the news continues here on bbc one, as now it's time to join our hello, i'm maryam moshiri. this is outside source. after thousands of delays — hundreds of cancellations — domestic flights resume in the us. planes were grounded for a couple of hours — after the system that alerts pilots to potential hazards failed. tens of thousands of ambulance workers are on strike again in england and wales. i'v e i've been injob for m i've been in job for m years and have seen it slowly decline. we need to be matched up with the pay we deserve. and — a standoff between german police and climate activists — protesting against the expansion

of a coal mine. air passengers in the us have been warned to expect disruption, after a majorfailure with a flight control system. all domestic flights were grounded for several hours after the federal aviation administration issued an order to halt all take—offs. the cause of the problem —which was with the system which alerts pilots to potential hazards on flight routes — isn't yet clear. confirmation of a problem came from the federal aviation administration on twitter around 113ogmt. it said it was "working to restore its notice to air missions system". and operations across the national airspace system were affected. shortly afterwards, american airlines said the faa outage was impacting all flights including all carriers. it said "we sincerely appreciate your patience as they work to resolve this." here's cbs correspondent, jarred hill, with more on the source of the problem. the faa put out a notification that

there was a glitch the faa put out a notification that there was a -litch with the faa put out a notification that there was a glitch with this the faa put out a notification that there was a glitch with this system called note some something which is more so a notice to air missions system. this is what sends out flight hazards as well as real—time restrictions to pilots. everything from a weather hazard to bird migration. because the system was down the faa put a ground stop on all domestic flights as they investigated the problem and try to get it back up and running. the white house said there was no evidence of a cyberattack, but president biden had ordered an investigation. he spoke to reporters at the white house after discussing the issue with the transportation secretary pete buttigieg: the faa said flights in the sky at the time — including internationalflights — would be safe to land. but this was soon the picture on the website flightradar24.com, with few planes in the air and most clustered at airports. and this was the scene on the ground, here in the terminal at orlando, florida, where passengers were stranded during the system outage. our business correspondent victoria valentine told us the notam

system is critical for the safe operation of us airspace: pilots need to know before they get on their flight and off they go whether or not there are problems with where they are going. is the runway likely to be close? has something happened where they are? is there a big was her hazard? eight us air base was completely shut down over the holiday. because of the enormous winter storms. a bomb cyclone they called it. which meant there were huge disruption. that sort of thing would be part of notam. on the long haulflights sort of thing would be part of notam. on the long haul flights this information can run into 200 pages, easily. so it is important and what happened here is this real—time data wasn't updated. it was a huge issue and meant it was unsafe for planes to take off. here's one passenger caught up in the disruption at charlotte airport. i was told over the phone that it's

like a 9/11 situation with the full ground stop, so when they said that, it immediately triggered something in my mind because i flew on the morning of 9/11. so, my first thought was to get to the airport as quickly as possible. it wasn't until two and a half hours later that the faa lifted the "stop order", allowing planes to get airborne once again, this at fort lauderdale airport. but disruption is likely to continue. this was a statement for example from united airlines. our presenter laura trevelyan was finally able to board her flight after being caught up in the problems at new york's laguardia airport. the ground stop here in the us has been lifted. the faa grounded all the slights in america between six

and 9am in the morning because of a computer outage for critical software that communicated between the regulator and plans. that outage has been sorted and the white house said it was no evidence of a cyber attack at this point. my flight from new york to washington is boarding. let's just take a brief look at the number of people potentially affected. a total of 21—and—a—half thousand flights were scheduled to depart from us airports today alone, according to the aviation analytics firm cirium.(ani)almost almost three million seats were available on those departures. american airlines has the most departures from us airports today, with almost five—thousand, followed by delta air lines and southwest airlines. canada has said the note some system there has issues as well. we can cross live to new york

and aviation journalistjeff wise. we don't know and is not a good feeling when something this major can be disrupted and we don't know why. this code that we have that canada is having problems is there a connection or common cause. whether it some sort of system maintenance problem or a cyber attack affecting both countries. it’s problem or a cyber attack affecting both countries.— both countries. it's difficult to know exactly _ both countries. it's difficult to know exactly what _ both countries. it's difficult to know exactly what is - both countries. it's difficult to i know exactly what is happening both countries. it's difficult to - know exactly what is happening but we do know the impact. has there any number of lights big this much grounded since 9/11? this is one of the days in the people and the aviators in you're sure we want to forget. it aviators in you're sure we want to foruet. , ., , ., aviators in you're sure we want to foruet. , ., , . ., forget. it is not unusual in that fort regard _ forget. it is not unusual in that fort regard as _ forget. it is not unusual in that fort regard as one _ forget. it is not unusual in that fort regard as one of— forget. it is not unusual in that fort regard as one of your - forget. it is not unusual in that - fort regard as one of your previous guests pointed out we have a terrible system of flight delays backin terrible system of flight delays back in the holidays. in terms of flight stops this is the worst since 9/11. when of course, famously, all

9/ii. when of course, famously, all flights were grounded for an extended period of time. this isn't quite as serious as that but first time since 911 that the faa has called for a ground stop on all the entire aviation fleet in the united states. , ' ,., ~' states. jeff, when something like this happens _ states. jeff, when something like this happens it — states. jeff, when something like this happens it lasts _ states. jeff, when something like this happens it lasts a _ states. jeff, when something like this happens it lasts a few- states. jeff, when something like this happens it lasts a few hours. states. jeff, when something like i this happens it lasts a few hours do you then feel the repercussions of the longer? people who are watching the longer? people who are watching the snow and travelling around the us are they going to be impacted still do you think?— still do you think? yeah, this is the problem — still do you think? yeah, this is the problem when _ still do you think? yeah, this is the problem when you - still do you think? yeah, this is the problem when you have - still do you think? yeah, this is the problem when you have a l still do you think? yeah, this is - the problem when you have a sudden shock to the system like this. you have everything shut down, it takes time to untangle that snarl. as you untangle, more flights are coming in or having to come out or be delayed or having to come out or be delayed or reshuffled. at the time when the ground stop was in effect there were only a few hundred flights but is

not up to 8000 flights. it has been steadily climbing. the problem has been getting worse even though those stop has been lifted. tell been getting worse even though those stop has been lifted.— stop has been lifted. tell us about this notam _ stop has been lifted. tell us about this notam system. _ stop has been lifted. tell us about this notam system. in _ stop has been lifted. tell us about this notam system. in the - stop has been lifted. tell us about this notam system. in the term l this notam system. in the term lehmans term how wise it important question mark i wouldn't say it is that important. this question mark i wouldn't say it is that important.— that important. as a pilot it is a second area _ that important. as a pilot it is a second area force _ that important. as a pilot it is a second area force of— that important. as a pilot it is a | second area force of information you're supposed to check. legally you're supposed to check. legally you have to check it. it is things of rather nonurgent nature. generally if there is a navigational beacon are out of order or they declared some out of bounds airspace because of a football game or a president is visiting a place they may put a restricted airbase around that. if there is a taxiway that is close they would put that in notam. but it is not something that is going to affect the flight so much but the faa can't allow planes to take off or they can access the system.

take off or they can access the s stem. , ' ., ~ take off or they can access the s stem. , ' ., ,, ,, take off or they can access the s stem. , ' ., ,, ., take off or they can access the sstem. ,' ., ., system. 0k jeff thank you for your time. here in the uk — thousands of ambulance workers have gone on strike, for the second time this winter. this dispute is partly about pay — ambulance workers want pay rises, to keep up with the rising cost of living. let's hear from one. it isa it is a struggle. i or would leave for check has gone up. our electricity has gone up. it really is stretched. let's look at the details. around 20,000 ambulance workers across england and wales are on strike. (ani they include paramedics — also call handlers and ambulance dispatchers. (biv but it's not all ambulance workers. health officials say they'll still respond to urgent calls — but only to call 999 in an emergency. the british prime minister, rishi sunak, says he's concerned about patient safety.

what's terrifying is that right now people not knowing whether when they called 999 they will get the treatment that they need. the health secretary says it's the wrong time to be taking strike action. i think it's extremely regrettable given the severe pressure at the nhs is under. we saw a sevenfold increase in flu admissions to hospital injust a increase in flu admissions to hospital in just a month. increase in flu admissions to hospital injust a month. a hundred times more patients in hospital with flu compared to last year. that comes on top of already severe pressures from the pandemic. then, as you can see, the nhs is under massive pressure. and that's true — the nhs is under extreme pressure. and that's also what these strikes are about. ambulance workers say they're striking because patient safety is at risk. let's take a closer look at that. firstly, there are delays. as the bbc reported last month, "the nhs is facing the worst winter

for a&e waits on record". that's according to the royal college of emergency medicine, which monitors standards of care in uk a&e departments. the head of that body told the bbc this. the situation is much worse than previous years. we always get a winter crisis with media headlines but for example in january at the average response time for ambulance was about 20 minutes for a category to call. this year is because like strokes and heart attacks. over december, we've seen that has been always over an hour and one day it went over 2.5 hours for each category to call. ambulances with an outside is a visible marker of a system that is stressed. and we know more people are dying at the moment. as we reported on yesterday's programme: "excess deaths in 2022 were among the worst in 50 years." there are multiple reasons suggested as to why — one is these nhs delays.

it's a link explicitly made by the times newspaper today. the british medicaljournal published research on this. it came to the conclusion that a more than five—hour wait before hospital admission is linked to heightened death risk. the person who compiled that research on current waiting times was the bbc�*s tim harwood — who looks at statistics. here's his estimate. if you plug those two things together into straightforward maths. you are quite conservative we're still talking more than a50 extra at a week. which is a lot. we can't be sure of that number and we can't be sure of that number and we can't be sure it's directly associated with a and e or whether it's a proxy for other pressures in the nhs, but it seems if you have 600,000 people which is more than four hours when they show up at any in the month. the idea that a00 or a50 people a week are dying doesn't seem implausible at all to meet.

so — although the data isn't definitive, what is clear is the nhs is overwhelmed. there are multiple reasons why. first, it's winter — there's generally more risk of getting ill in winter. this graph shows that number of patients who are in hospital with flu in england — you can see it's risen sharply this year. others point to longer—term issues, like the lack of funding and investment in the nhs. particularly under the conservative government. and this graph shows how waiting times have soared since 2010 — you can see the sharp increase began when the conservative government came into power. the health secretary was asked about this today. the nhs has not been invested in since the conservatives came to power in 2010. and that's not the case — you can look at just the autumn statement recently, where the chancellor sets out an additional {6.6 billion for the nhs... since 2010, the government spending on health care, there's a pretty obvious graph. you look at the graph, it goes up until it reaches 2010, and then, until — as you say, last year or so — it goes down. our spending on health care

as a proportion of our gdp has, through those years of conservative government, gone down. and, the crisis — ambulance workers say — is impacting staffing levels too. an official from the gmb — a union calling the strike — said "they — ambulance workers — are leaving in droves while the service itself is teetering on the brink of collapse."(biv here's another paramedic on the picket line. of collapse." here's another paramedic on the picket line. i'v e i've been in thisjob i've been in this job for 1a years and i've seen it slowly declined. it's a case of not being able to do ourjob properly because we are stuck in ambulance. we are not able to provide for other people that need us. from the government point of view i think sometimes you they do play on all our care. we are in thejob because we do play on all our care. we are in the job because we care and most of us will stay in the job because it's a job we love and a job we have been in quite a few years. it's just, we

need to be matched up with the pate that we deserve, really. it was prime minister's questions today. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, asked rishi sunak about the strikes. in the 13 years of the last labour government there weren't normal nationai— government there weren't normal national nhs strikes. if the prime minister— national nhs strikes. if the prime minister negotiated before christmas they wouldn't be on strike. if he had negotiated with the ambulance workers. _ had negotiated with the ambulance workers, they would be on strike either~ _ workers, they would be on strike either~ 50— workers, they would be on strike either. so why is he choosing to prolong — either. so why is he choosing to prolong the misery rather than and the strikes? this was rishi sunak�*s response. we wa nt we want to have constructive dialogue with the unions and that is also why, when it comes to the issue of pay, we have accepted in full at the independent recommendations of the independent recommendations of the pay review bodies. the honourable gentlemen simply doesn't have a policy when it comes to this question. let's cross to westminster now

and our political correspondent there are different things coming out of different sectors at the moment with regards to the strikes we are currently seen. we know there were various meetings this week between government ministers and certain sectors where at the possibility of backdating paid for the next pay offer which is meant to come in april but the idea of perhaps a increase payoff offer coming injanuary. or, separately, the one off cost of living support payments were floated. something that ministers have been discussing with some sectors especially in the health care sector. crucially, we have not heard about the treasury or prime minister given that sort of idea at the green knight and saint they want to go for that. of course, richey sunak and the secretary she's

chief concerns are about inflation and the think offering more money to certain sectors will do that. the unions disagree and say their members simply need more money at the money to deal with because of living. on the other hand, the government is trying to make progress in certain areas. we hear about train companies being given the light green light to give a new offer to trade unions. so there seems to be progress in some areas. at the same time, the government is introducing new legislation this week which would force certain sectors to give certain levels of service mandated by the government if they aren't able to come up with those levels of service them self. sectors like health care, potentially firefighters and areas like that. we'll have to give it a

certain minimum level of service evenif certain minimum level of service even if they want to strike. that is something that unions aren't big fans of. so the idea of some progress being made in some areas and a compromise and other areas where there is antagonism between the government and unions. dagid the government and unions. david thank you- — police in riot gear have begun dragging climate activists away from an abandoned village in western germany , that's on the verge of being destroyed by an expanding coal mine. the clashes have become emblematic of the worldwide struggle to transition away from fossil fuels amid an energy crisis. there were violent scuffles as police wearing riot gear stormed the site. bricks, petrol bombs and fireworks were thrown during the confrontation , and a number of the demonstrators have been arrested. christina, a climate activist blamed the violence on police. translation: from our point of view

with the escalation _ translation: from our point of view with the escalation is _ translation: from our point of view with the escalation is caused - translation: from our point of view with the escalation is caused by - translation: from our point of view with the escalation is caused by the i with the escalation is caused by the police. i have spoken to many people who have been beaten and kicked. they have been pepper sprayed. we are standing with our bodies and all that we have against the police and a government that does not stick to its own climate goals. a police spokesperson said they were making progress with the operation. transit or we are prepared for a week—long operation that's what we said from the beginning. we have to see whether or not the resistant structures are causing us problems. it is important to say people can leave peacefully at any time without facing police consequences. lutzerath, in western germany, is on the verge — literally — of being swallowed up by the vast garzweiler mine on its doorstep. the area is rich in lignite — the dirtiest form of coal. its already been emptied of its residents, who have all been relocated. the energy company rwe, which operates the mine, now owns the village. and has the backing of the court.

the man—made canyon which stretches over 35 square kilometres, yields 25 million tonnes of coal every year. but several hundred climate protesters are determined to stop the company from extending the mine. some have been here for more than a year, squatting in the abandoned brick buildings. so what's motivating them. here's what one protesters said. translation: i've been here for a week now and _ translation: i've been here for a week now and before _ translation: i've been here for a week now and before that - translation: i've been here for a week now and before that i - translation: i've been here for a week now and before that i was - translation: i've been here for a i week now and before that i was here on and off for weeks at the time because i think we have to work to make sure this place stays. it is the redline of 1.5 degrees. if we want to keep to the paris climates agreement and ensure that the claimant crisis which is already causing lives, especially in the global south, is not through further. we have to act here and now. the battle for lutzerath has been

raging for a long time. but russia's war on ukraine has given it a greater significance. the german government, a three—way coalition which includes the green party, has already had to, as the germans would say, "swallow some toads". ministers who came to power promising to end reliance on coal have found themselves ordering a number of old coalfired power stations back online. but the government did pledge to bring forward its plan phase—out of coal in the region. rhine—westphalia now have eight years less than the rest of the country. and plans to excavate five other villages have been scrapped. our correspondent damien mcguinness is in berlin. this is the start of a week long process. we have the first day—to—day stop this morning the situation was tense and minor scuffles. they say a molotov cocktail and fireworks and rocks were thrown at them. that was this morning and by the afternoon it had come down. they said most protests were peaceful. they come down. they said most protests were peaceful. they said come down. they said most protests were peaceful. they said there come down. they said most protests were peaceful. they said there are processors hidden in the houses and

trees and that would be the difficulty. what we saw today it was around 1000 police officers were trying to clear out hundreds of protesters, most of them peaceful but some refused to move. in the next few days and possibly the next few weeks, police would have to go into the houses and trees and pull out people by force. that is the difficulty because a lot of the protesters are very energised and they are sure that they feel that they are sure that they feel that they are sure that they feel that they are in the right. they are not going to move without a fight and the question is can that be done peacefully or will it be more than just minor scuffles and that is what we are watching out for in the next days are next few weeks.— days are next few weeks. given that the german — days are next few weeks. given that the german government _ days are next few weeks. given that the german government includes i days are next few weeks. given that | the german government includes the green party and the pledges made not to invest in coal. how has this been allowed to happen? why has this been allowed to happen? why has this been allowed to happen? it’s allowed to happen? why has this been allowed to happen?— allowed to happen? it's such a difficult issue _ allowed to happen? it's such a difficult issue for _ allowed to happen? it's such a difficult issue for the - allowed to happen? it's such a i difficult issue for the government green party, as you seek. the reason

this happens is because there is a pledge to exit cold quickly and what they wanted to do in this region, where coal has traditionally been a key source of energy and employment, they managed to strike a deal with they managed to strike a deal with the local energy provider to make sure that the region left coal earlier than equally originally planned. in 2028 it was the original planned. in 2028 it was the original plan but they struck a deal that it was going to be 2030 all coal mining would cease. part of this deal with that this village would be the last village to be cleared in order to get more coal. so, legally, on the one hand, this is a fair deal. it was all part of the deal and the government says that we have to do this because we agreed to do it and it is part of our climate predictions and our commitment to

exit cold prediction earlier than planned. the problem is, very few people want to see new coalfields being open on the site of a village meeting torn down to mine lignite and cold. so there is a lot of understanding about the process. this is the man in an audio recording of ten bbc persian. translation: i recording of ten bbc persian. translation:— recording of ten bbc persian. translation: ., , . ., translation: i was charged with obtainin: translation: i was charged with obtaining top _ translation: i was charged with obtaining top secret _ translation: i was charged with obtaining top secret information i translation: i was charged with | obtaining top secret information in exchange for a bottle of perfume and a shirt during the administration in

2019. more now from bbc persian reporter. we interviewed his wife in the morning but we cannot locate. she told us it was imminent and that means by tomorrow morning he may be hanged and the reason is that if something was asked to have the final meeting with him and that means the execution might be carried out really soon. the other thing about him, decades ago he was a deputy in the ministry of defence in iran and was an adviser to one of the iranians top senior national security members. someone who was involved in nuclear talks and the crackdown of the process. he was invited into a run on his invitation and he visited the country in 2019.

your watch an outside source on the bbc stay with us. more to come in a few minutes. hello there. this week is shaping up to be a very unsettled one. we've got the jet stream powered up, bringing in plenty of low pressure systems, and we've got a couple more to go before this week's out and we've got further wet and windy weather for a time tonight as well. we've had showers running across the country. in fact, some of them merge together to produce longer spells of rain through the afternoon, and then this batch of more substantial rain, which will move through overnight, initially across northern ireland, then affecting much of england and wales — some of the rain will be quite heavy at times if be accompanied by strong gusty winds, particularly southern britain through the channel. further north, a spell of something a little bit quieter. in fact, lighter winds, fewer showers, so temperatures will take a tumble. —1, —2 celsius there, whereas it's going to be milder further south, 5—10 celsius. so, we hold on to this weather front across the south of the country,

bringing more wind and rain. new area of low pressure will start to work into the north of the uk as we move through the day, but initially, we'll have some sunshine, central, northern and eastern areas. then it turns wet and windy across scotland, northern ireland, severe gales possible for northern ireland, some sunshine a little bit further south of here through wales, into northern england, the midlands, but southern britain will stay windy with further outbreaks of rain at times. some of it could be quite heavy, particularly for the channel islands. 12—13 degrees in the south, very mild compared to 7 or 8 further north. then that area of low pressure moves across scotland, a real squeeze in the isobars on its southern flank. so we could see a potential of gales or severe gales in northern ireland, southern scotland, into northern england and into wales for a time. plenty of showers rattling through around this area of low pressure as well. temperatures no lower than a—7 degrees. there's that squeezing the ice of the low pressure system pushing out into the north sea on friday. so, gradually, the winds will ease down, the showers will ease down as this ridge of high pressure starts to build in as well.

so, things not going to be too bad on friday for many of us, initially showery across northern and eastern areas, quite windy, too, and gradually, showers will fade away as this ridge of high pressure builds in. so, plenty of sunshine, i think, through the afternoon. northern ireland, wales, central and southern britain. 10—11 degrees in the south, 6—8 further north. some changes, though, as we head into the weekend. we've got another area of low pressure working and on saturday, as that pulls away, it'll allow northerly winds to set in, so things will be turning cold on sunday and into next week.

hello, i'm maryam moshiri. this is outside source. after thousands of delays and hundreds of cancellations, domestic flights resume in the us. planes were grounded for an hour and a half after the system that alerts pilots to potential hazards failed. russia appoints a new military chief for its war against ukraine — its second commander injust three months. meanwhile, the battle for the eastern town of soledar continues. ukraine says it's still holding on. russia claims they're in control. translation: has blocked soledar from translation: has blocked soledarfrom delivering strikes at enemy strunk

rules. —— strongholds. russia has appointed a new military commander in ukraine. the latest shake—up comes just three months since russia's last revamp of its top military command in its war against ukraine. our moscow reporter, will vernon, told me more. he has been assigned the top job he has been assigned the topjob in his new role. he will be in charge of the overall battlefield operations in ukraine. he has faced criticism from ultranationalist and heads of private armies. our moscow reporter, will vernon, told me more. we have the statement making this very surprise announcement that general surivikin has been replaced

by velery gerasimov, already chief of general staff here. general surivikin had only been in the post for three months, and i think it will be —— he will be best remembered for giving the order to retreat from the city of kherson, the only major population centre that russia managed to take from ukraine since the invasion. it's now backin ukraine since the invasion. it's now back in ukrainian hands. general surivikin on russian tv gave that order for withdrawal. surivikin on russian tv gave that orderfor withdrawal. president putin was nowhere to be seen. also, surivikin was the man who oversaw this kind of change in tactic whereby the russians carried out targeted strikes on ukrainian energy infrastructure. so, if the aim was to break the back of ukrainian military logistics for the spirit of the ukrainian people, of course it

hasn't worked so far. so, we don't actually know the real reason for this demotion, this reshuffle. the defence ministry kind of released this vague statement saying they needed to improve efficiency and better co—ordinate actions between the various branches of the armed forces. but speculation is already rife here that the kremlin was unhappy with general surivikin, i wasn't happy the war is going in ukraine, setbacks on the battlefield in the last few months. but the real reason remains to be seen. meanwhile, fighting is continuing in the town of soledar in eastern ukraine. that's despite earlier claims by the russian mercenary group, wagner, that they had taken control of the town. this picture — believed to be of wagner group soldiers inside a salt mine in soledar — was released earlier today with the group's head, yevgeny prigozhin, in the centre. both russian and ukrainian governments have acknowledged that they are engaged

in battle in soledar. let's first hear from the russian defence ministry. translation: our air force units have blocked soledar— from the town's northern and southern parts. the russian aerospace forces are delivering strikes at enemy strongholds. assault crews are engaged in battle in the town. we've also heard from president zelensky. translation: now that terrorist i state and its propaganda are trying to pretend that some part of our city of soledar, a city that was almost completely destroyed by the occupiers, is allegedly some kind of russia's achievement. they will present and are already presenting this to their society in such a way as to support mobilisation and to give hope to those who support aggression. but the fighting continues. ukraine's deputy defence minister has said russia failed to capture soledar. and here's president zelensky�*s advisor.

translation: everything that is happening today i in the direction of bakhmut or- soledar is the bloodiest scenario of this war that is, we see, absolutely such an irresponsible attitude of. the russian elite towards their military personnel. i they die there by their thousands. there's a lot of blood, i a lot of artilleryjewels, a lot of contact combat, - especially in soledar today. this is the hottest - point in the war today. we've been talking a lot about soledar, so let's take a moment to look at why it's important. soledar is close to the city of bakhmut, where intense fighting has been going on for weeks. if russia seizes control of the town, they can use it to launch a fresh assault on bakhmut. it's also located on a strategic supply line between the donetsk and luhansk regions, and we know that both russia and ukraine want control of the large salt mines in the area.

olga malchevska from the bbc ukrainian servicejoins me now. olga, tell me what people on the ground have been telling you. the situation ground have been telling you. tie: situation there is ground have been telling you. ti2 situation there is quite difficult. it is a place of the fiercest fighting which is going on in eastern ukraine. i was speaking for the press officer, and what he said is comparing to what was going on before, all the troops were located towards bakhmut. it seems they have relocated them all to soledar, and the fiercest fighting is there. first of all, let's see how big of a town. there used to be around 10,000 inhabitants before the active war. compared with bakhmut, it used to be around 70,000 people. comparing to that city, we understand that

soledar is not that kind of significant point for the troops. russia sees it as one of their victories to show to their audience as a significant victory. what people from the ground are saying, most of the buildings in the town have been destroyed, and there is nothing really left, which is taller than one floor. yesterday, there were coal mining �*s in the town, but not able to use them now. what armed forces are thinking is that russians most likely would want to use them as a shelter for their troops. most likely, not as a facility to actually try to strike the salt from their —— extract salt, because it doesn't seem to be possible. the map is just 15 km between soledar and bakhmut. there is a very strategic route

which both sides will most likely want to control. it is so cold zero roads. the question is, if any one it can control this road, will they be able to use them? it is being heavily shall.— be able to use them? it is being heavily shall. be able to use them? it is being heavil shall. ~ ., �* , heavily shall. what you're saying is that russia — heavily shall. what you're saying is that russia want _ heavily shall. what you're saying is that russia want this _ heavily shall. what you're saying is that russia want this town - heavily shall. what you're saying is that russia want this town because of propaganda reasons?— that russia want this town because of propaganda reasons? rights. it's ve likel of propaganda reasons? rights. it's very likely that _ of propaganda reasons? rights. it's very likely that they _ of propaganda reasons? rights. it's very likely that they want _ of propaganda reasons? rights. it's very likely that they want to - of propaganda reasons? rights. it's very likely that they want to use - very likely that they want to use the town to portray for their audience that's victory. obviously, after they spent weeks trying to control bakhmut and they couldn't manage, they need to show something to their people to raise their spirits for mobilisation. but it seems to be not easy for them to show that. what i'm hearing from the ground is also that the proportion of the lois is tire... from when i'm

hearing, it is 1—5, meaning russians are losing five times more than ukrainian. it's very difficult to verify and bbc is not able to verify that in the conditions.— verify and bbc is not able to verify that in the conditions. olga, thank ou so that in the conditions. olga, thank you so much- _ turning now to the court case involving the online influencer, andrew tate. at this time yesterday, we broke the news that he'd lost an appeal to reduce his time in police custody in romania. he'll be detained for the full 30 days before going on trial with his brother, tristan, and two romanian women. they were arrested late last month and are facing allegations of sex trafficking, which they deny. we'll be getting into why this case is important — but first, if you've not heard any of tate's views, here's a short clip of him. i think my sister is her husband's property. even if you don't know who he is,

you may be familiar with andrew tate's name. that's because he has a huge following on twitter — well over a million. he's been previously banned from the platform for misogynistic views. his popularity soared after his videos began circulating on tiktok, where he's also banned. this is a guardian headline from last august. to put that into context, the hashtag #andrewtate has accumulated nearly 13 billion views. and he's found a particularly loyal audience among young men and boys — have a listen. translation: all the video materials posted by them are an inspiration - for all young men — students, workers, for those about to become men. my life changed for the better since they appeared in my life. concerns over tate's influence even led to this moment in parliament today. the times recently reported that schools across the uk crisis as the effect of online influencer andrew tate's vile misogyny infiltrates our classrooms and society. teachers are now having to develop their own resources to re—educate boys while

being brainwashed online by his deeply toxic messaging. let's take a closer look at the allegations he's now facing. in a statement, romanian police said that they had identified six people allegedly "sexually exploited" by what it called an "organised criminal group." and at the end of last month, police released this footage of the raid inside tate's house in bucharest. the tate brothers deny all allegations against them. let's get more details from a journalist in the romanian capital. she's been covering the case. so, the allegations against him and his brother, tristan, - are that they had organised this criminal group— where they were basically - using the lover boy method to get young women to fall in love with them and then - work for them as webcam models — so doing sexual videos that - were later sold on adult websites. there's also an unlikely name you might have heard in connection to all this —

climate activist greta thunberg. that's because tate tagged her in a tweet bragging about the "enormous emissions" from the 33 cars he said he owned. it led to a now viral exchange. it also led to speculation that the pizza boxes visible in one of tate's videos tipped off police to his location. that's now been debunked, but in any case, greta responded to news of his arrest: let's speak to journalist and broadcasterjenny kleeman now. first of all, how damaging is this influence that clearly, andrew tate has on young men and boys? i influence that clearly, andrew tate has on young men and boys? i think he is dangerous. _ has on young men and boys? i think he is dangerous. he's _ has on young men and boys? i think he is dangerous. he's incredibly - he is dangerous. he's incredibly popular. he was supposedly the most google person last year. he had astronomicalfigures google person last year. he had astronomical figures of followers, how many times his name has been used as a hashtag. it's that coupled with him being so under the radar. a

lot of people who are parents of teenage boys have never heard of him at all. the shadow ministerjess phillips said last month that she had never heard of him. he is normalising misogyny for young boys with messages such as wives or husbands' properties, women need to take their share of responsibility when they are raped, women should be able to drive, and other comments like that. —— should not be able. a lot of young boys are watching this content without the people who are looking after them, and teachers have said andrew tate comes out a lot in class. their kids are mimicking the way he talks, what he says, the way that he sits. i think his influence is particularly very large —— potentially. his influence is particularly very large -- potentially.— his influence is particularly very large -- potentially. he's one of these gurus _ large -- potentially. he's one of these gurus are _ large -- potentially. he's one of these gurus are influencers - large -- potentially. he's one of these gurus are influencers who | large -- potentially. he's one of- these gurus are influencers who you

see online, who are mostly men. why did these influencers do so well? what is it in this message that's resonating with yellow first of all, they're resonating with yellow first of all, the 'r ., , resonating with yellow first of all, the 'r . , ., ., resonating with yellow first of all, the 'r ., , ., ., they're really good at gaming algorithms- _ they're really good at gaming algorithms. andrew - they're really good at gaming algorithms. andrew tate - they're really good at gaming algorithms. andrew tate was j they're really good at gaming - algorithms. andrew tate was really good at working out what tiktok would promote. they're appearing to disillusioned men with low self—esteem. andrew tate is projecting this lifestyle of fast cars and private jets and lots of women, and he has promising young men who perhaps don't have big alpha male role models who might feel it very difficult in a society where being a young white man, there aren't many people who want to stick up aren't many people who want to stick up for you very much. here is somebody was sticking up for you. what he's doing is exploiting a lot of his followers because he's just trying to get them to pay him money to pay for his online university or whatever it's called, where he

promises to give the secrets of his success. ~ ., �* , promises to give the secrets of his success. ~ . �* , ., , ., success. what's the answer to counteract _ success. what's the answer to counteract this _ success. what's the answer to counteract this narrative - success. what's the answer to | counteract this narrative which success. what's the answer to i counteract this narrative which so many people are saying is so harmful? �* , ., , many people are saying is so harmful?— many people are saying is so harmful? �*, . , , . harmful? it's really difficult. i think social _ harmful? it's really difficult. i think social media _ harmful? it's really difficult. i think social media companies| harmful? it's really difficult. i - think social media companies need to be responsible. some of them are taking responsibility for banning him. there's really not much that we can do other than have a conversation with young boys, including them in society as much as they can, and parents and guardians need to know what their kids are looking at online. have a discussion with them and asked them what's on their phone and what's keeping them so glued to their phones. until we have those conversations, we can't give a counter narrative. flit have those conversations, we can't give a counter narrative. of course, we all remembered _ give a counter narrative. of course, we all remembered what _ give a counter narrative. of course, we all remembered what happened| we all remembered what happened between greta thunberg and andrew tate. bring him even more to the four. �* .., , , tate. bring him even more to the four. , i, ,, tate. bring him even more to the four. �* , , , ,, ., four. and he completely stepped into that himself- — four. and he completely stepped into that himself. he _ four. and he completely stepped into that himself. he picked _ four. and he completely stepped into that himself. he picked the _ four. and he completely stepped into that himself. he picked the fight - that himself. he picked the fight with her, and young people would say she owned him there.—

she owned him there. jenny, thank ou ve she owned him there. jenny, thank you very much _ she owned him there. jenny, thank you very much indeed. _ do stay with us, still to come — the seal trapped in a fishing lake in eastern england who finally enough doesn't seem in any hurry to leave. on american television last night, prince harry has denied he boasted about killing 25 taliban fighters when he was a helicopter pilot in afghanistan. he's been criticised for writing about the killings in his memoir, but harry said the press had taken his remarks out of context. sophie long reports from los angeles. it was the latest and most light—hearted instalment of this multi—platform media blitz. does he ever make you guys a drink, or not? it started with a cocktail, swiftly followed by criticism of the british press and the way he says they took his words

they called it boastful and dangerous. he said he included it in his book to help others. if i heard anyone boasting about that kind of thing, i would be angry. but it's a lie. and hopefully, now that the book is out, people will be able to see the context. and it is, it's really troubling and very disturbing that they can get away with it. he spoke about the loss of his mother and how he believed the distance between he and his brother william would not be as great if she were still alive. she died at 36, and i was 36 when this all kicked off. as injanuary of 2020 was when my wife and i basically said, "enough, we can't cope, we can't deal with this. "we need to carve out something different." so, that was an interesting overlap of time.

you have to watch some of the crown, right? _ you have to watch some of the crown, right? i_ you have to watch some of the crown, right? i have! and using prime—time television to "speak their own truth" is not something many americans have a problem with. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. domestic flights resume in the us after being grounded for more than an hour. mudslides are cut off roads and communities and at least 70 people have died in the american

state after a month of heavy rain and flooding. tens of thousands about to leave their homes and officials say 33 million are threatened by the severe weather. the president has declared a state of emergency and james clayton reports from california. santa cruz is famous for surf, but not quite like this. its historic pier has been smashed, beach—side houses destroyed. this is supposed to be a picturesque beach, but it's absolutely covered in detritus, wood, even entire trees that have been swept into the sea by swollen rivers. the president has declared a state of emergency across the state. here in los angeles, two vehicles plunged into this huge sinkhole that opened up on the road as a result of flooding. local media reported that two people were taken to hospital with minor injuries. the small town of felton near santa cruz has been under water as the local river burst its banks. karen hendrick realised the water was coming up to her house too late. she couldn't get out, stuck above the water as it rose around her home.

is it scary when you're surrounded by floodwater like that? this was the first time that i was scared, yeah. in the past, i always thought, you know, "oh, we'll get three, four, even five feet of floodwater come through". this one didn't seem like it was going to stop. and i was imagining, you know, 10—12 feet of water, so that was pretty scary. it's now receded, but what it's left is this thick, glutinous mud, which has covered what is, in fact, a paved road. and of course, the mud hasn'tjust stuck to the streets. it's covered the inside of people's homes, too. audrey baxter is a student who lives in the town. she lost childhood memories. it'sjust something i used to read as a child, and it's alljust soaked all the way through. many other areas across california are being deluged — floods, landslides and blackouts, the governor of california scrambling for resources and worried about what's to come. have you ever seen anything like it?

not at this scale. i mean, i've seenl isolated incidents. these experiences are| unique in that respect. they're novel, but they're also predictable because this - is our reality with this weather whiplash and the extremes. . and it's likely we'll see more of this in our future. - and with more storms forecast to hit the coast, california is braced for yet more rain and more damage to come. james clayton, bbc news, santa cruz. now, there's despair among anglers in eastern england over a seal which remains trapped in a fishing lake there, despite repeated attempts to rescue it. a ban on fishing in rochford reservoir in essex has been put in place to protect the seal. but the creature itself is ignoring that ban completely and eating its way through the fish stocks. helena wilkinson reports.

basking in the winter sunshine with not a care in the world. this young seal may appear carefree and cute, but it's been causing havoc in this quiet fishing lake in essex. it's taken up residence at the rochford reservoir for nearly a month, and in that time, it's eaten its way through £3,000 worth of fish. the owner of the fisheries, nick north, has had to turn away regular users due to plummeting fish stocks. devastated, i think, would be an understatement of what's happened. after all these years building up, and then within a month, to see it come crashing down. it's thought the seal made its way upstream along since then, it's put on a good amount of weight, thanks to the abundance of fish on offer. it has little incentive to leave. so far, attempts have been made to made to try to get so far, two attempts have been made

to made to try to get the seal out safely, but it's managed to evade capture. seals can live healthily in freshwater, but it's not ideal. rescuers are going to make another attempt next week to try to get the seal out and back into its natural habitat. catching this one is a completely different kettle of fish. when the net has closed in, he'sjust either swum underneath it or hopped over the top, so we do need to change tack a bit. there was some concern about injuries to the seal on its tail and eye, but experts say they don't appear to be causing it any discomfort. having a sunbathe. for now, until the next rescue attempt, the seal remains in this reservoir, to the delight of locals enjoying this rare and very well—fed guest. helena wilkinson, bbc news, rochford in essex. getting some breaking news coming

into us here at the bbc news, and it's coming from russian controlled ukraine. forces belonging to russia's wagner group have said they found the body of one of two british voluntary workers whose been reported missing in eastern ukraine. the workers are andrew blackshaw and christopher perry, these are the two missing men. the group also posted a photo and peering to show passports bearing the names of these two men. the voluntary workers were reported missing in eastern ukraine. just to reiterate, the wagner group have said that his forces have found the body of one of two british voluntary workers. andrew blackshaw and christopher perry. we haven't had independent confirmation, but that is coming in from the reuters news

agency. you can get more on that story on our website. bbc .com/ news, as well as our bbc news app. before we go, let's bring an update on what our top story has been. the flight disruption in the united states following that technical glitch in the past hour. the white house said there is no evidence that the outage affecting the system was caused by a cyberattack. they are working to ensure that such an outage doesn't happen again. in the last half an hour, the canadian air traffic control systems said they also had a no tam outage, but there outage hasn't affected any flights. as always, that story and all the rest of the news on outside source is on our news website and the bbc news app. you can reach me on twitter, but thanks for watching. stay with us.

hello there. this week is shaping up to be a very unsettled one. we've got the jet stream powered up, bringing in plenty of low pressure systems, and we've got a couple more to go before this week's out and we've got further wet and windy weather for a time tonight as well. we've had showers running across the country. in fact, some of them merge together to produce longer spells of rain through the afternoon, and then this batch of more substantial rain, which will move through overnight, initially across northern ireland, then affecting much of england and wales. some of the rain will be quite heavy at times. it'll be accompanied by strong gusty winds, particularly southern britain through the channel. further north, a spell of something a little bit quieter, in fact — lighter winds, fewer showers, so temperatures will take a tumble, —1, —2 celsius there, whereas it's going to be milderfurther

south, 5—10 celsius. so, we hold on to this weather front across the south of the country, bringing more wind and rain. new area of low pressure will start to work into the north of the uk as we move through the day, but initially, we'll have some sunshine, central, northern and eastern areas. then it turns wet and windy across scotland, northern ireland, severe gales possible for northern ireland, some sunshine a little bit further south of here through wales, into northern england, the midlands, but southern britain will stay windy with further outbreaks of rain at times. some of it could be quite heavy, particularly for the channel islands. 12—13 celsius in the south, very mild compared to 7 or 8 celsius further north. then that area of low pressure moves across scotland, a real squeeze in the isobars on its southern flank. so we could see a potential of gales or severe gales in northern ireland, southern scotland, into northern england and into wales for a time. plenty of showers rattling through around this area of low pressure as well. temperatures no lower than a—7 celsius. there's that squeeze in the ice of the low pressure system pushing out into the north sea on friday. so, gradually, the winds will ease down, the showers will ease down as this ridge of high pressure starts to build in as well.

so, things not going to be too bad on friday for many of us, initially showery across northern and eastern areas, quite windy, too, and gradually, showers will fade away as this ridge of high pressure builds in. so, plenty of sunshine, i think, through the afternoon. northern ireland, wales, central and southern britain. 10—11 celsius in the south, 6—8 celsius further north. some changes, though, as we head into the weekend. we've got another area of low pressure working in on saturday, as that pulls away, it'll allow northerly winds to set in, so things will be turning cold on sunday and into next week.

hello, i'm maryam moshiri. this is outside source. after thousands of delays — hundreds of cancellations — domestic flights resume in the us. planes were grounded for a couple of hours — after the system that alerts pilots to potential hazards failed. russia appoints a new military chief for its war against ukraine — its second commander injust three months. meanwhile — the battle for the eastern town of soledar continues. russia claims they're in control — ukraine says that's not true. they will present and are already present in such a way to support mobilisation and give hope to the support aggression. and — a standoff between german

police and climate activists — protesting against the expansion of a coal mine. we start in the us — where air passengers have been warned to expect disruption, after a majorfailure with a flight control system. all domestic flights were grounded for several hours after the federal aviation administration issued an order to halt all take—offs. they say the system that alerts pilots to potential hazards on flight routes — called the notice to air missions — or notam — failed. here's cbs correspondent, jarred hill, with more on the source of the problem: the faa put out a notification that there was a glitch with this system called note some something which is more so a notice to air missions system. ——notam this is what sends out flight hazards as well as real—time restrictions to pilots. everything from a weather hazard to bird

migration. because the system was down the faa put a ground stop on all domestic flights as they investigated the problem and try to get it back up and running. why that system failed isn't yet clear. the us transport secretary pete buttigieg says there's no evidence of a cyberattack. president biden has ordered an investigation. our business correspondent victoria valentine told us the notam system is critical for the safe operation of us airspace: pilots need to know before they get on their flight and off they go whether or not there are problems with where they are going. is the runway likely to be closed? has something happened where they are? is there a big weather hazard? eight us air base was completely shut down over the holiday. because of the enormous winter storms. a bomb cyclone they called it. which meant there were huge disruption. that sort of thing would be part of notam. on the long haul flights this information can run into 200 pages,

easily. so it is important and what happened here is this real—time data wasn't updated. it was a huge issue and meant it was unsafe for planes to take off. at the time — the faa said flights in the sky at the time — including internationalflights — would be safe to land. but the disruption was huge. this was the picture on the website flightradar2a.com — with few planes in the air and most grounded at airports. and this was the scene on the ground at airports across the us: passengers stranded as here in the terminal at orlando, florida. here's one passenger caught up in the disruption at charlotte airport: i was told over the phone that it's like a 9/11 situation with the full ground stop, so when they said that, it immediately triggered something in my mind because i flew on the morning of 9/11. so, my first thought was to get to the airport as quickly as possible.

it wasn't until two and a half hours later that the faa lifted the "stop order" allowing planes to get airborne once again, this at fort lauderdale airport. but disruption is likely to continue. this was a statement for example from united airlines: "the faa has lifted their nationwide ground stop and united has resumed operations. customers may continue to see some delays and cancellations as we work to restore our schedule." our presenter laura trevelyan was finally able to board her flight after being caught up in the problems at new york's laguardia airport. the ground stop here in the us has been lifted. the faa grounded all the flights in america between six and 9am in the morning because of a computer outage for critical software that communicated between the regulator and planes. that outage has been sorted and the white house said it was no evidence of a cyber attack at this point. my flight from new york to washington is boarding. let's just take a brief look at the number of people potentially

affected: a total of 21—and—a—half thousand flights were scheduled to depart from us airports today alone, according to the aviation analytics firm cirium. almost three million seats were available on those departures. american airlines has the most departures from us airports today, with almost 5000. well in the past few minutes, canada air traffic controller has said the notam system there is experiencing an outage, though there are no flight delays. earlier i spoke to aviatian journalistjeff wise. they had a terrible set of flight to laze around the holidays but in terms of flight stops this is the worst since 9/11 when famously all flights were grounded for an extended period. this is not a serious. this means this is the first since 9/11 that the faa called for a ground stop for all aviation

in the us. for a ground stop for all aviation in the us-_ for a ground stop for all aviation in the us. ~ ~ , in the us. when something like this ha--ens in the us. when something like this ha ens it in the us. when something like this happens it lasts _ in the us. when something like this happens it lasts a _ in the us. when something like this happens it lasts a few _ in the us. when something like this happens it lasts a few hours - in the us. when something like this happens it lasts a few hours but - happens it lasts a few hours but the you you then feel the repercussions lasting a lot longer? people watching the snow who are travelling around the area in the us, do you think they will be impacted? this is the problem _ think they will be impacted? this is the problem when _ think they will be impacted? this is the problem when you _ think they will be impacted? this is the problem when you have - think they will be impacted? this is the problem when you have a - think they will be impacted? tu 3 3 the problem when you have a sudden shock to the system like this. you have everything shut down, it takes time to untangle the snarl. and as you do that more flights are coming in or having to come out, delayed, reshuffled. so at the time when the ground stop was in effect there was only 1—2000 flights late and we are not up to 8000. it has been steadily climbing to the problem is steadily climbing to the problem is steadily climbing even of the constant has been lifted. correct russia has appointed a new military chief in ukraine.

it's been just three months since russia's last revamp of its military, and there. the new commander valery gerasimov is currently the chief of the general staff of the russian armed forces. in his new role, general gerasimov will take chrage of the overall battlefield operations in ukraine. our mocow reporter will vernon told me more. we have the statement making this very surprise announcement that general surivikin has been replaced by velery gerasimov, already chief of general staff here. general surivikin had only been in the post for three months, and i think he will be best remembered for giving the order to retreat from the city of kherson, the only major population centre that russia managed to take from ukraine since the invasion. it's now back in ukrainian hands. general surivikin on

russian tv gave that order for withdrawal. president putin was nowhere to be seen. also, surivikin was the man who oversaw this kind of change in tactic whereby the russians carried out targeted strikes on ukrainian energy infrastructure. so, if the aim was to break the back of ukrainian military logistics for the spirit of the ukrainian people, of course it hasn't worked so far. so, we don't actually know the real reason for this demotion, this reshuffle. the defence ministry kind of released this vague statement saying they needed to improve efficiency and better co—ordinate actions between the various branches of the armed forces. but speculation is already rife here that the kremlin was unhappy with general surivikin, i wasn't happy the war is going in ukraine, setbacks on the battlefield in the last few months.

but the real reason remains to be seen. now — let's get the latest on the fighting in ukraine. it's continuing in the town of soledar in eastern ukraine. that's despite earlier claims by the russian mercenary group, wagner, that they had taken control of the town. this picture — believed to be of wagner group soldiers inside a salt mine in soledar was released earlier today with the group's head, yevgeny prigozhin in the centre. both russian and ukrainian governments have acknowledged there's fighting in soledar. this footage shows ukrainian forces allegedly shelling a salt mine in the town — where russian forces are believed to be inside. let's first hear from the russian defence ministry. translation: our air force units have blocked soledar— from the town's northern and southern parts. the russian aerospace forces are delivering strikes at enemy strongholds. assault groups are engaged

in battle in the town. we've also heard from president zelensky. translation: now that terrorist i state and its propaganda are trying to pretend that some part of our city of soledar, a city that was almost completely destroyed by the occupiers, is allegedly some kind of russia's achievement. they will present and are already presenting this to their society in such a way as to support mobilisation and to give hope to those who support aggression. but the fighting continues. ukraine's deputy defence minister has said russia failed to capture soledar. and here's president zelensky�*s adviser. translation: everything that is happening today i in the direction of bakhmut or- soledar is the bloodiest scenario of this war that is, we see, absolutely such an irresponsible attitude of. the russian elite towards their military personnel. i they die there by their thousands. there's a lot of blood, i a lot of artilleryjewels, a lot of contact combat, -

especially in soledar today. this is the hottest - point in the war today. we've been talking a lot about soledar, so let's take a moment to look at why it's important. soledar is close to the city of bakhmut, where intense fighting has been going on for weeks. if russia seizes control of the town, they can use it to launch a fresh assault on bakhmut. it's also located on a strategic supply line between the donetsk and luhansk regions, and we know that both russia and ukraine want control of the large salt mines in the area. earlier i spoke to bbc ukrainian's olga malchevska about what's happening on the ground in soledar. i was speaking for the press officer, and what he said is comparing to what was going on before, all the troops were located towards bakhmut. it seems they have relocated them all to soledar, and the fiercest fighting is there.

first of all, let's see how big of a town. there used to be around 10,000 inhabitants before the active war. compared with bakhmut, it used to be around 70,000 people. comparing to that city, we understand that soledar is not that kind of significant point for the troops. russia sees it as one of their victories to show to their audience as a significant victory. what people from the ground are saying, most of the buildings in the town have been destroyed, and there is nothing really left, which is taller than one floor. stay with us on outside source — still to come... we'll talk about the court case of the social media influencer, andrew tate.

the japanese people are in morning following the death of emperor hirohito. thousand converged on the imperial passes to pay respects when it was announced he was dead. good grief! after half of a century delighting fans around the world charlie brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. the sinner gang are calling it quits. the singer paul _ gang are calling it quits. the singer paul simon _ gang are calling it quits. the singer paul simon starts his south africa _ singer paul simon starts his south africa tour— singer paul simon starts his south africa tour tomorrow in spite of protest — africa tour tomorrow in spite of protest and violence from some black activist _ protest and violence from some black activist groups, they say national artists_ activist groups, they say national artists should boycott south africa until majority rule is established. around _ until majority rule is established. around the world people have been paying _ around the world people have been paying tribute — around the world people have been paying tribute to _ around the world people have been paying tribute to the _ around the world people have been paying tribute to the iconic - around the world people have been paying tribute to the iconic rock- paying tribute to the iconic rock star david — paying tribute to the iconic rock star david bowie _ paying tribute to the iconic rock star david bowie who _ paying tribute to the iconic rock star david bowie who sold - paying tribute to the iconic rock star david bowie who sold 140. star david bowie who sold 140 million — star david bowie who sold 140 million albums _ star david bowie who sold 140 million albums in _ star david bowie who sold 140 million albums in a _ star david bowie who sold 140 million albums in a career- star david bowie who sold 1ao| million albums in a career that spanned — million albums in a career that spanned half— million albums in a career that spanned half of _ million albums in a career that spanned half of the _ million albums in a career that spanned half of the century. i million albums in a career that. spanned half of the century. his family— spanned half of the century. his family announced _ spanned half of the century. his family announced overnight - spanned half of the century. his| family announced overnight that spanned half of the century. his . family announced overnight that he died of— family announced overnight that he died of cancer— family announced overnight that he died of cancer at _ family announced overnight that he died of cancer at the age _ family announced overnight that he died of cancer at the age of - family announced overnight that he died of cancer at the age of 69. - family announced overnight that he | died of cancer at the age of 69. the world's died of cancer at the age of 69. world's tallest skyscraper opens today easily overtaking its nearest rivals.

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... domestic flights resume in the us — after being grounded for more than an hour. let's go to germany — where police have begun dragging climate activists away from an abandoned village, that's expected to soon be affected by an expanding coal mine. police, wearing riot gear, stormed the site. bricks, petrol bombs and fireworks were thrown during the confrontation, and a number of the demonstrators have been arrested. christina, a climate activist blamed the violence on police. translation: from our point of view descalation is clearly caused by - the police. i have spoken to him and people and friends who have been beaten and kicked, who have been pepper sprayed.

we are standing with our bodies with all that we have against the police and a government that does not stick to its own climate goals. police officials, though, said they were making progress. translation: we have prepared for a week-long operation. - that is what we have said from the beginning and we have to see whether or not the resistance structures are causing us problems. it is important to say that people can leave peacefully at any time without having to face any police consequences. lutzerath, in western germany, is on the verge — literally — of being swallowed up by the vast garzweiler mine on its doorstep. the area is rich in lignite — the dirtiest form of coal. its already been emptied of its residents, who have all been relocated. the energy company rwe, which operates the mine, now owns the village. and has the backing of the court. the man—made canyon which stretches over 35 square kilometres, yields 25 million tonnes of coal every year. these climate protesters are determined to stop the company from extending the mine.

some have been here for more than a year, squatting in the abandoned brick buildings. let's hear from one of them. translation: i have been - here for a week now and before that i was here on and off for weeks at a time because i think have to work to make sure that this play stays. it is the redline of 1.5 degrees. if we want to keep to the paris climate agreement and ensure the climate crisis which is already costing thousands of people their lives, especially in the global south is not fuelled any further than we have to act here in now. this disagreement has been going on for some time. but russia's war on ukraine has made the conversation even more relevent. the german government, a three—way coalition which includes the green party, has already had to, as the germans would say, "swallow some toads". ministers who came to power promising to end reliance on coal have found themselves ordering a number of old coalfired power stations back online. but the government has pledged

to bring forward its planned phase—out of coal in the region. rhine—westphalia now has eight years less than the rest of the country. and plans to excavate five other villages have been scrapped. our correspondent in germany, damien mcguinness, explains more. really, this is the start of a weeks long process. we have the first day today. this morning, the situation was pretty tense, there were minor scuffles. police say there were stones thrown at police officers, a molotov cocktail was thrown and fireworks were thrown at them. but that was all this morning. by this afternoon, the situation had calmed down. they said most protests were peaceful. they said there are protesters hidden in the houses and trees and that would be the difficulty. what we saw today it was around 1,000 police officers were trying to clear out hundreds of protesters, most of them peaceful but some refused to move.

in the next few days and possibly the next few weeks, police will have to go into the houses and trees and pull out people by force. that is the difficulty because a lot of the protesters are very energised and they are sure that they feel that they are in the right. they are not going to move without a fight and the question is can that be done peacefully or will it be more thanjust minor scuffles and that is what we are watching out for in the next days are next few weeks. turning to iran now. the british government has called on iran not to execute a british iranian national who's been sentenced to death. the family of alireza akbari fear his execution may be imminent. in the last few minutes, the foreign secretary james cleverly has said that mr akbari should be immediately released — calling his execution �*a politically motivated act by a barbaric regime.�*. this is alireza akbari — in an audio recording obtained by bbc persian.

translation: i was charged with obtaining top-secret intelligence | from iran's head of national security council in exchange for a bottle of perfume and a shirt during the administration in 2019. more now from bbc persian reporter parham ghobadi. and we interviewed his wife in the morning she is not in iran but we cannot disclose her location for her security, but she told us by tomorrow morning he might get hanged and the reason for that is that his family was asked to go have the final meeting with him. and that means the execution might be carried out imminently. the other thing about him is that he was, decades ago, a deputy in the ministry of defence in iran and was also an adviser to one of the top iranian national security members who is involved in nuclear

talks and the crackdown involved in nuclear talks and the crackdown of the protest — he was invited to iran. according to an invitation he visited the country in 2018 and then 2019, he says in late 2019 he was arrested. turning now to the court case involving the online influencer, andrew tate. at this time yesterday, we broke the news that he'd lost an appeal to reduce his time in police custody in romania. he'll be detained for the full 30 days before going on trial with his brother, tristan, and two romanian women. they were arrested late last month and are facing allegations of sex trafficking, which they deny. we'll be getting into why this case is important — but first, if you've not heard any of tate's views — here's a short clip of him. i think my sister is her. husbands property, yes. when a bride is walking down the aisle to marry the - groom, the father walks next to her and gives her away. i even if you don't know who he is — you may be familiar

with andrew tate's name. that's because he has a huge following on twitter — well over a million. he's been previously banned from the platform for misogynistic views. his popularity soared after his videos began circulating on tiktok — where he's also banned. this is a guardian headline from last august. to put that into context, the hashtag #andrewtate has accumulated nearly 13 billion views. and he's found a particularly loyal audience among men and boys — have a listen. translation: all the video materials posted by them i are an inspiration for all young men, students, workers, for those about to become men. my life changed for the better since they appeared in my life. concerns over tate's influence even led to this moment in parliament today. the times recently reported that schools across the uk are in crisis as the effect of online influencer andrew tate's vile misogyny infiltrates our classrooms and society. teachers are now having to develop their own resources to re—educate boys who have been

brainwashed online by his deeply toxic messaging. let's take a closer look at the allegations he's now facing. in a statement, romanian police said that they had identified six people allegedly "sexually exploited" by what it called an "organised criminal group." and at the end of last month, police released this footage of the raid inside tate's house in bucharest. the tate brothers deny all allegations against them. let's get more details from a journalist in the romanian capital — she's been covering the case. so, the allegations against him and his brother, tristan, are that they have organised this criminal group, where they were basically using the loverboy method to get young women to fall in love with them and then work for them as webcam models, so doing sexual videos that were later sold on adult websites. there's also an unlikely name you might have heard in connection to all this —

climate activist greta thunberg. that's because tate tagged her in a tweet bragging about the "enormous emissions" from the 33 cars he said he owned. it led to a now viral exchange. it also led to speculation that the pizza boxes visible in one of tate's videos tipped off police to his location. that's now been debunked — but in any case, greta responded to news of his arrest — "this is what happens when you don't recycle your pizza boxes". earlier i spoke to an author and journalist _ a lot of people who are parents of teenage boys have never heard of him at all. the shadow ministerjess phillips said last month that she had never heard of him. he is normalising misogyny for young boys with messages such as wives or husbands' properties, women need to

take their share of responsibility when they are raped, women should not be able to drive, and other comments like that. a lot of young boys are watching this content without the people who are looking after them, and teachers have said andrew tate comes out a lot in class. their kids are mimicking the way he talks, what he says, the way that he sits. i think his influence is potentially very large. he's one of these gurus are influencers who you see online, who are mostly men. why did these influencers do so well? what is it in this message that's resonating with people? first of all, they're really good at gaming algorithms. andrew tate was really good at working out what tiktok would promote. they're appearing to disillusioned men with low self—esteem.

andrew tate is projecting this lifestyle of fast cars and private jets and lots of women, and he has promising young men who perhaps don't have big alpha male role models who might feel it very difficult in a society where being a young white man, there aren't many people who want to stick up for you very much. here is somebody was sticking up for you. what he's doing is exploiting a lot of his followers because he's just trying to get them to pay him money to pay for his online university or whatever it's called, where he promises to give the secrets of his success. if you want to find out more about any of the stories you have been watching here on outside source you are more than welcome to visit our website. �* ,., ,, are more than welcome to visit our website. ~ ,., i. .. are more than welcome to visit our website. ~ i. , �* �* website. also you can use the bbc

news app- — website. also you can use the bbc news app- stay — website. also you can use the bbc news app. stay with _ website. also you can use the bbc news app. stay with us _ website. also you can use the bbc news app. stay with us on - website. also you can use the bbc news app. stay with us on bbc... | hello there. this week is shaping up to be a very unsettled one. we've got the jet stream powered up, bringing in plenty of low pressure systems, and we've got a couple more to go before this week's out. and we've got further wet and windy weather for a time tonight as well. we've had showers running across the country. in fact, some of them merge together to produce longer spells of rain through the afternoon, and then this batch of more substantial rain, which will move through overnight, initially across northern ireland, then affecting much of england and wales — some of the rain will be quite heavy at times. it will be accompanied by strong gusty winds, particularly southern britain through the channel. further north, a spell of something a little bit quieter, in fact, lighter winds, fewer showers, so temperatures will take a tumble, —1, —2 celsius there, whereas it's going to be milderfurther south, 5—10 celsius. so, we hold on to this weather front across the south of the country,

bringing more wind and rain. new area of low pressure will start to work into the north of the uk as we move through the day, but initially, we'll have some sunshine, central, northern and eastern areas. then it turns wet and windy across scotland, northern ireland, severe gales possible for northern ireland, some sunshine a little bit further south of here through wales, into northern england, the midlands, but southern britain will stay windy with further outbreaks of rain at times. some of it could be quite heavy, particularly for the channel islands. 12—13 celsius in the south, very mild compared to 7 or 8 celsius further north. then that area of low pressure moves across scotland, a real squeeze in the isobars on its southern flank. so we could see a potential of gales or severe gales in northern ireland, southern scotland, into northern england and into wales for a time. plenty of showers rattling through around this area of low pressure as well. temperatures no lower than a—7 celsius. there's that squeeze in the ice of the low pressure system pushing out into the north sea on friday. so, gradually, the winds will ease down, the showers will ease down as this ridge of high pressure starts to build in as well.

so, things not going to be too bad on friday for many of us, initially showery across northern and eastern areas, quite windy, too, and gradually, showers will fade away as this ridge of high pressure builds in. so, plenty of sunshine, i think, through the afternoon. northern ireland, wales, central and southern britain. 10—11 celsius in the south, 6—8 celsius further north. some changes, though, as we head into the weekend. we've got another area of low pressure working in on saturday, as that pulls away, it'll allow northerly winds to set in, so things will be turning cold on sunday and into next week.

this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the many news stories for you at the top of the hour straight after this programme. no turning back now. ijust need to get there. even if it isjust the debris field, i will be very happy, paying my respects in the debris field.