after striking for a second time. at 3a days, it could be the longest lasting tropical cyclone on record. rescue and relief efforts are being hampered by continuing rainfall. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week, a look back at some of our most fascinating historical journeys. from the desert canyons ofjordan. that would be impressive if we built that today, but that was built thousands of years ago. look at it! ..to the noisy streets of paris. driving a 2cv car is not easy. driving in paris is not easy. well, now you re making me nervous! and from the majesty of lady liberty. it stood for freedom - and for liberty to people all over the world. ..to the drama of the kenyan bush. hi! welcome to paris, where i m soaking up the sun on the banks of the river seine. it s lovely. both the left bank and right banks of the river seine are unesco world heritage sites. the left is famous for inspiring generations of artists and intellectuals, while the right is home to the world
the tiny data centre that has been used to keep this uk pool at the perfect temperature. welcome to world news america, in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. we begin tonight with the news that an american surveillance drone has crashed in the black sea, after an incident involving two russian fighter jets. the us and russia have given very different accounts of what happened. here is the us account, given by pentagon s press secretary air force brigadier general pat ryder. at approximately 7:03am central european at approximately 7:03am central european time one at approximately 7:03am central european time one of at approximately 7:03am central european time one of the at approximately 7:03am central european time one of the russian at approximately 7:03am central european time one of the russian su 27 aircraft european time one of the russian su 27 aircraft struck the propeller of the mh 27 aircraft struck the propeller of the mq 9 causing us forces have to bring it
good evening. the three contenders to become the next leader of the scottish national party have been debating tonight in edingburgh. the three candidates the msp ash regan, finance secretary kate forbes, and the health secretary humza yousaf were responding to questions from a live bbc audience. the voting opened yesterday, there are 100,000 snp members, who have just under two weeks left to decide who they think should replace nicola sturgeon as first minister of scotland. at the beginning of her time as first minister, she said judge me on education and tonight each of the candidates outlined what they would wish to be judged on if they become the next snp leader. eradicating poverty is the heart of everything. any inequality we have weathering education or health or in any other area of government, it always comes back to poverty. we must, if not eradicated, we have to substantially reduce poverty. whoever it is the first minister, certainly if i am, the common thread
To dateline london. Two examples of Power To The People for us this week, but with very different responses from those in charge. Russia saw some of the largest Street Protests of Vladimir Putins 17 years in power, which ended with more than 1,000 arrests and the organiser in jail. Nine months after the british voted to leave the European Union, Prime Minister theresa may sent a polite letter to brussels triggering divorce after 44 years. To discuss the weeks events in russia and the eu, the russian born writer Alexander Nekrassov, michael gove mp, who was a conservative Cabinet Minister until last summer, and is now a columnist with the times. Stephanie baker of bloomberg news. And Stefanie Bolzen, from germanys die welt. Welcome to you all. Lets begin with britains exit from the European Union. Last summer, by a margin of 52 to 48 , people here voted to leave. Theresa may wanted to stay in the eu, but now she has the task of negotiating notjust brexit, as its become known, but also a
leading edge before the air turns milder and snow turns back to rain. the clouds of rover across western scotland and for western parts of england and wales. the prospect of rain arriving through the afternoon. wednesday evening as the rain starts bumping more into the cold air we see a speu into the cold air we see a spell of snow particularly over the hills that could ring localised disruption. the heaviest falls of snow will be in the north central lowlands and that is where the snow is likely to last longest. even here as we go through when they night, mild air will arrive in the snow levels will continue to climb up the mountains and at lower levels you re more likely to see rain by dawn. temperatures generally about 2-6 temperatures generally about 2 6 also as we head into thursday morning. thursday, friday saturday and sunday are dominated by this area of low pressure and it will bring south westerly wind so a return to something less cold expected during thursday. in fact it wi