0:00:05 > 0:00:07Under huge pressure - the Prime Minister scrambles
0:00:07 > 0:00:10to find a solution after failing to reach a deal
0:00:10 > 0:00:13at the Brexit talks in Brussels.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15The Cabinet's been briefed this morning after discussions stalled
0:00:15 > 0:00:17when the DUP said it would not accept the proposed deal
0:00:17 > 0:00:20for the Irish border.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22But in the Commons this lunchtime,
0:00:22 > 0:00:32the Brexit Secretary, David Davis, says he's still optimistic.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36As was made clear yesterday, all parties remain confident of reaching
0:00:36 > 0:00:41a positive conclusion in the course of the week.Mr Speaker, what an
0:00:41 > 0:00:44embarrassment. The last 24 hours have given a new meaning to the
0:00:44 > 0:00:46phrase coalition of chaos.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49We'll be live in Westminster and Belfast for all the latest.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Also this lunchtime: A warning for parents,
0:00:51 > 0:00:54sex offenders are exploiting the growing number of children using
0:00:54 > 0:00:56of live online streaming services.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Fresh hope for millions of people with type 2 diabetes -
0:00:59 > 0:01:01we'll have the results of a new trial that doctors
0:01:01 > 0:01:04are calling a watershed moment.
0:01:04 > 0:01:05Mass evacuations in California -
0:01:05 > 0:01:08thousands of people flee their homes north of Los Angeles
0:01:08 > 0:01:16as a fast-moving wildfire rips through the area.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20A glimmer of hope for England at last in the Ashes as they go into
0:01:20 > 0:01:25the final day needing 178 runs to win the second Test.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26And in sport,
0:01:26 > 0:01:29we'll find out whether Russia will be banned from the Winter Olympics.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30The IOC will decide whether state-sponsored doping
0:01:30 > 0:01:34is still part of their regime.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News At One.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57"The show is now in London."
0:01:57 > 0:01:59That's what the European Commission said this morning,
0:01:59 > 0:02:01as they made it clear that they were ready to resume talks
0:02:01 > 0:02:04as soon as the UK was ready.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07When that will be is unclear.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09This morning Theresa May has been briefing the Cabinet
0:02:09 > 0:02:12after yesterday's crucial talks in Brussels ended without a deal
0:02:12 > 0:02:16allowing Brexit negotiations to move onto the next stage.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19The Prime Minister had to pull out of a deal
0:02:19 > 0:02:21that would have kick-started trade talks
0:02:21 > 0:02:23after the Democratic Unionist Party stepped in and rejected it.
0:02:23 > 0:02:32Our political correspondent Iain Watson reports from Westminster.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36Labour has branded the Government and embarrassing and, but the Brexit
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Secretary who was confident of sufficient progress this week. -- an
0:02:40 > 0:02:43embarrassment.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47It is 320 miles long with almost as many crossing points, but the
0:02:47 > 0:02:50British and Irish governments do not want this to become a so-called hard
0:02:50 > 0:02:55border after Brexit with customs posts and checkpoints, but it has
0:02:55 > 0:02:59now become painfully apparent that in the current political landscape,
0:02:59 > 0:03:03that is easier said than done. This morning the Prime Minister said
0:03:03 > 0:03:08there were still encouraging signs. Our talks with the European Union
0:03:08 > 0:03:14have made a lot of progress, there are still a couple of issues we need
0:03:14 > 0:03:19to work on.Here is the core of the problem - the Irish government said
0:03:19 > 0:03:23to guarantee there was no hard border after Brexit, rules and
0:03:23 > 0:03:26regulations should remain the same across the whole island of Ireland,
0:03:26 > 0:03:30but the DUP believes this would create an internal border between
0:03:30 > 0:03:35Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK. They and many Conservatives find
0:03:35 > 0:03:39that unacceptable.Well, I don't know what possibly unwise promises
0:03:39 > 0:03:43have been made to the Irish governance, but it would be
0:03:43 > 0:03:47completely unacceptable to the DUP and many in our party if there was a
0:03:47 > 0:03:51separate arrangement for Northern Ireland.And the views of the DUP
0:03:51 > 0:04:02here at Westminster are crucial, they are propping up Theresa May's
0:04:02 > 0:04:04minority government. Downing Street are confident they can meet the
0:04:04 > 0:04:06concerns of their Northern Ireland allies, but in the House of Commons
0:04:06 > 0:04:08today Labour were keen to exploit the Government's current
0:04:08 > 0:04:12difficulties.Mr Speaker, what an embarrassment. It is wanting, this
0:04:12 > 0:04:17despicable, to go to Brussels and fallout with those on the other side
0:04:17 > 0:04:21of the negotiating table, but quite another to fall out with those
0:04:21 > 0:04:25supposedly on your own side of the negotiating table.We recognise that
0:04:25 > 0:04:29as we exit, we must respect the integrity of the single market and
0:04:29 > 0:04:33the customs union, but we must equally respect the integrity of the
0:04:33 > 0:04:40United Kingdom.But a former Labour Northern Ireland Secretary there is
0:04:40 > 0:04:43only one way to solve the problem of the Irish border.You are not going
0:04:43 > 0:04:45to be able to find a solution to the Irish border problem and less
0:04:45 > 0:04:52Unionists feel they are remaining still within the UK, and that means,
0:04:52 > 0:04:56in the same common and customs union as not just the rest of the UK, but
0:04:56 > 0:05:03the Irish Republic and therefore the European Union as well. There is no
0:05:03 > 0:05:07alternative to this.That kind of deal is unlikely to appeal to the
0:05:07 > 0:05:14ministers who voted for Brexit. Confident of a deal, Mr Johnson?And
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Theresa May's Cabinet colleagues remained tight-lipped on the
0:05:16 > 0:05:22prospect of any de la Torre Iain Watson, BBC News. -- any deal at
0:05:22 > 0:05:24all.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26In a moment, we'll speak to our assistant political editor,
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Norman Smith, in Westminster,
0:05:28 > 0:05:32and our Ireland correspondent Chris Page.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37Will Arlene Foster be talking to the Prime Minister any time soon?She
0:05:37 > 0:05:42was invited to London to talk to the Prime Minister today, but the deputy
0:05:42 > 0:05:46leader, Nigel Dodds will instead meet with the Chief Whip at
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Westminster, and it is expected that he may will talk to Arlene Foster by
0:05:50 > 0:05:55phone today and the Prime Minister will also telephoned the Sinn Fein
0:05:55 > 0:05:59leader here at Stormont, Michelle O'Neill. The Irish and has been
0:05:59 > 0:06:04holding a meeting in Dublin today. -- the Irish government. Their
0:06:04 > 0:06:07foreign affairs Minister said Dublin wanted to give Britain what he
0:06:07 > 0:06:10described as time and space to deal with difficult political issues, and
0:06:10 > 0:06:13he said that the Irish government were prepared to work with the
0:06:13 > 0:06:17British Government on what he described as presentation issues
0:06:17 > 0:06:20around the text that had been agreed on the Irish border issue, but he
0:06:20 > 0:06:27also said that I -- Ireland would not move away from the core meaning
0:06:27 > 0:06:31of what had been agreed. So we have an indication from the Dublin
0:06:31 > 0:06:34government that as regards their core position on the border
0:06:34 > 0:06:38question, they are not prepared to move on, but they are prepared to
0:06:38 > 0:06:43move on the language that is used whenever the draft document is put
0:06:43 > 0:06:48forward for approval. Now, what is also interesting is that as regards
0:06:48 > 0:06:52what the DUP's next move might be, the Scottish Conservative leader,
0:06:52 > 0:06:58Ruth Davidson, has made a statement today that if regulatory alignment
0:06:58 > 0:07:01in the number of areas is the requirement for a frictionless
0:07:01 > 0:07:05border, the Prime Minister should conclude this must be on a UK wide
0:07:05 > 0:07:09basis. Two senior figures in the DUP, the Chief Whip and a former
0:07:09 > 0:07:13Stormont minister, have both commented on Twitter about that, and
0:07:13 > 0:07:16they have basically said that Ruth Davidson is thinking along the right
0:07:16 > 0:07:19lines. So perhaps that is the DUP signalling that one possible
0:07:19 > 0:07:24solution to this might be that the whole notion of the same rules and
0:07:24 > 0:07:26regulations between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic could work if
0:07:26 > 0:07:31the same rules and regulation is also applied to England, Scotland
0:07:31 > 0:07:36and Wales.Let's talk to Norman Smith in Westminster, so little time
0:07:36 > 0:07:40to do this, and it is far more than playing with words, with
0:07:40 > 0:07:45presentational issues, can Theresa May rescue it?It is a huge
0:07:45 > 0:07:49challenge, and the hope is that when she gets on the blower to Arlene
0:07:49 > 0:07:55Foster this afternoon, maybe she can begin to smooth things over. The
0:07:55 > 0:07:59view in government is that this is all a terrible misunderstanding,
0:07:59 > 0:08:02that the DUP got the wrong end of the stick about what the British
0:08:02 > 0:08:06Government were proposing and what they were suggesting was a much more
0:08:06 > 0:08:09limited form of cross-border co-operation, they were never
0:08:09 > 0:08:12suggesting that Northern Ireland should be halved in or half out of
0:08:12 > 0:08:18the EU. The trouble is that is not how the DUP view it, they don't
0:08:18 > 0:08:22think they've misunderstood anything. For them, this is a
0:08:22 > 0:08:27fundamental issue of principle - they are not prepared to have a
0:08:27 > 0:08:30separate agreement for Northern Ireland which creates a divide with
0:08:30 > 0:08:33the rest of the UK, which they believe might threaten their
0:08:33 > 0:08:38position in the UK. And the way these negotiations have been handled
0:08:38 > 0:08:43have made the mood music all the harder. Even some Tory MPs have been
0:08:43 > 0:08:49a gas at the idea that the DUP were not shown the text of the proposed
0:08:49 > 0:08:53agreement, and then on top of all that, you have the clock ticking
0:08:53 > 0:09:00very, very loudly. With just days to reach a deal where we know that the
0:09:00 > 0:09:04DUP are tenacious negotiators, which means that if it is not possible to
0:09:04 > 0:09:09get an agreement in the next few days, then many MPs believe that the
0:09:09 > 0:09:13UK could be leaving the EU without a deal.Norman Smith in Westminster,
0:09:13 > 0:09:17thank you.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18Parents are being warned about the dangers
0:09:18 > 0:09:22of live online streaming services, after it emerged sex offenders
0:09:22 > 0:09:25are increasingly using them to manipulate their victims.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28The warning from the National Crime Agency follows a week-long operation
0:09:28 > 0:09:29by UK authorities against child sexual exploitation,
0:09:29 > 0:09:32which led to the arrest of more than 190 people.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Angus Crawford reports.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Hands up all those who have used live streaming.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Aged 13 and 14, they know about apps which let children broadcast
0:09:43 > 0:09:45live from their phones.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50Today, they're talking about how to do it safely.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Somebody could be trying to trick you, couldn't they?
0:09:53 > 0:09:55The apps are quick to download, easy to use.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57These pupils could go live in the playground, the street,
0:09:57 > 0:09:59or even their own bedrooms.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03Sometimes it can be quite dangerous, because if someone's
0:10:03 > 0:10:07following someone that they don't know, they will be able to see it,
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Like you don't know who is watching you.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12The real problem with some of these apps is there's no proper checking
0:10:12 > 0:10:15of age or identification, so that means a live streaming
0:10:15 > 0:10:18service with a 17 rating could be used by children as young as this -
0:10:18 > 0:10:22or even younger, eight or nine.
0:10:22 > 0:10:27Look at this - a boy and a girl on the app Periscope.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Now read the comments.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32We don't want to identify them - she is just nine.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Almost a thousand people are watching,
0:10:34 > 0:10:37and they're mostly adult men.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40We can't show you the worst of the comments.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44Periscope told us it had zero tolerance for this kind
0:10:44 > 0:10:47of behaviour, but we found it on other apps too, and
0:10:47 > 0:10:51for the children caught up in it, the consequences can be devastating.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54I found her inconsolable in her bedroom...
0:10:54 > 0:10:57This is an actress, but the words are true -
0:10:57 > 0:11:00those of a mother whose ten-year-old daughter
0:11:00 > 0:11:05tried out the app Omegle for fun.
0:11:05 > 0:11:10He switched his webcam on, showed her his private parts,
0:11:10 > 0:11:16and asked her to take photos of herself, which she did.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20She was terrified by what had happened
0:11:20 > 0:11:24and scared of what she'd done.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28It offers offenders an immediate connection to children and young
0:11:28 > 0:11:32people that is one to one, it allows them to manipulate
0:11:32 > 0:11:34children and young people, offer excitement, sympathy,
0:11:34 > 0:11:36connection, emotional connection, involve them with games
0:11:36 > 0:11:38and trickery, and we see children getting basically manipulated to do
0:11:38 > 0:11:40things that ultimately they're very uncomfortable about
0:11:40 > 0:11:47and don't want to do.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51A campaign video launched today warning about the dangers of
0:11:51 > 0:11:57live streaming aimed at young people and their parents
0:11:57 > 0:12:01and posing a stark question - when children broadcast live
0:12:01 > 0:12:06to the world from their own bedrooms, can they really stay safe?
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Angus Crawford, BBC News.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Google has announced plans to employ 10,000 people
0:12:13 > 0:12:16to search for violent and extremist content
0:12:16 > 0:12:18on its video-sharing website, YouTube.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21The website's chief executive says the company will also track videos
0:12:21 > 0:12:22that risk children's safety
0:12:22 > 0:12:29and will make more use of technology that finds extremist videos.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32A Spanish judge has withdrawn a European arrest warrant
0:12:32 > 0:12:35for the former Catalan president.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Carles Puigdemont fled to Belgium a month ago,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40with four other ministers,
0:12:40 > 0:12:42after attempting a unilateral declaration of independence.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47Meanwhile, campaigning has begun for regional elections in Catalonia.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50The new-car market has declined for the eighth month in a row,
0:12:50 > 0:12:53according to industry figures.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Fewer than 164,000 new cars were registered last month,
0:12:56 > 0:13:00down 11.2% on the same month last year.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03The Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders blamed the Government
0:13:03 > 0:13:10for prompting a sharp drop in demand for diesel cars.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Commuters are facing their biggest jump in average train
0:13:13 > 0:13:15fares in five years, after the rail industry said
0:13:15 > 0:13:17everything from season tickets to off-peak leisure tickets
0:13:17 > 0:13:20would rise in cost.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Prices will go up by an average of 3.4% from the 2nd of January
0:13:23 > 0:13:29for both regulated and unregulated tickets.
0:13:29 > 0:13:34But there'll be a previously announced rise of 3.6%
0:13:34 > 0:13:37for many commuters paying for season tickets, fares which are regulated
0:13:37 > 0:13:41by the Government and represent around half of all tickets.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44It's infuriated commuter groups - fewer than half of passengers
0:13:44 > 0:13:47are satisfied with the value for money of train tickets,
0:13:47 > 0:13:51according to the passenger watchdog, Transport Focus.
0:13:51 > 0:13:59Richard Westcott is at East Croydon station in South London.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02What has been the response to people you have been talking to there?
0:14:02 > 0:14:08I will give you three guesses! I go through this process every year, we
0:14:08 > 0:14:13all do, the campaign groups say enough is enough, you have to freeze
0:14:13 > 0:14:17rises, they go up every year, people are being priced off the railways,
0:14:17 > 0:14:19young people especially are struggling because it costs so much
0:14:19 > 0:14:24just to get to work, and yet fares go up every year because train
0:14:24 > 0:14:28companies and the Government say they are pumping billions into the
0:14:28 > 0:14:32network for better services, which costs money. Anyway, you ask what
0:14:32 > 0:14:34people think - we asked some.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36I'm from Leicester, I travel down to London
0:14:36 > 0:14:39on a regular basis for work, and it's frankly extortionate.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41It's not just the price as well, it's also the service,
0:14:41 > 0:14:43which is pretty miserable at times.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46I ended up leaving my job because the trains were so unreliable,
0:14:46 > 0:14:48so I wouldn't say it's value for money at all.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Just imagine if a business had to take a hit like that,
0:14:51 > 0:14:53where one-twelfth of their income is spent on travel -
0:14:53 > 0:14:54or probably more.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59It is a high one, but the railways really need a lot of refurbing.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02So you think, you know, that money needs to be...
0:15:02 > 0:15:05It's a difficult one, and I think we have to be prepared
0:15:05 > 0:15:12to pay for what we want.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Something has been going on on the railways over recent years,
0:15:16 > 0:15:19successive governments have been shifting who pays for the railways,
0:15:19 > 0:15:23for the trains and stations and all the rest of it - less money coming
0:15:23 > 0:15:27from the taxpayer, more from tickets, and that is why we heap
0:15:27 > 0:15:31seeing these price rises. Anyway, the good news is that all of these
0:15:31 > 0:15:37rises come into effect on January the 2nd. Richard, thank you.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39There's encouraging news for people with type 2 diabetes,
0:15:39 > 0:15:40after doctors in Newcastle and Glasgow carried out
0:15:40 > 0:15:42a trial on 300 people.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45They say they have reversed type 2 diabetes in nearly half
0:15:45 > 0:15:47of the patients who took part, and they're calling it
0:15:47 > 0:15:48a watershed moment.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51The treatment involves losing a lot of weight,
0:15:51 > 0:15:55by being restricted to just 800 calories a day for up to five months
0:15:55 > 0:15:59on an all-liquid diet.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01The charity Diabetes UK says the approach
0:16:01 > 0:16:05could help millions of people.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Our health correspondent, James Gallagher, has the details.
0:16:07 > 0:16:12Isobel Murray thought she was facing a lifetime of type 2 diabetes,
0:16:12 > 0:16:15but she's lost more than four stone on the trial and has now completely
0:16:15 > 0:16:16changed her relationship with food.
0:16:16 > 0:16:22Her disease is in remission.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27It's freedom to live your life again and know that you're not in that
0:16:27 > 0:16:30cycle anymore and know that I can control this, and I will never go
0:16:30 > 0:16:33there again, never will I be taking diabetic medication again,
0:16:33 > 0:16:36I'll do whatever I have to do to make sure that that
0:16:36 > 0:16:37never happens again.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40She spent 17 weeks drinking these.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42They're nutritionally balanced soups and shakes to help
0:16:42 > 0:16:43trigger weight loss.
0:16:43 > 0:16:49And that's it.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51There's 200 calories in a glass and you're allowed
0:16:51 > 0:16:52four of them every day.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54That's just sweet, really, but that's your lot.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57For up to five months.
0:16:57 > 0:17:02The pancreas is critical in type 2 diabetes.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05If excess body fat is stored around the organ,
0:17:05 > 0:17:08then it reduces the production of the hormone insulin.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11That leads to levels of sugar in the blood getting
0:17:11 > 0:17:13dangerously out of control.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16But losing weight makes the fat cells disappear and the pancreas
0:17:16 > 0:17:19work properly again.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Doctors say 46% of patients on the trial
0:17:22 > 0:17:26put their type 2 into remission.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29We now have clear evidence that weight loss of 10-15 kg is enough
0:17:29 > 0:17:31to turn this disease around.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34It's hugely exciting that we can do that in routine practice,
0:17:34 > 0:17:36with ordinary nurses, ordinary dieticians, ordinary GPs,
0:17:36 > 0:17:38and ordinary patients.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41I don't have diabetes anymore, I don't feel like a diabetic,
0:17:41 > 0:17:43so I don't think about it anymore.
0:17:43 > 0:17:49I've got my life back.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51And Isobel says if she can do it, then anyone can.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53James Gallagher, BBC News.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Our top story this lunchtime...
0:17:56 > 0:17:59The Prime Minister scrambles to find a solution after failing to reach
0:17:59 > 0:18:04a deal at the Brexit talks in Brussels.
0:18:04 > 0:18:10Coming up in sport...
0:18:10 > 0:18:19I am live in Hull where this evening we will find out which artist is
0:18:19 > 0:18:24taking home the most prestigious prize in contemporary art, that
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Turner Prize.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29It's the final round of matches in the group stage of
0:18:29 > 0:18:30the Champions League tonight.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Manchester United are hoping to secure top spot
0:18:32 > 0:18:34and qualification for the last 16.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43It's been described as a planetary crisis
0:18:43 > 0:18:46and now environment ministers meeting in Nairobi have agreed that
0:18:46 > 0:18:51plastic waste needs to be stopped from entering the world's oceans.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Scientists say they're shocked to discover the effect plastics can
0:18:54 > 0:18:56have on marine life, endangering animals such
0:18:56 > 0:19:06as turtles which can swallow foreign items in the ocean.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08The United Nations resolution, which is set to be sealed tomorrow,
0:19:08 > 0:19:09is not legally binding.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11But ministers hope it will set the course
0:19:11 > 0:19:12for much tougher policies.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Our environment analyst, Roger Harrabin, reports.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17The plastic epidemic is everywhere.
0:19:17 > 0:19:22Here volunteers are clearing up a beach in Watamu, eastern Kenya.
0:19:22 > 0:19:28The plastic comes from as far as Indonesia and Japan.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31It is harming animals like turtles which ingest plastic pieces.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Half of the turtles brought in for treatment for eating
0:19:34 > 0:19:37plastics end up dead.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Here is one lucky turtle being measured before
0:19:40 > 0:19:43it is put back in the sea.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47It was brought in sick by a fisherman.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50The man who runs the turtle hospital says turtles offer an insight
0:19:50 > 0:19:52into pollution of the entire ocean.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55We focus on turtles because they are endangered,
0:19:55 > 0:19:57but also they are quite a charismatic species.
0:19:57 > 0:20:03People like turtles.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06It is easier to get people to like turtles than maybe a ray
0:20:06 > 0:20:09or some kind of weird fish.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11But also because they are an excellent indicator species
0:20:11 > 0:20:15of ecosystem health.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18At the United Nations in Kenya, these installations offer
0:20:18 > 0:20:21an artist's insight into the impact of plastics in the oceans.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25UN environment ministers are discussing what to do about it.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29Some nations are banning plastic bags completely.
0:20:29 > 0:20:30Others are more cautious.
0:20:30 > 0:20:38The UN's oceans chief wants much faster action.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41The plastic, the tremendous amount of plastic that we use ends up
0:20:41 > 0:20:45in the ocean and the ocean has been seen as a trash dump where we dump
0:20:45 > 0:20:46everything we don't need.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49That plastic never goes away.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53Mostly it floats on the surface.
0:20:53 > 0:20:54It falls to the bottom.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57And we urgently need to do something about it.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Scientists recently discovered that creatures at the very bottom
0:20:59 > 0:21:02of the sea in the Mariana Trench had ingested micro plastic fragments.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Many of them will have been carried thousands of miles
0:21:04 > 0:21:07from cities far inland.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10In Nairobi, for instance, they have banned plastic bags.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12But look at this.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15The UN grinds slowly.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17While governments are figuring out how to progress,
0:21:17 > 0:21:20ordinary people have simply got to stop doing this.
0:21:20 > 0:21:26Roger Harrabin, BBC News, Nairobi.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Ferocious winds have whipped up a fast-moving wildfire north
0:21:29 > 0:21:33of Los Angeles, in California, threatening thousands of homes
0:21:33 > 0:21:35and knocking out power lines.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37So far, authorities have said one person has died
0:21:37 > 0:21:40as a result of the blaze and evacuation centres have been
0:21:40 > 0:21:41opened in schools and fairgrounds.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Richard Galpin has the latest.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50Fanned by winds gusting at up to 70 miles an hour,
0:21:50 > 0:21:53this latest fire in California has been spreading fast
0:21:53 > 0:21:55towards cities on the coast.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59And as the fire advances, thousands of families have been
0:21:59 > 0:22:04ordered to leave their homes as quickly as possible.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08You must abide by these evacuation notices.
0:22:08 > 0:22:13We saw the disasters and the losses that happened up north
0:22:13 > 0:22:17in Sonoma and this is a fast, very dangerous, moving fire.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Already one person has been killed and there are fears
0:22:20 > 0:22:22of significant destruction.
0:22:22 > 0:22:27But some people still won't leave.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29You can't panic, just kind of go with the flow.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34That's me.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36We've been here almost 30 years and we've gone
0:22:36 > 0:22:38through floods, fires, you know.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41But it's the wind, you just don't know where it is going to go.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44My son is a firefighter and I'm not going to wait around for someone
0:22:44 > 0:22:50to have to come rescue me, so I am out of here.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52With the strong winds persisting, the fire now covers
0:22:52 > 0:22:57an area of 25,000 acres.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59And it is continuing to move steadily westwards,
0:22:59 > 0:23:06towards the coastal cities of Ventura and Santa Paula.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09We have over 500 firefighting personnel out on the lines.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12The fire is pushing quickly towards the city of Ventura.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16We are making sure we are out ahead of the fire, making sure we have
0:23:16 > 0:23:18evacuations in advance of the fire.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20That is a street going up in there.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Bad news.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27And now the flames have reached parts of Ventura,
0:23:27 > 0:23:31with many homes and other buildings on fire.
0:23:31 > 0:23:37What was already California's most devastating fire season on record...
0:23:37 > 0:23:40..just got even worse.
0:23:40 > 0:23:46Richard Galpin, BBC News.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50England have been fighting back in the second Ashes Test in Adelaide.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53This morning, they bowled Australia out for 138, with Jimmy Anderson
0:23:53 > 0:23:56taking his first five-wicket haul in Australia.
0:23:56 > 0:24:02England finished on 176-4, still needing 178
0:24:02 > 0:24:04to win on what could be a nail-biting final day.
0:24:04 > 0:24:11Andy Swiss has been watching the action.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13It began a peaceful Adelaide Tuesday that turned
0:24:13 > 0:24:15into the tensest nailbiter.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17England began with barely a flicker of hope.
0:24:17 > 0:24:22They needed early wickets and found them, Jimmy Anderson inspired,
0:24:22 > 0:24:26taking five in total as his team-mates clung
0:24:26 > 0:24:28onto their catches.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Australia's lead was growing all the time though.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33England kept chipping away, if only they'd bowled like
0:24:33 > 0:24:34this in the first innings.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36By the time Australia were all out for 138,
0:24:36 > 0:24:38England's target was still a massive one.
0:24:38 > 0:24:47354, they would need a record run chase.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49As Mark Stoneman and Alastair Cook eased them past the 50
0:24:49 > 0:24:50mark, England dared to dream.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53But then a reality check, both went in
0:24:53 > 0:24:58quick succession and another soon followed.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01James Vince wafting his wicket away - not what
0:25:01 > 0:25:02the occasion called for.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Under floodlights and the fiercest pressure, Dawid Malan
0:25:04 > 0:25:05and Joe Root hung in there.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Australia kept appealing, England kept surviving, just.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10It was pure sporting theatre.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Root reached a gutsy half-century as the pair
0:25:12 > 0:25:13rekindled England's hopes.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16But ten minutes from the close, a final twist.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17Dawid Malan gone.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Australia are still favourites, but England
0:25:19 > 0:25:26are 178 runs from something very special.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31This has been some fight back from England.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Barely 24 hours ago, they looked beaten,
0:25:33 > 0:25:38the Ashes all but gone.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41And yet they still have a chance of a remarkable win.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44To be honest, we are delighted to be in this position, to have any chance
0:25:44 > 0:25:47of winning the game, which we didn't think we would have
0:25:47 > 0:25:48after the first couple of days.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53It's good for us.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Obviously, there's a huge amount of work left in this game if we
0:25:56 > 0:26:05have got any chance of winning it.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07And so an enthralling finale awakes from the
0:26:07 > 0:26:10brink of defeat, a chance of one of cricket's greatest victories.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12The International Olympic Committee will announce this evening
0:26:12 > 0:26:15whether it will allow Russian athletes to compete in next year's
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Winter Olympics in South Korea.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21An independent report by the World Anti-Doping Authority
0:26:21 > 0:26:24in 2015 suggested senior figures in Russia's sports ministry were
0:26:24 > 0:26:28complicit in doping by athletes.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30A Kremlin spokesman said Russia will defend its athletes
0:26:30 > 0:26:31against the allegations.
0:26:31 > 0:26:39Alex Capstick is in Lausanne, in Switzerland.
0:26:39 > 0:26:46That decision, what is it expected to be?Russia's fate will be known
0:26:46 > 0:26:50in next few hours. The crucial session is just underweight and it
0:26:50 > 0:26:57could end with a ban on one of the Olympic heavyweights over massive
0:26:57 > 0:27:02doping violations. Things got serious when a report by Richard
0:27:02 > 0:27:05McLaren was published accusing Russia of institutionalised doping,
0:27:05 > 0:27:10he said it affected 1000 athletes in more than 30 different sports.
0:27:10 > 0:27:17Russia has denied there was any state-sponsored doping but since the
0:27:17 > 0:27:20report, a separate IOC investigation has corroborated most of Richard
0:27:20 > 0:27:24McLaren's findings and another inquiry is examining whether it was
0:27:24 > 0:27:28a state led conspiracy. A Russian delegation is in town to put their
0:27:28 > 0:27:32side of the story and they will argue a blanket ban is unfair on
0:27:32 > 0:27:38clean athletes. This is being seen as a test of the IOC's credibility,
0:27:38 > 0:27:43its president, Thomas Bach, has been accused of being reluctant to punish
0:27:43 > 0:27:47such a powerful and influential member of the Olympic movement, but
0:27:47 > 0:27:50amid mounting evidence, the signs are his attitude has hardened
0:27:50 > 0:27:56against Russia. By how far, that will become clear later today.Thank
0:27:56 > 0:27:59you.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01It's one of visual art's most prestigious awards -
0:28:01 > 0:28:03the winner of the Turner Prize will be announced
0:28:03 > 0:28:05this evening in Hull.
0:28:05 > 0:28:06Previous winners have included Damien Hurst,
0:28:06 > 0:28:10Grayson Perry and Steve McQueen.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12The prize will be presented in a ceremony just before 10pm,
0:28:12 > 0:28:15in Hull, marking the end of its time as UK
0:28:15 > 0:28:16City of Culture 2017.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20The shortlist for the art award includes two
0:28:20 > 0:28:22artists who are both over 50 - British painter Hurvin Anderson,
0:28:22 > 0:28:27and Lubaina Himid, who was born in Zanzibar.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31They will be competing against German artist Andrea Buttner
0:28:31 > 0:28:34and Palestinian-English artist Rosalind Nashashibi.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38More than 90,000 people have visited the Turner Prize exhibition in Hull
0:28:38 > 0:28:40and tonight's award will be presented by the musician,
0:28:40 > 0:28:47DJ and actor, Goldie.
0:28:47 > 0:28:56Jane Hill is in Hull for us. Welcome to the Ferens Gallery hosting the
0:28:56 > 0:29:00Turner Prize. We are in the room exhibiting the work of Lubaina
0:29:00 > 0:29:05Himid, the bookies favourite. A few more hours to wait whether their
0:29:05 > 0:29:12assessment is correct. Let us talk to Martin Greene, the director of
0:29:12 > 0:29:16Hull 2017. 90,000 people have already come together Ferens Gallery
0:29:16 > 0:29:20to see the exhibits. A few more weeks to run. What do you put the
0:29:20 > 0:29:24fantastic attendance down to?It shows the appetite for contemporary
0:29:24 > 0:29:28Art in the UK and by staging it here, we have a whole new audience
0:29:28 > 0:29:35to the work of the extraordinary four artists.Remarkable year, a lot
0:29:35 > 0:29:40going on in the city, only a few weeks to go. Do you and your team
0:29:40 > 0:29:45have to reflect now on how you take the successes, the enthusiasms you
0:29:45 > 0:29:50have seen this year, and take it into 2018 and beyond?What happens
0:29:50 > 0:29:55next is arguably more important. We have a 20 year legacy plan, a
0:29:55 > 0:29:58programme for next year, new buildings, we continue. If you did
0:29:58 > 0:30:03not visit the city this year, come next year.Do you feel across all
0:30:03 > 0:30:09artistic disciplines that you have genuinely engaged local people, that
0:30:09 > 0:30:13this has really benefited the city? We had a figure at the beginning of
0:30:13 > 0:30:18the year that nine out of ten people in the city would visit at least one
0:30:18 > 0:30:20cultural event, we have seen phenomenal audiences at everything
0:30:20 > 0:30:26we have done across the city. I am really proud of what the city has
0:30:26 > 0:30:33achieved.Thank you very much, Martin Greene, director of Hull
0:30:33 > 0:30:412017. Find out this evening who wins the Turner Prize. There will be a
0:30:41 > 0:30:46special programme on the news channel tonight. Now the weather.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49special programme on the news channel tonight. Now the weather.
0:30:49 > 0:30:55The Met Office have named the third named storm of the season, Storm
0:30:55 > 0:30:59Caroline, out in the Atlantic at the moment, making its way north and
0:30:59 > 0:31:02east towards the UK through the course of Wednesday night and into
0:31:02 > 0:31:09Thursday. When it does arrive, it will bring gusts potentially of more
0:31:09 > 0:31:13than 80 mph, strongest in the north of Scotland, where we are likely to
0:31:13 > 0:31:19see travel disruption. Keep tuned to the forecast. Back to the here and
0:31:19 > 0:31:25now, pretty quiet. A cloudy day. Still mild with temperatures around
0:31:25 > 0:31:298-10dC. Rain in the north-west of Scotland which will be persistent at
0:31:29 > 0:31:34times. Elsewhere, the odd spot of Bristol on coasts and hills in the
0:31:34 > 0:31:40north and west. -- the odd spot of Brazil. Overnight temperatures not
0:31:40 > 0:31:45too dissimilar to the daytime highs. Through the day tomorrow, a similar
0:31:45 > 0:31:50day across England and Wales to today. Still quite cloudy, a few
0:31:50 > 0:31:57more bright intervals, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the wind picking
0:31:57 > 0:32:02up with rain. Mild and breezy tomorrow. Later tomorrow, the wins
0:32:02 > 0:32:06will really start to strengthen, gales on exposed Irish Sea coasts
0:32:06 > 0:32:14and parts of Scotland. Heavy bursts of rain also crossing south-east
0:32:14 > 0:32:18across the country. From the word go on Thursday, a windy day wherever
0:32:18 > 0:32:24you are and as the winds strengthen, we could see gusts reaching 80 miles
0:32:24 > 0:32:31per across Scotland. Enough to cause significant disruption with Storm
0:32:31 > 0:32:35Caroline bringing rain east and the wins will be changing direction. As
0:32:35 > 0:32:40the storm clears to the north-east, we are left with a northerly air
0:32:40 > 0:32:45flow, isobars stretching up to the Arctic. Colder conditions piling in
0:32:45 > 0:32:49behind the storm, Calder air mass heading into was the end of the
0:32:49 > 0:32:54week. Friday, different feel to the weather, sunny spells and wintry
0:32:54 > 0:32:58showers, there could be snow across Scotland, Wales, south-west of
0:32:58 > 0:33:03England. Some sunshine elsewhere. It will feel cold. With the wind chill,
0:33:03 > 0:33:11it will feel more like around -3 for many. Wintry end to the week. Lots
0:33:11 > 0:33:17going on in the weather. From midweek, Storm Caroline bringing wet
0:33:17 > 0:33:20and windy weather. Then the return to something colder towards the end
0:33:20 > 0:33:27of the week.