welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: on top of the world — argentina beat france in the world cup final, becoming champions for the third time. it's a personal triumph for lionel messi, who confirms himself as one of the greatest players in the history of the game. these were the scenes in buenos aires as thousands celebrated the country's first world cup win in 36 years. a warning from a chinese health official who says the country is experiencing the first of three expected waves of covid this winter. as the netherlands prepares to apologise for its role in slavery. some say it is not doing enough

to atone for its colonial past. and we have a report from the canadian arctic, where polar bears are increasingly threatened by a warming world. hello and welcome to the programme. the streets of buenos aires are still full of joyous argentinian football fans as the country celebrates victory at the world cup in qatar after a brilliant final. they beat france on penalties after a match that will live long in the memory, as france came from two goals down to take the game into extra time. you are looking at live scenes of those victory celebrations as we speak. but in the end argentina

prevailed, meaning the world cup career of one of the world's greatest ever players, lionel messi, ended in triumph. tim allman reports. don't cry for me, argentina, unless they are tears of joy. these were the scenes in doha after the south american team won the world cup for the third time. but despite the celebrations, they know it hadn't been easy. translation: lionel messi and our goalkeeper did - all the work, and we leave happy. the cost is blood, sweat and tears. but we did it and we got the victory, so we could not be happier. translation: a great joy. we deserve to be champions

because of the way we played in this final. we deserve to be here. translation: i'm very happy, apart from the way we won. . it seemed like we got away. from us twice, but we did it. it started well enough for argentina. after they won a penalty midway through the first half. up stepped that man, lionel messi, who did what he does. and little bit more than ten minutes later, as 2—0. finishing off a well—worked team goal and that seemed to be that until ten minutes before the end, when france got a penalty of their own. kylian mbappe, competing with lionel messi, converted from the spot. and it was two. kylian mbappe with

the second of the match. argentina to pick themselves up off the floor and in extra time, they were ahead again. lionel messi, again. but france, they are to the defending champions for a reason and they got another penalty. and kylian mbappe scoring a head trip and no world cup final since 1966. so to the dreaded penalty shoot—out, and the pendulum swung back in argentina's favour. it all came down to this, lionel messi scoring the decisive spot kick. glory for argentina, glory for lionel messi. is he now the greatest player of all time? pele says he deserves to win the world cup, so he must be pretty good. it is argentina's third world cup win but their first since 1986, and katy watson is in buenos aires for the historic victory. celebration and relief after an epic final game. the joy people shared in the first half, the hope that argentina could win this easily, quickly turned

to stress in the second. many were unable to watch the penalties by the end. this has been a personal crusade for argentinians, wanting to win a third world cup, yes, but wanting to win it for lionel messi, the finaljewel in the crown for their footballing legend after a glittering career. translation: i've worn - the world cupjersey every year that i can remember. this year i decided not to wear one. this year i wanted to wait until they won so i could buy the new shirt with a third star. let's go, argentina! translation: i'm - feeling very emotional. my dad told me what it was like when we won in 1986, and now i'm living the victory! this year has captured the imagination of millions of argentinians. the country has been battered by economic crisis,

but time and again, people tell me this has offered people the chance to dream again, to smile and be united. this is a footballing nation, but the win means so much more. translation: it is a lot. we have suffered a lot in everything, especially with the economy. thank you so much, world cup team. it means a lot, it means everything for us. we are just speechless. this is stunning. lean-t - believe it, ijust can't believe it. this is a win that has united south america. neighbours like brazil are massive football rivals, but those rivalries have been set aside, replaced by pride that argentina has brought this cup back to the region. celebrations in argentina, of course, but disappointment in france for millions of football fans. for more on this i am joined now by antoine hagenour, a fan of the france national team.

hejoins me live from paris. it was an epic game. it was end to end and full of action, one of the best world cup finals ever, but ultimately france just fell short. thank you very much for having me. it was obviously one of the worst 70 minutes of recent history for french football, followed by 45 minutes of one of the most exciting football games ever. of the most exciting football games ever-— games ever. yes, and i am really impressed _ games ever. yes, and i am really impressed at - games ever. yes, and i am really impressed at how i games ever. yes, and i am | really impressed at how you games ever. yes, and i am - really impressed at how you are managing to sort of navigate this personal disappointment and national disappointment, of course, but if we just look at the fact that lionel messi finally won the world cup, can you begrudge him, one of the greatest players of all time, of this victory? it greatest players of all time, of this victory?— of this victory? it is of course _ of this victory? it is of course very _ of this victory? it is of course very sad - of this victory? it is of course very sad to - of this victory? it is of| course very sad to lose of this victory? it is of - course very sad to lose and to miss the chance of making history, but it is somewhat

comforting to lose to lionel messi, julia legend. —— truly a legend. so no. messi, julia legend. -- truly a legend. so no.— messi, julia legend. -- truly a legend. so no. fair enough. do ou legend. so no. fair enough. do you think. _ legend. so no. fair enough. do you think. in — legend. so no. fair enough. do you think, in a _ legend. so no. fair enough. do you think, in a way, _ legend. so no. fair enough. do you think, in a way, this - legend. so no. fair enough. do you think, in a way, this game| you think, in a way, this game was a sort of passing of the torch from lionel messi to kylian mbappe, who of course scored that hat trick but was sadly in the losing side? well, we can only — sadly in the losing side? well, we can only hope _ sadly in the losing side? well, we can only hope that - sadly in the losing side? well, we can only hope that it - sadly in the losing side? well, we can only hope that it is - sadly in the losing side? well, we can only hope that it is a i we can only hope that it is a passing of the torch. it means that mbappe, who is a true phenomenon and a great leader for the french team, has a bright future in international football and that in four years, he will obviously still be there and lead the team again. be there and lead the team aaain. be there and lead the team aiain. , , , again. so “ust briefly, if you don't again. sojust briefly, if you don't mind. _ again. sojust briefly, if you don't mind, are _ again. sojust briefly, if you don't mind, are you - again. so just briefly, if you i don't mind, are you optimistic about the future in terms of how france might do in the future world cups? hopefully,

es. this future world cups? hopefully, yes. this team _ future world cups? hopefully, yes. this team has _ future world cups? hopefully, yes. this team has performed | yes. this team has performed very well given the circumstances and the important players that missed out, players that missed out, players such as paul popper and conti were missing. a lot of young players were added to the team ready much last and still did very well, which kind of feels like they have a bright future ahead.— feels like they have a bright future ahead. ., ~ , ., . future ahead. thank you so much forjoining _ future ahead. thank you so much forjoining us. — future ahead. thank you so much forjoining us, and _ for joining us, and commiserations forjoining us, and commiserations again. you are handling that loss brilliantly, i have to say.— i have to say. thank you for having me- _ let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines: ukraine's president zelensky says power has been restored to nine million people since supplies were disrupted by russian missile and drone strikes on friday. meanwhile officials in the southern city of kherson, which was recpatured from russian forces in november, say the area was shelled 12 times on sunday,

resulting in the deaths of two people. north korea's state media service says the country carried out an important final—phase test on sunday for the development of a spy satellite. pyongyang says it hopes to complete the development by next april. japan and south korea had reported two missiles launches over the weekend, which they say would have been in breach of a united nations ban. a 19—year—old man has been charged after four people died in the english channel on wednesday while trying to enter the uk illegally. ibrahima bah, of no fixed address, is accused of facilitating the attempted arrival in the uk of people he knew or had reasonable cause to believe were asylum seekers. a top chinese health official says he believes china is experiencing the first of three expected waves

of covid infections this winter. the country is seeing a surge in cases since the lifting of its most severe restrictions earlier this month. wu zunyou said he believes the current spike in infections would run until mid—january, while the second wave would then be triggered by mass travel around the week—long lunar new year celebrations in late january. the third surge in cases would run from late february to mid—march as people return to work after the holiday. earlier, i spoke to professor steve tsang, who is the director of the soas china institute in london. he worries we're not getting an accurate picture from china in terms of covid cases right now. we are not getting a very clear picture from china any longer, at least not in terms of the

overall picture of the statistics, because a lot of people who have covid are not being tested and the statistics are not being entered, and we are not being entered, and we are getting pictures from the government saying that there are very few people dying of it and relatively low infections. but hospitals being full, more trees being full and crematoriums working 20/47. given the fact that we're getting this sort of warning from a top health official there, what is your of how this might play out? could restrictions come back in? could we see a sort of return 20 covid?— could we see a sort of return 20 covid? ., ., ,., _ 20 covid? the zero covid policy has not officially _ 20 covid? the zero covid policy has not officially been - has not officially been abandoned, so officially, some kind of return to restrictions is entirely possible, but politically very difficult for the government in china to do so, so i suspect that they are

not going to be reintroducing full lockdowns. if they have some kind of lockdowns, it will be very localised, and they will be the kinds of policies that could be blamed on local governments but not on the central government.- governments but not on the central government. what is the level of vaccinations _ central government. what is the level of vaccinations right - central government. what is the level of vaccinations right now . level of vaccinations right now in china, and in terms of the efficacy of vaccinations that are available for people there? the problem with the vaccination level in china is that they are only using chinese vaccines, and there's a long gap since the last time people were provided the boosterjabs, with a gap of nearly a year ago. we know that the effectiveness of vaccines wanes over a period of time. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: hitting the right note.

why her role as a conductor in a male—dominated world may help cate blanchett win another 0scar. the world of music has been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon said it's failed in its principle objective to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer—and—sickle was hastily taken away. | in its place, the russian flag - was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union but the commonwealthj of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys

high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkoder, where there were anti—communist riots ten days ago. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines: argentina have beaten france in the world cup final in qatar, becoming champions for the third time. a chinese health official is warning the country is experiencing the first of three expected waves of covid this winter. the netherlands is poised to apologize for slavery later on monday. more than 600,000 people from africa and asia were trafficked by dutch merchants between the 17th and 19th centuries.

days before the dutch prime minister planned to deliver the formal apology, the government was accused of ignoring the descendants of the enslaved and adopting a rushed approach that had echoes of colonialism. anna holligan reports. generations have been waiting to hear this word. but the dutch government �*s approach to saying sorry for slavery has ignited a sense of exclusion and distrust.— ignited a sense of exclusion and distrust. the question you have to talk _ and distrust. the question you have to talk about, _ and distrust. the question you have to talk about, slavery - have to talk about, slavery people from the destination and people from the destination and people here and we don't accept 19 december.— 19 december. instead many in affected communities - 19 december. instead many in affected communities want. 19 december. instead many in affected communities want an j affected communities want an apology scheduled for first july exterior to tie in with what will be the one 60th anniversary of the dutch emancipation act. within the dutch society support for a formal apology has been growing with 38% of people now in

favour, but, almost half the population is still opposed. 0ne far right leader told me his party doesn't leave in such gestures. quincy argues it's essential to come together to understand the realities and tact of the past. the understand the realities and tact of the past.— tact of the past. the cheese monk on — tact of the past. the cheese monk on the _ tact of the past. the cheese monk on the street - tact of the past. the cheese monk on the street corner l tact of the past. the cheese i monk on the street corner was getting paid with money from colonial winnings. getting paid with money from colonialwinnings. so, everyone in the infrastructure and the way of living and our comfort here is directly linked to that abuse and extraction elsewhere. how do you heal and how do you repair the, how do you heal and how do you repairthe, notjust how do you heal and how do you repair the, notjust the repair the, not just the psychic repair the, notjust the psychic terror the past, but also the material inequalities that have come from that. words are fine but what are actions? according to various leaks the dutch government apology for slavery won't result in immediate or individual preparation for descendants of the enslaved, instead 200 million euros will be invested

in awareness raising projects and another amount dedicated to and another amount dedicated to a new museum to explore this darker side of dutch history. it's been a busy time for linda, involved in negotiations with the government. we linda, involved in negotiations with the government.- linda, involved in negotiations with the government. we are a crime against _ with the government. we are a crime against humanity - with the government. we are a crime against humanity and - with the government. we are a crime against humanity and wej crime against humanity and we acknowledge people of african descent didn't get the chance to involve themselves as they should. and, from the 13th of december we can work together to fight against everything that that is about racism, and it gives me hope that we can do this in this country.— this in this country. formal apologies _ this in this country. formal apologies don't _ this in this country. formal apologies don't always - this in this country. formal| apologies don't always lead this in this country. formal. apologies don't always lead to acceptance or acknowledgement and in this already polarised society, there are pairs of a backlash from those who wish to whitewash and glorify this history. with other countries

currently considering their colonial past an official apology from the dutch may encourage other nations to recognise and make efforts to remedy, historic prairie inequalities in a meaningful way. anna halligan, bbc news, amsterdam. draft proposals on saving global biodiversity have been published at the cop15 summit in montreal. 0ne proposal calls on countries to protect at least 30% of the world's land and coastal waters by 2030, though oceans receive limited mention. in the canadian arctic, there's a new warning over what the loss of sea ice means for animals like polar bears, many around the town of churchill. as our science correspondent victoria gill reports, they're struggling to survive in a warming landscape. in the hudson bay, the polar bears are waiting for the sea to freeze. sea ice that disappeared over the summer is reforming. this bear is testing it to see if it

will take its weight. along with uk—based arctic scientist professor gareth rees, i connected with the polar bear research team from their tundra buggy, an observation lab on tracks from which they can work and film. that is a live shot, happening just outside the window here. i'm absolutely fascinated to see where you are and what you are doing. they are slowly i making their way to the coast of hudson bay, and that allows us to comel here as well in this designated area i outside of churchilll and watch the bears until the ice comes back. how do you see them responding to the impacts of climate change? looking over the last couple decades, we see it forms later and later. it breaks up earlier in spring. the season in between that is ice—free, where the bears are on land and can take advantage of the hunting opportunities, that season is getting longer and longer with warming. just explain, why do the polar bears need the ice to hunt? they can either sneak up on seals that have hauled out to rest,

or a polar bear might wait to dive into that seal hole and grab a seal. they really need that platform to give them the advantage. and without that platform, as this footage the scientists recently captured shows, a bear very quickly gives up the chase. in open water, the seal has the advantage. by 2050, scientists say this vast bay is likely to have more than 200 ice—free days per year, pushing bears to the brink of starvation. these sea ice projections are strongly dependent on the temperature, and the temperature is really dictated by how much greenhouse gases we emit and accumulate in the atmosphere. so there's this relationship by how much we emit, how warm it'll get and what it means for sea ice. and as warming approaches a critical point here, polar scientists say russian's war in ukraine is preventing them from working in some of the most important parts of the arctic. it's absolutely essential that we collect data from all around the arctic. we have a big gap now in the russian arctic. it is half of the arctic and we are increasingly losing

the ability to measure it and understand it. churchill, manitoba is often called the polar bear capital of the world. nations are gathered now in canada to reach an agreement to protect habitats like this. but in just three decades, it could be too warm here for the polar bears to survive. victoria gill, bbc news. cate blanchett�*s latest film sees her play a conductor — a woman working in a male—dominated world, who is celebrated but flawed. with the film awards season under way, tar has already won some awards, been nominated for golden globes and could be in line for oscar nominations too. our culture editor katie razzall has been to talk to its director, todd field, and to cate blanchett. lydia tar is many things. tar is very much cate blanchett�*s movie. written specifically for her, the actor is tipped for another 0scar in her role as fictional conductor and composer lydia tar.

it was such a joy to open the door to music again, i really lapped it up. the film is a portrait of a high achieving creative genius unravelling as she is accused of misconduct. in this #metoo story told from the perspective of the alleged perpetrator, writer and director todd field asked questions about cancel culture and society's rush tojudgement. ajudgement is something that is final and absolute and shut down and there is no discussion possible. is there a way to step in someone else's shoes and walk around for a little bit and have a messier conversation? we may find something within that conversation that allows us tojust change the way we think... you understand the different perspective. yeah. we met at london's

famous abbey road studio, where the tar team were recording an album with the london symphony orchestra. it has got to be like just one person singing their heart out. i asked cate blanchett if she saw her character as a predator. the word predator, even the choice of that word... it is a judgement. we are framing the conversation. i am so excited for an audience to see it. will they gravitate towards the fact that she is a woman leading one of the world's greatest orchestras, "0k, it is a movie about a woman in a patriarchal structure!"? or will they look at her past transgressions and realise you cannot outrun yourself? it is not like you two are in a relationship...

in tar, the conductor is a lesbian. it is a texture of the movie. i have played a psychic, but i'm not a psychic, so i didn't think twice about that. but could there be a conversation where people will say i shouldn't be playing that role? there may well be, and it is an important conversation to have. important too are the issues raised by this film, challenging with a commanding performance at its heart. katie razzall, bbc news. you have been watching newsday. i will leave you with these images live from guinness areas, whether time is up to 20 past ten in the evening, and as you can see football fans still out there on the streets, celebrating their country's victory in the world cup. it is now more than seven hours since

the victory over france on penalties after a pulsating final 3—0 after extra time. that's all for now. stay with bbc world news. a completely different feel to the weather for the start of the new week. after a lengthy cold spell, things have been turning considerably milder. mild and windy through the day on monday with outbreaks of rain. some of that rain on the heavy side at times. starting temperatures for monday morning, 8 degrees in aberdeen, 14 degrees in plymouth. waking up to a completely different feel, but we will see a lot of cloud through the day and some outbreaks of rain moving sporadically eastwards. it may be that the skies clear in northern ireland just in time to bring some sunshine before the sun goes down. a few colder spells elsewhere, windy around western coasts, gusts of 40—60 miles an hour

in the most exposed spots. temperatures in double digits for most of us. a while since we have been able to see that. going through monday night, further outbreaks of rain down towards the south. as rain piles up in southern parts, there is the risk of some flooding. clearer spells in most of the north and west, some showers pushing into northern ireland and western scotland. still mild for tuesday morning but a lot milder than it has been. for tuesday, the frontal system may linger across the southeast of england for a while. still low pressure in charge up to the north—west, bringing further showers, and some spells of sunshine. where the weather front lingers in the southeast, it could mean that cloud and rain clings on for a while. we will see sunny spells of showers, most plentiful across northern ireland, where it will be quite windy. temperatures north

to south 8—12 celsius. that is a touch above what we would expect at this time of year. for the rest of the week, weather systems lining up in the atlantic and taking aim, bringing further rain at times. looking quite unsettled through the week ahead. for the most part, it will stay mild, but we will see some colder air close to the north of scotland. heading through the weekend, christmas wekend, it may be that that cold air sinks a little further southwards for a time. a lot of uncertainty about that. generally speaking, the week ahead will be mild. some rain at times, but it may turn just a little colder for some of us over the weekend.

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hello. a transatlantic programme today. we've got the us company that's big in britain. the boss of google this side of the pond is with us, and we've also got the british newspapers who are trying to make it big in the us. we'll be finding out why the publisher of the mirror and the express think that the americans are ready for some british style tabloid journalism in a bit. but first, let's start with matt brittin. he's the president of google for europe, the middle east and africa, which makes him a pretty important guy. matt, welcome to the media show. hi, katie. thanks for having me. you're very welcome. what's the last thing you ever googled? well, actually, i look you up and i found that you've just been promoted to media correspondent and editor at the bbc. so, congratulations. i have. culture and media editor. i feel pretty, pretty well very pleased and honoured to have got it. so, thank you for googling me. i read a quote from one of your colleagues in the us earlier this year, and he said that 40% of young people, when they're looking for a place for lunch, they don't go to google maps

or the search engine, they go to tiktok or instagram. are you worried?