and the brutalist, baby reindeer, shogun and emilie perez top the golden globes' winners list. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. sir keir starmer has launched a strong attack on those whose who have criticised his record on tackling historical sex gang cases when nhe was the uk's top prosecutor. a slew of online posts by elon musk, the tech billionaire, and a close ally of us president—elect donald trump called sir keir "complicit in the rape of britain". and mr musk also voiced support for the jailed far right political activist, tommy robinson. the prime minister didn't name elon musk directly — but he slammed those who he has said, use the sex abuse case to generate publicity. because those that are spreading lies and misinformation is far and as wide as possible, they are not

interested in victims. they are interested in victims. they are interested in victims. they are interested in themselves. those who i'm not interested in justice. they are supporting a man who nearly collapsing —— he went to prison for nearly collapsing a gang green in case. those are people who are trying to get a vicarious thrill from street violence that people like tommy robinson promote. let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley. what has elon musk been saying and why did the prime minister feel the need to respond? elan feelthe need to respond? elon musk has been _ feelthe need to respond? elon musk has been very _ feel the need to respond? elm musk has been very critical, quite explicitly critical both of keir starmer directly over his time when he was director of public prosecutions in england and wales and so what elon musk said was his failure to bring prosecutions against

grooming gangs. critical of keir starmer on the one hand, critical of the safeguarding minister jess critical of the safeguarding ministerjess phillips for her refusal to hold a national inquiry into those grooming gangs and as you have mentioned now, and some very stark and ecstasy language, used by elon musk, the tech billionaire, owner of x and most crucially perhaps, part of donald trump's incoming us administration in just a couple of weeks' time. so that is the context, we have had those very critical remarks over the last few days in particular. keir starmer issuing there, you had a bit of it, what was a very full throated defence, not only of his time as director of public prosecutions but also of his own government's record and his safeguarding ministerjess phillips. he said a line had been crossed in the criticism of her. he said, i enjoy the cut and thrust of politics but it has to be based on truth and

not lies. he talked about elon musk, he did not mention him directly by name, at least initially. his focus of criticism was more on the conservative party. he said, i won't tolerate politicians jumping on the bandwagonjust to get attention and he went on to get attention and he went on to say, those politicians sat in government for 14 years not doing anything. and in particular, cases of the conservative party was what he said the failure of and preventing an inquiry into child six abuse that reported in 2022, may 20 recommendations was that he said his focus is implementing those recommendations rather than notching another review. the calls without further inquiry has focused on wanting to make it around the links between the different grooming gang cases that we have seen around the

country. those are still ongoing. he said he did not think it was necessary, the focus should be on action, on delivering those recommendations on the rapport that has really taken place rather than i'm doing a new inquiry. figs rather than i'm doing a new inuui . �* , , ., rather than i'm doing a new inuui .n inquiry. as you said, the prime minister did _ inquiry. as you said, the prime minister did not _ inquiry. as you said, the prime minister did not mention - inquiry. as you said, the prime minister did not mention in - inquiry. as you said, the prime minister did not mention in us| minister did not mention in us by name but he has been making increasing adventures in uk politics, notjust criticising the prime is other bit of a patient as well. and also this increasing ties he has with nigel farage. what is a feeling in westminster about elon musk and the role he has possibly trying to play in uk playtex? i think there is a degree of shock that elon musk are not just the owner of also tesla, has such an interest in british politics. numerous tweets, nearest post next, just in the last few hours or so. i think

there is a bit of a surprise that he is so interested and take so much time focusing on british politics but there is an interesting line at the prime minister has to walk because he is very conscious of wanting to establish a good relationship with donald trump's new government, wanting to be on the right side of that government when it comes to international affairs, not least ukraine, middle east, as well as the possible indications for trade here in the uk. the prime minister is very keen not to upset the incoming us ministration and i think it was interesting he chose to focus his criticism on the conservative party here, not actually on the main origin, i suppose, not actually on the main origin, isuppose, all these critical remarks ofjess critical remarks of jess phillips critical remarks ofjess phillips in particular, which is elon musk and the role that he will have in donald trump's new administration injust he will have in donald trump's new administration in just a couple of weeks' time. harry farley in _ couple of weeks' time. harry farley in westminster, - couple of weeks' time. harry| farley in westminster, thank you. more than 60 million americans are in the grip of a huge winter storm that could bring

the heaviest snow — and lowest temperatures — in a decade. several inches of snow have been dumped on eastern parts of the us. it's all part of a polar vortex sweeping down from the arctic. a state of emergency has been declared in seven states, including missouri, kentucky and arkansas. graham satchell reports. the snow is heavy, thick and relentless. this is stjoseph, missouri, where blizzard conditions have brought much of the state to a standstill. tens of millions of americans are bracing themselves for what's predicted to be the heaviest snowfall and coldest temperatures in more than a decade. travel has been badly affected. this is louisville airport in kentucky. across the states, thousands of flights have been cancelled or delayed. conditions on the road have been described as treacherous, with snow and ice causing major problems. this roadway is very slick, very, very slick. so let me get some traction here and watch my feet. are you ready for this? that's what we're

dealing with out here. and it's not getting any better, it's getting worse. the weather people are calling this a polar vortex, freezing conditions brought down from the arctic. in kansas, the temperature is forecast to get down to —29 celsius. when you get these subzero temperatures, these subzero wind chills, we know that it can have a negative impact notjust on our workforce, but also our residents. and so we're making sure we address all of those issues. in utah, the heavy snow caused an avalanche, caught on camera by a passing motorist. as you can see, he puts up his windowjust in time. graham satchell, bbc news. naomi ruchim from cbs news updated us on the areas most at risk. this powerful winter storm is bringing treacherous blizzard conditions to some areas. the national weather service has issued storm alerts and warnings all the way

from arkansas and missouri through the mid—atlantic and up to newjersey. icy roads led to dangerous conditions throughout the midwest, including kansas city, where a truck jack—knifed on a highway. in fact, drivers were urged to stay off the roads altogether, and a part of a major interstate was shut down yesterday. louisville, kentucky saw more than nine inches of snow on one day for the first time since 1998. the governor there declared a state of emergency. the snow and wind caused white—out conditions in parts of indiana where the national guard was activated to help stranded drivers. a state of emergency was declared in the city ofjeffersonville and nearby floyd county, near the kentucky border. 0nly emergency vehicles were allowed on roads. more than 100,000 customers lost power in missouri, indiana, illinois and kentucky as electric lines and trees toppled. the winter weather also forced many school districts

to cancel classes for today, which was supposed to be the first day back after winter break for most districts. for constant updates on the us storm, you can follow our live page on the bbc news website and app. it will have all the latest developments, including warnings of potential heavy snow and low temperatures. and how transport has also been affected. heavy snow and freezing rain have continued to cause widespread disruption for many parts of the uk. as weekend snow starts to melt, more than 160 flood warnings are in place across england and wales. yellow warnings for ice, snow and rain are in place across much of the uk. heavy snow this morning forced manchester airport to close its runways. they're now reopening. 0ur correspondent nicky schillerjoins us live from burnley. bring us up—to—date on the picture there?

bring us up-to-date on the picture there?— bring us up-to-date on the picture there? you had in the us how schools _ picture there? you had in the us how schools were - picture there? you had in the us how schools were shut. i l picture there? you had in the i us how schools were shut. i am outside one of the dozen primary schools that are shut in burnley. across the north of england, quite a few schools are shut because of the snow. you can see the snow is still here on the ground and that has made it dangerous. that is why the authorities have shut the school because they don't want young children heading down roads on this. we are on a road that has a steep climb down here so you can see why the authorities would want to shut these schools because they don't want young children falling over. it means an extra snow day for those children and a bit of a nightmare for parents wanting to try and find out how they can look after children when they should have been going to work, probably, for the first day after christmas break. you mentioned the flooding. of course, as the snow melts, it causes problems and over the weekend, there was snow down in the western

south—west and we know that the m5 in gloucestershire is closed because of flooding and further up because of flooding and further up in the midlands, there are problems, really big problems, on the rail network. that is because of flooding, particularly between leicestershi re particularly between leicestershire and that area around their down to peterborough, there are big problems there. here in the north, there are still a yellow warning for the cold conditions and he mentioned manchester airport. that had to shut its runway again this morning. it has reopened but of course, it was shut yesterday as well which means that is a huge backlog of flights that have been cancelled or delayed and that means that passengers might not get away on time. the advice, as always with all of that public transport and the airports, check with the operator before you decide to set out. . ~ operator before you decide to set out. ., ~ , ., operator before you decide to set out. ., ~ i. n set out. thank you, nicky schiller — set out. thank you, nicky schiller in _ set out. thank you, nicky schiller in burnley. - eight policemen and a driver

have been killed in a blast in central india. a police statement said an explosion hit a police vehicle in the bijapur district of chhattisgarh. it's the latest in a series of sporadic attacks on security forces in the state. maoist rebels, who have waged a decades—long insurgency, are thought to be behind the attack. a senior hamas official has shown the bbc a list of 3a hostages that he says the group is willing to release in the first stage of a potential ceasefire agreement with israel. it is unclear how many of them are alive. among those named are ten women and 11 older male hostages, as well as young children hamas previously claimed were killed in an israeli air strike. the israeli prime minister's office has denied reports that hamas had provided israel with a hostage list. 0ur correspondent emir nader is injerusalem with more on the ceasefire talks. well, that's right. over the weekend, the ceasefire negotiations held in the qatari capital, doha, have started again. we know that there is

an israeli delegation there, hamas delegation, the us special middle east envoy is there. there are still a number of key sticking points in those ceasefire negotiations that have been long running, including the demand by hamas for a complete israeli withdrawal in the ceasefire, and that this first stage, we understand that this first stage of a ceasefire deal, they would like to extend into a permanent ceasefire deal. the israeli side, we understand, would like to know in the first set of hostages that would be released in a ceasefire deal, you mentioned the 3a names published by hamas overnight, the israeli side wants to know what condition they are in, how many are alive and how many aren't. but there is obviously now more focus on the condition of those 3a israelis who are being kept hostage by hamas after this list was published

yesterday evening. these hostages have been held for more than a year now. pressure on netanyahu grows by the day, with repeated calls for those hostages to be released and hamas to do so. is there increasing pressure on him? pressure on him, does it feel like now? that's right. and i think the fact that hamas made this list public was part of a negotiating tactic, i think. we saw on saturday, hamas published a video of one of the young female hostages, a 19 —year—old soldier. again, that could be seen as a way to put pressure on the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, from the hostage families. equally, in gaza, there remains pressure on hamas, as we've seen a weekend of very heavy bombardments there by

the israeli military with from thursday as the negotiations began. over the weekend, we've seen over 220 palestinians killed there in the gaza strip, including many women and children. and behind this is obviously the fact that there is going to be a change of administration in the us in two weeks with the incoming president, donald trump. and there is, i think, an agreement among many sides that the kind of the particular architecture that's being used now as part of the negotiation talks may be affected by the change of administration. so there is that time pressure there as well on the ceasefire negotiations to see what progress can be made in the next two weeks. south korea investigators say they will seek an extension to the arrest warrant for president yoon suk—yeol. authorities tried, and failed, to arrest the impeached leader on friday. after a dramatic six—hour stand—off, they called off their attempt after mr yoon's security team formed a human wall and used vehicles to block the arrest team's path. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is in the country as the political impasse continues.

he's also condemned a north korean ballistic missile launch which took place in the past few hours. we condemn the dprk's missile launch yesterday, yet another violation of multiple un security council resolutions. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

we heard earlier about sir keir starmer condemning what he called "lies" after criticism of his actions on sex abuse cases by elon musk. now the french president emmanuel macron has criticised elon musk. he is giving a speech live at the 30th anniversary of the messages conference. —— the

ambassadors conference. mr macron has said the tech billionaire and donald trump adviser is "directly intervening in elections, including germany". russia's defence ministry says it is continuing to capture towns in eastern ukraine. it says it's taken the industrial town of kurakhove and the village of dachenske. it says both are important logistics hubs. and ukraine has launched a new offensive in the russian region of kursk. the incursion near sudzha, follows an assault there five months ago. russia's military has played down the scale of the latest attack. in recent weeks, moscow has been trying to squeeze ukrainians out of the area, with the support of north korean troops. meanwhile, president zelensky has stressed that security guarantees leading to an end to the war with russia would only be effective if provided by the us under donald trump. 0ur correspondent will vernon has been following developments from kyiv. it's pretty difficult to tell what exactly is going on, frankly, in kursk region.

ukrainian officials, the russian defence ministry and pro—kremlin military bloggers all reported that ukrainian forces had launched a fresh offensive in the area, and several of those bloggers said that this was a major assault and that it had, you know, caused some surprise, that it had had some effect on the russian forces, but that russia had brought the situation under control. now, we don't really know more than that yet. we haven't had any update from the ukrainians. you'd expect by this time, kind of 2a hours or so after an announcement of the start of an offensive, if it were to be successful, then you'd get some indication that forces are moving forward, perhaps some settlements have been taken. we haven't had any of that yet, but obviously we're standing by for updates from the ukrainians. yeah, meanwhile, will, what are the expectations around how a new donald trump presidency is going to impact the outcome of this war?

well, this is the big question, isn't it? and i think this is why we've seen ukraine announcing the start of a fresh offensive because president zelensky very badly needs a victory here. the war is not going well for ukraine and he needs to demonstrate to his own people, of course, but also to the western world, to western countries, and most importantly, that incoming donald trump administration, that ukraine still has the capability to mount an offensive and is still able to win, even, you know, if that victory is quite a small scale one. here in ukraine, obviously there's a lot of concern about donald trump. this is a man who has publicly praised vladimir putin, who is sceptical about continuing support for ukraine. why is that? it's because ukrainians think of donald trump as someone

who likes to do a deal, likes to get things done, someone who has pledged to end this war quickly. and the hope here in kyiv is that as soon as donald trump realises that vladimir putin is in no mood whatsoever to negotiate in any meaningful way, vladimir putin thinks that he's winning this war, then perhaps donald trump will swing his support behind kyiv and flood ukraine with weapons, allowing it to bring the war to an end quickly. canadian media are reporting that prime ministerjustin trudeau could step down in the coming days. the globe and mail — quoting sources close to the matter — said mr trudeau may resign as leader of the liberals ahead of a party meeting on wednesday. it follows months of pressure to resign, including from more than 20 members of his own party. awards season is getting under way in hollywood, with the 82nd golden globes ceremony kicking things off in beverly hills. the brutalist took a slew of awards, including best drama, best director and best actor.

the largely spanish language musical emilia perez was one of the other big winners. emma vardy reports from the red carpet. known as hollywood's biggest party, plenty of a—listers were out to dazzle on the red carpet. baby reindeer. baby reindeer, the british drama about stalking and sexual abuse picked up two awards. its creator, richard gadd, called for more of life's darker tales to make it onto screen. any story, when done right, is universal, and all the weird, idiosyncratic struggles we go through on a daily basis are just as worthy of being committed to screen as any. so, commissioners, streamers, when you're totting up the numbers and putting together the budgets for this year, remember to keep some back for the little person to tell their story. thank you so much. but it was the japanese drama shogun that won the most tv awards of the night. emilia perez. the unusual musical about a mexican drug lord was one of the big winners in the film categories.

emilia perez and its transgender star karla sofia gascon accepted one of its four awards with an emotional speech about the trans experience. you can maybe put us injail. you can beat us up. but you never can take away our soul, our resistance, our identity. wicked. audiences have been flocking to wicked after much love for it as a stage show, but it only won one of its nominated categories, picking up box office achievement. a win here can give a film or an actor some momentum in the long award season, which peaks in march at the oscars. but the oscars can be fickle, and a golden globe is no guarantee of 0scars glory. adrien brody. it was the brutalist that won the top drama prize. a film about a holocaust survivor which also took best director and the best actor

award for adrien brody. demi moore. and after 45 years in the industry, demi moore won her first ever major award with best actress for her role in the substance, a satirical horror about beauty and ageing. just know you will never be enough, but you can know the value of your worth if you just put down the measuring stick. and so today i celebrate this as a marker of my wholeness and of the love that is driving me, and for the gift of doing something i love and being reminded that i do belong. thank you so much. a night of some surprises provided plenty to celebrate and debate at the after parties. emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. plenty more on the golden globes, including pictures of all the red carpet looks, on

the bbc news website and app. that it from me for the moment. do stay with us here on bbc news. thanks for watching. hello again. if you're wondering how long the cold weather is going to last, it's certainly going to be with us as we go through this working week. in fact, what we're looking at is the cold weather continuing, further the wintry showers for some of us, widespread frosts and the risk of ice on untreated surfaces first thing. so as we go through the days of the week, you can see the colder blues remain across the british isles as as we head towards the weekend, the milder yellows start to come our way so it won't be quite as cold as we're looking at at the moment. what we have at the moment, though, is the morning's rain having moved away, taking some snow showers with it, but further snow showers continuing across northern and southern scotland, northern england, a few in wales, wintry showers here getting into the midlands too and also northern ireland.

0ur temperatures today on your thermometer may say two to about seven degrees, but we've got gusty winds and when you add on the wind chill it will feel subzero for many. even looking at gales, potentially through the english channel in the north sea. now, through this evening and overnight, exposed to the northerly wind, we'll see further wintry showers across northern scotland, northern ireland, wales, northwest england, in through the midlands. and it's going to be another cold night with a widespread frost and the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. so, that takes us into tomorrow. tomorrow, though, will be a brighter day for many compared with today, but still wintry showers coming in in the northerly flow across northern scotland windward coast. some of them blowing inland at times, but a bit more sunshine. still cold though. temperatures three to about eight degrees. as we move through the week and into wednesday, still a lot of dry weather on wednesday. a fair bit of sunshine. wintry showers draped across the north of scotland, and we've got this area of rain moving from the west to the east across southern england. if it moves a little bit

further north and bumps into the cold air, we could see some wintry showers. it is one to watch, but that will clear away wednesday into thursday onto the near continent. then high pressure takes charge of the weather so the weather tends to settle down. but we still are looking at a northerly flow, so still quite strong winds along the coasts in particular blowing in some of these wintry showers. but for many of us it will remain dry, there will be some sunshine around, but it's still going to be cold. top temperatures two to about seven degrees north to south.

a "pressure cooker of rising costs and taxes". that's what uk firms say they face amid a "slump" in business confidence after the government's budget. big tech�*s rivalry goes into orbit. amazon plans to offer broadband via satellite, taking on elon musk�*s starlink. and climate turning point — global carbon emissions are expected to peak this year. but how fast can we actually start bringing them down? welcome to business today. a "pressure cooker of rising costs and taxes". that's the environment uk companies are facing, according to the british chambers of commerce, which lobbies for their interests.

a bcc survey of almost 5000 members found business confidence has "slumped" to its lowest in two years, with almost two thirds of firms worried about higher taxes on business in the latest budget. joining me now is david bharier, head of research at the bcc. good to have you here. quite a damnin: good to have you here. quite a damning indictment _ good to have you here. quite a damning indictment of- good to have you here. quite a damning indictment of the - damning indictment of the environment businesses find themselves in, given that the government is asking business to do so much.— to do so much. yes, this is the bi est to do so much. yes, this is the biggest survey _ to do so much. yes, this is the biggest survey of _ to do so much. yes, this is the biggest survey of businesses i biggest survey of businesses since the autumn budget, and i think it is very clear that the policy measures announced have had some impact on business confidence. i think the key take aways from this survey are that taxation concern is now at its highest level on record. we've been monitoring the top concerns that businesses faced for the last 35 years now. taxation has now emerged as the

highest on record now, so