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In business body positive fashion how india is waking up to the 4 billion plus size market. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation would you be prepared to sit in a plane for nineteen hours or would it drive you mad . Tell us what you think, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. After 19 hours and 19 minutes in the air, the longest and, at over 17,000 kilometres, the furthest passage flight has landed in sydney australia, having flown from london. It was a test flight run by the airline qantas, to research the feasibility of the ultra long haul route and the impact on travellers and crew. The bbcs lukejones was onboard. The first london to sydney flight 100 years ago took 28 days. This will sunrise flight did it in 19 hours and 19 minutes. This plane is almost spookily empty. There is only 53 of us on board because that is as many it can carry this distance. This is to carry out research. This is convenient but is it safe . Exercise has been regimented and special meal plans. The passengers are being monitored to assess the impact. Everything organ now but he has a clock and the master clock in the rain is trying to synchronise all of that and to do that, it takes cu es all of that and to do that, it takes cues from the v environment and the three main important cues are light, meals and exercise. Far more important is the monitoring of the crew. Crew are wearing different activity monitors and one way of getting from these monitors is an indication of their activity every minute. There are cockpit cameras watching their faces and they are giving youre in samples. And what is this measuring or not measuring . It is measuring your brain activity. It is measuring your brain activity. It gives us an orgy does make good indication of, for example, there might be points during the flight where it might change and we can see what impact that has and really look at the factors that may impact that. It is the last couple of hours of the flight now and this second sunrise has just made the flight now and this second sunrise hasjust made it the flight now and this second sunrise has just made it interview. This flight sunrise has just made it interview. This flight is technically possible because we have all been on board doing it to make it commercially viable, to fill this plane full of people, they havent even got planes that can carry people that distance yet and the regulations arent in place yet which would allow it. But, the hope of ultra long haulflight isa the hope of ultra long haulflight is a little bit closer. Lukejones, bbc news, sydney. The speaker of the us house of representatives has said President Trump has already, in effect, admitted bribery, in the phone call with ukraines leader which is at the heart of the impeachment inquiry. Nancy pelosi was speaking just before a second day of public hearings. 0ur washington correspondent Chris Buckler reports. President trump is trying to rally support against the impeachment enquiry and surrounded by some of his most loyal followers in louisiana, he read out a report that he claimed cleared him of any wrongdoing even as he attacked what he calls the fake news media. New remarks from top ukrainian official damages Democrat Impeachment narrative. Cheering and applause. It just came in. I only read it because they dont like to report stories like this, you know that. Mr they dont like to report stories like this, you know that. Mr trump denies withholding hundreds and thousands of dollars of military aid to ukraine in order to force the country into launching an investigation into his potential resident president talk rivaljoe biden and his sonjoe. To top us deployments did raise concerns about president diplomat, and the pressure on the gradient government was up evidence of bribery uncovered in the enquiry. The president threatened to withhold military aid ina threatened to withhold military aid in a white house meeting in Exchange Foran in a white house meeting in exchange for an investigation it his political rivalry. Later today, once again in front of the cameras, the impeachment enquiry will hear from its next witness, marie yovanovitch, a career its next witness, marie yovanovitch, a career diplomat who said she was ousted from her job a career diplomat who said she was ousted from herjob as ambassador to ukraine after a Concerted Campaign against her. She says a series of false claims were made by people with clearly questionable motives and she alleges one of them was the president my personal lawyer, rudy giuliani. Democrats are unlikely are likely to ask many questions about him and push for any new information about mr trumps dealings with ukraines resident volodymyr zelensky. Investigators examining the shooting down of a passenger plane over ukraine, in 2014, have disclosed intercepted phone calls that they say indicate close links between senior russian officials and the rebels accused of attacking the aircraft. Nearly 300 people on Malaysia Airlines flight mh17 were killed. In the phone calls, close aides to president putin seem to be organising supplies of weapons for separatist fighters. Gareth barlow has the story. Investigators say the intercepted calls show ukrainian separatists and russian officials were in frequent contact before the attack, with russia directly aware of and influencing administrative, financial and military matters. Translation what we see are separatist leaders, almost on a daily basis, were in contact back then they used secured phones and unsecured phones. We suspect these had been provided by the russian intelligence service, fsb. The transcripts appear to show ukrainian fighters were following russian orders. In one released call, a separatist leader Alexander Borodai told an unknown figure, well, your plans are far reaching. Mine are not. Im carrying out orders and protecting the interests of one and only one state, the russian federation. Thats the bottom line. Despite a key aide to president putin being heard on one of the calls, and the Russian Defence minister being directly referenced, russia rejects allegations it was involved. 298 people died when the Malaysia Airlines flight was struck en route from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. The aircraft came down in eastern ukraine, and dutch investigators have worked for years to establish who is responsible for the disaster. Russian backed separatists have been linked to the attack, but moscow argues the investigation is flawed, and aimed at discrediting its international reputation. Four men have been charged and are due to go on trial, probably in absentia, early next year. Investigators have already said the Missile Launch system used in the attack was sourced from russia. Their hope now will be to ascertain who gave the orders and who pressed the button to trigger the deadly attack. Well lets get more on our top story now the longest passenger flight has landed in sydney australia, having flown from london. It was a test flight run by the airline qantas, to see if ultra long haul flights could be the way to go. With me isjoel kibazo, partner atjk associates and a former director of communications at Africa Development bank. You are yourself a frequent flyer. Would you do this . Would you spend 19 hours non stop on a plane . Would you do this . Would you spend 19 hours nonstop on a plane . No. Somebody who used to do the london syd ney somebody who used to do the london sydney route quite frequently, i used to do it via singapore, you need respite and even to get there, sometimes you do feel that, i have had enough. I personally would not do it. I like the break. Refresh and then get back on. Now, on the other hand, those who think byjust doing it one way, you are also saving in terms of, on the Business Case, you are reducing the number of flights going up in the year and the whole issue of the Carbon Footprint in terms of the number of flights a person is making. So there is a Business Case on the one hand, or an environmentalfactor, case. However, iam not environmentalfactor, case. However, i am not so sure on the human side. This is it because ultimately this will only work if there is consumer demand but yes, you point to the environmental practicalities, perhaps, of having fewer flights if they can go longer distances but ultimately, for qantas, this could potentially be Game Changing because when you look at their rivals, they all operate out of hubs. They all have singapore airlines, you know, pa rt have singapore airlines, you know, part of the National Strategy is to stop at a singapore so this is actually kind of an interesting play from qantas. It is because it means that traffic will be taken away from those hubs that you mentioned but the thing is this, will consumers, i mean, there is something to be said about cutting the journey, having a look around, shopping, getting yourself ready for the next 11. After nearly 20 hours, im not sure you will be same. Imagine if you are either with your own children or somebody elses. Either with your own children or somebody elses. Mine drive me man mad. Mine too. Lets brief you on some of the other stories making the news. Theres been another shooting at an american school. Two students have been killed, several more were seriously hurt. Los Angeles Police say a student, identified as nathaniel berhow, pulled a semi automatic pistol from his backpackjust as the school day was beginning at saugus high, in the town of santa clarita. After firing on fellow pupils he turned the gun on himself, but survived. It was his sixteenth birthday. He has been arrested and taken to hospital, along with three of his victims. The Israeli Military says its launched a new wave of airstrikes against positions held by the islamichhad group in gaza. It follows palestinian rocket attacks, which israel called a very severe violation of the truce which has been in place since early on thursday. The eu has launched a legal case against britain for failing to nominate a commissioner, in the midst of a British Election Campaign Already dominated by brexit. Britains departure from the bloc has been postponed from october 31 untiljanuary 31, so under eu rules it is supposed to put forward a candidate for the new Commission Led by ursula von der leyen. Italys cabinet has declared a state of emergency in venice, over the serious tidal flooding which at its highest in the past few days, engulfed more than 80 per cent of the historic city. Venice is a unesco World Heritage site. Prime minister Giuseppe Conte has allocated 22 Million Dollars as the first bloc of emergency funds. Jenny hill is in venice for us. Even as they clear up, the flood alarms are going off. In a few hours, it is feared venice will be deluged again. Its a disaster, for ourfamily and for all the venetian people. A really, really, really big storm. They havent seen anything this bad since the 1960s. 0ne couple filmed as they tried and failed to keep the water out. Water coming from everywhere, and we we found ourselves surrounded by water. The beauty of this ancient city fragile now. Inside st marks basilica, they are still assessing the damage. The crypt was full filled of water. Venice lies low, prone to floods, vulnerable to the effects of climate change, a planned flood defence scheme delayed for years by corruption, scandal and overspend. Little comfort for those watching as the tides rise, fall, and rise again. Jenny hill, bbc news, venice. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come why a low birthrate in south korea is an opportunity for these grandmothers to go back to school. The bombastic establishment outsider, donald trump, has defied the pollsters to take the keys to the oval office. I feel great about the election result. I voted for him because i genuinely believe that he cares about the country. Its keeping the candidates name always in the public eye that counts. Success or failure depends not only on public display, but on the local Campaign Headquarters and the heavy routine work of their women volunteers. Berliners from both east and west linked hands and danced around their liberated territory. And with nobody to stop them, it wasnt long before the first attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. Yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so long, has died. Palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning. After 17 years of discussion, the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy. Women ministers whod long felt only grudgingly accepted in the ranks of clergy suddenly felt welcomed. Youre watching the briefing. 0ur headlines a passenger plane has arrived in sydney 19 hours and 19 minutes after leaving london on a test for the worlds longest non stop commercial flight. The democrat speaker of the us house of representatives says President Trump has, in effect, admitted to bribery in his dealings with ukraine. A row has broken out in switzerland over government plans to abandon the countrys emergency supply of coffee. It is swiss policy to store goods deemed essential in case of emergency, including enough basic foodstuffs, to last the population for 3 months. The strategy evolved out of two world wars, when neutral switzerland, surrounded by conflict, could not feed itself. Imogen foulkes reports from bern. Switzerland prides itself on being prepared. A nuclear bunkerfor every citizen, instructions on how to cope in any emergency and tons of stockpiled food fuel and medicines including 15,000 tons of coffee. Now, however, the government says the coffee is not necessary. Translation coffee is not essential. It does not have any calories. 0urjob in the government is to provide our citizens with nutritional items so they can survive. That means food with calories and coffee does not have that. But the swiss are among the worlds biggest coffee drinkers. Consuming a staggering eight kilograms each per year. For many people here, a day without coffee, evenin people here, a day without coffee, even in an emergency, seems unthinkable. Translation even in an emergency, seems unthinkable. Translatiosz even in an emergency, seems unthinkable. Translation ifi absolutely had to i suppose i could do without coffee that i really dont think it is a good idea to stop stockpiling it. Translation oh dear, i suppose i will need to drink tea. It is like my shower in the morning, i cannot do without it. The switzerland government says it. The switzerland government says it will reconsider. The coffee drinkers are hopeful that their precious coffee stockpile will stay in the warehouses alongside the sugar and the flower. Just in case. South korea is running out of children. It has one of the lowest birth rates in the world. The impact is being keenly felt in rural areas where schools are struggling to fill classrooms and stay open. Facing a year without any first graders, one school in the south west has opened its doors to grandmothers whod never had the chance to learn to read and write. This from our correspondent, laura bicker. We will study hard, these grandmothers tell their teacher. For decades they dreamt of learning to read and write. Now that they have their chance, every moment in this First Grade Class is special. Translation i never went to school because we were poor. Now i am learning new things and realising it is really nice to go to school. Translation now i know how to read and write. I can thank my teacher 100 times. That is how good i feel. Translation theyve lived most of their lives sacrificing for their families, usually male siblings. There was a culture of sending sons to school but not daughters. The root cause was poverty. This rural school once had 90 pupils in each grade. Now there are 22 in total. Last year there were no new first graders. So the grandmothers asked if they could come. Translation when i was young i couldnt go to school because i had to raise my siblings. Now that i am older i heard this was a good opportunity. That is why i am doing it. Babies are becoming an increasingly rare sight in rural areas as south koreas birthrate plummets to one of the lowest in the world. Im the first scottish person you have met. To try to help, officials have built a new baby unit to support new mothers and encourage them to stay in the area. Translation the trend for young people is to just to live happily with themselves and their husbands. I think the economic factor is the biggest concern in raising a child. But Family Finances are not the only concern. A demanding work culture makes it difficult for many women to balance their career with family life. As a result, south korea is running out of children. In this class there is only two students and they are in different grades. But amidst this crisis has come a rare opportunity. To offer an older generation a chance to make up for lost time and lost education. Translation now i can write my name. It is fun. It is just fun to walk to school. Now its time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. Hello, im Chetan Pathak with fridays sport briefing. We start with football and four more teams have qualified for next years European Championship finals and they include the world cup winners france. 0livier giroud scored a late penalty as the french came from a goal down to beat moldova 2 1. Earlier in the same group, turkey drew 0 0 with iceland, to claim the point they needed to qualify. The Czech Republic qualified after coming from behind to beat moldova 2 1 with with alex kral scoring twice. But the big winners of the night were england who thrashed montenegro 7 0, with harry kane scoring a hat trick in their 1000th internbational. You know, its been a group that we expected to win. But we have totally taken teams apart and matches that in the past have been problematic for england teams, where teams have defended deeper numbers and have been stubborn, because of our speed, movement, speed of ball circulation, we have carved those teams apart. Roger federer is into the semis of the season ending atp tour finals after an incredible performance against Novak Djokovic in london. Federer said he wanted to get djokovic back for narrowly beating him in this years wimbledon final and he did by knocking him out of the tournament, wrapping up the match in straight sets 6 4 6 3. Great openers and a great opponent. Here in london at the 02, definitely incredibly special. Just a note, i enjoyed it from the beginning, i played incredible and i knew i had to, because that is what novak does. And i was able to produce. Tonight was definitely magical and you guys made it special. Thank you. I cannot thank you enough. Three more teams could qualify for the European Championship finals on friday. Denmark, sweden and finland are all potentially one win away from going through. The finns have never made it to a major tournament. Meanwhile, italy whove already qualified will be hoping to maintain their perfect record. A win against armenia in sicily would make it nine wins out of nine. Belgium are the only other team in europe with a 100 record in qualifying. Rafael nadal needs to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in london later to have a chance of making the semis of the atp finals. Nadal produced a stunning comeback to win his previous match. This was the winning point. He was at one stage 5 1 down in this deciding set and saved a match point to eventually beat the fourth seed daniil medvedev. Djokovics defeat means that nadal will end the year as world number one, but even if he wins against tsitsipas on friday, he will go out if Alexander Zverev beats medvedev in their match which follows afterwards. And before we go time to show you what happened to Tommy Fleetwood while he was playing at the nedbank challenge in south africa. Its because when this ball of his cleared the water and reached the green, it was ambushed by a pair of mongooses before a couple more mongooses, or mongeese, both are right, joined in as well it lead fleetwood to tweet afterwards does anyone know the rule for a mongoose attack on your golf ball . Got to love sun city you can get all the latest sports news at our website thats bbc. Com sport. But from me, Chetan Pathak, and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. Here is an interesting attempt at a world record. 101 people from Different Countries trying to beat most nationalities in a sauna. A successful attempt by fenland to recover the title from china who previously held the world record. Members of embassies were asked to help recruit people for the record attempt. Hello. The weather caused yet more flooding and disruption across parts of the uk during thursday. For a few, it was snow that fell from the sky, thats how it looked in staffordshire doing thursday evening over high ground. For many more, it was rain that fell, that rain falling on sodden ground, so no surprise we had more flooding problems. Check the latest flood warnings for where you are on the bbc weather website. The low pressure is the culprit, its been spinning around the continent, this particular stripe of cloud here is what brought persistent rain through the midlands, Northern England, a little bit of snow for some as well. That particular weather feature is moving westwards and weakening but our area of low is still in charge. There will be more outbreaks of rain pushing from the east towards the west as we go through the next few days. Now through the day ahead, expect a lot of cloud across england and wales. Some rain at times, much of it quite light and patchy but there could well be some heavier rain pushing into east anglia and the south east later in the day. Some showers across scotland, particularly towards the east and the south. The further west and north you are across scotland, and also in northern ireland, things should be mostly dry by afternoon with some spells of sunshine. Still quite breezy but not quite as chilly as it has been. Now, through friday night into the early hours of saturday, more cloud and patchy rain feeding its way westwards across england and wales into eastern scotland. For north west scotland, northern ireland, some clear spells, although there could be some quite dense patches of fog to start saturday across northern parts of scotland. So our area of low pressure still with us into the weekend, but look at the light lines, the isobars, there arent many of them on the chart. That means the winds will be a lot lighter. But it also means theres not much the atmosphere to push these various areas of rain around, so its a little tricky to nail on the details at this stage. On saturday, expect a lot of cloud and rain at times but not all the time. The best chance of brightness to be found down towards the south. On sunday, there is a greater chance of seeing heavier, more persistent rain pushing in from the east. That could affect parts of Northern England and the midlands that have of course already had such problems with flooding, so we will have to keep a close eye on that. Best chances of dry, bright weather in the west, single digit temperatures for most of us. It looks like next week will start on a mostly dry note but ran we would turn at times. It will often be windy but eventually it will turn milder. This is the business briefing. Im victoria fritz. In it for the ultra long haul almost 18,000 kilometres and 19 hours in the air, would you fly non stop from london to sydney . 0ur reporterjust did. Plus body positive fashion. How india is waking up to the 4 billion plus size market. And on the markets, asian shares on the rise after a new record close on the s p 500. Markets are moving on comments from the white house economic adviser that the us and china are getting close to a trade agreement