you're watching bbc news at nine with me joanna gosling — the headlines. president trump threatens sanctions against iraq, if it tries to expel us forces over the killing of a senior iranian general near baghdad airport. huge crowds pack tehran for commander qasem soleimani's funeral — the general was assassinated in a us drone strike, on the orders of president donald trump. this is the scene live in tehran, where iran's supreme leader ayatollah khamenei has led prayers and at one point was seen weeping. in australia — officials warn that fires there will "take off" again, despite rain and a drop in temperatures — the australian prime minister says the repsonse to the disaster is unprecendented.

faces the largest single call ever of defence forces to provide support this country has never seen before. —— this is the largest. labour's ruling body meet to agree the timetable for the party's leadership race and the rules for the forthcoming contest. 1917... cheering sir sam mendes receives two awards for his world war i epic 1917 at this year's golden globes. and in sport — liverpool have a new local hero — 18—year—old curtisjones raises the roof at anfield with a stunning winner in the fa cup tie against local rivals, everton. good morning 7 and welcome to the bbc news at 9:00am.

president trump has said he'll impose harsh sanctions on iraq, if the government there tries to make us forces leave the country. the iraqi parliament called for foreign troops to leave the country. the us president has told reporters: "we have a very extraordinarily expensive air base that's there. it cost billions of dollars to build. we're not leaving unless they pay us back for it". in neighbouring iran, mourners have packed the streets of the capital, tehran, as the body of a senior iranian military commander, was returned. iran's supreme leader ayatollah khamenei led prayers and at one point was seen weeping. tensions between the united states and iran have escalated dramatically after president trump ordered the killing of kassem sulemani. after president trump ordered the killing of qasem soleimani.

he was killed by a us drone strike as he travelled in a convoy in iraq, near baghdad's international airport. iran has declared three days of mourning and threatened severe revenge for the killing. previously, president trump has defended his actions on twitter, saying the general was plotting to kill many more americans and was responsible for the deaths of millions of people. the secretary general of the united nations says leaders need to exercise maximum restraint. last night, boris johnson, angela merkel and emmanuel macron issued a joint statment — the leaders are calling on "all parties to exercise utmost restraint and responsibility" and say the "current cycle of violence in iraq must be stopped". the statement continues, "we stand ready to to continue our engagement with all sides in order to contribute to defuse tensions and restore stability to the region". it comes as iran announced it will no longer abide by the restrictions of the 2015 nuclear deal. our correspondent in beirut, lina sinjab, sent us this update earlier. this is a time of mourning in tehran and across the country in iran and in fact the shia community that

believed in a round's agenda and followed qasem soleimani. certainly the case in lebanon with military groups. it is not only in around that they shape their presence in the region but also a man of pride, so killing him is a big red line crossed for the iranians, attacking them in the heart, basically. now it is time for mourning and thinking and strategising their reaction. the iranians will not stay quiet on this but they are not a country that responds swiftly and irrationally, but rather they will think about how to hit hard and take the time to do it. the former foreign secretary jeremy hunt has warned of the peril being faced. what we have at the moment is a very dangerous tinderbox situation because both sides are fundamentally underestimating the strength and resolve on the other side.

the iranians have thought for some time that america just wants to get out of the middle east and it is not really committed long—term to the region and they can get away with their proxy wars. but the americans too have been predicting for a long time that iran will come to its knees because of economic pressure and the regime has held out. that is the real danger we face at the moment, that risk of unintended consequences because neither side wants a war, i don't think there will be a war, but both sides will feel the need to retaliate when they are attacked. i think borisjohnson is right to say that we have to take sides in this if we are going to be a serious player and the root cause of instability in the middle east was actually general soleimani. if there was one individual that was fuelling conflicts in syria, in lebanon, in iraq, in yemen where they have this horrific famine that is going on he was the person behind it

because he commanded the quds force, been running them for 21 years, and they were the ones that were fuelling these insurrections across the region. so there is no doubt that a bad guy has gone. but what we are bracing ourselves now for is the counter reaction from the iranians and that's why it is such a dangerous situation. the former foreign secretary. speaking on the today programme this morning — mowaffak al—rubaie, former iraqi national security advisor in the government of prime minister nouri al—maliki — gave his thoughts on the feeling in the middle east. there is a sky—high anti—american sentiment in my country now. where i sit in baghdad i can see it, i can smell war. this is all caused by the uncalled for escalation of violence in the middle east. by the reckless decision by mr trump. this

impulsive, kneejerk decision by mr trump. this impulsive, knee jerk reaction. decision by mr trump. this impulsive, kneejerk reaction. this quy impulsive, kneejerk reaction. this guy who is sitting in the white house, he thinks this is a trade game or a trade war like with china. in fairness to him what he said was... he is playing with five. he said the us was provoked by the kind of attacks seen on american bases and other action by iran over the yea rs and other action by iran over the years under the control by qasem soleimani. and he responded by killing a top military leader in my country in iraq and a general who is visiting another country from iran. is this the way the civilised world deals with this incident? i think this man has to be stopped and he

has to be stopped. if he cannot be stopped inside the us he has to be stopped inside the us he has to be stopped by his wife's allies in europe. and i think the united kingdom needs to lead the world, or lead europe at least, to de—escalate the war which is going to erupt in the war which is going to erupt in the middle east. that's former iraqi national security adviser. oil prices have risen since friday, in response to tension in the region. our business correspondent dominic o'connell is here with more. what is happening with the figures? oil prices are up 4% on friday if you look at the brent crude index which is the one most followed in the uk. overnight in asia last night they were up again passed $70 a barrel, these are oil futures contracts which tell you where people think the oil price will go. it is past $70 a barrel. in context,

that sounds high because oil was around $60 most of last year but spiked up to $74 per barrel in september when we had a drone attack ona september when we had a drone attack on a big saudi arabian facility, responsible for about 5% of the world's oil output. when you have actual disruption to oil prices they go higher, so far we haven't had any disruption, which explains why actually the oil price reaction has been fairly muted so far. the big one that's moving is gold, gold has been trading at $1300 an ounce for most of last year and it is up to nearly $1600 overnight. it has been edging steadily about the move has come in the last week or so on the back of this, the traditional thing where it looks like there is going to be trouble in the world and investors had for safe havens, so that's gold, the swiss franc, the japanese yen. those kind of safe haven investments are on the move. how volatile might it be? what might happen? we haven't yet had disruption to oil supplies and that would be what focuses traders mines.

so far it is talking about hostility, not actual hostility, apart from what we have already had. it is not disrupting the oil supply yet. all eyes on the strait of hormuz, the royal navy has said done sent to microchips there, montrose and defender, to protect british shipping, accounting for about 23% of all the world's oil production which goes through that narrow stretch of water between iran and oman. it is there that iran could have a big effect on the world oil price if it chose to disrupt shipping in that stretch of water. thank you, dominic. let's take a look at the scene in tehran where crowds have gathered ahead of the funeral procession of qasem soleimani. we'll have more on this story 9:15am with our correspondent in the middle east, lina sinjab. huge crowds in iran, the funeral taking place tomorrow but the funeral procession today and ayatolla h funeral procession today and ayatollah khomeini as also been joining the mourners and has been

seen joining the mourners and has been seen weeping as this funeral procession takes place. australian officials have warned the devastating bushfires could continue for months, with concerns that the huge fires in victoria and new south wales could meet to create a larger "mega blaze". a second day of light rain and lower temperatures today though, is giving firefighters a brief reprieve. this weekend saw some of the worst days of the crisis so far, with hundreds more properties destroyed. the response you rcn rolled out in australia at a commonwealth level is the largest single call—out ever of defence force reservists working with our full—time defence forces —— you are seeing. to provide support this country has never seen before. on top of that the financial support going to be provided, i will make

more announcements about that, but already some 25 million working in close partnership with the states and territories. what matters is what happens on the ground, the resources made available, the delivery of the services that are necessary and the rebuilding effort and recovery effort in the future. i'm focused on the work that needs to be donejust like i'm focused on the work that needs to be done just like the commissioner, the premier and the major general. our reporter katy watson is in victoria and sent this update. the fact that there has been rain that has put out some of the smaller spot fires, they have been able to continue with evacuations. one of the other big concerns is the air quality. if you just look all around me, the heavy smog which is coming from the wider bush fires, you can see in the distance, that is just pure smoke coming from the bushfires. the smell of the bonfire, like a bonfire, has been travelling with us since melbourne. even in melbourne it hit the big cities. the last few days, the last day or two, it has helped having this rain but

nevertheless there is still a feeling that people should be on guard for what might happen in the coming days once temperatures start to rise again. the next few days there is concern we could see something happening once again. the fa ct we something happening once again. the fact we have had more than 1000 homes destroyed, we have seen people having to be evacuated, just driving through into where i am now you can see dozens of houses have been destroyed and the woodland is absolutely charred, trees. that is a concern with the weather patterns are changing. and as the prime minister said this could continue for months. certainly people are not resting yet, there is still concern about what might happen in the coming days, weeks and months. the labour party's ruling body will meet today to decide the rules for the contest to choose jeremy corbyn's successor as leader. five mps — clive lewis, lisa nandy, jess phillips, sir keir starmer

and emily thornberry — have so far entered the running. shadow business secretary rebecca long—bailey is also expected to announce her bid. with me now is our assistant political editor — norman smith. how flexible are these rules? they have enough flexibility to significantly impact on the outcome, so significantly impact on the outcome, so although todowasn't meeting of the nec might sound like a rather dry, bureaucratic meeting, it will determine how much time basically form party members and party supporters have got to sign up to ta ke supporters have got to sign up to take part in this contest. and why that matters is that many of the non—corbyn candidates, if you like, are hoping that some of those party members who quit the party in despair of the corbyn years will be encouraged to rejoin and support them. so there is only a very narrow window of time for supporters and x party members to join up and that would damage potentially the

prospects of the likes of, say, sir keir starmer and jess phillips, and could potentially benefit a corbyn candidate, which is why when the nec meets today it is still a corbyn dominated body. the chances are they may go for a very, very tight timetable indeed. and if you look at the last contest, the one between owen smith and jeremy corbyn, actually they only set aside 40 at oui’ actually they only set aside 40 at our is, sojust a couple actually they only set aside 40 at our is, so just a couple of days, for so—called registered supporters to sign up. we don't know whether they will go for such a tight timetable again. if they do, i predict it will provoke an almighty i’ow predict it will provoke an almighty row for some of the non—corbyn candidates who will accuse the nec ofan candidates who will accuse the nec of an effect trying to rig the contest. a row, but would they be able to actually have an impact, make any change? well, probably not, because the nec is the sort of

sacrosanct, i suppose, because the nec is the sort of sacrosanct, isuppose, interpreter of the rules within the labour party. so they just of the rules within the labour party. so theyjust have to work with the rules they are given. it is also worth pointing out that last time, although they did go for this terribly tight timeline of just 48 is, actually, a huge number of labour party supporters still managed to find that narrow space of time to sign up. i think something like 120,000 labour party members, labour party supporters, still signed up in that very tight timeline. the other intriguing thing is it is often a little bit too simplistic to imagine people coming back into the party, or a registered supporters will automatically be disgruntled corbynites. actually, in the last contest, the overwhelming proportion of labour party supporters, those just paying a nominal fee supporters, those just paying a nominalfee to supporters, those just paying a nominal fee to take part in the contest, most of them actually supported jeremy corbyn. i suppose that just tells us supported jeremy corbyn. i suppose thatjust tells us it is very, very

ha rd to call thatjust tells us it is very, very hard to call this contest. thank you very much, norman. an update on our headlines on bbc news. president trump has threatened sanctions against iraq, if it tries to expel us forces over the killing of a senior iranian general near baghdad airport. rain and cooler temperatures have given parts of australia some respite from the bushfires which have been ravaging many parts of the country. labour's ruling body meet today to agree the timetable for the party's leadership race and the rules for the forthcoming contest. also coming up — the trial of the disgraced hollywood mogul harvey weinstein begins in new york today, more than two years after allegations of sexual assualt emerged against him. in sport, ben stokes has pushed england's lead over south africa beyond 300 on the fourth day of the test in cape town. tom sibley is closing in on his first test century on 94. teenager curtis jones closing in on his first test century on 94. teenager curtisjones starts for liverpool as they beat everton

in the third round of the fa cup. this stunning strike from the 18—year—old the only goal of the game at anfield. what a goal it was. the touch—screen var screen was used for the first time this season as luka milivojevic was sent off in crystal palace's i—0 defeat to derby. the referees are being urged to use this system to make more decisions for themselves. more to come on all those stories a little later. crowds are gathering in tehran as the country prepares for the funeral of general qasem soleimani, who was killed in a us airstrike last week. it comes as president trump has said he'll impose harsh sanctions on iraq, if the government there tries to make american forces leave. our correspondent lina sinjab is in beiruit.

extraordinary number of people on the streets for the procession of qasem soleimani. perhaps hundreds of thousands took to the streets over the past few days and today will continue for the final burial of qasem soleimani in his home town. we have seen today the supreme leader ayatolla h have seen today the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei leading the proceedings and weeping over the body of qasem soleimani. this is a man of power and a leader who is seen man of power and a leader who is seen by the shia community in iran and across the region as an icon who defended their own interests. he is someone defended their own interests. he is someone who shaped the politics and influence of iran across the region. this is a time of grief and also anger against the american administration who conducted this assassination, but also probably a time of reflection and thinking ahead of how to respond to regain

their pride and reinforce their presence and power in the region. what are the thoughts on what the retaliation may be? we have seen already the first announcement coming ona already the first announcement coming on a political level where they said they will not abide at all by the nuclear deal signed in 2015. this is already posing a threat to regional stability, but also international security because the world doesn't want to see a country thatis world doesn't want to see a country that is not abiding by international law, empowering or enriching its uranium. this is certainly posing a threat to israel in the region. but also, there are many questions about how iran is going to retaliate. they said it loud and clear that they are going to take revenge and hit hard. are they going to do it here in the region using their proxy militias stationed in iraq, syria and

lebanon, using cyber attacks, all the options are open on the table. maybe also they won't do it themselves, and as i mentioned, use their proxy allies so that they minimised the threats of retaliation against their own nation, their own country. we have seen them playing this game for a long time in the region and they may well continue. both sides are talking extremely tough. president trump said the us would respond in the event of a retaliation for the death perhaps in a disproportionate manner and has said america is ready to hit 52 iranians sites and would strike very ha rd iranians sites and would strike very hard and very fast. if tehran does attack american or us assets. others words likely to temper iran's reaction? we have already seen this tit—for—tat heated statement coming from iran and the united states. and both are serious with their threats,

in fact. the iranians have been hit ha rd in fact. the iranians have been hit hard with the loss of qasem soleimani and they need to do something not only for their internal reaction but also for their regional presence and image. they have influence in syria, lebanon, iraq, yemen, and afghanistan and they have influence and probably control over the shia community who follow their orders, probably there are some minorities who oppose the iranian regime and iranians hardliners, but they have control over that and they need to show them that they are still in power and they will retaliate. but it's really ha rd to they will retaliate. but it's really hard to see how they are going to do it. the world is calling for coming down of de—escalation. britain, france and germany have already said they are willing to interfere and talk to the iranians to de—escalate but it is really hard to see at this moment, with the huge anger in the country, that they are going to sit down on it. thank you very much. the trial of the disgraced hollywood mogul harvey weinstein

begins in new york today, more than two years after allegations of sexual assualt emerged against him. the proceedings relate to just two of his accusers — in all more than 80 women have made allegations of sexual misconduct against him. he has pleaded not guilty, as nick bryant reports from new york. if hollywood were to stage the trial of harvey weinstein, maybe it would look something like this. the once all—powerful movie mogul looking feeble and using a walking frame as he appeared at a manhattan court house in december ahead of his criminal trial. weinstein has been charged with raping a woman in a new york hotel room in 2013 and sexually assaulting another woman in 2006. he has repeatedly denied all allegations of non—consensual sex. just because a woman makes a claim does not mean that it is true and just because mr weinstein is accused of a crime does not mean he is guilty. some of the biggest names in hollywood have accused him

of harassment and assault — angelina jolie, gwyneth paltrow, and ashleyjudd among them. writerjasmine lobe is also one of the silence breakers who has accused weinstein of sexual assault. cases are sometimes hard to prove. her fear is he could be acquitted. i'll be really afraid if he is not held accountable. and i think a lot of silence breakers will be, and just, you know, survivors in general. it will hurt. it will hurt to know that we have been hurt and that nothing would happen. so, i hope the court does the right thing. the fall of harvey weinstein didn't only up—end hollywood. it spurred a global metoo movement on the streets, in the workplace, and online. one that ignited a conversation about consent, equal pay and toxic

masculinity, one that demonstrated the magnitude of the sexual harassment problem around the world. harvey weinstein has apparently told friends he is planning a post—trial comeback but that seems delusional, given the number of women who have accused him of sexual assault. the charges in his trial relate to just two of his accusers and, if found guilty, he could face the rest of his life in prison. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. british talent enjoyed a night of celebration at the golden globes with phoebe waller—bridge and olivia colman winning in the tv categories. rocketman star taron egerton and 1917 director sam mendes were triumphant in the film awards. the bbc‘s sophie long was there. it was the first major a—list event of the season with ricky gervais is hosting for a fifth time. the standing ovation for eltonjohn set the tone for what became a big night

for british show business. they won the golden globe for best song. and taron egerton won for his portrayal of the rock star in rocket man, beating leonardo dicaprio and i2—year—old fellow brit roman griffin davies. i'm honoured to be nominated alongside a bunch of legitimate icons and also roman who is the sweetest kid. it was an incredible performance and i'm honoured to be nominated alongside you too. 1917. the first world war epic 1917 won the golden globe for best drama commander sam mendez took the award for best director too. phoebe waller bridge for flea bag. there were two golden globes for phoebe waller bridge and flea bag. this is really heavy and cool. this really co m es this is really heavy and cool. this really comes down to andrew scott, really, because that man, there was

a lot of talk about the chemistry of us a lot of talk about the chemistry of us in the show, but really he can have chemistry with a pebble! these are the first major awards of the season and decade and those going home clutching golden globes tonight will hope to collect gold and statues to match in five weeks' time. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. well we're joined now live from salford studios by film critic siobhan synnot. as we saw, brilliant night for british talent. what would you pick out in terms of the notable awards for you? a good night for british talent, good night for traditional studios. a bad night for netflix, which had 34 nominations but only took two. a good night for sir sam mendez and the trench war movie 1917. bad night for martin scorsese and the irishman which took home no awards at all. this is the first of

the big awards ceremonies in the season and these movies are alljust about out now in this country. so fresh in the minds of anyone who has perhaps been going to the cinema over christmas. in terms of predicting whether the momentum stays with the winners at the globes? there is quite a spread, if you are a betting woman you could do worse than putting money on renee zellweger for best actress awards from here on in. she was a strong favourite in best comedy and musical and came through with her performance in judy. and and came through with her performance injudy. and also joaquin phoenix who won a best actor for thejokerfilm. again, joaquin phoenix who won a best actor for the joker film. again, he joaquin phoenix who won a best actor for thejokerfilm. again, he seems to bea for thejokerfilm. again, he seems to be a bit ofa for thejokerfilm. again, he seems to be a bit of a shoe in. elsewhere, still a lot to play for. as i say, the irishman got no awards at all at the hollywood foreign press awards,

but he is well respected by the british academy and the oscar voters. so that could change. 1917 isa voters. so that could change. 1917 is a really interesting one. it was screened relatively late and i wonder if that benefited the film, that you are seeing something fresh after long campaigns for the likes of the irishman, quentin tarantino's once upon a time in hollywood. it is also a tremendous artistic and technical accomplishment, so sam mendez shot this adventure through the trenches of the first world war as if it is in one continuous take. we all love a bit of difficulty against the odds and this is something hard to pull off and it works. it is out in the uk this week. the awards themselves presented by a brit, ricky gervais is. controversial as ever. with the producers know the script before it gets delivered? producers know the script before it gets delivered ? there producers know the script before it gets delivered? there is quite a lot

in there that was very punchy. certainly they would be aware of most of the content. who knows if he improvised any extra lines. it was interesting to see the response because ricky gervais is was a real breath of fresh air when he first hosted the golden globes. this time round, interesting to see the room. some of the guests looking almost worried about laughing at some of the more out there jokes. may his audience. he has said this is going to be his last time. but he did say that last time as well. thank you very much. coming up in the sport, liverpool have a new local hero, 18—year—old curtisjones raises the roof at anfield with a stunning winner in the fa cup tie against local rivals everton. time to look at the weather with carol kirkwood. good morning, joanna, and good morning to you too. today we are looking at a cloudy day, windy in the northern and western parts of

the northern and western parts of the country, this weather from bringing in rain, moving from the west and east as we go through the day. behind it later, it will brighten up in western areas, we will see some showers, some will be wintry on the mountain in scotland. you can see the northern half of the uk is windiest, the strongest gusts in the north and west, temperatures roughly 9—iid. through this evening and overnight, there goes the ring, transient ridge of high pressure moving across us, transient ridge of high pressure moving across us, clear skies for a time before the next area comes in, bringing some fronts and this area of low pressure bringing rain. still windy in the north but if anything tomorrow, it will be windier. looking at gales across the northern half of the uk, even inland, severe gales possible across north—west scotland, this may well lead to some travel disruption. hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines... president trump has threatened

sanctions against iraq, if it tries to expel us forces over the killing of a senior iranian general near baghdad airport. huge crowds pack tehran for commander qasem soleimani's funeral — the general was assassinated in a us drone strike, on the orders of president donald trump. rain and cooler temperatures have given parts of australia some respite from the bushfires which have been ravaging many parts of the country. labour's ruling body meet today to agree the timetable for the party's leadership race and the rules for the forthcoming contest. sir sam mendes has won two awards for his world war i epic, 1917, at this year's golden globes. also coming up — unhappy new year — the first working monday after the festive period, typically sees a rise in couples feeling disillusioned about their relationships.

time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. as we've been hearing, it was a big night in hollywood last night. and the golden globes is trending around the world across multiple social media platforms. it was a strong night for british talent with phoebe waller—bridge's sitcom fleabag scooping two prizes while olivia colman won another for playing the queen in the crown. sam mendes was named best director for his world war one film, 1917, which went on to be crowned best film drama. the comedian and actor ricky gervais hosted the awards. he began with seven minutes of cutting—comments and sarcasm. he aimed to pre—empt any outrage over his politically incorrectjokes by urging his audience to rememeber that — in his words — they arejustjokes. and he had advice for would—be prize—winners. if you do win an award tonight, don't use it as a platform to make

a political speech, right? you are in no position to lecture the public about anything, you know nothing about the real world. most of you spent less time in school than greta thunberg. actor russell crowe has used his winner's speech at the golden globes to raise awareness of the deadly bushfire crisis in australia. actor, jennifer aniston, accepted his award and read out his acceptance on stage saying. ..'make no mistake. crowe won the award for his role in ‘the loudest voice in the room'. the actor was not at the ceremony in hollywood as he had stayed at home in autralia to protect his family from the fires. following the win,

crowe tweeted. .. he also posted a video along with the tweet which showed how he was defending his home from the devastating fires i'm getting the truck, ready and prepared, in case things get crazy. it's got a thousand litres water cube on it. it's got a water tank, it's an old ford f150, there's a couple of bins with shovels, we've got spare hoses, fire blankets, gloves, respirators. and all the stuff you need forfighting fires. the english actor and creator of fleabag, phoebe waller—bridge, was also a winner at last night's ceremony. phoebe wore a suit by australian designers ralph & russo and announced backstage after accepting her golden globes trophy — that she will auction off the suit and donate the money to fire relief in australia. a fundraiser for fire services in new south wales has raised more than 20 million australian dollars injust 48 hours. an image has gone viral across twitter after it was shared on instagram by australian

artist, anthony hearsey. it shows a 3d visualisation of the bushfires in australia. the artist explains it was made using nasa's satellite data on the fires and shows the areas which have been affected. there had been confusion over the image, with many people believing it was a photo from space — mr hearsey confirmed it was not. the first briton that went into space has claimed that aliens exist and it is possible they are amoung us on earth. astronaut dr helen sharman said that extra terrestrial life is bound to be somewhere in the universe. she added that although aliens may not be made up of carbon and nitrogen like humans it's possible they're here right now and we simply can't see them. let's look at what you are reading at home. the top story, the golden globes. followed by the news that we we re globes. followed by the news that we were talking about, aliens exist and could be on earth. scrolling down. the seventh most red, the news that

bosses of britain's leading firms will be paid more within three working days of 2020 than the average employee annual wage, according to research. ftse 100 according to research. ftse100 chief executives who started work on the 2nd of january will bite 5pm today have earned above the average wage of £29,559. and another story about the economy, new car registrations at the lowest level since 2013. that's according to the society of motor manufacturers and traders. third consecutive year of decline. the organisation expecting that trend to continue throughout 2020, saying the industry is facing serious challenges adapting to new emissions legislation. more on that later. that's it for today's morning briefing. sport now and time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre.

here'sjohn. good morning... we've got alan shearer coming up in a few moments to talk all things fa cup, but we're going to start with teh cricket because england are in a good position to win just their fifth test match in a year. 343 runs ahead. ben stokes has been having some fun already this morning — slogging the south african bowlers to all corners of newlands. he's at the crease with dom sibley who's scored his first test century. england 307—4. lead of 353 as things stand. to the fa cup and thrid round weekend, klopp's kids dominate the back pages this morning newspapers. teenage sensation is how the telegraph describes the wonder—goal from curtisjones that won the merseyside derby for liverpool. ”my boy

wonders” is the mirror's headline whilst the guardian goes with ”jones jumps for joy”. stuff of dreams really for the 18—year—old against everton at anfield. alex gulrajani can tell us. jones, comes to goal! an absolutely stunning goal by curtis jones for liverpool. imagine being 18 years old, playing for your boyhood club and scoring the winner against your city rivals. well, toxteth teenager curtisjones doesn't have to anymore. liverpool managerjurgen klopp set the stage. some regular names took a break in the youngsters got the chance to impress against everton and jones took full advantage. he was unbelievable. individual performances from the kids. it was incredible game decided by a sensational goal from a scouser, i couldn't want more. ijust did it and then i tried to go out there and show them what i was capable of doing

and hopefully i can top it off with the performance and it was a great goal. and the praise didn't stop there. former liverpool captain stephen gerard showing his admiration. current player andy robertson getting involved. and how about this, club legend sir kenny dalglish as well. with liverpool fighting for trophies and all fronts, maybe this might be the last time we hear the name... jones, comes to goal! let's talk to alan shearer who was at anfield yesterday. and alan that goal aside, everton play their strongest side and cant beat liverpool's kids. the first half, everton were very good, they should have scored two or three goals, they didn't, missed the chance, and we said at half—time they might regret that in the second half, that turned out to be the

case. liverpool absolutely dominated the second half, everton didn't lay a glove on them. that will be really worrying signs for the new manager. there was no one prepared to put their foot there was no one prepared to put theirfoot on there was no one prepared to put their foot on the ball, take control of the game. and as i said, liverpool absolutely dominating, deserved to win, great to see from their point of view. some of the youngsters coming through and shining, all of them were absolutely magnificent. the future of liverpool looking good, as it is currently at the moment with the first—team players. they obviously made a number of changes we saw that through the third round weekend with teams rotating some of their first choice players. is that affecting the fa cup a little bit, taking the shine off the competition?” the fa cup a little bit, taking the shine off the competition? i think we have to accept a little bit of the shine has been taken off but we have to understand the needs and demands of the premier league. teams wa nt to demands of the premier league. teams want to get into the top four, they wa nt to want to get into the top four, they want to stay in the premier league and championship teams are desperate to get into the premier league. on

the back of such a busy period as well. we have to accept that is going to be the case but out of those negatives, turns out to be some unbelievable positives, norwich scoring a hat—trick, the story yesterday with liverpool and curtis jones. from negatives obviously positives come out of it as well, what a story that was yesterday for liverpool. absolutely, the fa cup again, always looking for an upset or two and one of those came with derby and crystal palace but the game dominated by another talking point with ba r. interesting to note the referee michael oliver using a pitch side monitor to review his on field decision. that is something that more referees are being urged to do, will be see more of that do you think? we hope so and it's about time it happened, it cannot be a coincidence that it's never happened in the premier league, we started in august, now in january, in the premier league, we started in august, now injanuary, not one referee has been to the pitch side monitor and that's what's needed, we

are not seeing, the referee should go there five or six times again but in terms of making and giving the correct decision, his on field decision from the reverie, it's key and hopefully that's the first of many. his actions have been praised as the result of that. the game tonight, the last of the fa cup third round weekend, leads taking on arsenal at the emirates. this is going to be a fascinating contest. it should be, leeds flying high at the top of the championship, desperate to get into the premier league, arsenal, new manager, signs are very encouraging, he's got them working hard, pressing higher, they all seem to be on the same page, i know it's early days but put all that together and hopefully, it's two strong teams out there and it should be a cracking game and i'm looking forward to it, the draw before that on bbc one. looking forward to that in potentially another wonder goal or two, enjoy it, many thanks for talking to us. as alan was saying, you can watch the game between arsenal and leeds,

live on bbc one. you can also listen on bbc radio 5 live. that will conclude the third round weekend. great stuff. that's all the sport for now. john, thank you. new car registrations in the uk last year have fallen to their lowest level since 2013, according to the society of motor manufacturers and traders. it was the third consecutive year of decline, and the smmt expects that trend to continue throughout 2020. figures due out later today are expected to show that a total of 2.31 million new cars were registered in 2019. that's down 2% compared to the year before. the market has steadily been contracting since 2016, when 2.69 million new vehicles were sold. for more on this, i'm joined now by our business and transport correspondent theo leggett.

what are the factors behind these declining sales? a number of factors at play and those figures have been published, they are out. the biggest factor seems to be political and economic uncertainty, buying a car isa economic uncertainty, buying a car is a big thing, it costs a lot of money, people don't do that lightly and if they are worried about whether they are going to be keeping theirjob or whatever, they are not likely to buy a new car, they will hang onto their old one so that is a factor. another major factor is declining demand for diesel. diesel car sales over the past three years have fallen off the cliff, have the ca i’s have fallen off the cliff, have the cars sold in this country in 2016 we re cars sold in this country in 2016 were diesel, now it's 25%. that's an enormous drop. the reason there it seems to be people are worried about clea n seems to be people are worried about clean air legislation, cities saying you had to pay if you bring a diesel car into town or as in the case of bristol, threatening to ban them altogether. people don't really know what's going on and the organisation says the latest diesels, the so—called euro six diesels are very

clea n so—called euro six diesels are very clean and shouldn't be affected by clea n clean and shouldn't be affected by clean air legislation, people don't believe it so they are holding off buying, keeping their old cars longer until they can find out what's happening. the chief executive of the smm team specifically talking about concerns around brexit. brexit is going to happen, at the end of this month we leave the european union, then there isa leave the european union, then there is a transition period until the end of the year. the concern for the organisation is what happens after that, whether there are going to be ta riffs that, whether there are going to be tariffs on imports and exports of whole cars and whether there is going to be tariffs on car parts and whether there will be any blockages at borders after the transition period comes to an end. the government says it will have a comprehensive trade deal in place by then, a certain amount of scepticism in the industry about whether that can happen so according to the chief executive, that's what keeps him awake at night. he says it's still a clear and present danger. in terms of where the market is going and you mention uncertainty around new

technology, electric vehicle sales are increasing dramatically but there is still a tiny proportion of overall sales. they make up 1.6% of overall sales. they make up 1.696 of the market with sales increased in hundred and 44% last year. the problem is the industry needs and to increase at a much faster rate. new emissions rules controlling the amount of carbon dioxide that can be emitted by new cars come in at this year and they enter into force for the next year, the european rules, as we understand it they will be taken on by the uk even after we leave the eu. this means car makers are going to have to sell a whole lot more electric cars or hybrid cards so if we are relying solely on electric cars they would have to go up electric cars they would have to go up to 27% of the market in a very short period of time. that's the nature of the challenge ahead. the organisation says what's needed is we are building the cars in the car—makers are producing lots of new electric and hybrid models, they need incentives to encourage people to buy them so that means the government basically putting money up government basically putting money up front to encourage this market to

ta ke up front to encourage this market to take off. thank you. the supermarket aldi says it sold 55 million mince pies over christmas — as shoppers spent record amounts at the german chain. sales during december topped one billion pounds for the first time in the company's history — thats a 7.9% rise on the same period last year. as well as mince pies — aldi also sold 22 million pigs in blankets and more than two million christmas puddings. the headlines on bbc news... president trump has threatened sanctions against iraq, if it tries to expel us forces over the killing of a senior iranian general near baghdad airport. rain and cooler temperatures have given parts of australia some respite from the bushfires which have been ravaging many parts of the country. labour's ruling body meet today to agree the timetable for the party's leadership race and the rules for the forthcoming contest.

since harry dunn was killed in a crash in august last year his parents have continued to fight for justice. from travelling thousands of miles to meet the president of the white house to finding out the suspect who'd left the uk and claimed diplomatic immunity in america had been charged, bbc breakfast has continued to follow their journey. been their latest battle. graham satchell has been speaking to harry's mum, charlotte. to us, it was just another day. every day we have to wake up and realise we haven't got harry. every day. just because it was christmas day and new year's eve and new year's day, it didn't really make much difference to us. brother niall got up and sat and started to open some presents and i was sat with him

and then there's silent tears falling on the floor. so, it became very apparent very quickly that actually, as much as we tried to treat it as a normal day, there were a couple of hours that morning where we couldn't ignore that it was christmas because niall was opening his presents without his twin. the last four months have been unbearable for a twin who's lost his brother, for a mother who's lost her son. harry dunn was killed in august. he was hit by a car driving on the wrong side of the road. the crash happened outside raf croughton in northamptonshire. the american driver, anne sacoolas, later left the country, claiming she had diplomatic immunity. harry's family have been campaigning ever since to get justice for their son, and just before christmas, anne sacoolas was charged

with causing death by dangerous driving. when the cps charge came through, it was really hard to describe. i had carried out part of my promise to harry. you know, everything this stemmed from was a promise to him and his siblings that we would getjustice in one form or another. and number one, and still is number one, is to get her back to