0:00:05 > 0:00:08A 12-hour attack on a major hotel in the Afghan capital ends
0:00:08 > 0:00:15with the deaths of 19 people.
0:00:16 > 0:00:1814 of the dead were foreigners, thought to have been
0:00:18 > 0:00:20deliberately targeted.
0:00:20 > 0:00:28The Taliban says it carried out the attack.
0:00:29 > 0:00:35Is your relationship with her over? I'm not making any comments.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37More questions for the Ukip leader, Henry Bolton,
0:00:37 > 0:00:39over his personal life, as he faces a vote of
0:00:39 > 0:00:40no-confidence from his party.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42An eight-year-old is stabbed to death in the West Midlands,
0:00:42 > 0:00:45in what police are describing as a 'domestic incident'.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Heavy rain brings flooding and mudslides to South West England;
0:00:47 > 0:00:49elsewhere, snow and ice cause problems on the roads.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52And in Australia, British number two Kyle Edmund reaches his first
0:00:52 > 0:01:00Grand Slam quarterfinal.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Good evening.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17The authorities in Afghanistan now say that 14 foreigners and four
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Afghan nationals were killed in an attack on an international
0:01:20 > 0:01:22hotel in the capital Kabul.
0:01:22 > 0:01:30After heavy fighting that lasted 12 hours,
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Afghan special forces took control of the Intercontinental Hotel,
0:01:36 > 0:01:38killing the gunmen who stormed it yesterday evening.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40More than 150 people managed to escape, or were rescued.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42The Taliban says it carried out the attack.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Our correspondent Zia Shahreyar reports from Kabul.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46EXPLOSION.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49The final moments of a fight that had lasted all night.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51GUNFIRE.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Gunfire and explosions, as Afghan special forces
0:01:53 > 0:01:58battle to regain control of the Intercontinental Hotel.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01One soldier throws a grenade.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03He moves away, then the explosion.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08EXPLOSION.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10The room is soon on fire, evidence of the struggle
0:02:10 > 0:02:14that had taken place.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16The Afghan national flag waving from the roof,
0:02:16 > 0:02:22proof that the building has been retaken.
0:02:26 > 0:02:33We are in the area, you can see the Hotel Intercontinental on the hill
0:02:33 > 0:02:38in Kabul, and as you can see part of the hotel was burned, and black soot
0:02:38 > 0:02:41has blackened the southern part of the hotel.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43More than 150 people, including some foreigners,
0:02:43 > 0:02:44were inside yesterday evening, when gunmen burst
0:02:44 > 0:02:46in and opened fire.
0:02:46 > 0:02:53Eyewitnesses said they were after foreigners.
0:02:55 > 0:03:01TRANSLATION:
0:03:01 > 0:03:02They killed ordinary people and officials,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04they were also targeting foreigners.
0:03:04 > 0:03:13These images, filmed by local TV, showed people escaping by climbing
0:03:13 > 0:03:15down bed sheets that they'd tied to balconies.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17This telecoms engineer fell from the sixth floor
0:03:17 > 0:03:19as he tried to get away.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21TRANSLATION:When the sixth floor caught fire this morning,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24my roommate told me either burn or escape.
0:03:24 > 0:03:29my roommate told me to either burn or escape.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32I got a bed sheet and tied it to the balcony.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35I tried to come down, but I was heavy, and my arms
0:03:35 > 0:03:36were not strong enough.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38I fell down, and injured my shoulder and leg.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41This has been probably the deadliest attack on foreign civilians
0:03:41 > 0:03:42in Kabul since the US invasion of Afghanistan.
0:03:42 > 0:03:47We've been told that the attackers spoke local languages,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49and shouted at Afghans to be separated from foreign
0:03:49 > 0:03:52nationalities.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54This sustained and complex assault will prompt urgent questions
0:03:54 > 0:03:57as to how the gunmen got through.
0:03:57 > 0:04:03Zia Shahreyar, BBC News, Kabul.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Ukip's National Executive Committee has backed a vote of no confidence
0:04:07 > 0:04:10in the party leader Henry Bolton, as he faces further questions
0:04:10 > 0:04:12over his personal life.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15After a brief relationship with Jo Marney - whose texts
0:04:15 > 0:04:17about Meghan Markle became public - he says his personal life shouldn't
0:04:17 > 0:04:20affect his political career.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23The party membership will now be asked to vote on his future.
0:04:23 > 0:04:30Here's our political correspondent Ben Wright.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34I'm not making any comment.Shortly before you get's top brass met to
0:04:34 > 0:04:39discuss their Bellego leader's fate, Henry Bolton came out fighting.You
0:04:39 > 0:04:43could say at that point the National Executive Committee of my own body
0:04:43 > 0:04:47don't have confidence in me and I should stand down.I could do but I
0:04:47 > 0:04:54went.It is his fleeting relationship with 25-year-old Jo
0:04:54 > 0:04:58Marney that has got notice. Last week he dropped his new girlfriend,
0:04:58 > 0:05:02after it emerged she had sent reportedly racist text messages
0:05:02 > 0:05:06about Prince Harry's fiance, Meghan Markle, but the two of them were
0:05:06 > 0:05:10then spotted out at a London bar. Are we now talking about this
0:05:10 > 0:05:15leadership thing being a moral court, as to the state of my
0:05:15 > 0:05:19marriage and personal relationships? What is important to the 17.4
0:05:19 > 0:05:23million people who voted to leave the European union is that this
0:05:23 > 0:05:25country gets back its independence from Brussels and we can move
0:05:25 > 0:05:30forward on that basis.Henry Bolton became the fourth Ukip leader in a
0:05:30 > 0:05:34year, and promised to bring fresh focus to the fractious and
0:05:34 > 0:05:38floundering party, but even some of its leading figures think it could
0:05:38 > 0:05:42now be curtains for Ukip.If we have a situation where we were wiped out
0:05:42 > 0:05:46in the county council elections and then in the general elections, if we
0:05:46 > 0:05:50wiped out again in the district elections too, then maybe people
0:05:50 > 0:05:54will have to get around the table and say is the electric trying to
0:05:54 > 0:05:57tell us something, and is that thank you very much and good night?
0:05:57 > 0:06:02Earlier this the Ukip National executive agreed to have a meeting
0:06:02 > 0:06:07about their leader 's recent antics. Today's Ukip meeting has been held
0:06:07 > 0:06:10in huge secrecy and after a lot of digging we found out it is being
0:06:10 > 0:06:15held here in the office of the Ukip general secretary, Paul Oakley, a
0:06:15 > 0:06:18barrister. This meeting will determine possibly Henry Bolton's
0:06:18 > 0:06:23fate. He went in it insisting he would not quit but it is clear that
0:06:23 > 0:06:28many want him to go. And after three hours of talks coming Ukip 's Mac
0:06:28 > 0:06:33chairman emerged with the verdict. They decided to take a vote of
0:06:33 > 0:06:38no-confidence in Henry Bolton as our leader. That vote was carried
0:06:38 > 0:06:43unanimously with the exception of Henry Bolton himself will stopthat
0:06:43 > 0:06:46doesn't mean Henry Bolton is forced to go today and there will now be an
0:06:46 > 0:06:49emergency general meeting of party members to decide his fate. Ben
0:06:49 > 0:06:54Wright, BBC News.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57An eight-year-old girl, who died after being found with stab wounds,
0:06:57 > 0:06:59near Walsall, has been named by West Midlands Police
0:06:59 > 0:07:00as Mylee Billingham.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02A 54-year-old man has been arrested.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06Liz Copper reports.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Eight-year-old Mylee Billingham who's died
0:07:08 > 0:07:11in what police are describing as a tragic set of circumstances.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Floral tributes have been placed outside the bungalow in Brownhills
0:07:13 > 0:07:15where police were called last night.
0:07:15 > 0:07:20Neighbours described their shock, as officers arrived.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23I never in my wildest dreams would ever see down the street...
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Everybody was shocked, because, down here, it's quiet,
0:07:25 > 0:07:27you know what I mean?
0:07:27 > 0:07:31A 54-year-old man has been arrested in connection with this incident.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34He was taken to hospital with a stab wound to the stomach,
0:07:34 > 0:07:39and his condition is described as critical.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42As forensics experts continue their enquiries,
0:07:42 > 0:07:44police say they are treating this as a domestic incident,
0:07:44 > 0:07:46and aren't looking for anybody else in connection
0:07:46 > 0:07:48with the investigation.
0:07:48 > 0:07:56Liz Kopper, BBC News, Brownhills.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Turkish troops have crossed the border into northern Syria
0:08:00 > 0:08:02in a significant escalation of their battle against
0:08:02 > 0:08:03a Kurdish militia.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06The Turkish president has said he hopes the offensive will be brief.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08The Kurdish YPG militia is backed by the United States
0:08:08 > 0:08:10but viewed by Turkey as a terrorist organisation.
0:08:10 > 0:08:17Our correspondent Mark Lowen sent this report from the border area.
0:08:17 > 0:08:24As if Syria needed more of this. Artillery fire from Turkey,
0:08:24 > 0:08:28launching a new ground and air offensive. It's called operation
0:08:28 > 0:08:33olive branch, though it's anything but a gesture of peace. From the
0:08:33 > 0:08:38skies, Turkish F-16s struck yesterday, their target, the Syrian
0:08:38 > 0:08:42Kurdish militia known as the YPG. Turkey sees them as terrace, linked
0:08:42 > 0:08:47to the outlawed Kurdish militants, the PKK, and it once them pushed
0:08:47 > 0:08:52back from the border town of Afrin. Turkey's president has his own
0:08:52 > 0:08:57troops fighting for their hero, and with elections next week -- next
0:08:57 > 0:09:03year, war rallies his Conservative supporters. TRANSLATION:This is a
0:09:03 > 0:09:06national struggle, and in this national struggle we will crush
0:09:06 > 0:09:12anyone who stands against us.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14anyone who stands against us.But the YPG has powerful friends, they
0:09:14 > 0:09:19are trained and armed by the US. That has infuriated Turkey, which
0:09:19 > 0:09:24says the Americans have chosen terrace over their Nato ally. In the
0:09:24 > 0:09:28hills beside the border, we found a further build-up, as the offensive
0:09:28 > 0:09:32shows no further sign of ending. Every few minutes you hear the thud
0:09:32 > 0:09:36of an artillery strike. Turkey has clearly committed militarily to this
0:09:36 > 0:09:40operation and has widespread popular support here, but if the Turks
0:09:40 > 0:09:45suffer losses or civilian casualties grow, that could change. And the
0:09:45 > 0:09:50risk is clear. This border town was hit by a rocket, said to be from the
0:09:50 > 0:09:54YPG, killing one and injuring more. Turkey is on dangerous ground, and a
0:09:54 > 0:10:00long, costly offensive is only just beginning. Mark Lowen, BBC News on
0:10:00 > 0:10:02the Turkey Syrian border.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Thousands of people are expected to turn out in Las Vegas shortly
0:10:05 > 0:10:08for the main American rally on a weekend of women's marches, one
0:10:08 > 0:10:10year on from those that took place as President Trump was inaugurated.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Demonstrations have already been held in London,
0:10:12 > 0:10:15where hundreds gathered outside Downing Street, and in Paris.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18The message at both - time is up on sexual
0:10:18 > 0:10:19harassment and abuse.
0:10:19 > 0:10:26Let's join our correspondent Rajini Vaidyanathan in Las Vegas.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31What are you expecting there?Well, if last year was all about
0:10:31 > 0:10:35protesting the fact Donald Trump had just taken office, then this year is
0:10:35 > 0:10:38all about protesting his policies in his first year. Now many women here
0:10:38 > 0:10:43say they are concerned about his agenda on issues like immigration,
0:10:43 > 0:10:48health care and reproductive rights, which they say adversely impacts
0:10:48 > 0:10:52women. Others here say that in the wake of the meat to moment, they
0:10:52 > 0:10:56want changes. Many say they are survivors of sexual harassment and
0:10:56 > 0:11:05violence. If last Joe was a rallying cry, then this year is all about
0:11:05 > 0:11:10getting things done. So one -- if last year, is getting women to
0:11:10 > 0:11:14register to vote and perhaps even run for office. But don't forget,
0:11:14 > 0:11:19Donald Trump won with a majority of white women voters. There are plenty
0:11:19 > 0:11:22of women in America who think he is doing a good job, so this event is
0:11:22 > 0:11:26of course a reminder that in America women's rights and women's issues
0:11:26 > 0:11:29are a very divisive topic here.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Extreme weather has affected several parts of the UK today,
0:11:31 > 0:11:34with flooding and mudslides in South west England and snow and ice
0:11:34 > 0:11:35causing problems elsewhere.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38The Met Office has issued yellow "be aware" warnings for Scotland,
0:11:38 > 0:11:40north Wales, most of England and Northern Ireland.
0:11:40 > 0:11:46Phil Bodmer reports.
0:11:48 > 0:11:53After the snow came the rain, and with it, flooding. The south-west
0:11:53 > 0:11:59bearing the brunt. Police say a number of roads are affected by
0:11:59 > 0:12:05flood water and mud slides, like here in Mudeford, North Devon. At
0:12:05 > 0:12:08the Jack Russell in at swing bridge near Barnstaple, they were surveying
0:12:08 > 0:12:15the damage caused by the flooding. The kitchen's just as bad. We've
0:12:15 > 0:12:20turned everything.Emergency services helped others. This flood
0:12:20 > 0:12:26water rose in Barnstaple and Kuhn Martin. In Scotland, two climbers
0:12:26 > 0:12:30were airlifted to safety in the Highlands. The pair were winched to
0:12:30 > 0:12:35safety from 3000 feet after a night on the mountain in Glencoe. Glasgow
0:12:35 > 0:12:40airport closed for a brief period this afternoon, so that the runway
0:12:40 > 0:12:46could be cleared, after some very heavy snow. Well, tonight, much of
0:12:46 > 0:12:50Britain remains in winter's icy grip. Here in Leeds, gritting teams
0:12:50 > 0:12:54have been working nonstop to keep the road network sorted, with
0:12:54 > 0:12:58temperatures hovering around 0 degrees. Northern England also
0:12:58 > 0:13:05experienced heavy snow. This was further land in South Yorkshire. In
0:13:05 > 0:13:10Sheffield, drivers left their cars at home. With forecasters predicting
0:13:10 > 0:13:13milder conditions ahead, there may be some better news for commuters
0:13:13 > 0:13:17next week. Phil Bodman, BBC News.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19A former Premier League footballer is about to become
0:13:19 > 0:13:21president of the West African nation of Liberia.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24George Weah - who played for Chelsea and Manchester City -
0:13:24 > 0:13:27told the BBC he was ready to meet the expectations of his people.
0:13:27 > 0:13:28He will be sworn in tomorrow.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31His victory is the latest extraordinary chapter in Liberia's
0:13:31 > 0:13:35emergence from the horrors of civil war.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39From the capital, Monrovia, here's our Africa Editor, Fergal Keane.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42A fanfare for the people's man who rose from the slums to become
0:13:42 > 0:13:50an international football star, and now president of his country.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53How are you doing?
0:13:53 > 0:13:55George Weah is the face of a changing nation.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58For the first time in over 70 years, power is being transferred between
0:13:58 > 0:14:02democratically elected leaders.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Can you possibly be as successful a president as a footballer?
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Well, you only look at me as a former footballer,
0:14:07 > 0:14:10but I am a human being.
0:14:10 > 0:14:18I strive to be excellent, and I can be successful.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25COMMENTATOR:George Weah, he has one to contend with,
0:14:25 > 0:14:26he plays a 1-2, George Weah!
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Today he was leading a team of friends against an army selection.
0:14:29 > 0:14:30And still scoring.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33It was in Europe, playing for teams like Chelsea and AC Milan,
0:14:33 > 0:14:34that he became a legend.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Fifa Footballer of the Year.
0:14:38 > 0:14:39George Weah inherits a nation still struggling
0:14:39 > 0:14:42with the legacy of war.
0:14:42 > 0:14:48Nearly two thirds of the population live below the poverty line.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50In Claratown, the slum where he grew up, they are hoping
0:14:50 > 0:14:55he will bring jobs, health care, housing.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58When you come here to the streets where George Weah grew up,
0:14:58 > 0:15:01the scale of problems facing Liberia is very clear.
0:15:01 > 0:15:06For any kind of meaningful change to take place, peace is essential,
0:15:06 > 0:15:08and this is a generation that has grown up without knowing war,
0:15:08 > 0:15:15in a country that was once a byword for anarchy.
0:15:15 > 0:15:23In 14 years of war, a quarter of a million people were killed.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Child soldiers like Joseph Duo became symbols of pitiless violence.
0:15:27 > 0:15:35Today, he's one of those looking to George Weah in hope.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Like his nation, Joseph is scarred by the past
0:15:40 > 0:15:43but determined not to repeat it.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Doing homework with his children, Joseph's life challenges those
0:15:50 > 0:15:53who would write off a nation, even a continent, has failed.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55who would write off a nation, even a continent, as failed.
0:15:55 > 0:16:02What do you hope George Weah can do for you?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04We hope he will design programmes and bring investors,
0:16:04 > 0:16:08Joseph tells me, so there will be jobs, and we can have a better
0:16:08 > 0:16:09Liberia than before.
0:16:09 > 0:16:10Expectations are high.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Can George Weah possibly meet them, I asked?
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Whether or not I am going to meet the expectations,
0:16:14 > 0:16:16because the one thing, when people love you,
0:16:16 > 0:16:18you have to strive for them.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20The Liberians love me, for what I have done before
0:16:20 > 0:16:28in my life, and to make sure that, OK, I am going to do it again.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Football teaches that you can't succeed alone,
0:16:30 > 0:16:34and the new president has the people on-side.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36But, more than anything now, George Weah is going
0:16:36 > 0:16:40to need their patience.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Fergal Keane, BBC News, Monrovia.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44With all the sport, here's Lizzie Greenwood Hughes
0:16:44 > 0:16:49at the BBC Sport Centre.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Hello, good evening. England's cricketers have bounced back from
0:16:52 > 0:16:55their comprehensive Ashes defeat by winning the one-day series against
0:16:55 > 0:17:01Australia with two games to spare. Under the guidance of Eoin Morgan,
0:17:01 > 0:17:06England's short form game continues to thrive. Yet recently the captain
0:17:06 > 0:17:11himself has struggled for runs. His, one of six wickets that fell, with
0:17:11 > 0:17:14the score looking unfavourable for the tourists. Jos Buttler and Chris
0:17:14 > 0:17:19Woakes Sciustree and change that, as the pair dominated proceedings. --
0:17:19 > 0:17:24soon change that. The final over of the innings delivered a half-century
0:17:24 > 0:17:30for Woakes, and all three figures Reading Buttler. 303 sets victory, a
0:17:30 > 0:17:35target Aaron Finch fancy chasing down, showing authority attack. But
0:17:35 > 0:17:38the real power on the field lies elsewhere. The umpires wanted to
0:17:38 > 0:17:42check their decision to give Steve Smith out. Replays were somewhat
0:17:42 > 0:17:48inconclusive. But their opinion was the one that mattered, not Smith's.
0:17:48 > 0:17:53His team still kept up the attack. Marcus Stoinis set up a nervy end,
0:17:53 > 0:17:57but when he departed, England made sure their winning run would
0:17:57 > 0:18:06continue. Kyle Edmund says you have to believe, after reaching his first
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Grand Slam quarterfinal. The British and the two came from a set down to
0:18:09 > 0:18:16make it to the last eight of the Australian Open tennis.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Carrying the hopes of a nation is no easy task, but in the absence of
0:18:20 > 0:18:27Andy Murray, Britain has a new flag bearer. Kyle Edmund Fozz eyes has
0:18:27 > 0:18:31been steady, his form here spectacular. They did seem that was
0:18:31 > 0:18:34about to change when against Andreas Seppi, he lost the opening set and
0:18:34 > 0:18:39went down a break of serve in the second. He was however quick to
0:18:39 > 0:18:42respond, a switch of shoes coinciding with a change in
0:18:42 > 0:18:49fortunes, and there was no looking back. A decade Seppi's Junior, yet
0:18:49 > 0:18:53Edmund is the higher ranked and soon the Gulf in age and quality became
0:18:53 > 0:18:57apparent. Both men were bidding to reach a made in Grand Slam
0:18:57 > 0:19:01quarterfinal, though only one had the power and poised to get there.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05Edmund becoming the first British man other than Murray to make the
0:19:05 > 0:19:10last eight in Melbourne since 1985. Hopefully we have more British here
0:19:10 > 0:19:14in the future, so, yeah, for me personally I am very happy to get
0:19:14 > 0:19:17through and keep doing my best, and I know people at home are waking up
0:19:17 > 0:19:22at silly hours in the morning, so I am just grateful for that.Edmonds
0:19:22 > 0:19:26now faces the world number three, Grigor Dimitrov. Whatever the
0:19:26 > 0:19:33outcome, Britain appears to have a new start to celebrate. Watford have
0:19:33 > 0:19:37blamed Everton's interest in manager Marco Silva as their reason for
0:19:37 > 0:19:42sacking him this morning. They are expecting to appoint Javi Gracia
0:19:42 > 0:19:48tomorrow. Meanwhile, Southampton are still in the bottom three. Harry
0:19:48 > 0:19:55Kane scored the Spurs goal and only needs one more to reach 100 in the
0:19:55 > 0:20:00Premier League or someone very late goal at Tynecastle gifted Hearts a
0:20:00 > 0:20:06place in the Scottish Cup next round against Hibs. Plenty more sport on
0:20:06 > 0:20:09the website, including how Saracens scraped into the quarterfinals of
0:20:09 > 0:20:15the European Champions Cup but for me, for now, goodbye.