tom brook, bbc news, new york. good to have you with us on bbc news. good afternoon.today, but on the whole, the weather still rather unsettled. we've got further showers to come — in fact, we've already had rumbles of thunder and flashes of lightning. this, of course, the overnight rain across southern and eastern areas — that gave a good 30 to a0 millimetres for most. more rain today for the north, and these lumps of cloud are those intense showers that have been pushing their way or developing further north and east with time. they won't be for all, but when they do occur, there will be some lively downpours, as i've already mentioned. a wetter afternoon, as well, across northern ireland into the evening rush, for southern parts of scotland, and some showers developing towards the late evening across southern and eastern areas. and it is a fresher—feeling day out there, but still 18s in southern and eastern areas. as i mentioned, though, some heavier showers potentially pushing back into eastern parts of england. the rain further north pushing southwards and fragme

i'm tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. in today's programme, the big autumn film festivals are under way. we'll be bringing you highlights from telluride here in colorado and from venice, which canjustly claim the title of being the oldest film festival in the world. my colleague emma jones is there. it's a special anniversary here at venice. the festival is celebrating its 80th year. like other major film events, though, the festival has been upended by the ongoing actors and writers�* strike. still, a few hollywood directors were present at the festival, including sofia coppola, michael mann and ava duvernay. but there's no doubt the strike has had a major impact. this is not the look at venice that anyone was hoping for — world premieres for huge hollywood movies without their leading actors, from yorgos lanthimos�* comedy poor things, starring emma stone... bella! why keep it in my mouth if it is revolting? - ..to netflix's leonard bernstein biopic maestro, directed by and starring bradley cooper and also starring care

tom brook, bbc news, telluride. let's get some of the day's other news now.st on social media, the court said abortion being a crime was unconstitutional because it violated the rights of those who can have children. the ruling opens the door for mexico's health care system to start providing abortions and is a major victory for abortion rights advocates in the mostly catholic country. more than a dozen people are now known to have died as a result of torrential rains which have been sweeping greece, turkey and bulgaria since monday. in greece, some regions received up to 800 millimetres of rain — more than normally seen in a year — leaving towns underwater. japan has successfully launched a rocket carrying a small lunar lander. this is the moment the craft — dubbed the "moon sniper" — left the tanegashima space center, south of the island of kyushu. japan's hoping the mission will successfully touch down on the near side of the moon early next year. if it does, it'll become just the fifth country to reach the lunar surface. india became the fourth very recen

tom brook, bbc news, telluride.ggest hits has been sold at auction for £1.7 million. bohemian rhapsody, killer queen and don't stop me now were among the songs he wrote at the yamaha baby grand, which he kept in his london home. hundreds of other personal items went under the hammer, including stage costumes, a collection of kimonos and a moustache comb. a turtle who was rescued in north wales after being swept across the atlantic is now back in her native waters, 4,000 miles away. last week we told you how tally the turtle, who was named after talacre beach, near prestatyn, where she was found by a dog—walker nearly two years ago, had been flown back to a zoo in texas. she's now been released back into the warm waters of the gulf of mexico, after being deemed strong enough to survive in the wild. the news was welcomed by the raf, which had helped to transport her. just time for one more story, from japan into space. the tanegashima space center has successfully launched a rocket carrying a small lunar lander. this

as tom brook reports from new york.d winning director of documentaries. the just released cassandro, stirring top mexican actor gael garcia banal, is based on the true story of this man, a gay wrestler from true story of this man, a gay wrestlerfrom el true story of this man, a gay wrestler from el paso, true story of this man, a gay wrestlerfrom el paso, who confronted homophobia and machismo in the mexican wrestling circuit to emerge as a true hero. i wrestling circuit to emerge as a true hero-— a true hero. i was so inspired b the a true hero. i was so inspired by the real-life _ a true hero. i was so inspired by the real-life cassandro, . a true hero. i was so inspired by the real-life cassandro, i | by the real—life cassandro, i was blown away by not only his energy, his charisma, his powerful, positive story. we need more positive stories about people in the lgbtq plus community foster about people in the lgbtq plus community foste— community foster roger ross williams has _ community foster roger ross williams ha

i'm tom brook, and welcome to talking movies.rom venice, which canjustly claim the title of being the oldest film festival in the world. my colleague emma jones is there. it's a special anniversary here at venice. the festival is celebrating its 80th year. like other major film events, though, the festival has been

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i'm tom brook, and welcome to talking movies.is celebrating its 80th year. like other major film events, though, the festival has been upended by the ongoing actors and writers' strike. still, a few hollywood directors were present at the festival, including sofia coppola, michael mann and ava duvernay. but there's no doubt the strike has had a major impact. this is not the look at venice that anyone was hoping for — world premieres for huge hollywood movies without their leading actors, from yorgos lanthimos' comedy poor things, starring emma stone... bella! why keep it in my mouth if it is revolting? - ..to netflix's leonard bernstein biopic maestro, directed by and starring bradley cooper and also starring carey mulligan. are you itching to move? no, i'm not... good. ..actually, at all. actors stayed away from promotional activity at the festival in support of the sag—aftra strike over working conditions. chanting: what do we want? contracts! i asked film critic kaleem aftab what the effect of the strike had been. i mean, we a

tom: i know the impact that brooks robinson had on me and all of us.e of that orioles ascendancy. what did those orioles teams and brooks robinson mean to baltimore then? david: for people who grew up in baltimore, baltimore was much smaller than new york or philadelphia or washington, so having the orioles win the world series gave us an enormous amount of ride and brooks robinson was the ultimate oriole. he played for them his entire career, hall of famer, the greatest offensive third baseman in history. he had health problems in recent years and sadly passed away yesterday but i think there's nobody who represents the orioles better than brooks robinson, though he had many great players. he was equivalent to johnny unitas, the star for the colts in that era. sad to see that happen. when you are younger, you look up to people like brooks robinson. i was very young at he was the ultimate baseball player. tom: thank you. david rubenstein. the clintons, look for that here tonight at 9 p.m. on bloomberg. i cannot say enough about some of the comments tha

kate ives, the chair of the inquiry into brook . chair of the inquiry into brook house immigration centre. i want to go back to tomrt. uncovered which have led to this damning report-— uncovered which have led to this damning report. well, they were re damning report. well, they were pretty disturbing. _ damning report. well, they were pretty disturbing. some - damning report. well, they were pretty disturbing. some of- damning report. well, they were pretty disturbing. some of the i pretty disturbing. some of the footage gathered as part of that investigation was deeply disturbing. inquiry focused on 19 incidents that it said amounted to inhumane or mistreatment of people, potentially in breach of their human rights. just to give you some idea, of them involved a man known by the cipher t - 1527, involved a man known by the cipher t — 1527, an involved a man known by the cipher t —1527, an egyptian man claiming asylum, who had been tortured, he said, and had mental health issues. at one point he was held down by the neck by a custody officer and you can hear him in the footage screaming and gurgling as this deten

the current co-chair, joe lieberman and former governor tom ridge and many distant which commissioners, former congresswoman susan brooks, peggy hamburg, also a commissioner on the commission here. asha george used to be a staffer in the house of representatives with the house committee on homeland security including her broad background in her experience as service member of the u.s. army, intelligence officer and paratrooper in public health from the university of hawaii. brandi vann is with the biological and nuclear defense programs, she has held leadership positions including chief of advanced and emerging threats, she was awarded for innovations in detecting contaminated battlefields. next is richard johnson, deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear, weapons of mass destruction policy. he was previously at the nuclear threat initiative and the state department where he was deputy lead coordinator for rand nuclear implementation. during the obama administration richard served as director of nonproliferation. welcome to all of you. thank you for your opening comments. there's an awful lot to talk about. let

brook house near gatwick airport. it follows a bbc panorama investigation in 2017. our home affairs correspondent tomymonds has seen the report which has just been released in the past hour, and joins me from central london. tell us more first of all about the findings of this inquiry?— findings of this inquiry? well, jane, it findings of this inquiry? well, jane. it is _ findings of this inquiry? well, jane, it is worth _ findings of this inquiry? well, jane, it is worth saying - findings of this inquiry? well, jane, it is worth saying that i findings of this inquiry? well, l jane, it is worth saying that this jane, it is worth saying that this inquiry would not have happened if an 18—year—old detention custody officer called callum telly had not contacted the bbc and then agreed to take hidden cameras inside the walls of brook house to film shocking scenes of abuse of detainees, and the inquiry found that there were 19 instances where detainees were mistreated to the extent that their human rights were breached. it finds that this was a place which is dirty, overcrowded, the celsius often have more

brook house near gatwick airport. the report found a "toxic" culture among staff, and that it was a place of "stress and distress". our home affairs correspondent, tom

brook house near gatwick airport. the report found a "toxic" culture among staff, and that it was a place of "stress and distress". tomsystem agreed to go undercover for the bbc... my name's callum tulley. two years ago, i was just another lad trying to work out what to do with the rest of my life. ..he had no idea that hisjournalism would result in a highly critical report by a public inquiry. then i got a job here at a place you've probably never heard of — brook house. where people are detained up before being deported. callum obtained footage of incidents like this. an egyptian detainee with mental health problems, held to the ground by the neck by a custody officer. inhuman and degrading treatment, the inquiry found. and this former detainee in brook house at the time said the culture was abusive. i was terrified. that place, they treated you like animals. they were trying to manhandle you by putting handcuffs on you or a lot of officers would come and ram you down and put you to the ground, try to get everyone locked up, then come for you physically and aggressively, making sly comments, "you black monkey. "what

here are my five takeaways that tom and i wrote about after we convened a group, we had some friends from brookings involved. we took a scalpel to the defense budget and that we took a step back and looked at it with members of congress. a couple of things. serious defense reform is bigger than the purchase and acquisition of things, changing how the pentagon buys things. that is important. now it is over reformed. serious defense reform is the patient work of many years. can you cut this weapon system, we can't, we are thoughtful. that is not making thought or smart -- that does not make you smart or thoughtful. that is a position that makes you feel good that has a good argument by someone somewhere. it does not mean you should not cot, but it requires leadership. you have to build coalitions. you have to build coalitions with other parties and other committees with jurisdiction in congress, with service organization, like the armed services branches so those -- you have to do actual work to build outreach and make a case. then most reforms for the defense budget, including some michael talked ab

brook house near gatwick airport. the report found a "toxic" culture among staff, and that it was a place of "stress and distress". our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds�*s report contains offensive language. he had no idea that isjournalism or result in a highly critical report by a public inquiry.— result in a highly critical report by a public inquiry. then i got a 'ob by a public inquiry. then i got a job here- _ by a public inquiry. then i got a job here- at — by a public inquiry. then i got a job here- at a _ by a public inquiry. then i got a job here. at a place _ by a public inquiry. then i got a job here. at a place you've - by a public inquiry. then i got a - job here. at a place you've probably never heard of. brook house. described is when societies hidden places where people are locked up before being deported, callum obtained footage of incidents like this. an egyptian detainee with mental health problems held to the ground by the neck by custody use officer. inhumane and degrading treatment. and this former detainee in brook house at the time says the culture was abusive. i was terrified. you know, i was terrified. that place, w

brook house near gatwick airport. the report found a "toxic" culture among staff, and that it was a place of "stress and distress". our home affairs correspondent tomsome offensive language. when a young custody officer working in britain's immigration system agreed to go undercover for the bbc... my name's callum tulley. two years ago, i was just another lad trying to work out what to do with the rest of my life. he had no idea that hisjournalism would result in a highly critical report by a public inquiry. then i got a job here at a place you've probably never heard of. brook house. described today as one of society's hidden places where people are locked up before being deported, callum obtained footage of incidents like this. an egyptian detainee with mental health problems held to the ground by the neck, by a custody officer. inhuman and degrading treatment, the inquiry found. and this former detainee in brook house at the time says the culture was abusive. i was terrified. you know, i was terrified. that place, we was treated like animals. they were trying to manhandle you by putting handcuffs on you or a lot of officers would come and run yo

brooks robinson. just an absolute superstar at the baltimore -- with the baltimore orioles. and as tom bosswell wrote for "the washington post," in 1993 when he was admitted into the hall of fame, one of the greatest ballplayers ever, even better as a man. >> yeah, and if you look at his career, joe -- we'll have barnicle and lupica break this down -- 23 seasons with the same team. that's something you don't see very often, certainly not anymore. there's a picture going around yesterday of him standing at third base with all his gold glove awards, and it's preposterous, there are 16 trophies. he won 16 consecutive gold gloves, jonathan lemire, played in 18 all-star games. they called him the hoover because he vacuumed up anything that came even close to him at third base. . the greatest defensive third baseman in the history of the game. as joe said, by all accounts, one of the best guys around baseball. >> a complete class act and the tributes came pouring out yesterday, an american league mvp, won a world series mvp, was a world champion and, without question, the greatest defensive

tom with me . the best, probably best with me. the best, probably best left really, because i think if we go into the love affairs of kelly brook and danny cipriani will probably need another show entirely to get through all that. sunday mirror mode hit that. the sunday mirror mode hit by hackers . and there's quite a by hackers. and there's quite a lot in the papers about the threat from particularly chinese hackers. let's bring patrick o'flynn conversation . o'flynn into the conversation. he's spectator columnist. he's he's a spectator columnist. he's a former ukip mep. he's also my former colleague at the express group. back the day, patrick, group. back in the day, patrick, lovely to see you this morning. good morning. now crumbling britain is what we're entitling. this kind of section of the paper because look paper review because we'll look at page one talking at the times page one talking about now being about asbestos now being a problem. once the mail problem. once again, the mail page concrete crisis page six concrete crisis hospital won't treat 19 stone patients above ground level in case floors collapse. >> yeah . >> ye