:00:00. > :00:17.now on BBC News, it's time for Reporters.
:00:18. > :00:19.Hello, welcome to Reporters, I'm Christian Frazier.
:00:20. > :00:23.From here, in the BBC's Newsroom, we send out correspondents to bring
:00:24. > :00:30.you the best stories from across the globe.
:00:31. > :00:35.As the United States enters a new political era,
:00:36. > :00:37.John Sudworth has been finding out how China is reacting
:00:38. > :00:41.Before his election, China could simply dismiss
:00:42. > :00:43.Donald Trump's rhetoric as the over-inflated bluster
:00:44. > :00:54.Jeremy Bowen reports from the ruins of eastern Aleppo and assesses
:00:55. > :01:02.Foreign intervention has transformed this war
:01:03. > :01:07.and the way it's looking, right now, foreigners, not Syrians,
:01:08. > :01:13.Is Britain coming together over Brexit?
:01:14. > :01:15.After the Prime Minister clarifies her Brexit strategy,
:01:16. > :01:19.Jeremy Cook finds out whether people on both sides of the debate
:01:20. > :01:25.Crisis at Stormont, as Northern Ireland's power-sharing
:01:26. > :01:27.Executive collapses, forcing new elections.
:01:28. > :01:30.Gavin Hewitt reports on fears of a return
:01:31. > :01:35.What does all this mean - uncertainty for Northern Ireland,
:01:36. > :01:37.without an Executive, key areas of Government
:01:38. > :01:47.Rupert Wingfield-Hayes finds out why the world's largest seafood market
:01:48. > :01:53.is moving and why some are not happy about it.
:01:54. > :01:58.These are the fish that are 200-250 kilos and these are the ones that
:01:59. > :02:09.The current record for one fish here, $1.7 million.
:02:10. > :02:11.Well, there's no doubt what was the biggest
:02:12. > :02:13.international event of this week, it's been trailed for months,
:02:14. > :02:16.but now Donald Trump has finally been sworn in as the 45th President
:02:17. > :02:21.One nation who will be watching the new American
:02:22. > :02:26.Mr Trump broke with decades of precedent last month by taking
:02:27. > :02:28.a telephone call from a telephone call the Taiwanese President,
:02:29. > :02:32.a move that has angered Beijing which regards Taiwan
:02:33. > :02:36.State media said China would "take off the gloves" if such
:02:37. > :02:42.As John Sudworth reports, in China, Mr Trump has gone from a figure
:02:43. > :02:55.of fun to someone who's provoking a loft anger.
:02:56. > :02:57.Not everyone in China is taking Donald Trump too seriously.
:02:58. > :03:01.His inauguration this week comes just ahead
:03:02. > :03:05.of the Chinese New Year of the Rooster.
:03:06. > :03:10.And this factory is making, well, giant Trump lookalike
:03:11. > :03:21."The orders are flowing in, we can barely cope", the boss tells me.
:03:22. > :03:25.But increasingly, Mr Trump is becoming a target of anger,
:03:26. > :03:33.Mock-ups of Taiwanese ships provide shooting practice at this
:03:34. > :03:38.Chinese military museum, just across the Taiwan Strait.
:03:39. > :03:41.While US presidents have long avoided challenging Beijing's
:03:42. > :03:43.claim to sovereignty, the so-called one China policy,
:03:44. > :03:53."China's military, especially our Navy,
:03:54. > :04:01."We don't fear US provocation", this man tells me.
:04:02. > :04:09."We want peace, but if they cross our red line we have to take
:04:10. > :04:15.Last week, in a move seen by some as intended to make that very point,
:04:16. > :04:19.China sent its aircraft carrier through the Taiwan Strait.
:04:20. > :04:22.And China's Communist Party-run newspapers have issued a stark
:04:23. > :04:29.warning, telling Mr Trump that if he changes US policy,
:04:30. > :04:32.Beijing will have no choice but to take off the gloves,
:04:33. > :04:37.and that China will mercilessly combat those who advocate
:04:38. > :04:46.These Chinese workers make luxury marble products for the US market.
:04:47. > :04:50.For them, the biggest fear is not rising military
:04:51. > :04:56.Their American boss believes Mr Trump's threatened tariffs
:04:57. > :05:02.will do nothing to change the basic market reality.
:05:03. > :05:07.Hiring one worker in the states, i could hire five to six in China.
:05:08. > :05:13.So moving our business to the states would impinge into our margins
:05:14. > :05:19.which would then reflect on consumer pricing, And it would be
:05:20. > :05:23.very difficult to run a business that way.
:05:24. > :05:27.The world's about to find out whether one of the most vital
:05:28. > :05:31.and complex bilateral relationships is to undergo a profound change.
:05:32. > :05:34.Before his election, China could simply dismiss
:05:35. > :05:38.Donald Trump's rhetoric as the overinflated bluster
:05:39. > :05:45.And China is making it increasingly clear that
:05:46. > :05:48.while it has a lot to lose, so, too, does America
:05:49. > :05:59.To Syria now, where the United Nations says 40,000 people have
:06:00. > :06:03.returned to their homes in the east of Aleppo, the city devastated
:06:04. > :06:08.Most are living on aid, in very difficult conditions.
:06:09. > :06:11.Syria's largest city became a major battleground in the summer of 2012,
:06:12. > :06:15.but after four years of bloody conflict, government forces cut off
:06:16. > :06:21.the rebels' supply lines and they were able to take full
:06:22. > :06:28.Jeremy Bowen has been back to eastern Aleppo and found a city
:06:29. > :06:36.The final battle for Aleppo swept through the city
:06:37. > :06:43.All sides in this war were prepared to destroy Aleppo to possess it.
:06:44. > :06:47.In the end, the firepower of the regime and its Russian
:06:48. > :06:51.and Iranian allies was too much for the fractious rebel coalition
:06:52. > :07:00.This city is the key to northern Syria.
:07:01. > :07:03.Right across the country, rebels who are still fighting,
:07:04. > :07:16.The battle for Aleppo lasted four years.
:07:17. > :07:25.More than 200,000 civilians were trapped in the heat of the fight.
:07:26. > :07:29.Attacks on civilians by any side in the war are crimes if it can be
:07:30. > :07:40.Zakaria Mohammed Juma lost his leg in East Aleppo three months ago.
:07:41. > :07:44.At a clinic run by the International Committee of the Red Cross, he's
:07:45. > :07:55.When you can't walk, supporting a family is even harder.
:07:56. > :08:01.It will take years and billions to rebuild.
:08:02. > :08:06.The east side of Aleppo and much of the old city is in ruins.
:08:07. > :08:11.With a photo of his clothes shop, Salah stood in front
:08:12. > :08:18.I've seen this much damage elsewhere in Syria, but never
:08:19. > :08:24.Abu Mahmoud is one of the first to return to his neighbourhood.
:08:25. > :08:29."If only they'd take away the rubble", he said,
:08:30. > :08:34."all the neighbours would come back."
:08:35. > :08:41.This corpse was still lying on the road a month
:08:42. > :08:45.after the battle, more are certain to be buried in collapsed buildings.
:08:46. > :08:50.Abu Mohammed, collecting firewood, showed where a mortar
:08:51. > :08:59."Look", he said, "they took out my spleen, a kidney
:09:00. > :09:07.In every queue for emergency aid, there are tragedies.
:09:08. > :09:11.This child, who is 12, has seen more than anyone
:09:12. > :09:18.Her grandmother is using all the strength she has left to care
:09:19. > :09:28.TRANSLATION: My daughter's 15-year-old girl and her son,
:09:29. > :09:33.My son's three-year-old daughter lost a leg.
:09:34. > :09:36.Another grandson, aged seven, lost a hand.
:09:37. > :09:46.My family's houses were all destroyed.
:09:47. > :09:49.TRANSLATION: We don't know what's hidden in our future.
:09:50. > :09:57.I saw with my own eyes my other cousin, his intestines
:09:58. > :10:08.President Assad's resurgence in Aleppo means talk
:10:09. > :10:11.about forcing him out sounds more hollow than ever.
:10:12. > :10:14.He is the strongest he's been since the war started.
:10:15. > :10:24.The empty, ruined, silent streets on the former front
:10:25. > :10:30.No one has tried to move back here, it's haunted by violence and death.
:10:31. > :10:35.That is a home-made mortar, designed and built by
:10:36. > :10:39.the rebels and in itself, it's a fearsome weapon.
:10:40. > :10:44.But it is nothing compared to the power of the Russian air
:10:45. > :10:48.force and the military know-how of the Iranians and
:10:49. > :10:56.Foreign intervention has transformed this war and the way
:10:57. > :11:01.it's looking right now, foreigners, not Syrians,
:11:02. > :11:15.The sun sets in Aleppo on a dark, cold and broken place.
:11:16. > :11:20.It feels like a post-war city, but this is not a post-war country.
:11:21. > :11:27.For the first time, the President and his allies can smell victory,
:11:28. > :11:38.There were fears of a return to the tribal politics
:11:39. > :11:41.of the past in Northern Ireland after its power-sharing
:11:42. > :11:44.Executive collapsed, triggering new elections
:11:45. > :11:50.It's all over a controversial energy scheme which could cost
:11:51. > :11:52.the taxpayer ?500,000,000, but it's caused a deep riff
:11:53. > :11:55.between the two main partners in the Executive,
:11:56. > :12:01.Gavin Hewitt reports from Stormont on what it means for
:12:02. > :12:07.The 10 years, power has been shared in Northern Ireland.
:12:08. > :12:10.It was one of the foundation stones of peace.
:12:11. > :12:13.Today, that power-sharing government collapsed.
:12:14. > :12:17.I propose that a draft Order in Council be brought forward
:12:18. > :12:23.shortly to set an election date of Thursday, 2nd March.
:12:24. > :12:28.No-one should underestimate the challenge faced
:12:29. > :12:34.to the political institutions here in Northern Ireland
:12:35. > :12:42.The trigger for the breakdown was a row over a controversial green
:12:43. > :12:47.energy scheme drawn up by Unionist minister, Arlene Foster.
:12:48. > :12:51.But the bitter arguments over the scheme exposed growing
:12:52. > :12:55.tensions between Nationalist and Unionist politicians.
:12:56. > :12:57.I think it's both parties, personally, and I find
:12:58. > :13:00.it very disappointing and very, very sad.
:13:01. > :13:03.It's the tribal politics, you know, I feel like we're back in the 80s
:13:04. > :13:06.and I was really hopeful that for the future generations that they
:13:07. > :13:12.There's no appetite for a return to any sort of violence at any stage
:13:13. > :13:17.I think that possibly what will happen is we'll be led
:13:18. > :13:21.through another couple of years of political insecurity.
:13:22. > :13:25.At Stormont, the Northern Ireland Assembly depends on unionists
:13:26. > :13:31.Today, both main parties were asked to submit a name for one
:13:32. > :13:37.First up, the Democratic Unionist Party.
:13:38. > :13:44.And they backed their current leader.
:13:45. > :13:47...nominate Arlene Foster to be the First Minister.
:13:48. > :13:54.There can be no return to the status quo.
:13:55. > :13:56.If something is broke, you stop and you fix it.
:13:57. > :14:02.But they refused to put forward a name, so ending
:14:03. > :14:11.What does all this mean - uncertainty for Northern Ireland.
:14:12. > :14:15.Without an Executive, key areas of government
:14:16. > :14:17.will be stalled and then, most importantly, there's Brexit.
:14:18. > :14:20.Where will be the Northern Ireland voice when crucial
:14:21. > :14:25.We are in a very grave situation going into this election
:14:26. > :14:27.and the timing of it, when Northern Ireland
:14:28. > :14:30.has no budget agreed, when we are facing into Brexit
:14:31. > :14:32.and when we're also coming to the end of the financial year
:14:33. > :14:35.is possibly the worst time that we could be entering
:14:36. > :14:42.Recent years have changed Northern Ireland, but the shadows of the past
:14:43. > :14:51.Some still say they're confused, but we did get some clarity this
:14:52. > :14:53.week on Britain's plans for Brexit as Theresa May announced her
:14:54. > :14:56.12-point plan, including a pledge to leave the single market.
:14:57. > :15:00.The Prime Minister insisted that people were coming together,
:15:01. > :15:03.but she also acknowledged just how divisive last year's
:15:04. > :15:10.We sent Jeremy Cook to see how those on different sides of the argument
:15:11. > :15:17.Boston, an ancient English town, a changing landscape.
:15:18. > :15:21.On the bus, plenty of support for the Prime Minister's speech,
:15:22. > :15:31.More than one in ten people here are EU migrants.
:15:32. > :15:44.Is it a price worth paying to come out of the single market in order
:15:45. > :15:49.You've got to control it in some way.
:15:50. > :15:53.At the Boston Body Hub, it's 60s dance work out.
:15:54. > :15:55.The project is largely EU-funded, but most here voted Brexit.
:15:56. > :15:57.Many worried about levels of immigration and the
:15:58. > :16:08.The worry is we might lose some trade with Europe
:16:09. > :16:12.What do you think about that trade off?
:16:13. > :16:15.The trade off, I think, will be worth it because I think
:16:16. > :16:17.Britain's big enough to take care of itself.
:16:18. > :16:24.It's Great Britain - it always has been,
:16:25. > :16:30.Outside Boston, the agricultural heartland.
:16:31. > :16:33.Many crops being prepared today will need migrant workers
:16:34. > :16:39.Within the industry we need labour and without it we will starve.
:16:40. > :16:43.What would you say to Theresa May then in terms of what you need
:16:44. > :16:47.I am hoping from this that she's going to allow skills and labour
:16:48. > :16:49.to be filled in the farming community, within packers,
:16:50. > :16:52.within processing, within the field labour, where's it's required.
:16:53. > :16:54.These workers are essential to you, aren't they?
:16:55. > :16:59.An hour's drive and we're on the banks of the Trent.
:17:00. > :17:01.In Rushcliffe, they voted 57% to remain in the EU.
:17:02. > :17:04.At the Spoke and Coke cafe and bike shop, a different
:17:05. > :17:11.I voted remain, and I was quite surprised by the outcome
:17:12. > :17:14.of the vote, but Theresa May has outlined today is what the country
:17:15. > :17:19.And I think we need clear leadership to make sure that
:17:20. > :17:25.Not everyone here is quite as relaxed.
:17:26. > :17:28.I don't think we realise how bad it is yet.
:17:29. > :17:31.Do you think we're any clearer tonight, after Theresa May's speech,
:17:32. > :17:45.Essentially, her message was the same - Brexit means Brexit.
:17:46. > :17:47.But we still don't really know what it means!
:17:48. > :17:49.For the Prime Minister then, Brexit remains the greatest
:17:50. > :17:53.of political challenges, in this still divided nation.
:17:54. > :17:59.The Lancaster bomber became one of the most famous and effective
:18:00. > :18:01.aircraft to take part in World War II.
:18:02. > :18:04.It played a crucial role in securing victory for the allies,
:18:05. > :18:08.but only two of them are still able to fly.
:18:09. > :18:11.One family is hoping that will change thanks to a remarkable
:18:12. > :18:16.30-year restoration project which they hope will see another
:18:17. > :18:28.Wartime recordings of a Lancaster aircrew.
:18:29. > :18:37.Although this one hasn't flown for 40 years.
:18:38. > :18:40.It's the sight and sound, when you hear those engines revving,
:18:41. > :18:46.you know, there just isn't another sound like it.
:18:47. > :18:54.Just over 7,300 Lancasters were built.
:18:55. > :18:57.NEWS REEL: Special missions included the Dambusters raid...
:18:58. > :19:01.Almost half were lost in combat during World War II.
:19:02. > :19:04.But for Harold Panton and his family, the desire to fully
:19:05. > :19:10.It brings many memories back, I think.
:19:11. > :19:14.His brother, Christopher, a member of Bomber Command,
:19:15. > :19:17.died on a mission over Germany in 1944.
:19:18. > :19:19.Harold and his other brother, Fred, wanted to restore an aircraft
:19:20. > :19:31.We knew that it's either now or never because we'd never get
:19:32. > :19:36.Fred died four years ago, before the family dream of seeing
:19:37. > :19:39.this Lancaster back in the sky could be fulfilled.
:19:40. > :19:42.Fred's grandson, Andrew, is determined to make it happen.
:19:43. > :19:46.Lancaster parts are very hard to come by, so you snap up parts
:19:47. > :19:59.There are a few companies that did buy up old stock after the war,
:20:00. > :20:02.but then people brought random parts and have had it their house
:20:03. > :20:08.Yeah, it's very tight inside, added to by the fact that there's
:20:09. > :20:11.a lot of equipment and the main spars come through as well.
:20:12. > :20:14.So this is like the main backbone of the aircraft?
:20:15. > :20:16.These spars are, as you said, the backbone, it's where
:20:17. > :20:19.So it's very important for our restoration that we check
:20:20. > :20:23.They've got some X-ray later this month.
:20:24. > :20:27.I mean, it's going to be such a moment, isn't it,
:20:28. > :20:32.I mean, we'll be flying with minimal crew, if we manage
:20:33. > :20:35.to get her airworthy, so it's going to be quite
:20:36. > :20:39.Members of RAF Bomber Command faced dreadful odds when embarking
:20:40. > :20:41.on a mission, 44% of aircrew lost their lives during World War
:20:42. > :20:45.II, and on a Lancaster there was one place that was by far the most
:20:46. > :20:51.Here where the Rear Gunner or Tail End Charlie,
:20:52. > :20:54.as he was known, did his best to defend the plane.
:20:55. > :20:58.It's the part that was shot at first by any enemy action and life
:20:59. > :21:02.expectancy was about five trips or 40-hours.
:21:03. > :21:05.Only two other Lancasters are still airworthy,
:21:06. > :21:08.the fundraising and work continues to make this one the third.
:21:09. > :21:13.I'll be extremely emotional, as my grandad will...
:21:14. > :21:21.Tim Moffatt, BBC News, in East Kirkby, in Lincolnshire.
:21:22. > :21:24.Finally, if you like sushi, you're going to love this.
:21:25. > :21:27.We're going to take you now to the world's biggest fish
:21:28. > :21:30.market, the legendary Tsukiji Fish Centre in Japan.
:21:31. > :21:33.It supplies Tokyo's finest sushi restaurants as well as the general
:21:34. > :21:36.public, but it's being closed down and being moved to a bigger,
:21:37. > :21:39.more modern sight and, as Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports,
:21:40. > :21:50.many people are not too happy about it.
:21:51. > :21:53.It's 5.00am in the morning inside the world's biggest fish
:21:54. > :21:56.market and the tuna auctions are under way.
:21:57. > :22:00.This is the first auction of 2017 and the prices
:22:01. > :22:08.This is going to be the last new year auction held in Tsukiji
:22:09. > :22:14.perhaps ever because this market supposed to close and over here,
:22:15. > :22:19.if you come over here, you can see, you can see through here,
:22:20. > :22:24.These are the fish that are 200-250 kilos.
:22:25. > :22:27.These are the ones that might reach record prices.
:22:28. > :22:30.The current record for one fish here, $1.7 million.
:22:31. > :22:33.Tsukiji Market is like no other, vast and chaotic.
:22:34. > :22:36.On a good day, 60,000 people bustle through this maze of alleys shops,
:22:37. > :22:40.but soon all of this will be gone, the buildings demolished,
:22:41. > :22:46.This man's family have been trading tuna since the days of the Shogun.
:22:47. > :22:52.In Tsukiji, I'm the third generation and we are doing this business
:22:53. > :23:01.So what we feel is, we built this place.
:23:02. > :23:04.I mean, Tsukiji, it's not built by someone.
:23:05. > :23:08.Actually, we make the history in this place, but why
:23:09. > :23:18.The meat from this 200 kilo monster will go to the top sushi
:23:19. > :23:25.But fish like this are getting hard to find.
:23:26. > :23:29.In the Pacific and Atlantic stocks of bluefin tuna have
:23:30. > :23:35.The frozen one is just 1,000 or less each day
:23:36. > :23:40.and the fresh one is like 300, 200, sometimes 100 or less.
:23:41. > :23:48.So we don't have enough fish to sell, actually.
:23:49. > :23:52.Do you worry about the future of the industry?
:23:53. > :24:03.Maybe it's going to be like the whale, it could be.
:24:04. > :24:07.This new year the top bid went for this 210 kilo bluefin, $632,000.
:24:08. > :24:09.Critics say publicity stunts like this ignore the fact that these
:24:10. > :24:25.Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, BBC News, at the Tsukiji Market, in Tokyo.
:24:26. > :24:28.That's all from Reporters for this week.
:24:29. > :24:49.From me, Christian Frazier, goodbye for now.
:24:50. > :24:56.Good evening. The temperature is falling and for some of us, it
:24:57. > :24:58.barely got above freezing all day long. Take the UK as a