05/12/2015

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:00:20. > :00:28.The FBI says it's piecing together a profile of the married couple,

:00:29. > :00:31.who carried out a mass shooting in California on Wednesday,

:00:32. > :00:33.which the agency is now calling "an act of terrorism".

:00:34. > :00:36.Investigators say they're studying their internet

:00:37. > :00:40.Lawyers for the family of Tashfeen Malik and her husband

:00:41. > :00:43.Syed Farook, who killed 14 people, say there's no evidence they

:00:44. > :00:51.Our North America Correspondent Laura Bicker has sent this report.

:00:52. > :00:53.This is the first picture of the mother who was involved

:00:54. > :00:57.Broadcasters were invited to film inside the home she shared

:00:58. > :01:05.Toys and games belonging to her six-month-old girl were strewn on

:01:06. > :01:10.the floor, not far from where police found a home-made bomb factory.

:01:11. > :01:14.Those who knew the couple are in shock, and say they had no idea that

:01:15. > :01:18.in the garage behind this family house was an arsenal of weapons.

:01:19. > :01:20.None of the family members had any idea

:01:21. > :01:28.There has never been any evidence that either

:01:29. > :01:30.of the two alleged shooters were aggressive, had extremist views.

:01:31. > :01:33.There was information about the fact that his co-workers kind of made fun

:01:34. > :01:46.He was a very isolated, introverted individual.

:01:47. > :01:48.The FBI says the shooting, which killed 14 people,

:01:49. > :01:57.The reason for that is that the investigation so far has developed

:01:58. > :01:59.indications of radicalisation by the killers and of potential inspiration

:02:00. > :02:11.They say there is no evidence that this was connected to

:02:12. > :02:16.They add that much of the evidence still doesn't make

:02:17. > :02:27.sense, and until it does, this couple's motive is not yet clear.

:02:28. > :02:30.Here, West Midlands Plice say they are supporting French police who are

:02:31. > :02:32.investigating possible British links to the extremists who attacked Paris

:02:33. > :02:35.It's reported that the Paris ringleader, Abdelhamid Abaaoud,

:02:36. > :02:37.had connections with people in Birmingham, and that another

:02:38. > :02:44.of the gunmen visited Birmingham and London earlier this year.

:02:45. > :02:47.British Typhoon fighters have been deployed for the first time in

:02:48. > :02:50.airstrikes against the Islamic State extremist group in Syria and Iraq.

:02:51. > :02:53.Two Typhoons and two Tornado jets took off last night from the British

:02:54. > :03:00.The Defence Secretary Michael Fallon, has been visiting

:03:01. > :03:09.We face a new kind of enemy that makes no demands, takes no hostages,

:03:10. > :03:24.Our Defence Correspondent Jonathan Beale joins us from Akrotiri.

:03:25. > :03:32.What more do we know about Britain's role in the latest missions? Well,

:03:33. > :03:36.as you know this is the second set of air strikes since Parliament gave

:03:37. > :03:44.authorisation to hit targets in Syria. We know that this was a first

:03:45. > :03:49.mission also for the Typhoon jets flying alongside the Tornado jets

:03:50. > :03:56.here for a year and that the target was the Omar Oil Fields in eastern

:03:57. > :04:04.Syria. The army are deploying them, hundreds of thousands of dollars a

:04:05. > :04:08.day hitting the oilfields. And second, another near northern Iraq

:04:09. > :04:13.near Sinjar. Michael Fallon was clear to the air

:04:14. > :04:17.and ground crews, that now that the Parliament has voted "yes" to the

:04:18. > :04:20.air strikes, the hands are not tied behind their backs but made clear

:04:21. > :04:24.that the campaign would not be short. There would be many, many

:04:25. > :04:28.more missions in the days and the months ahead.

:04:29. > :04:31.Roads have been closed in Scotland and the north of England,

:04:32. > :04:33.as Storm Desmond has brought strong winds, flooding and landslides.

:04:34. > :04:36.Almost 140 flood warnings are in place across the UK,

:04:37. > :04:43.including two severe flood warnings on the River Tyne.

:04:44. > :04:49.The Home Office is considering plans to introduce

:04:50. > :04:52.a new court order to tackle stalking in England and Wales.

:04:53. > :04:54.It's consulting on a proposal to target cases where

:04:55. > :04:57.victims are pursued by someone they have never met or barely know.

:04:58. > :05:00.For the victims, it is utterly terrifying, and studies suggest

:05:01. > :05:04.Now, the Home Office is considering new protection orders for those

:05:05. > :05:07.obsessively pursued by others on the street or on the internet.

:05:08. > :05:11.It's protection that might have saved Jane Clough's life.

:05:12. > :05:14.She was killed by her ex-boyfriend five years ago.

:05:15. > :05:16.He would stalk her by means of social media,

:05:17. > :05:20.by following her whereabouts using a telephone, constantly texting.

:05:21. > :05:26.And the police knew the extreme risk that Jane was at.

:05:27. > :05:37.Even so, she was still left with no protection.

:05:38. > :05:39.Stalking was made a criminal offence three years ago,

:05:40. > :05:42.and around 1,100 prosecutions were brought in the past year.

:05:43. > :05:45.That is a rise of nearly 50% on the previous 12 months.

:05:46. > :05:49.But the Home Office recognises that such prosecutions are often

:05:50. > :05:56.If we can intervene earlier, if we can protect victims and we

:05:57. > :05:59.can intervene on the perpetrator earlier, we believe we will be able

:06:00. > :06:03.to protect victims, but also stop the behaviour escalating into that

:06:04. > :06:09.One helpline suggests more than 50% stalkers are now pursuing

:06:10. > :06:11.people they have never actually met over the internet.

:06:12. > :06:14.The Home Office says it will tighten the law on such behaviour

:06:15. > :06:18.and put more funding into tackling abuse within teenage

:06:19. > :06:31.You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.

:06:32. > :06:40.The next news on BBC One is at 5 of 50pm. Goodbye.

:06:41. > :06:55.And afternoon. Storm Desmond has been making headlines already, and I

:06:56. > :06:59.suspect it has more to make. The centre is closer to Iceland than us,

:07:00. > :07:04.but it is the trailing weather front that is the real concern. Added into

:07:05. > :07:05.that, we have strong winds. Unusually, the Met Office