deal with that, that is a crucial one, which also would improve working conditions for people in this country as well. mr corbyn has also called for a cap on how much people can earn, saying it would lead to a fairer society. struggling into work, hundreds of thousands of commuters across southern england are hit by the latest three—day strike by southern rail drivers. a 15—year—old girl has been arrested after a seven—year—old girl was found with life—threatening injuries in york and has died. festive cheer for morrisons, as they record their best christmas sales figures for seven years. getting bigger, the world cup will expand to 48 teams in less tha n world cup will expand to 48 teams in less than a decade, as 16 more teams are allowed in. in sport, johanna konta's preparations for the australian open go from strength to strength. she is through to the quarterfinals of the sydney international. good afternoon. the labour leader

jeremy corbyn has told the bbc he doesn't believe that immigration in the uk is too high. in a major speech, he is expected to suggest that labour is no longer wedded to the principle of freedom of movement. when asked if he had changed his mind about the numbers coming to the uk this morning, he said no. he also addressed the issue of pay, saying he wanted to put a cap on the maximum amount people can earn in the uk, to create a more equal society. our political correspondent reports. he has criticised the prime minister for not having a plan for brexit but he has been under pressure to set out his stall. today, he reached out for labour voters worried about eu

immigration by saying his party wasn't wedded to freedom of movement. in a bbc interview he didn't suggest any new restrictions, so didn't suggest any new restrictions, so how would he'd tackle the level of unskilled immigration? ending exploitation of migrant workers, ending on cutting existing pay conditions, and enforcing the workers directive, which describes the way people are recruited to come to this country to undercut existing working conditions. with this cut the number of eu migrants?m probably means there would be fewer. some in his own party said he should be flagging up more specific policies. we have to be clear and consistent about what our policy on immigration is. that's why it stephen kinnock and i'd put forward what was a well thought through proposal about retaining preference for eu workers over non—eu workers in orderto for eu workers over non—eu workers in order to get the best economic deal, but equally, there would be

restrictions and quotas in low skilled areas of work. the conservatives are accusing jeremy corbyn of swiftly changing his position on eu immigration. on the one hand it was trailed overnight in the newspapers that the labour party we re the newspapers that the labour party were committed to ending freedom of movement rules. by the time they hit the tv studios that had gone out the window. those close to jeremy corbyn said he wanted to catch the antiestablishment mood sweeping through many western companies. not exactly a left—wing donald trump but someone exactly a left—wing donald trump but someone for those political weather. he created a bit of a storm over his plans for those on high pay, too.|j would like to see a maximum earnings limit because i think that would be afairer limit because i think that would be a fairer thing to do. we can't set ourselves up as being a grossly

unequal, bargain basement economy, on the shores of europe. we have to be something that is more eager to her in. we don't think pay caps are the way to run a modern economy. we don't think politicians know what the correct level of pay is for the chief executive of a ftse 100 company which has hundreds of thousands of employees across the world. jeremy corbyn won't be that bothered that his high—paid cap is unpopular with business. his bigger challenge is to find policies that appeal to labour supporters who voted to remain in the eu, as well as addressing the concerns of those who want to leave. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. his interview today is being billed asa his interview today is being billed as a relaunch, how has it gone down so as a relaunch, how has it gone down so far? with a good deal of head scratching, and confusion. today was meant to be the day when mr corbyn rebooted his leadership with a more

confident, popular, assertive leader, ready to take on the westminster village. even his closest shadow cabinet colleagues we re closest shadow cabinet colleagues were taken by surprise by this idea ofa were taken by surprise by this idea of a pay cut. an absolute limit on the top salaries some people could earn. similarly, his attempt to strike a more popular stance on brexit, saying brexit could be good for britain and that labour was no longer wedded to freedom of movement, confusion there, too. because in interviews this morning, mr corbyn said, actually, i haven't changed my mind on immigration freedom of movement. yes, there might be tighter labour market rules to stop eu workers undercutting british workers, but he shied away from any changes to freedom of movement. just figured measure, he said he supported striking railway workers and would be happy to seen on the picket lines at southern

rail. mr corbyn's people are quite relaxed. this is the new, unvarnished, confidentjeremy corbyn telling it as it is. they think he can ride the popular, antiestablishment bandwagons we've seen antiestablishment bandwagons we've seenin antiestablishment bandwagons we've seen in the brexit referendum, and over the atlantic in the united states election. the fear of his critics in the labour party, is that yes, he's getting the headlines all right, but these are not the headlines a labour leader should want. hundreds of thousands of commuters in the south of england have struggled to get to work today because of the latest strike by southern rail train drivers. the dispute — which has been going on for nearly 10 months — is about taking away guards and having driver only trains. our transport correspondent richard westcott is at east croydon station — how much of a service has there been today? how much of a service has there been today, richard? it has been quite limited. it's a bit calmer. you can

see behind me. in rush hour this was a huge, snaking queue going hundreds of meters down the side of the station. no southern services today so station. no southern services today so people were cramming on the services there were. this has been rumbling on now for ten months and it's not just rumbling on now for ten months and it's notjust the strike days that are bad, it's everyday. drivers aren't working overtime, which is essential to running a railway line. cancellations, delays, every day. someone has got to step in to sort this out, people are saying universally. it's becoming all too familiar. realistically we aren't going to get on this one so we'll wait for the next one. commuters on one of britain's busiest rail lines, struggling through a strike. the whole situation is a complete joke. other like to know i'm going to end up other like to know i'm going to end up at my destination at a certain time. it's the uncertainty of being

able to say, i'll get back to meet someone, or able to say, i'll get back to meet someone, or might childcare or something. southern normally runs 2200 services a day, today they managed 16. this is the queuejust to get into east croydon station. all of these people have been trying to get into london. it's about 8:45am. the queue snakes around a lot, and goes down the side of the station, probably about 100 metres. it's taken me an hour to get to croydon and now i've got to queue. i think we should all go on strike! for nearly a year, they've been rowling about changes to the role of the on—board guard. southern wants drivers to take over closing the train doors. the unions say that threatens safety and jobs. southern says no one is losing their post, and the safety regulator is happy with the changes. there's no of a breakthrough. —— no sign of a

breakthrough. —— no sign of a breakthrough. this is a new million pound lab in croydon. they moved hundreds of staff here last year because of the train service. but southern's drivers aren't working overtime at the moment, causing delays and cancellations everyday. it's having a devastating effect on staff. they are having to pay the extra childcare, their children aren't safe getting home from clubs and school. they can't arrange meetings, they're having arguments at home, they are feeling stressed, tired and irritable. a number of people say they are getting more and more stressed every day about whether they are going to get home, or on time for their commitment that night. back on board, several commuters said this. the government need to do something about it. it's ridiculous. so the bbc that the proper question to the minister. what are you doing about it? don't you have a duty to step in on

behalf... the government is engaged in trying to find a way to get this issue resolved and we'll carry on doing that. in merseyside, unions are fighting similar plans to bring in driver only operated trains. it's southern today, but this issue threatens to spread across britain. isaid in threatens to spread across britain. i said in that report, little sign ofa i said in that report, little sign of a breakthrough. i was talking to the boss of aslef last week, one of the boss of aslef last week, one of the two unions involved. i said, how close are you to a deal when you are going into these talks with the company? he said we are a universe apart at the moment. it's hard to see how this whole dispute is going to be resolved. police have arrested a 15—year—old girl in connection with the death of a seven—year—old child in york. police found the girl with life—threatening injuries near a house in woodthorpe yesterday afternoon. she died later in hospital. our correspondent danny savage is in york. the seven—year—old girl was found at

about 4:30pm yesterday, at the end ofan about 4:30pm yesterday, at the end of an alleyway just about 4:30pm yesterday, at the end of an alleywayjust behind me on the outskirts of york, just inside the city's outer ring road. there has been a forensics tent there since the incident last night. it has just gone down this morning. people have been talking about the fact the girl's mother was one of the first on the scene yesterday, she was on her knees in the street shouting and sobbing about what had happened. after that, a 15—year—old girl was arrested. the seven—year—old girl was attended to by police officers and then taken to hospital. she died of her injuries a short time later. this morning, investigations have been ongoing. we know that a house half a mile from here is currently with police vehicles outside it. we believe that is connected to what happened here. the 15—year—old girl is being questioned by police officers at the moment. police have

been here to leave flowers, one message been here to leave flowers, one m essa g e left been here to leave flowers, one message left reads, night night my darling princess, love nan and grandad. people are very shocked about what happened here. investigations are ongoing and hopefully we'll know more later. football's world governing body fifa has approved plans to expand the world cup from 32 to 48 teams. the new format will be introduced from 2026. the bulk of the additional slots are likely to go to african and asian countries. our sports news correspondent richard conway reports from fifa's headquarters in zurich. fifa has been set on clearing a path to an expanded world cup for some time. but from 2026, it will get its way, with 48 teams joining the party. there's china coming into the system, maybe in a couple of years india will also come into the system. once china comes into the system, thailand, vietnam, any other country around it will also come up with a better infrastructure,

to bring countries that can also have the chance to compete in the world cup. so how would a 48—team world cup work? the first round would see teams divided into 16 groups of three. the top two countries would likely qualify into the knockout rounds. from there, it's win or go home, all the way to the final. all of which means the finalists will play seven games in total, the same number under the current format of 32 teams. it's in! with football now played almost all year round, europe's big club teams have objected to any change. and there are others within the sport who think the current system should be retained. if you get to the final, you're still playing only seven games, which is fine. but it's the early parts, where you've got a lot of teams involved. group stages, groups of three, they are looking at knockout games as well. so the format is really strange,

and i think you probably need a lawyer or a mathematician, an actuary, to actually work out the actual permutations. it was 1998, the last time fifa added teams to the world cup. such moves generate enormous extra revenues. fifa will bring in £800 million more in 2026, as a result of this move. but with 211 members, there is huge sporting and political pressure on them to reform. there will be great opportunities too for british teams to qualify. from a scotland perspective, it's good news, there's more chance of qualifying. however, it comes with a lot of caveats, and i think those caveats are, with an expansion, it is potentially travelling a far distance for maybe only two games. after a number of years when fifa was rocked by corruption scandals, its new leadership seems determined to assert itself. but they must now convince critics of the merit in reforming its much—loved flagship tournament. richard conway, bbc news, is europe.

our top story this lunchtime. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn says immigration levels in the uk are not too high. and still to come. aping human behaviour — how these chimpanzees make and use tools to get access to water. coming up in sport at half—past: seven—time paralympic champion jody cundy criticises cycling's world governing body, for deciding to hold the para—cycling track world championships injust seven weeks' time. the musical la la land has picked up the most nominations for this year's baftas, leading the field with 11. alien drama arrival and dark thriller nocturnal animals get nine nominations each — and british actors up for awards include andrew garfield and emily blunt. entertainment correspondent

lizo mzimba was at bafta's central london headquarters where the nominations were announced. # city of stars, are you shining just for me? a musical love letter to los angeles, la la land's 11 bafta nominations come after the story of an aspiring actress and a talented jazz musician swept the board of the golden globes. it's recognised in the best film and best director categories, nominations too for its stars ryan gosling and emma stone. i'm here because i... many british stars have been recognised, a best actress nod for emily blunt, as an alcoholic in the girl on the train. jump on it. you're kidding. i'm going to drag you... a best actor nod for andrew garfield in world war ii drama, hacksaw ridge. information, let's exchange information. the supporting performer nominations include aaron taylorjohnson, who said he was genuinely

humbled to be recognised for the dark thriller, nocturnal animals... why didn't you come home like you are supposed to? naomi harris, nominated for the coming of age story moonlight. i tried to explain to the woman, i've never been to newcastle before, we'vejust moved up here from london for a few days. and hayley squires, who said she was so grateful to be nominated for i, daniel blake. jesus christ! who's first in this queue? the welfare state drama received five nominations in total including best film and best directorfor ken loach. 50 years after his first bafta nomination for tv drama, cathy come home. ken loach has threatened retirement on a few occasions, hasn't he, but when a story grabs him, in this case, the script, by paul laverty, he has to make it. that's what drives him. while another veteran meryl streep's best actress nod for florence fosterjenkins means she now equals damejudi dench‘s record of 15 bafta film nominations.

you've never sounded better. morrisons supermarket chain has recorded its strongest sales for seven yea rs. recorded its strongest sales for seven years. like—for—like sales went up 3% at the end of the year. they said strong demand for their own brand products inspired the support. we like to treat ourselves at christmas. at morrisons, they lurid shoppers in and served up some great results. it's a remarkable performance. 2.9% great results. it's a remarkable performance. 2. 9% growth great results. it's a remarkable performance. 2.9% growth last year, in this marketplace the team were to be congratulated at morrisons. they delivered it through improved customer service and making products more available to the customers. no

doubt about it, morrisons was one of the big winners this christmas. judging by new figures out today, business was good for the supermarkets in general. because christmas fell on a sunday, we had a whole week to shop. and it was huge. round it allup, whole week to shop. and it was huge. round it all up, we spent £480 million more on groceries than we did last yearfor the 12 million more on groceries than we did last year for the 12 weeks to the end of december. that's growth of nearly 2%. but for the first time in two years, prices rose by o.2%. a sign of things to come. food sales helped deliver a solid decemberfor the retail sector overall. it was a goodish end to a roller—coaster year. retail sales across the whole of 2016 grew more slowly than they had done in the previous year. that raises more questions in the minds of consumers and retailers as to

what the outlook for 2017 might be shoppers left it late than ever this year but we did spend. the question is were we continue to do so in 2017? tens of thousands of patients waited on trolleys at nhs hospitals in england during the first week of the new year — according to data leaked to the bbc. across 131 trusts, 18,435 patients waited for more than four hours to get a bed. our health editor hugh pym is here. the figures seem to jar with health secretaryjeremy hunt's comments yesterday that most hospitals have been coping well with winter pressure? yes, a lot of stories in the last few days about the nhs in england struggling with the pressures. at this time of year, there is always very high patient demand, particularly after the new year holiday with people going into hospital having held off over the

holiday season. even so, this is a service under extreme pressure. the red cross said at the weekend there was a humanitarian crisis in health and social care, although that was strongly denied by the government. jeremy hunt in the commons yesterday said there was unprecedented demand. the nhs has seen record days, but he said broadly speaking it was coping well. figures leaked to the bbc from inside the nhs, covering the first week of january, show that on one particular gauge, the nhs was really struggling and not coping well. that is over so—called trolley waits, the length patience will have to stay having been admitted because there is no bed available, and the particularly serious situation when you have to wait more than 12 hours. the figures lea ked wait more than 12 hours. the figures leaked to the bbc showed there were 485 waiting over 12 hours in the first week of the year compared to last january, when only 158

patience. —— patients. mr hunt said only one or two trusts were under extreme pressure, but this seems to be rather at odds with that, with quite a few hospitals having to keep patients on trolleys before they could be formally admitted. thank you. a senior unionist politician has said northern ireland is facing a "prolonged period" of direct rule from westminster, following the resignation of the deputy first minister, martin mcguinness, yesterday. it came after weeks of tensions between his party and their partners in the power—sharing government, the democratic unionists. our ireland correspondent chris page is in stormont. is there any way this crisis can be resolved? there have been previous crisis situations here at stormont over the last few years, when devolution has teetered on the brink but has survived. however i don't think that is going to happen this time. northern ireland is effectively without a devolved government, martin mcguinness' resignation as

deputy first minister yesterday effectively put the first minister arlene foster out of herjob because they were enjoyed office. positions have hardened today, politicians are openly talking about preparing for the election campaign they think is coming. if there is an election and the dup and sinn fein are returned again as the largest parties, it doesn't look as if they would go back into government with each other straight away, because the disagreement between them is so serious. so we could be into complex negotiations. today the senior democratic union mp sirjeffrey donaldson said he thinks northern ireland is facing a prolonged period of direct rule from westminster because he can't see devolution getting back up and running in a short period of time. but sinn fein have said it would be unacceptable in their eyes if westminster were to ta ke in their eyes if westminster were to take over running northern ireland like that. the northern ireland secretary james brokenshire is like that. the northern ireland secretaryjames brokenshire is to make a statement to mps about the crisis this lunchtime. thank you. two bombs have exploded near the afghan parliament in kabul, killing at least 23 people.

no group has claimed responsibility for the bombings, which struck as employees were leaving the parliament complex. the brazilian government is planning to build dozens of dams in the amazon region. it says it will boost the economy and provide clean energy. but critics say it will also mean deforestation, and the end of traditional life for many of brazil's indigenous tribes, as wyre davies now reports. from the heart of the planet's greatest rainforest emerges one of the world's biggest civil engineering projects. a monolithic monument to progress. the belo monte dam is brazil's answer to its growing energy needs. mired in controversy and allegations of corruption, the $18 billion dam partially blocks the xingu, a major amazon tributary, and has flooded thousands of acres of rainforest. there's a human cost too. the local fishing industry has been decimated, and thousands of riverside dwellers

have lost their land and their livelihoods. forced into a completely alien, urban environment. we get angry, sastuma, showing us his now worthless fishing licence. we see these corporations making millions from what used to be ours, he says, and we can't even use the river any more. building the dam brought hundreds ofjobs to the riverside town of altamira. but it also led to increasing deforestation and the permanent loss of many low—lying islands. brazil says it wants to build at least 50 hydroelectric dams across the amazon. the government says it is clean, sustainable energy, but the impact of so many of these structures on the world's greatest river system, its environment and people, will be immense. next in line for development, the tapajos, described

as the most beautiful river in the amazon region, and home to these indigenous people. a plan to build several dams along its length will transform this wide, shallow river into a navigable water highway. it would flood forests and islands used by the people for centuries. tribal chiefs say they will resist any attempts to build dams on the river. translation: the government always comes here with its lies. there's not one place where a dam has been built that has turned out good for locals and for our tribes. there is only misery and complaints. these tattooed warriors of the amazon are taking on powerful business and political interests. they want to weaken environmental legislation and fast track the construction of hydro—electric dams. clean energy and the promise ofjobs versus the rights of indigenous tribes. and whether to exploit or protect this fragile ecosystem. a stretch of the m1

in northamptonshire is expected to remain closed for most of today, after a body was found on the road. the motorway‘s northbound carriageway was shut at about three o'clock this morning, from junctions 16 to 17 and a police investigation is under way. the post office is to close and franchise a further 37 of its flagship crown offices. the communication workers‘ union says this could lead to the loss of 300 jobs. crown post offices are the larger branches usually found on high streets. for the first time ever, researchers have filmed chimpanzees making and using tools to get access to water that no other animal can reach. the study of a critically endangered population of chimpanzees in the ivory coast discovered them using tree branches to collect water. victoria gill reports. a life—saving skill. a mother and baby in ivory coast's comoe national park show some unique behaviour.

it's the dry season, so to reach a water supply hidden deep within these tree holes, they are making and using tools. it's just another insight into the remarkable behaviour of our closest primate cousins. if you think they've got 90—95% the same dna as humans, they are very intelligent animals. we've seen it, working at chester zoo with these animals, the kind of things they can do. the different cultures of chimpanzees have learnt different tool use. so it's certainly not new to find chimpanzees using tools. the animals are already known to use sticks to fish for termites and to dip into beehives for honey, but the researchers were particularly impressed by how well crafted these drinking tools were. chimps selected and stripped long thin sticks and chewed the ends into very water—absorbent brushes. and for captive breeding programmes like this one, zoos have to understand these natural behaviours to keep the animals as mentally stimulated as possible.

we give them small sticks. and then we give them an area where they keep honey, ready brek, that kind of thing. and they have to use their sticks, make them into a certain way so they can put the stick in the hole and get the food out. encouraging natural behaviours. it's all gone very quiet here at chester zoo because it's feeding time for the chimpanzees, and these are actually western chimpanzees, the same subspecies that was looked at in this piece of research. nimble fingered, very clever, toolmaking and tool—using, but sadly, critically endangered primates. in the wild, the population of these great apes continues to decline, largely because of poaching and the destruction of their forest habitat. findings like this showjust how much more we have to learn about chimpanzee culture. a look at the weather with louise. some chilly weather heading our way.

a lot to get in this forecast, some of it quite severe. here and now, pretty dull out there. a lot of cloud, the best breaks have been to the east. a weather front is moving in and producing cloud and like patchy drizzle, nothing more. a quiet afternoon for many of us. relatively mild. temperatures will peak at highs of around 8—11d. as we go through the latter stages of the day and overnight, we start to