0:00:04 > 0:00:06An apology from Theresa May after new figures reveal
0:00:06 > 0:00:10the pressure on the NHS this winter.
0:00:10 > 0:00:17From patients forced to wait in ambulances,
0:00:17 > 0:00:19a record number of calls to the helpline and
0:00:19 > 0:00:20cancelled operations.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22We will hope to ensure that those operations can be reinstated
0:00:22 > 0:00:23as soon as possible.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25I know it's difficult, I know it's frustrating,
0:00:25 > 0:00:28and I know it's disappointing for people and I apologise.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30The Government and the NHS had been planning for months
0:00:30 > 0:00:31to deal with winter demand.
0:00:31 > 0:00:32So, what's gone wrong?
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Also tonight...
0:00:35 > 0:00:37The London taxi driver believed to have raped and assaulted more
0:00:37 > 0:00:42than a hundred women is to be freed after ten years in jail.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Now President Trump tries to silence his former chief
0:00:44 > 0:00:46strategist by banning a book about goings on in
0:00:46 > 0:00:51the Trump Whitehouse.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55An exclusive report from inside the battle for Yemen,
0:00:55 > 0:01:02where war has driven millions to the brink of starvation.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05A warning that, for children moving from primary to secondary school,
0:01:05 > 0:01:07social media can create an avalanche of pressure.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10And hip problems force Andy Murray to pull out of the Australian Open.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13He's not played a competitive match since Wimbledon last year.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News...
0:01:15 > 0:01:18All the action from tonight's Premier League as Spurs battle
0:01:18 > 0:01:22to remain within touching distance of the top four.
0:01:22 > 0:01:32What a shot!
0:01:43 > 0:01:44Good evening.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Theresa May has apologised for the postponement
0:01:46 > 0:01:50of thousands of operations because of winter pressures.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Speaking on a visit to a hospital in Surrey, the Prime Minister said
0:01:53 > 0:01:56she acknowledged the difficulty and frustration for patients.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58And new figures compiled by the BBC show that,
0:01:58 > 0:02:03for the last six weeks of 2017, more than 75,000 patients
0:02:03 > 0:02:06were left in ambulances for half an hour or more.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11That's one in every eight patients enduring a delay.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14And last week was the busiest for the NHS 111 helpline since it began.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18It received more than 480,000 calls.
0:02:18 > 0:02:23Here's our Health Editor, Hugh Pym.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27We are in a queue with lots of other people who are clearly very sick.
0:02:27 > 0:02:28Everybody's waiting to get in.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31A patient's eye view of the stress across the NHS.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35A queue of ambulances waiting to hand over patients at a hospital.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Leah was stuck for more than an hour in the
0:02:38 > 0:02:41ambulance with her mother, who was at that moment having a stroke.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42It's gobsmacking.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45It's gobsmacking and devastating.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49It feels like a sick feeling like a sickening feeling,
0:02:49 > 0:02:52that this is how bad it is.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56One chief executive even tweeted a picture of
0:02:56 > 0:02:58ambulances at his hospital, Wigan Infirmary, a lovely fleet of 14
0:02:58 > 0:03:03parked outside the door, he said.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Handover delays at hospitals are not good news for patients and they stop
0:03:06 > 0:03:08ambulances getting back on the road again.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12The process at A&E units is supposed to take no more than 15 minutes.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14The latest figures for England show a sharp increase in the
0:03:14 > 0:03:21numbers waiting more than 30 minutes.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24BBC analysis shows that, across the system, since the end of
0:03:24 > 0:03:27November, one in eight have been held up more than half an hour.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29The North West and eastern regions saw
0:03:29 > 0:03:32some of the biggest numbers of long ambulance waits at hospitals.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37Some of the best performers were in London and the West of England.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39The Prime Minister was asked again about
0:03:39 > 0:03:42the response of the Government and NHS England to the extreme pressure
0:03:42 > 0:03:44in many hospitals, postponing a month's worth of
0:03:44 > 0:03:47non-urgent operations.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50I recognise that it's difficult if somebody is delayed on
0:03:50 > 0:03:53their admission to hospital or if somebody has an operation postponed.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56And we will hope to ensure those operations can be reinstated as
0:03:56 > 0:03:59soon as possible.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02I know it's difficult, I know it's frustrating, I know it's
0:04:02 > 0:04:05disappointing for people and I apologise.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07There was an apology too from the Welsh Health Secretary to
0:04:07 > 0:04:10patients who had their operations cancelled, so emergency care could
0:04:10 > 0:04:14be prioritised.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Just wondered if you had any update for daddy.
0:04:17 > 0:04:23In Northern Ireland, meanwhile, Karen's 86-year-old father,
0:04:23 > 0:04:26who had a chest infection and had to wait more than
0:04:26 > 0:04:2726 hours for a hospital bed.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29There were people on the floor, there were
0:04:29 > 0:04:30people sitting on chairs.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Most of them were elderly.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37There was an elderly lady I remember very vividly
0:04:37 > 0:04:40who was slumped in the chair in her nightdress the whole night.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42No one came near her.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44No one even put a blanket around her.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45It was really very distressing.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47There were police everywhere, there were people with
0:04:47 > 0:04:48blood pouring out of them.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49It was just like a battlefield.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Official figures now show that flu is adding
0:04:51 > 0:04:53to the strain on the NHS.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56In Scotland there are more than double the number of cases
0:04:56 > 0:04:59compared with the same time the year before and there
0:04:59 > 0:05:02have been warnings about the flu impact in England.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04What we are seeing is a significant increase in
0:05:04 > 0:05:08this particular week from the last week in terms of the numbers of
0:05:08 > 0:05:10people being admitted to hospital and the numbers of people who are
0:05:10 > 0:05:14being admitted to intensive care.
0:05:14 > 0:05:23It is too soon to say how severe the flu season but it won't take
0:05:23 > 0:05:26much to add to the long waits and delays, as illustrated in these
0:05:26 > 0:05:27pictures, already evident across the NHS.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Our health editor Hugh Pym is outside the Royal Free
0:05:30 > 0:05:34Hospital in North London.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38This information gathered by the BBC about the number of patients being
0:05:38 > 0:05:42kept waiting in ambulances is symptomatic of more serious problems
0:05:42 > 0:05:47inside the hospital.Yes, Fiona. There are significant variations
0:05:47 > 0:05:52around the NHS but this hospital, the Royal free, there were no delays
0:05:52 > 0:05:55of 30 minutes or more from the arrival of an ambulance and the
0:05:55 > 0:06:00discharge of a patient in the weeks we have had so far in winter. At
0:06:00 > 0:06:06other hospitals it was nearer 50% of patients and ambulances which had to
0:06:06 > 0:06:19wait that long. A real variation. It is a sign of real stress in the
0:06:19 > 0:06:21health system when you have ambulances queueing up outside A&E.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23It's just the emergency department is under real stress, staff are
0:06:23 > 0:06:25struggling to find beds for new patients because they cannot
0:06:25 > 0:06:27discharge medically fit patients back home because of social care
0:06:27 > 0:06:30problems. Today we had the first official confirmation of one of the
0:06:30 > 0:06:34factors behind all of this, a significant increase in the last
0:06:34 > 0:06:38week also influenced his admissions to hospital. GPs are put out their
0:06:38 > 0:06:43own data showing an increase in the numbers coming into their surgeries
0:06:43 > 0:06:46with flu-like illnesses. You might say the NHS has to deal with flu
0:06:46 > 0:06:59every year, what is different? The answer
0:07:01 > 0:07:04is, yes, that is true. In recent years flu has been at relatively low
0:07:04 > 0:07:06levels and the NHS has been stretched almost to the limit. No
0:07:06 > 0:07:09suggestion it is a trend but if it is its Bell's recent problems in the
0:07:09 > 0:07:12months and weeks ahead.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15A London taxi driver who's believed to have carried out more than 100
0:07:15 > 0:07:17rapes and sexual assaults on his female passengers
0:07:17 > 0:07:20is to be freed after serving ten years in jail.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22John Worboys was convicted of 19 offences in 2009.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Now a parole board has approved his release with what it calls
0:07:25 > 0:07:26'stringent' licence conditions.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Some of his victims have told the BBC they are shocked
0:07:28 > 0:07:31and distressed that he is being freed and they haven't been told
0:07:31 > 0:07:32about it by the authorities.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Daniel Sandford reports.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37For six years, John Worboys cruised smart areas of London in his black
0:07:37 > 0:07:39cab, looking for women to drug and rape.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44When he was finally caught, the judge said he'd serve a minimum
0:07:44 > 0:07:47of eight years in prison and said he wouldn't be released
0:07:47 > 0:07:49until he was no longer a threat to women.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Worboys would show young women he picked up
0:07:52 > 0:07:55in his cab large wads of cash, saying he'd recently
0:07:55 > 0:07:56won big at the casino.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Then he'd offer them champagne, which he'd spiked with
0:07:58 > 0:08:02sedatives, and rape them.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04The judge gave him what's known as an
0:08:04 > 0:08:06indeterminate sentence, under which people are only
0:08:06 > 0:08:10freed once they're no longer considered dangerous.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12But today the BBC discovered that the Parole
0:08:12 > 0:08:16Board has decided Worboys will be released this month under
0:08:16 > 0:08:20supervision, after spending less than ten years in prison.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22I've spoken to one of my clients, who is
0:08:22 > 0:08:26absolutely horrified and really distressed,
0:08:26 > 0:08:29that nobody had the courtesy to inform her,
0:08:29 > 0:08:32so she's in the middle of cooking tea for her kids
0:08:32 > 0:08:34and she hears this on the radio, and feels absolutely
0:08:34 > 0:08:36sick to her stomach.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39The question does arise as to whether his real dangerousness
0:08:39 > 0:08:43has been considered, and the seriousness of his offences
0:08:43 > 0:08:45been properly taken into account.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48The organisation, Rape Crisis, said it
0:08:48 > 0:08:53was far too soon for Worboys to be released.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Although police believed John Worboys attacked over 100 women, he
0:08:56 > 0:09:00was only convicted of attacking 12.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03And only one of those convictions was for rape.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07And that's why his sentence was so short.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09All the same, under the indeterminate sentence
0:09:09 > 0:09:13rules, the Parole Board will need to have assured themselves that John
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Worboys was no longer a risk as a sexual predator.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21Daniel Sandford, BBC News.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24The row between Donald Trump and his former top aide
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Steve Bannon has intensified, with lawyers for the President
0:09:26 > 0:09:33threatening legal action against Mr Bannon.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35It follows comments attributed to him in a controversial new book
0:09:35 > 0:09:38about the Trump presidency, a book which Mr Trump's lawyers are
0:09:38 > 0:09:39trying to prevent being published.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Our North America Editor Jon Sopel is in Washington for us tonight.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Some of the details in this book, the book President Trump
0:09:46 > 0:09:53doesn't want us to see, are certainly intriguing.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57Yes. And extraordinary, as you say, the White House looking at legal
0:09:57 > 0:10:02measures to stop the book from ever reaching the shelves. Quite
0:10:02 > 0:10:05unprecedented. Perhaps not surprising then that the publishers
0:10:05 > 0:10:10are bringing forward the release date to tomorrow. At the briefing
0:10:10 > 0:10:14this afternoon with Sarah Sanders, the White House spokesman by Perisic
0:10:14 > 0:10:20described the book as sad, pathetic, complete fantasy, tabloid gossip and
0:10:20 > 0:10:24a lot more besides. In focusing their fire on the publication of
0:10:24 > 0:10:28this book, they are giving the marketing team the sort of publicity
0:10:28 > 0:10:31they could only dream of.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Hell hath no fury like a Bannon scorned, it would seem.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Steve Bannon, who was described as the brains behind Donald Trump,
0:10:36 > 0:10:39is now out in the Washington cold after his extraordinary attack,
0:10:39 > 0:10:43the warm words of last summer but a distant memory.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46I like him, he's a good man.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49He is not a racist - I can tell you that.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50He's a good person.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52He actually gets a very unfair press in that regard.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56But we'll see what happens with Mr Bannon, but he's a good person,
0:10:56 > 0:11:03and I think the press treats him, frankly, very unfairly.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06But Bannon was fired soon afterwards and has now had his revenge,
0:11:06 > 0:11:08rounding on the President's son and son-in-law over a meeting
0:11:08 > 0:11:10they had with a Kremlin-linked lawyer at Trump Tower
0:11:10 > 0:11:21during the campaign, saying:
0:11:26 > 0:11:29And that's provoked rage and fury in the White House,
0:11:29 > 0:11:30the President issuing this unprecedented statement
0:11:30 > 0:11:33about a close colleague:
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Today at the White House, they're lawyering up,
0:11:53 > 0:11:55orders to Stephen Bannon to cease and desist -
0:11:55 > 0:11:58threats to the publisher, too.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00And the response from Mr Bannon last night -
0:12:00 > 0:12:08why, to declare his unfailing support for the President.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15And that brought this response from Mr Trump today.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Has Steve Bannon betrayed you, Mr President?
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Thank you very much.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22I don't know, he called me a great man last night,
0:12:22 > 0:12:24so he obviously changed his tune pretty quick.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26All right, thank you all very much.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29The White House is pushing back hard on the contents of this book,
0:12:29 > 0:12:30describing the author, Michael Wolff,
0:12:30 > 0:12:35as an unreliable witness and a fantasist.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38That despite him being given unprecedented access to the workings
0:12:38 > 0:12:45of the West Wing and recording hours and hours of conversations.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48And even if only 50% of the book is accurate,
0:12:48 > 0:12:51it still paints a damning portrait of a White House
0:12:51 > 0:12:56that's dysfunctional and a president who's paranoid.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58No wonder Donald Trump is so angry.
0:12:58 > 0:13:07Jon Sopel, BBC News, Washington.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11The Environment Secretary, Michael Gove, says subsidies
0:13:11 > 0:13:16to British farmers, currently paid for by Brussels,
0:13:16 > 0:13:18will be guaranteed by the government until the 2022 General Election,
0:13:18 > 0:13:20with a proposed transition period afterwards.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Farmers would then receive payments in exchange for taking steps
0:13:22 > 0:13:24to protect the environment such as planting woodland
0:13:24 > 0:13:25or boosting wildlife.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Our business editor, Simon Jack, reports.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Farming is perhaps the industry most closely entwined with the EU.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32For 45 years, those who work on this green and pleasant land
0:13:32 > 0:13:37have been regulated, protected and paid by the EU.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Three billion a year in subsidies is paid out to farmers,
0:13:40 > 0:13:42determined by how much land they own.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46That will change, according to the Environment Secretary.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50And what I want to do is to move away from the current method
0:13:50 > 0:13:53of subsidy, which doesn't really reward efficiency, towards a method
0:13:53 > 0:13:56of agricultural support which makes sure that good farmers have
0:13:56 > 0:13:59new markets for their products, and at the same time that
0:13:59 > 0:14:01the natural environment is enhanced.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Under proposals announced today,
0:14:05 > 0:14:07the Government would limit payments to the largest landowners.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09It would reward environmental protection measures such as
0:14:09 > 0:14:13flood prevention and support high standards in animal welfare.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17Well, we're very pleased with the Gove announcement today,
0:14:17 > 0:14:19because it provides a level of certainty for farming...
0:14:19 > 0:14:21David Exwood farms 2,000 acres in West Sussex.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23He's grateful the UK Government is promising to cover
0:14:23 > 0:14:29current payments till 2024.
0:14:29 > 0:14:30It's really important, it gives us a chance
0:14:30 > 0:14:33to sort of adjust our businesses, really study the impact of Brexit
0:14:33 > 0:14:36and plan accordingly.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37Farming's a really long-term business.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41The wheat I have in the ground, the cattle we have on the farm,
0:14:41 > 0:14:44many of them will not be sold until after we leave the EU,
0:14:44 > 0:14:47so any chance to plan ahead is really valuable to us.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49The Government's offer seems ambitious, even speculative,
0:14:49 > 0:14:55given the next election is due in 2022.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Grain mountains, butter mountains - at times over the last 45 years
0:14:57 > 0:14:59the EU's Common Agricultural Policy
0:14:59 > 0:15:03became associated with wasteful protectionism,
0:15:03 > 0:15:06but it also shielded farmers, including those in the UK,
0:15:06 > 0:15:11through bans or tariffs on products from outside the bloc.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13For example, cut-prices chickens treated with chlorine from the US
0:15:13 > 0:15:18are banned in the EU.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22Some fear that, in a rush to make new powerful trade partners,
0:15:22 > 0:15:26UK farmers, standards and prices will be undercut.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27Some farmers say, "Well, if that happens,
0:15:27 > 0:15:30we'll just have to lower our standards to compete."
0:15:30 > 0:15:33But that is a race to the bottom,
0:15:33 > 0:15:36and what will happen is, we will lose.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Ultimately, Britain doesn't have the economies of scale
0:15:38 > 0:15:39to produce low-quality, low-welfare food
0:15:39 > 0:15:49more cheaply than other countries.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51There is perhaps no other sector where opinion is so divided
0:15:51 > 0:15:54between those who think Brexit will be the making of
0:15:54 > 0:16:00and those who think Brexit will be the breaking of an industry.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Can you make an agricultural policy tailor-made for Britain's
0:16:02 > 0:16:05economy and environment, or are you taking a massive gamble
0:16:05 > 0:16:09by stepping outside the fence of subsidies and protection?
0:16:09 > 0:16:11The farming landscape may change with Brexit,
0:16:11 > 0:16:16but subsidies for farmers aren't going anywhere for six years -
0:16:16 > 0:16:19proof, perhaps, of how hard some habits are to break.
0:16:19 > 0:16:24Simon Jack, BBC News.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27One of the Arab world's poorest countries, Yemen,
0:16:27 > 0:16:29has been devastated by war, which has claimed thousands
0:16:29 > 0:16:32of lives, driven millions to the brink of starvation and seen
0:16:32 > 0:16:34the world's most deadly outbreak of cholera.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36The current crisis started three years ago,
0:16:36 > 0:16:38when Houthi rebels - backed by Iran - together
0:16:38 > 0:16:41with forces loyal to the former President, Ali Abdullah Saleh,
0:16:41 > 0:16:46took control of territory around the capital, Sana'a.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48They have been fighting government forces,
0:16:48 > 0:16:51backed by a Saudi-led coalition who control the south
0:16:51 > 0:16:53and east of the country.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55However, last month, Mr Saleh was killed by the Houthi
0:16:55 > 0:16:57forces who had earlier supported him, after
0:16:57 > 0:16:59suggestions he might do a deal with their enemy,
0:16:59 > 0:17:04Saudi Arabia.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06In the second of her exclusive reports inside Yemen,
0:17:06 > 0:17:13Nawal Al-Maghafi has more from the capital, Sana'a.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16The balance of power has shifted in Yemen's civil war,
0:17:16 > 0:17:21from the Saudi coalition to their bitter rivals, Iran.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24For years, we've watched as this proxy war tore the nation apart,
0:17:24 > 0:17:29killing thousands and leaving millions homeless and starving.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Last month, a battle took place in the capital, Sana'a,
0:17:31 > 0:17:35that may have also killed hopes for peace.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Allies turned into enemies, as Houthi rebels fought the forces
0:17:37 > 0:17:44of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48Civilians were caught in the middle.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50TRANSLATION:They were firing across and into our house
0:17:50 > 0:17:52with rockets and with their AK-47s.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54It was the worst day of our lives.
0:17:54 > 0:18:00We were surrounded from all sides.
0:18:00 > 0:18:01That fighting eventually ended with the death
0:18:01 > 0:18:04of the former President.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07The Houthis imposed a complete media blackout.
0:18:07 > 0:18:14No-one knew exactly what had happened - until now.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16This exclusive footage, seen for the first time,
0:18:16 > 0:18:24shows the battle that changed the course of Yemen's civil war.
0:18:24 > 0:18:33Houthi soldiers surround Saleh's complex, fighting barefoot.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37They blow the walls and enter.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40The chant goes up.
0:18:40 > 0:18:41"Death to America.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43"Death to Israel.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45"Curse the Jews."
0:18:45 > 0:18:47And, "Victory to Islam."
0:18:47 > 0:18:52News of Saleh's death spreads.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54TRANSLATION:That's it, the show is over.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Saleh is dead.
0:18:56 > 0:19:01His guards just came out and told me the Houthis have killed him.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03The Houthis call Saleh a traitor for wanting to negotiate
0:19:03 > 0:19:06with the Saudi coalition.
0:19:06 > 0:19:12Inside his huge complex, the aftermath of the battle.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16The Houthis are in charge now.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20The former President's men are their prisoners.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23But not all of Saleh's men were captured.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26This man was one of Saleh's closest aides, by his side just
0:19:26 > 0:19:30minutes before he died.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32His family are still in Houthi territory and so we're
0:19:32 > 0:19:36protecting his identity.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39TRANSLATION:He was defending his home, with his aides
0:19:39 > 0:19:41and nephews by his side.
0:19:41 > 0:19:42Three or four tanks surrounded his house.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46They began firing.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50The Houthis have captured all of Saleh's arms,
0:19:50 > 0:19:53but the former President's allies who fled took something potentially
0:19:53 > 0:20:01more valuable, their secrets.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03I ask his aide about the Iranian support for the Houthis -
0:20:03 > 0:20:05long suspected, but never proven.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08There are Iranians by their side and they tell them exactly what to do.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11I saw them with my own eyes.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13They give them weapons, but it's the information they give
0:20:13 > 0:20:16that is most important.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18I met the Iranian advisers when I was with Saleh.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22They were always beside the Houthi leaders.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Three other well-placed sources confirm the existence
0:20:24 > 0:20:29of Iranian advisers.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32In our time in Sana'a, it was a city gripped with fear.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36Most people were reluctant to speak on camera.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39TRANSLATION:There is so much fear, even when you go out
0:20:39 > 0:20:44on the street and things are OK, but fear has spread.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47This woman was one of hundreds who took to the streets calling
0:20:47 > 0:20:50for Saleh's body to be buried.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52The Houthis retaliated.
0:20:52 > 0:20:57THEY CHANT.
0:20:57 > 0:21:03They hit us with wires and tear-gas canisters, electric rods.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07They would run after us and keep beating us.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Since that protest, hundreds of the former President's
0:21:09 > 0:21:13supporters have been detained.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17The death of Ali Abdullah Saleh - the only person the Saudis
0:21:17 > 0:21:19could negotiate with - has undoubtedly swung this proxy war
0:21:19 > 0:21:22in favour of the Iranians, for now.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25What happens next is unclear.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27The only certainty for the people of Yemen is that their
0:21:27 > 0:21:31suffering will continue.
0:21:31 > 0:21:37Nawal Al-Maghafi, BBC News, Sana'a, Yemen.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40A brief look at some of the day's other other news stories.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Tony Blair says he believes Labour should oppose the Brexit deal,
0:21:43 > 0:21:44once the final terms are known.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47The party currently backs Brexit and has ruled out a second
0:21:47 > 0:21:49referendum on the issue.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52The former Prime Minister warned that Brexit would leave
0:21:52 > 0:21:54a Labour Government distracted, short of money and unable
0:21:54 > 0:21:58to deliver on its promises.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Australian authorities have recovered most of a seaplane
0:22:00 > 0:22:02that crashed near Sydney on New Year's Eve,
0:22:02 > 0:22:04killing a British family.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Businessman Richard Cousins, four members of his family
0:22:07 > 0:22:10and the Canadian pilot died in the crash on Sunday.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12It's emerged the plane had been involved in another fatal
0:22:12 > 0:22:22accident 20 years ago.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Tech firms are racing to fix bugs that could allow hackers to steal
0:22:26 > 0:22:29personal data from computer systems.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Researchers said there were "serious security flaws"
0:22:31 > 0:22:33in chips made by Intel, AMD and ARM, affecting
0:22:33 > 0:22:34devices which use them.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37The industry has been aware of the problem for months and hoped
0:22:37 > 0:22:39to solve it before details were made public.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43The Colmans' mustard factory, in Norwich, is going to close.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45It's been made in the city for 160 years.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Owner Unilever shares the site with Britvic,
0:22:47 > 0:22:50which had already said it was closing its part of the site.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52The factory will shut at the end of 2019.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Pupils entering secondary school are ill-equipped to deal
0:22:54 > 0:22:56with the emotional demands of social media, according to
0:22:56 > 0:23:01the Children's Commissioner.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Anne Longfield says social media can quickly become an avalanche
0:23:03 > 0:23:07of pressure for children.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10She's calling for more education in primary schools and a greater
0:23:10 > 0:23:11awareness among parents.
0:23:11 > 0:23:12Elaine Dunkley reports.
0:23:12 > 0:23:18For many young people, social media is at the centre of their lives.
0:23:18 > 0:23:24Following, sharing and posting, part of growing up in a digital age.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27But for some children, it's a steep and difficult learning curve.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29I made music, I posted it, I expressed how I felt,
0:23:29 > 0:23:32so I got a lot of hate and backlash from that.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35James was 12 when he first started posting images of himself online.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Negative comments have had a huge impact on his self-esteem.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41I wasn't like the average boy who played football every lunchtime.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46I learnt to dance, I love to sing and act, so I got a lot of backlash
0:23:46 > 0:23:48from that and loads of harsh comments in the section.
0:23:48 > 0:23:49How did that make you feel?
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Trapped, alone.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Because I'm kind of like a confident person and I don't really
0:23:53 > 0:23:56like to tell people stuff, so I was kind of like suffering
0:23:56 > 0:23:58in silence for a long time.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00James is keen to share his experience and is now
0:24:00 > 0:24:04an anti-bullying campaigner.
0:24:04 > 0:24:09Today's report, Life In Likes, highlights the way children use
0:24:09 > 0:24:16social media changes as they go from primary schools to secondary.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19From playing games on family devices to often having their own phones.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21As their world expands, there is pressure to fit in.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Going into secondary school, you're surrounded by lots
0:24:23 > 0:24:29of new people you don't know and you want to impress them
0:24:29 > 0:24:33by showing them on social media how great you are and how good
0:24:33 > 0:24:34a person you are.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38My mum checks my phone quite regularly.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40She checks my Instagram and my messages to see that
0:24:40 > 0:24:41I'm behaving myself.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Going from primary school to secondary school can
0:24:43 > 0:24:46be a huge transition, for a number of reasons,
0:24:46 > 0:24:49but today's report highlights the need to help young people cope
0:24:49 > 0:24:54with the realities of social media.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56I would like government to introduce compulsory digital
0:24:56 > 0:25:01literacy in all schools for Year Six and Seven, the top of primary
0:25:01 > 0:25:04the top of primary school, the first year of secondary school,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07to help children anticipate what it means, to help their resilience
0:25:07 > 0:25:10and help empower them to be more in control in their own
0:25:10 > 0:25:11social media accounts.
0:25:11 > 0:25:16Most social media platforms have a minimum age of 13,
0:25:16 > 0:25:18but keeping up with changing apps and trends is a challenge
0:25:18 > 0:25:22for parents.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Just simple things like trying to get people
0:25:24 > 0:25:26round the table for dinner,
0:25:26 > 0:25:28the amount of times I have to call people down because
0:25:28 > 0:25:33they're all on their phones.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36These mums have started a project in primary schools in Kent to make
0:25:36 > 0:25:38children understand it's OK not to be online.
0:25:38 > 0:25:43The possibility of feeling rejected is kind of there all the time,
0:25:43 > 0:25:46which is a really sad thing.
0:25:46 > 0:25:47At such a vulnerable age.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Today's report warns the challenges are many.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53Increasing pressures to be popular needs early intervention,
0:25:53 > 0:25:54to ensure children are emotionally prepared
0:25:54 > 0:25:57for life online.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00The leader of the council in Windsor is facing a backlash after calling
0:26:00 > 0:26:02for rough sleepers and beggars to be cleared before the Royal
0:26:02 > 0:26:04wedding in May.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Simon Dudley said some people begging were not in fact homeless,
0:26:07 > 0:26:11and had made what he called a "voluntary choice"
0:26:11 > 0:26:13to live on the streets.
0:26:13 > 0:26:14Campaigners say his comments are 'misinformed'.
0:26:14 > 0:26:19Adina Campbell reports from Windsor.
0:26:19 > 0:26:27It's been home to British kings and queens for nearly 1,000 years.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Windsor Castle is a popular tourist destination,
0:26:29 > 0:26:31overlooking high-end shops, in one of the country's
0:26:31 > 0:26:38most affluent areas.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40But a stone's throw away is Stewart's home -
0:26:40 > 0:26:43a bus shelter, where he's been living for the last four months.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45It's the Royal Borough, isn't it?
0:26:45 > 0:26:48So, you know, the Queen lives right behind me, and the castle.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51And I think they're going to say that's the Royal wedding coming up.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53They don't want us on the street.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Now people like Stewart are being targeted by the local council.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59In a three-page letter to Thames Valley Police,
0:26:59 > 0:27:01leader Simon Dudley says: "There's evidence that a large number
0:27:01 > 0:27:05of adults begging in Windsor are not in fact homeless and if they are,
0:27:05 > 0:27:10they're chosing to reject all supporting services."
0:27:10 > 0:27:14He goes on to say: "This is creating a concerning and hostile atmosphere
0:27:14 > 0:27:16for residents and the seven million tourists who come to
0:27:16 > 0:27:21Windsor each year."
0:27:21 > 0:27:24But for those out in the cold, it's a different story.
0:27:24 > 0:27:29James has been homeless for the last 12 months.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32He says he never aggressively begs for money, but is grateful
0:27:32 > 0:27:35when people give him cash.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37The council has said that they have offered support
0:27:37 > 0:27:39accommodation to people like you.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43Why haven't you taken that up?
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Er, it's only over the Christmas period, for four days.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49And after the four days, you're kicked back out on the streets.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Windsor Castle is one of the country's most popular
0:27:51 > 0:27:53tourist destinations and on May 19th, when Prince Harry marries
0:27:53 > 0:27:59Meghan Markle here, tens of thousands of people are expected.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Police and the local authorities will want to make sure everyone,
0:28:02 > 0:28:08from all different communities, are safe and secure.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10For years, Windsor has been home to the rich and poor,
0:28:10 > 0:28:12but some local businesses say begging is increasingly
0:28:12 > 0:28:16becoming a problem.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18There's been a large influence of these beggars coming in and,
0:28:18 > 0:28:24at the moment, it's becoming a little bit a nightmare.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26The Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner says
0:28:26 > 0:28:29the homeless community should be treated with kindness,
0:28:29 > 0:28:32but today's letter has created more unease and uncertainty for those
0:28:32 > 0:28:36living here on the streets.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40Adina Campbell, BBC News.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Cricket, and two late wickets took the shine off a good opening day
0:28:43 > 0:28:47for England in the final Ashes Test in Sydney.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51Captain Joe Root went for 83, and Johnny Bairstow for 5,
0:28:51 > 0:28:55as England ended the day on 233-5.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57The second day's play begins in just over an hour's time.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00Football, and in the Premier League, the London derby between Tottenham
0:29:00 > 0:29:03and West Ham at Wembley produced two outstanding goals.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05West Ham took the lead midway through the second half
0:29:05 > 0:29:09with a stunning long-range strike from Pedro Obiang.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12But with six minutes to go, Son Heung-min equalised
0:29:12 > 0:29:17for Tottenham with a similarly spectacular long-range effort.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20Andy Murray has pulled out of the Australian Open
0:29:20 > 0:29:24after failing to recover from an ongoing hip injury.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27The three-time Grand Slam tennis champion hasn't played a competitive
0:29:27 > 0:29:30match since Wimbledon last summer.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32And there's been more bad news in the women's game.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35British Number One Johanna Konta was forced to retire
0:29:35 > 0:29:36from her Brisbane Open quarter-final, also
0:29:36 > 0:29:38because of a hip injury.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42Here's our sports correspondent, Joe Wilson.
0:29:42 > 0:29:43Andy Murray in Brisbane, departing.
0:29:43 > 0:29:49No Australian Open for him.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51He practised competitively - seemed all right, he told reporters,
0:29:51 > 0:29:54but the hip would not stand up to the pressure of a tournament.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57When Murray limped to defeat at Wimbledon last summer,
0:29:57 > 0:29:58we thought he'd be back.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01After all, he stands for resilience, whatever the state of his body.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04Six months on, he's still not played another competitive match.
0:30:04 > 0:30:10Today, Murray - in his official statement -
0:30:10 > 0:30:12admitted he's not yet ready to compete and he's flying home
0:30:12 > 0:30:13to assess all the options.
0:30:13 > 0:30:14That suggests surgery.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18So, does this look like the end?
0:30:18 > 0:30:21It is very sad when someone has to retire, and I'm assuming this
0:30:21 > 0:30:26is the end of his career, and it may not be.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29So, you know, forgive me, but I've got a new hip and it's just
0:30:29 > 0:30:30an awful long way back.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32It's a real uphill struggle from here.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34The Australian Open is busy promoting itself.
0:30:34 > 0:30:35Tennis must go on.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38Although it's a sport heavily reliant on over-30s
0:30:38 > 0:30:41for its marketing, and that's not a long-term solution.
0:30:41 > 0:30:42Johanna Konta will still carry British hopes
0:30:42 > 0:30:43at the Australian Open.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Well, perhaps.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48She withdrew from her match in Brisbane overnight,
0:30:48 > 0:30:49with suspicions of - guess what?
0:30:49 > 0:30:51- a hip problem.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53More assessment on Friday.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Low-grade strain, she suggests.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Just be fit for June, Wimbledon might well hope.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02This week, Andy Murray posted this picture of himself on social media.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04"The little kid inside me," he explained, "just wants to play
0:31:04 > 0:31:06tennis and compete."
0:31:06 > 0:31:09It's difficult to be denied something so simple.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12Joe Wilson, BBC News.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Newsnight's about to begin over on BBC2 in a few moments.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Here's Evan Davis.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20Tonight, you've heard of bitcoin - the digital currency that appears
0:31:20 > 0:31:23to conjure up money from nothing - but we'll look at the other wacky
0:31:23 > 0:31:26speculation going on in the world of cryptocurrencies.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29It's been called 'the dot-com boom on steroids', why is it
0:31:29 > 0:31:30so bedazzling to shareholders?
0:31:30 > 0:31:35Join me now on BBC Two.
0:31:35 > 0:31:36Here on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.