he's been sentenced to 175 years in prison after testimony from 156 women. veteran us diplomat, bill richardson, has resigned from an international panel set up in myanmar to advise on the tensions, killings, and expulsions in rakhine state. he criticised what he called a government whitewash over the plight of rohingya muslims, saying aung san suu kyi lacked moral leadership. flood alerts are in place in paris and across france, as water levels keep rising. the seine has already overflowed its banks in some areas, while some metro lines and stations have been closed, along with tourist attractions including notre dame cathedral. it's the country's wettest january for at least a century. the dollar slumps to a 3— year low on trade tensions and comments by the us treasury secretary welcoming a weaker currency. now it is time look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world.

we begin with the scotland times, which leads with british prime minister theresa may's speech at davos today. she'll address the need for social media giants to crack down on illegal and harmful content. and warns tech firms will face a backlash from government and investors, if they don't clean up their act. the metro headline reads: "sexist and the city". it's a dig at some of britain's business and political elite who were allegedly caught sexually harassing staff at a mens—only fundraising event. the independent reports that two decades after dolly the sheep, scientists in china have now used the same technique to clone two monkeys at a laboratory in shanghai. the south china morning post says that beijing has been told to expel north korean nationals who could help pyongyang fund its nuclear programme. and finally, fox sport reveals that

tennis champion boris becker's is appealing for help to find his missing grand slam trophies. becker filed for bankruptcy last year and is trying to track down the treasures, which he needs to sell to help pay off debts. so let's begin. with me is iain anderson, founder of the international communications agency, cicero group. very nice to see you. let's get straight into it, fittingly, theresa may arriving in davos, focusing very much on the role of technology giants and their moral behaviour. and what she knows when she is in davos, it is the reason every world leader is there. frankly it is the reason that most of those 3000 global elite go to the slopes is it is stuffed full of investors.

really, what she is saying is that she wants to see investor power move to dial with facebook and twitter and all those other technology giants, the host content that may be terrorists or extremist contend, she is asking their investors to make sure they take action. that is exactly right. you have also spotted there that she is also looking for investors to make sure that their investment is in britain, she is extolling the virtual is of —— virtues of britain. she is up against a lot of competition. a lot of competition. the coverage is pointing specifically to friends, people very impressed by emmanuel macron, friends becoming a big go to again in terms of business interest. the reason people go to davos, let's

cut through all the snow here, the reason people go to davos is to meet investors. we will see how she gets on the. that is a steep challenge. they also go to rub shoulders with all the others are. —— all the others. let's have a look at the story that the financial times broke, which is the so—called presidents club charitable institution which had raised huge amounts of money for very good causes. but already shut down, that is the extraordinary thing. this article focusing on who would go to these sorts of events and property magnets, really their main target. —— magnate. magnets, really their main target. -- magnate. i am glad i never had the invite. i had never heard of it, maybe i am mixing in the right

circles. when i saw that story break, to be honest with you i pinched myself, i thought this is a rather unusual story for the ft to be running. i expected it to be in a tabloid rather than the ft but this clearly was the financial times' decision to go with the huge story that has been running since harvey weinstein, to expose wrongdoing, bad behaviour, lad behaviour in finance, in the city. they have done it and they have closed down in 2a hours. it is extraordinary, making you wonder what other people... nevertheless, there are those who said hang on a minute, it is like a blokes night out, a rugby club dinner. why get so heated up about that? this is 2018 for goodness

sake, david. iwouldn‘t that? this is 2018 for goodness sake, david. i wouldn't begin to think about using shareholders money to turn up at a men only event in the workplace. again, i say hats off to the financial times for exposing this, effectively for shutting this organisation down a. but people need to look at themselves in the mirror on this, why would you turn up at this event in the first place? one of our conversation points today, great 0rmond street said we are handing back whatever proceeds we had where we can from the club and the question is, is that... they took it in good faith and is for a good causes. tweets have said hold onto the money. i would call it idiot ‘s tax. i can understand why great 0rmond should fill the need to do the right thing. —— street. i would agree with some of your

tweets, hang on to the money as an idiot tax. cloning monkeys, dolly the sheep seems a distant memory. this is going to bring back, as the independent is doing the story, thoseissues independent is doing the story, those issues about the ethics and how much closer to cloning humans. it isa how much closer to cloning humans. it is a familiar track but a worrying one for me. you said, you get straight in the second part of this story to the question of the prospect of humans being cloned. i think it all makes us a bit uneasy, you just don't know where this is going to go next. another thing i would point to is the justification for this is medical and scientific research, which most of us do want to see. true. the south china

morning post focusing on american pressure on beijing to stop making it so easy for those ready to help north korea. it helps to highlight, talking about the olympics today, the winter olympics, a rather glowing, rosy story coming together but there is a stick for every carrot and those sticks out to work. the americans will continue to use the backdrop of the winter olympics to make this point. what china is saying is that we will abide by un, not us. multilateral, not unilateral. we have got time to focus on a sports story. in the midst of the surely an open, these events always throwing out these great scary tale stories. this is the opposite, boris becker's bankruptcy. he doesn't know where his major trophies are and can you

help find them. you don't exactly put the wimbledon trophy under the bed, do you? quite a fascinating thing that he has 14 missing trophies and an olympic medal as well and is seeking help to find this stuff. he must have had a very big house. if he does, we know that he can auction them and make quite a bit of money. there is something really sad, every time you get this like we have often seen, 1966 world cup hero sells level for funds, it is heartbreaking. i love seeing as being a commentator and love seeing him being a coach as well. i really hope he can get his world back on track again. let's hope. thank you very much. see you later of course. thank you for watching the briefing, from me and sally, bye for now. hello there. after the downpours and gales of wednesday, the weather prospects

for thursday look a little bit quieter. this curl of cloud here, that was storm georgina now pushing off to the north—east. what we now have feeding in is this speckled cloud, some showers pushing in from the atlantic, in fact, some heavy showers coming thick and fast into northern ireland through the first part of the morning. also some showers pushing in across the west country into devon and cornwall, some of these could be on the heavy side. seven degrees there in plymouth. there will be some sunny breaks between those showers, and that mixture of sunshine and showers extends across wales and into the west midlands. a cooler, fresher start to the day, four degrees in birmingham. you will notice a lot of showers across northern ireland at this stage, could be some hail and thunder and perhaps some wintryness over high ground. certainly the chance for wintry weather over higher ground in scotland. temperatures in aberdeen, three degrees, four there in edinburgh. some sunny spells. showers into north—west england, but across north—east england, the east midlands, east anglia and the south—east, should be getting off to a dry start

to the day with spells of sunshine, cooler and fresher than it was on wednesday morning. through the day will bring this cluster of showers eastwards across just about all parts of the country. some of them could be heavy, could be thundery with some hail mixed in. some wintryness over the high grounds in the north pennines, the southern uplands, but there will be some spells of sunshine too and temperatures of around 5—10 degrees. a fairly chilly feel i suppose, but it won't be as windy as it was on wednesday. now, during thursday night into friday, the showers will take time to fade away, but in western areas particularly they will ease as the winds ease as well. it could turn cold enough for a touch of frost because this little bump in the isobars, this little ridge of high pressure will be toppling in during friday morning. so actually after a frosty start for some, we're looking at a decent day. spells of sunshine, bit of patchy cloud and thickening cloud into the west later on ahead of this weather system, but i suspect it will stay dry until sundown wherever you are. those temperatures of around 4—9 degrees. but those temperatures will start to climb into the weekend,

we start to bring in a more south—westerly wind. mainly dry in eastern areas on sunday, a fizzling weather front from the west, but temperatures climbing all the while because we will group bringing mild air from the south—west, so on sunday it will be a pretty mild—feeling day. generally large areas of cloud, some sunshine too particularly down towards the south—east, some outbreaks of heavy rain into northern scotland, a windy day and a mild one too, 9—13 degrees. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. tech companies such as facebook and twitter are in the prime minister's sights as she arrives in switzerland for the world economic forum. theresa may will tell world leaders that leading social media firms must do more to remove terrorist and extremist content. good morning, it's thursday the 25th of january.

also this morning: a crucial day at the australian open for britain's kyle edmund. good morning! yes, it's been quite a week for kyle already and there are just 2.5 hours to go until the brit begins the battle for a place in his first grand slam final. the match aginst marin cilic starts at 8:30am.