the office of the us special counsel robert mueller has issued a statement disputing the accuracy of a report that president trump ordered his former lawyer michael cohen to lie to congress. buzzfeed news had said that mr trump instructed mr cohen to lie about plans to build a trump tower in moscow. president trump will hold a second summit with the north korean leader, kimjong—un, near the end of february. it's expected to focus on the denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. the white house said the location would be announced later. vietnam has been mentioned as a possibility. hundreds of central american migrants have crossed into mexico without waiting for a humanitarian visa. they're joining the caravan that's heading towards the us border. most come from honduras and say they‘ re escaping poverty and gang—related violence. hundreds of migrants who arrived at the us border in november remain stranded in precarious conditions. menna fitzpatrick has just 5% vision, yet has made her name flying down ski slopes at speeds normally seen on a motorway. menna and her guide, jenifer kehoe, became britain's most decorated

winter paralympians, after winning 4 medals including a gold in pyeongchang last year. next up is the world championships, which get underway next week in slovenia. andy swiss, has been to meet them. hoping once again to hurtle into history, a sporting double act like few others. menna fitzpatrick has less than 5% vision. this is a simulation of what she sees as she follows jen kehoe‘s orange bib. figifigwl’ fin; l; : she's in front! and as they return to major competition, being celebrities,

:; itzizuifsz—zi gruff: that, for me, well, i think for both of us, was the most surreal moment. i can quite honestly say this is probably one of the scariest things we've ever done and we ski down a mountain at 70 mph, so... yeah, this must be a quite a long way from the red carpets you've been inhabiting over the last 12 months? yeah. we feel way more comfortable here! éfnéié;;§ifexp:7tt§fq—;}§ 171222757, 17 f j, ' f. " " no british skiers have ever won a world title, as well as a paralympic one, and bronze last time round is still a painful memory. menna had broken her hand... just see the scar there. ...like, not that long before and so, it was a little bit disappointing.

have your lives changed, do you think? they've changed a little bit, but we're still the two really fun girls who do an amazing sport and just do it because we love it. that's never going to change. both of our families keep us firmly grounded. in a sport of twists and turns, though, they've already proved anything is possible. now, once again, to turn the white stuff into gold. andy swiss, bbc news, in the austrian alps. now on bbc news — the travel show. coming up on this week's travel show. i mean taiwan and discovering priceless treasures from china's ancient past and trying my hand at a traditional dragon dance —— inn. where? here. lucy has the slopes in

france to check out the latest ski gadgets. and we had to canada to meet the amazing first nations bareback riders of alberta. riding at full speed, the adrenaline rush is unbelievable. we start this week here in taiwan, where taipei's national palace museum recently announced that in the summer of 2020 it will send a temporary exhibition, including some of its finest pieces, to tokyo to coincide with the summer olympic games. the museum holds many of the

finest treasures from 8000 years of chinese history. but how they got to taiwan is a story that's as interesting and contentious as the museum itself. the original palace museum was founded in 1935 in beijing's forbidden city. in 1933, china's nationalist government evacuated most of the collection to nanjing to stop it falling into the hands of the invading japanese army, who had already occupied manchuria. japan's longmore in china lasted until their unconditional surrender in 1944 -- until their unconditional surrender in 1944 —— long wall. but from the ashes of one wall, and other started. as the ruling chinese nationalists government became locked in a bitter civil war with armed chinese communist. by 1948 it became obvious that the nationals

had lost the war. they took much of the nationalist palace collection with them. there are 700,000 pieces in this museum and, of course, they are not all on display at the one time, so if you'd like to see the entire collection you'd have to come four times a yearfor 12 entire collection you'd have to come four times a year for 12 years. it is purpose—built museum, the collection is divided into eight main sections. ceramics, jayes, and paintings are the most popular. researcher emma finally agrees to show me several of the collection‘s star elections. i am going to show you a dragon bars. it is very impressive. ceramic and sizes very difficult to make. if i ring temperature is wrong it will collapse. the vase itself is a beautiful white colour, it needs a

pure white clay to achieve this and then you can see the dragon is painted with cobalt blue. the dragon itself is magnificent. a ceramic of this size, we know, this should be exclusively be used by the chinese emperor. it is symbolised by a dragon with photos. this only has three. what is that mean if it only has three toes? this could be a diplomatic gift to the foreign kings. the foreign kings should be inferior to the chinese emperor. so, emma, i have really been looking forward to seeing thej cabbage. why is it so popular? this is a beautiful piece ofjade. it was a dowry pieces of a concubine during

the 19th century. and the green colour and the white colour indicating girl's virginity and purity. you can see there are two insects on there. they are quite prolific reproduces. it is a wish of the newlywed to have lots of offspring. a big part of the work going on here at the museum involves conservation. mr hong is one of the many experts working behind—the—scenes carrying out this highly skilled work. so, emma, where are we going now?|j

am so, emma, where are we going now?” am going to show you one of our most important works of art in this museum, it is the cauldron. the date is 3000 years ago. and the outside decoration is modest, but important, in fact, is the inscription inside. you can find 500 chinese characters being cast and this is the longest inscription ever found in any ancient chinese bronze. what is quite common back in those days to inscribe the inside of a cauldron like this? indeed. and also the calligraphy, it's beautiful, actually. yes. it is archaic style. and, actually, you can compare it to

the modern day mandarin. yes. and how does it compare to modern day mandarin? you can still recognise. this is the king 3000 years ago. this is the king 3000 years ago. this is the modern day king. so it is easy to recognise. this one is very similar as well. it is heaven, actually, because it is above human beings. this is heaven. this is actually the character of human being. it does look like a man. yes. ever since the end of the civil war in the late 1940s, there has been a strange relationship between the chinese mainland and taiwan. and while beijing would like to see a loss of the exhibits returned, many chinese in taiwan say some of these priceless objects may not have survived the purges of china's cultural revolution if they stayed on the mainland. with so much to display, some of the collection

often travels abroad. later this year pa rt often travels abroad. later this year part of it will go on show in oss blaby year part of it will go on show in oss bla by ——is year part of it will go on show in oss blaby ——is ready. and in the run—up to the 2020 games it will then be heading to japan. —— australia. so far there are no plans for any of the collection to go on show in mainland china any time soon. show in mainland china any time soon. there will be more from taiwan later in the show. but next we are to alberta in canada, where bareback horse trading is making a comeback thanks to the country's first nations community. the adrenaline rush is unbelievable. riding at full speed, the essence of it. these are all lawyers. the cultural component of this are a

few hundred years ago when it was just us and the horse and the prairie, there were no saddles. the painting of the horses can go back to ceremonies, when going out on a buffalo hunts, you yourself are cleansed, all that is encompassed in this. you will see nothing but a huge cultural impact. even for us. because sometimes we forget who we are as well as first nations people. cheering row. but horses, right, you have so many

things to do, you are always easy. you have so much to do. your mind is not therefore drugs or alcohol. we are here for the horses and to do it right. it will take a lot of the use of the street into barns like this. they are away from the street life, away from the worst thing i guess as being in again right now —— youth. —— in a gang. being in again right now —— youth. -- in a gang. last year i fell short. i was second in the standings. this year i number one. ——iam standings. this year i number one. —— i am number one. standings. this year i number one. —— lam number one. i have fluid in the knees. ifell off —— lam number one. i have fluid in the knees. i fell off my horse, my shirt got caught, and stopping him a double bounced. so i have been

working around those injuries and still finding the courage to hop back on. this isjust a new still finding the courage to hop back on. this is just a new way still finding the courage to hop back on. this isjust a new way of expressing yourself for your mental health through your physical health, through your emotional health. there is at about the equine spirit that helps people. when you take care of a horse that horse gives back to you, not just physically a horse that horse gives back to you, notjust physically but through your spirit. still to come, we are so testing a latest ski gadgets. i am not a lie, it is still a bit strange. the gloves are warm and comfy and if your hands are wet, sodden and you are the kind of person that takes a lot of calls, these are really convenient. pricey but convenient. and i'd try my best to take charge of the dragon team. there is at least 1000 people here, a lot more

than i thought... one thing i've heard that you must try when you come to taiwan is stinky tofu. it is one of the most popular street food dishes and i really hope it's not as bad as it sounds. i have been told that stinky tofu was discovered by an ancient tofu was discovered by an ancient tofu seller. at the end of the day, he had all this left over and popped it in an urbanjar and came back after it was fermented and it tasted quite good. —— earthenjust at after it was fermented and it tasted quite good. —— earthen just at that was the start of stinky tofu. this is the famous stinky tofu. yet matt,

it's quite pungent. a bit like smelly feet. here goes, wish miller. —— yeah. —— wish me luck. it's not bad actually. i expected to hate it. it's quite good. you can taste the fermentation. it quite like tofu. i know tofu is an acquired taste i quite like it, and specially with the source and the chile. —— the sauce and the chilli. it is nowhere near as sauce and the chilli. it is nowhere near as bad as i thought it would be. you should give it a try. hello. for today, i

hello. fortoday, iam here hello. for today, iam here at hello. for today, i am here at a beautiful ski resort in the french alps to test out a bunch of the latest ski gadgets. the first up is an artificially intelligent ski instructor that lives inside your boots. it comes with a pair of insoles and trackers that sit at the back of your boots. with 48 pressure sensors in each insert, a gyroscope and a magnetometer, it tracks your motion, pressure distribution and orientation of your skis. it sounds impressions ——it sounds impressive but how well does it work? to help me test is darren. how you feeling? a bit nervous but rarely for the challenge. let's do it. —— ready. keep your hands in front of you, good. it rates your performance as you are going down the slope to help you are going down the slope to help you reach at battersea io in real time which is how the platform ranks how you are doing. —— better ski iq.

ca rv‘s how you are doing. —— better ski iq. carv‘s data helps you look alongside real better to help you understand where you are going wrong and synchronises within seconds. do you agree with the feedback that carv has given you this afternoon? what is useful is when i filmed you, you can see is useful is when i filmed you, you can see in real time where you are placed on which ski. you have a dominant side, we worked it out. i do. that right leg. the data from the carv was saying exactly the same thing. it would be a good way to reinforce it. if you are skiing by yourself, you could check at the end of the day or the end of the run where your problems may lie and it sta rts where your problems may lie and it starts to look a lot more even, you know you are on the right track. apparent inserts and trackers will cost you £279. fully charged it will last for 30 hours and two millimetres thick, it will slip

inside the liners of your ski boots without causing any tightness. this is the ordinaryjacket, it is an incredibly cool and intelligent heated jacket from attack where company called ministry supply. it is surprisingly stylish containing carbon fibre heating elements to keep you warm. it is pretty simple to use. you put in the usb battery to use. you put in the usb battery to select your desired temperature. you turn it on and off. the battery also supports wireless charging so you can charge your phone while it is in your pocket. jacket like this is in your pocket. jacket like this is such a brilliant idea. the manual mode is fantastic, gives you the control. smart mode means you can enjoy your day and go about your business and being able to wi relessly business and being able to wirelessly charge phone is a bonus. you can get up to 4.5 hours at maximum power. it is expensive,

currently selling online for £390. where are you, darren? i'm at the bottom. i will come up. on the gondola i go. these ski gloves come with a billionth twist. as well is keeping your hands warm, they are loaded with bluetooth two make and receive calls. it has noise cancelling technology and it vibrates for incoming calls. they are retailing at £299. a going to live, talking into a glove is a bit strange and people will look at you but will the wilbert. if your hands are wet and the sudden and you are the sort of person that takes a a lot of calls on the slopes, they are convenient. pricey but convenient. bewildered.

to finish this week, it only back in taiwan where i am about to take on a challenge in front of a crowd that have very high expectations. the topo can pull it off. it's the annual arts festival. —— lets hope. i have been invited to take part in a performance. i can you must be roger. i am. 0k! the festival is held every year close to taipei and teams from all over the country and further afield come to compete in a celebration of music and dance. it isa celebration of music and dance. it is a big high—profile event so my tea m is a big high—profile event so my team are taking a real risk by letting a total novice their ranks. team are taking a real risk by letting the ital novice their ranks. team are taking a real risk by letting the ital novice their only. team are taking a real risk by letting ' go tal novice their only ff team are taking a real risk by letting ' go tal novice their walks 77" team are taking a real risk by letting ' go tal novice their walks me = i rather i l the rather i. the back r. he got i the backr he got. leading l the back r. he got. leading the e back r. he got. leading the whole r. he got. leading the whole team! has got me leading the whole team! swing. this way? like an eight? the

idea is that the dragon follows the stick if only i was meant to be —— make if only i knew where i was meant to be heading. miraculously, the other performers follow my somewhat frantically, let's just hope they will be this accommodating when we do it for real. further downtown, the crowds are building and so are my downtown, the crowds are building and so are my nerves downtown, the crowds are building and so are my nerves when i am introduced to the local mayor. he has come to visit performers who have been practising for months. i wonder if he knows i have only had 20 minutes rehearsal. probably best if he didn't. thing clubs from individual high schools. great, i am so individual high schools. great, i am so happy to take part. perhaps an overstatement. terrified might be a more appropriate description of how iam more appropriate description of how i am feeling right now. i hope no—one laughs at me. the first

section of the parade, at other also local high schools will compete for best performance of stop the streets are crowned with friends, families and teachers all waiting to see their groups perform. they have been working on their routines for months and today is the day it all comes together with an extravaganza of energy, colour and sound. with a great level of showmanship thrown in for good measure. next up are a troop of japanese dancers wearing masks depicting traditional mystic middle earth characters. i am told that the dance is meant to bring prosperity and good luck to whoever performs it. let's hope some of that ru bs performs it. let's hope some of that rubs off on me! and now| can hear am so and i don’t want to make a nervous and i don't want to make a total fa ll nervous and i don't want to make a total fall of myself in front of this big crowd. oh, there is at least 1000 people here, a lot more than i thought. ok, tell me when,

now? now? and all of a sudden, i am on! my mind seems to go totally blank amidst all the noise and colour. luckily roger is there to give mea colour. luckily roger is there to give me a push in the right direction. somehow, the team follow my lead although i really have no idea where i'm going. ok, now in the middle? yes, yes, nice. sorry! it's 0k! and then my big dragon sticker seems to develop a mind of its own. sorry! laughs full stop i was really, really nervous and it was quite stressful. i try to ram my needs. i think amd hit two people with the ball but it was exciting. my with the ball but it was exciting. my mind went totally blank when i

went out there and i forgot to count how many times and... oh! i was in a state of panic. —— i think i only hit two people. i can't believe i was part of the dragon dance on the streets of taiwan. beautiful. well, that certainly was an experience. well, that's all we have time for this week, coming up next week. rafa is in madrid where a transport revolution gets set to change the face of the city. three weeks ago it was full of traffic going around. only for pedestrians, the people, no cars. i love it. for that if you can us for that if you can but for now, from me and the rest of the us for that if you can but for now, from me and t it's 5st of the hi there.

friday was a bit of a disappointing day, particularly through the afternoon, where we saw outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow push in from the west — all courtesy of this area of low pressure, which has almost ground to a halt now over the uk, and it means for the weekend, it is going to bring us a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain, maybe some hill sleet and snow for a while but it is a dying feature. so for the early part of saturday, it does look fairly wet across parts of england and wales with some sleet and snow, particularly over the higher ground of the east and north—east of england. further north, though, across scotland, the far north of england, where we have the best of any clear skies, and here it's going to be the coldest start to the day but at least you'll have the sunshine to compensate.

so much of the northern half of scotland bright, cold and crisp through this morning. furthersouth, into england, , , , , will continue to weaken. many places should turn drier but hold onto a legacy of cloud, but we should start to see some heavy showers developing spells — that could push temperatures up to 10 degrees here, but elsewhere, it's going to be rather chilly, despite the sunshine across the far north of scotland. and then through saturday night, it turns drier for most, but again, we continue to see quite a bit of cloud around, a little bit of fog, and even some freezing fog across northern parts of the country. once again, it'll be quite chilly under clear skies with some frost, maybe even a risk of ice. as we head on into sunday, we're in between weather systems. pressure will be building across much of the country but this weak weather front will bring further cloud, outbreaks of rain to the north—west corner of the country. so for scotland, northern ireland,

a band of rain spreads its way southwards and begins to fizzles out. there could be some hill snow for a while. but behind it, skies brighten up nicely with some sunshine here. but i think for england and wales, they will hold onto quite a bit of cloud, with the best of any brightness across the far east of england. once again, it will be chilly — temperatures of 5—7 degrees. as we head on into next week, for the early part of next week, a weather front sweeps southwards, bringing outbreaks of rain and some snow, followed by blustery, wintry showers and sunny spells. but as we head deeper into next week, we start to lose the cold, northerly winds, and start to pick up something from the north—east. it looks like this could be even colder and it could also drive some snow showers across the north sea into our shore. so next week is staying cold, with some sleet and snow for some of us. good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt

and naga munchetty. our headlines today: a postcode lottery in gp care — new research reveals that where you live has a huge impact on how many doctors are available to patients. us president donald trump is to meet the north korean leader, kim jong—un, by the end of next month, to discuss the denuclearisation of the korean peninsular. a banksy artwork, which appeared on the side of a garage in port talbot, is sold to an essex art gallery for a six figure sum, but it will stay in the town. an historic night for scottish rugby. edinburgh upset the french giants montpellier to reach the knockout round of the champions cup, and in doing so, help glasgow qualify for the first time as well.