hello, this is the briefing. i'm samantha simmonds. our top stories: nature in dramatic decline. a major un report warns of a global ecological crisis, and calls for immediate action. more than a0 dead, as a russian plane makes a forced landing in flames. survivors say the aircraft may have been struck by lightning. plus — facebook, fake news, and the future of democracy. calls for changes to the law ahead of the european elections. comimg up in businesss: trade war escalation. asian shares tumble as president trump threatens to expand tariffs to all chinese goods, ahead of talks planned for this week.

a very warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and as ever, you can be part of the conversation. we would love to hear from you. i'll be talking to one of the authors of this un report warning up to 1 million species face extinction due to human influence. i'd like to know what questions you have for her and also what actions you're taking that you hope will make a difference. tell us what you think. use the hashtag, #bbcthebriefing. so, almost 600 conservation experts have signed an open letter, calling on world leaders to take ambitious action to halt declines in nature. it's been released ahead of the publication in paris of a un report, which is expected to say that up to1 million species are at risk of extinction.

our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. from the oceans... to the land... from the oceans... to the land... from insects... to exotic plants... all around the world, nature is a dramatic decline. it is the focus of a major new un report, warning that the planet is facing an ecological crisis, and that is humans who are to blame. areas once rich in nature are being cleared for development, illegal trade bringing animals to the brink of extinction, and pollution is poisoning the seas. we are changing the planet in billy unprecedented ways and there has been a tremendous decline in species and in the quality of our ecosystems and in the quality of our ecosystems and our environment. —— in billy unprecedented ways. in the bottom line is that people depend on nature

and so unless we are taking care of the planet, we're not taking care of ourselves. this small patch of land in the south—west of england, hemmed in by busy roads, is a refuge for the no headed and. these animals we re the no headed and. these animals were once widespread bit as their habitat has not shrunk, now this is the only place in england they can be found. this and is one of the last of its kind but it is vital for this heathland environment. these insects keep the soil healthy, they break down organic material, and they also feed themselves for small mammals. losing species entirely would have a huge impact. once you start to lose species, you do not know quite when the critical time comes. if we are prepared to lose the end, then the nightjar and the cuckoo and so on, you get to a point where it is no longerfunctioning ecosystem, it no longer a living heathland. the report says there is still hope for nature but a global rescue plan must start now. if we

fail to act, many species will be left fighting for survival. rebecca morelle, bbc news. and we'll have more on the world's most comprehensive report on the state of nature later in the programme. there's more coverage on our website, including a look at ‘nature's emergency‘ in five graphics. that's all on bbc.com/news. or you can download the bbc newas app. president putin has ordered an inquiry into a deadly plane crash in moscow. the aircraft burst into flames while making an emergency landing. more than a0 people died. amazingly, 37 did get out alive. the crew had issued a distress call shortly after taking off from the same airport. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports. caught on camera, the final dramatic moments of flight 1492. the aeroflot jet exploded in a fireball, during an emergency landing at moscow's sheremetyevo airport. by the time it had come to a standstill, the plane was engulfed in flames.

on board the burning aircraft, 78 passengers and crew. there was a desperate rush to escape from the inferno. at the front of the plane, the inflatable slide saved some. people leapt onto the chute and ran to safety. but not everyone got out of this alive. it's feared that more than a0 people may have been killed. dimitri survived the crash. asked whether he thought the plane had been hit by lightning, he replied, "yes, maybe. i saw a white flash." emergency teams fought the blaze and helped the injured. the plane, a sukhoi superjet, had taken off from moscow airport bound for murmansk. but very quickly, it developed technical problems. the crew had issued a distress signal. the pilots had decided they had no choice but to bring

the aircraft down. president putin offered his condolences to the families of the dead, and the kremlin leader ordered a full investigation to find out why this flight had ended in disaster. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. there appears to be a pause in hostilities between israeli forces and palestinian militants in the gaza strip. unconfirmed reports say a ceasefire has been agreed. four israelis and more than 20 palestinians have been killed since the violence erupted on friday. the united states is sending an aircraft carrier to the middle east as a warning to iran. the national security adviser, john bolton, says america is not seeking war, but that the move will send an "unmistakable message" that washington would respond to any attack by tehran. the sultan of brunei has said a recent islamic ruling introducing the death penalty for adultery, rape, and gay sex will be reversed.

the country sparked an international outcry last month, when it introduced laws under which such acts would be punishable by death by stoning. sri lanka's president has told the bbc that the easter sunday bombings may have been an attempt by the islamic state group to send a statement that it "still exists". more than 250 people were killed in co—ordinated attacks on churches and hotels in the country two weeks ago. in north macedonia, the presidential candidate backed by the governing social democrats has won a run—off vote. stevo pendarovski said his victory brought the prospect of nato and european union membership closer. facebook is mounting a big operation to try to make sure it's not used to spread misinformation or to allow foreign intervention in the european elections. it's already deleted millions of fake accounts as part of its crackdown. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones reports

from facebook‘s european headquarters in dublin. a powerfulforce has been streaming through politics. it's a great campaigning tool, but it can be used to spread misinformation or help foreign powers interfere. and facebook‘s shadow looms ever larger over elections worldwide. fake news on facebook... back in 2016, facebook was really downplaying its influence, with mark zuckerberg saying it was crazy to think fake news had had any influence over the election of donald trump. but now, it's changed its tune. and here in dublin, it's getting ready to mount a big operation to oversee its impact on the european elections. at facebook‘s european headquarters, there's a pr offensive underway, with journalists from across the eu invited to see that the company's serious about battling electoral malpractice on its platform. once we find a piece of content

that we want to remove, we have the experts in the room who know our community standards. the a0 strong team here include experts who've monitored other polls. among the issues encountered in previous elections are voter suppression, where people are given the wrong information about when to vote, foreign interference and fake accounts. facebook removed nearly 3 billion of them within i year. part of the drive for greater transparency is this online archive, where you can see which adverts political campaigns have placed and how they've been targeted. but back in the uk, the electoral commission is impatient for the government to do more. it's been asking since 2003 for a law forcing all online political advertising to be upfront about who paid for it. when you see an advertisement in your newsfeed, you want to be

able to know there and then, do i believe this advert and want it to influence my vote? the key piece of information you need to make that decision is who paid for it. across europe, politicians are preparing for battle. knowing that for good or ill, facebook will be a key weapon in theircampaigns. it's being reported that china is considering delaying a trip by its top trade negotiators to washington this week, after president donald trump threatened to expand trade tariffs to all chinese goods, because he said talks on a us—china trade deal were moving "too slowly". on sunday, president trump tweeted to announce a tariff increase on $200 billion worth of chinese goods from 10% to 25%. the broadcaster henry bonsu is here with me. good morning to you, henry. good morning to you. lovely to see you, thank you very much for coming in. so what do you make of this latest tweet from president trump? the mood music had all been very positive as late as friday, so what do you think has gone on? i think we have got a very, very temperamental guy, he was

said that trade war is easy, this is going to be an easy slam dunk but u nfortu nately, going to be an easy slam dunk but unfortunately, nobody can trust anything he says. he said on friday that things are progressing well, we'll have deal in just a few days, and then a tweet, there are a lot of fingers being bandied about in this, but thankfully we have a screen grab of the tweet, he says china has been paying towers of 25% on $10 billion of high—tech and 10% on $200 billion, things are going too slowly. however, the 10% will go up to 25% on friday. now, if you have been expecting these talks to culminate in deal and all of a sudden, he changes everything, how can you possibly plan) as a result, shares in china have gone down. i mean, this is very, very difficult because here's a who has said he is a great phone with president xi jinping, that china needs to come to the table. china has been coming to the table. china has been coming to the table. china has been coming to the table but as a result of his temper metal tweet, things are off again. is doubling down. --

temperamental. —— he is doubling down. 0bviously around the world, going to be fluctuations. he said that as a result of the towers that have been in place over the past few months, that actually there had been a massive contribution to growth in the us economy, the revenues that they receive from that. he may very well say that but you can never trust anything he says. i mean there are fact checkers in every single newspaper and media organisation these days, and it may well be in headline terms that some parts of the us market have been helped but if you look at the final line in this piece, it says here, america's goods trade deficit with china widened from $375 billion to $a19 billion. so if it is going the wrong way, clearly the strategy is not working. we will have more in the

business briefing later. for now, henry, thank you. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: after winning his 15th major, tiger woods heads to the white house to pick up the presidential medal of freedom. i, nelson rolihlahla mandela, do hereby swear to be faithful to the republic of south africa. after six years of construction and numerous delays, the channel tunnel has been formally opened by the queen and president mitterand, but the tunnel is still not yet ready for passengers and freight services to begin. for centuries, christianity and islam struggled for supremacy. now, the pope's visit symbolises their willingness to coexist. roger bannister became the first man in the world to run a mile in under four minutes. memories of victory, as the ve celebrations reach their climax. this night is dedicated

to everyone who believes in the future of peace and freedom. you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: more than a0 people are dead after a russian plane caught fire and made a forced landing in moscow. a major un report has warned of a global ecological catastrophe, calling for immediate action to reverse a dramatic decline across the natural world. let's stay with that story now. doctor kate brauman is one of the scientists who contributed to the biodiversity report, we saw her in rebecca morelle's piece earlier. shejoins me live now from paris. welcome, thank you for being with us. welcome, thank you for being with us. tell us more about this report

and the work that you have done, the research that you undertook. we have brought together 150 experts from around the world to really look at what other trends posture the status and what other trends of trends of biodiversity of nature and of no just contribution to people? so it is really quite an impressive and large report and we have found that we really need to be thinking about protecting nature and doing more. what do we need to do on a practical level? does this have to come from governments or can we as individuals really make a difference? we can make a difference and we have to make a difference and we have to make a difference and we have to make a difference. so there is going to be actions that we take it home where we think about our level of consumption and also things that happen at the governmental level, like changing the way we do agriculture to be more sustainable. when we look at pictures, for example, of mass logging of huge

areas, straits of land around the world that are destroyed for businesses, we feel quite impotent. don't we? you can make changes, but is it down to people like us to put pressure on government, if that is how we feel, is that is the impact wa nt to how we feel, is that is the impact want to try make? that is absolutely pa rt want to try make? that is absolutely part of the picture. what we buy and how we define what we think of is a good life are equally important. for example... thinking about, do i need more things can i reuse? do i need a bigger house can i happy and satisfied in the kind of place that is smaller and more energy efficient? when you look at these figures, up to1 million efficient? when you look at these figures, up to 1 million species are facing extinction. it seems so huge. tell us more about what animals are likely to die of because of the changes that we are making as

humans. we are actually seeking impacts on all species of animals. from mammals and kind of, the big animals, all the way through to insects so this is a tremendous problem that goes across species. it has a lot of implications for human well—being. in terms of what? we rely on nature. and the work that i did was really focusing on this piece of the puzzle. so how are the tings that nature provides two people affecting people and our well—being? people affecting people and our well—being ? everything from people affecting people and our well—being? everything from timber and agriculture to the way that nature regulates the net and provides life—support systems. water, air, climate. what part of survival does the fittest at this? some species ultimately aren't going to survive anyway, no matter what humans do. how do you know what difference the impact we are making as having as opposed teenager

playing its own role? we do a pretty good job of that actually. we can see what the different drivers are that have effects on individual species and do quite a good job of understanding what the causal change of effects are. the human imprint on the planet is so big at this point that all changes have a big thank back to what people are doing. just before, i want to ask you one question. we have been asking our viewers to ask us some questions and thoughts. if there's any organisations that you recommend donating money to to help?” organisations that you recommend donating money to to help? i can't speak to that specifically but i do know there are many organisations that are doing excellent work and what i think is particularly impressive is that there is a wide range that go from organisations support indigenous local people who manage some of these ecosystems, all the way up to global scale nature conservation organisations. they

give a being with us. here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later. former donald trump attorney and fixer, michael cohen, reports to prison today. he will serve three years in the minimum security prison in 0tisville, new york, for campaign—finance violations, tax evasion, bank fraud, and lying to congress. following his masters win, golfer tiger woods will recieve the presidential medal of freedom at the white house. and a little after that, it's the annual met gala in new york. this year's fundraiser will be co—chaired by lady gaga, serena williams and harry styles. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm marc edwards i trust you had a good weekend, here's your monday sport briefing. it'll be thursdays and sundays for manchester united. no champions league for 0le gunnar solskjaers teamnext season after they could only draw with bottom club, huddersfield, in the english premier league, which means they can't finish in the top a. united are now five

games without a win. we haven't deserved to be top four. we've chased the pack. we've been given chances. the league is so tight. it's so — it's a good league, it's loads of good teams, and when we got the opportunities, we weren't able to really grab them. and today was just a confirmation of a long season, 'cause in the end, the table doesn't lie. let's check in with nick kyrgios now to the see the latest in a long line of meltdowns for the aussie, he's out of the madrid masters after a straight—sets defeat to germany's jan—lennard struff. kyrgios walked on to court with a backpack containing just two rackets the first of which he duly smashed after losing a point in the first set tie—break. and just to back that up that maturity he decided to serve underarm. struff though keeping a calm head and taking the tie —

7-6, 6-a. the english premier league title race continues to keep us on the edge of our seats. after liverpool's last gasp 3—2 win over newcastle at the weekend, it's manchester city's turn to respond to the pressure. a win at leicester on monday would take them back to the top byjust a point, with one game left to play. here's how pep guardiola responded to the suggestion leicester have nothing to play for. the question makes no sense, sorry. no, forget about it. so i cannot imagine the list of players coming here for the holidays, so, maybe they could a chance to finish on the seventh, in the position. it depends on the results. in the end i think it's not going to happen. to try to

make a good game, sure. this is the moment many golf fans thought they may never see — tiger woods winning a 15th major. his victory in last month's masters completed a quite incredible comeback. later on monday woods will head to the white house to receive the presidential medal of freedom from president trump. he'll be in good company — previous winners include michaeljordan, muhammad ali and jackie robinson. football freestyler daniel cutting has been impressing his fans on social media. test your touch, mate. test yourtouch, mate. come test your touch, mate. come here. although clearly not remotely staged, you nonetheless have to marvel at his skill. you can see just why he's a 5—time world record holder with a very loose work ethic when it comes to gardening.

you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, and the rest of the sport team, thats your monday sport briefing. atrain a train driver has become the first colour blind person to drive an underground train to stop. stand clear and mind the doors. have a colour vision deficiency, more commonly known as colourblindness. it's hard to me to distinguish between red and green. you might wonder how alex is allowed to drive an underground train until recently, he wouldn't have been because you could have next up red and green signals. it can hold your career in terms of being a pilot, an electrician, a true driver obviously, this should be more awareness and education about it to look for solutions. 0n the jubilee line, that has been possible. the signals used to be here come the

signals used to be here come the signals were here and i would have to stop to this labs but with this telling me, this allows me to com pletely telling me, this allows me to completely drive the trade without the need of any signalling. so as i am driving, the yellow blocks will be pushing up the speed indicator, i can now not go past that red. now that we have moved over to an automatic operation, we don't actually need our drivers to be able to tell the difference between red and green lights now. we should be looking for ways that we can help people to work regardless of any issues that might be born with. that's on the right—hand side of the screen how most colourblind people see the world. you can see that it is pretty murky. along with one in 12 males, marcus is colour blind. is pretty murky. along with one in 12 males, marcus is colour blindm colourblindness is not picked up at a very early age, children can be labelled naughty or slow or unruly. the department of education says it doesn't consider, by this special

educational need or disability. marie wants that changed and for mandatory screenings to take place in all schools. many of the estimated two and a half million people who have the condition i never diagnosed. the local authorities do deliver eye checks for young children, there is no routine screening for colourblindness. many believe its impact is being overlooked. and tell me what you think about our talking point today. talking about biodiversity, 1 million species could be lost because of human actions. many of you treating in about this, that's bring some responses up. with had this one in san, nobody wants to attack the actual issue, the human population expanding exponentially. steps must be taken to control birth. as unpopular as that may be,

let us know your thoughts. stay with us here on bbc news — so much more to come. good morning. two key elements to your bank holiday monday forecast. one is the continuing chill. the other is going to be the position of this weather front. it the position of this weather front. will be fairly sho will it will be fairly showery but that will drift its way southwards as we drift through the day. its position could be coldest as other day, and decided it will see temperatures below freezing at the countryside, the foster bit hit and miss as we start across plaza northern ireland, northern ireland and the midlands. there is a cold front initially. southern scotland producing some showers, drifting into northern ireland, northern england and into north wales. down towards east anglia as well. we should see some heavy downpours across the south pennines. chilly but bright start, that cloud will build up in a small

chance of a shallow, temperatures around 13 degrees. to the north, chat sunshine, overall, a cold day. it could be one of our coldest bank holidays since they began in 1978. as you go into the night, you could see that whether front in the same areas was not you have a better chance of forward just like avoiding a frost in the far north of england just got them, but surely started tuesday morning with temperjust below freezing, away from the towns. this is not much wind around on tuesday so a zone of thick cloud and shallows is there. it's your story northwards, showers could break i just about anywhere. many places still staying dry, a bit less cold across southern side does make some southern areas. that is ahead of someone spreading into the south—west is this low pressure system approaches. the winds pushing and across france, on the northern edge, easterly winds will dominate for many adding to the chill on wednesday. it does been through england and wales, significant and

useful rent especially across eastern parts of england. 10—15 millimetres of rain for stops slow moving that the storms around the south as temperatures lived in the day. we could see temperatures into the mid— teens but further north pres coming in from the east, chilly if not raw, with temperatures barely above seven or eight degrees through much of the time. but the pressure pulls away as we go through solely to the end of the week. we will see some rain at times and overall this week, as we start, very chilly mornings and very cool —— valley call those two.

hello, this is the business briefing. i'm samantha simmonds. trade war escalation. asian shares tumble as donald trump threatens to expand tariffs to all chinese goods, ahead of talks planned for this week. and, the robots are coming. as artificial intelligence makes advances, we ask is yourjob next? and on the markets. you can see the reaction to those tweets from donald trump. japan down 0.02%. the hang seng also down. plenty more on the markets coming up.