welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: farewell to beijing — donald trump leaves china and heads to vietnam — for the opening of the apec summit. yemen faces the worst famine the world has seen in decades. that's the warning from the united nations. power play in zimbabwe — a leading contender to replace robert mugabe is sacked and forced to flee the country. and who would take on a massive wave like this? incredibly, many surfers do. we talk to one who onlyjust survived to tell the tale. president trump is due to arrive in vietnam shortly for a summit meeting of the 21—member asia pacific economic cooperation group, which brings together the most powerful economises of the region every year

to advance trading relations. mrtrump is now mr trump is now expected to lay out a different approach to trade. are spot dashmac when president obama came to the asia—pacific are spot dashmac when president obama came to the asia—pacific region and various summits as well, the big message from the previous administration was that there is a pivot to asia. he was engaged in the region. he had spent some time growing up in indonesia and asian leaders felt there was a rapport and chemistry with him. donald trump is a direct contrast to that. the tra ns—pacific partnership agreement that was the cornerstone of president obama's trade policy in the asia—pacific region is the thing that donald trump basically tore up when he came into office saying it was unfair to american workers and unfair to the us economy.

when he gets into that room a little later on today to sit down and address the leaders of the 21 economies, it will be a tough crowd. they want to know whether or not the us is still committed to the asia—pacific region, what his vision of america first actually means and whether it can work at a time when there is a competing interest in the neighbourhood in the form of china, that is increasingly gaining economic influence and political influence. even in countries like vietnam, with whom they have historically tense relations, sitting on the edge of the south china sea here. a contested waterway between china and vietnam. and still appears that china is gaining some ground and you get a sense of that at summits such as this. so all eyes on the big speech to be made later today. and just briefly, we know that president putin has flown in. given the much discussed allegations of russian interference and links to the trump campaign,

a meeting between vladimir putin and president trump would be a big deal. will it happen? still no official confirmation yet. yesterday there were indications from the kremlin that a meeting was on the cards. then we got details from the secretary of state that there is no official bilateral meeting. at the very most, something he called a pull aside. he also said they needed to evaluate whether the two leaders have anything substantial or significant to talk about. many people would be very interested to listen in to any such meeting, if it does take place, precisely for the reasons you outlined. but no confirmation yet on whether a meeting between the two leaders will take place. speaking at a business event before the main summit, the recently—elected prime minster of new zealand said her priority was tackling climate change and coping with its consequences. we have announced an intention to

pass a zero carbon at two we will be putting into law a new goal of zero emissions by 2050 and we will also be proposing to establish a climate commission to provide independent advice to the government on climate issues. such as our new goal to transition new zealand to 100% renewa bles transition new zealand to 100% renewables by 2035. australian prime minister, malcolm turnbull addressed a business event before the main summit, a short time ago. ten yea rs ten years ago only one in three people in the asia—pacific had access to a mobile phone. now the ramu —— more mobile phones in asia—pacific than in the rest of the world. technology that used to be rare is now ubiquitous. connectivity is becoming, in many countries,

universal. and connecting the world ina way universal. and connecting the world in a way that would have seemed like a dream ora in a way that would have seemed like a dream or a fantasy only a few yea rs a dream or a fantasy only a few years ago. united nations officials are warning that yemen faces famine on a scale the world has not seen in decades. they are talking of millions of victims unless, they say, the saudi—led military coalition in yemen allows humanitarian aid deliveries to resume. the coalition closed all land, air and sea ports on monday, in response to a missile attack on riyadh by houthi rebels. the bbc‘s nawal al maghafi has reported frequently from yemen — she has the latest. a country struggling to survive. the war in yemen between houthi rebels and a coalition led by saudi arabia is now in its third year. over the course of the war, i have visited the country multiple times. each time, the people's desperation was evident, the humanitarian situation deteriorating rapidly. aid agencies have been struggling to save yemen from the threat of famine.

and it seems there is another blow for the civilians caught in the middle of this war. on saturday, houthi rebels launched a missile to the heart of saudi arabia's capital, riyadh. the strike was intercepted, but it was a clear escalation in the conflict. allahu akbar! in retaliation, saudi arabia decided to close all of yemen's airports, sea ports, and land crossings, preventing critical humanitarian aid deliveries and commercial supplies from reaching country. so what impact will this blockade could have? yemen relies on imports for 80% of its food, fuel, and aid. its ports are a lifeline for the 7 million people who face a threat of famine. the un says that without the arrival of shipments, their food supplies will only last the next six weeks. yemen has already been ravaged by the worst cholera epidemic in decades, with over 9000 people infected since april. today, the red cross says its shipment of chlorine

tablets, vital to fighting the spread of the disease, had been blocked. the united nations security council held a meeting on it yesterday. it will not be like the famine which cost 250,000 people their lives in somalia in 2011. it will be the largest famine the world has seen for many decades, with millions of victims. 0n the ground, civilians already endure the consequences of an armed conflict. and now with the border sealed, the people in yemen have no escape. nawal al—maghafi, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. roy moore, current republican candidate for a senate seat in alabama, has denied allegations of sexual misconduct with a teenager, a 14—year—old girl, in 1979. he was 32 at the time. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is among a number of republicans saying

if the allegations are true, roy moore must step aside. the former speaker of the catalan parliament has been taken into custody in madrid. carme focadell was among six former catalan lawmakers who appeared in court — the others were released on bail. all are accused of sedition and rebellion against the state, over the catalan pa rliament‘s unilateral declaration of independence. the united states has imposed new sanctions against ten venezuelan officials it accuses of censoring deep press. the list includes the chief of staff and two ministers. all have had their american assets frozen and are banned from travelling to the us. in zimbabwe, tension is visibly rising over who will succeed robert mugabe as president — he is 93. one of the leading contenders, a former vice—president, has been sacked from the cabinet, publicly criticised, and forced to flee the country. now mr mugabe's wife grace looks much closer to becoming

vice—president, and, eventually, succeeding her husband. from harare, our correspondent shingai nyoka. zimbabwe's president, robert mugabe, one of africa's last strongmen. his wife, grace, looks on with pride as the harare airport undergoes a name change. the ruling zanu—pf party say it is long overdue. there are several more plans to immortalise the leader. from next year, there will be a public holiday, a robert mugabe day, to commemorate his birthday. and after that, a $1 billion us science university is planned. married for 20 years and a0 years hisjunior, his wife, grace, could cement those plans if she succeeds him. i think what is happening now is a natural attrition, a regeneration of the party. in the past, we have been criticised as a party for being fossilised in the past, although we are living.

but she's not popular with everyone. at last weekend's rally, she was booed by then vice—president emmerson mnangagwa's supporters. go ahead. do it. i don't care. president robert mugabe sacked him this week. he was a long—time ally and the heir apparent. it has opened a way up for grace mugabe. the woman who started her career in the presidential typing pool is nowjust steps from becoming the female vice—president, and her latest speeches reveal her ambition. translation: people need to know i am capable, so give me thatjob and see. the party holds a special congress to appoint a vice—president in a few weeks. grace mugabe looks certain to take that role, and perhaps eventually

become zimba bwe's first female president. but as history has shown, nothing is guaranteed. shingai nyoka, bbc news, harare. the huge leak of sensitive financial data known as the paradise papers has been making headlines all week. the bbc has uncovered evidence in the leak, of how multinational companies are able to shift their profits out of developing countries. the imf estimates it costs the developing world about $200 billion a year. david grossman reports from namibia on how the government says it has had enough of watching its tax revenue disappear. a trawler is preparing to leave the bay. the crew make final phone calls before they sail out of range of the signal. the seas off namibia are some of the richest fishing grounds in the world, and the industry is booming. this company is namibian owned, registered and pays tax in namibia. but many of its competitors do not. we have discovered from

a huge cache of leaked documents that some multinational companies are harvesting namibia and other developing countries' natural resources and then channelling the profits through secret offshore companies based in tax havens. it is a huge problem that is costing the developed world, some of the poorest people on the planet, wealth that should be those. much of the money is channelled through tax havens like mauritius. our investigation of the paradise papers, for an assignment on bbc world service, has discovered a good example. a namibian fishing company apparently managed from this building in mauritius. but when we looked, there was nothing except the officers of the law firm appleby. basing your fishing management company here means it can enjoy the ultralow tax rate of 3%. here we have the original text written between namibia and mauritius... this is the cause of the problems.

an agreement that allows companies to shift profit to mauritius. namibia, like most developing countries, has many such agreements but they have had enough. as far as we are concerned, there are loopholes we need to close. it was signed in 1995 and over time new development... people find ways of exploiting this? exactly. for regular citizens, patiently queueing to file their tax returns, there is no choice but to pay. but the finance minister told me that tax agreements mean that for many of the multinationals that operate here, paying tax has become a matter of choice. many of them are bad agreements. they should just be torn off and re— negotiated. because it is absolutely untenable that we continue, year in and year out, to give wealth away and see it build

up in countries where the investors come from, but where the resource comes from, there is perpetual poverty. a very small return from natural resources. thousands of namibians now have jobs in the fish plants. this one is namibian owned and registered and pays tax here. but the fact that many fishing companies do not means that this town can only afford one third of the school places it needs. this year, fights broke out among parents are queueing to get a precious place for their child. the police came. pulled people and arrested them. as the sun goes down and the shift changes in the fish factories, namibia is locked into a dilemma. it needs foreign investment to make money

from resources. with the help of tax havens and expensive lawyers exposed in the paradise papers, multinationals too often spirit that money away. stay with us on bbc news. still to come...if music be the food of love — play on. we'll tell you about the performance in paris where the chefs have all the best tunes. berliners from both east and west linked hands and danced around their liberated territory. and, with nobody to stop them, it was not long before the first attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. it's keeping the candidate's name in the public eye at all time that counts. success or failure counts not only on public display, but the local campaign

headquarters and the heavy routine work of their women volunteers. yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so long, has died. the palestinean authority has declared a state of mourning for the leader who symbolised the hopes for independent statehood. in the wake of the colombian volcano disaster, rescue teams are trying to reach thousands of survivors who managed to clamber onto rooftops and trees above the sea of mud. after 17 years of discussion, the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy. women ministers, who had long felt only begrudgingly accepted amongst the ranks of clergy, suddenly felt welcomed. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: after wrapping up his visit to china, president trump is heading to vietnam for the apec summit, where he'll join twenty other world leaders. the united nations issues a dire warning for yemen that a saudi blockade there could create one

of the worst famines in decades. at least 2,000 children under the age of 15 have been identified under the government's counter—terrorism programme, according to the latest figures. in all, in the 12 months to april last year, more than 7,500 people were identified as at risk of extremism. sima kotecha explains. five terror attacks in britain just this year alone. preventing any further attacks is a top priority for the government. that's why it has something called channel, a programme designed to stop people from being drawn into violent or extremist behaviour. salman, not his real name, was radicalised in prison. by the time he was released, just months ago, he was ready to go to syria to become a suicide bomber. his words have been voiced by an actor to protect his identity. i was told that i would get all my sins washed away. the only way to do it is to become a martyr and everything will be forgiven.

and you will go to heaven. to me, it was the easy way out. just to kill myself and blow somebody up. if you believe in something, you will do anything. he's now changed his views, but he's the kind of person the government wants to help. today's figures show that over the last year, out of the nearly 8,000 people referred to the government's counterterrorism strategy, more than 300 went on to receive specialist support, including therapy and mentoring. four out of five were judged to have had their vulnerability to terrorism reduced, but one in six withdrew from the voluntary process, despite concerns about their ideology. a lot of youngsters are being radicalised as well, due to their vulnerability to drugs. thousands of children have been referred to the programme, and that's likely to be down to more pressure on teachers and doctors to identify vulnerable individuals. a charity partly funded by the home office reaches out to men outside mosques. we're hoping to attract people to come here and talk to us about vulnerabilities they might have.

and that might be radicalisation, it might be homelessness, it might be in terms of drug dependency. and that's something that we're trying to reach out to them, so they can get help. channel hasn't been without its critics. there are some who argue that it targets particular communities and creates suspicion around them. there are also questions about how effective it really is, and how those who are put through the programme are later monitored. participation‘s also voluntary, raising serious concerns about what happens to those who refuse help. one of the big challenges is for people who already have really violent extreme views, but who might not be committing crime, how do we engage them? it's highly unlikely that someone in that state of mind is going to willingly engage with government programmes, because it goes against exactly what their ideologies may be. ministers are adamant it's working. it is stopping hundreds of people from actually resorting to violence, and has diverted them away, and it is showing that the wider community, teachers and professionals, are engaging in the policy and we are managing to help keep the country safe. the uk's threat level

remains severe, which means the effectiveness of the government's strategy is crucial. sima kotecha, bbc news. a senior un official has said it's time australia changed its laws and stops rejecting refugees. australia has been widely criticised for detaining asylum seekers who arrive by boat. the manus island centre in papua new guinea was closed last month but 600 men are refusing to leave. local authorities have threatened to force them out. with no water, food or power, their situation has been described as an "unfolding humanitarian emergency". actress portia de rossi has accused actor and producer steven seagal of sexual harassment. she is married of course to us talk show host ellen degeneres. she made the allegation in a tweet on wednesday night.

several other women have accuse steven seagal of inappropriate behaviour. his manager told bbc news the actor had no comment. german prosecutors now believe a nurse who was convicted of murdering two of his patients may have murdered as many as 100. niels hoegel is suspected of injecting patients with potentially lethal heart drugs, so he looked like a hero when he resuscitated them. now, it's a surfer‘s paradise, an area off portugal known for waves as high as 100 feet. those waves have dumped a lot of people in the past, and one british surfer has had a very lucky, very painful, escape. andrew cotton from devon suffered a total wipeout. jon kay picks up the story. it was all going so well. andrew cotton had been waiting for this moment. and here it came. the perfect wave, all 60 feet of it, and... ..wipeout. andrew was thrown off of his board and crushed by the water.

this footage was captured by a documentary team. the 38—year—old from devon was triggered by portuguese rescue teams and was found to have a broken spine. it was a storm from... this afternoon, he spoke to us from his hospital bed and described what had happened. it was a different sort of wave. it was a lot heavier. i sort ofjust faded a bit deep and mistimed it, really. it could have been the best of my life or the worst wipeout. this latest wipeout comes just three years after he was hit by another wave off the coast of portugal. he says he is not put off and wants to be back as soon as possible. but will his wife and children back in devon let him?

yeah, they‘ re concerned. the kids make a joke about it, that i've managed to make a career in surfing by falling off. andrew may owe his life to a special vest he was wearing over his wetsuit to protect him from impact. as a former plumber, he is used to being up to his neck in it, but he hopes he'll never gets a soaking like this again. let's head to paris now. what's been described as the world's first food opera. in a special performance, combining the gastronomic and musicalarts, a group of chefs got to cook and perform at the same time. the food was then served to 200 diners who had won an online contest. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. have a nice meal and take in a show. nothing unusual about that. but normally you wouldn't do it all at once. well, you do here. michelin starred chef frederick anton, whipping up a three—course meal accompanied

by a 20—piece orchestra. translation: there are sounds we slice, we beat, we mix, we whisk, and all the sounds correspond with the music, and the music corresponds with the cooking. so everything comes together. the specially composed music was arranged like a film score, a different tempo for whisking or frying or serving the food. it certainly looked like quite a performance, but how did it go down? translation: we came for good food with good music. it is something new but a good experience and enjoy it for now. it is absolutely enriching as an idea to be able to taste a dish with the taste, the different colours, and music at the same time.

it's wonderful. so, it seems to have been a resounding success. how does it go again? "if music be the food of love, play on." tim allman, bbc news. i think he used everyjoke available, so i won't try. readers of the us and china are expected to announce visions of global trade when they address the summit in vietnam in the next few hours. president trump is expected to stress his america first doctrine. xijinping is expected to reaffirm china's openness to global free trade. much more any time on the bbc website. you can reach me and most of the team on twitter. thank you for watching. hi there.

our weather's turning a little bit colder, and if you're up over the mountains of scotland, it will be cold enough for a bit of snow later on today. the cold air is behind these weather fronts, loitering in the south of the country. the colder conditions in scotland. there will be snow in the showers, above 300 metres elevation. it won't get down to low levels, it's just staying in the mountains. but a sign that the air‘s turned colder. across the south, we start with a cloudy note, and some patchy rain. nothing particularly heavy, mind you. behind the rain, which is the dregs of a weak weather front, most of us will start on a bright and sunny note. bright and sunny it may be, but there will also be showers affecting northern and western areas, driven in by some strong and blustery north—westerly winds that will add a certain windchill. through the rest of the day, those showers will continue to be driven in by those strong winds. but the early—morning cloud, clearing from southern england pretty quickly and then the sunshine comes out. temperatures will be a little down

on what we had on thursday. a range of temperatures from about 12 degrees or so in the south to a cooler six or seven degrees. so a little bit below normal for the time of year across the northern half of the country. taking us through friday night, we'll see an area of rain work in for a time in northern ireland before spilling its way in across england and wales. the rain could be heavy at times. to the north of this, we've still got the cold air with us in scotland. probably some pockets of frost in sheltered areas and some icy surfaces to contend with as well, to take us into saturday morning. for the weekend, some rain in the south, but that will clear readily and then it will turn colder. a mixture of sunshine and showers were many areas. the rain clears from southern wales. probably reluctant to clear away from south—west england, where it could be dull and damp for most of the day. sunny spells further north.

again, showers across north—western areas, still driven in by blustery winds. we still have a range of temperatures, relatively mild in the south, colder further north. heading into sunday, this band of rain will eventually pull away from southern counties of england and then we'll start to see colder air moving down from polar regions, getting in across a good part of the country. so temperatures will be dropping away for the second half of the weekend. weatherwise, on remembrance sunday, again we've got showers across northern and western areas, but many of us will see some sunshine. it will feel colder in the blustery winds. look at these temperatures — around six or seven degrees in the northern half of the uk. that's your weather. this is bbc news. the headlines. donald trump has left beijing, and is heading for vietnam and the annual apec summit. he and his chinese counterpart, xi jinping, are expected to outline competing visions of global trade. mr trump is expected to stress his "america—first" doctrine, while president xi will call for global free trade. united nations officials are warning that yemen faces famine on a scale the world has not seen in decades. they are talking of millions of victims, unless, they say,

the saudi—led military coalition in yemen allows humanitarian aid deliveries to resume. all land, sea and air ports are closed. in zimbabwe, tension is rising over who will succeed robert mugabe as president. one of the leading contenders, a former vice—president, has been sacked from the cabinet, and forced to flee the country. mr mugabe's wife grace looks much closer to becoming vice president, and eventually president. now on bbc news, hardtalk.