david shukman, bbc news.legations that the security firm gas provided inaccurate financial information about the running of two immigration removal centres. it follows an undercover bbc panorama investigation which exposed abuse, drug use and self harm at the brook house centre. documents seen by the bbc also suggest the company was making excessive profits from running the centres. gas says it's never deliberately given false information to the home office. a stretch of the mi motorway was closed for much of the day as police investigated a suspicious object. detectives say item — which was found under a bridge between junctions 14 and 15 — wasn't explosive — but appears to be chemical. thousands of drivers were stuck for hours. the prime minister may be meeting world leaders at the un headquarters — but questions about a cabinet rift over brexit have followed her there. she's repeated her support for the foreign secretary after borisjohnson dismissed suggestions he might resign over brexit. the row comes ju

david shukman, bbc news.eum of african contemporary art, which is about to open in cape town. boasting 80 galleries spread over nine floors, the zeitz museum of contemporary art africa has been transformed from an abandoned grain silo. 0ur arts editor will gompertz has been to see it. table mountain, one of cape town's iconic sites, along with the city's spectacular coastline, and the victoria and alfred waterfront, which now boasts a brand—new attraction, the zeitz museum of contemporary african art, which has been created by repurposing the harbour‘s imposing, long—redundant concrete grain silos. there was this extraordinary pair of buildings made from tubes. and it felt that its tube—iness was the thing that could be its spirit and character. we realised the tubes could offer us this opportunity, if we carved a major space out of them, and didn't fight them, but enjoyed them, it made this unusual thing. he says his 80—gallery building is the biggest art museum to be opened in africa for over a century, and

david shukman, bbc news.ence group at university college london's mullard space science laboratory, told me about the highlights of cassini's mission. well, it is really difficult to actually choose that. it has been a wonderful mission, which has given us wonderful mission, which has given us lots and lots of interesting science data. i think there are really to make things which stand out, which have come to be really important —— two things. this is finding out about the means enceladus and titan. so enceladus orbit saturn close to saturn, four saturn radius is. it is water coming out from a subsurface ocean, it is a salty ocean, and there is activity at the bottom of the ocean, and it looks like it may be habitable. that is an exciting thing coming out of the cassini mission. another is titan. so titan is a remarkable moon, the european space agency land in the probe on titan as part of a mission, and the mission itself looks at fly—bys, i20 fly—bys of titan, which found that this is really a n titan, whi

david shukman, bbc news.ing. —— opening in berlin. is this art or a public eyesore? the german capital as famous or notorious, depending on your point of view, or its graffiti. now a museum has been set up devoted to this unique form of street art. urban nation will host the works of around 150 international and local artists showcasing their dynamism and the variety. translation: urban contemporary art is the logical next step to follow what is happening on the street. i think this can be an archive aiming to tell a story for the first time from the deep end —— at the beginning until now, that is what we are trying to show here. berlin already has a venue for street art, a huge stretch of the wall that divided the city during the cold war. the eastside gallery telling the country's story and becoming a memorial to peace. graffiti asked —— artists hoping that were berlin leads, others will follow. i think it's a nice thing that a museum is happening because the artists who have been a part of this scene and m

david shukman, bbc news.man election is now only a few days away and one of the topics which has dominated discussion among voters is the country's migration policy. two years ago these were the scenes in germany, when more than two million people arrived in the country during the migrant crisis. since then the numbers have fallen sharply but many of the migrants remain in germany. one of them was mohammed, who fled from aleppo in syria. nassim hatam has his story. piecing together a new life, 16—year—old mohammed arrived in germany from syria in 2015, leaving his parents and siblings behind in turkey. mohammed was taken in by this family, and in two years he's learnt to speak fluent german and is now thinking about his future. translation: well, i'd like to do something with electronics or machinery when i finish school. i'd like to stay in this area. i think it's pretty and i think the local people are very nice, and get along with them well. also, i don't really want to live in a big city, so i think that

david shukman, bbc news. story we've been covering for some time now — the mass exodus of rohingya muslims from myanmar. on wednesday, bangladesh summoned myanmar‘s ambassador in dhaka to protest against the planting of landmines along this border between the two countries. this is the border that over 164,000 rohingya muslims have been fleeing across over the last few weeks. bangladesh says myanmar is planting mines to prevent the rohingya returning to their villages — myanmar denies this. at the moment, though, people are still flowing from myanmar to bangladesh. sanjoy majumder is there. more rohingya refugees have come today from bangladesh to myanmar and you can see how congested it has become, no space, all on the road. over here they have brought in bamboo, to construct new tents for the fresh arrivals. the camps themselves are in dreadful shape. extremely crowded, the conditions unhygienic. aid agencies are very concerned. they say apart from food there is an urgent need for medical support. medecins

david shukman, bbc news. opening its doors in berlin on saturday. urban nation is being described as the world's first street art museum. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. in berlin, they are posing a question. is this art or a public eyesore? the german capital is famous, or notorious, depending on your point of view, for its graffiti. now, a museum has been set up devoted to this unique form of street art. urban nation will host the works of around 150 international and local artists, showcasing their dynamism and their variety. translation: urban contemporary art is the logical next step to follow what is happening on the street. i think this can be an archive aiming to tell a story for the first time, from the beginning to now. that's what we're trying to show here. of course, berlin already has a venue for street art — a huge stretch of the wall that divided the city during the cold war, the eastside gallery telling the country's story, and becoming a memorial to peace. graffiti artists hoping that where be

our science editor david shukman has more.mething from science fiction, nasa conjuring up animations of the cassini spacecraft flying around the spectacular rings of saturn. but this really did happen, and these are some of the images the mission actually captured. the planet seen from closer than ever before. the strange detail of its rings. a jetstream in the shape of a hexagon. and an utterly weird collection of moons. but today, the expedition had to come to an end. i'm going to call this the end of mission. at mission control, in california, hugs and applause. for many, it has been the work of a lifetime, and no surprise there were very mixed feelings as the final signal reached earth. well, it's been a part of my life for 20 years. we've spent day in and day out thinking about cassini, planning the observations, focusing on the science. my career has been based on cassini, so it's really hard to see that go. saturn is the most distant world to have been explored for so long. and the cassini spacecraft, which is almost as

david shukman, bbc news. the terror threat level was raised after a morning commute incident.ry will meet its nuclear ambitions despite sanctions after the un strongly condemns friday's missile test. united nations human rights experts are extremely worried about the arrest of an egyptian lawyer who was detained as he was about to fly to switzerland to meet them. the lawyer, ibrahim metwaly, was due to speak to the un working group on enforced disappearances about cases including that of an italian student who was tortured to death in egypt. from cairo, 0rla guerin reports. lawyer, ibrahim metwaly, who dared to fight for egypt's disappeared, including his eldest son, amr. last sunday, at cairo airport, he disappeared himself. he wound up here at the high—security tora prison complex, instead of addressing un experts in geneva. now, the lawyer is facing charges of illegally founding an organisation for families of the disappeared. his younger son abdel moneim, also a campaigner, told me he knew the risks, but he wanted to speak for the disappeared, like the murdered italian giu

david shukman, bbc news. a brief look at some of the day's other other news stories.an will appear before westminster magistrates in the morning charged under terror laws with being members of a banned neo—nazi group. lorry driver david wagstaff, seen here on the left, has appeared in court charged with eight counts of causing death by dangerous driving. it follows a crash on the mi motorway last month. he also faces four counts of causing serious injury. all of those killed were travelling in a minibus. he'll re—appear in court next month. the leader of birmingham city council has resigned after weeks of industrial action over bins. in a statement posted on twitter, john clancy said that "frenzied media speculation" about the dispute was harming the council. badger culling has been given approval in ii new areas of england, to tackle tuberculosis in cattle. badgers are carriers of tb and culling will now take place across devon, dorset, somerset, wiltshire and cheshire. a badger vaccination programme is also being restarted. learndirect, the uk's largest provider of

david shukman, bbc news.r, just four games into the new season. that's a premier league record. the south london side have lost all their matches without scoring a goal. former england manager roy hodgson is believed to be among the favourites to take over. today marks the 20th anniversary of the 1997 devolution referendum, which led to the creation of the scottish parliament in edinburgh. that decision altered politics in scotland. lorna gordon has been crossing the nation to see how much people's lives have changed — 20 years on. it was a year that saw many new beginnings. tony blair entered downing street. harry potter hit the shelves for the first time. by the autumn, scotland was looking towards autumn, scotland was looking towards a new era. it was raining, snowing... these people were part of what was known as the vigil for democracy. it became a focal point for the campaign for a scottish parliament. theirfive—year for the campaign for a scottish parliament. their five—year long vigil ended on the day

0ur science editor, david shukman, explains.f clouds stretching over the caribbean. this view from space of hurricane irma shows its extraordinary scale. if it was over britain it would cover most of the country. our brave flight crew enter is right inside. and facing them with a staggeringly large walls of the inside of the eye. this hurricane has set a new record for having dangerously fast winds for the longest time. on the ground, the effect is shattering. this part of the world knows all about hurricane sue and an early warning has definitely saved lives, but this one is stronger than most. how do hurricanes become so destructive? the strongest form of back the coast of west africa, warm waters caused the error to rise, triggering thunderstorms and that is when the winds can circulate and as this weather system crosses the atla ntic this weather system crosses the atlantic it grows and becomes stronger. if the winds are moving in the same direction at all levels, as with irma, they reached devastating speeds. closer to the

david shukman, bbc news. a brief look at some of the day's other news stories.e hillsborough disaster have appeared at preston crown court. they included the former chief constable, sir norman bettison. although no pleas were entered today, all the defendants have previously indicated that they will plead not guilty. the bbc has announced that it's conducting three wide—ranging reviews into pay following the controversy over salaries earlier this summer. two will look into equal pay across the corporation, the other will be a review of pay and diversity for presenters. the actressjennifer lawrence has been speaking about the gender pay gap in hollywood. the 27—year—old oscar winner has been critical of the industry in the past after finding out that she'd been paid less than her male co—stars. the premiere of her new film — a psychological thriller called mother — has brought her to london and she's been sharing her views with our arts editor, will gompertz. we spend all our time here. i want to make a paradise. jennifer lawrence is the film's eponymous mother,

david shukman, bbc news.son has been sacked as manager of the england women's football team. the football association said his departure was connected to "inappropriate behaviour" during a previous coaching job in bristol. more recently he's been the subject of allegations of racism and bullying, allegations he's denied. the fa's handling of the case has been criticsed by the sports minister tonight, who called it "a mess." 0ur sports editor, dan roan, has the story. from 6—0 to the sack in less than 2a hours. 0ne from 6—0 to the sack in less than 2a hours. one day after seeing his england team win in emphatic style, manager mark sampson finally lost hisjob this afternoon manager mark sampson finally lost his job this afternoon after weeks of controversy. the fa confirmed they had terminated his contract is due to safeguarding allegations made against him when he was coach at the bristol academy before taking the england job. the governing body said the full details of aids 2014 investigation into what they c

david shukman, bbc news.hree wide—ranging reviews into pay following the controversy over presenter salaries this summer. two will look into equal pay across the corporation — the other will be a review of pay and diversity for on—air stars. our media editor, amol rajan is here. there was an outcry at the time. what is the bbc‘s response? there was an outcry at the time. what is the bbc's response? as you say, the speech by the director—general today, tony hall, was significant, because it was his first big speech since the outcry. there are three things going on. there are three things going on. there is an internal audit looking addenda bay, an external audit looking at all bbc staff and the issue of equal pay, whether people doing the same job at being paid the same. on top of that is that there is the issue of talent, a big issue that caused ceremony headlines in the summer. caused ceremony headlines in the summer. lots of people have identified the problems facing the bbc. that doesn't make it easy to id

david shukman, bbc news.s 1% pay cap on public sector workers has intensified after 1a health unions called for a rise for more than1 million workers in the nhs. in a letter to the chancellor, the unions, representing nurses, midwives and other support staff, are calling for an increase of nearly 4%. the government has said it wants their pay to be fair but also affordable to taxpayers. our health editor, hugh pym, reports. diane, who is a laboratory technician, has worked in the nhs for more than three decades. but the last few years have been the toughest, because of the pay cap. she's had to watch very closely what she spends on herself and her daughter. it makes us all very angry. all public sector workers should have the cap lifted. we are alljust as important, we all work as front—line workers, we are all the cog in the wheel that keeps going round to make the nhs work. scrap the cap has been the court in protest against pay restraint. earlier this week the government lifted the 1% limit for police and

david shukman, bbc news.m it has been so the lee mack to slow to help british 0verseas territories respond to irma. theresa may says the response has been swift. no one can fail to be affected by the absolute desperate plight of people in the caribbean who have been hit by hurricane irma, and my thoughts and prayers are with all those affected, particularly the british nationals in our overseas territories in and real and the virgin islands. the most devastating storm to hit the atla ntic most devastating storm to hit the atlantic —— overseas territories in anguila. people have seen their livelihoods completely destroyed, and of course some people are missing and some will have lost loved ones. we have taken action. we moved swiftly. there are a few key people. we have people on the ground. £32 million has been released —— we are providing assistance from royal marines and army engineers and the military task group is on its way on hms 0cean with several hundred uk troops. and we'll find out how this story —

0ur science editor david shukman explains.rricane season, but this one is shaping up to be one of the most violent. this image, from a fortnight ago, captures a rare sight, of three hurricanes together. the massive shape of hurricane irma in the centre, and two others, to the left and to the right. and now there's hurricane maria, which intensified with startling speed. what's remarkable about maria is that this time yesterday it was still a relatively small minor category one hurricane, and as the day proceeded it intensified incredibly rapidly to a top—level category 5 hurricane. so why do we seem to be getting so many hurricanes right now? well, they can develop whenever we get thunderstorms forming over warm oceans. and it's the warm water that are the key here. if the temperature of the sea surface is above 26 celsius, the air starts rising and spiralling, and if the winds are in the right direction the storm builds in size and in strength. and as it passes over yet more warm water, it can escalate into the most dangerous

david shukman, bbc news.ribbean as hurricane irma, one of the most powerful storms ever to strike there, touches land. on the line is james fairs who lives just outside of the capital basseterre in st kitts, which has been hit by the storm. thank you forjoining us. i hope that you can hear me, james? yes, i can. jolly good. how bad is it where you are? the winds arrived at about midnight, local time in st kitts, and between four o'clock and five o'clock this morning, it was just while the sun was coming up. it was pretty scary. i live in a top floor apartment in a hurricane proof building. it was a bit like sitting ona plane,. building. it was a bit like sitting on a plane,. the noise of the roaring of the engines of the plane. it got louder and louder. two hours nonstop. it was that road. and think things gradually started to wind down. we still have high winds, things seem to be evening off now. you say it is like being on a plane that hours with noise in your ears as the jet takes off. you say you are ina

0ur science editor david shukman explains. so how do hurricanes become so destructive?st africa. warm waters cause the air to rise, triggering thunder storms, that's when the wind can circulate. as the weather system crosses the atlantic, it grows and becomes stronger. if the wind is moving in the same direction at all levels, as with irma, they reached devastating speeds. but then closer to the caribbean, the hurricane gets another boost as it passes over yet more warm water and ocean temperatures are unusually high this year, making the winds even more aggressive. on top of all this, the low pressure inside the hurricane creates a storm surge, a huge wave that strikes the coast and because climate change is raising the level of sea, the impact is all the greater. earlier, i spoke with professor kevin walsh of the school of earth sciences at the university of melbourne and asked him whether his research pointed to any link between this season's hurricanes and climate change. as far as we can determine, the main effect of climate change so far has been to raise the seas

david shukman, bbc news.harged with terror offences as part of an investigation you may remember into the band neo—nazi group national action. west midlands police have put out a statement in the last few minutes. remember these are the first terror charges laid against individuals for supporting a prescribed far right group in the uk. national action was banned last year following the death of the mp jo cox. this news coming into us in the last couple of minutes that these three men have been charged with terror offences as part of an investigation into the band neo—nazi group national action according to west midlands police. these are the first terror charges laid against individuals for supporting a prescribed far right group. more on this we will bring you when we get it. badger culling has been given the go—ahead in 11 new areas of england as part of efforts to tackle tuberculosis in cattle. badgers are carriers of tb and culling will now take place across devon, dorset, somerset, wiltshire and cheshire

our science editor david shukman has more.ike something from science fiction. nasa conjuring up animations of the cassini spacecraft line around the spectacular rings of saturn. but this really did happen and these are some of the images the mission actually captured. the planet seen from closer than ever before. the strange detail of its rings. ajet strea m strange detail of its rings. ajet stream in the shape of a hexagon. and an utterly weird collection of moons. but today, the expedition had to come to an end. i'm going to call this the end of mission. at mission control in california, hugs and applause. for many it has been the work of a lifetime, and no surprise there were very mixed feelings as there were very mixed feelings as the final signal reached earth. well, it has been a part of my life for 20 years. we have spent a day in and day out thinking about cassini, planning the observations and focusing on the signs. my career has been based on cassini so it is ready ha rd to been based on cassini so it is ready hard t

our science editor david shukman explains. a menacing swirl of cloud stretching over the caribbean.urricane irma shows its extraordinary scale. more than 400 miles across. a brave research team flies right inside the eye to gather vital information about temperatures and pressures inside the towering wall of cloud to help forecast where it's heading next — and already there's a new record for dangerous winds for the longest time. on the ground the effect is shattering. this part of the world knows all about hurricanes and early warning has definitely saved lives but this one is stronger than most. so how do hurricanes become so destructive? well the strongest like irma form off the coast of west africa. warm waters cause the air to rise, industryingering thunder storms, warm waters cause the air to rise, triggering thunder storms, that's when the wind can circulate. as the weather system crosses the atlantic, it grows and becomes stronger. if the wind is moving in the same direction at all levels, as with irma, they reached devastating speeds. but then closer to the caribbean, the h

our science editor david shukman is here.g with earthquakes in mexico but this was particularly bad. it has come at an awful time given the anniversary. mexico sits on the pacific ring of fire, fault lines running round the pacific rim which is seismically active. the mexico is more than used to this. you have one tectonic plate to this. you have one tectonic plate to the south, you can see on the map, pushing up into mexico. and every little dot on the screen represents where there has been an earthquake. so an incredibly active pa rt earthquake. so an incredibly active part of the world. in addition mexico city where that star is just the north—west of that, it is based an old lakebed, the city expanded over previous centuries of this lakebed where the soil happens to be soft. finders know from studying previous earthquakes that when you get tremors running through the rock they are amplified as they come up through the soft soil. as much as five or six times. so the effect on buildings standing in mexico city is all greate

but of course they can't be sure when they'll occur or how severe they'll be. 0ur science editor david shukmann the risks the country faces, and what if anything can be done to minimise the death and destruction these earthquakes cause. the terrifying moment that the quake struck. this is a newsroom in mexico city, wrecked by the tremors. the most violent earthquake in the memory of residents of central mexico. mexico is all too familiar with this kind of threat. these scenes were filmed in the 1950s and after every tragedy there has been an effort to make buildings tough enough to cope. this was an earthquake that struck in haphazard fashion... but in 1985, another devastating quake tore down 3,000 buildings in mexico city. killing about 10,000 people. and the government again ordered stricter controls on development. and that did make a difference. when the tremors hit yesterday, this building was among many to shake but not to fall. using the latest designs to withstand the impact. sadly, dozens of other places were less resilient. the recent buildings in mexico city should have been built

our science editor, david shukman, has more.ring up animations of the cassini spacecraft line around the spectacular rings of saturn. but this really did happen and these are some of the images the mission actually captured. the planet seen from closer than ever before. the strange detail of its rings. a jet stream in the shape of a hexagon. and an utterly weird collection of moons. but today, the expedition had to come to an end. i'm going to call this the end of mission. at mission control in california, hugs and applause. for many it has been the work of a lifetime, and no surprise there were very mixed feelings as the final signal reached earth. well, it has been a part of my life for 20 years. we have spent a day in and day out thinking about cassini, planning the observations and focusing on the signs. my career has been based on cassini so it is ready hard to see that go. saturn is the most distant world to have been explored for so long, and the cassini spacecraft, which is almost as big of a bus, has achieved something

our science editor, david shukman, explains.icane irma shows its extraordinary scale. if it was over britain, it would cover most of the country. a brave flight crew ventures right inside. and facing them are the staggeringly large walls of the inside of the eye. this hurricane has set a new record for having dangerously fast winds for the longest time. on the ground, the effect is shattering. this part of the world knows all about hurricanes and early warning has definitely saved lives, but this one is stronger than most. how do hurricanes become so destructive? the strongest form off the coast of west africa, warm waters cause the air to rise, triggering thunderstorms and that is when the winds can circulate and as this weather system crosses the atlantic, it grows and becomes stronger. if the winds are moving in the same direction at all levels, as with irma, they reach devastating speeds. closer to the caribbean, the hurricane gets another boost as it passes over yet more warm water. and ocean temperatures are unusually high