this is the briefing, i'm sally bundock. our top story: historic talks began between south and north korea overjohn yang's participation in the winter olympics. —— pyongyang's. following the missile attack that never was, donald trump says he will now get involved in the investigation. venus williams becomes the first big name to go out of the australian open, losing to switzerland's belinda bencic. later, in business: the cost of cybercrime. the global economy lost over $450 billion in 2016, and it is only getting worse. so what can you do to protect yourself? and is carillion too big to fail? its creditors are meeting with the government today. we will weigh up what is at stake. 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 you think of the stories we are covering, and apparently it is blue monday 2018 today, the most depressing day of the year. what do you think, and how do you combat the january blues? just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. a south korean delegation is holding talks on the border with north korea, aimed at overcoming logistical obstacles to ensure a team from the north can take part in next month's winter olympics. north korea said last week it would send a number of competitors to the games, but some issues, including how they will travel to the competition remain unresolved. the talks are being held in panmunjom, known as the ‘truce village',

at the border. sophie long is in seoulfor us. tell us more about today's talks, and what we are hoping to achieve. so the talks are now and they are taking place, as you say, in panmunjom, that is the truce village which straddles the border between the countries. talks took place on the countries. talks took place on the south side of the border, today's talks are taking place on the northside. those talks are now under way. the south have proposed a broader agenda for today's talks, it is limited to the art troupe which the north says it intends to send to the north says it intends to send to the game is getting under way in south korea next month. so they will be talking about the size of that

art troupe and how it would get to south korea, and the exact details of the performance schedule as well. on tuesday of last week we had government level talks. these are working level talks, and there are four embers of each side's delegation, most of them from the a rts delegation, most of them from the arts world, so the leaders of the orchestra and things like that —— four members. and we look to see where those talks go. in terms of the actual athletic side of the winter olympics, that will be decided, i am told, on saturday in switzerland at the headquarters of the international olympic committee. soa the international olympic committee. so a big announcement on the athletics side expected at the end of this week. and as you say, sophie, that is the parameters of the discussions at the moment. but what is the expectation they will be broadened out to other issues? well, these talks come off the back of the first high—level talks to have taken place for nearly two years. it is hoped that these olympics could mark

a turning point in the tensions on the korean peninsula. they have been running at the highest level for decades, really, after the north korean side carried out a nuclear test and tested an intercontinental ballistic missile at the end of last year. so these were quite a surprising and swift development, when the north korean leader said he was open to dialogue with the south. that was swiftly responded to by the south, who said they would discuss this. those talks will take place on tuesday and it is hoped that this could create a better atmosphere for further talks to take place in the future. for now, thank you very much indeed. president trump has said his administration will get involved in the investigation into what happened in hawaii at the weekend. there was widespread panic on saturday when residents were wrongly told that a missile attack was imminent, and some have criticised the president for continuing to play golf at his weekend retreat in florida, rather than speak out. but the president broke his silence on the subject on sunday evening. well, that was a state thing.

but we're going to not get involved with them. i love that they took responsibility. they took total responsibility, but we're going to get involved. their attitude and what they want to do, i think it's terrific. they took responsibility. they made a mistake. what will you do to make sure something like that doesn't happen again? well, we hope it won't happen again, but part of it is that people are on edge. maybe eventually we'll solve the problem, so they won't have to be on edge. earlier i spoke to steve herman, white house bureau chief with voice of america news. i said, now that donald trump has spoken about the hawaii missile alert, did he think that will quell the criticism that he hadn't spoken out until now. no, i don't think so.

in the last couple of hours, the president, down in florida, was asked about this by the travelling press pool. he described it as a state thing, meaning the state of hawaii. and he said that, however, now the federal government is going to get involved with them. he said he loves that they took responsibility, total responsibility, in his words, and that's terrific. but, he says, "we hope it won't happen again." part of it is that people are on edge, the president said, "but maybe eventually we will solve the problem, so they won't have to be so on edge." as you put the question as to whether this will end all of this, no, because there is some federal involvement in this process — namely the federal emergency management agency. because officials in hawaii are saying that, after this mistake

about this missile alert, that they could not immediately send out a cancellation message, or a message saying it's a false alarm, that they needed permission from the federal emergency management agency to do that. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news: mahmoud abbas, the palestinian president, has described his us counterpart‘s recognition ofjerusalem as israel's capital as the slap of the century. president trump has described his own purported us middle east peace plan as the deal of the century. researchers in australia have confirmed that the mental fogginess experienced by many women in pregnancy is a real phenomenon, linked to a reduction of grey matter in the brain. the temporary condition affects memory, attention span and decision—making. the french actress catherine deneuve has apologised to victims of sexual assault, after signing an open letter that argued the campaign against sexual harassment had gone too far. ms deneuve said she was sorry if she had offended victims of what she called hideous acts.

the most active volcano in the philippines, mount mayon, has begun emitting lava in what is being described as a gentle eruption, after spewing out ash and steam over the last 2a hours. thousands of people were evacuated from the area over the weekend, after scientists warned the volcano could erupt in a matter of days. mayon last erupted in 2014. the british building contractor carillion‘s key creditors will meet government officials today to try to prevent the firm collapsing. the company, which employs 20,000 people in the uk and 43,000 worldwide, is contracted to maintain many government facilities such as schools, prisons, and homes on military bases. it has run up debts of £1.5 billion. justin urquhart stewart, director of seven investment management, joins me now. you are a familiar face but

you are a familiarface but in unfamiliar attire. what has happened, just in? it is all right, just slight damage to the arm. i will be fine. he is going to the hospital later. you will tweet us, won't you? he is here in fine fettle as ever to talk about carillion. is carillion too big to fail? will the government bailout this company? what do you think will happen? look where it came from, it is a combination of other practices and businesses, all—round together. it is a combination of therefore contracts building stuff like hs2, the high—speed railway, but a lot of those operational infrastructure elements, so you almost have to divide it into. the government can't

afford to let it fall, but they are not going to bail it out either —— in two. we will see it being split, and the difference between those contracts which can be taken out, which are operational, and those which are operational, and those which need to be supported. it is a bit like, effectively, it is not just the company itself but all that subcontractors as well. this affects the nervous system of the country. it is like not having a working arm. so the government will probably have to provide some support to the banks to provide some support to the banks to say carry on lending. we won't guarantee it but we will give you some comfort, don't drop it now. and justin will be back in about half an hour to review the main stories being covered by the global media. and carillion has issued a couple of profits warnings of late, and following that it got some key new big contracts from the uk

government. there are a lot of questions about that. you can see business contributions from simon jack. stay with us on the briefing. also on the programme: we have the sport reefing. and i am here at what is one of the biggest and most dense refugee camps in the world. ina and most dense refugee camps in the world. in a moment we will be showing you what it is like to live here. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry, and it's one of its biggest, but the industry is nervous of this report. this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street that is unaffected. huge parts of kobe were simply demolished as buildings crashed into one another. this woman said she'd been given no help and no advice

by the authorities. she stood outside the ruins of her business. tens of thousands of black children in south africa have taken advantage of laws, passed by the country's new multiracial government, and enrolled at formerly white schools. tonight sees the 9,610th performance of her long—running play, the mousetrap. when they heard about her death today, the management considered whether to cancel tonight's performance, but agatha christie would have been the last person to want such a thing. you are watching the briefing. our headlines: talks have begun between delegations from south and north korea about pyongyang's participation in the winter olympics. president trump has said his administration will get involved in the investigation into what happened in hawaii at the weekend. let's stay with that now. the bbc will have live coverage throughout the day from cox's bazar,

which has now become the world's largest refugee camp. located in the south—eastern corner of bangladesh, just a few kilometres from myanmar‘s western border. cox's bazar has become home to hundreds of thousands of muslim rohingya refugees who've fled violence in myanmar. since last august alone, more than 650,000 rohingya are thought to have crossed into bangladesh following a military crackdown by myanmar‘s army. that brings the total number of burmese rohingya refugees in bangladesh to more than 860,000. the un says that around 60% of the rohingya refugees in bangladesh are children, many of whom have been separated from theirfamilies orfled on their own. let's go now to our correspondent justin rowlatt who is at the kuta palong refugee camp near cox's bazar. just in, over to you. —— just an.

——justin. iam in i am in the largest and one of the densely populated refugee camps in the world. if you look in to the camp, you can see there is effectively a drainage channel running, pretty much an open so were. have a look at the shelters that the bill have made. —— the people. quite extraordinarily strong shelters given the material they are using. very fragile when you consider this place is vulnerable to cyclones and has an intense monsoon season. this gives you an idea of why disease is such an issue. the camp is at the moment battling an outbreak of diphtheria, a deadly bacterial infection. a couple of days ago i was out with a team whose

job it is to find the infection, hunt it down and stamp it out. this man is category red, he has a serious diphtheria infection, this bacterial disease blocks the airways and is often fatal if not treated. it is also highly contagious. it is this doctor's job to try and stop the outbreak spreading. he runs a tea m the outbreak spreading. he runs a team of outreach workers, when a diphtheria case comes in, there were begins. —— work. they trek through this giant refugee camp, now the biggest in the world, trying to find people who might have been exposed to the disease. the outreach workers can see up to the disease. the outreach workers can see up to ten every day. —— ten cases. which can mean a lot of walking. so the challenge for this tea m walking. so the challenge for this team is to hunt down infection and then stamp it out. the hunt begins

at the patient‘s home. these two women need to take care. close contact women need to take care. close co nta ct ca n women need to take care. close contact can be dangerous, even if you have had the vaccination. some members of the medical team have been infected. they explain how dangerous diphtheria can be and give eve ryo ne dangerous diphtheria can be and give everyone in the family antibiotics, that will stop the disease developing. anyone who has been in close contact with a patient for more than one hour each to be treated. how dangerous is it for us sitting outside here? it is not much dangerous for us because we all are vaccinated but it is dangerous for the rohingya community because they we re the rohingya community because they were not vaccinated when they arrived. what is happening now? we hope we can control it with

preventive medicines, as well as treating the cases. the signs are that this disease, long forgotten in countries where vaccination is commonplace, is now being brought under control. but the hunt continues. with more than 800,000 people packed together in these vast refugee camps, the team cannot take any chances. said a big question, really, is how long these refugees are going to be here. there is actually a meeting today in the capital of accurate to between officials of bangladesh and myanmar to discuss the process of repatriation. the hope is 100,000 will hope to leave by the end of january. given agencies are saying thatis january. given agencies are saying that is very optimistic and until there are guarantees of securities and rights, they will oppose any repatriation. —— un agencies. thank

you justin, see you again soon. here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later. shortly in berlin, the head of the social democratic party's youth wing will be holding a press conference as part of his campaign, to convince members to vote against a new grand coalition with german chancellor angela merkel‘s cdu. in the us, it's martin luther king junior day and there are several anti—racism demonstrations planned in various cities across north america. the markets were shut in the us for that holiday. in vancouver, foreign ministers from 20 countries are gathering for a meeting hosted by canada and the united states, with talks on north korea. the countries not participating include russia and china. it's the opening day of the australian open and already there's been two major shocks. the fifth seed venus williams has been knocked by the 20 year

old swiss belinda benchic. also out at in the first round is us open champion sloane stephens. she lost her seventh consecutive match in going out to chinese number two zhang shuai as she continues to struggle to recapture the form that took her to a grand slam title last year. now it's time to get the rest of the sports news. hello there. coming up in your mondays sports briefing. the show in a continues with the first night session under way shortly. manchester city are beaten domestically for the first time this season and men overboard. although it has a fortunate ending. with the australian open under way, all eyes on rudd labour arena where rafael nadal will be chasing a

second title in melbourne. his first—round matches are sure the loss of the dominican republic. the highlight in the women's draw is caroline wozniacki. she has reached the final in her war event but has not made a second event in melbourne since 2013. she will play the world number 60 in the first round. iam not i am not going to lie, first tournament back in to back —— two matches. i am 17 any more. —— i can feel it. it was a good start to the year. manchester united could close the gap on manchester city at the top of the premier league on monday evening. united host stoke looking to move within 12 points following city's first defeat of the season against liverpool stop it stoke were in the relegation zone —— are in the relegation jen and

in the relegation zone —— are in the relegationjen and will be paying for the second time from the regulation of mark hughes. every clu b regulation of mark hughes. every club that is on that line, they ask yet and they try to do different things. —— resignation. and generally they change the manager. manchester city were beaten in the premier league for the first time. joyous scenes at anfield as liverpool 14—3, they were 4—1 up but nearly threw it away. i am pretty sure they if you people watched this game tonight on television in the whole world and that is the reason why everybody loves this game. a lot of leagues and a lot of titles and always i drop points and with gains of. ——

always i drop points and with gains of. — — lose always i drop points and with gains of. —— lose games. that is normal, you have to leave that and realise how difficult it is that we have done so far and how difficult it will be in the future. in spain, barcelona came from 2—0 down to win for — two. the hosts were on courts for — two. the hosts were on courts for a shock victory after finding the net twice but they were given hope when lewis suarez is set up pauline yeo and then suarez at a double to put them in front and where nell massey‘s freekick five minutes from the end completed the comeback. —— lionel messi. social media has been reacting with relief after seva re media has been reacting with relief after sevare alice gough reacted —— survived after being thrown overboard. he was thrown into the water, his crew quickly turned around and rescued him after it went

into the water and remarkably they still lead the day. good to see. you can get all of the latest sports news on our website. from me and the rest of the sport team, that is your monday sport reefing. cashback briefing. —— briefing. japan's prime minister shinzo abe has paid tribute in lithuania, to a japanese diplomat who saved 6,000 jews from the holocaust. chiune sugihara defied tokyo to issue visas tojewish refugees, allowing them to escape to japan and elsewhere. janey mitchell has more. handshakes and japanese flags — a surprisingly warm welcome, perhaps, for shinzo abe, so farfrom home. but that affection has deep roots dating back to the second world war. mr abe's visit was to a museum that once served as the japanese consulate in kaunas, lithuania's former capital. a month before chiune sugihara was appointed vice consul,

in 1939, german and allied soviet forces attacked neighbouring poland, prompting a flood of german refugees eastwards across the border. when lithuania was itself invaded by the soviet union, crowds of refugees began seeking visas to flee. chiune sugihara defied orders from tokyo, sometimes working 18—hour days to issue transit visas, opening a route for the refugees to escape across russia to japan and elsewhere. he worked with the dutch consul, enabling some to reach the dutch territory of curacao. mr sugihara is credited with saving an estimated 6,000 jews from almost certain death. he was honoured by israel in 1984, two years before he died at the age of 86.

he is remembered as japan's schindler, with good reason. stay with me on bbc news, i'll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments. we have been asking you for your top tips to overcome blue monday. is it the most miserable day of the year? gill in brooklyn says that celebrate doctor martin luther king day and worked to make the world a better place for everyone the. another saying maybe vitamin d three to replenish what you don't get from sun in the winter. also fish oil to lift your mood, turn on your favourite music, happy tune spring a spinal. i will see you soon. —— bring a smile. hello.

the week is set to start on a wet and windy note, especially across the south—eastern quarter but once that has moved away, we get in to much colder and windier weather and there will be some snow in the forecast as well. there is a lot going on and it starts as early as today. if you are anywhere near the weather front, there is persistent rain, some of it heavy with strong winds. the front is trying to work its way down towards the near continent but it will take much of the morning before it is pushed away from the far east of kent and there are heavy bursts of rain to be had in there. once it moves away, it will be replaced by a great raft of heavy showers in their own right and there could even be the odd rumble of thunder and maybe hail. up in the north of england, scotland, northern ireland, a better chance of seeing sunshine but also a better chance of seeing some sharp showers. initially, i think they will be watery rather than wintry. as the day gets going, they will be turning increasingly

into snow across northern and western parts of scotland. bit of brightness elsewhere. again, the chance of showers and they won't be wintry in the south because of the temperatures, 9—10 degrees, not bad compared to what is to come. the cold air begins to tuck in monday night and on into tuesday where we will see a lot of cold air beginning to work its way right down and across much of the british isles. this is the dominant air mass for much of the week to come. tuesday, many more of those showers turning more wintry down across the high ground of northern england. they will be at low levels across scotland and northern ireland. some wintriness across the high ground of wales, maybe the moors of the south—west. add in the strength of the wind, even if you don't see many showers, it will feel much colder than it has been. not a great change on wednesday until wednesday night where we bring in this weather system. not sure exactly of its path

but what we are sure of, on its northern flank, wherever that may be, there will be a period of snow and some very strong winds. as that centre moves across the north—westerlies, it will be strong indeed and it will be that tad milder in the south. this is business briefing, i'm sally bundock. the cost of cybercrime. the global economy lost over $450 billion in 2016, and it is only getting worse. so what can you do to protect yourself? keep on trucking. that is the message from the big us auto companies. we visit the detroit auto show to see the latest and biggest in pick—up trucks. and it is another very strong start to a new trading week in asia, following a record—brea ker on wall street on friday. we will talk you through the winners and losers.