But by making the post official, the President Elect may be opening a legal can of worms. My colleague jane obrien is in washington. She told newsday more about the potential appointment and what could stop it. There is an anti nepotism law that prevents Government Officials from appointing their relatives to official positions, but a lot of experts say that does not apply to the white house. It was introduced when John F Kennedy wanted to appoint his brother to attorney general, and it was also a cause of contention when president bill clinton tried to appoint hillary clinton, his wife, of course, to oversee his healthcare reform. They ended up being sued. But the result of that case was all a bit inconclusive. So, we are in a very, very grey area here. But it does, of course, look not very appropriate to most people and raises a number of ethical questions of, whether it is illegal or not, he is still going to have to confront. Ethical questions, potential conflicts of interest. So, jane, why is donald trump so eager to have Jared Kushner in the white house with him . Because he trusts him. Thats the bottomline. Jarad kushner is married to his daughter, ivanka. We know that the trump children are very close to their father. They acted as advisers throughout his Election Campaign as did Jared Kushner. He also comes from the same sort of business background. He is a real estate magnate. And during the election, one of his roles was to actualyy be quite low key. Rather than take the stage with his father in law, he would very often go down into the crowds, mingle with people, and really get a feel of what people thought on the ground and then report back to donald trump. So it is a question of trust and loyalty. And we know that donald trump likes his family and he loves loyalty. And has Jared Kushner said anything about his appointment and how he maybe plans to get around these so called Nepotism Laws . Well, hes not going to take a salary. Probably does not need one because hes pretty rich. He also says that hes going to divest himself of his Business Interests and recuse himself from any decisions that may present a conflict of interest but the real issue is does any of this go far enough . Theres a lot of talk about donald trump and his web of Business Interests and how really possible is it for him to properly put all his interests to a blind trust so that he has nothing to do with them. And even ifjarad kushner isnt an official adviser, its actually, rico, inconceivable to think that he wont still have the ear of the president. Lets take a look at some of the days other news. Freezing temperatures across parts of europe are continuing to have a devastating affect, as 30 people have now died, with temperatures dropping to as little as 30 degrees celsius. Charities are concerned for refugees crossing the continent on foot or living in informal settlements. Our Central Europe correspondent, nick thorpe, has more. Strange scenes in istanbul. The fourth consecutive day of snow here has closed this area to shipping and given the areas ferry operators alternative work. Traffic on another major waterway, the danube, has also been suspended because of ice flows in serbia, romania, and bulgaria. In the major Romanian Port City of constanza, the black sea has frozen far out from the shore. Most affected by the cold are the poor in each country. The homeless and migrants have been particularly hard hit. In this abandoned belgrade warehouse, several hundred migrants and refugees have been living for months. These are the latest pictures from what was once called the balkan route. Yeah, actually, the cold is too much and last night, all the people were around the fire and it was too cold. I think it was 16, 15 last night. Until now, we are here because the situation is too bad and the snow is piling outside. There are 13 official Refugee Centres in serbia with around 7,000 temporary residents. Hungary is only allowing in 100 a week. Those near the top of the list wait here in this informal area beside the fence. Hungarian police and soldiers patrol on the far side. Meanwhile, in italy, there are Christmas Card scenes a little after the event. Only a few years ago, such images were commonplace in january across europe, but after five years of global warming, many people had forgotten how hard a real winter can be. Also making news today singapore has demanded the immediate return of nine armoured Troop Carriers that were impounded in hong kong. The vehicles were being transported from taiwan when they were taken in november. The singaporean government has described the seizure as illegal, but beijing has already a lodged a diplomatic complaint over singapores Military Relationship with taiwan. Fresh elections look likely in Northern Ireland, after Deputy First Minster and senior sinn fein politician, martin mcguinness, announced his resignation from government. Mr mcguniness, a former member of the ira, has been Deputy First Minister for over ten years, and is seen as a key figure in the Northern Ireland peace process. A 26 year old man, accused of killing five people at an airport in florida last week, has appeared in court. Esteban santiago, an iraq war veteran, could face the Death Penalty if found guilty. Hes already admitted to investigators that he planned fridays attack at Fort LauderdaleHollywood International airport. The funeral of irans former president who Died On Sunday will ta ke president who Died On Sunday will take place later today. The country is serving three days of mourning. He left the presidency 20 years ago but remained an influential figure in iranian politics. Scientists have found that a drug used to treat alzheimers disease encourages teeth to regrow as well as repairing cavities. Researchers at Kings College london found that the drug tideglusib stimulates the formation of dentine, the materialfound under tooth enamel. Its thought the discovery might reduce the need for fillings in the future. And one of the worlds most challenging Dog Sled Races has kicked off in the french alps. With a backdrop of snow capped mountains The Great 0dyssey Challenge sees riders travel 1,000 kilometres injust 11 days. The winner will be crowned in just over a weeks time. We will keep you updated on just who that winner will be. Tens of thousands of australian preschoolers, children between three and five years old, are going to have the chance to foreign learn languages this year, as the government rolls out an Early LearningLanguage Programme right across the country. Australias minister for education and training, simon birmingham, says he expects more than 30,000 children will enrol in the scheme in 2017. So, what languages are on offer . According to the minister, over 800 pre schools and Child Care Centres will take part in this scheme, of which, 25 study chinese, 18 japanese, 13 french, and 9 indonesian, while the two new languages for 2017 will be italian and spanish, which attracted 15 and 17 of applications. Earlier, rico spoke to anne marie morgan, the president of the australian Language Teachers Association from the University Of New England in armidale in northern New South Wales and asked her what she thinks of the new initiative. I think its a wonderful way to get lot of exposure of Young Children to languages and cultures and introduce them to the idea of a multilingual world. And it seems mandarin is the most popular among these preschoolers . Yes, thats right. Mandarin has a very Big Uptake In Australia recently, across all levels of schooling. Its also one of our big immigration areas. We have a lot of people coming from china, a lot of students study from china as well, so, yes, mandarin is really popular. Indeed. And at the moment, where are Australian Children in relation to their peers in languages . 0k, australias a little bit behind because we have had a bit of an emphasis of english is enough, as an English Speaking country, and so we are trying to turn that around through programmes like this one at preschool level and then into the rest of the school years to show that, in fact, australia is also multilingual and multicultural and to engage with the rest of the world, our students need to have other languages. Is it really very crucial to expose preschoolers . 3 5 years old, to these languages and various cultures . Yes, we know that thats a really fertile time for beginning another language, for taking on another language. We know it does not interfere with the Literacy Development in the first language, in english, so it is a really Good Foundation and it also opens their minds to the idea of other languages and cultures and to understand that peers in their classroom because in australia there is about 25 of the population speak another language at home as well. Youre watching newsday on the bbc. Still to come on the programme after standing for 2000 years, one of americas most famous and oldest trees has been brought down by a storm. He promised change and to bring hope to americans. Well look at barack 0bamas legacy. The japanese people are in mourning, following the death of emperor hirohito. Thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced he was dead. Good grief. After half a century of delighting fans around the world, Charlie Brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. The singer paul simon starts his tour of south africa tomorrow, in spite of protests and violence from some black activist groups. They Say International artists should continue to boycott south africa until Majority Rule is established. Teams were trying to scoop up lumps of oil as france recognises it faces an ecological crisis. Three weeks ago, the authorities confidently assured these areas that oil from the broken tanker erika would head out to sea. It didnt. The worlds tallest skyscraper opens today. The burj dubai has easily overtaken its nearest rivals. This is newsday on the bbc. Im Babita Sharma in london. Our top stories donald trump is to appoint his son in law Jared Kushner as a senior white house adviser. 30 dead as freezing weather and icy conditions hit parts of europe. Lets take a look at some front pages from around the world. The philippines star leads with the annual religious parade, known as the black nazarene procession, in the capital, manila. We will just show you a we willjust show you a closer zoom in and of the picture. Isnt that incredible . More than a million, mostly barefoot devotees, took part in what is one of the worlds biggest displays of catholic devotion. The South China Morning Post reports on mcdonalds decision to sell 80 of its business in china and hong kong. The Chinese State owned Investment Group citic, and us private firm carlyle group, will take control of the operations in a deal worth more than two billion us dollars. And the japan times reports on thousands of young japanese women who mark their entry into adulthood with a special celebration. The Coming Of Age ceremonies are held nationwide to remind 20 year olds of their responsibilities after becoming old enough to legally drink and smoke. And that is the way the papers are for a tuesday morning. Many will be focusing on the final address by president 0bama which will take waste in less than 2a hours in chicago. Its where he claimed victory eight years ago in an historic election which put the first African American in the white house. But as his second term comes to a close what will his legacy be . 0ur north america Editorjon Sopel looks at the domestic issues which have defined the 0bama presidency. Cheering. It wasnt just the hope when barack 0bama came to office, it was the wild expectation, too. That the countrys problems would be solved at a stroke, that the first African American president would usher in a post racial era. No more black america are all white america, just the United States of america. But the lingering vestiges of that dream disappeared in the summer of 2014, in clouds of tear gas, in a nondescript suburb of st louis, missouri, called ferguson. An unarmed black man had been shot by a white Police Officer. It was a pattern that would become all too familiar. In charleston, south carolina, walter scott had been pulled over for a minor motoring offence. Footage captures the white Police Officer who stopped him shooting him in the back several times before he dies. Gunfire. The policeman claimed self defence. At his trial, which ended last month, the jury was unable to reach a verdict. The court, therefore, we must declare a mistrial. Another symbol for the black community that things havent changed. I think his legacy to him is more important right now, to paint a picture that he did a real good job in america. But most black folks are very disappointed, because we feel he could have done more. The issue of race and another of americas great intractable social problems, gun violence, came together in horrific effect inside this famous African American church in charleston. A White Supremacist who, with his string of drug convictions, should never have been able to purchase a gun, walked inside a Bible Study Group and killed eight worshippers and the pastor in cold blood. Barack 0bama had always seemed reluctant to define himself as a Black President , preoccupied by racial issues, but after these shootings that changed, as he came to charleston and showed how he felt the communitys pain. Singing amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved. 0bamas two terms in office were punctuated by the crack of gunshots. Radio youve dialled 911, whats the location of your emergency . I think theres Somebody Shooting in here. Then a series of random mass killings that started with the slaying of 20 children and six of their teachers that sandy hook elementary school. The president s famously cool demeanour was gone after this. Every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad. And by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. I refuse to act as if this is the new normal. This is not something i can do by myself. Such violence, such evil, is senseless. Again and again he wanted tougher legislation on gun control. But he failed, to his evident consternation when we sat down and spoke. If you ask me where has been the one area where i feel that ive been most frustrated and most stymied, it is the fact that the United States of america is the one advanced nation on earth in which we do not have sufficient common sense gun safety laws. But there have been some legislative successes. Millions more americans now have Health Insurance than was previously the case, although 0bamacare has created many losers, too. And the economy, which was flat on its back eight years ago, is starting to boom, and people are spending their money again. We have notjust come back stronger from the great recession, we have actually built an economy thats the envy of the world. That is an important part of president 0bamas legacy. But it proved to be a Voterless Recovery where it mattered. Theyll be no democrat succeeding him in the white house, and so, one of his final acts was to make a lastjourney to capitol hill, to urge his partys lawmakers to fight off republican attempts to dismantle 0bamacare, and the rest of his domestic legacy. Look out for the american people. Jon sopel, bbc news, washington. Just take a look at this. This is one of americas most famous trees the Pioneer Cabin tree which has stood 2,000 years. Last weekend it was felled at last, by a storm. This Giant Sequoia in the Calaveras Big Trees State Park was known for having a hole cut through its trunk big enough for a car to drive through. Earlier, i spoke to danielle gerhart, from columbia state historic park, who explained exactly what happened. For the last few days we have been experiencing a lot of rainfall, a lot of wind, possibly up to about eight inches of rain has fallen in the last few days. The tree could not withstand it. The root system couldnt withstand the storm and all the wind we have rece