07/01/2017

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:00:00. > :00:00.Claims that hospitals in England face a humanitarian crisis

:00:07. > :00:13.The British Red Cross says it's had to step in to help

:00:14. > :00:17.but NHS bosses say they have plans in place to cope.

:00:18. > :00:22.No, I think that is an overstatement at this stage.

:00:23. > :00:27.Clearly, demand is very high and it's higher than it's ever been.

:00:28. > :00:29.But today, Labour's leader Jeremy Corbyn called upon the Government

:00:30. > :00:39.Nearly 50 people are killed in a tanker lorry bombing in Syria.

:00:40. > :00:43.A British-born pensioner is named as one of the victims

:00:44. > :00:59.And Sir Andy Murray is beaten by Novak Djokovic

:01:00. > :01:19.The NHS in England has rejected claims

:01:20. > :01:24.that there's a "humanitarian crisis" in its hospitals.

:01:25. > :01:26.The comments from the British Red Cross come as figures show

:01:27. > :01:30.A departments have had to shut their doors to patients

:01:31. > :01:34.more than 140 times in December because of a lack of beds.

:01:35. > :01:36.This afternoon, the Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn

:01:37. > :01:39.called upon the Government to take urgent action,

:01:40. > :01:41.but NHS England says plans are in place to cope

:01:42. > :01:45.and that talk of any humanitarian crisis is overblown.

:01:46. > :01:51.There are flashing images in Smitha Mundasad's report.

:01:52. > :01:55.Winter pressures in Accident Emergency -

:01:56. > :01:57.some patients waiting a long time to be seen, beds closed

:01:58. > :02:05.But the British Red Cross says the strain on England's hospitals

:02:06. > :02:10.is so great it amounts to a humanitarian crisis.

:02:11. > :02:14.In recent years, Red Cross volunteers have been

:02:15. > :02:17.helping patients at home after spells in hospital.

:02:18. > :02:20.But the charity says that cuts to social care means patients do not

:02:21. > :02:33.Well, the definition of a humanitarian crisis

:02:34. > :02:35.is something that affects a large number of people,

:02:36. > :02:38.their health and well-being, for a prolonged period of time.

:02:39. > :02:40.And the fact is, if you just look at the numbers,

:02:41. > :02:43.more than half a million people who used to receive social care

:02:44. > :02:46.The charity's volunteers says they have seen

:02:47. > :02:50.patients being discharged from hospital without clothing.

:02:51. > :02:54.Others being sent home with no food in their fridge and some have no one

:02:55. > :02:57.to look after them once they have left the ward.

:02:58. > :03:01.Figures from NHS England show that overflowing A departments had

:03:02. > :03:04.to close their doors to new patients more than 140 times

:03:05. > :03:12.Compare that to the same month in 2015 and it is up more than 60%.

:03:13. > :03:17.NHS England denies the situation is at such an extreme breaking point.

:03:18. > :03:22.No, I think that's an overstatement at this stage.

:03:23. > :03:24.Clearly, demand is very high and it's higher

:03:25. > :03:27.than it has ever been, but we have the most comprehensive

:03:28. > :03:29.plans in place that we ever had, but it is very difficult

:03:30. > :03:35.Eyebrows may have been raised by the Red Cross choosing to use

:03:36. > :03:37.words more often used to describe a war-torn country, but last year's

:03:38. > :03:45.figures show there were some 350,000 more visits to A like this one

:03:46. > :03:48.between December and February 2016 and that's a pattern that front line

:03:49. > :03:53.staff are worried is set to get worse.

:03:54. > :03:56.The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, is calling on the Prime Minister

:03:57. > :03:59.to give an urgent statement on Monday about what

:04:00. > :04:07.This is a wake-up call to properly fund our NHS and social care

:04:08. > :04:11.so that those who are in a desperate situation that need care

:04:12. > :04:14.outside of hospital are able to get that care.

:04:15. > :04:17.Local authorities don't have the money to do it.

:04:18. > :04:20.The Department of Health says it has added in extra money for health

:04:21. > :04:25.and social care and put contingency plans in place earlier than usual.

:04:26. > :04:27.Its statistics show that beds are not as full

:04:28. > :04:35.But NHS England's chiefs say staff are facing levels of pressure that

:04:36. > :04:42.It's emerged a British-born woman was among the five victims

:04:43. > :04:46.of a shooting at an airport in Florida yesterday.

:04:47. > :04:51.Olga Woltering - originally from Ipswich but a long term

:04:52. > :04:53.resident of the United States - was killed when a gunman opened

:04:54. > :04:56.fire in the baggage hall of Fort Lauderdale Airport.

:04:57. > :05:04.The suspect Esteban Santiago, was a veteran who served in Iraq,

:05:05. > :05:08.and has a long history of mental health problems.

:05:09. > :05:16.He was also known to the FBI, as Gary O'Donoghue reports.

:05:17. > :05:24.A mother, grandmother, a great-grandmother and a wife.

:05:25. > :05:40.A mother, grandmother, a great-grandmother and wife.

:05:41. > :05:41.Olga Woltering was born in Britain but lived

:05:42. > :05:41.Today, her church in Georgia described her death

:05:42. > :05:41.as a "tragedy" and paid tribute to a joyful, loving person.

:05:42. > :05:42.Also among the dead, 57-year-old Michael Oehme,

:05:43. > :05:42.who was on his way with his wife for a Caribbean cruise.

:05:43. > :05:42.Olga Woltering was born in Britain but lived

:05:43. > :05:51.Today, her church in Georgia described her death

:05:52. > :05:52.Also among the dead, 57-year-old Michael Oehme,

:05:53. > :05:55.who was on his way with his wife for a Caribbean cruise.

:05:56. > :05:57.Three others died in yesterday's carnage.

:05:58. > :05:59.The gunman used a semi-automatic weapon in the baggage hall,

:06:00. > :06:01.scattering terrified passengers, people running for their lives.

:06:02. > :06:03.Once he'd finished shooting, reports say he threw aside

:06:04. > :06:05.his weapon and lay spread-eagled on the ground

:06:06. > :06:08.This is the man police have named as the gunmen.

:06:09. > :06:11.This is the man police have named as the gunman.

:06:12. > :06:13.Esteban Santiago, 26-year-old former member of the military.

:06:14. > :06:20.His family say he'd been receiving psychological

:06:21. > :06:25.August. His aunt has said he was never the same after returning

:06:26. > :06:30.As things started to return to normal at the airport,

:06:31. > :06:33.it's emerged that Santiago had been in touch with the FBI as recently

:06:34. > :06:38.One anonymous source has said he told agents that the Government

:06:39. > :06:43.was ordering him to watch videos from the Islamic State group.

:06:44. > :06:47.The agents themselves noted the erratic behaviour

:06:48. > :06:50.that concerned them and motivated them

:06:51. > :06:54.to call the local authorities to have him taken into custody

:06:55. > :07:04.Questions are also being raised about the ease with which Santiago

:07:05. > :07:07.was able to transport and use his weapon

:07:08. > :07:12.at a supposedly secure a place like an airport.

:07:13. > :07:15.It's legal to put a gun in checked baggage in the US,

:07:16. > :07:23.as long as it's locked in a case and unloaded.

:07:24. > :07:25.But you can carry ammunition in the same case.

:07:26. > :07:27.Santiago will appear on Monday in court on federal charges.

:07:28. > :07:30.But while his motivations will continue to be probed,

:07:31. > :07:33.there are also serious questions about how a man already appeared

:07:34. > :07:37.on the authorities' radar could seemingly go on to commit

:07:38. > :07:44.Gary O'Donoghue, BBC News, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

:07:45. > :07:46.At least 40 people have been killed by a massive bomb

:07:47. > :08:01.No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, although so-called

:08:02. > :08:09.The blast ripped through a central market in the town of Azaz,

:08:10. > :08:09.which lies on the border with Turkey.

:08:10. > :08:10.From neighbouring Lebanon, Alex Forsyth sent this report.

:08:11. > :08:11.Fear, panic and chaos - the aftermath of this

:08:12. > :08:16.Many were killed, others wounded by the attack outside a courthouse

:08:17. > :08:22.in a busy commercial district in the centre of the city.

:08:23. > :08:25.TRANSLATION: A car bomb went off in the city centre near civilians.

:08:26. > :08:30.There are no fighters here, all of them are civilians.

:08:31. > :08:33.As rescue workers searched for survivors and bodies,

:08:34. > :08:40.no-one had claimed responsibility for this attack,

:08:41. > :08:42.but the city is no stranger to such scenes.

:08:43. > :08:44.Azaz is a stronghold of Turkish-backed Syrian rebels

:08:45. > :08:47.involved in a major operation to clear so-called Islamic State

:08:48. > :08:52.from northern Syria, close to the Turkish border.

:08:53. > :08:54.In recent days, Turkish forces and rebels

:08:55. > :09:03.which isn't included in a fragile ceasefire covering much of Syria.

:09:04. > :09:08.Azaz has become home to people who have fled fighting elsewhere.

:09:09. > :09:11.Today's attack shows that, despite the ceasefire largely holding,

:09:12. > :09:15.people in Syria are continuing to die.

:09:16. > :09:22.Donald Trump has said that when he's President,

:09:23. > :09:25.Russia will have far more respect for the US than it does now.

:09:26. > :09:28.The President-elect tweeted that having a good relationship

:09:29. > :09:34.saying only "stupid people or fools would think otherwise."

:09:35. > :09:36.An intelligence report yesterday accused Russia

:09:37. > :09:44.London Underground workers will go on strike tomorrow in industrial

:09:45. > :09:46.action that could affect up to four million commuters.

:09:47. > :09:50.Talks aimed at averting a strike broke down today.

:09:51. > :09:52.Our Business Correspondent Joe Lynam is at King's Cross Station

:09:53. > :10:08.Just over three years ago, London Underground, in an effort to save

:10:09. > :10:14.money, started a process to close the ticketing offices at old 270

:10:15. > :10:19.tube stations in London. 830 posts were closed, including control room

:10:20. > :10:24.staff that monitored CCTV. That was a safety risk too far for the

:10:25. > :10:27.unions, the are empty and DTS as a and they demanded jobs be reinstated

:10:28. > :10:31.in the control room and it hasn't happened at the paste the union

:10:32. > :10:39.wanted and so they have spent the last week with management at the

:10:40. > :10:42.conciliation service ACAS to find a solution. That solution has not been

:10:43. > :10:45.found and that means from 6pm tomorrow, stations in central London

:10:46. > :10:50.will be closed for 24 hours and on Monday morning, millions of people

:10:51. > :10:53.will have a serious issue getting into work and as will the retail

:10:54. > :11:02.sector face problems, because plenty will not be able to get into and out

:11:03. > :11:03.of the city. So the issue is you must plan ahead and if you can, work

:11:04. > :11:07.from home. Thank you very much. The Prime Minister Theresa May

:11:08. > :11:14.is promising to unveil a far-reaching programme of social

:11:15. > :11:14.reform to tackle what she calls the everyday injustices

:11:15. > :11:15.which working families experience. In an article in the Sunday

:11:16. > :11:16.Telegraph, she says that when people voted for Brexit,

:11:17. > :11:19.they also voted to change Our Political Correspondent

:11:20. > :11:25.Carole Walker joins me. I am tempted to say what exactly

:11:26. > :11:29.does she mean? Do we know what more she will be saying? The Prime

:11:30. > :11:32.Minister in this article says the Brexit vote was a quiet revolution

:11:33. > :11:37.from people who feel the system has been stacked against them and she is

:11:38. > :11:40.making it clear her Government, Conservative Government, is prepared

:11:41. > :11:44.to intervene with a wide-ranging programme of social reform. She

:11:45. > :11:48.returns to the theme of those words she spoke when she first entered

:11:49. > :11:58.Downing Street as Prime Minister, talking about tackling the burning

:11:59. > :12:00.injustices and she says the Government is going to go further

:12:01. > :12:02.and tackle the everyday injustices which ordinary working families

:12:03. > :12:05.feel. They may be above the benefit level but they are still finding it

:12:06. > :12:08.difficult to get by. She is making a big speech on Monday, we will hear

:12:09. > :12:12.more about this, we are told this will be a mission statement ahead of

:12:13. > :12:16.announcements on education, industrial strategy, on housing and

:12:17. > :12:20.a cross Government approach on mental health. There is a lot of

:12:21. > :12:25.very ambitious language here but we have heard very little from Theresa

:12:26. > :12:28.May since she became Prime Minister in the six months, very little on

:12:29. > :12:32.her domestic policy, and I think people there will be waiting to see

:12:33. > :12:33.what policies she comes up with and what differences those policies

:12:34. > :12:36.make. Thank you. With all the sport now, here's

:12:37. > :12:38.Karthi at the BBC Sport Centre. Sir Andy Murray's winning run of 28

:12:39. > :12:43.consecutive victories came to an end today when the world number one

:12:44. > :12:47.lost the Qatar Open tennis final The match, which took almost three

:12:48. > :12:51.hours, was described as "physically

:12:52. > :12:55.tough" by both players, but it was Djokovic

:12:56. > :13:10.that won in three sets. Stepping out of the shadows and into

:13:11. > :13:14.the macro tonight, the sport's newest night now knows he faces a

:13:15. > :13:18.battle to keep his name at the top of the game. To do that, sir Andy

:13:19. > :13:22.Murray must keep ahead of world number two Novak Djokovic, something

:13:23. > :13:26.he wasn't able to do in the first set of this, the pair's first final

:13:27. > :13:32.of the year. As sporting rivalries go, there are now few so closely

:13:33. > :13:38.fought anywhere. That, it seemed, wasn't about to change. The first

:13:39. > :13:41.set to the Serbian. And that is where the second and the title also

:13:42. > :13:47.seemed to be heading. Still, Andy Murray has an inner steel with which

:13:48. > :13:50.all of tennis is now familiar, saving three match points before

:13:51. > :13:56.taking the set. These are encounters is worth savouring. But having been

:13:57. > :14:00.hauled back once, Djokovic wouldn't be again, he finally taking his

:14:01. > :14:02.chance and, with it, the tournament. The smile is worth savouring. But

:14:03. > :14:04.having been hauled back once, Djokovic wouldn't be again, he

:14:05. > :14:06.finally taking his chance and, with it, the tournament. The smiles

:14:07. > :14:08.perhaps don't tell the full story. This is a rivalry that could define

:14:09. > :14:10.the tennis year ahead. It's time to pop out of the room

:14:11. > :14:13.if you don't want to know what happened in today's FA Cup

:14:14. > :14:15.third round games, as Match of the Day

:14:16. > :14:18.follows soon on BBC One. Wayne Rooney equalled

:14:19. > :14:19.Sir Bobby Charlton's record as Manchester United's all-time

:14:20. > :14:23.leading goalscorer with his 249th goal for the club,

:14:24. > :14:27.as United beat Reading 4-0. The FA Cup holders are through

:14:28. > :14:32.to the fourth round as are Millwall - at the expense of

:14:33. > :14:37.Premier League side, Bournemouth. Millwall, from League One,

:14:38. > :14:42.were 3-0 winners. The results of all of

:14:43. > :14:45.today's 25 FA Cup games Leicester City won

:14:46. > :14:47.their all-Premier-League Arsenal were given a scare

:14:48. > :14:51.by Preston North End, who took an early lead,

:14:52. > :14:54.but Arsenal booked their place in the fourth round for a 21st

:14:55. > :14:56.consecutive year Championship club Wolves knocked out

:14:57. > :15:05.the Premier League's Stoke City. While Stourbridge, the lowest-ranked

:15:06. > :15:07.club still in the competition, were only beaten by a late

:15:08. > :15:10.Wycombe Wanderers winner. Sir Mo Farah finished

:15:11. > :15:11.in seventh place The two-time double Olympic champion

:15:12. > :15:17.struggled through the 8km Great Edinburgh Cross Country course

:15:18. > :15:20.and admitted he's "a little bit behind" in his preparations

:15:21. > :15:24.for the year ahead, which includes Today's race was won

:15:25. > :15:31.by America's Leonard Korir. You can see more on all of today's

:15:32. > :16:01.stories on the BBC News Channel. Good evening. A few wintry flurries

:16:02. > :16:04.in the forecast later next week but nowhere near the level of snow we

:16:05. > :16:05.have seen in south-east Europe today.