i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: the un warns the world is way off—track in the battle against global warming. we look at why the food choices we make are having a major impact. it comes down to the key and highly controversial question of what we all choose to eat. indonesian investigators prepare to deliver their first report into the lion air disaster, a month after the crash in which 189 people lost their lives. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: how people with paralysis are learning to control devices with just their thoughts. i'll be speaking to one of the researchers behind new pioneering technology. at first impressions, you would think i have had it easy. my hometown is in just

think i have had it easy. my hometown is injust another think i have had it easy. my hometown is in just another concrete jungle. and four young poets share their experiences about what life is really like for asians in the uk. welcome. it's 9am in singapore, and iam in london. the united nations is warning that efforts to avoid dangerous increases in global temperatures are way off the mark. its latest report says there's been a rise in carbon dioxide emissions for the first time in four years. it also says countries including south korea and australia are missing their own targets, while only brazil, china and japan are currently on track. our science correpondent matt mcgrath has the details. they produce it every year, they've done it for the last nine years.

and it looks at the promises that countries have made to cut emissions under the paris agreement, and it looks at the reality of what needs to be done to keep temperatures below certain levels, ie 2 degrees or 1.5. and this year, they found that the gap between where we are and where we need to be is bigger than ever. and that comes as something of a surprise, because for the last number of years, essentially, the growth of greenhouse gases and the growth of c02 particularly had been stable or had been declining. and people had thought, in some respect, that actually not necessarily we'd cracked it, but we were on the right track. this sends a message — actually, it's not so simple, and it's not going in the right direction. but climate change isn'tjust caused by energy production and industry, it's also about the food we eat. our science editor david shukman reports on how what we put on our tables has an impact on the planet. every breath from a cow, and especially every burp, releases methane — 600 litres every day. most from the front end, not the back.

and, because methane warms the planet, the more we eat beef and dairy products, the more the temperatures rise. at this farm, researchers encourage the cows to feed inside this hood so they can measure the methane. so a cow came in, she was eating... professor chris reynolds explains what they have found. that one, she had five eru ptations, five belches. so each spike is a burp, is it effectively? it's a burp or a belch. there's been a huge increase in meat and milk consumption. that demand's going to continue, so i think we need strategies for sustainably producing that meat and milk. one option is adding special supplements to the feed. some of these make the cows a lot less gassy. so technically, it is possible to reduce the extraordinary amount of methane that cows produce, but on its own, that won't be enough to head off the worst of global warming. so it comes down to the key and highly controversial question

of what we all choose to eat. here at manchester university, researchers study the climate cost of food. the fertilisers, tractors and processing all generate gases that cause more warming. so add all that up, and these chocolates are responsible for up to 1.4 kg of carbon dioxide and other gases. that is the equivalent of driving for 12 miles in a car. producing this blt sandwich involves 1 kg of the gases. that is like driving for eight miles. and this serving of beef comes out top, creating more than 3.5 kg of warming gases. that is like a journey for 30 miles. we have got to reduce our carbon emissions across different sectors. and the food sector is absolutely paramount to that, because we all eat, and it has a significant contribution to our — notjust the uk emissions, but globally, so we have to do something about it. and it won't be easy, and it won't be popular. so what does this mean

for our everyday shopping? well, mike berners—lee helps supermarkets work out their climate costs. the differences are striking. so making the switch from beef and lamb down to plant—based proteins is about one 50th of the carbon footprint. his advice is to eat more of this, and to check if the produce is british and in season — also to avoid fruit and veg that has been flown here. it's the tenderstem broccoli that's come from kenya, and that will almost certainly have gone on an aeroplane. there are some simple rules of thumb, so is it either in season, or is it robust enough to have been able to travel from elsewhere in the world on a boat? mike and other experts say they don't want to preach about low—carbon food, but they say, if we want to tackle climate change,

we need to eat less of this. david shukman, bbc news. our other top stories this hour — voters in the us state of mississippi are casting their ballots in a run—off for the last senate seat of the mid—term elections. the vote has been overshadowed by comments made by the republican candidate cindy hyde—smith about ‘public hangings.‘ that's re—opened some old wounds in a state with a difficult history of race relations, as chris buckler explained from the city of oxford. you do get this real sense that race is overshadowing this whole debate. certainly these controversial comments have made the headlines. they would have been talked about in the streets, and when i was at the polling station this morning, there is absolutely no doubt that many people have come out and they're putting their votes in because they have listened to these comments, and they have reacted one way or the other to them. but it does also give you the sense that potentially both democrats

and republicans have managed to get their base out in this election. also making news today — a court in crimea has ordered that twelve of the ukrainian sevicemen captured at sea by russian forces be held for two months. it comes after the russian national security service, the fsb, released recordings of some of the men apparently making confessions. ukraine says the videos were recorded under duress. facebook chief mark zuckerberg was empy—seated at a westminster committee enquiry, after he failed to turn up to answer questions in the uk parliament. the commitee brought together politicans from nine countries to push forward their enquiry into facebook‘s use of personal data. the absence of the facebook chief was heavily criticsed. we have never seen we have never seen anything quite like facebook, while we are playing on our phones and apps, our credit institutions and form of civil

conversations seem institutions and form of civil conversations seem to have been upended by frank lloyd billionaires from california. mark zuckerberg's decision not to appear here at westminster speaks volumes. —— frat boy. the british prime minister theresa may is on a tour of britain to promote her brexit deal to voters. mrs may insists that the deal, which has been widely criticised across the political spectrum, protects the "vital interests" of the whole of the uk as it leaves the european union. a giant rhino that may have been the source of the unicorn myth survived until at least 39,000 years ago, much longer than previously thought. known as the siberian unicorn, the animal had a long horn on its nose, and roamed the grasslands of eurasia. new evidence shows the hefty beast may have died out because it was such a fussy eater. indonesian authorities are set to release the preliminary findings into why a boeing 737—max jet plummeted into the java sea killing all 189 people on board last month. some of the grieving families have launched a legal challenge for compensation from boeing

and there is also intense pressure on the budget airline lion air over its safety record. the bbc‘s indonesian editor, rebecca henschke has more. the almost brand—new plane crashed within minutes after take—off into the shallow waters of the java sea. api samsul komar‘s son was on the flight with his cousin. they were heading home after watching a football match in the capital. translation: he was a really good kid. nothing about him was bad. he always listened and respected us. his remains were recovered, and they were able to hold a funeral for him. his cousin hasn't been found,

and his family is pushing for the search to continue out at sea until everyone is accounted for. translation: without a grave, we are never able to fully heal. there is no closure. we are lacking the peace we so desperately need. ahead of the public release of the report into what went wrong, families met yesterday with investigators and were briefed on the early findings. investigators have indicated that a faulty system may have caused the crash. indonesia's national transportation safety board is he telling parliament that the captain and co—pilot were faced with different air speed readings, as the plane soared and then sunk repeatedly, with the pilot fighting until the end to keep the plane in the sky. here, vini is meeting the family of the pilot, who have travelled to indonesia from india. she says, whatever the outcome of the investigation, she hopes lessons are learned. i wish that all the airline companies could be more better

with the safety of the passengers and crew, and then no more accidents like this. what has been released is the early findings of this investigation, based on the flight data recorder and interviews. the cockpit recorder was never found, and families say they have been told that further investigations will need to take place, both here in indonesia and america, to determine exactly what went wrong with this plane. three paralysed people have been able to shop online and chat with theirfamilies, by controlling a tablet using their minds. they use a brain implant which picks up signals of intended movement and sends them over bluetooth. the can also browse youtube, write emails, and even play the piano. earlier i spoke tojohn simeral,

one of the researchers who developed this technology and asked him more about how this research is helping people. this particular research continues a line of work that the braingate consortium has been performing which aims to help restore mobility and independence for people with tetraplegia, paralysis of the upper limbs and the lower limbs, resulting from spinal cord als or other neurological disorders. in this particular study, the three participants in the clinical trial were able to control the tablet through a small sensor placed in the cortex of the brain, and using that system, they were able to compose and send e—mails, chat online, browse through websites and complete other tasks, just thinking a mouse, moving and clicking a mouse, even though they were paralysed. this is quite extraordinary, john.

how long did it take to get to the stage where you saw it being used in the ideal scenario that you had hoped for, and what technology is being used here? so this technology has been evolving in our group for at least 10—12 years. 13 participants have been involved in a clinical trial, having the brain surgery and the brain implant and working with us. before that, lots of animal research, which gave us the fundamental understanding of how the brain works. today, we call these intracortical brain—computer interfaces. turns out that even in someone with paralysis, the brain still formulates very fine movement plans, even though the muscles can't respond. and so, by placing these sensors down onto the surface of the brain, we can get a very accurate estimation of their intended movements, so that the technology takes those signals out and feeds them through some machine—learning algorithms, software, in real—time. and then by sending those commands, those point—and—click commands, over bluetooth, we can link their intended but impossible movements to give them control over a commercial tablet, like we showed in this study.

with anyone watching this now who has a loved one with paralysis, or someone who themself suffers from paralysis, what hope can you give them that perhaps this technology might be available to them one day? right, so in the long run, the hope for this technology is that for even people with even more severe neurological deficits, including for example advanced—stage als, which might impair or prevent speech, this technology can offer the potential to fluently type, to connect with their loved ones, to convey clinical information to their caregivers. but certainly we are in a very, very early investigational stage still, which means that technology is only currently available to people involved in a clinical trial. we are making progress towards a mobile version, and a wireless version, and a simpler version of this that can be managed by care—givers and the user at home without us. and the idea is that, eventually, this will truly improve independence for individuals with severe motor disability in their home. but it is a work in progress, absolutely. that is one of the researchers of that remarkable technology speaking earlier to babita. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: plans to relocate a us airbase on the japanese island of okinawa face fierce local opposition.

we'll be finding out why. also on the programme: in their own words, we hear from four budding young asian poets based here in the uk. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world. the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number 10 to see the queen, she told her cabinet, "it's a funny old world." angela merkel is germany's first woman chancellor, easily securing the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hot air balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed to mind very much. as one local comic put it, "it's not hot air we need,

it's hard cash." cuba has declared nine days of mourning following the death of fidel castro at the age of 90. castro developed close ties with the soviet union in the 1960s. it was an alliance that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war with the cuban missile crisis. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: a new warning on climate change as the un says global greenhouse gas emissions reached a record high in 2017. indonesian investigators prepare to release their first report into last month's lion air disaster. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the business standard reports on amazon's rise to become

the leader in india's domestic e—commerce market. it says five years after setting up shop in india, the us retail giant has passed homegrown rival flipkart, clocking $7.5 billion in sales. ‘duterte death squad' is the headline in the philippine star. the paper says the president is creating his own armed civilian group to kill suspected rebels in public places in response to the new people's army forming a group of urban assassins. and the south china morning post reports on a researcher who claimed to have created genetically modified babies. chinese science authorities have vowed to get to the bottom of whether the biologist bypassed regulations to make the children

resistant to hiv. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? it pays to be different. here's the proof from western australia. what's thought to be the largest steer in the world has been saved from the slaughter house for being too big. the humungus beast, curiously named knickers, stands at 6ft 4" and weighs1,400kg. well, no meat processor would rise to the challenge at a cattle auction. he'll now live out the rest of his days on a farm south of perth. the governor of the japanese island of okinawa says he'll hold a referendum next year over a controversial project to move a us airbase. japan and the us want to relocate the us marines‘ futenma air station from an urban area to somewhere less populated. but many locals are

opposed to the move, as well as the huge us military presence on the island. the referendum is scheduled for february, but won‘t be binding on the authorities. jon mitchell is a journalist with the okinawa times. i asked him what is so significant about the referendum. so, governor denny tamaki, who is okinawa‘s first half—american, half—japanese governor, he said this referendum is going to be a chance for okinawan people to express their will to the government injapan and also the government of the united states. time and time again at the ballot box, okinawans have elected officials who have wanted to reduce the military presence on the island. so they see this as a chance for the people of okinawa to express their opinion about whether this air station should be relocated from the crowded area further north. as you probably know, futenma has been dubbed the most

dangerous military base in the world. it is surrounded by schools, surrounded by hospitals. there have been a number of accidents in recent years both in and around the base. just last week okinawa prefecture revealed that the water around the base has been contaminated by operations from the military with firefighting chemicals. we know it is notjust anger over safety. there has been angerfor years over the us military presence in okinawa in general. tell us what has led to all of this anger? today okinawa is host to 31 american military installations, which are 70% of the total number of military bases injapan. so local residents for many years have had to put up with crimes committed by american servicemen, and these accidents. and most importantly today the bases are an economic impediment to the development of the island. bases take up about 40% of the main

island, but they only contribute about 5% or 6% to the economy. what is at stake with this referendum is really the future vision of okinawa. on one hand the governments ofjapan and america want okinawa to continue to be militarised, but a lot of okinawan residents see okinawa as a peaceful zone, a trading area betweenjapan and asia. so what is at stake is a competing vision of the future of okinawa and what it will entail. will it be a militarised area, or will it be a place where trade can develop between asia and japan? what is life like for young asians living in the uk? we spoke to four young east and south asians, who also happen to be budding poets, to find out more about their lives, in their own words. first impressions, you‘d think i have had it easy.

coming from end, portrayed as so multicultural. nah, my hometown in south was just another concrete jungle. always had to play it smart. make the right friends and speak the right words just so i wouldn‘t fall victim to the childhood fear of my life being stabbed apart. this is for the third world kids, the ones that waltzed into this world with suitcases, the ones with more stamps on their passport than fingers or toes, the ones whose heart will always be in a three—way tie between places. the ones who learned early to pack all your memories, clothes and goodbyes into 23kg and cabin baggage. our votes never made it to the ballot boxes. instead, they were cast at home. more specifically, in the kitchen, because that's where our nannies

and ummies and bibis found that their electorate paid the most attention. rotis and rice became the currency of power, while empty thalis meant a landslide victory. hoy como esta, have you eaten yet? gran would notice again that i have starved myself for about a decade. so a plate—full of rice. hmm, cold winters. i crave a hot bowl of greasy ramen in a box, claustrophobic room, where waiters yell at me. yes, we've moved out of the kitchens and into the boardrooms, the operating theatres, the publishing houses, so you'd think some things would've changed, but our hatred of each other, because of our hatred of ourselves, means everything stayed just the same. now i graduated with this degree i'm at home with my pakistani family, and i feel like i can't do for my family what i did for my friends, because there's so much i want to share about how mentally ill my life became, knowing that speaking out loud relieves burdens and can empower my relatives to do the same. my culture doesn't do that. it's still like how it was for my

dad, growing up in karachi and no one talking about their feelings. and you will learn to trust, in your own two feet, that will never settle, but will always take you just where you need to be. ijust badly crave for people who would ask me if i have eaten yet. wonderful to hear and see the young poets in the uk in their own words. you have been watching newsday. i‘m babita sharma in london. and i‘m sharanjit leyl in singapore. coming up: a thaw in tensions? president trump‘s economic adviser says a deal to end the trade row with china may be possible. and before we go, here‘s something you don‘t often see. in the skies above the russian city of st petersburg you can spot one aircraft giving a helping hand to another. local media reported that the helicopter was transporting the fighterjet from an airfield to a new military park nearby. so while it may look rather strange, it‘s not just a flight of fancy.

that‘s all for now, stay with bbc world news. hello there. we‘ve replaced our cold, dry weather now with something a lot more unsettled — wet, windy and much milder conditions, which will be with us in fact for the next few days. now, through today this next area of low pressure means business. it‘s going to be quite a deep area of low, bringing gales and heavy rain. in fact, there could be some disruption to travel throughout today, so keep tuned to your bbc local radio for all the local updates there. now, we‘re starting the day off, though, on a pretty mild note. we‘ve lost the overnight frost that we‘ve seen for the last week or so. temperatures starting off around

six to eight degrees. now, we‘re dragging this milder air from the azores on a south—westerly wind. might not feel so mild, though, because of the gales and the rain, but it really will be milder than what we‘ve been used to. spells of pretty heavy rain through the morning moving northwards, follow followed by showery bursts of rain further south during the afternoon. and then an area of much heavier, persistent rain for scotland, where we could see some pretty high rainfall totals on the hills there. temperatures, double figures for all, as high as 1a or 15 across the south—east, but it‘s going to be very windy indeed. 60—65mph in exposure across western coasts, and then later in the day closer to 70mph perhaps for the north—east of scotland and the northern isles. and it‘s a brief window of fine weather during wednesday evening before the next bout of wet and windy weather starts to spread into the south of the country as we head into the early part of thursday. now, there could be a very windy spell of weather across parts of wales and the western half of england through thursday morning, as this next little area of low pressure moves north—eastwards. and with it, again, a spell of pretty heavy rain,

which will clear through. and by thursday afternoon we should see a little bit of brightness breaking out, just a few blustery showers, maybe heavy and thundery, across south—western areas. temperatures down a degree or so on wednesday‘s values, closer to nine to 13 degrees. as we end the week, low pressure still very much in charge. again, very windy, particularly across northern areas, as you can see, tightly packed isobars there. it‘s going to be i think a bright day on friday. most of the showers, blustery showers, will be across northern and western areas. and these will be increasingly wintry over the hills, as it will be a chillier day across the north. but very blustery, again, with the risk of gales across scotland, maybe into the far north of england. blustery across the south, though not quite as windy as it will be further north. and you‘ll notice a little bit cooler, with temperatures of nine to ten or 11 celsius. as we head on in towards the weekend, we maintain an unsettled theme, quite blustery, strong south—westerly winds. again, fairly mild across england and wales. turning a bit cooler, though, for scotland and northern ireland. you‘re watching bbc news. our top story: greenhouse gas emissions reached a record high last year. a new un report says efforts to tackle climate change are way off track.

it warns that global temperatures will rise to dangerous levels unless countries radically revise their targets for cutting greenhouse gases. indonesian authorities are set to release the preliminary findings into why a boeing 737—max jet plummeted into the java sea killing all 189 people on board last month. the world chess championship will be settled in london later today. two chess grandmasters, magnus carlsen of norway and the american fabiano caruana, have spent november locked in stalemate, with the world title up for grabs. a series of tie—breaking games must now be played to decide the contest. stay with us. and the top story in the uk: there has been a sharp increase in migrant boats crossing the channel to the uk.