this is bbc news, i'm ben bland. our top stories: president trump says he won't declare a national emergency to build a wall on the border with mexico, meaning no end in sight to the us government shutdown. it the easy way out. but congress should do this. this is too simple. it is too basic. and congress should do this. heavy snow causes more widespread disruption in many parts of central europe, with many mountain villages evacuated. a 13—year—old girl from wisconsin, held captive since her parents were murdered in october, has managed to escape. a man has been charged. an emotional andy murray says his last tournament could be as early as next week, with a hip injury forcing the end of his career. hello and welcome to bbc news.

president trump says he won't declare a national emergency, for now, as a way of ending a partial government closure caused by a dispute over funding for a wall on the mexican border. in just a few hours, the shutdown will become the longest in american history. around 800,000 state employees didn't get paid on friday, and farmers, already suffering from the us trade war with china, are missing subsidy payments. 0ur north america correspondent nick bryant has more. harvest time in the fields of virginia, where farmers hit already by the trade war with beijing are now feeling the bite of the political war in washington. john boder has been receiving federal subsidies to compensate for not being able to export his soy bean crops to china, a financial lifeline during difficult times, severed because of the shutdown. guess what — i don't

need a damn wall. i need my money today. i need my money to plant my crop, i need my money to pay my labourer, i need my money to continue my farming operation. federal workers have mounted protests across the country, and today was supposed to be payday. but, on social media, employees posted payslips showing they hadn't received a single dollar. a lot of things are working out well... to break the political deadlock, this billionaire president has warned he will declare a national emergency. but he is not ready to take that extraordinary step yet. it's the easy way out. but congress should do this. this is too simple, it's too basic, and congress should do this. if they can't do it, if at some point theyjust can't do it — this is a is—minute meeting. if they can't do it, i will declare a national emergency. invoking emergency powers could end the shutdown, because it would allow congress

to pass spending bills without funding for the wall, that democrats and republicans could both support. but the trump white house would be violating the norms of us government by spending the money on the barrier without congressional approval. this constitutional showdown would inevitably be settled in the courts. but, in the meantime, federal employees could return to work. heavenly father, we thank you for this time. we pray today for your wisdom, for your answers, for your help in the time of crisis... tonight at the white house, they prayed for this norm—busting president. but, for now, he is paying reverence to more earthly powers — the checks and balances of the us constitution. thank you, pastor, very much. i appreciate it, it was beautiful. earlier, our washington worrespondent david willis explained why the shutdown is just hours away from becoming the longest ever in us history.

the president and the white house that, as you heard in nick bryant's report, ruling out declaring a national emergency, for now, at least. he said it would be too simple, too basic, and he urged congress to reconvene to thrash this out. but you know what? there is no gears on either side in this dispute, and it may be that the president finds that declaring a national emergency is his only way out at this impasse. but that idea has come and then being dismissed, and then it is floated again. where are we up and then it is floated again. where are we up to with that now? well, i think there's a feeling on part of some, particularly the president's son—in—law and senior adviser, jared kushner, that it would represent presidential overreach, declaring a

national emergency, that this would be seen by some even in the republican party as an abuse of power on the president's part. but equally there are some in his own party, the south carolina senator lindsey graham, for example, who put out a statement today saying declare a national emergency, build the wall and reopen the government. so they are split even along republican lines, and it is very difficult to see a way out of this, with no talks planned, and congress not due to reconvene until monday. and with this friday that has come and gone, when people were expecting to get paid, the real pain is being felt as a result of the shutdown. is there any sense of who is being hit ha rd est by any sense of who is being hit hardest by all of this? well, you know what, ordinary people, people who live paycheque to pay check, are the ones who are suffering in this situation at the moment, and today marked the first day where they went without a paycheque since this dispute started just four days

before christmas. but we have airport screeners working without pay, air—traffic controllers, fbi agents, and some union officials are already predicting that this could have security ramifications, ben, if it lingers on. let's get some of the day's other news: the us—led coalition fighting so—called islamic state in syria says the withdrawal of american forces from the country has begun. at this stage, it is believed only equipment is being shipped out, not troops. president trump's announcement that he was to pull out us forces almost a month ago surprised many in washington, and some foreign governments. the first pictures have emerged of china's lunar probe touchdown on the far side of the moon. the footage reveals the moments leading up to the soft landing, and were sent back to mark the success of the mission. beijing plans to launch construction of its own manned space station next year, racing to catch up with russia and the united states. the parliament in macedonia has

approved changing the country's name to the republic of north macedonia. the prime minister, zoran zaev, secured the two—thirds majority he needed byjust one vote, in the face of a boycott by the opposition nationalists. the move clears the way to macedonia joining the eu and nato eventually. a british computer hacker described by the national crime agency as perhaps the most significant cyber criminal yet caught in the uk has beenjailed for 32 months. daniel kaye is thought to be the first person to knock an entire nation offline, after his attack on an african phone company caused the internet to crash across liberia. a number of people, including a nine—year—old boy, have been killed in the extreme weather across europe. heavy snow is still continuing to fall, bringing chaos to a number of the continent's alpine regions. the situation is particular severe in austria, as sophia tran—thomson reports. a true winter wonderland, but across

europe, the heavy snow and the dangers that come with it are taking their toll. three people were injured when this hotel at the foot of this mountain in eastern switzerland was almost completely engulfed by snow. local reports said the avalanche was 300m wide when it came down. storms in sweden and norway have made some roads com pletely norway have made some roads completely impassable. in this area, a bus with school students blew off the road. in one area on the swedish border with norway, recorded winds of almost 180 kilometres an hour. in austria, several resorts and villagers have been cut off. in recent days, the military has been helping remove the snow, in some cases using helicopters to blow it off trees, to prevent them from

falling on roads and railway tracks. as you can see, we have a difficult situation currently here. we have on the mountains up to five metres of snow, and in the valleys, in the bottom, up to metres... 50. five districts have declared a state of emergency in bavaria. rail services we re emergency in bavaria. rail services were closed in the south and east of the state and roads were cut off by d rifts the state and roads were cut off by drifts and fallen trees. the red cross and the army sent officials to help hundreds of drivers who were caught. with more snow expected to fall across europe over the weekend, the urgency to clear routes and roads has intensified, and for many across the continent, there is still across the continent, there is still a long winter ahead. a 21—year—old man will appear in court in wisconsin on monday charged with murdering two parents in order to kidnap their 13—year—old daughter. jayme closs was discovered on thursday, three months later and 100 km away, having escaped while her alleged captor was out. jane 0'brien reports. jayme closs disappeared

the night her parents were shot dead in wisconsin. at a briefing, police described how thousands of volunteers searched in vain for the 13—year—old, who suddenly appeared on thursday, almost three months later, and approached a woman to help. this lady immediately went to a nearby house, notified that neighbour of the claim. and this neighbour called 911, and my deputies responded en masse immediately, and identified jayme as the person that approached the neighbour, took control of her and possession of her and put her in safekeeping. and a short time later, one of my patrol sergeants happened to find a vehicle that matched

the description that jayme gave my deputies of the suspect, and pulled the vehicle over, and took the suspect in custody at that time. jayme managed to give a description of a man she said had held her captive. the suspect arrested — was arrested, and is currently being held in their countyjail. that suspect is jake thomas patterson. he is 21 years old, from gordon, wisconsin. he is currently being held of two counts of first—degree intentional homicide for the murder ofjayme's parents, and one of kidnapping. police say patterson had no previous contact with the family, but that jayme was the target of the attack. they believe she was held in the town of gordon, about an hourfrom her home. they say patterson went to considerable effort to avoid detection. the investigation attracted national attention, and a reward of $50,000 was offered for information. local officers say they never gave

up hope of finding jayme alive. the canadian prime minister says his country is pleased to offer asylum to rahaf mohammed al-qunun, the 18—year—old saudi woman. she is on a plane heading there from bangkok, where she caught the world's attention after tweeting for help from her hotel room. she said she feared being returned to herfamily in saudi arabia. here isjustin trudeau speaking about the case a short time ago. the unhcr has made a request of canada, that we accept ms al-qunun asa canada, that we accept ms al-qunun as a refugee, and we have accepted the un's request that we grant asylum. that is something that we are pleased to do, because canada is are pleased to do, because canada is a country that understands how important it is to stand up for human rights, to stand up for women's rides around the world, and ican women's rides around the world, and i can confirm that we have accepted the un's request. stay with us on bbc news.

still to come: he was homeless at the age of 1a. now, the rapper 0ctavian has turned his life around, and is following in the footsteps of adele and sam smith. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry, and it's one of its biggest, but the industry is nervous of this report. this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street that is unaffected. huge parts of kobe were simply demolished as buildings crashed into one another. this woman said she'd been given no help and no advice by the authorities. she stood outside the ruins of her business. tens of thousands of black children in south africa have taken advantage of laws passed by the country's new multiracial government and enrolled at formerly

white schools. tonight sees the 9,610th performance of her long—running play the mousetrap. when they heard of her death today, the management considered whether to cancel tonight's performance, but agatha christie would have been the last person to want such a thing. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump has said he won't declare a national emergency to build a wall on the border with mexico, meaning there's no end in sight to the us government shutdown. heavy snow continues to cause widespread disruption in many parts of central europe with many mountain villages evacuated. the roman catholic church in the democratic republic of congo has appealed for international pressure to ensure that the congolese authorities publish what it says are the correct results of last month's presidential poll. it says the victory of an opposition

candidate, felix tshisekedi, contradicted the findings of the church's own election monitors. the runner up, martin fayulu, says he'll file a petition seeking to overturn the official result. martin fayulu had always said he would contest results he believed lacking credibility. just a reminder that according to official provisional results, released by the country's electoral commission, felix tshisekedi was ahead, is a head with 7,000,000 vote and martin fayulu just behind with 6.3 million votes but today, addressing his supporters, martin said he has more votes, according to him, and he is basing that on tally is seen by members of his party and the country's powerful catholic church 01’ country's powerful catholic church or deploy the largest number of

servers on voting day have also said that their darker is not match the data released by the electoral commission. —— their data does not match. the daughter of martin clydach r kelly has broken his silence regarding her father. kelly has broken his silence regarding herfather. she has described it as a monster and a terrible father. he denies all allegations against him. most of us do not have enough fibre in our diet, despite the fact that it reduces the chance of heart attacks, strokes and type 2 diabetes. fibre is found in fruit, vegetables, wholegrain bread, pasta and grains like lentils. researchers advise eating 30 grams a day, but nine out of ten of us are failing to do that, as our medical correspondent fergus walsh now reports. it's the super—ingredient most of us don't get enough of — fibre. a landmark study in the lancet journal has confirmed that fibre in fruit, veg, whole grains, pulses and nuts has major health benefits. researchers analysed more than 200

studies and found a high—fibre diet significantly cut the risk of heart disease and stroke, as well as bowel cancer and type 2 diabetes. the overall risk of death was reduced by at least 15%. adults should be aiming to eat 30 grams of fibre a day. the average in the uk isjust 18 grams. i don't think we eat as much fibre as we should do. it's something i think about whenever we shop and cook and things. i don't really think about fibre, to be honest. i would have no idea how many grams of fibre is in anything, so, yeah, it would be good to know. so, how do you get your 30 grams of fibre a day? let's start with breakfast. two slices of wholemeal toast, 6.4 grams of fibre — more than double what you get in white bread. add to that a banana and you're nearly a third of the way there. or you could have some porridge plus fruit. at lunchtime, this meal has

a whopping 21 grams of fibre — a baked potato with its skin on, some baked beans and a large apple. well, that's your recommended intake injust two meals. then, in the evening, you could have some whole wheat pasta, some pulses like kidney beans, some wholegrain rice. don't forget the veg. each of these has 3 grams of fibre, and then a handful of unsalted nuts and you're getting all the roughage you need. around 9% of the population hit that 30 grams target. so a lot of us are quite deficient, really, and that's for a variety of reasons. but generally, if we were all to increase fruit and vegetable intake, getting fruits and vegetables at every meal and every snack, for most of us, that would bump us up really significantly and really help decrease those risk factors. fibre is crucial for our digestive and overall health. those on popular low—carb diets may be missing out on this key ingredient. fergus walsh, bbc news.

andy murray has broken down in tears as he announced that he'll be retiring from tennis this year. the 31—year—old has been struggling to recoverfrom hip surgery 12 months ago and was clearly upset during a news conference ahead of next week's australian open in melbourne. at one point, he had to leave the room to get his emotions under control. when he returned, he was asked if next week's 0pen could be his last. i'm not sure i'm able to play through the pain, you know, for another four orfive months. you know, my plan, you know, kind of the middle to end of december drew my training block, you know, i spoke to my team and i told them that, you know, it can't keep doing this and

that i needed to have, like, an endpoint because i was just sort of playing with no idea of thought of when the pain was going to stop. andy murray's journey took him from dunblane, where he survived the massacre at his primary school, to wimbledon, where he became the first british player for 77 years to win the men's title. lorna gordon reports from dunblane. this is where it all began for sir andy murray — on the local courts in his home town of dunblane. it was here at just three years old he began the journey that would take him to the top. i coached him when he was seven yea rs old and how that turned out was and he wouldn't do what he was told by his mum. and we swapped children for a year and judy coached mine and i coached andy. what is his legacy for dunblane? i think the legacy is that when you think about tennis,

you think about dunblane. by the time he was a teenager, he was one of the bestjuniors in the world and setting out his ambitions. hopefully, i will be playing in wimbledon in about four years, in senior wimbledon, and junior wimbledon in two years. but that is one of my ambitions. but the journey wasn't easy. he swapped scotland for spain in his bid to be the best. but whilst winning on the court, he was supported by his family, including his mum, judy, his dry scottish humour did not always endear him to some off it. but his popularity grew so much that he became the only person ever to be voted bbc sports personality of the year three times. it's andy murray! it wasn'tjust his results that have brought him recognition. one of the first high—profile tennis players to employ a female coach, he has consistently campaigned for equality in sport. the triumphs, the tension, the tears, dunblane has been behind

andy murray every step of the way. absolutely gutted. no doubt he will do other wonderful things because he is a great guy from a great family from a great town. oh, i thinkjust an outstanding legacy for dunblane, for scotland, for the whole country. sir andy murray's legacy here, to put this town on the map as the birthplace of a great. lorna gordon, bbc news, dunblane. some amazing pictures to show you now, a bus driver in the us has rescued a toddler from the side of the road. the entire incident ca ptu red the road. the entire incident captured on the bus's security cameras. it happened in milwaukee in wisconsin last month. the bus driver saw the little girl wandering on the street barely clothed in freezing weather. a passenger gave up her coat to keep the toddler warm. police said the girl had been left outside by her mother who may have been suffering from a mental health

crisis and has reunited the toddler with her father. everyjanuary, bbc music starts the year by picking out a new artist as one to watch. the award goes to performers who've never had a top ten hit and aims to boost the profile of new musical talent. this year, the bbc music sound of 2019 is a 23—year old rapper from london who was previously homeless as a teenager. lizo mzimba reports. meet 0ctavian... # say my name now, say my name... ..one of music's most exciting new talents... # i got bigger, i used to be little. # my belly got full now i've got that meal. # they used to cuss, they used to diss. # now they ask me how i feel. ..unaware of what i was about to tell him. 0n the sound 0f'19 list, 0ctavian, you're actually the winner. is it? yeah, that's lit, that's lit, that's lit!

that's lit, that's lit, that's lit! a year ago, i was poor. i had no money. so to be nominated for the bbc sound poll and to win it, like... it's mad, it's mad! it's crazy, crazy! his sound of win means he now follows in the footsteps of previous winners like sam smith... # won't you stay with me... # hello from the outside... ..and adele. it's all a huge change from 0ctavian's teenage years, much of which he spent homeless on the streets of south london. it was very hard for me. i was very young. i didn't know where to sleep. i didn't know when my next meal was going to be. it was very hard for me, very difficult. and how has that influenced the music that you produce today? it has inspired me to make music about where i was at and inspire

others to follow my footsteps. his win means his music will reach a wider audience, and potentially bring him even greater success throughout 2019 and beyond. lizo mzimba, bbc news. now, before we go, most of us can relate to getting stuck in a trafficjam, but certainly not like this. this was the scene in south africa's kruger national park as four large male lions strolled along the road. of course, the pictures gained international attention when posted on social media and many safari—goers got even more than they bargained for. at least they were not on the main road. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @benmbland. thank you for watching. hello. the weekend is upon us and

they will be some spells of sunshine around like there was to end the day on friday in portsmouth and also briefly be feeling a little bit milder but also increasingly windy and there will be a few showers around as well. in fact the western parts of scotland, and persistent spells of rain and that comes courtesy of this cold front which we can see here are already delivering thumpers is to rain across the western isles through the early hours of saturday morning and slowly sinking its way south and eastwood so sinking its way south and eastwood so much of the uk it will be a fairly cloudy day on saturday increasingly windy, a few showers thinking their way southwards but tending to dissipate as they do but the showers will give way to a more persistent spell of rain initially across the east of ireland and later in the day across northern and western scotland and the rain driving into the far west of england, a windy day critically across scotland, an idea of average strength at they could touch 30 or 40 strength at they could touch 30 or a0 miles an hour but for many a milder feeling a0 miles an hour but for many a milderfeeling day, 10th into double figures. 0vernight, cloudy, windy, a

bit damp in places with some patchy drizzle but more persistent rain pushing its way across northern scotland and then slowly sinking its way southwards to arrive perhaps into the final of england by dawn on sunday but it will be a mild night, temperatures not lower than seven or eight. this is how sunday shapes up, noticed the ice above a close together, an increasingly windy day, the cold front sliding its way southwards tending to weaken as it does, bringing a few showers, plenty of showers though piling into northern and western scotland are much cooler fields of the day here, the south bright or sunny spells, increasingly windy though and this is an idea of average gusts through sunday afternoon, widely 30 or a0 miles an hour. the northern and western scotland, gusts up to 50 or 60 miles an hour and a slightly cooler fields in sunday afternoon with tostaree showers. further south mild, ten or11, but with tostaree showers. further south mild, ten or 11, but not for long because as we go into next week we start to lose the mildly yellow

colours, they become confined to south—western fringes, and elsewhere it turns colder again. on monday the wind that will slowly ease, like a winds, a mixture of variable cloud and sunny spells but aside from one 01’ and sunny spells but aside from one or two showers and sunny spells but aside from one 01’ two showers across and sunny spells but aside from one or two showers across northern scotla nd or two showers across northern scotland it should be a dry day but everywhere starting to feel cooler temperatures between five and nine celsius and that is how the week continues in the week ahead, temperatures sliding away at, this is an idea of the city forecast over the next five days and by the end of the next five days and by the end of the week since back pocket— six or seven celsius over the week ahead it will turn colder, a return of the frost and i'm showers could be wintry. —— this is bbc news, the headlines: president trump has said he won't declare a national emergency to build a wall on the border with mexico — meaning there's no end in sight to the us partial government shutdown. in a.5 hours it'll enter it's 22nd day — becoming the longest

shutdown in history. seven people, including a 9—year—old boy, have now been killed in the extreme weather across southern europe. heavy snow is still continuing to fall, bringing chaos to a number of the continent's alpine regions. in the united states, a man has been charged with kidnapping a thirteen—year—old girl from wisconsin and murdering her parents. jayme closs had been held captive since october, after her mother and father were shot dead. she managed to escape from a cabin in nearby woods and was found yesterday. now on bbc news, china has more millennials than the total population of the united states. in this special programme, adam shaw investigates the impact they're having on china and the wider world. a00 million chinese millennial is

are about to change the world. they will do that those in many businesses they create and the power they represent as consumers. it is a change that will revolutionise china, but will also have far reaching applications that businesses and people right around the world. in much of the rest of the world. in much of the rest of the globe, they are known as the millennial is. here in china, they are also known as a different generation. i think my father's generation. i think my father's generation like an understanding of millennial is and there for distrust us. millennial is and there for distrust us. if