you have 10 million trillion little ribosome machines in your body. when they break down, they have been led to several cancers. looking at their shape should mean scientists can find drugs that can help. richard westcott, bbc news, cambridge. astronomers are eagerly awaiting a total lunar eclipse, or blood moon, in the early hours of tomorrow morning. it will be the last time the event will be visible from the uk for ten years. our science correspondent, pallab ghosh has the details. we haven't got that, i am afraid but we will bring it to you in the next hour. if the weather is kind we will get a view of the blood moon. helen has the latest forecast. hello, another cold day awaits. it was bitter this morning. the cold theme stays with us for much of the week. at times, it'll feel colder still, particularly when the wind picks up. the biggest risk of snow is monday night. there will be widespread frost. hopefully, we will see more sunshine for the coming week.

we have seen sunshine today across east anglia compared with yesterday, coming through behind the weather front. by the end of the day, it will come through more readily across scotland and northern ireland. we have showers for western areas and a weakening weather front giving rain and hill snow. still cold air out and about. this evening, we keep clearer skies in the south and east. it will turn cold pretty quickly across scotland and northern ireland. behind the weather front, temperatures down to several degrees below freezing. we already have more cloud piling in ahead of our next weather front. that will obscure the view of the lunar eclipse. this is quite a main player in the weather story. how much snow it will give and at how low levels. starting quiet but cold on monday, mist and freezing fog. this looks more active as the winds bring rain into northern ireland and scotland in the afternoon,

turning to snow over the hills. through the evening, you can see a risk of snow far south, even the hills could see a smattering for a time. it will clear. more likely to settle on the hills further north with several centimetres. showers will follow. with the cold air behind, temperatures on tuesday evening in the sunshine just 5 degrees. with lots of sleet and snow showers following. staying cold. there remains the risk of further light snow. looking dry on wednesday, thursday, it is still pretty cold. as ever, there is more on the website. hello, this is bbc

news with ben brown. the headlines. theresa may will brief ministers on the brexit discussions she's been having with party leaders and senior mps. police have spoken to the duke of edinburgh who was seen driving without a seatbelt — 48 hours after being involved in a crash near sandringham. president trump's latest offer to end the longest government shutdown in us history is rejected by democrats. two people have been arrested after a car bomb attack those are our headlines. next on bbc news, the travel show. from china's ancient past 5113? 1?it§j’£§1§f=§:—; , , . , w ,. . . where, where, where? through here?

lucy hits the slopes in france to test 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 8,000 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 1925 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 long war in china lasted until their unconditional surrender in 19115. but from the ashes of one war another started. as the ruling chinese nationalist kuomintang government became locked in a bitter civil war with armed chinese communists. by 19118 it was clear that the chinese nationalists had lost the war.

so they retreated to nanjing and set sail for taiwan, taking much of the national palace collection with them. there are 700,000 pieces in this museum and, of course, they're 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 year for 12 years. in this purpose—built museum, the collection is divided into eight main sections. ceramics, jades, and paintings are the most popular. researcher emma lai kindly agrees to show me several of the collection‘s star attractions. i'm going to show you a dragon vase. it's very impressive. ceramic in this size is very difficult to make. because if the firing temperature is wrong then 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 painted just magnificently. a ceramic of this size, we know, this should be exclusively be used by the chinese emperor. but a chinese emperor is symbolised by a dragon with five toes. but this one only has three. so what is that mean if it has three toes? this could be a diplomatic gift to the foreign kings. and foreign kings, of course, they should be inferior to the chinese emperor. so, emma, i've really been looking forward to seeing the jade cabbage. tell me more about it. why is it so popular? sure. this is a beautiful piece ofjadeite. this was actually a dowry piece of ladyjin. she was one of the concubines of emperor guangxu during

the 19th century. and the green colour and the white colour indicating a girl's virginity and purity. and you can see there are two insects on there, the katydid and the locust. they are quite prolific reproduces. so it's a great, great wish of the newly—weds, actually, to have lots of offspring. a big part of the work going on here at the museum involves conservation. and 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? i'm going to show you one of our most important works of art in this museum — it is the cauldron of duke of mao. the date is 3,000 years ago. and the outside decoration is modest, but quite 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. was it quite common back in those days to inscribe the inside of a cauldron like this? indeed. it was during the zhou dynasty. and also the calligraphy — it's beautiful, actually. yes. it's archaic style. and, actually, you can compare it with the modern day mandarin. yes. ah, i see. and how does it compare to modern day mandarin? you can still recognise, like, ah, this is the king — 3,000 years ago. this is the modern day king. yes, yeah. so it's easy to recognise. and this one's very similar, too. yes, it's heaven, actually, because it's above human beings. this is heaven. this is actually the character of human being. ah, yeah, it does look like a man.

yes. ever since the end of the civil war in the late 1940s, there's been a strange relationship between the chinese mainland and taiwan. and while beijing would like to see a lot of the exhibits returned, many chinese in taiwan say that some of these priceless objects may not have survived the purges of china's cultural revolution if they stayed on the mainland. if they'd stayed on the mainland. with so much to display, some of the collection often travels abroad. later this year part of it will go on show in australia. and in the run—up to the 2020 olympic games it will then be heading to japan. but so far there are no plans for any of the collection to go on 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 but next we are off to alberta, in canada, where bareback horse riding 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 warriors. the cultural component of this a few hundred years ago — when it was just us and the horse and the prairie — there were no saddles. the painting of the horse, as well,

can go back to ceremonies, when going out on a buffalo hunt, you yourself are cleansed, all that is encompassed in this, you'll see nothing in this, you'll see nothing but a huge cultural impact. even for us. because sometimes we forget who we are as well as first nations people. cheering with horses, right, you got so many things to do, you're always busy. you're up at six o'clock in the morning. your mind's not there for drugs or alcohol. we're here for the horses and to do it right. we want to take a lot of the youth of the street into barns like this. off the street into barns like this.

they're away from the street life, they're away from, i guess, the worst thing is being in a gang right now. i started last year, i fell short, i was second in the standings. and this year i'm number one. i have fluid in the knees. i fell off my horse, my shirt got caught when i was stopping him and i double bounced off. so i've been working around those injuries and still finding the courage to hop back on. this is just a whole new way of expressing yourself for your mental health through your physical health, through your emotional health. there's at about the equine therapy and the horse spirit that helps our people. when you take care of a horse, that horse gives back to you, not just physically but through your spirit. still to come on this week's travel show:

we're off to the french alps to join lucy as she snow tests the latest ski gadgets. i'm not going to lie, talking into a glove is a little bit strange and people will walk past you with bewildered looks on their faces, but call volume is clear, the gloves are nice and warm and comfy and if your hands are wet and sodden and you're the kind of person that takes a lot of calls on the slopes, these are really, really convenient. pricey but convenient. and i try my best to take charge of a dragon dance team 0h, there's at least 1,000 people here, it's a lot more than i thought... is stinky tofu, or choudoufu as they say here. it's one of the most popular street food dishes, i really hope it's not

as bad as it sounds. so i've been told that stinky tofu was discovered by an ancient tofu seller. at the end of the day, he had all this left over tofu so he popped it in an earthen jar and then came back a few days later and it was fermented, and he actually tried it and it tasted quite good. that was the beginnings of stinky tofu. so this is the famous stinky tofu. yeah, it is quite pungent. a bit like smelly feet. here goes, wish me luck. it's not bad, actually. i expected to hate it. it's quite good, mmm! you can taste the fermentation, it's a bit like tofu. i actually quite like tofu and i know tofu's an acquired taste,

so i quite like it, especially with the sauce and the chilli. it's nowhere near as bad as i thought it would be. you should give it a try. hello. for today, i'm here in tignes — a beautiful ski resort here in the french alps — to test out, as you've probably guessed, a bunch of the latest ski gadgets. the first up is carv, an artificially intelligent ski instructor that lives inside your boots. it comes with a pair of insoles and two trackers that sit on the back of your boots. with 48 pressure sensors in each insert, plus an accelerometer, a gyroscope and a magnetometer, the carv unit tracks your motion, pressure distribution

and orientation of your skis. it certainly sounds impressive but how well does it work? to help me test this out is ski instructor darren. how you feeling? a bit nervous but ready for the challenge. let's do it. let's keep your hands in front of you, good. it rates your performance as you're going down the slope to help you reach a better ski iq in real time which is how the platform ranks how you're doing. it also offers encouragement as you're going down the slope. automated voiceover: bend the inside leg and maintain outside ski pressure. carv‘s video analysis feature also lets you review your technique alongside real data in order to get a better understanding of where you're going wrong and handily synchronises within seconds of coming off the slopes. darren, do you agree with the feedback that carv‘s been giving me this afternoon? what is useful is when i filmed you, you can see in real time where you're placed on which ski. you have a dominant side, we worked it out.

i do. that right leg. and the data from the carv was saying exactly the same thing. it would be a good way to reinforce it. if you were skiing by yourself, you can check at the end of the day or the end of the run where your problems may lie and if it starts to look a more even, you know you're on the right track. a pair of inserts and trackers will cost you £279. fully charged it will last for 30 hours and at two millimetres thick, the insole will slip under the liners of your ski boots without causing any tightness. this is no ordinaryjacket, it is an incredibly cool and intelligent heated jacket from a techwear company called ministry of supply. it will keep you warm and protect you from the elements. for a heated jacket it's surprisingly stylish, containing three carbon fibre heating elements concealed behind the pockets and back to keep you warm. it's pretty simple to use. you plug in the usb battery

to manually select your desired heat level using the companion app. use a button inside the lapel the turn the elements on and off. the battery also supports qi wireless charging so you can charge your phone while it is in your pocket. if you're on the slopes or enjoying a bit of apres—ski, a jacket like this is such a brilliant idea to keep you company. the manual mode‘s fantastic, gives you that control. smart mode means you can enjoy your day and go about your business and being able to wirelessly charge your phone is just a brilliant a bonus. with a 10,000ma battery, you can get up to 11.5 hours of continuous heat at maximum power. though it is expensive, currently selling online for £390. where are you, darren? i'm at the top, where are you? i'm at the bottom! laughs. i'll come up. 0n the gondola i go. these ski gloves come with a billion tech twist. with a brilliant tech twist. as well is keeping your hands warm, they are loaded with bluetooth to make and receive calls.

in the thumb, you'll find a waterproof loud speaker and the microphone with noise—cancelling technology. it also vibrates for incoming calls. they kjus bluetooth 2.0 gloves are retailing at £299. the kjus bluetooth 2.0 gloves are retailing at £299. i'm not going to lie, talking into a glove is a little bit strange and people will walk past you with bewildered looks on their faces, but call volume is clear, the gloves are nice and warm and comfy and if your hands are wet and the sodden and you are the sort of person that takes a a lot of calls on the slopes, they are really, really convenient. pricey but convenient. to finish this week, you join me only back in taiwan you join me back in taiwan where i'm about to take on a challenge in front of a crowd who have very high expectations. let's hope i can pull it off. it's the annual arts festival and a local dance company have from all over the country and further afield come to compete

in a celebration of music and dance. it's a big high—profile event so my team are taking a real risk by letting a total novice join their ranks. 0k, round the circle. 0k. with only an hour to go before the start of the parade, troop leader roger walks me through my role. i'd rather be hiding somewhere at the back but he's got me leading the whole team! look at the dragon... swing. swing this way? yes. 0h, like an eight? yes. the idea is that the dragon follows the ball and stick that i'm holding — if only i knew where i was meant to be heading. laughs. miraculously, the other performers follow my somewhat frantically, miraculously, the other performers follow my somewhat frantic lead,

let's just hope they'll be this accommodating when we do it for real. further downtown, the crowds are building and so are my nerves when i'm introduced to the local mayor. he's come to see performers who have been practising for months. fifiéfgfiglfifififié? iffii hfififiéjii: only had 20 minutes‘ rehearsal. probably best he doesn't. welcome. thanh gas; the streets are crammed with friends, families and teachers aleaiting toseeg with a great level of showmanship thrown in for good measure. next up are a troop of japanese dancers wearing masks depicting traditional mythic

middle earth characters. i'm told that the dance is meant to bring prosperity and good luck to whoever performs it. so let's hope some of that rubs off on me! and now i can hear my group approaching. i am so nervous and i don't want to make a total fool of myself in front of this big crowd. 0h, there's at least 1,000 people here, a lot more than i thought... 0k, tell me when, now? now? and all of a sudden, i'm on! my mind seems to go totally blank amidst all the noise and colour. luckily roger is there to give me a push in the right direction. where?! where, where, where? through here? somehow, the team follow my lead although i really have no idea where i'm going. ok, now in the middle? yes, yes, nice. laughs.

sorry! it's ok! and then my big dragon stick seems to develop a mind of its own. oh, sorry! laughs. with the ball but it was exciting. my mind went totally blank when i got out there and i forgot to count how many times and... 0h! it was, it was a panic, i was in a state of panic. sorry to the people that i hit with the ball, it seemed to go on forever, and i can't believe i was part of a dragon dance on the streets of taiwan. who would have thought? rafa is in. madrid where a transport. . ,,,,,, revolution looks set to change

the face of the city. three weeks ago it was full i love it. hello, another cold day awaits. it was bitter this morning. the cold theme stays with us for much of the week.

at times, it'll feel colder still, particularly when the wind picks up. the biggest risk of snow is monday night. there will be widespread frost. hopefully, we will see more sunshine for the coming week. we have seen sunshine today across east anglia compared with yesterday, coming through behind the weather front. across the west of scotland and into northern ireland. by the end of the day, it will come through more readily across scotland and northern ireland. ahead of it we will see some sunshine. we have showers for western areas and a weakening weather front giving rain at lower levels and hill snow. still cold air out and about. this evening, we keep clearer skies in the south and east. it will turn cold pretty quickly across scotland and northern ireland. and northern england. behind our weather front, temperatures down to several degrees below freezing. we already have more cloud piling in ahead of our next weather front.

that high cloud will obscure the view of the lunar eclipse across northern areas. this is quite a main player in the weather story. it is still giving us a bit of a headache. how much snow it will give and at how low levels. starting quiet but cold on monday, mist and freezing fog. this looks more active as the winds strengthen bringing rain into northern ireland and scotland in the afternoon, turning to snow over the hills. but again, for the large majority, it is still mostly dry, just chilly, particularly as the wind is picking up particularly as the wind is picking up as well. through the evening, you can see there's a risk of snow far south, with several centimetres. showers will follow. with the cold air behind, temperatures on tuesday even in the sunshine just 5 degrees.

with lots of sleet and snow staying cold. there remains the risk of further light snow. looking dry on wednesday, thursday, it is still pretty cold. as ever, there is more on the website. this is bbc news. the headlines at two. theresa may is to brief ministers on cross—party talks — as downing street warns mps not to try and block brexit. parliament has not got the right to

huack parliament has not got the right to hijack brexit process because parliament said to the people of this country we make a contract with you, you will make the decision and we will honour it. labour's brexit secretary says the prime minister needs to row back on her red lines to break the deadlock. all at this stage she really needs to do is to say i am not going to go on any more with this mantra that you back my deal or no deal, i'm going to have an open discussion and i am absolutely not going to take us out without a deal.