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German officials say the risk of a terror attack | :00:00. | :00:16. | |
in Munich has now eased after an alert late last night. | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
A gunman is on the run after opening fire in a bar in Tel Aviv, | :00:20. | :00:26. | |
Dubai authorities are trying to establish the cause of a huge | :00:27. | :00:29. | |
skyscraper fire which left 16 people hurt. | :00:30. | :00:53. | |
Good evening and welcome to BBC News. | :00:54. | :00:55. | |
Police in Germany say last night's terror alert in Munich was based | :00:56. | :00:59. | |
on concrete information about a planned suicide attack. | :01:00. | :01:04. | |
Officials say a tip-off from the French intelligence service | :01:05. | :01:06. | |
suggested there were up to seven people involved, | :01:07. | :01:09. | |
including Syrians and Iraqis linked to so-called Islamic State. | :01:10. | :01:15. | |
Authorities are continuing to look for the suspects but say they no | :01:16. | :01:18. | |
longer believe an attack is imminent. | :01:19. | :01:23. | |
Gordon Corera explained why authorities responded as quickly | :01:24. | :01:26. | |
They have been defending themselves in Munich in Germany today, | :01:27. | :01:41. | |
arguing that the fact they got tip-offs from | :01:42. | :01:44. | |
two separate foreign intelligence services, | :01:45. | :01:49. | |
it seems, France and perhaps America, it is less clear. | :01:50. | :01:51. | |
Both seeming to be about the same kind of attack being planned, | :01:52. | :01:54. | |
the fact the details of the attackers, | :01:55. | :01:56. | |
including names, that was pretty specific, not vague chatter that | :01:57. | :01:58. | |
an attack is being planned in Munich. | :01:59. | :02:00. | |
And it had targets of these train stations. | :02:01. | :02:02. | |
That is why they felt they had to take some action | :02:03. | :02:04. | |
Whether through time it proved to be wrong or there was something there, | :02:05. | :02:14. | |
They felt it was the only course of action they could take. | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
It was very short notice and they only got the information | :02:19. | :02:21. | |
Do you know the nature of the intelligence? | :02:22. | :02:24. | |
It does not sound like vague chatter. | :02:25. | :02:30. | |
It sounds more like human intelligence | :02:31. | :02:33. | |
Something relatively strong that would have led them to that kind | :02:34. | :02:38. | |
of conclusion for them it is difficult | :02:39. | :02:48. | |
to assess that quickly and know how serious it is. | :02:49. | :02:50. | |
Time was not an option with the New Year's Eve | :02:51. | :02:57. | |
It seems this is a sign of things to come - | :02:58. | :03:12. | |
operations around big days, celebrations and events. | :03:13. | :03:16. | |
Belgium cancelled its fireworks, Paris changed its plans and Germany | :03:17. | :03:19. | |
Countries are having to look at how they deal with the risk | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
You are seeing countries trying to work out how much risk | :03:24. | :03:28. | |
they are willing to tolerate, how much they try to go about things | :03:29. | :03:35. | |
and how much they try to reassure their own citizens. | :03:36. | :03:38. | |
They are all working through that in different | :03:39. | :03:41. | |
You can see the way Germany reacted last night. | :03:42. | :03:48. | |
In a moment we'll be joined by viewers on BBC One for a full | :03:49. | :03:52. | |
round-up of all the day's news including more on the security | :03:53. | :03:55. | |
German police are looking for up to seven Syrian and Iraqi men | :03:56. | :06:30. | |
after the New Year's Eve terror alert in Munich. | :06:31. | :06:38. | |
Authorities say they received "concrete" information that | :06:39. | :06:41. | |
extremists from so-called Islamic State | :06:42. | :06:43. | |
were planning attacks at two railway stations. | :06:44. | :06:49. | |
New guidance on safe drinking levels, expected to include | :06:50. | :06:51. | |
recommending no alcohol at least two days a week. | :06:52. | :06:56. | |
And after the flood, the clean up for some, | :06:57. | :07:16. | |
Police in Germany say last night's terror alert in Munich was based | :07:17. | :07:37. | |
on concrete information about a planned suicide attack. | :07:38. | :07:39. | |
Officials say a tip-off from the French intelligence service | :07:40. | :07:41. | |
suggested that there were up to seven suspects, | :07:42. | :07:43. | |
including Syrians and Iraqis linked to so-called Islamic State. | :07:44. | :07:47. | |
Minutes before midnight and German security forces usher people away | :07:48. | :07:56. | |
from Munich's busiest railway stations. | :07:57. | :08:01. | |
Intelligence received just hours earlier suggested a group | :08:02. | :08:03. | |
of between five and seven Iraqi and Syrian suicide bombers | :08:04. | :08:12. | |
With the level of detail, including names, coming in from two | :08:13. | :08:16. | |
separate foreign countries, German officials today said they had | :08:17. | :08:18. | |
It was on information, and we have to do our job | :08:19. | :08:26. | |
And we have to guarantee the security and safety | :08:27. | :08:32. | |
Today, the stations were open again, a police presence visible, | :08:33. | :08:38. | |
although authorities now say they can't be sure if the attackers | :08:39. | :08:41. | |
really are in the city or even in the country. | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
New year celebrations had been the focus of real security concerns. | :08:46. | :08:49. | |
It wasn't only Germany, with the closure of rail | :08:50. | :08:52. | |
Two days ago, Turkey arrested two men in Ankara, | :08:53. | :08:57. | |
said to be planning a suicide attack on celebrations. | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
The Belgian capital, Brussels, cancelled its fireworks | :09:03. | :09:05. | |
after a group of men were arrested, also said to be plotting | :09:06. | :09:08. | |
And in New York, the FBI arrested one man said to be planning a knife | :09:09. | :09:16. | |
attack on a restaurant yesterday, to demonstrate his support | :09:17. | :09:18. | |
Paris had also cancelled its usual fireworks, instead projecting | :09:19. | :09:25. | |
a video onto the Arc de Triomphe, amid tight security, a message, | :09:26. | :09:28. | |
the city's mayor said, that Paris was still standing | :09:29. | :09:43. | |
In his new year message, France's president warned | :09:44. | :09:47. | |
that the terrorist threat was still at its highest level. | :09:48. | :09:49. | |
In central London, 3000 police were on duty, including | :09:50. | :09:58. | |
But last night's celebrations passed without incident. | :09:59. | :10:01. | |
Europe has been on edge, and while the New Year passed | :10:02. | :10:04. | |
peacefully, concerns for the year ahead will still remain. | :10:05. | :10:11. | |
In a major rethink of the guidance on alcohol consumption, | :10:12. | :10:13. | |
it is believed that people are to be advised to avoid alcohol | :10:14. | :10:16. | |
The daily limit for the amount men should drink is also expected to be | :10:17. | :10:23. | |
lowered to the same level as that for women. | :10:24. | :10:25. | |
It follows a review which has been carried out | :10:26. | :10:28. | |
by the Chief Medical Officer, Dame Sally Davies. | :10:29. | :10:31. | |
A new year, and even in busy pubs and bars | :10:32. | :10:38. | |
Yeah, I suppose try and cut down little bit on the drink, save money. | :10:39. | :10:46. | |
Cut down on alcohol and possibly go to the gym. | :10:47. | :10:48. | |
Many will have overindulged over the Christmas period but medical | :10:49. | :10:55. | |
experts agree heavy drinking is increasingly | :10:56. | :10:58. | |
Liver disease, of course, is one of the major consequences | :10:59. | :11:04. | |
of alcohol excess, and we've seen liver disease rise to be the fifth | :11:05. | :11:08. | |
most common cause of mortality in the UK. | :11:09. | :11:14. | |
The top four causes, such as heart disease and cancer, | :11:15. | :11:16. | |
the rates of mortality are dropping, whereas liver disease | :11:17. | :11:25. | |
per week without alcohol, advice already given in Scotland, | :11:26. | :11:30. | |
and a maximum of three units consumed on any one day, | :11:31. | :11:33. | |
which, for the first time, would bring men's daily limits | :11:34. | :11:36. | |
The current guidelines on alcohol consumption were last revised | :11:37. | :11:42. | |
in the mid-1990s but have been criticised as confusing | :11:43. | :11:45. | |
and ineffective, with research suggesting many people just don't | :11:46. | :11:49. | |
a relax, but sometimes you just need to maybe take a step back. | :11:50. | :12:13. | |
But then what is two units, what is six units? | :12:14. | :12:15. | |
Most people are reasonably clued up but you have to let people | :12:16. | :12:18. | |
The country has a little bit of an alcohol problem, I think, | :12:19. | :12:27. | |
in terms of the damage it does to society in numerous ways. | :12:28. | :12:30. | |
The new drinking recommendations are due to be published this month, | :12:31. | :12:34. | |
just in time to reinforce those new year resolutions. | :12:35. | :12:37. | |
A gunman has opened fire at a restaurant in Israel, | :12:38. | :12:39. | |
killing two people and wounding several others. | :12:40. | :12:41. | |
Hundreds of police are searching the area in Tel Aviv but detectives | :12:42. | :12:44. | |
say the motive for the attack is unclear. | :12:45. | :12:45. | |
You may find some images in Kevin Connolly's report disturbing. | :12:46. | :12:53. | |
video cameras captured the moment of the shooting. The killer calmly | :12:54. | :13:01. | |
raising his weapon and opening fire. In an area of Tel Aviv filled with | :13:02. | :13:07. | |
packed bars and cafes, it was a terrifying moment. I hid myself | :13:08. | :13:16. | |
under the bar. I waited till it had finished. It was horrible. It is | :13:17. | :13:26. | |
happening all over the world. Gunman escaped on foot and a huge manhunt | :13:27. | :13:31. | |
began. Security full quickly sealed off the scene. Working to save this | :13:32. | :13:34. | |
seriously injured inside the shattered our. The painstaking work | :13:35. | :13:41. | |
of piecing together a picture of what had happened began immediately. | :13:42. | :13:46. | |
Armed police units have been combing Tel Aviv. It is not clear if there | :13:47. | :13:53. | |
have been credible sightings of the gunman since the attack. The motive | :13:54. | :13:58. | |
is not clear. It may have been straightforward criminality rep may | :13:59. | :14:05. | |
have been a hate crime. It is believed the bar owner was popular | :14:06. | :14:10. | |
with the Tel Aviv Gay community. The suspect has been identified. | :14:11. | :14:14. | |
Deepening suspicions the attack was linked to an increase in tension in | :14:15. | :14:17. | |
the long-running dispute between Israel and the Palestinians. | :14:18. | :14:21. | |
Firefighters in Dubai have spent the day dousing a blaze | :14:22. | :14:24. | |
which engulfed a 63-storey skyscraper last night. | :14:25. | :14:27. | |
At least 15 people were injured, although none of them seriously, | :14:28. | :14:29. | |
Investigators are still trying to identify the cause of the fire. | :14:30. | :14:40. | |
Newly-released documents show that a number of prominent figures wrote | :14:41. | :14:43. | |
letters in support of a bishop under investigation over allegations | :14:44. | :14:46. | |
George Carey, who was then Archbishop of Canterbury, | :14:47. | :14:52. | |
was among those who defended Peter Ball during the inquiry. | :14:53. | :14:56. | |
Ball was jailed in October for misconduct in office | :14:57. | :14:59. | |
Aged 83, Bishop Peter Ball is the most senior Anglican | :15:00. | :15:09. | |
clergyman to have been convicted of sexual abuse. | :15:10. | :15:14. | |
But it was more than 20 years before he finally admitted | :15:15. | :15:17. | |
Famous for dressing in a monk's habit in the 70s, 80s and 90s, | :15:18. | :15:23. | |
he groomed and exploited the young men who followed his teachings. | :15:24. | :15:30. | |
Police investigated in 1993 but he wasn't charged. | :15:31. | :15:33. | |
Instead he was given a caution, after 2000 letters, some | :15:34. | :15:35. | |
of which have now been released by prosecutors, | :15:36. | :15:39. | |
In a letter to police, the then Archbishop of Canterbury, | :15:40. | :15:43. | |
George Carey, wrote that on hearing the allegations that Ball | :15:44. | :15:56. | |
The archbishop said he didn't want to interfere. | :15:57. | :16:12. | |
But he said he felt justified in pointing out the... | :16:13. | :16:14. | |
Another letter came from a senior judge. | :16:15. | :16:23. | |
Phil Johnson accuses Ball of indecently assaulting him | :16:24. | :16:25. | |
The former Archbishop of Canterbury has said he does not wish to | :16:26. | :16:51. | |
influence events. You have a Lord Justice who is supposed to be | :16:52. | :16:52. | |
impartial. With no prosecution, | :16:53. | :16:55. | |
Ball's victims were left in limbo. One of them, Neal Todd, | :16:56. | :16:57. | |
deeply damaged by his experiences, took his own life in 2012 | :16:58. | :17:00. | |
and never saw justice. Flood warnings remain in place | :17:01. | :17:04. | |
across the UK as more rain River levels are high in Shropshire, | :17:05. | :17:07. | |
Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and in York, with many | :17:08. | :17:13. | |
residents clearing up Nick Higham takes a look at one plan | :17:14. | :17:15. | |
to help prevent future flooding. Christmas ruined, and homes | :17:16. | :17:25. | |
and lives as well. In York today, they were still | :17:26. | :17:27. | |
clearing up after the floods. I don't know if in time to come, | :17:28. | :17:30. | |
depending on how our insurance claim goes, anger will appear, | :17:31. | :17:36. | |
but so far it's a little bit of sorrow for the people that aren't | :17:37. | :17:39. | |
as well protected and didn't manage to get their valuables upstairs | :17:40. | :17:44. | |
and have lost irreplaceable things In Castle Douglas in | :17:45. | :17:48. | |
Dumfries and Galloway, there was still standing | :17:49. | :17:52. | |
water in the streets. It's been quite horrendous, | :17:53. | :17:55. | |
actually, and exciting. And we've lived here for 15 years | :17:56. | :17:59. | |
and we've never seen the loch come The forecast for Saturday | :18:00. | :18:04. | |
and Sunday is not right good. Not so much wind but a lot of rain, | :18:05. | :18:10. | |
unfortunately, and there is just Across much of central | :18:11. | :18:13. | |
and north-east Scotland So what else can be done to prevent | :18:14. | :18:18. | |
such floods in future? One place that hasn't flooded | :18:19. | :18:24. | |
in the past few days is here, the North Yorkshire | :18:25. | :18:27. | |
town of Pickering. That's thanks to a new ?2 million | :18:28. | :18:30. | |
flood prevention scheme Pickering Beck flooded the town four | :18:31. | :18:33. | |
times in eight years, causing millions of | :18:34. | :18:40. | |
pounds' worth of damage. The solution, this new dam, | :18:41. | :18:43. | |
designed to hold back the water and slow the flow, | :18:44. | :18:45. | |
completed in October. It passed its first | :18:46. | :18:50. | |
test this Christmas. When I turned on the news and saw | :18:51. | :18:54. | |
this absolute devastation, right across the North of England, | :18:55. | :18:57. | |
and I thought, well, this is just a little ray | :18:58. | :18:59. | |
of sunshine in an absolutely massive black cloud covering the whole | :19:00. | :19:02. | |
of northern England. Mike took this photo showing | :19:03. | :19:07. | |
the catchment behind the dam starting to fill up, | :19:08. | :19:09. | |
as it is designed to. Scientists have also built dams | :19:10. | :19:12. | |
of woody debris to hold up the water in the stream, and planted more | :19:13. | :19:16. | |
trees to soak up the rain. Pickering's protected, | :19:17. | :19:20. | |
and there is less risk But getting landowners to agree | :19:21. | :19:23. | |
isn't always easy and experts say even schemes like this could be | :19:24. | :19:28. | |
overwhelmed by massive rainfall The Archbishop of Canterbury has | :19:29. | :19:32. | |
called on the nation to welcome refugees, offering | :19:33. | :19:42. | |
hospitality and love. He delivered his new year message | :19:43. | :19:54. | |
from a community in Kent that has helped refugees both at home | :19:55. | :20:00. | |
and across the Channel. Justin Welby filmed his message | :20:01. | :20:02. | |
at Marsh Academy, a school Away from the cameras, | :20:03. | :20:06. | |
he met one boy, who had come here alone as a refugee, | :20:07. | :20:11. | |
aged just 14, fleeing war in North This is just one example of the many | :20:12. | :20:14. | |
desperate journeys children are making on their own | :20:15. | :20:19. | |
to save their lives. This school represents the best | :20:20. | :20:24. | |
of what we can do in this country. It teaches and equips people | :20:25. | :20:27. | |
and demonstrates our ability to live up to our long established tradition | :20:28. | :20:35. | |
of warmth and hospitality. The Archbishop's message comes | :20:36. | :20:42. | |
at the start of a year which is likely to see many more | :20:43. | :20:44. | |
people fleeing persecution, war and poverty, risking | :20:45. | :20:47. | |
all on their perilous journey. In 2015, just over a million | :20:48. | :20:52. | |
refugees and migrants reached Justin Welby points out that Jesus | :20:53. | :20:55. | |
himself started life He tells us to be those who welcome | :20:56. | :21:02. | |
the alien and stranger, In today's world, hospitality | :21:03. | :21:09. | |
and love are our most formidable weapons against hatred | :21:10. | :21:18. | |
and extremism. He said Britain had always offered | :21:19. | :21:23. | |
asylum to those fleeing persecution and that offering such welcome | :21:24. | :21:27. | |
brought hope and joy. Now it's time for the | :21:28. | :21:38. | |
news where you are. | :21:39. | :21:42. |