We are talking to edward st albert about his new novel, dunbar, the story of a media mogul whose life becomes a retelling of the tragedy of king lear. Coming up, on meet the author. King lear. Welcome to bbc news. Good evening. For the second time in a week theresa may has been forced into a mini reshuffle of her cabinet. Penny mourdaunt has been appointed as the new International Development secretary replacing priti patel. She resigned last night, admitting she had not been transparent enough about high level meetings with israeli politicians while on holiday. Like her predecessor, penny mourdaunt backed the leave campaign in the eu referendum. Heres our political editor, laura kuenssberg. One for sorrow, two for joy. One brexiteer cabinet minister departs through the back door and another is about to arrive. Even the driver of the shiny ministerial car was expecting Penny Mordaunt as the favourite but neither he all we knew for sure, until gates opened up. So a little bit before half past two, the carefully choreographed arrival of the newest recruit to theresa mays cabinet. A promotion for Penny Mordaunt, another brexiteer around the cabinet table. Her appointment was not a surprise. Her Wikipedia Page was changed before the official announcement. Unusually she arrives at her new department with experience. Congratulations. Thank you so much. Notjust as a junior minister in government, but having been an aid worker in eastern europe. It is my first day here and im delighted to be here. Ive already met some of the staff and they are doing a terrific job building a safer, more secure and more prosperous world for us and i want to continue to do that and give the British Public confidence and pride in what we are doing. You might recognise her from a rather unlikely tv diving competition, she was also a magicians assistant in a former life. As well as working for charities and being a navy reservist, she ran for parliament for the first time in 2005, elected in 2010. She backed andrea leadsom, not theresa may, for Prime Minister. But crucially, she campaigned to leave the eu. On the stump alongside the woman she replaced. In terms of brexit, whilst i assume everyone is united behind the Prime Ministers approach, its also helpful to have another person who was an enthusiastic campaigner for brexit during the referendum. How damaging is this for the government . With brexit secretary david davis heading to brussels for the sixth round of troubled talks, number 10s decision preserves the almost 50 50 balance at the top table between those who backed remain and those who backed brexit. Welcomed by all sorts at her new department further up whitehall, a move that theresa may hopes will keep political peace, at least for now. Laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. Lets speak to our Political Correspondent iain watson in westminster. After too many reshuffles in a week, the Prime Minister must be hoping for peace and quiet. Indeed, i dont know if she will get it, quite clearly, chaos seems to be the new normal at westminster at the moment. She would like people to calm down, she would like to get the budget out of the way, and then if she needs a reshuffle, a more structured reshuffle, a more structured reshuffle, she is keen to keep these reshuffles incredibly limited, one out, one in. Penny mordaunt, keeping that brexit balance, if you like, within cardiff, people who campaign to leave and campaign to remain, keeping a gender balance as well. Interestingly, Penny Mordaunt has been touted last week as a possible replacement for michael fallon, former armed forces minister, comes from a military background, some criticism then, that somebody who did not have enough experience in that role elevates it. To some extent she was knocking on the cabinet door, she is in there now, she is a close friend as well as a fellow Brexit Campaign of priti patel, who left as well. To some extent, theresa mays main focus is effectively keeping the show on the road and not opening new fronts, new attacks, anywhere else. Whether she can keep a lid on things remains to be seen, two ministers subject to internal whitehall enquiries, two backbench mps have been referred to the police. Reports from brussels that the European Union seat theresa mays government as weakened by these latest events, adds even paralysed, how concerned do you think downing street are about those reports. They will say that the negotiations are getting underway, they are making progress, david davis is there and proof of the pudding is in the eating. Muscles now willing to discuss and at least potentially think about a trade deal, they will want to get that on the agenda at next months summit of european leaders, to some extent, they have to battle on. There is certainly a lot of speculation about what would happen in brussels if theresa mays government were to go, if she were to go from the head of the government, what would happen if there was a replacement. None of that points to strength and stability, to be honest, she will wa nt to stability, to be honest, she will want to see things calm down and try to keep people onside. As i am suggesting, veins are not entirely in her control. Thank you very much. While westminster has been preoccupied by the multiple challenges facing the government the brexit talks have reached a crucial stage. Our europe editor, katya adler, has more from brussels. A real sense of incredulity here in brussels among those who are watching events unfold at westminster. Eurocrats are watching and listening and reacting to every twist and turn that could be releva nt to twist and turn that could be relevant to brexit. Ever since the general election, there has been thought in brussels that theresa mays days at number ten could be numbered and what they want is to have a leader in london who could do a deal in london and then sell it back home. What they worry now, no uk politician who has the power to manoeuvre, and what they want will bea manoeuvre, and what they want will be a hard sell back in the uk, and thatis be a hard sell back in the uk, and that is more money. Written promise by the uk that it will on specific financial commitments that it made while a member of the year. The eu wa nt while a member of the year. The eu want that because if the uk does not pay, the eu loses out. When david davis comes head the European Commission tomorrow, he will be put under pressure and told, make a big move under pressure and told, make a big m ove over under pressure and told, make a big move over money by the end of the month or risk the eu not talking about the future relationship, trade, added transition deal, until it least february next year. That is why right now in brussels there is talk of a brexit crisis brewing, to match the upheaval in westminster. And well find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrows front pages at 10 40 this evening in the papers and our guests joining me tonight are kate proctor, Political Correspondent at the london Evening Standard and the broadcasterjohn stapleton. Carwynjones, the first minister of wales, has defended his decision to sack carl sergeant, the government minister facing misconduct allegations who was found dead on tuesday. Its believed he took his own life. Mr sergeants family say hed been denied naturaljustice because he wasnt given details of the allegations against him. Our wales correspondent sian llloyd reports. Anything to say about carl sargeant, first minster . Carwynjones was not giving any one thing away leaving home this morning, he was going to face fellow Labour Assembly members for the First Time Since the death of their collie, carl sargea nt, who he sacked and suspended from the labour party on friday, amid claims of harassment. Facing criticism from mr sargeants family and from within his own party, there were questions over carwynjoness position. He promised a statement but it wasnt the time for him to resign. We were all very shocked by what happened last week. There is great hurt, anger, and bewilderment. Carl was my friend, in all of the years that i knew him, i never had a cross word with him. But he defended his conduct in how he responded to the allegations against carl sargeant. There is a Legal Process to go through. I am obviously acting within that, but i welcome the scrutiny of my actions in the future, and it is appropriate for that to be done independently. Carl sargeants body was found at his home on deeside on tuesday. Today, a family friend gave an insight into what mr sargeant and his family had been going through. Messages were put out to the media, interviews were given, where he did not know they were about to happen. The Additional Details will be placed into the public domain. It is, umm. It broke him. And carwyn joness statement tonight is unlikely to appease carl sargea nts family. Thousands of children and teenagers have been flagged up to the governments anti Terror Programme in the past year according to the First Official figures. The prevent programme aims to reduce the threat to the uk by stopping people being drawn into terrorism. In total more than 7000 were referred and a quarter of them were under the age of 15. Sima kotecha reports. Five terror attacks in britain, just this year alone, preventing any further attacks is a top priority for the government. That is why it has something called channel, a programme designed to stop people being drawn into violent or extremist behaviour. This man was radicalised in prison, by the time he was released just months ago, he was ready to go to syria to become a suicide bomber. His words have been voiced by an actor to protect his identity. Killing myself and blowing somebody up, that was the easy way out. If you believe in something, you will do anything. He has now changed his views but he is the kind of person that the government wants to help. Todays figures show over the last year more than 7000 people were put forward for help after showing signs of extremism. More than 1000 of them were assessed for inclusion in the programme. Almost 400 then received specialist support but 63 of them stopped cooperating. The programme is voluntary and those who were referred to it are under no obligation to engage. Thousands of children have been referred to the programme. That is down to more pressure on teachers and doctors to refer vulnerable individuals. A project partly funded by the home office reaches out to them outside mosques. We hope to attract people to come here and talk to us about vulnerabilities they may face, radicalisation, drug dependency, homelessness, and that is something we are trying to do, reach out to them so they get help. Channel hasnt been without its critics, there are some who argue it targets particular communities or create suspicion around them. There are also questions about how effective it really is and how those who were put through the programme are later monitored. And there are serious concerns about what happened to those who refuse help. Participation is voluntary, raising serious concerns about what happens to those who refuse help. One of the big challenges is for those who already have violent extreme views but may not be committing crime, how do we engage them, it is highly unlikely that someone in that stage of mind is going to willingly engage with government programmes because it goes against exactly what their ideology may be. It is stopping hundreds of people from actually resorting to violence, it has diverted them away, and it shows that the wider community, teachers and professionals, are engaging and helping to keep the country safe. The uk threat level remains at severe and that means the effectiveness of the governments counterterrorism strategy is crucial. Studio ina studio in a few minutes we will be talking to a political analyst who has looked extensively at radicalisation, who worked on the prevent strategy with the home office. The father of a man who died after his ex girlfriend allegedly threw acid over him has wept in court as he described the injuries his son suffered. Cornelius van dongen said his son mark felt he had no reason to live after being paralysed from the neck down and blinded in one eye. The 29 year old later took his own life at a euthanasia clinic in belgium. Berlinah wallace denies murder and claims she thought the liquid she threw at him at their home in bristol was water. The trial continues. Iranian state tv has said borisjohnsons recent remarks confirm a british iranian dual national was spying in the country. The foreign secretary had been criticised for saying that Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, who has beenjailed in iran, had been training journalists there. Mrs Zaghari Ratcliffe was detained at tehran airport in april 2016. She says her trip was so her three year old daughter could meet her grandparents Penny Mordaunt has been appointed as the new International Development secretary. She replaces priti patel who resigned last night over undeclared meetings with israeli officials. The first minister of wales carwynjones defends his handling of misconduct allegations against carl sargeant, the labour politician whos thought to have taken his own life. The Actor Kevin Spacey is being edited out of a completed film after a string of Sexual Harassment allegations against him. His scenes in all the money in the world will be re shot with another actor. Sports news firstly, right up to date with the huge match at windsor park, Northern Ireland taking on switzerland in the first leg of the world cup play off, 30 minutes played, 31 minutes on the clock, the visitors with the best chance so far, this effort from heritage has been saved in Northern Ireland goal, the second leg is in basel, on sunday. Zveretic. 2 0, croatia against greece, luka modric and Nicola Callan itch have got the goals so far. It has been confirmed that the scottish fa will not be appointing malky mackay is the permanent scotland manager on a full time basis, he took interim charge tonight for the National Side friendly against the netherlands at pittodrie. Matt phillips has the best chance so far, of west brom. Seferovic. Manchester city women have thrashed norwegian side lillestrom 5 0 in the first leg of their last 16 Champions League tie. Demi stokes and Isobel Christiansen put city 2 0 up before the interval. Then Claire Emslie and a brace from jane ross completed the rout as city maintained their 100 record in the competition. England failed to capitalise on a good start with the bat on day one of their womens ashes test against australia. They closed on 235 7 in the four day match, which is the first womens day night test. Tammy beaumont made 70 and skipper Heather Knight 62, sharing a stand of 104 for the second wicket. But, the aussies fought back, taking late wickets as darkness decended and the floodlights came on. Australia, who lead 4 2 in the multi format points based series, will retain the ashes if they win the test. Honours even, at the end of the day, really good competition between bat and ball, heather and myself are going nicely, good luck to kick on a little bit but australia fought back well in the last session under lights. Englands men are in adelaide, jake ball went over on his ankle during the second day of a four day tour match and is a doubt for the rest of it adding to englands injury list. Leg spinner mason crane took three wickets as the cricket australia eleven were bowled out for 233. England have started their second innings and will resume on five without loss, leading by 65. Their ashes series begins two weeks today. Wales will hope 13 is an unlucky number for australia when they play them on saturday. The wallabies are the first visitors to cardiff this autumn; theyre followed by georgia , the all blacks, and south africa. But wales have lost their last 12 matches against the aussies. We have been very close, a number of those games, we have been leading games until the last minute. And then unfortunately lost. Some close games. We know the challenge. We have trained well last week. And the players were very disappointed to lose the opening game, against australia, last year, and go on to win the other free. 21, croatia against greece. Win the other three. Britains Lizzy Yarnold won a bronze medal in the opening race of the new skeleton world cup season in lake placid in the usa. The reigning olympic champion, whos looking to defend her title next february, moved up from fifth place after her first run to finish third. Fellow brit laura deas was fifth. You can watch live coverage of the bobsleigh and skeleton world cup on the red button, the bbc sport website and mobile app. It is now 3 1, croatia leading 3 1. Just a few minutes ago we were talking about the governments Anti Terrorist strategy, capital to prevent, designed to prevent extremism. Officialfigures have just been published. The first Detailed Home Office analysis has given those figures. We can speak with a political analyst who has looked extensively at radicalisation of young people, worked at the Foreign Office on the prevent strategy, thank you so much for being with us. This strategy, it is controversial, particularly with young muslims, who associate it with the state, state power, some say it has become toxic, even, but would you say that it is working . It is a step in the right direction. Any policy that is associated with the state will be controversial, i would imagine, will have lots of critics, but the problem is you need a counterterrorism policy, you do need to tackle the problem of terrorism, and as we have seen the rise of the incidents in the last few years, not just in the uk but across europe as well, there is a problem that needs to be dealt with, so yes, this is controversial, and there is room for improvement, but it is a step in the right direction. How does it work . At ross roots level. More now on prevent the governments anti terror strategy designed to prevent extremism. Thousands of children and teenagers were referred, a quarter of which were under the age of 15 thats according to official figures. One example, quoted in the home office analysis, a nine year old, a nine year old child, was referred to prevent after talking in class about Islamic State. If you have a nine year old boy, exposed to is videos of burning and butchering, evil material, and he has admired that. For the programme to be working with him, almost over one year, and then he was told he was turned around and almost derailed the light, that is a good sign, that shows the programme is working in the right direction. There is also a confusion between prevent and pursuit, which is the other strand of the counterterrorism policy of the government, which is to do with police investigations. So when people talk about. People being searched, or properties being looked at, when they are asked what they are reading. Pursue. That is not prevent, that is pursue, police investigation. Prevent is about helping and protecting those who are vulnerable to extremism, notjust islamic andjihad vulnerable to extremism, notjust islamic and jihad extremism, it also deals with far right extremism. Those people who complain about prevent, benny to come up with the alternative, and you do not think there is a better alternative. Alternative, and you do not think there is a better alternativem alternative, and you do not think there is a better alternative. It is all well and good for all of us to be criticising the programme, finding full with it, i do not say it is infallible, there is huge room for improvement, it would be lovely if someone could come up with an alternative policy. I dont think i have seen any proposals for a new counterterrorism or counter extremism law or strategy that could tackle the problem of radicalisation. With the terror attacks we have had this year, we have seen how important it is to have seen how important it is to have some kind of strategy against radicalisation. They are on the rise, incidents keep rising, keep getting more worrying because it is no longer organise. Lone wolves, people who have been self radicalised by looking at material online. Suddenly, girls and young women are being attracted to the ideology. We have all these new phenomena, all these new indicators that the problem is not going away. And we need to have a policy to tackle that. Very good to speak with you, thank you very much for coming the Actor Kevin Spacey is to be edited out of a completed hollywood film six weeks before its release, following allegations of Sexual Assault. Hell be replaced in the thriller all the money in the world by the actor, Christopher Plummer, as lizo mzimba reports. For an almost unrecognisable kevin spacey, it was meant to be a potential Academy Awards contender. How much would you pay to release your grandson if not 70 million . Nothing. Now, Christopher Plummer is to replace him in an intense few weeks of reshoots following Sexual Assault allegations against spacey. Its a huge undertaking, but helped by the fact that kevin spacey only appears in a relatively small number of scenes and other performers are thought to be willing to return to reshoot their roles in scenes that originally featured them alongside the now sidelined actor. The films director, sir ridley scott, may also take advantage of techniques he used when oliver reed died during the making of gladiator more than 15 years ago. They allowed him to still feature the actor in scenes filmed after his death. Actress valentina violo, who appears in the movie, says the decision to reshoot must have been a complex, difficult one. I think everything is going a little bit crazy right now so probably if they took this decision, it is good for the movie. It all underlines the determination of the studio to protect a piece of work potentially worth a significant amount. Studios are so intent on their calendar and finding their huge product, which are worth millions of dollars, so to remove them would have cost so much money that it would have been a financial disaster to the studio. Rather than be associated with the name of kevin spacey, they will do anything to get something over the line. Its being seen in hollywood as Ridley Scotts turning what would have been damaging publicity for the film into a welcome and positive move. Lets get more on this with tim gray, Senior Vice President of variety, the entertainment magazine. He joins us via webcam from los angeles. This is pretty unusual, now, kevin spacey, thought of as one of the great hollywood actors, being treated as a pariah. Hollywood reaction to the claims against him have been so quick and intense, it is really interesting. They not only threw him out, they locked the door, nailed it shut, to make sure he will would not come back. The idea of putting somebody out of the film is extraordinary, doing it so quickly is even more. How unusual is it, this kind of editing somebody out of a film, as if they had never taken pa rt a film, as if they had never taken part in it . It is very unusual, sometimes actors are fired, but usually early in production, usually after a week or less of production when they think, the chemistry is not quite right here. With this one, cutting out of kevin spacey, it is basically. He is toxic. The movie opens in december, they do not want it to be known as a kevin spacey movie, and so it is not any more, it is now a ridley scott movie, that features Christopher Plummer. Thank you very much, we will leave it there, it is not a great quality line to you im afraid but thank you very much for being with us, thank you for your time. Exactly 20 years ago today the bbc news channel went on air, then it was called news 24. Since then its covered major events such as the paris concorde crash, 9 11, 7 7 and the fall of saddam hussein. Were now britains most watched tv news channel, and this year we were awarded the Royal Television societys news channel of the year. Lets have a look back over the past two decades of rolling news, which was launched with my colleagues gavin esler and sarah montague. You might see one or two familiar faces. Hello and welcome for the first to bbc news 24. Im gavin esler. And im sarah montague. We are live now to ben brown. This is a hardline stance by america, is it likely to be agreed with by the un . I dont think the un would support military action, that is what will hold back the United States probably. Huw edwards is with me now, how serious is this split for the tories . Potentially very serious, i dont know what William Hague is playing at, in that he appears to be delivery antagonising a lot of their traditional friends in the world of business. What is the conservative party if not firmly allied with business . He wants to be seen to be tough and links at the end of the baby takes a tough line against the single currency its going to be seen to be principled and perhaps, more importantly, it will be a vote winner. Is he really going to call them lemmings, which is what the press is reporting . Unless he executes a very quick u turn over night, the word lemmings will be in the speech but he will use it carefully to suggest those who are walking towards a single currency without really considering the big issues he wants to consider perhaps our walking like lemmings. If he tries that in the conference will tomorrow and does not whether that carefully it will go down like a lead balloon. You are watching bbc news 24. The new, round the clock tv news channel. Bbc news 24. Bringing you the whole picture. The whole time. This is the now oclock news, from the bbc. After a decent enough day there is more cloud and rain on the way. Initially there across north and west, but as we go through the night it will work its way through the parts of england and wales. I think the far south east will be dry at this stage, but as we start the new day on friday, that weather front will have worked its way down to the southern counties of england, once that pours a way it is a mixture of sunny spells and showers. The most frequent of the showers will be across the most north and western parts of scotland. It is still relatively mild in the south, a decidedly chilly day further north, temperatures not better than single figures. Overnight, this rain will come back to england and Northern Ireland and wales. We have to get rid of that during the course of saturday before the weekend becomes one of sunny spells and showers at turning colder. Hello, this is bbc news, the headlines at 8 30pm. Penny mordaunt has been named as the new International Development secretary. She replaces priti patel who resigned last night over undeclared meetings with israeli officials. Welsh deputy first minister carwyn jones defends his handling of misconduct allegations against carl sargeant, saying he had no choice but to sack him. Mr sargeant is believed to have killed himself just days after his dismissal. I probably did all that i could to make sure that everything was being done by the book. I had no alternative but to take the action that i did and i hope that people will understand that. Figures from the Home Office Reveal children as young as nine are among the thousands being referred to the governments anti radicalisation programme. The Actor Kevin Spacey is being edited out of a completed film after a string of Sexual Harassment allegations against him. His scenes in all the money in the world will be re shot with another actor. A woman has been arrested on suspicion of neglect and fraud by detectives investigating the deaths of 12 care home residents. At least nine homes run by a private Company CalledSussex Health care are under investigation. Earlier our social Affairs Correspondent alison holt gave us this update. The woman who lives in west sussex has been arrested and is currently in custody and being questioned about fraud and neglect. This is part of an Ongoing Investigation into nine care homes run by private Company CalledSussex Health care. That Company Provides support for older people, some with dementia, and the younger adults with a physical or learning difficulties, severe disabilities. That is mainly in the horsham area of west sussex. The investigation, which started in may when the police were alerted to concerns, focuses on allegations of a lack of care and safeguarding of 43 residents since april 2015. 12 of those residents have since died. They have put out a short statement in which it says it continues to cooperate fully with the police and county council, to support the current investigation. On their website, they stress they are a company with 30 years experience, they describe themselves as being a respected provider twitters method for verifying the identity of its users has been suspended following complaints it was giving validation to neo nazis on the platform. Typically celebrities, and prominent people have a small blue tick added to their user names, so that other users can see that their account is genuine. The social Media Network has recently made changes to address abuse and harassment issues on the platform. Lets get more on this with our Technology Reporter dave lee. Hejoins us now from san francisco. Explain what is going on . The little bluetit appears next to someones name so that Everybody Knows that if somebody famous or well known for any reason is indeed genuinely using twitter and that account. That used to be for famous twitter and that account. That used to be forfamous people twitter and that account. That used to be for famous people only, twitter and that account. That used to be forfamous people only, and twitter would come in contact with agents and Media Organisations to make sure people were using the account. More recently however, they have widened this out so that anyone can apply to be verified by showing documents to prove they are real. And that decision has been made, some of the people that have been verified has openly been members of the far right, even white supremacists. Twitter status verification was an endorsement of what these people were saying, it was not validating the views of what people were saying. It was just a way to confirm that the people that run these accounts are who they say they are. However, twitter now acknowledges that the nature of the tick, it does look like a stamp of approval, they will now change this system. Until they can figure out how to change it, they will suspend verifying any general users for the next little while. Thank you. Saudi arabias attorney general says at least 100 billion dollars has been misused through systemic corruption and embezzlement in recent decades. More than 200 people have been questioned by authorities as part of an Anti Corruption inquiry, with a number of powerful princes, ministers and leading businessmen being detained. Joining me now is fawaz gerges, professor of International Relations at the London School of economics and political science. Just talk to us about what is going on. It is fascinating. We have his crown prince who is leading a huge Anti Corruption drive, and it is upsetting a lot of very powerful people. Absolutely. He has targeted the entire power, notjust the multi billionaires and multimillionaires, but also some branches and elements of the royal family. But also some branches and elements of the royalfamily. There but also some branches and elements of the royal family. There are but also some branches and elements of the royalfamily. There are no sacred cows. The Anti Corruption campaign has expanded greatly, more 1200 accounts have been frozen. The move is really shatter the way how business used to be done in saudi arabia and the way it is governed. Remember, were not just arabia and the way it is governed. Remember, were notjust saying political transition from one generation to another. Are also seeing basically that saudi arabia is no longer governed by consensus, it is one mans vision and that is the vision of crown Prince Mohammed bin salman. Hes sick saying that he is modernising saudi arabia, but by taking on these powerful and vested interests, is it dangerous and can he get away with doing this . There are risks, no doubt. When you target the entire power elite and the entire clerical. Several have been arrested over the last year. My take on it is that his primary audience and primary target eyed young saudis who were below the age of 30. They present 70 of the saudi population is under 30. 70 of 30 million people. And a supporting . Of course, they realise there is a great deal of corruption and decadence. It is a winner with the audience but the reality is there are major risks. Lets also talk about what is going on between saudi arabia and london on, it is fascinating. Saudi arabia has told its citizens in lebanon to leave that country. Leather leather. What also seeing is that saudi arabia is leading from the front regionally and globally. For the first time arabia is challenging iran and yemen and other places. Really saudi arabia is being transformed before our eyes domestically and regionally. What is happening between these two countries is part of the geostrategic rivalry. Saudi arabia no longer leads from behind, it leads from the front. It is basically trying to counterbalance iran influence in the region with support of the trumpet administration. The trumpet administration. The trumpet administration is fully behind the saudi arabia efforts to limit iran influence in the region. You have this power struggle and it informs everything that is going on. Think about how much we have spoken about the end of the Islamic State. We are seeing the beginning of the dismantling of the physical Islamic State. The so called Islamic State will no longer be with us in syria. The morning after you i seen an escalation of geostrategic tensions between the heavyweights. Particularly between saudi arabia and its allies and iran and its allies. It will not be peaceful, it will be more fierce battles between the regional powers. Thank you. Now, do you feel like your part of the uk is a green and pleasant land or a concrete jungle . It obviously depends on where you live and what you see around you. But how many of us have an accurate picture of how much of the uk is actually developed. Using the most detailed satellite and mapping data, the bbc has produced a land use map for every local authority. And the results may surprise you. Heres our home editor mark easton. The concrete jungle. Roads, buildings, stone and tarmac with barely a blade of grass. In geographyjargon, this is called continuous urban fabric, where more than 80 of the ground is covered by artificial surfaces. But how much of the uk do you think is classified as continuous urban fabric . Have a guess. The answer is on the other side of this card. I will reveal all in a minute. Using satellite images and details local maps, the land use of every corner of the uk is revealed. The city of london, for example, is 98 continuous urban fabric, and perhaps that comes as no surprise. Nearly all the land around here is covered in roads and buildings, but this is actually quite unusual in the uk, and i think people might be surprised just how little of the land in the country is actually covered with buildings and roads. So, the official answer to the question, how much of the uk is continuous urban fabric is. 0. 1 . Looking at the whole of the country, more than half of it is farmland. Most of it pastures. Forests, woodland and natural landscape account for a third of all the land. Urban green space parks and gardens make up 2. 5 , with the area actually built on roads, buildings, ports and airports accounting for just 5. 9 . Take a council like bradford in west yorkshire. Your mental picture is probably of a bustling urban centre, but the Aerial Mapping reveals that continuous urban fabric accounts for just 0. 3 of the local authority. Overall, just a quarter of the land surface is artificial. Indeed 10 is this. Im standing in a peat bog. Surprisingly perhaps, about 10 of the uk landscape is covered in ground like this. In fact there is almost twice as much peat bog in the uk as the land that we built on. The top area for peat bog is the outer hebrides, where it covers 61 of the land. Number one for pastures is armagh city in Northern Ireland, covering 85 of the local authority. The area with the highest proportion of natural grasslands is blaenau gwent, in industrial south wales. So, how much space is given over to buildings, offices, factories and homes . We have been crunching the numbers and our best estimate for the whole of the uk is that 1. 4 of the country is covered in buildings. That equates to about 2 for england, just less than 1 for wales, and less than half of 1 for scotland and Northern Ireland. A tiny proportion of the uk is the concrete jungle of our imagination. Indeed, the entire area covered by buildings is smaller than the land revealed when the tide goes out. Most of us, it seems, have a very confused idea of what our country actually looks like. Mark easton, bbc news. If you want to find out how much of your area is concrete jungle or green space, you can use the bbc land use calculator at bbc. Co. Uk news as weve been reporting today marks the 20th anniversary of the bbc news channel. The station which was then known as bbc news 24 launched at 6pm on the 9th of november 1997. Earlier my colleague huw edwards spoke to the bbcs director general lord hall who was the bbcs head of news when the channel was launched he was asked why the bbc decided to introduce a rolling channel. It seems amazing to say it now, but actually 20 years ago, the notion of being their 24 hours a day and seven days a week was pushing boundaries. Will there be an appetite for this . Will anyone watch this . Will it be repeating a lot of news . All of those things it take for granted, that you just turn on and you find out what has been happening. Major stories happen and you find out what has been happening