a very warm welcome to bbc new, broadcasting to our 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. a volcano in guatemela erupts for the fifth time this year, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people. and portraits of poverty and racism. celebrating the life and work of the african—american photographer gordon parks. 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, rockets, and 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. and you can keep up to date with the latest develpments in yemen, on the bbc website. you'll find background analysis of the conflict, including a feature on the importance of the battle for hudaydah. a quick round—up for you, to bring you up to date on the other main news: in chicago, four people are dead after a shooting at mercy hospital. the shooting started in a car park, and the gunman then entered a clinic. officials say a police officer, a doctor, and a pharmaceutical assistant, as well as the gunman himself, are all dead.

the british prime minister has told a conference of business leaders, her draft deal on britain's withdrawalfrom the european union is the best option for protecting jobs. a much—trailed leadership challenge from within theresa may's own party has yet to materialise. leaders from the other 27 eu countries meet on sunday to decide whether to approve the draft deal. 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. nine key figures from hong kong's 2014 protests for political reform have pleaded not guilty to public nuisance charges at the start of their trial. the defendants include the three founders of the occupy movement. they were accompanied by dozens of supporters

with their trademark yellow umbrellas. 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. this report from rupert wingfield—hayes 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. but tonight, he is in police custody, accused of serious financial misdeeds. 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 2000s 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. our correspondent in singapore, mariko oi, has more on mr ghosn‘s arrest. it really is a fall from grace. i think it is important to emphasise that we have not heard from mr ghosn. we will continue monitoring whether he makes any kind of statement today. he is accused of 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 —— was 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 for these two individuals. donald trump has called it an "invasion" and the mayor of the mexican city of tijuana 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 city of tijuana, hoping to cross into the us. our correspondent, will grant, is there. 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 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 didn'tsee 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 try 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 itself, if they can find work. the cia's conclusions into the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi will be published on tuesday, according to president trump. leaks suggest the intelligence agency believes mohamed bin salman, the saudi crown prince, called for the killing. according to white house officials, the crown prince has told the president 5 times he had nothing to do with it. king salman has delivered his annual address to his advisory council and said he trusted the saudi judiciary to ensure justice. he made no mention of the murder. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet is in riyadh. 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 really 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 need forjustice and that no crime should go unpublished and the need for improving government and removing and avoiding mistakes anderrors. 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 youth. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: why tanzania has called in the army to resolve the dispute between farmers and traders. 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. three men have been arrested in melbourne, accused of plotting terror attacks in australia. the three — all australian nationals

of turkish descent — are thought to have been inspired by the so—called islamic state group, but had no known links to a specific organisation. from sydney, hywel griffith told us more. police allege that these three men had been plotting for some time. they'd actually been under surveillance since march. all three had had their passports cancelled and police claim that they were 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, where a man was stabbed and killed and the attacker shot by police. the authorities have decided it was time to step in. all three were arrested in raids early hours of the morning 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. they're brothers. the age is between 21 and 30. police said they have foiled what could have been a chilling attack, which could have resulted potentially in multiple victims. one of central america's most active volcanoes has erupted for the fifth time this year. the fuego volcano in guatemala, which is near the capital, is throwing out ash and lava, forcing the evacaution of thousands living nearby. the latest flareup all too reminiscent of that deadly eruption in june, which killed nearly 200 people.

georgina smyth has the story. molten lava against a night sky. this is guatemala's volcan de fuego, or volcano of fire. it's living up to its name, currently spewing out fast moving flows of ash, lava and gas. by day, a towering column of smoke can be seen rising more than a 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 safety were living within a ten kilometre radius of the volcano. a local football stadium is serving as a temporary shelterfor residents. translation: it started with smoke and around seven o'clock at night, it really started thundering and then spewing fire and lava all over the place, and always thundering. that sound can really scare a person, scare a community. evacuations are becoming close

to routine for the town of fuego. injune, more than 190 people were killed when the volcano erupted. translation: we are still afraid after the last eruption, and that's why we were evacuated at midnight and brought over here. this is the fifth eruption this year, the latest was just last month. georgina smyth, bbc news. the government of tanzania have stepped in to end a row over the price of cashew nuts. farmers were refusing to sell their crops because they say they weren't being paid enough. the bbc‘s abouba kar famau has the story. to the is a commodity in tanzania. it is the east african‘s nation main export. —— the cashew nut is a

valuable commodity. the industry is in crisis. for weeks, farmers had beenin in crisis. for weeks, farmers had been in the price row with private traders. the farmers have refused to sell their harvest, saying the prices on offerfrom sell their harvest, saying the prices on offer from private traders will not cover cost. cashew nut farming is very expensive and any price below $1 per kilogram is a loss, the price of other nuts is not so loss, the price of other nuts is not so good, but at least you can get some profit. the stand-off is forced to tanzania government intervene. presidentjohn magufuli announced the government will buy the entire crop instead, at twice the price of the traders. he has ordered the army to ta ke the traders. he has ordered the army to take control and oversee the buying process. translation: once the payment is complete, the trucks

will transport the cashew nuts to targeted areas but also to supervise and the processing of the crop. these are piles of cashew nuts being stored in one of the factories here in the southern part of the country. as of now, this factory, the ownership of this factory has been handed over to the government under the supervision of the military. farmers are still uncertain of the fate of their harvest, they think the process is taking too long for them to be paid. the development bank has assured them that they have enough money. translation: cashew nuts associations should look at how to add value and fast as farmers development bank, we have funds to help the farmers benefit from their harvest. but the tanzania and opposition party has challenged

presidentjohn magufuli's decision to spend 600 billion shillings, which is equivalent to $300 million to pay farmers. they say the government must seek parliamentary approval before buying the cashew nuts. a century ago, gordon parks was born into poverty and segregation in kansas. now his photographs are on show in washington, dc. in the 1940s, he crossed boundaries — a self taught black photographer, working for america's most storied publications. phillip brookman of the national gallery of art spoke to us about the images and the man behind them. gordon parks was a self—taught photographer, who rose to the top top of his profession very quickly became the first african american photographer hired on the staff of life magazine, and this

exhibition is about sort of how he gets to that point. gordon parks wanted to be a musician from the time he was a young kid. he learned to pay the piano, 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 community arts centre. he met artists like langston hughes, and he not only photographed them, he really learned from them. the moment of transformation, i think, for gordon parks was meeting charles white, who was a young, extremely talented painter in a city that was in part segregated, and charles white essentially told him, you know, you take your camera out into the street, and he really became kind of a social realist photographer, working in the very same spirit as the painters

and sculptors who were working in chicago at that time. 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, he was introduced to the woman who cleaned the offices of the department of agriculture. her name was ella watson. he learned her life story. then gordon parks understood how he could begin to convey a sense of the inequality that he himself had experienced, and so, he went with ella watson and he posed her standing upright in front of an american flag that was hanging in the office. he was able to convey, through a very clear sense symbols, a sense of the inequality that ella watson herself had experienced. in the 1940s, african—americans had very little control over their own image and how 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 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 before we go, it may be too $0011 just before we go, it may be too soon for many but christmas festivities were on the agenda at the white house. it is fast approaching and president trump and his wife welcome the arrival of their tree to the white house. it will be set up and decorated in the blue room, along with several other trees in the presidential household. let's just take you back to less happy matters, back to that shooting at chicago's mercy hospital. the

mayor of chicago has been saying the city hospital has lost a doctor, a pharmacy assistant and a police officer, all this going about their day doing what they love. this tears at the soul of our city, he said. in official from the at the soul of our city, he said. in officialfrom the chicago at the soul of our city, he said. in official from the chicago city police department has said there was an altercation in the parking lots, to individuals who knew each other. a friend of those two individuals tried to intervene, then the gunmen lifted up his shirt and displayed a handgun. he was pursued into the hospital by a police officer. there was an exchange of gunfire there, during which a female staff member was fatally wounded, also a police officer fatally wounded. the offender also fatally wounded, it is not clear whether that was by police gunfire or self inflict. —— inflicted. more than that, keep watching. 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 eastern 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, we've got more of a south—westerly breeze, so that 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 should 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. now, wednesday and into thursday,

we've still got low pressure to the south—west of the uk, high pressure to the north. so the south—easterly breeze, which is continuing to ease down, but we're 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 drier day for scotland and northern ireland, and these western areas likely to see some sunshine. temperatures are 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 facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis. fresh clashes have dealt a blow to peace prospects in yemen. as the un tries to revive talks to end the three—year war, the saudi—led coalition has bombed houthi rebels in the port of hodeidah. 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. in chicago, four people are dead after a shooting at mercy hospital. the shooting started in a car park, and the gunman then entered a clinic. the gunman himself died but not before a police officerofficials say a police officer, a doctor, and a pharmaceutical assistant, as well as the gunman himself, are all dead.