i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore, the headlines: indonesia's disaster management agency raises the threat of an eruption in bali to the highest level, meaning it could happen within 2a hours. pope francis is on his way to myanmar as concern grows around the world over the country's treatment of its rohingya muslim population. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme. the first aid shipment in weeks arrives at yemen's rebel—held port after the saudi—led coalition eases its blockade. just a few months to go before the winter olympics begin in south korea — but will tensions with north korea cast a shadow over the games? live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning.

it's 9am in singapore, one am in london and 9am in bali in indonesia, where authorities have raised the threat of a volcanic eruption to the highest level — that means it could happen in the next 2a hours. the volcano in question is mount agung. thousands of people have been evacuated from the exclusion zone. there are fears of a full—scale eruption for the first time since 1963, when about 1600 people were killed. tiffany wertheimer has the latest. indonesians are used to sights like these, mount agung has rumbled back to life. once again spewing black ash high into the sky. but now the danger level has increased. the danger alert has been

increased. the danger alert has been increased to four, the highest level. the evacuation zone has been extended to ten kilometres. translation: the activity of mount agung has entered the mathematic corruptions that says. although it is still spewing ash at the moment we need to monitor it and exercise caution to the possibility of a strong explosive eruption. it is this thick ash billowing 6000 metres into the sky that presents the greatest danger to human life. within, sharp fragments of life, crystal and rock. authorities are handing out masks to everyone in its path. about 25,000 people have fled to evacuation centres. but they are struggling to cope. in september, 140,000 people fled when mount agung first started rumbling. many of them never left the shelters, too frightened to return home. the local

residents are still going about their daily business. they are still cleaning up the ash to make the place presentable. bali is a major tourist destination. the airport, near its main resorts are still open although many flights have been counselled or diverted. however, the ash clouds drifting east, towards the island of lombok. its airport has been closed entirely. all flights were cancelled. we're just here in the airport we don't know what to do and we are trying find another flight. indonesia is home to over 130 active or know ‘s. and it sits on the pacific ring of fire where there is frequent seismic and volcanic activity. agung is bali's most sacred mountain. the last time it erupted was in 1963. about 1500 people died this time around, no—one is taking any chances. these are live pictures from a webcam of mount agung.

you can just about make out the outline of the mountain in the distance. it is quite clouded over, however, and as we have been hearing, the airport in the capital, a top holiday destination attracting millions of foreign tourists, the airport has been closed and flights are being diverted. the australian government has a ready put out a travel advisory exercising —— cautioning travellers to exercise a high level of caution and follow the instructions of authorities. jordan davison is an the line at the moment. he lives in bali, in the area of ubud. what are you seeing in terms of evacuees? we are told 25,000 people are being told to leave the area, the exclusion zone, about a ten or 12 kilometre radius

of the volcano. yeah. so evacuees are flooding in to different neighbourhoods. bali is not land rich so there is no area really to put them. every neighbourhood, aae banjar, needs to take in a number of refugees. to 5000 is a small number compared to how many actually live on the mountain, i think that is in the hundreds of thousands. each of banjar will need the hundreds of thousands. each of ba njar will need to the hundreds of thousands. each of banjar will need to take the men. but we have set up tents here for oui’ evacuees and but we have set up tents here for our evacuees and it is makeshift accommodation, a tent with a canvas side and a mosquito net and there are many women and babies just lying on the floor. indeed, we can hear some of those babies. is there a

sense of fear among the evacuees who have left? this is the second time they have done it. one month ago the alert level reached four and there we re alert level reached four and there were many more of them. there was a sense of hopelessness. now there is a sense of fatigue, i would say. fear it is among the other residents who are now having to wear masks and deal with ash. who are now having to wear masks and dealwith ash. do who are now having to wear masks and deal with ash. do you find, are most people abiding by the rules? the fa ct people abiding by the rules? the fact that the authorities are putting in place rules and telling people to evacuate. has been an orderly process from what you have seen? i am in ubud, i am not near the mountain, i could not speak to that. i did not even know there was a mandatory evacuation. i havejust seen evacuees showing up in my neighbourhood. and, yeah, so everything is orderly and calm and i

will say the balinese show a lot of love for each other in terms of fundraising efforts in bringing supplies but many more are needed for all of these kids and families that, they don't have food, they don't have money. they are away from their homes for an indefinite amount of time. there is no idea of when it will erupt. the agency is warning that it will erupt. the agency is warning thatitis will erupt. the agency is warning that it is likely to erupt over the next 24 hours. are you trying to leave bali, many of your friends? i'm not trying to leave bali at all we live here and we are happy to stay. but i do have a 18—month—old and it is terrifying to think about his dress but tory health and how to get a mask on him and protect him —— think about his wrist but tory ——

respiratory health. jordan, a resident of bali keeping is up—to—date and telling us about the situation where he is in respiratory —— ubud, outside of the exclusion zone. of course, the threat warning is at its highest and authorities are warning that an eruption is imminent in 24 hours. extraordinary that you can no longer see the volcano because of the cloud. and we will monitor that. let's take a look at some of the other stories of the day. a first aid ship has arrived at the yemeni port of saleef after the saudi—led coalition eased a blockade that's lasted for nearly three weeks. millions of people in yemen are at risk of starvation, while a civil war is being fought between the government, which is backed by the saudi—led coalition, and houthi rebels. andrew plant reports. arriving at port in yemen. after two

weeks waiting at sea, a un aid ship carrying food supplies, the blockade here finally lifted. these are the conditions in parts of yemen right now. the world food programme says millions are at risk of starvation. on saturday, aeroplanes arrived carrying medicine to help sick children. vaccinations, taken to hospital where thousands are waiting. this is the first supply ship to get through for almost a month. over 11 million yemeni children are today in acute need of humanitarian assistance. that is almost every single yemeni boy and girl. the ship has arrived at the port of saleef, north of the main port of saleef, north of the main

port which is still under blockade, imposed by a coalition led by saudi arabia after the rebels they fight in yemen fired a missile at the saudi capital. the blockades are designed to ensure that shipments of weapons do not reach the rebel fighters. for the yemeni people it means food supplies and medicine have run dangerously short. translation: we fled and arrived here with our children and we did not find anyone to help us. for the past two months we have not received anything. no mattresses, no aid, no nothing. the ship is carrying enough food to feed almost 2 million people for a month. it is estimated that 20 million are in urgent need. 11 million are in urgent need. 11 million of those are children. meanwhile, fighting here has already claimed over 8000 lives. also making news today — at least twenty—three civilians are reported killed in the latest syrian government attacks on a rebel—held enclave on the outskirts of damascus. activists say towns in the eastern ghouta district have been subjected to airstrikes

and artillery fire. the un says after years of siege, conditions are dire for the 400,000 people living in the enclave. there's still no information on the cause of an explosion in china that killed two people and injured dozens at a factory in the port city of ning—bo, south of shanghai. windows more than a kilometre away were reportedly shattered by the blast. one of america's best known civil rights activists, john conyers, has stepped down from the housejudiciary committee after allegations of sexual harassment. mr conyers, a democrat, is aged eighty—eight. he denies any wrongdoing, and says he'll clear his name. and this is formula one's first esports championship. and this is brendon leigh, a british teenage gamer who's won the championship. the 18—year—old kitchen manager beat 20 other simulator drivers who were competing in the finals in abu dhabi.

more than 63,000 hopefuls from all over the world entered the competition in september. brendon wins the right to be a non—driver character in the official f1 2018 game. pope francis will visit myanmar today, amid international concern over the country's treatment of its rohingya muslim population. he left europe a few hours ago — and is due to land in yangon around half past one local time. it's the first ever papal visit to the country, where catholics number around 700,000 — making up around 1% of the population. the visit takes place as the rohingya crisis continues. he is under international pressure to raise the military crackdown on the rohingya muslims in his meeting with de—facto leader aung sun suu kyi. more than 600,000 rohingyas have

fled across the border to neighbouring bangladesh. this may be the most delicate diplomatic task in his four years as leader of the catholic church. earlier i asked aaron connelly from the lowy institute for international policy about how he could manage this challenge. on the one hand he must condemn the violence that has taken place since august 25. otherwise he risks compromising his moral authority. if he goes in too hard he risks putting offa he goes in too hard he risks putting off a aung san suu kyi and also the general who he will meet tomorrow. his commander—in—chief of the military and his own boss. they are ina military and his own boss. they are in a defiant mood and they have not taken well to international criticism in the past. pope francis will want to be clear about the moral implications of what is happening at a hole he will also wa nt to happening at a hole he will also want to hold up the possibility of constructive dialogue and that will bea constructive dialogue and that will be a difficult balance for him to strike. a difficult balance and it

also —— complicated by the fact that leading figures are advising him not to use the term rohingya due to political sensitivities but of course human rights groups want him to. how do you manage this with the right combination of engagement and condemnation of the regime? this is exactly the difficult balance that he needs to strike. it is just one example. most myanmar people don't regard the rohingya as a legitimately distinct ethnic group. they reject the use of the term. they reject the use of the term. they have another term for them, that implies they are illegal immigrants from bangladesh even though we know that many of them have had many families living in rakhine state for many generations. if he does not use the term rohingya he will be complicit in their agenda to delegitimise their identity as an ethnic group. however, if he does use it, he will put off the leaders

and prevent them from hearing his deeper message, which is that they must be treated with dignity and humanely. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... with just a few months to go before the games begin, will the tensions with north korea cast a shadow over south korea's winter olympics? also coming up on the programme, a cricket update. australia are victorious with a thumping win in the first ashes test. president kennedy was shot down, and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world, the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number 10 to see the queen, she told her cabinet, "it's a funny old world." angela merkel is germany's

first woman chancellor, easily securing the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hot—air balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed to mind very much. as one local comic put it, "it's not hot air we need, it's hard cash." when bob geldof of the boomtown rats saw the tv pictures from ethiopia, he decided he had to do something. and he found his rock music friends felt the same. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: indonesia's disaster management agency raises the threat of an eruption in bali to the highest level, meaning it could happen in the next 24 hours. pope francis is on his way

to myanmar as concern grows around the world over the country's treatment of its rohingya mslim population. back now to our top story. mount agung in bali, which we're told could erupt within the next 24 hours. bali's airport has now closed. earlier, i spoke with geologist, dr mark tingay, who hasjust returned to perth from bali, where he was observing the volcano. he explained why it could erupt imminently. it started on tuesday. and then stea m it started on tuesday. and then steam and ash came out of the volcano. it is an early level corruption. that became quite heavy to get the go. ——2 days ago. and now

we are seeing a magmatic eruption with lava visible from the crater. that is the level at which a volcano can have a significant eruption. when you were observing it, many people were evacuated from the nearest vicinity for some time. how are people coping? life still seems to be going on as normal. there is very little panic and worry or concern. people have been evacuated from within seven kilometres of the volcano since september. the area has been widened by another kilometre in the last day. there is concern, but no real panic in bali, no major concern. can you predict how damaging, how violent, this

eruption could be? it is not able to be predicted. they can be quite large and ostensibly violent, but this could also be a relatively minor eruption. it is very hard to tell. volcanoes are notoriously difficult to predict. in 1963, 1000 people notoriously lost their lives. this time around they are very, very well—prepared. this time around they are very, very well-prepared. extremely well—prepared. the indonesian authorities have this under control. they have many volcanoes. they are about the most experienced with volcanic eruptions in the world. authorities have been preparing for this for months and have it very well in hand. more details are emerging about the mosque attack in egypt on friday, the worst the country has suffered in recent memory. 300 worshippers, including dozens of children, were killed. as our middle east correspondent,

orla guerin, reports, local people are asking what more can be done in the fight against extremists in sinai. her report contains some distressing images. trying to bring comfort after one of deadliest attacks anywhere in years. among the survivors the imam who was leading the prayers when terror came to the mosque in sinai. "as soon as people heard firing, they started running," he said. "some climbed the pulpit, they were piling on top of each other." the attackers were shooting at anyone breathing. my friends lost their family, lost their cousins, their brothers, some of them lost their sons. this sinai journalist is from bir al—abd where the attack took place. he said it is a turning the point for local tribes who have resolved to hunt the militants themselves.

they had a meeting of their sheikhs and tribe members yesterday. almost 400 people were in the meeting and they decided to carry arms and to find these people themselves and to take revenge from these groups. and here are the main suspects — militants from the egyptian branch of so—called islamic state. sinai's remote terrain and history of neglect mean there there is fertile ground for is. and now it has really money, it has resources, it has weapons and it has recruits. and sadly and tragically, the egyptian government has basically used only military means against the isis branch in north sinai. what you need is to dislodge isis from the social and economic and political grievances

that exist in sinai. for years now, egypt has been relying on military solutions in sinai. but it's hard to wage war when the enemy can melt away. now, more than ever, experts say it's time to change the battle plan. o rla orla guerin, bbc news, cairo. there are just a few months to go before the winter olympic games kick off in south korea. but these games will be taking place amid growing tensions with north korea, and the rhetoric coming from both pyongyang and washington dc makes many nervous. danny savage reports. in the mountains of south korea, there is no snow yet. but that doesn't prevent athletes from all over the world coming to practise. the white stuff will come. but for these german hopefuls, they need the right stuff to come. they're not bothered by the political tension in this region, theyjust want to compete. yeah, i hope i qualify

for the olympic games. and i am very excited to jump here again in winter. it is very special. i was here for the world cup last winter. and i liked here very much and am happy to be here and had come back in winter. the hills are great, the setting is beautiful, but south korea's unpredictable neighbour is making some competitors nervous. at one point, the french team questioned whether or not they were going to come. any easing of tension in this region will do these games a lot of favours. in the skies above south korea, america and its allies put on a show of force. missile tests and nuclear launches by north korea have led to a ferocious war of words. they hope the offering of words of peace and the games

will encourage countries who are not allies. translation: we are aware of geopolitical tensions. the korean government is working and planning for the safest games to make sure everyone is taken care of. we are as open with our partners as possible to ensure safe games. there is genuine hope for these winter olympics. at a competition in german recently, two north korean figures skaters did well enough to qualify. but there is no word whether they will send a team. although, remember this? one of the defining images of the rio olympics was the gymnasts from north and south korea standing side by side taking a selfie. between now and the winter olympics, everybodyjust has to hope the tensions don't get any worse. this important forthcoming date in the world's sporting diary may actually make the main players in the crisis pause for thought and allow the games to build some bridges. danny savage, bbc news, pyeongchang,

in south korea. australia to victory in the first test of the ashes. they reached their target before lunch. they take a 1—0 lead in the series. a full round—up in sport today. you have been watching newsday. a quick reminder of the main story. mount agung in bali, which we're told could erupt within the next 24 hours. thousands of people have been evacuated. we will keep you up—to—date. evacuated. we will keep you up-to-date. we certainly will. these are live images of mount agung in bali. behind all of that cloud is the volcano we are being told could erupt in the next 24 hours. we will keep you up—to—date on if and when

that happens. hello once again. after a pretty chilly weekend quite widely across the british isles we will see a change of weather tonight, albeit only for a little while. it is thanks to an area of low pressure throws a great veil of cloud down the british isles. first thing on monday there will be a wet and windy start to be had across the south. not many of you will be scraping your cars first up. there will be other concerns, i suspect, if you are commuting across the southern counties of england and wales. the first part of monday, it will be really quite wet. even that little bit further north will have had rain overnight. quite windy as well. tricky conditions. a lot of surface water and spray. into the northern half of the british isles. persistent rain in the very far north of scotland. elsewhere, a supply of showers from the word go. les along by a north—north—westerly wind pushing these showers ever further towards the south. they replace the rainband which quits the scene on the southern counties of england but will be a bother for the channel islands for a good part of the day.

following on behind, not particularly cold air. not at that stage. probably the mildest of the days of the week. tuesday, increasingly cold as we move towards the middle part of the week. the low pressure moves further east. that opens the doors for the isobars to run north to south across all parts of the british isles. down the spine of the country, a gloriously sunny day. if you are fully exposed to that breeze, mainly from the northern and eastern perspective, you are going to see some showers across the high ground, not just in scotland, they will be wintry. single figure temperatures abound. wednesday, perhaps a subtle change in wind direction could draw the wintry showers a little further inland and push them further south, down through the lincolnshire wolds, maybe into the north of norfolk as well. down the spine of the country there is still that bright weather to be had. on thursday, we may see an area of low pressure. that puts a squeeze on the isobars. it means more wind. a bitter wind at that. right down the eastern shores, particularly. look at that temperature, four, five, six.

it will be cold with a biting wind, especially in the east. i'm kasia madera with bbc world news. our top story. indonesia's disaster management agency raises the threat of an eruption in bali to the highest level — it means it could happen in the next 24 hours. thousands of people have been evacuated. there are fears of a full—scale eruption for the first time since 1963, when about 1600 people were killed. the country's most serious warning for aircraft is in effect. pope francis visits myanmar as concern grows around the world over the country's treatment of its rohingya muslim population. and this video is

trending on bbc.com — sailors from the royal navy have performed the famous changing the guard ceremony outside buckingham palace in london for the first time in its 350—year history. the manoeuvres are usually carried out by a regiment from the army. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk — the international trade secretary says there can be no final decisions on the future of the irish border until the uk and the eu have reached