:00:21. > :00:24.The Belgian capital, Brussels, is on maximum alert,
:00:25. > :00:28.after authorities received specific information that an attack with guns
:00:29. > :00:33.The Brussels metro has been closed until tomorrow afternoon, and people
:00:34. > :00:39.A number of football matches in the city have also been postponed.
:00:40. > :00:48.Our Europe Correspondent, James Reynolds, reports.
:00:49. > :00:58.This morning in Brussels soldiers took the place of commuters. Taking
:00:59. > :01:01.care to use the dear -- the zebra crossing during their patrol.
:01:02. > :01:04.care to use the dear -- the zebra government has closed all Metro
:01:05. > :01:05.stations in the capital. It has deployed forces to counter the
:01:06. > :01:10.immediate threat of an attack. TRANSLATION: We have received
:01:11. > :01:11.precise information about the risk of an attack
:01:12. > :01:15.like the one in Paris. We are talking about a scenario
:01:16. > :01:18.in which several individuals with arms and explosives could launch an
:01:19. > :01:32.attack perhaps in several places. It may be that this man, Salah
:01:33. > :01:36.Abdeslam, is involved. He is one of the Paris attackers and he is still
:01:37. > :01:41.on the run. Police believe he came back to Belgium after the attacks.
:01:42. > :01:44.His Brussels neighbourhood, Molenbeek, was also home to another
:01:45. > :01:49.of the gunmen. The area is under close watch. Brussels is normally
:01:50. > :01:55.among the quietest of European capitals. But this city feels very
:01:56. > :01:59.different right now. The government has instructed its citizens to
:02:00. > :02:08.follow all official instructions and not to spread any rumours. The Metro
:02:09. > :02:13.station is shuttered. To one woman's apparent disappointment. I
:02:14. > :02:19.am not afraid, Miriam tells me. There is so much security, so we
:02:20. > :02:26.feel protected. I'm not scared, he says. Brussels continues to receive
:02:27. > :02:31.visitors. The Eurostar from London arrives on time.
:02:32. > :02:39.We just want to go to be safe at home. Even the police is there, we
:02:40. > :02:41.feel unsafe. Christopher Marlowe and macro is taking his wife and
:02:42. > :02:50.four-year-old daughter for a birthday weekend in the city.
:02:51. > :02:52.You have to do what you have to do. Brussels
:02:53. > :02:56.You have to do what you have to do. place to be if there is a terror
:02:57. > :02:59.alert going on. We can have people out there hopefully being sensible.
:03:00. > :03:04.The Belgian government out there hopefully being sensible.
:03:05. > :03:08.reassess its security level on Monday. Until then, some have
:03:09. > :03:11.decided it is best to stay at home and hope for the best.
:03:12. > :03:14.David Cameron has welcomed a UN call for all countries to join
:03:15. > :03:19.The Security Council resolution urges that all necessary measures
:03:20. > :03:25.Mr Cameron said the vote in favour of it was "an important moment".
:03:26. > :03:29.The resolution was drafted by France in the wake of the Paris attacks.
:03:30. > :03:32.The Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says he hopes the House of Commons
:03:33. > :03:40.will now back British air strikes against IS in Syria.
:03:41. > :03:45.As the Prime Minister has said, we will go on making the case for a
:03:46. > :03:52.broad response to the Isil challenge, political, military and
:03:53. > :03:53.humanitarian. When we think we have got a consensus across Parliament,
:03:54. > :03:57.we will put it to the vote. Our Political Correspondent,
:03:58. > :03:58.Iain Watson, Iain, are we a step closer to
:03:59. > :04:08.a Commons vote? Yes, I think we are. The Prime
:04:09. > :04:12.Minister has always been very clear. He is more concerned about a vote in
:04:13. > :04:15.this place than at the United Nations. He wants to make sure he
:04:16. > :04:22.has a decisive victory in favour of air strikes to send out a strong
:04:23. > :04:26.message to Islamic State. He does think the UN resolution is
:04:27. > :04:31.significant for two reasons. It may help him win over some wavering MPs
:04:32. > :04:36.on his own side who did not back military action two years ago.
:04:37. > :04:39.Secondly, and more significantly, it might give cover to a number of
:04:40. > :04:45.Labour MPs to vote with the Government as well. I have been
:04:46. > :04:49.speaking to shadow ministers. At the moment there is a veneer of unity in
:04:50. > :04:53.the Labour Party because David Cameron has not come forward with a
:04:54. > :04:57.convincing enough case. But they say they are willing to be convinced and
:04:58. > :05:01.could end up voting with him rather than their leader, does they believe
:05:02. > :05:05.no matter what the UN doors and David Cameron says, Jeremy Corbyn
:05:06. > :05:06.will ultimately never back military action in Syria.
:05:07. > :05:08.In Mali, security forces are hunting three suspects connected to
:05:09. > :05:12.yesterday's attack on a hotel in the capital, Bamako,
:05:13. > :05:19.Two militants were killed when special forces stormed the building.
:05:20. > :05:21.The president has declared a national state of emergency.
:05:22. > :05:31.Our Correspondent, Thomas Fessy, reports now from Bamako.
:05:32. > :05:38.Mali woke up to a state of emergency this morning. But the streets of the
:05:39. > :05:42.capital are bustling, people are going about their activities.
:05:43. > :05:46.Driving through the city we cannot tell that the presence of security
:05:47. > :05:51.forces has been stepped up. Having said that, there is much anxiety at
:05:52. > :05:56.the entrance to some of the main hotels hosting foreign guests. The
:05:57. > :06:00.search and checks of the clients is more of the row. And in some cases
:06:01. > :06:06.cars are not even allowed inside the hotel compounds. At the Radisson Blu
:06:07. > :06:09.Hotel, where the attack happened, investigators from Mali and France
:06:10. > :06:16.are busy trying to figure what exactly happened. We know that there
:06:17. > :06:19.were at least two attackers but we're getting reports that the
:06:20. > :06:24.security forces now believe that three others were potentially
:06:25. > :06:28.involved in the attack. Foreign embassies are busy trying to
:06:29. > :06:34.identify some of the dead. Trying to make sure they have the right count
:06:35. > :06:40.of nationals. What about the people of this country? Is the state of
:06:41. > :06:44.emergency going to make any kind of difference? Probably not a lot.
:06:45. > :06:50.Remember, for them it has been three years of a real jihadi threat coming
:06:51. > :06:52.from the north. And so, three years that people have learnt to carry on
:06:53. > :06:53.despite the circumstances. Four British tourists are
:06:54. > :06:57.among seven people who've died after a helicopter crashed
:06:58. > :06:59.on a glacier in New Zealand. Police said rescue teams had reached
:07:00. > :07:01.the crash site, The area, which lies next to
:07:02. > :07:06.the town of Fox Glacier on the remote west coast of South Island,
:07:07. > :07:19.attracts thousands of tourists each Wedged between walls of ice,
:07:20. > :07:23.wreckage of the sightseeing helicopter in which seven people
:07:24. > :07:29.died. Rescuers winced down to the crash site found no sign of life. --
:07:30. > :07:34.winched. When the emergency services were alerted, four helicopters were
:07:35. > :07:37.sent to the scene. But difficult terrain and poor visibility are
:07:38. > :07:43.hampering the rescue effort. It is at the top of the glacier and it is
:07:44. > :07:48.heavily crevasse. Ruff country. It will take a lot of care to get the
:07:49. > :07:52.people out there. Among the dead is the pilot, a 28-year-old New
:07:53. > :07:56.Zealander said to be an experienced flier. We do not know the identity
:07:57. > :08:02.of his passengers. But the Foreign Office says the families have been
:08:03. > :08:06.told. The Fox Glacier is on the west side of New Zealand's South Island.
:08:07. > :08:11.13 kilometres long, it is one of the top tourist attractions in the
:08:12. > :08:12.country. Thousands visited every year, with many reaching by
:08:13. > :08:18.helicopter. The crash year, with many reaching by
:08:19. > :08:24.feet up the glacier at the start of the tourist season in rainy, cloudy
:08:25. > :08:27.weather. The cause of the crash is now being investigated, but it has
:08:28. > :08:32.left the small community from where the flight took off in shock.
:08:33. > :08:39.Obviously we are absolutely devastated. We are here to support
:08:40. > :08:42.the families, the people involved. The recovery operation is expected
:08:43. > :08:47.to resume shortly. Police say it will take time before the dead can
:08:48. > :08:48.be formally identified. Caroline Hawley, BBC News.
:08:49. > :08:50.A 15-year-old boy has appeared in court accused
:08:51. > :08:53.of stabbing two teenagers at a school in south London.
:08:54. > :08:56.The boy - who can't be named - is charged with attempted murder
:08:57. > :08:58.and causing grievous bodily harm in the attacks at Kingsdale Foundation
:08:59. > :09:04.He was remanded in youth custody until next month.
:09:05. > :09:08.The government is preparing to allow local authorities in England to
:09:09. > :09:12.increase council tax by 2% to cover the costs of adult social care.
:09:13. > :09:15.The announcement is expected to be part of the Autumn Statement,
:09:16. > :09:20.which the Chancellor, George Osborne, will deliver on Wednesday.
:09:21. > :09:22.The French national anthem was played before every Premier League
:09:23. > :09:37.La Marseillaise was played as a gesture of solidarity
:09:38. > :09:40.and remembrance for those affected by the attacks on Paris.
:09:41. > :09:42.More than 70 Frenchmen play in the Premier League,
:09:43. > :09:48.making France the second-most represented nation after England.
:09:49. > :09:51.There'll be more on that in the late news at 10.
:09:52. > :09:55.But now it's time for the news where you are.