welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm mike embley. our top stories: turkish officials say this is the suspect in the deadly istanbul nightclub attack and they're close to identifying him. so—called islamic state says it was behind the shootings. as details of the 39 people who died begin to emerge — the hunt for their killer goes on. back in control — the end of a prison riot in brazil that left 56 inmates dead and visiting families distraught. it was billed as the eighth wonder of the world — we take a guided tour of a city that was meant to match the glitz of las vegas and what it says about america's incoming president. and a walk on the hilly site. what it is like to live on the steepest residential road in the world. hello.

authorities in turkey believe they are close to identifying the man who killed 39 people in an attack on a new year party at a nightclub. security officials have released this footage which they say shows the suspect filming himself on a cellphone in the centre of istanbul. it's thought he's walking around taksim square. turkish police looking for this suspect have raided several addresses in istanbul and arrested 12 people. during the day, some of the first funerals were held for victims — as our correspondent mark lowen reports. it is slowly sinking in. grief binding together a nation pulled apart by terror. they mourned 23—year—old yunus gormek, killed in the attack on the reina nightclub. a student working there for new year's eve, who was simply

in the wrong place. at his funeral, his colleague. she took refuge from the gunman in the bathroom. i was in the toilet. the electricity went out. and i was like, yes, ok, that's all. and i said my last goodbyes to one of my friends. telling, 0k, goodbye, that's all, i love you. you thought that was the end? yes, that was the end. and i thought because the gun shootings stopped, and then i was thinking myself, he is going to, i think he's going to explode himself, and we're going to die in the toilets, in the bathroom. including yunus, 39 people were killed. and their stories are emerging. fatih cakmak, who survived last month's bombing at a football stadium in istanbul, but died in this attack. rita sami from lebanon, who told her friend she was worried about coming to istanbul, but had already booked and paid. and mustafa seymen,

recently engaged. his fiancee wrote: i lost my other half, my partner, my love. the attack took just seven minutes. after shooting his way into the nightclub, the gunman sprayed 180 bullets. he is still on the run. new pictures of him now released. the islamic state group said they were behind it, in revenge for turkey's attacks in syria. most of the dead and injured were tourists. francois from lebanon was shot, but had an incredibly lucky escape. the first bullet came from here. it passed from here, and the explosion, something explosion, and it passed by here. and it come here, but the passport, lebanese passport, save me, save my heart. perched on the bosporus,

reina had a prime location, an attack giving him prime exposure. from here, you can see how high—profile, how luxurious the target was. reina was a symbol of the high—life side of istanbul, where alcohol flowed and parties ran late. it's an element of the city that many turks and foreigners cherish, but they now fear is under threat. it's now an urgent race to catch the man who destroyed so many lives. it can't escape from terror. you saw some of the victims of the attack there in mark's reports. we can tell you a little more about some of the 39 people who lost their lives. hatice koc was working for a private security company at the nightclub. she was 27 years old and has a 3—year—old daughter. abis rivzi was a bollywood producer, one of the 25 foreigners killed in the attack. he was a9, on holiday in turkey

with friends from india. bollywood stars have paid tribute to him on social media. burak yildiz was among the gunman‘s first victims. the 21—year—old police officer had been deployed to guard the club entrance on new year's eve. leanne nasser was one of the youngest to die. just 18, from israel, she'd travelled to istanbul for a weekend break with friends. a little earlier we asked our correspondent mark lowen how turkey is reacting to this claim of responsibility from the extremist group that calls itself islamic state. they have not commented officially on the claim of responsibility. they have focused more on their efforts to find the gunmen saying they have detained eight people in connection with the attack and that after forensic evidence and with a basic description of the gunmen they believe they are close to identifying him. isuppose

believe they are close to identifying him. i suppose they are not commenting directly because the claim of responsibility is linking directly to turkey's actions in syria. islamic state saying this is a revenge attack for turkey's attacks in syria. turkey launched a ground operation back in september in the north of syria to push isp and to push kurdish militants back from the turkish border area. the government does not want to give credence to that kind of for a, i suppose. it does show that is cells are being consolidated here in turkey and that they, that the group is trying to carry out more attacks here, perhaps as their territory in iraq and syria is beginning to disintegrate. well, the turkish deputy prime minister has said the country will continue its military operations in syria against so—called islamic state. the government has released aerial footage it says shows turkish airstrikes on is positions in syria, since sunday's attack on the istanbul nightclub. in other news: several syrian rebel groups are saying they've

suspended their preparations for the peace talks planned in kazakhstan later this month, brokered by turkey and russia. they blame violations of the ceasefire by the syrian government. a monitoring group, based in britain, claims government planes have carried out more raids on a district near damascus. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been questioned for three hours by police investigating allegations of corruption. mr netanyahu, who met the officers at his official residence, has denied any wrongdoing, after claims he may have illegally accepted gifts from businessmen. hong kong's former leader, donald tsang, is about to stand trialfor corruption. he is the territory's highest—ranking official to face such charges. mr tsang faces two counts of misconduct in public office and one count of bribery — both relating to a luxury flat he was renting in southern china. brazilian officials say 56 inmates have been killed in a prison riot in brazil. the fighting broke out between rival drug gangs at the jail in manaus in the north of the country.

by the time authorities regained control, dozens were dead. a warning this report from our south america correspondent, wyre davies, contains some flashing images. local television pictures showed women and family members crying, screaming, outside the jail, as the riot broke out apparently during visiting hours on new year's day. the violence at the largestjail, in the northern city of manaus, involved rival gangs attacking each other with guns and other weapons smuggled into the prison. there were horrific reports of many rival gang members being tortured, and even being decapitated, after being taken hostage. as night fell and armed police tried to regain control of the jail, reports emerged of the violence being committed inside. translation: my son is an inmate there. the police won't care about him. i want to know how my son is. my son's in there. this is a bullet.

a local security official said the death toll could be as high as 60. translation: there were deaths, unfortunately. we have some outside the prison, who were thrown from the prison by the inmates themselves. there have been escapes. we don't know yet how many. we're already looking for the escapees in the forest and highways. this is possibly the worst prison massacre in brazil since 1992, when 111 inmates were killed, most of them by armed police, as they retook carandiru jail. many of the overcrowded prisons are, in fact, run by powerful drug gangs, with the authorities unable to counteract the power in influence of gangland bosses, who run their empires from within. so prison riots and gang—related massacres are increasingly common. 2a hours after the manaus riot began, some sort of order had been restored. but this was more proof that brazil's broken prison system is in desperate need of reform.

well, on monday the islamic state group also claimed responsibility for a series of car bombs in iraq, targeting the capital baghdad. the most deadly hit a busy square in the eastern shia district of sadr city. at least 35 people were killed and 61 others injured. is say it had specifically "targeted a gathering of shia". the blasts happened as french president, francois hollande was visiting the country. he met french forces at a base just outside the capital baghdad — as well as holding talks with the iraqi prime minister haider al—abadi. he then headed north where he met kurdish peshmerga forces — including the kurdish leader massoud barzani. speaking in baghdad, mr hollande pledged once again france's support in the battle against the islamic state. there has been a tacky but the

islamic state group is retreating. france, in the context of the coalition, offers support, advice, assistance and intervenes. it intervenes with its air force and its artillery. allowing iraqi forces to enter mosul. we are doing this with one precaution, one demand, and thatis with one precaution, one demand, and that is protection of civilian populations and you, you yourself personally are very involved. the us president—elect, donald trump has dismissed north korea's latest claim to be developing a missile capable of delivering a nuclear strike against the united states in a tweet, mr trump highlighted a boast in the north korean leader kim jong un‘s new year message that preparations for a missile launch had reached the final stage. mr trump's verdict on it: ‘it won't happen.‘ it wasn't clear if he was expressing doubts about north korea's nuclear capabilities or was planning preventative action. well, foreign policy isjust one arena that people will be watching closely as donald trump takes office later this month.

he campaigned on a promise of making america great again and for many that means bringing backjobs and increasing wages. so what does the president—elect‘s track record tell us? the bbc‘s nick bryant has gone to atlantic city to find out. donald trump promised to make atla ntic donald trump promised to make atlantic city great again. in the 19805 atlantic city great again. in the 1980s he opened a string of casinos to make it an east coast rival to las vegas. the trump taj mahal, he boasted, would become the eighth wonder of the world. but it is decay rather than decadence that greets you now. we are at the centre of the taj mahal. a local guide runs a trump to telling the story of how the billionaire's companies went into ba nkru ptcy the billionaire's companies went into bankruptcy four times. he never achieved his promises and it makes me wonder whether he can achieve that for america, although at this point we hope he can. the old casino

empire was opened with vintage champagne and vintage showmanship. it took michaeljackson on a guided tour. the city never did come to rival las vegas and it got out of town seven years ago. since then he has taken action to have his name removed from his old casinos. fearing, perhaps, they would be seen as monuments of failure. fearing, perhaps, they would be seen as monuments of failurelj fearing, perhaps, they would be seen as monuments of failure. i think fearing, perhaps, they would be seen as eggs of fnts of failure. i think