president trump says the us killed iran's top military commander, qassem soleimani, to stop a war, not to start one. in a televised address, mr trump said the us had killed the number one terrorist in the world. he said soleimani had been plotting imminent attacks. the iranian government said it would retaliate against what it called an act of international terrorism by the united states at a time and place of its choosing. many world leaders have said the killing of general soleimani could lead to serious consequences for regional and global security. the new south wales fire commissioner has warned saturday will be a long and difficult day for everybody, as bushfires continue to burn out of control. there's been a similar warning from the fire chief in victoria, as australia faces possibly its worst day yet in a summer of wildfires. three energy companies have agreed to pay more than £10 million after a major electricity

blackout last summer. a lightning strike last august caused two large generators to go down. more than one million customers were left without power, and there was severe travel disruption. business correspondent emma simpson reports. remember this? the biggest blackout in a decade. this is bbc 5 live. the major power cuts that affected hundreds of thousands of homes, businesses, hospitals and transport networks today... michael wilson was one of thousands caught up in the chaos on the railways. michael wilson eventually made it home to london from newcastle at 1am with his daughter, an experience he told me he never wants to repeat. when you've been on the train for that long, there were babies crying, people are getting quite upse. there was one point where there was a member of staff who quite

clearly was in tears over the tannoy because people were getting quite agitated. so who's to blame? to power stations hundreds of miles apart. they are supposed to cope with lightning strikes but didn't last august. ofgem says there was an equipment failure, two events which triggered the wider shutdown. both agreed to pay £45 million forfailing to remain connected to the grid. a third company who run the powerlines in the east and south—east of england is also paying £1.5 million for reconnecting customers to early, a technical breach of the rules. national grid keeps the lights on in the uk, balancing our electricity supply and demand. ofgem says it wasn't responsible for what happened, but it's not completely off the hook. what we're saying today is we want to look closely at how that part of national grid is governed and run to

make sure it stays fit for purpose as our energy system changes. ultimately there could be stripped of their role? we are just starting oui’ of their role? we are just starting our work, i don't want to pre—empt any conclusions, but all options are on the table. the government said today it will implement an action plan to help prevent future power disruptions. emma simpson, bbc news. now on bbc news, the travel show. on paul carter, i'm a journalist and i've come here to tokyo to experience its culture, its sites, its smells. like a lego cityscape, its smells. like a lego cityscape, it doesn't feel real. it's much bigger than i was expecting. id say a lot more... for wa nt of expecting. id say a lot more... for want of a better word, gold! i've come as any other western tourist could come and do, but i've also come here as a disabled person to experience all those things through the highs of someone who might have some difficulties getting

over some of those problems, getting around. i think ithink i'm i think i'm done for the day already andi i think i'm done for the day already and i haven't even got anywhere yet! tokyois tokyo is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. and it will play host to the olympics and paralympics. japan expects a record a0 million visitors in 2020, including many disabled travellers, so i want to find out how prepared its capital is welcome and influx of foreign visitors, especially people like me. i was born without any lower arms or legs. as you can probably see, i use short prosthetics to get around.

so i'm just off to dry and fine something to eat. obviously it does pose some challenges, especially with my height. obviously it does pose some challenges, particularly with my height, and in terms of fatigue i can't walk very long distances. there is quite a big bar culture here in tokyo so it means that anywhere with high stools like this is actually out of bounds to me, as it would be to wheelchair users for example. i do have to be a little bit more picky. sometimes people see me and have a perception of who i am, and what i might be able to do and what my limitations are. and i don't always think that their perceptions necessarily meet my reality. can i have this one? 0h! 0k. is that 0k? success. we have a table. arigato. cutlery—wise, there is a selection of chopsticks, which for obvious reasons aren't much use

to me, and some spoons. no forks, so i planned ahead and i have the japanese word forfork on my phone... so when my food comes i will see if they have any. otherwise it will be a job of improvising. ah, thank you, arigato. success! i have a fork. looks good! there are around 6 million people with disabilities in japan, and my goal over the next few days is to see what it is like for us to visit this city. we're off to the skytree.

not really sure what to expect, looking forward to the view. it's a reasonably clear day so hopefully we'll be able to see something at least. i guess we'll find out when we get to the top. it is already looking busy inside. there are quite a few escalators to get up but that's not too bad. i'm quite lucky that i can use escalators all right, there are lifts here as well. the skytree is the world's tallest tower, and one of the country's most popular attractions. this is the mostjapanese thing i've seen since i've been here. hello kitty over here, people dressed up in all kinds of slightly weird outfits. hi, thank you very much. thank you. which way... this way. thank you. built in 2012, this modern icon stands at a whopping 63a metres high. announcer: the tokyo skytree

temple deck, floor 350. oh, my earsjust popped. i am told it can withstand earthquakes up to 7.0 magnitude as well as handle some 10,000 visitors a day. whoa! that's amazing! looks like a lego cityscape, it doesn't look real. i think when you get up here it is just a sense of not only scale, of how massive this place is, but how densely populated it is, how everything is so tightly packed together. i think usually on a clear day you are supposed to be able to see

mount fuji in the distance, but i think the weather gods haven't smiled on us today. man and woman speaking injapanese this is actually like heaven for me, i have this game at home. i have seen all these original sketches, i was not expecting to see something like this here. oh my god, there's merchandise as well. take me away, before i spend all my money. me and tall things don't usually go together, to be honest with you, but it's actually nice to feel like i'm looking down on something for once. you can't come to the skytree tower and not have your photo taken. oh my god! laughs i've just realised there is a glass floor. 0h... that makes me feel a little bit sick. 0h... laughs

i really don't like it! i love it! got my best side. sayonara! that was so cool. but you know, if you can cope with the crowds it is fairly easy to get around. could have done without the glass floor, to be honest with you, not the biggest fan of heights, didn't realise that was there, but no, absolutely cracking fun, really good place to come. but to be honest, i only had high expectations of tokyo, one of the most high—tech and futuristic capitals in the world. and uniquely, this city has been down this road before. newsreel: the world's biggest city, more than ten million population and still growing, tokyo prepares for the first olympic games to be held in the orient.

a massive facelifting is but one part of the feverish activity in the japanese capital. back in i96ajapan‘s capital became the first asian city to host the games, and the first city outside of europe to hold the paralympics. newsreel: speaks japanese. 378 paralympians representing 2! countries were greeted with an enthusiastic and heartfelt welcome to tokyo. helped by the star power of japan's then crown prince and princess, who were committed to raising awareness of disability in sport, the 196a paralympics were hugely popular. some 5,000 spectators turned up to cheer on the athletes over the five—day competition.

the 196a championships and subsequent paralympic games put disabled people in the spotlight. but what is it like for people living here from day—to—day? i'm in the lively harajuku area, to meet an award—winning disability vlogger who has been documenting her journeys around japan. ah, yuriko, hi! i'm paul, nice to meet you! hi, nice to meet you! how are you? hi, i'm good! this is pretty busy. yes, so crowded. what is this place? i could tell. so you've made videos and provide information for disabled people, how did you start doing that, and why?

200? wow! yuriko thinks the momentum of the paralympics here will change how japanese people interact with disabled people. what is it about the culture here around disability that makes things a bit difficult?

why do you think that is, that people are shy to help? is it a culture thing? part of the success of the paralympics will hinge on people's experience of tokyo. with that in mind, the city has spent billions preparing for the event, which includes updating the infrastructure with lifts and escalators. i'm trying to find the entrance to shibuya station, which i'm told should be just up ahead. i'm told that the metro system is about 90% accessible. but... is this the entrance? no way to get in with an elevator? no elevator? there's no signs to say where the accessible route is. so i'm just going to have to brave the stairs, because i don't know

where the elevator is. exit, toilets, information... with the power of translation apps, i can find a lift. downstairs? ok, thank you. so, there isn't an elevator on this floor. so it's stairs again. shibuya station underwent a huge makeover in 2013. now sprawling over three levels, it's a bit of a struggle to navigate, especially with so many steps. there are lifts and escalators here but it takes me more than 20 minutes to actually find them. ok, this looks more like it.

right, the first challenge is... the button which says international languages is too high for me to reach. could i buy a ticket? he's going to help me. at least, i think so. 0k. thank you! by the time i reached the platform on the lowest level, i was pretty tired. i have no idea if i'm actually in the right place but we'll soon find out.

and it seems i'm not the only one. even locals are confused by the signage. but eventually, i reach my destination. ifeel like i'm done for the day already and i haven't even got anywhere yet. we made it. to a side street. oh well, we sort of got there.

it's just over 500 days in the countdown to the paralympics. but post—games, japan wants to show the world a society that is inclusive for all. i was curious to find out how tokyo's historic monuments measure up for accessibility. sensoji is tokyo's oldest and most famous temple, originally built in the 7th century. hey, josh. hello. good to meet you. good to meet you too. so this is sensoji temple? it is, yeah. want to show me the sights? let's go.

canadian—born josh has lived here for a decade and runs a website offering advice to disabled visitors. i don't know where to look first. sights everywhere. yeah, there is. the building's not original. i was going to say, it doesn't look 1,a00 years old. i think one of the things that's most impressive about this place is that they've done it a lot to make it wheelchair accessible, but they have done it in a way that doesn't affect the feeling of the place. that is the lift, the elevator? yeah, it's well hidden, a lot of people didn't know where it was. they had to put a sign on it. as we enter the main pagoda, i begin to absorb some of the ancient traditions of japanese buddhist culture. so, what's happening over here? they‘ re making prayers. the first thing that strikes me about this is the scale of it. it's much bigger than i was expecting and it's a lot more, for want of a better word, gold. yes, it is! everyone here seems very deferential. there is quite a sense of reverence here. yeah, it is very important to people in japan. in the past 10 years, 11 years, since you have been here, have you seen things change? yeah, for sure.

for example, along with the infrastructure improvements, i think people's attitudes have begun to change a lot more. before, there would be barely anybody else out in a wheelchair. you did get strange looks and stuff like that. people are able to go out more often so they're going out more often, and because about people around them are getting more used to, you know, different colours of society. and with the olympics coming up soon, i think it's getting even better. tokyo 2020 will be the first games where sponsors are mandated to acquire rights for both the olympics and paralympics. advertisers have been asked to feature paralympic athletes just as prominently as olympians in their advertising campaigns. i meet one of the paralympics' organising committee, who has been taking part in the drive to raise awareness, including talks and demonstrations at hundreds of schools and businesses. and organisation of the paralympics has highlighted another important reason why it is vital that the games provide a long—lasting legacy.

and organisation of the paralympics has highlighted another important reason why it is vital that the games provide a long—lasting legacy. around 5% of the population of japan is registered disabled, and this figure is set to rise.

around 5% of the population of japan is registered disabled, and this figure is set to rise. yet i've not seen or noticed as many people with disabilities here as i have another major cities around the world. i'm off to an event when nondisabled people actually get to experience a bit of what life is like for people like us. so, tell me a little bit

about what's going on here? we have our para—sports awareness event, we have a lot of different para—sports. you can try out anything you want. it's hoped that events like this will not only educate the public on how to behave around people with disabilities, but actually change society. i have a physical impairment, but i'm not a special person. para—sports as a whole, they can change society. the pa ralympics has the power to change society. it has been changing little by little, and in the next three years, we are going to change our society very fast. it all looks very great. i can see the wheelchair basketball happening over there. would you like to try some? go on, then. let's give it a crack. this is the worst thing i've ever done in my life. take it easy on me. are you ready?

0k! i don't think so, but ok. thank you. that was genuinely terrifying. how was it? you're sweating a lot. that was really scary! look at it, it's quite refreshing to see so many people engaging with the events, with the trials. i was a little bit cynical about this, coming into it, people doing para—sports, sometimes it's a bit naff. actually, you know what? people were really engaging with it. and if that is what it takes

to expose people to this kind of sport and engage with people with disability i guess it's only a good thing. i think coming here and surviving for as long as i have in finding my way around has been an achievement for me. disability—wise i've found that maybe people were perhaps a little bit reticent to offer assistance, but perhaps it was a shyness in offering to want to help, i think is the issue. everyone connected with disability is really super—aware of the fact that they still can improve and want to get better, and they are really trying to get better, and with the paralympics coming here it has almost given them a catalyst to sort of make that change sooner, and greater than perhaps they would have done otherwise.

hello there. despite some early morning rain on friday in the south—east and gale—force gusts of winds in the northern isles, for many, it was a better day. more sunshine around than we've seen so far this year. and we can see this from the weather watch picture sent in from cambridgeshire. a beautiful afternoon with not a cloud in the sky. so let's take a look at friday's weather in a little more detailfirst. there was the early morning cloud that eased away. clear skies behind and just some

shower clouds from those strengthening winds into the far north. but with those clear skies continuing overnight, it means a chilly start to our saturday morning — low single figures in the south—east, a touch of light frost in sheltered rural parts as well. but saturday is shaping up to be a reasonable day. as high pressure builds from the south, across the top of the high, we have those weak weather fronts and always a bit more of a breeze with the isobars squeezing together here. but generally speaking, it is not looking like a bad weekend at all. so, sheltered eastern areas perhaps seeing the best of the brightness. some sunshine across eastern scotland and england. the cloud thick enough out to the west for a spot or two of drizzle. and into the far north—west with that weather front never too far away, maybe some more persistent showery rain and strengthening winds here. temperatures at around 8—10 degrees

— that is down from what we've seen of late but still not too bad, really, for this time of year. as we move out of saturday into sunday, the high—pressure starting to drift off into the near continent. again, these weather fronts creeping in across the top of the high and again, those isobars still a feature. so the winds will strengthen and start to swing around to more of a south—westerly direction on sunday. so again, always the risk of more cloud along west—facing coasts, thick enough for some drizzle, more persistent rain in the far north—west but again, sheltered south and eastern areas seeing some sunshine and temperatures at around 9—12 degrees as a high. but as we move out of sunday into the start of the new working week, we have to look high up into the atmosphere — yes, the jet stream. looks as though it's going to turn into quite a powerfuljet, and that is going to be responsible for driving areas of low pressure across the uk. so it does look as though we are set for an unsettled spell of weather at the start of our new working week. not one weather front to sweep through, only to be replaced by another. and it does look as though it's going to be wet and increasingly windy with plenty of isobars on the chart. so potentially on tuesday,

quite a stormy spell with gales likely, and some of that rain quite heavy. enjoy the weekend if you can.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and sally nugent. our headlines today: president trump defends the us airstrike that killed iran's top military commander, saying it was done to prevent further attacks on americans we took action last night to stop a war. we did not take action to start a war. thousands of extra troops are called up in australia to tackle the raging bush fires, as country's prime minister warns of difficult days ahead. two more labour mps, lisa nandy and jess phillips, join the race to be the party's next leader.

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