in global news, business, and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. following the massive cryptocurrency heist injapan we're asking for your take on digital money. are you an investor or are you a sceptic? tell us what you think — just use #bbcthebriefing. our top story this hour is that five militants have launched an attack on a military base in the afghan capital, kabul. an eyewitness said explosions hit an area near the marshal fahim national defence university, west of kabul city—centre. you can see where that is here. this is kabul city centre. the attack comes two days after an ambulance bomb in the city killed more than 100 people. let's go live now to our correspondent secunder kermani, who's in kabul. what more can you tell us? well, what we know, this latest attack began around five in the morning later —— local time. i'd militants launch an attack on a military base thatis launch an attack on a military base that is close to the marshal fahim national defence university. we understand that three of those militants have been killed, one has been arrested, one, we believe, is still fighting with the security forces. at least some of these militants were armed with rocket propelled grenade launchers and suicide vests. this comes amidst effo rts suicide vests. this comes amidst efforts to identify all the victims from a huge blast that occurred on saturday in central kabul, where over 100 people were killed. and just a week after more than 20 people were killed in another attack by the colour ban on an upmarket hotel in the city —— taliban. by the colour ban on an upmarket hotel in the city -- taliban. can you tell us what windella about those behind attacks? so far there has been no claims on this. but the attack on the intercontinental hotel last weekend and the villas bomb this weekend were claimed by the taliban. the islamic state group is also active in afghanistan. it seems boaties militant groups the moment i deliberately focusing their efforts on targeting the capital, kabul, rather than trying to take parole territories from government forces, as used to do, —— rural. these events capture more attention and undermined the government. thank you very much about latest. something we will keep you up—to—date with on a website as well. parisians are battling a swollen river seine this morning as they attempt to return to work, after some of the heaviest rain for a century. but, while the french capital remains on high alert, forecasters say we may have seen the worst of it. katie silver reports. around 1500 people have been forced to evacuate their homes across the paris region. many more homes are without electricity. 0n paris region. many more homes are without electricity. on sunday, the river was four metres above its normal level. a stature of this soldier has been used by christians to measure the river seine's level for more than 100 years. you normally sent atop a podium. today, the muddy waters run up to his thighs. vote traffic has been halted. seven metro stations along the river have been shut down. parts of the lower level of the liver museum have been close to the public. —— louvre. translation: for the past ten days 01’ translation: for the past ten days or three weeks we have been under water. it is starting to get to us. what else is there to say other than we are a bit cloistered away. forecasters say that parish of see some respite on monday, but that other areas remained very much at risk. translation: the situation downstrea m translation: the situation downstream remains worrying, towards what we call the loops of the seine. there will be incoming flows. we are vigilant in areas upstream from paris. even once the water levels start to recede, with much of the ground in northern france waterlogged, officials say it will be weeks before things are com pletely be weeks before things are completely back to normal. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. poland and israel have agreed to open a dialogue about a draft bill, approved by politicians in warsaw, which would make it illegal to refer to nazi death camps as polish. israel had objected to the legislation, saying it would open the door to denial of the holocaust. poland argues the second world war death camps were operated entirely by occupying german forces. greek cypriots will need to vote again after an inconclusive result in the first round of their presidential election. with all votes counted, the current conservative president, nicos anastasiades, garnered the most votes, but not enough to avoid a run—off in a week's time. he will face the leftist candidate stavros malas. there have been two more bomb attacks on police stations in northern colombia, following a bomb blast in the caribbean city of barranquilla on saturday. brexit dominates the headlines again. the uk prime minister is said to be fighting battles within her conservative party over the terms of leaving the european union and today the eu is expected to sign off on what it wants for the all—importa nt transition phase. 0liver cornock, editor—in—chief, 0xford business groupjoins me now. to fill us in. it isjust to fill us in. it is just another stage in this brexit saga. it will be interesting to see what the eu believes are the terms of the so—called transition stage. believes are the terms of the so-called transition stage. we have had a whole weekend of headlines in the uk of everybody saying what is theresa may's position, what is the conservative party's position, which is very divided on this particular issue, now we have the eu telling michel barnier, their chief negotiator, exactly what their position is in what they will negotiate on. it is a negotiation. nobody goes into a negotiation knowing what the end will be. they knowing what the end will be. they know what they might want out of it. i think that is perhaps theresa may's problem here. there is never to cliett correction from her as to what she wants in the end. investors are desperate to know about that. -- clear direction. business bosses have different ways depending on what they do and how they operate in europe and elsewhere. until they know what the terms are and how this transition phase will work on what they can and cannot do during the transition phase, it is hard to know what to do. and very costly. they have factored it into semi— deals with their pricing of things. if that changes in any way the uncertainty will lead to cost lyness and a lack of investment. we have seen global growth figure suddenly investing —— italy to expense. it is a very important day in some respects. it is quite interesting. last week when i was in davos and theresa may was there, one of the keynote speakers in the middle of the week, she hardly mentioned brexit at all. she did not even go around the subject. in the room was packed with european leaders. and she did not go to see british business leaders in davos as well. there was no clear guidance from the prime minister on what the end state would be. it is another very long not on this path towards brexit. we will see you very soon. he will get some strong coffee and have a look at the other stories in the news media for the news briefing. also on the programme: why sprinting to get a sunbed is so last year. british tourists are being offered the chance to choose their loungers before going on holiday. the shuttle challenger exploded soon after lift—off. there were seven astronauts on board, one of them a woman school teacher. all of them are believed to have been killed. by the evening, tahrir square, the heart of official cairo, was in the hands of the demonstrators. they were using the word "revolution". the earthquake singled out buildings and brought them down in seconds. tonight, the search for any survivors has an increasing desperation about it as the hours pass. the new government is firmly in control of the entire republic of uganda. moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin square. but the hundreds of muscovites queued up today will not find it cheap, with a big mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: gunfire and explosions have been heard at a military academy in kabul. it's the latest in a series of attacks in the afghan capital. parisians are urged to use "extreme caution" as water levels in the river seine continue to rise after days of torrential rain last year there was condemnation around the world on reports that gay men were being detained and tortured in the russian republic of chechnya by the regime of a controversial figure and an ally of president putin. now human rights campaigners who have been trying to investigate the allegations say they are being targeted. 0ur correspondent travelled to chechnya and obtained exclusive access to this issue. this isa exclusive access to this issue. this is a report. this is ramzan kadyrov, whose security forces are accused of abduction and torture, with gay men among their recent targets. here in chechnya, he's greeted like a tsar. we found ramzan kadyrov opening a ski resort. but his latest grand project was shrouded in fog. he's spent years clearing these mountains of islamic extremists. now, fiercely loyal to president putin, ramzan kadyrov is left to run this russian republic by his own rules. but i came to challenge mr kadyrov on his human rights record. you know who defends human rights here, he told me. but last year, i met some of the alleged victims. translation: the pain is awful. you scream. it's terrible torture. we spoke at a safe house after they fled. this man's one of dozens who say they were beaten and electrocuted in chechnya, punished for being gay. now those investigating serious abuses are being threatened themselves. this was an arson attack against the last human rights group still working in chechnya. the head of its office there has been arrested, and the group sees all this as a warning. translation: kadyrov said human rights groups are enemies. they are enemies of the people. they will not exist here. it's clear that after that, anything could happen. it's very dangerous to work in chechnya now, very dangerous. the threat of terrorism is far lower in the caucasus now, but ramzan kadyrov told me he sees a new enemy here. translation: although to defend human rights groups and the gays we supposedly have in the chechen republic are foreign agents. they've sold out their people, their country, their religion, everything. his security guards then decided they'd had enough of our questions. they'd come for a celebration after all, reclaiming the mountains after years of conflict. the show and the glamour here up in the mountain is meant to send the message that chechnya is safe now, that the days of danger have passed. but the abuses that we've heard about are extremely serious, and they still continue. human rights groups warn this is a veneer, and if they're forced out of the republic, any future victims of abuse will have nowhere left to turn. sarah rainsford, bbc news, chechnya. it was very much bruno mars‘s night at the 60th annual grammys, which took place at new york's madison square garden. he was the biggest winner with six awards, including the most prestigious category, album of the year. he also got honoured for song of the year and record of the year. kendrick lamar won four grammys, among them, best rap album. canadian singer—songwriter alessia cara was named best new artist. while ed sheeran won two grammys, including one for best pop vocal album. let's cross live to new york where we can speak to the bbc‘s nada tawfik. nice to see you. it was quite a night. tell us about it, and tell us about the support by this particular awards ceremony for #metoo. you had everything from bruno mars performing with a retro throwback truck with a lot of dance moves in it. eltonjohn truck with a lot of dance moves in it. elton john and truck with a lot of dance moves in it. eltonjohn and miley cyrus performing to his 1971 song tiny damper. it everything in the middle. it was quite an art performances. —— tiny dancer. bruno mars was a big surprise. he took the big awards for song of the year, record of the year and of the year. it was still a very diverse lineup of nominees. many people hope it is a trend that continues for many years. the #metoo movement, along with some other social issues, were heavily discussed at the red carpet and during the awards ceremonies. 0n the red carpet, women and men wore white roses in support of victims of abuse, and one of the most powerful moments of the night came when kesha performed and celebrities performed with her. they all stood in support of her. audience members were brought to tears during the performance. it was certainly a very memorable moment. there was a hillary clinton spoofs. what was that? james gordon got together on some of the artists to make a comedy sketch about who would win in the spoken word can agree for next year. so you had artists like john word can agree for next year. so you had artists likejohn legend, hillary clinton reading excerpts of the book fire and fury. that book caused quite a stir in the united states and globally for being an inside look into the trump white house and so celebrities read from some of the more embarrassing acts are of the book. president trump hasn't tweeted in reaction yet but his un ambassador has. she says this ruined the grammys for her and she wished that politics could be kept out of music. idid out of music. i did notice there was some criticism about it, but it would seem criticism about it, but it would seem every criticism about it, but it would seem every single award ceremony this year, there is some politics and great support for the sexual harassment movement that is sweeping across hollywood and entertainment in the us. yes, absolutely, and when i spoke with a lot of artists on the red carpet today, i think it would have been tone before the been tone before grammys carpet today, i think it would have been tone before grammys to ignore the #metoo movement. if you look at kendrick lemar who picked up five grammys, he opened the wards ceremony with a mix of tracks from his album, and album speaks about race in america, politics in america. they are very much teams woven into a lot of what these artists discuss in their work. the grammys really did come a platform to have these discussions that people in america are having. thank you very much indeed. here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later. we begin in brussels where instructions on how to proceed with talks during the brexit transition phase will be approved by eu27 european affairs ministers. we will talk some more about that in the business briefing. later on in america, football superstar david beckham and his partners are expected to formally announce miami's new mls team in a press conference in miami. that is the major league soccer team. and in italy, it's the deadline for all political parties to officially present their lists of candidates and manifestos for the upcoming general election. that is not far off at all. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello. coming up in your monday sport briefing — david beckham expected to confirm the miami major league soccer franchise has been given the green light, roger federer still bathing in the afterglow of a 20th grand slam title and the first ever nepalese cricket chosen to play in the indian premier league. —— cricketer chosen to play in the indian premier league. the long—awaited major league soccer franchise in miami looks set to be announced on monday. a press conference has been called for 1700 gmt where franchise owner david beckham is expected to confirm the go—ahead for the florida team. it's been an arduous process, though, having taken around four years since beckham first intended to buy a franchise in the league. manchester city will be among the clubs across england and wales who'll be glued to the draw for the fifth round of the fa cup on monday. city are still on for domestic and european quadruples. they safely made it past cardiff city to reach the last 16. the people ask me, you want to be in the premier league? we don't have another squad. a lot of players are injured in the six months. we played the season without the left back, but that is not the concern. roger federer will have woken up in australia on monday as a 20—time grand slam champion following his success at the australian open. he may be aching a little more than when he won his first 15 years ago, but the 36—year—old believes his age is no barrier to further success in 2018. i have won three slams in 12 months. i can't believe it myself. ijust have to keep a good schedule, stay hungry and then maybe good things can happen, then i don't think age is an issue per se. for the first time in men's golf, china has a player in the world's top 50 after li haotong won the dubai desert classic. he held off the challenge of a—time major winner rory mcilroy for his second european tour title. back—to—back birdies earned him an impressive cheque and trophy and, like federer, wants to taste more titles. i think most of the time, just only to one behind, so ijust want to keep putting myself in the position and just don't go too far away. so quite what i did. barcelona remain undefeated in spain's primera division, but it needed a strong second half to see off alaves 2—1 at camp nou. the hosts had trailed until inside the last 20 minutes. but first, luis suarez and then lionel messi helped them to victory, maintaining the catalan club's 11—point advantage at the top. now to something that's caught our eye on social media and you may not have heard of him, but you soon might know him a little better. sandeep lamichhane, the first cricketerfrom nepal to play in the indian premier league. he's signed up to play for the dehli daredevils for the tournament that starts in april. the spinner will be playing alongside mohammad shami, gautam ghambir, glenn maxwell and colin munro. famous names from the cricketing world were keen to congratulate him, including the former australia skipper michael clarke, who says the little champion will do his country proud. former indian batsman aakash chopra believes he could be one of the stories of this year's tournament too. all this, and lamichhane is only 17! you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, that is your monday sport briefing. now, it's a longstanding cause of holiday angst — the inability to grab a sunbed near the pool without a daily dash to put down a towel. now, one of europe's leading package holiday companies is offering what it hopes is the perfect solution at a cost, as russell trott explains. it is every holidaymaker‘s dream heading for some winter sun and relaxing on the poolside sun lounge will stop unless of course you have already been beaten to it. ever since the 1970s and the modern package holiday industry really took off, the competition to bag the best sunbed has for some at least turned even the most self—respecting tourist into a stressed sunseeker. getting up at the crack of dawn in order to reserve at all important prime spot with a carefully placed to has become an all too common part of the holidaymaker‘s experience. 0ne travel firm is now allowing customers to book their sunbed in advance. thomas cook customers willing to pay 25 euros, plus 22 pounds, will be able to book a specific lounger for their entire stay. i will put it onto a quote for you. it is the first package holiday company to provide such a service. customers will even get a plan of the pool area and they can then reserve sunbed babe prefer, much like booking a cinema seat. it means, says the travel firm, the holiday maker can have allowed just with their name on it ready and waiting for another busy day of sunbathing, all pre— booked and paid for. now you know. it'sjust now you know. it's just mentioned some of your tweets about crypto currencies. when i purchased goods from france, i lose money because of the weak dollar. that is not the case with crypto currency. we have others that say they are not interested in it as an investment that goes down as quickly as it goes up. i will see you soon for business briefing. hello there. good morning. colder good morning. weather on the way over the next colder weather on the way over the next few days. nothing too drastic but quite a change from when it was 15 degrees over the weekend. there is colder air and north—west wind coming from the north the heinz is where the front here producing the rain we have head across the northern half of the uk. that weather front will take the reins southwards through the day. as we head into the morning, we have the cold aircoming into head into the morning, we have the cold air coming into scotland and rational showers as well, making some snow over the tops of the higher ground. a few showers coming into northern ireland. here is where the rain is, quite heavy in the north—west of england and north wales. still some gusty wind ahead of that rain as well. temperatures nine, 10 degrees. you may get some sunshine in the south—east of england, boosting the temperatures u pto england, boosting the temperatures upto 13 or so it later in the morning. that is ahead of the rain. the rain will head south. it becomes lighter as we move into the afternoon but the temperatures will start to drop away. sunshine following into wales, sunny skies further north away from those showers and a cold enough to give us some winter over the high ground. temperatures are dropping away from the north and there will continue to fall as skies full —— clear overnight. we could see a frost returning early on tuesday morning. some giant to greet the day across most of england and wales on tuesday. the tenancy through the day is for things to cloud over and we will see cloud and drizzle coming into the far south—west. some wet and windy weather arriving in the far north—west, in between, largely dry. the temperatures are back down to six at nine degrees and that is normalfor to six at nine degrees and that is normal for this time of year. you may start to feel cold as we head into wednesday. these weather systems moving through, the more significant one is in the north—west. that pushes through and we draw down some cold air once again. another tug of cold air comes through as it moves across the uk. this areas: wednesday so we will find more in the way a wintry showers not just in find more in the way a wintry showers notjust in scotland but maybe far south as wales, perhaps in the peak district following that rain. it will be windy, strong to gale —force rain. it will be windy, strong to gale—force winds will make it feel colder with temperatures across the northern half of the uk for five. this is business briefing. i'm sally bundock. another brexit milestone — the eu decides on what it wants and what it's willing to be flexible on, in negotiation with the uk. and how education is changing to prepare students forjobs in artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and robotics. and on the markets: as you can see, in most markets stocks are headed higherfollowing friday's lead on wall street.