To be better prepared. Boeing has announced it is temporarily halting production of its 737 max aircraft. The planes have been grounded since march a response to crashes in indonesia and ethiopia that killed 346 people. Regulators in the United States, criticised for earlier decisions on the 737 max, are now saying they will not approve any return to service before next year. Heres our north america correspondent, peter bowes. Grounded and now pulled from production. Boeings problems have gone from bad to worse, with the aviation giant forced to admit it can no longer continue to make the 737 max. The temporary halt in production is because the Regulatory Authority the federal Aviation Administration has still not cleared the jet to return to commercial service. It was grounded globally in march following crashes in ethiopian and indonesia, which left a total of 346 people dead. In a statement, boeing insists. Safely returning the 737 max to service is our top priority. It is our duty to ensure that every requirement is fulfilled, and every question from our regulators answered. As a result of this ongoing evaluation, we have decided to prioritise the delivery of stored aircraft and temporarily suspend production on the 737 programme beginning next month. But the Company Acknowledges the approval process must be extraordinarily thorough and robust to ensure that regulators, customers and the flying public have confidence in the aircraft. With 400 planes in storage, boeing says it will focus its efforts on delivering those aircraft to customers. It says its decision will not result in anyjob losses, with affected employees continuing to do 737 related work, or reassigned to other projects. But this is a major blow for the company, one of americas biggest exporters. The us economy is bound to feel the ripple effects, with firms supplying parts left in limbo while production is on hold. Suspending production of a commercial aircraft is something that has been very rarely done. It truly is an unprecedented decision and it is one that has massive impact to boeing and its suppliers and the airlines. Even before the decision was announced, boeings share price took another hit on monday. Pulling its most profitable plane from the skies has cost the company more than 9 billion, and with continuing uncertainty over its future, that figure will inevitably rise. Peter bowes, bbc news. We can now speak to James Larounis whos a travel industry analyst specialising in Airline Operations as well as writing for air travel publication upgraded points and the forward cabin. I guess boeing had very little choice here, didnt it . So many pressures on it. Yeah, exactly. Both public pressure and commercial as well. Youve got the flying public thatis well. Youve got the flying public that is of course not willing to fly on this aircraft and of course these aircraft can go anywhere right now without the faa certification. So its really at a ground stop this point. They have 100 plane sitting on the ground and they are going anywhere or making any money because they deliver those plans and get that paycheck after delivery. So right now it is just dead weight sitting in a storage unit somewhere, not making any money. Sitting in a storage unit somewhere, not making any moneylj sitting in a storage unit somewhere, not making any money. I saw figures saying they are building 42 737s each month with nowhere to go. Its a huge step, there are knock on effect. There is. From a commercial standpoint you have over 600 supplies that feed Aircraft Parts and labour to those aircraft, so thatis and labour to those aircraft, so that is now basically in limbo. Youve got the customers that those aircraft are supposed to go to being affected. You have over 12,000 employees that are no longer going to work on the max production line, they are being moved to other facilities with temporary assignments. Boeing does say that those employees are not being fired, they are not being laid off, nothing is going to happen to them, they are just being reassigned to other projects for the moment. But we will see in the coming months what is going to happen. We dont really know at the moment what the timeline is for the recertification of these aircraft, right now it is basically aircraft, right now it is basically a kicking the can down the road. Both faa and boeing are working together, but that timeline keeps getting pushed further back with delays and discoveries. We wont know the long term implications of the staffing and supply chain issues for some months. I know there is talk, too, impact on the way the us economy. Regulators are going to be pretty tight on letting them back on given how much criticism they have taken over letting given how much criticism they have ta ken over letting them given how much criticism they have taken over letting them flyjust recently. I guess eventually it is up recently. I guess eventually it is up to the flying public, isnt it . Whether they just this aircraft. Up to the flying public, isnt it . Whether theyjust this aircraftm is. Definitely. The flying public is pretty timid. Airlines have delayed this for months on and an some airlines are going as far as issuing waivers for folks when the max does come back in. The flying public are going to be allowed to move onto other aircraft if they have a max plane assigned to their flights. So thatis plane assigned to their flights. So that is really how far it has come here. Will that impact things in yea rs here. Will that impact things in years to come, five years, ten yea rs 7 years to come, five years, ten years . We will probably see a dramatic decline in the number of people afraid of flying on this plane, but in the short term, especially with the close proximity of the plane crashes weser earlier this year, definitely there is going to bea this year, definitely there is going to be a lot of timid flyers out there who want to move other planes. 0ne there who want to move other planes. One hour, thank you so much. Thank you so much. James larounis, thanks so much. Us media reports say that the board of boeing has decided to temporarily halt production of the 737 max airliner. Thereve been more violent protests in major cities across india, mostly in opposition to a new citizenship law, which many see as discriminating against the nations large muslim minority. The Prime Minister has appealed for calm, but his hindu nationalist government is facing criticism for a law that offers amnesty to Illegal Migrants from three countries as long as theyre not muslim. There are some divisions among people whove taken to the streets. Some say theyre protesting because they fear large scale migration. Six people have died and on sunday police stormed a university in delhi, injuring at least 50. From there, our correspondent yogita limaye. The library of one of indias top universities. On sunday night, it was the scene of a crackdown. Students tried to hide from the police, and shield themselves from the tear gas in the air. In the mens bathroom, an injured student. And another one who lay unconscious. Dozens of them were taken to the local hospital. Police came inside they dragged us off. They say they were beaten by the police for protesting against indias new citizenship law. Danjil chaudhary has broken fingers on both hands. He was hit in the head and also on his back. When they caught us, they started beating us up, we were begging for mercy. The police didnt stop at beating, Mohammed Tamim says. He shows us where he was shot. He says he was passing the area and got caught up in the violence. The policeman looked at me, he took out his service gun and shot me, he told us. Two students are also reported to have bullet injuries. But a top policeman denies it. No gunshots . No gunshots, absolutely. No gunshots were fired. No gunshots. Its not a peaceful protest if public transport buses were on fire. Not a peaceful process in which the crowd of 1,500, they start pelting stones. What started in this campus in this university in delhi has now spread far beyond it. Many believe that young people here who were trying to voice their dissent in a democracy were crushed by the state. And thats triggered a reaction across india. Today, people marched. In delhi, mumbai, kolkata, against what they see as a divisive law that discriminates against muslim migrants. An unprecedented show of dissent against the countrys hindu nationalist leadership, a precarious point for india. Yogita limaye, bbc news, dehli. Lets get some of the days other news pension reforms, the architect of the plans has resigned from the government. Jean Paul Delevoye was accused of a conflict of interest hed failed to declare some of his consultancyjobs among them, an unpaid role as administrator of a business school. The row has intensified over mesut 0zils outspoken criticism of china. Arsenal Football Club has tried to distance itself from the players attack on chinas persecution of muslim minorities. The country is a highly lucrative market for the premier league and the clubs who compete in it. The british Prime Minister is considering a firm legal guarantee that the uk will part ways with the European Union by the end of next year, with or without a trade deal. Under current plans, the uk ceases to be an eu member onjanuary 31 and therell be a transitional period until the end of 2020, while the two sides negotiate a new relationship. This report from Gareth Barlow contains some flashing images. Downing street says that when Boris Johnsons eu Withdrawal Agreement is put before mps on friday, it will include a new clause to stop the transition period extending beyond december 2020. The transition period is designed to allow the eu and uk to maintain their Current Trading agreements, while providing time to agree a new trade deal. Currently that period, due to run out at the end of next year, could be extended by two years, if both sides agree. But borisjohnson is determined to deliver brexit and wants to remove any potential of any extension. Government sources say a hard deadline will focus the mind of both sides and negotiators on achieving a deal. But critics say it raises the possibility of the uk leaving the eu without a trade deal if an agreement isnt made within 12 months. It means the uk will have to agree one of the quickest deals in history, and the eu has previously expressed scepticism a deal can be done in such a short period of time. And the eu isnt the only trading partner on westminsters mind. Diplomats in the United States have also expressed their hopes of achieving an agreement as soon as possible. Gareth barlow, bbc news. A group of former senior fire and emergency chiefs have been meeting in sydney, calling for the federal government to better prepare australia for worsening extreme weather events. Since september, six people have died in bushfires that have engulfed the states of New South Wales and queensland. I got the latestjust now from our correspondent phil mercer. This is a very Influential Group of former fire and emergency chiefs, theyve held a press conference here in sydney in the last couple of hours, accusing the Prime Minister, scott morrison, of going missing while much of australia burns. This group is accusing the centre right government of not taking Climate Change seriously and not doing enough to fortify australia in a time with a drying climate and worsening fire conditions. The Prime Minister, mr morrison, has conceded there is a link between Climate Change and the bushfire crisis here in australia. We have fires burning in the west and we certainly have fires burning here in the east as well. The morrison government has also committed about 8 million to new aerialfirefighting efforts. As far as the far as concerned, here in New South Wales, australias most populous state, 110 fires are burning and 59 of those are out of control, and there are concerns a mega fire burning to the north west of sydney could threaten a power station that supplies New South Wales with 10 of its electricity. Later in the week we are expecting this mass of hot air that has been moving across the australian continent from west to east to bring heatwave conditions to many parts of the fire zone, worth noting, too, that in South Australia they are expecting back to back days later this week of 49 and potentially 50 celsius. And the authorities in South Australia have issued a code red for Vulnerable People in that part of australia. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come around £50 million worth ofjewellery is stolen from the home of formula 1 heiress Tamara Ecclestone. Saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children. The signatures took only a few minutes, but they brought a formal end to 3. 5 years of conflict, a conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. Before an audience of world leaders, the president s of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. The romanian border was sealed and silent today. Romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. From sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. This is bbc news. The latest headlines a crisis at boeing, the Company Suspends production of its 737 max aircraft, grounded since march, after two fatal crashes. 0pposition parties in india condemn police for what they say is violent suppression of protests over a new citizenship law. An investigation by the bbc africa eye has uncovered an illegal network that lures women from africa to india, where they are then forced into prostitution. The women are mostly from kenya, uganda, nigeria, tanzania and rwanda. One of them, grace, who was trafficked from kenya, has agreed to go undercover for bbc africa eye. Am grace, im a singer, and a singer, i am grace, im a singer, and a singer, dancer, position. Iwant to become famous and have a good life. Growth saw a post on a friends Whatsapp Group offering work and india. Hearing that it is good money, they went for it. But when she arrived in new delhi, grace was taken to a brothel and had her passport confiscated by this woman. She paid for graces woman travelled to india. There was only one way to pay off the debt. Prostitution for me is the thing, and was telling god, let it be the last thing you will ever want to do in my life. For five months, grace lived in this room with four other trafficked women. Very often we would bring clients to the house or go to hotels. Grace agreed to wear a hat and camera and take us inside the brutal world of an african indian sex ring. The women were turned out to solicit men and local pickup bars known as kitchens. These are illegal clubs set to cater for the many african men who live and work in new delhi. Grace pointed out the man who she knew as being at the heart of the sex trade in her area. His name is eddie, and he is the local leader of an organisation called ascar. It is a nationwide community Group Offering social activities and supporting nigerian stu d e nts activities and supporting nigerian students studying abroad. Eddie offered to help grace import a woman from kenya to india. Grace pretended to be interested. This is how the network grows. Women pay off their debts as sex workers, and then, with no other employment options, start operating as madams. With the evidence gathered by grace, we confronted eddie. Eddie hi. How are you . Good. I am from bbc africa eye. We have evidence against you and we want to talk to you about the sex and we want to talk to you about the sex trade that you are involved in. Do they know what you are doing . So you are a proud member of ascar, so they know what you are doing . We have evidence against you, evidence of you saying you are going to process women, from kenya to india. You can show me the evidence. This is it right here. It is a right of reply for you to come and respond to bbc. We look forward to hearing your response. We contacted eddie three times. He denied trafficking any women from kenya to india. Goldie gave no response to our allegations of trafficking and brothel keeping. Africa eye help grace returned to kenya where she is now rebuilding her life. If you want to learn more about graces story, you can watch the full investigation online at bbc. Com news. Police in dubai have arrested the suspected head of a cocaine trafficking gang, considered the netherlands most wanted man. Ridouan taghi, who was born in morocco, was wanted on International Arrest warrants accusing him of multiple murder and drug trafficking. He was caught entering dubai with fake id. Police in the netherlands said the arrest was made as a result the leading democrat in the us senate, Chuck Schumer, says the expected impeachment trial of donald trump would be a cover up if it didnt hear from key white house officials. Mr schumer is calling for four witnesses to appear, including the former National Security advisorjohn bolton. Laura trevelyan reports from washington. Washington is braced for a decisive few days in which President Trump may become only the third american president in history to be impeached. In a new report, House Democrats are alleging that the president s abuse of power includes multiple federal crimes, such as criminal bribery. Thank you very much, its a great honour. Democrats charged the president withheld military aid from ukraines predident to get an investigation intojoe biden and his son, and obstructed congress by not allowing key witnesses to testify. If the house impeaches the president , the senate will hold a trial in early january. The minority leader Chuck Schumer has written a letter with a list of witnesses he wants to call, including acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and former National Security adviserjohn bolton. I havent seen a single good argument about why these witnesses shouldnt testify or these documents be produced, unless the president has something to hide. Senate leader Mitch Mcconnell wants to protect vulnerable republicans up for re election and seems to favour a short trial, whereas the president has been pushing for the right to call witnesses including the bidens. Republican senators are lining up behind the president. I have clearly made up my mind, i am not trying to hide the fact that i have disdain for the accusations and the process. Senators are not required likejurors in a criminal trial, to be sequestered, not to talk to anyone, not to coordinate, there is no prohibition. Mr trump has been using his twitter feed to slam what he calls a witch hunt and a hoax. Moderate democrats like Elissa Slotkin who won her swing district in michigan from a republican, have been deciding which way to vote on impeachment. So, i will be voting yes on obstruction of congress. Cheering. As that reaction shows, impeaching President Trump is dividing the voters, and will have consequences for the 2020 president ial election. Thieves have reportedly stolen £50 million, or 66 million, worth ofjewellery from a property belonging to the daughter of the former formula one boss bernie ecclestone. Tamara ecclestone had apparently just left the country for christmas when the burglars raided her home in central london. Daniela relph reports, theres flash photography from the start. Wealthy and not afraid to show it. Tamara ecclestones own tv show, billion dollar girl was all about the exotic holidays, the glamorous nights out. That is the biggest bottle in the world. The millions spent on renovating her mansion and the expensive jewellery. Oh, my god, i love it. How nice is it . But most of that exclusive jewellery collection has now gone. Stolen from her home in kensington, and one of londons most secure roads alongside a number of embassies, the house has a 24 hour Security Team and a cctv control room. The police say they were called to Tamara Ecclestones house here just after 11 oclock on friday night and it was reported that a high value of jewellery had been stolen. They are now looking for three men, believed to have been inside the property in connection with the burglary. Just hours earlier, Tamara Ecclestone had posted this photo of her daughter on social media. The family was off on holiday. Detectives will now look for any link between them leaving and the burglary later that day. Tamaras father, the former head of formula 1, bernie ecclestone, has described the robbery as an inside job by someone who had knowledge of the property. The spokesperson for Tamara Ecclestone said that the Security Team are co operating with the police and the family were shaken and angry. From london to new york, let light at the end of a show as what is billed as north americas largest lantern festival. At least 10 million lights have been used to light up 120 light installations. They include a christmas tree, very christmassy jungle and christmas dinosaurs. Is the hello panda festival. And you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter, im bbcmikeembley. Thank you for watching. It has been pretty cold across northern scotland in the past few hours, temperatures have been down to 6, there has been some snow around too, but the main message in the forecast is that it is going to be mild this week, some wet and windy weather on the way, gale force winds, not surprising for this time of year, it is already starting to happen out of the atlantic. Pressures are forming, with the prince will be heading away, we have afair bit prince will be heading away, we have a fair bit of cloud and some light rain affecting the south and south east at the moment. We have got one with a front air keeping things a little bit milder. We have got clear skies, and the mist and fog across england and scotland. Temperatures have been down to minus six degrees but actually rising a little bit through the early hours of tuesday morning. Tuesday starts off grey, cloudy, and risley in the south, mist and across the midlands and parts of Northern England, and still a little bit of voluntariness left over from the night across scotland. Four degrees in aberdeen, five and newcastle, eight or in the south, and east anglia and london probably staying quite cloudy and damp across the course of tuesday. Tuesday night into wednesday we are actually in between weather systems, one moving away towards the east and this next big low pressure is dominating a huge chunk of the atlantic, that is going to be a real dominating part of our weather as we go through the course of the second half of the week. On wednesday, it sta rts half of the week. On wednesday, it starts off really foggy across parts of the midlands and Northern England but then the winds will freshen and we start to see the arrival of this weather front with very strong winds, winds around coast of south western england, wales, a little bit further north could be approaching 70 mild an hour. That is around the coast, inland windy enough to look what happens across the course of wednesday, strong winds as well, potential for some winter ines, across the high ground there, scotland and then that takes us there, scotland and then that takes us into thursday, but a blustery day with showers as well. Towards the end of the week, that big low pressure with lots of weather fronts circling at. It is dominating a huge chunk of europe. We are not the only ones getting the bad weather, there will be spells of wind and rain and other parts of europe as well. Unsurprising really, for the time of your. But the temperatures really will be rising and southerlies by the end of thursday. We could be approaching 13 degrees celsius in london and there will be some rain around, too. Bye bye. Work this is bbc news, the headlines boeing will suspend production of its 737 max airliner injanuary. It was grounded in march after two fatal crashes in indonesia and ethiopia that killed 346 people. The company says it wont lay off workers but the stoppage is likely to affect suppliers and the wider economy. 0pposition parties in india have condemned what they describe as the polices violent suppression of student protests over a new citizenship law. The Congress Party accused the government of declaring war on its own people, after video footage of Police Beating protesters at a university appeared on social media. Britains Prime Minister is planning a new law to prevent any extension of the brexit transition process beyond the end of 2020. The Withdrawal Agreement will include a clause making further delays illegal. Theres some concern this revives the possibility of the uk leaving the eu without a trade deal
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