welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: hawaii's false missile alert is described as absolutely unacceptable, as some continue to criticise the white house's handling of the error. the palestinian president calls donald trump's middle east peace efforts a slap in the face. a senior diplomat advising on the rohingya crisis tells the bbc aung san suu kyi must do more to speak out against hate. chile prepares to welcome pope francis, with questions being asked about the relevance of the church in south america. the man leading the inquiry into how a warning of an imminent

missile attack was mistakenly sent to people in hawaii says the state didn't have reasonable safeguards in place to prevent the mistake. the false alarm on saturday led to widespread panic. president trump has, until now, remained silent on the incident and faced criticism over his muted response. but a short while ago he was asked about what happened and gave this response. that was a state thing. we are going to do it involved with them. i love that they took responsibility. they took total responsibility. we are going to get involved. their attitude and what they want to do is terrific. they took the responsibility. they made a mistake. what will you do to make sure something like that doesn't happen again? we hope that won't happen again. part of it is that people are on edge. maybe eventually we will solve the problem so they would have to be on edge.

questions still remain over the whole incident, which caused widespread panic on the hawaiian islands. tiffany wertheimer reports. 38 minutes of panic and confusion, which has now turned to relief, but also anger. why did it happen, and where was the president? on saturday morning, an emergency text message was sent to people in hawaii saying a ballistic missile was headed for the island, and to take immediate shelter. there was hysteria as people scrambled to get to safety. today's a day that most of us will never forget, a day when many in our community thought that our worst nightmare might actually be happening. but it was a mistake, a huge one, made by a worker at hawaii's emergency management agency. the wrong button was pushed, for an actual event versus a test. making matters worse, it took 38 minutes for a second message, declaring the alarm to be a false one, to be sent out. and so for about 30 minutes

were hanging out in the plaza, texting our friends, calling our friends and family, telling them that right now we're ok, but to watch and see what happens. hawaii has been on alert since us president donald trump and north korea's leader, kim jong—un, started trading nuclear threats. hawaii started practising drills last month, and while estimates vary, state officials say residents will only have about 12 minutes to find shelter once a real alert is issued. staying uncharacteristically quiet, the president of the united states. he was golfing at the time, and did tweet after the incident. but it wasn't about hawaii. donald trump retweeted one of his own messages about the "fake news media." his silence hasn't gone unnoticed. author and scholar reza aslan said trump...

an international golf competition was about to tee off in honolulu when the message was sent out. no—one knew one thing, as far as what to do, where to go. a lot of people here in honolulu are not going to live here, on vacation or whatever, so we didn't know where to go. and that is being echoed around hawaii, with many people realising that if this had been real, the consequences would have been catastrophic, partly because many people don't have an emergency plan. a federal investigation has been launched, and the emergency alerts now require a two—person sign off before they can be issued. and, while thousands say they have been left traumatised, for others, ignorance was bliss. president trump has denied being a

racist in the wake of comments he reportedly made about el salvador, haiti and countries in africa during a meeting on immigration at the white house. no, no, i am not a racist, i am the least racist person you have ever interviewed, that i can tell you. the us president. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has called president trump's middle east peace efforts "a slap in the face" at the start of a two—day meeting of different political factions in ramallah. the palestinian central council is looking at ways to respond after the us announced last month that it recognised jerusalem as the capital of israel. from the west bank, yolande knell reports. the idea of president trump bringing the ultimate deal to end the israel— palestinian conflict only resulted

in the ultimate slap in the face, mr abbas told this high—level meeting. translation: jerusalem was removed from the table by at least from mr trump. this is the reason why we meet today in order to discuss what the americans gave us and what they will give us in the near future. the americans gave us and what they will give us in the near futurem is understood that plans to be discussed here include cancelling the breakthrough oslo peace accords and ending security co—ordination with israel with the palestinians arguing that israel has broken its side and long—standing agreements. the palestinians have said the us can no longer be a peace broker and mr abbas call for the un and other countries to get more involved. despite the president's strong rhetoric many analysts doubt the meeting will end with dramatic steps taken forfear meeting will end with dramatic steps taken for fear these would jeopardise new diplomatic efforts. the council can only make policy rate would —— recommendations with decisions on what —— ultimately taken by the top rating palestinian body the plo executive committee.

all palestinian factions were invited to the talks but hamas and isla jihad are not attending. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news: a south korean delegation is holding talks on the border with north korea aimed at overcoming logistical obstacles to pyongyang's participation in next month's winter olympics. north korea said last week it would send a number of competitors to the games. an oil tanker burning in the east china sea for more than a week has sunk after a sudden explosion at around noon on sunday. the sanchi and a cargo ship collided 260 kilometres off shanghai on 6january, with the tanker then drifting south—east towards japan. all 32 crew members are presumed dead. police in tunisia are reported to have used tear gas to break up protests taking place against government austerity measures. demonstrators in tunis chanted anti—government slogans, on the seventh anniversary of the uprising that led to the arab spring revolts. more than 160 passengers and crew

had a narrow escape when their plane skidded off a runway in turkey. the boeing 737 slid down a steep slope, coming to restjust a few metres from the edge of the black sea. one of the plane's engines broke off, ending up in the water. no passengers or crew were hurt. two of the world's leading fashion photographers have been suspended from working for vogue and other magazines owned by the publishing house conde nast. the new york times has published a series of allegations against mario testino and bruce weber, that they sexually harassed young male models. they both deny the claims. adina campbell reports. he is one of the royal family's favourite photographers. mario testino has been capturing famous faces for four decades. but the new york times has published allegations of sexual misconduct, with more than a dozen male models and assistants accusing the 63—year—old of

indecent behaviour. testino's lawyers have said his accusers cannot be considered reliable sources. another well—known photographer, bruce weber, is also facing similar allegations. he has denied any wrongdoing. but conde nast, which publishes magazines including vogue and go, has taken action. in a statement the editor anna wintour, who calls them both personalfriends, has said, i take the allegations very seriously, and we at conde nast have decided to put our working relationship with both photographers on hold for the foreseeable future. vogue is a global powerhouse. to grace one of the front covers is a massive deal. mario testino and bruce weber have been responsible for some of those images, but with allegations of sexual exploitation swirling, their futures are hanging in the balance. there are now calls for more regulation in the fashion world. i have been at shoots where i had

been inappropriately touched. i have had inappropriate comments made to me. i would like to see unions organised to collectively bargain, and i would like to see what the model alliance in new york is proposing, an independent body that would represent models against major players in the fashion industry, who they cannot take on on their own. these allegations are the latest to rock the world of fashion, entertainment and social media and don't seem to be going away. this monday morning, bbc news will begin a day of live reporting from what's become the world's largest refugee camp. nestled in the south—eastern corner of bangladesh just a few kilometres from myanmar‘s western border, cox's bazar has become home to hundreds of thousands of muslim rohingya refugees who've fled violence in rakhine state, in myanmar. since last august alone, more than 650,000 rohingya are thought to have crossed into bangladesh following a military crackdown by myanmar‘s army. that brings the total number of burmese rohingya refugees in bangladesh to more than 860,000.

the un says that around 60% of the rohingya refugees in bangladesh are children, many of whom have been separated from theirfamilies orfled on their own. former dutch diplomat laetitia van den assum served on a commission looking into tensions in rakhine state. she has been speaking to our south—east asia correspondent, jonathans head, who began by asking her about the prospect of overcoming mistrust and fear between communities there. that is going to take time, it has been made worse since 2012 when rohingya have been in camps and other muslims as well. it has contributed to even greater fear, people are even more fearful of each other than before because if you don't know your neighbour, if you don't interact you are only going to distrust each other more than before. what has been missing for a long

time is government voices are saying that this has got to stop. we cannot have this distrust amongst our different communities. i think aung san suu kyi has organised one or two interfaith dialogue sessions. i think that is fine, she should do more of that. but she and all of the members of our government should make an effort to say whenever it is possible and relevant, perhaps on a daily basis, that this has to change, this has to stop. otherwise it will not happen and we all know that aung san suu kyi has a lot of support in the country. if she says something like that, people actually do listen. so it has got to come from the top.

so she has got to speak out against the hate? i hope she will. she has done on several occasions but not very strongly and again one or two interfaith dialogue prayer sessions is not enough. you have to do this on a daily basis and think about how can you make this into policy. and the day of lives from the cox's bazar refugee camp in bangladesh will begin here on bbc world news at 0500 gmt. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: japan's prime minister pays tribute to the diplomat who saved 6000 jewish people from the holocaust. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry, and it's one

of its biggest, but the industry is nervous of this report. this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street that is unaffected. huge parts of kobe were simply demolished as buildings crashed into one another. this woman said she'd been given no help and no advice by the authorities. she stood outside the ruins of her business. tens of thousands of black children in south africa have taken advantage of laws, passed by the country's new multiracial government, and enrolled at formerly white schools. tonight sees the 9,610th performance of her long—running play, the mousetrap. when they heard about her death today, the management considered whether to cancel tonight's performance, but agatha christie would have been the last person to want such a thing. this is bbc news. the latest headlines:

the united states' media regulator has described a false missile alert that triggered widespread panic in hawaii as ‘absolutely unacceptable'. well let's stay with that story now. steve herman is white house bureau chief with voice of america news. he's in alexandria, virginia. thank you forjoining us. it's not often that we get a reaction about donald trump and not tweeting but that seems to be the criticism here with this story. he has now had something to say about this. will it be enough to quell the criticism? no, i don't think so. in the last couple of hours, the president, down in florida, was asked about the travelling press pool. he described it as travelling press pool. he described itasa travelling press pool. he described it as a state thing that. meaning the state of hawaii. he said that however now the federal government

is going to get involved with them. he says he loves that they took total responsibility, in his words. that's terrific. but, he says, he hopes it won't happen again. part of it is people are on edge, the president said but maybe eventually they will solve the problem so they don't have to be on edge. as you put the question as to whether this will end all of this. no. there is some federal involvement in this process. namely, the federal emergency management agency. in hawaii, they say that after this mistake of this missile alert, they could immediately send out cancellation message or a message saying it is a false alarm. they needed permission from the federal emergency management agency to do that. the criticism that donald trump has come under, do you think it is fair?

before donald trump, the white house wouldn't have necessarily made a statement in a tweet about this. is itafair statement in a tweet about this. is it a fair he is coming under this criticism? we do not know exactly when he was informed. we know that he was at his golf club in palm beach, florida. we don't know if he was actually... inaudible. we know that he was briefed about it but in this case what was needed was for m essa g es to this case what was needed was for messages to go out to the people of hawaii. the bulletins had gone out on radio and television stations they're. and too many cellphones in they're. and too many cellphones in the states. —— there. the present saying something on twitter might have helped mitigate the situation but what was needed was for the

people in hawaii to get the messages like they had gotten the original alert which was a false alarm, of course. certainly it is now being looked at as to how to improve these alert systems. briefly, is part of the attention on this that people have realised what a real missile scare might be like on hawaii? absolutely and certainly. tension has been haider some months. —— tension has been high there. they have been preparing for attack that would presumably come from north korea. they have been doing drills and this was a drill that was going on during a shift change as officials there have described it. they said the operator had a drop—down menu on his computer and two choices were tested missile alert and missile alert and he chose the wrong one. now they are

initiating a system that will require to people before you send out such a message. thank you very much for that analysis. i'm sure we will see more of —— as the days go on. pope francis starts a trip to south america on monday. the church's credibility has been severely damaged in these staunchly catholic countries by sexual abuse scandals. pope francis will arrive in the chilean capital santiago for the first leg of the trip — before moving north to peru on thursday. but he won't be visiting his home country of argentina, as andrew plant reports. in the hours before the pope's arrival, chile has been making sure the streets are secure. over the past week, several churches have been attacked, three in the capital, damaged by fire bombs with messages left behind, threatening the pope's safety a nd left behind, threatening the pope's safety and sank the money spent on his visit could be better used on

helping the poor. —— say in. his visit could be better used on helping the poor. —— say inlj his visit could be better used on helping the poor. -- say in. i am argentine. unfortunately for argentina, he still hasn't come but eve ryo ne argentina, he still hasn't come but everyone is hoping the pope comes to them. pope francis on friday in basilica, on the world day for migrants and refugees, a world topic on which he has frequently focused. the very first latin american pope will arrive in chile on monday before moving on to carew on thursday. —— ca rew. translation: from now on, the world day of migrants and refugees will be celebrated on the second of september. tomorrow, i leave for chile and peru. i ask you to accompany me with your prayers.-

this argentinian pope will not be visiting his home country which has led to this, as thousands travel from argentina across the border into chile. translation: i want to feel the joy of being there and seeing him, the holy father, up close. at least as much as i can. the pope will hold a mass in santiago on tuesday. it is toa mass in santiago on tuesday. it is to a crowd of half a million people. demonstrations are also expected. there is tension over indigenous rights here and anger over the scandal of sexual abuse. no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks on churches and there were no injuries, even so, security will be tight until the pope flies back to europe next sunday. andrew plant, bbc news. japan's prime minister shinzo abe has paid tribute in lithuania to a japanese diplomat who saved 6,000 jewish people from the holocaust. chee—oo—nay sugi—hara defied tokyo to issue visas tojewish refugees, janey mitchell has more:

handshakes and japanese flags — a surprisingly warm welcome, perhaps, for shinzo abe, so farfrom home. but that affection has deep roots, dating back to the second world war. mr abe's visit was to a museum that once served as the japanese consulate in kaunas, lithuania's former capital. a month before chiune sugihara was appointed vice consul, in 1939, german and allied soviet forces attacked neighbouring poland, prompting a flood of german refugees eastwards across the border. when lithuania was itself invaded by the soviet union, crowds of refugees began seeking visas to flee. mr sugihara defied orders from tokyo, sometimes working 18—hour days to issue transit visas, opening a route for the refugees to escape across russia

to japan and elsewhere. he worked with the dutch consul, enabling some to reach the dutch territory of curacao. mr sugihara is credited with saving an estimated 6,000 jews from almost certain death. he was honoured by israel in 1984, two years before he died at the age of 86. he is remembered as japan's schindler, with good reason. the volvo ocean race is a yacht race around the world that takes place every three years. the current leg is a 4000 nautical mile slog starting in australia and finishing in china. but for the current leaders — the latest stage took a dramatic turn — as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. for team sun hung kai/scallywag,

this race got very serious. a man is overbought. this 22 metre craft has to be turned around, fast, to try and find their missing colleague. ——a man is overbought. then in the distance, they spy and arm, waiting in the sea. there! alex gough, opting in the ocean after he was thrown overboard by a wave in winds a 15— thrown overboard by a wave in winds a 15- 20 thrown overboard by a wave in winds a 15— 20 knots. after seven long minutes getting wet, he is dragged back on board, safe and sound. jetta it is kind of one of the stage where it is kind of one of the stage where it is kind of one of the stage where it is not that rough stop —— it is kind of one of those days. glad the boys were on to it. credit to the lads. they turned around quicker.

this all happened in this fourth stage of the race. the latest stage in melbourne, due to finish in hong kong. the yacht was skating north when alex took his own plant it in the ocean. bell the main thing is, he is safe and back on board. --, the main thing is that he is safe. you wouldn't want to be doing it in 20 knots in the dark. despite the setback, the team retains it lead and thankfully a full crew. before we go, the philippines has warned that the country's most active volcano could erupt within days. the volcano in the north—eastern province has been pumping out of steam and aisea plumes or 2a hours. —— ash plumes.

hello. after a fairly quiet spell of weather, there is a lot of weather coming our way over the next few days. it starts with wet and windy fare, and then we really get into the week, which will be much colder. there'll be some snow in the forecast, and it'll be a good deal windier than was the past week. as i say, it starts off on a wet and windy note. nowhere more so than if you happen to be close to this weather front, as it starts the day across the south—eastern quarter of the british isles, gradually easing its wayjust a little bit further towards the south and east. but, just in time for the school run and the commute, there is a lot of wet and windy weather to be had, all the way from sort of lincolnshire and east anglia, down through the south and east midlands, down into the south—east itself, parts of the west country. and, even once the persistent rain has gone, there is a great raft of showers following on behind. some of these quite heavy, prolonged, and they may well be thundery, as well.

further north, away from that front, there is a chance of seeing a little bit of sunshine. but there is also quite a chance, as you see, of seeing quite a bit of shower activity, and increasingly through the day, as cold air begins to tuck in, so i think we'll find those showers turning a bit more wintry across northern and western parts of scotland. it takes until the early afternoon before we see the last of that wet and windy weather getting away from the far south—east. then the brighter skies follow on. things don't turn wintry immediately across the southern half of the british isles, because the temperatures are still around nine or 10 degrees. but through the evening and overnight, so colder weather begins to really tuck in across the top two thirds of the british isles, and eventually, over the next few days, all of us get into that much colder regime, exacerbated by the strength of the westerly wind. so here we are on tuesday. and you notice here, certainly across the northern half of britain, and increasingly down through the high ground of wales, maybe into the moors of the south—west, there is a wintry flavour to the showers. and the snow totals begin to mount up across the pennines, the high ground of scotland

and northern ireland. and, giving the strength of the wind, that is how cold it will feel across all parts of the british isles by that stage. and there really is no change, as i take you on into wednesday, and then there is a change. not sure exactly where this low is going to go, but certainly on its northern flank, there will be a spell of more prolonged wintry weather. there will be significant snow, and some pretty strong winds, as well. once that centre pulls away, and as i say, you have to bear with us, because we're not exactly sure where that centre is going to be, those north—westerlies will be very strong in their own right. and then, once that system is away, we're back to where we pretty much started, with wintry showers, especially across northern and western parts of the british isles. this is bbc news. the headlines: the us media regulator has described a false missile alert that triggered widespread panic in hawaii as absolutely unacceptable. ajit pai is chair of the us federal communications commission, which is leading the inquiry into the alert.

he said hawaii did not have reasonable safeguards in place. the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, has hit out at president trump in a speech to a meeting of the palestinian leadership, which is discussing its response to the white house's decision to shift the american embassy to jerusalem. mr abbas described the move as the slap of the century. two of the world's leading fashion photographers have been suspended from working for vogue and other magazines owned by the publishing house conde nast. mario testino and bruce weber both deny claims published in the new york times newspaper that they sexually harassed young male models. now on bbc news, it's the week in parliament.