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 response to 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. and man overboard. why the latest leg of a prestigious round the world yacht race took a dramatic turn. hello and welcome. the man leading the inquiry into how a false alarm of an imminent missile attack was mistakenly sent

to people in hawaii, says the state didn't have "reasonable" safeguards in place to prevent it happening. president trump faced criticism over his muted initial response. but a short while ago, he was asked about what happened. well, that was a state thing. but we are going to not get involved with them. i love that they took responsibility. they took total responsibility. we're going to get involved. their attitude and what they want to do, i think is terrific. they took responsibility. they made a mistake. what will you do to make sure something like that doesn't happen again? well, we hope it won't happen again. part of it is that people are uneasy and on edge. maybe eventually we will solve the problem, so they won't have to be on edge. questions still remain over the whole incident. 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 on this test, 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, we're 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. you know, a lot of people here in honolulu are not, they don't 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've been left traumatised, for others, ignorance was bliss. president trump has denied being a racist in the wake of a row about derogatory comments he reportedly made about haiti, el salvador, and countries in africa, during a meeting on immigration at the white house. no.

no, i'm not a racist. i'm the least racist person you have ever interviewed, that i can tell you. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has called president trump's middle east peace efforts "a slap in the face", at a meeting of political factions in ramallah. 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 a tweet 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. it's 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 in long—standing agreements. the palestinians have said the us can no longer be a peace broker, and mr abbas again called for the united nations and other countries to get more involved. despite the president's strong rhetoric, many analysts doubt the meeting will end with dramatic steps taken, for fear these would jeopardise new diplomatic efforts. the council can only make policy recommendations, with decisions ultimately taken by the top ranking palestinian body, the plo executive committee. all palestinian political factions were invited to the talks, but hamas and islamic jihad are not attending. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news now. 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. 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. this monday morning, bbc news will begin a day of live reporting from what's become the world's largest refugee camp. just a few kilometres from myanmar‘s western border, cox's bazar has become home to

muslim rohingya refugees who 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. former dutch diplomat laetitia van den assum served on a commission looking into tensions in rakhine state. she told our south—east asia correspondent, jonathan head, 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 were put into 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, and particularly since 25 august, is government voices saying this has got to stop. we cannot have this distrust amongst our different communities. is not only rakhine but is throughout the country. 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's got to come from the top. so she's 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 are 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. two 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 deny claims that they sexually harassed young male models. adina campbell reports. he's 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's denied any wrongdoing. but conde nast, which publishes magazines including vogue and go, has taken action. in a statement, 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 on shoots where i have been inappropriately touched. i have had extremely inappropriate

comments made to me. i would like to see unions organised so that models can collectively bargain, and i would like to see what the model alliance in new york are 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. america's next top model star matthew stephen smith's working on a show about the hidden side to the male modelling industry. we can speak to him now in denver, colorado. to us. the ball, the sense in your experience, the power relationship on set, at the shoot. how vulnerable oui’ on set, at the shoot. how vulnerable our models? hello, thank you for having me. it is a pleasure. so, on set, it really depends on the job and obviously those involved. it is

much like any sort of working environment. there is obviously a hierarchy and so, it it also requires a sense of comfort to a certain level, and different people plan that differently but you are supposed to obviously capture a moment that is genuine and vunerable and honest and sexually appealing. so, people who have been doing it or are familiar with that realm are able to get into that quickly and there are different ways to go about doing that, but it would definitely be specific from job to job and who exactly is there, for sure. how much do models talk about their experiences? is there a sense that it is openly discussed? that perhaps models might need to be careful if they feel a bit vunerable? absolutely, yeah. i mean, the community get smaller and smaller the more success you have will stop

it is kind almost like a pyramid. the circles gets smaller and smaller, and there is definitely gossip and reputations to see due, certainly an entertainment realm. so, it is something that is talked about amongst models. have you yourself, as a model, experienced anything untoward or heard of situations that other models have beenin situations that other models have been in that they were very uncomfortable with? yeah. it is definitely something that exists, for sure. i personally have not, i think that is because i am a strong personality type. i don't think i have ever even hinted at their being a possibility of something taking place, that would make me feel uncomfortable. so, iamjust fortu nate uncomfortable. so, iamjust fortunate in that wayjust because of who i am and how i was raised. i ama of who i am and how i was raised. i am a strong personality, so i don't think people are trying to manipulate me and i am blessed to be in that position. but, it is

absolutely not a hoax or light, it absolutely not a hoax or light, it absolutely takes place. all right, matthew stephen smith, america's next top model style. thank you very much for those insights. still to come. japan's prime minister pays tribute to the diplomat who helped thousands ofjewish people escape 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. 4’ " ’; : "w’ "’ ’; 7" ' ’ ' 5’ ’ '-