nisha krishnan there.he team discuss the growing concern over crime in many american cities. none more so than new orleans. our north america editor sarah smithjoined me — to explain more. sarah, thanks for stopping by, it's great to see you. the latest episode of americast is out now. i know you spoke with the mayor of new orleans for this particular episode. what did she tell you? we had a specific focus on crime. that was why we invited her on. and new orleans has a specific problem with crime, which, as you know, is an issue across the united states. but the murder rate is particularly high in new orleans as well, which means that citizens are particularly concerned about it. and so we had her on to talk about where that problem comes from and what she is trying to do about it. now, she's found herself in some slightly controversial circumstances there. there was actually an attempt to recall her as mayor because people were so unhappy about the crime rate there. and so this is quite sensitive for her.

nisha krishnan, director for climate resilience africa at the world resources institute, thank you sot to leave you with a giant leap in space history today. these are pictures from the kennedy space center in florida where the first saudi woman has voyaged into space. rayyanah barnawi, a breast—cancer researcher blasted off along with fellow saudi fighter pilot ali al-qarni on what's being called a private chartered flight. thank you for watching, i will leave you with those images. hello. it's been a weekend of mixed fortunes, weather—wise. where we did see the sunshine come through, it's been pleasantly warm. in fact, sunday was the warmest day of the year so far in the uk at 23.3 degrees in the sunshine at porthmadog. but under the cloud across aberdeenshire, we only got to about 12 celsius. so where you see the sunshine coming through, where you see the cloud makes all the difference really this time of year. and through the week ahead, things are looking mostly dry. yes, some warm sunshine around, but variable amounts of clouds. so where you do get the cloudier spells of weather