also made a full confession about his illegal actions legal actions their efforts to allegations simon chang solicited prostitutes something he denies but simon story of being tortured in chinese custody isn't an exception correspondent matures bullinger spoke to another hong kong whose account of detention is chillingly similar to simon's. it started like a routine business trip and indeed in china secret detention system stanley was crossing the border to mainland china when he was stopped. police searched his phone and questioned him for several hours. then in the evening 2 police officers came they handcuffed me and put a black hood on my head. then they took me away. for fear of retribution we cannot show his face stanley wong is not his real name his accounts cannot be very fide independently but his story is in line with accounts from other detainees. at that time border police had begun systematically searching the phones of hong kong was crossing the border between hong kong and the mainland a photo of wong attending a peaceful march in june court their attention he explained it was

written some china's ambassador over allegations a consulate employee of hong kong was tortured simon chang says chinese secret police change him up and beat him most amount of information about activists eating the protests in hong kong. israeli commanders say warplanes have attacked army targets in syria but the syrians say many of the incoming israeli missiles were shot down russia's describing the israeli military action as quote a wrong move. the deadline for the main rival to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to form a government expires in less than 12 hours benny gantz is to go seating with other parties his meeting with benjamin netanyahu is a last ditch attempt to form a unity government has made no progress last month that's a new who also failed to form a government if mr gannets can't do it israel could face a 3rd election in less than 12 months joe hoffman is chief political correspondent for the jerusalem post he says israelis are in favor of a 3rd election we could still have a unity government there's still 3 weeks for an instant and many against to settle their

summoned china's ambassador over allegations a consulate employee and hong kong was tortured he simon chang he says chinese secret police changed him up and beat him last of all of the information about activists leading the protest in hong kong. israel says it's fighter jets launched attacks inside syria the israeli army says its planes hit syrian military targets and iran's quds force in the early hours of wednesday morning syria's military says many of the rockets were shot down one day earlier israel intercepted 4 rockets launched towards the occupied golan heights from syria a u.s. helicopter has crashed in afghanistan killing 2 military personnel who are on board u.s. commanders in the province of logo and the afghan government are denying taliban claims that the aircraft was shot down. the deadline for the main rival to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to form a government expires at 22 hours g.m.t. benny gantz is negotiating with other parties his meeting with mr netanyahu is a last ditch attempt to form a unity government it made no progress if mr gant cannot form a co

kong says he was tortured by chinese police while on an official trip to the mainland in august simon chang had been tossed by the consulate to report on the protests in hong kong he says that could be one of the reasons he was detained by police chung has claimed that while in detention police wanted him to confess to the u.k. was instigating in the territory and to extract this confession police used torture as a. i paid hank coughed and i've been playing for . this not to torture for example i. probably had stop and cough and for several hours and that's you feel very painful. and then for example we need to do a lot of extreme exercise distract task stack for example again into something like this. for several hours as well and you will get a little shuffle in a standstill and if you try to sit down or stop what would happen they were pitney china has responded to these claims saying it did nothing wrong here is what a foreign ministry official had to say about john one year which is simon chinese name. during john one g is detention the public security unit guaranteed all of his rights

demonstrations they have been bringing with british flags and actually this protest is to show support for simon chang he was. employee of the british consulate and he said he was detained in china for more than 4 for 15 days and recently he has talked to media and described and said that he was tortured and was forced to make confessions under. the detention and so tonight the theme of that there must ration we also. protesters here will show support to him and actually this is one of the 1st few protest after the local elections in hong kong last weekend and we don't know what would happen tonight or if islands for break go but some protesters all reporters like myself i've prepared facemask and also how much in case the police would use tear gas as a crowd control measure because it's quite common that the police will fire tear gas in a large scale demonstration and actually the teargas doesn't only affect protesters all reporters sometimes affect residents all passes by and so i called my colleague and i we have talked to some residents of the fame and protest site let's have a look. tricia you're

someone china's ambassador over allegations that a conscious employee in hong kong was tortured simon chang says the chinese secret police change him up and beat him while demanding information about activists leading the protests in hong kong he was detained for 15 days during a trip to the mainland in august an influential israeli politician who could have a major role in the next government is refusing to back either candidate for prime minister some analysts say that other door lieberman's indecision pushes israel closer to a general election in a year the deadline for the main rival to prime minister benjamin netanyahu to form a government expires in a few hours but he again says to go skating with other parties after a failed meeting with netanyahu to create a unity government. israeli commanders say the jets have attacked the targets in syria but the syrians say that many of the incoming israeli missiles were shot down russia is describing the israeli military action as a wrong move a top u.s. diplomat who's emerged as an important witness in the impeachment inquiry into president do

support the former british consulate worker simon chang chain says he was the times on a work trip to sions in mainland china was in beaten and tortured by chinese police . by notorious have rejected the accusation inside chang broke the law while in chains in but these people want the case investigated by the british government and i think that investigations. hold by british government is that of hong kong government because simon is british national overseas. born before 997. even he. stopped british consulate in hong kong most rallies are planned over the weekend but the c. of the pulley technic university campus in tallinn has now come to an end police have now entered the campus and collected evidence for the investigation that includes around 4000 pichel palms and 500 women like device police i around 1300 people have now been arrested but the clean up had polytechnic university has just begun. the president of the south american country has been sentenced to 20 years in prison a panel of 3 judges convicted. for the killing of 15 political opponents and $982.00 when he became t

china's ambassador of the allegations that an employee at its consulate in hong kong was tortured simon chang says the chinese secret police beat him deprive him of sleep and chained him up he says they were trying to get information about activists leading the protests in hong kong he was detained for 15 days during a trip to the mainland in august andrew thomas reports now from beijing. in the daily briefing at the foreign ministry here in beijing a spokes person denied asylum in chains accusations of torture it said that while he was detained in august all his legal rights were guaranteed and it referred to a statement put out by the shans in place back in august when he was detained which essentially said that he was detained for soliciting a prostitute nothing to do with any activity he was or wasn't involved with in hong kong and the spokes person at the foreign ministry also said that the chinese ambassador in london will not be going and seeing britain's foreign minister they'll be refusing that invitation if that's the right word at the same time earlier in the day the foreign minist

these revelations that really do cut to the heart of this protest movement now simon chang the former british consulate employee has given various interviews he's also written a statement alleging that he was tortured after he was detained during a trip to mainland china and he the allegations are quite difficult reading klute the fact that he was put in stress positions sleep deprivation he said he was beaten as well now this is something that is have of course sent shock waves across hong kong here among the protest movement this is exactly why so many people took to the streets in the 1st place fear of mainland china encroaching on their rights on their freedoms here in hong kong as you say the british foreign minister has now called the chinese ambassador saying he was outraged by these allegations for their part though china said that it is also expressed anger at the u.k. response is long accused the u.k. and the u.s. of meddling and interfering in this protest movement shala chosen bill in hong kong thank you very much as always. in the u.s. an army officer has testified he was

summon china's ambassador over allegations that a consulate employee in hong kong was tortured simon chang says the chinese secret police chained him up and beat him while demanding information about activists leading the protests in home and influential israeli politicians who could have a major role in the next government is refusing to back either candidate for prime minister avigdor lieberman's decision could push israel closer to a 3rd general election in just a year. where new president got a bye rajapaksa has named his elder brother mahinda a former president as prime minister had to replace his run in with from a singer who's stepped down after his party's poor showing in the election this week it's going. to colombo and they'll flanders can tell us how does this work then in sri lankan politics how does the president appoint his brother prime minister. it is right now what. so far is that prime minister running. has announced. he's intention to resign as prime minister he basically said that given the people that this victory for president. that he has decided to step down giving

act what about the case of simon chang a hong kong citizen who worked at the british consulate was detained by the chinese authorities without charge for 15 days he says he was physically and mentally tortured he was hooded later he was released without charge and had to flee abroad fearing for his own life if that's what happens to employees of western governments in chinese custody what on earth happens to ordinary hong kong citizens when you round them up more than 5000 of them have been detained since the protests began have you really seen his confession he confessed to solicit teen prostitution in order when you confessed all sorts of crimes if you were hung while blindfolded who did handcuffed shackled had your knees joints beaten with spiked buttons when you admit to any crime with due respect to you i think that gentleman committed the crime in china punishable by law and that is a fact and you need to talk to him about whether he committed the crime rather than accusing china without any fighting the reason television he says he went through this torture you're saying he's lying.

this group of people here to support the former british consulate worker simon chang chain says he was the times on a work trip to sions in mainland china was in beaten and tortured by chinese police . my no thought is have rejected the accusation and say chain broke the law while in chains and these people want the case investigated by the british government and i think that investigations. hold by british government is that of hong kong government because simon is british national overseas. born before now tonight is. obviously even hideous. staf of british consulate in hong kong more rallies are planned over the weekend but the sea at the pulley technic university campus in tallinn has now come to an end police have now entered the campus and collected evidence for the investigation that includes around 4000 picture bonds and 500 women like device it's a place i around 1300 people have now been arrested but the clean up of that polytechnic university has just begun. just there out much more still ahead but assessing the scale of devastation rescue efforts continue after major floodi

summoned the chinese ambassador over allegations a consulate employee in hong kong was tortured he simon chang he says chinese secret police beat him deprived him to sleep and chained him up was pressing him for information about activists leading the protest in hong kong with jang was detained for 15 days jennifer up to the mainland in august more witnesses have been publicly questioned in the impeachment inquiry against president trump one of them the white house ukraine expert described mr trump's phone call with the ukrainian president as improper to u.s. military personnel have been killed in a helicopter crash in afghanistan it happened in low gar province officials say they don't believe the helicopter was shot down and they are investigating the taliban has claimed responsibility the pentagon is warning that ice still is getting stronger due to the u.s. withdrawal from syria and turkey's offensive there in a new report it says those developments have allowed eisel to rebuild its capabilities and its resources it also warns the death of the ice a leader abu bakar al baghdadi won't slow

held in support of a former british consular employee who says he was tortured by police in china simon chang was detained for 2 weeks in august when visiting the mainland and protest as a demanding the british government investigate this because at the rally. this group the people here to support the former british consulate worker simon ching ching says he was a timed on a work trip to sions in mainland china was in beaten and tortured by chinese police . my no thought is have rejected the accusation and say chain broke the law while in chains and these people want the case investigated by the british government and i think that investigations. hold by british government is that of hong kong government because simon is british national overseas. born before now tonight is. obviously even he. stopped just hours later in hong kong more rallies are planned over the weekend but the sea at the plea technic university campus in tallinn has now come to an end police have now entered the campus and collected evidence for the investigation that includes around 4000 pichel bones and 500 women like de

for a former british consulate employee who says he was tortured by secret police in china he simon changed he says they were trying to get information about activists leading the anti-government protests in hong kong and accused him of inciting the rest he was detained for 15 days during a trip to the mainland in august sarah clarke is at that rally. this group the people are here to support the former british consulate worker simon sharing chain says he was detained on a work trip to sions in mainland china was in beaten and tortured by chinese police . by notorious have rejected the accusation and say the chain broke the law while in chains and these people want the case investigated by the british government and i think that investigations. hold by british government is that of hong kong government because simon is british national overseas. born before 997 but obviously even he is. stopped just hours later in hong kong more rallies are planned over the weekend but the see at the plea technic university campus in kelowna has now come to an end police have now entered the campus and coll

this group of people are here to support the former british consulate worker simon chang chain says he was detained on a work trip to sions in mainland china was in beaten and tortured by chinese police . my man authorities have rejected the accusation and say the chain broke the law while in chains in but these people want the case investigated by the british government and i think the investigations. hold by british government is that of hong kong government because simon is british national overseas. born before not in 97 obviously even he is. stopped just hours later in hong kong more rallies are planned over the weekend but the sea at the polytechnic university campus in talent has now come to an end police have now entered the campus and collected evidence for the investigation that includes around 4000 petrol bombs and 500 weapon like devices placed i around 1300 people have now been arrested but the clean up at polytechnic university has just begun. informal talks have resumes between the afghan taliban and us officials sound honest although jazeera some preliminary meetings ha

but many berlin is drawn to this central location as a symbol of freedom and how the world has changed. simon young that buttons brandenburg gate thank you so much. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh is in germany for a visit timed to coincide with celebrations to mark that but he also came to address disagreements of current political and military alliances the u.s. secretary of state had come to berlin with china and russia on his mind instead wherever it might pump aoe went he was confronted with the question whether he said french president in manoa mccall's gloomy view of nato which mccormack described as brain dead so many good answers so many cameras yes. i. pump out it on a more serious note. if nations believe that they can get the security benefit without providing nato the resources that it needs if they don't live up to their commitments there's a risk that little could become ineffective or obsolete reminded that there's a price to pay for having the us as a partner a message heard loud and clear in the german government chancellor angela merkel expressed profound gratitude a

simon chang says he was detained for 15 days on a trip to mainland china in august and were shackled,eaten and forced to sign confessions. the foreign secretary dominic raab has summoned the chinese ambassador over the allegations, but the chinese foreign ministry says the uk should stop interfering in chinese affairs. more than 2 million adults in england are unable to see an nhs dentist. they include an estimated 1.45 million who have tried and failed to get an nhs appointment in two years, with the rest on waiting lists put off by cost. another 2 million assume they cannot get care where they live, suggesting nearly one in ten miss out overall. dental leaders said the findings based on official nhs data showed access was a problem in every region. jose mourinho has been appointed the new manager of totte n ha m appointed the new manager of tottenham hotspur football club following the sacking of mauricio pochettino last night. jose mourinho, who won three league titles as the chelsea boss and the champions league while at porto and milan, has been out of work since being dismissed

simon: yeah. lemonis: we will overcommunicate, and we won't make any changes in your department without you knowingall jack. let's tell him what's happening. i'd like you, actually, to tell him. simon: [ chuckles ] -you'd like me to tell him? -lemonis: yeah. simon: i'd like you to tell him. lemonis: no. you're not in charge, remember? simon: [ chuckles ] [ ringing ] hello, jack. jack: hey there, si. simon: marcus has done us a deal. marcus has said that he would like your percentage to be a little bit more than 5%, so you now own 10% of kensington garden rooms, and i would like to congratulate you. ♪ jack, you deserve it, buddy. jack: all i can say is thank you so much, all of you, seriously, for giving me the opportunity here and putting me in this position. lemonis: see you tomorrow, buddy. -simon: good job. bye-bye. -damion: bye. lemonis: let's go make some gazebos. damion: yeah. ♪ no. it's got to go this way. beautiful. lemonis: today, we're moving into the new building, and it's very exciting, 'cause we're getting all the new equipment, and there's plenty of room to spread out. look at this pl

wanting to join in this celebration of how the world and berlin in particular have changed in the last 30 years. simon young there meanwhile german president frank felt the steinmeier has involved invited rather the heads of state of poland the czech republic hungry and slovakia to berlin for the celebrations the invitation is official recognition of the role these countries played in bringing down the berlin wall. paving the way to democracy poland became the 1st country in the warsaw pact to tolerate an independent trade union solid on the also on a diety in english this led to the 1st semi free elections in june of 1989. during the same month activists held a protest picnic in hungary officials allowed them to cut its border fence to austria. thousands of east german holidaymakers seized the opportunity to enter the west in the summer of 1909 more and more east german refugees escaped the country via hungry and the former czechoslovakia then in september 1989 the west german foreign minister. addressed the thousands of refugees who had been stranded in prague. from the balcony of the west german em

tourists all wanting to you know just celebrate that sense of freedom in the way the world has changed in 30 years simon young political correspondent he has that he gave for us tonight thank you very much. well one of the darkest chapters in the history of former east germany is parents being forced to give up their youngsters for adoption because of regime consider them disloyal hundreds of such cases have been documented the reporter on your call met one woman who spent decades looking for her daughters. 'd when evers i mean it's a few it's despair she takes a walk in the forest during the past 35 years she's felt this way off. those years i always had it in the back of my mind i have 2 children and how are they and whenever i saw people taking a walk with older children or a mother with her pram or playing with her child these things would trigger that feeling i mean who. gave birth to 2 daughters in the former east germany in the 1980 s. but her joy was short lived if you use earlier she had tried to flee east germany but was caught and convicted reason enough for the youth welfare office to come t

changed in this respect. and for now in the months long battle to lead the s.p.d. is over. well i'm joined now by our political correspondent simon young hi simon people are calling the election of a late as a shock what's surprising about it i think it is a shock because you know the polls are pointing in the other direction these 2 relatively unknown s.p.d. politicians of pushed aside scholtz who is the finance minister and chancellor merkel's deputy in the current government so obviously he's very well known and you know they've won now on the basis of this vote of the membership these are left leaning politicians who want to see a change of course and are generally speaking skeptical about the future of the coalition between social democrats. conservatives and so what this could lead to is a change in that in germany's national government what let's talk about that these people are critics of this coalition how what is this bill for the longevity of the government right what they have sadie's the they want to renegotiate the coalition agreement that is the basis of the government they want to see much more much. or a social d

could see huge catastrophic changes in general politics in the coming months . simon thanks so much for coming in. but another german party the far right alternative to germany also elected new late is at a party conference in the city of brown try the pair include. a 44 year old house painted turned politician from eastern germany. as a compromise candidate who has support from right wing as well as the extreme right wing factions of the party and incumbent was re-elected. outside the conference whole large crowds protested against the party. germany's biggest opposition party in terms of parliamentary seats and its main focus now is to gain control of government. well they have his cheek chief political editor has been covering that party conference and sent this assessment. the f.t. was become more professional more stable more mainstream its new leadership team of old and new the professor from the west you know more in tune into local power from the east these 2 leaders will be able to deliver that too is so degree the hope is that the a of d. come the general el

wanting to join in this celebration of how the world and berlin in particular have changed in the last 30 years. the devil is simon young there part of our special coverage on the events that led up to the fall of the berlin wall 30 years ago and we'll be live for the ceremonies and commemorations all day on saturday. well november 9th is a fateful day in german history as we just heard it marks the fall of the berlin wall that it also is the date of the night of the broken glass and not in 30 attacked jewish people and property the start of the systematic persecution of jews that led to the horrors of the holocaust. and ups it was not given out 55696 names read aloud by members of the jewish community in berlin names of berlin victims of the holocaust a service to commemorate the night of broken glass took place under visible police protection with recent anti-semitic attacks fresh in people's memory. and to them it isn't anti-semitism is on the rise could it be that we need to find new ways of remembering. perhaps we must take new paths to fight and he semitism. which is most. most the office suggested that if e

the studio as each of these political correspondent simon young welcome simon are we heading to with an anniversary which changed the course of history tell us more about how a germany is commemorating these events of 30 s. ago you know you used the word festivities and i think this really will be a week of celebrations especially here in berlin there are you know parties of course on projects speeches discussion panels and all sorts of events around this and of course the t.v. networks have been full of all those familiar. shots particularly when those crossing points were opened between east and west in the streets of berlin pretty much became a huge street poesy and i think the authorities are going to rekindle some of that atmosphere 30 years old remembering the victims of division of course as well but it it will climax in a huge goal of performance at the brandenburg gate on the 9th of november of course the day the actual full of the world as we call it absolutely and the getting some of the euphoria that people felt at that time but the beautification had losers and winners specially in eastern germany a

simon smith. into sport mode. the first big change is that before a beginner like me can take the controls...?" a 20 question, multiple—choice quiz. "which of these is the main reason for not flying above a00 feet?" anyone of any age can still fly a standard—sized drone, but you have to pass this test first. yay! i passed. i just press up. so, now i'm allowed to fly a drone for the first time. there we go. just get the feel for what the controls do. but this is only 0k because the drone belongs to simon, and he's registered. the person responsible for a drone like this one has to register it now. they have to be over 18. the cost of doing so is a mere £9. for simon, it's a step in the right direction, but... do i think it will make much difference? honestly, no. the people that abide by the rules and regulations will abide by them whether they're registered or not. tens of thousands of drone users still haven't registered, and that empty runway at gatwick and the misery passengers felt for days when drones were apparently spotted last december means airports hope more people will sign up via

changes. the. join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. delegates clash at the world chemical weapons watchdog conference where threats to its funding over plans to allow the agency to assign blame and the wrong concerns over the best think it of credibility. to receiving the i t's 1st reports we cannot take the special missions conclusions or trace value or reject any reports issued by. also ahead on the program 2 months after a massive chemical factory fire left the residents of a french city struggling to reach their still demanding action from the government . it comes from the. fire and so my students doesn't go to garden.

change that's. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back now an investigation 1 has been north in france into the work of a human body donation center at a prestigious university of course when it reports from paris. in the university quarter of paris student life is bustling everyone's thoughts are clearly on the weekend and already on the upcoming christmas and there's absolutely no way of telling what's been going on behind these walls could inspire a whole unfollowed of oral plots according to a recent report. for more than a decade thousands of dead human bodies donated to science have been stored here in atrocious conditions heaped one on top of another decaying and rotting away in a hot room room infested with rats flies and maggots the absolutely noisy picture painted by the report makes this place look like a back room over torture chamber of straight out a medieval times the upper limb of one is placed on the belly of the other rubbish bags overflow with pieces of f

event which after his release, simon cheng was so concerned for his safety that he asked the uk government not to make any public statement. now his position has changed hong kong. after his release, simon cheng was so concerned for his safety that he asked the uk government not to make any public statement. now his position has changed, the uk government has spoken out too. here is the foreign minister, dominic raab. we are outraged by disgraceful mistreatment that he faced while in detention in mainland china, i summoned the chinese ambassador to see me and we clear that not only is this outrageous and disgraceful behaviour, but also we expect the chinese authorities to review and to hold to account those responsible as is their obligation under international law. this is the response of the chinese foreign ministry. the chinese investor will show the outrage from the uk government involving hong kong. we hope the kick to be careful with its words to not interfere in hong kong affairs china's internal affairs will stop otherwise eventually this will hurt the uk's interests. he released a statement a couple of hours ago and he says the circumstances

however all this division over a single person is changing him even damaging institutions is impeachment being normal. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. laugh and cry and another one of the. psuedo food. itself movie theater. plus we've got to dog so hard not to think of the mother disappeared this woman the working class a coward and i know from the start then if. this is the only thing that we do is music because everybody fights a useful way. i am sure you can follow the path of the founders were persuaded in a round hole given at the top of the. what i think is this is the fund that is all come from. but if you tackle the global economy sanctions relations with the united states are the top form in russia. how is she sending military police to kill us like animals we're not animals for them to kill us like now the death toll oblivious. rises to 27 as the country's claimed leader you see security forces impunity when it comes to dealing with unrest. the talk of the university by a feminist artist is cancelled after she'

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simon on the left and bob mercer on right. it all came from unintended consequences of beating the market, you change the world.ou: changing the world they stillv are obviously, and there is a great fear about quant and life being driven by algorithms. >> someone like bob mercer would say there is danger, but there is as much danger for us making emotional decisions. he said the best decisions are made when you set emotion aside and defer to computers. when it comes to the market and investing we are too often prone to making dumb mistakes on greed, fear, creating rules in a system you kind of deal with those issues better. and the proof is in the pudding in terms of their return. lou: do you think most readers come away from your book thinking happy ending, or more assured about the future or a little trouble. >> i think they come away with an appreciation for this approach. the best companies today use models that adjust. that's what they do. where in the halls of government, white house, federal reserve they are winging it to some extent. there is some argument that somebody like bob mercer use the scientifi

ambassador saw and it is a significant change in fact many say it's a complete reversal does this create more problems for the white house. well not really simon is just aware that they're probably his messages have been compromised or that he's been monitored he's just trying to correct the record it's a big mistake this is all a political game here in washington to big mistake for the democrats to circumscribe their their inquiry their pietschmann a story as to the ukraine problem what effect does that have well. joe biden is out of the running as far as i'm concerned there's so much dirt on joe biden i just wonder what more dirt president trump was trying to dig out so as these things become revealed it's going to be also revealed that the people talking to the democrats here newness i mean not new news but the fellow who's running the thing is that the intelligence committee. that those people 'd have been in touch with these other people like the whistleblower so-called and they in turn that in working for the deep state brennan and others and so you know the thing's going to fall apart what they should pursue and i feel very strongly abo

join me every thursday on the alex simon sure and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sport i'm show business i'll see you then. hello again climate change is being blamed for the devastating floods that are continuing to search through the italian city of venice that's the assessment of the other officials call the worst crisis there in half a century a blow to the heart of italy. and. the basilica is at risk i prayed a lot i tried my best last night the basilica is a huge worry for me as well as for all our citizens people's lives and security are my top priority now. we risked our lives thank god we had a security plan which was quickly implemented. earlier on our tina karen discussed the issue with a panel of environmental experts and journalist. well i think that the president's own growing problem with all this which is that it's. going rather than talking about climate change in general it's about providing the infrastructure it's true that this isn't strictly done to climate change this is a series of different events this very high tide coupled with the storm so climate changes could be exacerbated some of this in the fact that

tennis, and all change at the davis cup. yes, simon, the davis cup is under way in madrid. murray and novak djokovic are amongst those who say fans and players should give it a chance. the format change has happened in the davis cup, and in six weeks' time, we're going to have the atp cup up as well with a very similar format. so, there was some change necessary, and very much needed, for the team competitions to gain more attention and more significance. the way andy murray has been paying will be a real boost for great britain. stefanos tsitsipas is now targetting next year's grand slams after becoming the youngest winner of the atp finals since 2001. he came from a set down to beat austria's dominic thiem on a tie break in the deciding set in london. the 21 year old takes home £2 million in prize money. the australian rugby player israel folau has been criticised for linking the country's bushfires to same—sex marriage and abortion laws. speaking in church in sydney, folau said the fires were a "little taste of god's judgement". he was sacked by rugby australia in may for

simon smith. into sport mode. the first big change is that before a beginner like me can take the controls...0 feet?" anyone of any age can still fly a standard—sized drone, but you have to pass this test first. yay! i passed. i just press up. so, now i'm allowed to fly a drone for the first time. there we go. just get the feel for what the controls do. but this is only 0k because the drone belongs to simon, and he's registered. the person responsible for a drone like this one has to register it now. they have to be over 18. the cost of doing so is a mere £9. for simon, it's a step in the right direction, but... do i think it will make much difference? honestly, no. the people that abide by the rules and regulations will abide by them whether they're registered or not. tens of thousands of drone users still haven't registered, and that empty runway at gatwick and the misery passengers felt for days when drones were apparently spotted last december means airports hope more people will sign up via the civil aviation authority's new system. it is a concern to us that we haven't got everybody on

pocketbook that you will pay for climate change whether you believe it or not you know it's still the price is still there. join me every 1st week on the alex simon sure when i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business. you're watching are saying now a new poll in the u.s. to suggest the majority of adults there are getting stressed over the upcoming presidential elections in fact the worries people almost as much as terrorism or climate change well the main reason behind the concern is believed to be the media blowing things out of proportion and because of that nearly 40 percent of people say they have taken steps to reduce their news consumption at the same time we're seeing democracy under threat we're seeing state actors try to meddle in u.s. elections this is bad for democracy they want to disrupt our democracy they want to disrupt our our system they want to cause doubt in our state it's true sions and our and our leadership donald trump circus has ruined our country and our country is off the rails like nothing we have ever confronted before as a nation now we can binge watch the end of america wit

simon jack, bbc news. let's take a look at some of today's other election news. the liberal democrats say they would invest heavily in tackling climate change £100 billion over five years in areas such as clean energy and transport, and home insulation. and they reiterated their decision not to go into any kind of coalition in the event of a hung parliament. the green party has pledged to introduce a universal basic income by 2025 to replace the current universal credit system. it would see every adult receiving a minimum of £89 per week and they say it would be funded through taxation. more than 100 people have had to be rescued by emergency services as parts of the midlands were hit by more flooding and drivers were caught out by rapidly rising water. there are more than 100 flood warnings currently in place in parts of england and wales. 0ur midlands correspondent sian lloyd reports from evesham in worcestershire, where the river avon burst its banks. so would you like us to bring you out of the property, because of the water? you would like to be evacuated. rescue boats have been launched throughout the day in evesham, as water levels o