:00:00. > :00:00.Tonight at Ten - on the eve of his inauguration,
:00:00. > :00:08.Donald Trump promises immediate action to start fulfilling
:00:09. > :00:13.He flew into the nation's capital less than 24 hours before
:00:14. > :00:19.being sworn in as 45th President of the United States.
:00:20. > :00:22.One of his first official duties - to remember America's fallen,
:00:23. > :00:27.as his deputy promised early action on promises made.
:00:28. > :00:30.We've focused at the President-elect's direction
:00:31. > :00:34.on a day one, a day 100, and a day 200 action plan,
:00:35. > :00:37.for keeping our word to the American people and putting
:00:38. > :00:41.the President-elect's promises into practice.
:00:42. > :00:44.We'll be looking ahead to tomorrow's events in Washington DC,
:00:45. > :00:47.and we'll be asking some Trump voters for their expectations
:00:48. > :00:54.At the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Theresa May tells
:00:55. > :00:57.business leaders that Britain wants to forge a new role
:00:58. > :01:05.From IRA commander to key figure in Northern Ireland's government -
:01:06. > :01:09.Martin McGuinness retires from front line politics.
:01:10. > :01:13.Dozens are missing, feared dead, after an avalanche engulfed a hotel
:01:14. > :01:21.And a French win in record time in the Vendee Globe Race -
:01:22. > :01:26.one of the world's toughest sporting challenges.
:01:27. > :01:29.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: Another series defeat
:01:30. > :01:32.for England's cricketers in India, as they lose by 15 runs
:01:33. > :02:00.Donald Trump is in Washington DC tonight, on the eve
:02:01. > :02:04.of his inauguration as 45th President of the United States.
:02:05. > :02:07.The ceremony, on Capitol Hill, is expected to draw hundreds
:02:08. > :02:10.of thousands of spectators to the nation's capital, as Mr Trump
:02:11. > :02:12.takes the oath of office, before taking up residence
:02:13. > :02:16.His vice-president, Mike Pence, said today that the transition team
:02:17. > :02:19.had been working flat out to ensure they'd be ready to implement
:02:20. > :02:32.Our North America editor Jon Sopel is in Washington tonight.
:02:33. > :02:39.Thank you, and Washington this evening is a city in a city
:02:40. > :02:42.undergoing profound change. Tonight, the Obama is well spent their last
:02:43. > :02:45.night in the White House and just across the street from here it's
:02:46. > :02:51.Blair House, the government guest house, where the Trumps will be
:02:52. > :02:56.staying and midday tomorrow, it's all change.
:02:57. > :03:01.No longer a plane with Trump emblazoned on the side.
:03:02. > :03:07.President-elect arrived in Washington aboard a US military jet,
:03:08. > :03:12.and this is the brand he'll now be promoting, defending and the United
:03:13. > :03:15.States of America. And though not yet Commander-in-Chief, it was the
:03:16. > :03:18.first opportunity to practice his salute, as the base commander
:03:19. > :03:24.greeted him and the future First Lady. Across the city the future
:03:25. > :03:28.vibes president was thanking the current administration for their
:03:29. > :03:31.help in the transition and reflecting on the magnitude of
:03:32. > :03:37.what's about to unfold. A momentous day before a historic day and I'm
:03:38. > :03:43.pleased to have a chance to report to the American people and all of
:03:44. > :03:47.you the progress that we have made at the President-elect's direction.
:03:48. > :03:52.Washington is a city in transition. It's out with the old and in with
:03:53. > :03:56.the new were the Obama is' possessions are loaded up and taken
:03:57. > :04:01.away. Michelle Obama tweeting one last photo from the balcony of her
:04:02. > :04:08.home these past eight years. And a video, one last walk through the
:04:09. > :04:13.house with their dogs. The new tenants pick up the keys tomorrow.
:04:14. > :04:17.Today, they were being sated at a lunch at where else, the Trump
:04:18. > :04:24.International hotel. With Republican congressional leaders. I want to
:04:25. > :04:28.thank everybody, you have given such great support in this room. But
:04:29. > :04:34.amidst the gladhanding that is part and parcel of any inauguration,
:04:35. > :04:38.there's solemnity to. The nation's future leaders going to Arlington
:04:39. > :04:41.Cemetery and the tomb of the unknown soldier to pay their respects to
:04:42. > :04:52.those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
:04:53. > :04:58.Hundreds of thousands are converging on Washington for the inauguration.
:04:59. > :05:03.Tonight, eight make America greater gain concert at one of the nation's
:05:04. > :05:07.most famous monuments, the Lincoln Memorial. Anticipation and
:05:08. > :05:12.expectation are high. Since the day he came down the escalator in Trump
:05:13. > :05:16.Tower, I was on board. I got to sing the national anthem for Mr Trump
:05:17. > :05:19.five different times at his rallies, so I received an invitation in the
:05:20. > :05:25.mail. He has the chance to be the next Ronald Reagan. But not everyone
:05:26. > :05:28.coming to Washington is here to Lord Donald Trump. There will be
:05:29. > :05:32.protesters as well. The inauguration marks the peaceful transfer of power
:05:33. > :05:38.but it doesn't signify a unified nation. We'll be talking to John in
:05:39. > :05:41.a short while again. In his inaugural address tomorrow,
:05:42. > :05:44.Donald Trump is expected to set out his personal vision
:05:45. > :05:46.for America's future in line with his familiar campaign pledge
:05:47. > :05:48.to "make America great again". It was a pledge which made
:05:49. > :05:51.a significant impact in what's called the rust belt -
:05:52. > :05:53.those states in the old Our North America correspondent
:05:54. > :05:56.Nick Bryant considers the view from Pennsylvania,
:05:57. > :06:03.on what voters are now expecting. It's the places of American
:06:04. > :06:05.decline that make sense of Donald Trump's rise,
:06:06. > :06:08.and it wasn't just working class rage that helped him reach
:06:09. > :06:13.the White House, but despondency. We can be just as competitive
:06:14. > :06:16.as other countries... Rick Rowlands supported him
:06:17. > :06:18.precisely because he was a billionaire businessman,
:06:19. > :06:21.and he's been impressed with how the President-elect has fought
:06:22. > :06:24.during the transition to keep car We were a manufacturing
:06:25. > :06:31.powerhouse at one point. When you say we're going to make
:06:32. > :06:33.America great, well, maybe that means we're
:06:34. > :06:36.going to restore that sense of optimism in people, that, yes,
:06:37. > :06:40.tomorrow will be better than today. Well, it remains to be seen,
:06:41. > :06:45.but at least he's talking about it. The neat take on Donald Trump
:06:46. > :06:48.is that critics took him literally but not seriously,
:06:49. > :06:52.and supporters took him They didn't necessarily
:06:53. > :06:58.believe everything he said, but he was talking and listening
:06:59. > :07:02.to them. Which is why in working-class
:07:03. > :07:06.communities expectations are so high that he will create manufacturing
:07:07. > :07:13.jobs and reverse industrial decline. Just flip it on and plant's
:07:14. > :07:22.up and running again. Ron Baraff looks after this derelict
:07:23. > :07:25.old steel plant and jokes about the magic switch that
:07:26. > :07:28.President Trump will flick They're thinking with their
:07:29. > :07:34.hearts, not their heads. It will lead to a lot
:07:35. > :07:39.of disappointment and people being discontent, because it can't
:07:40. > :07:42.happen the way they As much as we would love it,
:07:43. > :07:47.industry just isn't what it was. And look what's happening just up
:07:48. > :07:52.the road in Pittsburgh. Uber is testing out
:07:53. > :07:55.its driverless cars. And research labs are developing
:07:56. > :07:59.robots and drones that will deliver So the irony is during this
:08:00. > :08:06.political season that although Trump has made the claim that it's foreign
:08:07. > :08:10.trade and outsourcing which is killing jobs, really,
:08:11. > :08:14.by a factor of four to one, In this age of disruptive
:08:15. > :08:21.technology, Donald Trump was In these rust belt communities,
:08:22. > :08:29.he'll find it hard to reverse it. As President Trump prepares to take
:08:30. > :08:37.office, there'll be an even sharper focus on his relationship
:08:38. > :08:40.with Russia and with The outgoing president,
:08:41. > :08:44.Barack Obama, has underlined that having a constructive relationship
:08:45. > :08:47.with Russia is in the interests Our Moscow correspondent
:08:48. > :08:52.Steve Rosenberg considers the view from Russia,
:08:53. > :08:59.on the Trump-Putin relationship. If Donald Trump redecorates
:09:00. > :09:02.the White House, here's something Artist Nikas Safronov says America's
:09:03. > :09:11.new leader reminds him of Napoleon and a pirate,
:09:12. > :09:15.and although Nikas did have all bases covered, he says he always
:09:16. > :09:19.believed it was Trump who'd create a fresh canvas for
:09:20. > :09:24.US-Russian relations. "The American people made
:09:25. > :09:28.the right choice," he says. But did Moscow do
:09:29. > :09:34.more than just hope? This month, a US intelligence report
:09:35. > :09:38.claimed the Kremlin tried to influence the election for Trump
:09:39. > :09:41.through cyber attacks, Internet The report highlights the role
:09:42. > :09:49.of RT, calling the channel the Kremlin's principal
:09:50. > :09:52.international propaganda outlet. How awful it is to see that
:09:53. > :09:59.such a huge and powerful country relies on such bad,
:10:00. > :10:05.bad, sloppy and just Is RT putting out
:10:06. > :10:11.Kremlin propaganda? It's the same as what they say about
:10:12. > :10:16.the BBC and CNN here in Russia. There are separate allegations -
:10:17. > :10:19.that the Kremlin has been cultivating Donald Trump
:10:20. > :10:23.for at least five years, and that Moscow has
:10:24. > :10:25.managed to compromise him. These claims are unsubstantiated,
:10:26. > :10:30.but potentially explosive. Fake news, say his supporters,
:10:31. > :10:37.and Moscow says the same. But the fact that some people
:10:38. > :10:40.are even suggesting that Russia influenced an American election,
:10:41. > :10:45.that means that Russia will loom And from the Kremlin today,
:10:46. > :10:53.this call for cooperation. We desperately need a good
:10:54. > :10:55.relationship with Washington, And what will be the approach
:10:56. > :11:01.by President Trump, Meanwhile, outside Moscow,
:11:02. > :11:07.at a restaurant called The Trump, they're celebrating the inauguration
:11:08. > :11:10.with a new creation - Like the man himself,
:11:11. > :11:16.it's larger-than-life, and for some, It's a symbol of the high hopes -
:11:17. > :11:22.the very high hopes - Russia has for Trump,
:11:23. > :11:24.and its appetite for Our North America editor
:11:25. > :11:42.Jon Sopel is in Washington. In that first address to America and
:11:43. > :11:46.the world after the ceremony tomorrow, what kind of tone do you
:11:47. > :11:50.think Mr Trump will strike? I don't think it's going to be a long list
:11:51. > :11:54.of detailed policies. I don't think we're going to hear about building a
:11:55. > :11:59.war with Mexico and repealing Obamacare and rewriting trade deals.
:12:00. > :12:03.Instead, we are being told it's going to be more philosophical,
:12:04. > :12:07.sincere, personal, about what it is to be an American, the duty of being
:12:08. > :12:12.a citizen, what government can do for the people. So I think Donald
:12:13. > :12:16.Trump will be trying to paint with a very broad brush, but also very
:12:17. > :12:20.conscious alike he said when he got elected, that he was here to unify
:12:21. > :12:23.the American people, because what we are also going to see over this
:12:24. > :12:29.weekend the inauguration and not just the parties and the balls, but
:12:30. > :12:34.also the protests as well. Because many, many Americans are still not
:12:35. > :12:39.reconciled to the idea of a Trump presidency. Let's talk about
:12:40. > :12:43.expectations as we look ahead to the next four years. The report there
:12:44. > :12:47.from Pennsylvania, lots of people with very, very high expectations of
:12:48. > :12:51.this presidency. What is your sense of that and the risks involved there
:12:52. > :12:55.for Mr Trump? Talking to the people who are converging on Washington
:12:56. > :12:59.today to support Donald Trump, they genuinely do believe he's going to
:13:00. > :13:04.make America greater gain. Just like eight years ago, when Barack Obama
:13:05. > :13:08.had that word hope around his neck, well, Donald Trump has got make
:13:09. > :13:12.America greater gain. He's going to have to deliver on jobs, on trade
:13:13. > :13:15.deals, and I think we are going to see him wanting to act very quickly
:13:16. > :13:19.on all of those things. But with some of the jobs, they haven't just
:13:20. > :13:23.gone to cheap labour from Mexico or the Philippines. They've gone to
:13:24. > :13:28.non-passport carrying robots. That's an issue. But he can set up an
:13:29. > :13:33.infrastructure bill, which could funnel billions of dollars into the
:13:34. > :13:40.US economy, desperately needed, and that will create jobs. So I think he
:13:41. > :13:43.will turn the taps on on spending, so he can deliver on that promise to
:13:44. > :13:45.create those jobs. We'll talk again tomorrow, but thanks very much, Jon
:13:46. > :13:49.Sopel at the White House. The Prime Minister says she's held
:13:50. > :13:51.positive discussions with leading banks after a number of them warned
:13:52. > :13:54.they might relocate jobs Theresa May was speaking
:13:55. > :13:58.at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, where she also told
:13:59. > :14:00.business leaders that global companies needed to change
:14:01. > :14:04.to regain public trust, as our economics editor
:14:05. > :14:10.Kamal Ahmed reports. Wrapped up warmly, whisked
:14:11. > :14:13.from private meetings with bankers to private meetings
:14:14. > :14:15.with billionaire It's frankly hard to come to Davos
:14:16. > :14:20.and not look like a member But although the Prime Minister
:14:21. > :14:25.was here to insist that Britain was open for business,
:14:26. > :14:29.she was also here with a warning. Talk of greater globalisation can
:14:30. > :14:35.make people fearful. For many, it means their jobs being
:14:36. > :14:39.outsourced, and wages undercut. It means having to sit back
:14:40. > :14:42.as they watch their communities And in their minds, it means
:14:43. > :14:48.watching as those who prosper seem Theresa May came to the World
:14:49. > :14:58.Economic Forum in Davos not so much Yes, she backs globalisation,
:14:59. > :15:04.she backs free trade, she backs But she had another message for this
:15:05. > :15:09.rather privileged audience - do more to make globalisation
:15:10. > :15:13.work for everyone. And if you don't, she will be quite
:15:14. > :15:16.willing to intervene to ensure It was sunny here today, yes -
:15:17. > :15:23.but the Prime Minister's visit to Davos was overshadowed,
:15:24. > :15:26.as a number of international banks, including Goldman Sachs and JP
:15:27. > :15:29.Morgan, said they were reducing investment or planning to cut jobs
:15:30. > :15:35.as Britain planned for Brexit. But many reflect that
:15:36. > :15:37.the City is a big place, For Barclays, London
:15:38. > :15:43.is still the leader. I think the UK will continue to be
:15:44. > :15:46.the financial lungs for Europe. We may have to move
:15:47. > :15:50.certain activities. We may have to change the legal
:15:51. > :15:53.structure that we use But I think it's going
:15:54. > :15:59.to be at the margin, I caught up with the
:16:00. > :16:03.Prime Minister later. What have the banks
:16:04. > :16:06.said to you about why I've had a very good,
:16:07. > :16:09.positive discussion with banks about the benefits of the City
:16:10. > :16:13.of London, about what it is that has brought them to the City of London,
:16:14. > :16:16.and how we can continue to build And there are huge benefits
:16:17. > :16:24.for investment in the UK. We have a fundamentally
:16:25. > :16:26.very strong economy. We have a service sector
:16:27. > :16:29.that is very important to us, I believe that truly global Britain
:16:30. > :16:34.can bring jobs and prosperity to the UK across-the-board,
:16:35. > :16:37.including in financial services. It is time, she says,
:16:38. > :16:40.to look at the wider horizon. But will the world's business
:16:41. > :16:42.leaders enjoy the view? This man employs over 112,000 people
:16:43. > :16:48.from India to Britain. Frankly, the UK will have to spend
:16:49. > :16:53.a lot more time explaining what their positions in this
:16:54. > :16:55.global world means. The reality is, it is no longer
:16:56. > :16:58.a block of nations that Theresa May has admitted the journey
:16:59. > :17:12.ahead will be uncertain, but she claims a bright future,
:17:13. > :17:16.and says free-trade deals are being But, just as with the EU,
:17:17. > :17:24.discussions are just that - the hard negotiations
:17:25. > :17:26.are yet to come. Martin McGuinness, the former IRA
:17:27. > :17:33.commander who became a pivotal figure in the political
:17:34. > :17:36.establishment in Northern Ireland, is to retire
:17:37. > :17:40.from front line politics. He said he would not
:17:41. > :17:42.be capable of fighting the forthcoming election campaign
:17:43. > :17:45.because of serious health problems. Mr McGuinness's political opponents
:17:46. > :17:48.have paid tribute today, to his commitment to providing
:17:49. > :17:51.stable government for Northern Ireland even
:17:52. > :17:53.when it meant sharing power Our chief correspondent
:17:54. > :17:57.Gavin Hewitt has the story. Martin McGuinness is one of the most
:17:58. > :18:00.controversial leaders A central figure in both Northern
:18:01. > :18:05.Ireland's pain and its peace. Now he is standing
:18:06. > :18:10.down due to illness. I will have to be very
:18:11. > :18:16.honest with myself. The question I ask myself
:18:17. > :18:18.is, are you capable? Are you physically
:18:19. > :18:20.capable of fighting this election with the intensity
:18:21. > :18:23.that elections need to be fought? And the honest answer is that I am
:18:24. > :18:29.not physically capable. His background lay
:18:30. > :18:33.in the civil rights riots in Londonderry,
:18:34. > :18:34.but Martin McGuinness By the age of 21 he was second
:18:35. > :18:43.in command of the IRA in Derry, Can you say whether the bombing
:18:44. > :18:48.is likely to stop in the near future Well, we will always take
:18:49. > :18:51.on the considerations and the feelings of the people of
:18:52. > :18:55.Derry. These feelings will be passed
:18:56. > :18:58.onto our HQ in Dublin, you know? He served two prison
:18:59. > :19:00.sentences in the He was also convicted
:19:01. > :19:02.of IRA membership. He denied that he
:19:03. > :19:07.was the IRA chief of staff but said he regarded
:19:08. > :19:12.it as a condiment. staff but said he regarded
:19:13. > :19:15.it as a compliment. We don't believe that winning
:19:16. > :19:17.elections and winning any amount of votes will bring
:19:18. > :19:19.freedom in Ireland. At the end of the day it will be
:19:20. > :19:23.the cutting edge of the IRA Today he was asked
:19:24. > :19:26.whether he had any regrets Well, I think people have
:19:27. > :19:29.to consider the circumstances that existed in this city when I did
:19:30. > :19:32.join the IRA. We had a city where people
:19:33. > :19:35.were being murdered by the RUC, where they were being murdered
:19:36. > :19:40.wholesale, as it were, on bloody Sunday by the Parachute Regiment,
:19:41. > :19:43.and the fact that many young people like myself, supported by many
:19:44. > :19:47.thousands of people in the city, I'm not saying they were the majority,
:19:48. > :19:50.decided to fight back. But he was one of the IRA
:19:51. > :19:59.leaders who recognised that continued violence would not
:20:00. > :20:02.bring further political gains. It laid the foundation
:20:03. > :20:07.for peace talks. Sinn Fein nominated him as its chief
:20:08. > :20:10.negotiator, leading to the Good Friday Agreement and
:20:11. > :20:14.eventually power-sharing. Bitter foes sat alongside each
:20:15. > :20:18.other in a new assembly. I've been over 25 years working
:20:19. > :20:23.on building the peace. I believe that you know the names
:20:24. > :20:37.of the killers of my father. And I want you to
:20:38. > :20:40.tell me who they are. But the man who had fought
:20:41. > :20:44.the British state eventually won There you go.
:20:45. > :20:51.Are you well. Thank you very much.
:20:52. > :20:53.I'm still alive. Martin McGuinness's departure
:20:54. > :20:56.from politics comes at a sensitive It's power-sharing
:20:57. > :20:58.assembly has collapsed and Brexit poses difficult
:20:59. > :21:00.questions about the future Many people struggle to forgive
:21:01. > :21:14.a leader so steeped in the violence of the past but he earned
:21:15. > :21:16.grudging respect for his The gunman who turned politician had
:21:17. > :21:20.the authority to make compromises. Joining me from Belfast
:21:21. > :21:36.is our Northern lreland political Let's talk about Mr McGuinness's
:21:37. > :21:39.legacy, how do you see it? Relatives of IRA victims may say good riddance
:21:40. > :21:43.to Martin McGuinness because as Gavin made clear he was an IRA
:21:44. > :21:47.leader at the time the organisation carried out attack after attack and
:21:48. > :21:50.even stooping to tactics like sending hostages to their sudden
:21:51. > :21:55.deaths in car bombs detonated before they could get out of them. At the
:21:56. > :21:59.same time he was a key influence in removing the IRA from war to peace
:22:00. > :22:02.and it was the fact people knew he had been there at the sharp end I
:22:03. > :22:06.gave him the authority to convince other Irish republicans to come with
:22:07. > :22:11.him and to denounce those who still clung to the gun as traitors to the
:22:12. > :22:15.Ireland of Ireland. The next generation that comes will not have
:22:16. > :22:19.the same authority. They won't have the international recognition of
:22:20. > :22:21.Martin McGuinness. They face challenges struggling with the
:22:22. > :22:25.collapse of the power-sharing executive in Northern Ireland. But
:22:26. > :22:28.hopefully they will not face the same kind of conflict of which
:22:29. > :22:33.Martin McGuinness was both part of the problem and part of the
:22:34. > :22:35.solution. Mark Davenport, thank you for your thoughts on the Martin
:22:36. > :22:36.McGuinness decision today. The political crisis
:22:37. > :22:38.in Gambia has intensified, with troops from neighbouring
:22:39. > :22:40.Senegal entering the country in support
:22:41. > :22:44.of its newly-elected president. Adama Barrow has been unable to take
:22:45. > :22:47.office because the country's longstanding leader,
:22:48. > :22:49.Yahya Jammeh, is refusing to step The Foreign Office is
:22:50. > :22:53.advising against all Six Britons have been killed
:22:54. > :23:01.in a minibus crash in Saudi Arabia. The group had been
:23:02. > :23:03.on a pilgrimage to Mecca. The victims included four members
:23:04. > :23:06.of one family - including a baby. Dozens of people are feared dead
:23:07. > :23:18.after an avalanche destroyed a hotel At least three people
:23:19. > :23:23.are known to have died. Rescue teams are searching for up
:23:24. > :23:26.to 35 people still trapped. The avalanche happened yesterday,
:23:27. > :23:28.after a series of powerful earthquakes struck the area
:23:29. > :23:30.of Abruzzo, around Our correspondent James
:23:31. > :23:39.Reynolds sent this report. At night the quickest
:23:40. > :23:41.way through the wall These rescuers are among the most
:23:42. > :23:50.experienced in Europe. Step-by-step they shovelled their
:23:51. > :24:00.way up towards the Rigopiano Hotel. They went further in and came
:24:01. > :24:25.to where the avalanche hit. A six-foot-high wall
:24:26. > :24:27.of snow and rock Several miles away a father
:24:28. > :24:33.waited for news of his Straight after yesterday's
:24:34. > :24:38.earthquakes they text each other. "Calm?"
:24:39. > :24:46."That's hard," she replied. "I think that the worst has already
:24:47. > :24:48.happened," he reassured her. His daughter and many other
:24:49. > :24:56.people may be trapped These pictures filmed after daybreak
:24:57. > :25:03.show the Rigopiano hotel swept away Do you think it's possible
:25:04. > :25:12.to find more people alive? For sure, yes.
:25:13. > :25:16.For sure, yes. In the past we've found
:25:17. > :25:18.people after three days, or something like this,
:25:19. > :25:20.and especially in this case there could be some
:25:21. > :25:29.room under the snow. Tonight conditions
:25:30. > :25:33.here have improved. We haven't felt any
:25:34. > :25:37.more earthquakes or tremors, and rescue workers will
:25:38. > :25:40.want the snow to hold off to allow Italy's Prime Minister has
:25:41. > :25:47.said that the entire James Reynolds, BBC
:25:48. > :25:54.News, Penne, central Italy. The latest crime figures for England
:25:55. > :25:57.and Wales reveal there were more than five million offences of fraud
:25:58. > :25:59.and computer crime in It's the first time figures
:26:00. > :26:06.for those crimes have been included, and it's seen the total number
:26:07. > :26:08.of offences jump People are now twice as likely to be
:26:09. > :26:15.a victim of credit card or online fraud as they are a victim
:26:16. > :26:19.of vehicle theft. Surrey County Council, which is run
:26:20. > :26:21.by a Conservative administration, is to hold a referendum
:26:22. > :26:24.on whether to increase council tax by 15% to sustain
:26:25. > :26:29.its social care service. The council says there's a "huge
:26:30. > :26:32.gap" in its budget and blames cuts imposed by Conservative
:26:33. > :26:36.ministers at Westminster. The area includes the constituencies
:26:37. > :26:39.of Chancellor Philip Hammond and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt,
:26:40. > :26:41.as our deputy political editor You don't get a choice about getting
:26:42. > :26:47.old, but how to pay the huge bills Councils pay most and one's had
:26:48. > :26:54.enough of government cuts, Surrey's asking council
:26:55. > :27:00.taxpayers yes or no I think it's important that
:27:01. > :27:09.politicians stand up and tell the truth and be honest
:27:10. > :27:12.with the residents, and tell them It's not easy finding people
:27:13. > :27:22.here who are keen to pay what will be nearly ?200 a year
:27:23. > :27:26.more on an average home, though no Hi there.
:27:27. > :27:28.Good afternoon. So I believe, I heard it
:27:29. > :27:36.on the One O'Clock News today. How about some more of that money
:27:37. > :27:38.for council for social care? Certainly not.
:27:39. > :27:40.That's totally obscene. There's lots of money in Surrey
:27:41. > :27:43.but that doesn't mean that, you know, we're going to accept
:27:44. > :27:45.a 15% rate increase. I can't afford to pay
:27:46. > :27:53.because my pension is frozen. More council tax to
:27:54. > :27:58.pay for social care. Do you fancy that?
:27:59. > :28:01.Yes or no? I think we live in a
:28:02. > :28:06.very affluent area, I think we can all afford it and there
:28:07. > :28:10.are lots of people around who need The sign of a civilised
:28:11. > :28:16.society is one that looks after and cares for its older
:28:17. > :28:18.people responsibly. And I think it's a problem
:28:19. > :28:20.that's going to escalate It's not going to go away
:28:21. > :28:24.and we have to address it. The Labour leader also agrees
:28:25. > :28:27.all taxpayers should bear the rising It's not right that we should
:28:28. > :28:37.thrust the social care crisis on local authorities,
:28:38. > :28:39.all of whom have different levels of and the central government should
:28:40. > :28:46.face up to its responsibility. Local voters have been
:28:47. > :28:48.asked to vote on a council tax rise just once
:28:49. > :28:51.in England in the last five years. The local MPs here include
:28:52. > :28:55.the Health Secretary and the this local referendum very, very
:28:56. > :28:59.carefully. If Surrey votes no to this council
:29:00. > :29:01.tax rise it could mean But it could also force
:29:02. > :29:10.ministers to confront a tough and perhaps unpopular set of
:29:11. > :29:12.decisions on the future funding of social care that many say government
:29:13. > :29:15.after government have avoided for John Pienaar, BBC News,
:29:16. > :29:19.Esher, in Surrey. One of the world's toughest
:29:20. > :29:22.sporting challenges, the Vendee Globe round-the-world
:29:23. > :29:24.yacht race, has yet again This time it's Armel Le Cleac'h,
:29:25. > :29:30.who crossed the finishing line off the west coast of France in a record
:29:31. > :29:33.time of 74 days. The Welsh sailor Alex Thomson,
:29:34. > :29:36.who recovered from a poor start, Our sports correspondent
:29:37. > :29:39.Natalie Pirks reports After ten unpredictable
:29:40. > :29:49.weeks in the world's most dangerous seas,
:29:50. > :29:52.a Frenchman celebrating victory What wasn't was the Hampshire
:29:53. > :30:00.yachtsmen who gave him For three months Alex
:30:01. > :30:03.Thomson has battled everything the ocean's
:30:04. > :30:05.thrown at him, eaten only freeze dried noodles,
:30:06. > :30:07.and survived on as little At stake was his lifelong obsession
:30:08. > :30:12.of becoming the first Briton to win Dame Ellen MacArthur also
:30:13. > :30:16.came second in 2001. When you've been at sea
:30:17. > :30:19.for that long and you know you're not going to win
:30:20. > :30:22.the race, and you're absolutely exhausted I think
:30:23. > :30:23.that's pretty brutal. So hopefully he'll have a smile
:30:24. > :30:26.at the finish line but it will Thomson set off from here,
:30:27. > :30:30.Les Sables-d'Olonne, on 6th November heading out of this case
:30:31. > :30:34.down to the equator He headed around Antarctica, under
:30:35. > :30:44.the Cape of Good Hope, and passed round Australasia, crossed
:30:45. > :30:46.the South Pacific where he passed Point Nemo, the furthest place
:30:47. > :30:48.from civilisation on Earth before heading
:30:49. > :30:52.round Cape Horn, back up the Atlantic and negotiating
:30:53. > :30:54.the equator once more. When he arrives back
:30:55. > :30:57.here at Les Sables early tomorrow morning he'll have notched up
:30:58. > :30:59.somewhere between 25,000 For Alex there have
:31:00. > :31:03.been good moments. It's a good day in
:31:04. > :31:05.the Southern Ocean and And moments over Christmas
:31:06. > :31:15.where his family worried he was # Jingle bells, Alex sails,
:31:16. > :31:21.Round the world he goes # His wife is simply
:31:22. > :31:23.desperate to get him home. Yeah, I have spoken
:31:24. > :31:32.to him, I have been in contact but actually seeing him
:31:33. > :31:34.is just totally different. Just two weeks into the race his
:31:35. > :31:39.boat got badly damaged, which Despite this, though,
:31:40. > :31:43.Thomson still caught up to within 34 miles
:31:44. > :31:47.of the winner, and also smashed the world
:31:48. > :31:50.record for the greatest distance But what is perhaps better
:31:51. > :31:54.than a world record His team have promised
:31:55. > :32:11.to have on hand a hot Newsnight is about to begin on BBC
:32:12. > :32:16.Two. Here is MLE. Tonight we're live in Washington on
:32:17. > :32:19.the eve of a seminal moment for America. There is a nervous
:32:20. > :32:22.excitement in this city, the streets are starting to fill up, but are
:32:23. > :32:28.they Trump supporters who have travelled across the land, or Trump
:32:29. > :32:31.protesters marching against this inexorable chapter of history? Join
:32:32. > :32:32.me now on BBC Two. That's Newsnight with Emily in
:32:33. > :32:34.Washington.