a manhunt is underway for the prime suspect in the berlin truck attack on a christmas market. german officials say anis amri — a 2k year—old tunisian — who was already known to the security services, could be armed and dangerous. a six figure reward is on offer for his capture. amri's identity card was found in the cab of the lorry that was driven into the christmas market, killing twelve people. german officials say he had been monitored by the security services because of his links to islamist networks — but they couldn't deport him because his documents were missing. the turkish army says fourteen of its soldiers have been killed in fighting with so called "islamic state" militants near the northern syrian town of al—bab. it's thought to be the heaviest losses turkey has sustained in a day since intervening directly in syria in august. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk‘s review of the year. welcome to my review of heart talk

to thousand 16. this was the year of a certain donald j to thousand 16. this was the year of a certain donald] trump. hundreds of thousands of loggerheads in this country who will follow anyone and vote or a reality tv star. if the choice is between donald trump and hillary clinton, i vote for donald trump. the statement of banning all muslims is very much contrary to american values. there is one certainty from the mac, we have voted to take back control of our country. there is my personal feeling that comes into play because i love the uk so much i want them to be with the europeans. this could be the beginning of the unravelling of the beginning of the unravelling of the european union, i.e. agree. we

are in need try new ideas. the only thing which will move is war. ifill wa nt thing which will move is war. ifill want to make the world a better place and i leave it a better place and that i am honest while i hear which is why i want to do your show because i want to to be asked hard questions. hard questions is what we do and in 2016, ourfocus questions. hard questions is what we do and in 2016, our focus was on the global political phenomena and, a wave of popular anger and disgust with the status quo, sweeping through the democracies of the western world. people left out and left behind. look for politicians who seemed to speak to them. in the us, there are likely champion was a billionaire property tycoon with an outsized ego. there are elements, sub elements, fringe element in every country. did i already know

that there are hundreds of thousands of blockheads in this country, who are idiots and will vote for a tv reality star? lets breed a little bit before we give it too much credit of representing a real thing. i will say this, there is a phoniness about this, consternation at what it means is guys like you love it. you dine out on it. you like a chance to look down upon, to go to the mystery of the donald trump phenomena. any one of our candidates will be better than an obama third term under the auspices of hillary clinton. even if a colic says he is a race baiting xenophobe missed bigot and would be an absolute disaster to our party and destroy conservatism as we know it and we will get wiped out.”

destroy conservatism as we know it and we will get wiped out. i do not agree 011 and we will get wiped out. i do not agree on all of that. he is a leading to the policies which include building a world with mexico. i for immigration reform but because we need to get back to legal immigration and put a stop to illegal immigration and most republicans agree with me on that. they are not allowed holler about building a wall. i have lived my whole life on the us mexico border andi whole life on the us mexico border and i have flown it, driven it and read it on horseback and know it very well and my view is... you show mea very well and my view is... you show me a ten foot well and i will show you a 12 foot ladder. of all is not adequate. once he decided to come on board with the donald trump, is what you think is so important for people to understand and you claim the

media failed to understand, is that this guy is not ideological? he is common sense, problem—solving in his orientation so some of the staff will be surprisingly less than write lenient. this guy, far from being a danger to the world is going to be somebody that governments around the world can work with and put trust in — that is not going to be easy. world can work with and put trust in - that is not going to be easy. what i see happening is what happens in life, a convergence between how the media presents somebody, how the soundbites happen on a campaign on how when you are interacting with a person face to face, that might be a difference between your perception and what the person is like and as the gap closes, the world community will be happy to have him as president. donald trump's drive much

of the world by surprise. it had the shock value of a political earthquake. much more political was the other storyline, the continuation of syria's hellish war. the slow death of a nation under the worlds gaze. we are in a horrible war. frankly, on behalf of every one, we need to throw new ideas about why things are not moving. the only thing that will move is war and victory but the reason no victory. that is the essence of this crisis. some players believe victory is still possible and people who believe that our sad and his supporters in moscow and tehran. you are totally right. at this very moment, and assad and his team are feeling comfortable but what they should not be feeling comfortable

about is that russia has no interest in inheriting a broken, destroyed, non— reconstruct a ball syria and with constant warfare. russian military forces, airstrike forces being involved in offensives against civilians is out of possibility. they are still performing their task in terms of fighting terrorist organisation. your air forces been involved with the syrians in the most ferocious on bad men of aleppo that we have seen in more than five yea rs of that we have seen in more than five years of the syrian conflict. why are you the point, for example, these are uncovered a sting bombs which reach down into basements, kill civilians where they are sheltering, and also, we know this rom multiple sources, hitting hospitals. this is false

information. there is no possibility that russian air force can be involved in this kind of activities. understandably, the war is going on and understandably the cessation of hostile activity is not active right i'iow hostile activity is not active right now and we are too far away from a situational ceasefire in aleppo. we tried to give voice to the survivors of conflict, particularly and predictably, women. for those oppressed by so—called islamic state to those victimised by one of africa's most violent militant gangs. you were held for three months, in that time did you have conversations all make any normal conversations all make any normal conversations with any of these men that were holding you? you have come through the most terrible dramatic experience — eight

yea rs terrible dramatic experience — eight years you were held captive by the lord's resistance army. do you still find it easy to recalljust how awful those moments were? find it easy to recalljust how awfulthose moments were? first find it easy to recalljust how awful those moments were? first of all, i was so scared. they are telling you, get up. get up. i did not know where we were going and that was the day and i only realised in the night, when i been told, come. a lady told me to go to the other tent. two gentlemen alone? i asked what is this? he said if i do not accept, i have the power to kill you. i accepted it. that is how this man raped me. you board this man to children, a son and a daughter. i cannot even begin to imagine how mixed your feelings were in having those children in these

circumstances you were forced to have them? in real life, when you start interpreting, vijaya will never know this circumstance in which anything happen. —— the child. you never know where their children will lead me to. europe will remember the thousand 16 as their year of brexit, coined to reflect britain leaving the eu. it reflected deep unhappiness with business as usual. a poke in the eye for the political and business elite. brexit, the idea of leaving the eu, your team said that would cause severe national, regional and global damage? that is partly a

preliminarily analysis. guesswork? partly intuition and a teeny tiny bit of my personal feeling that comes into play because i love so much of the uk i want them to be with the europeans of which i consider myself. you comfortable with the idea that the imf is making state m e nts with the idea that the imf is making statements which are making a huge vertical role and in internal british debate? what right does the imfto british debate? what right does the imf to play that role? clearly embedded in the articles of the imf is our duty of analysing and maintaining as much as we can stability in the global economy. ultimately, there is one certainty from brexit, that we have voted to ta ke from brexit, that we have voted to take back control of our country. are you ready now to express some regret for some of the things, including false would pedal by the

leave campaign... as far as the leave campaign... as far as the leave campaign... as far as the leave campaign there was one mistake, what factual mistake. the 350 million. it was on the poster. a very small factual mistake. £350 million a week will go to the nhs is a complete falsehood. why redirect my question? why not now that it is over, acknowledge that some things we re over, acknowledge that some things were said that were false and you regret it. i think that was the only fundamental mistake that was made in terms of fact... fundamental mistake that was made in terms of fact. .. a fundamental mistake! the course you are cynical and would say almost anything to win. it was not my figure and argue very strongly against it. it was one of the most that regular acts of litter called dishonest on the part

ofa number of litter called dishonest on the part of a number of opportunists and populists. i bought interested in the intellectual bases eu approach of this. all those of reasonable and rational mind must be pro— remaining in the eu— you seem to assume that those who won the argument are nothing but opportunists and liars? am not going to back pedal about my dismay at the intellectual dishonesty of otherwise intelligent people who sought to persuade people about this sort of utopia beckoning. i want your opinion on what you are seeing from the british government? about what kind of brexit theresa may wants. are you worried about the sense of confusion and k is the ec in london? in your opinion, does it have to be

the so—called hard brexit? president hollande has said that britain will have to pay a heavy price for leaving the european union, and therefore, he seems to be suggesting that the idea that we stay in the single market or have preferential access to the single market, it is not going to be possible. what is your view? this could be the beginning of the unravelling of the european union. i ee, unravelling of the european union. i agree, it cannot be excluded. that could be terrible for britain. also, i think it would be terrible to have a united europe to britain's exclusion, which is something that

britain tried to prevent 500 years. we will miss you. the european union with britain in it was better than what we are going to get now, but you have made your decision. we have to ta ke you have made your decision. we have to take care of our union, do have to take care of our union, do have to ta ke to take care of our union, do have to take care of our union, do have to take care of our union, do have to take care of your union. we are facing an existential crisis as never before. it is a crisis of solidarity. everybody is talking the national talk, and pass imperilling the european union and its ability to commonly act. this could be the new experience, the new situation, that failure of europe is possible, andl that failure of europe is possible, and i think we have even more awareness of this new possibility which has not been there since world war two. do you see yourself and your political movement as part of a worldwide phenomenon? i am thinking of donald trump in the united states, i am thinking of the vote for brexit in the united kingdom. do you think something is happening

which the front national, your party, is a part of? every year, hardtalk throws up moments of tension, drama and deep emotion. it can be political, like my encounter with a member of south africa's troubled government, or it can be personal. either way, it is compelling. there is no legal or constitutional reason for the president to leave office. it becomes a political question. one of the most important ministers in your government, the government which you loyally serve, has basically declared that in his view, given what the constitutional court has said, the president has roped in his contract with the people. i am asking you. do you agree with that, oi’ asking you. do you agree with that, or disagree? i... ithink asking you. do you agree with that, or disagree? i... i think the minister was actually saying, he was warning us, that we cannot operate beyond the bounds of the

constitution. we have to operate within the framework of the constitution. the president is way beyond the bounds of the constitution. well, ithink beyond the bounds of the constitution. well, i think that is a matter of debate and discussion, so a matter of debate and discussion, so what i am saying is that i inked that from a legal and constitutional point of view, there is no reason for the president to leave office. minister, are you in any way embarrassed by the answer is that you feel you have had to give to me today, presumably for political reasons? i haven't any reason to be embarrassed. i am just telling you the way i look at the situation in south africa, that we have got a functioning government in place, we have got a president in place, which there have been some unfortunate incidents around. this wonderful creation of yours, which has in essence to find your career, and that if this marvellous lady, the veto. —— evita. she is this sort of wonderful afrikaans woman, obviously

a creation, you are in drag. let's get ourfirst look at a creation, you are in drag. let's get our first look at evita herself, in the most iconic circumstances, perhaps one of the most memorable times of your life, actually interviewing nelson mandela just months after he was released in 1994. let's play this video clip and give everybody an idea. in the old days, as you probably remember, afrikaners like me were frightened that when black south africans would ta ke that when black south africans would take control of south africa, all the old symbols, the old paintings, the old symbols, the old paintings, the old symbols, the old paintings, the old furniture would be removed, and we are so happy to see that everything is still here. minorities are entitled to be concerned about the type of changes that have taken place in our country. the task of the government and the anc leadership will be to ensure the white south africans that change will not mean a reversal of the position where blacks were oppressed

by the white minority and the other minorities. and i think that we have succeeded, we are succeeding in addressing their fears.|j succeeded, we are succeeding in addressing their fears. i mean, what is beautiful about that is that mandela appears to be taking it very seriously. very seriously. and we sat down i was ready with everything, which is frightening when a film crew weights, you know, it is like waiting for the death warrant, the death sentence. and we could hear his voice down the passage. he walked in, he came round, he saw evita and he said, evita, you look so beautiful. he sat down and i said, president mandela, thank you so much for allowing us this 30 minutes. it was a 30 minute interview. he said, no, iwant this 30 minutes. it was a 30 minute interview. he said, no, i want to be at evita's show because i have important things to say at nobody watches the news. i like this phrase that one of your critics came up with. every online pronouncements from planet well. you being the

ruler of planet wealth. is there a spaceship bike and take there, too planet wealth? you know, the truth of the matter is, we have a complete range of price points on the site. you know, we have $8 lip balm, we have $12 non—toxic deodorant, and also, to be honest, we have a bit of fun and we will affiliate link to a $15,000 gold dildojust to fun and we will affiliate link to a $15,000 gold dildo just to trawl people back. the two things that i remember most that i will not get over, and that i probably worry about all the time, the feeling of being existential, of having no power, that nobody cares, you are invisible, you are nothing, you are not going to amount to anything, and there is a part of me that i will always feel like somehow it is going to turn out that way again. i will live running with that chasing me, that i will be that helpless child, once again. and that is what keeps

me going, and you do not get over these things. and i think that sometimes when i immerse myself in the traumas and the tragedies of other people, because i desperately need to try to heal other people, because i know what it feels like to have nobody come and do that for you. so, you know, life is a struggle and it is what we make of it, and! struggle and it is what we make of it, and i am so grateful to have the success that i have, but i also want to feel that i make the world a better place and that i leave it a better place and that i leave it a better place and that i am honest while i am here, even if it is hard, which is one of the reasons i want to do your show, because i want some big asks me the hard questions that we should all be giving hard answers to. i get to produce something beautiful out of it. the art is fun. ifi beautiful out of it. the art is fun. if i entertain people, then i have taken something and actually created something good about something that maybe didn't start out so hot. 2016 was a year that stirred deep emotion and turned conventional wisdom on its head. my only prediction for 2017, hardtalk will still be roving

the world with the questions that matter. until then, have the world with the questions that matter. untilthen, have a the world with the questions that matter. until then, have a very happy new year. hello there. well, the run—up to christmas is looking unsettled, as you have probably heard. spells of wet and very windy weather on the cards, certainly very windy weather across the north of the uk. and it is going to be very windy overnight across scotland and northern ireland. frequent showers here, particularly for scotland, with some snow over the higher ground. a few showers across western britain as well, but i think forfor the midlands, the south and the east, it should stay dry. quite chilly, temperatures not far off freezing by the end of the night, and mist and fog falling too. but across the north it will remain very windy. some icy patches to watch out for as well. these showers will be wintry, snow on the high ground, maybe down to lower levels as well. there will be plenty of showers across northern ireland, some of those moving across the irish sea into north—west

england, for wales, and into south—western england as well. now, for the midlands eastwards, though, it is a dry start, really chilly, but at least it will be bright through the morning, with some sunshine around. but watch out for the mist and fog across the south—east corner. some of it could be quite dense. but i don't think it will last that long, because the breeze will continue to pick up all the while, so that should clear. showers will continue to move eastwards, but i think many southern and eastern areas will remain dry. and those showers becoming fewer as we head on towards the afternoon. but frequent across the north, heavy ones with hail and thunder mixed in, some snow to the high ground, feeling really cold and raw because of the strong wind. and then itjust gets worse as we head on in towards friday. the met office has issued amber "be prepared" warnings are being issued for the second named storm of the season. storm barbara will impact the united kingdom as we head on in towards friday. it will bring all of us a spell

of rain, very windy for us all. but it is the north of the uk, closer to the storm centre, which will be battered by exceptionally strong winds. now, we are looking at gusts up to 90 miles an hour across the north mainland of scotland, 80 mph for the western isles, 70 mph for northern ireland and 60 mph, potentially, for northern wales and north—west england. so this is likely to be very disruptive. keep tuned to the weather forecast. as we head through christmas eve, it remains very windy indeed. the best of the weather across the south, will be fairly mild with some sunshine, but we will still see gales and showers across the north, with a wintry mix over the high ground. for christmas day, we are also looking at some very windy weather, particularly across the north, with a spell of rain which will spread right across the uk. another pretty deep low moving through to bring us those strong winds, and also that spell of rain. but it will be exceptionally mild across the south. in fact, we could see record—breaking mild temperatures across the south—east. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley, our top stories: a europe—wide

manhunt is under way for anis amri, the prime suspect in the truck attack on a berlin christmas market. german officials say the 24—year—old tunisian may be armed, and they've offered a six—figure reward for information leading to his arrest. a convoy of syrian buses leaves rebel held areas, as the evacuation of people from eastern aleppo makes fresh progress. the russian president orders tighter restrictions on alcohol, after 65 deaths from toxic bath lotion. and we meet an academic who's not ready for the end of term, the 102 year old professor who's won a battle to keep on working.