0:00:06 > 0:00:08Hundreds of schools are closed and thousands have no power as snow
0:00:08 > 0:00:10and ice cover much of the UK.
0:00:10 > 0:00:19We'll have the latest on the disruption it's causing.
0:00:19 > 0:00:27Snow continues to fall in some places.
0:00:27 > 0:00:28Temperatures could fall to -12.
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Also this lunchtime.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Six months after the Grenfell tower fire,
0:00:31 > 0:00:34survivors are told that great importance will be placed on their
0:00:34 > 0:00:35stories at the public inquiry.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Huntigton's, a devastating and deadly disease,
0:00:37 > 0:00:39now scientists trying to halt it
0:00:39 > 0:00:41think they may be close to the biggest breakthrough for 50 years.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Russia's President Putin makes a surprise visit to Syria
0:00:44 > 0:00:48and orders his forces there to start a partial withdrawal.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50One of the biggest wildfires in California's history,
0:00:50 > 0:00:53thousands more people are moved from their homes as the flames get
0:00:53 > 0:00:58close to Santa Barbara.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03Chelsea will have to get past Lionel Messi and Barcelona in the Champions
0:01:03 > 0:01:08League last 16, we will have the latest on today's draw.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Motorists have been facing "treacherous" road conditions
0:01:32 > 0:01:35after snow turned to ice across parts of the UK.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Hundreds of schools across England and Wales are closed
0:01:38 > 0:01:41as the wintry conditions persist,
0:01:41 > 0:01:43and there is some disruption to rail services and flights.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45The Met Office has issued several weather warnings
0:01:45 > 0:01:47across the country with temperatures expected to plunge
0:01:47 > 0:01:50overnight and further wintry showers due in the coming days.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Phil Mackie has this report.
0:01:59 > 0:02:04Matthew Richards is in north-east Wales, and Duncan Kennedy is in
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Hindhead, in Surrey, and Duncan, first, it has been snowing again
0:02:07 > 0:02:15this morning where you are. Absolutely, snow currently
0:02:15 > 0:02:18horizontal, not only have snow but wind, we have arrived here after a
0:02:18 > 0:02:22journey up from the south coast and we have met absolutely every kind of
0:02:22 > 0:02:28weather condition going. Self coast, rain. Up through Hampshire,
0:02:28 > 0:02:32Petersfield, Winchester, rain and sleet. By the time you get here,
0:02:32 > 0:02:38sorry, this kind of snow. We are 800 feet, we are getting between three
0:02:38 > 0:02:41and five centimetres of this blizzard like conditions as well. Do
0:02:41 > 0:02:46give you an idea of where we are, below the M25, and next to the
0:02:46 > 0:02:50eighth three. Both of those roads are flowing, quite smoothly, it has
0:02:50 > 0:02:55to be said. -- A3. Around here, on the smaller roads, things are much
0:02:55 > 0:03:01more tricky. The roads are open, they have been gritted, cars
0:03:01 > 0:03:06slip-sliding around, as soon as they get a little gradient, wheels lose
0:03:06 > 0:03:10traction. Knocks and bumps and one or two people have been slipping
0:03:10 > 0:03:14over as well, as two schools in this area, at least a dozen have been
0:03:14 > 0:03:19shut in Hindhead area alone, we met some children who said they did not
0:03:19 > 0:03:23get to their school even though that school was open, others have been
0:03:23 > 0:03:27closed altogether, not least because the schools do not want to risk
0:03:27 > 0:03:31children not being able to get home at the end of the day and also
0:03:31 > 0:03:35because playground, concrete all around schools, are iced over and
0:03:35 > 0:03:39they do not want risk of ice and people slipping over. Speaking to
0:03:39 > 0:03:44one or two people around here, they have been struggling to get to work
0:03:44 > 0:03:47in the surrounding country Road areas. One man worked at a golf
0:03:47 > 0:03:51course, could not get there today, that has been shut up, nobody
0:03:51 > 0:03:56working there today. This storm, due to last for another two, three,
0:03:56 > 0:04:04possibly four hours, then, the warning after that, ice. Treacherous
0:04:04 > 0:04:08conditions for cars coming to this part of Surrey, and treacherous
0:04:08 > 0:04:13conditions will continue.Matthew, the situation where you are,
0:04:13 > 0:04:19warnings as well that temperatures are really going to plunge.Yes,
0:04:19 > 0:04:22heavy snow of the past couple of days has stopped, temperatures are
0:04:22 > 0:04:28dropping. 600 schools across Wales that are currently closed, around
0:04:28 > 0:04:32500 properties still without power. Those warnings from police not to
0:04:32 > 0:04:36journey out unless you have too. Council say they are doing their
0:04:36 > 0:04:40best to get to the slightly more minor routes, to make sure more
0:04:40 > 0:04:43remote communities can stay accessible. We have heard warnings
0:04:43 > 0:04:47from rescue teams around Wales about incidents they have been called to,
0:04:47 > 0:04:50a 21-year-old man was seriously injured when sledging in the Rhondda
0:04:50 > 0:04:56Valley, last night, he slid off a hill and into a ravine, and was
0:04:56 > 0:05:00airlifted to hospital. A 24-year-old man suffered injuries to head and
0:05:00 > 0:05:04shoulders when he fell 80 metres while climbing on a mountain in
0:05:04 > 0:05:09Snowdonia national park, with a family group, so the warning is,
0:05:09 > 0:05:14though these scenes may look very inviting, it is still very
0:05:14 > 0:05:21dangerous.Schools in Worcestershire are closed because of the severe
0:05:21 > 0:05:23weather, this report.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27VOICEOVER: Large swathes of Central England and Wales woke up to a
0:05:27 > 0:05:32winter wonderland, but the morning commute was tricky, many areas saw
0:05:32 > 0:05:37their heaviest snowfall for seven years. Some areas saw 20
0:05:37 > 0:05:41centimetres, which froze when temperatures plummeted, driving
0:05:41 > 0:05:43conditions were extremely dangerous, broke down services have been
0:05:43 > 0:05:49walking around the clock.We do 10,000 breakdowns, but yesterday we
0:05:49 > 0:05:53did 14,000, 600 of those were vehicles stuck in snow. The main
0:05:53 > 0:05:59advice would be to take it steady, pack if you extras, like a blanket,
0:05:59 > 0:06:06a torch, a mobile phone, make sure they are charged. Make sure you have
0:06:06 > 0:06:09your main contacts in your phone. Criticism of local authorities after
0:06:09 > 0:06:13hundreds of schools were shut, meaning an enforced day off for
0:06:13 > 0:06:18parents who had to look after children. As you can see, for a lot
0:06:18 > 0:06:22of people, it is a snow day, a lot of fun, but a real problem for
0:06:22 > 0:06:26businesses especially because people cannot get to work, in some places
0:06:26 > 0:06:30they have had to stay at home to look after children. For others,
0:06:30 > 0:06:32simply because the high street should be doing well in the run-up
0:06:32 > 0:06:38to Christmas but this is keeping people away. Snow and ice around, it
0:06:38 > 0:06:42will they like for another day. The snowploughs and gritters have been
0:06:42 > 0:06:47working at full pelt throughout the weekend, for many areas, this is day
0:06:47 > 0:06:50four of destruction, the worst conditions are over the higher
0:06:50 > 0:06:54ground in England and Wales, where they are more used to it and quite
0:06:54 > 0:06:57phlegmatic.Happens every four or five years, we get a big dump, and
0:06:57 > 0:07:05being higher up... We tend to get more than most, but it is very
0:07:05 > 0:07:10pretty.Everyone is being asked to help out, including organisations
0:07:10 > 0:07:14with four-wheel drive vehicle.We offered up a number of them, because
0:07:14 > 0:07:19there is a lot of pressure on them. Getting people to patients, patients
0:07:19 > 0:07:28to hospitals. Well trained drivers. We have vehicles we are happy to
0:07:28 > 0:07:32lend.The cold snap is not yet over, that means there is no prospect of
0:07:32 > 0:07:35an early thaw, so the big question is, what happens next.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41Across the country we have had a lot of snow and rain and sleet over the
0:07:41 > 0:07:49last 24 to 48 hours, tonight, temperatures will plunge, sunspots,
0:07:49 > 0:07:52-10, -11, -12 degrees. With all those wet and snowy surfaces, could
0:07:52 > 0:07:56be some severe ice problems to take us into tomorrow morning.Whether
0:07:56 > 0:08:00you love it or hate it, it is undeniably pretty, social media is
0:08:00 > 0:08:04filled with pictures like this, so, this year, many people enjoying some
0:08:04 > 0:08:09stunning scenery, and Christmas come early.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15STUDIO: And you can keep up to date with the latest disruption
0:08:15 > 0:08:18on our website at bbc.co.uk/news.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Survivors and bereaved families have called on the public inquiry
0:08:20 > 0:08:23into the Grenfell Tower disaster, in which 71 people died,
0:08:23 > 0:08:32to be headed by a panel of experts, rather than a single retired judge.
0:08:33 > 0:08:39The current chairman, Sir Martin Moore-Bick,
0:08:39 > 0:08:41is holding two days of public hearings
0:08:41 > 0:08:43to set out the future of the inquiry's work.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Victims of the fire say they are already becoming
0:08:45 > 0:08:46pushed to the sidelines.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Our Home Affairs Correspondent Tom Symonds is at the hearing
0:08:48 > 0:08:49in Central London.
0:08:49 > 0:08:54This is the beginning of a long journey, the police alone have
0:08:54 > 0:08:57gathered 31 million documents which may be evidence, and taken
0:08:57 > 0:09:04statements from 1144 people, that is one enquiry, of several working in
0:09:04 > 0:09:08parallel. It is the public enquiry here that one day will produce the
0:09:08 > 0:09:17official verdict on why this tragedy happened.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18The bereaved, the survivors,
0:09:18 > 0:09:20the people who lived in the shadow of the tower.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Their supporters.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23They are not going anywhere.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26These two days of hearings will set up the way in which the enquiry
0:09:26 > 0:09:28does its job, gathers the evidence.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33At first, much of that will come from the police.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35But the enquiry heard the voices of those who escaped the fire
0:09:35 > 0:09:37will be vital.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38To prepare a statement for the enquiry will,
0:09:38 > 0:09:40for many of them, be difficult and traumatic.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43And the process of giving oral evidence to the enquiry, equally,
0:09:43 > 0:09:44if not more challenging.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47But we must also try to move more promptly and effectively
0:09:47 > 0:09:49with the aim of learning lessons from this awful event.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52In order to save the lives of others and in order to ensure something
0:09:52 > 0:09:59like this can never happen again.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01But the survivors and the families of the bereaved have
0:10:01 > 0:10:02a string of concerns.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05They are worried, as so-called core participants, that they are already
0:10:05 > 0:10:06being pushed to the sidelines.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Watching as experts and lawyers discuss matters of life
0:10:08 > 0:10:18and death between themselves.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Hearings will be conducted exclusively by your council and you.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Rendering the core participants passive attendees.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Able only to give their own evidence if asked, and to suggest questions,
0:10:28 > 0:10:30but never to ask them.
0:10:30 > 0:10:39Well, we want to ask questions on behalf of our clients.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Only the enquiry's lawyers will question witnesses.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45It is led by a single judge, Sir Martin Moore-Bick.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48The families want him, joined by others, to make up a panel
0:10:48 > 0:10:51with people better able to represent the social issues the fire revealed.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53What we're asking for is a panel of experts
0:10:53 > 0:10:54that represent the community.
0:10:54 > 0:11:02That diverse, but also have the expertise that is required.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Their suspicion is not helped by the fact that six months on, many
0:11:05 > 0:11:13survivors have not been rehoused, with 42 families found homes so far.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15It has been much more complicated and challenging
0:11:15 > 0:11:17than we initially thought.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21But I think by the time...
0:11:21 > 0:11:24You know, we have bought 300 houses and we are getting people rehoused.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26That will build the trust.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27It's action rather than words.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30That's an ongoing process.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Inquests have described how the 71 victims died.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34The enquiry's job is to decide why.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37The police, whether anyone is criminally responsible.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Difficult jobs in themselves,
0:11:40 > 0:11:41made far more difficult
0:11:41 > 0:11:51by the trauma this tragedy has left behind.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59That demand for a panel to take over from a single judge will not go
0:11:59 > 0:12:02away, having local people on the enquiry panel would risk its
0:12:02 > 0:12:05independence, some may say, the families say that is not what they
0:12:05 > 0:12:09are asking for, they do not want to hijack the process, they just want
0:12:09 > 0:12:14it to have a broader view. Either way, any change would be for the
0:12:14 > 0:12:18government. When can we expect results? The first report, looking
0:12:18 > 0:12:22at the causes, the basic causes of the fire and the response to it, is
0:12:22 > 0:12:25not due until next autumn.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33More than 8,000 people in the UK have
0:12:33 > 0:12:34Huntington's disease, a devastating condition
0:12:34 > 0:12:36which permanently affects their ability to move and think
0:12:36 > 0:12:38as well as how they behave.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40It's a neuro-degenerative disease which often starts to affect people
0:12:40 > 0:12:41in their 30s and 40s.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44And now scientist think they may have made a big breakthrough,
0:12:44 > 0:12:46which could ultimately stop the deadly disease.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47Our health and science correspondent James Gallagher
0:12:47 > 0:12:54has had exclusive access to the trial and joins me now.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Really is an incredibly cruel disease, and one which is passed
0:12:56 > 0:13:01through the generations.A blight on families, terminal, if you have it,
0:13:01 > 0:13:05you know you will die, you will have seen a parents die from this
0:13:05 > 0:13:09disease, and there is a 50/50 chance of you passing it to your children.
0:13:09 > 0:13:14It is caused by the build-up of a toxic protein inside the brain,
0:13:14 > 0:13:18slowly killing brain cells over a lifetime. What this drug does, it is
0:13:18 > 0:13:22injected into the spinal fluid, it will bathe the brain and slow down
0:13:22 > 0:13:27the production of a protein. The hope is that once you lower levels
0:13:27 > 0:13:31of the protein, then you can stop brain cells dying and that might
0:13:31 > 0:13:36stop Huntington's disease.People will want to know, people have this
0:13:36 > 0:13:39already, people could have it in the future, those people will want to
0:13:39 > 0:13:43know, is this a cure?Today, the answer is no, because scientists so
0:13:43 > 0:13:46far have only shown they can lower the levels of the toxic protein,
0:13:46 > 0:13:52they have not lowered it long enough to see if it makes a difference, a
0:13:52 > 0:13:56decade of animal research suggests it should but doctors are still need
0:13:56 > 0:14:01to do the work in human patients. The long-term aim is to treat people
0:14:01 > 0:14:05when they are 18 years old, because if you can get them before symptoms
0:14:05 > 0:14:10even start, they might never have Huntington's, that is why one
0:14:10 > 0:14:13scientist described this research to me as potentially the biggest
0:14:13 > 0:14:18breakthrough in any neurodegenerative disease in 50
0:14:18 > 0:14:20years.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25The Prime Minister will update Mps in the Commons this afternoon
0:14:25 > 0:14:27on the Brexit deal struck on Friday in Brussels.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30It's understood she'll say she expects EU leaders to agree
0:14:30 > 0:14:31to start talks about future trade and security
0:14:31 > 0:14:33at a summit on Thursday.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Our Assistant Political Editor Norman Smith is in Westminster.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Expected to talk of a new sense of optimism after Friday.
0:14:38 > 0:14:44Is there?
0:14:44 > 0:14:49I suspect Theresa May thinks she is entitled to a little glass of
0:14:49 > 0:14:53Christmas cheer, the odd mince pie, something odd is going on at
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Westminster, here we are on the cusp of a "Brexit" statement, normally
0:14:56 > 0:15:00that is the cue for eye gouging and shin kicking but today, everyone
0:15:00 > 0:15:05seems, well, kind of happy, they are OK with the deal that has been done
0:15:05 > 0:15:11by Theresa May on Friday, Brexiteers think, having paid £39 billion, that
0:15:11 > 0:15:15is a lot but kind of enough, the European court has been
0:15:15 > 0:15:20marginalised, and the contentious phrase about regular to realignment
0:15:20 > 0:15:22between Northern Ireland and Ireland, they believe it applies
0:15:22 > 0:15:27only to a few limited areas, leaving the single market. Remainers see it
0:15:27 > 0:15:31differently, they believe regulatory alignment means they will be cheek
0:15:31 > 0:15:35by jowl with the single market, taking most of their roles and
0:15:35 > 0:15:41regulations, the softest of soft yolk Brexits, they cannot all be
0:15:41 > 0:15:46right, but the way the agreement has been written, it is sufficiently
0:15:46 > 0:15:50vague and ambiguous, so that everyone can pretty much take
0:15:50 > 0:15:54whatever they want from it. So, maybe less the mince pie, and more
0:15:54 > 0:15:58the Euro fudge!
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Our top story this lunchtime.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Hundreds of schools are closed and thousands have no power as snow
0:16:06 > 0:16:10and ice cover much of the UK.
0:16:10 > 0:16:15And still to come.
0:16:15 > 0:16:21The UK has a new tallest mountain, and Antarctic peak has been
0:16:21 > 0:16:22remeasured and found to be
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Coming up in sport on BBC News.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27We'll have the latest on that milk-throwing
0:16:27 > 0:16:29argument between Manchester City and Manchester United, following
0:16:29 > 0:16:31City's record win in yesterday's derby.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45Thousands more people have been told to leave their homes in California
0:16:45 > 0:16:48as one of the biggest wildfires in the state's history
0:16:48 > 0:16:51moves towards the coastal city of Santa Barbara.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Around 800 buildings have already been destroyed
0:16:53 > 0:16:58in the fires that have raged across California last week.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Fire fighters are battling six fires across the state, with the largest
0:17:01 > 0:17:06having scorched an area the size of New York City.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11Simon Cullen reports.
0:17:11 > 0:17:18It's a battle being fought both from the ground and from the air.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Fanned by strong winds and hot weather, fire
0:17:20 > 0:17:21fighters are struggling
0:17:21 > 0:17:25to get the upper hand on a blaze which has become one of the most
0:17:25 > 0:17:26destructive in California's history.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Hundreds of homes have already been destroyed and thousands of people
0:17:29 > 0:17:30have been forced to flee.
0:17:30 > 0:17:31I'm scared to death.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33We packed up our whole car.
0:17:33 > 0:17:34We got evacuated this morning.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37I'm a nervous wreck.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40I've only lived in Santa Barbara five years, so this is the first
0:17:40 > 0:17:42time I've experienced a fire.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46So I have been in panic mode all day.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49The fire in the coastal areas of Ventura and Santa Barbara,
0:17:49 > 0:17:52has now burnt out an area larger than the size of New York,
0:17:52 > 0:17:57and it's still out of control.
0:17:57 > 0:17:58But it's not the only one.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01And resources are being stretched to the limit.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04We've been up - I'm at 29 hours straight every other day.
0:18:04 > 0:18:09Everybody on this division is at 28, 29 hours.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10So we are exhausted.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13But they are not coming off until this is done.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Several fire fighters have been injured, and one person,
0:18:15 > 0:18:19a 70-year-old lady, has died while trying to flee.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Santa Barbara Police Department!
0:18:21 > 0:18:23As the flames draw nearer, the mandatory evacuation
0:18:23 > 0:18:26zone has been widened.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30Overnight, authorities went door to door, telling people to leave.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32This fire has acted in an unpredictable manner.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34It has been very rapidly moving.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37It's going to be a multi-day event, so please do what you can now
0:18:37 > 0:18:46to prepare to evacuate.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50The fire front has become so large, it is clearly visible from space,
0:18:50 > 0:18:52giving a sense of the magnitude of the task ahead.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55The US President Donald Trump has declared a state of emergency
0:18:55 > 0:19:01to provide extra resources to the worst affected regions.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04For now, authorities are focusing on bringing the fires under control.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06But soon, the focus will turn to assessing the damage
0:19:06 > 0:19:10and counting the cost of the devastating fire season.
0:19:10 > 0:19:20Simon Cullen, BBC News.
0:19:20 > 0:19:25police are responding to reports of an extension in Manhattan, there are
0:19:25 > 0:19:30reports of a number of injuries. Pictures from the scene show armed
0:19:30 > 0:19:34police and commuters lining the pavement of a busy transport hub a
0:19:34 > 0:19:38few blocks away from Times Square. The New York police Department has
0:19:38 > 0:19:42said they are responding to an instant and a number of Metro lines
0:19:42 > 0:19:47have been evacuated. -- an incident.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49President Putin has ordered the partial withdrawal
0:19:49 > 0:19:50of Russian troops from Syria, during an unannounced
0:19:50 > 0:19:52visit to the country.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Mr Putin was met by Syrian President Bashar Assad as he arrived
0:19:54 > 0:19:56at a Russian air base.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Russia first intervened in the conflict in 2015,
0:19:58 > 0:20:00staging air strikes in support of the Syrian Government.
0:20:00 > 0:20:06Our Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg reports.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10For more than two years, his troops have been at war in Syria.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Today, Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit
0:20:13 > 0:20:15to the Russian airbase here.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19His message - mission accomplished.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24Here to see him, and to thank him, was President Assad.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26It's Russia's military operation which has kept
0:20:26 > 0:20:32the Syrian leader in power.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34And then it was onto the soldiers.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36President Putin told the troops, their motherland was proud of them.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40He expressed Russia's gratitude for what they had achieved in Syria.
0:20:43 > 0:20:44Addressing the troops, President Putin said
0:20:44 > 0:20:49that the Russian and Syrian armies had routed the most fearsome group
0:20:49 > 0:20:51of international terrorists.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54He announced the withdrawal of a large part of Russia's
0:20:54 > 0:20:56military contingent.
0:20:56 > 0:21:01The soldiers, he said, could return home victorious.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03The Russian campaign in Syria was controversial.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Western governments claimed Russian air strikes were targeting
0:21:06 > 0:21:09the moderate Syrian opposition.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Moscow ignored the criticism.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16Today, President Putin said his troops had performed brilliantly,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19and the operation in the air and at sea had shown the growing
0:21:19 > 0:21:23power of Russia's military.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Russia believes its military campaign in Syria
0:21:25 > 0:21:28has been a success.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Not only in terms of defeating Isis and keeping a key ally,
0:21:31 > 0:21:33President Assad, in power, but also the Russians
0:21:33 > 0:21:35believe the campaign has raised their country's profile
0:21:35 > 0:21:38in the Middle East, and increased Russia's influence
0:21:38 > 0:21:41on the international stage.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Steve Rosenberg, BBC News, Moscow.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Two in five women, and one in five men, say they've been
0:21:48 > 0:21:50sexually harassed at work, according to a new survey
0:21:50 > 0:21:58of workplace harassment for the BBC.
0:21:58 > 0:21:59The poll found that self-employed workers,
0:21:59 > 0:22:02or those on zero-hours contracts, are more likely to face unwanted
0:22:02 > 0:22:04sexual behaviour than those in full time employment.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Adina Campbell has this report.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10Putting up with sexual harassment at work is something copywriter
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Lorrie Hartshorn has dealt with for years.
0:22:13 > 0:22:19Because she is a freelancer, she says it is even worse.
0:22:19 > 0:22:24If something goes wrong and you are subjected to these kinds
0:22:24 > 0:22:26of behaviours you are uncomfortable with or are clearly inappropriate,
0:22:26 > 0:22:27who do you complain to?
0:22:27 > 0:22:30You are frequently dealing with the top people in the company
0:22:30 > 0:22:37and if the behaviour comes from one of them, your choice
0:22:37 > 0:22:40your choice is to either complain to them and lose the gig,
0:22:40 > 0:22:41or not complain.
0:22:41 > 0:22:50In the latest survey for the BBC, the poll revealed 43% of people
0:22:50 > 0:22:52in flexible work had experienced unwanted sexual behaviour, compared
0:22:52 > 0:22:54with 29% who were directly employed.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55Those working in industries such as hospitality,
0:22:55 > 0:23:01retail or the public sector, were more at risk.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Overall, 40% of women and 18% of men had experienced sexual
0:23:03 > 0:23:08harassment in the workplace.
0:23:08 > 0:23:15The survey also found people aged between 18 and 34 were more likely
0:23:15 > 0:23:24to report unwanted sexual attention, compared to those over 55.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27One problem is organisations don't realise they have a problem,
0:23:27 > 0:23:30they say, we don't have a problem, we have an open door policy.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Realising first of all the extent of the problem.
0:23:33 > 0:23:34Then providing systems where people are reticent,
0:23:34 > 0:23:36they can step forward.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Unwelcome jokes, unwanted touching and porn in the workplace were some
0:23:39 > 0:23:41of the most common types of behaviour in the survey of more
0:23:41 > 0:23:45than 6,000 British adults.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49It is not just at work where women and men face problems.
0:23:49 > 0:23:59People grabbing me, grabbing the chest area, the bum.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Recently I had someone take my phone number,
0:24:02 > 0:24:05I went to get my laptop repaired, they took my details
0:24:05 > 0:24:11and wouldn't stop texting me.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14When you are out in bars, you feel a bit trapped at sometimes.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15With touching.
0:24:15 > 0:24:16No, no.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18It is mainly just catcalling, especially older men.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Because I am at college now, but this happened
0:24:20 > 0:24:27when I was still in school uniform, so it was really inappropriate.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29With an even bigger focus on sexual harassment,
0:24:29 > 0:24:31there are new calls for better protection to people
0:24:31 > 0:24:32inside and outside the workplace.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Adina Campbell, BBC News.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Bitcoin.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42It's the world's most popular virtual currency.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44It's not tied to any bank, so users can spend it anonymously.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48At the start of the year, a bitcoin was worth just over
0:24:48 > 0:24:50£700.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54This month, a bitcoin peaked at just under £14,000.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Last night, the digital currency had another first,
0:24:56 > 0:24:58as it launched on a futures exchange in Chicago.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Our technology orrespondent Rory Cellan-Jones is here.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06And that means what?
0:25:06 > 0:25:11It gives a measure of respectability to something which has been seen as
0:25:11 > 0:25:16pretty flaky by traditional finance industries, something used by
0:25:16 > 0:25:22criminals to hide their traces are possibly by people to
0:25:22 > 0:25:27money-laundering. Now you can bet on the future of bitcoin, you can work
0:25:27 > 0:25:32out what it might be worth in a month, on a traditional exchange,
0:25:32 > 0:25:36and the reaction has been to bet it will continue to rise. That has been
0:25:36 > 0:25:43going on for 18 months, a bubble people are expecting to burst.
0:25:43 > 0:25:48Everyone in finance says this is too good to last. But they had a split
0:25:48 > 0:25:53view. They want to have some stake in it but are concerned it is a
0:25:53 > 0:25:58dangerous phenomenon. The other worrying thing concerning regulators
0:25:58 > 0:26:04is lots of ordinary people who can't afford to lose money are saying this
0:26:04 > 0:26:11looks good, I had better get in. Stories of people borrowing money to
0:26:11 > 0:26:19invest, properly not a good idea.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21The football Association has launched an investigation after an
0:26:21 > 0:26:26altercation following the win by Manchester City at Old Trafford
0:26:26 > 0:26:27yesterday.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29There were reports of water and milk being thrown.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32City players were celebrating their 2-1 win which sent them 11
0:26:32 > 0:26:35points clear of their nearest rivals at the top of the table.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37David Ornstein has this report.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Not even halfway through the season, but already firmly on course
0:26:39 > 0:26:46for the Premier League title.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48The win all the sweeter for Manchester City,
0:26:48 > 0:26:50as it came at the home of their closest challengers and
0:26:50 > 0:26:52bitter rivals, Manchester United.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Is that it, is the title race over now?
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Have you got it in the bag?
0:26:56 > 0:26:57No, no, it's December, not yet.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Impossible.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02We have a lot of things, a lot of games still to do,
0:27:02 > 0:27:04but it's important for our confidence, of course.
0:27:04 > 0:27:05We were better, and that's good.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Inside the away dressing room, scenes of jubilation,
0:27:07 > 0:27:10though which we now know to be the cause of an ugly altercation
0:27:10 > 0:27:11between the two sides.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Well, the City celebrations inside Old Trafford were deemed
0:27:13 > 0:27:17excessive by United's manager Jose Mourinho.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21He confronted them and is said to have had a carton of milk thrown
0:27:21 > 0:27:23at him during a heated exchange.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25While City's assistant coach, Mikel Arteta, is understood to have
0:27:25 > 0:27:30suffered a cut head.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33It carries echoes of October 2004, when then-United manager
0:27:33 > 0:27:36Sir Alex Ferguson was hit by pizza after a bad-tempered
0:27:36 > 0:27:38meeting with Arsenal.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40The Football Association has asked United and City
0:27:40 > 0:27:41for their observations, and given them until
0:27:41 > 0:27:45Wednesday to respond.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48The incident overshadowed a victory that extends City's lead over United
0:27:48 > 0:27:50at the top of the table to 11 points.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54And there was no mention of it in Mourinho's post-match interviews.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58The gods of football, they are always behind them.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00You feel it, a bit damaged because of the distance
0:28:00 > 0:28:03to Manchester City, but I think everybody is going to fight
0:28:03 > 0:28:08for the points every match until mathematically it's impossible.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11By this morning, the focus of both clubs had turned to the last 16
0:28:11 > 0:28:12of the Champions League.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Manchester City.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16With City drawn to play Basel of Switzerland,
0:28:16 > 0:28:17and United up against Spanish side Sevilla.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20However, it's likely the events of yesterday on and off the pitch
0:28:20 > 0:28:22will capture the attention for a while yet.
0:28:22 > 0:28:28David Ornstein, BBC News, Old Trafford.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36The UK has a new tallest mountain.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Mount Hope, which is sited in the part of the Antarctic claimed
0:28:38 > 0:28:41by the UK, was recently re-measured and found to tower above what had
0:28:41 > 0:28:43previously been considered the tallest peak, Mount Jackson,
0:28:43 > 0:28:45also in the Antarctic.
0:28:45 > 0:28:50Here's our ccience correspondent Jonathan Amos.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52You would think the entire world would be mapped
0:28:52 > 0:28:58to the nearest centimetre by now, but not it seems the Antarctic.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Its rugged, icy terrain is hard to traverse and no one has
0:29:01 > 0:29:05yet climbed all its mountains to measure their peaks.
0:29:05 > 0:29:12Cartogrophers rely on satellites to work out the heights of summits.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15When the British Antarctic Survey did this recently, they found
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Mount Jackson long assumed to be the tallest on the Antarctic
0:29:17 > 0:29:19peninsula was surpassed by Mount Hope.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22Satellites showed Hope to be 3,239 metres high,
0:29:22 > 0:29:32just over 10,600 feet.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35The existing believed height of 2,850 metres,
0:29:35 > 0:29:37goes back to the 1960s from overland survey.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40Now with the availability of sub-metre resolution satellite
0:29:40 > 0:29:43imagery, we have been able to get an accurate height to plus or minus
0:29:43 > 0:29:46five metres for Mount Hope.
0:29:46 > 0:29:47Accurate mapping is vital because scientists fly
0:29:47 > 0:29:51everywhere on the continent.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54If mountains aren't featured or are in the wrong place,
0:29:54 > 0:29:57it can be very dangerous.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59American researchers are repeating the British re-mapping exercise
0:29:59 > 0:30:00across the entire continent.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04It should be finished next year.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06That will turn Antarctica from the worst mapped place
0:30:06 > 0:30:08on the planet to one of the best.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12Jonathan Amos, BBC News.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16A lot of snow in the bulletin today.
0:30:16 > 0:30:17Here's Darren Bett.
0:30:20 > 0:30:26It is ice which is the major concern into tomorrow. There hasn't been as
0:30:26 > 0:30:30much snow falling today. Areas that had a lot of snow yesterday are
0:30:30 > 0:30:36being generally dry and sunny. When that picture was taken, it was minus
0:30:36 > 0:30:42three. Not as cold as that but amateurs call -- close to freezing
0:30:42 > 0:30:49in Essex, more of a slushy mix. Becoming treacherous in the night.
0:30:49 > 0:30:54Low pressure coming into the south-east bringing a mixture of
0:30:54 > 0:30:59rain, sleet and snow in the south-east. That will withdraw
0:30:59 > 0:31:04towards the near continent and should become drier, allowing
0:31:04 > 0:31:07temperatures to drop. This afternoon, not very warm, those
0:31:07 > 0:31:13numbers may not get above freezing. Into the evening, some wintry
0:31:13 > 0:31:19showers across East and and the south-east. Those should clear and
0:31:19 > 0:31:24temperatures will drop. Showers wandering into western Wales
0:31:24 > 0:31:29and the south-west. Inland, it is already icy and frosty. Wintry
0:31:29 > 0:31:34showers along the North Sea coast and northern Scotland.
0:31:34 > 0:31:40Mostly rain in Northern Ireland this evening. Many places will become
0:31:40 > 0:31:46dry. The confirmation of lying snow and wet weather, it means ice will
0:31:46 > 0:31:51be a major concern on untreated roads and pavements.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55Temperatures fall quickly, we lose the showers, clearer skies in
0:31:55 > 0:32:02Northern Ireland and Scotland. Most showers down the eastern side of
0:32:02 > 0:32:10England. A cold night. Look at that, -12 in the countryside, especially
0:32:10 > 0:32:15with a covering of snow. Potentially it could get very icy.
0:32:15 > 0:32:22Heading into Tuesday, we lose the showers on the western coast. Those
0:32:22 > 0:32:24on the eastern coast will be blown offshore.
0:32:24 > 0:32:31Wetter weather arriving. In the West, we see highest temperatures.
0:32:31 > 0:32:38Tomorrow is dry, cold and sunny. This weather front may bring a bit
0:32:38 > 0:32:42of snow later tomorrow over the hills of Scotland, northern England,
0:32:42 > 0:32:48and the threat of icy conditions. More significantly on Wednesday, we
0:32:48 > 0:32:53are drawing in Atlantic air, temperatures will be higher, it will
0:32:53 > 0:32:59be cloudy and showery. As it brightens up, the showers that
0:32:59 > 0:33:04followed could turn wintry but nowhere near as cold and severe as
0:33:04 > 0:33:07the weather over the weekend. Minus 12.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13A reminder of our main story this lunchtime.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16Hundreds of schools are closed, thousands have no power as snow
0:33:16 > 0:33:18and ice cover much of the country - with warnings temperatures