this is bbc news. hello there. well, as forecast, dense, freezing fog caused some problems to travel for monday morning, and it really was quite extensive and dense in places, like this photograph proves in eccleshall, in staffordshire, and it lingered on across parts of the south—east. and where it did linger, it really felt quite cold, temperatures hovering around freezing. but there was some sunshine around, and the return of clear skies overnight means freezing fog will make a return, so we're likely to see some further travel disruptions on tuesday morning. keep tuned to bbc radio and head online for the latest updates. so widespread, freezing fog developing overnight across england and wales. more of a breeze across scotland and northern ireland, and some milder air pushing in here, with outbreaks of rain. but it really will be a cold start for england and wales. you can see most of the temperatures freezing or below, and that fog really will be dense, so take care, and give yourself time if you are heading

welcome to all of you watching an bbc world news and the bbc news channel. if you want the six o'clock news, it is on bbc one. let's turn to the us. these are some of the scenes we have seen to the us. these are some of the scenes we have seen in the last couple of days. protests against mr trump's executive order on administration. 16 attorney general have said the ban is unconstitutional. judges have halted the ban on visa holders but mr trump is not wavering. mr trump said if the ban was announced with one—week notice, the bad would rush into our country. a lot of bad dudes, he says. he is also blaming the chaos we have seen at the ports, —— the airports, the big problems were caused by a delta computer outage. that was on sunday night, mr trump's immigration ban started on friday. let's bring in cantonese lurker. who comes out on top? the federaljudges are supposed to come out on top. -- anthony zurcher. there are law sorts challenging the order in its entirety. ifjudges find the order is unconstitutional or violates previous law, then it could be

this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 11:00: president trump's travel ban sparks legal challenges — and a second day of protests as 16 state attorney generals say the restrictions are unconstitutional. the foreign office says uk nationals should not be banned from travelling to the us, even if they hold dual nationality with one of countries affected by president trump's travel ban. an online petition against president trump's planned state visit to the uk has gained more than 800,000 supporters. in yemen us commandos have killed at least 1a al qaeda militants in a raid authorised by president trump. benoit hamon will be the socialist candidate in france's upcoming presidential election, beating former prime minister manuel valls to the nomination. also coming up — i'll be reviewing the morning papers with jacqui francis and tom bergin. including the times which says the white house has backed down over a travel ban on dual nationality britons. coming up, choose life, transporting 20 years on. we'll g

more on that and all of the news anytime on the bbc news website. hello. before our weather turns increasingly wintry, it turns wild and windy. a particularly lively day across the northern half of the uk today. this morning we could this morning we could see this morning we could see some this morning we could see some travel disruption with winds of 60 mph. strong winds to the north and west scotland. elsewhere across scotla nd west scotland. elsewhere across scotland and northern england they could cause a problem. the mixture of sunshine and frequent showers in the morning. few showers in northern england. difficult conditions for the pennines. if there are gales developing in wales, and parts of devon and cornwall, not as windy, but strengthening to the south—east. morning cloud and patchy rain or drizzle introducing sunshine and dropping the temperature. increasingly called through the day. frequent showers. when an island turning wintry. the same for england and wales. —— wintry. dropping a way to seven or eight in the south. it remains blowy

this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 11pm: president trump has signed an order to build a wall on the us border with mexico, one of his main of his main campaign promises. construction could begin in months. nation without borders is not a nation. beginning today, the united states of america gets back control of its borders, gets back its borders. mps will get a chance to scrutinise the government's brexit strategy after theresa may said she'll produce a white paper. the royal bank of scotland is to set aside another $4 billion to pay fines for miss—selling. british scientists have identified 1a new disorders affecting children after analysing the genes of thousands of children with rare, undiagnosed conditions. and on newsnight we find out what the mexicans think about donald trump's proposed border wall and speak to the playwright david pair about his film on holocaust denial. good evening and welcome to bbc news. president trump has signed an executive order to build a wall along the us border with

julia carniero, bbc news, chapeco, brazil. a new era for that team. this is bbc news. well, the temperatures through the night have been drop, drop, dropping. it has been down to minus seven degrees, at least in one or two areas, and i think scenes like this for some of us on sunday morning. a bit of fog around, too, but the realfog problems won't arrive until monday and tuesday. there could be major fog around, so we will talk about that injust a second. in the short term, it is frosty across much of england there. now, remember these are the city centre temperatures. in rural areas, it will be some five degrees lower than that. but western areas, there, just that little bit milder. and whilst we are shivering in the morning, about the same time in melbourne, for the tennis, it is going to be hot and sunny. temperatures there, not a cloud in the sky, getting up to around 29 degrees. anyway, back to our cold weather. now, it won't be quite so frosty, i think, in the westernmost extremities of the uk. so newquay, there, maybe waking up to five degrees, but the central a

this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm: organisers in washington say half a million people have joined a protest led by women against the new trump administration. similar marches are taking place in the uk and across the world. theresa may is expected to fly to washington next week to meet the new us president. ukip‘s candidate for the upcoming by—election in stoke—on—trent central will be the party's leader — paul nuttall. nine people have now been rescued from an italian hotel which was buried by an avalanche three days ago. 23 people are still missing. and wayne rooney becomes the all—time leading goalscorer for manchester united, with his 250th goal for the team. we'll have all the day's sport at 7:30pm. good evening. hundreds of thousands of people havejoined protest marches around the world on this, the first full day of donald trump's presidency. the demonstrations are to highlight women's and minority rights, which protesters say are under threat from the new administration. tens o

this is bbc news. i'm laura trevelyan, live in washington. the headlines this hour. welcome to the white house. theresa may becomes the first overseas leader to hold face—to—face talks with president trump. trade was top of the agenda, as well as strengthening the special relationship between the uk and the us. a free and independent bulletin is a blessing to the world. the relationship has never been stronger. good trade between the two countries as of the national interest on both.

this is business live from bbc news with sally bundock and susannah streeter. donald trump gets ready to tell us how he intends to separate his business interests from affairs of state, but can he really avoid conflicts of interest? live from london, that's our top story on wednesday, 11th january. the billionaire has business interests around globe. he'll try to reassure the world that they won't influence his policies. we will talk you through what's at sta ke. also in the programme, the heir to the samsung empire faces questioning over south korea's influence—peddling scandal. we'll be live in seoul for the latest. markets in europe look like this. all down just a touch, but let's not forget, they have been going up and up forget, they have been going up and upfor forget, they have been going up and up for days it would seem. we will talk you through the winners and the losers. we'll meet the man who bought a failing factory and turned into a thriving business feeding babies around the world. plus a new device has been launched to muzzle noisy phone calls

this is bbc world news, the headlines. president obama has made a personal intervention to try to safeguard the cornerstone of his legacy. the incoming trump administration has promised to repeal obamacare, the president's radical reform of american healthcare. german police have detained a tunisian man in connection with the attack on a berlin christmas market which left twelve people dead. officials say the night before the attack, the man had dinner with anis amri, the driver of the truck. a court in south carolina has begun a hearing to decide whether the self—confessed white supremacist, dylann roof, should receive the death penalty. he shot dead nine black churchgoers in charleston in 2015. a us federaljury has found six men from the gang known as the "chicago hobos" guilty of nine murders, racketeering, and a series of robberies, kidnappings and shootings. paris poe is one of the members, in what was the biggest gang trial in the city's recent history. now for the latest financial news with sally bundock and world

that's all from me now, stay with bbc world news. now it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi, from the swiss resort of davos, where my guest is one of the delegates of the annual world economic forum — nigeria's agriculture minister, audu ogbeh. when president buhari came to power 18 months ago, he raised hopes that he would reform the country. instead, nigeria is involved in its worst recession for 20 years. there is widespread food insecurity in the north and growing unrest. why can't this oil—rich nation with plenty of farmland feed its own people and enjoy greater stability? minister audu ogbeh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for inviting me here. we've seen 2 million people displaced by boko haram in the north of nigeria. terrible food insecurity there now. the un humanitarian office is warning of severe food shortages. nearly half a million children face acute malnutrition and that people will die if aid is not given. are you managing to get these people some food to eat? we are managing to get them some food. my

news channel and bbc world news. the final stages of the vendee globe are drawing to a close. this is a solo round—the—world yacht race. it happens every four years, and this one is a thriller. welsh sailor alex thomson is in second, and armel le cleac‘h is in the lead. at christmas, thomson was about 1000 miles behind. now the gap is a0 miles. both men are expected to finish at a fixed point on the atlantic coast of france on thursday morning. let's talk to chris eakin, author of a race too far, nice to see you, chris, a former colleague, talk us through these tactics. they have had to go north from sables—d'ollone because of the wind, and they have now made theirfinal because of the wind, and they have now made their final move, their final tack for home, they are looking at coming in a little bit later, tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening, and alex has slipped back a bit, now 57 miles behind, the last positional report. that is a she, and there is no doubt now that he can win through raw speed alone, he n

this is bbc news. the headlines at apm: the prime minster warns gps in england they must open for longer to meet patient demand, or risk losing funding. doctors leaders have hit back. clearly we know what the reasons for the problems are. the reasons are: we have too few doctors, lower than any other parter europe. we have too few hospital beds and cuts in social care. jeremy corbyn warns the social care system is at serious risk of breakdown, and if labour wins the next election failing private care homes will be taken into public ownership applause watford supporters and fans across football remember former manager graham taylor, who died on thursday. commentatorjohn motson is among those paying tribute. the connection between watford and theirfans the connection between watford and their fans was

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00. welcome to the white house. theresa may becomes the first overseas leader to hold face—to—face talks with president trump. trade was top of the agenda, as well as strengthening the special relationship between the uk and the us. a free and independent britain is a blessing to the world and our relationship has never been stronger. i am convinced that a trade deal between the us and the uk is in the national interest of both can trees and will cement the special relationship that exists between us. president trump also said he'll visit the uk later this year as both leaders look to rekindle the special relationship. also in the next hour, the two men jailed for 12 years after a tipper—truck killed four people.

you're with business live from bbc news. snap, the company behind messaging app snapchat, is setting up its international hq in britain, where it will book all sales made outside the uk. many tech firms have preferred ireland, luxembourg or the netherlands as their european tax base. theo leggett is in our business newsroom. snapchat, why this decision, it bodes well for the uk economy and for london? a lot of social media companies like facebook and google have run into trouble over setting up have run into trouble over setting up tax bases in lower tax jurisdictions in europe and then diverting profits from other large markets into those jurisdictions diverting profits from other large markets into thosejurisdictions in order to minimise their tax bills. so schnapping is not doing that. they are setting up in the uk and they're channelling they are setting up in the uk and they‘ re channelling the they are setting up in the uk and they're channelling the profits from they're channelling the profits from the uk first of a

sarah corker, bbc news. the first of 3000 american tubes have started arriving in poland to be deployed along the eastern frontier. this is the biggest such operation by the us since the cold war ended. it is part of attempts by president obama to assure allies about perceived russian aggression. norway's attorney general has told a hearing that the mass murderer, anders breivik, has to be kept in isolation in prison, to stop him spreading far—right ideology and inspiring more attacks. the state is appealing against a lower court ruling that keeping him in isolation breaches his rights. italy's prime minister is recovering from heart surgery in a rome hospital. paolo gentiloni fell ill on his return from a meeting with the french president in paris. his office says he's been awake and in touch by phone. a planned meeting with the british prime minister this thursday has been postponed. a particularly cold spell of winter weather in greece has left thousands of homeless refugees and migrants at risk. aid ag

this is bbc news. top stories: america's top intelligence official rules russian cyber attacks do pose a major threat in the us and says there is no doubt he tried to interfere with the presidential election. a car bomb in the turkish city of izmir has killed two people. police say they shot dead two militants thought to be behind the attack. a third is still on the run. the number of new cars sold in the uk hit an all—time high in 2016. the increase of more than two 2% was mainly due to high demand from business customers, according to the society of motor manufacturers and traders. but sales are expected to fall sharply this year, as our industry correspondent john moylan reports. 0nce, new cars were the preserve of the privileged few. not any more. these days, we buy cars like mobile phones. the reason we're all buying so many new cars is because the industry makes it so easy for us. in fact, the vast majority of customers are now effectively leasing new vehicles for an affordable monthly payment,

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dan johnson, bbc news. earlier on breakfast, dr mark holland from the society for acute medicine said so far it had been a winter from hell. we've seen, over the last week or so, that people who should be in a specialty bed are ending up in a non—specialty bed, or there are beds being created within a hospital that we call contingency beds, and people that i speak to across the country, e—mails that i've been receiving this week, things i've been reading in the media, make us conclude that the term "humanitarian crisis" has something to it. police in florida have been questioning a man after five people were killed and eight injured in a shooting at fort lauderdale airport. the suspect opened fire in the baggage—claim area after seemingly retrieving his weapon from his luggage. the fbi says it's pursuing all leads and hasn't ruled out terrorism as a motive. our correspondent gary o'donoghue reports from fort lauderdale. it's a familiar scene at airports the world over, but the baggage—claim hall at

chris page, bbc news, stormont. one of the pioneers of ivf has suggested that the time limit for experimentation on human embryos should be doubled. currently, scientists can test them for up to 1a days. now, simon fishel, who was on the team involved with the birth of the world's first ivf baby, claims extending it to 28 days would improve our understanding of miscarriage and some cancers. 0pponents, though, say it is ethically and morally wrong. you can hear more on this at 11am this morning on bbc radio 4 in revisiting the 1a day rule. and we'll be discussing this in more detail here on breakfast at 7:40am. elsewhere, two people have been seriously injured in a suspected gas explosion at a house in manchester. two houses in blakeley were destroyed and another was badly damaged. fire and rescue crews say they have now secured the building. a kitten was also recovered alive and well from the rubble. the last man to leave his footprints on the moon has died. gene cernan was an astronaut on the apollo 17 mission in 1

tanya beckett, bbc news, davos. well, it is a big day for speeches because later today the uk prime minister theresa may is expected to speu minister theresa may is expected to spell out what kind of brexit deal she once and says the uk will not retain partial membership of the eu when it leaves. us president—elect donald trump says his promise to negotiate an early trade deal between america and the uk could strengthen mrs may's can. our political editor reports on what we can expect based on the evidence so far. brexit means brexit. what is that? brexit means brexit. what is that? brexit means brexit. and in case you hadn't heard. brexit means brexit. i'd ignore the platitudes, the big decisions have been clear since june. decisions have been clear since june. -- but ignore. there is no mandate for a deal that involves accepting the free movement of people as it is hitherto. unlimited eu immigration won't stay, nor the power of european judges. judges, sitting not in luxembourg, but in courts across the land. wi

this is bbc news. the headlines: mps will debate whether president trump should be granted a state visit to britain. the petition against the plan continues to gain signatures. a second petition calling for the visit to go ahead will also be debated. john kelly has defended president trump's controversial travel ban. he insists it is not designed to target muslims. mps have begun two days of debate on the bill that will help begin the process that will take the uk out of the eu. lets get more on the news that thousands of homosexual and bisexual men convicted of now abolished sexual offences have been posthumous pardon. it has been described as a momentous day. this government made a commitment in its manifesto to deliver on it. this is a momentous day. we are delivering and righting a wrong. i am sad that there was a time our great country was blind to the fact that love is love. that has been righted today and we should be cheering. with me is owen jones. thank you for coming in. did you think you wo

more from me in half an hour but first on bbc news it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. the people of south sudan have known little peace for many decades, and independence in 2011 has brought them nothing but war, increasing poverty and starvation, and suffering. tens of thousands have died, and more than 3 million have been forced to leave their homes in the past three years. the united nations says, "the current spate of fighting amounts to ethnic cleansing, and could spiral into genocide." the main rebel group is headed by the former vice president, riek machar, who is now in exile. my guest today is his wife, angelina teny, who is a senior member of the movement. how much responsibility do they bear for the suffering in south sudan? thank you very much. angelina teney, welcome to hardtalk. the situation in south sudan is dire. what are you hearing about what's going on on the ground? well, you said it is dire. the humanitarian situation has reached a level of catastrophe. the war is escalating even further, and the econom

this is bbc news. the headlines: the prime minister has promised to control immigration as well as strike a good trade deal with the eu after brexit. theresa may said britain could not expect to hold on to "bits" of its membership. this the former president of iran, akbar rafsanjani, has died in tehran at the age of 82. he was one of the country's leaning moderates. israel's prime minister says the islamic state group is to blame for a deadly truck attack injerusalem. four israeli soldiers were killed when a truck drove into them and then reversed to hit them again. 20 people have died in plunging temperatures across europe, with even the greek islands blanketed in snow. temperatures in russia have plunged to —30. is the queen has made herfirst public appearance of the year, attending church on her sandringham estate, after a heavy cold forced her to miss events over christmas. and now we have all the sport. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm jessica creighton. coming up on the programme: league

stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, it is time for hardtalk.

good evening and welcome to bbc news. a terminally ill man has begun a legal fight for the right to help for him to die. noel conway, who's 67, has motor neurone disease and says he fears becoming entombed in his own body as his muscles gradually weaken. mr conway, who is being backed by the campaign group dignity in dying, wants a doctor to be able to prescribe a lethal dose when his health deteriorates further. the case will be the first high court challenge since mps rejected an attempt to introduce assisted dying in 2015. our medical correspondent fergus walsh has this exclusive report. my name is noel conway. i have motor neurone disease. it is incurable and terminal. i fear very soon i shall be entombed in my own body and the thought of that fills me with absolute horror. got your beans on toast. day—by—day, noel is losing all strength in his body. increasingly he relies on his wife, carole. he is too weak to take his own life, so, when his condition gets worse, he wants a doctor to be allowed to give him a leth

now on bbc news, it's newsnight. the eyes of the world are on america is donald trump becomes the 40—15 us president. a man better known for show business has become president. iam the show business has become president. i am the largest developer in new york. this goes back to ronald reagan. we will go back to make america great again. we ask if there isa america great again. we ask if there is a lot more similar between ronald and donald than is apparent. mr trump is that type of person. i don't believe and i don't expect anything from him. also, brexit. the speech from theresa may about a mutually beneficial eu divorce being optimistic we spoke to the french boss to the eu monetary fund. when you belong to a club, whatever that is, beat sport intellectual, whatever, the members of the club have a degree of affinity and particular terms under which they operate. somebody outside the club, sports, intellectual, orwhatever. they have a different access. for many, donald trump represents the archetypal showman, the

we're here on the bbc news channel until 9am this morning, and coming up in the next hour. the latest from istanbul. this joyous news channel. —— good morning. thank you for staying with us. we will be here until 9am and the click team will be looking back on some of the technology innovations of the past year in a few minutes time. it was obliterated by the blitz during the second world war, and a decade ago it was labelled the worst place to live in britain. but today hull becomes the uk city of culture. 0rganisers say the year long programme will change perceptions of it forever — our arts correspondent colin paterson is there to find out how. the sun is up, the raindrops falling but the spirits, no doubt, are pretty high on this new year's day? hgppy pretty high on this new year's day? happy new year. we are live in queen victoria square, where it will start at 4pm this afternoon when these buildings will be turned into giant screens. that is the maritime museum, another one which will be pa rt museum, another one which will be part of this opening event which is

this is bbc news. i'm jane hill. the headlines at 2.00pm: there are flood warnings along the east coast of england — as a tidal surge and strong winds force people from their homes. snow and ice have affected much of the uk, causing travel chaos and school closures in some areas. the other headlines this afternoon: under increasing pressure — nearly half of hospitals in england declared a major alert in the first week of the year. tristram hunt resigns as a labour mp — triggering a by—election in stoke on trent central. and british tennis number one johanna konta cruises to victory in herfinal warm up tournament before the australian open. good afternoon. severe flood warnings are in place along much of england's east coast, with thousands of homes at risk, as snow and strong winds continue to hit much of the uk. the risk of high tides has led the environment agency to issue severe flood warnings — meaning danger to life. this is the environment agency map and as you can see, there are dozens of locations a

samira hussain, bbc news, new york. with me is allyson stewart—allen, chief executive of international marketing partners who help companies develop in overseas markets and in the us in particular. nice to see you. we've outlined some of the issues, it is what everyone wa nts to of the issues, it is what everyone wants to know in the press conference, what he will do about his business empire. what do you think he will say? i think he's going to be a bit vague because he was asked in the campaign about his tax returns and there wasn't a concrete a nswer tax returns and there wasn't a concrete answer given. legally he can continue to run his businesses, but perception is everything and when you are trying to engender the trust of the american people from day one, as a new president, you probably want to go into that office not on the back foot but from a position of strength with a mandate that people say... you have our mandate and our vote, we trust you and trust is the key word here. he's going to have to do somethi

katie gornall, bbc news, in london. nicola adams. hello, the headlines tonight. bye bye bernie as bernie ecclestone‘s reign as formula 1 boss ends after 40 reign as formula 1 boss ends after a0 yea rs. reign as formula 1 boss ends after a0 years. 0lympic golden girl nicola adams turns professional and has her sights set on becoming a world champion. and johanna konta insists serena williams is not unbeatable as she sets up a quarterfinal at the australian open with a 22 times grand slam champion. hello and welcome. bernie ecclestone‘s a0 year reign in charge of formula 1 is over. the 86—year—old has been removed from his position by the new owners of the sport, liberty media. the ta keover the sport, liberty media. the takeover has been confirmed. andrew bensonjoins me. we've been expecting this that his departure marks a huge change for the sport. it certainly does, he's been central in building was bought up in the last few decades into one of the biggest sports in the world, it is third in terms of global audience, second to the football world cup and

this is bbc news. the headlines at 3. us intelligence chiefs are to brief a sceptical president—elect, donald trump, this afternoon on allegations that russia tried to interfere in the american presidential election. hundreds of people attend the funeral in huddersfield of the man shot dead by police on monday. russia orders the withdrawal of its aircraft carrier from the mediterranean, in light of the current ceasefire in syria. and in the next hour — the distinct sound of stonehenge. we find out how the circle may have sounded, thousands of years ago. an iceberg a quarter of the size of wales is close to breaking away from the antarctic ice shelf. and a 22—year—old south londoner, ray black, is named as the bbc‘s sound of 2017. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. donald trump will meet the heads of the us intelligence services later today, after claims that russia interfered in the american presidential election. the heads of the cia, fbi and national intelligence all insist the kremlin

elaine dunkley, bbc news. a man has been evicted from hospital, after unnecessarily occupying a bed for more than two years. the patient had refused to leave the james paget university hospital in norfolk, despite being fit for discharge and being offered alternative accommodation. the hospital said the decision to go to court was a last resort. a man has driven a car into pedestrians in the australian city of melbourne, killing three people. at least 29 others are being treated in hospital. police said the incident wasn't terror—related, and was connected to a stabbing in another part of the city earlier in the day. police shot and wounded the driver, who is under arrest. west african leaders have given the former gambian president yahya jammeh a final opportunity to relinquish power after senegalese troops entered the country. he's been told to leave office by noon or be forced out by troops from neighbouring countries. adama barrow was sworn in as the new gambian president yesterday. rescuers in italy hav

news online words some of its headlines in two weeks about the way bbc news online words some of its headlines in tweets and on the website. another example came this week. on wednesday the supreme court ruled that parliament must vote on whether the government can start the process of leaving the european union. one of the campaigners who brought the case was gina miller, who has been subjected to a number of violent threats online. that prompted bbc news to post a tweet asking: it linked to a woman's hour discussion about her treatment, but led to a number of angry responses on twitter. martin phelps answered the question posed like this: dave mcnally thought: humza yousaf thought: well, bbc news gave us a statement in response. it read: wednesday's news at ten took some viewers by surprise with its lead story, a special report from ed thomas on the marked increase in knife crime in the uk. in five years' time i could be injail, could be dead, could be the biggest drug dealer in the country, you never know, see what happens. tonight it's liverpool but this story could be told in ma

this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 11.00: america's top intelligence officials have warned that russian cyber attacks pose a major threat to the us and beyond. the justice secretary wants to close a loophole which allows domestic abusers to cross—examine former partners during some court hearings. latest figures suggest britain's services sector grew in december at its fastest rate for 17 months. the rmt union has agreed to meet the transport secretary in an attempt to resolve the southern rail dispute. on newsnight, we discuss the difference thatjill saward made to the treatment of violence survivors, campaigning for changes to the judicial system. good evening and welcome to bbc news. american intelligence officials have given a stark warning about the threat posed by russian cyber attacks. the outgoing us national intelligence director, james clapper, told a senate hearing he hasn't come across a more aggressive campaign to interfere with an american election than russia's actions in last year's r

good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. it has been a politicaljourney that has taken him from the leadership of the ira and prison, to negotiations with westminster, to one of the most senior positions in northern ireland politics. from political life. he resigned as northern ireland's deputy first minister last week following a dispute with first minister, arlene foster. mr mcguinness has been suffering from a serious illness in recent months. martin mcguinness is one of the most controversial leaders in british and irish politics. he has been a centralfigure in northern ireland's pain and peace. now he is standing down due to illness. i have to be honest with myself. the question i ask myself, are you physically capable of fighting this election with the intensity elections need to be fought? be honest and says, i not physically capable. his background lay in the civil rights riots in londonderry, but martin mcguinness chose violent resistance. by the age londonderry, but martin mcguinness ch 21 5 violent resistance. by

this is bbc news. the headlines: theresa may is expected to reveal the most detailed insight yet into her approach to brexit negotiations in a speech on tuesday. the organisation, which represents more than 50 british airports, is warning that passengers arriving in the uk after brexit will face longer delays, without an increase in border force numbers. growing numbers of democrats say they will boycott donald trump's presidential inauguration after his twitter attack on a veteran civil rights activist. and a major international conference to try to kick—start peace talks between israel and the palestinians is being held in the french capital, paris. coming up in a few minutes, our sunday morning edition of the papers. this morning's reviewers arejosie delap and sean dilly. it has been a very usual weekend sport. you are right. we will start with cricket because england started their first match of the one—day series against india and hour and a half ago this morning. england have made a quick sta

the latest headlines from bbc news. the latest headlines from bbc news. the british prime minister, theresa may, has become the first foreign leader to meet president tra nsference leader to meet president transference is in operation. at a news conference, president trump paid tribute to the special relationship between the two countries. mrs may said they had reaffirmed their confidence in nato, despite the recent comments from mr trump: the transatlantic alliance obsolete. mr trump said he has had a friendly conversation with this mexican counterpart. the men had riled about the wall. the vice president has told a rally that they will

welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm gavin grey. our top stories: massacre in turkey — at least 35 people are killed in a gun attack at a packed nightclub in istanbul. a0 others are wounded. the city's governor described it as terrorism, and a brutal and merciless attack on innocent people celebrating new year. in other news — the un security council unanimously votes to support russia and turkey's latest efforts to end violence in syria. london rings in the new year in style with a huge fireworks display on the river thames.

that's all from me now, stay with bbc world news. and the top story here in the uk: at the world economic forum in switzerland, theresa may tells business leaders that britain wants to forge a new role in the world after brexit. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. as donald trump gets ready to move into the white house we look at his plans to improve the us economy. and the latest growth figures in china will be scrutinised under worries of a potential trade war. hello and welcome to asia business report. the big day is finally here. dan norton up‘s inauguration and the many he is a controversial person to move into the white house and there is a lot of uncertainty as to how presidency will impact the economy. this was the moment democrats hoped would put that in check after financial crisis that led to the worst us recession since the great depression, president obama and the american people were eager to see regulations that would put limits on bad behaviour and prevent us taxpayers from ever having

this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8pm: jeremy corbyn has set out labour's policy on brexit, but it's still a little unclear where he stands on eu migration. we're not wedded to free movement through the eu as a point of principle. i don't want to be misinterpreted — nor do we rule it out. mr corbyn has also pulled back from recommending a pay cap on top earners. police have named the child found badly injured in york yesterday, who later died. katie rough was seven. a 15—year—old girl is still being questioned. also coming up — there's been a sharp rise in psychiatric attendances at accident and emergency units in england over the past four years. other figures show record numbers of nhs patients in england have faced long waits in a&e departments. for the first time, researchers have filmed chimpanzees making and using tools to get access to water. good evening and welcome to bbc news. jeremy corbyn has been under pressure to spell out labour's position on immigration today — one of the maj

this is bbc world news, the headlines: president trump is reportedly preparing executive orders to restrict immigration. american media say he will order greater security along the mexican border and impose tougher visa checks on seven predominantly muslim countries. the israeli government has approved plans to build 2,500 more homes on occupied palestinian land in the west bank. palestinian officials say it will fuel extremism and make any peace deal more difficult british members of parliament have repeated their call for the government to publish its plan for leaving the european union as a formal policy document. on tuesday the supreme court ruled that brexit required parliament's consent. president hollande of france has been meeting leaders of colombia's largest rebel movement, the farc. mr hollande — accompanied by president santos — offered support for de—mining programmes and the search for the disappeared. now for the latest financial news with sally and world business report. mexico's economy and foreign ministers brace for talks with us trade officials as president trump t

the headlines on bbc news: a gunman has killed five people and injured eight others in a shooting at fort lauderdale international airport, in florida. the alleged gunman, named as 26—year—old esteban santiago and believed to be an iraq war veteran, is now in police custody. us intelligence officials have released a report saying russian president vladimir putin ordered a comprehensive cyber campaign to help donald trump win the presidential election. the president—elect insists hacking had absolutely no effect on the poll. michelle obama has delivered her final speech as first lady of the united states, with an impassioned call on young people to have hope and fight for their rights. in a tearful speech at the white house, she said the role of first lady had been the greatest honour of her life. in a few minutes, samira ahmed is here with newswatch. before that, it's click. right, let's get 2017 started in style, shall we? flashing lights. check. modest, understated hotels. check. lots of people queuing for photos of a sign. check. a motorcycle vest with built—in airbag? 0h!

that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello i'm olly foster — these are our sportsday headlines tonight. sir alex ferguson calls rooney a true great and can't see anyone beating his club record. what now for formula one? no bernie, we hearfrom brawn and his plans for the sport. and federer is still a force to be reckoned with. he's one match away from the final in melbourne. good evening. we have heard from sir alex ferguson today. manchester united's greatest maanger has been paying tribute to wayne rooney's goalscoring feats. he signed rooney as a teenager in 200a. he has also been speaking aboutjose mourinho's start to life as manchester united maanger, but first, here is sir alex on rooney's 250th goal scored last weekend that saw him surpass sir bobby charlton as the clubs record scorer. the potential was there and that is why we bought him. the best young player in britain it was said and thatis player in britain it was said and that is exactly right. you could never have imagined it to be honest. with the modernâ

now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week, the best view in the world, super—smart singapore, and a race to save shanghai. 5:1i5am on sunday 19th october 2014, 19 miles above new mexico, and the type of sunrise that not many people have ever seen. it's the view from a test flight which is preparing to take tourists into the stratosphere by balloon. while all the attention has been focused on space tourism using rockets and space planes, we've got exclusive access to one company in the arizona desert that's been quietly building its own spaceport. welcome to world view. it's really the way to do space tourism, because you want to go and spend time and look at the view and have a gentle ride up and a gentle ride back. i mean, look, the rocket rides are going to be great, i'm sure, but for me, i want to sit there with my glass of champagne and my best friend and look. tickets are currently selling for $75,000 each for a two—hour ascent in a pressurised capsule to an altitude of 100,000 feet. today, one of world vie

michael cowan, bbc news. this is bbc news at five — the headlines. britain‘s top diplomat to the eu, sir ivan rogers, resigns — he had been expected to play a key role in brexit talks. a man is shot dead by police near the m62 in huddersfield — he‘s been named as mohammed yasser yaqub. a british man is said to have been killed in syria fighting with kurdish forces against islamic state militants. ryan lock had told his family he was going to turkey on holiday. an update on the market numbers for you — here‘s how london and frankfurt ended the day. and in the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. children in england are eating half of their recommended daily sugar inta ke of their recommended daily sugar intake before they even get to school. sugary cereals and spreads are to blame. and there has been a campaign launched to help us better understand what our children are eating. there are lower sugar alternative brea kfast there are lower sugar alternative breakfast cereals on the market and we have encouraged pa

nick bryant, bbc news, washington. i spoke to my colleague who has been following everything in washington. what these hearings are feeling is how some of donald trump's picks for key cabinet positions are at odds with president—elect donald trump just over a week before he becomes president. it is notjust the two we had today, but also yesterday i was watching the confirmation hearing for rex tillerson, donald trump's picked to become secretary of state, a huge global role as america's diplomat, and in that hearing as well, there were some people dissenting, and some language being different to russia, with rex tillerson saying that russia was a threat. when he was pushed on whether he thought that russia was behind the hacking of the democratic party during the election, he said yes. even though donald trump conceded earlier this week, his language towards russia has not been as damning as what we heard in the hearings. what does this mean? we do not know what donald trump's policy on russia might be, because we ar

katie gornall, bbc news. there are three semi finals to look forward to at the australian open in melbourne on thursday, with both in the women's singles pitting a williams sister against a surprise unseeded opponent. venus is about to get under way against the giant—killing coco vanderweghe. while after that, serena takes on mirjana lucic—baroni, who's reached herfirst grand slam semi final since 1999 and following a troubled career. one day i will say a long, big story about things that happened to me but they've never could dream about being here again and this isjust... applause i know this means a lot to every player who reaches semifinals but to me, this isjust, this is overwhelming. i will never, ever, ever forget this day and these last couple of weeks. this has truly made my life and everything that that happened, it has made it ok. am really happy for the rihanna lucic—baroni as well because i was there when she first started and to see her never give up. it's super inspiring to me and a wonde

daniela relph, bbc news. bernie ecclestone is no longer in charge of formula one — after the us company liberty media completed its takeover today. the 86—year—old has been fi's chief executive for a0 years, but the new owners have replaced him with the american, chase carey. mr ecclestone has been given a role as chairman emeritus. he said he is proud of the business he built. the prime minister presided over a cabinet meeting today in the north—west of england, near warrington, and announced her industrial strategy for britain after brexit. theresa may set out the details of how ministers will take a more interventionist approach by creating new technology colleges — extending specialist maths schools, and spending £170 million creating new institutes of technology. our business editor, simonjack, has more details. growing an economy for the 21st—century. this biotech firm is trying to increase crop yields, reduce fertiliser use and provide high—paying jobs. most conservative governments have

this is bbc news. the headlines at two o'clock. theresa may heads to the united states to become the first world leader to meet the new president. but donald trump's latest comments on supporting torture in his first interview as president are likely to complicate the visit. as tired as i am concerned we have to fight fire with fire. the number of prisoners taking their own lives in jails in england and wales reaches record levels. strong consumer spending helped the uk's economy to grow faster than expected at the end of last year. and tim peake reveals he's to return to the international space station for a second time as the module he used to transport him last time goes on display.