a very warm welcome to the programme and we will make sure you are briefed on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also in the programme: experts say food packs should suggest how much exercise a person would need to burn off the calories contained in the product, so what do you think about this idea? will it change what you eat and this idea? will it change what you eatand drink this idea? will it change what you eat and drink and how much? get in touch. just use the hashtag. we begin with the nobel peace prize lorry at aung san suu kyi, who is expected to tell the un's top court later there's been no attempted genocide of the rohingya muslim—majority in buddhist majority myanmar. the country's civilian

leader has decided to personally defend allegations they myanmar military did a brutal campaign of murder, rape and arson in 2017 and on tuesday listened as the gambian justice minister detailed some of the atrocities to the court. myanmar correspondent nick bea ke the atrocities to the court. myanmar correspondent nick beake reports from the hague. they used to think aung san suu kyi was the epitome ofjustice. not any more. a one time human rights icon 110w more. a one time human rights icon now standing up for an army accused of genocide. the nobel peace prize laureate took her seat at the un top court and listens to accounts of the brutality the rohingya refugees had suffered in her country. i could smell the stench of genocide from across the border in myanmar. stories of helplessness in the face of mass killings, of mass rape and mass torture, and of children being burned alive in the sanctuary of their homes

and places of worship. nearly 750,000 rohingya muslims fled the myanmar army's so—called clearance operation in 2017, launched after rohingya militants had attacked security posts. myanmar argued its response was legitimate, in the face of a dangerous terror threat, and few in the buddhist majority country had sympathy for muslims, widely regarded as illegal immigrants. aung san suu kyi didn't have to come to the hague today, she didn't have to sit and listen to the sickening allegations made against her country, she chose to. and tomorrow she will personally defend the country from the charge of genocide. she'll say it simply didn't happen. it's seen as a patriotic defence by most of myanmar,

including her supporters who'd come to court today. but it's a strategy that could destroy any remnants of her global reputation. nick beake, bbc news, the hague. and in a few minutes time we'll be hearing more from the gambianjustice minister who spoke to our correspondent and about how he managed to bring the case to trial so stay with us for that. the recovery of eight people missing, presumed dead, following monday's volcanic eruption on white island in new zealand has been hampered by another increase in volcanic tremors. the deputy police commissioneer says it's currently too dangerious for recovery teams to return to the island but they remain committed to doing so. six people are known to have died with another 31 injured. as of 11am, our expert consultation estimates the risk or a chance of 40- 60% of estimates the risk or a chance of 40— 60% of another eruption like monday in the next 2a hours. 40— 60% of another eruption like monday in the next 24 hours. that is up monday in the next 24 hours. that is up slightly from 30— 50% yesterday,

but monitoring parameters are escalating now and since then. seismic signals on the island are escalating at the moment. this compared to a 0.1— 0.2% chance of eruption that we estimated while we are at volcanic alert level one on 0ctober are at volcanic alert level one on october 29. in summary, there was a high risk of an eruption. that's a brief you on some of the other stories making the headlines today. 0fficials injersey city, across the river from new york, say six people have been killed, three wounded in a shoot—out that moved from a cemetery to a kosher grocery store and lasted several hours. the dead include a police detective and two suspected gunmen, along with three customers at the shop. authorities say they do not believe

it was a terror attack. a panel of experts hired to advise hong kong's police watchdog in its handling of huge pro—democracy protests has announced it is withdrawing. a month ago, a leaked statement from the group revealed they felt the city's police watchdog isn't equipped to carry out a proper investigation, advising instead there should be an independent inquiry, one of the core demands of the protesters. laurent simons, the belgian child prodigy, has quit university and ended his hopes of becoming the first graduate under ten. eindhoven university, where he was studying, said the nine—year—old had too many exams to take before his birthday on december 26th and wouldn't be able to graduate until next summer, prompting his parents to remove him from his electrical engineering course. for only the fourth time in american history, articles of impeachment have been drafted against a president. democrats who control the house

of representatives have filed two charges against donald trump, accusing him of high crimes and misdemeanors. as well as abuse of power and obstructing congress. the house will vote this week, and that could mean a trial in the republican—controlled senate in january. mr trump says he's done nothing wrong, that impeachment is "madness" and a "witch hunt". this report from laura trevelyan. it's only the fourth time in history lawmakers have tried to impeach an american president and remove him from office. democrats are charging mr trump with abuse of power and obstructing congress. the house committee of thejudiciary is introducing two articles of impeachment charging the president of united states, donaldj trump, with committing high crimes and misdemeanours. democrats allege mr trump made a white house visit to ukraine's president and military aid for that country contingent on mr zelensky announcing political investigations. with the 2020 election looming, democrats say they should move now.

the argument, "why don't you just wait," amounts to this — why don't you just let him cheat in one more election? why not let him cheat just one more time? republicans counter that the president did nothing wrong and democrats are trying to rerun an election they lost. impeachment is the removal of the highest elected person in this land. i don't care if you think americans who support president trump are deplorables, but you do not have the right to disqualify their vote just because you do not like president trump. mr trump himself responded with his signature tweet. meanwhile, the full house could vote on whether to impeach the president as early as next week. republicans are looking ahead to a january trial in the senate that they control. the battle lines are drawn here in washington. laura trevelyan, bbc news. france's government is set to unveil details today of its programme to reform pensions.

it comes as commuters have been dealing with transport chaos amid a series of strikes. at the moment france has a retirement age of 62, one of the lowest in the developed world. with me is hugh. where are you from? scope of markets. these are situations that the previous presidents have tried to push through. 42 different pension systems in the country? there are so many different pension schemes which people are attached to. it doesn't give one big legislative law that keeps people in certain criteria. so we have a retirement age of 62, which is rather low in the developed

world, but some workers within france on different points systems could retire as early as 52. so what macron is trying to do is unite all of these pension bills that they have within the eu, ring it under one umbrella if you like, but one of the things that people have problems with is that there are things that keep trading in the run—up to this happening. the retirement age is obviously a big headline figure here at 62 but that has only recently changed under the new reforms to state would jump to 64. it's headlines like that which very big issue. in france they have been trying to push through pension reform for a long time. what i found interesting about this is that polls show 75% of people in france are actually for pension reform, but 68% of people don't trust the macron government to deliver it. other governments have tried this as well

backin governments have tried this as well back in the 905. we had 3.5 weeks of 5trike5 because of this. it's very difficult and a lot of the rhetoric coming out of the unions i5 difficult and a lot of the rhetoric coming out of the unions is saying we are in this for the long run, we will strike until this gets abolished. the french government led by emmanuel macron i5 abolished. the french government led by emmanuel macron is hoping today onceit by emmanuel macron is hoping today once it does put out there the detail of what this pension reform will look like, that will somehow quell the strike action, which is not so far happening at all. we have seen en masse not so far happening at all. we have seen en masse strike action which has caused chao5 seen en masse strike action which has caused chaos in france over the last few weeks and they have been accompanied by the yellow ve5t australia is as well. there are also other issues at play —— yellow that strikers. he did say the yellow jacket5 would be very much involved in the negotiations. the great debate, he said. the blessing that

hasn't really happened yet. and what people want is the detail and we don't have any of that detail. let's hope we get some today. james hughes will be back for the news briefing. we have all sorts to discuss, including detail on how long it will ta ke including detail on how long it will take you to burn off the calories in the food you are about to consume. how will that impact what you eat and when? iceland i55ues its first ever 5evere 5torm warning, and the country hunker5 down for a wild ride. 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. you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: new zealand authorities have said the risk of a new eruption from the white island volcano is too great to allow the recovery of eight other people thought to have been killed there. aung san suu kyi is expected to

defend her country, myanmar, from genocide accusations at international court ofjustice today. let's stay with that case against myanmar which has been brought by an and br. —— nagambia. it all comes down to theirjustice minister. abubacarr tambadou spent more than a decade prosecuting cases from rwanda's 1994 genocide. he explained to our reporter, anna holligan, why he filed the case against myanmar. following my visit in bangladesh say interacted with refugees and listen to their stories. of helplessness in the face of mass killings, mass torture, mass rape and babies being burnt alive in their homes. stories all too familiar to me. in a decade ina half

all too familiar to me. in a decade in a half of interaction with surviving victims of the 1984 rwandan genocide. so i thought the world must speak up about this stop the international community failed in 1994 the international community failed in1994 and didn't the international community failed in 1994 and didn't stop the genocide. again we are failing in myanmar. how do you think the presence of this human rights icon, how much do you think her presence has an impact on the success or failure of your request to the court for these emergency measures? when i sat there and saw aung san suu kyi set on the other side, i talked about this very strong, charismatic woman who has fought so hard for justice, who has fought against oppression for her own people, who has inspired millions of people

around the world or the values that she represented in the past. i sit there and i look at her and now she represents everything that is opposite of what she had stood for in the past, and i wonder what happened. she inspired quite a lot of us in the human rights world. we used to look up to her as a source of inspiration. it is a little bit disheartening to see that she has basically thrown all of that away. perhaps this is what she needed, perhaps she needed to get out of myanmar to see for herself how the international community feels about what is going on in myanmar. maybe this is the wake—up call that she needed to jolt her into action. gambia's justice minister abubacarr tambadou, who spoke to anna holligan about that case. of course, we will keep you across how that day

progresses in the hague here on the bbc. despite hopes of an ambitious declaration at the climate conference in madrid, negotiators face the realities of politics and entrenched positions later as ministers take centre stage. this year, in addition to the regular chapters of melting ice caps, coastal flooding, and major changes to ecosystems, the spotlight has been turned on the how climate change is affecting the world's indigenous communties. many of them represented in madrid ‘s. many of them represented in madrid 's. -- in many of them represented in madrid 's. —— in madrid. maddie stone is a science journalist and has recently spent time in alaska with the native communities there to get a sense of how climate change is affecting them. lovely to meet you, abubacarr. tell us more lovely to meet you, abubacarr. tell us more about what you saw when you went to alaska —— maddie. us more about what you saw when you went to alaska -- maddie. thanks for having me. what i saw when i went to

alaska is this region of the world is really our canary in the coal mine when it comes to climate change. you know, the arctic is warming at more than twice the global average rate and this is having real impacts on the lives of people in alaska across the arctic today. this is not something for 50 yea rs today. this is not something for 50 years from now, this is something they are very profoundly experiencing the impacts of in their daily lives. it's affecting the abilities of indigenous communities to hunt for traditional foods, abilities of indigenous communities to hunt for traditionalfoods, to trek out on the sea ice as they used to in order to hunt and fish. it's impacting the very ground that their infrastructure... you know, their roads and homes are built on, as the permafrost thaws with these rising temperatures. it is impacting their ability to hunt foods on land and it is changing the migration patterns of animals they depend on. these communities on the front lines in alaska, these are communities that are alaska, these are communities that a re really alaska, these are communities that are really tightly linked to their

environment. they are sentinels and they experience these changes very profoundly and the changes are occurring very rapidly, particularly in alaska. how are they coping adapting to this change? well, you know, these are very resilient people and people who has been living in some of the harshest environments on earth and they've been doing so for thousands of yea rs. been doing so for thousands of years. so i do think that they are adapting. i was up on the northern tip of the alaska north coast several years back at ubjavik and native communities are using larger boats to travel out further into the ocean to hunt for traditional foods, because it used to be the case that they only needed to go a shorter distance to get to the wales that they hunt for, for instance. now with the sea ice so far receded,

these animals are changing their migration patterns and so they are having to change the way they hunt and fish and change these traditional activities. it used to be the case there were seasonal roads that communities could use to traverse from one coastal village to the other across the sea ice, but now in the bering strait between western alaska and siberia, that sea ice is really, really disappearing very quickly and those roads are no more. they're having to find new ways to travel or they're not able to travel. and so they are finding ways to coat, but it is a hardship. it is making life harder and it is making people concerned for the future and for their children and their ability to pass on their cultural traditions and their way of life. and what do they say to you... if you ask them this question. 0ur about their hopes as world leaders gather in places like madrid for this climate conference. what do

they hope this means for the climate crisis? i think certainly they are hopeful. i think one has to be hopeful. i think one has to be hopeful when confronted with such an enormous and profound change. i think their message... the message that community leaders have given to me is really that this is something that's happening right now. it's not a problem for 50 years from now, it's impacting us immediately, and we're doing everything we can to survive the global community needs to, you know, get together and confront this problem because soon it's not going to just be alaska and the arctic, it's going to be everywhere. what happens to the arctic doesn't stay there and this is just the arctic doesn't stay there and this isjust the beginning. and our scientists are saying this could be reversed if there was global action and a real determination to combat climate

change and global warning, could this be reversed what is happening in alaska and where you are? that is a really tricky question. climate change is not something where there is necessarily a silver bullet solution or something where we are going to snap our fingers, solution or something where we are going to snap ourfingers, have solution or something where we are going to snap our fingers, have a new technology and reverse it overnight. a lot of the changes we are seeing are going to be playing out for the decades and centuries to come. you know, think the carbon we have emitted into the atmosphere is already causing feedbacks. it's already causing feedbacks. it's already causing feedbacks. it's already causing ice losses that's allowing more heat to be trapped in the arctic ocean that are amplifying the arctic ocean that are amplifying the warming in the arctic, so some of these changes we have already baked in. but what we have the ability to do right now is to prevent it from getting much worse. we have seen some climate change, we've seen the profound impacts and we've seen the profound impacts and we have a choice right now whether

we're going to make it even harder for these communities and really for communities around the world. 0k, thank you, maddie for sharing your expertise on the rethink, science journalist with her news on her recent trip to alaska. here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later. in brussels, the european commission will unveil its green new deal, its plan to fight climate change. time magazine announces its person of the year in new york. greta thunberg, nancy pelosi, hong kong protesters and the anonymous white house whistleblower are on the shortlist. and later in washington lawmakers will question the federal aviation chief over the certification of the boeing 737 max. now, you rarely hear extreme weather stories from iceland — the hardy icelandic are used

to coping with what nature throws at them — but now they are facing a particularly powerful winter storm, the country has issued its first red warning. rich preston reports. workers in iceland removing christmas decorations from outside the country's parliament building in reykjavik, and strapping down what they could in preparation for this: a powerful winter storm with strong winds and heavy snow. it's the first time the country has issued a red weather warning since the system was introduced. the west and north of the country has been hardest hit. the colour—coded system is based on the potential impact of bad weather, so a few centimetres of snow might cause chaos in a big city but not, say, in a mountain ski resort. for iceland, a country used to dealing with bad weather, a red alert is a big deal, but it still doesn't faze some icelanders. and the hardy icelandic horses don't need to go indoors, but roads have been closed.

avalanche warnings are in place and flights have been cancelled. even the icelandic meteorological office called this really crazy weather. rich preston, bbc news. let's talk you through to day's twitter question for the briefing, which is the idea that is being proposed by experts to fight obesity when it comes to what we eat and drink to force us to eat a healthier diet, to put on packaging on the food you are about to consume and how long would it take you to work off that thing. for hours to walk off pizza calories. do you think these warnings will change what you eat and drink and how much? lucious says, "not really. it is better to subsidise healthy, fresh budgies

than putting labels like this on unhealthy foods those quotes topic says m essa 9 es of unhealthy foods those quotes topic says messages of dire situations on smoking worked well so better to do it on food as well. hello again. yesterday we had some very strong, squally gusts of wind. the windiest place was capel curig in the north—west of wales, picking up a top gust of 78mph, but there were a number of locations in scotland, northern england and wales where we had gusts into the 605. looking at the satellite picture, the area of cloud responsible for those strong winds is this stripe you can see here working out into europe. we're now focusing on the speckled cloud to our west, which is shower cloud. you can see a line of more organised showers, this is a trough and it will be important for our forecast. i'll tell you about that in a moment. if you're heading outside in the next few hours, in northern ireland and scotland, expect frequent showers, some with hail and thunder and snowy over high ground where things could be slippy, but for the most

part the frost at bay on account of the brisk winds. a cold start to the day, though. looking at scotland and northern ireland, the showers will continue on and off here through the day, some of them with hail and thunder and still snow over high ground as well. further south in the midlands and eastern england, we start off drier with some sunshine but showers moving in during the morning to wales and western england. they will push eastwards. this is our trough and because those showers are really organised, it does mean most areas will see at least a downpour or two at some point during the day. a colder day as well, with temperatures between 5—9 celsius. through wednesday night we will continue to further showers coming and going across the north of the uk. an early frost but eventually it turns milder towards the south—west, meaning the frost will mainly affect the eastern side of the uk, but here on thursday you have the best chance of seeing a bright start to the morning. further west, a band of rain bumps into the cold air and it brings a short—lived spell of snow to the higher hills of northern england before the milder air changes that snow back to rain.

eventually turning milder in the south—west with temperatures of 11, but the far north of england and scotland, they stay in the cold air and they will have further wintry showers from time to time. friday and into the weekend, a brisk run of west, north—westerly winds. temperatures and not too far from normal in southern parts of england and wales. to the north of the uk, it will feel cold and it will be colder than than normal, but most of us will see unsettled conditions with further showers.

this is the business briefing. i'm sally bundock. france's government is set to announce more details about its controversial pension reforms, which has caused widespread strike action across the country. and injust under an hourfrom now, saudi aramco's record stock market listing starts trading. and on the financial markets, asian stocks are mixed on concerns of an american tariff hike on chinese imports scheduled for sunday could still go ahead. that is despite what some are: in