i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: no sign of life on new zealand's white island a day after a volcano unexpectedly erupted. five people have died and at leasteight are still missing. eyewitnesses describe harrowing scenes. —— at least eight. translation: it was hot, so everyone had turns. somewhere seriously burned, some others a bit less, and i'm not sure they managed to rescue everyone. we hope they did. as myanmar‘s aung san suu kyi is called to defend her country against genocide charges, we've a special report on the plight of muslim rohingya refugees in bangladesh. translation: i'm so angry. they want

to eradicate the rohingya and islam from myanmar. that is why they're killing us. the world is not doing enough to give us our rights. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: china claims all the people sent to what it calls re—education camps in the western xinjiang province have now been released. and archaeologists discover a mysterious shipwreck off the coast of rhode island that could be captain cook's ship endeavour. voiceover: live from hours studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. glad you could join us. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 1pm in new zealand, where there appears to be no hope of finding any more

survivors from monday's volcanic eruption on white island. five people have been confirmed dead, at least eight more are still missing. the island is popular with tourists — 47 people were visiting when the volcano erupted. the prime minister of new zealand, jacinda ardern, has said that detailed aerial reconnaissance of the island suggests there are unlikely to be any survivors. shaimaa khalil has this report. the extraordinary few moments after the volcano on white island erupted. it hit briefly and fiercely, filling the air with huge plumes of smoke and smouldering ash. the people on this boat had left just moments before the eruption. the boat operators were not taking any chances. go inside! go inside, go inside! go inside! translation: we were on the volcano for about an hour. ten minutes after we left,

and got on the boat, the volcano started erupting. the boat turned around and went back to the island to try to help the people who were still there. i'm not sure if everyone got out alive. white island is one of new zealand's most active volcanoes, but it's also a popular tourist destination. thousands come here for walks and scenic aeroplane rides. nothing escaped the devastation here, the scale of the damage clearly shown here with this sightseeing helicopter, barely recognisable under the thick smouldering ash. down the beach, a large group could be seen waiting to be rescued. at this stage, we can confirm that amongst those currently listed as missing or injured are new zealanders who were part of the tour operation, and tourists from australia, the united states, the united kingdom, china and malaysia. that is to the best of our knowledge. emergency operations are now in place in many hospitals emergency around the country.

3! people have been taken in for treatment so far. the injured who were brought to shore from the island were all suffering from burns. we now know that three people were treated, then released from wha katane hospital. those with more severe burns and critical conditions have been transferred to specialist hospitals across the country. we also know that five of those initially rescued died died from their injuries. a monitoring camera filmed a group of people at the rim of the volcano moments before the eruption. then, it went black, raising questions about why tourists were allowed near the area in such hazardous conditions. about three weeks ago, we raised the alert level to indicate that there were signs of increased unrest, and therefore a slightly higher probability of an eruption. but really, that goes down to the tourist operators, who inform the tourists and decide whether or not they should go or not.

police say the situation on the island is still dangerous and unstable for rescuers to go in. they have confirmed that there is no sign of life there at the moment, and that whoever is still on the island has not survived. we'll get more on the volcano eruption in a moment but first let's update you on some other stories. here in the uk, with just two days to go until polling day, healthcare provision has taken centre stage. that's after a newspaper published a picture of a four year old boy with suspected pneumonia, sleeping on the floor of a hospital's emergency department. political editor laura kuenssberg has the latest. it's been a very, very tricky day for the conservatives. tonight frankly it's just, though, impossible to tell whether this kind of event, which has been a big

moment in the campaign, will really have an impact on the final result, but it will certainly have taken a hammer to but it will certainly have taken a hammerto any but it will certainly have taken a hammer to any complacency that might be setting in at tory hq. a reminder that this election might be in the final furlong but it really isn't over yet. another couple of days yet left to go. yes, just two days left to go. laura kuenssberg there. also making news today, ukraine and russia have agreed to a full and comprehensive ceasefire in eastern ukraine before the end of the year after the first face—to—face talks between presidents zelensky and putin. the ukrainian and russian presidents met with the leaders of france and germany in paris. but there was no agreement on issues such as the withdrawal of russian backed forces. the head of russia's anti—doping body, rusada, has said it's critically important that his country overhauls the way it approaches sport. he was speaking after the world anti—doping agency banned russia from most major sporting events for four years, following an investigation that found that testing data had been tampered with.

russia is expected to appeal against the ban. this is finland's new prime minister, sanna marin, who at the age of 3a, will this week become the world's youngest serving premier. she was picked by her social democratic party after its leader, antti rinne, quit as pm over his handling of a postal strike. sanna marin will lead a centre—left coalition with four other parties, all of them headed by women. and this is meng xiang and meng yuan, two baby pandas who made their debut on monday at berlin zoo. they're twins and they were born on august the 31st, but in keeping with chinese tradition, they were not named for the first 100 days of their lives. the twins' names apparently mean

‘long—awaited dream' and ‘dream come true'. visitors won't be able to see them until early next year once they've learned to walk. let get more on our top story this hour, the volcanic eruption on new zealand's white island. jan lindsay is a volcanologist at the university of auckland. she says this is not the first eruption of its kind on the island, and explains what likely occured to make the volcano explode. white island is one of several new zealand volcanoes that can erupt at any time, and it has had a history of erupting in this way over the last few years, but this is the first time people have been directly affected. but is it difficult to predict volcanic activity like this on white island, because there were tourists in the area?

yes, the thing about this eruption is it was driven by the shallow hydrothermal system. it was essentially a cap or a seal on the shallow hydrothermal system that p°pped shallow hydrothermal system that popped as gases built up beneath it, and that's very hard to forecast. if magma had been rising up from below, we would have seen a lot more activity and that would have resulted in a much greater eruption. about three weeks ago we did start seeing some signs of increased activity, some changes in the gas amounts coming out of the volcano and some more earthquakes and the alert level was raised to alert level two, which indicated that moderate or higher unrest was under way at the volcano and that translated to a higher likelihood of possible small eruptions like this one. professor, are there any lessons for you and

for the scientific community that you can take out of this tragedy? oh, there are lots of lessons. unfortunately... or fortunately, events like this always lead us to lessons for our wider community. we know that working on, living on, visiting active volcanoes can be dangerous. that eruptions can occur at any dangerous. that eruptions can occur atany time, dangerous. that eruptions can occur at any time, particularly ones that are at any time, particularly ones that a re stea m at any time, particularly ones that are steam driven, like this one. they often have no warning. i guess we're going to do a lot of soul—searching in new zealand over the coming weeks. volcanologist jan lindsay speaking to rico. myanmar‘s leader aung san suu kyi is preparing to defend her nation against charges of genocide, that's over its treatment of its muslim rohingya minority. there'll be three days of hearings at the international criminal court in the hague. in 2017, thousands of rohingyas were killed and nearly 750,000 refugees fled their homes during an army crackdown in myanmar. those who survived wantjustice,

but are losing hope that they'll ever be able to return home safely. the bbc‘s yogita limaye has been hearing their stories in the refugee camps in cox's bazar. driven out of their homeland, wanted by no—one. hundreds of thousands stuck in the world's largest refugee camp. more than two years since the rohingya arrived in bangladesh, scared, hungry and desperate, fear has given way to hopelessness. but grief is often just a heartbeat away. this woman tells me myanmar‘s military snatched her baby and threw him ina military snatched her baby and threw him in a fire. she says her parents

and most of her siblings were shot dead, and she was gang raped by four soldiers. everyone she's with in this photo was killed. she wantsjustice everyone she's with in this photo was killed. she wants justice for them. translation: aung san suu kyi is lying in front of the world that the military didn't do anything. if she takes me to my village, i can show her where and how my family was killed. i can prove everything, she says. one of her brothers managed to escape. his son and wife were killed in front of him. translation: escape. his son and wife were killed in front of him. translatiosz looks like i'm alive but inside i feel like i'm dead. i'm so angry. they want to eradicate the rohingya and islam from myanmar. that is why they are killing us. the world is not doing enough to give us our rights. thousands of rohingya muslims were

killed in buddhist majority myanmar. the un called it textbook ethnic cleansing. myanmar denies charges of genocide. here in bangladesh, they found shelter, but it's not a life of freedom. their movement is restricted stock the mobile phone services are banned. in a country where poverty is widespread, patients is now running out. two atte m pts patients is now running out. two attempts by bangladesh's government to facilitate the return of the rohingya ‘s to myanmar have failed because people are simply too scared to go back. they don't believe they'll be safe there but each day they continue to live here, tensions between them and locals who feel outnumbered by the refugees are rising. outside the camps, villagers are angry and resentful. translation: we

help the rohingyas when they came, but now our land is being taken, our jobs are being taken. their given food, shelter, everything. what about us? for the rohingya, life is an endless cycle of waiting. for food, water, dignity. forjustice cycle of waiting. for food, water, dignity. for justice and, cycle of waiting. for food, water, dignity. forjustice and, above all, a safe return to their home. yogita limaye, bbc news, cox's bazar. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: with china claiming everyone sent to its so—called re—education camps in xinjiang have now been released, our correspondent who's had rare access gives us his assessment. also on the programme: the mysterious shipwreck discovered off the coast of rhode island. could it be captain cook's ship endeavour?

john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building in the centre of new york. there's been a crowd here standing in more or less silent vigil and the flowers have been piling up. the 14th ceasefire of this war ended at the walls of the old city of dubrovnik. this morning, witnesses said shells were landing every 20 seconds. people are celebrating the passing of a man they hold responsible for hundreds of deaths and oppression. elsewhere, people have been gathering to mourn his passing. imelda marcos, the widow of the former president of the philippines, has gone on trial in manila. she's facing seven charges of tax evasion, estimated at £120 million. she pleaded not guilty.

the prince and princess of wales are to separate. a statement from buckingham palace said the decision had been reached amicably. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: as many as 13 people are now believed to have died in new zealand after a volcanic eruption on white island. myanmar‘s aung san suu kyi prepares to defend her country against genocide charges, over the treatment of its muslim rohingya minority. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the us edition of the financial times reports amazon has filed a lawsuit claiming it was denied a 10 billion dollar us defence

contract because of overt pressure from president donald trump. amazon is saying the process was flawed because of rivalry between mr trump and amazon's chief executive jeff bezos. the gulf news leads with former us vice president dick cheney's fears over america disengaging with the middle east. it says mr cheney told a conference in dubai that iran and russia are always on standby to fill the power voids. and the new york times says grandmas in the italian city of bari are worried they could be arrested or fined for selling their homemade pasta. the city's mayor has cracked down on restaurants selling unsourced pasta because of european union regulations. those are the papers. the watchdog that oversees the united statesjustice department has concluded political bias played no part in the fbi inquiry into possible collusion between russia and donald trump's 2016 election campaign.

meanwhile, at the impeachment hearings, the chairman of the house judiciary committee said president trump's conduct is a threat to the united states. the evidence shows that donaldj trump, the president of the united states has put himself before his country. he has violated his most basic responsibilities to the people, he has broken his oath. republicans on the committee have described that as baloney. they're also taking some comfort from a report into the fbi's handling of the trump russia investigation, which pointed to some performance failures, even though it did not find any evidence of political bias, in the original decision to set up the investigation. here's president trump's reaction. this was an overthrow of government, this was an attempted overthrow, and a lot of people were in on it, and

they got caught. they got caught red—handed. a senior chinese official has claimed that all of the people sent to re—education camps in the western region of xinjiang have now been released. over the past few years, a mounting body of independent evidence suggests that more than a million muslims have been placed in giant, highly secure facilities that china calls schools. our china correspondent john sudworth, whose work investigating the camps has helped bring them to global attention, is one of the few western journalists to have been given highly controlled access inside them. with international outrage still growing over the mass internment of muslims, xinjiang's camps, china says, are no more. translation: all the students who took the classes have graduated. with the help of the government, they have achieved a stable employment and live a happy life.

china has long insisted that these places are schools for tackling extremism. on our tour we were shown supposedly grateful muslims being taught to be loyal communist citizens. but away from the show camps the guards, the queueing visitors, the barbed wire, and the watchtowers make clear that enrolment is anything but voluntary. information and access are so limited in xinjiang, beijing's claim that the camps have closed is impossible to verify. but while aspects of the system may well be changing, it is highly unlikely that this massive system of coercion and control has been dismantled. state media has been showing new factories, some built next to the camps, in which graduates are being put to work for meagre wages and,

reports suggest, little choice. and separate to the camps, xinjiang's prisons have also been filling up at an extraordinary pace. while for china as a whole, the arrest rate per head of population has remained stable, in xinjiang it has skyrocketed. our reporting has highlighted the human cost of china's policies. if xinjiang's disappeared masses really are being released, then many will ask, "where is the proof?" john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. have archaeologists found the wreck of captain cook's ship endeavour? earlier this year a replica sailed to new zealand to mark 250 years since europeans arrived there.

the real ship though, has been missing in action for more than two centuries, after being scuttled, deliberately sunk, during the american war of independence. the director of the australian national maritime museum is kevin sumption. i asked him why he thinks the endeavour has been found. we are working in rhode island, in the town of newport. we have been working there since 1999, it's fair to say maritime archaeology is a very cautious science, but we have been making steady progress, and have identified a wreck site that is a strong contenderfor have identified a wreck site that is a strong contender for the have identified a wreck site that is a strong contenderfor the rack have identified a wreck site that is a strong contender for the rack of endeavour. what have you found then? haven't we been here before, previously, a different rack was found but it turned out to be not the endeavour, i believe it was hms resolution? that's right. the resolution? that's right. the resolution also ends up in rhode

island, newport, and indeed in the past, has been misidentified, a rtefa cts past, has been misidentified, artefacts from it have been misidentified and thought to be that of endeavour. newport in rhode island was, up until the latter part of the 18th century, one of the busiest ports in the world of. there are actually over 800 racks in the newport area, so that is one of the reasons we are very cautious about making any definitive claims that this is indeed endeavour. so when we watch the beautiful images of the replica of endeavour, what is it? what have you specifically found that makes you a little bit more confident this time around? in september we had a team of our maritime archaeologists dive on the most promising site. they were able to do some small excavation work, they found that this particular rack was indeed scuttled, there were some

very clear markings on the vessel where a whole had effectively been punched in the bottom of the vessel, and we have taken some timber samplings, endeavour we know was built predominantly of english oak, white oak, but it was also a rack, thenit white oak, but it was also a rack, then it was called the lord sandwich, scuttled with another four vessels, a mix of american belt and british built vessels, so the fact that we have found and confirmed that we have found and confirmed that many of the timbers on the seabed are in origin from europe, particularly from the uk, it is not in itself definitive. we now need to plan to do some additional dive work. there is a very particular characteristic. thomas fishburne, who built the original earl of pembroke, which was a collier from whitby which was renamed the endeavour, had a particular way of building his keel. incorporated

thing called a deadwood keel, and thatis thing called a deadwood keel, and that is what we are now next looking for, the evidence of this particular feature on this wreck site, which would give us a very strong evidence to suggest that this would be endeavour. super exciting there, if the director of the australian national maritime museum, is accurate, then this is fascinating, decades of searching the endeavour, it could have possibly been found. you have been watching newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. a major discovery if it is indeed the endeavour. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us, coming up, nintendo is switching onto china. the japanese gamer is teaming up with tencent to launch its popular switch console in the mainland. but it may have a tough time winning over gamers who are used to playing on their mobiles. are they doing it in time for christmas? there are just over two weeks to go.

so here's a festive tradition from poland. it's a gingerbread village and it's just gone on display in the town of gliwice. a huge gingerbread house! our next batch of wet and windy weather racing in off the atlantic as this cloud is moving into the west of the british isles. earlier in the night we had temperatures down as low as minus four celsius across eastern england. of a more recent hours the rents have been picking up in the rain has been moving in, we can see the temperatures rise, so by dawn, nine or10 temperatures rise, so by dawn, nine or 10 degrees in the west, a mild start to the day for a number of places in the west. mild, but for

many of us it is a wet started the day. eastern england starting off with some early—morning brightness, the cloud and rain spreads in this rain will be happy for all of us. the winds will be really quite gusty and squally, particularly so across parts of north wales, northern ireland, wales and parts of scotland, 60 or 70 mile—per—hour winds, so there is risk of some disruptions not band will push through, quite mild for a number of places, colder and will be arriving from the west. temperatures lowering to the afternoon in western scotland. transport disruption is a possibility on account of those very strong winds, heavy rain in the windy conditions also bringing surface water and spray to the roads are. overnight, it will turn quite a bit colder, a number of towns and cities avoiding a frost on account of the brisk winds but it will be a chilly night nevertheless, temperatures three to five degrees celsius. a day of sunshine and showers, a day when the showers will be most frequent and heaviest across the north—west, where there will be

hailand the north—west, where there will be hail and thunder moving in, and snow over the high ground as well. temperatures, 6—19dc, some are much colder day. that is wednesday's weather. another area of low moves in from the west, this one bringing some less cold hour, across england and wales in particular. a chilly start to the day, in a number of places. as the rain in, some snow over the hills of northern england, perhaps to scotland as well, where the cold and never really reaches, so it will be a chilly day in scotland, otherwise as the cloud and rain spreads in, we will see temperatures rising to around ten or 11 degrees for the likes of london, cardiff and plymouth. beyond that, temperatures dropping as we head into friday and the weekend, a mixture of bright spells and passing showers in the forecast. that's your whether.

i'm kasia madera with bbc world news. our top story: police in new zealand say they believe there are no more survivors on white island after a volcanic eruption. five people are confirmed to have died and at least eight are still missing. fears of further eruptions are complicating efforts to reach the volcano. new zealand's prime minister says aerial reconnaissance of the island suggests there are unlikely to be any survivors. myanmar‘s leader aung san suu kyi is being called later this week to defend her nation against charges of genocide over its treatment of its muslim rohingya minority. and proving to be very popular on our website are two twin baby pandas. meng xiang and meng yuan, who've made their debut at berlin zoo. their names apparently mean long awaited dream and dream come true. visitors however won't be able to see them until early next year. that's all. stay with bbc world news.