welcome to bbc news. i'm james reynolds. our top stories: iran's leaders under pressure after more protests over the shooting down of a passenger jet. 57 canadians died — prime ministerjustin trudeau paid his respects and promised justice. we will not rest until there are answers. we will not rest until there is justice and accountability. queen elizabeth and other senior royals are to hold talks over prince harry and meghan‘s future role. warnings of a further eruption force thousands to leave their homes near to a volcano in the philippines. we are live overlooking tolo kaino,

where the threat level has been raised. an eruption could be imminent. and serena williams celebrates her first title in three years, as she takes the auckland classic in straight sets. there have been more protests in tehran after the iranian government confirmed it was responsible for the shooting down of a passengerjet. demonstrators voiced anger at the blunder — a product of raised tensions following the assassination of general soleimani by the americans. many of the dead were from canada. that country's prime minister, justin trudeau, has promised that justice will be served. rich preston has this report.

in the capital tehran, protesters filled the streets, chanting slogans against the country's supreme leader. posters of qasem soleimani, the military commander killed by the us and whose funeral saw hundreds of thousands turn out at memorial events, were torn down. and, in an apparent show of defiance against the government, students refused to walk over american and israeli flags. demonstrators say they're angry with their leaders for the shooting down of the ukrainian plane last week, killing all 176 people on board. in a rare move, even iran's press was critical of the country's leaders. "unforgivable". "national mourning". and the demand, "apologise, resign". president trump tweeted his support of the protesters and strong words to iran's leaders.

and then even posted the same message in farsi. in canada, visuals across the country for those who lost their lives on flight ps 752. i'd like to take this opportunity to honour the memory of all the victims of this tragic event. our deepest condolences go out to the families and friends of all these people who have lost their lives. and a strong message from prime ministerjustin trudeau. i want to assure all families and all canadians, we will not rest until there are answers. we will not rest until there is justice and accountability. iran has signalled it wants to de—escalate tension with the west but it's unclear exactly how it will do that. rich preston, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news.

former pope benedict has made an unusual intervention on a possible change to roman catholic church practice. in a book written with a vatican cardinal, he's warned his successor pope francis not to relax the rules on clerical celibacy. vatican experts expressed astonishment that the retired pope would speak out on such a sensitive topic. military sources say mortar rounds have hit an airbase in iraq that houses us forces. the sources say four iraqi soldiers were wounded at balad base to the north of baghdad. similar attacks on the base in recent months have been blamed on iranian—backed militias in iraq. it's not clear who was behind this attack officials say a emergency alert about an incident at a nuclear power plant near toronto was sent by mistake. around three million residents were sent text messages suggesting staff were dealing with a serious incident at the pickering nuclear power plant. but an hour later a second message was received to say there was no active nuclear situation. local mayors have called

for a full investigation a dramatic release of ash and steam from a volcano in the philippines has led the authorities there to order 8,000 people to leave the area. sped up footage of the taal volcano, south of the philippine capital, manila, shows the plume of white smoke that's several kilometres high. as tremors shook the area, sped up footage shows a volcanic lightning storm in the column of steam and ash. howard johnson is our correspondent in manila. eye trust you are in a safe position yourself. please was the volcano and what's going on. we are six miles away from the volcano. they will pan the camera around. in the last half—an—hour black smoke has started billowing out of the volcano. what we have seen overnight is it moved

from a phreatic eruption to a magmatic eruption. what is happening now is a light lava flow is happening. at the moment it is level four out of five. the government hearsay that at level four the risk ofa hearsay that at level four the risk of a hazardous exclusion could be within hours or days. what we've seen is that lots of people in this area are moving away to evacuation areas out of an exclusion zone which is further down the road. and people are moving into the centres, taking with them valued possessions, taking with them valued possessions, taking with them valued possessions, taking with them their pet. we have also seen with them their pet. we have also seen all of this mud, this volcanic ash and dust that has landed on the surface. they are panning around so you can see, somewhere surface. they are panning around so you can see, somewhere between four centimetres to 60 centimetres thick covering the whole area. we have seen covering the whole area. we have seen pineapple groves clearly ruined by the volcanic at. i can see the layers of ash there. our people scared? yeah, people we have been speaking with have been expressing

concern about it. people here though in the philippines are used to these kind of activities. this is the pacific ring of fire, lots of volcanic and seismic activity here in the philippines. this last erupted in 1965. it went on for yea rs erupted in 1965. it went on for years and ended in 1977. does not forget in 1991, one of the biggest eruptions of the 20th century took place. that was a seismic event that killed 300 people at the time of the eruption. so people are concerned that if this one is as bad as that it could lead to some serious damage, not only that but it is surrounded. we pan around again, there is a lake surrounding the volcano and some vulcan ologist ‘s are saying that there is the fear that there could be a volcanic tsunami caused by the eruption that could cause a tidal wave that could affect areas around here. howard johnson near taal volcano. please stay safe. thank you forjoining us.

queen elizabeth will host a meeting of her son prince charles and his two children on monday to discuss the future role of prince harry. it's follows his announcement that he and his wife meghan would be stepping back from their royal duties. meghan is expected to join in the conversation on the phone from canada . 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell reports. the queen is a familiar face here on sundays and, this morning, she attended church as normal. but these feel like very unfamiliar times, with senior members of the royal family all making their way here for a summit unprecedented in its nature. her majesty will have her first face—to—face meeting with prince harry, her grandson, since he and his wife announced they intended to step back as senior royals. attending the meeting, prince charles, on his return from 0man, where he travelled to pay his respects following the death of the sultan. prince william will also be at the meeting. meghan, the duchess of sussex, is expected to join the talks via phone from canada, where she returned last week. and there are plenty of questions requiring answers. how will harry and meghan fund their new lives and what does financially independent

mean for them? will the couple keep their royal titles? at the moment there is no suggestion they wish to renounce those titles. and the cost of harry and meghan's security if they live between the uk and north america is also unclear. i think the british taxpayer should pay for the security of harry and meghan and theirfamily. as they do with former ministers. he has done great service, just on the basis of that. and i also understand that a young couple really ought to be allowed to make their own decisions about what their future should be and, if they decide they want to go to canada, of course, they must always be protected. 0pinion polls and this straw poll from sandringham this morning suggests finding a solution will not be straightforward. i certainly don't think we should pay for security if he wants to try and remove himself from all of this. but ijust don't see how he can. he's a royal. i think they bring a lot

of business to this country, especially with the americans. after the shock of wednesday's announcement, this is a family trying to pull together. 0n the front page of one national newspaper, a quote, reportedly from prince william, "i've put my arm around my brother all our lives. "i can't do it any more". there is no precedent for what is being proposed, a part royal, part private role. the priority now, for the sake of the royal family, is that a way forward must be found. sarah campbell, bbc news, sandringham. bushfire conditions have eased in australia giving firefighters some temporary respite. but with more than a hundred fires still ablaze in new south wales alone and more hot weather is on its way, the crisis is far from over. prime minister scott morrison has been heavily criticised for his government's slow response to the crisis and he has been overtaken in the polls by the leader of the opposition. clive myrie has been surveying

the damage in southeastern new south wales. is this australia's future? the new normal? bushfires have come and gone here for centuries. but nothing as intense as this. walls of heat and fire, 10, 20, 30, a0 kilometres wide. inconceivable. so you could be out here at night and little feathertailed gliders would come down the trees and look at you. used to wake up every morning to hundreds of birds, big birds, little birds, birds on the ground, birds up the trees and there's nothing any more. samantha calls this state forest home, living among the wallabies and kangaroos. and unfortunately it almost seems like an extinction event, because there haven't been any dead bodies, any injured animals. anything living was incinerated.

some now believe these fires may be a turning point for australia. its people forced to confront mortality on several fronts. this is a game changer. people are seeing the tangible effects of a drier climate. a majority of australians now rank climate change as the top threat to australia's vital interests, above other more conventional threats to national interests, including cyber security an attack from china, or even a strike from north korea. look, you can see where it's come down through here. it's completely scorched up there. kevin mccash farms oysters and for him climate change is a present danger, as warmer waters kill the plankton they feed on. bushfires started here perhaps now and into february, march, april. they're starting so much earlier. i believe it is climate change. the government is asleep at the wheel. and that government is led by scott morrison, who as a minister four years ago

nailed his colours to the mast in the climate change debate. this is coal, don't be afraid, don't be scared. speaker: the treasurer knows the rule on props. it's coal, there's no word for coalaphobia officially, mr speaker, but that's the malady that afflicts those opposite. chanting: scomo has got to go! but australians are angry and the prime minister today did acknowledge climate change is a factor in the bushfires. but the powerful coal lobby and the right—wing of his party will fight meaningful change. as firefighters head to another blaze, australia's governor general, the queen's representative, arrives in new south wales. he's greeted by the state's transport minister, who says government policy must change. we've got to talk about climate engineering, not climate science any more. we've got to actually talk about how we're going to make sure our communities are more resilient, how we use water and how we build the right infrastructure.

back in the burnt out forest, signs of hope. a magpie, yeah, yeah, happy. we just weren't sure if they'd come back after the fire, and one parent and two babies have, so it's really good to see. the bushfires have exposed the fragility of life in all its forms. while many are angry now, as the earth gets hotter what happens when the fury fades? clive myrie, bbc news, in new south wales. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: why the tide's out in venice, leaving the city's famous canals almost dry. 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. there is not a street that is unaffected. huge parts of kobe were simply demolished, as buildings crashed into one another. this woman said she had been given no help and no advice by the authorities. she stood outside the ruins of her business. tens of thousands of black children in south africa have taken advantage of laws passed by the country's new multiracial government and enrolled at formerly white schools. tonight sees the 9610th performance of the long—running play, the mousetrap. when they heard about her death today, the management considered whether to cancel tonight's performance, but agatha christie would have been the last person to want such a thing.

this is bbc news. the latest headlines: there's been another day of protests in iran, over the authorities' delay in accepting responsibility for the shooting down of a passenger plane. queen elizabeth and other senior royals are to hold talks over prince harry and meghan's future role. more now on our top story and, as protests continued for a second day in iran, the country's only female 0lympic medallist, kimia alizadeh, has announced her defection. in a series of posts on her social media account, the taekwondo champion, who won bronze at the 2016 rio 0lympics, said she had made the difficult decision to leave her homeland, referring to herself as "one of the millions of oppressed women in iran". joining me now from washington is alireza nader, senior fellow at the foundation for defence of democracies. as for defence of democracies. we have seen in the n uranian as we have seen in the news, the uranian authorities facing massive

anti—government protesters. —— iranian. adding to that a national hero as defected and i guess that adds to the pressure of those in charge in tehran. the last i have seen charge in tehran. the last i have seen massive protests in iran over the shooting down of the plane. a lot of dissatisfaction expressed against the regime including the general qasem soleimani, who the regime wants us to believe he had a lot of national support. now we have people defecting, including the champion you mentioned but also actors, films director saying things against them. kimia alizadeh, if i went into a shop in tehran and mention her name, would i be able to

get into a deep conversation about her? she is not that famous in iran but if you look at the last defections, they tended to be younger iranian, the tae champion, chess masters. young people do not have a future here. the regime does not provide a future. especially if you are a woman you are a second plus citizen. you are a woman you are a second plus citizen. they may not know her but understand where she is coming from. we do not know where she is at the moment the pressures on iranian athletes, when they compete abroad, the face problems because for example they are not allowed to face israeli athletes. it is a tough situation? it is terrible. they get

very little state support. you will be surprised how many would live in poverty. the careers are constantly damaged because they have to follow the regime's narrow ideology towards israel. if you are a younger person, you are trying to make something of your life and the islamic republic is trying to make it to something you do not want to so naturally you would want to defect and live a free life in a free country. thank you for speaking to us. china has urged the international community to oppose taiwanese independence, after the landslide victory of president tsai ing—wen. president tsai, who advocates greater autonomy for the island, urged beijing to remember the importance of peace, democracy, and dialogue. but chinese officials said her victory didn't change the fact that taiwan was part of what it calls "one china". police in gibraltar have

arrested dozens of people, accused of smuggling migrants into europe, by fraudulently obtaining uk tourist visas. officers say the gang trafficked more than 130 people from morocco into spain and other eu countries, and charged them around $8,000 each. serena williams is a winner again, claiming her first title in three years at the auckland international. she's donated the prize money to the australian bushfire appeal but for williams this is a significant victory — herfirst since becoming a mother. let's speak now to the sports journalist, cheryl downes. she joins us from melbourne. by by my count, serena williams has found 73 titles over 20 years but this is her first found 73 titles over 20 years but this is herfirst as found 73 titles over 20 years but this is her first as a found 73 titles over 20 years but this is herfirst as a mother. how important is that to her and potentially others? i think it is incredibly important but on the flipside it isjust incredibly important but on the flipside it is just going incredibly important but on the flipside it isjust going back incredibly important but on the flipside it is just going back to a tennis player as well. the

recognition that she has got as a mother is amazing and for other players, kim cluster has stopped about a comeback as well so it sets about a comeback as well so it sets a standard for them as well. serena williams has been a fantastic athlete, before and after being a mother but for less well—known athletes, they lose sponsorship when they get pregnant. do mothers get a fairshake as they get pregnant. do mothers get a fair shake as athletes?” they get pregnant. do mothers get a fair shake as athletes? i think there is plenty of room to improve and here in australia, cricket australia, one amazing example where they really do support the athletes andi they really do support the athletes and i think netball as well. the support the players were providing 12 months of maternity leave. in tennis that protect their rankings for three years and guarantee contracts in cricket as well based on the same amount as what they had previously. it is difficult to go off and have a baby and come back to

professional sport, notjust financially and physically but even in terms of your priorities. financially and physically but even in terms of your prioritieslj financially and physically but even in terms of your priorities. i think for any female athlete it is amazing. tell us about some of those australian athletes who are mothers and the kind of achievements they have carried out at the moment? two exa m ples have carried out at the moment? two examples i would look at in the foot well, heather garioch, a former matilda who had a baby as she was playing. at the time they did not have the same processes as they do now set at time she had to give up foot well. she has come back to football and is the head coach of one of the w league teams. she has three young children and is still quite successful. yours emma hayes who has had a child and has been able to come back and coach. —— you have. melissa barbieri, the x captain of the matildas had to do a

lot of funded to make sure she could continue playing foot pole. it is ha rd continue playing foot pole. it is hard but i think it is getting better but more to progress. in the past, athletes who have now retired said they had to delay from having children because they said it was too hard at the time. do you think modern athletes will be able to have children whenever they want because there are better structures?” children whenever they want because there are better structures? i think thatis there are better structures? i think that is definitely the case in some spots. 0ther that is definitely the case in some spots. other sports have a little way to go. but it gives you the option. they may be in their prime and they choose to delay it, as a person not having much of a choice. thinking that the only way they can have a child is when i finish everything else. and when you don't wa nt everything else. and when you don't want to be an older parent it could be quite challenging but the option and choices is a most important thing for any of these women athletes. fascinating. thank you so much forjoining us.

to italy now, where exceptionally low tides in venice have left the city's famous canals almost dry. water levels reached a peak of —52 centimetres. this comes only two months after venice faced its worst flooding in more than fifty years. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. what a difference a few weeks can make. the boats and gondola of venice barely able to stay afloat. a city renowned for being built on the water, now the water has all but disappeared. these canals look more like mud trenches. getting around is a big problem if how you get around is beached and a romanticjourney may not be so easy if you have to get out and push. but this was venice late last year, more than two—thirds of the city underwater. landmarks like saint marks square

we re landmarks like saint marks square were flooded. shops and businesses had to close and there was a race against time to protect pressures artwork. these were the worst floods venice had seen in half a century. this low tide, while exceptional, is not quite as unprecedented. the tide is here mean water levels can vary by around half a metre or sometimes quite a bit more. for the people of venice, life seems to move from one extreme to the other. tim allman, bbc news we would like to leave you with these pictures from australia. thousands of kilograms of sweet potato and carrots have been dropped by helicopter in new south wales to help struggling animals like the bush tail rock wallaby. more on our

website. you can reach me on twitter. hello. sunday was a pleasant day across many parts of the british isles. a number of rainbows, this one across dartmoor for a time, through the afternoon. but things are going to change really radically. start of the week, very windy, really very wet indeed for a time. the weather coming in from the west to south—west for the greater part of the week so it will be mild though it won't seem like that to start the new day on monday. not many of you scraping the windscreens. temperatures in the range of one to about six, but the reason for the change, a very deep area of low pressure. central pressure around about 940 millibars — that is very deep indeed and that means a lot of wind and that is the first thing you will notice about monday and increasingly through the day out west, through northern ireland, and then increasingly towards the estern side of scotland, through wales, down into the south—west of england. very wet weather indeed. it takes time before we see that

rain over towards the east. a bit of brightness here. you will lose it slowly. 10 degrees or so but it is the strength of the wind that we have to concentrate on. as much as 65 mph out through the irish sea. maybe 70mph up the estern side of the british isles. 45mph increasing to 70mph. and look at this, before the day is done, we could record a gust of wind to 85mph, so that's going to be hugely disruptive to travel plans and it is the sort of day where you might lose the power if a tree comes down in the wrong place. that rain pours away, the low pressure is still there or thereabouts. the wind incessant across the northern part of the british isles through the night. and then here we are on tuesday, a dry enough start for many. showers across the west of scotland. and then another pulse of mild air, bringing rain up and across a good part of england and wales and northern ireland. as it runs into the cooler air, some hill snow for scotland but notice, 13—14 degrees but again a gusty wind — 50—60mph. we could do with a break by this stage and it comes in the form of wednesday. yes, the wind is still a feature.

really squally showers across northern and north—western parts of scotland but, once the rain is away from the south—east, it is a quieter day and a drier day as well, with some sunshine and feeling just that tad fresher. but the thing you will be really pleased about is that the wind will have eased at least for a time, because here we go again on thursday. new set of weather fronts. isobars squeezing up. the wind coming in from the south this time. still plenty of it and some really quite heavy rain, flirting with the western side of the british isles. and then through the day, gradually pulses of rain spreading just that little bit further towards the east. and it is as far ahead as friday before we see the first signs of a little ridge of high pressure moving in from the atlantic to quieten things down.

this is bbc news. the headlines: there have been more protests in tehran after the iranian government confirmed it was responsible for the shooting down of a passenger jet last wednesday. demonstrators voiced anger at the blunder — a product of raised tensions following the assassination of general soleimani by the americans. queen elizabeth has attended church near her sandringham estate ahead of talks there on monday on the future roles of prince harry and his wife meghan as they plan to step back as senior members of the royal family. prince charles and prince william will be in attendance. thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes after a volcanic eruption in the philippines. a dramatic release of ash and steam at the taal volcano, south of the philippine capital, manila, has reached several kilometres high. and the authorities are warning a further eruption could be imminent.