this is bbc news. the headlines: the man accused of a mass shooting at two mosques in new zealand last month has been ordered to undergo welcome to bbc news, psychiatric testing by a judge broadcasting to viewers to determine if he is in north america and around the globe. my name is duncan gloestani. fit to stand trial. our top stories: brenton tarrant is accused of murdering 50 people. boeing says it will do everything the man accused of the mass killings at two mosques in new zealand has needed to regain people's trust appeared in court. after two fatal crashes he's been ordered to undergo psychiatric tests. of the boeing 737 max 8 aircraft. boeing says it will take all that is after the report into last necessary steps to make its aircraft month's ethiopian airlines crush safe, after a preliminary found that the crew were not able investigation into the ethiopian airlines crash. to control the plane despite repeatedly. —— repeatedly following procedure. the leaders of ireland and germany the leaders of ireland and germany say say they are determined to avoid a they are up determined to avoid a no—deal brexit. germany's chancellor angela merkel no—deal brexit. but ireland's prime and the irish prime minister leo va radkar have been holding talks in dublin. minister says uk needs a credible following the procedure. plan. as anti—government protests continue in sudan, we meet some of the women those are the headlines from bbc at the forefront, who are fighting news. for a different future. and renewed fears for australia's great barrier reef. experts say the number of baby coral

has plunged dramatically due to bleaching. hello. the man accused of a mass shooting at two mosques in new zealand has appeared in court in christchurch to face dozens of new charges. brenton tarrant, a 28—year—old australian national, is accused of the murders of 50 people and 39 attempted murders. he's been ordered to undergo psychiatric tests. hywel griffith is in sydney with more. yeah, well, he appeared via video link. he's actually being held in auckland in a high security prison. this was a pretty brief, routine hearing. one of the main purposes was for him to be formally charged with all of those murders, a total now of 50 murders

and another 39 attempted murder charges. no plea was entered, however, as you said, the judge ordered that first of all, he should undertake routine psychiatric tests, in order to establish whether or not he is mentally fit to plead and therefore for any potential trial to take place further on. now, he was in auckland, but within the court in christchurch, there were many of the victims and the relatives of the deceased as well, who wanted to see with their own eyes this man, albeit appearing via a video screen, and we understand that some of those people were hugging as they went in and afterwards, they went to be briefed by police officers as to the state of the investigation and what to expect next. hywel, in australia there has been a separate but related legal development regarding extremist material. explain that to us. yeah, many people would be aware that the shootings were actually streamed live online and subsequently were shared, we're told, overi million times, being published and republished

again on different social media sites. the government here has reacted by introducing a new law, which will effectively threaten the bosses of companies such as facebook and youtube with imprisonment and massive fines unless they take the material down expeditiously in the event of an abhorrent attack, or a potential terror attack ora rape and murder that is captured and streamed or posted online. now, it would be up to a jury and any potential court case to decide how quickly is soon enough to take it down, but it is being seen as a measure to try and counteract extremist material being put online, albeit that it's being criticised notjust by some of the companies and the representatives but by the law society here in australia, that says it would actually stop whistleblowers showing that this material existed and put those people at risk of being on the wrong side of the law.

so it is a contentious legal measure, but something that comes in the wake of the christchurch terror attacks and a way. to try and deal with this problem, particularly with hate speech and extremist material shared online. let's get some of the day's other news. the united states and its allies say they are deeply concerned about fighting in libya. the us, france, britain, italy and the uae said the clashes were hindering the prospects for un mediation. president trump has backed down from his threats to close the border with mexico this week, saying he would give it a year to take action on immigration and drug trafficking. republicans have warned that closing the border would have devastating consequences for the us economy. a big forest fire in a mountainous part of south korea has killed at least one person and destroyed more than 100 houses.

several hundred people have been moved from their homes. president moonjae—in has told officials to liaise with north korea in case the fire spreads across the border. and the united states has revoked the entry visa for for a prosecutor of the international criminal court. fatou bensouda has been investigating allegations of war crimes by us forces and their allies in afghanistan. ms bensouda's office insisted she would continue to do her duties, without fear or favour. boeing has admitted that an anti—stall system was activated by mistake on board two of its 737 max 8 aircraft before they crashed, killing nearly 350 people. the company's chief executive and chairman said a software update to address the problem would be ready within weeks. hundreds of the aircraft have been grounded around the world. our transport correspondent

tom burridge has the details. just seconds after take—off and this ethiopian airlines plane was repeatedly nosediving towards the ground. the pilots wrestled to pull up, but an automatic anti—stall mechanism on the new boeing 737 max 8 was pushing the plane down. investigators say the crew followed a procedure outlined by boeing, but it didn't work. it then plunged 13,000 feet in 32 seconds. the crew performed all the procedures, repeatedly provided by the manufacturer, but was not able to control the aircraft. 0nboa rd, 157 people. these are just some of the victims. but five months earlier, another 737 max 8 crashed off indonesia in a similar way, killing 189 people. the max 8 is boeing's latest version of its very popular 737. new heavier engines make it much

more fuel efficient but in flight, their weight and position force the plane's nose up a bit. if the angle of flight becomes too high, then a plane can stall and crash, so boeing designed a computer system on the max, called mcas, which automatically pushes the nose down. before the max was grounded, that system relied on just one of two sensors at the front of the aircraft, which calculate the angle at which the plane is flying. but in both crashes, the data from that sensor was incorrect. so as we've shown up here, the computer system thought the plane was at a high angle of attack, when in fact, it wasn't. look at what happens when the system kicks in. it was designed to do that, but instead, it wrongly caused the plane to nosedive. unaware of what was happening, the pilots pulled up. but the system was designed to reactivate again and again, and within minutes, they'd lost control.

you can see that the aircraft is now in quite a steep dive. now that's the effect of mcas. captain chris brady has 18 years of experience flying 737s. that's the stall warning, to tell you the aircraft's about to stall. he says so many issues now need to be reviewed. the level of automation of the aircraft, the behind the scenes systems, the risk analysis processes gone through at boeing, the oversight by the regulator, the conversion training, the level of training generally, the manualflying skills of the crews, the knowledge of these switches — all of it needs to be reviewed in light of these accidents. changes are being made to the max. 0nboard a recent test flight, boeing's chief executive. tonight, in a carefully scripted video message, a recognition that the aircraft had malfunctioned. he promised a modified max would be among the safest planes ever to fly. we know every person who steps aboard one of our aeroplanes places their trust in us. together, we'll do everything

possible to earn and re—earn that trust and confidence from our customers and the flying public in the weeks and months ahead. but for now, hundreds are grounded, thousands of orders on hold, and multiple investigations will look at how the plane was signed off as safe to fly. tom burridge, bbc news. eu officials say they're still working with ireland's government on how to handle the irish border in the event of a no deal brexit. at talks in dublin, the leaders of ireland and germany said they were determined to avoid a situation where britain leaves the eu without a deal. translation: we want to stand together as the 27 until the very last hour. we will do everything in order to prevent a no—deal brexit, but we have to do this with britain and with the position that they have presented to us. in the event of a no deal, where the uk crashes out without an agreement, it's not possible, quite frankly,

to have a clear plan, because there are so many different contingencies and hypotheticals and a lot of it will depend on what the uk decides to do. the opposition in sudan has called for big demonstrations this weekend to re m ove for big demonstrations this weekend to remove the government of omar al—shishani —— 0mar al—bashir. dozens have been killed and thousands have been detained in protests which began after bread prices rose sharply earlier this year. many of those at the forefront are young women fighting to create a new society, as our africa editor fergal keane reports. the women of al—ahfad university, facing the regime's police. the men with guns drive past repeatedly. but the women stand firm. and that kind of courage is everywhere these days. assil diab is a celebrated

sudanese artist. but she's using her talent to protest, painting the faces of the detained on the walls of khartoum. translation: this art reaches many people, whether they're walking or driving. all of them look. they can see the character, and if they don't know who it is, they ask, so people keep talking about it. women have faced severe repression under the regime's version of islamic law. now as many as two thirds of demonstrators are female. this woman, hurling tear gas back at the police. for others, like wifag qureshi, who started as a student activist six years ago, the aim isn'tjust to remove the regime but the entire politics of patriarchy. translation: there are certain ideas that we need to fix, like that girls should stay at home while men protect and provide for them.

or that men should go out on the streets, but we should not. this was one of the things i protested for, and i think it is changing a lot now. the road to change was opened by economic crisis. after 30 years in power, the bashir regime has failed to deliverjobs or prosperity. and soaring inflation alienated the middle classes, whose children took to the streets. the economic situation is so bad that even people from the middle class, even affluent families, found it hard to maintain their daily bread. and so when they reach that level of desperation, they became equal with the poor and the working classes, and had nothing to lose. with bashir still firmly in control of the security forces, it doesn't look as if the new sudan will be born anytime soon. but what is significant is that the experience of brutality, of witnessing what is happening to others, has traumatised,

but also deepened the determination of the protesters. translation: this is something truly sad. if you don't believe truly in what you do, it is hard to go on. if you don't believe, then you will feel it is ok to just stand by and watch them beat people. when you see a man is being beaten, i don't think you would cross your arms and just watch. whether or not they remove the regime soon, the women of sudan have already achieved fundamental change — in how their society sees them, in how they see themselves. fergal keane, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: when van gough met led zeppelin. we get a sneak peak at a new exhibition in new york.

25 years of hatred and rage as theyjump up on the statue. this funeral became a massive demonstration of black power, a power to influence. today it's about the promise of a bright future. a day when we hope a line can be drawn under the bloody past. i think that picasso's works were beautiful, they were intelligent, and it's a sad loss to everybody who loves art.

welcome back. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: the man suspected of carrying out the christchurch mosque attacks, brenton tarrant, has been ordered to undergo mental health tests to determine if he is fit to stand trial. and boeing says it will take all necessary steps to make its aircraft safe, after a preliminary investigation into the crash of one of its 737 max planes last month. the un world food programme has appealed for urgent access to vital wheat stocks in yemen, that have been cut off by months of fighting. the country is on the brink of famine. it comes as the us congress makes an attempt to force president trump to end american support for the saudi—led military action there.

daniel schneiderman was the director for the national security council under president obama and president trump and he is currently the deputy us programme director for the international crisis group he joins me now. firstly, just how difficult is it for aid agencies to get a do to people who so desperately needed? first, thank you so much having me on this evening. i think it is important to say to your viewers this evening that what is going on in yemen is the world's worst humanitarian crisis, aid access across the front lines of fighting, which are largely stagnant and most of the country and have been since the first few months of the civil war, that makes accessing the population in the north difficult for aid agencies to do, in particular the port of beira, which is on the red sea coast, is where

the vast majority of yemen's food, medicine and military and aid comes into the country. there was a push starting in summer to try to take the city, despite protestations on the city, despite protestations on the international community, that has made access and getting aid in very ha rd to has made access and getting aid in very hard to do. we're looking at some of the conditions that people are in there, what difference will decide in washington make to those people living in yemen, if at all? so, ithink people living in yemen, if at all? so, i think the messages that things have changed in washington. the senate has spoken, the house has spoken, the president we expect will veto this legislation but neither the administration nor america should send a message with this vote, it is unprecedented, it is that us patients is coming to an end and so should the word itself. that president trump will veto it, so will it really have an impact on the ground? look, i think

will it really have an impact on the ground? look, ithink the will it really have an impact on the ground? look, i think the thing to say there is that the president veto the bill because he doesn't want to do something that will endanger the us‘s strategic relationships with saudi arabia and the way, the us is relying on them for number of strategic plans in the region, whether it be in iraq war syria. we will not do anything that it thinks will not do anything that it thinks will jeopardise that. it will not do anything that it thinks willjeopardise that. it will be up to the congress to keep the pressure on the administration to find ways forwards, in policy steps, that means making clear that there are still continued bipartisan interests andi still continued bipartisan interests and i think it is important to say that in changing us policy, and the congress is going to have to keep the pressure up to keep the administration's feet to the fire to push its golf allies to push the varieties towards an agreement. we know that the white house is very pro— saudi arabia. is this another pa rt pro— saudi arabia. is this another part of the shift in attitudes going

on towards riyadh? -- gulf. so think it is important to say that there has been a growing sense bipartisan frustration with the way the war has been going to the last couple of yea rs. been going to the last couple of years. the murder of washington post correspondent jamal khashoggi was years. the murder of washington post correspondentjamal khashoggi was a ca ta lyst correspondentjamal khashoggi was a catalyst action, there were a number of members of congress, like senator chris murphy, bernie sanders, markley, ted lew and others who have been arguing from the beginning that the us needed to be reassessing its role in the coalition‘s conduct in the campaign in yemen. —— liu. so while i think that the jamal khashoggi murder, there has been a clear sense of bypass and frustration over this course of time and likei frustration over this course of time and like i said, i think it is very important that america's un world food programme partners do not misunderstand the message that the us congress is sending with the vote in the senate. thank you very much

for your time. thank you having me. —— for. researchers say the amount of new coral created on australia's great barrier reef has plummeted by nearly 90% as a result of ocean heatwaves. scientists warn the structure of the reef is likely to transform completely if more bleaching occurs because of climate change. caroline rigby has more. coral spawning on the great barrier reef. it's a natural wonder which is crucialfor maintaining the most bio—diverse world heritage site anywhere on earth. but scientists say unprecedented bleaching events in 2016 and 2017, which damaged two—thirds of the reef system, also triggered a collapse in coral regrowth. with such a large area affected, it was unable to replenish, and that has resulted in a massive 89% drop in the number of new baby coral. their ability to reproduce has declined. so what we call the brooding stock of corals has actually declined

and they‘ re now producing less little larvae, which are the new recruits. research published in thejournal nature blames the problem on rising sea temperatures, a result of sustained global warming from the burning of fossil fuels around the globe. but scientist say the reef might still be able to recover over the next 5—10 years, if there are no further bleaching events. but the likelihood of that, they say, is almost inconceivable. the conservationists has joined the cause of celebrities and activists calling for the release of more than 100 wales being held in russia's east. —— a conservationist. dozens of beluga and killer whales are being held in a port in the sea ofjapan, after being lawfully captured by russia for scientific and educational reasons. but environmentalists argue the animals are being badly kept

in near arctic conditions, and they're then sold to ocean theme parks in china. jeff bezos, the world's richest man, has reached the divorce settlement with his former wife. that will leave her with a stake in amazon worth more than $30 billion. however, mackenzie bezos will have to hand over her voting power in the company to her husband, and give up her interests in the washington post newspaper and his space travel firm, blue origin. now, it's not every day that a vincent van gogh masterpiece and a van halen guitar share the same place, but you'll be able to find both at new york's metropolitan museum of art. next week, the exhibit play it loud will open to the public. nada tawfik got a sneak peek. the quiet galleries of the met are filled with precious masterpieces from the world's greatest sculptors and painters.

but the volume has been turned up to showcase a very different artistic movement, rock ‘n‘ roll. the exhibition, play it loud, lets music lovers get up close to the instruments of legends fromjimi hendrix to bob dylan. this is the first major art exhibition dedicated to the instruments of rock ‘n‘ roll. there are over 100 pieces and some are on loan from the greats themselves. jimmy page, from the british rock band led zeppelin, lent several of his prized possessions, like this double necked guitar and stage outfit used in a performance of the hit stairway to heaven. he said when the met approached him with the idea, he loved it.

they said that "you come through the greco—roman statues in the gallery, and the first thing you see is chuck berry's guitar." i said "the blonde guitar?" they said "yes". and then i asked them what they wanted, tell me what you want. i was sold. i really wanted to help it along as best i could. the electric guitar is synonymous with rock ‘n roll. this one was used by chuck berry to record johnny b goode, and each so—called guitar god had their own style. this one, for example, is a great piece. this is called frankenstein. it was built and decorated by eddie van halen, one of the great guitarists of the ‘70s and ‘80s. you can see the cigarette burn and then, of course, this decoration, spray paint and tape and cutting it away, creating this sort of visual motif that was highly copied certainly in the 1980s. so among the items you have some are from the beatles? one of the most iconic things probably in the whole show beautiful black oyster pearl

drum set that was used by ringo starr. in fact, this was the first american ludwig drum set that he owned. after people saw him play, everybody wanted a drum set that looked exactly the same way, with that exact same decoration. each one of these rock relics tells a story, as does the exhibition itself. a movement built on rebellion is now being revered at the heart of the artistic establishment. just before we go, take a listen to this. as if british politicians did not have enough to worry about, that was the sound of the water leak inside the house of commons. the league forced the postponement of proceedings for the rest of the day. and if you want more on the trickle of developments on brexit, go to our website. you will find plenty of information and analysis there. that is the way it is looking this hour.

iam duncan is the way it is looking this hour. i am duncan golestani, thank you for your company. see you very soon. hello. we've had plenty of downpour dodging to do over the last couple of days and some of what's fallen from the sky has even been a little wintry, with some cold air in place. the satellite picture shows these lumps of cloud just circulating around, right on top of the british isles, bringing those heavy downfalls, but the area of low pressure driving this turbulent weather is now sliding subtly westwards. western parts of the uk will see rain through friday. but further east, something drier and for all of us as the wind switches around to south—easterlies, some slightly milder air being pulled in our direction. so here's how it looks in more detail through the day ahead. rain where we're closest to the area of low pressure, so across the south—west

of england and wales, maybe the west midlands, and parts of northern ireland, some outbreaks of rain at times. further north and east, we will see more in the way of dry weather and spells of sunshine. with the south—easterly wind, temperatures higher than they have been. 1a degrees in london through the afternoon but at the same time, rain splashing its way back into the south—west, parts of wales, maybe reaching into the west midlands, northern ireland. more cloud for north—west england and south—west scotland but into the north and east of scotland, some good spells of sunshine with double—digit temperatures. the far north plagued by extra cloud and some spots of rain at times. now, we go through friday night, we continue to take our area of low pressure a little further west, taking the rain with it. more of us will see dry weather but with a bit of cloud feeding in from the north sea. most of us frost free on saturday morning, maybe just dropping down to freezing across some parts of scotland. the weekend will be relatively mild, but often cloudy.

some sunny breaks here and there, equally a little bit of rain where that cloud is at its thickest. easterly wind blowing across the british isles, that means the thickest of the cloud will be focused across eastern and then central areas with some spots of rain, maybe the odd shower. further west, the best chance of seeing sunshine, generally a mild day on saturday but some of these north sea coasts will find it chilly with the wind coming in off the sea. on sunday, we keep easterly wind, a lot of cloud on the odd spot of drizzle but as we go through the afternoon, there is a potential that we will see some sharp showers breaking out through the south—east, may be into parts of north—west england, driven by some high temperatures. 15—17 degrees. monday will be another mild day, but as we get deeper into next week, the winds shift around to north—easterlies and those temperatures will drop again.