michael bristow, bbc news.of roughly 22,000 people, and a popular tourist destination in micronesia. it is also vulnerable to climate change. rising sea levels and coral bleaching are among the problems in palau. the country's president told my colleague sharanjit leyl how concerned people are on the islands. very vulnerable. in fact, we're experiencing right now, at the moment, the effects of sea level rise. the saltwater is seeping up to the agricultural farmlands and low—lying atolls. we're experiencing coral bleaching, turning all the corals in our reefs to white, and therefore affecting fish population. but what do you have to say to climate change deniers? the fact is president trump and many of his top aides have expressed scepticism about climate change. we want to believe that we have gone over that kind of debate. especially for us, we live on the frontline. it's no longer a debate for us, it's a reality. it's a challenge. it's a tragic, unresolved situation, and the more we deny about it, the more we

michael bristow, bbc news. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme.ent's promising action against old polluting vehicles. but can it really make the skies blue again? first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards and it was a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb on a remote pacific atoll. the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier and so my heart went bang and bang. the constitutional rights of these marchers have their rights as citizens of the united states and they should be protected even in the right to test them out so they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy, i know you don't want to say too much about it, but does it worry you it's going to boil up when you get to the stage? well, it worries me, yeah. i hope everything will be all right in the end of the day. this is newsday

michael bristow reports. the chiefjustice was presenting his work report for the year.lty and the campaign to tackle corruption and also the fight with those who disagree with the government. he listed jailing act of us as an achievement and speaking to them as terrorists. translation: we have severely punished crimes against state security and concluded cases of subverting state power. we have resolutely safeguarded the country ‘s political security and people's livelihood. an activist mentioned by the chief justice is livelihood. an activist mentioned by the chiefjustice is a lawyer given seven the chiefjustice is a lawyer given seve n years the chiefjustice is a lawyer given seven years in august for subversion. he was tried in a hearing that was closed to journalists. the detention of opponents has increased under president xijinping. some call it opponents has increased under president xi jinping. some call it a political charade. in a recent speech, the chief justice political charade. in a recent speech, the chiefjustice said there is no such thing as an independ

with me is michael bristow — who is a south asia analyst for the bbc.. actually, she has just left. she left the residence, the blue has, as it's known there. we believe she's going to live in a private house, how she's had for a few years in the size of the city. apparently, that have been made ready. it's a significant moment, because essentially, this is the end of a scandal that's been going on for three orfour months. scandal that's been going on for three or four months. parliament in december decided to impeach the president, a constitutional court then had to decide whether or not to endorse that impeachment. on friday, they decided do that. density was said to be in a state of shock when she heard the news, and for the last few days, we've heard nothing from her. there's been no public statement. we were not sure until today when she was going to leave the blue house. no comments from her yet? budget. the focus now will be on whether she will face prosecution. she's been ousted because of a scandal in which she allowed a close friend influence

i've been speaking to michael bristow to get his analysis on whether this is legal from either countryer perhaps not legal but who's to stop north korea ? over the perhaps not legal but who's to stop north korea? over the years it's done things to contravene nuclear sanctions, missile tests and launches, its got away from them. it might not be legal, but it might not matter. north korea wants to put pressure on malaysia, conducting an investigation into the death of the half brother of the north korean leader, who was killed, kuala lumpur airport in the middle of february by airport in the middle of february by a nerve agent wiped on his face by two women. north korea wants pressure on that investigation. it's not happy with how malaysia is doing it. by holding malaysian citizens effectively hostage in north korea, it is putting that pressure on malaysia. what would it like to be different about the investigation? what's the outcome it would like to achieve from the pressure? it's difficult to say. because north korea's a secretive state. it doesn't really say what it wants. essentiall