:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK
:00:00. > :00:13.The headlines: Donald Trump hits out again at the intelligence community,
:00:14. > :00:17.The US Congress is briefed on the report into Russia's Jack King of
:00:18. > :00:26.the US election. -- hacking. Donald Trump hits out again
:00:27. > :00:30.at the intelligence community, blaming them for releasing
:00:31. > :00:40.allegations linking him with Russia. A baby girl stolen 18 years ago from
:00:41. > :00:44.a hospital in Florida has been found, alive. Dying from the cold:
:00:45. > :00:49.the UN warns that refugees and migrants struggling to survive in
:00:50. > :00:58.Europe's wintry weather. -- are struggling.
:00:59. > :01:00.Intelligence agencies have briefed the US House of Representatives
:01:01. > :01:02.about their investigation into Russia's alleged
:01:03. > :01:07.campaign to influence the US presidential election.
:01:08. > :01:09.Also today, the president-elect has sent out another barrage
:01:10. > :01:12.of early morning tweets, accusing his opponents of making up
:01:13. > :01:20.He's promised a report into hacking within 90 days,
:01:21. > :01:25.as our North America correspondent Nick Bryant reports.
:01:26. > :01:29.There are storylines that could easily come from a Cold War
:01:30. > :01:31.spy thriller, and plot twists involving sex allegations
:01:32. > :01:34.and potential Russian blackmail that even the TV series House Of Cards
:01:35. > :01:42.But this is reality, not a show, and the first episode of Trump
:01:43. > :01:44.the Presidency airs in just one week's time.
:01:45. > :01:46.For now, Donald Trump mainly delivers his lines on Twitter.
:01:47. > :01:54."It now turns out that the phoney allegations against me were put
:01:55. > :01:57.together by my political opponents and a failed spy
:01:58. > :02:06.Totally made-up facts, by sleazebag political operatives,
:02:07. > :02:11.Probably released by intelligence even knowing there is no
:02:12. > :02:15.My people will have a full report on hacking within 90 days."
:02:16. > :02:21.On Capitol Hill today, lawmakers received a behind closed
:02:22. > :02:29.doors briefing on the unverified dossier and Russia's
:02:30. > :02:30.alleged interference in the presidential election.
:02:31. > :02:33.And many are left demanding more answers.
:02:34. > :02:36.The American people are owed the truth, and there is a great deal
:02:37. > :02:41.of evidence to say this is an issue of high interest to the American
:02:42. > :02:46.people - the strength, the integrity of our own democracy.
:02:47. > :02:50.a senior US official confirming today there were frequent contacts
:02:51. > :02:52.between Donald Trump's top national security adviser and Russia's
:02:53. > :02:55.ambassador here in Washington, and that those contacts took place
:02:56. > :02:57.on the day that President Obama expelled dozens of Russian
:02:58. > :03:03.officials in retaliation for the alleged hacking.
:03:04. > :03:05.It again raises questions about the Trump team's
:03:06. > :03:17.All this as Barack Obama performs his final acts, and one
:03:18. > :03:19.of them took his deputy completely by surprise.
:03:20. > :03:21.I am pleased to award our nation's highest civilian honour,
:03:22. > :03:30.I can say I was part of the journey of a remarkable man, who did
:03:31. > :03:38.But Washington moves on - it's always been a city
:03:39. > :03:43.And this time next week, this capital, this country, will be under
:03:44. > :03:54.The House of Representatives has voted to start the process of
:03:55. > :03:58.repealing Obama care. The US House of Representatives,
:03:59. > :04:01.where the Republican Party has a majority, has voted to begin
:04:02. > :04:03.the process of repealing Mr Obama's landmark Affordable Care Act,
:04:04. > :04:05.known as Obamacare. Our correspondent Laura Bicker
:04:06. > :04:12.explained more about Republicans say people have lack of
:04:13. > :04:15.choice now, and they believe it is Government overreach. They
:04:16. > :04:21.campaigned, and Donald Trump made it a key pledge, to replace it and
:04:22. > :04:26.repeal it. Repealing it might be the easy part, but replacing it is far
:04:27. > :04:30.more tricky. And that is because parts of it are still popular,
:04:31. > :04:35.including that mandate, which means that people with pre-existing
:04:36. > :04:38.conditions have to have health insurance, so they get health
:04:39. > :04:42.insurance that they otherwise would not get. So there is a worry that if
:04:43. > :04:46.they pull that rug away, what will be left? So now we have even a few
:04:47. > :04:53.Republicans who are voicing their concerns. But Paul Ryan, the house
:04:54. > :04:58.speaker, and the senior elected Republican in the house, has already
:04:59. > :05:00.said that they will find a way to make a smooth transition, although
:05:01. > :05:04.we have yet to hear the details of that.
:05:05. > :05:06.A woman has died in the US with an untreatable
:05:07. > :05:08.infection that could resist all available antibiotics.
:05:09. > :05:11.The case occurred last year, and details have just been released
:05:12. > :05:18.in a report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
:05:19. > :05:20.She was infected with Klebsiella pneumoniae -
:05:21. > :05:22.which normally lives in the gut without causing disease.
:05:23. > :05:24.Helen Branswell is a senior writer on infectious
:05:25. > :05:31.She told me health authorities will be deeply concerned about the case.
:05:32. > :05:40.Some of the details are not known, as is always the case, her name and
:05:41. > :05:47.personal details have not been released. What is known is that she
:05:48. > :05:51.was a woman who was in her 70s, resident in Reno, Nevada or that
:05:52. > :05:56.area, but had been spending quite a bit of time in India in the two
:05:57. > :06:03.years prior to her death. She had an accident of some sort, and broke her
:06:04. > :06:07.femur in the right leg, which is the big bone in your thigh. After that
:06:08. > :06:11.she developed a bone infection in that bone, and also in her hip, and
:06:12. > :06:17.over the next couple of years she was in and out of hospital a lot in
:06:18. > :06:22.India. As recently as last June, as a matter of fact. That is kind of a
:06:23. > :06:26.risk factor because India has quite a high rate of some of these
:06:27. > :06:34.superbugs that we've been hearing a lot about lately. Then she went to
:06:35. > :06:38.the United States, she was cared for in a hospital in Reno, Nevada, and
:06:39. > :06:42.was quite sick, and they try to cure her and could not.
:06:43. > :06:45.What does that mean, and how worrying is it?
:06:46. > :06:52.Well, people have been warning for quite a while that we are running
:06:53. > :06:56.out of antibiotics essentially, that the bacteria are evolving faster
:06:57. > :07:00.than we can produce new drugs. Health officials have been worried
:07:01. > :07:04.about it a lot. The reason that I was keen to write about this story
:07:05. > :07:08.though is because it sort of translates what seems sometimes like
:07:09. > :07:13.a theoretical risk into reality. I mean, this is happening. It doesn't
:07:14. > :07:17.happen daily, at least not in developed countries, but it is
:07:18. > :07:20.happening and it is going to continue to happen, and at
:07:21. > :07:26.escalating rates. Is there any concern that, you know,
:07:27. > :07:30.the bacteria could have transferred from that woman in the US hospital
:07:31. > :07:35.treatment centres that she was being cared for's sure, that would
:07:36. > :07:41.obviously always be a concern. The hospital seems to have got very
:07:42. > :07:45.quickly that she had a multidrug resistant bacteria, and they are
:07:46. > :07:51.slipped her, and health care team that worked on her used what are
:07:52. > :07:55.called contact precautions, they were wearing gowns and gloves, and
:07:56. > :08:01.they had to obviously washed their hands going out of her room. They
:08:02. > :08:05.have tested the health care workers, they have tested people who were in
:08:06. > :08:10.parts of a hospital near her, so far there is no evidence of the bug's
:08:11. > :08:13.spreading, but experts are saying it is only a matter of time before we
:08:14. > :08:20.see more of these bugs in our hospitals.
:08:21. > :08:23.A newborn girl stolen 18 years ago from a hospital in the US state
:08:24. > :08:25.of Florida has been found alive in South Carolina.
:08:26. > :08:28.Kamiyah Mobley's biological family was notified of the news after DNA
:08:29. > :08:38.A woman has been arrested in connection with the abduction.
:08:39. > :08:46.In the interest of reducing any further trial to this young woman, I
:08:47. > :08:51.am not revealing her name. Please remember this young woman was
:08:52. > :08:55.abducted as a newborn, and she will need time and assistance to process
:08:56. > :08:59.all of this, and we are respecting her privacy and I ask her to do the
:09:00. > :09:02.same. She had an inclination, beginning a couple of months ago
:09:03. > :09:07.probably, that she may have been involved in this in some way, so we
:09:08. > :09:14.were able to deliver that to her today. And again, she is taking it
:09:15. > :09:16.as well as you could imagine but she has a lot to process. She has a lot
:09:17. > :09:20.to think about is you can imagine. Peter Bowes is in
:09:21. > :09:30.Los Angeles for us. Peter, do we know how the police
:09:31. > :09:34.tracked this woman down? No, we don't. That is the key piece of
:09:35. > :09:39.information that we don't have yet, but it is an extraordinary series of
:09:40. > :09:45.events, that we are learning about, going back to 1998, July of that
:09:46. > :09:50.year, when this then Ed-year-old -- eight hour old baby was stolen from
:09:51. > :09:54.a hospital. A woman apparently posed as a nurse, and she said that the
:09:55. > :09:58.child had to be taken away for some treatment because she had a fever.
:09:59. > :10:03.She was taken out of the ward away from her mother and never seen
:10:04. > :10:06.since. There was a huge search at the time, there was extensive media
:10:07. > :10:12.coverage here in the United States, there was a quarter of $1 million
:10:13. > :10:16.award for any information leading to what has now happened, and that is a
:10:17. > :10:21.tip off that she was apparently living with a woman in South
:10:22. > :10:26.Carolina. The woman itself, who's now grown up
:10:27. > :10:32.of course, is not being named as we have there. Very understandably.
:10:33. > :10:36.That's right, she has been known today by her original name, the one
:10:37. > :10:40.that she was given by her family, but we have no other details, and as
:10:41. > :10:45.we've just heard from the police officer there, she has a lot to take
:10:46. > :10:50.in, this woman, realising that her identity was completely different,
:10:51. > :10:54.apparently something has happened, whether it's the tip of or some
:10:55. > :10:57.other information, that made her a little suspicious over the last few
:10:58. > :11:02.months, and then presumably agreed to the DNA test. And the test has
:11:03. > :11:06.just come back and it has confirmed her true identity. As far as we can
:11:07. > :11:12.gather there has been no reunion yet with her family, and that the
:11:13. > :11:16.police, because she is now an adult, say it is now off to her in terms of
:11:17. > :11:20.the circumstances precisely when that happens. How come the police
:11:21. > :11:26.are still working on this? Obviously it was a long time ago. It was, but
:11:27. > :11:33.it was an unsolved case and this is a case of a mother and a family not
:11:34. > :11:38.giving up hope. Over the years some 2000 plus Leeds, tips, were sent
:11:39. > :11:41.into the police and they were investigated, and over the years the
:11:42. > :11:45.tapes were different, and up until as loosely as a couple of years ago
:11:46. > :11:50.police were looking into new information. So this wasn't a cold
:11:51. > :11:54.case, this was still a case that was being actively investigated. Peter,
:11:55. > :12:05.we will wait to find out more. Thanks very much for now. French
:12:06. > :12:08.authorities have launched an investigation into car-maker Renault
:12:09. > :12:13.over allegations they attempted to cheat at this -- emission tests. The
:12:14. > :12:19.companies share price dipped 4% as a result. Earlier this week Volkswagen
:12:20. > :12:24.agree to pay fines for cheating similar test. Pressure is mounting
:12:25. > :12:29.on the Gambia's president to speak down. He lost the December election
:12:30. > :12:36.but has refused to relinquish power. The delegation of West African
:12:37. > :12:42.leaders has arrived to try to resolve the issue before next week's
:12:43. > :12:48.inauguration ceremony. -- Labour's former Education Secretary Tristram
:12:49. > :12:49.Hunt is standing down as an MP, but says his differences with Jeremy
:12:50. > :12:57.Corbyn are in the past. He is the second Labour MP to resign
:12:58. > :13:02.in recent weeks. Stay with us here. Much more ahead. All the sport,
:13:03. > :13:06.including the latest on Diego Costa, who has been left out of the Chelsea
:13:07. > :13:07.squad for this year -- this weekend's match after a dispute over
:13:08. > :13:27.his fitness. The industry is nervous of this
:13:28. > :13:32.report, this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes.
:13:33. > :13:36.There is not a street that is unaffected. Huge parts were simply
:13:37. > :13:40.demolished as buildings crashed into one another. This woman said she had
:13:41. > :13:45.been given no help and no advice by the authorities. She stood outside
:13:46. > :13:49.the ruins of her business. Tens of thousands of black children in South
:13:50. > :13:53.Africa have taken advantage of laws passed by the country's new
:13:54. > :13:58.multiracial Government, and enrolled at formerly white schools.
:13:59. > :14:05.Tonight sees the 9610th performance of the mousetrap. The management
:14:06. > :14:08.considered whether to cancel tonight's performance, but Agatha
:14:09. > :14:13.Christie would have been the last person to want such a thing.
:14:14. > :14:20.This is BBC World News Today. The latest headlines:
:14:21. > :14:24.Donald Trump has once again hit out at the intelligence community,
:14:25. > :14:29.blaming them for releasing allegations linking him with Russia.
:14:30. > :14:35.A woman has died in the US from an infection which ripped -- resisted
:14:36. > :14:43.all available antibiotics. Disease control experts have told -- called
:14:44. > :14:48.it and "Nightmare back bacteria." -- nightmare bacteria.
:14:49. > :14:51.More than 65 people have died as a result of icy storms
:14:52. > :14:55.Snow and strong winds have hit much of the UK; severe flood warnings
:14:56. > :14:57.are now in place on the eastern coast of England with
:14:58. > :15:00.In Scotland, heavy snowfall has caused 19 schools
:15:01. > :15:09.In France, power cuts have affected more than 237,000 homes as a storm
:15:10. > :15:11.swept across Normandy and regions north of Paris.
:15:12. > :15:14.And in Germany, wind and snow forced the airline Lufthansa to cancel 125
:15:15. > :15:17.Well, the sudden cold snap is severely affecting
:15:18. > :15:20.The United Nations refugee agency is urging governments to do more.
:15:21. > :15:22.The UNHCR said several migrants had died from cold
:15:23. > :15:25.and exhaustion in Bulgaria, and it called on Greece to move
:15:26. > :15:27.migrants from poor conditions on islands to better facilities
:15:28. > :15:36.Our correspondent Sian Grzeszczyk reports.
:15:37. > :15:38.Desperate to get out of the bitterly cold waters,
:15:39. > :15:40.these are just some of the 800 migrants and refugees
:15:41. > :15:51.that were rescued from the Mediterranean Sea yesterday.
:15:52. > :15:57.The Italian coastguard helped them out of the six rubber boats
:15:58. > :16:01.Freezing temperatures in Europe over the last week have caused the UN
:16:02. > :16:03.to call on governments to do more to help migrants.
:16:04. > :16:09.In Greece, the situation was so bad that this ship was sent
:16:10. > :16:13.to Lesbos, at the request of the Greek Prime Minister, to house
:16:14. > :16:15.migrants amidst health warnings that condition at the main camp
:16:16. > :16:23.Hundreds of others in Lesbos are being transferred to hotels.
:16:24. > :16:25.I am afraid, but I don't know where I go.
:16:26. > :16:29.At the European Parliament in Brussels, a warning about how
:16:30. > :16:35.prepared the EU is for a further increase in numbers.
:16:36. > :16:37.We are making a call for Europe to prepare
:16:38. > :16:47.It may not happen, but we need to be prepared.
:16:48. > :16:50.We are very concerned that in a number of situations,
:16:51. > :16:53.Europe does not seem to have a plan A or plan B.
:16:54. > :16:57.Conditions are also tough at this migrant camp in Serbia.
:16:58. > :17:00.More than 1,000 men from Afghanistan and Pakistan are relying on one meal
:17:01. > :17:02.a day from volunteers, and having to wash outside
:17:03. > :17:10.Concern is growing that more migrants will die, trying to survive
:17:11. > :17:21.Hugh Ferris has all the sport for us.
:17:22. > :17:29.It's the latest drama with Diego Costa, who's been left out of the
:17:30. > :17:32.Chelsea squad for the match at Leicester on Saturday, after a
:17:33. > :17:39.dispute with the club's coaching staff. He's got 14 goals so far this
:17:40. > :17:46.season, and he is thought to have been the subject of a lucrative
:17:47. > :17:51.offer from a Chinese club. It seems as though, after a period of
:17:52. > :17:56.relative calm in Diego Costa's combustible career, that the start
:17:57. > :18:00.of this week he started to have disagreements with a particular
:18:01. > :18:05.member of the Chelsea coaching staff, and that has escalated to a
:18:06. > :18:09.point where his manager has decided to leave him basically out of the
:18:10. > :18:16.squad, didn't travel to Leicester, he's not going to play at Leicester.
:18:17. > :18:20.The key point is, what is behind the issues? And some people are
:18:21. > :18:26.suggesting that big offers, big, big offers that cost -- Costa seems to
:18:27. > :18:32.be at the centre of, which are coming from China, where other
:18:33. > :18:40.players have gone, they might be at the bottom of Diego Costa's anger at
:18:41. > :18:42.the moment. Birds a different dispute
:18:43. > :18:46.threatening to overshadow the beginning of the Africa cup of
:18:47. > :18:50.Nations. The DDR Congo squad boycotted the training session on
:18:51. > :18:56.Friday before their opening match of the tournament. They -- the players
:18:57. > :18:59.explained the boycott is over bonus payments. They are saying this has
:19:00. > :19:04.been happened from -- happening for years and years, and that they
:19:05. > :19:09.always prepare well but in the end there is always a problem with
:19:10. > :19:13.bonuses. They are Congo play Morocco on Monday, the tournament starts on
:19:14. > :19:24.Saturday, the 31st Africa cup of Nations is being hosted in Gabon.
:19:25. > :19:28.Every two years, Africa's top 16 national sides battle it up to
:19:29. > :19:33.become the continent's top team. This year, the battle ground is
:19:34. > :19:36.Gabon. Five years after this small oil-rich Central African country
:19:37. > :19:41.last hosted the tournament, football is back on the fans are excited. But
:19:42. > :19:47.preparations have been slow. Just a few days ago this was the state of
:19:48. > :19:51.the entrance into the stadium. It will host group C matches and at
:19:52. > :19:58.least 1/4-final. The slow pace of work has not dampened the spirits of
:19:59. > :20:02.the people, led by President Ali Bongo. As in tournaments past, once
:20:03. > :20:06.the action starts, most of the problems tend to be forgotten.
:20:07. > :20:12.Defending champions Ivory coast are still one of the favourites to win
:20:13. > :20:15.the term and, despite being without their once talismanic captain Yaya
:20:16. > :20:22.Toure, who announced his retirement last year. They are in group C
:20:23. > :20:26.alongside Congo, Morocco and Togo. Gabon may not boast the most
:20:27. > :20:31.talented squad, but you discount Africa's most prolific striker at
:20:32. > :20:37.the moment that your own peril. They are in group A, alongside 2013
:20:38. > :20:41.finalists Burkina Faso, four time winners Cameron and newcomers
:20:42. > :20:48.Guinea-Bissau. Senegal post the continent's most expensive player;
:20:49. > :20:53.they are in group B alongside Algeria, Tunisia and Zimbabwe. Ghana
:20:54. > :20:57.are always in the running to win, despite not having lifted the trophy
:20:58. > :21:03.since 1982. A different country has won the last four nations cups.
:21:04. > :21:06.Gabon is known as the land of the storytellers, but whose legend will
:21:07. > :21:14.be the tail to be told by the end of this tournament? -- the story to be
:21:15. > :21:22.told. Always very exciting, that's all the sport for now. Here in the
:21:23. > :21:26.UK, police in Great Yarmouth and Norfolk say -- and Norfolk say
:21:27. > :21:30.thousands of people are refusing to leave their homes, despite advice to
:21:31. > :21:35.evacuate because of severe -- the threat of severe flooding. Snow and
:21:36. > :21:40.strong winds have continued to hit much of the UK, and the Environment
:21:41. > :21:45.Agency have now issued 17 warnings of danger to life. Ben Brown is in
:21:46. > :21:54.Great Yarmouth, were issued -- huge storm surge is about to reach its
:21:55. > :21:59.peak. It looks pretty wet, then. Yes, actually it seems that it's not
:22:00. > :22:07.quite as bad as some people had feared this -- this storm surge. You
:22:08. > :22:11.can they possibly just behind be the water; it is not yet up to the level
:22:12. > :22:15.of the coastal defences here, so it looks like Great Yarmouth might get
:22:16. > :22:20.away with it, and further up the eastern coast of England it is the
:22:21. > :22:24.same story, whether high tide has already hit -- where the tide has
:22:25. > :22:31.already hit, it doesn't seem to have been as bad as the warnings would
:22:32. > :22:36.have had people believe. But further down the coast, the high tide will
:22:37. > :22:41.be later on and they are bracing themselves for perhaps more damage.
:22:42. > :22:46.It has come over in some places like Scarborough, the water has come over
:22:47. > :22:50.a little bit, but not too concerning. 17 severe flood warnings
:22:51. > :22:55.were issued by the Environment Agency. That means a risk to life,
:22:56. > :23:00.and then more flood warnings as well involving people being asked to take
:23:01. > :23:04.immediate action. There have been 5000 homes that the authorities have
:23:05. > :23:07.been trying to evacuate here in Great Yarmouth, the military and
:23:08. > :23:13.police have been going round trying to get people to leave their homes,
:23:14. > :23:16.but say about 50% to 60% have been saying no, they don't want to leave
:23:17. > :23:21.their homes, or if they do, they don't want to go to the event --
:23:22. > :23:25.official centres, they want to stay with friends and family. A lot of
:23:26. > :23:29.people have been staying at their homes, putting sandbags around their
:23:30. > :23:32.homes, maybe moving upstairs, taking carpets and mats and their pets
:23:33. > :23:37.upstairs in case the waters come in. But at the moment it looks like good
:23:38. > :23:38.news for a Great Yarmouth, the waters don't seem to be coming into
:23:39. > :23:40.the town. The daughters of former president
:23:41. > :23:43.George W Bush have written an open letter to Sasha and Malia Obama
:23:44. > :23:46.as they prepare to leave In the letter, Jenna Bush-Hager
:23:47. > :23:55.and Barbara Bush offered advice to Obama sisters in their "next
:23:56. > :23:58.chapter" - her are some excerpts: "You have lived
:23:59. > :24:00.through the unbelievable pressure You have listened to harsh criticism
:24:01. > :24:04.of your parents by people who had Now you are about to join
:24:05. > :24:07.another rarified club, We stay in touch with
:24:08. > :24:10.our Secret Service. There for first dates,
:24:11. > :24:15.first days and even You can read the full
:24:16. > :24:58.letter on our website, A secondary school in the US has
:24:59. > :25:04.apologised after it used the topic of child sexual assault in a maths
:25:05. > :25:07.assignment. The Pennsylvania high school based the question around the
:25:08. > :25:11.life of the poet Maya Angelou, asking students to work out who
:25:12. > :25:14.abused her when she was just eight years old. Parents complained that
:25:15. > :25:20.the subject matter was not appropriate for young teenagers.
:25:21. > :25:25.Let's move to space. Two astronauts from the International space centre
:25:26. > :25:30.have been on a spacewalk. They have been upgrading the space station's
:25:31. > :25:35.Power system with new batteries; it took a lot of hours, during that
:25:36. > :25:38.time there was no food, no toilet break and apparently their space
:25:39. > :25:47.suits became increasingly stiff in the vacuum of space. But it seems to
:25:48. > :25:51.have gone well. Thankfully. Well, I am back on Sunday night. That's it
:25:52. > :25:54.from me, we are keeping you up-to-date of course throughout the
:25:55. > :26:09.rest of the day. Goodbye. There will be a comparative look at
:26:10. > :26:13.the weather here in the UK before the top of the hour, but right now
:26:14. > :26:17.whether to take a look at some weather stories from elsewhere
:26:18. > :26:19.around the world. In the United States we got some relatively warm
:26:20. > :26:21.and moist air coming in from