:00:27. > :00:28.after authorities received specific information about the risk of a
:00:29. > :00:32.Subways in the city are closed and heavily armed police and soldiers
:00:33. > :00:39.The country's Prime Minister, Charles Michel, said there was
:00:40. > :00:41.a fear that several individuals with arms and explosives could
:00:42. > :00:50.Quiet on the streets of Brussels city centre this morning.
:00:51. > :00:52.All the Metro stations closed, many shops, hotels, tourist sites
:00:53. > :00:58.now guarded by soldiers or police and the Government's calling
:00:59. > :01:01.on the organisers of any large events and gatherings in the Belgian
:01:02. > :01:06.The decision to raise the security left to its highest,
:01:07. > :01:09.threat alert level four, is said to be based on specific intelligence.
:01:10. > :01:12.We have received quite precise information about the risk
:01:13. > :01:14.of an attack like the one that happened in Paris.
:01:15. > :01:20.We are talking about a scenario in which several individuals with
:01:21. > :01:25.arms and explosives could launch an attack, perhaps in several places.
:01:26. > :01:30.Since the Paris attacks, at least one of the suspects is known to have
:01:31. > :01:33.headed towards Belgium, 26-year-old Salah Abdeslam, who, in the hours
:01:34. > :01:38.after the attack, is reported to have been stopped by traffic police
:01:39. > :01:51.He was released before Interpol issued a warrant for his arrest.
:01:52. > :01:55.Last night police charged another man from the area in connection
:01:56. > :02:11.In a city used to holding summits of EU leaders and NATO chiefs
:02:12. > :02:14.this rare move to increase the security alert to its highest speaks
:02:15. > :02:16.of the urgency and imminence of the threats officials say they've
:02:17. > :02:20.There must be a nervous mood in the city. It's just before Christmas,
:02:21. > :02:23.Brussels is usually busy especially on a Saturday. From what I have seen
:02:24. > :02:26.this morning it's quiet. I have met people who didn't know this morning,
:02:27. > :02:29.they were getting on a bus to go to Brussels who quickly said they would
:02:30. > :02:34.go back home. It wasn't worth the risk. We have had a statement in the
:02:35. > :02:38.last half an hour from the prosecutors office, more information
:02:39. > :02:41.relating to that one suspect that was charged last night in connection
:02:42. > :02:47.with terrorism activities, this is in connection with one of three
:02:48. > :02:51.Stade de France bombers, this suspect, his property was certained,
:02:52. > :02:56.there were weapons found, we are told there were no explosives found
:02:57. > :02:59.at the property. The Belgian Prime Minister saying people should not
:03:00. > :03:02.pan I can, the police and the military are on the streets but it's
:03:03. > :03:07.a sort of countermessage when we are told this is the highest level of
:03:08. > :03:09.threat for Belgium in many years. Thank you very much.
:03:10. > :03:10.Meanwhile, the United Nations Security Council
:03:11. > :03:12.has unanimously approved a resolution calling on countries
:03:13. > :03:15.to take all necessary measures to fight the Islamic State group.
:03:16. > :03:17.The statement was drafted by France in response to the Paris attacks.
:03:18. > :03:19.It describes Islamic State as an unprecedented threat to
:03:20. > :03:22.David Cameron described the passing of the resolution
:03:23. > :03:32.The Prime Minister is due to travel to Paris on Monday to hold talks
:03:33. > :03:34.with the French President, Francois Hollande.
:03:35. > :03:39.David Cameron said that the UN resolution showed the breadth
:03:40. > :03:42.of international support for doing more in Syria and he pledged to
:03:43. > :03:47.build support in Parliament for UK air strikes on IS in Syria.
:03:48. > :03:50.And security forces in the West African country
:03:51. > :03:52.of Mali are hunting three suspects connected to yesterday's attack
:03:53. > :03:55.on a hotel in the capital, Bamako, in which 19 people were killed.
:03:56. > :03:58.Two militants were killed when special forces stormed the building.
:03:59. > :04:05.The President has declared a national state of emergency.
:04:06. > :04:11.Four British tourists are among seven people who have died
:04:12. > :04:13.after a helicopter crashed on a New Zealand glacier, earlier today.
:04:14. > :04:16.Police said rescue teams had reached the crash site but were hampered
:04:17. > :04:18.by bad weather conditions and that they would attempt to
:04:19. > :04:25.The glacier, which lies next to the town of Fox Glacier on the remote
:04:26. > :04:27.west coast of South Island, attracts thousands of tourists each year.
:04:28. > :04:32.Our correspondent Keith Doyle reports.
:04:33. > :04:34.At the crash site on the Fox Glacier, the helicopter's
:04:35. > :04:38.The rest of the wreckage is in the crevice below.
:04:39. > :04:40.All seven people on board died, amongst them four Britons.
:04:41. > :04:43.The short flight to view the Fox Glacier is one of New Zealand's
:04:44. > :04:46.most popular tourist trips and it was busy at the start
:04:47. > :04:54.The helicopter, operated by the company Alpine Adventures, crashed
:04:55. > :04:58.on Saturday morning local time around halfway up the glacier.
:04:59. > :05:00.A paramedic and rescue teams were winched to
:05:01. > :05:04.Police say recovering the bodies will be difficult
:05:05. > :05:09.We have been over the site and there is no sign of life.
:05:10. > :05:19.We hope to get in there and recover the bodies as soon
:05:20. > :05:27.That may only be tomorrow morning if the weather permits.
:05:28. > :05:30.The four British tourists who have died have not yet been named.
:05:31. > :05:33.The other passengers were Australian and the pilot is thought to be
:05:34. > :05:36.Local police say they are talking with embassy officials to notify
:05:37. > :05:38.relatives, but that formal identification
:05:39. > :05:45.Here the Foreign Office says it is liaising closely with the
:05:46. > :05:49.New Zealand authorities and it's providing consular aid.
:05:50. > :05:52.Our Correspondent Jon Donnison is in Sydney.
:05:53. > :05:58.This is going to be a tricky recovery operation. It's going to be
:05:59. > :06:03.difficult. It's very remote. I have actually been up on one of these
:06:04. > :06:07.flights up that glacier a few years ago and can tell you even in Clement
:06:08. > :06:11.weather it's pretty hairy, taking off and then flighting straight up
:06:12. > :06:16.the face of a mountain and landing on the ice. There will be questions
:06:17. > :06:20.asked about whether it was safe to take this flight when weather was
:06:21. > :06:25.pretty bad, visibility was bad. I think the rescue operation could be
:06:26. > :06:29.hampered for several days. They've had choppers up there today and
:06:30. > :06:35.winched people down but this helicopter is wedged apparently down
:06:36. > :06:39.pretty deep in a crevice so it could be sometime before we get formal
:06:40. > :06:43.identification of the victims. We heard there in Keith's report that
:06:44. > :06:46.the New Zealand authorities are liaising with the authorities in the
:06:47. > :06:49.UK but it could be sometime before we get the bodies off the mountain.
:06:50. > :06:52.Thank you very much. You can see more on all of today's
:06:53. > :07:14.stories on the BBC News Channel. Hello. Yeah, it's cold out there.
:07:15. > :07:18.Winter arrived overnight in the shape of northerly gales but left
:07:19. > :07:19.behind picture postcode scenes to be captured