a festival fringe every year the arts event draws lots of visitors and performers to edinburgh. because of the moments we visit a museum dedicated to the art of conjuring. and swiss so journalists was town of the congo and the annual film festival. we kicked off the program in edinburgh which is playing host to the biggest cultural event in europe the festival fringe started in one nine hundred forty seven as an event for fringe groups and it's since grown into a giant venue for artists and performers from all over the world where this year artist from more than fifty countries are taking part so visitors certainly do have quite a selection to choose from for the performers competition is fierce for gathering an audience well we went there to find out more. every august musicians acrobats and theatre groups converge on edinburgh scotland for the fringe and for more than three weeks the venerable royal mile in the historical old town becomes a speech for performers from all over the world and. it was. time. well it. is unique. as far as i'm aware this sales in the world where art

edinburgh. or there's plenty more here on our website al-jazeera dot com and if you get you can watch us live there as well. a quick reminder of the top stories this hour israel and hamas the palestinian group which controls the gaza strip of agree to a truce following a flare up of cross border fighting the truce was mediated by egypt and came into effect two hours ago follows a day of violence which sold seven palestinians injured in israeli as strikes and hamas rockets fired into southern israel. saudi a mirage a coalition air strike has hit a bus full of school children in yemen it tack happened in the here's the health province of sada the health ministry says fifty people have been killed saudi led coalition has released a statement saying the strikes were aimed at legitimate targets well the united nations has called for an independent investigation into the attack the specific instance of the richard richard atar and i'm sure my office is gathering the evidence i've seen what you've seen

race the curtain at the edinburgh festival if anything go. to your house of horrors first of optimism has opened in walsall. on the big trip to switzerland home on the famous i am in china. i don't borrow is in the festival fever at the moment among all of us the french festival is in full swing it would have started a nine hundred forty seven as an event for fringe groups of that time eight independent theater groups organized this unofficial event which took place alongside the established edinburgh festival but thanks changed today it's the largest cultural festival in the what artists from more than fifty countries take part but with such a varied program and thousands of events it's not bad easy for performance to get people to come to their show. every august musicians acrobats and theater groups converge on edinburgh scotland for the fringe festival and for more than three weeks the venerable. historical old town becomes a stage for performers from all over the world. thank. god they fell full time coming out feet up in the sixty's tim

now the edinburgh international and french festivals underway bringing together thousands of performance from around the world events generate a huge amount of money for the local economy. reports many locals don't see the benefits all guns blazing for the welfare state the scourge of society austerity. this is killing a play about growing up on a housing estate penned in by poverty a place where addiction and depression. it's a neglected narrative one that's found a stage at the edinburgh festival but the writer of the play questions whether the festival this truly accessible to those whose lives she's depicting. we need to encourage more working class and more and underclass people into the theaters and that's really tough because obviously. again money dictates access to these things that. take your revenues exceeded five and a half million dollars every year the events are a feeding frenzy for local businesses for hotels and restaurants and shops it sometimes with their prices up just for the month of august and then the events themselves well they're often powered by an army of volu

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ok well now the edinburgh film fest excuse me the edinburgh festival fringe i should say it's here to correct me for our culture of death it claims to be the single biggest celebration of arts and culture on the planet and right now it is underway in the scottish capital rather marilyn's here to tell us more i mean maria was just talking she was actually scheduled to perform there but she was apparently blocked from leaving the country and there are three thousand five hundred though shows at the festival just so for the last year there's more this year and was maybe one less from what we're hearing from pussy riot but the simple answer about how many shows are all this year is nobody really knows are spoken to the festival fringe office today and they have a. program that is the size of a novel and the three thousand five hundred shows they expect around fifty four thousand performances all in three and a half weeks but there are always performers who turn up and there are some who come on up as we've just heard so it really is a bit flexible as it should be it's a fringe festival so

edinburgh. taffeta take a look at the top stories here it out there this morning a pregnant mother and her toddler are among the three palestinians killed in an explosive exchange between israel and hamas the israeli military says seventy rockets were fired from gaza but that it intercepted most of them israel retaliated by targeting hamas sites in the territory with air strikes andrew symonds has more from gusta. the attacks may be more intermittent and less intense but the fighting is going on strikes some shelling from the sea from the israeli navy hitting panic in the streets and on the israeli side panic there too right across the southern communities of israel canada's prime minister just intrude insists his country will always speaks strongly in favor of human rights saudi arabia froze ties and brand new trade deals after canada urged the release of jailed political activists the saudi foreign minister says canada is to blame for the deceit. argentinians have been protesting for and again

the curtain at edinburgh festival anything to go. to your house first of optimism has opened in warsaw. and the big trip to switzerland to home. i don't borrow is the festival fever at the moment among all of us the french festival is in full swing it would have started a nine hundred forty seven as an event for fringe groups of that time eight independent theater groups organized based on officially banned which took place alongside the established edinburgh festival but thanks changed today it's the largest cultural festival in the what artists from more than fifty countries take part but with such a varied program thousands of events it's not that easy for perform us to get people to come to their show. every august musicians and theater groups converge scotland for the fringe festival and for more than three weeks the venerable. old town becomes a speech for performers from all over the world. god it's time we. well it would be excellent thing is unique. as far as i'm aware this police sales in the world where art just lives and

edinburgh. part time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera at least four palestinians have been killed in an explosive exchange between israel and hamas the israeli military says thirty six rockets have been fired from gaza but it intercepted several of them israel or tele aided by targeting hamas sites and territory with air strikes under simmons as the latest from gaza. deep into the night in tent sixty four from the factions here by rocket and from israel strikes right across the strip up to twenty of them and precision targeting it would seem certainly the vast majority of the strikes were against what is described as military targets canada's prime minister just intradermal insists his country will always speak strongly on human rights saudi arabia froze ties and banned new trade deals after canada urged the release of jailed political activists the saudi foreign minister says canada is to blame for the dispute argentinians have been protesting for and against legalizing abo

every august musicians acrobats and theater troops converge on to edinburgh scotland for the edinburghfestival fringe and for more than three weeks the venerable royal mile in the historical old town becomes a stage for performers from all over the world. thank. god we fell full time and we have to look at the sixty sometimes they say much is just a well of creativity is unique. as far as i'm aware there's police else in the world where art just lives and reads it's overwhelming but i think that's the best part of frames where you go you get pulled into one direction or another you know what know what you're going to be missed most of the former spend the day trying to convince as many people as they can to come to their show. details that you can just show you up side by side out. the shows on offer range from cabaret to stand up comedy to classical standards and musicals competitions is intense. it's sad it's very difficult where i'm from nine o'clock in the morning just straight away flyer and i were doing silly stuff like gibril pillars to try and just drop the charges because ther

well, theresa may is having to juggle harder than a street performer at the edinburgh fringe to keeptoms contained within the checkers exit plan signed off by the cabinet. there is no sign theresa may's efforts to make a case directly to eu leaders like president macron is resulting in a breakthrough and remember the international trade secretary, liam fox, has put the chances of no—deal brexit at because of what he calls intransigence on the eu side. in edinburgh, the prime minister will hear directly from scotland's first minister who was speaking to us at her official residence of short time ago. she wants theresa may to rule out a no—deal brexit to rule out what she calls a blind brexit, the idea of leaving with agreed terms of withdrawal but without naming down the broad outline of a future trading relationship. both those outcomes, nicola sturgeon thinks, would be economically damaging. i do not think the prime minister is in a position to offer guarantees. instead when they sign a joint agreement to bring new investment to edinburgh, the prime minister i think will seek to pre

the cream of edinburgh. working at thejobcentre has to be a tense job, knowing that if you get fired you still have to come in the next day. so if you are going to edinburgh this year, that is what you have got to look forward to. i've got ajob is what you have got to look forward to. i've got a job collecting the jumpers left in the parks, it is not easy, they keep moving the goalposts. i think that was quite good. what do colourblind people do when they are told to eat their greens? told to eat cabbage. justin moorhouse offered this: trump said he would build a wall, but he hasn't even picked up a brick. he isjust another middle—aged man sailing on a diy project. jumpers for goalposts, that worked for me. on that hell areas note, —— hell areas note, time has beaten us. i don't know what to say. we have not got any time anyway! that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it is all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers

the cream of edinburgh.ve to come in the next day. so if you are going to edinburgh this year, that is what you have got to look forward to. i've got ajob is what you have got to look forward to. i've got a job collecting the jumpers left in the parks, it is not easy, they keep moving the goalposts. i think that was quite good.

the edinburgh international and french festivals are underway bringing together thousands of performance from around the world thing events generate a huge amount of money for the local economy but it's a fact of reports many locals don't see the benefits all guns blazing for the welfare state their scarred of society austerity austerity austerity this is killing mark a play about growing up on a housing estate penned in by poverty a place where addiction and depression are rife is a neglected narrative one that's found a stage at the edinburgh festival but the writer of the play questions whether the festival this truly accessible to those whose lives she's depicting. we need to encourage more working class a more an underclass people into the theaters and that's really tough because obviously. again money dictates access to these things that last year ticket revenues exceeded five and a half million dollars every year the events are a feeding frenzy for local businesses the hotels the restaurants and shops it sometimes but their prices up just for the month of august and then the burbs

we are under the backdrop of edinburgh castle.est london on suspicion of plotting terror acts. the 20—year—old was detained by officers from the fire arms command unit during a planned operation at around 6:30pm last night. he is now being held at police station in south london. a fresh appeal‘s been made by police for information into the death of a man thought to be killed while he was trying to stop a fight. it's now two years since 35—year—old mohammed hassan was fatally stabbed in battersea. five people were arrested in connection with his death, but no—one has been charged. mental health organisations are calling for more support to help young athletes deal with the pressures of top level sport. it follows the death of surrey snowboarder ellie soutter who died last week on her 18th birthday. one mentoring group is urging those who are struggling not to suffer in silence. when you are in a sport and you are fighting to constantly compete and do well and looking for funding, promotions, contracts, whatever it is you are lookin

glenn campbell in edinburgh there.ear—old boy has died in a house fire in south east london, which police are now treating as a murder investigation. the body ofjoel urhie was found after the blaze in deptford in the early hours this morning. his mother and sister escaped by jumping out of a first floor window, and are being treated in hospital. jenny kumah reports. the charred remains of a family home which was engulfed by flames in the early hours of the morning. it took the life of seven—year—old joel urhie. his family say he dreamed of becoming a fireman. today, investigators are picking their way through the evidence of what police believe is a suspected arson attack. i would directly appeal to anybody who was in the area or saw anything suspicious at around 3:30am, or who has any information about who was responsible for starting the fire to contact the police immediately. his father, who moved out of the family home five years ago, visited the scene earlier. the alarm was raised at around three in the morning, n

jenners in edinburgh isa high street in edinburgh.dinburgh is a very famous store where many people are employed. this isa where many people are employed. this is a place with a very long history where staff and shoppers now are wondering what will be happening in the future. and rob young is with me now. mike ashley has bought it for £90 million, do we have any clear idea what he's going to do with house of fraser? not yet, the company is yet to reveal details of its plans but before today's fast moving events there was plans to close 31 of 59 stores, which would have meant the loss of jobs. we stores, which would have meant the loss ofjobs. we don't know if that plan will continue or whether fewer stores will close or perhaps even a greater number of stores. the liberal democrats have said that today's events highlight the need for big changes, they say there is an uneven plainfield between the high street and online retailers, they want business rates to be scrapped. labour and the unite union have said given the criticism there ha

we are delighted they have jobs in edinburgh, that edinburgh continues as a financial sector.now you have millions of dollars, but when you are channeling it into the media message, it is a shocker. we have seen fidelity move. would you be introducing fees? ?ould you be interested is that the way you should go with standard life aberdeen? >> you have really had upon one of the big issues of the industry, which is declining fees. clearly we would rather not go to 0%. obviously the funds that hoping toave a 0% are make money on stock lending. you could argue stock lending fees belong to the client. it is not a truly 0%. what it does show, you are absolutely right, if this industry is under enormous pressure at the moment. seeh is why i think we will further consolidation in the decline in address mergers. anna: to clarify what we are seeing on inflows and outflows, we have growth inflows at 38 million pounds. but net outflows at 16.6 billion. is that correct? number, that the is an improvement on the second half of last year. we are seeing a continuing improvement in flows. as i

and coming to us from edinburgh. aberdeen standard investment. let's begin with you. can this continue? >> i'm not sure. i think that if you look at the treasury market in general, with economy this strong, we focused on the lack of wage inflation as one region to buy the long end of the market. now we are talking about a stronger dollar. the two big misses in the the 10t, one is that years going to three and a quarter, three and a half. two is the strength of the dollar. they thought it would be short-lived, now we are dealing with a strong dollar against him bunch of major currencies. i don't know if that is a short-term or long-term event. either way, if it was not for that you would be a 3%. >> three basic ways to see this. continues or it reconciles with u.s. growth decelerating. european aging growth accelerating. which one is it? >> the u.s. decoupling continues. it is a phenomenon as we get into next year and the second half of next year. i think that decoupling will have stop. this is just forward growth. not long-term structural change. >> it raises the ques

still ahead on the news how edinburgh festival isn't benefiting people on the city's fringes and. india battle each other as well as the weather on the cricket field peter will have the details and talk. from the neon lights of asia. to the city that never sleeps. hello there we're looking at a wet couple of days for the southern parts of china if we look at the satellite picture we can see plenty of cloud to the south of us at the moment to this is a developing feature this whole area of cloud and rain is pushing its way northward for many of us in the southern parts of china and looks wet on friday and on saturday as well some of the downpours are likely to be very heavy it could cause us a problem with flooding as well and the rain does extend across hong kong too in fact even further south will see the rains enhanced across many parts of the philippines particularly in the western parts of luzon a bit further towards the south and you can see the showers that we've had recently luzon obviously plenty of them bad but also further west we're seeing quite a few showers some heavy

and the edinburgh fringe festival of tranks community of artists some performers from around the globe the locals say it doesn't benefit them. welcome to the program we sort of got a star where there have been hours of fighting between taliban fighters and afghan forces in the central city. heavily armed men stormed the city attacking at several government buildings including police headquarters overnight now there are an unknown number fate tallaght he's dozens of people are believed to be injured. let's get the very latest to charleville us our correspondent who is live for us in the afghan capital and charlie let's just bring us up to speed on the situation as we know it right now. so we believe that there are at least fourteen people dead those people being police officers and more than sixty people wounded but it's such a fluid fluid situation it's so hard to get information out because cell phone towers are down cell phones are jammed the taliban is putting out one one story and the government is putting out a completely different story both with vastly vastly different numbers t

and even says some things remind him of his native edinburgh. you have a lot of street music and artists a lot of and so on. but i think prague is. it's very different i think actually nicer than i expected i think yeah the buildings are really amazing when you see it with your own eyes so very i think it's worth to come because it's lighter in person. just in trail take it has been paid for by the european union. after even proposed the travel routes unsuccessfully and city europe has a jury picked him along with fourteen thousand nine hundred ninety nine other lucky eighteen year olds from the e.u. to embark on this unique trip through europe a journey with a mission. will be ambassadors of this program hopefully it's going to run for many years because i think it's good it's positive change and i'll be sure in my experiences through social media and. probably not giving talks but i could also do that if i wanted to. yeah that's pretty much it i will be an ambassador for. the free interrail program is the idea of martin spear and vincent him o

and even says some things remind him of his native edinburgh. a lot of street music artists a lot of and so on. but i think prague is. it's very different i think actually nicer than i expected i think yeah the buildings are really amazing when you see it with your own eyes so very i think it's worse to come because it's nicer in person . this interim ticket has been paid for by the european union. after even proposed to travel reach and successfully answer to your a quiz a cheery picked him along with fourteen thousand nine hundred ninety nine other lucky eighteen year olds from the e.u. to embark on this unique trip through europe. the free interrail program is the idea of martin shapiro and vincent him on the hill who lobbied brussels to introduce a travel program for young europeans. the intro ticket itself has been around since one thousand nine hundred seventy two. motion shapira and vincent a man who would have been a free travel across the continent can help youngsters overcome stereotypes about the european neighbors. that's what the tw

north—west, mostly dry for cardiff edinburgh and the north—west, mostly dryfor cardiff and edinburghwill turn cooler later in the week. goodbye. this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at four. police in manchester say a shotgun was likely used in a shooting in the city's moss side area last night, 10 people, including two childern, sustained pellet—type injuries. we have launched an investigation. it is attempted murder. discharging a firearm it is attempted murder. discharging afirearm in it is attempted murder. discharging a firearm in a crowded place such as this, many people would this will become injured. nasa's ambitious mission to the sun launches from cape canaveral , 24 hours after its launch was cancelled due to a last—minute hitch. thousands of passengers in the north—west of england face another sunday of rail disruption , as northern cancels around 80 services. cyclists who kill pedestrians could face a new charge of ‘death

she or they were part of an effort to avoid so-called mis gendering initiatives when proposed by edinburgh university student union however it did warn students should avoid using the term preferred pronouns arguing sort of preference but i know it's a city now the issue of youngsters wanted to change gender has been increasingly stirring controversy the u.k.'s women's minister victoria has expressed concern over the rising numbers of minors not wishing to go through reassignment i read in the paper recently that there has been a large increase in the number of teenagers who are identifying asked transgender and i think there we need to get down to the reasons why this is happening it may simply be a case of greater warning us in maybe that for some they see it as an answer to questions they are perhaps not asking themselves and we debated the issue with bt activist peter tatchell and radio talk show host john galt. what if the purpose of these badges is just to raise awareness and in particular to make transfusions and their friends and allies feel comfortable safe and accepted i don't th

barca out zero edinburgh and. watch out for the sport has paul thank you very much chelsea have agreed to sell belgium goalkeeper t.-bo courtois to rail madrid while paying a world record transfer fee phase replacement the london club have signed a classic bill biles spanish goalkeeper. for ninety two million dollars as the english transfer window closes on thursday rail meanwhile a set to sign course while on a six year deal. covert church goes to chelsea as part of the deal. well the previous world record pfieffer caper was set by liverpool just last month the reds paying roma eighty four million dollars for brazilian allyson that broke a seventeen year old record event has paid palmer sixty two million john buffon he's still going at forty the italian currently at paris and last year manchester city paid benfica forty six million for brazilian edison more heists well this is the premier league earliest ever deadline while teams from rival european competitions are able to buy and sell players until the end of t

edinburgh. via the harlem globetrotters have been entertaining basketball fans with trick shots for almost a century but for the first time and then ninety two year history they've taken their antics to new heights free to. play of trying to stop made the team's first ever trick shot from an airplane meaning out of the plane dropped the ball at a hip on a landing strip and got it in. this is all sarah these are our top stories dozens have been killed in the saudi embassy lead as strike which killed hit a school bus in the north killing mostly children it happened inside a province that's a stronghold north of the capital but cross says the bus came under attack as it was driving near a crowded market. house officials in gaza say they will not escalate the conflict any further and restoring calm is up to israel the message comes after as strikes and shelling killed three including a pregnant mother and her child funerals have been held in the past few hours in gaza israel hit more than one hundre

and other treatments once you are an adult so there is a proper protection there but you know what edinburgh university is doing. if they have said people can change one for the next that is quite clearly absurd i agree with you but you know they can who are trying this way don't don't don't let me finish people who are trying and don't change from day to day they may some may feel they are trans and after a number of years they may decide they're not or vice versa but there's over a number of years not something day to day so i don't think we should trivialize i know you get you know you know i'm not trivializing a pretty you do know there's a massive move to people to be able to self identify and that some people who do change day by day or on trying to say is let's be reasonable if somebody feels they are you know being assigned the wrong gender they're in the wrong body i have enormous sympathy for them and of course we should care for them especially if they're very young of course we should but we shouldn't be kind of i don't really want to use this word but encouraging it which were e

lorna gordon, bbc news, edinburgh.to bbc scotland's political correspondent who is following this and following an extraordinary day in scottish politics. indeed it has been a fascinating day in scottish politics. a surprisingly as well. there we have alex salmond saying he is no saint but he has not sexually harassed anyone. the scottish government confirming that the complaints have been made about sexual misconduct. the other surprising thing is that this is a former first minister of scotland taking the scottish government to court. could it get more strange? he wa nts to court. could it get more strange? he wants to fight what he sees is as an unlawful and unjust process. we have nicola sturgeon, the current first—minister, seeing any allegations cannot be swept under the carpet. looking actually visibly shocked and moved in that clip they are, saying that the snp will be shocked at what has been happening there. it has been a surprising day. police scotland this afternoon confirming they are carrying out an asses

over its seventy one year history the edinburgh festival has grown at breakneck speed during the month of august the city's population more than doubles to festivals take place civil taina see the international festival showcasing well established acts and the edinburgh fringe where anyone could perform with any type of performance. while the other friends really sat opposite almost like an act of defiance there were it companies six local scottish companies then to those companies who wanted to participate in the first international festival in one nine hundred forty seven but when dames good enough. so they decided to perform anyway and really that was the genesis of their friends was this act of defiance. this is what the festival used to look like a few dozen acts a careful selection of big performances today there were more than three and a half thousand shows the struggle for space has led to rising rents and expensive performance licenses some performers believe the festivals become a victim of its own success. a growing number of artists want to recreate a sense of lost authent

the over 60s dance troupe putting on a show in edinburgh. they are putting on a show in edinburgh.ing on a show in edinburgh. they are really bringing a smile to the front page of the times. and in the news we need cheering up as much as we can. moving on to the telegraph. this is an interesting story, henry. it is below a picture of cricketers trying to dodge the rain, what a funny day we have had in london. university struggling to fill courses. that is not the sort of story we our used to hearing about universities. even when we have heard stories in this vein before, in the last decade or so, it has been the apocryphal basket weaving course at the university navy has ever heard of. you look at the names and the types of courses here, sought—after courses like law, engineering, english literature, university, and they are in russell group universities. the top research universities. yes, an international brand and a heritage reputation. this will, king's college london, leeds. it is a really interesting story. in 2016 the government lifted the cup on the number of students unive

we'll continue to see low pressure in the north and north—west, bringing showers to edinburgh and belfast dry with some sunny spells for cardiff and for london. after a warm middle pa rt and for london. after a warm middle part of the week it will turn cooler later in the week. goodbye. mission to the sun — the spacecraft heading off on a four—million mile journey of discovery. three, two, one, zero — lift off. journey of discovery. three rockets lifted nasa's parker solar probe from florida at the start of a seven—year voyage. as it travels closer to the sun than ever peviously possible, scientists hope it reveals the secrets of the solar atmosphere. police in manchester are treating a shooting as attempted murder — ten people, including two childern, have been injured. ten people, including two the afghan soldiers who'll now be supported by the arrival of more british troops — we have a special report. the afghan army is now leading the fight, but they are well below strength, suffering high rates of attrition whether through casualties or desertions... of attrition whether through comm

the two leaders have been holding talks on a range of issues in edinburgh., scotland's political editor, brian taylor reports. a meeting then, but there's a meeting of minds. the leaders formally sign £1 billion city deal formally sign £1 billion city deal for edinburgh and southeast scotland. first outlined last year and atmosphere brexit uncertainty, the prime minister enthusiastically emphasised the gains. as a great day for the southeast scotland and exciting step towards a brighter future for this wonderful part of the united kingdom. a deal ends funding for both governments. local authorities, businesses and universities. in the festival city cash is already flowing. city leaders hope today's finalised plan would keep the momentum going. the city deal gives us the opportunity not only to embrace what is so special about our capital city, but expand on what is so fantastic about out expand on what is so fantastic about our capital city giving us money for infrastructure and housing. they make what's going on behind me so vibrant and continue to be vibra

there are lots of ideas behind this house how it fits into a piece of historic edinburgh how it changes between winter and summer how you get a lot of rooms into a very small space how you save energy. when architects really brings to bear his own inferences interests of other architects he started. that's quite a limited volume of space so the shape of the house came from that building up high on one side and low on the other and then try to get as lots of many rooms in that was possible and using those devices to make the house food bigger that it actually is. the murphy house with its unique architecture certainly stands out in that immersed popular new town. most of the houses here were built in the nineteenth century represented the world's largest example of uninterrupted late georgian architecture. the murphy house has eight levels. with one hundred forty square meters of living space it took. ten years to build his house from. drawing up plans to the building. the bedroom is located on the top floor and also contains launch movable panels. spaces. disguised. as a seat. this is a

it looks like it will continue to see low pressure in the north—west, bringing in showers and edinburghnd belfast. after a warm middle part of the week, it will turn colour. —— cooler. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. police are treating a shooting in manchester's moss side area as attempted murder after ten people, including two children, were wounded. none of the injuries are thought to be life—threatening. nasa's daring solar probe mission has successfully launched from cape canaveral in florida, after the launch was called off yesterday. the mission will analyse the sun's atmosphere for the first time. rail passengers in the north—west have faced another sunday of disruption, as operator northern cancels around 80 train services. now on bbc news, it's time for more from the money & power season, a new craze is seducing couples across uganda. in a quest to show off new found wealth or status and in a race to outdo their neighbours, brides and grooms are going to extremes on their big day. ugandan weddings are now big business. big dresses, big venues and big bills. i am on the