:00:17. > :00:18.Tonight at Ten - thousands of operations cancelled as junior
:00:19. > :00:19.doctors in England take industrial action.
:00:20. > :00:20.It's the first time in 40 years that they've gone on strike
:00:21. > :00:21.on pay-related issues - they say it's a clear
:00:22. > :00:24.We're here to promote patient safety.
:00:25. > :00:30.We do not want to be in a contract that will make us tired.
:00:31. > :00:32.As many routine operations and procedures were cancelled,
:00:33. > :00:35.ministers said the action was unnecessary and some patients
:00:36. > :00:39.They've got people's lives in their hands
:00:40. > :00:43.I don't know how they could possibly do it.
:00:44. > :00:46.We'll be looking at the cause of the dispute -
:00:47. > :00:48.the new doctors' contract - as more strike says are planned.
:00:49. > :00:54.In Turkey, at least ten people - including eight German tourists -
:00:55. > :01:00.have been killed by a Syrian suicide bomber in the centre of Istanbul.
:01:01. > :01:05.We report from Aberdeen where the collapse in global oil
:01:06. > :01:07.prices is taking its toll on local business.
:01:08. > :01:10.Following a BBC documentary about mistreatment at a young
:01:11. > :01:15.offenders' unit, the security firm G4S has sacked four of its staff.
:01:16. > :01:19.And a journey to the Arctic to see the place that might one day
:01:20. > :01:25.Suspended - the Kids Company psychologist, who gave drugs
:01:26. > :01:29.to a youngster she met through the charity.
:01:30. > :01:31.And the London student with leukaemia, hoping to find
:01:32. > :01:56.For the first time in 40 years, junior doctors in England have taken
:01:57. > :02:00.industrial action in the latest stage of their dispute over
:02:01. > :02:05.Ministers said the strike action was 'completely unnecessary',
:02:06. > :02:09.but the British Medical Association said it was important to send
:02:10. > :02:14.NHS trusts say around 10,000 junior doctors reported for duty today out
:02:15. > :02:17.of a possible 26,000 - and they continued to
:02:18. > :02:23.But around 3,500 routine operations and procedures have been postponed -
:02:24. > :02:27.and two more strikes have been planned for the coming month.
:02:28. > :02:30.In a moment, we'll take a closer look at the unresolved issues
:02:31. > :02:32.in this dispute, but first this report from our health editor,
:02:33. > :02:45.8.00am this morning and junior doctors around England were out on
:02:46. > :02:51.strike. Those that is involved in non-urgent
:02:52. > :02:54.care. They believe they have no
:02:55. > :02:59.alternative because of Government plans on pay and hours, which they
:03:00. > :03:02.say are unacceptable. It's a short-term disruption for a
:03:03. > :03:04.long-term goal. We thought with these contract changes that have
:03:05. > :03:06.been forced through by the Government undermine our ability to
:03:07. > :03:11.provide safe healthcare. We are here Government undermine our ability to
:03:12. > :03:15.to promote patient safety. Tired doctors kill patients. We do not
:03:16. > :03:19.want to be in a contract that makes us tired. Some members of the public
:03:20. > :03:24.made plain their anger at the doctors' action. You swore a
:03:25. > :03:28.Hippocratic oath to protect people's lives, no t to spit your dummy out
:03:29. > :03:32.and come out here. Emily is a patient who finds it hard to support
:03:33. > :03:35.the strike. She has a complex stomach condition. Here she is
:03:36. > :03:38.administering her medication. She was due to have an important
:03:39. > :03:44.operation today after a long wait. But then heard it had been
:03:45. > :03:51.postponed. I'm really angry and disappointed. I only found out
:03:52. > :03:56.yesterday that it wasn't going to go ahead. To be told it's cancelled due
:03:57. > :03:59.to a strike is really annoying and it is so unfair. They have people's
:04:00. > :04:03.lives in their hands and they are walking out. I don't know how
:04:04. > :04:06.lives in their hands and they are could possibly do it. The Health
:04:07. > :04:11.Secretary and the doctors' union continued their verbal exchanges. In
:04:12. > :04:16.the end, this is a completely unnecessary dispute. We have some
:04:17. > :04:21.disagreements with the BMA over pay. But we all want to promise every
:04:22. > :04:26.patient who uses the NHS the promise of the same high-quality care every
:04:27. > :04:30.day of the week. The Government wants to introduce a contract that
:04:31. > :04:34.they say makes it easier to roster doctors around-the-clock. I guess it
:04:35. > :04:36.would. They want to remove a lot of the protections against overwork
:04:37. > :04:42.that have been put into doctors' contracts over the last 20 years or
:04:43. > :04:45.so and which have helped protect patient safety. One hospital,
:04:46. > :04:49.Sandwell n the West Midlands, declared a major incident because of
:04:50. > :04:52.high patient numbers and said striking doctors should return to
:04:53. > :04:56.work. The unions said that was in breach of a national agreement. The
:04:57. > :05:01.Trust later said things were under control and dropped its request.
:05:02. > :05:06.The 24-hour action which began today covers routine and non-emergency
:05:07. > :05:10.care. That will be extended to 48-hours on January 26th. The one
:05:11. > :05:14.that NHS chiefs are concerned about, assuming no breakthrough in the
:05:15. > :05:20.talks, is the planned all-out strike on February 10th, covering all forms
:05:21. > :05:26.of care, including emergencies. It may not come to that. Talks at
:05:27. > :05:31.Acas are set to continue. But right now, there are few signs of movement
:05:32. > :05:32.towards a lasting settlement of the doctors' contract row. Hugh Pym, BBC
:05:33. > :05:35.News. The dispute in England -
:05:36. > :05:37.about changes to the junior doctors' contract - has been going
:05:38. > :05:40.on for the past two years. In Wales and Scotland,
:05:41. > :05:42.the devolved governments say they plan to keep existing
:05:43. > :05:45.contracts for the time being, while no final decision has been
:05:46. > :05:48.made in Northern Ireland. Ministers at Westminster say
:05:49. > :05:51.the current contract is outdated, but the BMA is concerned about pay
:05:52. > :05:55.for weekend duty and safeguards to protect doctors
:05:56. > :05:58.from being overworked. Our home editor, Mark Easton,
:05:59. > :06:00.considers both sides Well, both sides in this dispute say
:06:01. > :06:07.that patients are at the heart of what they're doing and accuse
:06:08. > :06:09.the other lot of only Who are the junior
:06:10. > :06:16.doctors first of all? There are actually 55,000
:06:17. > :06:20.of them and they're not The term covers any qualified doctor
:06:21. > :06:26.who's not yet a consultant or a GP. They could have been working
:06:27. > :06:28.in the NHS for just a few days, And what they get paid
:06:29. > :06:34.varies hugely, too. A salary of ?23,000 is what's
:06:35. > :06:38.on offer for some newly-qualified medics, but there are top-ups
:06:39. > :06:42.for antisocial hours and, at the other end of the scale,
:06:43. > :06:46.salaries of more than ?70,000 plus extras are possible
:06:47. > :06:48.for registrars, working with consultants, taking life
:06:49. > :06:52.and death decisions. Well, there's an 11%
:06:53. > :06:58.increase in basic pay. But a 25% cut in the extra payments
:06:59. > :07:04.for those antisocial hours. And the scrapping of automatic
:07:05. > :07:08.incremental pay rises. The Government calculates that
:07:09. > :07:11.three-quarters of junior doctors NEWSREEL: Ask your doctor now
:07:12. > :07:24.if he'll look after you under Since the birth of the NHS,
:07:25. > :07:28.the relationship between Government and doctors has tended
:07:29. > :07:31.to be on the cool side. Nye Bevan famously said he only won
:07:32. > :07:34.the backing of consultants for the new Health Service
:07:35. > :07:39.by stuffing their mouths with gold. The last doctors' pay strike in 1975
:07:40. > :07:44.was over proposed contracts that would have forced them to abandon
:07:45. > :07:48.lucrative private practice. Medics tend to be fiercely
:07:49. > :07:51.independent and hate being told And once again, the Government finds
:07:52. > :07:58.itself at odds with doctors over funding their ambition
:07:59. > :08:00.for a seven-day-a-week The Government wants to continue
:08:01. > :08:05.to improve and develop services but it hasn't really got
:08:06. > :08:10.the money to invest in that, More than two-thirds of hospital
:08:11. > :08:15.budgets go on pay and our hospitals are in deficit and heading
:08:16. > :08:18.for a deficit of about ?2 Whoever's to blame, for patients
:08:19. > :08:34.today, the NHS has been Our political editor,
:08:35. > :08:42.Laura Kuenssberg, is here. What is your reading of the
:08:43. > :08:49.determination among ministers here? What is your reading of the
:08:50. > :08:52.They are still very bullish. One Government source said today we know
:08:53. > :08:56.they, the doctors, are going to lose. The Government has the option
:08:57. > :09:01.of imposing these contracts, perhaps as early as next month, if the BMA
:09:02. > :09:05.continues to refuse to play ball here. At this stage, ministers are
:09:06. > :09:10.not in a position of throwing up their hands and saying we are going
:09:11. > :09:13.to force this through. They still do want some accommodation to be found.
:09:14. > :09:18.They know that the process, if we look at the other dates that are
:09:19. > :09:22.planned, is a risky one? Indeed. No Government would want to find
:09:23. > :09:25.themselves in this kind of position, where trust had broken down so
:09:26. > :09:29.badly, particularly when we get to that possibility of the third strike
:09:30. > :09:34.planned for the middle of February with no emergency cover. Tonight,
:09:35. > :09:37.this feels like a traditional stand-off with both sides convinced
:09:38. > :09:41.that they are right and refusing to budge. The crucial element that
:09:42. > :09:45.could change very fast is, of course, public opinion. And when
:09:46. > :09:49.they do get back around the table at Acas, the conciliation service, that
:09:50. > :09:51.will be absolutely on both sides' minds. Thank you very much. Laura
:09:52. > :09:54.Kuenssberg there. The Turkish authorities have blamed
:09:55. > :09:56.militants from so-called Islamic State for carrying out
:09:57. > :09:58.a bomb attack in the heart At least ten people -
:09:59. > :10:01.mainly German citizens - were killed and at least 15
:10:02. > :10:04.others were wounded. The authorities say a suicide bomber
:10:05. > :10:08.from Syria detonated the device. Germany has warned its citizens
:10:09. > :10:13.to avoid crowds at tourist Our special correspondent,
:10:14. > :10:18.Fergal Keane, Behind the trees Sultanahmet Square
:10:19. > :10:29.is sealed off as the call for prayers echoes
:10:30. > :10:35.around the city on edge. For today terrorists struck
:10:36. > :10:43.at Istanbul's historic core This photograph is believed to show
:10:44. > :10:46.the moment the suicide attacker detonated his bomb, amidst
:10:47. > :10:49.a crowd of civilians, TRANSLATION: The explosion
:10:50. > :11:08.was so loud, even our windows shook, For those closest to the scene,
:11:09. > :11:18.survival was a matter of luck. TRANSLATION: It was a big shock,
:11:19. > :11:22.you don't think these things will The air pressure was really strong
:11:23. > :11:31.and I knew to turn away. She could not protect herself
:11:32. > :11:33.from what she then saw. That testimony of carnage is too
:11:34. > :11:39.graphic to be broadcast. As the security operation got under
:11:40. > :11:42.way, the Turkish government blamed the so-called Islamic State
:11:43. > :11:47.and promised tough action. The West has been pressing Turkey
:11:48. > :11:56.to do more to fight IS. TRANSLATION: As with all terrorist
:11:57. > :11:59.organisations, we will not pull back against Daesh in our
:12:00. > :12:03.fight against terror. The networks and connections
:12:04. > :12:06.of the assailant will be revealed and they will be punished
:12:07. > :12:10.as they deserve. Turkey is mired in conflict,
:12:11. > :12:14.with the Kurds, with Russia and the Assad regime,
:12:15. > :12:17.and hosts nearly 2.5 This expert says much tougher action
:12:18. > :12:23.against IS is inevitable. Isis decided to take Turkey
:12:24. > :12:28.as an enemy and there will be consequences, so we may see a more
:12:29. > :12:31.co-operative treaty in the fight This attack was aimed at the Turkish
:12:32. > :12:39.state and Westerners and its impact on the crucial tourism industry
:12:40. > :12:43.will be severe. But it has a deeper symbolic
:12:44. > :12:45.meaning. For centuries this city has been one
:12:46. > :12:49.of the great meeting places of Islam Tonight, it is part of the shifting
:12:50. > :13:02.front-line in a pitiless war. Within the past hour,
:13:03. > :13:05.the Pentagon have confirmed that two US Navy vessels in the Persian Gulf
:13:06. > :13:09.have been taken into custody Reports say the small boats
:13:10. > :13:14.were moving between Kuwait Our North America Editor, Jon Sopel,
:13:15. > :13:28.is in Washington for us. What's been said about this? Well,
:13:29. > :13:32.what we understand is that two small boats were moving between Bahrain
:13:33. > :13:37.and Kuwait in the Persian Gulf when one of them developed mechanical
:13:38. > :13:43.trouble. What happened was that it ran aground near Farsi Island. The
:13:44. > :13:47.Americans lost contact. They were picked up by Iranian service
:13:48. > :13:51.personnel. That would seem to be a serious incident, since when we have
:13:52. > :13:54.had reassuring words from the American side saying we have been in
:13:55. > :13:59.contact with Iran and received assurances that the crew and the
:14:00. > :14:04.vessels will be returned promptly. Now, John Kerry has built up a close
:14:05. > :14:09.personal relationship with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammed Zarif
:14:10. > :14:14.as a result of the Iran nuclear deal which has been negotiated. That deal
:14:15. > :14:20.holds the key to this being sorted out very quickly indeed. Iran nor
:14:21. > :14:22.the US will want this to get inthe way of the implementation of that.
:14:23. > :14:26.Jon Sopel for us. The security firm G4S has sacked
:14:27. > :14:28.four of its staff following last night's BBC Panorama programme
:14:29. > :14:31.which exposed the alleged abuse of inmates at a young offenders'
:14:32. > :14:34.institution in Kent. Secret filming appeared to show
:14:35. > :14:38.teenagers being assaulted and staff The Justice Secretary,
:14:39. > :14:43.Michael Gove, has been holding talks with managers from G4S this
:14:44. > :14:45.afternoon, as our special correspondent, Lucy Manning,
:14:46. > :14:50.reports. Staff reacting in a way that even
:14:51. > :15:01.those who run this young offenders Teenagers restrained
:15:02. > :15:04.when they claimed it Boasts from staff they mistreated
:15:05. > :15:19.offenders and allegations incidents weren't properly reported
:15:20. > :15:21.to avoid fines, all filmed Now, four staff members have been
:15:22. > :15:29.sacked, four are suspended or on restricted duties and one
:15:30. > :15:35.health worker is also suspended. With some MPs questioning
:15:36. > :15:40.whether G4S should still be running prisons or young offenders units,
:15:41. > :15:43.G4S managers were called in to see the Secretary of State for Justice
:15:44. > :15:46.who wanted to deal with the issues One of those managers says he's
:15:47. > :15:52.shocked and apologises REPORTER: Should you still be
:15:53. > :15:55.running these sort of centres? Well, obviously, you know,
:15:56. > :15:59.everything is under review. We are looking very much
:16:00. > :16:02.at making sure, first of all, We ensure all the children
:16:03. > :16:05.there are safe. Once we've done all that,
:16:06. > :16:08.we will obviously have a complete review are of how this occurred
:16:09. > :16:11.and how we can ensure it But tonight there are claims
:16:12. > :16:31.brutality by staff at the Medway Security Training Centre has been
:16:32. > :16:35.going on for five years. Sue Hill's son, Brandon,
:16:36. > :16:38.was sent there in 2010 after seeing night's programme he told
:16:39. > :16:41.her what he saw there. They would put their fingers in this
:16:42. > :16:44.part of their throat with so much force that he couldn't breathe
:16:45. > :16:47.and that some youths had I don't know if Brandon has ever
:16:48. > :16:51.passed out, but he said it was used to the point where boys and girls,
:16:52. > :16:55.because there were girls at Medway G4S says if any young
:16:56. > :16:58.person were to pass out during or after a restraint this
:16:59. > :17:01.would constitute a serious injury and warning sign and would be
:17:02. > :17:03.referred for external independent But what goes on behind locked doors
:17:04. > :17:10.is now under scrutiny. BP has announced plans to cut 600
:17:11. > :17:16.jobs in its North Sea operations. The company's fortunes have been
:17:17. > :17:19.badly affected by the collapse A barrel of Brent Crude now trades
:17:20. > :17:24.at just over $30 dollars, The centre of Scotland's oil
:17:25. > :17:34.industry, the city of Aberdeen, is feeling the full impact
:17:35. > :17:36.of the slump as our Scotland editor, There are some flashing images
:17:37. > :17:39.in her report. Aberdeen awoke this morning
:17:40. > :17:43.to double dose of bad tidings. Even the normally bustling harbour
:17:44. > :17:46.is feeling the slump with a further fall in the oil price
:17:47. > :17:50.and yet more job cuts. BP say they are to lose a fifth
:17:51. > :17:58.of their North Sea workforce. The job losses announced today come
:17:59. > :18:01.on top of at least another 65,000 that have already been lost as
:18:02. > :18:07.a result of the tumbling oil price. In other parts of the UK,
:18:08. > :18:09.business has received a bit of a boost from the low-cost
:18:10. > :18:17.of crude, but in Scotland Willard and Henry build personnel
:18:18. > :18:19.transport devices for the off Fewer orders mean they've already
:18:20. > :18:26.had to cut some jobs and the workers who are still here have lost
:18:27. > :18:28.overtime shifts worth hundreds You've definitely got
:18:29. > :18:31.to tighten your belt. You've just got to rein it
:18:32. > :18:33.in right across the board. Whether it be night outs,
:18:34. > :18:36.it could be holidays, your savings. Obviously, I've got a family
:18:37. > :18:39.and that as well to think about it and, obviously, I've just
:18:40. > :18:42.got a new car as well. Yeah, I'm feeling the pinch
:18:43. > :18:43.like, definitely. Are you worried that things
:18:44. > :18:45.could get worse before As the company tightens
:18:46. > :18:53.its corporate belt that affects Because we've got less business
:18:54. > :18:57.coming in, it means we don't need to be buying as much
:18:58. > :19:03.from the local economy now. So there's a knock-on effect
:19:04. > :19:06.and also our customers are taking longer to pay us so we're not able
:19:07. > :19:09.to pay our suppliers. So there's a whole knock-on effect
:19:10. > :19:11.to the local economy. That knock-on effect means
:19:12. > :19:13.Scotland's unemployment rate is higher than the UK's
:19:14. > :19:20.while retail sales are lower. Car sales are always
:19:21. > :19:23.a useful economic barometer. New car registrations in the UK have
:19:24. > :19:27.just hit an all-time high, but in Aberdeen it's hard to sell
:19:28. > :19:30.even second hand cars when your customers
:19:31. > :19:33.are losing their jobs. So a customer came in and,
:19:34. > :19:36.obviously, bought the car and then she was quite happy with her job,
:19:37. > :19:39.she was very confident with it. She arranged a loan,
:19:40. > :19:42.came back three days later and just The loan company lose the loan.
:19:43. > :20:05.take the car she got told that day, of the British economy
:20:06. > :20:07.is starting to sink. The partner of the former EastEnders
:20:08. > :20:23.actress, Siane Blake, He was remanded for two weeks.
:20:24. > :20:32.and told he will face It's believed he left the UK
:20:33. > :20:34.on the 19th December following the deaths of his former
:20:35. > :20:37.partner and their two young sons. The German government is to make it
:20:38. > :20:40.easier to deport asylum seekers who commit crimes following the wave
:20:41. > :20:43.of sexual assaults in Cologne The new proposals outlined today
:20:44. > :20:46.were welcomed by Police say that most of the suspects
:20:47. > :20:53.identified so far in relation to the assaults are
:20:54. > :21:04.foreign nationals. Jenny Hill, our correspondent,
:21:05. > :21:08.reports now from Cologne. This isn't how Angela Merkel
:21:09. > :21:10.wanted 2016 to start. Hundreds of women attacked in German
:21:11. > :21:13.cities, their assailants said to be Proof, some say,
:21:14. > :21:17.that she got it wrong. Today, her ministers
:21:18. > :21:19.came up with a new law, making it easier to deport asylum
:21:20. > :21:21.seekers who commit crimes TRANSLATION: We owe this
:21:22. > :21:27.to the victims of these serious crimes, but it's also necessary
:21:28. > :21:32.to protect the majority of innocent refugees in Germany who don't
:21:33. > :21:37.deserve to be vilified. Meanwhile, detectives
:21:38. > :21:39.are using mobile phone footage They've identified suspects,
:21:40. > :21:45.mainly North African men, motivated, police say,
:21:46. > :21:49.by sexual gratification. There are fears here
:21:50. > :21:57.of reprisals against refugees, This politician represents one
:21:58. > :22:07.of Germany's far right parties. We strongly oppose that
:22:08. > :22:16.people have to take arms. They have to go on the street
:22:17. > :22:19.and make their own laws, but I think some people
:22:20. > :22:22.are being forced to deal with these situations on their own
:22:23. > :22:24.because they are left alone Fierce national debate over
:22:25. > :22:29.immigration rages on here, TRANSLATION: These people who come
:22:30. > :22:35.here and commit crimes They didn't turn into
:22:36. > :22:43.criminals in Germany. We treat women in different way,
:22:44. > :22:45.but not in this way. What happened here could still have
:22:46. > :22:49.profound consequences for this country because these attacks and,
:22:50. > :22:52.more importantly, Angela Merkel's response to them, could well
:22:53. > :22:56.determine her political future. Many here are still proud
:22:57. > :22:59.of Germany's welcome to refugees, but it's time, her critics
:23:00. > :23:02.say, to close the door. In Washington, President Obama
:23:03. > :23:15.is preparing to deliver his final State of the Union address setting
:23:16. > :23:19.out the agenda for his last year The speech later tonight,
:23:20. > :23:22.to a joint session of Congress, is expected to focus on those themes
:23:23. > :23:25.which Mr Obama hopes Mr Obama's campaign
:23:26. > :23:31.for the presidency, nearly a decade ago, started in the city of Chicago
:23:32. > :23:40.from where our North America editor, Chicago's been dancing
:23:41. > :23:45.to an uneasy beat of late - gun crime at a high,
:23:46. > :23:48.police brutality in the spotlight and allegations of
:23:49. > :23:52.corruption swirling. When he was working with my mother
:23:53. > :23:55.and they were organising a meeting in the community, this is where
:23:56. > :23:58.we would have our community meeting. But in Altgeld Gardens,
:23:59. > :24:01.a public housing project 20 miles south of the city centre,
:24:02. > :24:04.where Barack Obama started as a community organiser,
:24:05. > :24:08.30 years ago, his successor says that things have got better
:24:09. > :24:12.since he became President. There was so much expectation
:24:13. > :24:15.that there would be a new world built when Obama -
:24:16. > :24:18.that was too much expectation. You know because he inherited
:24:19. > :24:21.a mess, and it's still a mess, and he has corrected
:24:22. > :24:27.a lot of the mess. The next First Family
:24:28. > :24:37.of the United States of America. But back in 2008, in his
:24:38. > :24:40.Chicago victory speech, it was all
:24:41. > :24:41.about the infinite possibilities. At this defining moment,
:24:42. > :24:44.change has come to America. Hope was never more audacious
:24:45. > :24:46.than it was on that night It seemed there was a belief that
:24:47. > :24:50.if enough people said, yes, we can, then change
:24:51. > :24:56.would magically happen, but politics is more difficult
:24:57. > :24:59.than that and sometimes change comes Nowhere more so than in
:25:00. > :25:07.the roughest parts of Chicago. Joe and Will are
:25:08. > :25:09.violence interrupters. They're ex-gang members who've
:25:10. > :25:12.served long prison terms and are trying to help young people
:25:13. > :25:16.avoid the mistakes they made, but on the day we met they'd had bad
:25:17. > :25:19.news about two young people They tried to rob the place
:25:20. > :25:24.and the owners killed them. We got a phone call saying
:25:25. > :25:31.that two guys got killed They say more has to be done to take
:25:32. > :25:39.guns off the streets. You can buy a gun off
:25:40. > :25:41.the street right now, $25. As easy as even asking
:25:42. > :25:50.somebody for a cigarette. But at Mr G's Supper Club
:25:51. > :25:52.in the neighbourhood, it's all about dressing
:25:53. > :25:54.up and dancing. The violence in the community has
:25:55. > :26:00.nothing to do with the President, it has something to do
:26:01. > :26:04.with the joblessness, the poor education system,
:26:05. > :26:07.the higher taxes and the disregard We need more jobs for this
:26:08. > :26:13.young generation but, you know, more opportunity for them
:26:14. > :26:17.to get them off these streets. Among Obama's staunchest supporters
:26:18. > :26:23.there's a reluctance to blame him for their problems,
:26:24. > :26:27.but all the old issues are still there, even as he prepares
:26:28. > :26:30.to deliver the final State of the Union speech
:26:31. > :26:32.of his presidency. Football, and in the Premier League
:26:33. > :26:46.Newcastle United fought back after falling behind twice to earn
:26:47. > :26:49.a 3-3 draw with Manchester United. With just minutes to go,
:26:50. > :26:51.Newcastle levelled the score It leaves Manchester United sixth
:26:52. > :26:55.in the Premier League table. Newcastle stay in
:26:56. > :27:02.the relegation zone. Tim Peake is making
:27:03. > :27:03.final preparations ahead of his historic
:27:04. > :27:10.spacewalk on Friday. Hopefully you can see there how
:27:11. > :27:18.water behaves. The British astronaut,
:27:19. > :27:26.speaking to the BBC's Stargazing programme, showed viewers some
:27:27. > :27:27.newly-learned skills, including drinking water
:27:28. > :27:41.in near-zero gravity. He also unveiled some
:27:42. > :27:43.of the equipment he'll be The aim of the spacewalk is to fix
:27:44. > :27:53.a broken power unit connected to one One we are into the eclipse and
:27:54. > :27:57.there is no power into that solar panel we can change the box out. We
:27:58. > :28:01.will have 40 minutes to do that task. That was Tim Peake speaking
:28:02. > :28:05.there. The impact of climate change
:28:06. > :28:08.and the devastating consequences of prolonged conflict
:28:09. > :28:10.in some parts of the globe are two of the factors
:28:11. > :28:12.mentioned by scientists concerned about protecting food
:28:13. > :28:22.crops around the world. on the remote Svalbar Islands
:28:23. > :28:25.and our science editor, David Shukman,
:28:26. > :28:28.was given special access. In the punishing cold
:28:29. > :28:30.of an Arctic mountain, in the remote Svalbar Islands,
:28:31. > :28:33.a doorway leads to what's meant A good thing that it
:28:34. > :28:40.bridges the road there. Scientists are on their way,
:28:41. > :28:43.approaching through this isolated and hostile terrain and I'm
:28:44. > :28:47.with them as they carry a precious cargo of seeds to be kept out
:28:48. > :28:50.of the way of whatever climate I mean, how often do
:28:51. > :28:53.you get these deliveries? We have deliveries
:28:54. > :28:58.three times a year. A box of seeds is about to go
:28:59. > :29:01.through the first line of security, I've just come down
:29:02. > :29:05.the access tunnel that's cut This place is 130 meters
:29:06. > :29:12.above sea level because, if the worst happens,
:29:13. > :29:14.and global warming melts all of the polar ice-caps,
:29:15. > :29:22.this project will still be safe. The deeper inside the mountain we go
:29:23. > :29:25.the more the temperature drops. The store is designed to survive
:29:26. > :29:28.any natural disaster. The seeds can last here
:29:29. > :29:31.for a very long time, it depends on what crop it is,
:29:32. > :29:34.but some of the crops may survive You're really imagining
:29:35. > :29:39.this place functioning, keeping the seeds
:29:40. > :29:42.safe for 4,000 years? I'm sure that the Pharaohs thought
:29:43. > :29:47.that their pyramids would last long, The last barrier
:29:48. > :29:53.to the store itself. The rows of shelves are filling up
:29:54. > :30:03.with seeds from all over the world. There are samples of nearly half
:30:04. > :30:06.of the most important food crops, Samples of seeds used to be held
:30:07. > :30:14.in glass test tubes, now they're kept in little plastic
:30:15. > :30:17.packets and there are more than 800,000 of these in this vault
:30:18. > :30:22.and everywhere you look there are examples of why
:30:23. > :30:25.this place matters. There are seeds from Syria,
:30:26. > :30:29.plants that are good at coping with drought, and some have just
:30:30. > :30:35.been returned to the Middle East. When harvests are ruined by extremes
:30:36. > :30:38.of weather having backup copies Another threat is flooding,
:30:39. > :30:42.which can damage national varieties of plants so keeping
:30:43. > :30:56.different genetic types helps It is for the survival
:30:57. > :31:04.of mankind in the future. We need diversity, all the different
:31:05. > :31:07.kinds of plant material to get food problems and to tackle
:31:08. > :31:19.that we need genetic variation. So, in these remote mountains,
:31:20. > :31:23.this place is meant to be An insurance policy
:31:24. > :31:24.for a warming world. David Shukman, BBC News
:31:25. > :31:39.in Svalbar in the Arctic. We're looking at another apparent
:31:40. > :31:45.case of police not owning up