i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: smart trade, not free trade. an extraordinary interview from inside donald trump's new york office. decision day for the man at the top of samsung. jy lee will find out within hours whether he will be arrested as part of a south korea corruption investigation. i'm babita sharma in london. new zealand's prime minister tells the bbc he will stand by a transpacific trade deal which donald trump wants disown. trade is our lifeblood, and despite some of the politics around trade, we are firm advocates of being an open economy, getting more freed trade deals, that support income on both ends of the deals. and we take a look at the dating app which promises to weed out the unambitious and insolvent from your timeline. good morning.

it is 7:00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 8:00pm in the united states, where donald trump has given what is, even by his standards, a quite extraordinary interview. speaking to the london times newspaper in his new york office, the president—elect held forth on a range of issues sure to reverberate around the world. he called nato obsolete, though he insisted the defence organisation was still very important. and on trade, he criticised china, and said the system just wasn't working for america. here is a little of what mr trump, due to be inaugurated later this week, had to say. the problem is, the united states is

a lwa ys the problem is, the united states is always taken the problem is, the united states is always ta ken advantage the problem is, the united states is always taken advantage of. yes. we have hundreds of billions of dollars of trade deficits with china. we have $805 billion in trade deficits, with the world. you almost say, who is making these deals, when you're losing that kind of money, right? we actually have almost $800 billion, almost $800 billion in trade deficits with the world. so you say, who is making these deals? well, i do believe in free trade. i love free trade. but it has got to be smart trade. yes. 50 i call it fair trade. with me is the bbc‘s laura bicker, in washington. we will talk about trade in a moment, but quite an extraordinary, frank and somewhat rambling interview as well, some might say. days before his inauguration. well, i think one of the key thing is that

this interview has managed to do is put flesh on the bones when it comes to his foreign policy. much of which has remained unclear for some to his foreign policy. much of which has remained unclearfor some time. also what it highlights is this is a businessman, not a politician. and one of the key things for me, watching that interview, it's how many times he talks about making deals, and who he is going to be making those deals with. so that for me was the key highlight of the interviews. and when you talk about the inauguration, here in the capital, parts of it in lockdown, there are millions on their way here, to see this president—elect taking his oath of office. and when it comes to the call for change that came from the electorate within the us, what this interview shows is thatis us, what this interview shows is that is what they are going to get. and obviously there were wide ranging comments. we heard the one about free trade, he talked about nato, brexit as well, what has garnered the most response so far? well, first of all let's talk about

his trade deals, and the deals that he wants to make. when it comes to deals, he said that he would be open to making a deal with britain very quickly and he wanted it done properly, which will delight the british prime minister, because obviously britain has voted to leave the european union, and they are looking for any people or any countries who will make deals after that plant exit. and then he wants to make a deal with russia, and this is where many people will raise those eyebrows —— planned exit. he wa nts to those eyebrows —— planned exit. he wants to make a deal with russia whereby he will reduce sanctions, or even drop sanctions altogether, in response to them getting rid of their nuclear weapons arsenal. so thatis their nuclear weapons arsenal. so that is one, certainly, area at where i expect reaction within the next 2a hours. and then there is that deal within nato. he described nato is obsolete and said he wanted afairer nato is obsolete and said he wanted a fairer dealfor the us nato is obsolete and said he wanted a fairer deal for the us when it

comes to defence. he says other nato countries aren't paying their fair share. well, that is going to raise the hackles of some of those other countries. how much are they going to have to pay and exactly what kind of deal does he want to come up with? so i expect those areas will get the majority of the response within the next 2a hours. get the majority of the response within the next 24 hours. thank you for joining within the next 24 hours. thank you forjoining us. let's take a look at some of the day's other news: prosecutors in south korea say they will decide within hours whether to arrest samsung group leaderjy lee. mr lee was questioned for 22 hours on friday, as part of an investigation into a corruption scandal that led to president park geun—hye being impeached. prosecutors are deliberating factors, including the economic impact of arresting mr lee. translation: this is quite a significant matter, so it has been delayed from what we said on friday. considering the complexity and gravity of the matter, we will make a decision no later than a news

briefing on monday. also making news today: police in the swiss capital, berne, have arrested 32 tibetan sympathisers, among several 100 protesting against the visit of the chinese president, xijinping. the protestors oppose chinese rule in tibet. mr xi will hold bilateral talks with the swiss government on monday before going on to the world economic forum in davos. a spokesman for the president of the philippines has denied that rodrigo duterte will declare martial law if he wants to. in a speech on saturday, mr duterte said that martial law could be imposed if the drugs problem worsened. but, in a statement on sunday, his communications secretary criticised the media for misreporting the president's remarks. indonesia and japan have pledged to co—ordinate closely on maritime security, as both nations face an increasingly assertive china. japan's prime minister, shinzo abe, who is on a visit to indonesia, said it is important to solve the south china sea conflict peacefully. indonesia is not part of the dispute over claims in the south china sea, but it objects to china's claim to waters around the natuna islands.

the outgoing us secretary of state, john kerry, has visited the place in the mekong delta, where he was ambushed during the vietnam war in 1969. mr kerry was in vietnam before going to paris as part of his last trip before leaving office. he received the silver star for his actions during the vietnam war, but later became an anti—war campaigner. new zealand's new prime minister says he will continue to champion a major asia—pacific trade deal. bill english has been speaking to the bbc‘s lucy hockings, in one of his first major interviews since taking office. mr english said the trade deal was still alive, despite donald trump's vow to withdraw from the tra ns—pacific partnership on his first day in office. we area

we are a small, open economy. trade isa we are a small, open economy. trade is a lifeblood and despite some of the politics around trade we are firm advocates of being an open economy, getting more free trade deals. that is what lifts income is on both ends of the deals. what is the future for tpp? is a dead and the future for tpp? is a dead and the water? well, look to these large, complex agreement is never go ina straight large, complex agreement is never go in a straight line. so we will continue to advocate the deal itself, but also for us engagement in the asia—pacific. that is so important to us on to the region. so in time we will see how us policy position works out, but we remain optimistic that in the asia—pacific we'd be better off with the deal, better off with us engagement. can you have a deal without the us? because donald trump has said not. that the us will not be a signatory. i think that has yet to be seen. for

many of the signatories, the us was the prize. us there is also japan is another large economy. so we will just have to see how that plays out —— for us. just have to see how that plays out -- for us. what do you think of donald trump's leadership style, what you have seen from him, so far? well, it is certainly changing things. it has got attention. but it is really a matterfor... the us is a democracy, to work out what they want, where they want to go. we have a long—standing relationship and friendship with the us, and we believe they will continue to be a powerful economy, a big influence in oui’ powerful economy, a big influence in our region, and we will work with them. what about this relationship, though, that he seems to be building up though, that he seems to be building up with china. it has been quite antagonistic. i think from our point of view having a good relationship with both of them, but certainly historically a closer relationship with the us, we have always anticipated that as china emerged as

anticipated that as china emerged as a strong, a large and strong economy, but there are bound to be pressures of some sort. now, it is in everyone's interest in the future, as it has been, you know, in the last ten years or so, that the us and china find ways of resolving their differences. fundamentally, because their own populations have benefited so much from each other‘s economic strength. would you go and have a game of golf with donald trump? are you looking forward to meeting him? i am not quite good enough at golf. but i would hope to meet him at some stage. i suspect new zealanders lowdown on the list, but in the meantime we will continue to work with the us. here is a culture clash story, if ever there was one. eating dog meat is part of the culture in much of east asia. western campaigners trying to disrupt this trade have been involved in mass rescue operations, saving the animals from slaughter and placing them in adoptive homes. one such operation is currently under way in korea. some 200 animals have started theirjourney from a dog farm to new homes in britain and north america.

here is our korea correspondent steve evans. destined for the butcher's block until now, in cages in the bitter cold, excrement below, their lives would have been short, with a violent and. but now the dogs are going to new homes in north america and britain. eating dog is part of the culture of much of east asia, but a western charity has persuaded the korean farmer to close the file. will the brutalised dogs adapt to life in suburban homes?” will the brutalised dogs adapt to life in suburban homes? i think what's incredible about these dogs, from our experience of re— homing over 500 dogs now from south korea is just how forgiving they are. and it is an amazing success rate on... 0nce it is an amazing success rate on... once you get the dogs off the dog

meat farms, out of the environment, how they transform and become the dogs that we all know and love. but aren't westerners just being hypocritical, telling others to do what they don't do themselves? there are about 200 dogs on this farm. it is not a big farm, by are about 200 dogs on this farm. it is nota big farm, by any are about 200 dogs on this farm. it is not a big farm, by any means. now, westerners often object to eating these animals. then they go off and have steak, and pork, and lamb. what's the difference? hello. this dog market has long been a target of western activist. 0utside, dogs for slaughter. inside the shops, that's where traditional potions are brewed with dog as an ingredient —— vats. the owner told me westerners are hypocritical.

translation: koreans have been eating dog meat throughout history. dogs are bred as pets in the west, but we have consumed dogs because of health problems. but tastes are changing and as south koreans become more prosperous, younger people turn away from traditional foods like dog. instead of the plate, these two dogs are now heading for britain. will they be happy? you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the circus once billed as the greatest show on earth decides to bring down the big top, after nearly 150 yea rs. also on the programme: the dating app which promises to find a partner who is the perfect match for your career aspirations. 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 america's oldest industry, and it's 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 she'd 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 country's 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 about her death today, the management considered whether to cancel tonight's performance, but agatha christie would have been the last person to want such a thing. is this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london.

our top stories: smart trade, not free trade. donald trump uses a wide—ranging newspaper interview to set out his foreign policy priorities, including tackling the us trade deficit with china. the man at the top of samsung, jy lee, will find out within hours whether he'll be arrested as part of a corruption investigation in south korea. if you think china's air quality is bad outdoors — well it's hardly great indoors either. this feature from our correspondent john sudworth is popular on bbc.com across asia let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. china daily is reporting on president xi jinping's arrival in switzerland for his first meeting of the world economic forum — an annual gathering of global political and business leaders.

the newspaper says xi will offer china's vision on domestic economic growth and a global economy overshadowed by protectionism, the south china morning post is headlining a message from beijing to donald trump. it says relevant parties in the united should recognise the highly sensitive nature of taiwan issues, and to stick to the promise made by the us in the past. and the straits times is reporting on taxidriver problems in singapore. it says the number of cabbies is falling because of competition from private services such as uber and grab. now, babita, what stories are sparking discussions online? flip—flops depicting mahatma gandhi have been removed from sale on amazon after they caused anger in india. the row comes days after the online retailer apologised for selling doormats featuring the indian flag.

gandhi, who campaigned for independence from britain, is widely revered and known as the father of the nation. that's trending at bbc.com slash news. pope francis has said every possible measure should be taken to protect young refugees, amid fears that more than 100 migrants have died off libya's coast. the italian coastguard says eight bodies have been recovered. only four survivors have been rescued. as david campanale reports, it comes as more migrants are arriving from north africa. these are the lucky ones, picked up in three different rescue operations from fragile vessels at sea. 0ver 300 men, women and children arrived exhausted but alive on the shores of sicily. but from one end of the mediterranean to the other migrants continue to die in an attempt to reach a new life in europe. the

coastguard says just four people survived the sinking of the migrant ship carrying around 100 people that went down off libya on saturday. rescue operations are becoming more and more difficult. we have had weather right now and the birds are poorly constructed so we have boats that fall in half, people up to their chests in water. you get 150 people like that and if they panic they start to jump and crush each other. it is becoming more and more challenging. in the west over this weekend, spanish authorities found i3 weekend, spanish authorities found 13 people dead at the near libya or washed up on spanish beaches. in rome hopes france's has given a call for better treatment of child migrants, especially those forced to flee without relatives. translation: these small brothers and sisters,

especially of unaccompanied, are exposed to many dangers and there are so many of them. it is necessary that we must take all feasible measures to ensure that child migrants are protected and defended as well as being integrated. in the mediterranean's east where europe's land borders with turkey it is extreme winter weather that is the threat with the un saying that four deaths have come so far this year from hypothermia. for thousands living in tents, they want to move on. the doors of europe remain firmly closed. now, it's time to talk romance and the subject of dating. there are plenty of dating apps out there flooding the market, promising to find you the one. but a new dating app is being launched that claims to use a different method of match making. rather than using your profile picture to match you up, the app groups you by your profession or your career aspirations. curious to know more? max fischer is the founder and ceo of this new dating app belinked.

he told me more about the app from his base in la. basically we found that people are more career focused and ambitious can help find each other and find their tied by basing a dating application of their links in linkedin. many are based on facebook, which is superficial. this is multidimensional facebook, which is superficial. this is multi dimensional and you can learn more about people because we are basing it off more of their true identity, their linkedin identity. it is called be linked, how did this idea come about? basically i noticed that people were going on dates through the linkedin messaging platform and i myself actually noticed a woman looking at my profile through the who has viewed your profile feature on linkedin.

that is their most used feature on the entire platform. i sent her a message and asked her out on a date and, basically, things escalated from there and i decided to let this app. other concerns about this? with traditional dating sites there is a lwa ys traditional dating sites there is always a concern that people exaggerate their achievements and their background and they are often using flattering photographs. how are you sure that your app is different? we feel that linkedin does a good job of scrubbing out fraudulent identity on their platform and on top of that the entire platform is self—selecting and high quality. if you notice, some people who work at large companies, hr department looks at your profile and report true profiles on their entire platform. so although people can, you know,

fa ke so although people can, you know, fake something theoretically they are quickly outed and it is easy to tell amongst the work community who was telling the truth and who is not. and what you have to say to criticism that this site is somewhat shallow and based on people'sjobs. how is this different from all of the other sites out that are equally is so? that is a good question. we think that dating apps are probably more superficial than ours. those are only based on what someone is looks like. here we answer important questions about what somebody does which is what they do in terms of their occupation what they talk about. it is about their personality. we do not post anything about how much somebody makes. it is just about their aspirations. you area just about their aspirations. you are a professional, would you not rather go on a day with somebody who was career minded and has a level of

ambition? what does it say about our society that we may even consider that to be controversial? but having a job is that to be controversial? but having ajobisa that to be controversial? but having a job is a minimum level of criteria. one of america's largest and most celebrated circuses — billed as ‘the greatest show on earth‘ is to close after 146 years. the show — run by ringling brothers and barnum and bailey — will face the final curtain in may. the premiere of a new circus was presented in new york madison square garden. the largest population of asian elephants! it isa it is a sign of the times and it is a sign of more things to come. we know so much more about wild animals

than we did 100 years ago. we know that elephants do not voluntarily balance on a ball. they do this because of fear. after removing the elephants we saw a sharp drop in attendance, greater than we had supposed. that is what led to this decision because the business model is no longer sustainable. it is an artform that changed the world and changed this nation. it made us dream and sit in wonder. it made us all the kids again. japan will open and react to the

airbag maker toccata's deal with the us government. we will monitor those shares. before we go ijust want to leave you with these pictures of an ice cascade that is popped up in a quiet valley in beijing. beautiful, but man—made. visitors have been flocking to take their pictures. good morning. weatherfront draped across the united kingdom to start the day. either side of that we have dried conditions and range in temperature. relatively mild across the west of the uk towards the far south and east we could see frost towards norwich. chilly here but further west it is mild indeed. good to start the day in the middle of

january. through the morning the mist and fog can be a problem. nothing too untoward. it is actually here. heading west and we find some rainfor here. heading west and we find some rain for the midlands and the central and southern parts of england. further west again and we should be dry in cornwall. a similar story across the west of wales was a lot of cloud. dry and mild as well. in the north of ireland and a lot of dry weather in the morning. cloudy and nine or10 dry weather in the morning. cloudy and nine or 10 degrees are not too bowed to start the day. the west of scotla nd bowed to start the day. the west of scotland also seen clouds. not a lot of rain to speak of. an across the eastern side towards the far north—east. into northern england a lot of low cloud here. with fog on the hills and rain. to the east of that rain in hull it could be chilly. the band of rain does not move quickly. it becomes lighter and more patchy as we enter the

afternoon. there will be a range of temperatures through the afternoon. still chilly for east anglia and the south—east with five or six degrees. in the west that temperatures will reach double figures. through the evening some rain is moving across the west of scotland in particular. the rain across the midlands tends to fizzle out. chilly overnight into tuesday morning in the far south—east but that is where the best of the sunshine will be. elsewhere cloudy with patchy rain for northern england and some parts of the midlands as well. the range of the midlands as well. the range of temperatures from quite chilly to relatively mild in the north. as you go through tuesday evening there is still a little patchy rain for some central parts of the uk but that will not amount to too much. a lot of dry and fairly cloudy weather. later temperatures on wednesday again will be across the south—eastern corner. nine

elsewhere. it looks quite into thursday. a lot of cloud to be had but not a lot of rain. a few pockets of light rain and drizzle. i'm babita sharma with bbc world news. our top story: donald trump has used a wide—ranging interview to set out his plans to reduce the us trade deficit with china. talking to journalists inside trump tower, he said the emphasis should be on smart trade, rather than free trade. the man at the top of samsung, jy lee, will find out within hours whether he will be arrested as part of a south korea corruption investigation. and this story is trending on bbc.com. flip—flops depicting mahatma gandhi have been removed from sale on amazon, after they caused anger in india. the row comes days after the online retailer apologised for selling doormats featuring the indian flag. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, reporters.