this is bbc news. i'm nuala mcgovern. our top stories: extra time for climate talks in madrid, as delegates struggle to agree on crucial measures to tackle global warming. we will fail to address the hopes of people waiting for us in our country. borisjohnson promises to repay the trust of former labour supporters whose votes helped him to victory in thursday's election. tens of thousands take to the streets of rome to protest against the italian far right party. and arsenal distance themselves from comments made by mesut ozil. their star player criticised china over treatment of uighur muslims.

hello and welcome to bbc news. as negotiations continue through the night at the un climate talks in madrid, the minister leading them has appealed for flexibility as delegates struggle to reach agreement on crucial measures to tackle global warming. the european union and many small island states, vulnerable to climate change, are pushing for more ambitious action from all countries but some of the biggest polluters, including the us, brazil and india, have objected. carolina schmidt said a deal was almost there but the outcome needed to be ambitious. this is the call for action and no action if it is not ambitious so we need to get a concession on that. ambition is a central driving force

but i am sure that all of you, based on the feedback, i received this morning, in the meeting at 9am, we have been consulting with parties non—stop in this issue to resolve theissues non—stop in this issue to resolve the issues of the wind, the article six. if we cannot agree on a mission decision, we will have failed to address the hopes of the people that are waiting for us in our countries. carolina schmidt said that as delegates were working through the night she pleaded with them to work together to get an agreement. i request all the flexibility, all your strength, and all your volunteer, to find, you know, this agreement and this consensus that we need to have an omission resolve. we

are almost there. it is hard, it is difficult but it is worth it. i especially need you. the people in oui’ especially need you. the people in our countries need us. i hope that all the hard work that we have been doing during these two whole weeks is worth it, only if we have an emissions result. i count on you to get a consensus. this is the only way we can have this result. the climate summit also saw arguments over carbon markets and compensation for poorer countries. our environment correspondent matt mcgrath is in madrid, he gave us this analysis of the sticking points. almost every country in the world signed the paris climate agreement in the french capital about four years ago. one of the terms of that particular pact was that every country should update their national plans on cutting carbon by the end of 2020, the end of next year.

all those countries have come to this particular cop, conference of the parties, here in madrid to actually work out the wrinkles in that plan, the timetable when they're going to submit their plans, and to whom. but they've run into major difficulties here, because a lot of the countries in the eu and small island states and many others feel that what's on the table is not ambitious enough. they feel that the science is very clear, the message from the streets is very clear — countries need to be doing more. what they have seen it written down on the text here, they're not very happy about. other countries like the us, australia, japan, india and others, feel there is too much pressure in the plans at the moment, and are objecting to those. so there is a kind of stalemate here. there is also a big question mark over carbon markets. lots of countries, including brazil, want to bring forward carbon credits from the past and use them in the future. lots of people here object to that, feeling it would devalue

the idea of a market. there is also the issue of loss and damage, this idea of compensating small island states for the damages endured by climate change, which they can link to climate change, and they‘ re looking for composition for that. they're trying to agree some sort of compromise on that. all the parites feel here that they're very far apart on a range of issues, and many of them blame the chilean presidency. chile is the country tasked with trying to bring everybody together, the meeting is not being held in chile, it ‘s being held here in madrid because of civil unrest in that country. many people feel here that the chileans hasn't —— haven't done a fantasticjob. there's still hope that they can get some plans together and work on a compromise. but the worry is that if they don't, these talks will end in failure, the conference might be suspended and have to be resumed at some point in the new year. carolina schmidt it is from chile and she talked about meeting is

continuing at 3:30am, continuing for the coming hours and we will keep across those developments. the uk's prime minister boris johnson has visited the north—east of england to thank voters in a region traditionally loyal to the opposition labour party. mrjohnson met supporters in sedgefield, the constituency once held by the former labour prime minister tony blair, but which returned a conservative party mp in this week's elections. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn is coming under increasing pressure to resign after his party suffered its worst result since the 1930s. our political correspondent, iain watson, reports. good morning. a prime minister is a familiar sight in these parts. though it has usually been a labour and not a conservative one. so where better for borisjohnson to rub his opponent's nose in the election result than in tony blair's old stomping ground of sedgefield? i know that people may have been breaking the voting habits of generations to vote for us.

and i want the people of the north—east to know that we in the conservative party and i will repay your trust. so what issues will he have to focus on if he is to retain the trust of new supporters? i hope he does a good job, he is going to get brexit done and i hope he gets the nhs done. education and everything else he has promised. mad hatter, really! that's how he comes across! but who knows, he might sort it out. jeremy corbyn was re—elected in islington but his party's so—called red wall of labour seats was damaged or demolished in parts of the midlands and the north of england. he says he will stay on until his successor is elected, but his long—standing critics just want him to go. i don't think you can have the proper, deep reflection that we need to have under a leadership of a person who thinks that the programme is all right, that he worked really hard

and the only thing that was wrong was that the media did not like him and that the brexit message was wrong. when labour mps return here to westminster next week they will be a much diminished group. nearly 60 fewer of them than after the 2017 general election. the party is now looking for a new leader and a new deputy leader, and whilejeremy corbyn has called for a period of reflection, in truth, battles are likely to rage over the reasons for labour's defeat. and today, one of the leading figures in the leadership has announced that he is withdrawing from the frontline. the new leader will come in place, appoint the shadow cabinet — i will not be part of the shadow cabinet, i have done my bit — we need to move on at that stage with that new leader and i think we will be in a position where we are learning lessons and listening to people. what was it? it was notjust brexit, there was a long history

of maybe a0 years of neglect. next week he will bring his brexit bill back to parliament, but for now, boris johnson is familiarising himself with territory that many thought would never go tory. iain watson, bbc news. protestors have also been taking to the streets of rome, in protest against italy's far right movements. they call themselves the sardines and they are particularly opposed to matteo salvini's la liga party. until september, he was the italian interior minister, with what were seen by many as anti—immigrant policies. our correspondent, mark lowen, is at those protests. a month ago, this movement did not exist but in the last four weeks it has sprung up from a flash mob in northern italy to this, tens of thousands filling the square in rome rising up against the far—right party here, the leg led by matteo salvini. they call themselves ‘the sardines' because they packed

tightly into squares across the country and they are calling for respect for human rights, for welcoming migrants, a return to core values of democracy and they warn that the ghosts of italy's fascist pasts are returning. we want to demonstrate we are here and the other half of italy is the ad we are not agreeing with what has been done in the last year. i do not like matteo salvini. i think it represents a part of italians that did not wake up from fascism and we are here to prove that some italians. we are leaving a deep and black age in italy so my work here is to stand up for everyone's right and this i think everyone here's main purpose today. what you do see over the seas of ‘the sardines' are political banners and flags. they

wa nt to political banners and flags. they want to rise above critical parties above the divided and polarised political system. they're trying to stop matteo salvini winning original election which if you were when could spark national elections which they say he could win. the tide is turning against populism in this country and ‘the sardines' are leading it. let's get some of the day's other news: southwest france has been hit by floods and gale—force winds. two men have been killed. one died when his car hit a fallen tree during the storms, and the other man was swept away by rising floodwaters. five people have been injured, two seriously, when trees fell onto their vehicles. north korean state media say the country has conducted another crucial test at a satellite launch site to bolster its strategic nuclear deterrence. the state news agency said it was a succesful test of great significance, without giving further details about what was being tested. negotiations between pyongyang and washington remain

stalled over denuclearisation. a british tourist has been killed and his son injured when they were shot during a suspected robbery in argentina. the father, who was 55 and his 28—year—old son, are reported to have been shot during a struggle near a hotel in the capital, buenos aires. thousands of protesters have demonstrated in the thai capital, bangkok, after authorities moved to ban the opposition party, future forward. it's said to be the biggest protest in the country since the 2014 coup. it's leader is highly critical of the government of the former military ruler. anti—government protesters in lebanon have clashed with riot police while trying to move into a square near the parliament building in beirut. the demonstrators had been staging a sit—in in another, nearby square. but they appear to have decided to move after an attempted attack

by a group of masked men. a group of women in tunisia have taken part in a flash—mob protest movement, condemning sexual violence. they wore symbolic blindfolds. their demonstration is being seen as part of a global movement which started in chile and spread across south america, before being adopted in other continents. the former president of sudan, omar al—bashir, who was overthrown earlier this year, has been found guilty of corruption by a court in khartoum. the trial centred around millions of dollars found in his home. mr bashir still faces other charges of human rights abuses during his time in power, as ferdinand omondi, reports. it was a case that many sudanese are followed with interest and which had security forces on high alert. inside, the former resident awaited the verdict on a corruption case involving $25 million he entered he received but which he maintained was a gift. some of his supporters felt

the trial was political. omar al—bashir was found guilty but escaped the ten yearjail sentence he faced on account of his age. the judge said under sudanese law, people aged over 70 do not go to jail. omar al—bashir it 75. it is a judgement many will see as lenient but which is lawyer says they will appeal again. translation: the matter is open and our trust in the law has not changed. the trust in this god has changed completely because the entire verdict is not based on any facts based on what has happened in the street from rumours and lies. —— this court. happened in the street from rumours and lies. -- this court. on the street, displeasure. omar al—bashir still faces a trial for his role in the 1989 to which brought him to power. translation: we are here today to send a message to the political opposition that has

occupied the stage for the past period. the muslim brotherhood, is the most in all forms are present and are able to protect their ideas, ideologies and vision in all forms. translation: it is clear that this isa translation: it is clear that this is a political verdict and that the trial is essentially a political one because a person is convicted based on evidence however the verdict did not provide any evidence. it remains unclear if omar al—bashir will face charges under international criminal court. he is wanted for genocide in the duffel region were around 300,000 people were killed. —— city. the path to justice is still long and uncertain. ferdinand omondi, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come:

firefighters in western australia preparing for an extreme heatwave set to worsen. after eight months on the run, saddam hussein has been tracked down and captured by american forces. saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes, but they have brought a formal end to 3.5 years of conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second

president ever to be impeached. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: climate talks in madrid have been further extended because of disagreements between delegates. there are concerns that commitments on cutting carbon emissions are not ambitious enough. boris johnson on cutting carbon emissions are not ambitious enough. borisjohnson has made a symbolic trip to the north of england to promise labour supporters who voted for him that he would repay their trust. arsenal have distanced themselves from their player mesut ozil over comments he made on social media criticising china for their treatment of uighur muslims in xinjiang province. arsenal issued a statement on the chinese social media platform weibo saying it does not get involved in political issues.

according to chinese state media, the country's football association has also responded, calling ozil‘s comments "unacceptable". and some chinese fans have called for a ban on arsenal games being broadcast in the country. our news correspondentjohn mcmanus explains that for clubs like arsenal, the chinese market is too valuable to lose. there are millions of football fans in china who follow the uk premier league and the teams in the premier league and the teams in the premier league extremely closely. and arsenal, like other clubs, is always trying to expand its presence there. so the club has a mandarin language website, which by the way, featured mesut ozil and other plays in a video celebrating chinese new year not so long ago. it has a chain of restau ra nts a nd not so long ago. it has a chain of restaurants and sponsorship with chinese companies, and it has ties with state media. it offers coaching carried out by arsenal coaches or coachesin carried out by arsenal coaches or coaches in the chinese football league itself. so what is going on there and football fans in china will pay for the privilege via subscription deals. so the company, the football team, wants to look

after its profits. staying in the english premiership, liverpool's win over watford — combined with leicester dropping points at norwich, has given the reds a 10—point lead at the top. it finished 2—0 at anfield with mo salah grabbing both goals. watford are now six points adrift of safety at the bottom. liverpool remain unbeaten in the premiership since early january and have a comfortable cushion before heading out for their world club semi final in qatar on wednesday. december, january other months where you have to show resilience, you have to show how much you want to win and the boys did that again. so, difficult game against a team who obviously found an organisation and have been working together. it will cause other teams problems as well. elsewhere in the english premiership, chelsea suffered a surprise defeat to bournemouth. and there were also wins for burnley, sheffield united and west ham. now we heard earlier about the effo rts now we heard earlier about the efforts to reach a deal at the

latest climate summit which is taking place in madrid. parts of australia are bracing for an extreme heatwave which could break records dating back to the 1960s. the weather is causing headaches for firefighters who are now dealing with a bushfire emergency in western australia. freya cole has more. western australia is known for its pristine beaches, butjust two weeks into summer, parts have been inundated by fire and thick smoke. strong winds are fuelling the flames, which are proving difficult for firefighters to get under control. just a short distance separates the frontline of the blaze and dozens of homes. in scorching heat, residents are forced to do what they can while firefighters use heavy machinery to build a natural barrier. one of the challenges for this fire is being able to complete an earth break using bulldozers and machinery. to work against them, we have energy that yet because it's a

fast moving fire in hot conditions and fanned by strong winds. the temperatures are between 12— 16 degrees above average for this time of year, and it's about to get worse. we've seen extraordinary temperatures over western australia for the past few days and they will continue over those parts of the country through the weekend. as we head towards next week, that it will extend further to the east. this map shows the extent of next week's heatwave. vast areas of the entire country are set to feel extreme heat. and there is the potential that we could see some records broken, we will be monitoring that closely. is not the news firefighters want to hear. already this year bushfires in eastern australia have claimed four lives, more than 400 homes, and burn through1 million more than 400 homes, and burn through 1 million hectares more than 400 homes, and burn through1 million hectares of land. it's taken a heavy toll on precious species like the koala, and burned through world heritage national parks. smoke pollution is

suffocating sydney and many small towns, which triggered large—scale protests. toxic smoke is also spreading across the other side of the country in the west, where the bushfire disaster is far from over. freya cole, bbc news. this holiday many children and adults will have game consoles on top of their wishlist. parents may worry that playing video games is a waste of time — but in the united states it has become big business. e—sports can be a route to university and even a lucrative career. here's our north america correspondent, chris buckler. in the us, college sports are big business. with the largest universities, basketball and american football with tens of millions of dollars. and you find the newest college athletes not in helmets but in headsets. the newest college athletes not in helmets but in headsetslj the newest college athletes not in helmets but in headsets. i got you in my sights stop when you watch

players here, this person is playing overwatch, a competitive team based game stop watching every strike of the keyboard and moves of them does make move the mouse. these are on full university scholarships, these competitors. my parents so does not say wow, all of that time you wasted in your bedroom was for something. i'm a cynical, but some are presenting this are the latest university team sports. this year's collegiate tournament was even covered by the us sports network espn. it's harrisburg! he's your champion! it cost around $1.3 million building and fitting out this training facility with some of the best equipment, including some of the fastest computers. and harrisburg university is committing another $2 million a year on

coaching is teams and providing scholarships. this is a big investment for the college. competitive video gaming that we haveit competitive video gaming that we have it harrisburg university is night and have it harrisburg university is nightand a have it harrisburg university is night and a different to casual gaming on your couch. this is not that. harrisburg is an old, industrial city, but its young universities focused on the future. anna believes he can use gaming to get noticed as interest grows across america. nearby in philadelphia, a multimillion dollar is sports stadium is being built. it will host tournaments like the recent competition in new york that attracted huge crowds to watch people playing the game fortnite. your world champion! it was viewed online all over the world and there was big prize money. it's like, the

professional level at the top is very cutthroat. you need to pay ten -- play very cutthroat. you need to pay ten —— play10— 12 very cutthroat. you need to pay ten —— play 10— 12 hours a day, i don't know if i want to do that. i want to have a balanced life stop this university team is all—male, that is likely to change of are recognised and rewarded as 21st century sports stars. chris buckler, bbc news, harrisburg. and finally, the world drone racing championship grand final was held on saturday in china. and it's the closest thing to formula 1 but in the air. more than 100 pilots from 31 nations participated, testing their skills and navigating obstacles along the 630—metre long racing track. cruising at speeds in excess of 150 kilometres an hour, they competed for a share of the $125,000 prize money.

but might inspire you. some koreas ending this edition of bbc world service. —— careers. hello there. by the time sunrises we will have ticked just about every weather box. gusty winds kept coming overnight by this area of low pressure to the north of us. strong and gusty winds feeding showers across the country. but add into all about some clear skies between them, temperatures will drop low enough for some ice to begin with. the day ahead is actually not looking too bad, lots of dry and sunny weather around but it starts on a cold note. anyway really from north wales, likely to wake up to a coating of snow, too. the cells we have to the start of the day will fade away for many, if you will continue across

scotland. dry and sunny weather for a time, central and eastern parts staying sunny throughout. southern and western areas, showers get going again, rain, hail, sleet, snow and the winds will pick up. they aren't as strong as saturday, but the hebrides and south—west could see gales, if not gales develop later in the day. temperatures 9— 10 degrees, tempered by the wind, northern ireland and scotland a bit below the vast majority. so is picking up through the night, we will see a breezy overnight as well. very windy by the end of the night in western scotla nd by the end of the night in western scotland and northern ireland, but still temperatures dropping in many places again, close to a frost, some icy conditions to start a new working week. so here we go for monday, a few showers across england and, dicky lilly around the coast. a dry and sunny day before cloud increases in the south later. lovely

showers in the north of northern ireland, with gale force winds. —— particularly around the coast. without gathering cloud towards this outcome comes a bit of a question mark, just how much with this weather front influence us on monday night and tuesday? this is potentially the story for tuesday, lots of rain across central and eastern england and it could be cold enough over the very tops of the hills, we could see some sleet and snow mixed in. many to the north and west of the country will have a drier day, just one or two isolated showers, another chilly day for most. even if that weather front does affect us, it will clear out tuesday into wednesday. the rest of the week, rain becoming more widespread.

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marathon un climate talks in madrid have been further extended because of disagreements between delegates. the european union and many small island states vulnerable to climate change are pushing for more ambitious commitments on cutting carbon emissions. some of the biggest polluters, including the us, say they see no need to change their current plans. borisjohnson has visited northern england to greet new conservative mps elected in a region which is traditionally a labour party stronghold. the british prime minister praised his new mps and promised to repay the trust placed in him by people who had voted conservative for the first time in their lives. the first national rally by italy's grassroots sardines movement has seen tens of thousands of people pack into a square in rome to protest against the right wing populist party the league. they began as a flash mob but now they are in opposition to right wing movements.