A lot of dry weather with sunshine, but it was cold with frost and fog during the mornings. Monday, we start the new working week with High Pressure and it will stay mainly dry with a good deal of sunshine, particularly gcioss southern areas. Further north, weve got these weatherfronts and more isobars bringing in more cloud and breeze. We start monday on a less cold note across the north and west of scotland than much of central, southern portions of the uk. A hard frost out of town across central and southern england, with some mist and fog likely, too. A big, strong area of High Pressure holding on throughout monday. These weather fronts continue to bring in thicker cloud across north and west of scotland. The odd spot of rain for the northern isles. That breeze fairly strong from the south west, so it does mean it will be a bit milder in the north west, temperatures around 10, 11 degrees. More cloud for Northern Ireland on monday, same for the far north of england but generally, fo
Could bring her down. It looks simply like a massive transfer of money into a company that is run by a close, personal friend and associate of Isabel Dos Santos. She is afrikas Richest Woman. Isabel dos santos has billions. A yacht. And celebrity friends. But she calls england her home. These are two of her london properties. They are worth millions. Isabel dos santos says she has earned everything she has got. I think angola is merit driven and whatever i have achieved it has been because of merit. But it is not on merit. Herfortune is down to her dad. President Eduardo Dos Santos ruled angola for 38 years. The country has got vast, natural resources, but much of its wealth has been lost to corruption. A lot of the people around jose Eduardo Dos Santos have become immensely rich family members, generals, senior politicians, people who run the oil industry. They have all used those positions for massive self enrichment at the cost of the ordinary angolans. Isabel dos santos used land,
And the first tennis major of the year gets underway despite the problems caused by the australian bushfires. Prince harry says it has brought him Great Sadness that he is leaving his royal duties after he agreed a deal with the queen that allowed him and his wife meghan to stop their official roles. Speaking for the First Time Since news emerged of his desire to quitthe duke of sussex said the couple felt they had no other option but to leave the royal family behind. He expressed his wish to have a more peaceful life as a family, but said the uk would always be his home. Heres our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. They had hoped, they said in their personal statement of 8 january, to find a progressive new role within the royal family, in which, while stepping back, they could have continued to serve. That hasnt worked out. Buckingham palace has taken a hard line. Their royal role has been all but removed and harry is clearly disappointed. At a private dinner in london for senteb
By some big us names. And coming up in buiness briefing, the battle between the us and china continues, as a extradition hearing for huaweis chief Financial Officer meng wanzhou begins in vancouver. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And today, its said to be blue monday the third monday injanuary is apparently the gloomiest day of the year. It may be just a sales and marketing gimmick but id still like to know, what do you do to lift your mood when its cold, dark and grey . Share your tips with me. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Prince harry says it has brought him Great Sadness that he is leaving his royal duties after he agreed a deal with the queen that allowed him and his wife meghan to stop their official roles. Hes been speaking for the First Time Since news emerged of his desire to quit. The duke of sussex said the couple felt they had no other option but to leave the royal family behind. He expressed
In a taliban held province in afghanistan, but theyve not said how it crashed. And remembering a legend. The world marks the passing of nba superstar kobe bryant. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and nine in the morning in beijing, where authorities have confirmed the first death from the new coronoavirus in the Chinese Capital. Meanwhile the Bavarian Health ministry has confirmed the first case in germany. So far, the virus has killed 82 people in china, with almost 3,000 confirmed ill. Travel restrictions remain in place after authorities extended the National New Year holiday by three days to sunday, in an attempt to contain the spread. 0ur china correspondent John Sudworth has the latest. Shouts echo. The eerie sound of a city in lockdown. Wu hans residents, trapped in their homes, shouting encouragement to each other. Ok, here we are, day five of the lockdown. Bored. Kharn lambert is stuck here with his gran. Nan, hello she was only meant to be visiting for a shor