is the rise in the number of people confirmed to have the new mystery virus out of chinaand the concern among experts as millions of chinese prepare to travel for a national holiday. another big story from china, covered in the country's global times. it's announced a major effort to tackle plastic waste, with plans to ban items including single—use bags and straws. and finally, here in the uk, hull is looking to become the first city to offer a universal basic income. the guardian reports it could mean every adult living there would receive between £50 and £100 a week. interesting, an experiment that has been done elsewhere.

so let's begin with the latest on harry and meghan. with me is oliver cornock who's editor—in—chief of oxford business group. quite an extraordinary speech by prince harry, and a lot more personal than we are used to hearing from the royal family, personal than we are used to hearing from the royalfamily, do you think may be setting the tone for what we can expect from harry and meghan once they have switched to this new role? i think you are spot on, this was directly posted to the instagram account, the full transcript was out there. a real break away from how things have been done in the past but that is what this is all about, this unprecedented shift away from using the hrh titles. the queen said she wanted it sorted within days and it certainly seems that an initial agreement has been reached pretty quickly for a 93—year—old monarch. i am sure she is surrounded by very good advisers but that has been a particularly swift and clear break. however when you scratch the surface the details are going to be quite tricky stopping just the cost of security, the patronage we hear

about, and the brand of the royal family here in the uk, it is a significant departure. when you look at the language that harry used in that speech, it was very much, my decision that i have taken for me and my wife, and i suppose reading between the lines, that was a very sort of pointed, hitting back at the suggestion that somehow this has been driven by meghan and he has been driven by meghan and he has been dragged along by it.|j been driven by meghan and he has been dragged along by it. i couldn't agree more. it's very clear that personalisation of the message was there to underline that and of course meghan has come under a huge amount of strain and as a husband i suppose that is what you would want to be doing. but it also sends a very clear message that he is a strong individual, that he wants to carve this new path out and perhaps this me as part of that. no doubt

that will be in the papers for many days to come so let's put that to one side for the moment. the financial times looks at the situation in libya. is having a big effect on the oil price, it's up more than i% at $65.65. and that is because what is going on in libya? yes, angela merkel brokered conference that took place has come up conference that took place has come up with initial plans stopping there is no real agreement, it is laying the groundwork for what will hopefully be a un sponsored peace process. it is germany taking the initiative here because recently, remember it was only ten days ago that moscow was hosting a conference. this civil war that libya has been plunged into has been damaging, it is also led to the pathway for refugees entering germany, so it is quite a domestic issue for germany. when you think of

the importance of the oil story that you started with, of course one of the leaders of the rival factions, just as this agreement was discussed managed to turn off 800,000 barrels a day of oil. this is not a story that will go away very quickly and of course any true peace will begin with a ceasefire and that is yet to happen. it is interesting that the foreign powers have said they will limit their interference or their involvement in this whole situation. it is extremely strong, there is no chance of military solution putting to angela merkel and of course that fa ct to angela merkel and of course that fact that every time foreign powers have been involved in these conflict zones, things have spiralled out of control. let's turn to the story thatis control. let's turn to the story that is very prominent on the bbc news at at the moment, the fears

around this new virus, it is said to bea around this new virus, it is said to be a bit like pneumonia they are calling it coronavirus and it is a thing in china. are read there has been one or two confirmed cases in japan so it does seem to be spreading, but with a story like this from china you sometimes have to ask some questions about the figures, but it is a serious worry, not least because china is heading into the lunar new year when millions of people will travel back home to families. unless you know how this virus is spread, millions of people moving about, public transport, and this could be something that could grow quite significantly. apparently they have deciphered the dna of this virus, one hopes therefore that they will be able to understand better how to treat it, but at the moment the spread isn't even understood. meanwhile, the global times covering another story from china, trying to deal with the problem of plastic

pollution and some pretty ambitious targets they have set up. hugely ambitious, some of the figures in 2016, the delivery industry in china alone used 14.7 million plastic bags. this is an interesting story because we so often hear that china is the second—largest economy producing so many pollutants, yet this is quite an ambitious goal. incremental over 2020 and 2022. fascinating story. one of the angles on this, china's largest rubbish dump which is equivalent to 100 football pitches is already full 25 yea rs early. football pitches is already full 25 years early. the other aspect of it, the plastic imports, china has for a long time accepted other country's plastic waste to process it, and they are saying enough, no more. and they are saying enough, no more. and the technology around converting some of that nonbiodegradable waste

in the past doesn't seem to be keeping pace with the use which is really alarming because from a business point of view one hopes that there is a positive angle there but it is clear it is not going to come soon enough for the environment. this is quite an interesting story in the guardian from the uk. hull asking to be the first uk city to trail universal basic income. what do they mean by that? a really interesting angle. this is every single person in this city, regardless of the income level will get a fixed income on a monthly basis, between £50 and £100. it was pa rt basis, between £50 and £100. it was part of the labour party manifesto in the recent british general election and it was something the shadow chancellor was really championing. interestingly, though, this has been backed by conservative

members of the council as well. hull is quite a forwardthinking city. it has got a bit of a funny reputation but in 2017 it was uk city of culture. it led on that an amazing year, i'd just wonder if this pilot scheme could work, because in finland where it was trailed, it was very successful. crucially, they weren't any more employable, if the jobs under there people aren't employable. i think there has to be a halfway house here, because employment and productivity are called bits of the economy here in the uk and they are still not solved. i'm not sure we need to do this. work and productivity are called bits of the economy as it stands now, but certainly the finland experiment that you referred to, one of the motivators behind that was to start rethinking the whole notion of work, because with so whole notion of work, because with so manyjobs whole notion of work, because with so many jobs being whole notion of work, because with so manyjobs being replaced by robots and automation, actually

there may not be in the future the jobs available for people to do, and people will still need money to live. i couldn't agree with you more, but at the same time, with the gig economy people are doing five or sixjobs and gig economy people are doing five or six jobs and not necessarily on the government's books stopping this certainly needs to be considered as pa rt certainly needs to be considered as part of a much broader lot at how we assess productivity and employment. its blue monday, supposedly the gloomiest day of the year. what is something you do to lift your mood? igo something you do to lift your mood? i go outside, have a run, went for a run last night, had to go to bed nice and early and ice slept extremely well. i thought you meant you went for a run before coming in, and those of you not in the uk, 0liver came in to join and those of you not in the uk, 0liver came in tojoin us and those of you not in the uk, 0liver came in to join us at 438 m. stay with us on bbc news, plenty

more to come throughout the day. hello. for much of england, wales and southern scotland, it's a cold and frosty start to monday. also some problems with fog, particularly across wales, north—west england and the midlands. we have already seen some poor visibility in places through the first part of the night. another thing of note is that the pressure reading across parts of wales has exceeded 1050 millibars and is continuing to rise. that's the highest it's been since 1957. this area of high—pressure is the dominant feature in the week ahead, bringing a lot of dry weather. this frontal system will bring some outbreaks of rain into northern scotland later on monday. but we start monday, for many, cold, frosty, temperatures as low as —6 or —7 across parts of southern england. close to freezing for northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland. eight or nine for the far north of scotland. and for scotland and northern ireland, monday is a cloudy, breezy day. some of that cloud extending down into northern england and some of the mist and fog i spoke about could well be slow to clear. but there will be further spells

of sunshine across a large sway of england and wales. perhaps not as much as we saw through sunday, through east anglia and south—east england. light winds for many. away from northern and western scotland, those gusts could touch 50mph, maybe 55 mph. ten or 11 celsius though for the far north of scotland. 6—9 for most. and close to freezing where any fog is slow to clear. so through monday nightand into tuesday, the cloud thickens across northern and western scotland, with outbreak of rain sliding their way southwards. it runs into an area of high pressure and that rain will tend to fizzle out. clearer skies further south, still with some mist and fog. and again it will be a frosty start to tuesday for much of central, southern england but not as cold as sunday night. so this is how tuesday shapes up — high—pressure still very much in charge. this frontal system trying to slide its way southwards but, as it runs into that area of high—pressure, most of the rain is going to tend to fizzle out. we will see more cloud arriving into northern england down to the midlands. another cloudy, breezy day across northern ireland and for most on tuesday a much cloudier day, a colder—feeling day as well. for central, southern england,

temperatures here not much higher than six or seven celsius. here's this area of hig hpressure still with us as we go into wednesday, a longer, drier spell for much of the uk, in the week ahead. it does not necessarily mean sunny weather. a good deal of cloud around on wednesday. underneath the area of high pressure, we're feeding in a lot of moisture and we can see some mist and murkiness and poor visibility. best chance of anything brighter will be along some eastern coasts. temperatures around nine or ten degrees celsius. so to sum up the week ahead, a lot of dry weather. some frosty nights, particularly at first. a bit of sunshine but generally a lot of cloud and also further problems with mist and fog. goodbye.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: prince harry speaks out for the first time since his decision to stand down from royal duties. he tells of his great sadness but insists he had no other option. 0ur our hope was to continue serving the queen, the commonwealth and my military associations but without public funding. unfortunately, that wasn't possible. three men in their 20s and 30s are stabbed to death after a disturbance in east london. the spiralling cost of the hs2 high speed rail link. leaks of a government—commissioned review show the final bill could be as much as 106 billion pounds