this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top story: a new russian doping scandal. an athlete at the winter olympics is suspected of failing a test. as poland's patriots make their voices heard, we look at how tensions between populism and the liberal elite highlight wider european divisions. and the winner is... and the stars are out for the annual bafta awards, we'll have the winners and those who missed out, later. is the world's trading system in crisis? as china hits back at us plans for more import tariffs, a high—level un meeting looks for a way forward. i'll be speaking to the economist cornellia meyer about the dangers of abandoning the big trade deals the world has grown used to. a warm welcome to the programme.

briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. let's get started regarding the winter olympics. russian officials have confirmed that one of their neutral athletes competing at the winter olympics is suspected of failing a drugs test. alexander krushelnitsky won a bronze medal in curling alongside his wife. he has now left the olympic village and surrendered his accreditation. the ioc have so far said very little about the case saying due process must be allowed to take place. on the one hand, it is extremely

disappointing when prohibited su bsta nces disappointing when prohibited substances may have been used. but on the other hand it shows the effectiveness of the anti— doping system at the games, which protects the rights of all the clean athletes. if this case is concerned, if this case is confirmed, it will be considered by the oa are in fermentation group, chaired by an ioc member, which will report to them by the end of the olympic games. let's get the latest from our correspondent, steve mcdonell, who's in seoul. give us more detail on what this athlete is suspected of doing. again we have a black cloud hovering over the russian team at the winter olympics. alexander krushelnitsky has failed a first drug test and we

are waiting now for a second test to come in. they have two sepals when they do this, the b sample will come in today. as you mentioned he has left the village and handed in his accreditation and we are waiting to see what happens with that second test. of course, if he fails that test. of course, if he fails that test he stands to lose his olympic medal which he had in pairs curling. quite unusual to think of performance enhancing drugs in the sport of curling, for russia itself, it could jeopardise its attempt to draw a line after years long drugs cheating scandals. it does seem strange, you would think why you would want to take performance enhancing drugs were curling? mel maloney and —— maloney, the same drug maria sharapova was found of taking and was suspended for two yea rs taking and was suspended for two years as a result of using that,

a p pa re ntly years as a result of using that, apparently it is used to calm you down, easy your hands and in a sport like curling that would be potentially quite beneficial. from the russian sports administrators it isa the russian sports administrators it is a nightmare that they are trained to rebuild the reputation of russian athletes following the right spread accusation of drug use at the sochi games, here you have it, and athlete which in the first instance has tested positive. we should stress that the b sample test still has to come in and that should be in a a few hours time. thank you very much indeed. lot of detail on our website as well. just before christmas, the european commission triggered unprecedented disciplinary proceedings against poland which it argues is flouting the rule of law by attacking the independence of polish courts and judges. the clash has highlighted divisions in the eu between older western member states and those in the east of the bloc. jenny hill reports.

when your country has come a long way, it is easy to feel left behind a. poland has gone from communism to the eu to relative prosperity. but out here, many felt forgotten, until now. generous child benefits, a lower retirement age, small wonder perhaps the government gets the family vote. translation: everyone, all the other parties make promises but they do not deliver. they kept their promises, it is good and i support them and added see anything wrong with what they are doing. quite the opposite. —— don't see

anything wrong. but they have divided a country, enraged the eu. last year protests in warsaw, pis attacks, suppression of media. translation: the system is already broken. there is no balance of power. we are moving towards an authoritarian state. i—party dominate parliament and will straight independentjustice. dominate parliament and will straight independent justice. -- will dominate. but resistance is giving way to resignation, the government is backed in part by the catholic church, the voice of tradition has grown louder. translation: most importantly was patriotism that drove me towards peace, the patriotism i inherited from my grandparents and my parents are. i could only find that kind of patriotism in the pis party.

are. i could only find that kind of patriotism in the pis partym are. i could only find that kind of patriotism in the pis party. it is as if there is a battle going on here. for the very soul of this country. it divides society into liberal elite or populist patriot and it is a struggle which symbolises perhaps even feed what is happening within the eu. this is no longer a defining moment simply for poland, but for the whole european project. because, it seems, no one is really sure how to deal with what is really sure how to deal with what is arguably the eu's most troublesome state. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. rescue teams in western iran searching for a passenger plane which disappeared with more than 60 people on board, have called off for their search because of heavy snow. it's feared there are no survivors. the plane went down in the zagros mountains during a flight from the capital tehran to the southwestern city of yasuj. the islamic state group says it was behind the killing of five people at a church in the russian

republic of dagestan. an attacker opened fire with a hunting rifle on worshippers as they were leaving a christian orthodox ceremony in the town of kizlyar. he was shot dead shortly afterwards by the security forces. a petition to ban smoking in austria's bars and restaurants has collected 100,000 signatures in less than three days, meaning the issue will now have to be debated in parliament. a total ban was planned for may this year, but it's been scrapped by the new government of the far—right freedom party and the conservatives. survivors of the florida school shooting are organising a national march on washington to demand tighter restrictions on gun ownership. they say they're determined that the shooting — in which 17 people died — will be a turning point in the us national debate on guns. the white house says president trump will hold a listening session

on wednesday with a group of high school students and teachers. simon clemison reports. the rally before the rally — protesters are already taking to the streets. in fort lauderdale, close to the deadliest us school shooting for some years, many spoke. but three words rang out. shame on you! to every politician who is taking donations from the nra, shame on you. next month they plan to march on washington calling for tighter gun control, they hope there will be protests in other cities on the same day. students organising the demonstration say they want the latest attack to be a turning point. what i am looking for is reasonable change within the united states congress and bills that are passed before i get back to school because this is not the time for inaction and debate, this is the time for discussion and for all people that are americans to come together as americans through love and compassion.

this event happened on valentine's day, so many people lost loved ones. our community and our nation have taken too many bullets to the heart and now it is time to stand up. last year, donald trump said he would never infringe on the rights to keep arms. he has since blamed democrats for not acting on gun legislation when they controlled congress during the obama adminsitration. democrats had criticised him in the wake of the tragedy. president trump, who has met people affected by the shooting, has also rebuked the fbi, after the organisation admitted it failed to act on a tipoff about the suspect, nikolas cruz. cnn has invited the president to a town hall event with the survivors on wednesday. there is school shootings in america and there is outrage that follows, the question is whether that will now turn into something else. simon clemison, bbc news. is the world's trading system in crisis? since president trump entered the oval office the world's biggest economy — the united states — has been reshaping its trading

relationship with the rest of the world. over the weekend, china threatened to retaliate if the us went ahead with proposed tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. so a high level un—led meeting in geneva is looking at the way ahead. we will discuss this in business briefing. kulveer ranger is the vice president of strategy & communications at atos. good to see you. you are getting your head all around the news briefing stories as well as your thoughts on trade, getting your viewpoint on this. the tit for tat is going on between some economies in asia, south korea responded in a retaliatory way and china is now as well in response to us tariffs going on injanuary. your thoughts on where we are with global trading, are you concerned? we should be. but it is donald trump doing what he

said he would do. really he is waving a flag that says national security. last week on friday his commerce secretary issued a report suggesting that in the respect of national security they need to tone down the number of imports they are getting, particularly from china. this gives the president and excuse oi’ this gives the president and excuse ora this gives the president and excuse or a reason, justification, to look at significant tariffs on china. china is the biggest importer to the us. this is a huge impact to both of these economies but this is a very blunt approach that the trump administration are taking to their america first, we want to have more products built in america for americans in driving the american economy. in terms of week thought what could happen. are a member before he was elected he said he would do a number of things such as name china as a currency minute yellow —— manipulator of currency.

he hasn't followed three or on all of that —— followed through. it would seem that tariffs are creeping in but not to the degree that we all feared. those people who want to see global trade moving freely and easily as much as possible. we saw the conversation around boeing and airbus and the tariffs. they have been doing this with other trading partners and has impact on the canada us relationship. this is the administration using that singular tariff —based policy, now stepping it up tariff —based policy, now stepping itupa tariff —based policy, now stepping it up a notch and taking on china. it will be interesting to see how the chinese respond to this because this is the two global economic superpowers saying we are going to go toe to toe. we shall talk about this more in business briefing, thank you so now. he will return for a look at what the media is discussing and other stories, that is all coming later.

also on the programme: filmstars use the baftas spotlight to highlight the sexual harassment scandal gripping the industry. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order, but the army defeated in the task it had been sent to perform. malcolm was murdered. that has a terrible effect on the morality of the people. i'm terrified of the repercussions in the streets. one wonders who is next. as the airlift got under way, there was no letup in the eruption itself. lava streams from a vent low in the crater flowed down to the sea on the east of the island — away from the town for the time being, but it could start flowing again at any time.

the russians heralded their new generation space station with a spectacular night launch. they called it mir, the russian for peace. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: a new russian doping scandal. an athlete at the winter olympic is suspected of failing a test. increasing tensions between poland's so—called patriots and its liberal elite is highlighting wider division across europe. let's stay with that now. our correspondent jenny hill is in warsaw. good morning from warsaw. poland has

been given, effectively three months to change its mind over planned reforms, controversial reforms, to its judiciary reforms, controversial reforms, to itsjudiciary by the reforms, controversial reforms, to its judiciary by the eu. reforms, controversial reforms, to itsjudiciary by the eu. joining me is piotr buras, a journalist and expert on european affairs. good morning. how likely is poland to comply with the eu? the government reshuffle meant that took place in a month ago was meant to mend relations with the eu but i do not see these government is able to back down on the judicial rule reform and it is uncertain if they are ready to withdraw certain steps that it undertook in the previous month which caused this spat with the other eu memberstate. which caused this spat with the other eu member state. how likely is that the eu to withdraw voting rights from poland, do you think? how likely is it that this process

will go all the way? i think it is very unlikely. at the moment we are discussing article seven procedure, not withdrawing the voting rights but issuing a political statement about the violation of riot. even thatis about the violation of riot. even that is not likely to happen any time soon because many eu member states are sceptical about the procedure and do not want to provoke a major rift which perhaps could be a major rift which perhaps could be a consequence of such a step. of course there are some member states saying that poland is taking a lot of money out of the eu and if it is not going to comply with the rule of eu law, why not cut the budget? you do have these discussions these days about introducing conditionality of eu funds. even that is quite difficult to undertake because the

eu treaties do not allow for this kind of measure and it will be a very long process until the eu commission is able to persuade the eu member states that these steps are necessary. we know that your country is being divided. what do you think is happening? what is this all about? i think it is a reaction to 25 years of liberal transformation. the criticism of europe and the european union is not the main driverof europe and the european union is not the main driver of this backlash but it is inevitably also a part of the process because liberalisation and democratisation, the european union this many european night session with the main drivers and now when

these liberal credentials, liberal concept for the modernisation of poland are being criticised more and more, also the eu is criticised as a power that has stood behind the process. as i said, i don't think it is an impulse to reject the eu but a certain sort of criticism does resonate positively within elements of polish society. there really is a sense of polish identity perhaps being reshaped and re— forged. interesting and changing and difficult times for this country. jonas again in one—hour's time. —— join us again. here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later. we begin in zimbabwe where a public event will be held in harare to mark

the death of long standing opposition politician morgan tsangirai. then at midday in liverpool, former football coach barry bennell will appear at liverpool crown court today for sentencing having been found guilty of sex offences. and later at buckingham palace the duchess of cambridge and countess of wessex host a london fashion week reception to celebrate and showcase talent across the 52 commonwealth countries. now it's time to get an update from bbc sport — on the action from day nine of the winter olympics in pyeongchang. his trademark start is brilliant and powerful. and listen to the sweet sound of him carving his way down the mountain. muscle already had 55 world cup wins before today that his two gold medals his strength in his claim to be regarded as the best male ski racer of all time. the 28—year—old won by 1.27 seconds from

his norwegian competitor. nor will we ski struck early and claimed gold in the aerial freestyle. canada's alex claimed a surprise third—place. aberaman go to goal in the —— gold in the aerials contest. there was less tha n in the aerials contest. there was less than half a point between him and a chinese athlete. third went to and a chinese athlete. third went to an olympic athlete from russia. nick marshall—mccormack with that report on the winter olympics. we do have more on our website if you would like the latest on what is happening in jung chang. you would like the latest on what is happening injung chang. —— south korea. the best of british film—making talent has been honoured at the baftas, with many of the stars using the spotlight to highlight the sexual harassment scandal which has gripped the industry in recent months.

the big winner of the night was three billboards outside ebbing, missouri which won in five categories. here's our arts editor will gompertz. his report contains some flash photography. the baftas 2018. part award ceremony, part platform for protest. the wear something black dress code represents a collective stand against harassment and inequality in the workplace. there is definitely a different feel to the baftas this year. people are still coming to celebrate filmmaking at its finest but it is a sombre and serious mood with the time's up campaign and it does change the emphasis of the awards. it is notjust a case of who will win what, but who will say what. who will capture the mood and spirit of these times as oprah winfrey did at the golden globes? the answer turned out to be the best actress winner, frances mcdormand, who gave a mischievous, witty, potent acceptance speech. i have a little trouble with compliance. laughter.

but i want you to know that i stand in full solidarity with my sisters tonight in black. i also want to say that i appreciate a well—organised act of civil disobedience. power to the people. she won for playing a furious and grieving mother in three billboards outside ebbing, missouri. start up a database, put every baby boy on it. as soon as he done something wrong, cross—reference it and make 100% certain it was a correct match, and then kill him. the american—set british film was a big winner with five awards, including best supporting actor for sam rockwell. lam humbled. best original screenplay for the film's london—born irish director, martin mcdonagh. and the top award, best film. what we are most proud of about this film, especially in this time's up year is that it is a film about a woman who refuses to take

any ———— any more. played by a woman who has always refused to take any ————. and then there was the leading actor award, complete with a dig at last year's oscars. the winner is frances mcdormand... nah, just kidding. the bafta goes to gary oldman. he won for this portrayal of winston churchill in the film darkest hour. you cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth. so grateful for this incredible honour. thank you. allison janney won best supporting actress for playing the hard—bitten mother in i, tonya. how old are you, honey? she's a soft 4. guillermo del toro won best director for his film the shape of water on what was a slightly disappointing

night for this hotly tipped movie. perhaps it will be a different story at the oscars in a fortnight‘s time. once again an amazing event, full of stars and as the stars of bafta and equity take on the policies of harassment in the industry we have been asking you today is your industry needs to look at how it treats its staff. we have one and so saying that it is inspiring how they stood ground to create awareness. many said however that if they all boycotted the awards that would be a stronger message. good morning.

it looks like the weather pattern and weather type will change significantly over the week ahead. the past few weeks we have had fast—moving weather, a strong jetstream propagating across the atlantic with fluctuations between sunshine and rain and snow but everything slows down over the next few days, the jet stream will weaken and change position and get more undulations. and it is under one of those that we induce this area of high pressure to build in the middle of next week. at the moment, pressure is low and we have weather fronts on the same. a lot of cloud and rain or round from the first weather front up there. no frost at the moment. and an envelope of mild air between those two weather fronts. so some sunshine in the west that could be quite mild. a change of fortunes for eastern scotland and eastern england. dull, drab and dreary. brighter with a little sunshine, especially around the coast and northern ireland ahead of the next weather system arriving later in the day. sunshine and 13 degrees.

those two bands of rain joined forces to bring rain to the eastern parts of england. a little heavy at first, the rain will peter out during the day. strong wind will push the cloud further across the midlands the west country, further west and north will have clear skies. more sunshine on the way and still some decent temperatures. with the clear skies and not much of a breeze towards the north—west, those temperatures will drop away quite quickly. the rain in the south will peter out and we will hang on to more clouds, so not as cold but we will have a frost elsewhere. this is the first of a few frosty nights to come. a cold start on wednesday but a bright start with plenty of sunshine around. more cloud filtering into the wales and the midlands. the sunny skies will be further north. by this stage on wednesday the wind will be light with some sunshine it will feel pleasant however the temperatures will be around six, seven or eight degrees. some weather systems are trying to push into the north—west, threatening to bring back the sort

of whether we have seen recently. high pressure is blocking everything off. thursday and friday should be dry. we begin the week on a mild note, 13 degrees and it will turn colder as the week goes on with high pressure building in. it should be dry and cold at night. this is your business briefing. i'm sally bundock. the headlines: is the world's trading system in crisis? as china hits back at us plans for more import tariffs a high—level un meeting looks for a way forward. taking care of the future. singapore braces itself for tax rises to look after its aeging population. and on the markets: china and hong kong are closed, celebrating a brand—new year. in japan and australia you can see they

are headed much higher.