hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. in the last hour we've seen the text of a letterfrom borisjohnson to the eu council president donald tusk. in it he makes a proposal to replace the irish backstop, suggesting the eu and the uk commit to alternative arrangements by the end of a transition period. queen elizabeth's son prince andrew has been defending his actions after a video emerged of him at the mansion of the financier jeffrey epstein, two years after epstein was convicted of sex offences. sudan's former president omar al—bashir appears in a cage in court, facing corruption charges.

and we'll be talking to the man who wrote the eulogy for an icelandic glacier which has disappeared because of climate change. we will be live in westminster to look at that letter from boris johnson to donald tusk suggesting the irish border backstop has to be replaced with an alternative if the uk and the eu can find a deal that the uk will accept. before that before that... what a striking image this is. sudan's former president, omar al—bashir was driven from power earlier this year. this is him — today — in court, inside a cage. he's facing corruption charges.

we already know that millions of dollars in cash was seized at his house. and investigators are alleging that mr bashir has admitted receiving $90 million from saudi arabia. though his lawyers say all allegations against him are baseless. omar al—bashir is also accused of being involved in the killing of people who protested against his rule. and inevitably, this trial is seen as a test of whether the ruling military council can deal with the actions of the previous regime. the case was being heard in the capital khartoum today — sally nabil was there. former president omar al—bashir has left the courtroom a short while ago ina left the courtroom a short while ago in a heavily secured convoy. this is his first session. a lot of sudanese have been dreaming of seeing him behind bars. we've been talking to young sudanese men and women. they told me they are happy about the

fa ct told me they are happy about the fact bashir is standing trial but they are so angry he is just being prosecuted for corruption charges. they say that he should be accused of far more serious crimes. they refer them to what happened in the western region for darfur where a conflict has been going on for nearly six years. they accuse him of being totally responsible for mass murder, ethnic cleansing, genocide in the western region of darfur. they also told me they aren't sure that bashir will stand a fair trial because they believe that the judiciary is made up of people appointed by bashir himself. on the other hand, supporters of the former president say that he shouldn't be tried alone. he isjust part president say that he shouldn't be tried alone. he is just part of a much wider system and that many other people should be standing in the dock with him today. studio: more analysis in half an hour.

let's turn to this letter from boris johnson to donald tusk, president of the european council. it begins, the date of the exit from the eu the 31st of october is fast approaching. let's break down the points he makes. first mrjohnson is proposing the backstop should be replaced with a commitment to put in place alternative arrangements before the end of a transition period. we've heard about alternatives before, they haven't been entirely persuasive for all members of parliament. mrjohnson says the uk would be happy to accept a legally binding commitment that no infrastructure or checks would put on the irish border. the issue is that the eu say it has a single

market and if there is no dealfor the uk to have some form of access to it, you will have to have some type of hard border, the eu would say. mrjohnson tells donald tusk the uk would be happy to accept, i've mentioned that one. the irish backstop is about the fact that if and when brexit happens, northern ireland will exit the eu along with the rest of the uk and ireland will remain very much part of it. if there is no arrangement in place then there is a risk that the hard border of some form is necessary but the eu and uk say that has to be avoided. they can't agree on how to do that. let's speak to nick eardley at westminster. there not something particularly new in this idea of technology and alternative arrangements. boris

johnson's hold argument has been the backstop has to go, replace it with alternative arrangements based around technology and then you have around technology and then you have a deal which could get through the house of commons. one thing that is new in the letter is he is saying to europe, we understand alternative arrangements might not be enough, we understand you might want further assurances and we are prepared to look at that. it sounds a bit like a new sort of backstop, not the same as the one looked atjust know which the conservatives believe tidy uk far too closely to the eu without a say on how it can get out. boris johnson is slightly opening a door to some sort of compromise whereby the government in europe would agree something that gave them a full back basically for if these technological solutions were not ready by the end of the transition period which is already written into the withdrawal

agreement ending at the end of 2020. farfrom agreement ending at the end of 2020. far from clear agreement ending at the end of 2020. farfrom clear any agreement ending at the end of 2020. far from clear any of this will work. borisjohnson far from clear any of this will work. boris johnson had far from clear any of this will work. borisjohnson had a chat with leo varadkar who has made clear their withdrawal agreement won't be revisited. time and again we heard brussels say that. this is boris johnson trying to move some of that pressure by saying we are trying to be reasonable,, pressure by saying we are trying to be reasonable, , we pressure by saying we are trying to be reasonable,, we are trying to look at some commitment on the irish border. isn't the point of a transition period that it has an end point whereas the eu has always said with the backstop there cannot be an end point otherwise it's not a backstop? that is right. the transition period written into the current deal only happens if the deal is past and that runs until the end of 2020. if there isn't a free trade agreement in place which would

remove the need for the backstop, the backstop kicks in. it concerned that the reason it never passed was the uk wouldn't have a unilateral say on when it could leave the backstop. they fear being tied to it in perpetuity. the european side say this is about making sure, no matter what happens, in all circumstances, we avoid a return to a hard border in ireland. what borisjohnson is doing is saying,

it opening a door offering some sort of dream for negotiation. —— some sort of room. elsewhere and a clear message from the uk government today. it says — "freedom of movement as it currently stands will end on october 31st." that means people from elsewhere in the european union will no longer be able to live and work in the uk without restriction. that's in the event of a no—deal brexit. we don't know what would happen if a deal is reached. at the weekend, home secretary priti patel said she wanted these border restrictions. today, prime minister boris johnson backed her up. what we are going to do is leave the eu. and that means that legally all those powers revert to the uk. i wa nt to those powers revert to the uk. i want to stress because people get a

bit confused or can be. that doesn't mean we are going to stop anybody coming into this country. it doesn't mean we are going to become remotely hostile to immigration or to immigrants. i'm not at all. i used to run the most diverse city in the world and was very proud of it. what it does mean is that immigration into the uk will be democratically controlled and we will be producing an australian style points based system to do it. this is a change from the immigration policies proposed by theresa may's government. it proposed extending freedom of movement untiljanuary 202i. and allowing eu citizens to come to the uk for three months before having to apply to stay longer. all that has gone now. here's danny shaw on what this new policy means in practical terms. it's quite difficult to bar people

who are eu nationals from coming to the uk. you have to show that they are present and genuine threat to the fundamental interest of society. that's quite a high bar. under the new rules as far as i think they will apply, border staff will look at peoples previous convictions, if they've got recent convictions in they've got recent convictions in the last 12 months, if they have committed a offence that caused serious harm. all of those aspects will be taken into account and they

tougherfor you to tougher for you to get access to the uk. this is a policy very much aimed at his supporters in the uk i'm guessing. designed to be the uk government borisjohnson guessing. designed to be the uk government boris johnson is guessing. designed to be the uk government borisjohnson is going to end faster to end freedom of movement than theresa may did. what isn't clear is that although the two plans have been scrapped we don't know what will replace them. there will be something later trying to outline what immigration will look like post—brexit. outline what immigration will look like post— brexit. at outline what immigration will look like post—brexit. at the moment it isn't clear. buckingham palace has been defending queen elizabeth's son prince andrew, after new questions have emerged about his friendship with convicted peadophilejeffrey epstein. the mail on sunday published a video of the prince inside epstein's house in december 2010 — two years after he pleaded guilty to soliciting

a minorfor prostitution. our royal correpsondent nicholas witchell has this report. they are images that will haunt him — prince andrew at the home of a convicted paedophile. caught on camera as young women come and go, despite andrew's apparent efforts to be as discreet as possible. the video was taken outside the new york home of andrew's friend jeffrey epstein in 2010, two years after epstein's conviction. and there at the door, amid the comings and goings, the queen's second son. epstein was an associate of andrew's for a number of years. it is even suggested andrew took him once to balmoral. this photograph was taken in 2001. — andrew at one of epstein's parties with a then—17—year—old girl called virginia roberts. her claim to have had sex with andrew was dismissed by a us court. 2008, jeffrey epstein faced court in the united states, charged with having sex with a minor and procuring an underage girl for prostitution.

he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. soon after his release in 2010, andrew was photographed with him walking in central park, new york. last month, epstein was arrested on federal charges of sex trafficking minors. he was found dead in his prison cell on the 10th of august. prince andrew has always denied that he has been involved in any impropriety with underage girls. last night, buckingham palace added to this... the duke of york has been appalled by the recent reports ofjeffrey epstein's alleged crimes. the denials of impropriety are emphatic, but what the palace cannot do is explain why prince andrew chose to continue his friendship with epstein or why

he was at his home in new york. it all raises questions about the judgment demonstrated by the queen's second son. nicholas witchell, bbc news, buckingham palace. stay with us on outside source — still to come, i'll show you this report from the netherlands about new ways to make agriculture less damaging to the environment. the uk has been stripped of its "measles—free" status by the world health organization. it comes after a fall in vaccination rates for the second of the two mmr jabs. public health england also released figures today showing that one in seven 5—year—olds are not fully protected against the disease. professor heidi larson from the vaccine confidence project says she's disturbed by this trend. there have been a lot of efforts

after the anxieties around the mmr vaccine 20 years ago and three years ago when the who endorsed elimination which means measles free for the uk. that was a huge accomplishment and wasn't without a huge amount of effort on behalf of the uk. it is pretty discouraging when you finally achieve something like that to see that that gayness slipping. i think the thing is to act soon, act now. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... boris johnson has put forward a new proposal to replace the irish backstop in a brexit deal between the uk and the eu. he suggests the two sides commit to finding alternative arrangements by the end of a transition period.

here are some of the main stories from the bbc world service. turkey says a syrian government air strike has hit one of its convoys inside syria, killing three civilians. it happened in the region of idlib, which is one of the few areas not under government control. turkey backs some but not all of the rebel forces in syria. some schools in indian—administered kashmir have reopened two weeks after the region was stripped of its special status and downgraded from a federal state. however, few students turned up for lessons, with parents saying they are worried about safety. a french couple faces up to six years in jail, after 40kg of sardinian sand in bottles were found in their car. sardinia's white sand is considered a public good and it is forbidden to remove it from the island. at least $235 million is generated yearly from ads running on extremist

and disinformation websites, according to a new report from the the global disinformation index. and many of the advertisers don't even know about it. clare melford is one of those behind the report. what i think it's different... inaudible sorry, you can see the clip but not fully. apologies. a herd of cows has moved into europe's busiest port in the netherlands. cut fresh milk within touching

distance of the city. these cattle have been recruited to show urban populations how to produce our meals closer to home. peter believes this is the future of milk and cheese. we see a huge migration from the countryside towards cities. we have a climate change going on so we are looking also for what we call planet adaptive location. no matter how much rain falls or how high the sea level goes, we can always produce healthy food. deflating pontoon is built on three levels. in the basement they are growing fruit to flavour the dairy products which are processed in the middle and on top, 32 native dutch cows. aside from the

copious amounts of hay, these cows are also fed on grass trimmings from local football pitches, golf courses and parks. commercial food local football pitches, golf courses and parks. commercialfood waste local football pitches, golf courses and parks. commercial food waste as well. we are told the grain is a particular favourite, these leftovers would otherwise be thrown away. the cows are milked by a robot. there is also collected by robots. they are fed by robots but they are still perfecting this technology. the farmer can keep an eye on his head remotely by an app. decals seem to be adjusting to this hands—free approach. modern methods the owners hope will help to convince young people to consider a career in the industry. and on the

question of animal welfare... career in the industry. and on the question of animal welfare. .. we try to make them happier on the floating farm than in a regular stable. this living lab will help to determine whether floating farm make enough sense to expand and export them. at least $235 million is generated yearly from ads running on extremist and disinformation websites, according to a new report from the the global disinformation index. here is that clip i was trying to play you. what i think it's different about the situation now is it has become a profitable business to make money off this information. advertising online is placed automatically and this means if you can makea automatically and this means if you can make a website that gets clicks you can get ad dollars. those advertisers have no chance to veto

the sites because it is done automatically and they won't know until afterwards where their ads have shown up. a ban on tech giant huawei doing business in the us which will now be delayed by 90 days. us commerce secretary wilbur ross has said that the scheduled ban will in fact only come into force in three months time. this contradicts what president trump said just yesterday that he does "not want to do business at all" with the company. michelle fleury in new york. so far, so confusing. help me out, why would they push back the ban three months? i think there are a couple of audiences the white house is trying to reach. one reason to argue for this delay is that it will help out many of the us companies that supply huawei with equipment and that risk essentially losing out on revenue. this comes at a time when we've seen huge drops in the share price, concerns about the

health of the american economy. also it helps those consumers who rely on huawei products. it gives them more time to switch to other alternatives. then we have the president saying he doesn't want to do business with huawei, we've got on the one hand national security concerns which is why you have trump pushing back this band but then talking tough and saying it doesn't want to do business with huawei on the grounds they are concerned its equipment might be used to spy on other countries and companies. that ties into the broader trade dispute going on between america and china. thirdly, these contracts involving the future

sg these contracts involving the future 5g network where huawei has many contracts in the us government wants to make sure america has a technical leadership position and is trying to assert its position by warning other countries, you might want to pause before you sign a contract with huawei. a lot of things are going on and that is why it can seem like the government is talking out of both sides of its mouth. in terms of the political debate is there anyone making the case for huawei saying ban is going too far? if they are, you aren't hearing it playing out in any broad sense. the company has come out and denied the national security concerns. it responded by saying this was a political decision. commerce secretary wilbur ross, the only allusion he gave that

there might be some support for huawei was he was talking about rural areas of america where you might see more reliance on it. this is where the administration is trying to help out those companies and areas. more broadly it isn't something you hear commonly talked about. thank you. afghanistan's independence day has been marred by bloodshed. ten coordinated explosions hit the city of jalalabad in the east — at least 72 people were injured. this is two days on from the terrible wedding attack in kabul. . the americans are negotiating with the taliban at the moment trying to bring some sort of resolution, attacks like these make that even

harder. relatively quiet theme of weather across the globe. in north america we have a weather front taking wet and windy weather through quebec to labrador. in the south—east corner it is all about heat and humidity with torrential downpours. in the north—west we have seen above average temperatures for the southern half of british columbia with below average temperatures to the north bringing some snow over the north bringing some snow over the weekend. more snow is likely as we go through the next couple of days. there is still a good amount of fine weather through parts of oregon, california, the central plains. we see those thundery

downpours in the far south—east corner set to continue. los angeles and san francisco staying finance settled with the threat of more rain in vancouver. in south asia we have seen heavy rain over the weekend and it's brought some localised flash flooding as well. it looks as though the heaviest of the rain is likely to be across northern and central areas, stretching up through to the coastline. despite a brief lull in proceedings in mumbai, the rain is set to return on friday. shop shelves in colombo. moving on to asia where we are seeing some sharp showers in japan but asia where we are seeing some sharp showers injapan but in comparison to the weather last week it is quieter. heavy rain in taiwan and the northern philippines. some of thatis the northern philippines. some of that is quite intense. moving away

from asia into australia, high pressure is dominating at the moment. the squeeze on to the south—east, new south wales, victoria and tasmania, gail is likely with snow at lower levels and heavy rain possible. that extends into new zealand where it is pretty u nsettled. into new zealand where it is pretty unsettled. we see an improvement in wellington as we head into the in the south—east of france we had heat and humidity. in the south—east of france we had heatand humidity. in in the south—east of france we had heat and humidity. in the north and west disappointing for the middle of august. cool at times and showers with often windy weather as well. on tuesday that continues in the north west. london and paris warming up as

we head into the weekend, dry and sunny elsewhere.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. in the last hour, have seen a text ofa in the last hour, have seen a text of a letter from in the last hour, have seen a text of a letterfrom borisjohnson in the last hour, have seen a text of a letter from borisjohnson to donald tusk in which he makes a proposal to replace the irish border back stop suggesting the eu and the uk commit to alternative arrangements by the end of a transition period. prince andrew says he is appalled by sex abuse claims by his former friend jeffrey epstein come after these pictures emerged in his house two years after his first conviction. we have the latest from afghanistan where independence day has been marred by violence with a series of attacks in jalalabad. it is that years since

the first major breach of the iron curtain. we'll discuss why that moment is still so significant today. afghanistan's independence day has been marred by bloodshed. ten coordinated explosions hit the city of jalalabad in the east — at least 72 people were injured. these pictures are from shortly after one of the explosions. hundreds of people had gathered at a market to mark 100 years of independence from british influence. they became a target. no group has claimed responsibility. that was in jalalabad. and its two days on from a suicide attack in kabul which killed 62 people. a wedding was the target that time. mirwais elmi was the groom. he's talked to reporters.

translation: we were wearing green clothes for the ceremony, we were almost finished when the blast happened. i've lost hope. i lost my brother, my friends who came to join my wedding, the celebration of independence day doesn't matter to me any more. the bride and the groom survive — but he lost a brother and many relatives. afghan president ashraf ghani has vowed to take revenge. here he is speaking at an independence day ceremony earlier. translation: unfortunately, the enemies of our country are very cowardly and weak that they carried out a brutal terrorist attack on a wedding party targeting a completely civilian place and attacked our children and women and in a brutal way they shed the blood of our

countrymen. we will avenge the mass killing and bloodshed of our innocent countrymen. a local affiliate of the islamic state group claimed responsibility for saturday's attack. the us special envoy for peace talks in afghanistan tweeted "we must accelerate the #afg hanpeaceprocess including intra—afg han negotiations. success here will put afghans in a much stronger position to defeat isis." crucial point to note, the us isn't negotiating with is — but it is with the taliban. the taliban has condemned the attack as "forbidden and unjustifiable". and the negotiations continue. here's one former afghan mp on that process. caliban are not the only violent extremist group in afghanistan. more than a0 years of war and conflict have paved the way and made afghanistan vulnerable to many terrorist networks. including

recently isis so time and again i've been saying that by making a peace agreement with caliban, not necessarily, there will be a comprehensive peace that every people in afghanistan will enjoy. we don't expect that but having a peace settle m e nt don't expect that but having a peace settlement with caliban, probably there will be a reduction in violence and we hope there will be less of such horrible attacks, and we've been saying lately based on the un reports also, the civilian casualties over the past months have been at their peak. of course, horrible ones you've just mentioned in the wedding that traditionally and culturally it hasn't happened in afghanistan. weddings and these ceremonies are respected in afghanistan, that is part of the values that people had but u nfortu nately, values that people had but unfortunately, not only the war has

taken many of the lives but also many values from the people of afghanistan. earlier we were talking about sudan as the former president omar al—bashir appeared in court today inside a cage. he's facing corruption charges and is also accused of being involved in the killing of people who protested against his rule. let's get some more analysis on this from mary harper, the bbc world service's africa editor. this first day of the former president al—bashir‘s trial is significant. this was a man that ruled sudan for nearly 30 years in an incredibly autocratic and violent way. and he stood in the courtroom inside a cage, which is really the last thing people in sudan would have expected to see of somebody who had governed them with such an iron fist for so long. and what many people are saying is that if this court case goes ahead smoothly, and justice is seen to be done, it'll be

seen as a way of dealing with this legacy of this man who ruled sudan asa legacy of this man who ruled sudan as a dictatorfor 30 legacy of this man who ruled sudan as a dictator for 30 years. what is interesting about this trial is that the former president al—bashir has been charged with offences related to corruption and also for a later date he has been charged with possible incitement and alleged involvement in the killing of protesters who took to the streets for months and months before his downfall but what he hasn't been charged with is with the activities he is alleged to have committed in the western region of sudan, which has been in many, many years now, dan r, has been in many, many years now, dafur, and the international criminal court indicted him some time ago for war crimes and crimes against humanity there but there has been no mention of this in sudan, which is somewhat troubling for many observers. earlier in the year, a ruling military council took over after al—bashir was ousted.

this weekend it signed a power—sharing agreement with civilians in theory that will pave the way for a transitional government and, eventually, elections. the head of that ruling military council is general mohamed hamda. he's also known as hemeti. and this week, he spoke to zeinab badawi for the bbc‘s hardtalk programme. here's a clip. translation: in accordance with the agreement we will stick to every single letter we have agreed on. secondly, even without the agreement, we have to work in this direction because it is in the country's interest, it isn't our own interest. therefore, we have to carry out the agreement, stick to it and support it. here's mary harper again on that. although the military has said it'll stick to every letter of this agreement, there's already been some hitches. it was meant to be this new sovereign council sworn in on monday

which hasn't happened. it's been postponed because not all the members have been agreed upon yet. it'll be made up of civilians and members of the military, and also lots of questions are being asked whether civilians are really going to be able to have as much power as they'd like within this pair council which will be headed by the military initially and then by the civilians because the military, even though the top military man, former president al bashir is out of power, many of his henchmen remain and there are fears it might be one military man stepping into another military man stepping into another military man's shoe so there are a lot of questions that remain in terms of the transition to civilian rule. next on the programme... angela merkel and viktor orban, leaders of germany and hungary, have marked an occasion 30 years ago when the iron curtain was first breached. in 1989, thousands of austrians and hungarians gathered at the border fence between the two countries for an event known as the pan—european picnic.

it took place near the hungarian town of sopron. that border — like the rest of the iron curtain — divided communist eastern europe from the west. here are some pictures from the original event three decades ago. at the time there was huge political pressure to open the borders between east and west europe. hundreds of east germans — who could travel to hungary — travelled to the picnic hoping to rush across the border. they managed to do it, and, critically, the hungarian border guards decided not to shoot. here are the leaders today. translation: 30 years ago on this very day, you, together with his german companions broke through, demolishing the wall between hungary and europe, hungarians began pulling down the wall from the east which

had been built by east germany and thus we paved the way for reuniting germany. translation: several invitations spread to a pan—european picnic to be held at the iron curtain. the picnic became the biggest flow of drums from east germany eventually becoming a worldwide event. the hungarian border guards didn't shoot, they let east germans cross the border. the border guards showed bravery which put generosity far beyond any regulations which clearly shows no one can beyond any regulations which clearly shows no one can suppress beyond any regulations which clearly shows no one can suppress desire for freedom and shows that we, europeans, share common values uniting us and shows how much we can achieve together. thank you. the picnic resonates today because once again there are profound disagreements in europe over borders. the eu commission calls the picnic a prelude to a borderless and unified europe. but hungary, led by victor orban,

wants the eu's external borders to be much stronger. guardian journalist shaun walker is based in hungary. he says that even the organisers of the picnic — who you might expect to be in favour of open borders — are angry at the eu, and love victor orban's border wall to keep out refugees and migrants. here's jenny hill with more. there are lots of dynamics around this particular story. i suppose what is really significant about this as we tend to think of the fall of the iron curtain, we associate that with those astonishing images of people chipping away at the berlin rule the night it came down but what sometimes gets forgotten is that in the months preceding the fall of the berlin wall, people were already starting to trickle across the border. hungary was one of the countries which had started to turn a blind eye to that illegal migration. and then of course this picnic 30 years ago today saw a good

several hundred east berlin is fleeing across the border but those scenes i think optically striking because it all looks ratherfun, all very calm and very of still to this day course that is still to this day what is so remarkable about this revolutionary moment in european history, the fact this was achieved without bloodshed. in a few minutes, i'm going to talk to the man who was asked to write the words on a plaque to commemorate the death of this glacier in iceland. a think—tank is proposing that drivers who leave their vehicle engines running should be filmed by members of the public, and then they'd get back a percentage of the fine paid by the offender. a similar scheme already exists in new york. michael cowan reports. we've all seen it, cars sitting stationary outside our schools, hospitals and roadsides, but with the engine on. idling vehicles produce almost

double the emissions that a moving car would. but one organisation has a radical plan to limit the damage to both the environment and our health. so basically, if you see somebody idling, then you can take a photo and video of that offence and then report it to the council. isn't it slightly authoritarian to ask citizens to inform on one another to the state? well, it's a voluntary scheme, so if you feel uncomfortable doing it, you don't have to. but what impact do emissions from idling vehicles have on our health? the key thing is personal exposure. and if you're walking past a line of idling vehicles, it would be quite a significant amount of pollution that you'll be breathing in — sooty particles and nitrogen dioxide, and that's especially worrying if you're a young child or a patient with a respiratory or cardiovascular disease.

in new york, citizens can report buses and commercial trucks which have been idling for three minutes, or one minute if they're outside a school. in return, they'll get 25% of the fine. us fines are substantially bigger than in the uk, starting at $350, the equivalent of £288 for a first offence, up to an eye—watering $2,000 — that's over £1500 if you're a repeat offender. and for some, it's proving to be lucrative. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... boris johnson has put forward a new proposal to replace the irish backstop in a brexit deal between the uk and the eu. he suggests the two sides commit to finding alternative arrangements by the end of a transition period.

here are some of the main stories from the bbc world service. turkey says a syrian government air strike has hit one of its convoys inside syria, killing three civilians. it happened in the region of idlib, which is one of the few areas not under government control. turkey backs some but not all of the rebel forces in syria. some schools in indian—administered kashmir have reopened, two weeks after the region was stripped of its special status and downgraded from a federal state. however few students turned up for lessons, with parents saying they are worried about safety. a french couple faces up to six years in jail, after a0kg of sardinian sand in bottles were found in their car. sardinia's white sand is considered a public good and it is forbidden to remove it from the island. 9,000 people have been evacuated from gran canaria in the canary islands.

just off the coast of morocco. it's due to wildfires which started on saturday and are spreading in a mountainous area of the island. gemma coombe has more. raging out of control and devouring parts of gran canary. wildfire is so fears thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes. translation: today and tomorrow play a vital role in the evolution of the fire but it doesn't mean the fire will be extinguished in the next a8 hours. unfortunately a file like this has several stages and it'll last several days but it is evident we are in a critical situation. authorities have called the fire is an unprecedented environmental tragedy. they've been burning since saturday advancing on two fronts in a mountainous area of the island. around 1000 firefighters, including

200 from the military, along with one dozen planes and helicopters, are fighting the blaze but the job is being made more difficult because ofa is being made more difficult because of a dangerous combination of high temperatures, strong winds and low humidity. translation: they told me i had to move accommodation, that i had to get out immediately because the fai and especially the smoke was descending, and it was so, so hot. so far, the tourist hot spots along the coast have been spared but the fla mes the coast have been spared but the flames are tearing part of the unesco biosphere reserve and previously untouched pine forests. there's been no reports of deaths or injuries but many homes have been destroyed and with the fire far from contained residents are being urged to remain vigilant. i was talking about angela merkel attending a

celebration in hungary. angela merkel has flown to iceland to meet with nordic prime ministers, with climate change on top of the agenda. it comes after iceland commemorated its first glacier to disappear. 0k sat atop an extinct volcano and was at least 700—years—old. this is what it looked like in 1986. and again in 201a when it was officially declared dead, that means it can no longer move. well, last year, a tv documentary suggested the idea of a memorial and it happened at the weekend. this plaque has been erected, titled a letter to the future. it says... "we know what is happening and what needs to be done. only you know if we did it." the dedication was written by the icelandic author andri magnason and he was there to unveil it. it was very moving, actually. of

course, we have no tradition of saying goodbye to glaciers but we made some kind of a possible start ofa made some kind of a possible start of a tradition. we worked in silence and we didn't look back. it is a tradition in iceland and if you do that, then you'll be granted three wishes so we don't go back. it was quite moving, actually. how did you come to be asked to write the words on the plaque? i've been writing a book on glaciers and glacier research. my grandparents were the pioneers of glacial research in iceland and at that time the glaciers were eternal giants but now we understand they will only last until somebody becomes as old as my grandmother that is born today. presumably, while this glacier has disappeared, there are others that are shrinking. yes, you can see it

dramatically. the real drama is in the big glaciers and how you can see how the mass is sinking and just imagining the volume of something thatis imagining the volume of something that is 50 metres thinner than last year. when you go out to these glaciers, you can see it daily. on the plaque, you said only people of the plaque, you said only people of the future will know whether mankind responded adequately. we have these meetings between angela merkel and the nordic prime ministers, are you satisfied with the political response? the big meetings tomorrow and the next days. normally, when the nordic ministers meet, it isn't a big event but this time they are on this turning point in history where america has lost its lead and isn't going to lead the way in tackling climate changed in the next year so it is up to the nordic countries, uk and germany to step up

the technology and the solutions we need to see in the next few years so this meeting is happening when greta thornburg is sailing on her way to new york so i would say the nordic ministers have to take this seriously. we'll finish about talking about the us congresswoman ilhan omar. in the last few minutes us congresswomen ilhan omar and rashida tlaib have been holding a press conference. it comes after the pair were denied entry to israel — as part of a fact finding mission to the palestinian territory. both are vocal supporters of palestinian rights — and have supported the boycott movement against israel. israeli law allows supporters of the campaign to be banned from visiting. here's what congresswoman ilhan omar had to say. the decision to ban me and my colley, the first two muslim women elected to congress, is nothing less than an attempt by an ally of the

united states to suppress our ability to do ourjobs as elected officials. last week, president trump tweeted. .. "it would show great weakness if israel allowed rep. omar and rep.tlaib to visit. they hate israel & alljewish people, & there is nothing that can be said or done to change their minds." whilst israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that... "the itinerary showed that the congresswomen's sole intention was to harm israel." peter bowes is following this for us. just played a short clip, give us an idea of the broader tenor of what has been said. clearly the main tenor of this news conference was to get the message across they are angry because they say other american politicians have visited israel in recent years on fact—finding trips and they say that is all this was, they were intending to meet politicians and officials,

both israeli and palestinian from both israeli and palestinian from both sides to gather information. congresswoman ilhan omar talked about the 3 million in aid that the us sends to israel and she wanted to find out on the ground how things we re find out on the ground how things were working, how that money was being spent so that she could do her job and that was her main point, she was doing in her view nothing more than others had done before, travelled to a disputed region as an elected american politician to gather the facts and she could return home better informed about what's happening on the ground. some of their supporters suggesting they should be pushing for a trip in the near future should be pushing for a trip in the nearfuture going back should be pushing for a trip in the near future going back with a changed itinerary, did they give an indication they might want to do that? they didn't in this news conference suggest they were planning to do that but the feeling was it might be possible because these are women that will not be silenced which was the other message they had to say, they won't be silenced, they will continue to

pursue this, they are clearly very angry at prime minister benjamin netanyahu angry at prime minister benjamin neta nyahu and angry at prime minister benjamin netanyahu and president from's involvement as well which reflects a lot of the reaction we saw last week which wasn't so much focused on the issues at stake in occupied territories rather than the principle of a country, like israel, an ally of the united states, banning two elected politicians. i wouldn't be surprised at all if in the coming weeks we see a second attempt to return to that country. thank you, peter, thank you for wrapping up outside source. boris johnson sent a letter to donald tusk saying he hopes a deal can be found between the eu and uk before the deadline the eu has set, the 31st of october but he has stated that for any deal to happen the irish border backstop needs to be removed from the withdrawal deal and up to this point the eu has said it cannot be

changed so something has to give. we will see you tomorrow at the same time, bye—bye. hello. after a shower and start to the new week, things will remain somewhat changeable with some outbreaks of rain across the northern half of the uk through the next five days. to the south, things will settle and also turn warmer. high pressure starts to extend its influence. a good deal warmer in some spots come up to 26 or 27 in london by friday or saturday but we are talking about the high teens to the low 20s for scotland and northern ireland later on. in contrast quite a cool start to tuesday, an air of autumn about proceedings as temperatures dip down into single figures particular across the north—east of scotland. a weather front keeps things milder across northern england. first

thing, shari rain, a few showers in the south—west of scotland but generally a lighter breeze for tuesday morning way of sunshine, few ina way tuesday morning way of sunshine, few in a way of showers, a bit more cloud than northern ireland and most of the afternoon, the odd shopper shower possible. this is a warm front trying to push its way across the uk and through tuesday evening into the small hours of wednesday, we'll see some thick cloud were pushing showers across northern ireland and into southern and scotland. when we get clearer skies on wednesday, our lows are down into single figures. wednesday daytime, another autumn feature trying to get into our forecast, this area of low pressure squeezing isobars picking up pressure squeezing isobars picking up the wins but this time unlike monday when it was a cool north—westerly, we've got a pretty warm south—westerly. there will be some pretty miserable weather for northern ireland in western scotland come the end of the day as this front rise with shells for northern england but temperatures start to lift for the south—east. then watch how that hotspot spreads through

thursday, friday, the warmer colours making their way north across the uk. a warmer feel across the board on friday and saturday. saturday is a bank holiday weekend for some, not full scotla nd a bank holiday weekend for some, not full scotland but for the moment we will have a reasonable amount of fine weather across the uk with france sitting to the north. the reason we get the warmer weather is high pressure leading to the south. to the north, those fronts keep injecting rain. thursday, patrick cloud with a lot of dry weather and it'll already start to feel warmer with rain for northern ireland and parts of western and southern scotland. 70 degrees with sunshine in aberdeen. the high—pressure starting to erode the front on friday some scattered showers first thing on northern ireland, try later with showers continuing for the north—west of scotland but in the sunshine, a woman feel for everyone with a bit of lingering cloud of the temperatures should still push up quite nicely into the mid 20s.

across a good portion of central and eastern england. on into the weekend, just notice the temperatures start to slide away. we see a weather front trying to slide its way south across the uk and that'll start to just crawl things up that'll start to just crawl things upa that'll start to just crawl things up a little bit. into the following week, it looks like we've still got the possibility of some one weather to come depending on where this jet strea m to come depending on where this jet stream finally ends up. through the latter pa rt stream finally ends up. through the latter part of the weekend, dips and tries to take us into this warmer air into the north but into the week ahead it looks like we could sit to the south of the jet with a south—westerly air stream and much of the uk could enjoy a later renaissance, shall we say, of summer.

tonight at ten, local councils plan for a ‘no deal‘ brexit, highlighting their concerns for public services. suppliers warn there could be some food shortages, hitting schools, care homes and hospitals. there will be challenges around availability, there will be challenges around many things. currency fluctuations, and impact on pricing. so, how will councils maintain services, in the event of a no deal brexit? also tonight... as the widow of police officer andrew harper pays tribute to her husband, a man is charged tonight with his murder. prince andrew says he's appalled by the crimes of his former friend and convicted paedophile, jeffrey epstein.