industry busier than they'd expected to be. destinations outside the eu, including turkey, egypt and tunisia, are doing particularly well, as simon gompertz, reports. door bell rings. no, it's not a window cleaner or someone selling dusters. hello. hi, are you all right? yes, good thanks. are you? michelle from rothley near leicester is a personal travel agent, one of a growing band who'll come to you to arrange your holiday. are you still thinking of turkey? definitely. turkey is definitely something that we should look at. you get more for your money. there are now thousands of home—based agents like michelle keen to get us to book months ahead. what are you finding this year, how is it going? really well. really, really well. people are booking early. i think they want to escape the doom and gloom and everything that's all around. and obviously wanting to look for some sunnier climes and something to look forward to. it's cold, it's early in the year, but by booking now, people feel they can get the holiday they want at the price they can afford. and that's despite worries about

the january fitness boom — we find out if post—christmas regimes are a bit of turkey or real investment in our health and well being. today we want to know what's your new year resolution, have you broken yours already? let us know, just use the hashtag bbcbizlive hello and welcome to business live. my my new year resolution was to work less but we are here together on the 7th of january. let's get started with the programme because there is a lot to get through this morning. trade negotiators from the world's two biggest economies, the us and china, are holding theirfirst face—to—face talks since presidents donald trump and xijinping agreed on a 90—day truce at the start of december. last year saw the two sides impose tit—for—tat tariffs on a total of $363 billion worth of each others‘ imports. mr trump initiated the trade war, claiming unfair chinese trade practices, concerns shared by the eu, japan and others. but there have been signs of progress in the past month. china has resumed imports of us soybeans and suspended extra tariffs on us—made cars and auto

campbell reports. there had been rumoured sightings of him as far afield as turkey i was involved in a tragic accident in 2015, in which a lady called “ht“ “he “55‘s" hh h'e "he'll“? charlotte took this footage on her mobile phone. they had been drinking. he let her take the controls. the boat crashed and overturned. both were thrown clear of the speedboat, ending up in the thames, at this section of the river in south—west london. they were rescued but charlotte later died in hospital. neither of them was wearing a life jacket. shepherd, who's now 31, was arrested but fled before his trial at the old bailey even began. he was convicted in his absence of manslaughter by gross negligence and sentenced to six years in prison. since her death in december 2015, charlotte's family have campaigned for the fugitive to be brought tojustice. just yesterday, they met with the home secretary, sajid javid, who told them all necessary resources would be available to find him. broadcast this morning, charlotte's father appealed you've caused our family a lot of harm and devastation.

about whether they are doing theirjob properly. did you have turkey on christmas day? —— whether there is a fair market. a 7% drop in turkey sales. partly vegetarianism, partly because many struggle to cook it without producing an end product with shoe leather consistency. i had an official complaint from my wife‘s damp stopper for not having turkey? is that i have been on this earth for over 70 years and this is the first time i have not had turkey on christmas day. -- did you say to that he should bring himself next year. we had chicken and pork. we had chicken for the kids and b for the grown—ups. had chicken for the kids and b for the grown-ups. am i the only one that had turkey? —— beath? the grown-ups. am i the only one that had turkey? -- beath? a 7596 drop around here. what have you got? you are promising us great things. an interview withjohn you are promising us great things. an interview with john mcenroe. great value for muggy. there is andy murray in the picture. —— for money. he said he had the same hip problem that andy murray had when he was 26 and he chose

dictatorship of maduro, of course, russia, turkey and china being three countries... cuba, i can't forget cuba, two countries that have doubled down behind the maduro regime. in terms of, as you say it, internally, is the problem here that nicolas maduro doesn't really have a safe escape here, there isn't really a future, perhaps, for him should he step down. yes, i mean, certainly there is no real exit strategy for maduro right now. i know the opposition has made calls to offer amnesty to venezuelan leadership, but there is certainly no guarantee that if there is a transition, but those that are in the regime now, in the leadership, won't be held accountable. in latin america it is not uncommon for leaders like maduro, dictators like maduro, to either go under hiding, in exile, or in jail, either go under hiding, in exile, or injail, and either go under hiding, in exile, or in jail, and certainly either go under hiding, in exile, or injail, and certainly at either go under hiding, in exile, or in jail, and certainly at maduro heals very comfortable that it is goesin heals very comfortable tha

of state mike pompeo says he is optimistic that washington and turkey can agree on a way to protect america's kurdish allies in syria after its troops leave the country. mr pompeo was speaking in the united arab emirates during a middle east tour aimed at reassuring allies after president trump abruptly announced his decision to withdraw us troops. our correspondent, barbara plett usher is monitoring his middle east trip from riyadh. this dispute with turkey over america's kurdish allies has took precedent over this trip. he told reporters he had spoken with his turkish counterpart over a deal that could they turkish allies defend their... while help fight alongside their... while help fight alongside the group and said they are not terrorists. the turks sent they are and have rolled back military operations against them. mike pompeo wa nts to operations against them. mike pompeo wants to change the attention to iran, calling for a united front against a geek out that the magnate —— the idolising activity. outrage over the recent saudi murder over jamal hash g has obligated the

he criticised the government in his home country of turkey. i don't think it has affected us. but it will be hard for us not having one of our best players with us. you know what enes kanter brings to the basketball team. we have been without him for a couple of games now. we will play the wizards without him. judd trump is safely through to the quarter—finals of the masters snooker. he beat last year's finalist kyren wilson by six frames to two at alexandra palace in what was a bit of a grudge match with both players admitting they don't get on with each other. looked at that handshake. next, he'll face the three times champion mark selby who beat scotland's stephen maguire by the same score. selby was a comfortable winner in the end, knocking in three century breaks on his way to victory. should we do that handshake like they just should we do that handshake like theyjust did? go. like that.” should we do that handshake like theyjust did? go. like that. i see. very abrupt. you don't often hear about the incident. it always seems quite respectful. not always. i think there have

members included citizens from turkey and india. the fire reportedly occurred while transferring fuel from a gas transporter to a tanker. a lookalike of friends star david schwimmer has been arrested, after failing to appear in court. the first police bid to trace abdulah hussein went viral over his apparent resemblance to character ross geller. that's on our website. this is huh jen—kway. he's a chinese geneticist who last year claimed to have created the world's first genetically—edited babies. at the time, the claim was met with outrage — and scepticism, because it hadn't been verified. today, chinese state media reported that his work had resulted in the birth of twin babies, and that another woman was currently pregnant. we also have this — a statement from his university saying that he has been sacked with immediate effect. the media reports said he "sought personal fame and fortune" and acted alone. kerry allen specialises in chinese media for bbc monitoring — here she is with more details. well, there has been a lot of attention on this professor, he jiankui. we know

a visit to israel, john bolton said the us wanted assurances from turkey that us—backed kurdish fighters would be safe — and said he wanted to ensure remnants of so—called islamic state had been defeated. last month, president trump made a surprise announcement, saying that the troops were "all coming back and they're coming back now". mr bolton's comments came as the chief of staff at the pentagon, kevin sweeney resigned — becoming the third senior official at the pentagon to go since president trump made that announcement. a young saudi woman says she is stuck at bangkok's main international airport, after running away from her family, who she believes will kill her for renouncing islam. 18 year old rahaf al—qunan was on a day trip to kuwait with her family, when she fled 2 days ago. (00v map) arriving at bangkok airport, she says her passport was seized by saudi embassy officials as soon as she got off the plane — while in transit to get on a flight for australia — where she says she had a visa. thai officials say they will send her back to kuwait tomorrow morning

that is snow across greece and turkey. but for us no such excitement with our weather. for most of us pretty loudly with some sunny spells around. —— cloudy. still quite cool and temperatures around three, seven celsius. some showers around perhaps in kent but looking through the weekend and into next week things could turn even cloudier. temperatures lifting a few degrees but a quiet spell of weather with only slow changes and that is how things look for the weekend. that's all from the bbc news at six — so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. you are watching bbc news. the top stories. rail passengers face a hike in fares of more than 3% despite a year of delays and cancellations across the network. health experts warning that children are experiencing a minimum income of sugarfor an adult experiencing a minimum income of sugar for an adult by the time they reach the age of ten. the home secretary is questioning whether people who are trying to cross the channel are genuine asylum seekers. a police sergeant injured in a suspe

accused to be extradited to turkey and tried there but it became very quickly obvious that the saudi arabians were not going to go down that route. so we have this extraordinary trial beginning to unfold today. saudi arabia came under a huge amount of pressure on this issue. you mentioned they moved fast but some people said they moved fast because they found some people who conveniently they are putting on trial and it may not actually be related to what happened. the whole thing has been colossally damaging for saudi arabia, and the sheer shocking circumstances of the liquidation of khashoggi in the kingdom's consulate in istanbul, then be budged to cover the saudis insisted that he had left the consulate quite well, safely, and they were worried about his whereabouts. then we were told he died ina whereabouts. then we were told he died in a fist fight. the whole story did not come out, though, because we still don't know the whereabouts of his remains, shockingly. this has led to extraordinary criticism and scrutiny of saudi arabia of some of its closest western allies, the

president's closest advisors had a tricky time last week in turkey, trying to persuade ankara not to move against america's kurdish allies. on sunday night us secretary of state mike pompeo arrived in riyadh, which might be even more uncomfortable because of the added tension over the killing of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. the bbc‘s barbara plett usher is in riyadh following mr pompeo‘s trip, and told me what we can expect. this issue of jamal this issue ofjamal khashoggi obviously, but also other things like counter—terrorism, iran, syria, all of these things will come up, and before mr pompeo arrived i had a chat with senior member of the royal family, and sal seidel, and i began by asking him about syria and what he thought of president trump's decision to withdraw us troops from syria because that's a topic that has dominated mr pompeo‘s trip so far, and this is he said. the us's actions from my perspective is that it is going to further complicate the issue, rather than find any solutions to it, and it will further entrench not only the iranians but also the russian

other main nations accepting british plastic are malaysia, turkey and poland. malaysia is now suffering from dumping of low value waste and its government is considering a ban on rubbish imports. the real concern is that we are causing environmental damage in other countries, where they have except what china has said no to bet they do not have proper, modern facilities to deal with it and is ending up in the environment. so why doesn't the british government build its own waste recycling? ministers say they are trying to cut down on waste but they say international ship runs unacceptable way to trade and often valuable resource. —— but. roger harrabin, bbc news. now on bbc news, 2018 marked 50 years since the boeing 7a7 took to the skies. this is the story of the iconic jumbojet — from its nail—biting launch, to one crew's emotionalfinalflight. 50 years ago, mankind dared to dream. space, speed and size. apollo, concorde, and in 1968, the jumbo jet. file: the first giant 747 is presented to the world. people thought that an aeroplane this big just wouldn't fly. over 4

blanket of snow. and more is on the way. in turkey, roads have been blocked and ferry services cancelled. in greece, temperatures have dropped to —23 degrees. the snow has even reached south—eastern italy, where some schools have been closed. but it is the alps which have seen some of the greatest disruption and loss of life. there have been some spectacular rescues. this helicopter pilot, near chamonix in france, couldn't land as he tried to save an injured climber, so he stuck the nose of his aircraft into a snow drift in order to let the rescue team land. translation: it'sjust to gain time, when we have rapidly changing conditions on the mountain. clouds can come down at any minute, so we choose to do this to deploy as quickly as we can. it's something we train for, not in such spectacular conditions, but we do practise. in austria, some ski resorts and mountain villages have had to be evacuated. and it is a constant struggle to keep paths and roads clear. austrians are used to the snow, but the sheer amount of it that has fallen in the past few days is making life very

find out more about his story. turkey, greece, er, germany... perhaps here. mohammed salihi is one of the faces behind what the home secretary has called a major incident. the iranian who claims to have been imprisoned by the regime for four years is one of more than 500 people who made the dangerous journey in small boats across the sea to britain from france last year. translation: i came in an inflatable boat. we were in one boat and the traffickers were in another escorting us. i paid 3000 euros. the channel is very dangerous and some people in our boat fainted. the police saw and helped us. 0ur life was at great risk. he arrived in october and has now applied for asylum in britain but did apply in france before and was rejected. the home secretary sajid javid told the commons last night the home office should try to limit the claims of those who travel from safe countries like france. there are people in britain who would say that it is not right for you to come to britain if you have already been in france — that france is a safe country. translation: if they understood our

. he warned turkey not to attack america's kurdish allies. he tweeted from syria, while hitting the current remaining is caliphate hard, they would attack again if it reforms. here you can see a map of how complex that region is, the kurdish area in light green and turkey in red. trump hasn't said where the safe some would be, the turkish foreign minister said last week that turkey would embrace a safe zone along their border with syria. let's talk to the director of the turkey programme at the washington institute. mike pompeo was asked to date on his trip around the middle east what the president meant when he said he would crush turkey economically if it moved against america's kurdish allies. he didn't seem to know what it meant. do you understand what the president's tweet meant? based on my conversations with friends in washington and resequencing that beat from the end to the beginning, it out differently saying that there are talks within turkey and the us to establish a safe haven along turkey's border with syria, that in return turkey agrees to not attack the kurdish why p

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. the other main nations accepting british plastic are malaysia, turkey and poland. malaysia is now suffering from dumping of low—value waste, and its government is considering a ban on rubbish imports. the real concern is that we're causing environmental damage in other countries, where they've accepted what china's said no to, but they don't have proper, modern facilities to deal with it, and it's ending up in the environment. so why doesn't the british government build its own waste recycling? ministers say they are trying to cut down on waste, but they say international shipments are an acceptable way to trade an often valuable resource. roger harrabin, bbc news. samantha harding is the litter programme director for the campaign to protect rural england. you just saw her in roger's report. she told me that the key to improving plastic recycling was better collection systems. the waste that we were standing over to china in the first place is such low quality, and that is why china said we don't really want this any more. there is the question of saying, well, we shouldn't real

to think it would probably be something like the turkey situation, where the tariff rates are set by the eu, but arcade gets to keep anything attached the 0leksandr zu bkov anything attached the 0leksandr zu b kov to anything attached the 0leksandr zubkov to be omitted to brussels. would a norway—type deal allow the uk to strike trade deals with other countries around the world ? yes, edward, and in norway, for example, in switzerland, which has an often identical relationship, they do indeed have trade deals of their own. and the reason they can do that is that although they have largely tariff free trade — agriculture is it exception to this, but they do have largely tariff free trade with the eu, they don‘t apply the european union‘s common external tariff, as to score. they can set their own talents and can offer reductions in their negotiations. 0ne reductions in their negotiations. one of the drawbacks with this is that if you are shipping stuff from, say, norway to the eea, you have to show that it really is the region and not stuff from outside to make sure it is elig

turkey, roads have been blocked and ferry services cancelled. in greece, temperatures have dropped to —23 degrees. the snow has even reached south—eastern italy, where some schools have been closed. but it's the alps which have seen some of the greatest disruption and loss of life. there have been some spectacular rescues. this helicopter pilot, near chamonix in france, couldn't land as he tried to save an injured climber, so he stuck the nose of his aircraft into a snow drift in order to let the rescue team land. translation: it'sjust to gain time when we have rapidly changing conditions on the mountain. clouds can come down at any minute, so we choose to do this to deploy as quickly as we can. it's something we train for, not in such spectacular conditions, but we do practise. in austria, some ski resorts and mountain villages have had to be evacuated. and it's a constant struggle to keep paths and roads clear. austrians are used to the snow, but the sheer amount of it that's fallen in the past few days is making life very difficult for people here in the mountains. this path wa

had been rumoured sightings of him as far afield as turkey and thailand, but after months on the run, jack shepherd finally handed himself in in the former soviet state of georgia. a fugitive from justice, before speaking to police, he gave an interview to a georgian tv station. my name's jack shepherd. i was involved in a tragic accident in 2015, in which a lady called charlotte brown tragically died. charlotte was just 2a when she was killed. she was on a first date. shepherd had taken herfor a meal and then on a trip out onto the thames on his speedboat. charlotte took this footage on her mobile phone. they had been drinking. he let her take the controls. the boat crashed and overturned. both were thrown clear of the speedboat, ending up in the thames, at this section of the river in south—west london. they were rescued but charlotte later died in hospital. neither of them was wearing a life jacket. shepherd, who's now 31, was arrested but fled before his trial at the old bailey even began. he was convicted in his absence of manslaughter by gross negligence and sentenced to six

and snow at lower levels across greece and turkey at the moment, and that bitterly cold air is sitting not only across the south—east mediterranean, but it is moving all the way up generally to eastern europe over the next few days. the yellow tones, not mild but something less cold across portugal, spain, france and the uk. but if we get some freezing fog first thing on friday morning, it may be slow to clear a way, and that could have quite an impact on the temperatures. again, there will be some sunshine around after a cold and frosty start on friday. if the freezing fog lingers, favourite spots will be central and southern england, those temperatures only around three or four degrees. mild otherfurther west we go. this quiet theme of weather looks quite —— to continue. it will be largely dry, but we will be chasing cloud amounts around. take care. iam i am lewis vaughanjones with bbc news. a top stories... meeting called by president trump to discuss the budget dispute that has led to a partial government shutdown has broken up without agreement. as they left the white house,

greece and cyprus have said about precedents set in terms of turkey. so alas, i cannot support it. so what is to be done. it seems to me that we almost certainly need more time. although i think the amendment we have passed today makes it clear that the house of commons expects the government to address these matters with great urgency. the former brexit secretary makes the good point that deals in the european union are normally done up the european union are normally done up against the clock and i recognise the validity of that point. the much bigger role for parliament to take, that was set out by my two right honourable friend is is clearly extremely important. the government, asa extremely important. the government, as a servant of parliament, and not the other way round, needs to go back to brussels, paris and berlin and spell out clearly to our friends in the eu why the deal is unacceptable and in particular the response to the backstop. and to explain that if the commission persists in this vein it will sour relations between the european union and the uk for generations, to

gets dumped. the other main nations accepting british plastic are malaysia, turkey and poland. malaysia is now suffering from dumping of low—value waste, and its government is considering a ban on rubbish imports. the real concern is that we're causing environmental damage in other countries, where they've accepted what china's said no to, but they don't have proper, modern facilities to deal with it, and it's ending up in the environment. so why doesn't the british government build its own waste recycling? ministers say they are trying to cut down on waste, but they say international shipment is an acceptable way to trade an often valuable resource. roger harrabin, bbc news. one of the singers with the american ‘70s band dr hook, ray sawyer, has died at the age of 81. he was known for his trademark hat and eyepatch, which he wore after losing his right eye in a road accident. the group's hits included sylvia's mother and when you're in love with a beautiful woman. people around the world have been saying goodbye to 2018 and welcoming in 2019 with a bang. in london, an est

see some still in greece and turkey. no such fun and games for us. we‘re still stuck under the same area of high pressure and for most of us it is going to be another cloudy days. that could be a few breaks in the cloud, a little bit of sunshine, perhaps they response that will be across the south of wales and southern counties of england but in the sunshine that is where we have got the coldest weather. things are returning a bit milder across west of scotla nd returning a bit milder across west of scotland with temperatures in stornoway coming to 9 degrees. across the north west of scotland we will continue to see some of the mildest air on friday but the cloud will continue to thicken and we could see an odd spot of drizzle coming and going. for most of the uk it is quite cloudy as the quite chilly as well with a milder weather in the north—west temperatures again in stornoway up to 9 degrees were soaked with the end of the week. what about the weekend weather prospects? here is our weather pressure. is slowly declining as moved southwards which allows week weather fronts to mo

resigned, saying theresa may's deal would be detrimental to the nation's interests. and why turkey farmers in the east of england are worried about brexit. coming up in the sport in the next 15 minutes on bbc news: the best in the world — manchester united hail their keeper david de gea after he helps them beat spurs at wembley. record—breaking snow has continued to blanket parts of europe. over the weekend, at least five people were killed as avalanches hit skiing areas, and over 20 people have died in the region during the last month. the situation is particular severe in the austrian alps, from where our correspondent bethany bell reports. this ski resort in the central austrian alps is sinking in snow. it was evacuated a week ago because of the danger of avalanches. now soldiers and firefighters are trying to dig it out. it's going to take a long time. the snow is several stories high. translation: this is the ground floor, but on the second story is actually looks pretty much the same. this happened over the last six or seven days. the small really didn't stop. in the near

on turkey. tuesday night into wednesday at the snow keeps coming, in and around the likes of southern germany but low pressure developing, that spreads its way towards greece and the southern balkans and it is here where there could be disruptive snow to take us into the middle part of the week. it's notjust here in europe, further east end towards turkey we've seen huge amounts of snowfall, this is on the outskirts of ankara through yesterday and we've also seen snow in lebanon, strong winds causing issues as well, picking up dust and as you can see some sand as well. we are not done with the severe weather across more heavy rain, strong winds and snow particularly heavy snowfall across the eastern half of turkey as we finish tuesday going into wednesday, that spreads its way across parts of georgia and armenia and also azerbaijan. a rather turbulent spell, we've hired strong wins spreading into the north sea as we go through tomorrow but for the rest of the week it's back to square one, dry weather with frost and then milder yet again, the full forecast in an hour. hello, i

turkey that us—backed kurdish fighters would be safe, and said he wanted to ensure remnants of so—called islamic state had been defeated. last month, president trump made a surprise announcement saying that the troops were all coming back, and they're coming back now. the 76th golden globes awards are underway in los angeles. leading the nominations this year is vice, a satirical biopic of former us vice president dick cheney, and a star is born, which stars lady gaga and bradley cooper. our correspondent peter bowes is in los angeles. peter, the ceremony has got under way. what's been happening, who's been winning? well, mostly so far they've gone through the television categories. i'lljust tell they've gone through the television categories. i'll just tell you they've gone through the television categories. i'lljust tell you about the introduction to the show. it is being presented by sandra oh and in december, who is well—known for his late—night comedy —— andy samburg. he is the open by saying it will be afun he is the open by saying it will be a fun night, and a luc

stuffed! we will be taking a look at turkey, where we have cold weather. we will also be looking at floods that are affecting parts of northern europe. also coming up,... # enola gay #. i will be talking to one of the founding members of omd and asking what they have done with the old synthesisers. hello. as if going back to work after the christmas break wasn't bad enough, commuters travelling by rail kicked off 2019 by paying above inflation price for their tickets. fa res have inflation price for their tickets. fares have increased by 3.1% in england and wales and almost 3% in scotland. 0ur transport correspondent reports. passengers in the north of england suffered the most in 2018. across britain, delays and cancellations have risen to their highest level in 17 years. with flares up again, some passengers say they are not getting value for money. at the end of the day, it is public transport and of the public cannot afford it, what goodis the public cannot afford it, what good is that? the price is quite steep, but it is easier than taking the car. yes, generally speaking it is

, turkey and poland. malaysia is now suffering from dumping of low—value waste, and its government is considering a ban on rubbish imports. the real concern is that we're causing environmental damage in other countries, where they've accepted what china's said no to, but they don't have proper, modern facilities to deal with it and it's ending up in the environment. so why doesn't the british government build its own waste recycling? ministers say they are trying to cut down on waste, but they say international shipments are an acceptable way to trade an often valuable resource. roger harrabin, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. good evening. for those of you lucky enough to have some sunshine today, that will lead to a cold and wintry night. favourite spots in the west. there is also a risk of a fluted showers and that will prevent to tears from falling below freezing. we will see temperatures below freezing, a frosty start but a sparkling one on wednesday, lots of sunshine which continues particularly further inland away from those coasts. a dry sunn

conditions. the last remnants of isis must be eliminated, there must be agreement with turkey, that there will be protection of the kurdish dominated force that the us has been supporting and sizes. lindsey graham added after a meeting with president from another condition, that iran must not have access to the oilfields. all three of those conditions seem almost impossible to meet within four months on much longer. 0k, impossible to meet within four months on much longer. ok, so why did the president announced the initial plan of withdrawing troops immediately? well, this president has proven over and over again he makes decisions impulsively, and this was something that came out basically a 30 conversation originally president heard one —— with president erdogan, where the latter pressed him, saying we have taken much of the territory, etc. according to the reports in the room, the president asked if this was true, and said, we will pull out. that chain of events led to the resignation of the secretary of defense and ahead of the 75 nation coalition that has been fighting isis

. that is right. there will be on their way back from the sea between turkey and greece where they have been carrying out similar operations to deter and rescue migrants making that perilous crossing. up to 200 people a day travelling between turkey and greece. those boats on the way back to uk waters where they willjoin another cut the way back to uk waters where they will join another cut are the way back to uk waters where they willjoin another cut are already here. the home secretary also said there will bejoint here. the home secretary also said there will be joint patrols with french forces in the channel behind me. trying to persuade migrants not to make the perilousjourney me. trying to persuade migrants not to make the perilous journey across the waters. many of them trying to make it under cover of darkness. trying to break up migrant gangs facilitating those crossings is a priority for the british and french. sajid javid said this is a major incident but it is notjust about protecting uk borders, he is determined there will not be any kind of tragedy in the waters behind

medicines. the successful us basketball star too afraid to travel to the uk to play, after turkey issues a warrant for his arrest. and after a drink—driving conviction and time away from the spotlight, ant mcpartlin returns to work for this year's britain's got talent auditions. and coming up on bbc news, the defending champion is out of the australian open. caroline wozniacki beaten by maria sharapova. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the duke of edinburgh is recovering at the royal family's sandringham estate, after he was left "very shocked" and shaken in a car crash yesterday on a busy road nearby. prince philip, who's 97's land rover overturned after it was hit by another car. police say a baby was in the other vehicle but wasn't injured, and that the driver and the other passenger in the car have now left hospital after receiving treatment. after a number of serious accidents on the same stretch of road, the local council today approved plans to cut the speed limit and introduce cameras there. our royal correspondent sarah campbell reports. that's not goo

us and turkey can reach an agreement on a way to protect america's kurdish allies in syria after its troops pull out. us forces have fought alongside the kurds in northern syria against islamic state jihadists. mr pompeo is on a middle east tour which is intended to reassure washington's allies following president trump's announcement last month that us forces would be withdrawn from syria. barbara plett usher is monitoring his trip from riyadh. this dispute with turkey over america's kurdish allies has overshadowed mr pompeo's sweeping mid east trip. but he told journalists he had spoken with his turkish counterpart and thought an agreement might be possible. one that would allow the turks to defend their country from legitimate terror threats. and would also protect those kurds who have been fighting the islamic state group alongside the americans and who he said were not terrorists. the turks think they are and have not publicly rolled back plans for military operations against them. mr pompeo really wants to turn the focus to countering iran. he is calling for a united arab f

new york knicks fears reprisals from turkey. why enez ka nter couldn't join his team on a trip to play abroad. also coming up on the programme: billed as the largest peaceful gathering now the of now the president qf the united stabs, h9 president at the united states, he sworn in on the steps of capitol was sworn in on the steps of capitol m , to getting gatti attacked é teargas gatti attacked ; t. anti— % say will on the tour. him the tour. him the - the tour. him the - th ofaur. hi held a - th of aur. hi held a i a i th ofaur. hi held a i a charge >ur. but the in wartime france. there, he was the gestapo chief, cast barbie. a tide of humanity that is believed by officials to have broken all records. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: the duke of edinburgh is uninjured after being involved in a car crash near the queen's sandringham estate. and one of north korea's top diplomats arrives in washington, fuelling speculation of a second summit betweem kim jong—un and donald trump. iam sure i am sure the uk pape

of state, mike pompeo, says he is optimistic that washington and turkey can agree on a way to protect america's kurdish allies in syria after its troops leave the country. mr pompeo was speaking in the united arab emirates during a middle east tour aimed at reassuring allies, after president trump abruptly announced his decision to withdraw us troops. five people have died in heavy snowstorms in the midwest of the united states. in the state of missouri, which was one of the hardest hit, around a foot and a half of snow fell and more than 800 road accidents were reported. those are the main stories this morning. we're here on the bbc news channel until nine this morning. coming up... whether it's bach, mendelssohn or schubert, more of us got hooked on classical music last year. we'll ask why the genre is enjoying such a renaissance. with the number of homeless people rising, many councils have tried to ban begging. but it hasn't worked. we'll look at a new scheme that hopes to make a difference. and we'll meet the woman planning to go for a walk — a 20,000 mile one that will last fo

situation. turkey's president has some angry words for the us national security adviser on how america intends to withdraw from syria, and what happens after. and scientists find out why some penguins have been travelling hundreds of miles from home — and getting stranded in south america. it turns out that female penguins are taking more risk than the male ones. let's go back to donald trump will give a televised address later. infourand a in four and a half hours he's going to give a nationalised televised address. house speaker nancy pelosi tweeted: "now that the television networks have decided to air @realdonaldtrump's address, which if his past statements are any indication will be full of malice and misinformation, democrats must immediately be given equal airtime." there had been a debate about whether major networks would carry the president's primetime address — but in the end, they decided they would. there is precedent not to air a presidential address. this is an article from the washington post from 2014 — when networks declined to broadcast president 0bama's addres

, turkey, mexico, bolivia and cuba are supporting him. here's our north america editor, jon sopel. last night in caracas, and, much like a lot of recent nights in the venezuelan capital, gunfire, violence, protests against the government. a cycle seemingly without end as the economy of this oil—rich country collapses. but there was one crucial difference. it came after mass rallies as the leader of the national assembly, 35—year—old juan guaido, declared himself the interim president as thousands took to the streets — a move that brought immediate backing from the americans and demands that nicolas maduro, who has presided over venezuela's economic collapse, steps aside. the regime of former president nicolas maduro is illegitimate. his regime is morally bankrupt. it is economically incompetent and it is profoundly corrupt. in light of these facts, we call on venezuela's security forces to ensure the protection of interim president guaido‘s physical integrity and his safety. a number of other latin american countries have followed suit, so too canada. and britain as well, with

from turkey, need to wait while customs forms are filed and checked with agents like harbour shipping. with no deal, that would change. qtr, we areg’oing at teastfiofrrnes across the industry. we have not had the opportunity to invest in the staff be ready on day one. there are some who say no deal is nothing to fear. most businesses are hoping a deal can yet be done so they don't have to find out. with me are lucy fisher —| and the political commentator, lance price. and for the third straight day there is only one story in town. and that is, of course, brexit. a gleeful looking prime minister is on the front of the guardian — the paper captures the moment she learns she has survived the no—confidence vote. "brexican stand—off‘ — may and corbyn‘s parliament clash this evening and his attempt to oust her is dramatically illustrated on the front of the metro. as the prime minister hopes to hatch a new plan for brexit — the labour leaderjeremy corbyn refuses to hold any discussions unless may rules out a no—deal scenario, that's on the front of the ft. ‘d

bolton said the us wanted assurances from turkey that us—backed kurdish fighters would be safe, and said he wanted to ensure remnants of so—called islamic state had been defeated. last month, president trump made a surprise announcement saying that the troops were all coming back, and they're coming back now. the 76th golden globes awards are underway in los angeles. leading the nominations this year is vice, a satirical biopic of former us vice president dick cheney, and a star is born, which stars lady gaga and bradley cooper. 0ur correspondent peter bowes is in los angeles. peter, we have already had a big award. yes, and you mentioned vice, about the former vice president of the united states, dick cheney, played by christian bale. well, he has won in his category for that performance, and interestingly he thanked the prosthetics and the make—up department for their work on the film. clearly a reference to the fa ct the film. clearly a reference to the fact that he, in terms of his physicality, was really transformed to make him become dick cheney. he looks like dick cheney,

is north—west turkey, not immune from snow, that has caused problems transport wise in particular. i am going to look at why it has been so snowy, northerly winds and the reason we have had a lot of snow in the alps is persistent northerly winds all year s0 persistent northerly winds all year so it has been the northern alcacer had the snow, getting to the southern alps hasn't been as much, was up southern alps hasn't been as much, was up over southern alps hasn't been as much, was up over the mountains and comes down the other side a bit warmer. it is cold the fern effect. a lot of snow on the northern side of the alps and has been snowy, persistent northerly. the snow we have had in turkey has been a combination of the cold at the coming down into the mediterranean developing areas of low pressure, a lot of those in greece and that is that any of low pressure bringing the snow into greece and turkey. what we have here isa greece and turkey. what we have here is a bit ofa greece and turkey. what we have here is a bit of a confusing chart, the low pressure they are and the jet str

could be arrested or attacked if he travels. turkey has issued a warrant for his arrest, claiming he has links with armed groups linked to the failed coup in 2016. he's the nba star who's not afraid of confrontation, both on the court and now off. enes kanter is a wanted man in turkey. the government there claim he's linked to a failed plot to overthrow the turkish president, which he denies. speaking to me in his home city of new york, enes kanter explains his fears have been justified. are you worried you'll be sent back to turkey? yes because everyone was saying you're just talking about it, you don't have any evidence, but when my team was flying to london the turkish government put a red notice under my name with interpol. as soon as i left the plane they would send me back to turkey. do you feel you've been proven right? yes. kanter has been a long—standing critic of president erdogan, seen here with theresa may. the turkish government believe he is part of the group that wanted to oust him in 2016 but he believes mr erdogan is a dictator who will target anyone who criticises

consulate in istanbul, turkey, in october. huawei has punished two of its staff for using mobile phones made by its american rival apple. the employees tweeted new year greetings from huawei's official account, which came with the message "via twitter for iphone". the chinese company has reportedly demoted the two workers and reduced their salaries. there are renewed tensions between britain and russia after a joint us—uk citizen was arrested in moscow, accused of spying. paul whelan's family say he was simply attending a wedding. the british foreign secretaryjeremy hunt has said moscow mustn't use british citizens as "pawns in diplomatic chess." sarah rainsford reports from moscow. paul whelan was with a wedding party staying at this top—end moscow hotel, but he never made it to the ceremony. he was arrested, charged as a spy. russia's security service implied he had been caught red—handed. as his family and friends insist he is innocent, the british government says it is extremely worried. individuals should not be used as pawns of diplomatic leverage. and, you know, we n

malaysia, turkey and poland. malaysia is now suffering from dumping of low—value waste, and its government is considering a ban on rubbish imports. the real concern is that we‘re causing environmental damage in other countries, where they‘ve accepted what china‘s said no to, but they don‘t have proper, modern facilities to deal with it, and it‘s ending up in the environment. so why doesn‘t the british government build its own waste recycling? ministers say they are trying to cut down on waste, but they say international shipments are an acceptable way to trade an often valuable resource. roger harrabin, bbc news. a new energy price cap has come into force in england, scotland and wales. the industry regulator, ofgem, estimates the cap will save 11 million people an average of 76 pounds a year. consumer groups are warning that it could cut the number of cheap deals available. northern ireland has a separate energy regulator and already has a price cap. the headlines on bbc news... police say they‘re treating the stabbing of three people at victoria station in manchester last n

at lower levels across greece and turkey at the moment, and that bitterly cold air is sitting not only across the south—east mediterranean, but it's moving all the way up generally through eastern europe over the next few days. the yellow tones — i'm not going to say mild, but something a little less cold across portugal, spain, france and the uk. if we get some freezing fog first thing on friday morning, it may be slow to clear away, and that could have quite an impact on the temperatures. again, there will be some sunshine around after a cold and frosty start on friday. if the freezing fog lingers, and favoured spots for that are going to be central and southern england, well, then, those temperatures only at around 3 or 4 degrees. a little milder the further west we go. this quiet theme of weather looks likely to continue into the weekend. 0n the whole, largely dry but, again, chasing cloud amounts around. take care. this is bbc news. the headlines: a meeting called by president trump to try to end the budget dispute that's partially shut down the us government has finished

levels. iraq, kuwait, iran, cyprus, greece, turkey, really unsettled and looking picture. very significant snow was forecasted through the day on thursday. we've had for 0sha's winds blowing as well. there wednesday into thursday, they are our bread and amber, red is the top—level warnings across some parts of scandinavia, the low highways as well. because of the high tides at this time of year, bitterly cold, honestly with that wind accentuating the wind—chill around temperatures barely reaching double figures in athens. it stays quite chilly here in the uk as well, but there will be more detail on that in the next half—hour. bye—bye. i love. this is 0utside source. talks in washington to end the government shutdown and democrats will not budge, would president trump still holding up the money to build a border wall. with the 5 billion approved by the house, it's such a small amount compared to the level of the problem. xi jinping such a small amount compared to the level of the problem. xijinping has said that taiwan must except that reunification with china is inevit