in welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: tragedy in the english channel as 27 migrants drown trying to reach the uk. it's the worst incident of its kind since the migrant crisis began. it is an appalling thing that they have suffered. but it is an appalling thing that they have suffered.- it is an appalling thing that they have suffered. but i also want to say — they have suffered. but i also want to say that _ they have suffered. but i also want to say that this - they have suffered. but i also want to say that this disaster| want to say that this disaster underscores how dangerous it is to cross the channel in this way. where the jury find the defendant guilty. ajury in the us finds all three defendants guilty of murdering ahmaud arbery, a black man outjogging in the state of georgia.

thejury of ii the jury of ii whites and one black in the deep south stood up black in the deep south stood up in the courtroom and said that black lives do matter. a new coalition government in germany — led by social democrat olaf scholz — pledges to make climate change its top priority. and new zealand finally announces its plans to welcome back foreigners next year. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. welcome to the programme. french officials now say 27 people have drowned in the channel off calais — in the worst incident since the waters between france and the uk became a major route for migrants. two people were rescued

and are being treated in hospital — another person is missing. the french authorities say four suspected people—smugglers have been arrested in connection with wednesday's deaths. our correspondent lucy williamson reports from calais this is a tragedy that began with hope. where are you going now? the uk. the water nothing to be afraid of yet. several boats set off from this coast at first light this morning. this one reached british shores without disaster. but a flimsy boat, dozens of desperate people, the warning signs have always been there. and today, one of these boats never arrived. translation: as far. as we know, 33 people capsized off dunkirk in calais. as of now, 31 people died, but were not resuscitated

and there are two survivors who are currently being treated and whose lives are also unfortunately in danger. a local fisherman spotted the passengers floating motionless in the water. helicopters and boats were scrambled to the scene for a rescue operation, but many had already drowned. this disaster underscores how dangerous it is to cross the channel in this way, and it also shows how vital it is that we now step up our efforts to break the business model of the gangsters who are sending people to sea in this way. there are questions already being raised in the local media here about whether it was simply bad weather, high waves or whether it may have been hit by something like a container ship. by something like a container shi -. . ., . ., ship. there are no confirmed details as — ship. there are no confirmed

details as yet. _ but people here in this calais migrant camp are so determined to reach the uk that no—one we met tonight said they would change their plans. this man tried crossing yesterday, but gave up because the waves were too high. france's coastline has never been a simple to secure as the eurotunnel or the calais port. smugglers have made the most of that. these are martyrs, migrants who have been coming from their country and they have spent months and months to come here. and they are so close to their dream. many more migrants arrived in the uk today, good publicity for the people smuggling rings. but it often takes many attempts, and those who have capsized before have told me what it's like waiting in the water for help to arrive. one thought in their minds as the minutes tick by — what if it doesn't get here in time? let's move now to the us

state of georgia, where a jury has found three white men guilty in the killing of ahmaud arbery. he was a young black man shot dead whilejogging, in february 2020. a leaked video of his shooting became a rallying point in the black lives matter protests. the defendants in this case claimed they were acting in self defence — while the prosecution said the men were dangerous vigilantes who cornered mr arbery. aleem maqbool has the latest from georgia. 0433. there have been times when this moment seemed a very distant prospect. we the jury find the defendant, travis mcmichael, guilty. 0h, woo! the shout of relief came from the father of ahmaud arbery, who was shot dead in february of last year. two others were also found guilty of murder. they had all seen 25—year—old ahmaud running through their neighbourhood and claimed he'd fitted the description of a crime

suspect. they chased him and killed him. during the trial, the man who fired the fatal shots, travis mcmichael, was the only one of the three to take to the witness stand. ishot him. why? he... he had my gun. he struck me. it was obvious that he was... it was obvious that he was attacking me. that if he would've got the shotgun from me, then it was a life or death situation. his justification was that he killed in self—defence, but of course that was only after he, his father and a neighbour had chased ahmaud arbery in their pick—up trucks forfive minutes. ahmaud's family waited more than ten weeks and had to rely on public pressure for the police to even make any arrests. i never thought this day would come. but god is good. yes, he is. and ijust want to tell everybody,

thank you, thank you, for those who marched, those who prayed, most of all the ones who prayed. yes, lord. thank you, god. thank you. there may still be questions about the way the police behaved after this killing. questions about the underlying issues surrounding race in this society that contributed to the killing. but for now at least, all of those who for months have been calling forjustice for ahmaud arbery, there is just a huge sense of relief. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in brunswick, georgia. speaking outside the court, the civil rights activist reverend al sharpton praised the verdict. let the word go forth all over the world that a jury of ii let the word go forth all over the world that a jury of 11 why and one black in the deep south stood up in the courtroom and said that lack lives do matter.

let it be clear that almost ten years after trave on, god used wander and marcus's son to prove that if we kept marching and kept fighting we would make you heroes. we got a lot more battles to fight but this was an important battle today. a short while ago, i got the latest from aleem maqbool in georgia. i think there's little doubt in people's mind that it was utterly crucial. remember, after ahmaud arbery was shot, we know that the police arrived — we know from their own body cam footage that those police, instead of tending to ahmaud, who was still alive and dying in front of them, they comforted the men who'd fired the shots, who'd done the chasing, offering them water, saying they couldn't imagine what they'd been through. and then for weeks, the police went without making any arrests at all — until this video surfaced. actually, the video had been taken by one of the three

men who put it online thinking it would show them in a good light, that they had tried to be heroic in stopping this man who had looked, they claimed, like a burglary suspect — even though we now know there was no evidence at all that ahmaud arbery had done nothing illegal at all. it was only after that video went viral that there were protests around the country that finally, after 7a days, the police arrested the men who, from the very first moment, had admitted they'd killed ahmaud arbery. yeah, aleem, just listening to what his mother had to say in that report of yours, she had pushed forjustice and accountability for her son's death throughout this entire episode, hadn't she? and what a devastating experience to go through — what has been her reaction? certainly devastating and a really traumatic couple of weeks because of how many times that video was shown — so many times

she had to leave the room. i spoke to her actually before the trial, and she had never seen that video, she'd never been able to bring herself to do it. so for her to watch it on the first day of the trial was devastating. but she had been nervous about how this was going to play out, given that it took so much time for these men to be arrested — and given that she not only had to sit through the video in the trial, but also see the defence somehow portray ahmaud arbery as the one who had been doing wrong, that he chose to run, he chose to fight. and also, very sort of demeaning remarks, as well, as many people say, very distasteful remarks — for example, in the closing arguments of one of the defence lawyers talking about ahmaud arbery�*s dirty toenails. so ahmaud arbery�*s mother had to sit through all this, all the speculation about how a jury of 11 white people and one african—american in a town incidentally that is majority black, how they would

interpret these facts. so a lot of nervousness on her part. but she, as we saw today, had a huge sense of relief — notjubilation, the family were careful to say this was not a jubilant moment, of course, but a real moment of reflection of how their son had changed things here. in germany, three political parties have struck a deal to form the next government — putting the environment centre stage. the social democrats, greens and free democrats have unveiled their coalition agreement, which marks the end of the chancellor angela merkel era. the bbc�*s damien mcguinness has the latest from berlin. the end of an era in germany. after 16 years of conservative—led government under angela merkel, germany's new leaders are younger and more radical — and they want to modernise the country.

it's an unusual alliance — a left—wing social democrat chancellor, 0laf scholz, in government with the greens and the business—friendly liberals. in germany, it's called a "traffic light coalition" — after the colours of each party. mr scholz drew parallels between the incoming coalition and germany's first—ever real traffic lights in berlin in 192a. translation: my aspiration j as chancellor is to make sure that this traffic light coalition can play a similarly ground—breaking role in germany. the climate change measures are ambitious — by 2030, coal will be phased out and 80% of germany's electricity will come from renewable sources. tackling social inequality is also a top priority. healthcare workers will get

a bonus, and the minimum wage will be increased. but with germany seeing record covid infection and death rates, for many voters, the biggest challenge right now is how the incoming government will fight the pandemic. translation: the first thing should _ be to sort out the pandemic. it cannot stay like this. that's the top priority for me. translation: i think the most important thing at the moment| is the covid crisis. there's nothing else, as far as i'm concerned. and how will we proceed with vaccinations? what are the new regulations? the leaders of the new coalition appear to have energy, ambition, and confidence — qualities they will need given they are taking over in a time of crisis. damien mcguinness, bbc news, berlin. if you want to get in touch with me, i'm on twitter — @bbckarishma. i look forward to hearing from

you. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: ten years after her death, lyrics, notebooks and stage outfits from the much—missed british singer amy winehouse go on display in london. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world, the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number ten to see the queen, she told her cabinet, "it's a funny old world." angela merkel is germany's first woman chancellor, easily securing the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hot air balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed to mind very much. as one local comic put it, "it's not hot air we need, it's hard cash." cuba has declared nine days of mourning

following the death of fidel castro at the age of 90. castro developed close ties with the soviet union in the 19605. it was an alliance that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war with the cuban missile crisis. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines: at least 27 migrants have drowned in the english channel after their dinghy capsized near the french port of calais. ajury in the us finds all three defendants guilty of murdering ahmaud arbery, a black man outjogging in the state of georgia. china's birth rate is continuing to decline with new data showing that it has dropped to its lowest level in 43 years. a report from the country's national bureau of statistics revealed that there are now

fewer than 10 births for every 1,000 citizens. the government has recently tried to improve the birth rate by allowing families to have up to three children only five years after they increased the child limit from one to two. earlier, i asked peter mcdonald, a professor of demography at the university of melbourne. what's behind the fall? for 35 years, the one child policy, they said having more than one child was against the interest of the state. the current generation of potential barriers in china are themselves the one child. they have lived the one child policy for their entire lives. in addition to that, the floating population of 200 million people who have been removed from the villages to the larger cities have been required in the interests of the state to leave their children behind in the village, and this prevents the village, and this prevents the development of effective relations between parents and children, and that is the most

essential reason people have children. overall, policies have created the culture in which children are produced or not produced in the interest of the state, not in the interests of the parents of the children, and that culture will not be easy to change. there are other reasons which are common to wealthy east asian countries like the demands on employers, excessive demands, working long hours, always being available to the employer no matter what time of day. that is the gender equity argument as well that having children affects women much more than it affects men. but china has this additional factor of the culture, and that as i say won't be easy to change. as i say won't be easy to change-— as i say won't be easy to chance. _ ., change. the policy that we have seen from _ change. the policy that we have seen from china _ change. the policy that we have seen from china in _ change. the policy that we have seen from china in the - change. the policy that we have seen from china in the past - change. the policy that we have seen from china in the past few| seen from china in the past few years at least, aimed at trying to improve the birthrate. what else can do? it to improve the birthrate. what else can do?— else can do? it is not easy, as i said,

else can do? it is not easy, as i said. when — else can do? it is not easy, as i said, when the _ else can do? it is not easy, as i said, when the china site - else can do? it is not easy, as| i said, when the china site has more births, it is still the control of children. there needs to be a loosening up and a sense that a revaluing of children. children are important, notjust for the important, not just for the state, important, notjust for the state, but for important, not just for the state, but for families, important, notjust for the state, but forfamilies, for state, but for families, for parents. state, but forfamilies, for parents. they can try to change the work culture, but that hasn't been very successful in other wealthy east asian countries despite many attempts to do so, including singapore, where you are. and the gender culture also is not very easy to change. so it is hard to see exactly what they are trying to do. �* , , , do. and 'ust briefly, peter, how do. and just briefly, peter, how might _ do. and just briefly, peter, how might a _ do. and just briefly, peter, how might a smaller - do. andjust briefly, peter, - how might a smaller population affect china's future going forward?— affect china's future going forward? ., , forward? initially of course havin: forward? initially of course having no _ forward? initially of course having no children - forward? initially of course having no children for - forward? initially of course having no children for 20 l having no children for 20 years, you will have a big

labour force years, you will have a big labourforce problem. it is a longer term problem that is full in the labour force longer term problem that is full in the labourforce in longer term problem that is full in the labour force in 20 years time. china, being a very big country, you can't compensate with migration. peter mcdonald they're speaking to me a little earlier. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the british government has urged all its nationals to leave ethiopia immediately, saying the conflict is deteriorating quickly. the uk has warned that the fighting may move closer to the capital, addis ababa, in the coming days. the united states, france, germany and turkey have also urged their nationals to leave. the un is evacuating families of international staff. the us state department has designated three leaders of the islamic state group's afghanistan branch, known as isis—k, as �*specially designated global terrorists'. this makes it illegal to have any financial or business transactions with the men in the group. the move is part of us efforts to prevent afghanistan becoming once again a base for international terrorism. the french international

footballer karim benzema has been found guilty of involvement in attempted blackmail over a sex tape. six years ago benzema was part of a conspiracy which attempted to extort money from a former france team—mate, mathieu valbuena. mr benzema has been given a one—year suspended prison sentence and a fine of more than $80,000. their doors have been shut for two years, but finally, new zealand has unveiled plans to welcome back foreigners from next year. from april 30, fully vaccinated visitors will be allowed to enter the country, but will still have to self—isolate for seven days upon arrival. earlier, i spoke to alexandra birt. she's one of the founders of the group grounded kiwis, a network of new zealanders who, for the past two years, have been lobbying the government to allow people to travel back home.

this has been a long time coming for a lot of people who have been struggling to get back into new zealand. i think a lot of people abroad haven't realised new zealand citizens as well have really struggled to be able to get home. they were required previously to enter a lottery system and only if you are lucky enough to get a lucky number in the lottery essentially were you able to get a spot to go home. so we have people within our network we have been stuck overseas for six or 12 months for the parents have waited for their kids, a lot of people in very dire financial situations or who have lost visas, so for them to be able to have a date on which they can return home is obviously fantastic. it doesn't in some ways away from the heartbroken struggles that people have gone through over the recent months. i people have gone through over the recent months.— the recent months. i know that our the recent months. i know that your organisation _ the recent months. i know that your organisation has - the recent months. i know that your organisation has worked l your organisation has worked very hard to try to convince the government of this policy u—turn. what worked in the end?

how did you manage to do this? i think it has been a range of things, really. it is both pressure from organisations like ours, we have really been lobbying the government, and also trying to raise public awareness of the situations of individuals who are stranded and just how difficult it is to get back home. i think in recent months there has been increasing pressure within new zealand as well, obviously for the business community, they haven't been able to leave and come back. i think there has been a lot of increasing pressure, but equally now that there is covid in the community in new zealand, people abroad are fully vaccinated. it has been difficult for the government to justify why people who are fully vaccinated haven't been able to come back until february next year. alexandra, the timing of this, though, given the surge in infections and other parts of the world, does that in concern you at all?— you at all? when people return with the new _ you at all? when people return with the new system, -

you at all? when people return with the new system, they - you at all? when people return with the new system, they will| with the new system, they will still be required to isolate at home for seven days. the only thing is that does apply to everyone who is returning. it is not risk—based in terms of departure. so there are places where people have been stuck for six months such as western australia, there is zero covid. people are saying, why can't i go to new zealand now? i can self isolate. they haven't been able to. they are still required to hotel quarantine even though risk of them having covid is so minimal. what we are looking for is a more risk—based approach and i think we are getting there with a new approach that is coming in early next year, but it is still too little, too late. it should be implemented now to enable kiwis in those really desperate situations to get home. �* ., ., desperate situations to get home. �* . . �* ~ home. alexandra burke there from the organisation - home. alexandra burke there from the organisation that. from the organisation that backgrounded keyways. —— kiwis. from her unmistakable voice to her signature beehive, british singer amy winehouse is being remembered in a new exhibition

a decade after her death. handwritten lyrics and notebooks, as well as outfits she wore on stage are going on display at london's design museum. tarah welsh has been to see it. this is the most magical part of the exhibition. singing amy winehouse — her voice, her style, her presence, recreated through animation. just part of this exhibition about her life and career at the design museum. there's things you'd expect from an exhibition, like magazine covers and her grammy awards. and there are really personal touches here, as well, like amy's notes and notepads, talking about her dreams and her ambitions for the future. having access to so much of amy's handwritten material was extremely moving. like, i've read maybe hundreds of pages of amy's notebooks and diary entries and lyric pages. and it'sjust a real insight into who she was as a person and how she worked,

and how incredibly clean her copy was when she was writing these poems that turned into songs. so that was probably, yeah, the most amazing part of the process for me. amy beyond the stage celebrates her creativity, her music, her style and her inspirations. there's so much that would be of interest to her. you know, the stuff about billie holliday and sarah vaughan and ella fitzgerald. this exhibition would bejust up her alley. this is the sort of exhibition that she would go and pay to see, so, yeah, ithink she would be happy. what i hope they take away is to see a very positive side of amy. you know, everyone knows what happened. everyone has seen the horrible tabloid stuff. this is, from start to finish, positivity and its superb, you know, and i'm loving it. i'm really loving it. amy winehouse died ten years ago, but her influence on the world of music goes on — an insight into where it all started opens to the public here in kensington on friday.

tarah welsh, bbc london. that's all for now. stay with bbc world news. hello. some pretty lively weather conditions on the way to us later in the week and into the start of the weekend, we could see some severe gales develop quite widely, particularly through friday into saturday. and to go with it, a realfeel of winter in the air — much colder with more of you seeing a little bit of sleet or even snow. that colder air pushing southwards overnight into the start of thursday, and that really makes for the chill for the first of the commutes of the day, temperatures widely at or just above freezing. so, frost in places, maybe just frost—free in the south—east corner where the overnight cloud and patchy drizzle just about to clear, and in the far north of scotland overnight, heavy showers continuing with sleet and snow, even down to sea level. they'll continue throughout the day, a few showers down around eastern coastal counties of england, one or two to the west

of wales, cornwall, and across northern ireland. but for most of you, thursday is one of those crisp, clear days — good visibility, but a chilly feel in the breeze, temperatures around 5—8 degrees. now, as we go into thursday night, temperatures actually lift a little bit. outbreaks of rain spreading their way in from the north and the west, but strengthening winds across the board. that will stop temperatures from falling to freezing here, but there could be a frost to start friday, east anglia and the south—east in particular. but even here, we'll see rain push through on friday. this is an area of low pressure that's going to cause us all sorts of problems. the exact track will dictate who sees the strongest of the winds and who will see a bit of snow. to begin friday, it's outbreaks of rain spreading southwards and eastwards. the strongest of the winds to the north and the west of the country could touch damaging 70, maybe 80mph for one or two later in the day, and blizzard conditions developing across parts of higher ground of scotland. and this is where we'll see the strongest of the winds really late friday into friday night, pushing down the western side of this area

of low pressure. cold air with it, so a mixture of rain, sleet and snow not just to the hills, one or two to lower levels, but it'll be a difficult mix to get exactly right. keep checking the forecast. but it could be a night of disruption into the start of saturday with strong winds. more wintry showers around on saturday, an icy wind and an added wind chill too. so, whilst temperatures on the thermometers saturday afternoon say 4—7 degrees, already lower than normally expected at this stage of november, it will feel closer to freezing, if not below for many of you. things will turn quieter, though, through saturday night into sunday. widespread frost to begin the day, but for most, it'll be a dry day with some spells of hazy sunshine. keep up to date with the latest forecast details here on bbc news.

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