this is the briefing, i'm sally bundock. our top story: malta's prime minister says he'll resign following revelations over the murder of campaigning journalist daphne ca ruana galizia. as global representatives gather for the climate change summit, the head of the un warns that the global response so far has been "utterly inadequate." in our business briefing we'll be looking at fossil fuels as the planet experiences deadly heatwaves, wildfires and flooding, and they are having a catastrophic impact on climate change. and, after friday's london bridge terror attack political parties trade accusations over why the killer was released early from prison.

a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also, john richards who started the apostrophe protection society writes: "ignorance and laziness present in modern times have won!" with regret, he is closing down the society. so, should we give up on preserving punctuation? tell us what you think, just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. we begin in malta, where the opposition says the country cannot afford to wait another day for the resignation of its prime minister, joseph muscat. mr muscat says he'll stand down in the new year, once his governing labour party has chosen a successor. intense pressure is continuing

for him to quit immediately, over an investigation into the 2017 murder of the anti—corruption journalist, daphne caruana galizia. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas reports from malta. chanting for days now, malta's prime minister has been under intense pressure to go. the announcement he's to step aside finally came shorty after thousands protested in the centre of valetta. we are meant to be a democracy! enough. out. the prime minister? out. joseph muscat, out, now! i am fed up with the injustice that has been going on. they murdered daphne! they murdered my friend! we wantjustice! daphne ca ruana galizia, an anti—corruption campaigner, was blown up by a car bomb two years ago. she discovered in the panama papers leak, secret offshore companies

linking senior political figures close to the prime minister to malta's richest man, yorgen fenech. what precipitated this crisis was when, late on saturday, mr fenech was brought to court and charged with being part of the plot to murder the journalist. this was mr fenech just a day earlier outside court as the net closed on him. among his close associates, the prime minister's chief of staff, who stood down last week. that left mr muscat fatally exposed. in a televised address to the nation, joseph muscat said he would resign after a new party leader has been chosen injanuary. shortly before he spoke, this was the scene outside his office. disgust at their prime minister. they believe malta has been sullied and corrupted on his watch, and there needs to be wholesale change to see justice for daphne caruana galizia. the prime minister's resignation may not be enough, though. many here want all those behind the killing of daphne caruana galizia brought to justice, and all the corruption

cases she was working on, pursued to the end. damian grammaticas, bbc news, malta. and you can find out more about the background to the murder of daphne caruana galizia, and the political crisis in malta by visiting the bbc news website. that's all at bbc.com/news or download the bbc news app. negotiators from almost 200 countries are coming together in madrid today to see how the world can tackle rising greenhouse gas emissions. on the eve of the official opening of talks, the un secretary—general warned that the world was at a point of no return on climate change. our science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. from the deadly wildfires in australia to floods in venice, and record—breaking heat waves in the

summer, it's been a year of extremes. scientists warn if temperatures keep on going up there will be far worse to come. here in madrid, the fate of the planet is under intense discussions. the un has already said we should try and keep global temperatures from rising abovei.5 keep global temperatures from rising above 1.5 degrees to stop the worst effects of climate change. but this will mean drastic cuts to greenhouse gas emissions. it will require sweeping changes to the way we live, from using renewable energy instead of fossil fuels, to shifting to electric cars and making our homes more energy efficient. but there are warnings that nations aren't going far enough. this is why we need to put a lot of pressure in order to increase ambition and in order to reverse the present trend in which u nfortu nately reverse the present trend in which unfortunately climate change is running faster than what we are. and with the risk at a relatively short amount of time to become irreversible, that we will not be able to contain the temperature rise. on her way to the

talks is 16—year—old greta thunberg. she sparked a global climate movement with millions of young people taking to the streets. they say the world needs to act on climate now because it's their future that is at stake. rebecca morrell, bbc news, madrid. we'll have more on climate change in our business briefing, including a close look at the world's dependence on fossil fuels and what's being done to move away from them. cornelia meyer is chief executive of business consultancy mrl corporation. good to see you, cornelia. good morning. this is something we discussed in the business briefing of the time, when corporate leaders come in, ceos et cetera, we talk about sustainability, we talk about their plans when it comes to climate and many are having to be very upfront about this now, aren't they? the world has changed. the paris agreement in 2015, four

years ago, 200 companies agreed that greenhouse gas emissions of c02 200 companies agreed that greenhouse gas emissions of co2 emissions shouldn't — climate warming shouldn't — climate warming shouldn't be above two degrees above the preindustrial levels, we have 110w the preindustrial levels, we have now come to 1.5 degrees because we have seen some of the climate emergency with more hurricanes, stronger hurricanes, wildfires, floods and so on. it has really garnered momentum, and i think when donald trump decided as the only country to leave the paris agreement, which will be activated next year, that really also brought another sort of big emphasis on it, and you see how the young have reacted. you see greta thunberg, you see the european parliament has just announced a climate emergency. you see the head of the eu commission, ursula von der leyen, that is one of her big topics, it is one of the big

topics of christine lagarde, the head of the bank of england, will become the un financial envoy for climate change. so it really has garnered enormous amount. christine lagarde now in charge of the european central bank, and as you said she has made it a central pillar in her thinking in going forward. it is something we are looking out on bbc online as well as this summit gets under way in madrid. all the recent evidence that has come out of, you know, organisations like the un et cetera recently, the world meteorological society all points of the fact that the situation is getting worse, not better, despite everybody‘s efforts. so there was more pressure on governments and business leaders than ever before to make significant change. and i think what is new

in the debate is it brings more prominence to finance. you had the sustainability people who have been going on about this for 20 years, but this has really garnered momentum, that people say ok, we shouldn't finance polluting industries. you saw for instance the european investment bank, eib, which isa european investment bank, eib, which is a last resort multilateral bank said they would not finance oil, gas or coal, any fossil fuels. the european bank for reconstruction development thinks along the same lines. we will unpack this further on in the news briefing. cornelia will be back soon. now let's focus on what is happening in the uk. british police have named the second victim of the knife attack on london bridge on friday. saskia jones was a 23—year—old university of cambridge graduate. she and the other person who died, jack merritt, were both involved in a programme aimed at prisoner rehabilitation. the attacker, usman khan,

was shot dead by the police. he was a convicted terrorist who'd been released early from prison. john mcmanus has latest. saskia jones was 23 years old and described asa jones was 23 years old and described as a positive influence on many peoples lives. wanting to help the victims of crime, she recently applied tojoin victims of crime, she recently applied to join the police. victims of crime, she recently applied tojoin the police. 0n friday, her life was cut short. 0ne of two people stabbed to death but was in caen as she volunteered at the rehabilitation conference that khan was attending. her friend says she was clever and down—to—earth and would have tried to defuse the situation that ultimately ended in her dad. a young woman with decades and decades, probably even 100 years life left in her, and she is dead. like saskia, jack merritt had studied criminology at cambridge, unlike her he had been committed

to helping business starting new life. among those paying tribute to him, his friend holly. "i can't believe i got to call you my best mate. i can't believe i got the privilege of your love. you were quite simply the best thing, completely golden." jackpot smoke father, david merritt has already asked that his son's death not be used to impose draconian sentences on prisoners was that he accused the daily melon daily express newspapers of using his son's death to promote vile propaganda, saying jack stood against hatred, division and ignorance. later this morning a visual will take place in the city of london to remember those who died and pay tribute to the emergency services. john mcmanus, bbc news. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. president trump has refused to send a lawyer to face questions from members of the house of representatives conducting the impeachment inquiry against him.

one of his legal advisers has said the white house isn't convinced the president would get a fair hearing on wednesday. mr trump is facing allegations that he illegally sought help from ukraine to undermine his possible 2020 challenger, democrat, joe biden. a small plane has crashed into the pavement on the north side of san antonio international airport in texas. the authorities say it developed engine problems after taking off from the city of sugar land. all three on board were killed. a referendum on whether venice should break away from sister city mestre has failed to meet the required 50% turnout for the result to be valid. just under 22% of voters turned up at the polls. supporters say the city needs its own administration to tackle rising sea levels, mass tourism and failures to build flood defences. mexico's president, andres manuel lopez 0brador,

says reducing crime remains his top priority as he marks his first year in office. he was addressing thousands of his supporters in mexico city. murder rates have increased this year by 2% and the president has been criticized for his approach. thousands joined a protest calling for violence to stop. gareth barlow has more details. dressed in white chanting "mexico yes, lopez no," — thousands of protesters called for an end to the violence. at the heart of the crowd, the mormon community, who lost nine members when they were killed by gunmen in an ambush last month. translation: we understand there are lots of divisions in the country. we are not against the president. we are against the security policies, because they haven't worked. we have to unite and stop the massacre we have in our country. mr lopez 0brador came to power

with a pledge to improve security, but he's been criticised for ordering forces to avoid confrontation. the detention of gang leaders and drug seizures have dropped compared to previous years, but speaking at a huge event to mark his first year in office, the president said the government would tackle violence. translation: mexico's government will meet its responsibility to deliver justice. we won't accept any kind of intervention. we're a sovereign, free country. the rallies come as police killed suspected cartel gunmen who'd attacked a mayor's office near the us border. tens of thousands of people die each year in mexico's deadly drug war. the call from the government and from protesters — that mexicans must unite to tackle the scourge of violence blighting the country. gareth barlow, bbc news.

stay with us on the briefing, still to come: we meet the father of the modern wind turbine, a true pioneer in the fight against climate change. it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. i am feeling so helpless, that the childrens are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippie cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people in los angeles. at 11am this morning, just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe. it took the drills just a few moments to cut through the final obstacle. then philippe cozette, a minerfrom calais, was shaking hands with and exchanging flags with robert fagg,

his opposite number from dover. you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: malta's prime ministerjoseph muscat has agreed to step down, following intense criticism over his handling of the investigation into the murder of a prominent journalist. with the global climate change summit about to get under way, the un secretary—general has told the bbc governments need to stop subsidising fossil fuel industries. let's stay with that story, and the efforts to move away from fossil fuels. one key source of renewable energy is offshore wind turbines. they produce electricity which is now often cheaper, but much of their potential remains untapped. as part of our series climate defenders alongside the climate conference, freya cole has been to denmark

to meet an inventor at the heart of the wind industry. wind — the invisible source of energy which now has the potential to change the world. the question used to be — we like it but can we afford it? and now the question is — how can we afford not to? from a young age, danish inventor henrik stiesdal knew more could be done to use a natural and free source of electricity. we have very few natural resources in denmark but one we do have is wind, and a lot of it. henrik created his first wind turbine at the age of 16. in 1991, he opened the first offshore wind farm and his design for the modern wind turbine earned the title of the ‘danish concept‘ and that

concept has shaped the wind industry for what it is today. it had three blades. it had the blades mounted on the front of the tower. in those years, many turbines had the blades on the backside of the tower. it had operation at different speeds to be as efficient as possible and that all turned out to be very useful in the early years of the industry. can you see how big it is? it's like, impressive. his brain works in a completely different way. he understands a lot of the technology topics around it and the economics and the efficiency. and it's efficiency which is henrik‘s biggest motivation. one of the biggest blades henrik has helped design is 94 metres long. the blade is one seamless piece of fibreglass with no joins. while the blades have grown in size, the costs are 00:19:51,1000 --> 00:19:52,945 shrinking. according to a new study by the paris—based international energy agency, the costs are set to fall a further 60% by 2040.

every time these blades makes a full rotation, this turbine generates enough power of the average household for a day, so there is no denying the strength in wind energy, but for this industry to make a meaningful impact worldwide, there are still challenges to overcome. around the world, the untapped potential of offshore wind is vast, especially when you move further from shore into deeper waters. the answer is floating wind turbines. according to the international energy agency, floating turbines could unlock enough potential to meet the world's total electricity demand 11 times over a 2040. henrik is inventing a floating wind turbine which he says could be mass produced at a factory. he says it's a key to driving down costs to make it cheaper

than fossil fuel competitors. so the real trigger for all of this is actually getting our products industrialised. the next hurdle for the industry is to capture all of the electricity so it doesn't go to waste when winds drop and work out the best way to feed it back to the grid. i'm putting in a lot of effort on developing storage systems, both for day—to—day storage and also seasonal storage so you can store energy made when we have a lot of wind in the wintertime to be used in the summertime. henrik is optimistic. he has watched the industry developed from the impossible to the possible, to a future reaching even greater heights. freya cole, bbc news. and next week on climate defenders we'll see how restoring trees to barren, degraded land can fight both the causes and effects of climate change, so watch out for that. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, this is your monday sport briefing, where we start with the news that leicester city scored a late

stoppage time winner courtesy of a var decision to beat everton on sunday. brendan rodgers' side went behind at home butjamie vardy got the equaliser, and in the fourth minute of injury time kelechi iheanacho sent the home fans wild — and his teammates — with a great strike for the winner. difficult first half, they were back m, difficult first half, they were back in, 5—4, one, and againstanything thatis in, 5—4, one, and againstanything that is difficult, but we try to stay positive and play an offensive game, to then have to come from behind as well, it really demonstrates the spirit and quality in this team, that they have this mindset to keep going and going, and by the end we thought we deserved it. pablo larraza bal won the alfred dunhill championship and a fifth european tour title, despite playing what he called "the worst golf of his career". the spaniard, with a world ranking of 261, playing with a badly blistered foot, carded a final round in south africa that included six bogeys and a double bogey.

he managed to find some form on the back nine though with three birdies on the final four. that was enough to finish on 8 under par and win by a stroke, handing him his first tournament victory in 4 years. some of the biggest names in world football will be in paris later for the ballon d'or ceremony. lionel messi and megan rapinoe are the favourites to win this year's awards. messi is fancied by many to pick up the prestigious prize for a 6th time. juventus' cristiano ronaldo and liverpool defender virgil van dijk are also shortlisted. megan rapinoe is the strong frontrunner to win the women's award. while they roll the red carpet out in paris, the draw for the third round of the fa cup will take place in manchester. this is the point where premier league and championship clubs join the competition. manchester city are the current holders, after beating watford 6—0 in the 2019 final. it capped an incredible

season for pep guardiola's team, helping them clinch an historic domestic treble. arsenal are the most successful club in the cups history with 13 titles. the milwaukee bucks have the chance to win their 12th straight nba game when they host the new york knicks later. giannis antetokounmpo was one of nine bucks' players who reached double figures in their victory over the charlotte hornets at the weekend. the win strengthened their position at the top of the nba's eastern conference. like last season, the knicks are struggling — they‘ re currently second from bottom. you have to feel forjoel drommel — his intentions were good but he won't want to be reminded of this moment on social media. to avoid giving away an indirect free kick, the twente keeper attempted to head clear a back—pass. he inadvertently headed the ball against another of his defenders though, gifting ajax's noa lang the chance to score a hat—trick. ajax went on to win the game 5—2 and extend their lead in the

dutch eredivisie to 6 points. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the team, that is your monday sport briefing. we ask you at the beginning of the programme, should we protect punctuation or should we just give up. this following john richards, who is someone who started the' protection society down in 2001, you can see the website here. —— apostrophe. he says he is giving up on project in the much abused apostrophe because basically m ista kes apostrophe because basically mistakes over and over again, people are ignorant and lazy in modern times, this is a 96—year—old john

richards, who is giving up. so we asked should we give up or should we try and preserve punctuation. joe says "we need punctuation, and the verbs are completely useless. " keith says "no we must not give up, the barbarians at the gate, but observing standards is worth the effort." and then paul anthony taylor says "the written words without punctuation is like music without punctuation is like music without form, rhythm or silence". and then one other writer says "i make errors a resolute time, it matters but i will still make them regardless of how i write or type". that is just a snapshot of your comments. let us know your thoughts — use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. i will be back with the business stories in a moment, focusing on the madrid climate conference. stay with us here on bbc news —

so much more to come. for all of us it were —— will turn mild, wetand for all of us it were —— will turn mild, wet and windy later on this week but at the moment it is pretty cold out there, most of the uk sitting underneath this cold area of high pressure as it drifts further south, so it allows some mild, claudia had to come in around the top of that for scotland and northern ireland. for scotland is nowhere near as cold as it was last night, with the clear skies widely across england and wales, this is where we will have a frost. there is some sunshine to start the day, all clad continuing to feed into northern ireland and scotland, some patchy rain may be for the highlands and islands, more cloud coming across the irish sea into northern england and wales with the rest of the sunshine hanging on towards the south and south—east after that frosty start. bridges 6—7d, milder in the north of scotland. that weather front will get pushed away,

high pressure in charge as we head into tuesday, close to the centre of high pressure the winds are lighter, skies will be clearer, there is sufficient moisture to perhaps see some fog reforming overnight and into tuesday. it is most likely towards parts of wales, east wales and south—east england, and it could lingerfor and south—east england, and it could linger for a and south—east england, and it could lingerfor a while. it and south—east england, and it could linger for a while. it should and south—east england, and it could lingerfor a while. it should be dry on tuesday for scotland, some sunshine here, likewise across northern ireland and some sunny spells for england and wales away from the mist and fog. again temperatures 6—8d. as we head into the middle part of the week, a weakening will arise from the north—west, the high—pressure drifts into europe, but still the risk of some or mist, fog and low cloud. more of that forming overnight and lingering across central parts of england into wednesday. that band of rain on the weakening weather front topples across scotland towards cumbria leaving behind some sunshine and showers, milder air still but coal where it stays grey across parts of england and wales.

a lot of that gets blown away by the time we get into thursday, when speaking up in this weather system streaming in from the atlantic, that will bring some wet weather across scotland, particularly for the hills of western scotland, some heavy rain here, gail is picking up as well, a little bit of rain at times for northern ireland, the far north of england, had further south and it will probably be dry and bright with some sunshine. milder air coming will probably be dry and bright with some sunshine. milderair coming in across the uk, possibly double figures to the south wales and south—west england.

this is the business briefing. i'm sally bundock. deadly heatwaves, wildfires and flooding — the catastrophic impact of climate change — now the un chief focuses on our failure to curb fossil fuels. and "fear, pain, disappointment, helplessness and torment", words of huawei's financial chief meng wanzhou penned on the first anniversary of her detention. and financial markets in asia have started december on a bright note — better—than—expected news from china's manufacturing sector boosting optimism in the region.