:00:20. > :00:24.The Prime Minister, Theresa May, says she has "absolute faith"
:00:25. > :00:27.in the Trident nuclear missile system, despite claims
:00:28. > :00:29.that an unarmed test firing veered off course.
:00:30. > :00:32.It's claimed an unarmed rocket fired from HMS Vengeance
:00:33. > :00:35.in the Atlantic Ocean shot off in the direction of
:00:36. > :00:40.But on the BBC's Andrew Marr programme this morning, Mrs May
:00:41. > :00:44.declined to answer if she'd been made aware of the incident before
:00:45. > :00:46.a crucial vote on the future of the Trident programme
:00:47. > :00:53.in Parliament, as Daniel Boettcher reports.
:00:54. > :00:55.This is what the launch of a Trident missile looks like.
:00:56. > :01:00.Last June, the Royal Navy carried out what it calls
:01:01. > :01:02.a routine unarmed test launch from HMS Vengeance.
:01:03. > :01:04.But according to the Sunday Times, it went wrong.
:01:05. > :01:06.The paper says the submarine was about
:01:07. > :01:13.It was due to fire the missile 5600 miles to a location of the West
:01:14. > :01:19.Instead, the paper says it may have veered off in
:01:20. > :01:23.That was just weeks before a vote in parliament to renew
:01:24. > :01:25.Britain's ageing Vanguard submarines.
:01:26. > :01:27.Today, the Prime Minister was asked four times if she
:01:28. > :01:30.had known about the alleged incident when she had made a statement on
:01:31. > :01:37.The issue we were talking about in the House
:01:38. > :01:41.It was about whether or not we should renew Trident, whether we
:01:42. > :01:45.should look to the future and have a replacement Trident.
:01:46. > :01:49.That is what we were talking about in the House of Commons.
:01:50. > :01:52.That is what the House of Commons voted for.
:01:53. > :01:56.He doesn't want to defend our country with an
:01:57. > :02:01.There are tests that take place all the time
:02:02. > :02:12.What we were talking about was the future.
:02:13. > :02:16.The paper says there had been four previous Trident tests since 2000.
:02:17. > :02:19.In the past, the MoD has issued a press release and video of
:02:20. > :02:26.The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has accused the Prime Minister of
:02:27. > :02:29.not telling the public about the alleged misfiring.
:02:30. > :02:32.I think this failure is something that ought to
:02:33. > :02:36.pause everyone for a moment and just think what happened.
:02:37. > :02:39.We understand the Prime Minister chose not to
:02:40. > :02:42.inform Parliament about this and it has come out through the media
:02:43. > :02:45.It is a pretty catastrophic error when a missile
:02:46. > :02:54.While the Ministry of Defence is the test launch was a success
:02:55. > :02:57.for the crew and the boat, it has not denied the report
:02:58. > :02:59.that the missile itself might have veered off course.
:03:00. > :03:01.But it does say the capability and effectiveness
:03:02. > :03:07.of the Trident missile is unquestionable.
:03:08. > :03:12.The Prime Minister has also confirmed she'll visit America
:03:13. > :03:16.to meet President Trump on Friday - the first world leader to meet him
:03:17. > :03:19.Mrs May said Britain's "special relationship" with the US
:03:20. > :03:22.would allow her to speak up to say she disagrees with some
:03:23. > :03:25.Here's our political correspondent, Susanna Mendonca.
:03:26. > :03:28.As Britain pulls away from its ties with the European Union, it is
:03:29. > :03:36.looking to rekindle old alliances with a brand-new American president.
:03:37. > :03:43.The special relationship between the UK and the US has been
:03:44. > :03:47.We will have the opportunity to talk about our future
:03:48. > :03:51.possible trading relationship, but also some of the world challenges
:03:52. > :03:53.that we will face, issues like defeating terrorism,
:03:54. > :03:57.Comparisons will be drawn to another female British Prime
:03:58. > :03:59.Minister who forged a close relationship with
:04:00. > :04:02.Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher were united in
:04:03. > :04:06.their free trade aims back in the 1980s,
:04:07. > :04:07.and it has been reported that
:04:08. > :04:10.Donald Trump has already referred Theresa May is his Maggie.
:04:11. > :04:13.But no previous US president has been so
:04:14. > :04:24.In particular with women, who turned out in their hundreds of thousands
:04:25. > :04:27.to protest against him in America yesterday and in cities including
:04:28. > :04:30.Mrs May wouldn't be drawn on whether she plans to challenge Mr
:04:31. > :04:33.Trump on the things he has said about women.
:04:34. > :04:35.I think the biggest statement that will be made about
:04:36. > :04:39.the role of women is the fact that I will be there as a female Prime
:04:40. > :04:41.Minister, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, talking to him
:04:42. > :04:51.directly about the interest that we share.
:04:52. > :04:54.No longer back of the queue on trade, Mrs May's focus in her talks
:04:55. > :04:56.with Mr Trump will be on building a future
:04:57. > :04:59.trade deal with the US after Britain leaves the EU.
:05:00. > :05:01.He and people around him have also spoken about
:05:02. > :05:03.the importance of a trade arrangement with the United Kingdom,
:05:04. > :05:07.and that that is something they are looking to talk to us about
:05:08. > :05:11.I would expect to be able to talk to him about that
:05:12. > :05:13.alongside the other issues I will discuss with him
:05:14. > :05:17.If Mr Trump's inauguration speech is anything to
:05:18. > :05:19.go by, though, he is more focused on protectionism than free-trade,
:05:20. > :05:21.insisting that he will put America first.
:05:22. > :05:24.So critics say the Government should be cautious about putting US
:05:25. > :05:31.No trade agreement with America, however ambitious, can replace
:05:32. > :05:33.or match what we are potentially going to lose on our
:05:34. > :05:37.As Brexit negotiations loom, though, Mrs May knows that she needs trade
:05:38. > :05:41.This week's meeting with the US president is a
:05:42. > :05:51.At least 36 people have been killed and many more injured after a train
:05:52. > :05:54.derailed in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
:05:55. > :05:56.Many people are still trapped in the wreckage and it's feared
:05:57. > :06:01.It's not yet clear what caused the train to derail, but police
:06:02. > :06:06.are investigating claims the track could have been tampered with.
:06:07. > :06:09.The former president of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, has flown into exile -
:06:10. > :06:14.22 years after taking control of the west African state in a coup.
:06:15. > :06:18.He sparked a political crisis when he refused
:06:19. > :06:20.to accept the outcome of the country's election.
:06:21. > :06:22.Jammeh finally agreed to hand over power to the winner
:06:23. > :06:24.after the leaders of neighbouring countries threatened
:06:25. > :06:31.Many councils in England are taking far too long to determine patients'
:06:32. > :06:34.needs so they can be discharged from hospital.
:06:35. > :06:37.Guidelines say the assessment should be done within six weeks -
:06:38. > :06:40.but a report for the health watchdog Healthwatch England has found
:06:41. > :06:46.Smitha Mundasad is outside St Thomas' Hospital in central London.
:06:47. > :07:01.Four weeks, we have been hearing from accident and emergency is
:07:02. > :07:06.experiencing extreme winter pressure, from hospital saying they
:07:07. > :07:09.cannot admit people into hospital because they cannot discharge people
:07:10. > :07:14.home because they don't have the social care they need at home, or
:07:15. > :07:18.can't get into residential care. Healthwatch England now says there
:07:19. > :07:22.was another part of this problem, that people are waiting too long to
:07:23. > :07:27.get those initial assessment from local councils to see if they are
:07:28. > :07:33.eligible for care, for example help at home if they cannot walk, or help
:07:34. > :07:39.getting into residential care. Their investigation found data was patchy.
:07:40. > :07:45.People waited on average between two days and 52 days to get the initial
:07:46. > :07:50.assessment, and then maybe months to get the care they need. In one case
:07:51. > :07:54.they found someone waited nearly two years for an initial assessment, and
:07:55. > :07:59.they say things need to change. There is no statutory time, but the
:08:00. > :08:04.local government ombudsman says between four and six weeks is
:08:05. > :08:09.reasonable. The government says it is putting 900 million of additional
:08:10. > :08:13.funding into adult social care in the next two years, and says it will
:08:14. > :08:17.challenge local authorities that do not give care in a timely fashion.
:08:18. > :08:19.Thank you. The time new cars are allowed
:08:20. > :08:22.on Britain's roads before they need an MOT could go up from
:08:23. > :08:24.three to four years, The Department for Transport said
:08:25. > :08:27.safer technology and improved manufacturing means new vehicles
:08:28. > :08:29.stay roadworthy for longer. The change, which could come
:08:30. > :08:32.in from 2018, would bring Britain in line with Northern Ireland
:08:33. > :08:35.and many other European countries. Andy Murray is out of
:08:36. > :08:37.the Australian Open, after a shock defeat by a player
:08:38. > :08:42.ranked 50 in the world. The world number one
:08:43. > :08:44.lost his fourth round match to Germany's Mischa Zverev in four
:08:45. > :08:49.sets, as Ben Croucher reports. With Novak Djokovic out,
:08:50. > :08:51.the path for Andy Murray to win the Australian Open had become
:08:52. > :08:55.a little clearer. Blocking his path, though,
:08:56. > :08:57.was the imposing figure of Germany's Mischa Zverev,
:08:58. > :09:00.earning the biggest win of his career and arguably one
:09:01. > :09:03.of the most surprising When the world number
:09:04. > :09:07.50 took the first set, Murray knew it wasn't
:09:08. > :09:09.going to be as smooth And although Murray levelled
:09:10. > :09:13.the match, he was fast Zverev had one main idea -
:09:14. > :09:18.serve and volley, and it was a specialty he was frustrating
:09:19. > :09:22.Murray with to go a set clear again. The top seed, though,
:09:23. > :09:24.is a specialist in dealing with adversity,
:09:25. > :09:26.and he wasn't about It's Murray's earliest exit
:09:27. > :09:33.in Melbourne in eight years, Who will win the title now
:09:34. > :09:38.is anything but clear. You can see more on all of today's
:09:39. > :09:45.stories on the BBC News Channel. The next news on BBC One
:09:46. > :10:09.is at six o'clock. We have had high pressure keeping us
:10:10. > :10:14.fairly settled in the past week, but it is seen being quite varied, the
:10:15. > :10:18.weather. We have seen some hard frost in recent days. Some have been
:10:19. > :10:19.quite funny at times in