a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley. our top stories: scott morrison has won that the vote to become the new prime minister of australia after days of political turmoil. we will be live with our correspondent injust a turmoil. we will be live with our correspondent in just a moment. a year after thousands of rohingya refugees were forced from their homes in myanmar, we have a special report on the risks for the children now growing up in overcrowded camps in bangladesh. a typically brash claim from the us president, but why is he suddenly using that word, impeachment? i don't know how you can impeach and somebody who's done a greatjob. i'll tell you what, if i ever got impeached, i think the market would crash. the authorities in hawaii warn of a testing few days despite the downgrading of hurricane lane. this is notjust going to be over in the next 2a hours, this system is going to be with us for the next four or five days.

has you join us, in the last few minutes scott morrison has been named as the new australian prime minister. this is the end of two a week of drama which saw his predecessor malcolm turnbull facing two challenges to his leadership of the liberal party, the governing party. mr morrison is the party treasurer and close to mr turnbull, and the man who toppled mr turnbull, the hardline conservative peter dutton, has failed in his bid for the topjob. let's go to our correspondent in sydney. blimey, australia getting ready for the seventh prime minister in11 ready for the seventh prime minister in 11 years. yes, they will have to

start oiling the revolving door in parliament. in relation to the deputy's position this was one in an overwhelming sense, it was an absolute majority by josh frydenberg. what was said at head of the vote? we followed the due president of the liberal party and that's how the ballot in the process was conducted. —— due process. malcolm turnbull called a spill for the position, and as that was successfully carried the spill motion occurred, which is the due process. thank you very much for yourtime. process. thank you very much for your time. well, phil, we havejust dipped into the press conference,

extraordinary, isn't it, seven prime ministers in ii extraordinary, isn't it, seven prime ministers in 11 years, what does it do to the country politically in terms of direction? well, i think thatis terms of direction? well, i think that is the question many australians will be asking themselves, will they now be expected to go to the polls early? a federal election is due in australia around may next year. scott morrison is australia's new prime minister, defeating peter dutton, the former home affairs minister by 45 votes to 40, and is it enough of a home affairs minister by 45 votes to 40, and is it enough ofa margin home affairs minister by 45 votes to 40, and is it enough of a margin to guarantee scott morrison will preside over a unified party going into that election? the evidence of this week would suggest that scott morrison will have his work cut out to reunite a fractured party. scott morrison was a trusted ally of the former pm malcolm turnbull. we understand that not only is he no longer prime minister, he is expected to resign from parliament

as well. so that will spark a by—election and all sorts of problems for the new prime minister too. so this is the culmination of an extraordinary week in australian politics, but one has the sense that the drama is far from over. the governing party i know has been trailing the opposition in the polls for some time. the signs are that people don't like this very much. and i guess the liberal party might pay the penalty. many australians will look at what's happening in canberra and see the governing liberal party eating itself. these fractures in the liberal party... it would be infuriating to many voters. they just want the government and theirmps, they just want the government and their mps, understandably enough, you would have to say, to get on with the jobs that they are paid to do. malcolm turnbull made it very clear in one of his final press conferences as prime minister, he said australians would be appalled at the behaviour of some liberal party mps, malcolm turnbull also saying that he had been the victim

ofan saying that he had been the victim of an internal insurgency carried out by bullies who were intimidating other members of the government. the upshot of all of this, australia has a new prime minister, he is scott morrison, he has a constituency in the south of sydney in australia's biggest city, he is an experienced politician, former immigration minister, more recently the treasurer, so he knows about the big portfolios in the australian government, but he will have, you would have to say, an enormous challenge to try to convince his party to unite and, more importantly, you would have to say for vote rs, importantly, you would have to say for voters, to choose him at the next election. yes, indeed. phil, thank you very much for that. for all the latest on the leadership crisis unfolding in australia, including analysis from our correspondents, head along to bbc.com/news. you can also download our news app. it's a full year, this week, since the violent military operation in myanmar that sent half a million

young rohingya refugees fleeing across the border to bangladesh, running from their homes to escape a brutal campaign by myanmar‘s army. and still they are suffering, in cramped and rudimentary camps. united nations officials talk of the risk of a "lost generation". many of those most at risk are girls — some have already become victims of sexual exploitation. our correspondent nick beake reports from cox's bazar in bangladesh. she never thought life would look like this. a year ago, sanjida was enjoying school in myanmar. today, she lives in a tiny shack in bangladesh, in the world's biggest refugee camp. this 15—year—old orphan is now married and pregnant. her husband is 66. he's rarely home. with no family and no money, sanjida says no younger man would marry her. translation: when i was young, i never thought i'd marry

an old man. now, i've had to marry one. i'm worried that now i'm carrying a baby, and i'm worried that this old man will die, and how then will i raise my child? this was claimed to be the moment last august the burmese army and buddhist mobs unleashed fire on the rohingya muslims — a co—ordinated campaign of torture, rape and murder, say human rights groups, that forced hundreds of thousands to flee. genocide is what many believe these young survivors witnessed. a year on, their makeshift shelters that were thrown together now have a depressing permanence. they may be fed by aid agencies, but they're not safe. there are nearly a million rohingya refugees still trapped in the camps here in bangladesh. half of them are children and there's little sign of them being able to return home to myanmar any time soon, and so this sprawling city

of despair is where a whole generation is being forced to grow up. all around there is danger — the weather, disease, and exploitation. "day and night my tears flow," shakina tells us. she says she could only watch as the burmese army murdered her husband. her 13—year—old daughter then disappeared from the camp, thought to be abducted by traffickers. translation: what happened to my daughter? nobody knows. only allah can say. i don't think i'll ever see her again. it's been one year. my daughter would've come back to me. the crimes inflicted on the rohingya last year are still destroying countless young lives. we meet a 15—year—old who goes by the name rosina. she was forced into sex work after arriving in bangladesh and says it's now the only way to survive. translation: i want nothing else

but to go back to myanmar. i want to get my country back. i've left lots of relatives there. i hate it here. i loved life in myanmar. i want to go back and get married there and have a nice family. if i keep doing this, my life will be destroyed. aung san suu kyi's myanmar claims it wants to bring these children back. plenty doubt that. so the fear is they'll be forgotten and the dangers they face ignored, that the world simply accepts this precarious circle of life. nick beake, bbc news, on the myanmar—bangladesh border. the us attorney general, jeff sessions, has hit back at his boss, donald trump, in response to the president's latest sharp criticism of him. he's long been under fire from the white house

for excluding himself from any oversight of the russia investigation, which mr trump would like to see ended. the president has now suggested jeff sessions "never took control" of the department ofjustice. all this in the wake of tuesday's guilty plea from the president's former lawyer, michael cohen, who gave evidence on oath that he broke election campaign finance laws, on mr trump's orders. that's led to more talk about the possibility of impeachment — something president trump himself raised, and then rejected, in a tv interview on wednesday. i don't know how you can impeach somebody who's done a greatjob. i tell you what, if i ever got impeached, i think the market would crash, i think everybody would be very poor because, without this thinking, you would see numbers that you wouldn't believe in reverse. our washington correspondent david willis says it's significant the president is talking about impeachment. it's extraordinary that the president addresses the i word

in an interview at the white house. yes, you're absolutely right, that has startled a lot of people here but i have to say, he's probably doing so fairly happy in the notion that it's not a reality imminently at least, because to impeach a president would require a democratic majority in both houses of congress. that's not the case at the moment. and there's a feeling i think amongst democrats as well as republicans that selling the message in the forthcoming mid—term elections of possible impeachment of the president isn't the sort of message that's going to go down very well with those in middle america. people who are more concerned about the healthcare costs that they‘ re phasing, student loans and that sort of thing. there's a feeling that mentioning impeachment out there is likely to be a counter—productive... could backfire on the democrats for the simple reason as well that it could harness the republican base and get more republican voters out to the polls in the midterms. so the president mentioning it

could be a way ofjust pulling his core voters tighter in behind him. what do you make of the latest spat with the man he appointed, jeff sessions? it's extraordinary, isn't it? these are two men who were soulmates on the campaign trail, then fell out overjeff sessions' decision to recuse himself from the robert mueller, special counsel, enquiry. since then donald trump has more or less taken every opportunity he's had to denouncejeff sessions, calling him an idiot, beleaguered, weak and various things like that. but in this latest interview with fox news, mr trump goes further than that. he basically says he appointed jeff sessions out of sympathy because he was loyal to him, and he says he wouldn't have appointed him if he knew he was going to recuse himself from the mueller investigation and he added that mr sessions, as he put it, had never taken control of the justice department. that was an insult to far for the normally mild—mannered

jeff sessions, who hit back saying, "i took control of the department ofjustice the day i was sworn in, and while i'm attorney general the actions of the department ofjustice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations." it's clearly an untenable relationship between these two men, the president and his senior law officer. and just a question of really how it all pans out now and how long jeff sessions can last. david, thank you very much. let's get some of the day's other news: stay with us on bbc news. still to come: guilty — the gang who posed as rich businessmen hired a privatejet and a rolls royce to smuggle more than $50 million of cocaine into britain. he's the first african american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king

declared i have a dream. as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky. an orange glowing disk that is brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet, mars. there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. it will take months and billions of dollars to repair what katrina achieved in just hours. three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years, so it was with great satisfaction that clock maker john vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. this is bbc world news.

the latest headlines: australia is to have a new prime minister. in the last hour, the ruling liberal party selected scott morrison to lead the country after malcolm turnbull lost the support of his party. scott morrison is the treasurer. president trump comes out fighting following the conviction of his former lawyer michael cohen warning his rivals not to try and impeach him. or it will crash the markets. any time now, hurricane lane is expected to hit the main island of oahu in hawaii. emergency shelters have opened, in response to nationwide mobile phone alerts. schools, government offices and business are closed and people have been boarding up their homes and stocking up on supplies. lebo diseko has more. hurricane lane is yet to hit these islands but the rain and winds already have. one section of the big island had nearly half a metre of rain in 24 hours, as the category 3 cyclone gets nearer. even if it doesn't make landfall,

it still brings a storm that authorities say could be life—threatening. we're extremely concerned about the potentials for hillend flooding, landslides occurring and damage to the transportion, communications infrastructure. the other issue that we're going to see is this is notjust going to be over in the next 24 hours. this system is going to be with us for the next four or five days, continuing to bring winds to the island, to bring large surf, as well as the torrential rains we've talked about. residents have been battening down the hatches. the governor's warned them to prepare for the worse. he says they should take the threat seriously and put aside at least two weeks' worth of food, water and medicine. there were long queues as people rushed to get their last few supplies. some supermarkets say their shelves were stripped bare. elsewhere, frantic efforts to try and defend these islands from the sea. a storm surge is expected to bring huge breaking waves,

raising water levels more than a metre above normal tide levels. these pictures from nasa show the hurricane south of hawaii, just a couple of days ago. only two hurricanes have made landfall in hawaii since the 1950s. if lane crosses land here, it would make it only be the third. president trump has declared a state of emergency, which means federal authorities will help state and local responses. in the meantime, people here are bracing themselves for some tough days ahead, with the hurricane expected to hit some time on friday. lebo diseko, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to mike gabbard, who is a state senator in hawaii. he spoke to me from kapolei, which is located on the main island of oahu. a lot of folks are just watching the news on television or on their phone to find out what the latest status is,

and it has been downgraded, as your reporter said, to a category 3, which ranges from iiimph to 120mph. it is i25mph now. it's coming north, north—west about 6mph, and currently it's about 185 miles south—west of the big island, and about 300 miles... actually, 400 miles from honolulu, where i live. so it could still be pretty rough when it hits you. what are you able to do, how well are you able to prepare for this? as was reported, the supermarkets are sold out of quite a lot of things, water, toilet paper, essentials, but we were able to get all supplies we needed. we already had pretty good supplier beforehand, but here on oahu, the major

population centre, a million people living oahu, it is expected early friday morning, with decreasing winds, 150mph with 20—foot waves and 8—12 inches of rain. that's what we're being told right now. one of the key things, mike, that we are trying to make sure everyone is aware of is the flash flooding. i've had very bad experiences with that as a school teacher, you're down by a quite stream and all of a sudden water 6—foot high comes barrelling towards it, so we're encouraging people to be aware of that and, when you're down a river or stream, do not get too close and be aware the worst can still happen. particularly difficult to prepare for these conditions if, as the warnings go, they're with you from 4—5 days.

exactly. i was looking at the weather channel and they were showing the weather down at waikiki, and, as you know, tourism is important and the beach was totally deserted. of course the concern there is that the ocean is going to come up and flood the hotels. it all remains to be seen. we're dealing with an erupting volcano on the big island. and also flooding on one of the other islands, kawai, so it just seems that it is one catastrophe after another but hopefully this will not be a catastrophe. let's hope. state senator in hawaii, mike gabbard. as venezuelans flee to neighbouring countries from an unfolding economic crisis back home, the united nations has called on countries in the region to keep their borders open. at least a million people are thought to have crossed the border into colombia in the past 16 months alone, 800,000 have been granted temporary residence.

venezuela's government introduced a new currencyjust days ago, but it's failed to curb massive inflation, and triggered a new surge in venezuelans leaving. colombia's new president, iv n duque, has been speaking exclusively to stephen sackur on the bbc‘s hardtalk. what is happening in venezuela is the consequence of a dictatorship that has derailed independent powers, that has derailed free press, that has abused its population and has destroyed the economy. so there are thousands of people trying to find hope somewhere else, and the first choice is columbia. we have now more than 800,000 venezuelan citizens in colombia. and we have to give them support. but now we need a strong reaction from all latin american countries among the oas so that we can

have a temporary protection status, so that we can all support that population. i come back to the question — right now, with those 800,000, some people are saying 1 million already, and it could go much higher, right now, would you accept that colombia is struggling to cope? i think colombia has a major, major... situation with what's happening. but i think we have to be very articulate in terms of policy and in terms of solidarity. president ivan duque on hardtalk with stephen sackur. four men have been convicted of smuggling cocaine into britain worth more than £40 million, $51 million. 15 suitcases of the drug were found on a private jet returning from columbia injanuary. it was one of the biggest drug seizures everfor the uk's border force. tom symonds reports. it was like a scene from a crime

drama — a sleek private jet hired for £138,000, paid in cash, arriving at farnborough airport. 15 heavy suitcases unloaded, the gang whisked off in their hired cars, but they didn't get far. customs officers pulled them overfor a search, one of the gang clock showing. inside the case... a serious amount of cocaine. we've been asked not to show the face of the customs officer, but he has a big smile. presumably, they don't get many days like that? well, this is one of the largest seizures in our region's history, but it is the day that we want to celebrate and show that this sort of activity, people that are seeking to smuggle illicit goods into the country, our officers are there are to identify them and take action. 15 suitcases, half a ton of cocaine worth £41 million on the street. this was the smugglers' second flight to bogota. they had a corrupt official working in a ground handling company there. the national crime agency

worked back through cctv, tracking their movements. these earlier baggage scans are bought to show the millions in cash they flew out with to pay for the drugs. both times, they arrived back at farnborough, possibly chosen because it's small. two years ago, the border force customs operation at this airport was criticised by the independent inspector. he said that staff were carrying out too few baggage checks, they were concentrating instead on immigration. the national crime agency says that small airports like this are vulnerable to smuggling. you're never really going to win with that utopia scenario, having all those airports or strips for landing aircraft manned by a resource... that's not going to happen. so, it's around being cleverer around systems, around bringing people and experts together that can look at information and work out who they're going to stop.

the border force now says it's doing more checks at farnborough. the four men posed as rich businessmen, heading to bogota for a concert by the singer bruno mars. they've been jailed for between 20—24 years. tom symonds, bbc news. a reminder of the story that's been breaking in the past few minutes, scott morrison has just won the leadership of the australian liberal party. he will be the country's new prime minister, the seventh in 11 yea rs. prime minister, the seventh in 11 years. this is the end of a week of drama that saw his predecessor, malcolm turnbull, facing two challenges to his leadership of the governing liberal party. mr morrison is party treasurer and politically close to mr tumble. the man who troubled peter mr turnbull, ha rdline conservative peter dutton, has failed in his bid for the topjob —— toppled mr turnbull.

and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter, i'm @bbcmikeembley. well, some noticeable changes to the weather to end the week. it's going to feel a lot cooler and fresher right across the board with sunshine and showers. in fact, it's going to feel pretty autumnal for some areas, particularly across the north and west. plenty of heavy showers around. this pretty cold air mass moving down from the north—west will be right across the country as we start friday morning. it really will be quite noticeable. feeding in plenty of showers into the north and the west of the country, but further south and east, with lengthy clear skies, it should stay generally dry here to start friday. much coolerfor all, including the south—east. temperatures here starting off between nine and 12 degrees. so for friday itself, not looking too bad. we're start off with sunshine in southern and eastern areas, albeit rather chilly. lots of showers from the word go in the north and west, and these will become more widespread into the afternoon, especially in central and southern parts of the country, some will be heavy with hail and thunder mixed in as well. the wind arrows show a blustery day,

any showers will be quite blustery when they arrive and because of the strength of the wind coming down from the north—west, it's going to feel pretty chilly, with temperatures ranging from 14 to 18 or 19 in the south—east. one or two spots could just make 20 degrees. for friday evening, those showers begin to ease down. a few still going across northern and western areas, but lengthy clear skies across northern, central and eastern areas mean it's going to be a really chilly one for all, especially scotland and north—east england and in sheltered spots, we could see temperatures down to near freezing. now, as we head on into saturday, it looks like this ridge of high pressure will nudge in from the west and what that will do is it will push the area of low pressure away and ease the shower development down. looking like saturday should be a drier day for most of us. there will be more in the way of sunshine and showers. still a few going in northern and western areas and a few good travel through the cheshire gap into the midlands, but temperature—wise, similar to friday's, 14 to maybe 20 degrees, but with more sunshine around, it could feel a little bit more pleasant. on sunday, big changes again,

the next area of low pressure moves in from the atlantic, it looks like it's going to arrive quite early. a really chilly and maybe a bright start in eastern areas before this area of low pressure brings wet and windy weather to most areas, spreading eastwards as the day wears on. some of this rain could be heavy, particularly across western hills. the skies will brighten in northern ireland later in the day and because of the cloud, wind and rain it could feel pretty chilly with temperatures in the mid—to—high teens cesius at best. for most of us, it's going to be a bank holiday on monday, and it's looking a little better with more in the way of sunshine and feeling a bit warmer in the south. the latest headlines for you from bbc news. scott morrison is to become the new prime minister of australia, the seventh in 11 years. the 50—year—old from sydney is seen as an ally of the former leader malcolm turnbull, who lost the support of the liberal party.

using the word in public for the first time, president trump has claimed that any attempt by his opponents to impeach him would collapse the markets and damage the country. he's been responding to the conviction this week of his former personal lawyer, michael cohen, who gave evidence on oath that he broke campaign finance laws, in the 2016 election, on mr trump's orders. hurricane lane has been downgraded to a tropical storm as it reaches land in hawaii. authorities though have warned residents and visitors that strong winds and heavy rain are likely to cause serious disruption for several days. emergency shelters have opened and schools, businesses and government offices are closed. it's 4:30am in the morning, it's time for hardtalk.