this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top stories: president trump arrives back in washington and says he's willing to target iranian cultural sites if americans are killed by tehran. in australia, cooler weather helps evacuations, but the prime minister warns the fires could burn for months. in business, the price tops $70 as those tensions between iran and the us show no signs of cooling. and the awards season kicks off

with big wins for the war movie 1917 at the golden globes. a very warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. with 3a nominations, the streaming giant netflix is celebrating a bumper year for hit movies and programmes, so we'd like to know — what was your best watch in 2019? do tell — just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. president trump has issued a new warning for iran.

he's said he's willing to target iranian cultural sites in retaliation for the killing of americans. tensions between the two countries are at boiling point following the us killing of iran's general soleimani. for its part, tehran has announced a rollback of its commitments under the landmark nuclear deal. rich preston has the latest. landing back in washington from his base in florida amid fresh threats against iran. reiterating to reporters on board air force one of his willingness to carry out major retaliation against around if it targeted us assets, and saying he would be prepared to target iran plasma cultural sites. as iranians continue to mourn one of the most important men, he runs as it will roll back under its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal with western nations in response to the assassination. parliament in

neighbouring iraq has called on us troops to leave the country and iraqi militia leader aligned with iran says if us troops don't leave, they will view them as occupiers. translation: we will never be acquired regarding your occupation and we will not be quiet regarding the crime of killing our leaders and brothers on our land. the iraqi parliament has spoken and now you're troops should leave immediately. if they do not, they will be considered an occupying force and will be treated accordingly. but president trump says if us troops are forced out of iraq, he would hit baghdad with sanctions that make those in place on a run tame by comparison. iraq is in a very difficult position because it has become effectively a proxy battleground for the conflict between iran and the united states. it is not dissimilar to the position it was in after the 2003 us invasion, but it has become more

acute now since relating the of the nuclear deal by the united states conflict between iran and the us has been heightened. the latest warnings including those of targeting cultural sites show a marked increase in hostility. when the us invaded iraq and afghanistan, issued playing cards to its troops reminding them of the importance of preserving cultural artefacts. the responsibility of all ranks within the unit they reminded soldiers. the message this time is rather different. richard preston, bbc news. let's just take you live to the iranian capital where the body of general soleimani is being taken on a procession through the streets of tehran. hundreds of thousands of people across several cities have turned out to honour him after his remains were flown back from iraq. general soleimani's funeral is due to take place in his home city

of kerman on tuesday. as you can see there, live pictures from tehran there as his body is returned. oil prices rose by more than 2% higher on monday with brent rising above $70 a barrel after president trump issued a threat to impose sanctions on iraq if us troops are forced to withdraw from the country. lawrence gosling is editor—in—chief of what investment. good morning. good morning. good to see you. it is a knee—jerk reaction we would expect on the oil markets, isn't it? today is the first proper day financial markets are back. when this whole event started to unfold, we saw a bit of a spike. markets are going to try and figure out what this really means to the supply of oil into the market. through most of last year with oil about mid $60 a barrel, fairly stable. this is the

first serious potential interruption to the supply of oil, but obviously iran doesn't put a lot into the oil market because it has been the victim of sanctions for quite a long time now. it has indeed. last year with or a few blips oil markets when oil tankers were being a target specifically in the straits of hormuz. there have been actions taken today to actually protect ships in those waters, etc. there is a lot going on in this area, and tensions are high. in terms of share markets, we are not seeing a huge reaction. japan at the moment down around 2%, the price of gold going up. the kind of things we would expect. with gold, it is the fear asset. when people are worried about generally they go something stable, which gold is. equity markets, it ta kes a which gold is. equity markets, it takes a long time for something like this to have a sustained impact on what people think about the value of shares in major stock markets. let's

not forget that the end of last year most of the stock markets had seen huge gains in 2019. absolutely, particularly the us market. you expect investors to take the money off the table, take their profits. thank you for now. you are back later with news briefing of course. we will have more on oil and implications of what is happening in the middle east in business briefing, and it is around 25 minutes time. a second day of relatively cool weather has allowed australians some respite from the fires and extreme temperatures that haves killed 2a people and left thousands homeless. officials are trying to reopen blocked roads and evacuate people who have been trapped for days. the fires are right across the country. but the worst are in new south wales. my colleague lucy hockings is in the town of nowra. this is the town where the regional area in response to the bushfire

crisis is being co—ordinated from, and you will know that the fires are affecting many places right around the country, but it is here in new south wales that has seen the worst of it. there are still 150 fires burning across the state, 2a people have died in this bushfire disaster and thousands of homes have been destroyed. you might have seen just behind me as well a picture of a kangaroo and a wombat, those signs are all over australia, but the estimate we are now getting from local authorities as at half a billion animals in new south wales alone have died. australians this morning i waking up after that horrific weekend to another day of devastation and despair. we have had a little bit of reprieve, though, because they have been some light rain falling, some drizzle, and it isa rain falling, some drizzle, and it is a psychological boost for people here after that intense heat. we had a cooler day and rain falling. it is not nearly enough. you need about 200 millimetres of rain in a short space of time to affect the fires and we are just things drizzle. it is not enough, but it is providing a

reprieve for people battling the flames. this has been called an unprecedented emergency in australia and the prime minister scott morrison has now enlisted the help of the australian military. yesterday he was with the premiere of the state meeting at a millimetres # at a military base just down the road. ijoined him as he toured the base and i put some of the criticism to him. lucy hockings, bbc news. given the severity of the crisis and some of the mistakes made, why should australians be confident in your leadership? the response that you are seeing rolled out here in australia at a state level and a commonwealth level is unprecedented. this is the largest single callout ever of defence force reservists working together with our full—time defence forces to provide a support which this country has never seen a support which this country has never seen before. for many here in australia, when you look at the pictures and see the devastation all around us, it feels like the entire south—east of the country is a light with fires. that is lucy hockings in new south

wales at the moment. i will also be talking to a climate change scientist based in sydney in a few minutes as well. that is still to come. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. in venezuela, chaos has erupted in parliament after luis parra, an opposition rival ofjuan guaido, proclaimed himself president of the national assembly without guaido's presence. the opposition also said mr parra was sworn in without votes, a move denounced by the opposition as a "parliamentary coup". a masked mob has injured several students at one of india's most prestigious universities. the students have been admitted to hospitals. it is unclear who the attackers at the jawaharlal nehru university campus were. students there have been in the headlines in the past few weeks for protesting against a controversial new citizenship law. the centre left challenger zoran milanovic has ousted the incumbent president,

kolinda gra bar—kitarovic, in the croatian presidential election. the post is largely ceremonial, but the president does play a role in foreign policy, defence and security matters. the trial of the disgraced hollywood mogul harvey weinstein, on charges of sexual assault, begins in new york on monday more than two years after the allegations against him emerged. the proceedings relate to just two of his accusers. allegations of sexual misconduct have been made against him by more than 80 women. he has pleaded not guilty. plenty more to come on the briefing. still to come, all the sport, including the english fa cup, where this stunning goal from 18—year—old curtisjones gave liverpool victory over everton.

the japanese people are in mourning following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced he was dead. good grief! after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. the singer paul simon starts his tour of south africa tomorrow in spite of protests and violence from some black activist groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa until majority rule is established. teams were trying to scoop up lumps of oil as france recognises it faces an ecological crisis. three weeks ago, the authorities confidently assured these areas that oil from the broken tanker erika would head out to sea. it didn't. the world's tallest skyscraper opens later today. the burj dubai has easily overtaken its nearest rivals.

you're watching the briefing. our headlines: iran says it will no longer abide by limits on its uranium enrichment, president trump says he is willing to target iranian cultural sites, despite concerns in his administration. australia's prime minister, who's been criticised for his slow response to the country's bushfire crisis, has warned the blazes could last for many months to come. lets stay with that now. let's speak now with doctor sarah perkins—kirkpatrick, from the university of new south wales' climate change research centre. do tell us your take on what is happening in australia, and the severity of these fires. these fires are unprecedented in many ways, they

started really early on in the season, the amount of land that has been burnt, the property damage, the ecological footprint it has had, basically everything about these fires is unprecedented. it is quite shocking and quite devastating. and to what extent can climate change be said to be a cause and effect? so in terms of what drives fire whether there are a few climate variables but temperature is a component of that, and we have seen a one degree rise in australia since the industrial revolution, so that is in pa rt industrial revolution, so that is in part driving this unprecedented fire season. part driving this unprecedented fire season. on top of that, these sorts of seasons have been projected by climate scientists as early as 1980s in australia, even our main governmental scientific body has been using these projections for at least a decade, so we have known for quite some time that a longer fire season and more extreme fire season asa season and more extreme fire season as a consequence of climate change. so with that in mind, do you feel

government planning has just not been there for this sort of eventuality? yes, i am not a politician, but certainly watching what has been happening over australia and we do seem to have, we area bit australia and we do seem to have, we are a bit lacking in our climate policy, the rhetoric that we only produce 1% of global emissions, but at the same time, we are very well off country and we expect —— export a lot of fossil fuels, so off country and we expect —— export a lot of fossilfuels, so i think off country and we expect —— export a lot of fossil fuels, so i think we should be doing a lot more to at least, you know, be further in this sort of solution that we need. do you think given what has been going on, last year and this year, that government policy will have to change, that public pressure on the government will be there for that? let's hope so. i'm not sure it will, it is very difficult to tell and i don't like to make predictions on politics, climate yes, maybe not so much politics. something has to change at some point, and i do wonder if a disaster like this does not change how things are done, then what will? how big is the disaster have to be? looking ahead in future

yea rs, have to be? looking ahead in future years, from the office back give as a climate scientist, how can a country prepare for these seasons? — your country prepare for these seasons? —— your perspective as a climate scientist. a lot of it does have to come down to adaptation now, we can mitigate climate change, we have been talking about that for some time, but even if we do mitigate in the short term we need to adapt. a lot of australians now have fire plans, and perhaps the death toll would have been a lot if we had not had fire plans in place. perhaps changing when we holiday, it is the biggest holiday time of the year around summertime, so perhaps if people are not moving so much during those times, the impact will be less again. there is a lot of talk about hazard reduction burning, that is a really interesting one because the window where we usually do those burns is actually reducing, so we need to adapt with climate change in that way. but certainly there is a lot we need to do and even avenues we have to explore that we have not yet done so in terms of adapting to

what will happen over the coming decades. in terms of the fallout so far, too many deaths, but also things like animals, it is estimated that half a billion animals have been killed in these weeks and months of fires that have been burning. yeah, it is, i don't know what to say in terms of how we can help those species adapt. there are some species that have been said to be completely wiped out because of these fires. since they are occurring more often now, the adaptation window for these species to naturally adapt to what is going on in this new climate regime is too short to survive over a long time. so that really does open up some interesting questions, and we are not really sure how to approach those just yet because we have never really had to do it before. thank you for your time, we appreciate your perspective on what is going on in australia, and just to say there

is so much more information and detail on our website, being updated all the time. here's our briefing on some of the key events happening on monday. and students are back in class at the chinese university of hong kong. the new term has begun. it's the first time lessons have been held at the university since protesters occupied the campus last november. later, pope francis celebrates mass on epiphany at st peter's sqaure. epiphany is a feast day that marks the moment when the three kings visited the infant christ in bethlehem. and how would you like to own an original picasso painting worth one million euros? well, one lucky person is going to do exactly that. a lottery is taking place in paris this afternoon. the winner will be given an oil painting called nature morte. a ticket costs 100 euros. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre.

hello, i'm tulsen tollett, and this is your monday sport briefing, where we start with the footballing news that liverpool, despite making nine changes to their side, are through to the 11th round of the fa cup thanks to a stunning goal from teenager curtis jones. the 18—year—old scored with just under 20 minutes remaining to defeat merseyside rivals everton and extend the toffees' winless streak at anfield that dates back over 20 years. the game was so intense for the kids, unbelievable. it was for sure the most intense game they have had so far in their career, in a derby, incredible. incredible. how's that? we took a little bit of a risk but we wanted to have a team who was really excited about the opportunity to play tonight and these boys showed exactly that. so i'm not surprised. australian women's captain sam kerr made her chelsea debut in the women's super league on sunday, helping her side to a 3—1 win over reading. after going behind early, the 26—year—old set up the hosts' equaliser with the victory extending their unbeaten women's super league run to 10 matches. they remain third — four points behind leaders arsenal

and just one adrift of second placed manchester city who've both played a game more. arsenal have progressed from the fa cup third round in 22 of the past 23 seasons, but they have a tough test on monday when they face leeds united who are currently top of the english championship. new manager mikel arteta secured a first win in charge of the gunners on new year's day with a 2—0 victory over manchester united in the premier league. the north london outfit are the most successful side in the fa cup, having lifted the trophy on 13 occasions. leeds won the fa cup for the only time in 1972 by beating arsenal 1—0 in the final. the competition that is very attached to this football club in recent yea rs, attached to this football club in recent years, and we have to take very seriously and we have to try to go to the next round. the way they play, the manner they behave, i

follow them, my coach for a long time, i know how tough it is going to be to play against them. the atp cup is underway on day 4 in australia, with world number one rafael nadal set to take to the court when spain face uruguay later. nadal made his first appearance of 2020 in perth on saturday, and he came through 6—3, 7—5 which gave his nation an unassailable lead over georgia. on monday nadal will come up against pablo cuevas. double formula 1 world champion fernando alonso finished 11th after the first stage of the dakar rally in saudi arabia on sunday. the 38—year—old spaniard ended 15 minutes 27 seconds off the pace on his first—ever dakar stage. defending champion nasser al—attiyah, who led for more than 200km, finished fourth after late mechanical problems with his toyota. monday's second stage is a 393km drive from al wajh to neom. it looks like the end for the statue of zlatan ibrahimovic

which has been defaced and vandalised outside one of his former clubs, malmo, over the last few weeks. after previous attacks it's now finally been toppled, and the statue's face covered by a shirt bearing the swedish badge. the life—size figure, which saw the legs cut off at the ankles this time, has been taken away. and all this vandalism came about after it was announced that ibrahimovic had bought 25% of the shares in their bitter rivals hammarby. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett and the rest of the team, that is your monday sport briefing. the world war i film "1917" has won several of the top awards at the golden globes awards in hollywood. it took away best drama film, and sam mendes, who directed and co—wrote it, won best director. david willis is our correspondent in los angeles.

great to see you, looking so glamorous. so do tell about 1917 and some of the other big winners. there was no firm favourite going in to the golden globes this time, the start of the hollywood awards season, but one film has emerged as the film to beat for the rest of the awards season, and that is the world wari awards season, and that is the world war i drama, the blockbuster i should say, 1917. it tells the story of two british soldiers follows them through the trenches in the second world war, and was filmed to appear as one continuous shot over the course of the two—hour duration of the film. it is a remarkable piece of filmmaking, and it got the top award at the golden globes tonight, that of best film. its director, sam mendes, was named best direct. the other film that came close to that

was quentin tarantino's once upon a time in hollywood, that got an award for him, best supporting actor for brad pitt, and was also named best musical or comedy, the golden globes unlike the officers divides films into those two categories. elsewhere, joaquin phoenix, elton john and bernie thorburn, rene zellweger, patricia arquette and anne awkwafina, the first asian—american actress to triumph in her particular category or getting golden globes tonight. one surprise, 30—year—old taron golden globes tonight. one surprise, 30—year—old ta ron egerton, golden globes tonight. one surprise, 30—year—old taron egerton, from aberystwyth in wales, nuns decide daniel craig, eddie murphy and leonardo dicaprio to land best actor in musical or... 0k, we will

persevere because we may have lost your sound. so i will ask another question and see if we can hear you. in terms of tv streaming and netflix‘s dominant, that was the talk of these was going on, with 3a nominations, but how did netflix and its streaming rivals do? it was interesting, you are right, 3a nominations for netflix, but in orderfor them to achieve nominations for netflix, but in order for them to achieve this much heralded status as breakout part of the entertainment industry, they would really have to capture the award for best drama, they had three films up the contention but it went of course to 1917 which was made by dreamworks. that said, the streaming services shared a lot of honours, amazon among them as well as... so this is the age of streaming video, no question about that. david willis

in los angeles, we are back with all the top business stories in a couple of minutes, i will see you soon. hello. red sky for some on sunday night but not a huge amount of delight for the shepherds or indeed the rest of us for the weather over the next few days. fairly turbulent spell of weather where we see rain, gales, may be severe gales at times, very mild conditions for the next few days but things will turn chilli through the end of the week. at spell of wet and windy weather knocking on the door to the west into monday, this area of low pressure centre to the south of low pressure centre to the south of iceland, lots of snow but the wet and windy weather to the west of ireland as you the day does mean we start monday as we started sunday, lots of cloud, temperature is above frost level, just the odd spot of light rain and drizzle, but turning wet and windy through the morning

with gales across northern ireland, that spread eastwards across scotla nd that spread eastwards across scotland through the morning, not too much of the east coast, wales and west england turned west —— wet in the morning into the afternoon, before sunshine arrives later. some of the strongest winds will be attached to the rain and the north and west will see gales most extensively, wind up to 50 miles an hour if not more. not quite as windy in the south—east but windy and we have seen through the weekend, but here we see the rain spread through the afternoon, into the early evening rush hour. clear skies into tuesday morning before more wet and windy weather arrives to the north and west, then after a brief touch of frost these are other temperatures as we start tuesday morning, and they are set to rise quite quickly. the reason is our next big stormy lowers our shores, the centre again to iceland, more snowy but a wide area of stronger winds, the strong winds scooping up while they're all the way from the mid—atlantic. while they're all the way from the mid—atla ntic. temperatures will while they're all the way from the mid—atlantic. temperatures will be shooting up quite quickly through the day on tuesday, best of any brighter weather to the south and south—east, rain at times which

could cause some travel disruption across scotland, northern ireland and northern england, the wind the biggest feature, 70 have an 80 miles an hour, widespread gales to take us through the day in northern and western scotland, but as those winds come from the south dress —— south—west, we could see further to the north of northern ireland, northeast wales and northern scotland, 15 maybe 16 possible. colder air returns into thursday, when from pushing southwards, another weather system starts to work its way in, so we will start to see things turn wet again from the south later on wednesday, more wet and windy weather on thursday, finishing brighter and colder on friday.

this is the business briefing. i'm sally bundock. australia counts the cost of bushfires that leave scores dead and thousands homeless. we're live in sydney to hear how the country is coping. oil on the up: the price of the black stuff tops $70 as tensions between iran and the us show no signs of cooling. and on financial markets, there is a flight to safety with the price of gold headed higher, as well as oil as the tensions in the middle east escalate.