:00:00. > :00:00.Tonight at ten - Britain appoints its new man in Brussels
:00:00. > :00:10.as Brexit puts the strain on relations between ministers
:00:11. > :00:14.Sir Tim Barrow - a career diplomat and former ambassador to Russia -
:00:15. > :00:19.becomes the UK's new top civil servant at the EU.
:00:20. > :00:21.I think it makes sense to get this resolved swiftly,
:00:22. > :00:23.but what matters most is getting right, not quick,
:00:24. > :00:26.and I think Sir Tim is right guy to bring some fresh thinking,
:00:27. > :00:30.a whole range of experience, and lead the team in Brussels.
:00:31. > :00:32.After the government is accused of muddled thinking over Brexit
:00:33. > :00:35.by the outgoing ambassador, more questions over how much
:00:36. > :00:40.We'll be looking at the impact on negotiations with Brussels.
:00:41. > :00:49.A vigil on the M62 slip road where a 28 year old man was shot
:00:50. > :00:52.dead by police as his father speaks out for the first time.
:00:53. > :00:55.How can you kill someone like this, at a time like this, without giving
:00:56. > :00:58.Straight, three bullets through the windscreen....
:00:59. > :01:00.FROM BACKGROUND: It's because they're Pakistanis.
:01:01. > :01:05.Disappointing Christmas sales at Next - the high street retailer
:01:06. > :01:09.warns of a difficult year ahead as the weak pound drives up prices.
:01:10. > :01:12.We speak to the British doctor in Syria helping the injured who've
:01:13. > :01:19.And, have Chelsea made it 14 wins in a row,
:01:20. > :01:23.Or did Spurs put an end to their winning streak?
:01:24. > :01:25.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News,
:01:26. > :01:27.World Number One Sir Andy Murray brings his winning streak
:01:28. > :01:52.to 26 matches by reaching the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open.
:01:53. > :01:56.The government has moved fast to appoint a new Ambassador
:01:57. > :01:59.to the European Union after the surprise resignation
:02:00. > :02:02.of Britain's top diplomat in Brussels yesterday.
:02:03. > :02:06.Sir Tim Barrow - a former ambassador to Russia -
:02:07. > :02:08.will begin work next week on the complex Brexit
:02:09. > :02:12.His appointment comes after Sir Ivan Rogers
:02:13. > :02:14.stood down suddenly, and then accused the government
:02:15. > :02:19.His departure led to accusations that he'd lost the trust
:02:20. > :02:27.Our diplomatic correspondent James Landale reports.
:02:28. > :02:33.Until today said Tim Barrow was one of the most senior officials at the
:02:34. > :02:39.Foreign Office, always on hand to advise his boss. Tonight he's the
:02:40. > :02:45.new ambassador to the European Union with the awesome task of getting the
:02:46. > :02:49.Brexit negotiations back on track. His former boss said he was the
:02:50. > :02:53.right man for the job. He's an absolutely classic, tough civil
:02:54. > :02:56.servant. Very experienced. Knows the EU very well and will go in there
:02:57. > :03:00.and do a good job. I think he will sing honestly to ministers what he
:03:01. > :03:04.thinks the decision is, when they take a decision on the project and
:03:05. > :03:07.plan, then he will implement it very loyally. Tim Barrow is a former
:03:08. > :03:13.ambassador to Moscow and has spent much of his career working in
:03:14. > :03:16.Brussels. While Ukip criticised what they saw as another Foreign Office
:03:17. > :03:20.insider, Tory campaigners for Brexit were relaxed about the appointment
:03:21. > :03:23.of a career diplomat with a natty line in waistcoats.
:03:24. > :03:25.I think it makes sense to get this resolved swiftly,
:03:26. > :03:28.but what matters most is getting it right, not quick, and I think
:03:29. > :03:31.Sir Tim is the right guy to bring some fresh thinking,
:03:32. > :03:33.a whole range of experience, and lead the team in Brussels.
:03:34. > :03:39.This is the man whose shoes Sir Tim is filling commissaire Ivan Rogers,
:03:40. > :03:43.who resigned unexpectedly, attacking what he called the government's
:03:44. > :03:47.muddled thinking and ill founded arguments over Brexit. The
:03:48. > :03:50.Ambassador's job was to be Theresa May's eyes and ears at the
:03:51. > :03:57.negotiations in Brussels, but in a blunt resignation letter, Ivan
:03:58. > :04:01.Rogers spelt out the challenges facing his successor, revealing he
:04:02. > :04:05.did not yet know what the government would set in negotiating objectives
:04:06. > :04:09.with the UK's relationship with the EU after Brexit. That plan has been
:04:10. > :04:14.kept hidden, or at least is still being prepared behind closed doors
:04:15. > :04:18.in Downing Street. Foreign Secretary, have you pushed aside,
:04:19. > :04:23.who will replace him? Ministers today refused to give, yes, a
:04:24. > :04:26.running commentary. Four months last year Ivan Rogers traipsed
:04:27. > :04:30.fruitlessly between London and Brussels trying to reform the EU
:04:31. > :04:34.ahead of the referendum, but said in his letter the government was not
:04:35. > :04:38.prepared for the even bigger talks ahead. Serious multilateral
:04:39. > :04:41.negotiating experience is in short supply in Whitehall. The structure
:04:42. > :04:49.of the UK's negotiating team needs rapid resolution. The most worrying
:04:50. > :04:52.thing in Ivan Rogers' e-mail to his staff on leaving office was a
:04:53. > :04:55.confession that he is ambassador to the EU did not know what the
:04:56. > :04:58.government's negotiating objectives were. That makes us all believe what
:04:59. > :05:02.we already suspected, that the government doesn't have a plan. The
:05:03. > :05:07.government has moved very quickly to replace Ivan Rogers to try to draw a
:05:08. > :05:10.line under a row that has not only exposed tensions in Whitehall but
:05:11. > :05:16.has posed questions about the government's preparations for
:05:17. > :05:19.Brexit. Tonight the ministers are rallying round the appointment of
:05:20. > :05:23.Sir Tim Barrow. They know in this building he's hugely rated. But the
:05:24. > :05:28.questions posed by his predecessor remain. MPs hope Theresa May will
:05:29. > :05:32.provide some answers on a speech on Brexit to be given scene. One she
:05:33. > :05:37.will have to write with a new ambassador at her shoulder, who is
:05:38. > :05:39.playing catch-up just weeks after negotiations begin. James Landale,
:05:40. > :05:42.BBC News. Let's speak to our deputy political
:05:43. > :05:49.editor John Pienaar in Westminster. What impact will this have on Brexit
:05:50. > :05:55.negotiations? We've seen the weight Brexit supporting Conservatives have
:05:56. > :05:59.been love bombing the new ambassador, determined that the
:06:00. > :06:03.relationship should work smoothly. It doesn't address the underlying
:06:04. > :06:06.tension between some very high-ranking civil servants who are
:06:07. > :06:09.worried their political masters may not fully understand and certainly
:06:10. > :06:16.won't admit the sheer difficulty and scale and complexity of Brexit.
:06:17. > :06:20.Their worry is that Mike in the end undermine the day to day working of
:06:21. > :06:24.government and the success of Brexit itself. As for the Theresa May
:06:25. > :06:28.speech mentioned in James's report, we expect that early in the year,
:06:29. > :06:33.and we expect more detailed of her thinking on Brexit. It might ease
:06:34. > :06:37.some of the pressure for more clarity, but given how much she
:06:38. > :06:41.wants to keep her cards close to her chest, given how much she wants to
:06:42. > :06:43.keep our options open, I will not be holding my breath on that. John
:06:44. > :06:44.Pienaar in Downing Street. And I'm joined by our
:06:45. > :06:52.business editor Simon Jack. Detail is what many are clamouring
:06:53. > :06:55.for. What about the world of business, do they feel they are
:06:56. > :06:59.getting enough information? In one sense they are pretty happy. They
:07:00. > :07:01.say to me that after a slow start they are impressed by the amount of
:07:02. > :07:05.engagement they are getting from government. The chief executives
:07:06. > :07:08.from biggest companies are not struggling to get face time with
:07:09. > :07:12.government departments. What they say is that at the moment it's
:07:13. > :07:15.one-way traffic. The government is doing a lot of listening but not
:07:16. > :07:20.transmitting much detail back the other way. They think it's not
:07:21. > :07:25.because there's some master plan under wraps, they suspect there is
:07:26. > :07:28.not a fully formed plan. In the meantime, as the clock ticks down to
:07:29. > :07:32.article 50 being triggered, they are having to make contingency plans and
:07:33. > :07:36.spending tens of millions of pounds on that, our companies. It could be
:07:37. > :07:41.like rolling the beach towels out all over Europe, hiring people,
:07:42. > :07:44.putting in regulatory permissions. They are wondering whether that will
:07:45. > :07:48.happen. What they are saying to me is that they don't want to press an
:07:49. > :07:52.emergency button, but they need to have a button to press, even if they
:07:53. > :07:56.spend tens of billions of pounds, they would like to leave the button
:07:57. > :07:58.behind the glass and unbroken. They want more detail and not getting it
:07:59. > :08:01.yet. Simon Jack, thank you. Dozens of people have
:08:02. > :08:03.attended a vigil tonight in memory of Yasser Yaqub -
:08:04. > :08:06.the man shot dead by a police marksman as he drove off the M62
:08:07. > :08:09.slip road in Huddersfield Speaking at the roadside
:08:10. > :08:12.where his son died, Mr Yaqub's father told the BBC
:08:13. > :08:15.he believes his son was killed unlawfully, and that the police have
:08:16. > :08:17.questions to answer. At the exact spot where Yassar Yaqub
:08:18. > :08:24.died, Friends and family gathered quietly
:08:25. > :08:30.and respectfully to lay The mood was polite, but his
:08:31. > :08:45.brother-in-law and father told me they were angry and want
:08:46. > :08:46.more information. From start to finish,
:08:47. > :08:55.nothing hidden. My message is that he has
:08:56. > :08:58.been killed unlawfully. How can you kill
:08:59. > :09:01.someone like this at a time like this without giving them
:09:02. > :09:06.a chance to get out or anything? Three bullets through
:09:07. > :09:12.the windscreen and that's it. We are not in America,
:09:13. > :09:15.not in a third world country. Yassar Yaqub was shot
:09:16. > :09:17.dead by police on Monday night, the gun was found
:09:18. > :09:20.in the car he was in. In 2010 he was cleared
:09:21. > :09:22.of attempted murder and a firearms offence
:09:23. > :09:23.after it was alleged he opened fire on a car
:09:24. > :09:26.in Huddersfield. Some local people told us
:09:27. > :09:29.he was a renowned drugs dealer but others didn't think he was
:09:30. > :09:31.involved in any criminal activity. People living close
:09:32. > :09:35.to his home also say that his house was targeted
:09:36. > :09:40.by gunmen more than a year ago. The house now has obvious security
:09:41. > :09:43.cameras on the outside. All I can say, I've
:09:44. > :09:48.known him for a very long time, spent every day
:09:49. > :09:52.with him and I know that he's not a person
:09:53. > :09:56.who would shoot at anybody. Because there are lots
:09:57. > :09:58.of reports suggesting He's never been charged
:09:59. > :10:07.with any of those He hasn't got a bad
:10:08. > :10:10.past, he has never There was a very different tone 15
:10:11. > :10:19.miles away in Bradford last night. blocked a main road,
:10:20. > :10:23.about the killing "Police don't shoot,"
:10:24. > :10:25.said one of the banners. They have killed
:10:26. > :10:27.an innocent brother. A police car was attacked
:10:28. > :10:29.at one point, with an A local MP has appealed
:10:30. > :10:42.for the community to remain calm. We need to wait to see what comes
:10:43. > :10:46.out of the investigation and police, they have my confidence,
:10:47. > :10:52.the community and in terms of the they have regular conversations with
:10:53. > :10:54.me. If we need to have more conversation
:10:55. > :10:57.between the community The Independent Police Complaints
:10:58. > :11:01.Commission is now overseeing this Five other men were arrested
:11:02. > :11:08.at the time on suspicion of possessing a firearm
:11:09. > :11:13.with intent to cause fear. Understandably there is no
:11:14. > :11:17.running commentary from investigators but that is leading
:11:18. > :11:20.to many different theories as to how Danny Savage, BBC
:11:21. > :11:25.News, Huddersfield. The high street retailer Next has
:11:26. > :11:28.warned of a difficult year ahead, as the weak pound increases costs
:11:29. > :11:30.and drives up prices. It comes after it announced worse
:11:31. > :11:32.than expected figures in the run up to Christmas,
:11:33. > :11:34.causing a big fall Our business correspondent
:11:35. > :11:43.Emma Simpson reports. The festive season,
:11:44. > :11:45.it's when the tills But it's been a difficult one
:11:46. > :11:52.for Next, one of our Their Christmas results are seen
:11:53. > :11:57.as a bellwether for the high street. The high street is struggling
:11:58. > :12:00.with the switch from actual selling Struggling with coping
:12:01. > :12:03.with Black Friday, which is taking But at the same time,
:12:04. > :12:14.Next itself is struggling because the big growth area in Next
:12:15. > :12:17.has been the directory, But to have such a disappointment
:12:18. > :12:22.from one of the stronger retailers first thing is clearly
:12:23. > :12:24.not good news. But, as always, some
:12:25. > :12:27.will do better than others. The signs are that it's been
:12:28. > :12:31.decent for John Lewis. Its department stores saw a surge
:12:32. > :12:36.in sales in the final week. Consumers haven't stopped spending,
:12:37. > :12:40.but we have been spending less on what we wear and more
:12:41. > :12:45.on what we do. Record player's from my
:12:46. > :12:47.parents, and little bits Gadgets and everything
:12:48. > :12:52.nowadays, it's, you know... So, yeah, it has become
:12:53. > :12:54.a lot more expensive. We will be reining it
:12:55. > :12:57.in in the New Year. 2016 was tough for Next,
:12:58. > :12:59.but it's warning this year will be even tougher,
:13:00. > :13:01.with what it describes as It says profits will be hit,
:13:02. > :13:10.and that the devaluation of the pound after the EU referendum
:13:11. > :13:14.vote will push up its prices by 5%. And the industry's trade body
:13:15. > :13:18.also thinks the going's 2016 has been a pretty
:13:19. > :13:24.tough year and it looks You've got rising prices,
:13:25. > :13:29.which means consumers' budgets won't go as far,
:13:30. > :13:32.and they won't be able Ultimately, that will affect
:13:33. > :13:36.retailers' profits. At the same time, we've got rising
:13:37. > :13:40.costs from the impact of the national living wage
:13:41. > :13:43.and business rates, which also means the cost of doing business
:13:44. > :13:46.is going up at the same time. For now, though, the question is,
:13:47. > :13:49.has Next fared better or worse than its rivals in a market more
:13:50. > :13:52.crowded and competitive than ever? The full Christmas story
:13:53. > :13:55.will unfold in the coming days. A 38-year-old man from Oldham
:13:56. > :14:04.has appeared in court, charged with causing the deaths
:14:05. > :14:08.of two young cousins. Helina Kotlarova, who was 12,
:14:09. > :14:11.and 11-year-old Zaneta Krokova, Three other men are charged with
:14:12. > :14:16.perverting the course of justice. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin
:14:17. > :14:24.Netanyahu has called for a pardon for a soldier who's been convicted
:14:25. > :14:26.of manslaughter for killing Sergeant Elor Azaria killed
:14:27. > :14:33.Abdul Fatah al-Sharif in Hebron last March,
:14:34. > :14:35.after the Palestinian had been involved in
:14:36. > :14:37.stabbing another soldier. Our Middle East correspondent
:14:38. > :14:47.Yolande Knell reports. It's minutes after two young
:14:48. > :14:49.Palestinian men with knives attacked One is dead and one
:14:50. > :14:58.is clearly still alive. Sergeant Elor Azaria,
:14:59. > :15:00.a 19-year-old medic, helped treat a wounded soldier,
:15:01. > :15:02.and then he did this. A single bullet to the head killed
:15:03. > :15:08.Abdul Fatah al-Sharif. Today the Sergeant was in a military
:15:09. > :15:11.court, smiling to see But soon after, he was found
:15:12. > :15:18.guilty of manslaughter. Judges rejected the soldier's
:15:19. > :15:21.claimed that the Palestinian posed a threat and decided he shot him
:15:22. > :15:33.out of revenge. But Sergeant Azaria has loyal
:15:34. > :15:36.backers in a country where most They accuse the army
:15:37. > :15:39.of abandoning one of its own. This guy came to do
:15:40. > :15:42.an attack, to hurt families. Even the Israeli Defence
:15:43. > :15:46.Minister spoke of this Before taking up his post,
:15:47. > :15:52.he made clear his support And that caused tensions
:15:53. > :15:59.with the top brass here They said they command according
:16:00. > :16:03.to rules and an ethical code, Such a high-profile trial
:16:04. > :16:08.of a soldier for killing a Palestinian is very
:16:09. > :16:11.unusual in Israel. The outcome was welcomed by
:16:12. > :16:15.the family of Abdul Fatah al-Sharif. TRANSLATION: I feel like any father
:16:16. > :16:18.would feel after seeing my son It's still hard for me every time
:16:19. > :16:33.I remember what happened. If he died instantly it
:16:34. > :16:35.would have been much easier than to see your son
:16:36. > :16:37.executed like that. Sergeant Azaria's crime took place
:16:38. > :16:40.during a wave of Palestinian attacks when there was a national debate
:16:41. > :16:42.about how to respond. And his case has proved
:16:43. > :16:45.highly divisive. When he is sentenced,
:16:46. > :16:48.the maximum he could serve is 20 years in jail,
:16:49. > :16:51.but he is expected to get far less. And tonight the Prime Minister has
:16:52. > :16:54.joined other Israeli politicians With less than three weeks to go
:16:55. > :17:03.until he leaves office, President Obama says he plans
:17:04. > :17:05.to release more inmates from the Guantanamo Bay detention
:17:06. > :17:08.centre, after vowing to shut it down But the President elect -
:17:09. > :17:14.Donald Trump - has taken issue with his decision,
:17:15. > :17:16.tweeting that the inmates are "dangerous people"
:17:17. > :17:19.who shouldn't be released. Guantanamo Bay was opened in January
:17:20. > :17:21.2002 to hold terror suspects after the September 11th attacks
:17:22. > :17:24.and the subsequent US-led At its peak, as many as 779
:17:25. > :17:34.prisoners were held there. During his time in office,
:17:35. > :17:36.President Obama has Our security correspondent Gordon
:17:37. > :17:43.Corera, who first visited Guantanamo Bay 15 years ago,
:17:44. > :17:46.has been back inside to The evening call to prayer from
:17:47. > :17:57.inside the cells of Guantanamo Bay. For everyone here, these
:17:58. > :18:02.are uncertain times. President Obama promised
:18:03. > :18:05.to Guantanamo when he first took office but he was frustrated
:18:06. > :18:08.by Congress and it's a promise He is still trying to transfer
:18:09. > :18:14.some of the remaining 60 But during our visit,
:18:15. > :18:18.the admiral in charge admitted You know the detainees have
:18:19. > :18:25.questions, are the transfers going to stop when the new president
:18:26. > :18:33.takes charge on January 20th? Their lawyers may speculate
:18:34. > :18:40.but nobody knows. But in a tweet, Donald Trump has now
:18:41. > :18:44.made clear what he thinks. "There should be no further
:18:45. > :18:47.releases from Guantanamo. These are extremely dangerous people
:18:48. > :18:50.and should not be allowed back The uncertainty hanging over
:18:51. > :18:57.the base was clear as we toured We were allowed to film detainees
:18:58. > :19:02.through one-way glass. One realised we were on the other
:19:03. > :19:07.side and displayed a hand-painted sign, a question-mark
:19:08. > :19:12.with a padlock underneath. I watched some of the first
:19:13. > :19:17.detainees arrived at Camp X-ray It was the early days of what was
:19:18. > :19:24.called the war on terror. Now we found Camp X-ray abandoned,
:19:25. > :19:28.steel cages, overgrown. Permanent structures
:19:29. > :19:30.took its place but they've This block in Guantanamo used
:19:31. > :19:36.to house 100 detainees but since last summer it has been
:19:37. > :19:38.empty and silent, part of President Obama's
:19:39. > :19:43.push to close the camp. That's failed and the question now
:19:44. > :19:46.is whether, under President Trump, these cells will once again be
:19:47. > :19:52.filled with detainees. This morning I watched
:19:53. > :19:55.President Obama talking about GTMO, right, Guantanamo Bay,
:19:56. > :19:57.which, by the way, we are keeping And we're going to load it up
:19:58. > :20:06.with some bad dudes, believe me, The colonel in charge of day-to-day
:20:07. > :20:10.operations told me they could take in new prisoners straightaway
:20:11. > :20:15.if they receive the orders. We'd be prepared to receive
:20:16. > :20:17.some, in the short term, if that was required to us
:20:18. > :20:20.and the orders were given to us. If it were to become an expensive
:20:21. > :20:24.thing, then there would need to be some additional changes
:20:25. > :20:26.to the structure since we've closed -- if it were to become an extensive
:20:27. > :20:30.thing. We'd have to find a way
:20:31. > :20:32.to open that back up. President Obama has said Guantanamo,
:20:33. > :20:35.because of its reputation around the world, undermines rather
:20:36. > :20:37.than advances America's security but it will now be up
:20:38. > :20:40.to a new president to decide what to do with those
:20:41. > :20:48.America is fighting. Where to put them,
:20:49. > :20:50.how to treat them. And so, for now, the future of this
:20:51. > :20:53.place hangs in the balance. Gordon Corera, BBC
:20:54. > :20:58.News, Guantanamo Bay. Our North America Editor,
:20:59. > :21:11.Jon Sopel, joins us Guantanamo Bay just the latest big
:21:12. > :21:16.issue being aired very publicly between President Obama and Donald
:21:17. > :21:22.Trump? Sophie, there is a wonderful symmetry about today. As we were
:21:23. > :21:25.hearing in Gordon Corera 's port, Barack Obama, when running for
:21:26. > :21:31.president eight years ago, promised it would be closed. Guantanamo Bay
:21:32. > :21:37.would cease to be, no ifs, no buts. He gets to office, finds out it is
:21:38. > :21:39.small, located than that and, 80, it is still open.
:21:40. > :21:46.Donald Trump made a similar pledge during the campaign which, now here
:21:47. > :21:52.is about to start governing, recognises as a little more
:21:53. > :21:56.complicated, that is the affordable care act, or ObamaCare, if you like,
:21:57. > :21:59.the policy which has given 20 million Americans ensuring to
:22:00. > :22:04.previously did not have it. But people's premiums went up and the
:22:05. > :22:09.cover got worse and he sounded very popular during the campaign to say,
:22:10. > :22:12.you know what, I will get rid of it. Vice President-elect Mike Pence went
:22:13. > :22:17.to Capitol Hill today and said this must be our priority, but what will
:22:18. > :22:21.we do about all those people who might suddenly lose cover? What
:22:22. > :22:26.about this policy that people must be given insurance even if they have
:22:27. > :22:30.pre-existing conditions? There was suddenly an awareness that things
:22:31. > :22:36.were little more complicated and all the talk of ObamaCare is not of
:22:37. > :22:40.scrapping it immediately but of some form of transitional arrangements.
:22:41. > :22:44.It is the same, whether you are talking about ObamaCare, via Rantie
:22:45. > :22:48.all, the climate change arrangements, easy to save you will
:22:49. > :22:52.scrap them, but what you put in its place? -- whether you are talking
:22:53. > :22:57.about ObamaCare, the Iran deal. Boruc Obama has discovered, Donald
:22:58. > :23:02.Trump is discovering, that campaigning is a lot easier than
:23:03. > :23:02.governing. -- Barack Obama has discovered.
:23:03. > :23:05.A brief look at some of the day's other other news stories.
:23:06. > :23:07.Turkey's Foreign Minister says officials know the identity
:23:08. > :23:09.of the gunman who carried out the Istanbul nightclub
:23:10. > :23:11.attack on New Year's Eve, but he's stopped short
:23:12. > :23:15.No further details about the inquiry into the murder of 39 people
:23:16. > :23:20.So-called Islamic State has said it carried out the attack.
:23:21. > :23:22.Police in Germany have detained a Tunisian man who's suspected
:23:23. > :23:25.of being involved in the lorry attack on a Christmas market
:23:26. > :23:31.The authorities say the 28-year-old had dinner with the attacker
:23:32. > :23:36.Anis Amri the night before he killed 12 people.
:23:37. > :23:38.13,000 people have had their holidays cancelled,
:23:39. > :23:40.following the collapse of the travel company All Leisure
:23:41. > :23:46.Customers who had booked cruises with Swan Hellenic and Voyages
:23:47. > :23:52.of Discovery will be given full refunds.
:23:53. > :23:55.Turkey has warned that peace talks in Syria are under threat
:23:56. > :24:00.because of repeated cease-fire violations by government forces.
:24:01. > :24:02.Hundreds of civilians who were injured in the Russian
:24:03. > :24:04.backed bombing of Aleppo were evacuated from the city last
:24:05. > :24:09.Many of them have ended up in hospitals in the
:24:10. > :24:14.There a British surgeon - David Nott - has been
:24:15. > :24:18.He's been speaking to our correspondent Quentin Sommerville.
:24:19. > :24:25.His report contains some distressing details.
:24:26. > :24:34.The agony of East Aleppo didn't end with its defeat by President Assad.
:24:35. > :24:35."He destroyed everything," cries this woman.
:24:36. > :24:43.Some of the most desperate, including five-month-old Maram,
:24:44. > :24:53.Her right arm is her only unbroken limb.
:24:54. > :25:00.A bomb hit her family as they were evacuating from the city.
:25:01. > :25:04.Britain's David Nott lead the surgery inside Syria.
:25:05. > :25:09.They'll have to be the ones that go, definitely.
:25:10. > :25:12.This baby is in danger of losing her leg, or her life.
:25:13. > :25:17.A piece of shrapnel has broken her hip.
:25:18. > :25:20.As you can see, the fragment on the x-ray, I think we have found
:25:21. > :25:28.It's a bit of shell, a bit of fragmentation
:25:29. > :25:34.from a military armament, a piece of metal.
:25:35. > :25:40.Part of her left leg is missing, and the team treated that, too.
:25:41. > :25:46.This is a piece of fragment from a shell from an air strike.
:25:47. > :25:51.Now back safely in London, Dr Nott talked me through the surgery.
:25:52. > :25:54.My heart actually bled for this little girl.
:25:55. > :25:57.It bled because she wanted me to help her, she couldn't move her
:25:58. > :26:04.She couldn't move her legs because they were fractured.
:26:05. > :26:07.She had a big piece of iron on her other leg
:26:08. > :26:09.and she couldn't move that, and she had exposed bones.
:26:10. > :26:28.Dr Nott operated day and night for a week.
:26:29. > :26:35.Around 750 seriously injured people were evacuated from eastern Aleppo.
:26:36. > :26:38.He was reunited with doctors he trained.
:26:39. > :26:41.They'd stayed in the city while the bombs fell.
:26:42. > :26:44.They're very good war surgeons, really good war surgeons.
:26:45. > :26:48.And they can cope with lots of things which they couldn't
:26:49. > :26:51.Not only that, we saved countless hundreds and thousands
:26:52. > :26:54.of people's lives, and I think that was all we could ask for,
:26:55. > :27:00.Most of eastern Aleppo's doctors are now in Idlib,
:27:01. > :27:07.The civilians who fled have horrible injuries.
:27:08. > :27:09.There was multiple amputations, because those patients
:27:10. > :27:13.So although you're doing an amputation, it's like getting
:27:14. > :27:16.frostbite in your amputated leg, and so we had to go
:27:17. > :27:23.The battle for Aleppo may be over, but Syria's medical needs
:27:24. > :27:30.The most gravely ill have been sent to Turkey for more help.
:27:31. > :27:36.Sent there alone, we don't know if she survived.
:27:37. > :27:54.Flowers have been late on Coniston water in the Lake District to mark
:27:55. > :27:57.the 50th anniversary of the land and speed water record holder Donald
:27:58. > :28:01.Campbell. His jet powered boat Bluebird broke into pieces as he
:28:02. > :28:05.attempted to break his own record. His daughter said she was humble but
:28:06. > :28:06.his achievements are still being recognised 50 years later.
:28:07. > :28:09.A French cyclist - who is 105 years old -
:28:10. > :28:11.has set a world record for the furthest distance cycled
:28:12. > :28:15.in one hour in a new age group category created for him
:28:16. > :28:19.Robert Marchand managed to cycle 14 miles around a velodrome.
:28:20. > :28:22.He was slightly slower than when he completed the same race
:28:23. > :28:27.Afterwards he said he could have done better -
:28:28. > :28:34.but wanted to prove you can still ride a bike at 105.
:28:35. > :28:36.Chelsea went into tonight's game against Spurs knowing a win
:28:37. > :28:39.would set a new top flight record of 14 consecutive wins
:28:40. > :28:42.in a single season, but Tottenham had other ideas.
:28:43. > :28:50.Our sports correspondent Natalie Pirks reports from White Hart Lane.
:28:51. > :28:53.Whilst the rest of us might have the January blues,
:28:54. > :28:58.Flying high in the league and on the brink of making history
:28:59. > :29:07.If there's any game you wanted to get the 14,
:29:08. > :29:12.Diego Costa is the league's top scorer and he is also
:29:13. > :29:14.rather partial to a row, although not usually
:29:15. > :29:19.The pair were still at it a full minute later.
:29:20. > :29:27.Chelsea have the best defence in the league
:29:28. > :29:29.but seconds before half-time, England's Dele caught them with one
:29:30. > :29:38.A goal to knock Chelsea's pride and knock some of the Spurs
:29:39. > :29:44.The old adage goes that if it ain't broke, don't fix it,
:29:45. > :29:46.so in the second half, Spurs did exactly
:29:47. > :29:50.A carbon copy Dele header and a second goal to savour.
:29:51. > :29:55.Chelsea knew the chance to make history was over.
:29:56. > :30:10.Madrid might covet him, but right now, Dele's all theirs.
:30:11. > :30:16.White Hart Lane used to be known as 3-point play by Chelsea fans, such
:30:17. > :30:21.was their dominance here, not any more. After Chelsea ended Spurs'
:30:22. > :30:26.title hopes last season, this was the perfect revenge. Not only did
:30:27. > :30:31.this cut Chelsea's Lido this post to seven points and push Spurs above
:30:32. > :30:35.rivals Man City and Arsenal to third place, but it also sends a real
:30:36. > :30:40.statement of intent, a statement that this site could be title
:30:41. > :30:44.contenders yet again. They are happy, and Dele will get all the
:30:45. > :30:49.plaudits, but this is a classy team performance. As for Chelsea, Gary
:30:50. > :30:53.Cahill said after the match, it will not affect this mentally and we go
:30:54. > :30:57.again. Given that is what Steven Gerrard said when Liverpool famously
:30:58. > :31:02.slipped up, that was probably not the best choice of words.
:31:03. > :31:05.Newsnight is about to begin over on BBC in a few moments.
:31:06. > :31:09.Here is Evan. Tonight we will be looking at what is in store for
:31:10. > :31:12.France this year, our nearest neighbour and closest rival. The
:31:13. > :31:17.presidential election that could end up as a contest between the far
:31:18. > :31:21.right and the Thatcherites, making for interesting times.
:31:22. > :31:26.Join me on BBC Two. That's it from us, you can keep up to date
:31:27. > :31:27.throughout the night with the BBC News Channel. Now it is time for