19/01/2017 BBC News at One

Theresa May warns that Britain is facing a period of momentous

and needs to forge a new role in the world.

She tells the World Economic Forum that

Global Companies also need to change the way they do things.

We must heed the underlying feeling that there are some companies,

particularly those with a global reach, who are playing by a

different set of rules to ordinary working people. We will have

reaction to her speech in Davos live. Also this lunchtime, desperate

search for survivors after a hotel in Italy was hit by an avalanche,

many people feared dead. Home safe, the British

tourists fleeing as cold weather in Europe means

empty vegetable shelves The French yachtsman

heading for victory, and a new record, in the Vendee

round-the-world challenge. Holding off a late challenge

from Britain's Alex Thomson. Good afternoon and welcome

to the BBC news at One. Theresa May has outlined her vision

of a "truly global Britain" during an address to business

leaders at the World Economic

Forum in Davos. The Prime Minister said the UK

was facing a period of momentous change and must forge a new role

in the world. She said the road ahead would be

uncertain at times but Britain sought to become even more

global and internationalist. And Mrs May had a warning

for bosses whose companies telling them not to forget their

responsibilities to communities. Our business editor

Simon Jack sent this report. VOICEOVER: Theresa May stepped out

to face the global elite she has been so scathing about. And audience

she acknowledged was still struggling to understand the

referendum result. I know that this, and the other reasons Britain took

such a decision is not always well understood internationally.

Particularly among our friends and allies in Europe. Some of our

European partners feel that we have turned our back on them, and I know

that many fear what our decision means for the future of the US

itself. But she reassured them it was about taking back control rather

than turning our back and said the UK remained a faithful partner. --

for the future of the EU itself. Britain will always be open for

business and open to investment in infrastructure, open to businesses,

open to those who want to buy our goods and services, and open to

businesses. Breaking straight afterwards, the Dutch Prime Minister

insisted there would be a cost for leaving. The UK is making a choice,

to control migration, and they are paying a huge price, the economic

welfare of the UK will be impacted negatively, they will be leaving the

biggest market in the world. After HSBC and UBS announced jobs will be

leaving the UK, better news today from Barclays. I think the UK will

continue to be the financial lungs for Europe. We may have to move

certain activities and we may have to change the legal structure that

we use to operate in Europe but it will be at the margin and will be

manageable. She saved her sternest language for business. At the same

time as promoting this openness, we must heed the underlying feeling

that there are some companies, particularly those with a global

reach, who are playing by a different set of rules to ordinary

working people. And so it is essential for business to

demonstrate leadership. Did the audience get the message? Business

leaders I speak to really do understand that not everybody gets

the benefit of globalisation in a practical sense or an understandable

sense, but I sense a real determination to fix that. She made

it clear that the government will intervene to improve behaviour if

necessary, a hint, perhaps, of what we get from her industrial strategy

unveiled next week. STUDIO: And we speak to Simon now.

How did the speech go down pretty tough crowd, globalisation, free

trade, it is like a religion, people make a programme each year, they

take it as read that globalisation is a good thing. Donald Trump thinks

it is not such a good thing and they Brexit result have made people

question whether there is public support for that. Where is Theresa

May going to come out? She has said that she is in favour of

globalisation and free trade but if we don't take everyone with us, we

will lose the public consent that we need if we are going to preserve the

current system. The message was clear, I am behind free trade and

globalisation but clean up your act and if you don't, I am happy to

intervene. She has industrial strategy she is unveiling on Monday

of next week. This was a flavour, a message back home, we are going to

get stuck in and make sure that economic success and growth reaches

all parts of the country and society, that was a big message

today. Thank you. Our Assistant Political

Editor Norman Smith is in Westminster how worried are the

government about business reaction? They have to be acutely worried

because we have already seen two big banks, HSBC and UBS, signalling

their poise to relocate thousands of jobs. -- they are poised. The boss

of Toyota equally signalled disquiet about how his company, which implies

3000 people in Britain, is going to remain competitive post-"Brexit".

For all Theresa May's continued criticism of the so-called

international league, the very people in her audience, she needs

those people on board to make a success of "Brexit" and make sure

Britain's continued economic prosperity, because like it or not

they have in their hands thousands of jobs in Britain, they bring in

billions of pounds of investment, and are absolutely central to our

economy. It was significant, I think, that Theresa May did not

repeat her warning earlier in the week that if we do not get a deal we

will walk away and have to rely upon World Trade Organisation rules,

raising the terrifying prospect for many of tariffs. She has the hope

that business will give her time as well to flesh in some of the detail

on critical issues around immigration and trade, and that is a

rather big difficulty. During this two-year period of negotiation,

there is almost certain to be uncertainty, the one thing that

business hates above all. At least 30 people are missing

after an avalanche struck a hotel in a mountain resort in the central

Italian region of Abruzzo. The avalanche happened

after a series of powerful The first to help arrived on skis

because all the roads were blocked. The mountainous region of Central

Italy was hit by a succession of four earthquakes on Wednesday and

further tremors were reported overnight. Bad weather from recent

storms has brought down power lines and cut off villages. Rescue

operations are under way in other parts of the region as well.

Our correspondent Frankie McCamley repaorts.

VOICEOVER: Buried in snow, barely visible,

this is the three-storey hotel hit by last night's avalanche.

Barely recognisable to what it looked like before.

Inside, the extent of the damage is becoming clear.

What looks like a reception leading to corridors now unrecognisable,

Up to 20 people were staying in the Hotel Rigopiano along

but faced with bad weather it took rescuers hours to get here.

TRANSLATION: The hotel was reached at 4:30am by courageous men,

They reached a place and saved two people.

They are now working to bring the means of transport that

On skis, in the early hours of this morning,

mountain rescue teams faced snowstorms to get to the area hit.

With routes blocked to emergency vehicles, only manpower

Nearby, relatives faced an agonising wait for news.

TRANSLATION: They are extracting them from the hotel and bringing

but I don't know, because it is impossible for us to go up.

Others text loved ones inside, urging them to stay calm.

roads to the site are slowly carved out, reopening the area,

Conditions in a region that's already fragile after being hit

by a series of earthquakes, has begun to ease.

Conditions have begun to ease the those that have reached the hotel

but doesn't including children are still missing as the extent of this

tragedy begins to unfold. STUDIO: A thousand British

holidaymakers have arrived back in amid concerns of a worsening

political crisis. The Foreign Office is continuing

to advise people to avoid all but essential travel

to the country, after its outgoing President refused to meet a midnight

deadline to hand over power. Thousands more tourists

are due to be brought Our correspondent

Jonny Dymond reports. VOICEOVER: Nigerian troops

prepare for the worst. They are moving into position

in Gambia's neighbour, Senegal. The plan, to intervene with force

if Gambia's president Power is meant to be handed

over in Gambia today, but the four-term president

Yahya Jammeh won't let go. In Manchester, evacuated British

tourists spoke of tense times All the restaurants shut down,

all the shops shut down. And then this morning,

because we had heard that 15 planes had come out to get the Dutch

people, and we were like, "what about

the English?", you know. Where the ferry was,

everyone was getting on the ferry, all the Gambian people,

carrying all their possessions, suitcases on their

heads and everything. It was a real struggle

to get on the ferry. In the Gambian capital,

the president of Mauritania flew in. The region's leaders have called

for President Jammeh to stand down, In neighbouring Senegal, the winner

of the election is in talks to, he says he will take power today,

in a ceremony at in Senegal's capital,

Dakar. one of them has to blink

or bloodshed looks unavoidable. STUDIO: New figures from the Office

for National Statistics show that there were 11.8 million

incidents of crime in It's the first full year

when the offences have been included Overall police recorded 8 percent

more offences year on year. With just one day left

until Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th President

of the United States, preparations are in full

swing in Washington but can he deliver the jobs

and trade that he's promised? This week, we've been taking a road

trip through the heart Today our correspondent

Jon Kay is in Tupeloh-low in the state of Mississippi -

the birthplace of Elvis Presley. -- Today our correspondent

Jon Kay is in Tupelo in the state of Mississippi,

the birthplace of Elvis Presley. Jon's been speaking to the people

there about their hopes VOICEOVER: One last practice before

heading to Washington. Tonight, the Tupelo High School band

will be travelling 900 miles, from Mississippi to the capital,

to play at President Your face is going to ache.

Yeah, I think so! Just marching in the parade

in getting to see Washington What do you think of your

new president, Trump? Donald Trump got 60%

of the votes in the state. The students might be playing

for him, but that doesn't mean they're all fans of the new man

in the White House. If you had been able to vote,

put your hands up if you would have Not exactly overwhelming.

Three. I think some of his ideas are pretty

great, and I think he actually can make America great again,

we just have to believe in him You didn't put your hand up?

No. Why not?

I don't like him. You're about to go and play for him?

But, like, I'm forced to. You're going for the trip, yeah?

Basically. Lots of celebrity said no,

didn't they, to performing I'm not really a fan of Trump,

but I'm going for the experience and for the band, I'm not

going for him, I'm going for me. Music matters in this

small, southern town. Just off Route 45 is the tiny house

where Elvis Presley was born. But we're not here to talk

about the King, we want to talk Because as well as producing

rock 'n' roll stars, I wish we'd had one

of these for our road trip. Donald Trump has promised

a return to the heyday He says he'll create jobs

and improve trade deals. This local steel company

supplies the car industry. They believe the new president

will cut red tape, The boss here hopes Donald Trump

can fill his Government And in the end, if they don't do

it, he'll fire them! It's more complicated,

it's more nuanced. Is he going to be able

to cope with the political, diplomatic challenges?

That remains to be seen. I think he is introducing something

into the political landscape Anything that you take to the parade

is subject to being searched. Tomorrow, they will perform

outside the White House, and this nation will have to march

to a very different beat. STUDIO: Well tomorrow on the final

day of his road trip Jon will be

deep in Donald Trump terriitory in Mobile

in the state of Alabama, at the USS Alabama,

a World War Two battleship And you can watch full coverage

of the inauguration ceremony live from Washington tomorrow

here on BBC One with coverage starting at four

o'clock in the afternoon. Theresa May warns that Britain

is facing a period of momentous change after Brexit -

and needs to forge And coming up: Over and out

for Novak, as he loses to an outsider from Uzbekistan

ranked 117 in the world. Coming up in sport at 1:30pm:

Despite a strong start, England's bowlers fail to control

India's batsmen as Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni both make centuries

in the second one-day international In the next few hours one

of the toughest yacht races in the world is coming to an end -

with Frenchman Armel Le Cleac'h expected to cross the finishing line

first in the Vendee Globe race. It'll mean second place for British

sailor Alex Thomson, who had turned round a disastrous

start and broken two world records Our sports correspondent

Natalie Pirks is at the finish line at Les Sables d'Olonne

on France's Atlantic coast. He's battled everything

the ocean has thrown at him, eating only freeze dried noodles

and jelly, and survived on as little as 20 minutes' sleep

every few hours. It's a fair bet Alex Thomson's

last few weeks have been When he set off with 28

other boats on the 6th yachtsman waved goodbye to his wife

and two young children and attempted for the fourth time to become

the first Briton to win the Vendee Globe in

the race's 27 year history. In fact, the only Briton to win any

kind of solo nonstop round the world race was Thomson's mentor,

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, in 1969. When Thomson arrives back

here at Les Sables d'Olonne in the early hours of tomorrow

morning, he'll have racked up between 25,000 and 30,000 nautical

miles, been past Point Nemo, the furthest point from civilisation

on Earth, and battled 23 foot waves. He's making it look easy

but it's far from it. Probably the most difficult sporting

challenge left on the planet today. When people ask for a photo

we always say several thousand people have now climbed

Mount Everest and over 400 people have been into orbit,

into outer space, but less than 100 people have managed

to sail single-handedly For Alex there have

been good moments... This is the southern

ocean and it's sunny. And moments over Christmas

where his family worried His team believe if it wasn't for

hitting something and ripping one of his hydrofoil is clean off just two

weeks after the start, he'd already be back, having Bunn in record time.

He's gone to around 80 miles behind the leader, Armel Le Cleac'h. It

helps that earlier this week he smashed the world record for the

greatest distance sailed solo in 24 hours. A new record. His rival knows

he's been hot on his tail. It seems he will get his wish, a win from

Thompson now looks impossible, barring a major technical problem

for Armel Le Cleac'h. But when Thomson arrives back not only will

his family be waiting for him, but his team also have promised to have

one hand the two thinks he has craved during his epic voyage, a hot

burger and a cold beer. Natalie Pirks, BBC News, Bundy. -- Vendee.

Conservative controlled Surrey Council is to hold a referendum on

whether to increase council tax by 15% to fund improved social care in

the county. The Council says it has a huge gap in its budget as a result

of cuts from Westminster. The area includes the constituencies of the

Chancellor and the Health Secretary. A new initiative has been announced

to fight three deadly diseases scientists believe could spark

the next global epidemic. It aims to develop vaccines quickly

for Mers, Lassa fever Our global health correspondent

Tulip Mazumdar has more. What will hit us next in the great

global lottery of disease outbreaks? Maybe a virus we already know about,

or perhaps a totally new one. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa

exposed how utterly unprepared More than 11,000 people died,

partly because there were no The research charity

the Wellcome Trust is part of a new coalition which is concerned

that the next outbreak could be even deadlier, especially

if it's an airborne virus. We've got lucky so far,

but the world has major gaps for infections we know

about which could cause Ebola-like events, but then spread around

the world very quickly, and that puts the world in a very,

very vulnerable place. Scientists have identified three

obscure viruses they want Nipah virus spread to

humans from fruit bats. The disease can cause

swelling of the brain. Outbreaks have mainly

occurred in Bangladesh. Lassa fever is common

in West Africa. It kills around 5000

people every year. The last one is Mers -

Middle East respiratory syndrome. It is believed to be

spread by camels. It's killed more than 650 people,

mostly here in Saudi Arabia. This lab in Oxford is one

of the research facilities trying to come up with a vaccine to protect

people against Mers. It's one of the most

advanced vaccines out there. This is the clinical bio

manufacturing facility and this Now, it will be scaled up

over the coming months, and it's expected that hundreds

of vials of this will be ready for human trials

by the end of the year. If this vaccine does work,

it could still take a decade or so to get it to those

who need it. Historically money for these obscure

viruses hasn't been forthcoming, and the regulatory process

is long and complex. This sort of research takes

years and costs hundreds These labs also worked on the Ebola

vaccine. We got safety data in Oxford, yet those vaccines were not

being used in West Africa where the Ebola outbreak was happening and

people were dying of the disease while we were testing the vaccines.

We don't want to be in that situation again. This sort of

research takes years and costs hundreds of millions of dollars.

It may not be any of these

three viruses that cause the next

epidemic, but if it is, putting time and money and now

could stop small outbreaks becoming the next global health emergency.

TV commercials - you either love them or hate them -

but which ads were the most complained about last year?

Well, the advertising regulator says Moneysupermarket's TV

commercials got the most, with almost 2500 complaints

about the series of ads which feature dancing builders

and businessmen in hot pants and stilettos.

Our media correspondent David Sillito reports.

It's been all over the outbreaks, the man in the suit with the hot

pants and high heels. In the list of most complained about adverts the

various different dancing commercials appear not once, not

twice, but three times. Moneysupermarket, 2500 complaints.

What were the problems people had with it? They had three places in

our top ten and the complaints were all about provocative dance moves.

Some people perceived the move is to be too overtly sexual for the time

of day it was shown. And crucially for us, the test is does it cause

serious and widespread offence. We thought in this case some people

might think is in bad taste, other people might think it's fun, but we

thought it didn't cross the boundary into serious and widespread offence,

so we didn't uphold those complaints. So lots of complaints

but no ban. It was the same for this, in which blind footballers

mistake a ball with a bell for a cat's jangling collar. It topped the

complaints list in 2010. Six years later the complaints are still

pouring in. We came to the conclusion it's fine firstly because

the English blind football team were actually very complimentary about

how we presented blind people. But they were not unhappy, but what

about the cat? Crucially on the cat, the advert was shown after kids'

programmes had finished and very few kids would be watching it so we came

to the conclusion it's the right side of the line and happily the cat

is shown alive and well. Both then our choices about the boundary of

offence but some con plaint about adverts that were not on the list,

the hard-fought referendum campaign drew anger from both sides but the

advertising Standards Authority doesn't do politics. David Sillito,

BBC News. Britain's courgette

crisis continues. The on-trend vegetable

is still missing from many supermarket shelves,

with consumers taking to social Many are blaming the rise

of courgetti for the shortage, but suppliers say it's down

to the cold winter. Well, as our correspondent

Judith Moritz reports, the courgette is not the only

vegetable in short supply. The common courgette isn't normally

thought of as a delicacy, but the vegetable is in such short supply

it's fast becoming a luxury item. Prices are double what they were a

year ago and these vegetable wholesaler that London's new Covent

Garden market are feeling the effects. Some of the green stuff has

really been affected and things we want to bring in are just too

expensive. Normally courgette far six or seven pounds, they are now

?22. I've been in this trade for 40 odd years and I've never known

anything as bad as this, where everything is so dear. This is the

reason why. Sunny Spain is currently snowy Spain. The south-east of the

country usually supplies 80% of Europe's fresh produce in winter

mods but neither was a spare characterless snowman many crops

have been hit hard by the big freeze. -- there was a spare carrot

for this snowman. Many shops are out of courgettes and there's the

inevitable social media hashtag. It's not just supermarket shelves

that are running low. Online shoppers are struggling. Websites

for Sainsbury's, Morrisons and Tesco's were all showing courgettes

as unavailable this morning. Leeds market this morning you could get

courgettes, but at a price. Our core customers coming for a bargain,

because things are cheap and good. Courgettes, broccoli, cauliflower As

and a few other things have gone the roots. We shouldn't get panicky,

it's just a courgette. Not all shops are reporting shortages.

Supermarkets say they are working to improve supplies and it shouldn't be

long before the courgette crisis is over.

There's been a big upset in the world of tennis today.

The defending champion Novak Djokovic has been knocked out

Djokovic - a six-time winner of the tournament,

who's ranked number two in the world - lost in five sets in Melbourne

to Denis Istomin, a wild card entry from Uzbekistan.

Our sports correspondent Joe Wilson reports.

Denis Istomin, 12 years into his career, four and a half

The world number 117 from Uzbekistan wasn't simply trying to stay

with Novak Djokovic - he was trying to break him,

to find something more than he'd ever located before.

Jealousy, suggested Shakespeare, is the green eyed monster.

Istomin's spectacles reflects his poor eyesight,

To begrudge him this moment of glory would be desperately unfair,

and Novak Djokovic, six times winner of the Australian Open,

has learned in recent times to deal with defeat.

Of course I was not pleased with my performance overall,

but, you know, I have to congratulate my opponent today.

Well, Djokovic's departure should benefit Andy Murray

more than anyone else, considering Murray only tends

Jamie Murray's already out in the doubles.

Kyle Edmund lost and so did Heather Watson, defeated

by little-known American nearest the camera, Jennifer Brady.

10-8 in the third set and Watson had five match points.

But in dark blue here, Britain's Johanna Konta beat

talented Naomi Osaka in straight sets.

This is southern Spain. Wintry weather has been causing problems in

the Mediterranean. This picture from the south-east Spain is an example

of the scenes we have been seeing. Winter really has taken hold across

many parts of continental Europe. These are the afternoon highs this

afternoon across many central and eastern areas temperatures will not

get above freezing. As areas of low pressure move into the cold air

across south-eastern Spain and also as we saw earlier on Italy, we have

seen some significant snowfall and there is the more of that to come.

Back home, high pressure is in charge. For others that means more

on the way of quiet weather. Some of us seeing sunny scenes like this,

this from Cornwall. This is not the scene for everyone. A little further

north in structure it looks a bit more like this this morning. A lot

of cloud, as you can see the satellite picture, across much of

the Northern two thirds of the British Isles. Southern areas

bathing in that sunshine and will continue to do so this afternoon. It

was a chilly start. Temperatures this morning around -5, minus 60-7,

and they will struggle to recover as we go through the afternoon. It is

the southern areas that see the best of the sunshine. In the Midlands, a

zone of murky weather, gloomy, cloudy conditions. Across northern

England, Northern Ireland and Scotland, there's a lot of cloud.

Slightly mild, temperatures 8-9dC. A few pockets of brightness and

sunshine in the north-east of Scotland. Where we do have the clear

spells across the far north-east there could be patchy frost tonight.

Many northern and central areas will not get a frost tonight. There will

be too much cloud for that. Further south, clear, starry skies. Another

widespread frost in the countryside. We could get to -6 minus seven

Celsius. Tomorrow, the coldest places at the start of the day see

the best of the sunshine through the day. We will see a bit of a change

across the Midlands, Wales, perhaps Northern Ireland. The cloud should

tend to roll in the way way of sunshine. The further north you are,

up into Scotland, more in the way of cloud. Here, a slightly chilly day

to come. That takes as nicely into the weekend. Still quiet, with high

pressure in charge, but this weather front could be a bit troublesome on

Saturday. It will bring some thicker cloud. It will bring the godlike

shower. Rain showers, yes, but perhaps sleet and snow showers.

Nothing disruptive, but northern and eastern areas could see a shower. A

chilly day on Saturday. Mainly dry. A fair amount of cloud. A chilly

weekend at home, but nothing like the disruptive winter weather that

has been gripping continental Europe.

A reminder of our main story this lunchtime.

Theresa May warns that Britain is facing a period of momentous

change after Brexit, and needs to forge

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