflict saying they are being targeted and showing concern about that, but i have to say, still the same divisions we've seen since this conflict played out again on security council. seen since this conflict played out again on security councilli mentioned to our viewer as this is the seventh session taking place, is there no call for i don't know, resolution or some sort of commitment to certain actions, or is it just everybody commitment to certain actions, or is itjust everybody kind of saying their piece but with no concrete steps to accom pa ny their piece but with no concrete steps to accompany them? today we heard again criticism from western nations that russia continues to use its threat at the tip to stop council action, but we did have ten security council members including the uk, france, united states who went to visit the secretary—general today and asked them to look into whether the un that open its own

investigation into a tax on medical facilities. now it's unclear if the secretary—general will go through with that, if he will do that investigation, but megabytes and that investigation willjust refer back to security council, who again i been deadlocked, so really it's a situation where security council which many are questioning the purpose of it if you have such carnage in syria and such destruction and loss of life but the international community is silent. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet can give us a picture of what's happening on the ground. another attack in the dead of night. another attack in the dead of night. another strike on this popular market and northwest area, it was also pounded days ago. idlib is underfire. the also pounded days ago. idlib is under fire. the past also pounded days ago. idlib is underfire. the past week also pounded days ago. idlib is under fire. the past week of russian and syrian error rates, the bloodiest and what has been three months of intense bombardment. homes and hospitals and schools, all had

been hit and many lives have been lost. translation: there is a media? where are the arabs, it is not terrorism? are you watching what's happening? i swear to god almighty, we had had enough nap at syrian government calls it a battle against terrorism. idlib the last province in rebel hands now dominated by alliance alliance that jihadi groups. civilians are dying every day, the wild outside taking little notice, but the un can't ban a collective shrug. i've got a baby rescuer shouts. this air strike days ago, heart wrenching reminder of the bid price always paid by the littlest. five—year—old refund holding on to you like to have baby sister with her uncle screaming for help in their home. both girls fell to the ground. ending the young life

but the baby survived. today the most powerful players in the world we re most powerful players in the world were briefed on the suffering in syria. everyone knows what's happening, but not everyone agrees on what must be done to stop it. we'll here more from lyse soon — but i just want to go back to this image of a five—year—old girl trying to rescue her younger sister. it's made headlines around the world. the cameraman who captured that image has told the bbc he stopped filming to help with the rescue. here's his account, which we've translated for you. after i took the picture, i felt they were actually in danger and so i switch the camera off and got closer, and i did not want to attract their attention, so they would not move their heads her hands. their uncle which you can see in nh, he did not leave at all, he did not take a step back. he was trying to calm them down, he was a b ndo trying to calm them down, he was a b n do not fall. he was trying to reach out to them. it tickle me a

few seconds, very few seconds. fate was faster than me and the uncles who are trying to rescue them but they fell down from the fifth floor. let's get more from lyse doucet now — our chief international correspondent. joining ask that you are joining us when we see the images i think viewers would be like hold on, i thought the violence subsided but this sin theyjust bring us back to a number of years ago, and we saw that nine saying larry are that media select happening? you know, it's a very sad comment on this war in syria. it's in the ninth year and it seems for every major battle which is been the story syria come every year there is a major battle and it's always a photograph of the child or children and suffering beyond compare that comes to symbolise a moment. this photograph of last week air raid, which left at baby dangling by a male, and your

sister try to save her bandit fell bolling to head and symbolise a idlib. you're right many people thought the war was over or almost but it's not, and neither is pain—and—suffering of the syrians. idlib andi pain—and—suffering of the syrians. idlib and i play syria is last province under rebel control but now it's still under control ofjihadi groups, so it's still under control ofjihadi groups, so today the russian ambassador said to the united nations, you're calling a scorched earth policy or as the russian ambassador is a good fighter, but there is a terrorist. they using civilian as human shields and hospitals as places for launching attacks. so the russians continued to say and that the syrian government, they keep saying time and again when they come under charges that it still warrior being defended because it's a war on terrorism. so where does it go for these people hearing some of the day was a fighter within, that could be hundreds and civilians including

children, but that's around that person when it comes to these air strikes, it sounds like from the un they did not seem to be getting any traction or a sort of resolution there. where do you go from here then? while the statement was quite extraordinary, how ha rd—hitting then? while the statement was quite extraordinary, how hard—hitting it was in public which makes you think what are they saying in private, that phrase he said there are jihadi fighters but for every jihadi fighters but for every jihadi fighter gets 100 civilians and targeting civilians is a war crime. and over the years we have had many conversations with people from the un and human rights organisation saying we try to sit down with the russians and syrian government to say you have to be careful who you are targeting think twice before hitting the hospital or school is because there are so many civilians there. and there are so many sessions at the un council gridlocked over this issue. and sadly, today is not going to be any

different. but you have to hope against hope it will be different because people die every day and with the syrian government is saying is this is the last battle because they want to take back every single inch of serious. but are people fleeing that area like do we know? there's nowhere to go, half the population at idlib are people who have already flagged other battles so have already flagged other battles so it's a last resort for all these civilians and the last readout for the opposition groups of turkey who is backing some of the national rebel groups does not want a flood of refugees into that border, it's already getting home to millions, so what it wants to see, not there once was supposed to be different alcaide the russians and the turkish agreed last year to create a buffer zone and turkey says we can creek —— take ca re of and turkey says we can creek —— take care of thesejihadi and turkey says we can creek —— take care of these jihadi groups and bring peace, did not attack it. but many months on the russians and the

syrian government that ok time is up and the buffer did not work. idlib is dominated byjihadis so we are going on the attack. turkey says we are not opening borders this time because they want to see idlib as a place for us the best syrians to go there. . they are place for us the best syrians to go there! they are caught in the middle betweenjihadis there! they are caught in the middle between jihadis and bombardment and ferociousness. thank you for giving us context. india's parliament has approved a controversial bill that makes the muslim practice of triple talaq — or instant divorce — a criminal offence. prime minister narendra modi has tweeted "an archaic and medieval practice has finally been confined to the dustbin of history". i've been speaking to the bbc‘s gender & identity correspondent megha mohan.

the law says you said the word which is arabic for a divorce three times a man can say it three times and is contained lead to voice a woman, and lots of people had used examples of how this is been done in the past where even a social media people had sent the word three times to whatsapp and that could be pronounced as a divorce. had recognised? it would be more than two years ago about two years ago supreme court said this is unconstitutional and not something that it's like recognised by law. this is a civic home issue. however, the law by saying they are targeting muslims 170 million muslims in the country and this is actually a case that should be decided by home courts and city community leaders. and really, it's not applied in practise as much as people think it is. and this is deliberate targeting

of the muslim identity is what they are saying. that's where these two heads come face—to—face. are saying. that's where these two heads come face-to-face. and if a man were to again carry out triple ta laq man were to again carry out triple talaq and divorce his wife, what would happen to them now in india? it's now punishable by three years in prison, so it's now become a criminal issue, notjust civic. however, the detractors of that say what has happened now, this could demonise our target muslim man and break down the family. because this is, you know, not something that's been traditionally taken to court before, it's not been used as widespread as people believe it is, but i am passing of that slot, will end up happening is more than 20 countries have banned this practise, including bangladesh and pakistan which is a muslim majority country, so which is a muslim majority country, so in doing so, they are saying that india is coming forth into the 21st century which is what the prime

minister narendra modi wants to do. thank you for that. in sudan, there have been more opposition protests to condemn renewed violence in the country. at least five people including high school pupils were killed yesterday when security forces opened fire at a student demonstration in the city of el—obeid — about 400 kilometres from the capital khartoum. talks between the opposition and military leaders set for today were cancelled. tomi oladipo has this report. a lopsided face—off. baby is circulating on social media showing security forces with weapons against schoolchildren armed only with their voices of protest. a demonstration against a tough living conditions was met with notorious mite of the sudan rapid forces. the monday violence is resulted in dozens of

casualties. at the local hospital, commotion as people look for their loved ones. the authorities had since declared a state of emergency in the area, and at night—time cu rfew. in the area, and at night—time curfew. but news of the incident has sparked outrage and protests elsewhere in sudan. pro—democracy activists blamed the ruling military regime for the violence. but the head of the military counsel has condemned the incident and called for immediate accountability. the fresh way that tension poses a threat to planned talks between the sudan military and civilian opposition. the country increasingly appears that further away from political healing, as it once again separates fresh wounds. stay with us on outside source — still to come... borisjohnson's hardline stance on a no—deal brexit has rattled the currency markets — the pound has plummetted. we're live with the details. the uk—based owner of holiday inn

and crowne plaza hotels has pledged to remove miniature toiletries from all of its hotels for environmental reasons. intercontinental hotels group is the first global hotel brand to launch such a move. jo hendrickx, the founder and ceo of travel without plastic, said it's an important step forward. from our experience of working with hotels he certainly do not underestimate the challenge and committing to such a change when the portfolio is as wide and diverse at that, it takes time to get everyone on board with that change and while on board with that change and while on the step is to many it seems like quite an easy thing to deal or easy swa p to quite an easy thing to deal or easy swap to make. when you consider logistics to achieve this, and changes to operate and standards that need to take place and engaging with the global suppliers and training staff in creating customer communications, that's a lot to do before a company feels competent to

make this commitment. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... the united nations has described the syrian government's bombing campaign against rebel—held areas as a "scorched earth policy" which deliberately targets civilians. a court in the us has ruled that katy perry copied one of her biggest hit songs — dark horse — from a little known christian rap act — called flame. katy perry's legal team had argued that the beat in both songs, were "commonplace". let's play you both back—to—back, and you can decide. # you were going to come to me sock

here you are #to here you are # to choose carefully # to choose carefully # i'm capable of anything # i'm capable of anything #at # i'm capable of anything # at anything. # at anything. # your boy has been a christian # your boy has been a christian # quitea # your boy has been a christian # quite a few years # quite a few years # victory and fate # victory and fate # heard lots of words crippling areas # i praise god... katy perry even offered to perform her song in the courtroom — but unfortunately for her, that wasn't permitted. we will find out soon how much she may have to pay in compensation. here's steve holden from bbc‘s newsbeat. you heard both sons there, it's not about lyrics comments about the beat and katy perry team says that the is commonplace, but she says she never had that side before. the instrumentalist brought to her by collaborators, but her lawyer said that the flames team it was trying to own a basic building blocks of music, the alphabet of music that should be available to everyone.

that was their case, but a nine paneljury that was their case, but a nine panel jury disagreed that was their case, but a nine paneljury disagreed with that and sided with the flame. they were saying that this song joyful noise is known, you try to pigeonhole it as some kind of minority christian song like in an alleyway somewhere but it's actually look at our views on youtube and spied a fight, we are talking millions. nevertheless, katy perry die chorus has 2.2 billion views on youtube, but that was enough by the legal team for the panel to decide yes, it was a copyright infringement. if we look back at another massive case, robyn think in 2013, his sun blurred lines massive hit across the word, but marvin gaye's family did assemble that similar case because they said that similar case because they said that this was too similar to when of its tracks from the 70s. that was found guilty in certain respects and robin have to pay $5 million to

theirfamily. president trump has upped the ante in the us china trade war again warning them not to try and delay doing a trade deal. it comes despite his team of negotiators being in the middle of the latest round of talks in shanghai. he's tweeted saying beijing "was supposed to start buying our agricultural product now — no signs that they are doing so. that is the problem with china, theyjust don't come through." in the last few hours the us president was asked, what concessions he wants to see. i think china is willing to give up a lot, but that doesn't mean i'm willing to accept, if they had their wish, they would wait till after the election and pray trump loses and then they will make a deal with a stiff, someone who does not know what they are dealing, like obama and biden, like all the presidents before. because what they had done is that they had picked our pockets

asa is that they had picked our pockets as a nation, that's not happening with me. samira hussain is our correspondent in new york. do you feel that may his tweets are rebelling and those comments there, the state of talks taking place in shanghai? the us delegation has made it very clear that we should not be expecting any sort of deal to emerge from current talks. a lot of what's happening of course is happening behind closed doors, but what we are hearing from the negotiators is that there is an effort being made try and get back sort of going back in time so to speak, at a time when it was back in may, where we thought there could be a trade deal between there could be a trade deal between the united states and china so they wa nt to the united states and china so they want to at least get back to that point had to try to negotiate from there, but right now, they are not anywhere close to that, which is why you are hearing from these

negotiators, don't expect a trade deal and it's also why you are hearing from president tromp, pretty pointed criticism towards china. i'm wondering about that because that's what negotiated —— negotiators are saying so what about investor as if it looks like there could not be a deal anytime soon, are we seeing any consequences from that? absolutely, if you look at the time of those tweets, and then you see how markets reacted, we saw market style on the back of the streets and it's because there is more worried that the trade dispute is just there is more worried that the trade dispute isjust going there is more worried that the trade dispute is just going to continue on. remember it's going —— been going on for over a year now. but when investors are looking at all so is so that means companies are reporting how well they've gone and the last three months. this is a chance also for investors and a nalysts to chance also for investors and analysts to see what kind of impact the trade war has had on specific

american companies that are really exposed to china. that is also hiding and impact on the way markets are trading. thank you for bringing us are trading. thank you for bringing us up to date on those trade talks. this is a tweet from the us politics website axios "borisjohnson's government is scaring investors away from the pound". this is what they're talking about, as you can see here the pound has fallen sharply over the last week, to its lowest level against the us dollar in two and a half years. britain's new prime minister has insisted his he's willing to leave the eu without a deal at the end of october. our business editor simonjack has been explaining why the currency markets are rattled. before the referendum, going back three years we were at $1 50, where pretty much it's been there for decades the softball after that but since then, the last three years

basically there's been a prospect of a deal with the eu, the pound to seem a deal with the eu, the pound to seem to rise against the dollar and when there is talk of node yelled its filing, but up till now, the financial markets have been pretty clear that they thought there was no way that government would take us out without was a blast but what they had seen now from the new government is they seem to be taking it seriously and deadly serious about leaving with that no deal, which is they seem to be taking it seriously and deadly serious about leaving with that no deal, which has rattled the markets and if you remember boris johnson at rattled the markets and if you remember borisjohnson at one point saying it was one in a million chance of according to that's a massive shift and that's why we see a sharp fall in the last few days. if we wait to know them or for expedited deal, most of the currency people i speak to say we could be a £1 dollar ten even at parity to the dollar, is that good or bad? well, frankly it's bad for the uk because it's a country like america that imports more than it exports and

therefore it prices start rising on therefore it prices start rising on the way and, that is going to make the way and, that is going to make the country poor for tourists and citizens every day. the race row between president trump and african—american lawmakers isn't going away. black legislators in virginia have boycotted an event where donald trump delivered the keynote speech to mark the 400th birthday of american democracy. although one assembly member chose to protest the president's visit in person. have a look at this. right here in virginia your predecessors... mr president -- president, you cannot send us back, this is our home. i will bring you more on that story in the next part of the programmes

that stay with us here on outside source. thank you forjoining me. it's an nightly international look at the weather forecast. we are going to focus on europe and the heat we have been experiencing over the last few days. i'm going to show you an interesting jet stream pattern towards the end of the forecast. but at the moment, the weather has actually stabilised to an extent across europe. temperature is back down where they should be, also turning unsettled in the uk and the heat is mostly reserved for the mediterranean, where you would expect to see it of course. especially this time of year. so throughout greece, and essential mediterranean, temperatures are in the low 20s and low 30s, staying warm and madrid around 3a degrees on wednesday, so that's the norm. heading further north into western europe,

25 very much average for paris and certainly fresh air around the british isles compared to last week. also showers and thunderstorms, and this time of year, but what's happening across scandinavia and closer to the arctic will have a look at that in terms of the jet stream pattern in a moment or two, because that is where the air that we had last week across europe. so all these areas here with the temperatures in an access at a0 celsius, that hot air has actually drifted ugly to the arctic. in the short—term, let's go here. we are seeing low pressure developed in the atlantic here, these will probably head our way approaching the uk. so that's sort of fresh and unsettled theme is going to continue. but by no means is it going to be cool. in fact, temperatures will remain on the warm side there, paris around 27 and once again heat reserved for mostly the mediterranean. one place where the temperature is actually lower than average

in europe is moscow. we have cool air coming in from the north. those temperatures way lower than where they should be. now, let's have a look at the satellite image from the very far away, you see the northern hemisphere. a bit of a gap here from the satellite image, that's the way the satellite takes pictures of clouds. but this is a schematic of the jet stream, you can see it circling the globe. but look at this massive kink, this sort of traffic going south and massive rage in the jet stream here. across the arctic. this is what has allowed warmth to leak and from the southern climate and this is where that hot air is currently across greenland and that's going to accelerate ice melt across in part of the world. on the other hand, we had a slightly cooler plans coming from across europe and the uk cooling things down and it's this amplified pattern that cyst —— quite consistent with what we could see in a warming climate.

hello, i'm nuala mcgovern, this is outside source. idlib under attack. the united nations describes syria's bombing campaign against rebel—held areas as a "scorched earth policy" — which deliberately targets civilians. where is the media? isn't this terrorism? are you not watching what is happening? black lawmakers boycott donald trump in virginia... over the racism row. meanwhile we'll be live in detroit, where democrats are preparing to stage their second round of debates. for some it will be make or break. and the slimey, slow—moving garden guest that's worming it's way across a continent.

the race row between president trump and african—american lawmakers isn't going away. black legislators in virginia have boycotted an event where donald trump delivered the keynote speech to mark the 400th birthday of american democracy. although one assembly member chose to protest the president's visit in person. have a look at this. here in virginia, your predecessors... mr president, you can't send us back! virginia is our home! mr president, you can't send us back! virginia is our home!

that protester was led away by security. he tweeted this shortly afterwards that's the same reason virginia's black lawmakers gave for not attending. they cited the president's here's one example of what they're referring to. on saturday donald trump targeted this man elijah cummings, a congressman from baltimore. the president called mr cummings' majority—black district. it was just one of many tweets that his critics have labelled racist. but donald trump doesn't see it that way. here he is. iand i and the least racist person there

is anywhere in the world. what i have done for african americans and two and a half years, no president has been able to do anything like it. today's event took place in jamestown, virginia.