reykjavik is home to a thriving street art scene. most of the buildings along the city's main shopping streets are adorned with graffiti and street out. the tourists love it. many house owners commission artists to design their facades. vs land the capital is a riot of color. and that is thanks to the likes of star everyone born here in one nine hundred eighty she studied at an art school in berlin germany the latest work adorns the icelandic ministry for industries and innovation twenty five artists submitted proposals for merrill's and hers was the winning design. this is is how cops are the images and the abstract you can see a whale. and maybe a codfish and a few other things but it's also open to interpretation if you follow it with your eyes it looks as though it's rising up from the ground and trying to get out. and then you can see it arch back into the sea. and smear everyone can interpret it differently. and i'm happy with that it's overdue. creating the mural was a labor of love. the work was constantly being interrupted b

right before reykjavik in the timeline was a memo from someone on the national security staff that had it exactly right. i read it 15 years ago, it said, what is up -- what is gorbachev up to? we want to smoke him out early if we can. do you remember this memo? it struck me as being that he nailed it. becausewas skeptical summitry was a battlefield that benefited the soviets. it always benefits the bad guy. summitry is one of the most dangerous things american presidents can do. peter: everything has to be compressed. a fair summary of what happened at reykjavik is that gorbachev makes one run at reagan's effort to bring to bear technical dimon is him -- dynamism on this right -- this race and read it to a conventional balance and reagan says no. moment, gorbachev cannot compete. is that correct? it is a decisive moment. paula: it was. and it is worth going back to when he made the announcement about sti and as it was called star wars at the time. you are reading the reagan library literature and memos. if one looks at what was coming out of moscow at the time, a number of these things

a ship is stuck on rocks outside reykjavik.e of the night. 14 sailors stranded on board, but the icelandic coastguard helicopter retrieves them, a rescuer breaking every during the operation. translation: the circumstances were difficult. it was dark. we were using nightvision goggles. but there was a lot of like all around, which can be distracting. but luckily visibility was fair and there were clear skies but strong winds. the 3000 tonne ship which was carrying concrete from denmark, is still wedged up on a sea walljust outside the harbour of helguvik, near the capital. translation: it was much worse this morning with waves washing over the ship on the boardwalk. there are fears it could be leaking oil. iceland's notoriously wild and changeable weather is making difficult to check, but there is a strong smell of fuel in the air. government officials have been meeting to discuss retrieval efforts, but it seems the bad weather which caused the incident is likely to further delay a decision on its recovery. georgina smyth, bbc

to a photo shoot at a crater landscape near reykjavik it was created by a volcanic eruption thousands of years ago. capturing images of the volcanic rock under different light conditions fascinates ragnar sigurdsson. he's always aiming to try out new technologies and techniques. using a drone he experiments was unusual perspectives he says he's always on the hunt for the next killer shot. and there's always. another day another light another situation another perspective. another way to do it or wish. you know or it's never the. broadmoor sigurdsson remains true to his favorite subject the next volcanic eruption in iceland is sure to come possibly with just a few minutes notice. and after all those amazing images we want to know what you like to photograph best you can upload one of your favorite photos to our website and you will automatically draw to an excuse if you're on the wrist watch so looking forward to seeing your picture and speaking of apple loading i'm sure a lot of you like to follow what's going on instagram. is europe at its best your imax brings you the highlights on

just gone to five am in reykjavik three pm and brings been an eight in the morning right here in moscow this thursday november the twenty second welcome to our international top story google is france's latest targets in its push to be less dependent on non european entities following on from president call for an army. wants to wean itself off the web giant on use its own alternative. correspondent charlotte. much corn and trump's friendship is down in the dumps right now but it seems that the fish in between them has spread to a much wider now it seems that france is even turning its back on us tech giant google so what do you do if you want something on the internet here you couldn't it it'll catch on i'm sure we have to set an example security and digital sovereignty are at stake here which is not merely an issue for geeks only quantz is partly french and so far it's been free of major data breach scandals and it claims that it doesn't track uses which is perhaps one of the worries of government officials given that u.s. intelligence can access data on companies clouds marked out wh

but they were able to make a difference to these negotiations david davis was officially the chief reykjavik and chairs and he was like well i did recently in recent months but from the very beginning he was that he knew. what the problem was not ready or not it is the problem or some fundamental contradictions that perhaps it that they have a problem with drew a threesome a has sat and some are supporters have said if you hate what i'm doing so much then where are the better ideas. does she have a point. i don't really think so at all and i think that you know as it stands right now i think it's a better idea to leave. leave without a deal than the deal that's on the table i strongly contend that no deal is always better than a bad deal this this current deal right now would tie the u.k. into into the side and still into the customs union where the u.k. would be able to strike their own trade deals it would put northern ireland a century under dublin brussels rule so i think a better idea than this deal right now is frankly leaving without a deal i think that and i think the point about dra

treaty came sort of as the booby prize what gorbachev was pushing for at reykjavik in one thousand nine hundred six in the summit with reagan was completely eliminating nuclear weapons we came within a hair's breath of doing so then they agreed upon the i.n.f. treaty in one thousand nine hundred seven and they eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons it was still a huge step forward but then as you say in two thousand and two we abrogated the a.b.m. treaty. putin proposed in that initial phone conversation to donald trump that we think about renewing the new start treaty when it expires in two thousand and twenty one first trump how to put the phone down because he didn't know what the new start treaty was and then he asked his advisors around the table and he came back and said no we don't want to extend that so we are going to lord the possibility of nuclear anarchy you know what that means you know what every time i take my students out to study abroad class to hiroshima or nagasaki and i found myself repeatedly writing down the same caption at the atomic bomb museum in hiroshim

bad weather is hampering the recovery of a cargo ship that ran aground outside iceland's capital, reykjavikweather and hit rocks. there are also fears of an oil spill. all 1a crew members have been rescued. are than 70 people claim that brexit will be a bad dealfor the uk, several large company heads signing it. downing street has again ruled out another referendum. the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall are in ghana today as part of their nine—day tour of west africa. after attending a church service, prince charles will visit a castle and camilla willjoin a discussion on sustainable business. the tour began in gambia and will end in nigeria this week. i know your top story this morning is going to be about that incredibly emotional game for leicester city. another sombre, sad day for everyone in football up and down the country, a moment ‘s silence being held and sad scenes for players and fans. leicester city's players and fans paid tribute to their former chairman vichai srivaddhanaprabh and the a others who lost their lives in a helicopter crash last weekend. leicester's playe

bad weather is hampering the recovery of a cargo ship that ran aground outside iceland's capital, reykjavikl 1a crew members have been rescued. the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall will visit a cocoa farm in ghana today as their nine—day tour of west africa continues. yesterday the royal couple received a warm reception in the capital city of accra, after a private meeting with the president of ghana and a visit to a castle used during the slave trade era. we've had a fair few royal tours recently. absolutely, they are out and about. hugh is with us this morning. leicester city's players delayed on their flight to thailand. and there are elections and tributes to the club's 0bama continued yesterday. football fans up and down the country expressing sympathy. there were sombre scenes in cardiff yesterday as leicester city's players and fans paid tribute to their former chairman vichai srivaddhanaprabha and the 4 others who lost their lives in a helicopter crash last weekend. leicester's players were visibly moved during a minute's silence and, after the laying of wreaths before th

they were able to make a difference to these negotiations david davis was officially that the chief reykjavik o'shea's and he was like no i did recently in recent months but from the very beginning he was that he would be the chief negotiator but the problem was not really personalities the problem was fundamental contradictions a process that they happen problems that we drew the theresa may have has sat and some our supporters have said if you hate what i'm doing so much then where are the better ideas. does she have a point. i don't really think so at all and i think that. that stands right now i think it's a better idea to leave and leave without a deal than the deal that's on the table i strongly contend that no deal is always better than a bad deal this is current deal right now and try and the u.k. in two inches signed into. bill into the customs union where the u.k. would be able to strike their own trade deals it would get northern ireland a century under dublin brussels rule so i think a better idea than this deal right now is frankly leaving without a deal i think that and i think

bad weather is hampering the recovery of a cargo ship that ran aground outside iceland‘s capital, reykjavikreaking a rib during the operation. translation: the circumstances were difficult. it was dark, we were using night vision goggles, but there was a lot of light all around, which can be distracting. but, luckily, visibility was fair and there were clear skies with strong winds. the 3,000—tonne ship, which was carrying concrete from denmark, is still wedged up on a sea wall, just outside the harbour of helguvik, near the capital. translation: it was much worse, this morning, with waves washing over the ship and the bulwark. it‘s on a severe lean and there‘s fears it could be leaking oil. iceland‘s notoriously wild and changeable weather is making it difficult to check, but there‘s a strong smell of fuel in the air. government officials have been meeting to discuss retrieval efforts, but it seems the bad weather which caused the incident is likely to further delay a decision its recovery. georgina smyth, bbc news. a week away from remembrance sunday, when we think of those who lost their

this is about 11pm, pretty much certainty, so folks in reykjavik will get a considerate and in the north looking drive. there might be a few showers in some eastern areas. a chance of some rain in the west. but generally speaking the forecast is suggesting a lot of dry and misty weather. tomorrow it‘s going to be another mild day. some sunshine in central and eastern areas once again and it will feel mild. add towards the west the weather continues to be pretty unpleasant. tuesday into weather front is going to stall across some western parts of the uk and we are anticipating a lot of rainfall in south—west england and the, western scotland and northern ireland. on wednesday that is a big split between the west and the east. in the east there will be some rain but the showers will be hit and miss. towards the west it will be pretty unpleasant. temperatures are still pretty high. as we head towards the rest of the week it will pick back up in london to 14 celsius. the average this time of is around 11. overall for the rest of this week it is not going to be particularly cold but the weath