07/01/2016 BBC News at Ten

Turmoil on the world's financial markets,

The main index in Beijing fell sharply.

Trading was stopped for the second time this week.

as the Chancellor warned that Britain is facing a combination

This year opens a dangerous cocktail of new threats from around the

world. For Britain, the onliant dote to that is confronting complacency.

-- the only aantidote to that. Is stopping the complacency.

We'll have more on the chancellor's warning and the reasons

for the increased volatility on global markets.

In Paris, a man wearing a fake suicide vest

is shot dead by police on the first anniversary

Police confirm the bodies of former actress Sian Blake and her two

children have been found in a garden in south-east London.

In Syria, aid will be allowed in to three besieged towns

People have been advised to leave to be starving to death.

People have been advised to leave their homes in some areas of

Aberdeen due to flood alerts. Forcing force

And Marks and Spencer suffers poor Christmas results

but that's not the reason the boss is stepping down.

Thousands of vacant nursing positions in our hospitals

lead to warnings of potential health risks for Londoners.

And airport parking like you wouldn't expect -

The turmoil on the world's financial markets has intensified today,

with stock markets falling sharply, triggered mainly

The main index in Beijing fell by a hefty 7% when trading

was stopped for the second time this week.

The Chinese had to suspend the very system they introduced to try to

Wall Street followed the downward trend, as did European markets.

During the day the Chancellor, George Osborne, warned

of a "dangerous cocktail of economic risks" facing the UK.

Our economics editor Kamal Ahmed has the latest.

A crisis in China, where the markets were once again shut down by the

state, to halt another significant fall. Stock markets across the West

also down. Fearful of more global economic bad news. Collapsing oil

prices, as demand wanes. The world economy is once again under

pressure. The Chinese economy has been slowing for sometime. There is

now some uncertainty about its next step on policy. I think the concerns

are not just about China. The concerns are that if China

undertakes a certain policy, that may have implications for other

emerging markets, for their exchange rates, policy and growth. So we may

get a bigger hit to the global economy, more broadly, coming

through. China is the world's second largest economy and the country's

growth figures to be published on January 19th could be the lowest for

25 years. This global economic turmoil does not appear to be

temporary. China, emerging markets slowdown, commodity pricings in a

bit of a funk. Oil prices continuing to fall there. Doesn't seem to be a

let-up at the moment. I think these things will be with us, perhaps in

aggravated form, actually over the next few months. The Chancellor

chose today to send out a warning that after a new year marked by

turmoil on the markets, there were global risk to the UK economy. Last

Last year was the worst for global growth since the crash. This year

opens with a dangerous cocktail of new threats from around the world.

For Britain, the October antidote to that is confronting complacency and

delivering the plan that we've set out.

So, it might seem an odd time for Mr Osborne to warn Britain to get ready

for an interest rate rise, seen as a signal of economic strength. But he

did, saying that despite the global problems, the UK economy was growing

well and America's decision to raise rates last year would have an

impact. It is no wonder the people are starting to talk about what a

rise in interest rates might mean for us all. Inevitably, with the US

Federal Reserve having made their decision to raise rates last month,

there is a discussion about how and when we begin to move out of a world

of ultralow rates. George os been has focussed on the global risks

affecting the UK economy, risks from over the seas and far away but many

of those risks are actually here in the UK. The Government is poor at

delivering infrastructure projects and business leaders are not happy.

They want much more to be done to rebalance the UK economy towards

manufacturing and also exports to our key economic markets overseas.

It is a delicate balancing act. Not allowing the UK to overheat, fuelled

by ultralow interest rates, while at the same time recognising the global

economic bear traps, the clock is tick. Mr Osborne admitted the threat

of boom and bust has not gone away. Well, Kemal, some people, I suppose

might be forgiven for wondering, why this talk on your last point of

interest rates going up, if there are the risks there. This is the

problem that George Osborne faces. I think it will be a massive theme for

2016. It is also, of course a problem for the Bank of England

gofrpor, Mark Carney and the Financial Policy Committee. Those

are the people who have to decide whether to raise interest rates this

year. -- ballooning governor. There are two extra dict rain awfully

powerful forces at play here. On the one side we have the UK economy. It

is actually growing relatively robustly. Real incomes are growing

and consumer confidence is coming back. Why? Because there is an

ultralow interest rate environment set up to save the world economy,

which means borrowing money is cheap. It means people are taking on

more debt. Asset bubbles are starting to grow. Things like

housing prices are growing up, very, very quickly. So, on that side Mr

Osborne might want to see interest rates rise to control some of the

heat in the economy but on the other hand, China slowdown, Middle East

tension, oil prices coming down, raise interest rates too quickly and

you might snuff out economic growth here. I think you have to imagine

George Osborne and Mark Carney, two men on skis. Those skis are going

slightly in different directions and as we know f that starts happening,

the outcome can be rather painful. -- as we know f that starts

happening. Thank you very much.

In Paris, a man wielding a knife has been shot dead by police

as he tried to enter a police station

He was apparently wearing a fake suicide belt

and carrying an image of the Islamic State flag.

At the time of the incident, President Hollande was speaking

at an event to mark the first anniversary of the terror attack

on the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine, in which 12 people died.

Our chief correspondent Gavin Hewitt is in Paris tonight.

We can join him now. For France, this was supposed to

have been a day of remembering, but it turned out to be a day with fresh

fears. With the President of France being briefed about news of a fresh

incident just moments after he had been talking about the events of

exactly a year ago. Almost to the moment of last year's

attacks, police vans were once again racing through Paris' streets.

Armed police responding to a Mane proving a police station -- to a

man, approaching a police station with a butcher's knife shouting,

Allahu Akbar. God is great. Police cleared the streets, fearing

a bomb, a suicide vest, after wires were seen on the man. . I looked out

the window. I heard shouts coming from the police station. I saw two

policemen shouting at a man who was advancing towards them quite fast

When the man didn't stop, they started shooting and then the man

fell. A bomb disposal robot was brought

in. The man was wearing what turned out to be a fake suicide vest. The

police found a piece of paper on him with a symbol of the so-called

Islamic State. The man was later named Sallah Ali a

more oak can with no known links to violent extremists. -- Moroccoian.

It was a year ago that gunmen attacked the satirical magazine,

Charlie Hebdo and later a Jewish supermarket. Over two days, 17

people were killed. Just moments before today's attack, the French

President, Francois Hollande, attended a memorial service at

police headquarters for the three officers killed last year.

TRANSLATION: We are now facing hardened fighters who have decided

to kill, even at the cost of their own lives. Their attacks are

co-ordinated from abroad, ordered by the organisation called Islamic

State. That is why I say that we are at war.

A year on, France is resilient but edgedy. 130 people were killed in

November. It is a country in recovery, but not recovered.

TRANSLATION: We are still deeply troubled. It's really affected us,

it is a very nervous atmosphere. The French President has warned that

France is not yet through with terrorism. But here, like elsewhere,

they are wrestling with really difficult issues. Is the state of

emergency proving effective? Are the hundreds of police raids working?

And is it right that dual nationals, convicted of terrorist offences,

should be stripped of their French citizenship? Tonight Parisians were

once again remembering. The President says fresh attacks are

likely. The sense of threat has not lifted.

In Syria, the government has now decided to allow the United Nations

to deliver aid to the besieged town of Madaya,

where there have been reports of people starving to death -

Aid agencies say conditions in the rebel-held

town, which is near the capital Damascus,

are "extremely dire" and people are struggling to survive

Our correspondent James Reynolds sent this report.

An opposition activist sent us this video from Madaya.

But it's their hollow cheekbones and their eyes

Medical activists have posted these pictures of seven-year-old Mohammed

Mohammed says he hasn't eaten for a week.

These pictures, from Madaya, were filmed yesterday.

40,000 people live here, amid cold and hunger.

Pro-government forces surrounding the town stop anyone from leaving

and they've stopped supplies from getting in.

In Syria's war, both the government and the rebels use

besiegements as a deliberate tactics.

The situation inside Madaya itself is indeed very dire.

This is something we have seen when we were

there last in October 2015, where we saw desperation in the eyes

of the people, where we saw hunger in their

Where we saw women who were unable to lactate their babies

because they were not well-nourished enough to have milk for them.

There is food in Madaya, but you have to pay

extortionate amounts to smugglers or to government soldiers to get it.

This unidentified man says he paid ?4,500 for these small bags of food.

This woman, we don't know her name, says that they are children haven't

The United Nations says it now hopes to

take supplies into her besieged town in the coming days.

Detectives in south-east London investigating the triple murder of a

mother and her sons have confirmed that formal identification has taken

place. The bodies found in the garden in Erith are those of former

EastEnders actress, Sian Blake and her two sons, aged and four. Police

say that significant attempts had been made to conceal the bodies.

Officers are searching for Sian Blake's, Arthur Simpson-Kent, the

children's father, who's believed to be in Ghana. Our Home Affairs

Correspondent, June Kelly, has the details.

Tonight, the first details of how Sian Blake and her two sons died.

Her body and those of eight-year-old Zachary, on the left,

and four-year-olded Amon, had been buried in the back garden

Tonight, the first details of how Sian Blake and her two sons died.

Scotland Yard said that significant attempts had been made to conceal

the bodies which were discovered earlier this week after sniffer dogs

The mother and her children all had head and neck injuries.

An international search is underway for Sian's partner

and the children's father Arthur Simpson-Kent.

He's known to have travelled to Ghana.

Today, Sian's sister, Ava and mother Pansy.

Said they want him returned to the UK. I want to know what happened. I

admit that. The BBC has been told after the former actress had not

been seen or heard from a relative contacted the NSPCC concerned about

possible domestic violence. Police went to the family home and spoke to

Arthur Simpson-Kent, who was alone. Shortly afterwards, he vanished. The

relationship between him and Sian was over, according to her sister.

In our opinion the relationship had already come to an end, but she

hadn't quite made that break or that decision to actually leave Arthur.

She may not have told him. I think she also wanted to do it in a way to

cause the minimum amount of discomfort to him as well. Now this

family will have to live with a triple loss. I have A' justs lost

my sister and my nephews. I'm not going see them grow up. I'm going to

miss Sian. She was my sister and somebody lovely girl, lovely boys.

Lost a generation. That can't... ... We can never replace them. June

Kelly, BBC News. David Cameron has been in Germany

and Hungary seeking support for the changes he wants

to the European Union, in particular a four-year benefits

ban on EU workers coming to Britain. In a meeting with the Hungarian

Prime Minister, both men said they were confident an agreement

could be reached in time for next Severe flood warnings have been

issued for the north-east of Scotland tonight as further heavy

rain brought water levels in some In parts of Aberdeen,

residents have been advised to be ready to leave their homes

and motorists warned to make Our correspondent, Kevin Keane,

is in Aberdeen with the latest. Huw, for much of today the main

focus of concern here on the River Don has been upstream in the

relatively small communities of Inverurie and Kintore. Both areases

have severe weather warnings attached to them. This evening focus

turned here to the city of Aberdeen. Not because of severe weather

warnings that were forecast, but because of the sheer numbers of

people who would have to be evacuated if this river here

overtopped. They are not sure whether or not it definitely will.

We are half a mile from the sea. When the high tide comes in the next

couple of hours all of this will back up. There is a big body of

water on the river up stream, about 30 or 40 miles up there because of

river gauges when they meet here the big fear is that it will over top.

This community here has had people knocking on the door from the police

advising them to consider at least the possibility of evacuating. All

right, Kevin, thank you for the update there. Kevin Keane with the

latest there in Aberdeen. More than 6,000 people -

almost half of them civilians - have been killed in Yemen since last

March in a struggle for power between Houthi rebels and forces

loyal to the president. It's been described as a forgotten

war and the rebels, backed by Iran, have been targeted by a military

force led by neighbouring Saudi Yemen is already the poorest

country in the Arab world, its basic infrastructure

is shattered, its economy is grinding to a halt,

at least 80% of the population So in this exclusive report

for BBC News at Ten, Safa al-Ahmad, has travelled

to Yemen and reports on her journey There are some distressing

images in her report. This dusty mountain trail is now

the only safe entrance into Tiaz. These steep bridges cut

through front lines that A journey into the city that

used to take minutes, Vital supplies - fuel, food

and livestock are all transported up these paths into an

increasingly desperate city. After a long trek,

we finally make it in. Besieged for months,

much of the city is now in ruins. These fighters come under regular

attack from rebel Houthi militia Entire districts face

the threat of snipers. This family comes under fire

as they try to escape. We are given access to the city's

only emergency hospital. Without basic medical supplies,

they have to ration operations. Osama is lucky enough to be treated

but, unfortunately for him, In another room we find

six-year-old Asma Hamid, She was hit during a mortar

attack my Houthi rebels. As the children of her village

gathered to collect water, a round killed five of them

and injured another 19. The doctor tells me she's all alone,

she has no family at the hospital. Entire homes here have been

destroyed, yet many refuse to leave. Abdullah and his family live

on what used to be a front-line. He says he has no other

options but to stay. TRANSLATION: We're afraid,

but we have nowhere else to go, Wherever we go, we'll suffer,

at least here we'll have dignity. He invites me in to see

the damage to his home. Abdullah tells me the children have

become used to the sound of war. Outside the city, Saudi-led

coalition forces continue to pound A ceasefire in Yemen

has come and gone. In this complex war,

it's become increasingly clear that That special report on Yemen's

forgotten war and the country's A state of emergency has been

declared in a suburb of Los Angeles because of a major

leak of methane gas. More than 2,000 families have been

moved from their homes. Many people have reported feeling

ill because of the leak from an underground storage field

which started in October. One expert called it

an "environmental and public health our correspondent

James Cook reports. In these clear Californian skies,

there is a hidden menace. Every day thousands of tonnes

of methane are pouring out The leak has been going

on since October and people I had to go to the emergency room

because I was violently throwing up and had a severe migraine

and I was in severe pain Using an infrared camera the scale

of the leak becomes clear. The methane is spewing

from an underground storage facility Activists say this is the worst

environmental disaster since the Deepwater Horizon oil

spill in 2010 and it could go It is an ongoing thing

and I know everyone thought, oh, this happened on October

the 23rd and we have a situation This community is under

a constant assault. The company involved, SoCal Gas,

insists the fumes leaking from these hills do not pose an imminent

threat to public safety. But people here are still worried

both about their health Experts say the leak so far amounts

to a quarter of California's entire annual emissions of methane,

a potent greenhouse gas. Begging the question,

what is all this doing Marks and Spencer has denied

that its chief executive, Marc Bolland, is stepping down

because of poor trading results over Mr Bolland announced

that he would leave in April He's credited with modernising

the high-street chain, but critics claim that he failed

to improve the appeal of its clothing ranges

as our business correspondent, There was glitz and glamour

in the run-up to Christmas. But it's now the exit for the boss

of M after their worst Christmas Marc Bolland has been

nearly six years at Marks, one of the biggest, most

high-profile jobs in British retail. People will look back and say that

Marc had the courage to do some of the difficult things to really

put in place the infrastructure He's modernised the business,

revamped the website, turned around food,

but women's fashion, which drives most of the profits,

has yet to be fixed. This is the fifth year

of falling sales. This winter the warm

weather hasn't helped. We didn't want to buy

these heavy coats at M What we wanted to wear

were these lighter items, but they didn't have

enough of them in stock. Marks has had the odd bestseller -

remember this skirt? Ultimately, it's all

about the product and making sure There's been a good response

to their last few seasons from the fashion press,

but what's happening is we're not really seeing those styles

and the right kind of sizing options I think a lot of customers have

found that quite frustrating. Here in Bristol, a glimpse

of what M are up against. Eshka loves the food,

but not the clothes. Every time I browse

through the stores, with the clothes and everything, I think that the fit

and the style is just meant Pauline always used to shop here,

but not so much now. They don't go for short

people any more. Marks and Spencer are three or four

times the price of Primark. I know you don't get the quality,

but then you don't always need At least the new boss

knows the challenges, he's been with Marks for years,

and he's now got to bring Newsnight is on BBC Two,

looking in more detail on the state of the global economy

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