this is news coming to you live from a new first in a lunar exploration china says it has successfully landed an unmanned spacecraft on the far side of the moon we'll have all the details in just a moment also coming up the u.s. democrats take over the house of representatives today allowing them to block much of the president's agenda what does that mean for donald trump and the current government shutdown we'll hear from our correspondent in washington ted shares an apple take a tumble as sales figures show chinese flyers losing their appetite for the i phone

. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program a chinese spacecraft has made the first successful landing ever on the far side of the moon and this is what it looks like this image was sent by the probe ether form which made what chinese officials describe as a soft landing early this morning the probe is equipped with a rover and measuring devices and is also carrying seeds for an experiment in cultivating such tables in a closed environment on the lunar surface the mission is seen as an important step as china develops its space program. all for more let's bring in keith cowing he's a former rocket scientist and editor of the blog nasa watch thanks for being with

us this morning first of all what made it so difficult to lend a probe on the far side of the moon it's never been done before. no it hasn't and we've done it many times on the near side of the moon because we can in direct radio contact with that because we can see that side of the moon but on the far side is blocked from directory of contact with the earth so china had to put a really satellite from around the moon so that he could see the earth so the spacecraft could talk to the satellite and selling than talked earth so it adds an extra layer of complexity ok so it's a bit complicated but why is it scientifically significant what we learn from all this well first of all the linear locations very interesting incident on carbon crater which is inside a larger crater called the a can basin which is a monster's creator it's bigger than any creator on anything in our solar system and it was so deep that when it happened parts of the or original lunar crust may

have been brought up so that's where the probe landed and it'll be the first time anybody's landed to take a look at it scientifically so that's the most important thing now trying to did not all for a live broadcast of this event it only announced it once it was done why the secrecy. and you know i was actually on cd t.n. about two hours before it landed everybody soon it was going to happen you know i don't know maybe they just wanted to make sure they got it right or you know i don't know but as soon as they knew that they did it they now since oh and even the nasa administrator tweeted a congratulations to them a minute later so once they get it they told everybody ok now china is a lens on the far side of the moon here we've got india about to launch its second moon mission why are these developing powers investing so heavily in their space capabilities. you know that's a question i actually ask a lot because here in states who are you i would you go fifty years ago now why are

these other countries doing it now and i guess what are they learning that we've forgotten and it was a matter of national pride thrust back in the sixty's and now the search is sort of seems to be the gold standard for being in an advanced technological nation china has done it now to japan descent or probes the orbit the moon and israel's want to land a commercial later in the mid so as they said the sixty's you know the everyman's going back to the moon apparently that song's going to be hit again ok keith thank you so much says keith cowing there editor of the blog nasa watch america's space agency is also a change in space exploration milestone this one billions of kilometers from the sun nasa's new horizons probe set the first detailed images of the space rock ultima thule of the pictures show what what it looks what looks like a giant snow that nasa has described it as an entirely new kind of world the frozen

rock at the edge of our solar system is the most distant object ever explored by humankind. take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today syria's defense ministry says kurdish forces are withdrawing from the northern syrian town to be proximately four hundred fighters i'm already left town close to the turkish border became a few days after the kurds damascus to support against an expected assault by the turkish army. hours after taking office brazil's new president. has targeted the country's and didn't is peoples the transfer of responsibility for delineate delineating their territories from the justice to the agriculture ministry stoking concern among environmentalists and rights groups that he will open up the amazon rain forest to greater commercial exploitation. the death toll

has now risen through thirty seven after a suspected gas explosion caused the collapse of apartment building in russia. a number of residents are still missing but officials say chances are slim they'll be found alive underneath the rubble. and parts of finland have experienced the strongest winds ever recorded in the country a powerful winter storm swept through from the north tens of thousands of people have been without power cell phone and transport service have been disrupted and authorities urged people to stay indoors. now to the united states where democrats take control of the house of representatives today ending the republicans monopoly on power in washington under president told trump so what's all their agenda first of all they'll have to end the partial government shutdown over funding for presidents president trumps border war with mexico

house democrats are also expected to stand up for the affordable care act also known as obama care amid legal challenges that several republican led states are waging and they're also likely to launch their own investigations into the dealings of the trump white house and russian interference in the twenty sixteen election democrats leader nancy pelosi is expected to be elected speaker of the house today and she will not have much time to settle in because the first confrontation with president don't trump of course is already in full swing. there's a showdown already well underway as congress begins its new term in the republic top democrats say the latest talks with the president reduced no hint that he will sign their bill to end a partial shutdown of government services everybody in the room neither side seems pretty to budge him because he says he won't sign it and use the government as hostage we should just give in the american people don't want that that's bad for

our country and that's not the way to govern. the biggest tax president trump initiated the government shutdown nearly two weeks ago. he refused to approve a budget deal because it did not include billions in funding for building a wall at the border with mexico. democrats sold the oppose his plans for the barrier and the nearly six billion dollars he wants for it and. this is the results of their dispute and to govern. but services such as some trash collection. no access to museums and other federally operated sites. and no pay for hundreds of thousands of federal workers. thank you now the question is how long could the shutdown last as long as it takes i think the people of this country think i'm right again i could have done nothing i could have had

a lot easier presidency by doing nothing but i'm here i want to do it right. it's a stormy start to a congressional term with huge potential for conflict. democrats say they want to use their new majority in the house to probe the president's finances and alleged abuses of power. but trump has warned against their plans and to assume a war like posture if is opponents investigations go forward. well for more let's bring in d.w. stephens seaman's from our washington bureau so stefan starting today the democrats have control of the house of representatives how will this change things in washington particularly for president trial. as you indicated in your report this will change everything investigations subpoena. life won't get any

better or easier for the president and for the white house or for anybody working for him you still have the moeller prover in full swing everybody is awaiting an outcome at some point you remember a few months ago we said yes absolutely after the mid-term elections there will be reports well we were all wrong mr maule is still investigating on top of that democrats are determined to make life harder for donald trump and to as they say now bring checks and balances back into the system as the republicans in their view ever miserably failed to do this now the new house has its work cut out for it the government partial government shutdown is underway it's been ongoing now for two weeks what do americans make of this showdown between president trump and congress . i think most americans are absolutely aware and understand that this is politics this is washington right now. as you have indicated or said

in the report in this meeting this time and there were no cameras to roll remember a few weeks ago and in front of live cameras nancy pelosi and chuck schumer collided with the president. yet was he was much better reportedly in the private meeting in the situation room this time and the president outright refused reportedly to sign anything and to bring the government back on its feet basically partially the partial shutdown to negate the partial shutdown because reportedly he said he would look foolish so saying that meaning by this it's all about politics at the moment and there's no sign of anybody taking a step back and doing the right thing here which is probably from the view of those four hundred five hundred thousand who are working or not working and don't have a paycheck bring the government back from the shutdown how much longer could this

partial government shutdown drag on and what the facts that it. yeah that's the million dollar question nobody knows in the beginning of all of this you might remember it was actually the white house who which set off this is going to be all figured out in a few days and now we're in day twelve or thirteen the thirteen states. there's no saying how long this is going to take but it has an impact it has an impact on the psyche here in washington definitely and pretty happy in the entire united states because people as i said see clearly this is politics this is infighting and it's not going to get any better in the next two years for the country we're already in campaign two thousand and twenty land so-to speak. john thank you so much for that analysis stuff on same lines there in washington plastic waste in the world's oceans is

a huge problem there are high hopes that we can clean it up but it's proving a difficult technical challenge ship design to start cleaning up the grapes if it garbage patch is now being towed back to land the giant boom it uses to collect rubbish has broken and needs to be repaired so how to deal with the world's garbage is an issue affecting everyone in india civil society initiatives are helping to make a difference it most likely flip flops and not the ideal footwear for trudging through trash and sewage on the beach. but that now the ball that afro shot his crew. the mumbai know had began efforts to clean up his home towns nineteen beaches and spy ring others to join him. when i stepped in the fourth standard which was a plastic graveyard. for the president it looked like a landfill he asked for help on social media and doesn't follow him now they join

him every sunday even when it's forty degrees celsius in the shade i will do something i will do something because he inspired me to come to this beach. the volunteers do their best to save india from the endless plastic trash food waste and much but washes ashore from the arabian sea. the fish is a mistake just before the kill off this is no more garbage but it's a killer to the other species because it enters their districts just and his battle with trash might seem to be a sufficient task especially in the metropolis of men buying with us more than twenty million residents the government seems unable to conquer the problem so hardworking volunteers like shah and his crew are trying to make a difference. trash has become a growing problem in india. to make a city like mumbai produce twelve thousand tonnes of it every day. and for this man

it's a blessing. every day we've since way through mumbai's quick long. time without clean india he picks up household trash from anyone who registers steve. coppell pays hard cash for the recyclable material just a couple of rupees but it's an incentive rather than throwing out the trash it is gathered here and then sold the two founders of the business came up with the idea around three years ago. they now employ fifteen hundred trash curious. of the material is recycled in different states and goes to maharashtra metal goes to good rot paper ends up in factories in gujarat. company is happy to be doing something positive for his country and without wasting recycling he would hardly manage to make ends meet. talk to no aftershock

who knows only became a beach super cleaner but also a distinguished celebrity when you went on it him with a prize for his initiative. to afros the most memorable and moving moment happened this summer when titles appeared on the beach i mean my outs. and when i was there to just come in. for decided or. prewash and very very emotional. and. i was crying. people like after a shock tackling local problems in india but i know that cleaning up irresponsible waste disposal is a member of task and one that might never be achieved. football's asian cup gets underway this weekend in the philippines has perhaps the most searched the tournaments most interesting and unusual squad the majority of the

team's players were born and raised outside of the country a factor that has helped it hit new heights but also caused some controversy. phil and james younghusband grew up near london but the brothers represent a country on the other side of the world the philippines like many players in the national football team they qualify for a filipino parent despite the mix of cultures in the squad they say their shared heritage fosters a good team spirit. everyone has something in common and we've all got. them here filipino and we've all of us stories to tell about a filipino upbringing at the recent south east asian football championship twenty out of twenty four plays in the philippines squad were born abroad ahead of the team's match against indonesia opposition coach bemis santi caused outrage when he referred to the foreign born players as half bloods. the young husbands are proud to be filipino but they knowledge the growing up in england and premier league club

chelsea gave them an advantage over locally raised players. when they came into philippines we've had so much. that we love from chelsea that we want to share that's precisely why team manager down palami has focused on foreign born players he's had to kickstart youth football program since taking charge in twenty ten. the grassroots program the philippines use is still on its infancy so whilst we were waiting for the fruits to bear. there are foods ready for the picking but developed outside the countries this strategy has worked in twenty eighteen the philippines reached the highest ever ranking and qualified for the asian cup for the first time but a sustainable solution is needed. it is important that we get the results first so the kids hearing the food beings will learn to love the sport because they see

a team that's reeling another way to do that is by helping charities younghusband club side of all how us regularly invites football for humanity to its matches they support children rescued from the streets and walk toward regions in this area to let me know football superstar so it's a dream come true for their care and we're happy to be part of the bike as well as helping children in need commitments like this spread a love of football and just maybe one of these kids could go on to become a future philippine football hero. and i'm a firm believer that filipinos can excel in football genetically physically you know meant in the psychological we can learn and we can learn it very quickly i will concede that in the future an outdoor may see. can come from one of where i live but for now it's up to the young husbands and mets he makes to bring sporting glory to the country thousands of miles away from where they were born. now

and it seems that china is losing its haplotype for the i phone well that's at least what apple c.e.o. tim cook says terry and apple shares tumbled seven percent in after hours trading after the company cut its sales forecast for the last quarter the u.s. also triggered a broader selloff in the stock market apple her chief executive tim cook blames slowing i phone sales in china the u.s. china trade routes weighed on growth there and the revenue card raises question about whether apple is being punished by chinese officials or consumers in favor of local rivals such as far away and c.t. eat as apple is also struggling in some developed markets where the number of i phone upgrades is nowhere. than expected. so what are we to make of that for that we're joined now by craig market analyst at wanda in london happy new

year to you good to have you with us and please tell us what's this hot what's this cut telling us about apple. well if anything it confirms some of our fee is that we've been table eyes over the last month we've had reports from suppliers the one of the largest clients of court orders this largely points talking in many cases so this is not necessarily an entirely unsurprising story but coming straight from the horse's mouth as it were is quite a shock now what it tells us is that alpha faces many challenges we could look at some of the deep rooted issues which may lead to the op is not quite the innovator that it once was and the excess is not real great from the acts that people wanted to say so that's going to impact the number of people grading from one hundred sets of the other compared to maybe what we would have seen in the pasta i think there is a deep rooted issues again with the global economy which is what's been called polluted

so it's actually in china where we are seeing much fuss that the celebration and we maybe would have expected a couple of years ago i can the pottery issues the grades that the company offered bazza reason some of the older handsets maybe did that some people from grading but my fear is they sold so many to the. juice not innovating like it once did and there are all the competitors out there particularly in china where we look in a hallway as one example but there are a number of all those that are innovating at a fast pace and the gap between the two phones is not as great as the prices and therefore there is a majorly price sensitive issue all right so so apple if i as of interpret you correctly is is in trouble is certainly in trouble and faces a lot of competition but going back to china you mentioned slowing growth there is well for various reasons but then again you do have to mystic demand there so what is the biggest problem that you see especially also when you talk about gross for

investors in the next months to come. well you say we do have to master the monkey in china but we're always wiping up the monk versus what i expected the man was going to base so if you're looking at a dichotomy that was growing at seven percent or so a year or two ago and is now down six point five potentially expected to slow again that's going to affect him on growth as well so it's prices expectations versus the cold quantity factor again it's just simply what i've just alluded to right now it's the fact that the products which are now on offer from awful these inflated prices we know that for example they x. came at a much steeper cost than previous onsets people maybe look at this right now and say is this really worth a drop in price versus the quality of the onset of what was increasingly seen in china which are executives of extremely competitive market where the still relatively small player is that people are saying no where there's plenty of options on the table which i moved on this is forcing our will to consider the

effect of the business prioritize maybe the ravages of the what we've already had from relation to the increasing value of the services business is one example of allmusic. example of being one of those where they are now put increasing focus on search all right kraig and then market analysts and when that in london thank you so much from here. well apple of course is just one of the big industry giants feeling the pinch it looks like investors will have to brace for a continuation of last year's road a coaster ride a major trade conflict between the world's top economies and uncertainty over breaks it's and then there's also divisions within the eurozone twenty nine thousand inherit scrunch a few unsolved problems if there's one thing the markets cannot stand it's uncertainty and in twenty eighteen there was never been done solve as. the u.s. president donald trump kicked off the year by signing off on

a host of tyrants some foreign made products his biggest target is china. beijing responded with levees on u.s. goods. months of squabbling followed finally towards the end of the year after dining together at the g. twenty summit in argentina the leaders of the world's two biggest economies agreed to a ninety day truce. but after so much turbulence investors aren't convinced their trade conflict is really coming to an end. another issue keeping investors up at night breakfast with less than three months to go before the u.k. leaves the european union it's still entirely unclear what the impact will be on global trade. and elsewhere in europe it hasn't been plain sailing either italy presented a budget the e.u. called on acceptable. the two sides have since come to a compromise but with the country's populist government determined to deliver on

its promise to boost spending on the poor and lower the retirement age e.u. officials remain concerned over mind. trade tensions back that chaos on to vision is within the eurozone perhaps it's no wonder investors are feeling grow pay. now one of the world's largest cargo ships as nost at least two hundred seventy containers in a storm in the north sea many of them have washed up on the dutch coast locals found a ray of items including shoes light bulbs and t.v. sets authorities however want to the public to stay away from the cargo because three of the containers hold hostages chemicals helicopters or try to locate them according to shipping industry estimates up to ten thousand containers lost at sea each year. and here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. a chinese spacecraft has

made to the first successful landing ever on the dark side of the moon the one that can never be seen from our planet the mission is seen as an important step this china looks to push forward its space program. and there's a big shift in washington today as a new congress is sworn in u.s. democrats are taking over the house of representatives allowing them to block much of president jet. the house wants them against the violence to assume any more like. you're watching news from berlin wall coming up at the top of the hour so you. cut cut. cut. cut. cut cut. cut cut. cut cut.

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