first, one of the reasons the reporting of the uk's 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 forced to extend its membership beyond the end this is bbc news. of this month, and those sources again briefing about tuesday's telephone conversation between boris johnson and angela merkel. welcome if you are watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. our top stories: 100,000 people early this morning before flee their homes in northern syria as turkey steps up its assault the cabinet arrived, against the kurds. the prime minister spoke new revelations and impeachment to angela merkel for half an hour. two sources told me her conclusion enquiry against donald trump. and that a deal this month was almost impossible. the former us ambassador to ukraine have we reached the end tells investigators that the president wanted her fired. of the road for getting a deal? tells investigators that the president wanted herfired. the eu agrees to intensify brexit talks with the uk, but both sides say they and if the eu got northern ireland are —— there is still plenty of work to stay in the customs union,

to do. and one man's marathon and that has always been ruled out by this administration. laura kuenssberg reporting on what she had been told. mission, can a kenyan runner break a but the reliance on unattributable statements from unnamed officials two—hour barrier in was a source of concern for some viewers. for the former senior civil servantjill rutter... newswatch viewers agreed with roger collins... well, we put those points to bbc news and they told us...

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of the protests on the streets of london and in other cities across the world. the bbc‘s coverage of demonstrators from extinction 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 correspondents 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 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 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 smogs. 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. 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 space for people who disagree? there is a huge debate over climate

change, not necessarily about climate change science. the bbcjudgment 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 root. some viewers say, if it's as great a crisis as you seem to be saying, stories should be 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, you shouldn't be shoehorning in issues if they don't deserve it up against the other important news stories. some say, on greta thunberg, some viewers say that some interviews treat her as a saint and don't analyse. can you imagine anyone challenging her views? i met greta on that amazing boat, and i had a really tough 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 house is 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, 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 answered 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 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. 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 the 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 the 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. she told her more than i million twitter followers... she said she also made sure only one account could access those stories

and that that instagram account belonged to rebekah vardy. lizo mzimba reporting there. just in case you haven't been following those developments, rebekah vardy is the wife of another 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, i'm astounded and astonished that the bbc had 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 and 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. hello. overall the weather this weekend is not looking ideal, very changeable, a mixed picture throughout the uk, but there is some sunshine on offer too. we will concentrate on the rainfall first, it could be quite heavy again across southern areas of the uk, already the west country has seen a fair bit of rain in the last 2a hours, there could be some flooding during the next day or so again from this weather front that stretches right

out from the atlantic across into germany and the baltic as well, it is kind of stuck here, a conveyor belt of cloud and moisture that keeps bringing more and more rain, pushed by quite a powerful jetstream, it is stuck in this place whereas to the south of the jetstream across a large chunk of the continent, they are enjoying some fine, warm autumn weather. but here in the uk we have that autumn chill. so for the early hours we have cloud and rain across the south, central parts of the uk, clear spells here, whereas scotland and northern ireland a scattering of showers. in the south it is still relatively mild, i suppose you could call it, 12 degrees in london, chilly in the north—east of england, only six degrees. let's look at the morning forecast, we have cloud and rain across the south, at times it will be quite heavy, and take a look at the weather across much of wales, the midlands, northern england, much of scotland and northern ireland, absolutely fine, beautiful weather there with sunshine in belfast, newcastle, edinburgh, a little bit of a chill in the air here, temperatures may be around 13 or 14 degrees in the south, very far south, i think temperatures will be around 15, i6. the weather front is still with us through saturday night, but saturday night into the early hours of sunday that starts to move a little further north and not only that,

we have a further weather front heading our way, so it is a real mishmash of cloud, these areas of rain moving across the uk on sunday, i think most of us will catch some rain on sunday, but with a tendency for the weather to improve somewhat through the day across the south, so it may turn up actually quite bright if not sunny for places like portsmouth, maybe even the south—east as well, while the rain moves a little bit further north. a real mixed day i think on sunday. on monday, sunday into monday we will start to see more weather fronts coming off the atlantic so you get the message, it is a whole succession of weather systems that just keep coming our way and there are gaps in between so you can see monday actually, at least for a large chunk of the day, central areas of the uk looking fine but then as this rain moves towards northern ireland 00:13:40,298 --> 2147483051:43:34,863 and the south once again, 2147483051:43:34,863 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 fine weather in the east on monday.