Were going to brief you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Today, we are asking for your plastic solutions. A leading Supermarket Chain in the uk is trying to eliminate Plastic Packaging by 2023. So, should we follow suit . Can you live without plastic . Just use the hashtag, bbcthebriefing. She was the girl that captivated the world at the rio olympics in 2016. But now, simone biles has become the most high profile athlete to admit she was abused by someone who was supposed to be helping her. The 20 year old has accused this man, dr larry nassar, of sexual abuse. Hes already serving a prison sentence for possessing indecent images of children, and faces more charges later this month. Andrew plant reports. She is a four time olympic champion. With 19 combined world and olympic medals, she is americas most decorated gymnast. Now, in a statement, the star of the rio games has said that she was sexually abused by the former teen usa gymnastics sports doctor, larry nassar. Nassar has already been jailed, sentenced to 60 years for possessing indecent images of children. He has also been accused by other gymnasts of sexual abuse, has admitted Sexual Assault in two cases and will be sentenced this month. Her talent clear from a young age, simone biles is regarded by many as the greatest to ever have performed in her sport. Teammates said the abuse happened under the guise of treatment. In a statement, simone said she wont allow the doctor to steal her love and joy. He was challenged in december after child pornography was found on his computer. Simone biles said she was not afraid to tell her story any more, adding its impossibly difficult to relive these experiences and it breaks my heart that as i worked towards my dream of competing in tokyo 2020, i will have to continually return to the same Training Facility where i was abused. Andrew plant, bbc news. Well, Rachael Denhollander was the first person to speak up about dr larry nassar. She was abused when she was a 15 year old gymnast. She has now gone on to be a lawyer. Shell be at his sentencing hearing on tuesday and thinks simone biles admission that she too was a victim can only help others. I really hope that it will draw attention again much of the broader cultural problem. Larry is a symptom of the problem. The fact that so many children have suffered horrific sexual abuse at his hands is because of the policy that us gymnastics hard, they made it possible, they created an environment where a predator was able to prey on young girls. When you have an organisation that literally buries those reports inafiling that literally buries those reports in a filing cabinet and then goes so far as to defend that practice of burying those reports in under oath testimony in criminal trials, you have really created the perfect dynamic for a sexual predator to flourish. That is what we are hearing from so many member coaches and other gymnastic organisations. Usa gymnastics has given us a statement. The organisation says it is absolutely heartbroken, sorry and angry that simone biles or any of our athletes have been harmed by the horrific acts of larry nassar. It went on to say. And the statement also said. Police in california say theyve rescued a family of 13 brothers and sisters being held against their will by their parents. Its reported some were chained to their beds. The parents have been charged with torture and child endangerment. The alarm was raised on sunday morning when one of the girls escaped and called the emergency services. Peter bowes is our correspondent in los angeles. Horrific story, what more can you tell us . Well, yes, it did all u nfold tell us . Well, yes, it did all unfold on sunday morning, when the girl that you mentioned, she appeared to be a 10 year old, in fa ct appeared to be a 10 year old, in fact she was 17 years old. The police thought she was much younger than her age because she is a p pa re ntly than her age because she is apparently so malnourished. She managed to escape from the chains and shackles that she and her siblings had been held in, and used a mobile phone that was in the house to call the authorities. Now, when the police arrived, they found her brothers and sisters in chains. They we re brothers and sisters in chains. They were in shackles, there were padlocks used, tying them to their beds,in padlocks used, tying them to their beds, in squalid conditions. And initially, the report from the girl, the 17 year old, was that her 12 siblings, children, were being held inside. As it has turned out, seven of those people are in fact adults, they are aged between 18 and 29, but clearly look much younger than the yea rs clearly look much younger than the years because as weve heard from the police, they look very malnourished. The youngest of the children is two years old. And looking at the pictures of the home, you can see that the neighbours are fairly close by and yet this was going on for years without any alarms raised. Just tell is a little bit about the community. Yes, this isa bit about the community. Yes, this is a town about 95 kilometres to the south west of los angeles. It is a fairly non descript suburb, as you can see from those pictures. Very close up it is, i understand that these houses were fairly recently built. Some of the neighbours had been talking and they say that they did not really have any suspicions. Idid he did not really have any suspicions. I did he won report of a neighbour saying that she had seen one of the children scavenging in a dustbin on the street, and it does beg the question, perhaps that could have raised the alarm if these children had been malnourished. But it seems from what other neighbours have been saying, that they were clearly unaware as to what was happening inside this hour. Interesting. Thank you very much indeed. Of course, we will bring you more on that story and we get more development. Lets brief you on some of the other stories making the news. Pope francis has arrived in the chilean capital, santiago, at the start of a week long visit to chile and peru. The trip has been overshadowed by accusations of child sexual abuse against almost 80 members of the chilean clergy. A former auschwitz guard, who was convicted for helping to kill 300,000 prisoners, has submitted a request for mercy to the German Authorities in a bid to avoid jail. 0skar groening whos 96 was sentenced to four years in prison in 2015. Last year, the countrys Constitutional Court threw out an appeal, ruling that groening was fit to serve his sentence. New Research Claims rats were not to blame for the spread of the plague, known as the black death in the fourteenth century. A team from the universities of oslo and ferrara says the 1347 outbreak, can be largely ascribed to human fleas and body lice. So, it was the humans spreading it. We have trained rats for decades, the generations. In germany, the biggest trade union has threatened to call for a 24 hour walkout as part of talks over pay and working conditions. Ig metall represents the rights of 2. 3 million workers in the industrial sector, but the negotiations are seen as a benchmark for how pay is set in other areas of the german economy. Im joined by liam booth smith, chief executive of localis, an independent think tank, joins me now. Good to see you. Good morning. Just tell us a little bit about what these workers want . Well, what the workers are after a reduction in working hours down to about 28 hours a week, but only as part of a benefit. In 2007, german law allowed something called an educational benefit, that has been used to help with things like caring for children 01 with things like caring for children or caring for elderly relatives. Now all, german businesses dont want to do this because they argue that they believe, one in four of their workers will take advantage of this, and a recent german chambers of commerce study shows that half of the trading they have access to is due to skilled workers. Were german businesses at the metal works, they argue they were they would not be able to continue productively. Just briefly, germany is in a position right know what they have very, very low unemployment. I guess you need to fill in that sweet spot. Yeah, they could do, absolutely. In one way, they are right to push. This has reminiscences of the 1980s, when the last major strikes occurred in germany. They have to be very careful with this. Thank you very much. And liam will be back in about half an hour to review the main stories being covered by the global media. We will be live in berlin later as well, for more on that strike action. For the second time in seven months, romania is without a Prime Minister. Left winger mihai tudose resigned on monday, after losing a battle with the leader of his own party. Bill hayton reports. Mihai tudose only took office last june, and already he is out of power. The government is very unlikely to fall, it has a co mforta ble unlikely to fall, it has a comfortable parliamentary majority but it is becoming harder and harder to find a Prime Minister who can get along with their party leader. Mr mihai tudose told waiting journalists that he was living with his head held high and with that his deputy would replace him in the interim. That is. Last week, mihai tudose had a row with his own interior minister, publicly accusing her of lying. He called on her to resign, instead the party leader forced him out. He is barred from becoming Prime Minister himself because he was convicted of vote rigging in 2016. It is the year since large scale protests forced the Romanian Government to reverse plans to weaken anticorruption laws. Unhappiness with corruption and low standards of living persist, though. 0ne standards of living persist, though. One recent poll suggested just a quarter of romanians have trust in the government. Stay with us on the briefing. Still to come on the programme ready to return. Roger federer is due on court soon to start the defence of his Australian Open title. Day one of Operation Desert Storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since the second world war. Tobacco is americas oldest industry, and its one of its biggest, but the industry is nervous of this report. This may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. There is not a street that is unaffected. Huge parts of kobe were simply demolished as buildings crashed into one another. This woman said shed been given no help and no advice by the authorities. She stood outside the ruins of her business. Tens of thousands of black children in south africa have taken advantage of laws, passed by the countrys new multiracial government, and enrolled at formerly white schools. Tonight sees the 9,610th performance of her long running play, the mousetrap. When they heard of her death today, the management considered whether to cancel tonights performance, but Agatha Christie would have been the last person to want such a thing. Youre watching the briefing. 0ur headlines the four time 0lympic champion gymnast simone biles says she was sexually abused by the former usa team doctor, larry nassar. Torture and child endangerment charges have been filed against two parents in california after police found their thirteen starving children kept captive in their home. The fate of the Rohingya Refugees who fled violence in myanmar for bangladesh has been discussed by both governments. Talks were held about the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of rohingya. Meanwhile, the un high commissioner for refugees tells the bbc it cant support their resettlement unless it can monitor the refugees return. More than half a million rohingyas are now living in the Worlds Largest refugee camp in bangladesh. Mishal husain is there. In a camp where hundreds of refugees are still arriving every week, theres much to be done. New wells, new shelters all part of providing for growing numbers and preparing the camp for the monsoon rains. The more construction and expansion that takes place at this last camp, the more permanent it starts to feel. But at the same time, the talk of repatriating the refugees is causing deep alarm. After the circumstances in which they fled myanmar less than six months ago, who would really trust that things had changed enough for them to go home . Thats because the destruction of their homes and villages continued even after myanmar said military operations had come to an end. These pictures were filmed by the bbc from the bangladeshi side of the border on 10 september last year, five days after the supposed ceasefire. This was your house . This is my house. That was also the day irfan lost everything. A father of four, he was a secondary School Teacher back in myanmar and lived here with his extended family. And then whos that . That is my brother. The authorities told them theyd be safe, and then the soldiers came. Translation the military surrounded the whole area and they had weapons. They opened fire as people were trying to leave. Some escaped, but others were killed. My brother was at home that day, but he went out to check on his shop. He never came back. We dont know if he was burned alive. We still havent heard anything. Away from the main camp, another area is home to hindus from myanmar who were caught up in the violence. Theyve been identified as among the first to be repatriated. But even they are not ready to go without international protection. Translation if the United Nations goes with us, the hindus, we hope well get security and be happy. If they are there, and we face any problems, the whole world will know about it. For now, it seems most likely that the children of these camps will grow up here without a country to call their own. The uns access to their old home, rakhine state, is severely restricted. They too call for change and for the rohingya to be properly recognised. At this stage, i think it is premature to talk about returns in large numbers until three conditions exist. Number one, the issue of citizenship and legal identity must be addressed. Number two, there has to be a safe and secure environment for refugees to return to. Number three, reconstruction and the re establishment of Services Must occur. Services here are now more organised. But its a precarious existence. A community whove been marginalised and persecuted are now entirely dependent on aid, and on what others decide for theirfuture. Michelle husein, bbc news, bangladesh. Heres our briefing on some of the key events happening later. In strasbourg, france, members in the European Parliament will debate the conclusions of decembers eu summit, including brexit. The debate is held the same day that the eu withdrawal bill is debated in the uks house of commons. Later in the morning, french president Emmanuel Macron is expected to pay his first visit to calais since taking office. Its understood motivation for the trip includes pressuring the uk to work on a new strategy for the region. And in washington today, former white house strategist steve bannon is expected to testify before House Intelligence Committee as part of the investigation into Russian Election meddling. The hearing is expected to be closed. Maria sharapova has won on her return to the Australian Open. The former winner is playing for the first time in melbourne since her drugs ban. She beat germanys Tatjana Maria the main highlight of the evening session is the appearance of five time champion roger federer. The defending champion plays his first match of the tournament against aljaz bedene. Now its time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. Hello, im tulsen tollett. Coming up on your tuesday sport briefing leicester will look to book their place in the fourth round of the fa cup when they play Fleetwood Town in a replay later on tuesday. Its a new manager for stoke city but its not enough to stop them losing at Manchester United, while anthonyjoshua and Joseph Parker will go head to head in london to promote their upcoming heavyweight bout. The games come thick and fast in the fa cup at this time of the year. There are five third round replays on tuesday night with Leicester City of the premier league hosting Fleetwood Town of the third tier. At home last time out, fleetwood managed to hold leicester to a goalless draw. It was their first competitive match against top flight opposition in the clubs history and they even had a few chances to win the game. Theyll be hoping they can go one better and win at the king power later. It was a good team. They have good potential. Powerful. Strong. But now we play, as i said, we have a chance to play at home in the second leg. Its important to put it right for the second leg. Anthonyjoshua and Joseph Parker will go head to head later on tuesday as they formally annnounce the details of their heavyweight title unification bout. The pair will brawl for it all on march the 31st in the welsh capital, cardiff, forjoshuas wba and ibf belts as well as parkers wbo title. Now, in case you missed it stoke city may have appointed a new manager in paul lambert but the result didnt improve. Lambert watched mondays loss against Manchester United from the stand before he takes charge on tuesday while for united the 3 0 win cuts the gap on leaders Manchester City to 12 points. We know that the distance is a very important distance. Ive been there before, and you cant control your destiny, and you play relaxed. And, when you play relaxed, the best qualities are coming. So i think they have their destiny in their hands, but we want to win matches, we want to finish the best we can. Meanwhile, Manchester United target Alexis Sanchez wont be joining rivals Manchester City. The club have decided not to pursue their interest in signing the arsenal forward as the 29 year old would be too expensive, although united and now chelsea are in the running to sign the chile international. Tributes have been pouring in across social media for the former england footballer Cyrille Regis, who died on monday at the age of 59. Regis scored 112 goals for West Bromwich albion. The Centre Forward was a pioneer for black footballers in the game and was subject to racist abuse from fans during the late 1970s. The former England ForwardGary Linkeker said that Cyrille Regis was a tremendous striker and fine man whose legacy goes beyond the game, helping to pave a way for black footballers in this country. Premier League Record goalscorer alan shearer said one of his earliest memories was being in awe of regis when he went to west brom as a young trialist. And the former Manchester United striker andrew cole called regis his hero and the reason why he started to play football. You can get all the latest sports news at our website, thats bbc. Com sport. But from me, that is your tuesday sport briefing. Thanks to tulsen for that. Astonishing new footage has emerged of the moment a car flew across a road and smashed into a building in california. The vehicle was travelling at high speed and narrowly avoided a bus. Amazingly no one was seriously injured in the incident, which happened in the city of santa ana. The bbcs tim allman reports. Its around 5 25am, the streets are practically deserted and this bus is driving northbound on 17th straight. Its approaching the junction with french street when this happens. What was that, you may ask. Well, lets look at it again, this time slowed down. That is a five door sedan flying across the street and burying itself on the top floor of a dental office. We can see it again from a different angle. The car travelling at speed hitting the central reservation and shooting into the air. This was the scene afterwards. Nearly 1. 5 tons of popular family motoring wedged into a two story building. The two people on board, driver and passenger, suffered only minor injuries. And the local Fire Department not having much experience with flying cars had to call in specialist equipment to remove the vehicle. I have been in this agency for 28 years and this is a first. A lot of times we come across a first. A lot of times we come a cross cars a first. A lot of times we come across cars that have collided into buildings. Normally they enter in on the first floor, not the second. This was a new one for us. Police say this was a misdemeanour and no further legal action is expected. Officers believe the driver to knock optics. So high in a chemical sense, then why quite literally took narcotics. Kiln tim allman, bbc news. Will driverless vehicles get rid of those kinds of stories in our news bulletins . So many of you have been in touch about oui many of you have been in touch about our plastic issue, bob, introduce a plastic tax for companies, many saying theres a lot of biodegradable alternatives out there already, brooks said we should be using those more often. Keep your thoughts coming in, see you in a moment. A complete change of air mass this upcoming week, those not happy with the dismal weather last week will be glad of something different. If you dont mind the cold, sunshine around, plenty of showers and they will increase, wintry with snow on the hills but not exclusively on the hills through the day. We start in scotland, watch out for icy stretches in scotland and northern ireland. Plenty of showers as you can see falling as snow to the higher ground, accumulating snow, wintryness at lower levels. Tonight, watch out for ice in north west england and north west wales, lots of ice, especially west of the pennines. Showers in the south west could be mainly rain, some wintryness, in the midlands, east anglia and the south east, lengthy dry spells to start but still chilly if you factor in the wind. Through the day, very blustery, strong near Gale Force Winds across exposed Western Areas beading in these showers, you can Western Areas beading in these showers, you can see Western Areas beading in these showers, you can see how many there are with the drifting in of snow and blizzard conditions over high ground in the north. A cold day, factoring in the north. A cold day, factoring in the winds, subzero in central and Northern Areas but at least some sunshine to compensate in between these showers, especially in the east. Through wednesday, fewer showers for england and wales. Most will be across the northern half of the country, certainly towards the north west, where there will be more snow falling over the hills. Temperature wise, 3 7 or eight in the south, good sunshine in parts of central and eased in england. Looking out to the west for the next area of low pressure moving through on wednesday night. This one will mean business, could see severe gales in england and wales. A spell of significant snow affecting central and southern scotland. Weather you have gales or snow, some description as it spreads across the uk so keep updated on bbc local radio. That area of low pressure will go through quite quickly. Into thursday morning, the winds will die down quite quickly and a bright day for many, plenty of sunny spells, more showers packing into northern and Western Areas and wintry over the hills and as we end the week into the weekend, things looking quieter, fewer showers around, more in the way sunshine and the for lighter as well. And the winds for lighter as well. Bashful lighter. Fall lighter. This is business briefing. Im sally bundock. Here are the headlines. Germany grapples with strike action on mass. More than 15,000 workers at 80 companies prepare to down tools. We weigh up their demands. Watch mummy no hands. The Detroit Auto Show is all about self driving cars. Will show you what is on offer. We will. And on the markets. With wall street reopening later, its a busy week for Global Investors with several Key Companies reporting earnings. This is how asia is faring now