:01:24. > :01:32.attempt to reduce the flow of migrants. Last year, Sweden accepted
:01:33. > :01:36.more than 150,000 new arrivals. Denmark in turn has decided to
:01:37. > :01:39.tighten their borders with Germany. Richard Lister reports.
:01:40. > :01:45.It is the bridge that had a TV show named after it. Since it first
:01:46. > :01:50.linked with this edge-mac Sweden with Denmark 50 years ago, the
:01:51. > :01:55.Crossing has been a potent symbol of European integration and free
:01:56. > :01:59.movement. But not any more. Because from today, anyone crossing the
:02:00. > :02:05.bridge to Sweden by train is diverted here to a Danish airport
:02:06. > :02:09.for an ID check. Those without proper papers are turned back.
:02:10. > :02:14.Yesterday, half a kilometre of fencing was built at the station to
:02:15. > :02:15.reinforce the border and I knew controls at every other crossing
:02:16. > :02:24.into Sweden. I will probably be delayed by
:02:25. > :02:32.minutes to get to work and another 40 to get home. -- last year 163,000
:02:33. > :02:36.refugees requested asylum in Sweden. Compared to its population of 10
:02:37. > :02:41.million it has taken in more people than any other European country and
:02:42. > :02:47.says it can't cope. Now only refugees with identity papers, about
:02:48. > :02:52.40%, will be allowed in. It is a government the -- a decision the
:02:53. > :02:56.government took difficultly. In November the Deputy Prime Minister
:02:57. > :03:01.was in tears talking about the change. Those crossing to other
:03:02. > :03:07.was in tears talking about the life harder. Norway is expelling 400
:03:08. > :03:10.was in tears talking about the number is set to increase. Denmark
:03:11. > :03:16.says it is tightening its border with Germany. If the European Union
:03:17. > :03:21.can't protect there external borders, you will see more and more
:03:22. > :03:27.countries which will be forced into introducing temporary internal
:03:28. > :03:32.border control. Freedom of movement has long been one of the mainstays
:03:33. > :03:33.of the European object. Germany said today that principle appears to be
:03:34. > :03:41.in danger. -- the European project. Gunilla Fritze is a reporter
:03:42. > :03:53.with Swedish Television, About 10,000 people across this
:03:54. > :03:59.bridge every day and there will be delays and traffic as a result of
:04:00. > :04:02.the ID controls. When I took the early morning train we were
:04:03. > :04:06.the ID controls. When I took the minutes after schedule when we
:04:07. > :04:14.arrived at the airport and many travellers were frustrated and
:04:15. > :04:20.irritated. Everybody has to show ID or passport to staff at the airport
:04:21. > :04:26.platform and today the Danish Prime Minister said that they will have
:04:27. > :04:30.similar border controls between Denmark and Germany. The Swedish
:04:31. > :04:35.Immigration Minister said that he thinks the Danish government has
:04:36. > :04:38.taken the right decision today, even though the Danish Prime Minister
:04:39. > :04:42.said it is not a happy moment for Denmark.
:04:43. > :04:44.Earlier, the BBC's Jenny Hill joined us from Berlin.
:04:45. > :04:47.I asked her for more on Denmark stemming the migrant
:04:48. > :04:57.My understanding is that as of today, for the next ten days or so,
:04:58. > :05:03.the Danish government intends to carry out spot checks at Denmark's
:05:04. > :05:07.southern border with Germany. If they find people without valid
:05:08. > :05:11.passports they will be asked if they are willing to apply for asylum in
:05:12. > :05:17.Denmark rather than travel on to Sweden. If they are willing to do so
:05:18. > :05:22.they will be allowed to register in Denmark and carry on. If not they
:05:23. > :05:26.will be turned back at the German border. A very fluid situation.
:05:27. > :05:30.Denmark's concern is that it is caught in the middle. We have been
:05:31. > :05:35.told that in the last three months or so some 90,000 people have
:05:36. > :05:40.travelled through it from Germany. The vast majority have gone on to
:05:41. > :05:44.seek asylum in Sweden. Denmark's concern is that if many of those
:05:45. > :05:50.people are turned away at the border they will end up in Denmark looking
:05:51. > :05:55.to seek asylum. This is all about Denmark looking to reduce the number
:05:56. > :06:01.of people coming in to reduce a bottleneck situation. -- what will
:06:02. > :06:07.it mean for Germany if Denmark shuts down or titans that border with
:06:08. > :06:17.Germany? Ineffective the effect could be negligible because those
:06:18. > :06:21.people could go on to Sweden. The decision has caused dismay in Berlin
:06:22. > :06:28.for political regions. Angela Merkel has been leading calls for Europe to
:06:29. > :06:31.try to solve the refugee crisis and take a coordinated approach and that
:06:32. > :06:38.scenario seems to be diminishing fast as countries like Denmark and
:06:39. > :06:41.Sweden are acting in their own national security interests.
:06:42. > :06:44.If the first trading day of the year is anything to go by,
:06:45. > :06:49.US stocks have joined a global sell-off, on jitters about China's
:06:50. > :06:55.economic slowdown AND escalating tensions in the Middle East.
:06:56. > :06:58.In China itself, trading on the Shanghai index was stopped,
:06:59. > :07:06.after it plunged seven per cent, its biggest decline since August.
:07:07. > :07:08.Japan's Nikkei tumbled more than three per cent.
:07:09. > :07:14.with Germany's Dax tumbling 4.3 per cent.
:07:15. > :07:17.Well, let's focus on what's happening in the US.
:07:18. > :07:23.Michelle Fleury is at the New York Stock Exchange for us.
:07:24. > :07:33.Good afternoon. Can you tell us the latest of what is happening? Looking
:07:34. > :07:42.at the indexes now both the S and P and the Dow Jones are down around
:07:43. > :07:47.2%. We are talking about the first trading day of the year, the last
:07:48. > :07:52.time the Dow Jones has been this bad was about 80 years ago, which gives
:07:53. > :08:00.you a sense of how much investors have retreated at the start of 2016.
:08:01. > :08:05.How significant is it for the New York Stock Exchange when China has a
:08:06. > :08:10.trading day like it just has? I think it is not just here on Wall
:08:11. > :08:14.Street that it makes a difference. We are talking about China as the
:08:15. > :08:19.world's second-largest economy so what drove that downward as fears of
:08:20. > :08:28.a slowdown there which could have a knock-on effect on global economic
:08:29. > :08:31.growth. China is about demand. If it is slowing down will people around
:08:32. > :08:41.the world want to sell as much to China as they have been, that
:08:42. > :08:42.spooked investors. The time on the New York Stock
:08:43. > :08:56.Exchange there is 2:08pm. I am just hearing right now that
:08:57. > :09:01.Rafa Benitez has been sacked by Real Madrid football club. Let's listen
:09:02. > :09:06.in for a bit. Zinedine Zidane, some people have said they expect him to
:09:07. > :09:12.be put in place and he is speaking at the moment. We will bring you
:09:13. > :09:18.some details as they come in. I can tell you that this was scheduled,
:09:19. > :09:29.people were instructed to tune in, and the president, Fiorentina
:09:30. > :09:33.Paredes, says it was a response to the rumours that Rafa Benitez would
:09:34. > :09:35.be fired, to be replaced by Zinedine Zidane. I will bring you details on
:09:36. > :09:46.what he is saying. A diplomatic crisis is spreading
:09:47. > :09:48.across the Middle East following Saudi Arabia's execution
:09:49. > :09:50.of a prominent Shia Muslim cleric. The death of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr
:09:51. > :09:53.prompted an attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran and similar
:09:54. > :09:55.protests by Shia communities Adel al-Jubeir told Reuters
:09:56. > :10:12.that the execution of Nimr al-Nimr We will be cutting off to placate --
:10:13. > :10:17.diplomatic, air travel and commercial relations with Iran and
:10:18. > :10:25.we will have a travel ban. The rings and there allies have been pushing
:10:26. > :10:31.and noting terrorism and recruiting people, inciting, providing weapons
:10:32. > :10:36.and explosives to people and Nimr al-Nimr was one of them. He is as
:10:37. > :10:41.much of a religious figure as Osama Bin Laden was, he is not. He was
:10:42. > :10:47.agitating and organising cells, providing them with weapons and
:10:48. > :10:51.money, he was involved in attacks against Saudi security forces. In
:10:52. > :10:57.short he was a terrorist. We will not allow Iran to destabilise a
:10:58. > :11:01.region, we will not allow them to do harm to our citizens or those of our
:11:02. > :11:07.allies so we will react. A number of Arab nations have joined
:11:08. > :11:10.Saudi Arabia in taking diplomatic Here's our International
:11:11. > :11:14.Correspondent, Lyse Doucet. In Tehran today more angry
:11:15. > :11:25.protests over the execution Sheikh Nimr's image now arises
:11:26. > :11:29.from the growing crowds filling the streets across the region
:11:30. > :11:31.in Shia communities. The cleric was known for fiery
:11:32. > :11:33.speeches in defence of minority He was executed on Saturday
:11:34. > :11:38.for sedition and violence. A verdict the Saudi
:11:39. > :11:39.justice ministry defended He speaks with
:11:40. > :11:51.simultaneous translation. TRANSLATION: As a spokesman of the
:11:52. > :12:00.judicial power of Saudi Arabia I am not concerned with other voices. As
:12:01. > :12:06.a judicial branch we apply the Sharia law according to the facts
:12:07. > :12:12.that we see in front of us. But the voices grow larger. In Iraq the
:12:13. > :12:19.follow up was violent. Two Sunni mosques attacked and retaliation
:12:20. > :12:24.killings. But rain has followed Saudi Arabia in ordering all Iran
:12:25. > :12:33.and diplomats to leave. -- Bahrain. The UAE is limiter limiting --
:12:34. > :12:38.limiting their numbers. The roots of this go back to a seven setter --
:12:39. > :12:42.seventh century battle over who should lead the Muslim community
:12:43. > :12:47.after the death of Muhammad. The faith was divided into two branches,
:12:48. > :12:53.Sunni and Shia. The question of leadership became intensely
:12:54. > :12:58.political with the 1979 Iranian revolution. Iraq has pledged to
:12:59. > :13:05.export its revolution, threatened its neighbours, but last year's deal
:13:06. > :13:10.to dislike -- dismantle its nuclear programme they were returning to the
:13:11. > :13:18.diplomatic fold. They had just been accepted by the Americans into the
:13:19. > :13:24.plan to solve the Syrian crisis. If this escalates and there is some
:13:25. > :13:33.kind of war directly between Iran and Saudi Arabia - currently it is a
:13:34. > :13:39.proxy war- then we have to worry hugely. Iran and Saudi Arabia are on
:13:40. > :13:41.opposite sides in the border in Syria and Yemen.
:13:42. > :13:46.opposite sides in the border in region is being dragged into an even
:13:47. > :14:03.greater The British Prime Minister has
:14:04. > :14:09.dismissed a video featuring a British Islamists as propaganda. An
:14:10. > :14:17.English-speaking child is also seen in the video before five captives,
:14:18. > :14:20.thought to be Syrian, are shot dead. The latest propaganda video from the
:14:21. > :14:25.group calling itself Islamic The latest propaganda video from the
:14:26. > :14:30.A masked killer cut -- taunting Britain and addressing its Prime
:14:31. > :14:36.Minister in a British accent. How strange it is that a leader of a
:14:37. > :14:41.small island threatens us with planes. Today the Prime Minister
:14:42. > :14:47.gave his response. It is desperate stuff from an organisation that
:14:48. > :14:53.really does do the most utterly disk you -- despicable act and people can
:14:54. > :14:58.see that again today, but this organisation is losing territory and
:14:59. > :15:01.ground. This film is not that unusual. It is part of a stream of
:15:02. > :15:05.big and directed at different countries. The videos are often
:15:06. > :15:10.brutal and sometimes featured children. The child as young as
:15:11. > :15:16.five, who also may be British, is also in the latest video. IS has
:15:17. > :15:20.lost ground recently, for example here in Ramadi, but experts are not
:15:21. > :15:26.sure that this new video is a sign that they are in retreat. Islamic
:15:27. > :15:30.State is very much part of the landscape in the Levant, it is going
:15:31. > :15:36.to be around for a few years yet, and the idea that it is desperate is
:15:37. > :15:39.to be around for a few years yet, misleading the situation. Here at
:15:40. > :15:43.MI5 headquarters analysts will have spent the last 24 hours poring over
:15:44. > :15:48.every detail of the latest video, comparing it to the details they
:15:49. > :15:54.have on file about known jihadists to try to confirm the killer's
:15:55. > :16:00.identity. Hundreds of Britons are in Syria but speculation focused on
:16:01. > :16:04.this man. He fled Britain whilst on police bail in 2014. Tonight a
:16:05. > :16:09.former associate told the BBC they had no doubt the voice was his. His
:16:10. > :16:15.sister told the BBC she at first thought it was him but is now less
:16:16. > :16:21.sure. I was in a bit of a state of shock because I believed the audio
:16:22. > :16:28.to resemble the voice of my brother, but I think, having viewed the short
:16:29. > :16:34.clip in detail, I wasn't entirely convinced, which sort of put me at
:16:35. > :16:40.ease. Whoever he is the mast man seems to be emulated and Hadi
:16:41. > :16:47.Emwazi, Jihadi John, killed in a joint strike in November. He may
:16:48. > :16:52.have been tracked down here at the heart -- with the help of informers.
:16:53. > :16:54.Five men alleged to be spies are shown killed, another sign of the
:16:55. > :17:12.brutality of life under IS. The US Justice Department is suing
:17:13. > :17:22.Volkswagen over the emissions scandal. Last year Volkswagen
:17:23. > :17:29.device. device.
:17:30. > :17:40.One of Poland's deadliest-ever cold snaps killed a
:17:41. > :17:43.Temperatures fell to minus 18 degrees centigrade.
:17:44. > :17:45.The freezing weather's made conditions especially
:17:46. > :17:46.difficult for migrants living in temporary accommodation.
:17:47. > :17:48.High winds and heavy rain are battering Scotland,
:17:49. > :17:51.with dozens of flood warnings in place across the country.
:17:52. > :17:53.Aberdeenshire is one of the many areas to be affected.
:17:54. > :17:56.The latest high winds and downpours came as Scotland continues to clean
:17:57. > :18:13.There's a big standoff underway in the US State of Oregon -
:18:14. > :18:18.Federal agents are trying to bring a peaceful end to the occupation of
:18:19. > :18:19.a wildlife refuge by self-styled militiamen.
:18:20. > :18:23.It all follows a rally in the town of Burns in support
:18:24. > :18:26.of two ranchers - a father and son - jailed for lighting fires on federal
:18:27. > :18:31.About 100 armed protesters occupied the headquarters
:18:32. > :18:33.of the Malheur National Wildlife Reserve.
:18:34. > :18:35.Let's get some more background now on the militiamen
:18:36. > :18:47.This will be a base for Patriots across the country to be housed here
:18:48. > :18:57.and we plan to stay for several years.
:18:58. > :19:03.I am 100% willing to lay my life down to fight against tyranny in
:19:04. > :19:22.this country. I don't know what to say, it seems
:19:23. > :19:30.like over reach for having burned 127 acres.
:19:31. > :19:39.That is what we are up here for, the constitution.
:19:40. > :20:03.It is sort of frightening when there is people making threats.
:20:04. > :20:10.This is the power of America right here, people gathered together. It
:20:11. > :20:16.doesn't need to stop here, we need you to get arms and come to this
:20:17. > :20:21.wildlife refuge. Let's hear from James Cook, based
:20:22. > :20:26.just outside the National wildlife refuge.
:20:27. > :20:31.The situation is that some of these men, some of them armed, have taken
:20:32. > :20:36.over this wildlife refuge. It is a curious target haps on the face of
:20:37. > :20:42.it, it doesn't seem like an obvious symbol to the outside world of
:20:43. > :20:47.government oppression. It is a bird century which has been here since
:20:48. > :20:52.1908, but they say it is a crucial symbol, really, of what the federal
:20:53. > :20:56.government has been doing in terms of its interactions with local
:20:57. > :21:00.ranchers. They complain the federal government has been interfering in
:21:01. > :21:06.their affairs come has been tampering with their rights in this
:21:07. > :21:10.land, and that is at the heart of all this, an argument about who has
:21:11. > :21:14.the right to the land. The ranchers insist the federal government has no
:21:15. > :21:18.right to be involved on this land whatsoever. As for what has been
:21:19. > :21:24.happening today, it has been relatively quiet. A number of people
:21:25. > :21:27.are down in the buildings below us, we were strongly discouraged from
:21:28. > :21:35.going down to speak to them. We were told that their leader, whose father
:21:36. > :21:42.was involved in a full -- former stand-off with the government in
:21:43. > :21:45.Nevada, says he will come and speak to us but in the meantime we have
:21:46. > :21:52.been strongly discouraged from going down to the site. Interestingly,
:21:53. > :21:53.there has been no sign whatsoever of the police or any federal agents
:21:54. > :22:05.here. They were formed 55 years ago
:22:06. > :22:48.and have already won four Grammys. I started while I was young,
:22:49. > :23:01.about 12, making noise. And when I stopped she said, oh,
:23:02. > :23:14.carry on, carry on, my boy. When we met Paul Simon,
:23:15. > :23:16.because we first met So we stood behind
:23:17. > :23:37.microphones and we started to sing, so there
:23:38. > :23:41.was many people trying We practised until 12 midnight
:23:42. > :23:45.and then we went to sleep. When we got into the studio
:23:46. > :23:48.and sang the whole song, he said, this is what
:23:49. > :23:50.I was looking for. So it's finished, we are
:23:51. > :24:38.going to repeat this. When we are on stage
:24:39. > :24:53.singing it is easier, it was a wonderful moment
:24:54. > :25:01.to receive the Grammy Award. And a reminder of news breaking, the
:25:02. > :25:39.but we say thank you to all people, And a reminder of news breaking, the
:25:40. > :25:45.Spanish football giant Real Madrid has fired Rafa Benitez, its manager,
:25:46. > :25:51.after seven months, replacing him with former player Zinedine Zidane
:25:52. > :25:57.Zidane. The club president made the decision -- announced the decision
:25:58. > :26:01.at a news conference. Zinedine Zidane has said it is the best club
:26:02. > :26:13.in the world. That is all from me for now. Goodbye.
:26:14. > :26:17.Another day for the umbrellas tomorrow. We needed them today,
:26:18. > :26:22.shower after shower, some sunshine and then another shower. Some
:26:23. > :26:25.rumbles of thunder, a big area of low pressure parked across the UK,
:26:26. > :26:27.ever so