this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top story: rising sea levels fuelling rising anger — leaders of four of the most under—threat countries will make an impassioned plea as a crucial climate summit opens in poland. a crunch week for theresa may's brexit deal. opposition parties call for closer scrutiny of her withdrawal agreement. shock in spain — a far—right party has won seats for the first time since military rule under the dictator francisco franco. down on one knee, then down the drain — social media sleuths help track down the couple whose engagement ring fell down a grate in times square. share markets rally in asia as the world's two biggest economies put their trade war on hold — but for how long? a warm welcome to the programme,

briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. don't you just love a happy ending? the couple reunited with the engagement ring lost in time square, so we'd like to know your stories. what have you lost and found? send them and pictures too to #bbcthebriefing. the world is at a crossroads, and tackling global warming has become one of the most pressing political questions. today sees the official opening of a crucial climate change conference in poland, with a senior un official warning that the threat posed to humanity has never been greater. sir david attenborough is among those due to speak,

along with leaders and heads of state from across the globe. our environment correspondent matt mcgrath reports from katowice. well, the negotiators meeting here are meeting a day earlier than they normally would, and are hoping to com plete normally would, and are hoping to complete what is called the paris rulebook. that is the set of instructions and rules about the paris climate agreements that was signed three years ago at the meeting in paris. it does not become operational until 2020 and before then, countries have to iron out all sorts of difficult technical issues. some countries report their climate emissions every five years, some every ten years, some countries have different dates. there is a lot of confusion about who does what to whom. to try to get everybody on the same page, they are trying to arrange a set of rules have complete transparency so one country can easily be conveyed with another. that is a process, a difficult process , that is a process, a difficult process, it has taken them three yea rs process, it has taken them three

years and they are still not there. they are hoping that over the next two weeks they can complete that so they can get it in place and make they can get it in place and make the paris pact work smoothly from 2020 onwards. that was matt mcgrath, who is at the climate change conference in poland for us. you can find more on the climate talks and general information about climate change on our website. articles include this explanation of the current state of global warming in seven charts. simply head to bbc.com/news. you can also download the news app. and we will have more on that conference later in the programme. the british government's chief legal adviser, the attorney general, will make a commons statement later about his legal advice to his cabinet colleagues on the brexit deal. downing street insists the full details of such advice must remain confidential but opposition parties, and others are demanding that it's published in full before the commons begins five days of debate on the deal with the eu. it's a crucial week for the british prime minister — here's our political correspondent ben wright at westminster. dozens of tory mps have denounced

this deal, and opposition parties have lined up against it. however, there will be a five—day debate and that might change some mines. and in dark corners of the palace of westminster in the tea rooms and the bars, tory whips will be imploring their mps to listen to the argument michael gove made today, when he said that this was the only deal on the table and the only one that could guarantee an orderly brexit. i don't get any sense that downing street have given up on the idea of getting this through the house of commons, nor do i get a sense they have some cunning plan b in case it is defeated. it is that which is adding to the sense of frenzy and panic in westminster. everybody is asking what would happen then. theresa may might well have another 90, theresa may might well have another go, bring her deal back and ask mps to vote again, if she is still prime minister. a cross—party group of mps might use that moment to push

another referendum, or ask for an extension of the talks. i think it is clear that a vastjollity of mps do not want the uk to leave the eu at the end of march next year without any deal at all. —— majority of mps. but that is what will happen u nless of mps. but that is what will happen unless the government and parliament can think of something else and agree on a plan. this is seismic stuff that is going to really test our political parties and parliament over the next few days. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. the saudi—led coalition in yemen says a united nations plane is to fly into the capital, sanaa, on monday to evacuate injured houthi rebels. 50 wounded militants will be flown out to oman for treatment in what the coalition is calling a "confidence building" measure ahead of planned peace talks in sweden this week. the frenchjustice minister has promised that the courts will be tough on people who resorted to violence in anti—government protests on saturday. she said 372 people were in custody for offences including a possible rape.

the paris police chief said ball bearings and hammers were thrown at the security forces. the head of britain's secret intelligence service, mi6, is to accuse russia of adopting a stance of perpetual confrontation with the west. alex younger is expected to warn russia and any other state intent on subversion not to underestimate the determination of britain and its allies. a journalist from the philippines has returned to the country to face tax evasion charges that her supporters say are a politically—motivated attack. maria ressa is editor of rappler — which has been critical of president rodrigo duterte. the website has been one of the main publications to challenge extrajudicial killings. a far—right party has won seats in a spanish regional election

for the first time since the country's military dictatorship ended in 1975. the vox party took 12 parliamentary seats in andalusia on sunday, beating expectations that it would win five. the governing socialist party still won more than any other party — 33 seats — but with a greatly reduced majority. lebo diseko has more. they said they would make staying great again, and it seems many voters agreed. the vox party took 12 seats in andalusia's party —— parliament on sunday, beating expectations. it is the first time a far right party has won seats in a regional poll since the end of franco's dictatorship in the mid—i9 70s, a change vox leaders say is long overdue. translation: andalusian is have once again made history, as many times in the past. they have shaken off 36 years of socialist regimes, marking the way

for the rest of the spanish people by saying that it is possible and even easier to do the same as the rest of the country. vox's leadership say their party's leadership say their party's leadership is neitherfar right nor extremist, just a party of extreme necessity. but a tough stance from its candidates on issues like immigration seems to have struck a chord at the polls. the region has high unemployment and it is the main arrival point in the country for migrants crossing the mediterranean. french far right leader marine le pen tweeted a message of warm support and congratulations. the spanish party's win isjust support and congratulations. the spanish party's win is just the latest in a resurgence of nationalism across europe. the win could make the party a kingmaker in a future coalition, and ultimately it could weaken the new prime minister, putting pressure on him to call minister, putting pressure on him to ca ll early minister, putting pressure on him to call early elections. at last, some

good news, some optimism for financial markets when it comes to trade. in asia, we are seeing most of the share markets across the board on the up, because president trump and china's leader xijinping reached a temper in truce on the trade war between the us and china. the countries have agreed to halt imposing any new tariffs than 90 days. china has also agreed to buy substantial amounts of us farm, energy and industrial goods. with me is eileen burbidge, co—founder and partner at passion capital, an early—stage venture capitalfirm, joins me now. lovely to see you again. good to see you. this isjust lovely to see you again. good to see you. this is just what lovely to see you again. good to see you. this isjust what global financial markets wanted to hear, what business leaders around the world wanted here. but how optimistic and we really at this point? it is definitely good news and everybody is happy. all the markets are cheering and i think this will take this sort of 90—day ceasefire, we will definitely see everybody through the chinese new year, so that will make asia really happy. it is, you know, very politically savvy because it can position both countries as having

secured a victory when in effect it is really just kicking secured a victory when in effect it is reallyjust kicking the can down the road. it is kicking the can down the road. it is kicking the can down the road. it is kicking the can down the road but as you say, it is across christmas and chinese new year and we have seen companies like apple really impacted by the thought new tariffs could be put in place in january by the white house, which would affect the likes of apple for the first time? absolutely. that is the first time? absolutely. that is the interesting thing, because trump and the us government had been using such fiery words and saying they we re such fiery words and saying they were going to escalate this, they we re were going to escalate this, they were able to take it off the table, leaving everything that is still in place there and not touching it or taking that down, but basicallyjust walking back earlier threats. stories like general motors as well, last week, closing something like five factories, 14,000 jobs going in the us. this is kind of real, you know, in pact of the trade tariffs. —— impact. and it is notjust about trade tariffs when it comes to gm but it did have a certain impact on their future but it did have a certain impact on

theirfuture thinking. but it did have a certain impact on their future thinking. definitely. it affected the automakers specifically and markets overall in the us. all the gains from the us markets that were made in 2018 have basically been lost now, just in the last few weeks or months. we are seeing everything walked back, we are seeing trump losing very heavily in the mid—term elections. are seeing trump losing very heavily in the mid-term elections. that was not his take on it. that was not his take. everything is usually successful for take. everything is usually successfulfor him. take. everything is usually successful for him. but this is actually a really good opportunity for him to say that he got some major concessions from the chinese, which of course he is going to boast about now all the way through christmas. indeed, so he will. thank you for now. we have so many stories to get our teeth into later, so you'll come back and join us for the news briefing. hidden cameras capture women undressing, going to the toilet, or even in changing rooms in south korea. it's then uploaded to the internet without their knowledge. soo—yuen park has dedicated her life to helping women who have been victims of spy—cam porn. this is her story, part of our 100 women series. tiny cameras are hidden in changing

rooms and bathrooms. mobile phones i used to film women. —— are used. and the videos are then posted online. since high school, 21—year—old syeon park has been helping women who are victims of south korea's so—called spyca m victims of south korea's so—called spycam pawn epidemic. last year 51100 people were arrested for spycam crimes, but less than 2% of those were jailed. a year—end

half into her activism, soo—yuen park became a victim herself. soo—yuen park is frustrated not enough is being done to combat spy cams. she says each month, more and more women are reaching out and asking for help. but soo—yuen park is not the only activist. this is the fifth protest against spycams this year, and the government admits it has not taken the problem seriously in the past. but this new generation of activists

wa nt to but this new generation of activists want to see a deep change in south korean culture. soo—yuen park is determined to keep helping the victims in the hope that one day, women will not have to fear being watched. keep it with the briefing. plenty more to come. from chicago's south side to london's south bank, michelle obama's life lessons are the hottest ticket in town. it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory.

i am feeling so helpless that the children are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippie cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people in los angeles. at 11am this morning, just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe. it took the drills just a few moments to cut through the final obstacle. then philippe cozette, a minerfrom calais, was shaking hands and exchanging flags with robert fagg, his opposite number from dover. you're watching the briefing. our headlines:

leaders of four of the countries most affected by rising sea levels will give an impassioned plea to a key un climate summit in poland later. and theresa may's brexit deal will come under more scrutiny later with opposition parties calling for the government to publish its legal advice on the withdrawal agreement in full. it's one of the hottest tickets in town. michelle obama is set to address an audience in london later about her personal journey to the white house. among the guests will be pupils from a girls school. adina campbell has been talking to them. inafew in a few hours time all the few will be listening to, and sharing, the same space as one be listening to, and sharing, the same space as one of be listening to, and sharing, the same space as one of the most famous women on the planet. has it sunk in yet? no, literally when i told my

mum, my mum was so yet? no, literally when i told my mum, my mum was sojealous, she was excited, we told everyone, my sister, we were so excited, i couldn't believe it, literally. and how does it feel to have one of the most sought—after tickets, everyone wa nts to most sought—after tickets, everyone wants to see michelle obama. most sought—after tickets, everyone wants to see michelle obamalj most sought—after tickets, everyone wants to see michelle obama. i feel special right now because i'm going to meet michelle obama might like, i know a lot of people are not going to get that opportunity so i'm really happy that got to do this. and the formerfirst really happy that got to do this. and the former first lady has spoken quite openly about the challenges some young women, young black women, faith in education, in the workplace. is it something you can relate to? yes, like, with black people to wrestle with the stigma against black people so to get this opportunity is great. when did you find out you had one of those golden tickets? i was going to my next class and by english teacher told me to come and i was wondering what was

this fork and then she was like you are going to meet michelle obama and i was very shocked. if any of you become within touching distance of michelle obama, later on this evening, what would you say to her? i would just literally feel like i could hide her but obviously there is probably security or something but she is so inspirational, ijust feel like, i love her, she is such an inspiration to me and my family as well. so much anticipation to hear what michelle obama has to say. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. let's see what they have to say. hello and welcome to your monday sport briefing, where we'll find out later who is this year's winner of the ballon d'or, there's a howler in the merseyside derby, but it's dulcet delight from tyson fury. the ballon d'or football awards take place on monday.

that man, lionel messi, has already won it five times, as has the mighty cristiano ronaldo. but the pairs‘ stranglehold on the best male player award may slip — croatia's luka modric has already been named fifa player of the year and is among the favourites for the ballon d'or. for the first time, there'll also be an award for the best female player. sunday was derby day in the english premier league where a stoppage time blunder by everton goalkeeper jordan pickford allowed divock origi to give liverpool a 1—0 victory in the merseyside derby. they're two points behind leaders manchester city. it was very long, a very open game and i think in the last few minutes, we deserved the three points a bit more. they had their moments, still, to be honest. how is that? my respect could not be biggerfor

how is that? my respect could not be bigger for them. wham, bam, aubameyang! arsenal are unbeaten since august after beating tottenham in a pulsating north london derby at the emirates. pierre—emerick aubameyang scored twice as the gunners came from 2—1 down to beat spurs 11—2 to replace them in fourth place. chelsea bounced back from their defeat to tottenham last week. maurizio sarri's team seeing off fulham 2—0 with goals from pedro and ruben loftus—cheek. over in italy, roma and inter milan played out an entertaining 2—2 draw at the stadio olimpico on sunday, the home side twice having to come from behind. with the score at 1—1, inter restored their advantage when captain mauro icardi headed home from a corner. and then var was needed in the 72nd minute, the ball striking inter‘s marcelo brozovic on the arm. roma's aleksandar kolarov converted the spot kick to earn his side a share of the spoils. jon rahm continued his fabulous form in the bahamas to win the hero world challenge by four strokes and pick up the million—dollar pay day.

the spaniard dropping just two shots over the final three rounds. in fact, he carded seven birdies on sunday, his bogey—free round seeing him finish on 20 under. well, the dust may have settled on the ring after tyson fury and deontay wilder's amazing bout that ended in a draw. a rematch is on the cards. but social media is still alight with mr fury‘s dulcet tones, because obviously, after 12 rounds of pugilistic power personified, you gotta sing american pie in the post—fight press conference. enjoy. (sings american pie) stick to your dayjob. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport team, that's your monday sport briefing.

thank you for that. here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later. pope francis will receive palestinian president mahmoud abbas at the vatican city later in new york. —— at the vatican city. later in new york, rapper cardi b is to appear in court in connection with an incident at a strip club. cardi b is charged with two counts of reckless endangerment and one count of third—degree assault for the alleged attack on two bartenders at the club. and also taking place today, mexico's new president andres manuel lopez obrador is launching a commission to investigate the 2014 disappearance of 43 students. police in new york say they have found a couple who lost an engagement ring down a drain, thanks to people sharing the story online. the man had proposed to his girlfriend on friday night but shortly afterwards, it all went downhill. richard forrest has the story.

a moment to remember, but for the wrong reasons, as a couple lose their engagement ring down a grate in new york. they were walking through times square after the groom had popped the question earlier in the day, when the ring slipped off the bride—to—be's finger and down a grate. the couple searched for at least two hours, to no avail. they eventually gave up, thinking it was lost forever. enter new york's police. they opened up the covering and continued the search once the couple had gone. when it had not been retrieved that evening, these officers came back the next day and found it. a very lucky break. it's like finding a needle in a haystack, you know, because we've been on plenty of these searches where we have come up with nothing, unfortunately, and, you know, fortunately, this one has a good ending to it, so... but they didn't have the couple ‘s details over the next challenge was to find them and reunite them with their ring. the nypd put out a twitter call to action, asking new yorkers

to help track the couple down. twitter worked its magic and the two were found. their names arejohn and daniella and they were told the good news by friends moments after landing back in the uk. they say they are overjoyed and have promised the police a special mention on their big day. richard forrest, bbc news. we wa nt we want to mention the things you have lost and found to we have heard from jw who says they are diabetic and have gone to the gym and has lost over two stone in weight and now i have found that i am much happier. it all of the support and the walnuts gym in orpington so there you go, all done to you, and all of his family and friends to thatis all of his family and friends to that is one person who has said it has lost a lot of weight and found

new happiness. thank you, please keep sending in your stories. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures of an invasion of skiing and snowboarding sa ntas. they took to the slopes in the us state of maine. the event is staged every year to raise money for local charities. as you can see, most of the father and mother christmases proved to be quite handy on the snow, even without a reindeer or sleigh around to help. absolutely fantastic! i hope they raised lots of money. plenty more for you on the briefing. is this briefing in a moment, the price of oil has spiked, crude up over 5%, share markets are on the up as well. we explain it all, we will be live to shanghai and the middle east with our brilliant team around the world. i will see you in a moment. hello.

more rain for parts of england and wales in the day ahead. tuesday, quieterforall, but then the weather gets pretty busy again from wednesday, as we will see. a chilly start the further north you are as monday begins and in scotland, the risk of ice on untreated services because we had wet weather overnight clearing away, allowing temperatures to dip away. as we go on through the day, this is the area of cloud. showers and outbreaks of rain moving through england and wales, producing heavy bursts, squally winds, south wales and south—west england too. northernmost counties of northern england and northern ireland and much of scotland will stay dry and sunny. on the northerly breeze, quite chilly and further showers running into northern scotland. wintry in nature to relatively low ground as we go through the late afternoon evening, but a big range of temperatures, very mild across south wales and southern england, with temperatures approaching the mid—teens. on the northerly flow, that colder air filters southwards across all parts into monday night and tuesday morning. we noticed showers around scotland, wintry in nature and a dusting of snow possible and icy patches again, as tuesday begins.

but it does look like a widespread frost is going to be the most noticeable part of tuesday morning and there could be a few fog patches around as well. we know it is going to be cold as tuesday begins, but there will be plenty of sunshine around. temperatures will be held down into single figures, despite the sunshine, after that cold, frosty start and this looks to be the coldest day of the week, more widely speaking. then the weather is about to change once more. notice an area of cloud or rain pushing into the far south—west, while many stay dry during daylight hours, it seems rain approaching in cornwall and devon. this next weather system, the busy part of the week starts to take its wet weather northwards across part of england and wales into northern ireland through tuesday night into wednesday morning. it hasn't finished there either. still some uncertainty about the northern extent, but it could push into parts of scotland, we know there is a cold air in place, we could see snow on the hills out of that and still big a range of temperatures north to south across the uk, northern scotland

more likely to stay dry and avoid this weather system. there will be another one coming in from the atlantic as we go through thursday, the rain does not look too heavy and by the end of the week, a deepening area of low pressure system weather but also stronger wind, gales or severe gales in places as we go into friday. yes, looking pretty busy from wednesday onwards, but it is particularly on friday that there is a risk of seeing some disruptive winds. still chilly in the north, mild in the south. bye bye. this is the business briefing. i'm sally bundock. share markets rally in asia as the world's two biggest economies put their trade war on hold — but for how long? we'll be live to shanghai for the latest. and global oil prices soar — russia and saudi arabia pledge to extend their pact to limit crude output. it's a new trading week well underway in asia and you can see the gains, and look at the price

of oil, spiking as we speak. brent crude is also up. we'll be live to the middle east for the latest.