hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the prime minister will now have just three days to come up with a new plan, if, as expected, her brexit deal is defeated in parliament next week. president trump is meeting senior leaders in congress to try and end the government shutdown. they already knew what he message would be. he asked to pelosi, will you agree to my wall, she said no and hejust got up and said that we have nothing to discuss and he just walked out. the saudi woman who fled her family, and then barricaded herself in a hotel room in bangkok, has been granted refugee status. we'll have the latest from thailand. and we'll bring you the latest report from the ces tech show in las vegas. this can help you if you do not online shopping. once again the uk's parliament is debating

theresa may's brexit withdrawal deal. they started this in december, but then the vote was cancelled. this time round they have five days ahead of a vote on tuesday. it's going on right now. but before this debate had even begun, the government suffered yet another defeat. i was not to be right, 308. the "no‘s", i was not to be right, 308. the "no's", 207. parliament passed an amendment that means that if theresa may is defeated next week, she will have three days to come back with a plan. before this vote she would have had 21 days. brexit is going to happen at the end of march, and this vote is designed to prevent the prime minister

running the clock down, as a tactic to make mps choose between her deal and no deal. also worthy of note, the amendment was brought by dominic grieve. he's an mp for the prime minister's conservative party. and it's the willingness of some conservatives to team up with the opposition that is leading to these defeats. so a defeat today, there was one yesterday too. here's government minister rory stewart on today's defeat. what dominic has been made as and then to try to fight the prime minister to come back within three days with a new deal, which is not reasonable. mbe and there i three traits that here. staying in the european union which is what dominic really wa nts, european union which is what dominic really wants, there is no deal at all, which is the small line and in the territory of some kind of deal. maybe view is it have to be at the air. voted to vp european union and

i think letting out at the european union with no idea would be catastrophic. as today's debate got underway, we heard from the brexit secretary stephen barclay. it was clear that there was much that members had been raped, but to be listened to their views of the house which in particular expressed concerns of the backstop. we pause the debate enabled us consent to be discussing eu leaders. the backstop is a provision in the withdrawal agreement for the irish border, keeping the uk in the eu customs union if a trade deal isn't agreed. the government have been trying to get new wording from the eu to reassure mps on the backstop and other concerns over the withdrawal agreement. here's the leader of the opposition. not many appear to have been

reassuring. this is what the leader of the opposition has had. now amount of window dressing will satisfy members at this house, they wa nt to satisfy members at this house, they want to see clear, legal changes to the document the government presented to his house. given that it's pretty clear theresa may is likely to lose auntie as they come out my ibm peak not focusing on coming up with an alternative rather than bucking on lots of amendments? that is part of what today was about. what dominic grieve an immense, the controversial one that you heard they were talking about here, what it does is it so i think the period of time the government has come back and say to mps here is what we want to do next. basically, to come up and put their plan b on the table. now, that is also commendable which environment basically means you can change whatever emotion the government comes back with which allows all

those other people in parliament with different views to try and get mps to vote for a better idea so that roundabout way, today is about what happens after the prime minister is the air is voted down as likely it might not be said to him but likely at the moment about allowing mps are both on something else. can you expect my amendments? i think you will see votes on amendments next week, to let the prime minister is mean idea is or plan the one we have been speaking about for months, the one that was kind of a city pulled from about last year, and has brought that at the moment i don't think they would change things massively, the big buts will happen if and when the prime minister's plan is like a band by parliament. that is very easy mps putting things on the table being here is something that we think is better. absent that potentially

staying in the single market with the so—called gnarly option. 0ptions like potentially another referendum and also lose their trade agreements like the canada press option that many brexiteers favour. they are waiting on terror that prime minister beale is a dash of milk a barn because that is an attempt to strike. that is the point at which it's clear the governments plan is bad so they need to be an alternative. a couple of other things to ask you about. we noticed is looking unpopular in parliament. that's not look like it's populating public either. this withdrawal agreement is unpopular in parliament. it's not very popular with the public either. here's the uk's leading polling expert sirjohn curtice on the bbc news website. he highlights that in ii yougov polls, support for the deal has never risen above 27%. and there's opposition among those who want to remain and those who want to leave. next this graph shows what the public want to happen if the deal is rejected by parliament. we see that when the vote was delayed in december,

those who favour no deal went up. the number who wanted a second referendum including the option to remain went down. in mid—december, theresa may believes that bullet. the red line shows the number of people who favour no deal, a sharp rise to 90 screen line shows people who want a second referendum with an option to remain in the european union and you can see that number dropped markedly. let's hear some i now from john curtis. markedly. let's hear some i now from john curtis. the opinion polls suggest that is primarily being in favour of remain as opposed to the narrow on the giant before i believe we had to one half years ago. that majority is largely built not on the

motor is having similar benefits their minds to remain. it is not much evidence of that mathematics those who did not vote two and a half years of the art quite strongly pro—remain and then probably leave. that leaves open the question if we wait to have another referendum, i'll might depend on who turned out to vote because certainly if we remain are going to wing it looks as though they would have to get to the polls, people who did not bother two yea rs polls, people who did not bother two years ago. a few of us get it with some help on the chronology here, here we are wednesday evening, what will happen across the next few days? three days of debate will continue tomorrow and friday, and ability because for the weekend that they no debate in parliament, back in on monday, then tuesday is in the big day. there will be another day of debate going on around about seven o'clock uk time we think that

big votes will happen on to become a potpie gear. as i say as things stand, it looks like the big mountain she had to climb a stair of the air. she's not managed to scare very far the air. she's not managed to scare veryfarup so the air. she's not managed to scare very far up so all of space signs are at the moment that she's headed for defeat and nobody would predict anything cast—iron in politicsjust now. thank you very much. if you wa nt now. thank you very much. if you want my information background there isa want my information background there is a great guy can bust out on the bbc news website and lots of context and information as well. needless to say he will get extensive coverage of all the build—up to whites that though on tuesday the bbc news and on world leaders. president trump is meeting senior leaders in congress to try and end the partial government shut down, we're into day 19 of it. the central issue remains that trump wants to build a wall along the border with mexico. he asked speaker pelosi, will you

agree to my water and she said no. and hejust got agree to my water and she said no. and he just got up and sent them had nothing to discuss, and he just walked out. again, we saw a temper tantrum. because he could not get his way and he just walked out of the meeting. game 19 of the partial government shutdown, does not sound like it would be the last day i die. this is donald trump us by sight of the equation. they will have to find a way of an investment that they anything that

not happening, did not work evidently. it is all to do as you have been hearing with the wall. donald trump would like to build along the border with mexico. he explained he needs in the region of $5.7 billion to do this. but the democrats in congress won't sign it off. well, such is the impasse, last night president trump gave his first live televised address from the oval office, here's some of it. the federal government remains a shutdown for one reason, and one reason only because democrats will not find border security. they won't find it as he would like, democrats has offered $1.3 billion to fund such as stronger surveillance and. this is all to do with the wall trump wants to build along the border with mexico.

he says he needs $5.7bn to fund this. but the democrats in congress won't sign it off. well, such is the impasse, last night president trump gave his first live televised address from the oval office — here's some of it. i will take the mantle, i will be the one to shut it down. i'm not going to blame you for it. the last time you shut it down, it did not work, i will take the mantle of checking it down. here's a more of what president trump said about paying for the wall. the wall will also be paid for indirectly by the great new trade deal we have made with mexico. the president is talking about the new us—mexico—canada agreement. it's yet to pass in congress, and any economic benefits would probably be lower tariffs for american companies or higher wages for workers, and remember mexico has never agreed to pay for the wall. and finally, here's the president on drugs coming into the us. every week, 300 of our citizens are killed by heroin alone. 90% of which spreads across from our southern border. he's right in that most heroin

smuggled into the us does come through the southwest border. but most of it enters through legal ports of entry, not through the desert. so a wall won't help when that happens. donald trump also repeatedly emphasises that undocumented immigrants are dangerous and are driving up crime. this graph on the washington post website shows that, in texas, it's people born there who commit the most crimes, though some crime is committed by illegal immigrants. the bbc‘s reality check team has more fact checking on the president's claims about the wall, you can find it online. tara mckelvey, bbc‘s white house reporter, washington. it did not go well. you heard about

the project up president trump, he is said to me and then have surprises and he did not disappoint today. afterwards vice president penn said things aren't quite as bad as they have been pretrade. let's tear, the democrats need to negotiate with them and be able to come to terms and on a the president has his goals and the democrats need to support that. so can i things are kind of at a standstill. in history, the president talk about if i opened things up, what did he mean about opening things up? if there easy to interpret the presidents whites and a million different ways and fail not know what he's going to be doing next. but he said i think he has shown recently by pete open to some type of negotiation with the democrats. although walking out of the room was not a good sign. still, there is plenty of room for compromise. they each have their number, democrats have agreed to

give a little bit more than $1 billion and times are but a tear at the end president trump stuck with his number at $5.7 billion to build the wall. might be that people who are used in negotiations and assess any possible that they will be able to reach some sort of compromise. you have observed that white house for months and months, if the government shutdown bringing a new level of pressure to those who work in the building behind you? people are definitely never ask about what's going to happen but they have any disappointed at the president. president trump has wanted to build this well since the campaign maybe if the tenant to do it. his base of support that is very much behind him but some commentators say it president trump does not build up a wall that he is not going to be winning a second time in the white house. so he has dug his heels and have you heard today we will see what happens. stay there tara. i want to ask you about the government workers who are going without pay. tweet @adamrsteigert adam steigert works for the us

treasury department. he's been a federal employee for 11 years, and hasn't been paid for nearly three weeks. he posted this photo of every penny he and his wife now have to their name to pay the bills. here's a tweet from a court reporter in new york: "among the many federal employees who likely won't get their paycheck on friday: the us marshals guarding el chapo", the infamous mexican drug lord who's on trial in new york right now. tara, how are the government workers dealing with this? it applies considerable political pressure? vice president prince talk today about the 8000 federal workers who are not receiving their

paycheques and how important it is to them in they are quipping a different way. so is one of them. washington is a government town and a lot of the people here have been affected by the fact that the paycheques are not coming into a regular way and a local radio station now has a contest committee are seen station now has a contest committee are seen it before it already and you can call up and had a chance at winning $1000. people are trying to pull their resources, some of them are eligible to apply for unemployment benefits but at that time of real anxiety and stress by the family. stay with us on 0utside source — still to come... we will concentrate on the rep, there have been terrible conditions colder than normal and lots of countries being fair, we will hear about what is going on. theresa may is hoping new proposals on northern ireland will change enough mps' minds to save her brexit deal. the dup however has rejected her plans.

chris page has the latest from belfast. today, the prime minister had hoped to win over the democratic unionist party here very much opposed to the backstop dup remember the party of the parliamentary pivot point, the party who the conservatives rely on to get the consent of key legislation through the house of commons. so this morning the government published what they said were simply reassurances that they hoped would mean the dup would have come back onto their side with regards to the withdrawal agreement that they might now consider voting for it but the dup shattered those hopes very quickly indeed within an hour of that document being published. the dup had branded it meaningless, cosmetic, ineffective. what the government had proposed was the stormont assembly would be able to vote on any changes to eu trade rules which govern the operation of the backstop if the backstop kicked in. the dup said that was not good enough because in their view, the reassurances would not have been legally binding. this is 0utside source live

from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is: the british government been defeated again in parliament, as a second debate on the terms of the uk's brexit deal begins. bbc chinese reports that north korea's leader, kimjong—un, has left beijing and is heading back to pyongyang. mr kim's talks with president xi jinping have fuelled speculation he may meet president trump again soon. there i should add that is just speculation. police in australia are investigating suspicious packages sent to several foreign embassies and consulates in melbourne and canberra. australian media say the offices affected represent china, the us, india and pakistan. bbc world service the bafta nominations have been released. 0livia coleman is a firm favourite

for best actress as her film, the favourite, leads the race with 12 nominations. three days of trade talks between the us and china have ended. michelle fleury, new york. our new york business correspondent michelle fleury has the story. how did they go? i think he might get to that as at that sign the fact that trade negotiators on both side spent an extra day, so i making any we we re spent an extra day, so i making any we were only thinking they would meet for three days, be met for three, a sign that perhaps there is some progress being made. what we do now is that on the price day, a lot of the focus was on china's badge to buy a substantial amount of agriculture energy and manufacturing that from america. what the people from the erased trade representatives off where pushing fire where some site —— sort of

clarification of the timetable. senior—level by x amount of grains from american farmers, the question is of what time period lopez happened that we can hold you accountable to? read as this of the many parents both countries have introduced on each on his exploits? what we have at the moment is just a trace where america has if you want increased tariffs, but what is already there remains in place, the only change is perhaps time parents that china said would remove on imports of us cars. all of this is a case of america china to make structural changes to its economy and when you look at those key core issues affecting that, i don't think we are seeing that much progress yet. that is really going to be that challenge was you let the state representative statement based on a the message that president trump was

keen to see the trade deficit reduced. so, while there is progress clearly a nd reduced. so, while there is progress clearly and he ran from white sox to go ahead, some of the most tricky issues are still unresolved. china is the the world's biggest vehicle market, and annual car sales have falled for the first time in 20 years. they were down 6% in 2018, according to the china passenger car association. this is one british analyst on why it's happened. uncertainty created by the trade always had a contributing factor here but ultimately it's about the economics slow down. the chinese economy is slowing, set to grow by something like 6.4% this year, significantly slower than in earlier yea rs. that has had a big impact on the car market in china. along with a gov‘t clamp down on some forms of credit. so, the first decline in over 20 years. it was going to happen at some point. it has. what's happening is the chinese are also basically saying they want to build an electric vehicle industry. so we are starting to see from a low level electric vehicle sales start to take off. sales electric cars sold in china last year might be1.6 million

by next year. so china will become the world centre by the attitude vehicle might get an electric vehicle production. the chinese government is not so bothered about the combustion engine so it's already making the transition that the rest of us need to make. latest report from the vast ces tech show in las vegas. this one features an expanding door that locks away small parcels and calls the police if larger ones are stolen. package theft is becoming a big problem now that we are ordering markings on line. this is our offering a solution. i've got my phonein offering a solution. i've got my phone in my pockets, etc communicate with the door. i don't need to do anything on this planet has opened up anything on this planet has opened up and you will see it expands into the house giving the rim to put a parcel and base compartment on the credit rating is that this can be heated or kept cool so if you have

groceries coming it can be kept fresh. be two panels appear open as well. we have got some dry cleaning to deliver, here are some close and i got some dry cleaning to deliver, here are some close and high gamma knife on can unlock a into the house, there it goes. i can hang my clothes in beer so now the delivery driver does not need to talk to people in the house and if i go inside ijust need to open up the panel here and there is my pie waiting for any. they made is. love you. let is bringing brian from the company. a lot of people will be worried about having a delight that the delivery drivers can open up, what security measures that you have here? the main thing because you might be things out at the canal is being used wireless technology. so if anyone orders anything online i had a delivery that individual driver will get what is called at et, it will be recognised in their

pocket or on their smart device and we'll show them which box to open and it will open and be put that package name and they sent it back and it's destroyed and no one else can open those boxes. amazon have got their own display, visit —— big bed in my home in london and bacon opened the door using a smart lock to let beth delivery driver put a parcel inside. why would someone may be instead? the main point being that one ever needs to know in your house, so your house is completely secure. house, so your house is completely secure. while we have is itjust opens up, so that delivery driver, that friend that is returning something to you, they only have access from the outside, not letting access from the outside, not letting a stranger in your home. thank you very much, we will speak to you in a couple of minutes' time. we have been seeing some significant

and this app across parts of germany and this app across parts of germany and austria and recent days. they is and austria and recent days. they is ain and austria and recent days. they is a in bavaria on thursday i began getting reports at my some of the mountain ranges, between two and a half and three metres. this is the ski resort in australia can see the extent of this now and read windings in place but is now across austria and large or very large branch risks as well. there is my to come. this is the no forecast over the next few days. i'm not a spell of snail for saturday. that clears and yet more think x—ray satellites i he got into sunday. it's a part of europe we need to keep an eye on. it is my snow to come as well, you can see the large area of now affecting the far north in the mountains by the south it's starting to settle in with winds and cold mentally start to the weekend. i think afternoon temperatures are back up to 17. let

an unsettled file request that you can find at the mediterranean and strong winds particularly at the mediterranean and strong winds particularly across 80 —— d. they will tell you is now at my standard will tell you is now at my standard will be rain, my significance now if the mountain. matthew snow showers across the night of germany it can't be the main area is now into austria, lots of eastern side of the french alps and another large area of snow working its way eastwards and eventually that will return another spell of wintry weather working its way eastwards across turkey. note to talk across —— about. exiting the canadian maritimes over the next few days. 0r maybe three feet on than humans, it is really going to limit the temperature is really going to limit at temperatures across many east end states. it is pacific northwest, some might angrily let her hear along the coast but had a land it will be fridays now across the mountains of british columbia applicant and extending down to the cascades and finally into cnn. it will be different now across

australia, lots of thunderstorms across new south wales, generated any gusty winds as they went their way through, we spotted this video which came out at the interior of new south wales. you can see the wind we lift up and asked him to skype read. —— i read. back home then, things are looking much quieter under an area of high pressure to end a beat. so, things will be mainly dry. the isa buys are much my snakebite said the wings will be glad to. and by time he won't feel quite as cold, most of the city sense smell the sunshine as he had to wipe the weekend. with all the details for the uk forecast, join us in half and i went with weather for the week ahead. goodbye. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. theresa may has suffered another defeat in parliament. her government will now have just three days to come up with a new plan, if her brexit deal is defeated in parliament next week. donald trump has walked out

of a conference with senior leaders in congress. they were meeting to try and end the government shutdown. he asked speaker pelosi, "will you agree to my wall"? she said, "no". and he just got up and said, "then we have nothing to discuss," and hejust walked out. the saudi woman who fled her family, and then barricaded herself in a hotel room in bangkok, has been granted refugee status. and we'll talk to bbc weather about the cold snap that so many of you in europe are experiencing. the saudi teenager who ran away from her family, flew to thailand, and then, barricaded herself in a bangkok hotel room, has been officially declared a refugee by the un. that means rahaf al-qunun is one step closer to claiming

asylum in australia, which is her desired destination. she summed it up, "i am happy". that is the response to the outcome of being given refugee status. rahaf mohammed al-qunun is still in bangkok in a safe house. she flew in from kuwait at the weekend. rahaf has renounced islam, which is punishable by death in saudi arabia, and she says her life would be in danger from her family and the saudi government if she was sent back. and she's made that point and many others, as she's tweeted the whole thing as it's happened. here'sjonathan head in bangkok. i'm still in the room. i have no

choice. her extraordinary campaign from inside an airport hotel room, 118—year—old rahaf from inside an airport hotel room, 118—year—old ra haf al-qunun, from inside an airport hotel room, 118—year—old rahaf al-qunun, and unlikely reprieve. thailand has a poor track record of supporting vulnerable refugees ——18—year—old. but she is now in a safe location in bangkok under the care of the un. and australia, her original destination when she flew here, looks set to accept her asylum request. if she is found to be a refugee, then we will give very, very serious consideration to a humanitarian visa. thailand has had to explain to saudi diplomats why it chose to give her temporary sanctuary. the saudi, complaining they should've confiscated her phone, notjust her passport. the immigration chief made the abrupt about turn on monday from trying to deport her to welcoming her as an asylu m deport her to welcoming her as an asylum seeker, went to see her

father and brother today. but their request to meet her was denied. yes, they did ask to meet her, but that depends on the un, and she has refused to see them. two days ago, few would have predicted this outcome. for human rights campaigners, it has been a key victory. the key thing is that today she is a refugee and deserves protection. she is under the protection. she is under the protection of the un, and she will be leaving this country seemed to go toa be leaving this country seemed to go to a third country, where she will actually be really and truly safe, and we can say this has been a victory. if all goes well, this courageous young woman should soon be safe in a new home. jonathan had, bbc news, bangkok. more trouble for the president macron. as part of concessions aimed at stopping the yellow vests protests, he'd planned to launch what he called a national debate on living standards. but the person he picked to lead the exercise, former minister chantaljouanno, has resigned in a row over her salary.

it comes to over 111,000 euro, almost $17,000 a month. that's close to ten times the minimum monthy wage in france. not a good look, when the national debate is supposed to deal with issues of equality, amongst other things. here's a yellow vests supporter. "chantaljouanno — non—elected, with a salary of 111,000 euro a month thanks to cronyism — is the exact paradigm that the yellow vests reject in this society." and chantaljouanno herself said in an interview, "how can i be in charge of debate and at the same time embody that sense of injustice? " despite this, the french prime minister says the debate is going ahead. translation: there was demand from more citizens, especially from those who for many years felt they had not been heard or listened

to, or acknowledged. they want it to be known that they exist, that they are french, and have things to say about their daily lives. and they wanted to participate in this public debate and speak out. the debate is one way in which to better consider them. these pictures from the weekend show why these issues are pressing. the yellow vest protests have now been going for several weeks, they've frequently turned violent, and they are promoting a range of demands around infairness and injustice in french society. this bbc article has more detail on the gilets jaunes, they were sparked over a rise in fuel tax, but it's become about much more than that now. helene dauophars, bbc world news.

i spoke to her because i wanted to understand how this debate will work. basically everyone remembers what happened at the end of the last year, that yellow vests protests all around france before christmas, and emmanuelle macron did this really big speech where he offered a solution, which was to open the floor basically, and say "let's have a debate and discuss the main elements and grievances that the yellow vests were going for". so they have decided to debate for themes, the ecological transition, because that was the main issue with the rays do like arrays of patchell, they decided to discuss taxes, democracy, and the organisation of

the states, so that is to relate to this criticism of establishment and how france works. so the big question about this debate is actually the framing and impartiality of it, and that is why today, we had the resignation of this lady, chantaljouanno, because she basically decided to resenting because the yellow vests complain about her salary. i understand the subjects that will be discussed, but where are the discussions happening? village halls, twitter, parliament? wears a happening? is a big mix. we are not entirely sure yet, it is opposed to start next tuesday with a big announcement from emmanuelle macron discussing what they will do and where. so the idea is they already have given those books of grievances to the mayors in the town halls to put them on desks where people can come and write their grievances. then they also tried to

organise big meetings, conversations, big debates with the mayor, with the town halls, also with the unions and organisers. so there is this question of who will actually be organising this debate? who will be collecting the information and the ids from the public? and then, how will that go back to the actual body of decisions? and while all of that is happening, i will be expecting —— are we expecting more violence this weekend? the numbers have gone down and down two weeks. there is still a number of yellow vests interested in going and fighting in the streets of paris, but i think now we see more and more, more yellow vests saying that we need to now get into the discussion of where we said, in terms of the political spectrum. they canjoin terms of the political spectrum. they can join the national debate.

exactly, that is what macron is trying to do, to try to get people to speak to the right places and see what comes out of that. but he might actually get himself in a bit of trouble because there is an issue and how far the debate will go and how long can this bend, and that yellow vests might complain about it. so it is a tricky situation, yes. let's talk in a week and find out how it goes. thank you. i appreciate her joining i appreciate herjoining me. this is chime. it's a telescope, consisting of four 100 metre—long antennas. it was started up last year, and almost immediately detected mysterious signals emanating from a distant galaxy. it's located in british columbia, and scans the entire northern sky every day. the findings are published in the journal nature today. deborah good is one of the astrophysicists involved in the research. she is live with us now. we all want

to know, what are these mysterious signals? we would also like to know, actually. these are what be called fast radio versus, and we call them because they're fast, a few milliseconds long, founded frequencies that we detect every now from 400 megahertz, which is lower frequency than your cell phone but more than the fm band, all the way up more than the fm band, all the way up to eight gigahertz. we know they're coming from outside the galaxy because of the way that the signal is spread out as it passes through clouds of gas and dust, and instead of arriving all at once, it arrives at our telescope with a higherfrequency parts arrives at our telescope with a higher frequency parts coming first and lower coming later. the bursts happen quickly, most of them we only she wants, but we've seen to that repeat again and again. and they're also fairly bright, and by no means the brightest things in the sky, but bright enough to see easily. the

problem is we don't really know what exactly is causing them, and we've only seen about 60—70 of them ever, so there are still lots of questions about what are the important characteristics of these fast radio bursts, and how we can best understand them. what is it about china that means it can read these bursts in a way that other telescopes can't? the big, big thing is time and space. chime is a transit telescope, which means it stays in place, and the sky stays overhead whereas most telescopes have to take a small... at any time we see 2 degrees wide. most have to move their dishes around to be able to see other areas, so we are able to see other areas, so we are able to see other areas, so we are able to see a much bigger swath in the sky at any point in time. we're also able to observe 24 hours a day,

meaning we have a much better chance of finding fast radio bursts because we cannot predict where they're coming from or when they will show up. these fast radio bursts are interesting because they're from a distant galaxy. are there other fast radio bursts happening closer to earth that we know about? we don't know for sure. all the fast radio bursts be detected are extragalactic, and we are using that now as a detection perimeter, we are looking for things that are outside the milky way. but because we don't know what the mechanisms causing fast radio bursts is, we cannot say for sure they may happen in the milky way and we haven't seen them, or if there is something that is depending on the way the galaxy is set up that is different from the milky way. we cannot say for sure. i'm afraid we have to leave it there, thank you very much, let's talk again. thank you. deborah is life with us from seattle talking about is radio bursts, more on the bbc website on that as well. stay with us on outside source, still to come.

a new european law could force manufacturers to make electrical products that last longer, and are easier to repair. police say they believe that a 14—year—old boy who was murdered in london last night was the victim of a targeted attack in which he was knocked over by three men in a car, and fatally stabbed. adina campbell reports. those who knew jayden moodie say he was outgoing and knowledgeable with an interest in nature. the 14—year—old, who was under age, had been riding a moped illegally in this part of east london when he was hit by a car yesterday evening, in what police say was a targeted attack. he was then stabbed multiple times by a gang of three men and died at the scene. his death has devastated this local community. jayden called me grandad. he was going to start the boxing training, his auntie, and that, they bought him gloves

and they were setting him up, so it's not like jayden didn't have any future. the teenager is the youngest victim of knife crime in london over the last 12 months. leyton is a busy part of east london, but it is known for problems with gang—related violence and drugs. a report last year found that those gangs were increasingly using young people and gps technology as part of their competitive criminal activity with rival groups, and in some cases, inevitably, leading to people losing their lives. last year was the worst for violent crime in england and wales since 2011. and in london alone, 132 people were killed, more than half of those cases involved knives. since last night's attack, police say they have stepped up patrols in the area, including at local schools. the police are here, i would like to reassure them in terms of our efforts every single

day to keep them safe. so far, no—one has been arrested, but police say they are continuing to make house—to—house inquiries as part of this latest murder investigation. adina campbell, bbc news. this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story. the british government been defeated again in parliament, as a second debate on the terms of the uk's brexit deal begins and this amendment that has been passed means that if parliament turns out theresa may's deal on tuesday, she will have three days to come back with an alternative plan. in the drc, riot police have been deployed in kinshasa as the electoral commission prepares to release delayed election results. the opposition has warned election officials not to "disguise the truth". a local observer group said it had

witnessed "major" irregularities at counting stations. that's from bbc afrique. bbc arabic reports that tear gas and live ammunition has been fired at an anti—government demonstration in the sudanese capital of khartoum. it happened as separate pro government group staged a rally in support of president bashir. and among the most viewed on our website, australia's prime minister has been caught in a photoshop fail after social media users pointed out that in a recent family photo his shoes had been digitally altered. the pm says he was unaware that his staff had made the change. he said they should have left the shoes alone and given him more hair instead. last week we told you about jo song—gil, north korea's top diplomat in italy who has disappeared, he reportedly wishes to seek asylum. now a former colleague who also defected from the north is urging the mrjo to come to seoul. thae yong—ho is the former deputy north korean ambassador to the uk.

he's spoken to laura bicker. thae yong—ho is one of the highest profile defectors ever to leave north korea. he was deputy ambassador to london, and he left in 2016. since he's made his new life here in south korea, he's written a book here which is become a bestseller. so when he speaks, people tend to listen. but when it comes to the case of his colleague and friend, he is deeply concerned, notjust about his welfare, but about whether or not he feels welcome to come to south korea. this is a sensitive time, north and south korea relations are at a moment where both are trying to work together. there is a fear amongst some within the community that perhaps such a high—profile defector could put that at risk. what thae yong—ho is trying to urge the south korean government to do is show their willingness, notjust to take this high—profile defector, but to embrace all north koreans.

this is what thae yong—ho said to me after the press conference. it is right that he is a political asylum seeker, so according to international law and humanitarian practise, he should be provided with the right place to residence and the right place to be protected. what would you say to south koreans who might be concerned that if he came here, it would ruin current relations with north korea? yes. i think his asylum should not be related to the current inter— korean relations or north korea—america relations. he is a private person, so that is why he should be treated as a private person. and this kind of case should not be related or influenced in the upcoming dialogue between kim jong—un or donald trump, or kim jong—un with anyone else.

when it comes to his case, we still do not where he is, there has been a contact from him. here in seoul, intelligence briefings to congressman said that italian authorities had been protecting him, but there has been no sign of an application for asylum from any country as yet. certainly they have not received one, they say, here in seoul. there's been unseasonably cold weather across much of europe and some of the middle east. let's just show you what's come into the newsroom. in turkey, more than 2,000 roads have been blocked after blizzards. this is the capital, ankara. beaches in athens have been blanketed by snow. three people have died in stormy weather and freezing temperatures. snow in southern germany has led

to train delays and traffic jams close to munich. and rail workers in austria have rescued a chamois after it got trapped in deep snow, that's a type of goat native to the alps, i'm told. we told it doing fine just now. just behind the os studio is the bbc weather team. earlier, i stepped behind the screen to talk to susan powell, who told me what was going on. we've got stuck in what was termed as a blocking weather pattern. what that basically means is that things grind to a halt, so we've had high pressure over the uk that has kept us very settled, high pressure over the east that just allows the temperature to keep falling away across eastern europe. and then basically, we create

a roadway between the two, thanks to the jet stream, itjust keeps diving these areas of low pressure down into the heart of europe. this is the feature that has brought the recent snow across the alps, causing chaos across the balkans on thursday. and if you start our clock rolling, you can see that system still keep some snow across the alps. but this is our problem, these lows continue to roll over and but up to the cold air. it looks like we will take a bit of a breather in proceedings in the early part of the weekend, but we are keeping a close eye on these areas here tipping into sunday, and the isobars coming together, as well. strong winds are blowing the snow around, causing problems with ice. it still looks like a lot of mess to come, unfortunately. why is it that the uk and other areas around it... are not suffering in the way that places further south are? so basically we are on the favourable side of the area of high pressure, so we still have atlantic air feeding around the height. we've had arctic air the past few days that has been a bit fresher, but we are about to tip back into a northwesterly.

so we are essentially at the moment protected by the implements of the atlantic, which keeps our winters relatively mild. it is when we move into a more eastern regime, the beast from the east, that we get the properly cold weather. this time of year, it is siberian weather that is coming across from russia and europe that gives us the properly biting cold, and we don't have that yet. but if you've looked at any of my colleagues the past few days, something called sudden stratospheric warming is showing signals. that is what was tied into the beast from the east last year, the signal for that is positive. some parts of europe will have a very cold spell through the latter part of january and february. whether it will come our way? stay with us. let's finish by talking about european environment ministers. they have proposed new laws that would force manufacturers to make goods that last longer and are easier to mend. the could include lighting, televisions and large

home appliances. one new study looked at the years between 2004—2012. the proportion of major household appliances that died within five years rose 3.8%. and the question many are asking is whether manafacturers are deliberately making their products break sooner, so we buy more from them? roger harrabin has been looking into this. well, studies have been done into whether or not it is deliberate, and no clear link can be found that manufacturers are deliberately making things that last last long. but there's clear evidence that things are lasting less long, there was one study into municipal recycling plants which showed that 10% of the old washing machines there were less than five years old. it was extraordinary, they'd broken down, there they were in a junk heap. the rules going through europe will change things, as far as europe is concerned, and it will also, this is interesting, change things as far as europe's exports are concerned, because manufacturers are unlikely to want to make one line for europe

and one for india for asia. so these changes will be likely to be rippling worldwide, but similar things are under way in the usa where 17 or more states have got right to repair legislation going through. very strongly resisted by companies like apple and toyota, who say right to repair, right to pull things apart is also the right to counterfeit and pass off machines as though they are your own to mess up, maybe even to plant bugs in machines. so they're pushing heavily up on the grounds they are defending the consumer. but the governments feel the best offence for the consumer is to not just throw stuff away. hello there. we still got our area of high pressure that has been to the south of the uk for two weeks. and although we have northwesterly winds working and across the north

of the uk, those winds are not called. if you look at where they start off, the same latitude, they are trying up some relatively mild air, so temperatures have been rising across the north of the uk as we go to the next 24 hours. thursday will be cloudy for most, although frosty start in parts of his wales and england. figure clad in the afternoon, snapping at any sign, also bringing a few spots of rain, although there'll be no great amounts of that. temperatures similar across england and wales will be held on wednesday, 6—7d. further north, highs of up to 10 degrees in belfast. through thursday night, cloudy conditions with northwesterly breeze will continue to work in, so it is one of those nights that should stay frost free. temperatures in the towns and cities around 4—7dc. the last couple of nights, we've talked about the jet strea m nights, we've talked about the jet stream blocking this large amplitude, moving eastwards, that's why we've had that literary high

pressure. but there are signs of change earlier this week, it takes a different type of pattern and this less amplitude pattern is mobile, meaning weather systems will be moving across the atlantic as we would normally see at this time of year. friday, subtle changes in the weather picture, it will be a milder and cloudier day. maybe for the use of the pennines in scotland, a few showers in the northwest scotland. temperatures mild for this time of year, highs between 8—10d. as the block jet stream allows these weather systems to move in as the block breaks down. saturday sees cold front moving their way across southern england, a little bit of rain on that, not too much. a warm friend moves across scotland and northern ireland to the afternoon, bringing some heavier brain. —— warm front. temperatures on the high side, temperatures between 9—11dc, warm for the stage of january. the

second half of the weekend stays high. a number of showers and lengthier spells of rain across north of the uk, and the temperatures through sunday afternoon, perhaps there's a brighter spells, we could see highs getting up to 12—13dc. changes in the weather as we look at next week, monday again is fairly quiet, perhaps a little more in the sunshine, we are still on the mild side but temperatures coming down a little bit, highs between 8—10dc. and if we look at the jet stream again, as we look in the next week's weather, it will be taking a different type of pattern with these less amplified ridges and troughs. some of these with be firing low pressure system towards the uk, bringing us spells of fairly wet and windy weather. at times, it will be mild at the start of the week, but there'll be a tendency to get some cooler weather as cold front moved

through, bringing some wintry showers for those of us. it is one of those weeks that is unsettled, and some pretty large swings in temperatures from one day to the next. that is your latest weather. goodbye for now. tonight at ten, we're live at westminster where mps have inflicted another defeat on the government at a decisive moment in the brexit process. the ayes to the right, 308, the noes to the left, 297. mps voted to give theresa mayjust three days to come up with a new brexit plan if her current one is defeated next week. but the prime minister told mps that her plan was the only realistic one and the only way to avoid crashing out of the eu without a deal. the only way to avoid no deal is to vote for the deal. isn't the prime minister bringing back exactly the same deal she admitted would be defeated four weeks ago?

the house of commons has now embarked on five days of debate,