and the british cartoon character peppa pig is trending online. queen too. the video has been viewed four million times. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: the prime minister has announced that the £65 fee for eu citizens who want to remain in the uk after brexit will be scrapped.

and the british cartoon character peppa pig is trending online. an episode where peppa visits buckingham palace and meets the queen inspired five year old twins to post a video requesting to meet the queen too. the video has been viewed four million times. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: the prime minister has announced that the £65 fee for eu citizens who want to remain in the uk after brexit will be scrapped. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. global warning from davos, the imf cautions the us— china trade war could undermine world economic growth. davos makes it big —— peppa pig makes it big in china — how the new year movie promo is breaking the country's internet. good morning, asia. hello, world. welcome to this edition of asia business report. i'm rico hizon. we start with the world economic forum and the gathering starts today. the imf has warned the trade war could damage the global economy. president donald trump called for china to do a real deal after it posted its slowest exp

we love peppa pig, don't we? ithought worth, bbc news, beijing. we love peppa pig, don't we?brity. very soon given your rise in stature and popularity and celebritym would be certainly and not to have tea with the queen but i would like to have tea again with the queen of new state and that is babita sharma. you are always welcome. my mum will probably throw in a samosa or two if you like that. you have been watching newsday. i'm babita sharma in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures: what is next for australia's culinary queen, donna hay, who is moving on from magazines? these are pictures of the super wolf blood moon. see you soon. hello there. it looks set to be quite treacherously icy out and about the thing this morning. we have the overnight rain, sleet and snow giving way to wintry showers which could well wash off some of the salt of the roads so slippery certainly out there this morning. this is the huge swathe of cloud tied in with a weather front bringing that rain and hill snow and it wi

peppa pig is a huge british success story in china, with 18 billion, yes, billion downloads and views underground cou ntercultu re. we've seen the success of premier league football here, we've seen paddington bear, we've seen downton abbey, we've seen sherlock, and peppa pig is another manifestation of the power of uk culture around the world, and that's great for creativity, it's great for the uk, and it's great for tourism as well. airplane! with the twins preparing to jet off to britain, diplomats must be wishing all uk—china diplomacy could end so happily. what's that, they say, about pigs and flying? john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. moron peppa pig and all the news any time on the bbc website. that is all for now, thanks for watching. __ more on. hello there. it looks set to be quite treacherously icy out and about first thing this morning. we've had the overnight rain, sleet and snow giving way to wintry showers, which could well wash off some of the salt off the roads, so slippery certainly out there this morning. this is the huge swathe of cloud tied in with the weather fron

peppa pig is a huge british success story in china with 18 billion — yes, billion — downloads and viewsess of premier league football here, we've seen paddington bear, we've seen downton abbey, we've seen sherlock, and peppa pig is another manifestation of the power of uk culture around the world and that's great for creativity, it's great for the uk and it's great for tourism as well. aeroplane! neeeooowww! with the twins preparing to jet off to britain, diplomats must be wishing all uk—china diplomacy could end so happily. what is that they say about pigs and flying? john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. whee! well, if you were up early enough this morning you may have been lucky enough to see a stunning red moon like this. it's a lunar eclipse, called the super blood wolf moon, and was visible across the uk, in places that weren't covered by cloud. the unusual event happens when the earth passes precisely between the sun and the moon, as our science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. eerie and beautiful. it's happened for billions of years, yet each time, there's a sense of awe and wond

do the -- ♪ "i'm peppa pig."a pig to my son. and her daught was on set with my son. they would run around and steal chocolates from the p.a.s. and they just had the best time. >> seth: living their best life. >> living their best life. >> seth: you -- does he -- he was on set. has he seen the film yet? . he saw the film on sund >> seth: and does it register, one, that he was there and saw you make the result of that?ing >> yeah, actually, i talked to his nursery school teacher. and she said she overheard him tellinanother kid, he said, "my dad is in 'mary poppins'." and the kid said, "whoda your " [ laughter ] and my -- and my kid said, "l." i'm a one-name famous person to my son. >> seth: yeah. >> i'm monna. like, lin. and she said, "who's lin?" >> seth: right. by the way, i would think at age -- >> reasonable question. >> seth: even if they gave your whole name, the ked would be "who's that?" >> yeah, who's that? [ laughter ] it touched me very much. he was like, "lin from the top of the 'hamilton' star." k whi

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and we'll bring you the story of how peppa pig inspired chinese twins to request a visit to see queen

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so when an episode of the popular children's tv programme peppa pig featured just such a visit it entralledisit her palace. the video's been viewed almost 4 million times. and it worked, sort of. hello, mi ni and mi ai. i'm the british ambassador, so i'm the british queen's representative in china. i'd like you to come and visit me in my house in beijing and we can perhaps have tea and scones in the british style and we can talk about making your dream come true. it's not quite the same as tea with the queen, perhaps, but the twins were also given the promise of a trip to the uk. a huge opportunity, and that for the british government, keen to promote industries like tourism, the hope is that peppa can bring home the bacon. ifiiii 2,12” 7572—5757? ff ,, , , she even has her subversive side, with peppa tattoos now used as a symbol of an underground counterculture. we've seen the success of premier league football here, we've seen paddington bear, we've seen downton abbey, we've seen sherlock, and peppa pig is another manifestation of the power of uk culture around the world and that's great

whatsapp update to limit people sharing messages with friends and we'll bring you the story of how peppa pigred chinese twins to request a visit to see queen elizabeth. engry protesters onto the streets ministers claim opponents are using the doubling of fuel prices as a pretext for violence. the opposition movement for democratic change is questioning why soldiers are using live ammunition, beating demonstrators, and arresting many in their homes. from harare, our correspondent andrew harding. another funeral here in zimbabwe. this one for a young footballer, shot in the head by police. there's grief, for sure, but a deep sense of shock, too. after all, this country was supposed to have left the bad old days behind. instead, for over a week now, the security forces have been