one? zone? yes, joined by more than just one? yes, we have a very good facility, we are set up to be a retirement home for elderly elephant. thank you for that, she does seem in fine vettel, on her own for the last nine months, but hopefully not for much longer. time for a look at the weather. we are bringing in changes as we head into the weekend. goodbye to the frost. we have had frosty scenes in eastern parts of the country. hertfordshire is down below freezing but there is some sunshine as well. we're waving goodbye to the frost but also the sunshine. this was in southern scotland this morning. temperatures above freezing. but sets us up for the weekend. it will be less chilly but more cloud around. the cloud has been spreading in from the west on the satellite picture. but tied in with this lump of cloud, we have some mild air. that is giving us a misty and murky

conditions. 11 degrees in belfast, eight or nine in glasgow and brighter glances across northern scotland, but since that —— southern scotla nd scotland, but since that —— southern scotland into northern england, rain especially of a. as the rain initially arrives across the midlands, only four celsius in birmingham. maybe the odd glimmer of brightness for a time across the south—east. this evening and tonight, the rain will work its way southwards and eastwards and all others will see some rain. behind it we have cloud, missed and murk, but look at these temperatures. these are the overnight lows. frost free. scotla nd are the overnight lows. frost free. scotland will see the brightest of the weather tomorrow particularly towards the north and the east. elsewhere, a lot of cloud, missed and murk, spots of light rain and drizzle out west. but it is less chilly, vertically down to the

south, ten or 11 degrees. if you are out and about on saturday night, a lot of cloud, missed and murk. it is because of high pressure and what this high—pressure is, it means light winds. it is stagnant air, so nothing much that will break the cloud up during sunday. the grey day for the most part. the best of the brightness across north—eastern scotland. patchy rain in the west. the mildest weather in the west as well. chilly further east, but not as chilly as it has been and certainly not as chilly as it will be across eastern europe. —25 in moscow on sunday afternoon. the cold air has spread all the way southwards across the eastern side of europe. the cold weather causing one or two problems. back home, and the change next week. wet weather sinking southwards, windy weather in the north and that leads us into what will be a much more changeable week as we go to next week. so some changes on the way, certainly for the weekend. we say goodbye to the

frost and say hello to a lot of cloud. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime: donald trump is preparing to meet intelligence chiefs over claims russia interfered in the presidential election. that's all from the bbc news at one. so it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have a good afternoon. good afternoon, you're watching bbc news i'm hugh woozencroft at the bbc sport centre. and anticipation is building ahead of the big fa cup third round weekend, when teams from the premier league and championship join the competition and a giant killing is just 90 minutes away. the first tie of the round is a good one too, and live on bbc one this evening. it sees manchester city visit the london stadium to take on west ham. for city boss pep guardiola, it will be a first experience of the fa cup. the cup is special because the lower

teams can beat the bigger teams, thatis teams can beat the bigger teams, that is why it is special. it happened in the premier league and in the cup. i am looking forward to it. but it will be tough. i can enjoy it. a big game for us, a big game for them, of the game for the fa cup. they became both clubs, and for the fans, of course. we are sure that they are again also going to put out a very strong team. tomorrow will be a special fa cup moment for the former manchester united defender, jaap stam. the dutchman was part of the treble winning side of 1999, and will return to old trafford as the manager of championship side reading. it would be nice to have a warm welcome. i had a great time over there. the fans, the club, they were

very important part of my career and i haven't been back on an occasion like this, so it's good to be back, to play over there, but i've said it a couple of times, it's not about me, it's about the team. we will go there and be a surprise, hopefully, show ourselves well. jon obi mikel is the latest premier league player to join the chinese super league. the nigeria midfielderfollows former chelsea teammates oscar, ramires and demba ba to china, joining tianjin tyda fc. in an emotional letter to his "chelsea family" on social media, the midfielder thanked fans for making the "impossible, possible". former manchester united midfielder ravel morrison is training with wigan athletic. the 23—year—old had been playing in italy for lazio since leaving west ham in early 2015. while with the hammers, he had loan spells at birmingham, qpr and cardiff city. wigan manager warren joyce describes him as having the "x factor" and that ‘outside influences' are the reason

why his career has never matched his potential. the manor formula one team have gone into administration. the british—based team, who finished last in last year's world championship, will collapse completely without new investment. staff were informed of the situation earlier this morning. england flankerjames haskell is set to make his comeback from injury on sunday. he's been named on the wasps bench to face leicester in the premiership. haskell hadn't played this season after injuring his foot during england's summer tour to australia. the six nations get underway in a month's time. johanna konta has suffered a shock defeat in the shenzhen open semi—finals, losing to world number 52 katerina siniakova. the british number one went down in three sets to her 20—year—old opponent in china. third seed konta — the world number 10 — was the highest—ranked player remaining in the draw. and later this afternoon

sir andy murray plays tomas berdych for a place in the final of the qatar open. you can keep up to date with that and more on the bbc sport website. thank you very much indeed. president barack obama has described the torture of a mentally disabled man in chicago, which was streamed on facebook live, as a ‘despicable' hate crime. the four suspects are seen assaulting a man with special needs, while making anti—white racial taunts. the victim was found wandering the streets traumatised, after being held bound and gagged for up to two days. they're due in court today accused of aggravated battery with a weapon. a short time ago, our presenter annita mcveigh spoke to frank main — a crime reporterfor the chicago sun times. he outlined the charges that the four suspects face. today, they will be in court to face charges of hate crimes and kidnapping and they will hear

whether they will stay in jail or get bail. the fact that this was all streamed live on social media and that the president has commented on this crime as well, what sort of debate is that leading to? what the president said is that this doesn't necessarily indicate that racism is on the rise or around the country, but that people take to social media for everything. essentially they are living their lives on social media and we have seen that over and over in chicago. street gangs that commit crimes in chicago have posted videos that antagonise each other and lead to violence. so, in that sense, this is not surprising. as the police said, people put very surprising things on facebook and essentially in this case, they put evidence on facebook that led to their charges.

but this type of crime, is that unusual? it is unusual. there are a handful, six or seven cases that were charged in the last year or two in the county where i am now. white people and black people have both been charged with hate crimes. an african—american gentleman was charged with stabbing someone in a robbery and saying that he hated white people. on the other hand, we have two university students at northwestern university who went into a chapel at the university, painted racial epithets and they were charged with a hate crime as well. it's an unusual thing but prosecutors do bring it from time to time. when she came into power, the prime minister said people suffering from mental health problems were not getting enough help. now downing street says theresa may will give a major speech on monday

setting out a new government strategy which will include moves to help bring down the number of suicides. today, we can reveal that more and more mental health patients in england are suffering delays in being discharged from psychiatric units. earlier on the victoria derbyshire programme, my colleague joanna gosling spoke to sophie corlett from the mental health charity, mind — and also oliver lang who was kept in a secure ward for four months after he should have been released. oliver explained what happened to him. agreed that i should be discharged and they had two months to discharge me. they had a care home setup and everything was ready but the two trusts were arguing over who was going to fund my care in the community and while they were deciding, i had to be kept in hospital longer. it took four months longer than it should have done in

the end. so it was six months in total, was it? yes. and knowing that you had been cleared for release and you had been cleared for release and you couldn't get out, how did you feel? it was quite scary. it puts things in perspective. there are these people with so much power and they can keep you locked up and no one bats an eyelid. it must have been very frustrating? it was. i didn't feel safe there either.m wasn't nice. what kind of conversations where you having? when i was allowed to use the phone, i kept ringing around people like my social worker, my solicitor, and my dad was running around and everyone was sending us around in circles. people kept saying, why are you worried? it's for us to worry about. and i was saying, i am the one locked up trying to keep my nose clea n locked up trying to keep my nose clean everyday and it is hard. 50 as you are saying, it all to road —— it

all boiled down to a row over who would fund it after you left? yes. sophie, you work with mind. how often does this happen? it happens quite a lot. the story that he tells a shocking. we know of the financial cost but the personal cost is shocking. he wasn'tjust in a ward, he was in a locked ward. he wouldn't keep somebody in prison for six months beyond what they needed to beat, so even if that only happened once in the whole country, it would bea once in the whole country, it would be a really shocking thing, but it is happening actually a lot, not just in locked wards but in all sorts of wards and it stops people's recovery and have an impact on their lives. if it's better that people are kept in longer than they should be rather than being released without somewhere that is appropriate for them to be? people need to have somewhere appropriate to go and that is the big issue, that there are not the community

service available. we know that one of the most dangerous and fragile times for people is when they first come out of hospital, that first seven days, two weeks where they need to be really well supported. there is a very high suicide risk for people in that early release time, so it's definitely important that you don'tjust time, so it's definitely important that you don't just send time, so it's definitely important that you don'tjust send people out to nothing. people may have been in hospital for quite a lot of time, they may have lost their accommodation and literally have nowhere to go, so housing can often need to be arranged. it's very important that that is setup. that was sophie call it from mind. you can see more from that interview on the bbc victoria derbyshire website. get ready for some pretty spectacular pictures. you're about to meet william lindsey and see how his lifelong obsession with the great wall of china became a 15,000 kilometrejourney. drone photography done by his sons brought him a whole new understanding of the great wall. let's take a look. the great wall is an amazing sight

and it deserves to be shown in its best light. my my travels have taken me all over north china and even to mongolia. photography has always been important. drone technology is something that's just out of this world, a godsend. we are the technology people. we make this thing possible. we had the idea of doing the whole ball from the air.

—— the doing the whole ball from the air. — — the whole doing the whole ball from the air. —— the whole wall. there is a wall called the wall of genghis khan and it's actually in mongolia. you can barely see it in the broad light of day. the view of this structure from the air is much, much greater. it was really fun chasing gazelle, very exhilarating. in china, when we were filming the fortress near the western terminus of the ring wall, slowly the light poured in. the clouds are purple and pink and you can see the ancient fortress with the developing city in the background. it's a great

contrast. the walls of photography still apply. you are looking for an image and you are trying to write with a light but you are flying. wow, really spectacular. in a moment, we will have all the business news, but first, the headlines. donald trump is due to meet intelligence agency chiefs after questioning their findings over interference into the us election. russia says it is sending home an aircraft carrier deployed to the syrian coast as it scales down its military presence in the region. scientists say a giant iceberg a quarter of the size of wales is ready to break off from antarctica. in the business news today. the failure to predict the financial crisis was a "michael fish moment", according to the bank

of england's chief economist. andy haldane said economists were "to some degree in crisis" following the 2008 crash and the brexit vote. but he defended predictions of a post brexit slowdown in the uk economy. high street sales fell in december for the fourth year in a row, as shoppers shifted their christmas spend online. shoppers spent more on items for the home but less on fashion. online sales did well — they were up 19% on last year. never mind those exploding phones — samsung's on track for its best profit in years, and pledges to put the galaxy note 7 debacle behind it. the south korean tech giant is forecasting profits of £6.3 billion for the last three months of 2016. how? components. samsung makes chips and screens for the whole tech industry. in the us, we havejust found out how manyjobs they have added to the

economy in the first set of figures since the interest rates were learnt —— were increased last month. since the interest rates were learnt -- were increased last month. what are they saying? well, 156,000 jobs we re are they saying? well, 156,000 jobs were created in december. that's a touch less than many economists were expecting. the overall takeaway from thisjob report is expecting. the overall takeaway from this job report is that the pace of job creation perhaps slowed in december but we saw a rebound in wages. the average wage rose about 10 cents. that has been the missing piece recently. we have seen a steadyjob piece recently. we have seen a steady job creation piece recently. we have seen a steadyjob creation every month but the missing bit was when would wages start to trend upwards and that's what we're beginning to see with this report. i think they would be overall perhaps disappointed with the headline number but pleased with the headline number but pleased with the way it is travelling. economists we re the way it is travelling. economists were looking for a sign of a robust economy foreign increase in interest rates over in the us. what do you

think they will make of this and how will that influence this decision?|j think will that influence this decision?” think this is confirmation of a trend we have seen for a while. if you look at these figures, perhaps they are a touch weak in terms of they are a touch weak in terms of the overall headline, but it's an ill considered strong enough job creation and if the wedge growth carries on —— the wage growth carries on —— the wage growth carries on, that is good. the federal reserve released their minutes from their last meeting in december, when they raised interest rates, and that gave more of a sense of their thinking and they revealed that actually among their concerns is the uncertainty of trump's economic policies, what it will mean for the economy going forward. i think that perhaps will weigh heavier than the picture of the labour market if it carries on in this direction. a quick word on mr trump. he's been viewed as a pro—business president. he's

certainly got a pro business agenda. well that impact on the amount of drops to be added in the next 12 months of office or is it too early to tell? —— will that impact on the amount of jobs to to tell? —— will that impact on the amount ofjobs to be added question mark i think that is the hope, certainly when you talk to the business community. the business community see his presidency as positive for them. the ceo of ford said it was a vote of confidence that they had moved a factory from mexico back to the us. they said that was in part because of how good they think trump will be for the economy. it is a message i have heard from other ceos, but we will have to wait and see. it is not yet clear what it will mean forjobs and longer. thank you very much indeed. in other business news, listen up if you're flying british airways. the carrier's unite union cabin crew are set to strike next week, but ba says all customers will be

able to fly to their destinations. the dispute concerns about 4,000 staff who feel they are not being paid enough. celebrity chef jamie oliver is closing six of his 42 uk jamie's italian restaurants. the move will affect 120 staff. it's being blamed on a tough market, where each restaurant needs 3,000 diners a week to be profitable, and the fact that the price of ingredients bought in italy has risen because of the fall in the value of the pound.. and make—up for men — maybelline new york has appointed american youtuber manny gutierrez as its first male ambassador, becoming the latest big makeup brand to capitalise on the male beauty trend. cosmetics companies are increasingly seeing men as potential new customers for products like mascara, eyeliner and foundation. the ftse was slightly down this morning but it is on track for a fifth straight week of games now.

ben. thank you. the indian actor, om puri, who starred in the british film comedy east is east, has died of a suspected heart attack. he was 66. om puri also appeared in other films, including gandhi, and more recently, he played opposite dame helen mirren in the hundred footjourney. let's take a short look at a clip. this is private property. excuse me, do you own this property? no. so you are trespassing too? 100 feet across the street, they have a michelin star. the president of france eats there. can i order a masala cooked there? we open on saturday night. my son is the best indian chef in europe. don't be shy. my colleague, annita mcveigh, has been speaking to film director, gurinder chadha — who's behind hits such as bhaji on the beach and bend

it like it beckham. she's been working with om puri on her upcoming film viceroy‘s house, and says the saddest thing for her is that he'll never get to see it. it is very galling for me, very sad for me, because he was so excited when he got the script. so excited to be in a film about independence, 35 years after being in gandhi, here was a film from a british asian perspective, he was so excited about that, particularly being a punjabi like myself. on set, he was very exuberant, very mischievious, but also very mindful of the significance of these events on independence, so for him to watch the film was going to be a great pleasure for me. to sit down with him afterwards and have a chat about it. i was looking forward to doing that, going to india soon and showing in the film.

we are just seeing some pictures here of you all on set. you are going towards him. what was he saying to you there. here he is saying, you are doing a really good job here. and i said, you did a good job too. that was the thing about him. all that crowd there, they were all there at four in the morning and we were trying to do a party scene and everyone was sort of flagging but om puri stepped up to be played stepped up to be played —— the plate there and sort of got everyone excited, gpt everyone in the party mood and i think that really is him. on set, he was really serious when the cameras were on him, but when he was off—screen, he relished the idea of being on a set and shooting with him was made a much more pleasurable experience and just be hard grind. and in yourfilm, he was playing the part of a blind man

and i understand you were really impressed with how he researched the role, extra props he asked for to make things more realistic? when you work with an actor like om puri who had such an amazing talent and career, it is always a pleasure as their director because you don't know what they are going to pull out of the bag. with me, he would ask for little things and in this case, he was a blind man and he asked for a newspaper. i said, what are you going to do with a newspaper in this scene? he said, please, just give me a newspaper. i was surprised because he is supposed to be listening to radio but he took the newspaper, took a page and scrunched it into a ball and made it one of these balls to do exercise with, a stress ball, and during the scene he did that. it was genius because it showed how atvod elderly person he was concerned about his health and also gave him something to do as an actor. it added a dimension to this character of a

blind man, that he was still concerned about his health. that comes with experience, that comes with commitment to your craft, but that also comes with being a consummate professional. and i have to say, for me, that's what it was. and if you look at the body of his work, in gandhi, obviously he was very young. in east is east, he played a pakistani yorkshiremen. he has played indian nationals, british actors. hugely versatile. hugely versatile and a terrible, terrible loss for us in the film industry who try to make global films with indian actors. he was one who was known all over the world. remembering om puri. we are going to pause and take a look at the latest weather prospects. big changes on the way as we head into the weekend. we will say goodbye to the crisp frosty

weather and say hello to a lot more in the way of clout. some of us started off crisp and frosty again this morning. this picture from hertfordshire. temperatures well below freezing but further west, we had ploughed, rain and the temperature was well above freezing. that takes us nicely into the weekend. things will feel less chilly but they will look a lot more cloudy. we can see this lump of cloudy. we can see this lump of cloud working its way in from the west and the satellite picture. contained within this, we have mild air. across northern ireland this afternoon, we will see a lot of cloud, but 11 degrees in belfast, nine in glasgow, some brighter bits in parts of scotland, but as we head into the north of england wales and the south—west, rain, some bit heavy on high ground. things gradually turning more mild. some glimmers of brightness perhaps across the

south—east, but as we go through this evening and tonight, the brain will spread right across the south—east and we will be left with a lot of cloud, mist and merck, drizzle and hill fog. these are the overall lows for tonight. maybe just a touch of frost in the sheltered glens. the brightest of the weather tomorrow will be in scotland, particularly in the northern and eastern areas. some mist and merck elsewhere, with the odd spot of rain on the hills. it looks fairly mild through saturday night but very cloudy. if you are out and about, there could be fog patches and the odd splash of rain. with high pressure still in charge into sunday, the air will remain stagnant with not much to break the cloud up. grey clouds for the most part. some rainfor grey clouds for the most part. some rain for western coasts and hills and it will be the west that sees

the mildest weather. further east, a little chilly but not as chilly as it has been in eastern europe. eastern —— the afternoon high on sunday afternoon in moscow is —25 and that cold has spread across most of eastern europe, causing one or two problems. back home, monday sees another change, with a very changeable week as we go through the week ahead. this is bbc news. the headlines at 2. us intelligence chiefs are to brief the president—elect, donald trump, this afternoon on allegations that russia tried to interfere in the american presidential election. hundreds of people attend the funeral in huddersfield of the man shot dead by police on monday — an inquest is opened and adjourned into the death of yasser yaqub. russia orders the withdrawal of its aircraft carrier from the mediterranean, in light of the current ceasefire in syria.

and in the next hour the distinct sound of stonehenge. how the circle may have sounded, thousands of years ago. an iceberg a quarter of the size of wales is close to breaking away from the antarctic ice shelf.