:00:17. > :00:19.The eastern United States has been hit by one of the biggest blizzards
:00:20. > :00:22.in history - it has blanketed the region in snow, disrupting
:00:23. > :00:31.Emergencies have been declared in 11 states and at least 10
:00:32. > :00:33.people have been killed, mainly in road accidents caused
:00:34. > :00:37.Tens of thousands are without power, with the states of New Jersey
:00:38. > :00:41.Tunnels and bridges into New York city are being closed
:00:42. > :00:44.and Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced a travel ban
:00:45. > :00:55.The snow ploughs cannot keep up and the situation is getting worse and
:00:56. > :01:00.the last thing we want is for nature in the day to have a lot of people
:01:01. > :01:05.on the roads and dangerous circumstances. We have been there
:01:06. > :01:09.before and it is not pretty and it is frightening and there have been
:01:10. > :01:12.circumstances where we could have had a loss of life.
:01:13. > :01:13.In the capital, Washington, and surrounding states,
:01:14. > :01:16.more than 60 centimetres of snow has already fallen, forcing most
:01:17. > :01:21.But children and animals have ventured out to enjoy or at least
:01:22. > :01:28.Our reporter, Laura Bicker, reports from Washington.
:01:29. > :01:35.Some attempted to clear a path but there are very few venturing out
:01:36. > :01:42.The President is said to have worked from the White House throughout
:01:43. > :01:48.the blizzard as the nation's capital came to a standstill.
:01:49. > :01:55.The city's two main airports felt abandoned as over 6000 flights
:01:56. > :01:57.were cancelled up and down the east coast.
:01:58. > :01:59.And those who tried to drive struggle.
:02:00. > :02:03.Eight people have been killed in car accidents.
:02:04. > :02:18.We have not moved an inch at all. are stuck on a main motorway.
:02:19. > :02:24.Police were forced to set up emergency shelters by the roadside.
:02:25. > :02:27.In New York they tried to reclaim Times Square
:02:28. > :02:34.And in New Jersey they failed to fight the flood during high tide.
:02:35. > :02:42.This is an emergency event and we are very much
:02:43. > :02:45.still in our emergency response phase.
:02:46. > :02:54.This has been billed as one of the worst storms in Washington's
:02:55. > :02:57.history but there are some who simply cannot hide their joy
:02:58. > :03:02.Tian Tian is one of the few out in this weather,
:03:03. > :03:18.doing his own kind of dance through the storm.
:03:19. > :03:27.Barbara Platt usher is in Washington. How other people coping?
:03:28. > :03:32.-- are the people coping? There is a lot of snow in the suburbs and it
:03:33. > :03:39.looks like it might reach that record set in 1922, 28 inches. We
:03:40. > :03:43.have not had any reports of fatalities or power outages in the
:03:44. > :03:48.city and the Mayor has been strong in saying stay at home and do not
:03:49. > :03:53.come out, it makes more work for people clearing the roads. If you
:03:54. > :03:57.people have been venturing out and some restaurants have opened and a
:03:58. > :04:03.boy and his sled what past as well as a baby carriage so some people
:04:04. > :04:08.are enjoying the snow and once the snow stops we will see more of that,
:04:09. > :04:13.Capitol Hill will be open for sledging and we might see that on
:04:14. > :04:15.Sunday and maybe Monday. But officials say they are still in the
:04:16. > :04:20.emergency phase and they want people to stay at home and as we reported
:04:21. > :04:25.in New York, they expect even more snow, the Mayor said it looks like
:04:26. > :04:29.it will be in one of the top five snowstorms in New York history so
:04:30. > :04:35.they are taking steps to cut out the traffic, they have banned traffic on
:04:36. > :04:39.all roadways except for emergencies and Broadway shows have cancelled
:04:40. > :04:43.performances so the storm looks like it will be worse than predicted.
:04:44. > :04:48.There will be concerns about the economic impact on businesses and
:04:49. > :04:51.cities as well, presumably the authorities will be working hard to
:04:52. > :04:58.get places back and running but we are told that some of the worst is
:04:59. > :05:01.still yet to come? Yes, it looks like this storm might continue into
:05:02. > :05:07.the evening and possibly only let up on Sunday morning so things will be
:05:08. > :05:10.shut down at least until then but as far as the business side goes, the
:05:11. > :05:15.prediction was that could be $1 billion in losses or it could cost
:05:16. > :05:19.that to clean things up and get things back on track but I think
:05:20. > :05:23.that the fact that this storm is taking place on a weekend will have
:05:24. > :05:27.helped in those calculations and as soon as the snow stops, we will see
:05:28. > :05:32.the clearing out in full force. There already is some of that
:05:33. > :05:36.happening but there is still an emergency phase and they will then
:05:37. > :05:39.look at clearing things up and recovering. It is a cold job but
:05:40. > :05:41.somebody has to do it! And for up-to-the minute news
:05:42. > :05:46.on conditions in the eastern US, It has full information
:05:47. > :05:53.on the weather, travel services affected and which areas have seen
:05:54. > :06:00.the heaviest snowfall so far. Services from the port of Calais
:06:01. > :06:03.have been disrupted after 50 It is understood that the migrants
:06:04. > :06:09.boarded a P ferry named the Spirit P Ferries described it
:06:10. > :06:14.as a "security incident" and said passengers could expect a delay
:06:15. > :06:17.of between 90 and 120 minutes. From the dockside,
:06:18. > :06:31.Dan Johnson reports. There has been serious disruption at
:06:32. > :06:35.the port this evening, it closed for some time with huge disruption and
:06:36. > :06:39.massive delays with hundreds of cars and lorries backing up in long lines
:06:40. > :06:43.of traffic spreading around the roads around the port but it looks
:06:44. > :06:47.like things might be starting to get back to some level of normality, we
:06:48. > :06:52.have seen traffic moving again through the port and a number of
:06:53. > :06:57.ferries have arrived so it does appear that the port is now
:06:58. > :07:00.reopening. But the spirit of Britain, you can see that, it has
:07:01. > :07:04.been stuck here for some time because of these migrants who
:07:05. > :07:11.stormed the terminal and climbed aboard we saw the video which shows
:07:12. > :07:15.the firefighting hoses being used to try to get rid of the migrants and
:07:16. > :07:19.cover them and what to get them to leave and we could see many police
:07:20. > :07:22.officers here trying to deal with him earlier on this evening. It is
:07:23. > :07:27.not clear if they have managed to remove all of them but it does look
:07:28. > :07:31.like things are starting to get back to some level of normality here with
:07:32. > :07:35.traffic moving although it will be some time before things are
:07:36. > :07:39.resolved. An interesting day for the migrant community. They had a visit
:07:40. > :07:42.earlier from the Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and he has been
:07:43. > :07:47.raising the questions about how Europe deals with this issue with
:07:48. > :07:50.these numbers of migrants and about the role of Britain in that, how
:07:51. > :07:54.many we should take and whether we should sign up to the quota system
:07:55. > :07:59.that is likely to be rolled out across Europe with countries taking
:08:00. > :08:03.different amounts of migrants based on EU rules. At the moment the
:08:04. > :08:08.British government is doing its own thing, excepting 20,000 but it is
:08:09. > :08:13.selecting from refugee camps closer to the Syrian border so a difficult
:08:14. > :08:17.day for people here at Calais and an interesting day for the migrants in
:08:18. > :08:18.this region, certainly a day when the migrant story has got back in
:08:19. > :08:22.the news. Dan Johnson reporting. Several Latin American and Caribbean
:08:23. > :08:24.countries are warning women to avoid getting pregnant as concern grows
:08:25. > :08:27.over links between the Zika virus Women expecting a baby are also
:08:28. > :08:31.being urged to seek advice before travelling to some countries
:08:32. > :08:34.in the region. Brazil is facing an unprecedented
:08:35. > :08:37.surge in cases of a condition that leads to babies being born
:08:38. > :08:40.with abnormally small heads. Julia Carneiro has been
:08:41. > :08:55.to the country's northeast, Agents are talking to the people on
:08:56. > :08:58.the streets and carrying out inspections as part of a programme
:08:59. > :09:04.to eradicate the mosquito, it is well known here as their dengue
:09:05. > :09:13.fever mosquito but infamous for also spreading the Zika virus and Zika is
:09:14. > :09:17.associated with a surge in cases of babies born with head smaller than
:09:18. > :09:22.normal, almost 4000 cases registered in Brazil and this is the third most
:09:23. > :09:28.affected state with almost 500 cases. Brazil is getting ready for a
:09:29. > :09:32.carnival and in Salvador around 7000 people are expected summer is a
:09:33. > :09:37.special effort interest areas to clean up and combat the mosquito
:09:38. > :09:40.that Brazil has been notoriously unsuccessful at tackling this
:09:41. > :09:46.mosquito in the past decades with epidemics every year and with the
:09:47. > :09:51.appearance of Zika, this does lead to international concern, the virus
:09:52. > :09:53.was first detected last May and it already is present in most Latin
:09:54. > :09:55.American countries. The US Vice President Joe Biden has
:09:56. > :09:58.said the US and Turkey are prepared to seek a military solution
:09:59. > :10:01.in Syria if a political He's been in talks in Istanbul
:10:02. > :10:13.with the Turkish Prime Minister. We do know that it would be better
:10:14. > :10:19.if we can reach a political solution but we are prepared, if that is not
:10:20. > :10:21.possible, to make a military solution to this operation. And
:10:22. > :10:23.taking out Daesh. The BBC's Selin Gerit in Istanbul
:10:24. > :10:35.has been following the talks. Joe Biden at the press conference
:10:36. > :10:41.said that there could be a military solution although not preferred if a
:10:42. > :10:45.political solution to the problem in Syria was not maintained but the
:10:46. > :10:52.White House made it clear afterwards that what he was referring to was
:10:53. > :10:55.actually the ongoing current operations against Islamic State
:10:56. > :11:02.grips so at this moment we should not expect anything further than
:11:03. > :11:06.that. Mr Biden gave strong support for the Turkish fight against
:11:07. > :11:11.Kurdish militants, PKK. He called them a terrorist group and it
:11:12. > :11:20.already is defined as that either the US but, and the EU and Turkey
:11:21. > :11:25.but making that statement loud and clear is of course pleasing to
:11:26. > :11:31.Turkey. There was something else interesting in the press conference.
:11:32. > :11:36.They said that the support that would be given to the rebel groups
:11:37. > :11:42.fighting against Assad regime is would continue and would go further
:11:43. > :11:47.and there is a question over that because what would happen to be
:11:48. > :11:53.Kurdish Syrian opposition militants who are deemed as the strongest
:11:54. > :11:59.opposition that the Islamic State has faced. On Friday, Mr Biden had
:12:00. > :12:06.voiced strong concerns about the freedom of speech and press freedom
:12:07. > :12:09.in Turkey and he said that Turkey is not setting a great example in the
:12:10. > :12:16.Middle East, considering that it has actually accused over 1000 academics
:12:17. > :12:24.of treason because they had concerns about the operations against PKK and
:12:25. > :12:32.the south-east. That was a strong position to the Turkish government
:12:33. > :12:37.and he said we would have hoped that Mr Biden would have spoken to people
:12:38. > :12:40.who lost their lives, the relatives of those who lost their lives in PKK
:12:41. > :12:42.strikes. Still to come: Capturing
:12:43. > :12:47.the world's longest sunset - we catch up with a BBC team
:12:48. > :12:54.filming in Antarctica. A woman in the UK believes she has
:12:55. > :12:57.a winning lottery ticket for an unclaimed ?33 million jackpot
:12:58. > :13:02.- but put it in the washing machine. Although some details have been
:13:03. > :13:06.washed off the ticket, the shopkeeper who sold it has sent
:13:07. > :13:09.it to lottery operator Camelot in the hope the money
:13:10. > :13:16.can still be claimed. Their first thing I asked was if she
:13:17. > :13:20.had signed it and she said yes and that is good because that is what is
:13:21. > :13:24.to be done, you have to sign the ticket before anything else and
:13:25. > :13:27.after that I said, do you have the ticket with you and she showed me
:13:28. > :13:34.the ticket but she said it has been in the wash so then I asked her to
:13:35. > :13:38.see it and because it was washed, you could see those six numbers on
:13:39. > :13:45.the ticket for the game but you could see the date which was in 2016
:13:46. > :13:49.but not the other parts. It would be a win for us because it would be
:13:50. > :13:52.very good for her and for us and the city of Worcester as well, it would
:13:53. > :14:02.put us on the map once again, instead of the floods!
:14:03. > :14:05.The latest headlines? All non-essential travel has been
:14:06. > :14:13.banned in New York as a mammoth snowatorm hits the US east coast.
:14:14. > :14:17.Services at the French Port of Calais have been disrupted as 50
:14:18. > :14:22.Google has agreed to pay nearly $200 million in back taxes to Britain
:14:23. > :14:28.It's been accused of avoiding tax in spite of billions of dollars
:14:29. > :14:40.OK, Google, how much tax does Google pay in Britain?
:14:41. > :14:43.Google's tax affairs are quite a popular search item in the UK,
:14:44. > :14:47.especially now it has agreed to pay ?130 million of back taxes to HMRC,
:14:48. > :14:50.but there are some who feel that is a fraction of what should
:14:51. > :14:54.I have been campaigning on this for the last 15 years.
:14:55. > :14:55.Under the last government and this government.
:14:56. > :15:05.But to be frank, it looks like what independent assessors have
:15:06. > :15:10.Most corporations are paying 20%, ordinary individuals are paying
:15:11. > :15:14.I think most people will think this is unfair.
:15:15. > :15:17.Google enjoyed sales of ?4.6 billion in the UK in 2014.
:15:18. > :15:19.Under normal circumstances, companies would have paid 21% tax
:15:20. > :15:28.Because Google routes its UK sales via Ireland and then
:15:29. > :15:31.on to the Caribbean, it pays much less each year
:15:32. > :15:41.than this ?130 million tax deal, which covers a decade of accounts.
:15:42. > :15:43.So does Google now accept it had been paying too little?
:15:44. > :15:46.We were applying the rules they there were, that was then.
:15:47. > :15:48.Now we will be applying the new rules.
:15:49. > :15:56.Britain accounts for 10% of Google's total sales but only a sliver
:15:57. > :16:00.Is getting the company to pay more tax merely an effort
:16:01. > :16:03.When I became Chancellor, there were some companies that paid
:16:04. > :16:07.That rightly caused a lot of public anger.
:16:08. > :16:16.Now we have companies like Google paying tax and I want the message
:16:17. > :16:19.to go out that in Britain, taxes are low but they have to be
:16:20. > :16:21.paid and I expect more companies to follow suit.
:16:22. > :16:25.Apple, the world's largest company, Amazon, the biggest online retailer,
:16:26. > :16:27.Starbucks, the number one coffee franchise,
:16:28. > :16:34.Facebook paid only ?4000 in UK corporation taxes last year.
:16:35. > :16:37.It may take a while to close the book on creative tax
:16:38. > :16:48.Some other news... A 17-year-old male's been charged with two counts
:16:49. > :16:51.of first degree murder after four people were killed in a school
:16:52. > :16:52.shooting in Canada. The incident at La Loche Community School, in
:16:53. > :16:54.Saskatchewan province, was the country's worst gun violence in a
:16:55. > :16:57.decade. Thousands of Poles have taken part
:16:58. > :17:01.in marches in Warsaw and other cities to protest about plans
:17:02. > :17:03.of the conservative government, which they say will curtail
:17:04. > :17:10.privacy and freedom. The billionaire former mayor
:17:11. > :17:19.of New York, Michael Bloomberg, is reported to be considering
:17:20. > :17:21.running for President Unnamed advisors have told
:17:22. > :17:24.the New York Times that the former mayor sees a gap in the race
:17:25. > :17:28.and would be prepared to spend up to $1 billion of his personal
:17:29. > :17:47.fortune on his campaign. Claudio Ranieri's Leicester City are
:17:48. > :17:50.back on top of the Premier League table courtesy of a 3-0 victory over
:17:51. > :17:51.Stoke. Leicester took the lead through Danny Drinkwater who put
:17:52. > :17:55.them ahead just before half time and then got the assist midway through
:17:56. > :17:58.the second half as Jamie Vardy made it 2-nil - his 16th league goal this
:17:59. > :18:05.season. It was a vital victory with some difficult fixtures coming up
:18:06. > :18:10.next month. Top of the table. Very pleased because Stoke city are very
:18:11. > :18:14.strong and tough. The team is very tall and it was very difficult to
:18:15. > :18:19.fight against them. I am pleased with our performance because it was
:18:20. > :18:24.important to be top of the league at the end of January because in
:18:25. > :18:30.February, we arrive at bigger and bigger and tougher matches. But
:18:31. > :18:32.there's more pressure on Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal - his
:18:33. > :18:35.side are now ten points behind leaders Leicester after they were
:18:36. > :18:38.beaten 1-0 by Southampton at home. The fans at Old Trafford made their
:18:39. > :18:40.feelings clear at the final whistle. Southampton's new signing Charlie
:18:41. > :18:43.Austin scored the only goal of the game, coming off the bench to score
:18:44. > :18:54.on his debut. So more problems for Van Gaal who afterwards said he
:18:55. > :18:58.shared the fans' frustration. There was some booing during the game and
:18:59. > :19:05.at full-time. What is your response) they are right, I cannot deny that.
:19:06. > :19:14.I also saw the match. I cannot deny that. But also, better or for worse,
:19:15. > :19:16.we have to stick together. What can you say to those supporters to make
:19:17. > :19:23.them believe that things will improve? Because we're working very
:19:24. > :19:34.hard and we also have a lot of injuries and you cannot change that.
:19:35. > :19:40.Not with words. It is also a lot of unlocking this when you have five
:19:41. > :19:43.fullbacks injured. Jurgen Klopp has his glasses knocked off in the
:19:44. > :19:47.celebrations that followed the winner in injury time against
:19:48. > :19:55.Norwich. Liverpool winning that thriller by a remarkable 5-4. We won
:19:56. > :19:59.the game, I think everyone could have happened -- everything could
:20:00. > :20:03.have happened but it was deserved because we were striking back in a
:20:04. > :20:07.very good way and the boys played for well under a big pressure, it
:20:08. > :20:22.was very important for us today. Five goals here is not easy. But we
:20:23. > :20:25.did that. Glasses free. Elsewhere, Sergio Aguero scored twice to rescue
:20:26. > :20:27.a point for Manchester City at Upton Park. That 2-2 draw means they're
:20:28. > :20:29.now second, above Arsenal on goal difference. Tottenham are fourth
:20:30. > :20:31.after coming from behind to beat Crystal Palace 3-1. Sunderland
:20:32. > :20:33.Bournemouth ended in a 1-1 draw, Newcastle are still in the
:20:34. > :20:35.relegation zone after losing 2-1 at Watford. Aston Villa stay bottom
:20:36. > :20:44.they drew 0-0 with West Midlands rivals West Brom. Barcelona have
:20:45. > :20:47.returned to the top of La Liga with a 2-1 win at Malaga. No prizes for
:20:48. > :20:49.guessing the name of the man who scored the winner - Lionel Messi
:20:50. > :20:52.early in the second half. Espanyol drew 2-2 at home to Villareal and
:20:53. > :20:54.Granada are currently leading 2-0 at home to Getafe. The match between
:20:55. > :21:08.Rayo Vallecano and Celta Vigo is still in its early stages.
:21:09. > :21:12.England's cricketers have it all to do after South Africa dominated Day
:21:13. > :21:15.Two of the fourth and Final Test in Pretoria. It was a tough day for
:21:16. > :21:17.England in the field - their bowlers toiled, eventually bowling the hosts
:21:18. > :21:19.out for 475 in their first innings. Quinton de Kock made his first
:21:20. > :21:22.maiden century for South Africa, he finished 129 not out. In reply,
:21:23. > :21:24.England lost both Alex Hales and Nick Compton cheaply but captain
:21:25. > :21:26.Alastair Cook led the way. At stumps he was 67 not out and England 138
:21:27. > :21:38.for two, that's 337 runs behind. That's all the sport for now. I will
:21:39. > :21:42.see you later on. Being a BBC News crew can present
:21:43. > :21:45.some amazing opportunities and challenges, and the chance to go
:21:46. > :21:47.to Antarctica is both. One of our teams is following
:21:48. > :21:49.British researchers Victoria Gill sent us this report
:21:50. > :22:06.on the unusual conditions We are in Antarctica, the Antarctic
:22:07. > :22:10.peninsula and we're here to report on a team of scientists
:22:11. > :22:20.investigating some of the threat to the penguins. We are trying to
:22:21. > :22:23.capture why we're here, not just the scientists at work but the
:22:24. > :22:28.experience of being in this landscape, just help brutally to do
:22:29. > :22:35.for this place is and that is the job of Dave, here's a BBC cameraman.
:22:36. > :22:38.Hello. One of the things we have noticed is the bizarre experience of
:22:39. > :22:43.the sunset because at this time of year it is not ever really get dark.
:22:44. > :22:49.Every photographer will tell you about sunrise and sunset, the Golden
:22:50. > :22:55.hours, then you get the best light and pictures. But in Britain the
:22:56. > :23:01.best light, just as the sun is setting the horizon, lasted a few
:23:02. > :23:05.minutes. Here it really is ours. The sun creeks around the horizon for a
:23:06. > :23:08.couple of hours, close to midnight, and when it finally goes down, it is
:23:09. > :23:14.soon back up. We wanted to capture that also that has meant some late
:23:15. > :23:21.nights filming for us and why I have not slept much on this trip. When
:23:22. > :23:25.the conditions are good this place really is a photographer's dream. We
:23:26. > :23:28.just have to see if we can do this just is. -- justice.
:23:29. > :23:30.Victoria Gill reporting from the Antarctic.
:23:31. > :23:33.Let's return to our main story - the snowstorm that has hit the east
:23:34. > :23:38.We'll leave you with some of the best images from the past day
:23:39. > :24:11.This storm will surpass 20 inches accumulation in New York City. When
:24:12. > :24:16.that happens, that will put this in the top five snowstorms in the
:24:17. > :24:21.history of New York City, if it goes past 20 inches it will be in the top
:24:22. > :24:24.five in terms of accumulation in recorded history going back to 1869.
:24:25. > :24:59.So this is a very big deal. From me and the rest
:25:00. > :25:24.of the team - goodbye. Rain in the forecast for our shores
:25:25. > :25:27.overnight but on the other side of the Atlantic we have seen an
:25:28. > :25:28.incredible snowstorm, desert conditions for many