you're watching newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: yemen's former president has been killed after seeking a new alliance in the country's devastating civil war. britain and the european union have failed for now to reach agreement to move onto the second phase of brexit negotiations. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: the philippines suspends a dengue fever vaccine after new evidence showed it could worsen the disease in some cases. and the veteran bollywood actor and producer shashi kapoor has died at the age of 79. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's 7am in singapore, ”pm in london and 2am in yemen where the former president

ali abdullah saleh has been killed just days after abandoning an alliance with a rebel group at the centre of the country's civil war. the current crisis started 2015, when houthi rebels believed to be backed by iran took control of parts of the country. a coalition led by saudi arabia then began a campaign of airstrikes to try to oust them. saleh ran the country for more than 30 years and had been seeking talks to bring back the internationally recognised government. our middle east editor jeremy bowen reports. ali abdullah saleh‘s house has been destroyed by his former allies, the houthis. they might not be able to break the power of saleh‘s extended family, and the tribal network that helped him hold power in yemen for 30 years. a houthi tank crew near the house celebrated. a fighter, abu ahmad, said,

"thank god for the great victory and the end of the most corrupt leader in the islamic world." houthi fighters killed saleh as he tried to flee sana'a, the capital, for his home town. mobile phone video of his corpse had echoes of the downfall of another long serving arab leader, libya's colonel gaddafi six years ago. since saleh‘s death, people have been running for cover, as saudi—led air strikes hit houthi targets. sa na'a's ha rd—pressed hospitals took in more patients. the war was already a man—made catastrophe. the un fears that new political uncertainty after saleh could make it worse. key commodities such as fuel and food are in short supply. we need those to maintain our support to seven million people who are in a really bad state. with famine round the corner and the cholera re—emergence again makes for a very

tragic future i think. for almost a week, sanaa has been rocked by yet another front in yemen's war, as saleh‘s men and the houthis fought for the city. the fighting followed months of tension between them and rumours that saleh was going to sell out. and then on saturday, he announced it was time for a new page, with the saudi—led coalition, that since 2015 has been bombing yemen to try to destroy the houthis. ali abdullah saleh had been a force in yemen, usually a dominant one, since the 1970s. he was a president for 3h years. world leaders courted him as a necessary man in a highly strategic place. saleh called governing yemen, "dancing on the heads of snakes." he was very good at doing deals with yemen's tribes. but it looks as if he tried to make one deal too many, switching sides in the war.

and, to stop it happening, the houthis were prepared to kill him. the houthis are a powerful yemeni faction. they swept into sanaa in 2014 in alliance with ali abdullah saleh and his men. but it's about more than who controls these streets for saudi arabia and its allies. they say the houthis take orders from iran, so the conflict here became part of the bigger confrontation across the middle east, between the saudis and the iranians. yemen was the poorest arab country before the war pushed it to a new level of misery. saleh‘s killing could create more chaos, making the lives of yemenis, who've become pawns in the quarrels of much bigger battles, even more hellish. jeremy bowen, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the day's other news: britain and the european union have failed, for now, at least, to reach agreement to move

onto the second phase of brexit negotiations. the irish border remains one of the main difficulties. the bbc understands that theresa may broke off talks after the main party in northern ireland, the dup, said it would not be able to support a deal. iam i am still confident that we can reach sufficient progress, sufficient progress before the european council on the 15th of december. and it is clear, crucially, that we want to move forward together but on a couple of issues some differences to remain, which require further negotiation. also making news today: the former catalan president, carles puigdemont, has appeared in court in belgium, where he is fighting an extradition request by spain. he and four other former ministers are accused of rebellion over the declaration of catalonia's independence from spain. the un political affairs chief is to visit north korea on tuesday. this is the highest—level trip there by a un official for six years.

it comes at a time of extremely high tensions in the korean peninsula, and less than a week after pyongyang test—fired a ballistic missile believed capable of reaching the united states. the us supreme court has handed a victory to president trump by allowing his latest travel ban targeting people from six muslim—majority countries to go into full effect. this will go ahead even as legal challenges continue in lower courts. the supreme court, with two of the nine justices dissenting, granted the white house's request to lift two injunctions imposed by lower courts. this is red rock country. almost a million hectares of breath—taking unspoilt mountain, valley and river in the us state of utah. it's currently designated as two national parks, protecting it from development. but president trump has announced that he's dramatically shrinking the size of the parks, known as national monuments. and this could open the way for mining and drilling oil and gas. australia's citizenship

saga rumbles on. under mounting pressure to resolve the crisis, which cost nine politicians their jobs, and the government its majority, prime minister malcolm turnbull announced that all politicians would be have to register their citizenship status. today is the deadline for those declarations. earlier, i spoke with bbc‘s phil mercer, who is in sydney, who explained the significance of this declaration. well, that is —— the deadline for today, rico, is intended to draw a line under a crisis that really has deflected from the government's policy agenda in the federal parliament. now, the scaling

constitution forbids dual nationals sitting in federal parliament, as you say. several mps and senators have fallen foul of this constitutional section 4a. and today the government is insisting that all mps and senators provide documentation on their backgrounds, their heritage, their parents and their heritage, their parents and their grandparents, to make sure that those mps and senators in federal parliament are actually constitutionally allowed to be there. but we do hear that some mps may find some nasty surprises in the small print of their family background. and what of the macro—labor senators, background. and what of the macro—laborsenators, phil, background. and what of the macro—labor senators, phil, could background. and what of the macro—laborsenators, phil, could be affected 7 macro—laborsenators, phil, could be affected? this is katy gallagher, she has ties to the united kingdom and she was first elected in 2015 but we understand that she didn't ta ke but we understand that she didn't take the necessary steps to rescind her uk citizenship until a year later. now, the government believes that there are four per case should

be referred, like others, to the high court to decide eligibility. the labour party says that katy gallagher, the senate in question, took reasonable steps to rescind that foreign nationality. therefore they believe that her position in safe. but what it does serve to show, rico, is that this is a very messy episode in australian politics and it has deflected from what the government wants voters to look at, thatis government wants voters to look at, that is its legislative agenda. so once they register their citizenship status, phil, will the crisis be over? probably not. we won't know specific details for another day also. but there is little speculation that not only katy gallagher but a couple of other macro—labor mps could well be in trouble with this new disclosure regime. —— labour. watch this space. i don't think this citizenship saga is over and we could have more ways

to deal with as this crisis continues. phil mercer and i am sure we will hear more from him later in the week. the philippines has suspended a dengue fever vaccine that was given to thousands of children. it has also launched an investigation after the drug's manufacturer said new evidence showed it could pose health risks in some cases. dengue is the most widespread mosquito—borne disease in the world, with nearly 400 million people infected every year. earlier, i spoke to professor tikki pang, visiting professor at the national university of singapore and former director of research policy & cooperation at the world health organization. well, i think you have to look at it within the larger context, meaning that, of course, there is evidence that, of course, there is evidence that there is potentially a risk, but in areas like the philippines, where 90% of the people in the

country have already been exposed to the dengue virus, you're talking about a risk to maybe about 10% of the population, where this issue has become of concern, in other words, those who have not exposed — who had not been exposed to dengue before. so, my point is, yes, there is a safety risk, but i think the more important priority is to protect the 90%, where, you know, the vaccine has been shown to be effective, it has been shown to be effective, it has been shown to be effective, it has been shown to reduce severe disease and hospitalisation by 80% to 90%, so, yes, ithink disease and hospitalisation by 80% to 90%, so, yes, i think the decision to suspend is obviously the prerogative of the country, based on their own evaluation of the data, but, you know, my own personal view is that this is an effective vaccine

that can protect, you know, 90% of the population in those areas. but for those of us who are not maybe a way of the exact details of what the health risks are, how does it compare, the health risks of the vaccine compared to actually getting dengue seiver? well, it is i think a problem to point out that you know it is not the vaccine that makes you sick —— fever? it is actually the mosquitoes that spread the virus. so in that sense i think it is important to understand that, when people do get some of this severe reactions following vaccination in those who have not been exposed, it is, you know, the disease is not as severe, any more severe than the natural infection itself. how or why is it so difficult to vaccinate against dengue fever, because the vaccine has been years in the

making? yes, it has been about 40 yea rs. making? yes, it has been about 40 years. the main difficulty is that there is not just years. the main difficulty is that there is notjust one dengue virus. there are actually four different types, they call it, for —— four different kinds of dengue virus, so it makes it more challenging than vaccinating againstjust it makes it more challenging than vaccinating against just a it makes it more challenging than vaccinating againstjust a single virus. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: a new kind of frog chorus — why australians are being asked to keep track of frog noises using a new app. also coming up on the programme, we look back at the life of celebrated actor shashi kapoor, who has died at the age of 79. it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory.

i am feeling so helpless, that the childrens are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippy cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people in los angeles. at 11am this morning, just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe. it took the drills just a few moments to cut through the final obstacle. then philippe cozette, a minerfrom calais, was shaking hands with and exchanging flags with robert fagg, his opposite number from dover. i'm rico hizon in singapore.

thanks for watching newsday on the bbc. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: air—strikes by the saudi—led coalition have resumed in the yemeni capital, sana'a, hours after the former president was killed. britain and the european union have failed for now to reach agreement to move onto the second phase of brexit negotiations. let's ta ke let's take a look at the papers from around the world. the china daily reports on a trade meeting between the premier and justin trudeau. this is his second official visit to china since coming to office two yea rs china since coming to office two years ago. the premier says that the relations between the two countries are ina relations between the two countries are in a golden age. the financial times front page has a story about

theresa may and the eu's failure to reach a deal on brexit, it describes how carefully choreographed the force deal was put in yesterday morning, it was the northern ireland's democratic party to reject theresa may's agreement to keep northern ireland aligned with eu law after brexit. and the straits times reports tensions arising on the largest us drill. the five—day drill called vigilant ace is set to include simulated strikes on mock north korean nuclear and missile targets. it has been criticised i pyongyang as an all—out provocation, coming less than a week after north

korea fired its most powerful intercontinental lipstick missile capable of reaching the united states. and finally to have the international edition of the new york times and it reports that saudi arabia's crown prince has agreed a piece deal with terms favouring israel. according to officials, the palestinian president told of a plan resented by the crown prince that would mean the palestinians would get a state of their own at only limited sovereignty over their own territory. moving to trending, rainbows are sparking discussions online? most would agree that rainbows are lovely to look at, but they appear fleetingly and dissolve into the mist after a short space of time. so people online have gotten very excited about one rainbow that

lasted for a staggering nine hours. professors and students of a chinese university in taiwan were treated to this phenomenon, this would shatter the previous record for the longest lasting rainbow which was set in the yorkshire back in 1994. —— set in yorkshire. i love the rainbow connections, but what about this? croa ks, whistles, ribbits, bleats and barks — every frog family makes a different sound. now, researchers in sydney are hoping to use those calls to help save certain endangered species. the team at the australian museum are asking members of the public to record the frog noises they hear in their backyards and parks using an app, then share them, so they can be counted and identified. take a listen. drjodi rowley is a frog expert

at the australian museum and involved with the project. each species of frog, as you heard, makes a different noise. what we do is with this free app, record 20 seconds whenever you hear frogs calling from your backyard or beyond and submit this using the app. we are able to listen to the calls, verify which species are calling and together with the help of australia, that australia's frogs. what are you hoping to learn about frogs with this application? basic things that

we still don't even know, which is surprising. we don't know yet how many species of frog there are in australia, potentially discovering new species by their unique calls. map the frogs across australia in a resolution never possible before. figure out which species need our help, which are doing fine, which areas are good frog habitats and how we can make it frog habitats and also track invasions of the cane toad and track our frogs are responding to environmental change and this is important because frogs are ina and this is important because frogs are in a lot of trouble and they need our help. a lot of trouble indeed and this app is already in many phones in australia, have you discovered anything exciting so far about the frogs? well, we are still listening to the frog calls. have had over 6000 calls its omitted from across australia which is fantastic. some of the most interesting things

are threatened species, it is fantastic when you get a very rare species and we know where it is breeding and the interesting things have been the arid frogs in the outback. they have been calling occasionally and it is fantastic. we have had frogs at the base of all the roo and these are rarely heard and recorded by scientists. —— uluru. it is fascinating, having everybody‘s help is just amazing. uluru. it is fascinating, having everybody's help isjust amazingm is really quite exciting, here in singapore i am sure i will also be going around the city state doing frog watching. it is something that all ages can be involved in? —— is it. yes, you don't need to go into a remote it. yes, you don't need to go into a re m ote pa rt it. yes, you don't need to go into a remote pa rt of it. yes, you don't need to go into a remote part of australia, from your backyard, from suburbia and hopefully it will bring kids and

people of all ages out into nature at night and listening to the amazing frogs around them. most people don't realise how many amazing frogs we have living right around us and we want to make sure that they keep living right around us that they keep living right around us and this is one of the best ways to get outdoors, use your phone to get really accurate scientific records to help conserve australia's unique frog species. the veteran bollywood actor and producer shashi kapoor has died at the age of 79. the star of the 90s acted in huge hits such as deewar and kabhi kabhi. he was part of the kapoor dynasty that has dominated the indian film industry. among those paying tribute to him was the country's prime minister narendra modi who tweeted — his brilliant acting will be remembered for generations to come. i spoke earlier about his legacy.

0ne i spoke earlier about his legacy. one of the most interesting things is that he is part of a dynasty, his father was considered a pillar of it. even megastars today are his grand nieces and nephews. he started off as grand nieces and nephews. he started offasa grand nieces and nephews. he started off as a child star in his brothers films but it didn't take long for him to establish himself as a leading hero himself. starring in many films, but it was arguably his partnership in the 60s and 70s which really made him an iconic star, films like kabhi kabhi, which not only gave him one of his most iconic dialogues, but they've us one of the most famous bollywood dialogues of all time. let's have a watch. it is that look that he gives in

that scene. as i said, those two in a confrontational scene, they played brothers in this film. one is that the rebel, that went off and became rich and famous, he is saying to his rather, he i have a home, i have a carand rather, he i have a home, i have a car and money and what do you have? he says, i have a mother. audiences around the world went mad for this dialogue because it really encapsulate everything about indian values that mattered to people who went to watch films. with that, we end this addition of new stay. —— news day. we will be taking a look at the banking industry in india,

where a software startup is trying to link all the different currencies into one payment. and before we go, take a look at his rico. you promised and eu delivered, here is our award. singapore to london! sent over by the magic of television, one of our editors has come over to london and has brought the award, the best programme award, awarded to us by the asian tv awards and we are so thrilled to have it. you have got to take care of that award because it might bejetlagged! iam sure award because it might bejetlagged! i am sure it is, but i tell you what, it is looking very good, great in the london studio and we will make sure it gets back to you and the team in singapore. thanks so much. thank you. hello there. weatherwise, this week

has got off to a pretty quiet start, lots of dry weather on monday, most of us hopefully saw a glimmer or two of us hopefully saw a glimmer or two of sunshine but plenty of clout around. tuesday, ricky similar story, quite a lot of clout around, a lot of dry weather, some persistent rain for northern and western scotland by the end of the afternoon. after some early morning fog, southern england quite nice, hopefully we'll see some through the afternoon. across the midlands and east anglia too. some clout and drizzle for wales and northern england. some bright spells or so across. for the highland and northern isles, a wet end to the afternoon. that is the first signs of what is to come as we push into the middle of the week. wet and windy conditions across the week. for much of england and wales a quiet night on tuesday, some clout around the day on tuesday, many

areas being fined under the afternoon where northern wales and the south—west will pick up some rain. windy for scotland and northern ireland. still some temperatures in the double figures. 0vernight wednesday into thursday, really starting to bring in some wet weather, this low is a savage affair, some strong wind and those will be with us on thursday, the weather front to the south making up a wet start to the day on thursday and bright weather to follow from the north later on. notjust bright, but colder. that is why you see it on the map behind me. snow showers and you can see the temperatures coming down across northern scotland, double figures to the south of the british isles through thursday afternoon but that warm air will be pushed away by another week plunged. that will be with or lost by the time we get into friday. friday, a pretty good—looking day if you are in doors looking through the window, quite a lot of sunshine

around the snow showers to the north and north—west, very strong cutting northerly winds. 0n the face of it, temperatures colder than the start of the week. here is a recap of your week. a pretty quiet start, a fine day to come on tuesday, wet and windy wednesday night into thursday, thursday and friday becoming brighter and also turning down temperatures. i'm kasia madera with bbc world news. our top story: yemen's former president has been killed after seeking a new alliance in the country's devastating civil war. he died in a roadside attack by his former allies, the houthi rebels, as he fled the capital sanaa. saleh had previously ruled yemen for more than three decades. australian senators have revealed their foreign ties after the government ordered the country's first ever citizenship register.

and this story is trending on bbc.com: the veteran indian actor, shashi kapoor, has died at the age of 79. mr kapoor, who was part of one of india's greatest acting families, appeared in more than 100 hindi—language films. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk with sarah montague.