hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. a un report says greenhouse gas emisions — have reached a record high — and countries need to triple their planned emissions cuts, to stay within temperature limits. president trump's former campaign manager could be facing a lengthy jail sentence after his plea agreeement collapses, paul manafort is accused of lying to the fbi. theresa may's been travelling across the uk trying to sell her brexit agreement. but the main party in northern ireland were clear they weren't happy. she may have given up on further negotiations on trying to find and trying to find a better deal. but i haven't given up, i believe in a better way forward. and we'll be talking to one of the world's greatest chess players, on the incredible statelmate that's resulted in the world championships, which could go to sudden death despite all the warning, there's more evdience that the world

remains way off track in dealing with climate change and emissions. this new un report looks at the efforts of individual countries. it concludes the report also also names and shames the countries that aren't doing enough. those in green are meeting their obligations — china, russia, india and japan are there. those in red are not. the us, the eu, saudi arabia and australia. you can check out a full interactive version of the report online. a little earlier i was joined

by the bbc‘s environment correspondent matt mcgrath and began by asking him how this report differs from the other stark warnings we've had. in some ways it is exactly as you say, scientists are bringing to report out because we are going to have interrogations meetings, and trying to advance on. they're trying to make the same point that we are very far behind from where we need to be to keep temperatures at the safe level. the emissions cap report looks at the differences between the countries of promise to do and where we need to be. it estimates of the last five or ten years, it does have some positives in it, but the key worry is that countries have

promised to pique their emissions by 2020, but they're not going to make 2020, but they're not going to make 2020, then i'd even would make 2030, and they said we need to hammer emissions by 2030, so not good news from the point of view of where we are and where you need to get to. -- we need to get to. cities, libraries, schools, there is massive potential is in these areas, businesses around the world have signed up to. there's lots of things that can be done and the you and feel that this can be tapped over the next ten years or so, that it could actually close that gap to keep temperatures level. so there is some good news here as well. they also talk about taxes, carbon taxes and things that many governments will not want to hear and you see people running into trouble there, but it is critical. half the fossil fuels used in the world, pay no

taxes at all, but it's got to change if you really wanting to tackle climate change. matt mentioned france. emmanuel macron was on the defensive in paris today — he's trying to introduce those taxes on fuel as part of his environmental strategy. but those attempts have been met with this: these scenes are from the weekend — thousands took to the streets to protest against the proposal. president macron conceded today that the controversial tax could be adjusted when fuel prices were particuarly high, to ease the burden on motorists, but aside from that he's standing by the plan. you can't beat the environment on monday and be against it on tuesday. you cannot decide on a carbon tax and then denounce the cost of fuel today, i must remind you that this was voted on in 2009, 2014, 2015, political figures of persuasion to it. back to matt — i asked him how long term change can be made by politicians with short terms. exactly the core of the issue and that is

exactly the thing that the paris climate agreement was trying to get around, by forcing politicians to say, what is your long—term goal? what are you going do about 2030? what is our aim by 2050? that's in place, governments have signed up to it. but according to the un, they are not living up to the promises they made in their agreement. and while we're on the topic of the environment, the world meteorological organization have released a report today, saying there's a high chance of a weak el nino forming within the next three months. this is a naturally occurring event — it causes changes in the temperature of the pacific ocean and has a major influence on weather patterns globally, often leading to floods, droughts, and record temperatures. according to that report there's a 75—80% chance that current ocean and atmospheric conditions will lead to an el nino some time between december and february. often we see articles about climate change and weather events intertwined, however it's important to remember these are seperate things, matt mcgrath once again

there are separate things that would save, what is unusual is that we had a very big el nino a couple of years ago in 2015—2016, and these things tend to happen over a period of two and seven years. seeing one so quickly is unusual. it is not directly related to climate change, it does have an impact on the weather that many experience around the world and it is usually linked to some of the warmest years we've had. back in 1998. 2015—2016 are the warmest years on record, so it's possible, even though 2it may be weak one, it could lead to a very hot 2019. a lot to tell you about brexit. first thing to show you is this quad clip of theresa may giving us a rare glimpse into her frustration with her critics. i did express this. i comment that i'd been through this 18 month

negotiation process with people at most stages, i have to find a deal but... this is the date on everyone's minds. on december 11 parliament will vote on whether to approve the withdrawal deal that theresa may agreed with the eu. and though it's mps who will vote, she's taking her campaign to the people. the prime minister's been in wales. over 52% of people there voted for brexit. here she is visiting a winter festival. theresa may told locals that her deal will deliver for welsh farmers, and protect food exports like welsh lamb and cheese. next on her itinery — northern ireland. as a nation, it voted to remain. theresa may's conservatives have a voting arrangement with the democratic unionists in northern ireland — which gives her a working majority in parliament. but the dup backed the leave

campaign during the referendum. and says it won't back mrs may's withdrawal deal on december 11. and if you want a measure of where reletions are look at this tweet by bbc‘s political editor laura kuenssberg. here's that interview with laura. i think the disappointing thing for me is that the prime minister has given up, and she's saying, this is where we are and we just have to accept that. but she may have given up on further negotiations and trying to find a better deal, but i haven't given up. i believe in a better way forward, i believe we must find that. the criticism is coming from all sides. the former defence minister sir michael fallon left theresa may's cabinet last year after claims of inappropriate behaviour towards women. on the bbc‘s today programme, he took aim at the prime minister's plans. my

my fear is that this deal gives us the worst of all worlds. unless the comments can be persuaded, then yes, i think the deal is doomed. theresa may needs roughly 320 votes to pass — depending on who votes and who abstains. the opposition labour party has already said it'll vote against. and theresa may has challenged its leaderjeremy corbyn to a live tv debate on brexit — her line would be that she's got a plan, and he hasn't. this also came out today. a new report by two universities and a thinktank. it warns that mrs may's brexit deal could leave the uk economy 5.5% smaller by 2030 because of new trade barriers and a fall in immigration. i spoke tojonathan blake who is in westminster earlier about some

of the major developments today. she has to hope that the arguments she is making and the conversations that she is having that the public and local politicians and businesses on this tour across the uk, filters back to mps here at westminster because it is them will have a boat on the 11th of december and does weeks' time on whether or not to approve or block this deal. and as it stands, things can of course change and all indications are with the labour party, the scottish national party, and other opposition parties and a good deal of conservative mps, and theresa may his own party, indicating that they will vote against it. but we will see perhaps whether some of them are inclined to change their minds

tomorrow because theresa may will be back your westminster for prime minister's questions. i make and when she is at them, she will be facing off againstjeremy corbyn, there'll be going onto the tv, is that going to happen? good question. theresa may is making it clear that she wanted to happen, she said in the newspaper overnight and in various interviews today that it is something that she thinks is a good idea. presumably so she can further make her argument as to why the deal she has reached is a good one for the uk. jeremy corbyn has said he would relish the opportunity to do that but the trouble is, a lot of other political parties and a lot of voices are having their say in terms of how the debate, if it happens, should take place. borisjohnson weighing in on twitter, saying there is no point having a debate into politicians that in their heart of hearts, don't believe in brexit,

both voted to remain. he says someone both voted to remain. he says someone who believes in brexit should be involved to make the case for a better and different brexit deal as he would see it. i wonder who he might have in mind. donald trump's former campaign manager paul manafort has already been convicted of fraud, but he avoided a trial for money laundering by pleading guilty to conspiracy against the us in a deal struck with robert mueller, the head of the russia investigation. that deal is now off the table. special counsel robert mueller says "manafort committed manafort‘s lawyers insist that he did not breach the plea deal — however, both sides now agree that there is no reason to delay sentencing. iam i am expecting a long sentence. certainly looking that way, under

the plea agreement he was looking at six to eight years in prison. but if that plea agreement is being done away with, you start adding up the yea rs, away with, you start adding up the years, he could get up to 20 years. and for a 69—year—old man is essentially a life sentence. and he could reduce some of the charges that the jury was hung on and bring some of those pc charges that he did not dispose of, and if they go back to trial, it could be even longer. so this could be bad news for manafort. what was he lying about? we do not know. and that is what you be really interesting because in the filing that the team put forward yesterday, it said that it is going to be coming up with a detailing sentencing statement that will go into the exact nature of paul ma nafort‘s into the exact nature of paul manafort‘s lives. that could give us if that statement is released to the public and not put under seal, it could give us an interesting insight into where his investigation is

going, if he is lying about possible ties with russia and the trump campaign, maybe he could put that in the public domain. there are a lot of people who will be interested in seeing what he has the say in a court filing. a tweet from donald trump on the subject, a tweet from donald trump on the ifi if i had ifihada if i had a dollar or a pound for every time i have read a tweet like that, i would every time i have read a tweet like that, iwould be every time i have read a tweet like that, i would be a rich man. every time i have read a tweet like that, iwould be a rich man. he every time i have read a tweet like that, i would be a rich man. he says the same thing over and over again. what is the thinking here? we have heard from rudy giuliani earlier today and he said that manafort‘s conditions, his detention and jail and solitary confinement, the way he's been treated by the investigators, all of that has been weighing on donald trump's mind for

weeks, another tweet that she mentioned that said similar things about aggressive tactics from his tea m about aggressive tactics from his team and how they are ruining lives. i think team and how they are ruining lives. ithinka team and how they are ruining lives. i think a larger picture with donald trump is what he's trying to do essentially, is inject as much partisan division into this investigation as possible and it is working, the republicans are increasingly viewing his investigation as ill thought out, dragging on too long and the donald trump's words, a witchhunt against him. that is setting up any conclusion that he draws in any report he files to be very skeptically viewed by 48% of the public that supports donald trump. this report by the guardian saying that paul manafort met with the wiki lea ks found her at that paul manafort met with the wiki leaks found her at the embassy in london, the allegations are that they met multiple ties between 2013

in 2016 and one of those meetings, the guardian said happened in the spring of 2016, bear in mind paul ma nafort spring of 2016, bear in mind paul manafort joined the campaign spring of 2016, bear in mind paul manafortjoined the campaign in march of that year in the summer of 2016, wiki lea ks march of that year in the summer of 2016, wiki leaks released a series of e—mails and the democrats that had been hacked by russian intelligence agents. and as you know, these allegations are being denied in the us already, but this is more evidence that people are seeking a connection between brexit and the 2016 election campaign that is exactly it, one of the things we are hearing is that he is looking into trying to draw that line between russia and wiki leaks that released the documents and donald trump's presidential campaign, and there's between manafort and ham prior to manafortjoining there's between manafort and ham prior to manafort joining trumps campaign, that would be a blockbuster revelation, but looking

at the twitter feed, they're now saying that this is liable, they have a statement from paul manafort denying everything. so it is becoming a who do you believe situation. although i will say that wiki leaks did deny having contact with donald trump associate and later became revealed that there was an act contact between him and stone, so keep that in mind when you're listening to their denials. speak soon. live with us and washington, dc. stay with us on outside source — still to come... president trump threatens another round of trade tariffs on china. scientists at nasa say they're beginning to gather data from mars, after successfully landing a probe on the surface of the planet. dr rain irshad, a researcher at the science and technology facilities council, worked on the nasa mars insight mission.

she's been telling us what they hope to discover. at some point, mars lost its atmosphere, and lost the magnetic field that kept it safe and the solar wind slowly allowed it to drift away, which meant the temperatures on the surface froze, it became bombarded with radiation and that is why we think we have not found life on the surface of mars. but there is the possibility that that life retreated below the surface. so that is what questions are hoping to answer. i was a part of the uk team, the uk instrument is a miniature seizmonitor that is incredibly sensitive. in the next few weeks, it is going to determine exactly where on the surface the place that monitor and once up there, we're going to give the first vibrations that anyone has ever felt on the service of another planet, this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom.

our lead story is? a un report says greenhouse gas emisions — have reached a record high — and countries need to triple their planned emissions cuts, to stay within temperature limits. so and the main stories. saudi arabia's crown prince, mohammed bin salman, has arrived in tunisia, where earlier hundreds of people had marched to protest against his visit. they changed that he was a murderer and not welcome following the killing ofjamal khashoggi. the crown prince has denied any involvement in the killing. bbc arabic. good news for a cow called knickers in western australia. president trump is escalating the rhetoric in the us—china trade war ahead of seeing xijinping at the g20 in argentina. at the moment the us has a 10% tariff on $200bn worth of chinese imports — mr trump says he's likely

to raise it to 25%. but he's also threatened to slap entirely new tariffs on an additional $267bn of imports. this was all in comments made to the wall streetjournal. all of these came in like the bus from new york, putting a caveat on this somewhat donald trump says and what he does are not a lwa ys trump says and what he does are not always the same thing stopped . a negotiating tactic, but of course there is this dinner we are expecting between two leaders later in the week, in the run—up to that, we have heard notjust from donald trump but his top economic advisers, saying that as things stand at the moment, confirming what the president said that these terrorists look like they do come into effect, and that these —— tariffs, they are

not open to a possible deal if china will make a lot more concessions. this this a negotiating a deal or a sign that things are not going well? we do not know at this point, but there is concern that items for example, like your iphone could see a price hike which up to now, has been not directly affected by these pa rents. been not directly affected by these parents. complex things to negotiate, is there any expectations that the negotiations could happen in argentina? well, in the build-up to these events, to have the kind of groups and officials from both sides having meetings behind closed doors, trying to thrash out something so when the leaders actually get there, there is the groundwork laid and maybe edo to be signed off on an

announced. at this point, that does not seem to be where we are at, the two side clearly have a long way to 90, two side clearly have a long way to go, judging by the comments by donald trump and his economic adviser, but yeah, that is the concern for the company is watching this because what you're seeing with these terrorists is that ultimately, evenif these terrorists is that ultimately, even if it is not in the americans consumers, someone has to even if it is not in the americans consumers, someone has to pay for it. google's been accused of ignoring data protection laws in europe. consumer groups are filing a complaint with regulators over its tracking of users. google says tracking is turned off by default — and can be paused at any time by users. theo leggett explains. the concerns are that when you use your enabled phone, and it is picking up location data, by default, location data tends to not be on. these consumer organisations

are arguing that that enables google to obtaina are arguing that that enables google to obtain a great deal of information about peoples lifestyles. if it sees you going to a place of worship a lot, it would all but a religion. if you're going to hospital, they will know about your medical condition and that kind of thing. and it says that consumers are not aware that this data is being gathered, they're not in a position to opt out of it and they have not given their consent. that forms the basis of their case about consent. i've a report now on lesotho — it's a small country surrounded by south africa. and it's becoming a global player in the medicinal marijuana industry. vumani mkhize has more. a as small as it may be, the city is making big strides in the medical marijuana industry. it'd begin the

first african country legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes. yet at the farm, as you can see i am surrounded by locals here called, green and gold. people "debating the plant as a valuable cash crop. we're taking the plant to new heights. the government has granted a number of international companies licenses to grow, distribute and export marijuana. it is becoming a particular hotspot for canadian firms who find the low labour cost idealfor expanding firms who find the low labour cost ideal for expanding their businesses. the supreme cannabis company businesses. the supreme cannabis com pa ny invested businesses. the supreme cannabis company invested 10 million dollars, giving them 10% of the business. the legislation is allowed for this business, the environment in terms of the climate, the weather, very clea n

of the climate, the weather, very clean water, very fertile and pristine soil. all these combine to make a very environment for the plant. capitalising on this industry is beyond reach, but $10,000 is the start up costs on building it, if ra reduce the licence. to amend the regulations, to incorporate more of us regulations, to incorporate more of us into the industry by reducing licence fees. a number of african countries have legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes, it hopes to be at the forefront of cultivating its green gold. focus on two extremes of weather.

heat and snow. we've got this plunge of cold air that's going down to florida now, but the cold air has been almost semipermanent in the northeast of the us and eastern canada and it is here we find the snow continuing on tuesday and into wednesday. a lot of snowfall, great to resorts in new england, not so good for travellers, the company by summer the strong wind. head towards mexico and here we have some warm wetair mexico and here we have some warm wet airfrom the mexico and here we have some warm wet air from the tropics, and bringing some flooding into the southwest of mexico. it is going be running into the whole of california on wednesday and thursday, dowsing the wildfires is in heavy rain and maybe some snow and the sierra nevada mountains in we could ask some wet weather into the desert southwest. it may stay dry in phoenix, but it will turn a much cooler. to the north of this band of

rain here, we've got the cooler air across many parts of the korean peninsula, that rain is does clipping parts of japan peninsula, that rain is does clipping parts ofjapan on peninsula, that rain is does clipping parts of japan on wednesday it extends its way back into hong kong. there will be some misty fog for beijing dinesh on high —— down to shanghai. across many parts of indonesia. some ran across north of australia this time of year, but we don't expect some extreme heat around the area, was up to 44 degrees once again. the rain is further south, coming on that area of low pressure don't bring a lot of rain to new south wales for a while, getting out into the seat and pushing down and new zealand. in the public across their looks very wet by the end of the week and continuing through the weekend. we will see a few storms in sydney and brisbane and possibly it could get a month worth of rain in sydney is that rain clears through. the

weather change in europe in the northwest of europe, we have cloud bringing that that some rain strengthening winds and low pressure pushing into the northwest. it could bea pushing into the northwest. it could be a good deal milder. head to the north east end of a block of air thatis north east end of a block of air that is affecting our weather over the past week or so, that is getting pushed towards the northeast and this is where it really gets cold. and a quarter air is moving its way down towards the wall games where we are engaging in this warmer wetter air that we have to the east of the mediterranean, so heavy rain here, dusty rain and on the northern edge of the colder air, we are going to find some snow, heavy snowfall from the balkans although the way to bulgaria and romania. no significant snow on the forecast you know, the outlook looks much milder it will be wet and windy with some more details later on. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. a un report says greenhouse gas emisions — have reached a record high — and countries need to triple their planned emissions cuts, to stay within temperature limits. president trump's former campaign

manager could be facing a lengthy jail sentence after his plea agreeement collapses, paul manafort is accused of lying to the fbi. mps from around the world put some tough questions to facebook but mark zuckerberg is a no—show at their inquiry, into fake news. i've never seen anything quite like facebook what why we were playing on our phones and apps, our democratic institutions, our form our phones and apps, our democratic institutions, ourform of civil conversation seem institutions, ourform of civil conversation seem to have been upended by frat boy billionaires from california. and we'll be talking about a number of individuals who've been detained in different circumstances in china, and asking whether it's a sign of a more aggressive policy by beijing. let me bring you right up to date in

this particular moment of tension between russia and ukraine. we've got our first sight of some of the ukrainian servicemen who are being held by russia. on sunday three boats and over 20 crew were seized in the kerch straight between crimea and russia. we know a number of servicemen appeared at court in crimea, in handcuffs — 12 were was sentenced to 60 days detention. russian tv also aired what appeared to be recorded confessions. translation: on november the 23rd i had been ordered to sail from odessa to mariupol by the kerch strait. we entered russia's territorial waters. translation: there were firearms and machine guns with munitions onboard.

i was aware that the actions of the ukrainian navy were provocative. ukraine says those videos were recorded under duress. the incident happened as the ships were moving through the kerch strait. it's a point of tension — and has been for several years — in part because of russia's illegal annexation of crimea in 2014. and also because more recently russia has built this bridge linking crimea to the russian mainland. that is also being seen as highly provocative. another development today — the ukrainian navy released a picture of one of its patrol boats, showing damage from russian naval artillery. and that all connects to this incident on sunday. a russian boat ramming a smaller ukranian vessel. well in response ukraine yesterday imposed martial law because its concerned about russian aggression on land — remember russia has also supported separatist rebels in the east of ukraine in recent years.

russia maintains that the three ships were trying to cross its maritime territory without permission. this is russia's foreign minister. translation: this incident was intentionally provoked by ukraine. two members of ukraine's security service, who were on the ships, already giving testimonies which are available to the media. in my opinion, everyone should be very clear about how and why this happened. next this is a ukrainian navy commander with the bbc‘sjonah fisher. cou still go into the azov sea? will you be sending your ships through the kerch strait again, or is it now off limits to ukraine? translation: i'll tell you this. we will fight for our land till our last breath.

we'll do all we can so our land remains ours and our sea remains ours. we'll take all necessary measures to defend and protect our country. and this is more from jonah fisher. we are expecting all the ukrainian sailors — 24 in total — to be brought into court and crimea over the next couple of days. it looks like they're all going to be treated within the russian criminaljustice system, so they will not be treated as prisoners of war and that will make it much more complicated trying to secure their release in terms of some sort of swap. it looks like they're going to be charged with illegally crossing into russian territory. at the moment, 21 of those sailors are fit to go into the court. three of them are still injured, we believe, and in hospital from the clashes on sunday. next we're going to about facebook.

mark zuckerberg has again been called to give evidence to lawmakers. and once again he didn't show up. there was an empty chair. this time it was an international panel gathered in the uk, looking into misinformation and fake news. instead of mark zuckerberg, facebook sent a senior executive called richard allen. here's what one mp from canada had to say to him. we've never seen anything quite like facebook where, while we were playing on our phones and apps, our democratic institutions, our pharmaceutical conversations, seem to get upended by frat boy billionaires from california. so, mr zuckerberg's decision not to appear here at westminster to me speaks volumes. particularly since this has been a subject of an investigation of whether facebook apps upended one of the most important votes in british history. so when mr zuckerberg says that the plan was to move

fast and break things, and that breaking may have involved our democratic institutions — does mr zuckerberg nonbelief or not not think that proletarians around the world are willing to push back? i'm not going to disagree with you that we have damaged public trust with some of the actions we've taken. lots of people have been asking why didn't mark zuckerberg show up. here is the zoe kleinman. he is trying the patience, isn't he, of politicians from nine different countries who want to speak to him today. he's just refused to come. they've invited him several times before, he said no, they said ok. ‘you cannot come to london, we will do it via video link, ‘we hear there is technology that will work.‘ he said no again. in his place he sent richard allen a very senior and uk—based executive of facebook him up but it wasn't really going down very well. there is a big sense that facebook‘s founder the ceo and the man behind all the decisions, needs to be in that chair. today is part of this continuing inquiry into fake news and disinformation that is being run

by the uk select committee here in the uk, but also with other countries as well. now what happened was, they wanted to talk particularly to facebook because it is such a massive network. 2 billion users worldwide. there's been so many examples of misinformation being shared particularly in the run—up to elections. and they want to know what is going on. and what we found today was really interesting. richard allen was unable to answer several questions that mps really want to know. they said, ‘these apps, what you do with them ‘when they break the rules,‘ he said ‘well, it is facebook policy ‘that we kick him off.‘ they said will give us an example of an oven at youth kicked off. couldn‘t name a single one. we later heard from the uk information commissioner elizabeth denon was an facebook told her it deleted 200 apps in the summer of 2018, the first few monthsjust gone. a prior to that she hadn‘t heard of a single one being removed. but where does this process end up?

is itjust a fact—finding mission, or can any of these nine countries do anything to respond to how they see facebook having behaved? there is a huge call for more regulation. and facebook itself said that it will welcome the regulatory framework. the chair of the select committee was very quick to come back and say well, if there is one it is going to be us that implements that, not you. there is a bit of a land grab going. of course facebook would like to continue to be able to say it is policing itself. but what we seem to be seeing over and over again is that it is failing to do that. and there are many countries, notjust the uk, saying, ‘ok, do you know what, we‘ve had enough now, ‘more needs to be done to keep you in check‘. in the run up to this hearing the uk parliament showed it means business. this is from entrepreneur and author ross dawson... this relates to documents seized by the uk from an app developer. the documents are reported to include emails among senior executives at facebook, and mark zuckerburg himself. here‘s zoe kleinman again. the uk parliament used powers it

had never used before — got somebody to go and knock on the hotel room of a us businessman who was travelling here, dragged him to parliament, told him he had two hours to hand over documents. this businessman is in dispute with facebook, a legal dispute over an app that facebook did remove and he says it consequently rendered his business worthless, so that is a separate dispute. but as a result, he‘s got this cache of documents — internal documents from facebook dating back to sort of 2013, 2014 — potentially discussing data privacy. and they are so valuable — if that is the case — because they shed light for the first time on stuff that facebook has always denied. you know, we didn‘t know this was going on, we didn‘t know developers were selling the data. well, it‘s possible that they did and it‘s possible that these documents will prove that. we were all hoping today

that we‘d see them. we were hoping they‘d be published before the committee meeting. i sat through hours of it thinking they might reveal them. but no. damien collins is the next week, maybe we will get to see them then. so all hope is not lost but it will be very, very interesting having gone to so much trouble to get them, they were sealed by us courts, facebook‘s demanded them there‘s all sorts of power arguments going on about whether we should have them here in the uk. so it certainly suggests there‘s some value. every day this time outside source distils the most important stories from around the world for you. we turn to china next onto stories. let‘s talk about the disappearance of this man. loo gwang is an award—winning chinese photographer. his work documents environmental and societal issues in china — like this photo, which won a world press photo prize. he lives in new york — but had been invited to a number of photography events in shin—jang province in the north west of china. that‘s a region that‘s known for its tight security and heavy surveillance. well loo gwang was due to fly on to sichuan — but he didn‘t show up. it‘s understood he‘s

been taken into custody. isaac stone fish is global opinions columnist for the washington post who writes regularly on china. he joins me from new york. thank you for your time. why do you think he might have been in interest to the authorities? i think he was ofan to the authorities? i think he was of an interest to the authorities in the region probably because they thought he was going to put more bad press and more oversight into a region that a lot of authorities there are really trying to keep secret. there is roughly1 million muslims in shin—jaan and concentration camps. it‘s got a lot of deserve it bad press. i think a lot of local officials and shin—jaan are doing whatever mccann so that less information gets out, so it is more like a black hole holding things in. one thing i wanted to talk to you about. these two people on the screen onto us citizens

called victor and cynthia. they and their mother are barred from leaving china. that has been the cases since june. that is because their father is wanted in a billion—dollar fraud case. it is believed in the family is being held in order to wear him back to face fraud charges. we‘ve heard from china‘s foreign ministry addressing this particular story. translation: as we understand it these people you have mentioned all have legal and valid identity documents as chinese citizens. they are suspected of having committed economic crimes and have been restricted from leaving china by chinese police in accordance with the law. do these fraud stories speak of confidence in beijing to carry out reasonably hard measures to dual citizens? i think the situation in shin—jaan is a bit different. that is much more likely

local officials acting on their own. there is an expression in chinese, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. and he speaks to the adventurism that local officials sometimes have overlooking beijing. that said, what these two cases do certainly have in common is this idea that many in beijing and many of the communist party feel that anyone who is of chinese heritage, regarding this of their nationality, has to listen to the communist party. but does it not also point to a confidence that there will not be international ramifications, diplomatic ramifications, diplomatic ramifications, if they pursue these kind of fax? i think beijing has done things like this for decades. i think what has really changed is the confidence, like you point out. but also this sense that we need the rest of the world‘s appreciation. we need them to understand what we‘re doing. it is a funny line that they are walking him that the one hand they do commit acts like this and on

they do commit acts like this and on the other hand global prestige and importance is really, really paramount to them. so my paramount, number of very important i do think you kind of have both the flow of those things happening at the same time. isaac, there are good to have you on the programme. please come back. thank you. you can read isaac on the washington post website. stay with us on outside source — still to come... we‘ll explain what chess armaggedon means and why it could decide which of these players wins the world championship. it has been draws all the way, so we are going into a rapid—fire round. tributes have been paid to the conservative peer, lady trumpington, who has died at the age of 96. she worked as a code breaker during the second world war and went on to spend nearly four decades in the house of lords. laughter.

always in her place in the house of lords, always the same. so lucky to be here. as david cameron said, theyjust don‘t make politicians like that any more, and he meant it. wartime code—breaker, oldest woman ever to be a government minister, and even, after a long life, a youtube sensation. the grainy black—and—white photos tell of a colourful past. land girl on the farm of former pm david lloyd george, during world war ii. then a member of the near legendary code—breaking team at bletchley. churchill visited us. he said "you are the birds that laid the golden eggs, but never cackled." and that was the important thing, was that we never talked. never conventional though. wife to a headmaster, one day, fully clothed, at the school pool... ijumped. and half the schooljumped in with me to save me. and my husband wouldn‘t speak to me for three weeks. why did you do it? just for the hell of it! she chain smoked her way

through several government departments, and then came fame. telling her tales on prime time tv. i‘ve had to sign a piece of paper in order to be on this show to say i wasn‘t pregnant. laughter. why the fame though? well, watch this. i've beena i've been a survivor since world war a tory peer suggesting she was a revered relic of world war ii. and her silent reply. that picture went viral on youtube. complimentary tributes are normal. they‘re not always as warm as today‘s forjean trumpington. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... i may change. a un report says greenhouse gas emisions — have reached a record high —

and countries need to triple their planned emissions cuts, to stay within temperature limits. climate change is the primary environmental challenge that our world faces. but plastic pollution is a huge issue too. one of the main sources of this pollution are rivers which flow through some of the world‘s biggest cities. mayenijones has this report from port harcourt in nigeria. welcome to nigeria‘s garden city. port harcourt was on snow for its lush green landscape. now illegal oil refineries and unofficial dumps line the banks of the river niger. the smell is quite intense. you have a smell of fumes, rubbish, you can see there‘s a few animals and pigs loitering around. and there‘s a community living right next to this everyday. and now plastic pollution is also affecting their livelihoods. augustine used to make a good living, but not any more. because of so much

plastic in the water? ten rivers are thought to be responsible for 90% of the plastic that ends up in the world‘s oceans. eight are in asia. the other two in africa. the nile and the niger. this is a creek that is closed to the whole of the city and in the south into the delta. over the years, it‘s become so full of plastic that scavengers go through it looking for bits and pieces to sell. individuals are trying to make a difference, raising awareness and picking later. but they can only do so much. brings some individuals into advocacy.

and some that are into recycling also. that help collect some of these, but it‘s enormous. so individuals. the government does and yet have a direct policy for plastic. plastic is just one of the issues being discussed at the blue economy conference in nairobi this week. we swung in the last two decades. that‘s 25 years or so. almost entirely on plastic. so just because it is cheap, one of the things is i guess you realise it is actually not that cheap. it comes at a cost. that plastics are not cost—free or low cost. simply the costs get moved onto marine environments, and the costs get moved onto coastal environments, and the cost impacts on all of our health and well—being. and just to show you the scale of the problem, even here at the blue economy conference when they serve you food, what do they serve it in? you guessed it. it‘s going to take a lot more than words to stop

the plastic problem. mayenijones, bbc news, nairobi. the world chess champsionship in london was supposed to have been decided by now — the norwegian magnus carlsen is defending his title against the american fabiano caruana. but after 12 games — every game has been a draw. this was the tenth game. through the series caruana has had an answer for everything being thrown at him. and carlsen seems to have have bene affected. yesterday he offered a draw despite appearing to have an advantage. this was the press conference afterwards. he was on our live show today and he said on balance he thinks that fabiano showed slightly better preparation over the 12 games. i‘m curious if you agree with that. magnus. i don't know.

i think at this point it is absolutely relevant. laughter i mean, the match is equal so far. i mean, i don't know. it is not very interesting right now. before we read too much into that, he has always low—key. but a giant of the chess world has been tweaking... —— tweaking... that‘s a reference to the fact that we‘re now into a series of rapid—fire games — starting on wednesday — tomorrow. if that doesn‘t do it — we‘re into what‘s called an armaggedon game — where there must be a winner. judit polgar has been commentating on the games — a role for which she‘s extremely qualified, she‘s a grandmaster, and generally considered the greatest female player of all time. i spoke to her earlier and asked whether all these draws were good for the game. actually, i do believe that it is going to be

changing due to this match, but generally speaking also chess needs i think a little bit a shift so that big audience who is not playing chess can enjoy more. but the reason is why we are seeing the there are very little difference between the two players. both of them are so defensive and so good and they have great respect for the other one, that they don‘t take those kind of risks which would lead to losing a game. there are very little chance for both of them in the match to really collect the full point. but now it is going to be more interesting than ever because we‘re going to have a playoff tomorrow. which is going to be extremely interesting. tell me about how the playoff format is different to the 12 that we have already seen. well, until now every day they had been playing one game. some of the games were seven hours, some of them were only three orfour hours. but now on wednesday we are going to have four games played for sure. 25 minutes for each player. so that is one game.

from that, we‘re going to be playing four games of that. and the idea is the quicker they play, the more mistakes they make? well, i think that because they have less time there are bigger chances that they are going to risk a lot. and we are going to see a new world champion. and what about of all of those four are draws? that is when armageddon arrives? then the fun continues for the public. and then if it is 2—2, then we have two blitz games where both players have five minutes each. if it is 1—1, we move on until the later games and in the armageddon comes, which is sudden death. about five or six years ago, i interviewed magnus carlsen and i remember him telling me that he saw chess and psychological warfare. is that overstating it? when you are watching these world championship games up close, does it feel that intense? it is absolutely very tense. actually after game ten which was extremely fantastic game, even though it ended for a draw, but after that it seems

like magnus cannot understand the pressure and he decided that he was to make true draws and the last two games in to go into the playoffs. because he‘s better at the faster game, is that right? everybody considered that he is because of the previous result. but i think nerves will make the difference in this match. but is a strange hearing you say that because he is so famous for his psychological strength, isn‘t he? the relentlessness with which he plays. absolutely. he was always famous to play the game until the very end, until he doesn‘t find any possibilities any more. this is why it was very shocking when he was offering to draw in a better position in the last game. may the best man win. thanks to draw. —— thanks tojudit. we will see you draw. —— thanks tojudit. we will see you tomorrow. hello there. tuesday brought a big change in the weather. we started the day with fog and light winds. we ended with most of us having seen at least some wind and rain. it is this

type of weather that takes us through the last few days of november. high pressure was in charge at the start of tuesday. it allowed the fog to form. by the end, low pressure was well injured early on the scene. on the white lines on the chart, all the isobars are squeezing together. this low is deepening to get some very strong winds, gales and places. yes, those come from the southwest. it will be mild. but the combination of those strong winds and some heavy rain could give rise to some travel disruption through the day. the forecast looks like this. aji, shower rain across eastern areas first thing. that clearing but the more heavy rain across northern ireland and scotland through the afternoon. some of the hills of south east of scotland that the 50 mm of rain. maybe something a bit brighter into the southwest later. mild at 13—15d. brighter into the southwest later. mild at 13-15d. but brighter into the southwest later. mild at 13—15d. but very windy. gusts of 55—65 mph through the day across western coast. late in the

day, the wind strengthening across northeast scotland. here there good because an excess of 70 mph. that is not the end of it either. as we go into the first part of thursday, this next aceh of what weather shows a chance. look at the isobars here, they squeeze together. that could well be a short and sharp burst of really strong winds. moving eastwards with some very heavy rain as we go through thursday morning. as that clears away, we‘re going to be left with a sunny spells and was three showers. after such a mild wednesday, temperatures are getting to head downwards just a little bit on thursday. that continues as we head towards the end of the week. but pressure is in charge. another very windy day particularly in the north. lynne is coming from the north. lynne is coming from the north or northwest. it is going to feel a little bit chilly by this stage. the dry weather on friday. downs were the south. the further north you look more in the way of showers, some heavy with hail and thunder. or has wintry overhyped

round. those temperatures closer to be averaged for the time of year 8-12d. that be averaged for the time of year 8—12d. that area of low pressure just to be ignored. into the weekend, there are more areas of low pressure and more frontal systems waiting in the wings. however these would most likely to affect central and southern parts of the uk. the further north you are, the better chance of staying dry. quite chilly across northern scotland. as we go for saturday night into sunday morning across the north of scotland, there could well be a touch of frost. further south during sunday again, some areas of cloud, a bit of showery rain at times. and those temperatures range from 13 implements tojust those temperatures range from 13 implements to just six in aberdeen. -- 13 implements to just six in aberdeen. —— 13 implements. more areas of low pressure pushing in from the west. but for the middle of the week it looks increasingly likely that this bump in the isobars will move its way in. a drier interlude with high pressure. depending on where the high ends up, we may tap into some

cold airand we high ends up, we may tap into some cold air and we may tap into some relatively mild air. it looks most likely that things will stay relatively mild. next week, wet and greasy at first. the middle of the week should be dryer. even though we might stay in some relatively mild air with those calmer conditions, we could see the return of some overnight frost. the home secretary‘s concern about the sharp increase in migrant boats crossing the english channel. earlier today, 18 migrants including a baby in two small boats were stopped in the channel. the traffic is being organised by "criminal gangs", according to the home secretary. we track down some of those responsible. translation: a boat will cost you £3,000—£4,000. i am taking three people with me. they‘re paying cash. we get a boat and off we go. we‘ll have the latest, as dozens of migrants have made it to kent this month alone. also tonight... the prime minister sets out on a tour of the uk trying to sell the brexit deal that was

heavily criticised by mps. a bus company is fined more than £2 million after one of its drivers crashed into a supermarket, killing two people.