hello, i'm ros atkins. welcome to today's outside source. and if you're a sports fan, the lead story is to sting. lamine diack — once one of the most powerful men in world sport — is jailed for four years for taking bribes to cover up positive doping tests. coronavirus in india is still accelerating. we are going to look prime minister modi is going to be blamed for the rising cases. also in the programme: the uk action here is defensive, in relation to what the eu is doing, it is precautionary — we haven't done any of this — and it is proportionate.

the government has announced a climb—down. and some celebrities are boycotting facebook and instagram — for 2h hours. they want more action on hate speech. a french court has ruled that lamine diack, the man who ran world athletics for 16 years, is corrupt. he's been given a four—year prison sentence. here he is entering court today in paris. and he was found guilty of accepting bribes from russian athletes who were suspected of doping. he took money to help cover up positive test results, allowing the athletes to keep competing. and this the guy in charge of the whole sport, remember. iam not i am not shocked it came down to this after a long time of going back and forth on what looks to be obvious, if indeed there was money

that was asked from the athletes to be paid for a cover up, and in terms of the time that sports in general is struggling with the issue that is doping. lamine diack says he will appeal. he's admitted to covering up doping but insists he was doing it to protect the image of the sport, not to make money. the french court disagreed. it found he took payments totalling almost 3.5 million euros — that's around $4 million us. in return, he agreed to stop or slow—down the sanctioning of russian athletes. that allowed 23 drug cheats to compete in the 2012 london olympics and the world athletics champions in moscow the following year. and think of the impact of that — hundreds of athletes losing out to people who shouldn't have been there. this was one of those rival athletes outside court today. translation: you can't see the smile oi'i translation: you can't see the smile on my face with the mask i'm wearing, but i'm very happy to been recognised as a victim of the corruption by the leaders, and i'm

also happy for all the athletes who were. when you continue to fight against doping and to have been recognised is important for us. —— we need to continue the fight against. five co—defendants were also convicted in paris today. that included this man, papa massata diack — lamine diack‘s son. he was sentenced to five years injailfor corruption, although he was tried in absentia after senegal refused to extradite him. also worth remembering that while the top man in the sport was accepting bribes, russia was also carrying out a state—sponsored doping programme that covered the vast majority of olympic sports. russia is currently serving a four—year ban from the olympics and the football world cup because of that. the times sports writer rick broadbent perhaps summed up the feelings of many with this tweet. he said... sports reporter alex capstick is here. alex, it's really hard to imagine a

greater betrayal, to use that word, of all the athletes who seek to do well in their careers. absolutely. this man was a powerful figure well in their careers. absolutely. this man was a powerfulfigure in global sport, notjust in athletics, where he was president between 1999 and 2015, but also in the ioc, where he was a senior member. people are up he was a senior member. people are up to him, he led athletics, and some would say it is a golden era, because it contained you —— usain bolt. he was sentence today because he was guilty of bribery. not a good day for the sport. world athletics, they have been trying to pick up the pieces from this and they have been awarded damages of $16 million to be paid by all six defendants, a confined

—— combined amount of... they've been trained to rebuild the reputation of athletics because of that scandal, because of the court case, the allegations, they lost big—time sponsors. they lost money. and that's what have been struggling since then. they have made some back but covid hasn't helped them, but that's why they were so interested in this case and why they got this $60 million, which they says can help them recover. help me understand the scale of this conspiracy. what degree did this involve many others in the organisation coachella it was lamine diack. -- it was lamine diack. also his son, who was also a marketing executive. not only was he getting money from russian athletes but he was getting millions of dollars from deals he was doing with sponsors and other interested parties, but the other interested parties, but the other men found guilty in this case, the head of anti—doping under lamine

diack and a couple of russians. the head of russian athletics, the treasurer of the iff. he was in charge of getting the money from the athletes and giving into lamine diack. and also a leading russian athletics coach. he was also involved in taking money from those athletes, such as a that both russians and diack‘s son, they have been banned for life from athletics. alex, thank you very much indeed. more on that on the bbc sport website. important developments brexit today. first, the uk government appears to have reached a deal with rebels within its own party over that controversial bill that seeks to override part of the brexit withdrawal deal. here's laura kuenssberg...

let's talk to iain watson in westminster. for everyone who is not been following this, what does this allow the government to do crucially the bill was introduced in the house of commons this week. it is very controversial in the number of respects, by far the more scotch virtual part of the bill are those sections which effectively would allow the government to ignore parts of the brexit deal which boris johnson reached with brussels to bring brexit about last year. in particular in relation to northern ireland. the government to go ahead, legislate like the bill says, it would be breaching international law, it would allow the government to do supply, ignore, issues on state aid and exit declarations. the government would effectively be breaking some of the agreements and made to the european union as you

know, that has not gone done desperately well there but even amongst boris johnson's desperately well there but even amongst borisjohnson‘s conservative mps. many of them are stressing discontent. former prime ministers we re discontent. former prime ministers were expressing discontent, some former law officers as well, so the prospect of rebellion for those specific parts of the bill were due to be talked about next week. that is what they are talking about, a possible u—turn. is what they are talking about, a possible u-turn. are the suggestions the government's calculations are correct, that the prospect of rebellion will now go down a great deal? think we should be cleared first of all this compromise has been reached does not stop the government breaching international law, what they've agreed is that mps, members of parliament rather than government ministers, will get a specific vote on whether to go ahead with the measures which will put britain out of step with international law. in other words, a kind of parliamentary... as laura

was saying, another reassurance which the government can say to brussels, this really is going to be the last resort. and tonight, in a statement, jointly by downing street, bike borisjohnson‘s office and by the leading rebel, a former lawyer, they have said there is near unanimous agreement and the conservative party. there will be some voting against it, a couple voted against the whole legislation earlier this week, but quite frankly come of the idea of a series rebellion has now been suppressed. pink you very much, iain. —— thank you very much. that is the bbc‘s analysis from westminster. here is brussels. here's a tweet from the bbc‘s europe editor, katya adler...

yes, lets her member that. these negotiations are going on, at the end of the year, the transition period ends and it will either have no trading arrangements in place or a new trade deal, depending on how those talks go in the next few weeks. the issue of this bill has caused considerable upset in the legal profession. the government's most senior lawyer resigned over this last week. today, this man, lord keen, followed. he is the government's top legal adviser for scotland, advocate—general. he has resigned. he said... and he goes on to say... that's two of the two most legal figures in the uk, both gone within a matter of days because of this bill. well, borisjohnson has been quizzed by mps on this issue today.

here's some of his defence. perhaps they will prove my suspicions wrong. perhaps they will agree in the joint committee to withdraw some of the extreme suggestions that i've heard and all will be well. but until such time, i prefer to have protections guaranteeing the integrity of this country and protect against the potential rupture of the united kingdom. borisjohnson responding boris johnson responding to borisjohnson responding to a question about how he viewed the eu's negotiating approach. meanwhile, ursula von der leyen, president of european commission, turned to brexit in her state of the union speech. and the result guarantees our citizens' rights, financial interests, the integrity of the single market and, crucially, the good friday agreement. and the european union and the uk

jointly agreed it was the best and only way for ensuring peace on the island of ireland. and we will never backtrack on that, and this agreement has been ratified this house and by the house of commons. it cannot be unilaterally changed, disregarded or disapplied. this is a matter of law and trust in good faith. we also heard ursula von der leyen invoking the words of former conservative prime minister margaret thatcher. i remind you of the words of margaret thatcher. i quote, "britain does not break treaties. it would be bad for britain, bad for relations with the rest of the world and bad for any future treaty on trade." this was true then and this is true today. she also says the hopes

for a trade deal between the uk and the eu may be fading. but they hope it will happen. we'll see. from brussels to washington — uk's foreign secretary, dominic raab, is there and will have known a number of members of congress are unhappy with this new bill from the uk government. four released a statement, saying the government's move... and they urged the uk... there was quite a different tone from us secretary of state mike pompeo. yes, we trust the united kingdom. i am confident they will get it right. we've made clear our view of the importance of the good friday agreement, we know the complexity of the situation, we have done what we can to provide assistance for me can. in the end, this will be a set of decisions with respect to this that the united kingdom makes an ivory confidence that they will get this right in a way that treats eve ryo ne this right in a way that treats everyone fairly and gets a good

outcome for what it was the people of the united kingdom voted for now several years back. for his part, foreign secretary raab blamed issue the eu for the uk seeking to change a deal it signed. the uk action here is defensive, in relation to what the eu is doing, it is precautionary, we have not done any of this, and it is proportionate. but we cannot have, this is contrary to the northern ireland protocol, the eu erecting a regulatory border down the irish sea between the island of ireland and britain. we have had good conversations and either it is helpful to expend point of view. the bbc's helpful to expend point of view. the bbc's gary o'donoghue to talk about this. when it comes to treaties like this, two thirds of the senate have to vote for this, so you need both

parties on board insignificant number to make that happen, so all mike pompeo may sound reasonably relaxed about the position vis—a—vis the british government in deep eu, the british government in deep eu, the government are not relaxed. for members of congress, including three democratic chairs of various powerful committees on capitol hill, wrote to borisjohnson yesterday, saying, in terms, that they would oppose any free—trade deal if it was a threat to the good friday agreement. since the internal marketing was published, the irish government and the irish embassy in washington has been lobbing very hard, there are people on capitol hill who are very receptive to the irish lobby, notably because of the historical links between many of the east coast and ireland, and they've been working hard to say that there's going to be a threat, a reasonable threat there could be a ha rd reasonable threat there could be a hard border northern ireland and the south. that is what dominic raab is

here, trying to reassure the americans that that won't happen, evenif americans that that won't happen, even if they do take these powers themselves as the british government. thanks to gary. covid—19 — and the fastest spreading outbreak in the world is in india. at the moment, there are around 90,000 new cases a day. this chart shows how fast the virus has spread. initially, india appeared to be doing reasonably well — a strict lockdown was brought in and numbers stayed low. but as india opened up, those numbers moved. and by august, there had been over 2 million. if those are the cases, india's death toll is currently the third highest in the world at more than 80,000. that, though, should be seen in the context with its huge population — in per capita terms, the virus has killed about 60 people in every million, whereas in brazil and the us, the per—capita rate is nearly ten times as high. nonetheless, there are questions for prime minister narendra modi, though he appears to be avoiding the blame.

divya arya is in delhi. this is a very popular government, headed by a very popular prime minister. and the way the government has talked about the pandemic from the first day, in the various addresses of the prime minister and his ministers, is that it is a global pandemic, which kind of shielded government partly by saying the whole world is in this together. and the people i have met over the course of my reporting in the past months have also said that, that the government is doing what it can because, after all, everybody is suffering. but it seems that now, there is some skepticism also creeping into that, because now people are starting to question was the lockdown and the way it was imposed a sound economic move, as well as a sound move to protect their health, because we've got1 million covid cases coming injust 11 days. so, the numbers are increasing and increasing at a faster pace every day, while our economy is in very bad shape — we've got the worst figures

globally, growth that is —23% in the last quarter — so people are saying, "you're asking us to move out, you're asking us to have trust in you, but then our health is going to be at risk," so there is some skepticism about what the government has been able to do and is promising to do. divya mentioned there it took india just 11 days to add another one million cases of coronavirus. and the growth of its outbreak has outpaced the united states, brazil and russia. have a look at this graphic. each row in this graphic shows how many days it took to add another one million cases. you can see india — in red — took 163 days to get to its first million. after that, as you go along, india gets to the next one million in the shortest number of days, each time — compared to brazil in yellow, and the united states in black. bearin bear in mind, the us is the country with the most cases in the world. bhramar mukherjee shared that chart on twitter earlier. she's an epidemiologist from the university of michigan. she's with us now. thank you very

much indeed for your time. how do you the speed at which the virus is 110w you the speed at which the virus is now spreading in india? thank you for having me on this show. as was mentioned, the initial lockdown early but is time to set up testing, contact tracing and infrastructure, but the infrastructure of the nag return from light and had to be more cautious. —— return had to be more cautious. —— return had to be more cautious. there was... just public fatigue. or if it was sheer denial, which is... oran fatigue. or if it was sheer denial, which is... or an interaction all of these which is leading to the recent growth. the lifting of the lockdown, there's a lot more mobility, and i also feel people are getting tired of adherence to social distancing and mask wearing is going down, and so and mask wearing is going down, and so pausing these spikes. india is a

very heterogeneous system, so some of the states are coming down but other states are rising, so it's a very ha rd other states are rising, so it's a very hard thing to distinguish the national peak, because is a co nflu e nce national peak, because is a confluence of national peaks. the prime minister in pakistan said, look, we could do a further lockdown but economically come of this is not viable, there are too many people in poverty at the moment. is it not the same type relations in india?” think the same compilations apply in india. it was one of the biggest economic frontages and the largest number of cases, and i think one of the reasons is the implementation of the reasons is the implementation of the lockdown without a proper planning led to this spread of the virus from the north, and he was pa rt virus from the north, and he was part of the country. now it is to the east and the south as well. —— the east and the south as well. —— the west part of the country. so thick it is hard to control the

virus in india on must every state comes to a state of containment now that the lockdown is over. and do you think that is a realistic proposition? do you think narendra modi has political power to bring all those states together and then bring in further restrictions? that seems like a long way from where we are now. i completely agree with you, because from the very go, it was really supposed to be a coordinated effort between the government, the public and the scientists, a triad working together to defeat this insidious virus, but we did not see that long haul. i feel that everybody felt that the lockdown is a magic potion, it's going to get rid of the virus, and we did not have this tragedy, —— the strategy in place. the good news is the help system is not overwhelmed. we could see escalation of treatment facilities, so the infection fatality rate and the rate

both seem to be on the lower end. good to speak to you. we saw the chart earlier and got in touch with her on outside source. japan's parliament has formally elected a new prime minister. yoshihide suga will replace shinzo abe, who's stood down for health reasons. here he is giving his first press conference in the job. translation: i intend to continue to follow the policies the ob administration put in place. —— the abe administration. well, he was elected injapan‘s lower house, taking 314 out of a62 votes — no surprise given his party has a majority. our correspondent in tokyo rupert wingfield hayes has

this on what we can expect. mr suga is best known as prime minister's shinzo abe long—serving and grim—faced spokesman, a man with no hint of charisma but, according to those who know him, a man with a ferocious work ethic. here is a man who gets up at five o'clock in the morning, does 100 sit—ups and then reads all the newspapers, and by 6:30am, he is starting meetings with business people, with advisers, with outside economists. he absorbs like a sponge and wants to get things done for the country. he's not interested in any of the glitz or bling that comes with modern government. that's all well and good, but the problem forjapan‘s new prime minister is his election was essentially a stitch—up by party bosses in smoky back rooms. the japanese people have had absolutely no say in the matter. mr suga's rise to power has only happened because prime minister abe has stepped down suddently and unexpectedly. but now he is going to have to prove himself — and he might not get much time. much is being made of mr suga's humble background — the son of a farmer who worked in a factory to pay his

way through college. mr suga is certainly nothing like most of japan's recent prime ministers who come from powerful political dynasties. but in the dirty world of japanese politics, his humble origins could be his undoing. we've already seen evidence that we're not in for any radical change. yoshihide suga's firstjob was to pick a new cabinet. and more than half of it had been in shinzo abe's team. and as you can see, only two women have been appointed — so continuing another abe policy of giving most of the top jobs to men. here's rupert in tokyo again. it is a careful balance, representing all of the major factions in the ldp who supported the vote for him to become prime minister, and that's already leading to speculation here that mr suga is really going to be controlled by the faction leaders in the ldp who got together in a back room to make him the new prime minister.

thanks to rupert on that. in the next half an hour on outside source, we will turn to what was our lead story yesterday. the flags of two arab countries have been protected on the walls ofjerusalem's old city after they signed an agreement with israel. the deal has, as you might imagine, divided the arab word. —— arab word. related to that, there has been in israeli air strike on gaza. both hamas and fought dominic —— and fata have condemned that deal, saying... the ambition for many palestinians is that they would have their own state. they see the steel, signed in the white house yesterday, as being a blow to that ideal. we'll turn to that story and a number of others the next half an

—— in the next half of outside source. i will see you in a couple of minutes. the heat of the last few days has well and truly gone now. the biggest drop in temperatures was across northern parts of the uk today. tomorrow, it's going to be pleasantly warm across the uk, but best of all, light winds and lots of sunshine on the way. really a fabulous day on the way. this is what it looks like on the weather map, high pressure centred across scotland, and this cool front here is responsible for bringing pressure conditions from the north. you can see where the winds blowing from, from straight out of norway there across the north sea, and you can see the cool front here moving across denmark and just grazing the east coast of england, so it has been a little more cloudy here. and hence, those temperatures have been quite a bit lower too. in the south, still pretty warm, the evening's been fairly warm and the night's going to stay fairly mild as well, particularly across the south and

the south west of the uk. here, despite clear spells, temperatures will probably hold around the mid—teens. so, early on thursday morning, i suspect around 15, 16 degrees, for example, plymouth and also the channel islands. to the north east, it's going to be quite a bit fresher. in the highlands, around single figures, and the north east of england as well. so, tomorrow morning might start off cloudy in one or two places, but the sun will be out. it really is going to be a beautiful day right across the uk, with the exception of the extreme northwest here. maybe a bit more cloud, but i think in the lowlands of scotland, through lancashire, the midlands, down towards the south coast of england, it's mostly sunny skies and temperatures around normal for the time of the year. here's friday's forecast. again, much of the same, a lot of fine weather across the uk, but the breeze is going to be picking upjust a bit across the south of the country. in fact, it might take the edge of the temperatures closer to the north sea coasts, and that's because low—pressure is forming just to the south of us,

around the bay of biscay. high pressure still in charge of the weather across the bulk of the country, but notice there is a weather front hugging the south coast of england and there's just the possibility of some showers. now, the blue here indicates showers and showers can be very hit—and—miss, so the chances are, for any one location in the south, pretty low to catch a shower, so that's why we've got predominately dry weather here in our forecast. but overall, i'm sure you'll agree, it's not looking bad at all for most of us.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. our lead story is from paris. the man who ran a world athletics for 16 yea rs has man who ran a world athletics for 16 years has been convicted of bribes to cover up a positive covid—19 —— doping test. covid—19 is spreading in india faster than anywhere else but the parameter is so far not taking the political blame. and the un and foreign secretary —— uk for cemetery is an wash tempest is talking about brexit. the uk action is defensive in relation to what the uk is doing. we have not done any of this yet and it is proportionate. in the last few hours some of the government has climbed out on their plan to override the present withdrawal bill. it has given mps the power to veto the use of it.

a day after israel and bahrain and uae held a ceremony at the white house to normalise their relations, there's been an exchange of fire between israel and palestinians in gaza. two rockets were fired towards israel and were intercepted by israel's anti—missile system, which you can see here. it can detects and intercepts shorter—range targets like rockets and mortars. a second rocket fired into israel struck the coastal city of ashdod. this is the aftermath, and two men were wounded. another 13 rockets were launched before dawn on wednesday. this is how israel retaliated. it bombed sites in gaza that it says belong to the palestinian group hamas. the deal was signed at a ceremony at the white house last night. it ends a decades—long economic boycott of israel. direct flights between israel and uae will commence for the first

time, and diplomatic offices are expected to open by the end of the year. well, as that ceremony was under way, this was happening in jerusalem. the flags of the united arab emirates, bahrain, israel and the united states were projected onto the old city walls. the deal was also welcomed by bahrain's foreign minister. here's what he said. translation: of course this agreement endorses the peace process in the region and guarantees a communication channel with israel, with the israeli people and with the commercial and economic side in order to achieve a mutual cooperation and investment. but here's the view of one local. translation: we see the displaced palestinians, and we see the injustice they face. and we see their resistance and perseverance in order to gain their historical rights.

so, no—one has the right to let these people down, especially when there's a lot of loyalty between us. well, unsurprisingly, the palestinian press today has denounced the washington agreement. this is an editorial in a newspaper, al—hayat al—jadidah, which is based in the west bank and owned by the palestinian authority. we've translated it. it says... arabs are also expressing their anger on social media. the arabic hashtags "normalisation is treason" and "charter of palestine" were trending in several arab countries and have been used tens of thousands of times. one user writes... palestinian youtuber belal abel aal tweeted. .. and you can see that's accompanied

by an image of the leaders at yesterday's signing being put into a rubbish bin. before the uae and bahrain join egypt and jordan as being the only arab countries to formally recognise israel, and the other two did so in the ‘70s and ‘90s respectively, so this development has been a long time coming. issam ikirmawi is here. thank you forjoining us. i want to talk about the appointment of the citizen of bahrain. what is the government point their equipment they have been using social media to put forward the point of view... there is a new reality in the middle east. and therefore they have to deal with this reality. they think that they will have some leverage on israel in the future. and they think

that by having a relationship with israel, israel will soften its sta nce israel, israel will soften its stance vis—a—vis the palestinians. this is the official line from these two governments. on the grassroot level, especially in pop rain, there isa level, especially in pop rain, there is a great deal of hostility and objection to the siding of the normalisation treaty yesterday. no people in bahrain we have been a monitoring social media are —— most people are against this kind of deal and they think they are living the palestinians down and they should not have done it before the palestinians were able to establish their own independent state with jerusalem as its capital. you mentioned that bahrain and the uae will hope to influence israel after the deal. is that your analysis? that is what they are saying full

stub in terms of influencing israel, if you look at what israel has offered during the negotiation, they don't trade off anything. benjamin @ yahoo talks about peaceful peace, peace from a position of strength and he brags about not yielding to the palestinians and also the rhetoric coming from the israeli government and from the us administration is that the palestinian cause has been sidelined now and people in the middle east are fed up with the palestinians and theyjust want to move on. now on theyjust want to move on. now on the ground, the picture is somewhat completely different. thank you very much indeed. always in debt to our collea g u es much indeed. always in debt to our colleagues from bbc arabic on stories on the middle east. borisjohnson has been responding to criticism of the uk's covid testing system. this week, some of the worst affected areas in england have been unable to offer tests, and hospital executives have warned

that essential services are at risk because staff are stuck at home unable to get a test. well, the prime minister say the uk compares "extremely well" with other european countries, and he's promised half a million tests a day by october. this is from prime minister's questions earlier. everybody can see just in the last few days a colossal spike in the number of people who want tests and who want to ascertain whether they've got coronavirus. and what we're trying to do now is meet that demand at record speed. labour's deputy leader, angela rayner, was asking the questions. she accused the government and boris johnson of presiding over a system that was collapsing. and there was more. they've had six months, mr speaker, to get this right, and yet the prime minister still can't deliver on his promises. the health secretary said yesterday it would take weeks to sort the situation out. well, mr speaker,

we don't have weeks! there is no doubting that the system is creaking, and more and more personal stories are emerge of those bearing the brunt of the delays. this is the mum in one family of six in the north of england who are isolating and waiting to have tests. we did the right thing from day one. we were told we all needed to be tested, so that's what we tried to do. and we haven't all been tested because we still to this point have had three people that haven't been tested. two that have had symptoms, one of them hasn't. we're also hearing warnings that people arriving at hospitals and gp surgeries in the hope of getting a test. because people are unable to access the system, they're panicking. they're thinking, "where can i go to get some certainty about whether my family member is struggling? " otherwise they can't go to work. they can't go to school. so, yeah, we're seeing gps are being inundated in the same way that nhs hospitals are. but you can't arrive unannounced

at a hospital or gp and get a test. well, here's more from the prime minsiter on the pressures that people who need tests are under. we are testing more, conducting more tests than any other european country. testing more people per thousand of population and any other european... those are the facts! "those are the facts," he says. let's take a closer look. borisjohnson says the uk is testing more people than any other european country, and he's right. according to data from oxford university and the global change data lab, the three countries doing the most lab—confirmed positive or negative covid—19 tests in europe are france, germany and the uk. they say france is conducting about 140 , 000 tests per day. it's just opened 20 new testing centres to meet rising demand. there have been multiple reports of queues and delays. next, germany — it's conducting about 150,000 tests per day. there have been long quques at some testing facilities. and here's the uk at more than 170,000 tests per day. from early on, germany has been

highlighted as an example of how to organise mass testing. here's damian mcguinness in berlin on what it's done. on paper, the uk does indeed seem to be carrying out more tests than germany, but there are some crucial differences. generally here, tests are not self—administered, so you would always have a medical professional carrying out the actual test. that means there are fewer risks of a false positive. also, there are generally no shortfalls here. so, anyone who needs a test can get one. that's because around about a million tests are carried out a week here in germany, but there's a capacity for 1.4 million. so, at the moment, there's no shortfall. but officials are warning that that could change over the winter, the winter, especially as more people get symptoms. so, that's why it now the german government is changing who is eligible for free tests. over the summer, holiday— makers returning from most countries across the world could get a free covid—19 test at the airport.

now, they're being told to go into quarantine for two weeks, and if they want a test, they're going to have to pay for it. a new report for you from zimbabwe where the government has offered to return farms it receives from black farmers more than 20 years ago. but farmers more than 20 years ago. but farmers who are why in the country will only become positive for improvements they have made to the land but not the land itself. the president has said the policy is important for the country to move forward. let's understand that argument. i knew uncertainty for zimbabwe's black farmers. those who settled on land belonging to foreign citizens now face using as government tries to close the chapter of a controversial past. the british are threatening to withdraw their companies. we say the sooner you do

it, the better. fighting taught by then president robert godbey, his policy to return land to blacks became chaotic and returned to the government. there are more black farmers on the land now but the question of ownership remains a divisive one more than 20 years on. and the government is still trying to strike a balance between local interests and international obligations. farms protected under bilateral investor protection agreements were parceled out in violation of local laws and now these families could be moved. we don't like it. because this is zimbabwe, this is our land. they say they were assured of the takeover was legal. for 20 years, they have sunk roots here, raised children, grew family on this land. we are the government. sol

grew family on this land. we are the government. so i don't think our government. so i don't think our government can say we can go back home. i don't think so. i don't believe that. we are waiting for the government. so we do not fear anything other. we are the rightful owners of this land. but there are greater forces at play. international courtjudgements demand that the land is restored for hundreds of millions of dollars are paid in damages. i am convinced of the long run the government of zimbabwe will fulfil its land obligations. i do not believe anything will happen overnight. this isa anything will happen overnight. this is a process. the family won internationaljudgement is a process. the family won international judgement five is a process. the family won internationaljudgement five years ago and remain cautiously optimistic. we are now waiting to be cove red optimistic. we are now waiting to be covered by the government and to find a solution with government and announce it as such but there is not yet action and we've had many announcements. why do you think the government is doing this now? there are unresolved problems to be sorted and unless they are resolved, the

country cannot go forward in the government recognises that and is taking the first steps in the right direction. it is a long way that we still have to go. a recent multi dollar pay—out with local white farmers affected by the land seizures has also stood in motion. have accused the government of buckling to pressure from western nations for the government says not all foreign owned farms be returned. these considerations are in the public interest of security for the country. there is merit in doing so. where it is no longer possible, then compensation is offered. that is very clear for me. altogether, the numbers that we are looking at addressing and redressing for the clarity that we give affects a mere 3.2% of the beneficiaries. these people have told us that we have to

get out right now. they have come to move us get out right now. they have come to move us out. but even as government promised to close the controversial chapter, and other farm promised to close the controversial chapter, and otherfarm eviction is taking place. whatever happens now, many zimbabweans agree that to move forward , many zimbabweans agree that to move forward, the country needs to forwa rdahecountrylneedsto resolve g tug—of—war - resolve this tug—of—war that has started on for decades. stay with us on outside source. still to come, kim kardashian west joins other celebrities in a 24—hour boycott of social media in protest of the spread of "hate, propaganda and disinformation". the uk education secretary has told mps that children in england should only be given a test if they display coronavirus symptoms. from tomorrow, a new dedicated coronavirus advice line is launching for schools, nurseries and colleges. here's education

correspondent elaine dunkley. these children are feeling fit and well and ready for school, but this primary school has had a confirmed case of coronavirus. 43 children and four members of staff are at home self—isolating. we've got a whole year of this, i'm convinced of that, and we need to have better testing, access to testing, so parents aren't pushed round all over the country. results need to come back quicker. at the moment, we're seeing tests take as long as four days. i'm feeling absolutely fine. mrs lawrence teaches children in year two and also does supply work. she's found getting a test difficult and is currently at home. it felt like fastest fingers won the test. we tried on saturday night, we couldn't get anything. we tried on sunday morning, so we had to do the whole thing again. as a supply teacher, i wouldn't be earning any money at all. this is the time of year when children catch colds and sniffles. the problem for parents is recognising when it

could be coronavirus. the guidance to schools is a child should be at home if they have a new, continuous cough for an hour or three coughing episodes in 2a hours. a temperature and a change in taste and smell are also symptoms. people only with symptoms are the ones that should actually be doing the testing, so if a child and their contacts have been sent home, it's not that all those children that are sent home should be getting the testing. children have been back at school for just a matter of weeks. parents are worried about the disruption. the government has launched a new service for schools to report cases of coronavirus, but teachers are warning that it's testing which is vital to keeping schools open. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is —

lamine diack, the man who ran world athletics for 16 years, is convicted for bribes to cover up positive doping tests. hurricane sally has made landfall on the us gulf coast, causing extensive flooding and bringing winds of more than 160 kph. the us national hurricane centre says the category two storm could inundate some areas with up to 60 centimetres of rain. alabama, florida and mississippi have all declared states of emergency. here in the uk, buckingham palace says plans by the caribbean island nation of barbados to remove queen elizabeth as its head of state is a matter for barbadians to decide. on tuesday, the barbados government said it was time to leave its colonial past behind and become a republic. it wants to complete the process by november next year, in time for the 55th anniversary of independence from britain. south america is currently going through one of its worst fire seasons on record. there are many fires in the amazon, but they also extend into the world's largest wetlands, the pa nta nal.

it's a haven for wildlife and home to some of the most unique and endangered species on earth. katy watson has visited para, the state worst affected by the fires. above the canopy, an unmissable sign that the amazon is burning. but it's on the ground where the damage has been done. this virgin forest gone forever. this is one of dozens of fires we've seen while driving through the forest today, and this is a specially protected area. clearly few people are paying attention to the fact there's a fire ban put in place after the international outcry that we saw last year. you wonder what hope there is when the government says that the fires don't even exist. for this man, the fires are all too real. a cocoa producer, he shows me

where the neighbouring cattle farm burnt its land a few weeks ago and nearly destroyed his livelihood. translation: they set fire to the field after the decree was introduced. i don't know why they didn't comply with the law. we often ask that. they must have special contacts. they know that they can commit the crimes, and they aren't afraid of anything. small farmers like him face powerful opposition, though. with backing from the president, the agricultural lobby is more formidable than ever. this part of brazil has become a deforestation hotspot. then comes the burning to make way for fields of cattle. there's nothing natural about these fires. and they keep burning. yet the jair bolsonaro remains defiant. he slashed the budget of brazil's

environmentalagencies, instead putting the army in charge of protecting the rainforest. and earlier this month, he publicly called environmental ngos a cancer. the president has problems with democracy. he can't deal with people that have different opinions, and this is really part of the democracy. in my opinion, the cancer against the future of brazil is the government's action against the environment, not... it's notjust the amazon, though, that's burning. further south, the world's largest wetlands, known as the pantanal, is also ablaze. exacerbated by the worst drought for almost half

to rare species like jaguars. those who've survived are badly injured. so many more didn't even stand a chance. jair bolsonaro sees the amazon as a cash cow, a way for brazilians to prosper. but the way it's going, this is what the future will be. the slow death of the world's biggest forest, and time is running out for one of the most unique places on earth. dozens of celebrities are freezing their facebook and instagram accounts for 2h hours. they say the social media sites aren't doing enough to tackle hate speech. leonardo dicaprio is among them. this is his post on instagram. kim kardashian—west is another. she tweeted. .. what should we make of this? a recent example of that is a self—styled militia group that called itself the kenosha guard. it used the facebook to encourage armed citizens to take to the streets of kenosha. that's the us city where a vigilante

shot three black lives matter protesters, killing two of them. facebook took the group down. mark zuckerberg admitted that facebook had made a mistake and should have shut down the group earlier. in that same interview, mark zuckerberg also said he was sensitive about having facebook "be the ultimate deciders of what is right and wrong and true and false in the world". here's marianna spring, disinformation reporter. of the first time they have faced criticism on the issue. what is their response for this latest push to change their approach? sadly not. they have come under increasing amounts of criticism throughout the pennant because of the way they have tackled harmful misinformation and certainly in the months heading to the us election misinformation and hate speech or high up the agenda. facebook are saying they are trying to shut down dangerous conspiracy theory groups, for instance those

linked to the qanon conspiracy, unfounded conspiracy that says president trump is waging a secret war against the tannic paedophiles and they promote a great deal of misinformation. but many others are quick to point out that facebook don't act quickly enough and in fact if they are to shut down groups and pages where disinformation and hate speech drive not only results in hate speech and information spreading into local groups, parent chats and other spaces but also real—world violence, the example of kenosha is compelling. as a consequence of an event on facebook where threats were being made, it looks as though that could have been linked to it or at least having been encouraged by the violence in the streets. facebook took credit for removing the event but later it was revealed the event organisers were who took it down. are the celebrities getting into the detail because it is easy to say stop hate speech but it gets a lot harder when you identify what qualifies as hate speech and misinformation and so on?

definitely in the same as they made a quite general. there have been various triggers for concerns about hate speech and misinformation in recent weeks. they tend not to talk about the pandemic but instead focus on hate speech related to the black lives matter movement and also the events in kenosha and the idea of militia groups taking to the streets perhaps in the bill election qanon has also been a big issue as we look towards: day, all eyes will be on facebook and whether they succeed in acting quickly to limit the spread of political disinformation and hate speech and threats that could impact the result of the selection.” speech and threats that could impact the result of the selection. i was good to have you. thank you very much. if you did not follow marianna on twitter, do look her up because she reports all the issues because the pandemic and also because of the eminent us election which is of course at the beginning of november. that is it for this edition of the programme but i will be with you again ina programme but i will be with you again in a couple of minutes' time at the top of the next hour.

the heat of the last few days has well and truly gone now. the biggest drop in temperatures was across northern parts of the uk today. tomorrow, it's going to be pleasantly warm across the uk, but best of all, light winds and lots of sunshine on the way. really a fabulous day on the way. this is what it looks like on the weather map, high pressure centred across scotland, and this cool front here is responsible for bringing pressure conditions from the north. you can see where the winds blowing from, from straight out of norway there across the north sea, and you can see the cool front here moving across denmark and just grazing the east coast of england, so it has been a little more cloudy here. and hence, those temperatures have been quite a bit lower too. in the south, still pretty warm, the evening's been fairly warm

and the night's going to stay fairly mild as well, particularly across the south and the south west of the uk. here, despite clear spells, temperatures will probably hold around the mid—teens. so, early on thursday morning, i suspect around 15, 16 degrees, for example, plymouth and also the channel islands. to the north east, it's going to be quite a bit fresher. in the highlands, around single figures, and the north east of england as well. so, tomorrow morning might start off cloudy in one or two places, but the sun will be out. it really is going to be a beautiful day right across the uk, with the exception of the extreme northwest here. maybe a bit more cloud, but i think in the lowlands of scotland, through lancashire, the midlands, down towards the south coast of england, it's mostly sunny skies and temperatures around normal for the time of the year. here's friday's forecast. again, much of the same, a lot of fine weather across the uk, but the breeze is going to be picking upjust a bit across the south of the country. in fact, it might take the edge of the temperatures closer to the north sea coasts, and that's because low—pressure is forming just to the south of us, around the bay of biscay.

high pressure still in charge of the weather across the bulk of the country, but notice there is a weather front hugging the south coast of england and there's just the possibility of some showers. now, the blue here indicates showers and showers can be very hit—and—miss, so the chances are, for any one location in the south, pretty low to catch a shower, so that's why we've got predominately dry weather here in our forecast. but overall, i'm sure you'll agree, it's not looking bad at all for most of us.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. lamine diack — the man who ran world athletics for 16 years is convicted for bribes to cover up positive doping tests. covid19 is now spreading faster in india than anywhere else. we'll look at whether narendra modi is being blamed for the thousands of new cases. also, the uk's foreign secretary dominic raab is in washington but he's still talking brexit. the uk action here is defensive, in relation to what the eu is doing, it is precautionary — we haven't done any of this — and it is proportionate. but the government's now announced a climbdown on that plan to override the brexit withdrawal bill — giving mps the power to veto the use of it. and some celebrities are boycotting facebook and instagram — for 2h hours.