hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. north and south korea meet for the first time in two years — but is it enough to diffuse the nuclear threats and what does it mean for relations with the west. there have been violent clashes in this year after austerity measures imposed by the government. we report from tunis. this ukrainian lawyer successfully argued in court against the release of her sister's killer. but then she was murdered. we look into the case that has outraged the country. and the japanese astronaut who's grown 9cm after just three weeks in space — he's concerned. we'll explain what's happening — with the help of the uk space agency. welcome to outside source.

north and south korea have held talks for the first time in more than two years. a week ago the north was threatening nuclear war so this is progress of a sort. two important things came out of these talks. first, an agreement to hold more talks to ease military tensions on the border. second, north korea will send a large delegation to the winter olympics in south korea next month — that will include athletes and cheerleaders. the talks were held here in the demilitarised zone that separates the north and the south. you can see the demarcation line — with the demilitarised zone either side of it. and this is the moment north korean officials stepped across the border. the line is marked on the floor. the

moment he steps across he is leaving north korean territory and so he did. afew north korean territory and so he did. a few moments after that, the two sides greeted each other and exchanged pleasa ntries. two sides greeted each other and exchanged pleasantries. then they got down to talking properly. sophie long has been covering this all day and here is her latest report. north and south korean delegations shaking hands and exchanging new years greetings. this is the first time the two governments have met for more than two years. within hours of negotiations getting underway the south korean government announced the first breakthrough. pyongyang had agreed to send a delegation to the winter olympics. it will include athletes, cheering squad, and a tae kwon do demonstration team. welcome news particularly for the south korean president who believes that the games

are the opportunity for ground—breaking change. the discussions then moved on to the other inter—korean issues like the thousands of people separated from their families for decades by the heavily fortified border zone. translation: we propose to hold a red cross meeting to discuss family reunions in time for the lunar new year which is a national holiday. later the south korean government announced a military hotline, closed two years ago as relations soured, would reopen. we can then show you the chinese reaction to the talks. translation: isa reaction to the talks. translation: is a neighbour of the korean palencia we welcome all positive steps that will allow an easing of tensions between south and north korea. —— korean peninsula. tensions between south and north korea. -- korean peninsula. here is robert wingfield hayes. well i think there is a huge amount

of relief because it has been a pretty scary year at least here in this region. it is felt very much like a times we have been teetering on the edge of war. we've seen missiles flying, nuclear tests, america sending aircraft carrier battle groups to the coast of korea. making very bloodcurdling threats towards each other, north korea and the united states. so in many ways this, there is relief that these talks are taking place, just because talks are now happening and also because it appears that the north korean side is now very keen to de—escalate the tensions. the bigger question is is this an opening to really deeper dialogue between north and the south and will the denuclearisation of the korean peninsula be on the table. and there is no sign of that at the moment. i think what has happened is the north korean leadership has looked into the abyss of a possible conflict with america and stepped back and said, we need to do something to de—escalate tensions, we need to find an off ramp. the winter olympics here in south korea are that ladder to climb down for the north korean

regime, a kind of coverfor them to de—escalate this very frightening situation. to tunisia. there have been violent protests in ten cities across the country this week. and the anger we're seeing in these places is directed at the government and its austerity policies. for example, the new year budget government brought price and tax increases. the bbc‘s rana jawad is in based in tunis. these protests a re these protests are essentially are about the price hikes that tunisians have seen since the beginning of this new financial year. the government has had to impose new austerity measures in compliance with donor countries who are giving it the much—needed foreign aid. and this has included things like a rise

on the tax on imports as well as a rise in prices on things like gas and other essential goods which will also affect the prices of for example the intranet. so people have taken to the streets in at least £10 and earlier today in tunis itself there was a small protest downtown. —— ten towns. people protesting the new financial measures and also the death of the protester in one town yesterday night. now the government and opposition do not agree as ever. tunisia's prime minister says he;'s working to end economic hardship. the country's main opposition party wants these protests to continue. here's rana on the politics. well we've heard from the tunisian prime minister so far and he has promised the people that this will be the last difficult financial

year, economically speaking. he said that they are facing extraordinary and difficult times. however he did not woody present a plan as to how he would ease the burden on the people which analysts say is mainly affecting the weaker class or poorer population of tunisia. remember tunisia was where the arab spring began over seven years ago — a street vendor set himself on fire. that eventually led to a revolution and the overthrow of the tunisian president zine el abidine ben ali. but that didn't remove all of people's frustrations. here's rana once more. since the revolution in 2011 overthrowing zine el abidine ben ali from power, economically speaking it has gone backwards. the cost of living has steadily risen, inflation is at its highest at the moment. and

people are still facing high rates of unemployment. to top it off of course there was the 2014 terror attacks targeting the tourism industry here which also affected state revenues because tunisia is heavily reliant on the tourism industry. so all in all it has been quite a struggle for the country and the people to economically recover since this revolution. this is norishige kanai — he's japanese — and right now he's on the international space station. he's only been there three weeks and already he's grown 9cm. he's been talking — i assume tongue in cheek — about concerns he won't fit into his seat on the rocket that will bring it back to earth. i spoke with libby jackson from the uk space agency — mostly just to find out how concerned we should be. it is normalfor

it is normal for astronauts to grow, for their back to extend in space because as soon as you get up there floating around you cannot feel the effects of gravity and your spine decompresses and the vertebrae and muscles relax. nine centimetres is a lot, normally it is between two and five centimetres. does that have ramifications for your more general health? yes, it can cause pain in your back while you're up there and as he said he has got to fit into his seat in home but i'm sure it will not be a problem. the same colour problems affect ageing people, people who have to spend a long time in bed so it is quite important that we studied these things. and that is what this space agency is helping to fund. is he going to shrink when he gets back home? yes, as soon as it gets back on earth and feels gravity the spine

will compress again and the muscles get stronger. there is some risk of problems when people come back to earth and the spine does that but he will be fine within a few weeks. presumably this is just one of a number of physical changes that occui’ number of physical changes that occur in space. absolutely. going into space, as soon as you get there at your body starts to adapt because you do not feel gravity, your bones and muscles are weakened and a fluid shifts around, lots of things. if you stayed in space forever it would not be a problem with the astronauts coming back, they do a lot of exercise to make sure their strong as possible for coming back. exercise to make sure their strong as possible for coming backm exercise to make sure their strong as possible for coming back. if you stay up for longer and longer do you keep getting bigger and bigger dose the expansion occur in the first few days? generally in the first few days. scott kelly spent a year in space and he grew about six centimetres after his stay in space

but he is all back to normal now. the body adapts and then you stabilise and just get used to living and working in space. thank you. stay with us on outside source — still to come. we'll report from las vegas, the biggest tech event in the world and this is one of thousands of gadgets on show. that is a suitcase that will follow you around the airport without you holding it. it is one year since martin mcguinness resigned as the deputy first minister of northern ireland bringing down the stormont government. the big question is whether it would be possible to get members of the power—sharing executive back into the building

behind me. especially given the bad blood that exists between the main parties the dup and sinn fein. yesterday when the former secretary of state james brokenshire released his resignation letter he said northern ireland was well into overtime to try to get this executive up and running. and further intervention would not be neededin further intervention would not be needed in other words, a return to direct rule. so the new secular state karen bradley has got a challenging job ahead and a very full entry. —— in tray. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... north korea has offered to send a delegation including athletes and journalists to next month's winter olympics in south korea. the offer was made at the first talks in two years between the north and the south.

zimbabwe's anti—corruption agency is investigating whether the former first lady grace mugabe fraudulently obtained a doctorate. she was awarded the phd just months after enrolling at university in 2014. a suicide bombing in the western pakistani city of quetta has killed at least seven people. a police van was nearby — and the pakistan taliban is claiming responsibility. and this is the sahara desert — the hottest desert in the world — after a very rare snowstorm. the biggest tech event in the world is happening in las vegas — right now. every year we cover the consumer electronics show. all bases are covered. for example this is a suitcase which

we are told will follow you around the airport without you having to touch it. there's a camera that can send videos from your home to your phone. and robots that will take simple sketches like this and turn them into much more complex works of art. and all of this of course sits right on the edge of what is possible. things do not always go to plan. this bit is excruciating, lg electronics with the robot, chloe. amion my electronics with the robot, chloe. am i on my wash cycle. even robots have bad days! what is for dinner tonight? 0k, tonight? ok, she's not going to talk to me.

she does not like me, evidently. i feel for the robot because i have days like that when i do not want to answer your questions! but this time i will respond. it is cutting edge technology and sometimes goes wrong but we are seeing great advances, even that whole field of robotics and generally artificial. what we're not sure about yet is what will be the hot new products emerging from that. a lot of it is underground, making your phone smarter, recognising photos of you on facebook saying that is someone else, that is you and that is very advanced science which has happened over the last few years. what we're seeing is something of a battle between the big american companies, google of course here in force and

the newcomers from china. china really staking claim to be huge in artificial intelligence. in terms of how ces works, is a business to business or can people pay and coming? this isjust a trade show, what you have here is the worlds technology companies their customers in the form of the retailers, their partners and so on. all eyeing up the latest products. tens of thousands of products launched each year and thousands of products launched each yearandl thousands of products launched each yearand i think thousands of products launched each year and i think quite a few disappear without trace. but i have been standing in in front of a robot dog on the sony stand and the woman next to me said to her colleague, i think we will take that in our store later this year. and he was more sceptical saying, you do not know where the dog has come from. is it a rescue dog or what. conversations happening all over about which gadgets are going to take off and which are not. and more of that through the week. just before the new year dissed

ukrainian lawyer was murdered. a few days before that she had argued in court against the release of the man who killed her sister in a drink and drugs car crash in 2015. today irinia was buried on the outskirts of kiev where she had lived and died. these are some of the pictures that came in from the funeral earlier and we know that she was buried next to her sister was my great. for the people who knew her of course this is an incredibly upsetting time but her murder has caused outrage across ukraine. investigations being seen as a test of the police and judiciary, both seen as being corrupt. the police are moving quickly and have already made an arrest. that has been greeted with some scepticism. this

is one mp and activist. people understand that the judicial system is not about people at all, we understand it is about corruption first of all because all of these judges for 25 years, first of all we have corrupt politicians, the whole system is corrupt. well the identity of the person in custody was confirmed just a short time ago. here are the details. so the man in custody has been confirmed as the 63—year—old man who is the father of the guy whose custody has been prolonged by the court. on the day that irinia disappear. and was killed. her lawyers, her family lawyers told the bbc that they have suspicions about the ease and

convenience of this particular suspect. they consider him to be an easy target, a scapegoat. he admitted that he is indeed the culprit. and this is generating tension in ukraine and even the president has been commenting on that. why has it become this national issue? well irinia was practically unknown in the country until her activism was brought to national media attention by a tweet from the american embassy expressing regret that she disappeared and was probably died. and then hundreds of activists came picketing and protesting at the interior ministry building demanding that she be found. the society is no longer prepared to let the judiciary, broadly considered to be corrupt and inefficient, get away with it. in a

way it is a vigilante activism, people demand that the authorities investigate and find something. it is unlike anything we've seen in the past. there could be a perception the judiciary past. there could be a perception thejudiciary and past. there could be a perception the judiciary and police are corrupt but have they been studies to prove that that is the case? any evidence that that is the case? any evidence that backs up that perception? just under 10% of criminal, of all crimes and criminal investigations in ukraine and in prosecutions, ukraine has conducted more in the previous 24 years and yet for society patience is running out and the perception is that the rule of law that still remains almost unachievable as a goal, is not quite there yet. we are indebted to the

bbc world service for covering these issues. later on we hear about the manual macron in beijing and an old video of the iranians supreme leader that has gone viral. shares in some big tech firms are down after microsoft said it had suspended some patches to fix two major computer chip flaws. that's because they froze some machines powered by amd chips. samira hussain is in new york. we were told that this would take one week to fix but it seems it will ta ke one week to fix but it seems it will take longer. what we're talking about, there are two major chip—makers, intel and amd. about, there are two major chip—makers, inteland amd. we already heard from the intel boss

saying that the intel chips, it is going to be fixed within the next week or so. but amd is suffering some other problems, these chips had a patch and they put out the patch to try to fix it but microsoft has been receiving complaints from its customers saying that after they put in this fix they are getting a frozen screen, the dreaded blue frozen screen, the dreaded blue frozen screen, the dreaded blue frozen screen and as a result microsoft has said we are not going toissue microsoft has said we are not going to issue this patch any more until we can try and figure out some kind of six with amd. and is there any evidence that anyone has been adversely affected by these problems? not as yet and what a lot of people suggest is bad it offers some kind of window into people's computers. but in terms of the possibility of being hacked people say, you are more vulnerable to

other forms of hacking really than the kind of vulnerability that exists in these particular chips. and if you're really worried you should just contact whoever takes ca re of should just contact whoever takes care of your computer operating systems. and they should be able to try and rectify the situation faster for you. how does it work on these big firms need to come together to resolve a problem because usually they are rivals were not share any information with each other. they're not exactly rivals, i would say, in the case of amd and microsoft, amd depends on microsoft to use their chips in their computers so it is in the best interest of these companies to work together to try to find a fix. the same thing with intel, a lot of tech companies use intel chips and it is in the best interests of intel to really get moving on a patch. thank you very much. us president donald trump will mingle with the global elite at the world economic forum in davos later this month. the first us president in almost 20

yea rs the first us president in almost 20 years to go to this gathering in davos. trump's "america first" policy has put us trade, industry and jobs at the fore. a strategy at odds with many of the poitical and business leaders flockng to the swiss alpine gathering. inequality in the workplace is worse in high tech jobs, says a report from us think tank pew. it polled more than 2,300 workers in science, technology, engineering and maths, known as stem. and found half of women working here have experienced gender discrimination. it's worst in male dominated workplaces — 78% said they'd faced discrimination. and almost as bad for those working in computerjobs — the figure is 74%.

cary funk from pew research centre is the author of the report. there are striking differences between women and men in computer jobs, some work in the tech industry and some do not but this is a wide section of people, 74% of women in these jobs section of people, 74% of women in thesejobs said section of people, 74% of women in these jobs said they had experienced workplace discrimination. and both women are more likely to think that where they work, women are not typically getting a fair shake when it comes to opportunities for promotion and advancement. an interesting development in the us in the last few minutes, reuters saying that steve bannon formerly chief strategist at the white house, currently in charge of breitbart news network commie stepping down as executive chairman. so he has gone. all connected to that book about donald trump. more on that in the next few minutes. time for a round—up of some weather

stories from around the globe and we start by heading down under and record—breaking heat in sydney. and here is an image of one of the big shower clouds looming over sydney after that heat. it was a colossal storm. it could be seen from space. it started off pretty small, then swung through the morning bringing torrents of rain and flashes of lightning and thunder. that system tagging onto the tail end of this area of low pressure and we start to see that affecting new zealand later in the week. a fresher feel finally for sydney for the next few days. now the eastern seaboard of the united states is warming up through

wednesday, thursday and friday. notice those brighter colours but another plunge of cold air coming down across the plains by friday. that could give some complications once again on the eastern seaboard. we are keeping an eye on this low pressure as it moves east tuesday and wednesday, introducing mild air and wednesday, introducing mild air and bringing some rain to the ohio valley. freezing rain in fact because it lands on frozen surfaces. then milder air brushing through the east coast on friday with colder tagging in behind. again we could see some torrential rain and snow storms again through the north—east. across to europe now and it is a ski resort, not used to seeing quite such an inundation of snow. in fact some resorts have been forced to

shut on tuesday because of such large amounts of snow. and very high avalanche conditions as well. that low now clearing away eastwards but we have this area developing and pushing towards the bay of this paper wednesday. that looks as if it will bring nasty conditioned into spain, france and across the pyrenees. wednesday night into thursday. and as for the alps themselves, looking a little bit quieterfor themselves, looking a little bit quieter for the themselves, looking a little bit quieterfor the middle of themselves, looking a little bit quieter for the middle of the week. closer to home some rain soaked bush across the british isles and the next 24 hours but brighter skies on the way on wednesday for many. more details on that in half an hour. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source, and these are the main stories here in the bbc newsroom. north and south korea meet for the first time in two years, but is it enough to diffuse the nuclear threats and what does it

mean for relations with the west. we have learned the north koreans will be sending a significant delegation to the winter olympics in south korea next month. violent clashes against the government's austerity measures sweep over tunisia, seven years after protests there sparked the arab spring. this ukrainian lawyer successfully argued in court against the release of her sister's killer. but then she was murdered. we look into the case that has outraged the country. steve bannon has stepped down from breitbart news after that public break with president trump. your questions are always welcome. #bbcos is the hashtag. every day we bring you some of the

most pressing global stories. now i want to turn to the central african republic — it's not a country we cover very often here on outside source. it's not because we don't want to — it's just really difficult to get clear and accurate information. today we had this tweet. around 30,000 people have fled fighting and are taking refuge in paoua town. all peripheral health centres are closed and very few wounded casualties have reached the hospital. there's the broader map of central african republic and you can see that town near the border with chad. a medicines sans frontier team has been to the hospital which is why it's a source of new information. to understand what's happening, we turned as we often do to mary harper. msf says 30,000 people have been displaced by some recent fighting in

the west of the central african republic which is an area that hasn't been that badly affected by fighting until now. they've come to this town called paoua. they are telling the most horrific stories of people being killed, injured. they describe men on horseback coming and shooting people, anything that moves they shoot. an sf is particularly worried because it had to abandon the health centres where it was working in these areas. seven health centres. msf worried out of the dirty dozen people who have fled and the others killed and injured, only 13 people have checked themselves into this town —— msf are worried that out of the 30,000 people who have fled. what's driving the violence? msf says this violence, even though there are some rebel groups, they are basically taxing

people for their livestock and houses. they are basically exporting from people and killing them on their way. it seems to be the most purposeless violence that hasn't got anya purposeless violence that hasn't got any a more ambition in mind except to create mayhem and chaos and total misery for civilians. evidently central government and the regional authorities are not able to stop this? interestingly, msf which normally avoids politics came out with quite a harsh statement. they basically said the government is unable to protect civilians and that's why all of these problems are occurring. if you look at a map of the central african republic right in the heart of africa, and you look at the areas where there is conflict, there are little explosions almost everywhere in the country and the government is confined to the capital, unable to protect people beyond the confines of the capital. that's the problem.

i appreciate the similarities are limited but somalia is a place with a government that can't control all of its territory and it gets a lot of its territory and it gets a lot of support from the african union and other agencies. does the government in car get the same?“ you think about somalia not only do they have 22,000 african union troops, they have american military advisers and people from other countries in the world. central african republic has a minimal amount of outside intervention and is often described as africa's forgotten conflict. this conflict has been going on forfive forgotten conflict. this conflict has been going on for five years and it's still one that appears to have no end in sight. why is it that car is forgotten to the degree that somalia isn't? probably because somalia isn't? probably because somalia has an islamist militia that is allied with al-qaeda leader. it is allied with al-qaeda leader. it is seen as a sort of threat, not

just to the people of somalia but that the people of the region and to the wider world. the islamist group al—shabaab the wider world. the islamist group al—sha baab has threatened the wider world. the islamist group al—shabaab has threatened western shopping centres, its threatened london. that means it attracts international attention. whereas central african republic, even though so many people are displaced, so many people are suffering, it isn't a conflict that threatens anything except for itself and its neighbouring countries because so many displaced people are fleeing. it doesn't have international repercussions really and the world has been able to turn its back on the country. if you want to learn more about any of the countries we cover their country profiles available on the news website. a huge political story in the us, steve bannon was the chief strategist in the white house is not so many months ago. now he is not only out of the white house, he now stood down as the person in charge

of breitbart news. our reporter is live from washington, dc. did we see this coming? i think the writing was on the wall. we've seen a press release from rebecca mercer who was one of breitbart‘s chief funders, very wealthy family, disavowing their ties to steve bannon. there was talk about meetings at high—level about whether to keep him on at breitbart. here we are, a p pa re ntly on at breitbart. here we are, apparently it's going to be effective tuesday but the news is already posted on the breitbart website. it is a remarkable fall for steve bannon. just five months ago he was a senior adviser at the white house. he was trump's campaign chair, very influential in the early days of the administration and here he is now effectively unemployed. days of the administration and here he is now effectively unemployedm terms of the politics of the country, i guess this reasserts donald trump as the primary figure for a particular type of american

who wants a particular type of politics. right. it's interesting earlier today donald trump was sitting down holding a bipartisan meeting to talk about comprehensive immigration reform. that's an issue that the steve bannon s of the world we re very that the steve bannon s of the world were very much against, any kind of compromise on immigration. it could represent that the trump administration is at least moving somewhat away from this nationalistic populism that steve bannon represents, at least on things like immigration or tax reform with the big corporate tax cut that was just past. i'm reform with the big corporate tax cut that wasjust past. i'm assuming we should draw a straight line between what's happened here and the book by michael wolff.|j between what's happened here and the book by michael wolff. i think that obviously was the nail in the coffin of steve bannon. steve bannon went after donald trump's family in very personal terms, he said donald trump jr may have committed treason by meeting with russians during the

presidential campaign. he called ivanka trump dumb as a brick and said she had her own presidential ambitions. that prompted a sharply worded rebuttal from trump who said steve bannon had effectively lost his mind. i think that was what put him over the edge as far as his involvement with breitbart news. help me out with the midterms. they are coming up later in the year. steve bannon had big plans to put up particular candidates against mainstream republican candidates, presumably without breitba rt alongside that tasks becomes harder? i think there are a lots of republican incumbents smiling right now. first and foremost mitch mcconnell who had been in a war of words for months with steve bannon. steve bannon said he was going to fund and support antiestablishment candidates to run against every single republican senator up for re—election later this year except for ted cruz in texas. the first one he backed was roy moore who ran in

alabama and upset the incumbent republican in a primary at the middle of last year, and then lost in the general election to a democrat in december. that was the beginning signs of his star diminishing somewhat. there are republicans in the establishment, officeholders across washington right now, that are probably breathing a sigh of relief because bannon doesn't have the media empire or the money at all with the mercers pulling out. steve bannon is stepping down as the man in charge of right part. on most of the big us political developments when you go on the website you find anthony orjon sobel‘s analysis. next a report on bitcoin in uganda.

not something we've covered before — you'll know what's been happening with bitcoin. it's a digital currency. last year its value was around $1000. it went up its value was around $1000. it went up to around $16,000. some people made an awful lot of money on that, but not everyone. here's catherine byaru hanga. like many ugandans, this lady is a lwa ys like many ugandans, this lady is always looking for new ways to make cash. after trying different options such as selling clothes and even moneylending, she settled on bitcoin. since august she's bought more than $1000 worth of bitcoin. that investment has multiplied. when i first invested in that investment has multiplied. when ifirst invested in bitcoin ijust wa nted ifirst invested in bitcoin ijust wanted my income to grow. now that it has grown, i'd like to buy a car,

i'd like to buy land, build a house. no one knows how many people own cryptocurrency is in uganda. but anecdotal evidence shows the numbers are growing. mobile phones and growing access to the internet are making it easier for ugandans to buy digital currencies. you just download an apt and then can use mobile money already stored with your network or even a bank transferred to buy cryptocurrency. there are now lessons on trading the new currencies. over 50 people attend these weekly classes by martin. he says high youth unemployment is attracting individuals to digital currencies. if you don't have factory jobs individuals to digital currencies. if you don't have factoryjobs and you don't have corporate jobs, to

serve the thousands of young people coming out of the universities, this is an alternative. but as well as the winners, some are making big losses. this man hasjust finished university and is looking for his firstjob. university and is looking for his first job. i lost everything, within 12 hours. cryptocurrencies can easily bring in low sales. if it's a low sale it's really low. if it's a profit, i'd make $200. whilst some ugandans see this new industry as the future, regulators here warned that it's risky. and only for those who can handle the losses when they happen. we started this half in kampala and washington. next we turned to iran because a video of its supreme leader speaking almost 30 years ago

has emerged. in it he says he's not qualified for thejob. has emerged. in it he says he's not qualified for the job. the clip has emerged. in it he says he's not qualified for thejob. the clip has gone viral. translation: one should shed tears of blood for an islamic society that would even consider someone like me to be its leader. there are serious technical issues with this decision. undoubtedly one of the things driving beehive viewing figures is the fact he supreme leader spoke out against those anti—government protests last week. there are constitutional issues with him being the leader, and what became clear was that this was a session behind closed doors that the members of the assembly don't want the people to know about. now there are serious questions. 30 yea rs now there are serious questions. 30 years on, how he's still the leader

of iran and how come nobody has talked about the fact he was supposed to be a caretaker not a lifetime leader? like most leagues there is definitely a political agenda behind it. thejournalists we spoke with said that he received the video last week during the height of the protests in iran and he knows his sources wanted to publish it but he wanted to make sure it was credible. clearly the supreme leader is going through a crisis. his legitimacy is in doubt. after the protests in which people said debt to the dictator, death to the supreme leader, now this video has emerged which shows he himself wasn't sure about the job. toby young has resigned from his role on the board of a new university regulator. he says he was forced to stand down because "my appointment has become a distraction from its vital work of broadening access to higher education and defending academic freedom". he got the job because of his role in co—founding and running this free school in london.

but comments he's made in the past on social media quickly became the story. here's an example from 2012. and in a spectator article from the same year, he wrote schools have got to be "inclusive" these days. there was no shortage of people lining up to condemn toby young for these comments. this is the chair of the education select committee. i thought that if you are put on a regulator for students, for universities, it would undermine

confidence in that institution if you had somebody with those kind of use in post. ijust thought it was wrong. toby young has his supporters too. here's the political journalist isabel oakeshott. she went on to say his resignation isa she went on to say his resignation is a great loss. toby young's departure comes on the same day as lots of comings and goings at number 10. here's theresa may's new cabinet — her reshuffle has seen more women and mp's from ethnic minority backgrounds appointed as ministers. not everyone is happy with how that issueis not everyone is happy with how that issue is being described. although the telegraph's senior political correspondent kate mccann makes this point. for more on all of this let's speak to iain watson at millbank.

do you think the prime minister was setting out to suggest that this is a more diverse approach to senior government? absolutely. that was one of the key things she wanted to achieve from this reshuffle. she is able to say there are 37 female ministers. not all round the cabinet table. also more ethnic minority ministers than ever before, up from four to nine. the argument being made by dining street is that although some are in junior positions, they are beginning the construction of a ministerial pipeline. people getting their first fit in the ministerial door and will in future be able to take more prominent positions. when i was speaking to downing street official spokesman he wouldn't be drawn on suggestions that this was about

political correctness or box ticking. he simply said they've got the best team to take on britain's challengers. yes, no question the prime minister herself set out to have a more diverse team and she herself has said effectively government ministers should look a bit more like the country that they are aspiring to govern. but was a motivating factor. of course the very top team, those at the very top state either because she felt too wea k to state either because she felt too weak to move them in the first blaze because some of them dug their heels in. it's been an interesting day. some people say the prime minister is weak and can't reshuffle the people at the top, you read other people at the top, you read other people who say the brexit bill before christmas has strengthened her. the fact she can pick these people with a long—term view shows she is stronger than ever. what you're reading? i think both can actually be true. on the one hand she wants to see a more diverse range of ministers and in due course

perhaps even her eventual successor will come from a new crop. she wants to bring on people elected in 2015 and 2017 who may have some specific skills. also putting extra ministers into areas that she regards as a priority, including the brexit department. also a new social care minister and department. also a new social care ministerand an department. also a new social care minister and an additional minister for housing. these are seen as priorities in areas where she will be battling against a labour government. she didn't set out to move some of her top team. many of the brexiteers were critical of philip hammond as chancellor. she certainly didn't feel strong enough to ta ke certainly didn't feel strong enough to take them on and what was also interesting was whenjeremy hunt didn't want to move, then frankly she didn't move him. in addition to that, talking about more diversity, she lost an mp, the education secretary, who comes from a northern background, who is gay and also

educated at a comprehensive school. there has been some criticism that the new cabinet is more reliant on people who come from fee—paying schools and oxbridge than the cabinet it replaced. thank you. emmanuel macron in beijing. the very important trade matters talks he's been holding — have been somewhat overshadowed by his effort — in mandarin — to say "make our planet great again". speaks mandarin. here's how vincent ni from the bbc‘s chinese service rated mr macron's efforts. very good. in fact this is one of the most tweeted videos and china's

internet this morning. this has been seen as a very successful trip. i think it has been branded and in practice is a very successful trip from both sides. why is mr macron going down well? first of all he is hugely popular, ever since his election as the youngest ever leader in france. he has been very popular in china. he has an amazing story to tell in china. he has also been very eloquent in front of the chinese leader xi jinping. eloquent in front of the chinese leader xijinping. but on eloquent in front of the chinese leader xi jinping. but on the other hand, the chinese president also has something he wants from macron. for example he went to one of the asian cities in china as an endorsement of xi jinping's cities in china as an endorsement of xijinping's initiative. cities in china as an endorsement of xi jinping's initiative. is he cities in china as an endorsement of xijinping's initiative. is he being treated as just the president of france or being seen as a representative of the eu as well?|j

representative of the eu as well?” think he has been seen as both. from one side he is a representative of france. he has sent 15 business delegates to china to sign these deals. on the other hand emmanuel macron has been working hard to brand himself as a competent emerging leader in europe at a time. germany is mired in this complicated coalition talks. so he is now branding himself as this leader in a new year. on the other hand, he is a descent of france, he is a leader of the new europe. we are going to finish the programme on australia's great barrier reef. today we are being told that the green sea turtle population on the reef is now 99%

female. the reason is that the temperature of the water around the reef is rising. researchers say climate change is causing that rise. this is a green turtle — and their sex is influenced by temperatures during their incubation period. the turtles dig nests in beaches — and small differences in temperature can turn the whole nest 100% male orfemale. here's more on this from the charity wwf australia. this new research has found that of the northern population of the green sea turtle on the great barrier reef, virtually over the last decade or two decades, virtually no males have been born from turtle nests. this is due to higher temperatures resulting in higher sand, and of course the male to female sex ratio is determined by the temperature of the sand in which they are laid.

this population is a very important population for the great barrier reef but is also globally important. it is the first time we've been able to use science to show what is a really invisible impact of climate change. no males being born over a 20 year period. the coral bleaching we've had over the last couple of yea rs have we've had over the last couple of years have been very visible, we've lost nearly 50% of inshore reefs. this is an invisible threat that science has been able to shine a lightand. science has been able to shine a light and. i'll see you tomorrow at the same time for more of the biggest global stories. over the weekend all the weather excitement was the other side of the atla ntic excitement was the other side of the atlantic in the us and canada. to start this week, the interest has turned our side. we saw snowfall in the sahara, about1.5

turned our side. we saw snowfall in the sahara, about 1.5 metre snowfall in alpine regions. extreme avalanche risk as well at the moment. for us, we had grey and lots of it as well. so what has been happening? the cold weather across the us and canada has fired up and active jet stream across the atlantic. as it gets towards us it's dived down towards the south, taking that cold air to southern parts of europe and north africa, leaving us in a slack airflow. not much changing day by day. not much to push this weather front eastwards across the country this morning. but weatherfront front eastwards across the country this morning. but weather front as it arrives into the morning will introduce brighter conditions in the west. there will be lingering fog in northern ireland after an icy start. pockets of frost in western areas but a dry and bright day ahead. for some eastern coastal counties of england, patchy rain and drizzle. you may be another day of great to come. temperatures and what we've

seen over the past couple of days. it will feel quite pleasant. then we have that problem, light winds, clear skies through the night, plunging temperatures. still wet through the night into thursday through the night into thursday through the night into thursday through the far north—east of scotland. showers gradually fading. in between dense patches of fog forming and just about anywhere could see some frost, maybe some ice on the ground to start thursday morning. as we look at the chartered birthday, still not many isobars across the uk. not wind clearing it. a ridge of high pressure. shetland be any place seeing any noticeable breeze. mist and fog could be a problem in the midlands towards east anglia and the south—east. it could linger all day. temperatures struggling. elsewhere temperatures down on wednesday. a reasonable amount of sunshine to the north and west of the uk. thursday night into friday, signs of something changing into the west. breeze picking up on friday across western areas including any morning mist and fog

here. sunny spells and rain into ireland later on. if you in the east will hold onto the fog patches. by the time we hit the weekend we've got another weather front pushing east. not much in the way of breeze on the back edge of this. we start with the rain in the west. this could be a bit further east or west as well. but where it does rain, on and off all day long. it will tend to fizzle in situ with just winds blowing across it rather than, north to south rather than a across it. another weather front bringing changes our way and this time it could be more successful, with heavy rain into the west by the time we finish the weekend. early next week, the jet stream wa kened finish the weekend. early next week, the jet stream wakened up and starts to push towards introducing a bit of mobility. and this area of low pressure moving towards us. it will bea pressure moving towards us. it will be a gradual process but it will bring a noticeable change into next

week. after a spell of rain early on moving from west to east it will turn windier. those winds going into a north—westerly direction. a chilly direction. sunshine and showers taking us through a good part of the week, but with temperatures dropping again those showers in the west could turn wintry. tonight at ten. for the first time in over two years, north and south korea engage in formal military talks. after months of rising tensions, representatives of north and south meet to try to defuse tensions around the border. and in a dramatic gesture, both countries agree to appear together at the winter olympics in south korea next month. i'm live in seoul on what has been a day of dramatic change in the temperature of relations between north and south. we'll have the latest on the talks which represent also tonight.

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