tonight at 10.00pm — the pope appeals for tolerance in myanmar but refuses to mention the persecuted rohignyas by name. the pope held talks with myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, whose government has been accused of ethnic cleansing in relation to the rohingya minority. hundreds of thousands of rohingya have fled the violence in myanmar to refugee camps in neighbouring bangladesh. i'm at the largest refugee camp in southern bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of people who fled myanmar continue to endure the most squalid and desperate conditions. we'll have more from reeta in one of the biggest camps in bangladesh. also tonight: the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle is to take place at st george's chapel, windsor, next may. north korea has test—fired another ballistic missile — its first in two months. a fortnight ahead of a vital eu summit, hints that the size of the brexit divorce bill is close

to agreement. the uk's highest—paid university vice—chancellor is to retire, following a long—running controversy about her salary. and why vital satellites are being threatened by all the junk in space. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news — three wins from three for england's women, as they win their world cup qualifier against kazakhstan, 5—0. good evening. pope francis has defended the rights of ethnic groups on a visit to myanmar but he notably failed to refer to the muslim rohingya minority by name. myanmar has been accused of ethnic cleansing, with more than 600,000 rohingya fleeing the country

in recent months. the pope held talks with myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, repeatedly to speak out against the treatment of the rohingya, many of whom are now living in refugeee camps in neighbouring bangladesh. my colleague reeta chakrabarti is in kutupalong camp, some 20 miles from the port city of cox's bazar. we canjoin we can join reeta we canjoin reeta now. huw, people here do look to world leaders to try to highlight their plight. there will have been expectations of pope francis on his first visit to myanmar and not least whether or not he would refer to the rohignya s directly by name. we have this report from martin bashir. 0n the lush grounds of myanmar‘s

presidential palace, a military band announces the arrival of pope francis, the rich pageantry, a world away from the terror felt by more than 600,000 rohingya muslims who, since august, have fled into bangladesh in what the united nations has called "textbook ethnic cleansing". today, pope francis met with myanmar‘s de facto leader, as human rights organisations urged him to talk about the rohingyas. though he referred to the muslim minority last month, it's a word the myanmar government does not use, saying they migrated illegally from bangladesh and therefore should not be listed as one of the country's ethnic groups. inside the convention centre, aung san suu kyi did make reference to the events in rakhine, where rohingya have lived for generations. as we address long—standing issues, the support of our people and of good friends, who only wish to see us

succeed in our endeavours, has been invaluable. aung san suu kyi chose to say little about the crisis. expectations then shifted to pope francis. translation: the future of myanmar must be peace, based on respect for the dignity and right of each member of society, respect for each ethnic group and its identity, none excluded. pope francis praised the united nations but he did not refer to the un's accusation that myanmar had been involved in ethnic cleansing and while he said the future of this nation must include all races and religions, he did not use the word "rohingya". human rights activists have expressed disappointment that the pope didn't go further in his much—anticipated speech. by not using the word "rohingya"

the pope has essentially emboldened the burmese narrative that there are no rohingya, the rohingya don't exist. it's a tremendous missed opportunity and we're extraordinarily disappointed in pope francis. the pope may also have been mindful of potential repercussions for another religious minority. christians make up just 6% of the population here and many have travelled to take part in a special mass, where hope francis will preside tomorrow. martin bashir, bbc news, myanmar. here in the camps, many of the people we've spoken to have physical injuries which they say were sustained in the violence in myanmar. but aid workers are increasingly worried about the psychological impact of events, too. i've been following the journey through the camps of one young refugee family. waiting at the border in bangladesh,

600 refugees who've crossed from myanmar. is they're held here for two days before being allowed in. they're exhausted and anxious. among them we found 18—year—old rabbia and her two nieces nine—year—old umi, and four—year—old nour. they said they escaped after the army and local buddhists in myanmar attacked their village. rabia's parents were killed. the little girl's mother was also killed and they don't know what's happened to their father. they've been walking for 25 days. translation: people gave us food. ijust brought the two children. i didn't bring anything to cook with. she says she's determined to keep the children with her, although it may be difficult. a week later we find them in the un transit camp where vulnerable people are looked after. umi has left to get their food rations. hello.

so how are they getting on? oh, this is where you live. you don't have much, do you? psychologists say little nour is severely traumatised by her experiences. she never speaks to any adults. almost everybody that you meet in this camp say that they've seen some terrible things. this group has been set up to help people deal with their experiences. it's run by mahmmuda, a psychologists. all the women here have lost their husbands in the violence in myanmar and they're grateful for her counselling. anjuman khatoun says mahmuda asks questions about their lives, they really talk to each other about all the bad and the good that's happened to them.

herfriend, hamida begum, echos her, saying the sessions make her feel happy and they're thankful. people come from all over the camp for help from mahmuda. she works with them to rebuild their lives. it really works magically, because in my session, normally i say a few words and that is like — you are here, and now you are safe and you are not alone, we are with you, so acknowledge your life as you are alive you are here and you are safe. we knew the three girls we met earlier were safe but it had been four days and they'd moved on. we found them with a group of people from their village, waiting to be registered in a more permanent camp. translation: i hope for a good life. i will never let the children go.

i will never go anywhere. i will never leave their side. aid workers told us the girls will get child protection because they have no parents and they'll be placed with the others from their community. rabia, umi and nour are being looked after, but they'll take a long time to recover from the trauma they've experienced. reeta, you have been there now for several days. what's your impression of the scale of the challenge facing the officials there, clearly, with the officials there, clearly, with the kind of work they have to do, but of course the plight of the refugees themselves? well, the scale of the challenge remains enormous and the plight of the refugees remains really pitiful. you'll have got a sense over the last few days of the scale of the challenge, of the poverty, of the physical environment here and also of the

tremendous mental cost to some of the people here, as you saw there. aid workers say that a crisis of this sort, the speed of the influx of this huge number of people is something that they haven't experienced in decades. and how to adequately care for these people, and then eventually what to do with them will be the two enormous questions that nobody quite seems to have the answer to. reeta, once again, many thanks for the latest there. reporting from kutupalong in bangladesh. north korea has test—fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, the first in more than two months. pyongyang has launched several missiles this year as tensions have risen because of its nuclear programme. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, reports from seoul in south korea. after two months without a test, north korea is back at the top of president trump's agenda. a missile was launched a little while ago from north korea. i will only tell you that we will take care of it. this is the 23rd north korean

missile test this year, the first since mid—september. it took off in the early hours of the morning from pyongsong, north of the capital pyongyang. it flew east for about 1,000 kilometres, landing after 50 minutes in the sea ofjapan. american officials believe this was an intercontinental ballistic missile and say it flew higher than any previous test. in response, south korea conducted a precision strike missile test of its own. the bottom line is it's a continued effort to build a ballistic missile threat that endangers world peace, regional peace and certainly the united states. thank you, general. and we will take care of that situation. thank you all very much, iappreciate it. thank you. north korea's leader, kimjong un, has been seen in recent days visiting largely economic ventures. in the absence of fresh missile tests, observers wondered if his focus had shifted. this, it seems, was wishful thinking. here in seoul, the president

has convened a meeting of his national security council. most experts still think that north korea needs two to three years to complete its nuclear weapons programme, but yesterday a government minister said he wouldn't be surprised if kim jong un finished the job within the next year. north korea he said was developing its nuclear weapons much faster than anyone expected. the united states has stepped up pressure on north korea throughout the year. military exercises the most visible sign of donald trump's uncompromising approach. officials believe the pressure is making life harder for the north korean leader but kim jong un seems determined to achieve his nuclear ambitions and unwilling to talk in the meantime. pauladams, bbc news, seoul. 0ur washington correspondent, laura bicker, is at the white house. laura, what does this latest test present to president trump, as a challenge? well, it's been one week

since president trump declared north korea a state—sponsor of terror and it's two weeks since he was congreat lating north korea's ally and neighbour, china, of getting on board his policy of maximum pressure on north korea, to try to get kim jong unto give up his weapons programme and that includes a huge increase in sanctions. and there was some hope, within some circles, that it was working. afterall, it's been two months since north korea fired a missile. today, kim jong two months since north korea fired a missile. today, kimjong un remains defiant. it wasn't just a missile. today, kimjong un remains defiant. it wasn'tjust a missile. it was an intercontinental ballistic missile. 0ne it was an intercontinental ballistic missile. one this white house has declared as a threat to world peace so. declared as a threat to world peace so. what does the us do now? well, when it comes to north korea, you've had the official policy of putting pressure on pyongyang, getting kim jong unto pressure on pyongyang, getting kim jong un to the negotiating table but first he must show he's willing to give up the weapons and that doesn't

look likely. many will look at the ambiguity of the president's words today that he'll "deal with it" a reminder that with this white house all options remain on the table, including a military option. many thanks, laura bicker with the latest from the white house. downing street has sought to play down speculation that uk and eu negotiatiors have agreed the framework of a brexit divorce payment ahead of a vital eu summit next month. officials say intensive talks continue to take place, as they try to move negotiations on to the next phase. 0ur europe editor, katya adler, is in brussels. ed. are you detecting any signals there that this divorce payment debate is coming to some kind of conclusion? well, the pressure is rising. had uw. the e —— huw, the eu imposed a deadline, this coming monday, 4th december to make good progress on the three main issues,

money, citizens' rights and ireland. 0verwie, said the eu, you, uk can forget what you want for christmas, progressing in the brexit talks to widen the talks to trade and transition. theresa may plans to come here to the european commission in brussels to coincide with that deadline monday for lunch with jung juncker, the commission chief. it was expected she wouldn't and couldn't come here empty handed. tonight there are rumours swirling around that a framework deal has been agreed on the financial settlement. that's money the eu says the uk owes from its time as an eu member and has to honour. now, the com commission is not officially confirming it, nor is the uk government but my sources here say the eu has been very upbeat of late of progress on the money issue. the kind of figure that's being talked about here is around who billion euros f that's the —— a0 #3wi8 yob euros. — a0 billion euros. that

would be huge for the uk. back in 0ctober would be huge for the uk. back in october the prime minister offered 20 billion. it'll be towards the lower side from what the eu expects from the uk but it'll give them the go—ahead to talk about trade and transition but, and another big but, up transition but, and another big but, up until now the big stumbling block for the uk to progressing in the talks had been the money issue, now, it's ireland, with the irish government threatening to veto progressing those talks, to block them, to put pressure on blocking them, to put pressure on blocking them, unless the uk gives strong commitments it'll not reintroduce a ha rd commitments it'll not reintroduce a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. so there is still a lot of pressure tonight on the prime minister ahead of her visit here on monday. many thanks for the latest analysis there in brussels. kensington palace has announced that prince harry and the american actress, meghan markle, will marry in may at st george's chapel in windsor castle. ms markle is to become a british citizen and she'll be confirmed into the church of england before the wedding service.

the royal family will be covering the cost of the wedding and the reception. live to windsor and our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. yes, a royal wedding within the ancient walls of windsor castle. good for security for sure, not so good potentially for public accessibility, the public have said they want the public to be part of they want the public to be part of the celebration, i would imagine there will be a carriage procession through the streets of this very committed royal town. 0ne through the streets of this very committed royal town. one point, the royal family have said they will pay the main costs of the ceremony. for the main costs of the ceremony. for the couple themselves, for harry and meghan, the priority now is planning. they have, in the words of their spokesman, been overwhelmed by the amount of the support they've received from britain and elsewhere in the world to the news of their engagement and now, harry and meghan are starting to organise the wedding, taking charge over all aspects of the ceremony themselves, according to their officials. as they do so, other members of the royal family have been

expressing their happiness at the news of their engagement. william and i are absolutely thrilled, it's such exciting news, it is a happy time for any couple and we wish them all the best and hope they enjoy this happy moment. america's loss is our gain. we are all absolutely delighted. as you can see, they are so happy. sometimes in a climate where we are surrounded by a lot of bad news it is a realjoy to have a bit of good news for once. the first big decision in terms of the wedding planning is the venue. the ceremony will take place inside windsor castle in the historic st george's chapel. the month on the invitations will be may, a precise date has still to be decided. the 15th century chapel, festooned with the banners of the knights of the garter, is where harry was christened. the disadvantage is the size. it can seat only 800 guests, fewer than half the capacity of westminster abbey. it is, though, a more intimate

setting, it is where the marriage of the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall was blessed in 2005 after their wedding in a registry office. in windsor today reaction to having another royal wedding in the town was predictably positive. absolutely amazing. we're so excited about it. that's fantastic. really nice, yeah, lovely, it will be good for windsor as well. really good. well, i live locally so it will be nice to have such a fabulous event in the local area. aside from wedding preparations, meghan will be applying for british citizenship. as she made clear in yesterday's interview, she wants to get to know britain better. i think in the beginning few months and now being boots on the ground in the uk i am excited tojust really get to know more about the different communities here, smaller organisations, we are working on the same causes that i have always been passionate about. that process of getting to know her new country will start this friday in nottingham.

the city will witness the first official engagement of the new royal team, prince harry and meghan markle. nicolas witchall, bbc news. the wholesale grocery firm palmer and harvey has gone into administration after rescue talks failed. 2,500 workers have been made redundant. p&h is the uk's fifth largest privately owned firm and supplies around 90,000 shops. the vice—chancellor of bath university — who's been widely criticised for a salary package of nearly half a million pounds a year — is to retire from the post. professor dame glynis breakwell is the highest—paid university vice—chancellor in the uk and she's faced demands for her resignation from students and staff, as our education branwenjeffreys reports. bath university sells itself as one of the best, good for students, good for research. good, too, for the vice—chancellor. please do tell anyone

who will listen how great the university of bath is. tell them that we are number one for student satisfaction. number one for vice—chancellor's pay. it wasn't just the money, but the flat too and the housekeeper that came with it. tonight, from the students, this reaction to her departure. i think it was one of — it's time to go, i guess. there's been huge student reaction on social media saying that essentially it's time for her to go. is your payjustified? as the controversy grew, dame glynis brea kwell avoided questions. but last week came a damming report, the reputation of the university damaged, staff and students threatened more protests. tonight dame glynis breakwell defended her record saying. "i have served the university to the best of my ability

and will continue to do so until the day i leave office. since 2001, the university has changed dramatically. it has almost tripled in size and is now among the top universities in the uk." and for some who have campaigned hard, disappointment that she will be paid until 2019 and a car loan written off. this is sheer greed on the part of the university bosses. and what's happening in bath is only the tip of the iceberg. there are 55 vice—chancellors who are paid more than £300,000 a year. none should be paid at that level. they should all take a big salary cut and the money should be given back to students. this is a crisis which has only just started. publicly, the university paid tribute to the vice—chancellor. privately, many will be relieved to move on. no word yet on how much her successor will be paid. so still questions here tonight at

bath university about the terms of the departure. staying in herflat until august next year, paid until february 2019. but as the row here rumbles over, it's february 2019. but as the row here rumbles over, its opening up a whole other set of debates elsewhere. there will be questions now for many other vice—chancellors about whether their pay matches the status of their universities but also about how these decisions are made, who gives the senior leaders so much pay when university students are taking on so much debt to come to university? there is over the horizon a new regulator for universities that is already promising to look at value for money for taxpayers, value for money for students. and beyond that, the threat from ministers that they

might even look at the possibilities of fines. so this debate is only just beginning and bath isjust of fines. so this debate is only just beginning and bath is just the first to feel the heat. thank you very much for the latest there. the suspect in last month's new york truck attack has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and terrorism. eight people were killed and 12 others injured after they were hit by a rental truck speeding down a cycle path. so—called islamic state claimed responsibility for the attack which was the deadliest assault on new york city since 9/11. ireland's deputy prime minister, frances fitzgerald, has resigned following criticism of her handling of a whistle—blower scandal. she said she's stood down to avoid a potentially destabilising election and insists she's acted with integrity throughout her political career. thousands of local people and tourists are trying to find refuge on the indonesian island of bali amid fears that a local

volcano could erupt at any time. mount agung is sending clouds of ash, gas and smoke thousands of metres into the air. the airport is shut, tourists have been stranded and the authorities are moving people into more than 200 evacuation centres. a petition — signed by more than 100,000 people — calling for accessible disabled toilets to be installed in all motorway services in the uk is being delivered to the houses of parliament tomorrow. standard disabled toilets don't meet the needs of an estimated 250,000 people who can't get out of their wheelchair alone. 0ur correspondent natalie pirks has been out shopping with those calling for major retailers to improve their facilities. it's a basic right many take for granted, the freedom to use a toilet. but what if your disability made spending a penny in public a choice between sitting in your own waste or lying on a germ ridden floor? a photo on social media of a disabled child being changed on a toilet floor injohn lewis

prompted outrage, yet for campaigners, it's an everyday reality. if you were to see someone's child laying on a toilet floor or a baby would you do something about it? would you wait for the law to make you do something about it? this is one of those things that they should be doing for moral and ethical reasons. john lewis says its new cheltenham store will have a hoist and adult sized bench and it's assessing whether these facilities can be incorporated into future shop refurbishments. currenty there are only around 1,000 so—called changing places toilets and in major supermarkets just nine across the whole of the uk. 0ne business, though, is bucking the trend. the main reason given by retailers for not having more of these toilets in their stores is space. this is around 12 metres squared and money, it costs around £11,000 to £1a,000 to fit one of these changing places toilets.

yet ikea has managed to put these into most of their stores without any fuss and without really having to. the law needs to change. it's like a dog with no teeth. samantha and her 11—year—old son alfie live in more sham. samantha and her 11—year—old son alfie live in horsham. christmas shopping has to be carefully planned. the council run toilet isn't fit for his needs. there's barely enough room for his chair and me without getting him out of the wheelchair and laying him on the floor. instead samantha has to get alfie back in the car and drive to their nearest suitable toilet. for many people, that is miles away. the law is confusing. the british standard institute recommends putting these toilets into all large public buildings, but it's not compulsory. whereas the equality act says businesses have a duty to make reasonable adjustments to ensure those with disabilities can access toilets, but what constitutes reasonable? it's been left up to campaigners to try and enforce change. now can you see why this

is so important for us? this is what we need just to go to the loo. the government has helped fund a map showing people their closest accessible toilets. the blue spots show the sparsest areas where there are less than ten. the government says it's looking into whether current regulations adequately meet the needs of disabled people and it's appointed a disability champion for retail. i think definitely when you've got a new build, there's no doubt that there should be a changing places facility in there. we have an issue with old stock in the uk, so it's quite hard when you've got a building to try and retro—fit that. disabled children become disabled adults, like a3—year—old julie clough. the tireless campaigning of her brother and mother has led to every uk airport having a changing places toilet. when they said i had to use the room where they stored the body bags, that was the final straw.

and i thought, watch this space. it's hoped in the future, they won't have to fight alone. natalie pirks, bbc news. vital satellites in space are in danger of being damaged and important communications interrupted by the existence of so much junk floating around, including redundant satellites, old rockets and fragments of abandoned spacecraft. a british team is hoping to solve the problem by sending a spacecraft to clear up some of the debris. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle has the story. trois, deux, un — lift off. blasting off, for decades we've been launching into space, but what goes up rarely comes down and space has become crowded with junk. the remove debris spacecraft could be the answer, the world's first attempt to test how we can clean—up celestial clutter.

it will see if it's possible to snare a satellite in a net and review how effective a harpoon is. it will then bring everything back down, burning up as it enters the earth's atmosphere. it's been assembled in surrey and its cost £15 million. this is the last chance to see it before it's packed up for its launch early next year. this is the remove debris platform and it's going to be one of the world's first missions to actually demonstrate cleaning up space junk. this mission is incredibly important. we have technologies on here that have never been demonstrated in space before and it's urgent that we actually launch this mission now so we can develop these technologies for use in the future. since the early days of exploration the area around the earth has grown more and more cluttered.