on companies to improve gig workers' conditions. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. lisa marie presley, the musician and only daughter of elvis presley, dies aged 5a after suffering cardiac arrest. president biden faces tough questions from reporters after a second set of classified records are found. this time in his garage. classified material next to your corvette — what were you thinking? my corvette's in a locked garage, 0k, so it's not like it was sitting out on the street. ukraine says heavy fighting with russian forces, continues in the eastern town of soledar, with a senior defence official calling the situation there "difficult".

britain's postal service, the royal mail, is being held to ransom in a hacking attack by a gang with likely russian links. hello and welcome. lisa marie presley, the only daughter of rock and roll legend elvis has died. she was 5a. the news was confirmed by her mother priscilla who said in a statement: "it is with a heavy heart that i must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter lisa marie has left us." we can now speak to entertainmentjournalist perez hilton who was a friend of lisa marie presley. he joins us from los angeles. thanks forjoining us on such short notice with this sad

news. lisa marie was a successful musician in her own right but also a friend of yours. i right but also a friend of ours. ., ., ., yours. i got to meet her at her request. _ yours. i got to meet her at her request. i _ yours. i got to meet her at her request, i don't _ yours. i got to meet her at her request, i don't know - yours. i got to meet her at her request, i don't know if - yours. i got to meet her at her request, i don't know if they . request, i don't know if they would call myself a friend but it was definitely a huge fan, think she knew why supported her music and that meant a lot to her. you remember when a ticket to her show i didn't even request to meet her, she said she wanted to meet me and oftentimes when you meet a celebrity if you are lucky enough to be around them and have that opportunity, they are polite but very quick. she really spent her time with me, was so engaged, curious, kind and i've remain a great fan of hers and i would encourage every view of the bbc worldwide to really listen to her solo music, especially her earlier work where she wanted to establish her own identity as an artist and the sound that was nothing like herfather�*s

and i think she did that very successfully in her songs will live on for decades to come. she sounds lovely in person, how did she interact with her fans and was their reaction to her that you saw a post? what is interesting _ her that you saw a post? what is interesting as _ her that you saw a post? what is interesting as before - her that you saw a post? what is interesting as before there i is interesting as before there was even this concept, this new term, stan, a hard—core fan, lisa marie was born into a world that had stans, these obsessive, some may say too intrusive admirers of her father that then also became very curious and invested in her as well. even before there was an internet and social media, lisa marie presley had these fans but she was always very gracious and kind to not just her fans but her father's fans as well which is one of the reasons why elvis fans, not just her being his daughter but

also because of the way she treated elvis fans and the way she honoured herfather�*s legacy she was really beloved by so many. legacy she was really beloved by so many-— legacy she was really beloved by so many. her life was tinted in tragedy. _ by so many. her life was tinted in tragedy. she _ by so many. her life was tinted in tragedy, she had _ by so many. her life was tinted in tragedy, she had to - by so many. her life was tinted in tragedy, she had to endure i in tragedy, she had to endure the suicide of her son, her father died, elvis, when she wasjust nine. she father died, elvis, when she was just nine. she also father died, elvis, when she wasjust nine. she also had a warmer husband, michael jackson, passed away. how did she deal with all of that? well, lisa marie struggled a lot, that is not a secret. but i think, in addition to her music, her legacy is her children and in this moment of sadness, i reflect upon something that her eldest child did just a couple of years ago. she too had to suffer a lot of tragedy in her life, now once again with the loss of her mother but riley keogh has

become, in addition to being an actress, she is also a grief counsellor. specifically she has the title of death diller, so i think family really going to lean on riley keogh right now, and hopefully she can learn from the lessons and some might say mistakes of her mother to help heal herfamily. her grandmother, who two younger daughters, her sisters, the 14—year—old twins that lisa marie leaves behind. she led a privileged lisa marie presley life but also a very difficult and many would say tortured life. ., ~' and many would say tortured life. . ~ ,, and many would say tortured life. . ~ i. ., , life. thank you for the insight into her family _ life. thank you for the insight into her family dynamic, - life. thank you for the insight into her family dynamic, that| into herfamily dynamic, that is really interesting. the close of memory that if one has of her is the golden globes this week where she was attending talking about this film, baz luhrmann�*s film made of her father film, baz luhrmann�*s film made of herfather and this film, baz luhrmann�*s film made of her father and this famous line that she took five days or

so to recover from seeing austin butler playing her father because it was a realistic, so evocative of her, at one time thinking perhaps maybe it was elvis�*s voice when in fact it was austin butler's voice, that is the image that people are going to be remembering this morning. absolute, and she will be front and centre in people's minds for many months to come because that film, not only was austin butler awarded at the golden globes but the film obviously is going to be heavily in contention through all awards season and now perhaps even more so because of her untimely passing. i more so because of her untimely ”assin. ~' ., , . more so because of her untimely ”assin. ~ ., , ., ., more so because of her untimely ”assin. ~' ., , ., ., ., passing. i know she meant a lot to ou passing. i know she meant a lot to you and _ passing. i know she meant a lot to you and so — passing. i know she meant a lot to you and so thank _ passing. i know she meant a lot to you and so thank you - passing. i know she meant a lot to you and so thank you very . to you and so thank you very much for sharing your thought so soon after the death of lisa marie presley. thank you. the us attorney—general has appointed a special counsel to investigate whether

joe biden broke the law in his handling of classified records from his time as vice president. it comes after a second set of documents was found in a garage at mr biden�*s home in delaware. a first batch had been discovered earlier in his former office in washington. we can now speak to democratic strategist robin swanson, she joins us from sacramento. thank you forjoining us because this is not a particularly pleasant situation for the democrats, is it? in fact these documents have been stowed somewhere for five years, president biden has been back and forth to his home 60 times apparently, this is embarrassing, isn't it? that's ri . ht, embarrassing, isn't it? that's right. there _ embarrassing, isn't it? that's right, there is _ embarrassing, isn't it? that's right, there is no _ embarrassing, isn't it? that's right, there is no two - embarrassing, isn't it? that's right, there is no two ways i right, there is no two ways about it, whether you are in public relations or campaign, if you are explaining, you are losing so this is not a great day for the president or democrats because we want to be talking about our agenda, we want to be talking about curbing inflation, we want to talk aboutjob curbing inflation, we want to talk about job growth curbing inflation, we want to talk aboutjob growth but instead we are talking about the president's corvette. who; the president's corvette. why did it take _

the president's corvette. why did it take straight _ the president's corvette. why did it take straight talking joe as he likes to be known so long to tell the public about these classified documents that he had withheld?— he had withheld? well, i will sa that he had withheld? well, i will say that there _ he had withheld? well, i will say that there are _ he had withheld? well, i will say that there are big - say that there are big differences in the way that president biden has handled this in the way that donald trump handled it and this in the way that donald trump handled itand in this in the way that donald trump handled it and in one word, cooperation. so we will say that the president is cooperating with the national archives, he is cooperating with the department ofjustice, and clearly there is, we have a problem, he's got a black eye but there is a big difference in the quantity of documents between these two presidents and the cooperation that this president is going to do right now, so i think he will still be answering some questions and honestly, it is the drip, drip, drip that is the problem, so hopefully the biden administration is getting it all out there, all at once because we don't want to be talking about this in the coming weeks and months. that

is so interesting, _ coming weeks and months. that is so interesting, it _ coming weeks and months. that is so interesting, it is _ coming weeks and months. that is so interesting, it is the drip, drip, drip and you got the possibility there could be more documents, this is now being investigated so through those investigations other things could come up and we are acting joe biden might make an announcement about whether he is going to stand again in 2024 so how would you handle this as a political problem? is a political _ a political problem? is a political problem - a political problem? is a political problem i - a political problem? is —. political problem i would put it all out there. if you want to have a bad day, have a bad day, just don't have a bad month and certainly don't have a bad year, leading into the next election. so i think getting it all out there, doing some comparison and then talking about the want to talk about copy again, there is a report on inflation that came out today that was good for our country. forthe out today that was good for our country. for the first time we are starting to curb inflation. so he's going to need to talk about his agenda but he can't do that until all of this is out on the table.- out on the table. when president _ out on the table. when president biden - out on the table. when president biden called| out on the table. when - president biden called trump's, the florida radon donald

trump's estate as totally responsible, the reaction to that raid, and now we suddenly have this, is this something quite common? two former presidents forget that they have lots of documents all over the place? are we reading more into this? i the place? are we reading more into this? . , the place? are we reading more into this? ., , ., , ., into this? i really hope not. i do think— into this? i really hope not. i do think as _ into this? i really hope not. i do think as a _ into this? i really hope not. i do think as a country - into this? i really hope not. i do think as a country we - into this? i really hope not. i| do think as a country we need to examine what we're doing with our classified documents, if there is any question and i don't care whether it is hubris or human error, classified documents should not be leaving classified territory. so clearly there is a problem with that, notjust with this president but with the former. again i think the biggest difference being cooperation and there is no reason to storm this president's house because he's handing them over, so our previous president did not want to hand over the documents, this president is handing them over, so there are differences but again this is not a good day because when we are explaining we're not talking about what want to talk about.

not a great day but robin swanson thank you so much for joining us to take it through at. a police report in south korea has blamed the crowd crush that killed 159 people last year on weak planning and poor emergency response. it identified 23 people who it said who should face prosecution for death by professional negligence. but the blame has been pinned on low level officials. senior officials are mostly cleared. new figures released in the next couple of hours are expected to confirm that the uk economy is heading into a recession. figures for november are predicted to show a fall in economic output, our business reporter, ben king, has more. at this company and was that they can feel the economy is slowing down. vacuum cleaners and lawnmowers sold well in the pandemic but this year rising prices for energy and food have

left their customers with less money to spend.— left their customers with less money to spend. from our point of view we _ money to spend. from our point of view we can — money to spend. from our point of view we can feel _ money to spend. from our point of view we can feel that - money to spend. from our point of view we can feel that yeah, i of view we can feel that yeah, there is probably a recession coming on. people are finding it difficult, they are kind of worried about their basic costs of heating and fuel and all the rest of it and the worries of inflation so we can very much told that there is a little bit of tension in consumers and we feel it ourselves.— feel it ourselves. meanwhile risinu feel it ourselves. meanwhile rising interest _ feel it ourselves. meanwhile rising interest rates - feel it ourselves. meanwhile rising interest rates are - rising interest rates are pushing up mortgage payments, another reason people are tight in their belts alongside rising energy costs. we in their belts alongside rising energy costs-— in their belts alongside rising energy costs. we certainly have not had the _ energy costs. we certainly have not had the heating _ energy costs. we certainly have not had the heating on. - energy costs. we certainly have not had the heating on. a - energy costs. we certainly have not had the heating on. a very. not had the heating on. a very fru:al not had the heating on. a very frugal with _ not had the heating on. a very frugal with my _ not had the heating on. a very frugal with my heating - not had the heating on. a very frugal with my heating and - not had the heating on. a veryj frugal with my heating and hot waler~ — frugal with my heating and hot water. ~ ., ., ., ., water. with not a heater at the moment just — water. with not a heater at the moment just because - water. with not a heater at the momentjust because we - water. with not a heater at the momentjust because we can't| momentjust because we can't afford — momentjust because we can't afford it — moment “ust because we can't afford it. ., ., , ., moment “ust because we can't afford it. ., ., ~ , afford it. how do you keep warm? blankets, - afford it. how do you keep| warm? blankets, jumpers, warm? blankets, “umpers, scarves. this _ warm? blankets, jumpers, scarves. this hasn't - warm? blankets, jumpers, scarves. this hasn't reallyl scarves. this hasn't really affected _ scarves. this hasn't really affected me _ scarves. this hasn't really affected me because - scarves. this hasn't really - affected me because obviously interest rates are going in the right direction for me, personally, but i'm just worried about everybody else who has got mortgages. the

recession — who has got mortgages. the recession which _ who has got mortgages. the recession which is _ who has got mortgages. the recession which is defined as the economy shrinking for 23—month periods or quarters in a row stopping the quarter from july to september saw the economy shrank by 0.3%. things bounced back a little in october but if november and december are bad as many experts expected in the quarter as a whole will see a full copy it will officially be a recession which may last for months to come.— recession which may last for months to come. there is a view that ou months to come. there is a view that you could — months to come. there is a view that you could take _ months to come. there is a view that you could take that - months to come. there is a view that you could take that we - months to come. there is a view that you could take that we are i that you could take that we are basically halfway through a pretty tough two year time period, so we have seen patients outing to come down from the peaks that we have seenin from the peaks that we have seen in november, we do expect that to continue. there are some careful early signs that are getting better. i think at the moment also for the labour market is the positive point for people looking for work and the unemployment rate is quite low. if the unemployment rate is quite low. . ., ., , the unemployment rate is quite low. ., , , low. if the economy is shrinking _ low. if the economy is shrinking that meansl low. if the economy is - shrinking that means companies on the whole are making less

profit which means they have less money available to expand or give workers a pay rise and if people earn less and spend less, that means that the government takes in less money and tax revenue which makes all those tricky decisions about how to fund important public services like the nhs all the more difficult. the prime minister has pledged to get the economy growing again by the end of the year stopping today's gdp figure will give another indication of how difficult that promise could be to meet. so could the uk be heading for a recession or what does that mean across the eurozone and also with the slightly better inflation figures in america, we're going to have plenty more on all of the business news in about 20 minutes time. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: could this arctic town in sweden become europe's most important source of critical raw materials?

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

this is bbc news. the latest headlines — lisa marie presley, the musician and only daughter of elvis presley, has died, aged 54, after suffering a cardiac arrest. the usjustice department has appointed a special counsel to investigatejoe biden's handling of classified documents, from when he was vice president. a russian mercenary group, fighting in ukraine, claims to have found the body of one of two uk aid workers who have been reported missing. they were last seen heading to the eastern town of soledar, where heavy fighting is taking place. the bbc�*s james waterhouse — who's in kyiv — gave us his assessment of the situation. the town of soledar and nearby bakhmut, a city, have become the focal points on the eastern

front of ukraine. it is an area where contract soldiers, a private army called the wagner group, is doing the bulk of russia's fighting and they are throwing everything at the town of soledar and bakhmut to try and achieve some immediate gain. we're in a phase of this conflict where they are throwing everything at it, at a huge human cost. and i wouldn't be surprised to see ukraine make some kind of tactical retreat to wait for russian forces to exhaust themselves, if you like. for now, kyiv is adamant the defensive lines are holding and they say the wagner group are putting some of their best soldiers into soledar to try and make more immediate gains. the russians are claiming that it has control, but there are, as ever, conflicting reports in terms of the military significance. i wouldn't place too much on soledar. this is about a propaganda trophy for vladimir putin to present to critics back inside russia. the direction of the war i don't think will be influenced greatly by what we are seeing in the east. but the fighting is fierce

and the human cost is great. in the united kingdom, the royal mail has been warning customers of severe disruptions to its postal service abroad, since wednesday. it's emerged that it's being caused by a ransomware hacking attack with links to russian criminals. the company has asked customers not to post items until the issue can be resolved. 0ur news reporter azadeh moshiri joins us now. details moshiri joins us now. are emerging, what more do details are emerging, what more do we know? the details are emerging, what more do we know?— do we know? the cyber attack and specifically _ do we know? the cyber attack and specifically hit _ do we know? the cyber attack and specifically hit the - do we know? the cyber attack and specifically hit the system is the royal mail uses to dispatch deliveries abroad as well as track and trace items overseas. that is why they are telling users and people in the united kingdom to stop sending parcels until they can resolve theissue parcels until they can resolve the issue and get a handle on

the issue and get a handle on the issue. the specific ransomware that has been used is a piece of ransomware cord lock bit, which is associated to criminal gangs that have links to russia. the bbc�*sjoe tidy has seen the ransom note that was sent from the criminals to the royal mail. it read, your data are stolen and encrypted, and it is believed as typically works in these sorts of things that criminals are asking the royal mail not to publish things online because they can be some very sensitive stuff in there. the sources have told they believe the bbc of the royal mail has workarounds.— the bbc of the royal mail has workarounds. asides from the hassles for — workarounds. asides from the hassles for before _ workarounds. asides from the hassles for before christmas i workarounds. asides from the i hassles for before christmas we had strikes, and things had to be in before christmas because of strikes, this is a big security trend, ransomware, across the world. unfortunately

it happens _ across the world. unfortunately it happens almost _ across the world. unfortunately it happens almost daily, - across the world. unfortunately it happens almost daily, you i it happens almost daily, you are completely right. essentially this malicious software will encrypt people's data or company's data and perhaps lock them out of their systems, and oftentimes individuals, there will be sensitive data in there that they want back, and the way it then unfolds is the criminals mmp then unfolds is the criminals ramp up the pressure, oftentimes ask for funds and crypto currencies which are hard to chase in exchange for that data. a very recent case which was very high profile was in australia, a medical insurer, medibank, that was hacked, and as the criminals tried to ramp up the pressure, they started releasing some pieces that were highly sensitive, abortion records for example, but medibank did not cave and instead more private data was then dumped on the dark web. in this instance, the royal mail is a critical piece of british infrastructure, it is how our economy gets going, very integral to the economy

and to the united kingdom, so it is a very important attack. a growing threat around the world. thank you for the details. let's catch up with all the latest sports news. we start with football and fulham were 2—1 winners over chelsea in the premier league on thursday, which saw new signing joao felix sent off on his debut in the second half. with the match level at 1—1 ther portuguese who joined on loan from atletico madrid the day before was handed a straight red card for a rash challenge that was high, and then with 15 minutes to go, carlos vinicius scored the winner to take fulham 6th, while 10th placed chelsea have now lost 7 of their last 10 in all competitions. anything that can go wrong is going wrong. i thought xiao felix was fantastic in the game before that, you could see his quality. we are in a bad

moment, a bad run, we came with ambition to win and we haven't done it so we feel for the supporters, we are upset so we have to deal with it and recover. later on friday aston villa host leeds united with both team desperately needing all three points. villa sit iith while leeds are just two points above the relegation zone. barcelona are through to the final of the spanish super cup, after beating real betis on penalties in the 2nd semi—final — played in riyadh, saudi arabia. barca led twice with goals from robert lewandowski in the first—half, and ansu fati in extra—time. but twice they were pegged back with loren moron's equaliser for betis taking the match to penalties. it was pedri who scored the winning goal in the shoot—out — and that sets up a final against real madrid on sunday. mark williams is into the semi—finals of snooker�*s masters, after beating world number one ronnie 0'sullivan in an epic encounter at alexandra palace. 0'sullivan took the first three

frames, but williams hit back brilliantly, and with the match tied at 5—5, it went to a deciding frame. a crucial red turned things in williams�* favour, and he went on to complete a magnificent century break, his second of the match, to claim victory. you know, i've been playing well for a while. i've been losing some deciders, playing some great matches, on the wrong end of most of them. it was nice to get on the upper hand for once. and making a century in the last frame, because there was a lot of nerves towards the end, and moving on. nerves towards the end, and moving on-— nerves towards the end, and moving on. == and i'm over the moving on. -- and i'm over the moon. and williams will face england's jack lisowski after a 6 frames to 4 over iran's hossain vafaei. with the match level at 4—4 lisowski held his nerve to progress to a clash against the welshman. the nfl post—season gets underway this weekend with 12 teams featuring in wild card round. tom brady's tampa bay buccaneers will face the dallas cowboys in florida on monday with these sides having met once this campaign, in the opening week when the buccaneers

were 19—3 winners. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the team, that's your sports news for now. a swedish mining company says it's found europe's largest deposit of rare earth elements in northern lapland. it contains at least one million tonnes of the minerals, which are needed in various high tech products. europe is mostly dependent on china for these rare elements. tim allman reports. close to the arctic circle in the far north of sweden lies the city of kiruna. they've been mining iron ore here for more than a century, but now they've found something else. this computer—generated map shows the existing mine. buried nearby, and named after a famous swedish scientist, is the per geijer deposit, previously undiscovered. tons and tons of rare earth elements, or rees.

what we can see today is by far the largest deposit of rees in europe — totally vital for our transformation from combustion engines to electric engines. there are more than a dozen so—called rare earth elements, which have proven to be incredibly useful to the modern world. amongst other things, they have been vital to the development of wind turbines, smart phones and electric cars. but the problem facing europe is, until now, the main source of rees has been in china. this discovery could change all that. there is really a great potential for europe to now take the lead in the green transition. we can reduce carbon footprint and strengthen our competitiveness at the same time. none of this will be quick. it could take ten or 15 years to start producing minerals for industrial use.

but the hope is this discovery will eventually transform the global economy and help protect the environment. tim allman, bbc news. business news next. hello then. week two of january 2023 has been another wet one and in fact we are starting to see the signs of that out to the west. there's been some localised flooding. this was carmarthenshire thursday afternoon and through north—west england and parts of wales, some areas have already exceeded their monthly average rainfall totals and we're not even halfway through the month yet. now thursday's low pressure continues to pull away. this little ridge of high pressure builds and quietens things down for friday, until the end of the day. more wet weather waiting in the wings. so we'll start off with a northerly wind driving

in some showers on exposed coasts here. a narrow band of showery rain into northern ireland, south—west scotland, north—west england. but elsewhere we will still see blustery winds, but some sunny spells coming through and pleasant enough, mostly dry, with temperatures peaking between 6 and ii degrees. but as we move out of friday into the early hours of saturday morning, we'll start to see more wet weather. and unfortunately, the heaviest of the rain is likely to push across those areas that have already exceeded the monthly rainfall totals. so that mightjust exacerbate any potential flooding so that a frontal system is going to move away and then a trail of showers tucks in behind. so it's a wet start for england, wales, for northern ireland, southern scotland. the rain pushes off to the north, say a trail of showers packs in along north and west facing coasts. but there will be some sunny spells into the afternoon. still mild in the south—east with 12 degrees, but somewhat cooler conditions starting to kick in now across the far north. and that is going to be

the tone into the third week of january. so from sunday onwards, noticeably colder. we will start to see some frost and we haven't seen those so far this year. and, yes, any precipitation may well turn wintry because we're going to see that northerly flow, and with any little weather fronts moving into that cold air, some of those showers could turn wintry even at lower levels. so you need to keep abreast of the forecast over the next few days. on sunday, we'll see some showers, rain, sleet and snow along north and west—facing coasts and noticeably colder afternoon, just a couple of degrees above freezing in scotland, highs of 7 degrees further south. cooler with further wintry showers to come monday into tuesday. take care.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. uk recession fears. new figures may confirm the economy went into reverse in november, making another quarter of negative growth more likely. the economy is in a difficult spot, first and foremost there is inflation which was very high, it started to subside but it is still very high, it's eating into people's paycheck. better news though from the us, a big fall in the rate of inflation, the price of some goods actually coming down for the first time in more than two years. also coming up, the crypto

crackdown continues. us financal watchdogs target two more big names,