this is the briefing, i'm sally bundock. our top story: more than 200 british mps write to theresa may urging her to rule out a no—deal brexit, as she tries to bolster support ahead of next week's crucial vote. queen reigns over the golden globes. bohemian rhapsody scoops two top gongs at hollywood's first big awards hash of the year. a young saudi woman fleeing to australia is stranded at bangkok airport, where she says her passport has been seized. she has told the bbc she can't go back home as her family will kill her. face—to—face talks get underway in beijing aimed at ending the bitter trade war between the world's two biggest economies, the us and china. also, in business briefing, we are at the consumer electronics show, in las vegas, where some say the future is foldable. a warm welcome to the programme,

briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. tell us what you think about the stories we are covering, or what you are spotting today. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. more than 200 british mps have signed a letter calling for the prime minister to rule out a no—deal brexit. theresa may has invited the organisers to downing street to discuss their concerns. she is likely to tell them that she is still working to win assurances from the eu which might persuade mps to back the agreement she has negotiated. here is our political correspondent ben wright. it is time to pack up the baubles

and chuck out the tree. christmas brought a brexit lull, that is now abruptly over. and the prime minister begins the new year as she ended the last, trying to find a way to persuade parliament to back her deal. but there is no sign of a new approach, only reassurances that she hopes might win over her critics. the first is measures that will be specific for northern ireland. the second is a greater role for parliament, as we take these negotiations into the next stage for our future relationship. and the third, and we're still working on this, is further assurances from the european union to address the issues that have been raised. but many tory brexiteers remain angry about the deal, as are a number of conservatives, who want a closer relationship with europe or another referendum. opposition parties are poised to vote against the deal, too. so, if it is defeated, what on earth happens then? then, actually, we're going to be in uncharted territory. i don't think anybody can say

exactly what will happen, in terms of the reaction we'll see in parliament. well, i was rather hoping you could. if the prime minister has a plan b, she is not letting on, and theresa may didn't rule out asking mps to vote again. i've always said that no deal was better than a bad deal. what we have on the table is a good deal. the chances of the prime minister's deal getting through parliament still look pretty dismal. theresa may says we would then be in uncharted territory. we would also be in a deep political crisis, with even less time to go until the uk is set to leave the eu at the end of march. many mps believe that mrs may's tactic is to run down the clock, piling pressure on the house of commons to back her deal eventually, or risk a damaging no—deal brexit. but, as mps argue and agonise, there is currently no clear majority in this deadlocked parliament for a different course of action. i think there is a growing groundswell in the country, and in parliament, for accepting that we're going to have to go back to the public for the final say.

while polls suggest labour party members clearly want the party to commit to another referendum, its leadership won't, yet. the reason theresa may has had such a botched set of negotiations is because of her red lines. if we as a new, incoming labour government were to go to europe without those red lines, we know that we could get a different, better deal. but the uk and the eu insist the withdrawal agreement cannot be reworked, and a general election to break the impasse looks very unlikely. will theresa may wanted the brexit deal wrapped up by christmas. instead, with time disappearing, the uncertainty grows. ben wright, bbc news. wish to a news briefing, —— we shall have more on that in our news briefing. the 76th annual golden globes have been taking place in los angeles, the first major awards

ceremony of the year. christian bale has won best comedy actor for his portrayal of the former us vice president dick cheney in the biopic vice, while olivia coleman picked up the award for leading comedy actress in the favourite. —— colman. let's hear about the latest winners and losers now from our correspondent peter bowes in los angeles. peter, tell us more about the night, in which the brits did rather well. well, yes, the brits did rather well. you have already mentioned olivia colman winning for the favourite, i think she was the favourite, if you like, to win in that category, but it was a very popular win. i have to say the surprise of the night, best drama was bohemian rhapsody. a star is born was tipped to win in that

category, but it was rami malek, playing freddy mercury in bohemian rhapsody taking that top award. that had not been expected, and this is the film that i think has rekindled a lot of memories for a lot of people, a lot of emotions and especially the portrayal of the several scenes telling the story of live aid, and the performance by queen at that global event. so a surprise win, and it hadn't been tipped to do that well at the oscars inafew tipped to do that well at the oscars in a few weeks. people will now be watching bohemian rhapsody to see how it fares during the rest of the awards season. how it fares during the rest of the awards season. you how it fares during the rest of the awards season. you mentioned christian bale winning four vice. he portrays the former vice president of the united states, dick cheney. he made a rather controversial remark during his acceptance speech, thanking satan for inspiring him to play dick cheney, and there has been

quite a social media backlash against that comment. yes, absolutely, and we have seen that particular element. any other controversy, as particular element. any other c0 ntrove i’sy , as we particular element. any other controversy, as we begin this awards season? what does it tell us about what is to come in the oscars, for example? well, the other film i should mention is green book, not particularly controversial, winning in three different categories. this is mahershala ali playing an african—american pianist, he goes on tour during the american —— of the american deep south during the era of segregation, it is a powerful film and winning in three categories. again, ithink film and winning in three categories. again, i think that is another one to watch as the oscars loom in the next few weeks. this really was a ceremony that highlighted a number of potentially controversial issues, again, many of the recipients of the awards

referred to the time's up movement and the #metoo movement and a lot of the people, a lot of the women, who we re the people, a lot of the women, who were given an opportunity to make an a cce pta nce were given an opportunity to make an acceptance speech, embracing that one once again —— once again, encouraging people to move forward, embracing more women in key roles in films. that is an issue, maybe nothing to do with winning awards per se, but it is an issue that will bea per se, but it is an issue that will be a key one as we move through this awards season. the actor kevin spacey is due in court in massachusetts later today, charged with sexually assaulting a teenager in 2016. he is the latest public figure to face legal action, after being accused of multiple assaults by more than a dozen people, dating back to the 1980s. he denies all charges. nada tawfik reports from nantucket. you trusted me, even though you knew

you shouldn't. kevin spacey had a talent for commanding an audience, but this bizarre video posted just as news flashed that the actor would face as news flashed that the actor would fa ce felo ny as news flashed that the actor would face felony charges of sexual assault left many scratching their heads. but you wouldn't believe the worst without evidence, would you? you wouldn't rush to judgement is without fact, would you? spacey reprised his former role as frank underwood from the show house of cards, and reference the depth of his fictional character and the real accusations against him. but if it was an attempt at a comeback, his upcoming court appearance will certainly convert at that. after a string of allegations, kevin spacey has been charged with groping and 18—year—old male at this bar in nantucket in july 20 18—year—old male at this bar in nantucket injuly 2016. 18—year—old male at this bar in nantucket in july 2016. to 18—year—old male at this bar in nantucket in july 20 16. to kevin spacey i want to say this. shame on you for what you did to my son. heather unruh said her son did not report the crime to police ride a wave, out of embarrassment and fear. she called spacey a sexual predator.

kevin spacey bought him drink after drink after drink, and when my son was drunk, spacey stuck his hand inside my son's has and grabbed his genitals. according to police, he ca ptu red genitals. according to police, he captured part of the attack on video, sending it to his girlfriend at the time. allegations against spacey surfaced at the heart of the #metoo movement, when many felt empowered to speak out. after anthony rapp was the first to accuse spacey anthony rapp was the first to accuse s pa cey of anthony rapp was the first to accuse spacey of sexual misconduct, saying it happened when rapp was just 14 yea rs it happened when rapp was just 14 years old, spacey said he did not recall the incident but apologise for what he said could have been deeply inappropriate drunken behaviour. in the same statement, he came out as a gay man. the backlash was immediate, with many accusing spacey was immediate, with many accusing s pa cey of was immediate, with many accusing spacey of trying to detract attention from his accuser. he was erased from hollywood projects.

kevin spacey plans to plead not guilty. he even tried to wave his appearance, arguing that his presence would increase the negative publicity around the case. but the judge denied that request, so kevin spacey will have to face the charge against him in a court of law, with the world watching. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news: the palestinian authority is pulling its staff out of the rafah border crossing between egypt and the gaza strip, in protest at what it called brutal practices against its workers by the rival palestinian faction hamas. the move effectively closes the main exit point from gaza, through which most goods pass. president donald trump says negotiations are underway on the location of the next summit with north korean leader kim jong—un. donald trump held a historic summit with kim in singapore injune. he said earlier in the week he had received a great letter from the north korean leader, but declined to reveal its contents. the annual ces technology trade show gets underway in las vegas this week.

it comes days after a shock sales warning from apple, which knocked $75 billion from its market valuation and rocked global stockmarkets. apple blamed weak demand in china. so are other tech companies similarly exposed? eileen burbidge from passion capital is with me here. great to have you here, good morning. so the ces show, which apple does not go to but is trying to distract everyone anyway, what is apple up to? yes, so historically they have never exhibited or done anything at the show. what they have done this time is taken out a full billboard, it is not even a billboard, it is not even a billboard, it is the sight of a building, so when visitors are lending in las vegas they see this massive building, it is all white,

taking a shot at privacy concerns vulnerabilities you might see from competitors, the likes of google or facebook. so it is touting its policy and taking a shot at, we are not at the show but we are going to make fun of you. so they are trying to change the conversation about apple but really we are still talking about what they said last week and many other ces are looking at apple's rivals saying is this an apple issued? at apple's rivals saying is this an apple issued ? because at apple's rivals saying is this an apple issued? because their phones are so apple issued? because their phones are so expensive? or is this a broader issue? i think it is a bit of both, i think there is a broader issue. there is clearly impact from the us— china trade war, which is very real, but i think it is something that apple will be more sensitive to because of how expensive it is phones are for consumers in china. and there are so many factors affecting it, notjust the us— china trade war, but also because the economy in china is slowing down anyway, and you are seeing slowing down anyway, and you are seeing consumers are slowing down anyway, and you are seeing consumers are borrowing less and relying on credit less in china. you are also seeing with

smartphones, against, not specific to apple only, but people are holding onto their smartphones longer. actual volumes in terms of the number of units sold peaked in 2016, so we are well more than tee yea rs 2016, so we are well more than tee years on from when they were the most number of smartphones sold an apple has been able to compensate for that for the last 18 months or two years because it has continued to push its prices up. there are a lot of reasons why i think everything is converging on this issue, and china is the microscope, 01’ issue, and china is the microscope, or the petrie dish, if you will, about what bieber falling apple for the quarters to come. but yes, it spoke at the rest of the industry is that we are still one of the four largest companies in the world, and this is a blip on the road —— be befalling apple. we will look at the announcement that samsung is making at ces, about the fact that you can get samsung smart televisions, for example. we have more to say about ces ina example. we have more to say about ces in a news briefing, but some interesting other stories as well. we will see a certain. rights activists have urged thailand to allow a young saudi woman fleeing her home country to continue her journey to australia. rahaf mohammed al-qunun has become trapped in bangkok. she says she has renounced islam,

and fears being killed by herfamily if she's forced to return. kim gittleson reports. 18—year—old rahaf al-qunun thought she saw her opening two days ago, during a family vacation to kuwait. that is when she fled to australia in search of asylum, but that plan went awry during what was supposed to be a short stop in bangkok. when i come, someone said to me that we will have the visa. then he took my passport, and then he came to me with five or six people, i think they are police. and they told me my father wants me to go back to saudi arabia, and he's so angry. now, she says she is trapped in an airport hotel, with thai officials guarding her room, waiting to put her on a return flight to kuwait.

so she has taken to social media to beg for help, asking for asylum and begging for intervention. saudi arabia's government said that she was held because she didn't have a return ticket, and that she was going to be deported to kuwait, where most of herfamily lives. however, human rights watch has said she should be allowed to continue on to australia. this is saudi arabia and thailand playing games, to send an 18—year—old back into harm's way. it's outrageous. she deserves to be allowed to see the un refugee agency and ask for asylum. now the clock is ticking down, and having renounced islam, rahaf says that she fears for her life. i don't have rights in saudi arabia, and my family treat me so bad. they will kill me. on the line now is our correspondent jonathan head, who's

at the airport. jonathan, what more can you tell us? well, she was supposed to be put on a kuwait airlines flight about half—an—hour ago. we have been waiting to see how they would do that. she is still in her room in the transit hotel, where i am now. we are having to keep a low profile because they are not allowing journalists to operate here. that flight left journalists to operate here. that flight left without her. we are pretty certainty is still in her room. there are a lot of thai immigration officials around. she cannot come out. we are waiting to see what will happen. the official thai position is that she must go into a thai position is that she must go intoafamily thai position is that she must go into a family despite what she has said about what she thinks will happen if she does. it is pretty unclear then what will happen next in terms of where she is headed. unclear then what will happen next in terms of where she is headedlj think in terms of where she is headed.” think human rights groups are right

to be extremely concerned, because thailand, unfortunately, has a track record of sending back people to places where they do have a well founded fear of persecution. this has happened on many occasions. and there is no doubt that thailand is considering its relations with saudi arabia, but inevitably the enormous amount of international attention this case has got probably will have some sway. i think thai officials are caught in a bit of a quandary. she hasn't actually, contrary to what the police say here, she has not tried to enter thailand. she arrived on a flight from kuwait, saying that she had an australian beef and was only in transit and she had her passport taken from her bike, she believes, a saudi diplomatic official. so she is innate kind of limbo ——in a kind of limbo. officials are trying to work out what they can do. such a determined young woman, dragging

her, potentially protesting, through one of the area's busiest airports toa one of the area's busiest airports to a flight is not going to look good. i think they are thinking again about how they deal with this. for now, jonathan, thank you. i'm sure we will talk to you soon want to get more news about where she is headed. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: jordan stun the socceroos at the asian cup with a 1—0 win over australia. the japanese people are in mourning following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced he was dead. "good grief." after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. the singer paul simon starts his tour of south africa tomorrow, in spite of protests and violence from some black activist groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa until majority rule is established.

teams were trying to scoop up lumps of oil as france recognises it faces an ecological crisis. three weeks ago, the authorities confidently assured these areas that oil from the broken tanker erika would head out to sea. it didn't. the world's tallest skyscraper opens later today. the burj dubai has easily overtaken its nearest rivals. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: more than 200 british mp‘s have written to theresa may urging her to rule out a no—deal brexit as she tries to bolster support ahead of next week's crucial vote. bohemian rhapsody has won two of the top gongs at the golden globes awards in hollywood beating the much more fancied favourites — including vice and a star is born. here's our briefing on some

of the key events happening later. we begin in the uk where the government will undertake a trial run for logistics of a no—deal brexit, by parking around 100 lorries at a disused airport in kent. then to lyon where cardinal philippe barbarin goes on trial over a child sex abuse alleged cover—up and after that in oslo there will be two minutes of silence for louisa vesteragerjespersen, 2a, from denmark, and maren ueland, 28, from norway who were killed while on holiday in morocco. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello. i'm tulsen tollett — and this is your monday sport briefing. the final two nfl wild card round winners were determined in the past few hours with the super bowl champions philadelphia eagles and la chargers winning through to

the divisional round. there was late drama in chicago as the bears kicker cody parkey hit the post and the crossbar missing the chance to win the match with seconds remaining. so the eagles now play the new orleans saints in the nfc divisional round next week, while the chargers held off the baltimore ravens winning 23—17 to claim an afc match up against the new england patriots. it was a collective team win today. against a great opponent. gosh, that defence is rock to deal with. gosh, they were great again today. we had a couple of short fields and they held us to field goal is the whole time. our defence was unbelievable and then we would get special place return wise and obviously the field goals. australia lost their opening match of the asian cup tojordan. the holders were the pre—tournament favourites, but they've been beaten by the 109th ranked nation in the world.

anas bani yaseen with the only goal of the game in the first half. another surprise saw india beat thailand 4—1. real madrid slipped to their sixth la liga loss of the season and also lost more ground on leaders barcelona after a 2—0 defeat to real sociedad at the bernabeu. the loss which saw them concede an early penalty and then a second late on means they drop to fifth, outside the champions league places and also ten points behind the catalans who were 2—1winners away to getafe. and manchester city won seven nil in the fa cup. leroy sane got the final goal against championship side rotherham in the third round tie at the etihad stadium. the third round continues later on monday and it's an all premier league tie as liverpool take on wolves at molineaux. the liverpool managerjurgen klopp will be hoping his side can bounce back after their defeat by manchester city in the league last week. that was their first defeat in the league all season. are footballers are pretty

experienced in dealing with the feet, because there are times when you lose games, that is the way it is. it is not the first one in the league. we lost three games of four games before. and we always reacted well. the dakar rally gets under way in the peruvian capital lima later with carlos sainz the defending champion in the car section. drivers intermingled and joked with fellow competitors as last minute preparations were made before the first stage from lima to pisco. the rally consists of ten stages with the final stage being a reverse route of the opening one. before we go, we know that footballer‘s like to keep up with the latest fashion trends. arsenal's hector bellerin is taking things to a whole new level. have a look at this. here he is at men's london fashion week and the 23—year—old spanish international isn't scared of being different and has often talked about how he likes to express himself. where better to do so than with the great and the good

of the world of fashion. where was my in—flight? —— invitation. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me tulsen tollett and the rest of the team the things you learn about him and his team. we have business briefing coming up shortly. us and china official start their trade talks. that is ongoing right now in beijing. in global markets are watching this extremely closely, hoping for positive news once that meeting is over. we will discuss that and the implications in business briefing in a moment. i will see you soon. hello there.

is quite settled whether we have had all year looks like it is coming to an end. pressure is falling ——is quiet. low pressure running to the north of scotland, it is picking went up in the north. the south, high pressure is still clinging on. there have been some holes in the clouds, a chilly start in the south. leading suntan. rain is moving southwards across scotland and northern ireland into northern england and north wales, becoming lighter and more patchy. then we have some sunshine following behind, wet weather returns to the north and north—west of scotland and the winds are continuing to howl. it should everywhere, temperatures whitely 11 01’ everywhere, temperatures whitely 11 or 12. it will be windier than we have seen for some time, particularly as he had further north. does the 70 mph or more. that could travel disruption. the peak of the winds comes on the back of that area of low pressure, it stays windy into the evening, first part of the night, and vendee globe moves down

towards other parts of scandinavia, ta kes towards other parts of scandinavia, takes the worst of the went away with it -- takes the worst of the went away with it —— and then batlow moves down. will it change direction? we are back to way north, north—westerly, that means it is turning colder. there will be much more sunshine around on tuesday. most more sunshine around on tuesday. m ost pla ces more sunshine around on tuesday. most places will be dry with sunny spells. there will be showers coming into a north—east scotland, down the north sea coasts, where it will be witty for a while, touching gale force early in the day. light winds force early in the day. light winds for the west. averages will be lower —— wintry. getting cold overnight, a slice of clearer skies across the spying of the uk. more cloud continuing into wednesday —— the spine of the uk. further west, is gradual encroachment of atlantic air. more cloud, thickening cloud and some rain for northern ireland and some rain for northern ireland and later was in scotland. ahead of that, joe riches struggling to four 01’ that, joe riches struggling to four orfive. probably that, joe riches struggling to four or five. probably the coldest day of the week —— temperatures. sunshine

for a while. we have this slow push of milder, cloudier air coming for a while. we have this slow push of milder, cloudierair coming in from the north—west. that means temperatures should be rising notably in scotland and northern ireland, nine or 10 degrees. milder aircoming round, ireland, nine or 10 degrees. milder air coming round, another area ireland, nine or 10 degrees. milder air coming round, anotherarea of high pressure that is becoming established. temperatures on the rise. most places will be dry. this is the business briefing, i'm sally bundock. face—to—face talks get underway in beijing aimed at ending the bitter trade war between the world's two biggest economies, the us and china. and is the future of smartphones flexible? we will bring you a sneak preview of the folding phone expected to be first to market. and on the markets, as we start a new trading week, the only way is up in asia, as it follows the lead from wall street.