you're watching bbc news at 9 with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines: in his first interview since the election, the prime minister calls for calm in the middle east, and a new deal with iran to replace the existing nuclear treaty. if we are going to get rid of it, let's replace it, and let's replace with the trump deal. the government considers cutting air passenger duty on all domestic flights, as part of a plan to save regional airline flybe from collapse. gambling firms are to be banned from accepting credit cards from customers in an attempt to tackle problem gambling. thousands are forced from ther homes as the taal volcano in the philippines continues to spew ash — this is the scene there, live.

canada's prime minister says further talks are needed over the costs of security for the duke and duchess of sussex's move to canada. most canadians are very supportive of having royals to be here, but how that looks and what kind of costs is involved, there's still lot of discussions to have. at least six people have been killed and 16 injured after a sinkhole swallows a bus and pedestrians in central china. and in sport, players struggle with poor air quality at qualifying for the australian open as bushfires continue to burn in the country.

good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. prime minister borisjohnson has given his first major tv interview since his decisive victory in the general election last month. in a wide ranging interview, the pm said the international nuclear agreement with iran could be replaced by a deal negotiated by donald trump, saying a trump deal would be a great way forward. on brexit, mrjohnson said it is enormously likely there will be a trade deal with the eu by the end of 2020. and the prime minister suggested there could be a public fundraising campaign to raise money so big ben can ring on 31stjanuary when the uk leaves the eu. our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. let's begin with iran. was this effectively and admission by the prime minister that he thinks the obama nuclear deal is over and the

only way forward is for a new deal negotiated by donald trump? that seems to be the case. you may see some cabinet ministers going on behind me, a cabinet meeting will start in around 20 minutes and i am sure that will be a topic for discussion, but given that president trump's relations with iran had deteriorated and he has been critical of the deal negotiated by borisjohnson, critical of the deal negotiated by boris johnson, —— critical of the deal negotiated by borisjohnson, —— negotiated by 0bama, it looks like borisjohnson wa nts to 0bama, it looks like borisjohnson wants to go for a new tack. when askedif wants to go for a new tack. when asked if he was told in advance about the assassination of general qasem soleimani, he said he did not think britain needed to be informed and it was not a british operation. we have troops stationed in iraq, so he might have raised some eyebrows by that. he praised iran at least for accepting responsibility for the

shooting down of the ukrainian aircraft and he talked about dialling down tensions, but he seemed to be urging president trump directly to institute a new deal to try to prevent iran acquiring nuclear weapons. somehow or other, we've got to stop the iranians acquiring a nuclear weapon. i think that's the most... that's what the joint collective points agreement does, the jcpoa. but if we are going to get rid of it, then we need a replacement. now, the problem with the jcpoa is basically, and this is the crucial thing, this is why there is this tension, the problem with the agreement is from the american perspective it's a flawed agreement, it expires, plus it was negotiated by president obama and from their point of view it has many, many faults. well, if we're going to get rid of it, let's replace it, and let's replace it with the trump deal. 0k. that's what we need to see.

domestically, mrjohnson was also asked about social care, a massively important issue but not really touched upon in the queen speech, so what if he had to say? there have been criticisms of that, because on the very steps of downing street, backin the very steps of downing street, back in the summer when he was elected at that stage before the general election simply as leader of the conservative party, he claimed he already had a plan for social care, one of the most contentious issues in british politics in recent yea rs. issues in british politics in recent years. but it was not there very prominently in the government's legislative programme, but this time he said the issue could not be avoided, he would tackle it and he suggested we would not have very long to wait to see that plan fulfilled. —— see that plan in full. we are going to get on and deal with this, so that people get the care they need in their old age, but don't have to sell their home to pay for their care.

what about a date, prime minister? we'll certainly do it in this parliament. that's potentially five years away. look, last year you said... we'll bring forward the plan. last year you said there was a plan, and we would do it, and now you're saying in the term of this parliament. that's not the sort of urgency you intimated when you took over. we will be bringing forward a plan this year, but we will get it done within this parliament. it's a big, big thing. this is a potentially massive change in the way we fund social care. this was a wide—ranging interview and the prime minister was also asked about plans in terms of opportunity and more powerfor the north, something that was a big issue in his campaign and that he focused on a lot, what were his thoughts on that? he said he would be doing a lot in terms of infrastructure to help other regions of the uk outside of london, but he was not very specific on those proposals and did not give any specific commitment to the hs2

project, for example. he spoke about the airline flybe, its importance for regional connectivity, but no specific offer of help. he was asked about how he would tackle the scourge about how he would tackle the scourge of country lines, drug dealing in many rural parts of the uk. he promised more police resources but said he was taking the issue seriously. we are putting 20,000 more police on the streets, i wa nt 20,000 more police on the streets, i want to see the county lines drugs gang wound up, rolled up. they are reducing the quality—of—life for people across our country. they are killing young kids, i want to see that totally wound up. and one final thought on what the prime minister said about january 31 thought on what the prime minister said aboutjanuary 31 and thought on what the prime minister said about january 31 and whether big ben's bongs would be heard on the point of the uk departure from the point of the uk departure from the eu, but he said money might have to be raised by the public?

the eu, but he said money might have to be raised by the public7m sounded like it, a really major issue from right on his doorstep, big ben being renovated, under scaffolding. he has been under pressure by many of his own mps to make sure that big ben chimes on january 31 on brexit day, if you are less keen on brexit you might think it is the bell tolling on britain's relationship with europe. you can tell it will be controversial, he chose to emphasise the cost, perhaps £500,000, he said the clapper would have to be reintroduced but he seemed to hint that the bell could chime if the public behind it. the bongs cost... the bongs cost £500,000, because... very costly bongs. but we are working up a plan so that people can bung a bob fora big ben bong, if they... because there are some people who want to... bung... i haven't quite worked it out. i love the fact you're developing policy live on television. because, as everybody knows, big ben is being refurbished, they've taken... you see, they seem to have ta ken the clapper away.

so we need to restore the clapper in order to bung a bob for a big ben bong big ben on brexit night. i don't know if you have had a chance to see much reaction to the interview, borisjohnson chance to see much reaction to the interview, boris johnson has chance to see much reaction to the interview, borisjohnson has done this interview with the bbc when riot to the vote he declined to be interviewed by andrew neil? he declined to be interviewed by andrew neil and he also was not keen to appear on the today programme on radio four, he gave this wide—ranging interview to bbc brea kfast wide—ranging interview to bbc breakfast and he was asked about whether he is behaving like a submarine going beneath the surface. his justification was that he believes in cabinet government, in other words he is more of a chairman and chief executive, he is putting other people up front. he came into criticism for that in the immediate

aftermath of the iran crisis when the foreign secretary and the defence secretary, not him, were talking to the public and parliament. he said he is more like a submarine breaking through the ice. from his point of view he wa nted ice. from his point of view he wanted to set the agenda, choose his outlets, not be chasing, dare i say it on the news channel, the 24—hour news cycle. let's see if i can hold, he has only been re—elected for around a month. there are many challenges he will be facing, not least brexit and international issues. 0pponents will probably welcome his tone on around that perhaps raise questions otherwise he felt he should not be informed of this in advance, and what opposition politicians have been looking for when it comes to his promises for those voters who basically put a conservative in their seat for the first time since the war, since winston churchill occupied downing street, they will be saying, can you give us specific promises rather

than simply warm words about getting infrastructure and investing in the health service? thank you very much, ian watson in downing street. some breaking news from around, arrests have been made over the downing of the ukrainian airliner shortly after take—off from tehran, which iran has now admitted was caused by the firing of a missile, an filing of a missile, perhaps, but the iranians judiciary saying arrests have been made over that. iran'sjudiciary saying arrests have been made over that. iran's judiciary saying the british ambassador to iran should be declared persona non grata and expeued declared persona non grata and expelled from the country following his presence at what they call an illegal gathering in january 11. his presence at what they call an illegal gathering injanuary11. the ambassador has explained he went

along to attend a vigil in memory of those killed on that airliner, in that airliner crash, and he left after about five minutes when it became clear that the vigil was turning into a protest. he was, of course, rested for a period. but iran has much judiciary course, rested for a period. but iran has muchjudiciary saying that despite what he has offered by way of explanation, the british ambassador to iran should be declared persona non grata and expeued declared persona non grata and expelled during his presence at that gathering. a news agency, reigning use agency, has reported that the government of the islamic republic are the hosts but we as the judiciary and the legal community believe this person is an undesirable element and there is protocol in place for handling undesirable elements. let's see what the responses from the government, but that news coming out of the round in the last few minutes.

the prime minister says that the government will "do what it can" to help flybe — but that it is not the government's role to save companies from collapse. the government is, however, considering cutting air passenger duty on all domestic flights as part of a possible plan to save the regional airline from collapse. air passenger duty, or apd, is charged on all passenger flights from uk airports, excluding northern ireland and the scottish highlands and islands region. the amount paid depends on the destination and class of travel, but under current rules, standard class passengers on domestic and short haul flights pay £13 in apd for a single journey using a uk airport. for longer routes over 2,000 miles from london that charge goes up to £78. changes to air passenger duty could reduce government income from the tax, which the office for budget responsibility says is expected to reach £3.7 billion this financial year. let's hear what borisjohnsons had to say about flybe when he spoke to dan walker on bbc breakfast earlier.

—— let's hear what the prime minister had to say. it is not for government to step in and save companies that simply run into trouble, but to be in no doubt that we see the importance of flybe in delivering connectivity across the whole united kingdom. it is very important where i was yesterday in northern ireland, for instance. i can't go into the commercial —— commercially confidential decisions. we are working hard to do what we can but obviously people will understand there are commercial limits to what a government can do to rescue any particular firm. but we will ensure that we have the regional connectivity that this country needs. our business presenter dominic o'connell is here.

it is interesting what the prime minister is saying, this regional connectivity which was part of the conservatives' election promises, it is important for the government to be seen to follow through on that, yet there are some caveats, there is a limit to which the government and get involved in something like this? he did not want to prejudge what might happen in a meeting later today. at the government does not think it should get involved in baiting up private companies, but at the same time it needs to talk about improving the economy in the regions. if it was to go down the route of the giving or scrapping a passenger duty on domestic flights, it is quite a knotty problem. lots of environment campaigners will say why are you reducing taxes on the shortest flights, they should be charged because there are other options to travel. when there are carbon neutral targets to be met? yes, and how would you do it equitably across the industry? would

you give it to all domestic airlines orjust you give it to all domestic airlines or just flybe, you give it to all domestic airlines orjust flybe, which only apply to future payments or outstanding payments for apd that has already been collected by flybe, which is one suggestion. so if i have plate -- if one suggestion. so if i have plate --if| one suggestion. so if i have plate —— if i have paid that, i want the money back because that is a duty they collected from me on behalf of they collected from me on behalf of the government. if the government was to go ahead with this, does that make any difference for the passenger? the airline wants that money, the government once that money, the government once that money, so money, the government once that money, so presumably the passenger is still paying? if it was for future tickets it would make it £ 13p cheaper one way for domestic flights. how does that help flybe? -- it flights. how does that help flybe? —— it would make it £13 cheaper. flights. how does that help flybe? -- it would make it £13 cheaper. on routes like newquay to heathrow, where there is nowhere passenger

duty, the people involved say it has made a big difference and it a tt ra cts made a big difference and it attracts people who might drive otherwise. it is the reduction in the ticket price which helps you get more people through the doors. it is not because you are getting the £13 taken off your turnover, it is just that it makes the upfront price cheaper. how big a difference... how much difference would that make more broadly to the economy in the south—west, where flybe is? broadly to the economy in the south-west, where flybe is? in cornwall, flybe is three quarters of the flights to newquay airport, it would make a huge difference. we have been speaking to their chairman and they said that if flybe was to disappear, it is wrong to think there are lots of other airlines waiting to fill in these routes. newquay to heathrow will be ok, it is subsidised and it is a public service obligation routes.

is subsidised and it is a public service obligation routeslj is subsidised and it is a public service obligation routes. i have heard them described as thin routes, seasonal routes. they don't make much money and if you can reduce the ticket price it would make a difference, but there just are not many players with the right kinds of aircraft, so it is unlikely that most of those rides would survive flybe going under. very interesting to hear all of that. thank you very much. the gambling commission has announced a ban on credit—card betting starting in april. the change is an attempt to curb problem gambling. 2a million adults in britain gamble with ten point five million doing so online. the ban will apply to all online and offline gambling products except lotteries that are run for good causes. here the gambling commission's ceo, neil mcarthur on today's announcement. it is important to make sure that the regulations that we have will have the best impactful consumers, this was part of a package of measures that we announced as part

of the online gambling review into thousand 18, and we have implemented a number of those measures since to improve the safety of gambling, and this is a big announcement because having considered all the elements, we have decided we must ban gambling using credit cards because there is too great a risk of significant harm arising for consumers. we have been regulating all of the online marketing great britain and we have been working hard to raise standards since 2014. in the beginning of 2018 we published an online review of gambling and we identified a number of measures that we needed to take over the coming years to make gambling safer. helen whately is the culture minister — she's in our wetminster studio. good morning. it sounds like this will make a big difference, if people cannot use credit cards to

gamble, essentially they are going to high street gambling shops, it will cut out a big sector of this business? i don't see a that way, but this is about making gambling safer. if people are just going to place a bet for a bit of fun, so people should be able to do that, the evidence shows us that gambling with credit cards can be particularly harmful and risky and people are more likely to become problem gamblers where gambling is really damaging somebody‘s life, they can be getting into debt, that is why we are intervening to ban gambling on credit card specifically, to make gambling safer. because with credit cards people can incur very large interest charges and said that starting the crew? is this enough to really deal with the problem of people will focus their betting on high street shops? that seems to be the logical

conclusion of what you are doing. is it easier to regulate the high—street industry as opposed to online betting? the ban apply very broadly, both online and offline, in essence. it is a broadband on betting with credit cards. it won't solve the entire problem, it won't make gambling risk—free, and we recognise there will still be people who might suffer from recognise there will still be people who might sufferfrom gambling addictions and helpful —— harmful gambling, but it particularly addresses this particularly risky way of gambling, where you can get yourself into debt very easily, gambling with money you don't have, and so research tells is that for about half of the people who gamble with credit cards and experience harm, they would be likely to stop gambling, or they won't gamble with money they don't have, it will really make a difference. covers

presumably the gambling industry is pretty unhappy, they might argue it isa pretty unhappy, they might argue it is a pretty broad brushstroke from the government and might stop people who gamble responsibly from doing so in certain circumstances? the gambling commission, taking this forward , gambling commission, taking this forward, works with gambling operators to make sure they understand that gambling must be done responsibly and gambling operators have very specific obligations under licence conditions to make sure they are protecting people from harm. the government monitor that very closely and want to make sure that gambling operators are doing everything they can to enable people to gamble for fun, but not to be getting into big trouble and damaging situations. were told the ban will apply to all online and offline gambling products apart from lotteries run for good causes. will there be a fund—raising efforts along those lines to pay for big

ben, for the bongs of big ben to be heard in january 31 when ben, for the bongs of big ben to be heard injanuary 31 when the uk leaves the eu? to you think the public should have to stump up for that? the prime minister spoke about that? the prime minister spoke about that earlier, whether big ben should sound when we leave the eu. as gambling minister my focus is on making sure we have the right protections in place for people to be able to gamble safely, and introducing this ban on gambling with credit cards. do you think the public should have to pay for that? goodness, quite simply the important thing is we are leaving the eu on the 31st of january, as we committed to do so in our manifesto, as people voted for in the general election, and we are getting on with doing that. thank you for your time today.

authorities in the philippines are urging hundreds of thousands of people to move to safer ground, due to the threat from the taal volcano. evacuations are ongoing, as the volcano continues to billow smoke, ash and lava. officials on the islands have declared a state of calamity. 0thers others we can speak to a representative of the philippine senate and the former mayor of tagaytag city. thank you for your time today. people in towns and villages around the lake behind you and close to the volcano basically had to free with what they were wearing on sunday. what is your advice to them at this point about what they should do next? you are correct, they had a very limited time to prepare for the belongings after the initial eruption in the area. my advice to then is to have a

lockdown to prevent evacuees from returning to their homes, because some return to visit their homes, look after personal belongings, theirfans, their look after personal belongings, their fans, their animals among others, so my advice is to stay safe and well they are located with the relatives outside of the danger zone. how does it feel to be there? the philippines institute of volcanology and seismology has recorded around 335 earthquakes in the area of the volcano since sunday, are you feeling all of those shocks? before this interview, i think around 50 minutes ago we had an earthquake but not of that great intensity. it is being felt all over and we are not used to that. my problem and the bigger challenge right now is if this is going to be

a protracted calamity, we are looking at the bigger economic impact, notjust looking at the bigger economic impact, not just for the two provinces concerned but the greater regional areas, provinces concerned but the greater regionalareas, including provinces concerned but the greater regional areas, including perhaps manila, some of the flights were cancelled because the ash fell several hundred kilometres away from the volcano area. you are trying to deal with the immediate threat but also with and i to the medium—term and beyond, that is quite a difficult number of tasks to straddle when you have all of these shocks going on, these continual earthquakes, the continuing threat of another eruption, so how do you deal with all those different jobs at the same time? right now our local officials are on top of the situation, the national government agencies, especially the department of welfare and development, have been providing footpaths, the police

commanders are looking over areas which are now practically ghost towns, with the banking institutions in the city, tagaytay, the backbone is tourism. practically all the hotels and is tourism. practically all the hotels a nd restau ra nts is tourism. practically all the hotels and restaurants are closed. we don't have power or water. if it will last for several more days or weeks, i think we will have a more negative economic impact. i think the likelihood of the people will be at risk. i was given a report that 74.5 million people are damaging, livestock and farm is. we can see smoke and ash clearly billowing, how many people are away from their homes right now? the total area will have a population of around 450,000,

but the people in population centres would be more or less 20,000, in my city we have several evacuation centres coming from the affected areas near the la keshore. centres coming from the affected areas near the lakeshore. it is practically a ghost town area for several municipalities in the area. we are looking at an increase in the next few days, some will not get recorded because of the limited timeframe we are in. at 230 it was alert level two, at 7:30pm it alert level four. volcanology officials say there is a big possibility that we might reach alert level five, that would be a catastrophe if that happened. thank you very much for

yourtime, i happened. thank you very much for your time, i hope everyone stays safe. that is a senator in the philippines. at least six people have been killed and more than a dozen injured after a sinkhole swallowed a bus in northwest china, triggering an explosion. several people fell into the sinkhole as it spread to reportedly cover an area of 10 metres in diameter. at least four people are still thought to be missing and an investigation has been launched. sinkholes are not uncommon in china and are often blamed on construction works and the country's rapid pace of development. in a moment the weather, but first let's here's victoria derbyshire with what she's got coming up in her programme at ten. good morning. staff shortages and huge workloads and the probation service are putting public safety at risk. we will speak to the chieftains probation who says in a new report that some probation officers are not asking basic questions judging officers are not asking basic questionsjudging basic officers are not asking basic questions judging basic checks on the ex—inmates are supervising. ——

we will speak to the chief inspector patient. we will speak to the father ofa man patient. we will speak to the father of a man stabbed to death by an offender who was out on probation for biting off half man's year. they risk assessment on his release from jail concluded there was a 71% chance of him committing another violent offence within a year of his release. if you have been the victim ofa release. if you have been the victim of a crime committed by someone probation, let me know this morning. join us live at ten m on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. let's give the weather forecast with carol. thank you. today starting on a quieter node but it's not necessarily going to end that way. rain coming from the south—west courtesy of this weather front and around it, the wind strengthening. strong winds across the north and west of scotland, snow on the hills, at times this morning we are likely

to see some blizzards with the rail will continue to pile on across england and wales, into northern ireland, depositing transient snow on the lake district hills, pennines and southern uplands. these black circles indicate wind gusts, across central and eastern england we could have stronger gusts than we had yesterday, generally we are looking at strong winds or gale force winds inland, but gales or severe gales out towards the west. i repeat, do not forget we have very strong winds across the north of scotland. temperature wise today, we are looking at a cold day in the north, five or 6 degrees, as we push further south something milder, 12 or 13. hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... in his first interview since the election — the prime minister has called for calm in the middle east — and a new deal with iran to replace the existing nuclear treaty.

the government is considering cutting air passenger duty on all domestic flights, as part of a plan to save regional airline, flybe, from collapse. gambling firms are to be banned from accepting credit cards from customers — in an attempt to tackle problem gambling. canada's prime minister says further talks are needed over the costs of security for the duke and duchess of sussex's move to canada. at least six people have been killed and 16 injured after a sinkhole swallowed a bus and pedestrians in central china. also coming up — wedding photos with a difference — with an erupting volcano as a backdrop. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. well, our top story this morning. borisjohnson hasjust taken part in a 30—minute interview with bbc breakfast inside no 10. the pm said he was "glad" iran had taken responsibility

for the the shooting down of a ukrainian passenger plane that killed 176 people, but, he said, the most important thing is that "tensions in the region calm down". 0n the royal family, mrjohnson refused to give a personal view on the future of prince harry and meghan, but said he is "a massive fan" of the royals. and on brexit the pm says it is "enormously, epically likely" that there will be a trade deal with the eu by the end of 2020. lets have a listen to some of that interview. iama i am a massive fan, i think like most of our reviewers, i am a massive fan, certainly of the queen and the royal family, massive fan, certainly of the queen and the royalfamily, fantastic asset for our country. i'm absolutely confident that they are going to sort this out. and you know what? i think they're probably going to be able to sort it out easier without any particular commentary

from me about this. can i ask you one more question about that case, maybe some general questions. do they have a right to a private life and can they balance that with the job that they do? i think all those dilemmas are well understood and i have absolutely no doubt, they will sort it out, but they will sort it out more easily without a room and commentary from politicians. more generally, is there an issue with media intrusion in this country?” like your style. but on are you asking about the royals? the reason i ask, it's an issue of national importance. but this is conversation that's happening in every house in the country. and i think people are interested in what your thoughts on it or. of course, but everybody has gotan it or. of course, but everybody has got an opinion. what's yours? that doesn't necessarily mean the question is helped by politicians weighing in on this subject, the royalfamily is weighing in on this subject, the royal family is one of the great,

great assets of this country, i am sure they are going to sort it out andi sure they are going to sort it out and i don't think it's necessarily helped by commentary from me. and i don't think it's necessarily helped by commentary from men and i don't think it's necessarily helped by commentary from me. if you allow me one more question on this, broadly, last year 70 mps signed a letter and in that letter they said they felt the coverage of meghan markle in the british press had colonial undertones. do you think race is an issue in the coverage of this? again, i'm i'm going to repeat my point, i don't think this is helped running commentary from politicians, the royal family is helped running commentary from politicians, the royalfamily is is helped running commentary from politicians, the royal family is a fantastic part of our country and so is the media, by the way, i don't wa nt to is the media, by the way, i don't want to deprecate the media, very importantjob want to deprecate the media, very important job that they want to deprecate the media, very importantjob that they do but i don't think this is helped by me weighing in. ok, thank you for sort of answering the question, i'm sure you understand that i need to ask them. i understand that everybody is talking about it but this is something where i'm very confident,

very confident that things will be resolved. let's move onto one of your favourite subjects, i resolved. let's move onto one of yourfavourite subjects, i don't wa nt to yourfavourite subjects, i don't want to dwell too long on brexit. it's one of my least favourite, we need to move on. on that issue, we are leaving the eu onjanuary the sist. are leaving the eu onjanuary the 31st. we until then, december the sist, 31st. we until then, december the 31st, viewers are well aware of these states, to sort these trade deals out. as prime minister, you made big promises about these things in the past using the sort of do or die, dead in a ditch, no ifs or buts, what percentage can you give us buts, what percentage can you give us this morning live on bbc brea kfast us this morning live on bbc breakfast that there will be a comprehensive trade deal by the end of this year. i think it's very likely, i'm not going to give you a percentage. i think we will do very well indeed but the key thing is, that we are coming out of the eu on january the 31st it's not the sort of confidence we've heard in the past. enormously likely, how about that? epically likely. there's about that? epically likely. there's a chance there will be a deal.

0bviously, a chance there will be a deal. obviously, you cannot, you always have to budget for a complete failure of common sense. that goes without saying. but i am very, very confident. epically likely, not easy to say, actually. the was the prime minister talking to dan walker earlier this morning. now for something completely different. as we've been hearing this morning, a major volcanic emergency is taking place in the philippines. however, one couple decided not to let it get in the way of their wedding plans. chino vaflor and kat bautista palomar were booked to get married on sunday at a wedding venue only a short distance from taal, one of the country's most active volcanoes. as the wedding got underway, the volcano began belching steam and ash many kilometres into the air. the couple went ahead despite ash pouring into the sky behind them. wedding photographer randolf evan, who captured the scene, says everyone at the wedding remianed calm. surprisingly, not everyone is in a panic. everyone is like, enjoying the view instead of getting

panicked. they are starting to take pictures and videos as the smoke turns first to white and then red, yellow, until it became dark. i later found out that they had been planning for this day for eight years and two kids in the making. so it was going to be a special day for them, no matter what. nothing was getting in the way of that wedding! let's look at what you are reading and watching on the bbc news app. number one on the most read, the news of that giant sinkhole swallowing up a bus with passengers on board and a number of pedestrians as well. at least six people killed. 16 injured. and reports that a number of the people who fell into the sinkhole were

pedestrians who had gone to try and help people get off the bus. you can see the back of the bus sticking out of the hole, absolutely horrific story. the search continuing for people who are still missing. at two, the oldest material on earth discovered, scientists analysing a meteorite if you read, have discovered dust grains within some space rock which fell to earth in the 1960s. the greens are potentially as much as seven and a half billion years old! looking down. most watched, 0scars half billion years old! looking down. most watched, oscars 2020. there is material from down. most watched, oscars 2020. there is materialfrom tom hanks, and also the director of his latest film. big discussion about whether looking as a whole at the nominations, whether at the oscars are nominations, whether at the oscars a re really nominations, whether at the oscars are really white and not reflecting diversity in the acting business.

that's it for today's morning briefing. sport now and time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. here is sally nugent and i know you're starting with the australian open. quite horrible images are players struggling with a smoke in the air, the air quality because of the air, the air quality because of the bushfires? good morning... it's been really tricky to watch. poor air quality caused by ongoing wildfires continues to be a concern ahead of the australian open which starts next week. maria sharapova s exhibition match was abandoned a few hours ago while a player has had to retire from her australian open qualification match. dalila jakupovic was forced to stop playing and went on to suffer a coughing fit. this was as other practice sessions were delayed due to the polluted air from ongoing bushfires. the slovenian eventually had to be helped off the court. the air quality was poor this morning so based on the air quality

and the readings on site, we made the decision to suspend play and push back qualifying and continue to monitor air quality on site. let's have a look at some of this morning's back pages. the mirror leads on the fears raised by tottenham managerjose mourinho that harry kane's hamstring injury could make him a doubt for england at the euros this summer. the times features a picture of tiger woods caddying for his son charlie at a junior event in florida. and the guardian profiles serena williams who just keeps on defying the years after winning her latest tournament at the weekend. tyson fury says he won't be relying on thejudges as he aims to win his rematch with deontay wilder next month. fury will fight wbc heavyweight title holder wilder in las vegas next month — their first meeting in los angeles back in 2018 ended in a draw. i didn't knock him out the first time. i looked to get a decision. i wanted a decision, didn't get it. i'm going to knock him out this time.

they won't be erecting him off the canvas and giving hm a draw, that's for sure. i brought in a japanese sensei to help me with my focus and senses, training with blindfolds on, so i can feel the punches rather than seeing them. this is unfinished business. that i will finish. i will do exactly what isaidl will finish. i will do exactly what i said i would do. i am going to knock him out. like i told him, i am the king of the jungle, and comforter break the 22nd, i am going to rip his head off his body. i am going to knock you out of the ropes, you can feel a wwe moment in real life. the fa cup is back tonight with plenty of 3rd round replays to keep an eye on. but the one we are going to focus right now is newcastle against league one rochdale. we ve been to see the 17 year old looking to cause an upset.

i was watching the ball, it hit my foot. it's matheson. hit the roof of the net, pure emotion. limbs everywhere, knee sliding. another pile of rochdale players on top of me. the year sevens were coming up, my friends are elites, they've seen me go from playing for the school tea m me go from playing for the school team with glasses on to scoring, they see me is that same person. but todayis they see me is that same person. but today is year seven pupils and some sort of superstar and that's so weird, i was in their shoes and now they are coming up to meet with planners for their home, asking me to sign stuff and i'm getting told off by the head of year because i'm not allowed to. it so weird, i've got a screenshot of me before the united game, 2300 and now its 17.8 k

and to me that's ridiculous. look matheson. matheson. first time. it's going to be amazing, to go to the premier league grounds in one season. it's amazing, it will be an amazing day out for everyone involved in the club. i think my sister is going to try and waggle a day of school, it's a dream every little boy has to be a professional footballer. to be one of the very few that gets the opportunity, it's a dream come true. very proud moment for me and my family. brilliant, good luck to them. coming up later, we'll have all the build—up to a busy night in the fa cup. there are six replays in total and we'll be around the grounds in sportsday at 6:30. and you can watch the match between tottenham and middlesbrough live on bbc one — that kicks off at five past eight. that's all the sport for now.

sally, thank you. the headlines on bbc news... in his first interview since the election — the prime minister has called for calm in the middle east — and a new deal with iran to replace the existing nuclear treaty. the government is considering cutting air passenger duty on all domestic flights, as part of a plan to save regional airline, flybe, from collapse. gambling firms are to be banned from accepting credit cards from customers — in an attempt to tackle problem gambling. canada's prime ministerjustin trudeau says he'd support the duke and duchess of sussex moving to his country — but that security costs need to be discussed. his comments follow intensive talks involving the queen at sandringham. andy moore reports. prince william left sandringham yesterday after talks about his brother's future described by the queen as constructive. she issued a short statement after the meeting that mentioned

family eight times, and instead of using their royal titles, often simply referred to harry and meghan. the statement said the queen would have preferred the couple to have remained full—time working members of the royal family, but she respected and understood their wish to live a more independent life. she said there would be a transition period with the sussexes spending time in canada and the uk. the canadian prime minister told global news there was much about their move that still had to be decided. we're not entirely sure what the final decisions will be, what the dispositions are, and those are decisions for them. i think most canadians are very supportive of having royals be here, but how that looks and what kind of cost is involved, there's still lots of discussions to have. the queen admitted there were complex matters to resolve, including the cost of protection.

security is the big elephant in the room. it's actually the biggest cost of the royal family. nobody knows it exactly but it's supposed to be well in advance of £100 million a year. of course, if they spend large amounts of time abroad, in canada and the united states, then obviously it's going to be more expensive. there are many issues to sort out, but the queen wants progress to be made rapidly and she says she has asked for final decisions to be reached in the coming days. andy moore, bbc news. three of out five staff in the national probation service are overworked, impacting its ability to monitor serious offenders, according to government inspectors. the service, which supervises 106,000 high—risk offenders across england and wales, is not performing to its full capability, according to her majesty's inspectorate of probation. chief inspectorjustin russell says the service is being hampered by a lack of trained probation officers, and over—strteched managers.

let's speak now to ian lawrence, general secretary of napo, the trade union, professional association and campaigning organisation for probation and family court staff. thanks forjoining us. there seem to be two key issues, literally the number of staff and the experience of those staff? that's true, the first thing i'd like to say, to commend justin russell for his report, it's very fulsome and damning and it vindicates all the things my union and our members have been saying for the last five years about the stresses and strains on the service, both in the public and private sector. yes, those issues are paramountand private sector. yes, those issues are paramount and we now need a government that's going to take some real action the problems. before we talk about that, explain to us how overstretched the service is in your opinion, how many more probation officers do you think you need for

the service to be working effectively so that it isn't overstretched, as the report suggests? justin russell has identified at the time of his report around 650 vacancies, we think the realfigure of the around 650 vacancies, we think the real figure of the whole staffing need is around 1000, insofar as the organisation has made great strides in getting new people in and training them and getting them on the front face as quickly as they can, that is no substitute for experienced officers being there now, helping these people along. so we need more investment, we need to make probation an attractive proposition as a career. for younger people particularly and from younger represented —— underrepresented groups. we need a government prepared to put money into it instead of continuing with privatisation. are you losing experienced staff because of this overstretched environment, the sort of staff who will be invaluable in training new recruits? yes, we are,

whilst the position has improved in some respects, people are still seeing the service is one they no longer wish to be up a part of an that's really sad, these are highly skilled professionals that do a really good job protecting communities, notwithstanding the recent incidents that make the news, that doesn't talk about the thousands of clients that are dealt with every week and month and come out and play a leading role in society and change their lives. sorry to interrupt, before we get onto what your expectations will be from the government, what your hopes are, let's talk about something else in the report. which was saying that many of the staff are not critical enough, when they are asking questions of people they are supervising. they are not sceptical enough perhaps of what they are being told. is that a problem throughout the ranks or is this a problem relate with newer probation officers who haven't had years of experience? it's the one area of the

report we need to analyse, i would probably take issue with it at this point. our people are not careless, they absolutely want to ensure the risk is assessed properly, time is spent with the client so that we can be more confident about what we are saying and what the sentence —— how the sentence is being managed.” don't think the report says they are being careless but i think the report says not asking the right questions and being critical enough of the people they are asking the questions the offenders. if you are carrying a caseload of 120% upwards of your capacity, there's not enough time to be diligent as you would like and that's a constant concern for members, they are overloaded and they are having to ration the amount of time they pay —— spend on any particular case, that can be good for them, the clans, the communities, the way to deal with thatis communities, the way to deal with that is have a proper review of workload. money to be put in the right place. instead of spending hundreds of millions dry to

privatise 20% of the service, use that money to build local accountability for the service, make it responsive to communities, make it responsive to communities, make ita it responsive to communities, make it a place that's fit to work in again. how optimistic are you or do you not have much optimism that you are going to get what you want to carry out the sorts of reforms that you're talking about? we have built a good working relationship with ministers in the previous government, i hope to continue that, they agreed we needed to bring 80% probation work back in—house, a grey start but i want them to go further, recognise they cannot have it both ways. you cannot absolutely run a policy of dry to privatise one section and expect the service in the other majority party to be ok. we've got to have a realistic approach to probation, it needs to be unified under public control and ownership. thank you very much for your time.

uk scientists have issued a stark new warning about the fires in australia and climate change. the met office hadley centre has said they're a sign of what would be normal conditions under a future warming world of 3c. nasa is tracking the smoke from australia's bushfires, which it says is travelling around the globe and will soon make a full circuit. plumes have changed the colour of skies in south america, and visibly darkened mountaintop snow in new zealand. rich preston has the details. as australia burns, this new report draws a direct link between the fires and man—made climate change. experts at britain's met office say what we are seeing now will become the new normal. the earth's temperature has risen by more than one degree celsius since preindustrial levels. nations agreed to work to prevent temperatures from rising by more than 1.5 degrees but the evidence suggests we are on course for a rise of three degrees by the end of this century.

2019 was australia's hottest year on record. the researchers analysed the impact of man—made climate change on wildfires. the conditions in december, december temperatures in australia, are extreme at the moment but they are what we expect to happen on average in a world of nearly three degrees global warming, so it tells us what that future might look like. in other words, extreme scenarios, whether it's fires in australia or flooded islands or eroded coastlines, are things we will see with increasing frequency. these fires are a real wake—up call that we really need to start taking climate change seriously. australia has just experienced an extremely hot, an extremely dry year, and these are the types of inpacts that we can see in a climate where we have only had one degree of global warming so far.

as australians experience firsthand the effects of global warming, the message is one we have heard many times before — get emissions down and get them down fast, or what we are seeing in australia will no longer be the exception but the norm. rich preston, bbc news. serious concerns have been raised about a company which runs mental health services, and was the subject of an undercover bbc investigation. the care quality commission looked into hospitals managed by cygnet health care, and found its patients were more likely to be restrained. the company says it is improving quality. now, even with a cupboard full of rations, the warmest shelter, and the thickest socks — an alaskan winter isn't for the faint hearted. so state troopers were surprised to find this man over the weekend — 30—year—old tyson steel — who has survived for more than three weeks after his remote cabin burned down. he lived on canned foods and made

a basic tent out of debris — using the remains of his house to write an sos message in the snow. he was eventually saved when his relatives, concerned by his lack of contact, asked authorities to check up on him. amazing pictures in quite the survival story. time for a look at the weather. here's simon king. good morning. good morning. this note not as bad as that, but we have had snow this morning across the higher ground of scotland. impacted quite a few roads across scotland. and the far north of england. —— this now. yesterday it was all about storm brendan, quite a big beast, you can see from the satellite imagery,

moving its way towards the north, pushing its way further north now into iceland. behind it, we have this area of cloud, that's a developing area of low pressure and that's it is moving into today, bringing strong winds for england and wales than yesterday. still some fairly strong winds and outbreaks of rain, the right moving through wells, south—west england, pushing further north and east. still some hell snow across scotland, further objects of snow over the higher ground into the afternoon as the rain spreads up. strong winds, as i mentioned, for england and wales for longer periods of time, gus, 50 — 60 miles an hour, perhaps as high as 75, winds strong in the north—west of scotland, chilly in scotland and northern ireland, further south, temperatures reaching 11—14d. as we go through tonight, the rain continuing for england and wales, still strong winds, lots of rainfall

to come by the end of the night in the south—east. could well be a rather wet and potentially soggy start to the day, puddles, flooding perhaps in the south—east. strong winds across scotland, frequent showers and snow over higher ground but elsewhere, you can see it's a quieter day, sunshine across most areas, one or two showers moving in, maximum temperature is about seven or8 maximum temperature is about seven or 8 degrees. as we go into thursday, another band of wet and windy weather moving in. you can see this weather system, the isobar is getting closer together again across the uk, we expect some gales ahead of this rain which will start to move in later in the day across south—west england, wales, northern ireland, into scotland as well. eventually spreading towards eastern parts but blustery winds expected, these are the wind gusts expected on thursday. quite widely, 30 or 45 miles an hour gusts, more than that around the coast, maximum temperatures on thursday about

8-11d. temperatures on thursday about 8—11d. for the end of the way, things looking quieter. settling down. higher pressure building from the south. it will be much drier, perhaps brighter as well. turning a bit colder. goodbye.

hello. it's tuesday, it's ten o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire, and we're live from new broadcasting house. staff shortages and huge workloads in the probation service are putting public safety at risk, according to inspectors. they say probation officers lack the professional curiosity to spot potentially dangerous behaviour by offenders. we'll speak to gary hoolickin, the father of 27—year—old michael hoolickin, who was murdered by an offender out on probation. and the chieftains patient tells us officers are not asking ex—inmates basic questions. -- and the chief probation officer. sometimes they are not digging beneath the surface of what is going on in an offender's life, not showing enough kiwi city.