this is the briefing — i'm sally bundock. our top story: a fourth visit to china by north korea's leader amid speculation about another meeting with president trump. british mps call on police to act against harassment by pro—brexit extremists. india's government plans new laws to protect women abandoned by their husbands abroad. former nissan boss carlos ghosn says he's been wrongly accused at his first court appearance since his shock arrest on charges of financial misconduct in november. a warm welcome to the programme —

briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. (mix screen 2) face—to—face consultations could be reduced face—to—face consultations could be reduced by a third, many of us will see the doctor by #skype. what do you think? do we need the human touch when it comes to our health? the north korean leader kimjong—un has arrived in beijing for talks with the chinese president, xijinping. his visit will fuel speculation that a second us—north korean summit may take place soon. president trump has also said negotiations are under way to decide where his next meeting with kimjong—un should be held. joining me now is our correspondent in beijing,

john sudworth. looking at the arrival of kim jong—un. you can see how important this relationship is. that's right, sally. visits to china or anywhere for that matter by north korean leaders used to be very rare indeed. train travel of course, when they did used to go abroad in the past, given the preferred method, kim jong—un‘s father was rumoured to stock is train full of caviar and cognac and bottles of bordeaux wine. it's reported that the train contained so much security, the bullet—proofing alone meaning that is so heavy that it can do no more than around about a0 kilometres an

hour. it trundles along and we have had the official confirmation that he is here in beijing. the train pulled into beijing central station this morning and we've seen the photographs of that motorcade heading through the streets of beijing. heavy security junctions closed as you would expect, is that convoy closed as you would expect, is that co nvoy swe pt closed as you would expect, is that convoy swept into the city. but in recent months, these were the visits that have become ever more frequent. we are out for visits in less than a year and it's a sign ofjust how much diplomatic activity has been going on, all connected of course to the thawing of relations with the united states, that big summit with donald trump back injune and this visit as you say taking place was speculation that another one is in the offing very soon. it's interesting how things have changed because as you say, there is a lot of discussion about the next meeting

between north korea and the united states. the relationship between china and the us has changed dramatically as well since that summit injune last year. dramatically as well since that summit in june last year. that's right. at the moment, the focus in washington and beijing is all about the trade talks. in fact, us negotiators are in town at the moment on that very subject but a lwa ys moment on that very subject but always in the background, this issue of north korea. barack knows that it needs china's leveraged. any chance ofa needs china's leveraged. any chance of a settlement. the two issues have been kept pretty separate. 0f course, it is always there. the symbolism of this visit, the sign that this is the fourth time in less

than a year, the idea that the ties between the chinese and north korean leaders may get ever closer, it's underlining just how important china is and that must weigh on us negotiators mines in all sorts of areas. in the uk, scotland yard is facing calls to improve the way it deals with protesters outside parliament after a conservative mp, anna soubry, was branded a "nazi" during a live tv interview. more than 50 mps have written to the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, raising serious concerns about what they describe as ugly individuals with far right connections. here's keith doyle. directly opposite the palace of westminster is an area where mps regularly come to do media interviews. it is a public place and often the scene of protests, protests which mps say are becoming

increasingly intimidate me and even a security risk. this was the abuse faced by conservative mp anna soubry yesterday. i do object to being called a nazi, actually. anna soubry isa called a nazi, actually. anna soubry is a nazi! are you offended by what you listen to? this is astonishing. this is what has happened to our country. a leading voice for remain in the brexit debate, the mp faced further taunts on the way back into parliament. dozens of mps have now written to the metropolitan police commissioner saying they are increasingly concerned about the deteriorating public order and security situation outside parliament. support for action has also come from cabinet ministers. we've got to make sure that mps and indeed all of us can make these arguments about the future of our country which people feel very strongly and even if they disagree,

disagree ina strongly and even if they disagree, disagree in a reasonable and civilised way. it's absolutely vital that we solve the problem and means measures by the police, i'd be all in favour of them. after being called a liar and a nazi by some protesters, anna soubry has called on the police to do theirjob. scotla nd on the police to do theirjob. scotland yard has said it is now investigating whether any criminal offence has been committed. keith doyle, bbc news. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. after weeks of the so—called yellow vest protests, the french government is to ban what it calls unauthorised demonstrations. the prime minister says a new law will punish anyone who organises such protests, anyone taking part in them, and demonstrators disguising their faces with masks. world anti—doping agency experts have been given access to a russian lab to take data that could lead to the prosecution of hundreds of drugs cheats. the original deadline of new year's eve was missed. but an anti—doping team will now be allowed into the moscow facility on wednedsay. the former chairman of the japanese carmaker nissan, on wednedsay. the former chairman of the japanese carmaker nissan,

carlos ghosn, has appeared in court for the first time since his arrest in november on suspicion of financial misconduct. mr ghosn said he had been falsely accused and unfairly detained, and denied the charges against him. thejudge said he had not been granted bail because he was deemed a flight risk. in business briefing, we will speak to our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes who is outside the court where carlos ghosn appealed. another week, another shock warning from a smartphone maker. this time it's south korea's samsung electronics which says it expects a near 30 percent plunge in operating profit, its first quarterly profit drop in two years. joining me is priya lakhani,

founder and ceo of century tech — a uk based education technology platform. we say happy new year but actually it's not started with that sort of sentiment in markets and in business because we had apple last week that its warning and now today, samsung. there has been a sharp sell—off in the equity markets actually, some of the equity markets actually, some of the largest technology companies have seen huge hits. to somehow —— they have seen this huge drop in quarterly operating profits. it's been a shock to everybody i think. the story here is about china being

a major market for these south korean chipmakers. something like a196 korean chipmakers. something like a1% of their overall products, and shipped to the mainland. the slump in china and it's basically affecting companies like samsung and apple. guess anyone wherever you are in the world, whether you are in china or the uk or the us or wherever, you are feeling like you have less money to spend, one of the things you might hold back on is upgrading your phone because many people did upgrade in 2017, you've got apple's 10—year anniversary phones, samsung. some of them were selling on fire. 0ne phones, samsung. some of them were selling on fire. one of the things that samsung said. stagnant and fiercely competitive markets. they are saying the smartphone market now

is highly exaggerated. samsung have less tha n is highly exaggerated. samsung have less than 1% of that share ——to share in china but apple have 9%, they are more effective. when is a general slump in phones, you can see how they will be majorly hit by that. they are basically hit overall. there is a rumour that softbank is decreasing their investment. we will see is the art to the fall in investments. they're going to have to watch and see how this goes. look at some really interesting stories to talk about later. in 20 minutes, we've got more from ces which is under in las vegas. talking about smart toilets, smart wood, foldable phones, it's

all happening. if you're into that, ta ke all happening. if you're into that, take a look at our website. the indian government is saying that it is planning new laws to protect women abandoned by their husbands abroad. the wives often have no independent right to remain in a foreign country if their spouse cancels their visa. with no other source of income, they can face destitution. and there are cases of domestic abuse. ishleen kaur reports. it was a lot of physical abuse, a lot of sexual abuse, psychological and mental abuse. he was blackmailing me every time. this tumble is where ashamar comes off and to liberate herself from the shackles and to liberate herself from the s ha ckles of and to liberate herself from the shackles of a past life. to get married to me was he wanted domestic help for himself and his family. i just let the home without thinking anything, where would i go, because it was too much for me, i couldn't ta ke it was too much for me, i couldn't take it any more. when she thought

the hard times were behind her, she received an unexpected email from the british home office. my husband curtailed my leave, he told the home 0ffice curtailed my leave, he told the home office that we had both been separated and home office without seeing any evidence of separation, they cancelled my visa. like ashima, thousands of south asian women move to the uk on a spouse who is every year. this visa can be cancelled by the husband by filling out a simple form a government website. in many cases, the motivation of these men to get married as dowry, money paid by the bright‘s family to the bridegrooms but in most places it is exercising control over the woman and making irrational demands. if the woman and says no, she is then threatened to be abandoned and sent back to the country of origin. many victims like ashima find in comfort with the small facebook group founded to help these victims. the founder says they don't go to their

countries as a stigma in south asian culture is you would. it's always the woman's fault. people will say, oh, what did she do wrong that her husband left? washing at cooking for him? would at keeping him not happy? this group has been campaigning for reforms for women on spousal visas. while success has been brought about, they say a lot more needs to be done. the hostile immigration policy means a lot of women don't even reported domestic abuse. they are worried that when they report the mystic violence, the authorities will not be interested in their experiences of violence or the risks that they face but will only be interested in knowing whether they are entitled to remain here or not 01’ are entitled to remain here or not or whether they should be deported. the government says it is unacceptable for an individual to exploit the fact that they are part

and's immigration status is dependent on them and use it as a form of coercion. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the unhappy feet of south america — scientists find out why some penguins have been travelling hundreds of miles from their natural habitat. 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. 0ur headlines: north korea's leader, kimjong—un, is visiting china for his fourth meeting with president xi jinping. the talks come amid reports of plans for a second summit between mr and president trump. more than 50 british mps have called on the police to take action against pro—brexit protestors who have been following and harassing politicians outside parliament. at least seven people have died

in the alps during a weekend of heavy snow. up in parts of the mountians the snow stands at 3 metres high. heavy snowfall has triggered a number of avalanches and some regions have declared a state of emergency. eliza philippidis reports. roads are blocked, schools are closed. getting out to do the food shop is almost impossible. but even so, people are trying to clear pathways to get out of their homes. with so much snow already on the ground and more on the way, officials say the chances of further avalanches are high. translation: here in the bavarian alps it has snowed a lot in the past few days. for this reason we have very high snow and the risk of avalanches is very big. the bavarian avalanche warning institute has issued a level four warning, the second—highest.

that also poses a high risk of avalanches in unsecured skiing areas. in central and northern austria, up to 1.5 metres of snow fallen since the middle of last week. this house in salzburg collapsed under the weight of the snow. with the help of local residents, the fire brigade has shuffled the snow off the other roofs to stop them collapsing. in southern austria it snowed all day. many roads are blocked. the situation is very difficult. people have been stranded in villages and the helicopters deployed for avalanche control have been grounded because of the bad weather. translation: more than 500 residents are cut off and i spoke with the mayor and he said everyone is calm. with around 80 centimetres of snow forecast in austria from tuesday,

things look set to remain difficult. lets if you now on other key events occurring today. hundreds of thousands of barefoot pilgrims will join in the biggest religious festival in the philippines. and the accused shooter at parklands will face 17 charges of murder. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports

centre. hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is your tuesday sport briefing manchester united have been drawn to play at arsenal in the ath round of the fa cup, which won't have liverpool in it. the premier league leaders were knocked out by fellow top division side wolves. jurgen klopp made nine changes to his starting lineup as his team were beaten 2—1 at molineaux. rauljimenez and ruben neves goals saw them through and hand liverpool their second successive defeat after losing to manchester city last week. we have played worst and we have played better. now we need to carry on. all anyone else could say about it... two defeats, it you are right. but we need to now prove you wrong. the first of the english league cup semi finals takes place later on tuesday and it's between the third and fourth best sides in the country.

spurs welcome chelsea to their temporary home of wembley for the first leg. both teams are still involved in four competitions but spurs will start slight favourites based on a 3—1win over chelsea the last time the sides met in november chelsea... i think they are a great team. bites of course, when you win you want to improve after that. tomorrow will be a completely different game. qatar's nasser al—attiyah leads the dakar rally heading into stage two later. he claimed the first timed stage through the peruvian desert dunes from lima to pisco on monday. the two—times dakar winner, driving for a south african toyota team, led spain's reigning champion and double dakar winner carlos sainz by nearly two minutes after the 8akm opening stage. the endurance rally, regarded as the world's toughest motorsport challenge ends in lima on the 17th of january. in the nba, the washington wizards

can make it back—to—back victories when they head to philadelphia and take on the 76ers later. the wizards, 11th in the eastern conference, won at oklahoma city thunder first the first time on sunday, and the win gives them three from their last four played. they now play four games in five days before heading to london and playing the new york knicks at the o2 arena on thursday week. at the asian cup in the uae, china came from a goal down to beat kyrgyzstan but with a little help from the opposing goalkeeper. with his team leading five minutes after the half time interval pavel matiash was defending a corner with his team mates when he thought he'd take the safe option and tip the ball over the crossbar but unfortunately for him it hit the post and rebounded on to his hand and into the net — and it doesn't get any prettier for him from whatever angle you watch it from. you can get all the latest

sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the team that is your tuesday sport briefing. every year, thousands of penguins become stranded on south america's coast — with females three times more likely to wash up dead or injured than males. they've been travelling around a thousand kilometres from their normal habitat in patagonia to the north of argentina and southern brazil. why it happens has been a mystery for years, but now scientists believe they may have found the answer. 0ur science reporter laura foster has the story. magellanic penguins mate for life but every year when the breeding seasonis but every year when the breeding season is over the head to the water to feed. not much was known about where they went until recently when

a team of scientists used tractors to follow a small group and found the males and females went their separate ways. they found the males, who were bigger and thought to be stronger swimmers, would head to deeper water whereas the females travelled further, preferring to search for food in shallow places. the researchers say that travelling further means they are more likely to run into trouble. they're usually stranded on the beach once they die at sea. and every time they arrive at sea. and every time they arrive at the coast in that condition, because they were unable to get enough food, and so they go to the beach to die. it is not known exactly what causes these strandings but the fishing industry and man—made pollution is often blamed. although magellanic penguins are not endangered, fewer females could affect future numbers. the team in patagonia will continue to study the same group to learn more about the

routes they take to see what more can be done to assist the penguins. all over the media today and certainly in the uk there is a lot of discussion about what the nhs bossesin of discussion about what the nhs bosses in england have laid out, their ten year plan for the national health service that they claim will save up to half a million lives for because it focuses on prevention and early detection. we have been asking today, because there has been focus on seeing your doctor via skype, that being one of the proposals of what will happen in the future. check out the bbc news app for more detail on what this means. we have asked for your opinion. this is the future, the way forward for healthcare? future, the way forward for healthca re? many of future, the way forward for healthcare? many of you have been in touch. 0ne reader suggest that it could be easierfor touch. 0ne reader suggest that it could be easier for flexibility. fewer germs in the waiting room, many thoughts coming in and we will

share more after the break. monday was a blustery day across northern parts of the uk. winds gusts in excess of 70 miles per hourfor some. courtesy of this swirl of cloud and area of low pressure. the low was drifting away eastwards across scandinavia but on its western flank we are still bringing in brisk wind and that wind coming down from the north so quite a chilly feel to the weather. as we go through the day, the brisk northerly wind will feed a couple of showers across north—eastern areas. many spots will be dry and there will be some spells of sunshine. breezy particularly windy close to the east coast. these eastern coasts of scotland we are likely to see wind gust of a0, a5 mph and a similar wind gust extending down the east coast of england. those gusts could get close to 50 miles an hour of the coast of

east anglia. with high tides as well there is the potential for coastal flooding. temperature wires, height between six and nine degrees. when you consider the strength of the wind will probably feel colder than that. as we go into tuesday night, still a brisk wind in eastern areas bringing one or two showers. further west, dry weather and clear spells. parts of western scotland in north—west england could see a touch of frost. many other places will stay a few degrees above freezing. during wednesday, a lot of dry weather in the forecast. still breezy but not as windy as that would have been on tuesday. the potential for cloud and showers are blowing across eastern areas and in thick cloud bringing rain into northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland late in the day. the temperatures dropping a little but that will not last as we move out of wednesday into thursday high pressure builds its way in and we start to bring on air from pressure builds its way in and we start to bring on airfrom the pressure builds its way in and we start to bring on air from the west, from the atlantic and that will progressively turned things milder

from the west as we head towards the end of the week. a lot of cloudiness north—westerly flow, maybe the odd spot of patchy rain, the best of the brightness to be east of high ground. may be close to the south coast as well. which are struggling in the south but turn mile towards the north—west and for all of us through the end of the week into the weekend it will feel milder. there will be a lot of cloud and perhaps some rain at times in the north. higher this is the business briefing. i'm sally bundock. former nissan boss carlos ghosn says he's been wrongly accused at his first court appearance since his shock arrest on charges of financial misconduct. it's the tech extravaganza of the year: the consumer electronics show in las vegas. we'll be crossing live to our reporter there dave lee. and on the markets it's a mixed picture emerging in asia today following strongs gains on monday. investors are in wait and see mode as they keep a close eye on the trade talks between china and the us.