this isjust a quick reminder that you have less than one week left to register for tickets for click live. it's in dundee in scotland this year. and if you can be there on november 19, we would love to see you. the website you need is bbc. co. uk/showsandtours. that's it for now. thanks for watching, and we'll see you soon. good morning. welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and nina warhurst. our headlines today: president trump prepares to make a major announcement amid reports that the leader of isis has been

killed by us special forces. vigils are held in vietnam by families who fear their loved ones are among the 39 people found dead in a lorry in essex. here in yokohama, after england's victory yesterday, now it is wales‘ turn. can they make it into the first rugby world cup final? manchester city are still hot on the heels of liverpool in the premier league. the gap is now down to three points. that is after a 3—0 victory for city over aston villa. good morning. we are heading for a sparkling sunday, a much better day than yesterday right across the country. lots of sunshine to be had, but it is also going to feel colder. all the details coming up shortly. it‘s sunday the 27th of october. our top story: the white house says

president trump will make a major statement later, following reports that the leader of the so—called islamic state group, abu bakr al—baghdadi has been killed in an operation by us forces. mr trump tweeted that "something very big" had just happened, although he gave no details. our correspondent tom bateman is on the turkey syria border, tom, what do we know? as we said, very few details from president trump, just alluding to a big news event. what more do we know about what this could be? well, i think the fact the white house has said there will be a major statement later today is suggestive of the fa ct later today is suggestive of the fact that there has been some kind of operation to target militants in northern syria. now, us media is reporting that the target in question was al—baghdadi, the leader of is, and some outlets suggesting

he was killed in that operation. but thatis he was killed in that operation. but that is yet to be confirmed. the bbc has spoken to one local resident in the town of samada, just close to the town of samada, just close to the turkish border, just inside syria in northern italy. he said they saw helicopter gunships and troops on the ground, sealing off a major area in what appeared to be a significant operation there. if the news is confirmed by the white house later that al—baghdadi was targeted in this raid, and indeed those us reports suggest that he has been killed, it will be a significant blow to the islamic state group. al—baghdadi has led it ever since its inception, and since 2014, when its inception, and since 2014, when it took over significant territory in northern iraq and across parts of northern syria. in the last couple of years it has been a territorial retreat and lost its last holdout in baghouz in syria earlier this year.

tom, for now, thank you very much. and if we get further details on this, we will bring them to you right here. church services have been held by families in vietnam who fear their relatives are among the 39 people who were found dead in a lorry container in essex. it‘s thought that the majority of the victims were vietnamese citizens, and police say they‘re working to identify them all. a lorry driver from northern ireland will appear in court tomorrow charged with manslaughter. andy moore is in grays in essex for us this morning. andy, what‘s the latest? some really heartbreaking details have emerged of who we think may be among the dead. can you bring us up to speed with where we are with the police investigation today? well, the police here in essex are still carrying out that operation to identify, to formally identify, the 39 victims. they say they are working very closely with the vietnamese community here in the uk. backin vietnamese community here in the uk. back in vietnam, as you said, church

services and visuals have been held in the town of yen tanh. it is believed many of the victims came from a relatively small area in vietnam. in fact, as many as 25 of these potential victims may have come from one town. the priest told the service there that there had been a catastrophic effect on the area and the whole district was in grief. back here in europe an ever widening enquiry. irish police have arrested somebody said to be of interest, and three people are in custody in the uk. a 25—year—old man, a lorry driverfrom craigavon in northern ireland, is appearing in court tomorrow charged with people trafficking and 39 counts of manslaughter. nina. andy, many thanks. it is approaching 707 a.m.

wales face south africa in the rugby world cup semi—final this morning, hoping to create an all british final. if they win they‘ll face england in the first ever final between two teams from the northern hemisphere. 0ur sports correspondent is in yokohama. andy, this is a huge challenge for warren gatland‘s men? it isa it is a big challenge, but what are the chances of there being that all british final that we talked about? well, the wales fancier will be keeping theirfingers well, the wales fancier will be keeping their fingers crossed. it is a glorious afternoon here in yokohama, still two hours to go until kick—off, but already the fans are streaming into the stadium behind me. —— fans here. wales will begin as the underdogs, not least because south africa has been more impressive in the tournament so far. they were certainly more impressive in the quarter—finals, when they beat japan really quite emphatically in the end, whereas wales onlyjust scraped past france by a single

point. wales have also had quite a lot of injury problems over the last few weeks. they had one just a few days ago, theirfullback few weeks. they had one just a few days ago, their fullback liam williams is out of this much and out of the rest of the tournament, in fa ct, of the rest of the tournament, in fact, with an ankle injury. they have called up leigh halfpenny, who was a very experienced replacement, but even so, that is a big blow to them. —— who is. but wales have managed to develop this winning mentality over the last few years under warren gatlin. they have found a way to win, even when they are not playing particularly well, as was the case in the quarter—final. they are of course six nations champions, they won the grand slam this year. they also actually have a pretty good record against south africa. they have won their last four meetings. and perhaps they might look at what happened last night with england against new zealand. england went into that much is underdogs as well, and of course came away with a victory. so they will be hoping that they can create a similar surprise today and creates but all british world cup final. ——

create that all—british world cup final. wouldn't that be brilliant for everybody. less than two hours, until we find out. borisjohnson has accused mps of holding the country "hostage" by refusing to agree to his calls for a general election. the prime minister‘s comments come ahead of another vote on the issue in parliament tomorrow. we can speak now to our political correspondent tom barton. and tom, there have been further developments from opposition parties this weekend? further developments this weekend from opposition parties. they deliver what the premise has been frustrated by? we have heard a lot in recent weeks about opposition parties working together to try to stop borisjohnson. parties working together to try to stop boris johnson. well, parties working together to try to stop borisjohnson. well, now we have a proposal from the lib stop borisjohnson. well, now we have a proposalfrom the lib dems and the snp to try to help him to get started election that he desperately wants, even if labour decides not to back it. —— get that election. the law, as it stands, means there needs to be a two—thirds majority for a vote to a snap

election. that would need a labour backing it. this proposalfrom the lib dems and the snp to change the law and hold an election ever so slightly earlier than boris johnson is proposing, on monday ninth december, instead of 12th december, would need only half of mps, which means it could happen even without the support of the labour party. but they say they will only do this if they say they will only do this if the european union grants an extension to the brexit deadline to the end of this year. we are expecting to hear from them on monday or tuesday. we have not yet heard what the tories or labour make of this proposal, but this morning borisjohnson has reiterated his call for an election, saying that the current parliament has run its course, and telling mps they cannot hold the country hostage any longer. meanwhile, archbishop of canterbury justin welby has this morning rebuked the prime ministerfor some of his recent language, saying he was shocked to hear him use the

words humbug in response to mps talking about death threats in the house of commons a few weeks ago. thank you. another one of those weeks where everything might happen, oi’ weeks where everything might happen, or nothing might happen. how many times have we said about?” or nothing might happen. how many times have we said about? i know! -- have we said that. a search is underway in cambodia for a british backpacker who was last seen four days ago. the family of amelia bambridge, who‘s 21 and from worthing in sussex, have flown out to the resort of koh rong to help find her. her handbag containing her purse, phone and bank cards has been found on a beach nearby. there have been more clashes between police and protesters in barcelona, following the jailing of catalan dissident leaders. some of the 350,000 demonstrators threw bottles and fireworks at police, who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. nine separatist politicians and activists were jailed earlier this month by spain‘s supreme court. it was halloween week on strictly last night,

returning to one of our main stories this morning. the discovery of 39 bodies in the back of a lorry earlier this week has served as an awful reminder of the desperate attempts some will make to reach the uk. for some people, they can even become vulnerable to human traffickers. kathy betteridge is the director of anti trafficking and modern slavery at the salvation army, which provides support to adult victims in england and wales. kathy joins us now from our london newsroom. good morning to you. just awful circumstances that this situation presents, and as we touched on there, it really does highlight these cases. now, you provide support for people who find themselves in this situation. i wonderfirst of all themselves in this situation. i wonder first of all if you could explain a little bit how people might come to find themselves in just this situation? yes, of course. it isa just this situation? yes, of course. it is a very sad situation and we we re very it is a very sad situation and we were very shocked to hear the news. people who get caught up in this

situation are so very often tricked into coming to this country for a better life. and they can be coerced, they can be cancelled —— convinced that a good job or an education opportunity is available for them, and they pay money to come here, and then when they arrive, comedy promises are not realised. what are the challenges of identifying people? because there is a difference between smuggling and trafficking, isn‘t there? a very important difference? yes, of course, but it is a very fine line as well. it is a choice. some people choose to be smuggled into the country because they believe there is going to be a better life. but in some cases they still might choose to be smuggled, and when they arrive, they are again finding that their dreams are not realised, and they are then trafficked and taken into situations where they are exploited. for many, it is a work situation where they are not paid the right amount of money, they are not living in the right conditions, oi’ not living in the right conditions, or than they are taken into sexual

exploitation, and they are used for sexual services and treated very badly indeed. and in those sorts of situations, people find it very difficult to get help, because they cannot simply go to the police because they feel that they are here illegally and therefore the normal recourse that me —— that we might all have is not available to them? yes. they are very frightened. the traffickers instill fear into them and tell them that nobody will listen to them. don‘t trust the authorities, don‘t trust anybody. they are notjust present authorities, don‘t trust anybody. they are not just present with authorities, don‘t trust anybody. they are notjust present with their lives, but the lives of their families back home. they are frightened, they are not sure who they can trust. what we say is that we have a 20 47 confidential line that anybody can contact us on and then we will refer that information to the right authorities and we will ta ke to the right authorities and we will take the information and help somebody escape and come to safety. -- 24/7 somebody escape and come to safety. —— 24/7 confidential line. we provide safe accommodation, language, translation, medical care, legal advice. anything, anything

along those lines but somebody needs to help them escape and help them start their road to recovery. given the work that you do, how are you able to identify people that might find themselves in these circumstances, and what help can you provide to them? well, we rely very much, again, on the public and other people. so we might get a referral from the police or from the border force, or a member of from the police or from the border force, ora member of the from the police or from the border force, or a member of the public might contact us, so it is looking out for the signs. it is looking at an individual who might be controlled by somebody else. if they are looking very malnourished, if they are frightened, if somebody is speaking on their behalf, if they look confused. what we say is, if you are in any doubt, contact the police or phone our 24/7 confidential line, because the information you might have, or that a member of the public might have, could be that peace that finally fits the picture together to let the police take action. —— piece.

fits the picture together to let the police take action. -- piece. by its nature, this happens across borders in many different countries and many different jurisdictions. in many different countries and many differentjurisdictions. can you make the biggest difference? do you need to tackle this outsource? 0r make the biggest difference? do you need to tackle this outsource? or is it easier and may be more possible for you to make a big difference at this end of the chain? it is a very complex situation. it is organised crime, and the organised criminals are very, very astute. the human body, it is a sellable commodity, u nfortu nately. body, it is a sellable commodity, unfortunately. unlike a drug, which onceit unfortunately. unlike a drug, which once it is sold at is sold, a human body can be sold over and over again. unfortunately it is a very complex situation and there are a lot of people working to help prevent it. it is around education, around raising awareness, but the key thing is to remember that there is support available for somebody who is caught in this situation. so if they do phone our confidential 24/7 referral helpline, there is help available. so it is not the end of the world, there is light and hope for somebody caught in this situation. cathy, good to talk to you, and thank you for that message

this morning. this recent tragedyjust this recent tragedy just sort of shows you how big and widespread the problem is. and how often in many cases it is so hidden and we just don‘t problem is. and how often in many cases it is so hidden and we just don‘t see it. here‘s louise with a look at this morning‘s weather. good morning to you. 0k, good morning to you. ok, you two, this is your start, do you reckon this is your start, do you reckon this is? any offers? cornwall. south wales! north yorkshire! 0h, right! yeah! north yorkshire. i am showing you this because it has been miserable for the past few days, half a month‘s worth of rain, shy of five inches of rain. this little fellow here has cleared off and we have high pressure building from the west. it is quieting things down and

it will stay up to the west, allowing this northerly flow and the cold and this weather front has enhanced those showers through the night and yes, they have been falling as snow on the top of the hills there but through the day, the emphasis is with this dry, settled story. not much in the way of cloud around, a lovely day for many of us, if chilly. but hopefully you will be compensated by the sunshine. top temperatures of eight to 13 degrees. through the overnight, we keep the clear skies so you may need a couple of extra layers on top of your duvet, i suspect, of extra layers on top of your duvet, isuspect, because of extra layers on top of your duvet, i suspect, because those guys will stay clear and the temperatures are likely to fall away. winds falling light, fewer showers into the far north but take a look at this, those blue tones filtering down as we go through the early hours of the morning. that the where we will see temperatures below freezing. it will be cold in sheltered rural areas, low figures generally across the country, so we could be greeted to things like this first thing on monday morning. hopefully with some blue sky and sun trying to look forward to as well. the next few days, that will be the

theme, dryerfor all of the next few days, that will be the theme, dryer for all of us, the next few days, that will be the theme, dryerforall of us, a the next few days, that will be the theme, dryerfor all of us, a lot more in the way of sunshine than we have seen recently but it will be noticeably colder. the high pressure sta rts noticeably colder. the high pressure starts to drift a little bit further east and we do need to keep a close eye on this little fellow into the south—west. it should not cause too much of an issue but maybe for the channel aisles, the aisles of silly, cloud and outbreaks of showery rain but for the rest of us, another beautiful day in prospect, as you can see quite clearly. the northerly winds driving through a few scattered showers, top temperatures on monday of 7— 11 celsius so it‘ll bea on monday of 7— 11 celsius so it‘ll be a shock to the system, isn‘t it? it will stay dry for most of us part of the week and then a slight question mark as we moved to thursday onwards because a frontal system is trying desperately hard to move in. you will need to keep abreast of the forecast because the timing could change but later on,

this working week really from thursday potentially into friday, we‘re back to square one. it looks as though more is expected. claudia but milder. you two. —— claudia. i do not want to be a spelling foetid but i think you spelt that place name incorrectly. i told you i was rushing! c—, do better. i know. you are so rushing! c—, do better. i know. you are so mean! we do know how to spell it! you are watching breakfast on bbc news and it is coming up to 20 minutes past seven and a look at the newspapers now. the archbishop of canterbury has told the sunday times he was "shocked" by the prime minister‘s dismissal of pleas to moderate his language last month, and warned mps against using "inflammatory put—downs" when society is "very polarised". the sunday express splashes on mrjohnson‘s claims that mps will be "holding britain hostage" if they do not back his calls for a general election. brexit is also the focus for the 0bserver‘s front page. the paper says the uk faces exclusion from europol‘s dedicated anti—smuggling operation after brexit and it reports

the prime minister saying brexit could be delayed until next year but the "country must move on". and finally, an ex—member ofjohn bercow‘s staff has told the sunday telegraph he will not use new rules which could allow his allegations of bullying by the commons speaker to be investigated, saying "the horse has long bolted". anand menon is with us. he‘s director of uk in a changing europe, a source for independent research on uk—eu relations. we are starting, aunt mick, —— aren‘t we, with this double spread. let‘s do it together. asjohnson calls for an election every day to showjeremy corbyn he is running scared, so he is saying he may have to do this in order to move forward. the prime minister is making it quite clear if i cannot get what i will want will have a general

election and the tories obviously wa nt election and the tories obviously want to portray the labour party is running scared but what is interesting about that express double spread is there are three stories there and they all sort of feed into this and one of them is about the election for the new speaker because of course john be rcow speaker because of course john bercow famously has a mind of his own, famously does not necessarily try to help the government and you have to wonder if the government ke pt have to wonder if the government kept trying to bring a motion back for the election whether the speaker may actually say you cannot keep doing this on a daily basis. the other story there that is interesting on the right is a little piece by an mep from the brexit party and he has thought of practice to the attack line for the brexit party against borisjohnson to the attack line for the brexit party against boris johnson for a general election, saying the deal is rubbish and if you want a proper brexit, you should vote for the brexit, you should vote for the brexit party. it is very messy and complicated. because that is been the argument, all the brexit party ta ke the argument, all the brexit party take notes away from the conservatives or if he has a deal he thinks he can get through it could become irrelevant but they could pooh—pooh the deal? become irrelevant but they could pooh-pooh the deal? well, but what they will also do is as soon as we

get november one, they will turn around and say this is yet another conservative prime minister who has missed the deadline they set and actually, we do not know how sort of fireproof borisjohnson actually, we do not know how sort of fireproof boris johnson is to those sorts of accusations until we get to the polls. you talk about the speaker and given how much we have all learned about the ins and outs in the workings of westminster as a result of that but also, the suggestion he could bring the call foran suggestion he could bring the call for an election every day and we are in unprecedented territory once again. the inner machinations of how westminster works is another example. i think it is brilliant that people are interested. there was a weak famously in january whether bbc parliament channel got more viewers than mtv, which has never happened before, and i think the fact that people are interested is superb. there is a famous saying, there are people ——to think that people should not be seen made, sausages and laws, and the fact that people understanding more about the machinations of parliament is a good thing. and you could argue that mps have never worked harder, sticking to their guns and being determined

on all sides to get what they want so on all sides to get what they want so in some ways it is admirable. maybe we should move onto fireworks. different sorts of fireworks. not halloween yet but different floor to town on the sale of fireworks. this is partly due to the efforts of the rspca and pet owners who are just saying well, two things, one that fireworks scare your pets and you no longer have bonfire night, you have a bonfire three months because once they go on sale, people let them for ages and ages and i remember when i used to have a dog, i used to dread november. you would have to sort of thing leave the tv on loud or something in the evening if you left the house. the same with little children, it is frightening for them. 0k, moving on. james bond, no mrs bond in the next adventure. he does, but... no love interest! he met madeline swan and what they are saying he ends up marrying her but

tries to call her mrs bond and is quickly corrected because she keeps... that is amazing. on this zist keeps... that is amazing. on this 21st century. it is quite progressive forjames bond to be getting married. it is either progressive political correctness gone mad, depending on your perspective. as far as technology is concerned, oh, no, the wrong story entirely! china. 0k. security services. the concern about whether china is infiltrating some universities to try to get access to some higher research? universities like chinese students because they pay a fee which is higher and they have said we need to be careful that none of these people are here actually to try and get secrets from us, whether it is sort of intellectual property or things like that. they reckon that we have had a numberof that. they reckon that we have had a number of chinese military scientist passing through our universities. and specific to chinese students? passing through our universities. and specific to chinese students7m

seems a little unfair, doesn't it? it does not china is a global superpower and a rival to the us and we know has played fast and loose in the past with intellectual property rules and there are an enormous numberof rules and there are an enormous number of chinese students in our universities are all they are doing... 100,000 it says here. we will take your money but we will treat you with suspicion. scepticism may be. in the sunday mirror, this isa may be. in the sunday mirror, this is a super baby, tell us about him. he looks perfectly happy and well. he looks perfectly happy and well. he had heart surgery and his dad apparently is really does make a fantastic photo, isn't it?— baby's middle name is clark, in tribute to clark kent, he has his little superman t—shirt on there. clark kent, he has his little superman t-shirt on there. he survived against all odds. heart surgery at eight hours old.|j survived against all odds. heart surgery at eight hours old. i know. a brilliant photo. imagine what that is like for the family. beautiful. the story i was trying to talk about, university in america with 750 stu d e nts

about, university in america with 750 students and 22 video game is on full scholarships. this is the future. harrisburg university decide they will not compete in american foot ball they will not compete in american football or baseball or rowing but they will get their niche in esports as apparently it is cold. it is an intercollegiate esports competition every year and they are starting to do really well and offering scholarships to gamers. it is big—money, as big on the pitch as well. absolutely. and i suppose it isa well. absolutely. and i suppose it is a decent niche if you want to become a sporting university in a non—traditional sense. become a sporting university in a non-traditional sense. come back later with some more stories. andrew marr is here on bbc one at 10 this morning. who are you speaking to today andrew? before that, there is a move in the commons tomorrow to give us a general election before christmas in early december, it is led by the snp and the liberal democrats so i have the lib dems leaderjo swinson, i have got james cleverly the tory chairman to respond, he will say the tories will do without vote, and

diane abbott the shadow home secretary on the labour response. that will be the key story i think in the show at nine o‘clock, but i‘m also talking to the singerjames blunt about his new album, his great success on twitter. thank you, andrew. we should correct ourselves, you are andrew. we should correct ourselves, you are on andrew. we should correct ourselves, you are on at nine, not stay with us. headlines coming up.

hello, this is breakfast with nina warhurst and ben thompson. good morning. here‘s a summary of today‘s main stories from bbc news. the white house says president trump will make a statement later today, following unconfirmed reports that the leader of the so—called islamic state group has been killed in an operation by us forces. american media says the president authorised the operation targeting abu bakr al—baghdadi yesterday. it comes after mr trump tweeted that "something very big" had just happened, but gave no further details. church services have been held by families in vietnam who fear their relatives are among

the 39 people who were found dead in a lorry container in essex. it‘s thought that the majority of the victims were vietnamese citizens, and police say they‘re working to identify them all. a lorry driver from northern ireland will appear in court tomorrow charged with manslaughter. a service for hundreds of people in this fervently catholic community. their priest said it was catastrophe for the area — the whole district was covered in sorrow. this man said they were praying for the 39 victims who died on their way to seek a better life. he said 25 of them were from his hometown. police in the uk said they were investigating a wider conspiracy, after claims in vietnam there were three lorries in a convoy carrying more than 100 people.

some may have made it to the uk, but others didn‘t. translation: when they went abroad, their parents had to sell or pawn their houses to the bank to pay for the trip. young people left the country to earn a decent living, but now they are dead in a strange country far away, after suffering horribly. one of those missing is 19—year—old pham thi tra my. she was in contact with a friend by text. "how was it going?" she was asked. "not good," she replied. herfamily are in mourning now, just one of many in this small town. the liberal democrats and the snp have written to the european council president, donald tusk, asking for a further 3—month brexit extension. both parties say they want a general election but don‘t support the prime minister‘s deal, or his calls for a poll on december the 12th. it comes ahead of another vote on an election in parliament tomorrow.

a search is under way in cambodia for a british backpacker who was last seen four days ago. the family of amelia bambridge, who‘s 21 and from worthing in sussex, have flown out to the resort of koh rong to help find her. her handbag containing her purse, phone and bank cards has been found on a beach nearby. there‘ve been more clashes between police and protesters in barcelona, following the jailing of catalan dissident leaders. some of the 350,000 demonstrators threw bottles and fireworks at police, who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. nine separatist politicians and activists were jailed earlier this month by spain‘s supreme court. celebrations will take place later to commemorate the introduction of a climbing ban on australia‘s ancient site, uluru. the site, once known as ayers rock, is considered sacred to its indigenous custodians, the anangu people, who have called for an end to climbing the stone since they took back ownership more than 30 years ago.

this weekend has seen huge crowds descend on the area for the final time. a cardigan described as "one of the most famous sweaters in music history" has been sold for more than £$250,000 at auction. it is this one. the olive green garment, which belonged to the late nirvana frontman, kurt cobain, features burn holes and stains and was worn in the band‘s famous mtv unplugged concert in 1993. it was bought for more than $334,000, making it the most expensive sweater ever to go under the hammer. we were discussing whether or not he would stick it on a cold wash to get

those stains out but i think you would have to keep them because it is part of the appeal. i'm sure it smells. fusty, fusty would describe it. no such horrors for strictly last night, there were vampires, ghostbusters, zombies, and you may have noticed a little rabbit doing a tango, of course. there he is. magic mike and his partner katia went for analysis and wonderland theme. mike was dressed in bunny ears and a west coast as the white rabbit, obviously. you can find out on tonight‘s results show if they made the cut. the wonderful thing about mike is even if he is not technically perfect, look at how much he is concentrating. had his footwork! i think he was pretty bang on. loving the fact he is enjoying it. such a cliche about a journey and they all go on this journey when they start of terrible and are not being quite good but mike is genuinely having... he is such a g rafter, genuinely having... he is such a grafter, he would have put in every single moment... and is looking

brilliant and has lost a ton of weight. they are all doing really well and i think this series, they have gone... he has done so well. the worst to the best at this point. we will talk more later. we‘re here on the bbc news channel until 9:00 this morning, but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. this is breakfast from bbc news. let‘s talk about the sport. it is a big day for the rugby. 0llie is with us. big day for the rugby. 0llie is with us. a big day yesterday and a big day today? a huge day yesterday. unexpected, how easy england made outlook against the mighty all blacks. we are all colour—coded here, we are all fans of wales this morning. wales have perhaps never been closer. they have been to semifinals before but they must think, well, because we have been playing really well, maybe slightly

under the radar. do you think because england have made it, that will galvanise a bit more posture might possibly. we will be asking that in just might possibly. we will be asking that injust a might possibly. we will be asking that in just a moment. in the next few hours, wales face south africa. the welsh have never made it past the semi—finals, but beat the springboks and we‘ll have our first world cup final with two teams from the northern hemisphere. and as patrick gearey reports, wales won‘t be short of support, in yokohama or back home. just want to wish the boys all the best for the match. if they could, a whole nation would give wales their team talk this morning. millions of versions of one message. good luck to the welsh boys on the weekend! win, and this rugby—mad country will play in a world cup final for the first time. the trophy is inside. a golden prize at the end of a golden era. two games to go as the welsh coach, and i really will enjoy those last two games. probably nine or ten players who will not be involved in another

world cup as well, so they‘ve got to relish that. when you want something bad enough, and you really, really want it, it can happen. gatland has reason to believe. less than a year ago, wales comfortably beat their semi—final opponents, south africa, as part of a 14—match winning streak. but the springboks have grown since, while injapan, wales have struggled for fluency and suffered from injuries. fullback liam williams and back row josh navidi have both been ruled out in the past week. as strength is sapped, they‘ll rely on spirit. these are the games that you do all the hard work for, the months of prep. the altitude camps, the heat camps. every other camp we‘ve been on up until now. and i think these are the ones that you‘d give anything to be a part of. wales now know a familiar foe awaits, should they make the final — and an increasingly ferocious one. in beating new zealand, the all—conquering all blacks, england sent out some statement. but even after such a momentous win, there were no ecstatic celebrations. after all, the biggest battle is still to come.

so, england there preparing for their fourth world cup final, but who will they face? let‘s head live to yokohama and speak to our sports correspondent andy swiss. andy, 1987, 2011 - wales have been here before, and it‘s ended in heartbreak. but i wonder if that prospect of england waiting in the finals will give them that little bit of an extra push? well, we will see, 0llie. what a it could be for the wales fancier, and i am delighted to say i am joined by a very big group of them. now, i cannot talk to all of them. now, i cannot talk to all of you, but i can‘t talk to the two of you, but i can‘t talk to the two of you, but i can‘t talk to the two of you here at the front, jacob and dan. you have a particular link with one of the players? yes, john davis. no, i'mjoking! alan wainwright. we we nt no, i'mjoking! alan wainwright. we went to school with him. you went to school with him! and obviously to show your support you have the same facial hair? yeah, well, he copied

us. we went to prague and greeley moustaches, so he copied us, so we could get photoshopped into the picture, basically. same facial hair, same headband. how proud are you wanting? i can't describe how proud i am. he's going to try. i am crying. ts is astounding, guaranteed. he has been one of the stars, the man of the match. it has been incredible, great to see. we taught him what he knows that it is amazing to see, he is playing really well. how old when you first got to know him? i knew him in primary school, from second grade. he lived in wales, yeah. how confident are you today, guys? what is the school are going to be? 100-02 wales! -- score. i am going to say wales by four. it will be tight and nerve—wracking. four. it will be tight and nerve-wracking. wales 200-0! let's wait and see. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. it is getting

quite rowdy here! laughter. yeah, andy swiss there with some new friends. we support will be huge from the welsh contingent in yokohama, and so to back in wales. all the pubs and clubs will be packed. everybody around the big screens and their television sets, listening to radio 5 live as well, of course. let‘s head to swansea now and speak to former wales hooker richard hibbard. richard, good morning. this is huge for wales. what will warren gatland have said to his team before they go out? what will warren gatland have said to his team before they go ounm is massive for us. massive for us. it was massive when we got to the world cup before, when we got to the semifinals. it is the last big push now to get into the final, and i

think in the last 18 months we have been building for it. and gats, he needs a massive sendoff and the boys will give him that. i spoke to kieran bracken, he talked about semi—final weak and how much is at stake. how do you think those players approach it? especially with a bit of an injury worry as well? not a worry, they know one of their key players, liam williams, is out of this as well? exactly. the world cup in total, i think it is getting your squad through most of it, and especially for the big games. it will just be crossing especially for the big games. it willjust be crossing the t‘s and dotting the i‘s this week. it will just be getting ready for south africa. fresh as they can be. knowing that england are waiting, how much of a motivational tool will that be, do you think? a huge tool,

i think. wales and england fighting, i think. wales and england fighting, i think the whole nation were wanted, not just the i think the whole nation were wanted, notjust the boys. and what has warren gatland done? because these will be his last matches, with wales. he deserves, really, doesn‘t he, to get to a world cup final with this team, and so to some of those players who have been with him every step of the way, the likes of alan wynnejones, step of the way, the likes of alan wynne jones, has step of the way, the likes of alan wynnejones, has been a fantastic captain over last few months and yea rs ? captain over last few months and years? —— alun. captain over last few months and years? -- alun. ithink captain over last few months and years? -- alun. i think he is destined to lift the trophy. he is going to do that this year. and gats, the same. this is the only thing he has left to do now. it is kind of destined for them. with those two now, especially with alun wyn leading from the front, it is not too hard to do. it should be quite a much. where will you be watching it, and give us a score prediction? i think it is going to

be tight. i think it is going to be 25-19 to be tight. i think it is going to be 25—19 to us. i am actually going to watch it with the team. fantastic. enjoy. that was richard hibbard, former wales hooker, many thanks indeed, joining us live from swa nsea. indeed, joining us live from swansea. radio 5 live, nine o‘clock kickoff in yokohama for the second of the world cup semifinals. that‘s bring you up—to—date with some football news. —— let‘s. liverpool‘s lead at the top of the prmier league is down to three points ahead of their match at home to spurs this afternoon. manchester city have stayed in touch after their 3—0 win over aston villa. all the goals came in the second half, raheem sterling giving city the lead with his seventh goal of the season. that came very early after the break. but city then had to wait a bit before doubling the lead, david silva given the goal, just getting a stud on the end of kevin de bruyne‘s cross. minutes later ilkay gundogan confirmed city‘s return to second place in the table. afterwards, manager pep guardiola was full of praise for sterling.

chelsea are on a roll, they are into the top four and just two points behind manchester city, after beating burnley 4—2. christian pulisick scored a hat—trick as they extended their winning run to seven matches in all competitions. brighton came from behind to win late against everton. but it wasn‘t without some var drama. everton were 2—1 in front when the video assistant awarded a penalty to brighton, despite the refreree not spotting any infringement. michael keenanjust michael keenan just stepping on aaron connolly‘s toe. neil maupay scored to make it 2—2, then in the 94th minute an own goal from everton‘s lucas digne gave brighton a dramatic win, piling the pressure on everton manager marco silva. everton just a couple of points above the relegation zone now. it‘s neck and neck at the top of the scottish premiership, celtic are at aberdeen, rangers at home to motherwell this afternoon. bottom side stjohnstone won their first game of the season. callum hendry scored the winner in a 3—2 victory over hamilton. elsewhere kilmarnock beat st mirren,

while the games between hibernian and ross county, and livingston and hearts ended in draws. so a bad day for hamilton there, but could be a great one for lewis hamilton. his sixth formula one world title could be heading his way in mexico city. it‘s where he‘s won the title for the past two years but he needs a few things to go his way. this might help him, his teamate valterri bottas crashed in qualifying and will start from sixth on the grid. hamilton has to finish in the top three this evening and get 14 more points than bottas. max verstappen had been on pole but was bumped down to fourth for failing to slow down for that crash. hamilton starts from third behind the ferraris of charles leclerc and sebastian vettel. i enjoyed it. josh taylor is the new unified super—lightweight champion after beating american regis prograis in london. it was a tightly fought contest for the scot, who remains undefeated in 16 bouts. taylor won on a majority decison

derek chisora is a step closer to a world heavyweight title shot. he came out on top in the all british bout with david price, with the fight being stopped in the fourth round after price‘s corner threw the towel in. a good win forjosh taylor. kick-off at nine o‘clock. a good win forjosh taylor. kick-off at nine o'clock. yes, five live. let us at nine o'clock. yes, five live. let us hope that everyone has changed their clocks. you do not want to come in halfway through. no, wouldn't you tune into early? anyway, moving on! it is the right day to be sitting in and watching some sport on your tv. louise, what has it got has it some sport on your tv. louise, what has it got in store? it is glorious for many of us. what a difference a day makes! 24 hours on, we have lost the rain and this is bigbury on sea,

i have spelt correctly this time, i didn‘t have my glasses on half—an—hour ago, i smelled the wrong, but a beautiful day in the south—west after the rain and in some areas yesterday, half a month‘s worth of rain in two days. we had over 120 millimetres. that front has cleared away, high pressure is building in from the west and will quieten things down nicely. a weather front enhancing some showers in the far north of scotland ringing the cold air flow across the country now, despite the sunshine, you are going to need a couple of extra layers around. but hopefully the dry weather will compensate nicely. even some of the showers will start to ease as the winds dived back through the afternoon. 8— 10 degrees generally through scotland, looking at highs of 12—13 further south. we keep the clear skies through the evening and overnight so you know what that means at this time of year, temperatures will fall away sharply. some of the showers will ease back towards the north coast but still one or two here. elsewhere

with the clear skies, it really is going to turn chile. the blue tones as we go through the early hours of monday morning will start to develop, this indicates where temperatures are likely to sit below freezing so yes, it is going to be cold and possibly a frosty start for anywhere those winds falling lighter, that we may be greeted by scenes like this on first thing monday but it will be a lovely day as the high pressure is set to stay with us. not only monday, the early half of the week it looks like it will be dry and sunny but certainly noticeably colder. we need to keep an eye on this area of low pressure to the south—west which will keep us on our toes as to when it is going to move in because the high pressure will try to fend it off for as long as possible, certainly on monday, just a little bit of showery rain threatens across the channel isles and through the aisles of silly but elsewhere after the frost lift, lots of sunshine, a few isolated showers along north facing coast and damages again struggling, 7— 11 celsius. a similar story into tuesday. possibly

into wednesday. but then we need to keep an eye on this wet weather that is likely to push in from the west. yes, the weather front could bring a change towards the end of the working week. timing is a little u nsettled, working week. timing is a little unsettled, uncertain, you will need to keep abreast of the forecast but it does look as though thursday — friday we see milder but weather conditions returning. back to you two. ten out of ten for spelling.|j will! done it again! you can really go off people, you know that, ben. will! done it again! you can really go off people, you know that, benlj am sorry. thank you louise. it is coming up to ten minutes to eight. now on breakfast, it‘s time for the travel show. (silence). (theme music).

turkey‘s aegean coast. it‘s where you will find some of history‘s big hitters. ancient and evocative ruin settlements, like pergamon and troy, and also here, the greek city of ephesus, which has been beautifully restored. here it is, the library of celsus. you may well recognise the names of some of the local towns. bodrum and marmaris are now as well known for their holiday resorts as they are for their classical heritage. this is kusadasi, a little further up the coast, a package destination popular with northern europeans. these other rainbow houses and we thought we would take a look. more

than 400 of the homes here were colonised last year as part of a project run by a pink company. it looks great from a distance but it is also lots of fun close—up. the aim was that it would make tepe a much more liveable environment. these homes had been earmarked for demolition.

i have moved a few hours down the coast to the mula region, to the junction of the aegean and mediterranean seas. welcome to iztuzu beach here, just a few kilometres away from the sleepy little beach town of dalyan, here in turkey. 30 years ago, no—one really knew about the beach, but 30 years ago, they also were not paying much attention to what was happening underneath the sands. this is one of the most important nesting sites for europe‘s population of endangered loggerhead turtles. every summer, thousands of hatchlings push their way up onto the beach and crawl down into the ocean. that is still the case largely because of the work of this woman. june haimoff, who is now 96, stopped a hotel development in the late ‘80s that would have spelt total destruction for the breeding grounds. she has devoted the last three decades of her life to the turtles, winning turkish citizenship and an mbe along the way. the government had a plan to develop

this for tourism and it included — not only included — a vital part of it — was a road down the middle of the beach. i spoke up, i said, "please, don‘t put a road" and i was helped — i did not do it alone. some said i was mad. others said i was a spy! a spy? a spy for greece. it‘s true! it sounds funny to us but that was actually written in a newspaper at that time. and what‘s happened here now? what is the situation like? very good. the government here respects and knows about this beach. it is under protection. no—one can come here at night and start flashing lights around, looking for the turtles, ordigging up nests, because there would be curious people who would like to do that. but it would take a lot of fire in your heart to put all that energy and time into saving these turtles? i do have some fire in my heart!

i can tell. i‘ve still got it. i can tell. well, i think if turtles could erect statues, there would be one of you just right over there, just off the coast, built by loggerhead turtles. it is interesting what you say because, in the village, they plan some kind of edifice to me, i think, in dalyan village. i said i would rather have it at the beach if they do one and could they, please, you know, not make it too big or grand. not you riding a turtle...? 0r anything like that? because that is not allowed. well, actually, now that you mention it, that would not displease me. no. these are pictures from the old days on the beach. june has become known as ‘captain june‘ here by the locals. she set up a foundation that has paved the way for others to make this stretch of coastline an important part of turkey‘s conservation scene.

and about ten years ago, just a few minutes‘ walk from june‘s hut down the road, they opened this facility. the locals call it a turtle hospital, because the sick and injured turtles are brought here for rehabilitation and hopefully released, if things go well. 0oh! what happened here? 0uch. a boat crash, unfortunately. so, can you see the wound? yeah. it has a big wound and i can show you the rest. wow. the rest of the shell is ok but the wound is too big. unfortunately, a boat crashed this side and break... the propellerjust cut, cut, cut... probably. new arrivals come from all over this stretch of coastline, chiefly loggerheads and green turtles. for many, like this guy being patched up with beeswax, it is the same old story. in a fight between a shell

and a boat propeller, there is only ever one winner. that looks like it‘s a really deep wound. so was it much worse when the turtle first arrived? yeah, it was worse. it is an important and a deep injury still, i can say, but when it came to us, we could see the intestine inside. the intestines? we put some cream which is antibacterial and then we use beeswax to close... seal the shell. yeah, so it is good for infection again. you first. like this? yeah. as night falls, i am offered scrubs and a rare insight into a turtle postmortem. and away we go. this one has been dead for 20 days. the team here are looking for the cause. i know plastic pollution

is something we talk a lot about these days. how often do you find plastic inside the gastrointestinal tract? 35% to 40%, unfortunately. it is general marine litter, not only plastic but most of it was plastic. 35%, 40% is a big number so that shows us that turtles are in danger. but happily, however this one died, it appears ocean litter was not to blame. when the team does not find a cause of death, how does it make everyone feel? if you do not find any plastic, which is good for us, then we feel happy the turtle didn‘t eat any plastic. but, if we do not know why it died, of course, it feels a bit weird because we are curious and we are thinking maybe the turtle might drown in the sea because of fishing net,

a stray fisherman‘s net? or maybe there was an infection but we did not see it. of course, we want to know. with a little smile because there is no plastic. yeah, sure. but let‘s not forget why we are here — the turtles under iztuzu beach. the beach itself actually closes at 8pm to the public, but we have been given special permission by the authorities to join the team here tonight to uncover some nests. we have to keep some precautions in mind. no bright lights — only these red ones which are invisible to turtles‘ eyes, and we have to be a little bit quiet, so let‘s continue and zip it. this is a real privilege. vulnerable nests have cages put around them to protect them from foxes. it doesn‘t take long for the volunteers to find one that‘s recently hatched. 0ne empty turtle egg, that one probably hatched and left.

uh-huh. eggshells are counted and there is a thorough search for any casualties. and then, just a few more yards along, one of the volunteers disturbs a fox sniffing around another cage. oh, and there‘s actually — you can see babies moving inside. oh, yeah, they are hatching! whoa! what a lot! there‘s a lot! wow! alright! there are so many. this wasn‘t... this was not part of the plan. no. because fox dig it, the babies havejust woken up. uh-huh. put me back inside, it is scary out here. be safe, little guys. watch out for big fish and plastic bags. i‘ll see you in a while, hopefully.

what an incredible wonder of nature to witness to end the programme. coming up next week: rajan heads into the arabian desert to explore a hidden city that‘s laying relatively untouched for thousands of years. if you enjoy the programme today, there is a longer version of it on there is a longer version of it on the bbc iplayer and if you are on social media, so are we. just search bbc travel show.

good morning welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and nina warhurst. 0ur headlines today: president trump prepares to make a major announcement amid reports that the leader of isis has been killed by us special forces. vigils are held in vietnam by families who fear their loved ones are among the 39 people found dead in a lorry in essex. wales prepare to face south africa in the rugby world cup semi—final, hoping to create an all british final. manchester city are still hot on the heels of liverpool in the premier league, the gap is down to three points