welcome to bbc news. i am james reynolds. our top stories: prince andrew breaks his silence on thejeffrey epstein scandal in an exclusive bbc interview. he was question of staying at the home at the convicted sex offender. buckingham palace denies all allegations of inappropriate behaviour. evo morales, the deposed president of bolivia, says he might stand again if there is a re—run of last month's divisive election. the former american ambassador to ukraine tells the impeachment enquiry president from was not manipulated by —— was manipulated by corrupt foreign interests. and five alleged spies let go.

three countries join a cold war style spy swap. prince andrew has answered questions for the first time about his relationship with financierjeffrey epstein. the prince has been accused of having links to the billionaire who killed himself in prison while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. in an exclusive interview with bbc news, prince andrew was asked asked about his relationship with one of the women, virginia roberts. she says she was forced to have sex with the duke three times. buckingham palace has denied all the allegations against him. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. he is continuing with royal duties. last sunday, he was at the cenotaph, laying a wreath with his nephews. and yet, for month after month, he's been the focus of troubling questions. prince andrew, the queen's second

son, one moment seen waving from the doorway of the new york home of a convicted child sex offender, jeffrey epstein, and photographed strolling through central park with him. the headlines have been lurid, relentless and deeply damaging. most serious of all is the allegation that andrew himself had sex with a girl called virginia roberts when she was 17 years old. 18 years on, virginia roberts—giuffre, as she is now, insists she's telling the truth. he knows exactly what he's done and i hope he comes clean about it. thank you. buckingham palace has consistently denied any impropriety by prince andrew. now, he's decided to speak for himself to bbc newsnight‘s emily maitlis. one of epstein‘s accusers, virginia roberts, has made allegations against you. she says she met you in 2001. she says she dined with you, danced with you at tramp nightclub in london.

she went on to have sex with you in a house in belgravia belonging to ghislaine maxwell, your friend. your response? i have no recollection of ever meeting this lady. none whatsoever. you don't remember meeting her? no. it was in 2001, according to virginia roberts, that she had sex with andrew on three occasions, including one orgy. the palace has denied that. in 2008, epstein was convicted of procuring for prostitution a girl under the age of 18. he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. it was in 2010, after epstein had been released from prison, that andrew visited him in new york and stayed at his mansion. how does he explain that? the problem was the fact that once he had been convicted... you stayed with him. i stayed with him. and that's the bit that — that, as it were, i kick myself

for on a daily basis, because it was not something that was becoming of a member of the royal family, and we try and uphold the highest standards and practices, and i let the side down. simple as that. but nothing about this story is simple. jeffrey epstein can't answer questions — he took his own life in august. as for andrew, the us authorities will undoubtedly very much like to hear his account of everything he witnessed. you can find out exactly what the duke of york had to say about his friendship with the late jeffrey epstein by watching prince andrew and the epstein scandal, the newsnight interview, it's on this this weekend on bbc world news. in the uk, you can catch it at 9pm on saturday on bbc 2. the deposed president of bolivia has said he will stand for office again

in any rerun of last month's election if his socialist party wa nts election if his socialist party wants him to. he also told the bbc that elections could go ahead without him. will grant reports. for almost a week now, tear gas, strikes and chaos have been the norm in la pas. supporters of evo morales clash with the police on a daily basis over the way their leader has power. and now they're angry too after the new government severed ties with long—standing socialist ally, venezuela. the interim government, led byjeanine anez, is reversing evo morales‘s policies at every turn. and they blame his attempt to stay in office for the violence on the streets. translation: the bolivian people have reclaimed the right to elect their authorities. that is what's behind all this chaos. evo led us to an election on the 20th of october, and what took place was a blatant fraud. after the military

asked him to stand down, morales was whisked to mexico and granted asylum. the bbc spoke to him there and he was characteristically defiant over disputed vote. translation: we won in the first round. the problem is the right doesn't recognise the victory. we won. and i have never asked state institutions to help me. back in bolivia's unrest, the government hopes to hold another election in 90 days. there's no clear timetable, but the person sitting in morales‘s recently vacated chair says he won't be allowed to take part. translation: he should face justice because evo morales left in the most cowardly way, he knows he must answer to the country's justice system and is breaking all the protocols of asylum by openly engaging in politics, which isn't permitted when one is granted asylum. this stand—off in bolivia isn't going to be fixed easily.

as well as ties with venezuela, the new government has also cut a medical programme with cuba trying to consign the socialist agenda of evo morales to the past. but his supporters still refuse to back down. let's get some other day's other news. anti—government protesters in chile are back on the street a day after the government agreed to hold a referendum on replacing the country's constitution. the current one dates back to the era of military leader augusto pinochet. protest leaders on any new constitution to declare that health and education are responsibilities of the state. the referendum will take place in april next year. in sri lanka, voting is under way to elect the country's next president. security and development have been key issues of the campaign with the election coming just seven months after a terrorist attack that killed more than 250 people. the final result is expected

to be announced by monday. the former us ambassador to ukraine who was fired by donald trump has told an impeachment hearing in washington that she felt threatened and intimidated by the president. marie yovanovitch told the congressional committee that donald trump's personal lawyer had worked to discredit her and she says his government had been manipulated by corrupt foreign interests. jon sopel reports from washington. this was devastating and powerful testimony in what turned out to be a day of edge—of—your seat drama. the us ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, thrust into the centre of a poisonous brew. she fell foul of a diplomatic back channel set up by donald trump's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, and was fired without warning. the smears against her were all untrue, but in thejuly 25 call between donald trump and his ukrainian counterpart, astonishingly, the us president attacked her.

so, what did she think when she learned of this a couple of months back? i was...shocked and devastated that i would feature in a phone call between two heads of state in such a manner, where president trump said that i was "bad news" to another world leader and that i would be "going through some things." so i was... it was a terrible moment. then, while she was giving evidence, and unbeknown to her, the president went on the attack again, tweeting that "things went bad" wherever she served. she was made aware of this by the chairman of the committee. well, it's very intimidating. it's designed to intimidate, is it not? i mean, i can't speak to what the president is trying to do, but i think the effect is to be intimidating. well, i want to let you know,

ambassador, that some of us here take witness intimidation very, very seriously. republicans too were uneasy, but donald trump denied that he'd done anything wrong. sir, do you believe your tweets or words can be intimidating? i don't think so at all. go ahead. impeachment is the mechanism by which a sitting president could be removed from office for "high crimes and misdemeanors." the first stage is a vote in the house of representatives, which has to be carried by a simple majority. if that's passed, then the articles of impeachment go to the upper chamber. and here, the president is put on trial, with the 100 senators acting as the jury. for donald trump to be removed from office, two—thirds of senators would have to find him guilty — a threshold that's never been reached before. this has been an uncomfortable day for donald trump. tweeting against marie yovanovitch while she was giving evidence wasn't a smart move, raising questions about whether he was trying to intimidate a witness.

but there's no sign that republicans are peeling away from him. and unless they do, the impeachment process goes nowhere and he certainly won't be removed from office. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. it has been described as one of the worst incident of its kind seen on american foot oilfield. it happened during an nfl game. brown's player myles garrett is now facing a lengthy ban for an attack on steelers quarterback rudolph eight seconds left in the game. he wrestled it off to the ground after he released the ball and then he rip off his helmet and swung it at his opponenfs off his helmet and swung it at his opponent's head. after the game, garrett explained his actions.|j lost my cool and i regretted. i was going to come back to head our team.

the guys were jumping... going to come back to head our team. the guys werejumping... the going to come back to head our team. the guys were jumping... the little scrum. i appreciate that my team had my back. it is on me. patricia is a senior editor. shejoins me from users you. patricia, it has always been a tough game. but this could have got him arrested! what is the fallout? well, you are right. there has been a lot of outrage. it is something that if you want to see it happen on the street, it will automatically be a crime. to see that happen in an nfl game, especially when there is such an emphasis on player safety, very disappointing, and as a result, both the browns and the steelers have been fined $250,000. myles garrett has been suspended. for the rest of the season. he is going to appeal that by the way. there were also some other centres handed down. the steelers centre was suspended for

three games and garrett's team—mate barry was suspended for one game. a lot of fallout and i really black mark on the nfl in last night was my game. years ago, the nfl... would you say that almighty to take pride in their rough reputation, but player safety has now become increasingly a priority with concussions. where does this fit into discussion on player safety, this incident? well, you never want to see someone taking a helmet and using it as a weapon and that is one of the rules in the game that they kind of outlaw that. you used to see players sparing other guys with their head... that used to happen? guys going after each other with their heads? yes, their tackling technique wasn't the best. you would see guys technique wasn't the best. you would see guys pleading with their head instead of their shoulder. then as concussions came to the forefront, the nfl took a step back and said,

hey, we have to put an emphasis on player safety, especially with concussions, because you only have one brain and if something happened to that, you are basically gone. today's nfl players are affected to be role models in american society? i think people want them to be, but should they be expected? no, i don't think they should. they are people, just like you and me and everybody else who follows the game, and they are not perfect. a lot of them are good layers, good people. you do have some guys that may be pushed the envelope a little bit so to speak, and who try to get the competitive advantage the wrong way, but, yes, it is a matter of preference, but in my opinion, i think it is asking too much to expect these guys to be role models. you do want to see good sportsmanship in the game, notjust in football, but any sport. thank you so much for talking to us. thank

you. stay with us. still to come. a blank space. taylor swift says she has been banned from performing her own hits by her old music label. benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's general election and she's asked pakistan's president to name her as prime minister. jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after turning himself in to police in santa barbara. it was the biggest demonstration so far of the first growing european anti—nuclear movement. the south african government has announced that its opening the country's remaining whites—only beaches to people of all races. this will lead to a black majority government in this country and the destruction

of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle, one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much of the day. 150 firemen have been battling the blaze which has caused millions of pounds worth of damage. this is bbc news. in the exclusive interview with the bbc, prince andrew has said he felt he let the royal family down by continuing to associate with convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. buckingham palace denies all allegations of inappropriate behaviour. the deposed president of bolivia even morales has said he will stand for office again in any rerun of last month's collection, if his socialist party wa nt collection, if his socialist party want them to. authorities in bosnia

have imposed a 24—hour curfew on migrants ina have imposed a 24—hour curfew on migrants in a town less than ten kilometres from the border with croatia. but is in response to protest by the residents of bihac who said they do not feel safe in their own town. the camps of bihac, home to several thousand refugees from asia, the middle east, and north africa. but local residents say they want the migrants to leave. and the eight groups helping them. among them, the international organisation for migration, the iom. translation: we cannot sleep calmly at night. during the day, they run through our guards! are we safe? after a ll through our guards! are we safe? after all these years we have been living here? on friday, hundreds of local residents took to the streets. translation: we want to simply and calmly demonstrate our dissatisfaction with the way the iom and other organisations treat us. it

is an arrogant attitude towards the municipality, city and council. officials have been forced to act, they have imposed a 24—hour curfew on the migrants. on the other side of bihac, a different camp, held on a former landfill site, lacking running water and electricity. bihac is less than ten kilometres from the border with croatia, gateway the european union. officials say their hand as been forced and that they have been left to look after someone else's problem. translation: we will not spend any more on the camp. all those saying the conditions are bad, we agree. they can come and help us look for a solution. it is easy sitting in brussels in some humanitarian organisation in new york, in the un, and talk about how the conditions are poor. for those in the camps, it is a bitter irony. so they must have to think about the

situation in 1992, when there was war here, and then the people were refugees here as well in the other countries so they must have to think the situation. they have to memorise that time when they come on people was refusing. as the politicians argue, the locals and the migrants are caught in the middle. the locals unhappy with their neighbours they say are forced to cavort were forced upon them, and the migrants not wanting to stay and, for now, unable to leave. richard preston, bbc news. taylor swift's former record label has rebuffed her claims it is blocking her from has rebuffed her claims it is blocking herfrom performing her own hits at the forthcoming american music awards, or the amas. she said scooter braun and scott bush i would not let her perform songs from her past albums which they own the rights to. in an online message to herfans, she rights to. in an online message to her fans, she said:

in response, herformer management big machine level group denied this was the case, and in the statement said: to help us understand more, we can now speak to music manager steve satterthwa ite now speak to music manager steve satterthwaite who is a partner at redbud management has worked with superstar artist such as lionel richie. hejoins us from la. i almost feel like saying help! we got taylor swift saying one thing, we have the record label saying another and you are our guest, help us, please. the big thing to remember is this is not a new thing within the music business, there has always been kind of spats between, you know, bans splitting up, writing

splits being disagreed between writers, and then record companies versus artists, you know, it is an age—old thing for decades and decades. the one thing that is peculiar about this is it is being aired on mine in public. and we all kind of disagreements there is a lwa ys kind of disagreements there is always two sides to the story. i think it is very unfortunate but one thing to remember with this situation is the three people involved are very powerful people in the business and there is a huge amount of water under the bridge. it is not something that has just reared its head. just now. it is something that has been going on in the background with a number of things over a good amount of months, for sure. i remember of course those days when prince said he was a slave, as you said, these fights have been going on for years. does this particular dispute to the ear of streaming? it is interesting because i think it is more of a kind of art versus commerce kind of

decision because whichever side of the coin you fall on here, whether you are very artist— centric and you believe that artist should always have the power to do whatever they wish with their music and the arts, or whether you think you sign a contract and you should be bound by the rules of that, you know, it is just business, you know, i think thatis just business, you know, i think that is really the discussion here. it could be argued that having an artist not able to play her hits on an awards ceremony is distasteful but i think it is probably a bigger discussion going on. i am an artist manager and i will always fall back toa manager and i will always fall back to a position of protecting an artist but there are some remote elements to this. sure. it is a bit more complex. i just elements to this. sure. it is a bit more complex. ijust went online and a few minutes ago taylor swift had

85.1 million followers on twitter and it may have gone up recently, she has asked them to get involved, to start messaging the record label executives. is that army potentially of 85 million people going to influence what happens? well, potentially, nobody wants to be vilified in the online system and i think it is where we are as a society right now where you look at politics being played out on twitter and everything like this. it is inevitable that these disagreements, especially when they are so prevalent and you have that amount of people power, you know, it all the people's resources to try and resolve disagreements and i think the one thing when you are airing disagreements in public, it does make it a little harder to find compromise and from industry perspective i think that there has to bea perspective i think that there has to be a compromise here. that fits both. because i don't think anyone involved is a bad person and et cetera, i do think there is a huge disagreement, you know, that the business... thank you very much i'm

sorry to interrupt, steve, thank you for helping us out with that, from los angeles. you're welcome. russia, norway and lithuania have taken part ina norway and lithuania have taken part in a carefully co—ordinated operation that saw the exchange of five convicted spies. this took place in the russian enclave of kaliningrad and took weeks to organise. tim orman has the story. but allman. he was convicted and sentenced to 1a yea rs he was convicted and sentenced to 1a years in prison. now however, he is free and heading home. translation: he is in lithuania along with representatives of the norwegian authorities and his lawyer. he will come home to norway as soon as it is practically possible. i had a quick conversation by phone with him and said welcome home to norway. also looking forward to a warm welcome

home, nikolai philipjanko and surrogate mother ginkgo, two russian men who were arrested and convicted of spying in lithuania not long after two lithuanian men were convicted of spying in russia. so, five spies, three countries, one obvious solution, a classic cold war style spy swap. the exchange taking place in a border post in the russian enclave of kaliningrad. translation: the state must defend its citizens and use all available tools for that. citizens must know that the state would not abandon them. this is one of the foundations of trust in 1's own country. this man will soon be home with his family, his ordeal at an end, an agent of a foreign power or an innocent man wrongly convicted? this whole event a reminder that spy craft and espionage live on. tim

allman, bbc news. and please do stay with bbc news. there's some more rain in the forecast this weekend, but hopefully not as much as we have seen in recent days or throughout the autumn so far. it's looking like some places may well break records. sheffield this autumn is very close to the previous record. in nottingham, provisional figures suggest that we may just have exceeded the previous autumn record. there is a bit more of autumn to come, of course. and through this weekend, some more showery rain in the forecast but also some drier and brighter interludes. it's quite a complex weather pattern, low pressure across continental europe. this frontal system in the west, the two making something of a pincer movement, bringing areas of cloud

and showery rain in our direction. in between, well, a slice of clear skies, under which it's a cold start for northern ireland and scotland, some frost in places and fog patches as well across northern scotland, some of which could be quite slow to clear. we start off with some brighter skies in the north—west of the uk. it's likely to cloud over as the day wears on. through southern and eastern scotland into northern england and parts of the midlands, we will see splashes of rain at times, the odd shower dangling down into pembrokeshire and cornwall. in the south—east of england, showers, but a decent chance of seeing brighter weather through the day. another chilly day but not as windy as it has been. as you can see through saturday night, we continue to see these areas of cloud and showery rain floating around the map, into sunday, it is likely we will see some showery rain at times through northern england and down into parts of the midland and wales.

some of that rain could be on the heavy side, still some showers dangling into pembrokeshire and cornwall. brightening up for northern ireland and scotland through the day. still single digit temperatures for most of us. as we move out of sunday and into monday, here comes a little bump in the isobars, a little ridge of high pressure, and that should settle things down for the start of the new working week. monday is going to be a day when we do get to dry out, yes, this brisk northerly wind will bring some showers into north sea coastal counties, but for the majority, it is dry, there is some sunshine, it is still going to feel quite chilly. as we head deep into the week it does turn more unsettled. rain, which will be heaviest in the west. it will often be windy, but it will start to turn a bit milder.

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our top stories: prince andrew has answered questions about his links tojeffrey epstein. he said he let the side down by staying at epstein's home in new york. the financiers was found dead in his prison cell earlier this year. president trump has been accused of intimidating a witness. president trump has launched an attack on woman testifying at the impeachment hearing. it is alleged he sought improper assistance from the ukraine in attempts to discredit his political rival, joe biden. the president of bolivia says he will stand for office again in any rerun of last month was my collection if his socialist party wants him to.