you're watching bbc news at 9:003m with me carrie gracie — the headlines. six days after her plan was rejected by mps the prime minister will set out her next steps on brexit. but can she break the deadlock? millions of eu citizens living in the uk can apply for settled status from today — it allows them to continue living and working here after brexit. china reports its slowest growth rate for nearly three decades. we'll look at what this means for the rest of the world. police continue to question four men following a car bombing in londonderry. they believe the attack was carried out by a dissident republican group. a highly unstable, crude device, that could have detonated at any time. a callous act, a deliberate act, against the people of derry. as the government publishes a new landmark legislation. good morning — and welcome

to the bbc news at 9:00am. 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 yesterday with her cabinet. it's thought the prime minister will try to find a solution to the controversial irish backstop — an insurance policy designed to avoid the return of check points on the border in ireland. some mps are expected to table a series of amendments this week. one group, including senior labour mp yvette cooper, wants to suspend the article 50 withdrawal process if there is no new deal with brussels by the end of february. if it hasn't been sorted by the end of february, if the government hasn't got a deal through, then parliament has to have a vote on whether or not to extend article 50, to just make sure that, given the clock is running down,

there is a way to prevent us just crashing out with no deal, with the huge damage that that would mean. let's got to westminster and speak to our assistant political editor norman smith. another day in paradise. it is going to be another fraught day with no sign ofany to be another fraught day with no sign of any plan b emerging from teen may. our intention seems to be to carry on with her existing deal and hope that tory mps, the dup will gradually warm to it. —— team may. so far we haven't had any indication things will change, no sign of any new thinking on the northern ireland backstop that might suddenly get the dup to rally around. there is no indication that the eu is softening in their stance. everyone is slightly scratching their head. what is it mrs may is going to put forward to break the deadlock? my

impression is we are probably not going to get anything today. that may have to wait until next tuesday when we will get the vote on her latest thinking. but at the moment, really, there is no sign of anything, which is why it was interesting listening to amber rudd this morning as she left home. she seemed to moot the idea that may be the hope is that as the clock ticks down, yes, some mps will get increasingly nervous and will come on board. these are very serious times. we have to find a withdrawal agreement to stop us leaving the european union without one or the alternatives that are there. all of the mp5 who voted against the agreement, a good deal for leaving the european union, will be able to be satisfied by the efforts the prime minister is going to. the most important thing is that we get a negotiated settlement and we are able to deliver on that. i hope we get enough. it's taken two years to come up with this withdrawal agreement that hasn't met the

standards of your parliamentary colleagues. how can the backstop be renegotiated in two months?” colleagues. how can the backstop be renegotiated in two months? i think the situation can change when the time pressure becomes even more urgent. that is what the prime minister is going to be pointing out to colleagues right across the house. the essential thing is that we get a settlement that we can leave on agreed terms. what i think would be very bad for this country, bad for its prosperity, banned for its security, is to leave without one. i know the cabinet and prime ministerare one. i know the cabinet and prime minister are determined to find a solution that doesn't do that. what is interesting is there may be no movement from mrs may but around her there is all sorts of movements going on with backbenchers trying to seize control of the parliamentary agenda to try and at least ruled out any sort of exit from the eu without any sort of exit from the eu without a deal, in other words, to delay article 50, potentially until, who knows, maybe until the end of the

year, because of fears about the impact of no deal. this morning we had extraordinary remarks by the business minister, the man who is intimately involved in no deal preparations, a man called richard harrington, describing no deal as a disaster. not afraid of no drugs, etc. but i'm afraid of jaguar closing, mini closing, the life sciences industry closing and all the other things, because we'd have no agreement that represents the way these businesses are integrated today. just to be clear... this is irresponsibility, nick, and we've got to stop it and the prime minister, who i am a great supporter of, should say, "this is the time for members of parliament to do what they were elected for." and the vast majority of them reject this no deal nonsense. and that's what we should do. interestingly, figures like mr harrington have suggested they will quit the government if mrs may ploughs on and we seem to be heading remorselessly towards no deal. but frankly, as things stand at the

moment, i wouldn't hold your breath for a plan moment, i wouldn't hold your breath fora plan b moment, i wouldn't hold your breath for a plan b because you'll probably pass out waiting. later on today at 2:30pm, we'll be putting your questions to experts on what happens next in terms of theresa may's brexit deal. send your questions using the #bbcaskthis. you can also text on 61124 and email askthis@bbc.co.uk. new figures show china's economy grew last year at its slowest rate in almost three decades, stoking fears about the impact on the global economy. it grew at 6.6%. just this month jaguar land rover said the slowdown in china was one reason why it was shedding 4,500 jobs. our correspondent robin brant is in shanghai. it's not justjr la it's notjustjr la who have been suffering from the chinese slowdown, we also have apple —— jlr. suffering from the chinese slowdown,

we also have apple -- jlr. tim cook, the ceo of apple, the biggest company in the world by some estimations, the demand for apple products in china, they have been driving growth in that company for a long period of time, demand has tailed off towards the end of 2018, so tailed off towards the end of 2018, so much so tim cook warned they would be an immediate and fairly significant effect on revenues for apple. as you pointed to just now, jaguar land rover partly blaming a fall in demand for some job cuts jaguar land rover partly blaming a fall in demand for somejob cuts in the uk is the perfect illustration of how growth numbers, gdp numbers, the size of china's economy, can have a very quick effect on companies all around the world, whether that's in automotive in the uk, or whether that is in precision machinery in japan or uk, or whether that is in precision machinery injapan or in south korea. all of this in the context of particular worries about consumer demand, and also what's going to happen in this trade war between the united states and china. we have

another six weeks or so for the two sides to try and agree some kind of deal that will see off some risk of a further escalation in tariffs. there is no doubt there is a real concern, real woi’i’y among consumer concern, real worry among consumer sentiment about what will happen in 2019 with regard to the trade war.l closer look at the numbers themselves. chinese growth figures do tend to come in suspiciously close to target, it is a 1—party state, of course. do you think this 6.6four state, of course. do you think this 6.6 four 2019 and the slower quarter at the end of last year is accurate, or do you think they are trying to make us think it is slowing down? these figures often coming close to or bang on what the government forecast, what the government target is? there is always heavy suspicion. we always discuss with the caveat about china's official figure. much

discussion about whether the figure is actually half of that, about 3%. an academic made a speech that was passed around social media recently who thinks growth is 1.67%, long way from what the government is aiming for. nonetheless, look at the trend, evenif for. nonetheless, look at the trend, even if you don't believe the figures, the trend is of the rate of growth slowing. and also what the government is doing, from president xijinping all the way government is doing, from president xi jinping all the way down, he wa nts xi jinping all the way down, he wants quality over sheer quantity of growth. but at the same time the government is starting to turn on the taps to try and manage the slowdown. we have technical changes to how much money banks can keep on tax cuts coming as well. the central government encouraging the provincial governments here, often the drivers of big infrastructure investment, to start spending more money by issuing bonds this year to get some infrastructure projects up and running. that is aimed at stimulating this economy. it's not about repeating what we saw in 2008, they don't have that much wiggle room, but managing the slowdown.

thank you for that. our business presenter dominic o'connell is here. we are not going to see another massive stimulus like we saw a decade ago? the chinese government simply doesn't have the wiggle room to do that. debt is a big problem for the chinese economy. the chinese state says it is not but it is about 250% of gdp if you look across the private sector and local government. they have been reports of local governments not been able to meet their debt obligations in china so they don't have the firepower to launch a big stimulus programme as they did in 2008. they have done some bits and pieces but it will be slower this time. let's look at the impact on the trade war and how closely china is boxed in now. do you think this growth slowdown is going to push xijinping to come to the table and offer something significant to trump? it is very interesting because possibly it is quite a western way of looking at it. as you said it is a 1—party state and present trump has his own worries about the slowdown in the us economy and us financial markets as

well. there was a report last week in the worcester dominant wall streetjournal that steven in the worcester dominant wall street journal that steven mnuchin offered to scrap tariffs. it has been denied. a lot of its manufactured exports go to china. the australian economy, all of the i that comes out of western australia goes into building the chinese economy, all of these companies will be suffering, and all those western economies will be suffering so the pressure is on both sides. it is wrong to look at it as more pressure on the chinese side. if pressure on both sides, is there any sign of the shape that that deal might take? as you say, given these growth figures slowing down, that will concentrate minds on both sides. the mood music has been more positive around these talks and the breakthrough on some kind of agreement on intellectual property transfer. we are dealing with president donald trump and he marches his troops up to the top of

the hill and back down again, a speedy resolution, you would not bet against it. thank you, more from you later. let's look at more international stories. israel's military says it has attacked what it calls iranian targets in syria. it said its operation was against the elite units of the iranian revolutionary guards. it provided no details, but overnight there were reports of strikes around the syrian capital damascus. syrian media said air defences had repelled an israeli aerial attack. our correspondent yolande knell is in jerusalem. what israel is saying is that the targets that were hit included arms stores, a position at damascus airport, a military training site, and intelligence site, all of them associated with iran's elite al-quds force. it said when its syrian air defences began firing at israeli planes it responded to that as well.

the russian defence ministry, because russia, like iran, has been fighting on the side of syria's president bashar al—assad, his government forces, as they have been taking back control of the country from rebels. four soldiers were killed according to the government but the uk boasts warm —— war monitor puts the figure high at 11 people in total. this seems to match up people in total. this seems to match up with what syrian state media is saying, that this was a very intense attack around damascus. what does the international community feel about that? what is the european position and the american position? do people worry, or shrug and say, so what, more of the same? israel has certainly made it clear that it will act against iranian military entrenchment inside syria. what really seemed to be the trigger for this round of attacks, the israeli military saying that it was a

rocket, it is blaming iran for this being fired at a packed ski resort in the israeli occupied golan heights yesterday. this was full of people and that rocket was brought down by israel's iron dome missile defence system so nobody was hurt. it was seen as being a very big provocation. israel has looked for guarantees, speaking to russia in particular, to try to keep iranian forces away from its borders. the international community, the us in particular, has spoken about the need for israel to defend itself. it really sees a rainy and entrenchment in syria as being a big issue of israeli national security —— iranians entrenchment. and to stop weapons being handed over by iran to its proxy hezbollah, this one enemy. we have seen benjamin netanyahu, become the defence minister. he's

been speaking increasingly openly about the attacks israel has carried out inside syria. historically, it has tended to be quite quiet about them. he's talked about how they have been hundreds of attacks over the past years in syria's civil war carried out by israel against iranians targets. millions of eu citizens living in the uk will be asked to apply for a new legal status from today, allowing them to stay after brexit. if they don't they ultimately risk deportation. it costs £65 for adults to register online for settled status. eu citizens who've been here for less than that can apply for pre—settled status, until they're eligible for full settlement rights. the rules do not apply to people from ireland. the government says the system will be easy and straightfoward, but critics are warning that any mistakes could lead to thousands being left without legal status. jill rutter is from the think—tank british future and co—authored a report on this issue called

getting it right from the start. thank you forjoining us. is the government getting it right from the start? the home office has invested in the system but there is more that needs to be done now because if we don't invest in a proper immigration campaign, enough immigration officers to process more complex cases, the stakes are pretty high. it would be a windrush scandal but ona it would be a windrush scandal but on a much, much larger scale. is there a danger of catastrophe rising at this point? they are just starting from today, they say it is fairly simple and straightforward, they have set out the rules, go online, basic id documents and proof of residence for five years. why is it going to be a windrush? the home office has run two pilots, which have highlighted something such as technical glitches, people not

having biometric passports with chips in for example. most people will find it easy, yes. but there will find it easy, yes. but there will be people who don't know that they have to apply for their children as well. we know that. they will perhaps be older people, more vulnerable people, who are going to struggle with the technology. it will be easy for most but we need our proper investment and proper planning so that we get it right for everyone. and so everyone, quite a everyone- mm of everyone- mm 1.43575 fienfieafiegfi 5555 5. 5.5. 5 1.43575 7555555555555 5555 5. 55 5. three and thousands each day that to thousands each day that to be )usands each day that to be processed ch day that to be processed through lat to be processed through the have to be processed through the system. one of the biggest tasks of home has ever home - has ever done. it the home office has ever done. it has invested now. but we need that investment, those immigration officers, to be in place right up untiljune 2021. if you are the

government, you will say we are just starting rolling out the full scheme today, so why don't we watch how it goes and if we find the elderly, or some of the elderly, as you say, find it difficult we will put resources into that, or if we find children are not registered we will put resources into that. isn't the wait and see approach sensible given we are still a couple of years awake? we are more than wait and see, we need proper targets, proper scrutiny. we can't let problems mount up. we need that scrutiny now. is the government listening to you on this point? we think it is but it's got to do more than listen, it has got to act as well. jill rutter, thank you. the headlines now on bbc news. six days after her plan was rejected by mps the prime minister will set out her next steps on brexit. but can she break the deadlock? millions of eu citizens living in the uk can apply for settled status from today — it allows them to continue living and working here after brexit. china reports its slowest growth rate for nearly three decades.

good morning, here are your sports headlines. there's an awkward start for serena williams at the australian open — she walks on court when the announcer introduces the world number one — and has to go back to let simona halep take the spotlight. judd trump thrashes ronnie o'sullivan to win the masters snooker — his first major title for eight years. and the cat—and—mouse game continues in the premier league, with manchester city back to four points behind liverpool, after a 3—0 win at bottom side huddersfield. i'll be back with more on those stories in half an hour. police are continuing to question four men in connection with a car bomb attack in londonderry on saturday night. no—one was hurt in the explosion. officers say they believe a dissident republican group, the new ira, was responsible for the blast. a man who was carrying a machete on board a train

in essex has been arrested. police found the 15—inch blade after a stop and search on a greater anglia service between colchester and witham on sunday night. a man from london has been arrested on suspicion of two offences and remains in police custody. a former soldier is suing the ministry of defence after contracting q fever in afghanistan. he claims the mod failed to give him the neccessary antibiotics that would have protected him from the disease. it has since developed into chronic fatigue syndrome leaving him unable to work. i'm joined now by our legal correspondent, clive coleman, to find out more about the case. it isa it is a sad story, clive. very sad story, just to let people know what q fever is, it is a disease contracted through airborne bacteria and that airborne bacteria comes

from animal excrement. private wayne bass was stationed in helmand and hisjob was to bass was stationed in helmand and his job was to protect other troops from heavy taliban fire and he was co nsta ntly from heavy taliban fire and he was constantly having to dive into pitches in an area of farmland and it is there where he believes he contracted q fever. it is normally treated successfully with antibiotics and it can develop into this chronic fatigue syndrome which it has in his case and it has had a devastating effect on his life. why didn't he get the antibiotics? the army were providing antimalarial antibiotics. they say that the risk of antibiotics. they say that the risk on antibiotics. they say that the risk of q fever was very low and in effect there wasn't a case for providing an antibiotic which he and his lawyers claim would have protected him against malaria and the contraction of q fever. the army's figures show between 2008 and

2011, 200 service personnel per year tested positive for q fever, although only a third of those were symptomatic. what this case will do, and it breaks new legal ground, because it is going to test the extent of the army's duty to protect against this particular disease. obviously, thejudge against this particular disease. obviously, the judge will have to make a obviously, the judge will have to makeafinding obviously, the judge will have to make a finding as to whether the army were in breach of that duty. if they were then there are other cases, similar cases, waiting to come to court. there is a bit of me listening to you wondering why the mod wants to fight this because you have a soldier suffering chronic fatigue syndrome. wouldn't you want to look after him? their cases, as i say, that both the risk was very low and there were side—effects from doxycycli ne and there were side—effects from doxycycline and that. doxycycline doxycycline and that the doxycycline might have with the antibiotics, which they giving to troops. it is quite a were giving to troops. it is quite a complex picture. the medical evidence in the case will be quite complex, it is a five day trial

beginning at the central london cou nty beginning at the central london county court and i imagine the judgment will be reserved until the later date because of the complexity of the medical evidence. clive, thank you. the government will today publish what it calls a landmark domestic abuse bill which it says will strengthen penalties for perpetrators and better protect victims. it means for the first time abusers will be banned from cross—examining their victims in the family court. frankie mccamley reports. sarah, not her real name, survive years of domestic abuse. survived years of domestic abuse. he would control the finances, so comment on what i spent, how much i spent, ask me why i spent something. so ijust stopped. if i was going out with my friends, he'd comment on the outfits — it was too short, i looked too fat. but, when she had to fight to keep the child she had with him, she had to face her abuser in family court, where he was allowed to cross—examine her. it re—traumatises you. you believe them more than yourself, because they're allowed to tell you how to think, and he was allowed

to tell me how to think for three years. so, by allowing him to cross—examine me in court for three hours, it took me back to a place i thought i would have got away from. the cross—examination by a perpetrator is just one practice the government wants to abolish as it launches its draft domestic abuse bill. domestic violence bill. the proposed legislation would include a new definition of domestic abuse, including economical abuse, by controlling things like finances, a domestic commissioner, and domestic abuse protection orders putting restrictions on offenders. polygraphs will also be piloted on perpetrators who are at a high risk of reoffending, to check they haven't broken their conditions of parole. but, with no new money backing the proposals, some charities are only cautiously welcoming the bill. what we'd really like to see is embedded specialist domestic abuse workers in the nhs, better co—ordination between the court systems, so that they're speaking to each other, understanding the risk to various family members.

we'd like to see really great training around relationships and sex education, and we want to see a cross—government strategy on perpetrators of abuse which goes even further than what we've heard today. the bill for england and wales will now be scrutinised by parliament. it follows new scottish domestic abuse legislation introduced last year focusing on controlling behaviour. a proposed law in northern ireland has been put on hold until stormont assembly reconvenes. i'm joined now by sandra horley, chief executive of the charity refuge which supports victims of domestic violence. do you welcome this new legislation? most definitely, refuge welcomes the new bill and we look forward to working closely with the government as the build progresses and we are pleased to see it reflects the concerns expressed by survivors of abuse and those people who work with them. this is really a once in a

generation moment to address domestic violence. do you think it does everything necessary? there is the rules on no cross—examination, the rules on no cross—examination, the rules on support, the rules on strengthening penalties, is it everything you want? inclusion of economic abuse in the government's statutory definition. no bill ever covers everything you want but i'm pleased about this bill. i think it will help create greater awareness of domestic violence and finally meet the needs of women and children who experience domestic abuse. what i thought was interesting about the government's announcement was that the costs of economic and domestic abuse cost the public, you and me, the taxpayer, £66 billion every year. what? £66 billion every year. astonishing amount of money. the

social and economic costs. by the way, that's more than the entire uk defence budget. let'sjust stop on that figure for a moment. how does it cost that much? the economic costs, the social costs, the costs of women going into casual to cover the costs of prosecuting murders, the costs of prosecuting murders, the costs of prosecuting murders, the cost to industry. this issue costs the state £66 billion a year. we know about the human misery of domestic violence, at refuge every day we work with women and children whose lives are devastated by abuse and violence. we are now shining a spotlight on the social and economic costs of this issue. i sincerely hope that now we will ensure, that the government will ensure, that this issue goes to the top of its list of priorities. interestingly it's got the prime minister's report behind it, she has been hot on this issue, hasn't she? theresa may has

a lwa ys issue, hasn't she? theresa may has always been very supportive of organisations working with victims of domestic violence, the issue itself. it is because of theresa may that this bill is being announced, i have worked closely with her and her collea g u es have worked closely with her and her colleagues at the home office, the minister victoria atkins is very supportive. we are very delighted this bill is being passed and we will continue to work closely with the government. domestic abuse affects women for all walks of life and much of it is nonphysical and we need to ensure that women experiencing abuse, whatever form get the support that they need and deserve. let's hope that it is as you predict a once—in—a—lifetime change for women in this country. sandra horley, thank you for coming in a moment the weather, but first let's join victoria derbyshire to find out what she's got coming up in her programme at 10am. good morning. at ten o'clock we have an exclusive interview with the youngest prime minister in the world and only the second global leader to give birth in office. we will talk

brexit and babies with the new zealand prime ministerjacinda ardern, head of her meeting with theresa may about a possible free trade deal after britain leaves the european union. if you have a question forjacinda ardern, send an e—mail, or use the hashtag. now it's time for a look at the weather. we can cross the newsroom to carol. it has been a start to the day, rain coming across the north of scotland, accompanied by hill snow. this morning, cloudy, through the course of the day the cloud will thin and bright, the sunshine will turn hazy and the weather front comes in sunshine will turn hazy and the weatherfront comes in bringing rain and hill snow. the evening and overnight as temperatures drop that whole system heading south—eastwards will have a mixture of rain, sleet and snow and a plethora of snow showers coming in behind, some of them at lower levels, and with temperatures like that there is a risk of ice on untreated surfaces.

we say goodbye to the rain, sleet and snow in the southeast this morning and behind a lot of dry weather, once again further snow showers but they are showers so not all of us will catch one. the snow will be predominantly on the hills but even at lower levels we could see some in the heavier showers. temperature wise we are looking at 304 in temperature wise we are looking at 30a in the north, maybe six, possibly seven as we push down towards the south. it is going to turn colder on friday but it will be less cold by then. hello. this is bbc news with carrie gracie. the headlines... six days after her plan was rejected by mps the prime minister will set out her next steps on brexit. but can she break the deadlock? millions of eu citizens living in the uk can apply for ‘settled status‘ from today — it allows them to continue living and working here after brexit china reports its slowest growth rate for nearly three decades. police continue to question four men following a car bombing in londonderry. they believe the attack was carried

out by a dissident republican group domestic abuse victims are to be given better protection, as the government publishes a new ‘landmark' legislation. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. the car crash involving the duke of edinburgh continues to generate headlines with norfolk police confirming they spoke to prince philip after he was pictured driving without a seat belt, 48 hours after that crash near sandringham. one of the women injured in the collision has spoken of her disappointment at the way the incident has been handled by the royal family — saying that prince philip has failed to contact her to apologise. robertjobson is the royal editor of the evening standard and spoke to my colleague louise minchin. difficult situation for the royal

family, obviously it's a horrific crash and it's great that everybody escaped relatively unscathed. it's a car incident being investigated by the police. if the duke of edinburgh had sent an apology to this lady he is accepting guilt and it's still an ongoing investigation so i think they've sent their messages of well—wishers and it's probably as far as you can go until the investigation is over. we don't know for a speed the other car was travelling at, we don't hope the full investigation is completed by the police, it looks as if the duke was blinded by the light and drove out of the road but of course we don't know the speed of the oncoming car so there is a lot of things that need to be resolved and i can understand her disquiet, she may or may not have been paid to give this interview but she's obviously expressed her opinion and that's opinion. personally, ithink expressed her opinion and that's opinion. personally, i think it's been pretty badly handled but the

duke should not have gone out on the main road without a seat belt, it's illegal, he knows it's illegal and he was probably in a way almost caught ina he was probably in a way almost caught in a smoke because he knew photographers will be there as well. my photographers will be there as well. my view is he should not have done that but it's the duke of edinburgh, he will carry on doing he wants to do. from your point of view you been following the royals for some time, the way it's been handled generally, have they done, how would you assess it, as a disasterfor the palace or not? you can't really blame the public relations team in this, it has to comes down to the principles themselves, they haven't particularly handled that that well, the palace, by putting out the statement it seems like initially there was a minor bump and we saw there was a minor bump and we saw the actual photographs of the car turned on its side. things like having a brand—new land rover delivered the next day wasn't particularly a clever move, i don't think, it almost suggests he doesn't really care but the ultimate point of this is the duke has been reprimanded over the seat belt

situation. he's been tested, breath tested at the scene as was the other driver and he has undergone an eye test and he passed all of those successfully. he's entitled to carry on driving but he should be wearing a seat belt. robert jobson there with a catalogue of problems in the handling of the car crash last week. let's look at what you've been watching and reading on the website. one that i was going to tell you buy, which i think is the most extraordinary story, is this. ‘the bed that saved me from the taliban' this has actually gone down to number three. but it's extraordinary. a great pilot a year ago was checked into a continental hotel in campbell on the to discover himself the target, everyone in the

hotel a target of an attack by the talybont, in night long siege, a0 people killed in that, he survived due to his extraordinary presence of mind. if you read the story you will see he survived grenades, bullets, fire, hypothermia and he's got the pictures of the dead, there it is, he shows the bed he hid underfor some of the night and then down below there is teachers of the bullet holes in the wall, the fog on his door that was shot through, it's a story well worth reading. —— the talybont. one other thing to draw your attention to. the story of the grandson of a world war ii fighter pilot. the grandson himself a royal navy commander. ‘i found grandfather‘s ww2 plane wreck‘ he found the crash where his grandfather died after an attack on

the battleship at the end of the second world war. i am going to play you this video, it‘s extraordinary. let‘s have a look. ronald richardson, the second world war pilot at the end of that special report. on the search by phil richardson, his grandson, extraordinary story. that‘s it for today‘s morning briefing. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s sally nugent. good morning. something to bring to you that has emerged in the last few moments. there was a moment of embarrassment for serena williams at the australian open. the announcer introduced the world number one — serena‘s title for so long — and she, headphones on, mind on other matters, took to the court but she had to go back because it was her opponent, simona halep, who is actually world number one! williams went about changing that, winning the first set 6—1 — but halep has levelled and they‘re into a decider. alexander zverev totally lost his cool,

on his way to a straight—sets defeat at the australian open. his racquet got the blame for his poorform — he only won one game in the first set against milos raonic 6—1 and smashed his racquet to pieces during the second, which he also lost 6—1. the third went to a tie—break but zverev went out in straight sets. yeah, made me feel better. i was berry angry, so i let my anger out. have you smashed your rackets in the past? have you never watched my matches? you should watch my matches. yeah, i think it's happened before. it "as you were" at the top of the premier league, with manchester city back to four points behind the leaders liverpool. leroy sane scored their third goal in a 3—nil win at huddersfield — taking city‘s total to 102 for the season... but just look at this — a lifelong huddersfield fan in the crowd was mistaken

by a reporterforjan siewert, who‘s tipped to be their new manager. his reply was "no, i‘m martin from wakefield". if he were huddersfield manager — he‘d play a 5—5—5 system! well, martin from wakefield is actually martin warhurst, chief executive of a hospice — and on twitter he said: 5 minutes of fame — now if i could just find a way to get some of that premier league money into martin house children‘s hospice — what do you say huddersfield? let‘s see what happens with that. england midfielder dele alli is the latest name on tottenham‘s injury list. he suffered a hamstring injury in their win at fulham. harry winks scored the winner in the last minute of stoppage time to keep them five points behind city. it was — you know, it was a frustrating night, to be fair. there was a lot of moments where we had close calls,

or they defended really well. and, you know, it seemed like it was going to be a difficult night, but the belief we have in the team — we score late goals when we keep believing, and today was no different. the semi—professional side auchinleck talbot produced the shock of the weekend in the scottish cup, knocking out ayr united — and their reward is an away tie at hearts in the fifth round. they beat livingston 1—0 — sean clare with the goal. holders celtic will be at home to stjohnstone. the full draw is on the bbc sport website. tottenham‘s harry winks features on most of today‘s back pages the mirror compare him to harry kane, after that "late, late" matchwinner — by they say that injury to dele alli took the gloss off their win over fulham the express headline "harry to the rescue" and they also pick up on roger federer‘s comments that he had "massive regrets" after he was knocked out of the australian open but the times go the other way with that story, showing a great picture

of stefanos tsitsipas‘s reaction after he beat federer. judd trump thrashed ronnie o‘ sullivan in the final of the masters at alexandra palace. it was a surprisingly one—sided match, trump winning by 10 frames to a to take his first triple crown event since 2011. the trophy comes with a cheque for 200 thousand pounds. england beat australia in a repeat of their historic commonwealth games final victory, but they didn‘t quite get the winning margin they needed to take netball‘s quad series. tracy neville‘s side had to win by five goals at london‘s copperbox but it finished 52—a9. australia won the series, but the match was a great recovery by england who lost to south africa the day before. it‘s really hard to get a win. people — you know, we‘ve not had a win for a long time — really appreciate how hard it is.

and to stop winning is really, really hard. so to go out here and win today shows that we‘re a team that can turn it around in 2a hours, and that for me is what we need to do at the world cup. we need to have that in our bank. we now know who‘ll be playing in this year‘s superbowl on the 3rd of february. new england patriots have made it for the third time in a row, after beating kansas city chiefs in overtime. and the other game went to overtime as well, the los angeles rams trailed new orleans saints throughout but they levelled just before the end and this 57—yard field goal gave them the win. want to see something amazing on a monday morning? watch as 21 year old michael sweeney — aboard ask heather — goes over the last at the point to point in boulta near cork this weekend. they make a terrible mistake. and then this happens... he went on to win the race by four

lengths. congratulations to him. if you want to hear more from the australian open tennis, commenary continues on radio 5 live sports extra. and later on, you can catch up with sportsday on bbc news at 6.30 and there‘s news and chat ahead of england‘s first test against the west indies, on 5 live cricket at 9 o‘clock. that‘s all the sport for now. more from the bbc sport centre at 11.15. carrie, a busy, busy day. don‘t all anywhere. you do. i cannot get enough of that rider. a lesson for us enough of that rider. a lesson for us all. the headlines on bbc news... six days after her plan was rejected by mps the prime minister will set out her next steps on brexit. but can she break the deadlock? millions of eu citizens living in the uk can apply for ‘settled status‘ from today —

it allows them to continue living and working here after brexit china reports its slowest growth rate for nearly three decades. an update on the market numbers for you — here‘s how london‘s and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. let‘s return to one of the top stories, millions of eu citizens asked to apply for a new legal status from today allowing them to stay after brexit. if they don‘t they ultimately risk deportation. graham satchell‘s been to meet two families who have made their homes in britain. our daughter helene was born 19 weeks ago.

it‘s been quite a change in our lives, but we‘re really enjoying it. my name is janna reumerman, and i‘ve lived in the uk for eight years. eu citizens will need to apply to continue to live after 2020 in the uk. so what do i think about it? i‘m not necessarily offended by it or upset by it. i think that, one way or another, people will have to register that they are eu nationals, as there is no longer free movement of people. we have to pay for you to stay here. personally, i think the country should be able to determine who comes here and who doesn't, and for that to happen you need to register. yes, i'm not offended by this, at all. if i‘m brutally honest, i hope brexit will not happen, and that we don‘t have to apply for a settled statement at all, and just continue with our lives as they are. my name is george kontakos. i've been running the olive grove in cambridge for 10 years, and i've been here 16 years. at this moment, we put

all our plans on hold. we don't know what the future will be. we're just a little bit stressed to see what's going to happen with our settlement status. my name is francesca kontakos. i was born in the united kingdom, and i‘ve been married to george for ten years. i‘m fortunate to be british and have been born here. george is not so fortunate, however, and doesn‘t hold a british citizenship, because being a european was just as good as. but now we‘re a bit worried about what the future holds for us and holds for our family. you need to think of some ideas... what guarantees do we have that a future government mightjust scrap our settled status applications, and make us illegal citizens in this country? it makes me feel scared, and anxious, and worried about my future, notjust in england, but as a person in the world. it‘s this insecurity that i feel

from my country that is worrying me. because i think that the country that i‘m living in, if they don‘t want my husband here, then there‘s no place for me here. my husband is my family, my husband is my life, and i will follow him anywhere he goes. and if he‘s not welcome to country, then my country‘s no longer my country. president dobson balfour way is cutting short a trip abroad. —— the president of zimbabwe. 12 people have been killed and many by security forces. the protests were sparked last monday by the sharp

rise of fuel prices. a boat with 100 migrants on board is thought to be taking on water at 60 miles off the coast of libya. the vessel was reported to be experiencing engine trouble, activists were monitoring the situation, said the boat is moving again. despite requests for help there is no sign of a rescue operation. if you suffered from constant debilitating pain in your leg every single day — would you consider amputation? that‘s the difficult decision invictus champion and paralympic hopeful cornelia oosthuizen was faced with. cornelia developed complex regional pain syndrome after a sporting injury. amputation has helped some who have the condition, but there‘s no guarantee it will work — and for others it‘s made their situation worse. lee madan reports. cornelia oosthuizen won gold at the invictus games in 2017. since then, the pain that cost her her military career has

continued to get worse. my experience of complex regional pain syndrome is a really, really deep, achy sort of burning pain. it‘s chronic, it‘s nonstop and, i suppose, if i have to sum it up, it‘s wearing, because you can‘t get away from it. cornelia now faces the biggest dilemma of her life — whether to amputate part of her right leg in the hope it will free her from the agony she endures each day. there have been days where i would classify the pain i‘ve been in as a ten. cornelia has friends with the same condition, who‘ve chosen to amputate their limbs to remove pain. for some, it‘s worked. there are many others, though, which this drastic action hasn‘t helped. paralympic champion rachel morris is one of them. this is 50—50. it might work, but it also might very well not work. yeah, i have massive concerns about it, because, for me, it has put me in a worse position. yeah.

because i have the crps pain, plus the nerve pain. being left still in pain and without her leg is a real possibility. most medical experts advise against taking this gamble. unfortunately, in my experience, amputation commonly makes the problem worse. and what happens is that the crps, and all the pain associated with it, moves into the remaining part of the limb. the patient commonly experiences quite severe phantom sensations, so still feels the pain that they had before in that amputated area. and, indeed, we can sometimes find the crps moves to the unaffected side, as well. that was a really fascinating conversation, with some sobering thoughts. there are, of course, other considerations too. i‘m currently on the highest dose that i‘m allowed to take of this medication. i can‘t tolerate the pain. despite the warnings, cornelia decides to go ahead and have the amputation.

around sort of the midcalf area. i think i am doing the right thing, for me. let‘s just get this done now. it‘s about seven hours or so after the operation. i‘m in a fair bit of post—operational pain, which is not necessarily a surprise. the amputation takes place over two days. the first day to remove the limb, the second operation is to sew up the wound. it‘s ten to one in the morning, i could really do with a few prayers because i‘m in a lot of pain. obviously there‘s been a big artery severed... after two weeks in hospital, cornelia returned home and has begun adapting to her new life. lee madan, bbc news. and good luck to cornelia with her

recovery. let‘s look at some of the most striking images of the day. many skywatchers were up all night to catch a glimpse of what some are calling a "super blood wolf moon". it‘s a total lunar eclipse, where the earth passes precisely between the sun and the moon — turning the moon red. sadly, not everyone got to enjoy the spectacle as there was a fair bit of cloud cover overnight. but some of our weather watchers were out with their cameras. the sad close —— south coast of england a good place to be. this amazing time—lapse sequence. glimpses in the north as well. and a slightly spooky one from west swa nsea. slightly spooky one from west swansea. and eastern england. it wasn‘t just here that some lucky people got a view of the blood—red moon — this was how it was seen from in the us capital washington; while these pictures showing various stages of the lunar eclipse are from havana in cuba. the bad news for amateur astronomers over here — this was the last chance to see a total lunar eclipse in the uk until 2029.

and if that‘s not enough wonder from the natural world, how about this rather stunning frozen waterfall from mount tai, in china? temperatures below zero caused the water to freeze as it flowed over the 250—foot high cliffs — and formed this beautiful icicle diorama. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with simon king thank you. yes, i‘ll start with a photo of the super blood wolf moon, from our weather watcher in swansea.

thanks so much to all of the weather watchers who sent in photos. many others caddies guys, you can see from the imagery through last night, cloud spilling in from the north and west, the clearest skies in the south—east, the coldest weather here, widespread frost. temperatures reaching minus a——6d. in the south—east corner the best of the sunshine. elsewhere, fairly cloudy, some breaks in the cloud here and there are and prevent parts of england. rain spreading into northern ireland and the west of scotla nd northern ireland and the west of scotland this afternoon. accident temperatures for — 7 degrees. by this evening rain turning to snow, over the high ground and some lower levels there could be snow, equally across the pennines and snowdonia down to some lower levels. the rain moving into the south—east, keeping temperatures up in the south—east compared to last night. elsewhere, you can see there will be some frost, temperatures in towns and

cities hovering round about freezing. as you mentioned les cold in the south—east. this north—westerly wind coming from the north, bringing some showers, peshawar wintry throughout tuesday, snow over higher ground in scotland, northern ireland, the pennines and wales, even down to lower levels. there may be some snow falling, some sleet at times as well. down to the south—east. mostly rain, some showers and sunny spells in between. remaining pretty chilly. we keep the cold weather for much of this week. wintry showers continuing. some sharp frost overnight, perhaps less cold by the time we get to friday. this is wednesday. we see plenty of sunshine throughout the day after a cold and frosty start. some showers coming into scotland, north wales, north—west england, some turning wintry in places. temperatures roundabout for— 6 degrees. by

thursday, similar sort of thing, one or two showers around with bright spells, by friday, still quite cloudy but you notice the temperatures just creeping up to about 8—10d. not as cold by the end of the week. still some sharp frosts we re of the week. still some sharp frosts were many of us and feeling cold. goodbye. hello, it‘s monday, it‘s 10:00am, i‘m victoria derbyshire. good morning. this morning — live in the studio, the youngest prime minister in the world — jacinda arden is new zealand‘s prime minister, she‘s 38 and she‘s only the second world leader to give birth in office. she announced the birth of her baby by doing a facebook live from her hospital room. you will have seen the name. little neve te aroha. ardern is going to be a middle name. gayford. so, neve gayford. and we chose itjust because we liked it and we think she looks like a little neve. a little matariki and solstice baby. in her only uk interview

while she‘s here in britain, we‘ll talk to her about brexit and babies — ahead of her meeting with theresa may about a possible free trade deal after the uk leaves the european union.