terms of the departments, they don't say what money is available, so i think safety first is a fairly sensible at this stage. abbi, you don't believe _ sensible at this stage. abbi, you don't believe it _ sensible at this stage. abbi, you don't believe it tells _ sensible at this stage. abbi, you don't believe it tells us - sensible at this stage. abbi, you don't believe it tells us much - sensible at this stage. abbi, you i don't believe it tells us much about independence but some independence voters must have lent their vote to labour for this result to voters must have lent their vote to labourfor this result to happen. obviously that could have happened but we _ obviously that could have happened but we don't know to what extent fatties _ but we don't know to what extent fatties. seeing the turnout argument is weak_ fatties. seeing the turnout argument is weak as_ fatties. seeing the turnout argument is weak as well, the last by—election was held at the same time _ by—election was held at the same time as_ by—election was held at the same time as holyrood so there was probably— time as holyrood so there was probably a little voter fatigue, a lot were — probably a little voter fatigue, a lot were just not for voting, a lot of people — lot were just not for voting, a lot of people were on the street and didn't_ of people were on the street and didn't want to vote for anyone so labour_ didn't want to vote for anyone so labour to— didn't want to vote for anyone so labour to claim that there was an issue _ labour to claim that there was an issue with — labour to claim that there was an issue with independence it is not as clear-cut_ issue with independence it is not as clear-cut as — issue with independence it is not as clear—cut as that. issue with independence it is not as clear-cut as that.— clear-cut as that. ayesha, it was a big feature. _ clear-cut as that. ayesha, it was a big feature. in _ clear-cut as that. ayesha, it was a big feature, in the _ clear-cut as that. ayesha, it was a big feature, in the last _ clear-cut as that. ayesha, it was a big feature, in the last few- big feature, in the last few elections, the conservative saying any labour leader would be in the pocket of the snp, can they pull it off again now? mat pocket of the snp, can they pull it off again now?— off again now? not really. i think that is gone _ off again now? not really. i think that is gone because _ off again now? not really. i think that is gone because what - off again now? not really. i think that is gone because what this i off again now? not really. i think- that is gone because what this shows is labour is very competitive in a number of seats. john curtice was saying potentially 40, that is probably a bit high but also keir starmer has ruled out anything. i think now the poster to look out for is rishi sunak with nigel farage in his pocket. mil is rishi sunak with nigel farage in his ocket. �* ., ., his pocket. all that to come potentially- _ his pocket. all that to come potentially. thank - his pocket. all that to come potentially. thank you - his pocket. all that to come | potentially. thank you both. that's all from us tonight. kirsty�*s back on monday from the labour party conference in liverpool. till then, enjoy your weekend. goodbye. us president biden and china's president xi might meet face—to—face plans are reportedly under way for a face—to—face meeting between president biden and china's leader xijinping next month, according to the washington post. speaking to reporters on friday, biden said that no meeting was set if it takes place, it would apparently happen during the asia—pacific economic cooperation conference in san francisco. and would be the latest attempt to stabilise troubled relations between the two superpowers. tensions in the relationship have risen in recent years over military, trade, and economics relations — among other sectors. the last time biden and xi met was on the sidelines of the 6—20 conference back in november 2022. but in recent months, attempts to reignite conversations between the two countries have accelerated with four top biden administration officials travelling to china for talks. i asked congressman raja krishnamoorthi — a ranking member on the house select committee on china — to weigh in on the alleged meeting. i think it's a good thing. i think that president biden should tell chairman xi very clearly that the more that they engage in aggression, whether it's economic, military or technological aggression, the harder it becomes for the rest of the world to engage with china and the harder and harder it is for the chinese communist party to help repair the damage that's been done from past economic political policies that's materializing now in a rapid slowdown of the chinese economy. on the other hand, if they curb their aggression and start to play by the rules of the road economically and militarily and otherwise, i think it will be good not only for the rest of the world, but it will be good for china as well. president biden is facing mounting criticism, after his administration announced plans to build a new border wall contruction in texas — rowing back on a campaign pledge. mr biden has said he had no choice, because the funding was signed off while donald trump was president. on wednesday, the department of homeland security, announced that 20 mile of barriers will be built in a sparsely announced that 20 miles of barriers will be built in a sparsely populated area of the rio grande valley. members of his democratic party said walls did not work, while rival republicans accused him of hypocrisy. but speaking to reporters in the last few hours, president biden defended the decision. i was told that i had no choice, that i, you know, congress passes legislation. to build something, whether it's an aircraft carrier, a wall, or provide for a tax cut, i can't say, "i don't like it, i'm not going to do it." if this hadn't been vetoed... you said yesterday that you tried to re—appropriate the funds. yeah, we tried to ask congress to consider changing the law. to re—appropriate, use it for another purpose. give me more border agents, give me more technical capabilities. detect fentanyl, that's what i want to do. the announcement comes as officials at the southern border report increasing numbers of crossings. last month, border patrol agents registered about 210,000 apprehensions. that's the highest level this year. and since last october, us authorities have detained more than two point two million migrants along the us—mexico border. than 2.2 million migrants along the us—mexico border. for more perspective on the story, i spoke to janet napolitano — former secretary of the department of homeland security. what do you think of the new policy of expending the border fence? �*s well, i think it was a difficult decision, obviously, to make. and i think it's important for the president to clarify that we're not going to solve our immigration issues at the border with a wall or a fence. the issues are more complicated than that and require a more holistic approach. but putting up some physical structure in some areas of the border where it's determined that that could really help with the traffic. that's a tactical decision that the border patrol has made in the past. but beyond those physical barriers, because the border is some 2000 miles long, what more is needed? well, it could be a combination of things, i think. i think of it as a three legged stool. one leg is physical infrastructure, fencing or a wall. one leg is technology, sensors, drones. and the third leg is manpower. making sure you have enough agents on the ground, particularly between the ports of entry, to do the apprehension. so, and all three of those need to be in balance with each other to really have what i think of as a holistic approach to the border. what about the aid organizations at the border who say the construction of the wall simply isn't the answer? well, it is not in and of itself the answer, and i would agree with them on that. the question is, what is the answer? and to me, it's the three legged stool i just described, combined with a serious effort at immigration reform. and that, of course, has to be done by the congress. and, of course, our congress is a little discombobulated these days, but that's really what needs to happen. i'll ask you about reform in congress in a moment, but we spoke to you back in may around the lifting of title 42. and you pointed to the measures that the biden administration was putting in place. so tougher consequences for crossing illegally increasing lawful pathways, working with local communities and ngos. why hasn't that worked to stop the rising numbers of people crossing? well, it did for a while. the numbers immediately after title 42 was lifted went down. it's only been in the past month or so that they've begun coming up again. a lot of that is fueled by immigration from venezuela, which remains a source of outmigration from that country, not just to the united states, but to other countries in south america. but many of the venezuelans fleeing that country are making their way to the us border. you know, one of the last things the biden administration did was to extend temporary protected status to venezuela ns already who were already in the country byjuly 31st of this year. and that allows those venezuelans to not only pursue their asylum applications, but to get work authorisation. and that's something that many mayors, particularly of our big cities, where many of these immigrants have ended up, had been crying for saying these people want to work, they need to be able to get authorisation. now, we spoke to congressman henry cuellar yesterday and he told us this. look at what president obama and president trump did in 2015 and 2019 when the numbers went down in those years. they got mexico to do more. you stop them before they come to our us border. that's why 2015 and 2019, you saw numbers going down. has the biden administration failed to work or engage with mexico more deeply on this issue? no. i think they've been engaging. in fact, just yesterday, the secretary of state, secretary of state blinken, the attorney general garland and the secretary of homeland security, mayorkas, were all in mexico city to have a series of high level meetings, including with president obrador. because representative cuellar is coming is exactly right. because representative cuellar's comment is exactly right. if you can stop the migration before it reaches our border. that's a much better policy outcome than waiting until people arrive here. when you see record numbers of people fleeing poverty, violence, oppression. are these solutions going to be enough? it takes so much, you know, people don't pick up and leave their homes just for the heck of it. they're usually in desperate straits poverty, joblessness, high crime, violence, lack of civil institutions in their countries of origin. all of those go into that very difficult decision to to leave. and, of course, one of the prime motivators is they want to help provide a better life for their children. and so now we see more families with children trying to escape to the united states. but it requires a whole host of things. it requires diplomatic outreach. it requires investment in other countries. right. so that we take away some of the incentive to migrate. it requires strong border security and effective enforcement of our immigration laws, which need to be amended and reformed. so that brings me to my final question, secretary. we've seen successive administrations sessions of congress unable to pass substantive bipartisan immigration reform. both sides agree it's necessary. so what needs to happen? well, it's really difficult to say how the partisan divide is crossed over in this particular congress. perhaps one approach would be, rather than try trying perhaps one approach would be, rather than trying to have comprehensive immigration reform, the whole kit and caboodle, so to speak. it's to pick a few areas that are very popular, have broad bipartisan support, and see if you can at least get something done. secretary, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with us today. thank you. top contenders in the race for the us speaker of the house are emerging, as other republicans consider throwing their hats in the ring. representatives jim jordan of ohio and steve scalise of louisiana are said to be the frontrunners to replace ousted former speaker kevin mccarthy. former president donald trump — who had teased he would accept the job in the short term — endorsed repjordan early friday. another contender, rep kevin hern of oklahoma is reportedly a popular choice amongst the hard—line house freedom caucus. an update now on strikes taking place across the us. the united auto workers says it will not expand its walk—out against the detroit auto—makers this week. the union president said that general motors had agreed that electric battery manufacturing will be covered in the next contract between gm and the union. however, uaw president shawn fain said the parties haven't reached a full resolution yet. the uaw went on strike with detroit auto—makers back in september, calling for better wages, pensions, work hours and retiree benefits. meanwhile, kaiser permanente health care workers entered the third day of their strike on friday. workers are demanding better wages and safe staffing levels. the strike is due to conclude on saturday, but union officials now say it could be extended by ten days — raising concerns about delays to patient care. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a man has appeared in court charged with plotting to kidnap and murder the british tv presenter holly willoughby. gavin plumb, who's 36 and from essex, was remanded in custody. holly willoughby didn't appear on thursday's edition of this morning — itv said it's providing full support to her and herfamily at a very distressing time. at least eighteen people died — including three children — when a bus carrying migrants crashed in the southern mexican state of oaxaca. pictures showed the bus tipped over on a tight mountain turn. officials say the fifty—five passengers on board were venezuelan and haitian nationals — travelling north towards the border with the united states. an american tourist has been arrested for allegedly smashing sculptures in the israel museum injerusalem. images shared by israeli police show the two ancient roman statues, dating from the second century, lying broken on the museum floor. police say the man damaged the statues because he said they were "against the torah". his lawyer denied he acted out of religious fanaticism. you're live with bbc news. the nobel peace price has been awarded to a jailed iranian human rights activist. narges mohammadi is being honoured for herfight against the oppression of women in iran where she's played a leading role in criticisng the mandatory wearing of hijabs for women. the award to mohammadi follows accusations against iran's morality police of beating this 16—year—old, armita geravand, into a coma. police deny the accusations. geravand was seen on cctv entering a tehran subway car sunday without a hijab, and later being dragged off unconscious. iran authorities have now reportedly arrested the girl's mother. our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley has more n the nobel prize winner, and the human rights situation in iran. narges mohammadi is a woman, a human rights advocate and a freedom fighter. her brave struggle has come with tremendous personal cost. altogether, the regime has arrested her 13 times, convicted her five times and sentenced her to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes. ms mohammadi is still in prison as i speak. she hasn't seen her husband and children, now in exile in paris, in years. her son told the bbc she's always in his heart. translation: i wasjust happy and proud of my mum, - just like i'm always, like yesterday and the day before that. this award belongs to iranian people. the nobel committee said the prize was also for the hundreds of thousands of iranians who've demonstrated against the theocratic regime's oppression against women. this uprising, spearheaded by women, began last september after the death in police custody of a young woman detained for allegedly not wearing her headscarf properly. 20,000 people were detained in a brutal crackdown which narges mohammadi condemned from behind bars. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who was held with her, welcomed the award, saying it was for all women facing injustice. bbc persian has been monitoring the wider response on social media to today's announcement. after a year of protests and — according to rights groups — i over 500 people were killed, bad news after bad news, . this nobel prize was the first piece of good news that iranians heard l in overa year. and that is probably- going to embolden iranian women in their fight - for democracy and freedom. but the fate of this 16—year—old girl underlines the frightening reality for women taking a stand in iran. earlier this week, she bravely tried to get on the tehran metro with her hair uncovered. allegedly beaten by iran's morality police, she's now in a coma. the awarding of the nobel peace prize to narges mohammadi sends a very strong message that the world is watching the iranian regime. caroline hawley, bbc news. the ongoing conflict in syria, has slipped from the headlines in recent months, but government forces have now launched a massive bombardment of an area of the country, controlled by islamist rebels. it's in response to a drone attack on a military graduation ceremony yesterday, which killed more than a hundred people, and was one of the deadliest attacks on the syrian armed forces, in the on going 12 year civil war. the funerals of those who died, have been taking place in the city of homs, as frank gardner reports. a funeral for the fallen after a devastating drone attack on a military academy. one of the worst single attacks in syria's 12 years of civil war, it killed over 100 and injured hundreds more. amongst the mourners, this man, who lost his brother. and this young officer. his mother had come to watch him graduate. she died in the drone strike. translation: my mother came to celebrate my graduation. - it's the worst day. children, students, my friends, they all died. witnesses say the attack came out of nowhere, with multiple iranian—made explosive drones. most of the pictures are too graphic to show. syria's government blames what it calls terrorist groups. syria's defence minister was at the funeral, telling people that sacrifices had to be made for the sake of the nation. he had left the ceremonyjust minutes before the attack. after years of civil war, syria is a fractured nation. president assad here controls only part of his country, that's the area shown in purple, which includes homs, the city where the attack took place. islamist rebels still hold out in the orange area right up in the north—west in idlib province, while kurdish militias operate in those green areas. and to complicate matters even further, several nations have a military presence in syria, including the us, russia, turkey and iran. within hours, the syrian government hit back, targeting civilians and rebels alike, in areas beyond its control. yet there has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the homs drone attack. with so many competing factions in this country, it's hard to tell who or what was really behind it. frank gardner, bbc news. floods, droughts and wildfires — unicef says extreme weather caused the displacement of more than 43 million children over six years. that's an average of about 20,000 children displaced every day. the report is the first to analyse the impact of climate change on children. the philippines, india and china experienced the most child displacement from climate hazards. but on average, children living in the horn of africa or on small island nations are most vulnerable. a tropical turtle that was found washed up on a beach in scotland last year has been released into the atlantic ocean. when the turtle was found off the island of iona, she was malnourished and dehydrated — and not expected to survive. graham satchell tells her remarkable story. iona the turtle — these her final moments in captivity before being released into the wild. she is alive today because of the kindness of strangers and has come on a remarkable journey to get to this point. the loggerhead turtle was found in january last year. covered in sand, she was dehydrated, malnourished, barely alive. jane kindlen, who found her, gave her the name iona. it's the island off the west coast of scotland where she'd landed. iona was taken to the sea life centre in loch lomond, where a team of experts started her recovery. she was then moved to scarborough, where she made gradual and steady progress, putting on more than ten times the weight she had when she was found. most loggerhead turtles start their life in the gulf of mexico. it's thought iona may have been carried on the gulf stream to the inner hebrides. after spending time at sea life centres in scotland and then in scarborough, this week she was flown to the azores in the atlantic to be released into the wild. on the quayside, time for one last quick clean before being taken on to a small boat and fitted with a tracking device. when everybody�*s ready... and then, finally, the moment of freedom. the second it went back in the water, in the ocean, it was back to doing its absolutely natural behaviour, and that was...we were ecstatic to see that, to see how well it adapted instantly. it was a really lovely feeling to see her kind ofjust go i off into the big blue. and i think the biggest thing, . that apprehension really of kind of what's going to happen to her — where's she going to go now. - but i know that the part that we've all played has given her the best . chances that we can do in the wild. iona was the smallest turtle to be found alive in the uk. today, thanks to a small army of helpers, she is fully grown and back in the wild. graham satchell, bbc news. simone biles has added another all—around gold medal to her collection — breaking her own record. the superstar�*s win marks her 27th world medal and breaks the record for total world and olympic medals combined. biles' sixth world all—around gold medal makes her the winningest gymnast — male orfemale in history. her victory comes ten years after she won her first world title at age 16. biles also qualified for all four event finals, giving her a chance to duplicate her 2018 world championshops feat, when she medaled in all six events she competed in. that's our show this hour, thank you for watching bbc news. hello. this weekend is going to bring us some huge weather contrast for many parts of the uk. it is going to be an exceptionally warm weekend for october. that warm air pushing up from the south around this area of high pressure, but colder air digging down from the north and along the battleground between those two air masses, an active and slow moving weather front, which is going to bring heavy and persistent rain parts of scotland. we have this met office amber warning the potential that some places could see close to 180 millimetres of rain, especially up over higher ground. certainly enough rain across the warning area to give some issues with flooding and travel disruption. but as you can see, a wet start to saturday across many parts of scotland and that band of rain very slow moving through the day. whereas for northern ireland, western parts of england and wales, a bit of a murky start that should tend to lift and clear to give some spells of sunshine, certainly central and eastern parts of england seeing some spells of hazy sunshine through the day. but all the while the rain continues across those central and some northern parts of scotland where it will feel decidedly chilly. just nine degrees in aberdeen. compare that with 24 or 25 degrees across parts of south east england. now, during saturday night, the rain continues. i think the heaviest rain will tends to pull northwards across scotland, i think the heaviest rain will tend to pull northwards across scotland, something a little bit drier developing for some of those central and southern parts. further south, some clear spells. there'll be some mist and fog patches to a mild night for many, there'll be some mist and fog patches too, a mild night for many, but quite cold in the far north of scotland, particularly shetlands. just to the north of this weather front as we head into sunday, this front will still be plaguing some northern parts of the uk, but the heaviest rain this time will be across the far north of scotland and into orkney, further south just that little bit drier. and for northern ireland, england and wales, any early mist and fog should tend to clear could stay a bit murky for some coasts, should tend to clear, could stay a bit murky for some coasts, but we will see some spells of sunshine not quite as warm on sunday, still up to around 23 degrees, 12 for stornoway and for aberdeen. now the new week starts on a warm note, particularly down towards the south. but as we head through the middle part of the week, this active weather front is set to push southwards and that will introduce north westerly winds and something more typical really for this time of year. so temperatures by the end of the coming week back down closer to where we would expect them to be at this time of year. allowed to express political views online? welcomed to news watch. welcome to newswatch. coming up. new written 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