0:00:06 > 0:00:09Six people are injured in a series of drive-by shootings in Italy -
0:00:09 > 0:00:12which targeted immigrants.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15One victim is critically ill - the authorities say a right-wing
0:00:15 > 0:00:20extremist carried out the attacks.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22They arrested a supporter of the far right Northern League
0:00:22 > 0:00:25movement at the scene.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Italy's Prime Minister has called on his nation
0:00:27 > 0:00:30to unite against extremism.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34Also tonight: No new spending on services -
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Northamptonshire County Council imposes emergency
0:00:36 > 0:00:40financial controls.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43More sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein -
0:00:43 > 0:00:48police say another two women have made complaints about him in the UK.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52And Wales thrash Scotland in the opening match of this year's
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Six Nations Championship.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58While Ireland secure victory with the last kick of the game -
0:00:58 > 0:01:06in their match against France.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Good evening.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Italy's Prime Minister has insisted that hate and violence will not
0:01:25 > 0:01:29divide his country - after a series of drive-by shootings
0:01:29 > 0:01:34which the police say were motivated by racism.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Six people, all of African descent, were injured in the town
0:01:36 > 0:01:40of Macerata, in central Italy.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Police have arrested a 28-year-old man, who is a supporter
0:01:42 > 0:01:46of the far-right, anti-immigrant Northern League.
0:01:46 > 0:01:54From Italy, James Reynolds reports.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02One man, a young Italian armed with a pistol, turned the Italian city of
0:02:02 > 0:02:09Macerata into a terrifying place. The gunman drove and fired at anyone
0:02:09 > 0:02:14who appeared to be a migrant from Africa. There was no time for his
0:02:14 > 0:02:21targets to hide.I was passing by at this point to go and buy cigarettes,
0:02:21 > 0:02:26when they shot me on my legs this morning, you know, so the person
0:02:26 > 0:02:30inside the car was shooting, you know. I didn't see his face.During
0:02:30 > 0:02:35the attack the authorities posted warnings instructing the city's
0:02:35 > 0:02:42residents to stay inside. The gunman was arrested when he got out of his
0:02:42 > 0:02:47car. He was draped in an Italian flag. Witnesses say they'd seen him
0:02:47 > 0:02:57give a fascist salute. He is identified as a 28-year-old man. The
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Italian media reports he had been a candidate for the anti-immigrant
0:03:00 > 0:03:06Northern League party in local elections held in 2017.
0:03:06 > 0:03:11TRANSLATION:Heinous crimes will be punished. Criminal behaviour does
0:03:11 > 0:03:15not have any ideological motivation. Criminals are criminals. The states
0:03:15 > 0:03:18will be particularly severe towards anyone who feeds a spiral of
0:03:18 > 0:03:27violence.This attack comes at a time of high anxiety in the city of
0:03:27 > 0:03:31Macerata. Earlier in the week the dismembered body of a young Italian
0:03:31 > 0:03:35woman was found. The Nigerian migrant was arrested in connection
0:03:35 > 0:03:40with her death. Now migrants have been injured in this drive-by
0:03:40 > 0:03:47shooting. The country now heads into next month's general election with
0:03:47 > 0:03:51always on its mind.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55And James Reynolds joins us from Rome.
0:03:55 > 0:04:01These attacks coming at a time when the country is divided over the
0:04:01 > 0:04:04issue of immigration?Immigration has now become the central issue in
0:04:04 > 0:04:11the Italian general election campaign. Voters will have to pick
0:04:11 > 0:04:15the government on March four. The right-wing opposition, a coalition
0:04:15 > 0:04:17of forces which includes the anti-immigrant Northern League, has
0:04:17 > 0:04:21decided to make migration its main issue. It reminds people that over
0:04:21 > 0:04:28the last four years around 600,000 migrants, most of those from Africa,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31have made it across the Mediterranean onto Italian shores.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Not all of those migrants have stayed. Many of them have left. But
0:04:35 > 0:04:39the community respect of so many years of boatloads of arrivals has
0:04:39 > 0:04:45been powerful here in Italy -- that she related effect of so many years
0:04:45 > 0:04:48of boatloads of arrivals has been powerful here in Italy and this
0:04:48 > 0:04:52takes place against the background of that debate.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55A local council has taken the highly unusual step of imposing
0:04:55 > 0:04:57emergency spending controls, after saying it's facing severe
0:04:57 > 0:04:58financial challenges.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01The move, by Northamptonshire County Council, means a ban
0:05:01 > 0:05:03on all new spending - apart from what's used
0:05:03 > 0:05:05to protect vulnerable people.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07The council's Conservative leader, Heather Smith, says the move
0:05:07 > 0:05:10is a result of rising demand for services and cuts
0:05:10 > 0:05:11in government funding.
0:05:11 > 0:05:16Our political correspondent Matt Cole reports.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20Like so many others across Britain, people in Northamptonshire have
0:05:20 > 0:05:23watched their council manage multi-million pound budget
0:05:23 > 0:05:26cuts since 2010, and now they've run out of cash,
0:05:26 > 0:05:28meaning a host of services from subsidised buses
0:05:28 > 0:05:32to libraries are threatened.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35I'll be absolutely devastated if it closes.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38We've been here for just over a year and I was delighted that this
0:05:38 > 0:05:41is kind of ten minutes down the road from us.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44We just feel, I suppose, let down, and why wasn't anything in place
0:05:44 > 0:05:49to prevent this situation happening?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52There will now be no new spending save on services
0:05:52 > 0:05:56to safeguard the vulnerable until the next financial year.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00We've been in what you might call a perfect storm of huge increases
0:06:00 > 0:06:03in demand for our services, at the same time, significant
0:06:03 > 0:06:06reductions in funding coming from central government.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08But is this a one-off?
0:06:08 > 0:06:12English councils say by the end of the decade they will have seen
0:06:12 > 0:06:16£16 billion cut from their core central government funding.
0:06:16 > 0:06:22They say by 2020 there will be a £5.8 billion annual shortfall.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26What's more, they say they need an additional £1.3 billion
0:06:26 > 0:06:28now for social care.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Ministers will point to much-needed efficiency savings
0:06:31 > 0:06:34made in the same period, but Labour says it's
0:06:34 > 0:06:37time for change.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39After nearly eight years of Conservative government
0:06:39 > 0:06:47councils have lost 50% of their funding from central government.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50And yesterday we found that Tory run Northamptonshire Council is
0:06:50 > 0:06:54effectively bankrupt.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56In Northamptonshire, government inspectors are now
0:06:56 > 0:06:59investigating the council's financial management,
0:06:59 > 0:07:02but the Conservatives have responded to Jeremy Corbyn's proposals,
0:07:02 > 0:07:05saying they would deliver less money to people's pockets and hit
0:07:05 > 0:07:10communities with higher council taxes and worse public services.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13The Government has plans for a new funding system for local
0:07:13 > 0:07:16authorities to come in at the start of the next decade.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Alongside that, proposals for councils to be allowed to keep
0:07:19 > 0:07:23more of the business rate raised locally.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25But with this year's finance settlement for authorities due
0:07:25 > 0:07:28to be announced in the coming week, the Local Government Association
0:07:28 > 0:07:31is calling on the ministry here to provide new funding
0:07:31 > 0:07:34for all councils now.
0:07:34 > 0:07:42Matt Cole, BBC News, Westminster.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46Thousands of people have taken part in a march on Downing Street,
0:07:46 > 0:07:50calling for an end to what they describe as the crisis in the NHS.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Health workers and unions were among the demonstrators demanding more
0:07:53 > 0:07:57government funding to help ease pressures in the health service.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59The government has announced a package of financial support
0:07:59 > 0:08:02for small companies affected by the collapse of the construction
0:08:02 > 0:08:03company Carillion.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05The state-backed British Business Bank will allocate
0:08:05 > 0:08:07£100 million in loans.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11Customers worried about repaying mortgages will also be offered help.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Thousands of suppliers were left unpaid, after the firm went
0:08:13 > 0:08:18into liquidation last month.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Scotland Yard have confirmed that two further women in the UK have
0:08:21 > 0:08:24made allegations of sexual assault against the Hollywood film
0:08:24 > 0:08:26producer Harvey Weinstein.
0:08:26 > 0:08:33Our correspondent Ben Ando is at New Scotland Yard.
0:08:34 > 0:08:40What more do we know about this? These latest accusations were made
0:08:40 > 0:08:45late last year, but I've only just come to light. In one woman alleges
0:08:45 > 0:08:49she was attacked by Harvey Weinstein in the Republic of Ireland in 1991.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53In another, a different woman alleges she was attacked in London
0:08:53 > 0:08:58in 2011, and in an unnamed foreign country in 2010. This all comes as
0:08:58 > 0:09:01the actress who must serve and has given an interview in the United
0:09:01 > 0:09:05States in which she says that after the release of the film Pulp Cup
0:09:05 > 0:09:10fiction, which was reduced by Harvey Weinstein, she accuses him of trying
0:09:10 > 0:09:15to attack her in hotel rooms in London and Paris -- Uma Thurman. She
0:09:15 > 0:09:22says she managed to wriggle away. A spokesman for Harvey signal says any
0:09:22 > 0:09:26incident was a result of him misreading her signals and he
0:09:26 > 0:09:32unequivocally denies any accusations of nonconsensual six. --
0:09:32 > 0:09:37nonconsensual sex.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39President Trump says a classified memo released yesterday
0:09:39 > 0:09:42vindicates him of any charges of collusion with Russia.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43The memo, written by Republican members of Congress,
0:09:43 > 0:09:45accused the FBI of bias against the president,
0:09:45 > 0:09:46and abuse of power.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48In a tweet, Donald Trump said the investigation
0:09:48 > 0:09:50into his ties to Russia was an "American disgrace".
0:09:50 > 0:09:52David Willis sent this report.
0:09:52 > 0:09:53CHANTING:USA, USA, USA.
0:09:53 > 0:09:58His supporters believe he struck a blow for justice.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00But by releasing a secret memo alleging bias on the part
0:10:00 > 0:10:05of officials who are currently investigating him, others believe
0:10:05 > 0:10:10the president is undermining a vital branch of government.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14This memo totally vindicates Trump in probe, he tweeted today,
0:10:14 > 0:10:17but the Russian witch hunt goes on and on.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21There was no collusion and there was no obstruction.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24The memo, written by Republicans, describes a politically biased
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Justice Department and FBI, which was determined
0:10:27 > 0:10:32to ensure Donald Trump lost the presidential election.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35They got a warrant on someone in the Trump campaign
0:10:35 > 0:10:40using opposition research paid for by the Democratic party
0:10:40 > 0:10:42and the Hillary Clinton campaign.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45The man the president appointed to lead the FBI was fiercely opposed
0:10:45 > 0:10:50to the memo's release, having questioned its accuracy.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53In an e-mail to his beleaguered staff, Christopher Wray
0:10:53 > 0:10:55wrote, talk is cheap.
0:10:55 > 0:10:56The work you do is what will endure.
0:10:56 > 0:11:01We're going to keep doing that work, because we know who and what we are,
0:11:01 > 0:11:04and because we know our mission comes first.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06The American people come first.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10Democrats accused the president of recklessness in releasing the memo.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12It's appalling.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14It's a misrepresentation.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17It isn't even the release of intelligence material.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20It's a release of a distortion of it.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21What is its purpose?
0:11:21 > 0:11:25Its purpose is of course to thwart the investigation,
0:11:25 > 0:11:29the Mueller investigation.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Special Counsel Robert Mueller is thought to be nearing the end
0:11:32 > 0:11:34of his investigation into allegations of
0:11:34 > 0:11:37collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40And there have been reports here that he may soon be looking
0:11:40 > 0:11:43to interview the president himself.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47The White House, for its part, has consistently denied suggestions
0:11:47 > 0:11:50that the president may be about to sack Robert Mueller,
0:11:50 > 0:11:53but Democrats have warned that such a move could prompt
0:11:53 > 0:11:56a constitutional crisis.
0:11:56 > 0:12:04David Willis, BBC News, at the White House.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10It's been a very exciting day for rugby fans. Let's catch up with all
0:12:10 > 0:12:17the day's sports news. Carthy is not -- Karthi Gnanasegaram has that.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Wales and Ireland showed off their title credentials
0:12:19 > 0:12:21on the opening day of rugby union's Six Nations tournament.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Wales' win was a comfortable 34-7 victory over Scotland.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26While a dramatic drop goal in the final minutes in Paris gave
0:12:26 > 0:12:30Ireland a 15-13 win over France.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Joe Wilson watched the action.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36The Six Nations is designed to stir you, but does it
0:12:36 > 0:12:38inspire or overwhelm?
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Josh Adams was making his debut for Wales here.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45Steady now.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47If you get a chance, snatch it.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Interception, opportunity for Wales.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53Scotland could see their pre-match optimism disappearing after just six
0:12:53 > 0:12:58minutes, as Gareth Davies, legs and lungs, reached the line.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Wales led 14-0 at half-time.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Scotland tried the fancy stuff and failed.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Wales did basics brilliantly.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Leigh Halfpenny scored two tries.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Who saw this coming?
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Not the Scotland coach.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Now the Welsh flourish to finish.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Four tries in a match means a tournament bonus point.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20At its best rugby is power, pace, and agility.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23In other words, Steff Evans.
0:13:23 > 0:13:2634-7 final score.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28So many injured players were missing from this Welsh
0:13:28 > 0:13:32team, then they produced a performance like that.
0:13:32 > 0:13:37Wales really made everything about home advantage count.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41In Paris not a lot happened for 71 minutes, then everything did.
0:13:41 > 0:13:49Teddy Thomas broke free to win the game for France, it seemed.
0:13:50 > 0:13:57One sprint to lift a nation. France led by a point.They still went when
0:13:57 > 0:14:02the clock had gone red. Time up. Ireland had one chance to win it,
0:14:02 > 0:14:06one kick, get the ball to Johnny Sexton. Drop goal. Watch and wait.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10COMMENTATOR: It looks good. He likes it.It was
0:14:10 > 0:14:18there, what a moment, what a day. Joe Wilson, BBC News.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Great Britain trail Spain 2-1 in their Davis Cup World Group tie
0:14:21 > 0:14:22after losing today's doubles match.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Jamie Murray and Dominic Inglot were beaten in straight sets
0:14:24 > 0:14:27by Pablo Carreno Busta and Feliciano Lopez in Marbella.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Britain must now win both singles matches on Sunday
0:14:29 > 0:14:31to reach the quarterfinals.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Several of the January transfer window's new signings made an impact
0:14:33 > 0:14:36in today's Premier League games, but if you don't want to know
0:14:36 > 0:14:39today's results it is time to pop out of the room,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42because Match of the Day follows soon on BBC One.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44It was an emotional day for Manchester United,
0:14:44 > 0:14:46as they commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Munich air
0:14:46 > 0:14:50disaster with a minute's silence.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52The game was won by United.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55They beat Huddersfield Town 2-0.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Arsene Wenger's new signings were integral to Arsenal's
0:14:57 > 0:14:595-1 win over Everton.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Arsenal's club record transfer this week,
0:15:02 > 0:15:04scored for his new club.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06But it was a familiar face, Aaron Ramsey, with his first
0:15:06 > 0:15:14hattrick in this, his tenth year at Arsenal.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19Manchester City's lead at the top of the Premier League
0:15:19 > 0:15:19Manchester City's lead at the top of the Premier League has
0:15:19 > 0:15:20Manchester City's lead at the top of the Premier League has been cut to
0:15:20 > 0:15:2413 points after their 1-1 draw with Burnley. There were important wins
0:15:24 > 0:15:25the Bournemouth, Brighton and Southampton, while Leicester City on
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Swansea drew 1-1.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Celtic were beaten 1-0 by Kilmarnock, only their second
0:15:30 > 0:15:32domestic defeat since Brendan Rodgers joined
0:15:32 > 0:15:33the club in May 2016.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34Kilmarnock's goal came from Youssuf Mulumbu,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36his first for the club.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Kilmarnock move up to sixth place, while Celtic are eight points clear
0:15:39 > 0:15:41at the top of the Scottish Premiership.
0:15:41 > 0:15:47There were also wins for Aberdeen, Ross County, Hearts and Hibernian.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49All of the day's sports news is on the BBC website.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Including the latest from the Women's Six Nations,
0:15:51 > 0:15:57where Ireland are taking on France.
0:15:58 > 0:16:04Ireland are trailing fans 17-0. -- France.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11That's all from me.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14From everybody here this evening, good night. Goodbye.