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. and a 22—year—old south londoner, ray black, is named as the bbc‘s sound of 2017.

good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. donald trump will meet the heads of the us intelligence services later today, after claims that russia interfered in the american presidential election. the heads of the cia, fbi and national intelligence all insist the kremlin ordered a cyber attack to help donald trump's campaign. but the president—elect has made his doubts very public, in a series of comments on social media. last night, the outgoing vice—president, joe biden, told mr trump to "grow up", saying it was "absolutely mindless" not to have faith in america's intelligence agencies. daniel boettcher has the latest. us intelligence is convinced

russia tried to influence the american election by hacking democratic party e—mails. president—elect donald trump has not only dismissed that, but set himself on a collision course with the intelligence agencies. their determination to show that they're right was made clear at a congressional committee hearing. the hacking was only one part of it and it also entailed classical propaganda, disinformation, fake news. the claim is that a hack designed to help donald trump win was authorised at the very highest level in russia. something he has rubbished from the start. i think it is ridiculous. it is just another excuse. i don't believe it. i don't know why. once they hack, if you don't catch them in the act, you are not going to catch them, they have no idea if it is russia, or china, or somebody. it could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace.

earlier this week, he appeared to support comments made byjulian assange, the founder of wikileaks, who has denied russia was involved in any hack. later he wrote on his twitter feed, the media lies to make it look like i am against intelligence, when in fact, i am a big fan. but then in another tweet, he has again questioned their judgment. "so how and why are they so sure about hacking, he wrote, if they never even requested an examination of the computer servers. what is going on?" today, some of the most senior figures in us intelligence will brief him on what they know. i am hoping he is going to be respectful of the profession. respectful of the agency as well as the rest of the intelligence community and looking forward to a rather robust, if not sporty, discussion on this issue. and there has been blunt criticism of mr trump's approach from his political foes. for a president not to have confidence in,

not to be prepared to listen to the myriad of intelligence agencies, from defence intelligence, the cia etc, is absolutely mindless. an unclassified version of the intelligence findings is to be released. whatever the american public makes of that information, the relationship between the president—elect and the intelligence community is already strained. daniel boettcher, bbc news. let's speak to our correspondent in washington, aleem maqbool. there has been speculation about the meeting and now we have a definite time, it will happen today? we think it will start in about three and a half hours in new york and it will be donald trump sitting opposite is the director of national

intelligence, the head of the fbi and cia, or saying they have evidence that not only russia hacked into democratic national e—mails, the campaign for hillary clinton, to try to influence the election, but also that came, was directed, from the highest levels in russia, from the highest levels in russia, from the president himself. there is a sense perhaps they will be able to tell mr trump they have information as to who leaked the information to wikileaks, which is where we started to hear about it, but until now, donald trump has cast doubt on that intelligence. somehow appearing to be upset it may cast aspersions on the legitimacy of his election win. we heard from generaljames clapper, the director of national intelligence yesterday. he said there is no way of telling what the

impact of the russian hack was, the lea ks impact of the russian hack was, the leaks from hillary clinton's campaign was. but it happened and there are republicans who are saying whatever the impact, russia needs to pay for that hack and needs to know it cannot do it again, but this is where there is likely to be a huge collision in outlook between donald trump and members of his party. not just the intelligence community. trump and members of his party. not just the intelligence communitym is his tone that will be important. people barely need reminding about some of these tweets, but the tone of them, the way the intelligence services are treated with derision in what he says, these men walk into this room knowing that, knowing it is his opinion of them and it is how they bridge that gap and try to have a civilised conversation about something that is extraordinarily important. and what has been

startling is not just important. and what has been startling is notjust the derision of the american intelligence community but also he is lining himself up with vladimir putin, praising his response to the action president obama took, which was to reject 35 russian diplomats here in response to the hacking. when that happened we saw a tweet from donald trump praising vladimir putin. all of this is not going to be something... what happens in the room today is not something we necessarily find out about. we hear the community will make public some of the findings next week, but we will be looking at donald trump's twitter feed, which is will be looking at donald trump's twitterfeed, which is where most information appears to be coming from. donald trump seems more concerned with arnold schwarzenegger and his ratings on the apprentice

them with intelligence meeting he is about to have. hundreds of people attended have attended the funeral of yasser yaqub — who was shot dead by police on monday. the service for the 28—year—old was held at a mosque in huddersfield. mr yaqub died after police stopped a car nearjunction 2a of the m62. an inquest into the death was also opened and adjourned in bradford today. it has been a busy morning in connection with the incident when yasser yaqub was shot dead by police officers when he came down a slip road off the m60 to motorway. the funeral took place a fewer hours ago and people are now gathering for friday prayers. a man has been in court in connection with the case and an inquest has been opened into the death of the man who was killed.

hundreds of people came to yasser yaqub's funeral this morning. many did not know him personally but were here to support his family. his father, mother and sisters were deeply distressed. the consistent thought from those present is they wa nt a nswe rs thought from those present is they want answers as to why he was shot by police on monday night. the pa rents by police on monday night. the parents have by police on monday night. the pa rents have lost by police on monday night. the parents have lost their son and the sisters their brother. they need a nswe rs. sisters their brother. they need answers. his friends, family, we need answers and quick. we are hoping that within this week we shall have a proper report. do you think that might calm tensions? definitely. we have a proper investigation and justifiable answer is, yes, why not? a key question was a nswered

is, yes, why not? a key question was answered today. the police have said answered today. the police have said a gun was found in the white audi yasser yaqub was shot in. we know he was the front seat passenger. at the inquest this morning it was revealed the gun was found in the front passenger foot well of the vehicle, exactly where he was sitting. the inquest was told yasser yaqub was shot by an officer in the execution of his duty. he was listed in court as being a 28—year—old office clerk but many in huddersfield believe he was a drugs dealer and he was in 2010 accused in cleared of trying to murder two people and firearms offence. his family stress he was not convicted of anything. a 30—year—old man arrested at the time appeared before magistrates. moshin amin is charged with firearms offences including possessing a pistol and silencer. he was remanded in custody. the court case involving

him will go forward with further hearings in the future. the inquest was adjourned until the end of march and the coroner asked for the independent police complaints commission to keep him up to date with what is going on and more information will come out. information is coming out now over the events on monday evening. and a clearer picture is becoming apparent. nicola sturgeon has suggested a so—called soft brexit could postpone another vote on scottish independence. scotland's first minister was speaking on the bbc‘s good morning scotland programme. she said she believed scotland's "direction of travel" was still towards independence, but that could be "put aside" in the short—term. 0ur scotland correspondent, glenn campbell. nicola sturgeon is opposed to brexit but the position she has developed is that she is prepared to compromise, that she is prepared to

act set brexit in certain circumstances. in december she set out what compromise she would be prepared to accept, effectively if the uk was to stay in the european single market, or to argue for a special arrangement that would allow scotla nd special arrangement that would allow scotland to stay in, then she would be prepared to take off the table the possibility of a second vote on scottish independence for the period of brexit negotiations. england and wales voted to leave, northern ireland voted to stay. and even in scotland, which voted overwhelmingly to remain in the eu, a million people voted to leave. what i am trying to do is to see whether, with compromise and a focus on building consensus, there is a proposition the maximum number of people can get behind. she has put together a paper exploring these options. that's been sent to the uk government and ms sturgeon is effectively saying that the ball is now in theresa may's court. if she doesn't want there to be

a call from the scottish government for a second vote on independence, she wants theresa may to move on this agenda, otherwise she says that she will push for the question of scottish independence to be revisited. some of her opponents think she is making demands that she knows will be rejected to strengthen her argument for independence. nicola sturgeon insists she is genuinely trying to achieve consensus around a compromise. we've often reported on the problems of bed blocking in hospitals — and its knock—on effects. but new research indicates the issue is even worse in mental health trusts in england. the research found that in trusts that specialise in mental health and learning disabilities, the rise in the number delayed discharges is double that of acute hospitals. 0ur social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, has the details. how are things in the shop? fine,

the usual sort of thing. 0liver lang helps his father run a small post office in norfolk. in 2014, the 27—year—old was detained under the mental health act. he spent several weeks in a psychiatric unit, but even when he was well enough to leave, he couldn't. delays in arranging support in the community meant he spent a further two months unnecessarily in hospital. ifelt like i was in danger in there, because a lot happens in hospital. i felt like if someone attacks me, i'd have to defend myself. but if i did defend myself, and hurt someone, they'd say he is a danger, so that'd keep me locked up for longer. i was trying to be whiter than white. latest figures show more than 200,000 bed days were lost by the nhs in england last october. physical health trusts saw a 30% rise in the previous 12 months. but for mental health and learning disability trusts, the increase was 56%. this former care minister says the figures show once more

the crisis in mental health care. it means there's a shortage of community psychiatric nurses, a shortage of support services, like detox facilities, and a shortage in social care, which i think has hit people it means there's a shortage of community psychiatric nurses, a shortage of support services, like detox facilities, and a shortage in social care, which i think has hit people with mental ill health disproportionately hard. the pressure on mental health services is intense and growing. last year in london for instance, four mental health trusts said their bed occupancy levels were 100%, that means that every single bed they had was full every single day of the year. packed wards lead to problems. if people can't leave it's hard to admit other people so we have people in crisis who need a bed and we have people scouring the country sometimes to find a bed we can admit them to. ministers say they are aware

of the problems and will spend £400 million in this parliament ensuring psychiatric patients can be treated at home. michael buchanan, bbc news. russia says it is reducing its military presence in syria, including bringing back its aircraft carrier and other warships. the head of russia's armed forces said the defeat of rebel forces in aleppo, and the current ceasefire, meant that its mission had been fulfilled. 0ur correspondent alex forsyth gave us the latest from beirut. russian military forces have played a key role in the syrian war since 2015, providing support to the syrian regime with heavy air strikes in rebel—held areas, so much so that moscow is credited with helping turn the tide in favour of its ally, the syrian president bashir. the syrian president bashir al—assad. but a week or so ago, at the end of december, the russian president vladimir putin announced a partial pull out

of its forces, in light of the ceasefire russia helped to broker, and which, despite some violations and ongoing violence, is largely holding, and today the russian foreign ministry said that its aircraft carrier and some smaller warships based in the mediterranean would be the first to leave. russia will retain a significant military presence in syria, but for some this is a sign that moscow sees the syrian conflict entering into a new phase, after it helped the syrian government take control of the key city of aleppo, and with peace talks planned for later this month. but this comes with an important caveat. this isn't the first time russia has announced a withdrawal from syria. it did so in march last year, only to ramp up its presence when the fighting continued. the latest headlines. donald trump is due to meet intelligence agency chiefs — after questioning their findings of russian interference in the us presidential election. hundreds of people attended the funeral in huddersfield

of the man shot dead by police on monday — an inquest an inquest is opened and adjourned into the death of yasser yaqub. and russia says it's sending home an aircraft carrier deployed to the syrian coast, as it scales down its military presence in the region. and in sport. the third round of the fa cup gets under way tonight with manchester city's pep guardiola getting his first taste of the competition. his side travel to face west ham at the london stadium later the manor formula one team have gone into administration, after talks with potential investors failed . the team finished last in the world championship last season. and england flankerjames haskell is in line for his first appearance of the season. he's been named in the squad for wasps' premiership meeting with leicester on sunday. i'll be back with more on those stories later. a third of hospital trusts in england have warned urgent action

is needed to cope with the pressure of patient numbers — according to figures seen by the bbc. however new figures this morning from nhs england show slightly fewer patients attended accident and emergency departments in england in the week between christmas and new year, as compared to earlier in december. the total was just over 370,000. that's compared to nearly 375,000 in the week to the 18th december. and the run—up to christmas itself was also quieter, with just over 330,000 patients going to casualty in the days before christmas day. but the pressure of the number of people admitted to hospital prompted a third of hospital trusts in england to warn that urgent action was needed. that data comes from a health—care think tank, the nuffield trust. the president of the royal college of emergency medicine, dr taj hassan joins us from leeds. how do you see the pressures on the

nhs in england at the moment?” think the pressures on the nhs especially in emergency care are particularly intense at the moment. the figures you identified give indication of the number of patients attending but more concerning is the number of patients managed within four hours and delays to admission into the hospital bed base, which u nfortu nately a re very into the hospital bed base, which unfortunately are very significant. staff are working under pretty intolerable conditions at times, trying to manage. when you say intolerable conditions, describe what you mean? our emergency departments are significantly overcrowded. figures suggest that oui’ overcrowded. figures suggest that our present numbers are probably the worst in the last 15 years and you have departments where there are 20, 30 patients waiting for eight, ten,

12,16 30 patients waiting for eight, ten, 12, 16 hours 30 patients waiting for eight, ten, 12,16 hours on a 30 patients waiting for eight, ten, 12, 16 hours on a trolley, waiting for a bed and staff are trying to ca re for a bed and staff are trying to care for them as well as patients coming through the door. that combination is not acceptable and we have to do something about it. when you say do something about it, a lot of people would have different ideas about what that might be. if you could wave a magic wand, what would you like to see? it is not a case of waving magic wands. i had a helpful conversation yesterday with the chief executive of the nhs as well as the chief executive of nhs improvement, the two most senior people running the nhs and it was an open and constructive meeting and we discussed options that would allow short—term stability and to move forward in the medium—term to get us back to delivering decent care for patients consistently. thanks for

talking to us. the president of the royal college of emergency medicine. more now on the news that us intelligence chiefs are to brief the president—elect, donald trump, this afternoon on allegations that russia attempted to interfere in the american presidential election. mr trump has repeatedly questioned the claims made by the fbi and the cia. the outgoing vice—president, joe biden, said it was "absolutely mindless" for mr trump to doubt on the agencies. in terms of the allegations and the meeting that will happen in the next few hours, presumably the president—elect will be given everything the intelligence agencies feel they have. they spoke to the current president yesterday. feel they have. they spoke to the current president yesterdaym feel they have. they spoke to the current president yesterday. it is a good question because in a normal

situation you would expect them to lay out the most sensitive intelligence because we know some material in the report is likely to be sensitive and might involve agents, if the cia had any in moscow, who might have been able to inform what is happening in moscow. the identities of the agents would not be in a report that the fact of their existence might be classified and they might not want details coming out. it is an interesting question for the intelligence community. previously you would brief the present everything but now they might be thinking, if we brief him something, will he tweet it? the calculation about how much detail to brief the president—elect will be interesting will stop of course, it is in their interest and lay as much of the evidence on the table as they can because they have to try to convince him it is credible, that it

is not another iraq and wmd case, but their assessment that russia was behind hacking was correct. intelligence is not always correct, sometimes it is a judgment call and they know they are dealing with someone who has been dismissive about this. he has tried to disparage and undermine their case but now he will see fact stop there could be intercepted communications about people in moscow allegedly celebrated when he wins but that is not conclusive. that might be details about couriers, people who took material from the hackers to the place where it got put online by wikileaks the place where it got put online by wikilea ks and others. the place where it got put online by wikileaks and others. there could be information, there a few times you get a smoking gun, one piece of intelligence that is absolutely definitive. you could not argue with its veracity and proves everything,

thatis its veracity and proves everything, that is unusual. normally it is an assessment based on evidence and past activity and to piece it together and say, we are confident this happened. the question for donald trump, will it convince him, 01’ donald trump, will it convince him, or the fact it is an assessment will leave him room to say, i do not see definitive proof. that is the question coming from the briefing. fascinating. i hope to talk more about this later in the afternoon. now, its famous throughout the world for using the sun to mark the summer solstice. but now it seems stonehenge may also have had its own, distinct, sound. scientists at the site have used virtual reality technology to recreate what the henge would have looked like, thousands of years ago, when it was complete. and they've used ancient musical instruments to recreate the circle's original acoustics. 0ur correspondent, david sillito, went along for a listen. wind blows eerily. people have been coming here for at least 4000—5000 years, so we're walking

in the feet of history. when the wind blows, some people say they hear a strange hum. thomas hardy wrote about it in tess of the d'urbervilles, and dr rupert till is convinced the sound of stonehenge is part of its magic. tapping. you hear between each beat, a little echo. as the sound leaves you, hits the stone and comes back to you here, bang. tapping. the problem is this isjust a fragment of the sound people would have heard 4000 years ago. i met the site's historian, susan greening. so, this is the front door of stonehenge we're going through right now? that's right, yes, and we are coming into the central space now. it does change a bit as you walk through, doesn't it? it does, you have the feeling

of being enclosed within a space. what we're looking at today is the ruin of stonehenge. many stones have been taken away from the site, many have fallen down, lots have been eroded, and they're covered in lichen. it would've been a completely different atmosphere complete, wouldn't it? yes, it would. horn sounds. however, rupert till has an answer. what this new vr technology offers is a possibility, a chance to, well, return back and see and also hear what this place used to look like in the past. we have constructed it by rebuilding stonehenge digitally and used software to reconstruct the acoustics of the space as it would have been when all of the stones were here. so, how different is the old sound to the sound we have today? well, if i tap this drum now, you will hear

a little bit of an echo. when all of the stones are put in place, there is a much more powerful sense of enclosure, a slight reverberation, more echo, and it changes more as you walk around. so today it's just a ruin beside a city road. this, a chance to say goodbye to the 21st century and experience the last sound of stonehenge. blue skies over stonehenge. will there be more to be had? not a lot of that this weekend, mainly cloudy conditions but with the extra cloud temperatures lifting a little. we will not see the frost we have had across the country over the last few days. you can see the cloud has already arrived. not much blue sky at stonehenge at the

moment. clear spells in the southeast and one or two shows. the main body of the rain is north and west. 11 degrees in belfast, still a cold feel further east. tonight the rain moves on and behind it we left with cloud, it will be misty and murky. the majority holding above freezing and there will not be much frost a pa rt freezing and there will not be much frost apart from maybe in the sheltered glens in scotland. brightness in scotland tomorrow but elsewhere, cloud. mist and murk in places. maybe double figures towards the south—west and we feel less chilly on sunday but again, lots of cloud. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. donald trump is to meet intelligence agency chiefs after repeatedly voicing doubts about claims of russian interference in the us presidential election.

the outgoing vice—president joe biden has condemned mr trump for undermining the agencies. hundreds of people have attended the funeral of a man shot dead by police on the m62 motorway in west yorkshire. an inquest has been opened and adjourned into the death of 28—year—old yasser yaqub. nicola sturgeon has suggested the prospect of a second referendum on scottish independence could be taken off the table in the short term if the uk pursues a soft brexit. the first minister said she wants the uk — or scotland at least — to remain in the eu single market. russia has ordered the withdrawal of its aircraft carrier from the mediterranean, where it's been involved in military action in support of syrian president assad's regime. it's part of a scaling down of russia's military deployment in the region. scientists say a giant iceberg — a quarter the size of wales — will soon break off from the most

northern ice shelf in antarctica. it looks set to become one of the ten biggest icebergs ever recorded. come to come —— more to come but now it is time for the sport. 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. 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. what i hear here before, the cup it is special, because the lower teams can beat the big teams and one team,

it not just happens can beat the big teams and one team, it notjust happens in the premier league, it happens in the cup as well, that is why i am looking forward. but it is in the premier league games, it is tough, it will be tough. we will like the draw. big game for us, big game for them, it isa game for us, big game for them, it is a big game, fa cup, big game for both clubs, but it for the fans of course, and i am sure they are going to again, also put very strong team. also put 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. you know it would be nice to have a warm welcome, i have had a great time over there, i have loved the fan, the club, very important period in my career, in playing over there, andi in my career, in playing over there, and i haven't been back in an

occasion like this, so it is good to be back, it is good to play over there, but it's, i have said it a couple op times it is not about me, it is the team that comes there. hopefully we can be a surprise, show ourselves over there. hopefully we can be a surprise, show ourselves over there. jon 0bi mikel is the latest premier league player to join the chinese super league. the nigeria midfielderfollows former chelsea team—mates oscar, ramires and demba ba to china, joining tianjin teda fc. in an emotional letter to his "chelsea family" on social media, the midfielder thanked fans for making the impossible, possible. 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. 0ur formula one reporterjennie gow has more on manor's problems. iam afraid i am afraid it will be pretty tough for hem. the administrators which is frp said there is a very limited window of opportunity, and of

course, the season starts on march 26th in australia, so there really isn't much time for them to get this sorted out. there are people who are interested in buying the team, nobody has put the money down on the table yet, it needs somebody to come in anfast, table yet, it needs somebody to come in an fast, for the jobs to be secured, and for the racing to continue. secured, and for the racing to continue. 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 under way in a month's time. johanna konta has suffered a shock defeat in the shenzhen 0pen 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. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. we tonnes meeting will start in

about three hours' time. mr trump's repeatedly questioned the claims made by the fbi and the cia that moscow was behind the cyber hacking attack, and the outgoing vice presidentjoe biden has said it was mindless for mr trump to cast doubt on the findings of the us intelligence agencies is. we will discuss this now with edward lucas, senior editor at the economist. he is the former moscow bureau chief there. thank you for being with us. how do you see the meeting? it would be fascinating to be able to listen in? indeed. this is one meeting won't be able to listen to if they

are doing theirjob properly. the atmosphere will be tense because the intelligence community chiefs are kind of barons of the american system. they run enormous organisations and they are used to be taken very seriously, and they have been publicly dispar ranged or dissed by mr trump with tweets and this is a new experience they have had difficult relations in the past, nixon for example didn't particularly like his intelligence services but to have notjust their competence but their integrity publicly questioned will strike a jarring note. mr trump thinks that america is run by crookes and idiots who have done a bad onjob and he lambasted the intelligence ages is just as the lambasted the federal reserve, but with a particular twist they are saying that russia interfered in the election which to some extent tarnishes his victory, he would like to think he had won fairand he would like to think he had won fair and square. you wonder if they prevent him with enough facts,

evidence, would he change his mind on all of that? i wonder if his attention span is long enough. i have seen the unclassified bit of this, which is pretty simple, that the breach came from the so—called fishing e—mails many of your viewers received which say you need to reset your password. if you click on that your password. if you click on that you are handed your pass ward away to somebody else. for analysis of the e—mails we can see they were pa rt the e—mails we can see they were part of a family of e—mails going to senior people in politics, military and security in countries of interest to russia, so this was very clearly not some guy in a basement as trump said. there is also the question of who is behind the site. anonymously registered on the internet which came up with published a lot of this stuff. those are the two components, the hacking and the leaking, i suspect the intelligence agencies have a good idea who is behind the site, and

they have probably got some high level stu —of—stuff they have probably got some high level stu—of—stuff about what was goings on in moscow, probably including people like putin saying we got you, or something like that, so it will be hard for him to say this is nonsense but would it change the way he behaves? i don't know.” suppose in the long—term, he hasn't started in the white house, yet, he has four years, maybe eight years of working with these intelligence agencies if he has fallen out with them, that doesn't bode very well. no, they are huge brock sips and turning them round will be difficult. i think it is well overdue for reform, america has a sprawling network of agencies many which had money hurled am them and they overloop lap and compete. on this they seem to be united don't they, the cia and the fbi. they seem to be of the same might about the russian hacking. they do, and i think this conclusion is pretty solid. i think, think this conclusion is pretty solid. ithink, you know, someone like trump would be well placed to

start bringinged or tore this, because it has got out of control, the sheer size and all these leaks we see, with snowden and people like that show it needs reform. i think the crunch is going when he starts doing foreign diplomacy, when he sta rts doing foreign diplomacy, when he starts meeting foreign leaders he will want know what he had for brea kfast will want know what he had for breakfast and what his negotiating position is going to be. every country that has an intelligence agency tried to find this out and as the american leader you want to have the american leader you want to have the biggest and best intelligence briefing when you go to bat for your country. it will be interesting to see how quickly he pivots and says i need these people, because i am going face to face with merkel, the mexican president, with putin, the chinese, and i don't want to walk in naked. i want some intelligence. evenif naked. i want some intelligence. even if they give him that intelligence, will he trust it if he doesn't get on with these people?” think he will find that his, he claims to be the smartest guy to

know stuff, and that bravado is fine outside the negredo room, when you are sitting there with some foreign leader and you have to wuect of the deal and get a good dealfor your country, you will need a good briefing. i think bluster very very goodin briefing. i think bluster very very good in the real estate market where you are trying to make people lend you are trying to make people lend you money and so on, i don't think it works when you running the most important country in the world, you need spies and intelligence. great to talk to you. thank you for being with us. thank you for being with us. four people have been charged with hate crimes in connection with the assault on a teenager with special needs, that was streamed live on facebook. the two men and two women are due to appear in court in chicago later today. helena lee has the latest. these are the faces of the suspects, charged over the kidnap and torture of an 18—year—old man. over a 48—hour period, there was a prolonged attack on the victim,

who has mental health challenges. and it was broadcast live on the social media site, facebook. the four suspects have been charged with aggravated kidnapping and taking part in a hate crime. we have the statements of the four of them. they admit they were beating him, kicking him, they made him drink toilet water, and then obviously the video where they are cutting a piece of his scalp. the victim finally escaped from a flat in chicago when his attackers confronted a neighbour. his brother—in—law said his family were just pleased he was safe. we are so grateful for all the prayers and efforts that led to the safe return of our brother. we are fully aware of the charges being brought against the offenders. at this time, we ask for continued prayers for all those involved, and for our family's privacy as we cope and heal. in the video, the attackers could be heard making racist comments.

president obama said it highlighted problems that have existed for some time. part of what technology allows us to see now is the terrible toll that racism and discrimination and hate takes on families and communities. the outgoing president went on to say the attack in chicago was a despicable hate crime, but he remained optimistic about the long—term state of race relations in america. helena lee, bbc news. scientists have told the bbc that a giant iceberg, is ready to break off from the most northern ice shelf in antarctica. as you can see in this image, the iceberg is expected be around a quarter the size of wales. the multi—coloured line shows how the crack has

lengthened over recent years. and this image, captured by scientists on nasa's icebridge mission, shows the crack from above. when the iceberg does eventually break off, it is likely to be one of the ten biggest ever recorded. researchers say that this is a geographical and not a climate event. with me is dr mark brandon, reader in polar oceanography at the open university the scale is staggering to a nonu scientist lie myself, can you explain why this is striking and what is happening? so what we are seeing is the natural processes that go on in an ice sheet. snow falls on land, it gets compressed into ice, theice land, it gets compressed into ice, the ice form glaciers, the glaciers float to the coast. in certain special places, they float, the

tongue of glace aier floats and forms an ice shelf. the ice is thick, maybe 350 metres thick, and it can extend in the case of this particular ice shelf a couple of hundred kilometres from the coast. icebergs are fracturing off from the edge but what is special at this one is just the edge but what is special at this one isjust the phenomenal size. it is natural part of the flow of the glacier, as this iceberg carves off and drifts away, the ice shelf will advance forward over time and more snow falling will build the shelf up again. so do we learn anything from this process, the fact it is so particularly large? it is just part of life's natural pattern if you like? so this project was set up by swa nsea like? so this project was set up by swansea university, the midas project. the purpose of the project is to find out the fate of this ice shelf. there are two ice shelves to the north of it which you said this is the most northerly. it's the most northerly that is slept. the two slightly further north have gone and the last one of those, went in 2002,

it went very quickly. swansea university. when we say gone we mean fractured? the ice is dissipated out into the ocean and gone away and melted. 0nce into the ocean and gone away and melted. once you take away the ice from the ice shelf, the casiers that fed the ice shelf will speed up. as they speed up more ice is leaving and going into the ocean, so although this is a geographical effect, what may follow is probably likely going to be driven by the climate. this was set up to study what might happen with this ice shelf. we have these ideas about how it work, as it goes, larsson c will be the smallest we have seen in the record that we have. our records only go want about 50, 60 years so it is still recent, but the computer simulation from swansea predict that theice simulation from swansea predict that the ice shelf may become unstable. so this particular iceberg, phenomenally huge, not a climate

event, what follows next we going to be worth watching which is what the project is about. very interesting, so the timescale of that project. can it go on add infin tum. they picked the right time to be working on it. they have been following the crack developing, and now, it is 100 kilometre long this piece of ice. 3050 metres thick. it works out about 1,000 billion tonnes of freshwater. it is hinged on ice holding it. once it fractures it will drift away, the first thing lit do is slowly, it will turn to the north and start drifting and it been following the crack developing, and now, it is 100 kilometre long this piece of ice. 3050 metres thick. it works out about 1,000 billion tonnes of freshwater. it is hinged on ice holding it. once it fractures it will drift away, the first thing lit do is slowly, it will turn to the north and start drifting and it will probably bump into an island and stick there for a couple of years where it gradually melts. but 100 kilometre iceberg, this is so big it will have its own climate when it

d rifts will have its own climate when it drifts north. it will cool the air, change the wind circulation. that is fascinating. thank you for coming donald trump is due to meet intelligence agency chiefs — after questioning their findings of russian interference in the us 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. and russia says it's sending home an aircraft carrier deployed to the syrian coast, as it scales down its military presence in the region. hello, 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. 0nline 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 seven debacle behind it — the south korean tech giant is forecasting profits of 6.3 billion pounds for the last three months of 2016. how? components. samsung makes chips and screens for the whole tech industry. now, admitting that you're a bad driver might require soul searching. some new research out today says that you'll be able to tell by your fuel bills. bad drivers spend two thirds extra on fuel than the best drivers, amounting to nearly £50 a month.that‘s according to a study amounting to nearly £50 a month. that's according to a study by the insurers direct line.

steve fowler is the editor in chief of auto express magazine. so, £50 a month is worth having, how can you tell if you are a bad driver or spending too much money? well, in this case a bad driver has been defined by technology. there are black boxes inside these cars and direct line with their drive plus system have analysed the data that comes from them. if you drive round corners too quickl comes from them. if you drive round corners too quick l accelerate too quick will, if you break too quickly it the technology will feedback into the big data pool the company has and define what is a bad driver and good driver. bad drivers tend to spend more time in fuel stations. good driver. bad drivers tend to spend more time in fuel stationsm there a way of getting better? it is case of mapping out routes better? you can become a better driver. it is driving as you should do, and being gent well the accelerator and

break, and anticipating thing, —— brake. if you have the attitude that you wa nt to if you have the attitude that you want to improve, and you anticipate the road ahead, it is no point in roaring up to that red light. it won't change quicker, so subsequently go up to the red light. you might not have to stop, that will save you fuel. the insurer will look at you in a better way. all that technology, we have smartphone, we can use various apps to map out route, does that help? it does. with this system, there is an app, particularly popular with young people, who are looking to reduce the cost of insurance, the app will tell you how well you are driving or as my daughter found tell you how well you are driving or as my daughterfound out tell you how well you are driving or as my daughter found out how badly your mother is driving in some cases and you get rewarded v if you drive well you might get money back or lower premium, you might get a phone call if you don't, or. —— or advice. —— or advice.

listen up if you're flying british airways — the carriers 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 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 an american youtube star 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. a quick look at the markets. after

hitting another record high yesterday, the ftse is still on track of a fifth straight week of gains. that is it for this hour, plenty more to come the rest of the afternoon. i have been inspecting ben's mascara off the back of that! a bit of foundation, mascara, it looks good. ray blk — an r'n'b soul singer, has just topped the bbc‘s sound of 2017 list, which highlights the most exciting new artists in music. ray was chosen by more than a hundred djs, journalists, festival bookers, bloggers and critics. their track record is good — having previously spotted the likes of adele and jessie j. let's take a look at her music. # love me # love me

# say you love me # say you love me # calm me calm me # calm me calm me # you never do # you never do # money, money, always above me # money, money, always above me # you're too busy selling food. # we are in croydon, this is a squat eve ryo ne we are in croydon, this is a squat everyone knows from here, you get a full on breakfast and get your money's worth. cani money's worth. can i have a caribbean breakfast please. in my head from really young, i was just always sure i was going to end up in the music business. i didn't know how. i never grew up in a musical family. business. i didn't know how. i never grew up in a musicalfamily. no—one in myfamily grew up in a musicalfamily. no—one in my family is particularly interested in music, even as listeners. it got recognised in primary school so they picked me as one the kids to go for the gifted and talented scheme for husband sick. i was chuffed because i spent

the summersinging, sick. i was chuffed because i spent the summer singing, writing song, i had my first studio session at nine, i thought this is who i am. in it is a community spot. i love how eve ryo ne a community spot. i love how everyone from the area just comes here, and hangs out and you are bound to bump into someone you know coming here. there is no such thing asa coming here. there is no such thing as a small breakfast at bluejays. ijust as a small breakfast at bluejays. i just started as a small breakfast at bluejays. ijust started ripping beats off youtube. no resource, didn't know anyone in music. i wasjust determined to make it happen myself. i have learned so much from being in south london. it has made any me the woman i am today. my woman i am today. my hood was the one that really catapulted everything. it was me and the producer in the studio. and he just started the chords on the

piano, something about itjust felt so nostalgic and took me back to where i am from and what it was like growing up there. really, honestly i hated where i was fro. ijust wanted to get out, and that is really how the song came about. # where there's no—one like me round # where there's no—one like me round # don't take me there # don't take me there #0r # don't take me there # 0r anywhere. # 2016 has been such a whirlwind. i don't think i could have had a better year, to be honest. this time next year, i just want to be a better artist. focussed on making more good music, i think i would just reich to be better. —— like to be better. —— better. fantastic. 2017. big future for her. let us see the future of the let us see the future of the weather. ben the future of the

weather. ben the future of the weather is looking decidedly gloomy. a lot of cloud to come through the weekend, but with that extra cloud, temperatures are lifting slightly, so we won't have so many starts like this. this was the scene in hertfordshire this morning, frosty yes, but sunny, temperatures below freeze, but further north and west things are changing, a lot of cloud spreading into scotland. we had rain, and it was milderand spreading into scotland. we had rain, and it was milder and that is what has been happening. we have had a lump of cloud, with it milder air, so as we end the day in northern ireland, a lot of cloud, mist and murk but at five o'clock we are looking at temperatures in belfast at 11 degrees. a few clear spells in northern scotland, further south, down through northern england t south—west into the midlands, a lot of cloud. rain, turning mild in the far west but for a time chilly weather to be had. four degrees in milton keynes for the afternoon rush hour, as we go through the evening

and overnight this rain is going to continue to stagger south, the odd heavy burst but most light and patchy. 0nce heavy burst but most light and patchy. once the rain clears out of the way we will be left with cloud, missy murky drizzly conditions but for most the vast majority frost—free, four to nine degrees, maybe a touch of frost for sheltered glenn, it is scotland that will see the brightest of the weather tomorrow, particularly in the north east, elsewhere, a lot of cloud, again mist, murk and hill fog, mild, particularly down to the south—west, but still fairly chilly feel i suspect across north east scotland and north east england, so the fa cup third round looks gloomy, but it should be a largely dry, you would be unlucky to see too much in the way of rain, the odd spot of drizzle. saturday night it is this cloudy murky mixture of weather with drizzle. courtesy of high pressure. with this area of high pressure the airwill be with this area of high pressure the air will be stagnant. more of a

breeze into scotland, some rain for western up slopes, maybe breaks in the cloud in eastern scotland. it will be another fairly mild day. particularly out west. a bit chillier in eastern areas, nothing like as chill azerbaijan it will be in eastern europe. minus 25 in moscow. into monday, a change, it turns wet and windy. the this is bbc news. the headlines at 3. us intelligence chiefs are to brief a sceptical

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. 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. we find out 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. and a 22—year—old south londoner, ray black, is named as the bbc‘s sound of 2017.