:00:10. > :00:14.The latest headlines from BBC News. I'm Babita Sharma. The United
:00:15. > :00:18.Nations says that both government and rebel forces in the Syrian city
:00:19. > :00:21.of Homs have agreed to a three day extension of a temporary ceasefire
:00:22. > :00:27.to allow more residents to be evacuated. More than 450 vulnerable
:00:28. > :00:31.people were moved out of the Old City of Homs on Monday.
:00:32. > :00:34.Hundreds of homes along the River Thames in southern England are being
:00:35. > :00:38.evacuated, after the river burst its banks and swept into villages and
:00:39. > :00:40.towns west of London. The authorities say that the water would
:00:41. > :00:45.continue to rise, threatening hundreds more properties and putting
:00:46. > :00:49.people's lives at risk. Police in China have launched a
:00:50. > :00:53.crackdown on the sex trade in the southern city of Dongguan, following
:00:54. > :00:56.local media reports on prostitution. Police arrested 67 people and shut
:00:57. > :01:05.down 12 venues, while two police chiefs were suspended.
:01:06. > :01:09.The Prime Minister says Environment Agency staff on the ground are doing
:01:10. > :01:14.an amazing job and deserve support and thanks. That's despite criticism
:01:15. > :01:19.of the agency by one of his most senior ministers over the weekend.
:01:20. > :01:22.The political blame game has meant how much is spent on flood defences
:01:23. > :01:31.and where they should go is now under intense scrutiny.
:01:32. > :01:36.The flooding is so serious and so long-lasting that it has opened up
:01:37. > :01:42.divisions within government. The waves of violent weather have put
:01:43. > :01:45.areas like the Somerset Levels at the centre of a dispute about what
:01:46. > :01:51.went wrong. Was the Environment Agency held back a tough government
:01:52. > :01:57.rules on spending, or should it have invested more in clearing silt from
:01:58. > :02:02.the rivers? We perhaps relied too much on the Environment Agency's
:02:03. > :02:06.advice. Yesterday, Eric Pickles was highly critical of the Environment
:02:07. > :02:12.Agency and of why it hasn't done more in Somerset. Today, the
:02:13. > :02:17.agency's head it right back. He is wrong. How agency were following
:02:18. > :02:22.government rules and guidelines. We put money on the table for dredging
:02:23. > :02:28.12 months ago but the maximum that we were allowed up by government
:02:29. > :02:35.rules, to put on the table was ?400,000. Then the environment
:02:36. > :02:38.Secretary when Paterson, who is off recovering from surgery, defended
:02:39. > :02:41.the Environment Agency. This afternoon in the Commons, Eric
:02:42. > :02:48.Pickles seems to have changed his tune. My admiration for the work of
:02:49. > :02:56.the Environment Agency exceeds no one and I believe it is time for us
:02:57. > :02:59.to work together. All this as the Thames Barrier is ready for the
:03:00. > :03:03.record flows. There are no warnings for central London so far but it's a
:03:04. > :03:10.tense backdrop to a political storm. The fact is, there has never been
:03:11. > :03:15.enough money to help everybody. So, there is a system for calculating
:03:16. > :03:19.where the cash gets spent. Every pound produces at least ?8 of
:03:20. > :03:23.economic benefit. That is a Treasury rule and why London is the most
:03:24. > :03:27.expensive protection of all. Second, you count all the households at
:03:28. > :03:33.risk. Clearly, cities will do better than the countryside. Third, you add
:03:34. > :03:39.up to private households. Again, urban areas will have a higher
:03:40. > :03:42.rating. Add all of that together and you can see why regions like the
:03:43. > :03:49.Somerset Levels have not been getting the investment that people
:03:50. > :03:54.there think they deserve. There has always been, since the 1500s,
:03:55. > :03:58.arguments about flooding land that produces food compared with
:03:59. > :04:01.protecting urban areas. But we know the science, we know how to deal
:04:02. > :04:07.with this, but you have to make decisions about the economics.
:04:08. > :04:11.Rush-hour in Worcester, the city effectively closed. Up and down the
:04:12. > :04:15.country, flooding is affecting everyday life. Major floods usually
:04:16. > :04:19.forced the government to think again and, with extreme weather still
:04:20. > :04:25.striking the country, that's what we are seeing now.
:04:26. > :04:28.David Cameron left with -- left Westminster r to visit parts of the
:04:29. > :04:31.south-west badly affected by the recent heavy rain and devastating
:04:32. > :04:34.storm surges. His trip has taken in Devon, Dorset and Cornwall and he's
:04:35. > :04:39.been talking to business leaders and rail bosses. Jon Kay has more from
:04:40. > :04:42.Newquay where the Prime Minister arrived on Monday.
:04:43. > :04:52.Going nowhere again. The fishermen have not been out to sea since
:04:53. > :04:57.before Christmas. Gary said he has not known anything like it in 40
:04:58. > :05:02.years. With fishing, you can never play catch up. A day lost is a day
:05:03. > :05:11.lost. We are now into two months and it is not looking good. The crews
:05:12. > :05:14.are not earning money. Calm in the harbour today but out in the
:05:15. > :05:18.Atlantic, the waves are still too big for fishing. The harbour master
:05:19. > :05:23.told me he fears for those who rely on the sea for their income. Trying
:05:24. > :05:31.to keep them upbeat is quite difficult. They are struggling
:05:32. > :05:35.financially with not being able to get on with their livelihood. Some
:05:36. > :05:39.mornings I have dreaded walking to work, just have for fear of what I
:05:40. > :05:45.will find. The seafront has been repeatedly smashed by the storms.
:05:46. > :05:52.The aquarium was forced to shut for one week. It reopened today but they
:05:53. > :06:02.are not expecting business to be easy. Lots of people are staying
:06:03. > :06:05.away, quite sensibly. They are heeding warnings not to travel.
:06:06. > :06:15.Keeping away from dangerous areas with these kinds of waves. We have
:06:16. > :06:18.lost quite a lot of business. The south-west of England relies on
:06:19. > :06:21.visitors to come to places like these so there is a sense of urgency
:06:22. > :06:24.that the damage needs to be repaired, transport links and need
:06:25. > :06:29.to recover ahead of busy holiday seasons. The Prime Minister flew
:06:30. > :06:39.into Newquay tonight to support the region's economy. The train wasn't
:06:40. > :06:48.an option. The main line through Dawlish will take weeks to repair.
:06:49. > :06:52.That news for a region which can already feel cut off and isolated. I
:06:53. > :06:55.am only interested in making sure that everything the government can
:06:56. > :07:00.do is being done and will go on being done to help people through
:07:01. > :07:04.this difficult time. The south-west is determined to show that it is
:07:05. > :07:07.open for business and for many, life goes on as normal. Given the weather
:07:08. > :07:12.forecast, getting the region back on its feet could still be a challenge.
:07:13. > :07:15.Smoking in cars when there are children present looks set to be
:07:16. > :07:20.banned in England and Wales after MPs voted overwhelmingly to back the
:07:21. > :07:22.move. Hundreds of health professionals support the change but
:07:23. > :07:31.critics say it'll be almost impossible to enforce.
:07:32. > :07:37.A cigarette on the go, a dummy and a detector in the back. This is how
:07:38. > :07:39.you measure second-hand smoke in cars, using volunteer smokers and
:07:40. > :07:50.non-smokers, windows closed and windows open. The monitor picks up
:07:51. > :07:54.tiny particles in smoke. Researchers say there is as much in cars as pubs
:07:55. > :08:00.before the smoking ban, and that children are more vulnerable. It can
:08:01. > :08:02.cause things like asthma, respiratory problems, wheezing, blue
:08:03. > :08:13.ear, and we know second-hand smoke for very small children is linked to
:08:14. > :08:21.cot death. Doctors say the government should intervene in what
:08:22. > :08:24.happens in the family car. But how far do you take that argument? What
:08:25. > :08:31.about smoking at home, or even pregnant women who smoke? Lifelong
:08:32. > :08:37.smoker Pat Nurse is among those who strongly disagree. In terms of civil
:08:38. > :08:40.liberties and how far the government encroaches on people's lives, there
:08:41. > :08:47.is a line, and a car ban crosses that line. In the Commons this
:08:48. > :08:50.evening, some MPs said it made no sense to single out cars for
:08:51. > :08:54.legislation. Why is it worse for people to be smoking in an open top
:08:55. > :08:58.car than it is for them to be smoking in a confined flat or in a
:08:59. > :09:04.caravan? Why is one much more of a danger to health than the other? MPs
:09:05. > :09:08.were convinced by an argument that this was about one simple priority.
:09:09. > :09:15.Protecting young children who don't have a voice and don't have a
:09:16. > :09:20.choice. In 20 years' time, I'm sure we will wonder how this was ever
:09:21. > :09:53.allowed in the first place. Parents already have to strap younger
:09:54. > :09:54.children in safely, it has become completely accepted as sensible.
:09:55. > :09:55.What did they make of the idea of a law to ban smoking in cars? I think
:09:56. > :09:56.if there are children involved, you shouldn't be able to smoke anyway.
:09:57. > :09:56.It's too confined, and they don't get the choice. I don't think it
:09:57. > :09:57.should be brought into law. I think we are becoming a bit of a nanny
:09:58. > :09:58.state, to be honest. Wales has been trying to persuade families to keep
:09:59. > :09:59.cars smoke-free, and it will consider a ban. There is interest in
:10:00. > :10:00.the rest of the UK as well. Now MPs have paved the way, ministers in
:10:01. > :10:06.England and Wales have the final decision.
:10:07. > :10:10.The Labour leader Ed Miliband has called for a new era for public
:10:11. > :10:13.services that puts more power in the hands of parents and patients. He's
:10:14. > :10:16.set out a series of proposals designed to tackle what he calls
:10:17. > :10:24.unaccountable state power and unresponsive public services.
:10:25. > :10:31.How do you make hospitals and other public services better when there's
:10:32. > :10:34.no money to spend? It is a question Ed Miliband has been struggling with
:10:35. > :10:36.for months. Today, he gave his answer. Not more top-down
:10:37. > :10:40.decision-making by managers, not more choice or competition, but new
:10:41. > :10:44.ways of giving people a say over the services they receive. Information
:10:45. > :10:51.in the hands of the users, not ordered by the state. Patients,
:10:52. > :10:53.parents and others linkup with each other, not left on their own.
:10:54. > :10:59.Decisions made by users and professionals together. And, power
:11:00. > :11:04.not concentrated at the centre. What do these plans mean in practice? He
:11:05. > :11:07.says Labour will give parents a new power to send inspectors into
:11:08. > :11:18.schools to raise issues and even sack head teachers. He promised
:11:19. > :11:21.patients and local people an automatic say in changes to the
:11:22. > :11:25.local health services. He said people would get more data about the
:11:26. > :11:28.public services they are using. But his vision of people powered public
:11:29. > :11:32.services did not involve market forces. You say that more choice and
:11:33. > :11:38.competition will not improve standards in the public services? We
:11:39. > :11:42.can't apply the principles that you would use in relation to markets to
:11:43. > :11:49.the principles you apply to the way the public services work. As for
:11:50. > :11:54.having a greater say at school, some parents in Huddersfield like the
:11:55. > :11:58.idea. We seem to be getting told what we can and can't do with our
:11:59. > :12:02.children. I think it will be a good thing to get parents more involved
:12:03. > :12:06.in the running of the schools. It is nice to go and talk to them, but to
:12:07. > :12:17.also allow them to be able to have them, you know, have some faith in
:12:18. > :12:20.them. This is an attempt to show how Labour would do more with less. But,
:12:21. > :12:23.less money there will be, and one thing the Labour leader wasn't
:12:24. > :12:26.saying today is where he would make his cuts. The problem with Ed
:12:27. > :12:34.Miliband is a vote against every decision we have made to reduce
:12:35. > :12:39.deficit in this country. Get more for less. He can't now come along
:12:40. > :12:42.and claim to have the answers. So, some ideas and the beginning of an
:12:43. > :12:47.important debate. Today, he praised Margaret Thatcher's sense of
:12:48. > :12:59.purpose. When it comes to public service reform, that would not be a
:13:00. > :13:02.bad thing to have. The rest of the news in about 15
:13:03. > :13:07.minutes. Now it is time for ABC News.
:13:08. > :13:12.Welcome. Coast to coast. More than half the country trapped in the
:13:13. > :13:14.freeze. The south braces for a new round of the snow and ice that has
:13:15. > :13:20.crippled highways already this winter. Terrorist threat, the
:13:21. > :13:23.airline Americans are warned not to fly and the new video tonight Show
:13:24. > :13:28.in the tape down of a wanted terrorist overseas.
:13:29. > :13:32.And born in the USA. Big business in an American paradise. Travel agents
:13:33. > :13:34.selling the path to American citizenship. A investigation
:13:35. > :13:53.tonight. Good evening. We begin with a new
:13:54. > :13:57.blow from this exhausting winter. Both sides of the country dealing
:13:58. > :14:02.with a season that won't quit, as another winter storm is set to
:14:03. > :14:06.pounce. Out west, they are cleaning up mudslides and avalanches caused
:14:07. > :14:11.by heavy snow and ice. The south eager to show it can handle the
:14:12. > :14:14.weather. Snow covering more than half the country, with 11 states
:14:15. > :14:22.from Texas to Carolina preparing for a new blast.
:14:23. > :14:26.First mudslides in northern Carolina, trees falling into cars.
:14:27. > :14:31.Then avalanches from the heavy snow that killed two people in Utah.
:14:32. > :14:34.Tonight, authorities across the country worrying about people dying
:14:35. > :14:40.on the roads. 26 people were hospitalised when a bus slipped on
:14:41. > :14:43.the black ice in Pennsylvania. Utility crews from around the
:14:44. > :14:46.country try to restore power this even into thousands of families who
:14:47. > :14:54.have been in the dark for one week. This has been the longest. It is
:14:55. > :14:58.outrageous to. In Georgia, they are bracing for a storm that could be
:14:59. > :15:02.bigger than the two inches that paralysed Atalanta two weeks ago.
:15:03. > :15:10.The city's responds to gain a running joke, like this one. It only
:15:11. > :15:17.took a snowflake to shut the city down, it said. Today, a state of
:15:18. > :15:21.emergency was declared in 45 counties before the snow and ice. Do
:15:22. > :15:28.not put yourself or your family in jeopardy. They are expecting more
:15:29. > :15:33.snow tonight and up to one inch of ice possible tomorrow. They want
:15:34. > :15:38.everyone off the roads, starting tonight. So, tomorrow and Wednesday,
:15:39. > :15:42.schools in Atlanta are closed. This could be a significant storm for
:15:43. > :15:46.much of the south, parts of the minute -- mid adman Dick and the
:15:47. > :15:51.north-east. A new and specific threat in the air
:15:52. > :15:55.and president of warning about airlines flying to American
:15:56. > :16:05.airports. US passengers told about one airline they should not board.
:16:06. > :16:09.The air plane warning was stark and unprecedented. The embassy said
:16:10. > :16:17.Americans should avoid flights on Karelian air from Ghana to the US.
:16:18. > :16:24.-- Ruby and. It turned a specific unconfirmed threat. This is an
:16:25. > :16:30.unconfirmed threat. Officials said the threat today 's flight to New
:16:31. > :16:34.York was allowed to land, but with security squads and portable x-ray
:16:35. > :16:38.scanners. Passengers that they were worried but not enough to cancel
:16:39. > :16:41.their plans. I was scared but I had to take my chances. Authorities have
:16:42. > :16:49.been concerned about cells in the area. The FBI 's most wanted
:16:50. > :16:53.operatives is a native, he grew up in New York and Florida and is now
:16:54. > :16:58.actively being hunted by the US in Pakistan. The intensity of the hunt
:16:59. > :17:05.for a number of senior Al Qaeda leaders was seen in this new video
:17:06. > :17:11.of a capture. This was obtained by the Washington Post. A white van the
:17:12. > :17:16.car, Delta Force members jump out, guns drawn, and a second car blocks
:17:17. > :17:23.any escape. A quick reaction Force comes from up the street. After a
:17:24. > :17:27.struggle, he is pulled into the van. US forces sweep the area and then
:17:28. > :17:34.they are gone. It is all over it in a little over one minute. He is now
:17:35. > :17:39.awaiting trial for the bombings of US embassies in Africa. There is a
:17:40. > :17:43.new report out saying US officials have identified American terrorist
:17:44. > :17:47.targeting Americans overseas and they don't know how to handle it.
:17:48. > :17:51.The US officials have confirmed that is the case. They are watching one
:17:52. > :17:54.citizen in particular, deciding whether or not it is legal to kill
:17:55. > :18:00.them, because otherwise they can't get out in. The new rule set up by
:18:01. > :18:06.President Obama. To horrific crashes, leaving 11 people dead,
:18:07. > :18:13.both cars going a long way. This raises questions about how these
:18:14. > :18:20.terrible accidents keep occurring. It was so unbelievable. An SUV
:18:21. > :18:27.speeding the wrong way on a counter highway. This driver started
:18:28. > :18:32.recording. -- Tampa. Only to capture the deadly collision. The wrong way
:18:33. > :18:38.driver suspected of drinking slammed into a sedan with four brothers.
:18:39. > :18:43.Five dead here. Six hours later, in California, a 21 -year-old woman was
:18:44. > :18:47.convicted of TU White four years ago and suspected of being drunk, also
:18:48. > :18:54.drove at high speed the wrong way. -- DUI. The driver survived but her
:18:55. > :19:00.sister and five others were killed. Wrong way accidents account for a
:19:01. > :19:04.small portion of crashes Buttai 20 70 -- times more likely to be
:19:05. > :19:10.deadly. 60% of the time it is a drunk driver. No matter what speed,
:19:11. > :19:14.it is going to be a big crash if you are driving the wrong way. But many
:19:15. > :19:20.times it isn't the drunks. Sometimes highway design is the problem.
:19:21. > :19:24.Officials suggest lowering the wrong way science. Make them bigger and at
:19:25. > :19:30.a second set up the offramp. -- signs. Ad rumble strips to the
:19:31. > :19:34.pavements are they feel they are going the wrong way. Because the
:19:35. > :19:40.number of times this happens. -- because of the. Tonight, born in the
:19:41. > :19:44.USA, our under in cover -- undercover investigation of travel
:19:45. > :19:46.agents selling the path to US citizenship, we are back in two
:19:47. > :21:09.minutes. After all the glitches and false
:21:10. > :21:13.start, a new delay for Obama care. The government has announced that
:21:14. > :21:19.small businesses will have an extra year to comply with the mandate.
:21:20. > :21:24.This is the second time small businesses have got a reprieve, last
:21:25. > :21:31.summer their deadline was pushed from 2014 to 2015. Now to the
:21:32. > :21:33.revelations about Hillary Clinton, including the explosive chapter from
:21:34. > :21:38.her White House years, the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Private
:21:39. > :21:48.observations from her trusted friend whose secret diaries make headlines
:21:49. > :21:50.tonight. Until her death, Diane Blair was one
:21:51. > :21:57.of Hillary Clinton 's closest friends. The union Professor
:21:58. > :22:00.contained details in her diary of Hillary Clinton 's times in the
:22:01. > :22:05.White House, it remains secrets for years. Among the revelations, it
:22:06. > :22:09.insight into what the first Lady was thinking in the days after her
:22:10. > :22:16.husband had an affair with Monica Lewinsky. I did have an affair which
:22:17. > :22:20.was not appropriate. It was wrong. It was a lapse, which she says to
:22:21. > :22:42.her -- is credit he tried some of the blame on the pressures
:22:43. > :22:51.of the White House and herself. She thinks she was not smart enough
:22:52. > :22:59.The papers were first reported today . The diary betrays Mrs Clinton as a
:23:00. > :23:30.hard-nosed operative who is: The Clinton camp has known for a
:23:31. > :23:33.long time the story would come out, how are they responding? Supporters
:23:34. > :23:42.say they don't see anything damaging. Her spokesperson declined
:23:43. > :23:45.to comment on the paper 's. Next, our undercover investigation, a
:23:46. > :23:50.faraway US territory in the Pacific, this piece of paradise,
:23:51. > :24:01.37,000 miles west of Honolulu, has been a destination for families from
:24:02. > :24:08.China. A why are they more keen to have their babies inside and.
:24:09. > :24:15.This is paradise. A US territory just four hours by plane from China.
:24:16. > :24:19.It popular with tourists. Button under the radar operation is showing
:24:20. > :24:25.a different kind of tourist. This man is a hamper hired to help
:24:26. > :24:31.Chinese women have what they call an ABC, American born Chinese baby. I
:24:32. > :24:36.know everything you need to know about having an American baby, he
:24:37. > :24:45.says. You are in safe hands. It is a profitable business and begins in
:24:46. > :24:49.China, we ask in China and we are at a Perth agency. We are going to
:24:50. > :24:56.check it out. Our producer is posing as newly pregnant. She is selling
:24:57. > :25:01.the place like a 5-star location. Issues showing top of the line
:25:02. > :25:06.medical care. Are these the doctors? Full packages start at
:25:07. > :25:10.$27,000. They promised social security cards, birth certificates
:25:11. > :25:14.and, most importantly, an American passport. Instant citizenship for
:25:15. > :25:18.the baby. This is a business contract. We didn't buy the package
:25:19. > :25:22.but were told it is easy enough to go online. Within hours, brokers on
:25:23. > :25:30.the ground were vying for our business. One, showing our
:25:31. > :25:35.undercover producer places to stay. Her clients were getting ready with
:25:36. > :25:43.a big bathtubs and strollers. Records show the number of ABC
:25:44. > :25:49.babies has skyrocketed from 18 2009 to a full 71% of babies born there
:25:50. > :25:54.are ABC 's. While not illegal, critics point out: When they become
:25:55. > :26:03.of age they can apply to bring their families into the US. We asked the
:26:04. > :26:06.US representative to the US. We are trying to fix this and want to
:26:07. > :26:15.ensure the problem remain small. Back in China, is an as is booming.
:26:16. > :26:30.-- business. Thanks for watching. That's all for us to note. --
:26:31. > :26:33.tonight. Some severe gale force wind at times and with it being colder
:26:34. > :26:38.than it has been, increasing risk of snow and ice. Concentrating on the
:26:39. > :26:39.rain, up to Friday we could