hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. borisjohnson is on his first trip abroad as uk prime minister. he's meeting angela merkel in berlin, and says he's ready to try to find an alternative to the backstop by next month. you set a blistering timetable of 30 days if i understood correctly, i am more than happy with that. the trump administration announces new rules on migrants crossing into the us — meaning children could be detained indefinitely. these are the first images of the wreck of the titanic for 15 years. we'll hear from a scientist on board the expedition about why it is decaying faster than thought. and denmark's prime minister says she's annoyed that donald trump cancelled his visit there, after she told him that greenland is not for sale.

borisjohnson is in berlin trying to convince angela merkel that brexit withdrawal agreement can change. he says if it doesn't the uk will leave without a deal on 31 october. the eu says the deal can't change. here's the prime minister earlier. we cannot accept the current withdrawal agreement arrangements that either divide the uk, or lock us that either divide the uk, or lock us into the regulatory arrangements at the eu, the legal order at the eu, without the uk having any say on this matter is, so we do need that

backstop removed. but, if we can do that, then i'm absolutely certain we can move forward together. this was angela merkel‘s response. ina way in a way to construct that's been created, so as to address the situation once he's coming when one does not find any kind of settlement on how to deal with the relationship between northern ireland and the republic of on this constitutes as you like and external border within single market so it's an expression ofa single market so it's an expression of a problem that's not yet solved. 0nce of a problem that's not yet solved. once we see and say this could be a possible outcome, this could be a possible outcome, this could be a possible arrangement, this backstop asa possible arrangement, this backstop as a placeholder it's no longer necessary and we know how the future relationship between the eu and the united kingdom will be shaped, particularly in northern thailand obviously and the member state at the irish republic. so —— northern

ireland. so it's always been a fallback solution if one finds the solution we think we say we will find the next two years to come but we could also find it in the next 30 days to come. lots of pepole — including boris johnson — immediately picked up on that idea for a 30 day deadline. here's what he had to say. i'm very glad listening to you tonight, to hear that at least the conversations on that matter can now properly began. and you set a blistering timetable there are 30 days if i understood you correctly, iam more days if i understood you correctly, i am more than happy with that. to explain, the irish border backstop is a provision that means if there is no new trade deal between the uk and the eu, the border between northern ireland and ireland will remain open. it does that by aligning northern ireland with the eu — and it has no end date.

and many brexiteers hate it. on monday, mrjohnson sent this letter to donald tusk calling the backstop anti—democratic — though he did vote for it earlier in the year. here's bbc reality check on why the northern irish border is such a contentious issue. this line between the irish republican northern ireland will be the only land border between the uk and the eu. that matters for trade, because in theory, there should be checks on staff crossing the border after brexit. no one wants new inspections at the border, they bring back memories that 30 years of conflict in northern ireland. checkpoints could become a target. the uk and the eu hope to agree on a trade relationship in the future that keeps the border as open as it is now. if they can't or there a

delay, that's where that backstop comes in, it's a legal guarantee to avoid a hard border and under all circumstances. jenny hill is our correspondent in berlin. here's her analysis of the prime minister's visit. there was a very friendly atmosphere, lots of smiling and agreements that a solution needs to be found. i think her position in particular is it what it was yesterday, the week before that and the week before that. that backstop must stay in place unless some kind of arrangement or solution can be found, which renders it unnecessary. she said today, that solution would be welcome, bay needs to come from britain, and that's part of a break and suggested i get theresa may and borisjohnson, has and suggested i get theresa may and boris johnson, has not and suggested i get theresa may and borisjohnson, has not been deemed ads —— acceptable. the impasse continues, although it has to be said the price meeting between the new british prime minister and the german chancellor was very warm and

for those despairing what will happen come the end of october, that was it nothing else that pledged to work together to try and find some kind of solution. for all the talk from the prime minister and his allies of alternatives to the backstop — details have been hard to come by. there was this briefing to the sun. one idea is that if there's no trade deal, ireland aligns with uk regulations, rather than the uk aligning with the eu. you imagine that might be a hard sell in dublin and brussels. here's one international politics professor on why the eu won't want to be seen to budge to the uk's demands. bearing in mind that the uk voted to leave the eu over 3 years ago, some in germany are tiring of another visit by the uk prime

minister asking to talk brexit. here's the front page of the taz newspaper. it says "why can't trump just buy england?" birgit maass, uk correspondent, deutsche welle with her take on today's meeting. it's true that it was quite friendly, even though i detected a slight skepticism in anglo america, particularly when boris johnson joked in german, may be seemed slightly possibly mocking her, because it's a reference to what she said during the refugee crisis, and it's very contentious in germany, and to bring this up at the first visit is not diplomatic, but it was a joke, she have humour. what people

will generally see is a friendly atmosphere but in substance, she hasn't given any ground. la showing the front page of anotherjoke, but is there frustration among germans that that uk keeps coming back a wind to talk about this, and it's been going on for years now? well, i think germans had made it clear, did the german industry has made it clear that what the uk was able to borisjohnson clear that what the uk was able to boris johnson under the brexiteers we re boris johnson under the brexiteers were saying is going to be very easy and chairman industry will put pressure on big government, and in mba end of the german government will give ground and will make many concessions. that hasn't happened. and still come again, they do keep coming. but of course, there needs to bea coming. but of course, there needs to be a dialogue. i think the german position is that it's in the eu dialogue, that's really that they are expecting borisjohnson to seek,

but of course it's not narrow bedding to talk had —— face—to—face. at death and no—deal brexit, they'll be consequences for british industry but also german industry, is not covered in the price is seen as a possibility? more and more. i think a lot of germans, initially germans can't understand what's happening. i think a lot of german politicians for time thought it was not true, it's not going to happen unlike the germans are also absolutely build up —— bewildered and couldn't believe it was going to happen, but when german politician told me, she thought 0k, probably it is necessary for the british sell is necessary for the british sell is necessary for the british sell is necessary for the british sell if i should put it. so i think there is more and more, the acknowledgement that brexit is probably going to happen and they know it's going to happen. the german industry knows it's going to happen, the common factor in germany is prepared new laws in place, i think almost 900 new custom officers are hired, so people are

preparing. nobody in germany wants brexit, they really help the uk will come to its senses and also helped that there will become that there is brexit, therapy some sort of agreement were sensible exit. borisjohnson's trip to berlin is the start of busy few days. tomorrow he goes to paris to meet emmanuel macron. today his office said france now saw a no—deal brexit as the most likely scenario on 310ctober, so brexit will be top of the agenda there too. then this weekend, he will travel to the g7 summit in biarritz. brexit may not be on the agenda but it's sure to come up. this bloomberg article points out three of the g7 are other eu countries, france, germany and italy. and the uk wants new trade deals with the other three, the us, japan and canada.

i will be there for the summit and will keep you up to date on how successful he is. so we'll have full coverage of that, but the broader issues as well. the trump administraion has announced it wants to allow indefinite detention for migrant families stopped trying to enter the united states, whose cases are waiting to be heard by the courts. the move scraps a long standing legal ruling limiting detention of migrant children to 20 days. here's the acting head of homeland security. by by eliminating the incentive to make the journey to the united states as a family, we will reduce the unprecedented volume of family units that strain the already limited

resources of compartment department —— components and put children at risk. the new rule protect children by reducing incentive for adults, including human smugglers to exploit minors and dangerous journey to the border. using them to beat the system and be released into the united states. the white house points to date like this to explain its decision. you can see the big rise in the number of migrants apprehended trying to enter the us at its southwest border with mexico rose sharply peaking in may this year — driven mainly by the green areas — which show family units — and a rise too in the red areas, which show unaccompanied minors. i don't think there's any way this'll i don't think there's any way this‘ll end up in lots of legal —— any doubt that it'll end up a legal battle but they wanted and place in

the next 60 days. breaking it down, the next 60 days. breaking it down, the administration has been frustrated about that huge number that people are writing at the us border with mexico, it's particularly concerned about the number of migrant families are writing, essentially what they believe is there are people who are arrived at the border with children specifically because they believe if a quick passage way to get released essentially early, because under the agreement that's in place for more than 20 years, essentially you cannot hold a child for more than 20 days, in practise it's applied to family units. because president trump had such a public outrage about the family separation policy and his business of separating pa rents of and his business of separating parents of children to hold them in custody, he's decided to go a different route and this is the latest attempt to really try and address the problem of migrant families arriving at the border. address the problem of migrant families arriving at the borderlj also want to ask you broadly about the president behaviour in the last couple of days. erratically be one

reasonable description. let's go through some of the things that happen. first of all, the president said he wanted to bring a major tax cuts and today he says he didn't wa nt to cuts and today he says he didn't want to do that. next, we'll talk about marring a moment, may cancel the visit to denmark because denmark declined to discuss selling greenland to america. third, and the context of trade war, the president said this set themselves earlier. context of trade war, the president said this set themselves earlierlj am the chosen one. someone had to do it. so i'm taking on china. he also had something to say about two us congress lemon you are banned from visiting israel and he made quite a comment as well about american dues. where is the democratic party going? where is the democratic party going? where had they gone? where they are defending these two people of the state of israel? and i think any jewish people that vote for a democrat, i think it shows either total lack of knowledge or great

disloyalty. could we bring chris backin disloyalty. could we bring chris back in here, he's always done things his own way since launching his campaign, but nonetheless, even by his standards, this is way outside the norm. yeah, i am tempted to just outside the norm. yeah, i am tempted tojust shrug my outside the norm. yeah, i am tempted to just shrug my shoulders say that to just shrug my shoulders say that to him being him, and normally political and diplomatic norms apply, they simply don't apply. especially dan, an odd way, you can also argued that in some ways, we are also argued that in some ways, we a re fortu nate also argued that in some ways, we are fortunate as journalist, because thanks to his twitter account, we know on a day today basis hours and hours we know exactly what is thinking and he arrives at nuke —— news c0 nfe re nces thinking and he arrives at nuke —— news conferences like he did today, this height allowed the white house, and hejust this height allowed the white house, and he just speaks about a series of topics off the top of his head, whatever is really annoying and at the time, he went to china as you mentioned there, he called the danish by ministry nasty woman, he brought the idea that he could eventually change birthright citizenship in america, i typed joe

biden, and other democrats as being anti—somatic, and you do had this real dealing with them, i bet he's just going to do things, whatever way he feels is that. but there's no doubt some of it's also about politics and about the election that's been held next year, he wants to paint the democrats as unacceptable. he wants to try and and sadie's delivery can be economy. and perhaps shielding himself and questions about the economy that could be coming up for america, and you do have an impression from him they going to continue to write his way to the election and say exactly what he thinks. stay with us on 0utside source — in a moment we'll get the latest on ryanair. a court in london has approved a strike by the airline's uk pilots for thursday and friday. a man's tonight been arrested on suspicion of murdering the hull university student libby squire. 0ur reporter leanne brown

is in hull for us. police have told us tonight they arrested a 25—year—old man earlier today, he is currently being questioned by detectives. 21—year—old student libby went missing following a night out with friends in february. a disappearance grips the community here. vigils took place and posters were put up around the city. at one stage at around the city. at one stage at around 200 students gathered in the rain hasa around 200 students gathered in the rain has a show of solidarity and support. hundreds of police officers and members at the public were involved in an extensive search of the area where she was laughing. 1110 till six weeks later they set her body was found in the estuary near the point. we were told tonight the family lived in buckinghamshire continue to receive support from specially trained officers and have been updated on the arrest.

this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is... boris johnson is meeting angela merkel in berlin. the german leader suggested he has to find workable alternatives to the irish border backstop in the next 30 days — a timeframe mrjohnson agreed to. president trump has cancelled a state visit to denmark — because it wouldn't talk about selling greenland. the danish prime minister had called the "absurd". and he didn't like that. i thought it was not a nice statement the way she blew me off. because she's blowing up united states. and we had done a lot for denmark, we have done a lot. i know them well i had many friends in denmark and many people from denmark, that live in the united states.

the visit was due to happen in early september — but this tweet put pay to that. "based on the prime minister ‘s comments, that she would have no interest in discussing the purchase of greenland, i will be postponing our meeting.‘ the danish prime minister addressed the press earlier today. i was looking forward to having a dialogue on the many shared interests that denmark has of the us. furthermore, the development in the arctic origin call for further cooperation between the us and greenland. and therefore, i would like to underline our invitation for stronger corporation on arctic affairs still stands. greenland is closer to the us than denmark. it's an autonomous region that belongs to denmark. it's also the world's largest island — and less than 60,000 people live there. 80% of it is covered by a single ice sheet —

but underneath is a wealth of important minerals. also, the us airforce's has a base on the island's northwest coast. let's get more from steffen kretz who is in greenland. the official greenland has been talking about this for the past decade and hoping that minerals that could be discovered somewhere in greenland or offshore could turn the economy around. could result in greenland being economically independent from denmark, which is in business right now, i could eventually lead to self—rule. however, it's turned out that it's difficult to do mining and to do offshore drilling in the arctic simply because it's in the arctic because of the climate here, big energy corporations have not been able to find the oil and gas they we re able to find the oil and gas they were hoping for, so i would say the

greenland dream of independence and self—rule is probably somewhere in the distance. the us federal reserve debated cutting interest rates more aggressively at its last meeting, according to minutes released today. but the document shows officials at the us central bank wanted to avoid giving the appearance of being on a path to more rate cuts. so he's got it wrong and how they let us down. here we had another example of the president doing things his own way michelle, can't tell the fed what to do the fed what he did 0k and he? he certainly has been getting his best effort i think it's fair to say in the last few weeks and months. notjust in comments and recent days, but also on social media as you point out there. the reference to jay pyle as

a bad golfer. looking at these minutes, what they do show it which is what wall street and investors are looking at, is at the federal reserve, the board of governors, does voted on whether or not to cut the rates last month at the meeting when they did, they actually split. 0n when they did, they actually split. on that decision. you have those who would basically arguing the economy, while it's in a fairly good place, the economic data doesn't look terrible, you also had to others who wa nted terrible, you also had to others who wanted more aggressive cuts. and i think that's what you're saying at the moment at the financial markets are sort of flashing red, there is this sense of which data should we be looking at, how concerned should we be, on the surface the economy is doing 0k. there are concerns about donald trump trade policy and highly seeping into the economy holding back companies betting, having a knock on effect on the global economy. this also concerns about

what is happening in germany and china, and all of this is balanced by the fed, so they are characterising this as a recalibration rather than a start of a series of break—ups. recalibration rather than a start of a series of break-ups. thank you very much, michelle. all this week we've been looking at the challenges of facing older workers, and why companies are often trying to keep hold of them. but today, we're heading to silicon valley, where the workforce at tech companies is often so young, people can start to feel marginalised in their mid—thirties. our technology reporter dave lee reports. the phone stopped ringing and it was ha rd to the phone stopped ringing and it was hard to get return phone calls and e—mail. hard to get return phone calls and e-mail. steve has more than 20 years of experience in silicon valley and elsewhere. getting were curious to be a doddle, but things started to change once he turned 50. he was applying forjobs for which he should have been extremely strong contender.

for which he should have been extremely strong contenderlj for which he should have been extremely strong contender. i would say 85% of the time those jobs went to people who were about 15 years younger than me and you start blaming yourself, and you start to question your own abilities. he probably sent ablate himself come cry silicon valley the average age of the place is strikingly low and equated to independent research, the average work —— work at facebook is 29 at amazon 30. as a movement to help those who want to stay relevant and fulfilled at silicon valley firms. this is a meeting of a group called the modern elders, a community of older mostly tech workers who come here to network and learn how to their skills. is like the fear, people feel like they play time and energy into the company, extremely dedicated and that all of the site and then all of a sudden you're obsolete. is lots of energy and interest in millennialist and the younger generation. cell of

course as we get older, it's really a question of where is our place. the people and that he share something in common that, they had to rebuild confidence in order to bring their perspective into their silicon valleyjob. the man behind this movement thinks companies should see hiring them as notjust obligation, but an opportunity. chip conley founded the modern elder group and literally wrote the book on benefits that experienced and more importantly with them in the workforce. 58, he is much older than many of his co—workers. workforce. 58, he is much older than many of his co-workers. only 896 of companies that have a direct inclusion programme and expanded not to include age as relevant of a metric of diversity as say race or gender. we are living longer, in fa ct m ost gender. we are living longer, in fa ct most of gender. we are living longer, in fact most of us are going to work longer, some by choice, some by necessity. therefore we need to figure out how do we help the modern

elders to have a continuing role in the workplace. i was see you in a few minutes' time. hello there. we are into a fairly active phase of the southwest monsoon in recent days. particularly across northern and eastern parts in indiana. in fact, on tuesday, there would localise flash flooding and fishermen got into trouble across the river. they had to be rescued by the air force. there is still further heavy rain in a similar area. on top of that, we still have wet weather across the coastline, and sharp showers into sri lanka. further northeast, still affected by heavy rainfall. likely they will see relevant less intense downpours. that could increase chances and localise flash flooding. there is still potential for a sharp showers across north america, especially the eastern seaboard.

trailing weather friend bringing sharp showers out at the rockies towards kansas for the next few days. that is interesting because they already had a month worth of rain. at the same time, we have rain pushing into the pacific northwest, moving down through british columbia and oregon. that said, after a lovely day in new york on thursday, rain will arrive at temperatures start to tumble. we are keeping a close eye on this massive cloud here, which could develop into a storm off the west coast of mexico. travelling in a north west direction, it may well not make landfall across mexico, as it moved towards the peninsula, but even as it attracts parallel, it will produce a heavy rain and rough seas in that area. for australia, it's a quiet weather story, but wind is certainly a feature. you can see how tightly squeeze together and those isobars are, and for parts of new south wales

and victoria and tasmania, still very windy. weather warnings remain in forest, strong wind as well shifting steadily east. quiet in terms of weather, but windy and cool here. strong wind continues to attract that rain out of busy and then, leaving a trail that sharp showers behind. showers will either way, but temperatures are set to struggle the same two for melbourne. really only 13—14d. high pressure at dominant feature, generally across europe at the moment. we have wet and windy weather pushing into the uk and scandinavia. things quiet down as we move into the weekend. good slice of fine and sunny weather, if you have friends and family heading to the mediterranean, they will not be disappointed. temperatures likely to peek into the mid—30s. stays cooler and breezy into the far northwest, not for long. if we look at the city forecast, after a disappointing month of august across the uk, temperatures set to improve for the bank holiday weekend.

more details are coming up and half an hour.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. angela merkel tells borisjohnson to find alternatives to the irish border backstop in the next 30 days. the british prime minister is in berlin on his first foreign trip. he says he's ready to work to the chancellor's timeframe. you have sent teddy makes it a very blistering timestamp and i am more than happy to do that. great news from nigeria. the country's on the brink of becoming polio free, just seven years after it accounted for around a half of global cases of the disease. there's a record number of fires burning in the amazon. i've been hearing about why. and spider—man has been kicked out of the marvel cinematic universe for copyright reasons.

there are a record number of fires burning in the amazon in brazil. data from the brazilian space agency has found that between january and august this year there have been 72,000 fire. that's 84% up on last year — and the highest since records began six years ago. the red dots in this picture from global forest watch show the number of fires that are burning right now. this is in amazonas state — huge sections of land on fire. this was filmed by a driver in the state of rondonia.

the smoke is affecting large parts of brazil. this is sao paulo where visibility has severely reduced. the amazon is the largest tropical forest in the world. it spans nine countries in south america — and has close to 400 billion trees. many are blaming the spike in the number of fires on brazil's president jair bolsonaro who, when he took office at the start of the year, was committed to expanding mining and farming in the amazon. a few weeks ago he sacked the head of the space agency, accusing him of lying about the scale of the deforestation. luiza franco is from bbc brasil in sao paulo. so, we are in the dry season right

now that runs roughly from may to august. and the dry season creates perfect conditions for fires to spread. what environmentalists and conservationists say, because there's been an increase in the four station as well, they say that for cattle ranching to take place appropriately. first you need to cut down the trees and then you have to burn the terrain. because there's been an increase in the four station, there has been an increase in fires because conditions are better for the fires to spread. he he has gone so far as to blame that ngos are to blame for this because they getting less money under this administration and they would've started this fire on purpose. but he presented no evidence to support that. and his critics are saying

that. and his critics are saying that he is in part responsible for what we're seeing the number of fires but considering what you're saying, these are more longer—term issues which will predate his presidency? yes, you are right. deforestation has been on the rise in brazil since before his administration however he has taken measures to make sure that environmental agencies cannot do theirjobs as well as they should at theirjobs as well as they should at the numbers that we have right now suggests that deforestation has increased significantly this year since he came into office. and finally, let us talk about the fires. what can the authorities do to contain them and make sure there is not a further increase in the number of fires? essentially, what the government is doing right now, the government is doing right now, the federal agencies and state agencies are working to stop to contain these fires and some states

where fires have been on the rise for a few months now actually have specific policies to handle this. the state of amazonas has set up an operation centre to co—ordinate reactions to these fires so the government says it is doing all it can to contain them at this point. neighbouring meanwhile, in neighbouring colombia, there's been a huge spike in deforestation since a peace agreement between the government and farc rebels in 2016. deforestation has risen by 60%. farc rebels spent decades fighting the government over land and power. and they hid in the rainforest, meaning it was a no—go area during the conflict. that's all changed since this peace deal was signed — and illegal logging has soared. some of the rebels are now

undertaking environmental work. these pictures show them planting seeds and watering them — they say they're now protecting the amazon, which plays a crucial role in preventing global warming — and is also home to many rare species. that footage was filmed by bbc reporter sophie eastaugh, who told me more about what's been happening. in southwestern columbia, it is a place of the amazon rain forest where i saw a project where you have former rebels have come together with local farmers and a project supported by norway and the uk to look at how they can stop this rampant deforestation in the area and some of the things they're doing is interesting. so, monitoring to report who is the forest in the

land, where they aren't telling the authorities and also looking at ways of sustainable land management. how they can stop local farmers from cutting down too many trees and they are also looking at ecotourism, how they are living centres can come and see how beautiful it is. do these rebels need persuading for this kind of thing was yellow not really, because these are where their skills lie. they have lived in the rain forest and that is why it has increased in deforestation since they have gone because it in their interest to protect the tree cover and that is how they would from the army and since the peace deal, we have seen a huge increase in deforestation and it's because of a power vacuum that has been left behind them which has been seized upon by land grabbers from criminal gangs to wealthy landowners, people cutting down the land for farming, mining and cultivation, and what

we're seeing here is the rebels using their skills and their knowledge of the forest in a way that also promotes peace and integration with the local community. that is one project that is relatively small scale compared to the broader problem. what can the government do on a more macrolevel to try and take on what is happening? the governor said that this is their top priority. 0ne happening? the governor said that this is their top priority. one of their top priorities. and they launched a new operation, military operation bringing the police to crack down on this so they are really trying to monitor deforestation with satellites. the same with these two monitor the farc and the rest people. he said he had been a part of the and formatives for the army and they would come in and arrest people but according to what he said, the actual person behind it got away and there have been accusations that the government's targets are not going

far enough. now to some fantastic news. nigeria has gone 3 years without a case of polio — that means it's on the brink of being declared ‘polio free'. what a shift this is. in 2012, nigeria accounted for more than half of all polio cases worldwide. here's a clip from the announcement. will be one of the greatest achievements in human history. it will have a lasting positive impact on the african continent and indeed the world health system for generations to come. nigeria is the last country in africa to have seen a case of polio. while a serious disease, polio can be easily prevented with vaccination — and that's what's worked in nigeria. it's ta ken thousands of volunteers to deliver vaccines to children across the country. but this is the head of the world health organisation's polio eradication programme. "to end polio, at least 95%

of children must be vaccinated, no matter where they live." so there's still work to do, chris ewokor reports from nigeria. even though nigeria has obtained this level, it is still not time for celebration. rather, it is a kind of fragile success because nigeria still has this in the northeast and there have been problems of insecurity, banditry and creating situations where it is difficult for health care givers to access some of these local communities. they are calling on the people to try and make their children in regions that have been very hard to reach. again,

it seems that the government this time around did all it could in terms of support for providing not just the personnel but also the financial support that health administrator needed for the children and more immunisation will be obtained and at the end of the day, they hope that by march tojune of next year 2020, nigeria and hopefully africa will be certified polio free. thanks to vaccinations the world has come a long way since 1988, when there were 350,000 cases of polio. that fell to just a few hundred in 2002, when europe was declared polio—free. and by 2015 it was only found in afghanistan,

pakistan and nigeria. let's speak to dr pascal mkanda, who runs the world health organisation's polio eradication programme in africa. thank you very much for your time today. you must be elated at this news. yes. this is very good news for nigeria and for africa because we need to achieve this milestone before we can talk about eradicating of polio in the african region. help me understand what needs to happen now in article from where we are to where we are in a situation where it has been eradicated in africa. but we need to do now more than ever before is to intensify surveillance which means we have to go three

yea rs which means we have to go three years without any incidents and in addition to that, we need to immunise the children so they are protected and we haven't employed mentation process —— we have an implementation process. it comprises of 17 experts coming from all of the world from different organisations that will sit and work and look at the evidence and conduct verification through the country to show that will have that we have anyone being missed anywhere. and once they have looked at that evidence, that independent body of experts are the ones were going to

work on these in the region and make sure that there is no more incident of this disease. do you co-ordinate with your colleagues in afghanistan and pakistan and do you think of global eradication to the near future? we have colleagues in the east and we operate together so that we exchange ideas and help us eradicate the disease. there is a lot that we have that region and we are hopeful that this indeed will be eradicated. thank you very much for speaking to us and congratulations to you and offer colleagues for your effo rts to you and offer colleagues for your efforts in nigeria. so very good news if you want more on the

eradication of polio in the country. stay with us on 0utside source — still to come. these are the first images of the wreck of the titanic for 15 years. we'll hear about why it is decaying faster than thought. the government has admitted the hs2 rail project could be scrapped after it announced an independent review into its future. the study will look at the costs and benefits of the line connecting london to the midlands, and on to northern england. tom burridge has the details. you can see here how work on the main hub the railway is well under way. in fact, they have already spent more than £7 billion of the taxpayers money. but despite buildings going down here on the edge of birmingham, the new

transport secretary is not ruling anything out. including getting rid of the scheme together. just because you've spent a lot of money on something should not mean that you just carry on ploughing more and more money into it. but what we've said and what the prime minister made very clear during his leadership election is we want to see great infrastructure in our country, we want to see it stack up. we want to see it work for rail commuters and people right across the country. last month, it emerged via a leaked letter that hs2's own review had found that the programme could be as much as £30 billion over budget — michael gross owned the office blocks now wrapped in white and land here that were compulsory purchased. he says it was all undervalued by hs2 by hundreds of millions of pounds. hs2 disputes mr gross‘s claims, but he says the project has been poorly conceived. what they've constructed is not a fast train but a gravy train, and there needs to be very major enquiries as to who benefited. but hs2 limited, the day it was

formed, was not fit for purpose. as hs2's budget goes up, the scheme's value for money drops, but with billions already spent, huge areas cleared and a lot of land bought up, hs2 is a work in progress. cancelling it would be costly and controversial. altering the scheme might be a more plausible option. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is? boris johnson is meeting angela merkel in berlin. the german leader suggested he should find workable alternatives to the irish border backstop in the next 30 days — a timeframe mrjohnson agreed to. greece has refused to help the iranian tanker that recently detained in gibraltar on suspicion of shipping oil to syria. the tanker has listed its destination as a port in greece, but the us has threatened sanctions on any country that allows it to dock.

venezuela's president nicolas maduro says he has been in talks with the trump administration for months, even as the us is ramping up sanctions. washington says the only thing being discussed is mr maduro's departure. parents of a teenager who had his hair style filled in with a black marker pen, have filed a civil rights suit against the texas school district. the school say the haircut violated its dress—code policy. bbc news app. let me show pictures from the first visit to the wreck of the titanic for almost 15 years. the wreck is nearly 4,000 metres down in the atlantic. some parts are in surprisingly good condition, but others are deteriorating more quickly than expected. here's one of the scientists involved. there are many factors that are

causing the deterioration of the titanic. fundamentally is the shift in saltwater and current action on the side of the ship that will put forth onto the metal structure that is suffered significant damage. there are microbes on the ship wreck that are eating away at it. creating the stretch is that you see on the titanic which is a much weaker form of the metal so that is literally being eaten away. the titanic sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg during its maiden voyage from southampton to new york. 1,500 people died. the site of the wreck is here — south of newfoundland. it was the largest ship in the world at the time, and was said to be unsinkable. here's rebecca morelle on this latest expedition.

basically, they have to get down there now to study it because this thing is decaying. some parts of the wreck are still beautifully preserved. i think you see the bow of the titanic, that famous image. you can tell exactly what it is but other parts are doing badly. there isa other parts are doing badly. there is a limited time, it will eventually return to the sea, return to nature. the key things actually get them down there and study it and it also map it is well and we can see the state its in. but it is such an important wreck, it's probably the most famous one in the world and hearing about how it is decaying. there are no survivors left, the only way we can study it is to go down there and see. so it is to go down there and see. so it is important to documented and be very respectful of the site as well. do not grab for artifacts in the 80s and 90s, now it is protected. and they're going down and observing it.

how do the different parts of metal on the ship decay to really assess exactly how long before he returns to the sea. spiderman has been kicked out of the marvel cinematic universe. this means he'll no longer feature alongside iron man, captain america, thor, hulk, and the rest. the reasons why are complicated. disney owns marvel studios. and the two have fallen out. spiderman began as a marvel comic book character created by stan lee. in 1999, sony bought the film rights. it made 5 films starring tobey maguire and andrew garfield. then in 2015 it struck a deal with disney to bring spiderman into the marvel universe — and to share the profits. tom holland has since played him in 5 marvel films, which have grossed nearly 8 billion dollars. sony also has the right to make 2 more spiderman films, but after today's fallout, these won't be alongside

marvel characters. ali plumb, bbc radio1 film critic. this is going so well, both critically adored and making a lot of money in here we are with an impasse. they're of money in here we are with an impasse. they‘ re not of money in here we are with an impasse. they're not coming to a deal that will see another tom holland in the mcu movie come to pass. and what is the stumbling block was mike that they want more money from disney? we have rumour and speculation and we like to conjecture. but there was a deal of 596 conjecture. but there was a deal of 5% going to disney marvel and the rest going to sony. but marvel and disney still get the merchandising rights. such is mixed even more

complicated. because disney and marvel are producing and writing and creating actual products, they want more of the cut from sony. so we're looking may be 50—50 and sunny said don't think you. you often have these fights that don't get made and there's so much money writing on the fight in the end of then defining away. surely with fans clamouring for more, this may not be the end of the saga. at the risk of being a massive cynic, we might be a part of the negotiations right now. this is, we are discussing it which means we are talking about it may be disney and sony may come back to the table and sony may come back to the table and work something out. it is remarkable that these characters which are created in such a different era are still so dominant in an entertainment industry that in many ways has transformed several times over. if you look this year comes from the billion—dollar moves have been of interest in the game, the biggest super hero movie of all

time and also spider—man far from home. the superhero movie industry is the big thing. having multiple characters of detangling, it is novel when he came along but perhaps some would say that there is a limit on how far he could take that. some would say that there is a limit on how far he could take thatm you look at it from sony's perspective. if they do not feel obliged to be a part of the mcu, the could be more adventurous and more out there interesting and outlandish things that the marvel disney world might limit them a bit. we will update everyone. thank you very much indeed. 0n entertainment news you can get through the bbc news app. just download it from the app store and click on the entertainment tab you will be in business. full coverage with borisjohnson, lots of talk on brexit and other matters.

hello again. the weather will get quite hot or in a number of areas as we head towards the weekend. with temperatures potentially reaching 30 celsius and yes, the weather will get quite warm or end of the next 26 hours, we are seeing this area of low pressure move across the atla ntic low pressure move across the atlantic and that will bring outbreaks of rain across scotland and northern ireland as well. all down to this weather from the can see between northern england and wales before changing direction and rippling back northwards. so we're going to see rain at times and westerners of the country. and north was initially, and rain goes into ireland and then in scotland, it

whether the afternoon some fairly persistent heavy outbreaks of rain. temperatures further south and eastwards with the weather stays dry in the sunshine, it is going to start to feel increasingly warm with temperatures reaching 25 celsius. later in the week and into the weekend, this area of high pressure in europejust weekend, this area of high pressure in europe just starts to push a little bit further eastwards. but that will do is change the wind direction across the table start to tap into some of the warmer air across the continent and we are going to read stressing temperatures rocketing upwards for some of us through friday. a bit of low cloud, not lasting long with some sunshine. northwards through the day, perhaps turning quite dull and damp for a time and otherwise, with some sunshine around across england and wales, that is when temperatures will be rising 27 and the london area but a better day for the northern ireland and scotland. temperatures quite lightly into the

low 20s. fist of the weekend, we continue our feet with dry weather and sunny spots for most areas, but which could be some showers pushing in the uk and some this could turn out to be quite heavy, perhaps the odd crack of thunder but otherwise, with some sunshine across england and wales, we will see temperatures climbing and on saturday reaching 30 degrees, generally the low 20s for the north. we could see a few areas of low cloud affecting some north sea coast, but otherwise, most areas should be dried with lengthy spousal sunshine and the gate is going to feel warm and that sunshine with temperatures of 23 in edinburgh, 21 for belfast, ending the 30 degrees parts in eastern england. clouds of the scottish island but is another fine looking day with prolonged spousal sunshine and feeling warm and that summer sunshine with temperatures hitting the 30 degrees mark in parts of eastern england.

looking beyond that, next week look at ourjet looking beyond that, next week look at our jet stream looking beyond that, next week look at ourjet stream which will be taking this large wave pattern, that isa taking this large wave pattern, that is a large amplitude of waves, whenever you get this kind of pattern, we see slow changes in our weather but with this lurking to the west of the uk, when the weather does change, ultimately the change will be to more unsettled conditions. so what we have weather—wise beyond monday? it should be a largely dry start with spells of warm sunshine for tuesday but then we start to see some rain and thunder downpours develop probably from wednesday onwards with temperatures easing. at the timing of that change is open to some uncertainty at the moment. the dress rather across eastern england. that your weather.

tonight at ten, borisjohnson meets germany's chancellor in berlin and says britain does want a brexit deal but not the current one. pomp and ceremony on full display — she challenged him to resolve their differences in the next month. you've set a very blistering timetable there of 30 days, if i understood you correctly. i'm more than happy with that. with such little time before the uk is due to leave the eu, we'll be asking what realistically are the chances of an alternative deal? also tonight, the future of the hs2 rail line is in doubt, with a government review into whether it should go ahead. more allegations about prince andrew's links with the convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein. buckingham palace says any suggestion of impropriety