hello and welcome to bbc news. a spanishjudge has issued an international arrest warrant for the ousted catalan leader, carles puidgemont, and four other ex—ministers. it follows the disputed independence referendum for the catalan region, which the spanish government declared illegal. mr puidgemont, who's in belgium, has insisted he's not there to evade justice. tom burridge reports. 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. tom burridge, bbc news, in barcelona. let's turn to president donald trump. he 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 on air force one in oahu in the last couple of hours, and will visit pearl harbour, before travelling onto japan on sunday. well, after tokyo, it is on to south korea, followed by china and then on to vietnam. donald trump will run things off with a visit to the philippines. —— round things off. let's ta ke philippines. —— round things off. let's take a look at some of the other stories making news. president trump has expressed outrage at a decision by a us

military court to spare an american soldier from a prison sentence, after he deserted his post in afghanistan and was captured by the taliban. mr trump said it was a total disgrace that bowe bergdahl would be dishonourably discharged. the so—called islamic state has lost control of its two remaining strongholds in iraq and syria. the syrian army says it has taken back the city of deir al—zour, while the iraqi town of al-qaim has been captured by government forces. iraqi soldiers say they have also driven is from the last border post it held between the two countries. malta has observed a day of mourning for the funeral of the murdered anti—corruption campaigner, daphne ca ruana galizia. the blogger, who had made allegations of corruption against leading politicians, was killed by a car bomb last month. you can find much more on all of the stories that we are following here by going to which is all at bbc.com/news. you also have the option of downloading our news app. _by option of downloading our news app. —— by going to our website, which is all out. —— at. stay with us here on bbc news.

still to come: metropolitan police investigate an alleged sexual assault by the hollywood actor kevin spacey while he was working in london. the conservative party has suspended the mp for dover, charlie elphicke, after receiving what's been described as "serious allegations" that have been referred to the police. mr elphicke, has denied any wrongdoing. it follows the publication of a new code of conduct for elected representatives, in the wake of sexual harassment allegations. 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 the 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 me 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

he would have taken me there. i was absolutely 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's 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, my corbyn, 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. corbyn: 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 don't know i would have promoted him. 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 clearly 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 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‘s 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 hollywood actor and theatre director, kevin spacey, is being investigated

by the metropolitan police. it follows an allegation of sexual assault here in the uk. our correspondent chi chi izundu gave us the latest on the investigation from outside the old vic theatre in london, where mr spacey used to be artistic director. a 32—year—old british man walked into a police station and made a complaint which has been passed on to the metropolitan police child abuse and sexual offences command. it dates back to 2008. it is thought that it happened in the borough of lambeth. kevin spacey was the artistic director here in central london at the old vic 2004— 2015. now this complaint is being investigated by the metropolitan police's child abuse and sexual abuse command. a number of allegations have come out against kevin spacey throughout this week, including those from the house of clouds sat. —— at. a number of

employees have accused him of sexual harassment. he said he was seeking an evaluation and treatment earlier this week, and we have had it confirmed that he has parted ways with his publicist and agent. meanwhile, police in new york say they have a viable case against the hollywood producer, harvey weinstein. officers made the statement at a news conference about the actress paz de la huerta's claim that mr weinstein raped her twice in 2010. dozens of women have come forward to accuse the 65—year—old of sexual misconduct since october. he has denied all allegations of non—consensual sex made against him. we have an actual case here. um, so we're happy with where the investigation is right now. mr weinstein is in — out of state, so we would need an arrest warrant

to arrest him so right now we're gathering out evidence. we continue to do so every day. a 14—year—old boy has been arrested in london in connection with an acid attack on a pizza delivery driver. it happened in walthamstow on thursday night. the driver is in a serious condition in hospital and there are fears that he could lose his sight. police say two people tried to steal his moped during the attack. an army sergeant accused of trying to kill his wife by sabotaging her parachute has begun giving evidence in his defence. victoria cilliers suffered multiple injuries when her parachute failed to open during a jump in wiltshire in 2015. emile cilliers denies all the charges. duncan kennedy was in court. after four weeks of prosecution witnesses, today it was emile cilliers who gave evidence. he is accused of trying to kill his wife, victoria, twice in one week. in the court, emile cilliers said he'd joined the army but had many debts. his barrister, elizabeth marsh qc, asked him: he replied:

the prosecution claim that it was emile cilliers' debts that was behind the reason why he wanted to kill his wife, victoria. they say he hoped to benefit from an insurance policy pay—out in the event of her death. in court he said victoria didn't know about the extent of his debts. he said: ms marsh asked: emile cilliers replied: it was here in wiltshire that victoria cilliers fell 4000 feet when her parachute failed to open. she suffered multiple injuries on landing. this was her reserve chute, which the prosecution say emile cilliers sabotaged, after going on a parachute packing course. but in court he said: emile cilliers denies two counts of attempted murder and will continue giving evidence on monday. duncan kennedy, bbc

news, in winchester. you are watching bbc news. a reminder of our main news: the belgian prosecutor's office says it has received an international arrest warrant issued by spain for the ousted catalan leader, carles puigdemont, and four other ex—ministers. 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. a pioneering project to help young victims of gun and knife crime

is being expanded to birmingham and nottingham. the redthread teams, based in four a&e units in london, try to intervene and divert young people away from gangs at the moment they've been injured and are in hospital. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds was given rare access to the project. can we get two chest drain kits out, please? it's early evening in resus. they're preparing for an incoming patient, designated code red. we know this is a young man who's been stabbed and has been stabbed multiple times in the chest, legs, arms. his life will be in the hands of a huge team of medics. who's going to do blood for me? you will do blood for me, thank you... we spent four days with dr emer sutherland's team. someone just put a finger on a pulse for me and we'll take handover. every day, there was at least one stabbing victim, sometimes several. this young man is 16.

he's been stabbed four times. because of his age we can't film the treatment, but the doctors here say that having a patient like this at this age, is really quite common. he survived. but one member of the team here is not medically trained. we have seen young people who have been stabbed in the chest. they come into resus and the most important life—preserving thing is to open up their chest and do what's called a clamshell thoracotomy, to literally open them up like a joint of meat. lucy is not here to save lives, she is here to change them. but she is waiting until the patient can talk. she's waiting for her moment. getting him now when he's here in the hospital is my opportunity to say, "every single thing that's happened before, everything that's happened up to now,

kind of doesn't matter, but right now you are in pain, you are away from your natural environment, yourfriends may or may not be here. this is an opportunity to think about, does something need to change, can it be different? yes, it can be different". it's live, it's the moment where it's most realfor him, so it's the perfect moment to do it. it's also been called the teachable moment, which can nudge young people towards safer lives. but resus is just the start. becky from redthread has been working for years with a young woman who spent much of her life in a london gang. for her own safety, we can't identify her. i saw somebody‘s legs being broken, somebody being stabbed. when the violence began, and the sexual abuse, i didn't know who to turn to. without becky i would never have exited. no one was ever that committed to me as a person. she is now living a normal life and saying goodbye to redthread. i try and work on this principle, this nanny mcphee principle,

of when you need me, but don't want to be, i will be there. when you want me, but no longer need me, i won't. redthread is expanding to new hospitals in birmingham and nottingham. as ever, the aim — fewer young victims returning to resus. tom symonds, bbc news, kings college hospital. one of the argentine survivors of the new york terror attack on halloween has spoken of his 30—year friendship with those who died and says he hopes love conquers hate. it comes after vigils were held across they city for the victims of the deadly truck attack which killed eight people and injured a dozen others. the terror attack was carried out by an uzbek immigrant who is facing federal terrorism charges. five argentine friends celebrating the 30th anniversary of their college graduation were among the dead, three others in the group survived. translation: we will have to live with this pain that will always be with us.

but we go on convinced that the way to confront this world is the way we learned from when we were kids, in our homes and school. it's what brought us to this city. in the name of those feelings, which are also values, and a way of life, we want to make a bet — love conquers hate. that life should come before death. for our friends, families, for us, and for the whole world. heavily armed police have ramped up their efforts across new york ahead of the city's annual marathon on sunday, when more than 50,000 runners and hundreds of thousands of spectators are expected. thousands of people around the world have lined up outside apple stores to get their hands on the new iphone x 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 dollars 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. 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. i got here at 11am yesterday and i've been here ever since, just sleeping 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. just to let you know, other smart phones are available. now halloween may be over but we have one last treat. if you had children in the 1990s or were one yourself, you likely read the goosebumps books. the tales have frightened and delighted young readers for 25 years. the cover art is just as much of a stand out as the stories. recently we spoke to the man behind

the spooky illustrations, timjacobus. asa kid, as a kid, scary stuff was not my thing. i was afraid of scary movies. iam thing. i was afraid of scary movies. i am best known for painting scary pictures but i am not into scary that much. yes, it is completely ironic. goosebumps is horror related so ironic. goosebumps is horror related so it is a good introduction for kids into the horror world. it is a very interesting style. short chapters. always a bit of a hook at the end of the chapter which makes you want to read the next. the style was great the kids to continue reading. it was part of what worked

with us. peel is come up with the title first. he never wrote a book without having the title first. so the title says a lot. then it was easy. ideas would pop in my head. the fact that we have done these books and they got popular, that was just one thing in itself. i love the fa ct just one thing in itself. i love the fact that the art and the books had such an impression on people during the 90s that they still look on it that fondly because most of the fans 110w that fondly because most of the fans now are older people. the fact that so now are older people. the fact that so many people know my work, no specifics about it, the history behind it, as an artist, that is the coolest thing ever. now, have you ever wanted to own whitney houston's grand piano orjackie kennedy's nightgown, or even a painting by frank sinatra? if so, you're in luck. an auction is soon to take place where all those things are up for sale.

the star item is a special car, which had a very special owner, as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. elvis presley, an icon of the 20th century, the king of rock ‘n‘ roll. but the king needs to travel in style a nd but the king needs to travel in style and this pink cadillac was as cool as it got in 1957. for 30 years it sat in a museum but now you could on it. as far as any other automobiles have been made available with that type of provenance, i have not seen one in a very, very long time. it could be 100,000 or it could be to millions. you just never know, that is the beauty of options. other items include a grand piano

given as a gift to whitney houston by her husband, bobby brown, and a nightgown that once belonged to jackie kennedy. what is exciting, not only the connection to these people but also the fact that we lost them so early so this is an opportunity to own a little piece of them. it was we love them so much. the biggest seller is expected to be the pink cadillac but if you do not happen to have two million dollars, this jar containing some of his hair might bea this jar containing some of his hair might be a little cheaper. iam sure i am sure team will let us know how much of the cadillac and perhaps the hair went for. and finally imagine returning to your motorbike and finding that a swarm of bees had decided to make it their new home. well, that's what happened to the owner of this bike in sydney's central business district. fortunately, beekeeper vicky brown

arrived on the scene and removed the queen bee before the colony had settled. it's reported that the cloud of bees had swarmed up to three storeys high, forcing passers—by to duck for cover. never seen anything like it. lots more on our website. if you want to get in touch with us here at bbc world news, you can do so on social media. the weather with philip avery. hello once again. the weekend is upon us, let us see if the weather is going to fit in with 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 contend with a rather wet start to the weekend, especially so across england and wales because yes we have the 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 as the two weather systems

combine to produce just a lot of rain across a good part of england and wales to start off 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 a wee bit more patchy and you've really 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 go, showers aplenty in northern and western parts of scotland and into the western side of northern ireland. slowly, oh, so slowly, as we get on through the morning towards lunchtime, into the early part of the afternoon, yes, it will be that late until 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'll have to contend with quite a noticeable wind, so safety first of course, and the peppering of showers, drier i would think further 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 i think will be dry 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 we”ll 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.

you are watching bbc news. the latest headlines this hour: belgium has received an international arrest warrant issued by spain for the ousted catalan leader, carles puigdemont and four other ex—ministers. now, they are accused of rebellion and sedition. a belgian prosecutor will study the document before deciding whether to pass it to an investigativejudge. president trump has begun a tour of the asia—pacific region with a first stop in hawaii. it will be mr trump's longest foreign trip so far, with visits to japan, china, vietnam and the philippines. during the tour he's expected to unveil a new american strategy for trade and security in the region. iraqi and syrian forces have recaptured two of the last remaining towns held by the islamic state group in operations near the countries' shared border. the iraqi prime minister said troops had taken the town of al-qaim. earlier, the syrian army took full control of the eastern city of deir az—zour.

that is it from me. duncan will be here at two a.m.. but now on bbc news it is time for click. goodbye. this week, we're talking