the holiday island of ischia. worry of course is as more might is the worry of course is as more might is cleared, what or who will be found underneath. pakistan's former prime minister, imran khan, addresses supporters to call for an end to corruption. and the singer—songwriter and multi—award winning actress irene cara has died. her co—star pays tribute. she's just capable and talented and she has this crazy great voice, and she can do anything.

venezuela's government and the opposition have signed a preliminary agreement after meeting in mexico for talks to find a way out of the country's political crisis. on the same day, the united states said that it would allow the american oil company chevron to resume some activity in venezuela. the bbc�*s will grant is following events in mexico city. there are a few elements that are potentially encouraging about these talks here in mexico city between the venezuelan government and the opposition. venezuelans watching on will be encouraged by the fact talks are taking place at all. they failed about a year ago and in such a polarised environment between the government and nicolas maduro and the opposition, to simply have them round the table is an achievement. also they are moving towards trying to find a map towards freeing up billions of funds of venezuelan money that is being held by a un managed fund and can be used forfood aid, support

and all of the different humanitarian needs that have been so desperate in venezuela over recent years. if they can reach agreement on that and those funds become available that will of course improve the lives of millions of venezuelans. it is, of course, very sticky waters, the two sides have been at each other�*s throats not just for years but decades now so there is a lot of bad feeling between the two actors but there is some hope that this time it can be improved and the biden administration appears to be backing the talks. they have given the green light for chevron the oil giant to resume operations in venezuela, dependent on the outcome of these talks, again, the idea that oil,

so key to the venezuelan economy, that that sector picks up again with a major us oil company is music to the ears of the maduro government. that said, any profits made from those operations won't go to the nicolas maduro government, but to servicing earlier we spoke to venezuelan born raul sanchez—urribarri. he is associate dean and senior lecturer at the school of humanities and sciences at la trobe university in melbourne. i asked him how ordinary venezuelans are reacting to the news.

as you can imagine, for normal venezuelans, this is a very important development. we've seen 15 months of no progress whatsoever of a significant nature at the international level in dialogues, precisely because they haven't been able to meet. the maduro government refused, abandoned the opportunity for dialogue 15 months ago, and it seems the two parties involved, government and opposition, having met. so this is a major news for venezuelans across the political spectrum. the country has been in turmoil for years. why is it happening now? do you think it should have been done sooner? absolutely. i mean, we are talking about a situation that has been going on for many years, as we all know, but actually it is actually being stable, and unfortunately with really bad effects for the venezuelan people.

we don't see in the public as we used to but that doesn't mean the problem is not there. over 6 million venezuelans have left in the past five, six years, they live in conditions of asylum in different places across the region and in other countries around the world. we are talking about an economy that has lost close to two thirds of its gdp. it has been a complete catastrophe. so any developments that point the way of ameliorating the situation now, or even in the future hopefully, i received of course is really good news. i think for the time being,

we have to look at it from the point of view of short—term, mid—term, long term. from the point of view of short term, there are some important elements coming out of this agreement. we are talking about $3 million for example that are going to be able to afford essential basic imports. we don't really have unfortunately a condition of transparency in the use of some of the funds that the government would have access to. on the other hand, the $3 billion will be managed for purposes of solving social problems with the participation of the united nations, and we are also going to have both the government and forcing them to work together, which is a major development. on the other hand it is ready had an impact with respect to the oil sector, due to a change of the licence of chevron by the us government, chevron, the major oil corporation, is going to resume operations in venezuela, it is going to expand its operations. this will include probably the restarting of work in different oil fields across the country. it might raise the oil output coming from venezuela significantly, probably 200,000

barrels of oil a day. so this is actually big news in the short term. long term, we have to see this as a small step in the course of what we hope one day will be a major comprehensive agreement, or a series of agreements, that will allow the country to move forward, and the opposition and the government to cooperate in what we hoped would be also the restoration of venezuelan democracy at some point. there's been a rare protest in shanghai against the chinese leadership, with some demonstrators openly demanding that president xijinping resign. the protest started as a vigil for 10 people killed in a fire on thursday in a high—rise building in the western chinese region of xinjiang. according to witnesses and videos, it turned into a public outpouring of anger against china's zero covid policy. despite official denials, many internet users have blamed the deaths in urumqi on the lockdown of residential buildings.

at least one person has died and around a dozen people are missing after a landslide on the italian holiday island of ischia. the country's interior minister has described the situation as very serious. mud and debris swept through the region after a night of torrential rain. mark lowen sent this report from naples. through the night came the rain, torrential and fast. and then the mud, a landslide pouring through ischia before dawn, burying and upturning what lay in its path — cars, trees, debris flung aside and uprooted. the rescue boats set off early, but were hampered by strong winds and rough seas, buffeting attempts to reach

the island from naples. as they came ashore, the impact was clear. morning light revealed the torrents of mud and what they'd buried. man speaks italian "this mountain has fallen on the homes that are no longer "there," he says. houses were engulfed with people trapped beneath the mud, dozens of firefighters helped evacuate those they could. a rescue and a search for those still missing. the fear is that as more areas are unearthed, the number of confirmed victims could rise. for the islanders, their tranquillity was shaken by a nightmare. translation: there are some cars facing upwards and have . shifted to the side. looking at them, one can't explain how it was possible.

vehicles were tossed aside and battered, hurled by a wave of mud into the waves of the ocean. houses have been cut off, some without power. the authorities calling on residents to stay inside. ischia's narrow streets are caked in the chaos, many of its homes, illegally built over the years, unstable and vulnerable. now an anxious wait for the weather to lift to see the extent of the damage wreaked, turning ischia from island idyll into rivers of mud. the rain has finally stopped. we drove through a deluge coming up here from the far south of italy. clearer weather will help the rescue efforts and ease access across from naples to the island because ferries tonight are still suspended on that route. the latest figures we have are one person known to have died and 11 people still missing, but the worry,

of course, is that as more mud is cleared, what — or who — will be found beneath? mark lowen reporting there. let's get some of the day's other news. taiwan's president has resigned as leader of the governing party, saying she takes full responsibility for her party's poor showing in the local elections. president tsai had framed the election as a vote for democracy amid rising tensions with china, but the voters were not convinced. the vatican has accused china of breaking a landmark agreement signed four years ago over the administration of chinese catholics. the vatican expressed surprise and regret after beijing appointed a bishop without its approval. although details of the deal were never made public, it gave both sides a say in the assignment of new bishops in china. the democratic republic of congo has announced that it

will hold its next presidential election in december next year. the announcement comes as rebel groups continue to cause instability in the east of the country, displacing tens of thousands of people from their homes. earlier this week, the main rebel group, the m23, refused to agree to a ceasefire signed by regional leaders. the former pakistan prime minister, imran khan, has addressed hundreds of thousands of supporters in rawalpindi, telling them his one regret from his time in office was failing to bring the corrupt and the powerful to justice. the rally brings to a close the so called long march by imran khan's pti party aimed at pressing the government to call a snap election. the bbc�*s samira hussein reports. they came by the hundreds, and hundreds quickly became thousands. all converging on a 3km strip of road. security was tight. the last time imran khan spoke

in public, he was shot. the government warned of possible attacks today. his supporters came anyway. that's how strongly they believe in the cause. his cause is the people of pakistan. not himself. he is out for us. so, that's why we are supporting and we are coming here for our leader who is supporting us. there is one man only that has been raising his voice against all of the establishment. he is there to look forward. he has given us a vision. as day turned to night, the excitement was building. when he finally arrived at the rally, crowds erupted in cheers. people waited here for hours to hearfrom imran khan. this is the first time he is addressing supporters since being shot. even though he was pushed out of office earlier this year. since then, khan has

been holding protests demanding fresh elections. now he is considering dissolving the two provincial governments under his party's control. an unprecedented move that is sure to plunge pakistan into further political crisis. and that is just how quickly things can change in this country. the immensely popular leader may have been knocked down physically, but he continues to fight politically. samira hussain, bbc news, rawalpindi. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: venezuela's government and the opposition have signed a preliminary agreement to find a way out of the country's political crisis, and to free up dollars held overseas to be spent on humanitarian programmes. one person has died and at least 11 are missing after a mudslide on the italian holiday island of ischia.

ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, says 6 million ukrainian households are still without power after russia launched a wave of missile strikes across the country this week. the number of affected households has reduced but many have been left without light, water or heat as winter sets in. the bbc�*s ukrainian service correspodnent in kyiv, zhanna bezpiatchuk says the authorities have been urgently trying to restore water and electricity supplies. we know that so far, 75% of the ukrainian demand for electricity has been already met by the supply which has been restored in many regions and cities of ukraine. today we got to know that the city of kherson is on the grid again and that's very important news. people were cut off from early electricity supply, heating and water for weeks after the liberation

while the retreating of the russian forces that have destroyed all three main electricity supply lines around kherson. for example, i know such stories from the city of kherson where doctors and nurses and maternity units had to boil water and pour it in bottles and bring these hot bottles to their patients, mothers and newborns to warm them up. now the hospitals in kherson and in the region of kherson will be the first recipients who will get this electricity back these days and then there are potential blocks of residential houses and private houses in kherson who might get the electric supply that is absolutely essential. as for kyiv, yesterday at night, finally, many

residential areas in the eastern bank of the ukrainian capital got access to electricity after about 30 hours without heat or electricity and water supply. so it's very important to understand that people could not call their relatives, families and friends when the electricity is off so it's very difficult psychologically when you cannot call your family to ask them what is happening to them and where they are. the same was also with regards to isolation from news because wifi and mobile internet was not running and people didn't know what was happening in the city. argentina have beaten mexico, two goals to nil, in the men's football world cup, keeping alive their hopes of reaching the knockout stages in qatar. miguel espino is mexican—american, iasked him how he felt to see

argentina to win the game. it was definitely bittersweet because lionel messi was my favourite player so it was bittersweet. mexico has a chance to progress so we were keeping it alive.— keeping it alive. bittersweet indeed. you _ keeping it alive. bittersweet indeed. you satisfied, - keeping it alive. bittersweet| indeed. you satisfied, would you say, with mexico's performance?- you say, with mexico's performance? you say, with mexico's erformance? ., ., ., . ., performance? not at all. we are still et performance? not at all. we are still yet to _ performance? not at all. we are still yet to score _ performance? not at all. we are still yet to score in _ performance? not at all. we are still yet to score in this - performance? not at all. we are still yet to score in this walk - still yet to score in this walk up still yet to score in this walk up and they played well in the first half but let us down on the second so we will hope to score against saudi arabia and hope we progress. [30 score against saudi arabia and hope we progress.— score against saudi arabia and hope we progress. do you think mexico and _ hope we progress. do you think mexico and argentina, - hope we progress. do you think mexico and argentina, they - hope we progress. do you think mexico and argentina, they can progress to the knockout stages? it progress to the knockout staaes? , . progress to the knockout staaes? , , progress to the knockout staaes? , . stages? it is a possibility. we will have to _ stages? it is a possibility. we will have to hope _ stages? it is a possibility. we will have to hope that - will have to hope that argentina beats poland and mexico hammers saudi arabia so

the goal difference texas through but it is all up in the airing considering they are ready been argentina, who knows what will happen? it is all very predictable — — unpredictable, who do you think and go all the way? do you think argentina can go all the way? in my pretournament predictions i had argentina and england meeting up in the final so it's still a possibility but i guess we will see. nasa's orion capsule has broken the record for the furthest distance travelled from earth by a habitable spacecraft. this test flight, which does not have any crew onboard, is currently around 406,000km from earth. that's more than 300 kilometres beyond the previous record, held by apollo 13. the spacecraft will now travel halfway around the earth's closest neighbour as flight controllers carry out checks. nasa's artemis mission aims to return humans to the moon by 2025.

it'll be the first time anyone has set foot on its surface since the last apollo mission in 1972. meanwhile, nasa's kennedy space center, in florida, was the location for the launch of the spacex dragon resupply craft. dragon is scheduled to arrive at the international space station early on sunday morning. it's the first flight of the dragon spacecraft supporting the falcon 9 mission. now if you're over a certain age, you'll surely remember this: song: fame! i'm gonna live forever i'm gonna learn how to fly, high! the voice of american actress and singer irene cara, who has died at the age of 63. the musical fame, in which she sang that title track, made her, indeed, famous. four years later, irene cara won an oscar and a grammy

for the title song in the movie flashdance. well, earlier we spoke to irene cara's co—star, lee curreri, who played bruno martelli in the worldwide smash hit fame movie and tv series. we asked what it was like to work with irene. she was a force of nature. i first met her in a van when alan parker was taking us out to lunch to meet each other. i thought i'd jump into this script of the movie and i met coco hernandez. she was capable and talented and had this crazy great voice and she could do anything. she let you know it too. she was very much like the character and i got to tell you that during all the hurry up and wait of making a film,

every time we could get to a piano and play and sing, we were doing it. i wanted to hear irene's voice all day long. that is really lovely and not many people can actually say that they first met irene in a van. there you go. you mentioned some there, but what were any special moments that really stood out when you were together and you were filming that you'd like to share with us? i was thinking today about the filming of the movie, how there was a constant show going on behind the camera. alan parker had set up in one of the rooms, doing the scenes, but while all waiting, we were set up in another room, this was an abandoned high school on upper west side of new york. they were all rooms of a school

and some had pianos. we were set up, irene and i were jamming, whoever else had percussion stuff and drums were playing along. gene anthony ray was doing his own show in another classroom, doing shirley temple numbers and in full costume. i would go to the set on that movie when i wasn't called, just to be part of the fun. when they actually shot the hot lunch number, this kind of frenetic, crazy energy that the students had, that was real. they were really trying to get in front of the camera. they were fighting each other. so alan parker did a really good job of capturing this frenetic ambition and need to perform and exhibitionism of the people that

were in the cast. irene was obviously such a star from the point when she was a little kid, from the me nobody knows, i think she was 11, and she was in sparkle at 16. she could school us all on how to do show business. exactly. you mentioned irene was a star and we are hearing a lot of that tonight, so many lovely tributes for irene, and on a personal note, what impact did she have on you? i had a bit of shyness, and if you were performing with irene, you couldn't be shy. so she had a way of bringing everybody out of their shells because she was this living, shining example of a performer.

once you got touched by her, her presence, you had to deliver, or else get off the stage. she was just like that. the government of venezuela and opposition have met for talks in mexico. on the same day, the united states said it would allow the american oil company chevron restart activity in venezuela. you are watching global news the news. thank you for watching. global news the news. thank you forwatching. —— global news the news. thank you for watching. —— the bbc news. hello there. strong southerly winds brought mild air across the whole of the country on saturday. temperatures reached 15 degrees in the moray firth in scotland.

now, we still have some windy weather around at the moment. low pressure to the west of the uk. that band of cloud has been catching up with the main band of cloud that's been bringing some rain but that weather front is sweeping that wetter weather down towards the south—east and along that weather front, that rain could hang around during sunday but we've got clearer skies following to the north and a few showers and scotland, northern ireland starting off with temperatures six degrees on sunday morning, much milder towards the south—east, and it looks like it's going to be a cloudy day for east anglia and the south—east of england. still could be some rain left overfrom overnight, may extend its way into hampshire as well, possibly easing off a bit in the afternoon. a shield of cloud extends through the midlands towards lincolnshire. other parts of england and wales seeing some sunshine. a few showers coming in off the irish sea. one or two showers for northern ireland and mainly western scotland, but some sunshine as well. now, the winds aren't going to be as strong on sunday, still quite blowy in the north—west of scotland for a while, and it's still going to be a mild day on sunday — temperatures 11 to 13 degrees. that's a few degrees lower, though, than it was on saturday for scotland and northern ireland. still got that rain threatening the south—east of england. could see some wetter weather

moving in during the evening, actually, and before that weather front finally moves away in time for monday and then, we're left with some lighter winds, some clearer skies. temperatures are going to be a bit lowerfor the start of the new week. and with lighter winds and clearer skies could be some mist and fog forming as well here and there, more especially across north—east england, which will be a little slow to clear. otherwise, i think we should see some sunshine breaking through. a few showers coming in, mainly across more western parts of england and wales, and then running eastwards across southern england, too. large parts of the country, though, will be dry, i think, in the afternoon and the temperatures are going to be a little bit lower — around 9—11 degrees — so it's beginning to cool off just a touch. and that really is a sign of things to come because all the mild atlantic air is struggling to reach us. essentially, we've got this big blocking area of high pressure that extends across scandinavia and pushes colder air our way. now, it's not desperately cold but after a very mild and very wet november, as we head into the start of december — the start of winter — things are looking much drier and also a little colder.

this is bbc news. the headlines: venezuela's government and the opposition have signed a preliminary agreement to find a way out of the country's political crisis.

on the same day, the united states said that it would allow the american oil company chevron to resume some activity in venezuela. rescue teams are searching for survivors after a mudslide on the italian island of ischia. at least one person has died and 11 people are missing. mud and debris swept through the region after a night of torrential rain. the former pakistan prime minister, imran khan, has addressed hundreds of thousands of supporters in rawalpindi, telling them he regretted not being able