this is bbc world news. i'm simon pusey. our top stories: prosecutor turns defender — president trump adds ken starr, the man who sought bill clinton's impeachment, to his team. the us says it will screen passengers from china for symptoms of a new virus that has killed two people and infected many more. chanting chants of "death to america" as iran's supreme leader defends the military over the accidental shooting down of a ukrainian airlines plane. four teachers in los angeles sue delta airlines after a plane dumped fuel on their school during an emergency landing. and making history — the scottish brothers who've become the fastest trio to row 3000 miles

across the atlantic. president trump's impeachment trial will properly get underway on tuesday, and on friday the white house unveiled an all—star roster for its legal team. the defence will include the prosecutor from bill clinton's impeachment, kenn starr, as well as celebrity lawyer alan dershowitz, who's previous high—profile clients include oj simpson and jeffrey epstein. 0ur north america correspondent aleem maqbool looks at the key hirings ahead of next week's trial. it is what we have come to expect from donald trump. the newly revealed members of his legal team are made—for—television heavyweights. in ken starr, he also has a man considered a hero to the right.

as independent counsel in the 1990s, it was his investigation and the finding that bill clinton lied under oath about a relationship with an intern that led to the then president's impeachment. happy new year to you. away we go now... recently he has been a contributor to mr trump's news network of choice, speaking out against the current impeachment. in alan dershowitz he has one of the most high—profile lawyers in the country, one who represented mike tyson, oj simpson and jeffrey epstein. he has also been vocally opposed to the impeachment of president trump. both are likely to bring showmanship to the historic events of the coming weeks. scientists say the number of people infected by the new respiratory virus that has emerged in the chinese city of wuhan is likely to be far higher than official figures suggest. there are forty one laboratory confirmed cases of the virus — which is related to sars — but experts in london estimate

the true number is closer to one thousand seven hundred. gareth barlow reports. this is wuhan, the chinese city with a mystery virus was first identified. an outbreak that has things are deadly. scores of infections have been confirmed now attempt at imperial college in london estimates the true figure is around 1700 cases. while the outbreak is centred in china, there have been two cases in thailand and one injapan. have been two cases in thailand and one in japan. we are not able to... to prohibit people from travelling so to prohibit people from travelling so what we can do is detecting and bring any suspected to receive treatment from our service facility. airports in asia and the united states have begun screening travellers arriving from wuhan. uk

tea m travellers arriving from wuhan. uk team said it was too early to be alarmist. the virus is similar to sars which killed almost 800 people and infected over 8000 in 2002.m looks like it is classic related to sars. since sars have emerged, vaccines and drugs have been developed to work against sars. the problem is this virus is different we do not know if those work. chinese scientists says that has been the case of the virus spreading between humans and it came about from animals. but the team from the uk argues that the possibility should be considered more seriously. identifying how the virus is spread will be crucial to understanding its threat and how best to react. gareth barlow, bbc news. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, has insisted that iran must pay compensation

for the shooting down of the ukrainian airliner last week. 176 people were killed — 57 of those who died were canadian citizens. as a first step, the government will give families of the victims who are canadian citizens or permanent resident $25,000 per victim to assist with their immediate needs such as funeral arrangements and travel. this is a unique and unprecedented situation because of the international sanctions placed on iran and the difficulties that that imposes on these families. i want to be clear. we expect iran to compensate these families. i have met them. they cannot wait weeks, they need support now. meanwhile, president trump has warned iran's supreme leader ayatollah khamenei to be "very

careful with his words" after he attacked the united states in a public sermon in tehran. here's our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville. chanting. it's eight years since ayatollah ali khamenei led friday prayers. his central message hasn't changed much. translation: the evil us government keeps repeating that we stand beside iranian people. you are lying — even if you are standing beside iranian people, it is just so you can stab them with your poison daggers. "death to america, death to england", chanted the crowd. thousands were bussed in from local mosques and given banners to wave. the ayatollah‘s appearance, and these loyalists, are meant to project strength, at a time of weakness for iran. looking down from above, qasem soleimani — the country's ruthless regional fixer. his assassination by the united states has wounded iran.

the accidental shooting down of the ukrainian passenger plane with iranians on board brought more trouble. angry crowds defaced the dead general‘s posters. in neighbouring iraq, iran and america continue their battle for influence. when iran and america fight, often it's iraq who bleeds. here in baghdad and across the country, there is a revolt against the government and against iranian influence. tehran has spent decades building up enormous power here. that power is now facing unprecedented pressure. they have been on these streets since october and caused the prime minister to resign and parliament to agree a new electoral law. but that's not enough. for many, neither iran and america are no longer welcome here. translation: i send a message to us and iran. we wish iraqis will not be

either eastern or western. we want iraq to be ruled by iraqis. change was already coming here in iraq, but the killing of qasem soleimani on iraqi soil means it may come sooner. with enough trouble of their own, iraqis are fast losing patience with america and iran. quentin sommerville, bbc news, baghdad. four teachers in los angeles are suing the us carrier, delta airlines, for negligence after a pilot dumped fuel over their primary school playground earlier this week. the teachers say the fuel burned their skin, eyes and throats and sent children screaming for cover. donna larsen reports. this is the moment thousands of litres of aviation fuel rained down on los angeles. delta airline flight 89 dumped the field on tuesday,

before making an emergency landing shortly after takeoff. dozens of children and teachers outside in playground as a plane flew overhead required medical treatment for skin irritation and breathing difficulties. i began feeling a light drizzle on my hair, my face, my light drizzle on my hair, my face, d. light drizzle on my hair, my face, my body. i thought it was raining and then i caught the scent of fuel. i started yelling for my students to come back inside the building. i started yelling for my students to come back inside the buildingm i started yelling for my students to come back inside the building. in a statement released on wednesday, the airline said flight 89 from lax to shanghai experience and engine issue requiring the aircraft to return quickly to lax. the aircraft landed safely after release fuel which was required to reach a safe landing weight. delta shows concern about reports of minor injuries to adults and children at schools in the area. i was scared. i was scared as well.

we were all scared. despite the airline saying normal procedure was followed, the lawsuit alleges the delta airline pilot did not inform air traffic control of the need to jettison the fuel. had it imparted notified air—traffic personnel of the need to dump fuel, the flight would have been directed by air traffic control to a location and an altitude from which fuel could be released without danger to the teachers, the students and others at the school. more teachers and stu d e nts the school. more teachers and students families may join the school. more teachers and students families mayjoin the suit. amid concerns about the long—term effects of exposure. neil hansford is an aviation analyst — he told me how common it was for pilots to dump fuel. (tx i have never heard of anybody dumping over a built—up area. it is not that common anyway to have an

aircraft lose and engine on takeoff but the normal procedure is, you are directed out over the sea and you normally dump fuel over the sea and they were having to dump about 15 tons of aviation fuel because the aircraft was flying direct from los angeles to beijing but, certainly, i have never in my time in the industry ever heard of anybody dumping fuel over a built—up area. it isa dumping fuel over a built—up area. it is a built—up area and such a low altitude because often, when you dump fuel, you do it so high up in never reaches humans down below. that is exactly right and he actually reported a compressor stall, what he believed to be one, with the engine. the aircraft is very capable of flying on one engine and it must‘ve been another reason, whether they believed they another

problem, to turn back and be facilitated so quickly at what is a very, very busy airport in los angeles, that he did not go out over the sea to dump the field. there are some other circumstances that we are not aware of but i have a feeling that the delta crew may have acted inappropriately where they dumped the field. we saw a teacher very emotional and distraught about what happened. what kind of physical impact will those people, children and teachers and staff members have? probably it will be more mental than physical. research into the effect of aviation fuel on people and when they have done it on rats, it has had no carcinogenic or any other effects so it may well be more emotional and i have to say, because it is in the united states, the fact that it it is in the united states, the fact thatitis it is in the united states, the fact that it is going to court so quickly in such at latavius country, i am

not surprised. —— donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. it's going to be only america first. america first. demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set up on by police dogs. anti—apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests throughout the tour. they called him ‘the butcher of lyon'. klaus altmann is being held on a fraud charge in bolivia. the west germans wants to extradite him for crimes committed in wartime france.

there, he was the gestapo chief klaus barbie. millions came to bathe as close as possible to this spot. a tide of humanity. it is believed by officials to have broken all records. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump has revealed the team that will defend him in his senate impeachment trial. more on our top story now. i've been speaking to troy slaten, a criminal defence lawyer based in los angeles. it certainly is, this is a bit of a dream team. in full disclosure, judge ken starr was a professor of mine and later dean of my law school, pepperdine university school of law. so both professor dershowitz and ken starr are stars

in the legal community and they have been very prolific on television in the last several months defending the president's position and speaking out against the impeachment proceedings. are you saying from that, that this is a trial about public perception as much as anyone else? we have obviously got an election coming up soon. it certainly is. this is a political process and all of the jurors in this case are united states senators. so those 100 jurors will have to justify their decision to their constituents in their home states and justify whatever decision they make, which is whether or not to remove the president from office. so all of these people are going to have to go back and see what their constituents think about what they did and certainly while these proceedings are going on, it is going to be televised gavel to gavel and the american people are used to seeing these names. alan dershowitz and judge ken starr. you talk about ken starr,

he is famous for investigating bill clinton all those years ago. what do you remember of him because you obviously studied with him? sure, i remember him as being very affable, very nice. it was a bit different than what i've remembered of him during the clinton impeachment proceedings, but there is nobody more qualified than professor alan dershowitz, who famously helped get 0.j. simpson off on what seemed like an airtight murder case, so bothjudge ken starr and alan dershowitz, you really can't get much better than that. and how will the senate trial differ to security forces in chilly have used tear gas against protesters. there have been months of protests against the president, with people demanding social changes and changes to the constitution. brazil plasma culture

minister, roberto alban, has been sucked after using parts of a speech by nazi germany's propaganda chief joseph goebbels in a video, sparking outrage. music by hitler's favourite composer, richard wagoner, was played in the background. he claims the now deleted video was a rhetorical coincidence. the colombian government says it's to restart aerial spraying of coca leaves with herbicide, in an effort to reduce the record levels of cocaine currently produced in the country. spraying was suspended in 2015 after a study found the chemical used could cause cancer. since then, the area under coca cultivation has tripled, with much of the cocaine produced ending up in the us and europe. michael buchanan travelled to colombia to find out what else is behind the surge in production. in the middle of the andes, after a three—hour hike, i meet the foot soldiers of the cocaine trade, the farmers. how old are you?

every two months, they harvest a crop of coca leaves. it pays them around £75 a month each, mainly for what they do with the leaves. they add a variety of toxins, including ammonia and petrol. the process creates this valuable paste, which the narcos are willing to kill for. colombia's indigenous groups are under attack, murdered for trying to rid their communities of criminal gangs. canas valasco was one of over 50 members of the nasa people killed last year, assassinated in front of his wife messa.

colombia is producing more cocaine than ever before. a peace deal in 2016 ended the longest running civil war, but the agreement has allowed narco traffickers to expand their production and control of the cocaine trade. 0ne smuggler told me how easy it is to export the drug. the smuggler often hides the drug among the vast consignments of bananas that head overseas. he says he sends at least six tonnes of cocaine to europe annually. how many of those shipments would you expect to reach europe?

the producers and consumers of cocaine both rely on each other, but rarely meet, so i arrange for the coca farmers to speak to lewis, who we met last night, who occasionally takes the drug. so you never take cocaine yourselves? you feel a buzz, a rush, uplifted. you have plenty of energy, yeah. afterwards, you feel terrible. thanks, guys. the farmer's advice turned lewis off cocaine, but many more

are turning to the drug, creating problems in both colombia and the uk. michael buchanan, bbc news, colombia. how welcoming is your workplace to those who are neuro—diverse? that's the term used to describe people with dyslexia, autism or other neurological differences. employers are increasingly trying to attract people with neurodiversity, and now one of the biggest record labels has produced a book aimed at making the working environment more inclusive. chichi izundu has more. put these goggles on and what they will do is turn your world upside down. can you see? yes. now, try and shake my hand. pleasure to meet you. people see the world differently, something universal music uk picked up on when discussing diversity in the workplace, especially neurodiversity which refers to people with adhd, dyspraxia, dyslexia and the autism spectrum. the record label wanted a guide on how to talk about neurodiversity in the workplace but when they couldn't find one, so they made one.

to help support our existing staff and also to try and reach out to all that untapped talent out there. that's why we're doing it. there's brilliant folks out there that we've already spoken to as part of this research that just wouldn't even consider applying to the likes of us or indeed many companies. not every work environment is like universal music uk. 31—year old yvonne is a marketing consultant who works in a typical office, open—plan, lots of phones and computers. colour post—its and coloured books that we got as well, which helps me to distinguish what is going on in terms of the information so i can dial down to what is important and i can see it clearly. so you are neurodivergent? yes, iam. what is you neurodivergency? i'm dyslexic, so my ds and bs tend to get mixed up. i don't easily recognise errors in terms of spelling, punctuation and grammar. one need that's not often met is how you apply for a job. employers should think of more options. applying for a job for some can be tricky. employers still expect you to fill

out an application form and if you have a neurodiversity like dyslexia, that can be challenging. so how about sending in a short video explaining exactly why you are the right person for thejob instead. what are you working on april? matt boyd started the neurodiverse recruitment agency exceptional individuals and couldn't get a job because of his dyslexia. many of our community we work with have been told always what they're bad at and not what they're good at, so when they get to the workplace, if employers can focus on the benefits and strength areas of the individual, then society as a whole, will make a big difference for everyone with adhd, dyslexia, dyspraxia and autism. there are employers who actively seek neurodiverse people like the intelligence agency gchq and the government does offer a grant for employers to help meet the needs of neurodiverse people, but until the traditional way of work changes, they are a community that will continue to not be included in diversity conversation.

three brothers from edinburgh are celebrating after setting three world records by rowing across the atlantic in just 35 days. they set off from the canary islands on december the 12th and arrived in antigua after rowing 3,000 miles. lorna gordon has the story. a record—breaking row, in a show of sibling courage. been a tough day. conditions are not great. in fact, at times, conditions were awful, lachlan, jamie and ewan maclean overcoming seasickness, dehydration and exhaustion in their epic row across the atlantic. being brothers was, they said, a help, not hindrance when times got tough.

after 35 days and nights being at sea, the body is starting to get some pretty sore aches and pains. after more than a month at sea, the end in sight for the trio of brothers. with notjust one record on the horizon, but three. cheering. it has been utterly incredible. and so surreal. being, you know, on a boat withjust three of us for 35 days. yeah, you are in your own wee bubble. so hearing other people's voices and then all the other boats, their horns start going off when you come across the finishing. bizarre. the maclean brothers said they had no rowing experience before training for their 3000—mile adventure. they have now raised tens of thousands for charity, in what one of them called the defining experience of his life. and authorities in italy have discovered a painting by austrian artist gustav klimt stolen 23 years ago. the port was taken from a

gallery in the city of port shinzo, possibly through a skylight. in december the painting was discovered ina december the painting was discovered in a secret hole in the gallery's outer wall. but is it from me. stay tuned on bbc news. hello. so much of the past week and indeed so much of the year thus far seems to have been dominated by cloud and wind and rain. at least there was something of a change on friday. it was a bright but really quite showery day for some, and of course at slightly higher levels in scotland it has led to a covering of snow. but at last, just in time for the weekend, we can talk about drier and sunny weather. it is the other face of winter. they will be some night—time frost and some ice around. and here's the set up. low pressure still close by to the north of the british isles over the past few hours, and it doesn't look very promising when we look out into the atlantic. low pressure driving away towards the bay of biscay, and just in time for the weekend to settle things nicely,

a big area of high pressure and it keeps on doing it. for the most part, that goes on into the middle of the forthcoming week as well. that is a real transformation, but the weekend will start much colder, with a hint of frost about it, something that many of you will not have seen for a while. at least it means it's going to be drier and sunnier as well. yes, there are still showers to be had in this north—westerly wind, most noticeable across the north—eastern quarter of scotland and through the northern isles. no more of12,13,14, which it has been in places over the past few days. temperatures resolutely in single figures. clear skies persisting under the influence of that area of high pressure. there will be a widespread frost away from the coast as we start sunday. some places will get “11 or —5, something in that order. here we go again. lots of dry, fine, sunny, crisp winter weather. the exception, perhaps this south—westerly, and more cloud just keeping the north—western quarter of scotland that wee bit milder. there, the sunshine tempered by the amount of cloud.

elsewhere it could be wall—to—wall sunshine. from sunday into monday, a cold and frosty start for the southern half of the british isles. milder in places across the north. watch out, it could be more extensive, fog patches for the commute on monday, but essentially, it's much the same sort of affair. the exception — thicker cloud may be producing the odd spot of rain through the northern and western isles. and as i take you on into the forthcoming week, under the influence of that high pressure, perhaps a subtle change in wind directions mayjust mean that many more of us get that mild hour, but it will stay dry for most.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the white house has confirmed who will be in the legal team

which will defend president trump in his impeachment trial. it will include ken starr — the main prosecutor from bill clinton's impeachment as well as the lawyer alan dershowitz, who's clients included oj simpson and jeffrey epstein. the us says it will start to screen passengers from china for symptoms of a new coronavirus virus that has killed two people. there are forty one laboratory confirmed cases — but experts in london estimate the true number is closer to one thousand seven hundred. iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has defended the country's armed forces after it admitted shooting down a passenger plane by mistake. canada's prime minister, justin trudeau, says iran must pay compensation to the 176 people who were killed — 57 of those were canadian citizens. "it's friday. it's five to five. it's crackerjack!" — one of the most recognisable beginnings to any children's tv programme. crackerjack ran on bbc one from 1959 to 1984 and was famous