nations. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. two men convicted of the murder of the american civil rights leader, malcolm x, are set to be exonerated. he was shot dead in new york in 1965 as he prepared to give a speech. the manhattan district attorney said muhammad al—aziz and khalil islam did not get the justice they deserved. the conviction of a third man, thomas hagan, has not been overturned. phil bertelsen is series producer and director of the netflix documentary series who killed malcolm x? he's in new york. thank you so much forjoining us now. this is long overdue but may not have happened without your documentary. how does it feel to be part of such a notable part of history? it feels extraordinary. thanks for having made and thanks for reporting on the story. it is often that we do this job of ours reporting news or stories of historical meaning and our only hope is that they have impact, and in this case, it did. so we are eternally grateful. it did. so we are eternally grateful-— did. so we are eternally grateful. have you heard from the families, friends or lawyers of muhammad aziz or khalil islam? yes, we have been in contact with the lawyers for the families, and they have communicated their gratitude to us as well for inspiring this reinvestigation, which the manhattan da took on right about the time as there is began airing on netflix. there were doubts right from the start about the lack of evidence behind the convictions of muhammad aziz and khalil islam and a third man, thomas hagan, convicted of the murder, testified the other two were not involved, plus muhammad aziz had an alibi, so how was all that ignored and how easy was it to find? it might surprise your listeners and viewers to know that this evidence was hiding in plain sight all these years, for decades. much of what we revealed in the documentary was known. much of it was published and in biographies, written about malcolm, the biography life of reinvention, even the autobiography of malcolm x had evidence, and the fbi had a treasure trove of documents that we were able to uncover through the freedom of information act that led us down this path. and it was just, the fact we could assemble it all and connected dots, i think, assemble it all and connected dots, ithink, that assemble it all and connected dots, i think, that made it inarguable, and the innocence project with the law firm took it from there. this injustice that black muslim men hastily arrested were tried on shaky evidence is something malcolm x would have rallied against? no question. malcolm stood firmly against this kind of abuse on the part of law enforcement, he was not a friend to local law enforcement, made that known, and in fact, that antipathy between malcolm and the new york police department in particular may have been a part of the complicity in this crime, that is to say they didn't offer him the protection he deserved. thomas hagan has served his time for the crime. do you believe others responsible are still out there? yes, i do. yes, ido. one yes, i do. one of them, we were in pursuit of in our series, and when he died, and so he was known to have fired the fatal shot, and his name was william bradley, and he has since passed. our understanding was he was a co—conspirator of five, a conspiracy of five men who organised and were present that day. three of whom had weapons, two of whom who called a diversion. only one of whom was captured and that was thomas hagar, who is now out after having served his sentence and got out on parole and is living his life likely in brooklyn, new york. the director of— in brooklyn, new york. the director of the _ in brooklyn, new york. the director of the netflix documentary series who killed malcolm x? , thank you so much for telling us all about that. not at all. thank you for having me. let's get some of the day's other news. a court in the us has sentenced a man who became known as the qanon shaman to 41 months in prison for his role in the storming of congress by trump supporters injanuary. prosecutors described jacob chansley as the "flagbearer of the capitol riot events" who was pictured during the violent protests wearing a horned headdress. a state of emergency has been declared in the canadian western province of british columbia after a deadly storm described by officials as a once—in—a—century weather event has severed road and rail links around vancouver. a woman was killed in a highway landslide and rescuers say at least two other people are missing. the american rapper young dolph has been shot and killed in tennessee. he was in a cookie shop in memphis when the shooting happened. in 2017, he survived after being shot three times in los angeles. last year, his album topped the billboard 200 charts. police say so far no—one has been arrested. a british f—35 fighterjet has crashed into the sea during a routine operation in the mediterranean. the pilot ejected and has safely returned to the royal navy aircraft carrier hms queen elizabeth. an investigation is under way. the head of the women's tennis association has cast doubt on an email released by chinese state media attributed to tennis player peng shuai. the chairman of the wta said he had a hard time believing the email was written by ms peng or on her behalf. ms peng has not been heard from since she made sexual assault allegations against zhang gaolia, a former vice premier of china. poland's border force say around 1,000 migrants are still gathered at the frontier with belarus as the european union stepped up its efforts to resolve the crisis. tensions increased yesterday after polish forces used tear gas and water cannon to stop migrants trying to enter the country. our correspondentjenny hill sent his report from the polish side of the border. and a warning — it does contain flashing images. fury, frustration at the gateway to europe. polish border guards released this footage. night after night, they say, belarusian troops force migrants to try and breach the border. that's what sagvan told us too. and say, "go, go, go. every people must go." he tell you, "if you come back, i'll shoot you, i'll kill you." sagvan and his family are now recovering in a polish hospital. they paid more than $10,000 to get to the border, spent more than two weeks trapped there, in the cold, with almost no food or water. you don't know what's happening there. it's so difficult. you see a child asking you for bread. the polish government would prefer you not to see the human tragedy unfolding in what is one of the most beautiful parts of this country. this is tourist terrain. but visitors, journalists, aid workers are now banned from the forests which line the border. this is a special place, yes. slawek�*s bike hire business is in the exclusion zone. like others here, he tells us it's commonplace to see migrants hiding in the woods, afraid polish guards will push them back. translation: we are not going to change it| by building fences. it's up to us to manage it so tourism can go on. but it should happen in a humanitarian way. it's unacceptable that someone freezes to death 100 metres my house. at least eight people have died on the polish side. in six weeks, at this small local hospital, they've treated nearly 200 migrants. translation: it's| extremely difficult, when we are faced with this suffering, when you have to tell a husband that his wife isn't going to survive or when we see a family being separated because the father is taken away by the border guard and the mother and child stay at the hospital. it's starting to get dark now, and the temperature is beginning to drop. tonight, as they do every night, people will try to get across the border, make it to these forests. this is testing the fundamental values of this community, this country, the eu itself. but for the people who end up in this woodland, this is simply about survival. jenny hill, bbc news, bialowieza forest. actor alec baldwin and other producers on the film rust are facing a new lawsuit over the fatal shooting of the cinematographer halyna hutchins. the film's supervisor, mamie mitchell, alleges that the script didn't call for a gun to be fired. her lawyer accused alec baldwin of "playing russian roulette" when he fired the gun without checking it. mr baldwin and the film's producers have not yet commented. i never want what happened on our set to ever happen to anyone else. in our set to ever happen to anyone else.— our set to ever happen to anyone else. our set to ever happen to an one else. ., .,, ., ~ anyone else. in our opinion, mr baldwin chose _ anyone else. in our opinion, mr baldwin chose to _ anyone else. in our opinion, mr baldwin chose to play _ anyone else. in our opinion, mr baldwin chose to play russian | baldwin chose to play russian roulette — baldwin chose to play russian roulette when he fired a gun without _ roulette when he fired a gun without checking it and without having — without checking it and without having armourer do so in his presence _ having armourer do so in his presence. his behaviour and that— presence. his behaviour and that of— presence. his behaviour and that of the producers on rust was _ that of the producers on rust was reckless. our correspondent david willis joins me live from los angeles. david, another lawsuit. what more can you tell us about this latest one?— latest one? mamie mitchell was the scri -t latest one? mamie mitchell was the script supervisor— latest one? mamie mitchell was the script supervisor on - latest one? mamie mitchell was the script supervisor on the - the script supervisor on the film rust and she was only a few feet away from halyna hutchins when she was shot and killed on the set. mamie mitchell was the person who ran 911, the emergency services, to call for some sort of medical assistance. she is suing the producers of the film, including alec baldwin, for negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress and deliberate infliction of harm, and she is seeking undisclosed damages. now, at a press conference today, she relived some of the final moments of halyna hutchins poz malka leifer, and she said, i heard someone moaning, i turned around and the director was falling upwards and holding his upper body and i turned around towards alec and i thought halyna hutchins going down to the left of me. it was a very emotional press conference as far as mamie mitchell was concerned, and crucially, she claimed in her lawsuit that the script that they were actually filming or about to fill in this particular moment didn't actually call for alec baldwin to fire a gun at all.— to fire a gun at all. david, have we _ to fire a gun at all. david, have we still _ to fire a gun at all. david, have we still not - to fire a gun at all. david, have we still not heard i to fire a gun at all. david, l have we still not heard back from alec baldwin about this, and also, how are the other lawsuits progressing, and what kind of timeframe are we looking at?— kind of timeframe are we lookin: at? ~ ., , looking at? well, there was another lawsuit _ looking at? well, there was another lawsuit filed - looking at? well, there was another lawsuit filed just i looking at? well, there was. another lawsuit filed just last week from the chief lighting technician on the set. he also is suing for negligence, but i think it is fair to say that these two lawsuits will be probablyjust these two lawsuits will be probably just the first of many. there has been no official response from alec baldwin or the producers, but alec baldwin has previously responded to this, and he said in a statement that he was heartbroken over the incident and was cooperating with the police investigation. he also said that an incident like this on the set of a film was a one in a trillion episode, crucial to all this, though, of course, and we still don't know what is the state of enquiry in this regard, was what a live round of ammunition was doing in a gun on that film set. bill gun on that film set. all riaht, gun on that film set. all right, david, _ gun on that film set. all right, david, thanks for updating us. stay with us on bbc news. thanks for your company. still to come: we'll be speaking to the uk's top diplomat to the united nations, dame barbara woodward. benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's general election, and she's asked pakistan's president to name her as prime minister. jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after turning himself in to police in santa barbara. it was the biggest i demonstration so far of the fast—growing _ european anti—nuclear movement. the south african government has announced that it's opening the country's remaining whites—only beaches to people of all races. this will lead to a black majority government in this country and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle, - one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much of the day. - 150 firemen have been battling the blaze, - which has caused millions. of pounds worth of damage. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: two men convicted of the murder of the us civil rights leader malcolm x more than 50 years ago are set to be exonerated. as poland says a thousand migrants are still gathered at the frontier with belarus, we look at the human cost of the border crisis. dame barbara woodward became britain's permanent representative to the united nations in new york last december, making her the second woman to be in the role for the uk. before that, she served as britain's ambassador to china and has also worked in russia and the eu. i am pleased to say that ambassador woodward joins us now from new york. last week, she attended the cop26 summit in glasgow and has been very vocal on the crisis in myanmar, ethiopia, and sudan. so a lot to cover on what she's been up to in her first year of the job. thanks for fitting us thanks forfitting us in, ambassador woodward, we really appreciate it. hot ambassador woodward, we really appreciate it— appreciate it. not at all, mark, it _ appreciate it. not at all, mark, it is _ appreciate it. not at all, mark, it is a _ appreciate it. not at all, mark, it is a pleasure i appreciate it. not at all, mark, it is a pleasure to j appreciate it. not at all, - mark, it is a pleasure to talk to you. thank you. i mark, it is a pleasure to talk to you. thank you.— to you. thank you. i think let's start _ to you. thank you. i think let's start with _ to you. thank you. i think let's start with russell. it| to you. thank you. i think l let's start with russell. it is a place you know well, you work there. it is also a fellow member of the security council. we have reported on the apparent taunting of nato with the buildup of trips around ukraine. the manufactured migrant crisis around belarus. plus the withholding of gas supply. are we in the realm by a plot by the russians to destabilise the west? what do you think the kremlin is thinking? i you think the kremlin is thinking?— thinking? i think it's difficult _ thinking? ithink it's difficult to _ thinking? ithink it's| difficult to speculate thinking? i think it's . difficult to speculate on thinking? i think it's - difficult to speculate on what the kremlin is thinking. you would need to ask them. but i should say we are very concerned by the buildup of russian troops on the border with ukraine. we are very concerned about the abhorrence attempt by the lukashenko regime to engineer the migrant crisis thatjenny was reporting on earlier. and we work closely with russia in a number of situations, but there are some really important issues around supporting ukraine's territorial integrity here, which we are proud to be doing. some are speculating that they are looking for leveraged on the nord stream 2 gas pipeline deal, which germany has halted for now. what kind pressure you think should be applied to russia to stem these crises? well, the prime minister has been very clear in his support for president zelensky in ukraine and has also raised it with president putin last month. i think we are clear that russia has more to lose by escalating this crisis than to gain. escalating this crisis than to rain. ., , ., , , gain. now the dust has settled since a frantic— gain. now the dust has settled since a frantic fortnight - gain. now the dust has settled since a frantic fortnight at - since a frantic fortnight at cop26 in glasgow. the glasgow pact came out of it. do you think there has been significant progress since the 2015 paris agreement or do you think because of the loopholes it is more watered—down, blah, blah, blah, as greta thunberg says? i blah, blah, as greta thunberg sa s? ~ ., , blah, blah, as greta thunberg sa s? ~ ., blah, blah, as greta thunberg sas? ~ ,, says? i think it was a success. cop26 says? i think it was a success. copzs pushed _ says? i think it was a success. cop26 pushed climate - says? i think it was a success. cop26 pushed climate to - says? i think it was a success. cop26 pushed climate to the l says? i think it was a success. i cop26 pushed climate to the top of the international agenda. we got an ambitious agreement that keeps 1.5 alive stop for the first time we've got an agreement to phase out coal and agreement to phase out coal and a roadmap. but of course i understand the frustration. and if we don't take steps now to limit global warming, to make sure those real commitments are turned into real delivery, then we won't achieve the success that glasgow promises. fine we won't achieve the success that glasgow promises. one area --eole that glasgow promises. one area peeple were _ that glasgow promises. one area people were looking _ that glasgow promises. one area people were looking at _ that glasgow promises. one area people were looking at very - people were looking at very closely was coal. you warned the conference president, alok sharma, 20 consign history, your morning probably proved correct. south africa will receive billions to help exhilarate wind and soul and —— solar plans. using the same should be offered to india? yes, we were excited by an agreement for a just transition for south africa under that language was reflected in the pack. i think india and other big coal producing countries and cold using countries will need support with adaptation to renewable energy and that's what we were moving towards the hundred billion target for and also have got money back up with the private sector commitments as well. so with the private sector commitments as well. so a loss came out _ commitments as well. so a loss came out of— commitments as well. so a loss came out of it, _ commitments as well. so a loss came out of it, you _ commitments as well. so a loss came out of it, you mentioned i came out of it, you mentioned keeping 1.5 alive. what is the most important thing, that countries on of their existing commitment or come back with more ambitious targets next year, or new technologies that we don't have yet emerge? i think all three, mark, actually. we need countries to honour the commitments they made in glasgow. mechanism, whereby we will come back with more commitments in egypt next year, so one year on, not five years on, but we do need technologies that will help us move forward with sustainable, renewable energy, they will —— will be important. so a lot of to—do across the government, the technology, the business, and the ngo sector with everyone working together. ida everyone working together. no doubt you will be keeping an eye on that. i know you have a particular eye on ethiopia. alarm bells are ringing over the country. injust alarm bells are ringing over the country. in just two years we have gone from the nobel peace prize winning presidents ruling over and aid fuelled a strong economy to a humanitarian crisis. there are echoes of afghanistan where people were saying experts had to leave very quickly, people fearing a yugoslav style breakup of the country and people talking about the famine matching the scale of the ethiopian famine 30 years ago. how did it go so wrong so quickly?— how did it go so wrong so ruickl? , ,. ,, quickly? yes, i was discussing this with the _ quickly? yes, i was discussing this with the un _ quickly? yes, i was discussing this with the un secretary - this with the un secretary generaljust this with the un secretary general just today here this with the un secretary generaljust today here in new york. i think it did go very wrong. what seemed as president argues that a year ago to be an operation to restore law and order has now put thousands dead, 400,000 people in to grey at risk of famine and another 7 million across the country at risk of famine and in need of humanitarian assistance. it has gone badly wrong and we urgently need a ceasefire and a dialogue to get ethiopian back on track. ., , ., , ., on track. the tigrayans also firmly established _ on track. the tigrayans also firmly established now, - on track. the tigrayans also l firmly established now, there has to be a diplomatic way out. it doesn't look like that is on the cards. what needs to happen?— the cards. what needs to hat-en? ., .,, ., happen? we have to see a ceasefire _ happen? we have to see a ceasefire and _ happen? we have to see a ceasefire and we - happen? we have to see a ceasefire and we have - happen? we have to see a ceasefire and we have to l happen? we have to see a i ceasefire and we have to see political dialogue starting and thatis political dialogue starting and that is what the african union has been working for and it is what president kenyatta has been working for and the un secretary general himself in regular phone calls. so trying to bring the parties to a ceasefire and then start a political dialogue.- ceasefire and then start a political dialogue. and there are fears — political dialogue. and there are fears for _ political dialogue. and there are fears for its _ political dialogue. and there are fears for its neighbours, | are fears for its neighbours, sudan, notjust the instability from ethiopia, but the democratic transition that was on course there might be derailed. omaral—bashirwas, derailed. omar al—bashir was, of course, derailed. omaral—bashirwas, of course, moved aside two years ago, but now we have another military coup playing out there. what do you think the future for that country is and you notice a slight softening now from general abuse at alba han?- abuse at alba han? well, i think two _ abuse at alba han? well, i think two years _ abuse at alba han? well, i think two years ago - abuse at alba han? well, i think two years ago with i abuse at alba han? well, i think two years ago with a | think two years ago with a sudanese people risking their lives for democracy and that's something that can't be put aside, a demand that can't be put back in a bottle, as it were. but we have had 24 days now of internet blackout, phones cut, people killed, tear—gas attacks on hospitals, but we are not yet seeing real progress towards a dialogue and reconciliation, but that is what we are working towards in the security council here in new york has been intensely discussing this and spoke is commonly called for an end to violence in sudan.— violence in sudan. you are callin: violence in sudan. you are calling for— violence in sudan. you are calling for a _ violence in sudan. you are calling for a return - violence in sudan. you are calling for a return for - violence in sudan. you are calling for a return for the | calling for a return for the prime minister, do you think you should back another candidate, is that the solution?— candidate, is that the solution? ~ , solution? well, we supported, the security — solution? well, we supported, the security council— solution? well, we supported, the security council supported | the security council supported hamdok very clearly at the end of september. and what we want to do in the un through the un mission in sudan is to support saddam's transition to democracy and the's not is what is on offer under the coup that was done by the president. fin was done by the president. on this whistlestop tour of the well, let us go finally to myanmar. it has been 289 days in the military coup that and yet there are fears that violence will be replicated. the type of violence we saw against the rohingyas in the north—west of the country, against groups like the defence force. can you is to viewers how concerning you are finding that? , ., ., that? yes, we are finding that very concerning _ that? yes, we are finding that very concerning indeed. - that? yes, we are finding that i very concerning indeed. reports of villages being burnt and the same sort of attacks, as you say, we saw mirroring the earlier attacks in rhakine state we are seeing now elsewhere in the north—west of myanmar. so we need to see an end to violence, we need to see civilian safety, humanitarian aid getting in, half the population of myanmar could be impoverished by next year and we need, of course, to see the release of political prisoners, including aung san suu kyi, and an end to the violence in the beginning of dialogue. latte an end to the violence in the beginning of dialogue. we have seen many _ beginning of dialogue. we have seen many protesters - beginning of dialogue. we have seen many protesters on - beginning of dialogue. we have seen many protesters on the i seen many protesters on the streets there. it takes perseverance to stand up to clinical instability and conflict. that is the cambridge victory�*s weight of the year this year, it fits many of the places you were talking about. —— one of the year. it leads us to ask what your word of the year would be after such a challenging year in the job. i think i would pick climate change. it has been a big theme of the year and what we were able to do working with the un in glasgow, working particularly closely with the small island developing state, you saw the images from glasgow, from palau, the marshall islands, this is existential and the fact we have had a year focused on climate change now right at the top of the global agenda i think is a really significant achievement.— think is a really significant achievement. ~ ., ,, , ., achievement. well, thank you for that. we _ achievement. well, thank you for that. we will _ achievement. well, thank you for that. we will have - achievement. well, thank you for that. we will have to - achievement. well, thank you | for that. we will have to check with cambridge dictionary if they will accept two words or if we will have you choose one of the two. thank you for joining us on that whistlestop tour of the world and your views on all those topics, dame barbara woodward. wagyu. that is it for now. thank you for watching. goodbye. —— thank you. hello there. the weather isn't changing in too much of a hurry over the next few days, because high pressure keeping things dry, settled, and very mild still for this time of year. so another mild and quite breezy day to come on thursday. dry weather for most of us, but not everywhere. we have got this weather front sitting close to the north of scotland, so that'll produce outbreaks of rain mainly for northern and western scotland, but high pressure to the south dominating the weather for most places. and, with that high pressure, we're drawing in winds in a south—westerly direction, so bringing the mild air and the orange colours really right across the uk. might be a bit of a chilly start for some southern and eastern parts of england first thing, the odd misty patch around. generally, the cloud will increase from the west through the day, but there will be some spells of sunshine for east anglia and the southeast, up towards eastern scotland, as well. still a bit of rain to come for the northwest of scotland, but the breeze blowing over the mountains is likely to create something called a foehn effect, lifting temperatures to around 17 celsius for aberdeenshire. widely 14—15 the top temperature — and compare that to the average temperature this time of year of only about nine celsius, so well above average. it'll be windy again particularly in the northwest, with gusts of wind about 40 mph, but lighter winds further south. so through thursday evening now and heading overnight into friday, it'll be a pretty cloudy picture. a bit of low cloud and hill fog likely, some drizzle around some coastal hills in the west once again. but it will be a very mild and certainly frost—free start to friday morning, but we've still got that rain continuing across the western isles and northern highland, as well. into friday, no great changes — there's that weather front across the north of scotland, there's the high pressure in charge for most places. so quite a cloudy picture, i think, but predominantly dry through the day on friday, away from the north and northwest of scotland where we've got that weather front continuing to bring outbreaks of rain. temperatures again getting up to 14—15, even 16 celsius through the foehn effect once again through the east of scotland. it won't last forever, this mild weather, though — into the weekend, saturday, we'll see a cold front moving south across the northern half of the uk. into sunday, that slips its way further south, and it'll introduce the blue colours, the colder air mass with these northerly winds moving across all areas. so gradually through the weekend, things will be turning colder. we'll still look at temperatures in double figures through the day on saturday but, by the time we get to sunday, things will be noticeably cooler — maybe time to dig out the winter coat. bye for now. this is bbc news. the headlines: two men convicted of the murder of the us civil rights leader malcolm x more than 50 years ago in new york are set to be exonerated. the manhattan district attorney said muhammad al aziz and khalil islam did not get the justice they deserved. poland says a thousand migrants are still gathered at the frontier with belarus as the european union steps up its efforts to resolve the border crisis. the human cost of the situation is growing with many families stuck out in the cold with no food or water. a new lawsuit has alleged the hollywood actor alec baldwin "chose to play russian roulette" with safety on a film set where the cinematographer was shot dead. script supervisor mamie mitchell claims there was no reason for the star to fire a gun on the set of rust. the house of commons has voted to limit the ability of mps