borisjohnson says he's "cautiously optimistic" about a brexit deal ahead of his first face—to—face talks with the european commission president, jean—claude juncker, in luxembourg next week. but the eu's chief brexit negotiator said he did not have "reasons to be optimistic" about whether progress would be made on the issue. the hollywood actress, felicity huffman, has been sentenced to m days in prison in a college admissions scandal. the desparate housewives star admitted to paying fifteen thousand dollars to have her daughters answers secretly corrected in 2017. the scandal has ensnared dozens of wealthy families. the bbc has learned that rising emissions of a synthetic gas used in electrical safety devices are damaging the environment. sulphur hexafluoride is thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide. some of the evidence

at the inquest into the suicide bombing of an ariana grande concert in manchester in may 2017 is to be kept secret. the coroner in charge of the case said that releasing certain information from the security service and the police might jeopardise national security. 22 people were killed in the attack, which was carried out by a british man with family in libya. our correspondentjudith moritz said the coroner gave a lengthy explanation of his decision. yes, quite fulsome detail, because now it is still the case that inquests into how 22 people were killed here at the arena are yet to be held, we have had pre—inquest argument, and the coroner has been looking at arguments about whether some evidence should be heard in private. the inquests are due to start in april next year, that will be nearly three years since the attack, and the families of those who died have lots of questions, including whether the attack could have been prevented, and whether the security services knew about the movements of the bomber‘s family beforehand.

today they found that they won't hear all the relevant evidence. lawyers for the security services and the police have argued that to make some of it public could pose a risk to national security. lawyers for the families demanded full transparency, and they say the authorities are seeking to withhold the information are the same authorities that stand to be criticised. the coroner, sirjohn saunders, has agreed that there is a risk to national security, in fact he said that to make the information public could help terrorists carry out similar atrocities and make them harder to prevent. and so it is now thought that rather than holding inquest, instead a public inquiry will be held. despite its name, that sort of inquiry means that some evidence can be heard privately. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show. coming up on this week's travel

show: i am finding out how you can get up close as experts restore one of the world's most famous works of art. 0h of the world's most famous works of art. oh man, it looks incredible. christer goes wild swimming off the coast of scotland. it is actually not, iam coast of scotland. it is actually not, i am lying, coast of scotland. it is actually not, iam lying, it coast of scotland. it is actually not, i am lying, it is really cold. (laughs). we meet the woman who does not let her visible difference stop herfrom not let her visible difference stop her from travelling the world. being here is great, ifeel so her from travelling the world. being here is great, i feel so connected. and ever heard of dutch sushi? neither had i, until now.

welcome to the travel show, with me ade adepitan. this week coming to you from amsterdam, where they are marking 350 years since the death of one of the most famous artists, rembrandt. in 1631, he made this city his home, and it is here that he painted his most famous masterpieces. and you can see many of them on display at the rijksmuseum. but what i have come here to see is very special. and involves a painting that rembrandt is best known for. one of the most famous works of art in the world. the night watch. the painting is almost four centuries old, and over the years there have been various restoration attempts. now the museum

is undertaking the most sophisticated one ever. using high—tech methods to carry out a forensic examination of how rembrandt actually painted the picture before restoration can begin. and it is all being carried out in one of the galleries, in full view of the public, and live streamed online. 0h view of the public, and live streamed online. oh man, so that's it, the night watch. it looks incredible. and what are they doing here? the machine you see there is an x—ray fluorescence scanner, and this way we get an idea of the elements present in this painting. this is a painting which is... why is it so important for you to know about the elements? we need to figure out, we want to know how rembrandt painted it, what his ideas we re rembrandt painted it, what his ideas were when he was painting it, how he made this nice composition, was at

first all 0k made this nice composition, was at first all ok on the canvas or did he change his mind and change small things, or did he change the composition? those things we would like to know. at the same time, we would like to know what kind of pigments rembrandt used. so you are getting a real idea of what it was like to be a painter in rembrandt‘s time. or evenjust his unique style? his unique style, indeed. we are basically on rembrandt‘s shoulder and watching him while he is painting his paintings. the story of the night watch painting is absolutely fascinating. this is a copy of the original, and over the yea rs copy of the original, and over the years it has been trimmed down in size, especially on the left—hand side, there were actually characters that have been lost from this painting, because in its original location, they had the right size, but when it was moved it couldn't fit into the space where it was moved, so they had to trim it down

on three sides. i think some of those characters would probably be really miffed today to know that they have been omitted from rembrandt‘s history. they have been omitted from rembrandt's history. so we're going to photograph painting in daylight, but we're not going to do it like one snapshot, we are going to do lots of photos next to each other, i think from the top of my head is 11,000 photos. so then we get a really high resolution, it is like you are looking through a microscope. 0ne pixel in that photo is like a blood cell or basically it is like a blood cell or basically it is smaller than i have. a human hair. all of this scrutiny, all of this work for one artist, what do you think rembrandt would make of it if he was around today? (laughs). i would personally think that he would think we are crazy. (laughs). yeah, yeah. thanks to the 350th

anniversary, this year amsterdam is full of rembrandt related things to see and do. and lots of people are heading here, a restoration of the place rembrandt called home during his time living and working in the city. wow. which part of the house are we are now? this is the front of the house, this is where visitors entered the house, where they could meet rembrandt. it is really grand, isn't it? high ceilings... yes, it is. it is meant to impress people, they needed to see how successful rembrandt was. holland was very economically successful in the 17th century, so people and a lot of money, they needed the luxury goods, paintings are luxury goods. an rembrandt stood out because he could do anything in pain. he could paint

—— painter. he could paint anything he wanted and make an illusion like things were real. he had a remarkable style where people found fascinating, it was with bright light fascinating, it was with bright light and dark shadows, it is the contrast of the two that make this painting is dramatic, the thing that is really special for us as the rembrandt house museum, that is that it went bankrupt. he was very successful, but he spent a lot of money. so he lived a lavish life? he certainly did, yeah. he went and grabbed and during this bankruptcy they made a list of everything that was in the house. so we have exactly, room for room, listed everything that was in here. so the irony of it is, rembrandt's misfortune is our luck, because you managed to find out... it is our luck. incredible. i love this place.

the decor is amazing. this is where the great man lived. between 1639 and 1658. and it isjust, it is so grand and really cool. this is where he produced some of the great works of art that the world has ever seen. look at this fireplace! that is nuts. there is a bed here as well! it's cosy, this! for a very small person. i have travelled about 30 minutes outside of amsterdam to a historic town called leiden, worry and told you can have a very different rembrandt experience. leiden is the place where rembrandt was born and

opened his first studio. today it is a smart university town but it is still proud of its connection with the artist. if you like mixing fact with fantasy, one great place to try out is this rembrandt themed escape room, situated here inside an old mediaeval tower. so basically i have been told that this house is haunted by the spirit of rembrandt, and we have one hour to escape, trying to use the clues, and that picture a p pa re ntly use the clues, and that picture apparently is going to give us some information and help us escape. jaunty music. 0ver over here, there is a padlock, and it has colours on it. so i am thinking, iam it has colours on it. so i am thinking, i am wondering if those colours are anything to do with the colours are anything to do with the colours up on... can you see? you don't need to know much about the history of art to try and work your way out of this room. but a bit of lateral thinking and a taste for teamwork definitely come in handy.

what's in there! a creepy cloth! yes! i think they would gain loads of clues, and we are having a lot of success , of clues, and we are having a lot of success, but not a big success that we need. shall we do it again? nothing happened. we could be here for days! is there mortar —— water and bread here? and then, finally, with only ten minutes left, it all seems to come together. hopefully. yes... yes! we are free! go team! we have escaped! well done. there is only one problem, where the lift? stay with us, because coming up: christa braved the cold and goes

wild swimming in scotland. now you can't come to amsterdam without trying out some herring. it's a delicacy here in holland, they actually call it the dutch sushl they actually call it the dutch sushi. when i try —— try out some herring? yes, i can do it for you. what do you make it with? with pickle, that is the way it is. do you cook dinner anything? no. raw fish. raw fish. and it will be ok for my summit? very good for you. so this is traditional, dutch delicacy. here we go! sorry mum, i am about to eat on tv. it's not bad! i'm actually surprised. i mean, it is a

very fishy texture but then you have that onion sort of marinade on it, it is all right. can i have some tips with this? (laughs). —— chips. for some people, travelling is about more thanjust for some people, travelling is about more than just seeing new places. it's about overcoming fears and challenging perceptions. so here is the start of our new series that follows people around the world who travel differently. travel means being able to go out of my comfort zone and be out there, enjoy the culture, enjoy the sun or everi enjoy the culture, enjoy the sun or ever i am going. and everyone should have that right. everyone should have that right. everyone should have the right to be able to do that. i am a motivational speaker andi that. i am a motivational speaker and i am an ambassadorfor changing faces, a charity helping people with a visible difference. it's really important to me experiencing a

country like the local person would. you know, realising like, what the local languages are, the liberation thing, being able to explore culture. this is me checking in, i am currently in prague, and just walking out other metro station, so easy to use it is amazing. anyone who knows me, i am a history buff, so who knows me, i am a history buff, so being here, it is like i feel so connected. it gives me a scope of whether i wanted to live abroad, how i would live as a local. ijust spotted some dolphins! 0h i would live as a local. ijust spotted some dolphins! oh my goodness! travelling, my biggest anxious moment would be how i am going to be perceived based on my business —— visible difference. i was ten years old when i got my scars. i was involved in a plane crash when i lost my mum, my dad and my brother. as time has gone on, in and out of surgery, they remove the bandages from my eyes. those in the

mirror was not me, i really felt like someone through that phase income and that is when a new life had changed. an example, when i was on the line a couple of years ago, just ordering a pizza in a restau ra nt, just ordering a pizza in a restaurant, and the waiter couldn't look at me and he took my order via my friend, it was really uncomfortable. i went to a restau ra nt uncomfortable. i went to a restaurant the day before, next door, and there we do so friendly — but they were just so freely. the same day we went to a cafe near the cathedral at the same thing. just couldn't look at me, try to automate ca ke couldn't look at me, try to automate cake antiviolence friend. at times it can feel really frustrating because it's like no human being ever wa nts to because it's like no human being ever wants to be ignored, right? regardless of what is going on. and to be ignored like that, that's quite tough stopped but we did work out, we didn't actually stay in the restau ra nt. out, we didn't actually stay in the restaurant. because i've got to show, i can't advocate that behaviour. having a visible difference, doesn't mean you get to

ta ke difference, doesn't mean you get to take them off and keep them at home and go out for the day. i wear them. i've got to check in with myself if i leave my house, where i'm at. i think i have to be a lot more mindful of going to certain countries, obviously have to be respectful of culture in terms of what you wear, i'm on the other side of my confidence where i i bear my scars. so i'm now discovered where a bit -- scars. so i'm now discovered where a bit —— wearing a bikini, for example. this is a recent picture of me in portugal. for anyone who knows me, i'm confident but body confidence is something that i'm a bit canjust confidence is something that i'm a bit can just make a big confidence is something that i'm a bit canjust make a big campaign on and me going out of my bikini and feeling comfortable like this was really huge. it's something i'm really, really proud of. i think just travelling has showed me, you can't make a preconceived judgement about a certain country. and it's a small snippet. it is one person,

doesn't mean they represent the whole country. i've got plans to travel so many more countries, and having a visible difference isn't going to stop me from going there. i'm just going to be a bit more mindful of the culture of where i'm going. that's all. i'm not going to going. that's all. i'm not going to go and say, oh, i wonder how they deal with someone with a visible difference. i'm not good to go there. to go there with an open mind. and! there. to go there with an open mind. and i hope that's what i'm going to receive in an over there as well. —— when i go there as well. and we will have more people that face all kinds of different challenges with the travel here on the show soon. i did finish up this week, christa is facing a challenge of the owners got them. i got to wa nt of the owners got them. i got to want to, if you are not a fan of swimming in cold water, look away 110w. “— swimming in cold water, look away now. —— i got to warn you. when the sun is out, the coastline around the isle of lewis rivals are some of the best beaches —— beach destinations

in europe. with its crystal clear waters and soft white sand, even in the height of summer, here you can have large stretches of beach all to yourself. this really is a scottish hidden gem. but it's also a small island web addicting the weather can be close to a mystic art. the class are drawing in, the wind is up and it has started to rain so this is not optimal swimming weather. what are mainly worried about is the temperature that seawater. are mainly worried about is the temperature that seawaterlj are mainly worried about is the temperature that seawater. i can guarantee you that you will be warmer inside the water than out today. norma has just warmer inside the water than out today. norma hasjust begun her own wild swimming tours around the isle of lewis. as an alternative way to see the area. what do you do when you go wild swimming? the first thing you do is faff. you're thinking about where you are going, check the water to bridge, the weather, there's a lot of prep

before you actually go for a swim. in some cases you wouldn't call that wild swimming. but no, once again the water itjust takes over. what's the water itjust takes over. what's the appeal of wild swimming? it is been totally amassed. centuries back, some of the islanders used to settle on some of the smaller islands. so you can see ruins and remains of that on a couple of my swims i take people out to, an island where there is a temple, and a cemetery where people used to be, these to bury their dead, away from these to bury their dead, away from the village, they to take them out to the island. for me it's notjust about the cement. it is exploring the heritage as well. and all the history that the hebrides has to offer. i guess it's a completely unique way to see the land and might

be able to see if you are walking on tracks. absolutely, you see amazing things that nobody might have seen before. you feel as if you're exploring uncharted territory. you are an explorer. yes. while swimming has only become popular here in recent yea rs. has only become popular here in recent years. norma told me that when she was growing up she learnt that for generations people here have had a fear of the sea. just off the coast lies the wreckage of a vessel that sank in 1919. it was carrying soldiers returning from the first world war, more than 200 round leaving a deep scar on the island. it would many hardy island —— islanders of even learning to swim. but for me, it's time to get on with it. does that feel good? yes, but for me, it's time to get on with it. does that feel good? yes, good. i'm quite but already and it's not because we have been in, it's because we have been in, it's because it's raining. perfect waiver — track whether foster men. are you ready for this? straight in all... a bit of a privatisation, hands on first, what on the back of the neck,

then we can do a bit of folding, water and the wetsuit, then get on with it. all right, you're the expert, let's go. 0h, with it. all right, you're the expert, let's go. oh, it's lovely. lovely, you say. do you know what, it's actually not... no, i'm lying, it's actually not... no, i'm lying, it is really cold. i was trying to be polite but it's very cold. i think the longer you're in, you get used to it. absolutely. i can do this. you can. you are doing it. after a few minutes, thanks to my wetsuit, my body did start to warm up wetsuit, my body did start to warm up and if you keep moving it's fine. it's not advisable to come wild swimming unless you are really familiar with the area. at norma ‘s consulate checking in with me and guiding me to shallow areas where we can takea guiding me to shallow areas where we

can take a break. because we're coming onto tide now, it's a bit of a stronger... is times of the time, really. we a re a stronger... is times of the time, really. we are at the stronger pull of the tide so we're going to go with it, the deeper we getjust now, you can feel it again that way. so you can feel it again that way. so you really need to be familiar with the area. due to the sea conditions we weren't able to go to any of the iron age ruins of the islands but we did manage to reach this place. we have just come into this absolutely beautiful little cave and it's so different, isn't it? we come round the headland which is quite choppy and really strong current, quite dramatic, and here it is so peaceful and calm. it's really dark but i looked down, i can see my feet really clearly. the what is so clea n. really clearly. the what is so clean. this is a relatively unexplored corner of the uk. and this certainly is a unique way to

explore it. if it went for the cold, and the jellyfish, i feel like explore it. if it went for the cold, and thejellyfish, ifeel like i could just float here all day. christa taking wild swimming to the max in scotland. respect, christa. that's a lot for this week, don't forget tojoin us that's a lot for this week, don't forget to join us next week when... comment is in japan forget to join us next week when... comment is injapan getting a truly bird ‘s eye view of some ancient burial grounds in the heart of a very modern city. wow, that's really big. gosh. though, it's right in the centre of downtown 0saka. and alex goes to see for the very first time. 0n goes to see for the very first time. on board a specially adapted ship with the wheelchair —— were wheelchair users can accrue and learn the ropes, too. only on camera. that's next week, but if you

can't be that long, don't forget we are all over social media. so please give us a follow, but for now, from me and all the travel show team here in amsterdam, goodbye. hello there. the kind of weather you should expect this weekend depends very much upon where you are going to be spending it. the further south you are across the uk, you can expect plenty of sunshine, it will be dry and it will turn warmer. the further north you are across the uk, there will be some outbreaks of rain at times, not all the time,

it will feel a bit cooler and it will be windy, particularly across the far north of scotland. because low pressure will be trying to muscle its way in here, quite a deep area of low pressure with a set of frontal systems, down towards the south though, high pressure will hold on, giving a lot of dry weather. underneath that high, quite a cool start to saturday morning — in fact one of two spots in the countryside hovering around two or three degrees. further north and west, northern ireland and scotland not so chilly to start the day, because more of a breeze will be blowing, we will see more cloud, some outbreaks of rain, particularly across the far north of scotland where it will be very windy through the day. further south across england and wales, once any early mist has cleared, you can expect a lot of sunshine and those temperatures not doing badly at all for this time of year, 23—24 in the south—east, 16—19 for scotland and northern ireland, which is still not bad by any stretch. in to saturday night, some pretty windy weather across the far north, in fact for shetland we could see gusts of 60—70 mph, maybe a touch stronger than that, at the same time this band of cloud

and increasingly patchy rain will be sinking southwards across scotland, northern ireland down into northern england, to the south about some clear spells and generally speaking not quite such a chilly start to sunday morning. sunday's weather will be split essentially by this frontal system here. this will wriggle around through the day, there is a bit of uncertainty about exactly where its wriggles will take it, but it looks like we will see some cloud and rain for northern ireland, that rain fringing into southern scotland at times, perhaps getting as far south as the north midlands and north wales. to the north of that we will see some spells of sunshine, but again a brisk wind across northern scotland and a rather cool feel to the weather, 15 in aberdeen, but to the south of that frontal system, it will be pretty warm. 25, maybe 26 with a lot of sunshine. as you go through sunday night into monday, that front, weakening feature, will push away southwards, building back in from the south—west, but that brings us a flow of air from the north or the north—west,

so generally speaking as we head into next week, things are going to feel rather cool. there will be a lot of dry weather, one or two showers here and there, but those temperatures around the high teens or low 20s at best.

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