this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top story: two years to the day after the historic paris agreement, world leaders gather for climate change talks, without the american president. snow storms gci’oss europe, as the struggle to work continues for commuters and anyone else having to travel by road, railand air. and it's billed as the battle for the soul of the republican party — senate election rivals make their final pitch to voters in the american state of alabama. and in business briefing: the perils of the sharing economy — we take a look at the pro‘s and con‘s of electric car sharing in singapore, and bike sharing in australia. and we'll be live to paris to talk to one expert who says climate change action is leading to many new economic opportunities. a warm welcome to the programme,

briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation, tell us what your spotting online tell us what you're spotting online and why the stories you are watching, just use the hashtag bbc—the—briefing. world leaders are gathering in france today to push forward plans to tackle climate change, agreed in paris two years ago. french president emmanuel macron will lead attempts to find billions of dollars pledged to help emerging economies end their reliance on fossil fuels. us president trump will not be there,

he pulled his country out of the agreement injune, the only country of 195 to do so. andrew plant talks us through the day. arriving for a dinner with the french president, former un secretary—general ban ki—moon and his predecessor, kofi annan, arriving in paris for what emmanuel macron has called a meeting of elders. this the evening before the one planet summit, taking place two years to the day since the paris accord, which saw 195 countries aiming to end the use of fossil fuels and stem the rise in global warming, an agreement that america turned its back on injune, when donald trump pulled out. he has called global warming a hoax. the french president, though, said america would be welcome back if mr trump ever changes his mind. the us is a great government, is a great country. the us did sign the paris agreement.

it's extremely aggressive to decide on its own just to leave, and i'm pretty sure that my friend president trump will change his mind in the coming months or years. i do hope, and i'm ready to work with him if he decides to come back. big names in business are also around — billionaire richard branson, and former californian governor arnold schwarzenegger arriving by bike. he said much of america was still committed to the paris agreement. it doesn't matter that donald trump backed out of the paris agreement, because the private sector didn't drop out, the public sector didn't drop out, universities didn't drop out, scientists didn't drop out, no—one dropped out. donald trump pulled donald trump out of the paris agreement, so don't worry about any of that. we on the subnational level

are going to pick up the slack, and we are going to continue on. tuesday's summit will look to find sources of finance to help countries shift to cleaner sources of energy, and lessen the impact of sea level rise due to melting ice caps, harsher storms and flooding, heat waves and droughts, too. richer nations agreed to provide $100 billion in funding each year to help developing nations switch away from fossil fuels. the target now at this meeting in paris — to fulfil that promise by 2020. we will be live to paris. and in business briefing we'll be live in paris with the chief executive of the climate group for her thoughts on the story. so stay with us for that — that's in around 25 minutes‘ time. we will be looking at the economic opportunities and brand—new companies springing up to tackle the issue. the bad weather has continued

for millions of people across europe. heavy snow caused chaos on sunday, and things didn't get any better on monday. hundreds of flights were cancelled here in the uk, the netherlands, germany and belgium — to name but a few. there was also disruption in italy and france, where an atlantic storm took its toll. tim allman has the latest. for these passengers, it must have felt like the weight would never end. hundreds of flights cancelled in one of europe's busiest airport. six o'clock this morning. it is a ready 12 o'clock. six hours and we have not reached the counter. we are still waiting. one more hour and they should be there, hopefully. similar story at heathrow. hundreds

of flight crews now in the wrong place so hundreds more flights cancelled. in italy, it was the train network that seemed to bear the brunt. stranded passengers given food at milan central station. this was that the rush—hour in brussels. some roads were deserted but others we re some roads were deserted but others were bumper to bumper. translation: it isa were bumper to bumper. translation: it is a disaster. we got stuck here. i start work at an o'clock. it is 1030 and i am still blocked. the southern france, snow wasn't the problem but storms and winds of up toa problem but storms and winds of up to a kilometres per hour battering the atlantic coast. this dramatic weather has caused chaos and disruption across much of western europe but to some, especially those who didn't have to go to school, it was an opportunity to have a little fun. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news:

the american ambassador to britain has said he expects donald trump to visit the uk in the new year despite his recent twitter row with the british prime minister. theresa may criticised the president after he retweeted anti—muslim videos from a british far right organisation. it led to renewed calls for his offer of a state visit to be rescinded. but woodyjohnson insists the us relationship with the uk was still "very, very good" the british manjailed for life in hong kong last year for the murders of two indonesian women in his luxury apartment has appeared in court to begin his appeal. during his trial rurikjutting, a former investment banker, had denied murder on grounds of diminished responsibility — blaming alcohol and drug abuse and sexual disorders. a bangladeshi man remains in hospital under police custody following monday's attempted terrorist attack in new york. he suffered burns from the crude pipe bomb he'd strapped to his body. the mayor of new york, bill de blasio, has described the explosion next

to the city's busiest bus station as an isolated, attempted terrorist attack. and in business briefing we've got a packed programme, including the news that finance ministers from europe's 5 largest economies, including philip hammond, have told president trump his planned tax reforms could damage world trade. to discuss this i'm joined by james hughes, chief market analyst, at the brokerage firm, axi trader. this is an interesting one. the front page of the financial times today. i wonder what they are thinking. i guess their agenda is they want to try and shot any tax reform in the us will not impinge on

global trade. what is interesting is that this is at concerted effort. none of these countries cannot afford to challenge america on their tax lans. especially in the uk, they need to trade with the us as does any major economy in the world but collectively they could be a lot more pressure put on donald trump and the administration in the us to maybe not even do something about this but we think certain aspects of it. when you look at donald trump's presidency so far, it has not been highlighted by any successful changes in law and the tax plan is a big one which she has put a lot into. —— which he has. it is all because they see the tax plan going in and stimulus are going in and it is needed in the us and i do not see much changing even if the right

european issues saying there are issues. they are saying international trade law is being infringed by the reforms in the us and the proposed tax changes and yet, in the us they have tried to change tax laws for decades and have been very unsuccessful. it president trump achieves some reform it would be quite an achievement. if you look at what this means, it is not meant at what this means, it is not meant a lot in terms of the us tax paid out at a lot going forward for donald trump's success. the us market have been ramming on the back of donald trump doing this. one think we have flown, he does not listen to criticism from outside the us orfrom listen to criticism from outside the us or from anywhere else. james will be back later for the news us or from anywhere else. james will be back laterfor the news briefing. still to come, we will travel to one of the poorest parts of kenya's capital to discover why text think

really ca n capital to discover why text think really can be good for your health. john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building, in the centre of new york. there's been a crowd here standing in more or less silent vigil. and the flowers have been piling up. the 14th ceasefire of this war ended at the walls of the old city of dubrovnik. this morning, witnesses said shells were landing every 20 seconds. people are celebrating the passing of a man they hold responsible for hundreds of deaths and oppression. elsewhere, people have been gathering to mourn his passing. imelda marcos, the widow of the former president of the philippines, has gone on trial in manila. she's facing seven charges of tax evasion. she pleaded not guilty. the prince and princess of wales are to separate. a statement from buckingham palace said the decision had

been reached amicably. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: world leaders are gathering in france today to push forward plans to tackle climate change, agreed in paris 2 years ago. the bad weather has continued for millions of people across europe. heavy snow caused chaos on sunday — and monday — and the rest of the week shows no signs of letting up. republican and democratic contenders running to represent alabama in the us senate have held their final rallies before a special election, the closest race in the state in years. on tuesday, voters will choose between roy moore, a formerjudge who denies accusations of sexual misconduct, and doug jones, a former lawyer known for having prosecuted white supremacists. our correspondent gary o'donoghue reports from montgomery, alabama. a month ago, roy moore looked dead

and buried, accused by eight women of sexual assault, harassment, including one who was 1a at the time. even the staunchest of republicans have deserted him. but now, this hugely controversial figure is ahead in the polls, just, and defiant in the face of many who said he should have stepped down. we are alabama, we are republican, and we are not going to stand by and let other people from out of state, and money from california, control this election. wow! alabama hasn't elected a democrat as senator for more than a quarter of a century, and the fact that doug jones is still in the running shows just how unbeatable this race has become. we

say no more to discriminating against those that are the least fortu nate against those that are the least fortunate among us. it is time, folks, that we say no more. donald trump has also faced allegations of sexual harassment, and for several weeks he declined to publicly back the republican candidate in alabama. but eventually he overcame his reticence. i think he is going to do very well. we don't want to have a liberal democrat in alabama, believe me. in alabama's capital, these democrat voters thought exactly the same, but about the other guy. democrat voters thought exactly the same, but about the other guylj think that, in any situation when you are doing a job and you get accused of heinous act, you have to once for that. and for some reason when you are a politician you can kind of sweep it under the rug.|j think it will be an embarrassment to the state. i think he will be ineffective, roy moore, if he is

elected, when he gets to the senate, that he is going to be probably shunned by many. we don't want somebody in there that has been accused of molesting kids, because kids are our next step for our future. this race is about much more than a seat in the united states senate. if the republicans lose, then donald trump will find it even harder to get his programme through congress. if roy moore wins then he will face months of investigation by an ethics committee, and alabama could end up doing this all over again injusta could end up doing this all over again injust a few could end up doing this all over again in just a few months‘ time. an australian senator has said he will resign from parliament following weeks of debate about his links with china. sam dastyari, a high—profile member of the opposition labour party, had received funding from a donor associated with the chinese communist party. he is reported to have warned the donor that he was under surveillance by australian intelligence. dastyari also spoke in favour of china's claims in the south china sea. hywel griffith is in sydney for us. this has got an awful lot of

attention in australia. he has now resigned. was he basically forced to go? yes, i think the pressurejust built too much on sam dastyari when he gave a press conference earlier on. he said he realised he had become too much of a distraction within australian politics and for the opposition. he said that for the better good, i guess, the opposition. he said that for the better good, iguess, he the opposition. he said that for the better good, i guess, he would give up better good, i guess, he would give up hisjob and not return to better good, i guess, he would give up his job and not return to the senate in 2018. but his problems go way back. his political career is pretty short. he is only 34. he had beenin pretty short. he is only 34. he had been in the senate for some three or four years, but a year ago he had had to accept that he had accepted money from this businessman, who had paid for a travel bill he owed. then

the embarrassment continued when he was found to be lobbying essentially on behalf of chinese's interest and against his own party's policy on the south china sea. there was even a suggestion a couple of weeks ago that he had lobbied one of his collea g u es that he had lobbied one of his colleagues not to go and meet a chinese political activists, because that would infringe on the chinese government's view. now, in terms of the legal situation, sam dastyari has not done anything wrong, but in political circles he just kept transgressing, political circles he just kept tra nsgressing, and according political circles he just kept transgressing, and according to his leader has shown particularly bad judgement, so i guess his political career had to come to an end. here is our briefing on some of the key events happening later. in harare, the first zanu—pf conference will take place since emmanuel mnangagwa replaced robert mugabe as president of zimbabwe. to florida and cape canaveral, where elon musk‘s spacex falcon nine rocket will launch a dragon spacecraft to the international space station to deliver supplies, equipment, and science experiments. the falcon nine will then re—land. and later on in washington, us secretary of state rex tillerson will speak at the atlantic council—korea foundation forum. on the agenda, south korean us relations and the threat posed by north korea.

now it is time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm tulsen tollett, and coming up in your tuesday sport briefing: the russian olympic team are set to decide if they will compete under a neutral flag at the upcoming winter olympics. who has drawn who in the last 16 of the uefa champions league. plus: we will introduce the bbc‘s african footballer of the year for 2017. lots of football news to come, but first: the russian winter olympics team are meeting on tuesday to decide whether they will compete in pyeongchang next year under an olympic flag. the international olympic committee announced last week that russia are banned from the 2018 games after allegations of state—sponsored doping by the country

at the last games in sochi. russian athletes would need to prove that they are clean in order to compete under the neutral flag. they drew barcelona in the champions league, and have slipped 14 points behind manchester city in the premier league after losing to west ham on saturday. time to change their fortunes, then. chelsea will hope to do that when they play huddersfield in the coming hours. we lost the game, against west ham, despite we dominated the game, we controlled the game. we should have fought 19 times, and we created many chances to score. but at the end we lost the game, and i think the most important thing tomorrow is to try to have a good final result. real madrid will have to beat one of

the strongest teams in europe for a third successive crown. tottenham's reward for topping their group ahead of madrid is a tie against the formidable juventus outfit. you have had your say, voted in your thousands, and you have picked this chap, egypt's mohamed salah, as your african footballer of the year. it is the first time he has been nominated, and after a spectacular year for both roma, and then after his move to liverpool, salah beat off strong competition to win the award. he says he'd like to win next year's trophy as well. i think ithink in i think in my mind is always i have followed my way, and i want every one in egypt to follow my way. and since i left egypt, in my mind, i a lwa ys since i left egypt, in my mind, i always wanted to be the best in the best egyptian ever. so i worked hard and try to be different than all of them. and i think i am doing well.

soiam them. and i think i am doing well. so i am here in liverpool, i am very happy and very proud to be here. so ijust happy and very proud to be here. so i just have to happy and very proud to be here. so ijust have to carry on and work hard. and a day late, but worth the wait — for shubhankar sharma, anyway. after thunderstorms delayed the final round of thejoburg open, the indian golfer held onto his lead to win in south africa by three shots for his maiden european tour title. and finally, here is what has been catching our eye on social media. carrying the olympic torch is one of the most prestigious honours. but it seems we've got some competition, from robots! with the winter games in pyeongchang soon upon us, robots have been taking the job of both driving and carrying the torch. that's a robot with the flame in south korea's science city, daejeon. the future is here folks. the robots are taking over.

a mobile money wallet has transformed the lives of millions of kenyans, by giving them access to financial services and healthcare even in the most remote parts of the country. the system works by linking money to a mobile phone number and allows those without a bank account to make payments via text message. catharina moh went to the slums of nairobi to meet a young family benefiting from the new technology. almost half of nairobi's population live in slums. for many, healthcare falls low down the priority list. susanis falls low down the priority list. susan is preparing for a six—week checkup. she is the newest addition to the family of six. translation: with my other babies are really suffer due to financial problems. i couldn't afford any hospital bills.

for the first time, susan was able to pay for antenatal care and can 110w to pay for antenatal care and can now also afford to vaccinate her baby. translation: i would go to the clinic late, like, a few months to giving birth, and i would not have as many tests. but when i got pregnant with my child i managed to visit the clinic due to my savings. the past few years, more people in the poorer communities have been gaining access to medical care. it is due in part to services like m—tiba, an electronic health wallet access through their phones. it generates a transaction fee. the mobile payment system is operated by an app which is both revolutionised and monopolise the market. with m—tiba we have seen the number of people not able to pay for healthcare down, because we encourage them to enrolling m—tiba,

and we are seeing 500 kids in a month, compared to 20 or 30 —— 2013, we we re month, compared to 20 or 30 —— 2013, we were seeing about 100 children a month. as all m-tiba transactions are recorded, staff are able to keep track of patients better and remind them of checkups. what this surgery is expected to seek 20,000 patients by the end of the year and as you can see there really isn't space to stop medicine so by using the data collected by m—tiba, the doctors here can decide which drugs to buy and stock. it probably is a very sustainable method for about 50% of our population and that is a big population. so it makes sense. everytime someone pays with m—tiba, the data gets sent back in real—time to the lab and central nairobi about how the money is being spent. amongst things, they can see what the most frequent treatments are, and where it is happening. injust over a year, m—tiba has gained close

to1 million users over a year, m—tiba has gained close to 1 million users and processed just over $1 million of medical transactions. it is not fully rolled out across kenya yet but it has the potential to create a real—time digital health map of the population. stay with me on bbc news. i will be back with the business briefing in just a few moments. and tell me what you think about our talking point today, let us know your thoughts — use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. on bbc world news the top story is the race for the senate seat of alabama. as tuesday's senate race remains extremely close. if you want the very latest on that, keep an eye on bbc online. i will see you in a moment for business briefing.

well, after the rain, sleet and heavy snow comes the ice, and ice will really be a problem during the overnight period. those temperatures fall away particularly across the central areas, or where we have lying snow. a few wintry showers continuing across eastern coastal areas and across the south—west of wales, into cornwall in devon. towns and city values well below freezing. so you can imagine across the snowfields out in rural places, temperatures in the minus double figures. so a cold start to tuesday, and it means we could see significant risk of ice around. watch out, that could cause some disruption and treacherous conditions on untreated roads, cycle paths and pavements. so this is the picture through the morning period. you can see that blue hue, widespread frost, but at libra —— at least bright with some sunshine. these will fade away across cornwall, devon and west wales. pop

into the midlands, northern ireland, scotland, a very cold start here as well. chris paul frosty scotland, a very cold start here as well. chris paulfrosty with scotland, a very cold start here as well. chris paul frosty with some sunshine. maybe a little less cold across northern ireland, that is because there will be a bit more cloud around. watch out for freezing mist and fog patches as well. that said, for tuesday, apart from being a bit cold it should be a glorious day. lots of crisp, winter sunshine. light winds as well. we will start to see a change across the west, this weather front bringing bigger car than increasing our bricks of rain. it will be lifting up the temperatures somewhat but we will start to see some rain turning into snow across higher grounds. here is the weather front moving through during tuesday night. could see some snow over the high grounds of scotland, maybe into the pennines as it moves its way eastwards, and that is followed by another weather front as we head on in towards wednesday. so generally a frost free start on when‘s he. we lose one weather front to be replaced by another. some wintriness over the high ground of scotland, but some of this will be quite heavy, maybe even thundery as it pushes its way eastwards. introducing slightly milder air to the south by turning colder again

across the north. these showers turning wintry for scotland and northern ireland. there will be plenty of sunshine around. quite windy day on thursday. a bit colder still across the board. single figure that is once again and some snow over the high ground in north, has cold air continues to return. by friday and into the weekend we open the floodgates again to the north, it turns very much colder weather returned to overnight frost during the weekend. —— with a return. this is business briefing. i'm sally bundock. keeping the deal alive — two years on from the paris climate accord, world leaders are back in the city to work out how to move on from fossilfuels. and from electric car sharing in singapore to why the wheels have come off bike sharing services in australia. we take a look at pro's and con‘s of getting about in a greener way. and on the markets... it is all about central bank action

with the fed starting its two—day meeting today and european banks meeting today and european banks meeting today. we will tell you all you need to know.