hello, i'm kasia this is outside source. talks in washington, democrats won't budge. president trump still holding up budge. president trump still holding up with the money to build a wall. the five—point billy and approved by the such a small amount compared to the such a small amount compared to the level of the problem. wind and women in india: a temple they've been banned from going inside. conservative hindus erected protest. kilometres away images of the most distant object ever exported our solar system. we'll be spending some time with a ten—year—old from south africa, whose incredible math skills have been lighting up the internet. hello and welcome to outside source.

welcome to 2019, it promises to be a busy year. we are starting the programme on the 12th day of the us government shutdown. donald trump is meeting with democratic and republican leaders in congress to try to resolve the border president trump wants $5 billion to fund a border wall. the democrats have rejected the plan. this was the scene at the mexican border in the early ahead of this meeting. this money approved by the such a small amount compared to the level of the problem, when you see that the democrats want to give away 12 billion extra, and we're giving away 54 billion extra, and we're giving away 5a billion in foreign aid, so we give money to countries, but we don't give money to our own country, which is another thing that i've been complaining about, and we're cutting that back. it's very unfair. that's the president speaking ahead of the meeting, meanwhile the shutdown continues. roughly 800,000 workers are not being paid. this is

a device for those workers from the office of personnel management. the link offers templates to guide us to mortgage brokers to creditors, asking for reduced or deferred payments. national parks open the waste management on. this is the website for yosemite, it has a disclaimer saying that the website itself is affected by the shutdown. further down it lists areas closed due to human waste issues and a lack of staffing. another famous park, joshua tree, has had to close due to pit toilets overflowing. park expected to be closed. ahead of the meeting president trump tweeted, ‘border security and the wall "thing" and shutdown is not where nancy pelosi wanted to start her tenure as speaker! let's make a deal?‘ the democarats won a majority in the house of representatives in the midterms, and nancy pelosi will take over as majority leader in the house on thursday. she has already replied, '@realdonaldtrump has given democrats a great

opportunity to show how we will govern responsibly & quickly pass our plan to end the irresponsible #trumpshutdown. dtl anthony zurcher joins us from washington. let's get some clarity on this. hgppy let's get some clarity on this. happy new year to you what a beginning of the year. are we going to get any resolution on this? think a lot of things have to get work through before we get any kind of resolution. it seems like both sides are pretty dug in right now, the democrats and the house of representatives are going to control the house of representatives starting tomorrow, they will have passed their own version of government funding bills, forcing donald trump to veto it or centred or to block it. before they get any compromise, meanwhile trump already feeling it from his right flank, he backed away from negotiations, extending the federal government budget. last year because of pressure from conservative commentators at his base. i think he

feels like he's still needs to draw a line in the sand. they talk about the wall, donald trump talks about the wall, donald trump talks about the wall, donald trump talks about the wall, but from both sides, this is more than just the wall. it's donald trump exerting his will, getting his policy priorities through, and the democrats showing that they have the backbone now that they have the house of representatives to resist him. so can the democrats back down in in this case? it could be a challenge for them to do it before they make an effort of passing this legislation that would reopen the government. this is something that nancy pelosi has the backing of her entire caucus and the house of representatives. so it's a good way for her to get a first victory showing that everyone is sticking together. at some point, you can see a framework for some sort of negotiation, where they increase border security funding for something like offence, they don't call it a wall, maybe there's something for undocumented migrants who currently live here in the united states, and trump can claim

victory. democrats can claim he backed down, and everyone's happy. but were not at that point yet. i think there's still a lot both sides have to do to prove to their base that they are sticking by their guns. anthony don't go away, because it's not just mitt guns. anthony don't go away, because it's notjust mitt romney, it's not just the democrats that are causing problems for donald trump mitt romney is the incoming republican senator, and also of course former presidential candidate, been publishing them at publishing an attack on the washington post. this picture during happier times was taken back in 2016, when president elect trump was choosing his cabinet. back then mitt romney was fit to be a contender for secretary of state, those days are now long gone. this is the article in question in which romney says the president shapes the public character of the nation, terms characters fall short. he goes on to say that with the nation so divided, resentful, and angry, the presidential leadership and policies of character is indispensable in this province. he says the incumbents short ball has been

glaring. he adds that trumps words and actions have been causing dismay around the world. here's the presidents response to all this. he's been pretty quick in writing back saying here we go with mitt romney who preferred that mr romney would focus on border security and so many other things where he can be helpful. he should be happy for all republicans. be a team player & win!‘. anthony zurcher is back once again no love lost between those two. no, that sounds more like the mitt romney we heard in march of 2016 we re romney we heard in march of 2016 were he was calling donald trump at phoney and a fraud when trump was running for president, saying republicans should pick anyone but him. romney measured his tone somewhat in the past few years, in fa ct somewhat in the past few years, in fact he was endorsed by donald trump when he ran for this utah senate seat that he's about to get sworn into. even trumps response, he did push back against the criticism from

i've seen him push back a lot harder against people who have criticised him and what he was doing with romney. this could be a reflection of the fact that he needs romney's vote in the senate, he's one of 53 republicans, and if you'd lose too many republicans you won't get anything passed through there. this could be a mitt romney positioning himself to pick up the pieces of something were to happen to donald trump, if his presidency were to crumble. as an indicator that romney, who has a pretty good year for where the politics are heading, might be sensing that he needs to position himself on the opposite side from donald trump within the conservative movement. anthony, we've just started 2019, and already one person on the democrat side of congress has already got her sights on the 20 20th election. this is a tweet from senator warren, which she's announcing an exploratory committee to run for president in two yea rs' committee to run for president in two years' time. she tweets that she now has her own hash tag. she now has her own hastag #warren2020. we just started 2019 and were

already looking at the election next year. is it definite that senator warren will run? well it's not a formal announcement, but these exploratory committees, they are an optimistic bunch. i don't think an exploratory committee has ever come back and said no, you shouldn't run for president. this is a pretty good sign that elizabeth warren is going to take the leap sometime in the coming months, it's just a matter of when and how much money she can get organised before making that big jump. anthony, as a lwa ys making that big jump. anthony, as always thanks for talking to us through all of that. it will be a busy year for all of us and everyone in washington. i want to go to india in particular the state of carella, it's wherein the self is one of hinduism is most sacred sites. in the south is one of hinduism's most sacred sites. the sabara—mila shrine, which until last year had banned all women of menstruating age from worshipping there. today there have been some angry protests, police scuffling wiht demonstrators

who then set fire to an effigy on the ground. this was in kochi, elsewhere in the state police used tear and watercannon. the protestors are right wing hindus and they're bothered by this. women entering the shrine for the first time early on wedesday morning. this footage shows two female worshippers, flanked by police officers, enforcing their right to enter the temple. devina gupta, in delhi, explains. the temple is said to be home to lord that mac which is a deity considered to be celibate, and that's why menstruating women between the age of ten and 50 are not allowed to enter the temple. mail deities have to fast for days and wear black clothes, take a pilgrimage, which is on top of a

temple sits, and they have to climb this hill, that's how the conservatives deities see this pilgrimage. but forwomen, conservatives deities see this pilgrimage. but for women, this has been a right to fight for the quality in their... had lifted the band... between september last year and from the cities of protest, women trying to enter the temple, they've been blocked by these people and for these two women, it is with police protection that they were able to enter the temple with these policemen dressed in plainclothes, so that they don't get suspicious. it was around 3:45am, local time, where they were able to enter the shrine, and they had to do it in a very hurried manner so that before there's any law and order situation they are taken away from the site. this has been a long—running story in india. on tuesday tens of thousands of women formed this human chain. they stood side by side across the state of kerala, raising their fists to take a pledge against discrimination.

for months there's been a big police presence around the temple ever since the court ruling, and the moment women finally broke through is being celebrated by campaigners. as you'd expect is a lot of reaction on mine. here's a tweet by the writer meena kandasamy, "what an unforgettable moment for indian women... she says seeing the women go into the shrine made her cry with joy. and she asks how long it has taken for us to claim space, to write our way into history. the issue has divided opinion in india. the national government, led by the bjp party, is siding with the conservatives who don't want to see centuries of tradition overturned. here's the prime minister. india is of the view that everyone should get their due rights. there are some temples in india that have their own traditions that men should not enter, men do not go there. in

this,... awoman not enter, men do not go there. in this,... a woman in the supreme court has made certain observations. it needs to be read minutely. this is all playing out at a particularly crucial time in india for womens‘ rights, and the political cycle. here's jill mcgivering with more. there's a big political dimension to this, basically the state government in kerala is led by left—wing leaders part of the communist party, who support the women. and they've tried to them to have the access they think they have the right to have. but also you do have a hard line, many of whom are from the bjp, they tend to be conservative, it tends to be prohibited party. —pro hindu, that's also the party that the government nationally at the moment. we're going into election, so all this takes on a particular resonance, as we just a few months away from those big indian national elections. which issues of identity, and freedom, and conservatism are all going to be important. the third things that's what really

that's going on as well. we've seen recently a series ofjudgements from the supreme court on social areas, which have been quite liberal, and things like adultery and homosexuality, and of course women's rights. that seems to have created a tension between the more westernized, urban, often younger generation, who seemed to want a more liberal india, happy with that direction of travel. the more conservative elements, who are saying actually when it comes to society, we are still a conservative society, we want to maintain our traditions, we don't want the courts telling us what to do. in essence, that also is an example of what seeing today. stay with us on outside source we have more to come. we will be showing a picture that has returned from the new horizons spacecraft, which shows the most distant object to be exporting our solar system. it's actually two object string together. to make it look like a

snowman. a police officer hurt on new year's eve said instinct took over. sergeant lee valentine was one of three people injured at victoria station. chief constables officer said that he visited sergeant ballantine said that he visited sergeant balla ntine and gave said that he visited sergeant ballantine and gave an update on his condition. so lee and his team are in good spirits. i was able to talk with them in detail of the event. they took place almost where we're standing here. they heard the commotion and the shouts and responded really quickly. within a matter of seconds, the individual was under control. but they were very modest about what they did, i don't think they necessarily side as anything out of the ordinary, i think they are heroes. i think they did incredible things. 0verall, they're in good spirits. we need to

ta ke they're in good spirits. we need to take care of them now and make sure we've got to look after them in the days and weeks to come. welcome you are watching outside source lives. our lead story is that president trump says that he will keep the us government shut for as long as it takes to get funding for a border wall. before meeting with democrats. some of the other stories that we are monitoring here in the bbc newsroom, russia says it has gone to consular access to an american citizen, who's been arrested on charges of spying. he was picked up in moscow last week, and the russians say that he was caught carrying out an act of espionage. his family insists he's innocent, only in russia to attend a wedding, that's on bbc russian service. regional observers in the democratic republic of congo has given a qualified endorsement to

sunday's presidential election, they said the poll was relatively well—managed, counting is still under way. the government in a while has suspended internet access, and a french radio broadcaster saying it wa nts to french radio broadcaster saying it wants to stop the spread of unofficial results. all of that on bbc. these went to great lengths to rob this security band in southern italy. they first bought the carriageway with two lorries that we re carriageway with two lorries that were set on fire. then they used a bulldozer to rip open the roof of the band. it was carrying pensions from the post office workers, they made away with more than 2 million euros, a lot of it in cash. now you may have seen euros, a lot of it in cash. now you may have seen over euros, a lot of it in cash. now you may have seen over the last couple of days that the nasa probe has made its way to the most distant place in our solar system. well the us space agency hasjust our solar system. well the us space agency has just received the latest image from that grove. and here it is. it is a low resolution picture. it's only about 100 pixels, but this

is the best image sent back yet of the icy world called ultimate viewer. it's been quite a few taking this image, one of the team leader speaks at a news conference in just the past few hours. it's only really the size of something like washington, dc, and it's about as reflective as garden—variety dirt. it's illuminated by a son that is 1900 times fainter than it is outside on a sunny day here on the earth. so we we re a sunny day here on the earth. so we were basically chasing it down in the dark. at 32,000 miles an hour, and all that had happened just right. unimaginable isn't a? area that the probe is exploring is around six and a half billion kilometres away. so it'll take around 20 months for radio signals to transmit all of the more detailed images back to earth. so far, it sent back less than 1% of the total, so there's plenty more to come. deputy director of the royal astronomical society, robert macy, told the bbc what secrets could be

revealed. what it would tell us about is the something about the formation of the solar system, because when you're that far from the sun, when an object is that far from the sun, it's not really affected by the heat of the sun. anything to the same extent say like earth, venus, mars, so on. it's also very small, and the collisions that are happening out there are much lower. so the first thing that strikes you when you see the picture is that it's not like this typical asteroid that's covered with craters, it's quite a smooth surface. quite unlike the things we see in the asteroid belt, or the moon for that matter. so there is something about the way that it's been glued together by gravity, called secretion coming together to build objects. much less violently then you called... as records of the early solar system that are much more accessible than when you're on a planet like the earth. staggering stuff. looking forward to many more images of that. now it's a new year, but the volatility that played the

markets in december seemed to be continuing well into 2019. wall st started the day in the red, that has endedin started the day in the red, that has ended in positive territory. what are the next 12 months likely to hold? what's are the next 12 months likely to hold ? what's got are the next 12 months likely to hold? what's got investors so worried? let's hold? what's got investors so worried ? let's cross hold? what's got investors so worried? let's cross over to michele. what to expect? well i mean i think you said in a word. volatility. if today is anything to go we started down more than 1% anything to go we started down more than1% in all anything to go we started down more than 1% in all three major markets here in the united states, then before you knew it we were back in the sort of positive territory before swinging back lower again, and back up again. enough to give anyone vertigo. part of what were seen anyone vertigo. part of what were seen at the moment is this concern about slowing global growth, there was a report out in china which was disappointing. that raised questions about the us, how insulated could it be from growth, if it's flowing elsewhere in the globe? were seeing all sorts of things. you look at the price of oil, again there, it's falling because people assume that

if demand around the world is slowing, then the need for oil will also go down, that's why we see the price of oil as well as stock prices go down. as always, the markets they don't like unpredictability, they don't like unpredictability, they don't like unpredictability, they don't like volatility, when it comes to that relationship between china and the us, i guess all eyes are still going to be on that. well, they're all going to be on this trade dispute, that's one of the big headaches facing investors this year. the other one of course, is the federal reserve, and interest—rate policy. the idea that if the economy is still growing, perhaps some brakes need to be applied to stop the economy from overheating. the worry for investors is that they overdo it, it could actually derail the progress of the economy. so you take that together with this trade dispute between the us and china, what's happening in europe and elsewhere in terms of sort of economic performance, all of this together is making people very worried. that's why you're seeing this sell—off and this volatility, this sell—off and this volatility, this sort of schizophrenic behaviour

on the stock market, good for those i guess who like to trade on the ups and downs, but not for many people. indeed michele, as always, many thanks for talking us through michele there. the streaming china but has removed an episode of the patriot act. after the government that complained, netflix said that it backed artistic freedom, but had to comply with the local law. the comedian has been tweeting, saint in his usualfunny comedian has been tweeting, saint in his usual funny way, clearly the best way to stop people from watching something is to ban it. make it trend online, and then leave it up on youtube. well, let's cross over to our north america reporter dave lee who joins us from san francisco, the typical funny response from the comedian himself, but this is a serious matter. netflix is finding itself in a difficult position. yes, i think it is. it's having to balance its desire to grow

internationally, which is obviously very important to the bottom line. it's also the reputation as a company that allows as you mentioned, freedom of expression, on its platform. i think that sweet is actually very smart, because all he manages to do is poke fun at the situation, without criticising his employer, netflix. that's something that the company has faced since this decision was made. human rights watch said that it was against artistic freedom to make this move, andi artistic freedom to make this move, and i think netflix is realising that it's telling this very delicate line between complying with local laws, which of course it's obliged to do, but not in a way that perhaps goes against what someone might expect to be their corporate values. soa expect to be their corporate values. so a very difficult thing for netflix to keep down the line, particularly so much of their growth relies on international subscribers, and the last quarter, 7 million people joined netflix, 6 and the last quarter, 7 million peoplejoined netflix, 6 million of those were outside the us. so obviously, going beyond its home

country is really important to netflix. seeing as it's the beginning of the year, as is the kind of compromise that companies wanting to trade, wanting to deal with internationally will have to do if they want to continue working in places like saudi arabia? i think it's going to become a reality, particularly for companies that want to offer the same products essentially to the entire world sort of thing that netflix is striving to do. i think what netflix will want to avoid in the future is having these decisions happened retrospectively, i is something that on to netflix, it has to be removed, because of a complaint or because of the suggestion that it is against local laws, think netflix will be careful to do now is rather than allow that scenario, instead they will look before things are put on the platform in the first place to see if there's a risk it causing controversy will stop because by doing that of course, they protect themselves legally, but also they

removed this element of extremely bad publicity, having said that, i think as you mentioned his tweet could actually be the best promotion for the show that it's had so far, the idea that saudi arabia wants people to not see his comedy programme, perhaps giving it a boost in markets where people can see it. yeah, i suspect it will do dave, he's a good guy isn't he? as always, thank you very much. let's talk about the electric car maker tesla, which is cutting the prices for its model s model x and model three vehicles in the us. they'll be around $2000 cheaper, that's because around $2000 cheaper, that's because a tax credit if consumers buy electric vehicles will drop from around seven and a half thousand dollars to $3750, so the company delivered just over 90,000 vehicles in three months to december, that

sent the share price to 7% lower and a nalysts sent the share price to 7% lower and analysts expected more deliveries. we are up today with lots of business news, lots more going to be coming up here as we start 2019. we as always would love to hear from you, our hash tag is bbc 0s, we would love to hear your comments, especially as we start 2019. that's where to go to, and any comments you want to see, any stories want to see, it would be good to hear from you. so for me and the team here on outside source, good to be back, and will see you very shortly for the next edition bye— bye. hello good evening i'd like to take a look at the world weather and start across north america, because for some parts, across florida, was

on new year record—breaking heat, in contrast we've gotten very cold air right into california. so the potential is there for some damaging frost by night, and clearly the weather front coming in frost by night, and clearly the weatherfront coming in behind will give significant snow at relatively low levels. soaking rains through wednesday into thursday across the southern plains, and not too high up, fairly significant, potentially disruptive snow as well. that's one to watch. so the city forecast actually in dictate a lot of dry weather for san francisco. not actually in dictate a lot of dry weatherfor san francisco. not too bad in new york, those heavy showers around there for atlanta. in australia, we've had record—breaking heat, where berries very severe heat. for the heat remaining with us, this is a tropical cyclone penny, which will come back into queens, awful lot of rain already departs. it remains really unsettled for new zealand, particularly the south islands as we head towards the weekend. more warnings in first year

for the wet weather. from melbourne, heavy shower or two into the weekend as well. for wellington as i mentioned some wet weather to come, making its way northwards. let's head into asia, because this is a storm, and it set to get soaking rains for parts of vietnam, cambodia, and then it moves quite quickly across into the gulf of thailand. affecting malaysia and parts of southern thailand. barely unusual track for today, it could blink flooding rains and landslides as well. we could even have some snow, as we head into northern states of india, it that cold. we have potential for fog around states of india, it that cold. we have potentialforfog around here, but some snow showers for cashmere that are being warned about as the week progresses. there are amber warnings or orange warnings that the second—highest level you can get, it's pretty cold there actually across central asia and india at the moment. in fact, the same cold air is hanging around across the middle east, coming out of eastern europe. it's bringing this spell of weather, gusty winds lifting the dust, heavy

rain, disrupting snow at high levels. iraq, kuwait, iran, cyprus, greece, turkey, really unsettled and looking picture. very significant snow was forecasted through the day on thursday. we've had for 0sha's winds blowing as well. there wednesday into thursday, they are our bread and amber, red is the top—level warnings across some parts of scandinavia, the low highways as well. because of the high tides at this time of year, bitterly cold, honestly with that wind accentuating the wind—chill around temperatures barely reaching double figures in athens. it stays quite chilly here in the uk as well, but there will be more detail on that in the next half—hour. bye—bye. i love. this is 0utside source. talks in washington to end the government shutdown and democrats will not budge, would president trump still holding up the money to build a border wall. with the 5 billion approved by the house, it's such a small amount compared to the

level of the problem. xi jinping such a small amount compared to the level of the problem. xijinping has said that taiwan must except that reunification with china is inevitable. also the show, the general nastiness in south africa becoming something of a internet sensation. —— the ten—year—old math genius. 78... times... 550. 42,900,000. what? welcome back. china's president xi jinping has given a speech on taiyuan. here is what he said. translation: we make no promise to give up

the use of military force, and reserve the option of taking all necessary means, targeting outside forces and a small number of taiwan independence separatists. remember, taiwan is self—governed and "de facto" independent, but it has never formally declared independence from the mainland. beijing considers the island to be a breakaway province and mr xi's comments are in line with china's long—standing policy towards reunification. but just have butjust have a look at this tweet from an afp journalist. he says... and this was the taiwanese president's response. translation: china must meet the reality of taiyuan cosmic existence and must respect our 22 million people's insistence on freedom and democracy —— reality of taiyuan

cosmic existence. china has recently been showing off its military strength. take a look at these pictures. but sending an invading army across the well—defended waters of the taiwan strait would be a huge gamble. china correspondent john sudworth has this analysis. you take into account that this is a leader who is now widely regarded as the most powerful chinese leader since chairman mao, as a man who has consolidated power faster and further than any of his recent predecessors. and a man who has deeply personalised that sense of national destiny. there will be people who will ask whether, when it comes from his lips, these threats over the use, the possible use of military force, the sense that this insistence that taiwan and china will one day be unified, whether we should take those words more

seriously. and it will certainly make some of those in taiwan who have always been traditionally very nervous about this kind of chinese rhetoric think very hard indeed about what the future may look like, particularly with the forces in taiwan were seen particularly with the forces in taiwan were seen as particularly with the forces in taiwan were seen as anti—china. one suffering pretty significant electoral setbacks in the local elections. people will wonder what this all means for the positioning of china in the months ahead. suddenly want to watch this year. this is professor walter riccardi. he ran into the's... this is an interview that he gave in the italian newspaper in which he said he resigned because of the government endorsing unscientific or

frankly anti—state civic positions on many issues. he said that populist... pretty scathing words there. here is sara... he was in charge of the body that advises the government on all health matters. he has accused some members of the government of being essentially against science. of not wanting proof, of not seeking that advice, that professional advice, of preferring something, some kind of way of thinking that does not base it on proof in science. that vaccines are unnecessary inside the zone. he basically said, we cannot work with these people if they don't trust our professional opinion and they don't trust our advice. this is ourjob and we cannot work with them

because they don't believe us. this is why he is resigning now. in that interview, professor riccardi specifically mentioned it to the's deputy prime minister and his stance on vaccines. back injune, mr salvini said vaccines were... there is no scientific evidence for this claim. infact, quite is no scientific evidence for this claim. in fact, quite the opposite. italy has seen recent instances of this disease prevented by vaccination. the who says this is due to an increase wariness of vaccinations. in italy, in particular, cases are particularly high. in 2017, it had the second highest number of cases just after romania. here is sara again. basically in italy, there are ten vaccinations they need to have

before they control in school. —— can enrol in school. with this kind of message that has been pushed forward by the politicians, we have seen forward by the politicians, we have seenin forward by the politicians, we have seen in italy the rise of measles cases in 2018 and 2017 to levels that were never seen him sometimes. it's not just that were never seen him sometimes. it's notjust the that were never seen him sometimes. it's not just the state that were never seen him sometimes. it's notjust the state of the nation's health that is giving matteo salvini a headache. there's some mayors say they would not be of the many new security measures. yes, basically before the break, salvini managed to pass the security bill that in particular targets migrants. it reviews a set of loss of life means “— it reviews a set of loss of life means —— a set of laws with migrants. one of them is asylum—seekers in italy will not be able to... this means if they have kids, they will not able to send

their kids to school. if they are sick, they would not be able to seek medical help at hospitals. the mayor of palermo has issued an official order saying this was not going to apply in my city because they are denying human rights... other mayors, like the mayor of rome and of naples, they have said that they are going to sign similar things. in general, there have been mayors also in the north of italy and mayors, even members of the 5—star movement, thatis even members of the 5—star movement, that is the other coalition party, that is the other coalition party, that have raised questions about some measures inside. some have said we wa nt some measures inside. some have said we want to have a discussion with salvini before we put these measures in place because there are several issues that are not working out very well for us. thanks to salvini for talking us through that. health

trends expected dominate the headlines in 2019. the new use of data, artificial intelligence and epidemics that could threaten the world. data. it's a small word, but it's at the heart of one of the biggest trends changing health care in 2019. with more computers, mobile phones and wearable devices, capable of capturing information about us than ever before. for researchers, this provides a potential gold mine of new information on our health. not long ago, we heard about an app made by a subsidiary of google that collates patient data to help spot people with kidney disease in its early stages. expect to see more big companies getting involved in our health data in 2019. and expect there to be more questions about how to balance the possible benefits with the risks of private information falling into the wrong hands.

at the beginning of 2018, the world health organization put out a list of ten diseases that have the potential to cause havoc worldwide. pathogens that urgently need more research, more treatments, and more vaccines. and for the very first time, this list included something called disease x, to acknowledge that the next big outbreak could come from a disease that is currently unknown. the good news is that as we enter 2019, the world is learning to be more prepared for a potential pandemic, with new organisations set up to make vaccines for global threats, and even simulation exercises so that world leaders can rehearse what to do should a deadly disease spread. ebola was one of the deadly viruses on the who's list, a disease that claimed more than 11,000 lives in west africa just a few years ago. it's now back in a very unstable area in the democratic republic of congo. local and international teams

are working hard to stop its spread, but their efforts have been hampered by conflict and violence. at the end of 2018, we heard that progress in the fight against one of the world's oldest diseases, malaria, has stalled, with 219 million cases reported in 2017, up 2,000 on the year before. many of the victims were children under five living in sub—saharan africa. the head of the world health organization said with progress plateauing after years of decline, there was now a serious risk that years of hard work and investment could be lost. but there may be some good news on the horizon. many people have their hopes pinned on the world's first malaria vaccine. after passing early trials, the hope had been to administer the vaccine to thousands of children in kenya, malawi and ghana in 2018. it looks like children will now get their first shots in the coming months. the large pilot project will help

researchers understand how well the vaccine works, and just how many lives it could save. it will certainly be across that. stay with as an outside source. still to come, we will be meeting the ten—year—old boy genius from south africa whose maths skills have made him an internet star. on the first working day of the new year, rail passengers in the uk are having to adjust to another above inflation price hike in fares. they've increased by an average of 3.1% in england and wales and almost 3% in scotland. passenger groups criticise the government for not freezing some fa res the government for not freezing some fares after lester's appalling destruction across the network. the tra nsfer destruction across the network. the transfer secretary has accused trade unions of driving the increase.

passengers in the north of england... highest level in 17 yea rs. england... highest level in 17 years. with fares up again, some passengers in hull say they're not getting value for money. at the end of the day, it's public transport. if the public cannot afford it, what goodis if the public cannot afford it, what good is public transport that is unaffordable? trains are delayed regularly... you cannot rely on them. tickets have risen 396 in england and west. in scotland, the rice is slightly smaller. northern ireland's real system is different and there's no increase today. the government says it's happy for to rise in line with a lower index of inflation if the unions agree that real workers wages should also go up ata real workers wages should also go up at a lower rate. i don't want to see fa res at a lower rate. i don't want to see fares go up any more than they have the reality is that costs in the

industry are rising, they are rising fast. the biggest factor is wage increases. i would like to see the unions and the union party except that —— except that wage writer should be a traincompany said record levels of investment will bring improvements in the longer term. the rmt union describe the ra i lwa ys term. the rmt union describe the railways as a grossly mismanaged ripoff. hello, you're watching outside source life from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is that the president says he will keep the us government shut for as long as it takes to get funding fora shut for as long as it takes to get funding for a border wall. some of the other stories that we are monitoring here in the bbc newsroom. a manhunt is under way in houston,

texas for a gunman who attacked a young family in a drive—by shooting, killing a seven—year—old girl. jasmine barnes and her mother were shocked. the seven—year—old died in the back—seat as a result of her wounds. china is preparing to make the first attempt at landing robotics on the moon's farsight. a static lander and rover expected to be deployed to service in the next day. the vehicles are carrying a sweep of its remit to find out more about the moon's geology. —— a suite of instruments. thieves went to great lengths to rob this security van and said italy. they dimpled over to rip open the roof of the van. he was carrying pensions for post office workers. to gain weight in way with more than 2 million euros, a lot of it in cash. —— the gain made away with. let's turn to russia, where rescuers have now pulled 21 bodies from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in

the city of... around 20 people are still missing. about 20 people are missing. officials believe a gas leak was to blame for monday's blast. in an apparently unrelated incident, an explosion destroyed a minibus near the apartment block on tuesday night, killing three people. here's our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford. rescuers are calling this a new year miracle. the moment they reached this person barely alive. he had laid trapped and injured herfor over 30 hours. the emergency team shots to hurry as the baby boy is checked and then bundled away by medics. translation: one of the rescuers hurt a child crying. after that, we stopped oliver kirby to make sure and listen. but when we said quiet, the day doing quite too. it was when we said "where are you" that the

child responded. just 11 months old. he was rushed to a local hospital. doctors discovered fractures, severe frostbite and a head injury. his mother, who was beside him when the blast tore through their flask escaped unharmed. translation: i was sleeping on the sofa. the baby was sleeping in his cot. my elder son and i felt the building. i don't know what happened with the cost but we fell down, so we got out faster. she and her husband were left waiting, then, anxious for news, clutching the ba by‘s close. anxious for news, clutching the baby's close. ever anxious for news, clutching the ba by‘s close. ever since anxious for news, clutching the baby's close. ever since the disaster or new year's eve, teens have been searching the room and tear. all that remains of almost 50 apartments. officials said the blast was caused by a gas leak, then the minibus exploded on the street. investigators said experts had found

no trace of explosives so far. baby ivanka has been given a chance. he was airlifted to moscow and the best specialist. his condition is described as serious but stable now. sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. let's stay in europe. six people have been killed in a train accident ona have been killed in a train accident on a bridge in denmark. the train was travelling between odense and copenhagen. the crash happened along the great belt which links these two islands. the danish prime minister has been tweeting his condolences about that. he says these were ordinary danes on their way to work all home from christmas holidays. they had their lives broken. here is gavin lee with more. images of the aftermath of this morning's rush—hour crash on denmark's great belt bridge. police say the commuter train with around 100 people on board was hit by objects from a passing freight train and was forced to make an emergency stop.

one of the passengers, heidi langberg, says she narrowly escaped. translation: it felt as if we were pushed forward, and then all of a sudden, there was a loud bang, and then the windows shattered over our heads and we fell to the ground. and then the train stopped. we are shocked. we were very lucky due to where we were seated. the passengers sitting in the next wagon weren't that lucky. the great belt bridge is one of the busiest commuter routes in the country, connecting the central islands and linking denmark and sweden to germany. the morning train had been on its way from the southern city of odense to the capital, copenhagen. danish media reports suggest that metal poles, beer crates and tarpaulin from this damaged freight train were among the objects to strike the train's windows and sides. six people died, 16 were injured and evacuation efforts were hampered by stormy weather conditions. translation: it is a very, very tragic way to start 2019. six have been killed. it's very hard to take. right now, we can only

send our best thoughts. the rescue operation to free those trapped on board took more than five hours. danish police are now investigating the exact cause of the accident. gavin lee, bbc news. toa to a ten—year—old boy in south africa who is causing a bit of a stir in the world of maths. sibahle zwane has an extraordinary ability to work out huge sums in his head. now his mental arithmetic is turning him into something of a social media sensation. our very own pumza fihlani has been to meet him. welcome to maths. class is in session. at this farm school, the pupils are hard at work perfecting their maths skills. but there's one who stands out. meet sibahle zwan. called the human calculator, he's just ten years old. anyone who knows the answer? sibahle? 540.

translation: i'm the best at maths in the whole school. when people see me, they ask me to do sums for them to test how good i am. and they are surprised when i give the answers right. some people even give me money for doing difficult numbers. i give that money to my mother, and that makes me happy. he was discovered when a local policeman filmed him. 250 times 11? 2,750. at home, his mother may not be able to help him with his homework, but she is his biggest fan. we always dream big, most of the time. with me, i wish everything that could go well for him. i want him to explore. he loves challenges. 78... and so we put him to the test. times... 550. 42,900,000. what?

how did you do that? after a professional assessment, he is deemed a gifted child, but that brings other challenges. he becomes bored easily and needs unconventional teaching methods in order to thrive. professor belinda huntley runs the wits siyanqoba maths olympiad programme. and she wants sibahle tojoin her class and compete with some of the best minds in the world. if he isn't enriched now, he's just going to dissolve into the rest of the masses. he's just going to be expected just to keep up with the curriculum. and now admitted to the geniuses programme, young sibahle finally has a chance at a bright future. 0h oh my goodness! absolutes ordinary.

before i leave you, just to get up tojoin your top story. before i leave you, just to get up to join your top story. today is the 12th day of the us government shut down. donald trump has been meeting with democratic and republican leaders in congress to try to get this resolved. that meeting has now been finished, concluded. this is the whole point of the whole thing that they want to try and resolve. the president wants $5 billion to fund a border wall between the us and mexico stopped years the leading democrat chuck schumer speaking just after that meeting ended. on our last meeting, the president said, i'm going to shut the government down. they are now feeling the heat. it is not helping the president, is not helping the republicans to be the owners of the shut down. today we give them an opportunity to get out of that, and opened up the government as we debate border security, and to say to them, because he said he will not sign it and use the government as hostage, we should just give in, the american

people don't want that. that's bad for our country and that's not the way to govern. here is his democrat collea g u es way to govern. here is his democrat colleagues steny hoyer. almost everybody in the room... i won't say everybody. believes that shutting the government is a stupid public policy. it puts 800,000 people who work for the federal government at risk and it puts millions of people who rely on the federal government ona who rely on the federal government on a daily basis at risk. yes, there is the seriousness of it, because as this shutdown continues, the results are that roughly 800,000 people are not being paid. this is really serious. they're getting advice from organisations like the us office of personnel management which actually has links to templates to people like mortgage brokers and also creditors, in which workers can ask for reduced or deferred payments. and many at the same time, many

institutes are close. this is yosemite park. it's still open but actually, its website is not working properly. further down this website lists other areas that are close. issues like human waste and also staffing as well. this is a really serious issue and it does have serious issue and it does have serious consequences, and it's something that we will be looking into. it is the 12th day of the us shut down. what a way to start 2019. thanks so much for watching outside source. bye—bye. hello. if the christmas and new year's festivities done for another year. we now find ourselves in a relatively quiet but relatively chilly spell of january weather. or member the mild air that was blowing our way member the mild air that was blowing ourway in member the mild air that was blowing our way in december? it's still sitting out in the atlantic. we are not able to bring this thinner direction. because of this area of

high pressure which is parked itself across the british isles. this high blocking the progress of the mild air but also blocking the progress of atla ntic air but also blocking the progress of atlantic weather systems. lots of dry weather for the next few days. often, he will be quite cloudy. there'll be some sunshine at times and well. there's likely to be some frost and potentially some freezing fog as well. i a mishmash of weather. that's certainly what we see him thursday. there will be some cloudy areas, there will be some foggy areas in the morning and some sunny foggy areas in the morning and some sunny areas foggy areas in the morning and some sunny areas too. i am hopeful because we'll tend to break up in many places. a bit more in the way of sunshine. the winds vista but usually struggling. 4—7d —— but those temperatures really struggling. as we good two thirds thursday night into friday, light winds, we'll see some fog patches and more in the way of clear sky overhead means a cold or had for many. notice the blue colours on the

town and city values. in the countryside sakimay might get a little bit colder than that. if you're looking for unsettled weather, you can find that across the southeast of europe. some snow into quite low levels here. back home, you guessed it, it is still high pressure in charge. very light winds, critically run the centre of that high. it should be very slow to clear during friday. it's a dry day. there's some sunshine. there is some patchy cloud as well. we look ahead to saturday. most likely we'll see sunshine in eastern scotland. that was, more in the way a plot, and as you squint at the temperatures, maybe you can see them nudge upwards just a little bit. as we move into the second half of the weekend, still high pressure in charge, but it might retreat southwards enough to allow this little frontal system in across further areas. in an effort will seem to southwards

during the day on sunday. nothing much more than a band of cloud will someday be the odd spot of rain. north of it, more in the way of sunshine. and those temperatures again between nine and 5 degrees. not far off where they should become actually, this time of year. this is monday, how it looks again. some areas to see spells of sunshine. those temperatures just a little bit higher, particularly western areas. as we head into the middle part of next week, it may be that high pressure does retreat southwards. more of us see a little bit of rain. in this sort of whether seto, we would temporarily at least bring a shot of colder air down from the north. don't be surprised if temperatures dip again i run the middle part of next week. then our area high pressure tries to build its way back in. more in the way of dry weather. there is always the potential for some weak frontal systems to get close to the north of the uk. but generally speaking during next week, yes, it might be chilly for the middle part of the week that those temperatures will be

around where they should beat. be largely dry. there'll be a lot of cloud but still the potentialfor some frost fog at night. slow changes to the next few days. the channel migrant crossings — the home secretary questions whether they are genuine asylum seekers. on a patrol boat in dover, sajid javid said those attempting the riskyjourney to england should be claiming asylum in france instead. if you are a genuine asylum seeker, then why have you not sought asylum in the first safe country that you arrived in? after the home secretary declared the crossing a major incident last week, we'll be asking how serious the problem really is. also tonight... an ice world four billion miles from earth — nasa releases images of the most distant object in our solar system ever to be explored. a return to work and a kick in the wallet, say passenger groups, as railfares rise again. the singer struggling to make ends meet after being diagnosed with cancer — charities call on the government to do more to help those

facing financial problems.