25/09/2014 BBC News at One

David Cameron prepares to join international airstrikes against

Islamist extremists in Iraq - saying the UK is ready to play its part.

As the US-led bombardment of Islamic State sites in Syria

continued overnight, the numbers fleeing the extremists are growing.

We'll be asking to what extent Britain is willing to get involved.

last few days and now some are trying to return home.

Police stage a reconstruction of the last-known movements of

missing schoolgirl Alice Gross as her parents appeal for her return.

Every day causes as heartbreak and language. She needs to be at home

with her friends. Nine men are arrested

as police search properties in London and the Midlands

in a terror-related inquiry. Tackling potholes -

why local councils should be going And why tensions are simmering

already as the teams line up A Metropolitan police officer, being

investigated over the death of Sean Rigg, loses his appeal to resign

from the force. And the playground being used to

train dogs to fight. Good afternoon

and welcome to the BBC News at One. David Cameron says the UK is ready

to "play its part" in fighting so-called Islamic State, which he

described as an "evil against In a speech to the United Nations,

he said the Iraqi government had made

a "clear request" for international And he said

"mistakes" in the past must not be Later today,

the UK cabinet will discuss plans And tomorrow MPs will debate the

UK's role in any military action. Our first report this lunchtime

is from our World Affairs Amateur video, apparently showing

the latest air strikes in Syria. This time targeting oil refineries,

targeted by the -- owned by the Hilton group Islamic State. Oh --

oil has been a significant source of cash for the militants are helping

them sees more territory in the north and East -- owned by the

militant group. Here they filmed themselves allegedly taking over a

military base last month. So, last night, the air campaign, led by the

US, focused almost exclusively on trying to destroy the oil refineries

trying -- controlled by the Islamic State in three areas. The purpose of

the strikes was not to kill militants, so much as to destroy

their ability to use these refineries and the capabilities that

go with them and that they make money from. Now it seems that

Britain is about to join the fight against Islamic State. With David

Cameron telling the United Nations that the group had to be confronted.

We must not be so frozen with fear that we do not do anything at all.

Isolation and withdrawing from a problem like this will only make

matters worse. We must not allow past mistakes to become an excuse

for indifference or in action. The Prime Minister is now back in

Britain ahead of Friday's vote in parliament on military action, which

would only be in Iraq, not Syria. So Britain's military involvement would

not help these refugees who have fled the Islamic State ongoing

offensive in northern Syria. Tens of thousands of people have crossed the

border into Turkey seeking sanctuary from the militants. Their hopes of

returning home based on whether the US led air campaign does prove to

effective. Well, as we just saw,

the fighting by Islamic State forces has meant tens of thousands of

people have fled from northern Syria into Turkey, swelling the number

of refugees who are already there. Our correspondent, Mark Lowen, has

the latest now on the humanitarian Another crowd of people are queueing

up, waiting to cross this border crossing and to go back into Syria,

hoping to return to their home town of Kobane, and these are some of the

Syrian Kurds who have fled into Turkey in the last five or six days.

Now some of them are trying to return home, some to fight with the

Kurdish militia on the other side, hoping to repel the Islamic State

militants, and others simply to see family and friends who have they

have left behind in Kobane. They have taken anything they can carry

with them. People of every age are trying to go back. It is a small

number in terms of the 140,000 who have flooded over the border into

Turkey, but the fact they are going back is maybe add -- an encouraging

sign for the Turkish government who have felt overwhelmed by the numbers

coming in the other direction. When you speak to them and ask if they

feel safe enough to return, and they say they don't, but such is their

desperation to return is that they are willing to take the risk. A

pretty chaotic situation as the Turkish troops open a part of the

border crossing, and people are crossing under the barbed wire

fence, a surge now as they try to go back into Syrian territory.

Remember, these are Kurds who do not want to be here. Kurds and Turks

fought a civil war for 30 years that killed 70,000 people and they are

here out of necessity rather than desire. But now, every day, you see

more and more people trying to go back into Syria. Pretty chaotic.

Turkish troops on stand-by and Turkish police also in case of any

mounting tension. Let's cross to Westminster and

our correspondent, Alex Forsyth. It seems like -- it is seems like

those have -- that have prompted calls for action. I think the shadow

of Britain's past involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan looms large

over the debate. There is a real wariness about getting sucked back

into a long-running, complex conflict in the Middle East. Last

year parliament voted against intervention in Syria, which is why

David Cameron has been careful to ensure he has widespread support

before taking it to parliament and it seems he does. MPs that voted

against intervention in Syria last year seemed to be prepared to

support air strikes on Iraq. We know the Liberal Democrat leadership and

Labour leadership have said they would back it. But it comes with

important caveats. Ed Miliband said it must be confined to Iraq where

there is a legal basis, because the Iraqi government have asked for

assistance, and all three party leaders make it clear that at this

stage we are talking about air strikes and not combat troops on the

ground, because they know there is little public appetite for that. In

the last 20 minutes we had Cabinet ministers arriving where we expect

them to thrash out the detail of the motion to be put before Parliament

tomorrow. The motion is looking increasingly likely to be supported,

but one confined to a air strikes on Iraq, which will leave the bigger

questions about how effective it can be, and whether there must be in

future a wider role for Britain in the region. Those are questions that

will have the comeback before Parliament to receive fair answers

down the line -- that will have two comeback.

And there'll be much on that story on the BBC News

It's now four weeks since 14 year old Alice Gross

And today, her family have made another emotional appeal for her to

return home, saying every morning without her brings "new agony".

This morning, police staged a reconstruction of her last known

movements on a canal towpath in West London, and our correspondent,

Yes, no one involved in staging this reconstruction this morning wanted

to be here. One month after Alice's disappearance, of course, the hope

is that she would have been found. Detectives are being frank. They

need the public's help on this one and say that this sort of

reconstruction can be surprisingly effective at jogging the memory. On

the same day of the week, on the same west London tow path, in the

same clothes, right down to the tartan rimmed glasses and the vans

trainers. This is how Alice Gross looked when she went missing. The

bag is slightly different. The one she was carrying is no longer made.

The walk is distinctive, a power walk was how detectives described

it. Perhaps Alice's way of keeping fit. For the cameras they hope might

produce information for the public, they recreated the moment Alice

strode across the canal bridge, being captured on CCTV cameras.

There was no attempt to stage the moment 15 minutes later that Latvian

builder Arnis Zalkalns crossed the bridge on his bike, one of the

reasons he is now a suspect. Further down the canal, Alice, heading home,

past an industrial park and more cameras. The last sighting of her on

CCTV was this blurred image. For 20 six p.m., this bridge, walking in

this direction was the last time Alice was seen -- for 20 six p.m.. I

need the public's help to find out what happened after this point.

There are full paths that lead of the toll path, and she could have

gone down any of these -- foot paths. An astonishing feature has

been the reaction of the community here, symbolised by the yellow

ribbon. The scale with which people have been taking part and supporting

us and sending this message is, as far as I can see, is totally

unprecedented. And it makes a really massive difference to us, both in

the sense of feeling supported, but also that the word is getting out

there and making people more aware. Alice left her keys and money at

home that day. It might be that she planned to run away, but her mother

believes she simply picked up the wrong bag. Another clue, she text in

her father to check he would be at home to let her in. On balance, it

seems that Alice Gross intended to return. What we have not shown you

this morning is the huge search operation is still going on in the

area, on land and on water. One of the officers involved today told me

they are using dogs, sniffer dogs, which they put in boats and take

them down the canal and the dogs can sniff out the smell of what might be

a body underwater. That is going on, all the way down as far as this

canal meets the Thames. It's a huge operation, and they stress at this

stage they do not have any indication that Alice has suffered

any harm. Well, as we heard,

the main suspect in her disappearance, Arnis Zalkalns, is

thought to have returned to Latvia. Our correspondent, Jenny Hill,

is in the capital, Riga. Jenny, officers from the

Metropolitan Police have been in Riga. What have they been doing?

Yes, this joint British and Latvian operation is focused on finding

Arnis Zalkalns and also on gathering information about him. The British

team have spent some time in the the west of Latvia where they spoke to a

former girlfriend of Arnis Zalkalns. Latvia is the country where he still

has family and acquaintances. It's also the country where, 16 years

ago, he was jailed for the murder of his wife. Detectives say it is

possible he has come here. Difficult, because he does not have

his passport with him, but nevertheless, they are searching. If

they find him, associate at the Latvian police, they say they would

bring him to their headquarters in reader -- Riga. But there is still a

question here. The police authorities say that they don't have

the power to arrest Arnis Zalkalns. They say that in their eyes he has

committed no crime and there is no European warrant for his arrest and

let's not forget that the Metropolitan Police say that at this

stage the investigation is still into two missing persons. So here in

Latvia the search goes on. It is a difficult search, and in the words

of one senior officer here in Latvia, frankly, he could be

anywhere. Nine men have been arrested in

London as part of an investigation Among them is the radical preacher,

Anjem Choudary. Let's speak to our home affairs

reporter. What can you tell us? Anjem Choudary is a well-known and

controversial preacher and political activist, best known for some of his

media appearances and public speeches where to all intents and

purposes he argues that Western foreign policy amounts to a war

against Islam. He has always denied involvement in terrorism, but the

group that he used to head and which has been banned by the Home

Secretary had. Nine men were arrested this morning, including

Anjem Choudary, and they are being held on suspicion of being members

of a proscribed organisation and supporting a proscribed

organisation, and encouraging terrorism. They are being held at

police stations across London. Lots of search is going on, in east

London, one in Stoke-on-Trent -- search is going on. No immediate

risk to the public is a message from Scotland Yard, but these men are

being held and questioned as we speak. Dominic, thank you very much.

David Cameron says the UK is ready to "play its part" in

Hitting the right button. We have all the details of what is in the

pipeline in Europe's biggest gaming exhibition. On BBC London, an

American investment company declares itself out of the frame to buy

Tottenham Hotspur. And from Seoul to the stage and back to Seoul, --

Seoul. Potholes -

they're the bane of drivers' lives, causing millions of pounds

of damage to vehicles every year. But they're also a headache for

the people who have to repair them. And according to a committee of MPs,

English councils and national government are wasting

money by patching up the potholes, rather than trying to prevent them

getting damaged in the first place. A recent survey by the AA found that

one in five drivers thought the Here's our transport correspondent,

Richard Westcott. It is one of the biggest transport

moans for the public - potholes. My leads are jumping out, I am

forever getting the electrics sorted. And tyres, I am fed up with

them. There is too many to cope with. They are there all the time

and they need to repair them. I've damaged masses of tyres in potholes

and over the past year there's been a lot more. This report suggests

things will not get better without big changes.

It blames decades of stop-start funding, a focus on

patching up rather than prevention, which wastes millions of pounds.

And it says some councils don't even know the state of their own roads.

The report says not fixing them is a false economy because councils are

shelling out tens of millions of pounds compensating driver to the

damage to their cars. It is not sensible to fail to maintain your

roads. It is like the roof on your house, if you get a leak you'll

spend more money eventually if you don't repair it. The long-term

failure to maintain our local and national roads has not been sensible

and we need to do something about it. It can't go on like this. The

government says it is providing a lot more money to tackle potholes

and introducing more predictable, long-term budgets to help everyone

plan ahead. But the group representing England's council says

it will take far more cash to get our roads up to scratch. It will

take about ?12 billion. That is the amount that has been underinvested

in past years. It will take about ten years for that money to be spent

in bringing the road network up to a decent standard. Drivers have been

crying out for better roads for years. They've can cause accidents

and damage your tires and wheels. The reality is another bad winter

will only make things worse. Everyone knows that gaining weight

increases a person's chances But new research has come up with a

novel way of measuring the risk - by Researchers at University College

London say women need to be aware that going up several skirt sizes

by midlife could be a warning sign of an increased risk of breast

cancer after the menopause. Here's our health correspondent,

Dominic Hughes. Putting on a bit of weight

as we get older seems inevitable. You put a bit of weight on,

you spread out, you have had your family, you have retired,

so it all adds to your weight. I was probably about seven

and a half stone in my mid-20s I didn't know it can

contribute to breast cancer. We already know there are a number

of factors that contribute to the risk of breast cancer, for example

family history, fertility treatment and lifestyle, but for women it

seems putting on weight around Researchers studied nearly 93,000

older women aged 50 and up and compared their skirt size

in their 20s to now. Those who consistently went up

a size every decade increased Abdominal fat measured by waist

circumference is associated with increased risk of cancer, including

postmenopausal breast cancer. It seems to work through boosting

oestrogen levels and there is There are also some

other mechanisms. But some experts have called into

question the idea of using increased This research relied

on women remembering what their dress size was 20 years ago

and dress sizes change over the years, so it is hard to know exactly

how reliable that measure is. But it does reinforce what we

already know, which is that being overweight can

increase the risk of breast cancer. The researchers acknowledge more

work is needed to back up their findings and all agree that keeping

a healthy weight, staying physically active and cutting down on alcohol

are still the best ways to reduce The gaming industry is worth over ?2

billion a year to the UK economy - and millions of people spend hours

playing video games. Which is why tens of thousands

of gaming enthusiasts are expected to pack Earls Court over

the next four days, for Europe's biggest gaming show -

and among them is our technology Yes, it is the big event for real

gamers. Not a talking shop, but a place where 80,000 people come to

see and play the latest games, the Xbox, the PlayStation, all the big

console games. They are getting a glimpse of some exciting new

technology, perhaps the future of gaming. On this stands there is a

virtue out of -- virtual reality headset. We can see what this

gentleman is seeing, immersive gaming experience. That is a company

that has been bought by Facebook and will be on the scene quite soon. It

is also a good place to look at the healthy state of the British gaming

industry. We have seen figures showing the industry, which has had

problems over the years, is growing but he rapidly and earning a lot of

money. I found one of the legends of the gaming industry, David Braben,

creator of the Elite landmark game in the 1980s. What is your

assessment of the UK gaming industry? It is in Ruth -- rude

health. We have 80,000 people playing games live here. Very

exciting. The industry is going from strength to strength. It is changing

fast. People who made old-fashioned huge budget console games, that is

one section of it, a lot of people making cheap and give away games?

Absolutely. Every year there has been big change. This year is no

different. We see lots of new things coming along. We have seen the move

to mobile, and now PC, which is really strong for the industry, with

games like Elite of course. Most of the games industry is in foreign

hands. We don't have giant players in Britain. With the move to online

and selling directly to the public, there is the root for that move

back, something we are doing here at Frontier. It is exciting, come us at

Earls Court. A lot of excitement from those who play and take part in

the gaming industry. Fidgeting, swinging on chairs,

answering back, They're just some of the low-level

but persistent problems disrupting classes in England's schools,

according to inspectors. Students are losing up to an hour

of learning every day because of it, and teachers' unions say

headteachers aren't doing enough to Lunch time at North Shore Academy

and the head here, Mr Rodgers, Two years ago this school was

in special measures. It had some of the worst behaviour

anywhere in the country. Typical behaviour would be smoking

around the school, in corridors, swearing at members of staff,

climbing out of windows, After lunch,

the children line up in silence. Today, under a new regime,

there is no tolerance We are extremely strict with

our students. We have strict non-negotiable

rules regarding behaviour. But they are

in the best interests of creating This school is turning itself round,

but today's report by Ofsted says poor behaviour

in schools in England is damaging It says on average they are losing

an hour of learning every day, the equivalent

of 38 school days every year. The report talks about behaviour

that might appear quite trivial, like using mobile phones, swinging

on chairs, even quietly humming. The students here say low-level

disruption in the past meant the culture in the school was one where

learning wasn't taken seriously. It was just havoc

and disrespect towards teachers, and I was thick when I first started,

but I think I'm starting to learn a So if there is so much bad behaviour

in schools, who is to blame? Ofsted are pointing the finger

squarely at headteachers. In the report, two thirds

of teachers say school leaders are failing to assert their authority

when dealing with poor discipline. It is a claim that has

angered some headteachers. It is terribly demoralising

for headteachers, What surprises me about this report

is that Ofsted has consistently said that behaviour is very good

in the majority of schools. It raises big questions about the

validity of the inspection findings. Ofsted changed

the way they inspect school They are now urging headteachers to

follow Mr Rodgers' example, to be a visible presence, to crack

down hard on bad behaviour. The Ryder Cup is known

for the intense rivalry between And this year's competition, which

begins at Gleneagles tomorrow, looks like being no exception - after

comments about the European team Our sports correspondent Andy Swiss

is at Gleneagles. Yes, welcome to Gleneagles. We have

had breezy but dry conditions this morning for the players, as they

fine tune their preparations. Europe have dominated the Ryder Cup in

recent years. They won it four out of the last five times and they are

confident they can do it again. A standing ovation for the home team

and this was only a practice round. With Rory McIlroy leading the way,

Europe have come to Gleneagles as favourites with both crowds and

bookies and as the players soaked up the atmosphere for the fans two

years of waiting is almost over. The last rider -- Ryder Cup produced one

of the great sporting comebacks. You little beauty. The man whose show

stopping performance spurred Europe to victory is hungry for more. The

pride of what it means to put the shirt on, to walk over the bridge or

through the tunnel and soak up the electricity you get from the crowd

is something which is the biggest adrenaline rush you could ever

possibly have and you don't get that experience any other form of golf.

For the next three days of the Perthshire hills will be replaced by

the rules and groans of groans of thousands of fans. The Ryder Cup

stirs the passions like nothing else in golf, a test of talent but also

teamwork. The Europeans have been getting tips from Sir Alex

Ferguson, while America's Rickie Fowler has been to the barbers. But

there has been a few barbs as well. Michael Roy and his team-mate Graeme

McDowell are involved in a legal dispute which one US star was more

than happy to highlight -- Rory McIlroy. Not only are we able to

play together, we also don't litigate against each other and that

is a real plus, I feel, heading into this week. So behind the smiles and

the selfies, the golf gloves are off. Gleneagles looks glorious and

Europe full of confidence, but in the Ryder Cup tension and drama are

the only guarantees. Later on this afternoon the players

will appear at an opening ceremony. The two captains, Paul McGinley and

Tom Watson, will make their speeches. Then it all gets under way

at 7:35am tomorrow morning. An early start for the fans, but it should be

some atmosphere. The singer Jason Orange says

he's leaving Take That. In a statement, he stressed there'd

been no falling out - he simply didn't want to commit to recording

and promoting a new album. The rest of

the band will continue as a trio. Time for a look at the weather.

Here's Chris Fawkes. this week. So behind the smiles and

the selfies, the golf gloves I am not expecting to have to

relight my Fire at any time soon because temperatures will stay above

normal for the next few days. But we have much cloudier skies as we had

through this afternoon, compared with yesterday. Let's take a look at

the cloud. It has been surging southwards. Particularly across

England the cloud is pretty tenuous and then. It will allow some bright

or sunny spells to get through. Further worst, it will be fit enough

to bring outbreaks of light rain and drizzle, on and off. Staying down

for Cumbria, Lancashire and Scotland, and western and southern

coasts of Wales. A few spots of rain. If you are east of the high

ground, this is where the warmest weather is, you could see

temperatures around 20 Celsius across parts of the West Midlands,

Southern counties of England, and another one spot is across

Aberdeenshire, where we could see temperatures into the low 20s.

Overnight it gets windy. Gales develop, with gusts up to 60 miles

an hour, as a squally band of rain pushes southwards across Northern

Ireland and Scotland. Some dampness in the air across western parts of

England and Wales. A mild right across the south. It went down to 2

degrees last night, more like 14-16 tonight. Windy, blustery start of

the day in Scotland. Hopefully most of the rain will have cleared out of

the way for the first round of the Ryder Cup, but it will stay through

the day, which will cause interesting conditions for the

golfers on the fairways. For the rest of the day, we will start to

see the wind blow sunshine across Northern Ireland, Scotland, northern

England and Wales as the weather front dives southwards, bringing a

legacy of cloudy skies. Occasional bright spells in the south.

Temperatures, fresher in the North, the high teens or low 20s further

south. For the weekend, a lot of drier weather around but watch out

for morning fog patches particularly across the South on Saturday. The

best of the sunshine around on Saturday across swathes of North

England, North Wales and eastern areas of Scotland. It will keep

cloud across the South of England, with mist and fog slowly clearly

during the day. For Sunday, a lot of dry weather. Temperatures continue

to be on the high side for the time of year. 21 Celsius in London. We

could see highs of 23 Celsius across parts of south-east England on

Sunday, given hazy sunshine. That is the weather.

an hour, as a squally band of rain pushes

David Cameron says the UK is ready to play its part in fighting

so-called Islamic state. That is all