25/11/17 - Part 2 Breakfast

Good morning you're watching

Breakfast from BBC News

with Charlie Stayt

and Naga Munchetty.

We'll have the news

and sport in a moment.

Coming up on the programme:

As the campaign calling

for the release of Nazanin

Zaghari-Ratcliffe intensifies,

we're speaking to the sister-in-law

of the British-Iranian mother who's

been in jail in Iran

for nearly 19 months.

We're catching up with explorer

Ben Saunders, who's making the first

solo unassisted

crossing of Antarctica

in honour of his friend who died

attempting the same trip.

We'll hear how the opening

of the UK's first ever wound

research centre could lead to scar

free healing within a generation.

Egypt's military says it carried out

air strikes on those behind

the deadliest Islamist terror attack

in the country's recent history.

At least 300 people were killed

including 30 children

and more than 100 injured

after gunmen detonated a bomb

and stormed a packed mosque

in North Sinai yesterday.

Egypt's air force says it has

destroyed vehicles used

by the militants, as well as weapons

and ammunition at what it described

as terrorist locations.

Countries around the world have paid

respects to the victims

of the attack.

In Paris, the Eiffel Tower switched

off some of its lights in tribute

to those affected in Egypt.

Police have released CCTV images

of two men they want to speak

to after panic broke out

on the streets of London yesterday

afternoon, injuring 16 people.

Armed officers were called

following reports of gunfire

at Oxford Circus Tube station.

But investigators now say

there is no evidence weapons

had been fired.

They are appealing to speak to these

two men in connection

with the incident.

The DUP leader Arlene Foster

will address her party's annual

conference in Belfast later today,

and focus on the party's

influence in Westminster.

Mrs Foster will also reaffirm

the DUP's commitment to restore

a power-sharing agreement

at Stormont, and will be watched

closely for thoughts

on Brexit and the question

of the Irish border.

The Democratic Unionists

unexpectedly gained a prominent seat

at the negotiation table

after agreeing to prop up

Theresa May's minority government.

There's no clear link

between the number of prison

suicides and overcrowding,

a new international study suggests.

Packed prison cells have

traditionally been thought

of as a highly significant factor.

However, the research published

in the Lancet psychiatry

journal did conclude that suicides

could be cut by sending fewer people

with mental illnesses to prison.

There are no simple explanations

for this prison suicide,

so overcrowding, prisoner numbers,

prison officer numbers,

how much you spend on prison,

that didn't seem to be

an explanation for these differences

in rates of suicide.

Glasgow Airport was closed

temporarily last night after a tug

vehicle hit a passenger plane

which was preparing for take-off.

Flights were delayed and diverted

after the runway froze

in bitterly cold temperatures.

It's thought the tug may have

skidded on ice as the plane

was pushed back from the stand.

No-one was injured and

the airport has now reopened.

The President of Argentina,

Mauricio Macri,

has ordered an inquiry

into what happened to a navy

submarine that disappeared

over a week ago.

Hopes have faded of finding any

of the 44 people onboard alive

after the Argentine navy

said an event consistent

with an explosion was detected near

the submarine's last-known location.

Car vandalism in England and Wales

has jumped by 10% in three years.

210,000 vehicles suffered criminal

damage such as smashed

windows and slashed tyres in 2016,

according to data obtained by RAC

Insurance.

It's believed that the figures

could be even higher as many

motorists don't report

incidents because they fear

it would push their

insurance premiums up.

It's probably just the tip of an

iceberg because many people won't

actually report a small incident of

vandalism and certainly won't make

an insurance claim.

He's been called the real-life

Iron Man and has blasted

into the record books

with his self-built jet

engine power suit.

Richard Browning set a Guinness

world record last month

for flying in the suit

and was showing it off

here at Media City

in Salford yesterday.

Browning spent £40,000

building the jet pack,

and it hits speeds

of 32 miles per hour.

He hopes to inspire students

to follow a career in engineering.

It remains one of those

extraordinary sites, doesn't it?

Mike is here now. We're looking at

events that have been happening as

we speak, but first the Ashes,

sometimes in sport there is an image

that illustrates what's going on?

The Ashes have arrived, it's got

nasty in the last hour in a sporting

way. Australia are known for their

venomous snakes, they've unleashed

some real bites on the English

batsmen in the last hour. Joe Root

taking one fully in the face in his

helmet but he's OK.

England have finished day three

of the opening Ashes Test

with a slim lead of seven

but Australia will feel they're

on top

after really turning up

the heat in Brisbane.

England started the day

really brightly,

Stuart Broad bristled with intent,

catching Mitchel Starc

off his own delivery,

one of three wickets for the Broad

But try as they might,

England had no answer to captain

Smith,

who remained unbeaten

on 141.

And by the time every one

of his teamates were out,

Australia, had a lead

of 26.

England needed to be just

as stubborn as Smith,

but just like in the first innings,

Alistair Cook was out quickly

again, one of two early wickets

to fall as Australia smelt fear

and unleashed a late bombardment.

Joe Root felt the full

force, but he survived

and so England are 33-2, a lead

of seven.

We will come to the rugby league in

a moment, the World Cup, England

against Tonga.

Onto football, and Wales are top

of their qualifying group

for the Women's World Cup

just ahead of England

after beating Kasakhstan in Cardiff.

The match marked the return

of Wales's all-time leading

goalscorer Helen Ward,

who played for half an hour

just two months after giving birth

to her second child.

But the only goal of the game came

from Hayley Ladd's late free kick.

England have a game

in hand over Wales,

and they made it two wins

from two last night,

beating Bosnia-Herzegovina

4-0 in Walsall.

Captain Steph Houghton scored twice

in what was interim manager

Mo Marley's first

competitive game in charge.

Really happy.

Been doing a lot of work

since obviously we've been in post

about being a bit more creative and,

you know, the opportunities

that we created, obviously we're

really pleased with.

Obviously tough opposition,

really difficult to

break down but overall really happy

with the performance.

David Moyes got his first

point as West Ham manager

as they drew with Leicester.

They had to come from behind

after Marc Albrighton

rewarded Leicester's bright start.

But whatever Moyes said at half time

galvanised the Irons,

and Kouyate equalised but it

wasn't enough to move

West Ham out of the relegation zone.

We are desperately trying to get

a level we think the players

will need to play at to get results.

We think we worked quite

hard tonight and it

got us a point, so it shows

you we've still got a long way

to go, we're going to

have to work harder

but I also think there were moments

tonight where the football was a bit

better and we gave ourselves some

more chances as well.

Dundee are off the bottom

of the Scottish Premiership

after adding to the recent

woes of Rangers.

Matt O'Hara was the star

man with the winner

and that was his second goal

of the night in a 2-1 win.

Managerless Rangers have now

lost two on the trot

and are fourth.

Back to our other big story in New

Zealand. England haven't been in a

Rugby World Cup final for 23 years.

They thought they were there, they

were 20-0 up against Tonga in the

last hour or so but it was so hairy

at the end! Another few minutes and

Tonga would have ended those England

dreams. Let's look at what happened.

Joe Lynskey reports.

For England, some wins are worth

waiting for. After three straight

defeats in World Cup semifinals,

victory finally came but with ace

care. To get to Brisbane England had

to cross the Red Sea. In Auckland

they were staring down at Tongass

Poste town. This stadium can hold a

quarter of the nation but England

found an early break through the

Pacific wave. Wing play in this

sport is about timing and McGillvary

is rarely late. A try for him for

the 10th straight England match and

by half-time England had it under

control. Garreth Widdop grounding

it, his team looking safe and sound.

Bateman's Bird scored looked to have

sealed it. A Crow commentator

England's tried. It's looking now

like it's going to be England's

semi-final. But the drama was just

beginning. Tonga's fans sing hymns

from the stands, now the team had

found something almighty. Three

tries in the final seven minutes of

the match and with ten minutes to go

they were on charge for the line.

Fifita's lost it!

Tonga will never

become so close to the top of the

world sporting stage but in the end

England's cruise control became

survival instinct. It's Australia

next for a shot at the title. Joe

Lynskey, BBC News.

It maybe a big weekend of rugby

union autumn internationals but it's

still a busy one for club sides.

Gloucester are up to third

in rugby union's Premiership

after beating Newcastle 29-7.

They ran in four tries,including

this from Henry Purdy,

showing off his footballing skills

to give Newcastle their fourth

defeat in a row.

And in the Pro14, a late

try from Andrew Trimble

helped Ulster beat Italian side

Treviso by a single point 23-22.

There were also wins for Cardiff,

Leinster and the Cheetahs.

Lewis Hamilton seemed relieved

that the Formula 1 season is almost

over after breaking

the track record in practice

for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

He kept Mercedes on top,

going a tenth of a second quicker

than Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.

Hmilton will be looking for the 73rd

pole position of his career.

He said, "It's been a good Friday

but I'm happy that it's

the last one of the season."

Now, the journey from football field

to furlongs went far better

than expected for the former England

striker Michael Owen.

He finished second in his debut race

as a jockey and says he may

do it again.

Owen, who's 37, and had

to lose over a stone

in training, he was riding

Calder Prince in a Charity race

at Ascot,

the only novce in a field

of ten amateurs.

He says the reaction

he got on his phone

was almost as big as when he

played against Brazil

in the World Cup quarter-finals.

A big weekend of tennis, the Davis

Cup final between France and

Belgium, you can watch it on the BBC

sport website.

If you're lamenting the end

of the tennis season,

but you're more comfortable

watching than playing,

there may be a way for you to

improve your game and burn more

calories than you would playing

a traditional match.

Cardio tennis combines racquet

skills with a full body work out,

and I've been giving it a go.

I love tennis, but unless I find

someone pretty much as bad as me, it

can be a bit of a ball watching

experience, as you just chase

Finnair. Hardly anywhere these --

thing care. So you're not getting

much of a workout. But there is now

a version of the sport which does

give you a chance to combine both. A

version which keeps you moving on

the court regardless of your

abilities. Cardio tennis combines a

trip to the gym with games designed

to improve your fitness and your

confidence with the racket.

I think

some people are scared about playing

tennis, either they had a bad

experience at school or it's not the

game for them but cardio tennis is a

great way into tennis.

There are

balls flying around your head at all

times, because it is a sport that's

non-stop. It's a mental challenge

keeping up what you're meant to be

doing at first.

Might turn against

bid this is just great. It's running

with a bit of tennis in a middle.

I've probably lost a stone since the

Kember.

It's got another aspect to

it. I like chasing after a

balderdash since September.

You stay

still before the play the next game,

you have breaks in between -- since

September. You just go, go, go.

In

the US in the last year this has

seen the biggest growth of any

participation sport. Now there are

hundreds of clubs involved in the UK

as well. The lawn tennis Association

claims an hour of cardio tennis

burns 25% more calories than an

average singles match and twice that

than a doubles contest.

You don't

need to be any good at tennis, you

don't need to be particularly fit,

it's poor people of all tennis

abilities and fitness abilities

because of the knee outcome of the

shot is irrelevant, it doesn't

matter if you hit the ball out or to

the back fence, you just keep

running around. Unlike a spin class

where you're working the lower half

of your body, you're a pie, your

download.

There is a competitive

element for this as well in that

it's not singles or doubles but

quadruples, four on each team and

you keep swapping positions.

It's

crazy. You just feel like a child

against blew it gets Bihar Grey Cup.

Always running around and getting a

good workout.

You meet so many new

people and you or on the go all the

time, you don't get the chance to.

If you have farting how what

in this version of the sport there

is no shame.

Our fitness is the only

real winner.

It looks like quite hard work but a

lot of fun.

It was hard work but we

all got into it. You can always have

a glass of water and a rest if you

need to.

I thought you were going to

say a glass of something else!

Perfect for people like you and I

who aren't very good at tennis.

And

subtly it does improve your game.

You used to play that thing around

table tennis tables. You run around

the table in your living room.

You

will bring us up to date with the

Ashes later on, thanks, Mike.

Let's talk to Benny and Bjorn doubt

what's happening with the weather. A

chilly one but we're not going to

get too much whether

Some of us are waking up to the

first snow of the season. This was a

scene from one of our Weather

Watchers in Staffordshire. For many

more we are waking up to a touch of

frost. Temperatures down as low as

-4 or -5 in places. That was in

Suffolk a short time ago. Through

the day it remains cold and quite

windy. A mixture of sunshine and

showers for those showers continue

to be wintry. This is the radar

picture from earlier. The showers

have been packing in from the

north-west. Snow not only over high

ground. Even at low levels with had

sleet and snow mixed in with the

showers and these showers keep

coming through the morning. If you

are out and about over the next few

hours we will have wintry showers

continuing the western Scotland,

where there could be icy stretches.

Eastern Scotland dry but called to

start the day. The risk of ice from

Northern Ireland and across

north-west England, into the

Midlands and parts of Wales. There

could be a few icy stretches towards

the south-east where there have been

a couple of showers overnight. Three

degrees in London at nine o'clock.

Showers pushing in the south-west.

Some of them have been wintry over

high ground. Through the day the

wintriness will become confined to

higher ground. At low levels most of

the showers will be rain, they will

be heavy, with rumbles of thunder

not out of the question. Or

persistent rain, sleet and snow in

the northern Scotland. Gales at

times. Dry weather further east,

where we have crisp autumn sunshine.

Temperatures at best for - eight

degrees. Overnight the showers keep

coming. Again wintry and coming to

lower levels as the night goes on.

Windy than it was last night. Some

spots in the countryside will get

below freezing. Further south and

east it will stay largely dry.

That's the case tomorrow in eastern

and England. Largely dry with autumn

sunshine. Showers in the west fading

through the day, at only because we

have this cloud and persistent rain

which will push into Northern

Ireland by the end of the day. Maybe

something milder temporarily into

the south-west. During Sunday night

we have this weather system coming

in from the west. That will bring

great and perhaps he'll snow for a

time in Scotland. Still rain around

in places and milder conditions for

a time, but the cold will return. It

is decidedly chilly. Crisp autumn

sunshine and showers. In the showers

there could be some snow. That's all

from me for

there could be some snow. That's all

from me for now.

Thanks very much.

Now it's time for Newswatch.

This week, Samira Ahmed examines how

BBC News deals with data.

Hello and welcome to Newswatch

with me, Samira Ahmed.

This week's Budget was as full

as ever of statistics,

how does BBC News try to help us

understand facts and figures

through data journalism?

And the Queen and Prince Philip

celebrate their 70th wedding

anniversary, which makes the date

of their marriage, err, when?

It had been eagerly awaited by many

for some time but when Robert Mugabe

announced his resignation on Tuesday

it still came as something

of a surprise.

Africa editor Fergal Keane

was on the spot in Zimbabwe for that

night's News at Ten.

It is the night of the free,

a night like no other

in their lives.

A great tension has broken.

The epoque of fear, of desperation,

of Robert Mugabe has ended.

How rarely does politics translate

into something so truly felt?

This is history in the making.

We have never thought

that something like this

was going to happen in Zimbabwe.

This is history, you guys!

But was the BBC reporting the joyous

reaction of Zimbabweans or joining

in the celebrations itself?

One viewer thought the latter,

writing:

One consequence

of Robert Mugabe's resignation

One consequence

of Robert Mugabe's resignation

was that the Queen became

the world's oldest living head

of state and, as it happened,

Her Majesty had had her own cause

for celebration the previous day,

an anniversary which featured

prominently on the news all day.

When it came to Newsnight

on BBC Two, Emily Maitlis signed off

with the programme's own take

on the landmark occasion.

That's all from us.

But before we go on the 20th

of November 1937 under grey skies

and cheered on by thousands

of well-wishers, Princess Elizabeth

married Lieutenant

Philip Mountbatten.

70 years later the Queen

and Prince Philip are celebrating

their platinum wedding anniversary.

Back then remember Britain's

relationship with the rest of Europe

was about to change dramatically.

Conservative Prime Minister

was engaging in crucial talks

on the continent while facing mutiny

from his own ranks back home

and Spain was in crisis as warring

factions fought for control.

Some things don't change,

including those grey skies.

Here are some pictures

from the 1937 day.

From all of us here, good night.

Some apt parallels between 1937

and the present day

but was the wedding of the Queen

and Prince Philip actually in 1937

as confidently stated there twice?

No, the year was 1947.

Surely it should have been apparent

that the Princess Elizabeth

would not have married

at the age of 11.

Who checks facts?

Surely Emily Maitlis's common-sense

should have told her none of this

could be true.

What next?

An article about Prince Charles

visiting the troops

on the Western front?

Thank you to Cedric Malborough

and all the viewers who pointed out

Newsnight's mathematical mistake,

for which they have apologised.

Now, last Saturday, the body

of Gaia Pope was found in a field

near her family home in Dorset

after extensive search.

Police have described her death

as unexplained and on Monday

released without charge three

members of the same family who had

been arrested on

suspicion of murder.

That led Gary Snashall to ask:

Wednesday's news was

dominated by the Budget,

with that night's bulletin starting

with a report from political editor

Laura Kuenssberg.

Almost ready to go.

A big day for Downing Street,

whose grip for months has been

shaky to say the least.

REPORTER:

Feeling the

pressure, Chancellor?

The priority for Number 10 and 11,

those powerful next-door

neighbours...

REPORTER:

Is this

a make-or-break Budget?

..was for today's events not

to slip, to keep the budget

is tightly within their grasp.

The Chancellor, the aim to be

the steady national bank manager,

not to tear up the rules altogether,

knowing his own job

as well as the government's

fortunes would be shaped

by what he was about to say.

Much more on the Budget followed,

too much for Tony Siddall,

who wrote:

Glenn Scott also picked up

on the Westminster village aspect

of the coverage when recording his

thoughts for us on video.

Glenn Scott also picked up

on the Westminster village aspect

of the coverage when recording his

thoughts for us on video.

If ever there was a prime example

of Westminster and media cartel

is this week's prior

reporting the Budget.

I would suggest the most important

thing for the people of this country

is not whether the Chancellor

keeps his job or the respect

of his Cabinet colleagues,

but how the Budget will affect each

and every one of us.

We do not want an opinion

from the Westminster insiders.

Wake up and smell the coffee,

political presenters.

Now, there was plenty of detail

around the Budget coverage,

including a welter of facts,

figures and statistics.

To help the audience

make sense of these,

BBC News, and especially

its website, provided a number

of graphs and other

visual material enabling

us all to calculate the impact

of some of the Chancellor's measures

and the state of economy.

These are all part of a big area

of growth for BBC News known as data

journalism, and with me now to tell

us about it is John Walton.

Welcome to Newswatch.

Data journalism is talked

about a lot, what is it

and is it something new?

A data journalist is

often starting their

story with figures, data

or statistics, so you might find

a data journalist rummaging

around in a spreadsheet,

which is quite a different

image from that of a

typical kind of roving reporter.

But I think it's been

with us for a long

time.

You could argue people

like Florence Nightingale could be

a data journalist if

you look at the kind

of visualisations shaded around

the figures from the Crimean War,

so that kind of thing

has been around

for a long time.

The reason we're getting

into this is it's helping

people understand

the world around them.

There's ever increasing amounts

of data and it's part of daily life

so we need to be across that.

A lot of what you do

is personalised.

Can you talk us through

what you did on the Budget?

Yes, so for the Budget we produced,

in collaboration with the business

team and with Deloitte,

we made a Budget calculator

where people coming

to the website could tap

in about 10 or so questions,

put in their figures

and from that we would give them

a quick summary of how the Budget

might have affected them.

So that's getting people away

from just having to deal

with the averages or the national

figures that the Chancellor might

be giving them.

What we're hoping to do is put

somebody in the story themselves

so they can see directly

how this affects them.

How much data are you

dealing with on stories.

Perhaps you would look

at the housing price

story you did recently?

So the house pricing story

is a really good example of that.

We wanted to see how house prices

had recovered since 2007

and the crash.

And what we did to do

that was we looked at about eight

million rows of data,

all the house sales

in England and Wales

over that period.

So we could look at how that had

changed across England and Wales,

and we were able to look at those

figures and estimate that about 58%

of neighbourhoods or wards had not

recovered once inflation

is taken into account.

So their house prices

were actually lower

than when they started in 2007.

Are you finding new stories

as well through user data?

Yes, that's right.

One series of stories

was on the NHS, when we looked

at NHS figures.

We've also done the house prices

story that we just mentioned.

We're looking in all

sorts of places.

We did some...

The most delayed airport recently.

We're looking at civil

aviation figures.

So there's lots of

different data sources.

This is a real growth

area for journalists.

There is so much data out there and

not everybody has the skills

to interpret it themselves.

It is something

we need to be across.

Some people have said

that the personalised stories that

can appear on the news website,

can seem oversimplified.

Do you put in enough data for them

to be really meaningful?

I think we do.

I think that as long

as you put context around

the figures, if you can show how

they may have changed or you can

show how they may compare to another

country for example,

as long as you're putting

context around the figures in these

apps, I think the audience can

make their own judgments as to how

useful they find them.

With more than half

of the audience to the website

at least coming on a mobile phone,

we have a very small canvas to work

with, so people have to be able

to take in figures that are just

on that small screen

and we have to work to that.

So that's a very practical issue.

One complaint we have had

at Newswatch in the past and I think

it comes up every so often,

when they're watching

reports that give a number,

X million pounds extra going to NHS,

but not a percentage or a context

to make a judgment about them.

That's not been a criticism

necessarily of the website,

but sometimes

of straight news reports.

Why is that happening and what can

you do about it as head

of data journalism?

I think it happens simply

because if you're covering

something like the Budget

it is difficult not to get

into the figures.

But I think there are things you can

do to humanise that.

If you want to help people

understand figures you can bring

them down to a human level,

so instead of saying there maybe

£1 billion spent on such and such,

you try and work out

what that figure might be

per household or per person,

or, if it's education, per child.

So you humanise the figures and make

them smaller and making them more

relevant to people.

John Walton, thanks very much.

Before we go, a taste

of what Thursday's Afternoon Live

brought its viewers in the studio

ahead of this weekend's UK

beat boxing Championship

were Jack and Rupert,

demonstrating their

art to Simon McCoy.

Tara Mulholland posted her reaction

on Twitter:

Tara Mulholland posted her reaction

on Twitter:

But after the item had

been re-shown an hour later,

Richard Mills thought:

Do let us

know if you would like to see more

or less beat boxing on BBC News

and if you have any other opinions

on BBC News and current affairs

or would like to appear

on the programme you can call us on:

Or e-mail:

You can find us

on Twitter:

Do have a look

at our website, the address

for that is:

That is all from us.

We're back to hear your thoughts

about BBC News coverage

again next week.

Goodbye.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt.

Egypt strikes back after

the deadliest terror attack

in the country's recent history.

At least 300 people were killed

at the mosque in north Sinai -

the military say they've carried out

air strikes on those

behind the killings.

Good morning, it's

Saturday 25th November.

Also this morning.

Photographs are issued of two men

police want to speak

to after an altercation on a Tube

platform sparked panic

in central London.

A rise in vandalism on cars

in England and Wales -

the RAC says its latest figures

could be just the tip

of the iceberg.

In sport, they nearly threw it away,

but England are through to the rugby

league world cup final.

They breathe a huge sigh of relief

after surviving a Tonga fightback,

in Auckland to reach their first

final in 22 years.

As analysts predict record

spending on Black Friday -

we hear the thoughts of some

keen bargain hunters.

I have ended up buying a television,

headphones, clothes, Chile, all

sorts of things.

And Ben has the weekend weather.

Good morning.

A cold, frosty - and in places -

icy start, but the

reward will be some

crisp, autumn sunshine.

Some wintry showers as well.

All the weekend weather

details coming up.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

Egypt's military says it carried out

air strikes on those behind

the deadliest Islamist terror attack

in the country's recent history.

At least 300 people

were killed and more than 100

injured after gunmen

detonated a bomb and stormed

a packed mosque in

North Sinai yesterday.

Egypt's air force says it

has destroyed vehicles

used by the militants,

as well as weapons and ammunition

at what it described

as "terrorist locations".

Our correspondent

Sally Nabil is in Cairo.

Do we know any more

about who carried out the attack?

The latest we have is that the death

toll has risen to 300, according to

medical sources in northern Sinai.

They told us they have issued 300

death certificates overnight, and

this was kind of expected, because

many of those wounded were in a

critical condition. People on social

media have been describing

yesterday's attack as a genocide,

given the fact that around 10% of

the population of the village where

the attack happened is gone. Some

people have been talking on social

media, saying that we lost all

families here. One person said that

four of his cousins were killed. And

there are different explanations or

interpretations about why this

mosque was targeted. Some people say

that the mosque was located in an

area that was inhabited by a tribe,

which is known for supporting the

army in providing the army with

intelligence and information, and

the militants have repeatedly vowed

to retaliate and chase everybody who

tries to give a hand to the Army. On

the other hand, some people are

saying the mosque is east of the

mosque and it is a form of mystical

Islam, and the militants have

repeatedly threatened those Muslims,

saying they are heretics. There are

different explanations why the

attack happened, but so far, no one

has claimed responsibility.

What

more do we know about the Egyptian

authorities' response?

The Egyptian

president vowed to retaliate against

the militants. Air strikes were

launched overnight, but we do not

know with any extra security

measures will be put in place, but

some people have been questioning

the effectiveness of the security

operations overall, because attacks

keep happening every now and then

and their skill is massive.

Sadly,

for the moment, thank you.

--Sally, for the moment, thank you.

Police have released CCTV images

of two men they want to speak

to after panic broke out

on the streets of London

yesterday afternoon,

injuring 16 people.

Armed officers were called

following reports of gunfire

at Oxford Circus tube station.

But investigators now say

there is no evidence

weapons had been fired.

Our reporter Andy Moore

is in central London for us now.

There was a lot of confusion, which

is what cause these injuries.

Yes,

there certainly was a lot of panic,

and some witnesses talk about the

stampede as people were trying to

leave the Tube station behind me.

All this happened at 37 minutes past

four years today, just about the

busiest time on one of the busiest

days of the year. Police Scotland

double reports of what people

thought were gunfire, and police

treated at as a terrorist incident.

British transport police tried to

get to the bottom of it. They have

released these images of men

involved in what some eyewitness is

called a fight. Police want to trace

these men to find out what they

know. With me is a representative

from an organisation that represents

West End businesses. Do you think

about the way police handled this

alert?

First of all, we are pleased

it was a false alert and we must

commend the police and the

businesses who develop rapid

response, well rehearsed plans are

put in place. But then an hour, the

situation was under control, and

businesses work getting into the

evening and open today. I really

commend the response of the

emergency services and the police.

It was very busy, the shots were

doing well. Have a lot a lot of

business?

Have they been hit

financially? It was a busy day, it

was Black Friday, and there were a

lot of deals. Some stores still

opens and some are closed. But we

still have the weekend, there are a

lot of deals in place and

appropriate security is in place for

our customers and our staff.

Do you

have any idea about how we can stop

the hysteria and panic spreading

when it is a false alarm?

There are

some lessons we can learn. There is

sometimes a heightened sense of

security. A lot of social media out

there, false information being

spread. We need to look at how

information is being cascaded. Our

priority is our customers and staff

and the security we have in place to

protect them.

16 people were

unfortunately injured in that

incident yesterday, seven treated

here into starched, eight is taken

to hospital with minor injuries, one

person with more serious leg

injuries.

Thank you.

This afternoon, the DUP

leader Arlene Foster

will address her party's

conference in Belfast,

despite there still being no

government in Northern Ireland.

Aside from domestic issues,

politicians in both the UK

and the Republic of Ireland will be

waiting to hear how she addresses

the Brexit negotiations.

Our Ireland Correspondent

Chris Buckler reports.

At Stormont, Parliament's

buildings lies empty.

There hasn't been a government

here since the start of the year

and that's causing much

concern, along with Brexit.

No-one who lives along

the Irish border

is entirely sure what will happen

to the scores of open roads that

connect Northern Ireland

and the Republic.

The Democratic Unionist Party

still have political influence

because a Conservative government

need their support in crucial votes

at Westminster.

But to get back into power

at Stormont they need to do a deal

with Sinn Fein and that's

not looking likely.

We want a devolved government

back and we're up for

trying to find a way

through all of this but it has to be

sensible and it has

to be balanced between

unionism and nationalism,

we can't have a situation where one

community feels they

haven't been respected.

Last year's party conference

was an upbeat affair.

Then Arlene Foster was

First Minister and in her speech

she boasted of how times have

changed since Northern Ireland

was a byword for political crisis.

When she gives her conference speech

today, she'll be very aware that

Stormont and instability are once

again closely linked in people's

minds.

Chris Buckler, BBC News, Belfast.

There's no clear link

between the number of prison

suicides and overcrowding,

a new international study suggests.

Packed prison cells have

traditionally been thought

of as a highly significant factor.

However, the research published

in the Lancet Psychiatry Journal

did conclude that suicides could be

cut by sending fewer people

with mental illnesses to prison.

Glasgow Airport was closed

temporarily last night after a tug

vehicle hit a passenger plane

which was preparing for take-off.

Flights were delayed and diverted

after the runway froze

in bitterly cold temperatures.

It's thought the tug may have

skidded on ice as the plane

was pushed back from the stand.

No-one was injured and

the airport has now reopened.

The President of Argentina,

Mauricio Makri, has ordered

an inquiry into what happened

to a navy submarine that disappeared

more than a week ago.

Hopes have faded of finding any

of the 44 people onboard alive,

after the Argentine navy said

an event "consistent

with an explosion" was detected

near the submarine's

last-known location.

Car vandalism in England and Wales

has jumped by 10 % in three years.

210,000 vehicles suffered criminal

damage such as smashed windows

and slashed tyres in 2016,

according to data obtained

by RAC Insurance.

It's believed that the figures

could be even higher -

many motorists don't report

incidents because they fear it would

push their insurance premiums up.

Sightseers on a London tour bus have

shared their journey

with an unexpected stowaway.

This fox is believed to have boarded

the double-decker in a depot before

riding it all the way to the centre

of the capital, taking

in all the sights on the way.

It sat on the top deck unnoticed,

until the bus reached Park Lane,

where it was safely removed

and taken back to its den.

Those are the main stories this

morning.

The campaign to free

the British Iranian woman

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe,

who has been in prison

in Iran for nearly 19

months is intensifying,

with actor Emma Thompson the latest

to lend her support.

She will lead a march of families

from Mrs Ratcliffe's neighbourhood

in north west London urging Iran's

leader to release the mother of one.

We can speak now to Rebecca

Ratcliffe, Nazanin's sister-in-law,

ahead of that march.

Good morning, thank you for your

time this morning. Tell us a little

about what happening today.

Today,

we have lots of mums, dads, families

from the local community and friends

of the campaign coming down to West

Hampstead to support Nazanin. We

have a letter that some of the local

mums have written to the supreme

leader of the Iranians church, and

it's asking for him to use his

influence to hopefully arrange for

her release on humanitarian grounds.

We are coming together, we will have

a feud speeches, with the MP and

Empire Thompson. We will then take a

march and just a couple others will

deliver the letter hopefully to the

Islamic Centre of England, where

they have the representative.

What

is the latest Euro healing as to how

Nazanin is?

She is in quite a bad

way again. There has been a lot of

media attention about Nazanin over

the last couple of weeks due to the

Foreign Secretary's comments and

unfortunately, that has heightened

up in Iran. A lot of stuff on

Iranian state TV. There's a lot of

propaganda about her, she is seeing

her pictures all the time, so he/she

is struggling again now. Very

emotional, really feeling like she

is on the edge again. A bit like

they were this time last year. It's

so important now to show that people

around the world really care for

her.

We spoke to her husband not so

long ago on this programme. In terms

of communication, has she been able

to speak to family recently?

She has

certainly managed to speak to

Richard a couple of times and she

spoke to my mum on Saturday morning.

Communication, she's getting a

couple of calls a week, but she's so

emotional now, there are a lot more

TV than they were. She's just

desperate to come home now and this

new court case coming up on the

tenth is really affecting her

spirits.

You mentioned in the past

fortnight, there has been a lot more

media attention has been for some

time. Her husband thought that was a

good thing and at that point, he was

hoping to hear from Boris Johnson.

There have been one of two

developments since then. Do you

think something has changed in the

atmosphere around her situation?

Definitely, the atmosphere has

changed. There seems to be a lot

more support within Britain for her.

It seems to be more of a priority

for the government to try and

arrange her release than it has

been. Iran are retaliating slightly.

There's a lot more in their media

against her. So it's definitely

heightened the campaign. Difficult

to know how it is going to pan out.

I just hope the Foreign Secretary

can go and visit soon.

The eventual

involved in today, on one side, you

mention the diplomatic moves that

may or may not be going on behind

the scenes, but your event today is

more personal.

Absolutely, today is

a personal thing, it's about the

family and the community in West

Hampstead, which she will come back

to. It is about as showing that we

all miss Nazanin, we believe in her

and she should be home with us.

Thank you for your time this

morning.

Here's Ben with a look

at this morning's weather.

Is going to be chilly this weekend?

Yes, and for some, the first nor the

season. We have seen wintry showers

through the night, some snow showers

in places. More widely, scenes like

this. Down below freezing in quite a

few places. Eight cold and windy day

to come, with a mixture of sunshine

and showers. This is the radar

picture, which shows where rain and

snow has already fallen. Where we

have had the showers overnight,

there is the risk of some icy

stretches. If you wrote about on the

roads, bear that in mind in western

Scotland and Northern Ireland. Still

a mixture of rain, sleet and snow.

Eastern and north-eastern England,

dry. The snow mostly over high

ground, but if you catch a heavy

shower, that snow could temporarily

come down to low levels. Some

showers into the South West. Over

high ground here, some of those have

been wintry. As we go through the

day, most of the snow will become

confined to the hills and at low

levels, the showers will mostly

follows rain. Perhaps Hill and

thunder mixed in. More persistent

sleet and snow in Scotland. Eastern

England not seeing many showers are

told. Mainly dry with sunshine, but

wherever you are, it will be cold.

And windy in the far north, where

there will be gales. This evening

and tonight, wintry showers

continuing to feed on. A little bit

windier than it was last night, so

maybe not quite as cold, but I still

think we'll see a fairly widespread

frost diggers into tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow, initially, moored at the

same. Still some showers into the

West. The showers will tend to fade

as a day goes on, but only because

we'll have cloud approaching through

the afternoon, and persistent rain

in Northern Ireland. For most, it is

another cold day, but hints of

something a little milder creeping

into the West. That is a temporary

change. As we bring this band of

rain through Sunday night into

Monday, we will see something a

little bit milder. Monday in self

will have a lot of cloud. Still some

rain to clear away from the south,

but anything milder will not last

long, as we get into the latter part

of Monday and into Tuesday. Will be

back into the cold air and that

looks at being with us through the

week. There will be crisp, autumn

sunshine and there will be showers,

and some of those showers could

contain some snow. In a word, it is

cold.

It feels like winter, the winner

officially not in it.

You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News.

It's time now

for a look at the newspapers.

Former FA Chief David Davies is here

to tell us what's caught his eye.

Have you been watching the sport

this weekend? I know what you're

talking about, you are going to talk

about Kenny Dalglish, who I am

honoured to say as a friend of mine.

He was here yesterday. He was great

fun, I remember the comment about

why George Best wasn't a manager.

You are in the film, in the archive

interview.

A little more hair. I did

the first television interview with

Kenny Dalglish, when he came from

Celtic to Liverpool. In the

boardroom at Anfield. And I have

never forgotten it. He needed

actually subtitles at that stage, I

used to think, a little. Perhaps he

agrees. You asked him about Graeme

Souness saying he was awkward,

that's one word, I suppose, but I

found him a terrific guy. His family

were wonderful.

The film does very

much reflect that. Anyway, we didn't

come here to talk about that.

We'll take a look at the front pages

first. The Times as we on a revolt

over defence cuts and seeing a

defence minister may resign up

proposals that could see military

troops reduced to below 70,000.

Some of the others focusing in on

Black Friday. Talking about the

retail figures. The Daily Express

focusing on the weather getting very

nippy out there. The Telegraph is

focusing on the story that one in

five women will mother be a mother,

a focus on how people's attitude to

give to do is changing.

Let's see

that the robots. They are an easily

abused species, but they can save

lives, as the Daily Mail and 12

other papers tell us today. This one

at University College London, the

hospital there, these robots are

literally saving up to 500, there

are treating 500 patients in recent

times.

The robot controlled by a

doctor, is that right?

Absolutely.

But the word to look for here is

precision. The robot can be very

much more precise, and the

side-effects, that any damage to

residual tissue is far less.

Without

becoming gaudy, it's controlled by

the surgeon, he or she is at the

computer console. The robot has six

arms with tiny scissors and pliers,

so they can make the incisions, so

you don't need open surgery, so less

concern about infection and scarred

damage.

Prostate cancer, 47,000

cases a year, that is extraordinary.

The next story is from the Garden.

These deadlines come and go in

relation to Brexit negotiations.

There's one big one, which we'll

know about.

Perhaps the robot would

be helpful to my namesake and

perhaps Theresa May in Brussels. How

to avoid the hard border is the big

issue. In the middle of this story,

there is a paragraph with a key

dinner between Theresa May and the

European Commission president my

scheduled for the 4th of December.

The dinners with him are an absolute

fundamental part of this

negotiation. I seem to remember the

first one Downing St was a disaster

last summer, when someone leaked

that it hadn't fun and frolics in

there. The other thing that strikes

me with all this is that all these

deadlines, as everybody in this

country quite realise the

difficulty? On the one side of the

fence, you have one country, us, and

on the other side of the fence, you

have 26, with 26 parliaments. And

meeting with those parliaments to

agree to any deal ultimately is

going to be hugely time-consuming

business.

It is about moving onto

the next age, so is a meeting about

a meeting.

26 countries will have to

agree to the moving on, that's the

thing.

It is complicated. It is.

Sporty theme. The Daily Telegraph,

more physical exercise would improve

children's's brain powered as well

as their physical fitness.

I am

proud to be a governor of the

University of Birmingham secondary

school, and this whole debate of the

value of physical exercise and the

character of education, in the time

we have all this academic curriculum

and how we fit everything into a

school day, we have this debate

quite a lot. I don't know what you

were like at PE, I hated it. I liked

exercise and sport, I hated the

traditional PE lessons. I rubber man

bounces over box landers badly. I

think it's changed a bit. Not in

every school, I promise you. Would

that it had. The point of this is

these researchers in Spain, I think,

have found a definite link between

exercise, or in this case physical

education, and brainpower, grey

matter, is the term.

It seems

obvious, doesn't it? Does it? I

think the healthier you feel, the

easier your mind will assess things.

You must have known at school, I

certainly did, people who hated PE,

hated sport. Those pupils still

exist. What do you do for them? That

is the big question.

It's about how

good the PE classes are, is being

inventive.

That's a good debate, but

there are wonderful teachers.

On the

sporting theme, can you explain

this?

It's golf. As a golf widow

myself, basically, the problem is

that golfers are getting too good at

hitting the ball and full on

distance, and -- hitting the ball

and awful long distance. The

question is, is it making the game

less attractive?

That is an argument

over whether or not people are

getting better at hitting the ball

of whether the design of the ball

means it goes so much further.

I

understand that, but the other side

of the argument is you should have

narrower fairways and then you have

to be more skilful to make sure it

gets there.

Have they made the bold

heavier?

Can they make them happier?

How technology can help that is what

people on both sides of the Atlantic

are looking at.

You only golf widow?

Because you refuse to take it up? Or

you are not as good as your wife?

How would my wife answer that

question? Time pressures. I am

delighted my wife has found golf.

She could be described as a fanatic.

We will talk more in the next hour.

Thank you very much for now.

British explorer Ben Saunders

is aiming to complete

a world-first - a solo and unaided

crossing of Antarctica.

He is following in the footsteps

of his friend Henry Worsley,

who died making the attempt last

year.

Ben started from Berkner Island

on the 8th November and has

travelled around 180 miles.

He is about a quarter of the way

to the South Pole, but still has

840 miles to go before

he reaches his journey's end

at The Ross Ice Shelf.

Well, we are joined

on the phone by Ben.

Then, how are you? Very well, thank

you. I was laughing at the link

between exercise and brainpower. I

should breathe very clever by the

end of this trip.

It's a very

physical expedition, how is it

taking its toll on you?

Not bad. I'm

doing about nine or ten hours of

skiing per day. I'm currently lying

in my bed in my sleeping bag, so

that's the easy bit. But after we've

spoken, I will have to take the tent

down and cover more distance today.

It's going well so far. Paint a

picture of is for anyone who is

finding it hard to imagine what it's

like they're in terms of temperature

and how you getting about. We've

seen a picture of you what looks

like a canoe on the ice, and a very

wrapped up.

Yes, I'm travelling on

wearing skis. The skis have skins on

them, which strips of fabric that

give me traction on the ice. I am

pulling a sled, which doesn't that

the boat. That's on runners. It

contains everything you need for

just over two months on the eyes.

That was 130 kilos, a lot heavier

than I am. I'm dragging it at the

moment for about nine hours a day.

It is pretty cold, today in the

minus 20s. The wind-chill has been

-40 some days. It is very, very

cold, you can't have any skin

exposed you have to be very careful

about fingers and toes and keeping

your phase one. I've been travelling

through the mountains, since been

beautiful, but I'm expecting a few

days of white blankness. I expect to

get there just before Christmas.

You

doing this in memory of your friend

Henry.

Absolutely. He came very

close to finishing his journey.

He was doing it for a charity, so

I'm raising money for that and you

can donate as well.

Thanks for using

your satellite phone time, and we

wish you well, so do is stay in

touch.

Thank you very much.

It's worth thinking about how lucky

we are. -20, was the wind-chill of

minus 40.

Stay with us, headlines coming up.

Hello, this is Breakfast with

Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty.

Coming up before nine,

we'll have the full

weekend weather forecast.

But first, a summary of this

morning's main news.

Egypt's military says it carried out

air strikes on those behind

the deadliest Islamist terror attack

in the country's recent history.

At least 300 people were killed,

including 30 children,

and more than 100 injured

after gunmen detonated a bomb

and stormed a packed mosque

in North Sinai yesterday.

Egypt's air force says it

has destroyed vehicles

used by the militants,

as well as weapons and ammunition

at what it described

as terrorist locations.

Countries around the world

have paid respects to

the victims of the attack.

In Paris the Eiffel Tower switched

off some of its lights in tribute

to those affected in Egypt.

Police have released CCTV images

of two men they want to speak

to after panic broke out

on the streets of London yesterday

afternoon, injuring 16 people.

Armed officers were called

following reports of gunfire

at Oxford Circus tube station.

But investigators now say

there is no evidence

weapons had been fired.

They are appealing to

speak to these two men

in connection with the incident.

The DUP leader Arlene Foster

will address her party's annual

conference in Belfast later today,

and focus on the party's

influence in Westminster.

Mrs Foster will also reaffirm

the DUP's commitment to restore

a power-sharing agreement

at Stormont, and will be watched

closely for thoughts

on Brexit and the question

of the Irish border.

The Democratic Unionists

unexpectedly gained a prominent seat

at the negotiation table

after agreeing to prop up

Theresa May's minority government.

Actress Emma Thompson is the latest

high profile celebrity to back

the campaign to free

the British Iranian woman

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe,

who has been in prison in Iran

for nearly 19 months.

She will lead a march of families

from Mrs Ratcliffe's neighbourhood

in north west London urging

Iran's leader to reunite

Nazanin with her husband

and three-year-old

daughter Gabriella.

Today is a personal thing.

It's up

well the family and the community in

West Hampstead. It's about as

showing that we miss Nazanin, we

believe in her and she should be

home with us.

There's no clear link

between the number of prison

suicides and overcrowding,

a new international study suggests.

Packed prison cells have

traditionally been thought

of as a highly significant factor.

However, the research published

in the Lancet Psychiatry Journal

did conclude that suicides could be

cut by sending fewer people

with mental illnesses to prison.

The President of Argentina,

Mauricio Makri, has ordered

an inquiry into what happened

to a navy submarine that disappeared

more than a week ago.

Hopes have faded of finding any

of the 44 people onboard alive,

after the Argentine navy said

an event "consistent

with an explosion" was detected

near the submarine's

last-known location.

Car vandalism in England and Wales

has jumped by 10 % in three years.

210-thousand vehicles suffered

criminal damage such as smashed

windows and slashed tyres

in 2016, according to data

obtained by RAC Insurance.

It's believed that the figures

could be even higher -

many motorists don't report

incidents because they fear it would

push their insurance premiums up.

He's been called the real-life

Iron Man and has blasted

into the record books

with his self-built

jet engine power suit.

Richard Browning set a Guinness

world record last month for flying

in the suit and was showing it off

here at Media City

in Salford yesterday.

Browning spent 40-thousand pounds

building the jet pack,

Browning spent £40,000

building the jet pack,

and it hits speeds of 32

miles per hour.

He hopes to inspire students

to follow a career in engineering.

Those are the main

stories this morning.

I want one. Christmas is coming up.

So, we have drama unfolding this

morning.

Yes, we will come to the

Ashes at the moment. But what about

this? We saw how the power of

singing can work. Tonga were 20

points down, the crowd broke into

song and it spread them on.

England eventually won

by 20 points to 18.

But they had looked in total control

- they were 20-nil up at one stage

thanks to a first half try

from Jermaine McGillvray -

the tenth successive match,

he's scored for England,

and also John Bateman,

got one to surely make the game

safe.

But then came the real drama -

Tonga scored three tries

in the last seven minutes,

and they were going for the line

in the final seconds,

to snatch victory but

they dropped the ball.

The St Helens legend

and England International,

John Wilkin is catching his breath

and we will talk to him shortly.

England have finished day 3

of the opening Ashes test,

with a slim lead, but Australia,

will feel they're on top,

after really turning up

the heat in Brisbane.

England started the day really

brightly, as Stuart Broad

bristled with intent,

catching Mitchel Starc

off his own delivery.

One of three wickets for the Broad,

but try as they might, England had

no answer to Captain Smith,

who remained unbeaten on 141.

And by the time everyone

of his teamates were out,

Australia, had a lead of 26.

England needed

to be just as stubborn as Smith,

but just like in the first innings,

Alistair Cook was out quickly again.

One of two early wickets

to fall as Australia smelt fear

and unleashed a late

bombardment.

Joe Root felt the full force,

but he survived and so England

finished the day on 33-2,

a lead of 7 runs.

Andy Swiss was watching. The hosts

really turned up pressure in that

last session, didn't they?

That's

right, they did. It was like the old

days. The pace bowlers steaming in,

the ball zipping around. They lost

those two quick wickets. Joe Root

was hit on the helmet, but

thankfully he was OK. As you said,

they began the day so well in the

field. Three early wickets. It

looked as if they would get a first

innings lead, but Australia bounced

back, thanks to the captain. What a