05/12/2015 BBC Weekend News

The FBI says it's piecing together a profile of the married couple,

who carried out a mass shooting in California on Wednesday,

which the agency is now calling "an act of terrorism".

Investigators say they're studying their internet

Lawyers for the family of Tashfeen Malik and her husband

Syed Farook, who killed 14 people, say there's no evidence they

Our North America Correspondent Laura Bicker has sent this report.

This is the first picture of the mother who was involved

Broadcasters were invited to film inside the home she shared

Toys and games belonging to her six-month-old girl were strewn on

the floor, not far from where police found a home-made bomb factory.

Those who knew the couple are in shock, and say they had no idea that

in the garage behind this family house was an arsenal of weapons.

None of the family members had any idea

There has never been any evidence that either

of the two alleged shooters were aggressive, had extremist views.

There was information about the fact that his co-workers kind of made fun

He was a very isolated, introverted individual.

The FBI says the shooting, which killed 14 people,

The reason for that is that the investigation so far has developed

indications of radicalisation by the killers and of potential inspiration

They say there is no evidence that this was connected to

They add that much of the evidence still doesn't make

sense, and until it does, this couple's motive is not yet clear.

Here, West Midlands Plice say they are supporting French police who are

investigating possible British links to the extremists who attacked Paris

It's reported that the Paris ringleader, Abdelhamid Abaaoud,

had connections with people in Birmingham, and that another

of the gunmen visited Birmingham and London earlier this year.

British Typhoon fighters have been deployed for the first time in

airstrikes against the Islamic State extremist group in Syria and Iraq.

Two Typhoons and two Tornado jets took off last night from the British

The Defence Secretary Michael Fallon, has been visiting

We face a new kind of enemy that makes no demands, takes no hostages,

Our Defence Correspondent Jonathan Beale joins us from Akrotiri.

What more do we know about Britain's role in the latest missions? Well,

as you know this is the second set of air strikes since Parliament gave

authorisation to hit targets in Syria. We know that this was a first

mission also for the Typhoon jets flying alongside the Tornado jets

here for a year and that the target was the Omar Oil Fields in eastern

Syria. The army are deploying them, hundreds of thousands of dollars a

day hitting the oilfields. And second, another near northern Iraq

near Sinjar. Michael Fallon was clear to the air

and ground crews, that now that the Parliament has voted "yes" to the

air strikes, the hands are not tied behind their backs but made clear

that the campaign would not be short. There would be many, many

more missions in the days and the months ahead.

Roads have been closed in Scotland and the north of England,

as Storm Desmond has brought strong winds, flooding and landslides.

Almost 140 flood warnings are in place across the UK,

including two severe flood warnings on the River Tyne.

The Home Office is considering plans to introduce

a new court order to tackle stalking in England and Wales.

It's consulting on a proposal to target cases where

victims are pursued by someone they have never met or barely know.

For the victims, it is utterly terrifying, and studies suggest

Now, the Home Office is considering new protection orders for those

obsessively pursued by others on the street or on the internet.

It's protection that might have saved Jane Clough's life.

She was killed by her ex-boyfriend five years ago.

He would stalk her by means of social media,

by following her whereabouts using a telephone, constantly texting.

And the police knew the extreme risk that Jane was at.

Even so, she was still left with no protection.

Stalking was made a criminal offence three years ago,

and around 1,100 prosecutions were brought in the past year.

That is a rise of nearly 50% on the previous 12 months.

But the Home Office recognises that such prosecutions are often

If we can intervene earlier, if we can protect victims and we

can intervene on the perpetrator earlier, we believe we will be able

to protect victims, but also stop the behaviour escalating into that

One helpline suggests more than 50% stalkers are now pursuing

people they have never actually met over the internet.

The Home Office says it will tighten the law on such behaviour

and put more funding into tackling abuse within teenage

You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.

The next news on BBC One is at 5 of 50pm. Goodbye.

And afternoon. Storm Desmond has been making headlines already, and I

suspect it has more to make. The centre is closer to Iceland than us,

but it is the trailing weather front that is the real concern. Added into

that, we have strong winds. Unusually, the Met Office