hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. democrats in congress have laid out the charges to impeach donald trump. he has the committee on the judiciaries offering to articles of impeachment charging the president of united states, donald trump, with committing high and misdemeanors. congress is now likely to vote on the articles of impeachment before christmas — mr trump says he expects to be exonerated on what he calls "false cha rg es". they had to apologise or totally a conservative friend that there is no way labour can be victorious. no joshing, as old friends do.

and global warming is causing greenland's ice sheet to melt at seven times the rate as in the ‘90s. the congressional committees investigating donald trump have formally laid charges of impeachment against him. this is the case being made by the democrats. president trump solicited a foreign nation, ukraine, president trump solicited a foreign nation, ukraine, to publicly announce investigations into his opponent. in a baseless conspiracy theory promoted by russian to help his reelection campaign. president trump abused the power of his office by conditioning to official acts to get ukraine to help his reelection. two official acts to get ukraine to help his reelection. the release of hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid that

nation desperately needed and a white house meeting with an ally trying to fend off russian aggression. in so doing, he undermined our international security and jeopardised the integrity of our next election. and he does so still. here are the articles of impeachment. this document charges the president with committing high crimes and misdeameanours. adam schiff there was outlining the case they're making under article one — that using the powers of his office, president trump "solicited the interference of a foreign government, ukraine, in the 2020 us presidential election". they're calling that abuse of power. article two is obstruction of congress. this involves requests repeatedly made by congress to the white house during the impeachment inquiry for documents — and for administration officials to testify. the document alleges that without lawful cause or excuse, "president trump directed executive branch agencies, offices and officials not to comply" with these subpoenas. and they say that too

breaches the constitution — which gives congress the power to carry out the impeachment process. impeachment is, of course, primarily a political act — and democrats know that, regardless of the outcome of this process, if they can persuade americans that the president deserves to be impeached — then that has obvious benefits in november's election. here's the chairman of thejudiciary committee, jerry nadler. he endangers the constitution, he endangers our democracy and he endangers our national security. the framers of the constitution prescribed a clear remedy for presidents that so violate their oath of office. that is the power of impeachment. white house press secretary stephanie grisham. .. "the president will address these false charges in the senate and expects to be fully exonerated, because he did nothing wrong." that was the white house. and this is republican congressman kevin mccarthy.

we would never be here if they paid attention to the facts or the hearing. to the facts or the hearings. this is not a day that america will be proud about. it is not a day that history will write that anybody wants to repeat. alexander hamilton warned us that this day would come, that a majority would use their political power just for politics. even though we all raise our hands to uphold the constitution. ijust hope no congress, regardless of who's in the majority, will ever take us down this path again. what happens next is that this thursday the judiciary committee, chaired byjerry nadler, will vote on these articles of impeachment. if that passes — and we expect it to — then the articles go to the full house of representatives for another vote. that's could happen before christmas and the assumption is the house will back impeachment because the democrats have a majority. if that happens, the president

will go on trial, in the upper chamber — the senate. that could be as early as january. and this is where the process may hit the buffers. republicans control that senate — and a two—thirds majority is required to remove a president from office. that looks a long, long way off — given that no republicans are supporting that outcome. hello. the democrats could've done a number of different directions in terms of what they charged the president with. what do you make of the decision they made? they have gone for a very narrow course here, just gone for a very narrow course here, just to articles of impeachment. having specifically brought up the report, they referenced it, they referenced a pattern of obstructive behaviour by the president. but in an attempt to keep all democrats in the house on board to try to make

this as unanimous as possible, at least on their side, they have gone for the narrowest definition that they could. it seems very unlikely that they will get any republicans to support this, but that is why they have gone down this path and have not included the charge of bribery in those articles of impeachment. obstruction of congress, that is what president trump is been quite open about that he has not wanted to co—operate with this inquiry. congress is supposed to be an equal branch of government and there is not supposed to be in over mati executive, the executive is supposed to be responsive to congress and congress is supposed to have the power to summon persons and papers and because the president and his legal team of taken the view that this is a baseless, political motivated process, they have not cooperated. the democrats have faced some criticism for not going to

court to try to subpoena some key witnesses, democrats say they have not done that because this is about the 2020 election and the attempt to getan the 2020 election and the attempt to get an investigation into his political rival says they did not have time to go to court, so that is why they have gone for the obstruction of congress charge. why they have gone for the obstruction of congress chargem terms of the articles of impeachment, this could be a huge moment for notjust congress but america more generally, but given the maelstrom around the donald trump residency, does it feel like at this time around? it is undoubtedly a sombre moment. only four americans have faced impeachment, it is a process to try to re m ove impeachment, it is a process to try to remove a president from office. but because the senate is in republican hands and as you said, it seems very republican hands and as you said, it seems very unlikely that there will bea seems very unlikely that there will be a majority to remove the president from office, there is a sense that this is an extension of the partisan warfare that we have seen the partisan warfare that we have seen for some the partisan warfare that we have seen for some years now

the partisan warfare that we have seen for some years now here in america. nonetheless, the president has made it known to his aides that he does not want to have impeachment on his resume. it is not something that he wants to happen, but he will fight it is already talking about the trial in the senate and whether or not they will be live witnesses or not they will be live witnesses or if you'll try to turn it to his advantage. but there is no doubt that he will be in a bitterly drawn out partisan process and. two days to go until the uk general election. let's update you on a variety of developments. first, a recording of senior labour figure being disparaging about labour's chances has leaked. here's some of it. look, i've been going around these national places, it's dire for labour. it's dire. my strategy is to try and help as many of my colleagues back over the line. and i've been banging on about the nhs in their areas for them. but it's awful for them. and it is a combination of corbyn and brexit.

jonathon ashworth has named the person he was speaking to as former local conservative association chairman called greig baker. this is a picture of him on the blog brexit central which he contributes to. and here'sjon ashworth's explanation of what he said. i look stupid, of course do. you don't believe a word of what you said. i'm trying to wind him up, right? and the reason this has come out today is because the tories know that the crisis in the nhs is ruining their campaign. the state of the national health service that jonathon ashworth refers to there was a dominant issue yesterday. that was because of this picture on the front page of the daily. mirror — it shows a four year old boy having to sleep

on the floor of a hospital. when asked by a journalist what he thought of that photo, boris johnson took journalist's phone and put it in his pocket rather than look at the picture — and was widely criticsed for his response. well, the prime minister has pushed on with his campaign today. this is where we've got to. with all the subtlely of a bulldozer — the message here is the prime minister can break the political gridlock around brexit — and leave the eu. as we can see breaking through a polystyrene wall was just as easy as breaking a promise not to put trade checks between britain and northern ireland in a brexit deal. and you imagine, michel barnier may offer greater resistance tha the polysterene when the uk starts to demand a trade deal within 12 months — while insisting the uk is free of the eu regulation that the brexiteers dislike so much.

anyway, bulldozers or not — the questions about national health service won't go away for the conservatives — remember they've been in power for nine years and brought it a raft of cuts to public services. here's the justice secretary today. demand in the nhs continues to grow. we have seen that since its foundation. the founding assumption of the nhs was with increasing provision, demand would drop, of course, the opposite has been true. we have seen demand increase. but what we have is a very targeted and structured programme that has been agreed with nhs england to make important investments in places like leeds. curious that both of the parties are on the defensive of the moment.

there retreating to their core messages. you have had to quite separate campaigns are really engaging with each other much of the time. for starts driving home his message in a bulldozer that was all we have to do is have brexit be over. written to be out of the european union by the end ofjanuary next year. jeremy corbyn focusing on the domestic front, trying to end austerity, promising former money for the health service. in the past couple of days, it is become more like an old—fashioned election campaign with the vents colliding in from nowhere to rattle both campaigns. on one hand, yet the government facing very awkward questions about that photo that appeared of the young boy in the hospital and what they were doing about the nhs and borisjohnson's peculiar response we took the phone from the reporter and put it in his pocket. and labour‘s health spokesman in a totally bizarre conversation with a former friend of

his who must‘ve recorded it with the intention of leaking it in which he voices which he has privately from labour and voices which he has privately from labourand on voices which he has privately from labour and on the doorstep that jeremy corbyn is toxic in the position on brexit is causing real harm. so difficulty for both parties in this very last stage of the campaign. a couple of other things to ask you about. there was a time, feels like a very long time ago for the liberal democrats are suggesting that she could be the next prime minister. and now the lib dems are pretty good emphasis on trying to stop the conservatives from getting brexit through parliament by winning a majority. here she is today. former tory strongholds where liberal democrats are challenging and to people who live in those areas, if you have had a lot of liberal democrat input leaflets piling up in your kitchen table, let me tell you that it's a place where liberal democrats can win and you can vote liberal democrat and get a liberal democrat mp

and stop boris johnson getting his majority. we can start brexit and we can build a brighter future. thank you very much! and nicola sturgeon, leader of the scottish nationalist party, has a similar message. do you think there is evidence this time that it could be different? opponents try to work out how to most effectively try to manipulate or use britain passed the system to build a parliamentary resistance to the conservative party but it never worked effectively and there's a huge amount of talk among remain supporters and people who want to stop brexit about how to try and close the door to borisjohnson from getting a majority and that means trying to vote in a way that stops

tory mps, particularly in wells they did back from maine and the referendum but currently have a tory mp. also sorts of guides around in newspapers as well as the observer newspapers as well as the observer newspaper and many constituencies where there is saying that if there is tactical voting, then the tory could be defeated. it has not happened very successfully in the past, whether does this time, the enormity of brexit is an issue and it remains to be seen. we could be like the actor on the airwaves urging people to embrace tactical voting. we will see, we do not know. it is very volatile and this is still quite an unpredictable election and how much tactical voting there really is on the day. people outside the uk will be wondering this. this is a huge political issue that is dominated for three years in the liberal

democrats admitted their number one cause. pulling suggests that british people would like to remain in the eu and yet, the lib dems are slipping in the polls rather than making gains. how do we explain that? . i think making gains. how do we explain that? . ithink the lib making gains. how do we explain that? . i think the lib dems did not help themselves a few weeks ago when the policy became one of revoke, just ripping up the results of the referendum and saying that the eu just wanted to stay. if there were to find themselves running the country in government, that has never been likely because they are the third party in british politics. the fourth party after the snp. they wa nt the fourth party after the snp. they want a referendum but this is the co nsta nt want a referendum but this is the constant problem in the uk political system. when the elections come, the smaller parties, the third parties tend to get squeezed as people gravitate back to the two main parties and we seem to be seeing the same sort of momentum happening at

this time. and that is one of the big problems. it is an irony that borisjohnson is big problems. it is an irony that boris johnson is quite big problems. it is an irony that borisjohnson is quite confident that he may yet have the majority at the end of this week because he seems to have largely scooped up the leave vote for my referendum because natural for us, leave vote for my referendum because naturalfor us, his brexit party leave vote for my referendum because natural for us, his brexit party has stood down against tory mps, and the remaining vote is fractured among three orfour remaining vote is fractured among three or four parties and that is going to pose a problem in delivering seats into parliament in enough numbers to deny borisjohnson a majority. but we do not know. we do not know this is going to play out but it is the fracturing of the remains of that is a problem. thank you.

once the exit polls come out on thursday evening there will be extensive covering going on for many hours, but on the bbc news channel in the uk and bbc world news as well. stay with us on outside source — still to come. a new warning about greenland's ice — scientists say it's melting seven times faster than the 1990s. security guards have been posted to protect a new mural in birmingham by the street artist banksy. the artwork features two reindeer painted onto a brick wall. phil mackie reports. on a victorian railway bridge in birmingham's jewellery quarter, the elusive artist banksy has created his latest piece. this was the film he uploaded to instagram. it's already been viewed nearly 3 million times, and thousands of people have turned up in person to see it. and how much do you know about banksy? well, i know he creeps up

in lots of places and paints pictures on the walls, but i don't know much more about him than that. and what do you think about this one? i think it's amazing, it's beautiful. it's absolutely beautiful. the reindeer appeared in the early others of friday morning. the filming happened later that evening. local businesses knew something was going on but weren't sure it was a banksy until yesterday. banksy has really good ideas. i like his art, his thinking behind his art, there's always a thought behind his pictures. the wall itself could be worth millions. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story... impeachment articles have been filed against donald trump by the house of representatives. he's accused of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. rescue planes and ships have been searching the sea betwen south america and antarctica for a chilean military aircraft that went down with 38 people on board. operators lost contact

with the plane just over an hour after it had taken off from the southern city of punta arenas. bbc mundo a police officer has been killed in an incident injersey city in the united states. there was a heavy exchange of gunfire beween what is believed to be one or two gunman and armed police who surrounded a store. every school in the city is in lockdown. it is believed the incident is drugs—related. the lead singer of the swedish pop duo roxette — marie fredriksson, has died at the age of sixty—one. she had been suffering from cancer. roxette rose to global fame in the 19805 with a string of hits including "it must have been love" and "listen to your heart". the ice in greenland is melting a lot faster than previously thought. 80% percent of greenland is covered by an ice sheet — so the implications of rapid melting are huge. this graph shows that greenland's contribution to rising sea levels

is currently tracking on a worst case scenario. at this pace, greenland alone would contribute to sea levels rising by an additional seven centimetres above current projections by the end of the century. these latest calculations come in a new report out today. the report's release has been timed to coincide with the american geophysical union meeting in san francisco, where leading earth scientists have gathered. jonathan amos was there. we have been looking at this for a little while now. what is interesting about this report is it is really all of the polar experts on greenland who study that plays with satellites coming together and reconciling all the data that they have compiled over the years come

over 25 years and saying yes, this really is what is happening. and as you say, the melting now is following projections. and come the end of the century, the there will be an additional seven cm from greenland. every centimetre, every single centimetre that you add to global sea levels, you bring 6 million people additionally into the risk of annual flooding. to give you a sense of what we are talking about. if you take antarctica because this group has done exactly the same thing in antarctica, they say for antarctica, there will be an additional ten cm. say for antarctica, there will be an additionalten cm. big business story big business the united states, canada, and mexico have finally agreed a new trade deal. this is the moment they signed it in mexico city today. it's being seen as a significant victory by all sides after two years of wrangling. the deal replaces the 25—year

old nafta agreement which president trump has long attacked as being — he says — unfair to the united states. michelle fleury is in new york. isa is a possible to summarise the two deals quickly. what is in this new one that is not in the old one was yellow the key thing is about american worker protections and enforce what rules there on the trade deal. that's what the democrats and the white house have been heckling about the past years. it has led to a big conversion, if you like, from some the big unions here in america they were very much against the steel now coming out in support of a deal which, in the past, if you look at its predecessor, nafta, was criticised for accelerating the decline in us manufacturing. and politically in

manufacturing. and politically in manufacturing week for the goals was to pursue stop till it could be a big victory if you look towards the 2020 election campaign and many investors and wall street, while they celebrate what is happening today it still needs to be ratified by the legislative in mexico, canada and also here in the united states. their keeping tabs on what is happening because december 15 is the deadline for the tariffs to go in and there's some talk about whether or not they'll be delayed. say victory today, but a bigger picture as to there being a lot of trade anxiety. the world trade organisation is in crisis. the global trade body no longer has enough judges to resolve trade disputes because the us is blocking newjudges appointments, because president trump doesn't think his country is being treated fairly by the wto the bbc asked the director general of the group whether any lasting fix can happen

while trump is still in the white house. i think so. we are talking to the us administration and i think we understand better today how deep their concerns are and how widespread they are. i think we are beginning to have the kind of conversation that will allow us to figure out the kind of changes that are needed to find a solution. our lead story an outside source, the articles of impeachment have been laid by the democrats, a series of votes on these articles. one alleges an abuse of power and the other an obstruction of congress. if the house of representatives votes in support of impeachment and we think that vote will be on thursday, we could be looking at the president going on trial in the us senate in

january. for the reaction on that in a few moments on the programme. hello there. bitterly cold conditions across much of central canada and northern plains of the united states and the next few days. but this weather front will bring some heavy rains and eastern parts of the united states with milder southeast release but, bitterly cold canadian arctic air will continue to sink southwards in these for three can see the deep blues across the canadian prairies of temperatures as low as —20 celsius by day. but at court and will be pushing into the weather front on tuesday and wednesday to the back edge of it increasingly into snow but also freezing what rain with various to the deep south up to tennessee could be affected by this on tuesday wednesday but the travel disruption. snow developing on the back edge of that with the cold air around —19

degrees in winnipeg it will be very cold for the foreseeable future. to the south, minneapolis —15 and it turns briefly court across the northeast and milder in winter again as we head on into the weekend. by me as as we head on into the weekend. by measa as we head on into the weekend. by me as a video showing the significant flooding across parts of madagascar and on monday, cyclone made landfall in the northwest corner bringing strong winds and heavy rain with a couple of hundred millimetres of rain in fact as the storm continued to weaken and push southwards across the western madagascar. more storms here and fade away and our focus is on the eastern parts of the african mainland but will see more vicious thunderstorms and heavy downpours on words but every new chance for more thunderstorms pushing in to somalia and ethiopia as well and into the weekend. these downpours following unsaturated ground and we could be

looking at more flooding here. have a couple of areas of low pressure and it is going to bring heavy rain and it is going to bring heavy rain and storms and rough seas uncertain italy —— on southern italy and into cyprus and on wednesday. a very deep area of low pressure to the north of the uk which is going to bring significant weather to iceland and on both tuesday wednesday, some very rare red warnings in force, the hurricane drinking winds and heavy snow, blizzard conditions and by the end of wednesday, we could see up to two metres of snow and places, which is what we have red warnings. so keep a watch on that. closer to home, here comes the next area of low pressure for thursday to bring another round of heavy rain and yes, it is staying unsettled for the next few days. you can see a full uk weather forecast right here in about half an hour. so do stay tuned.

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hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. democrats in congress have laid out the charges to impeach president trump. the house committee is introducing two articles of impeachment charging the president of the united states, donaldj the president of the united states, donald j trump, with the president of the united states, donaldj trump, with committing high crimes and misdemeanors. congress is now likely to vote on the articles of impeachment before christmas — the president says he expects to be exonerated on what he calls "false cha rg es" six people are now known to have died and eight are still missing following the volcanic eruption on new zealand's white island. brutal accounts of mass killings and rape of rohingya muslims are heard at the international court ofjustice, as nobel peace prize winner aung san suu kyi prepares to defend myanmar

against accusations of genocide. and we'll be looking at the role that misinformation has been playing in the uk election so far — suffice to say, it's played a big part. the process of impeachinng donald trump is moving at pace, now that congressional committees have issued the charges against him. the next step is on thursday when the judiciary committee will vote on whether to approve the articles of impeachment and send them for consideration to the entire house. my colleague katty kay has been speaking to one of the members of that committee, the democratic congresswoman zoe lofgren. congresswoman, you have worked through two previous impeachment processes. what are your thoughts today? well, this is a solemn day because we have released

the proposed articles of impeachment relative to donald trump's misconduct. and i think the articles are very well—founded and supported by the evidence. but it is not a time forjoy when a president threatens the constitutional order in this way. you were a staffer on capitol hill during the nixon impeachment process. how is this different? well, each situation is different. president nixon engaged in misconduct, but it was really directed domestically. so far as i know, it's unprecedented that the president would solicit the assistance of a foreign government to interfere in an american election. so that's very disturbing and not really consistent with the president's oath of office. increasingly, it does look like — and i'm thinking as well of the clinton impeachment hearings, when you were a member

of the committee that worked on the process — that impeachment is becoming a political tool. are you concerned that accelerated use of impeachment and the way that it is being split on very partisan lines, particularly in this case, that impeachment is not what america's founding fathers intended it to be? the founding fathers intended impeachment to be used to curb an ongoing threat to the constitution and to the constitutional order, which is present in this case. the sad thing is there's a headline in the washington post today that says, "if it talks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then republicans are calling it an avocado." i still hope that the republicans will look at the facts and reach a conclusion to defend our country. is there a problem here in the sense that the term "high crimes and misdemeanors," which is the bar for impeaching an american president, is not a clear legal term

— therefore it can become basically a political term, and impeachment almost means nothing? itjust becomes political? it does mean something, and as a matter of fact, there are meanings behind the words high crimes and misdemeanors. we had a whole hearing in the judiciary committee about the origins of that phrase, what the founding fathers meant. in fact, it goes back to great britain, it started in the time of oliver cromwell. so it's notjust whatever we say. it is conduct that is inconsistent with the oath of office to protect and defend the constitution. and unfortunately, donald trump has engaged in that activity. let switch from washington to the hague. the civilian leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi, appearing at the international court of

justice to help refute charges of genocide. myanmar‘s... justice to help refute charges of genocide. myanmar‘s. .. bear justice to help refute charges of genocide. myanmar‘s... bear in mind, aung san suu kyi was held under house arrest by that same military when she was a pro—democracy leader. she's now defending it. she was asked for comment as she arrived today. she will formally speak tomorrow, we think, and she will be asked about human claims that back in 2017, myanmar launched a military operation against rohingya in the southwest of myanmar that included systematic rape, murder, and torture. before the operation, most of the villagers numbered in 1 million. after that we know that over 700,000 fled across the border to bangladesh. a majority of those people remain there, living in refugee camps.

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. rejumah begum tells me myanmar‘s 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. and rejumah begum wants justice for them. "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. here in bangladesh, she's found shelter. but it's not a life of freedom. their movement is restricted. mobile phone services are banned. in a country where poverty is widespread, patience is now running out. two attempts by bangladesh's government to facilitate the return of the rohingyas 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 refugees are rising. outside the camps, villagers are angry and resentful.

translation: we helped the rohingyas when they came. but now our land is being taken. ourjobs are being taken. they're given food, shelter — everything. what about us? for the rohingya, life is an endless cycle of waiting. for food, water, dignity. forjustice. and above all, a safe return to their home. yogita limaye, bbc news. the allegation that myanmar‘s army committed genocide in rakhine state was not brought by bangladesh. but in fact by gambia in west africa — it's population is majority muslim — and it wants the international court ofjustice to ssue an emergency ruling that offers protections to the rohingya. today in the hague, gambia's attorney general

made his opening argument. this is part of it where he describes what he's heard from the refugee camps in bangladesh. as i listen to the stories of the refugees at the camp, i could smell the stench of genocide from across the border in myanmar. stories of helplessness in the face of mass killings, of mass torture, and of humans being burned alive in the sanctuary of their homes and places of worship. and so we ask the question, why? why is the world standing by and allowing such horrors again in ourlifetime? here's the bbc‘s rebecca henschke at the hague. well, the first day was about gambia outlining their case.

and they presented a devastating list of allegations of crimes against humanity carried out by the myanmar military against the rohingya minority inside. and particularly, they were keen to make the point that these war crimes were genocidal in their intent, that they had been brewing and plan for some time. and that also, the remaining rohingya population inside the country was still in danger of further violence. so they want the court to issue this emergency ruling so that they can be protected from further violence, and also any evidence that may be important in a further criminal genocide trial isn't damaged — such as mass graves in the country. and rebecca, talk to us about aung san suu kyi. what role will she play across the coming days? well, it's extraordinary to watch her today. aung san suu kyi sitting

there in the court, hearing this devastating evidence presented in front of her, and sitting there with a very emotionless face. but tomorrow, she will stand up in court and have to defend the military against these very serious allegations. the very same military that imprisoned her in house arrest for many years. so she will have to stand up there and try and argue the case for myanmar. what we have heard from her before is that the international community doesn't understand that the actions of the military in their recline are focused on trying to squash a militant movement there. dashed in the rakhine. there are terrorist groups connected to the rohingya groups there, which they say is a serious security threat to the country that they needed to suppress. so that's what we are likely to hear tomorrow. we will have more on that tomorrow

on what happens. lots of discussion about what to do about false information. all these things are being overturned... you can read this article in the new york times, who says... the new york times is one of many internatinal news organisations covering it. this came in the form of several media storms. first, journalists from several media organistions, including the bbc, reported claims that a labour activist punched a conservative adviser. the story had been briefed "senior tory sources" and those briefings were passed on — and then became a widely reported story. but there was no punch. none at all. the briefing was entirely inaccurate as were the stories that followed. not for the first time,

the tories had placed inaccurate information in the media, and the media then amplified it. the later corrections and deleted tweets struggled to generate the coverage of the original claims. the pressure on our information ecosystem is also being seen in the reaction to this picture on the front of the daily mirror. the picture of the four—year—old boy lying on the hospital in leeds. borisjohnson was widely criticised for his reaction to the picture — but soon false allegations that the picture was staged were going viral. that's despite the hospital in leeds issuing a full apology. the false claim was amplified by a range of celebrities and journalists who are sympathetic to borisjohnson — and, in a bizarre development, by apparently real people imitating the behaviour of bots — or fake accounts — by copying and pasting the same text across all their tweets. our digital election reporter joe tidy has more on this.

the way the story around this one image has evolved tells us a lot about the election online. it was first brought to prominence by a mere article online it... it was first brought to prominence by a mirror article online and in print on sunday. the story was shared widely in labour social media circles. the image, they claimed, depicted the nhs in crisis. the labour party used it in three paid for ads on sunday. around 15,000 was spent getting it to hundreds of thousands of people's timelines on facebook and instagram, but the story didn't really take off until this video. this is a four—year—old boy, prime minister, suspected of pneumonia, forced to lie on the floor, on a pile of coats. i understand that. on twitter alone, this video from an itv reporter has been shared more than 40,000 times, viewed almost 10 million times and with a potential reach of 92 million. it's a terrible, terrible photo and i apologise, obviously, to the family and all those who have terrible experiences in the nhs. but then this, counterclaims posted on hundreds of accounts saying the picture was staged. despite the hospital issuing

an apology for the child's care, the debate has now been derailed by this strange, seemingly coordinated campaign. and as reporters and researchers work to find the source, the message has gone viral. they said at lots of discussion about what to do about false information. all these things are being overturned... you can read this article in the new york times, who says... one campaign group is calling for fact—checking of political advertising to be a legal requirement. the coalition for reform in political advertising says at least 31 campaigns from across the party spectrum have been "indecent, dishonest or untruthful". the nonprofit organisation first draft has also been looking at the story. it looked at every paid—for facebook ad from the three main uk—wide parties run over the first four days of december for the conservatives, it said that 88% of the party's most widely promoted ads either featured claims which had been flagged

by independent fact—checking organisations including bbc reality check as not correct or not entirely correct. for the lib dems, it said hundreds of potentially misleading ads had featured identical unlabelled graphs, with no indication of the source data, to claim it was the only party that could beat either labour, the conservatives or the snp "in seats like yours". for labour, it said that it could not find any misleading claims in ads run over the period. however, it noted that the party's supporters were more likely to share unpaid—for electioneering posts than those of its rivals. it said one of these contained leaderjeremy corbyn's disputed claim that a tory—negotiated trade deal with the us could cost the nhs up to £500 million a week by driving up the cost of medicines. there is a serious battle going on

around the issue of information. there's much more on the bbc news website by the trending team. stay with us on outside source. still to come: police in new zealand say it's not yet safe to recover bodies from the volcano on white island — where six people are now known to have died. eight others are missing. the government is to return a medal to a veteran of the falklands war, who had it removed because of his sexuality. joe ousalice was discharged from the royal navy because of a ban on gay people serving. daniela relph reports. this is a significant victory forjoe ousalice. it wasn't just about getting his medals back — it was about personal pride in restoring a reputation. he joined the navy back in the 19705, when there was a ban on lgbt people serving. his military career had been blighted by what he felt was a campaign to force him out because of his sexuality.

every two years, they dragged me. and on one occasion, i came back from two—and—a—half years with the nato fleet. i hadn't come back — i hadn't been back in the uk for two—and—a—half years. and yet the day i got back in, they claimed they'd seen me in a pub in portsmouth doing drugs. i've never touched drugs in my life, but this shows you the level they'd go to. joe served in the falklands war, did six tours of duty in northern ireland, and was posted to conflict zones in the middle east. but after being forced to disclose his sexuality, he was discharged from the navy — his medals cut from his uniform. it's taken him 26 years to get them back. in a statement, the ministry of defence said...

butjoe would now like something more personalfrom the navy. i'd like... ..an apology from somebody in high authority. it was a rear admiral who gave me the metal. it was an admiral who took it off me. so i'd like it from somebody of equal importance. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story... impeachment articles have been filed against donald trump by the house of representatives. he's accused of abuse of power and obstruction of congress.

the death toll has shifted from five to six. we also know eight people are missing in the authorities are saying that there are no hopes of finding people alive on the island. these are some of the pictures taken by the first helicopter to land on the island. the scale of the story is quite something. this also tells you the conditions the first responders arrived to. after this initial rescue effort, it has since become too dangerous to go back. in the past hour, police have said they will be unable to recover those bodies until it is safe, and it is unclear when that will be. these pictures are from a town where mourners have gathered. people who are morning those who lost their lives or are hoping to be in touch

with those who are missing have been gathering. this is the prime minister meeting some of the first responders who helped the injured. jacinda ardern's also been praising the people who were involved — like pilotjohn finelle. it was accepted that there was a risk. it was also accepted that there were many survivors on the ground in narrative each and to make urgent attention. most of them were unconscious, most of them had her horrendous burns and were in great pain. the decision was made to get in and quickly load them, and get out quickly because it was a matter of minimising the risk of exposure, and that was not a decision made because of the number of people that had to be flown off and needed urgent medical attention. 30 people remain in hospital — many are still in critical condition due to severe burns. and we know the burns units at new zealand's major hospitals are at capacity.

also today, the first victim has been named. hayden marshall—inman worked as a tour guide on white island — he'd come in on his day off to help colleagues. we've also heard from relatives of those eight people who are missing. we're just staying strong from one another until we actually know sure. they have said those on the island have — there's no survivors, you know? and we're not sure if our nephew is on the island, or if he's in one of the hospitals. that's right. so we are hopeful that maybe he is one of them that's in the hospital. while the authorites respond to this tragedy — we're being told that the threat from the volcano remains. while we've seen a steady decline in the seismic activity, there remain significant uncertainty about any

future activity. there is a 50% chance estimated of smaller or a similar sized eruption over the next 24 similar sized eruption over the next 2a hours, which means a 50% chance of no eruption. white island is also known by it's maori name fa—caar—ri — it's located 50km off the east coast of new zealand's north island. and as well as being the country's most active volcano — it's also a popular tourist attraction. inevitably, questions are now being asked about whether tourists should have been there at all — given that the threat level had recently been raised — all be it to a still relatively low level. well, there's an investigation into how this risk was assessed. here's the prime minister again. there will be bigger questions in relation to this event. these questions must be asked, and they must be answered. and police and

works staff will be putting out statement setting out that promise asi statement setting out that promise as i understand later today. but our focus now is on discharging our duty of care to those affected. and that is also the focus of the police. new zealand lies on the so—called pacific ring of fire — you can see here on this graphic from the guardian. the ring marks a range of countries that are prone to eruptions and earthquakes. morgan godfery is a writer who lives near the island — he's written about growing up with near—constant volcanic activity nearby... he has tweeted. .. bbc correspondent shimaa khalil.

we know that police supported by the army have been trying to launch drones that have specialist equipment to measure the level of gas in the air around the island, and even that has proven to be quite difficult. it's quite windy conditions here. that, combined with the ash in the area, has made it very difficult to get close to that area. we know that there will be more efforts to try to get close to the island today, but really, it is now a waiting game for rescuers, and of course for the families of those people whose bodies are on the island and what has become a very difficult and potentially dangerous recovery mission. see you tomorrow at the usual time.

more wind and rain, this was tuesday's huge swathes of cloud pushed in by thejet tuesday's huge swathes of cloud pushed in by the jet stream. tuesday's huge swathes of cloud pushed in by thejet stream. and it is tied in with an area of deep low pressure which is causing conditions around iceland. a brief little to shower, still some strong winds, but the reason for this unsettled weather is the jet stream emerging from north america, strong jet streams pulling these across our shores. remember in autumn, it dived southwards, so we've saw rain mostly across england and wales. this time the push for the northwards, and thatis the push for the northwards, and that is likely to continue for the next 11—5 days. we had milder weather through the course of tuesday, we are back into the cold polar air for the day on wednesday. a brief respite from the persistent rain, but it will be icy in the north with showers coming in as sleet and snow. the colder air will make it feel colderfor all the colder air will make it feel colder for all of the colder air will make it feel colderfor all of so the colder air will make it feel colder for all of so scraping part, her eyes off carr's first thing. then it showers through the day,

gathering... it will feel colder despite some sunshine, and there will be squally wins with those showers. gales from the north. as we go through the night, the wind in the showers temporarily ease, but only temporarily. we will see widespread frost developing initially, but those temperatures will be ahead of the next area of rain. the next area of low pressure comes in on thursday. so process eastwards but it looks like lots of rainfor eastwards but it looks like lots of rain for england, wales and northern ireland. turning to snow temporarily over the hills, and it might be the far north of scotland, the rain ta kes far north of scotland, the rain takes its time to reach the east, so still feeling raw despite temperatures lifting a bit because of the mild air tied with it. winds will escalate overnight, pushing the main weather fronts out of the way by the time we get to friday. but we are still top entailed by the way

the front, so there's a chance we will see longer spells of rain across the northeastern parts, lots of showers rushing in between with strong westerly winds still making it feel cold, despite temperatures recovering just a little bit. the potential for more wet weather on that with affront to the south to come back. we are sandwiched between these weather fronts for the end of these weather fronts for the end of the week, and even into the weekend. as this one meanders around, we can see further pulses of rain coming, and that low—pressure comes to america slow—moving. longer spells rain and hills no, hooking into that colder air coming down from the north. so it stays cold, but it certainly looks that way across scotland. further south, some democrats sunshine and showers, you can see that saturday night into sunday, this next area of rain coming in so it could be quite a wet start before it clears away. the timing will be quite difficult as we head into the weekend with these weather fronts, but head into the weekend with these weatherfronts, but either head into the weekend with these weather fronts, but either way it doesn't look settled. it looks

settled to stay unsettled with showers and longer spells of rain, and with the brisk winds at time, it will feel especially warm either. what about next week? while the chances are we might see the winds easing a little bit. it becomes slightly less persistent rain, but still showering but not for long. it looks like we will get that set up of deep areas of low pressure later in the week. bye—bye.

criticising jeremy corbyn, saying there's no hope, of winning the election. it's dire for labour. it's dire. it's a combination of corbyn and brexit. shadow health secretaryjon ashworth apologises, insisting his words were just "banter." borisjohnson tries to drive his brexit message home, a day after he was accused of not caring for nhs patients. with just two days to go, we'll be assessing how damaging today's revelations are for labour. also tonight... in new zealand, six people are now confirmed dead after yesterday's volcanic eruption. among the injured are two british women. i can only imagine what it was like for the people that