welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers this is bbc news. in north america the and around the globe. my name is headlines: mike embley. our top stories: the australian cardinal george pell one of the most high—ranking is found guilty of child abuse, officials in the catholic church, the most senior catholic the australian cardinal and former vatican treasurer george pell, cleric to be convicted. has been convicted of sexually abusing two choirboys north korea's leader, kimjong—un, in melbourne cathedral. arrives in hanoi for his second he was found guilty on five charges in december summit with president trump. but reporting restrictions have only now been lifted. in a surprise move, iran's foreign he plans to appeal the verdict. minister announces his resignation the north korean leader kimjong—un on social media, and has arrived in vietnam ahead apologises of his summit with president trump. for his shortcomings. his train pulled in to dong dang station on the border with china 2.5 the old man and the snow. the colorado hermit who has produced days after leaving pyongyang. there‘s tight security in vietnam decades of data to help combat ahead of the meeting. climate iran‘s foreign minister, mohammad javad zarif, change. has unexpectedly said that he‘s resigning, apologising for what he called his shortcomings during more than five years in the post. he negotiated the 2015 nuclear deal that restricted iran‘s nuclear ambitions in return for an easing of international sanctions. one of the most high—ranking officials in the catholic church, the australian cardinal and former vatican treasurer george pell, has been convicted of sexual abuse. now on bbc he was found guilty in december

on five charges of assaulting two choirboys in melbourne cathedral, news, it‘s monday in but reporting restrictions have only now been parliament. lifted. it is just two days since the pope held an unprecedented conference at the vatican to address a damaging series of allegations against priests, worldwide. more from the bbc‘s hywel griffiths. he had returned from rome claiming he would clear his name, but cardinal george pell, once one of the pope's closest advisers, now faces going to jail. the 77—year—old was for many years the face of the church in australia, revered for his intellect and uncompromising manner. but pell also used his power to manipulate and abuse. in 1986, in one of his first services as archbishop in melbourne cathedral, pell found two choirboys helping themselves to communion

wine. he told them that they were in trouble, and then, grabbing them by the head, forced both into a series of sexual acts. in his rise through the ranks of the catholic church in australia, george pell became responsible for dealing with the abuse perpetrated by other priests. here in melbourne, he claimed credit for setting up a world—first system to counsel and compensate victims, but for decades, his crimes remained hidden. george pell reached the top level in the vatican, becoming its treasurer. from rome, he gave evidence to an inquiry into abuse in australia. the churches in many places, certainly in australia, has mucked things up, has let people down. i am not here to defend the indefensible. but some feel pell has further crimes to answer for, accusing him of concealing abuse

and protecting other abusers. he had a vested interest in covering it up. the whole hierarchy of the catholic church aided and abetted paedophile priests and brothers to rape and molest thousands upon thousands of children. pell has always denied covering up abuse. he has already been removed from rome's inner circle, but as a cardinal, he has kept his title. there are calls for the pope to force him to resign, with his own credibility at stake. the only way that the pope can get out of this sort of situation is really to demand, in my view, that he step down from his functions as a cardinal. for months, there has been frustration in australia that, until now, the details of his abuse could not be reported. cardinal pell, any message for your supporters today? news of his conviction will send shockwaves

across the catholic church, and expose once again its failure to deal with the dark history of clerical abuse. our correspondent hywel griffith is in melbourne. much still to emerge from this case, of course, we don't know what the sentence will be under cardinal's lawyers are saying they will appeal. yes, we learned today that he has already lodged an appeal against the conviction, and so this legal drama could yet have another chapter. but what will happen next is that tomorrow he will need to return to this court, and the sentencing process will begin. and i think you will have been told to expect a prison sentence. these are very serious sexual assault convictions, and that would ordinarily, in any circumstance, lead to a prison term. now, that is incredible, but we have to bear in mind what the victims‘ emotions are at the moment. we have had a statement from one of the two

surviving victims, who was a 13—year—old boy when he was assaulted by george pell. he said that he doesn‘t want to speak to the media, he doesn‘t want to give up his anonymity, but he has spent yea rs his anonymity, but he has spent years struggling with depression and loneliness, because he trusted someone loneliness, because he trusted someone he should have feared. so, while we‘ve seen a lot of emotion here outside court, really thoughts are now turning to the plight of the victims, and their decades of silence and struggle that is finally ending today. thank you very much for that. anticipation is building ahead of the second summit between president donald trump and the north korean leader, kim jong—un. the two men will meet on wednesday, with washington wanting pyongyang to restate its commitment to denuclearisation. the north korean leader arrived here at dong dang station within the past hour. north korea is desperate for an end to sanctions, after years of economic penalties. it is also seeking a declaration officially ending the korean war. the us wants a verifiable commitment to denuclearisation, a promise that north korea has made many times before and not fulfilled. in many ways, the relevant issues

are identical to those injune, when the leaders met for the first time in singapore. our south—east asia correspondent jonathan head is there. jonathan, what, realistically, can be expected from all this? well, it is very hard to say, mike, because a great deal depends on what north korea is willing to offer. the last summit was all about the relationship, the extraordinary sight of these two in many ways very unlike the leaders together. it was groundbreaking. there has to be significant progress this time. remember, the singapore summit finish with a broad declaration committing both countries to the denuclearisation of the korean peninsula, but neither agrees exactly what that is, and up until now there has been no sign of north korea being willing to make any concrete steps, either freezing any of its nuclear facilities or committing to international inspection regime, even a

framework for moving forward on the issue of denuclearisation. of course, it is a lwa ys denuclearisation. of course, it is always possible other quite important issues may also be raised at the summit, the chance of ending the state of war that has in effect existed between the two countries in the armistace of 1953 and the possibility of opening liaison officers. but many experts would argue those would—be deflections from the need for some concrete steps. you can‘t keep having summits on this scale, at this level, if there is in some substance, and so far we there is in some substance, and so farwe simply there is in some substance, and so far we simply don‘t know whether that‘s possible. far we simply don‘t know whether that's possible. it is still pretty extraordinary, isn‘t it? i guess we have to remind ourselves, jonathan, to see the north korean leader received like this, with all smiles, when he runs one of the most viciously repressive regimes in the world. hundreds of thousands of people, according to the un, in prison camps. but he is an honoured guest, he is an important person to be spoken to. yes, and i suppose you could say that is all down to the fa ct could say that is all down to the fact that he actually has nuclear

weapons, which is precisely why one can imagine the north koreans are very reluctant to take any significant steps to ending that capability. the fact is that north korea can pose now a significant nuclear threat, particular to its neighbours, much more than the united states, and that this summit here is all about ending that possibility. we are a very long way from that, but given the paralysis that has been in any kind of diplomacy in the past two to three decades, having these summits has opened up that possibility. the extraordinary way in which president trump has conducted foreign policy has opened an opportunity. the great fear though is that what president trump wants is the appearance of a foreign policy success to help his electoral, rather than the substance of progress on the denuclearisation, which will have to be slow and gradual and painful, and won‘t be as dramatic as perhaps he would want. everyone is concerned about what donald trump may give away in his

talks with kim jong—un, rather than perhaps getting significant concessions that experts say have to happen at this summit. it cannot just be all about show, which is what the previous one was. thank you very much indeed for that. let‘s get some of the day‘s other news: the financial regulator in the us has asked a federaljudge to hold the founder of the electric carmaker tesla, elon musk, in contempt because of a tweet. the securities and exchange commission says that, by writting that tesla would be producing 500,000 cars this year, mr musk had given inaccurate information. it said he had broken his own agreement with the sec not to tweet information on tesla‘s performance without first getting the company‘s approval. the contempt claim sent tesla‘s shares plunging by nearly 5.5%. police in bangladesh say a man who was shot dead after hijacking an airlinerwas carrying a toy pistol. the 25—year—old man was shot by police after the plane made an emergency landing. all 148 passengers and crew on board the biman airlines flight left the plane safely. 0fficials later

said the man was mentally imbalanced. the american singer r kelly has pleaded not guilty to ten charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against four women, three of whom were minors at the time. the r&b star spent the weekend in jail after failing to raise a bond of $1 million set by thejudge, although he has now been released. the trump administration is slapping new sanctions on more venezuelan officials, as the situation there only gets worse. the new measures target governors who are backing president nicolas maduro. vice president mike pence announced the move during a visit to colombia, where he met with venezuela‘s opposition leader, juan guaido. mr guaido has declared himself the country‘s interim president. both men are calling for mr maduro to stand down. but it was also just one more day in venezuela‘s long and inevitable

journey from tyranny to freedom. as president trump said one week ago today, so i say to all of you, despite the brutality that the world witnessed this weekend, a new day is coming in latin america, in venezuela, and across the western hemisphere. socialism is dying, and liberty, prosperity and democracy are being reborn before our eyes. mr guaido has urged regional leaders to consider stronger measures against mr maduro. translation: the world saw what venezuela has been enduring for yea rs, venezuela has been enduring for years, dismantling the rule of law, the attack on interpol, with the fields, the production of food is, and you saw in one day how sadistic

they were when they torched the medicine and food in front of people who are hungry, people in dire need of medicine. the entire world saw what venezuela has been enduring for years. now, the good news here, friends, is that venezuela resisted, is that the democratic values are prsent in each venezuelan that has mobilised and feels that today they have hope, a hope to change their future. the president of the european council says britain‘s departure in five weeks‘ time from the european union is likely to be postponed. but the british prime minister, theresa may, has insisted a delay would not resolve pending issues. mrs may has just returned to london from egypt, where she held talks with some eu leaders at an international summit. she will update parliament on the latest negotiations on tuesday, and has insisted that it is still possible to reach a deal by 29 march, when the uk is set to leave the eu. and, in another significant development, the british opposition leader, jeremy corbyn, says his labour party is now prepared to back another referendum to prevent britain exiting the eu without

a deal. labour says that if its own conditions for a brexit deal are not accepted, including a comprehensive customs union with the eu, the party would then support a fresh referendum. but, as vicki young explains, it is not clear what the terms of the referendum would be. her report does contain some flashing images. for months, the labour leader has been accused of dragging his feet, reluctant to swing behind another brexit referendum, even though that is what many labour party members want. tonight, he has taken a step in that direction. jeremy corbyn‘s allies say he is trying to keep the country together. whilst we have respected the result of the referendum, and we have been trying to make sure that we leave in a sensible way, with this prime minister, it is really very difficult indeed. and you would campaign to remain, if we got to the point, would you? of course i would campaign to remain, because i do think that‘s what‘s best for britain. and jeremy

corbyn? and i think — of course, if it was a disastrous tory brexit or remaining, then jeremy would campaign to remain. some, though, suspect this announcement is designed to stem the flow of disgruntled mps from the party. most of those who left last week have been pushing for a so—called people‘s vote. with brexit day drawing closer, former colleagues think this is the right solution. the country has been divided on brexit, the labour party and the conservatives have been divided on brexit. i think that this plan today starts to bring the labour party together. yes, let‘s go for a deal, if you want to do that. but let‘s also have the option to remain. you can only do that if you take this back to the british people, and draw a line under this whole sorry saga. the campaign for a second referendum has attracted thousands to marches across the country, but for mps representing seats in the midlands, the north of england and parts of wales, there is concern that labour could be accused of betraying the will of millions of people.

i have deep reservations about the idea of a second referendum. i think it would be very divisive for our country and for our communities. i think it would have a corrosive impact on the role and sovereignty of parliament. this is a shift in labour policy, but there is still confusion over some of the detail. what, for example, would be the question put in any referendum? and there is huge uncertainty over whether enough mps would back this policy in the house of commons. dozens of labour mps in the past have said they would be reluctant to do so. and one said tonight, this policy was so damaging, it would preventjeremy corbyn from ever becoming prime minister. for months, labour has stuck to a carefully crafted brexit policy. jeremy corbyn outlined his revised plan in a parliamentary meeting with mps, and soon discovered that when you please one group, you upset another. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: billy‘s feeling for snow. the colorado hermit who has

amassed decades of data on a changing climate. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos‘s sanctuary, malacanang — the name itself symbolizing one of the cruellest regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly using a cell from another sheep. citizens are trying to come to grips with their new freedom. though there is joy and relief today, the scars are everywhere. not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers in this part of africa. some of the swarms have been ten miles long. this is the last time

the public will see this pope. very soon, for the sake of the credibilty and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will, in his own words, "be hidden from the world for the rest of his life." this is bbc news. the latest headlines: australian cardinal george pell is found guilty of child abuse, the most senior catholic cleric to be convicted. north korean leader kimjong—un has arrived in hanoi for his second summit with president trump. iran‘s foreign minister, mohammad javad zarif, says he‘s stepping down. posting the news on his instagram account, he apologised for "shortcomings" during his time in government, though the exact reasons behind his decision are unclear. reformist mps in iran have urged president hassan rouhani not to accept the resignation. caroline rigby reports.

mohammad javad zarif has long been the face of iran‘s international diplomacy, particularly in the west. a former ambassador to the united nations, he became the islamic republic‘s top diplomat in 2013, when a reformist president hassan rouhani came to power. as an english—speaking, american educated foreign minister, he played a decisive role in often complexes are shared and is. he became one of the architects of the iran nuclear deal in 2015, and he has spearheaded effo rts in 2015, and he has spearheaded efforts to keep the agreement alive following president trump‘s decision last year to pull the us out of the accord. but mohammad javad zarif has been under huge pressure from hardliners at home who never liked or trust that his negotiations with the west. —— trusted. and in a surprise announcement the west. —— trusted. and in a surprise announcement on the west. —— trusted. and in a surprise announcement on instagram on monday he revealed his intention to resign. as well as thanking the iranian people and authorities, he wrote:

president hassan rouhani, who met with his syrian counterpart on monday, is yet to reveal weather he will accept the departure of such a key member of his team. mr zarif did not attend the discussions with president assad. it is unknown whether or not this played any part in his decision to step down. geneive abdo is a resident scholar at the arabia foundation where she specializes in political islam and iranian geopolitics. how much of a surprise as this, and how much of a surprise was it that the declaration was made on instagram? it is not really a surprise because there has always been an understanding within the system that if the nuclear deal did not break ——

bring forth benefits for iran, then those who were responsible for it would be disposed of. i mean, that has sort of in the unofficial understanding. and so, like most centrist in iran, dating back over the last a0 years, those who have taken the risk and have failed, former president muhamed being another example, are then cast to the wayside. so it is not surprising this has happened because since president trump withdrew from the deal, and since european major investors have either cancelled their contracts with iran or have not been forward leaning in signing up not been forward leaning in signing up new not been forward leaning in signing up new ones, not been forward leaning in signing up new ones, it has been a serious problem for the architects of the deal, mainly mohammad javad zarif

and is president rouhani. what do you think of the likely foreign policy impact of this? it may not be considers that president assad of syria has been visiting. —— be a coincidence. of course. this is a not a great gesture, and other great sign of the direction that the regime is moving towards. and, you know, as we know from a0 years of postrevolutionary history, there are rival factions within this and they compete with one another and at times there are windows of more centrist, rationality. but forthe most pa rt centrist, rationality. but forthe most part the hardliners prevail. and that‘s what we are seeing today. we are seeing the victory of hardliners over the more centrist within the system. resident assad‘s visit to tehran and many other even fat have transpired over the last

few days are definitely a sign in that direction. —— president assad‘s. that direction. —— president assad's. very briefly, is there any doubt whether the resignation will be accepted? no, there's no doubt. i mean, i don‘t think that he would have posted this on instagram if there was any doubt. also, it is sort of a misconception to believe that president rouhani has the power to a cce pt that president rouhani has the power to accept or reject his resignation. iam sure to accept or reject his resignation. i am sure this has already been decided at much higher levels within the system. thank you. the trial in germany of a former guard at a nazi death camp has been stopped because of the defendant‘s health problems, likely ending one of the last such prosecutions are links to the holocaust. the court intends to stop the trial for good after a new medical examination. a final decision is expected in march. the defendant is 95 and first

appeared in court in monster in november accused of helping to murder hundreds of people at a nazi concentration camp in world war ii. —— muenster. he denies the charges. climate change is widely considered the greatest challenge of our age. the consequences of a warming planet could be drastic for generations to come. if scientists are to understand what‘s happening they need good data, and one man in colorado has made it his mission to supply as much as possible. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. every winter, for every year, for nearly 50 years now, early bath has measured the snow. —— billy barr. he lives alone in the rocky mountains, as far away from civilisation as he can get, and he has seen some erratic changes in the climate that surround him. february used to be a very cold month and now it has become mild. well, what i have learned long—term, is just

simplified a bit, there is an obvious change in temperature. billy knows this because, to combat boredom, he started writing a weather diary. 0k. there were 61 inches of snow on the ground at sunset that day. so the low was actually —15. sunset that day. so the low was actually -15. and now these diaries, decades of them, are proving to be a goldmine to climate scientists. as the temperatures have been getting warmer, the lower elevations are melting out earlier. so if we want to understand how the world is changing in ways that matter to people all around the world, it is the best data we have in stock a life alone, but for billy barr, and i‘ve not wasted. growing up i wanted to have a wife and kids, and i was just so bad at it, so now i have something else that i really like. while we are on the subject,

police have recorded pictures of huge ice chunks flowing over a retaining wall along the niagara river. this dramatic video captures the rapid movement of ice boulders piling onto the roads in near lake erie in ontario. residents found themselves dealing with this ice mass — known as an "ice tsunami" or an "ice shove". these blockades occur when strong winds rapidly push free flowing ice towards the shore resulting in dangerous pile—ups once they make landfall. just briefly, a reminder of that menus again. i think we can show you the pictures that have been coming in from melbourne of one of the most high—ranking officials in the cut in church, the australian cardinal and former treasurer to the vatican, george pell. —— catholic church. he has been convicted of sexual abuse, found guilty in december of five charges, abusing boys in melbourne cathedral. reporting restrictions have only just now cathedral. reporting restrictions have onlyjust now been lifted. we except sentencing to come in the next few days. that‘s it for now. thank you for what she and. ——

watching. hello there. on monday, the temperature reached 20.6 celsius in western parts of wales. and today, the temperatures are going to be very similar. basically, the record warmth is going to continue for one more day. and it‘s all due to this static weather pattern. it‘s been unusually warm for quite some time, this blocking weather pattern, there‘s the undulations in the jet stream. there‘s always winners and losers, of course. and on the warm side of the jet, it was 20 degrees on monday in london. on the cold side of the jet, for example, in athens, it was only 7. the average temperatures at this time of the year in london is 10 degrees. the average temperature in athens is 15. and as you can see, over the week ahead, things are going to get a little bit back to normal, if you like. it‘s going to turn cooler in london and warmer in athens as the jet stream changes. we will look at that in a moment. while it is warm in sunshine in the day, it‘s cold at night and into rural parts across the south, temperatures could be down to —3 once again. some mist and fog patches in the valleys to lift in the morning. plenty of sunshine on the way again on tuesday. away from the far north of scotland, where we have a band of cloud. it will feel warm and the sunshine

and 19, 20 with western parts of wales and around the london area too. we‘ve still got our blocking area of high pressure close to our shores, that‘s feeding warmer air around that towards the uk. pushing down colder airfor eastern europe and into the eastern med. wednesday we start to see some changes, more mist and fog around the southern parts of england and wales slowly lifting. a lot more low cloud coming into the south—west approaches through the irish sea into northern ireland in western scotland. sunshine elsewhere, well above average. not as warm as they have been. on thursday, the changes are more significant. because we‘ve got a lot more cloud around on thursday. some weather systems to bring some showery rain. perhaps getting as far north as north—west england or northern ireland. even some bursts of rain in the south—east. brightening up in the south—west later but on the whole, much more cloud in temperatures will be quite a bit lower as well. we saw the position of the jet stream earlier on. this is how it looks toward the end of the week. a much strongerjet coming right

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