:00:00. > :00:07.This is BBC World News Today with me, Reged Ahmad.
:00:08. > :00:10.The headlines: America's top intelligence chiefs are briefing
:00:11. > :00:16.President-elect Donald Trump on claims of Russian hacking.
:00:17. > :00:18.But before the meeting, Mr Trump told the New York Times
:00:19. > :00:21.that the investigation was a witch hunt carried out by his
:00:22. > :00:37.Gunmen opened fire in Fort Lauderdale.
:00:38. > :00:39.Sending a message: Michelle Obama gives an emotional last
:00:40. > :00:41.speech as First Lady, saying the country belongs
:00:42. > :00:43.to the young, regardless of their background.
:00:44. > :00:53.If you or your parents are immigrants, you are proud part of
:00:54. > :00:56.their tradition, an infusion of cultures, talents, and I is in
:00:57. > :01:00.generation after innovation. Also coming up: An iceberg five
:01:01. > :01:02.times the size of Manhattan is close to breaking away
:01:03. > :01:21.from the Antarctic ice shelf. Donald Trump has described
:01:22. > :01:23.allegations that Russia interfered in the American presidential
:01:24. > :01:26.election as part of a witch hunt The president-elect was speaking
:01:27. > :01:32.to the New York Times ahead of a briefing by top US intelligence
:01:33. > :01:37.officials on Russian cyber-attacks. That briefing is taking place about
:01:38. > :01:41.now at Trump Tower in New York - this was Mike Pence,
:01:42. > :01:43.vice-president elect The heads of the CIA,
:01:44. > :01:50.FBI and National Intelligence insist the Kremlin ordered a cyber attack
:01:51. > :01:53.to help Mr Trump's campaign. He has repeatedly cast
:01:54. > :01:55.doubt on those claims. Ahead of the meeting,
:01:56. > :01:58.CIA Director, John Brennan, said he was looking forward
:01:59. > :02:13.to the encounter. I am hoping that he will be
:02:14. > :02:15.respectful to the profession, respectful towards the intelligence
:02:16. > :02:18.community and I am looking forward to a rather throw but, if not
:02:19. > :02:22.sporting, discussion on this issue. Our north America correspondent
:02:23. > :02:26.Nick Bryant has more. Did a cyber attack on America
:02:27. > :02:29.organised by Vladimir Putin help put US intelligence can't say
:02:30. > :02:34.whether votes were changed or opinions altered
:02:35. > :02:36.but they are convinced Russia wanted the billionaire to win and conducted
:02:37. > :02:38.a multifaceted cyber campaign using hacking, propaganda and fake
:02:39. > :02:41.news to boost his chances It wasn't just the billionaire who
:02:42. > :02:48.celebrated his unexpected victory, Intercepted conversations reportedly
:02:49. > :02:54.picked up senior figures in the Russian government rejoicing,
:02:55. > :02:57.too, among them officials said to be Donald Trump will be told
:02:58. > :03:04.by America's intelligence chiefs that the Russians tried much harder
:03:05. > :03:07.to hack the computers of the Democratic National Committee
:03:08. > :03:10.than those at Republican headquarters, and also that
:03:11. > :03:13.go-betweens have been identified who allegedly handed stolen e-mails
:03:14. > :03:16.to the website WikiLeaks. Details from the classified report
:03:17. > :03:22.were leaked to NBC News, Did a cyber attack on America
:03:23. > :03:36.organised by Vladimir Putin help put Details from the classified report
:03:37. > :03:38.were leaked to NBC News, "How did NBC get an exclusive
:03:39. > :03:42.look into the top-secret Vice President Joe Biden said it was
:03:43. > :03:57.time for Donald Trump to grow up. The idea that you know more
:03:58. > :04:05.than the intelligence community knows, is something like saying
:04:06. > :04:10."I know more about physics Time to be an adult.
:04:11. > :04:21.You are President. Donald Trump this morning complained
:04:22. > :04:23.of a political witchhunt, and his spokesman said he is right
:04:24. > :04:25.to be cautious. The President-elect has a healthy
:04:26. > :04:28.scepticism of everything, People need to know that
:04:29. > :04:32.when decisions are made, we've seen in the past that a rush
:04:33. > :04:35.to judgment is not in This morning Donald Trump got
:04:36. > :04:39.into an online dispute with Arnold Schwarzenegger over
:04:40. > :04:42.ratings for the TV And so he continues
:04:43. > :04:46.with his unconventional journey to the White House,
:04:47. > :04:49.but troubled by that nagging question, did Russia
:04:50. > :04:51.help him on his way? Let's speak to our correspondent
:04:52. > :05:07.Aleem Maqbool, who's Our correspondent is in Washington.
:05:08. > :05:11.You have been speaking to John Kerry. He has something to say about
:05:12. > :05:17.these claims from Donald Trump that this focus on Russian hacking
:05:18. > :05:21.amounts to a witchhunt? Yes, I spoke to secretary Kerry before Donald
:05:22. > :05:26.Trump was briefed by the intelligence service. Just after
:05:27. > :05:32.Donald Trump said he thought the focus on Russian hacking amounted to
:05:33. > :05:36.a witchhunt, I asked Secretary Kerry Wattie of those remarks.
:05:37. > :05:38.We have an extraordinary have professional intelligence community.
:05:39. > :05:41.The men and women who work every day to give us information
:05:42. > :05:46.And some of them sometimes have many different ways of doing things
:05:47. > :05:51.In order that we can be informed and make decisions,
:05:52. > :05:54.I think DNI Clapper could not have spoken more clearly about it,
:05:55. > :05:57.he said that healthy scepticism is a good thing,
:05:58. > :06:01.And he felt it fell on the side of disparagement.
:06:02. > :06:03.So, I think he has spoken for this administration
:06:04. > :06:22.There has also been friction with the administration and Theresa May.
:06:23. > :06:26.This is very interesting. After secretary Kerry last week gave a
:06:27. > :06:29.tough speech criticising Israeli settlement building in the occupied
:06:30. > :06:35.territories, quite unusually, the British Prime Minister Theresa May
:06:36. > :06:40.put out a statement criticising, effectively, the speech. In all the
:06:41. > :06:43.time I have been covering American politics, which is a long time,
:06:44. > :06:48.almost 16 years, I have never heard of British Prime Minister be that
:06:49. > :06:52.critical in public of an American Foreign Secretary. So I asked John
:06:53. > :07:00.Kerry what he made of this criticism from such a key ally. I'm very
:07:01. > :07:07.gratified by the support I received from members in the Arab world, and
:07:08. > :07:12.Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and others, expressed support for
:07:13. > :07:18.the principles which I laid out, which by the way are very much alike
:07:19. > :07:25.with what Great Britain believes would bring about a solution in
:07:26. > :07:31.Middle Eastern peace. I stand by it. I believe the speech was honest, I
:07:32. > :07:39.think it was very much spoken as a friend of Israel, but also as a
:07:40. > :07:41.friend of the region and one that recognises it is heading in a
:07:42. > :07:46.dangerous direction if we don't resolve this problem. Were you
:07:47. > :07:54.surprised by promised a pot-macro reaction? An honest answer is yes
:07:55. > :08:01.but I am not going to get into it. We move on. I did ask him whether he
:08:02. > :08:05.thought this was something of the Donald Trump affect, perhaps the
:08:06. > :08:09.British by Minister has been trying to align herself more closely with
:08:10. > :08:15.the incoming American president double trouble, who has taken a
:08:16. > :08:30.tougher stand in favour of Israeli issues, but he said was up to me to
:08:31. > :08:36.speculate on that question. US media are reporting a shooting in Florida.
:08:37. > :08:40.The sheriffs office has been quoted as saying several people have been
:08:41. > :08:43.killed and nine have been wounded and the shooter is in police
:08:44. > :08:48.custody. You can see these live pictures. It was at the airport. It
:08:49. > :08:55.is believed the shooter acted alone. It is an ongoing incident at the
:08:56. > :08:59.baggage claim area in terminal two. We hope to speak to our
:09:00. > :09:04.correspondent shortly to get more on the news.
:09:05. > :09:06.Michelle Obama has delivered her final speech as First Lady
:09:07. > :09:08.of the United States with an impassioned call
:09:09. > :09:11.on young people to have hope and fight for their rights.
:09:12. > :09:13.Speaking at a ceremony in the White House to honour
:09:14. > :09:15.American school counsellors, Mrs Obama told young people
:09:16. > :09:18.to empower themselves with a good education and lead by example.
:09:19. > :09:20.She concluded tearfully by saying that being First Lady had the been
:09:21. > :09:43.Npower yourselves with the good education, then get out there and
:09:44. > :09:48.use that education. Lead by example with hope. And never fear. And note
:09:49. > :09:52.that I will be rooting for you can supporting new for the rest of my
:09:53. > :09:59.life. And that is true I know full every person who is here today, and
:10:00. > :10:02.for educators across this nation who get up every day and work their
:10:03. > :10:08.hearts out to lift up our young people. And I am so grateful to all
:10:09. > :10:13.of you for your passion and your dedication and all the hard work, on
:10:14. > :10:18.behalf of our next generation, and I can think of no better way than to
:10:19. > :10:24.end my time as First Lady than to celebrate all of you. So, I want to
:10:25. > :10:30.close today by saying thank you. And queue for everything you do for our
:10:31. > :10:33.kids and for our come to. Being your First Lady has been the greatest
:10:34. > :10:40.honour of my life. And I feel proud. Russia says its aircraft carrier,
:10:41. > :10:50.the Admiral Kuznetsov is to come home
:10:51. > :10:52.from the Mediterranean, where it's been involved
:10:53. > :10:54.in military action in Syria. The vessel's return is to be part
:10:55. > :10:57.of a wider scaling back of Russia's Forces backing Moscow's ally,
:10:58. > :11:00.President Bashar al-Assad recently won a significant victory
:11:01. > :11:10.in the battle for Aleppo. Russian military forces have played
:11:11. > :11:16.it he wrote in this war, providing support to the Syrian regime. So
:11:17. > :11:21.much so that Moscow is credited with helping turn the tide in favour of
:11:22. > :11:27.its ally, the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad but a week or so
:11:28. > :11:31.ago, Vladimir Putin announced a partial pull out of its forces in
:11:32. > :11:38.light of the ceasefire that Russia helped to broker, despite four
:11:39. > :11:41.elections, is still holding. The Russian Foreign Ministry have said
:11:42. > :11:48.it's aircraft carrier and some small warships based in the Mediterranean
:11:49. > :11:52.would be the first to leave. Russia became significant military presence
:11:53. > :11:56.in Syria but for some this is a sign that Moscow sees the Syrian conflict
:11:57. > :12:00.is entering a new phase after helping the Syrian government take
:12:01. > :12:04.control of Aleppo and with peace talks and folate of this month. But
:12:05. > :12:11.this comes with an important caveat. It is the first time Russia has
:12:12. > :12:15.announced the withdrawal -- isn't the first time Russia has announced
:12:16. > :12:21.withdrawal from Syria, it did so in March and then went back in.
:12:22. > :12:23.Police in Bangladesh say they have killed one of the masterminds
:12:24. > :12:26.of last year's terror attack on a cafe in the capital Dhaka
:12:27. > :12:28.which left 20 hostages, mostly foreigners, dead.
:12:29. > :12:30.Nurul Islam Marzan and another suspected Islamist extremist died
:12:31. > :12:33.in a pre-dawn raid on a property in the city.
:12:34. > :12:35.The world's biggest art gallery, the Louvre in Paris,
:12:36. > :12:38.says the number of foreign visitors fell by 20% last year
:12:39. > :12:42.in the wake of Islamist attacks in the city and elsewhere in France.
:12:43. > :12:45.The director of the Louvre, Jean-Luc Martinez, said the drop
:12:46. > :12:49.in visitor numbers had cost the museum more than
:12:50. > :12:58.Other galleries in Paris also saw a decline in foreign tourists.
:12:59. > :13:01.A new documentary about David Bowie has revealed that he learned his
:13:02. > :13:04.cancer was terminal only three months before he died.
:13:05. > :13:08.The director of the Lazarus music video, which shows Bowie in a bed
:13:09. > :13:10.with his eyes bandaged, says it was not about
:13:11. > :13:15.Bowie's long-time producer also says the artist
:13:16. > :13:17.was "at the top of his game" when recording his final
:13:18. > :13:33.An iceberg a quarter of the size of Wales is close to breaking away
:13:34. > :13:37.If and when it happens, it would be one of the 10
:13:38. > :13:40.Scientists have been monitoring the break-up for months.
:13:41. > :13:43.And even though the crack in the ice shelf has got
:13:44. > :13:45.significantly worse in December, they're not blaming it
:13:46. > :13:47.on climate change, but calling it a 'natural event'.
:13:48. > :13:51.Here's our environment correspondent, Matt McGrath.
:13:52. > :13:52.Stretching for around 100 miles in length,
:13:53. > :13:55.the 100 yard wide rift in the Larsen ice shelf has grown
:13:56. > :14:00.Just 12 miles of frozen material is keeping this enormous iceberg
:14:01. > :14:06.Collapsing ice shelves are common in Antarctica.
:14:07. > :14:08.As these pictures show, these fragmentations can
:14:09. > :14:11.dramatically affect the landscape, creating icebergs of
:14:12. > :14:20.A team of British researchers have been travelling to Antarctica
:14:21. > :14:22.to monitor the growing rift in the Larsen C ice
:14:23. > :14:24.shelf for several years, but they have been surprised
:14:25. > :14:27.by the dramatic expansion in the rift that's taken place
:14:28. > :14:31.What we've found is that the rift that's been in this ice shelf
:14:32. > :14:34.for a number of years has broken through another 18 kilometres
:14:35. > :14:37.and is now at risk of giving birth to an iceberg about a quarter
:14:38. > :14:43.And the significance of that is it is a very large
:14:44. > :14:45.iceberg that will go out into the open ocean,
:14:46. > :14:47.but the remaining ice shelf we believe will be less stable
:14:48. > :14:53.When large icebergs break off the edge off an ice shelf
:14:54. > :14:55.like the Larsen B in 2002, it can have a dramatic
:14:56. > :15:00.effect on the stability of the whole structure.
:15:01. > :15:02.At Larsen B, most of the remaining shelf disintegrated
:15:03. > :15:06.Experts at the British Antarctic Survey are worried that any
:15:07. > :15:09.new iceberg formation could have long-term consequences.
:15:10. > :15:13.When the ice shelf loses this ice, it may then start to collapse
:15:14. > :15:19.and if that were to occur, then the glaciers that feed the ice
:15:20. > :15:22.shelf could flow faster and contribute more to sea-level
:15:23. > :15:28.When it shears away, the new iceberg will be one
:15:29. > :15:31.of the biggest recorded - around 50 times the size
:15:32. > :15:35.But despite concerns about the impact of global warning,
:15:36. > :15:38.researchers they receive no evidence evidence that climate change
:15:39. > :15:45.is playing any significant role in the new iceberg's formation.
:15:46. > :15:48.Dr Anna Hogg is a researcher at Leeds University who uses
:15:49. > :15:50.satellite technology to study ice sheets and ice shelves
:15:51. > :16:06.Thank you for the joining us. Why is this important? Why should we care
:16:07. > :16:10.about this? This is important because of the location in which the
:16:11. > :16:16.iceberg will carve off. It will carve off the Larsen C which is on
:16:17. > :16:21.the peninsular and we have seen dramatic warming in this region over
:16:22. > :16:25.the last 20 years. Iceberg calving in itself is not a direct indicator
:16:26. > :16:29.of climate change but it is important we monitor the small
:16:30. > :16:34.events in order to better understand the region. What are the
:16:35. > :16:39.consequences of this ice shelf separating? For example, for the
:16:40. > :16:43.mammals that live there? Not so much for the mammals that live there. If
:16:44. > :16:49.shipping routes were in this location, then icebergs could cause
:16:50. > :16:54.problems for ships as they have to navigate around the speeches but for
:16:55. > :16:56.this iceberg that is so large, it is possible to observe this using
:16:57. > :17:03.satellites from space and therefore safely navigate the feature. In the
:17:04. > :17:08.future, it may force problems when it is in smaller pieces that are
:17:09. > :17:17.harder to spot. Once the iceberg moves away, will it melts, will we
:17:18. > :17:22.see water levels rise? The iceberg itself, it is like an ice cube in
:17:23. > :17:25.your gin and tonic, it won't directly cause sea level rise
:17:26. > :17:33.because it is already floating in the water. Typically, icebergs last
:17:34. > :17:37.many years. They melt very slowly over time so that is what we expect
:17:38. > :17:41.will happen with this iceberg, too. Can you give us a sense of how
:17:42. > :17:47.unusual an event this is? Is this something that scientists like
:17:48. > :17:54.yourselves way to many decades for? We see ice berg is carving all the
:17:55. > :17:57.time. There may be many pieces of fragments of ice that are about to
:17:58. > :18:04.or nearly calving off different glaciers. This iceberg is not unique
:18:05. > :18:10.in its calving but it is unique in the context of the size of the
:18:11. > :18:15.iceberg which is much bigger than we usually observe. Thank you.
:18:16. > :18:17.There is increasing talk about all the different ways
:18:18. > :18:22.but what about when it comes to going under the knife?
:18:23. > :18:23.Surgeons are labelling the technology a revolution
:18:24. > :18:26.for the field - as the ability to print bespoke implants gives
:18:27. > :18:28.patients quicker recovery times and a better end result.
:18:29. > :18:31.Katie Silver's been to meet someone whose face has been
:18:32. > :18:42.But, in 2011, he had an accident which tore
:18:43. > :18:50.What happened next, I slammed into a piece
:18:51. > :18:56.Not a good idea to hit something with your chin at 30 miles an hour,
:18:57. > :19:05.and a titanium metal plate to rebuild his jaw.
:19:06. > :19:08.They then covered it with a skin flap.
:19:09. > :19:14.He didn't have any bottom teeth and his new mouth was tiny.
:19:15. > :19:17.It is very difficult to speak when you have the opening
:19:18. > :19:22.at the centre in North London, Veronique and her team
:19:23. > :19:28.input George's CT scan into into a 3-D printer.
:19:29. > :19:32.This is basically an oven, filled with nitrogen and powdered nylon.
:19:33. > :19:36.It has a very hot temperature, but when the laser hits the nylon,
:19:37. > :19:38.it pushes it to the point where it melts.
:19:39. > :19:41.Here, they are making an engineering part, layer by layer.
:19:42. > :19:57.Here in the corner is a 3-D printing on George's jaw.
:19:58. > :20:00.George's doctor, Ian Hutchinson, says that 3-D printing has
:20:01. > :20:06.We use it to plan the operation, and we use it to actually design
:20:07. > :20:17.Apart from planning the operation, George's doctors also used the model
:20:18. > :20:22.to make him an implant, perfectly fitted for his new jaw.
:20:23. > :20:25.The technology has helped him maintain a sense of hope.
:20:26. > :20:31.First of all, if you know that you are going to get a solution,
:20:32. > :20:34.it means you can keep going, and second, red wine helps!
:20:35. > :20:38.And there's also that passion for cycling, which survives,
:20:39. > :20:51.in spite of everything he's been through.
:20:52. > :21:00.Let's return to the story about the shooting at Fort Lauderdale. You can
:21:01. > :21:06.see live pig just there of the emergency services. Let's go to our
:21:07. > :21:11.correspondent to tell us a little bit more, she is in Washington. What
:21:12. > :21:14.do we know best and Mark the latest we have heard is that the County
:21:15. > :21:20.Sheriff office says there are multiple dead in the shooting, we
:21:21. > :21:23.don't have the confirmed figure. Earlier, reports said nine people
:21:24. > :21:27.were injured. We are still waiting to find out what the con firmed
:21:28. > :21:33.casualty figures are. Clearly, this is a very distressing incident. It
:21:34. > :21:40.took both at Fort Lauderdale airport, in the baggage claim area.
:21:41. > :21:43.Apparently, it was a domestic flight, and the security is quite
:21:44. > :21:48.limited there, it is easier to walk in that area, easier than if you
:21:49. > :21:54.walked into the departure area for example. Somebody opened fire there.
:21:55. > :21:58.It was a lone shooter, and that person has been taken into costs are
:21:59. > :22:02.they. There is no information about whether he was acting alone. There
:22:03. > :22:08.is no information about what his motive was. Was this a vintage of
:22:09. > :22:14.crime, a personal grudge, or a terrorist act, we don't know yet
:22:15. > :22:19.what act -- motivated the shooter. The incident shot down that
:22:20. > :22:23.particular terminal. People were evacuated out onto the tarmac. We
:22:24. > :22:27.have now seen pictures of people going back into the terminal now
:22:28. > :22:30.that the shooter has been apprehended but in the operations of
:22:31. > :22:39.the airport, at least from that terminal, they are still stopped.
:22:40. > :22:41.There was a backdrop of traffic and passengers as police officers tried
:22:42. > :22:46.to figure out what happened and speak to as many passengers as they
:22:47. > :22:52.can to get details from witnesses who were resident. There is a
:22:53. > :22:58.sensitivity about incidents at Ayr ports, especially in the United
:22:59. > :23:03.States. Well, certainly there is a sensitivity about incidents at
:23:04. > :23:12.airports not only in the United States. We have security in airports
:23:13. > :23:17.since 9/11. When you go into an airport, you go through bag which
:23:18. > :23:20.checks, screenings are you go through all kinds of checks to make
:23:21. > :23:26.sure you are not carrying anything in that could be used as a weapon.
:23:27. > :23:28.But when you leave the airport, there is less security, and that is
:23:29. > :23:34.something that this attacker has taken advantage of. Of course there
:23:35. > :23:39.is a heightened alert about security threats not only at airports but in
:23:40. > :23:42.other transport areas and so on, with regards to the general fear
:23:43. > :23:49.about terrorism attacks in the last couple of years because of the
:23:50. > :23:57.anti-Isis campaign, the influence that Isis has had all other Islamic
:23:58. > :24:02.extremists have had on instigating lone wolf attacks so there is
:24:03. > :24:08.increased security because of that but it is to early to say what
:24:09. > :24:16.inspired this individual to do this shooting.
:24:17. > :24:24.Two people have been jailed in China for the defrauding people out of
:24:25. > :24:28.millions of dollars. On the face of it, quite an extraordinary is dory.
:24:29. > :24:35.It seemed like a anchor, there were tellers behind booths, in uniforms,
:24:36. > :24:40.even the slips you would expect from a Chinese national bank, except it
:24:41. > :24:46.was nothing of the sort. It was an illegal act which duped hundreds of
:24:47. > :24:51.Chinese customers and the people and planet profited around the million
:24:52. > :24:59.dollars. The two heads of this organisation have now failed in
:25:00. > :25:05.their attempt, they have been jailed for nine years and nine and a half
:25:06. > :25:08.years, respect every. You wonder how could you do this? How could you
:25:09. > :25:12.setup the building and pretend it was a bag and get away with it? They
:25:13. > :25:18.were able to do with this because it is the kind of rural body which
:25:19. > :25:22.might have had some of the similar functions of the bank, they were
:25:23. > :25:25.ordered to dodge any direct questions about whether it was
:25:26. > :25:31.really a cooperative or a bank and were telling people it was kind of
:25:32. > :25:36.the same thing, until one day, businessman tried to get his money
:25:37. > :25:43.out, wasn't able to do so, and went to the police, telling them that
:25:44. > :25:48.this looks a bit strange to me, the investigations began and the whole
:25:49. > :25:56.thing came crumbling down. That is it for now. I am on Twitter. You can
:25:57. > :26:08.get in touch with me. Also check out our website.
:26:09. > :26:14.A change in the weather as we had through to the weekend. We have lost
:26:15. > :26:16.most of the cold and frosty weather now and through the next couple of
:26:17. > :26:17.days things will