you're watching the context on bbc news. an extremely rare half male, half female bird has been spotted— and captured on camera. millions of young people in china are struggling to find a job as the country's economic downturn leads to historically high youth unemployment. more than one in five 16 to 2a—year—olds are jobless in china, although it s difficult to know the realfigure after the country stopped releasing the statistics. fixing the crisis could be one of the biggest challenges facing the government in 202a. our china correspondent laura bicker has been to south—west china to meet young people who graduated last year to find out how they re coping. joy is the first person in herfamily to get

a university degree. only around one third of her class have found full—time jobs. she is taking a job in sales, not her dream career, but she is determined to make the most of every opportunity. do you think it is more difficult now than when your parents were growing up to get a job? translation: yes. the fact is that there are lots ofjobs. the trouble is whether you are willing to lower your expectations. these jobs don't have good prospects for your future. they offer low salaries and you are easily replaceable. that is why most people would rather stay at home than choose one of these jobs. some disillusioned graduates posted photos on social media suggesting their degrees were worthless. others lay on the ground, lying flat it is called, a term used by young people opting out of the competition of modern life. as the number of young,

unemployed people continued to rise, the chinese leader, president xi, came up with an idea. for decades, young people have left rural areas such as this, they have gone to big cities to study and find a job. he wants them to come back, get employment here and revitalise rural economies. the problem is young people are finding it is not that easy. manyjobs in the country are lower paid and require fewer skills. even in the city, at this job fair in beijing, there is a skills gap. most of the openings don't need a masters degree. mr xi wants the next generation to eat bitterness. a way of saying, "just suck it up." but after enduring years of strict covid lockdowns, many young people don't want a hard life. this woman has a marketing degree from a city a few hour's drive from beijing.

after a few months of searching she has taken a job in customer service, for now. both she and her boyfriend want to work, but the pandemic also changed their outlook on life. translation: my parents are less educated. - the things they encountered, the places they visited, are few and limited. they have never left their home province. they just want a stable life. but we want to see more things, see the outside world and think about what we really dream of. studying hard no longer guarantees a glittering career in china. the post—covid generation is adjusting its expectations and finding its own way through an ailing job market. leaders will hope to get a grip on this crisis in the next year in case it festers into a more troublesome generational discontent. laura bicker, bbc news.

let's speak to david woo, a former international monetary fund economist and macro strategist. thank you for coming in the programme. thank you for coming in the programme-— thank you for coming in the rouramme. . ., ., programme. thanks for having me. what is going _ programme. thanks for having me. what is going on — programme. thanks for having me. what is going on here, _ programme. thanks for having me. what is going on here, what - programme. thanks for having me. what is going on here, what is - programme. thanks for having me. what is going on here, what is the | what is going on here, what is the root of this problem? i what is going on here, what is the root of this problem?— root of this problem? i think the root of this problem? i think the root cause _ root of this problem? i think the root cause here _ root of this problem? i think the root cause here is _ root of this problem? i think the root cause here is the _ root of this problem? i think the root cause here is the chinese . root of this problem? i think the l root cause here is the chinese are overeducated, the economy was 10% or more there was no problem finding work for a growing number of university graduates but there is no doubt that 5% of the economy is just not enough. it's the reason why, as you know, before the chinese government suspended the release of the youth unemployment number which was 27% back injune, the underpayment rate for the entire country was just 5%. whether you believe that 5% or not, it tells you that this un—implement problem is particularly acute for university graduates who went through lots of

effort, educated, orwant better life and so on so forth, but is just not there. is telling you with the chinese economy is not dynamic or big enough to generate jobs for these people, whitejobs, meaning working in finance, startup, tech, there are just not enough jobs in those sectors. 50. there are just not enough “obs in those sectorsfi those sectors. so, if there isn't enou:h those sectors. so, if there isn't enough drugs _ those sectors. so, if there isn't enough drugs in _ those sectors. so, if there isn't enough drugs in those - those sectors. so, if there isn't enough drugs in those type - those sectors. so, if there isn't enough drugs in those type of. enough drugs in those type of sectors, the economy isn't dynamic enough as he pointed, how do you go about cementing that, how does china, what policy levers can impose to make a difference?— to make a difference? personally, i don't think they _ to make a difference? personally, i don't think they have _ to make a difference? personally, i don't think they have many - to make a difference? personally, i don't think they have many levers l don't think they have many levers because at this point, china is sitting on massive amount of debts —— if you look to at debt—to—gdp ratio in china looking at government corporations and hospitals, that is, china is not as leveraged as the us and europe believe it or not. china is no longer in the country like

russia, russia has no debt, india has no debt, so generally speaking when you have less debt, it allows you to actually lever up as a way to grow, and the gates of china, their views that leverage for the last ten years, so this is also the reason why shejumping is reluctant years, so this is also the reason why she jumping is reluctant to open the floodgates and get more credit into the system. at this point there's only one thing they can do, which is basically fisk the housing crisis a beat —— asap. when i say housing crisis, as you probably know, there are 20 million units of unfinished apartments in china. the problem is that developers, the renters of the —— they run out of money so they stop building and he can't get loans at banks. and people who pay for the things, they're just holding back because they basically feel they lost their entire life

savings because the developers will never fulfil the promise. savings because the developers will neverfulfil the promise. so, we saw these 20 million department —— apartments unfinished, they cannot cough it up and they cannot select, so the only way can they do this is for the government to sit on the banks and say you go out and then these developers money they need to finish. i don't care if you ever get your money back, but that is only way to get the economy moving stop shejumping, unfortunately way to get the economy moving stop she jumping, unfortunately the guy only cares about stability. but this is not the time to play it safe because you are in this crisis. you have intergenerational discontentment coming up was not which is destabilising politically. we will come back to forethought in a moment. want to take a quick look at the politics of this, bring them back in our pinellas. carrie can come to you? there's always a crucial

relationship here between the economics of china and the economics of the us as well as the politics of both countries.— both countries. absolutely, since covid, i would _ both countries. absolutely, since covid, i would say _ both countries. absolutely, since covid, i would say there - both countries. absolutely, since covid, i would say there has - both countries. absolutely, since| covid, i would say there has been both countries. absolutely, since - covid, i would say there has been an unraveling in trust from the united states towards china, all intelligence agencies and other sources have said the chinese government has been dishonest about the origins of this or, further investigations and no true accountability for it, and it also exposed our supply chains, or medical supply chains and deep asked boserin medical supply chains and deep asked boser in this climate would china about what you're seeing not just medical but in general, the exports from china have been moving downward. american manufacturers and businesses are looking for other places like the philippines, even mexico and canada for manufacturing, vietnam as well, so i think you will concede to see that trend, unless we do see the types of reforms as your

previous guests mentioned, that xi jinping does not want to bring in. he is not interesting, as they say, economics, restoring the animal spirits, the dynamics you need to encourage entrepreneurship and the creation ofjobs. that is what you need and instead he would have a shrinkage in growth because the chinese government is so bent on control that the chinese, despite the, is so bent on not having freedom becomes a low, so i am discouraged as well.— freedom becomes a low, so i am discouraged as well. andrew, the uk and their relationship _ discouraged as well. andrew, the uk and their relationship with _ discouraged as well. andrew, the uk and their relationship with china - and their relationship with china has gone through changes as well. fundamentally the issue is there has been a _ fundamentally the issue is there has been a global recession during the pandemic, — been a global recession during the pandemic, china is the pretty much manufacturing capital of the world and fewer — manufacturing capital of the world and fewer exports because europe is largeiy— and fewer exports because europe is largely in_ and fewer exports because europe is largely in session or close to it might— largely in session or close to it might very— largely in session or close to it might very low levels of growth here as welt _ might very low levels of growth here as welt 50. — might very low levels of growth here as well. so, that has hit china's growth — as well. so, that has hit china's growth levels and they're still

going — growth levels and they're still going at— growth levels and they're still going at 5% which is more than double — going at 5% which is more than double the us this year, about three or four— double the us this year, about three or four times what europe is on average — or four times what europe is on average and far more than the uk which _ average and far more than the uk which is _ average and far more than the uk which is a — average and far more than the uk which is a split in china, the global— which is a split in china, the global slowdown has hit china because — global slowdown has hit china because it is such a central pillar of the _ because it is such a central pillar of the global economy. this is about stability— of the global economy. this is about stability and global demand and really— stability and global demand and really that is partly what is hit in china _ really that is partly what is hit in china as — really that is partly what is hit in china as well as the domestic issues referred _ china as well as the domestic issues referred to _ china as well as the domestic issues referred to already stop we shouldn't forget that youth unemployment in this country, the uk, has _ unemployment in this country, the uk, has gone up to 12.5% this year, more _ uk, has gone up to 12.5% this year, more than — uk, has gone up to 12.5% this year, more than a — uk, has gone up to 12.5% this year, more than a in the past year, so we have _ more than a in the past year, so we have our— more than a in the past year, so we have our own — more than a in the past year, so we have our own problem with you unemployment in the uk as well, which _ unemployment in the uk as well, which i _ unemployment in the uk as well, which i think i'm right insane, is more _ which i think i'm right insane, is more than — which i think i'm right insane, is more than double the rate of germany and three _ more than double the rate of germany and three times that ofjapan as welt _ and three times that ofjapan as welt so— and three times that ofjapan as well. so it's a real problem in the uk as— well. so it's a real problem in the uk as welt — well. so it's a real problem in the uk as well-— well. so it's a real problem in the uk as well. let's bring you in for a final thought. _ uk as well. let's bring you in for a final thought, briefly, _ uk as well. let's bring you in for a finalthought, briefly, i'm - uk as well. let's bring you in for a finalthought, briefly, i'm afraid, i finalthought, briefly, i'm afraid, the problems that you were outlining their how much are theyjust internal problems that the worst of the world doesn't have to worry

about or are there significant enoughin about or are there significant enough in your opinion for the rest of the world to be worried? the rest of the world to be worried? the rest ofthe of the world to be worried? the rest of the world — of the world to be worried? the rest of the world should _ of the world to be worried? the rest of the world should be _ of the world to be worried? the rest of the world should be worried, - of the world should be worried, although i have to say listen, even the americans, as far as i think there's a big difference between bush versus trump from signed a trade agreement with china which i think was one of the best buy to countries in the last 50 years, by the way, and probably one of the few people who read the thing. but i think from my point of view there's no question that the standoff between the two countries now goes way beyond distressed, it's about basically global rivalry and the us simply views of china as a threat and many americans don't feel like if we don't stop china now, they will stop us next. so there's no doubt because the us is still ok and china is doing bad, the us is basically sticking a knife in, so i think it's probably safe to assume

that over the next 12 months, as we head into the us election year, when the entire china sentiment is rising, the government would encourage that, i think pigs would probably get worse. how bad can it get? i think we'll see soon enough but i think as we know that you want to stop importation of tvs in china. david, i see it's a big list coming on so i have tojump in david, i see it's a big list coming on so i have to jump in there on so i have tojump in there i'm afraid, thank you very much for your analysis. thank you for your time. an extremely rare half male, half female bird has been spotted for the first time in 100 years — and captured on camera. here it is, it's a green honeycreeper but usually, the male has bright blue feathers with a black head and the females are green all over. let's speak to mike dilger, a naturalist & broadcaster who can speak more on this rare bird. thank you for coming on programme.

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bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. from fitting a laser to a walking stick to help those with parkinson's, to modifying cutlery for a lady with arthritis, no task is beyond the skills of remap volunteers. they have all got engineering backgrounds, such as peter, who worked for the ford motor company for 36 years. like all engineers i like creating things, inventing things, making things. that is the stimulus, and obviously helping people out is another side. most of remap's work comes from referrals from health and social care visits. but peter says since the pandemic, the number of these referrals to the charity's essex branch has halved. the engineers are willing to do the work, if only people knew that they were there. with fewer tasks coming from occupational therapists getting to our engineers, and i have got 20 engineers covering the middle bit of essex, you start losing volunteers. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website.

you're live with bbc news. now it's time for the panel... right, this is a part of the programme where our panelists get to choose what they want to talk about. carrie, the floor is yours.— carrie, the floor is yours. thank ou, so carrie, the floor is yours. thank you. so we _ carrie, the floor is yours. thank you. so we had _ carrie, the floor is yours. thank you, so we had some _ carrie, the floor is yours. thank you, so we had some big - carrie, the floor is yours. thank you, so we had some big newsl carrie, the floor is yours. thank - you, so we had some big news on our side of the pod at harvard university, my alma mater, the president she resigned after less than a year, is short—term for harvard. she resigned because there was a big outcry over her statements to congress on anti—semitism on campus and her reddick tends to do this, as well as some swelling allegations are on plagiarism. sad to see a president drop out this way, that being said, ifeel to see a president drop out this way, that being said, i feel he was actually a moment ofjustice as well

because you had not only her but the president of the university of pennsylvania stepped down as well because there was such a weak response to the horrific attacks of october seven and the fact that anti—semitism was not robustly and profoundly rejected from campus i think is just a broader profoundly rejected from campus i think isjust a broader signal of hope campuses on the university sees them across the country have lost their way and i hope is a moment of reckoning and a watershed moment where we are going to say" you know what, it stems from much deeper problem which is credible theory, which is part of what this whole things based upon what or so i hope we'll see reforms in the university system in the united states and they'll be more open to debate and reform. . ~ they'll be more open to debate and reform. . ,, , ., . they'll be more open to debate and reform. . ~' , .. . ., they'll be more open to debate and reform. . ,, , ., . ., . reform. thank you, carrie, for that. andrew, reform. thank you, carrie, for that. andrew. to — reform. thank you, carrie, for that. andrew. to you- — reform. thank you, carrie, for that. andrew, to you. this _ reform. thank you, carrie, for that. andrew, to you. this is _ reform. thank you, carrie, for that. andrew, to you. this is news - reform. thank you, carrie, for that. andrew, to you. this is news in - reform. thank you, carrie, for that. andrew, to you. this is news in the| andrew, to you. this is news in the uk that by — andrew, to you. this is news in the uk that by tom _ andrew, to you. this is news in the uk that by 1pm today, _ andrew, to you. this is news in the uk that by 1pm today, that - andrew, to you. this is news in the uk that by 1pm today, that pay - andrew, to you. this is news in the uk that by 1pm today, that pay of. uk that by 1pm today, that pay of

the ftse — uk that by 1pm today, that pay of the ftse 100 ceos uk that by 1pm today, that pay of the ftse 100 ceos has taken over the the ftse 100 ceos has taken over the the average _ the ftse 100 ceos has taken over the the average worker, so in less than three _ the average worker, so in less than three days — the average worker, so in less than three days these people pay more than the _ three days these people pay more than the average worker gets per year _ than the average worker gets per year the — than the average worker gets per year. the average ftse 100 bus is about— year. the average ftse 100 bus is about a _ year. the average ftse 100 bus is about a year, over £10,000 a day every— about a year, over £10,000 a day every day— about a year, over £10,000 a day every day of— about a year, over £10,000 a day every day of the year, weekends, not allowing _ every day of the year, weekends, not allowing for— every day of the year, weekends, not allowing for any holiday, so his works — allowing for any holiday, so his works out _ allowing for any holiday, so his works out of the two about a little is urgent — works out of the two about a little is urgent -- — works out of the two about a little is urgent —— a little over 1100 thousand _ is urgent —— a little over 1100 thousand pounds an hour and shows the fast _ thousand pounds an hour and shows the fast discrepancies we have and vast inequality in our country people — vast inequality in our country people pay themselves as much and people _ people pay themselves as much and people are _ people pay themselves as much and people are struggling like care workers — people are struggling like care workers on minimum wage looking after disabled and elderly people on after disabled and elderly people on a minimum wage salary which is hundreds— a minimum wage salary which is hundreds of times less than. andrew, i'm sor hundreds of times less than. andrew, i'm sorry to — hundreds of times less than. andrew, i'm sorry to jump _ hundreds of times less than. andrew, i'm sorry tojump in — hundreds of times less than. andrew, i'm sorry to jump in there, _ hundreds of times less than. andrew, i'm sorry to jump in there, we - i'm sorry to jump in there, we will have ten seconds left on the whole programme, but really appreciate

carrie sheffield, andrew fisher, thank you very much for your time. this is bc news. hello from the bbc sport centre, i'm paul scott. it's one of the most anticipated weekends in the english football calendar — the fa cup third round is under way. it's when clubs from the premier league and championship enter the competiton. everton have made the journey to fellow top flight club crystal palace — the toffees had dominic calvert—lewin sent off in the second half after a controverisal var intervention. it is still goalless at selhurst park, into nine minutes of injury time there. tennis now — and we're just under two weeks away from the start of the australian open, and it's perhaps worth keeping your eye on this man here. rafael nadal, whose comeback after nearly a year out with injury shows no sign of slowing down. the spaniard breezed into the last eight in brisbane, while in auckland, a promising performance from emma raducanu — asjoe lynskey reports. emma raducanu left the court in auckland.

she just lost a match for there was so much good at take from it. this was her first event since april and she had gone toe to toe with the former world number three. raducanu faced last years wimbledon semifinalist svitolina but yet the brit did lead after winning the first set. svitilina did force the tie—breaker while her last year did feature to surgery she still has to touches. but one set up, she almost went on to win it but svitolina saved break points and won a tie—break in the second. by then this match was two hours long and raducanu's just back from eight months off court. she tired in the third, svitolina went through. but in defeat, there had been huge strides forward. to be back up at this speed after so little is a great sign, and of course i'm disappointed about today because i was a few points away. i'm looking forward to the season. it'sjust the beginning.

it's week one of, yeah, a lot more to come. rafa nadal spent even longer off court after 12 months out with injury. he is back this week in brisbane. this was around two, but it was even more convincing. nadal cruising pastjason kuebler, reigned out of the top 100. but a first set won 6—1 at the end. rafael nadal was late back from a break to change his clothes and got a code violation most of it might have mattered more if he was not in complete control. when you take the toilet break after the first set, talk us through what happened. well, i think something strange - because i know i have five minutes. honestly, brisbane is very humid. and i am slow, i know that and i'm going to keep -

trying to improve in 2024. two games into a comeback, he's already hitting form. he may not always be on time, but the rest to the try and catch him. joe lynskey, bbc news. records were set at the test match in cape town between south africa and india, but not great if you're fan of the format going the distance. this one resulted in the shortest test to produce a winner, in the history of the game. it was all done and dusted injust 6a2 balls, as dan ogunshakin reports. some brief calm after yesterday's storm. after 23 wickets fell on day one, questions were being asked of the newlands pitch and whether south africa could post a competitive total second time round. just six balls in, we had an answer. david beddingham undone byjasprit bumrah, and soon after, kyle verreyne's aggression seemingly hastened the proteas demise. his reaction spoke volumes. but amidst the chaos, some calm, some resistance.

aidan markram defying the odds, pitch and reason to score a hundred. none of his team—mates passed 15 in either innings, giving his total some context. bumrah's sixth, however, wrapped things up. south africa's lead just 78. india set about chasing it in double—quick time. a boundary from their very first ball. and they finished how they started, with attacking intent to seal a test win in record time, tying the series 1—1. dan ogunshakin, bbc news. kevin sinfield will leave the england rugby union coaching set—up later this year. he's been working alongside head coach steve borthwick as defence coach but will be replaced by felixjones as part of a reshuffle of the backroom staff. jones has won two world cups with south africa. borthwick says sinfield has made the decision to go in a different direction, but will stay with them until after the summer tour ofjapan and new zealand. and that's all the sport for now.

hello there. as we head towards our first full weekend of january, the weather story is on the change. somewhat drier conditions are expected by the weekend, but before that, we've got this area of cloud that's bringing some persistent rain across channel—facing coasts. so it arrived in the south—west, some of it quite heavy at times, accompanied by gale—force gusts of winds on exposed coasts in the channel. and that is going to continue to drift its way steadily eastwards. it means that there will be some difficult driving conditions if you're out and about on the roads over the next few hours. this was the isle of wightjust before darkness arrived, and you can see there are certainly some localised flooding in the area. now that rain will continue to drift its way south and east. it may lingerfor a time across the east midlands, lincolnshire, east anglia as well. a few scattered showers and stronger winds across eastern scotland and some coastal showers out to the west, but sandwiched in between the two, some clearer skies and we could have some patchy mist and fog forming by morning. now the low pressure still sitting

up into the far north will give stiff winds and showers into the northern isles and eastern scotland, but a ridge of high pressure is slowly building in. so there will be some showers out to the east, a legacy of cloud east of the pennines across england. further west, some brighter, sunnier spells with a few scattered showers driven in by that north—westerly wind. temperatures are likely to peak into single figures for many into the afternoon, so we're looking at around 4—9 degrees, pretty much where they should be for this time of year. but as we move out of friday into the start of the weekend, that high pressure's continuing to build in. the isobars open up, the winds falling light. again some patchy fog could be an issue first thing on saturday morning. we still keep a risk of some showers and introduce some strong wind across the northern isles, but it's going to be a chilly start to saturday. low single figures in towns and city centres. just below, a touch of frost likely away from the breeze. now high pressure is set to establish itself for the start of the weekend, and as the wind direction swings in a clockwise

direction around that high, we're either going to have an easterly or a north—easterly, which at times will drag in quite a lot of cloud off the north sea. so, yes, we're going to be chasing cloud amounts around, but look at this. it's going to be dry, settled with some sunshine at times, but we'll need to look out for overnight frost and fog.

at ten — rising flood waters are

reaching their peak in nottingham. this is the scene live. residents in "at risk" areas are being advised to prepare to evacuate. and it's notjust the midlands. there's been widespread flooding across several parts of england, with major disruption. we've got water flooding under floors, we're taking stuff upstairs. just moving everything, any valuables, we're just moving up onto tables, upstairs, as best we can. we'll be live in nottinghamshire where the river trent could reach some of its highest levels this century. also tonight... we report on the attacks on shipping in the red sea, and what they could mean for costs on the high street. rishi sunak hints when an election might be called, as keir starmer steps up his bid to become prime minister. # you ain't nothin' but a hound dog, cryin' all the time. # could elvis soon be back in the building — albeit virtually?

and, how to defy climate change and rising flood waters —