Round up of the days news. First our world. China calls it the project of the century. As the west steps back from global leadership, this is china stepping forward remaking the map of the global economy. With no other Country Offering a big idea right now, this is the most ambitious bid to shape our century. Translation im under a lot of pressure. A massive roll out of infrastructure built by china. To drive trade across more than 60 countries. Translation its like a promised land. Chinas president claims its a win win for all. Translation we will not resort to outdated geopolitical manoeuvring. Critics say the only winner will be china. Translation the chinese have done nothing. Im setting out on a 7,000 mile journey to meet the people of the new silk road, and to understand how it will change their lives and our world. They call them the ships of the desert. For centuries, the camel trains of the silk road dominated trade between china and the west. Now, china wants to build a new s
Look at the possible causes. Good morning from Durham Police headquarters. We are here as part of a series on Policing Britain. I live in the call centre where they are dealing with the 999 called this morning. More on that a bit later on. In the sport, Head Injuries in by on. In the sport, Head Injuries in rugby union must be taken more seriously, according to a review into an incident involving Wales International george north, which has made nine recommendations to change the way concussions are handled. And carol has the weather. This morning across england and wales we have some patchy fog and some frost. Some of that will be slow to clear but most will see a dry day with some sunshine and just a few showers. Scotland and Northern Ireland, still very windy, especially across scotland, with some showers, some of which will be wintry. More in 15 minutes. 0ur our main story German Security services are facing questions about why they ended a Surveillance Operation on a suspect who is
Im looking at the most unusual things weve been asked inJob Interviews. What was the weirdest thing about me . You could be a vegetable, what vegetable would you be . And in sport, there are goals galore in the Champions League, with a thriller at Manchester City as they beat monaco 5 3 in the first leg of their last 16 knockout tie. And carol is checking out some famous royal finery. She is out and about today. She is at Kensington Palace. First, our main story. An extra £200 million in emergency humanitarian aid has been promised by the government to tackle a famine in south sudan and somalia. The International Development secretary, priti patel, said the additional funds would provide food, water and Emergency Health care for more than two Million People. Heres our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. In parts of war torn southern sudan, people are now dying of starvation and famine has been officially declared. The un charity says somalia, human and nigeria are facing similar
For luxury goods from britain is being turned into an upmarket hotel in the middle east. In the wake of the story that two girls have been grounded by United Airlines for wearing leggings we want to know has the airline gone too far . Or is it reasonable for an employer to dictate the dress code for the family of employees . What do you think . Let us know using the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. Lower oil prices might be good for consumers it keeps Energy Prices down as well as transport and distribution costs for businesses. But its not good for Oil Producing nations. And this weekend, many of them met to discuss what they can do to boost prices. One option is to cut output again. When supply falls, prices tend to rise. Oil prices rose sharply when producers agreed to cut production in november and whilst prices held up for a while theres been a drop of around 10 in the last few weeks. And that can have a huge impact of the economies of Oil Producing countries. Many re
Com plete did that happen . No, it was the complete opposite the Campaign Urges people to open up to a friend or colleague; well speak to people whove done exactly that. And, as new guidelines on sugar in food are published well talk to Industry Insiders about how manufacturers are juggling the pressure to make products more healthy without losing sales. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Tell us what you think of this. Imagine you finally get a statue, and it looks like that its a new statue of Cristiano Ronaldo which has been unveiled on the portuguese island of madeira. Hes putting a brave face on it, but if you were him, would you be happy . His fans on social media have been less than complimentary do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. According to the duke and Duchess Of Cambridge, and prince harry, they believe we are at a T