where has the uk gone? nant for the past two years, have just been stagnant for the past two yea rs, really. have just been stagnant for the past two years, really. in the meantime, people are making decisions. although businesses are primarily causing investment, there is only so long you can pause for before you look to where that can go. the place to look cautiously is that asian investment is down, japanese, indian investment, a lot ofjobs associated with that and it is all in regions, vulnerable communities like the north—east where the uk needs that investment. the asian economies tend not to like all of the chaotic in private we have at the moment, they like long—term stability and that is what makes the uk attractive as a stepping stone into europe as a sta ble stepping stone into europe as a stable economy. when you go abroad on to these trips looking for investment and trying to promote the uk and these businesses say to you what is the uk doing, what do you say to them? i explain what the drivers

he is on most of the front pages in the uk. e is oliver cornock — editor in chief with the oxford business group. welcome back. we start with the ft. the white paper is going to be published today on what immigration policy is set to look like in the future, post—brexit. this article, the ft talking about philip pratt chav —— philip hammond and the business secretary, both of them, they don't say up in arms, but not happy about what is proposed. they are not happy. philip hammond has been a real champion of a more moderate brexit. he has got business's backs it seems. they are concerned about this. so much for the brexit referendum debate centred around immigration. there was a huge groundswell against immigration. whether that forms part of a broader global rhetoric towards nationalist tendencies is an important point. either way the uk is at an all—time high, really. business needs immigrants. it needs a skilled immigrants, many of whom have come from the eu. many of these these eu immigrants are very familiar with the uk. the

it is also wind farms across the uk are monitored from here. ms from here from northern scotland to cornwall, ireland, to even off the coast of germany. in total, 1,000 wind turbines. now, our weather review of 2018 continues with huge waves smashing into seafront apartments in tenerife, in the canary islands, in november. is amazingly, no—one was injured. but the toll was much greater in the worst flash—floods ever to hit the spanish island of majorca. three times the october average rainfall came in just a few hours. 12 people were killed. in japan, historic flooding swamped large areas of the country injuly, killing around 200 people — the worst flooding disaster here since 1982. flash floods come with tremendous force. this is tunisia, in september, after what was said to be its heaviest deluge in almost 25 years. jordan, in november, and this video capturing the moment a flash flood pours into the ancient city of petra after weeks of heavy rain in the country. this bus is no match for the sheer power of a monsoon—flooded river in the indian

europe's highest court says it's ok for the uk to stop brexit, as prime minister theresa may vows to try and win support for her deal to leave the eu. live from london, that's our top story on monday, 10 december. on the eve of the uk parliament's vote on theresa may's brexit deal, the european court ofjustice has ruled that the uk government can pull out of brexit without the agreement of the other 27 eu countries. also on the programme, nissan boss carlos ghosn has been formally indicted and re—arrested over allegations of financial misconduct. and shares in outsourcing firm interserve sink 75% in early trade, and red, brown, mayo or mustard? we'll be talking to one uk firm that's trying to take on the big players in sauces. it's an industry worth billions of dollars. and have you ever been mistakenly called the wrong name at work — all because your name sounds like a popular brand name? some bbc research has found that in the age of auto—correct, this kind of thing is more common than you might think. has this happened to you? let us know. just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and

on the eve of the uk parliament's vote on theresa may's brexit deal, on the eve of the uk parliament's vote on theresa may's brexit deal, we look at the economic impact of the different outcomes. and on the markets... they begin the week on a shaky note. heavy declines at the end of the week on wall street has seen losses in asia. former nissan chairman, carlos ghosn, has been formally indicted by japanese prosecutors for under—reporting his compensation in company records. mr ghosn has been held in custody injapan without charge for the last 22 days. today japanese prosecutors must either charge him or release him. sources close to the tokyo prosecutor's office say they intend to charge mr ghosn and then immediately re—arrest him on fresh allegations. he denies all charges. let's go to rupert wingfield—hayes in tokyo who has been following the story. what is the latest? the latest is we now have a statement from the prosecutors office saying that carlos ghosn has been formally indicted on charges of making miss state m e nts indicted on charges of making miss statements in security re

for sure a lot of clouds across the uk. up to around 15 celsius so every bit as well. you can double them to get wind gusts on southern coast. in the north, we mentioned scotland which is further north, and it is a degrees. six in aberdeen, where m the south is 1a or 15 degrees. sunday into monday, this weather system is moving at the southern and central parts of the uk is again another spell of rain on monday. it could be early in the morning reaching whales or the southwest of the country. there is also a change in the wind direction. if you look at the air as they are moving in coming in from the north. if they had that here, the temperatures will be dropping early in the week, so we're talking about six or seven degrees. 13 and london, and the early indication is monday night into tuesday, tuesday night we could see snow across the hills of scotland, and possibly the pennines as well. across the seven parts of the country we get to double figures with spells of wind and rain coming and going. —— southern parts of the co

also wind farms across the uk are monitored fire. nd farms from here from northern scotla nd farms from here from northern scotland to cornwall, ireland to off the coast of germany, with 1000 wind turbines. now, the weather review of 2018 continues with huge waves smashing into seafront apartments in tenerife in the canary islands in november. amazingly no one was injured. but the toll was much greater in the worst flash floods ever to hit the spanish island of majorca. three times the october average rainfall came in just majorca. three times the october average rainfall came injust a pure arabs, 12 people were killed. in japan, historic flooding swamped large areas of the country injuly. killing around 200 people. the worst flooding disaster here since 1982. flash floods come with tremendous force. this is tunisia in september after what was said to be its heaviest till huge in almost 25 yea rs. heaviest till huge in almost 25 years. jordan in november, this video capturing the moment a flash flood pours into the ancient city of pet

of more than 400 schools in the uk. , he became involved in the suggestion that a flight hijacker had taken over a united airlines flight. edwina the uk and san francisco. —— between the uk. he posed as a worried father claiming his daughter had contacted him from the flight to say that her plane had been hijacked. in the last shot while at luton crown court, 19—year—old george from watford has been jailed for three years for making those bogus threats. the chief financial officer of chinese technology giant huawei is due in court in canada later on friday for a bail hearing. she was arrested in vancouver at the request of the united states. american media say her arrest is related to an investigation into possible violations of sanctions against iran. the company has described the action as unreasonable — and in a letter to suppliers said the business will continue as usual. our beijing correspondent stephen mcdonnell reports. chinese tech giant huawei is today at the forefront of global trade tensions, and the drama wi

in the uk. rket capitalisation of the company. it is an issue for british telecom. it even had the case been won, it would have been restricted just to british telecom and there would not have been a read across to other uk pension schemes. would not have been a read across to other uk pension schemesm would not have been a read across to other uk pension schemes. it is a pretty watertight deal that they have with their pensioners, including, we will honour the agreement that you signed up for, which is not to change it to a cheaper measure. it all depends exactly what the trust rules say and the rules for the 6000 pension schemes are not consistent. bt had a peculiar one. that made it look as though, if you like, there was a possibility of changing it. that has been argued through the courts and as we have heard this morning, has been rejected. when we talk about pension schemes like this, you touched on it, a huge deficit, all of them are trying to cut how much they have to contribute because m

some stunning examples could seen across the uk. s light travels for a greater depth of the atmosphere. but it is blue and green light is scattered but not the red, and this becomes the dominant colour we see. you can become the bbc weather watcher by signing up online at bbc .c0 watcher by signing up online at bbc .co.uk/ watcher by signing up online at bbc .co .uk/ weather watchers. still to come on weather world, freak floods and tropical cyclones. more of 2018's against storms. and this wind tunnel can generate wind speeds of up tunnel can generate wind speeds of up to 100 miles an hour. i will be finding out how the research can help keep pedestrians safe. we are in scotland at the uk's biggest onshore wind farm, whitelee. we have been outside to see the turbines can find out how they work and we have come inside to where they are monitoring all the energy of this turbines producing. if the control centre. it's a good day for you. it's a windy day. tell me about the weather information you get coming into your. we do. the wind i

europe is moving in a direction that the uk can never support. ts, and they are talking about a european army which i don't think the british people would ever support, and of course free movement, which was one of the drivers that push people to support brexit from the eu. on a related topic, the environment secretary, michael gove, has been on the air not entirely rolling out a leadership bid in the future. he said it was extremely unlikely but not a denial. is that sort of thing unhelpful at this stage? look, i listened to his interview this morning. he is out championing the deal, reminding colleagues that it is important that we brexit on the 29th of march, and we have an orderly brexit, an orderly separation from the eu, and of course the ability to trade with the rest of the world. i think michael is supporting the prime minister. he has been very clear in his statement is that this deal is the one that needs to be supported by colleagues across the house if we want to uk to deliver on instruction of the british people and of course to safe

but to the uk... ight now — and if the vote by british mps in a fortnight‘s time on her brexit deal doesn't go her way, her dash around the uk may turn out to have been a farewell tour. this weekend she's in argentina for the g20 summit. right now, that seems like an unavoidable inconvenience. faced with widespread parliamentary hostility to the withdrawl agreement she sealed in brussels last sunday, she's taking her case to the public. this may not be the only appeal to the voters. john mcdonnell, probably the most powerful figure in the opposition labour party, said that if mrs may's deal is rejected and labour can't engineer a general election, a fresh referendum would be "inevitable". we have had another resignation this week. a reminder of how hard it is for theresa may to get the votes to get this deal through. butjohn mcdonnell‘s intervention is interesting. for those who don't know him, why is he so important and what is the significance, or not about the remarks about a second referendum? he i

now we have fresh comes at are hard to trace entering the uk. amount of personnel to do the checking. and requires a huge amount of personnel to do the checkingm does, you have got to train them up when you do not train people like that overnight. so it is interesting because these are organised crime gangs were using these, you are innovating, using their intelligence and expertise to find new ways and routes to get past what actually quite strict controls in the united kingdom and past border defences, which is interesting because until recently, it in these new routes and innovation, britain was seen particularly post dunblane as being quite, not as continental europe is, with guns, after the breakup of the soviet union and also yugoslavia. you will remember an unsolved murder, an arm that reportedly came from the former yugoslavia. eu panic at no deal brexit that, the idea that britain will not pay the £39 billion exit fee and that would create a black hole in the budget for the remaining eu 27. well, it is the daily express and there is no

you must believe that the uk government has done this to make russia look bad? y to look at it from my perspective is, with a lot of these things — so, with the salisbury poisoning, with ukraine, with how democratic the elections are — most of the rest of the world tends to agree that russia is in the wrong. so, if you were just looking at it as a neutral, do you think it's more likely that the whole world is ganging up on russia, or do you think it's more likely that things aren't maybe as you've portrayed them? so, if the problem is that your news says one thing, our news says the other thing, no—one wants another cold war — how are britain and russia ever going to kiss and make up, i guess? so, god's honest truth, i actually didn't think me and makar were going to get on that well at all. someone who loves the powers—that—be so much that they've started an arts collective to celebrate how great they are. but, actually, he's a great guy. he's lovely. i think a lot of his views probably seem quite mad to people outside of russia, but then, he's clearly a rationa

in the business news... ukng to the latest official figures. the office for national statistics says that slowing price rises could bring some relief to consumers who have recently cut down on spending. average prices rose by 2.3% over the year, the lowest since march 2017. banking giant santander has been fined nearly £33 million by the financial conduct authority for failing to process the accounts and investments of deceased customers. the uk arm of the spanish bank did not transfer £183 million to beneficiaries when it should have done. it says the failures affected over 40,000 customers. but we start with a deal announced earlier today. the drugs giants glaxosmithkline and pfizer are to join their health care divisions to create a business with combined sales of £10 billion. gsk will have a 68% stake and pfizer 32%. glaxosmithkline's chief executive emma walmsley will chair the newjoint venture. two giants giving birth to a new baby, but a giant baby because this thing will have global sales of $13 billion

a lot of cloud across the uk. because of high pressure building to the east of us, and that prevents from the weather heading our way. so effectively we've got a little mild air in western parts of the uk, the colder air is in the east here, so first thing on tuesday morning we've got a touch of frost anywhere from norwich all the way up to eastern scotland. belfast and plymouth will be quite a bit milder, around 5—6 degrees. the weather on tuesday, as i said, not much happens, quite a lot of cloud across the country, especially these central areas. not absolutely everywhere. some sunshine in scotland, the clouds may break up a little bit further south too and this weatherfront, as i said, doesn't really move much because of the high pressure building to the north and north—east of us. here it is around scandinavia, building into europe as well, and basically when we get that pattern of intense high pressure, these weather systems are stuck in the atlantic. they come close, nibbling into parts of ireland with stron

we need to get it for the uk. of certainty, haven't they? they have got a pretty chaotic situation. they don't know if there is going to be a vote on a deal. whether it is the deal as it stands or some tweaks to the wording. they don't know if there is going to be a referendum, a general election. if theresa may cannot get substantial change to the wording or significant reassurances, what do you think should happen after that? fundamentally i am supporting theresa may going back to europe to speak about the backstop. there is no consensus across the house for a no consensus across the house for a no deal. we have been preparing for ano no deal. we have been preparing for a no deal situation as a government and even small businesses to do that. but this is very clear. we can't ignore what business are saying. they are the people employing our constituents. they are providing the incomes for these people. so we do need to get to a position where we can get a deal through parliament. if there is no consensus for no d

the uk economy, and they emphasise the uk us relationship. xit thing is not something which i am seen come up, which surprises me because all i hearin which surprises me because all i hear in the uk press is about brexit. when you go outside the uk, the inward investment i am seen coming in at the micro and macro level. looking at the soft banks, googles and facebook. looking at the big industries, the car industry for example, investment is down by a0%. i suspect it is holding down until more clarity. it isjust as damaging. in the short term, absolutely. brexit in the short term, don't get me wrong i am not saying that we have this uncertainty, isn't it wonderful, what i am saying is that when we we nt what i am saying is that when we went through this level of uncertainty, what tends to happen is you have this short—term annoying pain that is not good for business and then you get the release of the capital coming in and that is what i am expecting because in the end we wa nt am expecting because in the end we want to grow, we want to start

i understand how you feel it would work out for the uk. eu force this is scenario, where there isn't a deal that can pass in the uk, are think better or worse off for having you know, forced this situation forward? >> of course the eu doesn't want a hard no deal "brexit." it would be bad for europe. bad for uncertainty. bad for investments. they're not wishing for that. they have done the best in their negotiation. i disagree entirely. all the e u2 7 have domestic politics as well. the uk while it was a member tried to have many benefits of non-membership. now it wants to be a non-member with all the benefits of membership. you can't have it. it is impossible. so that really where we are today is in large part the logical consequence of the decisions and red lines that were drawn by this prime minister along time ago. some of the idealogical rhetoric were just detached from realty. eu cannot give better deal to exiting member or the continuing 27. melissa: john, real quick, can you respond to that? a lot of people say that is why an eu did

it has been to the south of the uk with cloudy atla ntic the south of the uk with cloudy atlantic a. e week weather front. we will find stronger winds across the north sea coast for a while on new year's day, not many showers because the pressure is so high, and most places see some sunshine coming through. across other most parts of wales and sutherland balint it could be cloudy with a few spots of rain and drizzle. the temperature in double figures and elsewhere lower than we have seen over the last few days. with clear skies and light winds many places will see frost, down to —4 many places will see frost, down to —a in rural areas. not as chilly police in most parts with cloud continuing to move on and off the north sea but even that tends to break up and we see sunshine developing far and wide, the ones like as well as very frosty start in many places. the temperature lower than we have seen, 3—a in scotland, 5-7 than we have seen, 3—a in scotland, 5—7 across england and wales and frost to follow. running called for the first week of the new year with frost and fog returning. mor

or get a job being able to come to the uk or get ajob in the being able to come to the uk or get a access to benefits or to use public services, like the health service or schools. they will be treated absolutely the same as everyone else in the rest of the world. crucially, however, it will in introduce a visa system for skilled workers only. this is designed to close the door to unskilled immigration into the uk. there will be a skilled visa where those coming here will have to be sure they can command a salary of around £30,000. now, that has provoked considerable unease within the cabinet and bitter opposition from business, who complained that that will deter many people or bar many people from being able to come and work in the uk. and that will have an impact on recruitment, have an impact on expanding businesses and therefore an impact on the economy. there is a row about that. asa economy. there is a row about that. as a compromise position, it seems the government has agreed to fudge ita the government has agreed to fudge it a bit, to say, the government has agreed to fud

but it has been an issue affecting loads of people in the uk. ns. you said to us our moment ago, you are our go you said to us our moment ago, you are ourgo to you said to us our moment ago, you are our go to die when things go wrong. that's right! do we know what went wrong? we know a little bit of information. but i have no in5ide track in 02, so i know nothing definite. give us the layman 's version. the mobile network, we are all familiar with the visible part5 of the network, which are the radio towers on the side of streets. they are connected together to create a —— create a national network. that will be the national 02 network. that has reconnected to the rest of the world. that has to be connected to the international telephone net work and the internet. so there is a point on the 02 network where it makes to the internet. that point of connection is what failed. so, although the 02 network itself was working, nobody could get off it onto the internet. is a bit like at home, when you have got broadband and 40 york broadband router in yo

some mps are concerned the uk couldn't leave the backstop without the eu's agreement, leaving the ukap that would mean following eu rules. there is therefore no unilateral right for either party to terminate this arrangement. so, it's a trap? this means that if no superseding agreement can be reached within the implementation period, the protocol would be activated, and an international law would subsist even if negotiations had broken down. the gradual loosening and removal of the legal ties that have bound us to the european union for 45 years will take time to work out. this agreement, and the eu withdrawal act already passed by the house, allow for the necessary time and legal means for that process to unfold in a peaceful and orderly way. the reality of this situation is that all members are asking questions at a major disadvantage, because they have not read the legal advice upon which this statement is based, and it is totally unacceptable we are to be in this position when aspects of the attorney general's advice have been selectively leaked to the press over the weekend. doe

made a decision to redeploy large vessels back to the uk. ities to mark the event with a spectacular firework display. seeing on bbc news and has been a memorable year of sport with stunning successes for british stars, and is a trip through 2018's sporting highlights. # you can try, i will not be denied # too strong to be defeated # i will stand and i will fight

i reiterated that it is in the interests of the eu as well as the uk to get this over the line.said she would not get those concessions on the so—called backstop. she begged to differ. my discussions with colleagues today have shown that further clarification and discussion following the council's conclusions is, infact, possible. you looked very angry when you were speaking to jean—claude juncker earlier today, what did you say to him, and did he admit he called you "nebulous"? and secondly, the conclusions suggest the eu is not willing to budge, but you appear to suggest they might, can you tell us more about what they have said to you about their willingness to move? because if parliament will not budge and the eu will not budge, is it time for you to budge? first of all, i had a robust discussion with jean—claude juncker, that's the sort of discussion you can have when you have developed a working relationship and you work well together. and what came out of that was his clarity that actually he had been talking when he used that particular phrase about a general level of de

it will stay mild across most of the uk. the satellite image, a lot of cloud across the british isles as you can see, streaming in from the south west. this is what the afternoon looks like. temperatures around eight or 9 degrees. some rain there but not an awful lot. this evening and overnight, it is more or less the same so variable amounts of cloud that temperatures made it down to around three degrees in towns and cities in the south but in rural spots, a touch of frost on the way. thursday itself, some sunshine to greet us in the south of the country, the north—east, north—eastern scotland getting rid of sunshine and the temperature is very similar to what we've got right now, around eight to 10 degrees. japan is to resume commercial whaling, in defiance of a global ban. the move has provoked international criticism — whale hunting will start in the summer. retailers pin their hopes on boxing day sales as shops try to make up for weak trading in the lead up to christmas. a powerful earthquake hits sicily around europe's

the uk has invested {1.2 billion into that project. as not in the minds of many people when they were arguing about brexit. the other issue is time. we have four months to go so this idea that... maybe we will get an extension. to what end? what is going to change in another six or eight months if it is postponed than more disarray? so it is really hard to read from the outside. it really is looking so insular. india has just moved to become the fourth largest economy and the uk has become one step back. there is something about it that you hope politicians would come together to plan for five years' time. i think donald tusk's point that there could be no brexit come you could actually change how it goes, but i don't think it will be acceptable for the people who voted to leave. it has crowded out... it has crowded out a serious discussion of where the uk will be post— brexit. serious discussion of where the uk will be post—brexit. the bank of england came out with scenarios of what might happen in case of no deal. the bank of england

the government sets out its immigration policy for the uk after brexit. nisters say it'll be skills that matter from now on. the us federal reserve has raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point. labour mp fiona onasanya is found guilty of perverting the course ofjustice after lying to police to avoid a speeding charge. old marley was dead, dead as a doornail. one of charles dickens‘ best—loved stories, a christmas carol, turns 175 years old today. and in half an hour, i will be looking back at a turbulent 12 months on our high streets. that's review 2018: the retail year with me, emma simpson. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has denied calling the prime mininster "a stupid woman" during prime minister's questions this afternoon. conservative mps accused him of mouthing the words during heated exchanges at the despatch box. it caused angry scenes in parliament. mr corbyn later returned to the commons and said he had in fact said "stupid people". our chief political correspondent vicki young reports. rowdy scenes in the house of commons — nothi

some tightly packed isoba rs across the west of the uk. h 65 miles an hour. a wet start to the day these areas with the risk of some localised flooding. the funds will radically push its way slowly eastwards is to go through tuesday. there is some uncertainty with the timings of the rank of cream or quit quickly. all other could be an odd shout the south—east england and east anglia, much of the day will be dry and reasonably bright as well. were the wilder southerly winds, it will be a mild day. perhaps feeling a little bit cooler than those numbers suggest, given the strength of the winds. but tuesday evening, we will finally get that radiant. it could be quite slow to clear away but it will do overnight. showers follow in the west on wednesday. wednesday promises to be another fairly blustery day across western areas. showers merging to give some lengthy spells of rain across western and southern areas spells of rain across western and southern areas as spells of rain across western and southern areas as well. the best of any sunshine wi

it shows the close relationship with the eu and the uk, not just trade relationship with the eu and thewill hear from people in holyhead as well to see how they feel about it as well. first, let's get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm victoria hollins. the mayor is meeting social media companies to tackle concerns about how online content can incite youth violence. it comes as google which owns youtube has announced a £600,000 grant for charities working with young and at—risk people. they're also looking to improve the process of flagging violent online content and preventing it from reappearing. rail passengers are being warned that their travel could be disrupted as new timetables are introduced. changes to journeys across a number of train companies could see an impact on punctuality. passengers faced delays and cancellations when the timetable changed in may. govia thameslink insists it has learnt lessons from last time. in january two new weight—loss football leagues called man vs fat will launch in chelmsford and redbridge. sport e

that is not unique to the uk and the u.s. for example, similar relationships formed between the british and french and german political directives. and, when i was a security advisor, i would talk to beijing a number of times. i went to the -- them and they came to the uk. i even, in my time, when the uk and russia relations looked better than they do at the moment, went to moscow. that relationship still happens because we keep those channels open. the dialogue is a little less -- it's more direct and are more problems than there were. as a basic principle. -- a lot of work can be done. that can be really beneficial sorting out problems and i should stress, that's taken by ministers and prime ministers and presidents. >> thank you very much. it's been really helpful. i know the ambassador is on a tight schedule and washington is a little rainy today. we are going to try to get him out here, he can get out and fight the traffic as quickly as possible. thank you all for coming. thanks again to c-span and others who have been w

to facilitate the ratification of the deal in the uk. arliament while dramatic in the uk actually changes little here in the eu. of course eu leaders want the vote to pass and what to avoid an no—deal brexit so they're open to hearing from the prime minister what she needs from them, up to a point. reassurances on the backstop — that, they can provide. renegotiation, absolutely not, is the view here tonight. the eu is well aware the main sticking point is the irish border guarantee known as the backstop. something the eu shows no sign of backing away from. the deal‘s the deal, it's taken two years to put together. it is a fair deal for both sides. it protects from an irish perspective and british perspective peaceful relationships on the island of ireland. critics in the uk do not like the backstop because it keeps the uk tied to eu customs regulations and prevents the uk making its own trade deals in the uk and nees the eu's go—ahead to get out of the backstop once it is triggered. theresa may's adviser 0llie robbins was snapped arriving

across the uk, rape convictions have fallen. ne kelly, bbc news. the chief financial officer of chinese technology giant huawei has been arrested in canada. meng wanzhou faces extradition to the us on suspicion she violated sanctions against iran. china‘s embassy in canada protested at the arrest and demanded her release. huawei said it had little information about the charges and was not aware of any wrongdoing by ms meng. our business presenter dominic 0‘connell is here. what more can you tell us about this story and what it says about the tensions between china and the us at the moment? she is notjust anyone away executive committee is a senior executive and the daughter of the founder of huawei, who have gone from being pretty much nothing to one of the most dominant suppliers of telecoms in the world and this is what this is about, controlling the telecoms industry in the future. there has been form on this. last year there was a telecoms company fined $1.2 billion by the us for allegedly censoring telecommunications —— sell

a lot of cloud across the uk. y can't because of high pressure building to the east of us, and that prevents from the weather heading our way. so effectively we've got a little mild air in western parts of the uk, the colder air is in the east here, so first thing on tuesday morning we've got a touch of frost anywhere from norwich all the way up to eastern scotland. belfast and plymouth will be quite a bit milder, around 5—6 degrees. the weather on tuesday, as i said, not much happens, quite a lot of cloud across the country, especially these central areas. not absolutely everywhere. some sunshine in scotland, the clouds may break up a little bit further south too and this weatherfront, as i said, doesn't really move much because of the high pressure building to the north and north—east of us. here it is around scandinavia, building into europe as well, and basically when we get that pattern of intense high pressure, these weather systems are stuck in the atlantic. they come very close, nibbling into parts of irela

they say their campaign goes on to have both children in the uk. for this family who have been through the awful trauma of first losing their son who was murdered and then fighting for custody of their grandchildren. they have alice and they're waiting for some paperwork here in shanghai. you can only begin to imagine how dreadful that decision must have been when it came to what was on the table. a heartbreaking decision and a heartbreaking choice. they have had support from the foreign secretary in their campaign. they have had a lot of support from the foreign office. jeremy hunt earlier this year mentioned in a meeting with his chinese counterpart that he would look into it. i understand the man who is now head of the civil service came here before theresa may's visits to china earlier in the year and may's visits to china earlier in the yearandi may's visits to china earlier in the year and i was told he mentioned it in conversations with his chinese counterpart. so people in very high positions both on the uk side and the chinese side know ab

sunday, a little bit of rain across the southern half of the uk. ay quite early but likely to have some bursts of rain lingering for southern england and south wales. cooler further north but that's where we'll see the best of the sunshine. the rain in the southis of the sunshine. the rain in the south is likely to linger for a time on sunday night, into the first part of monday, christmas eve of course but the area of high pressure muscled its way in. it kills off the frontal system and for christmas day we keep a high—pressure and that means generally some quiet weather. there could be a bit of frost and fog to start off but it should be largely dry. there will be some sunshine. a fairly calm outlook for christmas. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. there's huge disruption for travellers, as gatwick is closed by drones being deliberately flown nearby. it means many of the 100,000 people due to use the airport today now face the headache of cancellation or delay. that's all from the bbc news at one. it's goodbye from me. on bbc one we now

trying to come into the uk using this method. ese migrants, many of them are iranian and quite well off, some of them, quite affluent, and they are able to afford to pay the smugglers, the gangs, quite large amounts of money to cross the channel? this is something we've seen before. we've seen numbers of crime groups disrupted, we've seen people arrested, prosecuted. in september, we saw a gang of albanian criminals who were convicted of people smuggling using this method. they got up to nine years a piece. they we re got up to nine years a piece. they were making significant amounts of money, as you quite rightly pointed out, the migrants were paying a lot of money to come across. we've seen other successes with people arrested in connection with attempts to come into deal in october and they received eight years a piece. they we re received eight years a piece. they were people who are making a lot of money from the migrants who were trying to come across. you are right, in terms of people paying quite a bit of money. traditiona

billion christmas cards last year in the uk. message. we buy those cards on the high street so that is good news as well. 94% of cards are bought in a high street store. online is obviously also a factor but people like to see the card and feel it and open it. nice to see you. just a few top tips, you have still got time to send the cards you need to. if you are sending second—class they have to be in the post by the 18th of december and first class by the 20th of december. special delivery you have another couple of days. here's some sunshine for morecambe and wise fans — two episodes believed to be lost since their original screening in 1968 have been uncovered in sierra leone in west africa. they'll now be shown at a special event at the british film institute, as well as broadcast on bbc two over christmas. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson has had a preview. morecambe and wise — as found in africa. what is it? i told you, instant camera. how do you work it, you're supposed to say. i wasn't going to say... if you

£a5 per year and help modernise the uk's energy system. earley from ofgem is with us this morning. on paper these proposals seem to make a lot of sense. today we are announcing we will drive a hard bargain that though the pipes and wires that bring energy to our home. these proposals will mean we save £6.5 billion, which three to 2021 women £a5 off household bills. this is important because in future, many of us will want to do new things like charge electric cars or install solar panels, and communities might wa nt to solar panels, and communities might want to build their own wind farms. we need to put in place a system that supports that at the least possible cost. having said that, there has been criticism, saying that given the level of risk and how demand is going to increase significantly in future, they say you are not taking that into account. the risk being blown by the transmission networks. this is an on the move from the point of view. this is a consultation, we will listen to the views of companies and investors, but they have

it has not been done in the uk, for example. y interested in doing this and it is just the horizon. are people very interested in doing this and it isjust the horizon. on the horizon in the uk, you think? yes, people are definitely working it out. a team of experts has to be involved in this. one must think about it very seriously before undertaking quite a complex and potentially dangerous procedure. but at least they can be done and there will be improvements as time goes by. somebody may want to have another baby or if they decide that they have had one baby successfully through this procedure, they will either that bad. does the woman get removed? in this case, the womb was removed? in this case, the womb was removed at the same time as the ca esa rea n removed at the same time as the caesarean section. there are challenges with rejection of organs and so want, so it is not like a long—term option per a whole family. i think one step at a time. thank you very much indeed. world leaders have been arriving in the united states