this is bbc news. the headlines: france is recalling its ambassadors from australia and the united states in what it describes as an exceptional decision. the french foreign minister said the ambassadors were returning due to the seriousness of the announcement made on wednesday that australia would scrap a multi—billion dollar deal to buy french—designed submarines. a top american general�*s confirmed one of the last military operations in afghanistan inadvertently killed 10 members of an innocent family. the head of us central command said an investigation had found a drone strike killed an aid worker and nine relatives — seven of them children. the former president of algeria, abdelaziz bouteflika,has died after a long illness aged 8a. he led the north african country for nearly two decades but the ailing president's decision in 2019 to seek a fifth term led to massive street protests.

ajudge in america has ruled that lawyers for virginia guiffre will be able to serve legal papers do his representative in the us after a week of confusion and wrangling over whether the prince had been formally notified. a royal correspondent has more details. on monday the lawyers went head—to—head in new york arguing over whether those papers had been properly served, on wednesday the high court here said it would assist lawyers for virginia guiffre, the woman who made the allegations against the prince, the allegations the prince denies, it will assist those lawyers in serving the papers and a judge in new york and said that the papers can be served on the prince's us lawyer, the man who spoke on monday. that means this case will almost certainly now go ahead. that lawyer says a deal struck by virginia guiffre in

2009 with jeffrey struck by virginia guiffre in 2009 withjeffrey epstein, one—time friend of the prince, convicted paedophile, that deal will make any court case against prince andrew null and void. that deal is secret and sealed, and only when the case proceeds might it be open. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week, on the travel show... i am this week, on the travel show... iam in this week, on the travel show... i am in argentina, exploring an amazing sunken town that has reemerged from under the water. then, i had to the country's spectacular iguazu falls. and in wales, we joined a couple starting out on a pedal powered adventure at sea, searching for a more sustainable future.

where kicking off this week in south america. argentina, to be precise, were early last year i went to explore one of the strangest places i had ever heard of. a town that had to be abandoned due to flooding back in the 1990s, but has since reemerged from beneath the water. you can find ghost towns all over the world and has many different reasons why they could be abandoned but i've heard epecuen especial, because it is not abandoned, at not completely. there's not much left... just some bricks. you

can only guess what they used to be. this places while the. there is a couple of tourists here, notjust us, but more cows than tourists. epecuen was built in the 1920s, and at its peak was home to about 5000 people. tourists came from all over argentina to take a therapeutic dip and its famous thermal bath. today, remains of her hometown, explaining what happened here.

how did it become abandoned? how did it become abandoned? how did it come to this? in 1985, heavy rain and storms sealed epecuen's fate. a nearby dam ruptured and within weeks the town was flooded a. for

years and years, the water continued to rise, and by the early 90s, everything you see here was completely submerged. then just over a here was completely submerged. thenjust over a decade here was completely submerged. then just over a decade ago, the waters began to subside. is now tourists can walk the streets once again. this is damaged, but it's not, it's completely encrusted and mineral salts from the water. the inside, not so great... i guess that's what a quarter of a century underwater does? for me, ijust see concrete, but you, you have memories here.

but even when it was mostly underwater, it wasn't entirely abandoned. for over25 underwater, it wasn't entirely abandoned. for over 25 years, a local legend called pablo novak lived on the outskirts of. some recent health complications have meant that pablo has had to move out of his home and into a nearby nursing facility. that means epecuen's last resident has finally moved away, but pablo�*s memories of the town still live

on. this while epecuen may now be fully abandoned, what is left behind is a uniquely desolate, stunning landscape with a legacy that will never be forgotten. next, we are off to new zealand to visit the north island's largest rainforest, back in 2014, the government returned ownership of the land back to the local indigenous people who were now encouraging tourists to learn to interact with the forest on a spiritual level, rather than just think of it is a great place to take a hike and some

photos. place to take a hike and some hotos. , , , , photos. this tribe, my tribe here, photos. this tribe, my tribe here. fought _ photos. this tribe, my tribe here, fought for _ photos. this tribe, my tribe here, fought for 150 - photos. this tribe, my tribe here, fought for 150 years l photos. this tribe, my tribe | here, fought for 150 years to have land returned to the people, and they were eventually successful in 2014. what was formerly the national park area, became a living entity of its own with all the rights of personhood. and i believe that it was the first of its kind in the world. we don't take over and control, they understand where they fit in, and are guided by nature.

this tree, it is supporting me, and the energy from it feels mail. it's a few hundred years old, whatever tree, plant, that your eyes alight upon, there is that thing acknowledging you and saying hello. if you ignore them, itjust means that you need more time, so more time spent in nature, the more you tune in, the better develop your understanding of the language that she is speaking to you. people that i met when it was a national park often

did not know much about our tribe. or our indigenous ancestry, children of the messed. the retreat was born out of the desire to have a place where people could stay in nature, enfolded in nature, where they could connect with nature and themselves. you are unplugged from the distractions of life. . iwant unplugged from the distractions of life. . i want people to realise that you don't need much to enjoy life, and to live. staying here strips back and takes you right back to the basics of what you need, what

the body needs, what the spirit needs. ,, ., the body needs, what the spirit needs, ,, ., the body needs, what the spirit needs. ,, ., _, ., needs. still to come on the travel show... _ needs. still to come on the travel show... i— needs. still to come on the travel show... i get - needs. still to come on the travel show... i get to - travel show... i get to experience the spectacle and sheer force of nature of the amazing iguazu falls here in argentina. and we meet the couple setting out on a sustainable journey at sea with the help of a little pedal power. don't go away. this isn'tjust power. don't go away. this isn't just one waterfall, power. don't go away. this isn'tjust one waterfall, it's hundreds of. is three times

wider than niagara and it's a marble of nature are right on the border between argentina and brazil, and i wanted to see this water for my entire life. during the rainy season, every second, up to 13 million litres of water spell over a series of precipices stretching 1.5 miles wide. . , ., wide. . the first time that i saw the — wide. . the first time that i saw the waterfalls - wide. . the first time that i saw the waterfalls i - wide. . the first time that i saw the waterfalls i cried. l wide. . the first time that i i saw the waterfalls i cried. the falls are steeped in _ saw the waterfalls i cried. the falls are steeped in local legends. some are more sinister than others. they believe that behind the waterfalls, especially behind the double's throat, there is a giant snake living there, and they have a lot of respect for that. have you seen a giant snake? never, but i have _ you seen a giant snake? never, but i have seen _ you seen a giant snake? never, but i have seen this _ but i have seen this waterfall and i have a lot of respect for that. it and i have a lot of respect for that. , ., ., .,, that. it is one of the most spectacular _

that. it is one of the most spectacular sections - that. it is one of the most spectacular sections of. that. it is one of the most| spectacular sections of the falls, where a major portion of the iguazu river tumbles over, causing in effect similar to an ocean plunging into anna meares. wow! i've never seen anything like this before. one waterfall, two, three, four, five, six, 20, 30, 100, all cascading down. to rush coming off this waterfall... you can feel it on your face and hands, this is an incredible moderate nature. you have to come and see this sometime in your life. wow next, wejoin see this sometime in your life. wow next, we join the husband—and—wife team on an

incredible zero carbon adventure around wales, and so far they have completed almost 400 miles over hills and valleys under their own steam. now, it's time for them to tackle the spectacular and sometimes precarious welsh coastline in a boat powered just by pedal. we are on a circumnavigation of wales using just human power, so we're biking, walking, canoeing, pack crafting and using a specially designed pedal powered boat. this is an eight metre by 1.5 metre boat made out of wood, it was designed and held back in the early 90s to complete the first circumnavigation of the planet by human power which is what i did, started off with a friend, and she is like almost a part of me, she is part of my soul now, i've spent so much of my life and her.— life and her. like i'm ever conna life and her. like i'm ever gonna wear— life and her. like i'm ever

gonna wear this. - life and her. like i'm ever gonna wear this. i - life and her. like i'm ever gonna wear this. i think i life and her. like i'm ever. gonna wear this. i think for me, human power means being able to be more part of a community, and i think one of the most special things about our journey so the most special things about ourjourney so far the most special things about our journey so far is the fact that we are going very slowly, we are meeting some amazing people that we would have ever met. people that we would have ever met, ., people that we would have ever met. ., .,, people that we would have ever met. ., , ., met. some of the most engaging encounters _ met. some of the most engaging encounters in _ met. some of the most engaging encounters in terms _ met. some of the most engaging encounters in terms of— met. some of the most engaging encounters in terms of people i encounters in terms of people and leading onto sustainability stories— and leading onto sustainability stories which is what we are interested in exploring here in wales— interested in exploring here in wales have come about because of human— wales have come about because of human power. so we liked from — of human power. so we liked from greenfield dock, then we hiked — from greenfield dock, then we hiked over the black mountains, used _ hiked over the black mountains, used paragraphs down the river to monmouth and then we just hiked — to monmouth and then we just biked from monmouth to here, milford — biked from monmouth to here, milford haven. so tomorrow we are going — milford haven. so tomorrow we are going to be peddling moksha, our little boat out into— moksha, our little boat out into the _ moksha, our little boat out into the channel essentially, around — into the channel essentially, around the temperature headlands and then around to fishguard, up cardigan bay,

around _ fishguard, up cardigan bay, around by anglesey and back to where _ around by anglesey and back to where we — around by anglesey and back to where we started from, from greenfield dock.— where we started from, from | greenfield dock._ i greenfield dock. thank you! i can't deny — greenfield dock. thank you! i can't deny that _ greenfield dock. thank you! i can't deny that i _ greenfield dock. thank you! i can't deny that i am - greenfield dock. thank you! i can't deny that i am more i can't deny that i am more apprehensive about this than crossing _ apprehensive about this than crossing an ocean, which i have done _ crossing an ocean, which i have done in — crossing an ocean, which i have done in that pedal boat, soveral— done in that pedal boat, several times, done in that pedal boat, severaltimes, but done in that pedal boat, several times, but this, done in that pedal boat, severaltimes, but this, going around — severaltimes, but this, going around the coast, you've got tides, — around the coast, you've got tides, wind, othervessels, there — tides, wind, othervessels, there are _ tides, wind, othervessels, there are so many other variables and that is what i am most _ variables and that is what i am most nervous about. seems pretty— most nervous about. seems pretty rough. most nervous about. seems pretty rough-— most nervous about. seems pretty rough. i'm very nervous, because when _ pretty rough. i'm very nervous, because when he _ pretty rough. i'm very nervous, because when he gets - pretty rough. i'm very nervous, j because when he gets nervous, it really does freak me out. oh my god! well pulls... ——

whirlpools. 0k, ok, can you see me? no, up, up! no, up! stop!— no, up! stop! yeah, i'm 'ust shattered. fl no, up! stop! yeah, i'm 'ust shattered. absolutely i shattered. absolutely shattered.

i'm not in my comfort zone on the water, but honestly for me, it's telling the stories of the local heroes that are championing, you know, their local environments and the seals and the wales and they are out there and they are in the trenches every day working hard and they are fighting bureaucracy and i am so excited to bring those stories to other people so that they can get help, and i'm really, really excited about that. we have heard about this amazing organisation called the sea watch foundation, and jason and they are super excited, we're going to get out on the boat to see if we can't find some dolphin and other sea life, so we are looking forward to it. what exactly is it that the sea watch foundation does? 50.

what exactly is it that the sea watch foundation does? so, the sea watch _ watch foundation does? so, the sea watch foundation _ watch foundation does? so, the sea watch foundation as - watch foundation does? so, the sea watch foundation as a i sea watch foundation as a nation _ sea watch foundation as a nation wide research charity, we study _ nation wide research charity, we study whales, dolphins and porpoises in the uk. our flagship project is the one that— flagship project is the one that my lead and we study the population of bottlenose dolphins that we get around here — dolphins that we get around here and we look at how do they use their— here and we look at how do they use their habitat and how many animals— use their habitat and how many animals are here year after year~ — animals are here year after ear. animals are here year after ear, ., animals are here year after ear. ., ., ., year. so today we are not actually _ year. so today we are not actually on _ year. so today we are not actually on a _ year. so today we are not actually on a surveying i year. so today we are not i actually on a surveying boat, we are on a tourism boat? yes. can ou we are on a tourism boat? yes. can you explain. _ we are on a tourism boat? yes. can you explain, is _ we are on a tourism boat? yes. can you explain, is that - we are on a tourism boat? yes. can you explain, is that a i can you explain, is that a problem for the dolphins? it is a difficult situation. _ problem for the dolphins? it is a difficult situation. when we look— a difficult situation. when we look at — a difficult situation. when we look at northern cardigan bay where — look at northern cardigan bay where there is actually a lot less — where there is actually a lot less tourist boats, we have seen — less tourist boats, we have seen an— less tourist boats, we have seen an impact of disturbance and that— seen an impact of disturbance and that is mainly from recreational boat traffic and we have _ recreational boat traffic and we have seen an effect on the social— we have seen an effect on the social structure of the dolphins has not be so down here — dolphins has not be so down here we _ dolphins has not be so down here we have much smaller pods with longer lasting bonds, whereas up north the animals are often— whereas up north the animals are often in bigger groups but they— are often in bigger groups but they have less long lasting

bonds _ they have less long lasting bonds with each other. you 'ust can't let bonds with each other. you 'ust cant get away i bonds with each other. you 'ust can't get away from i bonds with each other. you 'ust can't get away from it, i bonds with each other. you 'ust can't get away from it, can i can't get away from it, can you? can we park on the flat part of the ocean from now on? this sounds ridiculous, but if i threw up and something eats at... i've had an idea preference stuff today, i mean, i'd just don't... —— preference stuff today, i mean, i'djust don't... —— i've preference stuff today, i mean, i'd just don't... —— i've had a ibuprofen and stuff today. so

sick... it's like being inside a washing machine. 50 sick... it's like being inside a washing machine. so how was our a washing machine. so how was your night? _ a washing machine. so how was your night? it— a washing machine. so how was your night? it was _ a washing machine. so how was your night? it was ok. .. - a washing machine. so how was your night? it was ok. .. well, | your night? it was ok. .. well, as soon as _ your night? it was ok. .. well, as soon as we _ your night? it was ok. .. well, as soon as we get _ your night? it was ok. .. well, as soon as we get under i your night? it was ok. .. well, as soon as we get under way, | your night? it was ok. .. well, | as soon as we get under way, it will be not this continual rowing. will be not this continual rowint. ., , , .~' will be not this continual rowint. ., , , ., rowing. honestly, we make a tood rowing. honestly, we make a good team. _ rowing. honestly, we make a good team, and _ rowing. honestly, we make a good team, and it's - rowing. honestly, we make a good team, and it's funny i good team, and it's funny because we fight about little things that you know, i think we can't even remember what we thought about. we can't even remember what we thought about-— thought about. yeah, we do fitht but thought about. yeah, we do fight but weirdly _ thought about. yeah, we do fight but weirdly enough i thought about. yeah, we do l fight but weirdly enough when we are out at sea or if we are on this expedition together...

if we think we're gonna die, we're fine! can't one thing be easy! we're fine! can't one thing be eas !, , we're fine! can't one thing be eas ', , ., we're fine! can't one thing be eas! , ., , easy! just one! i suppose when the chi ts easy! just one! i suppose when the chips are — easy! just one! i suppose when the chips are down _ easy! just one! i suppose when the chips are down and - easy! just one! i suppose when the chips are down and things. the chips are down and things are going really badly, that is when we come together and work really well together.— really well together. you're welcome- _ really well together. you're welcome. tammy's - really well together. you're welcome. tammy's cafe i really well together. you're welcome. tammy's cafe at | really well together. you're i welcome. tammy's cafe at sea. food weight is a huge problem. 80% of our food in this country is wasted so we're gonna go and find out how this local group is preventing food from going to landfill, so they pick up food from restaurants, from people's houses and a lot of it has not gone off, it's just gone past the best before date so they make delicious food and we are tired of eating brown food on the boat, services can be great, eating food other than our own cooking. it’s than our own cooking. it's reallyjust _ than our own cooking. it's really just a _ than our own cooking. it's reallyjust a great - than our own cooking. it�*s reallyjust a great concept

really just a great concept because they are feeding their local community and then anything that they can't use actually goes into a compost bin, so it is literally a complete circular economy with food that would be otherwise wasted. that's delicious! well, that's all for _ wasted. that's delicious! well, that's all for this _ wasted. that's delicious! well, that's all for this week. - wasted. that's delicious! well, that's all for this week. but i that's all for this week. but coming up next week: what we are trying to do here is get around this headland before the tide turns against us, but it looks like the tide has already turned. ~ ., looks like the tide has already turned. . . . ~ looks like the tide has already turned. . . . ,, ., , turned. we are back with tammy and jason as _ turned. we are back with tammy and jason as they _ turned. we are back with tammy and jason as they continue i and jason as they continue their voyage but with the weather closing in, will they get to their final port of call or have to abandon their mission? you are not going to want to miss at. but mission? you are not going to want to miss at.— mission? you are not going to want to miss at. but from me, mate corey — want to miss at. but from me, mate corey and _ want to miss at. but from me, mate corey and the _ want to miss at. but from me, mate corey and the rest i want to miss at. but from me,

mate corey and the rest of i want to miss at. but from me, mate corey and the rest of the team here, in argentina, it's goodbye. hello there. many of us yesterday had a decent day of weather. temperatures reached 22.3 degrees celsius in the warmest spots, but it wasn't like that everywhere. in argyll and bute, cloudy for much of the day with rain and some mist and fog patches over the high ground until this happened. late on, as the weather front started to clear through, some of the cloud from the front was lit up by the setting sun, and it was a glorious end to the day. there is that weather front on the satellite picture, this stripe of cloud you can see here. the weather fronts associated with this cloud are particularly slow—moving beasties, and they're going to take the whole of the weekend before they reach right the way across to the eastern side of the country.

so, this weekend, mixed picture — could be a bit of rain around on saturday, but for many areas, it's a dry day. by sunday, outbreaks of rain become a bit more extensive, heavy and thundery as well for some. so, as i say, a mixed fortune, really. for southern and eastern scotland, western areas of england and wales, it's a cloudy start to the day with outbreaks of light rain and drizzle, probably some mist and fog patches mixed in as well. to the east of our weather front, perhaps east wales, but definitely central and eastern england, there'll be a lot of dry weather, with sunny spells and warm in that september sunshine — highs up to 23. brighter slice of weather as well for west scotland and northern ireland, but here, a fresher feel to the weather, temperatures 17—19. now, saturday night sees heavy, thundery rain start to break out across wales, moving in across northern england, into scotland as well, so there will be some heavy downpours around. and then, through sunday, this area of heavy and potentially thundery rain will continue to push eastwards and become really slow—moving across parts of central and eastern england. there's a risk of some localised flooding, 30—40 mm possible in one or two areas. in the wettest areas, that's enough to cause some localised surface water flooding. at the same time, the western side of the country will turn

brighter and drier and a bit sunnier through sunday afternoon. by monday, could still be a little bit of rain left over across east anglia and the far southeast of england, but otherwise, pressure will be building across the country for a time for monday and for tuesday as well, and that means for most of us, we're looking at a fine spell of weather with sunny spells. temperatures into the high teens or even the low 20s. however, it's not going to stay that way because, into the middle part of next week, we're going to see low pressure move in, bringing some heavy rain across the country and some much windier weather on the way as well.

good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: holiday firms say they expect a surge in bookings after travel restrictions in england are relaxed. this is what we have been waiting for a long time. it takes away all of the confusion, and that's been one of our biggest barriers and one of the biggest reasons why people haven't been wanting to book. us armed forces apologise after killing ten civilians in a drone strike during their final days in afghanistan. retailers warn of a possible shortage of some toys this christmas because of supply chain problems. good morning.

after a great night for all the home nations