hello, i'm nuala mcgovern, this is outside source. in a dramatic development — britain's prime minister is to suspend parliament as the brexit deadline draws near. mps will not sit at westminster for nearly five weeks, severely limiting their chance of blocking a no deal brexit. borisjohnson insists, that still gives them time, to have their say — before britain leaves the eu. there will be ample time on both sides of that crucial october the 17th summit, ample time in parliament for mps to debate the eu, debate brexit, and all the other issues.

but there's been strong opposition — the commons speaker has labeled the move a ‘constitutional outrage‘. this is a smash and grab on our democracy. he is acting like a dictator. and these are live pictures of greta thunberg and these are live pictures of greta thunberg arriving in new york harbour — the teenage climate activist has spent more than two weeks at sea. the queen has approved the british prime minister's decision to suspend the british parliament forfive weeks — just days after it returns from recess next week. the deadline for the uk to withdraw from the european union is in just 64 days' time, on the 31st october. boris johnson's move significantly limits the parliamentary time mps will have to pass laws stopping

a no—deal brexit, just yesterday opposition leaders had said that was their plan. this tweet sums up some of the reaction. this is the former chancellor: "it would be but mrjohnson says it's not about brexit. by bringing forward a new legislative programme on crime, on hospitals, by making sure we have the education funding that we need and there will be ample time on both sides of that crucial october the 17th summit, ample time in parliament for mps to debate the eu, debate brexit, and all the other issues. ample time. the reaction has been immense. john bercow, speaker of the house, who is usually an impartial referee, said:

let's hear from some of the politicians who are furious at this move — starting withjeremy corbyn, leader of the opposition labour party. suspending parliament is not acceptable, it is not on. at the time ministers doing this sort of a smash and grab on our democracy in the through democracy in order to force through a new deal exit from the european union. what is he so afraid of? shutting down parliament in order to force through a no—deal brexit which will do

untold lasting damage the country against the wishes of mps is not democracy. it is dictatorship. and if mps don't come together next week to stop borisjohnson in his tracks, then i think the day will go down in history as the day uk democracy dies. this is not a normal prorogation that is being asked for, this is cynical prorogation to force the country into a no deal brexit, which is a catastrophe by the government's on admission. and all because he presumes he thinks this is about the interests of the conservative party because they're nervous about nigel farage. it is disgraceful and a significant group of members of parliament, we have a majority against no deal of coming together and we will continue to stop this disgrace from occurring. you can'tjust get rid of parliament when they become a nuisance to you or when they become an irritance. someone who doesn't agree with this criticism is the leader of the house of commons, jacob rees—mogg. he was interviewed after meeting the queen earlier.

are you trying to avoid scrutiny of parliament? certainly not, no. are you worried abouta legal challenge? are you worried about a legal challenge? this is a completely proper constitutional procedure. are you certain that it won't be up for challenge? the courts will come to their decision, but this is a completely normal procedure. willa vote of no—confidence get in the way of this plan? well, i understood mr corbyn said he wasn't going to have one yesterday. has he changed his mind again? let's bring you some live pictures now from westminster. night has fallen here in london, thatis night has fallen here in london, that is outside of westminster, the protests that will organised at three and a half hours ago, some people who continue to protest and there are people that are against this move by the prime minister to suspend parliament for those weeks in september. nick eardley is in westminster. good to have you back with us. do you have been hearing some of the

voices of political leaders were furious at borisjohnson, missing from the pictures the people have taken to the streets. what can we expect from the options of what might happen next. expect from the options of what might happen nextlj expect from the options of what might happen next. i think the government is going to continue to insist that this is normal procedure, it has the right to bring in its own legislative agenda in a few weeks' time and that argument is not going to change. you're going to hear it a lot, get your government members saying this is about getting big changes on things like schools, education and the justice system. but you're going to also continue to see livid opposition politicians who are absolutely convinced that this is about shutting down the brexit debate and tonight, they are busy talking to each other and conservative rebels, people like the former chancellor philip hammond and many others about what they do next. tuesday, they plan to start the

process of bringing in taking control of the parliamentary agenda, trying to force through legislation, which would allow them to mandate borisjohnson to avoid a no—deal brexit and it is a big ask, not going to be simple, but from the several i have spoken to tonight, they are optimistic they can still do it. and how long might it take in normal circumstances to get some legislation passed? normal circumstances to get some legislation passed ? i normal circumstances to get some legislation passed? i know it is incredibly sensitive, divisive piece of legislation that they would try and put through, the two houses, but can it be done in a week, for example? the simple answer is i do not know. no one knows for sure. prominent opposition mps that i've been speaking to the past half—hour have said it has been ripped up, anything can happen over the next fortnight in the uk. the same reason he does have a written constitution

and everyone is making it up as they go along just now. the truth is that would normally take a lot longer than before dates of the mps have to try and do this. but they are determined to try and make it work, to force this through the commons as quickly as possible to get it into the lords and try to make it onto the lords and try to make it onto the book. they have to do this because you poke parliament, although legislation that is going to the various stages has forwarded away enough to start away and thereafter rushes through and there's no idea that the honest a nswer there's no idea that the honest answer but we are going to try.|j wa nt to answer but we are going to try.|j want to explain to our viewers as to why this move is so controversial. parliament is normally suspended — or prorogued — for a short period before a new session begins. it is done by the queen, on the advice of the prime minister. it ends when the queen gives a speech announcing the new government's proposals.

remember that boris johnson became prime minister not after an election, but after a vote of 160,000 conservative party members, that's 0.02% of the population. the last two times parliament was suspended like this — the first time was for 4 days — the other — 13 working days. this time, much longer — it will be for 23 working days. here's hannah white from the institute for government. it's a real showdown between parliament and government it's a real showdown between parliament and government and with the government has done is quite clever because it really and what the government has done is quite clever because it really constrains the time available for people employment who want to legislate and try to if they don't get legislation through in the next couple of weeks, it will fall and they'll have to try again in october and start again from scratch and getting a bill through the commons and the lords and the limited time available is going to be very difficult. yesterday, mps who are against a no—deal brexit

came together and pledged to try and stop it by passing a law, forcing the government to request an extension. but the time they have has now shrunk. let's take a look at what the next few weeks will look like. parliament will return from the summer break next tuesday. most of the next day will be taken up by a statement on government spending. parliament is now due to be suspended as soon as six days later. which allows the government to present it's plans in a queen's speech on 1a october. 3 days later european leaders will meet to discuss any re—negotiated brexit deal. with britain set to leave the eu on the last day of october. so could this whole thing be stopped? a legal challenge led by the scottish national party is already working its way through the scottish courts. and gina miller, who won a legal battle to give parliament a say over starting the brexit process, has made her own challenge. she's told the bbc why. what borisjohnson is doing is he's hijacking the queen's prerogative power and using it for,

if you like, unscrupulous means. and i think that is what is so shocking about this is that it is a very cowardly way of using his powers and if you like, of using these powers and if you like, constitutional convention. our unwritten constitution is a bit like a gentleman's agreement, and you have to say it is not being used in the matter. for more on how this could all work, here's our legal correspondent clive coleman. it isn't possible to immediately challenge the exercise of the queen's personal prerogative powers and her court, but you can do is challenge the advice given to her by her prime minister borisjohnson and if that was done of the course of in the way of a judicial review, that is going before the court and asking them to rule on whether or not the giving of that advice was lawful and will be the basis, the basis would be that the prime minister has

conceived and misconstrued the constitutional law that underpins the use of the prerogative power and that he had acted unlawfully or to be argued is that the use of that power is there to ensure that healthy functioning of the uk's democracy and this is being used for political purposes. the court is to be persuaded by those arguments and it could rule that the power, the prerogative power has been misused and he could rule their fourth that it was unlawful. nick eardley is in westminster. we spoke a little bit about the time crunch that is going around in the legal challenges. but the other part is just how legal challenges. but the other part isjust how much legal challenges. but the other part is just how much support might boris johnson have within parliament for these moves. it is it possible to know, if there was a vote of

no—confidence, with the numbers stand strong still? it is very complicated because even those conservatives who are opposed to a new deal brexit are really reluctant to rain in the conservative government, so that is why it is been put on the back burner for the simple reason that no one is convinced that the moment that it would succeed. to support boris johnson, i think a lot of his party is behind them and they want him to be given the space to negotiate with europe to try and get some sort of change to the brexit deal and then to bring that back to parliament, borisjohnson has said that the european council summit on the 16th of october is where he thinks any breakthrough would happen after that, he insists that mps will still have time to discuss whatever happens. whether that is a new deal and while that is extremely unlikely, and no deal looks more

likely, mps will have the chance to discuss it. and those in his party are probably numbering to 20 and 30 we re are probably numbering to 20 and 30 were furious and terrified by it. people who have thought that they would wait and give mrjohnson some space, who think his prorogation idea is one that this cannot have he thinks that some mps who want to hold back will now move next week. one other person this dimension quickly, ruth davidson, someone who has been buoyed by the no—deal brexit, who was behind the different side of the debate to borisjohnson. we expect tomorrow that she is going to quit herjob with the scottish tory leader, and others for political reasons, personal reasons too. she has started a family and that has factored and. borisjohnson does not have all of the support

that what he is doing this now. we are going to go into some of those people at some of those thoughts that people are having now, this window to stop the no deal. with the window to stop no deal brexit now significantly narrowed, mps may look to issue a vote of no confidence in boris johnson to halt the process. however, any vote to bring down the government, would likely require the support of a handful of tory mps — with not all opposition mps united against the government. another staunch conservative opponent of no deal, former business minister david gork — said that this move sets a dangerous precedent — appealing to to his party's fear of labour leaderjeremy corbyn. but that unwillingness to put jeremy corbyn into number ten will also likely limit the number of tory mp‘s willing to vote borisjohnson out of office. so far, only former attorney general dominic grieve has

said he would go that far. if it is impossible to prevent prorogation, it is going to be very difficult for people like myself to keep confidence in the government andi keep confidence in the government and i can well see why the leader of the opposition might wish to table a vote and amendment or a vote of no—confidence in each conservative stop which something that you would support? the party of which i am a member of, something that i would do asa member of, something that i would do as a last resort. that remains my position and they do not wish to do it and if there was any way of avoiding it. but if there is no other way of avoiding it, it may be the only thing i can do. the issue of proroguing parliament was a major source of debate at the conservative party

leadership contest, with many of borisjohnson‘s leadership rivals heavily criticising him for considering it. that includes many who now sit in boris johnson's cabinet. one leadership contender who is likely to rebel against the government on brexit is rory stewart, who passionately opposed no deal in the debates, and now sits in the backbenches. he previously said parliament could ignore an order to close, and meet in spite of the government in an ‘extraordinary session‘. today the bbc asked him whether this was still an option. it is always an option but that does not need to happen unless it‘s to prevent them from discussing brexit, then yes of course. they‘ll have to find some way of discussing brexit by do not think we have got there yet. i think we can return on tuesday and use that to stop the deal. what about a vote of confidence because that is made that more likely a tactic to do the shortage of time? no, i think that

would play into his hands and we should be focusing on brexit. in other conservative party news, scottish conservative leader and ardent opponent of ‘no deal‘ ruth davidson is believed to be considering stepping down. the bbc‘s politcal editor laura kuennsberg says the resignation is not connected to today‘s events — and has been done for a mix of personal and politcal reasons. here‘s more from our scotland correspondent lorna gordon. you have to remember that ruth davidson has been hugely important to the conservative parties in scotland, critical some would say to their revival and they now have 31 mps, their revival and they now have 31 mp5, 13 mp5 their revival and they now have 31 mp5, 13 mps at westminster, but she has never been a fan of boris johnson, she was not her choice for leader —— he was not her choice.

appointed tojudge him by his actions and from what we are hearing today, she has not been happy with the way things are panning out. she has not been a fan of no—deal brexit at all, she said she could not tolerate that, not put up with that in so tonight, this afternoon, we are hearing that she is considering her position and about to resign. as you might expect this move has also sparked reaction from the public. this is a petition asking the government not to prorogue parliament, which is at over xx signatures. prorogue parliament, which is at over 810,642 signatures. let‘s get some more thoughts from our political editor laura kuenssberg. it has made a lot of people very angry, including some very senior

mps with protests that have already started in westminster tonight which we can see now, people gathering to express their anger at what has been done and politically for number ten, some of the supporters might believe that this move makes some of the right people angry. in other words, by making those people who they believe have been blocking brexit cross, actually i‘ll be the kind of thing that delights the people were pleased to see borisjohnson moving into number ten. technically, they are within their rights to do this, politically though, some people are worried that it does really push at the presidents those unwritten rules that make sure things in westminster run smoothly and lastly, i think what this does also do is show us this number ten is going to be provocative. they‘re going to pull off political moves the drives some people crazy and delight others. and i think that probably does make it clear that we are moving towards a

possible general election. my cabinet minister said that we all know that an election is coming. the only question now is when. stay with us on outside source — still to come... she‘s arrived! the teenage climate activist greta thunberg is on dry land! she‘s docked in new york after more than two weeks at sea, and will now prepare for a climate summit at the un. a woman who claims the late financierjeffrey epstein forced her to have sex with prince andrew says the duke knows what he‘s done and has urged him to be honest. virginia giuffre claims she was 17 when it happened — the duke of york strenuously denies the allegation. laura podesta from cbs news is in new york. these accusers want jeffrey epstein‘s accomplices to be held accountable including but not limited to socialite ghislaine maxwell who has been accused of recruiting underaged girls for epstein. maxwell has not been charged, she denies any wrongdoing. the victims also want prince andrew

to be held accountable. epstein victim virginia giuffre called herself a sex slave for epstein and said when and she was a teenager, she was forced to have sex with prince andrew three times. as we know, the prince has adamantly denied those claims, although he was photographed holding giuffre around the waist when she was 17—years—old. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is? in a dramatic development — britain‘s prime minister will suspend parliament as the brexit deadline draws near. it means mps will not sit at westminster for nearly five weeks, severely limiting their chance of blocking a no deal brexit. now the pound has long served as a barometer of fears of a chaotic and economically damaging uk departure from the eu.

so no surprise that it fell today, as much as one percent against both the dollar and the euro, this is the dollar. that of course after borisjohnson‘s move to suspend parliament. here‘s jordan rochester from nomura. look at the bookmakers, the probability to around 43%, it was 40% and so 3% is not that big of a deal, we had that big move in the brexit deal, they said the government working assumption is no—deal brexit so the market saw the pallet early in august. he had a bit ofa pallet early in august. he had a bit of a retracement since the g7 summit yesterday, is completely different from today. yesterday, i bought some time thinking may mps could get

their act together and start blocking no deal and today is a different ball game and the landscape was very vague. boris johnson claims to prorogue parliament and this was for the entirety to the third october, that is not the case, actually it‘s going to happen between. the positive thing mps do the ability to act before they go on recess in early september on the ninth and then have time to act when they come back of the speech. they have not said that this is a new deal brexit, but they understand the risk of this. apple has apologised over revelations that contractors listened to users‘ interactions with siri. samira hussain is in new york for us. if you are not familiar with siri, it is an application that is on all

apple iphones, you can ask it in the kind of questions and children like using it for knock knockjokes, but it can also give you ideas of what you are looking for and do google searches and do things for you. it is an automated ai kind of system, but you saw a contractor that would listen into these conversations and apple was not clear in terms of that this was actually happening. so now apple is saying, we have absolutely made a mistake and we are not going to be letting contractors listen to that. the real issue is privacy concerns and also apple has always prided itself on getting through inta ke prided itself on getting through intake taking privacy very seriously and this is an indication that it has fallen on a slippery slope that other tech companies have. weather

any difference, thank you for this edition of outside source. hello there. 20 to talk about across the globe with the world whether at the globe with the world whether at the moment. let‘s start on northern america —— weather. the swell of cloud through central canada and the trailing weather front is bringing some ran across the eastern seaboard of the us, now the high—pressure building with a few showers in the middle part of hello there. plenty to talk about across the globe with world weather at the moment. let‘s first of all start off in north america, where you can see on the satellite picture, this basic cleft swirl of cloud, an area of low pressure through central canada, and the trailing weather front

is bringing some rain across the eastern seaboard of the us. now behind it, high—pressure building building, and quieting things down. a few sharp showers through the middle part of the day, across parts of texas and into florida. but residents of florida keeping a close eye on what‘s happening in the caribbean at the moment, because moving through the caribbean sea, well it‘s a tropical storm dorian. expected to continue to strengthen as it brushes towards the east coast of puerto rico over the next 12 hours. it may well make hurricane status as it continues to track across warmer waters, moving towards the east of turks and caicos. and potentially moving towards florida just in time for the holiday weekend. so we will need to keep a close eye on that one, it is going to be a significant storm. at the same time across south america, we‘ve got this weather front moving its way through buenos aires, and behind it, it‘s introducing a southerly flow and somewhat cooler conditions. so temperatures in northern argentina dipping from the mid—20s, perhaps down to the mid teens over the next few days. we have seen some heavy and at times, some flooding rains, particularly across southwest japan. the island really has seen some heavy rainfall. i will come back to that in just a moment, but ijust also want to talk to you about this storm, which continues to track towards the northwest of vietnam

over the next few days. a significant storm, it‘s going to continue to bring some very heavy rainfall, and some huge storm surges as it does. now we have still got some unsettled weather towards the north of that across parts of china, and also into southern vietnam. still some pretty intense showers to come. over to australia, it‘s a different story, it‘s all about heat. winter heat, where we have seen some record—breaking temperatures in perth. 28.6 celsius, beating their august record. now, it does look as though this weather front will continue to push and from the west and introduce something a little bit pressure over the next few days. no significant rain, but it will bring a change to the fortune of the weather story. we have got some sharp showers as well into the southeast of australia through the course of thursday. and here is on the cool side with those temperatures struggling, 12—13d. perth back down to 21 celsius by thursday afternoon. finally to europe, where most of the unsettled weather is across the far north. the recent sharp thundry down pour starting to move away, and things will quiet down just a touch across the mediterranean,

with temperatures perhaps peeking into the low 30s. getting a little bit cooler in the north of the uk, you can find out more details coming up shortly.

hello, i‘m nuala mcgovern, this is outside source. in a dramatic development — britain‘s prime minister is to suspend parliament as the brexit deadline draws near. mps will not sit at westminster for nearly five weeks, severely limiting their chance of blocking a no—deal brexit. borisjohnson insists, that still gives them time, to have their say — before britain leaves the eu. there before britain leaves the eu. will be ample time or sides there will be ample time on both sides of that crucial october the 17th summit, ample time, in parliament, for mps to debate. the eu debate, brexit, and all the other

issues. but there‘s been strong opposition — the commons speaker has labeled the move a ‘constitutional outrage‘. people in puerto rico are bracing for storm dorian, which has just been upgraded to a tropical one hurricane. and the teenage climate activist, greta thunberg, has finally arrived in new york after more than two weeks on the high seas. the queen has approved the prime minister‘s decision to suspend the british parliament just days after it returns from recess next week. the move significantly limits the parliamentary time mps now have to pass laws stopping a no—deal brexit on the 31st october, which, just yesterday, opposition leaders said was their plan. the reaction in the uk has been explosive. but over in europe — it‘s been more mild. although there have been

some terse comments, belgium‘s guy verhofstadt is the european parliament‘s brexit co—ordinator. he tweeted. .. let me bring you one more. louiseau is a french mep — we‘ve translated her tweet, "what disease does british democracy suffer from for fear of debate before making one of the most important decisions in its history?" for more on the latest reaction from the eu, i spoke to the bbc‘s katya adler in brussels. you quoted that some members of the european parliament there, but on a wider level, you know, this idea of suspending parliament, and the argument for and the argument against it at such a sensitive time in uk politics is seen very much here as a domestic issue. so the european commission, the german chancellor, angela merkel, refused to comment. but of course, this leads to questions about taking actions

like this will stop has the prime minister made eu leaders sit up and realised that he is serious about pursuing a no—deal brexit, if he can‘t get a new agreement with them. well the answer to that simply is that they already know that he‘s serious. they have taken that on board, and that knowledge hasn‘t sent them scurrying away in panic, trying to find any kind of compromise to avoid an no deal brexit. so of course we know eu leaders would rather avoid an ordeal brexit, but when the eu compromises, and it does, it tends to do so when it believes that it‘s in its own interest. but if you have a look at what the prime minister is asking of the eu at face value here, he is saying get rid of that backstop, you know, that contentious guarantee to keep the irish border open after brexit. get rid of the way it stands at the moment in the brexit withdrawal agreement. and the eu thinks that if they did that, it would mean exposing the whole of their single market, and they think that‘s worse for them than facing a damaging ordeal

brexit. —— no—deal brexit. so you remember, when theresa may used to say, no—deal is better than a bad deal, well you believes that for themselves as well. but they are not turning their backs on borisjohnson, they say listen, you come to us with a realistic workable alternative to the backstop that we have, and we will look at it. and at the moment, on a very low level, there are communications going on across the channel about that. that‘s what i was wondering, like during this time they are talking about a suspension of parliament. politicians here feel they won‘t have their say. but do we think that negotiations will continue throughout that time, between the british government, the prime minister, and some of those leaders that have not spoken out today? well they are not, you cannot call them negotiations. i mean you have the prime minister coming to berlin and to paris, and then he was at the g7 at the weekend. it was less negotiation, and more him putting his standpoint forward, which as you have got to get rid of the backstop, otherwise there will be a no deal brexit,

and then saying, well listen, if you have workable alternatives, but it‘s got to fit within our redlines. we are not really any further than that. but sort of informal discussions, i mean that you is not, —— the -- the eu they are saying look, as long as we have a government that is willing to look for alternatives, and look for possibilities to have a deal, then of course we are going to keep our doors open. you can take all of that at face value, or you could also say, there are those in the eu and in the borisjohnson government who are already playing the blame game. who want to appear open on both sides, to look for a deal on both sides, but actually only so they can turn around to their own domestic audiences, if it comes to a no—deal, and say look, it‘s not our fault. we tried, it‘s the other side‘s fault. you know, so it‘s quite murky at the moment, and definitely from the eu perspective, there is no workable alternative to the backstop on the table now that safeguards the single markets, safeguards the northern ireland peace accord, and doesn‘t leave them turning their back and abandoning member state ireland. to italy now. let‘s start with this tweet from the bbc‘s mark lowen.

spending a few days in rome, where prolonged political crisis back home in london, on the other hand, that‘s because after days of wrangling the populist five star movement‘s leader luigi di maio says it has made a deal with the centre left democratic party to form a new coalition government. here‘s mr di maio. translation: today we told the president of the republic that there is a political agreement with the democratic party, so agreement with the democratic party, so that just agreement with the democratic party, so thatjust happy could again be a prime minister, and try to affirm —— form a long—term government. prime minister, and try to affirm —— form a long-term government. what about this one? the potential new coalition represents a major setback for the league party‘s leader matteo salvini. the far right party leader was the dominant member of the now collapsed populist coalition. he brought about its fall in the hope of winning outright power in a snap election. instead, mr salvini now faces

the prospect of more than three years in opposition. here he is. translation: the only truth is that 60 million italians are hostage to 100 members of parliament, who are afraid of losing their seats. this is the real truth. this has nothing to do with theissues truth. this has nothing to do with the issues of democracy, change, the environment, welfare, redistribution, there are 100 members of parliament clinging to their seats. james reynolds is in rome and he told me how salvini had taken a gamble — like britain‘s prime minister borisjohnson today — but we‘ve seen that salvini‘s at least has not come off. it didn't work, that's because britain and italy have does my completely different systems, based oi'i completely different systems, based on differing powers for the monarch in the uk and the president here. in britain, ifi in the uk and the president here. in britain, if i may, essentially, the monarch ratifies decisions taken by the prime minister, by the executive. here in italy, it's entirely different. the president

has huge powers that the prime minister, the deputy prime minister, don't have. in other words, the executive doesn't get its way. so when he brought about the end of the coalition, he helped to engineer a snap election, he couldn't call that election himself. that would only be falling to the president, who decided, let's slow down, talk to other political parties, and guess what? two of them decided to form a movement. that is what has happened. so with the democratic party, could italians have hopes of a more stable future? how is it expected that those parties might work together, because it was very fractious between the league and 5—star? italian governments don't last all that long, and they might have to find more common ground, mutual mistrust of a single person, matteo, they might have to find common ground on europe, common ground on migration as well. there are a remaining few years on this parliament, elections are not due

until 2023, so it might last for some time. matteo's gamble, what he wanted to try to take ultimate power, might see him having to sit oi'i power, might see him having to sit on the opposition benches for three or four years. and i wonder, because we talk so much about matteo at the european parliaments, where he did very well, and his party did well, of all his ideas, and how that was kind of creating cultural wars inside italy, whether was anti—immigration, you know, putting italians first. what happens to all those discussions now?|j italians first. what happens to all those discussions now? i think that's fascinating, and i don't think we know, because what we have been trying to work out in the last few days and hours is what kind of influence matteo will have in opposition. will he continue his culture wars in opposition? will that be enough of a megaphone for him? 0r that be enough of a megaphone for him? ordoes that be enough of a megaphone for him? or does he need the infrastructure of a state and the powers that he had as interior minister to see his poll numbers keep dominating italy? what do you think is the outstanding issue for this new government, if it is

formed, that they need to tackle first in the country? the budget, and beyond the outcome of the economy. and also migration. migration is the story that has really dominated italy in the last few years. thanks very much to james reynolds. right, let us move on to this story that is happening right 110w. people on the caribbean island of puerto rico are bracing for storm dorian which has just been upgraded to a tropical one hurrrcane. it‘s forecast to make landfall in the next few hours. these are the latest pictures. single source oovpeople preparing for the storm after a state people preparing for the storm after a state of emergency was declared on monday. shelters have been set up in schools and sports centres. the us national weather service has warned of heavy winds and the risk of flooding as the storm passes overhead. here‘s puerto rico‘s governor. translation: obviously our recommendation is for you to listen carefully to instructions, and calmly activate your emergency plans. puerto rico has been through work situations —— where situations come i trust and

the people of puerto rico, we are ready, we are going forward, we are going to wait and see how this emergency unfolds. we are much better to cater to the needs that you may have during this event. the hurricane is expected to pass south—west of puerto rico and east of the domincan republic, on wednesday night. you can see here the forecast path from the us national hurricane center. and this is why people are worried. this is the devastation that hurricane maria brought to the island two years ago, with widespread flooding killing almost 3,000 people and causing a humanitarian crisis. let me bring you a tweet by donald trump. he says that... he did take a swipe at the local administration, he says fema, the emergency response agency, and others, are ready, and doa agency, and others, are ready, and do a greatjob, when they do, let them know, give them a big thank you, not like the last time he says, that includes from the incompetent

mayor of san juan. while that includes from the incompetent mayor of sanjuan. while the mayor of sanjuan mayor of sanjuan. while the mayor of san juan has mayor of sanjuan. while the mayor of sanjuan has been a vocal critic of sanjuan has been a vocal critic of the president and his administration‘s response to hurricane maria. let‘s hear a little 110w hurricane maria. let‘s hear a little now though from residents about how they are preparing. translation: water and necessities in case this thing comes and hits us, so it doesn‘t catch us without anything. i didn‘t prepare for maria, but this time, for this, and didn‘t prepare for maria, but this time, forthis, and repair preparing. translation: a little water for the situation heading our way, so we are prepared, and doesn‘t take us by surprise like last time. translation: well, they say the storm is pretty close, so in this way, i get ready, and if it doesn‘t come, that‘s even better. let's hope that it's not too strong. the hurricane is scheduled to hit the florida coastline this weekend. stav danaos from the bbc weather centre has been tracking dorian‘s path. hello there. we‘ve got two tropical features in the western atlantic, this one, which has now become a tropical depression, so this is going to continue to weaken, but we are most concerned about the system here,

now this was tropical storm dorian, but as of wednesday afternoon, local time, it has now become a category one hurricane. it‘s heading towards puerto rico. it looks like the system will bring some very heavy rain, and fairly strong winds with large serve to the island, in particular, across the eastern side of island. now if you cast your minds back to 2017, puerto rico was very badly damaged by powerful hurricane maria, which caused widespread devastation. now this system is not as strong, although it is expected to strengthen in the coming few days. it will bring a lot of rain, expecting around 250 mm of rain or more, so this of course will cause some flooding. now as dorian exits puerto rico, it‘s expected to move stay with us on outside source — still to come... she‘s arrived! the teenage climate activist greta thunberg is on dry land! she‘s docked in new york after more

than 2 weeks at sea, and will now prepare for a climate summit at the un. thousands of silver coins dating back to the battle of hastings in 1066 have been found by a couple using a metal detector in somerset. it‘s the second largest discovery of norman coins in the uk. jon kay reports. oh my god. there's pennies everywhere. in a muddy somerset field, the discovery of a lifetime. beeping. this was the moment metal detectorists found more than 2000 silver coins. lovely. today, looking like lottery winners, lisa grace and her partner adam staples, came to inspect theirjackpot. they're in fantastic condition. now, all cleaned up and catalogued at the british museum in london. just a fantastic find and i don't think we'll ever find anything like it again. no, it‘s a dream come true. i think it's king harold. experts say the hold is hugely significant.

half the coins are from the reign of king harold ii. the rest were minted when harold was defeated by william the conqueror at the battle of hastings in 1066. beeping. there‘s another one as well. lisa, adam and their friends couldn‘t believe it when their metal detectors just kept beeping. it went from two to ten, to 50 to 100, to wow, how many are there? and from then on, it was just crazy. that‘s a lot of beeps? yeah. i bet you were saying a lot of beeps as well, weren‘t you, when it happened? there was a lot of swearing going on. the precise location where the hoard was found is being kept top secret, but it‘s somewhere here in the chew valley. if a coroner declares it treasure, then the landowner and the group of metal detectorists could share a reward, possibly millions of pounds. what are you going to do with the money when it comes? may be buy a house, yeah. may be more than one. it‘s hoped the hoard will go on display in somerset although at least one private collector also wants to buy it. jon kay, bbc news.

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... in a dramatic development — britain‘s prime minister will suspend parliament as the brexit deadline draws near. it means mps will not sit at westminster for nearly five weeks, severely limiting their chance of blocking a no deal brexit. let‘s ta ke let‘s take a look at some of the other stories that are making news. flash floods have reportedly killed three people in southern japan. a number of rivers burst their banks after torrential rains hit the island of ky—ushu, and hundreds of thousands of people were told to leave their homes. more rain is expected later. three palestinian police officers have been killed in two suicide bomb attacks in the gaza strip, according to security services. reports suggest one of the attackers had been arrested beforehand. the militant group hamas, which controls gaza, has been carrying out many arrests among factions close to the so—called islamic state group.

and in russia, a sportsjournalist was the ‘ultimate professional‘ when this happened — while he was trying to report on a football match. yvegenny evenvich told the pa news agency that he felt he needed to keep talking no matter what, because he was live on air. brazil‘s president, jair bolsonaro, says south american countries will meet next week to discuss a coordinated response to the fires ravaging the amazon basin. the amazon sprawls millions of square miles across nine different countries and south american leaders will hold their meeting in the colombian city of leticia. mr bolsonaro had earlier refused a g7 offer of $22 million following a spat with the french president emmanuel macron who he said had accused him of "lying" about fighting climate change. mr bolsonaro has since accepted an offer from chilly of four

aircraft to help fight the fires. translation: we a cce pted translation: we accepted planes from chile to fight the fires, there has been an attempt by president background to show himself off to the world as the only person interested and worried about the environment. this causes not his, it‘s ours, it‘s from chile and other countries. what he did offended brazil, first he offended the president of the republic, who is duly elected, but he has also belittled our sovereignty, and this has rallied the patriotism of the brazilian people who are part of the amazon. so that spats continues. the british government has offered 12 million dollars to brazil to tackle the fires. following a meeting between regional governors on tuesday the brazilian government shifted its position, saying it would accept international aid as long as it controls the funds. translation:

we are open to receiving financial support from organisations, and even countries, but the essential point outlined by bolsa naro is that this support does not offend brazil‘s sovereignty. and that the management of these resources be under our control. scientists are now warning that the fires in the amazon will make the paris climate target more difficult to achieve because the amazon is a vital carbon store that slows down the pace of global warming. this satellite map shows how fires are currently spread across the amazon region. brazil‘s own space agency says there have been more than 83,000 fires across the whole of brazil so far this year. that‘s an 85% rise compared to last year. this map shows the percentage increase in fires across different brazilian states so far in 2019 compared to recent years.

the areas in blue are where there have been less fires and those in pink and red are where fires have increased. the brazilian government has accused european countries of exaggerating environmental problems in brazil in order to disrupt its commercial interests. here‘s one expert‘s view on what is happening. the satellite data is actually valid. brazil has been using this data for years. and the brazilian government itself and international communities as well, have relied on it. so i think that the satellite data is not the question. the question really is what is brazil going to do? because we are arguing over may be 5—10% discrepancies, there is still a real problem with deforestation, and with the fires that are currently ongoing in the amazon region.

navin singh khadka, environment correspondent for the bbc world service has been following how amazon forest fires will make the paris climate target more difficult to achieve. you can view his article here on the bbc website. i spoke to him about the impact of the fires. the paris climate targets, that's keeping the global temperature rise well below 2 degrees, it's already quite difficult, given that you know, the world is on course between 3-5d know, the world is on course between 3—5d rise within this century. and these forests, these tropical forests, these are like, they amount to some 20% of solutions. because they absorb carbon in the atmosphere, they store it, and if you don't cut and chop trees, then you don't cut and chop trees, then you kind of avoided missions like that as well. but what happened last year was there was a report that said given the deforestation, that was already a major challenge in terms of meeting paris climate target. now itjust terms of meeting paris climate target. now it just juxtaposition that with what's happening right

now, massive fire, bad fire conditions, nasa has said this is the biggest since 2010. so obviously, therefore scientists are quite worried. but would it be too early to draw any conclusions about climate change when it comes to the amazon and what‘s happening with the fires so far? well, the thing is, yes, if you compare that with the fossil fuel emissions, then definitely forest fires, emissions from them, might look a bit smaller. the thing is, as i said, that targets of keeping global temperature rise well below 2 degrees, it's already so difficult. so all these things add up, what you do with your forest, what you do with your fossil fuels, agriculture, all of these things add up. and the fa ct all of these things add up. and the fact that forests are regarded, especially tropical forests, are regarded as effective weapons in terms of storing those carbons that are already in the atmosphere, that's why it's being valued, that's why there's this worry that it might spread, and that it could just get out of control. i know you've been taking a look at other parts of the

world as well, put all of this in context for us. we met a few days back, it wasn‘t really that big, but now they are saying it is more or less not totally, but more or less controlled. so there's some good news there. siberia is still a big thing, it's a huge thing. we are still looking for calculations, what is at least from the amazon, like rough calculations, 200 plus submissions until last week, what happened in siberia is actually yet to be calculated, given that, the fire there will melt the permafrost in the arctic, and permafrost in the arctic, and permafrost melting means it will release methane gases, methane gases are more important than carbon dioxide c02 emissions, which will do more damage in terms of climate change. let's stay on that theme, because greta thunberg, the teenage climate activist, has reached new york harbour after two weeks at sea. here she is getting off the boat. she has been travelling for 15 days on a solar—powered yacht all the way from the uk —

refusing to fly, to make sure herjourney was carbon neutral. here is the 16—year—old, speaking just a few moments ago in new york. well all of this is very overwhelming. and the ground is still shaking for me. so, but i want to thank everyone so much, everyone who is here. and everyone who was involved in this climate fights, because this is a fight across borders across continents. and it‘s... it‘s, as you said, it‘s insane that a 16—year—old has to cross the atlantic ocean to make a stand, and two, and this of course is not something that i want eve ryo ne is not something that i want everyone to do. the trip was, it was

very surprisingly good. i did not feel seasick once. greta ending this addition of outside source. thanks very much for watching. hello there. we are moving into a more changeable spell of weather, particularly for the northwest of the uk, where it‘s going to be quite wet at times. all that extreme heat, the record heat that we had over the bank holiday weekend, even into tuesday, has got pushed away into continental europe, and instead, our air is coming in from the atlantic. those weather fronts already brought some rain earlier on, and this area of low pressure approaching the northwest will bring the wetter weather on thursday. now it will cooler be a cooler start on thursday, and for much of england and wales, dry and sunny. maybe one or two showers in the west. closer to the low pressure there, we will see the bulk of the showers coming into northern ireland, and particularly scotland.

so temperatures in the central belt, 17 degrees. to a high of 211—25 in the southeast of england. now we have still got that area of low pressure there, and it will drift to the north of scotland, but follow the weather fronts there all the way back into the mid atlantic, little ripples, waves on their weather fronts will enhance the rainfall. and we have this conveyor belt of cloud and rain, stretching across northern ireland, across much of scotland for a while, and over the irish sea into northwestern parts of england on friday. maybe a few showers west of wales. midlands, towards the southeast, should be dry, quite sunny, and warm. further north, not only do we have the rain it, it could be a bit to blow we at times as well. that rain is still going to be around through friday night and into saturday, the rainfall really adding up over the hills of dumfries and galloway, could be as much as four inches of rain here. you can see how the rain band pivots overnight into saturday. clearing away from northern ireland, the rain pushes its way into wales, western parts of england still dry. for eastern england, temperatures in the mid—20s. that weather front though,

anchored by that low pressure, will push its way eastwards. the rain petering out as it does so, but once it clears away, it opens the door to polar maritime air. so this cooler air, this is fresh air, and it‘s going to bring sunshine and showers, and really drop the temperature is. we start to see that on saturday, we see it more widely on sunday. lots of showers for the northern half of the uk. even further south, there will be a few showers, and temperatures may get to 20 degrees in london, but only 15 for edinburgh and belfast. it really will feel quite chilly, and overnight, as the showers fade away, these are the minimum temperatures on sunday night. bear in mind, recent nights have been no lower than 18 degrees. in some places, it could be four or five. in towns and cities. we are still on the cooler side of that area of high pressure, so we have got the cooler air to start with on monday, but this time, there are fewer showers. most places will be dry, there will be some sunshine, and then around the top of the higher pressure, we start to come into this atlantic air again.

that‘s going to bring in more cloud to scotland and northern ireland, may be a few spots of rain. in those temperatures are still struggling to 16—21d. now, before we look further ahead, we need to look at what‘s happening on the other side of the atlantic. this is storm dorian near puerto rico, and general consensus from the computer models is to take it up to here, and then there is some divergence. some want to take it into florida, others want to track what‘s left of that storm out into the atlantic, and that increases the uncertainty in our outlook. particularly with regard to high—pressure. looks like high pressure should be building towards the uk, may be a bit delayed, it may not cover the whole of the uk, in fact as it looks at the moment, northern areas still seeing some stronger winds and maybe some showers, but elsewhere, later next week, it could turn dryer and also a bit warmer. that‘s it, goodbye.

parliament will be suspended next month after the prime minister succesfully secures the queen‘s approval, setting himself on a collision course with opposition parties. it‘ll now close early for more than four weeks, meaning mps trying to block a no—deal brexit have even less time, but the prime minister insists that was not his motivation. we need new legislation. we‘ve got to be bringing forward new and important bills and that‘s why we are going to have a queen‘s speech and we are going to do it on october the 14th. more than a thousand people took to the streets in westminster to protest at the plans as opposition parties expressed their fury. suspending parliament is not

acceptable, it‘s not on. what the prime minister is doing is a sort of smash and grab on our democracy in order to force three a no—deal exit from the european union.