violent clashes between protesters and riot police have continued into the night in the spanish city of barcelona. earlier on friday, about half a million people held a peaceful demonstration against the jailing this week of catalan separatist leaders. british mps will be heading to parliament in a few hours in what's been called super saturday — a special vote on prime ministerjohnson‘s new brexit deal. he spent friday trying to secure the 320 votes the government needs to win a majority for his agreement. one of president trump's most loyal supporters, the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, has condemned the president's decision to withdraw troops from syria as a ‘grave mistake‘. writing in the washington post, he said it would embolden washington's enemies and leave americans less safe.

there've been a record number of arrests across the uk this week — after a crackdown on so—called ‘county lines‘ gangs — that's organised criminals who supply drugs. more than 700 people have been arrested, and police have seized more than 400 thousand pounds worth of drugs, and over 150 weapons, including guns. the gangs sell drugs from cities to towns often miles away, and often use children to deliver them. our home affairs correspondent tom symondsjoined police in birmingham and worcester. aston, birmingham. police have flooded the area looking for the signs of county lines dealing — drugs, money. looking for cars previously identified as involved. there is intelligence on the vehicle linking to drug dealing in the local area. suddenly, up ahead, a pursuit begins.

when they find the suspect‘s car, it's crashed into a gas main. turn around, go the other way. we can hear it. the gas escaping. they have to clear the street, but what about the suspect? he's run out of the vehicle into that premises and slammed the door. cue a helpful firefighter. go, go, go! but the suspect has disappeared. by his actions, we've had to evacuate the entire street, in the rain, small babies, mothers, the elderly. but the harm goes further. the dealers have created supply networks on rail and road and they've recruited vulnerable young people to carry the drugs. it's called a county line not because of trains but because urban dealers set up mobile phone lines to sell drugs in rural areas like worcestershire. it's the county bit of county lines, it's where the drugs are being taken and the police have told us that one drug dealer is making £4,000 a day selling cocaine down there.

west mercia police make a move against suspected dealers being tracked by neighbouring west midlands police from birmingham. rural and urban forces working together. for the drugs gangs, county lines gives them a bigger market across the country. for the police, it means they have to co—ordinate their efforts, forces talking to forces, different types of units, uniformed and plain clothes, using technology, all has to work together. it means a big operation like this. we know more than we have ever known about the gangs and those people that get exploited, as part of county lines activity, because we have real close co—ordination now between different forces up and down the country. but there will be more of these co—ordinated operations... bang ..because they get results. 169 weapons were found in this one week, including these.

the county lines gangs deal in drugs and violence. and they seem to be here to stay. tom symonds, bbc news. now on bbc news, the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show, with me, lucy hedges, coming to you from the jungle in northern rwanda, where i am hoping to catch a glimpse of one of the world's most majestic creatures.

rwanda. despite its diverse wildlife and natural beauty, has for decades been unlikely tourist destination. 25 years ago, the genocide here grabbed international headlines. 0ver grabbed international headlines. over 800,000 people were killed in interethnic violence in just over 800,000 people were killed in interethnic violence injust 100 days. but interethnic violence injust100 days. but 25 years on and rwanda has become one of africa's bucket list destinations. and its biggest draw, the furry, curious cousin to us humans, the mountain gorilla. soi so i have been promised a chance of a date with a silverback turrella.

—— gorilla. i feel like a date with a silverback turrella. —— gorilla. ifeel like i should help them push. that is if i ever make it up the mountain. 0h, be careful! iam standing i am standing here at the foothills of randa's volcanoes national park, which is the home and century of 20 troops of gorilla. it is very exciting, off we go. the park is pa rt exciting, off we go. the park is part of the large conservation area and a world heritage site. it is also the only place in the world where the gorilla population is on the rise. and this year marks a0 yea rs the rise. and this year marks a0 years since money from tourism was first used for the conservation stop welcome to the park. this is where the park begins. there is a trench here this marks the difference from

where the community and is in the park begins. here is the trackers. high trackers, i am lucy, park begins. here is the trackers. high trackers, iam lucy, good park begins. here is the trackers. high trackers, i am lucy, good to meet you! for any traveller takes the mountain, the rangers share essential knowledge. it is so beautiful walking through here. sometimes gorillas come down to the bamboo. really, they come by this —— this far down? we are creating a distance between us and the gorillas, we need to have seven metres distance. we need to respect their movement. there is a sound, we have to do 0k clearing throat sound. 0nce have to do 0k clearing throat sound. once they do that it is confirmation everything is ok. if they do another sound, like a cough, that means it is not good. sometimes i make the

situation feel 0k. it is pretty huge. these are gorilla droppings, they lead you to where the gorillas are. as! they lead you to where the gorillas are. as i walk, branches are gripping my legs, but the trackers have cleared a path for us, and i can hear gorillas, i have heard at least three grants and gorilla noises. the walk is pretty tough, i am not going to lie. the higher we get, the higher the altitude, my breath is getting shorter. three hours, and a000 metres above sea level, and i was beginning to fear i might not ever find a gorilla. level, and i was beginning to fear i might not everfind a gorilla. 0h level, and i was beginning to fear i might not everfind a gorilla. oh my

god! it's there! this is a group made up of 23 gorillas, including, unusually, three silverbacks. they are so big, and then a moment i have been waiting for. time to put my gorilla talk to the test. clearing throat noises. how do you know that you find them?

the thing is, make sure you don't lose them in a single day. you follow their movement every day. when you spend the night you study them the next day, so you follow them the next day, so you follow them all year round. how long have you been doing this? 18 years. wow, you been doing this? 18 years. wow, you must love them. yes, it is work thatis you must love them. yes, it is work that is dynamic, you always see new, different things. what you see today is not similar to what you see tomorrow. we have really lucked out here. we have the mother of all gorillas, the silverback right there. he is watching us watching him. ican‘t there. he is watching us watching him. i can't believe we are this close. my mind is absolutely blown, they are so beautiful. and when you think we share 98% of our dna with

these great apes, you understand why they, too, are curious about us. rwanda, in collaboration with international conservation partners, has achieved remarkable success in not only protecting the growing —— not only protecting the growing —— not only protecting them about growing the mountain gorilla population. in fact there is another 1000 mountain gorillas up here in the wild, up from 200 does decades ago when they were on the brink of distinction. this is primarily down to the decrease in poaching, when gorillas were hunted for meat. but in an effort to protect the gorillas, coaches were trained to become mountain guides and porters here, further supporting tourism. talk to me about poaching. poaching, there is no problem. we keep avoiding it from happening, by working with communities. you can't say it is done, it is still involving people. more gorillas mean

they need more space. the government has now pledged to expand the forest by 23%, adding almost a000 hectares to its current 16,000. it is about making the space bigger for the gorillas, to bring the climate to where it needs to be. good for rwanda, good for the planet. good for all of us. and while numbers here are increasing, conservationists cannot become complacent. between patrolling the park for any remaining coaches and maintaining gorilla's health, there is an army of people involved in protecting them. this man is a gorilla doctor, and thejungle is his clinic. today he has come to check on one of his patients. hey! welcome to the jungle. thank you.

how do you know exactly who is who? each one of this group has a specific nose bridge. you look at the nose print, and you think oh, it is this one. then over time you get used to it. talk to me about how important your work is to conservation. it is very much important, because everyone has contributed, including tourism. it is increasing a% every year. contributed, including tourism. it is increasing 4% every year. in fact is increasing 496 every year. in fact tourists pay $1500 to spend an hour up tourists pay $1500 to spend an hour up here with these great apes. that is an expensive track, but it is contributing to conservation. you are so contributing to conservation. you are so stressed, you don't know what is going to come out, you have to be responsible for these guys, you have to be responsible for gorillas, you have a lot new in a very short time.

but then you come back and you see the guy playing or‘ anything, i love it. now trackers have located the gorillas, the tours for travellers have began. now i am tagging along with one of france's's tourist groups. —— francis'. there he is! chowing down on some leaves. you can just hear the little grunting, it is quite hard to tell if it is aggressive or playful. how did you feel when the relic came around and jumped out at you? scared! just

standing there, waiting to see what happens. -- when the gorilla. he is up happens. -- when the gorilla. he is up there in the trees. we've been planning this trip for 12 months, it's been on our bucket list for quite some time. it's been amazing. what kind of feeling? a wonderful feeling. it's very rare, these beautiful majestic creatures have just completely ta ken these beautiful majestic creatures have just completely taken my breath away and just being able to watch them eating, interacting, and even communicating with us in their natural habitat is one of the best experiences that i've ever had the

pleasure of having on my travels. i highly recommend it. still to come: i have signed up to explore some alternative ways to experience this. the country of 1000 hills. i take on these african champs... 0h, hills. i take on these african champs... oh, no! and i head down to explore one of the deepest lakes in the world. once a hotbed of violence during the conflict, but now i go to destination for any traveller here. it looks like there is a party over there, a beach party — my kind of place. so now that i've spent time with the

awesome gorillas, i'm heading off the beaten track to see what else rwanda has to offer. the last two decades have seen a real turnaround in the country's international appeal. and tourism is really on the rise. the fact, rwanda has set itself up as africa's new big travel destination for luxury. it's no surprise that tourism economy here is booming, it's going by 15% every year, making it one of the fastest growing tourism economies in the world. the government traditionally focused on attracting big spenders to stay in luxury lodges and spend a fortune tracking with gorillas. but it is opening up to cater for people with all kinds of budgets and if you are an adrenaline junkie, you can have one hell of a ride here. are an adrenaline junkie, you can

have one hell of a ride harem are an adrenaline junkie, you can have one hell of a ride here. if you don't mind, i can show you your bike. so, are you going to ride with us? i look forward to it. this is your bike, it's a new ebay. it has a battery, so if you need an assistant, just press that. press rating here to an assistant. third and fourth. ultimate power. yeah so i think you're very excited. i'm very excited. how could i not be excited? very excited. how could i not be excited ? running four very excited. how could i not be excited? running four new bike routes to the country, covering over 500 kilometres of track. what is the bonus of having these bikes to tourists? the e—bikes, it doesn't matter how steep the hill is, anyone can go. rwanda has so many beautiful views, wonderful places. many hills. reported by the world bank, the government's 2020 vision for the reconstruction of the country after

the genocide has led to huge investment in rwandan infrastructure. that's why these roads are a joy to ride. what's it been like for you witnessing just how popular cycling's getting here. it makes my heart feel happy because i'm doing the cycling trips with the guests, people from all over. he tells me that over the last few yea rs cycling tells me that over the last few years cycling has really taken off here. perhaps inspired by these guys, here. perhaps inspired by these guys, the national rural wind and cycle tea m, guys, the national rural wind and cycle team, they are african champions. hey, guys! they have inspired the nation and international cycling community with their success story 0lympic performances. from struggling raises a few years ago, they are known of africa ‘s most accessible teams. —— one of africa's most successful teams. shall we raise? go!

laughter. 0h, teams. shall we raise? go! laughter. oh, my god! oh, no! i'm asked! —— last. yeah, iwas laughter. oh, my god! oh, no! i'm asked! —— last. yeah, i was never going to beat these jams —— champs. where are we going now? we're going to some locals just to taste the real rwandan life. 0h, to some locals just to taste the real rwandan life. oh, i'm going to get a true rwandan experience? hello! nice to meet you. nice to meet you! this is a cooperative made up meet you! this is a cooperative made up of women whose husbands have abandoned them. to support themselves, they now sell traditional banana beer. and i'm going to help make some brew. women

are playing a pivotal role in rebuilding the country and economy, particularly since hundreds of thousands of men lost their lives during the genocide. now rwanda has the highest number of women in parliament in the world — 68% of lawmakers here are female. do you enjoy sharing rwandan culture with tourists? we are just crossing them. 0h, tourists? we are just crossing them. oh, my god, you have got to be strong. singing.

that was amazing! thank you, thank you very much! collected like so, pour it back over, it leaves the bits behind. 0nce we've distilled the dues, it's time to grind the m illets the dues, it's time to grind the millets to allow for fermentation —— thejuice. am i doing a good job? yes. it's all right. iwas thejuice. am i doing a good job? yes. it's all right. i was relieved to hear they have plenty of banana beer already for me to try. delicious. i was not expecting this at all. i mean, just a level of hospitality they've welcomed me, i

genuinely feel like one of them. they've been nothing but kind. and you think we've gone from a part of bananas and grass to these is just incredible. what an experience. it was great to meet the locals benefiting from tourists who passed through and spend their time and money in these communities. next on my journey, lake kivu. money in these communities. next on myjourney, lake kivu. this is one of the african great lakes, and sits on the border between rwanda and the democratic republic of the congo. i

am here to explore the water by kayak. are you old right-handed? 0k? 0n kayak. are you old right-handed? 0k? on this side you go forward. seems easy enough. for years after the civil war, the shores of this lake we re civil war, the shores of this lake were no—go zones. this is one of the epicentres of the fighting in 1995. now there's a huge push to develop this area. this is parts of the kivu belt tourism initiative. beep, beep! this is absolutely spectacular. kayaking doesn't get any better than theirs. it certainly beats the last experience i had, a lake in the uk. elwa is pursuing a career in travel and entrepreneurship. this is such a

great example of tourism and innovation in rwanda. so it's important then to show the world there is more to rwanda thanjust gorillas? what about the beautiful tea estates, what about the coffee? what about kayaking? it's a beautiful experience. we have the monkey island that you can see something that is exciting, something that is exciting, something that is exciting, something that people love but they don't know. and how do the local people feel about it? are they excited to welcome tourists into the area? as rwandans, it's part of our culture. so they are excited to see it was that we see the kids running around trying to grab you a kr. laughter. it's been an incredibly wild and exciting day and i am certainly onboard for any more this year. while the history of the genocide will never be forgotten, the travel experience really shows a

different side of rwanda. everywhere you turn there is just something new on offer. this place really is amazing. the people here have been so eager amazing. the people here have been so eager to welcome me on amazing. the people here have been so eager to welcome me on my amazing. the people here have been so eager to welcome me on my first ever trip to this country. tourism is providing an excellent opportunity for rwandans to reshape their country's image and you can only hope the country's dark days are well and truly in the past. good morning. this time last week the world weather story was typhoon hagibis.

and in fact, we were watching this powerful typhoon barrelling its way towards the shores of japan. weather warnings were enforced, several of the rugby world cup matches were cancelled, including the england—france match. well, i'm pleased to say fast forward seven days and yes we have some shower cloud across japan but the weather story looks much better for the quarterfinals. in fact, it should be relatively dry, bright and warm, with temperatures into the mid—20s for the england—australia match. i wish i could say the same, however, for the uk on saturday. yes, it does look as though we're going to have plenty of showers, some of them heavy with the odd rumble of thunder again. but there is an improvement for the second half of the weekend. however, we're still under this influence of low pressure with this weather front enhancing the rainfall across eastern scotland. we'll also see plenty of showers out of the west as well. some of these showers will push further inland as we go through the day, perhaps not as many as we have seen across england and wales, but the rain fairly persistent through eastern scotland, drifting down towards the scottish borders as we go through the day and then a northerly breeze kicking in behind. so top temperatures on saturday of 10—15 degrees. but as we go to the overnight

period, the showers will start to fade away and the northerly wind will start to kick a little bit further south. so, that's going to allow temperatures to fall away. low single figures in a few spots, a chillier start to sunday morning but a quieter start to sunday morning. and that, i'm sure, will come as welcome news. in fact, the second half of the weekend looks drier and there will be fewer showers around as well. a better day for getting out and about. so we start off on a chilly note. that northerly wind will be a feature, albeit light, a few showers along the east coast a little more cloud here, damp and drizzly in places. further south and west we will see a little more sunshine and after that chilly start temperatures will recover, 9—1a degrees the high. again, we could have an issue with some fog and frost through the night, but the story into the early half of the week is high pressure building from the west. there is this weather front that could just be a little bit of a fly in the ointment for the extreme

south—east, maybe the risk of some rain close to the kent coast. we will need to keep an eye on that. but generally across the uk on monday, that quieter theme of weather is set to build. there will be light winds, there would be a little bit of fairweather cloud and it will feeljust a little bit cooler. but with the sunshine compensating, hopefully a better feel. 9—1a celsius. take care.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt in westminster. today mps will vote on borisjohnson's brexit agreement. parliament is sitting on a saturday for the first time since 1982 — a day that will go down in british political history. just hours before the crucial commons vote, the prime minister is still working to persuade mps to support him. the prime minister will address parliament at 0930 — on breakfast we'll have the build—up to that crucial debate and a vote that's too close to call. turmoil in barcelona — fresh clashes between riot police and protesters,