A very warm welcome to bbc news. My names mike embley. Our top stories Queen Elizabeth backs new roles for harry and meghan, though she says shed have preferred them to stay. A new climate warning british Scientists Say australias bushfires would be the new normal in a world thats 3 degrees hotter. Iam in i am in the philippines standing in front of taal volcano which continues to belch steam and ash into the sky. They could be a hazardous eruption within hours or days. And there are plenty ofjokers in the oscars pack the film leads the nominations for this Years Academy awards. Its becoming clear details of how britains prince harry will create a new life with his young family are unresolved, despite the blessing of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth. Justin trudeau, the Prime Minister of canada where harry and meghan will spend much of their time has said there is still much to discuss. In a statement after an emergency meeting with harry, the queen says the duke and duchess of sussex have made clear they do not want to be reliant on public funds. Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. Within the seclusion of sandringham house, a family meeting, chaired by the queen, and attended by the prince of wales and his two sons, prince william, duke of cambridge, and prince harry, duke of sussex, to discuss how to accommodate the sussexes wish to step away from the royal family. After the talks, the queen issued a statement in which she said
she went on to say that whatever the precise reasons for the sussexes disenchantment, its clear from the statement that the royal family is determined to find practical solutions. Many details are still to be worked out. On finance, the statement simply says the sussexes dont wish to rely on public funds. And security is one of the complex matters still to be resolved. Before todays talks began, william and harry had come together to denounce a newspaper story which suggested the sussexes felt they had been pushed away by the bullying attitude of william. The story was false, offensive and potentially harmful, the brothers said. Todays talks and tonights
statement from the queen have emphasised the familys understanding and sympathy for harry. People who know him believe his loyalties must be in turmoil. I think harry will be hugely conflicted at the moment. He loves his wife. He wants to protect his wife, and she, it would seem, is very unhappy living here in our royal family. On the other hand, he was born into the royal family. He has served it. He has served the queen and country in a military setting. He expected to spend his whole life working for the royal firm. And while harry may be conflicted, it appears meghan feels wounded by criticism which, in some cases she believes, has been racially motivated. However, the home secretary believes this is mistaken. Im not in that category at all where i believe there is racism, at all. You know, i think we live in a great country, a great society,
full of opportunity, where people of any background can get on in life. As the talks ended and members of the royal family left sandringham tonight, it is clear that there is more work to be done, but the queen says in her statement that she wants final decisions about the sussexes to be reached in the coming days. Nicholas witchell, bbc news, sandringham. British scientists have issued a grim warning about what the australia fires may be telling us about global warming. They say the fires would be normal in a world where temperatures have risen by 3 degrees celsius. And already the worlds average temperature has risen by 1. 1 one degrees above pre industrial levels. Theres a consensus among the vast majority of scientists that we need to keep temperatures from rising by more than 1. 5 degrees to prevent the worst aspects of global warming. But thats looking increasingly unlikely, and in a world three degrees warmer, according to the hadley centre, part of the uks met office, weather events such as the australia fires would become normal. Live now to canberra and professor nerilie abram, climate scientist at the Australian National university. Thank you very much for your time. What are the fires telling you . think these fires are a real wake up call that we need to take Climate Change seriously. Australia has experienced an extremely hot and extremely dry year and these are the types of impact we can see in a climate where we have only had one degree of climate warming so far. Climate where we have only had one degree of climate warming so fanm australia as in other parts of the world, the us for instance, Climate Change divides people as much as brexit divided the uk. What chance can this be some kind of turning point . I do hope it is a turning point . I do hope it is a turning point and point . I do hope it is a turning pointandi point . I do hope it is a turning point and i think the conversation in australia has changed because of these fires. Partly it is because of
these fires. Partly it is because of these fires. Partly it is because of these fires have affected such a huge proportion of the australian population as a people are either directly affected by the fires, by the smoke or they are seeing places they know and love being damaged and destroyed and so the conversation here has changed and that, i think, if there is any benefit to come from this, that does allow us to get that scientific message out and that scientists for more than three decades have been saying this is a type of thing Climate Change would do. You have done an enormous amount of research into this field, you experience this field. Ill be adding for about three degrees warmer and what that world look like . Currently we are in a trajectory where would be expecting temperatures, Global Temperatures to be three degrees or more at the end of this century so what we are seeing now, in some places, it has
been described as the new normal but what we need to remember is that we are on an upward trajectory so three degrees, this might be a normal year but we will still have extreme years on top of that and so it shows us that we really need to take this seriously and, if you want to reduce the risks in the future, what we need to do is taking urgent action to reduce green gas emissions and reduce global warming. Apart from the fires, which are clearly bad enough, what else would we be seeing and experiencing . Reports coming up today with an update of the warming of the oceans and, of course, in australia we have dire predictions from scientist that warming ocean will see places like the Great Barrier reef stop if we let warming ever get to 1. 5 degrees above the preindustrial level, then we expect that, in large places, the great
barrier reef will not be able to exist as it is. That is a huge part of the australian identity and a World Heritage area we are at risk of losing. Thank you for your time. Lets get some of the days other news american officials have again warned against allowing the chinese company, huawei, to participate in 5g telecoms networks. Theyve told British Government ministers it would be madness to use Huawei Technology because of the risk it poses to national security. The Trump Administration has banned huawei from involvement in 5g because it fears the Chinese Government could pressure the company to spy on the United States. Reports from moscow say the libyan general, khalifa haftar, has left the russian capital without signing a ceasefire agreement with the un backed libya government. It comes after a day of intense diplomacy during which russian and turkish intermediaries sought to persuade general haftar and the internationally recognised libyan Prime MinisterFayez Al Serraj to sign a truce. General haftars forces have besieged tripoli for 9 months. The us attorney general has announced that 21 Saudi Arabian cadets, on military training courses in the United States, are being sent home. Child pornography or islamist extremist content was found on their computers, during investigations into the Fatal Shooting of 3 american servicemen by a Saudi Airforce pilot at a Florida Naval base in december. Saudi arabia has said it will consider criminal charges against them. Iran has denied using live ammunition against protesters on the streets of tehran. Demonstrators are angry at the downing of the ukrainian passengerjet by an iranian missile. Officials say the plane was shot down by accident, killing everyone on board. Videos posted online though, which the bbc has verified as far as possible, appear to show gunshots during a protest on sunday in central tehran. The protesters chanted slogans aimed at irans clerical rulers. Its nearly a week since iran fired dozens of missiles at airbases housing us forces in iraq,
in retaliation for the american assassination of irans most senior military figure, qassem soleimani. One of the bases hit was al assad. The bbcs Quentin Somerville was the only british Tv Correspondent to see the damage. The United States embassy in baghdad, and a coalition chinook on a mission to project american resilience in iraq. The embassy below was under siege, and its bases under attack, but the message to the assembled press pack is america is still a commanding presence here. And thats despite this. Soldier god damn new footage, filmed by a us airman, of irans attack on american and Coalition Forces on al asad airbase. Another one, another one the attack lasted two hours. The reason the american Led Coalition has brought us here today is because it wants to show that
iran wasnt messing around. This is the crater from one of five missile barrages. Look at the enormous blast that must have come from here, enough to force over these concrete barriers. On the other side is a tiny bunker, a concrete bunker. Inside was a us contractor, he was there throughout this attack. These blast walls probably saved his life. America is under pressure in iraq these days, so this counts as a success. Advanced warning meant the troops were hunkered down in bunkers. No one died. It is rare for the us, with all its firepower, to be attacked face on with conventional forces here. It was very loud, very loud explosions, just bright white lights. So the shelter that we have, like, its open, so its outside. So you can still see,
and you literallyjust see the whole sky light up. And then, a few seconds later, then youll hear that tremendous boom. Iraq is now a more dangerous place. It was Qasem Soleimanis assassination which triggered this attack. Foreign troops emerged unscathed, but the same cant be said for their mission. Iraq now wants its foreign guests to leave. Relations between the us and iraq are now a tangled mess. Baghdad says they have a year to clear up and get out. America says it is staying put, and all the while, iran watches and waits. On al asad air base, this time they say they were lucky, but america may not see the next attack coming. Quentin sommerville, bbc news, al asad air base, western iraq. The taal volcano in the philippines is continuing to throw out smoke, ash and lava, and authorities are warning of an explosive eruption
within hours or days. The volcano is 70 kilometres south of the capital city, manila. This is a live shot. More than 8,000 people have been evacuated from the area around the volcano the second most active in the philippines. Taal is on an island in the middle of a lake, and officials have declared a state of calamity there. Live now to the bbcs howard johnson, in cavite. Give us the latest . You can see behind me the taal volcano still billowing, lots of steam into the air, ash and steam. The black is the ash. That is being dumped around here. Were it drying off today so we are using the masks to stop the particles getting into our lungs. We can still smell the sulphurous smell anything as well. I spoke to the head of the Philippine Institute of
volcanic and systematic activity. There are events that have opened up on the northern flank emitting stea m. On the northern flank emitting steam. He said within those fissures he could see small explosions. That has not been as much founding of love as the other day but today we are seeing this continuous mix of magma water, heating up the water and billowing it out. Overnight lots of eruptions. More than 212 eruptions a sense of this volcano began rather they have been tremors 212. That indicates the magma underneath the volcano is still mixing and moving around which indicates this is still a dangerous situation. Level four out of a maximum of five. If you are in the midst of it, it feels like another earthquake, doesnt it . Many more
people fleeing the area . At the moment around 20,000 people have moved out of the area. Those are the latest figures. There is an exclusion zone to the right of me which the police are manning at the moment and it means no one can go in 01 moment and it means no one can go in or go out of that area. Around here, the area has been completely decimated by the ashes. Family members have moved out. Yesterday we visited an Evacuation Centre which had about 100 people at the families they describe how they heard this tremendous room when the volcano first erupted. They saw the flashes of the lightning of the chemicals and ashes mixing. Boom. They are staying there until they get the green light. As it stands, the could be an imminent eruption, a dangerous eruption anytime soon, within hours 01 eruption anytime soon, within hours or days according to vulcan ologist. Stay as safe as you can. Many thanks. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come lagos becomes the new gotham as nigerias comic craze creates local superheroes. Day one of Operation Desert Storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attack since the second world war. Tobacco is americas oldest industry and one of its biggest, but the industry is nervous of this report. This may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. There is not a street that is unaffected. Huge parts of kobe were simply demolished, as buildings crashed into one another. This woman said she had been given no help and no advice by the authorities. She stood outside the ruins of her business. Tens of thousands of black children in south africa have taken advantage
of laws passed by the countrys new multiracial government and enrolled at formerly white schools. Tonight sees the 9610th performance of the long running play, the mousetrap. When they heard about her death today, the management considered whether to cancel tonights performance, but Agatha Christie would have been the last person to want such a thing. This is bbc news, the latest headlines Queen Elizabeth backs new roles for harry and meghan, though she says shed have preferred them to continue full time royal duties. A new study by british scientists finds australias bushfires would be the new normal in a world thats just three degrees warmer. The french government has stepped up its contribution to the military campaign against islamic militants in west africa. President macron has promised additional troops and said the French Mission would now function under the same umbrella as the operation run by five regional governments. As bill hayton reports,
the move is being seen as a response to increasing levels of violence in the past two months. 3000 kilometres from west africa, but connected by conflict. The city was a symbolic choice was symbolic michael assemblage was of the summit and the soldiers that were killed in and the soldiers that were killed in a helicopter accident were based there. The leaders of mali, beginner fossa, chat, and leisure, came to pay their respects. The discussions with the president did present took place under a cloud of gloom, the forces have suffered a series of reverses. Today more than ever, it is clear that the results were achieving, despite our combined effo rts achieving, despite our combined efforts fell short of the expectations of our people who are experiencing major difficulties. French forces have been some been deployed, they now operate across five countries but until now the command structure has been kept separate. That will change. The priority is the Islamic State of the great sahara which doesnt prevent us great sahara which doesnt prevent us from fighting other terrorist groups. But this is the main enemy. Because they are the most dangerous. We are now implementing a joint military collision between our operation and the joint forces. There is rising anger towards a French Military presence, triggered by the number of going casualties. The summit was intended to bolster the coalition, governments will have to update game without they are to the is honest misseds advance. Its oscar season, and the joker is smiling, the movie about that creepy comic book character has 11 nominations. While director sam mendes is hoping 2020 will be the year for his world war one epic 1917. But theres controversy about the female directors who were overlooked, and the lack of diversity among the nominees. The bbcs arts editor Will Gompertz has been reviewing the nominees, and has this report. To bring laughter and joy to the world. The Oscar Nominations are in and, perhaps unsurprisingly for an awards season being critisied for a lack of diversity, the four leading contenders all tell white male stories. Thejoker, a batman origin story, is out in front with 11 nominations. And then there are three films with ten nods each. Sam mendess world war i epic 1917. Martin scorseses mafia saga, the irishman. And Quentin Tarantinos once upon a time in hollywood, about a fading star and his stunt double. So who is going to win what . Ok, larushka, lets get straight down to it and deal with best actress. Whos going to win . Well, interestingly, black british actress Cynthia Erivo is nominated for harriet. She was shut out of all the nominations
for the baftas last week. Will she win . I dont think she will. I think Renee Zellwegers got this sewn up forjudy, where she has this amazing, tra nsformative performance as judy garland. Ok, next up, best actor. I think it has to be Joaquin Phoenix for the joker. You know, i think youre right, but itd be lovely to see Jonathan Price win, wouldnt it . Aw, a brit in there. Your Authority Comes from the fact that you will suffer and die in the job. So, moving on to best supporting actress, who would you like to win . Florence pugh. Not enough to earn a living or to support my family. Rising young british star. Love her in little women. Im with that, but whos going to win . Laura dern, its got to be laura dern. Shes having a fantastic award season for marriage story. Call, text, communicate in any way, shape or form. And then we have best supporting actor, which is like a dog fight between big hitters. Weve gotjoe pesci and al pacino
fighting it out over the same film, the irishman. I know, then youve got tom hanks for a Beautiful Day in the neighborhood. But i think brad pitt is going to win for once upon a time in hollywood. Are you an actor . No, im a stuntman. Lets move behind the camera to best director, which once again, like the golden globes, like the baftas, is another all male line up. Yes, i was very disappointed about that, though i was cheered to see a korean film in there in the running for director, bong joon ho. His film parasite is there. Though i think its going to be 1917, sam mendes. He hasnt won since american beauty, his debut film in 1999. And so to best film, the line up of ten, including little women by greta gerwig. So she does get a mention, although not among the best directors. Who do you think should win, and who do you think will win . Well, id love little women to win, but i think tarantinos once upon a time in hollywood, just because hollywood loves movies about itself. Laruska ivan zadeh speaking to our arts editor Will Gompertz there. When you think of superheroes, you probably think of characters like superman, batman and spider man. They wear capes or masks. Usually they are men and usually they are white. But in nigeria, a comic book
companys trying to address that, with characters who are a lot more diverse. The bbcs tim allman explains. Meet this veined warrior and an african superhero. He is the main character in a called cupping trials of the spear. Be some travel traditions with so called afro futurism. Its about of the movement to put African Comics on the map. The Company Behind it is called comic republic, based in lagos, they produce books on animation, their mission is to create african heroes and icons. Its a story about people who are there and have the capacity to do good. We are big on diversity. We are doing it from the african perspective, nigerians in particular. This is the lagos comic convention, a chance for superior fa ns to convention, a chance for superior fans to come together but its not
just about buying books, its about creating them too. Its awesome, its a big deal. We can discover new talents. People who come to lagos, gone to see what is possible and they go back and southern company. They want to sell something up. It seems, books of moving, notjust in nigeria but all across the continent. The medium seen as quintessentially american being reborn in africa. I pictured from the philippines. The volcano is still going out smoke, ash, and lover. The authorities are wanting of an expressive eruption within hours or days to 70, just south of the capital, manila. Its a secondary package of volcano in the
philippines. Further options are likely in the coming days, there we re likely in the coming days, there were numerous, we call them tremors but without roman earthquakes overnight continue indicating continuing movement of magma under volcano. Officials have indicated a state of calamity. Before we go, theres just time to bring you this story from alaska. A man has been rescued after surviving more than three weeks in the alaskan wilderness, with little food or shelter. Tyson steele was stranded after his remote cabin was destroyed by fire. He lived on canned food and used debris to make a tent in sub zero temperatures. After being alerted by family members, Alaska State Troopers spotted his sos message in the snow. Hello there. Storm brendan brought some very stong winds and heavy rain to the north and the west of the uk. Primarily for Northern Ireland and for western scotland. You can see the system here, wound itself up over the atlantic, lots of isobars on the chart, hence gales with gusts up to 80 90 miles an hour,across the north west corner of the uk. These are severe Gale Storm Force Winds and also heavy rain. And the rain has swept its way northwards and eastwards, eventually clearing away from the south east early on tuesday, lots of showers packing in behind across the north and west, snow till fall over the high ground. Watch out for icy patches across the north of the uk to start tuesday morning. Less cold the further south that you are. We look to the south west, the next area of low pressure, moving up to bring another spell of rain and gales as we hear through the course of tuesday. Still stays quite blustery across the north of the uk, as storm brendan continues to retreat northwards. There will be some sunshine through the morning but the cloud
builds and the rain starts to back into the south and the west, pushes northwards, could be windy across the eastern side of england as well on tuesday. Stronger winds perhaps than what we saw on monday. 40 50 mile an hour gusts, 65 plus across some of the headlands in the south west. In the north its going to remain quite chilly with these wintry showers, four or five degrees but in the south, 10 13 celsius, it will be quite mild despite the wind and the rain. That system pushes off into the north sea as we head into wednesday, then we are in a run of west, south westerly blustery winds, with sunshine and showers. Will take a time for that weather front to clear away from the south east through wednesday morning, but eventually it will and then many of us will see some sunshine but it will be quite blustery particularly in the north and west where there will be wintry showers here. A few showers around the irish sea coast as well. You will notice the temperatures down a little bit so it will feel
a bit cooler on wednesday but at least many of us will have the sunshine to compensate. It is a short lived wind of fine weather because the next frontal system will move up through the south west to bring more wet and windy weather for thursday, so the winds could be quite strong. Some of the heaviest rain in the north and the west of the country, a bit of sunshine further east but it looks like the clouds will build up as we move through the day. And the rain will be quite heavy in the south west, in towards wales. Again, perhaps a little bit milder in the south, double figure values here, 7 9 degrees further north. And then its all changed. To end the week, it looks like High Pressure will begin to move in as that low pressure clears away so it will settle down. One thing you will notice, it will turn colder, particularly as we head on into the weekend. This is bbc news, the headlines Queen Elizabeth issues a statement about harry and meghans future. She says shed have preferred them to remain full time members of the royal family, but supports their wish for an independent life. The duke and duchess of sussex plan to split their time between the uk and canada. British scientists publish a grim warning about what the australian fires may be telling us about global warming. They say the fires would be the new normal in a world thats 3 degrees celsius hotter. Already the worlds average temperature has risen by one point one degrees above pre industrial levels. The taal volcano in the philippines is continuing to throw out smoke, ash and lava and authorities are warning of an explosive eruption within hours or days. The volcano is 70 kilometres south of the capital city,manila. Twenty thousand people have had to leave their homes