this is the briefing — i'm maryam moshiri. our top story: theresa may is set to make a statement to parliament — setting out how she plans to move forward with brexit. growth in china's economy has slowed to a rate not seen for almost three decades — we'll have reaction live from shanghai. the lunar eclipse spreads across the globe — this is the scene live from the griffith observatory in la. and is it time to say goodbye? lindsey vonn — one of the greatest skiers of all time — hints at retirement after failing to finish her latest race. in business briefing: more on china's slowdown and we'll be live in tekye as garles ghent

briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. the moon is red in some parts of the world but here in the uk today it's blue monday, the bleakest day of the year, according to some. what do you do to make january more bearable? tell us what you think — just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing britain's prime minister, theresa may, will today outline her next steps as she tries to find a way to break the brexit deadlock. she'll make a statement to mps following talks it's thought mrs may will try to find a solution to the controversial irish backstop, the plan to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland. our political correspondent alex forsyth has the latest. so the noes have it — the noes have it.

it has been five days since theresa may's brexit plan was thrown out, rejected by mps, and while she is working out her next steps, some on the backbenches have plans of their own. all are very concerned about the way in which the brexit debate is unfolding, and extremely concerned that we are in danger of crashing out of the eu with no deal. and it's probably right to say that what brings us all together is that we think this is such a disaster for this country that something is going to have to be done to try to ensure that that's stopped. it could change the way this place works — giving backbench mps, not ministers, more power to dictate what comes before parliament, shaping policy. some in government claim that is extremely concerning. what we are now getting are some of those who were always absolutely

opposed to the result of the referendum trying to hijack brexit, and in fact steal the result from the people. the bottom line is parliament is gridlocked. while some mps want a pause in the process, others want to get on and leave, deal or not. some want a total rethink, or another public vote, and some believe the prime minister's deal, with some changes, can be salvaged. one option being floated — attempting to change the controversial plan to avoid a hard irish border, to try to bring mps round. we actually agree that, no matter what, there should be an agreement that ensures that there's no hard border between the united kingdom and ireland. the question is, can we achieve what the irish government wants and what we want by a different mechanism? but there is no detail of an alternative, and the irish foreign minister isn't convinced, tweeting the irish government's commitment to the current withdrawal agreement — the existing plan — is absolute. labour says theresa may now has to fundamentally shift her position. if the prime minister won't move her red line,

you can see what's going to happen, which is parliament is going to try and take control of the process. that is — that is because people are frustrated with the prime minister. this is only happening because of that. and i think, in the next week or two, other options will now be tested, one way or another. so expect further turbulent scenes here in the next few days. the battle now isn'tjust over what should happen with brexit, but who gets to control it. with me is stuart thomson, head of public affairs, government and infrastructure at the law firm bircham dyson bell. we were hearing the from alex, is a about control more than anything else? it is prime minister trying assert her control that she does not appear to have very much. and despite the negotiation we have heard about four months and their own party and the opposition parties

as well, nothing has fundamentally changed. she is not positioning herself differently, she is not running out any red lines. it is difficult to see how anything will change over the coming hours, days oi’ change over the coming hours, days or weeks. that march deadline is looming large. what do you expect from the statement later? very little. negotiation talk, talk about trying to unlock a solution but that it does not seem she wants to change. you can see why some in the european commission have been getting frustrated with the way these negotiations have been going because it shows no different this week with the opposition parties. so she is not going to negotiate, it is difficult to see how anything will change, how we will find a way out of this challenge. how about the edmund that we are expecting to see put forward? that is where parliament will try and assert control. this is not taking back

control. this is not taking back control in one sense or another, this is the role of parliament. is parliament there to hold the government to account? that is what we are taught at. or is it there to do what government wants because of a majority? do what government wants because of a - majority? this is parliament f l??? “afraid?" t"? e‘ff‘ffiée" back to basics and sa . we want a sa .wewanta?§z [in ii!!! yow fife wani tell e; [in do yow . we wani tell e; [in do you then b wani tell e; [in do you then sa mi tell e; [in do you then sa it tell e; [in do you then sa it iszll e; [in do you then sa it is a e; [in do you then sa it is a threat he do you then sa it is a threat to he is mtg as ss flag if ss ss flag if back. and that later you will be back is important. later you will be back to talk through the papers with us. thank you. and staying with brexit — from today millions of eu citizens living in the uk will be asked to apply for a new legal status allowing them to continue living and working here after brexit. those who have lived here for five years or more can register online for "settled status". it costs £65 and would allow people from european union countries to remain afterjune 2021. irish citizens are exempt from the rules. china says its economy grew last

year at a rate of 6.6% — its slowest in almost three decades. the figures reflect the continuing slowing of the world's second biggest economy, which is not only struggling with the effects of a slowdown in global growth, but is also embroiled in a trade war with the united states. analysts say these figures are the worse since the world financial crisis a decade ago. let's speak to the bbc‘s robin brant, who's in shanghai. what do the figures tell us about what is going on in the chinese economy and in terms of the global prospects? they confirmed that the world ‘s second—largest economy has growth but for many in western capitals it seems enviable. 6.6% last year. at the rate of that growth is slowing and there are many

ways of gauging how serious things are here. actually, one figure that is quite striking today is that the source pace of growth seen by china in almost 30 years. the question to the government is how to deal with what they now classed as a managed slowdown, in particular unemployment. social stability here in china has long been, and will remain, the number one priority for the government that there is no doubt that we are now looking at a managed slowdown and even from president xijinping at managed slowdown and even from president xi jinping at the top down, they talk about quality rather than quantity of growth. real worries in particular about consumer demand here in china. they are trying to move towards an economy driven along by consumer demand, not driven along by consumer demand, not driven by public investment and export. we saw demand for cars here in the world ‘s biggest car market decline last year by 6%. that was

the first drop in 20 years. and a warning a few weeks ago that sent shock waves through markets from the man in charge of apple, he said that demand for their products in china had declined so sharply towards the latter half of 2018 that the company's latter half of 2018 that the compa ny‘s revenues latter half of 2018 that the compa ny's revenues were latter half of 2018 that the company's revenues were going to be hit. last week we had the chinese government putting forward an idea to help combat this, to increase, to improve consumption in china. what more do we know about those measures? there are many questions about the veracity of the figures did it we always discuss whether they can be trusted. but if you want one clear pointerfrom they can be trusted. but if you want one clear pointer from the government side, acknowledging there isa government side, acknowledging there is a problem with slowing growth in this country it is that they have been announcing a drip since christmas, efforts to stimulate the economy. technical things such as reducing the ratio of reserve bank required to keep. they are trying to encourage the bank to lend more. we

have tax cut as well and local provincial governments who have been important in terms of infrastructure, a classic leader of the stimulus it, they are encouraged toissue the stimulus it, they are encouraged to issue more bonds to finance projects. there are three examples of how elements are coming together here in china as they try to deal with what has been classed as a managed slowdown. it will not be like what we saw ten years ago. there is less room for manoeuvring now in terms of the economy. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. israel says it's struck at iranian targets inside syria overnight. an israeli military statement, in the early hours of monday, said the operation was against the elite quds force of the iranian revolutionary guards: it warned syria not to strike back. the syrian observatory for human rights said the strikes hit areas around damascus and damascus airport. the mexican president, andres manuel lopez obrador,

has promised a full investigation into the circumstances that led to the deadly explosion of an oil pipeline on thursday. 85 people are now known to have died in the blast. police in londonderry are questioning four men in connection with a bomb attack in the city on saturday evening. no—one was hurt in the explosion. officers say they believe a dissident republican group, the new ira, was behind the blast. a hughly unusual lunar eclipse is visible from many parts of the world at the moment. this is the scene live — only a small amount of red light reaching the moon from the sun. this is happening while the moon is closer to the earth than normal, giving rise to what's known as a "super blood wolf moon." joining me now from los angeles is dr katie mack, a theoretical astrophysicist at north carolina state university.

thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc world news. firstly, explained to me why we call this a super blood moon. where does that come from? the super moon part comes from the fact that the moon is a little closer than usual right now. only 10% closer than average and so it is not a difference but a little closer so it looks available bit bigger and brighter. and it is a blood moon because that is the name given to a lunar eclipse when the moon is in the shadow of the earth the only light that reaches it is like that filtered through the atmosphere of earth and it kind of receives all the sunsets and sunrises of the earth at once. it is a very red light, beautiful and eerie. and then that is known as a blood moon. this is a special one because it is a lunar eclipse during

the time when the moon is unusually close and so it looks a little bit eager and more brilliant and it is often called a super blood moon. this time another name has been given to it because it is trendy to given to it because it is trendy to give each moon and names are these days people are using that and giving another name to this one, the wolf moon. it is being called a super blood wolf moon. does sound kind of romantic. if you did want to see it anywhere in the world, where are the best places to see it? i know that now is a very good time, it has slim parts of the uk —— especially in parts of the uk. we're else is a good spot? anywhere in the world you will see the indian clips state. for a solar eclipse have to be ata state. for a solar eclipse have to be at a certain spot on the earth ‘s because the shadow was a lot smaller. but the shadow of the earth

compared to the moon is much larger. the entire moon is in shadow from anywhere you can see the moon you will see it in shadow. if you go outside right now, you will see it in beta for red state and you will be able to see it. i wanted to see it earlier on on the way into work but it is cloudy here and i missed out. hopefully i can get out after the programme and have a quick look. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: westminster is known for its rowdy atmosphere — we talk to protesters outside parliament — from both sides of the brexit fence. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. of capitol hill in washington. it's going to be only america first — america first.

demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set upon by police dogs. anti—apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests throughout the tour. they called him 'the butcher of lyon'. klaus altmann is being held here on a fraud charge in bolivia, but the west germans want to extradite him for crimes committed in wartime france. there, he was the gestapo chief klaus barbie. millions came to bathe as close as possible to this spot, a tide of humanity that's believed by officials to have broken all records. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: china says its economy grew at its slowest rate in almost three

decades last year. figures show it expanded by 6.6%. theresa may is preparing to make a statement in parliament, setting out how she plans to move forward with brexit. as british politicians continue to battle it out over brexit, a noisy debate is also taking place on the streets of westminster. you might have seen them in some of our broadcasts from college green which is just across the road from the houses of parliament and has increasingly become a media village for tv stations from around the globe. justin rowlatt got in amongst the protesters on both sides. someone has already been down here out these 7, been someone has already been down here out these - over i been sol know i way about. few weeks so i know myrrway about.

grace one of the biggest steve grace one of the biggest characters among the remained protesters. h is characters among the remained protesters. his main rival is harry todd, who runs three leave means leave tea m, todd, who runs three leave means leave team, and harry isn't happy. it is going on? steve has broken a gentleman 's agreement we had. this isa gentleman 's agreement we had. this is a shared area. we should have a right to have some space. let's be eieei ie eese eeee eeeee..lei§. ee. n, . , .,. . lam a he that space could - that space could go - that space could go - take space could go - take it ace as well. you could go and take it now, couldn't you, harry? i has now, couldn't you, harry? it has been reported that rings were getting a bit ugly down - i do to being called a nazi, object to being called a nazi, actually. the truth is, incidents like that don't happen all that often. for the most part this has been a good—natu red often. for the most part this has been a good—natured protest. often. for the most part this has been a good-natured protest. stop brexit! yes, there has been a lot of shouting and banter around a fair bit of mischievous behaviour full is the police do have to intervene, and

thatis the police do have to intervene, and that is mainly because of steve. he likes tojump into that is mainly because of steve. he likes to jump into the press enclosure, where he is not allowed, and he attempts to get his side live on tv. live news 24! simon macauley. —— mccoy. on tv. live news 24! simon macauley. -- mccoy. right, so the police i hear, i think they are coming to get steve. —— are here. how often do have to do this? several times. several times a day? steve i out iam be aitimeseofa, they never say a word. you hundred, they never say a word. you don't say a word, but you are don't say a word, butyou arej there , .. the don't say a word, butyou arej this is news i well. i reasonable? this is news as well. i will stand up for steve on this, he may be a pest, i don't think he is, but in the best british tradition. trying to put across, in a polite

way, his opinion. obviously brexit divides the country that i found coming down here reassuring. do you know what, these people actually get on quite well. here's our briefing on some of the events happening later. we begin in madrid. cristiano ronaldo is due be tried for tax fraud. it's expected thejuventus and former real madrid star will plead guilty. then to geneva where the world health organisation publishes the first ever comprehensive review of the health of migrants and refugees in europe. and after that in paris, the michelin guide, the hallmark of fine dining, will reveal the latest starred restaurants in france. the los angeles rams are through to the super bowl after beating the new orleans saints. they'll face either the kansas city chiefs or new england patriots. the super bowl takes place in atlanta on february the third.

and now the rest of the sport from the bbc sports centre. our top story, manchester city have kept the pressure on english premier league leaders liverpool with a 3—0 win at huddersfield. it was danny low who fired it from distance, via ray hadley deflection after 18 minutes, to open the scoring, we saw raheem sterling and leroy zaini both struck in the space i two minutes in the second half. four early in the second half. four straigi early in the second half. four straight in for city it puts back it puts - back within of_ a lot of goals, if so ' 1: so good. £354; - essa. rir—zrrf; ; ::fl':::sf+ the other team was essa. rir—zrrf; ; ::fl':::sf+ but - the other team was essa. rir—zrrf; ; ::fl':::sf+ but it. the other team was essa. rir—zrrf; ; ::fl':::sf+ but it. the otr you am was essa. rir—zrrf; ; ::fl':::sf+ in but it the otr you may; ,, , , . ,, s essa. rir—zrrf; ; ::fl':::sf+ in the it it the ott you kgsatl; ,,, , . ,, ,, essa. rir—zrrf; ; ::fl':::sf+ idoiejt it the otr you kggatl; ,,, , . s s essa. rir—zrrf; ; ::fl':::sf+ idoiejt it or:he otr you easy; ,,, , . ,, ,, essa. rir—zrrf; ; ::fl':::sf+ idoiejt it or lose tr you kgsatl; ,,, , . ,, ,, essa. rir—zrrf; ; ::fl':::sf+ ido|e it it or lose the mksrs‘ssls w , — ~ ~ essa. rir—zrrf; ; ::fl':::sf+ i do|e it it or lose the eséfiils w , ~ gee—s. assesses ; ::fl:::f+ i do|e it it or lose the is £72114... , ~ gee—s. assesses ; ::fl:::f+ i do|e it it or lose the is e51 s w , ~ focus i what we treats in tang ina in snooker, judd trump put in a brilliant performance - seven brilliant performance to crash seven time champion ronnie o'sullivan and 55? ifiémélififiififiréf?eellasafiéfiéi his first masters title. a win his first masters title. a closely fought classic was expected

to in two of snooker‘s biggest draws, but the match turned into a comprehensive rout of trumps. ten frames to four was the score, with trump becoming the 23rd different name on the paul hunter trophy, and collecting $260,000 in prize money. can juventus keep collecting $260,000 in prize money. canjuventus keep their unbeaten start to the season going in seria a? the italian champions have not lost in 19 games now and few would it against them not eating the bottom side here though later. they are nine points from safety. with a new manager they have been improving lately and juventus are not taking anything for granted. translation: it isa anything for granted. translation: it is a team that is very much alive, 18 that has found renewed enthusiasm to save themselves from relegation, albeit a difficult task, they will have to believe in it until the end, so we will have to play the match with great respect. in the end what matters is to run,

to play well, and to win matches. the rest is just small pork. —— small pork. and before we go, on social media, there has been a strong reaction to maria sharapova's press co nfe re nce strong reaction to maria sharapova's press conference after she lost to ashley barty in the fourth round of the australian open. office —— reporters quizzed her on her drugs ban and taking a long toilet break during the match. this was the five—time grand slam champion's response. you took... illegally for ten yea rs response. you took... illegally for ten years to deal with your health problems. now that it is banned and you can no longer take it, is it a struggle, physically, to deal with the demands? is there another question? what did you make of the crowd's reaction, they booed you when you came back on court after that toilet break at the end of the second set, and then cheered for that time violation. did you think they were a bit unfair to you, and did it affect you at all? what you wa nt did it affect you at all? what you want me to say to that question? the

truth, i guess. i think it is want me to say to that question? the truth, i guess. ithink it is a silly question to ask. you can keep up silly question to ask. you can keep up with the latest scores at the australian open on our website. from me, and from the rest of the team, thatis me, and from the rest of the team, that is your monday sport briefing. american lindsey vonn, seen as one of the best professional skiers in history, has said she is considering retiring, after she failed to finish a ski race in cortina in italy. 34—year—old ms vonn has 82 career ski victories — the most of any woman, and just four shy of the overall record of 86 wins — but she's been plagued by injuries in recent years. she had previously said she would retire in december. kim gittleson has more. it wasn't supposed to end this way. but after lindsey vonn failed to finish a super—g ski race in cortina, italy, she said it was possible that this event might have been her last. announcer: lindsey vonn! she planned to retire in december,

thank you. women's skiing, inspiring the next generation — like sunday's winner, fellow american mikaela shiffrin. although ms vonn said she hadn't fully decided yet, in an interview with swiss tv, she said that: a possibly abrupt end to an historic run. kim gittleson, bbc news.

and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these beautiful pictures from china, of a huge icicle waterfall in mount tai in shandong province. with temperatures below zero, the waterfall has frozen over the 80m—high cliffs, creating this spectacular crystal wonderland. the blood moon is called will because that is the name of the special noon injanuary. that is the romantic name given to it. if you can get outside, do go and have a look, but come back, because the business briefing is happening very shortly with me. goodbye. hello.

monday gets off to a quiet, frosty start for many of us. things will be quite different, though, by the end of the day as we see quite a vigorous weather system moving in from the north—west. widespread frost on monday compare to sunday. like sharp frost in places. some areas of clout around and some hazy brightness to come during the first half of the day underneath this ridge of high pressure. a more vigorous weather system is coming in towards the north—west. meanwhile, for scotland and northern ireland, cloud will thicken through the day. winds picking up around the western isles and we could see gusts up to 60 miles an houror and we could see gusts up to 60 miles an hour or so. here comes the reins, heavier and more persistent later in the afternoon, through northern ireland into western scotland. hill so again in scotland. the odd showerfor scotland. hill so again in scotland. the odd shower for wales in south—west england, and much of england and wales will be dry. some sunny spells. lots of sunshine in kent. temperatures around 4—8d. into the evening, winds will start to

pick up as this system sweeps out. eish ssss as this sssteha sweees m) ., ., , . .. the scotland under pennines, be in pennines at be - in pennines at lower zsss 7— ::=—:——— — in places. squally winds is levels in places. squally winds is that moves around behind that temperatures dipping low enough for a touch of frost, going into tuesday morning in places. wintry showers in the north—west. a sign of things to come on tuesday. look at the big picture. this front clearing its ran away from the far south—east as tuesday starts. a cold north—westerly flow and this is where we'll see those wintry showers and maybe some rave and stop a bit of sleep, hail and snow out of the north and west, for northern ireland, scotland, wales and north—west england. some brief accumulation is of snow at lower levels, these will push further east across other parts of england later on tuesday. temperatures will feel cold, especially in that wind. wintry showers in the west on wednesday. perhaps not as many. a few showing up later in the day towards parts of east anglia and south—east england, especially on

wednesday night and early thursday. wednesday night and early thursday. we could see a few centimetres of snow as thursday begins in some places, so be aware of that. dry weather and sunshine across much of the uk and it will be turning less cold by the end of the week as a fresh atlantic weather system moves in. much of the week is looking cold. wintry showers at times. a sharp frost and a little this is the business briefing. china's economy grows at its slowest rate in nearly 30 years, stoking concerns of a wider global slowdown. former nissan boss carlos ghosn makes a new request for bail but will his seemingly imminent dismissal from renault lead to a full blown merger between the two carmakers? there is little change in the asian markets as the chinese growth numbers have already been factored

into the market. china's economy is growing at its slowest