23/11/2015 BBC News at One

David Cameron says it is his firm belief that the UK should

launch airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria.

The Prime Minister - in Paris today - paid his respects at the concert

hall where scores of people were killed and announced increased

I firmly support the action that Francois Hollande has taken to

strike Isil in Syria and it is my firm conviction that Britain should

do so too. Belgian police arrest 21 people

after a series of raids - the capital Brussels remains

in lockdown. We'll bring you the latest

from Paris and Brussels. Four men go on trial over the

Hatton Garden jewellery heist - described in court as the "largest

burglary in English legal history". The government introduces a cap

on what hospitals can pay agency And a further ?12 billion

on equipment, as David Cameron prepares to announce his plans

for defence spending. In the sport: Britain's Davis Cup

team travel to Belgium for the final, 24 hours later than planned

after fears of a terrorist attack in Brussels.

Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.

David Cameron has said he's convinced that Britain should join

airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria following

He was speaking in the French capital, where he visited

the Bataclan concert hall with President Hollande.

At least 89 people were killed there.

The Prime Minister's hoping to build a case to persuade MPs

in Westminster to vote in favour of military action.

He agreed today to step up co-operation with France

on countering terror, including increased sharing of data.

Our Paris Correspondent Hugh Schofield reports.

David Cameron came to France to pledge the UK's sympathy

He is the first foreign leader to be welcomed in Paris after the attacks.

They visited the Bataclan Theatre where 89 people were

Is absolutely right to take decisive action to stop terrorists

when they are threatening the lives of innocent citizens.

We will do everything we can to support France to defeat

Evidence of that support came with the offer of the use of a bris base

in Cyprus to attack targets in Syria. With the arrival of a French

aircraft in the Mediterranean, France's power in the area has

tripled. We will intensify our strike

and choose targets that inflict the maximum possible damage

on this terrorist army and our aircraft carrier which is soon to

arrive in the area has been clearly For David Cameron,

co-ordination with President will help bolster his argument

for British air strikes in Syria. I firmly support this action,

to strike Isil in Syria and it is my firm conviction Britain

should do so as well. David Cameron there should also be

stronger borders in Europe. It is essential for

President Hollande to capitalise on the fury and solidarity created

by the Paris attacks. The iron is hot and out of it he

wants to forge a new, single coalition, dedicated to the complete

of so-called Islamic State. This is just the start of a frenetic

week of diplomacy for the President. He sees Barack Obama tomorrow

and then Angela Merkel before going Well our security correspondent

Frank Gardner is here. What difference will this increased

security cooperation between Britain I'm not sure it will make a great

deal of difference in intelligence sharing, because they have already a

close sharing arrangement. Not as close as with America, Canada, New

Zealand and the United States. But they have people in Paris in the

French intelligence service and they share a great deal. That is not

really where the problem lies. The problem lies in con-- continental

Europe and there in places like Belgium, the police, the people on

the streets who are able to pick up local intelligence don't necessarily

have much of a dialogue with the intelligence agencies and countries

within Europe are not sharing information with each other. You

have this absurd situation where Bavarian police before the Paris

attacks stopped a man in a car where a car full of Kalashnikovs and a

sat-nav setting set for Paris and didn't think to tell the French

about this. They went home or whatever they did. But they didn't

share it. There is other information that has, that could have been

shared about the movement of 1789ed Jihadists -- suspected Jihadists

which was not. The structures are there, but they're not being

properly used. Thank you. Let's speak to our

Assistant Political Editor Norman David Cameron unequivocal

on airstrikes - is he becoming more confident that

he'll win a Commons vote? The short answer is yes. Downing

Street are confident that political opinion is moving their way on air

strikes. In part, because of nature of the atrocities in Paris, in part

because there is now a UN resolution. In part because Russia

is engaged and there is a tentative diplomatic plan with the vie enthat

peace -- Vienna peace process and some Tories who voted against air

strikes against Assad last time may change. And although Jeremy Corbyn

is against air strikes, it seems unlikely he can take his party with

him without risking a split, so I think he will offer Labour MPs a

free vote and many will back David Cameron. Events are going to move

quickly. David Cameron will set out his plan, his strategy, probably on

Thursday, Downing Street say they will then leave his ideas to "per

Coe late" for a few days and I think they will go for it next week and if

they win it, then UK involvement in air strikes could follow soon after.

Thank you. 21 people have been arrested in an

anti-terror operation in Belgium. 22 properties were raided -

most of them in Brussels. But the chief suspect in the Paris

attacks is still at large. The city remains in lockdown -

schools, universities and the Metro remain

shut, over fears a Paris-style Our Europe correspondent

Chris Morris is in Brussels. Yes, anner moured personnel carrier

guarding the city's central railation station, an indication

that these are not normal times. The streets are emptier than normal and

things are a bit jittery. There have been further police raids this

morning. Five in Brussels and two in Liege. Still the hunt go on.

For the third day a city on highest security alert.

Troops on the streets and the Government warning of multiple

It is a fire, he says, possibly a falls alarm.

Unsettling times for locals and tourists alike.

It's not overly scary for me at least.

I didn't want to come here, but Brian wanted to.

Just the security, but we don't know how to say, feeling not good.

Last night 19 police raids in Brussels and 16 arrests.

But they didn't find the man they really want.

Salah Abdeslam, who took part in the Paris attacks and could be

The authorities are looking for others as well.

It was a big operation last night, but the job is not done

and will continue until the entire organisation is dismantled.

For now, schools and universities remain closed.

So too the the metro, museums and cinemas.

The city that houses the main EU institutions

and NATO headquarters has never never seen anything quite like it.

The Belgian authorities said they were acting on pretty precise

information about an imminent attack and until they can reassure people

that that has changed, Brussels is bound to remain on edge.

But for how long can you shut down many of the normal functions

Difficult questions and no easy answers.

And still the suspicion that Abdeslam could be hiding close by.

It is the kind of threat that not just Belgium, but the rest of Europe

This is the third day of Brussels being in lock down, are people

asking why is it going on for so long? They are. People think this

can't go on indefinitely and the city must get back to normal and

there will be questions about whether the police have acted

swiftly enough, whether the intelligence has been good enough.

They were arrested after the Paris attacks, including the two men who

allegedly drove Salah Abdeslam back here to Brussels. But the raids

which started last night, people are wondering why couldn't they have

happened two or three days ago? And part of the answer is the profile of

some of the attackers based in brus accepts that is start Brussels

starts to merge. They were not particularly religious, but they

were radicalised quickly and that made them difficult to spot. Once

this is over, there will be many searching questions about why these

networks of radicals were able to develop with apparent impunity in

places like Molenbeek and what the Belgium state and the different

competing levels of government, what the state is going to do to try and

prevent it happening again. Thank you.

And later in the programme we'll have an exclusive report from

inside the hotel in Mali, attacked by Islamist extremists on Friday,

Four men have gone on trial in connection with

the multi-million pound jewellery raid on the Hatton Garden safe

Valuables and gems, worth an estimated ?14 million were

stolen over the Easter weekend, in what has been described

in court as the "largest burglary in English legal history."

Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Daniel Sandford is at

Yes the jury were told that the Hatton Garden burglary took almost a

year to plan. Daniel Jones, one of those who pleaded guilty was using

the internet to research the kind of drill used to get into the safe

vault eleven months before the burglary. Thousands of items have

been recovered. Some people have even had some of their property

returned. But millions of pounds worth are still missing. It was said

the prosecution the largest burglary in English legal history. A raid on

the Hatton Garden safe deposit in London. An estimated ?14 million

worth of gold, platinum, jewellery, watches, precious stones and cash

were stolen from 44 boxes. At best only around a third of it has been

recovered. The gold and platinum bars and coins are already still

missing. The jury heard that four ring leaders have already pleaded

guilty. Including 76-year-old Brian Reider, known by the other men as

the Master. Carl Wood, John Harbinson and Bill Lincoln and Hugh

Doyle are on trial. The jury were told that on the first night the men

had failed to get into the actual vault. But they had returned with

more equipment to finish the job two days later. The prosecution said

there wasn't much CCTV footage, because the main recorders in the

building he removed during the burglary and the ring leaders has

been plotting the crime since January, months before the Easter

nights in a pub in London. The four nights in a pub in London.

men on trial today deny all of the men on trial today deny all of the

charges against them. Thank you. Hospitals in England are facing new

limits on what they can pay agency The Government says

the cap will save ?1 billion over Over the coming months temporary

staff will gradually see their pay come down, and hospitals will have

to start limiting what they spend. Our Health Correspondent Dominic

Hughes reports. A typically busy ward

in Grimsby's Diana Princess where not just recruiting,

but keeping staff is a challenge. The hospital has struggled to

attract new nurses and that left gaps

in rotas that had to be filled. We had 200 registered nurse

vacancies at the beginning That's been a particular stress for

us in terms of being able to assure ourselves that we maintain patient

safety by filling those gaps. Hospitals across England have seen

the amount they spend This hospital alone

in one year spent more than ?5 Now the Government is introducing

a cap on the amount hospitals can There will also be a cap

on what agencies can charge, so the maximum for a junior doctor

will be 150% above basic pay. For other clinical staff such

as nurses or consultants, the For other none clinical workers,

for example clerical staff, In Grimsby they have reduced

their spending through a big recruitment drive and by

offering experienced nurses like Di Hughes better paid overtime shifts

in priority areas, such as A They are getting somebody that knows

the team that, knows the area, the layout,

and is helping the local community as well, patients in my area that

need me to assist look after them. But agencies that provide nurses to

hospitals say they're fed up with being accused of ripping

off the health service and any cap If agencies like ours are if you

like demonised and made to feel that we are the probblem, we probably

won't want to trade with the NHS any longer and that's

a problem, because that then does leave the field open to

the exploitative agencies who will The Government said controls

on spending will help the NHS improve care and invest in front

line services, with some hospitals are likely to struggle to reduce

their reliance on agency staff. David Cameron - in Paris today -

paid his respects at the concert hall where scores of people were

killed and said it is his firm conviction that the UK should attack

the Islamic State group in Syria. Sun, salt and solar power - how

this power station could provide In sport: The suspended Fifa

president Sepp Blatter said he was close to dying during a recent

health scare. Mali has begun three days

of national mourning following Friday's militant Islamist attack

on a hotel in the capital, Bamako, Malian

and international troops stormed the Radisson Blu hotel to free guests

and staff being held hostage. A waiter who was wounded during

the attack has been describing how he survived to our correspondent

Thomas Fessy - and just a warning that you may be upset by

some of the pictures in his report. TRANSLATION: My manager and I

led the guests through the kitchen so we could take

them to the basement, but the lift The lift got stuck

and the doors could not close. One gunman arrived

and shot once to show that he was This man was preparing breakfast

for the hotel's guests when the He is now recovering from

the bullet wounds in the neck. An ordinary Friday morning

at the Radisson Blu. Here in the restaurant, the tables

are still set the way that they were But when the shooting began,

hotel staff led them through But many of them were met by one of

the gunmen right here as they were trying to access that lift here and

another round the corner to flee. There were French, English,

Chinese and others. I took the first bullet because I

was standing at the front. When he regained consciousness,

the man and two female colleagues rushed into this office

and closed the door. One of the two women started

to scream when she saw him. I had told the other lady

to stay under the table. He looked at me,

but I faked being dead. 19 people from around

the globe died in this building. Ali waited eight hours until

soldiers were able to get to him. He said he kept praying

and thinking of his wife This afternoon the Prime Minister

will announce the government's plans There'll be another ?12 billion

pounds for equipment, a new fleet of maritime patrol aircraft and two

rapid reaction brigades by 2025. Mr Cameron says the Government's

priority over the next five years is to deter threats from other states

and to tackle terrorism. Our Defence Correspondent Jonathan

Beale reports. This is one of the haunting images

from the last defence review. Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft

scrapped before they even flew. The brutal cuts five years ago have

left gaps in Britain's defences. This week, the UK has had to call

on the help of French and Canadian aircraft to help search

for a suspected Russian submarine Today's defence review will identify

rising threats - a more aggressive Russia, and extremist groups

like Islamic State. But unlike the last defence review,

there will be more resources this Newly approved

on the MoD shopping list, the RAF will get a fleet of nine

Boeing maritime patrol aircraft. The Royal Navy's two new aircraft

carriers will be getting dozens And

while the Army won't be getting any more troops, they will have hundreds

of new armoured vehicles to set up We're going to be spending more on

the defence budget, it's going to And we're going to spend more

on giving the Armed Forces An extra ?12 billion, more ships,

more planes, better equipment for the special forces

and making sure that we have more While this will all be presented

as good news for the Armed Forces, The Navy had hoped for 13 of the

new Type 26 frigates, the initial And it's always worth remembering

that it takes a long time to The Royal Navy's two new carriers,

both well under construction in Forsyth, won't be ready

for combat until the next decade. A review into how Health and Social

services dealt with a mother who killed her three disabled children

has concluded that the deaths could Tanya Clarence, from south London,

admitted manslaughter after The review says professionals went

out of their way to help the family, who were described as

"extremely challenging." Senior police officers are being

told to tackle reported grooming more effectively,

following the murder of a 14-year-old boy who was approached

online through a gaming website. An investigation into the death

of Breck Bednar found that a lack of training meant Surrey

police failed to act on concerns The Independent Police Complaints

Commission says that police forces must work together to handle

grooming reports. I have a 14-year-old son and I feel

like he is being groomed. An anxious mother's phone call to the police.

It has been ongoing for a while. I'm really concerned. But her concerns

were ignored. Her son Breck was chatting to 19-year-old Lewis Stains

on a gaming web-site. Two months after that call, Breck was lured to

a flat where he was murdered. Had I had a better tter call handler, they

would have recognised I was worried about grooming. I knew this person

was controlling the boys and hiding his face. I knew there was something

untoward and I was trying to explain that. If the person isn't properly

trained, it is difficult to pick up on the signs. The IPCC investigation

found the call handler failed to provide her with information on

specialist child protection agencies and failed to run the man's name

through the national police database, which would have flagged

him up. Surrey police says call handlers now follow a checklist when

dealing with concerns about grooming and that a case can't be closed

without further investigation. Today the IPCC commission irsaid all

forces need to work together to tackle online grooming. We have no

way of knowing if Laurent had made that call to another force if the

outcome may have been different. What we have asked police chiefs to

do is look at their policies again and make sure that they have got

everything right. Changes to guidelines are too late for Breck,

but they could save other young people exposed to this online

danger. Now, one of the problems with solar

power is that it's difficult to store the energy generated

by the sun during the day. Well now a solar power plant

on the edge of the Saharan desert As our environment correspondent,

Roger Harrabin, explains, In eastern Morocco, this ancient

city is about to be powered by a futuristic technology that

harnesses solar energy after It takes a drive through

barren lands to find it. The size is breathtaking,

stretching far towards the horizon. Renewable energy

on a heroic scale. Row upon row of curved mirrors,

capturing the power of the Saharan When this site is completed,

it will be the size of Morocco's capital city and give energy

to 1 million people. In daytime, the mirrors track

the sun through the sky. We have speeded them

up to demonstrate. It is called concentrated

solar power. Each mirror focuses the sun's rays

to heat the tube along the middle. Oil inside

the tube is warmed to 400 Celsius. The oil is transported here to make

steam to generate electricity. The vast empty wastes of the Sahara

stretch far behind the power plant. Who ever would have thought

a desert would come in so handy? But how does

the plant make power after sunset? Well, it uses the sun's energy to

melt salt in this huge cylinder. That holds the heat into the night

and generates power. This thing you see here is

a tank where we store salt. During the day, we heat this salt

in order to keep the heat that will We are able to store up to

three hours of energy. Storing power from renewables is

the Holy Grail of energy. Developing nations want help

from rich countries to get technology like this under

the climate talks in Paris. The desert solar power here

will be switched on soon. A future stage of the project is

designed to deliver solar energy all Time for the weather now. A bit

chillier here. Yes, the coldest weather O autumn. -- of the autumn.

the weather and this was sent by the weather and this was sent by

John in Aberdeenshire with snow on the hills. And these scenes from

Cumbria, snow covering the high ground here and in home Firth you

probably needed a fleece or two. In Derbyshire it was high enough for

this amount of snow. So the cold air came south from the Arctic. But it

won't hang around and it will get less cold in the next 24 hours as we

get these north-westerly winds. That process of mild air is moving in,

but it is still cold, just one degree in some areas in Wales. The

milder air is associated with a weather front and through this

afternoon that front will bring some wet weather as it pushes south. So

wet weather for Scotland, Northern Ireland and by the end of the

afternoon we will see some rain across the far north-west of England

and Wales. For most of England and Wales if you have the sunshine and

the bright skies, chances are it is cold. Temperatures for many around

four or five Celsius with little change through the afternoon.

Tonight a funny kind of night, starting off cold in the south-east.

But as the rain comes, the temperatures will rise and they will

be up to ten degrees in England. Colder still in Scotland and

Northern Ireland. For Tuesday, our band of rain clears from eastern

England and we will be left with a lot of cloud and some showers. But

for Northern Ireland and Scotland plenty of showers and it is still

cold enough in Scotland for some of the showers to fall as snow in the

mountains. But the best of the sunshine in north-east England and

Scotland. Feeling cooler. Thursday will cloud over and the winds will

pick up towards the end of week. And temperatures up to 12 degrees. That

clears out of the way and Friday night we could see snow on northern

hills. Thank you. Now a reminder

of our top story this lunchtime: The Prime Minister - in Paris today

- paid his respects at the concert hall where scores of people were

killed and announced increased That's all from us,

now on BBC One it's time