with respect, it's notjust about what happens at calais, it's about what happens at dover as well. this? the dover authority has also said, which they took no account of, but they will not stop anything coming into the uk that would have passed through previously, and any inspections will be done well away from the port and they'll prioritise things like fresh food. so with all that going on, you have to ask yourself a question about government. are we in the business of frightening people or are we in the business of actually trying to get this right? so many different officials and experts predicting a much, much more painful no—deal brexit than you appear ready to countenance, but let's park that for a moment and talk about the looming constitutional crisis the united kingdom faces. there are many senior figures inside your party, including very recent former ministers, including philip hammond, the chancellor of the exchequer, david gauke, who wasjustice secretary, and former prime minister, john major, who was sitting in that chair a short time ago, all adamant that they can a

because they have come out before that and said number one, there will be no delays at calais. why?ent through before. if they have to stop anything that goes back a0 kilometres to an inspection point, which they are now completing, that inspection point is based on what happens at rotterdam on a daily basis. the time limits and the delays at calais are now absolutely being refuted by the french authorities themselves. and if they aren't being delayed... with respect, it's not just about what happens at calais, it's about what happens at dover as well. the dover authority... ijust wonder... canifinish? the dover authority has also said, which they took no account of, but they will not stop anything coming into the uk that would have passed through previously and any inspections will be done well away from the port and they'll prioritise things like fresh food. so with all that going on, you have to ask yourself a question about government. are we in the business of frightening people or are we in the business of actually trying to get this right? so many different officials and expe

freight traffic going across, and the ferries from dover to calais. the migrants are taking smaller boats than this to take the journey, and the owners here say it is far too dangerous. climate activist greta thunberg arrives in new york, after 15 days crossing the atlantic, to minimise carbon emissions. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. tell us what you think, just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. good morning from a chilly westminster, where the news is still sinking in of borisjohnson‘s decision to prorogue or suspend parliament for more than four weeks. there's fierce criticism here of the decision, which was requested by the prime minister and approved by the queen — it means members of parliament who want to prevent the uk leaving the european union without a deal have even less time to do that. outside downing street, in cities gci’oss outside downing street, in cities across the united kingdom, protests against borisjohnson‘s across

we all remember the sangatte camp refugees and migrants in calais, thejungle, now dunkirk.atel and her french counterpart. they will not be able to do away with it, it's going to go on. every year for 15, able to do away with it, it's going to go on. every yearfor15, 20 yea rs, to go on. every yearfor15, 20 years, we've reported on meetings between home and interior, home secretaries and interior ministries on this problem, and it will go on. i don't think there was any point pretending that, as long as the tension is there, a border which separates england from people who wa nt to separates england from people who want to get there, we are going to continue to have this problem. what happens is coordination and more coordination and more coordination, and sometimes an agreement on a change of tactics, and the problem is limited for a time and then it comes back in another form. is limited for a time and then it comes back in anotherform. i think, right now, compared to certain times in the past, its relatively under control. we don't have the massive problem of the sangatt

we do think it is calais, but it could be plymouth. it could be sa lfo rd !ted is happening. now, people are coming from across the world — and it's all because of one television programme. game of thrones. one of the biggest in history. in the fantasy series, of which the eighth and final season concluded this year, different houses battle to claim one ultimate throne. it was here in remote locations south of the busy capital of belfast that many of the programme's most iconic scenes were filmed. and where some of its cast can still be found. ok, so i have a confession — i am a giant game of thrones geek. and i am super excited, because this place has to be top of the list for any true super fan. welcome to castle ward, or to what many tv viewers will know as winterfell. and well, when in winterfell... arrrgh! evening my lady, where do you hail from? from london. london. and which house do you represent? 0h. . . house of larwood. house of larwood, never heard of them, sounds like something the night's watch would have dragged in. i believe you are here to le

first thing in the morning he set off from close to calais, riding a piece of kit able to propel himching down. part of the journey involves refuelling on a raised platform on a boat. first time around, he lost his balance and fell into the sea. no issues now, however — theyjust used a bigger one. once on english turf, he described his achievement as crazy and then broke into tears. james waterhouse, bbc news. now, it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello, there. for some of us across the south, it has been a fine end to the day whereas further north, plenty of heavy showers and thunderstorms continue to rattle on through the evening to the first part of the night. most of the thunderstorms in this yellow warning area affecting parts of scotland and northern england, including flood sensitive areas across northern england. this warning valid till around midnight. thereafter for the rest of the night, those thunderstorms will ease down. you can see them rattling their way northwards and eastwards during the early hours. some rain falling and then another line of sho

franky zapata took off from sangatte near calais, stopped half way on a boat to refill his kerosene arench inventor has successfully crossed the english channel this morning on a jet—powered hoverboard. franky zapata took off from sangatte near calais, stopped half way on a boat to refill his kerosene backpack and completed the crossing in 20 minutes. it was franky zapata's second attempt to cross the 20—mile stretch of water. he tried it last month but fell into the sea when he failed to land on a refuelling platform. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello. there will be spells of warm sunshine for many parts of the uk today but that sunshine is going to act as energy, particularly through the afternoon, injected into the atmosphere in combination with the weather front moving across the uk. there is the potential for heavy, thundery showers to develop across the north midlands, into northern england and scotland in the second half of the day and into the evening. on the site, generally drier and brighter. cloud lifting in the south—west, turning the sunshine hazy. isolated s

faisal islam, bbc news, calais.oned landscape around the chernobyl nuclear power plant, have launched a vodka made from ingredients grown inside the exclusion zone. it's the first officially consumable product to be made in chernobyl since the nuclear accident there in 1986. our science correspondent victoria gill has been given a unique taste of what's on offer. abandoned for more than 30 years, but in one small pocket of the 4,000 square kilometre exclusion zone that surrounds the chernobyl nuclear power plant, it's harvest time. this experimental farm was set up by a team of scientists, and the crops being grown here, they say, could be a first step towards using this land productively again. very nice chernobylski rye grains. this means we don't just abandon the land. we can use this land in different and diverse ways and we can produce something which will be totally clean from the radioactivity. and this is what it is being used to produce. our idea was to distil it and produce a kind of moonshine artisan vodk

charities supporting migrants say conditions like these in calais, with some migrants sleeping rough to britain. this shows the desperation that people are feeling to wa nt desperation that people are feeling to want to have a flimsy means of transport like a kayak coming over to the uk, and also shows that the countermeasures that have been taken don't really address this particular situation. shouldn't people be gaming —— claiming asylum in france which is a safe country? many people feel they have connections with the uk, which means that they feel they have a right to actually claim asylu m have a right to actually claim asylum in the uk. one of calais's top officials in a recent interview with the bbc said he was taking the issue seriously. translation: for us, the french authorities, we need firstly to save lives, avoid any serious incidents, and also disrupt people trafficking networks. but this will not be a quick or easy task. that was simon jones that was simonjones reporting. hong kong is bracing itself for another weekend of turmoil, there was a large but peaceful —— peac

there were 10,000 there, but the numbers continue to grow, up to 3000 migrants between calais and dunkirk small motor boats, some smuggled, some stolen, where migrants are turning their attention. we have been here, looking at what they are doing. welcome to gravelines — a pictu re—postca rd french coastal town by day, its harbour is now a magnet for migrants at night. jean—pierre shows me where his £7,000 motorboat was moored. all that's left is a severed rope. he says his boat was stolen and discovered in british waters with eight migrants on board. the vessel is still in the hands of uk authorities. translation: we are not rich people. we can't afford to buy a new boat every month because migrants are stealing them. it is sad for those people, but what about us? so i'm telling you, i won't let it happen again. i will defend myself the best i can. i won't let my boat be stolen again. a community night patrol has been set up by the boat owners, who say they live in fear of the migrants, who are searching the area each night. the vessels are all now chained in place. some are alarmed. ala

sixty firearms have been found hidden in a car arriving in doverfrom calais. dublin is due to appear in court on monday. two united airline pilots have been arrested at glasgow airport, for allegedly failing a breath test before boarding a flight to new york. the men, aged 45 and 61, have not been charged, but remain in custody and are expected to appear before court on tuesday. they face up to two years in prison. pro—democracy protesters in hong kong have called for two more marches today, continuing their ninth consecutive weekend of demonstrations. they're also calling on residents to join a strike tomorrow. there were more clashes last night between security forces and protesters. riot police fired tear gas while missiles and rocks were thrown by some demonstrators, who wore masks and used laser pointers to try to avoid identification by facial recognition technology. a french inventor has successfully crossed the english channel this morning on a jet—powered hoverboard. franky zapata took off from sangatte near calais, stopped half— way on a boat to refi

this time, he took off from sangatte near calais crossing the 20 mile stretch injust 20 minutes — poweredd australian batsman steve smith has again frustrated england's bowlers on day 4 of the first ashes test. smith — who made 144 in his first innings — is on the verge of another century as australia extend their lead. england have taken one wicket in the day's first session with travis head out for 51. australia are 231—11, which puts them 1111 runs ahead. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 6:30. have a good afternoon. hello. this is bbc news. you caught me out there. it is now 1.12. back to one of our top stories — the mass shooting in texas that has left 20 people dead and dozens injured. it happened at about 10.30 at a shopping mall in el paso in texas. victoria balderrama was shopping in the mall with her parents when the shooting broke out. they were in lockdown in the shopping centre for an hour before a swat team arrived to help them escape. we were there about 30 minutes when they announced they were closing down th

faisal islam, bbc news, calais.s. the price of energy is set to fall for millions of british households in october after the regulator, 0fgem, lowered the price cap on standard tariffs by £75. the price cap, which came into force this year, limits how much suppliers can charge you per unit of energy. the average bill for the ii million homes on standard tariffs is £1,254 a year. that will now fall to £1,179. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has been criticised by mps in his own party after saying that a future labour government would not block a second scottish independence referendum. his comments were contradicted by the scottish labour leader, richard leonard. he said his party would refuse to grant holyrood the power to hold another vote. 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith, has more. striding deeper into controversy today, john mcdonnell once again completely contradicted the scottish labour leadership when he said a labour government should not try to block a second independence referendum. i'm not being se

around 1,200 people live in tents here — numbers that have grown slowly since the closure of the calaiso us on camera about how they made their smuggled journey across by boat. but one man from iran said he paid £3,000 to get in a boat, and made it with 11 others to dover. he was picked up by border force, questioned by police and spent a0 days in a detention centre. he was returned to france, he was flown to toulouse and actually he's back here now and he's going to try somehow, he says, to get back. there are other stories quite similar, those who've made it and been sent back again. ayearago, migrants illegally crossing by boat seemed a rare occurrence. now it's happening here every week. in the next couple of hours the home secretary priti patel is meeting her french counterpart and they will try to grapple with ways to stop on top of what they are already looking at with helicopters and drones, something they think could at least stop the small boats and keep them on the side of the border. you have until midnight tonight to make a claim for mis—sold payment protection insurance or

first thing in the morning he set off from close to calais, riding a piece of kit able to propel himr dover in kent before making a cheeky wave and softly touching down. part of the journey involves refuelling on a raised platform on a boat. first time around he lost his balance and fell into the sea. no issues now, however — theyjust used a bigger one. once on english turf, he described his achievement as crazy and then broke into tears. james waterhouse, bbc news. last week the world of e—sports — which is a form competitive video gaming — hit the headlines after the fornite world cup in new york saw teenagers walk away with millions of pounds in prize money. this weekend, hundreds of gamers are taking part in the latest e—sporting event, this time a little closer to home, and although becoming millionaires isn't on the agenda, small scale tournaments like it are growing in popularity. our reporter navtej johal was there. in a traditional sports centre, and very untraditional sports tournament. hundreds of players have come from around the world to staffordshire university in stoke

faisal islam, bbc news, calais.orest and threaten one of the country's most important archaeological sites, the sixth—century home of the chachapoya ns, known as the "cloud warriors". andy beatt reports. a fast—moving forest fire sweeping through peru's amazon region, more than 100 firefighters so far failing to control the blaze. translation: we've spent four days here fighting against this fire. the strong winds are making it much more difficult. but is notjust the region's fragile ecosystem under threat. flames are now within a kilometre of this historic hilltop side. this is the largest pre—incan settlement in south america, three times older than machu picchu. the remains of some 500 houses, the centre of an ancient civilisation that at its peak was home to nearly 500,000 people. a four—day operation, with air support aiding teams from the army, police and ministry of culture, at times looking woefully ill—equipped. more specialised forces are on their way to this remote region. but, as fires continue to spread

faisal islam, bbc news, calais. eu by october 31st — with or without a deal — seniorfigures in the labour party are publicly split tonight about what this could mean for scotland, which voted remain in 2016. the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell said a future labour government would not block a second vote on scottish independence, but his comments were flatly contradicted by the party's leader in scotland, richard leonard, who said there was "no case" for it. here's our scotland editor sarah smith. some performers will do almost anything to attract an audience to their fringe shows in edinburgh. john mcdonnell is pulling in the crowds by saying a labour government should not try to block a second independence referendum. i'm not being set up by nicola sturgeon, because that's what she's trying to do. she is trying to say it's the big bad english that's yet again trying to prevent us having a referendum. no, we're not. what we're saying is that it's unnecessary. we have campaigned against having a referendum, but we'r

faisal islam, bbc news, calais. more now on our top story.ople were killed in two shootings at the weekend. he is currently in el paso where our correspondent gary o'donoghue joins us from. gary, a busy day for the president and for all of you chasing after him. what is the tone of these visits? because he has obviously come under a lot of criticism for in a sense inciting hate and aggression with his language, especially towards mexicans. how has he handled that today? well, he rejects that, of course, out of hand, that particular accusation. you are right, this was always going to be a big test, and he went to dayton earlier in the day and really they locked the whole thing down, sean. they even excluded the travelling pool press, those other people who are with the president permanently, right there on every occasion. they excluded them from the visit he made to the people in the rooms on the wards who had been injured, and their relatives. the white house released their own photographs, and thatis released their own photographs, and that

at first we thought he went to calais. it changes every hour. somewhere north of edinburgh. ica clash ica clash with the afternoon cricket. i will have to record the football and, at the end of the day with the ashes, i will go to the football. it will be an afternoon of avoiding. that is really tricky. you will have to stay away from your phone. only about two or three hours. the important thing that will start first is the ashes. it'll be an intriguing morning session on day four of the first ashes test at edgbaston with australia leading by 3a runs with three second wickets down. what england would give for the fourth to be steve smith. our sports correspondent joe wilson has more. edgbaston, saturday. dress code optional. but try to be eccentric. some of them made you think "why?", and others, "how?" but even on fancy dress day, it is still about cricket. no ashes without fire and no england without burns. yes, he was back. stretch, refocus, and try to find inspiration again. it took a sharp catch from the australian wicket—keeper to finally

this time, he took off from sangatte near calais crossing the 20 mile stretch injust 20 minutes — poweredrosene filled backpack. not a very safe way to travel, i suppose, rather him than me. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. another evening of drenching down pause. it won't rain all the time but when it does, it could be quite intense. the met office yellow warning still in force for the rest of this evening for lincolnshire, across northern england, up into scotland. further very heavy showers which could cause disruption in yet another band of rain pushing in from the west as the night wears on. some clear spells in between. temperatures 13—16 degrees. quite a few showers around generally as we start monday morning. but england and wales, things improve. we push the showers away easily density increasing sunshine coast of northern ireland and scotland seeing some sunshine as well but a scattering of thundery downpours are more persistent rain moving across the northern isles, temperatures between 19—25. it stays unsettled as we head towards the middle of the week, l

and to calais heartsick never killed anyone so there's no chance that he will have a confrontation with the relatives of a victim. he's been out of prison for 10 weeks now. after 15 years behind bars he's learning again how to make decisions for himself. it's the only one of the not the only one so far i haven't noticed any permanent psychological damage from my time in prison. i've been quite lucky. i have a partner a family and friends who support me when. we were not. and still adjusting to life outside of prison right now he's studying for aptitude tests with a view to finding a job in the public health service. as an ex prisoner he has better prospects to find work there then he would in the private sector. but he can't stop thinking about the other prisoners and struggle for independence. and i spent 15 years of my life in prison. during that time i did a lot of thinking. around what i did worth it i think it was worthwhile to fight for an independent basque state for a better society. it was a political conflict and it still is and until we come up with a political solution the c

p and 0 is warning passengers to expect delays of up to 2.5 hours on the dover to calais route.a — which attracts thousands of people every year — has also been temporarily closed, due to strong winds. michael gove, the cabinet minister in charge of preparing for a possible no—deal brexit, says a support fund for british businesses will help firms to deal with any "bumps in the road". he spoke openly for the first time about what's known as ‘0peration kingfisher‘, while on a visit to northern ireland. meanwhile, as the government ramps up it's no deal planning, a leaked memo from the department for the environment, food and rural affairs, seen by the bbc, claims there's "a lot of uncertainty" about the uk's capacity to patrol fishing waters after a no—deal brexit. the note says there are just 12 ships "to monitor a space three times the size of the surface area of the uk". a little earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, tony bonsignore — and began by asking him about 0peration kingfisher... we understand it has been planned for a while, it predates borisjohnson becoming

and the travels as well, i was ambassador in paris and i lived through some pretty bad times in calaisally do worry that the country is not ready for the scale of shock that will happen if we had a sudden no deal departure at the end of october. potentially that might not happen. i saw the newspapers reflecting a good opening pre—g7 meetings with macron, merkel, do you think the character of borisjohnson merkel, do you think the character of boris johnson can merkel, do you think the character of borisjohnson can make a difference? is he the man to make progress? i think personality of course counts, but i think what counts more is having some good ideas, and i think what that one and merkel said to him this week is, if you have ideas, for some other way of handling the northern ireland problem than this famous backstop, we will listen to them. that is a door open, but it depends on the borisjohnson government coming forward with new ideas and your personality can get you so far but it is the substance that will count in the end. you alluded to earlier, they will be treated to some fan

at the age of 23 and de calais hard to say he was involved in riots that were said to have been started by a time. he said some bank machines on fire. the authorities called it politically motivated vandalism but the actual charge against him was cooperating with a terrorist organization. there is. oh my god. there was just leave the car here i. think yeah. it. was. terry say hello by kicking me. remember you me or cares for you and we thought. that this one and another. was there. was no it. was. really i'm so happy right now. i'm definitely going to need time to process all this. there are just too many emotions all at once. everyone. in the northeast almost passed political prisoners spend a lot of time in solitary confinement it was just 4 hours a day in the yard sometimes less. so i'm overwhelmed to see all these people today and but i've used. my girl will get up but i can't find my emotions right now i didn't think it was going to be like this. i thought i cry but i haven't reacted properly yet i can't figure it out i see him here in the parking lot but i still can't believe it n

refugee agencies in calais have challenged priti patel to visit the area to see the situation for herselfnsation. banks have been accused of mis—selling the policies but consumer groups say many could miss out if they do not take action today. a skull dating back almost a million has years has been discovered. the discovery was reported in thejournal, nature. we are looking in—depth at quite what will happen in the building behind us, parliament, of course, as we now know will be suspended for a period of time. it is slightly unclear the exact date. but let's get an update with the spot. bury is out but bolton is a safe, good news? yes, good news. just one day after the efl pulled the plug on bury, bolton wanderers have been saved. the league one club was on the verge of liquidation yesterday after entering administration in may, and had been given two weeks to prove it can complete it's fixtures this season. a potential sale to a group called football ventures limited looked to have collapsed on monday, but it was rectified and completed yesterday, securing the club's immediate future. w

first thing in the morning, he set off from close to calais, riding a piece of kit able to propel himcheeky wave and softly touching down. part of the journey involves refuelling on a raised platform on a boat. first time around, he lost his balance and fell into the sea. no issues now, however — theyjust used a bigger one. once on english turf, he described his achievement as crazy, and then broke into tears. james waterhouse, bbc news. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @regedahmadbbc. hello. the weekend ended on a dramatic note weatherwise for some parts of the uk. some really vicious thunderstorms, especially across the midlands, northern england and scotland, and through the coming week, more of those heavy downpours. quite hit—and—miss, there will be some dry weather, but where the rain does show up, well, it could be pretty intense and could bring some further disruption. low pressure once again taking charge of the scene. you can see the clouds swirling around the centre of that low on our recent satellite picture. ahead of that main area of low pressure, a couple of bands of s

faisal islam, bbc news, calais. a salmon smokehouse in east london. and also i'm joined byjames cook, managing director of the seafood producers d.r collin and sun based in eyemouth in the scottish borders. james, let me ask you first, what is it that's calling you most concerned about the uncertainty at the moment and what potential nokia brexit could mean for your business? as we get closer to this deadline, it's becoming apparent we could have major problems in terms of the cross of france and gaining access to markets, its very evident that now there are more and more people who are fully understanding this, that was denial at first, now it's going to happened and i think it's a pa rent to happened and i think it's a parent is going to be some major problems in accessing and getting out of the country, and i think because of that, it's been done for our sake because of that, it's been done for oursake and because of that, it's been done for our sake and there is a statement by the french fishing sector saying go

faisal islam, bbc news, calais.office mrjohnson pledged an additional £2.1 billion funding specifically for no—deal preparations. it will go to recruiting 500 extra borderforce officers, upgrading infrastructure around ports, managing traffic disruption in kent, and expanding freight capacity, warehousing, and medicine stockpiles. on top of that, the prime minister has also set up three new cabinet committees to help preparations. the exit organisation committee, headed by michael gove, is meeting on a daily basis to "plan for an orderly brexit." i'm joined now by claire fox, brexit party mep for the northwest. the brexit party campaigned to leave without any further delays. you have just seen that extract on food and what the food industry are saying. are you aware we might not be ready to leave on october 31? i've no doubt we could have been better prepared, because part of the brexit party's point and the broader political point, over the last three years there has been so much prevarication, it is almost as if t

shipping lanes in the world, with the freight traffic going across, and the ferries from dover to calaishe journey, and the boat owners here say it is far too dangerous, and lives are massively at risk. this is the main base for migrants in northern france, a disused gym in dunkirk. aid agencies say around 1200 people live in tents here, numbers that have grown slowly since the closure of the calais jungle. no—one is willing to talk to us on camera about how they made their smuggled journey across by boat. one man, zalilfrom iran, says he paid £3,000 to get in a boat, that he made it with 11 others to dover, and was picked up by borderforce, questioned by police, then spent 40 days in a detention centre. he was returned to france, was flown to toulouse, and he is back here now. he's going to try somehow, he says, to get back there. there are other similar stories. those who have made it have been sent back again. ayearago, migrants illegally crossing by boat seemed a rare occurrence. now it is happening every week. an investigation has found that it's still too easy for children to buy k

first thing in the morning he set off from close to calais, riding a piece of kit able to propel himnt, before making a cheeky wave and softly touching down. part of the journey involves refuelling on a raised platform on a boat. first time around, he lost his balance and fell into the sea. no issues now, however — theyjust used a bigger one. once on english turf, he described his achievement as crazy, and then broke into tears. james waterhouse, bbc news. imight i might stick with eurostar for now. we will see you soon. goodbye. hello. the weekend ended on a dramatic note weatherwise for some parts of the uk. some really vicious thunderstorms, especially across the midlands, northern england and scotland, and through the coming week, more of those heavy downpours. quite hit—and—miss, there will be some dry weather, but where the rain does show up, it could be pretty intense, and could bring some further disruption. low pressure once again taking charge of the scene. you can see the clouds swirling around the centre of that low on our recent satellite picture. ahead of that main area

first thing in the morning he set off from close to calais, riding a piece of kit able to propel himived near dover in kent before making a cheeky wave and softly touching down. part of the journey involves refuelling on a raised platform on a boat. first time around he lost his balance and fell into the sea. no issues now, however — theyjust used a bigger one. once on english turf, he described his achievement as crazy and then broke into tears. james waterhouse, bbc news. whether time now. the cloud will build up later today and into this evening. widespread, scattered downpours across many central and northern areas. a yellow weather warning for much of scotland and northern england, including the flood sensitive areas of northern england, heavy downpours which could contain lightning, gusty winds, and hail stones and flash flooding where they occur. it will be moving north and east this evening, so the first pa rt and east this evening, so the first part clearing into the north sea. something drier in behind, and then another line of showers moves on from the

including communications the most just to calais. intelligence their lives of personnel and material and coordination of the humanitarian response response to the tragedy the violent sense is apparent to all of us who care about human dignity and democracy. newly declassified documents reveal that the us knew months in advance that indonesia would try and disrupt the vote but washington refused to act and said pushing for a closer military ties with jakarta go picks up the story. all those declassified u.s. security papers so many times they lead to red faces and some very uncomfortable moments in august 29th one release revealed american officials were perfectly aware of what the indonesian military was up to the cia notes said their methods were to cue drive or intimidate into silence independence activists and to the general population into acceptance of from these 2 more under to conscious control at the pentagon was at the time very keen to keep up with the stars with indonesia there's another document which shows a us admiral r

on my watch when i was head of the border force, we did a lot of work in calais with infrastructure,france to make it much harderfor the migrant gangsters to smuggle people in lorries, and somebody said, let's try the small vessels. we were not sure they would be able to do it but they clearly can doing it and success breeds success. the more come across and are being sent back, the more i going to try. with the kind of coastline that the force has to patrol, how big a challenge as this? it is very big, actually, not something that we have really focused on. the defences, we had a few more vessels brought in recently, but in terms of our maritime response capability, we are pretty well at the same levels as we we re pretty well at the same levels as we were ten years ago. they were actually inherited and we emerged customs and immigration years ago. they were designed to stop other forms of drug smuggling in that kind of thing. not really to deal with large numbers of migrant boats. it does require a fresh look at our maritime defences and we have to look at the other countries, they

first thing in the morning he set off from close to calais, riding a piece of kit able to propel himver, in kent, before making a cheeky wave and softly touching down. part of the journey involves refuelling on a raised platform on a boat. first time around, he lost his balance and fell into the sea. no issues now, however — theyjust used a bigger one. once on english turf, he described his achievement as crazy, and then broke into tears. james waterhouse, bbc news. before we go, we want to take you back to the live scene in hong kong, where we have been seeing people who appear to be blocking the doors of the metro, of the train. this has been part of an ongoing protest action, disrupting several key metro stations. it is the beginning of the working week in hong kong. it is monday morning, and they have been hoping to persuade commuters to observe their call for a citywide strike. we have been seeing pictures of the discussions being held on the metro, different people appear to be blocking the doors so the trains can't leave the station. we've been seeing that ongoing activity, an

first thing in the morning, he set off from close to calais, riding a piece of kit able to propel himg a cheeky wave and softly touching down. part of the journey involves refuelling on a raised platform on a boat. first time around, he lost his balance and fell into the sea. no issues now, however — theyjust used a bigger one. once on english turf, he described his achievement as crazy, and then broke into tears. james waterhouse, bbc news. congratulations to the japanese golfer, who has one herfirst major title in golf, on the first time she had played outside her home country. a reminder of the top story. the man accused of killing 20 people in a terrorist shooting in texas has been charged with capital murder, and he might face the death penalty if he is found guilty. and, a reminder of what has been happening in hong kong. hong kong leader, carrie lam, has been speaking. this is the live scene there. a lot of action is planned by protesters and a general strike. she has appealed for people to come together, and she says the protests are pushing the city to a very dangerous situat

we did a lot of work in calais with infrastructure, additional technology, resources, working with frencher for the migrant gangs to smuggle people in lorries. but they are not going to give up. i think somebody said, let's try these small vessels, we weren't sure if they could do it, but they clearly can, and in number. success breeds success — the more that come across and aren't being sent back, then the more are going to try. with the kind of coastline the force has to patrol, how big a challenge is this? it is very big. it is not something we have focused on. we have recently had a few more vessels brought in. in terms of our maritime response capability, we are pretty much at the same levels we were at 10 years ago. these cutters were inherited from hmrc when we merged customs and immigration 10 years ago, they were mainly designed to stop other forms of smuggling, drug smuggling and that kind of thing, not really to deal with large numbers of migrant boats. it does require a fresh look at our maritime defences, we are going to have to look at what other countries have to do, who ha

would let me answer the question is, if you look at the facts, the chief executive of the port of calaisll be no delays, no extra delays at the port of calais in the event of a no—deal brexit. i don't think that will happen. i think the eu will renegotiate when we get to the compression point about three weeks out from us leaving, the first week in october. but obviously the forces who do not wish us to leave the european union will make hay out of this and they want to get no deal off the table because that means no renegotiation. that leaves the choice between theresa may's absolutely failed three times in parliament withdrawal agreement, or not leaving at all and what they wa nt not leaving at all and what they want is not to leave at all. they are just riding their hobby horses. this is project fear again. there is i'io this is project fear again. there is no need for any of this. what you have actually got is no difference between our regulatory regimes in the eu and the uk. the month after we leave, no need for any extra checks under wto rules, there would be nontariff barriers aga

stockpiles to be built up and new ferry routes to be secured, because of fears of traffic chaos at calais a no—deal brexit. health leaders are supportive but say more needs to be done. obviously, it is really welcome that the government is looking at different ways of getting supplies into the country at this really challenging time. however, it is not tried and tested. there is huge risk around how these items are actually going to make it to the front line where they are needed. we don't know that that system is going to work because we haven't tried that system yet. a letter seen by bbc news from medical leaders, coordinated by the royal college of physicians, is being sent to the prime minister. it says, "we are simply unable to reassure patients that their health and care won't be negatively impacted by the uk's exit from the eu." it goes on to state that, "delays at the border could exacerbate current supply issues and create the very real possibility that life—saving medication is delayed from making it across the channel." the government's position was set out earlier today by the

p&0 is warning passengers to expect delays of up to two and a half hours on the dover to calais routeear, has also been temporarily closed due to strong winds. homes and businesses in whaley bridge will be able to access emergency government funding to cover any losses following the evacuation of the town. £100,000 is being made available to help with any costs not covered by insurance. people were moved from the area last week, amid fears the nearby dam could collapse. the fund is part of a bigger £5 million pot for flood—hit communities. crowds of protesters have gathered in moscow to demand free elections, the latest in a month of demonstrations. saturday's rallyjust outside the moscow ring road has been permitted by the authorities, but the organisers have called for a march through the city centre afterwards, raising the prospect of further clashes with police. the demonstrations began after opposition candidates were barred from running in local elections, but the protesters are also now expressing anger about police violence against them. here's sarah rainford in moscow. the cr

stockpiles to be built up and new ferry routes to be secured, because of fears of traffic chaos at calais a no—deal brexit. health leaders are supportive but say more needs to be done. obviously, it's really welcome that the government is looking at different ways of getting supplies into the country at this really challenging time. however, it's not tried and tested. there is huge risk around how these items are actually going to make it to the front line where they're needed. we don't know that that system is going to work because we haven't tried that system yet. a letter seen by bbc news from medical leaders, co—ordinated by the royal college of physicians, is being sent to the prime minister. it says, "we are simply unable to reassure patients that their health and care won't be negatively impacted by the uk's exit from the eu." it goes on to state that, "delays at the border could exacerbate current supply issues and create the very real possibility that life—saving medication is delayed from making it across the channel." the government's position was set out earlier today by the m

news this hour the child sex abuse convictions held against cardinal george pell let's go to gloria calais she's a journalist in melbourne she was in court and she's joining us live from there to tell us what happened in court gloria. elizabeth so this was a much anticipated decision we saw cardinal george pell brought into the court before the 3 judges of the court of appeals here in victoria now with a summary of what is a more than 300 page decision made by the judges now in that summary we could see that essentially cardinal george tells you against his conviction was rejected out of that's 3 judges 2 of the judges. panel of judges decided that there wasn't enough evidence that they were happy and thought that it was reasonable what the jury had decided when they found cardinal george pell guilty now he's a legal team was appealing on 3 grounds one of those grounds was that it was reasonable for the jury to have come to the guilty verdict that they came to the other 2 grounds that cardinal george pell wasn't a ranger he didn't enter a plea but. before. age before the potential jurors a

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p and 0 is warning passengers to expect delays of up to two and half hours on the dover to calais routes of people every year — has also been temporarily closed, due to strong winds. at least 50 people have been killed and many more injured after a fuel tanker exploded in tanzania. the lorry is believed to have exploded in the area of morogoro around 200 kilometres to the west of the capital city dar es salaam. a local police chief said people were trying to remove fuel from the vehicle when the blast happened. police in the us city of el paso say a man suspected of shooting dead 22 people last saturday, has said that he was targeting mexicans. the gunman will face the death penalty if he's convicted. donald trump has called for a strengthening of background checks on people who buy firearms. north korea has fired two unidentified missiles into the sea of japan — its fifth major weapons test in under three weeks. they were fired from near the north—eastern city of hamhung. this latest launch comes just hours after president trump announced he'd received what he called ‘a beautiful lette