unexpectedly announced it was sharply increasing the price of petrol and rationing supplies. iran's interior minister says security forces will act to restore calm if protesters damage public property. french police have fired tear gas and made over 100 arrests in paris, as yellow vest protesters mark the first anniversary of the movement's weekly demonstrations. thousands of protesters turned out to mark a year since the first major demonstration demanding an end to a rise in fuel tax. votes are being counted in sri lanka's presidential election which is reported to have had a high turnout. final results are expected on sunday. security and the economy dominated the campaign, just seven months after 250 people died in a series of bomb attacks. we all know sir rod stewart for his husky voice and big hits,

but did you know he also has a big passion for little trains? sir rod has spent the last 23 years building an epic model railway, which he unveiled for the first time this week. he's been speaking to the bbc‘s david farrell. action. action! sir rod stewart, it is a pleasure to chat to you. we're gonna talk about one of your passions, celtic and football, but if we talk about that now, we're gonna use use up the full ten minutes, i believe, but one of your other passions has come to light this week — the model railway. 23 years in the making. where did this start? i built a house in beverly hills at the turn of the century, in the early ‘90s, and i dedicated — i knew i was going to build this model railway. so at the top of the house, i built a special, huge room, like a big attic. i have always been into trains, always, since i was a kid. does it help you switch off? it really does. it'is the finest hobby, it's 3—dimensional, it'is wonderful, you get to be a carpenter

and everything. now, that's not the only tracks you are making — your new album is coming out in the next week. you have teamed up with the royal philharmonic orchestra for this. yeah, it's — i'm not the first one to do it. you'll remember elvis has done it, i think fleetwood mac have done it. it is all the classic standards that have made me, you know, famous over the years. and itjust brings out a new light. # you stole my soul but i love you anyway. you spoke out about your cancer diagnosis. yeah. what was it that made you want to talk about that after you had got the all—clear? um, simply to help people. i was doing a show with ronnie wood for prostate cancer, and i said to ronnie "this might be a good place to tell everybody, now that i have sort of got the all—clear". he said "yeah, go ahead and do it" and, you know, "i'll be right by your side." so i told everybody and everybody was aghast, you know, that i have been with it for 2.5 years and i had worked

through all of that time — which was very helpful. did you, at that point, think "do you know what? i'm going to have to slow down and take it easy?" no, not at all! not at all. it's — i love what i do. i know it's gonna end one day, but i'm gonna make the most of it while i can. your other passions, of course — music, model railways and football. well, you'd better put my kids and my family in there or else, i will get into trouble! what comes first? football... 7 no, the kids come first. yeah, absolutely, they really do. my two young — all my boys are celtic supporters, and i havejust started a junior celtic team under tens, for my little boy. they all come out in their hoops and their hoops tracksuits and it gives me so much pleasure! just before you go, we have got something for you, because i hear you like to wake up the kids back home in a different manner. you use bagpipes, i believe? oh, man! that is great! so we've got you your own set of bagpipes, so that you can wake

the kids up — because you play them on cds, is that right? ido! when they are late for school in the morning, i put a cd on and turn it up! i do not know if you have played the bagpipes before but... no! i can make the noise! do you want to just have a try? show me how to put ‘em on. right. so you need to put it underyourarm. there we go. that's it. blow into it. we were on a budget when we were buying it, sir rod. bagpipes squeak. so we felt... and then this — that here, so if you put that, so into your mouth with the... just talk amongst yourselves, will you? we don't need to worry about that bit. put this over here. right, 0k. put it round here, like that? you could wear it as sort of a scarf almost. thanks, man! that's great! nice to meet you. thank you. oh, i can't wait to wake the boys up with this! that's fabulous. thank you. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show.

hello, and welcome to this look back at some of our recent adventures here on the travel show. it's been a busy few months, so here's a taste of what's coming up. it's so hot! i'm melting. totally worth it. look at this atmosphere! 0h, here we go again. oh, wow! this is beautiful. yes. there is all that and more to come, so, let's kick off with carmen's recent trip to osaka injapan.

she went to get a bird's—eye view of the ancient burial mounds constructed thousands of years ago, but now located in a very modern city. carmen: we start this week in osaka, a modern city, totally rebuilt after the devastation of the second world war. but among these street crossings and skyscrapers, you can still find artefacts from its past. you might not be able to spot them from the ground. oh, i made it to the top. it's a little bit of a view, it's not bad. a lot of trees here. not really that much to see. but to get the best view of these historical wonders, you really have to take to the sky. oh, my gosh. we are taking off. so exciting.

dotted across the city there are nearly 50 grassy hills, some of them built in a distinctive keyhole—shape. the japanese call them kofun, burial mounds built over 1,500 years ago. these man—made structures hold the remains of some of ancient 0sa ka's most powerful figures. and this summer, these memorials will were recognised as the city's first unesco world heritage site.

yoshizawa—san has been studying the tombs for decades and was involved in the successful unesco bid. the size and shape of the burial mounds depends on the person's status. the sites were decorated with haniwa, clay figurines that were used in the funeral ceremony. carmen exploring japan's past. now, rembrandt has to be one of the most famous painters in the world, and this year marks the 350th

anniversary of his death. a while back, adi added back to amsterdam — where rembrandt worked and lived for most of his life — to discover a project that is restoring one of his most famous paintings. adi: in1631, he made this city his home. and it's here that he painted his most famous masterpieces. and you can see many of them on display at the rijksmuseum. but what i've come here to see is very special. and involves a painting that rembrandt is best known for, one of the most famous works of art in the world, the night watch. the painting is almost four centuries old, and over the years there have been

various restoration attempts. but now the museum is undertaking the most sophisticated one ever. using high—tech methods to carry out a forensic examination of how rembrandt actually painted the picture before restoration can begin. and it's all being carried out in one of their galleries in full view of the public and live streamed online. the machine you see there is an x—ray fluorescence scanner. and this way we get an idea of the elements present in this painting. but this is a painting which is for us to admire. why is it so important for you to know about the elements? we need to figure out — we want to know how rembrandt painted it, what his ideas were when he was painting it, how did he make this nice composition. was it all ok on the canvas or did he change his mind and change more things, or did he change the composition? those things we would like to know. so, you're getting a real idea

of what it was like to be a painter in rembrandt‘s time? yeah, we're basically on rembrandt‘s shoulder and watching him while he's painting his paintings. so, we're going to photograph the painting in daylight, but we're not going to do it like one snapshot, but we're going to do a lot of photos next to each other. i think, from the top of my head, it's 11,000 photos. wow. so then we get a really high resolution. it's like you're looking through a microscope. 0ne pixel in that photo is like a blood cell, or basically it's smaller than a human hair. all of this scrutiny and all of this work for one artist — what do you think rembrandt would make of it if he was around today? i would personally think that he would think we are crazy. yeah, yeah.

adi there in amsterdam. now it's time for a slice of living history. the fete des vignerons is a huge wine festival that's been taking place in switzerland since 1797. usually, it's once every 25 years, and this year lucy went along to take part. lucy: as well as being home to unesco—protected lavaux vineyards, vevey is known for its living tradition — the fete des vignerons. a three—week long celebration of wine that transforms the town. while switzerland might not spring to mind when you think of wine, they actually produce 100 million litres of wine per year, only exporting 2% of it. it's said that during the fete des vignerons visitors unsuspectingly work their way through — are you ready?

over half a million bottles of wine. and the festival itself began as a one—day feast hosted by an ancient brotherhood as a way to reward the best winemaker in the region. and it clearly takes the locals a while to recover as the festival only takes place once every 20—25 years. the fete des vignerons began in 1797 as a small parade through the streets of vevey. but because of unrest in the region over the next couple of decades, the next event wasn't organised for another 22 years. a cycle that has remained ever since. today the climax of the celebration is a daily show that takes place in a specially—booked stadium and features over 5,000 volunteers. and this year, the show‘s been created by the man behind cirque du soleil. i'm loving the vibe back here, themed costumes, props everywhere. so, with 5,000 people

in your show, do you think you got room for one more? do this with your hands, dance with your hands. laughter. does that mean i'm in? talk me through what i'm going to be doing? you are going to be a dancer, a starling dancer. the idea is that your upper body is completely separated from your lower body, and your arms feel like wings that you can fly with. you make that look really easy. so, i've got my moves, now it's time to get my costume. these are huge. how do i look? i like it. you're amazing. laughter. then, the three—hour extravaganza began.

the sun is blazing, it's so hot! i'm melting. totally worth it. look at this atmosphere! applause. the choreography wasn't so important in the end, everyone was freestyling. it looked really good. and what an honour to take part in something that only happens once every 20 years. i'm not going to be this limber in 20 years, i'll tell you that now! lucy and about 30,000 other people at the stadium in switzerland back in august. well, stay with us. coming up... every year, groups of very lucky people get to go aboard and actually row, just like ancient athenians did. we get a break every so often "caution: a high degree

of physical fitness is required past this point." they weren'tjoking! well, we're always up for a challenge here on the travel show, but mike raised the bar recently when he went to malaysia and tackled a climb that was a real test of endurance. but the reward was spectacular views. i'm in gunung mulu national park in malaysia's biggest state, sarawak. it's home to some of the world's largest caves, formed from limestone and shaped by millions of years of ground and rainwater. this process also created a bizarre collection of stone spires above the ground. at almost 50 metres tall, the pinnacles are an imposing spectacle.

but to get there, sightseers face a long, brutal trek through the rainforest. reads: "caution. "a high degree of physical fitness is required past this point. eight hours‘ round trip." intense! yeah. lead the way! let's go! puffs. you weren'tjoking! how is it? steep! chuckles. we've onlyjust started and i'm already pretty exhausted. it's another kilometre before i reach the most treacherous stage. this is the first ladder, mike.

0k. right, larry. helmets on, right? all right. and who's first? afteryou, mike. after me. 0k, one down, 17 more to go. the beautiful limestone cliffs are sharp, but at least there's lots of places to grab onto. looks like it is raining down there. you think it's going to rain? yeah, it will be heavy rains. breathes heavily. 500 metres to go. 100 metres to go. hope we get there before rain. what ladder‘s this? last ladder. the last ladder?

breathes heavily. this looks like the summit. is it? yeah, the summit is here. we are here, guys. oh, wow! yeah! and there's so many of them. 0oh! this is beautiful! yep! just daggersjutting out of the forest canopy. thanks. yeah. yeah, it really is spectacular, right? yep.

mike taking on the pinnacles there in malaysia. now, rwanda might be one of africa's smallest nations, but it's becoming increasingly well known for its wildlife, especially its gorillas. recently, lucy headed there, hoping to meet some of these magnificent creatures. the walk is pretty tough — i'm not going to lie. the higher we get, the higher the altitude. my breath is getting shorter. three hours and 4,000 metres above sea level, and i was beginning to fear i might not everfind a gorilla. breathes heavily. oh, my god.

i look scared, but they are so big! i grabbed francis like my life depended on it. we have really, really lucked out here. so you have got a mother cradling her baby. we've got blackbacks. and we've got the mother of all gorillas, the silverback there. he's just watching us. watching him. i can't believe we are this close. my mind is just 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, but growing the mountain gorilla population. in fact, there are now 1,000 mountain gorillas here in the wild, up from 200 just two decades ago, when they were on the brink of extension. this is primarily down to the decrease in poaching when gorillas were hunted for meat. but in an effort to protect the gorillas, poachers were trained to become mountain guides and porters here, further supporting tourism. so talk to me about the poaching here. thre is no problem, but there is no problem because we keep avoiding it not happen by involving them in the community. you cannot say it is done. so we keep on. but of course, more gorillas means they need more space. the government has now pledged to expand the forest by 23%, adding almost 4,000 hectares to its current 16,000.

you just hear little grunts just in the distance. at the minute, i think it is quite hard to tell if it is aggressive or playful grunts. wow. how did you feel when the gorilla came out of nowhere and jumped at you? scared! just being able to watch them eating, interacting and even communicating with us in their natural habitat is, hands down, one of the best experiences that i've ever had the pleasure of having while being on my travels. i highly recommend it. lucy there in rwanda in what must have been an incredible trip. and as for me, well, the powers that be at the travel show decided i had

a different kind of experience in store — a boat trip up the coast of greece. sounds dreamy and relaxing. but as i discovered, not so much. i have come a short distance outside of the athens city centre to what has become known as the athens riviera. there are plenty of cool cafes, ritzy new hotels and, of course, plenty of luxury yachts. moored close to the modern yachts, a different kind of ship is ready to go out to sea. the trireme 0lympias — the only life—size replica in the world of the athenian battleships which dominated the naval wars from the fifth century bc until early christian times. this amazing looking galley belongs to the greek navy and, every year, groups of lucky people get to go aboard and actually row, just like ancient athenians did. this year, i'm one of those lucky people, so i'd better get ready. i think it is going

to be quite hard work. well, my fellow rowers are starting to arrive now, so i've picked a plum spot right in the middle of the action. 0oh! 0ar. ready for ramming speed. coxswain speaks in greek. reaching speeds of about nine knots, or 17km/h, this boat was considered pretty quick in its time. coxswain speaks in greek. and its manoeuvrability won athens some decisive victories at sea. the bronze ram served as the main weapon to puncture the holes

of enemy ships and to sink them. —— the bronze ram served as the main weapon to puncture the hulls coxswain speaks in greek. we get a break every so often. 0h, here we go again! coxswain speaks in greek. looking around, it is almost impossible to imagine what this must have been like for the people who originally rowed these kinds of boats. i mean, to be in battle, three layers of different people all sweating and trying to ram another boat in the open sea, i mean, it is unimaginable, given how pleasant and lovely this is today.

fortunately, this trireme is now being used for less ferocious purposes. for now, the 0lympias is going back to the port for some pampering. it will spend the winter there before being spruced up for a new set of visitors in 2020. well, that's all we have time for on this week's programme, but don't forget to sign up to our social media feeds. you can see what we're up to and share your travel stories with us and the rest of the world. for now from me, christa larwood, and the rest of the travel show team, it's goodbye.

hello there. you might remember in the last week venice was hit with severe flooding and we could see very similar conditions building up later on today. the high watermark coming in at 1.6 metres are not as high as it was on tuesday but still the highest of of the last 90— odd years, and widespread flooding will result. looking at the weather conditions here, at the moment we have patches of frost forming where we have the clearest guys in scotland, a few patches as well across southern england. where we keep a thicker crowd and we have a fairly persistent and damp weather across north—east england at the moment, and through the rest of sunday it will be sung across north—east england, the north midlands and well is also the thickest cloud, patches of rain coming and going, writers quys of rain coming and going, writers guysin of rain coming and going, writers guys in the south although a few show is coming into kent and maybe the thames vestry and also clipping the thames vestry and also clipping the far south—west of england and the far south—west of england and the rest of the day, sunshine for northern ireland and for scotland

there will be some showers over northern scotland and it will feel chilly here with temperatures just six or seven degrees.

hello and welcome to bbc news. prince andrew has told the bbc he categorically denies having sex with virginia roberts. she insists she was forced to have sex with him when she was 17 years old. in an interview with bbc‘s newsnight, the prince answered questions for the first time about his links with the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. in the state rooms at buckingham palace, a senior member of the british royalfamily, prince andrew, second son of the queen,

is preparing to be interrogated