pallab ghosh, bbc news. from the outer heavens to the deepest oceans.ustle of city life? michael lazaro works as a doctor in manila but in his spare time, he's a freediver, an extreme sport where people go deep under water without breathing equipment. here's his story. mariko, ido mariko, i do not think that is for me. you have been watching newsday above ground. i'm kasia madera in london. and i'm mariko oi in singapore. stay with us. i'll be back with business news, and in the past hour, donald trump tweeting he will delay imposing ta riffs tweeting he will delay imposing tariffs on china after then accepting some of their products. more of that in asia business report, coming up. and just time to tell you, that it's mission over for a robot called fedor which russia blasted to the international space station, because he just not up to the job. it had been hoped the human—shaped machine would replace astronauts on dangerous spacewalks. but it turns out its legs were not suited to the work. hello. just wanting to bring you right up—to—date with how we

pallab ghosh, bbc news. if you want a deep dive on that, check out the bbc website.e fireworks vision was ruled as unlawful. at all from us was ruled as unlawful. at all from us from now, you was ruled as unlawful. at all from us from now, you can was ruled as unlawful. at all from us from now, you can reach me on twitter. i'm @aaronsafir. hello. just wanting to bring you right up—to—date with how we see the weather panning out across the british isles for the next few days. wednesday was a slow start across southern parts. and in fact, that same weather front links back to another area of cloud and rain in the heart of the atlantic. that's an area of low pressure that started life way down across the mid—atlantic, so it's bringing mild, moisture—laden air across the british isles and feeling really quite humid. to the south of the weather front, in the heart of that system, the cloud at its thickest so rain from the word go for parts of northern ireland, getting into scotland, eventually across the border into the far north of england. following on behind, somewhat

pallab ghosh, bbc news. from space to the depths of the ocean.iver — an extreme sport where people go deep under water without breathing equipment. here‘s his story. underwater is absolute silence. goodness. it certainly is. you have been watching newsday. i‘m kasia madera in london. and i‘m mariko 0i in singapore. stay with us. i'll i‘ll be back with business news. an olive branch in the us china trade war? china exempts some american products ahead of talks in washinton. more of that in asia business report coming up. goodbye for now. hello. just want to bring you up—to—date with how we see the weather panning out across the british isles for the next few days. this weather front links back to another area of cloud on the way in the heart of the atlantic. that is an area of low pressure that started life way down across the mid—atlantic, so it is bringing mild, moisture —related air across the british isles and feeling really quite humid to the south of the weather front in the heart of that system weather front in the heart of that syste m — —

pallab ghosh, bbc news. well, that was outer space, but how about this?lazaro works as a doctor in manila but in his spare time, he's a freediver an extreme sport where people go deep under water without breathing equipment. hold your breath — here's his story. i would rather him than me. before we go, a reach up i would rather him than me. before we go, a reach up on our i would rather him than me. before we go, a reach up on our top story was the british mps have asked for parliament to be recalled after a scottish court ruled that the suspension was unlawful. plenty more on our website, be said. com/ news —— bbc.com/news. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @aaronsafir. hello. just wanting to bring you right up—to—date with how we see the weather panning out across the british isles for the next few days. wednesday was a slow start across southern parts. and in fact, that same weather front links back to another area of cloud and rain in the heart of the atlantic. that's an area of low pressure that started life way down across the mid—atlantic, so it's b

pallab ghosh, bbc news. that's it. now here on bbc one, time for the news where you are.sapointing ashes jason roy is dropped as england make changes for the final test. a golden night for great britain at the world para—swimming

pallab ghosh, bbc news.bwe from singapore, where he died last week aged 95. mr mugabe was zimbabwe's first leader after the country became independent in 1980. he held on to powerfor almost four decades before being ousted in a coup in 2017 amid allegations of corruption and brutality. there will be a state funeral on saturday. events have been taking place in the united states to commemorate the 18th anniversary of the september 11th attacks. in new york, at the sight of the destroyed world trade centre towers, the names of the city's victims have been read out. president trump, alongside the first lady, laid a wreath at the pentagon where another of the hijacked planes was deliberately crashed. shareholders in sports direct have registered their unhappiness with founder mike ashley, voting in large numbers against him being relected as director. mr ashley owns over 60% of the company, so was ultimately backed to continue in the role, but almost a quarter of independent shareholders voted against him. more

pallab ghosh, bbc news. that's it. now here on bbc one, time for the news where you are. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'm chetan pathak. paying the price, after a dissapointing ashes jason roy is dropped as england make changes for the final test. a golden night for great britain at the world para—swimming championships, as maisie summers—newton smashes her own world record. but it's a tough night in the women's champions league for hibs, as they're beaten 4—1 at home by slavia prague. good evening, and welcome to sportsday. jason roy's been dropped from the england team for the fifth and final ashes test which starts tomorrow. after losing to australia at old trafford, it's a match england have to win if they're to level the series. and it's not the only change being made. from the oval, here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. it has come to the england team ahead at the fifth and final test at the oval and the catalyst i suppose is ben stokes. we saw him bowl once again during england's training session by england do not think they can trust him, he is not fit en

pallab ghosh, bbc news. i would be amazed if there was not life out there.he city's tallest towers. look at that. 350 metres in the air. and all of it done without any harnesses. the group were from russia, france, germany and canada they walked 245—metres, and survived, to mark the founding of moscow as a city 872 years ago. ican i can barely look at that. where is his stick? someone is flying a drone around him as well. i know! we think that is a new world new record, although the measurements are still being checked. i can't help but think of 9/11, there was the famous titrate talk between the two towers. —— tight rope have you tried the bungee cords between the two trees?” rope have you tried the bungee cords between the two trees? i cannot do a bungee jumping. i could between the two trees? i cannot do a bungeejumping. i could fall between the two trees? i cannot do a bungee jumping. i could fall off the pavement. imagine having jasvinder sanghera being 350 metres up in the air. -- sanghera being 350 metres up in the air. —— imagined being. back for mor

pallab ghosh has the story. the night sky is littered with stars. around them are planets.million million miles away, has the potential to support life. astronomers have discovered more than 4,000 planets orbiting distant stars. the new one is about the right distance from its sun to be able to support life. its temperature is between 0—40 celsius. it's around twice the size of our own earth and it has an atmosphere that we now know contains water. so, the big question is whether there really are living organisms on this world. light from the planet's sun filters through its atmosphere, before it reaches the earth. that light contains a faint imprint of the chemicals in it. in this case, up to half of it is made up of water. detailed analysis of the starlight, published in the journal nature astronomy, shows this peak, where the light has been absorbed by water vapour. all of a sudden, we have the possibility in the next decade to understand what is the nature of this world, how they formed, how they evolved and, in some cases, whether they can support life. i think it's ju

pallab ghosh, bbc news. it's nice to think big thoughts for a moment, is to?ven though he's into his 8th decade, he says he has no plans to retire. what a relief. but he does think his latest album is a little more reflective. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson, has been speaking to him. iggy pop, welcome to bbc breakfast. through your record, you've done many a yell. any chance you could give them? all right. the new album is free, the single from it bond. with a twist. explain? she wants to be yourjames bond, a third commentator talking about a relationship shift. how big a bond fan are you? when it was sean connery, he was one of the guys that i would go to when i was down in life. to see their film, and back—up. when a guy needs a boost, you don't, you don't need einstein. trainspotting. what was your feeling the first time you saw lust for life being used in the opening sequence? seeing you and mcgregor runs it so convincingly through those streets, really matched the song. so i was really happy at the use. 1976 in berlin, you shared a flat wi

pallab ghosh, bbc news.nd we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, broadcaster and author john kampfner, and the deputy political editor at the sunday times, caroline wheeler. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. now it's time for the weather with ben rich. hello. low pressure is in charge of oui’ hello. low pressure is in charge of our weather at the moment and these aren't any old areas of low pressure, they are weather systems that started life in the tropics. the first, the remnants of what was hurricane dorian, in a much weakened form to the north of the uk on wednesday with blustery winds and outbreaks of rain and our next ex—tropical weather system approaching, the remnants of tropical storm gabrielle, outbreaks of rain and breezy conditions but in between these two weather fronts, a wedge of humid, tropical air and you will feel that on thursday, especially in england and wales. word cloudy during the day and rain moving through northern ireland and scotla nd mov

here's the bbc‘s science correspondent pallab ghosh.pport life. now the new planet, k218b, is about the right size — about twice the size of earth. and it's temperature is between 0—a0 centigrade — the temperature where liquid water can flow. so all the conditions to support life, but does it? it is 650 million million miles away, too far to send a probe. so what researchers will have to do next is to use powerful space telescopes to study its atmosphere to find out whether it contains any gases that could only be produced by living organisms. and that they'll do in the 20205. thanks to pallid for that, and that ends this edition of outside source. we will be back with plenty more tomorrow. bye—bye. hello. low pressure is in charge of our weather at the moment, and these aren'tjust any old areas of low pressure. they are weather systems that started life in the tropics. the first, the remnants of what was hurricane dorian, in a much weakened form passing to the north of the british isles during wednesday. we saw some blustery winds and