alastair leithead, bbc news, zululand.. they lost 3—2 on aggregate to aek athens — after a 2—1 defeat in greece. scott sinclair scored a late goal to give celtic hope — but they could not get the second away goal needed to progress into the next round. this summer's heatwave has had a surprising effect on parts of britain. it's brought a hidden part of our past to the surface. archaeologists have been scouring the country from the air over the past few months and they've made hundreds of new discoveries. for example, have a look at this elizabethan home in staffordshire — tixall gatehouse. the hot weather has revealed this. the foundations of the orginial 16th century manor house tixhall hall which once stood here. and it's thanks to the heatwave that its emerged again as our arts correspondent, david sillito, explains. ok, martin. we've found an edge within the boundary. triple ditch. this is damian grady, one of historic england's aerial archaeologists. and this long, hot summer has revealed some lost landmarks. this is

alastair leithead, bbc news, zululand.s laura hughes, from the financial times, and asa bennett of the daily telegraph. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. now it's time for the weather with ben rich. the soppy fortunes are looking quite mixed over the coming days of. —— hello there. —— our weatherfortunes of soppy that was the case on tuesday, the best of the sunshine down to the south coast of england, for many other areas there was a lot of cloud. the thickest across the north and the west and a very similar date on wednesday. a lot of cloud across western and northern parts, particularly. and northern ireland, further south we will see some breaks in the cloud, some sunny spells and those temperatures into the middle 20s, a bit cooler or across the north—west. to some things up, through the week ahead, the wea kest things up, through the week ahead, the weakest of the weather will be across the north—west, the warmest weather will be across the south—east because of the jetstream which will steer most of t

corruption is allowing criminals to continue killing the rhinos. 0ur africa correspondent, alastair leitheade purchase and court officials. officials. it is a cesspit of corruption, it is massive. corruption, it is massive. activist, who says she has uncovered evidence of corruption. evidence of corruption. syndicate of matches and prosecutors taking bribes. taking bribes. delivering bribes from poaching kingpins to court officials. kingpins to court officials. and most of his friends art magistrates, lawyers, prosecutors. magistrates, lawyers, prosecutors. just disappear, and you just go to him. fresh passed a lie detector test. his uncle do allegations. —— denies. denies. trial delayed for more than 20 yea rs. trial delayed for more than 20 years. years. argue the rhinos kingpin that people make it out to be? people make it out to be? have you dealt in rworn. —— rhino horn. report to the magistrates commission. concerning alleged payments. payments. magistrate received money from his uncle and other magistrates. uncle and other magistrates. report says it appears to have a pattern of racke

now on bbc news, bbc africa correspondent alastair leithead investigates the alleged links between thellegal rhino horn trade and corruption in zululand's courts and its national parks. the rhinoceros has been on the planet for millions of years. but it could be gone in our lifetimes. its horn is now worth more than cocaine on the black market, and so poachers are driving rhinos to extinction. i mean, they're a wonderful species. but it seems to me they want to completely eliminate them from the face of the earth. but it's notjust the greed of poachers and traffickers. corruption is fuelling the crisis. it doesn't matter where you get in zululand, there's police corruption. in south africa it is infecting the courts, and the parks that should be protecting them. half of the rangers are corrupt. we meet the go—between who took bribes from poachers. i would give to most of his friends, and most of his friends are lawyers, prosecutors. magistrates who are now being investigated, and we meet the activist risking her life to bring down the kingpins. i try to be as careful as i can. i don't

in the second of two special reports, alastair leithead looks the measures being taken to protect therching the bush for rhinos. private game reserve in zululand. the gunmen is that, the diet contains sedative. each rhino weighs more than a ton. and they have less than half an hour to make some measurements, had a tracker and remove what the poachers kill these animals for. —— add. you can only a move probably one inch and a half of it. it won't get into the gross tissue. even that is still an attractive amount of warn thatis still an attractive amount of warn that is left on the animals to be —— horn. and off it comes. it is painless for the rhino, it is like cutting fingernails, it is even as a material. these are worth a fortune in asia where they are used as a status symbol. this is where it has come to. , of the private parks are doing this all the time now. but it is too expensive to be worn all of the rhinos in the government run parks. this is one of the most poached places in the continent. we met with one of rangers who didn't wa nt to met with one of rangers who didn't want

alastair leithead, bbc news, zululand. weapon. a senior russian diplomat said these were "unfounded, slanderous accusations based on suspicions, on suppositions and so on." i spoke to dave lee a little earlier about what the satellite might be doing. well, we know very little about what it might be doing. we know that it was launched in october 2017, according to the us state department. they said they‘ve been monitoring the behaviour of this particular satellite, and since it‘s reached orbit, and they say it‘s been acting and abnormal ways, calling it a troubling development. they said it‘s impossible to determine whether it is a weapon or not, because unlike traditional weapons, there are not many of the telltale signs. indeed, if a satellite is being used as a weapon, it is for very different ways, such as jamming gps signals, which could be one thing a space weapon could be doing. so it‘s very difficult to tell. as you mentioned, the russians say this doesn‘t have any merit whatsoever, they say it was unfounded and sla

alastair leithead, bbc news, zululand. now, the weather prospects with simon king.e rain through this morning. it has been heavy in places, fairly atrocious conditions through the rush—hour, but it is now confined to the south—eastern corner of the uk. as the rain clears away, we have some sunshine. a fairly decent scene in wales with those sunny spells. sunny spells through south—west england, wales, the midlands and northern areas of the uk. some showers across scotland and northern ireland. the rain lingers on in the far south—east of england through this afternoon. it is quite gusty out there, quite breezy. gusts of 30-40 gusty out there, quite breezy. gusts of 30—40 mph in places. it feels fresher, as i mentioned, temperatures of 17—20dc. significantly lower than yesterday. lengthy clear spells overnight, but the cloud will increase as we go into the early hours across northern ireland. temperatures down to about 11 or 12 celsius, so a cooler night than the last few nights. cloud increasing from the west. the next weather system will push through northern irela