china has announced far—reaching measures to reduce plastic waste to tackle the country's enormous pollution problems. plastic bags will be banned in big cities by the end of the year as will single use straws in restaurants. smaller cities and towns will have until 2022 to implement the new rules. china will also phase out plastic utensils from the take—away food industry. facebook has apologised for translating i'm rico hizon in chinese president xijinping's name singapore, the headlines: from burmese to english prince harry speaks into an obscene word. publicly for the first time the social media giant blamed it since the announcement he and meghan on a ‘technical error‘. will start a new life in canada the gaffe was discovered without their royal titles. on the second day of mr xi's state once meghan and i were visit to myanmar, where married, we were excited, we were hopeful and we he and and the country's leader were here to serve. aung san suu kyi met for those reasons, it to increase cooperation brings me great sadness between the two countries. that it has come to this. it brings me great sadness that it hundreds of canadian troops are being sent to newfoundland to help has come to this. the decision for recovery efforts following me and my wife to stand back is one a record— breaking snowstorm. 200 troops are expected to be i not make lightly. it comes after on the ground by the end of sunday with an additional hundred many months and many years of in place on monday. a blizzard on friday dumped more challenges. lebanon's capital is hit by some than 75 centimetres of snow on newfoundland's capital, stjohn‘s. of the worst violence authorities in china since demonstrations are scrambling to stop the spread against the ruling elite began in october. of a new pneumonia—like virus i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. as millions of people prepare

also in the programme: to travel for the lunar new year. in the past couple of hours the wuhan health commission has confirmed a third person has died after contracting the coronavirus in the central chinese city of wuhan. 136 new cases were confirmed over the weekend. earlier i spoke to wang linfa, the director of the emerging infectious diseases program at duke — nus medical school in singapore, who's just flown back from wuhan. i asked him what he'd observed. authorities in china are scrambling to stop the spread of a new pneumonia—like virus as millions of people prepare to travel for the lunar new year. and — a crucial test for elon musk‘s spacex crew capsule appears to go to plan. the city is pretty calm but in the airport it is different. good morning. it's 9am in singapore and 1:00 in the morning in london where prince harry has given a dramatic response to events culminating with saturday's agreement for him and his wife, meghan, to give up royal duties. every traveller is screened by the detector multiple times. there is a mobile medical staff on board. when you were in the city, he said that whilst it

brought him great sadness, he felt there was no other option. did you see the realities? and he made it very clear that he had wished to continue in a royal role. i did not have a chance the bbc‘s royal correspondent to visit the hospital. i need to protect myself as well. you see a slight increase of people with masks. nicholas witchell reports. the taxi drivers obviously, every taxidriver is talking about the outbreak. there is this fear in the community. it isa the words the queen used yesterday about harry and meghan it is a fair and... tell us more were warm and supportive. about this coronavirus. is it as severe as there royal role has been all but removed and harry is clearly disappointed. at a private dinner in the sars or mers virus? london, his hiv charity in southern it is called the coronavirus virus. africa, he said he wanted his until sars, sars is severe audience to hear the truth. he and they cause multiple deaths. recalled the aftermath of his and this new coronavirus is much less severe and for sars, we had also showing liver meghan‘s wedding. recalled the aftermath of his and meghan's wedding. once meghan and i we re meghan's wedding. once meghan and i were married, we were excited, we cancer and other diseases. so far we had two deaths but also we re were married, we were excited, we were hopeful and we were here to liver cancer and other diseases. serve. for those reasons, were hopeful and we were here to serve. forthose reasons, it were hopeful and we were here to serve. for those reasons, it brings me great sadness that it has come to

this. he said the decision for him and his wife to step back is not one he made lightly. what i want to make clear is we are not walking away and we certainly are not walking away do you agree with chinese from you. our hope was to continue authorities who are saying this new coronavirus virus is preventable and controllable? serving the queen, the commonwealth sars is much more severe. it took them 2—3 months and my military associations, that without public funding. u nfortu nately, without public funding. unfortunately, that wasn't possible. and he said he would continue to to control eventually. serve his country. i will always have the utmost respect for my grandmother, my commander—in—chief, and i'm incredible to —— incredibly now we know exactly which virus caused the current pneumonia grateful to her and my family for outbreak. i think we don't know how the support they have shown meghan long that will last. andi why don't we know how the support they have shown meghan and i over the last few months. i long it will last? will continue to be the same man who the pattern of transmission, holds his country dare and dedicates initially the government says his life to supporting the causes, charities and military communities that are so important to me. all of there is no evidence of significant human—to—human transmission. which establishes beyond doubt that this is very important. the first a0 or 50 cases, this process of stepping away from we believe they all had a direct royal life and royal duty is already link to that market. they call it the seafood market fallen short of harry's hopes. he but they also have live animals traded there. now it's pretty obvious

has taken responsibility for choosing this new path and he says that there are people who got sick including the one that travelled he has accepted the conditions which have been imposed by the queen and to japan who had never been her advisers. there that is a worry. it means there is a human to human transmission. violent demonstrations in the lebanese capital, beirut, have ended after security forces used tear gas and rubber bullets against stone—throwing anti—government protesters. president michel aoun is to hold a security meeting to discuss let's take a look at some the situation on monday. of the day's other news. 0ur correspondent world leaders have been meeting in berlin to push for an end carine torbey has more. to nearly nine years of fighting in libya. they agreed to implement the un next to parliament in beirut, barricades have not protected riot weapons embargo and stop any police from the stones and fireworks military support to the warring factions. here's the german chancellor, angela merkel, explaining the importance of this agreement. thrown at them by protesters. translation: we all believe a political solution will be necessary. i think it's become very obvious over the past few weeks and months the police used water cannon, that there cannot be possibly a military solution to this conflict, this will only increase tear gas and even rubber bullets. the suffering of the libyan people. we agreed that a comprehensive many protesters were injured and dozens taken to hospital. but this did not seem to deter them. three months of mostly peaceful plan will be outlined protests over the economic situation and against corruption seem to have reached a tipping point. translation: we're back on the streets today.

i was here yesterday. i came back today. and i'll be on the streets everyday. and i would like to in particular this is all for the future recognise and thank minister salome of our children, for us and for our children. and antonia gutierrez. we believe we, from the german side, have also given a contribution, the foreign minister and myself the country is, as you can see, but i can say all the participants to this conference have worked very constructively and diligently in bringing this matterforward. i think we can safely say frozen, the situation is not normal. we are all in agreement that the arms embargo is, we want to see the arms embargo the state is not doing anything. respected, that it will be monitored more closely and more rigorously than in the past. if that does not happen, we will see time again that this military they are a bunch of thieves. anger has risen amid prolonged political squabbles, solution is not excluded. delaying the formation of a government following the resignation also making news today: of the former prime minister air accident investigators saad hariri under the pressure from canada say there are still no of the street, late—0ctober. in the meantime, the country seems firm plans on how information to be sliding into economic collapse from the black box recorder from the downed ukrainian airliner was a de facto devaluation will be retrieved. of the local currency and warnings canadian investigators will travel of his sovereign default. to ukraine for talks, 00:05:46,387 --> 2147483051:39:37,908 and the chief iranian investigator 2147483051:39:37,908 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 could also visit kyiv this week. economic insecurity, banking restrictions and threatened livelihoods are causing desperation and the growing rage. also on the programme:

a crucial test for elon musk‘s spacex crew capsule appears to go to plan. the simulation of an emergency landing is the last major test before spacex plans to send astronauts to the international space station. 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 want 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 that is believed by officials to have broken all records. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. and i'm lewis vaughan—jones in london. our top stories: prince harry says his decision to step back from royal duties and move his family to canada hasn't been ta ken lightly. hundreds of lebanese protesters have clashed with security forces in the centre of beirut — after three months of anti—establishment demonstrations. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world.

the japan times reports on the 60th anniversary of the us—japanese alliance. it quotes donald trump, who has praised the relationship, while calling onjapan to make a greater contribution to the upkeep of the us troops stationed there. president trump is also reaching out to president duterte of the philippines. the philippine star reports mr trump has invited his counterpart in manila to a summit in las vegas, despite signing off on the banning of certain philippine officials from entering the us. and gulf news is reporting on renewed agreement by foreign nations on a libyan arms embargo. the newspapers quote the united arab emirates, a backer of rebel commander khalifa haftar, as supporters of the agreement. those are the papers. let's get more on our top story. prince harry's speech

saying his decision to step back from royal duties and move his family to canada hasn't been ta ken lightly. i've been speaking to the american—british novelist and critic bonnie greer, who's written about the issue of race and gender, and the royal family. she said prince harry had spoken from the heart. i think he mentioned meghan's name three times, maybe four. it is obvious he is doing this form of. he is doing it because he wants to be with his wife and his sun. he has a lwa ys with his wife and his sun. he has always told us he wanted a family and now he has got one. he is exiling himself, basically, for that. and it is quite an incredible story. it was so fascinating, the british press keeps banging on about meghan, calling it "megxit". meghan isn't going anywhere, she was just returning. harry is exiling himself, and that is what we need to deal with. it is interesting. he did say it was his decision, on behalf of

him and his wife. i want to highlight one line. what do you make of this? "our hope was to continue serving the queen, commonwealth and my military associations, without public funding. unfortunately that wasn't possible and i've accepted this". what do you make of that? it is very honest. i think first of all, iam is very honest. i think first of all, i am old enough to remember harry is a little boy, and he loves the military. i remember pictures of him on tanks when he was like sex. and he loved the military. it probably broke his heart to have to leave. —— on tanks when he was like six. i think he was president or head of the royal marines. that has been very important to him and i think probably, that is a big wrench. but he is doing this for love, he has found his partner and they have got their boy and that is what he wants to do. he is critical of the media in this. you won't find many people, though, who think he is

going to have a more peaceful life, as he says he wants it. can you see the media in canada, in california, leaving him alone? no matter what harry would have done, the media would have been after him, because he was born into it. it is no matter, i think now he has a partner, somebody who understands the media. she is very much in the media, she appealed to hillary clinton when she was 11 years old, she knows what she's doing. he has chosen the person who wants to take him on, and they have got what they wa nt him on, and they have got what they want and him on, and they have got what they wantandi him on, and they have got what they want and i think we should let them find out what they need to do. what do you make of the differences? what do you make of the differences? what do you make of the differences? what do you think the differences will be, ifany, between do you think the differences will be, if any, between the media treatment here in the united kingdom and in north america, where they are going to try to split their time and split their lives? what i really wa nt to split their lives? what i really want to say is that i think this country, the united kingdom, has done something actually quite silly, and i'm talking about the media. this country has gone into a new phase of its existence with brexit. imean, how phase of its existence with brexit. i mean, how wonderful it would have

been to have a prince, an american princess, of african descent, representing this country with their beautiful little boy, and explaining the new place this country is into the new place this country is into the rest of the world? instead, she has had to flee and he has followed her, and that is the story, the beginning of 2020, the beginning of brexit in january, beginning of 2020, the beginning of brexit injanuary, that is the story thatis brexit injanuary, that is the story that is going out. and the media does seem to get it. they seem to wa nt to does seem to get it. they seem to want to sort of fixate on her and what her failings want to sort of fixate on her and what herfailings are. want to sort of fixate on her and what her failings are. they don't get that the country is the ultimate loser. these people are not going to loser. these people are not going to lose anything. as soon as they settle in and understand what they are doing, and they have to understand it, they will begin to do the deals they need to do. this country has lost a huge asset, and it is really crazy. that was the american british novelist and critic bonnie greer speaking to lewis

earlier. the australian open tennis tournament has begun on schedule, after air pollution eased in the host city, melbourne. there had been concerns that the haze created by the huge bushfires, burning in many parts of the country, would cause breathing difficulties for the players — but it seems to have subsided. the first match was between the defending women's champion, naomi 0saka ofjapan and, marie bouzkova of the czech republic. joining me from melbourne is our sports reporter, john watson. thank you so much forjoining us. so, the air pollution has eased in melbourne, but are the players are still concerned about the our quality? -- the asir. it was definitely dominating conversations in the lead up to this tournament. we saw roger federer in his pretournament press conference saying, look, he feels he couldn't have done anymore, because a lot of criticism was levelled at the top players, the of fetter and djokovic,

because let's be honest, it was the lower ranked players who were really affected in those qualifying rounds. —— federer and djokovic. the big argument was that if it was the likes of federer or djokovic or williams or ash barty, would they have been made to play in the conditions we saw last week? that is something that was put to the tournament organisers, but federer said even the top players had done their bit, they pushed the organisers to say, look, if the air quality becomes a real issue, we need to make sure they are going to make a stand and do something about it. he said, look, we couldn't do anything more, we couldn't go out on court and stop play. but it was clearly going to dominate conversations. i think the likes of the top players are very aware that they didn't want to feel it was just they didn't want to feel it was just the lower ranked players it was affecting, as it did, when we saw the conditions here in those qualifying matches, we saw some. caught in the end because it was such an issue. but it seems as though it will not be affecting play, because as things stand, the

air quality seems much, much better. and amid these bushfires across australia, john, the players have combined forces to raise money for the bushfire relief, some even making donations for each ace or double fault they make during this tournament? yeah, absolutely. i mean, so tournament? yeah, absolutely. i mean, so many tournament? yeah, absolutely. i mean, so many players, notjust those from this country, have come forward to say, look, we want to make an effort to do something, to give something back to the country and help the relief effort. that has been really nice to see. we of course or nick kyrgios, an australian tennis player, kicking it off, saying he would donate $200 for every a ce off, saying he would donate $200 for every ace he served through this tournament. a number of other players have picked up on that. we saw maria sharapova saying she would do the same, and on social media she encouraged novak djokovic to follow suit. he said he would be donating to the relief effort. there has been a huge amount raised, notjust in tennis. we saw shane worn auctioning off his historic baggy green. ——

warne. so many have got involved to try to help the relief effort. it is unprecedented, what we have seen playing out in australia, the terrible bushfires. so many so many homes, farmlands damaged and obviously all the animals affected. i think for all those players who have come here, they recognise they don'tjust want have come here, they recognise they don't just want to be have come here, they recognise they don'tjust want to be seen to be flying in and flying out and playing here, as they will be, they want to show they are aware of what is going on and give something back, and i think we're going to see a lot of that through this fortnight. because it won't be forgotten, that's for sure, even though conditions have improved somewhat here this week stop and enjoy the games, john. that was sports reporterjohn watson joining us from outside rod laver arena in melbourne. the private american aerospace company spacex has been conducting a trial with nasa of its plans to take astronauts to the international space station. it tested the emergency landing system necessary to qualify the company to fly astronauts to the station. 0ur science correspondent, jonathan amos, reports.

a space x rocket launch with a difference and something you'd rather not see. this falcon vehicle is climbing into the sky with the deliberate intention of failing. 80 seconds into the flight and the engines turn off. the rocket blows itself apart in spectacularfashion. but there was purpose. making its escape from the top of the rocket moments before the fireball was space—x's new astronaut capsule it calls the dragon. it was a demonstration of how you save lives in an emergency. for this test, there was no one on board. but had there been, the crew would have floated down to a gentle splashdown in the atlantic ocean. this was billed as the last major milestone for california's space—x company before nasa agrees to certify its hardware to carry astronauts to the international space station. not since 2011 have american crews launched from american soil. this apparently successful test means that long hiatus is about to come to an end. jonathan amos, bbc news.

aus a us technology group is showcasing a way to turn sunlight into drinking water. they say it could be revolutionary. the dry, arid lands of southern nevada. there is water here, but you have to look too hard to find it. these might help. they are called to find it. these might help. they a re called hydro to find it. these might help. they are called hydro panels, new technology based on the oldest of discoveries. condensation. we take sunlight and discoveries. condensation. we take sunlightand airand discoveries. condensation. we take sunlight and air and produce pure water. it is the mineralised, stored and delivered and basically any volume needed by that home, school, that hotel or a whole community. here is how they work. the panels absorb moisture and then heat it up, causing the vapour to condense into water. the inventors claim each one

can produce more than 130 litres a month. although the principle is fairly simple, the potential benefits could be huge. that whole spectrum of humanity, ranging from the people who have a lot to the people who have a lots less, a water solution is now the exact same. we really have created a global water source that is effectively a well but we can establish anywhere on the planet and solve people's water challenges immediately. the hope is that these panels will be mobile and relatively cheap, helping communities anywhere in the world. a whole lot of sunlight, potentially becoming holes of water. thank you for watching newsday.

for much of england, wales and southern scotland, it's a cold and frosty start to monday. also some problems with fog, particularly across wales, north—west england and the midlands. we have already seen some poor visibility in places through the first part of the night. another thing of note is that the pressure reading across parts of wales has exceeded 1050 millibars and is continuing to rise. that's the highest it's been since 1957. this area of high—pressure is the dominant feature in the week ahead, bringing a lot of dry weather. this frontal system will bring some outbreaks of rain into northern scotland later on monday. but we start monday, for many, cold, frosty, temperatures as low as —6 or —7 across parts of southern england. close to freezing for northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland. eight or nine for the far north of scotland. and for scotland and northern ireland, monday is a cloudy, breezy day. some of that cloud extending down into northern england and some of the mist and fog i spoke about could well be slow to clear. but there will be further spells of sunshine across a large sway of england and wales. perhaps not as much as we saw through sunday, through east anglia and south—east england.

light winds for many. away from northern and western scotland, those touch gusts could touch 50mph, maybe 55 mph. ten or 11 celsius though for the far north of scotland. 6—9 for most. and close to freezing where any fog is slow to clear. so through monday nightand into tuesday, the cloud thickens across northern and western scotland, with outbreak of rain sliding their way southwards. it runs into an area of high pressure and that rain will tend to fizzle out. clearer skies further south, still with some mist and fog. and again it will be a frosty start to tuesday for much of central, southern england but not as cold as sunday night. so this is how tuesday shapes up — high—pressure still very much in charge. this frontal system trying to slide its way southwards but, as it runs into that area of high—pressure, most of the rain is going to tens to fizzle out. we will see more cloud arriving into northern england and the midlands. another cloudy, breezy day across northern ireland and for most on tuesday a much cloudier day, a colder—feeling day as well. for central, southern england, temperatures here not much higher than six or seven celsius. here's this area of hig hpressure still with us as we go into wednesday, a longer,

drier spell for much of the uk, in the week ahead. it does not necessarily mean sunny weather. a good deal of cloud around on wednesday. underneath the area of high pressure, we're feeding in a lot of moisture and we can see some mist and murkiness and poor visibility. best chance of anything brighter will be along some eastern coasts. temperatures around nine or ten degrees celsius. so to sum up the week ahead, a lot of dry weather. some frosty nights, particularly at first. a bit of sunshine but generally a lot of cloud and also further problems with mist and fog. goodbye.

this is bbc world news. our top story. prince harry says his decision to step back from royal duties and move his family to canada wasn't taken lightly — and brings him great sadness.

harry says the uk is his home and he wants to make it clear the couple is not walking away from the british public. lebanon's capital is hit by some of the worst violence since demonstrations against the ruling elite began in october. hundreds of people have reportedly been injured. and this story is trending on bbc.com. snow storms have overwhelmed parts of canada and the us. authorities have advised many residents to stay home and stay safe. canadian troops have been sent to the atlantic province of newfoundland and labrador to help it dig out from a massive blizzard. that's all. stay with bbc world news. more on our web site bbc.co.uk/news and the news app.