i'm mariko oi in singapore. the headlines: after her resounding election victory, taiwan's president tsai ing—wen tells the bbc, china needs to face reality. a very strong message for the people of taiwan that is, they don't like the idea of being threatened all the time. the impeachment charges against president trump will be sent to the senate on wednesday. a trial could start within days. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: the royal couple are welcome in canada, but the details of prince harry and meghan‘s new lives are proving tricky.

and why this 91—year—old teacher in india began her career at an age when most people have long retired. good morning. it's midnight in london, 8am in singapore and taipei where taiwan's newly re—elected president, tsai ing—wen, says china needs to face reality and respect the will of taiwanese people. speaking exclusively to the bbc, president tsai said the threat from china, which considers the self—governing island as part of its territory, was intensifying. she was speaking to our china

correspondent, john sudworth. hello, president tsai. hi. it was her warnings about china that hit home with voters. but now, she had something to say direct to beijing. this is a very strong message from the people of taiwan. that is, you know, they don't like the idea of being threatened all the time. we're a successful democracy. we have a pretty decent economy. you know, we deserve respect from china. her critics say she is reckless, that she risks provoking china. but her promise to stand up for taiwan saw her re—elected by a landslide in saturday's vote. china has been intensifying its threat. and they have all sorts of actions, military exercises, and they have their military vessels, aircraft, cruising around the island.

and also, with the things happening in hong kong, people get a real sense that this threat is real. your predecessor, ma ying—jeou, was able to preserve taiwanese democracy whilst building stronger ties with china. what's not to like about that approach? the situation has changed, so we're facing a very different situation now. taiwan is also changing. the first place in asia to legalise gay marriage, it is, she says, growing ever more distinct from china. we are an independent country already, and we call ourselves republic of china, taiwan. and we do have government, we have the military and we have elections. few statements are likely to infuriate china more. with pressure bound to increase, taiwan's military is

being beefed up. you cannot exclude the possibility of a war at any time. do you believe you would be able to stand up to a military action? i do think we have a pretty decent capability here. invading taiwan is something that is going to be very costly for china. she says she plans to further strengthen taiwan's democracy. the very thing that divides it from its authoritarian neighbour may in the end prove its most powerful defence. john sudworth, bbc news, taiwan. more from that interview on our website, now to some we'll be catching up with our correspondent to give some more

analysis from that exclusive interview withjohn. the impeachment trial of donald trump has moved a step closer. the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, says a vote on sending articles of impeachment to the senate, will take place on wednesday. the house will also vote on their impeachment managers, that's the democratic team which will act as prosecutors. our correspondent peter bowes has more. it looks like there have been some behind—the—scenes discussions between the democrats and republicans after this three week delay in sending the articles of impeachment from the house of representatives over to the senate. there are no guarantees on this crucial issue as to whether they will be witnesses during the trial or whether there will be additional documents shown to senators during the trial. these are issues that the democrats feel strongly about although there is the possibility of that happening. it seems that the republicans want opening statements of the trial which is likely to

happen early next week, probably next tuesday and at some point, maybe a couple of weeks into the trial, there is likely to be a vote on whether there will be some witnesses. what about these impeachment managers peter? impeachment managers chosen by the democrats... imagine this is a criminal trial which it isn't, this isa criminal trial which it isn't, this is a political, political platform. it isn't a criminal trial in the sense that you would get in a court of law. imagine it was, the managers will be the prosecutors. they will be chosen by the democrats stop they will go in at the senate and the senators will hear the case against the president. they will set out ——as set out by impeachment managers. also making news today: the uk, france and germany have triggered an official dispute process over violations of the iran nuclear deal. it's the first step in a long process which could result in harsh international sanctions

being reimposed. but the europeans have stressed they want to preserve the agreement. uk prime minister borisjohnson said the deal could be replaced by another one, negotiated by president donald trump. at least 25 people have been injured after an airliner apparently dumped fuel near a school, as it was coming in to land at los angeles airport. officials say 17 children and six adults were treated. it happened at about the same time as a delta airlines plane returned to the airport after declaring an emergency shortly after takeoff. the us federal aviation administration says it's looking into reports that children are being treated for fuel exposure. at least nine people have been killed and 16 injured after a sinkhole swallowed a bus in northwest china, triggering an explosion. several people disappeared into the sinkhole as it spread, covering an area of 10 square metres. sinkholes are common in china, they're often blamed on construction and the country's rapid

pace of development. and would you ‘bung a bob for the big ben bongs'? the british government has suggested a crow funding campaign could be launched to raise money for big ben to chime on brexit day. the bell is currently being restored and it would cost half a million pounds to ‘bring the bongs back‘ on january the 31st. authorities are warnings that the taal volcano in the philippines could spew lava and ash for weeks to come. there's also still the impending danger of an explosive eruption. this latest warning from the authorities leaves more than 20,000 people — who fled the area in limbo. taal is situated on an island — in the middle of a lake —

and the declaration of a state of calamity still stands. earlier i spoke to doctor renato solidum, head of the philippine institute of volcanology and seismology — who gave me a detailed analysis of the eruption. that volcano is still erupting, although the eruption looms not as tall as the ten to 15 kilometre from the first day. it is still as high as one kilometre or less. in the meantime, while the eruption is ongoing, residence would feel earthquakes from time to time as hundreds of earthquakes erupt in the vicinity due to the fact that we think magma is still intruding from below and that produces the earthquake and also a fissuring of the ground as it is deformed due to the ground as it is deformed due to the magma intrusion. other any clues from the past eruptions about what could happen next? we have seen in

1911 and 1754 could happen next? we have seen in 1911 and 175a eruptions that prior to the eruption, there were signs of large earthquake events and also fissuring of the ground. similar to this, the fact that we have been monitoring this large earthquake events monitoring this large earthquake eve nts o n monitoring this large earthquake events on sunday prompted us to raise the alert level 2a which warns residents of possible hazardous eruption. —— level four. this is the fa ct eruption. —— level four. this is the fact that we are seen as in past eruptions. is it fair to say though that it eruptions. is it fair to say though thatitis eruptions. is it fair to say though that it is quite difficult to predict the volcano activity in the ring of fire? the taal volcano itself, so many styles of eruption. what we're trying to do, how alert system scheme is to make sure that the people understand the level of activity that can actually produce more dangerous and hazardous eruptions. sometimes, it is very difficult to say when this would

exactly happen. we're trying to do is tell the public about the condition of the volcano that matches the most likely activity in the future and correspondingly, with the future and correspondingly, with the local government officials to have actions that would make sure the people are at a safe distance within the occurrence of the more hazardous explosions. 0ther within the occurrence of the more hazardous explosions. other there is some unpredictability, we are flexible enough to make sure that the alert level would ensure the highest, conservative warning. for people to be so. thank you doctor. canada's prime minister says more talks are needed over who pays for prince harry and meghan‘s security, given their planned move to the country. justin trudeau revealed that discussions are going on over whether canadian taxpayers will foot the bill. on monday the queen agreed to a ‘period of transition‘ for the couple, after they said they wanted to step back from royal duties. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports.

a new direction has been agreed. less than 20 months since their wedding, the duke and duchess of sussex, harry and meghan, have been given the go—ahead by the queen to seek a new life, and they're making plans to move out and to base themselves in part in canada. harry has visited the country on a number of occasions. his invictus games was staged in toronto in 2017, and meghan lived there for seven years as an actress. there will be questions about their tax and immigration status, but canada's prime minister appeared to be offering a cautious welcome. i think most canadians are very supportive of having, you know, royals be here. but how that looks and what kind of costs are involved, there's still lots of discussions to have. here in britain, the prime minister declined to offer a public view on the sussexes‘ move. i'm absolutely confident that they are going to sort this out. and do you know what?

i think they're probably going to be able to sort it out all the easier without any particular commentary from me. meghan believes she has been badly treated by the british media. she is suing the mail on sunday over its publication of a letter she wrote to her estranged father. in its court submission, published today, the paper says... to which meghan might respond, from now on, i will not perform royal duties, and it is our intention not to receive public money. but royal duties are what the royal family does. prince william was at buckingham palace today, bestowing honours. it's a staple of royal life, the life to which the queen has devoted herself, but from which harry now wishes to break free. it is a parting over which the royal family feels great regret, coupled with realism.

nicholas witchell, bbc news. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we meet the 91—year—old who has no plans to retire from teaching. also on the programme: 0ne of the world's rarest eagles arrives in singapore in an effort to save them from extinction. 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 9,610th 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 newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko 0i in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: in an exclusive interview, taiwan's newly elected president tells the bbc the island is already independent and there is no need to declare it formally, in comments likely to anger beijing.

the impeachment charges against president trump will be sent to the senate on wednesday. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the philippine star leads on the volcano eruptiuon there. president duterte has declared taal volcano island no—man‘s land after the volcano exploded on sunday afternoon. the new york times has a story about the ongoing #metoo movement. ashleyjudd was one of the first women to accuse harvery weinstein of sexual misconduct, but her account was too old to bring to court. and finally, the straits times leads with the story that firms in singapore are to face stronger penalties for discrimination. politician josephine teo said, in places where the workforce is multinational, perceptions of discrimination against locals are particularly toxic.

let's get more on our top story now, the exclusive interview with taiwan's newly elected president. cindy sui, our taiwan correspondent, joins us now from taipei. cindy, tsai ing—wen was very vocal in that exclusive interview with john. is she playing rather a risky game by speaking out so vehemently, by sending such a strong message to china that taiwan simply will not be threatened? well, her critics would say that she is not only playing a risky game but also an irresponsible and dishonest game. because, while she asked beijing to face the reality about taiwan, she is actually not letting the world know of another reality, which is that

under her predecessor, relations we re under her predecessor, relations were at the best they were since the end of the civil war. but she actually changed the status quo, which brought about all the military, political and economic pressures from beijing. and she change the status quo by not accepting the one china concept, under which, actually, her predecessor defined it as the republic of china, which is taiwan's official name. so the two sides can actually define that one china the way they want, and that was the solution to this very difficult issue of taiwan's sovereignty. but president tsai has turned out that option, she doesn't accept that option, she doesn't accept that option, and many believe it is because her party stands for formal independence. they don't really like the republic of china. they see it asa the republic of china. they see it as a colonial government that came over from mainland china as a colonial government that came overfrom mainland china at as a colonial government that came over from mainland china at the end of the chinese civil war. there is still a lot of historical resentment against the republic of china, and she is tapping into that. even

though actually less than 30% of the population, according to government poles, support formal independence, most people are happy with the status quo. cindy, one thing briefly, if you would, she stressed tojohn that briefly, if you would, she stressed to john that taiwan briefly, if you would, she stressed tojohn that taiwan is growing more distinct from china. is that something that you are experiencing? can you see that? well, because of china's actions, which have not been good, of course, we all see that, in his own country and around the world, and also the political — the politics in taiwan, that has actually fuelled a growing sense of taiwanese identity. so many more people now define themselves as taiwanese instead of taiwanese and chinese. but she is also fuelling these sentiments. and many of her critics say that there is a much better solution, which is to put aside the differences between the two sides and just use the agreement that i have just mentioned, where they each define china as the way they each define china as the way

they wish and build good relations, and build peace and prosperity between the two sides. they believe thatis between the two sides. they believe that is a much more responsible action, and they have urged her to ta ke action, and they have urged her to take it. but i don't think that she is going to go down that path. much more on our website, thank you very much. have you heard of the philippine eagle? it is one of the world's rarest raptors, and there are just 400 pairs left in the wild. to try and save the species from extinction, two eagles have been loaned to singapore, the first breeding pair to ever leave the philippines. with me is dr luis carlos neves, director of zoology for wildlife reserves singapore. thank you so much forjoining us this morning. so firstly, i understand that these eagles actually have passports. can you tell me about them? yes, good morning. they do have a passport, because they are vip birds for us.

we are because they are vip birds for us. we a re really because they are vip birds for us. we are really excited to have them with us. they are extremely rare birds and they are the national bird of the philippines as well, so when these two birds came to us, they actually came as ambassadors for the species and for the conservation programme, so species and for the conservation programme, so that definitely wa rra nts programme, so that definitely warrants them having their own passports, which came with them when they came to us lastjune. passports, which came with them when they came to us last june. but in all seriousness, why are there only 400 pairs left? well, the philippine eagle is what we call on apex predator. it's a very large word, that of prey, one of the biggest eagles in the world, and they need very large territories. with all the fragmentation of habitat happening in the philippines, there is less and less space for each pair to actually establish themselves, and is also quite a bit of pressure from hunting. so even the birds that actually managed to breed in the wild, not all of the offspring actually survive. so in time the numbers have gone down to 400, so a very structured conservation and breeding programme started in the philippines first, and then we were lucky enough and honoured to actually be the first partner outside the philippines to receive

sam, an injured eagle who came to us last year. and how optimistic are you that you will be successful, and if they managed to succeed, what happens next? so we are quite confident we can get them to breed. philippine eagles do need to have some compatibility first, so the females are bigger and they can be quite dominant. so right now sam is being a bit of a lady, she is kind of trying to push her partner aside, so of trying to push her partner aside, so we're hoping that by the next breeding season, which is september, we can put them together, and whatever offspring chicks we can get from them can go back to the philippines and be back into the wild. wishing you very good luck with that. thank you so much for joining us this morning on newsday. would you start a new career in teaching at the age of 67? and, a bigger question, can you imagine continuing right up to the ripe old age of 91? that's exactly what lakshmi sen from india has done. we went along to her school in bangalore.

good morning, ma'am.|j good morning, ma'am. i never worked, so good morning, ma'am. i never worked, sol good morning, ma'am. i never worked, so i had all the energy, even to do it at the age of 67. ijust wanted to get out and meet people. 1948, this is... first of all, i myself had all these aspirations. i wanted to become a doctor and look after sick people, but in those days, the girls had very, very limited rights. but half the dream is being fulfilled, isn't it? i am

helping these children who have no other. i have to be satisfied with that, as you would say. i am very, very happy. the women who want to come up, they have their independence, because we don't have any in my house. i have three daughters, five granddaughters, eight great granddaughters. let me see what god thinks, you know? every night i pray, you know, that i will get up tomorrow morning. every morning i get up, make my coffee. so that is it. whatever god wills, that's it. nothing else. and i'm very happy with my family.

the inspirational lakshmi sen there. you have been watching newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. and i'm mariko 0i in singapore. stay with us. is it a beginning of the end of president trump's trade war? the us and china are set to sign phase one of a trade deal. and mariko, let's end the show on a high. this is the moment french daredevils flew through a mountain in hunan province known as heaven's gate wearing a jetpack. crowds watched as two frenchmen jumped out of a helicopter before flying through the stone structure wearing powered wings made from carbon fibre. you would not want to get this wrong, would you ? apparently the jetpacks can reach speeds of 400 km/h, and are steered by the way the pilot moves their body.

and they did rather well. thank you for watching newsday. goodbye. hello there. tuesday was another very windy day across the board, particularly england and wales, which saw another area of low pressure m ove which saw another area of low pressure move up which saw another area of low pressure move up from the south. early on wednesday it looks like the strongest of the winds, heaviest of the rain, becoming confined to the south—east corner of the country. elsewhere, clear skies to start wednesday, but it will be another blustery one. very windy for scotland. further heavy showers here, some snow on the hills. so wednesday looks like being a bright day for many. lots of sunshine around, but they will be plenty of showers, particularly across scotland, close to this area of low pressure. and you can see the isobars closer together here, so it will be another windy day for scotland. less so for england and wales, but we will have this weather front which will continue to bring some ran through the morning across east anglia and the south—east. so a bit of a wet start here, but then

that should clear away into the afternoon. it should brighten up nicely, and there should be quite a bit of sunshine around across the country. but western areas see a few showers. most of these, though, across the north—west of scotland, where some will be happy with snow on the hills. temperatures range from seven or so in the north, eight or nine in the south. a little bit cooler across the south and what we had on tuesday. so it is a brief window of fine weather. the next area of low pressure is hurtling into thursday. you can see lots of isobars on the chart, but the of the winds we think will tend to be further west once again, where we will see some of the heaviest of the rain is well here. elsewhere, a bit of early brightness, but in the clouds will tend to build in. could see a few showers across eastern areas, but generally speaking it's going to be another windy day across the board, not to mention the strongest of the winds perhaps around some irish seacoast, 52 may be 60 mph in some of the worst affected areas. in some of that rain will be quite heavy and persistent as well. the mild air returns with this wet and windy weather, 10— 12 degrees for england and wales,

single digit figures in the north. that area of low pressure sweeps northwards. we see a tangle of weather fronts move in for friday, but friday is a transitional day to something cooler and something that's gradually going to become more settled as we head onto the weekend. so will start to see some sunshine for scotland and northern ireland, cooling here. england and wales, thanks to those weather fronts, but also was scattering of showers, some of which will be quite heavy. but notice the template is. the single figure values will even be across the south in the south—east as well. so 5—9d. that cool air invades across the whole country then late on friday and into the weekend. but, with high pressure building in, it looks like conditions will settle down. so that we can really will feel colder, but at least it will be largely dry thanks to high pressure with light winds. some sunshine around, but also a return to some overnight frosts.

i'm kasia madera

with bbc world news. our top story: taiwan's president tsai ing—wen has told the bbc, in an exclusive interview, that china needs to face reality and show the island respect. she was re—elected for a second term on saturday, winning by a landslide after a campaign in which she focused heavily on the rising threat from beijing. the impeachment of donald trump finally moves forward. the house of representatives will vote on wednesday to send the charges against the president to the senate, as both sides prepare for a trial that could start in days. and highly unusual wedding pictures are doing well on our website. of a couple getting married in the philippines, just as the taal volcano came to life in the background. they were only 10 kilometres away, but felt safe as the venue was on higher ground. that's all. stay with bbc world news.