lorna gordon in edinburgh, thank you. sophie, we are infor in edinburgh, thank you.in for another long afternoon. back to you. simon, thank you. the duke of sussex has admitted he and his brother are "on different paths" amid reports of a rift. in an interview with itv he said they have "good days and bad days". in the same interview, the duchess of sussex said her friends warned her not to marry the prince, because the newspapers would as she put it destroy her life. jon donnison reports. films during their recent trip to africa, this documentary reveals that despite appearances, the royal couple are at times struggling. harry says he sees his mother diana in every camera and flash bulb. every single time i see a camera, every sickle time i hear a click or see a flash, it takes me straight back. so in that respect it's the worst reminder of her life as opposed to the best. meghan says she has been shocked by the level of press intrusion, even though her friends had warned her before she got married. my british friends said to me, i'm sure he's great, but you shouldn

the university of edinburgh comes under fire for hosting a so-called anti racism conference white attendance from asking questions during a q. and a. hawkins review tuning in from tonight's welcome to the program. or donald trump is demanding to meet the anonymous official who blew the whistle on phone calls with the president of ukraine the scandal surrounding the conversations led to the launch of an impeachment inquiry last week over possible collusion with a foreign power us president claims was the whistleblowers account of what was said was totally inaccurate i mean while pointing out that the u.s. intelligence community quietly changed the official whistleblower complaint form around the time the ukraine call scandal broke the old version required a whistleblower to have 1st hand intelligence but they knew for made another option available meaning relayed information would now be considered as well the timing of the change is noteworthy the latest version of the document says it was revised in august that's the same month in which the scandal triggering complaint was filed the apparen

for more of us, it will get colder, temperatures are struggling, eight in edinburgh, may be justifiedut 1a in london so hanging on some milder air. there is an extra hour in bed as the clocks go back but that might be spent underneath the duvet because the cold air works all the way down to the south, northerly winds bringing the risk of a few shows to the north and east of scotla nd shows to the north and east of scotland and down some north sea coast of england. temperatures for the most part between nine and 11 degrees so starting to turn cold evenin degrees so starting to turn cold even in the five house reefs. on monday, more of the same, many will have sparkling blue skies after a cold and frosty start but the risk ofa cold and frosty start but the risk of a few more showers blowing in on the prevailing winds in northern scotland, eastern scotland and down the north sea coast of england. temperatures, as you work foremost in england and wales, 9—11, a bit cold in scotland, only seven in aberdeen and edinburgh. beyond that, it is chaotic on tuesday and that is referred to as the

,... voted, 72% of my constituency south-west edinburgh, . .. am not selling leave my electorate. it is bad for scotland and they voted against it. even if it has a deal. i don't want to leave the european union, scotland doesn't, it is time for scotland's constitutional position in this union of the uk to come to the four, there is a majority of scotland, for at second referendum. let's get that to the top of the agenda. thanks much forjoining us, this lunchtime. ina much forjoining us, this lunchtime. in a moment we will be joined by viewers on bbc one, now time for a look at the weather. it is a wet day here. most parts of the country are dry through the rest of today and it should brighten up, but quite a battle taking place. more cloud, some rain in that weather front in the southeast and cloud pushing down into the high across northern parts of scotland and into northern ireland. a frosty start in scotland, the sunshine rather more hazy but at least we have some sunshine here. because towards east anglia and the south—east of england, the

rain will affect the lakes later, drying out in edinburgh eventually.and than clouds and showers, so the bulk of the day will be mostly sunny across the uk, just scattered for weather cloud. when the coming in from the north today and tonight, so that is a cool source of air. that of course means it will be a chilly night. first thing tomorrow with clearer skies, 5-6dc in thing tomorrow with clearer skies, 5—6dc in city centres, even in cardiff, london, tropical plymouth, ten pitches down to six celsius. sunday, dry and bright, low pressure moving away, high pressure that i mentioned out any atlantic is starting to squeeze in, but notice you can see the arrows coming in from the north. crisp, fresh air on the way tomorrow. a lot of sunshine, best of the sunshine across western southern areas, but eastern and northern parts of the country still to catch some showers and at times it will be quite cloudy. after a chilly morning, monday is excited be mostly sunny. high—pressure extending from the azores. light winds, sunshine, mr the extending from the azor

a bit colder than that in scotland, with temperatures at seven celsius in aberdeen in edinburgh.weather gets very chaotic for tuesday. this chaos is sometimes referred to as the butterfly effect. and i think i have a good example of that for tuesday's weather — two very different scenarios that could evolve for tuesday. one is more of the same — dry, sunny, cold and frosty with a few showers affecting some in the coast with a chilly east to north easterly wind. but there is a very different scenario that sees an area of low pressure on tuesday form, bringing wet and windy conditions. the difference between these two conditions actually starts off in a very small way. this area of moisture in orange — some models keep it away from the uk, but some bring it closer into the uk. a small difference, but the significance of this is that in scenario one, the moisture stays away from our jet stream. whereas in scenario two, it interacts with the jet stream. and then through a feedback process, you can start to see the low—pressure form, bringing wet and windy conditions that then pushed

the details were included in papers submitted to the court of session in edinburgh, where campaignersminister complies with the an act passed by mps last month to prevent a no—deal brexit. 0ur scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, is in edinburgh tonight. given everything else that we know, this is something of a surprise, isn't it? well, yes. the prime minister has previously said he would rather be deadin previously said he would rather be dead ina previously said he would rather be dead in a ditch and have to ask for an extension to the brexit deadline and he has said he will obey the law. but here at the court of session today, we learnt two things. we learnt that the government will write a letter as required by the benn act asking for an extension if no deal is in place by october 19. no deal is in place by 0ctober19. we also learnt it will be the prime minister who writes that letter. clea r? minister who writes that letter. clear? well, not exactly. because as this was going on, borisjohnson was tweeting on social media, saying, new deal or no—deal, but no delay. downing stree

the idea of that, of seeing what they saw in scotland, in edinburgh, they saw in scotland, in edinburgh in scotland, in the rain, a lot of rain on saturday lunchtime on saturday afternoon, which i thought was underreported elsewhere in the united kingdom. last week the leader of plaid cymru it was talking about and independence referendum in wales within five years. so we are talking about the union and what is the real fear in northern ireland? the end product of all this could be still greater pressure for one ireland. again. yeah absolutely. we go to the front page of the ft. johnson urges radtke to keep talking is brexit deal hopes fade. a similar take —— leo varadkar. you are the doom—monger among all this front pages. no, there is hope, anna. the financial times, apparently, johnson urges leo varadkar to keep talking as hopes fade for a deal. does that look feasible? it is similar to what normally comes out. the german side, they usually have a cordial conversation. that is the standard and what was remarkable and definitely worth mentioning a lot is that this readout from angela

let's go back to our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, in edinburgh.gal team for those that took this case. i guess both sides can claim that they have one something here. yes, i think they can. it's a very interesting judgment today from scotland's highest civil court will stop lord ca rloway scotland's highest civil court will stop lord carloway saying that they agreed with the earlier ruling from the inner house where lord pentland said there was no basis for the court to grant the orders sought by the petitioners compelling the prime to write that letter to the eu asking for an extension to brexit if no deal was in place by the 19th of october, the reasoning being that undertakings had been given in court that the prime minister will abide by the law. lord carloway here in the inner house of the court of session agreed with that first ruling, saying there is no basis for the court to grant that order at this point. he went on to say that the situation remains fluid, and over the next two weeks, circumstances may change. so, instead of shutting down

research fellow in the department of politics and internanational relatationst the university of edinburgh thank you very much indeed for speaking to us- it doesn't feel like all that long ago- t that- melody so mackey was being. ushered in as a new president's offering- lots of promise and people were saying goodbye and good riddance. to christina catching fernandez what why why you do. what you attribute this massive reversal of fortunes. hi there thank you for the mediation- what i think it was. some kind of a sort of very clear response off. the arson dying society or the south part of the feet let's say how awful feet. regarding the mainly the economic policies. were implemented by the marquis or my case and- in the last four years- those policies those. policies werere man the man i talked over the industry on over our small traders- andnd they wear- delete but if you sell it. i would say almost exclusively to stick with it. can you tell us about the side very short to thomas dididn'tne produce anything onn only use are sometimes a some kind of. so just big by the eyes finance about

have the view from northern ireland and from wales, but first our scotland editor, sarah smith, in edinburghn this election could be decisive to the outcome for the whole of the uk. there are 59 westminster seats here, many of them on a knife edge — 46 are considered to be marginals. at the last election, both the tories and labour made significant gains, but many of those mps have tiny majorities, and they won't be feeling very safe. if the election's dominated by brexit, and remember scotland voted clearly to remain in the eu, then the snp hope to benefit from their clear anti—brexit platform, and the lib dems would hope to make some gains on that basis too. but independence is the big question — the snp will put at the heart of their manifesto a commitment to a second referendum next year, while labour, the tories and the lib dems will all stand against another vote on independence. in northern ireland, elections are largely dominated there are 40 constituencies in wales, 70% of which are held by labour but despite the party's dominance they've been struggling re ce ntly dominance they've

i'm heading to edinburgh, a leading centre for research, because scotland has one of the highest ratesome theories that it might be down to lack of sunshine, and so lower levels of vitamin d, or that it might have something to do with the genes brought over here by the vikings. corinne mather is 3a and her wife, sarah, is now a full—time carer. it won't be long now until we can see all the way down. corrine was diagnosed with ms when she was 27. it's first thing in the morning, have to assist me get out of bed, the clothing, washing, all of that. i very much just have to sit and watch as she runs around after me. karine now has the use ofjust one hand. i don't like to look to the future, because it's such a question mark. a few miles away at the university of edinburgh, neurologist anna williams is working on brain stem cell research. the team here is examining how a damaged brain may one day be helped to repair itself. as we get older, our nerves die. that's part of ageing. but in ms that seems to be accelerated, and we want to be able to try and limit that either by keeping the nerve

let's speak to our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, in edinburgh.he conundrum. the prime minister has previously said he would rather be dead in a ditch and then ask for an extension, just a couple of days ago in fact, he said there was no doubt the only alternative to his government ‘s proposals was no deal. it's a position that he and other ministers in his government have set out again and again and again. and yet, this morning, here in the outer house of the court of session, government documents submitted to the court stated that the prime minister will send a letter to the eu asking for an extension to the brexit deadline no later than october at the 19th. the petitioners here don't trust the prime minister to carry that out, that's why they brought the case, we expect to hear from the government lawyers this afternoon. lorna, many thanks. the question of how to manage the border on the island of ireland has stalled the brexit process since the referendum. the uk's membership of the eu and the good friday agreement which ended the troubles, me

the area affected stretches for more than 1000 kilometres, the same distance as cornwall to edinburghingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. the cabinet minister, jacob rees—mogg, has said the prospects of a deal with the eu are more positive than they were a week ago. mr rees—mogg said the prime minister could be trusted to "deliver", and the cabinet would be briefed on the state of the brexit negotiations later today. labour has warned the government's plans would be incredibly damaging to the economy, and urged mps not to back any deal brought back from brussels, even if there was a confirmatory referendum. 0ur political correspondent peter saull is with me in the studio. first of all, what is the latest on the negotiations? we prop you don't know what the latest is but the cabinet are going to be briefed on then we gather today. that's right, we are at the start of a huge week for brexit, those intense negotiations are continuing in brussels, on an official level. borisjohnson has brussels, on an official level. boris johnson has had brussels, on an official level. borisjohnson has ha

used to reach more than 1000000 followers but for more on this let's speak to ben nemo who's in edinburghvia skype he's the head of the of investigations that graphic and social media analytics company based in new york good to have you with us is on the program just 1st of all why would russia today this would so they have to gain. it looks like this was an attempt to burnish money to burnish russia's image in africa a lot of the pages were posting content which was praising russia or praising president putin and praising what russia was doing in africa and it's part of a diplomatic push that we've seen from russia in the fast in the last few years to to boost its presence in africa after after the collapse of the soviet influence networks. and they've been with with harrods of the cambridge analytic a scandal and of course russian in severe ins in the the u.s. elections these stories aren't going away is this thing you normal and if so just how the countries protect themselves. it is the new normal what we're seeing is that lots of people around the world have now got the idea that if y

northern ireland, absolutely fine, beautiful weather there with sunshine in belfast, newcastle, edinburgh the air here, temperatures may be around 13 or 14 degrees in the south, very far south, i think temperatures will be around 15, i6. the weather front is still with us through saturday night, but saturday night into the early hours of sunday that starts to move a little further north and not only that, we have a further weather front heading our way, so it is a real mishmash of cloud, these areas of rain moving across the uk on sunday, i think most of us will catch some rain on sunday, but with a tendency for the weather to improve somewhat through the day across the south, so it may turn up actually quite bright if not sunny for places like portsmouth, maybe even the south—east as well, while the rain moves a little bit further north. a real mixed day i think on sunday. on monday, sunday into monday we will start to see more weather fronts coming off the atlantic so you get the message, it is a whole succession of weather systems that just keep coming our way and there are gaps in bet

to be quite cutting, feeling quite chilly, so temperatures around ten whether you're in glasgow, edinburgh. that's wednesday. there's a little bit of a change wednesday night into thursday. this weather front will be moving eastwards and northwards, and that's going to introduce one — some slightly cloudier weather and some spots of rain, but also milder conditions coming off the atlantic, so when we see the change from the colder air to the milder air, we often see misty, murky conditions and it does look as though that's what we're going to have on thursday and thursday, of course, is halloween. so halloween, cloudier weather, especially for some western and south—western areas and spits and spots of rain, nothing too heavy but at times it will be damp. still nippy, single figures there in eastern scotland and the north—east of england but in the south—west, we're around the mid—teens, 15 expected in plymouth. then a big change friday and the weekend. big low pressure swings in off the atlantic. in fact multiple low pressures with multiple weather fronts, and that can only mean one thing

tens of thousands of people have marched in support of scottish independence in edinburgh just weeks before britain is due to leave the european union 1st minister nicolas sturgeon says gregg's it will devastate scotland's economy a majority of scots voted against independence 5 years ago. well for women in iran wearing a head scarf for his job is a legal requirement if not followed it's punishable by a lengthy prison term but some iranian women are defying the rule calling for greater freedom across the country. they're young they want freedom and they don't want to be forced to wear a headscarf these a rainy and women are making their views public. yasmeen filmed herself singing in the subway without a he job she was sentenced to 16 years. there's no way i'm going to wear he job why should i it's raining so beautifully. and another woman 20 year old seen here on the right was sentenced to 24 years for her video filmed without the job. more and more women are joining the movement against the compulsory job and so-called white wednesdays women protest together by holding up white hea

tens of thousands of people have marched in support of scottish independence in edinburgh just weeks before britain is due to leave the european union 1st minister nicola sturgeon says briggs it will devastate scotland's economy a majority of scots voted against independence 5 years ago. moving into sports in football byron munich were on a high after thrashing tottenham 72 in the champions league during the week of the variance came crashing down to earth enabling this they go home clash with struggling hoffenheim. nico kovacs constant smiling right now things could hardly have been running more smoothly for him in the champions as they entered october. gnabry made headlines in midweek banging in 4 goals in the champions league with the top and even not eternally briefly on the shattered robot love an incredible goal scoring form but it was awesome i knew had the 1st real chance of the game in just the 4th minute saugus a dummy and sprinted clear but he lacked composure at the crucial moment by an responded very bored down on goal but he fired his shot straight to keep all of a palm

tens of thousands of people took to the streets of edinburgh to support scottish independence just weeks ahead of britain's planned exit from the european union 1st minister nicola sturgeon contends that it will devastate scotland's economy in 2014 a majority voted against independence. well it's the opening weekend of one of the most anticipated movies of the fall season the movie joker is based on the batman comic book villain. you need to do squeeze joker. but as moviegoers in the u.s. line up to see joker they'll be greeted by increased security as because the film based on a comic book villain is prompting fears over real life violence. and reporter karl joins us in the studio with more on karl what's going on were people so worried that you have police security agencies in the u.s. they're on high alert the f.b.i. as well is warning about violence minute century there seems threatening posts online regarding cold unspecific mass shootings and there's a link to the opening of dzhokhar and those threats are being taken very seriously this is how seriously the new york premiere here i

some rain around in the north—east of the country, so newcastle, perhaps the borders of scotland, edinburgh rain. but the vast majority of the country, i think, a dry end to the night. well, it's still wet, there are lots of puddles out there, but it won't be raining. and a bit of mist and fog first thing, for example, in the south—west of the country. so a bright day, i think, for most of us in store on tuesday. not completely dry, there is just a possibility of a few showers there in south—western parts of england, possibly wales too. but you'll notice the vast majority of the country enjoying that bright weather. there will be some clouds around. 17 in london, 1a expected in the north of the country. and then tuesday night, into the early hours of wednesday, we're expecting another weather front to move across the uk. that means wednesday morning it is looking wet across eastern areas. so, anywhere from london through into lincolnshire and eastern parts of scotland, there will be some rain around. but, by the time we get to wednesday afternoon, you can see the weather's much better again

tens of thousands of people took to the streets of edinburgh to support scottish independence just weeks ahead of britain's planned exit from the e.u. 1st minister nicolas sturgeon contends that it will devastate scotland's economy 2014 a majority of scots voted against independence. north korea's top nuclear envoy says that working level talks with the united states in stockholm have broken down into sides had resumed their dialogue after a february meeting between donald trump and kim jong il failed in hanoi. for women in iran wearing a head scarf for he job is a legal requirement not followed is punishable by a lengthy prison term but some remain women are defying the rule and calling for greater freedoms for all women across the country. they're young they want freedom and they don't want to be forced to wear a headscarf he's a rainy and women are making their views public. yasmeen filmed herself singing in the subway without a he job she was sentenced to 16 years. there's no way i'm going to wear he job why should i it's raining so beautifully. and another woman 20 year old seen her

but it does quite unsettled, there will be rain at times, you consider temperatures dropping in edinburgh more widely. welcome to bbc news. i'm mike embley. our top stories: to try to break months of deadlock over brexit, the british parliament finally votes, overwhelmingly, for a snap general election in december. to recover the respect in which parliament should be held by the people of this country and that is finally to offer ourselves to the judgement of the people of this country. we are ready for an election. we are going to go out there with a very strong message of how we transform our society. a senior white house official tells the impeachment inquiry into donald trump, he witnessed, first—hand, the president pressuring ukraine's government to investigate joe biden. politicians accuse the plane—maker boeing of putting profit before

so newcastle, perhaps the borders of scotland, edinburgh may be as well, a few spots of rain, but the majority of the country i thinka dry the vast majority of the country i think a dry and to the night. it is still wet, there are lots of paddles out there, but it won't be raining. and a bit of mist and fog first thing, for example, in the south—west of the country. so a bright day, i think, for most of us in store on tuesday. not completely dry. there is just in store on tuesday. not completely dry. there isjust the possibility ofa dry. there isjust the possibility of a few showers in south—western parts of england, possibly wales as well. but you will notice that the vast majority of the country enjoying that bright weather. there will be some clouds around. 17 in london, 1a expected in the north of the country. and then tuesday night into the early hours of wednesday, we are expecting another weather front to move across the uk. that means wednesday morning it is looking wet across eastern areas. so anywhere from london through into lincolnshire and eastern parts of scotland, there

minister's actions comply with the law is already under consideration by the court of session in edinburghhe firm expectation and downing street that this move tonight to send two letters a nd that this move tonight to send two letters and an accompanying note to brussels will be met with a legal challenge. it is we understand downing street ‘s legal guidance that the prime minister does not have to sign the letter formally requesting the extension, which he has been required to do by their benn act force through parliament by mps, buti benn act force through parliament by mps, but i think the big question will be around whether his move to send another letter saying that under no circumstances does he want an extension to brexit, directly contradicting the one that was written for him by mps, effectively, whether that move puts in contravention of the law. i think we can expect legal challenges before very long at all. that is one key question and another key question, the response from eu leaders and they seem to be willing to take their time on this. do not expect a swift decision from

us, it is dry, turning cooler in the south but not quite as cool in scotland, temperatures 11 in edinburght has been today 01’ on quite as chilly as it has been today or on saturday but really, looking at the weather picture on the edges, mainly dry, some frost patches around and any showers should be limited to a c north and east of the uk. looks like it will eventually become a lot drier but the chilly airwill become a lot drier but the chilly air will stay with us for quite a while yet. families in vietnam say they fear their children are among the 39 people who died in the refrigerated container in essex. the family of 26—year—old pham tra my say they haven't heard from her since tuesday night, when she sent text messages saying she couldn't breathe. the lorry driver remains in police custody and a man and a woman from cheshire have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and conspiring to traffic people. we'll have the latest from essex. also on the programme tonight. the teenagers being sold class a drugs on the social media platfrom snapchat — we hearfrom one mother whose teenage

if he does not, he will be in court in edinburgh.the independent unionist mp saw —— supported the letwin amendment for some the dup say delay will allow further time to scrutinise the deal, but they are also seeking fund mental changes. within minutes of that vote coming through here, the welsh first minister tweeted, pretty plainly, what he thought, that the pm must now obey the lot and request a new extension. he says there should be another amendment, a second vote, that welsh labour would campaign to stay in the u macro. the first minister making pre—plane if one amendment can succeed, he things there should be another one which opens up the vote of another eu referendum. as we‘ve heard, the parliamentary vote on the prime minister‘s brexit deal might now take place early next week. it‘s yet another complication for boris johnson and the government to tackle — as they try to introduce all the legislation necessary to make brexit happen. our political correspondent ben wright has been looking at what might happe in the days and mo

another cooler day here but not quite so chilly in scotland and jupiter is here around 11 degrees in edinburghther with us and there will be a few showers in the north and east. this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at eleven... families in vietnam say they fear their loved ones are among the 39 people who died in the refrigerated lorry in essex. tonight police are asking for help. i would also like to make an appeal to anyone living illegally in this country, who could help our investigation. please come forward and speak to us without fear. it comes as a fourth person was arrested at stansted airport on suspicion of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people. boris johnson tells jeremy corbyn to back an election as the eu agrees to another brexit delay — but won't decide the date until next week. ajudge in the united states orders the trump administration to hand over an unredacted copy of the mueller report into russian meddling in the 2016 election.

some rain around in the north—east of the country, so newcastle, perhaps the borders of scotland, edinburghs of rain. but the vast majority of the country, i think, a dry end to the night. well, it's still wet, there are lots of puddles out there, but it won't be raining. and a bit of mist and fog first thing, for example, in the south—west of the country. so a bright day, i think, for most of us in store on tuesday. not completely dry, there is just a possibility of a few showers there in south—western parts of england, possibly wales too. but you'll notice the vast majority of the country enjoying that bright weather. there will be some clouds around. 17 in london, 1a expected in the north of the country. and then tuesday night, into the early hours of wednesday, we're expecting another weather front to move across the uk. that means wednesday morning it is looking wet across eastern areas. so, anywhere from london through into lincolnshire and eastern parts of scotland, there will be some rain around. but, by the time we get to wednesday afternoon, you can see the weather's much better a

in parts of edinburgh we had 3a millimetres of rain in 2a hours. through the scottish borders into the north of england in the last few hours. this area of low pressure, and the weather front associated with it, will drift into the north sea and will allow this northerly flow to develop. with clear skies, anti—rain easing away, temperatures are set to tumble through the night tonight. in actual fa ct, through the night tonight. in actual fact, we have low single figures tomorrow morning, that could be a shock to the system. and in lincolnshire and the south—east as well. a chilly start on sunday. a dry and quiet one for many. despite the low is moving into the north sea, more cloud on the east coast. a northerly wind driving showers. a dry story, more sunshine around, particularly in sheltered southern and western areas and temperatures after that chilly start recovering 9-14d. that after that chilly start recovering 9—14d. that is on sunday. keep a close eye on the potential for light and patchy rain in the south—east on monday that the story is s

and the university of edinburgh comes under fire for hosting a so-called anti racism conference and banning white attendance from asking questions during the q. and a. the latest on those stories do you head over to website dot com stay with us in our political talk show renegade. will be with you. to bring you all the latest news.

a few miles away at the university of edinburgh, neurologist anna williams is working on brain stem celle want to be able that nerve damage now affect my hands, arms and legs, but could research being done in cambridge help? professor robin franklin heads the team that has discovered a safe, cheap drug that already exist may help regenerate adult brain stem cells. so how exactly could this commonly used diabetes drug help people like me whose ms is progressing? it‘s well tolerated and widely available, and there is every reason to believe that the effects that we have seen in the laboratory which have been so spectacular will translate into humans, but of course, we now need to do trials to ascertain whether that is true or not. the nba has created a multibillion—dollar business in china — there are 800 million chinese people watching basketball, that‘s more than twice the population of the united states. but all that work, all the marketing, all the outreach the nba has been involved in, these past two decades, has been put at risk — by a tweet posted by the general manager of the houst

co—director at the centre on constitutional change at the university of edinburgh. you see it tonight. clearly there are only 59 mps elected from scotland over a parliament of 650, so in terms of the overall arithmetic it seems quite small however the dynamics of the election in scotland are very different. it‘s about the s&p winning by how much of a margin and nobody expects any party other than the s&p to win north of the border, and to win by quite a big margin, and that can affect the ability of the conservatives in the labour party to secure will be crave but also raises a significant question for the future of the union not least because the s&p have put the demand for a new independence referendum at the heart of their campaign. let's split those points that you make and deal first with explain in slightly greater detail how a larger or smaller majority for the s&p in scotland, in terms of mps will affect the arithmetic in the comments in westminster. there's 59 mps in scotland, in 2017 scotland was the only part of the uk were the conservatives made gains, a

both edinburgh clu bs now after winning. both edinburgh clubs struggle.itational fifteen. the match in hamilton was given official test status by the international rugby league, despite a dispute with tonga‘s governing body. our rugby league correspondent dave woods was watching. 2007 since great britain last played under that banner but it was not to be their night. fantastic performance by tonga and a huge result for international rugby league. what the great britain learn from that defeat? you cannot get a tea m from that defeat? you cannot get a team like tonga, and established top four team, such superstars in the game, a starand four team, such superstars in the game, a star and they did. football allowed to continue and draw the line theme down the field. couldn‘t call that deficit back in the second half, that is the facet of international football and what you need to recognise for that if you give 80 may start, it‘s difficult to quarterback. great britain not too far away. what lessons do they take to next week now? from a kick, ricocheted kick

absolutely fine, beautiful weather there with sunshine in belfast, newcastle, edinburgh.y far south, i think temperatures will be around 15, 16. the weather front is still with us through saturday night, but saturday night into the early hours of sunday that starts to move a little further north. and not only that, we've got further weather fronts heading our way. so it's a real mishmash of cloud, these areas of rain moving across the uk on sunday, i think most of us will catch some rain on sunday, but with a tendency for the weather to improve somewhat through the day across the south, so it may turn up actually quite bright, if not sunny, for places like portsmouth, maybe even the south—east as well, whilst the rain moves a little bit further north. but a real mixed day, i think, on sunday. on monday, sunday into monday, we will start to see more weather fronts coming off the atlantic. so you get the message — it's a whole succession of weather systems that just keep coming our way, and there are gaps in between. so you can see monday, actually, at least for a large chu

today, he's in edinburgh. one of my favorite cities in britain.till very precise. he has decided to up his game. the scottish championships have been going since 1884. and it's one of the oldest championships in the world. we have 24 boards going out live, and it's broadcast out right across the world. this is the kind of competition that he needs to be going in to test himself. if he's going to increase his chess rating, he needs to play stronger players. and at this tournament, there are grandmasters in his sights. this is his opportunity now. it's his chance to go for it. to keep up that level of concentration and attention is quite difficult. the adrenaline‘s flowing. after only four moves, there are more than 300 billion options to consider. there are more combinations for a 40—move game of chess than there are stars in our galaxy. chess is demonstrating one person's mental superiority over another. his demonstration is going well. but then something happens. it's the beginning. sometimes i feel upset. but no, i couldn't accept any result. he

there was some heavy, persistent rain at times, and some blustery winds and, in fact, edinburgh had 34mm half of rain, throughout the day. so the radar shows where that rain tended to sit, through much of saturday. it is starting to weaken off now, as the area of kow pressure is drifting into the north sea, and it's allowing a northerly flow to start to dominate across the country. so as the showers fade away and the northerly air kicks in, we will start to see those temperatures falling away, so it could be potentially a chilly start to sunday. particularly in rural parts of scotland and lincolnshire, in south—east england, we are going to see low single figures, maybe low enough for some pockets of frost. so we start off on a chilly note. that low pressure sitting out in the north sea could feed a little more cloud along those east coasts and a few scattered showers. so here it could be cold and disappointing, but further south and west, away from the low, we should see the cloud breaking up, the sunshine coming through and highs peaking at 9—11; degrees. so that's the story on sunday.

and northern ireland, absolutely fine, beautiful weather there was sunshine in belfast, newcastle, edinburghfar south, i think tempers will be around 15, i6. the weather front is still with us through saturday night, but saturday night into the early hours of sunday that starts to move a little further north and not only that, we have the weather front heading our way, so it is a real mishmash of cloud, these areas of rain moving across the uk on sunday, i think most of us will catch some rain on sunday, but with a tendency for the weather to improve somewhat through the day across the south, so it may turn up actually quite bright if not sunny for places like portsmouth, maybe even the south—east as well, while the rain moves a little bit further north. a real mixed day i think on sunday. on monday, sunday into monday we will start to see more weather fronts coming off the atlantic so you get the message, it is a whole succession of weather systems that just keep coming our way and there are gaps in between so you can see monday actually, at least for a large chunk of the day, central areas

around edinburgh, that is about the wettest place right now in the country and it will continue to remainat least mostly sunny, with occasional showers and we should have a fine end to the day as well. the best will be around the south. tonight, skies clear. still some showers in the forecast carried bya some showers in the forecast carried by a northerly wind into scotland and perhaps the north—east of england but with the air coming in from the north, it will be quite chilly. temperatures in some rural spots will be close to freezing this coming night. that means a chilly start to this sunday but it will be a dry, crisp, beautifulautumn start to this sunday but it will be a dry, crisp, beautiful autumn day for most of us. notice the northerly winds still dragging in some cloud and showers into northern and eastern scotland. some into newcastle as far as yorkshire. but to the south of that, it will be a fine day. we have the sunshine but chilly. proper autumn temperatures. a chill in the air. 0n chilly. proper autumn temperatures. a chill in the air. on monday, the low pressure still mak

punk a matter of lorna gordon in edinburgh.and they understand the so—called not so meaningful vote is not a ratification so until i see anything confirming that the uk has ratified, we should not ratify. the eu will ratify in due course, which means eu will ratify in due course, which m ea ns after eu will ratify in due course, which means after british parliament has. would you have an extraordinary cannery next week? if it's needed, we‘ll do it. click it‘s possible? why not? let‘s get the thoughts from europe — our correspondent adam fleming is in strasbourg. i‘d better ask you a question, adam. just explain to me what you think is going to happen there, because obviously everybody is awaiting a response obviously everybody is awaiting a response to this letter or letters from the prime minister. sorry, simon. i thought it sounded like you are going to play the pre—recorded version of what i said an hour ago! that is why i was doing the brexit delay. so there are two separate processes a re delay. so there are two separate p

the air is getting colder again across scotland in temperatures eight celsius in edinburgh. still with us and weakens the weather friend tried to me than and at the moment it is held at bay so that means another dry day with sunshine but a few showers affecting northeastern areas of the uk and it will be dry for most of us and if that weather friend comes will be dry for most of us and if that weatherfriend comes in will be dry for most of us and if that weather friend comes in a little closer, the moisture will be picked up from the jet stream and a most likely scenario will be something like that is where we could get an area of low pressure, strong winds and rain towards the south but we think that is less likely. into wednesday and thursday we get a bit of a lurch into the southwest area of the tape with high—pressure slowly retreating its way eastwards and the cold conditions and frosty conditions will continue across the northern and east and across the southwest we see some rain and strengthening winds began to make inroads. that is the latest letter, goodbye for now.

the south—east is dry and notices mild in the south, hla—a eight celsius for edinburgh and belfast. mostly slow moving through friday night and into saturday, continuing to pump moisture into the hills so across the high ground in wales and the peaks across the high ground in wales and the pea ks in across the high ground in wales and the peaks in the pennines we will see large rainfall totals building up see large rainfall totals building up and that means we will see some localised flooding issues building and as we head into the first part of the weekend. saturday itself, the weather front what is initially slow to move towards the south—east of england but eventually turning wet. further north for scotland, northern ireland and the north of england, sunny spells and blustery showers and through the afternoon might be five celsius at 4pm, still milder towards the south—east of england, but by sunday as the clocks go back an extra hour in bed but it could be spent underneath a warm duvet because the chilly air will be feeding southwards, dry and sunny and sparkling skies for many

the equivalent of cornwall to edinburgh. here near mount fuji, more than a metre of rain fell on friday and saturday. the highest 48 hour total ever recorded. further north in laggan oh prefecture, levees along the river have given way and water is still rushing through residential areas, inundating houses up to the second floor. the levees around tokyo have held. river levels are now falling. the japanese grand prix is going ahead and for world cup rugby fans, there's good news. the much anticipated match between scotland and hosts japan will now take place tonight. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. that is something lots of rugby fans will be delighted to hear, the scotla nd will be delighted to hear, the scotland match, we can tell you, is going ahead. sports correspondent andy swiss is in yokohama for us. i was expecting rain clouds, a little bit of storminess, but actually blue skies behind you? as you can see, sally, beautiful blue skies in yokohama but it is still pretty windy. when you arrive here, you can

some rain around in the north—east of the country, so newcastle, perhaps the borders of scotland, edinburgh i think, a dry end to the night. well, it's still wet, there are lots of puddles out there, but it won't be raining. and a bit of mist and fog first thing, for example, in the south—west of the country. so a bright day, i think, for most of us in store on tuesday. not completely dry, there is just a possibility of a few showers there in south—western parts of england, possibly wales too. but you'll notice the vast majority of the country enjoying that bright weather. there will be some clouds around. 17 in london, 14 expected in the north of the country. and then tuesday night, into the early hours of wednesday, we're expecting another weather front to move across the uk. that means wednesday morning it is looking wet across eastern areas. so, anywhere from london through into lincolnshire and eastern parts of scotland, there will be some rain around. but, by the time we get to wednesday afternoon, you can see the weather's much better again, and the sun's out. so midweek, in the afte

temperatures dropping in edinburgh and belfast.y. welcome to newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. 0ur headlines: borisjohnson gets what he wants, a december snap election, as uk mp's vote overwhelmingly in favour in a bid to break the brexit deadlock. us politicians accuse boeing of putting profit before safety, as the company boss testifies over the 737 max plane crashes. on behalf of myself and the boeing company, we are deeply and truly sorry. i'm rico hizon in singapore. also in the programme: for the first time, a current white house official who witnessed president trump's ukraine call testifies about the concerns he raised. and we look at why parts of asia are seeing birth rates hit

some rain around in the north—east of the country so newcastle, perhaps the borders of scotland, edinburghto the night, it's still wet, lots of puddles that would be raining, bit of mist and fog first time, in the service of the country so bright day, for most of us install on tuesday, not a dry, possibility of fish i was there, it's a burst of parts of england, possibly worse to but you'll notice that the vast majority of the country enjoying that a bright weather. there was some clouds around, 17 ? ? that a bright weather. there was some clouds around, 17 7714 expected in the north of the country. choose an identity hours of wednesday, were expecting another weather front to move across the uk, that means wednesday morning morning it is looking wet across eastern areas are anywhere from london through to lincolnshire, and eastern parts of scotland there will be some (around parts of scotland there will be some ( around the parts of scotland there will be some (around the time we get to wednesday afternoon because you opens much better on the size out so mid week in the afternoon there wi

some rain around at the north—east of the countries of newcastle, perhaps the borders of scotland, edinburgh won‘t be raining. a bit of mist and fog vesting, for example in the south—west of the country. a bright day but i think for most of us in store on tuesday, not complete a dry, a possibility of a few showers and south—western parts of england, possibly worlds as well, you notice the vast majority of the country enjoying that bright but the. there will be some clubs around. 17 in london, 1a expected in the north of the country. and she sent out into the early hours of wednesday, expecting another front moving across the uk, that means wednesday morning it is looking wet across eastern areas so any of london through to lincolnshire, only some but scotland there will be rain around. when we get to wednesday afternoon we consider whether such butter and the size outside midweek in the afternoon there was sunshine, 60 in london but cooler in glasgow around 12 progresses up and on thursday reside to see a change. this area of low pressure is expected to roll in of their flat deck, it‘s quite

the area affected stretches for more than 1000 kilometres, the same distance as cornwall to edinburghayes, bbc news, in tokyo. the cabinet minister, jacob rees—mogg, has said the prospects of a deal with the eu are more positive than they were a week ago. mr rees—mogg said the prime minister could be trusted to ‘deliver,’ and the cabinet would be briefed on the state of the brexit negotiations later today. labour has warned the government's plans would be damaging to the economy, and urged mps not to back any deal brought back from brussels, even if there was a confirmatory referendum. 0ur political correspondent, peter saull, said this was the start of a big week for brexit. those intense negotiations are continuing in brussels on an official level and boris johnson continuing in brussels on an official level and borisjohnson has a couple of phone conversations in the diary for a next couple of days with the likes of the german chancellor angela merkel and the french leader. we are told the message from downing street is a yes, the mood music is certainly more positive than it was a