Of the cabinet, which is a little more Public School and a bit more oxbridge than it was and has no more women in it. The other point, made by the institute for government, is about the disruption to business. In nearly every department, half or more of ministers have now been in their post for less than a year. The heart of government, which is the Cabinet Office will have an entirely new team. For what . Was it all worth it . Well, nick watt our Political Editor is here. Lets talk about the handling today, because yesterday it came in for quite a bit of criticism. It has been a tale of two reshuffles, there is a feeling in the cabinet that yesterday, which was about the cabinet, was not one of the Prime Ministers most glorious moments with those ministers resisting her. Ive been hearing scathing words like chaotic, the Prime Minister has no authority, and she cant even sack people. Thats the cabinet. Today she had a much better story when she started moving through the junior and middle ranking levels of government and downing street is saying that the Prime Minister has created what they believe is one of the most diverse governments in the history of this country, 37 women ministers and nine ministers from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. I talked to a cabinet minister who said look at the whips office, six recently elected women mps brought into the whips office. They were saying its not that long ago that there were no women in the whips office and it was run like a military operation, orders were barked. You cant do that in the modern world so this is a modern whips office. There were some strange moves, i mentioned rory stewart and jojohnson, people said wife move them from jobs that seemed to be jobs they were familiar with two things that are not experts on. Some people are spotting a plot on the backbenches. What the Prime Minister did was create a praetorian guard around her and then clipped the wings of anyone who might possibly be seen as a potential challenger. Dominic raab, given this important job as housing minister, but that is seen by these people as a hospital pass. Will he ever get to grips with this issue that nobody seems to get to grips with . Rory stewart taken out of the comfort zone of africa to the ministry ofjustice, somebody who made his name as a governor of an iraqi province. And justine greening, comprehensive educated yorkshire woman, given an offer yesterday that she couldnt take her mind off she goes. Ive really been looking at what theresa may was trying to achieve in this troubled reshuffle. Most Prime Ministers are reluctant butchers. Margaret thatcher lamented how in her downing street years she had been obliged to learn the craft of carving the joint. So, just how skilled a butcher is theresa may . Well, in this rather elongated reshuffle, shes been struggling with a pretty tough joint, and thats raising questions about her mastery of some pretty basic Prime Ministerial skills. If Prime Ministers red reshuffles so much, what exactly is theresa may seeking to achieve here . Well, the answer lies in one date, june the 8th, the Prime Minister is seeking to respond to the tories surprise electoral setback by shifting the dial in three ways. In the first place, she wants to restore her own political authority. Then she wants to show a more diverse conservative party to the country. And finally, she wants to respond to the concerns of voters who gave the tories such a bloody nose back in june. The Prime Minister gave the impression yesterday that she was unable to carve key sections of the joint after cabinet ministers challenged some of her plans. Tory mps claim that the reshuffle has exposed grave weaknesses in her operation, though mps now say she did stage a strong recovery today. Expectations were far too high on the run in because i always thought it would be a moderate reshuffle, only two or three jobs needed changing. Every reshuffle id ever seen hits a problem somewhere when administered doesnt want to go somewhere and they want to keep them in the cabinet, which happened here. When a minister. Suella fernandes, who has coordinated the main backbench brexit group takes her first step on the ministerial ladder in the brexit department. Other new ministers include the qc lucy frazer, who becomes a Justice Minister and a former entrepreneur rishi sunak, whojoins the housing ministry. The Prime Minister invited a Record Number of women appointed to the whips office to downing street, and no 10 says theresa may has created one of the most diverse governments ever with 37 women and nine ministers from minority ethnic backgrounds. Its probably the most diverse governments britain has ever had, thats a good thing. But more importantly, the reshuffle is pretty much over, senior cabinet level right the way through to junior ministerial roles, weve got some really good high quality people. The tories were shaken by the way in which voters from their mid 40s downwards preferred labour in the election, with concerns over housing a key grievance amongst younger voters, there is a renewed focus on this in a newly rebranded department. All age groups in that election will also alarmed by the confusion over social care, so jeremy hunt takes overall control of that policy. The challenge will be to show that these changes amount to more than shiny new departmental nameplates. While the Prime Minister has been panned for tinkering with her cabinet, in this reshuffle she has gone further than the limited changes she made in the summer. So, progress since her midsummer nightmare when her First Priority was survival. But this is still not theresa mays ideal reshuffle. Had she done better in the general election there would have been changes at the most senior level of the cabinet. The Prime Minister tied up the loose ends of her reshuffle this evening. The troubled cabinet changes show theresa may cannot altogether escape the shadow of the election but atjunior levels there was a more decisive Prime Minister on display. Nick watt with an atkins diet metaphor as well. Im joined by kelly tolhurst, tory mp for rochester in kent and as of today an assistant government whip. One of those ones that nick was referring to earlier. And in a moment ill be speaking to camilla cavendish, director of the 10 downing street policy unit under David Cameron and to the journalist paul mason. Good evening to you all. Kelly, can we start with you . Its interesting they have put you up, the government have chosen to put you up to speak for the government today, working class background, not one of these oxbridge posh boys in the cabinet, do you think this is a time for the party to try and put forward a different face . Well, i think, for me, im a conservative and always have been and i have become a conservative mp, and for me i think the last two days, especially what has happened today, has shown really what the true conservative Parliamentary Party now is, and they do include people like myself, and its been really good to be given the opportunity to go into the whips office this afternoon. Theresa may explicitly said one of the objectives and achievements of this was to create a government that looks more like the country serves. Last count there were more than 30, 30 5 women in the country. Are you happy with the way thats gone . I think we have got Record Numbers for us women into government positions. Is more reflective of the people we serve. Its true we need to do more but today is a great step forward and i think with whats happened in the whips office, it is a real indicator to show that thats changing. In fairness, you dont really get to speak on any issue in the whips office. Cabinet average age, 51, it was 52, not much changed. In the cabinet there is want black or ethnic minority member of the cabinet. 48 oxbridge, 34 went to a Public School. Does it make sense to sort of shout about how you are creating a government that looks like the country serves, if youve got 34 Public School people in the cabinet, 48 oxbridge . Is that a thing to shout about . Well, i think we need to look at the government positions as a whole, and also look at the people that came in in 2015 and have come in this year, and myself, having not been to university, and had the opportunities to work hard, and to become a member of parliament, there are more people like me that came in in 2015 and i think if you look at this as a whole we are from a more diverse background, therefore i do think some of the changes a re reflected. Is your line that this will pass through . That the conservative party, at the moment boasting around done about its governments representative nurse when it is half Public School . The parliament to party has changed significantly in the last two years with the 2015 intake and 17. Todays appointments have made a difference and i think we are moving forward. The big mission is about rejuvenating this government, we know brexit has got to be done and theresa may wants to move beyond brexit. In a couple of sentences, what is the big idea, apart from brexit . What are you going to do . Well, the government is committed to delivering brexit, its massively important. Apart from brexit . My constituency is still the focus but we have also said, and theresa may has been clear, we cannot forget that domestic agenda and there are things like the nhs, the environment. What are you going to do . Well, one of the things we are doing is focusing, as you know, we have been speaking about the nhs and winter crisis over the last couple of days. It is something we are looking at. Kelly, im so sorry, but speaking about the nhs. You are struggling to say what the big mission is. There must be some sort of. Has the party been told this is what our priority is . Reinventing capitalism and we are going to do these 100 things, or build a powerhouse in the north . Saying we are going to talk about the nhs. Its one of the things that matter to the people of this country and one of the things about this Cabinet Reshuffle has been about having the reshuffle and being very clear, the Prime Minister has been very clear about what she wants to deliver. Its notjust brexit, absolutely, it is still the main focus, but it is around working towards those things that matter to people domestic is. To people domestically. With the greatest respect, ive tried giving you a chance to say what the mission is, and the fact that you are sort of struggling to say what it is, or am ijust being unfair . Well, i think maybe youre being unfair . Weve been clear about what we want to do, there are key thing is, we can list them for you, we need to make sure the economy continues to grow, we want people to be getting opportunities to have better paid jobs. Weve had the industrial strategy just recently announced. That is massively important for certain areas of the United Kingdom and the economy. The nhs is included in that. There are a number of things that we have been clear on and our Prime Minister has been very clear about command the last two days and changes that have been made will hopefully drive forward. Please stay there. Let me turn to our other two guests because the big question is, does this reset the conservative party . No. I think today was better than yesterday. What this reflects is, we have a Prime Minister leading a minority government. She was never going to be able to do a reshuffle. They have to fill in the gaps in the domestic policy agenda and make good on the speech she made at the beginning of this about social justice and managing that. That means they have to do much more on housing. It would be great if they could integrate the nhs and social care. There are a whole series of unfinished things that need to be done, partly because of brexit but partly because of drift. Whitehall have been virtually frozen for 18 months. The question about this we shuffle is, can some of these people. Some of the junior people are really good. Can they unfreeze the system or is the shadow of brexit going to loom over them . I congratulate theresa may for appointing a diverse junior layer of the cabinet. They will find out how little power you have as a junior minister but how hard it is to get things done if you are not part of the inner elite that runs britain, from which the core of the front bench is drawn. The oxbridge set of people. They dont just wield political power, they wheeled social power. The whole toby young episode. This is like the bbc. We did a survey on this programme and it was worse when i worked here. This was an attempt byjoe johnson to stick it to student unions and have a good go at them, like donald trump, and have a go at them on the right wing agenda. That is the agenda of the elite tory party we are dealing with. Welcome to reality for all the black ethnic minority and women who want to bring the normal world into the tory world. Can ijust butt in on that . That is not the party i recognised. I dont recognise your sort of as a backbencher, i have had many opportunities to influence from within. I dont want to only talk about this. The handling of the reshuffle, the fact that it was perceived to be botched yesterday, what does it tell us about the downing street operation . There was a famous story about tony blair and a guy i have forgotten. Moving round the whiteboard and his name came off. He never got into the cabinet because his name fell off. Perculiar and arbitrary. That said, the Media Management was a bit surprising. Theresa may as home secretary i always admired. She did not like all this presentation stuff will stop when you get into number 10 you need to do the stuff properly. Unfortunately they oversold the idea that big beasts would be moved in this be a huge clear out of the new generation. She has not brought in mercer, who is regarded as a future leader. It looks a bit limp. Where does theresa may go from here . The problem she has is it is an administration, you need an overarching, moral purpose. She cannot write the idea down which is what does britain looks like after brexit . The cabinet would then split, you can do more if you have a moral purpose. The problem is identifying just about struggling people, managing people, is not identify what you will do for them. Right now we all know you are absolutely right to raise the nhs, it is on everybodys minds. A guy who has overseen the cancellation of non urgent operations was reappointed with more power because theresa may did not have enough power to sack him. Insofar as people are seeing politics, no one is obsessed with who is a junior minister but they are concerned that relatives being left on trolleys and being made to wait in waiting rooms. The person was promoted. That was done by nhs england. That is the sort of human shield for the government, isnt it . Because of the tories act in 2012 jeremy hunt had less power than he should have. You have to integrate the nhs. How long have they been in power to do that . It is whether the budget and the money will move with the title. Would you like the idea of combining, integrating health and social care . That was in the name they gave jeremy hunt yesterday. Is itjust a name or something substantive going on . It was right that change was made. There is a correlation between the two and the two have to work together. The biggest challenge we have as the nhs, as the population grows and the treatment gets better, the pressures on the nhs continue. Going forward we are looking at those areas combining and the Health Secretary has an opportunity to make the changes where he feels he is needed. We really do need to leave it there. Thank you. Its been a busy day in panmunjom, the so called peace village in the demilitarised zone on the border of north and south korea. There have been talks there today, between the two countries and they appear to have gone smoothly. Five officials on each side attended, apparently with a cctv feed to the leaders of the countries. Now when enemies want to bury the hatchet, they often start with little gestures, and avoid raising the things that have divided them. So it is with the north and south, not agreeing the big stuff, that north will throw away its Nuclear Weapons. But agreeing that the north will take part in the forthcoming Winter Olympics. There was more to it than that but is it a real step to stability . Our diplomatic editor mark urban reports. Well, this is something, surely, a thaw of sorts. Face to face talks, a commitment from the north to send cheerleaders and athletes to the Winter Olympics, and a resumption of schemes to reunify families divided by the korean war. Kimjong un is on a charm offensive. The panmunjom talks are the only game in town right now. And i think the South Koreans would do well to try to keep them going. There are a lot of issues that are peninsula issues and that the us should be careful not to appear to be thwarting. If theres a perception in south korea that the us is keeping south korea away from its northern cousins for the purpose of family unification and issues like that, i dont think that will help the us. With just a couple of days until the opening of the winter games in south korea, the venues are ready in the world is watching. North korea now says it will send delegates, as it did to the 2006 olympics and world cup. And for the south, this is a timely gesture thatjust might unlock the bigger issues at stake. I believe we can make the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics as a kind of turning point in the escalating tension on the Korean Peninsula and engaging in a direct dialogue and exchanges with the north, and further creating an environment conducive to more serious negotiation on nuclear and Ballistic Missile issues. But lest we thought peace was about to break out, north korean officials delivered another message today, telling southern counterparts that kims Nuclear Weapons target only america and not the south. A version of an old mantra designed to sow divisions between america and its korean ally. I think its a pretty typical ploy. You have to bear in mind the north korean view of south korea South Koreans are great except that they are dominated by their puppet master, the united states, and dont stomach if only the puppet master were removed, south korea and north korea would have a terrific relationship. But if the americans are suspicious, what about moon jae in, south koreas president and long an advocate of better relations with the north . The south korean president moon has for decades been for improved relations between north and south, for engagement between north and south, which is very much on a different page than President Trump and his preference for maximum pressure on north korea. Todays north Korean Initiative hasnt met with universal approval. Even in the south, where some people demonstrated against improved relations. When the Winter Olympics are over the Nuclear Issue will remain unsolved, the Korean Peninsula on the brink. We live in divided times. Anyone who peruses social media will see a clash of values play out daily in vicious zero sum argument, on any number of issues. Todays examples . One was the right wing controversialist toby young stepping back from his appointment on the board of the new English University regulator, the office for students. Having spent a decade trying to be controversial, he turned out to be too controversial for a public appointment. The second story was virgin west coast trains, stopping its sales of the daily mail. Weve decided that this paper is not compatible with the Virgin Trains brand and our beliefs, the company said. It did also point out that it barely sells any copies anyway. The mail called the decision disgraceful. While very different, the two stories are just todays examples of a culture war that is currently being fought on social media and beyond. What characterises the culture war is its preoccupation with words and gestures. Toby young for example is on one side of it a self proclaimed provocateur. To be frank, he probably didnt even believe half the obnoxious stuff he wrote, he just wanted to offend what he saw as mainstream opinion. Hes the personification of the conduct of the culture war under way. At times hes been vitriolic, relishing a fight with those on the other side. If that can be said of those on the provocative right, is it the same on the Progressive Side as well . Over in the us, google are being sued by james damore, the coder sacked after writing a controversial not very pc memo, critiquing the companys diversity policy. He said he and others had been discriminated against as white males. Certainly he was vilified on social media for saying and thinking the wrong thing. Its seen by the right as a case of the lefts intolerance. Every day these kinds of arguments are erupting, even where they dont need to. Like virgin theyre not banning customers from bringing their own copies of the daily mail on to their trains, obviously, butjustifying the decision not to sell the mail in terms of politics rather than commerce ramped this up as another divisive issue. Again, on social media, the debate polarised around extreme positions expressed strongly. Each sides undoubtedly sincere in its thoughts and really believes the other is a threat to either decency or free speech. But is the virulent argument a healthy sign or a vibrant debate, or a sign that shared values have more or less evaporated . Build that wall. With me now are two worriers. Paris lees is a broadcaster and equality campaigner. James delingpole is a columnist at the spectator. And writes the breitbart. James, toby young. He tries to be controversial. He cannot be surprised people say we do not want to on a public body. I dont think toby thinks, how can i be controversial today . He just reacts in the moment. You use twitter, we react. We get an instant thought and think, the feeling dissipates once you have got the words out. We do not set out to be deliberately offensive most of the time. Do you think he has been badly treated . We are talking about separate issues. Does toby young says some spicy things on twitter . Yes, he does. Should toby be on the office for students board, yes he should. They are completely Different Things he has worked in the educational sector and is a good man for thejob. Paris, do you see some value in provocateurs trying to challenge your views and those of your friends, who probably think quite alike on most of these issues . Absolutely. I have written things which people were deemed to be provocative in the past. The idea that toby young does not set out to do that. This man published Julie Birtles rant about transsexuals as bedwetters and bad wigs and dicks in chicks clothing. We know 45 of trans people in the uk have attempted suicide. Are we saying it is ok to bully people . No. Im glad people are waking up to that. Can i ask you about the manners . Im looking at some of your stuff or. It is not very well mannered. Would you agree . The terrible thing is that secretly in the green room before we came on paris and i have been getting on like of dumb at a house on fire. Forget about paris. Probably our natural mode in her life is we are delightful people, but sometimes maybe twitter brings out our kind of edgier side. Do you stand by what you put on twitter . I will take one example, when are we allowed to say that brendan cox is a total arse . That was december, six months after his wife was assassinated. He probably said something to provoke that, this is just my policy, i cannot speak for paris. My policy is if somebody says something really, really stupid then i am going to call them on it. Cant you be well mannered . Understand where they are coming from and correct them. One thing that characterises all of this is people going from zero to shouting and angry and swearing without the steps in between. In the great scheme of things, how bad is calling somebody an arse . This is something ive been thinking about recently in the sense of being complicit in this. People would regard me as quite a hostile, angry you know, ive called people bigots before and said things that maybe ive regretted, and i think that actually it is going a bit far actually and i think people are getting really polarised and i think we all need to look at our role within that and how we have let it get this bad. The key thing, youve taken greatjoy today in the fact the daily mail isnt on Virgin Trains. Its fantastic. You are sort of cheering and clapping. Have you ever tried to reach out to any of the readers, its one of the most widely read papers in the uk, to save let me understand where you are coming from as well as you understand where im coming from . I have co founded all about trans when we take young trans people to meet people in the media, often times people that produce shows like this. Thats you trying to get them to understand you, ive asked whether you have tried to understand them. Of course, when we come to meet them we are trying to see what their level of understanding is. But what about your understanding of them . Of course we are trying to understand where they are coming from and trying to further the conversation and realise what their awareness is. Let me put the same question to you, james. Do you ever seriously try and engage with anyone who thinks differently to you . We need to differentiate between on a personal level, should we all get along, you know, when we meet somebody at glastonbury, having a joint with them, yeah, peace and love, man. But its very, very silly to imagine that if only we all agreed and got along somewhere in the squishy middle the world would be a better place. There are certain issues in the world where there are very different views. On the economy, for example, on the size of government, on what to do about immigration. You are never going to get this neutral point in the middle where the rightness and truth is. Im sorry, we have to leave it, youve had a constructive debate. We overran on the first discussion. Thank you, both. This could be a decisive yearfor iran. It started with protests that spread across the country and although the Authorities Say they are waning, they have taken some extreme steps to try and douse down the flames of discontent blocking access to the messaging app, telegram and making thousands of arrests. Now, one triggerfor those protests was a leaked government budget which cuts subsidies and hikes up fuel prices, while significantly increasing military spending. Iran is ramping up Financial Support to proxies across the region, which has fuelled the anger of some iranians concerned about the state of their own economy and fuelled anxieties across much of the world. Bbc persians jiyar gol now investigates. In towns and cities across iran, poverty, unemployment and corruption has drawn tens of thousands to the streets to protest against the islamic regime. These are not the only reasons for the protests. There is also disquiet about the billions spent on irans foreign adventurism. No to interference in lebanon, they are chancing. No to gaza. Chanting. Leave syria. Think of us. The Supreme Leader lives like a god. We, the people, live like beggars. Over the past three decades, iran has spent billions of dollars in an attempt to increase its influence in the region. Tehran now controls a route all the way to the mediterranean via iraq, syria and lebanon. And iran is involved in a devastating proxy war with saudi arabia in yemen. The iranian expansionism is extraordinarily dangerous. First of all, they have shia groups throughout the region they can rely on, that they can, if you will, convert or infiltrate. And the man responsible for irans military operations in the middle east is general Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the elite qods force, a unit of irans revolutionary guard, which operates on foreign soil, organising training and funding militia groups. A man feared by many and labelled as a supporter of terrorism by the us, general solemani, who once operated in the shadows, is now one of the most powerful commanders in the region. He played alanda. He was the man in charge all the way through. He was always one step ahead of them. He used them. They helped him, in his regional designs on where he wanted to go with the gods force and iran. To understand the power and influence of general solemani and the gods force, you have to go to the iran iraq border. In 2001, when the us attacked afghanistan, many alqaeda members came to this mountainous area to establish a foothold. They set up bases but, two years later, they were bombed by the us. This man is one of the prominent members of the local sufi order, a peaceful branch of islam. He claims iran assisted this sunni extremists he claims iran assisted the sunni extremists who survived the bombings. But, why would a sunni Extremist Group like alanda, an arch enemy of shia iran, cooperate with Qasem Soleimani . Cathy scott clark has interviewed former alqaeda members, who lived iran, about their dealings with qods force. Iran was an enemy of america. Iran was nearby. The people who negotiated from the alqaeda side believed that iran, the gods force, saw this as an opportunity, a to know where the alqaeda members were. If you know where they are, and you are controlling them, then you can use them. Cia documents declassified in november which were recovered from osama bin ladens compound in pakistan shed a new light on how iran helped alqaeda against the us in iraq. Some of those documents suggest iran has had a pragmatic relationship with alanda. The documents suggest iran and alqaeda had been helping each other in syria and iraq. In 2011, when president obama pulled out from iraq, i was in baghdad. The next day, the picture of irans Supreme Leader was posted in baghdads main square. Most shia militias were more loyal to Qasem Soleimani than the iraqi government. Vali nasr is an academic and former Foreign Policy adviser to president Obamas Administration on iran. Part of why iran has been so successful in the region is because theyve played this game of manoeuvring between different factions, relying on the one that is most naturally their constituency but yet build relations with the other side, play them against one another. In october, Qasem Soleimanis father passed away. We examined the footage and pictures of the funeral, just to understand what kind of people attended the funeral. For example, one of them was the leader of shia militias in iran. Another person was a representative of hamas. Many other people attended to express their condolences in person to him. It shows how powerful and influential he is. General soleimani financed, trained and equipped thousands of shia militias to support irans allies in syria and iraq, including lebanese hezbollah, a group which is also on the us terrorist list. Its leader says iran pays the bill. Its been estimated that iran has spent 6 billion annually on the syrian regime, basically, to keep it afloat. This is a conservative estimate on the proxy group, the lebanese hezbollah. Iran is estimated to be allocating 1 billion a year to the group, mostly according to Israeli Intelligence forces. General soleimani says, if iran does not engage with enemies outside the countrys borders, it will have to fight them in the streets of tehran. As he tells his fighters on the syrian front line, he is committed to expanding irans regional influence. But, at home, protesters on the streets are tearing down general soleimanis banner. They are warning the tens of billions of dollars spent propping up assad in syria and financing shia militias across the middle east must be invested in their country and theirfuture. We asked to speak to the iranian government about this report but they declined to comment. Thats all we have time for. We expected James Delingpole and paris lees to be at each others throats but i think they are fixing dinner together in the green room. Emily will be here tomorrow. Have a very good night. Today was a pretty disappointing day for us. Drizzle around with the exception of western scotland. Change taking place. Weatherfront moving westwards. Heavy across parts of Northern Ireland and south west england. Skies clearing. The weather front push it on to scotland and central and Eastern England by dawn. Turning chilly. Clear skies with mist and fog. For wednesday, i am pleased to tell you it is looking much brighterfor pleased to tell you it is looking much brighter for many of us. Skies clearing. Across Northern Ireland, fog stopwatch after that during the rush hour. It should generally lift away. The exception to the rule will be across northern and eastern areas with the weather front slow to clear. It might just leave with the weather front slow to clear. It mightjust leave the western side of scotland dry and brighter with some sunshine but for the rest outbreaks of rain and hillfog and missed and bog. Cloud across eastern coastal areas. Maybe also hanging back towards the south east. West of here, much brighter. One to showers developing across the south west. They will clip the south west corner of the country clip the south west corner of the cou ntry towards clip the south west corner of the country towards the evening. The odd heavy one. Then the rain confined to the north east of scotland. Light winds and clear skies, it will turn quite chilly and we could see frost and fog forming a widely. That could bea and fog forming a widely. That could be a bit ofa and fog forming a widely. That could be a bit of a problem for thursday and friday morning. The fault could be quite dense and stubborn to clear. If it does clear, we should see sunny clear. If it does clear, we should see sunny spells developing. Most places are dry with light winds. Maybe more in a way a cloud on eastern areas. Average temperatures forjanuary. High pressure dominating on friday but across the west the next weather system moving in very slowly. Four the bulk of the country, a chilly start, a little bit of frost and fog which should lift and we should sit sunny spells developing. It will not reach eastern areas and till saturday night. That is your latest weather, good night. This is newsday on the bbc. Im rico hizon in singapore. The headlines a thaw in relations between north and south korea at their first formal talks in more than two years. Former trump strategist steve bannon quits his right wing news group breitbart. This follows unflattering comments attributed to him in a new book. Im kasia madera in london. Also in the programme a court in myanmar will decide whether to charge these two reuters journalists with breaching the countrys official secrets act in their coverage of the rohingya crisis. And a space oddity, why did this japanese astronaut have a growth spurt in space