does canada have a celebrity culture? france's prime minister has offered not really. other than leave them alone. a concession to unions in a bid to end nationwide strikes on vancouver island, against proposed pension reforms. pamela anderson and sarah mclachlan edouard philippe said he was willing both live over here, as well as a number of other to withdraw a proposal celebrities, and people which would raise the leave them alone. retirement age to 64. even in the big cities, there have been five weeks you may see them on the streets, of protests against the government's plans — one of the longest this is bbc world news. you smile but you don't bother them. strikes in french history. you wouldn't take a picture of them? the bbc‘s tim allman reports. our top stories: you might from a distance gunfire. in paris, as in other but in general, no. cities across france, harry and meghan were here for six this has become an all—too—familiar sight — riot police, anti—government protests weeks and there is not a single tear gas, protests in the street. after the iranian authorities picture of them. gunfire. finally admit accidentally shooting people respect each other‘s privacy. another day of demonstrations how would harry and meghan fit descending into violent clashes. down the ukrainian passengerjet. into canadian society? earlier, the marches were peaceful and colourful, thousands angry over proposed disinfecting the danger area. she has, of course, lived in toronto before. reforms i think they would go to the country's pension system. after one man dies and dozens ministers say they have to introduce about their daily life. changes to make things fairer are infected, more details emerge they have a lot of plans of things and more affordable. of the outbreak of the sars—like they want to get done, union leaders insist virus in central china. workers will lose out. they have a huge charity endeavour up until now, stalemate. that they plan on announcing soon, but then the government came forward with what was described so i think they're just gonna as a constructive compromise. after continue on doing that. in a letter to the unions, virus in central china. weeks of criticism, australia archie, i'm guessing, prime after weeks of criticism, australian prime minister scott morrison would go to a private school — the country's prime minister promises an enquiry to look into the but that's just a guess. bush by emergency. edouard philippe said: disinfecting the danger area. and yeah, i think they would just after one man dies and dozens fit in, go about their day. are infected, more details emerge of the outbreak of the sars—like and who knows, maybe we would see meghan at the local grocery store. virus in central china. the queen meets other senior royals are they popular in canada? very popular. on monday to discuss harry people are — you know, they're young, hip, and meghan‘s decision to step back royal family couple, and people like seeing that. meghan is a huge style influence for women across canada. one of the most popular blogs, actually, meghan‘s mirror, is a canadian company from their public roles. and north americans in generaljust love her style.

what do canadians make of the fact that harry and meghan are, at the moment, taking a real hit in britain from the tabloids and from many commentators? i think a lot of people really feel for her, and both of them in particular. hello, and welcome to bbc news. some unions welcomed the move, they are a newly—wed couple, calling it a victory, there've been angry protests theyjust had a baby and tabloids do on the streets of iran but others remain after the country's military finally operate different here — admitted it did shoot down they are not in the major newspapers far from convinced. a ukrainian passenger plane, that are on stands. killing all 176 people on board. they are in glossy magazines. translation: we don't care iran says it made a disastrous so seeing some of the comments about the retirement age! mistake when it wrongly identified that go towards meghan, we want a full withdrawal, the plane as a cruise missile. people cannot really understand why pure and simple. a national newspaper — all sing. demonstrators in tehran have been that looks to a national newspaper calling for iran's supreme leader to resign, as our diplomatic as us — has headlines like that, that do really come across as racist. just quickly thinking correspondent james landale reports. about logistics, i'm imagining toronto may be a good base for a jet—setting couple, more talks are expected next week. if they want to be halfway almost from the moment between los angeles and london. so, too, are more demonstrations and more strikes. the ukrainian airliner crashed, does anyone else do that? an agreement still have toronto as a base looks a long way off. tim allman, bbc news. early on wednesday morning, for such travel? the portuguese city of lisbon has officials in tehran furiously not that i can think of. won the european green capital award rejected the growing video for 2020, a title bestowed and intelligence evidence suggesting by the european commission. you know, there is not a lot it had been hit by lisbon, they said, shows how to turn environmental an iranian missile. of couples that i can think of that challenges into opportunities. then, an abrupt about—turn. gail maclellan reports. in a flurry of social media jet between toronto and london. postings, iran's president spoke new york and london, yes, of a "disastrous mistake". which is not very far. i just don't see it being vancouver island. you know, they say they want to be a new day — a new era, perhaps — eco—conscious, but to get off the island, you have to take dawns over the portuguese capital at least one transfer to vancouver lisbon. and then elsewhere, so as much

as they are enjoying their holiday here, i do not see it lasting. at least ten people have died as a result of severe storms sweeping across parts the foreign minister of the southern us. talked of "human error". deaths were reported in the states as the city began its reign the ambassador in london apologised as european green capital, for misleading the media of alabama, louisiana and texas. the president made clear with "wrong findings". hundreds of thousands of people have what that actually means. a senior military commander been affected by power cuts translation: portugal is betting on green! explained that iran's air defences portugal is betting on environment! had been on high alert as a result of the storms. portugal is betting on facing down after the attack on us bases several tornado warnings in iraq, and the aircraft were in place on saturday, climate change and global warming! with alabama said starting its journey was misidentified as an american to sustainability during the 2008 missile. he said he wished he could die. to be most at risk. global economic crisis, lisbon showed — according translation: we are sorry. a new ceasefire has come into effect to the awards judges — we share the sorrow in the syrian province that sustainability and economic with victims‘ families. we regret the incident. of idlib, the last bastion growth go hand in hand. but this was the price we paid the city promotes public transport, ofjihadists and opposition fighters achieving a 50% reduction in co2 for the tensions and us activities in the country. emissions within 12 years, in the region. but in the run—up to the truce, in tehran, people gathered the region was the target has connected networks of green space, of deadly government airstrikes. and launched a bike—sharing on the streets notjust to mourn the syrian observatory scheme with electric bikes some of the 176 dead, for human rights says six children encouraging people to tackle but also to voice their anger at the government, were among at least 18 people the city's huge hills. shouting "death to liars". who lost their lives the european green capital award at one protest, the british in the three air attacks. ambassador was arrested and detained aims to promote sustainable living, for three hours, in what the foreign but critics have pointed out secretary said was a flagrant breach in libya, rebel forces loyal to general khalifa haftar that the actual performance of international law. ukraine's national security have announced a ceasefire of the cities is not measured, secretary told my colleague in their campaign against the un— jonah fisher how iran simply and the $400,000 reward may be could no longer deny the evidence. backed government in tripoli. they say it's conditional on other in danger of being a gesture. translation: this photo shows us parties respecting it. the first part of the plane the tripoli—based government has but the un secretary—general where a rocket hit. already said it would 00:02:54,011 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 welcome a truce. it hit the cockpit from underneath. underlined the importance of making the journey.

as canada continued to mourn its 57 dead, the prime minister demanded that iran cooperate with a full and transparent international investigation. translation: this year, in 2020, we must prove that we want to end the war that humanity has launched against nature. and this war that humanity has launched against nature is a suicidal war. nature responds, as we have seen many times, with hurricanes, fires, dramatic droughts in many parts of the world. nature responds in a devastating way. iran must take full responsibility. canada will not rest until we get the accountability, already, so early in 2020, justice and closure we know exactly what he means. that the families deserve. the question now is how much access gail maclellan, bbc news. iran will give to the crash site and data from the wreckage. only then will we know if today's admission of responsibility will be enough to de—escalate the latest confrontation in the middle east. don't forget you can get james landale, bbc news. in touch with me and some for more on the reaction of the team on twitter — from canada, i spoke with cbc reporter ashley burke and asked how many investigators canada

is planning to send. i'm @jamesbbcnews. right now, canada is only allowed to send to transportation safety board investigators to iran. if there is something on your mind —— two. they are in turkey waiting for their visas to be processed, that you would like to share. i will and that is because everyone has not granted canada full access to the site to be actively involved read everything you write on in this investigation. twitter. stay with us. —— iran has not granted. instead, because they lost canadian people in this crash, they have rights under international aviation requirements that allows hello. saturday was another mild them to send at least one and a wet and windy day — investigator to the site to be able rather like january to see the site, but they might not has been thus far. and the reason for it — have access to it, and to get access the jet stream has looked like this. to it and view the final report. and you'll notice as i take you through the next few days, as of right now, that is not the access at that canadian prime it will continue in similar vein — pretty strong, firing ministerjustin trudeau wants. in from the west and south—west, and in each kink, we will see a succession of low pressure systems he says canada deserves more. delivering yet more wet and windy so many canadians lost and mild weather towards lives in this crash. the british isles. 57 died, as you said. it doesn't seem like to and that's rather how we start investigators is quite what canada would want. the day across a good part are there a bunch of investigators of england and wales, although i suspect that once in canada ready to go if more the cloud and rain has quit visas are granted 7 the scene, by around about lunchtime on the east coast, it will be a glorious afternoon. plenty of sunshine around.

exactly, and these two investigators dry for the most part too, save for a peppering of showers would only really be observers in around unless they across the north and west allow more access. but in canada, we have a whole team of scotland, urged along in this neck of the woods by a noticeable of people on standby, south—westerly wind. especially with the but nowhere near as windy transport canada here. there are experts in a range for many of us as was the case of things from analysing black boxes on saturday, and those temperatures to people that can help put still hanging onto double figures together, reconstruct that plane, down across the southern who could work in forensics, dna. half of britain. and then, as the sun sets, we have rcmp on standby the temperatures will tumble away who are ready to help underneath relatively clear skies. with identification yes, one or two showers still coming through on the breeze, of bodies as well. but things will cloud up in the west to finish off the night. a whole range of people on standby but further east, it could be waiting, but the prime minister a chilly start to monday. wants to send help to make sure this a dry one for many of us, too. is a thorough investigation. but it has not gotten that, however, will not last very long. notice the number of isobars here, squeezing up all the while as a very that access yet. vigorous area of low pressure throws this active weather front in towards the western side of the british isles not very far into monday, so don't be fooled it is a government telling families by the dry start because it about any plans there might be will turn increasingly very wet for the repatriation of the remains of the dems? indeed from the west to many parts of northern ireland, well, that is a big focus right now certainly scotland, the west for the prime minister. of england, then into wales. since this started, his focus has been on the families, and the gusts of wind he has been quite stoic about this, willjust keep on building, and today for the first time such that at some point, we could well see gusts of wind he was the most emotional we have seen them. to around 60, 70, if not 80 mph he said he is furious, in extremis across the north—west of outraged that there are so many

scotland. not a cold day by any means at all, families in canada that i grieving the loss of their loved ones, but one to watch out for, that are suffering this much. particularly if you're on the move. he said that it is horrific that and then as that area of low a plane was shot out of the sky pressure quits the scene, itjust makes room for another spell and iran used to be held completely responsible for what happened. of wet and windy weather to pile the focus is getting families in on tuesday from this visas into the country. south—western quarter. there is an entire team of consular so again, many of you start the day officials in turkey trying to get access right now. dry and chilly and bright. so far, three consular officials have been granted visas but it doesn't stay that way, and they landed in iran earlier, and as this mild air rushes up around four o'clock here in canada, ottawa time. towards the scottish borders, that work is getting started right there'll be a conversion, now to help families on the ground there and also to identify we suspect, of rain to snow across the southern uplands, then north of the central belt victims as well. across the higher ground. very mild indeed in the south. thank you very much. so disruptively windy, you are welcome. really quite wet at times in the first half of the week. mild, perhaps a tad drier, after weeks of criticism over the handling of australia's bushfire emergency, the country's later in the week. prime minister has admitted he could have done things differently. scott morrison says he'll propose a powerful inquiry, a royal comission to look into the official response. he also announced a fund of $76

million australian dollars to help some of those most—affected. he's been speaking to our partner network in australia, abc. there are things that i could have handled on the ground much better. these are very raw emotional environments. i've got to say that 95%, or thereabouts, the i've had in these cases have been very positive and very appreciative. but david, these are sensitive environments and a very emotional environments, and prime ministers are environments, and prime ministers a re flesh environments, and prime ministers are flesh and blood to come and how they engage with people. meanwhile, the number of deaths attributed to australia's current bushfire season has risen to 28 after another firefighter lost their life. bill slade had a0 years' experience helping in the state of victoria and was killed by a falling tree — one of the greatest hazards in bushfire—affected areas. the sydney opera house has this weekend been paying tribute to the thousands of firefighters who are tackling the unprecedented blazes. among the images projected

on to the iconic landmark was the message "thank you fireys." five have lost their lives since bushfire season began in october. this is bbc news. the headlines: iran's admission that it accidentally shot down a ukrainian airliner killing all on board, has prompted angry protests on the streets of the capital, tehran. some demonstrators are calling for the country's supreme leader to step down. senior royals will meet to discuss the future between harry and meghan. president trump has expressed his support for the protestors. the summit will take place at the after weeks of criticism over the handling of australia's bushfire emergency, the country's prime minister has admitted he could have done queen's sounding in residence in things differently. scott morrison says he'll propose a powerful inquiry, norfolk. it is expected to look at a a royal comission. range of possibilities. the issue of he also announced a fund of $76 million australian funding is expected to play a to help those affected. central role. meghan is in canada at the moment and it is likely but not certain that she willjoin the conversation by telephone. our royal correspondent a man has died from a new pneumonia nicholas witchell gave us a few more details about monday's meeting. virus in the central chinese city of wuhan. 41 other people have also been diagnosed with the virus that investigators say resembles sars, another respiratory virus. the authorities in singapore, south korea and hong kong are monitoring now, i think officials now have a much better, not a complete idea, but a much better idea travellers from wuhan. of what the sussexes want. i think a range of possibilities

will be suggested, a little bit of a reality check, perhaps, for the sussexes, and they will hope to agree the next steps. they need to pin down things like how much work do the sussexes really want to do, official royal work, and what will be the rules of the game for their non—royal work? what will be the protocols which will be there to prevent them, to be brutal about it, cashing in too blatantly on their royal status? it will be businesslike, i'm sure, but an underlying sadness, i would imagine. meghan clearly wants to do this, but has harry really thought through fully the implications of all of this? the distress that he's causing his grandmother at this point in her life? the potential loss of respect for the likes of the royal marines? he's captain general, and the general sense in the country, not universal, of disappointment? in central china, a man has died following an outbreak of an unknown pneumonia—like virus which officials say comes from the same family as the deadly sars virus. health authorities say around forty other people are infected. rich preston reports:

officials say the 61—year—old shopped regularly at the seafood market, and that it was the source of the virus. it has been sealed off by police and disinfected. the outbreak began in december in the central city of wuhan, home to more than 11 million people. the man was initially taken here with flulike symptoms stop officials say around 40 more people are affected. some of them ina 40 more people are affected. some of them in a critical condition. but that many hundreds of others have come into contact with an infected person. chinese health officials insist the situation is in hand. translation: it is largely under control. most patients are showing lighter symptoms and some of them have already been discharged. officials say they have managed to sequence officials say they have managed to sequence this virus' genetic structure and that it is from the same family as sars, severe acute respiratory syndrome. in 2003, chinese officials were accused of trying to cover up a sars outbreak

which spread rapidly. leading to more than 8000 reported cases, and killing more than 770 people. at least in this instance, authorities say they have acted early and that the viruses contained. taiwan's president, tsai ing—wen, has won a second term in an election dominated by the question of how to deal with an ever more powerful china, which has long threatened to take the self—governing island by force. ms tsai said beijing should recognise the will of taiwan's people and promised jubilant supporters that she would preserve taiwan's sovereignty. our china correspondent john sudworth has sent this report from her victory rally in taipei. not long ago, she was struggling in the polls. now she has been swept to a second presidential term.

to show that we can be against the communists. yeah, so this is really important to us. has china been a factor for you? i think yes. it's my reason to vote — to defend our country. beijing's attempts to pressure president tsai with renewed threats to take taiwan by force have badly backfired. do you think you have the chinese president, xijinping, to thank for this victory? translation: the taiwanese people insist on protecting our democracy. i hope china gets the correct message as a result of this election. there is in fact a great irony to these celebrations — beijing's authoritarian vision of a greater china wholeheartedly rejected in the one place that actually gets to vote on it.

she has promised to stand up to china. the risk is it will only antagonise it further. john sudworth, bbc news, taiwan. jessica drun is a taiwan researcher with project 2049, a think—tank working on asian security issues. she says beijing failed to influence this election in the way that it desired. if you said it was whether the outcome is what they wanted, yes, they failed. their traditionally preferred partner lost, one that would pursue relations under the one china framework. but if you were to describe failure in the sense of where they successful in the long—term goal of convincing the taiwan public the unification is the best available option and the taiwan's democratic system is a failure? i would say in the short term, no. in the higher turnout and the dpp landslide victory. i am not so certain

in the long—term, we will likely see prolonged and effects of disinformation and an increasingly polarised society. over the next four years, what are relations likely to be like between beijing and taipei? i think relations will continue to be increasingly tense. china will continue to double down on its current strategy of pressuring the taiwan government, squeezing the international space and using them against taiwan society. they will likely refine the tactics behind the strategies so they are worth it. how big a part of the pond test in hong kong, a semi—autonomous chinese territory, lake innes election in taiwan, which rules itself? i think it played a rather large part in at least the outcome of the election in that the voters delivered a clear mandate, rejecting the one country to systems approach that china has set for hong kong and has proposed for taiwan. what have we learned about the re—elected president, about what she wants to achieve for taiwan,

about her personally in this election campaign and with her resounding victory? i think it is a mandate in support of taiwan's policy of maintaining the status quo in which she had in 2016. jessica, thank you so much forjoining us. do you think that the beijing will change its approach to taiwan over the next four years of tsai's presidency? what do you think the results mean for politics in taiwan over the next four years? stay with us on bbc news, still to come: find out which european city is top of the tree when it comes to green issues. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attack since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry and one of its biggest, but the industry is nervous of this report. this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes.

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on the streets of tehran. let's get more now on this now. earlier i spoke to jamie samhan, a vancouver based royal commentator, about how the royal couple will be recieved in their possible new home. everybody was very excited when the news first broke but it has been a few days now so it has actually really cooled down compared to how it is still very front—line in the united kingdom. there is the potential — meghan is over here right now with archie on vancouver island, so people are excited about the idea but until they actually buy a house, that's still to be said. and then, there is also the concern about who will pay for the security. if it does turn out that they are moving here and we will have to pay for the security, i think the attitude of canadians may change a little bit. ordinary canadians would not want to stump up for the bodyguards? no, not really. because to us, although the queen is still head of state, people see the royals more as a celebrity couple instead of an institution, so, yeah, they would not want to foot the bill 00:17:57,681 --> 2147483051:45:43,555 for somebody who we don't really see 2147483051:45:43,555 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 as anything other than a celebrity.