hello. this is the briefing. this is the briefing, i'm sally bundock. hello. this is the briefing. our i'm sally bundock. top stories: our top story: judgement day for michael flynn, stories: judgement day from michael flynn, the the former us national security adviser is due to be sentenced flynn, the former the former us national security flynn, the former us national security adviser is due to be sentenced later sentenced later the line to be at the eye about his contact with russia. the starving children of yemen. a special report from inside the country as pro—government forces suggest the ceasefire in hodeidah has been broken. russia. —— suggest the ceasefire in hodeidah russia. —— fbi. a special report from inside yemen back on the streets of budapest. from inside yemen as they say the ceasefire has protestors vent their anger ceasefire has been broken. back on the streets of budapest, protesters vent their anger against the government. from poverty to global power, china marks a0 years of economic reforms which made it a well‘s second—biggest economy. also in business briefing, the former head of the world trade organization talks to us and says what he is sees as the biggest hurdle in the us— china trade spat. a very warm welcome to the

programme. we will brief you on all you need to note on global news in business and sport. also, we would like to know has your behaviour or use of social media changed? in the light of the latest reports that russia meddled in all big social media to influence the last us election. do tell us what you think. are you worried about misinformation and its impact? get in touch. let's begin. we start with the special counsel investigating russian interference in the us presidential election, which has released details of the lies told by former national security adviser michael flynn. this is to fbi agent

asking about his contacts with the russian ambassador. it comes ahead of mr flynn public sentencing later today. however, mr mueller says flynn provided details about links between the donald trump election tea m between the donald trump election team and russian officials and were, therefore, not recommend a jail sentence. our north american correspondence has the latest from la. the retired us army general was one of donald trump's closest advisers and most supporters during the 2016 campaign. he was appointed as national security adviser despite president's predecessor, barack obama, warning mrtrump president's predecessor, barack obama, warning mr trump against giving michael flynn a top job. obama, warning mr trump against giving michael flynn a topjob. it was in the post forjust 23 days. sacked by donald trump and it was revealed he had discussions with the russian ambassador to washington about lifting us sanctions on russia before mr trump took office. he had

also came out he liked the us vice president mike pence about the conversation. last december he pleaded guilty to charges that he lied to the fbi about his contacts with russia and he became the senior member of trump administration to be indicted. since then he has been incorporated with the investigation led by the special counsel robert mueller looking into whether the trump campaign included with russia. earlier this month, mr mueller said mr flynn provided assistance to the enquiry with first—hand details of contact between the president's transition team and russian government officials. as a result, the special council has said michael flynn should not go to jail are lying to federal investigators. he could get up to six months. we will have more on that story later, and send us your comments as mentioned. pro—government forces in yemen say as ceasefire in the red sea port of

hodeidah has been broken minutes after he came into effect midnight local time. rebels and the saudi— backed government agree to halt that fighting last week in sweden. but government officials say there have been renewed fighting almost immediately to the east of hodeidah, which serves as a vital gateway for the delivery of humanitarian aid to millions of yemeni in danger of starving. cbs reporter liz palmer sent this report from a clinic where dozens sent this report from a clinic where d oze ns of sent this report from a clinic where dozens of malnourished children and their mothers are being treated. this child is to and weighs half what it sure. it tries to be fed nutrition packed pace but he doesn't wa nt nutrition packed pace but he doesn't want it. why would he refused it? he cannot keep it down? his muscles are so wasted, he can no longer walk. there are 25 malnourished children

and their mothers in this clinic. but many more are never make it to this small outpost of mercy in yemen's rugged north—west. this is dryland farming country but venture off the main road and you will spot clusters of makeshift tents everywhere. at least six the thousand people have fled here after fighting and saudi air strikes destroyed their homes in their lives. we met the people of this camp who crowded around to show us their desperation. they are so short of food, they are cooking leaves. they are cooking these? yes, they say. even though it gives the children diarrhoea. they want to know why isn't more of help coming? the fact is aid are trying to scale up, but they are facing huge obstacles. meanwhile, the he go is

more acute every day. the nurse told me, ican more acute every day. the nurse told me, i can offer my compassion, but they need a whole lot more than that. that's brief you on other stories in the news. the polish president has reinstated a group of supreme court judges after being ordered to do so by the european court ofjustice. all ausmat government dropped the retirement age from 70 to 65 as part of broad changes that were widely condemned as an attack on the rule of law. the european commission brought the legal case against poland over fears that traditionally independence was being undermined. new zealand is to hold a binding referendum on legalising cannabis for recreational use. thejustice minister andrew little announced the vote would be held on the same day as the next general election in 2020. canada's referendum was one of the demands made by the greens party

in return for supporting the prime minister's labour's coalition government in parliament. here in the uk there has been another twist in the brexit saga. opposition leaderjeremy corbyn has tabled a motion of no confidence in the prime minister, to reader may. the bbc understands the government will not take time or the largely symbolic vote to take base. mr corbyn stopped short of calling for a full motion of no—confidence in the government, which could lead to a general election. if it is a move is to pressure rise to reader may to bring forward the mp‘s delayed vote on her brexit deal. she sets out a timetable motion that was agreed and it should have been voted on last week. she suspended the debate and now has refused to have a vote this week and out it appears to have the vote about a month from now. it is unacceptable

and we are demanding that the vote ta ke and we are demanding that the vote take place this week and set down the terms of our motion in exactly those terms that every member of the house can understand that it is supporting the principle of having a vote. that is jeremy vote. that isjeremy corbyn, the leader of the opposition, the labour party. we have the managing director of the european bank and development. give us european bank and development. give us your take on what was a symbolic move on the part ofjeremy corbyn, but it seems to have no teeth? i think this is not going very far and we are hearing already that the ha rd and we are hearing already that the hard brexiters and that conservative party and also u p that she relies on to keep going will support her in any no—confidence vote, so that is no option —— back dup. we watched an ideal preparations that will be discussed by the cabinet today. we also hear from the discussed by the cabinet today. we also hearfrom the european commission that they are making their plans which will include ways

of giving airlines flying in the event of an ideal brexit. even that is smoke and mirrors that it was important about theresa may yesterday in house of parliament was really the things she did not say, not what she said. at one stage, she was asked whether there were certain starters in which she would consider extending the article 50 negotiations with the european union, and she avoided answering that question and i think therein lies the key, that is a possibility. will there be something once we get through his vote injanuary which will lead to that. whatjeremy corbyn is trying to force is having a vote prior to christmas is possible on her brexit deal. he is saying there is not enough time to debate this. if we do this in the middle ofjanuary, you don't have enough time and that is not fair don't have enough time and that is notfairon don't have enough time and that is not fair on those sitting in parliament and on those of us who elected them to be there. your thoughts on that? he knows full well that it are planned to push this as close to the wire as possible, which is whyjanuary, to

see if she can get more verbal reassurances, and whether to give mps not much time. they are forced and cheating still actually backed her deal. i think that is wishful thinking. it will be very hard to get all the people to back her. she may peel away a few people at the edges but there is still not going to be the number that she needs. jonathan is back. that isjust the beginning. we have a lot more to discuss later on when we look all the global media stories coming up in our news briefing. now, protesters have once again taken to the streets of what a pest for the sixth consecutive day against the fidesz government. demonstrators accuse them of being a government mouthpiece. what marks of these protests apart from other demonstrations against the fidesz government over the years is the simplicity of the main issue at stake. this is less about

a bstra ct at stake. this is less about abstract issues like human rights and justice and more about overtime, how many hours ordinary hungarians will have to work in the coming yea rs, will have to work in the coming years, and if and when they will ever be paid for their labourers. it is also about immigration because reason that the government pushed through this year overtime law is a shortage of labour in hungary, though many young unskilled hungarians have gone abroad in search of better opportunities. from the shouts of the crowd, it is also about corruption. the crowds here alleged the government and those close to it up effectively stealing from the people. it is also about the state television and government—controlled of the media.

there is a problem, that we have in this country. when i was 18, in 1990, we decided something else at that time. we didn't want a system like this now. the government is clearly hoping that the people here on the streets over these days will go home for the christmas holidays and not come out again in the new year. stay with us on the briefing. in timor to come, including catalan‘s former speakerjailed for declaring independence takes her case for release to the european of human rights. after eight months on the run, saddam hussein has been tracked down and captured by american forces. saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people,

our women, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes, but they brought a formal end to 3.5 years of conflict, conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. the headlines on bbc news. michael

flynn, president donald trump's former national security adviser is due to be sentenced to lying to the fbi about his contacts with russian officials during the transition. pro—government forces in yemen say a ceasefire in the red sea port of hodeidah has been broken minutes after it came into effect. chinese president xi has given a major speech in which he says the country will expand its economic reforms and push efforts to open up foreign markets to companies. his comments come after the country marks a0 yea rs come after the country marks a0 years since leader deng xiaoping started a series of capitalist experiments which transformed china from an isolated backwater to the world's second—biggest economy but it comes as growth there slows and tensions rise, with other major economies in the world, notably the

united states. let's go to beijing. stephen macdonald listen to the whole speech, i understand. tell us more about how they are marking this anniversary. well, xijinping said what the communist party had achieved over the last a0 years, lifting 7a0 million people out of poverty, had been a miracle and the rest of the world can expect plenty more miracles where that came from so the message was, we are not finished yet. impressed? more to come. he referred to the possibility of china opening up more. that will please certain big international corporations wanting to get access to this market but he also made it clear that a good blacksmith, i'll give you the exact quote, it takes a good blacksmith to make good steel. the key to china's development lies

in the party. that message is that we are going to be, wii, with me, thatis we are going to be, wii, with me, that is xijinping we are going to be, wii, with me, that is xi jinping at the centre of this economy, but don't worry because we are interested in opening up because we are interested in opening up and this is the sort of firm hand on the rudder, if you like. that was his message. one big moment in a speech which got a lot of applause was when he said this had been a soul stirring historicaljourney that has achieved a big accomplishments. that was probably the most stirring line. i think even china's biggest critics could hardly criticise him over that. the economic achievements have been right —— remarkable despite its failures. it has been an extraordinary journey failures. it has been an extraordinaryjourney in the last four decades. are there any voices in china who disagree, who say the

introduction of capitalism, the various experiments that were started some time ago, and had a negative impact? he did kind of allude to the problems of it. it's not all been fantastic. for example, the wealth gap here is still enormous and yet, if you have all these many hundreds of millions of people who now have televisions in fridges and these kind of things, they didn't have before. there has been good and bad with it. in this speech, he has tried to refer to the problems and said, don't worry, we are getting better at this, transport and the like, we can still improve. he referred to building a green economy. one of the criticisms has been that it's come at a massive environmental cost. air and water pollution. now that china has achieved what it has, he was saying

we now need to look towards a greener future. all right, thank you for giving us your take on it. will have more on that on our business briefing including more discussion and analysis on what china has achieved in the last a0 years. carme forcadell was in the speaker ‘s chair when the parliament of catalonia declared independence from spain last year. she, who is 63, has beenin spain last year. she, who is 63, has been in prison since march without trial and is accused of rebellion on her partner the push for catalan independence. now she has asked the european court of human rights to her release. our correspondence spoke to carme forcadell in prison. last october, the parliament of catalonia voted to declare independence from spain. in the chair was carme forcadell. for

living independence to be debated here, carme forcadell was accused of rebellion and faces 17 years in jail. she has already been in prison since march, held a head of a trial expected to begin in the new year. now the former speaker is asking the european court of human rights to free her. i have come to interview carme forcadell at her prison. i was allowed to bring the camera so her words are spoken by an actor. —— i was not allowed. prosecutors allege carme forcadell

ignored warnings from the country's highest court, racing ahead with the independence debate, putting the cata la n independence debate, putting the catalan parliament in breach of the spanish constitution. at home in sabadell, yellow ribbons to show support the carme forcadell and eight other imprisoned leaders. her husband was wearing one when we met. at the prison, they sing for

carme forcadell. she knows they are there but from her cell, she can't hear them. let's bring you all the sports stories. hello, this is the sport briefing. coming up, but the world cup, real madrid —— real madrid is handed a tie and stand at the slalom and surfing action from two sporting legends. all that to come. first, the beef club cup resumes on tuesday when alain face a river plate in the

first of the semifinals. river, like real madrid, received by while the winners of the way it pro league ever to play two matches. they caused a major upset with victory over the african champions but will need to pull off a short shock if they are to get past river plate. need to pull off a short shock if they are to get past river platem isa they are to get past river platem is a great club, a great history in this part of the world but in this pa rt this part of the world but in this part of the world, al ain is not as well—known as river plate or real madrid or whatever. many times, we have to take this tournament as a bonus, a privilege to be part of this tournament, to learn, but you can learn when you enjoy, when you

are happy, when you are satisfied. this is the only way how we can make maybe history. meanwhile, in germany, the top two in bundesliga in action on tuesday, dortmund, currently nine points clear at the top, are away at dusseldorf white in second place, borussia munchengladbach are away against nuremberg. real madrid have been joined against dutch side ajax. to the intriguing ties seek french league leaders psg take on manchester united and while there is a return to journey —— manchester united and while there is a return tojourney —— germany manchester united and while there is a return to journey —— germany for jurgen klopp where he takes liverpool to bayern munich. the first game will be vital because we don't have bandai. we'll be relying on the crowd, the atmosphere. we

need to keep quiet. the last season, the teams are scored in the away leg. it's dangerous that we stop by and the first leg. the austrian ski are marcel hirscher has claimed a 62nd title by winning the men's parallel giant slalom title in italy. the defending world cup champion was up against the frenchman in the final and beaten by 14 frenchman in the final and beaten by 1a one hundredths of a second to the parallel title to his victory in the giant slalom on sunday. he leads the overall world cup standing by 100 points. and that is it, all the latest news on our website. from the end the rest of the team, that is tuesday's sport briefing. that is, thank you. look at the bbc news, one

of the top stories, russia medal in all big social media are so lots of detail on that story. this is the first analysis of millions of social media accounts. we asked you, are you changing your behaviour. are you using social media less. many of you have been untouched ever. we have someone with the twitter handle sa nta someone with the twitter handle santa sack who says, closed facebook down years ago. mark zuckerberg can't be trusted. tony franklin says all media has to be considered in the context of societal, political individual agendas. i questioned everything including bbc news, so you should. and this view says he only uses twitter as a social media platform. we are looking at a spell

of wet and windy weather across the western side of the country. the heaviest rain and strongest winds are always across the western parts, that's close to this area of low pressure. weather fronts here, it's not one of those fronts that's going to come along in a dead straight line. there are pulses of energy running along the front and that brings uncertainty with the timings of our band of rain. nevertheless, if you're heading outside over the next few hours, the winds will be picking up and we'll see the rain getting into many western areas. in east, though, probably a dry start to the day but it is that bit cooler. the big pressure chart shows this area of low pressure quite nicely just to the north—west of the uk, with tightly—packed isobars telling you it is going to be windy. we've already seen there will be gales around across western parts. the winds could gust to 65mph across parts of wales and south—west england, particularly around the coasts and the hills. similarfigures to northern ireland.

these areas also having some heavy rain, which could bring the risk of some localised surface water flooding issues. now, as i say, there's some uncertainty with this band of rain that will slowly and erratically push its way eastwards. it could clear eastern scotland a bit more quickly, but with showers following, and although most of the day will be dry across east anglia and south—east england, i couldn't rule out an odd passing shower here. wherever you are, though, with the southerly winds blowing, it will be a mild day. temperatures between 10 and 12 celsius. through tuesday evening, the rain will finally arrive and slowly push its way eastwards across east anglia, south—east england, north—east england too, before clearing overnight. our low pressure's still there for the middle part of the week. weatherfronts wrapped around the centre of low pressure. what that means is we'll have a blustery day on wednesday with a mixture of sunshine and showers, but the showers will tend to merge to give some lengthier spells of rain at times across western and southern areas, leaving the best of any dry weather and sunshine to the north and east. it'll start to get a bit cooler across the north of the uk,

but those temperatures getting close to normal for this time of year. still relatively mild in the south. for thursday, the low pressure still on the charts, but it's filling, so we won't see such strong winds on thursday. the showers will be with us, mainly affecting the north—west of the country although a few will run through the english channel and clip into south—east england. temperatures close to normal in the north. that's your latest weather. this is your business briefing. from poverty to global power, china bloc a0 yea rs of poverty to global power, china bloc a0 years of reforms that made it the second biggest economy. in the former head of the world for a —— world trade organization tells us what he's even bigger hurdle in the us- what he's even bigger hurdle in the us— china trade spat. on financial markets, traders are on airjazz wall street ta kes markets, traders are on airjazz wall street takes another tumble that saw the broader market s&p 500

closing at its lowest in 1a months. many ask where is the santa rally?