welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: president trump says he's been advised not to listen to an audio recording of the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi because it's too "violent" and "terrible". california's wildfires — how the emergency services are coping with the crisis, with more than 1,000 people still unaccounted for. residents in the mexican city of tijuana take to the streets to protest the arrival of migrants at us—mexico border. the british prime minister speaks of a crucial few days ahead for her brexit plan, saying replacing her as leader wouldn't make negotiations any easier. president trump has said it is premature to conclude that saudia arabia's crown prince,

mohmmed bin salman, ordered the murder of the journalist, jamal khashoggi. that's despite the cia reportedly concluding the powerful prince had ordered the killing. jamal khashoggi was murdered at a saudi consulate in istanbul last month. mr trump says he has been "fully briefed" on an audio recording of the murder, provided by the turkish authorities. but he told fox news that he'd decided not to listen to it himself: we have the tape. i don't want to hear the tape, no reason for me to hear the tape. why don't you want to hear it, sir? because it's a suffering tape, it's a terrible tape. i've been fully briefed on it. there's no reason for me to hear it. in fact, i said to the people, "should i?" they said, "you really shouldn't, there's no reason". i know exactly — i know everything that went on in the tape, without having to. and what happened? it was very violent, very vicious and terrible. 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler has more. president trump insists that the cia

assessment has not been completed. he does, however, expect it to be complete by tuesday, and at this stage he says it's premature and inaccurate to suggest that the intelligence agency has concluded that the crown prince, mohammed bin salman, ordered the murder of jamal khashoggi. there has also been a very carefully worded statement by the state department over the weekend in which they say that the us government, perhaps distinct from the cia, has not yet reached any final conclusions. there has of course also been a very firm denialfrom saudi arabia. but there continue to be these questions, and the cia has certainly been looking at evidence which includes that tape of the killing inside the istanbul consulate, that audio recording that president trump has so far avoided hearing. and beyond that, there's also apparently some suggestions that they have phone calls, one of which was made by some of those involved in the killing, from the consulate, apparently to a top aide of the crown prince. but when you look at these reports from the cia's assessment,

all these newspaper reports are suggesting that none of them have particularly concrete evidence, no stand—alone evidence that shows definitively that the crown prince was involved. essentially, no smoking gun. and that's something that president trump may well talk about in the future, particularly as congress pushes for more action against saudi arabia, and that is certainly coming. at the moment he's emphasising the relationship between the us and saudi arabia, and how important it is. even this weekend, he described them as a spectacular ally in terms ofjobs and economic investment. it gives you this real sense that the white house and president trump at this stage don't want to hear certain things, and that goes beyond just this tape of the killing of a journalist inside the saudi consulate. let's get some of the day's other news: donald trump has said he would not

intervene if his acting attorney general, matthew whitaker, tried to limit the investigation into russian interference in the last us presidential election. mr whitaker has previously criticised the probe led by robert mueller, and raised the possibility of cutting its funding. houthi rebels in yemen say they're halting drone and missile strikes on the military coalition led by saudi arabia in response to a request from the united nations. the un is attempting to revive talks to end a war that has pushed about half of yemen's population to the brink of starvation. the former peruvian president, alan garcia, has sought asylum at uruguay‘s embassy in lima after being barred from leaving the country. mr garcia is accused of taking bribes from the brazilian construction giant, 0debrecht, in exchange for government contracts. mr garcia denies the charges and says he's the victim of political persecution. 12 days after the mid term elections and a vote recount, florida's outgoing governor, the republican, rick scott,

has been declared the winner of the state's senate race. governor scott was given 10,000 vote lead over democratic incumbent, bill nelson. election officials say scott took 50.05% of the 8.19 million votes cast across the state. mexico's interior minister alfonso navarreti says he's concerned about the safety of migrants, particularly women and children, who've travelled through the country towards the us border. hundreds more migrants from central america have arrived in the mexican border city tijuana, from where they hope to cross into the united states. they arrived on buses provided by charities and local authorities. there are now an estimated four thousand migrants in the city. a small group of local residents held a protest, demanding the migrants go home. president trump has deployed thousands of troops along the mexican border to prevent migrants from entering the us,

saying they are a threat to his country. emily green is a freelance journalist and she's in tijuana mexico. thank you forjoining us. what were those protesters telling you? they said the migrants are violent, that they are wrecking have it in tijuana, that they are not grateful, that food is given to them and they do not like the food, that clothes are given to them and they are throwing away the clothes. i see no evidence of that at that is what the protesters are telling me today. evidence of that at that is what the protesters are telling me todaym there a large number of protesters, oi’ there a large number of protesters, or is it in fact a small part of a large story? tijuana is a migrant

city. i cannot give you a specific statistics that it is a place where tons and tons of migrants arrive. the catalyst has been the arrival of 3000 also migrants all at once. —— oi’ 3000 also migrants all at once. —— or $0. 3000 also migrants all at once. —— or so. it is been the catalyst of the backlash we are seeing right now. how much is the mexican government assisting or intervening to alleviate the pressure placed on tijuana with these migrants arriving? the mayor of tijuana is very angry at the federal government saying they should have done more to stop the caravan and that they are not providing the resources now too careful and help with the migrants who have arrived in tijuana. you are seeing a real split between local authorities and federal authorities. in terms of the united states, are

those migrants lining up to claim asylum? those migrants lining up to claim asylum ? what those migrants lining up to claim asylum? what is their plan? there are about 3000 — that number is slowly growing larger every day — the majority of them say they do wa nt to the majority of them say they do want to enter the united states. the lack of information is quite astonishing to me. many want to apply for asylum in the us but have no idea how they do it. yesterday i was at the shelter and three volunteer attorneys showed up and hundreds of migrants clambered to talk to them. that showed to me how lacking they are in information. right now there is a wait list of about 3000 people to present themselves to immigration officials in tijuana to us immigration officials and claim asylum. even

those who want to claim asylum in the united states, they are going to wait a month or longer to do so full we have been hearing that more are still coming, people travelling through mexico and presumably going the other border cities. where do you see this ending and is this unprecedented in terms of what mexico has seen before in terms of migrant numbers? over the weekend at there were about 2000 central american migrants. in mexico city. there are many border cities closer than apec, between mexico and the us, the reason why most of them are coming here to tijuana is because it is relatively safe. it is still not totally safe but compared to other cities run with cartels, it is a relatively safe city. mexico has

a lwa ys relatively safe city. mexico has always been a transit country for migrants, always. what we are seeing now is more migrants, always. what we are seeing now is more pressure migrants, always. what we are seeing now is more pressure on migrants to deport them or except them and we are seeing that from president trump who has made very clear that he does not want to accept them and including from president 0bama who pressured mexico into a programme of importing more central american migrants. 0ver importing more central american migrants. over the last three years, mexico has supported twice as many central americans as the us has. thank you very much. thank you. emergency workers in california are still working to fully contain wildfires that have devastated large areas of the state over the last ten days. at least 76 people are now known to have died, thousands of homes have been destroyed and the authorities say more than 1200 people remain unaccounted for,

although that list is continually being updated. 0ur correspondent dan johnson has more. this is a ghost town that cannot lay its sole to rest. we are on pens rode now and this is where the brunt of the fire hit. those sworn to protect life and property must now assessed what is gone. we are going to check on a property were in 80 or old woman lived —— were. to check on a property were in 80 or old woman lived -- were. the sergeant hardly recognises street he has patrolled the years. all the normal landmarks are gone. uncovering the agony of a fire that gave people little chance. a lot of heat. piecing together its painful suffering. pretty frail, probably

did not drive and the fire hit early in the morning so who knows if she was even a way. deaths are confirmed. the cruelty is clear. was even a way. deaths are confirmed. the cruelty is cleanm looks to me that there was a person we we re looks to me that there was a person we were searching for. that means you have some news to give. we were searching for. that means you have some news to givelj we were searching for. that means you have some news to give. i do, i do. the smoke, the smell, that p°ppin9 do. the smoke, the smell, that popping power cables, the early signs of something awful and a handful of officers dedicated to keep people safe. the fire is getting closer and people arejust sitting in their car stranded. duty came before family. my wife is hysterical, she wants me out. she is

telling me to get out but i cannot leave. i have 200 people here that i have to take care of. they survived, so did many others. his wife and children say. my house is on the left here... but his home was destroyed, like thousands of others. would you be able to come back and live here? yes, i would. i love it appearsoi live here? yes, i would. i love it appear so i hope to be back. —— up here. they built paradise with hope and ambition, so much is gone but not that. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: jumbo care — india's first specialised hospital for elephants opens in mathura. benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's general election. she has asked pakistan's president

to name her as prime minister. jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after turning himself in to police, in santa barbara. it was the biggest demonstration so far of the fast—growing european antinuclear movement. the south african government has announced that its opening the country's remaining whites—only beaches to people of all races. this will lead to a black majority government in this country, and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle, one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much of the day. 150 firemen have been battling the blaze, which has caused millions of pounds' worth of damage. this is bbc news. the latest headlines:

president trump has said he's been briefed about an audio tape of the murder ofjamal khashoggi, but has not listened to it himself because it's so violent. emergency workers in california are still working to contain wildfires that have devastated parts of the state. at least 76 people have died and over twelve hundred are still missing. -- 1200. here, the prime minister has said the next seven days are critical for the country, as she prepares to go to brussels to discuss britain's future relationship with the eu. theresa may defended the agreement reached for the uk's withdrawal from the eu, saying it was in the national interest. and she warned those seeking to have her removed that a change of leadership would not make brexit any easier. in a moment, we'll hear from our europe editor, katya adler, first here's our political correspondent, vicki young. it's a crucial seven days for the country, and theresa may's future.

she's sticking to her brexit plan, hoping to persuade mps that it's the right compromise — leaving the eu but protecting the economy. she'll also head to brussels to personally lead last—minute negotiations. this isn't about me. it's actually about what's right for the people of this country. it's about what's in the national interest. that's what drives me, and that's what i'm being driven to deliver. that's what i want to deliver for people. the draft withdrawal agreement is a legally—binding document, laying out how the uk leaves the eu. it includes a transition period, the divorce bill of around £39 billion, and plans for the northern ireland backstop to prevent border checks with ireland. there's also a much shorter political declaration, containing a broad outline of our future relationship with the eu. it talks about a new free trade area, which the uk government hopes will be ready so that there's no need for that backstop,

and there are plans for close security cooperation. the focus this week will be on the future relationship, and when we were in the house of commons, a number of members of parliament were saying, "we want some more detail on that future relationship." that's what we're working on this week. the labour leader says his party won't back the deal, but some question whether his alternative is realistic. you go back to europe and say, listen, our parliament does not agree with this, and does not accept it. the people of this country don't. there are jobs on both sides of the channel at risk here. we need an agreement, a serious, sensible agreement, and i believe the labour options are the serious ones that could achieve that. some cabinet ministers and dozens of tory mps aren't happy either. the former brexit secretary says the deal isn't right for the country. i do think we're being bullied, i do think we're being subjected to what is pretty close to blackmail, frankly, for your viewers at home,

and i think there is a point at which it should have been done before, where we just say, "i'm sorry, this is the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. we cannot accept those dictated terms." two things could derail the prime minister this week. brexiteer cabinet ministers want reassurance the uk will not be trapped in a customs arrangement against its will. if they don't get that clarification, and resign, it is hard to see how theresa may could carry on. the second threat comes from conservative mps trying to force a vote of no confidence her leadership. for that to happen, 48 mps need to write letters to this man, the chairman of the committee which represents tory mps. the rules are very clear, that if the threshold were to be reached, i would have to consult with the leader of the party. immediately, graham? i think the whole thing is written with the intention it should be an expeditious process. theresa may's message to her rebellious mps is that getting rid of her won't make eu negotiations any easier, and won't change the parliamentary arithmetic. there really is no appetite in eu

circles to fundamentally change that document, so the prime minister is planning to come this week to brussels to discuss these second brexit document that actually is still being negotiated. that political declaration, an outlined by the eu and the uk as do have a imagine theirfuture by the eu and the uk as do have a imagine their future relationship will be after brexit. 0f imagine their future relationship will be after brexit. of course, remember, this is not anything like a final trade deal but the prime minister needs it to look attractively are not economically and politically to help purcell that unpopular withdrawal agreement. she needsit unpopular withdrawal agreement. she needs it to look convincing enough to persuade her critics she'll never need to enter into a customs union in order to protect the irish border. but do remember also that the withdrawal agreement is legally binding, whereas this political declaration is not. and as for the current political turmoil in the uk, the eu is resolutely ignoring it,

ploughing on with its plans for that sealed the deal brexit summit next sunday. the only thing that will put them off, same ie use sources, is if them off, same ie use sources, is if the prime minister loses herjob in the prime minister loses herjob in the meantime, or if she suddenly backs away politically from this withdrawal agreement she's been trying so hard to sell. —— say my eu sources. south and north korea continue to ease tensions along their border, clearing mines in the demilitarized zone. but only a few years ago the dmz was a dangerous place with mines scattered all over the place. this is the story of a korean sergeant first class, who stepped on one mine and his life changed as a result. and now to northern india, and the hindu holy city of mathura?, where a charity has opened a hospital to treat some very large patients. daniel mckerrell explains. healthcare in india made headlines this year. 2018 saw the launch of modicare, pitched as the world's largest health insurance plan. and now, anotherfirst — a hospital devoted to the country's largest mammal, the indian elephant.

there are roughly 25,000 in the wild, and hundreds are kept in captivity, mostly to attract tourists and perform religious rituals. they are often ill—treated, and forced to obey instructions with a sharp metal hook. the wildlife sos elephant hospital has been built for the treatment of injured, sick or geriatric elephants. it is now home to 22 patients, some as old as 67. these elephants go through a lot of abuse, brutality, cruelty, in order to be ridden. and through that process, they develop abscesses, internal problems, back problems, all kinds of health issues that need to be addressed. the hospital boasts an array of modern facilities, including thermal imaging equipment, ultrasonography, and a wireless x—ray. it also offers a range of skin treatments, ranging from the modern to the more traditional. i think, by building a hospital,

we are underlining the fact that elephants need welfare measures as much as any other animal, that captive elephants are not meant to be used and abused, but instead have to be given the respect which an animal needs if you're going to be using the animal. the hospital has mobile equipment intended to treat elephants across northern india. it is built on the banks of the river yamuna, next to an elephant conservation and care centre, where patients of all ages can relax and heal, and even enjoy the retirement we all look forward to in our winter years. daniel mckerrell, bbc news. what's believed to be a stolen painting by picasso has turned up in romania. harlequin head was one of seven masterpieces stolen six years ago from a dutch museum. the 2012 heist lasted only three minutes and the romanian thieves were jailed, but the artworks were never

recovered. experts are checking the authenticity of the piece that was found. much more coming up on bbc world news and much more on our top stories as well@bbc.com. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @regedahmadbbc. hello there. this is the week where winter makes something of a comeback. the weather is set to get quite a bit colder, probably the coldest day tuesday in the week ahead. now, we've had clear skies over recent hours. that's allowed temperatures to plummet away. northern scotland have already seen temperatures down as low as “11 in inverness, and also in braemar. but over the next few hours, cloud will be spreading in from the north sea across much of scotland, much of england, and into eastern areas of wales as well. that combined with a breeze should prevent a frost for many of us, but it will still be a chilly old start to the day. now, the big change with monday's weather compared with what we had

over the weekend is there's going to be much more cloud in the sky. there'll still be occasional brighter spells, but through the afternoon, the cloud will thicken with showers. they'll come along in shower streams. one of those could well target kent and essex, another one running into parts of norfolk and lincolnshire. now, running up the eastern coasts, you'll notice the showers get a little bit less widespread as we work towards north—east england and eastern scotland. you should be quite unlucky to see showers here, there will be one or two knocking around. temperatures not as warm as the weekend. we're looking at highs typically into single figures, and the colder air will begin to move in as we head into tuesday. the cloud thickens, as well, so there'll be further showers around, perhaps a bit of wintriness mixed in too, particularly but not exclusively over the hills. temperatures — well, we're looking at perhaps five degrees in places. but factor in these strong winds, gusting to 40, maybe 50 mph around the coast, and it will feel colder than these numbers would suggest, not that five is a particularly warm day. that's pretty cold for this time of year. but if you add the wind onto that, it will feel more like freezing in places. and there could be a bit snow

of around tuesday night, perhaps around the hills of wales, also the brecon beacons as well. now, the middle part of the week sees this big blocking pattern set up in thejet stream. that means the warmth from the atlantic really won't be pushing in this week. instead, the winds will be coming in from a an east—south—easterly direction. so it's a slow recovery process with temperatures from tuesday into wednesday. you'll notice the winds coming from slightly more of an east—south—easterly direction, and that will push the cloud and showers further northwards into northern ireland and scotland. bits of white mixed in. yes, a bit of snow over the hills, the grampians could see some of that, maybe the tops of the northern pennines and the north york moors. another cold day, mind you — highs of between seven and eight degrees celsius for most. that's your weather. this is bbc news. the headlines:

president trump says he's been advised not to listen to an audio recording of the murder ofjournalist, jamal khashoggi. he's confirmed the us authorities have the tape — recorded at the saudi consulate in istanbul — and that it's too "violent" and "terrible" to listen to. strong winds in california are hampering progress for emergency crews battling the camp fire, which is still only 60% contained 10 days after it started. at least 76 people have died, and 1200 are still unaccounted for. tensions have built in the mexican border city of tijuana, as nearly 3,000 migrants from a caravan that has been travelling through central america have arrived into tijuana in recent days. the federal government estimates the number of migrants could soon swell to 10,000. to the latest headlines. —— the latest headlines. now on bbc news, the week in parliament.