this is bbc news, i'm mark lobel. our top stories. the rift deepens between france and key western allies over a cancelled submarine contract — the french foreign minister says relations with australia and the us are in crisis. translation: there has been lying, duplicity a major breach | of trust and contempt, this will not do. things are not going well between us. us officials move thousands of migrants away from a texas border town after a rapid influx, mostly from haiti. as america admits a drone strike killed ten afghan civilians by mistake, relatives say the us apology isn't enough. this was america's last act of war before it pulled out of afghanistan, and the decision to fire the missile smacks of panic. and what a legacy.

and splashdown — the four tourists aboard the spacex inspiration—4 capsule successfully return to earth. hello and welcome to bbc news. after the french president ordered the recall of ambassadors to australia and the us, washington says it plans to hold talks with senior french officials in the coming days to calm the diplomatic storm. the french ambassador to australia has now left the country, describing as a "huge mistake" its decision to unilaterally cancel a submarine contract worth tens of billions of dollars. from paris, here's hugh schofield. for the americans, the australians and the british, it's a new alliance to ensure stability in the pacific and thwart the strategic

ambitions of china. but australia's decision to buy nuclear submarines from the us has left the french feeling stunned and humiliated. their contract with australia has been simply binned. ordered back home by president macron, the french ambassador to canberra was as polite as he could be about the reasons for france's anger. i think this has been a huge mistake. a very, very bad handling of the partnership because it was not a contract. it was a partnership. this evening, the foreign minister, jean yves le drian, spoke again on national television. translation: there has been lying, duplicity, a major- breach of trust and contempt. this will not do. things are not going well between us. it means there is a crisis. i am with the president of france and that makes me feel better. just a few months ago, it was all smiles at the g7 summit in cornwall between presidents biden

and macron, and all talk of cooperation and shared challenges. but behind—the—scenes, the french are convinced that the three english—speaking nations were hatching the plan to cut them out. the fallout is potentially very great. this puts a big rift down the middle of the nato alliance, pushes france towards doing more with other european countries, puts britain very much in the camp of the americans in dealing with the indo—pacific, but britain needs a functioning nato alliance. my worry is that this does deep damage to nato, going well beyond the diplomatic row over an arms deal. as they assess the damage, the french are asking themselves tough questions. who now can be relied on as a serious military ally? noticeably, here at the french foreign ministry, the one ambassador who has not been recalled is the one to london. one reason being put about is that the french regard the british role in the new pact as being that of a junior partner, but it does also suggest a willingness to keep lines

of communication open. the souring of relations is in stark contrast to when president macron visited an australian submarine in 2018. with an election coming early next year, he has, perhaps, to act tough, but his angry reaction has broad support. for most people, it's not the government that's been humiliated, but france. with me is our reporter courtney bembridge to talk us through australia's calculations here. courtney, talk us through why australia scrapped the french deal in favour of this new one? the prime minister scott morrison was keen to say this was not a change of mind, but a change of need. australia needed a more modern fleet of submarines, and that is why they opted for this nuclear submarine, ratherthan they opted for this nuclear submarine, rather than the more traditional conventionally powered ones. there had been indications of this french deal which was signed in 2016 had

been troubled for some time. the cost had almost doubled, there were delays, so there had been indications and reports as early as this year that the deal may be under threat. but of course we know that the french say this came completely out of the blues. why now? many people suggest it was a viable plan b. the uk and us alliance allowed australia to sidestep into something else. but it is worth pointing out that billions of dollars have already been spent on the french deal, and there will be further delays now because they are effectively going back to square one. the submarines were meant to be built in australia, but french design. now they have to be redesigned to cope with the new way or powering them, which will set australia back. this all comes at a time when the australian submarine fleet is ageing, it was slated to be retired in 2025. it is at a time when we know tensions

are increasing with china, and there are very real concerns about that. so they have spent billions of dollars upgrading the current fleet, the old—style submarine, so there is a gap between. the new fleet agreed under the deal with the us and the uk, we know the prime minister said it is not likely to be delivered until at least 2014. so there is a long lead time on this, and in the meantime, threats are changing and the landscape is changing so much, there are still concerns about this. but france is u set concerns about this. but france is upset by _ concerns about this. but france is upset by all _ concerns about this. but france is upset by all this, _ concerns about this. but france is upset by all this, they - concerns about this. but france is upset by all this, they say - is upset by all this, they say it is not over. how is that going to pan out for the australians?— going to pan out for the australians? �* , . ., , australians? australia will be keen to say _ australians? australia will be keen to say that _ australians? australia will be keen to say that france - australians? australia will be | keen to say that france didn't hold up its side of the deal with the delays, it is likely that a court will have to decide whether they constitute grounds to scrap the deal. of course, billions of dollars have already been spent, and the french are saying, you have made an agreement and you have to make good on that. australia may end up still having to pay

out some of that deal. but australia says it's still better than investing billions and billions more into what will become outdated technology by the time it is eventually delivered.— by the time it is eventually delivered. ., ~ . now to the us, where the department of homeland security has moved around 2,000 people from a camp in a border town in texas to other immigration detention and processing centres. around 12,000 mainly haitian migrants have arrived at the border town, many after travelling from south america in an effort to request asylum in the us. here's a little of what the mayor of the texan border town of del rio said a short while ago. this is unprecedented. this is beyond surreal. this is affecting everybody in this community. our correspondent will grant explains what the united states' plan is for these migrants. i think it's a pretty basic plan, first and foremost remove them from under a bridge where they have set up a sort of

makeshift centre, a makeshift camp. and send them to processing centres, detention centres along the border. we hear at least 2000 have already been moved in that way. but ultimately the aim will be to get them on planes back to haiti. we know the driving force when it comes to the biden administration, with its relationship with mexico for example, is immigration. these images, these numbers do not look good for the biden administration. they are tired of the situation and they will continue to act whenever these sorts of moments of influx or many crises happen. so i don't think it comes as any great surprise that the department of homeland security is acting pretty swiftly when there is this gathering under this bridge in the town of del rio. haitians we believe have been outside of haiti since the 2010

devastating earthquake that caused so much destruction in the country then. but also more recent arrivals. and the route is often to go to south american countries. people could get from haiti to brazil relatively easily, extraordinary to think they have come all the way through south america, central america and have made it to this border town. we do believe that in a number of cases that is what happened. a lot of cuban migrants too. of course the current economic crisis injuba is pushing a lot of people out of the island. relatives of the family of ten afghan civilians, killed in an american drone strike in afghanistan last month, say the attack amounted to a war crime. us officials have admitted that the air strike, which killed seven children in kabul, was a mistake. this is all that remains of the toyota corolla that the americans tracked for hours, as they convinced themselves — entirely incorrectly — that it was packed

with explosives. five of the seven dead children were playing in the car when it was hit. its owner, zemari ahmadi, who they believed, wrongly, was an islamic state bomber, had just driven it home from his work with an american aid organisation. the survivors have moved out. after their terrible loss, they want compensation and resettlement in a safe country. this was america's last act of war before it pulled out of afghanistan, and the decision to fire the missile smacks of panic. and what a legacy. it isn't necessarily the parting shot of the americans,

because they still have the capacity to hit targets from the air. the us relies increasingly on drones. across the road, the neighbours are still traumatised by what they heard and saw. parisa said, "there was an explosion, i picked up brain and human flesh from the ground." america's latest deadly blunder shows how dangerous its drone strategy can be for civilians. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kabul. let's speak to mikey kay, a former senior raf officer and ex—adviser to the ministry of defence here in the uk. he did two tours in afghanistan and has a masters in war studies. how do you think the americans made such a big mistake? i how do you think the americans made such a big mistake? i used to be part _ made such a big mistake? i used to be part of _ made such a big mistake? i used to be part of the _ made such a big mistake? i used to be part of the kill— made such a big mistake? i used to be part of the kill chain, - to be part of the kill chain,

military parlance for the precision air strike process. and that process takes a lot of time, energy and resource into figuring out collateral damage estimates, understanding what weapon selection will be required, looking at all of the intelligence that leads up to what is called the pid, the positive identification of the target, image intelligence from a drone which is doing pol, pattern of life, it is listening to communications such as cell phones, and the really important one, one of the major factors really important one, one of the majorfactors in this erroneous drone strike, is the human intelligence component. one of the factors you will report to in terms of still having the ability to launch these drone strikes, the fact is we should be really asking the us chain of command, is the level of human intelligence thatis level of human intelligence

that is now available given that is now available given that all us forces, as far as we are aware, have left the country. because human is a huge part of the positive identification process. now, if we look at the schedule of events that occurred on august the 26, you had islamic state suicide bombs, two big ones going outside kabul airport, and those explosions killed 13 us marines. one august 29th, this drone strike went in. those three days, the us were on edge. i have been trying to get things going on and we were aware that there were seven suicide vest on the loose and a vehicle on the loose with car bombs as well. the us will have been on edge, wanting to try to intercept the suicide threats to the airport. but it is the human and the positive id functions of the air strike

process that have gone massively wrong.- process that have gone massivel wronu. ., , massively wrong. one wonders if we would have _ massively wrong. one wonders if we would have found _ massively wrong. one wonders if we would have found out - massively wrong. one wonders if we would have found out about l we would have found out about this, hadjournalists we would have found out about this, had journalists not unpicked some of the cctv footage, and those explanations that came out of america at the time were very strong that there had been a secondary explosion that proved they had got their man, if you like. what does this say about the certainty of future counterterrorism operations from the sky in afghanistan? these are the questions we need to be asking. at the moment, the us does have air superiority over afghanistan. basically has control of the air. but in order to conduct these precision air strikes, as i alluded to, you need boots on the ground, you need informants, you need the human channels. that is usually conducted with a joint air controller, usually a very highly qualified individual that embeds with forces on the ground to make sure the collateral damage of the

positive identification goes seamlessly. that is not there any more. the other big question about the air strikes is the americans have two channels where air strikes can be conducted, through the cia and the pentagon. in my experience, the approvals process for any cia strike is very different to the pentagon approved air strikes. dare i say the cia air strikes have a little bit more leeway, if you like, in terms of the approvals process. that is a big question that needs to be asked. the final question, in going after terrorism targets such as the islamic state in khorasan province, is there any form of intelligence sharing with the primary human channel on the ground, through the taliban? i think behind closed doors there will be conversations going on with the taliban, on some form of agreement that if the us does have air superiority over afghanistan and can take out these terrorism targets such as islamic state in khorasan

province, will there be some form of intelligence sharing agreement that the two parties come to? that is a question that needs to be asked again. thank you forjoining us. united nations agencies have urged the taliban to reopen girls' schools in afghanistan. more than a month after the taliban seized power, secondary schools for boys have reopened and all male teachers have been ordered back to work. but the taliban have said nothing about reopening secondary schools for girls, despite the fact that female enrolment has been steadily going up over the past two decades. we've been talking to 21 year—old afghan student shuhra koofi — whose mother, a former mp, survived two assassination attempts. both women have been moved out by the us and are currently in doha, from where shuhra described the current lack of female education as heartbreaking and frustrating. afghanistan is not the country it was 20 years back. but

unfortunately it is now going to the 90s. so when my mother was at school, she faced a lot of oppositions from her family, because they did not allow her to go to school. even some families at that time didn't allow their boys to go to school. but compared with when i was going to school, my mum tried to find the best schools to send me and my sisters. so you see, a big generation change here. in kabul, back home, there was a high school for girls in front of our house. every day, i saw girls at 1pm, they were going to school. at 5pm, they were coming out. when the taliban came, that door was closed and that school was empty. it was really heartbreaking and frustrating. before when they were fighting against the government, they had a reason to legitimise their brutality and legitimise the fact they don't allow the girls to go to

school. but now they are ruling the government, so they are accountable to people. this is not what people want. families want their daughters to get educated, they want their girls to go to school. and have the rights that the boys have. let's get some of the day's other news. a heavy police presence on capitol hill following the riots on january the 6th, capitol hill following the riots onjanuary the 6th, the organisers acknowledged that the numbers are not as high as previous protests. animal rights activists have marched to madrid's las ventas bullring calling for a ban on bullfights. a traditional part of spanish culture, bullfighting has struggled for survival in recent decades and although the big festivals still draw crowds, public interest in bullfighting has shrunk. an illegal outdoor drinking party in madrid in which thousands of people took part has been condemned by university authorities. police said 25,000 people were involved in the biggest such gathering in spain

since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. it started on the premises of complutense university on friday night, reportedly to celebrate the start of term. restoration work can finally get under way at the notre dame cathedral, two years after the paris landmark was damaged in a huge fire. until now, the efforts have focussed on securing the building. the aim is to open it in three years' time. the commercial mission is the first without professional astronauts on board the spacex rocket. jared isaacman, who funded all the places on board —

amid rising global gas prices and warnings of higher gas bills for consumers, uk ministers have been holding urgent talks with energy industry leaders. it's understood that four small energy companies are likely to go under next week. the uk business secretary, kwasi kwarteng, says protecting customers is an �*absolute priority�* for the government. gas is a key source of the energy that heats our homes and powers our industries. since the start of the year, wholesale prices have soared, almost doubling in the uk, prompting the government to hold urgent talks with the energy industry today. reasons for the increase include lower wind and solar output, high demand, and reduced supply from russia. the unprecedented costs are already taking their toll —

four small energy suppliers have recently gone bust with more set to follow as soon as next week. the conversations with government right now are about where we may or may not need additional targeted support for customers or users. the industrial sector is, obviously, a really high priority. steelmakers, which need a lot of energy, are worried. if they're at this price now, what's it going to be like in the winter? if it carried on like this, i'm fearful, notjust for the steel sector but all energy intensive sectors, and then downstream operations because that's what we do. we're at the start of the supply chain — we sell to manufacturers. high energy prices have already forced two large uk fertiliser plants in the north of england to close — one consequence is a shortage of their crucial by—product, carbon dioxide, and that could hit food and drink businesses. because it's used to stun some animals before slaughtering and for meat packing. meat processors fear the shortage could hit production. it's used to extend shelf life through packaging, notjust on meat but on all foods. at a time when we're struggling because of the haulage shortages in this country to keep the supply chain running, to actually lose shelf

life and have a shorter shelf life on the products going on to shelves is going to cause even more disruption, so this is a really serious problem for us. the owner of one large poultry group which includes bernard matthews called the carbon dioxide problem a massive body blow. the online food delivery company ocado says it now has limited stock of some frozen foods because it can't get enough dry ice. the trade body representing major supermarkets says the disruption could not have come at a worse time, with the lorry driver shortage already causing issues. the rising price of gas is mainly being felt by businesses at the moment, but it is likely to feed through into higher bills for consumers at a time when the cost of living is already rising. the business secretary kwasi kwarteng says britain can meet demand for gas and the government doesn't expect supply emergencies this winter.

but some things are beyond their control. with wholesale prices, there are global factors at play. a 30—year breeding programme has brought a native australian marsupial, the eastern barred bandicoot, back from the brink of extinction. three colonies of bandicoots — a mouse—like animal — have been placed on islands near melbourne and fenced off from their most danerous predator, foxes. for more on the chances of the survival of the bandicoot, we'rejoined by threatened species biologist, amy coetsee. why is it so important these bandicoots have been saved from extinction? it’s bandicoots have been saved from extinction?— extinction? it's an amazing win for threatened _ extinction? it's an amazing win for threatened species. - extinction? it's an amazing win for threatened species. we - extinction? it's an amazing win. for threatened species. we have been running this programme for 33 years, captive breeding for 30 years, and to be able to reclassify them is just phenomenal. really exciting, and it's been a massive team effort of government agencies,

private agencies, communities and volunteers.— and volunteers. what is so s - ecial and volunteers. what is so special about _ and volunteers. what is so special about them? - and volunteers. what is so special about them? what| and volunteers. what is so i special about them? what do they add to the environment? they like to dig for food and worms, and as they are digging they are turning over the soil. one bandicoot in one night can turn over 13 kilos of soil, pretty amazing for an animal that weighs less than one kilo. that is great for soil health by increasing nutrient content, soil moisture and decreasing the compaction. so they are really important in the uk system. really important in the uk s stem. �* ., , system. and how were they actually saved? _ system. and how were they actually saved? in - system. and how were they actually saved? in three - system. and how were they i actually saved? in three ways, the long-term _ actually saved? in three ways, the long-term captive - the long—term captive programme, by putting them into reserves surrounded by predator exclusion fences to keep out foxes, and by releasing them onto fox free areas. all of those things combined have allowed the reclassification to happen. and to close down the captive breeding programme, because it is no longer needed.

i read that they were bred with their nearest relatives. it is a cost of $4 million, so could it be repeated elsewhere? absolutely, it gives hope to every other threatened species that we can win the fight against extinction when we work together, when we have the funds and we are determined. we can do it again and again for every threatened species. thank ou so every threatened species. thank you so much _ every threatened species. thank you so much for— every threatened species. thank you so much for taking - every threatened species. thank you so much for taking us - you so much for taking us through all of that. don't forget, plenty more on all these stories including the splash landing from the spacex programme on the bbc website. and of course more on the news from afghanistan. it is back to school for boys, but not girls there. on the bbc website. you can hearfrom me and most of the rest of the team on twitter. thanks very much for watching. goodbye.

hello there. many of you will have had a dry start to the weekend, there's some sunshine around. the best of it arguably across eastern areas of the country. and a lovely end of the day captured by a weather watcher sue in west yorkshire. outbreaks of rain start to form, heavy showers crossing the midlands, some of those downpours been captured by our weather watchers. look at this one, a downpour crossing the skies in warwickshire captured by weather watcherjack. right now if anything, the rain is getting a bit heavier, a bit more extensive as well as it marches its way across wales, midlands, across northern england and scotland. slowly we are starting to see the rain ease off across westernmost areas of northern ireland. so here it should be a reasonably dry start to the day on sunday. but otherwise, many of us will see at least some rain

during sunday as these areas of rain continued to push their way eastward. the rain is going to get increasingly heavy later in the day across eastern areas across england. where the rain is going to grind to a halt and the amount of rain we see from place to place is going to vary quite a bit. but there will be a few areas that pick—up as much as 30 or 40 mm. there is a risk of seeing some localised surface water flooding across the east. many western areas actually, the weather will improve through sunday afternoon with a bit more in the way of sunshine. taking a look at the week ahead, it's not a bad start to the week with some sunny spells, some dry weather. however, later in the week low pressure is going to be moving in and that's going to be bringing more of an autumnal feel to things as it turns wet and increasingly windy as well. monday's charts and into tuesday shows this ridge of high pressure building in ahead of the next atlantic system. and not completely dry, i mean, there will be one or two spots of rain in east anglia and south east england, a few showers in the northwest. but predominantly monday is a dry day with some sunshine.

temperatures, high teens to low 20s. probably feeling just a little bit fresher than it has been over recent days but not cold. on into tuesday's forecast, a few mist and fog patches to start the day. the winds really start to pick up for northern ireland and west scotland where there could be a few showers. but again, it's a mainly dry day with some sunny spells. perhaps a bit of cloud developing across england and wales to the afternoon. top temperatures about 21 celsius but heading deeper into the week, low pressure is set to move in off the atlantic. this bringing rain to all areas and increasingly strong winds. we'll have some autumnal gales later in the week.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the french foreign minister has denounced in the strongest terms the new security pact in the pacific. jean—yves le drian accused the united states and australia of lying — and said there was now a serious crisis — following what he called a major breach of trust between them. us officials have been moving thousands of migrants away from a texas border town that has seen a rapid influx of mostly haitian migrants in the last week. the department of of homeland security said 2000 people had been moved to other immigration stations to be processed swiftly. the four space tourists aboard the spacex inspiration—four capsule have splashed down successfully in the atlantic ocean off the coast of florida. televised pictures showed the space capsule's descent and the four parachutes opening, bringing it down in a graceful glide to the water where a recovery vessel was waiting.