croatia, bosnia, serbia. and we already started to connect., yes, we are connecting 110w along the sava river. but before i head across to my next country on the sava, duska tells me i need to be fully initiated into life on the river with this time—honoured tradition. are you going to behead me? no, we don't do that any more! but if you want to be a member, you have to show us if you are able to sharpen that wooden stick. ah, you show me. and just when i thought the wood chopping was bad enough... here you go — on your knees. baptized with the water of the river sava. next up on my voyage down the longest river within the balkans, croatia's capital, zagreb. croatia was part of the austro—hungarian empire until the end of the first world war. and you can see much of that architectural influence around zagreb. the city has been fought over by competing armies for centuries. in the 15th century, so the story goes, the ottoman army was camped on the other side of the sava river, just over there, preparing to attack the city. to deter them, a cann

croatia was part of the austro—hungarian empire until the end of the first world war.hitectural influence around the group. the city has been fought over by competing armies for centuries. in the 15th century, so the story goes, the ottoman army was camped on the other side of the sava river over their preparing to attack the city. to deter them, the cannonball was fired with such pinpoint accuracy it landed on a chicken intended for the commander's dinner. so freaked out with the turks by this that they scarpered and never returned to the city again. so the legend goes. but ever since 1877, as a nod to this alleged at the defiance, a canon has been fired every day at noon from this tower. wow all, it's incredible. alan is a trained engineer who work on the zagreb trance before he saw an advert the position of kanin man in 2008, and landed thejob. what does that do? the cannon firing has become a big tourist attraction in zagreb. he never leased 15 minutes a day to prepare and in his nine years doing thejob he has never had a misfire. maybe we should pray. no, no. 0k,

two points now separate the top four sides in group eye after leaders croatia fell to a 1—0 defeat totwo games in the group to go. iceland moved back into second place, only behind croatia on goal difference, after a 2—0 win over ukraine in reykjavik. new everton signing gylfi sigurdsson scored either side of half—time. there are 31 world cup qualifiers taking place across the globe on tuesday — for a full list and a look at all the tables, go to our website. pablo carreno busta believes that breaking through to a first grand slam semi—final at the us open merits as much attention as the hype generated by compatriot rafael nadal. the 26—year—old spaniard made the last—four in new york by defeating argentine diego schwartzman. the 6—4, 6—4, 6—2 win is a big achievement, but it might not linger long in the spotlight as world number one nadal, a two—time champion at the us open, plays his quarter—final on wednesday against russian teenager andrey rublev. if nadal gets through that, he could face roger federer in the semi—finals. of course, for me, i am very excited to win the semifinals.

our great britain team are going over to croatia to play in the world adventure golf masters.y golf championship, there is nothing like it. it is just unique as an event. the world championship which offers a £1000 prize, is open to amateurs too, using whatever they can find, but it is the professionals who now go on to represent great britain at the masters in croatia, hoping to inspire the next generation as well. for all of us, crazy golf can be oh so frustrating. all the holes are par two including the helter—skelter. could it go? no! can i have that? it bobbled out. it bounced out. it was almost a hole—in—one! just to let you know about the world cup qualifier between the republic of ireland, it was 1—1 in the end which means the republic of ireland are second in the group behind serbia. serbia won there are games of the republic of ireland are now two points behind. wales play austria later. they are in the same group, and we will have more on that in sportsday at 7:30pm. that is all for now. goodbye. what a lovely day for the first saturday of september. most of us dry

our great britain team are going over to croatia to play in the world adventure golf masters. world crazy golf championship, there is nothing like it. it is just unique as an event. the world championship which offers a £1000 prize, is open to amateurs too, using whatever they can find, but it is the professionals who now go on to represent great britain at the masters in croatia, hoping to inspire the next generation as well. for all of us, crazy golf can be so frustrating. all the holes are par two including the helter—skelter. could it go? no! can i have that? it bobbled out. it bounced out. it was almost a hole—in—one! that's golf for you, isn't it? let's get a quick check on the t20 last final at edgbaston, birmingham they are sticking on the outlaws after their winds today. we havejust lost their winds today. we havejust lost the wicket of brendan taylor as well as alex hales, losing brendan taylor for 65. the cricketers live for you on bbc five live sports, extra. or you can tune in to five live where they have coverage of the crucial qualifier of wales and austria, tho

very few people were growing them in croatia. so they decided to cultivate them. but why did they choose to do it in an apartment building. all of which is that he's a micro greens need constant attention you must take care of them tend to them. we thought it would be best to grow them in our building so we bought another apartment. we live on the twenty first floor and grow the greens on the seventeenth . hail storms rain direct sunlight frost and snow on the seventeenth floor or rubella crescent coriander don't have to worry about the elements. by bugs. the plants grow quickly without fertilizers or any other chemicals. and that's great news for local chefs. we supply around twenty restaurants in zagreb and a few more between. there exclusively top addressing. it. marco petrovich a big name in zagreb cullen arie seen as one of their regular clients but that's not on the new year i can be sure that everything's organic get top quality and of . one of the most popular drinks at his bar is gin tonic garnished with crest and edible flowers all grown in. concrete jun

in this town, close to the border with croatia, hundreds of people signed a petition, unhappy about theirn: the children are unprepared, the parents are unprepared, the environment has not been prepared and i think this will be extremely destructive. that mentality and ours do not much at all. nearly 18 months ago, borders to the north on the so—called balkan migrant route were closed, leaving many stuck. all of them would like to continue theirjourney but it is not possible to do that any more because the border with hungary and croatia is hard to cross, so they are, let's say, stuck in serbia for a longer period of time. hungary allows only 50 migrants a week to enterfrom serbia, leaving thousands with no choice but to settle in the balkans and try to build a normal life, including going to school. the bbc has seen documents which suggest the security firm gas has been making substantial profits at its immigration detention centre near gatwick airport. the centre, brook house, has been facing allegations of bullying, widespread drug abuse and mistreatment of detainees. gas says the prof

but it is not possible any more because of the border with hungary and croatia. a long period of time. they allow only 15 migrants a week to enterfrom serbia, leaving thousands with no choice but to settle in the balkans and try to lead a normal life, including going to school. sarah corker, bbc news. are the us. still to come. the hugely popular reality a bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here — of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites, in their rich suburbs. we say to you today, in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears — enough! translation: the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people, caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is bbc news. our latest headline: 1,000 british troops join recovery efforts in the carribbean as thousands are left without power in the wake of hurricane irma. laura strickling was forced to flee her home on st thomas in the us virgin islands after hurric

across parts of your recently festival italy so the heavy downpours but now they've moved across croatia as well here's an image showing how heavy that rain was as it pounded down and then the flooding started some parts of croatia reported up to two hundred eighty millimeters of rain from this system and that to give us a major problem with the flooding now the system responsible is pulling away towards the north as you can see from the satellite pictures say things for this region a definitely coming down now in fact there's not a great to left to it as we head through wednesday really have broken up instead we'll see more intense storms working from the northwest so lots of heavy rain here oversee not that warm either and that gradually pushes its way southwards as we head through thursday so on thursday again it's the hours where we're going to see some of the heaviest of the rains and they could be some problems here to the north of that staying cool to seventeen in london but down towards the southeast and parts of europe still very very hot here with bucharest up around twenty nin

but it is of course not possible any more because of the border with hungary and croatia, it is very longer period of time. hungary allow only 50 migrants a week to enter from serbia, leaving thousands with no choice but to settle in the balkans and try to build a normal life, including going to school. sarah corker, bbc news. you are watching bbc news. stay with us. still to come. the hugely popular internet reality show shining a spotlight on chinese hip—hop. freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here — of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites, in their rich suburbs. we say to you today, in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears — enough! translation: the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people, caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is bbc news. i'm ben bland. the late

our great britain team are going over to croatia to play in the world golf masters.eam. there is this whole domestic and international scene, but the world crazy golf championship, there is nothing like it. it is just unique as an event. the world championship which offers a £1,000 prize is open to amateurs too using whatever they can find, but it is the professionals who now go on to represent great britain at the masters in croatiam at the masters in croatia, hoping to inspire the next generation as well. for all of us, crazy golf can be oh so frustrating. all the holes are par two including the helter—skelter. could it go? no! can i have that? it bobbled out. it bounced out. it was almost a hole—in—one! asa as a caddy once said to me, "call the police." you were robbed. that was a great shot. to go professional and to challenge for the world title, you need 11 hole in ones in a round of 18. it is some going, isn't it? that would be tough. it looks like great fun. i have been sent a picture of hartley hare. a scary hare. it is not his fault. he was a lovely ha re.

our great britain team are going over to croatia to play in the world golf masters. and international scene, but the world crazy golf championship, there is nothing like it. it is so unique. the world championship which offers a £1,000 prize is open to amateurs too using whatever they can find, but it is the professionals who go on to represent great britain at the masters in croatia. for all of us, crazy golf can be oh so frustrating. all the holes are par two, include the helter—skelter. could it go? no! cani the helter—skelter. could it go? no! can i have that? it bubbled out. so close to a hole in one! i love the idea that you can putt with anything. so you could putt with anything. so you could putt with anything. so you could putt with a stick of celery? i don't think you'd find the professionals doing that with a guitar. you need 11 hole in ones. the courses are so random and different. itjust takes practise. i think i'd go mad. you'd go crazy! i have had 11 in my entire life in crazy golf. i love golf. you love golf. you enjoy golf.” life in crazy golf. i lov

and incidentally, croatia deserves f incidentally, croatia, too, deserves full membership of the area as soon as all of the criteria are met. if we want the euro to unite our continent rather than dividing it then it needs to be more of a currency of a select country. the euro is destined to be the entire currency of the european union. all but two member states are duty bound for join the euro area as soon as they met the conditions. for that to be possible, these member states need the support of a euro accession instrument, which i propose here today, which will offer preaccession assistance. if we want continent's banks to operate under the same rules then we should encourage all member states to exceed to the banking union. that means we must reduce the remaining risks in the banking system of certain membership states. the banking union will only work with risk reduction and risk mitigation goes hand in hand. for us to be able to ensure that that is the case, a certain number of preconditions have to be in place as proposed by the commission in november 2015. we can only have a

incidentally, croatia, too, deserves full membership of the area as soon as all of the criteria are met. if we want the euro to unite our continent rather than dividing it then it needs to be more of a currency of a select country. the euro is destined to be the entire currency of the european union. if we have the right compromises, everyone is a winner in the european union. compromises are neither bad nor ugly. compromises are an art, a way of bridging differences and finding our way to one another. people who struggle with compromises struggle with democracy and struggle with europe. if we are to have a stronger european union, it needs to be more inclusive, too. if we want to bolster our external borders, and rightly so, then it is high time to bring romania and bulgaria into the era. incidentally, croatia, too, deserves full membership of the area as soon as all of the criteria are met. if we want the euro to unite our continent rather than dividing it then it needs to be more of a currency of a select country. the euro is destined to be the entire currency of the european union.

they'll need to systematically study sharks and stingrays along the entire adriatic coast, including croatiandrej gajic's research and environmental ngo, s sharklab adria, also includes technicians and students. today they're out studying sharks. >> i started with sharklab about a year and half ago. i've been on three expeditions so far and have really learned a lot. >> they're planning to take another dive this evening. >> it is highly importantoto kn thahat weive dudung the night, because wcacan nd moree ra. >> aft severalours thefind a mber othese marbled eltric rays.t's populaon haalso decned dramically. >lomete a alonghe adrdriatic.fnv itit's aopular holiday deststinion fofobosnia a herzogovina. all of the town sewage flows, directly into the sea - some of it as unfiltered waste. >> the waste water that we need to deal with, and there is also need for better law regulations, which will help us to maintain our waste. >> one cause for the decline of species is overfishing. the biologists see sustainable fish farms as a possible solution. this one is owned by ivan kremek. his family fished

they'll need to systematically study sharks and stingrays along the entire adriatic coast, including croatiandrej gajic's research and environmental ngo, s sharklab adria, also includes technicians and students. today they're out studying sharks. >> i started with sharklab about a year and half ago. i've been on three expeditions so far and have really learned a lot. >> they're planning to take another dive this evening. >> it is highly importantoto kn thahat weive dudung the night, because wcacan nd moree ra. >> aft severalours thefind a mber othese marbled eltric rays.t's populaon haalso decned dramically. >lomete a alonghe adrdriatic.fnv itit's aopular h hiday deststinion fofobosnia a herzogovina. all of f the towns sewage flows, directly into the sea - some of it as unfiltered waste. >> the waste water that we need to deal with, and there is also need for better law regulations, which will help us to maintain our waste. >> one cause for the decline of species is overfishing. the biologists see sustainable fish farms as a possible solution. this one is owned by ivan kremek. his family fis

he will be exploring the river headfirst in slovenia and travelling along its course to croatia to meetescue has become internationally famous. incredible sight. three baby stalks. i am literally six inches away from them. mother, possibly a bit nervous. 0n the edge there. but, the fact i can get so close, incredible. join us for that if you can and don't forget, if you want to see our adventures on the road, you can follow us on social media but in the meantime, from all of us here, it's goodbye. hello. the week started on a fairly quiet note across many parts of the british isles. we had a weak weather front close by which really pepped up the cloud across some central and eastern areas. 0ut west, different story. some sunshine to be had but first thing on monday and again late on in the day, some areas were quite badly affected by fog. there's the weather front gradually fizzling all the while as the pressure builds in from the continent. but there will still be a legacy of cloud first up and i think you will really notice it in the first part of the day. 0ne, yes, leaden skies but l

he will be exploring the river headfirst in slovenia and travelling along its course to croatia to meetcome internationally famous. incredible sight. three baby storks. i am literally six inches away from them. mother, possibly a bit nervous. 0n the edge there. but, the fact i can get so close, incredible. join us for that if you can and don't forget, if you want to see our adventures on the road, you can follow us on social media but in the meantime, from all of us here, it's goodbye. hi there. whether front today that will try to push eastwards and as does it will build into high pressure across scandinavia and europe. it will make little overall progress and often the front will be weakened puny. beginning the day with damp weather and western scotland and western parts of england and wales, possibly across northern ireland. this is the zone will continue to seek the rain on offer through the day. central and eastern england, central scotla nd and eastern england, central scotland staying dry and, if anything in the hazy sunshine could be even warmer temperatures reaching 22 or 23 de

. >> another video, this one from croatia, a big news guy is interviewing the most popular politiciantry. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> seriously, he's genuinely interviewing nobody, mr. nobody is sitting in that chair right there. he asked him questions. oddly enough mr. nobody doesn't say much. you're wondering what's going on here. this guy is not being satirical for fun. they put a poll out there and said vote for whoever it is your most favorite politician. most people voted for none of them. so they decid roll with it and just draw attention to just how unpopular the politicians are by showing that even this chair is more popular. >>> you power up your hang glider, you go for a nice little fly and your friends come along with you. >> you power up a hang glider? >> it's a powered hang glider you guys. >> okay. >> and he's got some company in china, some ware swan geese, they come alongside him. >> in formation. >> they hung out with him and flew with him in formation for about 30 minutes. when he comes for a landing in this construction area, look where the birds go. they l

he will be exploring the river head first in slovenia and travelling along its course to croatia to meets become internationally famous. incredible sight. three baby storks. i am literally six inches away from them. mother, possibly a bit nervous. on the edge there. but, the fact i can get so close, incredible. join us for that if you can and don't forget, if you want to see our adventures on the road, you can follow us on social media but in the meantime, from all of us here, it's goodbye. it has been amada degen yesterday. across central and eastern england, sunshine and bright enough at times in northern ireland but even without the sunshine, temperatures were mild. a number of spots got up to 22 degrees, four celsius above normal for the time of year. overnight, a band of rain will push eastwards across scotland, england and wales. the rain patchy at times. across the west of the british isles, with clearer skies particularly to northern ireland, dense patches of fog forming and perhaps murky conditions spreading into wales and south—west england. the weather front will move into hig

he will be exploring the river headfirst in slovenia and travelling along its course to croatia to meets become internationally famous. incredible sight. three baby storks. i am literally six inches away from them. mother, possibly a bit nervous. on the edge there. but, the fact i can get so close, incredible. join us for that if you can and don't forget, if you want to see our adventures on the road, you can follow us on social media but in the meantime, from all of us here, it's goodbye. good afternoon. some lovely spells of sunshine for some of us out there this afternoon. just take a look at this afternoon. just take a look at this picture. blue sky, plenty of fun. there is a little bit of cloud around unfortunately. with the south—easterly breeze it is mild out there. we could see highs of 23 degrees. this cloud and weather front is bringing some rain, albeit light and patchy. the heaviest bursts will be through scotland this evening. the rains will gradually ease this week. fog could be an issue over the next few days. we have got that weather front to clear. it will take its time

he will be exploring the river headfirst in slovenia and travelling along its course to croatia to meetcue has become internationally famous. incredible sight. three baby storks. i am literally six inches away from them. mother, possibly a bit nervous. 0n the edge there. but, the fact i can get so close, incredible. join us for that if you can and don't forget, if you want to see our adventures on the road, you can follow us on social media but in the meantime, from all of us here, it's goodbye. hello there. last weekend we had that cold northerly wind blowing, this weekend it's a warm southerly. there will still be some very usable weather around for the rest of today, and indeed tomorrow, although for western areas we will have some rain around at some point during the day. we've had a little bit of drizzle around this morning as well. this was the report in carmarthenshire earlier on, the low cloud around here. this in hampshire dictating some brighter skies. those brighter skies are working their way northwards. we do have a dominant area of low pressure filling the whole of the nor

he will be exploring the river headfirst in slovenia and travelling along its course to croatia to meetbecome internationally famous. incredible sight. three baby stalks. i am literally six inches away from them. mother, possibly a bit nervous. 0n the edge there. but, the fact i can get so close, incredible. join us for that if you can and don't forget, if you want to see our adventures on the road, you can follow us on social media but in the meantime, from all of us here, it's goodbye. hi there. over the last few days, we've been carefully tracking the progress of hurricane maria, which wrecked dominica and puerto rico. lots of weather in the atlantic. a big area of low pressure and a powerfuljetstream over that, a big swell of cloud that looks like a massive ear pushing a band of rain eastwards over the uk over the next 12 hours or so. we will see some rain as we start friday, our main weather front across west scotland and western england and wales. ahead of that, patches of light rain, drizzle and foggy conditions over the hills of southern england, particularly salisbury plains an

he will be exploring the river headfirst in slovenia and travelling along its course to croatia to meet inches away from them. mother, possibly a bit nervous. on the edge there. but, the fact i can get so close, incredible. join us for that if you can and don't forget, if you want to see our can and don't forget, if you want to see oui’ adventures on can and don't forget, if you want to see our adventures on the road, you can see our adventures on the road, you ca n follow see our adventures on the road, you can follow us on social media but in the meantime, from all of us here, it's goodbye. the autumn equinox may be behind us now but the weather is feeling reasonably summery for some of us over the weekend. this was the scene on friday afternoon. as we head through the course of the weekend, many of us will have largely dry conditions, particularly on saturday. by sunday there will be rain heading into the west of the uk and temperatures will be on the rise as well. as low pressure sets out towards the north—west with tight isobars here but at the moment high—pressure is dominating th

before we begin, some news from croatia, billboards that featured first lady plan plan and the slogant imagine how far you can go with a little bit of english have been taken down after her lawyer threatened to sue. just imagine how far you can go with a little bit of english. i can't believe that put that up there with melania's picture. it should have been a picture of donald, let's be honest. ( laughter ) although maybe melania wasn't mad. maybe she was trying to save someone else from her fate. to me it sounds like a threat -- learn a little english and you will end up a prisoner like me! don't do it! ( laughter ) but let's turn to our main story. over the last few weeks, we've seen a barrage of hurricanes hammer the caribbean and atlantic coast. but for the white house, there's been another storm brewing, not the kind that makes trump's hair look like this but rather one that could also leave him without power. i'm talking of course about hurricane mala. >> shocks waves in the russia investigation. >> robert mueller turning his attention toward president trump, requesting documen

across parts of year recently first of all italy so heavy downpours but now they've moved across croatia as well here's an image showing how heavy that rain was as it pounded down and then the flooding started some parts of croatia reported up to two hundred eighty millimeters of rain from this system and that to give us a major problem with the flooding now the system responsible is pulling away towards the north as you can see from the satellite pictures say things for this region a definitely coming down now in fact there's not a great to left to it as we head through wednesday really have broken up instead we'll see more intense storms work in from the northwest so lots of heavy rain here oversee not that warm either and that gradually pushes its way southwards as we head through thursday so on thursday again to the hour where we're going to see some of the heaviest of the rains and they could be some problems here to the north of that staying cool just seventeen in london but down towards the southeast and parts of europe still very very hot here with bucharest up around twenty nine

the storm also brought described -- destruction to serbia and croatia. looks like a tornado. right, javier is here with business news. chaos at ryanair. javier: you're used to seeing chaos there, but only when you are checking in or boarding. now it is at institutional level. they are canceling thousands of flights, a rather unusual incident for the otherwise reliable carrier. they cannot even say which flights are canceled after win state and customers are demanding answers. the ceo said they messed up the pilot's vacation itineraries but not everyone is buying that. reporter: around 40 to 50 flights are said to be canceled daily, a total of around 2000 flights by the end of october. ryanair canceled the flights to cope with pilot shortages and improve its punctuality record. >> we can either run the operation with a 55% to 60% punctuality with far more flight disruptions inevitable cancellations and huge passenger dissatisfaction to 40% of our customer base. or we do what i thought was the sensible thing, take out about 50 flights a day for the next six weeks while we have

and the english language school in hot water over this advert in croatia. the first lady has threatened to sue. welcome to the united nations in new york, christian fraser is in london. if anyone thought donald trump would go timidly to the un, they were wrong. this was a robust repudiation of much of what the global body stands for and his speech was met by stony silent. he stressed strength and sovereignty but said he would no longer accept a world where america is taken advantage of. this was foreign policy in populist terms. for too long, said the president, the middle classes in america had been failed by multinational trade deals in global bureaucracies. he called the deal with iran and harassment, one of the worst transactions in history. his strongest threat was reserved for north korea. no—one has shown more contempt for other nations and for the well—being of their own people than the depraved regime in north korea. it is responsible for the starvation deaths of millions of north koreans. and for the imprisonment, torture, killing and oppression o

ambassador to croatia thank you. and ashtown thirty eight years of showing a police lieutenant in the u.s. telling a woman during a traffic stop that police only kill black people he made the remark after she said she was too scared to reach for her phone. here's your head in your lab rat or i think. if you're not why. remember we're all right here we go black people write. a new tenant was subsequently fired for it his police chief criticizing his actions alone also calling him an honorable man who we've known for years. now feel that no matter what context you try to take those comments in the statements were inexcusable and inappropriate i'm no newton abbot for a number of years and i'm always perceive you may be an honorable man ve made a mistake well surveys conducted by media outlets to show that last year the number of people in the us killed by the police was over a thousand while since the beginning of this year the figure is already at over six hundred fifty one of the different types types the share of bla

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melania trump has asked an english language school in croatia to stop using her image in its billboardsthe first lady said the school, called the american institute, should not have used the photograph without consent. it's been told to remove the billboards within 2a hours. and briefly, that may story again. a devastating earthquake has hit central mexico, killing about 140 people. it brought down dozens of building a smack in the capital, including a school call it is believed that children are trapped. large amounts of volunteers have joined emergency services in a desperate search for survivors in the city. much more on all the news at any the city. much more on all the news atany time the city. much more on all the news at any time on the bbc website. thank you for watching. hello there. we are starting wednesday on a fine note for many, bright with some sunshine, largely dry. but across the north—west corner, another weather system moving in, bringing thickening cloud, outbreaks of rain and strengthening winds. you strengthening winds. can see the weather front he that you can see

the match between croatia and kosovo was abandoned because of bad weather.ed by algeria early in the week to try to serve out his possible transfer, but he wasn't even on the bench as zambia move into second place. at the us open in new york rafael nadal and roger federer are due to play their third round matches later. top seed rafael nadal will play maya. action is well underway. the world number eight will next face either roberta and mr battut or juan martin del potro. the 23 time grand slam champion, serena williams, has given birth to a baby girl at a clinic in florida. sports stars and celebrities have sent their congratulations. no name yet. she says she plans to return to tennis for the australian open. what are the odds on her winning that? back to you. thanks very much. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @alpapatel. that is it from me and the team. goodbye for now. a lovely start to the weekend with the exception of some sharp showers in east anglia. most places dry with sunshine. sunshine will be harde

heavy showers and thunderstorms in north—eastern parts of italy, croatia and slovenia.y showers heading through into the course of the weekend. for friday, brightness in between chavez. plenty of showers moving their way north to south on the call northerly breeze. could be the odd rumble of thunder. temperatures on the cool side for most of us, around 13—16d. what about the weekend ? most of us, around 13—16d. what about the weekend? starting with the theme, shari, things turning drier, a little bit warmer in sunday. details of the week ahead in half an hour. this is outside source. and these are the main story is here at the bbc newsroom. there is a warning that another 300,000 rohingya refugees may flee me am after. these new arrivals, people in makeshift homes they have built for themselves. very little help being given to these people is quite 22 teenage boys among those killed at a fire at a religious boarding school in the capital of malaysia, kuala lumpur. these pictures are very large—scale war games that belarus and russia are taking part in. their neighbours

heavy rain hit southern croatia on tuesday and created major flooding, but that did not stop one touristoliday from the czech republic and he went for a bit of a swim in the street before running around like a kid in the piazza, and why not? stayed with us, we'll be back soon. good morning. yet again if you had some sunshine yesterday you probably had some and in fact in the london area we saw highs of 22 degrees. some sunny spells, as you can see. but things are set to change. this low pressure is moving in and we will have wet and windy weather by the end of the day to day for many of us. we start off with the west and east divide. a bit of patchy mist and fog slowly lifting away, at the wind will strengthen and cloud and rain gathers. some of it quite heavy by the middle of the afternoon. the best of the weather is likely to stay in the south—east corner and we could have temperatures into the low 20s. by the end of the afternoon across the south—west of england and parts of wales we could have some rain arriving. in east wales might get a bit of brightness. 17— 18 degrees. the heavie

these two weather systems meet and here it's giving us some very heavy downpours with warnings out in croatia system that slips a little bit further southwards there as we head through the day on sunday still giving us a very heavy downpours as it does for the southeast corner though here will still be sitting pretty as we head through sunday it's still very very warm bucharest all the way up thirty three and that same dividing line as across europe also slips down through the northwestern parts of africa so you can see here on the satellite picture generally for the northwestern parts then it's not as hot as it might be twenty three m. or about twenty five years further towards the east so very very warm with tripoli at thirty four now for the central belt of africa lots of showers here as you might expect particularly this system here that's giving very heavy rains as it works its way towards the west. the weather sponsored by qatar airways. are a break. away blanket coverage follows experts and politicians offer platitudes and sound bites strong and stable leadership trying to play the med

indeed we've seen in previous countries for example the former yugoslavia when that broke up when croatia wanted independence for example and then what happened was it became fragmented but each side learnt to give and take to bring that to a conclusion of course no one is saying this is going to end in armed conflict but what is the next step if the catalans vote yes one of only there live from madrid tony thank you. hundreds of range of refugees who've crossed into bangladesh are lining up to receive aid at that could just across the border bangladeshis have mobilized to help some of the half a million people who escaped the violence in me and the united nations refugee agency in the government are providing food water and medical aid. well aid agencies have created special player his for a range of children to offer them some temporary escape from the trauma they're suffering tender choudhry is one such area in cox's bazaar in bangladesh. close to how many are going to refuse it up crossed over to bunker those are the matter of one month out of some two hundred a decision our children

in pushing further south, part of italy, croatia, slovenia into the start of the weekend.erature reached 34 celsius. tomorrow, rant about the mid teens for most of us. anything warmer in the outlook? check back in half an hour for the weather for the week ahead. hello, i'm karin giannone, this is outside source. the un secretary general calls on the authorities in myanmar to halt the military campaign against the rohingya minority. i call on the mien ma authorities to suspend military action, and recognise the right of return for all those who had to leave the country. the european commission president looks beyond brexit and claims that the eu has got "wind back in its sails" after a difficult year. and victims of hurricane irma are confirmed in florida as the clear up continues in the state and across the caribbean. and if you want to get in touch — it's #bbcos.

schengen area, the passport free travel zone could also be extended to bulgaria, romania, and eventually croatia joining the eu for the foreseeable future, condemning the detention of journalist by president over one's regime. he did however call for the creation of some eu jobs new structural reform could be created over member states and he suggested his own post as president of the european commission should be merged with the presidency of the european council. he said europe would be easier to understand if one captain was steering the ship. here with us now to discuss this further are the meps who were there to hear presidentjunker‘s speech. gerard batten and richard corbett. thank you both forjoining me. let's start by asking you both what did you make of the speech? it was very upbeat, as you said. a reminder that the rest of europe hasn't focused entirely on brexit. i have other things to worry about, other ideas, other proposals on the table. he got loads of ideas on the table of course, the commission of the proposals which is the trouble, they come up with ideas that they don't decid

giving enough warning about the extreme weather more bad weather is forecast to remain yet serbia and croatia. a roman catholic priest has made his first public appearance of being rescued from isis fighters in the philippines father terrace eat a good old boys freedom are always city on saturday as the only north east an attack on the fighters at a mosque also known as father cheeto was taken hostage in may along with about thirteen parishioners on the first day of fighting between troops and fighters. dogan has more from manila. father was presented by the top leadership of the thin libyan military here at the headquarters in manila he was not allowed to take in questions from journalists but he issued a short statement he says that he is grateful to be alive and he is asking for everyone to pray for him he was taken on day one from a cathedral in malawi city in the southern philippines he's the most high profile hostage under the mao tse group according to the philippine military his rescue means that the siege is almost over. and even. more more than eighty people have been killed and mor

not giving enough warning of the extreme weather more bad weather is forecast for mania serbia and croatia. but just over a week after the caribbean was pummeled by hurrican erma devastating several islands another storm is approaching hurricane maria is currently in the eastern caribbean threatening a chain of islands including weather loop st kitts and nevis martinique and the british virgin islands it's expected to move further northwest later in the week hurricane watches in effect for puerto rico as well as st martin and st barts which were severely damaged by irma now maria is currently on course to reach the dominican republic and haiti by thursday both countries were largely spared by the worst effects of erma. and preparations for the arrival of memory are taking place across the caribbean this is san juan the capital of puerto rico where residents are stocking up on fuel food and other essential supplies the island nation is still recovering from being hit by hurricane earl less than two weeks ago with many people still sleeping in shelters. i will get back at this into that on i

giving us some snow already over the outs and now sweeping its way down towards the southeast so it's croatia where we're likely to see some of the heaviest of the downpours today could be some flooding there and then that will gradually ease a little bit as we head through into wednesday and it continues its journey down the adriatic towards the west still cool for many of us here in the next system is working its way in for wednesday a bit further towards the south and for many of us here it's not so hot now we're looking at twenty three and fortunate around twenty five still hot in cairo though we're up at thirty six. the weather sponsored by cats and race. i just want to make sure all of our audience is on the same things when they're online what are you expecting us citizens here you know and what puts people of iraq by one in the same or if you join us on sat i was never put a file then look at differently because i'm dark and then all the people this is a dialogue tweet us with hostile intent stream and one of their pitches might make a connection join the global conversation. this tim

parts of europe particularly through northern parts of italy or in the adriatic and into the balkans croatia in particular we've had some really big rainfall totals some nasty storms being reported here strong winds across more north western areas also looking pretty unsettled definitely autumnal moments and really strong winds to get down across the u.k. and through up into scandinavia over the next couple of days fine across here and there still a big risk of significant storm activity during choose day heading on through into wednesday more low pressure systems pushing in and very strong winds through into denmark and norway and sweden central parts here or southeastern parts of europe still looking pretty warm bucharest there looking at highs of twenty eight degrees celsius on the other side of the matter trainers pretty warm for karo temperatures there thirty eight otherwise temperatures much as you would expect just right about the thirty mark into central parts of africa for so sudan central african republic and towards cameroon that's where the most potent showers are and likely to c