04/01/2017 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at ten - Britain appoints its new man in Brussels

as Brexit puts the strain on relations between ministers

Sir Tim Barrow - a career diplomat and former ambassador to Russia -

becomes the UK's new top civil servant at the EU.

I think it makes sense to get this resolved swiftly,

but what matters most is getting right, not quick,

and I think Sir Tim is right guy to bring some fresh thinking,

a whole range of experience, and lead the team in Brussels.

After the government is accused of muddled thinking over Brexit

by the outgoing ambassador, more questions over how much

We'll be looking at the impact on negotiations with Brussels.

A vigil on the M62 slip road where a 28 year old man was shot

dead by police as his father speaks out for the first time.

How can you kill someone like this, at a time like this, without giving

Straight, three bullets through the windscreen....

FROM BACKGROUND: It's because they're Pakistanis.

Disappointing Christmas sales at Next - the high street retailer

warns of a difficult year ahead as the weak pound drives up prices.

We speak to the British doctor in Syria helping the injured who've

And, have Chelsea made it 14 wins in a row,

Or did Spurs put an end to their winning streak?

And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News,

World Number One Sir Andy Murray brings his winning streak

to 26 matches by reaching the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open.

The government has moved fast to appoint a new Ambassador

to the European Union after the surprise resignation

of Britain's top diplomat in Brussels yesterday.

Sir Tim Barrow - a former ambassador to Russia -

will begin work next week on the complex Brexit

His appointment comes after Sir Ivan Rogers

stood down suddenly, and then accused the government

His departure led to accusations that he'd lost the trust

Our diplomatic correspondent James Landale reports.

Until today said Tim Barrow was one of the most senior officials at the

Foreign Office, always on hand to advise his boss. Tonight he's the

new ambassador to the European Union with the awesome task of getting the

Brexit negotiations back on track. His former boss said he was the

right man for the job. He's an absolutely classic, tough civil

servant. Very experienced. Knows the EU very well and will go in there

and do a good job. I think he will sing honestly to ministers what he

thinks the decision is, when they take a decision on the project and

plan, then he will implement it very loyally. Tim Barrow is a former

ambassador to Moscow and has spent much of his career working in

Brussels. While Ukip criticised what they saw as another Foreign Office

insider, Tory campaigners for Brexit were relaxed about the appointment

of a career diplomat with a natty line in waistcoats.

I think it makes sense to get this resolved swiftly,

but what matters most is getting it right, not quick, and I think

Sir Tim is the right guy to bring some fresh thinking,

a whole range of experience, and lead the team in Brussels.

This is the man whose shoes Sir Tim is filling commissaire Ivan Rogers,

who resigned unexpectedly, attacking what he called the government's

muddled thinking and ill founded arguments over Brexit. The

Ambassador's job was to be Theresa May's eyes and ears at the

negotiations in Brussels, but in a blunt resignation letter, Ivan

Rogers spelt out the challenges facing his successor, revealing he

did not yet know what the government would set in negotiating objectives

with the UK's relationship with the EU after Brexit. That plan has been

kept hidden, or at least is still being prepared behind closed doors

in Downing Street. Foreign Secretary, have you pushed aside,

who will replace him? Ministers today refused to give, yes, a

running commentary. Four months last year Ivan Rogers traipsed

fruitlessly between London and Brussels trying to reform the EU

ahead of the referendum, but said in his letter the government was not

prepared for the even bigger talks ahead. Serious multilateral

negotiating experience is in short supply in Whitehall. The structure

of the UK's negotiating team needs rapid resolution. The most worrying

thing in Ivan Rogers' e-mail to his staff on leaving office was a

confession that he is ambassador to the EU did not know what the

government's negotiating objectives were. That makes us all believe what

we already suspected, that the government doesn't have a plan. The

government has moved very quickly to replace Ivan Rogers to try to draw a

line under a row that has not only exposed tensions in Whitehall but

has posed questions about the government's preparations for

Brexit. Tonight the ministers are rallying round the appointment of

Sir Tim Barrow. They know in this building he's hugely rated. But the

questions posed by his predecessor remain. MPs hope Theresa May will

provide some answers on a speech on Brexit to be given scene. One she

will have to write with a new ambassador at her shoulder, who is

playing catch-up just weeks after negotiations begin. James Landale,

BBC News. Let's speak to our deputy political

editor John Pienaar in Westminster. What impact will this have on Brexit

negotiations? We've seen the weight Brexit supporting Conservatives have

been love bombing the new ambassador, determined that the

relationship should work smoothly. It doesn't address the underlying

tension between some very high-ranking civil servants who are

worried their political masters may not fully understand and certainly

won't admit the sheer difficulty and scale and complexity of Brexit.

Their worry is that Mike in the end undermine the day to day working of

government and the success of Brexit itself. As for the Theresa May

speech mentioned in James's report, we expect that early in the year,

and we expect more detailed of her thinking on Brexit. It might ease

some of the pressure for more clarity, but given how much she

wants to keep her cards close to her chest, given how much she wants to

keep our options open, I will not be holding my breath on that. John

Pienaar in Downing Street. And I'm joined by our

business editor Simon Jack. Detail is what many are clamouring

for. What about the world of business, do they feel they are

getting enough information? In one sense they are pretty happy. They

say to me that after a slow start they are impressed by the amount of

engagement they are getting from government. The chief executives

from biggest companies are not struggling to get face time with

government departments. What they say is that at the moment it's

one-way traffic. The government is doing a lot of listening but not

transmitting much detail back the other way. They think it's not

because there's some master plan under wraps, they suspect there is

not a fully formed plan. In the meantime, as the clock ticks down to

article 50 being triggered, they are having to make contingency plans and

spending tens of millions of pounds on that, our companies. It could be

like rolling the beach towels out all over Europe, hiring people,

putting in regulatory permissions. They are wondering whether that will

happen. What they are saying to me is that they don't want to press an

emergency button, but they need to have a button to press, even if they

spend tens of billions of pounds, they would like to leave the button

behind the glass and unbroken. They want more detail and not getting it

yet. Simon Jack, thank you. Dozens of people have

attended a vigil tonight in memory of Yasser Yaqub -

the man shot dead by a police marksman as he drove off the M62

slip road in Huddersfield Speaking at the roadside

where his son died, Mr Yaqub's father told the BBC

he believes his son was killed unlawfully, and that the police have

questions to answer. At the exact spot where Yassar Yaqub

died, Friends and family gathered quietly

and respectfully to lay The mood was polite, but his

brother-in-law and father told me they were angry and want

more information. From start to finish,

nothing hidden. My message is that he has

been killed unlawfully. How can you kill

someone like this at a time like this without giving them

a chance to get out or anything? Three bullets through

the windscreen and that's it. We are not in America,

not in a third world country. Yassar Yaqub was shot

dead by police on Monday night, the gun was found

in the car he was in. In 2010 he was cleared

of attempted murder and a firearms offence

after it was alleged he opened fire on a car

in Huddersfield. Some local people told us

he was a renowned drugs dealer but others didn't think he was

involved in any criminal activity. People living close

to his home also say that his house was targeted

by gunmen more than a year ago. The house now has obvious security

cameras on the outside. All I can say, I've

known him for a very long time, spent every day

with him and I know that he's not a person

who would shoot at anybody. Because there are lots

of reports suggesting He's never been charged

with any of those He hasn't got a bad

past, he has never There was a very different tone 15

miles away in Bradford last night. blocked a main road,

about the killing "Police don't shoot,"

said one of the banners. They have killed

an innocent brother. A police car was attacked

at one point, with an A local MP has appealed

for the community to remain calm. We need to wait to see what comes

out of the investigation and police, they have my confidence,

the community and in terms of the they have regular conversations with

me. If we need to have more conversation

between the community The Independent Police Complaints

Commission is now overseeing this Five other men were arrested

at the time on suspicion of possessing a firearm

with intent to cause fear. Understandably there is no

running commentary from investigators but that is leading

to many different theories as to how Danny Savage, BBC

News, Huddersfield. The high street retailer Next has

warned of a difficult year ahead, as the weak pound increases costs

and drives up prices. It comes after it announced worse

than expected figures in the run up to Christmas,

causing a big fall Our business correspondent

Emma Simpson reports. The festive season,

it's when the tills But it's been a difficult one

for Next, one of our Their Christmas results are seen

as a bellwether for the high street. The high street is struggling

with the switch from actual selling Struggling with coping

with Black Friday, which is taking But at the same time,

Next itself is struggling because the big growth area in Next

has been the directory, But to have such a disappointment

from one of the stronger retailers first thing is clearly

not good news. But, as always, some

will do better than others. The signs are that it's been

decent for John Lewis. Its department stores saw a surge

in sales in the final week. Consumers haven't stopped spending,

but we have been spending less on what we wear and more

on what we do. Record player's from my

parents, and little bits Gadgets and everything

nowadays, it's, you know... So, yeah, it has become

a lot more expensive. We will be reining it

in in the New Year. 2016 was tough for Next,

but it's warning this year will be even tougher,

with what it describes as It says profits will be hit,

and that the devaluation of the pound after the EU referendum

vote will push up its prices by 5%. And the industry's trade body

also thinks the going's 2016 has been a pretty

tough year and it looks You've got rising prices,

which means consumers' budgets won't go as far,

and they won't be able Ultimately, that will affect

retailers' profits. At the same time, we've got rising

costs from the impact of the national living wage

and business rates, which also means the cost of doing business

is going up at the same time. For now, though, the question is,

has Next fared better or worse than its rivals in a market more

crowded and competitive than ever? The full Christmas story

will unfold in the coming days. A 38-year-old man from Oldham

has appeared in court, charged with causing the deaths

of two young cousins. Helina Kotlarova, who was 12,

and 11-year-old Zaneta Krokova, Three other men are charged with

perverting the course of justice. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin

Netanyahu has called for a pardon for a soldier who's been convicted

of manslaughter for killing Sergeant Elor Azaria killed

Abdul Fatah al-Sharif in Hebron last March,

after the Palestinian had been involved in

stabbing another soldier. Our Middle East correspondent

Yolande Knell reports. It's minutes after two young

Palestinian men with knives attacked One is dead and one

is clearly still alive. Sergeant Elor Azaria,

a 19-year-old medic, helped treat a wounded soldier,

and then he did this. A single bullet to the head killed

Abdul Fatah al-Sharif. Today the Sergeant was in a military

court, smiling to see But soon after, he was found

guilty of manslaughter. Judges rejected the soldier's

claimed that the Palestinian posed a threat and decided he shot him

out of revenge. But Sergeant Azaria has loyal

backers in a country where most They accuse the army

of abandoning one of its own. This guy came to do

an attack, to hurt families. Even the Israeli Defence

Minister spoke of this Before taking up his post,

he made clear his support And that caused tensions

with the top brass here They said they command according

to rules and an ethical code, Such a high-profile trial

of a soldier for killing a Palestinian is very

unusual in Israel. The outcome was welcomed by

the family of Abdul Fatah al-Sharif. TRANSLATION: I feel like any father

would feel after seeing my son It's still hard for me every time

I remember what happened. If he died instantly it

would have been much easier than to see your son

executed like that. Sergeant Azaria's crime took place

during a wave of Palestinian attacks when there was a national debate

about how to respond. And his case has proved

highly divisive. When he is sentenced,

the maximum he could serve is 20 years in jail,

but he is expected to get far less. And tonight the Prime Minister has

joined other Israeli politicians With less than three weeks to go

until he leaves office, President Obama says he plans

to release more inmates from the Guantanamo Bay detention

centre, after vowing to shut it down But the President elect -

Donald Trump - has taken issue with his decision,

tweeting that the inmates are "dangerous people"

who shouldn't be released. Guantanamo Bay was opened in January

2002 to hold terror suspects after the September 11th attacks

and the subsequent US-led At its peak, as many as 779

prisoners were held there. During his time in office,

President Obama has Our security correspondent Gordon

Corera, who first visited Guantanamo Bay 15 years ago,

has been back inside to The evening call to prayer from

inside the cells of Guantanamo Bay. For everyone here, these

are uncertain times. President Obama promised

to Guantanamo when he first took office but he was frustrated

by Congress and it's a promise He is still trying to transfer

some of the remaining 60 But during our visit,

the admiral in charge admitted You know the detainees have

questions, are the transfers going to stop when the new president

takes charge on January 20th? Their lawyers may speculate

but nobody knows. But in a tweet, Donald Trump has now

made clear what he thinks. "There should be no further

releases from Guantanamo. These are extremely dangerous people

and should not be allowed back The uncertainty hanging over

the base was clear as we toured We were allowed to film detainees

through one-way glass. One realised we were on the other

side and displayed a hand-painted sign, a question-mark

with a padlock underneath. I watched some of the first

detainees arrived at Camp X-ray It was the early days of what was

called the war on terror. Now we found Camp X-ray abandoned,

steel cages, overgrown. Permanent structures

took its place but they've This block in Guantanamo used

to house 100 detainees but since last summer it has been

empty and silent, part of President Obama's

push to close the camp. That's failed and the question now

is whether, under President Trump, these cells will once again be

filled with detainees. This morning I watched

President Obama talking about GTMO, right, Guantanamo Bay,

which, by the way, we are keeping And we're going to load it up

with some bad dudes, believe me, The colonel in charge of day-to-day

operations told me they could take in new prisoners straightaway

if they receive the orders. We'd be prepared to receive

some, in the short term, if that was required to us

and the orders were given to us. If it were to become an expensive

thing, then there would need to be some additional changes

to the structure since we've closed -- if it were to become an extensive

thing. We'd have to find a way

to open that back up. President Obama has said Guantanamo,

because of its reputation around the world, undermines rather

than advances America's security but it will now be up

to a new president to decide what to do with those

America is fighting. Where to put them,

how to treat them. And so, for now, the future of this

place hangs in the balance. Gordon Corera, BBC

News, Guantanamo Bay. Our North America Editor,

Jon Sopel, joins us Guantanamo Bay just the latest big

issue being aired very publicly between President Obama and Donald

Trump? Sophie, there is a wonderful symmetry about today. As we were

hearing in Gordon Corera 's port, Barack Obama, when running for

president eight years ago, promised it would be closed. Guantanamo Bay

would cease to be, no ifs, no buts. He gets to office, finds out it is

small, located than that and, 80, it is still open.

Donald Trump made a similar pledge during the campaign which, now here

is about to start governing, recognises as a little more

complicated, that is the affordable care act, or ObamaCare, if you like,

the policy which has given 20 million Americans ensuring to

previously did not have it. But people's premiums went up and the

cover got worse and he sounded very popular during the campaign to say,

you know what, I will get rid of it. Vice President-elect Mike Pence went

to Capitol Hill today and said this must be our priority, but what will

we do about all those people who might suddenly lose cover? What

about this policy that people must be given insurance even if they have

pre-existing conditions? There was suddenly an awareness that things

were little more complicated and all the talk of ObamaCare is not of

scrapping it immediately but of some form of transitional arrangements.

It is the same, whether you are talking about ObamaCare, via Rantie

all, the climate change arrangements, easy to save you will

scrap them, but what you put in its place? -- whether you are talking

about ObamaCare, the Iran deal. Boruc Obama has discovered, Donald

Trump is discovering, that campaigning is a lot easier than

governing. -- Barack Obama has discovered.

A brief look at some of the day's other other news stories.

Turkey's Foreign Minister says officials know the identity

of the gunman who carried out the Istanbul nightclub

attack on New Year's Eve, but he's stopped short

No further details about the inquiry into the murder of 39 people

So-called Islamic State has said it carried out the attack.

Police in Germany have detained a Tunisian man who's suspected

of being involved in the lorry attack on a Christmas market

The authorities say the 28-year-old had dinner with the attacker

Anis Amri the night before he killed 12 people.

13,000 people have had their holidays cancelled,

following the collapse of the travel company All Leisure

Customers who had booked cruises with Swan Hellenic and Voyages

of Discovery will be given full refunds.

Turkey has warned that peace talks in Syria are under threat

because of repeated cease-fire violations by government forces.

Hundreds of civilians who were injured in the Russian

backed bombing of Aleppo were evacuated from the city last

Many of them have ended up in hospitals in the

There a British surgeon - David Nott - has been

He's been speaking to our correspondent Quentin Sommerville.

His report contains some distressing details.

The agony of East Aleppo didn't end with its defeat by President Assad.

"He destroyed everything," cries this woman.

Some of the most desperate, including five-month-old Maram,

Her right arm is her only unbroken limb.

A bomb hit her family as they were evacuating from the city.

Britain's David Nott lead the surgery inside Syria.

They'll have to be the ones that go, definitely.

This baby is in danger of losing her leg, or her life.

A piece of shrapnel has broken her hip.

As you can see, the fragment on the x-ray, I think we have found

It's a bit of shell, a bit of fragmentation

from a military armament, a piece of metal.

Part of her left leg is missing, and the team treated that, too.

This is a piece of fragment from a shell from an air strike.

Now back safely in London, Dr Nott talked me through the surgery.

My heart actually bled for this little girl.

It bled because she wanted me to help her, she couldn't move her

She couldn't move her legs because they were fractured.

She had a big piece of iron on her other leg

and she couldn't move that, and she had exposed bones.

Dr Nott operated day and night for a week.

Around 750 seriously injured people were evacuated from eastern Aleppo.

He was reunited with doctors he trained.

They'd stayed in the city while the bombs fell.

They're very good war surgeons, really good war surgeons.

And they can cope with lots of things which they couldn't

Not only that, we saved countless hundreds and thousands

of people's lives, and I think that was all we could ask for,

Most of eastern Aleppo's doctors are now in Idlib,

The civilians who fled have horrible injuries.

There was multiple amputations, because those patients

So although you're doing an amputation, it's like getting

frostbite in your amputated leg, and so we had to go

The battle for Aleppo may be over, but Syria's medical needs

The most gravely ill have been sent to Turkey for more help.

Sent there alone, we don't know if she survived.

Flowers have been late on Coniston water in the Lake District to mark

the 50th anniversary of the land and speed water record holder Donald

Campbell. His jet powered boat Bluebird broke into pieces as he

attempted to break his own record. His daughter said she was humble but

his achievements are still being recognised 50 years later.

A French cyclist - who is 105 years old -

has set a world record for the furthest distance cycled

in one hour in a new age group category created for him

Robert Marchand managed to cycle 14 miles around a velodrome.

He was slightly slower than when he completed the same race

Afterwards he said he could have done better -

but wanted to prove you can still ride a bike at 105.

Chelsea went into tonight's game against Spurs knowing a win

would set a new top flight record of 14 consecutive wins

in a single season, but Tottenham had other ideas.

Our sports correspondent Natalie Pirks reports from White Hart Lane.

Whilst the rest of us might have the January blues,

Flying high in the league and on the brink of making history

If there's any game you wanted to get the 14,

Diego Costa is the league's top scorer and he is also

rather partial to a row, although not usually

The pair were still at it a full minute later.

Chelsea have the best defence in the league

but seconds before half-time, England's Dele caught them with one

A goal to knock Chelsea's pride and knock some of the Spurs

The old adage goes that if it ain't broke, don't fix it,

so in the second half, Spurs did exactly

A carbon copy Dele header and a second goal to savour.

Chelsea knew the chance to make history was over.

Madrid might covet him, but right now, Dele's all theirs.

White Hart Lane used to be known as 3-point play by Chelsea fans, such

was their dominance here, not any more. After Chelsea ended Spurs'

title hopes last season, this was the perfect revenge. Not only did

this cut Chelsea's Lido this post to seven points and push Spurs above

rivals Man City and Arsenal to third place, but it also sends a real

statement of intent, a statement that this site could be title

contenders yet again. They are happy, and Dele will get all the

plaudits, but this is a classy team performance. As for Chelsea, Gary

Cahill said after the match, it will not affect this mentally and we go

again. Given that is what Steven Gerrard said when Liverpool famously

slipped up, that was probably not the best choice of words.

Newsnight is about to begin over on BBC in a few moments.

Here is Evan. Tonight we will be looking at what is in store for

France this year, our nearest neighbour and closest rival. The

presidential election that could end up as a contest between the far

right and the Thatcherites, making for interesting times.

Join me on BBC Two. That's it from us, you can keep up to date

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