:00:07. > :00:09.The Prime Minister tells MPs to back airstrikes against Islamic State
:00:10. > :00:12.militants in Syria, saying Britain cannot shirk its responsibilities
:00:13. > :00:17.As he set out the case for extending RAF action from Iraq into Syria, Mr
:00:18. > :00:24.Cameron said Britain had to stand united with other countries.
:00:25. > :00:32.We should not be content with outsourcing our security to our
:00:33. > :00:36.allies. If we believe that action can protect us, with our allies we
:00:37. > :00:39.should be part of that action, not standing aside from it.
:00:40. > :00:42.With the President of France due to meet his Russian counterpart
:00:43. > :00:44.in Moscow this afternoon, we'll be assessing the latest
:00:45. > :00:49."This is not the end of austerity" - a leading think-tank's verdict
:00:50. > :00:54.after the Chancellor set out the government's spending plans.
:00:55. > :00:59.Net migration to the UK reaches a new all-time high of 336,000 people.
:01:00. > :01:09.And the abandoned baby left in a crib in a New York nativity scene.
:01:10. > :01:18.Coming up in the sport, the draw for this weekend's Davis Cup final
:01:19. > :01:19.against Belgium is taking place. Andy Murray will play in the
:01:20. > :01:35.singles. Good afternoon
:01:36. > :01:39.and welcome to the BBC News at One. David Cameron has been making
:01:40. > :01:42.the case to MPs for air strikes against Islamic State militants
:01:43. > :01:45.in Syria, arguing they would be He denied claims that the UK would
:01:46. > :01:51.become a bigger target for terror attacks, saying the only way to
:01:52. > :01:55.react was to "take action now". The Prime Minister's statement comes
:01:56. > :01:57.just under a fortnight since the terror attacks in Paris,
:01:58. > :02:00.which killed 130 people. Here's our Political Correspondent,
:02:01. > :02:13.Robin Brant. The case for war in his right hand,
:02:14. > :02:17.the Prime Minister left Downing Street this morning determined to
:02:18. > :02:23.persuade MPs to back air strikes in Syria. Remember, this is his second
:02:24. > :02:28.time of asking. Two years ago Parliament said no to attacking the
:02:29. > :02:33.dictator, Bashar al-Assad. Now it is Isis David Cameron wants to target.
:02:34. > :02:40.In the last 12 months our police and security services have disrupted no
:02:41. > :02:44.sooner -- the more than seven terror threats. Either one was linked to
:02:45. > :02:47.Isil or inspired by their propaganda. I am in no doubt it is
:02:48. > :02:51.in our national interest for action to be taken to stop them.
:02:52. > :02:57.He went on to explain in seven points the strategy, legality and
:02:58. > :03:02.complexity of attacking IS in Syria. He said Britain had moral duty to
:03:03. > :03:07.come to the aid of its allies. He won over some detractors, with
:03:08. > :03:11.senior Tories changing their minds other Labour figures supported them.
:03:12. > :03:16.What would it say about our judgment if we failed to take heed of the
:03:17. > :03:21.appeal from the United Nations? But across the table labour leader who
:03:22. > :03:25.long campaigned against military action. All that Isis stands for and
:03:26. > :03:29.those is contrary to what we have stood for over many generations.
:03:30. > :03:33.There is no doubt it poses a threat to our own people. The question must
:03:34. > :03:39.now be whether extending the UK bombings in Iraq to Syria is likely
:03:40. > :03:43.to reduce or increase that threat? What about the unintended
:03:44. > :03:47.consequences, he asked? What about civilians on the ground? These are
:03:48. > :03:51.worries that divide the sides amid these proposals the bomb Syria. The
:03:52. > :03:54.Prime Minister tried to deal with some of these concerns in this
:03:55. > :03:57.document released this morning. There are those who remain
:03:58. > :04:00.unconvinced. The Prime Minister has asked us to
:04:01. > :04:05.consider his plan. We have listened closely. However, key questions
:04:06. > :04:10.posed by the Foreign Affairs Select Committee remain unanswered. And
:04:11. > :04:12.unless the Prime Minister answers these questions satisfactorily, the
:04:13. > :04:17.Scottish National Party will not vote for air strikes in Syria.
:04:18. > :04:21.One of those key questions is how to win on the ground. The Prime
:04:22. > :04:26.Minister confirmed UK forces will not be there. Memories of the
:04:27. > :04:30.massacres in Paris are still very fresh. David Cameron will not go for
:04:31. > :04:35.a vote in Dili knows he has enough MPs on board. There are plenty yet
:04:36. > :04:36.to persuade. Part of David Cameron's argument
:04:37. > :04:39.today was that the UK shouldn't be content to "outsource its security"
:04:40. > :04:41.to its allies. Jonathan Beale looks now at
:04:42. > :04:55.the details of his proposed action. RAF Tornado crews are waiting for
:04:56. > :04:59.the green light to carry out air strikes over Syria. They have been
:05:00. > :05:04.flying missions for more than a year. But so far they have only been
:05:05. > :05:12.authorised to fire their weapons in Iraq against Islamic State. But with
:05:13. > :05:16.Islamic strongholds in Syria, the literary chiefs and ministers have
:05:17. > :05:21.been arguing it makes no sense to stop bombing at the border. In the
:05:22. > :05:24.destruction of Isil I do believe you have to use military power. In
:05:25. > :05:28.amongst that military power, part of it is bombing and I believe the UK
:05:29. > :05:36.should play its part in that. We are under great threat now. How did we
:05:37. > :05:39.get here? In 2013, MPs voted against military intervention in Syria. This
:05:40. > :05:45.photo was about hitting the Assad regime. -- this vote. One year on
:05:46. > :05:52.the landscape shifted dramatically with the rise of Islamic state. The
:05:53. > :05:54.UN coalition soon began air strikes. This September Russia started its
:05:55. > :06:00.bombing campaign in support of President Assad. But it was Paris
:06:01. > :06:06.that shifted opinion in Europe, with France stepping up his strikes
:06:07. > :06:11.against IS. The question now, will British intervention make a
:06:12. > :06:14.difference? Bombing will add nothing militarily, nothing significant.
:06:15. > :06:19.Even the Government admit it will not be a game changer. But the
:06:20. > :06:25.proposition is that we indulge in some recreational bombing of Raqqa.
:06:26. > :06:28.David Cameron says the UK will bring niche capabilities. The RAF is
:06:29. > :06:33.already providing key intelligence for the coalition. The Brimstone
:06:34. > :06:39.missile will make a difference, he says, with its precision. But Libya
:06:40. > :06:42.showed the limits of their power. An air campaign can only set the
:06:43. > :06:46.conditions for something that has to happen on the ground. In Libya we
:06:47. > :06:51.learnt if you are going to be discriminating make sure you hit the
:06:52. > :06:56.targets you are aiming at, it will take time. Although time is short,
:06:57. > :07:01.we will have to be patient in trying to degrade the IS forces before
:07:02. > :07:05.somebody takes them on on the ground. That will not be British
:07:06. > :07:12.boots. And now will there be much extra in the air. The RAF may send a
:07:13. > :07:17.few more of its ageing Tornado jets but it will still be the same drones
:07:18. > :07:20.already in the fight. Numbers dwarfed by the US.
:07:21. > :07:25.Let's speak to our Assistant Political Editor, Norman Smith.
:07:26. > :07:29.Ministers have made it clear that there won't be a Commons vote if
:07:30. > :07:32.the government isn't confident of winning - where does the balance of
:07:33. > :07:46.My sense if there was a vote today David Cameron would win it. Can he
:07:47. > :07:49.be absolutely sure? No he cannot. That is why in the House of Commons
:07:50. > :07:54.he went out of his way to adopt a measured, reasoned approach. There
:07:55. > :07:57.was no bulldog Churchillian rhetoric. He was reaching out to his
:07:58. > :08:02.opponents, adopting a conciliatory approach. More than that he is
:08:03. > :08:08.trying to strike a stance 1 million miles from that of Tony Blair and
:08:09. > :08:14.his highly charged case for war in Iraq. Let's be honest, the shadow of
:08:15. > :08:17.Iraq hangs over this whole debate. Significantly though Mr Cameron did
:08:18. > :08:21.win the backing of one of his key critics, the Conservative chairman
:08:22. > :08:26.of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Crispin Blunt, who last month
:08:27. > :08:30.produced an influential approach saying, no, we should be cautious
:08:31. > :08:35.about war. Today he backed Mr Cameron. Even so, the Prime Minister
:08:36. > :08:40.still faced difficult questions about who is going to fight IS on
:08:41. > :08:45.the ground. What will happen to President Assad? At the end of the
:08:46. > :08:48.day whether he wins or not maybe out of his hands. It may depend on what
:08:49. > :08:53.happens in the Labour Party. Jeremy Corbyn is clearly against war. Many
:08:54. > :08:57.in his party back it. This lunchtime the Shadow Cabinet are meeting to
:08:58. > :09:00.decide what they should do. That may well determine whether or not Mr
:09:01. > :09:01.Cameron gets parliamentary backing for air strikes.
:09:02. > :09:03.Norman Smith. As Westminster considers the UK's
:09:04. > :09:05.role, President Hollande of France is in Moscow
:09:06. > :09:07.for talks with President Putin this Let's speak to our correspondent
:09:08. > :09:12.there, Steve Rosenberg. How difficult will it be
:09:13. > :09:14.for President Hollande and President Putin to reach
:09:15. > :09:27.agreement on fighting terror? I suppose France and Russia have at
:09:28. > :09:29.least one thing in common. Both countries have recently been the
:09:30. > :09:34.victims of terror attacks linked to Islamic State. The Paris attacks and
:09:35. > :09:38.the Russian passenger jets bombed out of the sky over the Sinai
:09:39. > :09:42.desert. If you look at the kind of language coming out of Paris and
:09:43. > :09:45.Moscow in recent days, it is pretty similar. We have heard President
:09:46. > :09:50.Hollande calling for a grand coalition against terror. We have
:09:51. > :09:53.heard Russian officials harking back to the Second World War when the
:09:54. > :09:56.Soviet Union and the West put aside their differences and came together
:09:57. > :10:02.to defeat Hitler. Officials calling for the same again against Islamic
:10:03. > :10:06.State. Language is one thing. Political reality is another. The
:10:07. > :10:10.reality here is that there are many potential stumbling blocks on the
:10:11. > :10:14.path to forging a like-minded alliance. Both Russia and the West
:10:15. > :10:16.may call for a war on terror but they disagree on who are the
:10:17. > :10:17.terrorists. Steve Rosenberg.
:10:18. > :10:20.The think-tank, the Institute for Fiscal Studies,
:10:21. > :10:23.says the Chancellor George Osborne "got lucky" in the lead-up to
:10:24. > :10:28.It says a set of forecasting changes on tax receipts had allowed him
:10:29. > :10:31.a lot of wriggle room to defer next year's cuts to tax credits.
:10:32. > :10:34.But it says talk of an end of austerity was premature.
:10:35. > :10:48.Is it some pre-Christmas cheer from the Chancellor? Or is it pain
:10:49. > :10:53.postponed, or a magic trick that puts the public finances at risk?
:10:54. > :10:56.George Osborne is being called the lucky Chancellor by some because a
:10:57. > :11:00.minor turnaround in the national accounts turned up just in time to
:11:01. > :11:05.save him some of the embarrassment of the U-turn over cutting tax
:11:06. > :11:08.credits for millions. My central judgment is that Britain needs to
:11:09. > :11:13.move to that lower welfare, higher wage economy. That's what we are
:11:14. > :11:18.doing. It is the right thing for our country. We can help families in the
:11:19. > :11:25.transition to that and use the improvement in the public finances
:11:26. > :11:28.to do that. What he pointed to in his Autumn Statement was a windfall
:11:29. > :11:34.from extra tax revenue and lower interest payments of ?27 billion,
:11:35. > :11:37.which are conveniently appeared. But per year that equates to just over 5
:11:38. > :11:44.billion. Mostly used up by the annual cost of abandoning his tax
:11:45. > :11:49.credits cuts. Newspapers pro-trade as a loosening of the squeeze by the
:11:50. > :11:52.respected Institute for Fiscal Studies say the grip on spending is
:11:53. > :11:58.still amongst the tightest for decades. Less severe than feared but
:11:59. > :12:02.an end to austerity is not. We are still seeing some significant
:12:03. > :12:06.spending cuts across a range of departments. Spending by the
:12:07. > :12:09.Government as a fraction of national income is falling very quickly. And
:12:10. > :12:14.even in those departments where it is going a bit, it is still barely
:12:15. > :12:18.keeping up with the economy. The Chancery Lane -- the Chancellor
:12:19. > :12:23.needs is pre-festive good fortune to carry on. For people to continue
:12:24. > :12:29.spending more and for businesses to grow. Because the Osbourne plan
:12:30. > :12:34.remains a knife edge, dependent on positive economic forecasts which
:12:35. > :12:37.have to be proved right. So the Chancellor heads into the Christmas
:12:38. > :12:43.season having waived his wand over the Government's books. But there
:12:44. > :12:46.are still hostages to fortune. Trainee nurses having to borrow for
:12:47. > :12:47.their upkeep and a tax grab from business.
:12:48. > :13:01.Andy, what did the Institute for Fiscal Studies say about the
:13:02. > :13:06.Spending Review? They say the Chancellor has got lucky, as you
:13:07. > :13:11.reported. That it is less austere, that the severity of austerity will
:13:12. > :13:15.not be as bad as predicted in July. What does austerity mean? It simply
:13:16. > :13:19.means cutting public spending. There will still be some of the deepest
:13:20. > :13:24.cuts in public spending since the war. About 18%. Some of the luck was
:13:25. > :13:27.down to the fact there were changes in the forecast to the fact there
:13:28. > :13:30.were changes in the forecast Dermot tax revenue would be collected. One
:13:31. > :13:33.thing the Institute for Fiscal Studies is pointing out is that a
:13:34. > :13:38.little change in the forecast has saved the police and Foreign Office
:13:39. > :13:44.from being cut. They say it is a bit of an odd situation when you cut --
:13:45. > :13:47.whether you cut the police or not depending on particular forecasts.
:13:48. > :13:52.They also say that scrapping cuts to tax credits will not actually cost
:13:53. > :13:57.the Chancellor any money in the long run because he is still making those
:13:58. > :14:01.cuts in the tax credits are replaced by Universal Credit, which you will
:14:02. > :14:05.replace six other benefits, in a couple of years. They say this is a
:14:06. > :14:08.radical budget, it really is cutting back the welfare spending to one of
:14:09. > :14:11.its lowest proportions as a share of national income, for 30 years.
:14:12. > :14:13.Andy Verity. Net migration to the UK has hit
:14:14. > :14:16.a new all-time high. The difference between the number
:14:17. > :14:19.of people coming to live in Britain and those emigrating was 336,000
:14:20. > :14:22.in the 12 months to the end of June - that's 82,000 higher than
:14:23. > :14:36.the previous year. While claiming success on the
:14:37. > :14:42.economic front, the Government is finding it harder to deliver on its
:14:43. > :14:46.pledge to control immigration. It's goal is to bring down net migration,
:14:47. > :14:52.the difference between the number of people coming into the UK and those
:14:53. > :14:59.going out, to under 100,000. The figure today shows the trend is
:15:00. > :15:03.boards and the figures are at a record at 336,000, more than three
:15:04. > :15:07.times the Government target. The increase has been driven largely by
:15:08. > :15:13.the arrival of those from other EU countries, with the majority coming
:15:14. > :15:17.to work. Overseas students, 192,000 came in, have also contributed to
:15:18. > :15:22.the rising numbers. Our ambition remains, as we said in
:15:23. > :15:26.our manifesto, to see that net migration returns to those long-term
:15:27. > :15:29.sustainable levels which we judge in the tens of thousands rather than
:15:30. > :15:33.the hundreds of thousands. We are clear that there are challenges we
:15:34. > :15:37.need to address in workgroups, seeing that firms are not relying on
:15:38. > :15:40.an overseas labour, but also on students.
:15:41. > :15:44.While the Government cannot control the movement of people from other
:15:45. > :15:48.European countries, it is putting restrictions on those who come into
:15:49. > :15:54.the UK from conflict zones like Syria. This family left Jordan last
:15:55. > :15:58.night bound for Britain. They are part of a scheme to relocate
:15:59. > :16:03.vulnerable people. But ministers say Britain cannot give a permanent home
:16:04. > :16:08.to Syrian refugees who arrived -- who arrive in the UK illegally. This
:16:09. > :16:14.man has been told he has to return to Italy, the European country he
:16:15. > :16:18.arrived in. TRANSLATION: I do not have any
:16:19. > :16:23.family there. And in our culture you gather around your family. They
:16:24. > :16:26.offer you support. If I bring my children, I want them to be around
:16:27. > :16:30.my family. The government has said it will
:16:31. > :16:36.accept up to 20,000 Syrian refugees in the next five years. It is taking
:16:37. > :16:37.only those living in camps bordering Syria, not those part of the
:16:38. > :16:50.European exodus. Our top story. The Prime Minister
:16:51. > :16:52.tells MPs to back air strikes against Islamic State militants in
:16:53. > :16:58.Syria, saying Britain cannot shirk its responsibilities. Coming up,
:16:59. > :17:01.tight security in Belgium as Great Britain's tennis players bid to win
:17:02. > :17:07.the Davis Cup. In sport, Captain Owen Morgan says
:17:08. > :17:12.England will continue to push the boundaries as they play Pakistan in
:17:13. > :17:13.the first of three Twenty20 matches, hoping to build on their one-day
:17:14. > :17:20.series win. The lead singer of the Eagles
:17:21. > :17:23.of Death Metal says he wants to be the first person to play the
:17:24. > :17:26.Bataclan theatre when it reopens. The concert hall was the site
:17:27. > :17:33.of the worst massacre in the Paris attacks earlier this month - three
:17:34. > :17:36.gunmen stormed the building In an interview, the band have
:17:37. > :17:39.been speaking about what happened. At first I thought it was the
:17:40. > :17:55.flashing images from the start. cracking up and I realised real
:17:56. > :18:01.quick it was not. Basically they walked in and started blasting. Pops
:18:02. > :18:01.went off, people started dropping to the
:18:02. > :18:28.ground, injuries, death. just huddled. I think he thought I
:18:29. > :18:31.probably got hit because I went down so quickly and everybody else around
:18:32. > :18:35.was injured and there was blood all over. Everybody started going up
:18:36. > :18:39.into this room to escape the gunfire. Naturally, instinctively.
:18:40. > :18:45.As soon as we get there are few people have been shot. Bleeding. We
:18:46. > :18:52.started grabbing chairs to barricade the door. The gunfire got closer. It
:18:53. > :18:56.went on for ten, 15 minutes. It did not stop. Then it would stop and
:18:57. > :19:01.there was a sense of relief, and it would start up again. Then there was
:19:02. > :19:06.an explosion. It shook the whole room, probably the whole building.
:19:07. > :19:16.Of course, we did not know what that was. We thought they were trying to
:19:17. > :19:21.blow up the venue. After we came back downstairs we went out the side
:19:22. > :19:25.exit door onto the street. The kids saw us. They were being so helpful.
:19:26. > :19:32.They were being so great. Come this way. I cannot wait to get back to
:19:33. > :19:38.Paris. I cannot wait to play. I want to be the first band to play in the
:19:39. > :19:42.Bataclan when it opens up. Because I was there when it went silent for a
:19:43. > :19:48.minute. Our friends went there to see rock 'n' roll and died. I want
:19:49. > :19:52.to go back there and live. The Eagles of Death Metal.
:19:53. > :19:55.Barclays has been fined ?72 million for failing to carry out proper
:19:56. > :19:57.checks on very wealthy clients, because it did not want to
:19:58. > :20:02.The regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, said Barclays arranged
:20:03. > :20:06.a deal worth nearly ?2 billion in 2011 and 2012, which it kept quiet.
:20:07. > :20:09.It says the bank didn't follow standard procedures designed
:20:10. > :20:18.There's no suggestion that a crime was committed.
:20:19. > :20:21.Talks to try to avert strikes by junior doctors
:20:22. > :20:23.in England got underway this morning between the British Medical
:20:24. > :20:25.Association and the government, with the conciliation service, Acas.
:20:26. > :20:28.The first of three planned walk outs is scheduled for next week.
:20:29. > :20:35.What chance of averting these strikes?
:20:36. > :20:41.No news so far from the talks. They are at a secret location. That is
:20:42. > :20:47.what normally happens when Acas gets involved. They take both parties
:20:48. > :20:52.away from the media spotlight and let them sit around the table to see
:20:53. > :20:56.if they can make any progress. There have not been any talks for several
:20:57. > :21:00.months. This is an attempt to see if they can get the process started
:21:01. > :21:07.again. The strike call for next Tuesday, the first of three, is
:21:08. > :21:11.still on. They have been happy to go into talks even with that hanging
:21:12. > :21:15.over them. It has become a heated dispute. Doctors are angry at the
:21:16. > :21:20.imposition of a contract which could result in them having to work longer
:21:21. > :21:23.hours, which are unsafe, and also reductions in their potential
:21:24. > :21:27.earnings over the next five to ten years. The government says it wants
:21:28. > :21:30.to reform the contract for junior doctors in England to make it easier
:21:31. > :21:34.for hospitals to roster more staff on at weekends because of its plan
:21:35. > :21:39.to try to develop more seven-day services in the NHS. Because the
:21:40. > :21:44.strike is still on for Tuesday, some hospitals have already started
:21:45. > :21:48.contacting patients. One large one has cancelled 47 operations for next
:21:49. > :21:54.Tuesday but will contact patients again if the strike is called off.
:21:55. > :21:57.The Communist on trial for presiding over a "brutal cult", has accused
:21:58. > :22:00.what he calls the "British Fascist State" of killing, torturing,
:22:01. > :22:02.arresting and deporting families, a form of fascism which he said
:22:03. > :22:05.75-year-old Aravindan Balakrishnan has begun giving evidence
:22:06. > :22:08.in his trial, accused of rape, indecent assault, false
:22:09. > :22:11.Tom Symonds is at Southwark crown court.
:22:12. > :22:20.Tom, what else did he have to say? Aravindan Balakrishnan, who is 75,
:22:21. > :22:27.described himself as a revolutionary commoners. He said that meant
:22:28. > :22:30.everything to him. His political beliefs, he said, really dated back
:22:31. > :22:34.to the years after the Second World War when he lived in Singapore
:22:35. > :22:38.during the emergency. He said that Britain, and imperialist state, also
:22:39. > :22:44.responsible for treating people very badly indeed. He said he was a
:22:45. > :22:47.follower of Chairman Mao, a believer in what he called the cultural
:22:48. > :22:54.Revolution, which involved changing people's mines. He is accused of
:22:55. > :22:57.raping two members of the so-called collectively presided over for 40
:22:58. > :23:02.years in various parts of south London. And today, for the first
:23:03. > :23:06.time, he gave his defence to those allegations. He said in the case of
:23:07. > :23:12.one alleged rape, the woman involved never indicated she was unwilling,
:23:13. > :23:16.had pushed herself onto him, and that she and another woman competed
:23:17. > :23:19.for his attentions. He is also accused of imprisoning his own
:23:20. > :23:25.daughter for more than 30 years. And he said that she claimed that she
:23:26. > :23:30.was only allowed out with another person. He said that was a decision
:23:31. > :23:33.made by the group. It was the people's thermography because they
:23:34. > :23:38.believed anything could happen, but they could be beaten up or attacked
:23:39. > :23:39.if they collect -- left the collective alone. He continues
:23:40. > :23:46.giving evidence this afternoon. Great Britain's tennis players take
:23:47. > :23:48.on Belgium tomorrow in a bid to win the Davis Cup
:23:49. > :23:51.for the first time since 1936. Some British fans have decided
:23:52. > :23:53.against making the trip to Belgium because of the security situation
:23:54. > :23:55.in nearby Brussels. Andy Murray says they
:23:56. > :23:57.must grab their chance. David Ornstein is in Ghent, where
:23:58. > :24:11.the draw has just taken place. The build-up has been dominated by
:24:12. > :24:16.the security situation in Brussels and Belgium as a whole. That has not
:24:17. > :24:20.deterred an estimated 5000 British people travelling here to Ghent. It
:24:21. > :24:25.is thought around 1300 will be inside this venue behind me, many of
:24:26. > :24:27.whom will have come from Scotland to cheer on two of their most famous
:24:28. > :24:35.sons. The Davis Cup final is tennis's
:24:36. > :24:39.greatest team event. Britain's run to the final has been a family
:24:40. > :24:43.affair. Andy and Jamie Murray are at the peak of their respective powers,
:24:44. > :24:47.now they must combine to make history for their country. What
:24:48. > :24:52.words will you exchange on Thursday night, Friday, head of the Thai, the
:24:53. > :24:57.crowd is building, your family will be there? It will probably be quite
:24:58. > :25:03.emotional. For us to be able to be part of that, on the same team, is a
:25:04. > :25:06.pretty unique thing to do for two brothers to play at the highest
:25:07. > :25:11.level in sport and represent your country. It is a special thing. They
:25:12. > :25:15.stress this has been a collective effort. Team-mates and backroom
:25:16. > :25:18.staff are all playing a part, yet the reality is Britain's hopes of
:25:19. > :25:24.beating Belgium rest largely with Andy Murray. And that is a burden he
:25:25. > :25:28.is willing to shoulder. Winning grand slam titles and Olympic gold
:25:29. > :25:33.as an individual is one thing. But to lift the competition described as
:25:34. > :25:36.the World Cup of tennis with his brother and as part of a team would
:25:37. > :25:42.be particularly special. Britain last reached the final in 1978. They
:25:43. > :25:45.have not won it for 79 years. The current success is all the more
:25:46. > :25:47.remarkable given that they must dropped into the bottom tier of the
:25:48. > :25:53.Davis Cup. It means a lot to everybody to be in
:25:54. > :26:00.this position. 56 years ago we were way, way behind in this
:26:01. > :26:05.conversation. I think it was the lowest level we had ever been at.
:26:06. > :26:09.Four or five years later, to be playing and competing in the final,
:26:10. > :26:13.is a great opportunity for us. And it is an opportunity that comes
:26:14. > :26:16.around very rarely, which is why for the siblings and the team, but
:26:17. > :26:20.perhaps more importantly for British tennis, this is one shock -- shot
:26:21. > :26:29.they will be desperate to make. Britain have handed a debut to
:26:30. > :26:34.20-year-old Yorkshireman Kyle Edmund. He will open proceedings
:26:35. > :26:42.against David Goffin. Andy Murray will follow, with the doubles on
:26:43. > :26:46.Saturday. Britain start as slight favourites but Belgium, who have
:26:47. > :26:49.never won this conversation, Harvey Holmes side. They have had their
:26:50. > :26:53.choice of service, clay. Either way history will be made.
:26:54. > :26:56.Now, he was found lying in a manger in a nativity display in a church.
:26:57. > :26:59.A newborn baby boy has been called ''a miracle child'' after being
:27:00. > :27:02.found by a caretaker at a church in the Queens district of New York.
:27:03. > :27:15.The manger at the centre of a modern-day nativity story. A baby
:27:16. > :27:20.boy just a few hours old was left swaddled in towels in a New York
:27:21. > :27:25.church on Monday. CCTV shows a woman police believe to be his mother
:27:26. > :27:30.buying purple towels from a 99 cents shop around the corner from the
:27:31. > :27:35.church. The baby was found by the caretaker, who returned from lunch
:27:36. > :27:39.to hear crying. TRANSLATION: I felt nervous when I
:27:40. > :27:45.saw him but happy because I saved his life. He called the Rectory
:27:46. > :27:48.office for help. To I picked up the towel and opened up the towel and
:27:49. > :27:52.his little face was there. He started to move around. Silly
:27:53. > :27:56.paramedics arrived on the scene and cleared the little boy healthy. The
:27:57. > :27:59.people who work at the church are calling it a Christmas miracle.
:28:00. > :28:06.I was shocked and yet really moved by it. The church is meant to be a
:28:07. > :28:11.home for those in need. Pope Francis preaches about mercy and this is a
:28:12. > :28:19.year of mercy. Whatmore merciful way to live than to give a home to
:28:20. > :28:23.somebody in need? Under New York laws, certain locations like this
:28:24. > :28:29.church are so-called safe havens, where a baby up to 30 days old can
:28:30. > :28:32.legally be left. But the child is supposed to be physically handed
:28:33. > :28:36.over to an appropriate person. In this case the mother has been found
:28:37. > :28:41.and will not change -- face charges because she acted in the spirit of
:28:42. > :28:43.the safe haven law. It was scary but in the end it all
:28:44. > :28:50.adds up being like a little The church hopes the little boy will
:28:51. > :28:51.be adopted by family from the Paris. In the meantime, they have named him
:28:52. > :29:04.John after John the Baptist. Hello there. Fairly quiet at the
:29:05. > :29:09.moment. Until we get involved with that weather front at some point on
:29:10. > :29:15.Friday. It is not all doom and gloom. Sunshine in the East. A
:29:16. > :29:18.tempting 15 degrees in Aberdeenshire. On the western side
:29:19. > :29:24.of Scotland there is more in the way of rain. Some of the roads may be
:29:25. > :29:27.awash. Through the evening and overnight, the cloud fills in as
:29:28. > :29:35.frontal systems drift down across the British Isles. Mild in many
:29:36. > :29:38.areas. This weather front fills in the cloud later. And then
:29:39. > :29:42.increasingly wet and windy fare for a greater part of Scotland, Northern
:29:43. > :29:47.Ireland and northern and western parts of England and Wales. Head of
:29:48. > :29:53.that, enough cloud for the odd trip and drop of rain. Some areas staying
:29:54. > :29:58.dry. The main event, no doubt about it, is this weather front. For a
:29:59. > :30:04.time as this passes over, you will know about it. Gusty and squally
:30:05. > :30:08.winds. Temperatures still in double figures. Not bad for the time of the
:30:09. > :30:12.year. Once the front has gone through it turns markedly colder to
:30:13. > :30:15.the point where we will drag some snow showers to low levels in
:30:16. > :30:22.Scotland, the high ground in Northern Ireland. Five to ten
:30:23. > :30:28.centimetres of snow, 300 metres, in Scotland. Once that front is a way,
:30:29. > :30:36.we open up the floodgates. The jet stream, around 200 miles per hour
:30:37. > :30:39.winds, will rip the system across the Atlantic. A succession of them
:30:40. > :30:43.coming towards us through the weekend. Notice the number of
:30:44. > :30:47.isobars. Dry enough to start with. It will not last. Make the most of
:30:48. > :30:52.it in the eastern side of Britain because it will be a wet and windy
:30:53. > :30:55.Saturday eventually for all of us. The first part of the recipe for the
:30:56. > :31:01.weekend. Some rain, some sunny spells. It will be on the cool
:31:02. > :31:06.side. On Sunday, dry enough for Eastern, central and southern parts.
:31:07. > :31:11.But my iron is drawn towards more rain getting into the north-western
:31:12. > :31:15.quarter. -- my eye. Notice the number of isobars. My concern about
:31:16. > :31:20.Sunday is just how deep and adjacent fat low becomes. It will all end up
:31:21. > :31:22.being pretty wet and windy. This time tomorrow I think we will be
:31:23. > :31:30.talking about that extended from across the British Isles.
:31:31. > :31:34.A reminder of our top story this lunchtime:
:31:35. > :31:40.The Prime Minister tells MPs to back air strikes against Islamic State
:31:41. > :31:41.militants in Syria saying that Britain cannot shirk its
:31:42. > :31:43.responsibilities. Now it's time
:31:44. > :31:46.for the news where you are.