this is bbc world news. our top stories: a spanishjudge issues a european arrest warrant for catalonia's ousted president. carles puigdemont is in belgium, and says he'll stand in next month's regional elections even if he doesn't return home. with the government in jail, these elections won't be neutral, independent or normal. president trump touches down in hawaii at the start of a tour of the asia—pacific region. it's set to be his longest foreign trip so far. president trump has condemned as a disgrace a decision not to jail bowe bergdahl, the us soldier who deserted his post in afghanistan. the governing conservative party in britain suspends one of its mps because of what it calls "serious allegations" against him. he denies any wrongdoing. hello and welcome to bbc world news.

ajudge in spain has issued a european arrest warrant for the ousted catalan leader, carles puigdemont, who's in belgium. the warrant also covers four ex—ministers. belgian authorities have said they'll study the document. mr puigdemont faces charges over the illegal independence referendum. earlier on friday, he said in a belgian tv interview that he was ready to run in snap regional elections in catalonia next month. well, thousands of protesters gathered in barcelona, injaume square in front of the city hall, to rally against the detention of catalan cabinet members and also against the arrest warrant for carles puigdemont. tom burridge reports from barcelona. another night, another protest. this time, calls for catalan politicians to be released.

these prisoners didn't commit any crime. if they take them to jail, they should take us to jail too. we only want to vote and to be free. catalonia's former government, which they elected, is accused of rebellion. eight former catalan ministers will spend the weekend in prison after a judge denied them bail. and now, an arrest warrant, for the former catalan president, carles puigdemont. he's in brussels. tonight, on belgian tv, he described the case against him and his colleagues as exceptional and wrong. translation: this is not normal, that we face up to 30 years in prison, 30 years because we respected the wishes of the electorate. this is not normal, this is extremely barbaric.

and in sleepy catalan villages, divisions are now often on public display. the abuse hurled atjordi, a pro—independence councillor. at the local school where a month ago, he, arms crossed at the front, led a human wall blocking spain's civil guard. it's because of that disputed referendum that his political leaders are now injail ahead of their trial. translation: it reminds me more of a repressive state like turkey than a country in the european union. lively discussions at home too. this family, split on that key question. who is in favour of independence for catalonia? his sister is, his mum and dad are wavering. but jordi is not. "spain's laws have to be followed," he tells me, "and those who don't should be prosecuted."

almost every day, a new chapter in this catalan crisis. on the horizon now, regional elections. with pro—independence leaders in jail, divisions below the surface are ever more entrenched. president trump has arrived in hawaii en route to asia. with simmering tensions in the region, not least over north korea, the world is watching to see how mr trump handles this round of diplomacy. the president and first lady arrived air force one in oahu in the last hour, and will visit pearl harbour, before travelling to japan on sunday. after tokyo, it's on to south korea, followed by china, the great rival, then vietnam. mr trump will round things off with a visit to the philippines. robert daly, the director of the kissinger institute at the woodrow wilson center, says trump will be hoping to strengthen america's trade and investment relationship

with china. he is going to come home mostly with my name deals and some vague assurances, but it probably won't get, at least from china, any structural changes to the american trade relationship with china, which is what he wants. xi jinping just had a congress which elevated to him —— intoa had a congress which elevated to him —— into a strong position. you like the current state of us — china relationship. he doesn't ask much of donald trump and there's no particular reason he has to give him anything big, so he will be rolling out a big carpet and what this is code for is that they think through flattering president trump they can get him to not be as hard on them and to perhaps pre—xijinping as he has in the past for being powerful, speak about how much we respect him. they were like a purely ceremonial meeting and they think flattery is the way to get that. as we've already mentioned, the nuclear threat from north korea

is bound to be one of the key areas of discussion. in recent months the rhetoric between washington and pyongyang has reached new levels. key to the us strategy is being prepared for every scenario and that's why american troops in the region are key. the bbc‘s rupert wingfield hayes has taken to the skies with them. at kunsan air base in south korea, the us air force is practising for war with north korea. i'm riding with colonel stephen tittle, callsign wolf 2. today's mission is called a red flag, simulated air—to—air combat. our role is to act as a north korean intruder. ok, so they're off our nose now about seven miles. ok, we're going to engage the one on the right side. and he's passing as right over the top of us. wow. 0k.

i can see him above us. this is not a game, especially with president trump talking about war. as president trump arrives in asia, intelligence reports say kim jong—un may be preparing more missile and nuclear tests. after the last test, this was president trump's chilling response.

rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself. the united states has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies we will have no choice but to destroy north korea. such hardline rhetoric has its supporters here. in seoul i met this north korean defector who once served in kim jong—un‘s personal guard. we have had to protect his identity. translation: i think there needs to be an outside shock to the system to shape the entire north korean regime. there needs to be more than just words. on thursday the us once again flew b—i bombers across the korean peninsula. diplomats call this coercive diplomacy. pyongyang says america is preparing for war. robert gallucci is the only us official to successfully negotiate a north korean nuclearfreeze. he says there is now a real risk

of war breaking out by accident. this is not a disagreement fishing rights. this could go bad very, very quickly. and it could go very bad very, very quickly and a lot of people can die very, very quickly. out over the yellow sea the wolf pack is heading home. for six decades america and its allies have kept the peace here by practising for a war they hoped never to fight. as president trump crosses the pacific that peace has rarely felt more fragile. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in gunsan, south korea. we will have extended coverage of

president trump's trip to asia. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the italian coastguard says that rescuers have brought 700 migrants to safety from the mediterranean, but have also found 23 bodies. ships have carried out a series of rescues this week. these pictures are from two days ago. on friday alone, six rescue operations were carried out in the central mediterranean route between libya and europe's southern frontier. malta has been observing a day of mourning, with flags flying at half—mast to mark the funeral of the murdered anti—corruption campaigner for daphne caruana galizia. the country's leaders did not attend the ceremony at the request of mrs galizia's family. the blogger, who had made allegations of corruption against leading politicians, was killed by a car bomb last month. patrice evra has been suspended after he kicked one of his own fans.

the international player from after he kicked one of his own fans. the international playerfrom france who was a substitute in a europa league game in portugal was sent off after he aimed a kick at the head of one of his club's supporters before the match had even started. european football's governing body has charged him with violent conduct. the us soldier bowe bergdahl, who pleaded guilty to abandoning his post while serving in afghanistan, has been spared a jail sentence by a militaryjudge. bergdahl has instead been given a dishonourable discharge, had his rank reduced to private, and will have to pay a ten thousand dollar fine. president trump, who had previously suggested that bergdahl should be executed, reacted immediately on twitter, calling the sentence "a complete and total disgrace to our country and to our military". during the trial, bergdahl‘s lawyers argued that he had several mental health conditions and so should not face prison. his lawyer, eugene fidel, spoke to reporters outside the court. in american society as a whole we

are not at the point yet where are all stigma that has traditionally attached to mental hygiene and mental health issues has been dissipated. if this case leads to renewed attention to that, that will bea renewed attention to that, that will be a really wonderful byproduct, won't it? from washington, barbara plett—usher has more on the judge's decision not to send him to prison. he clearly chose more for the defence than a prosecution because the prosecution argued that he should face a lengthy prison sentence because of the stress and strain that he put on his fellow troops when he walked off his post. the army had to call in hasty rescue missions and weren't able to organise them well and had to draw in resources from elsewhere and put their lives in danger. one soldier

in particular suffered quite severe injuries from those rescue missions, so the prosecution was arguing that mr bergdahl should pay for that with a lengthy prison sentence, especially as he did it voluntarily, he deserted. the defence argued he suffered enough because he had been ca ptu red suffered enough because he had been captured by the taliban and tortured and neglected for five years and also that he suffered from some mental health conditions. so it seems that thejudge mental health conditions. so it seems that the judge went that way, rather than with the prosecution. he did say that he was dishonourably discharged. his rank has been demoted and he has been fined, but he will walk free. president trump is furious about this. why? this has been a really divisive issue between those who saw bowe bergdahl as a traitor and villain and those who saw him as a victim because of his ca ptu re saw him as a victim because of his capture by the taliban. mr trump clearly fell amongst the former. it isa clearly fell amongst the former. it is a debate that has been within the

military and political circles but mrtrump has military and political circles but mr trump has been especially outspoken about it. in his tweety said this was a very bad judgement, a disgrace for the military and country. when he was a presidential candidate he called sergeant bergdahl traitor who should be executed and in fact the defence came forward before the judge and said because of that he should be dismissed. thejudge said because of that he should be dismissed. the judge said said because of that he should be dismissed. thejudge said it said because of that he should be dismissed. the judge said it would be dismissed because he wasn't going to be influenced by those comments, he did say mr trump's continued comments would be a mitigating factor in the sentencing and that appears to have been the case. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come: shoppers surge into apple stores across the world to buy the new iphone 10, despite the nearly $1,000 price tag. the israeli prime minister, yitzhak rabin, the architect of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated. a 27—year—old jewish

man has been arrested, and an extremistjewish organisation has claimed responsibility for the killing. at polling booths throughout the country, they voted on a historic day for australia. as the results came in, it was clear. the monarchy would survive. of the american hostages, there was no sign. they are being held somewhere inside the compound, and student leaders have threatened that, should the americans attempt rescue, they will all die. this mission has surpassed all expectations. voyager one is now the most distant man—made object anywhere in the universe, and itjust seems to keep on going. tonight, we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of ourarms, or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a spanish judge has issued arrest warrants for sacked catalan leader

carles puigdemont and four of his allies, who are all in belgium. president trump has arrived in hawaii on his way to asia for his longest foreign tour yet, with north korea high on the agenda. the governing conservative party in britain has suspended one of its members of parliament because of what it called serious allegations against him. charlie elphicke says he's not aware of what the alleged claims are and denies any wrongdoing. the move follows the publication of a new code of conduct for conservative mps and other elected representatives in the wake of sexual harassment allegations. the opposition labour party has also become embroiled in the scandal. our deputy political editor john pienaar reports. could the scandal of alleged misconduct in politics get much worse? it just has. it's emered tory mp charlie elphicke

has been suspended from the party at westminster and allegations have been referred to the police. he denies any wrongdoing and said the media heard of his suspension before he did. at this stage, no more detail is known but allegations against mr elphicke fall within the scope of the unfolding controversy about mps' behaviour. it won't be the last chapter of the story. step—by—step, one by one, in one party then another, and today a young labour activist with more allegations of sexual misconduct in politics. her story isjust added to the crisis unlike anything else westminster has seen. ava etemadzadeh tells of a labour mp 50 years her senior, kelvin hopkins, who she says subjected her as a labour supporting student to inappropriate treatment again and again. the first happened on campus, and he hugged himself very tightly and rubbed himself against me. he made me feel extremely uncomfortable and it was a revolting act.

the second incident was in parliament when i went to have a conversation with him and he told me that, "let's not talk about politics, do you have a boyfriend?" he also mentioned that he also said that if nobody was in his office i would have been taken me there. i was aboslutely shocked. there were calls she didn't answer and then came the uncomfortable text messages. i'm an "attractive, lovely young woman" and a man "would be lucky to have me as a lover" and if he was young... but he's not. kelvin hopkins was reprimanded two years ago after she complained, yet he was made a shadow cabinet minister when jeremy corbyn was facing a party mutiny and needed allies lastjune. now the story has come out and he has been suspended from the party. there's an investigation and tonight he is denying any wrongdoing. he said in a statement: he said she'd thanked him in a text

for a fantastic time. today, jeremy corbyn was in no mood to defend his position as leader in the whole affair. thank you for coming to my road, goodbye. reporter: were you aware of the allegations against him before you promoted him to the shadow cabinet? no word from him or his office but he knew about the reprimand and some if not all the detail and promoted kelvin hopkins anyway. goodbye! but some in labour's ranks want to hear more. she said she was satisfied with the way in which the chief whip at the time managed the situation but horrified to then see the mp in question promoted. i think it's a fair question as to have happened and it is one that only the leadership can answer. i think it's a fair question as to have happened and it is one that only the leadership can answer.

i know the victim felt a bit bereft by his promotion. expect more allegations. labour mp clive lewis is under investigation for allegedly touching a labour activist inappropriately during a party event. he says it's all untrue. i'm completely refuting the allegation, it didn't happen the way this person is describing it. i think it's right and proper that they and others have the ability to be able to complain about these situations and situations that happen like that in a way that leaves them feeling confident about the process but i think we will find a number of these allegations simply aren't going to stack up and from my point of view this is one of them. as for the tories, reports say cabinet minister andrea leadsom accused sir michael fallon before he resigned after allegations of misconduct six years ago, he denies it and downing street said she had never called for him to go. theresa may has produced a tory code of conduct with complaints hotline and an independent figure to help cases. tories accept action is needed. it's very important all political parties have codes of conduct where they set out the standards that should

be expected of people who are in elected office and who are in public life. no one here is arguing with that but new safeguards for people in parties and in parliament won't banish the dark clouds hanging over politics. the fear that every day could bring a new scandal and another crisis. the united nations high commissioner for human rights has urged australia to immediately provide food, water and basic services to approximately 600 refugees and asylum seekers refusing to leave australia's former detention centre in papua new guinea. the un says the group is refusing to leave the site and move to new facilities because they fear attack by local people. australia recently closed its detention site on manus island, after it was deemed unconstitutional by papua new guinea. alyse edwards reports. running out of water, food and hope.

human rights groups say that's the situation facing nearly 600 men who are detained at australia's offshore detention centre on manus island on it closed on tuesday. now they're refusing to leave, saying they've been abandoned with nowhere safe to go. they sent us by force to this island and they have kept us in this prison camp for more than four yea rs. prison camp for more than four years. it is enough and we are not going to leave this detention centre. also we are asking from the global community to hear our voice, to hear the forgotten people's a voice. but far from forgotten, the international community is watching with growing alarm and urging australia and papua new guinea to restore basic services at the centre. australia's policy of deterrence by rescuing people at

sea, mistreating them and abandoning them has become a notion of cruelty, so we're trying to urge australia again and again to take up its obligation and its responsibility. but the australian government says safe and secure alternative accommodation is available for the men in papua new guinea's main town and claims about safety fears are subterfuge. it says: it's also turned down repeated offers from new zealand to take in some of the refugees. last year the australian prime minister said people smugglers could use any such deal as a marketing opportunity. but as the debate continues at home and abroad, for the men stuck on in

manaus, most of you have refugee status, there's only one thing that matters... we don't need your food, we don't need your electricity, the only thing we need is just consider us asa only thing we need is just consider us as a human. a desperate plea for most basic of human rights. alyse edwards, bbc news. thousands of people around the world have lined up outside apple stores to get their hands on the new iphone ten that became available in major markets on friday. it came just hours after the company confirmed they'd made a profit of almost $11 billion in the three months up to the end of september. apple launched the product on its 10th anniversary of its first smartphone launch, loading it with plenty of new high—end hardware and new features. it goes for a rather hefty price of $999. i've tried to reserve it on tuesday

but i couldn't get hold of it so that's why i'm here, came here at 6am. in a way i would say i'm insane. the fact that... i don't know, i think it'sjust a phone.|j got know, i think it'sjust a phone.” got here at 11am yesterday and i've been here ever since, just sleeping ona been here ever since, just sleeping on a blanket and a pillow and waiting for the iphone.” on a blanket and a pillow and waiting for the iphone. i think it's the hype, i think everyone gets hyped up about apple products, i think everyone loves apple. not everyone, let's be diplomatic about this. for the price of an iphone x, you could also buyjust under an ounce of gold. or if you're living in the uk you could buy enough electricity to power your two—bedroom home for a year. you decide! let me know! i'm on social media @bbckasiamadera. much more on all of our stories on the bbc news website. for now. —— by bye for now. hello once again. the weekend is

upon us, let us see if the weather is going to fit into your plans whatever they may be. the weekend certainly turning colder eventually across all parts of the british isles. eventually many of us will get to sunny spells and showers but for some we'll have to content with a rather wet start to the weekend, especially so across england and wales because yes we have the weather front getting in across scotla nd weather front getting in across scotland and northern ireland but i suspect it's this cloud coming in from the south that will be the thing that many of you notice first up thing that many of you notice first up as the two weather systems combined to produce just a up as the two weather systems combined to producejust a lot up as the two weather systems combined to produce just a lot of rain across a good part of england and wales to start of the day. especially here concentrated down through lincolnshire, east anglia and into the east midlands, parts of the south—east and away across the channel. further to the west the

rain becoming more patchy and you got to get up into scotland or northern ireland to see a brighter start to the day, a glorious start i would have thought in the eastern side of scotland but from the word 90, side of scotland but from the word go, showers aplenty in northern and western parts of scotland and into the western side of northern ireland and slowly as we get on through the morning towards lunchtime, into the early pa rt morning towards lunchtime, into the early part of the afternoon, it will be that they can to we see the last of that persistent rain getting towards the east anglia coast and getting away from kent. with somewhat brighter skies following in towards the midlands and across the south—west as well, where we will keep a peppering of showers for a good portion of the evening, so if you've got plans for bonfires and fireworks, across many northern and western parts, you have to content with quite a noticeable wind, so safety first of course, and the peppering of showers, drierfurther east and this is how we start sunday. the showers there in northern and western parts but you

get the sense there are fewer of them. if you're holding off with your firework plans until sunday evening, many more of you will be drier by this stage although there will be a few showers flirting with the eastern shores. underneath the clearing skies, a widespread frost to start the new day on monday, certainly in the countryside, but there is a sign of a change. after that dry enough start for many parts of the british isles, eventually will bring weather systems in from the atlantic so it's a combination not only of wet weather but also quite windy weather getting into northern and western scotland through northern ireland. generally speaking the further south and east you are the drier, finer and brighter the day will be. this is bbc news. the headlines: a spanishjudge has issued an arrest warrant for the ousted catalan leader carles puigdemont. four ex—ministers are also covered by the warrant. they're all in belgium and failed to appear in court in spain on thursday. president trump has begun a tour of the asia—pacific region. air force one touched down in hawaii

for the president's first stop on what's set to be his longest foreign trip so far. the us soldier bowe bergdahl, who pleaded guilty to abandoning his post while serving in afghanistan, has been spared a jail sentence by a militaryjudge. president trump has expressed outrage. the governing conservative party in britain has suspended one of its mps because of what it calls "serious allegations" against him. the mp, charlie elphicke, denies any wrongdoing. now on bbc news, it's inside out