risk of relatively low levels. the risk of ice across northern areas tonight. further south, not such a problem. as we go through tuesday, my showers in the forecast. once again, they could be wintry in places, particularly of a higher ground. goodbye for now. you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's11am and these are the main stories this morning: basketball legend kobe bryant has died in a helicopter crash alongside his teenage daughter and seven others. there are tributes from the world of sport, politics and showbusiness as millions of fans mourn the loss of one of the sport's greatest ever

players. china mobilises half a million medical staff to deal with the coronavirus outbreak — here the government says it is working on a plan to rescue trapped britons. ceremonies are taking place at auschwitz, to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the nazi concentration camp. and american singer billie eilish wins all four major categories at the grammy awards — including best new artist and song of the year. good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom live. the basketball superstar kobe bryant has died in a helicopter crash in southern california. he was 41. all nine people listed on board, including bryant and his 13—year—old daughter gianna, were killed. tributes have been pouring

in from around the world. six—time nba champion michaeljordan said: shaquille o'neal, who won three nba titles with bryant for the la lakers, said: "there's no words to express the pain i'm going through with this tragedy of losing my niece gigi and my brother, my partner in winning championships, my dude and my homie." former la lakers president magicjohnson, a five—time nba champion in the 1980s, tweeted: "kobe was a leader of our game, a mentor to both male and female players. words can't express the impact that he had on the game of basketball." bryant was a hugely popularfigure notjust in the world of sports. the actress whoopi goldberg tweeting: "rip kobe, hero to many including my grandson, extraordinary athlete and always kind to me & my family. my deepest condolences to his family." our north america

correspondent peter bowes. the helicopter crashed on a remote hillside. this plume of white smoke could be seen over a wide area. the rugged terrain meant first responders had to hike to the scene. there were no survivors in the badly burned wreckage. there was a lot of fog at the time but the cause of the crash isn't yet known. 45 years of living, i have not felt this much grief and love for one man that has passed. for a city, my city, he was an idol, he was an icon. for me, man, just watching his videos, it was more than basketball. it was just the mentality to get through life and he's got me through so many struggles in my life and it's one of the hardest losses i've ever dealt with and i never even met the man. kobe bryant and his daughter had been travelling to a sports academy co—founded by the player two years ago. 13—year—old gianna bryant had been planning to play in a basketball game with her father acting as coach. according to us media reports, another player and parent were also

on the helicopter. kobe brya nt‘s accomplishments in basketball are legendary. five nba championships, the 2008 nba most valuable player and two olympic gold medals. he spent his entire 20—year career with the los angeles lakers before retiring four years ago. in 2018, he won an oscar for dear basketball, a five minute film based on a love letter he'd written to the sport. he burned so competitively hot and desire to win. he brought it each and every night, on both ends of the floor. not too many guys can say that throughout nba history. kobe bryant died as final preparations were being made for this year's grammy awards at la's staples centre, also the home of the la lakers. as the show got under way, alicia keys dedicated the night to kobe.

and we are literally standing here heartbroken in the house that kobe bryant built. outside, thousands of fans converged on the venue to pay their respects at a makeshift memorial, still numb with the shock of losing a hero. the lakers have returned home after playing in philadelphia on saturday. lebron james, physically overcome with emotion as he arrived at the airport with other members of the team. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. cbs news correspondent, nichelle medina is in calabasas in california, near the scene of the helicopter crash — and gave us this update. right now, they are remaining very tight—lipped. there were two news conferences that was scheduled yesterday where we got very little information, but here is what i can tell you. investigators with the ntsb,

they will be out at the scene later this morning. fans here and around the world obviously mourning the loss of a lakers legend. this all started yesterday, when the helicopter went down at around ten o'clock local time. one thing i can tell you that investigators are really going to be looking closely at, the weather conditions. one factor in all this, there was fog yesterday, so they are obviously going to be looking into that to see if that was one of the causes of this crash. as for those fans, i can tell you, when we were just driving to this particular location, you saw fans out in their jerseys, in their gear. so many people still struggling to come to grips with the loss of kobe bryant, a man who did so much for the game of basketball, the sport. obviously, this really hits home for the city of los angeles, and really around the world. let's speak to matt evans — he is the founder of lakers fan club

uk, and the host of a podcast called the lake lake show. thank you forjoining us. what is kobe bryant to you? the reason why i got into basketball. the reason why my passion for the lakers is so big, and the reason why every opportunity that has come in the sport of basketball has been presented to myself. it all stems from kobe bryant, and i believe it is notjust me that has that effect, there is an output from people of all ages across the world that are going through the same thing, that's night and this morning. what was it about him that had such a big impact? personally, like i said, being from the uk and getting into basketball, it's not really a natural progression, so seeing him play, his electrifying performances, his

ability to bring it every single game, his mentality to win against the odds, to digging deep, to succeed is really truly inspiring, and everything he did, he was an accomplished businessman, author, poet, father, and he also won an oscar, so it's an inspiration to see what he has done in all facets of his life. the phrase that you use about him digging deep to succeed, a lot of people have talked about how he had the devotion to winning, had did that manifest? how did you see that? it wasn't just did that manifest? how did you see that? it wasn'tjust his motivation. there's many ways you could describe kobe bryant's. some people have sent some i—word descriptions in this morning. teacher, dedication, legend, competitor, father,

hero. there's just endless words that could describe this man, and they all speak to his attitude, and it really rounded up everything about him, and he will be sorely missed. what will his legacy be? through his playing career he really did immortalise himself. he retired, with the lakers... i think players of all ages really do look up to kobe bryant. fans of all ages do, as well, and people that are involved in basketball, or don't have an interest in basketball, know who he is and he has left a mark that is seen worldwide. thank you very much. survivors of the holocaust have been gathering at the former concentration camp at auschwitz

in poland, to mark the 75th anniversary of its liberation. more than six millionjewish people were systematically murdered during the second world war — over a million of them died at auschwitz. this morning there was a wreath—laying ceremony by survivors at the "execution wall" where thousands — mostly political prisoners — were killed. jenny hill spoke to survivors as they prepared to mark the anniversary. what they endured is difficult to describe, harder still to imagine. the survivors of auschwitz preparing last night to commemorate the anniversary of its liberation. i heard their crying and screaming, and those screams stay with me all the way to this day. it is 75 years since russian soldiers flung open the gates of auschwitz and the world recoiled in horror. the nazis killed more

than a million people here. many systematically gassed to death in purpose—built chambers as part of a plan to wipe out europe'sjewish population. those who survived had been starved, terrorised, tortured. i was nine years old when i was liberated... miriam, just a child at the time, a victim of the camp's notoriously sadistic doctor, josef mengele. i was with the children that mengele was killing. he did experiments on me too but i was just lucky, i lived. and then, an important reunion. this is miriam. right here. and i'm right on the top. today, they will tell their tales again, in a new age of rising anti—semitism they hope their voices carry.

could it really have happened? jenny hill, bbc news, poland adam easton is there now. adam, tell us what's happening later today. well, there is about 200 survivors from around the world, from north america, europe and israel, and elsewhere, who are attending the ceremonies here in auschwitz birkenau. we were here the auschwitz survivors speak in a special tent that has been erected at the main gate tower, and it has taken tremendous courage for those survivors to tremendous courage for those sui’vivoi’s to come tremendous courage for those survivors to come back to this place of so much horror. many of them have told me that they weren't able to speak about it even to their own families for 50

years. among them, 91—year—old benjamin who has come from the united states today. he was deported as a young boy from hungary to auschwitz birkenau, and he remembers screaming all through the night. he says she remembers there are fiery pits next to the barix, and nazis were throwing life infants into the flames. he actually went to school in the united states and spoke to the children there. they we re spoke to the children there. they were so spoke to the children there. they were so interested that even at the end of the lesson they were crowding around him, and he realised in that moment that you had an obligation to tell his story, and he has since gone on to write about his enduring horrors, about what he went through here, and he comes back on a regular basis because, as he says, there

are fewer and fewer people who can say, yes, the holocaust took place, it took place here in auschwitz, and i saw it as my own eyes. extraordinary stories of survival from all of those who will be returning, the youngest of whom 75, born at auschwitz. focus of all this is on them. what else is going on? there will be leaders of countries and international delegations, the duchess of cornwall would be among them, walking from the tent at auschwitz birkenau to the monument when the cattle cars rolled them into birkenau, and she will be among those carrying a candle to the monument at the end of the railway tracks, to the 1.1

million victims of this camp, 90% of them jews, but some polls, some homosexuals. —— some poles, some homosexuals. here we will listen to the survivors and pay their respects. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: tributes are paid to basketball legend kobe bryant who has died in a helicopter crash — alongside his teenage daughter and seven others. china mobilises half a million medical staff to deal with the coronavirus outbreak — here the government says it is working on a plan to rescue trapped britons. ceremonies are taking place at auschwitz, to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the nazi

concentration camp. in of the nazi concentration camp. sport, england's c eight in sport, england's cricketers need eight more wickets to win the final test against south africa to clinch the series. the home side are chasing an improbable victory, on day four in johannesburg. rafa chasing an improbable victory, on day four injohannesburg. rafa nadal leads in the australian open with a place in the quarterfinals at stake. cobra is out, and others through to the quarters. i would back with another update in 15 minutes. china is stepping up its efforts to contain the outbreak of the new coronavirus. half a—million medical staff have been mobilised in hubei, the province where it was first identified. the chinese new year holiday has also been extended by three days, in an attempt to contain the virus. more than 80 people

have died from the respiratory infection and more than 400 other people are critically ill. there's been no let up in the rate of infections with more than 750 new cases reported in the last day alone. there are thought to be up to 300 britons stuck in and around wuhan the city at the centre of the outbreak — the foreign office says they are working on a plan to help them leave. two british teachers there say all transport has been stopped and they're ‘pretty much stuck‘. they haven't left their apartment for five days and they've received little support from the british embassy. so we have contacted the embassy, we have e—mailed them and tried to ring them. we got a really useless automated e—mail response back from the embassy. trying to ring the embassy and trying to get in touch with the home office, but they were shut over the weekend. so we are going to try and bring

them as soon as they open. because the time differences difficult, trying to contact authorities back home as well. so yeah, we've really struggled to try and contact the authorities. here, more than 50 people have now been tested for coronavirus — all the tests have come back negative. the government says the risk to the public remains low but said there was a ‘fair chance' the virus would reach the uk. let's speak to dr nathalie macdermott, she's a clinical lecturer specialising in infectious diseases at kings college, and joins me now from central london. thank you very much forjoining us. it is obviously very new, it is being tracked very closely. what is the understanding so far of how this disease compares to normal through? normalflu, we see disease compares to normal through? normal flu, we see an influenza season every normal flu, we see an influenza season every year, and we would call

that seasonal influenza. we would also every now and then see outbreaks of influenza which is slightly different, and we tend to call those epidemic or pandemic flu. this example of coronaviruses acting more like an epidemic rather than just seasonal influenza. what is known about in terms of incubation period and tallied spread? reports china at the moment it's says the average sits in the middle, six or seven days, and it is likely it is spread through droplet infection, so when people sneeze or cough, people in close proximity to them might have contact. in terms of containing it, 50 people have been tested in this country so far for the virus, all have proved to be negative. others are reported

to have left flights into this country and our being told to report back if they show symptoms. if the incubation period is potentially covering such a way period of time, is that sensible? it is sensible in terms of the incubation period. normally public health england and our public health authorities would monitor people and want them to getting contact people and want them to getting co nta ct if people and want them to getting contact if they develop symptoms within that 14 day period, but what we are learning is that this virus is infectious during the incubation period, so it might be that someone doesn't have symptoms yet but they still could have the virus and be carrying it in their throat, and it could be infectious to others, and thatis could be infectious to others, and that is where things become a little bit more complicated, because they are not just bit more complicated, because they are notjust dependent on people reporting symptoms, but more dependent on people reporting a contact history. so, having definitively come from an infected area or having had contact with

someone area or having had contact with someone who is known to have been u nwell someone who is known to have been unwell with the virus. what should be happening to people coming back from wuhan or areas where it is? so, ideally the public health authorities would be obtaining contact details for those people so that they are able to trace them if needed, and also asking them to report if they have any symptoms that develop. they would be provided with information of who to contact and what to do if they do develop symptoms, and then potentially they may be followed up during that incubation period by public health authorities just to make sure they are not unwell. they might also be advised to avoid large gatherings of public gatherings just to try and limitany public gatherings just to try and limit any spread, even if they are not unwell in that two—week period. they are inevitably going to come into co nta ct they are inevitably going to come into contact with people in that period, which may make people wonder whether face masks are something people should consider. what would you say? arguably,

facemasks are a difficult topic, because it really depends on the face mask that you have. if you are unwell and you have symptoms of a cough and cold, and your coughing and sneezing, a face mask is useful for someone who is u nwell to mask is useful for someone who is unwell to wear, because it limits the number of droplets they sneeze and cough out, but if you're not unwell, the facemask may not be helpful at all, because a very flimsy mask just becomes helpful at all, because a very flimsy maskjust becomes moist when we breathe in and out, which means it eventually, after a about ten minutes or so, it is damp, and anything that is sneezed on to it might stick to the outside of the mask, so they don't tend to be helpful. the type of masks people are thinking of getting, it is not currently advised by public health england, but if they do want to get one, we are recommending

ffp3 mask. how concerning is this? i'm not particular concern, and i don't think people in the uk need to be particular concern. the situation in china is escalating, and the number of new infections you're seeing, it has been estimated to be around two or two and has been estimated to be around two ortwo and a has been estimated to be around two or two and a half, it's going to show a doubling effect in china, so we will keep seeing an increasing number of cases there until we can get that number of new cases down to less tha n get that number of new cases down to less than one person infected for eve ryo ne less than one person infected for everyone infectious individual. so, thatis everyone infectious individual. so, that is going to keep increasing in china. the spread remains high, that the uk has everything it needs to be able to monitor people and treat and isolate anybody who is affected. thank you very much. our china correspondent robin brantjoins us now from shanghai with the

latest. what is the latest from there? the death toll now stands at 80, and the most death toll now stands at 80, and the m ost rece nt death toll now stands at 80, and the most recent deaths illustrates just how widespread it is. an 80—year—old woman died at a province in the south, so with the exception ofjust about, this has spread pretty wide on the mainland. it is by prominent people to prominent places in china, the world health organization official, is in beijing, that is a show of support. it is regarded as a chinese domestic issue, there does not believe that the coronavirus is yet a global scale, but the chinese government's propaganda push,

the number two politician in this country, on the front line, he went to wuhan, we have seen him in a blue surgical gown, face mask over his mouth, meeting medical experts dealing with patients there, and we have also seen a video of him in a supermarket, trying to encourage people to keep spirits up, essentially. thank you. the second phase of the grenfell tower public inquiry has got under way, with the hearings expected to continue until april. the inquiry is hearing accounts of why dangerous cladding was used to refurbish the tower and how it contributed to the fire. a member of the inquiry panel resigned this weekend over links she had with the company which supplied the building's cladding. we can speak to our news correspondent, dan johnson, who is at the inquiry. what is happening there? the

evidence started about half an hour ago, and the hearing started by one of the lawyers on behalf of the family were standing up saying that he thought there should be a delay until a replacement panel member could be found to replace the woman who stood down because of links to the company replacing the cladding. however it has gone ahead here, one panel member down. that has upset some families, but others want to get on with things, and a barrister who opened the case here said that there are matters of public safety at stake here, so it must be done without delay. the qc who speaks on behalf of the enquiry open the enquiry saying that there had been no admissions of fault from any of the organisations involved in refurbishing at the moment, by the royal borough of chelsea and

kensington. that is the only borrower that had made any state m e nts borrower that had made any statements about its own interest. he said that any member of the public would conclude that anyone involved in the refurbishment did nothing wrong. he said, as they would have it, everything was someone would have it, everything was someone else's fault. the building was clearly not compliance with safety considerations, the idea that that could happen without being someone that could happen without being someone spot that could happen without being someone spot was that could happen without being someone spot was unlikely. we have started hearing evidence in opening state m e nts started hearing evidence in opening statements from the first organisation to give here, an architecture firm, and it was in charge of the refurbishment, the re—cladding of grenfell tower, which started in 2014, before the fire, and their barrister has said that eve ryo ne and their barrister has said that everyone in the company has asked themselves searching questions and thought to think about whether they

had done anything that could have resulted in a different outcome. he told the enquiry the products used on the tarot were unsafe, the company on the tarot were unsafe, the com pa ny accepts on the tarot were unsafe, the company accepts that, but they say that they were misled by the manufacturer, so we are just starting to hear the beginning of opening statements from different companies who are involved in the build—up to the fire, not what happened on the night of the fire itself, this is all about refurbishment of the fire, the products use, the testing and the way that the products were combined together to form what seems to be a very combustible outside cladding on the building which led to the fire spreading so quickly. a lot of detailed evidence to get through in the second phase, it is expected to last right into next year. thank you very much, here we have an independent fire consultant. what are the key aspects you will be looking at, what are the key

questions that need to be answered? the fundamental ones are statements about what happened, what the enquiry needs to look at is was it predictable, was a preventable, and where is the accountability? it has been made very clear today that the criminal aspects which will go through the cps the criminal prosecution service, and what is the limit what we want to look at in phase two is notjust about limit what we want to look at in phase two is not just about grant albert hundreds if not thousands of buildings up and down the country. we ask about was it predictable and preve nta ble, we ask about was it predictable and preventable, what are your thoughts? i think there's enough case history going right back to 1999 and across the globe that gave us all the warning that it was predictable

and preventable, and you need to look at the fire in chechnya, a similar cladding... there? it was a very similar burn pattern around the building... using similar cladding? and when? yes, and it was going back to about 2015? . 2015. if you look at the time line, you have manufacturers moving from combustible panels to those that are fire retardant, those with limited combustibility, which government guidance suggests should be used now. we have indicators that potentially manufacturers were aware of the risks. what is not transpired

from the government testing is where things went wrong. there have been large—scale test, and the experts keep banging on about other cladding systems being dangerous, and gaps in the government regime. what are your thoughts about the fact that there are still buildings that have this cladding? i think it is absolutely reprehensible. we have a public enquiry in similar cladding issues, just mandated its compulsory removal. they will argue the toss later down the line, and they have also had, through their enquiry process, the presiding judge apportioning blame to responsible parties, so therefore we should be further down the line in the uk, and we have an endemic problem, notjust acm, but high—pressure laminate which is not currently funded, and also polystyrene systems which the government is refusing to test. do you think these enquiries are being

done... is the aftermath being handled in the way that it should be? is it being done in a timely and a fashion? i think it's a long, lengthy complex process, and as the enquiry progresses, they are asking the pertinent questions. they're overturning all of the relevant aspects, they are probing and penetrating into the questions about appointments, that we save over the weekend. there are questions about who has been called, and how independent expertise has been handled. time for the weather with simon. thank you, we have got some showers, some have been quite heavy but it has left some rainbows catch by our weather watchers, as always. some of those showers are wintry, snow over

higher ground of scotland, if few centimetres. drier conditions elsewhere, and in the north—east of england at this dry for a time. showers feeding on across the south of england and wales, they could be heavy, perhaps even thundery come of some of those showers, and maximum temperatures this afternoon getting up temperatures this afternoon getting up to six, eight or 9 degrees. tonight the showers move through, that could leave some ice as we go into the early part of tomorrow morning and some snow, more significant across central and southern areas of scotland, down to relatively low levels. we could expect some frost and ice across scotland, northern ireland, north—west england and parts of wales. more showers in the forecast for tuesday. temperatures very similarto for tuesday. temperatures very similar to today. goodbye for now. hello, this is bbc newsroom live with joanna gosling. the headlines... tributes are paid to basketball legend kobe bryant who has died in a helicopter crash, alongside his teenage

daughter and seven others. china mobilises half a million medical staff to deal with the coronavirus outbreak — here the goverment says it is working on a plan to rescue trapped britons. ceremonies are taking place at auschwitz to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the nazi concentration camp. music plays. and american singer, billie eilish, wins all four major categories at the grammy awards, including best new artist and song of the year. sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's olly. good morning. tributes continue to be paid to kobe bryant, one of the greatest basketball players of all time. the 41—year—old died in a helicopter crash in califormia yesterday along with eight others, including one of his four daughters. bryant retired in 2016

after a 20—year career with the los angeles lakers. he is still third in the all—time list of points scorers and famously scored 81 points in a single game. he was a double olympic champion with the usa. here's the retired lakers star, kareem abdul—jabbar... kobe was an incredible family man. he loved his wife and daughters. he was an incredible athlete and a leader in a lot of ways. he inspired a whole generation of young athletes. he was one of the first ones to leave high school and come to the nba and do so well, dominating the game and becoming one of the best scorers that the los angeles lakers has ever seen. there have been thousands of tributes on social media. former long—time lakers team—mate shaquille o'neal said he was, "more than an athlete, he was a family man."

while magicjohnson tweeted, "we shared so many special conversations about life and basketball". and england and manchester city footballer raheem sterling called him a legend. england's cricketers should clinch the series against south africa today or tomorrow. they need 8 more wickets injohannesburg. the hosts are chasing an improbable 466 for to level ther series at 2—2. chris woakes and ben stokes took two wickets this morning but south africa are just digging in a bit, 118—2 in the afternoon session. rassie van der dussen has a half century. the quarterfinal line—up at the australian open is nearly complete. rafael nadal and nick kyrgios are in action right now. let's head live to melbourne, john watson is there for us. john this was always the pick of the fourth round matches in the men's draw, has it lived up to

the billing? yes, absolutely, a thrilling climax to this match at the moment where rafa nadal was just the serving for the match. he gifted nicky rios two break points. he missed the first opportunity but took the second one to level the scores in the fourth set. so, 5—5 as things stand. plenty of build—up to this one, this one dominating the conversations in the lead up to the matches on the eighth day. and nicky rios with all of the sport of the australian crowd behind him and drawing on every ounce of energy he has within him after what was a tough work—out in his previous match, the longest of his career against karen khachanov. and that five games now he will be hoping to level the match if he can. -- five games now he will be hoping to levelthe match if he can. -- nick kyrgios. yes, we can see a superstorm of nick kyrgios as he broke the world number one, natal. any surprises in the

women's draw? we saw public chancre knockout angelique kerber. it feels like things are opening up in the women's draw, simona halep also booked her place today as did muguruza, former grand slam champion. no surprises there but pavlyuchenkova into a third stewing open quarterfinal and we know with the absence of naomi osaka, the defending champion in the women's singles, things are certainly opening up. as far as the men's draw is concerned, standard wrinkle going through at the expense of medvedev and zverev also going through today. we wait until tomorrow of course with the opening quarterfinal matches to see who they will play. who will secure that final spot, however, will play. who will secure that finalspot, however, between nick kyrgios and rafa nadal due to settle their match within the next hour or so. their match within the next hour or so. we will bring you that live with an update later. thank you very

much, john watson for that update. thank you, see you later. the irish taoiseach, leo varadkar, has questioned the timetable set by borisjohnson to secure a trade deal with the rest of the eu by the end of the year. mr varadkar has been meeting with the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, in dublin. the uk will leave the eu at 11 o'clock on friday night and in an interview with the bbc, mrvaradkarsaid the eu will have the upper hand in the upcoming brexit trade negotiations. our assistant political editor, norman smithjoins us now. how has that gone down in westminster? i suspect they are still mulling it over but you have to brace yourself, because it is clear that the eu are determined to ta ke clear that the eu are determined to take a robust and tough—minded approach, listening to the taoiseach andindeed approach, listening to the taoiseach and indeed michel barnier this morning. the taoiseach saying that the eu is any very strong position and slightly suggesting that maybe the british government had

underestimated ireland in the previous settlement negotiations. now we have heard from the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, equally tough language, seeing the eu is not in the market to offer up any compromises and the next stage of the negotiations to get a trade deal because, in his view, well, it is the uk that is leaving the eu, therefore, in his view, it is the uk that must give ground, saying that it is not going to be business as usual, and also raising a question about how practical it is to com plete about how practical it is to complete these negotiations within the timetable of borisjohnson, in december, by the end of this year, saying that there are something like 600 different international trade agreements which will now have to be renegotiated, and opening up again the possibility that if an agreement cannot be reached by the end of the year, then we could be looking at the cliff edge. this negotiation is

not usual because at the end of this year, because the uk is leaving the single market, it is his choice, and it is leaving the customs union, we have no agreement. it will not be business as usual, you are facing the rest of the cliff edge, particularly for trade. before eve ryo ne particularly for trade. before everyone gets all hot and bothered about us, perhaps we should relax a little bit, because this is the sort of initial sparring head of the negotiations, and, of course, the eu will strike a tough posture. also, the view in government is that it is in the interests of the eu as much as that of the uk to get a deal because, yes, the export to britain an awful lot more than we export to them. separately, norman, another tricky issue for the government is what to do regarding huawei's future role in the five g network in this country. there has been a lot of

pressure from the us over that. the financial times reporting that there will be a decision tomorrow. what is expected? yes, there probably will bea expected? yes, there probably will be a decision tomorrow and it is interesting that the report in the ft floats this sort of middle ground solution, so not entirely saying no to huawei and not saying yes either. instead, coming up with a compromise position, whereby huawei would be allowed to supply non—core parts of the sg allowed to supply non—core parts of the 5g network, but there would also bea cap the 5g network, but there would also be a cap on the amount of market share, if you like, that huawei could secure, and they're hoping that could encourage other telecom providers to enter the marketplace. i think the hope is that that will not send presidents trump mad with fury, while at the same time, not give an economic kit to britain if we have to push back on the development 5g. —— presidents trump.

that has not been entirely pooh—poohed by people around boris johnson and i wonder if that is the route he will go around. thank you, norman. —— president trump. scientists are today unveiling a drug which may help improve the symptoms of young people living with autism. the medicine is usually prescribed to treat oedema — the build—up of fluid in the body. but research trials have found it to be effective at improving social skills of young children with autism. carrie gracie has been speaking to professor barbara sahakian from the university of cambridge, who was part of the trial. bumetanide is the drug, and it was found that in animal studies we could see that it actually was beneficial in terms of neurodevelopment, because obviously autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder. and then there was also some very preliminary evidence that it was helpful in autism, but these were much older children, whereas we have used children three to six years of age. and it is quite a small study, isn't it? but you are confident about the results? yeah, we are very enthusiastic,

and one of the really novel aspects of it was that we were able to noninvasively measure the chemicals in the brain that were changing with the drug treatment. how did you do that? well, it is quite complicated, but basically, it is done through putting children in a scanner and then you can get the mrsa signal for the different neurotra nsmitters, like gaba and glutamate. so, what we were able to do was actually link the changes, the decrease in the autistic symptoms and the beneficial effects, like the increases in social symptoms, the eye contact, the smiling, all that sort of thing, with the actual changes in the brain chemicals. and this was a project that you worked with researchers in china. that's correct. and so, were the children chinese? the children were chinese, and there, of course, what you have is, you don't have quite so many of these specialised resources for treating children through behavioural mechanisms, and i should say that these children were also moderate to severe in terms

of their symptoms. so the good thing there is that many people come in from rural areas and you can give these treatments because they are quite safe, so they can actually have these treatments, even though they are not in a specialist centre. and so, for parents who may be watching, who may themselves have children with autism spectrum disorder, what kind of hope can you give them that this will be usable and of benefit to their children? yeah, so we are doing a larger—scale trial to make sure that it is effective, but we know it is safe and in these very young children, it's the best possibility for working, because as you probably know, social behaviour starts so early in babies and young children, that if you really want to boost it, you have to get in there early. so it wouldn't be, i don't think, as effective if you were dealing with older children. so it is important

to be used early on. so, you can imagine some parents wanting their children to be on this larger—scale trial, but is the larger—scale trial also happening in china? well, yes, it will be happening in china, partially because it's got the autism specialist centre there, and they can recruit numbers so quickly. and so, for parents who want their children to be treated with this as soon as it is possible, when do you think it will come on the market here? i think it will be very soon because we have already shown that it is safe, so now we just need a bigger trial to show that it really is effective. it is very inexpensive, so i think it will be available, maybe in the next five years. professor barbara sa hakian. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... tributes are paid to basketball legend kobe bryant who has died in a helicopter crash, alongside his teenage daughter and seven others. china mobilises half a million medical staff to deal

with the coronavirus outbreak — here the goverment says it is working on a plan to rescue trapped britons. ceremonies are taking place at auschwitz, to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the nazi concentration camp. good morning, iam ben thompson. in the business news... nearly 10,000 retailjobs have been lost in the uk so far this year, according to new figures. in total, 9,949jobs have gone with a further 1,200 already under threat. january is traditionally a tough month for retailers, as they count the cost of a poor christmas trading period. global stock markets and oil prices have fallen sharply over fears that the spread of the coronavirus will hit demand for travel. brent crude fell by 2.1%. regional economies in asia are bracing for a large economic impact and firms have asked staff to stay at home, prompting a slowdown in economic growth. the prime ministerfaces more pressure from america not to allow

the chinese tech firm huawei access to britain's 5g mobile network. us secretary of state, mike pompeo, says the uk faces a "momentous decision" over fears about the company's independence from china's government. the government is due to make a decision on the matter this week. we've had the latest update on the state of our finances and it makes for some interesting reading... the figures suggest the value of mortgage lending fell around 1% but the number of mortgages approved rose by 7.5%. spending on credit cards rose to just under £12 billion in december, that's up 7.3% on december 2018. the level of personal borrowing was also up — by 14%. sarah coles, personal finance

analyst at hargreaves 2. nice to see you. please explain this, because on the face of the numbers it looks like business as usual but if we look at the details it tells us a lot about how we are managing our money. yes, we can see the effect of christmas in these figures. overall we are spending more of our savings, we have overdrawn more than we had previously and we are borrowing more on credit cards, this borrowing, you can see it in the figures. but we are also seeing less of an effect than you would normally expect. for example, than you would normally expect. for exa m ple, overd rafts, than you would normally expect. for example, overdrafts, while they have gone up at christmas, they are part ofa gone up at christmas, they are part of a long—term decline. we know that people are getting on top of their ove rd rafts. people are getting on top of their overd rafts. pa rt of people are getting on top of their overd rafts. part of that people are getting on top of their overdrafts. part of that is the fact that changes are coming in april making it much more expensive to have an arranged overdraft, so i think a lot of people are taking the time to make plans to make sure they are able to get on top of the overdraft before the changes. this suggests that we are getting better. sorry to interrupt, that we are

better at managing our money. let us talk about mortgages. some discrepancy about the values, how much we are borrowing for mortgages, that fell, but the number of mortgages we are taking out rose. this act mean that the mortgages that are cheaper are worth less money? definitely, there is movement down the bottom of the market. baby boomers are retiring and paying off their mortgages, so they tend to have more expensive properties with bigger mortgages and those are getting paid down. we are seeing more movement in the bottom, equally split between remortgages and brand—new mortgages. there is a strength and first—time buyers and more movement down the bottom. the rates at the moment are so competitive. you can get... a house move can get 1.5% overfour years, the sort of rate that will tempt anyone to think that now is the time to make sure that i can fix that rate for five years. does that apply to credit card spending? you would expect, we are talking about decemberfigures, you expect, we are talking about december figures, you would expect, we are talking about decemberfigures, you would expect credit card borrowing to be higher

at that time of year but we are not loading up as much debt as perhaps we have done in the past? that is right, it is the speed of credit ca rd right, it is the speed of credit card growth. this time last year, credit card growth was 4% and this year it is closer to 2%. while we are taking on this date, people feel co mforta ble are taking on this date, people feel comfortable because employment is high, and we know that people take on the debts that they can manage, but we know that people are paying off these credit cards. it is more off these credit cards. it is more ofa off these credit cards. it is more of a case of people managing their money carefully and paying them off before they have to carry balances and pay interest on them, and less a case of people panicking and putting everyday spending onto the credit cards which is a kind of boring that we must worry about. sarah coles, thank you for your thoughts on that. it gives us a sense of how we are managing our money and what we are spending it on. thank you. the coronavirus fears taking a toll on markets this morning. all the major markets nursing big losses.

stocks that are connected to china are feeling the pain this morning as traders are afraid the health crisis will curtail economic activity. commodity prices down too — oil, iron ore and copper prices falling on fears that china's demand will be hit — meaning mining stocks like anglo american, antofagasta, and bhp billiton all been hit hard. the underlying oil market is under pressure too, seeing as china is the largest importer of the commodity in the world. that's all the business news. meghan markle's estranged father — thomas markle — has said the decision by harry and meghan to step back from royal duties he been speaking to itv‘s good morning britain. let's have a look. what they have decided to do, to me, is embarrassing. i think when they got married, they married into royalty a nd got married, they married into royalty and they knew what they were getting themselves into. that has been harry's life.

meghan markle has had a similar kind of life and i think that they have hurt the queen andi think that they have hurt the queen and i think that they have hurt the royals. and it just and i think that they have hurt the royals. and itjust doesn't work to be going to another country and then serving england, it will never work. iama serving england, it will never work. i am a little embarrassed for them and feeling very sorry for the queen. he warned he's going to do another interview within weeks if he doesnt hear from meghan and harry. and this is how the interview ended. finally, thomas, what is your message to prince harry if he is watching this interview? man up and fly down and see me. billie eilish swept the board at the 2020 grammys, winning five awards, including best new artist including best

new artist and song of the year. the 18—year—old also won album of the year for her debut, she replaces when we all fall asleep, where do we go. she replaces taylor swift as the youngest person ever to win the award. the awards ceremony became overshadowed by the news of kobe bryant's death. from los angeles, sophie long reports top nominated breakout star lizzo launched the show with a tribute to kobe bryant. tonight is for kobe! # and i'm crying because i love you! #. that set the tone for the evening. earlier today, los angeles, america, and the whole wide world lost a hero. and we are literally standing here heartbroken in the house that kobe bryant built. applause. as the audience inside wiped away tears, outside staples centre the outpouring of grief grew. kobe! since news of the crash broke,

thousands of angelinos have made their way here to the home of the la lakers and the place where kobe bryant played throughout the whole of his 20—year career. they come here to express their grief and to pay tribute as the world comes to terms with the loss of a sporting legend and his young daughter. bad guy by billie eilish. inside, siblings billie eilish and finneas owned the evening, together taking home 11 statues for when we fall asleep, where do we go? — the album they created in a small bedroom in their la home. i love you, thank you for this. we didn't write a speech for this because we didn't make this album to win a grammy. we didn't think it would win anything, ever. we wrote an album about depression and suicidal thoughts and climate change. lizzo won three honours, including the best pop solo performance for truth hurts. the awards come at a time of huge turmoil behind the scenes. but no—one knows how to put

on a spectacular quite like the recording academy. there were more costume changes than you could keep up with and genre—busting performances from lil nas x and billy ray cyrus, who won best music video for old town road. they werejoined on stage by bts — the first korean band to play at the grammys — for a memorable rendition of the number—one hit. # ain't nobody tell me nothing #. # going higher, higher #. there was also a posthumous grammy for nipsey hussle — the la rapper shot dead last year. and a celebration of artistic talent became a celebration of two icons of the city of angels. # we keep going higher #. sophie long, bbc news. rest in peace, nipsey hussle. rest in peace, kobe bryant. now it's time for a look at the weather with

simon. thank you. quite a few showers across the uk and they have been giving us some rainbows across england and wales, but something more wintry further north across scotland, that was the scene from one of our weather watchers earlier this morning in denbigh. you can see the distribution of the showers on the distribution of the showers on the radar this morning, many across england and wales, but the stoplight here, that is snow falling, mainly over the high land of scotland. a good few centimetres here by the end of the day, because those snow showers will continue to feed in across scotland this afternoon. if you showers for northern ireland. more showers expected for england and wales this afternoon, they will go from west to east. some could be on the heavy side, maybe even the odd rumble of thunder or hail mixed m, odd rumble of thunder or hail mixed in, but there will be sunshine in between, particularly for north—east england and temperatures today about four come up to eight or nine celsius. through this evening, we will continue with the showers

across england and wales, you can see they are moving from west to east. further wintry showers across scotland, but you notice this area of rain. as it moves further north, they could be some significant snowfall, mainly over the high ground or central or southern areas of scotland, but certainly by tomorrow morning that could cause a few issues, and could be some frost and ice across scotland, northern ireland, into north—west england and wales. temperatures are small and close to if not below freezing. not so much of a problem further south, but without snow, some ice across central scotland, there could be some travel hazards. northern ireland, north—west england, mid wales, watch out for ice during the morning. is tuesday. furthershowers in across scotland, northern ireland. one or two for england and wales. generally speaking, tuesday, there will be some sunny spells and not quite as many showers as this afternoon. temperatures are very similarto afternoon. temperatures are very similar to today, eight or nine celsius in the south—east at the very best. for wednesday, though

pressure is situated towards the north and we have this weather system which if we moved eastwards, as it moves into northern ireland and scotland, it turns wet, snow again, mainly over the higher ground. further south, some rain affecting the far north of england, but generally speaking, for england and wales, a dry and fairly bright day, maximum temperatures today getting up a little bit compared to today, nine, ten or 11 celsius will stop quite changeable throughout this week but snow and ice is a risk. well worth staying tuned to the forecast. goodbye.

will you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's midday, and these are the main stories this morning: basketball legend kobe bryant has died in a helicopter crash, alongside his teenage daughter and seven others. there are tributes from the worlds of sport, politics and showbusiness — as millions of fans mourn the loss of one of the sport's greatest ever players. china mobilises half a million medical staff to deal with the coronavirus outbreak —

here the government says it is working on a plan to rescue trapped britons. ceremonies are taking place at auschwitz, to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the nazi concentration camp. and american singer, billie eilish, wins all four major categories at the grammy awards — including best new artist and song of the year. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the basketball superstar kobe bryant has died in a helicopter crash in southern california. he was 41. all nine people listed on board, including bryant and his thirteen—year—old daughter gianna, were killed. tributes have been pouring in from around the world — six—time nba champion

michaeljordan said: "words can't decribe the pain i'm feeling. i loved kobe — he was like a little brother to me. we used to talk often, and i will miss those conversations very much. shaquille o'neal, who won three nba titles with bryant for the la lakers, said: "there's no words to express the pain i'm going through with this tragedy of losing my niece gigi and my brother, my partner in winning championships, my dude and my homie." former la lakers president magicjohnson, a five—time nba champion in the 1980s, tweeted: "kobe was a leader of our game, a mentor to both male and female players. words can't express the impact that he had on the game of basketball." bryant was a hugely popularfigure notjust in the world of sports. the actress whoopi goldberg tweeting "rip kobe, hero to many including my grandson, extraordinary athlete and always kind to me and my family. my deepest condolences to his family." our north america correspondent peter bowes reports.

the helicopter crashed on a remote hillside. this plume of white smoke could be seen over a wide area. the rugged terrain meant first responders had to hike to the scene. there were no survivors in the badly burned wreckage. there was a lot of fog at the time but the cause of the crash isn't yet known. 45 years of living, i have not felt this much grief and love for one man that has passed. for a city, my city, he was an idol, he was an icon. for me, man, just watching his videos, it was more than basketball. it was just the mentality to get through life, and he's got me through so many struggles in my life and it's one of the hardest losses i've ever dealt with — and i never even met the man. kobe bryant and his daughter had been travelling to a sports academy co—founded by the player two years ago. 13—year—old gianna bryant had been planning to play in a basketball game with her father acting as coach. according to us media reports, another player and parent were also on

the helicopter. kobe brya nt‘s accomplishments in basketball are legendary. five nba championships, the 2008 nba most valuable player and two olympic gold medals. he spent his entire 20—year career with the los angeles lakers before retiring four years ago. in 2018, he won an oscar for dear basketball, a five minute film based on a love letter he'd written to the sport. he burned so competitively hot and desire to win. he brought it each and every night, on both ends of the floor. not too many guys can say that throughout nba history. kobe bryant died as final preparations were being made for this year's grammy awards at la's staples centre, also the home of the la lakers. as the show got under way, alicia keys dedicated the night to kobe. and we are literally standing here heartbroken in the house that

kobe bryant built. outside, thousands of fans converged on the venue to pay their respects at a makeshift memorial, still numb with the shock of losing a hero. the lakers have returned home after playing in philadelphia on saturday. lebron james, physically overcome with emotion as he arrived at the airport with other members of the team. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. let's talk now to bbc newsbeat‘s nesta mcgregor. find of kobe in basketball. this is a huge shock. absolutely, i was at

able to see what it brings. i got to the airport and one of my whatsapp group chats went off, and it is just a picture of the headline, and i thought, oh, the internet always does is, it's going to be a rumour, and it took awhile for the news to be processed that someone so young and has suddenly gone, huge, huge news. in sports, politics, entertainment, kobe bryant was a once ina entertainment, kobe bryant was a once in a generation sports star and athlete, transcending all walks of life. he was ingrained in popular culture, language editions referred to him regularly, he wasjust bigger than basketball. the name known to people who aren't basketball fans, because as you say he transcends the sport, because of that superstardom that he had, what was it about him? yeah, i was lucky enough to see him

play in toronto in an all—star game, and some people say, when they were considering, it feels like electricity, like a magnet pulling you, and kobe bryant was one of these people. he was six foot six, which is tall, but when you are in a sport full of giant, it's not so tall, and but while people might be taller or stronger or faster than him, he would never be outworked, and that's the thing about kobe, every day he woke up, and wanted to be better. when he won the three championships back to back, he was still in the gym, the first one in the gym at 5:30am, coaches would say, and then the last one in the gym doing practice shots. he wanted to be the best athlete on the planet and had that work ethic. if you're into sport and you know that you are not physically the best, you know that that hard work and dedication, you can make it right to the very top. this is someone who is the

fourth all—time scorer in the nba, like dimensions, gold medals. when he decided to retire lots of people treated, he wrote a letter to basketball, and it was turned into a short that won an oscar. you can only imagine what might have laid it ahead of him, he was only 41. or his legacy be? exactly, ithink ahead of him, he was only 41. or his legacy be? exactly, i think the way to mark his death, there was a minutes silence, commentators coaches choked up. i think his legacy will be, if you put in the work, you can achieve,, speaking of legacy, the foundation he and his daughter were on their way to, a charitable organisation, that makes sports accessible to underprivileged children in the area, so i think that will continue, and will go and get away from the troubles of

everyday life, and dream one day of being the next kobe, practising in the courts,... what was his personal background? kobe's dad played the sport, which is always difficult, so we entered the league with lots of pressure. american league sports you're drafted from college. he was 18 playing against men, nonprofessionals, so we had a lot of pressure already. his life on the courts, you know, he was a massive success. off it, he wasn't without controversy. in 2005 he settled a abuse case out of court, he admitted adultery, but it was consensual. i could that's the only time i can think of that kobe divided america, and he still continue playing while the allegations were going on, but

after that he tried to reinvent himself, he tried to make the sport accessible, he did a lot of work for women's organisations, changed his numberfrom women's organisations, changed his number from number eight to women's organisations, changed his numberfrom number eight to number 24, to try to stay, he is not the person he was before. he admitted his mistakes, and full steam ahead trying to be a better person. survivors of the holocaust have been gathering at the former concentration camp at auschwitz in poland, to mark the 75th anniversary of its liberation. more than six millionjewish people were systematically murdered during the second world war — over a million of them died at auschwitz. this morning there was a wreath—laying ceremony by survivors at the "execution wall" where thousands — mostly political prisoners — were killed. (biv)jenny hill spoke political prisoners — were killed. jenny hill spoke to survivors as they prepared to mark the anniversary. what they endured is difficult to describe, harder still to

imagine. the survivors of auschwitz preparing last night to commemorate the anniversary of its liberation. i heard their crying and screaming, and those screams stay with me all the way to this day. it is 75 years since russian soldiers flung open the gates of auschwitz and the world recoiled in horror. the nazis killed more than a million people here. many systematically gassed to death in purpose—built chambers as part of a plan to wipe out europe'sjewish population. those who survived had been starved, terrorised, tortured. i was nine years old when i was liberated... miriam, just a child at the time, a victim of the camp's notoriously sadistic doctor, josef mengele. i was with the children that mengele was killing. he did experiments on me too but i was just lucky, i lived. and then,

an important reunion. this is miriam. right here. and i'm right on the top. today, they will tell their tales again, in a new age of rising anti—semitism they hope their voices carry. could it really have happened? jenny hill, bbc news, poland here's our news correspondent, adam easton on the events that'll be happening at auschwitz across the day .

leaders from around 50 countries will hear four of the auschwitz survivors speak in a special tent which has been erected in auschwitz—birkenau by the main gate tower, and it has taken tremendous courage for those survivors to come back to this place of so much horror. many of them have told me that they weren't able to speak track where the selections took place, where the cattle cars rolled into birkenau, and she will be among those carrying a candle to the monument at the end of the railway tracks, to the 1.1 million victims of this camp. 90% of them jews, but also poles, soviet pows, roma, sinti, homosexuals. auschwitz has become the symbol of that holocaust. 6 million people's lives were lost, among them one and a half million children, and this will be a solemn ceremony where people will listen to the survivors and pay their respects.

the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, is urging caution over borisjohnson's aim of reaching a trade deal by the end of the year this negotiation is not usual, because at the end of this year, it will be the single market, it is leaving the customs union. we have no agreement, it will not be business as usual. we have to face the risk of a cliff edge in particular for trade. china is stepping up its efforts to contain the outbreak of the new coronavirus. half a—million medical staff have been mobilised in hubei, the province

where it was first identified. the chinese new year holiday has also been extended by three days,to prevent millions of people from returning home , in an attempt to contain the virus. more than 80 people have died from the respiratory infection and more than 400 other people are critically ill. there's been no let up in the rate of infections with more than 750 new cases reported in the last day alone. there are thought to be up to 300 britons stuck in and around wuhan the city at the centre of the outbreak. the foreign office says they are working on a plan to assist them. two british teachers there say all transport has been stopped and they're ‘pretty much stuck‘. they haven't left their apartment for five days and they've received little support from the british embassy. so we have contacted the embassy, we have e—mailed them and tried to ring them. we got a really useless automated e—mail response back from the embassy. trying to ring the embassy and trying to get in touch with the home office, but they were shut over the weekend. so we are going to try and bring them as soon as they open. because the time differences difficult, trying to contact

authorities back home as well. so yeah, we've really struggled to try and contact the authorities. our china correspondent robin brant has been following the efforts by the foreign office to rescue uk citizens trapped in china — he sent us the latest. there is talk that dominic raab at the foreign office and official sarah trying to do with the americans are already doing, and it looks like the japanese are trying to do, which is to evacuate any brits who feel an urgent desire to get out. i feel the brits who feel an urgent desire to get out. ifeel the issue is twofold. there are some reports hear that the beijing authorities, chinese government authorities are not being as cooperative with the british as they are with the americans. the other issue, as you just heard from, there are already

severe restrictions in place in wuhan preventing people moving around. the vast majority people subjected to chinese citizens who live and work in wuhan. the british people are also subject to that, so evenif people are also subject to that, so even if the uk government was to arrange some kind of playing or transport out, it is doubtful it would appear at the moment that some of those brits would be able to get to the airport. here — more than 50 people have now been tested for coronavirus — all the tests have come back negative. the government says the risk to the public remains low but said there was a ‘fair chance' the virus would reach the uk. earlier, i spoke to dr nathalie macdermott, a clinical lecturer specialising in infectious diseases at kings college. i asked her what countries should be doing to stop the spread of the virus. so, ideally, the public health authorities would be obtaining contact details for those people so they are able to trace them if needed, and also asking them to report they have any symptoms that

develop. they would be provided with information of who to contact and what to do if they do develop symptoms, and then potentially they may be followed up during that incubation period by public health authorities just to make sure they are not just authorities just to make sure they are notjust unwell. they might also be advised to avoid large gatherings of public gatherings just to try and limitany of public gatherings just to try and limit any spread just in case they are unwell during that period. they will inevitably come into contact with people during that period that people will wonder whether face masks are something that people should be considering what would you say on that? arguably, facemasks are a difficult topic, because it really depends on the face mask that you have. if you are unwell and you have symptoms of a cough and cold and sneezing, a face mask is useful, for people who are unwell to wear because it limits the droplets that people cough out. if you are not

well and you're not the right type of facemask it might not be, that he might usea of facemask it might not be, that he might use a because it becomes moist when you breathe out, and eventually, after about ten minutes orso, and eventually, after about ten minutes or so, and it's damp and anything that might sneeze onto get stuck to the outside of the mask. the type of mass the people are thinking of getting, it is not advised at the moment, but if people did want to, they would want to consider something called a ffp3 mask. that is the denigration of the quality of the mask. how worried are you about this? how concerning is it? i'm not particular concern, and i don't think anyone in the uk needs to be concerned. obviously the situation in china is escalating, and given the reported figures of how many new infections we are seeing from one new case, that has been estimated to be around 202 and a half, that

is going to show a doubling effect in china. so we're going to keep seeing an increasing number of cases there until we can get that number of new cases down to less than one person infected for every one infectious individual. so, it's going to keep increasing in china, the risk of spread remains high, but the uk has everything it needs to be able to monitor people and treat and isolate anybody who is affected. sport now. thank you, tributes continued to be made to kobe bryant, one of the greatest basketball players, who died ina greatest basketball players, who died in a helicopter crash. in california, with eight others killed including his daughter. here the players didn't

engage the 24 seconds, 24 being his shirt number. the denver nuggets had a minutes silence before their match. the next game for the la lakers, where bryant spent his entire career, is against rivals la clippers tomorrow. spent his entire career, is against rivals la clippers tomorrowlj spent his entire career, is against rivals la clippers tomorrow. ijust don't have a lot to say. the news is devastating to everyone who knew him, knew him for a long time. sorry, i don't have a lot to say. just to go talk to the team before a game in town to play, i can't... kobe was a great player, an incredible athlete and a leader in a lot of ways. he inspired a whole generation of young athletes. he was

one of the first ones to leave high school and come to the nba and do so well, dominating the game and becoming one of the best scorer is that the los angeles lakers has ever seen. in melbourne, nick kyrgios paid tribute by wearing a lakers shirt. natal will face dominic thiem next. more on the bbc sport website. england's cricket should clinch the game today or tomorrow. 466 for victory, improbably. a couple of wickets taken this morning, south africa offering plenty of resistance in the

afternoon session. 146—2. that's all the but for now, more on the website, i will be back with you around 1:30pm. the second phase of the grenfell tower public inquiry has got underway, with the hearings expected to continue until next year. the inquiry is hearing accounts of why dangerous cladding was used to refurbish the tower and how it contributed to the fire. a member of the inquiry panel resigned this weekend over links she had with the company which supplied the building's cladding. here's vice chairman of grenfell united, karim mussilhy, speaking earlier on the victoria derbyshire programme. he said phase two of the inquiry would uncover residents' concerns that were previously ignored. people knew the dangers of these materials. people were being warned by the residents, or being spoken to by the residents, or being spoken to

by the residents, about concerns not only with the materials but also with how they are being fitted to the building, and they were ignored, and, in some cases, threatened. so, it is going to be very difficult 18 months for us, hearing all of this stuff, but we wanted to be uncomfortable. we want accountability, and up until now, all these organisations, they have just been blaming each other. nobody has accepted any responsibility anywhere, or tried to say, look, the industry needs to learn from what happened and try to make some changes so that we as an industry make sure that we are doing our part. but no one is doing it, eve ryo ne part. but no one is doing it, everyone is just blaming part. but no one is doing it, everyone isjust blaming each part. but no one is doing it, everyone is just blaming each other, thatis everyone is just blaming each other, that is important, because we need this to be uncovered and we need accountability, and i believe what is coming through in the next 18 months, there is no time. foreign secretary dominic raab will meet the family of harry dunn today, ahead of the us secretary of state's visit to the uk.the19—year—old was killed when his motorbike crashed into a car allegedly

driven on the wrong side of a northamptonshire road by the wife of a us diplomat. the home office submitted an extradition request for anne sacoolas which was formally rejected by the us last week. harry dunn's parents say they are confident today's talks with mr raab will be "constructive and productive". harry's mother charlotte has been speaking to victoria derbyshire this morning — making a plea to the prime minister. borisjohnson, you boris johnson, you are borisjohnson, you are the one that has got the power in your hands. you're the one that can all of this, you are the one that can bring her back to the uk. just do the humane thing, make your country proud of you, make the uk proud of you. show us that you are willing to stand up for your citizen's rights, and bring her right. i will never be able to understand why or how she is even managing to continue to live her life. she is continuing to show her children that you can commit crime such as this and walk away and pretend it never happened. you know,

we haven't raised our children like that. i don't understand why a mother and father would want to raise their children like that. billie eilish swept the board at the 2020 grammys, winning five awards, including best new artist and song of the year. the18—year—old also won album of the year for her debut, when we all fall asleep, where do we go. she replaces taylor swift as the youngest person ever to win the award. the awards ceremony became overshadowed by the news of kobe bryant's death. from los angeles, sophie long reports top nominated breakout star lizzo launched the show with a tribute to kobe bryant. tonight is for kobe! # and i'm crying because i love you! #. that set the tone for the evening. earlier today, los angeles, america, and the whole wide world lost a

hero. and we are literally standing here heartbroken in the house that kobe bryant built. applause. as the audience inside wiped away tears, outside staples centre the outpouring of grief grew. kobe! since news of the crash broke, thousands of angelinos have made their way here to the home of the la la kers made their way here to the home of the la lakers and the place that kobe bryant played for the whole of his career. they have paid tribute as the world comes to terms with the last of the sporting legends and his young daughter. inside, siblings billie eilish and phineas. an album created in a small bedroom in their

la home. we didn't write a speech for this because we didn't write this album to make a grammy, we didn't think it would win anything. you wrote an novel about depression, suicidal thoughts and climate change. lizzo 13 suicidal thoughts and climate change. lizzo13 honours. suicidal thoughts and climate change. lizzo 13 honours. the awards, at a of huge turmoil behind the scenes, but no one knows how to put on a big spectacular quite like the recording academy. there are more costume changes then you could keep up with, and genre busting performances. they were joined keep up with, and genre busting performances. they werejoined on stage by bts, the first korean band to play on stage. there was also a posthumous

grammyfor nipsey grammy for nipsey hussle, the rapper killed last year. rest in peace, nips to hustle, rest in peace, kobe bryant. ple nty of plenty of showers is set to work in this afternoon, at its coldest, in scotland this showers in the highlands falling with snow. an area of cloud developing, rain developing in southern england, some parts of hampshire in the isle of wight, eastwards into sussex and kent, and perhaps london area, as well, before that range potentially swings into east anglia for a time. we will get heavier this evening in northern ireland and northern england, brings snow into the hills, a few

centimetres appear. the heaviest and most persistent of the snowy weather overnight will be in scotland, and here, where we also have temperatures plunging, with the risk of icy stretches developing, the greatest risk of some disruptive weather as we head into tuesday. round about five centimetres for some, ten centimetres and the health, problems into tuesday.

hello, this is bbc newsroom live with joanna gosling. the headlines... tributes are paid to basketball legend kobe bryant who has died in a helicopter crash,

alongside his teenage daughter and seven others. china mobilises half a million medical staff to deal with the coronavirus outbreak — here the government says it is working on a plan to rescue trapped britons. ceremonies are taking place at auschwitz, to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the nazi concentration camp. music plays. and american singer, billie eilish, wins all four major categories at the grammy awards, including best new artist and song of the year. more now on the news that the basketball superstar kobe bryant has died in a helicopter crash in southern california. he was 41. all nine people listed on board, including bryant and his 13—year—old daughter, gianna, were killed. let's speak now to our correspondent, nicola morrison, who is at the black prince community trust, in south london, which provides sport and educational sessions to the local community. what is the reaction there, good morning? as you can imagine, quite a sombre day. i am at the black prince's trust, and some people have

come wearing la lakers tops in tribute to kobe. i am joined by the community manager, jason. quite a tragic day, what was your reaction to the news? i think it was pure shock. trying to convey that and deal with that and let my son who is only 12, know that he has lost one of his heroes. my thoughts go out to all of his family. losing kobe is like losing a part of basketball. it is very sad. what can we take away from his legacy and his life?|j think his life and his legacy transcended basketball. it was not just about basketball. one thing that comes to mind is the terminology sweat and mix. if we wa nt terminology sweat and mix. if we want to do something, do it the kobe way. thank you very much, back to the studio. and there

are more tributes to kobe bryant on the bbc news website. more now on the coronavirus... chinese authorities have extended the lunar new year holiday by three days in order to try to contain the spread of the virus. across the country businesses are shutting shops and restaurants, and asking staff to work from home. as a result, the city's transportation hubs are virtually empty at what should be the busiest time of the year in china. our correspondent stephen mcdonel visited nanyang station — about a five—hour journey from the now closed—off city of wuhan — and sent us this report. so, this is a train station in henan, where, as you can see, they have got the protective clothing on, where you enter the station with your ticket. the authorities here are gearing up for another big headache, and that is because the second part

of the big lunar festival migration is about to start. all those people who went home to see their families for the lunar new year break, well, they are now returning to the big cities, hundreds of millions of them, now in hubei province, where it broke out, of course, they will not be coming back so easily, but everywhere else, like in this province, henan, there are people who have been sick with a virus. they all have to go back. coming into train stations, people are wearing face masks, using hand sanitiser and the like. clearly, the officials here are being very precautious. they are checking people's temperature when they come in. so, here is a family about to come in. they will give them their tickets and be checked on their way into the station. when people arrive back in cities like beijing, though, life will not automatically go back to normal. for example, schools, they are delaying classes. that is kindergarten schools and universities, all imposing a bit of a sort of safety period while they decide whether or not they can

resume classes again. and officials, here in china, have even extended the lunar new year holiday to give them a bit more breathing space to deal with this crisis. that was stephen mcdonnell reporting. now time for a business update 01:36:23,1000 --> 01:36:26,546 with ben. hello, iam ben update with ben. hello, i am ben thompson, update with ben. hello, iam ben thompson, the update with ben. hello, i am ben thompson, the top business stories... nearly 10,000 retailjobs have been lost in the uk so far this year, according to new figures. in total, 9,949jobs have gone with a further 1,200 already under threat. january is traditionally a tough month for retailers, as they count the cost of a poor christmas trading period. global stock markets and oil prices have fallen sharply over fears that the spread of the coronavirus will hit demand for travel. brent crude fell by 2.1%. regional economies in asia are bracing for a large economic impact and firms have asked staff to stay at home, prompting a slowdown

in economic growth. british banks approved the highest number of mortgages in more than four years in december, according to the latest officialfigures. they suggest a turnaround in the country's housing market since last month's election. mortgage approvals for house purchase hit the most since august 2015. more certainty over brexit, better household living standards and the chances of a budget boost have lifted economic prospects for this year and next. that's according to the ey item club in its latest quarterly economic outlook. it upgraded gdp growth from 1% to 1.2% for 2020 and 1.5% to 1.7% for 2021 and urged the bank of england not to cut interest rates this week.

mark gregory is the uk chief economist at ey. please talk me through some of this, because it looks like things are getting better because of the certainty. hello, perhaps not that good so far but we have had so much uncertainty previously and now the clarity on brexit seems to have given business more confidence. it is the best since record was taken. consumer confidence has gone up, showing in the mortgage market, and we seem to be edging into more positive territory. as this new growth or new spending or investment, or is the stuff that was held back that businesses had put off investing because of the uncertainty? that is a really good point. it means that there is a potentially bigger upside when we look at business investment, which fell five of the last six quarters. consumer spending has slowed. you

talked about the retailjob losses, even though real incomes have been going well over the past year or so. if we can get businesses more confident and consumers pick up on that, there could be this pent—up demand that we will see as the boost to growth. it is interesting the timing of this, because some would say that nothing has really changed. yes, we have an idea of what will happen at the end ofjanuary, but we still have no clarity over the trading arrangement that we will have with our biggest trading partner, the eu. so business may be jumping the gun a little. possibly, but if there is pent—up demand, then actually perhaps using uncertainty isa actually perhaps using uncertainty is a bit of an excuse for the things that they really need to do. with consumers, thejob that they really need to do. with consumers, the job numbers that they really need to do. with consumers, thejob numbers went that they really need to do. with consumers, the job numbers went up and down over the past two months but in december over 200,000 new jobs which will probably boost consumers. i expect what we might see is come friday, when we do leave the eu, for many of the public, we start thinking about things other than brexit. so, i think you're right, it is not necessarily new

but perhaps this pent—up demand will have the opportunity to come forward. and a quick word on interest rates, as you said urging the bank of england not to cut when it meets later this week. why would that be a mistake? we have reduced the uncertainty and we have seen a boost in confidence, as we have talked about with businesses and consumers, it seems reasonable to wait longer to see if that will float through into the economy rather than going a bit too soon with this. mark, gratefulfor rather than going a bit too soon with this. mark, grateful for your time, as always. the chief economist at ey. one in 19 deaths in uk cities and large towns are related to long—term exposure to pollution. that's according to figures from the centre for cities that looked at the quality of air in the uk's largest cities and towns. its boss, andrew carter, says much more needs to be done to tackle the problem.

we want every city and large town to introduce a clean air zone based on the london model. we only have two in operation in the uk, one in london and one in glasgow. every one of those places needs to introduce that as a minimum and they need to charge all polluting vehicles, not just buses. it has to charge against private cars as well. despite the problems it has, actually london is at the forefront in many respects of introducing clean air zones, scrappage, investments to help people move from polluting cars to the like. they have introduced the congestion charge, they have the most progressive public transport system, so london gives us a way forward. the coronavirus fears taking a toll on markets this morning. all the major markets nursing big losses. stocks that are connected to china are feeling the pain this morning as traders are afraid the health crisis will curtail economic activity. commodity prices down too — oil, iron ore and copper prices falling on fears that china's demand will be hit — meaning mining stocks like anglo american, antofagasta, and bhp billiton all been hit hard. the underlying oil market is under pressure too seeing as china is the

largest importer of the commodity in the world. lots of people are being told to stay at home to stop the spread of that and that could affect the markets. it will be interesting to see how they open later in the us. but so far the ftse 100 see how they open later in the us. but so far the ftse100 and markets across europe feeling the pinch. we will keep an eye on that throughout the day. that's all the business news. let's get more on the events in poland to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz. more than six millionjewish people were systematically murdered during the second world war — over a million of them died at auschwitz. our correspondentjenny hill has been speaking to auschwitz survivor, renee

salt. how are you doing first of all? i am 0k, thank you very much. not easy to come back here. yes, but i come back a lot. why is that? i come with groups. i want to show them, children, especially, what happened here. and how he suffered and perhaps we can avoid one day another holocaust from happening. so, yes, thatis holocaust from happening. so, yes, that is why i come back. it is a very beautiful, quiet morning here, we can hear some birdsong. very different, of course, to how it was. can you describe to us a little bit as to what it was like here? so terribly frightening. we never knew from one hour to the next what was going to happen to us. there were experiments going on here, operations made by

german doctors. and it was very, very bad. you were always afraid. you did not know what was going to happen and we suffered a lot. the hunger and the cold. in winter i am dressed well now but all i had was a jacket and a skirt, no shoes, nothing. so, it was very, very bad. it is a miracle that anyone of us arrived. and you did. what was it, do you think? it was gods will. that is all i can say. and throughout all this time, i was lucky that i was together with my mother, and she kept me going. and i ke pt mother, and she kept me going. and i kept her going mother, and she kept me going. and i kept hergoing in mother, and she kept me going. and i kept her going in a way. otherwise, without my mother, i don't think i would have survived. a lot of other survivors say that auschwitz will never leave them, it is with them all of their lives. you see it all

the time, all the time. you can never forget it. and one of the things that a lot of people talk about this year is the fact that anti—semitism is increasing again across the world. how does that leave you feeling. very frightening. lam very leave you feeling. very frightening. i am very worried sometimes. i hope it will quieten down, because at the moment it is very bad, all over europe. what will be going through your mind this afternoon as the ceremony goes on and people make their speeches, and you are sat there having once been a prisoner here, now you are back for the anniversary? that's right. nowi appreciate that i can come here and ican appreciate that i can come here and i can walk out whenever i want to. at one time i could not have done that. and what about you now? how are you within yourself, what has got you through the years afterwards ? got you through the years afterwards? well, we left after the

liberation, each of us has illnesses from the camp, we can never forget it. i came out of the camps, i was very, very ill. surprisingly, i have survived. i do not know how, but i did. good medical care, i survived with that. but i think every of us came out with having some problems. does it surprise you when you hear research that says some people don't really know what happened, both here and across europe during the holocaust? i think everybody knows by now. it is too big a thing to height. so, everybody knows. and how important is it that people remember. we must remember, we must never forget. we must teach schoolchildren especially, and grown—ups as well, as to what happened here and perhaps we can avoid another holocaust from

happening. renne salt speaking there. court papers from a case brought against mirror group newspapers allege that the sunday people may have targeted the mobile phone of murdered schoolgirl milly dowler. the sunday people is alleged to have hired private detectives to target the dowler family at the time of her disappearance in 2002. the documents have been seen by the bbc and the website, byline investigates. our legal correspondent clive coleman explains. as you say, part of this action, brought by 71 celebrities, public figures, including prince harry, david walliams — the author and actor — and many other sports people and celebrities, and they allege that the sunday people, that is a mirror group title, in 2002 paid and hired starbase, a private investigation company, to investigate milly dowler and her family. as i say, at the time that she went missing. it is alleged that her family were put under surveillance and that

starbase were involved in phone hacking and other unlawful activities. the claimants point to an invoice from starbase at the time that say was for an unusually large amount of money. they also point to a major article in the sunday people that was published ten days after milly disappeared to support this allegation that the dow;er family were targeted. this allegation that the dowler family were targeted. it raises the possibility, and it isjust a possibility because these are allegations in a civil case, that milly dowler‘s phone was also hacked by the sunday people. as i say, it is just a possibility. we are waiting for a formal defence in the civil action and the current publishers of the sunday people have not commented on the allegations. clive coleman reporting.

scientists are today unveiling a drug which may help improve the symptoms of young people living with autism. the medicine is usually prescribed to treat oedema — the build—up of fluid in the body. but research trials have found it to be effective at improving social skills of young children with autism. carrie gracie has been speaking to professor barbara sahakian from the university of cambridge, who was part of the trial. bumetanide is the drug, and it was found that in animal studies we could see that it actually was beneficial in terms of neurodevelopment, because obviously autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder. and then there was also some very preliminary evidence that it was helpful in autism, but these were much older children, whereas we have used children three to six years of age. and it is quite a small study, isn't it? but you are confident about the results? yeah, we are very enthusiastic, and one of the really novel aspects of it was that we were able to noninvasively measure the chemicals in the brain that were changing with the drug treatment. how did you do that? well, it is quite complicated, but basically, it is done through putting children in a scanner and then you can get the mrs signal for the different neurotra nsmitters,

like gaba and glutamate. so, what we were able to do was actually link the changes, the decrease in the autistic symptoms and the beneficial effects, like the increases in social symptoms, the eye contact, the smiling, all that sort of thing, with the actual changes in the brain chemicals. and this was a project that you worked with researchers in china. that's correct. and so, were the children chinese? the children were chinese, and there, of course, what you have is, you don't have quite so many of these specialised resources for treating children through behavioural mechanisms, and i should say that these children were also moderate to severe in terms of their symptoms. so the good thing there is that many people come in from rural areas and you can give these treatments because they are quite safe, so they can actually have these treatments, even though they are not in a specialist centre. and so, for parents who may be

watching, who may themselves have children with autism spectrum disorder, what kind of hope can you give them that this will be usable and of benefit to their children? yeah, so we are doing a larger—scale trial to make sure that it is effective, but we know it is safe and in these very young children, it's the best possibility for working, because as you probably know, social behaviour starts so early in babies and young children, that if you really want to boost it, you have to get in there early. so it wouldn't be, i don't think, as effective if you were dealing with older children. so it is important to be used early on. so, you can imagine some parents wanting their children to be on this larger—scale trial, but is the larger—scale trial also happening in china? well, yes, it will be happening in china, partially because it's got the autism specialist centre there, and they can recruit numbers so quickly. and so, for parents who want

their children to be treated with this as soon as it is possible, when do you think it will come on the market here? i think it will be very soon because we have already shown that it is safe, so now we just need a bigger trial to show that it really is effective. it is very inexpensive, so i think it will be available, maybe in the next five years. a former england footballer is calling for all children to stop heading the ball. sue lopez, a pioneer for the women's game, blames her dementia on heading and the concussions that caused. her plea comes as a heading ban for under 115 looks likely to happen in scotland in the next few weeks. sue's former southampton captain and best friend, lesley lloyd, has been looking into it... we won that game, i was the one who gave you the ball. that is me, lesley lloyd, captain of southampton women's football club. so

was our star striker. have you ever played in men's teams? yes, sometimes they give us confluence. sue has dedicated her life to the game, winning three caps for england, but now her memories are fading. that was you, that was a lovely photograph. who gave you the mba? -- mbe?i photograph. who gave you the mba? -- mbe? i don't know, that was obviously before the dementia. two yea rs obviously before the dementia. two years ago, sue was diagnosed with dementia. i think my dementia has been caused by the heading of the football. neuropathologist, doctor willie stewart, has found that x footballers are 3.5 times more likely to die of dementia than members of the general public. at

the moment, he cannot say that heading a ball is the cause. dr stewart, can you tell me what happens to a brain when you heady football? what we do know is that even after a short spell of heading, your memory starts to slow down, your memory starts to slow down, your brain starts to slow down, and we can do blood tests that will detect brain proteins in your blood. so, short answer, we don't really know. the longer answer is we are beginning to get some idea. sue doesn't have time on her side and wa nts doesn't have time on her side and wants action taken now to protect the next generation. anything to do with football now, i hope that people are being more careful now. not letting young children hit the ball. we asked all 20 premier league clu bs ball. we asked all 20 premier league clubs if they stopped younger age groups heading the ball. bournemouth we re groups heading the ball. bournemouth were the only ones to say that they do. the policy that we have at the moment is that we don't do any heading with the under 12. they are physically and mentally developing

and so is the brain. we have got to appreciate what has been well publicised already. appreciate what has been well publicised alreadylj appreciate what has been well publicised already. i wanted to ask the fa if they should be doing more. they would not meet me, but any statement said they had recently reissued their guidelines on coaching, heading and concussion management. they have said that more research is needed, as currently there is not enough evidence to make further changes. football introduced me to my best friend. but as it also taking her away? and you can see more on inside out

tonight on bbc one in the south. or search inside out south on bbc iplayer. meghan markle's estranged father — thomas markle — has said the decision by harry and meghan to step back from royal duties will ‘hurt‘ the queen. he been speaking to itv‘s good morning britain. let's have a look. what they have decided to do, to me, is embarrassing. i think when they got married, they married into royalty and they knew what they were getting themselves into. that has been harry's life. meghan has had a similar kind of life and i think that they have hurt the queen and i think that they have hurt the royals. and itjust doesn't work to be going to another country and then serving england, it will never work. i am a little embarrassed for them and feeling very sorry for the queen. he warned he's going to do another interview within weeks if he doesnt hear from meghan and harry.

within weeks if he doesn't hear from meghan and harry. and this is how the interview ended... finally, thomas, what is your message to prince harry if he is watching this interview? man up and fly down and see me. the one o'clock news is coming up shortly with ben brown. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon. good afternoon. the showers are falling wintry across the highlands of scotland. further south we have this wiggling weather front that is bring an area of rain across areas of england. through the last part of the afternoon and into the evening for some. the showers falling as snow across the north—west of scotland, with further accumulations over the hills of the highlands, with a few more centimetres building up with a few more centimetres building up here this afternoon. it will be quite a blustery afternoon,

particularly towards the south—west of the uk, with the wind is continuing to strengthen as we head into the evening and overnight. temperatures, looking at highs of around four come up to eight celsius for many. overnight, the showers will tend to get heavier in northern ireland, turning to snow for a time over the hills, and a similar story for wales and northern england, with a few centimetres building up of a higher ground. for scotland, more snow to come overnight and we could see her in five or ten centimetres over the house. five centimetres getting down to lower levels, just about anywhere. and with temperatures taking the plunge, a frost developing in the countryside, there could be some icy stretches as well. overall, the greatest risk of seeing destructive weather is up into scotland as we head into tuesday. five centimetres just about anywhere, but perhaps the greatest risk of that is across the east of the country. tuesday starts off on a cold, frosty and for some icy note. temperatures will gradually lift through the day and some of those snow showers will transition back to

rain. it will continue to feel cold across the northern areas, temperature is around four or 5 degrees, seven or eight for the south of england and wales. for the middle part of the week, low pressure is set to move on and off of the atlantic, bringing a zone of rain. on the northern edge of the sone of rain, we will probably see some heavy snow working on, particularly for the hills for a time. there is uncertainty as to how far north or south this area of rain of snow will be. to the south, it looks likely that the rule weather will turn increasingly mild for the middle of the week, temperatures pushing back into double figures, and that is a trend that we will see continue into february, with temperatures well above normal in london, highs of 14 degrees.

commemorations to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz. survivors of the nazi death camp have returned there to lay wreaths in memory of the dead. the nazis murdered more than a million people at auschwitz — most of them jews. it was so terribly frightening. we never knew from one hour

to the next what was going to happen to us. we'll be reporting live from auschwitz. also this lunchtime... tributes for the american basketball legend kobe bryant, killed in a helicopter crash. the death toll from china's coronavirus outbreak rises to more than 80 with thousands infected. the allegy sufferers who fear for their lives when their injector needle fails to work. and can england's cricketers clinch a series victory against south africa? and coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news, the world number one, rafa nadal, is through to the australian open quarterfinals after a four—set victory over nick kyrgios.