this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top stories: iranian media say an earthquake has killed more than 140 people in the west of the country. all smiles for donald trump at the asean summit in the philippines but outside, protesters clash with police. new fears for the health of a british woman held in iran as the uk government faces more criticism over its handling of her case. brexit summit at downing street — the uk prime minister meets european business leaders to hear their views on how to make a smooth separation from the eu. also in business, japan's softbank is to buy a stake in uber. we'll be live to our team in singapore for the latest. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know

in global news, business and sport. and be a part of the conversation and tell us what you think about the stories we're covering. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. we begin in the middle east, where iran's media are reporting at least 140 people have been killed and more than 300 injured in an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3. the quake hit the border area between iran and iraq, around 30km south of the iraqi town of halabja. in iraq, it has caused extensive damage with at least 16 deaths in the kurdistan region. the quake was so powerful, it was felt as far away

as lebanon and turkey. andrew plant has more. carried into hospital amid the chaos at this clinic in iran, victims of the earthquake on stretchers, others walking wounded, as more and more of the injured arrive. the earthquake struck after dark. for rural villages in the affected areas, the searches beginning in torchlight for any survivors that might be buried in the fallen buildings. the shocks were felt in towns, too. people out for the evening running to safety, finding a way outside, away from the danger, scared there could be more to come. the first reports are that the centre of the earthquake was near the border between iran and iraq, somewhere close to the village of halabja. the us geological survey said the epicentre about 20 miles south—west of the border. any people have lost their homes and

don't know where to sleep or to live in the coming days and weeks and that will lead to a huge crisis because there are also issues with electricity and water supply and so on. it has all been damaged. the moment the earthquake struck was even captured on live tv, these news broadcasters feeling the tremors as their programme played out. local media is now showing emergency shelters and beds being set up outside. 15 emergency teams, they say, are now helping treat the injured and search for survivors. the number of dead is still climbing but it could be many days before the real extent of the damage done here is fully clear. with me is is ali hamedani from bbc persian. you've been talking to people all

night affected by this. what are they telling you? just came off the very last caller, he told me this, the region smells of blood. telephone lines disconnected, it was very difficult to talk to people, but we have managed to talk to at least 20 people on the ground in different cities, we have received thousands of messages. this is on the iran site? yes, and that area is full of many villages and cities, people are very poor, no one is ready for this. i spoke to a young man who said their family house was fully destroyed although his young family are safe, he has lost his aunts and uncles and cousins, another presence but to me close to the centre of the earthquake, he said the only hospital in the region was destroyed and many people were

killed. it sounds a difficult place in terms of relief and relief and aid and help and time is ticking, it is critical to find anyone who may be trapped. it is because the roads in the region are good and you can imagine after such an earthquake, it is difficult. i was listening to radio iran to get the latest and an official was saying it is difficult to travel to the region even by helicopter because it is winter, some places are really smelly. also from the point of view of the government, there is criticism pointed at them because they are not ready that even in tehran itself they say buildings there are not prepared to this kind of thing. they say buildings there are not prepared to this kind of thingm is an ongoing debate the many years 110w is an ongoing debate the many years now that even the capital tehran isn't ready for an earthquake. last night, people in tehran felt the earthquake and because they knew the city is not prepared, they didn't trust their buildings, but poured into the street and some of them even spent the night on the street in tehran, the capital. tell us about the iraqi side. what is going

on there? i have spoken to a few people in salom onion, they tell me that a report of their told me he spent the whole night in hospitals, he has seen many people injured in hospital but he said buildings are not destroyed and people are staying indoors. thank you so much the updating us on what is happening. 0f course, our website is also updating all of the time with any detail we get on the situation. donald trump is attending the annual summit of south—east asian nations in the philippines at the end of his tour of asia. he's holding talks in manila with president rodrigo duterte, who has admitted personally killing people as part of a campaign to eradicate drugs that has left thousands dead. activists have urged the us president to raise human rights concerns with his host, and hundreds of demonstrators have held a second day of anti—trump protests. the bbc‘s howard johnson

joins us from manila. people are looking to the us president to make a stand when it comes to president duterte. what do you think? is he likely to? yes, well i spoke to president rodrigo duterte a couple of days ago and after the question, do you expect to hold talks about the war on drugs in particular, the extrajudicial killings, and he said that he had had a brief meeting with donald trump in vietnam in which they had had a very friendly meeting and he said that he thought it was very unlikely that they would discuss these killings. now, the white house press office have said it will be on the agenda. earlier on this year, we have also seen rex

tillerson visitor donald trump and brought up the issues, so a lot of commentators don't believe it will happen, though, we have to wait and see. the meeting concluded in the past ten minutes and lines will be in the media and will find out what he said to president duterte. while you are talking, we are looking at the thought of stage at the asean summits, all of the delegates on the state including aung san suu kyi, president trump, exeter, an interesting group of people. tell us about the summit itself. and what is expected from that. it's interesting, to the us president now pivoting away from the focus being on china and north korea on to other issues of the region. this is the fifth —— 50th anniversary of the regional gathering. as you say on the agenda, lots of big issues.

0bviously donald trump would be using this summit to try and leaning on regional leaders to try to come down heavily on north korea and its missile threats but also the race theissue missile threats but also the race the issue of the south china sea and maybe what you're alluding to their is donald trump's u policy of the indo pacific, moving away from china but bringing in india into the fold into a wider group with australia andjapan to into a wider group with australia and japan to put influence back into the region for a america. they would be keen to make sure that the south china sea is open to a military ships and also betrayed ships, this is $1 trillion brutt, let's not forget, these waters —— trade ships. —— rout. this will be one of the big issues that we would talk about, the code of conduct that they are hoping to draw up, we have seen in the last year the philippines has actually sort of said that it wasn't so keen

to have illegally mined in code of conduct any more. —— legally binding. we will see what the leaders of a xeon up within the next couple of days. —— as ian. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. the authorities in papua new guinea say they will begin to forcibly remove more than 400 asylum seekers today from a detention centre on manus island which was closed two weeks ago. the men have been refusing to move to other facilities, despite having their water, food and electricity cut off. the slovenian president, borut pahor, has won a second term in office after beating rival, marjan sa rec, in a run—off ballot. mr pahor, who secured about 53% of the votes, said he would focus on political unity and stability during his five—year term. the musician and anti—poverty campaigner, bob geldof, says he will give back a freedom of the city of dublin award in protest against the burmese leader aung san suu kyi, who also holds the honorary title. the live aid founder is critical

of ms suu kyi's silence over the fate of hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims who have been driven from myanmar. the day ahead for uk prime minister theresa may is dominated by brexit. she is to welcome european business leaders to downing street and says she wants their input on how to minimise disruption after march 2019. but those invited will be voicing their concerns about brexit negotiations and what it means for uk—eu trade. more on that in 20 minutes in business briefing. this is our top story on the news app today. today's other big business story — uber has confirmed to the bbc that it has entered an agreement with japan's softbank over a "potential investment". dr stephanie hare, principal

director at accenture research is here. she will talk us through all of the big stories in the press. in terms of the story with uber and softbank, this is interesting. it is because uber doesn't really need the cash to the question is why are they doing it. and this investment rose a couple of problems the company has been experiencing and opens up some nice opportunities for some investors and existing employees that we will talk through that a bit. it is a win—win? it is. in terms of problems that have been government issues with the former ceo and the new ceo coming in to ta ke ceo and the new ceo coming in to take over and they have needed to sort out board governance issues, power—play going on there, there was an existing legal battle with one of the investors and the former ceo, all of that has been dropped, so what is going to happen now is a cash infusion of up to $10 billion

so cash infusion of up to $10 billion so $1 million will be put into fresh shares and nine billion in existing shares, and it will allow early investors and some early employees to sell their shares. softbank will get a stake in uber and interesting how softbank is manoeuvring all over the place. it is positioning itself in many key companies. yes, and about a year ago they made this announcement saying that they had this big investment fund and the looking to invest largely in technology, which is what they do, and they would be looking at american firms services than putting their stake in the ground because they won't be just investing, they will get shares on the members board. interesting. stephanie will be back. she will get a very strong coffee and look through some of the other stories in the media today and ta ke other stories in the media today and take on those. stay with us on the briefing. still to come: rafa's resolve — why the spanish tennis player is determined to make a good showing at the atp world tour finals in london. berliners from both east and west

linked hands and danced round their liberated territory. and, with nobody to stop them, it wasn't long before the first attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. it's keeping the candidate's name always in the public eye that counts. success or failure depends not only on public display but on 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 palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning for the leader who symbolised his people's 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'd long felt only grudgingly accepted amongst the ranks of clergy suddenly felt welcomed. you're watching the briefing.

0ur headlines: iran struggles to respond to an earthquake in the west of the country with local media reporting 140 people have been killed. donald trump is attending the asean summit in the philippines. demonstrators have been protesting against the us president. now on to the latest news surrounding nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, the british woman imprisoned in iran. the british government is being accused once again of making things worse after the environment secretary michael gove said he did not know what she had been doing in the country. nazanin is facing charges of espionage and now her family have revealed she has sought urgent medical attention after finding lumps in her breasts. nick beake reports. 19 months in prison abroad,

separated from her family and now said to be on the verge of a nervous breakdown, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe pictured here with daughter gabriella, was jailed for plotting against the regime in iran, something she has always denied. but 110w something she has always denied. but now another british cabinet minister has been accused of undermining her case. what was she doing that she went to iran? i don't know. one of the things i want to stress is that there is no reason why nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe there is no reason why nazanin zaghari— ratcliffe should there is no reason why nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe should be in prison in iran so far as any of us know. mr gove's lack of clarity was in contrast to boris johnson's insistence she had been visiting relatives. the uk government has no doubt that she was on holiday in iran when she was arrested last year and that was the sole purpose of her

visit. the foreign secretary had himself been forced to make a statement after mistakenly saying mrs nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe had been teaching journalism in iran. labour has called for him to be sacked. but richard ratcliffe says resignations won't help his wife. in a statement he said she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown and had found lumps on her breast. they were thought to be benign but a family history of breast cancer meant her situation would be kept under close surveillance. 0ver situation would be kept under close surveillance. over the weekend, situation would be kept under close surveillance. 0verthe weekend, mr ratcliffe told breakfast that boris johnson had a crucial role in securing his wife's release and allowing him to finally see his daughter again, who is still in iran. i think it is really important that he gets on a plane to go and see nazanin. i would like to go and see nazanin. i would like to go and see her with him and that is the chance of after all these months of not getting to see her. the foreign

0ffice not getting to see her. the foreign office is said to be considering that request, but there is no obvious and insightful nazanin iran's ordeal. the former prime minister of lebanon saad hariri has spoken publicly for the first time since his surprise resignation eight days ago. he told a lebanese television station he would be returning home from saudi arabia within days. mr hariri denied he is being held against his will. he added he was aware he had not resigned in the usual way, but he wanted to give the country what he described as a positive shock to alert it to the dangers it faces. translation: there's a security threat on my life, but that's just part of it. actually, there's the protection of lebanon. i want to protect lebanon. i will go back to lebanon, and i will be back really soon. i will follow the constitutional process of resignation. you have to give me time to secure myself in lebanon. i'm not talking about weeks or months.

i'm talking about days. here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later. we start in bonn in germany, at around 8:30 gmt, the annual un environment meeting will resume, where we're expecting to hear an announcement on the latest statistics on global carbon emissions, following three years of little—to—no growth. later in the day, the fifa corruption trial opens in new york, with three wealthy and once—powerful ex—football officials to appear in court. it comes 2.5 years after raids and arrests in switzerland. and also in new york later: the art auction season kicks off with the christie's impressionist and modern art evening sale. the highlights are a 1913 fernand leger valued at $65 million dollars, and a piece by vincent van gogh. now, with news about rafa nadal‘s bid to win a maiden title in london, and the rest of today's sport briefing, here's tulsen tollett.

here's what we're looking forward to at the bbc sports centre: more countries look to secure their spot at russia 2018, and marc marquez is crowned the youngest four—time motogp world champion. let's begin with tennis, and rafael nadal, who says if he didnt expect to be fit for the atp finals in london, he wouldn't be there. nadal pulled out of the paris masters last week with a knee injury, but is top seed in london, with federer second seed. first up for nadal, it's david goffin of belgium on monday in the last of the first round of matches. something negative happens, except it and something negative happens, except itand go something negative happens, except it and go back home, but hopefully not. my idea is to be here playing and playing well. that is all. there are more world cup qualification matches coming up this week, kicking off with italy

versus sweden in their second leg play off on monday. the azzurri have won four world cups and qualified for every finals except 1958, and trail 1—0 from the first leg and haven't been impressive in qualification. so, as countries start preparing for the world cup in russia, brazil have said they will be based in england in the run up to the tournament. so, as an early introduction to the country, the two sides will play each other at wembley in a friendly on tuesday night. we'll be in the heart of the england camp on monday as gareth southgate prepares his side to face the second of the top two ranked teams in the world after playing germany last week. the world of football is very much focused on the international game at the moment as the world cup qualifiers continue. croatia have moved through after a 4—1 aggregate victory over greece — all the goals in the first leg of their tie. it was goalless in the second leg between switzerland and northern ireland too. enough to take the swiss through after a controversial first leg penalty.

to ta ke to take a team like switzerland, ranked seventh in the world just one 01’ ranked seventh in the world just one or two months ago, is phenomenal, you know, a team packed with players from the premier league, serie a and bundesliga, and the only difference was a poor penalty difference. the championship has already been decided so it was just a matter of pride now for sebastian vettel who won sunday's brazilian formula one grand prix. he pipped valterri bottas to the first corner and led the finn home with ferarri teammate kimi raikkonen in third. lewis hamilton produced a storming drive to finish fourth. a crash in qualifying meant he started from the pitlane but was named driver of the day after roaring through the field. marc marquez has won his fourth motogp championship in five years and he's not even 25 years old. a third place at the season—ending valencia race in his native spain wrapped up the title. he only needed to finish 11th. quite an achievement for marquez. six world titles now across all the classes on two wheels.

social media has been quick to congratulate the champ, too. marc marquez has won four motogp titles at the age of 24. not bad. "marc marquez is seriously getting close to being goat status. the stuff he has done at such a young age is unbelievable!" "you are witnessing one of the greatest riders this sport has ever seen. marc marquez is unbelievable beyond words. transcendent." and that's your sport briefing for now. more on the website, bbc.com/sport. thanks for that. truffles are regarded as quite the delicacy, but they are increasingly difficult to come by. there's been a steep decline in production and many are blaming climate change. tim allman has more. the gorgeous, mountainous scenery of north—western italy. autumnal mists roll in over the fields and farms of piedmont, and master truffle hunter piercarlo vacchina is on a mission. along with his two dogs, rocky and jimmy, he is searching for a rare delicacy — a white truffle.

but this is a mission that gets harder every year. translation: more than the money, i'd say it's the passion. because, unfortunately, in the last few years it's been really hard to pay even the dogs‘ expenses — the vet bills and everything. we've had such dry seasons that we haven't earned a lot. there has been a 30% decline in truffle production over the past 25 years. in some places, they are disappearing altogether, climate change and a prolonged drought taking their toll. and, when you cut supply, demand inevitably increases. at this auction south—east of turin, huge crowds turned out, some willing to pay sky—high prices. i come from switzerland, and compared to switzerland, it's much cheaper here.

but they are not cheap, definitely not cheap. i know it's very expensive, but it's even more expensive in germany, and if you buy truffles in germany, often you get minor quality. the largest truffle sold for $75,000, the winning bid coming all the way from hong kong. proof that, as this delicacy becomes ever more rare, it becomes ever more valuable. the business briefing is next. i will see you soon. hello there.

well, for most of us, sunday was a pretty glorious day. plenty of sunshine, but it was cold. windy as well, particularly down the east coast. plenty of showers here too. some of these will continue through the course of the night, again some of them on the heavy side, but become more confined to the north sea coast of england and elsewhere, turning much drier, and a much colder night to come than the previous night. a widespread frost developing in some rural places. you can see the blue colours there. but something a little less cold pushing into the north—west of the uk by the end of the night, as a weather system pushes in here, bringing increasing cloud and outbreaks of rain. so we start monday morning, then, on a cold and frosty note. lots of sunshine, though. you can sill see the blue hue there, so some places around freezing or below at around 8 o'clock in the morning. we'll continue to still see scattered showers and blustery conditions across eastern coast areas, particularly from lincolnshire down in towards east anglia. the odd heavier one too. for much of northern ireland, for much of northern england and scotland, also a cold start. but we'll see increasing wind and cloud across western scotland, with outbreaks of rain pushing into the western isles initally.

and this weather system will continue to move eastwards through the course of the day, bringing some rain and hill snow. we could even see some snow down to lower levels, across central and eastern parts of scotland for a time, before it all turns back to rain as the milder air moves in. for northern ireland, it will be turning cloudier, with outbreaks of rain. elsewhere, a fine day but the sunshine gradually turning hazier, and it's going to be another cold one. and then, through monday night, this weather system continues to advance eastwards, bringing stronger winds, outbreaks of rain to much of the country, but also milder air. we'll lose the cold air as that weather system moves in. you can see we're all into the yellow and orange colours. most of the country, i say, because the far north of scotland continues to wax and wane in that cooler air stream. so, for tuesday, it's a cloudier day. there will be outbreaks of rain, particularly across western hills, a bit of mist and murk. look at those double—figure values for most — 10—12 degrees. wednesday and thursday, also rather cloudy. probably the best of the sunshine across northern parts of the uk. thursday actually looking like probably being the mildest day across the whole of the uk.

so it's quite a mixture this week. we're starting off on a cold and frosty start, with some sunshine. it turns milder and cloudy for a time, with outbreaks of rain, and then signs of it turning colder by the end of the week. this is business briefing. i'm sally bundock. brexit summit at downing street. the uk prime minister meets european business leaders to hear their views on how to make a smooth separation from the european union. and a new passenger on board. ride—hailing firm uber strikes a huge investment deal with japan's softbank. these other markets across the board. that is friday's close in the united states but in asia, a mixed day emerging as they take stock of the massive rallies we saw in asia last week.