the headlines: colorado's supreme court disqualifies donald trump from the republican presidential primary in the state over the 2021 capital attack. a warning for reykjavik a very spectacular volcanic eruption in southwest iceland. aid agencies voice frustration at the worsening conditions for civilians in gaza, as the un security council delays voting on a draft ceasefire resolution. latimer zelenzky tells an end of year news conference he is confident that ukraine's western allies will not let her down —— wladimir. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday.

hi there. thank you for being with us. we begin with a developing story in the united states. the colorado supreme court has disqualified trump from the ballot in the state's presidential election next year. it its ruling the court says it is because of his role in the capitol attack in january 2020 one foot his campaign immediately denounced the ruling is undemocratic and said they would appeal to the us supreme court. let's bring in north america correspond to peter bowes who joins us life. peter bowes who joins us life. peter connelly ruling applies only to the state's republican primary. so what does this decision mean?— primary. so what does this decision mean? well, this, as ou decision mean? well, this, as you say. _ decision mean? well, this, as you say. applies _ decision mean? well, this, as you say, applies only - decision mean? well, this, as you say, applies only to - decision mean? well, this, as you say, applies only to the l you say, applies only to the republican primary in colorado. but the warning shot for donald trump is, of course, that this could ultimately apply to other states as well. we know that there have been lawsuits in other parts of the country. in

fact, some lawsuits have been unsuccessful although there are also appeals under way. but it is a warning shot to donald trump that at least the legal system in this country has the power, it seems, to ban him from standing in the election, the presidential election next year. and this all stems from an effort by a group of citizens in colorado to stop former president trump seeking the white house again. it has now gone to that state's supreme court, invoking section three of the 14th amendment of the us constitution, very rarely used part of the constitution, but it says that anyone who was essentially found guilty of insurrection or rebellion should not be allowed to stand for the presidency again. now, donald trump has been very quick to respond to this, at least his campaign

has, saying they will take this to the us supreme court. so this may not be the final decision so bright indeed, peter, and we're showing viewers low pictures from waterloo in iowa where mr trump is speaking to his supporters. but in terms of colorado, peter, joe biden only one the state in 2020 with a margin of more than 13%, not exactly a big target for mr trump. are there any other battleground states where mr trump's present on the ballot is being challenged? well, yes, there have been several states already including the state of arizona, which is definitely one of those battleground states. but so far those attempts have been turned down by the courts. as we have said, the colorado decision may well be heading to the us supreme court and there are appeals under way in those other cases.

this is all very much still up in the air as it applies to colorado but some of those other states as well. it is yet another issue for donald trump and his campaign to be concerned about, to eat into their time, concerned about, to eat into theirtime, into concerned about, to eat into their time, into the legal resources, to fight this particular case on top of, of course, the other lawsuits and the criminal prosecutions that he is facing around the country. he is facing around the country-— he is facing around the country. he is facing around the count .�* , , ., country. briefly, before we leave you. _ country. briefly, before we leave you, this _ country. briefly, before we leave you, this could - country. briefly, before we leave you, this could end l country. briefly, before we. leave you, this could end up country. briefly, before we - leave you, this could end up in the supreme court. mr trump appears confident he will win, calling three of them "justices" as he appointed them. just talk us through his response to this ruling.- response to this ruling. yes, we haven't — response to this ruling. yes, we haven't heard _ response to this ruling. yes, we haven't heard him - response to this ruling. yes, l we haven't heard him respond directly, as you say, he is speaking at this rally right now and it is widely expected that at some point during this speech she will talk about this, but his campaign issued a statement saying that this was flawed, this was un—american,

this decision of the supreme court in colorado, that it was undemocratic. so you get the gist of what they are saying. they believe that the law is on their side and that's what, clearly, they will fight for in the us supreme court. peter bowes, thank _ the us supreme court. peter bowes, thank you _ the us supreme court. peter bowes, thank you so - the us supreme court. peter bowes, thank you so much i the us supreme court. peterl bowes, thank you so much for updating us on the developing story from the united states. let's turn to iceland, where there's been a dramatic volcano eruption, sending lava spewing hundreds of metres into the sky. i want to show you these live pictures from southwestern iceland as the volcano continues to spew jets of molten lava from a crack in the earth that's now several kilometres long. the area is a volcanic and seismic hotspot not far from the capital, reykjavik. experts say the eruption could last weeks or maybe even months. our correspondent sofia bettiza is following the story and sent this update.

well, this is as close as we could get to the volcano, which you should be able to see right there behind me in the distance. and that's because the authorities here are urging people not to come to this area for their safety and also to allow scientists to assess the situation on the ground. buttai can tell you we can smell the smoke, we can see ashes floating in the air. from time to time we can hear, we can feel the vibration underneath our feet, feel the vibration underneath ourfeet, and we can feel the vibration underneath our feet, and we can definitely hear the sound of the volcano rumbling in the background. and just to give you an idea of the situation, as we were driving here from the capital reykjavik, which is about a0 minutes away, we could immediately see the orange jets of lava in the distance. that gives you an idea ofjust how powerful this volcanic eruption is. now, in the past few hours we have seen people here taking selfies, taking videos, but thatis

selfies, taking videos, but that is mostly tourists stop we spoke to people from the us, from the uk, and from india who were here on holiday but wanted to come here and see this in real life because they have told us that this seems like something out of a movie, something out of a movie, something that feels like a once in a lifetime experience. but when you speak to people from icelandic they will tell you a very different story. i spoke to a policeman who told me that people here, who live here, this isjust a regular tuesday. of course, that might be an exaggeration, but this is a country that is used to volcanic eruption. the authorities here say that they have everything under control, that this does not pose a threat to life. that they had been expecting this to happen four weeks. and as a precaution may have evacuated a nearby town. now, the good news is that in the last few hours the intensity of the eruption has been decreasing. and according to forecasts in the next few

days the wind is going to push away the smoke from the inhabited areas and that is very good news for thousands of people who have been evacuated and are hoping to be able to come home, to come back to their homes for christmas. sofia bettiza reporting there. a little earlier i spoke to carmen solana, who specialises in volcanology and risk communications at the university of portsmouth in the uk, to ask how concerned should we be about possible gas pollution hitting the capital. obviously, i mean, uk we don't have anything to fear. there is no, at the moment, eruption, and even this pollution shouldn't produce any problems. in terms of reykjavik, the capital of iceland, the change of wind direction means some of the gases that are coming out of the fisher are going to be moving towards the capital and i believe the icelandic

material —— meteorological office as recommended people stay so they are not exposed to high concentrations. it depends on if the wind is strong, it will move closer to the ground, if it is maybe not that strong, maybe it will go more upwards. there are very many factors that would change the concentration and therefore the impact that could have on the population. impact that could have on the pepulation-— impact that could have on the --oulation. , ., ., , population. many of our viewers will remember _ population. many of our viewers will remember a _ population. many of our viewers will remember a similar - will remember a similar eruption back in 2010, which of was created that ash cloud resulting in at least several days of our travel disruption. is there any danger for that happening this time again? it was a very different eruption, actually, that happened underneath a glazier, so it was like a cap of ice, and because of this water with magma, it creates exclusively, a little

like oil and water, so that change of temperature and also the composition means that there are big explosions, a loss of ash created, it sends it much higher into the atmosphere, the distribution is further, so it is a very different type eruption, hear what we're seeing is mostly lava flows, coming from this fissure, which is becoming some vents, and mainly ash, sorry, mainly gases, but very little ash. ~ ., ., . mainly gases, but very little ash. ~ ., . ,.,, ash. wol volcanic eruptions aren't unique _ ash. wol volcanic eruptions aren't unique in _ ash. wol volcanic eruptions aren't unique in iceland, i l aren't unique in iceland, i understand that this particular area hasn't had an eruption for some 800 years until several years ago. could this be the start of decades of eruption? yes, well, that's what i believe everybody is fearing, that the area has reactivated after a long time and it could

mean they live eruptions at regular intervals, the one was in 2021 and that was followed by another in 2022 and, actually, at the beginning of this year there was another eruption. they were a little bit smaller in terms of fractures, the eruptive fissures in this case, and the reactivity wasn't as damaging, but, yes, it looks like the area has reactivated. so we fear it might be the beginning of a series of eruptions in the area and they are so close to reykjavik, of course the risk is higher than previously when most of the eruptions were happening on the east of iceland. ., happening on the east of iceland-— happening on the east of iceland. . ., ., ,, .,~ iceland. carmen solana speaking to me a little _ iceland. carmen solana speaking to me a little earlier. _ a vote at the un security council on a resolution calling for a ceasefire in gaza has been postponed once again. the vote was first delayed on monday and after today's second delay is now scheduled for wednesday.

the united states had said it was working with other members of the security council to resolve outstanding issues. they're trying to agree wording which would persuade washington not to use its veto. our correspondent nada tawfik is following the story from new york. intense negotiations continue here at the united nations to try to reach an agreement that would avoid a us veto on this resolution. now, we have already seen this vote postponed numerous times of the last two days and we will see if they vote on wednesday morning sticks. but the united states has said it is against a ceasefire, along with israel, because they feel it would only benefit hamas and therefore there is still disagreement on some of the language around a cessation of hostilities, even though the draft has been watered down to instead call for a suspension that there is

still a phrase that calls for urgent steps towards a sustainable cessation of hostilities. united states also hasissues hostilities. united states also has issues with this call for a un monitoring mission is in for aid into gaza to be established. now, israel is fearfulthat established. now, israel is fearful that that would take its control away from the delivery of humanitarian aid and so diplomats are trying to bridge the gap on that point of the resolution as well. so while diplomats had initially believed they were very close to an agreement, we can see that the language here is being tightly negotiated. the united states says it is engaging with council members construct public with these outstanding issues, but they fully support addressing the humanitarian needs of the people in gaza and, indeed, the united states is facing pressure in that regard. we have seen the un say

that a ceasefire is necessary so that they can deliver aid as scale in a meaningful way and security council members heard from the un special co—ordinatorfor the from the un special co—ordinator for the middle east peace process, saying that the delivery of aid into gaza continues to face insurmountable challenges and that the limited steps by israel. of what is needed to address the humanitarian catastrophe on the ground. so, as they say, intense negotiations continue at the united nations. meanwhile, the palestinian islamichhad group has published a video with two hostages being held in gaza, urging the israeli government to engage in negotiations for their release. the group took part in 7 october hamas attacks. the men identify themselves as gadi moses, 79 and elad

katzir, a7. they were kidnapped from kibbutz nir oz and appear separately in two clips. they both warn that israel's bombings are endangering their lives. prisoners of war and hostages are protected under international humanitarian law and so the bbc does not broadcast the full details of material which may have been filmed under duress. earlier, israeli president isaac herzog said his country was ready for another humanitarian pause to enable more hostages to be released and more aid to be delivered. hamas has said it won't negotiate an exchange of prisoners as long as the israeli military operation continues in gaza. a source tells the bbc that the leader of hamas — ismail haniyeh — is expected to visit cairo on wednesday. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent hugo bachega has more. there were new signs of movement towards possible negotiations between israel and hamas for the release of more hostages being held in gaza and

for more humanitarian aid to be delivered to the territory. on one stage the leader uppermost ismail haniyeh is expected to visit cairo, egypt alongside qatar, to help negotiate the first deal that saw the release of more than 100 hostages and also palestinian prisoners being freed from israeli jails. on tuesday the israeli president said his country was ready for another humanitarian cause in gaza. that followed meetings between the israeli and american intelligence chiefs and the qatari prime minister but a negotiations are unlikely to be easy. hamas has conditioned any exchanges on a comprehensive ceasefire in gaza. israel so far has rejected the calls for a ceasefire, saying that this would only benefit hamas, positioned that's been supported by the country's man

i like, —— main ally, united states. more than a hundred hostages remain in gaza and israel says the release of hostages and elimination of hamas are its goals in gaza. she curvature gareth ward angen she curvature gareth ward anger. —— hugo bernard cherry ogar reporting. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the scottish government has announced a new a5% band for people earning over £75,000, meaning higher earners in scotland will be paying more income tax. the top rate, which is paid by those earning more than £125,000, will also rise to a8%. the housing secretary announces a pledge to intervene if there have been delays to house building as a result of poor performance among planning teams. michael gove says that he will call out local authorities that are "dragging their feet" when it comes to processing housing applications. a health think tank warns the traditional model of dentistry in the nhs

is gone for good. the nuffield trust says the service has been cut back so much, it's now at the most perilous position in its 75—year history in england. the government says it will be publishing a recovery plan soon. you're live with bbc news. it's almost two years now since the russian full—scale invasion sparked the battle for ukraine. today president zelensky and russia's vladimir putin have both publicly insisted that they will be the ultimate winners in this long, drawn—out war. the ukrainian president admitted his country is facing challenges but said he was confident its allies would not let him down. our europe correspondent, jessica parker, reports from kyiv. loud blast president zelensky is looking at whether to mobilise half a million more soldiers

as these men in the east battle with not only russia, but ammunition shortages and the icy grip of winter. translation: it's| cold, wet and grey. but we need to do ourjob. there is no other option. we'll kick out these evil spirits as soon as possible and go home to ourfamilies. president volodymyr zelensky. in kyiv, he has to answer for a largely stalled counteroffensive, but president zelensky insists it's russia that's failing on the front line as he fielded questions at a rare press conference. you are facing a lot of problems at the moment — wavering western support, manpower shortages as well, russia is on the attack in some areas. so, i really do want to press you on this, is there a danger that ukraine could be on the cusp of starting to lose this war? translation: no.

i don't think so. we were in the most difficult situation and we were almost fully occupied. the risk you are talking about, it always exists, but we have to live here in ukraine and to fight and keep faith, not in words, but actions to achieve results. you'd expect president zelensky to be defiant and determined. he is ukraine's leader, responsible for rallying a nation at war, but there's no disguising that this is not the kind of triumphant end of year address he might have dreamed of making. few doubt ukraine's will to dig in and fight. here, they hope that big, but blocked, supplies of western weapons and money will come. but for now, there's big uncertainty, rarely an advantage in war. jessica parker, bbc news.

now to russia where president putin that the country's top military leaders. steve rosenberg has more. a minute of silence the soldiers killed. then a rallying cry from russia's commander—in—chief. on the war in ukraine larry perkins claims his troops have the advantage now, despite western support for kyiv. translation: all attempts — for kyiv. translation: all attempts to _ for kyiv. translation: fill attempts to inflict military defeat on us, a strategic defeat on us, a strategic defeat as the west called that, these attempts have been shattered by the courage and persistence of our soldiers. they have come up against the increased light of our armed forces and the resources of russian industry and military production. russian industry and military production-— production. across moscow corrections _ production. across moscow corrections are _ production. across moscow corrections are being - production. across moscow corrections are being told l production. across moscow| corrections are being told in no uncertain terms, victory will be ours and russia, the country of winners, although too many here what exactly

would constitute victory in this war is unclear. and outside the us embassy, no tinsel. just trolling. so these letters, these are the symbols of the kremlin still because it special military operation in ukraine and that reads to victory. and all of this, right on the doorstep of the american embassy, a less than subtle hint west but this is a war that vladimir putin has no intention of losing. he has every intention of winning the upcoming election as well. which he is destroying to run in. mr burden although that his toughest critics and potential rivals will not be on the ballot —— putin. like alexei navalny. he tried to run for president last time around but was barred. since then the kremlin critic has survived a nerve agent attack and received

a 19—year prison sentence. his lawyers say that right now they don't know where he is. it's thought he may be in transit from this maximum—securityjail from this maximum—security jail to from this maximum—securityjail to one of russia's harshest penal colonies. vladimir putin has defeated his most vocal opponents at home. many are in jail or in exile. for the kremlin leader, next year will be all about trying to defeat president zelensky. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. now to china at least 127 people have died after an earthquake struck a north—western country. was in the remote gansu province but tremors were also felt in the neighbouring region and another reported in shinsho. our reporter has this. the only warning was a low rumble.

before the strong, shallow quake village homes in trouble. bedrooms have small brick houses crumbled. people were buried as they slept. hundreds of rescuers in the choosi remote provinces that they like survivors, knowing the first few hours the only earthquake are critical to save lives. some were pulled from the debris. more than 500 people were taken to hospital. this commander told the media that his teams had rescued 60 people from the rubble and the worst hit province of gansu. those who had managed to flee their homes did their best to huddle together, to keep warm in freezing temperatures the bbc was sent this video from a member of the local muslim community who told us 50 people

died in his village. he said the scenes were heart—wrenching, too tragic to look at. china's response has been swift. hundreds of people now need shelter in villages scattered across the tibetan plateau, while the country is experiencing one of its coldest winters in decades. rescuers at the temperatures were difficult to endure. but while some people are still missing, they also determined to keep going. laura bicker, bbc news, beijing. that's it for this edition of newsday. a lot more on the website on all the stories that we brought you here on newsday. to check that out as well. i'll be back with business news shortly but for now, thank you so much for watching newsday. hello. wintry weather does not feature heavily in our forecast between now and christmas day,

but cloud, wind and rain will. on the earlier satellite picture, you can see this stripe of cloud that brought rain in the south on tuesday. then a zone of clear skies not lasting long. more cloud rolling in from the atlantic, in association with a warm front, bringing a rather grey and quite damp wednesday in many locations. also quite a windy day out there, so any early brightness across england and wales will be replaced by cloud spreading from the north and the west with some outbreaks of rain. northern ireland and scotland just having a generally grey and cloudy day with some bits and pieces of rain and drizzle. it's going to be a breezy or indeed a windy day, but a mild one for most. just a little bit colder in the far north there in shetland. and then through wednesday night, extensive cloud cover, some mist and murk, splashes of rain, heavier rain pushing into scotland and the winds really picking up. gales likely across northern scotland, but we could see gales developing elsewhere by the start of thursday morning. it's going to be a mild start to thursday but a really

windy start to the day, with this deep area of low pressure passing to the north of the uk. this frontal system bringing cloud and a little bit all of rain as it slides just a touch further southwards. behind that, some sunny spells, but some showers which could be wintry over high ground in scotland. and it is going to be very windy. particularly gusty conditions to the east of high ground — say, to the east of the pennines, northern and eastern parts of scotland. we could in places see gusts of 70 to 80 miles per hour, very rough seas and maybe even some coastal flooding around some north sea coasts. temperatures, well, just two degrees by the middle of the afternoon in lerwick, 12 there for cardiff and plymouth, so staying mild in the south. quite a messy weather picture for friday. it looks like we'll see a band of rain trying to push northwards and eastwards. that could run into some cold air to provide a bit of snow over high ground in scotland. temperatures are four degrees in aberdeen, 12 for london, 12 for plymouth. now, mild air will win out for most of us over the weekend and as we head towards christmas day. just a little bit colder in the north.

and it is over higher ground in the north of the uk, particularly in scotland, where we do have the chance of a little bit of snow.

shipping rates rise and companies warn of delays. we take a look at the fallout on businesses from the suez canal disruption. and the future of aia. predictions for how this game changing technology might change our lives in the year ahead. —— ai. hi there, welcome to asia business report. with me, mariko oi. we start the programme this morning in the suez canal as companies scramble to avoid shipping disruptions following recent attacks on vessels by the iran back to houthi rebels. around 12% of global trade passes through the canal, that is around 17,000 ships each year. now many companies including oil giant bp as well as danish shipping firm musk are rerouting to take the much longerjourney around rerouting to take the much longer journey around the