:00:09. > :00:10.This is BBC World News Today with me, Celia Hatton.
:00:11. > :00:14.The battle lines are being drawn in Washington over the future
:00:15. > :00:15.of President Obama's health care reforms.
:00:16. > :00:18.With just two weeks left of his presidency, the Republicans
:00:19. > :00:20.are promising to repeal Obama's signature health care policy
:00:21. > :00:27.New images of the main suspect in the Berlin truck attack passing
:00:28. > :00:35.through Brussels are released by Belgian prosecutors.
:00:36. > :00:38.2017 is looking to be a crucial year for the EU,
:00:39. > :00:41.with Brexit, major elections and the rise of populism.
:00:42. > :00:45.We gaze into the crystal ball at what lies ahead.
:00:46. > :00:47.And spinning his way through old age.
:00:48. > :00:50.He may be 105 years old but this Frenchman has set
:00:51. > :01:14.With just days to go before he leaves the White House,
:01:15. > :01:16.Barack Obama faces a battle over his legacy.
:01:17. > :01:19.A political showdown is underway in Washington
:01:20. > :01:21.over his health care reforms, with the Republicans promising
:01:22. > :01:24.to repeal the legislation as soon as possible.
:01:25. > :01:27.President Obama has been meeting fellow Democrats in Congress
:01:28. > :01:31.to discuss how to protect the Affordable Care Act,
:01:32. > :01:35.It started with a simple goal - to extend health insurance
:01:36. > :01:43.Vice-president-elect Mike Pence said Donald Trump is working to ensure
:01:44. > :01:46.an orderly transition to a new health care system.
:01:47. > :01:49.Earlier, Mr Trump warned Republicans to ensure the Democrats took
:01:50. > :01:54.the blame for what he described as "the Obamacare disaster".
:01:55. > :02:08.There have been two distinguished guests at Capitol Hill this morning.
:02:09. > :02:13.President Obama was here to try to save his key health care reforms.
:02:14. > :02:18.And Vice President elect Mike Pence was here to talk about ridiculing
:02:19. > :02:25.and replacing it. With me is, written and Bruce Westerman from
:02:26. > :02:31.Arkansas. -- congressmen. What are you going to replace Obamacare with?
:02:32. > :02:38.I'm not sure replace is the right word. The first order of business
:02:39. > :02:42.will be to repeal some of the bad parts as much as possible and then
:02:43. > :02:48.it will be a process to put in a good legislation that puts patients
:02:49. > :02:53.first and is about a patient's ability to get access, something
:02:54. > :03:01.that will not break the bank. We have seen the cost of insurance
:03:02. > :03:07.premiums skyrocket, as much as 115% increases this year. For private
:03:08. > :03:11.individuals buying their health insurance through employers, we have
:03:12. > :03:15.seen deductibles and premiums go up and we have to get this up under
:03:16. > :03:20.control and make it more patient centred. You have spoken of the
:03:21. > :03:28.problems with Obamacare but you are saying you will not rip the whole
:03:29. > :03:34.Affordable Care Act up? Through the reconciliation process there are
:03:35. > :03:39.certain things we can wrap up to with taxes and spending and then we
:03:40. > :03:49.will have to look at individual pieces of the whole health care
:03:50. > :03:54.system, like Medicaid and Medicare. With Obamacare, nobody understood
:03:55. > :04:00.what was in it when they got it. What about the 20 million Americans
:04:01. > :04:06.who have health insurance that they would not have had before Obamacare,
:04:07. > :04:12.will they get to keep it? A lot of those people had insurance and were
:04:13. > :04:17.pushed in the exchanges. The rollback process will be slow. It
:04:18. > :04:23.took 5-6 years to implicate Obamacare as it is now and we cannot
:04:24. > :04:28.just pull the rug out but we have to do it in a methodical process and
:04:29. > :04:32.give people peace of mind to do this in a way that allows people access
:04:33. > :04:39.to health care but also do it in a smart way, debating individual
:04:40. > :04:46.components and issues, keeping what is... Do you think both parties can
:04:47. > :04:50.work together on some points? I think so because when you look at
:04:51. > :04:55.the failure the increased premiums, people were told if they liked their
:04:56. > :05:01.doctor they could keep them, it hasn't been true, we were told
:05:02. > :05:08.premiums would go down $2500, not true, increased deductibles were
:05:09. > :05:11.out-of-pocket expenses are tremendous, simple things like
:05:12. > :05:15.health saving accounts allowing Americans to save money for expenses
:05:16. > :05:24.and keep that money for future years, small solutions, I am not in
:05:25. > :05:31.favour of one big package to replace what is there now. As a Republican,
:05:32. > :05:36.you must be pretty happy with the state your party has found itself
:05:37. > :05:44.in. What are you looking forward to under Donald Trump? I am looking
:05:45. > :05:51.forward... -- I am going into my second term so I am looking forward
:05:52. > :05:58.to getting legislation passed. Vice President Mike Pence was a member of
:05:59. > :06:02.this body and is willing to work with us. I think we are seeing a
:06:03. > :06:07.common vision that has been mandated by the American people that they
:06:08. > :06:13.want the country to move in this direction and I am excited to help
:06:14. > :06:17.it move that way. I heard from a Democratic congressman earlier and
:06:18. > :06:22.he said he felt quite sad that it may be President Obama's last visit
:06:23. > :06:25.to Congress. You have seen both sides within just a few hours but
:06:26. > :06:29.the president elect will take his place in just 16 days in the White
:06:30. > :06:32.House. The German prosecutor's office has
:06:33. > :06:34.confirmed the detention of a second Tunisian suspect in connection
:06:35. > :06:37.with the attack on a Officials said the man had dinner
:06:38. > :06:40.with the killer, Anis Amri, The man who drove the truck
:06:41. > :06:44.into the crowded market, He was shot dead in Milan,
:06:45. > :06:59.four days after the attack. Today, Belgian prosecutors have
:07:00. > :07:03.released a CCTV image which they say shows the main suspect in the Berlin
:07:04. > :07:04.truck attack passing through Brussels two days later.
:07:05. > :07:07.To get more on the arrest, let's go to our correspondent
:07:08. > :07:11.Damien McGuiness who is in Berlin for us.
:07:12. > :07:20.Tell me, what else can you tell us about this suspect and the ongoing
:07:21. > :07:24.investigation? Officials said this afternoon that they think this new
:07:25. > :07:30.suspect either knew about the attack, that it was going to happen,
:07:31. > :07:34.or helped in planning. That is because it seems he spent all
:07:35. > :07:38.evening the night before the actual attack chatting in the restaurant,
:07:39. > :07:45.as you mentioned, with Anis Amri, and this was described as an
:07:46. > :07:48.intensive chat. Indicating they were possibly talking about the attack.
:07:49. > :07:54.Right now, police are questioning this suspect and analysing 20 mobile
:07:55. > :08:01.phones seized in the refugee accommodation where this man left.
:08:02. > :08:07.-- was living. He was an asylum seeker from Tunisia, like the
:08:08. > :08:12.attacker Anis Amri, and this started a debate here about asylum seekers
:08:13. > :08:18.who do not have their application for asylum accepted in Germany,
:08:19. > :08:23.so-called failed asylum seekers. So the ramifications on the whole
:08:24. > :08:32.debate about who is a legitimate asylum seeker and who is not as been
:08:33. > :08:37.affected by this. Are there concerns that this investigation is widening?
:08:38. > :08:42.The difficulty is that we have had a couple of false leads. You will
:08:43. > :08:48.remember that the day of the attack the wrong man was arrested and this
:08:49. > :08:53.meant that police were going down the wrong route for days and it is
:08:54. > :09:01.thought this is one reason why Anis Amri slipped out of the German
:09:02. > :09:05.police's grasp. He went to Amsterdam, spending a couple of
:09:06. > :09:15.hours in Brussels before going through France to Italy. So there is
:09:16. > :09:18.possibly going to be a big shake-up on domestic security through
:09:19. > :09:23.Germany, it was announced yesterday by the interior minister of Germany.
:09:24. > :09:28.It is not leading to a backlash against refugees, this case, but a
:09:29. > :09:35.debate about who is a legitimate refugee, and what to do about asylum
:09:36. > :09:36.seekers whose applications were rejected, and how to deport them
:09:37. > :09:39.back to their countries. Turkish police have detained 20
:09:40. > :09:42.people in connection with the attack on a nightclub in Istanbul
:09:43. > :09:46.on New Year's Eve. Earlier, the Turkish Foreign
:09:47. > :09:49.Minister said the chief suspect had been formally identified,
:09:50. > :09:50.but the authorities have Our correspondent Mark
:09:51. > :10:01.Lowen is in Istanbul. Well, it's almost four days now
:10:02. > :10:04.since the massacre at the Reina nightclub which left 39 people dead
:10:05. > :10:07.and still the suspect is on the run. The Turkish Foreign Minister
:10:08. > :10:09.says his identity has been established but we do not
:10:10. > :10:14.have a name officially released. And very little information
:10:15. > :10:16.has come out about him. Some reports that he could have been
:10:17. > :10:19.from a Central Asian country, some video footage that suggests
:10:20. > :10:22.he was in the central Turkish city of Konya back in December before
:10:23. > :10:24.travelling to Istanbul. There have been detentions, some
:10:25. > :10:29.more in the city of Izmir today, of dozens of people suspected
:10:30. > :10:33.of having links to so-called Islamic State, which said
:10:34. > :10:35.it was behind the attack. As for the gunman himself,
:10:36. > :10:38.he is still at large. That is a real problem, of course,
:10:39. > :10:42.for the country, for this nation, because they are fearful of any sort
:10:43. > :10:45.of follow-up attacks and also they want proof from the people
:10:46. > :10:51.who are meant to defend them, to protect this country,
:10:52. > :10:52.that they really can close in on this man,
:10:53. > :10:55.that he hasn't slipped through the net and possibly
:10:56. > :10:57.even left Turkey to go But really those crucial hours
:10:58. > :11:01.following the New Year's Eve attack have now gone
:11:02. > :11:05.and so could the gunmen have been The president, President Erdogan,
:11:06. > :11:21.spoke to the country today, his first public address
:11:22. > :11:23.since the New Year's Eve attack, which is very unusual for a man
:11:24. > :11:26.who rarely shies away from the limelight, and he said
:11:27. > :11:28.that the aim of terrorism is to divide and polarise
:11:29. > :11:31.the country, but we will stand tall as Turks, and he said those
:11:32. > :11:35.who allege this is an attack on a lifestyle choice in Turkey
:11:36. > :11:39.are talking rubbish. That comes from the allegation
:11:40. > :11:42.that the Islamist rhetoric of President Erdogan
:11:43. > :11:45.and his government has made the secular side of the country feel
:11:46. > :11:49.vulnerable and exposed. But really Turkey is now desperately
:11:50. > :11:52.trying to find this man and desperately trying to reassure
:11:53. > :11:56.a country which has been profoundly shaken by this terror attack
:11:57. > :12:02.in the heart of Istanbul. Turkey has warned that
:12:03. > :12:04.a new round of Syria peace talks is at risk,
:12:05. > :12:08.accusing the government of violating a fragile truce it brokered
:12:09. > :12:12.with Russia last week. The nationwide ceasefire
:12:13. > :12:14.is holding in most areas but is being threatened by fighting
:12:15. > :12:17.near Damascus, in the areas Government forces and their
:12:18. > :12:21.Iranian-backed allies are trying to recapture the area,
:12:22. > :12:24.which is the main source of water to the capital
:12:25. > :12:27.which has been without water The regime and the rebels
:12:28. > :12:30.have been blaming each The UN said that the lack
:12:31. > :12:34.of clean water in Damascus Any lack of water I think is
:12:35. > :12:41.obviously a humanitarian emergency Lack of fresh water leads
:12:42. > :12:44.to more and more diseases, As part of our response in Syria,
:12:45. > :12:54.the UN has already rehabilitated and equipped a number of wells
:12:55. > :12:57.in and around Damascus to cover about one third of daily
:12:58. > :13:00.water needs in the city. Since the 22nd, those wells have
:13:01. > :13:02.been the sole source of water Israel's Prime Minister,
:13:03. > :13:09.Benjamin Netanyahu, has joined those calling for a pardon for a soldier
:13:10. > :13:12.who's been convicted of manslaughter for the killing
:13:13. > :13:15.of a wounded Palestinian. Sergeant Elor Azaria killed
:13:16. > :13:18.Abdul Fatah al-Sharif in Hebron last March,
:13:19. > :13:20.after the Palestinian had been involved in
:13:21. > :13:23.stabbing another soldier. The high profile case has
:13:24. > :13:25.polarised opinion in Israel, as our Middle East correspondent
:13:26. > :13:31.Yolande Knell explains. It's minutes after two young
:13:32. > :13:33.Palestinian men with knives attacked One is dead and one's
:13:34. > :13:43.clearly still alive. Sgt Elor Azaria,
:13:44. > :13:45.a 19-year-old medic, A single bullet to the head
:13:46. > :13:56.killed Abdul Fatah Sharif. Today, the sergeant
:13:57. > :13:58.was in a military court, smiling to see a friend
:13:59. > :14:01.and his mother. But soon after, he was found
:14:02. > :14:03.guilty of manslaughter. Judges rejected the soldiers claim
:14:04. > :14:09.that the Palestinian posed a threat and decided he shot him
:14:10. > :14:14.out of revenge. But Sgt Azaria has loyal backers,
:14:15. > :14:17.in a country where most young people They accused the army
:14:18. > :14:25.of abandoning one of its own. This guy came to do an attack,
:14:26. > :14:30.to hurt about these families. Even the Israeli Defence
:14:31. > :14:36.Minister spoke of this Before taking up his post, he made
:14:37. > :14:42.clear his support of Sgt Azaria. And that caused tensions
:14:43. > :14:44.with the top brass here They have said they command
:14:45. > :14:50.according to rules and an ethical Such a high-profile trial
:14:51. > :14:56.of a soldier for killing a Palestinian is very
:14:57. > :14:59.unusual in Israel. The outcome was welcomed
:15:00. > :15:05.by the family of Abdul Fatah Sharif. TRANSLATION: I feel like any father
:15:06. > :15:08.would feel after seeing my son It's so hard to see that,
:15:09. > :15:12.no-one can endure this. It's still hard for me every time
:15:13. > :15:16.I remember what happened. If he died instantly,
:15:17. > :15:18.it would've been much easier than to see your son
:15:19. > :15:22.executed like that. Sgt Azaria's crime took place
:15:23. > :15:25.during a wave of Palestinian attacks, when there was a national
:15:26. > :15:29.debate about how to respond. And his case has proved
:15:30. > :15:32.highly divisive. When he is sentenced,
:15:33. > :15:34.the maximum he could serve is 20 years in jail,
:15:35. > :15:52.but he is expected to get far less. Marine Le Pen, leader
:15:53. > :15:54.of the French National Front, has launched a scathing attack
:15:55. > :15:56.on the Euro, saying that France should go back
:15:57. > :15:59.to its own national currency. The right-wing politician,
:16:00. > :16:01.who is tipped to make it through to the final
:16:02. > :16:03.round of the presidential election, said leaving the Euro
:16:04. > :16:05.would help return sovereignty. 2017 is shaping up to be a crucial
:16:06. > :16:08.year for the European Union. There's no doubt that Brexit,
:16:09. > :16:11.the rise of the far right, and economic troubles
:16:12. > :16:13.across the Continent will be among Hello, I'm Chris Morris,
:16:14. > :16:20.and these are the top European Elections in several countries
:16:21. > :16:27.are set to reveal whether rising populism is a passing phase
:16:28. > :16:30.or a new reality. In the Netherlands in March,
:16:31. > :16:33.we'll find out how well the Dutch His popularity has faded
:16:34. > :16:40.before previous elections. In France, could Marine Le Pen
:16:41. > :16:43.from the National Front claim Or will voters from the centre left
:16:44. > :16:51.and centre right join In Germany, Angela Merkel remains
:16:52. > :16:55.the favourite to win a fourth term in September but keep an eye
:16:56. > :17:03.on rising support for the anti-immigrant, anti-Euro
:17:04. > :17:05.Alternativ Fur Deutschland. At some stage there is almost
:17:06. > :17:07.certainly going to be The antiestablishment
:17:08. > :17:10.Five Star Movement is The European Union will hold
:17:11. > :17:15.a special summit in Rome in March, to mark the 60th anniversary
:17:16. > :17:17.of the treaty which founded Critics say there isn't
:17:18. > :17:22.much to celebrate. But March should also see the UK
:17:23. > :17:28.triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty,
:17:29. > :17:31.setting off a process which will see For the first time, the EU
:17:32. > :17:39.is about to get smaller, not bigger. Much will depend throughout
:17:40. > :17:41.the year on the health of the European economy,
:17:42. > :17:44.particularly in the Eurozone. The migration crisis
:17:45. > :17:48.will also be closely watched. And then, of course, there are two
:17:49. > :17:51.big external actors in Europe. To the east, Russia,
:17:52. > :17:54.and the always difficult relationship European countries have
:17:55. > :17:58.with President Vladimir Putin. And to the West, a new factor,
:17:59. > :18:02.the sheer unpredictability What will he mean for European
:18:03. > :18:09.security and for trade? For decades, Europe has
:18:10. > :18:12.relied on stable relations Joining me now is Florentin Collomp,
:18:13. > :18:33.the UK Correspondent We'll start with a topic I'm sure
:18:34. > :18:38.you deal with on a daily basis, Brexit. Where you think we will be
:18:39. > :18:44.one year from now in the negotiations? 2017 should be the
:18:45. > :18:52.year of the end of the phoney war between the Europe and Britain in
:18:53. > :18:55.that matter. Negotiations should start in March and then progress
:18:56. > :19:03.throughout the year. By the end of the year, I doubt much will be
:19:04. > :19:07.achieved because the negotiations will be interrupted by elections in
:19:08. > :19:12.different countries on the continent, the Netherlands in March,
:19:13. > :19:21.France in April, May and June, Germany in autumn. Until the autumn
:19:22. > :19:26.of 2017, I think the core of the discussions will not have advanced
:19:27. > :19:31.much. Elections. The name of the game. The French election, how do
:19:32. > :19:36.you think the outcome of that will affect the rest of the EU? It is
:19:37. > :19:42.important and it is very open actually. It might lead to
:19:43. > :19:49.surprises. You had a report about marine Le Pen. She is one of the
:19:50. > :19:53.fixtures of this election but people tend to project what happened in
:19:54. > :20:00.Britain, or compare with the election of Donald Trump. I doubt a
:20:01. > :20:04.surprise like that would happen in France because she has been a
:20:05. > :20:09.permanent fixture of French politics for years, if not decades if you
:20:10. > :20:19.consider her father at the head of the party as well. So the campaign
:20:20. > :20:27.is very open. Populism will play a part will stop populism is on the
:20:28. > :20:37.rise -- a part. Populism is on the rise. How would you characterise?
:20:38. > :20:43.The British model and the huge event that Brexit was cannot compare our
:20:44. > :20:50.be transferred to politics in different countries like France.
:20:51. > :20:58.Actually Brexit has made support for the EU progress on the continent and
:20:59. > :21:03.only a third of Europeans are actually ready to leave the EU if
:21:04. > :21:09.they were asked to do so. In France, support for the EU is about 60%, so
:21:10. > :21:11.it is not exactly the same topics and it is more linked to migration
:21:12. > :21:13.in France. This year, Canada is preparing
:21:14. > :21:16.to legalise the sale of marijuana. And, with that, a new industry
:21:17. > :21:19.will be born and a whole new group of brands hope to redefine how
:21:20. > :21:22.future consumers There is a large segment of people
:21:23. > :21:52.that are not defined I am who I am, and I might
:21:53. > :21:57.use cannabis but it's Just like people who drink coffee,
:21:58. > :22:03.just like people who might enjoy We felt like there was no real
:22:04. > :22:41.home for the creators, the people who are otherwise able
:22:42. > :22:43.to engage in beautiful retail, there was no real home for them
:22:44. > :22:46.to buy cannabis products. I had really never been
:22:47. > :22:49.in a headshop that I wasn't And he's nothing less
:22:50. > :23:13.than a cycling legend. Robert Marchand is 105 years
:23:14. > :23:17.old and today he set He cycled well over
:23:18. > :23:23.22km in one hour. It was a race against
:23:24. > :23:25.the clock in a category the International Cycling Union
:23:26. > :23:28.created just for him. Asked why he wanted to set
:23:29. > :23:31.a new record, he told reporters he simply wanted to prove that
:23:32. > :23:35.there's more to life after 100 Our Paris correspondent
:23:36. > :23:44.Hugh Schofield has more. 92 laps, 22.5 kilometres,
:23:45. > :23:50.Robert Marchand has done it again. The Frenchman is already
:23:51. > :23:54.holder of the hour time trial for centenarians,
:23:55. > :23:57.and now he is champion of a new age category, created for
:23:58. > :24:05.cyclists aged 105. Robert Marchand has always
:24:06. > :24:08.been a fitness fan. In earlier life he was a gymnastics
:24:09. > :24:12.champion and a boxer. He never smoked, he drinks only the
:24:13. > :24:14.occasional glass of wine TRANSLATION: I do 10-20 kilometres
:24:15. > :24:22.every day but I don't With more and more people
:24:23. > :24:31.around the world living into their hundreds,
:24:32. > :24:33.the case of Robert Marchand Though his coaches
:24:34. > :24:37.admit his physique is TRANSLATION: He has
:24:38. > :24:45.an exceptional heart. Yesterday we did a 20-minute test
:24:46. > :24:56.and all the 20 minutes his heart rate never surpassed 100
:24:57. > :25:00.beats per minute. At the end of his latest exploit,
:25:01. > :25:04.Mr Marchand said his legs felt fine, His record now has to be officially
:25:05. > :25:11.confirmed by international Lovely pictures now from
:25:12. > :25:26.Chicago Zoo, where a two-week-old She hasn't been named yet,
:25:27. > :25:29.but her birth is already being called significant,
:25:30. > :25:31.as her species is considered Keepers hope she will help to raise
:25:32. > :25:49.awareness about the threats facing A struggle over Barack Obama's
:25:50. > :25:53.legacy is underway with two weeks left in his presidency. The
:25:54. > :25:55.Republicans promise to repeal his signature health care policy.
:25:56. > :26:11.Temperatures are going to continue to plunge through the rest of this
:26:12. > :26:13.evening and tonight.