You look perfect tonight. Sales have grown at their fastest rate for nearly 20 years, with streaming Services Accounting for more than half of consumption. And the bionic hand with a sense of touch we have an exclusive report on the woman whos been testing it out for scientists in the real world. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Donald trump has launched a stinging attack on one of his former closest advisors steve bannon after he was quoted in a new book criticising a meeting between mr trumps son and a group of russians. Steve bannon is said to have described a meeting between the president s son, donjunior, and a russian lawyer during the 2016 president ial Election Campaign as treasonous and unpatriotic. Following the allegations the president said, steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. When he was fired, he not only lost hisjob, he lost his mind. Mr bannons claims come in a new book on trumps presidency by journalist Michael Wolff. Well, a little earlier, anthony zurcher, whos our north america reporter, told me how steve bannon and donald trump came to Work Together before falling out. Yeah, you have to remember steve bannon, who was the head of the conservative media empire Breitbart News, was brought in by donald trump after the Republican National convention to manage the campaign. 0bviously saw it to victory and became his senior white house adviser wants donald trump assumed presidency. He served a capacity for a number of months. Bannon is viewed as an ideological spirit guide for donald trump. He embraced this conservative populism but donald Trump Campaigned on from the very beginning. Since bannon left the white house, was effectively forced out, he has become a bit of a wild card. He has supported insurgent campaigns who have challenged republican incumbents, he says he will continue to do that because he views the conservative populism he embraces as big than number trump presidency. He says he feels he needs to help overcome the republican establishment to get these national sensibilities tended to policy. So to see a break within essentially Donald Trumps base is a fairly remarkable developments, but donald trump, when his son was criticised, i am supposing it is not surprising to hear him fireback so vociferously. The suggestion that this meeting at trump tower involving john junior and the president s son in law trump tower involving john junior and the president s son in lanared kushner and someone from russia, clearly the suggestion is that steve bannon had no idea this meeting was taking place, and if he knew he would have gone to the fbi or said it was a ridiculous thing to do . Right. This meeting happened injune 2016, before steve bannon came into the Trump Campaign. Paul manafort, Campaign Chairat the the Trump Campaign. Paul manafort, Campaign Chair at the time, was also in on that meeting. The white house and trump have, up with an explanation saying the meeting was ina explanation saying the meeting was in a was much ado about nothing, nothing came of it. But it was billed as donald trump nothing came of it. But it was billed as donald trumer possibly providing damaging information about Hillary Clinton which would be provided by the russians, they said they did not get anything, it was brushed off, a reflection of the chaotic nature of the campaign that they would take this meeting but it was not evidence of collusion. Anthony zurcher in washington. Lets cross to the white house where the president s press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders is expected to speak to the media. 0ne suspects one of the questions from the many journalists 0ne suspects one of the questions from the manyjournalists that will involve the white house response to the alleged extracts from this new book involving steve bannon and what he has said about the trump presidency. When we get something from a press conference we will bring it to you on bbc news. Earlier today President Trump boasted on twitter that his Nuclear Button is much bigger and more powerful than north koreas. It was in response to a warning from north koreas leader kim jong un that america was in range of a nuclear strike. Meanwhile north and south korea have conducted their first direct communication in nearly two years using a dormant hotline run by the red cross. 0ur correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes reports from the south korean capital, seoul. On monday, kim jong un welcomed in the new year with a more conventional display of fireworks than the sort hes been firing off throughout 2017. But anyone who was hoping his new year message would carry an offer of peace and goodwill was quickly disappointed. The entire United States is within range of our nuclear weapons, he said, and the Nuclear Button is always on my desk. This is reality, not a threat. That was all the excuse President Donald Trump needed, and as we have now come to expect, his response came in a twitter tirade. So 2018 has begun pretty much as 2017 ended, with the president of the United States and the dictator of north korea hurling threats at each other, while the rest of the world looks on mostly in dismay. But here in seoul, 2018 has begun at least with a glimmer of hope, because as of this afternoon, north and south korea are talking to each other again by telephone. Out of the blue, pyongyang suddenly reconnected the hotline between the two koreas that kim jong un had personally ordered cut off two years ago. In his new year address, kim also said he was prepared to send a team to take part in the Winter Olympics which begin here in south korea in a little over a month. The Us State Department accused north korea of attempting to drive a wedge between the us and its south korean ally. And it could be right. But for the 20 Million People of seoul who live within firing range of north koreas artillery, any sign that pyongyang is willing to talk is a new year gift they will welcome. Rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in seoul. And well find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrows front pages at 10 a0pm in the papers. Our guests joining me tonight will be susie boniface, columnist at the daily mirror, and the Public Affairs consultant alex deane. Stay with us for that. The Health Secretaryjeremy hunt has apologised to patients after hospitals were told to delay tens of thousands of non urgent operations and outpatient appointments in england this month so the Health Service can cope with the winter pressures. The Prime Minister acknowledged the decision was disappointing and frustrating for all those affected, but she insisted that the nhs was better prepared for this winter than ever before. Many senior doctors, though, have warned that theyre struggling to cope. Labour says the nhs is in crisis. 0ur Health Editor hugh pym has the latest. Cancelled operations bring new worries for patients like anna. She is due to have facial reconstruction surgery. Theres an appointment next week but that is in doubt and her hopes of the operation happening in january seem likely to be dashed. Its impacting my life quite a bit. I drool quite a lot now which is quite frustrating, and i am very uncomfortable with it. I think it will improve my quality of life quite a lot to have it. Today the Health Secretaryjeremy hunt pushed for explanations, said sorry to those patients affected. I want to apologise for the fact we have had to regrettably postpone a number of operations. We are trying to do it differently this year. Last year we cancelled a lot of operations at the very last minute so people got a call the day before to say their operation wasnt going ahead. That is obviously very undesirable. We want to do it in a much more planned way. Surely the nhs, be running properly and the government if you have to cancel a months worth of operations. Surely the nhs cannot be running properly under your government . I think its important to recognise that these pressures are pressures we are seeing all over the uk in scotland and wales, where the nhs is being run by different political parties. The Prime Minister said she recognised that for people who had had their operations postponed it was disappointing and frustrating. She said nhs staff were doing a fantasticjob. Nhs england and the government is a extensive preparations for winter were carried out but if that is the case, the question is why were official instructions and cancelling nonurgent operations extended this week . Here at st marys in west london, theyve planned to treat more people without needing overnight stays. The idea is to keep beds free for those who really need them. Its been tougher than they expected because patients this year are sicker than they were. The numbers are largely the same but the intensity of the illnesses weve been seeing this year is very, very significant. Weve really had to work very hard to find appropriate places to nurse patients who have got serious conditions. I think a number of things play into this. The weather, we know we are beginning to see an increase in the number of flu cases and all of that builds up to quite a problem for us on sundays. On summer on summer days. Throughout the day there were reports across the country of the highest level of stress at hospitals. Nottinghams Queens Medical Centre asked patients to avoid a e because of numbers. Southend and plymouth were also said to be under extreme pressure. When youve got ambulances backed up outside hospitals, hospitals saying they are overcrowded and people waiting on trolleys for hours and hours, it is a crisis. Its because of seven years of underfunding and cuts to our nhs, and the government burying their heads in the sand. Nhs scotland said there had been a 20 increase in a e visits before christmas. The Lanarkshire Health board has cancelled non urgent procedures. The Welsh Government said thousands of hours had been lost for ambulance crews waiting to hand over patients at hospitals. It is early in the new year and the nhs across the uk is already struggling, and its patients who are in and its patients who are injuring the consequences. Earlier i spoke to nigel edwards, chief executive at the Nuffield Trust, an independent health think tank, who gave his reaction to the postponement of non urgent operations. It looks like the sort of problem we have every year, it looks a little bit worse than perhaps we are used to. Elective operations are cancelled every year, it is not a great way of running a help system in the sense that the people who do elective surgery are not necessarily any help in treating the types of emergency cases we see. But i can think you can have something that happens every year and call it a crisis, but it shows how hot the Health Service is run and how little space there is to accommodate big peaksin space there is to accommodate big peaks in demand. Is the problem in the planning for this once a year occurrence . Is that theissue this once a year occurrence . Is that the issue we have . It seems like the Health Secretary and the nhs, the department for health, are dammed if they do want and if they dont. Last year they cancelled many appointments late on, that absurd lots of people. Now the opposite bowling things for mange, they cant win. It is probably better to cancel a month ahead than on the day before, if you have to cancel. The real issue is that their ability into mad Health Care Means he will get big spikes. The variability into Health Care Means you will get big spikes. Planning is really difficult, it is not always easy to predict. This perpetual problem every single yearfor predict. This perpetual problem every single year for probably as long as i can remember shows that the nhs is being run too close to the nhs is being run too close to the margin of what is safe and sensible, there is not enough Spare Capacity in the system. The staff who are exposed to this, particularly during winter, they are getting burned out. They are very toughjobs. Giving getting burned out. They are very tough jobs. Giving people getting burned out. They are very toughjobs. Giving people a bit more respite and having a bit more flex in the system would mean it would be able to accommodate more of this growth we see in demand during the winter months without having to cancel operations. Nigel edwards of the Nuffield Trust s. The top stories. President trump has accused former chief strategist steve bannon of losing his mind after he reportedly accused mrtrump is mad his mind after he reportedly accused mr trump is mad son and son in law of trees there is an unpatriotic behaviour. The Health Secretary has apologised at nhs england span tens of thousands of nonurgent treatment until february after a surge in admissions. Storm eleanor batters the uk with gusts of up to 100 mph causing widespread disruption and leaving thousands of homes without power. Now time for a look at the sports news, with will in the bbc sports centre. Were going to start with the one premier match taking place tonight. And its a big london derby with arsenal taking on reigning champions chelsea at the emirates. A win for chelsea would see them go back to second in the table. It isa it is a really good game. What a chance for the visitors in the 40th minute. Alvaro morata clean through, one with the arsenal goalkeeper petr cech, the spaniard put his shot wide. Then check this out, couple of minutes later, Alexis Sanchez superb in the build up. His shot saved brilliantly by courtois. Lacazette has also forced court two are into decent stop. West brom say their midfielder Jake Livermore confronted a west ham fan after hed been substituted in their game at the london stadium last night in response to taunts about the death of his infant son in 2014. Livermore was seen in a Heated Exchange near his teams dugout. West brom claim all right minded football supporters could understand this reaction, after which he was led away to their dressing room. West brom also say the player has the total support of everyone at the club and have left it to west ham to take any further action. Reports in spain claim barcelona are preparing to make another bid for philippe coutinho, although liverpool havent yet received a renewed offer. Now the january transfer window has opened, its thought a bid will be made imminently after three were turned down by liverpool in the summer the last of which was £118 million. But both barcelona and the brazilian are still interested in the move, and liverpool havent publicly stated that coutinho is not for sale, as they did last year. Spinner mason crane will make his england test debut in the fifth and final ashes test, which gets under way in sydney in a few hours. He is in full chris woakes, who misses the match through injury. England lost the first three tests to surrender the first three tests to surrender the ashes and are looking for a first victory in australia since 2011. There is a bit of Sydney Harbour side that is forever teesside. The harbour bridge, engineered by a middlesbrough company, using largely english steel. Built by the english, made great in australia. As the locals would have, much like cricket. England arrive in slightly steadier shape than they might have been. No victory but no whitewash and a real hope that in sydney the gap between these sides might be a bridge above. The draw in melbourne showed england could be competitive and avoid defeat but they still have not taken 20 aussie wickets in a much. To that end, changes in the air, with chris woa kes changes in the air, with chris woakes intraday changes in the air, with chris woa kes intraday test changes in the air, with chris woakes intraday test debut for mason crane, a leg spinner who played here is the New South Wales and whose middle name is sydney. Maybe he is made for this place. The way he has conducted himself to the trip and since he has been involved in the squad, he has been outstanding. For a young man to absorb himself and the environment as he has is exactly what you are after. It is a really good chance for him to show everyone what he is capable of, on the surface he will bea capable of, on the surface he will be a very good option. Australias dilemma was whether to put pressure on the recovering heel of the top wicket taker of the series, mitchell starc. If you were questioning their motivation, they will still run this before every session. Beat england. Beat england. Beat england. It still matters. Every opportunity to play on this ground is special, it is another ashes test match and the guys need no more motivation, it is a great opportunity to try to win this test match and win the series 4 0. Ashes series take a Long Time Coming around, england must wait two years to try to reclaim the bernard four yea rs to try to reclaim the bernard four years for another chance over here, but the aim for now is to turn the wheel a little in that direction. That starts shortly. Still goalless at the emirates, ten minutes until the break. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you in sportsday at 10 30pm. Many thanks, will perry. Storm eleanor has swept across the uk, causing flooding, power cut