skipped bail injapan and fled to the lebanese capital beirut. mr ghosn was ousted as head of nissan in november last year and is facing trial on charges of financial misconduct. mr ghosn‘s friends reportedly said he'd decided he wouldn't get a fair trial. 4,000 people have sought refuge on a beach in the australian state of victoria as bushfires approach. a fire rescue spokesman said the town of mallacoota in east gippsland was under attack. four people in the state are unaccounted for. weather conditions — already described as ‘catastrophic‘ — are expected to get worse. a man accused of stabbing five people during hanukkah in new york state, has been charged with federal hate crimes. federal prosecutors claim the suspect, grafton thomas, keptjournals containing references to hitler. his family say he has a long history of mental illness. those of the headlines.

football, and west ham has been welcoming its new manager david moyes back for a second stint leading the premiership club. he said the club's owners had "acted with class" by turning to him to replace manuel pellegrini — who was sacked at the weekend following a string of defeats. jo currie has more. when you're struggling at the wrong end of the premier league table, sometimes it's best to turn to what, or who, you know. david moyes, back at the club he rescued from relegation in 2018, and with the same remit. what anybody‘s getting here with me is a very experienced premier league manager. arguably, there's only two or three who've got more experience with games in the premier league. i think i've probably got the biggest win rate out of a certain amount of managers as well. so, i think if you are putting it that way, that's what i do, iwin. moyes made his name in the top flight at everton, where he spent 11 years. but then went on to only last ten months at manchester united in 2013,

before being let go after a year with real sociedad, and relegated with sunderland. but after the failed appointment of manuel pellegrini, west ham have come calling once again. david moyes never wanted to leave west ham in the first place. despite guiding them to safety in 2018, the club's owners decided not to renew his contract, instead opting for the high—calibre manager of manuel pellegrini. now moyes returns with a point to prove. you got rid of him at the end of the season, why bring him back 18 months later? i'm as surprised as everyone else, but if he can do thejob, then good on him. new manager, new start, let's get behind him and support west ham like we should. and the hard work starts now for moyes, with west ham hovering one point above the relegation zone. and due to host fellow strugglers bournemouth on new year's day. jo currie, bbc news, london. now it's time for the travel show. mike corey has been travelling across malaysia's biggest state, sarawak. he's ventured deep into the bornean rainforest and explored one

of the world's most remote food festivals. this week on the travel show, i'm in the jungles of borneo exploring malaysia's biggest state — sarawak. in the western corner of malaysian borneo, sarawak has some of the most spectacular and diverse ecosystems. but it can be overlooked by tourists drawn to the bright lights of kl and the resorts of its neighbour state sabah. so i'm going to discover for myself the sights and inhabitants of this remarkable state. along the way i will be hanging out with these guys... climbing jagged peaks... easily one of the most beautiful and one of the most difficult hikes i have done. and getting a taste of one of the world's most remote food festivals. sucking. laughs.

i have to work on my snail sucking technique. yes, i love sarawak so much. everything very unique in sarawak. we have 26 ethnic groups in sarawak. sarawak mean "surrender to you" in malay. my trip starts here in sarawak‘s biggest city, kuching. and does the word kuching mean, it means something special, right? yes, kuching is mean cat, in english, called cat. like the city of cats? yes, cat city. we're starting here in the state capital, kuching, and we're travelling all the way up here to the kelabit highlands. it's going to be a journey. on my first stop, i'm going to meet one of the state's most iconic residents.

and here he is. the orangutan. so much soul in their eyes. 97% of their dna is shared with humans. that where they get the name — orangutan means "man of the forest." 0rangutans are native to only two islands in south—east asia. some live on sumatra, but the vast majority live here in borneo. i have come to the semenggoh nature reserve where the rangers are preparing for the morning feed. it looks like they eat quite well because there is a whole buffet here, and it seems like every day there is a different meal plan. so today is saturday, so they will have 21 kg bananas, and then sweet potatoes, chicken eggs and pineapples. oh, it's heavy. maybe 15 kilos.

ooh, 0k. so, where are we at? almost 20. we are ready, 21kg. so emel, tell me what is special about semenggoh nature reserve? ok, so semenggoh wildlife centre actually started off as a rehabitation centre, so we were established back in 1975, so it's more than a0 years ago. the reserve took orangutans that had been rescued from captivity or suffered from habitat loss, and taught them how to live wild in the surrounding forest. since then, the rehabilitation programme has been moved elsewhere, but the forest is still home to 33 orangutans, and tourists have a chance to glimpse those tempted back by a free meal. it's very different to a zoo, then, there's no orangutans in cages here. yeah, totally different to a zoo. two 7 in the basket.

yes. 0ur ranger, he will... ok, so thank you very much. yeah. enjoy. he will bring the food to the main feeding area. when the tourists arrive, a ranger heads to the feeding platform to call the apes. calling. so, welcome to our centre. coming here is no guarantee you must see the orangutan. if you happen to see one, consider yourself very lucky already. in the rainy season between november and march there is an abundance of food in the forest, so the orangutans often don't need this extra food. but lucky for us, we don't have to wait long for a sighting. this is edwin, one of the biggest males in the park. and like the ranger said,

this is not a zoo. the orangutans can come from any direction at any time, so you have to be careful, especially around the big males like edwin here. while these orangutans are used to people, they‘ re still unpredictable, so tourists are kept at a safe distance. edwin is 23 years old, born in 1996, and he was the first male offspring born in semenggoh. now fully grown, edwin is competing to become the reserve‘s sole dominant male. only one orangutan dares to approach him on the platform. seduku, rescued from captivity in the 1970s, and one of the first to be rehabilitated here. are they a thing? yeah, in a way.

we call her the great old lady, because she's the oldest female, age 48 years old. and she is doing still very well. she is a8, he is 23. that is quite a big age difference there, right? yes, but love doesn't see age as a problem, though. well, feeding time is over, and there's edwin. i'm a bit nervous to see him so close. he's massive, so much hair. if you saw that from behind you wouldn't know what it was. sadly, despite conservation efforts, orangutans face an uncertain future. over a 16—year period, the numbers in borneo fell by more than 100,000. a decline blamed on hunting and deforestation. it is now estimated that there

are just over 100,000 orangutans left on the island. and so the facility here, how does it help? by having a centre like semenggoh, people get a sense of seeing the wild orangutan, and not disturb the orangutan in their natural habitat. and i guess the more people come here, the more they learn, and that also helps as well? definitely, the feeling, the excitement of seeing wild orangutan, bring you closer to conservation efforts, and to be able to share it with people out there, it really means something. next up i am crossing the state to reach gunung mulu national park, sarawa k‘s largest piece of protected rainforest. this place is teeming with wildlife

— over 4,000 species of plants, 20,000 species of invertebrates, that means thousands of different kinds of spiders, beetles and butterflies, but no orangutans, though, not here. mulu is also home to groups of penan, one of the last remaining hunter and gatherer tribes in southeast asia. a lot of their traditional tribal land has been lost to deforestation, so the vast majority now stay in settlements like this one. plucks instrument laughs i didn't expect you to do that. plucks instrument laughs ok, with the nose... laughs so these are flutes, right? whistles blowpipe?

you make these? can you show me? ah, i see, so you drill it by hand, so many times... speaks own language that would be countless hours. like that? oh, yes, there we go. mike corey, blowpipe maker. blowpipes are the penan‘s traditional hunting weapon. they are loaded with darts, tipped with strong poison extracted from the bark of the local tajem tree. and you'd use one of these big ones?

wow, it's, look, i'm about six feet tall, that would be 1.8 metres. ok, so we're here like this... and that one goes in the back. armed and dangerous. you first. safety off. sharp shooter! laughs i guarantee i will not... like this? like this. and then... 0k. he we go. hopefully there's some beginner's luck. i hit the target?! laughs further inside the park there is a truly unique landscape. below ground there are some of the world's largest caves, formed from limestone and shaped by millions of years

of ground and rainwater. this process also created a bizarre collection of stone spires above the ground. they're called the pinnacles, and i have come all the way up river to base camp 5 to see them. at almost 50 metres tall, the pinnacles are an imposing spectacle. but to get there, sightseers face a three day round trip and a long, brutal trek through the rainforest. so the guides have some rules in place to make sure tourists are up to it. the first 60 minutes, so this is considered as a check—in point. if you make it more than 60 minutes, you are considered a slow climber.

we you are sorry, we have to say you are not qualified. so if i don't make the first checkpoint in 60 minutes, you turn me around and say sorry, you are going back home? yeah, this is the rule here. 0k, we are just about to head to bed for the big hike tomorrow, this is bed tonight actually, underneath this mosquito net, this is a bee, by the way, that just flew away. this is coming with me tomorrow... person: shh. there are some people sleeping, ijust got shushed. i am a little bit nervous for the hike tomorrow, it is supposed to be quite hard, a lot of very, very steep inclines, so i am going to get a full eight hours tonight, i will see you in the morning and we will see if we can make it to the top.

"caution, a high degree of physical fitness is required past this point." eight hours round—trip. lead the way. let's go. i havejust 60 minutes to make it to the mini pinnacles, the first checkpoint. you weren'tjoking. what was that? how is it? steep. the checkpoint is less than a kilometre up the slope but the humidity makes it feel a lot further. panting we've only just started and i'm already exhausted. and we're here, the pinnacles! not quite, right? mini pinnacle. that is...not a joke.

having reached the checkpoint within the time limit, it's another kilometre before i reach the most treacherous stage. this is the first ladder, mike. ok. right, larry, helmets on, right? who's first? after you. after me? 0k, one down, 70 more to go. beautiful limestone cliffs are sharp but at least lots of places to grab onto. it looks like it's rained down there. think it's going to rain? yeah, it will be heavy rain.

500 metres to go, 100 metres to go. hope we get there before the rain. what ladder‘s this? last ladder. the last ladder? this looks like the summit. isn't it? the summit, yes. we are here, guys. oh, wow, yeah. and there are so many of them. this is beautiful. yep! just daggersjutting out of the forest canopy.

really is spectacular, right? yep. the final stop in myjourney across sarawak is bario, in the kelapit highlands, home to one of the world's most remote food festivals. it is not exactly a smooth road, it's like being a greased up piece of popcorn in the back seat, but it's a lot of fun.

i'm quite an adventurous eater, i will try everything. 0nce — at least once, it is not good, only once. but often when you come to these places will find some pretty far—out food and i'm hoping we'll find some very interesting stuff. bumped around and a little bruised from the journey, i get there to find the festival in full swing. we're catching the eye of a lot of locals, because there's not that many foreigners, surprise surprise, in this part of the world. i don't know half of the foods here today and that is quite exciting for me. a local farmer called dayang offers to show me around. would you like to try our dure... i don't know what dure is...

one of the local exotic vegetable found here in bario. it is a plant that lives in the jungle? yes. i can eat that all day. that's delicious! but it's got, like, i was thinking it would taste like spinach, but it doesn't taste like spinach at all. ok... it has like a heartier than spinach would. would you like to try the akep? yeah, we can try akep. so akep looks like to be boiled snails. yeah, found in the paddy field here. it smells like boiled snails too. this is how we do it. this lives in the jungle, you suck it out? sucking there you are. just like that. you bit it first? it's stuck on my teeth. and you suck it? ok. 0nce. sucking there we go.

laughs how do you find it? the taste must be fantastic? i wouldn't use that word, but it's not bad, it's very chewy. this is classic traditional kelabit food, sourced from the surrounding area. welcome to bario. dayang takes me to herfarm, where she grows one very important ingredient. it's cool, cause each plant has one pineapple? yes, but it will take about one year to ripen. but this one looks ripe. this yellow one. look at the colour, it's golden yellow. how do we... how do we pick one? you can just pluck it. i'm going to have puncture wounds after this but it's ok. yes. that was easy.

yes, because it's golden, ripe pineapple, it's very sweet. look at this, my first pineapple. back at the festival, locally—grown pineapples have been made into jams, juices and even pineapple cider. down the hatch. it's a little chunky, how many do you have to drink to have a really good day? i'm not sure. shall we find out? i'm joking! since it started in 2006, the festival has celebrated both the cuisine and the culture of the highlands. up top there are some bags with soda pop, cookies, the point is to climb up to the top, grab your prize and climb down. it's my turn.

ok, you can go. give him a big clap! so... slowly from the bottom. freestyle ? as the games continue, my form doesn't really improve. it was by a feather that we lost. applause. a game that i'm not bad at, i think it's my height advantage. everyone gets a shot or...? hang on, let's watch. that's way farther than mine.

i guess you might think that coming so far away, you wouldn't be able to make friends, or that it might be a strange tourist experience. but i always find it's some of the best ones, when you come to these places, there's not many foreign tourists, so people are so accepting and grateful that you are here, and will share everything with you. hello. the final day of the year and the decade will get off to a fairly chilly note across much of northern england,

northern ireland and scotland. this weakening cold front which has been moving its way southwards over the last 2a hours, introducing some colder air. to the south of this, still something milder and actually much more in the way cloud and perhaps even some patchy light rain across south—west of england and the channel islands through new year's eve. quite cloudy skies for much of wales, central, southern england, but the further north and east you go, here is where we will see the best of the sunshine. and away from the far south—west of england and the channel islands, it should be mainly dry. quite breezy for the western and the northern isles, and a colder feel for many — 6—10 celsius typically the high on new year's eve. this takes into new year's eve night, where for most it will be dry, fairly light winds. we're going to see some mist and murkiness, particularly over higher ground and certainly the cloud already in place across wales, central, southern and south—west england will be slowly pushing its way further north and eastwards as the evening and night wears on. clearer skies across east and north—east england and eastern scotland. but here's a closer look at midnight. most places will be dry,

light winds, quite a lot of cloud and, as i mentioned there could be some mist, some patchy fog in places. clearer skies across eastern, north—eastern england and eastern scotland where temperatures by midnight will be getting closer to freezing, and actually falling a little bit lower as the night wears on. where we've got the cloud, temperatures will easily stay above freezing. so here's how new year's day looks — a fairly quite affair across much of the uk, thanks to this area of high pressure. isobars slightly closer together across northern ireland and scotland so a breezier day here and fronts never too far away from the northern and western isles, so thicker cloud here, maybe some light rain. but for much of the uk on new year's day, it is a dry day, but with a lot of cloud. any brightnes or sunshine really at a premium. the best of it probably to the north and east of high ground. and again, quite a cool day. temperatures for many will not get into double figures. as we go into thursday, these frontal system i've talked about, to the north and west of the uk, will come ever closer, sliding their way south and eastwards, so a wet, fairly windy day

across much of scotland and northern ireland and eventually that rain will start to settle into northern england and the far north of wales by the time we get to thursday afternoon. further south and east, it stays dry. again quite a lot of cloud but for all of the uk on thursday, it is a windier day but starting to push up some milder air again, so we're looking at highs eaily in double figures, 10—12 celsius. through friday and saturday, we are back to something drier, a little bit colder and also a return of some sunshine. bye— bye.

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