security over fears chinese tech companies could be cyber spying. then, the atlantic, as many other, covering our big business story. its article pulls out five ways to look at apple's slump, but says none are good for apple. and finally, business insider. it's among many reporting on the us giving google the green light on what it calls minority report style technology. dear members and tom cruise movie? —— do you remember. dear members and tom cruise movie? -- do you remember. ama old enough. —— i am. with me isjonathan charles, managing director of communications at the european bank for reconstruction and development. was a lovely over christmas and new year, very little mention of exit because all the mps were way? they tell the wharf words is definitely back. they use the word possible

because david davis, the brexit secretary, is advising theresa may ina way secretary, is advising theresa may in a way not to hold the vote at all because clearly she may be defeated and what is the point is, but secondly, he believes the nearest, he believes the nearer that we get to the march 29 departure date, the better the chance for eu will come up better the chance for eu will come up with some sort of deal that might be sellable to mps. —— wasn't. and he says anyway, even if we leave without a deal, we can cope. i think it is all the oil kings coming forward which make you wonder whether david davis really understands the situation. whether david davis really understands the situationm whether david davis really understands the situation. it is a big gamble. it is a big gamble, his back to saying we've got world trade organisation tariffs. he clearly does not understand that would impose tariffs on car manufacturers of about 10% every time they move the car across the border. their margins in most car manufacturing in the uk is only about 8%. they could not cope with that, that would wipe

out their margins. i think david davis clearly is hoping that the best way of getting something through is to push it to the absolute time limit, but of course that only increases uncertainty for everybody in the uk. what choices has she got? i think there are some that hardline brexiteers in the conservative party who believe that is the case. i do not think that is realistic. i do not think the eu is going to give very much ground. what do you think theresa may may decide about this next vote if she decides that she will win? i think that is the argument going on inside downing street and i think there are two schools inside downing street as i hear it. the first is that might be better to withdraw the boat again, but that would be humiliating for

her. a second time? there's a second possibility and that i think is more likely, she goes ahead with the vote, she knows she will lose, the economic uncertainty will certainly deepen, to come back with another chance a week or two later. i think she will not give up, at the moment, it is hard for her to withdraw it. anything can happen right now is. indeed, we are all on the edge right now. let's have a look at the guardian. this is a discussion about the home secretary sajid javid, he has not had a break over christmas. poor chap. give us your take on his handling of these asylum seekers who are getting to the uk. so the guardian story is that he is under fire. have seen quite a few other newspapers as well because he's said that people crossing the channel to get to britain were illegal migrants, when of course that is not quite technically true because it is not illegal to try to gain asylum.

what is happening here is acting it is connected to story one in a way, it is what happens after brexit stuff is all over and theresa may's future. he is trying to position himself obviously for the leadership is quite a tough operator, particularly on the question of migration, which plays very well in the conservative party, in the constituency parties. so think you cannot divorce this and what is happening in terms everybody positioning themselves in the leadership race. but he has had criticism for what he has been saying about those who are trying to get the united kingdom, the legitimacy of their cases, whether they are authentic or not, that kind of thing. well, you've got to remember as well that this latest so—called crisis involving a couple of hundred people crossing the channel, was that really a crisis? not compared to other countries. exactly, so that is the first thing. the second thing is most of these are iranians were coming across the channel now. the latest imported

statistics and they report them in the guardian article, the quarters of iranians who make an application for asylum succeed. he is making a case had been tough on immigration and everything has to bejudged on a case—by—case basis and when you do that, there are some legitimate claims there. the financial times has quite a lot of stuff that has grabbed my attention, apple and tesla shares falling, but moved to map chinese tech in the eu over concerns about cyber spying. this relates of course to huawei, which has been limited in countries around the world. chinese tech companies have certainly been buying up companies and winning contracts within the european union for a very long period of time. this story is saying that now the eu wants to scrutinise this much more, actually

wa nts to scrutinise this much more, actually wants to map what is it that china is owning or having contracts with? because there ears... and they too late? —— aren't. i think there is definitely concern about china's is a bit soft power to try and gain a strategic decision. we are seeing it for example in china's wheldon road programme, the huge investments in the new silk road, china is seen to be advancing its position to soft methods, rather than hard methods, i think it is part of the uk getting increasingly worried about china's strength. —— belt and road. increasingly worried about china's strength. -- belt and road. in the meantime, we are back to apple in the atlantic. it is talking about

five different reasons why apple has a tough time ahead. the figures are still huge still. they are, yeah. when you look at its revenues, still making phenomenal profits every quarter. this is the company which is very savvy. the question ears and the atlantic runs through these buy things, the question is i suppose what apple does about the areas it can control. clearly, if it comes to a slowdown in china, there's not much that apple can do to counteract that, when it comes to rivals being better, they may be able to do something that because apple has been charging premium prices for technology. can afford to do that even as the brand leader when you have chinese operators coming up, producing very smart smart phones as well? they also going to have to look at changing behaviours in

consumers, in us, i have got an apple iphone. would i change it every two years, as has been the past behaviour with smart phones? not necessarily. the technology is very good now. that has a huge impact on profits. what can apple do, ithink impact on profits. what can apple do, i think is the question raised in this piece, what can apple do really to make sure that people do invest in their phones more often? it means investing a lot more in making phones really different. exactly, technologyjust took making phones really different. exactly, technology just took a major step forward. this story on business insider, what is that about? this is a decision to grant google a waiverfor one about? this is a decision to grant google a waiver for one of its tech projects at higher levels. what is that mean? that means that you might for example be able to instead of using voice technology to get things done... use gestures. gestures and

so on. done... use gestures. gestures and so on. my worry about that is you might accidentally scratching nose and then worry that you are turning something on at home. on one hand it is fraught with difficulty, on the other hand people actually have difficulty speaking for medical reasons, so difficulty speaking for medical reasons, so could be amazing. again, what is this telling us? technology is still on the move in ways we have yet to think of. i will make sure i do not scratch my nose. it made me laugh as well, but in two or three years's time, five years's time, who knows what they will be up to? who knew that we would have alexa in all these other things? mine is unplugged in a draw. make sure you contribute to the conversation on twitter about apple and tech fatigue. good morning.

well, we've certainly been chasing cloud amounts around the country at the moment, but my new year's resolution was to stay on the optimistic side with a glass half full. so, for the next few days, yes, it will stay chilly, but i'm optimistic that we'll see a little more in the way of sunshine coming through. but frost and freezing fog patches could be an issue first thing in the morning. now, the uk is sandwiched right in the middle, between this mild air sitting out in the atlantic and colder air across eastern europe at the moment. there is an area of high pressure across the uk and circulating around the high, the wind direction always driving in a little more cloud close to the coasts. so, just come further inland, that's where we'll see the clearest of the skies. that's where we're likely to be the best of the sunshine as well. now, if you're up and off early on this morning, it's going to be a chilly start, as you can see, right through the spine of the country really. the blue tones denoting those temperatures below freezing. well below freezing in some places. it may be as low as —5 and —6 degrees in more rural spots. so, it's going to be a cold and a frosty start to thursday morning. that's where the best slice of the sunshine is likely

to be, though. along those east coasts, we'll have more cloud just driving in. and with a south—westerly flow out to the west as well, a little more cloud and a little more moisture, and there, we could see the problem with some fog forming a little later on. top temperatures, though, for thursday afternoon — 3 to 7 degrees the high. now, as we go into the evening hours, that's when we could potentially see some freezing fog forming. and if that happens, it may well be slow to clear away. but the real cold air and the stormy weather at the moment is across eastern europe. we've seen some heavy rain and even snow at lower levels across greece and turkey at the moment, and that bitterly cold air is sitting not only across the south—east mediterranean, but it's moving all the way up generally through eastern europe over the next few days. the yellow tones — i'm not going to say mild, but something a little less cold across portugal, spain, france and the uk. but if we get some freezing fog first thing on friday morning, it may be slow to clear away, and that could have quite an impact on the temperatures. so, again, there will be some sunshine around after a cold and frosty start on friday.

if the freezing fog lingers, and favoured spots for that are going to be central and southern england, well, then, those temperatures only at around 3 or 4 degrees. a little milder the further west we go. this quiet theme of weather looks likely to continue into the weekend. on the whole, it will be largely dry but, again, we're going to be chasing cloud amounts around. take care. good morning — welcome to breakfast, with charlie stayt and louise minchin. our headlines today: the first landing of a space craft on the far side of the moon — china says it's successfully landed a probe in the deepest crater on the surface. police investigating attempts by migrants to cross the channel into britain arrest two men in manchester. new energy efficient devices, mean the amount of electricity we use per person in the uk has fallen to its lowest level since the mid—1980s. a profit warning from one of the world's

most valuable companies. tech giant apple says sales will be 4 billion pounds less than expected. it's blamed a slowdown in china and we're all buying fewer new phones. the biggest game of the season.