presence felt. as for the game, there's been a lot of focus on the young attacking players available to gareth southgate, add mason mount to the list. but remembering all the goals that flew in against kosovo, i wonder if gareth southgate‘s parity might bea wonder if gareth southgate‘s parity might be a strong defensive performance, a victory to secure qualification —— his priority. alexei leonov made history in march 1965 when he stepped outside his spacecraft forjust over 12 minutes attached to the craft‘s airlock by only a i6ft long tether. born in siberia in 193a, he became a fighter pilot in his 20s before joining the soviet space programme with yuri ga ga rin who became the first man in space. leonov made his pioneering walk during the cold war battle for supremacy in space between

the ussr and the united states. later in life he became the commander of the first ever joint us soviet mission. now it's time for newswatch and we hear your views on the bbc‘s coverage of climate change. hello and welcome to newswatch. as extension rebellion protesters make their presence felt, has the bbc got their presence felt, has the bbc got the balance of its reporting right? and did an argument on social media between two footballers wives merit a report on bbc one news bulletin? first, one of the reasons the reporting of the uk is plans to

leave the eu has been hard to follow is that information about what's going on has not always flowed unambiguously through official channels. there were two examples this week, the leak from a downing street source that the government might stop cooperating with the eu if it is. extend its membership beyond the end of this month and those sources again briefing about tuesdays telephone conversation between boris johnson tuesdays telephone conversation between borisjohnson and angela merkel. early this morning before the cabinet arrived, the prime minister spoke to angela merkel for half an hour. two sources told me her conclusion and there is, a deal this month was almost impossible. have we reached the end of the raid when getting a deal? and sbe you got northern ireland to stay in the customs union, and that has always been ruled out by this administration. laura kuenssberg reporting on what she had been told. but the reliance on unattributable

state m e nts but the reliance on unattributable statements from unnamed officials was a source of concern for some viewers. for the former was a source of concern for some viewers. forthe formersenior was a source of concern for some viewers. for the former senior civil servantjill viewers. for the former senior civil serva ntjill rutter, viewers. for the former senior civil servantjill rutter, this way of operating does the public a big disservice. it allows downing street to get its message out without having to take responsibility for it. newswatch viewers agreed with roger collins...

well, we put those points to bbc news and they told us... we are in the middle of the fort protests on the streets of london and in other cities across the world. the bbc‘s coverage of

demonstrators from extension rebellion, who are calling for urgent action on global climate and wildlife emergencies, has attracted attention from our viewers. opinions are divided. that split reflects a wider divide about the bbc‘s reporting of this subject.

but others have the opposite view... i've been speaking to the man recently appointed as the bbc‘s first chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt. i asked him what he would be doing in the role which existing correspondence and analysts aren't already doing. the idea is that they do what they do already and then do additional stuff. we've always had a great team in science and environment and they cover all the big stories around the world. the idea is this is a huge and important issue affecting all of our lives. let's have some more coverage. it's adding to what we already do. you

we re adding to what we already do. you were the bbc‘s delhi correspondent forfour were the bbc‘s delhi correspondent for four years were the bbc‘s delhi correspondent forfour years and were the bbc‘s delhi correspondent for four years and broadcast how the air pollution was affecting your family's health. how is that shaping the way you will do this job? that isa the way you will do this job? that is a perfect example of how intimately connected we are with our environment. in delhi, there is a terrible problem of air pollution, all year round but really acutely at this time of year in the autumn you get these terrible smokes. it affects all alloy acolytes, anyone who lives there is affected by it. it brings home the importance of reporting these issues, what's causing the problem and looking at solutions. like the bbc position seems to be that the consensus lies with man—made climate change being a major threat. does it mean, as some viewers are concerned, that there is no is for people who disagree? there isa no is for people who disagree? there is a huge debate over climate change, not necessarily about climate change science. the bbc judgment is that the referee has

spoken, is the word from within the bbc. there is an association between man's activities and climate change but after that there is a massive debate about how the effects will roll out and what we do about them. there is a huge area still to discuss, it's very open with massively varying opinions. some people say, we just need to adapt to the changes and move on and others say we've got to bear down on the emissions and tackle the problem at route. the viewer to say if it's as great a crisis as you seem to be saying, stories should be on on a daily basis. i wonder where your hit rate of stories might fit into giving it the prominence it should meet? if you look across the bbc, for a long time we have been reporting climate change as a huge and important issue. we are reporting really regularly. it's been on the bulletins, the last couple of weeks have been an exceptionally busy time. would you like to see it on everyday

bulletins? you should do it on merit as with other new stories, he shouldn't be shoehorning in issues if they don't deserve it up against the other important news stories stop critic tim burke -- viewers say that some interviews to treat her as a saintand that some interviews to treat her as a saint and don't analyse. can you imagine anyone challenging her views? i met greta on that amazing bait and views? i met greta on that amazing baitandi views? i met greta on that amazing bait and i had a really tough interview with her with really tough questions. i said, interview with her with really tough questions. isaid, what interview with her with really tough questions. i said, what you're doing is meaningless if no one else does anything, you're trying to make us feel guilty. you talk about the problem but never solutions. surely if you raise these issues, if the houses on fire, tell us how to put it out. i asked all of that stuff to the extent i produced a list of questions and my producer said, are you really going to ask that?

remember, she's child. i said, you really going to ask that? remember, she's child. isaid, she's really well—versed in these issues and obviously i will ask her politely but she can take this kind of questioning, and she was really good on all the issues. she had to everything and we did do a forceful interview. you can take this kind of question because it is thrown at environmental reporters but will you be travelling by plane and does it matter? yes, i will and yes it does. i'll be travelling by plane for work andi i'll be travelling by plane for work and i think it's really important in myjob as an environment correspondent, that i do travel around the world and see how it's changing and bring home to the audience what those changes mean. if you want to know over the next couple of months, i'm going to india, ethiopia, and antarctica which means going to new zealand. hugejourneys around which means going to new zealand. huge journeys around the world but i would say they are justified because we have to report on this crucial subject and if i do it from the uk it isn't going to have the impact that it would if i didn't. should we

worry about aviation emissions? yes, we should be very concerned, it is a huge source of emissions and we should be careful about pollution we put into the atmosphere. thank you. justin rowlatt speaking to me earlier. finally, for some people the big talking point of the week wasn't based climate change protests, the latest twists and turns of brexit or turkey‘s military action in syria but a social media spat involving coleen rooney, wife of wayne rooney. she told her more thani million of wayne rooney. she told her more than i million twitter followers... she said she also made sure anyone account could access those stories and that that belonged to rebekah vardy. just in case you haven't been following those developments,

rebekah vardy is the wife of another england footballer, jamie. not eve ryo ne england footballer, jamie. not everyone was impressed by the prominence given by bbc news including that report on wednesday's news at six to what was dubbed the wagatha christie affair. quite frankly, an astounded and astonished that the bbc could see this as a main news item when there are so many other more important things going on in the world. we have brexit, we have turkey invading syria, we have knife crime everywhere and we've given these two women the opportunity to build their egos even higher and quite frankly these two women should know better. thank you for your comments. please get in touch with your opinions about what you see on bbc tv news, online social media. you might even

get to appear on the programme. you can e—mail us or you can find us on twitter. you can call us and do have a look at previous interviews on our website. that's all from us, we will be back to hear your thoughts again next week. goodbye. it has been a wet picture across many parts of the country recently and there's more rain to come this weekend. overnight, most of the rain continuing across southern england, head further north in the showers are easing off and we will have clearer skies. the winds will be dropping of the nights are quite chilly with double figures in the south. more rain to come at times across southern parts of england, another dark day with rain easing into south wales, the south midlands

and east anglia. elsewhere, some sunshine to enjoy with lighter winds and a few showers in the north—west of scotland. a cooler day in southern areas underneath the rain. it develops more widely overnight into england and wales with the worst of it easing off into the north sea on sunday. further west, showers or longer spells of rain. brightening up in the south—east in the afternoon.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. five people are injured in a knife attack in the arndale shopping centre in manchester. counter terrorism police are investigating and have detained a man in his 405. we'll have increased patrols including armed patrol in the city centre this weekend. this is to reassure people but we do not believe there is a wider threat at this time. brexit talks intensify between the uk and the eu tonight the president of the european council says that hope for a deal is bigger and more tangible. the un says one hundred thousand people have left their homes in northern syria following turkey's attack on kurdish held areas. and the nobel peace prize goes to the ethiopian prime minister. he played a key role in ending the 20 year war