hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. donald trump is about to touch down in california where unprecendented wildfires are ravaging the west coast. he blames bad forest management — his rival to the presidency thinks otherwise. if you give a claimant arsonist for more years in the white house, why would anyone be surprised if we have more of america ablaze? a stunning discovery in the atmosphere of venus — scientists find evidence they say could indicate signs of life on the planet. the british parliament debates a controversial bill that would allow the government to break international law and override part of the brexit treaty.

in recent months, the eu has suggested that it is willing to go to extreme and unreasonable lengths. using the northern ireland protocol ina way using the northern ireland protocol in a way that goes way beyond common sense. and tiktok submits proposals to the us treasury department about a deal struck with oracle to keep it in business there. welcome to the programme. let's begin in california. donald trump is in california to be briefed on the west coast wildfires. california, oregon and washington are all affected. here's mr trump landing a short time ago. he's due to meet fire officials and some of california's political leaders. and everyone knows

the scale of the problem — these fires have already burnt through more land than any previous year on record. this is a time lapse of the bobcat fire near los angeles. i was hoping to show that to you but i can't at the moment. let me play you this — there you go, you get an idea of the speed at which this fire is spreading, even though this is a time lapse. but you still get the scale of it. cbs news reporter kara finnstrom is just by it. cal fire officials tell us that there has been more acreage burned during the last five months than any other entire year in the state. so today, as donald trump comes here to take a look at some of these devastated areas, there will be of course the top priority, the top focus on bringing in more federal relief, more aid, more resources, aircraft, boots on the ground. but at the same time, there'll be some discussion, as there has been quite a bit of debate about what is

fuelling these fires. mr trump has talked specifically about management of forest areas as being one of the problems, one of the things to blame. state leaders here are also very concerned about climate change — they say that the erratic wildfire behaviour we've been seeing is due more to the changing climate conditions. so we do expect to hear quite a bit more about that today. but i can tell you that these wildfires are so massive in size, that many of them are not expected to be contained for another month or two. the new york times puts it this way... "in visiting a charred california, trump confronts a scientific reality he denies". the article goes on... that is true. and trump sees different causes for these fires. at a rally in pennsylvania last month, he blamed california's failure to clean the forests. here's some of the speech.

they have massive fires again in california. maybe we're just going to have to make them pay for it, because they don't listen to us. we say, "you gotta get rid of the leaves, you gotta get rid of the debris, you gotta get rid of the fallen trees." we've heard this before from mr trump. in 2018, he tweeted... the democrats are having none of that — then or now. in the last few days, we had this from oregon's senatorjeff merkley. .. several state leaders echoed those sentiments over the weekend. it's worth us being clear on what the phrase forest management means. essentially, this is controlled burning during cooler months to reduce fuel for any fires that start.

done effectively — it can slow the spread of the fires. that may sound straightforward but, as the new york magazine points in this feature, it isn't. it argues that to do this effectively would be "so large it would dwarf anything humans have ever seen before." and goes on... and to do that would inevitable endanger people and property. so there is a balance to be struck here. let's hear from so there is a balance to be struck here. let's hearfrom joe biden next, the democratic presidential nominee. he spoke a little while ago on the same subject. we have four more years of trump's climate denial. how many suburbs will be burnt in wildfires? how many suburban neighbourhoods will have been flooded out? how many suburbs will have been blown away in super storms? if you give a claimant

arsonist four more years in the white house, why would anyone be surprised if we have more of america ablaze —— claimant arsonist. what might peter bowes joins us from los angeles. do california authorities except they can be doing this better? as you've just illustrated in the last three minutes, this is an extremely complex issue. i think one of the biggest issues with mr trump is he's dramatically oversimplifying what needs to happen. there is a debate about how the forests are managed in california over the past many years, there's been a policy of total fire suppression — in other words, putting out all the fires and not starting these deliberate burns that some scientists will argue more of these are needed to clear out the undergrowth, to clear out some of the dead trees that are standing in the dead trees that are standing in the forest, the bark beetles really

taking their total up in the yosemite some and it's remarkable how many dead trees are staring there. there is a valid argument that perhaps more could be done, focusing on those areas and getting rid of those trees. where mr trump is strongly criticised as when he talks about brushing leaves and clearing the floors, which to most people here, especially those who live in areas that continue to burn and are not anywhere close to a forest, that simply illustrates the fa ct forest, that simply illustrates the fact that what mr trump is talking about isn't addressing the issue that affects so many people. let's talk about his visit to california. he won't find too many to many —— political allies. what can be done? the media... devastated by those fires, and it is interesting, donald trump and gavin newsom have been working very closely together over

the last few months on the coronavirus, but also often times behind the scenes in terms of talking about emergency aid for those affected by the fires. that will be the immediate conversation, how to help people very immediately find whether there are more people whose lives have been lost, perhaps bodies that haven't even been discovered yet. we are hoping that that doesn't amount to many more people in california, there could be more in oregon. but longer term, the debate will be about what the federal government is doing about climate change, and those california politicians, mostly democrats, are looking to mr trump for perhaps some acknowledgement that climate change has an effect on the wildfires and some necessary policy changes. it seems unlikely in the few weeks remaining in the trumpet ministration that that will happen. looking ahead to the next few years, this has become a political hot

potato in terms of what california can expect in terms of bigger, global policies that can help prevent these fires in the future. peter, thank you very much. the fires have killed at least 33 people so far, and dozens of people are missing. and harrowing stories are emerging, such as this one. this is an article in the sacramento bee. it tells of a husband racing back to his home to get his family out and rescuing a badly—burned woman on the side of the road — without realising it was his wife until she told him. us media is reporting that she remains in a critical condition. i also wanted to show you — these pictures are from portland in oregon. and hazardous air quality is becoming a major issue — thousands of people have had to leave their homes across oregon. well the bbc‘s aleem maqbool is in the state. here's his latest report. it was like a journey into an eerie twilight zone. few have been allowed here since the fires swept in with such rage. and though most people had scrambled

to get out with whatever they could, it was in this area that lives had also been lost. there were some we found wandering and bewildered, like larry. i've lost everything except what's in that bag. everything. and i didn't have insurance. out of... all the homes had insurance, except for me. just explain where your cabin was. my spot was right over here, and across from what was cabins. it's not there any more. what made these fires are so lethal and record—breaking is the high winds that came with them. accelerating their frightening destructive passage through vast areas of this state. we keep hearing from those who said they felt they were fleeing for their lives and it's only when you are on the ground and you see the destruction,

as we've been able to and the warped landscape here, that you start to get a sense of the nightmare that they were running from. this family is tired of running. we found them in a displacement camp miles away. they've now fled fires three times in three different locations in the past week. my mom had ten minutes to get out of her place and she got the clothes on her back and the cat and that was it, and her house is completely annihilated, it wiped out everything she owned and... and, you know, that's what we heard, the same with ours but we're not as of right now. i think a lot of us are in that position of not knowing. it was sumer‘s town that i'd visited earlier. the signs aren't good. for all the politics, at the heart of this disaster are hundreds of thousands of americans who face fear, displacement, and loss.

aleem maqbool, bbc news, in gates in oregon. a global team of astronomers have announced they've found what could be evidence of life elsewhere — not on mars, but on the much more inhospitiable venus. here's one of the team. what we think we've found is phosphine gas in the atmosphere of venus. now on a rocky planet like earth, phosphine is a rare gas and is mainly the result of life. so it's what we call it bio signature. now on the earth, phosphine is caused by human activity — so through industry or through microorganisms, or microbes. so finding a gas like this on venus is really exciting because of the possibility that it could also have been produced by life like it is on the earth. to be clear — this doesn't yet prove that there is life on venus. this is what phosphine looks like — it's a computer generated image. usually on earth the gas

is associated with microbes living in oxygen—poor environments like swamps or in the guts of animals like penguins. here's dr drabek—maunder again. those processes don't make enough phosphine gas. so what that means is we have to start thinking outside the box for other explanations. so phosphine could be produced through some sort of other chemical or geological process that no one knows about on venus, or there could be a biological origin — so life could be producing the gas. now, venus isn't exactly a top candidate for where there might be life in the solar system. surface temperatures are more than 400 degrees, and the atmosphere is almost entirely carbon dioxide. probes that have made it there have lasted minutes before breaking down. but 50 kilometres up into the atmosphere it's a different story. lewis dartnell studies the conditions for life on the planets. so there is a habitable zone,

a range of altitudes on venus where it's not too hot and not too acidic, that life as we understand here on earth, so—called extremophile life — extremely hardy, survival, superhero—type cells — could survive the environment in the venusian clouds. let's speak to professorjane greaves. she is the lead researcher on the project. thank you very much for your time. congratulations on this discovery. help us understand how significant you see this as being?” help us understand how significant you see this as being? i think it's pa rt you see this as being? i think it's part of a bigger picture, looking for life on mars and the moon europa, and so on. but we are very excited to have gone out — as you heard, a very distinctive bio signature gas. it wasn't a carefully designed experiment but we were blown away when we found it. i'm sure you were. what do you need to do from this point onwards to work out why the gases they are? we've

already ran a lot of calculations and ruled out a lot of obvious things, so i think our next step is to carry on using telescopes around the world. those are slowly coming back into action because staff have been operating under pandemic conditions. but we need to see where the gas is on the planet, and that's oui’ the gas is on the planet, and that's our next step. do you have the technology you need? is itjust the staff you need back at work, or do you need to develop more types of telescopes to fully understand what's happening in venus‘s atmosphere? ideally we'd like some new types of telescopes. there's an aeroplane born telescope — we'd love to use their telescope to look a bit more at where phosphine is on the planet. and in terms of the kind of life that could have produced this gas, what are we actually talking about curriculum it would sink

through the atmosphere and die in the heat, so we think it's something microbe like sized. just a few microbes living in a droplet of sulphuric acid and water. and in that environment where they don't immediately dry out, they would perhaps be able to survive if they got some kind of protective mechanism, some kind of little shell around, and stop them being corroded by the acid. you've been studying the planets for many years. did you ever imagine you would find something like this on venus, rather than somewhere like mars, where we might expect a find some life? i've been interested in the habitability in the solar system. i did a project yea rs in the solar system. i did a project years ago, the venus thing was almost a technology test, we weren't expecting to find anything, we just wa nted expecting to find anything, we just wanted to say we knew how to use certain telescopes. itjust came

through. congratulations, it's a fascinating study that opens up the possibilities. we appreciate you coming in to explain it. for those of you looking for more of this, if you go onto the science tab on the bbc app, you'll find coverage. new coronavirus restrictions have come in to effect today in england. meetings are now restricted to six people — inside or outside. that rule applies private homes, pubs and restaurants — not though schools and workplaces. if you break the rules, you could be fined a £100. but these rules vary across the uk. in england and scotland, the rules on social gatherings of six people applies both indoors and outdoors. but in scotland, those six people must be from two households only. in wales, six people can gather together inside, but up to 30 can still get together outdoors. in scotland, children under 12 aren't included, whereas it's under 11 in wales. and in england, all children count towards the six that gather together.

and there's some wider exemptions, too. larger gatherings are still allowed at gyms and places of worship, as well as at covid—secure wedding and funeral venues. and in northern ireland, six people from two households can gather indoors, and 15 people can gather outdoors. and if you didn't get all of that — it's really clearly set out on the bbc news website. when lockdown began in the uk in march, questions were raised about how it would be enforced. what powers would police have, and how actively would they enforce them? well, those questions are coming back. and uk's policing minister, kit malthouse, want people to help the police — including reporting on neighbours who aren't sticking to the rules. well, obviously, if people are concerned that the rules are being broken, then it's open to them to ring the nonemergency number. and certainly, during the first locked down, we did see a bump

in calls to the police nonemergency number of people who were concerned about gatherings and situations that were arising. but, when a senior police officer was asked if the system relies on people "grassing up" neighbours, this was his response. i think it's about everybody accepting their personal responsibility — as an individual, as a family member, as a business person — and then we, as a police service, obviously, it's about playing our part along with others to make sure that people do comply with those regulations. well, whether the public decides to snoop on each other or not, there's the broader issue of whether these rules should even be in place. obviously the government thinks they should be. one formerjustice of the uk's supreme court has told the bbc that the new rules are unenforceble, arbitrary, and uneccesary. and, when he was if people should flout the rules, this was the answer. i would say that people should make their own decisions in the light of their own health, and that the law should be

a secondary consideration. just to be clear — that's a formerjustice of the uk's supreme court, the highest court in the land, telling people they should flout the law, on the same day that the uk prime minister made the case to parliament that it should break international law. that was earlier in the house of commons — let me show you the scene from the house of commons now, because this is a debate that's going on on that bill that ijust referenced, the internal market bill which includes measures which would allow the uk government to override parts of the brexiteers withdrawal deal, particularly parts involving northern ireland, and that would in a limited way involve breaking international law, which is why it has caused such a lot of upset. it was a big day in politics, but the

person leading the labour party wasn't who you'd expect, because her keir starmer has gone into self isolation. the leader of the uk's opposition party, sir keir starmer, has gone into self—isolation in a statement we were told... they went on to say that... we'll come back to what was being discussed in the commons at the moment. reports continue to emerge about people being asked to drive hundreds of kilometres to get the tests, and they‘ re hundreds of kilometres to get the tests, and they're also saying there may be a staff shortage... ill my people are going online and struggling to get a booking, so there's clearly something not right. this morning, nicola sturgeon has

said she has a very serious concern about the backlog of tests and capacity which appears to have built up capacity which appears to have built up in the uk wide system. each of them has their own testing system, as well. so clearly there are problems of the government line in westminster is they are trying to increase capacity because there has been such a big jump in demand. the virus continues to spread around the world. the world health organisation says there was a record one—day rise in the number of new coronavirus infections on sunday with more than 307,000 new confirmed cases globally. according to the who, india saw the bigest rise, with more then 94,000 new cases america was next with more than 45,000, and then brazil saw an increase of 43,000 new cases — and the who said that deaths rose by more than 5,500, bringing the global total to 917,417.

israel has become the first country to impose a second national lockdown. it will begin on friday which is thejewish new year — and is expected to last at least three weeks. restricitons include a ban on travelling more than 500 metres from your home. yolande nell has this from from jerusalem. many places of work will be closed. restaurants and places of leisure will certainly be closed. and crucially, synagogues will also be restricted with the numbers of worshipers that can go there to meet indoors for prayers — it will depend on where the synagogue is located, the rate of infections in the area, and also the size of the building. but that's something that mr netanyahu commented on — he said, "i know these measures will exact a heavy price on us all. this is not the kind of holiday that we are used to. we won't be able to go and meet extended family." in both italy and greece,

there's an attempt to return to some form of normality for children. here are some of the roughly five—and—a—half million students that have returned to classrooms in italy. schools in 13 of the country's 20 regions resumed face—to—face classroom teaching today. that's despite there being a steady rise in cases in september. in greece, september has seen the highest daily case numbers since the pandemic began. yet today, all schools have reopened there. both teachers and pupils must wear a mask at all times in all indoor areas of the school building, as well as outdoor spaces with high levels of crowding and on school buses. over the past few months, doctors around the world have been trying all sorts of methods to treat those with acute coronavirus symptoms. now, what's being described as a "promising" new treatment is about to be tested in uk hospitals. the therapy uses artificial antibodies — called "mono—clonal antibodies" — and will be given to about 2,000 patients to see if it's effective at fighting the virus. our science correspondent rebecca

morelle explains how it works. when a person is infected with coronavirus, they produce antibodies. these attach to the spike of the virus, blocking it from entering ourselves. —— our cells. we make hundreds of different types of antibodies — so scientists sifted through them to find the best at sticking to the virus. they chose two because they both attached a slightly different parts of the spike — so if the virus mutates and the structure changes, at least one will still work. both antibodies are then multiplied in the lab and produced in huge quantities. they are then mixed together and given to the patient, immediately boosting their own immune response. full updates on all the aspects of this pandemic by the bbc news website. we will bring you right up to date with the situation with

brexit in the house of commons in the second half of the programme. hello. a flow of warm air from the south has brought some very high temperatures across parts of the uk and indeed the channel islands. this picture came from weather watcher injersey — where temperatures got all the way up to 30 degrees. in fact, just a bit above 30 degrees. but plenty of other places, not too far behind, 29 just to the west of london, 26 there in lincoln. it was a bit cooler the further north and west you were because we had some extra cloud. you can see that here on the satellite picture. it did give some patchy rain through the day across parts of northern ireland and scotland. and if anything, as we go through this evening and tonight, that rain will pep up a bit. so some heavier bursts of rain drifting through here. could just be the odd shower into southwest wales, the southwest of england, and a few fog patches across some southern and eastern parts of england. a relatively mild night,

lows between 10—14 degrees. tomorrow, another very warm day for most, particularly across england wales where we see a lot of sunshine. the odd showerfor the southwest, wales, maybe northern england as well. northern ireland will brighten up through the day with some sunshine and it will turn drier and brighter for many parts of scotland. the odd shower into the afternoon and some areas of rain continuing across the far north, particularly through the northern isles. could well turn quite misty and murky for some north seacoasts, but temperatures 21 degrees for glascow, 22 degrees in belfast, i think the highest temperature likely to be found in east anglia — around 30 degrees. but it's the last very warm day because as we head through the rest of the week, from mid—week onwards, well, it will stay dry, it will turn cooler as this area of high pressure builds its way in from the northwest. and with the winds around, high—pressure flowing in a clockwise direction, that will start to bring us some northerly winds and a much, much coolerfeel. you can see those northerly winds kicking in across northern areas on wednesday.

a weak frontal system bringing cloud and some spots of rain, very little rain on that weather front and some areas of mist and murk for north seacoasts. but look at these temperatures — 13 degrees in aberdeen, 17 in belfast and in hull. still warm down towards the south but not as warm, middle 20s looks like the highest temperature we will see. then as we head through thursday and friday, well, it stays relatively cool in the north. dry for the most part, a bit of rain in the far northwest and it stays dry further south as well, much cooler than it has been and breezy.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. president trump has just touched down in california where unprecendented wildfires are ravaging the west coast. he blames bad forest management — his rival to the presidency thinks otherwise. you give a climate arsonist for more yea rs you give a climate arsonist for more years in the white house, why would anyone be surprised if we have more america blazed? a stunning discovery in the atmosphere of venus — scientists find evidence they say could indicate signs of life on the planet. the british parliament debates a controversial bill that would allow the government to break international law and override part of the brexit treaty.

in recent months, the eu has suggested that it is willing to go to extreme and unreasonable lengths using the northern ireland protocol ina way using the northern ireland protocol in a way that goes well beyond common sense. and tiktok submits proposals to the us treasury department about a deal struck with oracle to keep it in business there. right now, the uk parliament is debating a controversial bill that would override part of the uk's brexit withdrawal agreement with the european union. here's the house of commons at the moment. we think mps will vote on the bill in under three hours time — so around 10pm london time. the government has already admitted the bill would break international law. and prime minister borisjohnson has

been making the case for doing that. now that we've left the eu and the transition period is about to elapse, we need the armature of our law once again to preserve the arrangements on which so manyjobs and livelihoods depend. that is the fundamental purpose of this bill which should be welcomed by everyone who cares about the sovereignty and integrity of our united kingdom. borisjohnson has an 80 seat majority — so in theory this bill should pass easily. however, some in the prime minister's conservative party are not onside. and several tories have indicated they'll abstain from voting. no surprise opposition labour party is not backing the bill. its leader sir keir starmer is self—isolating because of possible covid symtoms in his household. so shadow minister ed miliband stepped in. this bill does precisely nothing

to address the issue the issue of the transport of food from great britain to northern ireland. it is about two issues — whether they are going to override international locum it's about exit declarations, northern ireland to gb, and the definition of state aid relating to northern ireland. now, if the prime minister wants to tell us that there is another part of this bill that i haven't noticed that will deal with this supposed threat of the blockade, i will give way to him, i will very happily give way to him so he can tell us, i'm sure he's read it, i'm sure he knows it in detail because he is a details man. come on, come on, tell us what clause protects the threat that he says he's worried about about gb two that he says he's worried about about gb to northern ireland exports. i will give way to him. laughing. the honourable gentleman cannot give way unless he's asked to. there you have it. he didn't read the protocol,

he hasn't read the bill. the argument begins with northern ireland — and a protocol that comes with the withdrawal agreement. northern ireland, is part of the uk, and the republic of ireland is in the eu. and there have been no border checks or any type since a peace deal in 1990s. everyone wants to avoid their return. but how do you do that if the republic is in the eu's single market and northern ireland isn't? there's no easy answer — but in a dramatic intervention last october, borisjohnson agreed to put some customs checks between northern ireland and the rest of the uk — so customs checks within his own country. that unlocked the stalemate — and a withdrawal deal was done. when mps in the house of commons refused to vote his deal through, borisjohnson went over their heads, to voters — by calling a general election. he then campaigned on what he said was a done deal — "oven ready" was the phrase he used about the withdrawal agreeement. and yet now, he's seeking to change it.

this new legislation is called the internal market bill. the bbc‘s chris morris explains what's in it — and why it's so consequential. this new legislation gives ministers the power to ignore some of the legal obligations it contains. the need for businesses to complete export declaration forms, for example, when sending goods from northern ireland to great britain and the need for the uk to inform the eu of any state aid decisions. government subsidies for business that affect trade and northern ireland. ——in northern ireland. the government admits that these new ministerial powers would break international law but only, it says in a very specific and limited way to protect british interests. a bill which gives ministers explicit permission to break the law, though, by ignoring a recently signed treaty in this way is unprecedented.

the eu calls after a "serious breach of international law" and says it must be changes, the slot legislation must be changed, a significant number of senior tories seem to agree, but the government says it won't budge. there's been fallout from this bill already. ahead of the debate — tory mp rehman chishti tweeted... over the weekend borisjohnson stepped up his rhetoric. the prime minister's platform of choice is the daily telegraph. in an article he accused the eu of seeking to "blockade one part of the uk, to cut it off", and to "carve up our country" and to "seriously endanger peace and stability" in northern ireland. just to be clear though, the protocol that the prime minister is attacking is the one that he himself signed. and the two uk prime ministers who were involved in northern

ireland's good friday agreement have said in a joint statement say it is in fact borisjohnson's plans, that endanger peace and stability. and then there's this, a joint editorial by the former conservative prime ministerjohn major and former labour prime minister — they say that in their opinion it is borisjohnson's plan that jeoparises peace in northern ireland. and then here's former conservative prime minister david cameron. passing an act of parliament and then going on to break an international treaty obligation is the very, very last thing you should contemplate. it should be an absolute final resort. so i do have misgivings about what's being proposed. so that's a full house — all five of the former jessica, how would you guide us through these exchanges we've seen in the commons in the last few hours? it's interesting that boris johnson decided to start today's debate, perhaps he felt he had some persuading to do, and as you are talking about, he has been making the case for this

bill. ed miliband who is standing in for kier stamer really made a speech laying into borisjohnson for his approach, mentioning how now all five former prime ministers had joined in their agreement as ed miliband put it in agreeing that borisjohnson was set miliband put it in agreeing that boris johnson was set to miliband put it in agreeing that borisjohnson was set to trash the uk's reputation. of course, the government is saying, and some conservative backbench mps are standing up today saying they backed the government, saying this is about protecting the internal markets of the united kingdom, the peace process as well, and, of course, raising this argument about whether the eu is trying to potentially threaten to walk eight goods travelling from great britain to northern ireland. interestingly, a conservative mp from the 2019 intake, one of those redwall mps as we call them because they took seats traditionally held by labour has stood up in the house of commons in the last hour saying, he's really uncomfortable with what's going on, specifically saying that brandon lewes, the northern ireland

secretary at the dispatch box to admit that this legislation could lead to a breach of international law and that made it very difficult for him to vote for this legislation. almost to the contrary, that might help to change his mind, s0 that might help to change his mind, soi that might help to change his mind, so i think there is a lot of tooling and throwing going on in the house of commons, but also behind the scenes as well. jessica, just to be clear, despite all this drama, the government is graduate and later on is dick? it's very likely the government will win later on, so borisjohnson has government will win later on, so boris johnson has an government will win later on, so borisjohnson has an 80 strong majority in the house of commons, but that is not the end because that would mean the government punting the first elementary hurdle, but what is going to come over the coming days our discussions, debates over proposed amendments and eventually the legislation will end up eventually the legislation will end up in the house of lords where there is likely to be some resistance as well. jessica, thank you very much indeed for the update. back to belarus — we're a month into the protests there. and president lukashenko has met vladimir putin today. here they are in the russian city of sochi. remember, president lukashenko

is absolutely reliant on russia's support — and he's looking good for the moment. mr putin offered belarus a 1.5 billion dollar loan and continued defence co—operation. here's some of what he said. translation: we see what kind of domestic political events have been happening regarding the election in belarus. you know where you stand. we are all for belarussian sorting out the situation for themselves without any help or pressure from outside. they should come to a calm decision in a calm way by engaging in dialogue, work out where to go from here. many of the opposition figures in belarus are either in detention or have been deported. opposition leader svetla na tikhan—ov—skaya is in lithuania. she's told reporters... and those people continue to make themselves heard. it's estimated that more

than 100,000 people turned out in minsk on sunday. and these people know full well any of them could end up in detention — and 400 did. then these pictures are from saturday. a number of women protesters are met with force — and as you can see, they're attempting to pull the masks off the security service agents. it's thought that once the masks are off, images are then shared on social media and the agents are identified. all of this stems from the presidential election five weeks ago. in theory, mr lukashenko won a remarkable 80% — but many are disputing the outcome — not russia though. thew two countries share a border — and vladimir putin described belarus as russia's "closest ally." belarus was part of the soviet union before its break up — and there remains a raft of cultural and economic ties. it's strategically important too — belarus has borders with three members of the nato alliance — which russia sees as a threat.

president lukashenko frequently warns of troop build up on those borders, which nato denies. gennadiy kot from bbc monitoring has more on this. anti—western rhetoric has intensified, and belarussian state ——anti—western rhetoric has intensified, in belarussian state media says the first election protests broke out. the uk have been accused of using poland, lithuania, the czech republic and the ukraine to wage rabid war on belarus, directing the protests against lukashenko and trying to stage a revolution. poland has been the belarussian state media's favourite punching bag as it was accused of eyeing belarussian's western region among other things. the anti—western slant became more prominent on belarussian state tv after localjournalists — appalled by police brutality — resigned and were replaced by russian contingent which brought

in its own propagandist cliches unseen previously in belarus. moscow's support for mr lukashenko is not a given. here's a tweet from the journalist hanna liubakova. .. but for now mr lukashenko remains in power — and retains president putin's support. olga ivshina from bbc russia joins me now. how did you judge the statements that we heard today? absolutely very important day for both sides. i think, for the first time since the elections when russia sought openly and precisely voting it's state for support for belarus, and not only political and economical, as you say, it's also military support, because he promised some military

cooperation and military support if that's needed. of course, that's very good news for mr lukashenko because his main source of power now is his special forces, because his main source of power now is his specialforces, his because his main source of power now is his special forces, his security forces and they are the main forces to suppress the protesters. and if for some reason they lack stamina or competence, then now it seems mr lukashenko has competence, then now it seems mr lu kashenko has moscow competence, then now it seems mr lukashenko has moscow on his back. for lukashenko has moscow on his back. foer putin, it lukashenko has moscow on his back. for mr putin, it seems it was also an important day because it seems he managed to get something back from mr lukashenko. just to remind you, moscow was very suspicious of belarus this summer because lukashenko criticised belarus this summer because lu kashenko criticised moscow belarus this summer because lukashenko criticised moscow harshly and 32 russian citizens allegedly mercenaries were detained in belarus this summer and also russian journalists as well as many other journalists as well as many other journalists were beaten and detained in belarus. so moscow keeps this room for manoeuvre but it seems now it is open and has chosen its side

and it will back mr liquid —— mr lukashenko and probably getting something in return from a there is a discussion of what there could be, and it's very interesting to notice that this was a one—on—one meeting, no foreign ministers, no 805, no one, just one—on—one and there was no press conference, so we one, just one—on—one and there was no press conference, so we will never know what exactly happened in that room. there were probably some negotiation for increased cooperation because there is this file —— theoretical united states of russian belarus and definitely vladimir putin wanted to become more practical cooperation. very useful. olga, we appreciate you coming on. stay with us on outside source — still to come... we'll find out why this man — larry ellison, the billionaire owner of software company oracle — look5 likely to be the buyer of tiktok in the us. the greek prime minister says a permanent migrant reception centre will be built on the island of le5bo5 to replace

the moria camp, which was destroyed by fire last week. the blaze left more than 12—thousand asylum seekers without shelter. some locals on le5bo5 say their small island shouldn't continue to host such a large camp. bethany bell is on le5bo5 and has been speaking to some of the migrants who are there. people are slowly being processed here at this new camp on le5bo5, once they are inside, there will be given food, water and shelter and tested for coronavirus. but many other migrants and refugees are simply refusing to come here. people are living in and around the burnt out ruins of the old moria camp, and that is where we met these people and her companions from iraq and afghanistan. they say they are not moving. translation: they are taking us to prison, we don't have freedom.

we have been here for nine months, i lost my two and a half —year—old son in the sea. they want to take us from one person to another. they want to take us from one prison to another. translation: they built a camp and want us to live there as prisoners, food and drink is not everything. if you tie up an animal to a tree and give them food and water, they will stay silent, but we're not animals, we want peace and security. translation: we fled afghanistan because of suicide bombings and kidnappings. we came here for a better future but our future has been destroyed. all my children are mentally ill, they have nightmares about the fires every night. many of these people were hoping that the destruction of the old camp would mean that they might get resettled to other parts of europe, but the greek government says it's planning to build a new asylum processing centre here. that's a solution that pleases neither the refugees nor nor the local greeks.

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... president trump has just touched down in california where unprecendented wildfires are ravaging the west coast. the us software firm oracle is the last bidder in the race to acquire the us business of tiktok. tiktok is a video sharing app — you can create and upload 15 second clips like these. and the apps been downloaded two billion times globally. it's owned by a chinese tech firm called bytedance — and the trump administration claims it's a national security threat because users data can be shared with the chinese government. the firm denies this. zhaoying feng from bbc chinese is in washington. do you think this will be an a cce pta ble do you think this will be an acceptable outcome to the chinese authorities? there is so much uncertainty surrounding this right

now. so, first of all, not sure whether will washington will green light such a partnership with oracle because it's not exactly what he asked for. he's demanding an outright sale from the chinese company to an american company, and it doesn't seem to be the case right now. on the other hand, there is another question in beijing whether beijing will green light such a partnership with an american company. of partnership with an american company. of course, partnership with an american company. of course, china is worried that if any chinese company make such a deal with american companies under washington's pressure, it would set a very dangerous example for other chinese companies. this might happen again and again and would become a headache for china. so we don't know what exactly would happen, but they are in a pickle right now. i'm sure. let'sjust talk quickly —— let's also talk about this man...

oracle co—founder larry ellison. he hosted a president trump fundraiser a few months ago. last month mr trump said oracle is "great company" and on the idea of a tiktok takeover, said it "would be certainly somebody that could handle it." zhaoying, it's an unusual move given that this company doesn't have any history of running social media platforms. indeed. oracle was not the first frontrunner in this deal raised. microsoft was considered as the most likeable buyer per —— most likely buyer, but we now see this turn of the story, and they appear to have decided to pursue partnership with oracle at the same time trying to avoid us bands and making and keeping the chinese government happy. we just mentioned that the company is a chinese company, and this kind of example might happen again for other chinese companies with persons in the us or

potentially even for other multinational companies having operations in both countries, as we see the tension between us and china continues to worsen, and the technological competition between them will intensify. thank you very much indeed. we are always indebted to bbc world service from bbc chinese and bbc russia just before. earlier, we told you about the fascinating story of astronomers announcing they've found what could be evidence of life on venus. the extraordinary discovery suggests that the gas phosphine is present in the planet's clouds. on earth, phosphine is associated with life, with microbes living in the guts of animals like penguins, or in oxygen—poor environments such as swamps. the team confirmed its presence using the atacama large millimeter/submillimeter array in chile. scientists are cautious, and say far more research

needs to take place, but say this will undoubtedly spur on more interest in the planet. lord rees is the astronomer royal here in the uk, he also has a research interest in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. thank you forjoining us. how excited were you when you heard this? well, i was surprised, but i think your introduction is very balanced. it's a big surprise to find this phosphate, this particular molecule, to find it in a place where it's not produced by anything biological. it can be produced insidejupiter, biological. it can be produced inside jupiter, very high—pressure, but it's very hard to understand how it's got to the high parts of venus‘ atmosphere. it‘s got to the high parts of venus‘ atmosphere. let me explain, venus is known as a very thick atmosphere, the pressure of the surfaces nearly 100 times the atmospheric pressure

of the earth, about a tonne square inch. this layer where they observe the phosphate is very high up where the phosphate is very high up where the temperature is about the same as the temperature is about the same as the temperature is about the same as the temperature here on earth and the temperature here on earth and the density of, the conditions are rather earthlike, but the big problem is to understand how it gets there by any chemical process. it ought to turn into something else very quickly. so it‘s a diagnostic, but —— a diagnostic of life, but i don‘t think we should be too excited, because it could be if the chemists think long and harder, they could think of a way they could understand how it got there without living life. let's imagine that it is generated by some form of simple life. does that take us any closer to what you‘re looking for, which is extraterrestrial intelligent life? well, not directly, because, of course, there is a huge gap between

very simple things which we would metabolize and reproduce, and anything intelligent, but if we could show there was life on venus or indeed elsewhere in the solar system or indeed elsewhere in the solar syste m o n or indeed elsewhere in the solar system on one of the moons of jupiter or saturn for instance, it would be extremely important because it would then be well to put this question, because at the moment, we don‘t know how life began on earth. it could‘ve been such a rare phenomenon that we are unique, it‘s biologically possible. but if we we re biologically possible. but if we were to find evidence for life somewhere else in our solar system and we could infer that it formed twice in a single solar system, than that would tell us that it probably exists in literally billions of places in our galaxy because one exciting discovery in the last 20 yea rs has exciting discovery in the last 20 years has been that most stars are orbited by planets just like the sun is orbited by the earth and venus and the other planets. so billions

of those planets are like the earth, and if life started twice in this one planet system that we are part of, than it would happen and lots of places. so if we can show that there was life on another planet in our solar system, that would mean that they are where many places where life had a chance to develop and therefore it might develop to intelligent life somewhere. only 45 seconds, but i must ask you, because the viewers will want me to, you have been looking at the search for extraterrestrial it life for a long time, how‘s your calculation of how likely it is shifted during your study? well, the one thing that was positive shift was when we realised that planets were common around other stars. we didn‘t know that until 20 years ago. the discover of that was one of my colleagues who got a nobel prize last year, and i should mention... on the lord reese. yes, this exciting work was achieved

led by professor james. yes, this exciting work was achieved led by professorjames. lord reese, i‘m so sorry, we are right up to the end of the programme, we could talk about this a lot longer as you can tell, i will be back with you in a few minutes. hello. a flow of warm air from the south has brought some very high temperatures across parts of the uk and indeed the channel islands. this picture came from weather watcher injersey — where temperatures got all the way up to 30 degrees. in fact, just a bit above 30 degrees. but plenty of other places, not too far behind, 29 just to the west of london, 26 there in lincoln. it was a bit cooler the further north and west you were because we had some extra cloud. you can see that here on the satellite picture. it did give some patchy rain through the day across parts of northern ireland and scotland. and if anything, as we go through this evening and tonight, that rain will pep up a bit. so some heavier bursts of rain drifting through here. could just be the odd shower into southwest wales, the southwest of england, and a few fog patches

across some southern and eastern parts of england. a relatively mild night, lows between 10—14 degrees. tomorrow, another very warm day for most, particularly across england wales where we see a lot of sunshine. the odd showerfor the southwest, wales, maybe northern england as well. northern ireland will brighten up through the day with some sunshine and it will turn drier and brighter for many parts of scotland. the odd shower into the afternoon and some areas of rain continuing across the far north, particularly through the northern isles. could well turn quite misty and murky for some north seacoasts, but temperatures 21 degrees for glascow, 22 degrees in belfast, i think the highest temperature likely to be found in east anglia — around 30 degrees. but it‘s the last very warm day because as we head through the rest of the week, from mid—week onwards, well, it will stay dry, it will turn cooler as this area of high pressure builds its way in from the northwest. and with the winds around, high—pressure flowing in a clockwise direction, that will start to bring us some northerly winds and a much, much coolerfeel.

you can see those northerly winds kicking in across northern areas on wednesday. a weak frontal system bringing cloud and some spots of rain, very little rain on that weather front and some areas of mist and murk for north seacoasts. but look at these temperatures — 13 degrees in aberdeen, 17 in belfast and in hull. still warm down towards the south but not as warm, middle 205 looks like the highest temperature we will see. then as we head through thursday and friday, well, it stays relatively cool in the north. dry for the most part, a bit of rain in the far northwest and it stays dry further south as well, much cooler than it has been and breezy.

hello, i‘m ros atkins, this is outside source. president trump has just touched down in california where unprecendented wildfires are ravaging the west coast. he blames bad forest management — his rival to the presidency thinks otherwise. you give a climate arsonist four more yea rs you give a climate arsonist four more years in the white house, why would anyone be surprised if we have more america ablaze? a stunning discovery in the atmosphere of venus — scientists find evidence they say could indicate signs of life on the planet. and the video sharing app tiktok submits proposals to the us treasury department about a deal struck with oracle to keep