01/01/2016 BBC News at Ten

Police in Munich hunt for up to seven

Syrian and Iraqi suspects thought to be behind last night's

A gunman is on the run after opening fire in a bar in Tel Aviv,

Dubai authorities try to establish the cause of a huge skyscraper fire

last night which left 16 people injured.

Tributes for the singer Natalie Cole, daughter

of Nat King Cole, who has died aged 65.

Also in the next hour, we'll take a look at tomorrow's front pages.

Team reports that President Barack Obama is to impose new controls on

firearm sales. In Sportsday, we will show you what

happened today's matches in the championship, and also look ahead to

tomorrow's second test in Cape Town, where England are respected to bring

James Anderson back into the side. -- thou are expected to bring him

back. Good evening and

welcome to BBC News. Police in Germany say last night's

terror alert in Munich was based on concrete information

about a planned suicide attack. Officials say a tip-off

from the French intelligence service suggested that there

were up to seven suspects, including Syrians and Iraqis linked

to so-called Islamic State. Our security correspondent

Gordon Corera has more details. Minutes before midnight,

and German security forces usher people away from Munich's

busiest rail stations. Intelligence received just hours

earlier suggested a group of between five and

seven Iraqi and Syrian suicide bombers would attack

New Year's crowds here. With the level of detail,

including names, coming in from two separate foreign

countries, German officials today It was on information,

and we have to do our And we have to guarantee

the security and Today, the stations were open again,

a police presence visible, although authorities

now say they can't be sure if the attackers really

are in the city or even New year celebrations

have been the focus It wasn't only Germany,

with the closure of Two days ago, Turkey

arrested two men in Ankara, said to be planning a suicide

attack on celebrations. The Belgian capital,

Brussels, cancelled its fireworks after a group

of men were arrested, also said to be plotting

to strike targets. And in New York, the

FBI arrested one man said to be planning a knife attack

on a restaurant yesterday, to demonstrate his support

for so-called Islamic State. Paris had also cancelled

its usual fireworks, instead projecting a video

onto the Arc de Triomphe, In his new year message,

France's president warned that the terrorist threat

was still at its highest level. We're not done with terrorism.

The threat is still there. It's even at its most strong.

We regularly foil attacks. In central London, 3,000

police were on duty, But last night's celebrations

passed without incident. Europe has been on edge,

and while the New Year passed peacefully, concerns for the year

ahead will still remain. And we'll find out how this story

and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30

and 11:30pm this evening My guests joining me tonight

are political commentator Miranda Green and Chief Political

Correspondent for the Telegraph, Christopher has a front-page story

in the Telegraph tonight. A gunman has opened fire

in a restaurant in Israel, killing two people and wounding

a number of others. Hundreds of police are searching

the area in Tel Aviv. Detectives say the motive

for the attack is unclear. You may find some images in

Kevin Connolly's report disturbing. Video cameras captured

the moment of the shooting, the killer calmly raising his

weapon and opening fire. In an area of Tel Aviv filled

with packed bars and cafes, I hide myself under the bar,

and I hear and I am waiting that it's finished,

but it was horrible. It's scary, because it is happening

all over the world. The gunman escaped on foot,

and a huge manhunt began. The security forces quickly

sealed off the scene, working to save the seriously

injured inside the shattered bar. The painstaking work of piecing

together a picture of what had Armed police units have

been combing Tel Aviv. It's not clear if there have been

credible sightings of the gunman The motive for the shooting

for now is unclear. It may have been straightforward

criminality, or it could have been a hate crime if the gunman believed

the bar was popular Here at the scene, there

is growing speculation that police have now

identified a suspect, deepening suspicions

that this attack was linked to

a recent increase in tension Authorities in Dubai have begun

an investigation into how a huge fire broke out in a 63-storey luxury

hotel close to where crowds had gathered to watch a New Year's Eve

fireworks display. The fire started on the 20th floor,

and within minutes there was a stampede as flames ripped

through the building. This morning, after

last night's inferno. How everyone managed

to escape from the 63-storey

building is remarkable. Last night, the luxury

Address Downtown Hotel The fire started on the 20th floor,

less than three hours before the city's planned firework

display and metres away from the Burj Khalifa,

the world's tallest building. There was panic inside,

as fire alarms went off. One man was trapped on his 48th

floor balcony for two hours when rescue teams took

him to safety. A jazz band had been performing

at the hotel at the time. I cannot explain to you how

frightening it was. My husband was tearing my hand

to get down the stairs We actually broke through

a barrier to get out. Emergency services got

to the scene within minutes. It wasn't long before the whole

building was engulfed. A British tourist carried his

mother, who uses a wheelchair, on the 15th floor waiting to see

what to do, so I put my mum on my back and carried

her down 15 flights. It was lucky for us

she was only on the 15th floor, or I might have been

struggling by the end of that. We still don't know

what caused the fire. Dubai's spectacular fireworks

display did go ahead nearby. It will be these images

the city wants to remember, A little earlier, I spoke

to Robert Solomon. He's the division manager

for building and life safety codes at the US-based National Fire

Prevention Association - they develop fire safety codes

for US buildings and their standards I asked him if he was surprised

by the ferocity of the fire. You don't anticipate

seeing a fire like that race vertically up the exterior of

a relatively new building in 2015. What do you think

might have happened? In terms of a cause and origin,

the local authorities But once they establish that,

then the mechanism of what caused that fire to move vertically,

both up as well as down towards the ground level,

as I understand, So the authorities

will have to look at things like what we call

the cladding, the exterior surface Was it some type of

weather-resistant barrier, with synthetic materials in it?

Was there an installation problem? What kind of fire testing

did the assembly go through Those are the questions that

will be on the table. Are standards generally regarded

as being high in Dubai? if you look at the spectacular

architecture, certainly, one of the things that

the individual building owners and the government want

is a high-quality building. But probably number one,

they want a safe building. So yes, the construction

and designs we've seen in the region have been

of very high calibre. In a rethink of the official

guidance about alcohol consumption, it's thought people will soon be

advised to avoid alcohol The daily alcohol limit for men

is also expected to be lowered, bringing it into line with that

recommended for women. The changes follow a review carried

out by the Chief Medical Officer A new year, and even

in busy pubs and bars, Cut down on alcohol,

and possibly go to the gym. but medical experts agree heavy

drinking Liver disease, of course,

is one of the major consequences of alcohol excess, and we've seen

liver disease rise to be the fifth most common cause of

mortality in the UK. The top four causes,

such as heart disease and cancer, the rates of mortality are dropping,

whereas liver disease The new guidelines are expected

to recommend at least two days per week without alcohol,

advice already given in Scotland, and a maximum of three units

consumed on any one day, which, for the first time,

would bring men's daily limits The current guidelines on alcohol

consumption were last revised in the mid-1990s, but have been

criticised as confusing and ineffective, with research

suggesting many people just don't It's a release, it's a relax,

but sometimes you just need But then, what is two

units, what is six units? Most people are reasonably clued up,

but you have to let people The country has a little bit

of an alcohol problem, I think, in terms of the damage it does

to society in numerous ways. So more guidance,

I think, is useful. The new drinking recommendations

are due to be published this month, just in time to reinforce those

new year resolutions. Sarah Campbell, BBC

News, Richmond, Surrey. Newly released documents show that

a number of prominent figures wrote letters in support of a bishop

who was under investigation in the 1990s, following allegations

of sexual offences. George Carey, who was then

the Archbishop of Canterbury, was among those who

defended Peter Ball. Ball was jailed in October

for abusing 18 young men Here's our Home Affairs

correspondent Tom Symonds. Aged 83, Bishop Peter Ball

is the most senior Anglican clergyman to have been

convicted of sexual abuse. But it was more than 20 years

before he finally admitted Famous for dressing in a monk's

habit in the '70s, '80s and '90s, he groomed and exploited the young

men who followed his teachings. Police investigated in 1993,

but Ball wasn't charged. Instead, he was given a caution

after 2,000 letters, some of which have now been

released by prosecutors, In a letter to police,

the then Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, wrote that on hearing

the allegations that Ball The archbishop said

he didn't want to interfere. But he said he felt justified

in pointing out the.. Another letter came

from a senior judge. Phil Johnson accuses Ball

of indecently assaulting him It's highly worrying that these

letters even exist and were sent. You've got the former

Archbishop of Canterbury, who says "I don't wish

to influence events." Well, if you don't wish

to influence events, You have a Lord Justice

who is supposed to be impartial. With no prosecution,

Ball's victims were left in limbo. One of them, Neal Todd,

deeply damaged by his experiences, took his own life in 2012

and never saw justice. Flood warnings remain

in place across the UK, as more rain is forecast

for the new year. River levels are high in Shropshire,

Worcestershire, Gloucestershire - and in York, where many

residents are clearing up Nick Higham has been looking at one

plan aimed at helping A Christmas ruined,

and homes and lives as well. In York today, they were still

clearing up after the floods. I don't know if in time to come,

depending on how our insurance claim goes, anger will appear,

but so far, it's a little bit of sorrow for the people that aren't

as well protected and didn't manage to get their valuables upstairs

and have lost irreplaceable things In Castle Douglas in Dumfries

and Galloway, there was still It's been quite horrendous,

actually, and exciting. And we've lived here for 15 years

and we've never seen the loch come The forecast for Saturday and Sunday

is not right good. Not so much wind, but a lot of rain,

unfortunately, and there is just Across much of central

and north-east Scotland, So what else can be done to prevent

such floods in future? One place that hasn't flooded

in the past few days is here, the North Yorkshire

town of Pickering. That's thanks to a new ?2 million

flood prevention scheme Pickering Beck flooded the town four

times in eight years, causing millions of pounds'

worth of damage. The solution, this new dam,

designed to hold back the water and slow the flow,

completed in October. It passed its first

test this Christmas. When I turned on the news and saw

this absolute devastation, right across the North of England,

and I thought, well, this is just a little ray

of sunshine in an absolutely massive black cloud covering the whole

of northern England. Mike took this photo showing

the catchment behind the dam starting to fill up,

as it is designed to. Scientists have also built dams

of woody debris to hold up the water in the stream, and planted more

trees to soak up the rain. Pickering's protected,

and there is less risk But getting landowners to agree

isn't always easy and experts say even schemes like this could be

overwhelmed by massive rainfall Nick Higham, BBC News,

Pickering, North Yorkshire. The headlines on BBC News: Police

in Munich hunt for up to seven Syrian and Iraqi suspects thought

to be behind last night's A gunman is on the run after opening

fire in a bar in Tel Aviv, Tributes for the singer

Natalie Cole, daughter of Nat King Cole,

who has died aged 65. And coming up: President Obama

is set to make a new push to tackle US gun violence in his final

12 months in office. A holidaymaker has drowned

after trying to rescue one of his dogs from

the sea in Cornwall. The man got into difficulties

while walking on Portmellon Beach It's understood the victim's

stepdaughter entered the water to try to save him,

but was unable to do so. Our Correspondent Hamish

Marshall has more. This has been described

by police as a tragedy. It was New Year's Day morning at 11

o'clock when a man and his family were walking with the

dogs on this slipway. It is believed the man

went in to try to help his dog, which had

got into difficulties or was getting its ball,

and he slipped and went into the water, which

you can see behind me. The man's stepdaughter went

in to try to help him, but she herself got

into difficulties and she had to be He was in turn rescued

by a coastguard helicopter which only started service

at nine o'clock this morning after it had taken over

from the Royal Navy. The man was winched from the sea,

but he was dead on arrival We have been told the man

was in his seventies and on holiday here in Cornwall,

like many people But we haven't been told

which part of the country A man has died after being attacked

by his own dog in Preston The 22-year-old was treated

by paramedics at the scene, Earlier, Ben Ando brought us up

to date with the developments. The Ambulance Service was called

to a house on Dundonald Street in the Fishwick area

of Preston at around quarter They found a man who had clearly

suffered serious injuries. They fought to save his life,

but were unable to do The police say the dog was taken

away and has been put down by a vet. I have spoken to them and they say

they are not asking for any other witnesses at this

time to come forward. Police have released CCTV footage

of the last confirmed sighting of a woman who went

missing on Boxing Day. 59-year-old Sally Allan was seen

walking on Newcastle's Quayside early that day, wearing pyjamas

and a waterproof jacket, having left her home

in Ponteland in Northumberland, Her family say they are mystified

by her disappearance. NatWest says some customers have

been experiencing problems A NatWest spokesperson said

the company was working In June last year, RBS was forced

to apologise after 600,000 banking payments were delayed

following a problem The bank was also fined ?56 million

after a computer failure in 2012. President Obama has made fighting

gun violence his chief resolution for 2016 in a New Year's Day

address, calling it a major piece of "unfinished business"

for his administration. In his weekly radio address,

Mr Obama said he would meet the Attorney General, Loretta Lynch,

on Monday to discuss Last month, we remembered the third

anniversary of Newtown. This Friday, I'll be thinking

about my friend Gabby Giffords, five years into her recovery

from the shooting in Tucson. And all across America,

survivors of gun violence, those who lost a child, or parent,

or spouse to gun violence, are forced to mark such awful

anniversaries every single day. And yet Congress still has not done

anything to prevent what happened to them from happening

to other families. Major restrictions on private cars

are being introduced in the Indian capital to curb alarming

levels of pollution. In a two-week experiment,

Delhi's roads are open to vehicles with odd and even-numbered licence

plates on alternate days. Here's our South Asia Editor,

Charles Haviland. This is what pollution

in Delhi looks like, the result of many factors

including coal-fired power stations, the burning of crop waste,

the proximity to a desert and the sheer number

of vehicles in its The World Health Organisation

now says The World Health Organisation now

says it's the world's That has grave implications

for the health of those Little wonder the city

authorities want to act. Today, New Year's Day,

vehicles with an even number on their plate,

like this one, are supposed to stay off the streets, while on even

dates like Saturday, it is the others that

must languish at home. Volunteers are boosting

the campaign, and it has If the number of cars

on Delhi's roads get halved and people go for measures

like using public transport, it should definitely

create some difference. It has fallen to the police,

many in masks, They say there are

surprisingly few violators. But the scheme has its pitfalls

and critics, who are unhappy about the many exemptions

given, including to VIPs, judges, women driving

alone and motorbikes, Two wheelers, because of their sheer

numbers, are also major contributors Therefore, if you are letting them

off, the whole effectiveness of the programme

will be compromised. Others, like this man,

say it would be better to force all cars away from petrol

or diesel to cleaner fuels. Or, like this man,

that only common people will suffer, as the rich can

just buy a second car. Delhi's chief minister

said he was overwhelmed He pulled his own car ride to work

with four others. There are results in this two-week experiment will

emerge on Monday, once everyone gets back to work.

Syrian refugees living in camps in Lebanon are facing the first

Heavy snowfall and cold conditions have hit the Bekaa Valley,

where more than 350,000 Syrians are living.

The UN Refugee Agency has provided heaters,

The Archbishop of Canterbury has called on the nation to welcome

refugees by offering hospitality and love.

Justin Welby delivered his New Year message from a community in Kent

that has helped refugees both at home and across the Channel.

Our Religious Affairs Correspondent Caroline Wyatt reports.

Justin Welby went to film his message at Marsh Academy,

a school in his own diocese of Canterbury.

There he met some of the students, including a 14-year-old boy who had

come here as a refugee, fleeing war in North Africa.

Although the boy didn't want to be filmed.

This is just one example of the many desperate journeys children

are making on their own, to save their lives.

This school represents the best of what we can do in this country.

It teaches and equips people, and demonstrates our ability to live

up to our long-established tradition of warmth and hospitality.

The Archbishop's message comes at the start of a year

that is likely to see many more people fleeing persecution,

In 2015, just over 1 million refugees and migrants reached

many risking all on their perilous journey, in the hope of starting

He tells us to be those who welcome the alien and stranger,

In today's world, hospitality and love are our most formidable

weapons against hatred and extremism.

The Archbishop says that England has offered help and asylum to those

seeking refuge against oppression and tyranny through the centuries.

This year, there is likely to be no shortage of chances to do so again.

The singer Natalie Cole has died in Los Angeles at the age of 65.

Natalie Cole won six Grammy awards for her album Unforgettable,

which paid tribute to her father Nat King Cole.

It included reworked versions of some of his best known songs.

Jazz singer Tony Bennett, who collaborated with Natalie Cole

on a number of occasions, paid this tribute:

The new year may have started relatively quietly, but it is

downhill as we move towards the weekend, but because an area of low

pressure is pushing across the country, bringing bands of

persistent rain and strong to gale force gusts of wind. So it will be a

wet and windy night. With the cloud, wind and rain, it will not be as

cold as New Year's Eve. But it will be a wet and windy affair, with

gales likely across coasts, and bands of persistent rain driving

from the south-west into the north-east, grinding to a halt

across eastern Scotland. Still some persistent showers or longer spells

of rain across the south-east into the Midlands. A drier interlude for

the South West and Wales, along with Northern Ireland, by the middle of

the afternoon. Still some persistent rain potentially across parts of

north-west England and eastern Scotland. Here, the rain will be

fairly relentless throughout the afternoon and overnight. No

surprises to hear that the Met Office has issued an amber weather

warning. Be prepared for some disruption in eastern Scotland, due

to the intense and long grain over the weekend. We could see as much as

200 million metres of rain falling to higher ground before the weekend

is through. As one area of low pressure moves away, only to be

replaced by another from the Atlantic, it will bring wet and

windy weather across the south-west of England and Wales, along with

Northern Ireland, but it moves through here. The exception is that

once it gets to eastern Scotland, it will sit here for some time and the

rainfall totals will start totting up. As we move into Monday, we will

start to see a subtle change. Windy, and the showers easing in the

north-east. It will feel noticeably cooler. Closer to the low pressure

to the south and west, it is still unsettled, but eventually, the low

pressure will drift off to the near continent, allowing the warmer air

to drift south. For the early half of next week, it will feel colder,

but it will be a little quieter as the low pressure drifts off and

receive drier weather taking over for a change.