:00:00. > :00:08.This is BBC World News Today with me, Lebo Diseko.
:00:09. > :00:10.The headlines - The UN's Syria envoy makes an impassioned
:00:11. > :00:15.plea for an end to the bombardment of Aleppo.
:00:16. > :00:18.Staffan de Mistura says the east of the city could be
:00:19. > :00:23.wiped out by Christmas if the fighting doesn't stop.
:00:24. > :00:33.The city of eastern Aleppo at this rate will be totally destroyed,
:00:34. > :00:38.The city of eastern Aleppo at this rate will be totally destroyed.
:00:39. > :00:40.And thousands of civilians, not terrorists, will be killed.
:00:41. > :00:43.A picture of utter devastation along the southwestern peninsula of Haiti,
:00:44. > :00:48.after it's hit by Hurricane Matthew. 140 people are dead.
:00:49. > :00:51.Also coming up: A British Member of the European Parliament is taken
:00:52. > :00:54.to hospital after a fight at a meeting with colleagues
:00:55. > :01:01.And why eating farmed salmon might not be as healthy
:01:02. > :01:26.Rebel-held Eastern Aleppo faces total destruction by Christmas -
:01:27. > :01:29.that's the stark warning from the UN envoy to Syria today.
:01:30. > :01:31.Staffan de Mistura said that he was prepared to personally
:01:32. > :01:34.accompany jihadists out of the city if it would stop the fighting.
:01:35. > :01:39.It's thought there are around 275,000 people currently living
:01:40. > :01:42.in rebel-held parts of the city, which has been under
:01:43. > :01:48.Of those, around 100,000 are children.
:01:49. > :01:50.The Syrian government and Russia are carrying out an intense bombing
:01:51. > :01:53.campaign to try and take the city back from rebel fighters,
:01:54. > :01:58.of which around 900 belong to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham,
:01:59. > :02:01.previously al Qaeda's franchise in Syria.
:02:02. > :02:04.The UN said that targeting those militants was no justification
:02:05. > :02:10.Here's our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale.
:02:11. > :02:14.There are 100,000 children trapped in eastern Aleppo,
:02:15. > :02:20.and this little boy is one of the lucky ones.
:02:21. > :02:24.Shabab was pulled from the building that killed the rest of his family,
:02:25. > :02:27.yet another casualty in the rebel held part of the city,
:02:28. > :02:31.where the UN says more than 270 people have been killed
:02:32. > :02:37.and 600 injured in the last two weeks alone.
:02:38. > :02:39.So, from the United Nations today, a warning that
:02:40. > :02:43.unless the bombardment by Russian and Syrian forces stopped,
:02:44. > :02:46.there will be nothing left by Christmas.
:02:47. > :02:51.A maximum two months, two and a half months,
:02:52. > :02:56.the city of Eastern Aleppo, at this rate, may be
:02:57. > :03:02.We are talking about the old city in particular.
:03:03. > :03:10.And thousands of Syrian civilians, not terrorists, will be killed.
:03:11. > :03:12.There are believed to be 900 jihadist fighters,
:03:13. > :03:15.formerly known as al-Nusra, left in eastern Aleppo,
:03:16. > :03:19.seen here training recently alongside other allies.
:03:20. > :03:22.The UN envoy said they should not risk further civilian casualties,
:03:23. > :03:26.and instead withdraw from the city, offering to guarantee
:03:27. > :03:36.If you do decide to leave, in dignity and with your weapons,
:03:37. > :03:42.to anywhere you wanted to go, I personally am ready physically
:03:43. > :03:47.France today called on President Assad to end
:03:48. > :03:51.what its ministers called the deluge of fire and death
:03:52. > :03:56.But the Syrian president denied once again that he was
:03:57. > :04:01.If we are killing people, Syrian people, and destroying
:04:02. > :04:04.hospitals and committing all these atrocities,
:04:05. > :04:07.and we have been faced by all the great power
:04:08. > :04:10.and the petrol dollars in the world, how can I be president
:04:11. > :04:15.The conflict in Syria will be the priority for the next
:04:16. > :04:17.Secretary-General of the United Nations,
:04:18. > :04:21.Antonio Guterres, confirmed today as the Security Council's nominee.
:04:22. > :04:24.The former Portuguese Prime Minister will try to succeed
:04:25. > :04:36.As you heard there, the former prime minister
:04:37. > :04:39.has been officially named as the new Secretary-General
:04:40. > :04:42.He'll take over from Ban Ki-moon in January.
:04:43. > :04:44.Mr Guterres was the UN High Commissioner for Refugees
:04:45. > :04:49.for ten years until the end of last year.
:04:50. > :04:56.He spoke of his gratitude to the UN Security Council for choosing him.
:04:57. > :04:59.Gratitude, but also humility. Humility when facing the dramatic
:05:00. > :05:01.problems of today's world, and humility that is needed
:05:02. > :05:04.to serve, and especially to serve The victims of conflicts,
:05:05. > :05:16.of terrorism, the victims of the violation of rights,
:05:17. > :05:18.the victims of poverty And also, the humility
:05:19. > :05:21.that is needed to recognise the inspiration that comes
:05:22. > :05:25.from so many workers of the UN and its partners, that are doing
:05:26. > :05:30.everything they can in the most Nada Tawfik joins me
:05:31. > :05:50.from the United Nations in New York. He managed to get the support of all
:05:51. > :05:53.five veto carrying members of the United nation 's security council.
:05:54. > :05:58.How rare is that sort of show of unity?
:05:59. > :06:03.Well, as we have seen with the war in Syria, getting the Security
:06:04. > :06:07.Council to have a united voice can be difficult. That is not to say
:06:08. > :06:11.that they haven't spoken with one voice in past conflicts, but again,
:06:12. > :06:16.it comes down to what are the best interests of these countries. The UN
:06:17. > :06:20.is only as good as is member states, and in the case of the Security
:06:21. > :06:25.Council, the five veto wielding members. But I have to say, this was
:06:26. > :06:28.really the first time that this process for Secretary-General, all
:06:29. > :06:34.the members came out together to announce they had come to a swift
:06:35. > :06:36.decision. The timing was right surprisingly Antonio Guterres is
:06:37. > :06:40.going to come to the UN at one of the most difficult points in its
:06:41. > :06:44.history, really. The chief mandate of the UN is to prevent conflicts,
:06:45. > :06:49.and we're seeing conflicts raging across the globe, so he is going to
:06:50. > :06:53.have a very tough time. He mentioned when he thanked the Security Council
:06:54. > :06:57.for the nomination that he hopes this unity will follow through in
:06:58. > :07:01.his work with the council. He mentioned there that there were
:07:02. > :07:04.one of the most difficult times in terms of conflict around the world,
:07:05. > :07:08.some of them seeming so intractable. There will be people who would say,
:07:09. > :07:12.why does he want a job like this, and what does he bring that perhaps
:07:13. > :07:18.his predecessor did not? Well, Mr Guterres has really been
:07:19. > :07:24.applauded for the fact that he was a leader. He led Portugal as Prime
:07:25. > :07:27.Minister. He also led the UN's Refugee Agency for a decade. He said
:07:28. > :07:31.his personal mission coming into this will be to prevent conflicts,
:07:32. > :07:35.to redo the UN so that instead of holding meeting after meeting, they
:07:36. > :07:38.will be more focused on preventing conflict and goals. So, Mr Guterres
:07:39. > :07:47.has the experience that others in the past have not had. As I say, he
:07:48. > :07:49.has led a country before. For example, the French Ambassador
:07:50. > :07:51.mentioned how he hopes Mr Guterres focuses on dogging partnerships
:07:52. > :07:55.instead of rivalries here are the UN, because that has been a major
:07:56. > :07:58.force, as we have seen, between Russia and the US, in preventing
:07:59. > :08:01.certain outcomes in the Security Council, particularly on Syria.
:08:02. > :08:06.We will have to leave it there. Thank you.
:08:07. > :08:10.President Obama has declared a state of emergency in Florida as the
:08:11. > :08:14.south-eastern United States braces itself for the arrival of hurricane
:08:15. > :08:18.Matthew. More than 2 million people are facing evacuation orders, and
:08:19. > :08:23.highways are jammed with people trying to leave. The hurricane is
:08:24. > :08:24.thought now to have killed 140 people in the Caribbean, nearly all
:08:25. > :08:25.of them in Haiti. The Bahamas, the latest landfall
:08:26. > :08:31.for Hurricane Matthew. Winds of 125 mph lashed the capital
:08:32. > :08:34.Nassau, bringing down And still almost 200 miles
:08:35. > :08:40.of the Florida coast, And still almost 200 miles
:08:41. > :08:43.off the Florida coast, the storm is already
:08:44. > :08:45.making its presence felt. 1.5 million people have
:08:46. > :08:47.been told to evacuate, emptying stores, gas stations,
:08:48. > :08:50.clogging roads, heading inland for safer ground and to dozens
:08:51. > :08:55.of shelters set up around the state. The Edwards family from Palm Beach
:08:56. > :08:59.are making this one their home All my family is talking about is,
:09:00. > :09:04.you need to hit the road right now. But the thing is, I don't
:09:05. > :09:07.want to get caught out there on the road with three children,
:09:08. > :09:11.so I just want to stay here. I feel like this is the safest
:09:12. > :09:17.place for me right now. While it is not yet clear
:09:18. > :09:19.where the storm will hit the Florida coast,
:09:20. > :09:21.the governor says it could cause catastrophic
:09:22. > :09:22.destruction. So if you are in an
:09:23. > :09:25.evacuation zone, get out. This is not something you should
:09:26. > :09:27.take a chance with. Time is running out.
:09:28. > :09:29.Leave, there is no excuses. The roads are open.
:09:30. > :09:31.You should get out. Our number one priority
:09:32. > :09:39.is protecting everyone's life. In Haiti, the scale
:09:40. > :09:41.of the devastation Thousands of people have
:09:42. > :09:46.lost their homes, and more than 100 are now reported dead,
:09:47. > :09:48.with the total expected Parts of the island
:09:49. > :09:56.are still cut off. In Florida, the National Guard
:09:57. > :09:59.and federal emergency staff have been called in as a number
:10:00. > :10:02.of airports and schools are closed. Matthew's expected to strengthen
:10:03. > :10:04.as it approaches the coast, in what meteorologists say
:10:05. > :10:09.is the most ferocious As we've been hearing,
:10:10. > :10:15.Hurricane Matthew has again become a Category Four storm -
:10:16. > :10:18.that means dangerously strong winds as it makes its way
:10:19. > :10:21.towards the United States. BBC Weather presenter Helen Willets
:10:22. > :10:35.is tracking Matthew's course. With sustained winds forecast of
:10:36. > :10:40.about 142 140 miles an hour, which is 230 kilometres per hour, which is
:10:41. > :10:44.a sustained wind, we will see costs well in excess of that. It had very
:10:45. > :10:48.close to the Florida coastline, and may well make landfall, brush its
:10:49. > :10:54.way northwards and be very close to the Georgia and Carolina coastline
:10:55. > :10:57.late on Friday and Saturday. So it will have far-reaching consequences.
:10:58. > :11:04.We have the triple whammy of a storm surge up to four meters, potentially
:11:05. > :11:07.6-10 inches of rain falling, and really powerful, destructive winds
:11:08. > :11:11.which will rip up anything in their wake. It is a very serious storm
:11:12. > :11:15.indeed. Hundreds of thousands of people are being evacuated in this
:11:16. > :11:19.way, but clearly, it will have devastating effects.
:11:20. > :11:23.You can follow the course of the hurricane on our website.
:11:24. > :11:27.There is a live page there, constantly being updated as the
:11:28. > :11:30.storm moves north. There is also a picture gallery
:11:31. > :11:34.showing the damage the storm has already caused, and you can also get
:11:35. > :11:38.eyewitness accounts from survivors. Also, a very interesting piece on
:11:39. > :11:39.what actually makes the different categorisations of a hurricane. That
:11:40. > :11:46.is on our site. Turmoil in the UK Independence Party
:11:47. > :11:48.after one of its leadership contenders was rushed to hospital
:11:49. > :11:50.after he collapsed outside the European
:11:51. > :11:52.parliament in Strasbourg. Steven Woolfe suffered two
:11:53. > :11:54.fits following a fight Ukip's interim leader, Nigel Farage,
:11:55. > :11:59.condemned the incident, saying it was bad for Ukip's image
:12:00. > :12:04.and made them look violent. Our deputy political editor
:12:05. > :12:07.John Pienaar reports. Steven Woolfe's no household name,
:12:08. > :12:11.at least until now, but he was favourite
:12:12. > :12:13.to lead his party, a party torn apart by feuding
:12:14. > :12:16.and faction fighting, His far better known and biggest
:12:17. > :12:22.supporter Nigel Farage put out the news in a tweet -
:12:23. > :12:25.there had been a fight. Steven Woolfe had collapsed
:12:26. > :12:28.after an altercation at a meeting He described his
:12:29. > :12:32.condition as serious. Tonight, though, Mr Farage
:12:33. > :12:35.reported his colleague Steven Woolfe is in a much better
:12:36. > :12:41.place than he was a fewer hours ago. Steven Woolfe is in a much better
:12:42. > :12:45.place than he was a few hours ago. He did, as you know,
:12:46. > :12:47.collapse coming out of the chamber during the voting session and
:12:48. > :12:50.hit the ground pretty hard. He has suffered two seizures,
:12:51. > :12:54.one quite major one, which is obviously pretty serious,
:12:55. > :12:58.and he did lose consciousness for a bit, so things
:12:59. > :13:00.were pretty bad. As for the events that led up to it,
:13:01. > :13:04.well, it is two grown men getting It is not very seemly behaviour,
:13:05. > :13:11.but I'm not today going to get Tempers flared after Mr Woolfe told
:13:12. > :13:18.the BBC he had been tempted to join the Conservatives
:13:19. > :13:20.after Theresa May's At a private meeting
:13:21. > :13:29.of MEPs, there was a row. It spilled outside and punches
:13:30. > :13:32.were reportedly thrown. Two hours later, Mr Woolfe collapsed
:13:33. > :13:36.and was taken to hospital. A short while ago, Mr Woolfe himself
:13:37. > :13:39.confirmed he was on the mend. He said in a tweet, "at the moment,
:13:40. > :13:42.I am feeling brighter, happier, Ukip tasted triumph when Britain
:13:43. > :13:47.voted to leave the EU. But the party's known nothing
:13:48. > :13:51.but split and schisms since, divided equally for and
:13:52. > :13:55.against Nigel Farage. Diane James reigned as leader
:13:56. > :13:58.for just 18 days before she decided she lacked the authority
:13:59. > :14:01.to lead and stood down, Now, Steven Woolfe, mixed race
:14:02. > :14:07.but tough on migration, may again be favourite to lead,
:14:08. > :14:11.though not many outside the party Now a look at some of
:14:12. > :14:19.the day's other news. Ten people are reported to have been
:14:20. > :14:22.injured in a bomb attack targeting a police station in the Turkish
:14:23. > :14:24.city of Istanbul. The provincial governor says device
:14:25. > :14:27.was attached to a motorbike No group has said it was behind
:14:28. > :14:33.the attack, close to the city's main airport, but both Kurdish militants
:14:34. > :14:36.and so-called Islamic State have Nine Australians arrested
:14:37. > :14:38.for stripping off at the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix
:14:39. > :14:40.have walked free from a court. The group, known as the "Budgie
:14:41. > :14:43.Nine", were charged with public nuisance, which carries
:14:44. > :14:45.a fine but no jail time. The men were detained after posing
:14:46. > :14:48.in swimwear decorated with the Malaysian flag to celebrate
:14:49. > :14:52.Australian Daniel Ricciardo's win Deutsche Bank has
:14:53. > :14:56.announced that 1,000 jobs The move adds to the 3,000 job
:14:57. > :15:01.losses announced in June. The bank has been under intense
:15:02. > :15:05.pressure since mid-September, when US authorities said they wanted
:15:06. > :15:08.the firm to pay $14 billion to settle an investigation
:15:09. > :15:15.into mortgage-backed securities. Parliament in Poland has
:15:16. > :15:17.voted to reject a strict It would have meant almost
:15:18. > :15:21.a complete ban on the procedure, Women who terminated their pregnancy
:15:22. > :15:41.would have faced up The proposed abortion ban has
:15:42. > :15:47.provoked strong emotions. Both among politicians, and on the streets.
:15:48. > :15:51.Demonstrations for and against the proposal have been taking place for
:15:52. > :15:58.months. Coat hangers symbolise the cruelty of illegal abortions. The
:15:59. > :16:02.Catholic Church and some members of Poland's governing right wing Law
:16:03. > :16:06.And Justice Party initially supported the total ban, even though
:16:07. > :16:10.Poland already has one of Europe's most restrictive abortion laws. The
:16:11. > :16:14.procedure is only allowed in cases of rape or incest, or when the
:16:15. > :16:19.health of the woman or foetus is seriously endangered. The event that
:16:20. > :16:25.changed minds in the governing camp was a nationwide protest some days
:16:26. > :16:33.ago. An estimated 100,000 people, mostly women, took part in a strike
:16:34. > :16:38.and street protests. It was a potent display of defiance against a bill
:16:39. > :16:41.that threaten women with prison. Under the proposal, abortions would
:16:42. > :16:47.be banned in cases of rape. They would only be allowed in order to
:16:48. > :16:51.save a woman's life. One government minister said the protest had taught
:16:52. > :16:54.him a lesson in humility. Poland's Prime Minister said the debate had
:16:55. > :16:58.got out of hand. TRANSLATION: Emotions that have
:16:59. > :17:04.formed around this topic in recent days are too high in my opinion. All
:17:05. > :17:07.public figures and politicians are responsible for soothing them. This
:17:08. > :17:10.is a very serious and difficult debate, and for many people, a very
:17:11. > :17:11.dramatic one. We should respect different
:17:12. > :17:20.opinions. Before the vote in parliament,
:17:21. > :17:25.Poland's Catholic bishops said that while they supported a total ban,
:17:26. > :17:28.they opposed punishing women. In the end, Poland's politicians
:17:29. > :17:30.overwhelmingly rejected the bill. They saw the mood in the country and
:17:31. > :17:39.voted accordingly. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe
:17:40. > :17:43.has told Parliament he may turn down a law which requires aren't
:17:44. > :17:47.companies to transfer more than half of shares to black Zimbabweans. It
:17:48. > :17:51.comes after months of protests calling for the government to fix
:17:52. > :17:53.the failing economy and end corruption.
:17:54. > :17:59.Arriving to the opening of Parliament with his wife Graced by
:18:00. > :18:04.her side, Robert Mugabe, showing no signs of slowing down. The
:18:05. > :18:11.92-year-old has been in power for more than three decades, but his
:18:12. > :18:16.country is in trouble. Zimbabwe's economy is imploding. The country is
:18:17. > :18:21.running out of cash. Even a simple task of withdrawing money from a
:18:22. > :18:26.bank takes hours. It is estimated 85% of the population is unemployed.
:18:27. > :18:32.The majority relies on street trade to eat out a living. These vendors
:18:33. > :18:35.in Harare sleep on the streets, desperate to keep their positions,
:18:36. > :18:41.and too poor to make the daily trip home.
:18:42. > :18:47.But for millions, life in Zimbabwe is too hard to endure. In full view
:18:48. > :18:51.of the border, these young men illegally crossed the Limpopo river
:18:52. > :18:55.into South Africa in search of jobs. It is estimated that between three
:18:56. > :19:01.and 6 million Zimbabweans now live in South Africa.
:19:02. > :19:09.There are no jobs, no food. I'm going to look for a job.
:19:10. > :19:12.On the Zimbabwean side, there are no jobs. Now, the people are beating
:19:13. > :19:15.us. Desperation has forced millions of
:19:16. > :19:21.Zimbabweans to cross the border by any means. This has been happening
:19:22. > :19:25.for many years, but with the current situation in Zimbabwe, the numbers
:19:26. > :19:29.could increase. The deepening poverty appears to
:19:30. > :19:32.have united many, demanding economic reforms and an end to government
:19:33. > :19:37.corruption. The economy is not functioning.
:19:38. > :19:40.People are losing jobs. There is no purchasing power, so if you are
:19:41. > :19:43.selling goods manufacturing, you stop manufacturing, because nobody
:19:44. > :19:50.is buying your goods. So it is a downward spiral.
:19:51. > :19:52.For the first time in more than a decade, Zimbabweans have taken to
:19:53. > :19:57.the streets to voice their discontent. The most vocal are
:19:58. > :20:06.consistently and violently shut down. Dismantle the BBC how he was
:20:07. > :20:10.electrocuted and left for dead. -- this man told the BBC. They gave me
:20:11. > :20:13.electric shocks and kicked me until my body was numb.
:20:14. > :20:15.They thought I was dead. They left me on the side of the road and they
:20:16. > :20:20.drove away. The government has denied any
:20:21. > :20:23.overuse of force. This is unwarranted provocation, and
:20:24. > :20:29.I am so proud of the police, in that they exercise restraint on all
:20:30. > :20:33.occasions, and they have never used excessive force. They have used
:20:34. > :20:38.appropriate force. Anti-government protests look set to
:20:39. > :20:42.continue ahead of the 2018 elections, in which President Mugabe
:20:43. > :20:47.seeks his eighth term in office. For now, Zimbabweans will find it ever
:20:48. > :20:47.means they can to make a living, despite the country's ailing
:20:48. > :20:52.economy. Eating salmon may not be as good
:20:53. > :20:55.for you as you might think - if you're eating the farmed
:20:56. > :20:57.kind, that is. A new study shows levels of omega-3
:20:58. > :21:00.oils in those fish have halved Our Science Correspondent,
:21:01. > :21:04.Pallab Ghosh, has been to a salmon farm in the Highlands of Scotland
:21:05. > :21:22.to find out more. It is feeding time for the salmon.
:21:23. > :21:26.Thousands of them at a fish farm and Loch Leven. The Scottish Highlands
:21:27. > :21:30.and Islands is home to the fishing industry. It produces 30 million
:21:31. > :21:34.fish each year, and the worldwide demand is continuing to grow. But
:21:35. > :21:38.there is a problem. As the industry has been producing more fish, the
:21:39. > :21:43.nutritional value has been gradually declining.
:21:44. > :21:46.Quite an oily fish. Salmon is good for you, because of
:21:47. > :21:52.its beneficial omega three fish oils. Those are thought to stave off
:21:53. > :21:55.a range of illnesses, including heart disease, arthritis and
:21:56. > :22:01.diabetes. Five years ago, the amount of
:22:02. > :22:07.beneficial omega three in a portion of 130 grams, like we have here,
:22:08. > :22:11.would be around this amount. 3.5 grams of beneficial omega three,
:22:12. > :22:14.which in actual fact is our recommended weekly intake. However,
:22:15. > :22:19.now, that level has been about halved, and so, instead of having to
:22:20. > :22:23.read one portion of farmed salmon, we now have delete two portions to
:22:24. > :22:29.get our recommended weekly intake of omega three. -- we now have to eat.
:22:30. > :22:32.The salmon get their omega three oil from smaller oily fish such as
:22:33. > :22:37.anchovies, which have been ground up and added to the pellets that are
:22:38. > :22:40.being sprayed into the pens. But there is a limited supply of
:22:41. > :22:44.anchovies, and a growing demand for the salmon. So that means that all
:22:45. > :22:48.across the world, there are less oily fish to go rounds to make food
:22:49. > :22:54.for salmon. Scientists here are working on a solution, but it is a
:22:55. > :22:58.controversial one. These plants have been genetically modified to produce
:22:59. > :23:02.omega three fish oils that can be fed to the salmon.
:23:03. > :23:06.The production of fish oils is no longer limited by what is available
:23:07. > :23:10.from wild capture out of the ocean. It is also going to be augmented and
:23:11. > :23:15.helped by what we can produce by agriculture as well as by fishing.
:23:16. > :23:20.Farmed salmon is still one of the richest sources of omega-3 fish
:23:21. > :23:22.oils, but unless a solution can be found, the problem will continue to
:23:23. > :23:25.get worse. Now, which of these buildings
:23:26. > :23:27.would get your vote? Later this evening, we'll find out
:23:28. > :23:29.which has won this It's one of the most prestigious
:23:30. > :23:34.architecture awards in Britain and the world, and it's given
:23:35. > :23:37.to someone who's "made the greatest "contribution to the evolution
:23:38. > :23:40.of architecture." Our Arts Editor Will Gompertz
:23:41. > :23:52.looks at the contenders. Six new additions to the British
:23:53. > :23:57.landscape, all with sleek modernist lines, but among them, a 2016
:23:58. > :24:01.Stirling Prize winner. But which one will it be? Perhaps this private
:24:02. > :24:05.house, set deep in the landscape in the Forest of Dean could take the
:24:06. > :24:10.prize. It is a concrete bunker like new home for a couple of artists. Or
:24:11. > :24:14.maybe this seven building housing complex in London's Elephant In
:24:15. > :24:18.Cassell district will catch the judges' I. The design has won
:24:19. > :24:21.friends, but there have been concerned about insufficient social
:24:22. > :24:28.housing within the scheme. Just down the road is Damien Hirst's Newport
:24:29. > :24:31.Street Gallery, seeing the transformation of a building was
:24:32. > :24:36.used for creating theatrical scenery. Here is another one.
:24:37. > :24:40.Glasgow's riverside campus, a classy new addition to the banks of the
:24:41. > :24:44.river Clyde, with a huge in a hall to orientate and gather. It is one
:24:45. > :24:49.of three academic buildings on the short list. The other two are in
:24:50. > :24:53.Oxford. There is a reconfigured Weston Library, which takes Giles
:24:54. > :24:56.Gilbert Scott's World War II design and updates it for the 20th century,
:24:57. > :25:01.providing a space to serve both students and the public. A short
:25:02. > :25:06.walk away is the black nick School of government, a layered design of
:25:07. > :25:10.geometric forms that reference the city pot-macro architectural
:25:11. > :25:13.heritage. The question for the judges is...
:25:14. > :25:19.What do you look for in a piece of contemporary architecture?
:25:20. > :25:21.So, we are looking for a moment of transformation, an element of
:25:22. > :25:24.innovation that we are definitely looking for. We're looking at
:25:25. > :25:31.something has a degree of timelessness to it, so it is not
:25:32. > :25:33.obsolete in three or four years, so its longevity is not an issue, I
:25:34. > :25:37.guess. We will not have to wait long to
:25:38. > :25:40.find out which project he and his fellow judges award the prize. Their
:25:41. > :25:46.decision will be announced later this evening.
:25:47. > :25:51.And of course, we will be updating you as soon as we know who has won
:25:52. > :25:53.that. You stay tuned to BBC News. For the moment, that is it for me.
:25:54. > :25:54.Next, the weather. But for now, from me and the rest
:25:55. > :26:09.of the team, goodbye. Hello there. It is a quieter weather
:26:10. > :26:10.story across the UK, but a noticeably