welcome to newsday. i'm babita sharma in london. the headlines: the eyes to the right, 308, the noes to the left 297. a major blow for theresa may and her brexit plan — as she suffers another defeat in parliament. president trump walks out of a meeting with congressional leaders — after he's told he won't get money for the border wall. again, we saw a temper tantrum because he could not get his way and he just walked out of the meeting. we heard once again that democratic leaders are unwilling to even negotiate. i'm rico hizon in singapore. also on the programme: global markets rally as us—china trade talks end with signs of optimism. and we're at the world's biggest tech show in las vegas — but is tension between washington and beijing making it harder for chinese firms to succeed? live from our studios in singapore

and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. welcome. thanks for joining us. it's 8am in singapore and midnight here in london, where the british prime minister has suffered a shock parliamentary defeat of her brexit plans. with just 78 days to go before britain is due formally to leave the european union, mps voted to insist the prime minister would have to come back with a plan b within three days if parliament rejects her deal with the eu next week. originally the government was to have 21 days to come up with an alternative. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg has the story. 0ne purpose and one direction. the prime minister has to push parliament to support her. to avoid what she claims will be no

deal or no brexit at all. the only way to avoid no deal is to vote for the deal. the deal protects jobs and security and delivers on the referendum and he should back it. jeremy corbyn! but time and her authority is scarce. manyjust don't believe her. if her deal is defeated next week, as i hope and expect it will, will the prime minister do the right thing and let the people have a real say and call a general election? suspicion is that the government knows mps will reject their brexit compromise next tuesday and is just trying to run down the clock. so a group of mps wanted to force the prime minister to produce a plan b if she loses within days. over an hour, the commons

blew its collective top. before the rebels beat the government for the second time in 2a hours. the ayes to the right, 308, the noes to the left 297. so if theresa may loses again on tuesday, she will have less than a week to come up with new goods. the actual arguments for and against the deal at the start of this vital debate were almost mute in comparison. the house should now give citizens and businesses the certainty they seek. the way of doing so is to back this deal after two years of hard fought negotiation that the prime minister has secured. promises of more control over the controversial backstop arrangement to guard against a hard border in ireland fell flat and, for the first time, labour suggested officially this is all such a mess that our departure from the eu could be delayed. i actually genuinely think we cannot do it on the 29th of march this year — it's not viable for so many practical reasons.

maybe, but that is certainly not the prime minister's intention. if anything is clear, though, it's this tonight — what happens next is not only up to her. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. president trump called the meeting with democratic leaders a total waste of time after they again refused his demand to fund a border wall with mexico. they accused him of storming out. well, unfortunately, the president just got up and walked out. he asked speaker polusik, "will you agree to my wall?" she said no, he said and we have got nothing to discuss and he just walked out. we have got nothing to discuss and hejust walked out. again we have got nothing to discuss and he just walked out. again we saw a timber tantrum. because he couldn't get his way and he just walked out of the meeting —— temper tantrum. but vice president mike pence says the president won't budge.

i think ithinkl i think i president made his position very clear to date that there will be no deal without a wall. there will be no deal without the priority is the president has put on the table. the white house drama comes a day after mr trump took his case for a wall to the american people, in a prime—time televised address. many of the 800,000 federal workers who have been affected by the shutdown were watching closely. the bbc‘s nick bryant has more. washington is stuck in what seems like an unending loop of dysfunction. three slips away from the record of the longest government shut down in us history. my fellow americans, tonight i'm speaking to you because there is a growing humanitarian and security crisis at oui’ humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border. summoning all the authority the oval office conveys , the authority the oval office

conveys, donald trump restated the case for his long promised will, claiming it would protect americans from murderers entering mexico are legally from mexico. nowhere was this presidential address more closely watched than any living rooms of the 800,000 government employees were not being paid. this is so offensive to me as a researcher. i'm but what robinson heard from this billionaire president actually escalated what for her is a personal financial crisis. he doesn't get it and he doesn't care. i think it's obvious, when you don't mention federal workers. we've been out of work for...how many days now? 16, 17 days? didn't even mention us. it's like we don't exist. chris, did anything the president say tonight persuade you the shutdown is the right thing to do? no. did not. at all. the widespread view in washington is that the president last night failed to shift the needle, that this was a fizzer of a speech urged upon him by aides.

but it's heightened republican concerns that the trump white house is losing this political blame game. president trump came to capitol hill to rally his party and later on he walked out of a meeting with democrats claiming it was a total waste of time and tweeting, "bye—bye". so, will he ultimately declared a national emergency that could allow him to totally bypass congress? nick bryant, bbc news, washington. also making news today: police in norway have confirmed that they're treating the disappearance of a woman — who's married to one of norway's richest men — as a case of kidnapping. they said anne—elisabeth falkevik hagen has been missing since october and believe she was probably abducted from her home. a south korean court has sentenced one of the co—founders of the country's largest pornography website to four years in prison. soranet had more than a million users and hosted thousands of illegal videos — many filmed with spy cameras. last summer, the website was shut down after women organised

huge street protests. and these pictures have just been released of a daring rescue in the alps. emergency services were called after a group of skiers got into difficulty in the alps. helicopter pilot lieutenant jean—francois marti had to make a tricky manoeuvre called the ‘skate support‘ —placing the aircraft's nose into the slope with the blades still turning to let the rescuers out. it's a manoeuvre pilots use to save time when they're worried the weather could change for the worse. let's return to our top story — the british government's attempts to get its deal for leaving the european union accepted by parliament. earlier i asked our political correspondent in westminster, nick eardley, for his impression of what was said during the house of commons debate. not one of the uk parliaments finest

daysin not one of the uk parliaments finest days in terms of presenting itself asa days in terms of presenting itself as a bastion of high end debate. the big row today really about procedure and how the uk parliament operates and how the uk parliament operates and what can and can't be changed by mps, but the outcome of it is twofold. firstly, if the prime minister's wreck the deal is voted down on tuesday, as all the signs at the moment are that it will be, shimmy has three working days in parliament —— brexit deal. rob lee until the following monday, to come back with a plan b, to come back with that elusive alternative to her brexit plan that everyone has been asking about for the last few months. perhaps the more important thing that has happened today is that parliament has really flexed its muscles, mps, a number of them

have been extremely unhappy with the way the government has tried to keep a hold of this process, to run the show, basically, and they are now saying, do you know what, if this deal is voted down, we will play a bigger role. what could happen if the pm's deal falls next tuesday, is a bit ofa the pm's deal falls next tuesday, is a bit of a pandora's box of alternatives will open, where mps from other parties will come with their own ideas about what should happen next. things like potentially another referendum, things like potentially a single market deal, a bit like norway's, where the uk would become a lot closer to the eu than the prime minister is planning, perhaps a canada style deal with the uk, would not be as close as what the prime minister has put on the table. the truth is, we don't know if there is a majority for any of that at the moment. the stalemate in parliament is such that a lot of people though they disagree with the prime minister, they don't know exactly what they could coalesce

around as an alternative. what you have ended up with to date is a situation where parliament thinks it has a much bigger role to day over the next few weeks. that was nick eardley. the us and china have concluded three days of extended talks to resolve their trade war, with a member of the american delegation saying negotiations ‘went just fine‘. asian markets rose on hopes that the two sides would be able to hammer out a deal ahead of a march deadline and avert further import tariff hikes. amy yuan zhuang is the chief asia analyst for nordea markets. i put it to her that the two parties have to find a solution. they have this deadline, the first of march, imposed by their president and the old world that the whole world is watching and financial markets have been reacting, zanini to come up with some kind of a solution, clearly. they will make an announcement today of what they concluded during the talks. what

concrete resolutions do you think are they likely to announce?” concrete resolutions do you think are they likely to announce? i think the most likely announcement, announced measures will be how much and precisely which goods china will buy from the west in the future, probably agricultural goods, energy products, maybe some manufactured products, maybe some manufactured products as well. more on the structure issues, more the core of the conflict about the intellectual property, about china‘s subsidies to state—owned companies, and force the technology transfer and all that, that will be very difficult. so the united states then, and donald trump, have the upper hand in his negotiations? well, donald trump still thinks that. but i don‘t think china sees that any more. and now that the us markets, they are reacting a little bit more negatively during the last months, i think that donald trump‘s upper hand is slowly disappearing. personally,

amy, you are from the northern part of china, what is the sentiment on the ground ? of china, what is the sentiment on the ground? how is it affecting everyday people in the mainland? people actually watching this news closely. there is a high degree of uncertainty among the people. that has had the confidence level, if you talk to the people, they don‘t know what is going to happen next and they don‘t think the government knows. and that is quite something new. they not used to that is not planning forfive new. they not used to that is not planning for five years, is not getting very precise goals, so all this uncertainty is very new to the chinese people and therefore affecting their consumption. chinese people and therefore affecting their consumptionm chinese people and therefore affecting their consumption. if you ta ke affecting their consumption. if you take a look at the latest economic reports, it is starting to impact the consumer. the latest one, chinese car sales falling for the first time in more than 20 years. yes, yes, clearly. this is due to be high degree of uncertainty, because if you feel uncertain about your job prospects, your income, you will

hold off the big—ticket consumption. briefly, the bottom line, will a solution be made between me too biggest economies in the world is before the first of march? —— between the two biggest. not a resolution on the kory sheets. that was amy yuan zhuang. you‘re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: police in australia make an arrest over dozens of suspicious packages sent to foreign embassies — we‘ll be live in sydney for the latest. also on the programme: it‘s the world‘s biggest showcase for tech innovation, but are chinese companies being squeezed by trade tensions between china and the us? 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. this is newsday on the bbc.

i‘m rico hizon in singapore. i‘m babita sharma in london. our top stories: a major blow for theresa may and her brexit plan as she suffers another defeat in parliament. donald trump‘s been accused of having a temper tantrum by the democrats after he walked out of a meeting to discuss funding for his border wall. let‘s take a look at some front pages from around the world. the south china morning post reports that the former thai prime minister, yingluck shinawatra, holds a cambodian passport. the paper says that this adds weight to the theory that she fled through cambodia in 2017. it‘s something phnom penh strongly denies. 0n the front page of the japan times is this report on new research that people‘s long—term memory was improved by taking a dizziness medication. it is hoped that this could have future implications on alzeihmer‘s medication. the philippine star leads

on the procession of black nazarene in manila. this photo shows devotees jostling to touch the statue as it makes its way through the city. the paper reports that hundreds were injured during the procession. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? the founder of amazon, jeff bezos, has announced that he and his wife mackenzie are getting divorced. the pair have been married for 25 years. mr bezos is thought to be the world‘s richest man with an estimated wealth of $137 billion. australian police have arrested a 48—year—old man as part of an investigation into suspicious packages sent to embassies and consulates across the country. more than a dozen foreign offices received suspicious packages on wednesday. the bbc‘s hywel griffith

joins us now from sydney. yes, we understand the man was arrested last night australian time following those security letters right across melbourne and there we re right across melbourne and there were alerts in canberra and one in syd ney were alerts in canberra and one in sydney as well. —— security alerts. in all these cases it is alleged parcels were sent containing dangerous substances and we know in a few cases, they involved an envelope inside there was grey material and the word "?asbestos written on them. 38 parcels were sent out by this man and so far, they‘ve recovered 29 of them and taken away for frenzied testing but they are alerting the embassies and foreign consuls to the possibility that there are still more out there unaccounted. i suppose we don't know how many more that could be out

there and i presume all these consulate buildings must still be on high alert. absolutely. we think people have gone back to work as normal today and we know that‘s the case the british high commission and the new zealand office, for example, but they will be on alert. it‘s not known how toxic or hazardous this substance was. i guess we will learn more from the forensic examinations but the 48 to a man who comes from a couple of hours north of melbourne, he is due before the magistrate in melbourne in the next couple of hours so we will book —— potentially learn more about the man accused of carrying out this crime. it is eventually found guilty, he could face up to ten years in jail. more than 150,000 people are expected to attend the consumer electronics show in las vegas this week. it‘s the largest trade show of its kind in the world and seen as a showcase for the next major trends in technology.

one of the biggest talking points of this year‘s show isn‘t new products, but the growing tension between the us and china, particularly on technology. 0ur north america technology reporter dave lee is there. for decades, ces has been a thrilling ride into the future of the global tech industry. a multimillion dollar sales pitch of the weird, the wonderful, and maybe, the ground—breaking. companies from china have long been a familiar sight, with firms like huawei now taking up almost as much room as the top us names. it makes business sense for them to come here, because they can meet their buyers from all around the world. but while huawei has come out in force for this tech show, none of the us phone networks offered their smartphones. that‘s because the us government is concerned that china might use them to spy on americans.

we don‘t believe there is any evidence in the world of any issues regarding huawei and their the products. and we are more than happy to have a conversation with the us government about how to come up with a security insurance framework geared for the united states. tensions rose further when huawei‘s chief financial officer was arrested in december. she is fighting extradition to the united states, where she faces charges of bank fraud, allegations she denies. and then, there‘s the ongoing trade war between the two countries, which threatens to impact tech firms greatly. the climate is making it harder for chinese companies to find success in the us. chinese brands in the us have always struggled, so they‘ve never had a significant market share. i think with the amount of power that huawei has, they could have had a really big impact, again, as we‘ve seen with the rest of europe, on the us market. most here hope and expect

the trade dispute to pass, but there is a growing atmosphere of suspicion between the two global superpowers over how they use new technology. dave lee, bbc news, in las vegas. nearly a million rohingya refugees have been living in camps in bangladesh. the refugees refused. speaking to the bangladesh promised a few days before the crisis, but for the election. still, they don't go back. the issue is cleared, they feel that now they go back, they would be there. all those countries,

they have a good relationship with myanmar, they should put pressure and talk to them, that they should ta ke and talk to them, that they should take these people back because they are burnley citizens. but there'll be no attempt from your site to force anybody. well, how can we force ? force anybody. well, how can we force? we can‘t force them. but i feel that they should go back to their own country. you believe it's safe for them to go back to myanmar right now? if you don't send them, then how can you? because myanmar signed an agreement with us, they are now eager to take them back. myanmar agrees that society, the unhcr, everybody can work so i think that these people can go back and we can watch. would they be then guinea

pigs to figure out? it's a natural method. how can you send them? we had to push through them. where they are living, it‘s not the good conditions what i feel. they are going to earn some money. you have been watching newsday. i‘m rico hizon in singapore. i always go first—tier. i was told i was doing at first. but stood again. you have been watching newsday. i‘m babita sharma in london. i‘m rico hizon in singapore. coming up, wall street rallied for a fourth straight day after signs of progress in trade talks between the us and china. more on that in asia

business report. and before we go, take a look at this — one mountain goat had a lucky escape. a goat got caught up in the heavy snow in austria — buried up to its horns but thanks to the quick thinking of two railway workers they grabbed a shovel and began digging away at the snow and the goat quickly scampered away to freedom. the video of the rescue has gone viral. many praising the workers as heroes. stay with us, back next. hello. 0ur weather prospects are

still looking comparatively quiet through the next few days. if anything, a major shift will be two more cloudy weather but today, some slightly milder where making a return to our shores for some. but not actually in the most traditional way that we see milder arriving. normally it comes sweeping up in the south—west of the atlantic. at the moment high—pressure toppling into the north of it behind a warm weather front sinking its way south. first thing, still very chilly with a foster cross southernmost counties of england. this line of cloud just about marks the warm weather front. to the rear of it, quite a lot of crowd through the —— cloud through the course of the day but slightly milder weather than we saw midweek. top temperatures in double figures for belfast. we will struggle at around six or seven in cardiff and london. we will struggle through the day to see much in the way of sunshine. 0vernight thursday and friday that weather front slides away into the continent. plenty of

cloud around and we sit in relatively milder air. the map is green first thing friday, rather than seeing the blue as we will do to the south first thing thursday. temperatures on the lower end of single diggers but essentially frost free to get friday under way. another day offering us quite a lot of cloud. we have a northerly breeze but remember it‘s tipped around that area of high pressure so instead of coming straight from the arctic it‘s been modified by the atlantic hence things will get milder as that northerly breeze drags the milder air further south. so northerly breeze drags the milder airfurther south. so for northerly breeze drags the milder air further south. so for the weekend, temperatures making a return closer to average. could be quite windy through the weekend as areas of low pressure try to erode this higher. the isobars becoming more tightly packed. much of the rain will fizzle out before it sinks to the south across the uk. the greater chance of any significant rain to northern ireland scotland but quite cloudy on saturday. a

windy day as well and temperatures more typically average values for the time of year, perhaps ten or 12 degrees. some brightness hopefully across eastern counties. a similar picture the saturday, the high sitting to the south—west. this low tumbling over the top of it bringing some in the dash briefly to scotland, northern ireland, some patchy rain or northern england. sunday, a slightly brighter day of the two and again, temperatures are little more favourable than we‘ve had in recent days. back in two double figures for most of us. i‘m babita sharma with bbc news. our top story: theresa may loses another vote on brexit in parliament. mps give the prime ministerjust three days to come up with a new plant if a deal with the eu is

rejected in a crucial vote next tuesday. —— plan. trump shuts down the shutdown talks. the us president walks out of negotiations with democratic leaders, calling it a "total waste of time" after they again refused funding for his border wall. the democrats told reporters he‘d had a temper tantrum. when pictures of the french helicopter rescue in the alps heartrending online. the pilot had to make an extraordinary manoeuvre called skate support to get to a hiker, who was taken safely off the mountain. stay with us on bbc world news.