this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top story: british scientists say australia's fires are a taste of what the world will experience as temperatures rise. the us says it no longer considers china to be a "currency manipulator", just days before the two seal the trade deal. i'm howard johnson, in the philippines, standing in front of taal volcano, which continues to belch steam and ash into the sky. volconologists say there could be a hazardous eruption within hours or days. the ethnic kazakh‘s who crossed into china and couldn't go back, claims of torture and brainwashing aimed at beijing.

a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also in the programme: instragrammers watch out — heston blumenthal has introduced a strict photography policy in his three michelin—starred restaurant, the fat duck. so we'd like to know what social media habits get on your nerves? do tell — just use the hashtag bbc—the—briefing uk scientists have issued a stark new warning about the fires in australia and climate change. they say the fires are a taste of what the world will experience

as temperatures rise. at three degrees above 19th century levels, which some believe we are now aiming for, the situation could in the scientists‘ words "become normal". rich preston has the details. as australia burns, this new report draws a direct link between the fires and man—made climate change. experts at britain's met office say what we are seeing now will become the new normal. the earth's temperature has risen by one degree celsius since preindustrial levels. nations agreed to work to prevent breaches from rising by more than 1.5 degrees but the evidence suggests we are on course for a rise of three degrees by the end of this century. 2019 was the hottest year

in australia. researchers analyse the impact of man—made climate change on wildfires. the conditions in december, the temperatures in december in australia, are extreme at the moment but we are what we expect to happen on average in a world of nearly three degrees global warming so that it tells us what the future might look like. in other words, extremes scenarios, whether fires in australia or flooded islands or eroded coastlines, i think we will see with increasing frequency. these fires are real wake—up call that we really need to start taking climate change seriously. australia hasjust experienced an extremely hot, and extremely dry here and these are the types of input we can see in a climate where we have only had one degree of global warming so far. as australians experience firsthand the effects of global warming, the message is one we have heard many

times before — get emissions down and get them down fast or what we are seeing in australia will no longer be the exception but the norm. rich preston, bbc news we will have more on that story later in our news briefing. the ta'al volcano in the philippines is continuing to throw out smoke, ash and lava. around 20,000 people have been evacuated from the area around the volcano — the second most active in the philippines. taal is on an island in the middle of a lake, and officials have declared a state of calamity there. live now to the bbc‘s howard johnson, who's just outside the exclusion zone in cavite. explain what is happening where you are? you can seejust behind me explain what is happening where you are? you can see just behind me taal volcano billowing the ash and smoke and the steam into the sky. the

white cloud coming out of the volcano indicating steam is rising from it. that has been going on continuously since interrupted on sunday afternoon. through the night there were lots of tremors here. more than 200 tremors since sunday afternoon and that means the magma underneath volcano is still moving around. volcanologist say this is still a level four on a level five scale that means a hazardous eruption could happen within hours 01’ eruption could happen within hours or days. lots of people have left this area. more than 20,000 have evacuated to safer parts. we went to an evacuation centre yesterday and metan an evacuation centre yesterday and met an elderly man who told us about the night when he heard the volcano erupt. he said it was a massive boom and he saw the flashes of lightning outside volcano. what is the impact in manila, the capital of philippines. many evacuated in

schools and businesses are closed? as you can see, me holding this mask here. there is a lot of dust. it is 110w here. there is a lot of dust. it is now dry and it is up in the air. it is causing issues with respiratory problems, people with asthma is, people told to turn off the ac units encase brings the dust into their houses. these masks are running out. running out of stock. we are also hearing the agriculture in this whole area up to manila, 70 kilometres away, at the moment at least $1 million worth of agriculture has been affected by this dust and mud. we went to a plantation earlier today and it was decimated. lots of eggplants were ruined and cannot be taken to

market. lots of hands covered in this ash as well. that is a big problem. if it's also to remove them from roads and pavements. no telling how long the situation will last? no, it could go one of two ways. in 19 91, no, it could go one of two ways. in 1991, a no, it could go one of two ways. in 19 91, a massive explosion causing utter devastation to the area but there is also the example of mount mayon, the most active volcano in the philippines in 2018. it was at level four but it never got to level five catastrophic or hazardous eruption. people are hoping that a similar event happens here. that it bubbles away but nothing more than that. thank you very much indeed. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news: american officials have again warned against allowing the chinese company, huawei, to participate

in 56 telecoms networks. they've told british government ministers it would be "madness" to use huawei technology because of the risk it poses to national security. the trump administration has banned huawei from involvement in 56 because it fears the chinese government could pressure the company to spy on the united states. reports from moscow say the libyan general, khalifa haftar, has left the russian capital without signing a ceasefire agreement with the un—backed libya government. it comes after a day of intense diplomacy during which russian and turkish intermediaries sought to persuade general haftar and the internationally recognized libyan prime minister, fayez al—serraj, to sign a truce. general haftar‘s forces have besieged tripoli for 9 months. the us attorney—general has announced that 21 saudi arabian cadets, on military training courses in the united states, are being sent home. child pornography or islamist extremist content was found

on their computers, during investigations into the fatal shooting of three american servicemen by a saudi airforce pilot at a florida naval base in december. saudi arabia has said it will consider criminal charges against them. the us has reversed its decision to brand china a "currency manipulator", as the two countries prepare to wind down their trade war. the announcement comes just two days before china and the us are due to sign a preliminary agreement, designed to ease trade tensions. this announcement was made late yesterday. phase one of the trade deal is expected to be signed on wednesday tomorrow. with me here in the studio is broadcaster and international conference host, henry bonsu. good morning. good morning to you.

timing is everything. the us sort of making the path shot ahead of signing a trade deal? we think so. it is difficult to see what donald trump's trade policy with chinese. when it came into office said that he and president forjin zhang were great friends. but then this trade warand great friends. but then this trade war and talking about currency manipulation, telling businesses not to do business with huawei. now he has told his treasury to turn down on this trade war and it looks as though china has made what are enforcea ble though china has made what are enforceable commitments but i am not quite sure what they are and how going to be measured. this is a us treasury saying we have seen evidence of china no longer actively trying to manipulate currency markets in order to weaken

currencies and therefore they are no longer playing with markets to make the goods cheaper overseas. that is right. exactly. it is not china's role to make things easier for the united states. donald trump has an america first policy to help exporters, manufacturers, but so doesn't china. it will be interesting to see who presents this asa win interesting to see who presents this as a win or will it be a case that each side is hurting. we have data out today looking at china's total exports and in 2019 trade with the us dropped by almost 11%... very significant. when you look at the trade deficit between and china, there has not been much change and thatis there has not been much change and that is what president trump was saying we have to change. these huge deficits between the us and china and the us and other countries for that matter. the question is what

kind of deficit would he be co mforta ble kind of deficit would he be comfortable with? what would expect the chinese to reasonably accept? it is not up to presidentjie zheng ping to look after the us policy. —— jie president xi. it is incoherent. we need some clarity. we have been saying that for a long time. we will be going live to beijing and business briefing for more on that story and the us announcement. the french government has stepped up its contribution to the military campaign against islamic militants in west africa. president macron has promised additional troops and said the french mission would now function under the same umbrella as the operation run by five regional governments. as bill hayton reports, the move is being seen as a response to increasing levels of violence

in the past two months. 3,000km from west africa, but connected by conflict, the city of pau was a symbolic choice for this summit. seven of the 13 french soldiers killed in a helicopter accident in mali in november were based there. the leaders of mali, burkina faso, chad, mauritania and niger, the so—calld g5, came to pay their respects. their discussions with president macron took place under a cloud of gloom. their forces have recently suffered a series of reverses. translation: today more than ever, it is clear that the results we're achieving, despite our combined efforts, fall short of the expectations of our peoples, who are experiencing major difficulties. french forces have been deployed in the sahel since 2013. they now operate across five countries, but until now, their command structure

has been kept separate. that will now change. translation: the priority is the islamic state of the greater sahara, which doesn't prevent us from fighting other terrorist groups. but this is the main enemy, because they are the most dangerous. we are now implementing a joint military coalition between operation barkhane and the joint forces of the g5. there is rising anger towards the french military presence in the sahel, triggered by the growing number of casualties. this summit was intended to bolster the coalition. governments will have to up theirgame if they're to roll back the islamists‘ advance. bill hayton, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: lagos becomes the new gotham as nigeria's comic craze creates local superheroes.

day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attack since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry and one of its biggest, but the industry is nervous of this report. this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street that is unaffected. huge parts of kobe were simply demolished, as buildings crashed into one another. this woman said she had been given no help and no advice by the authorities. she stood outside the ruins of her business. tens of thousands of black children in south africa have taken advantage of laws passed by the country's new multiracial government and enrolled at formerly white schools. tonight sees the 9,610th performance of the long—running play, the mousetrap. when they heard about her death today, the management considered whether to cancel tonight's performance, but agatha christie would have

been the last person to want such a thing. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: british scientists say the australian bushfires will become the new normal as temperatures rise across the globe. the us treasury says it no longer considers china to be a currency manipulator. since 2017, thousands of ethnic—kazakh muslims have been detained in china's infamous re—education camps. survivors who have escaped to kazakhstan, say they were subject to torture and brainwashing. ethnic kazakhs, as well as uighurs and other muslims minorities, have lived and moved freely across the chinese—kazakh border for centuries. however beijing is now accused of locking up its kazakh neighbours. claire press reports.

the change my legs, body and hands to an iron chain. after three months they gave us unknown injections. to an iron chain. after three months they gave us unknown injectionslj asked they gave us unknown injections.” asked when i was going back to kazakhstan. they said, once you have learnt chinese. these are because ike was limbs, they have been disappearing from chinese streets and thousands. — mike because external muslims. —— because of stan was limbs. chinese camps are a tourist for detaining ethnic bosoms. the government insist they are training schools and all students attend voluntarily stop but survivors say otherwise. for thousands of years they have lived

on both sides of the border between kaza khsta n on both sides of the border between kazakhstan and china. they consider the whole region their ancestral homeland. as they cross the border into china, she was arrested and taken here. on the front of the building was written vocational school in chinese. but it wasn't a school. it was a comment was a present. --it was a prison. had to learn the history and the language, we have to forget our language. the tommy that if i didn't learn chinese songs and writings, that it would be difficult for me to leave. -- they told me. the chinese government said that all trainees have now completed their studies. but this does not mean they are able to come home.

thousands are still missing and the families are desperate stop hours of video testimony describe where and when the relatives were last seen. considered students by china, beijing has now said all graduates will be supported into a work placement. but those who have returned, they say it was forced labour. asset gloves in a factory, where you need to ask permission permission from the police. if not, you seem to be against the government and will be sent back to a cab. -- camp. more people may be being released, but the chinese clampdown is not over. minorities 110w clampdown is not over. minorities now face a new threat. a forced labour inside it tightly controlled and monitored society.

here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later. we begin in dublin where irish prime minister leo varadkar will meet his cabinet for what could be the final time — he's expected to announce the date of a general election following the meeting. later the world economic forum will hold a news conference ahead of the davos 2020, the annual meeting of world politcal and business leaders in switzerland and at 15:00 gmt venezuelan president maduro will make his state of the nation address with street marches expected from both opposition and government supporters. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm marc edwards with your tuesday sport briefing. after weeks of speculation, ernesto valverde was finally sacked as barcelona's manager on monday — despite winning two league titles in his two full seasons with the club. valverde might be feeling

a little hard done by with barca top of the table in spain, and through to the last 16 of the champions league. he's also the first manager to be sacked by the club, mid—season, since louis van gaal in 2003. his replacement is the former real betis coach quique setien, who's signed a 2.5 year contract. not a great day to be a manager in any sport really. we'll call it sacking monday, if you will, this time in major league baseball, the sacking of both the manager and general manager of the houston astros, aj hinch and jeff luhnow. it follows an investigation which found they cheated by stealing signs when they won the world series in 2017. both men were suspended by the league until the end of the 2020 season, while houston have been fined $5 million and lost their first two draft picks for the next two seasons. the team's ownerjim crane says the pair are finished in houston. i have higher standards for the city

and the franchise. and i'm going above and beyond the penalty. today, i have made the decision to dismiss the coaches. we need to move forward with a clean slate and the astros will become stronger, stronger organisation because of this today. the spurs bossjose mourinho says christian eriksen will play against middlesbrough in tuesday's fa cup replay, despite talk of a possible move to inter milan. the player's already indicated he won't extend his contract beyond the end of the season, and mourinho admits that eriksen‘s form has suffered as a result of the speculation. if you ask me if i think this is the best christian eriksen, i have to be honest and say no. i am not blaming the player. i am not criticising the player. i'm just saying that it is normal that a player in this —

in this situation doesn't perform at the highest level. this action has been making quite a splash. it has been described as the most amazing shot in snooker history. it comes courtesy of stephen maguire in the first round match. an astounding shot which lives maguire built —— not believing what is seen. robertson looking dazed and confused, watches the red bounces up out ofjaws of the pocket with the backs been seeing it roll in but at the same time the cue ball ta kes in but at the same time the cue ball takes the trip over the park and somehow deflects into the file pocket. —— file pocket. love a cheeky inadvertan trick shot? feel free to watch that one again on our website bbc.com/sport. but from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the sport team, that's your

tuesday sport briefing. when you think of superheroes, you probably think of characters like superman, batman and spiderman. they wear capes or masks. usually they are men and usually they are white. but in nigeria, a comic book company's trying to address that, with characters who are a lot more diverse. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. meet dayo, a valiant warrior and an african superhero. he is the main character in a comic book called and trials of the spear, mixing tribal traditions with so—called afro—futurism. it's part of a movement to put african comics on the map. the company behind it is called comics republic. based in lagos, they produce books and animation. the mission is to produce african heroes and icons. it's a story about people who have the capacity to do good. and we are big on diversity, and we're doing it from the african

perspective — nigeria, to be particular. this is a chance for superior fans to come together. but it is notjust about buying books. it's about creating them too. it's a big one, it's a big deal. people come to discover new talent. people that have come to comic con, they want see what is possible and start a company. the entrepreneurship kicks in, and they can start something of their own. it seems comic books are back in, in nigeria and across the continent. the medium seen as quintessentially american, being reborn in africa. we're going to talk about the us decision to no longer called china current simulator but also football

finance, we will reveal which club made the most money in 2019. i will see you soon. severe storm force winds cost 80—90 miles an hour punched the parts of northern ireland, western scotland, you can see the system, how many isobars on the chart indicating how windy it was. it's pretty straight northwards and it was as well but we turn our attention to the next weather system which will arrive just in time for tuesday afternoon. an icy start across the north of the country to begin tuesday morning, less cold across the south. watch out for that. if you're heading out early on the top this is the system i'm talking about which will move up from the south—west during tuesday, songs, and as we add into the

afternoon. a bit of sunshine around, cold, watch out for the icy start on the north, further wintry showers with snow on the hills and then wet and windy weather sweepers were northwards as we head into the afternoon. gusts of wind 11150 kilometres —— miles an hour. crossing the south—west headlands and quite windy across the north and west of scotland is storm brendan continues to retreat northwards. thank god across the north, for five degrees, tell have —— 10— 30s — imagine having 13 soldiers. bit of a hang back across the south—east with the weather front, most places will be in the weather front, most places will beina the weather front, most places will be in a run of west, south—west wind and plenty of sunshine. a good start but there wednesday morning across east anglia and the south—east, it will brighten up, many of us will see sunshine. many of showers does rack much showers in the south—east, and the showers on the south coast. cambridge in single figures, it will feel cooler but you will have

sunshine to compensation. a short lived event of fine weather, the next spell of wet and windy weather sta rts next spell of wet and windy weather starts to move in in the south, as we had to thursday. we shot off again with sunshine around, gets wendy through the day, gail is developing in the south and and outbreaks of heavy rain to be quite heavy across the south—west into wales. temperatures double figures across the south, single figure values for the north of 7— 10 degrees. into the weekend it looks like i pressure begins to build so it's going to settle down somewhat and something you will notice, it is going to turn cold as well.

jinping this is the business briefing. i'm sally bundock. on the eve of the signing of the first phase of the us—china trade deal, america says it will no longer lable china a "currency manipulator". heartbreak in australia's bushland — farmers are facing devastating losses of livestock as fires rage on. and on financial markets investors are feeling optimistic with the us showing signs it is keen to seal the trade deal with china tomorrow.