the international new york times' front page shows a swarovski crystal glove worn by michaeljackson. the article looks at how items such as these are among certain objects a us body is trying to recover from corrupt regimes who use their countries‘ wealth to enrich themselves. the kleptocracy asset recovery initiative is trying to seize a glove like this one from equatorial guinea's ruling family. and finally — the iphone turns ten years old. the gulf news takes a look how apple's ubiquitous smartphone became a modern—day icon. i hate using the word "icop", but i have to say, it might well fit. henry bonsu joins us. am i an icon? the more times you appear on this programme, the closer you are to being an icon. keep inviting me on, i'll always come! on thursday, azoria, the israeli soldier — young man who has been convicted of

manslaughterfor man who has been convicted of manslaughter for shooting dead a palestinian who was on the ground and not armed at the time. here, we have a palestinian driving a truck into a have a palestinian driving a truck intoa group have a palestinian driving a truck into a group of israeli soldiers. yes. there were serious questions asked after the truck attacks in nice and then the berlin christmas market not guarded. you would expect open areas like this injerusalem deab the promenade into the old city —to deab the promenade into the old city — to have been guarded, especially if soldiers were present in the area. but it appears that this guy drove the truck into those soldiers — four dead, 17 injured. this puts more pressure on binyamin netanyahu, the prime minister, because of course, at the moment, he's already being investigated for corruption charges. but one reason why the israeli population still supports him is he is seen as a strongman of the region, a man who can keep them safe, but if attacks like this — as well as stabbing attacks — continue, people start to call that into question. it makes the entire peace process so question. it makes the entire peace process so much question. it makes the entire peace process so much more question. it makes the entire peace process so much more difficult. yep john kerry, us secretary of state, making a speech last week in which

he was extremely harsh on israel. by all accounts, whichever side you support — because most people support — because most people support one side or the other — it is so emotive, he was extremely harsh on israel, and israel kind of picked up on that and said they didn't appreciate it. this is one of the reasons why netanyahu is starting to withdraw un membership fees that all nations that belong to the united nations have to pay. i spent a the united nations have to pay. i spenta fair the united nations have to pay. i spent a fair bit of time at the un in new york, and the kerry view is quite a popular view, especially among the developing world nations, who are not happy with what's going on in israel, especially as far as the palestinians are concerned. on in israel, especially as far as the palestinians are concernedm leads onto donald trump, in a way, although our trump story today is... about the foreign secretary going there. my trump story or yours? who did he meet? the trump's son—in—law? jarryd kushner — maybe he can bring peace to the middle east. he hasn't explained the detail of the how that

would work. it's interesting — boris johnson, who's very well—known in britain and in the european union — is the first member of the british government to speak to a member of the trump team at high levels. not meeting the donald himself... the first official meeting? the first official meeting. it'll be interesting to see what they have in common. interesting to see what they have in common. one of the things i spotted is that trump, as well as johnson, have had issues with president obama's origins. we know trump believed he wasn't born in the united states, and borisjohnson said he was "part—kenyan". that will unite them. but they won't be part of the customs market — it's doubly important that it has a good, quick trade deal with the united states. if you're going to lose 44% of your overseas export ‘ if you're going to lose 44% of your overseas export — ie, the european union — you're going to need somebody else to fill in the gap. cani somebody else to fill in the gap. can i mention one otherformality? the media takes the mickey out of both of them when it comes to their

hair... indeed. both blond and looking like a dead animal, you might say. i wasn't going to say that! the hair, at least. hair—in—the—wind shots. that! the hair, at least. hair-in-the-wind shots. how concerned is the business community? the line from one of trump's top, top people that actually brexit is a good chance for us — the americans — to steal business away from the uk? well, it's quite interesting in this article in the guardian — it talks about this trip being very important because the us—uk relationship needs to be hammered out before the brexit negotiations officially start between the uk and europe. yeah. everything is changing. everything is changing. including the trade relationship between the uk and the united states. and nato could suffer. especially if donald trump carries out some of his threats, but i suggest wiser heads will prevail. a lot was said about barack obama not really feeling england, not being an anglophile. but i think

rumours of the special relationship have been exaggerated by the so—called trumpsters and by nigel farage, the leader of the ukip party in this country. i think it's a strong relationship. the death of iran's former president... akbar hashemi rafsanjani — i say that very flue ntly hashemi rafsanjani — i say that very fluently because i remember studying him whenl fluently because i remember studying him when i was in geography in the late 1970s or early '80s at school in manchester. we had a lot of iranian refugees who came in because they obviously fled the islamic revolution. akbar hashemi rafsanjani was the moderate face of that revolution, while ayatollah khamenei was the hardliner. throughout the la st was the hardliner. throughout the last 30 or so years, he's been the guy who's been able to rein in the so—called hardliners, pushed people like the current president, hassan rouhani, to the fore. his presence, or his absence, will be missed.

because he is a guy who will really prevail on wiser heads, especially if donald trump carries out his threat to "wreck" the iran nuclear deal. apparently he was the president of iran when iran issued that fatwa against russia. yes, 1988 and 1997. quite surprising, given he's seen as moderate. we like the story in the new york times about this kleptocracy asset recovery initiative. as you said, a strange name. among things it's trying to reclaim from the equatorial guinea — a glove from michaeljackson. reclaim from the equatorial guinea — a glove from michaeljacksonm goes to show how crazy some people are at the top of african governments. in this case, why on earth when you lead a country where most people live on less than $2 a day you spending — who knows what the figure is? maybe millions of pounds — on michaeljackson's glove. other things the us government is

seeking to return are £3 billion —— £3 billion worldwide frozen. a $500 ferrari. the financiers of the movie the wolf of wall street used that money, belonging to malaysia, to fund that film. i saw that as well. there was a story about a nigerian minister who's been told to repay $153 million. how does a minister get $153 million? who knows? with a lot of support in a regime that is tanking... that's right. that's nigeria specifically. that was from the goodluckjonathan nigeria specifically. that was from the goodluck jonathan rejeem. nigeria specifically. that was from the goodluckjonathan rejeem. yes. on this day, ten years ago, steve jobs, the then—boss of apple, held up jobs, the then—boss of apple, held up the first apple iphone and a big presser, and many are saying this changed the world. well, it changed the game. it's hard to remember this but, back in 2007, most people had blackberrys, and nokia phones. i had

a blackberry myself. the iphone, as they say in america, has changed "the game". i would agree with that. wouldn't you ? "the game". i would agree with that. wouldn't you? i would, "the game". i would agree with that. wouldn't you? iwould, however "the game". i would agree with that. wouldn't you? i would, however not for me, because i'm a samsung android man myself. for me, because i'm a samsung android man myselflj for me, because i'm a samsung android man myself. i don't have an iphone. do you? i do. but the point is, it changed the game in the sense of what these phones can actually do. what they look like, whether it's a style thing, though... samsung or apple... i think the style thing is what keeps it premium. people like it because they see it, they associate it with status. whereas we android people — maybe we're second—class citizens. not at all! interesting you associate with it with status. the other guy in the picture on the front page of gulf news is barack obama, who preferred a blackberry. i won't if he still does. if it's about status, people would say, "hey, the president of the united states has blackberry." and blackberry has practically finished. it was more about what these devices allow you to do — that's how the game has changed. when the iphone was launched, it launched a whole

new era in what that device — or a samsung, or google or pixel can do. ican see samsung, or google or pixel can do. i can see you've drunk the kool aid on this. i think barack obama wanted to be the first hip—hop president, with the blackberry. 11 more days. he'll be standing in front of the congress building, swearing in donald trump... the test of the cool sta kes donald trump... the test of the cool stakes is how he looks in the asean photo, when they have to wear the same hawaiian shirts. we're out of time. thank you, henry bonsu. bye— bye. hello. i hope you enjoyed the weekend. for many it has been grey and murky. we have some wind this week to stir things up, so i hope you have sunshine. but there'll be colder air later on this week, where some of us could see a bit of the white stuff. we have a cold front pushing into the north—western parts

of the uk at the moment. the air behind that isn't desperately chilly, but the front itself will bring heavy burst of rain through scotland and northern ireland. behind that showers beginning to turn wintry at breakfast time and a strong, cold wind. some sunshine in between. this band of heavy rain, with squally winds, heading into north—western parts of england and wales at breakfast time. ahead of that it is still dry and still a bit of fog over high ground. the winds are still light. that will clear as winds freshen. the rain will then push in from the north—west. some wet weather arriving later in the day across southern and eastern areas. further north and west it brightens up. showers again heavy in northern ireland, scotland. wintry over high ground. 4—6 degrees. but ahead of that, nine, possibly 10. the rain will clear overnight and then we have brisk west

or north—westerly winds. chilly, but not desperately cold. there could be some frost around, but not too widespread or too sharp. then towards tuesday, we start to see things clouding up from the north—west. so limited brightness. the best of that in north—eastern areas. some showery bursts coming in off the atlantic. but because it's coming in from the west, temperatures if anything will start to pick up again. 9—10, a milderfeel late on tuesday. that mild theme continues into wednesday, where temperatures could get up to 11—12 in the south—east, but only briefly. cold air returns from the north with a vengeance and from midweek onwards temperatures will fall sharply. a shock to the system for many after what's been a relatively mild winter so far. the showers will turn increasingly wintry, notjust over high ground but down to lower levels. snow could cause

issues in some places. rain along the south coast perhaps for a time. but the arctic air wins out as we end the week. cold, northerly winds flooding down and although we have some sunshine it will feel very cold in the wind and further wintry showers are expected. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. an overhaul of mental healthca re in england. the prime minister offers extra support to schools and companies saying she'll transform the way people with mental illness are treated. opponents say more funds are still needed. good morning. it's monday, the ninth of january. also this morning: a strike by tube staff closes much of the london underground for rush hour commuters. it could cost the uk economy £50

million in lost trade and staff who can't get to work. unions say the walk out is vital to