i'm mariko oi in singapore. the headlines: president trump agrees to shutdown his personal charity after the new york attorney general accuses it of a "shocking pattern of illegality". jose mourinho‘s out — but who's in? manchester united seek their fifth manager in five years. not going to win the title, we will be lucky if we get on the top 4 now so be lucky if we get on the top 4 now so let's just forget this. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme. the gender gap: why it could be another two centuries before women earn the same as men — and have equaljob opportunities. and into the arctic — a special report on china's ambitions to finance greenland's future. but the tiny population of this vast empty country isn't going to know what has hit it. good morning.

it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in new york where president trump's personal charity has agreed to close amid claims that mr trump — and others — used it to further political and business interests. last month a court decision, allowed a lawsuit against the trump foundation to go ahead on the grounds of illegal conduct. mr trump denies the allegations. our north america editorjon sopel reports from washington. chanting: usa, usa, usa! election night 2016 and donald trump is soaking up the applause surrounded by his children. but they're also part of the business and also trustees of his charity, the donald j trump foundation.

but far from this being a vehicle for giving and philanthropy, the new york attorney general has described, in the most scathing terms, how the trumps were using this for their own purposes. trump's attorney said those accusations were inaccurate and politicised. and here in washington the president's former national security adviser michael flynn has been appearing in court over conversations he had with the russian ambassador at around the time of the election. he lied to the fbi about it. the sentencing should have been routine — it was anything but. michael flynn arrived in court this morning, hoping he'd be given an non—custodial sentence but the judge very quickly made clear he took flynn's offences

far more seriously. thejudge also mused whether flynn should have been charged with treason. in light of this, his lawyers argued for sentencing to be delayed. the threat of incarceration has not gone away. i mean, god help us! ironic, really, as the general was the man during the election who led the chants of "lock her up" about donald trump's rival hillary clinton. yep, that's right, lock her up! but despite lying to the fbi, and the vice president and pleading guilty, the president is standing by him. tweeting this morning... a theme picked up at the briefing with the white house accusing the fbi of behaving improperly over this. the fbi broke standard protocol in the way that they came in and ambushed general flynn and in the way that they questioned him and in the way that they encouraged him not to have white house counsel's

office present. lock him up! as flynn left court to some chants of "lock him up", the white house was doing nothing to dispel the impression that in this case, the president was more on the side of the man who had broken the law than the people who were charged with enforcing it. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. our other top stories this hour — here in the uk — the cabinet has agreed to step up plans for a possible no—deal brexit. $2.5 billion is being allocated to government departments to help them prepare. in addition, britain's defence secretary says three and a half thousand troops are to be put on stand—by to deal with potential disruption. our europe editor katya adler has the view from brussels. you will have heard about this idea ofa you will have heard about this idea of a managed no deal brexit so watch out tomorrow for plans by the european commission to maintain the

status quo in certain key areas in case of no deal brexit so can't sport example to make sure that planes can and land between the eu and the uk, also the movement of finance but brussels will be keen to find out this is not in the uk's baby, it's to protect them from the more catastrophic consequences without a deal. these mini deals, if you like, will be strictly time—limited and they will be ended without any consultation with the united kingdom. also making news today. japan has announced new defence spending over five years on aircraft carriers, advanced stealth fighters and long—range missiles. the government says it's needed to combat the growing threat from china. officials insist the plans are allowed underjapan‘s pacifist constitution, which limits the country's military to defence. the highest—ranking health official in the us has issued a rare warning over the use of e—cigarettes. surgeon generaljerome adams says the threat to young people is particularly dangerous.

one in five high school students currently uses e—cigarettes in the us — that's a 78% increase on last year. four blasts have been reported in yemen's main port city of hodeidah on the first day of a ceasefire between houthi rebels and the saudi—backed government. the port is vital for food and aid supplies to yemen. it's not yet clear which side was responsible for the blasts. the italian architect renzo piano will oversee the construction of a new motorway bridge in genoa to replace one that collapsed and killed 43 people in august. the new project will cost around 230 million dollars and should be complete within a year. a number of lorries toppled over during a stormy ferry crossing between northern ireland and scotland earlier — one witness described it as a ‘big dip‘ in rough seas. no—one was badly injured but several people were trapped in their cars. women must wait 202 years before

they can earn the same as men and have equal job opportunities according to the latest gender gap report from the world economic forum. it says the rise in robots, and the lack of childcare are keeping many women out of work. the report ranks 149 countries based on 4 categories: economic opportunity; political empowerment; educational achievement and health and survival. iceland, norway, sweden and finland are ranked as the top four countries making the most progress, the philippines is also up there at number 8. lagging much further behind are singapore at 67, china at 103 and japan at 110. anna—karin jatfors is the deputy regional director

for asia pacific for un women. i asked her why it would take more than 200 years for women to achieve pay equality. we can agree that 200 years is not enough to have gender equality but we can see progress around the asia—pacific and parts of the world has been far too slow and uneven and it is an irony that in our region many countries have benefited from higher levels of economic growth but the benefits of that growth have not been equally shared between women and men and across the region we are seeing very high wage gaps between women and men and it is across the employment spectrum. some reasons thatis employment spectrum. some reasons that is due to the segmentation of labour market. in the care economy, in manufacturing, and agriculture, which is traditionally lower wage.

they are less likely to be working. still the unpaid care work to carefully elderly and children rest is still very much with women and so they drop out of the market to take ca re of they drop out of the market to take care of family members. even when they are working, they are stuck in they are working, they are stuck in the bottom end of the chain with the most insecure jobs often informal employment and without access to critical benefits like pension, pa rental leave critical benefits like pension, parental leave and so on. what's very interesting in this report is that economic growth on its own has not been enough. we are seeing these challenges in developed and developing countries. what you think the philippines is doing so well, ranking at number 8 compared to countries like singapore, china and japan? what we are seeing is, we've had good practices across the region. for example, as the philippines is done, extend social protection to domestic workers, for

example. women in the informal economy. that's very important. we also have good practices in other countries. expanding access to affordable childcare. having pa rental leave affordable childcare. having parental leave policies, notjust for women but in wet from end —— but the man to allow women to combine their career aspirations with their professional aspirations. these are some of the things that countries have done and been very effective. of course, companies themselves have a really important role to play by creating workplace practices and workplace environments that are conducive to women and men, having recruitment policies, promotion policies, committing to equal pay. and transparently monitoring progress on that. it's notjust governments but we see also the private sector having a very important part in allowing women and men to effectively combine work and

career aspirations. after an awful start to the season, and defeat to arch rivals liverpool, jose mourinho has been sacked as manager of manchester united. the red devils look set to appoint a caretaker manager until the end of the season with a permanent replacement after that. our sports editor dan roan has more. driven out. jose mourinho here leaving town this afternoon, hours after learning he had been sacked as manchester united manager, the end of a turbulent reign. his fate had been sealed 48 hours earlier. their woeful defeat to liverpool marked a new low, this is their worst start to a league season for 28 years. and with the club's hierarchy watching on, patience had run out. you cannot just pin the blame on one person. yes, the manager takes the rap and he has lost his job for that because ultimately he is the one that has to get the best out of the players. quite clearly, that

has not been the case. but when you go back to the summer, he wanted to be back and bring other players into the football club and for whatever reason, he wasn't. with a salary of around £18 million a year, mourinho spent £400 million on 11 players. but despite such investment, the club finds itself 19 points behind the league leaders. he's not inspired the team. once you start criticising players in public, then it starts to go pear shaped. it is dire, there's no attacking, there's no desire. it's as miserable as sin. so where did it all go wrong? despite winning two trophies in his first season, mourinho never adhered to the club's attacking traditions and over the summer, tensions rose. he was unhappy at a lack of transfers and clashed with star players, especially record signing paul pogba. after a poor start, the strain began to show. i have won more premierships

alone than the other 19 managers put together. i have won more premierships alone than the other 19 managers together. three for me, two for them. respect, respect. respect. the glory years of the sir alex ferguson era feel a long time ago now as united search for a fourth manager in five years after the previous failures of david moyes and louis van gaal. today, the favourite to take over next summer was giving little away. it's not my business what happens in another club. i only want to send my best wishes to jose. mourinho was football's special one, enjoying succes at the world's biggest clubs. but with him, things often turned sour and having been sacked by both chelsea and now united, the sense is the game may have moved on without him. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: opening up greenland — why china is bidding to finance development in the mineral rich territory. also on the programme:

qatar's plans for the world cup take shape, but questions remain over claims of corruption and worker welfare. 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. welcome back. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko 0i in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: president trump agrees to shut down his personal charity after the new york attorney general accuses it of a "shocking pattern of illegality". manchester united sacks its manager, jose mourinho, after a string of terrible results. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the south china morning post leads with president xi jinping's speech to mark the 40th anniversary of major economic reform in the country. but it says those hoping to hear

about new initiatives to liberalise the economy were ‘disappointed'. the international edition of the new york times looks at the yellow vest demonstrations in france and how the far—right led by marine le pen is capitalising on them, seeing some of the protesters as potential recruits. and the japan times reports on the country's decision to boost its defence spending — as we reported earlier. the government's new defence guidelines say china's military activity is a source of ‘strong concern'. the next football world cup will take place in exactly four years' time in qatar. it's the first world cup to be staged during winter, creating scheduling problems for european leagues. work on the main stadium is well under way — despite concerns about the welfare of workers and an ongoing dispute with some of its neighbours that's led to a blockade. 0ur sports correspondent, richard conway reports from doha. it's qatar's national day,

a chance to celebrate and look to the future. this gas—rich state is preparing to create an even bigger bang, though, in four years' time, when it gets to host football's biggest tournament. world cup plans, though, are now springing off the drawing board and into life. it's an opportunity for people to experience us, experience the agriculture, the richness and the rich heritage and culture we have to offer. that's what the world cup offers you. it is nothing but sand at the moment, but in four years because time it would be lost, green grass. this is where the opening world cup game and grand final will be staged. it is ina game and grand final will be staged. it is in a stadium rising up out of the desert. part of a tournament that that organisers hope changes

mind on where and how sporting events mind on where and how sporting eve nts ca n mind on where and how sporting events can be held. qatar has been criticised in recent years over labour standards for workers building its world cup infrastructure. human rights groups have cautiously welcomed recent reforms, but issues remain. some of the workers are making $175, £140, a month. is that morally defensible? no doubt that there is room for improvement in that element. the fact is that there was no minimum wage established previously. now we're talking about implementing and applying minimum wage. so i have no doubt that progress on worker welfare reform will continue. it will progress. it's not a journey that's going to end. qatar has never featured at a world cup, with many questioning its right to now stage such a prestigious event. have you seen a big difference in the way that people watch football or the way the qatari people love football? yes, of course. we all, as arab, we like football. we can't live without football. with exactly four years

until the final, there are many questions over what this world cup will be like, especially for fans far removed from qatar's islamic cultural norms. the hosts, though, believe such fears are unfounded and have a self—belief that football can deliver a brighter future for all. richard conway, bbc news, doha. forty years since china set out on a path to open up its economy, beijing continues to look for new opportunities to expand and invest overseas. that includes the arctic. greenland, a danish territory to the east of canada, is seen as a key staging post on a trading route linking china to europe and north america. but concerns have been raised about beijing getting a foothold in this strategically important region. from greenland, our world affairs editor, john simpson, reports. the chinese are coming. they are

getting icebreakers the chinese are coming. they are getting icebrea kers ready the chinese are coming. they are getting icebreakers ready to open in new poll the trade routes. there are minerals to be extracted and huge scope for development. china is demanding a say in the whole future of the arctic, though it insists its interest is entirely peaceful. greenland's the ideal place to start. it's empty. a bit neglected. and it's got a chip on its shoulder where its distant colonial masters, the danes, are concerned. now, though, things are about to change. this tiny airport is going to disappear, so our two others like it in greenland. the company in charge of turning all three into big international airports is fired up about it. we are doing these three airports and each of them are the biggest construction projects ever donein

biggest construction projects ever done in greenland to this day, so it is huge. it is going to be very important for the infrastructure in greenland in the future. china is among those bidding for the contract. you have really got to be here to get any idea of how enormous greenland is. it's the 12th largest country on earth. and yet the population is tiny. it's less than 60,000, the size of a small town in western europe. greenland is mineral rich and cash poor and there are an awful lot of people here who would be only too glad if the chinese moved in in large numbers. it gets dark by three o'clock, but in the capital people are selling things, second—hand clothes, cakes they have made, anything to get a bit of cash. there is real poverty here. several inuit is, indigenous people, are trying to sell ducks they have

caught. —— king eider ducks. next morning, in the freezing cold, a couple of the inuit are going out to hunt so more king eider ducks. their friend was enthusiastic about the idea, that the chinese might move in in force. i think it is good for greenland is the chinese can build some and greenland can grow, so it's good. good for everybody. yeah, i think. attitudes to chinese involvement are divided on ethnic lines. the majority inuit are mostly keen, the minority of danish descent tend not to be. the man who delivers water to the outlying communities was worried. for me, i don't like it, because they want to take it all and they leave greenland with nothing and i think the greenlandic

should do it themselves. the greenlandic government wants eventual independence from denmark. the prime minister and foreign minister would not be interviewed about china's involvement here, but about china's involvement here, but a previous prime minister was repaired to talk. we live in 2019, so the world has changed. so what greenland needs urgently is investments from the outside. and you don't really see investment from the us or europe. so you would be happy to see china putting money into greenland in a big way, would you? yes. denmark doesn't agree. just recently the danish prime minister, lars rasmussen, came here on an attention grabbing visit, both denmark and the united states are seriously worried the chinese might get a strategic bridge in here. he

visit —— visited the american missile base to show his support. his party's foreign affairs spokesman explained their nervousness. china is actually a communist dictatorship. therefore, we should be very worried about, you know, how they should evolve around the world. i don't like to have them in our own backyard, because i would be worried, also from a security perspective. the trouble is, the americans and the danes have long taken greenland for granted, and neither of them have spent too much money on it. now that china's showing an interest, though, things are suddenly about to change. in just over four years' time, there will be three big new international airports operating here, bringing in investors and workers and tourists. the tiny population of this vast, empty country isn't going to know what's hit it. john simpson, bbc news, greenland. an extraordinary look at a

remarkable place. you have been watching newsday. i'm babita sharma in london. and i'm mariko 0i in singapore. stay with us. i'll be back with business news. it's the biggest share listing in japan — and the second biggest in history. shares in softbank‘s mobile business make their stock market debut. more on that to come. before we go, there's been a change of the guard at the international space station. a new three—person crew, including nasa astronaut anne mcclain, arrived safely earlier this month ensuring that iss will continue to operate with humans on board as it has done for at least 18 years. a recent spacex resupply mission included fresh food for the upcoming holidays. you are up—to—date. stay with us. we will be back with the headlines next. hello. after tuesday's rain most of

us hello. after tuesday's rain most of us will get to see some sunshine in the day ahead. there will be showers around. as we take a look at the big picture, this is tuesday's weather front, it has moved to the east. this weather front approaching from the west will bring showers across western parts late in the day. it is a cool start to the day four wednesday. there may a touch of frost, sheltered glens in scotland. some of us are in low single figures. early showers towards south—east england and east anglia. the bulk will fade going into the afternoon. showers scattered western parts, some heavy one, maybe some fund, gusty winds as well. not as windy as it was. —— thunder. the showers get heavier and more widespread late in the day. not a cold wind direction but temperatures are down in bed with tuesday. more of us sink down into single figures. —— compared with tuesday. there will be some turnaround. for a time going into the evening, the first part of

the night, some of the showers will work eastwards across the uk. some heavy ones around. the second half of wednesday night they are mostly around southern and western coastal areas. still quite breezy out there. still some temperatures heading down to single figures. for most of us we area to single figures. for most of us we are a few degrees above freezing. the big picture for thursday, zero —— low pressure to the north of the british isles, areas closest to that most likely to see further showers on thursday. that is across scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, north and west wales, and some pushing further eastwards through the day. it is still quite breezy out there. for a large part of the midlands, east anglia, southern england, and some towards the north—east of scotland as well it will be largely dry and the best of the available sunny spells. temperatures are fairly close to average. still on the mild side the further south you are. that is how per se is shaping up. into friday, rain at moving northwards with sunshine following on behind.

—— that is how per se. —— thursday. quite strong winds behind. with this weather system, but mild air following as well. a little bit on the chilly side across northern scotland. early fog around to start the day. looking into the weekend, saturday will be the driest day. on sunday, outbreaks of rain, showers around, breezy over the weekend. but for the last weekend before christmas it is still looking male. bye— bye christmas it is still looking male. bye—bye —— my mild. i'm babita sharma with bbc world news. our top story. donald trump's charity foundation is closing down — facing allegations that funds were illegally misused. new york's attorney general accused the trump foundation of engaging in a shocking pattern of illegality. the charity's lawyer described the attorney general‘s statement as misleading. and lawyers for president trump's former national security adviser,

michael flynn, have accepted a judge's offer of a delay in his sentencing because he's still cooperating with prosecutors. mr flynn has admitted lying to the fbi. and this story is attracting huge interest across the world. jose mourinho has been sacked as manager of manchester united after the club made its worst start to a season in 28 years. he's faced a barrage of criticism over his signings and the team's style of play. more later. now on bbc news, hardtalk.