this is bbc news, the headlines: one of the most high—ranking officials in the catholic church, the australian cardinal and former vatican treasurer george pell, has been convicted of sexually abusing two choirboys welcome to bbc news, in melbourne cathedral. broadcasting to viewers in north america he was found guilty on and around the globe. five charges in december, my name is mike embley. but reporting restrictions have our top stories: only now been lifted. he plans to appeal the verdict. the australian cardinal, george pell, is found guilty of child abuse — the most senior catholic the north korean leader, kim jong—un, has arrived in vietnam cleric to be convicted. for his second summit north korea's leader, with president trump. his train pulled in to dong dang kim jong—un arrives in vietnam, station on the border with china for his second summit two and a half days after with president trump. leaving pyongyang. the us is seeking a commitment in a surprise move, iran's foreign to denuclearisation. minister announces his resignation north korea hopes for an end to economic sanctions. on social media and apologises iran's foreign minister for his shortcomings. mohammad javad zarif has announced on social media that he's resigning, the old man and the snow — apologising for what he the colorado hermit who's produced decades of data to help called his shortcomings. he negotiated the deal that combat climate change. restricted iran's nuclear ambitions, since rejected by president trump. now on bbc news, stephen sackur

is in budapest with hardtalk. 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. he was found guilty in december on five charges of assaulting two choirboys in melbourne cathedral, but reporting restrictions have only now been lifted. it's 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 griffith. 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 1996, 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 church has, in many places, certainly in australia, has mucked things up, has made — let people down. i'm 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 shock waves across the catholic church, and expose once again its failure to deal with a dark history of clerical abuse. let's get more from hywel griffith in melbourne. do you think the cardinal is going to jail? i think that looks increasingly likely. he has to return here tomorrow, probably two and other flurry of cameras and campaigners, and that is when the sentencing process begins. his defence barrister will put forward a lot of arguments and mitigation. he has a ready lodged an appeal against his conviction but there is no doubt these are very serious crimes of which he has been convicted, the sexual assault of miners, to

13—year—old miners choirboys who we re 13—year—old miners choirboys who were defenceless kiwi pride upon added opportunity. the sentencing process may take a few days but it is incredibly likely that are still serving cardinal, an eminent titleholder, will become a criminal in victoria. you talked about other allegations, is it likely other cases will be pursued against him? that is not so likely. the further charges have been withdrawn. there isissue charges have been withdrawn. there is issue with the evidence and the prosecution has decided it could no longer be certain of success and for that reason those charges they go back to the time has a parish priest have been withdrawn. that will be disappointing for some of those living victims are other people do

feel a sense of relief that finally the story is out in the open. his trial has been kept in secret and now he has been publicly shown to be at convicted paedophile. it is hard to overstate the scale of the crisis for the catholic church worldwide. we saw some disappointments were advocates and campaigners in terms of how the conference played out, paying lip service to the issue but not grasping the grassroots level reform needed. in australia, some felt those reforms were ready taking place. —— already. it has been a long process and yet one of the figures who claimed to be leading the process has itself been exposed has a paedophile. rome will need to look at how it came to trust

cardinal pell and what more it needs to do to win back trust. 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. these are live pictures from hanoi. the north korean leader arrived here at dong dang station in vietnam within the past hour. it's about 170 kilometres from the centre of hanoi. we believe he isjust about we believe he is just about to arrive at his hotel. north korea is desperate for an end to sanctions after years of economic penalties. it's 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. now let's cross live to shara njit leyl who is in hanoi for us.

the issues are really identical to those in june when the issues are really identical to those injune when they met for the first time in singapore? that's right and from singapore, eight months later, i am in the central hyundai, in front of the famous lake of the sword, you heard kim jong—un has arrived in vietnam. we saw in get out of the train in dong dang station. we believe his motorcade passed right in front of hanoi's famous opera house. this is a city very much going about it's business. people very much anticipating this huge summit again between the two leaders. as i mentioned, it has been several months since the singapore summitand the several months since the singapore summit and the two are coming together once again and we know that kim jong—un is accompanied by

together once again and we know that kimjong—un is accompanied by his key negotiator, his sister and with the americans win at president trump is it to arrive but he arrives this evening. secretary of state mike pompeo is a ready in hanoi. a lot preparation of these two sides coming together an expectation they will be much more substantive issues at stake this time. singapore broke the ice, eased tensions between the two leaders. we know they have a fairly good relationship, according to president trump. he said that to well in love in singapore. that relationship continues to progress. it is something i asked earlier to a north korean expert from stanford university who talked about that relationship really what is expected from this particular summit. relationship building is important

and what takes place in summits. that aspect of diplomacy is clearly very important. i think it is important that the two leaders continue to develop a personal relationship but, more than that, the summit needs to set in place a framework so that it is notjust the summit needs to set in place a framework so that it is not just the top level top—down relationship building experience. there needs to bea building experience. there needs to be a greater working level in the ration as well. a lot of people are watching this very closely, as you mentioned, much more substantive details need to come out. on the north korean side they are keen to see a lot of those sanctions are removed and on the american side the key issue is denuclearisation, just how far are the north koreans willing to go. this is something we will watch out

for. we know that two leaders will meet tomorrow night at a dinner. president trump arrives tonight. he will be meeting with his vietnamese counterpart during the day and thursday is when the real negotiations will be taking place. thank you for that. let's get some of the day's other news: the trump administration is imposing new sanctions on more venezuelan officials, as the situation there only gets worse. the new measures target governors who are backing president nicolas maduro. us 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. the financial regulator in the us has asked a federaljudge to hold the co—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 broken his own agreement not to tweet information on tesla's performance, without first getting the compa ny‘s approval. elon musk has responded by saying tesla has already quoted similarfigures. police in bangladesh say a man who was shot dead after hijacking an airliner was 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. officials later said the man was mentally imbalanced. the american singer r kelly has pleaded not guilty to 10 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 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'll update parliament on the latest negotiations on tuesday, and has insisted that it is still possible to reach a deal by the 29th march, when the uk is set to leave the eu. jeremy. 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 explainsm it's 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's 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 credibility 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 world news, the latest headlines: australian cardinal george pellis found guilty of child abuse — the most senior catholic cleric to be convicted.

north korean leader kimjong—un has arrived in vietnam for his second summit with president trump. iran's foreign minister, mohammad javad zarif has announced he's stepping down. posting the news on his instagram account, he apologised for "shortcomings" in more than 5 years in the job. 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 complex issues. he became one of the architects of the iran nuclear deal in 2015 and has spearheaded efforts to keep the agreement alive following president trump's decision last year

to pull the us out of the accord. but mr zarif has been under huge pressure from hardliners at home who never liked or trusted his negotiations with the west. 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: at times, there are windows of more centrist rationality, but for the most part, the hardliners prevailed, and that is what we are seeing today. we are seeing the big read of hardliners over the more centrists within the system. president hassan rouhani, who met with his syrian counterpart on monday, is yet to reveal whether 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. sussan tahmasebi is a civil society activist focused on iran for 20 years and the director of femena. she joins me from washington. there is a lot of speculation about this, not least because of the way it was announced. it doesn't seem to be an official resignation. actually, there is a lot of speculation and a couple of points that people tend to agree upon, one is that it is not an official resignation, the official resignation, the official resignation, it hasn't necessarily been submitted officially, the instagram doesn't leak out. other people are speculating that mohammad javad zarif feels slighted not being included in the meeting with the present and of syria who is in iran recently that there is a lot of

speculation so we don't really know why he's resigned and wester —— and whether hassan rouhani will accept that resignation. what does it suggest to you about the power struggles for the various factions? but perhaps we are moving further away from diplomacy and towards militarism. obviously mohammad javad zarif is the face of an iran which wa nts to zarif is the face of an iran which wants to engage with the word —— engage with the world community and 40 to engage with the world community and a0 to resign orfill engage with the world community and a0 to resign or fill slighted engage with the world community and a0 to resign orfill slighted or excluded, not be respected in a position signals that perhaps there are those who are not intend on having positive relations with the international community and the west, gaining more power. that would mean probably the possibility of war. more powerful military forces inside of iran as well. dc a fairly major shift in personnel. there are

rumours of others resigning, aren't you? sure. this is all speculation at this point. we have to wait until the morning to hearfrom mohammad javad zarif and other people at the foreign ministry that yes, there has been rumours that others are going to also resign following the resignation of macro —— mohammad javad zarif it is not convinced to come back but obviously it is concerning for those of us are watching iran and are nervous about exploration and threats against iran, by forces inside the country and forces outside who are looking for conflict. it does suggest that the trump hard line on iran is working in american terms. european attem pts working in american terms. european atte m pts to working in american terms. european attempts to mitigate that are not really working. yeah, obviously hassan rouhani has faced a lot of resistance, both from the trump

administration and hardline forces. —— mohammad javad zarif. hawkish groups in the trump administration, security within trump, security advisers. is also based a lot of resista nce advisers. is also based a lot of resistance among ha rdline advisers. is also based a lot of resistance among hardline groups inside the country. i fear that if mohammad javad zarif does resign and he is not convinced to come back, somebody instead of him will come to power and take this position it won't be as savvy and is good at engaging with the west and it might strengthen alliances against iran moving us closer to war with iran. thank you very much. the trial in germany of a former guard at a nazi death camp has been stopped because of the defendant's health problems — probably ending one of the last such prosecutions linked to the holocaust. the court intends to stop the trial for good after a new medical examination. a final decision is expected mid—march. the defendant, who's 95, first appeared in court in muenster in november accused of helping murder hundreds of people at a nazi

concentration camp in world war two — 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, every year, for nearly 50 years now, billy barr has measured the snow. 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 surrounds him. february used to be a very cold month and now it has become mild. what i've 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. the 18th, 0k. there were 61 inches of snow on the ground at 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's the best data we have. a life alone, but for billy barr, a life not wasted. growing up i wanted to have a wife and kids, and i wasjust so bad at it, so now i have something else that i really like.

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. 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 is the warm in the sunshine and 19, 20 with western parts of wales 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 pushing down colder air for eastern europe into the eastern into the eastern med. wednesday we to see some changes, more mist and fog around the southern parts of england and wales slowly lifting. much 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've 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 the way across the atlantic. more of a westerly influence. we are losing the warmer air that is coming in from the south, so temperatures are lower, 11 or 12 degrees. more cloud around, a bit of sunshine at times, but we're likely to see some rain coming in from the west.