a warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: a blow to peace prospects in yemen, as fighting breaks out in the port city of hudaydah. millions are facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis. it is often called the forgotten war but everyone i have spoken to here is crying for help, pleading with the world to finally take notice. one of the world's most prominent business leaders, nissan's carlos ghosn, is arrested injapan, accused of financial misconduct. more central american migrants reach the us—mexico border. many are claiming asylum. we report from the border town of tijuana. and in our ‘100 women‘ season, we hear from australia's first female prime minister on the pressures of being a woman at the top. hello.

some progress in ending the war in yemen — government and rebels are edging closer to peace talks, and british officials are circulating a draft resolution at the un calling for a ceasefire. fighting has ravaged the country since 2015, as a government coalition, led by the saudis and supported by the uk, us and france, has clashed with houthi rebels, backed by iran. but in the past few hours there are reports the saudi—led coalition has bombed the port city of hudaydah. the bbc‘s nawal al—maghafi has the story. there are distressing images coming up. enjoying a brief moment of normality in this long war. children and families gathered together to celebrate a pause in the fighting. they pray it continues, but no—one here knows how long it will last. in the port city of hudaydah, the front lines are not far away. just a few hours later, a coalition air strike

has ripped through this family home. six sisters were home alone at the time. the survivors are rushed to hospital. the father arrives, thankful to find his daughter malika alive. translation: we were sitting at home. i was about to start the afternoon prayer when a rocket hit the house. but four of malika's sisters did not survive the attack. for the past six months, saudi and emirati coalition forces have been closing in on hudaydah. they say the port is being used to smuggle in arms and supplies for the iranian—backed houthi rebels. this battle could be a turning point in the war, but at what cost? it's notjust the bombs and the bullets that civilians here have fled from.

this war has shattered everything that kept people afloat. the price of food, fuel, water has at least doubled across the country. it's often called the forgotten war, but everyone i've spoken to here is crying out for help, pleading with the world to finally take notice. the current offensive has left over half a million yemenis homeless. this school in the government—controlled southern city of aden has become a makeshift camp. samira and her six children are sheltering under the stairwell. caught between two warring sides, she felt she had no choice but to flee hudaydah three days ago. translation: above was shrapnel and rockets, explosions. they scared us on the roads. they scattered us and left us at god's mercy. we go to sleep scared and get up scared. starvation and poverty provoked by the war is so desperate

that the country's poorest are sifting through the rubbish just to survive. hopes are mounting here for upcoming peace talks. with aid agencies warning that yemen is on the brink of the worst famine in living history, time is running out. nawal al—maghafi, bbc news, aden. the story we have covered many times and we will be coming back to. carlos ghosn, chairman of nissan and one of the world's most prominent businessmen, has been arrested injapan on suspicion of financial misconduct. it's alleged he's under—reported his salary by $41; million over 5 years. it's expected he'll be sacked later this week. rupert wingfield—hayes‘ report does contain flashing images. so, it has been sold, but what's important is... for 20 years, carlos ghosn has been one of the titans of the car industry, charming everyone from journalists to presidents. at nissan's headquarters, chief executive hiroto saikawa made

the dramatic announcement. the company found mr ghosn had hugely underreported his pay in nissan's annual report to the tokyo stock exchange. translation: for us, the company, this is of course completely unacceptable, and we've been advised by experts that this misconduct is serious enough to dismiss them. the news has sent shockwaves through the car industry, especially in france, where mr ghosn is also boss of renault. it seems to have come out of nowhere. you know, the accusations are crazy, and as an industry, we're incredibly shocked that someone so well respected — he turned around nissan in the early 20005 from near bankruptcy — could have potentially done something like this. it has been a day of high drama here in tokyo, but it is important to note that carlos ghosn is not being accused of tax evasion. he's accused of misreporting financial data to the tokyo stock exchange. that's something that other bosses

of japanese corporations have been found doing, and have not ended up in police custody. whether he is formally charged or not, mr ghosn will now be sacked by the company he helped rescue from the brink of bankruptcy. it is an astonishing fall from grace for a man once known here injapan as mr fixit. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. live now to singapore and our business correspondent, mariko oi. it is an over used phrase, rockstar but he was treated that way. indeed, it really is a fall from grace. i think it is important to emphasise that we have not heard from carlos ghosn. we will continue monitoring whether he makes any kind of

statement today. he is accused of understating his income by m5 billion overfive years. understating his income by m5 billion over five years. many are starting to question how he and another executive, greg kelly, could get away with it. during the press conference, the chief executive officer has asked if the company has made some kind of plea bargaining deal to which he said he could not comment. many are saying that nissan's books now need to be looked into, and not just nissan's books now need to be looked into, and notjust for these two individuals. so a lot of fallout? indeed, it is notjust nissan. there is an alliance with mitsubishi motors and the french company at renault. nissan also has some stake in renault as well. the french government also holds 50% of renaud

so we government also holds 50% of renaud so we have heard from french president macron after the news was reported yesterday. many analysts starting to report about what is going to happen with the alliance. neither renaud zero mitsubishi motors are said to have known about this. —— nor. it was a very well choreographed, if you like, scoop by the japanese newspaper, followed by an english statement, which is quite unusual, followed by the press conference last night. thank you very much. a quick round—up for you, to bring you up to date on the other main news: in chicago, four people have been killed after a gunman opened fire outside mercy hospital. airbnb is going to remove

from its listings all homes in israeli settlements in the occupied west bank. the company says it's made the decision because settlements are at the "core of the dispute between israelis and palestinians". palestinians have welcomed the move. israel has called it "shameful" and threatened legal action. the west bank settlements are considered illegal under international law, although israel disputes this. the british prime minister has told a conference at her draft deal is the best option for protecting jobs. a challenge from within her party has yet to materialise. the eu's 27 countries will meet to decide whether to approve the deal. three men who allegedly plotted terror attacks in australia have been arrested in melbourne. the three, all australian nationals of turkish descent, were believed to be inspired by the islamic state group,

but had no known links to a specific organisation. our correspondent in sydney, hywel griffith, told us more. police allege that these three men had been plotting for some time and had been plotting for some time and had been plotting for some time and had been under surveillance since march. all three have had their passports cancelled and police claim they have been inspired by the so—called islamic state and were plotting what could have been a chilling attack in the centre of melbourne. there is no location of police say they wanted to get semiautomatic weapons and carry out a mass shooting particularly in the busy time leading up to christmas. they had become more energised and active in the last couple of weeks. you remember, earlier this month there was an attack in the centre of melbourne were a man was stabbed and killed and the attacker shot by police. authorities have decided it

was time to step in. all three were arrested early hours australian time and they are now in custody and we expect them to appear in court in the next few hours. searches have been carried out in their homes. not very little is known about the men. to our brothers. the age is between 21 and 30. police said they have foiled what could have been a chilling attack which could have resulted in multiple victims. the cia's conclusions into the murder of saudi journalist, jamal khashoggi, according to president trump, will be published tomorrow. it's reported that the intelligence agency believes mohamed bin salman, the saudi crown prince, called for the killing. the white house says the crown prince told the president five times that he had nothing to do with the killing. earlier, saudi arabia's king salman delivered his annual address to his advisory council and said he said he trusted the saudi judiciary to ensure justice. but the king made no mention of the murder of the saudi journalist, jamal khashoggi. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, is in riyadh following developments. i did speak to someone senior saudi

officials about this and said wasn't this moment for king salman in an absolute monarchy to address the possibly one of the greatest crisis the kingdom has ever faced? and i was told that was not the king's style, that saudi arabia did not want to hear about the khashoggi affair again. one member of the shura, who admitted to me that this crisis has set saudi arabia back for years, and she regretted how this black cloud would hang over the kingdom, this question of who was responsible for it would continue to plague saudi arabia. even she said that today, with the king setting out the agenda for the year, it was not the right place. there were hints in his short arabic speech when he talked about the needs for justice and speech when he talked about the needs forjustice and that no crime should go unpublished and the need

for improving government is and removing and avoiding mistakes and errors. perhaps the strongest symbol of all was his favourite son, the crown prince mohammed bin salman, sitting in the front row and the king praising him for economic and social reforms he has been pushing into the kingdom and his only instructions? to pay greater attention to the use. —— youth. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a volcano in guatemela erupts for the fifth time this year, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people. benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's general election, and she's 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 it's 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: a blow to peace prospects in yemen, as fighting breaks out in the port city of hudaydah. there are growing fears for millions facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

one of the world's most prominent business leaders, nissan's carlos ghosn, has been arrested injapan over claims of financial misconduct. president trump has called it an "invasion", the mayor of the mexican city of tijuana has called it an "avalanche". both men are talking about the caravan of thousands of migrants who've travelled through central america and are now in the border town of tijuana, hoping to cross into the us. our correspondent, will grant, is there with the migrants. this is the sports centre in tijuana and for the migrants who have reached this point, the united states is now only touching distance away. now, however, they must decide what they are going to do next. it will not be simple to cross what is the busiest border crossing in the world. some are signing up for asylu m world. some are signing up for asylum here behind me, they are receiving advice on the process of

how to do that and they are actually putting their names down via migrant rights groups who are supporting them. of course, the mayor of tijuana has said that they could spend up to six months in the process and described this group as an avalanche that the city is ill—equipped to deal with. nevertheless, those who are en route are still planning to make it to this route, we expect them to arrive in the coming hours. and many have encountered greater hostility along the way, there has been a sort of hardening of attitudes towards the migrants in the northern states of mexico that they did not see in the southern states. for example, here in tijuana over the weekend, there was a small but vocal anti migrant protest, which was quickly broken up by police but that reflected that greater hostility, that outpouring of anger, particularly seen online in social media, that the migrants are not welcome here. president trump, of course, has told them to go home in no uncertain terms.

nevertheless, once they get here, they will decide what to do next. some may choose to break away from the caravan and tried to cross on their own via dangerous people trafficking gangs, human smugglers, with all of the risks involved in that process. others may choose the safer option of settling here in mexico self, if they can find work. one of central america's most active volcanoes has erupted for the fifth time this year. guatemala's fuego volcano, which is near the capital, is spewing out ash and lava and forcing the evacaution of thousands living nearby. the latest flareup all too reminiscent of that deadly eruption in june, which killed almost 200 people. georgina smyth has the story. molten lava against a night sky. this is guatemala's fuego volcano or volcano of fire. it is living up to

its name, currently spewing out fast moving flows of ash, love and gas. by moving flows of ash, love and gas. by day, a towering column of smoke can be seen rising more than one kilometre into a grey sky. officials have declared a red alert. nearly 4000 people have been evacuated from a nearby town, which is close to the country's capital. half of those taken to country's capital. half of those ta ken to safety were country's capital. half of those taken to safety were living within a ten kilometre radius of the volcano. a local football stadium is serving asa a local football stadium is serving as a temporary shelter for residents. translation: it started with smoke and around seven o'clock at night, it really started wondering and then spewing fire and love are all over the place, and a lwa ys love are all over the place, and always thundering. that sound can really scare a person, scary community. —— scare a community. evacuations are becoming close to routine for the town of fuego. in

june, more than 200 people were killed when the volcano erupted. translation: we are still afraid after the last eruption, and that is why we were evacuated at midnight and brought over here. this is the fifth of this year, at the latest was just last month. —— the latest. julia gillard made history when she became australia's first female prime minister in 2010, but her three years in office were overshadowed by misogynistic attacks from her opponents and dysfunction within her party. as part of the bbc 100 women series, ms gillard has been speaking to yalda hakim about the kind of personal attacks she faced. you were australia's first female prime minister, and then since leaving office, you've said to a lot of women who want to go into politics, look, go for it, but you've also repeatedly said there's this other bit, the misogyny bit, the sexism bit, don't pretend that it isn't there. i mean, were you prepared for the kind of attacks that

you came under? no, i wasn't, and i sort of entered into parliament not having really felt in a personal way sexism or misogyny. of course, i knew it existed, i was an active feminist at university. i thought the rate of change'd be pretty fast and if you'd asked me back then if all of this would be fixed by the time you're in your 40s or 50s, i would have said yes, absolutely, it'll all be fixed by then. but i did go into a law firm, which was overwhelmingly male at the leadership level, but even with that, i didn't really feel directly sexism. so by the time i was prime minister and the sort of gendered abuse was flying, it did take me aback that it could get as bad as that, and that there was still so much sexism lying under the surface of our society. and i think many other societies around the world. and, you know, when it came to being a woman leader,

it sort of broke through. why were you surprised? i mean, australia is quite a patriarchal society, as advanced as it is, that's just a fact. well, i have to go all defence of my country at this point. i think australia is very similar to many countries at a similar stage of development and democracies, which is that we still don't have anywhere near 50% women in parliament, women aren't well represented on corporate boards, as ceos, increasingly well represented in the law, but not in the news media, still not represented equally in technology. i think we share all of those factors with the world. yes, it's a blokey culture and many of our turns of phrase are, you know, sort of male, mateship, masculine turns of phrase, i never felt alienated by any of that and i don't feel alienated by that now. a century ago, gordon parks was born

into segregation in kansas. now his photographs are on display in washington, dc. he crossed boundaries, an african—american photographer in america's most storeyed images. gordon parks was a self—taught photographer who rose to the top of his profession very quickly became the first african american photography and the staff of life magazine in this exhibition is about how he gets to that point. —— and the staff of life. gordon parks wa nted the staff of life. gordon parks wanted to be a musician from the time he was a kid, he learned to pay the piano, he was self—taught, but i think the camera was a weapon against more than anything else, poverty and racism. when gordon

parks moved with his family to chicago in 1941, he was offered free studio space and access to the darkroom of a brand—new arts centre. he met artists like langston hughes and he not only photographed them, he literally learned from them. the moment of transformation, i think the gordon parks was meeting charles wide is, who was a young, extremely talented painter in a city that was segregated. and charles wide essentially told him, take your camera out into the street and he really became kind of a social realist photographer walking in the very same spirit as the painters and sculptors working in chicago at that time. —— charles white. gordon parks comes to washington in may of 1942 with his camera ready to go out on the streets and create images that would change the world, and he was introduced to the women who clean the offices of the department of

agriculture, her name was eleanor watson. he learned her life story, then aughton park is understood he could convey a sense of the inequality that he himself had experienced, and so he went with ella watson and he post are standing upright in front of an american flag was hanging in the office. —— gordon parks. he was able to convey it to a very clear sense of symbols, a sense of the inequality that ella watson herself had experienced. in the 19405, herself had experienced. in the 1940s, african—americans had very little control over their own image and howl their communities were seen. and howl their communities were seen. people like gordon parks were not given the agency or the authority to tell his own story, and i think his goal in some ways was to be able to be the person who sort of brea ks be able to be the person who sort of breaks through and is able to work

within the mainstream media and tell the story of african—american history, culture and politics. he did that, i think, with great eloquence throughout his career. just finally, an update for you. white house officials are saying they are going to fully restore the press pass of the cnn correspondent jim acosta. they are suggesting though that he may be disciplined if he does not obey the new rules and regulations. and before we go, possibly too soon for many, but christmas festivities were on the agenda at the white house. president trump and his wife welcomed the arrival of their tree at the white house. it will be set up and decorated in the blue room. that is it canal, thank you for

watching. —— for now. hello there. if you thought it was cold yesterday, today is going to feel even colder. all the mild air that we had over the weekend has been pushed away by these easterly winds, and with stronger winds, it will feel colder today, and we're also drawing in colder and colder air as the day goes on. now, probably not a great deal of frost to start the day, too much wind for that. there may be some early sunshine. i think fairly quickly the cloud will build and all these showers in the east will get blown that bit further westwards, some of them heavy and maybe a touch wintry over the higher ground as well. a closer look at the showers in the afternoon. frequent showers coming through the english channel and into the south—east of england. we've got the winds on there. those are the mean winds, but around the coasts of england, they could be gusting 40 miles an hour or more. and some frequent showers, even longer spells of rain, coming into northern england, perhaps some wintriness over the high ground. because it's an easterly wind, most of the showers in scotland will be in the east. north—west scotland seeing some sunshine and fewer showers, and that's a similar story really

across northern ireland as well. let's focus on those temperatures though, disappointing reading. and if you add on the strength of the winds, because the wind is stronger, it will feel colder. there will be a significant windchill, especially for the eastern side of england. there'll be some more wet weather around during the evening, and perhaps a little bit more sleet and snow over the higher ground overnight, especially across wales, northern england, and then later into scotland. as the cloud begins to break later, and the winds drop further south across the midlands, into southern england, even here there's the risk of some icy patches, with temperatures not far away from freezing. but on wednesday, more of a south—westerly breeze will tend to push the wetter weather further north into northern ireland, into scotland. again, some wintriness over higher ground. a few showers coming into the south—west, but on the whole, england and wales will be dry, with a good deal of sunshine this time. it's still cold, temperatures number—wise not changing. it probably won't feel as cold, because it won't be quite as windy,

and there should be some sunshine around too. wednesday and into thursday, we've still got low pressure to the south—west of the uk, high pressure to the north. the south—easterly breeze is continuing to ease down, but we are going to drag in what looks like being much more cloud on thursday. still some showers from that, likely to be rain. it should be a dry day for scotland and northern ireland, and these western areas are beginning to see some sunshine. temperatures beginning to creep up as well, so temperatures eight, nine, maybe double figures in the west. so it's the right way forward, if you like, those south to south—easterly winds coming in towards the end of the week. it shouldn't feel quite as cold. this is bbc news, the headlines: there are growing fears for millions of people in yemen facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis, after fresh clashes dealt a blow to peace prospects. saudi—led coalition warplanes bombed houthi rebels in the port of hudaydah. it comes as the un tried to revive talks to end the three—year war. carlos ghosn,

a man described as a "titan" of nissan cars, is under arrest in japan. the chairman of the japanese car giant, as well as mistubishi and renault, is being investigated over claims he under—reported his own earnings. unconfirmed reports say he failed to declare $44 million over five years — half his actual earnings. four people have been killed in chicago mercy hospital. a police officer, the government, a doctor and a pharmaceutical assistant are all dead after a gunman opened fire. now on bbc news, monday in parliament.