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Growing concern for migrants and the homeless,

as Europe prepares for more snow and cold weather.

Aid agencies warn that thousands of migrants in the Balkans risk

freezing to death in tents and temporary shelters.

Civil rights demonstrations in Washington, as Donald Trump

The private rocket firm SpaceX resumes operations,

taking ten communication satellites up into orbit.

And in football, Chelsea beat Premier Champions Leicester to go

seven points ahead of their nearest rival in England's top league.

Serbia's migrant spokesman has defended his country's handling

of the extreme cold weather that's claimed dozens of lives across

Ivan Miskovic has told BBC News that many have refused shelters,

15,000 people are living in tents as far South as Greece,

including the islands of Lesbos and Samos.

Aid agencies warn they are at risk of freezing to death.

It's in the Balkans, though, where the situation

We'll have that interview with a Serbian official in a moment,

The cold snap is tightening its grip.

Claiming more than 65 lives across Europe.

Causing traffic chaos, power cuts and travel delays.

The Balkans have been particularly hard hit.

Temperatures have been as low as -15 for several days.

There is major concern about the plight of refugees,

Some are being sheltered in reception centres.

But 1,200 are living in a derelict warehouse in Belgrade,

It's very cold, and we are just making fire.

But still we can keep warm ourselves.

We're trying to leave this country and go to European countries.

But we are stuck because of the borders.

There are calls for governments across Europe to do more.

It will only take one more snow storm or another cold snap

and we're going to see some, some children, you know,

Children are particularly prone to respiratory illnesses

It's about saving lives, not about red tape and keeping

to bureaucratic arrangements at the moment.

River traffic along the Danube, one of Europe's main waterways,

has largely been suspended in Eastern Europe due to the ice.

In Wengen in Switzerland, a famous downhill race

in the Skiing World Cup had to be cancelled because of too much snow.

More than 40 centimetres fell overnight.

Powerful winds added to the complications,

with organisers eventually having to admit the race

And the warning is that more bad weather is on the way.

Well, Ivan Miskovic is a spokesman for the Serbian Government's

This is what he had to say about the situation. At this moment there are

more than 7000 migrants in the Republic of Serbia. Out of that

number, 6000 are accommodated in official centres manage that the

department for refugees, and more than 1000 around the centre of the

city. What other conditions like? The conditions in the form of sites,

the people living here are battling with harsh conditions in freezing

temperatures, so this is inadequate for anybody. We have a campaign

trying to persuade them to go to the centres, to be accommodated in the

official heated rooms and Friday will be provided with meals and

health care. Unfortunately is still got back only 400 people --

unfortunately only 400 people are being persuaded. There are no women

or children in the public places in the city centre of Belgrade, so

there is a good result, but more than 1000 migrants are slipping in

public places. Whose responsibility is it to sort the situation? The

state of Serbia is doing everything we can to provide shelter for these

people and we have managed to provide in a shelter for these

people, but they are refusing to be accommodated in official centres.

They are distrustful towards us because they are afraid of being

deported. In reality, there is not a single real reason for them to be

outside the official centres, provided by the state of Serbia. The

good news is that we have provided new capacity in Belgrade, so in the

next few days everyone will be accommodated officially with heated

rooms and three meals a day and proper health care. Some charities,

including save the children, are saying that in Belgrade there are

1500 migrants, including unaccompanied children, slipping in

factories added two spaces. -- sleeping in factories and empty

spaces. Is it not your responsibility to make sure those

people are catered for? We have done everything we can to persuade them

to be accommodated in the centres. We have done everything to care

about them. They are persistent and refusing us, so we hope that the new

capacity is there will be provided in the next few days are going to be

suitable for them and they will trust us that nothing will happen to

them if they are accommodated there. It will get a warm room, three meals

and proper health care. From the Serbian government departments and

refugees. It has been a deadly weekend for migrant strength to make

their way to Europe. The Italian cruise guide says a hundred people

are missing after the boat sank. Police eight migrants are known to

have died. For migrants have died off the coast of southern Spain."

Searching for a 21 people in the Mediterranean Sea.

Ahead of his inauguration next week, Donald Trump has become embroiled

in a row with one of the country's most distinguished civil

Congressman John Lewis said he did not consider Mr Trump

a legitimate President - prompting an angry response

In Washington, civil rights protesters have held a rally

at the Martin Luther King Memorial, chanting "no justice, no peace".

The Reverend Al Sharpton called on all politicians

We have, not to appeal to Donald Trump, because he has made it clear

what his policies are and what his nominations are. We come to see to

the Democrats in the Senate and in the house and to the moderate

Republicans to get some backbone. We need to send you read here to be

with me. Live now to Washington,

and the BBC's Laura Bicker. Al Sharpton was uncompromising in

his words, but what are these protests and the ones coming up next

week going to achieve? It is worth remembering when you see

those thousands marching along the maul, they stop short a few yards

from where Donald Trump will take the growth of office in six days.

This march today is one of many double take place over the next

week. Many people are just trying to be heard. There are a number of

African Americans to see a Donald Trump. Only 8% of African-Americans

voted for Donald Trump. When it comes to him being the new

commander-in-chief, there are some concerns. There is also the lesbian,

gay and bisexual community holding a march and lawyers are marching in

some kind of protest as well. The biggest march will be next Saturday,

which is the woman's march. It started as a small organisation who

said they wanted to March the day following his inauguration that now

we know that buses coming the city. Donald Trump has also been

criticised by the row here's had with the leading civil rights

campaigner. John Lewis was an icon in the 1960s.

Here's last surviving speaker of that Martin Luther King march on

Washington. When it comes to a member of Congress, he has been

there for 30 years and is very well respected. He has the support of

many Republicans. During an interview, John Lewis said that he

did not recognise Donald Trump is a legitimate resident and would not be

attending his inauguration. He said that he believed Russia got him

elected. Donald Trump sent a number of messages on Twitter that said

John Lewis should spend more time looking after his area and dealing

with crime rather than complaining about the election results. All talk

and no results. Said this was sad. When it comes to criticism for

Donald Trump that has come fast and furious. A number of leading

Democrats and entertainers and also members of Donald Trump's own party

have elected their of John Lewis. Here are a few of the messages. One

from a Republican who says that John Lewis and his top have changed the

world. Donald Trump just insulted one of America's's civil icons. The

timing of Donald Trump's treat is interesting because this is a

holiday weekend in the US where many people are spending the time

honouring Martin Luther King, and they have a day off on Monday. To

start holiday weekend by treating and criticising is civil rights icon

has led to some sharp criticism. Thank you.

Let's take a look at some other stories now.

Turkey and Russia have decided to invite the United States

The talks are due to be held this month in the Kazakh capital, Astana.

But the Turkish Foreign Minister said Turkey remained

opposed to the inclusion of the Syrian Kurdish

A major summit of African heads of state has begun in Mali,

with the talks being dominated by the political

The Gambian president-elect, Adama Barrow, is attending the summit.

It comes after West African leaders failed to persuade long-time ruler,

Poland has officially welcomed 3,500 US troops

as part of a Nato military build-up on the bloc's eastern front.

The troops are part of President Obama's

response to Nato concerns about Russian aggression.

It's the biggest US troop deployment to Europe in decades.

Russia has criticised it as "a threat" to security.

Let's go to Florida now, where a teenager who was stolen

as a baby from a hospital nearly two decades ago has been found.

Kamiyah Mobley was discovered after a tip-off.

The woman who raised her in South Caroline has now been

This is Kamiyah Mobley with the woman who,

for all her life, she believed to be her mother.

They'd seemed a perfectly normal and happy family living in a quiet

But today, her mother, Gloria Williams, is under arrest,

charged with kidnapping Kamiyah after she was born 18 years ago

So in South Carolina, we found an 18-year-old young woman,

with the same date of birth, but a different name.

So further investigation revealed that fraudulent documents had been

used to establish that young woman's identity.

In interviews with people, it supported the possibility

that this young woman may be Kamiyah Mobley.

Just after she was born in this hospital in Florida in 1998,

Kamiyah was abducted by a woman posing as a nurse.

But it was only last year that police received a tip

For her biological family, a moment of huge relief.

She sounds so intelligent and so respectful and she says

For Kamiyah herself, disbelief that the woman she loved

as a mother is now accused of being her abductor.

Stay with us on BBC News, still to come:

A beautiful sight with hidden dangers.

We find out how competition between kite-flyers is putting

Aid agencies warn that thousands of migrants in the Balkans risk

freezing to death in tents and temporary shelters.

Donald Trump sparks outrage after criticising a veteran

civil rights campaigner who questioned his

The Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has warned that moving

the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would deal a huge

blow to remaining hopes for Middle East peace.

It comes as as major summit is held in Paris -

seen as one of the last chances to save the so-called

two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Our Middle East correspondent, Yolande Knell, reports

Jerusalem is meant to be a shared capital for Israelis and

Palestinians. Living peacefully side-by-side into nations. That is

how many seed the two state solution to the conflict. But today, Israel

controls most of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, which the

Palestinians wanted their state. Over 600,000 Israeli settlers live

in these areas, captured in the 1967 war. We are going further away from

the two state solution. The Palestinians were given a chance to

set up a Palestinian state, but we know that they completely corrupt

and bankrupt. That many in the international community said that

settlement expansion is what is undermining a two state solution.

You'll the issue of the settlements, compromises were made in the past

but money this attempt brought peace until now. But there are new

international efforts to push for peace and a Palestinian state to

neighbour Israel. Many Israelis welcomed the idea because it

recognises the united Jerusalem as their capital. But Palestinians

believe it will kill the two state solution. I am a permanent resident

but I am not a citizen like any Israeli dues in Jerusalem. Since

1967 more than 14,000 residency cards were revoked by the Israeli

authorities in the main purpose is to minimise the number of

Palestinians living in Jerusalem and to ensure a Jewish majority. Recent

opinion polls suggest most Israelis and Palestinians do still support

the idea of two states, but only by very narrow margins. On both sides

there are fears that chances for a peace deal are fading.

Chelsea are seven points clear at the top of the English Premier

League after their 12th victory in 13 matches.

Dropped after a falling out with the coaching staff.

Their 3-0 win over champions Leicester came thanks to two goals

And it takes them seven points clear.

The leaders were without their star striker,

who's reportedly unsettled by a lucrative approach

But manager Antonio Conte insists Costa was injured

and couldn't train this week and that's why he didn't play.

I think in this situation you can listen to a lot of things. In my

career and experience, as a coach, if there are problems I'm used to

solving them in the changing room. I never do a press conference.

Tottenham have gone second thanks to a 4-0 win over West Brom.

Their sixth victory in a row in a league.

Harry Kane got a hattrick at White Hart Lane at the end

of the week he became a father for the first time.

The last few times we played they scored first saw it has been a

while. We had to go out there and get an early goal and try to finish

the game off and we did that in our best performance of the season. It

was a great day. While Arsenal also

won 4-0 at Swansea. Thanks in part to Olivier Giroud's

fifth goal in as many games. That was enough to take them

third above Liverpool, Swansea have dropped

to the bottom of the table. Elsewhere Burnley won one nil

at home to Southampton - the returning Joey Barton

with the goal. Hull are off the bottom,

beating Bournemouth in Marco Silva's Sunderland lost 3-1

at home to Stoke City. Watford and Middlesbrough drew nil

nil and Sam Allardyce saw his Crystal Palace side lose

three nil on their visit The opening match of the Africa Cup

of Nations produced a shock, as Guinea Bissau scored in the last

minute to register a 1-all draw It's the first major tournament

in the country's history. Seth Bennett was watching

in Libreville. The Gabon fans arrived at the

stadium with plenty of hope that their national team would provide a

performance that would live long in their memory. They were treated to a

great opening ceremony were plenty of national pride was Sean. The game

was pretty dull for the first 45 minutes but hardly a shot on target,

but in the second half there was a goal scored from close range. There

was to be a late twist on this as the ball was played around nicely

and it got a fix that they were not able to get a second. The fans here

go home disappointed and frustrated that the home team were unable to

turn it into a performance, but for the proponents of it was a night to

remember. The other gaming group a sort the favourite team held to a

draw. Cameron took the lead in the first half, but then Burkina Faso

equalised 40 minutes from time. After the South African open, the

British golfer managed to keep his lead. He sunk five birdies and has

now played 41 holes since dropping his last shot. He is 17 under for

the competition, three shots ahead of the world under two Rory McIlroy,

who is struggling with back pain, but he still managed a third round

of five under par. That is the spot for now. -- the sport.

This weekend, the skies above India will be filled with kites

as the country celebrates one of the harvest festivals.

Kite-flying is often part of major religious festivals,

but as Sanjoy Majumder reports, the country's passion for kites

I had been doing some tight shopping in New Delhi, but this is what I was

after, a glass coated kite string. It is supposedly banned but it only

took a little persuasion for one of the shopkeepers to go to the back

and sell me one. Kite flying can be done with the cotton thread, you do

not need to use a sharp objects that might hurt someone or kill hundreds

of thousands of birds. A sport should not be enjoyment from one

that brings grief and suffering to others.

The private rocket firm - SpaceX - has blasted off a Falcon nine

rocket in California, the first since one of its vehicles

exploded on the launch pad in September.

Today's rocket is carrying cargo for the Iridium satellite phone

On this flight are ten spacecraft - the first phase in the roll-out

of Iridium's next constellation, which consists of a total