rounds of ammunition, blank or alive, and a film set?— alive, and a film set? well, this was _ alive, and a film set? well, this was a — alive, and a film set? well, this was a western - alive, and a film set? well, this was a western and - alive, and a film set? well, | this was a western and when alive, and a film set? well, - this was a western and when you have multiple takes, of course you need multiple rounds available for the blanks for the weapons. that is not that uncommon to have 500 runs but it is very uncommon to have any hello, welcome to the live rounds at all. in any programme, to those of you watching on pbs in america and around the world. proper tract or any armourer police in the us state of new mexico say criminal case. during lunch, these weapons should be locked up so charges against the actor alec baldwin, who shot dead no—one can touch them except a cinematographer on a film for the armourer and i don't set, have not been ruled out. know if that was done. you have worked in _ investigators have recovered know if that was done. you have worked in the _ know if that was done. you have worked in the movie _ know if that was done. you have the bullet that killed worked in the movie industry - worked in the movie industry for three decades, what are your thoughts on what seems to 42—year—old halyna hutchins. have gone wrong here?- sophie long sent this have gone wrong here? safety procedures — have gone wrong here? safety procedures were _ have gone wrong here? safety report from santa fe. procedures were not _ have gone wrong here? safety procedures were not followed. it is now nearly a week since 42—year—old halyna hutchins some of the crew walked off the was shot dead whilst day before because of their she was doing herjob. safety concerns. 0bviously, these are the last pictures they had a point there, because of the cinematographer alive on the set of rust. this is what happened, this is she's in the blue what everyone was worried about. as far as using weapons coat and headphones. on screen, there are thousands you can see alec baldwin beyond the camera. he was holding the gun that of rounds being shot every day fired the shot that killed on other films where everything halyna and severely injured is fine because the safety directorjoel souza. procedures are done properly. we believe that we have in our possession the firearm this is the biggest case since that was fired by mr baldwin. the brandon lee incident which the actual lead projectile happened years ago, so the that was fired has been safety standards were raised recovered from the shoulder after that, safety standards were raised afterthat, i'm safety standards were raised after that, i'm sure they will be raised again, but if we of mr souza. don't follow the safety standards, they won't help. we regard this specific casing there has been speculation that and recovered projectile to be the live round that was fired because of covid, that changed from the revolver the way people operated in by mr baldwin. terms of handing weapons to one another. has that had an impact when alec baldwin was handed the weapon by assistant on how weapons are handled? ida. director dave halls, he was told it was safe, what's called a "cold gun." on how weapons are handled? no, not on any — on how weapons are handled? no, not on any of _ on how weapons are handled? no, not on any of my — on how weapons are handled? iifr, not on any of my sets, not at the person responsible all. wejust for firearms on set not on any of my sets, not at all. we just hand not on any of my sets, not at all. wejust hand it not on any of my sets, not at all. we just hand it to you was the armourer — with a mask on, no difference. 24—year—old hannah gutierrez—reed. where do we go from here? there has been talk of charges, what she's admitted ammunition was not secure, but says do you envisage happening? i’m she checked the guns and found no live rounds. do you envisage happening? i'm reall not do you envisage happening? in really not sure. i feel sorry for everyone involved. i'm all three are cooperating fully with the investigation. really not sure. but the all options are on the table at this point. i'm not commenting on charges, responsible party at least, if whether they will be filed or not, or on whom. i had my say, is the person who so, the answer is, we cannot handed that gun and declared it answer that question cold and it was not. if there yet until we complete is any charges being brought up a more thorough investigation. there, it may stem there, i'm the tragedy has left hollywood really not quite sure. but i grieving and reignited the debate about whether real guns and ammunition should ever hope i never involved with be allowed on film sets anything like this. we hope i never involved with anything like this.- under any circumstances. anything like this. we will leave it there. _ anything like this. we will leave it there. brook - anything like this. we will. leave it there. brook yeaton, armourer, thank you very much for giving us your insights. thanks for having me. well, as we've been hearing, to a bbc exclusive now — and two months after the taliban took control sophie long was at that press of afghanistan, new details have emerged about the fall of kabul and the actions sheriff adam mendoza began, both of them began of the former president. by offering their condolences ashraf ghani has always to the hutchins family. claimed he fled the capital because his life was in danger, now, he stressed this and says that to stay would've was an ongoing investigation, sparked greater bloodshed. but he did say to reporters that has been rejected that, to him, the facts were clear. by his former chief of staff, they spoke for themselves. who's been speaking to the bbc. alec baldwin had been matin bek told our chief holding a functional weapon international correspondent, that fired a live round. lyse doucet, that when mr ghani left in a helicopter, he also confirmed they had there was no danger and no recovered a lead bullet from the shoulder of director joel souza, and they believe that is the same bullet that threat to his life. killed halyna hutchins. he gave some details i saw the helicopter, it was of the investigation. they said they had recovered taking off from behind. and i some 600 items from the set of the movie rust, including thought, because the vice three prop guns, one of those he said was certainly president was also there that functional, the other two day. before mr ghani went home, they were investigating. it also included 500 rounds of ammunition. he said the helicopter should there had been reports take the vice president to the of complaints of safety airport, i thought this was the standards on set. same helicopter. i was na ve, i he confirmed he had heard those didn't think mr ghani would run reports and was investigating. away. one of the ministers the attorney general said, in terms of charges, they may called me and said, where are still come but everything you? i said, called me and said, where are you? isaid, iam called me and said, where are you? i said, i am with remy remains on the table. near the office. an acma came brook yeaton is a prop master and armourer 00:04:31,711 --> 2147483051:39:00,570 with 30 years�* experience 2147483051:39:00,570 --> 4294966103:13:29,429 in the movie industry. and he told me, where is the president? i told and he told me, where is the president? itold him, he was with us half an hour ago, he went home. it is his lunchtime, he went home. and he said, no. he ran away. why should he run away, everything is okay, why should he run away, everything is okay, there is no danger. we said, we are working on it. we have heard about it. why should he run away? said, no, he ran away. i said he run away? said, no, he ran away. isaid no. he said, believe me, he ran away, this is his passport. i came to his home to give his passport and i went there, and he said, i saw somebody run away. still, i don't know why he ran away. i don't know why he ran away. i don't forgive him for that. i am telling you come after everything was okay, if he had run away when jalalabad everything was okay, if he had run away whenjalalabad had fallen, campbell had fallen, there was no argument between us —— kabul had fallen. there was no argument between us. but after everything, some ceasefire put in place, security arrangement even in place, that day the palace was the safest place in afghanistan. i don't buy that argument there was a threat. he said one of his security aides had said to him that the taliban were going room to room searching for him, that's what the president said. ida. searching for him, that's what the president said.— the president said. no, no, that's completely _ the president said. no, no, that's completely a - the president said. no, no, | that's completely a coward. completely not true. because after he ran away, there was no problem. no shooting, nothing, the taliban came to the palace around 8pm, six hours after he had run from the country. 0ur correspondent explained what the effect was of ashraf ghani's hasty departure. even the taleban this week have said they— even the taleban this week have said they wished that kabul had not fallen in this way, that there _ not fallen in this way, that there had been an agreed transfer— there had been an agreed transfer of power. of course this — transfer of power. of course this is— transfer of power. of course this isjust a big what if, but if president ghani had not left the palace, if the taliban had come — the palace, if the taliban had come in _ the palace, if the taliban had come in as part of a coordinated transfer of power, some — coordinated transfer of power, some interim arrangement, wooed some interim arrangement, wooed so many— some interim arrangement, wooed so many afghans have fled? many other— so many afghans have fled? many other officials also left afghanistan the next day. would the situation be different on the situation be different on the ground? many believe that an opportunity was missed at least — an opportunity was missed at least to— an opportunity was missed at least to do something more smoothly. lyse's full interview is available on her podcast, called a wish for afghanistan. new episodes are available on wednesdays. you can listen to it on the bbc sounds app or any other podcast platform. the us has again urged the sudanese military to release all civilian leaders it's detained since monday's coup. the call came after the secretary of state spoke on the phone to the deposed prime minister. abdalla hamdook was arrested and detained on monday, but has now been allowed to return home. there are reports of teargas being fired at demonstrators in the capital, khartoum. mohamed 0sman from the bbc�*s arabic service sent this update from khartoum. translation: it seems - that the protesters were not convinced by the justifications given by the commander in chief of the sudanese armed forces who described his actions as a correction to the course of the revolution. as they continued their sitting and protest for the third consecutive day in cities and residential neighbourhoods to denounce the coup attempt and demand civilian rule. many protesters clashed with the security forces in several residential areas. and those forces used tear gas and live bullets to disperse them, which led to a flare between the protesters and the security forces. life in khartoum has not returned to normal. shops are still closed, banks and commercial establishments are still closed, public employees have not returned to their workplaces yet, even school and university students are not returned to their classroom since last sunday. the prime minister returned to his home as his office revealed in a statement, and he is under house arrest and is prohibited from communicating with other parties. the security authorities continue to arrest political leaders and arrested a leader of i—party and another man. stay with us on bbc news — still to come... first the self—driving car, now the self—driving boat — the transport revolution taking place in amsterdam. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: police in new mexico say they believe a live bullet was fired in the fatal shooting on the set of alec baldwin's new movie. new details have emerged about the fall of kabul and the actions of the former president, ashraf ghani. an opinion poll carried out for the bbc has found that popular support for strong action against climate change is growing around the world. the survey of more than 30,000 people — in 31 countries — found that 56% wanted their countries to show leadership at the un climate summit in glasgow next week. 0verall, concern about climate change is at its highest since pollsters began tracking the issue in 1998. human activity and climate change have turned at least ten of the world's most highly protected forests from absorbers of greenhouse gases into net emitters of carbon, according to a new report. the shift is blamed on illegal logging, agriculture, and increasingly frequent wildfires, driven by climate change over the last two decades. joining me live from washington dc is david gibbs, research associate at world resources institute and co—author of this unesco report. good to see you, thank you for making the time. forests putting out carbon rather than absorbing it would be surprising to many people, how can this happen? 50. surprising to many people, how can this happen?— can this happen? so, when we cut down _ can this happen? so, when we cut down forests _ can this happen? so, when we cut down forests or _ can this happen? so, when we cut down forests or they - can this happen? so, when we cut down forests or they are i cut down forests or they are burned, they will emit carbon into the atmosphere, and it's a matter of how much forests we cut down relative to how much forest we leave it standing. if we cut down too much, we have forests that emit more carbon than they are capturing from the atmosphere. we mentioned that this includes _ the atmosphere. we mentioned that this includes some - the atmosphere. we mentioned that this includes some of - the atmosphere. we mentioned that this includes some of the i that this includes some of the world's biggest and most protected forests. how many are we talking about and which forests? ~ ., ., ~' we talking about and which forests? ~ ., ., ~ ., we talking about and which forests? ~ ., , forests? we looked at first in 257 different _ forests? we looked at first in 257 different sites _ forests? we looked at first in 257 different sites around - forests? we looked at first in 257 different sites around the world, in the unesco world heritage system, and on the whole, these sites are capturing a lot more carbon than they are emitting, approximately they capture around half of the carbon that is emitted by the united kingdom, from fossil fuel emissions in a year however, ten sites are emitting more carbon than they capture during the last 20 years and this was very surprising to us.- very surprising to us. what were some _ very surprising to us. what were some of _ very surprising to us. what were some of those - very surprising to us. what were some of those ten? l very surprising to us. what i were some of those ten? so, very surprising to us. what - were some of those ten? so, one ofthe were some of those ten? so, one of the sites _ were some of those ten? so, one of the sites that _ were some of those ten? so, one of the sites that emit _ were some of those ten? so, one of the sites that emit more - of the sites that emit more carbon than it captured is the wetlands in brazil, these have had extensive fires in recent years but of imagine weapons being on fire, doesn't seem like it should happened, but it has. so overall it has emitted more carbon than it has captured. another example that has had extensive, what we're calling land use such as logging and agricultural clearing, is the rainforests of sumatra and indonesia, and that is also emitted more carbon thanit is also emitted more carbon than it has captured.- is also emitted more carbon than it has captured. how did ou no than it has captured. how did you go about _ than it has captured. how did you go about doing _ than it has captured. how did you go about doing this - you go about doing this research, how did you get this information? we research, how did you get this information?— information? we used some recently published _ information? we used some recently published maps - information? we used some| recently published maps that colleagues and i and a number of research institutions created. these maps are of greenhouse gas emissions and sequestration for forests worldwide over the last 20 years but at the maps are based on a combination of satellite data and field data and we overlaid these maps with the boundaries of unesco world heritage sites to see what had been happening to the carbon in forests over the last 20 years. it's a matter of using recently available technology in the sky, in outer space, available technology in the sky, in outerspace, in available technology in the sky, in outer space, in order to see what's happening on the planet. to see what's happening on the lanet. ., , ., , ., ., planet. how big a planet ? how bi a planet. how big a planet ? how big a problem _ planet. how big a planet ? how big a problem with _ planet. how big a planet ? how big a problem with dish-mac. planet. how big a planet ? how big a problem with dish-mac is| big a problem with dish—mac is this? this isjust a handful that are putting up more carbon than are absorbing, surely. 50. than are absorbing, surely. so, these ten _ than are absorbing, surely. so, these ten sites, _ than are absorbing, surely. srr, these ten sites, you than are absorbing, surely. s57, these ten sites, you can than are absorbing, surely. s513, these ten sites, you can think of them as sort of, they are a taste of what we can see of what might happen to forests around the world. there are already many first that emit more carbon than the capture, if they are being converted into other land uses, light cropland, pasture or cities. but these are some of the most protected sites in the world, some treasured and iconic places and these should not be emitting so much carbon. we believe that if these heavily protected and treasured sites are at such risk, a few of them, others will also be threatened as well, other protected forests, much less to forests that are not as protective.— forests that are not as protective. forests that are not as rotective. , , ,, ., ~ protective. david gibbs, thank ou for protective. david gibbs, thank you for being _ protective. david gibbs, thank you for being with _ protective. david gibbs, thank you for being with this. - protective. david gibbs, thank you for being with this. thank| you for being with this. thank ou ve you for being with this. thank you very much- _ to italy now, and the island of sicily is being battered by a rare cyclonic storm known as a medicane. torrential rain has caused widespread flooding around the city of catania. at least two people have been killed. courtney bembridge reports. during a brief respite from the rain, residents of catania were out checking the damage. translation: here, it was like a swollen river, a lake. - it spread and caused major damage to this beautiful area of our city. between yesterday and the day before, 300 millimetres of rain fell. the annual average in catania is 600 millimetres. this means that in 2a hours, half of what is recorded in one year fell. it's very unusual. this is what that much rain looks like. streets turned to rivers, the water strong enough to pick up cars. mud filled many homes and in some areas, the water supply has been cut off, making the cleanup even harder. translation: it was a disaster. my mother was sleeping here. local businesses are trying to salvage what's left. translation: we don't know yet. we will try to clean these plants, but i think it will be difficult to save some of them. and the worst could be yet to come. the powerful storm is forecast to peak between thursday and friday, with more heavy rain expected. courtney bembridge, bbc news. josh cavallo, a 21—year—old who plays professional football for adelaide, has become the only male player at the top level to announce that he's gay — as our sports correspondent katie gornall reports. i'm a footballer and i'm gay. with those six words, josh cavallo, in a video released by his club, adelaide united, made a powerful admission and also international headlines. all i want to do is play football and be treated equally. cavallo's announcement was met with an outpouring of support, including the likes of gary lineker and clubs such as liverpool and barcelona. today, he said he wanted to be a positive role model for gay footballers. there was a long period in my life where it brought me sadness, and it took me to a dark place. it was over six years of pain, and i'm so happy and excited to put that to rest today. today is so positive, it's my freedom day, and i have never been this happy in my entire life. such an announcement is rare in men's professional sports. the former aston villa midfielder thomas hitzlsperger only felt comfortable coming out publicly after retiring, while it's 31 years since justin fashanu became the first and only top—flight english footballer to come out as gay whilst still playing. we're in 2021, it's a different time to what it was before, it's more accepting. i hope that one day, someone can follow my lead and come out, too. and it's just normal, it becomes normal, you know? playing football, it doesn't matter who you are. everyone's welcome. for those footballers who feel that being open about their sexuality might negatively impact their career, cavallo wants to show it doesn't have to be that way. katie gornall, bbc news. in the quest to push the barriers of transport technology, we've had self—driving cars, self—driving lorries, and self—driving buses. now, in the dutch city of amsterdam, they're trying out self—driving boats. the designers hope they could revolutionise travel and commuting — as the bbc�*s tim allman reports. # row, row, row your boat # gently down the stream... # actually, there's not much rowing involved. this is the autonomous floating vehicle, the roboat — as in robot. an electric—powered vessel that finds its own way around. we have a lot of open water available in the canals that is not being used anymore for transport. only for tourists. so we developed a self—driving autonomous ship. for several years they have been testing the roboats on a project involving the massachusetts institute of technology. the small ships have no pilot and depend on sensors to avoid any unwanted aquatic encounters. so if you want to go from a to b, it automatically calculates the most efficient route to sail. then when it's sailing, it senses and maps the environment to see where are other objects or other ships that i have to avoid any collisions with. the designers have lofty ambitions for the roboats. they can be used like tugboats, linked together to form a bridge, there are even hopes they could one day be used to contain oil spills. # row, row, row your boat # row your boat down my stream... # for now, the plan is to utilise them as mobile rubbish collectors — vital in a crowded, congested city like amsterdam. after that, the sky — well, the water — is the limit. tim allman, bbc news. and that's it from us for the time being. what more on all those stories on the bbc news website and the bbc news app. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ richpreston. thanks for your company, goodbye for now. hello. 24—hour rain totals have now surpassed 230mm in the wettest parts of the cumbrian hills, and the met office amber warning for rain continues across cumbria and southwest scotland into thursday. there is more rain to come and, as all that water feeds down through the rivers and streams, the risk of flooding and disruption increases from a weather front which is very much still around in the day ahead, pulses of energy running along itjust enhancing the rainfall. so, there will be more rain to come on a very wet day in cumbria, for a time more widely across southern, central and eastern scotland, from the eastern side of northern ireland before it eases here, and pushing into more of northwest england and wales, and southwest england as the day goes on. northern scotland, sunny spells and a chance for showers, brightening up in northern ireland. largely dry through central and eastern parts of england. these are your wind speed averages — gusts are high, particularly with the rain band along irish sea coasts, gusting near 50 mph in places, and the higher temperatures will be those parts of across eastern england that break out into a few sunny spells. we could well see 18 celsius again. there will be further rain overnight thursday into friday, but the idea is it's starting to move its way further east on another very mild night. and on friday, that rain will reach into parts of eastern england that have stayed dry through much of the week. there'll be another spell of rain moving through scotland — but as it all begins to pull away eastwards, it will be much drier to end friday, and particularly in those areas that have seen so much rain so far this week. at the same time, temperatures are coming down a few degrees. we're not finished with the rain, though — low pressure still very much in charge for the weekend, and another band of wet weather will arrive friday night into saturday. now, it does look as if it's moving a little bit quicker now, this, so it will bring a spell of rain overnight into saturday, but clears away more readily on saturday, allowing a drier, brighter day after the rain with a few showers around. and again, notice our temperatures are edging downwards. it looks at this stage as if sunday will be the wetter day of the weekend. as low pressure feeds in yet more rain, some of this will be heavy as it moves its way northwards. the wind starts to pick up again, as well, and even