The problem they got in and there was no problem whatsoever I also want to thank the Iraqi government they really stepped up I spoke to the prime minister today I thanked him but they stepped up very nicely tough new rules on song for all signed emissions from ships have come into force to combat air pollution the International Maritime Organization has banned the ships from using fuels with a sulfur content of more the north point 5 percent compared with 3.5 percent now shipping companies have been preparing for the software cap for months about the changes costly world news from the b.b.c. . The u.n. World Food Program says it faces monumental humanitarian challenges in the coming year it's identified parts of Africa as the most threatened by food shortages including South Sudan the Democratic Republic of Congo and they saw how the region in Zimbabwe the agency says the combined effects of drought and an imploding economy have driven the number of hungry people to the highest level in a decade. In a New Year address the French president Emmanuel mackerel has insisted his controversial pension reforms will be carried out nationwide strikes against the plans which would raise the state's pension age for many people have caused weeks of disruption but Mr Magro said the proposed changes were vital footy pull it down on one say a shot in a clip be in a place should we give up changing our country and our daily lives. Because that would mean abandoning those whom the system has already abandoned it would be a betrayal of our children that's why the pension reform to which I've committed myself will be carried out it's a project for justice and social progress the far left leader. Described the Commons as a declaration of war against the millions of French people who reject of the president's plan the changes arrived at a prison in Venezuela is supported to have laughed at least 10 mean mates dead human rights groups and 4 grenades were detonated in the clashes one wing of the jail in the northwestern state of Zulia was set on fire violence is common in Venezuelan prisons which suffer severe overcrowding hopes that the trade war between Beijing and Washington might be easing have helped push up share prices in New York the Dow Jones index closed up by 22 percent for the year b.b.c. World news. You're listening to the newsroom from the b.b.c. World Service with me Alex Ritson it was North Korea's ultimatum to the u.s. Off to denuclearization talks collapsed come back with better incentives by the end of 2019 all will take a different path well as 2019 passed into 2020 the North Korean leader Kim Jong un was laying out that path and it includes a return to testing nuclear weapons and long range ballistic missile house but Washington is holding out hope that written to go Shay sions can be resumed NEWSROOM's peace a gulf in reports Kim Jong un has spent the last 3 days at the conference of his political party addressing his followers for hours on end in speeches broadcast by North Korean state media So what do you know your son promising one unicorn with his promise to the u.s. Not to test the nuclear weapons or long range missiles has been abandoned instead Mr Kim said he has a new strategic weapon ready to be unveiled to the world whereas North Korea at one point had asked for relief from economic sanctions in exchange for denuclearization Mr Kim has now said he doesn't need foreign money pledging a renewed commitment to North Korean self-sufficiency Mr Kim's remarks are a blow to Donald Trump who continues to tout his relationship with the North Korean leader and the supposed progress the pair has made towards did nuclearization On Tuesday Mr Trump's Foreign Secretary Mike Pompei o told c.b.s. News that he hoped Kim Jong un would return to diplomatic negotiations if Chairman Kim has reneged on the commitments he made to President Trump that is deeply disappointing I was there when Chairman Kim made the commitment that said he would not engage in in a kind of missiles or testing their nuclear weapon systems he made those commitments to President Trump in exchange for president trouble agreeing not to conduct large scale military exercises we have lived up to our commitments. We continue to hold out hope that he'll live up to his as well North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations has said the talks with the u.s. Are dead and the denuclearization is off the table although Mr Kim said this week the scope of weapons testing would depend on Washington's attitude wording that suggests he may still be open to talks some u.s. Officials have dismissed Mr Kim statements as bluster and attempt to gain leverage in future negotiations but there are also reports that North Korea is just trying to drag its heels while it waits for the outcomes of Mr Trump's impeachment trial and the 2020 presidential election by the end of 2020 Mr Trump could be on his way out of office and the u.s. Relationship with North Korea would in many ways begin all over again with a new president be to go often to Iraq now and the u.s. Defense secretary Mark esper has announced that up to $750.00 u.s. Troops are on their way to the capital Baghdad after Tuesday's demonstrations at the American embassy which saw protesters set fire to a guard post and scale a wall at the fortified compound Mr esper said the deployment was an appropriate and precautionary acts action taken in response to increased threat levels against u.s. Personnel and facilities the demonstrators were supporters of an Iranian backed militia Cateye eep Hezbollah that lost 25 of its members on Sunday during a u.s. Airstrike as dusk fell on the Iraqi capital most of the people had dispersed but pictures released by the American military showed us helicopters circling the embassy setting off flares and keeping an eye on activities in the streets below. Before the start of a New Year's Eve party at his Mar Largo estate in Florida Donald Trump commented on the u.s. Response. I think it's been handled very well the Marines came in we had some great warriors come in and do a fantastic job and they were there instantaneously as soon as we heard. I used the word immediately they came immediately and it's in great shape as you know this will not be a Bengazi but Gazi should never have happened President Trump is placing blame for the day's events family with Iran he tweeted that to run would be held fully responsible for lives lost or damaged in could and could pay a very big price Mike preachin to see the f.n. Night with the Hudson Institute was a former intelligence advisor to General David Petraeus in Iraq so here's what's likely going to happen it's obvious when law will continue to stay where they are inside of the Green Zone right in the u.s. Embassy there will hope that it somehow or concerning the event on u.s. Actions were seen by the u.s. President as president send in reinforcements we have Maureen's that are now in the embassy compound to protect personnel and to protect the embassy and we pretty ments pressure on Baghdad to protect the u.s. Embassy we do expect the top of a lot to launch walk its and mortars at u.s. Bases throughout Iraq trying not to kill Americans but just showing a capability if they do kill Americans I'm afraid that the u.s. Response will be a response that's going to be inside the wall against Iraq do you see or the I or the secrets force Iraqis are asking us to separate Iraq from the u.s. And not use Iraq as a battlefield it's your Rons militias in Iraq that are chilling Iraqi protesters and launching rockets on Iraqi bases that are children American and injured Iraq uses soldiers and American soldiers and yet baguettes somehow condemn the United States for defending itself instead of arresting the leader of this well the Shia and but and going after the terrorists will all the american be there from Mike preaching. Our Middle East analyst Alan Johnston has this is us mint to the Iraqi government's predicament the Iraqi government is in and the impossible sort of position there are these 2 vast influences bearing down on them one from Iran and the other from the us and this latest episode it has ratcheted up tensions all the more the Iraqi government worries that. These tensions will be played out that Iraq will become some kind of battlefield of course the Iraqi militia men were hugely aggrieved by the events Sunday and it seems they were allowed to March molested into the heart of the heavily fortified Green Zone the security center at the heart of the city no effort to stop them is normally very hard indeed to get into that area but they just breezed through the checkpoints which would suggest that they had some at least official blessing for this from the government Johnston now to Australia where the scale of destruction caused by catastrophic bushfires is becoming clearer 7 people have been killed on the New South Wales south coast and hundreds of homes have been destroyed military helicopters have been deployed to help contain more than a dozen emergency level fires that are still burning across a 500 kilometer stretch of land a.b.c. Journalist Shelby Stewart is in the coastal town of Nowra south of Sydney at the moment there are still more than $100.00 bushfires that have burning across New South Wales and majority of there is a still uncontained and this comes just after one of the most devastating days I've had this bushfire season at the moment residents here awaiting up it in the morning here and they're discovering just how devastating the last 24 hours have been we now know that around at least actually 200 homes have been lost just yesterday which of course was New Year's Eve. Meant to be a time for celebration have been lost yesterday right now there are many people who are trapped I believe to be injured and because they're in isolated communities it's just impossible for merchants he said his services to reach them and of course despite those terrible fires that we saw yesterday there are many that still continue to burn and one of the big risks for these communities now as well is falling trays meant much of this forest has been burnt we've seen over 4000000 hectares of land burnt now which is it's larger than Wales the size of Wales it really is incredibly credible Sainz down here in these communities are really hurting journalist Shelby Stuart the thousands of people who were forced to seek refuge on a beach in the state of Victoria remain stranded as major roads have been closed by fires that are still burning out of control correspondent Phil Mercer has the latest some communities remain cut off and there are some of those that remain in active fire zones so the oath or it is very worried about those communities in the town of Malik where thousands of people sought refuge on the beach 24 hours ago those people still can't get out of the town because the roads are deemed too dangerous to leave so supplies a dwindling and we've heard that a police boat will be taking supplies in at some point today and the military may well be needed to try to fortify these communities as the author of his try to make it make it safe for people to leave Phil in Australia Neil has some other stories from our news desk a new study has found that smokers report living with more pain than nonsmokers searches from the University College London so they don't know why this is but propose that it may be because smoking causes permanent changes in the body but also suggests that it could be because people who are more susceptible to pain are also. More likely to smoke the United States has demanded that China release Pastor Juan ye the leader of an unregistered Protestant church who's been sentenced to 9 years in prison the Us secretary of state might bump a 0 so he was alarmed that the pastor had been tried in secret and sentenced in what he called a trumped up charges you appealed to Big doing to and repression of Christians and all the religious groups and one of the brightest stars in the night sky has been fading fast prompting speculation among some astronomers that it could be about to explode Birtles use a red super Johns in the Orion consolation is known to have a short life span and it's now the dimmest it's been in a century many musicians a key getter advocate for environmental action which can be at odds with their own behavior if large to cause significant carbon emissions the group massive attack has been working with the Tyndall Center for climate change which is based at the quays University of East Anglia to look at ways the industry can reduce its carbon footprint Sarah Smith has been talking to massive attack band member Robert Dole Niger. The music industry is no different to any other and that has to change his behavior fast but you know it isn't and because of its huge social influence and emotional resonance you can argue it has an even greater responsibility to change to the fact that we're not doing much about it is pretty glaring. Lots of us in lots of businesses are trying to work at least in which they can behave in a more environmentally friendly fashion you're actually taking a good hard look at everything that's involved in turning to try and work out what would genuinely make a difference yeah we're working with the group on climate change research and also work with the poor little cousin authority to put on a show as a kind of exemplary of what within which endo he can mean working with the. Consolatory to close car parks and you could use more to keep the train operators Electric Bus deals and see when your will power sources when the main things is working with responsible corporate partnerships it's great that gigs have believed to convey a message but if you then partnering with corporate entities there or Also less than sort of like clean on their environmental records and also. Potentially financial institutions that are backing forcefield institutions then the more commissions us and that. And when we think about reducing the environmental impact of tearing we think about moving the band around and then presumably there are all often flights involved that kind of thing is that really what has the biggest impact or what else would need to change we did a lot of of weapons during the moment years of saying and when it came down to the calculation of the carbon the band and crew cut 10 percent of what the audience was the audience made up of 18 percent of the carbon we're working with the poor the 30 they're going to close car parks for the day which is quite a big thing to do in terms of local politics as you can imagine how that's going to go down and we're working with an electric bus company we're going to look at all the energy being renewable and the power we can create will go back to the grid so we're hoping that we can actually create legacy green infrastructure which can then power the future gigs. Robert Dole Nyjer of massive attack coming up to 520 g.m.t. . Good morning this is Kathy Klug stone Happy New Year from b.b.c. Radio 4 It's 20 past 5 on Wednesday the 1st of January 2020 after the new search 545 Charlotte Smith visits the new National Pig center that's how to start a new year. She'd probably did more green politics the anybody profiling environmental game changers in the Parliament we want to represent suffering plants and suffering animals too he was faced with clear evidence of a link between human behavior and atmospheric damage her thoughts Rouge very much plan to treat and you plot an idea across 3 weeks Radio 4 showcases green originals beginning with the environmental pioneer Rachel Carson male is a bore against nature is inevitably a war against himself starting next Monday to Friday afternoon at 145. It's news briefing and 10 minutes but 1st it's over to Susan Powell Good morning and a very good morning to you and now the shipping forecast by the Met is with on behalf of the maritime it has got agency I 5 I 5 on Wednesday the 1st January 2020 there warnings of Gale's in Viking north at Sera r.e.c. Shannon Rockall Mallon Hebrides Bailey feral ferries and southeast Iceland that little synopsis at midnight low Biscay 1027 slow moving losing its identity by midnight tonight new low expected mid Atlantic 985 by same time highs Spain 1036 and Germany 1038 both new things slowly away east the area forecasts for the next 24 hours Viking north etc Southwest in a 4 to 6 increasing 7 or 8 Fair good south at Sarah south westerly 5 to 7 fair good forties comedy 4th south west 5 to 7 perhaps later fair good occasionally moderate. Tine dog a Southwest 45 increasing 6 or 7 for moderate good fish a North German bite southwesterly 5 or 6 increasing 7 later fair good occasionally moderate South Jim invite Honda southerly or southwesterly 3 or 4 increasing 5 or 6 mainly for good occasionally poor Thames Dover white Portland Southeast 2 to 4 veering Southwest 3 to 5 mainly for good occasionally poor Plymouth verbal 3 or less becoming Southwest 4 or 5 showers good occasionally moderate this guy West 2 to 4 backing Southall Southwest 3 to 5 showers good occasionally moderate south east Fitzroy variable 3 or less becoming south westerly 45 Fair good Northwest Fitzroy so bearable 2 to 4 the coming south westerly 5 to 7 perhaps 8 later mainly for good the case in the pole and on day Fastnet bearable becoming Southwest 2 to 4 increasing 5 to 7 fair good occasionally moderate Irish Sea Southwest 2 to 4 increasing 6 to go 8 Fair good occasionally moderate Shannon Southwest 45 increasing 6 to Gale 8 mainly for good occasionally poor. Rockall melon Southwest 6 to get 8 perhaps a bit ago 9 later mainly for rain later moderate a good occasion the poor Hebrides Bailey feral ferries Southwest 7 to severe gale 9 occasional rain or drizzle moderate or good occasionally pool southeast Iceland south westerly 6 to get 8 occasionally severe go 9 at 1st occasional rain or drizzle moderate or good casually poll. Weather reports from coastal stations but on the 1st of January tare automatic Southwest 513 miles 1024 for in most learning Stornoway south southwest 79 miles 101814 mostly Loic west southwest 77 miles 1016 forming Lucas west southwest 45 miles 1026 boarding Burlington south southwest 31029 forming mostly. Sunday at Ely vessel automatic southeast 62 miles 1034 ning slowly Greenwich live us automatic South by West 32 miles 1029 forming slowly. Jersey southeast for recent rain one mile 1027 falling more slowly. Channel at Bethel automatic South by West for 2 miles 1028 Falling Slowly. Silly automatic North by West to mist 4 miles 1027 forming slowly. Valentia South by West to 16 miles 1027 now rising Ronald's way South by West to 16 miles 1028 owning slowly melon head South by West for 16 miles 1024 now rising. And here is the weather forecast for the Ensure waters of Great Britain and Northern Ireland valid for the following 24 hours issued by the Met Office at a $5.00 on Wednesday the 1st of January general situation strong to Gale south westerly winds covering northern waters of the United Kingdom will extend further south and east to reach all waters by Thursday after name severe girls are likely across far north western waters during Wednesday night. After wreck she had including a southwesterly $4.00 to $6.00 increasing 7 or 8 increasing severe gale knowing for a time it hit Roth occasional rain in North good occasionally moderate in north actually had to Burke upon Tweed Southwest 4 to 6 increasing 7 or Gale 8 for good Beric upon Tweed to Whitby Southwest 3 or 4 increasing 5 or 6 occasionally 7 later for good occasionally moderate. Which beats your broader point Southwest 3 or 4 increasing 5 or 6 occasionally 7 later mainly for moderate or good occasionally poor brought to point to North Pole and southerly 2 to 4 veering south westerly 45 occasionally 6 later mainly for moderate or good occasionally poor North wanted to sell C