And 4pm in vancouver, where Foreign Ministers from 20 countries are meeting to try to exert concerted pressure on north korea to give up its nuclear ambitions. The group is made up solely of countries which were involved in the korean war more than half a century ago, which means that two Key International players, russia and china, are not there. Barbara plett usher has the latest from canada. Members of an exclusive and its your club have gathered again. These other states that sent troops and aid to help the un effort in the 19505 aid to help the un effort in the 1950s korean war. Now they want to show solidarity in the face of a modern day korean threat. Missing from the guest list was china, an enemy in the 1950s war, but now a crucial ally in confronting pyongyang. The absence left many wondering what could really be achieved. And recent talks between north and south korea have eased tensions on the peninsular so the question was how ministers here would respond. The us took a tough line. The object of negotiations if and when we get there is the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of north korea. All nations here today are united on that goal. Let me be clear, we will not now allow north korea to drive a wedge through oui north korea to drive a wedge through our result or solidarity. After ignoring south korea four months the north offered an olive branch before the olympics, reaching a last minute agreement for pyongyang to send athletes and musicians to be unchained but there is suspicion about kim jong uns motives. Unchained but there is suspicion about kim jonguns motives. What we should have in mind is that north korea continues to dance its nuclear and missile programmes even as we speak pyeongchang. And we should not be in naive about their intent, nor should we be blinded by their charm offensive. In short it is not the time to ease pressure or to reward north korea. And the agenda was to tighten the squeeze to look for ways to stop sanctions busting like intercepting ships that smuggled banned petroleum products. South korea praised talks with the north as a significant first step but otherwise held the tough line. Translation despite the overture was to improve relations with the south, north korea has yet to show any intention to fulfil its International Obligations regarding denuclearisation. To the contrary, north korea adheres to its stated claim of having completed its state nuclear force. The olympic peace parade will probably continue for the next month or so but by itself it does not resolve any of the issues and if kim jong un doesnt back down on his Nuclear Weapons programme that prices will resume. That is the message here. Our other top story this hour us media is reporting that steve bannon, president trumps former chief strategist, has been summoned to testify before a grandjury. The New York Times says its the first time a subpoena has been issued a to seek information from a member of mr trumps inner circle over alleged collusion with russia during the 2016 election. David willis is in washington for us. And, david, this is pretty big news. Talk to us about the idea that this is the first time as it then has been issued and what that actually means . Yes, indeed, and of course steve bannon was the man widely credited with helping to steer donald trump to victory in the president ial election of 2016. He served as the white house chief strategist and so he is a man who knows a lot about this campaign. And he is as you say, babita, the first member of Donald Trumps inner circle, if you like, to be served as a peanut to give evidence to a grand jury a peanut to give evidence to a grand jury investigating the alleged links between the Trump Campaign in russia. There is some speculation here that this could be a pressure tactic, basically to get steve bannon to co operate with robert mueller, special counsels enquiry, because, by bringing him before a grandjury he because, by bringing him before a grand jury he would not have the assistance of a lawyer, which he would have potentially by his side if he gave a cosy fireside interview toa if he gave a cosy fireside interview to a member of Robert MuellersTeam Investigating those alleged russian links. So it is interesting stuff. We will wait and see with bated breath how it all pans out, of course. Absolutely. David, thank you so course. Absolutely. David, thank you so much for that. In other news out of washington, weve been hearing from Donald Trumps physician at a News Conference at the white house. Doctor Ronny Jackson said the president had shown no abnormal signs following a cognitive examination, which he had requested himself, and is in excellent health. Have a listen. How a guy who eats mcdonalds and diet coke and never exercises is in a good shape as you say he is in . Diet coke and never exercises is in a good shape as you say he is mm is called genetics, i dont know. Some people just have great genes. I told the president if he had a healthier diet over the last 20 years he might live to 200 years. I dont know. He has incredible genes, ijust assume. Dont know. He has incredible genes, i just assume. There is a thought, donald trump living until 200 years old. The Trump Administration has suspended more than half of its funding to the un agency supporting palestinians. The us has informed the unrwa that it will deliver 60 million of this years first instalment, but withhold the rest. The unwra provides healthcare, education and social services to millions of palestinians. The Bangladeshi Government has said it hopes to repatriate all Rohingya Refugees to myanmar within two years. However the Un Refugee Agency has expressed reservations about the plans, saying that any return to myanmar must be voluntary, and the safety of those going back had to be ensured. More on that in moment. Pope francis has been to visit a womens jail in santiago on the second day of his visit to chile. The women inside the sanjoaquin prison are mostly mothers who are on drugs trafficking charges. The trip has been overshadowed by multiple accusations of child sexual abuse against nearly eighty members of the chilean clergy. Earlier, pope francis said he feels pain and shame over the scandal. Meteorologists in russia have confirmed that moscow has had its darkest december on record. They say the sun shone for just six minutes during the whole month, compared to a december average of 18 hours. The scientists put the gloom down to warmer than normal weather generating cloud cover. The Bangladeshi Government says it hopes to repatriate all Rohingya Refugees back to myanmar within two years. Joining me from dhaka is syed munir khasru, chairman of the International Think tank, the institute for policy, advocacy, and governance. Thank you so much forjoining us. There is this major plan to repatriate all of these Rohingya Refugees from bangladesh back to myanmar within the next two years. What do you make of this agreement . Well, in paper the agreement looks good, but i think we have to put things into perspective. We have had this before in 1992, and if you asked me i will be very frank, myanmar has been playing this cat and mouse game for the last two or three decades so we have seen agreements but the key elements are really vital, one is the safety issue, you know how these people have fled their country under very dire situation, so the question is u nless dire situation, so the question is unless these people feel safe, you cannot force these people back. In 1951 Un Convention makes it absolutely clear they have two return voluntarily and i dont see that coming enthusiastically unless there is a clear situation on the ground, we should give confidence for the refugees to go back. There are other complications. Still, there are a lot of convocations, so we have to see how it plays out. Lot of complications. And also a lot of distrust of the myanmar government by the refugees. Well, i will make it very simple. Imagine you are still a rohingya woman who has seen their husband being brutally killed, who has seen their baby being snatched, thrown into fire, who has seen their village burnt, what would have been our perspective about the government . Yes, there is a lot of credibility and trust gap and the army is responsible and so far we have not seen anything concrete on the ground to tell us that they have corrected whatever they have done. So if you ask me i am not really sure they genuinely want to take these people back. Indeed, a lot of struggles in implementing this arrangement. Thank you so much forjoining us. A couple from california have been charged with torturing their 13 children. The brothers and sisters, who range in age from two to 29, were all severely malnourished when they were discovered by police. Some were found shackled to their beds. Our north america correspondent james cook reports from the scene in perris, california. In public, they looked like a big happy family, devoutly christian. Renewing their wedding vows in las vegas, david and Louise Turpin played the part of proud parents. But in private, say police, the turpins had a dark secret. Before dawn on sunday, a 17 Year Old Girl escaped from this house through a window. She had taken a deactivated mobile phone and managed to use it to call the police. Inside, officers found her 12 brothers and sisters, dirty and malnourished. Three were shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks. The home dark and foul smelling. I wish i could come to you today with information that would explain why this happened. But we do need to acknowledge the courage of the young girl who escaped from that residence to bring attention, so they could get the help they so needed. Neighbours say the turpins were originally from west virginia. The father was an engineer on a good salary but had twice declared bankruptcy. And neighbours admit there were signs that something was amiss. I never saw a scooter, i never saw a bike. I saw the infant maybe three times. Maybe. I never saw the infant again. How did they live when you saw them . They were always pale, like, abnormally pale. The children to look pale in pictures posted on facebook. Here they are visiting disneyland. Police say the siblings were so small they were shocked to discover that seven were actually adults. The eldest, 29. They are now being treated in hospital. They have gone through a very traumatic ordeal. I can tell you that they are very friendly. They are very cooperative. And i believe that theyre hopeful that life will get better for them after this event. This quiet californian suburb is now under intense scrutiny. The Authorities Say they had no prior contact with the family. But neighbours are searching their souls, wondering if they could have saved the siblings sooner. As for david and Louise Turpin, they are now under arrest, charged with torture and child endangerment. With the media gathered outside the house, we are getting a little more detail about what might have happened and what is now happening. We are told that all 13 of these siblings are the biological children of david and Louise Turpin. We are told there is no evidence at this stage they were sexually abused. What is happening now at the hospital is that doctors youre watching newsday on the bbc. Still to come on the programme us gymnast simone biles becomes the latest person to accuse the former team doctor of sexual abuse. Also on the programme we hearfrom the indian skiier making history on the indian skiier making history on the slopes. Day one of Operation Desert Storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since the second world war. Tobacco is americas oldest industry, and its 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 shed 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 9,610th performance of her long running play, the mousetrap. When they heard of 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 newsday on the bbc. Im rico hizon in singapore. Im Babita Sharma in london. Our top stories Foreign Ministers from 20 countries are meeting to try to exert pressure on north korea to give up its nuclear ambitions. Us media is reporting that president trumps former chief strategist, steve bannon, was been ordered to testify before a grandjury. The china daily reports on a phone call between donald trump and chinese president xi jingping about north korea. The paper says president xi told trump that china would like nations involved to keep up would like nations involved to keep up momentum to ease the tensions. Trump reportedly said the United States values chinas role in this matter in the korean peninsular. Shifting our attention to the Straits Times and it headlines a deal between singapore and its neighbour across the border, malaysia, to build a Rapid Transit system link between the two countries. It says in seven years singaporeans and malaysians will be able to hop on and of train every eight minutes to get across the border. Finally you have the International Edition of the japan times and it reports on flu cases in the country. It says the Health Ministry expects the peak flu season to run until february this year. The Ministry Asks the public to wear masks or cover their mouth so as to not spread the flu through sneezing 01 not spread the flu through sneezing or coughing. Those are the top stories from major publications around the world. Now, babita, what stories are sparking discussions online . Well, rico, the mother of a five year old child model is caught up in a row about racism because of this photo. The family say they have had to move out of their home for security reasons. The little boy was photographed modelling a hoodie for the clothing chain h m, with the slogan coolest monkey in the jungle. The photo led to a huge twitter storm and protestors vandalised a store in south africa. The olympic gymnast simone biles has become the latest person to come forward saying she was sexually abused by the teams doctor, larry nassar. In an emotional statement, the star of last years rio games said she would not let nassar steal her love and joy. He was jailed last month for sixty years for possessing images of child sexual abuse and appeared in court to be sentenced for sexually assaulting several other gymnasts, including some of biles teammates. Rajini vaidyanathan has more. Her smile lit up the olympics and her performances won herfour gold medals and worldwide acclaim. But through it all, simone biles hid a dark secret. Olympic champion simone biles comes forward to say she was also sexually abused by former usa gymnastics doctor, larry nassar. Simone biles is the most high profile of Larry Nassars victims. Hes alleged to have abused more than 100 young girls. Biles said she knows shes not to blame for what happened and isnt afraid to speak out now in court today, larry nassar came face to face with some of the young women he abused at the start of a sentencing hearing. As they took their turn, they bravely told the court what hed done to them. Good morning, my name is kyle stephens. Kyle stephens was first abused by nassar when she was just six years old. Perhaps you have figured it out by now, but little girls dont stay little forever. They grow into strong women that return to destroy your world. I was 12 years old when i told my parents, when larry rubbed my feet, he uses his penis. Sitting on my living room couch i listened to you tell me, no one should ever do that and if they do, you should tell someone. Well, larry, im here, not to tell someone, but to tell everyone. Olivia cowan suffered for years from nassars abuse. Now shes finally rebuilding her life and is a mother. I will educate my children about monsters like you and pray to god they will never experience pain like this. There will be a day where i look into my soul and i will still see the scars of this nightmare. But i will know longer feel the deepness of their pain. For the young women who shared their stories today here at court, this is also about accountability. How did larry nassar work as the team doctor for usa gymnastics for nearly two decades and continue his abuse . And what did top officials know . One of those who wants answers from the Us Gymnastics Team is simone biles team mate aly raisman. What did usa gymnastics do and larry nassar do to manipulate these girls so much that theyre so afraid to speak up . As they performed before millions around the world, these young women were hiding the pain and trauma of abuse. After a day of emotional testimony, the world of gymnastics is now confronting its own me too moment. Rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, michigan. The french president , emmanuel macron, wants britain to take in more refugees who are currently living in northern france. President macron has been visiting calais on the northern french coast. Whats at stake is the 2003 agreement between britain and france, which effectively moved the uk border onto french territory. Our correspondent, lucy williamson, reports from calais. Once the uk was a magnet forjuma, today it was the french president. After months of camping around calais, the sudanese migrant has decided to apply for asylum in france. Mr macrons government has promised a quicker welcome for those it accepts, a quicker rejection for those it refuses. Juma is still waiting for his answer. So you are our president , not in front of you, but in my heart. But hundreds of migrants around calais are avoiding asylum centres like this in a bid to reach the uk illegally, and mr macron wants more help from theresa may in dealing with them. Translation we need to better manage the issue of isolated minors, reinforce police co operation in calais, with the departure and transit countries and unblock funds for the calais region. I will raise these points with our british friends in 48 hours. Despite big british investments in security, migrants continue to test border defences. This petrol station, its perimeterfence broken, a new favourite for those trying to board lorries bound for the uk. We caught this man squeezing through before being caught by a police patrol. Mr macron is due to talk to the Prime Minister on thursday about how to improve the joint management of the border here. France would like britain to take more migrants from calais and to pay more money towards security and border checks. Mr macron has vowed to prevent another jungle taking root. Police routinely demolish the small camps that cling on, but aid workers say that some here, including families, have reached the uk in the past few months. Discomfort no match for that renewal of hope. Lucy williamson, bbc news, calais. When you think of skiing, one of the last countries youd expect to produce a champion is india. But 21 year old Aanchal Thakur has just made history by becoming the first indian to win a medal in a winter sport at a recent event in turkey. Anchals been talking to the bbc about what the medal means to her. This medal means everything to me because what this has given me i think i could never achieve in my life, so this is priceless. First reaction of my parents was they couldnt believe because they thought i was joking with them, they thought i was joking with them, they thought it was a souvenir. But then when i told them it was a real brown medal, international medal, so they we re medal, international medal, so they were shocked and surprised and they we re were shocked and surprised and they were so were shocked and surprised and they were so happy. The first thing about skiing is being away from home because we cannot ski so much in india, so we have to go abroad for training. I want more support from government and i want them to put more money, put more funds, so we can train much more and if i can wish something i wish that there would be a big resort in india so every children and skiers can train in india, they dont have to go abroad for training. I come from a tropical country, babita, and none of us in the philippines state but good luck to aanchal and well done for your medal and your future when the events. You have been watching newsday. Stay with us. Mcdonalds makes a huge pledge on packaging and sustainability. Well find out whats behind the fast food giants recycling drive. Thats coming up shortly. Im Babita Sharma in london. Before we go the central philippine province of albe has declared a state of calamity after volcano spewed lava that reached the limits ofa spewed lava that reached the limits of a no go is own and spread ash on a nearby set of villages. It started on saturday, people have been fleeing their homes and tourists have descended on the area to watch the spectacular alaba display. No go zone. Stay with us, well be back soon lava. Stay with us. Some significant accumulations of snow in parts of Northern Ireland and scotland, far north of england and scotland, far north of england and we continue to see wintry showers, snow showers through the course of the night and early into wednesday. Thats prompted the met office to issue an amber warning in parts of south west scotland and Northern Ireland for this combination of snow and ice. Very windy to overnight, gale force winds, particularly in irish sea coasts and the north west for a time, plenty of snow showers in scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England and those icky malaysians continue to top up. Across the south, some dry interludes, particularly across the south east but wherever you are it will be a chilly start to wednesday. Wednesday itself looks like another cold and windy one, wintry showers again and also good spells of sunshine and increasing amounts of sunshine and increasing amounts of sunshine as we head to the afternoon. Plenty of wintry showers, snow showers across scotland and it} the efihifizzr fewer parts of Northern England. Fewer in the morning period, few showers in the morning period, few in the cheshire gap towards the pennines and the odd wintry showers across Higher Ground in the moors of south west england. Elsewhere it should be drier, chilly and bright with sunshine through the morning. The showers continue across many northern and Western Areas but through the afternoon, like i mentioned, increasing amounts of sunshine for england and wales, most of the showers confined to scotland, Northern Ireland and the far north of england but snow amounts continue to top up here. Cold if you factor subzero feeling in the north, but to the south with the sunshine it shouldnt feel too bad. In wednesday night is the area of low pressure brings the next hazard to our shores, bringing a spell of wet and very windy weather to all areas. Across the north of this rain band were likely to see a spell of snow for Northern Ireland, Northern England, central and southern scotland, could be heavy for a time and severe gales sweeping through england and wales along with the rain but it clears quickly on thursday morning and in fact in thursday morning and in fact in thursday afternoon and improving picture, the wind spawning lighter, good spells of sunshine further south and east. That area of low pressure is likely to cause some disruption and the severe gales, heavy rain and snow across northern areas, keep tuned to your bbc local radio. On friday itself its looking quite, not as strong, those winds, still blustery in the north and west, where there will be snow showers, good sunny spells further south and east. This is bbc world news. Our top story. Foreign ministers from twenty countries have met for a summit about north Koreas Nuclear programme. But two key players china and russia arent involved in the meeting. It comes just days after inter korean talks about north korean involvement in next months winter olympics. Us media is reporting that Donald Trumps former chief strategist steve bannon has been ordered to testify before a grand jury as part of an investigation into alleged russian interference in the president ial election. And this video is trending on bbc. Com the philippine province of albay has declared a state of calamity as mount mayon spews lava beyond the limits of a no go zone. People have been fleeing their homes as tourists have been descending on the area to watch the spectacular lava display. Thats all from me now. Stay with bbc world news. Now on bbc news its time for hardtalk