A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. And you can be part of the conversat are toys just not us anymore . As the toymaker mattel reports poor sales over the holiday period, are childrens best friends now gadgets, electronics, digital . Tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. The british Prime Minister hasjust addressed Business Leaders in china, as she ends a three day trip to promote trade. Earlier, theresa may met the chinese president and Prime Minister, and pledged to intensify a golden era in relations between london and beijing. The environment, north korea and, more controversially, human rights and democracy have all featured in the discussions. A little earlier, robin brant said that everything everybody says in china is monitored or censored. Yes, there are subjects that the chinese consider very sensitive. Human rights, xinjiang, the list is a long one. Hong kong, hong kong was discussed in the meeting, yesterday, we are told by downing street officials. We are not told who brought about, but there was an agreement about what is known as the one country two systems which treats hong kong, or is supposed to treat hong kong, in a separate way to mainland china. But the view, certainly from the chinese, and increasingly from people like theresa may, emmanuel macron, the french president he was here a few weeks ago is the idea of what is known as megaphone diplomacy, shouting out loud, talking out loud, about topics at the chinese feel is sensitive, that is not how you achieve progress with china. But nevertheless, human rights, modern slavery, these are hugely important issues for theresa may, and this is something she says she will not shy away from, and one she says, behind closed doors, she is certainly bringing up with the chinese. But there are critics, who say that is not the way to do it. You should shine a light on this issue is more in the way the bbc was doing with its reporting of the night in xinjiang. I should just add that a fan has run into a crowd in shanghai. Van. Eighteen people were injured, three of them severely. Firefighters put out a blaze inside the vehicle. Chinese officials said the crash was an accident the driver had been smoking at the time. A senior United Nations official is warning of a humanitarian catastrophe in northern syria, as pro Government Forces step up their military offensive in the rebel held province of idlib. Panos moumtzis, who runs the uns humanitarian Aid Programme in the country, told the bbc at least a quarter of a Million People had now been displaced in Idlib Province as Richard Galpin reports. This is Idlib Province, and the aftermath of yet more airstrikes by pro Government Forces. Forthe rescue teams, known as the white helmets, these are frantic times, searching for civilians trapped under the rubble. Helmets. Searching for civilians trapped underthe rubble. Helmets. In searching for civilians trapped under the rubble. Helmets. In the face of this intensified government offensive, thousands have been fleeing their homes. We are extremely worried about the situation on the ground. We have seen about a quarter of a million additionally knew the displaced people, who have fled their homes, heading towards the turkish border. This is a catastrophe for the people in idlib. And is any sample of what that catastrophe looks like. The squalid, makeshift camp herejust one of many to have sprung up in idlib since the offensive again. The official camp is a ready full. There are no facilities here, and it can be bitterly cold. Translation we have no house, nothing. We even struggle to get food and do not eat properly. We carefully spa re each food and do not eat properly. We carefully spare each drop of water we have. Our other countries powerless against this . Dont they see all this . Government troops, backed by syria, and, it is believed, russian, warplanes, had been advancing into this area for several weeks now, targeting, they say, jihadists and other rebels. A decisive victory here in this class province under rebel control would mean the civil war would almost be over. But civilians are paying a heavy price. At least 11 People Killed in an air strike here on in this virtual market, early this week. An eyewitness told as syrian oi week. An eyewitness told as syrian or russian warplanes and then targeted the hospital, where the injured were being taken. Translation the bombing killed three medics and injured six others. The hospitals facilities at collapsed and the water supply is down. It is the in hospital in the area. Many people be affected. Will be affected. So what next . Will the Syrian Military only seize control of some strategic areas here, or try to take the whole province . Richard galpin, bbc news. Lets brief you on some of the other stories making the news. The mayor of calais has called for extra security measures after violent clashes between migrants. 18 people are reported to have been injured in a series of fights between afghans and africans living rough in and around the town. Four eritreans who were hit by gunfire are reported to be in a very serious condition. It looks increasingly likely that President Trump is set to release a controversial memo accusing the fbi and Justice Department of bias against him. Based on classified material, it was written by republican members of the house intelligence committee. The fbi has issued a Public Statement saying it has grave concerns about factual omissions. The United States is warning against growing chinese and russian influence in latin america. The us secretary of state, rex tillerson, said beijings model of investment drained resources from countries and only benefited the chinese people. He said russias growing presence in the region was alarming. The son of the late cuban leader, fidel castro has been found dead in havana. State media says Fidelito Castro diaz balart, took his own life after a long battle with depression. He was 68, a nuclear physicist, and he worked for the cuban government. Now, Police Investigating the death of the american Actress Natalie wood say they are now treating her husband fellow actor Robert Wagner as a person of interest. miss wood drowned during a boating trip ini981. James cook reports from los angeles. Natalie woodward was hugely famous when she disappeared in 1981. Natalie wood. She won the first of three 0scar nominations in her performance in Rebel Without a cause. She was found dead in 1981. She had been on the family yacht. Her death was initially ruled an accident. In 2011, the la candy Sheriff Court make a pub and reopened an enquiry into the death and to the detectives have been speaking to cvs, and they have given some details about inquiry. They said, for example, the two new witnesses on the boat have corroborated accounts of a fight between Robert Wagner and natalie wood on the night she disappeared. Robert wagner. They see the actress was the victim of an assault, and Robert Wagner is a vast person to see her alive. They seek they do not know how she ended up in they do not know how she ended up in the water. Police have not declared the water. Police have not declared the death and murder. No charges have been filed against Robert Wagner. He is now 87 years old. Police say that he has refused Requests Police say that he has refused req u ests to police say that he has refused requests to be interviewed by them for the investigation, and has made no comment on the latest developments. The giants of the Technology World have been reporting their latest results. The biggest of them all apple has been hailing its best ever quarter. It made revenues of more than 80 billion in the three months to the end of december. The Holiday Shopping season, of course. That set a new earnings record for the firm, and there are suggestions that it could be the worlds first trillion dollar country by stock market value. Nina trentmann from the wall streetjournaljoy smith. Iphone sales are down. It is not all rosy. As you have pointed out, iphone sales have been down 1 . Wall streetjournal joins sales have been down 1 . Wall streetjournaljoins me. Sales have been down 1 . Wall streetjournal joins me. Apple sales have been down 1 . Wall streetjournaljoins me. Apple are still competing relatively well. The average sale price has risen, which suggests that apple is selling less phones but making more money on the phones. The question is for 2018 onwards were the sales will keep stable, and whether apple will be to generate more revenue out of every single iphone user. Apple has said that there user base has gone to 1. 3 billion. It is interesting to see the company is trying in the end not just to say that they are a vendor of products covered also greeting a community of Services Like apple music and other things that people can then buy subscriptions, cracking ongoing revenue for the company. You can talk about it and say, you know, we have this number of devices out there that are apple, and people need servicing in many different ways, but of course, it may be, i have an iphone, a tablet, a mac to me and they are all apples, and i will only one service to deal with all of those things. That is the interesting thing. And the question is, of course, how many people you count as unique users, and the company did not really specify how many of these 1. 3 billion own how many of these 1. 3 billion own how many devices. So it could also be less people owning more devices, and as you said, you can only sell so and so many subscriptions to each of the things. This is interesting as the company is competing with amazon and others to become the First Trillion Dollar Company. Quickly, moving on, out of the three, who did it will be . |j quickly, moving on, out of the three, who did it will be . I think will be apple. But they could change. We will see you in a moment. Stay with us as coming up in sport, it is the russian athletes. 28 of them got their lifetime bans overturned. What does that mean for the whole fight against doping . This is the moment that millions in iran had been waiting for. After his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of Ayatollah Khomeini on iranian soil. South africas white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid. The ban on the African National congress is lifted immediately, and the anc leader, nelson mandela, after 27 years injail, is to be set free unconditionally. The aircraft was returning from belgrade, where Manchester United had entered the semi final of the european cup. Two americans have become the first humans to walk in space without any lifeline to their spaceship. One of them called it a piece of cake. Thousands of people have given the yachstwoman Ellen Macarthur a spectacular homecoming in the cornish port of falmouth after she smashed the world record for sailing solo around the world non stop. Youre watching the briefing. The un warns of a humanitarian catastrophe as Government Forces intensify their offensive on the rebel held Idlib Province in northern syria. A Gold Mining Company in south africa says 955 mineworkers who were trapped underground on wednesday have been rescued. The workers became stuck when a severe thunderstorm brought down power lines, cutting electricity to the mines lift systems. A spokesperson said some workers suffered dehydration and high blood pressure. Scientists studying the decline in the survival rates of polar bears have observed them expending more energy than they can consume as they hunt. The researchers found that the bears have a higher Metabolic Rate than previously thought, and are unable to catch enough prey to meet their energy needs. Victoria gill has more. To the it. Paul bennetts view of the arctic. These remarkable images we re the arctic. These remarkable images were captured by cameras inside tracking polls fitted the ninth e mail polar bears. In a study out over three seasons on the up, researchers studied whether the polar bears were getting enough to eat. Studies have shown that arctic sea eat. Studies have shown that arctic seaiceis eat. Studies have shown that Arctic Sea Ice is decreasing by rate of about 40 every decade, and the bears need that ice to hunt and to eat their most calorie rich prey, steel. Seals. As well as fitting them with cameras and tracking collars, they injected the bears with a trace. This revealed that while polar bears have higher Metabolic Rate than previously thought. Wild. And most of them were unable to catch enough food to meet their energy needs. The Scientists Say that this new technology, following their every m ove new technology, following their every move and their every meal, reveals just how these predatorss survival will be affected as their icy environment transforms around them. Heres our briefing on some of the key events happening later in the day. Therell be a military parade in the russian city of volgograd, to mark the 75th anniversary of the battle of stalingrad one of the most important and brutal battles of the second world war. Kate and wills, the duke and duchess of cambridge, begin the second day of their visit to norway, meeting students and teachers in oslo. And in germany, party heads, including chancellor angela merkel, will be meeting for another day of Coalition Talks in berlin after months of political limbo, in the hope of forming a government. Snoring in the cinema is normally seen as rude, but a visual artist from thailand is positively encouraging it. Hes created the sleep cinema hotel. The audience stay overnight in a specially designed dormitory featuring beds, hammocks, showers and breakfast. Its all taking place in rotterdam. Everything, including sleep. But here is more a celebration of sleeping, of closing your eyes and moving to another territory together. For me, i always sleep in my own movies and other movies, no matter how spectacular they are. But i just feel that the best cinema is here. Im fascinated by these closed eye visions and i want the hotel guest to witness the different memories from the i think it is about freedom and these communal activities that you dream. I dont know, so in that sense i do not have any expectations. Morning. I actually had pretty good sleep. I morning. I actually had pretty good sleep. Lam insomniac, i usually cant sleep very well when am travelling and not in my bed but i slept a lot. I had many dreams, i think they were mixed also with the images i was seeing because i would wa ke images i was seeing because i would wake up, look at some images and then sleep again. I remember waking up then sleep again. I remember waking up on time and i was thinking that i have this is really no stream and i was really remembering it in detail, so was really remembering it in detail, so that i could write it down today, but i have forgotten about it now. Sleeping and cinema, for me it longs together because when i go to the cinema, i mostly fall asleep. They seem cinema, i mostly fall asleep. They seem to enjoy it. Italian screen legend Gina Lollobrigida has been honoured with a star on hollywoods walk of fame to celebrate a half century as one of the worlds most iconic leading ladies. The actress whos now 90 appeared in around 60 movies. Already a star in europe her hollywood breakthrough came in 1953 when she starred alongside Humphrey Bogart in beat the devil. During her career, she co starred with some of the biggest names in movies, including rock hudson, Burt Lancaster and errol flynn. Now its time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. Hello, im Sarah Mulkerrins and this is your sport briefing for friday. The world of rugby union gets set for the six nations, its all eyes on cardiff for saturdays opener. And from sprinter to striker . Usain bolt shouts out to David Beckham for a spot on his new team. Weve not got long to wait now before the start of the six nations. Its rugby unions oldest International Competition and it all gets under way this weekend. In just a few hours time, reigning champions england will name their team for their first match against italy on sunday. But the tournament begins in cardiff on saturday as wales host scotland. The visitors havent won on welsh soil for 16 years, but hampered by a growing injury list, wales coach Warren Gatland says its vital that his team starts the tournament well. There has not been a lot of first up games against scotland or italy in the past, they have been pretty tough games. A lot of times, we have played england first up or ireland, so we are aware played england first up or ireland, so we are aware of played england first up or ireland, so we are aware of how important this first up game is and it is a great chance for us to get off to a good start and then hopefully look forward to a good week two. Theres another host of fixtures in the nba on friday. Western conference leaders golden state host the sacramento kings. Meanwhile, two of the leagues form teams, the portland trailblazers and Toronto Raptors go head to head in canada. The raptors may be second in the west, but portland are red hot after a four game winning streak. Last time out, they thrashed the Chicago Bulls 124 108. Cj mccollum scored a franchise record 28 points in the first quarter, and finished with a career high 50. In case you missed it, barcelona are in pole position to reach a fifth consecutive copa del rey final as they saw off valencia 1 0 at camp nou in their semi final first leg. Despite dominating possession, it wasnt until midway through the second half that luis suarez found the net. And despite being the club record signing, Philippe Coutinho is getting no privileges. No start for him, he was brought on as a subsitute in the second half. The second leg is next thursday. It was a ruling which nobody saw coming. The court of arbitration for sport has overturned doping suspensions at the 2014 winter olympics. That means that life bans for 28 russian athletes will now be reversed. It said evidence was insufficient to prove that performance enhancing drugs had been taken. The International OlympicCommittee Says the ruling may have a serious impact on the future fight against doping and it will now consider an appeal. Fresh from her austraian 0pen triumph, Caroline Wozniacki dropped just one game as she beat russian youngster, anastasia potapova, at the St Petersburg ladies trophy on thursday. The world number one picked up a 6 0 6 1 victory to set up a quarter final clash with another young russian, daria kasatkina, who defeated frances alize cornet. Potapova fired 17 winners to wozniackis 16 but was undone by unforced errors, hitting 31 during the match. Now, earlier this week, you might remember us telling you how David Beckham has officially launched a new Football Team in americas mls. The former england captain will be one of the owners of the team based in miami and through the power of social media, he might already have his first player. But he only wants to play in one position. Dave, what up . Just want to say congratulations on getting the team in miami. You know if you need any help, if you need a striker, i am here. I have got goals, speed, i have got everything you need. Hit me up. You can get all the latest sports news at our website thats bbc. Com sport. But that is your sport briefing for friday. Now, well know well enough discussion certainly get heated on radio, certainly in russia. This is a camera footage you are looking out from a russian Radio Station and viewers got rather more than they might have bargained for. It was a programme about the former soviet leader, starland. The disagreement led, as you can see, to those blows. The staff did manage to step in to make sure that things did not get too far out of hand. I am not sure i would agree with that if i was the one flattens, nonetheless, there we are. That is russia. And tell me what you think about our talking point today. Toys, not just what we want any more. Digital, high tech, rather than Old Fashioned toys. Let us know your thoughts. Use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Hello once again. It was quite a windy day, to say the very least, on thursday and coming from a pretty cold direction, from the north and north west. Of the major difference about friday is that there is going to be less wind, still quite a bit less of it too, it has to be said. Those showers right down the Eastern Shores of england will be really quite heavy. Spotting to the western side of wales, down to the south west. There is plenty of sunshine to be hard but because we have got that wind still from the north, it will not feel overly warm, less colburn was the case on thursday. Late in the day, were just going to push this weather front into western parts, helping to keep the temperature is up. Further east, it will still be pretty cold. That is pretty crucial because this weather front will be all over on saturday. It is really quite crucial where it ends up because on the eastern flank particularly, there will be a conversion of some of that rain the snow. In the far east, you may get away with a dry davidson sunshine. Along the line that weather front, im sunshine. Along the line that weatherfront, im afraid it sunshine. Along the line that weather front, im afraid it is going to one of those days and they will be snow particularly over the higher ground. Whether that front ends up, i think it is going to be wet in cardiff but that probably not matter for the visit of the scots, thatis matter for the visit of the scots, that is typically a high scoring match. Sundays is real strength in the wind coming across the south east, and we may well find some wintry showers getting into parts of east anglia, into kent and maybe into the london area too. If you had the chance, you will perhaps head to italy to see england take on italy there, kicking off at around three oclock. That is the way the weekend is shaping up. There will be rain and snow at times, tending way on sunday. There will be a lot of cloud of armed and they will still be that cold wind. Monday a bit more straightforward until this cold front rings more moisture in from the atlantic into a cold atmosphere. Keep up to date with the forecast on that one. Hello. I david eades and this is your business briefing. Can apple still blossom into silicon valleys First Trillion Dollar Company . Plus juggfing First Trillion Dollar Company . Plus juggling three children and 15,000 staff. We hear from juggling three children and 15,000 staff. We hearfrom the juggling three children and 15,000 staff. We hear from the boss of booking. Com on why more women should aim forthe booking. Com on why more women should aim for the top in tax. And in the market today