0:00:04 > 0:00:07Tonight at ten - thousands of motorists are stranded on roads
0:00:07 > 0:00:12in England and Wales, as more snow and blizzards sweep in.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15These cars on the A31 in Hampshire haven't moved
0:00:15 > 0:00:18since 5pm this afternoon.
0:00:18 > 0:00:26Conditions on many other roads are treacherous.
0:00:26 > 0:00:31We live in Devon, where there is a severe red won warning tonight and
0:00:31 > 0:00:35people are being told not to drive. -- red warning.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39And what hope for the homeless - we report on how they're coping
0:00:39 > 0:00:40with the bitterly cold temperatures.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43I've been shivering for about three weeks, do you know what I mean?
0:00:43 > 0:00:45If it weren't for people coming along with blankets then
0:00:45 > 0:00:47I would be dead in a doorway.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50The Met Office has weather warnings in place for most of the UK tonight,
0:00:50 > 0:00:53with up to 50 centimetres of snow expected in some places.
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0:01:57 > 0:01:58Good evening.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Hundreds of motorists are stranded on roads in parts
0:02:01 > 0:02:03of Southern England tonight, as heavy snow and blizzards continue
0:02:03 > 0:02:05to sweep across the UK.
0:02:05 > 0:02:11The Met Office has issued weather warnings for almost everywhere
0:02:11 > 0:02:16Many have been stuck for hours on the M62 near Rochdale, others in
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Hampshire.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21The Met Office has issued weather warnings for almost everywhere
0:02:21 > 0:02:23tonight, with amber alerts - the second highest level
0:02:23 > 0:02:26of warning - in place over large parts of the UK.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29But the worst of the weather is here, in these parts of southwest
0:02:29 > 0:02:32England and South Wales - where a red alert is in force,
0:02:32 > 0:02:33meaning there's a risk to life.
0:02:33 > 0:02:39And Jon Kay is in Tiverton in Devon with the latest.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Yes, as you join us tonight, the snow seems to have stopped for a few
0:02:43 > 0:02:47moments, but it's been replaced by this horrible freezing rain and
0:02:47 > 0:02:50that's going to cause all sorts of extra problems tomorrow morning on
0:02:50 > 0:02:53the roads. That's why this red severe alert remains in place into
0:02:53 > 0:02:59tomorrow. It was issued at 8am this morning. We were told then stay off
0:02:59 > 0:03:03the roads, but it seems a lot of people have still been called out.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05-- caught out.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08The red warning zone, but tonight there's only white to be seen.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Workers abandoning their cars in Tiverton, hoping
0:03:10 > 0:03:12to get home on foot.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13Horrible.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16It's slippery, it's cold.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18It's just not very nice at all.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21I wouldn't risk going out in it tonight, there's too much risk
0:03:21 > 0:03:22of having an accident.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Across the West Country and South Wales tonight,
0:03:25 > 0:03:28thousands of drivers have been stuck and not just on remote
0:03:28 > 0:03:31country roads.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33These are some of the main routes outside Cardiff -
0:03:33 > 0:03:38strangers helping one another out.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40It's a very busy road, everybody's driving about 20
0:03:40 > 0:03:43to 30 miles an hour, people are going faster than that
0:03:43 > 0:03:45but we're just stuck.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Despite all the warnings and the plans, Holden Hill outside
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Exeter has ground to a halt.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55A dual carriageway now a shivering car park.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58This is the only route I could go, this is the only one I thought
0:03:58 > 0:04:01was going to be open, but what can you do?
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Yeah, it's been chaos.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05We haven't been able to move anywhere.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08I thought we would get home, didn't we?
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Certainly did.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Not be victims.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16They call this the English Riviera.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Torbay, in South Devon.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Treacherous.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23But this afternoon everything suddenly changed.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28Snow from the east mixing with winds from the south.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31It's very easy in modern cars to be cocooned from the outside
0:04:31 > 0:04:33environment and to actually lose touch with the fact that
0:04:33 > 0:04:35it's freezing, the road surface is becoming more
0:04:35 > 0:04:37and more challenging.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Other than the main roads which are gritted,
0:04:39 > 0:04:41but that's proving challenging for our Highway Authority
0:04:41 > 0:04:47partners, we are saying take real care on the roads.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50In some areas of Devon and Cornwall this seemed to be
0:04:50 > 0:04:53the best way to keep moving.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Or maybe not.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59It is the lethal combination of snow, wind and ice that
0:04:59 > 0:05:03so concerns the authorities, and there is much more of all
0:05:03 > 0:05:06of those to come in the hours ahead.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08As well as treacherous freezing rain, which could also be added
0:05:08 > 0:05:10to the list tonight.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15Jon Kay, BBC News, Devon.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Hundreds of motorists have been stranded by the snow for at least
0:05:17 > 0:05:20five hours on the A31 in the New Forest
0:05:20 > 0:05:21in Hampshire tonight.
0:05:21 > 0:05:29Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy is one of them.
0:05:30 > 0:05:35Yes, that's absolutely right. We arrived here at 5:15pm, and we've
0:05:35 > 0:05:39barely moved an inch since, so nearly five hours we've been stuck
0:05:39 > 0:05:45here. I'm actually standing on the A31 as we speak tonight, along with
0:05:45 > 0:05:49dozens, possibly hundreds of other drivers in their cars. We've seen
0:05:49 > 0:05:52children in cars, we've seen people coming home from work, who have been
0:05:52 > 0:05:57stranded here for hours and hours and hours. It's about -10 here with
0:05:57 > 0:06:01the wind chill factor, it's snowing. We've seen people walking back down
0:06:01 > 0:06:05this dual carriageway here to try and find an escape route. We've seen
0:06:05 > 0:06:13cars driving against the flow of traffic on the hard shoulder, add
0:06:13 > 0:06:16then to try and find an escape route. Why is it happening? We're
0:06:16 > 0:06:18not really sure. We've been told on the radio there were some accidents
0:06:18 > 0:06:22up ahead but those accidents have been cleared and yet the traffic is
0:06:22 > 0:06:25still stationary. What's more, these people are going to be spending
0:06:25 > 0:06:29hours here tonight, because these haven't moved for hours and hours
0:06:29 > 0:06:34and hours and also it's going to be snowing right through the night.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38Duncan Kennedy with the latest from the new Forest, thank you.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Thousands of schools across the UK will remain closed
0:06:40 > 0:06:42for a third day tomorrow, and railways will again
0:06:42 > 0:06:43be severely affected.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45In Lincolnshire many roads have been impassable today.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48The RAF was drafted in to help the emergency services,
0:06:48 > 0:06:50and police asked farmers with tractors to help
0:06:50 > 0:06:51clear the snow.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55Danny Savage reports on the situation.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00Lincolnshire, one of many counties battered by the Siberian weather.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02This fan will not be going anywhere for a
0:07:02 > 0:07:07long time.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Make sure if the public stop to speak to you, please engage
0:07:10 > 0:07:12with them, more than happy.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14A critical incident was declared here
0:07:14 > 0:07:18and the RAF was called in to help the emergency services.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20In County Durham, many people woke up to find
0:07:20 > 0:07:21deep snow.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Behind every frozen door was a snapshot of life around the UK
0:07:24 > 0:07:26today, children off school, and parents wondering just how long
0:07:26 > 0:07:28this is all going to go on for.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Childcare is an issue for a lot of parents.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33We end up with a house full of children.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35We've got old people, vulnerable people that unfortunately
0:07:35 > 0:07:36can't get out.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38It's hard, you know, to dig each other out.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42A lot of community spirit goes on.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46And they were digging out from first thing
0:07:46 > 0:07:49with all ages lending a hand before it snowed again.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51And here in Middleton in Teesdale the unofficial
0:07:51 > 0:07:56snow depth is 33 centimetres.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Venturing out into the countryside around here was a battle with
0:07:59 > 0:08:01the elements.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04What's different today is the wind and the immense wind-chill
0:08:04 > 0:08:06that comes with it.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09It's whipping the falling snow and the stuff
0:08:09 > 0:08:12that's going around into these huge drifts.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16Exposed to the strong easterly wind, drivers in Norfolk
0:08:16 > 0:08:20ended up in bother too, and out came the shovels.
0:08:20 > 0:08:25I phoned in to work and said I can't
0:08:25 > 0:08:28make it because I'm stuck in a drift and I won't be in.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30So I'm just trying to get home.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31It's really deep.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33I'm only just able to get through in low
0:08:33 > 0:08:37ratio here so this is going to be tricky and I don't think I've got
0:08:37 > 0:08:39enough traction to pull this car through the snow drift.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41What are you going to do?
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Go home and have a cup of tea.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45I think that's the answer to everything, isn't it?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47The A19 near Teesside saw accidents and
0:08:47 > 0:08:48jackknifed lorries.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49It was conditions like this which meant
0:08:49 > 0:08:52little Sienna Waring was delivered nearby on the side
0:08:52 > 0:08:55of the A66 at Stockton.
0:08:55 > 0:09:02Dad Andrew helping his wife Daniela in the freezing conditions.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04This is what trans-Pennine A roads looked like
0:09:04 > 0:09:07in North Yorkshire and this wasn't even on high ground.
0:09:07 > 0:09:13The A65 between Skipton and Kendal was best avoided.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16In Ireland, a severe weather warning has been issued for
0:09:16 > 0:09:17the Republic.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19The Siberian freeze from the East has crept
0:09:19 > 0:09:22further west.
0:09:22 > 0:09:28Tonight, thousands of drivers are stranded in long delays on the M62,
0:09:28 > 0:09:32which has been closed because of heavy snow and high winds.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Conditions are atrocious. Danny Savage, BBC News.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39The conditions have also had a big impact on the NHS,
0:09:39 > 0:09:41with many non-urgent operations and appointments cancelled.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43In Scotland, troops have been drafted in tonight to help get
0:09:43 > 0:09:45hundreds of hospital staff to work.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Some stranded passengers are spending a second
0:09:47 > 0:09:49night at Glasgow Airport, while hundreds of motorists spent
0:09:49 > 0:09:51last night on the M80.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56Our Scotland correspondent Lorna Gordon sent this report.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Scotland's road to nowhere.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03Hundreds of drivers stuck in miles of stationary traffic
0:10:03 > 0:10:07on what is usually one of the country's busiest roads.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09I left Stirling at about eight o'clock and I've been
0:10:09 > 0:10:10here since, unfortunately.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13That is a good 17 hours, maybe, at the moment?
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Just knocking on that, yeah.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17I think I've moved about 100 metres in that time.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Last night, there was some old boys came out with biscuits
0:10:20 > 0:10:23and crisps and this morning, it was all the schoolkids that came
0:10:23 > 0:10:25out, so we're getting looked after.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27I've got two biscuits.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31The worst of circumstances bringing out the best in people.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Volunteers handing out food and water to those
0:10:33 > 0:10:36stranded in their cars.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40This storm was forecast well ahead of time, but despite the warnings,
0:10:40 > 0:10:44people did still venture out.
0:10:44 > 0:10:49Now, after waiting nearly 18 hours on this stretch of motorway,
0:10:49 > 0:10:53it looks as if, finally, the traffic might just be
0:10:53 > 0:10:59about to start moving again.
0:10:59 > 0:11:04Police officers clearing the way ahead, one by one.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08We've been coming up and down the northbound carriageway,
0:11:08 > 0:11:10because of the queueing vehicles and the vehicles stuck
0:11:10 > 0:11:12most of the night.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Hard work, I've seen the guys digging it out.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15Very much so, very much so.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Giving the public reassurance to say we're getting to them
0:11:18 > 0:11:20albeit, yes, it's slowly.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23But the appalling weather saw even the emergency services
0:11:23 > 0:11:26struggling at times.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27No worries, thank you.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31Cheers.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Those though who have experience of working in these extreme
0:11:33 > 0:11:36conditions have been putting their knowledge to good use.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39We're picking up a prescription for somebody out in the countryside
0:11:39 > 0:11:43near Hawick who has not been able to get their essential medication,
0:11:43 > 0:11:46so we're going to take it to them.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49For much of the day, trains in the affected areas have
0:11:49 > 0:11:52been off and the vast majority of flights were cancelled from
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Edinburgh and Glasgow once again.
0:11:54 > 0:12:01There was fun for some...
0:12:01 > 0:12:05But with blizzards, freezing temperatures and drifting snow,
0:12:05 > 0:12:08there are serious concerns for those out in these conditions,
0:12:08 > 0:12:13even as those who could heeded the warnings to stay at home.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17Lorna Gordon, BBC News, Denny.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20The conditions this week have been particularly harsh for the homeless.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22In some big cities, hundreds of extra beds have been made
0:12:22 > 0:12:25available in shelters, hostels and churches.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27But in others, it's a different picture.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Our social affairs correspondent Michael Buchanan has spent the past
0:12:30 > 0:12:33two nights talking to homeless people on the streets
0:12:33 > 0:12:37and has sent this report.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41It's bad enough being homeless, but in this?
0:12:41 > 0:12:45Staying warm, never easy, has been almost impossible.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50Some have turned to alcohol, lots of it.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Well, I'm going to be helpful if you'll
0:12:52 > 0:12:53let me.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55In big cities like London outreach workers have been
0:12:55 > 0:12:58encouraging rough sleepers to use emergency hostels, and offer that
0:12:58 > 0:13:01some have readily taken.
0:13:01 > 0:13:06But in other towns support is less available.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10By the coast in Eastbourne the increasing numbers of
0:13:10 > 0:13:13rough sleepers have a particular enemy.
0:13:13 > 0:13:19A biting wind has frozen Kevin to his core.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Time passes slowly when the temperature feels
0:13:21 > 0:13:27like 12 below zero.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29A warm drink donated does help, but only for a
0:13:29 > 0:13:31short time.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34I've been shivering for about three weeks and if it weren't
0:13:34 > 0:13:38for people, along with blankets, do you know what I mean, I would be
0:13:38 > 0:13:39dead in a doorway.
0:13:39 > 0:13:40What are you doing tonight?
0:13:40 > 0:13:45Sleeping in a doorway.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Like I did last night and the night before, and for weeks
0:13:48 > 0:13:49before that.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52There are few services for rough sleepers in Eastbourne,
0:13:52 > 0:13:54the town struggling to cope with its rapidly rising
0:13:54 > 0:13:57homeless population.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Part of the reason a town like Eastbourne
0:13:59 > 0:14:02has a growing number of
0:14:02 > 0:14:05rough sleepers is that homeless people from elsewhere in the UK have
0:14:05 > 0:14:07moved here because the weather tends to be warmer.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09It hasn't been this week.
0:14:09 > 0:14:16Local churches are taking the strain.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Each evening throughout winter a different parish hosts a
0:14:18 > 0:14:19homeless shelter.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22A welcome respite for those that can make it.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23Refugee in my own country, I am.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25That's the best way of explaining it.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Refugee in my own country.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31The breakdown of his marriage has met Graham has been
0:14:31 > 0:14:34homeless for the past fortnight, the first time he's ever
0:14:34 > 0:14:37had to sleep outside.
0:14:37 > 0:14:44There's lots of dangers you have to watch out for.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Like not making yourself sweat.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46Things like that.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Because hyperthermia's just around the corner.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49Are you frightened?
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Yeah, wouldn't you be?
0:14:50 > 0:14:51I'm 56 years old.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54I'm not a young man.
0:14:54 > 0:15:01Not a young man at all.
0:15:01 > 0:15:08I'm sorry, but I'm finding it impossible.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12He's no idea what he'll do when this shelter closes on Monday.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16For others, perhaps suffering with psychiatric problems,
0:15:16 > 0:15:19they prefer to remain outdoors, prepared to dice
0:15:19 > 0:15:21daily with nature's wrath.
0:15:21 > 0:15:29Michael Buchanan, BBC News, Eastbourne.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35You can keep up to date with the weather and travel situation
0:15:35 > 0:15:37wherever you are by visiting the BBC News Live page.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39That's at bbc.co.uk/news.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41You can also get updates from the BBC news teams
0:15:41 > 0:15:50where you are after this programme.
0:15:50 > 0:15:56President Trump has announced he's going to impose hefty tariffs
0:15:56 > 0:16:00on imported steel and aluminium next week to safeguard American jobs.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02He said the industries had been unfairly treated by other
0:16:02 > 0:16:03countries for decades.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06But his plans have already drawn international criticism tonight
0:16:06 > 0:16:08amid fears of a trade war, as our Washington correspondent
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Nick Bryant reports.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17The derelict steel mills of America's old industrial heartland
0:16:17 > 0:16:19provided the seedbed for the rise of Donald Trump.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22He wouldn't have won the presidency had it not been for
0:16:22 > 0:16:24the support he received from the rust belt.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29The promise he gave to protect US manufacturers from cheap
0:16:29 > 0:16:32imports, even if it meant sparking a global trade war, echoed through
0:16:32 > 0:16:36these empty plants.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39During his first year in office he didn't erect the
0:16:39 > 0:16:40kind of protectionist barriers he'd promised.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42But today came his most controversial trade move yet.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Meeting with industry leaders he announced big tariffs on foreign
0:16:44 > 0:16:46steel and aluminium.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48What's been allowed to go on for decades is disgraceful.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50It's disgraceful.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54And when it comes to a time when our country
0:16:54 > 0:17:02can't make aluminium and
0:17:07 > 0:17:10steel, and somebody said it before, and I will tell you, you almost
0:17:10 > 0:17:13don't have much of a country because without steel and aluminium your
0:17:13 > 0:17:14country's not the same.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Chinese steel only accounts for a small
0:17:17 > 0:17:22proportion of US imports but the massive expansion of its industry
0:17:22 > 0:17:24has produced a global glut driving down prices,
0:17:24 > 0:17:25which has angered the President.
0:17:25 > 0:17:26ANNOUNCER:Mr Donald J Trump!
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Much of his America First rhetoric has
0:17:28 > 0:17:32been directed against Beijing.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Because we can't continue to allow China to rape our country, and
0:17:35 > 0:17:36that's what they are doing.
0:17:36 > 0:17:44It's the greatest theft in the history of the world.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46There's already been a fierce international reaction.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49The European Commission warning tonight
0:17:49 > 0:17:51of countermeasures in response to what it called a blatant
0:17:51 > 0:17:59intervention to protect US industry.
0:18:05 > 0:18:06On Capitol Hill too, senior Republicans are urging a rethink.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Free traders who have long believed liberalised global commerce is good
0:18:09 > 0:18:10for the American economy.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Fears of a trade war helped trigger a large
0:18:12 > 0:18:13sell-off on Wall Street.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Donald Trump is invoking a Cold War era
0:18:15 > 0:18:18measure not used since the Reagan years, which allows US presidents to
0:18:18 > 0:18:20impose tariffs in the interests of national security.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22But the fear is it could spark a 21st-century global
0:18:22 > 0:18:24trade war, which damages every economy.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Nick Bryant, BBC News, Washington.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Theresa May is expected to set out her plans tomorrow for the next
0:18:29 > 0:18:33stage of negotiations with the European Union over Brexit.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36The speech, in London, comes at the end of a week in which the EU
0:18:36 > 0:18:39unveiled its negotiating strategy, leading to tensions over issues
0:18:39 > 0:18:41like the Irish border.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg is in Westminster.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47How much detail are we going to get from the Prime Minister
0:18:47 > 0:18:53about her plans?
0:18:53 > 0:18:56You can see why the Prime Minister had to move her speech from the
0:18:56 > 0:19:00north-east to London but I'm not sure the climate will be much more
0:19:00 > 0:19:03hospitable here for her. I'm told by ministers who saw the draft today
0:19:03 > 0:19:08and disgust at around the Cabinet table it is a long speech chock full
0:19:08 > 0:19:12of details, in part in answer to some of Theresa May pop critics who
0:19:12 > 0:19:17for months have said she's being too vague, greedy and she wants
0:19:17 > 0:19:19everything and is not being realistic. She's going to try and do
0:19:19 > 0:19:24two jobs, the first to send a clear message to the EU. She will say, we
0:19:24 > 0:19:29know what we want and we understand your principles too. Essentially
0:19:29 > 0:19:33saying, I'm not unsure, not clear, I know what I'm trying to get for the
0:19:33 > 0:19:37UK and also implying that she is willing to compromise, that she
0:19:37 > 0:19:41doesn't even realise that the UK cannot have its cake and eat it. One
0:19:41 > 0:19:46of her colleagues in Cabinet said to me today Theresa May will feel like
0:19:46 > 0:19:49she's being honest with the public tomorrow and that message could come
0:19:49 > 0:19:54with some hard truths to use their phrase. But the second thing she's
0:19:54 > 0:19:59going to try and do tomorrow after such a brutal time of debate in
0:19:59 > 0:20:03Westminster since the referendum that frankly in recent months it has
0:20:03 > 0:20:06become very ugly, not just inside the Tory party but also to call for
0:20:06 > 0:20:11the country to come together, to say that it is time to move on from the
0:20:11 > 0:20:16referendum, to try to pull together and create a sense of unity. Now, of
0:20:16 > 0:20:19course, this is a complicated process, politically very
0:20:19 > 0:20:25controversial and one speech is not going to answer one of the very many
0:20:25 > 0:20:28questions that there are. But there is hoping government that while this
0:20:28 > 0:20:34might be an incremental step rather than a giant leap, it does allow the
0:20:34 > 0:20:37negotiations to get some momentum again and to proceed to the next
0:20:37 > 0:20:39stage.Laura Kuenssberg, thank you.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Russia's President Putin has unveiled a new range of nuclear
0:20:41 > 0:20:45weapons, which he says could evade American missile defence shields
0:20:45 > 0:20:47and hit targets around the world.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50He said the arms, which include an underwater drone and a missile
0:20:50 > 0:20:53capable of travelling at five times the speed of sound, were either
0:20:53 > 0:20:55ready or being developed.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57He made the unexpected announcement during his state
0:20:57 > 0:20:59of the nation speech, ahead of the Russian
0:20:59 > 0:21:00presidential elections in March.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03From Moscow, Steve Rosenberg reports.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06ANNOUNCER:Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.
0:21:06 > 0:21:13He never slips into a room quietly.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Vladimir Putin took the stage for his annual State of the
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Nation address.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21The audience was expecting to hear about the economy, social
0:21:21 > 0:21:24issues and there was some of that, but then the Kremlin leader took
0:21:24 > 0:21:26everyone by surprise.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31On a video screen he showcased the very latest
0:21:31 > 0:21:36Russian nuclear weapons.
0:21:36 > 0:21:41200-tonne intercontinental ballistic missiles.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Cruise missiles with nuclear engines.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49He claimed they could hit any target and dodge any defence.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53"And there's more," he said.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57And the show continued.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59The missiles kept coming and with them a
0:21:59 > 0:22:05warning to the West.
0:22:05 > 0:22:06"Those who tried to contain Russia have
0:22:06 > 0:22:08failed," President Putin said.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12"Believe me, I am not bluffing."
0:22:12 > 0:22:16I think we're entering, if not already
0:22:16 > 0:22:19in, a new Cold War and that's not just because of Putin's statements
0:22:19 > 0:22:20this morning.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22You hear President Trump also thumping his chest and
0:22:22 > 0:22:24talking about having the best nuclear systems.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27But in Moscow the reaction from the hall - Russia is
0:22:27 > 0:22:31acting in self defence.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34It's reminiscent of the Cold War, is it not?
0:22:34 > 0:22:40We're talking about an arms race here.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43I don't believe - at least, the statement of my President
0:22:43 > 0:22:47isn't a Cold War rhetoric.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50And if you are looking for the roots of the next edition of the Cold War,
0:22:50 > 0:22:51look to the West.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54The Kremlin was delivering two messages today with this speech.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56The first message was to the West.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Russia will not be pushed around.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02The second message, ahead of elections here, was to
0:23:02 > 0:23:03the people of Russia.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Vote for Putin and you will have security at home.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09That's how the Kremlin wants Russians to
0:23:09 > 0:23:16see their President, as
0:23:16 > 0:23:19the embodiment of Russia, as the protector of their country.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Steve Rosenberg, BBC News, Moscow.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Four years after hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls
0:23:26 > 0:23:29were kidnapped by the jihadist group Boko Haram, the militants
0:23:29 > 0:23:35have struck again.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38They've taken over 100 more in what Nigeria's president
0:23:38 > 0:23:40is calling a national disaster.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42The girls were kidnapped from their school in the town
0:23:42 > 0:23:44of Dapchi, in north eastern Nigeria, ten days ago.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Boko Haram wants to establish a hard line Islamic State
0:23:47 > 0:23:49in the region, and opposes Western teaching methods.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Our reporter Stephanie Hegarty has been talking to some of the families
0:23:51 > 0:23:56of the missing girls in Dapchi.
0:23:56 > 0:24:01This is where Fatima ran when the militants
0:24:01 > 0:24:02attacked her school.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06It was 7pm, she was in her dorm with her best friend Zara.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09They were just about to eat their dinner when they heard gunshots.
0:24:09 > 0:24:17TRANSLATION:One of our teachers told us to come out.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20When we came out we saw bullets flying in the air like fire.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23There was confusion all over the school.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27Students screaming and rushing towards the gate.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28But the gate was locked.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31This is the path that many of the girls took
0:24:31 > 0:24:33to try and get away.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36The main exit is down that way and you can see some
0:24:36 > 0:24:37of their discarded sandals.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40They're littered all along this path here.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43TRANSLATION:Then we saw the militants' trucks
0:24:43 > 0:24:45and they were shooting and calling us to get into the trucks.
0:24:45 > 0:24:52They were pretending they would help us.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55During the attack Fatima managed to run away from the militants twice
0:24:55 > 0:24:58but she was with her best friend Zara when they were attacked
0:24:58 > 0:24:59and they got separated.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02She said altogether five of her closest friends are missing.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03This is Zara.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07She's 14.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Her friend Fatima said business was her favourite subject.
0:25:09 > 0:25:15Yes, business.
0:25:15 > 0:25:20Her sister Falmata is 25 and went to the same school as the girls.
0:25:20 > 0:25:27TRANSLATION:She was close to Zara.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29It was three days before the government admitted
0:25:29 > 0:25:34that there had been a kidnapping.
0:25:34 > 0:25:35Last week the authorities claimed girls had been rescued.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Then they said that claim was false.
0:25:38 > 0:25:44For Zara's mum that was the hardest moment.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Nigeria's President has said that the military and air force
0:25:46 > 0:25:51are searching for the girls.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53But parents aren't reassured.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55TRANSLATION:In this school there are no children
0:25:55 > 0:25:56of government officials.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59All the students are the daughters of poor people.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03Now the school is eerily quiet.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06The scene is chillingly similar to the aftermath of the kidnapping
0:26:06 > 0:26:09of the Chibok schoolgirls in 2014.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12It was three years before most of those girls were released,
0:26:12 > 0:26:16and over 100 of them are still missing.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20The parents of Dapchi are afraid that they will also wait years
0:26:20 > 0:26:22to see their children again.
0:26:22 > 0:26:27Stefanie Hegarty, BBC News, Dapchi.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30The Government has scrapped plans to hold the second stage
0:26:30 > 0:26:33of the Leveson Inquiry, which was due to look
0:26:33 > 0:26:35into unlawful conduct within media organisations,
0:26:35 > 0:26:40and relations between police and journalists.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Lord Justice Leveson accused ministers of breaking their promise
0:26:42 > 0:26:43to phone hacking victims.
0:26:43 > 0:26:51But the Culture Secretary said it wouldn't be in the national interest
0:26:52 > 0:26:54They were dubbed Britain's lost children - thousands of them
0:26:54 > 0:26:57forcibly sent abroad to countries such as Australia and Canada
0:26:57 > 0:26:58after World War II.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00They were promised new lives, but instead many suffered
0:27:00 > 0:27:02physical and sexual abuse.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Now an independent inquiry into the scandal has urged
0:27:05 > 0:27:08the British government to pay compensation to all the survivors,
0:27:08 > 0:27:09as Tom Symonds reports.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13A dark history.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16British children lied to, deported, sexually abused, and even tortured.
0:27:16 > 0:27:23The pain has not gone even now.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27All we did was do as we were told and suffered immensely for it.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29The child migrants from poor backgrounds
0:27:29 > 0:27:32were promised a better future.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34When visitors came, especially from Britain,
0:27:34 > 0:27:39that's how it seemed.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44But last year the now-elderly migrants gave hours of chilling
0:27:44 > 0:27:46evidence of what their carers said.
0:27:46 > 0:27:47You're from the gutter, you're nobody.
0:27:47 > 0:27:48You've got nobody.
0:27:48 > 0:27:49You've got no parents.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50They're all dead.
0:27:50 > 0:27:59And even worse, did.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02The verdict today, even by 1940's standards,
0:28:02 > 0:28:05what was indefensible.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07And the official archives show the government didn't stop it
0:28:07 > 0:28:10for fear of upsetting the charities and religious groups involved,
0:28:10 > 0:28:11or the Australians.
0:28:11 > 0:28:12Politics put before children.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14They ignored our plight.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17They encouraged paedophilia to a degree because they were made
0:28:17 > 0:28:20aware of problems in Australia where they were sending us to come
0:28:20 > 0:28:25and yet they continued sending us.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Now, what does that tell you?
0:28:28 > 0:28:32That tells me that they didn't give a rat's backside,
0:28:32 > 0:28:36if you'll pardon the vernacular, about the British children.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39Campaigners were delighted today that the British government has
0:28:39 > 0:28:40been held responsible.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43At last, a measure of truth and a measure of responsibility.
0:28:43 > 0:28:49The buck stops with the government.
0:28:49 > 0:28:55She uncovered all of this in the 1980s.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Britain apologised in 2010 but this report has called for all surviving
0:28:58 > 0:29:01migrants to receive compensation within a year.
0:29:01 > 0:29:06The Government's considering its response.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08It's the first time this much-criticised inquiry
0:29:08 > 0:29:10has bared its teeth.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13But the evidence heard in this room was never really in doubt and this
0:29:13 > 0:29:20was a scandal very much in the past.
0:29:20 > 0:29:27The inquiry's other investigations may not be as straightforward.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31But this work had to come first because half of those who have been
0:29:31 > 0:29:33called Britain's lost children have already passed away.
0:29:33 > 0:29:34Tom Symonds, BBC News.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36A six-year-old girl from Swindon - who is profoundly deaf -
0:29:36 > 0:29:41will be joining the stars on the red carpet at the Oscars on Sunday.
0:29:41 > 0:29:42Maisie Sly stars in the British drama The Silent Child,
0:29:42 > 0:29:47which has been nominated for best short film.
0:29:47 > 0:29:53Colin Paterson reports.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00It's a story so happy it could be the plot of a Hollywood film.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04Maisie Sly had never even acted before her parents were told
0:30:04 > 0:30:07about film-makers looking for a profoundly deaf girl to star
0:30:07 > 0:30:13in their film, The Silent Child.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18And now, here are the nominees for Best Live Action Short Film.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24This is the moment in January when the team gathered to find out
0:30:24 > 0:30:26if they had been nominated for an Oscar.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28My Nephew Emmett.
0:30:28 > 0:30:29The Silent Child.
0:30:29 > 0:30:30CHEERING
0:30:30 > 0:30:37Yes!
0:30:37 > 0:30:39And so, this week, they reunited at Heathrow...
0:30:39 > 0:30:42Hello, welcome on board.
0:30:42 > 0:30:50And headed to Los Angeles.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55Most people prepare for the Oscars by meeting stylists and planning
0:30:55 > 0:30:56acceptance speeches.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Maisie's schedule has been rather different.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Welcome to Hollywood!
0:31:11 > 0:31:14Although she is having to get used to people recognising her.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16I saw her on television, just last week.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19They say she's nominated.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Do you think she'll be able to get a job one day?
0:31:21 > 0:31:23Rachel Shenton wrote and stars in The Silent Child.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26She learned sign language after her own father lost his hearing.
0:31:26 > 0:31:27The nomination means that ultimately, now,
0:31:27 > 0:31:30we are in over 600 cinemas in the US, which is huge
0:31:30 > 0:31:34for us as a short film.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36And really important for the subject, which is obviously
0:31:36 > 0:31:39deafness, and shining a much-needed light on access to education
0:31:39 > 0:31:40for deaf children.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42There's Meryl Streep.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45Her former Hollyoaks co-star Chris Overton directed the film and,
0:31:45 > 0:31:49at a lunch for all the nominees, they got to meet one of his heroes.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52Steven Spielberg was in between me and Rachel.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55And the person taking the photo said, oh, can we move,
0:31:55 > 0:31:57because the light's not good.
0:31:57 > 0:31:58So we were ordering Spielberg around!
0:31:58 > 0:32:00Oh, an Oscar!
0:32:00 > 0:32:03Now all that remains is to find out if there will be
0:32:03 > 0:32:04a Hollywood happy ending.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07On Sunday night, Maisie could get her hands on a real one of these.
0:32:07 > 0:32:15Colin Paterson, BBC News, Los Angeles.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17And finally a quick update on those stranded motorists
0:32:17 > 0:32:20on the A31 in Hampshire - the police now say it's a major
0:32:20 > 0:32:23incident and the military are being called into help.
0:32:23 > 0:32:35That's all from us - now the news where you are.