this is bbc news. i'm cliver myrie. the headlines at 8 o'clock: the row over the government's legal advice on brexit intensifies, as opposition mps call for contempt proceedings, despite the attorney general publishing a summary of the guidance. as critical international talks begin, there's a stark warning from sir david attenborough, on the threat of climate change. if we don't take action, the colla pse if we don't take action, the collapse of our civilisation is and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon. a man who admitted killing the midwife samantha eastwood, has been sentenced to a minimum of 17 years injail. two men have dominated football's ballon d'or, the prize for best player, for a decade, but tonight, could the trophy be lifted by someone other than lionel messi or cristiano ronaldo? luka modric is one of the players

in the running for the men's prize tonight, as the prestigious awards also honour a female player for the first time. and a rapturous reception, as michelle obama visits the london schoolgirls she met when she was first lady. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government's most senior lawyer has urged mps to back the prime minister's brexit agreement. geoffrey cox concedes the controversial northern ireland backstop is a calculated risk — though he says it's a sensible compromise. meanwhile, the prime minister theresa may insists she will still be in a job in two weeks‘ time, brushing off speculation about her future if mps reject her brexit agreement when they vote on it next week.

here's our chief political correspondent, vicki young. parliament's gearing up for one of its most important votes ever. and two—and—a—half years after the eu referendum, the debate is still raging. the prime minister's been touring the uk with her brexit message. it is a tough time. and today, she was on the daytime out tv sofa, pleading with mps to back her deal. we have duty to do what people asked us to do, to leave the european union, but this is a deal that does it, in a way, that does look after people, does look after people's security, and jobs for the future, i think what i would say to mps, we need to hold our nerve. will you be booking a holiday? do you think you will have a job in two weeks‘ time? i will still have a job in two weeks‘ time. she has lot of work

to do convincing. the backstop is a safety net to ensure there are no border checks between northern ireland and the republic, if a trade deal isn‘t in place. the uk would be in a temporary single customs territory with the eu. northern ireland would also have to follow some eu rules on things like food products and goods standards. mps want to know how the uk can get out of this? the government has refused to publish the legal advice it‘s received but, today, he came to the commons to answer questions. i would have preferred to have seen a clause that allowed us to exit if negotiations had broken down. but i am prepared to lend my support to this agreement, because i do not believe that we are likely to be entrapped in it permanently. the question for the house is to weigh it up, against the other potential alternatives, and to assess whether it amounts to a calculated risk. the government should do the right thing and make this full advice available. with so much at stake,

for all our constituents, with eight days to go before the vote on the deal, this house and this country deserves better from this government. theresa may‘s under fire from all sides, some want another referendum. the idea of going ahead particularly, with this is incredibly divisive. people deserve a say on what terms we should leave. today, they delivered a petition to downing street, signed by more than one million people. just down the road, others complain that theresa may‘s deal is a betrayal. it doesn‘t deliver on any of the opportunities that leaving the european union will provide and it leaves us in in a squalid situation.

it is neither in nor out. it is mainly in wand we don't like it. with just over a week to go, tensions are running high. arguments between those who think the deal doesn‘t deliver brexit in a meaningful way and those who want to stop it happening at all costs. the protestors here are unlikely to change their minds. theresa may‘s only hope is that dozens of her own mps will. well, let‘s cross to westminster now, where we can speak to our political correspondent, iain watson. the suggestion the government is in contempt, on the face of it, they caught bang to rights, they come because parliament last month voted for full disclosure on the details surrounding mrs may‘s deal. the attorney general did not give full details today, he gave a summary. that is right, and it seems to have united the opposition parties. he gave what he called a legal commentary and argued strongly it was not in the national interest to give the full legal advice, he said that would breach of parliamentary convention and set a damaging precedent. and you then started to downplay a bit the legal advice he

had given to the cabinet and said, it is not like going to war, it is not whether an action is legal or illegal, but you want to protect the convention, he said he was protecting parliament and the country. that did not cut ice with the opposition parties. six of them including labour and also crucially, including labour and also crucially, including the dup, the party that usually props up the minority conservative governance, they have written to the speakerjohn bercow asking for urgent debate on whether the government is in contempt of parliament by not producing the full and final legal advice, as they believe a vote in the commons last month required them to do. tonight, john bercow said he would respond rapidly to this request. he has then been asked to consider a letter from attorney general geoffrey cox as well. at one stage, it looked like he would make a ruling tonight on whether there should be this debate. maybe it will be tomorrow but soon, he will debate in parliament that she will decide parliament debates

this and if so, that would be hugely embarrassing for the government and their usual partners the dup voting against them on this contentious issue. i do not think it will make a great deal of difference to how people vote in this meaningful vote but opponents are looking for more evidence in that legal advice as to why, as they would suggest, that this is a bad steel the prime minister has come up with that might lock them into a long—term relationship with the european union that many do not want. some have argued the opposition parties is smelling blood and mrs may reads a minority government, this is an opportunity to kick her while she is down because we know the advice. according to the attorney general on the crucial point of the backstop, the crucial point of the backstop, the advice is that it will not be permanent and, potentially, the advice is that it will not be permanentand, potentially, no the advice is that it will not be permanent and, potentially, no party can unilaterally bring it to an end. so we know the details. why do the

opposition parties want full disclosure? they say they want full disclosure? they say they want full disclosure because these are exceptional circumstances and this is the biggest vote parliament has had to take in perhaps four decades. for that reason, before people vote meaningfully as they are supposed to do on whether to back this deal, they need the same information as they need the same information as the cabinet has received in order to do so. as you suggest, perhaps this can be politically motivated as well, but that is the argument. what is interesting, on the substance of this, what geoffrey cox was saying, it dissatisfied some people on his own side crucially in parliament because he said this northern irish backstop, yes, we cannot exit from it you but his argument seems to be that it was also disadvantageous, an instrument of pain he called it rather theatrically for the european union as well so they would naturally wa nt

union as well so they would naturally want out of it. what people in the dup and eurosceptics in his own ranks were more interested in is what did it say legally, in theory, could we be stuck in this on a permanent basis? his argument seem to be that politically, we would not be, but legally, we would indeed need the consent of the other party in the european union to pull out of this and some people feel they are being sold a pig in a poke because while it may be politically in the interests of both parties to disengage, there is no guarantee they would do so. all right, thank you for that. from westminster. and we‘ll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow‘s front pages, at 10:40 this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are jessica elgot, the guardian‘s political correspondent, and dia chakravarty, brexit editor at the telegraph. sir david attenborough has told a un conference that climate change is humanity‘s greatest threat

for thousands of years. he was speaking at the opening ceremony of climate talks in poland. he said climate change could lead to the collapse of civilisations, and the extinction of much of the natural world. our science editor, david shukman, reports. it‘s been a year of deadly fires and record heat. and also, new warnings from scientists about the dangers of living in a world of rising temperatures. with a risk of many more scenes like this... a social media campaign has gathered voices from around the world, calling on governments to take action. please welcome sir david attenborough. the campaign spokesman was given a rare chance to appeal directly to this global forum. right now, we are facing a man—made disaster of global scale. our greatest threat in thousands of years — climate change.

if we don‘t take action, the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon. there was applause, but not much. maybe because tackling climate change is so difficult. poland, like many countries, depends on coal. we went down a mine to see the grim process of getting it out. thousands here think a green future threatens theirjobs. what would you say to a polish coal miner about his future, given what‘s been discussed here in this conference? all you can say is that things change. and there‘s a process of history which is now moving to its end, and you will have to find, your children will have to find new ways of living.

so as the conference continues, there will be tense arguments over what to do. with so many countries represented here, and thousands of delegates, together with incredibly complicated negotiations, it‘s easy to forget what this is all about. so let me show you what‘s happened to global temperatures. there‘s one stripe here for each year since 1850. blue is for below average, orange is for above average, and the most recent years are the hottest, so they are marked in red, and the big concern is where the world is heading next. stronger storms and the sea—level rising are growing threats. small island states feel the most vulnerable. what kind of effort must be put into rebuilding? when your entire economy is wiped away. imagine, what if the entire economy of ireland or england

was washed away? where would you start? and that is the reality of climate change. outside the conference, coalfires are burning, each one polluting the air. scientists say stopping this is essential, and it will be a huge challenge. let‘s discuss this further with clare farrell, from extinction rebellion, the social movement that pushes for radical change on climate issues. it is good to see you, thank you for coming in. david attenborough making it pretty clear what he believes the future holds if we don‘t tackle this problem now, what you believe the future holds if we don‘t get a grip on this problem now?” future holds if we don‘t get a grip on this problem now? i think the future is terrifying. i think that we have not tried mitigation at all. governments around the world have done nothing to try to do with this crisis at all, in any meaningful way, emissions have gone up for 30

yea rs way, emissions have gone up for 30 years since scientists have told us they must go down. they will go up again the ship, we are not trying to fix this. i am coming from a position of deep grief and sadness because i do think david attenborough‘s voice is welcome to tell the world the truth, which is that the future is not a safe place even for us, that the future is not a safe place even for us, never that the future is not a safe place even for us, never mind our children. it is a conundrum because we heard david asking sir david attenborough what he would say to a polish coalminer. if you would see their livelihoods disappear, the money in their pocket disappear, who would lose their livelihood. that seems to be the conundrum around the world in dealing with the problem of fossil fuels. what would you say to that polish coalminer or the coalminer in the midwest in the united states about climate change? i think the economic argument for the fossil fuel industry is totally broken because it is run by a

totally psychotic elite. it is not run for the benefit of the coalminers. so i think bringing something that should be a conversation about the direct existential threat to humanity down to around one job existential threat to humanity down to around onejob is not a useful conversation to have at this point in time. so we have watched people fail at deindustrialisation in this country when they close down coal mines, what did they do wrong? you could do it differently this time at the fact is, those jobs needs to change, those industries need to be shut down and fossil fuels need to be kept on the ground.” shut down and fossil fuels need to be kept on the ground. i remember covering the election in the united states in 2016 and hillary clinton went to somewhere where they dig coal and she said, we have to shut coal and she said, we have to shut coal down. and she said, we will try to bring greenjobs to coal down. and she said, we will try to bring green jobs to these areas and make things different, we have to move forward. donald trump went

there and said completely the opposite, i love call, i love digging coal, he won why god knows how much. that is the problem, fundamentally for a lot of people. i wonder how you turn your campaign into one that convinces governments that they should go the way of hillary clinton rather than donald trump. i think that what this movement is trying to do is to raise people, help people to realise that they can rise up in a peaceful and meaningful way and proof to governments which are elected to serve others that they are not serving us whilst they are eradicating the future. their decisions are destroying the future for the next generation and u nfortu nately, for the next generation and unfortunately, things are happening so unfortunately, things are happening so much more quickly, i think, than a lot of people expected. we‘re also expecting people like you and i to live to see horrendous consequences of this lack of action and failure

to recognise science, basically. it is an absolute ignorance of reality, you cannot ignore reality forever without something awful happening to you. you can‘t stand in front of a boss and pretend it is not coming and hope it won‘t run you over because it will do and that is what climate change is doing. it won‘t stop because people stick their hands over their ears and say, i am not listening, i like coal. to me, this is what we have been trying to do, to bring an alarm and say, reality is out there. why is nobody listening? why is no body talking about the science? why is everybody still ignoring the facts? it is factual, it is not a debate any more whether this is true. thanks for joining us. the headlines on bbc news... 0pposition mps call for contempt proceedings over the publication of legal advice on brexit, as the attorney general issues a summary of the guidance. sir david attenborough warns that climate change is the greatest

threat to humanity for thousands of years, as critical un talks get under way. a man is jailed for 17 years for killing 28—year—old midwife samantha eastwood. sport now, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s sarah. thank you very much. the biggest winners of the fa cup, solihull moors, it they will welcome arsenal if they beat blackpool. woking have watford at home and leicester will go to wales to play wrexham or newport. the full draw is on the bbc sport website. the ballon d‘or award ceremony‘s being held in monaco as we speak. luka modric is expected

to win the men‘s award, after winning a fifth champions league title with real madrid, and guiding croatia to the world cup final. if he wins, it‘ll break a decade of dominance by cristiano ronaldo and lionel messi. there‘s also a women‘s award for the first time, and amongst the nominess is chelsea‘s fran kirby. being involved in an evening like this, i didn‘t really expect. i‘m just really excited to taking the experience and to be in a room full of some amazing, amazing footballers, male and female. to be included in that group of players was really, really special and something i am never, ever going to ta ke something i am never, ever going to take lightly. i‘m more excited about being in paris in general than thinking about winning tonight, but anything can happen. you don‘t know how it has gone so i am not preparing for anything, if i am com pletely preparing for anything, if i am completely honest. we saw plenty of drama and emotion

running high in the big premier league derbies yesterday, and now the fa have charged arsenal and tottenham with failing to control their players in the north london derby. the incident in question was this melee, following eric dier‘s equaliser for tottenham in the 32nd minute. spurs players and some of the arsenal substitutes got involved. they have until thursday evening to respond to the charges. jurgen klopp has got the same deadline to respond to the charge of misconduct that he faces for this — when he ran onto the pitch after his side‘s 96th—minute winner against everton at anfield. he has already apologised to the everton manager, marco silva. mark hughes has been sacked by southampton after eight months in charge. he helped keep them up last season, but leaves them in the relegation zone, one point off the bottom of the table. they have only won one of their 1a games this season. assistant first team manager kelvin davis will take charge for the trip to spurs on wednesday.

saints say that the search for a new manager to take the club forward is already under way. ralph hasenhuttl is strongly believed to be the frontrunner to take over. the austrian had a really successfull spell in charge of leipzig, before leaving them in the summer. england will face netherlands in the semi—final of the nations league nextjune. the finals are being held in portugal next summer, and the hosts are also involved, they‘re playing switzerland. they qualified for the nations league semi—finals by finishing top of a group containing croatia and spain. ronnie 0‘sullivan is through to the fourth round of the uk snooker championship. he‘s the defending champion and beat china‘s zhou yuelong by six frames to nil. but of course, 0‘sullivan is never too far away from controversy, and has made more headlines for suggesting he wants to start a breakway "champions league—style" snooker tour — because of the number of events, and the amount of travelling on the current schedule. it suits the people that lose early

because they get home for nine, ten days and look forward to the next one but look at selby, higgins, williams, they going deep in the tournament so it doesn‘t really suit them. at some point, they are going to crash and burn and it notjust one trip to china, it is five or six different strips and that can be one week in china, one week in commentary and the next week back in china. eventually, that does come back on you and you end up with someone back on you and you end up with someone like higgins being burnt out. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. thanks very much for that. thejurors a friend the jurors a friend who trust says 4 million workers in the uk now fall

into the group of poverty —— joseph rowntree foundation. that figure has risen by more than 500,000 in the past five years. danny savage has been spending time with one of those affected. i open the curtains in the morning and hope for the best. sue prince constantly worries about money. every day, i check my bank. i need to know what‘s coming in and going out of my account. she has three part—timejobs, but it still leaves her with precious little to live on after paying her overheads. my rent is £495 a month, plus there‘s other household bills as well. i‘m still only left with about £80 a month. that goes to buy my food and top up my gas and electric up. buxton‘s a bit out in the sticks and it does get cold. on a tuesday, the day ends with a visit to an informal food bank... how important is getting this food to you each week? very. it is to me, anyway.

..where sue collects a few days‘ worth of supplies. i was embarrassed at first, quite embarrassed. but now... i don‘t know, it‘s become a way of life for me. and i know i need it. i wouldn‘t do it if i didn‘t need it. for £1.50 a visit... food which is donated, damaged or nearly out of date is handed out. they can‘t afford to buy it, so need this. they then return to their homes on this estate in rural derbyshire, just a handful of the four million people in the uk who it‘s claimed are in work, but living below the poverty line. keeping the rent going, keeping a roof over your head, is often a really high priority. we also then find that they're trying to pay the water bill, the electricity, the heating and council tax, so a lot of people will be rotating between those different bills and each week working out, "which one don't i pay?" the government, though, says far fewer people are living in poverty and household incomes have never been higher. sue is getting a little more money now that she‘s moved on to universal credit,

but is still reliant on food hand—outs and doesn‘t see that changing. danny savage, bbc news, buxton. dawn jackson is the head of grants at turn2us, a charity that helps people living in poverty in the uk and ireland. to these figures surprise you from thejoseph to these figures surprise you from the joseph rowntree to these figures surprise you from thejoseph rowntree trust? to these figures surprise you from the joseph rowntree trust? they don‘t, they are scary but they don‘t surprise me. we have seen the increase of people coming to our services desperately struggling under income and the benefits they have. why is that? the government trots out the economy is the best it has been for a while with record unemployment, and so on. because that people in low—paid jobs, brent has gone up. salaries have not increased to the same level. gas has gone up, electricity. there is all

the extra costs one has nowadays, you cannot survive without your mobile phone or internet and people have to meet those costs from a low wage and pay for childcare costs. at the end of the day, there are so many people who have got their income coming in and have money at the end of the day. theyjust about manage to pay their bills if they can and feed their children. for some people, it is a choice, to heat their home or to eat, and it is really tough times. give us some exa m ples of really tough times. give us some examples of people in this situation. they are working and jet they are having trouble. in wet poverty, i work for the grants side of turn2us and the main fund helps professional people. this week, i have looked at new applications, three from social workers. they are all women, they are all people with children. they are on the basic income because their income has not

increased over the last few years. it has been frozen. they are living in private rented property and rents have really increased. theyjust can‘t manage. they just have really increased. theyjust can‘t manage. theyjust don‘t have enough. it is fine on a day—to—day but if something goes wrong and a washing machine breaks down, somebody in the family is ill so they have extra costs of going to hospital, people are really struggling. we are better help when that extra thing happens but so many people really don‘t manage nowadays. and with the changes in universal credit so people that are not getting money through what was to —— working tax credit and child tax credit, get on a set date, that is now, given later. there are loads of people who are not on a set income. therefore, they universal credit, if they get working tax credit through they get working tax credit through the universal credit element, it changes month by month. it is really ha rd changes month by month. it is really hard for people. then we can get

into the zero—hours contracts which isa into the zero—hours contracts which is a really tough thing for people. so an individual circumstance will affect their own situation, but give me an idea of what kind of a salaried these people might be earning and still not able to make ends meet. it is difficult. i can't think what a social worker‘s basic is, but it can be, people can be on £15,000 and still not able to manage. still not able to manage. if you have a high rental cost and three children and they are all at an age where they need their own bedroom, you need to rent somewhere. when i was growing up, i grew up on a social housing estate where rents we re a social housing estate where rents were affordable, they don‘t exist as much any more so people have to be in private rental accommodation. what is the solution? it sounds like

there are so many variables causing these problems. solutions are an increased the benefits, and that includes the working tax credit which has been cut time and time again over the few years. so when you look at the working tax credit even under universal credit. making sure that people are paid for what they do because there are so many people on really low—paid jobs and particularly in industries like hospitality, sales, low income and not enough money to survive on. thank goodness there are food banks. they are really needed for some people. so look at benefits. look at the price of renting. really look at the price of renting. really look at the price of renting. really look at the price people have to pay for their rent. and pay people a fair salary. well, we have seen a rise in the use of food banks over the last few years. the use of food banks over the last few yea rs. we the use of food banks over the last few years. we certainly have. don jackson, thank you forjoining us. thank you, at pleasure. now it‘s time for a

look at the weather. tonight will be a much colder night, heavy showers earlier in england and wales which have moved away with showers from the irish sea decaying. we keep showers in northern ireland and western scotland and the threat of icy patches. you can see how cold it gets overnight. the blue is developing and a touch of frost further south across the uk, much colder than it was last night. in rural scotland, lowest temperatures, -6. mist rural scotland, lowest temperatures, —6. mist and fog patches but a bright and sunny start to tuesday. very few showers in northern and western scotland but it clouds over from the south—west with sunshine turning hazy and cloud thickening to give rain to the far south—west of england and wales later in the day. light winds with a chilly day, 6—8d, much colder than it has been to day across the southern half of the uk. rain moves north on wednesday bringing the threat of hill snow.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the row over the government‘s legal advice on brexit intensifies, as opposition mps call for contempt proceedings, despite the attorney general publishing a summary of the guidance. as critical international talks begin, there‘s a stark warning from sir david attenborough, on the threat of climate change. if we don‘t take action, the colla pse if we don‘t take action, the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon. a man who admitted killing the midwife samantha eastwood has been sentenced to a minimum of 17 years injail. luka modric is among the men‘s football players in the running for tonight‘s ballon d‘or trophy, as the prestigious awards also honour a female player for the first time. a man has beenjailed for life with a 17 year

minimum term for murdering the midwife samantha eastwood. ms eastwood‘s body was found in a shallow grave in caverswell, staffordshire, eight days after she was reported missing injuly. 32—year—old michael stirling from bucknall had pleaded guilty. jo black reports. why are we jumping out of an aeroplane today? to raise money for two charities, one is called for louis and the other one is for children's hospice where we live called donna louise. samantha eastwood, living her life to the full. she was a much—loved daughter, sister and friend to many. the 28—year—old was a midwife, a career she had set her sights on since she was 12. but after a night shift at the royal stoke university hospital, she vanished. her colleagues never saw her again. she was murdered — suffocated during an argument by this man, michael stirling, a man she was in a relationship with. he was married, a family man, and also the brother—in—law of herformerfiance.

it was here at this isolated spot were samantha eastwood‘s body was discovered. she was buried in a shallow grave, wrapped in a duvet with tape around her eyes and face. cctv captured the landscape gardener driving around in his van. he was panicking, looking for somewhere to dispose of her body. as searches for samantha began, stirling helped with those efforts and even offered comfort to her distraught family. he also secretly used her mobile phone to send messages to them, suggesting she needed some time alone. to go to those levels of deceit to the family, it‘s just unthinkable really, and i liken his actions to that of ian huntley, who was the ever—helpful person in the initial enquiries of the police and family. and i can‘t begin to say how enraged gemma, samantha‘s sister, is in terms of the effect of that hug, that it has had on gemma, it‘s huge. because it‘s one thing killing somebody but then to go and sympathise with the family and lay false alibis out to falsely suggest she‘s still alive is just horrendous.

0nce arrested, stirling gave little away, but when he got to court he pleaded guilty to murder. we all wanted to find her alive and we didn‘t. to have somebody who delivers so much life into this world, through being a midwife, to have her life taken so tragically is awful and i‘d like us to finish on remembering her and not michael stirling. that was amazing, thank you. stirling said he was deeply sorry, not for himself but for all the others who are victims of his crime. those words will mean very little to samantha eastwood‘s family, who are now facing their first christmas without her. jo black, bbc news. speaking outside the court gemma eastwood, samantha‘s sister, said her family‘s lives would never be the same again. justice has been served but no

matter the outcome i will never get my sister back. i‘ve lost my best friend and my mother has lost a caring daughter in our lives will never be the same again. we want to thank everyone for their support and we would like to thank staffordshire police for putting such a strong case to get that we would like to thank our family liaison officers for co nsta nt thank our family liaison officers for constant support. samantha is gone but she will never be forgotten. samantha eastwood‘s sister, gemma. let‘s return now to the issue of climate change. sir david attenborough opened a un conference with a warning that the natural world and civilisation itself are in severe danger. let‘s hear more of his thoughts now as he spoke this afternoon to our correspondent david shukman. progress has been very slow, is there anything that you might have said that could change that?” there anything that you might have said that could change that? i don't know. there was a sense of urgency

this morning, i thought, know. there was a sense of urgency this morning, ithought, in know. there was a sense of urgency this morning, i thought, in the assembly. i‘m not experienced. there was a sense of impending disaster and needing to take action right now and needing to take action right now and the fact that the world bank announced here that they were doubling the amount of money that was going to be available for this particular problem was a real statement. i thought it was something that should make us gulp and say, yes, people are taking notice, not before time, but they are. we are in a country that is 8096 dependent on coal for its electricity and we own very polluted pa rt of electricity and we own very polluted part of the world. surely it will be an immensely difficult task. hugely so. an immensely difficult task. hugely so. we have been through it, after all. we started the whole thing by

exploiting coal in the 18th century and we got out of it, but very painfully, after all. there were major unrest, civil unrest, before we got clear of that particular problem, but it is now happening again here in poland. the mayor and dignitaries here, talking about welcoming us, the environmentalists, to hear which is the centre of coal mining in poland, it was a hospitable act and it is clear that they are embracing this problem and they are embracing this problem and they know it can‘t last and they have already made big changes to restore their commerce and so on. talking to people here over the last few days, minus regard talk about a greener future is quite naive given

the role that coal plays in the country at the moment —— miners. the role that coal plays in the country at the moment —— minerslj dare say, but coal has been steadily abandoned as a field around the world in the last few decades compared with what it was in the 19305 -- compared with what it was in the 1930s —— as a fuel. 0nly compared with what it was in the 1930s —— as a fuel. only now do we recognise what a disaster coal burning is. so the process is advancing and history is grinding on. i mentioned how we are in poland, this is coal country, you can smell this in the air, what would you say to a polish coal miner about his future given what is being discussed in this conference? or you can say is that things change. —— all. there is a process of history which is now moving and you have got

to find your children, children will have to find new ways, and here in poland they have proceeded remarkably fast on that, finding alternative ways of actually employing their people. sir david attenborough there. the former us first lady michelle obama, is in london this evening, promoting her new book becoming to an audience at the royal festival hall. earlier she revisited a girls‘ school that she first went to in 2009. she told pupils at the elizabeth garrett anderson school in islington, that she‘d been "moved, touched and inspired" by her meetings with youngsters. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell reports. this afternoon michelle obama was welcomed back with overwhelming applause from schoolgirls in north london, a place which held special memories for the former first lady. it gives me a level of focus

and determination in the work that i do when i get to see you all up close and as i said then, you remind me of me, and all the fears and all the challenges that you face. and you guys give me a sense of comfort. michelle obama made her first visit to the school back in 2009. and nine years later, her appearance and words of advice have had a long—lasting impact on former students and staff. she‘s inspired me to go to law school and she‘s inspired me professionally in so many ways to take on so many different voluntary roles. it gives us power, kind of. like, i'm a woman from a working—class background who is black, obviously. but it just feels that i'm there as well and it feels like my voice is being heard through her and it'sjust wonderful. and teachers here say their close relationship with the former

first lady is deeply meaningful. she‘s written to us, she‘s congratulated the girls. she‘s taken them to oxford university and she‘s invited them to washington. today, a new generation of schoolgirls got to meet their role model. mrs obama was on stage for an hour, and spoke openly about a wide range of issues, including her time in the white house. being first lady wasn‘t the easiestjob in the world. but i got strength from your hope and what i could do for you. it‘s notjust these girls who are inspired by michelle 0bama‘s personal story. herjourney from a working—class neighbourhood in chicago all the way to the white house has captivated millions of people all over the world. it was really good and inspiring. it was just so amazing to see michelle obama up so close. how did you find today‘s assembly? it was really inspiring to look up to her as a role model and to remember the past memories she created with us in our school. and her presence here continues

to have the same effect. as we mentioned at the start of that report, the former first lady is at the royal festival hall on london‘s south bank, where she‘s in conversation with the novelist chimamanda ngozi adichie. here she is speaking about her husband barack 0bama‘s response to her best—selling memoir. he isa he is a little jealous that i am done, so there is a little bit of hating going on at home. he is very proud but his book is hanging over his head right now, so, yes, we have a healthy rivalry, it‘s all about love. but he is truly the writer. i‘m more the storyteller. i wanted this book to read like a story because i wanted people especially young people to just get lost in the

journey. there are so many lovely sentences and turns of phrase, and you say that a fire becomes a snatcher of homes and hearts. so please tell barack obama that he has real competition. message delivered. 0k. real competition. message delivered. ok. you were very blessed to have a wonderful family, your parents, and you write movingly about your father. 0ne you write movingly about your father. one of the sentences that i was struck by is that you grew up with the sound of striving. tell me about that. i was fortunate enough to live in a household where we did not have much by way of resources and my father was working—class, blue—collar, my parents did not get to go to college. each of them may be spent a couple of semesters at a

community college but live hit them and they had to work. but that did not mean they were intelligent, highly intelligent, that is often the mistake we make, we assume working—class people are not highly gifted in their own right. a lot of times your station is life is limited by circumstances, the circumstances you find yourself in. apologies, the sound was a bit ropey on that, but we will have more from the royal festival hall later. the headlines on bbc news... 0pposition mps call for contempt proceedings over the publication of legal advice on brexit, as the attorney general issues a summary of the guidance. sir david attenborough warns that climate change is the greatest threat to humanity for thousands of years — as critical un talks get underway. a man is jailed for 17 years for killing 28—year—old midwife samantha eastwood.

it seems hardly a week goes by without news of further problems hitting britain‘s retail industry — in particular the high street. figures compiled by the bbc suggest 20,000 people have lost theirjobs in the sector this year — and a similar number are under the threat of redundancy. our correspondent colletta smith has been hearing from those who‘ve been directly affected by the turmoil in the high street. what else have we got? do you want the creamed potatoes? dinner‘s well on the way, but gemma‘s not been dishing up here for long. she was made redundant from the electronics store maplin in march, a bolt out of the blue for her and her colleagues. you‘ve got kids at home and you‘ve got a house to run, you know? it‘s really, really scary. so, we then got all our things, got the little boxes with our belongings in and we all went home.

within 45 minutes, we were all out of the building. once we got the e—mail and we left maplin, it was like a race to get a job. and you‘re against people who you know are good at what they do. did you feel desperate? idid. yeah, definitely. because i bought my house the september before. i was planning on moving into it in april. that was only one month before it happened. i was like, "i'm going to lose the house. "i've literallyjust bought it. "i'm turning 25 in a month's time. "i'm not where i should be". you go to bed dreaming about it, nightmares, bills. it‘s just awful. horrible, horrible situation to be in. unemployment is at a record low, but with recruiters saying fewer jobs are available in retail than any other sector, workers are having to look elsewhere. if you want to keep that interaction with people, going into another service sector role within hospitality, the crossover‘s absolutely huge. with so many retailjobs under threat at the moment, unions are worried that workers

aren‘t being properly valued. retail is a realjob. it‘s a properjob. there‘s nearly 3 million retail employees in the uk. it‘s a huge piece of the economy. so it should be looked at in a more serious way than it is at the moment. do you feel safer now that you‘re kind of beyond that retail environment and you‘ve gone into different areas? you can put your heart and soul into a job more so when you know that you‘ll be there in 15, 20 years‘ time. the plan is not to move again. ever? yeah, ever. i‘m happy. i‘ve found a job which is... yeah, really ticks every box. love it. definitely life after maplin. life after retail. absolutely. colletta smith, bbc news, in rotherham. a man whose allegations sparked the investigation into an alleged westminster paedophile ring — which then ended without any convictions — can now be identified after a judge

lifted an order barring publication of his name. carl beech, who is 50, was previously known by the pseudonym nick. he‘s been charged with fraud and perverting the course of justice. our home affairs correspondent june kelly is outside newcastle crown court. but we will bring you that later. a man has been shot during a police operation in south—west london. it happened in wimbledon at 810 this morning, during the operation by officers from the met‘s flying squad, assisted by firearms officers. the man was shot by police and taken by ambulance to a london hospital. a second man has been arrested for conspiracy to rob. the independent 0ffice for police conduct has launched an independent investigation. a british woman whose husband was murdered by somali pirates who then kidnapped her — believes the only man convicted in connection with both crimes is innocent. jude tebbutt and her husband david were attacked while on holiday in kenya seven years ago.

she was held hostage for six months. mrs tebbutt says the metropolitan police team who flew to kenya to help the local investigation helped to convict an innocent man — and she‘s supporting his appeal. our special correspondent lucy manning has been speaking to her. jude tebbutt is a long way from the kidnappers. from somalia where seven years ago, she was freed after being held for six months. she had been captured after her husband david was murdered on their holiday in kenya. i didn‘t know he‘d died. i just assumed he was alive, but then my son told me he... he‘d died. now, she has her loss and her freedom, and she can‘t put those terrible events behind her. yeah, i do wantjustice. but i don‘t want justice at any cost. a kenyan, ali babitu kololo,

was the only man convicted. butjude tebbutt doubts he is a guilty man and is supporting the appeal he is now bringing in the kenyan courts. i thought there would be someone coming through that door that was a representation of the two men that dragged me out of bed that night. but honestly, lucy, it wasn‘t one of those men. it wasn‘t one of those men. i think a wrong should be righted. and when i say wrong, i mean the fact that mr kololo didn‘t have a fair trial. officers from the metropolitan police flew to kenya to help the investigation. but the bbc now understands that the senior officer, neil hibberd, is himself being investigated about his role and will be interviewed by the national crime agency. a letter from the met police says they are looking

at whether mr hibbert, who has now retired, may have committed a criminal offence or whether there has been misconduct or gross misconduct. mr hibberd‘s lawyer told the bbc he intends to cooperate with the police watchdog investigation. mr neil hibberd said to me that if it was the last thing that he did, he would find the murderer of david and the people responsible for abducting me. and i believed him, i really believed him. i think they have to take ownership of what they did back in 2011, the team that helped convict mr kololo. an innocent man. mr kololo‘s lawyers claim mr hibberd didn‘t disclose that there was forensic testing of evidence which undermined the prosecution‘s case, and he misled the court by giving selective evidence. his lawyers also claim that mr kololo was, for most of the trial, without a lawyer or interpreter, and was tortured by kenyan police.

some people might find it surprising that you‘re fighting for the man who has been convicted of involvement with the death of your husband. if there has been a miscarriage of justice, it needs to be investigated. if i had been murdered, david... he would be sat here now because... he was a really good man. and he was an honourable man. and the honourable thing now to do is to hopefully get a fair trial for mr kololo. that is the least that he deserves, really. jude tebbutt feels the metropolitan police wanted to go to kenya and get their man, but she doesn‘t think he‘s the man at all. lucy manning, bbc news. this is the latest mission to the

international space station. this is a spacecraft carrying a russian, american and canadian group of astronauts, docking successfully. the first manned launch since a failed attempt in october, you may remember. that attempt on the 11th of october resulted in a failure to dock with the space station just minutes after blast off. forcing the astronauts and a cosmonaut at that time to abort thatjourney. they made an emergency landing. but the new cosmonauts and astronauts, an american, a canadian and in —— and a

russian, they have successfully docked with the international space station, a few hundred miles north of us. an eight—year—old boy has been revealed as youtube‘s highest—earning star, reviewing toys and earning just over £17 million last year. ryan of ryan toysreview posts most days and his earnings have doubled from the previous year. asked why kids liked watching his videos, ryan said: "because i‘m entertaining and i‘m funny." now it‘s time for a look at the weather. i‘m not entertaining orfunny, just funny looking. we still have this atla ntic funny looking. we still have this atlantic influence but every time you are in between two weather systems you run the risk of frost at this time of year and that is what we will see tonight, may into tomorrow night in some areas before

we have rain returning and very windy weather. at the moment the winds is very quiet. this cloud is coming in from the atlantic slowly but surely from the south—west, to change things tomorrow. ahead of that, if you shower is coming from the irish sea, they will fade away, but showers are still brushing northern ireland and running into western and northern scotland. we are looking at icy patches around tonight where we have the showers in the north—west. a frost in place already. that develops more widely and even south may be a touch of frost in places, much colder than last night. nearly —6 in eastern scotla nd last night. nearly —6 in eastern scotland tonight. a cold frosty start and maybe a few missed batches first thing. you are showers, northern and western scotland, but here comes the cloud —— mist patches. ahead of that, fairly low

temperatures. it has been cold in the northern half but it will feel cold across many southern areas now as well. we could get a frost on tuesday night, that is more likely in scotland and the north—east of england. not quite as cold elsewhere, we have the cloud producing outbreaks of rain, and as it moves slowly north we could see outbreaks of snow in the tops of the pennines, more likely to get that in the southern uplands. a cold day for scotla nd the southern uplands. a cold day for scotland with the frost to begin and in the cloud coming in. milder elsewhere where we have cloud and outbreaks of rain, it could be quite heavy for a time. we move into thursday. the wet weather moves through and it will be mild everywhere eve n through and it will be mild everywhere even for scotland and northern ireland, the mildest day of the week. he winds it is the main feature as we the week. he winds it is the main feature 8s we move the week. he winds it is the main feature as we move into friday but both days have the chance of seeing some rain. the wind courtesy of the area of depression which gets close

enough on friday to cause a few concerns, the risk of damaging winds. it could get up may be around 60 in terms of miles per hour. no warnings at the moment but that is one to watch later in the week. hello, i‘m ros atkins, this is 0utside source. in poland, the most important climate change talks in three years are beginning, with a renewed focus on implenting the paris agreement. more on that in a moment. the prime minister‘s brexit agreement has "uncomfortable, unattractive elements", but it is a "useful compromise". that‘s according to her attorney general. we will bring you date on that. there‘s a glimmer of hope in yemen — the un has brokered an evacuation of injured rebels. peace talks may be next. we‘ll hear reaction from sana‘a. translation: we hope that the new talks lead to an inclusive and complete solution to all the matters. to lift the war, to lift the blockade, to lift the oppression of the yemeni people.

plus, how the nypd tracked down a newly—engaged couple, afterfinding their ring in a grate.