year are this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. i'm mike embley. our top stories: crisis at boeing — the company suspends production of its 737 max aircraft — grounded since march, after two fatal crashes. opposition parties in india condemn police for the violent suppression of protests over a new citizenship law. many believe that young people here, who are trying to voice their dissent in a democracy, were crushed by the state. and that's triggered a reaction across india. britain's prime minister plans a new law to prevent any extension of the brexit transition process beyond the end of 2020. growing concern in australia over the worsening wildfires

and extreme weather — fire chiefs speak out — saying the country needs to be better prepared. boeing has announced it is temporarily halting production of its 737 max aircraft. the planes have been grounded since march, a response to crashes in indonesia and ethiopia that killed 346 people. regulators in the united states, criticised for earlier decisions on the 737—max, are now saying they will not approve any return to service before next year. here's our north america correspondent, peter bowes. grounded and now pulled from production. boeing's problems have gone from bad to worse, with the aviation giant forced to admit it can no longer continue

to make the 737 max. the temporary halt in production is because the regulatory authority — the federal aviation administration — has still not cleared the jet to return to commercial service. it was grounded globally in march following crashes in ethiopian and indonesia, which left a total of 346 people dead. in a statement, boeing insists... but the company acknowledges the approval process must be extraordinarily thorough and robust to ensure that regulators, customers and the flying public have confidence in the aircraft. with 400 planes in storage, boeing

says it will focus its efforts on delivering those aircraft to customers. it says its decision will not result in anyjob losses, with affected employees continuing to do 737—related work, or reassigned to other projects. but this is a major blow for the company, one of america's biggest exporters. the us economy is bound to feel the ripple effects, with firms supplying parts left in limbo while production is on hold. suspending production of a commercial aircraft is something that has been very rarely done. it truly is an unprecedented decision and it is one that has massive impact to boeing and its suppliers and the airlines. even before the decision was announced, boeing's share price took another hit on monday. pulling its most profitable plane from the skies has cost the company

more than $9 billion, and with continuing uncertainty over its future, that figure will inevitably rise. peter bowes, bbc news. well a little earlier i was joined by james louranis who's a travel industry analyst specializing in airline operations as well as writing for air travel publication upgraded points and the forward cabin. i asked him boeing had little option but to suspend production of the 737 max. yeah, exactly. both public pressure and commercial as well. you've got the flying public that is of course not willing to fly on this aircraft and of course these aircraft cannot go anywhere right now without the faa certification. so it's really a ground stop at this point. they have 100 planes sitting on the ground and they are going anywhere or making any money because they deliver those plans and get that paycheck after delivery. so right now it is just dead weight sitting in a storage unit somewhere, not making any money. i saw figures saying they are building 42 737s each month with nowhere to go. it's a huge step, there are knock—on effect. there is. from a commercial standpoint you have over 600 supplies that feed aircraft parts and labour to those aircraft, so that is now

basically in limbo. you've got the customers that those aircraft are supposed to go to being affected. you have over 12,000 employees that are no longer going to work on the max production line, they are being moved to other facilities with temporary assignments. boeing does say that those employees are not being fired, they are not being laid—off, nothing is going to happen to them, they are just being reassigned to other projects for the moment. but we will see in the coming months what is going to happen. we don't really know at the moment what the timeline is for the recertification of these aircraft, right now it is basically kicking the can down the road. both faa and boeing are working together, but that timeline keeps getting pushed further back with delays and discoveries. we won't know the long—term implications of the staffing and supply chain issues for some months.

i know there is talk, too, impact on the way the us economy. regulators are going to be pretty tight on letting them back on given how much criticism they have taken over letting them flyjust recently. i guess eventually it is up to the flying public, isn't it? whether they just this aircraft. it is, definitely. the flying public is pretty timid. airlines have delayed this for months on and an some airlines are going as far as issuing waivers for folks when the max does come back in. the flying public are going to be allowed to move onto other aircraft if they have a max plane assigned to their flights. so that is really how far it has come here. will that impact things in years to come, five years, ten years? we will probably see a dramatic decline in the number of people afraid of flying on this plane, but in the short term, especially with the close proximity of the plane crashes we had earlier this year, definitely

there is going to be a lot of timid flyers out there who want to fly on other planes. james larounis, thanks so much. thank you so much. there've been more violent protests in major cities across india, mostly in opposition to a new citizenship law, which many see as discriminating against the nation's large muslim minority. the prime minister has appealed for calm, but his hindu nationalist government is facing criticism for a law that offers amnesty to illegal migrants from 3 countries as long as they're not muslim. there are some divisions among people who've taken to the streets. some say they're protesting because they fear large—scale migration. six people have died and on sunday police stormed a university in delhi, injuring at least 50. from there, our correspondent yogita limaye. the library of one of india's top universities. on sunday night, it was the scene of a crackdown. students tried to hide

from the police, and shield themselves from the tear gas in the air. in the men's bathroom, an injured student. and another one who lay unconscious. dozens of them were taken to the local hospital. police came inside — they dragged us off. they say they were beaten by the police for protesting against india's new citizenship law. danjil chaudhary has broken fingers on both hands. he was hit in the head and also on his back. when they caught us, they started beating us up, we were begging for mercy. the police didn't stop at beating, mohammed tamim says. he shows us where he was shot. he says he was passing the area and got caught up in the violence. "the policeman looked at me, he took out his service gun and shot me", he told us. two students are also reported to have bullet injuries. but a top policeman denies it.

no gunshots? no gunshots, absolutely. no gunshots were fired. no gunshots. it's not a peaceful protest if public transport buses were on fire. not a peaceful process in which the crowd of 1,500, they start pelting stones. what started in this campus in this university in delhi has now spread far beyond it. many believe that young people here who were trying to voice their dissent in a democracy were crushed by the state. and that's triggered a reaction across india. today, people marched. in delhi, mumbai, kolkata, against what they see as a divisive law that discriminates against muslim migrants. an unprecedented show of dissent against the country's hindu nationalist leadership, a precarious point for india. yogita limaye, bbc news, dehli. an unprecedented show of dissent against the country's hindu nationalist leadership, a precarious point for india.

yogita limaye, bbc news, dehli. let's get some of the day's other news. forensic experts in turkey have concluded that a former british soldier who helped found syria's white helmets volunteer group died as a result of a fall. james le mesurier‘s body was found last month, on the street below his apartment in istanbul. it's reported no dna belonging to any other person was found. 0n the eve of more protests in france against president macron‘s pension reforms, the architect of the plans has resigned from the government. jean—paul delevoye was accused of a conflict of interest — he'd failed to declare some of his consultancyjobs — among them, an unpaid role as administrator of a business school. the row has intensified over mess—ut 0h—zil‘s outspoken the row has intensified over mesut 0zil's outspoken criticism of china. arsenal football club has tried to distance itself from the player's attack on china's persecution

of muslim minorities. the country is a highly lucrative market for the premier league and the clubs who compete in it. the british prime minister is considering a firm legal guarantee that the uk will part ways with the european union by the end of next year with or without a trade deal. under current plans, the uk ceases to be an eu member onjanuary 31 and there'll be a transitional period until the end of 2020, while the two sides negotiate a new relationship. this report from gareth barlow contains some flashing images. downing street says that when boris johnson's eu withdrawal agreement bill is put before mps on friday, it will include a new clause to stop the transition period extending beyond december 2020. the transition period is designed to allow the eu and uk to maintain their current trading agreements, while providing time to agree a new trade deal. currently that period, due to run at the end of next year, can be extended by two years,

if both sides agree. but borisjohnson is determined to deliver brexit, and wants to remove any potential of any extension. government sources say a hard deadline will focus the mind of both sides and negotiators on achieving a deal. but critics say it raises the possibility of the uk leaving the eu without a trade deal if an agreement isn't made within 12 months. it means the uk will have to agree one of the quickest deals in history, and the eu has previously expressed scepticism a deal can be done in such a short period of time. and the eu isn't the only trading partner on westminster‘s mind. diplomats in the united states have also expressed their hopes of achieving an agreement as soon as possible. gareth barlow, bbc news. seniorformerfire and emergency chiefs have been meeting in sydney, and called on the federal government to prepare australia far better,

for worsening extreme weather. since september, six people have died in bushfires in new south wales and queensland. i got the latest from our correspondent phil mercer. this is a very influential group of former fire and emergency chiefs, they've held a press conference here in sydney in the last couple of hours, accusing the prime minister, scott morrison, of going missing while much of australia burns. this group is accusing the centre—right government of not taking climate change seriously and not doing enough to fortify australia in a time with a drying climate and worsening fire conditions. the prime minister, mr morrison, has conceded that there is a link between climate change and the bushfire crisis here in australia. we have fires burning in the west and we certainly have fires burning

here in new south wales, australia's most populous state, 110 fires are burning and 59 of those are out of control, and there are concerns a mega fire burning to the north—west of sydney could threaten a power station that supplies new south wales with 10% of its electricity. later in the week we are expecting this mass of hot air that has been moving across the australian continent from west to east to bring heatwave conditions to many parts of the fire zone, worth noting, too, that in south australia they are expecting back—to—back days later this week of 49 and potentially 50 celsius. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: around £50 million pounds worth of jewellery is stolen from the home of formula one heiress tamara ecclestone. saddam hussein is finished

because he killed our people, our women, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes, but they brought a formal end to 3.5 years of conflict, a 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 world news. the latest headlines: a crisis at boeing — the company suspends production of its 737 max aircraft, grounded since march, after two fatal crashes. 0pposition parties in india condemn police for what they say is violent suppression of protests over a new citizenship law. an investigation by the bbc africa eye has uncovered an illegal network that lures women from africa to india, where they are then forced into prostitution. the women are mostly from kenya, uganda, nigeria, tanzania and rwanda. one of them, grace, who was trafficked from kenya, has agreed to go undercover for bbc africa eye. iam grace, i am grace, i am a singer, a musician, an artist. she has offered

to work in india. hearing it is good money, i went for it. when she arrived in new delhi, she was taken toa arrived in new delhi, she was taken to a brothel and had her passport confiscated by this woman, goldie. she paid for her travel to india and goldie said grace now owed her almost 4000 us dollars, more than seven times the actual cost of a ticket to india. there was only one way to pay off the debt. prostitution for me was something that i have said was the last thing i wanted to do in my life. for five months, grace lived in this room with four other traffic women. we would make plans in the house. go to hotels.

grace agreed to wear a hidden camera and take us inside the brutal world ofan and take us inside the brutal world of an african indian sex ring. the women were tuned out to solicit men in local pickup bars known as kitchens. these are illegal clubs are said to cater for the many african men who live and work in new delhi. grace pointed out, the man who she knew as being at the heart of the sex trade in her area. his name is eddie and he is a local leader of an organisation called asca it is a nationwide community group offering social activities to connect and support nigerian stu d e nts connect and support nigerian students studying abroad. during our investigation, eddie offered to help

grace. grace pretended to be interested. what is the process of bringing a girl? i do not know anything. this is how the network grows. women pay off their debts as sex workers and then, with no other employment options, start operating as madams. with the evidence gathered by grace, we confronted eddie. eddie, how are you? good. i am from we confronted eddie. eddie, how are you? good. iam from bbc. we we confronted eddie. eddie, how are you? good. i am from bbc. we have evidence against you and we want to talk to you about the sex trade you are involved in. sex trade? does asca know what you are doing? you

area asca know what you are doing? you are a proud member and you are exploiting women? i do not do that. we have evidence against you. we have evidence that you are going to process women, from kenya to india. you do not have evidence. we do. this is a right of reply to you to respond to bbc. we look forward to hearing your response. we contact eddie three times. he denied trafficking any women from kenya to india. goldie gave no response to allegations of trafficking and brothel keeping. africa i helped grace to return to canyon where she is now rebuilding her life. grace to return to canyon where she is now rebuilding her lifem grace to return to canyon where she is now rebuilding her life. it is so good, so good! police in dubai have arrested the suspected head of a cocaine trafficking gang, considered the netherlands' most wanted man. ridouan taghi, who

was born in morocco, was wanted on international arrest warrants accusing him of multiple murder and drug trafficking. he was caught entering dubai with fake id. the leading democrat in the us senate, chuck schumer, says the expected impeachment trial of donald trump would be a cover up if it didn't hear from key white house officials. mr schumer is calling for four witnesses to appear, including the former national security advisorjohn bolton. laura trevelyan reports from washington. washington is braced for a decisive few days in which president trump may become only the third american president in history to be impeached. in a new report, house democrats are alleging that the president's abuse of power includes multiple federal crimes, such as criminal bribery. thank you very much, it's a great honour. democrats charged the president withheld military aid from ukraine's predident to get an investigation intojoe biden and his son, and obstructed congress by not allowing key witnesses to testify. if the house impeaches the president, the senate will hold

a trial in early january. the minority leader chuck schumer has written a letter with a list of witnesses he wants to call, including acting chief of staff mick mulvaney and former national security adviserjohn bolton. i haven't seen a single good argument about why these witnesses shouldn't testify or these documents be produced, unless the president has something to hide. senate leader mitch mcconnell wants to protect vulnerable republicans up for re—election and seems to favour a short trial, whereas the president has been pushing for the right to call witnesses including the bidens. republican senators are lining up behind the president. i have clearly made up my mind, i am not trying to hide the fact that i have disdain for the accusations and the process. senators are not required likejurors in a criminal trial, to be sequestered, not to talk to anyone, not to coordinate, there is no prohibition. mr trump has been using his twitter feed to slam what he calls a witch—hunt and a hoax.

moderate democrats like elissa slotkin who won her swing district in michigan from a republican, have been deciding which way to vote on impeachment. so, i will be voting yes on obstruction of congress. cheering. as that reaction shows, impeaching president trump is dividing the voters, and will have consequences for the 2020 presidential election. thieves have reportedly stolen £50 million, or $66 million, worth ofjewellery from a property belonging to the daughter of the former formula one boss, bernie ecclestone. tamara ecclestone had apparently just left the country for christmas when the burglars raided her home in central london. daniela relph reports, there's flash photography from the start. wealthy and not afraid to show it. tamara ecclestone's own tv show, billion dollar girl was all about the exotic holidays, the glamorous nights out... that is the biggest

bottle in the world. the millions spent on renovating her mansion and the expensive jewellery. oh, my god, i love it. how nice is it? but most of that exclusive jewellery collection has now gone. stolen from her home in kensington, and one of london's most secure roads alongside a number of embassies, the house has a 24—hour security team and a cctv control room. the police say they were called to tamara ecclestone's house here just after 11 o'clock on friday night and it was reported that a high value of jewellery had been stolen. they are now looking for three men, believed to have been inside the property in connection with the burglary. just hours earlier, tamara ecclestone had posted this photo of her daughter on social media. the family was off on holiday. detectives will now look for any link between them leaving and the burglary later that day. tamara's father, the former head of formula 1, bernie ecclestone, has described the robbery

as an inside job by someone who had knowledge of the property. the spokesperson for tamara ecclestone said that the security team are co—operating with the police and the family were shaken and angry. let's go to new york. this is the largest lantern show in the world. it runs in queens until the world. it runs in queens until the end of january. the world. it runs in queens until the end ofjanuary. the menus again colin owing is temporarily suspending production of the 737 max aircraft from january. it was grounded after two fatal crashes in

indonesia and ethiopian which killed 346 people. thank you for watching. it has been pretty cold across northern scotland in the past few hours, temperatures have been down to —6, there has been some snow around too, but the main message in the forecast is that it is going to be mild this week, some wet and windy weather on the way, gale force winds, not surprising for this time of year. but it is already starting to happen out there in the atlantic. low pressures are forming, weather fronts will be heading our way, we have a fair bit of cloud and some light rain affecting the south and south—east at the moment. we have got one weather front here keeping things a little bit milder. we have got clear skies, but also mist and fog across northern england and scotland, and that's where we've had the colder air. temperatures have been down to —6 degrees but actually rising a little bit through the early hours of tuesday morning. tuesday starts off grey, cloudy,

and drizzly in the south, mist and murk across the midlands and parts of northern england, and still a little bit of winteryness left over from the night across scotland. four degrees in aberdeen, five in newcastle, eight or nine in the south, and east anglia and london probably staying quite cloudy and damp across the course of tuesday. tuesday night into wednesday we are actually in between weather systems, one moving away towards the east and this next big low pressure is dominating a huge chunk of the atlantic, that is going to be a real dominating part of our weather as we go through the course of the second half of the week. on wednesday, it starts off really foggy across parts of the midlands and northern england but then the winds will freshen and we start to see the arrival of this weather front with very strong winds, in fact winds around coast of south—western england, wales, a little bit further north, could be approaching 70 miles an hour. that is around the coast — inland windy enough, too.

look what happens across the course of wednesday and into thursday: that weather front sweeps across the uk, strong winds as well, potential for some wintryness, across the high ground there, scotland and then that takes us into thursday, quite a blustery day with showers as well. towards the end of the week, that big low pressure with lots of weather fronts circling i,. with lots of weather fronts circling in. it is dominating a huge chunk of europe. we are not the only ones getting the bad weather, there will be spells of wind and rain and other parts of europe as well. unsurprising really, for the time of year. but the temperatures really will be rising in southerlies by the end of thursday. we could be approaching 13 degrees celsius in london and there will be some rain around, too. bye bye.

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boeing is temporarily suspending production of its 737 max airliner from january. it was grounded in march after two fatal crashes in indonesia and ethiopia that killed 346 people. the company says it won't lay off workers but the stoppage is likely to affect suppliers and the wider us economy. 0pposition parties in india have condemned the police's violent suppression of student protests over a new citizenship law. the congress party, responding to video footage of police beating protesters at a university in delhi, accuses the government of declaring war on its own people. britain's prime minister is planning a new law to prevent any extension of the brexit transition process beyond the end of 2020. the withdrawal agreement will include a clause making further delays illegal. there's some concern this revives the possibility of the uk leaving