welcome to bbc news, i'm james reynolds. our top stories: extra time for climate talks in madrid, as delegates struggle to agree on crucial measures to tackle global warming. if we cannot agree on ambitious decision, we will fail to address the hope of the people who are waiting for us in our countries. borisjohnson promises to repay the trust of former labour supporters whose votes helped him to victory in thursday's election. arsenal distance themselves from comments made by mesut ozil, their star player criticised china over treatment of uighur muslims. and, tens of thousands take to the streets of rome to protest against the italian

far—right league party. 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. gareth barlow reports. international delegates are struggling to agree how to react to and combat climate change. a small island dates they more needs to be done, but countries including the us, india, and brazilsay done, but countries including the us, india, and brazil say current plans are adequate. we are sorry to

inform you that we are not comfortable with cp25. it is not only brazil, several other partners have expressed our deep discomfort with this proposal for a work stream oi'i with this proposal for a work stream on land. european union, you have the floor. the key stumbling block centre around three main areas. firstly, small island states, developing countries and the eu wa nts developing countries and the eu wants more ambitious targets to reduce emissions. but the us, china, and others want to stick to current plans. efforts to finalise agreement made in paris on carbon markets have been hampered by nations including brazil and australia, and there is a lack of consensus about how small island states are compensated for damages caused by rising temperatures. as protesters highlighted their anger at perceived

inaction by staging set ends, mock executions and dumping menu outside the conference centre, inside, developed countries and the developing world are at loggerheads, and there are please or action. people in our countries need us. i hope that all the hard work that we have been doing in this two whole weeks is worth it, only if we have an ambitious result. it has been almost 30 years before climate change began to top the international agenda. change began to top the internationalagenda. in change began to top the international agenda. in 1990, the first intergovernmental panel on climate change found human emissions we re climate change found human emissions were adding to the atmosphere's natural greenhouse gases. seven yea rs natural greenhouse gases. seven years later, developed nations pledged to reduce emissions, but the us immediately declared it wouldn't ratify the treaty. in 2005, the

kyoto protocol became international law for signatory countries, and a decade later, the landmark paris climate agreement sought the world pledged to limit which arises and emissions, although the united states later withdrew from that accord. around the world on a daily basis, people are rising up, to highlight their concerns over climate change. the question for their leaders meeting in madrid, will they rise up to the challenge of tackling the biggest threat facing the planet? 0r of tackling the biggest threat facing the planet? or will they fail to find an agreement, and failed to properly protect our fragile world? helen mountford is the vice president for climate and economics at world resources institute. she joins us from washington. helen, why is the deadlock? there is a number of issues, and i think reticle pa rt a number of issues, and i think reticle part we have here is that

the negotiators are not yet reflecting the urgency of the science that we see. the science of climate change is more clear than ever that we need to act now, and the calls of people on the streets who are asking for more action. the negotiators are common, we have got some that are really taking that approach, particularly the smaller countries, the vulnerable ones, but the major emitters have largely been missing in action. china often says to the west, we talk about big polluters, china there. they say, you had your industrial revolution backin you had your industrial revolution back in the 19 century stopping you got rich, you have no right to stop us, the developing countries, to try to get the lives for our people. how do you respond to that? the reality is, the trajectory we need to be honest to go to net zero emissions by 2050, and we can only do that if all countries, all the world works together to do so. so right now we are ina together to do so. so right now we

are in a situation where everyone needs to take action. there is, in the paris agreement and the convention, an approach where you have common but differentiated responsibilities, and there is support and financing that can be provided to help countries, but one thing that has really changed since the paris agreement was struck as that the economics are better than ever. right now, renewables have been, the costs have been plummeting. we have new technologies around electric vehicles, battery storage, so we actually have a lot more opportunity to take this action as well as the science and the people demanding it. is it fair to describe the current deadlock as a conflict between the eu, small islands, and developing states on the one hand, and big polluters on the one hand, and big polluters on the other hand? it's actually, not surprisingly it is a bit more complex than that, there are different concerns around different areas. it certainly i would say it is this more vulnerable countries that have been leading the charge

stopping the eu with the new european council decision to aim for 2050 net zero has really stepped up and has been pushing hard, so we have a number of countries that are actually stepping up and saying we really need to make sure that we have got ambition, we need to have clear intense showing that we are going to come back next year with higher ambition on how to address the climate crisis. we need to make sure that as the negotiators look to agree the rules around international carbon markets, that is one of the big sticking points, and a number of countries are saying we would rather not agree to the rules if they are not agree to the rules if they are not going to be robust enough, we would rather not have the agreement now. let's wait and do that later. we need environmental integrity in those rules to make sure that we are not having, for example, double counting of emissions or bringing in too much from previous periods in terms of carbon markets which would explode the carbon budget. so there area explode the carbon budget. so there are a lot who are pushing for integrity in those roles to make sure that they are robust and would

prefer not to go forward if we aren't able to get those robust, and finance is another critical issue that we see some big divides around. thanks so much forjoining us. thank you. the prime minister has visited the north—east of england to thank voters in traditional labour heartlands for backing his party. borisjohnson met with supporters in newly—conservative sedgefield, tony blair's former constituency. the labor leaderjeremy corbyn is coming under increasing pressure to resign with immediate effect after his party's worst election results since the i930s. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. good morning. a prime minister is a familiar sight in these parts, though it's 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's going to get brexit done and i hope he gets the nhs done, education and everything else he's 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 in north of england. he says he'll stay on until his successor is elected, but his long—standing critics just want him to go. well, 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 a programme is all right, that he worked really hard and the only thing that was wrong was that the media didn't like him and that the brexit message was wrong. when labour mps return here to westminster next week, they'll 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 won't be part of the shadow cabinet, i've done my bit — we need to move on at that stage with that new leader and i think we'll 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. well the uk election result is being analysed closely notjust here, but abroad as well. the us democratic presidential candidatejoe biden has seized on labour's crushing defeat as proof that only a centrist can beat president donald trump in 2020. joel rubin, a democratic strategist, who was presidenst 0bama's deputy assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs, says it's not an equal comparison between us progressives and jeremy corbyn. it is certainly a self—serving comparison for him because he wants to be the moderate candidate in this race and distinguish himself from the far—left, but it is not really an equal comparison by any stretch, andi an equal comparison by any stretch, and i think the thing we have to remember is thatjeremy corbyn didn't really have a message, and thatis

didn't really have a message, and that is different from our liberal candidates and democratic primary, with bernie sanders and elizabath warren in the lead, where they have a very strong message and in fact, joe biden is seen as not having a very clear message about what he wa nts to very clear message about what he wants to do, so it's a bit of an inverse in that comparison. would bernie sanders and elizabath warren see them as part of the same overall movement asjeremy see them as part of the same overall movement as jeremy corbyn?” see them as part of the same overall movement as jeremy corbyn? i think they see themselves clearly as progressives, no doubt, but there is a major distinction between them and jeremy corbyn. the marxist agenda, one that was incredibly socialist compared to what elizabath warren and bernie sanders are articulating about how the us government should engage. certainly there are policies that are in particular with medicare for all, that our government run, but it is a far cry from whatjeremy corbyn was advocating. in the big one as well was anti—semitism in the labour party, with bernie sanders

and eliza bath warren, labour party, with bernie sanders and elizabath warren, very clear and indifferent views in condemning and hate semitism. when you are working for the 0bama administration, did you ever look to the uk to see if there were any trends that might break on your side of the atlantic? the one big moment that i remember quite clearly and i am sure you do as well, the vote in the british parliament over striking syria in 2013 after the chemical weapons attack, and that did play into our politics had quite a bit. there are obviously ripples that go back and forth between both societies and certainly, the trend with boris johnson and being a more nationalist leader and getting more popularity from his positions as a uk first agenda, but they are not direct analogies and all of the particulars of these elections. we, again, have

a very different structure to our system as well. let's get some of the day's other news. 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. 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. 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. stay with us on bbc news.

still to come: sir rod stewart sets a new uk chart record. what's behind his amazing longevity? 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: marathon 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. 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 0zil over arsenal have distanced themselves 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 football association has also responded, calling 0zil's comments "unacceptable". nimesh thaker has more. music plays. earlier this year, the message from arsenal and mesut 0zil was one of good wishes for the chinese new year. the club has extensive ties with its fans in china, notably a mandarin—based website, coaching and sponsorship deals, and even a string of restaurants. it's big business. but the unity between the club, player and china is now being tested. mesut 0zil, a german footballer of turkish origin, has taken to social media to express support for uighur muslims in china and has criticised muslim countries

for failing to speak up. in this post, mesut 0zil wrote: and that muslims are silent, their voice is not heard. it's a message which 200 protesters took to the chinese consul in turkey earlier this week. they asked "who's going to say stop to chinese cruelty?" and called on the muslim world to save their fellow believers. in china, rights groups say about1 million people are thought to have been detained without trial in high—security prison camps. beijing says they are being educated in what's called "vocational training centres" to combat violent religious extremism. in response to this row, the club said: "arsenal is always apolitical as an organisation" and pointed out that these are mesut‘s personal views. 0n chinese media, his comments

about muslims were not fully reported, and were limited to references to the fight against terrorism. it's not the first time the footballer has spoken about matters off the field. he was criticised for supporting for president erdogan as a human rights groups attacked the turkish leader forjailing democrats, journals, and academics. so far, the fallout over china has been limited to statements on social media. the club's plans to broadcast and stream its fixtures to its chinese fans remain unaffected. nimesh thaker, 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. 0ur correspondent mark lowen is at those protests. a month ago, this movement didn't exist. but within the last four weeks, it has sprung up from a flash mob in northern italy to this —

tens of thousands filling this square in rome, rising up against the far—right party here, the league, led by matteo salvini, the former deputy prime minister. they call themselves ‘the sardines' because they pack tightly into piazzas right across this country over the last four weeks. 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 past are returning. we want to demonstrate that we are here and the other half of italy is here and we're not agreeing with what has been done in the last year. i don't like salvini. salvini, i think he represents a part of italians that did not wake up from fascism and we are here to prove that some italians are. we are leaving a deep and black age here in italy,

-- we are living a deep and black age here in italy, so i think my work here is to stand up for everyone's right and this, i think, is everyone here's main purpose today. we're looking out across this sea of sardines. what you do see are pictures of fish but what you don't see are political banners and flags, because this movement wants to rise above traditional political parties, above italy's divided and polarised political system. what they're trying to do is to stop matteo salvini winning an important regional election in northern italy next month which, if he were to triumph in, could spark national elections that polls say he could win. they believe that the tide is turning against populism in this country and the sardines are riding it. a ceremony has taken place to open the new national stadium in tokyo, which will be the main venue for the 2020 summer olympics and paralympics. the event, at the 36,000—seater venue, was attended by the prime minister,

shinzo abe. the stadium, which cost $1.25 billion to build, will host both the athletics and football, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies. i wonder who they will get to sing the opening song. sir rod stewart has become the oldest male solo artist to have a number one album in the uk. at 7a years and 11 months old, he has taken the accolade from the american singer paul simon. stewart's latest release hit the top spot narrowly beating ‘60s rock'n‘roll legends the who. so what does the enduring appeal of senior rock stars tell us about the state of music today? we can speak to tom erlewine, who's is an american music critic —— we can speak to tom erlewine, who's an american music critic and senior editor for the online music database all music. he joins us from austin, texas. tom, why does rod stewart have such staying power? well, i think part of it is due to how smart rod stewart has been over the years to follow trends and also to realise where his

audience is going because when you look at it, he has not stayed in the same place that he did way back in the 60s, early 70s when he was singing maggie may. he spent a good pa rt singing maggie may. he spent a good part of the last two decades singing standard and covering old rock ‘n‘ roll and old soul songs which sort of happens to go with his audience is going and so i think he has found an audience that will grow with him. so it is the reinvention which helps keep him going? absolutely. and, you know, at one point in time, it was more of a creative invention, i would say, in the 70s and 80s he spent more time following an artistic news but recently, he has found a nice comfortable groove to play to a wide audience. the funny thing about this new album is that it finds him going back and singing older songs whereas a couple of yea rs older songs whereas a couple of years ago, he was doing new songs for the first time ever, those were perhaps more exciting records, but

he knows where his fans are, it is the number one alban —— album groups. i want to ask about the following current artists. which has the best chance of getting a hit in 2060 when they are rod stewart's age? ed sheeran, coldplay, taylor swift, ariana grande a, adele,.... tossu p swift, ariana grande a, adele,.... tossup between adele and taylor swift. i think they both have such monstrous hits throughout the world and have also shown that they can mature and sort of have the audience go with them. ed sheeran is a close third though because he is doing a very similar sort of thing. what was it about those stars of rod stewa rt‘s it about those stars of rod stewart's generation, fleetwood mac, the rolling stones beforehand, that keep us coming back to them over the decades and keeps them able to keep on selling out stadiums? first of

all, they made great music but they we re all, they made great music but they were also there at the ground floor for when the music industry started to go up around with them so they we re to go up around with them so they were able to play bigger and bigger stadiums and there was also an infrastructure that supported them both with the record labels and radio and touring and so, they brought in new generations because they were just omnipresent for decades. the music holds up. we have had so many bio picks in recent yea rs of had so many bio picks in recent years of queen, eltonjohn. if there was a rod stewart bio pick, briefly, you might play him? 0h, was a rod stewart bio pick, briefly, you might play him? oh, that is... maybe someone like brad pitt has the humour but he is not the right... he is not much of a singer! he is not much of a singer but he has the same kind of roguish charm and i think thatis kind of roguish charm and i think that is the key to rod stewart, you have to have somebody that looks like they are doing something bad and having a good job doing it. thank you so much for talking to us,

tom, keeping us up to date about rod stewart. if you want to tell me he will have a hit in 2026, please contact me on twitter. i'm @jamesbbcnews. stay with us on bbc news. hello there. by the time the sun rises, we'll have ticked just about every weather box through the night — rain, hail, sleet, snow, a bit of thunder, and some gusty winds. all kept going overnight by this area of low pressure to the north of us. strong and gusty winds on the south feeding those showers across the country. but adding to all that, with some clearer skies between them, temperatures have dropped low enough for some ice around to begin with. but the day ahead, actually, not looking too bad. lots of dry and sunny weather around. but, as i said, it starts on a cold note. anywhere, really, from north wales northward, greatest risk of frost and ice. and it's here over the hills, most likely to wake up to a coating of snow, too. but the showers we have to start the day will gradually fade away for many. a few will continue across scotland. lots of dry and sunny weatherfor a time. some in central and eastern parts

staying dry and sunny throughout. but into the afternoon, southern and western areas, those showers get going again — rain, hail, sleet, snow, and the winds will start to pick up. now, the winds not as strong as they were through saturday. but the hebrides and towards the south—west, we could see gales, if not severe gales, develop later in the day. temperatures in the south, though, 9—10 degrees, tempered by the strength of the wind. a chilly day. scotland and northern ireland, only 2—4 celsius for the vast majority. and with the showers picking up through sunday night, we'll see those develop more widely, the breeze becoming more of note as well. the greatest chance of some hill snow with a covering — parts of northern england, southern scotland, northern ireland, too. and very windy by the end of the night, western scotland and northern ireland. but it still won't stop the temperatures from dropping. many places again close to a frost, if not some icy conditions, to start the new working week. so here we go we go for monday. a few showers across england and wales, particularly around the coast. many will have a dry and sunny day before cloud increases from the south later. some very lively showers to the north of northern ireland with gale force winds —

potentially 60—70 mile gusts can't be ruled out. and we'll see some heavy snowfall across the higher ground of central and northern scotland. a chilly day to come here once more. but with that gathering cloud towards the south comes a bit of a question mark in the forecast. just how much this weather front will influence us as we go through monday night into tuesday. it could be a bit further east, many more of us have a dry day. but 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 to see a bit of sleet and snow mixed in. many, though, to the north and west of the country, either way, will have a dry day, just one or two isolated showers. another chilly day for most. and even if that weather front does affect us, it will clear out the way as we go through tuesday night into wednesday. meanng the rest of the week, well, with strong, southerly winds developing, temperatures on the rise, and rain becoming more widespread.

this is bbc news, the headlines: marathon climate talks in madrid have been further extended into the night because of disagreements between delegates. the european union and others are pushing for more ambitious commitments on cutting carbon emissions. but, some of the biggest polluters, including the us, say they there's no need to change current plans. borisjohnson has visited northern england to greet new conservative mps elected in a region which is traditionally a labour stronghold. the british pm praised his new team and promised to repay the trust placed in him by people who voted conservative for the first time. the first national rally by italy's grassroots sardines movement has seen tens of thousands protest against the league, the right wing populist party. the demonstrators sang anti—fascist songs and waved cardboard sardines, a reference to their tactic of crowding into town squares like fish in a tin.