this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm... donald trump has hit back at allegations that russian intelligence has compromising information about him, and he's suggesting the us intelligence agencies are to blame. it was a group of opponents that got together. sick people, they put that crap together. the president—elect had wanted to talk about his business interests, but his forceful rejection of the claims against him prompted angry exchanges with journalists. reporter: since you are checking news organisation, can you give us a chance to ask a question, sir? can you state... 7 studio: mr trump's first formal news conference for nearly six months included praise for some and witnessed angry exchanges with others. we'll continue to assess what he had to say. and coming up... theresa may has acknowledged that the nhs is under pressure this winter but she's rejected calls for extra funding. it comes after a warning from health

chiefs that more than a million elderly and vulnerable people aren't getting the social care they need. after the death of seven—year—old katie rough, a 15—year—old girl has appeared in court charged with her murder. the bbc has set out ambitious plans to make the iplayer britain's number one online tv service by 2020. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the us president—elect donald trump has called allegations that russia has compromising material about him "phoney stuff put together by sick people". the allegations are contained in an intelligence dossier — which also carries claims that some of his team communicated secretly with moscow during the election campaign, and accounts that suggest mr trump

paid for prostitutes. none of the claims has so far been verified. this afternoon, in his first news conference since winning the presidency, the president—elect criticised the media outlets which published the story and hinted that us intelligence agencies could be responsible for leaking the allegations. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. donald trump is nine days away from inauguration, but his path to the white house is tangled in controversy. what role might the kremlin and president putin have played to help donald trump undermine hillary clinton and to gather compromising material to gather against donald trump whilst he is in power? my friend and the president elect of the united states of america, donald trump. this afternoon, donald trump was blunt. the allegations against him are totally untrue, designed to undermine him.

it is all fake news, it is phoney stuff, it did not happen and it was gotten by opponents of ours, as you know, because you reported it and so did many of the other people. it was a group of opponents that got together, sick people, and they put that crap together. so what could moscow's role have been? in shadowy work both to promote donald trump and also gain a hold over him? here he is visiting the russian capital in 2013 for the miss universe pageant, then co—owned by him. the most lurid claim is he used the same hotel suite which president 0bama had stayed in for unusual acts involving sex workers, all of it allegedly recorded by russian spy cameras and microphones. i was in russia years ago with the miss universe contest which did very well in the moscow area. and i told many people, be careful, because you do not want to see

yourself on television, cameras all over the place. and again notjust russia, all over, does anyone really believe that story? i am also very much somebody who has a phobia about germs. the source of the claims is said to be an ex—mi6 officer who was once based in moscow. today president putin's spokesman said the allegations were pulp fiction, a clear attempt to damage relations. donald trump says he is in no way compromised by vladimir putin's preference for him as president. if putin likes donald trump i consider that an asset, not a liability. russia can help us fight isis, which is number one priority. i do not know i can get along with putin. i hope i do, but there is a good chance i will not. if i do not, do you honestly believe that hillary clinton would be tougher on vladimir putin than me?

give me a break. the press conference got most heated when cnn, one news organisation that has covered the allegations extensively, tried to put a question. not you! not you, your organisation is terrible. give us a question. i am not going to give you a question. you are fake news. these papers are just... donald trump also used the occasion to display some of the legal documents turning his business over to his family. it is his response to accusations of future conflicts of interest. but the controversy surrounding donald trump and russia are not going away. those who voted for him and those who rejected him know his presidency will be a stormy one. well, the former us intelligence

officer and author malcolm nance has been explaining why donald trump's views on russia might raise questions for american security agencies. when we recruit agents in other countries will use an acronym called mice, we'll go them with money, which donald trump was miss universe 2013, we try to change their ideology, which donald trump now has and espouses the ideology of russia, we try to co—workers or co—opt them through blackmail or, preferably, their cooperation, and then we play with a go. donald trump is an easily manipulated person. he fits into the mice category quite well. for some bizarre, strange reason, he will not say one word against vladimir putin, but he will disparage the current

administration and any americans operating in the intelligence community. that would bring suspicion. these are unsubstantiated allegations, this is not a full intelligence briefing, as a result of work by the fbi and cia, this is work conducted on page four by a member of the opposition, by the democratic party, that you suggest you firmly believe he is an man cheering candidate? donald trump practically ran as the manchu rhian candidate. he seems to ta ke manchu rhian candidate. he seems to take great pride in showing that he has strings to other part of the world which may or may not influence his behaviours as president, he does not seem to care. let me speak directly to the documents we are talking about, two page memorandum extrapolated from the 36 page memorandum seen extrapolated from the 36 page memorandum seen on extrapolated from the 36 page memorandum seen on the internet. the intelligence community to include

that two pages with whatever bullet points are there, showing that donald trump is subject to blackmail, that would mean that the intelligence community has confidence in those particular bullet points and it would be easier to use those to classified or unclassified bullet points rather than actually compromise agents in the field or intelligent systems which collected that exact same information. whatever is on those two pages, which has not been confirmed, that is what the us intelligence community believes the russians have over donald trump. former us intelligence officer malcolm nance. the president—elect was asked what business links he has with russia. i have no business links with russia, no deals in russia, no deals that could happen in russia, because we have stayed away. i have no loans

with russia. as a real estate developer i have very, very little debt, i have assets and people have now found out how big the company is, i have very low debt, i have no bones with russia at all. i thought that was imported to put out, i certify that. i have no deals, no loa ns certify that. i have no deals, no loans and no dealings. we could make deals in russia there are easily if we wa nted deals in russia there are easily if we wanted to, i don't want to because i feel it could be a conflict. the issue of his tax return came out again. >> reporter—macro: would you release your tax returns to prove what you say about no dealings in russia? they are under ordered. >> reporter—macro: at the —— every president since the 70s... the only ones who care are the reporters. i have won, i became president. i don't think they care at all. i think you care. joining us via a webcam from rochester, new york is writer and columnist david cayjohnston —

he has been reporting on trump's businesses for decades. thank you for being with us. do you think the release of his tax returns would reveal whether or not he has links with the russians? sure. we will never see his tax returns, u nfortu nately will never see his tax returns, unfortunately the reporter asked the wrong question. if we were to accept the silly notion by mr trump that he contributes his returns because they are under ordered, let's see your returns from the year 2008 and earlier, because by your own account they are closed. you give me donald trump's tax returns, i will tell you a limitless amount about his sources of income, liabilities and business dealings, and he knows that. so from your research, what are his dealings in russia? trump was very

artful today, a man whose first book was called the art of the deal was very revealing about the art of deception. you will notice he said i have no deals in russia, he did not say with russians. trump thirst for had a big deal in russia in 2013 with the miss universe pageant, he has tried at least fight will take trump tower in moscow, —— at least five times to build a trump tower in moscow. his properties go to russians at premium prices. 0ne moscow. his properties go to russians at premium prices. one of his sons told the trade publication that the trump family are highly reliant on sales to russians, lots of their assets come from russians. you had to listen very carefully to donald trump who, having gotten elected on a campaign of running against wall street and against crony capitalism and then putting in the most crony capitalist cabinet in american history, clearly the most successful conman in the history of

the world. do you believe that it is those business links with some well—heeled russians that are in forming his public pronouncements on moscow and vladimir putin? here is the problem, we don't know what is going on. we do know that at every turn, donald trump gratuitously praises vladimir putin and denigrate american intelligence and military intelligence. that suggests divided loyalties. what i have been struck by as when donald talks about putin and gratuitously brings up, his structure and language are almost identical to what mob soldiers who don't know they are under surveillance by the fbi or the police are saying on video tapes. it is astonishing. there is an deep connection we do not know about. if you want to know more there risen nearly 10,000 world —— word article

byjim hendry that i partially edited and wrote the introduction to about the key risk connections between donald trump and the russian oligarchs who are essentially a state—sponsored network of international criminal court. 0k. but mrtrump international criminal court. 0k. but mr trump has a point, he won the election, the public don't care. certainly not about his tax returns. i don't agree. he did not win the election, he won the electoral college. but he is president, or will be in a few days. i think a lot of the public cares, there is clear evidence in america that many people care. notice in his press conference today, president—elect trump micro talked about those states that voted for him, this is part of the donald trump world, you either have absolute unquestioned loyalty to donald trump or you are his enemy. he has written and given speeches

about this, he has talked about how he gets pleasure and joy from destroying the lives of those people who do not act with absolute fidelity. use all those reporters trying to ask a question. —— you saw those reporters. do you think the rule asian ship with the media will get worse as the media continues to try to delve into the suggestion of conflict—of—interest, with his business empire, because while he is handing over the running of these businesses to his family, he is still the owner. that is correct, he has not resulted ethical issues one bits. without question. he has argued he is exempt from the law, there is a clause in the us constitution that i think he has (inaudible) i (inaudible) , although it is rarely used. donald trump believes he is genetically

superior to the rest of us, he has said this, he believes he is the greatest among us, and who are you andi greatest among us, and who are you and i as journalists to question him now he is president? you will see this authoritarian nature grow over time. remember, today he has no responsibilities. january 20, the weight of the presidency will be on him, and assembly he was very a mostly immature, very easily baited a manipulated, ithink mostly immature, very easily baited a manipulated, i think you will see him become more erratic and his behaviour after that —— and as somebody who is very emotionally immature. we will find out, sooner 01’ immature. we will find out, sooner or later. thank you, apologies to viewers, the line kept breaking up but new york is a long way! thank you. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:a0pm in the papers. i suspect this story will be in the newspapers a lot! our guests joining me tonight are barrister and broadcaster sophia cannon and political commentator lance price. should be good, stay with us for

that. now the headlines. donald trump has told a news conference that us intelligence agencies might be behind claims that russia has gathered compromising information on him. the chief executive of the nhs, simon stevens, has dismissed government claims that the nhs got more money than it asked for. a teenager has been remanded into secure accommodation after being charged with the murder of seven—year—old katie rough in york. now with all the sports news, here is 0lly foster at the bbc sports centre. a bit more football, the league semifinal between southampton and liverpool is well under way, they have been playing for about half an hour. both managers have fielded strong sides for the first leg, both have had good early chances, not as good as that one, saints have the lead through nathan redmond, just

onside. a really good ball through. man united be hull 2—0 in the first leg of their semifinal last night, southampton 1—0 up against liverpool. former france midfielder claude makelele has been appointed assistant coach at swansea. the 43—year—old joins paul clement's team, signing a deal until the end of the season. makelele worked with clement during his playing stint at chelsea and as a coach with paris st germain. manchester city have been charged by the football association for failing to ensure that anti—doping club whereabouts information was accurate. they breached regulations for a third time in12 they breached regulations for a third time in 12 months. all clubs have to provide, on request, the location of training, dates and times and also players' overnight addresses. city have until january city have untiljanuary the 19th to respond. england women's record goalscorer kelly smith has announced her retirement. the 38—year—old scored 46 goals in 117 appearances for her country. she quit the international game two years ago. but at club level, smith scored 81 goals for arsenal ladies across three spells, was a champions

league winner in 2007 and lifted the fa cup five times. she became the first english professional player when she went to play in america in 1999. she has been given a coaching role with arsenal. i want to see how my coaching career goes. i would love to see how far i can develop as a coach and obviously there are goals — to manage arsenal, the club of my heart, and even england. who knows when that will be, but i am at the bottom of the ladder at the minute in terms of my coaching career, and really looking forward to seeing how it develops. bbc sport understands that sam warburton will stand down as the wales rug by warburton will stand down as the wales rugby union captain ahead of the six nations tournament next month. warburton is still expected to be part of the squad, which is named on tuesday, but is ready to relinquish the role he has held since 2011. no player has captained

wales more often than him, 49 times. with a very competitive back row, his focus is thought to be on keeping his place in the side. alun wyn jones is keeping his place in the side. alun wynjones is the leading candidate to succeed him. he has been captain for a long time, it isa he has been captain for a long time, it is a burden. there is a lot of extra responsibility. within the camp, on the captain. sam has battled injuries over last few years andi battled injuries over last few years and i think he will probablyjust wa nt to and i think he will probablyjust want to step back a little, focus on his own performance, focus on getting over the injuries and try to contribute as much to the team from playing and performance perspective as he can. jim furyk will captain the us ryder cup team next year. as a player he has played in nine ryder cups. davis love the third, captain last year, will be his vice captain, one of them, in 2018. it will be held at them, in 2018. it will be held at the albatross course in france, just outside paris. the united states are

the defending champions but they have not won in europe since 1993. it has the teamwork, the camaraderie, the competition, the passion, it brings fans together from worldwide and ijust 0ut passion, it brings fans together from worldwide and ijust out i get chills thinking about all the events that i have been able to participate in and noticed and as the 2018 captain, or city as the 2017 captain for 2018, is such an honour. that is all your sports, southampton are still beating liverpool in the first leg of the league cup semifinal. i will be back in the next hour. thank you, 0lly foster. the head of nhs hospital trusts in england has told mps it's time to stop pretending the nhs can afford to do everything with the money it's given by government. and he added that if the current situation continues, the nhs may become unsustainable. his was one of a number of stark warnings about the strain on the health service today — as our health editor hugh pym reports.

if there is one story that sums up the current state of the nhs, it is pat's. she could not get a doctor's visit and fearing she had pneumonia had to go to her local a&e, but then she had to wait 19 hours for a bed. i was crying when i was actually in the hospital, through tiredness of being there, as long as we were... pat has this message for politicians. there are loads of hospitals in the same position. go and see them and say, we will sit down and see what we can do to make it better. the local hospital trust said on the day in question the pressure was higher than usual, but safety was monitored closely. some hospitals are managing better than others. in exeter senior consultants are at the front door of a&e, ensuring only the sickest patients are admitted. they send some home, keeping beds free for others. there is a risk they will

deteriorate when they are admitted, they will lose muscle power and we do more and more investigations. there is no doubt of the huge strain on the nhs. figures leaked to the bbc show a big increase last week in the number of patients in england waiting 12 hours or more on trolleys because beds were not available. several hospitals fell far short of targets for waiting times and medical professional leaders are warning lives are at risk. our members have said to me this is the worst they have ever seen. there are patients all over the hospital, we do not know where to put them and they do not feel they can provide the standard of care they have been trained to do. the main representative of england's hospitals had a stark warning for mps. the biggest concern is if we carry on on the current trajectory, what we begin to bring into question is the entire sustainability

of the nhs model. the nhs is always very busy in the new year. this time even more so than usual. the question is, will all the pressure ease off any time soon? a burst of cold weather or an upsurge in flu cases could add to the high levels of pressure being experienced right now. labour's frank field is one of 20 mps calling for a cross—party convention to secure the long—term future of the nhs. he told me a little earlier that he would support an immediate penny increase in national insurance contributions to plug the financial black hole. i published today in a letter, an e—mailfrom a i published today in a letter, an e—mail from a nurse, i published today in a letter, an e—mailfrom a nurse, who said earlier this week she cried before going into work because she did not know what she would find there. patients showed in herface

know what she would find there. patients showed in her face for a nswe i’s patients showed in her face for a nswers to patients showed in her face for answers to question she can give because she is a nurse —— shout in herface. she fears because she is a nurse —— shout in her face. she fears for them, fears for theirfamilies, fears her face. she fears for them, fears for their families, fears for her colleagues. it is a wonderful team, she stresses, but she raises the question about how long canteens in a&e, the way she wants to work, go on like this? —— how long canteens in a&e? nobody wants to blame theresa may for this, we are in the position we are in, if no money needs to be founded needs to be found from the taxpayers. i believe the best way of doing this would be increasing national insurance contributions, which would not allow the treasury to spend it on something else, but would all go to health and, as you stress, social care, and we would also lay the basis for long—term reform whereby increasingly the nhs and social care would be paid through a reformed national insurance system and one

which we as taxpayers would have a mutual, we would have people who would be in charge of it for us and we would not only have the job of seeing that the government pays the money they are taking in insurance contributions but also starts to educate us on what it will cost to maintain this health service. labour mp frank field. a fifteen year old girl has appeared in court charged with the murder of a seven year old girl in york. katie rough was found critically injured near a playing field in the woodthorpe area on monday afternoon — she died later in hospital. 0ur correspondent danny savage reports from york. some of katie rough‘s family left court in tears this morning after listening to a brief outline of the case against the 15—year—old girl accused of murdering her. the teenager, who cannot be named publicly because of her young age, said nothing during the brief hearing here at york magistrates' court. the two charges are that on monday she murdered katie rough and that on the same day she had with her in a public place an offensive weapon, namely a knife.

katie's headteacher said she was a kind and thoughtful child, well liked by everyone. many more people have been to leave flowers and messages where she was found with fatal injuries. people are just shocked that a seven—year—old could die in such a way. my daughters were friends with katie and, you know, we wanted to pay our respects. how difficult is it to talk with your own children about what has happened when they are so young? very hard, yes, it's a very hard thing to deal with at the moment. the teenager accused of murdering this little girl will appear before leeds crown court on friday morning. danny savage, bbc news, york. the bbc iplayer is to be reinvented

ina bid the bbc iplayer is to be reinvented in a bid to make at the top online tv service in the uk by 2020. the bbc director—general tony hall made the pledge today and said he wanted the pledge today and said he wanted the corporation to be better able to ta ke the corporation to be better able to take on services like netflix and amazon prime. it was the bbc drama sherlock that was the ratings winner over christmas and new year. but millions of us are now watching these shows online. for the bbc, that means using its iplayer service. in a speech to bbc staff in birmingham today, the director—general tony hall said he wanted to double the iplayer‘s reach. it's been the number one video on demand service in the uk, reaching more people than any other. now we need to make it, we need to make the leap from a catch—up service to a must visit destination in its own right. are you my wife or my queen? i'm both! i want to be married to my wife. but there's another reason why the bbc wants, and needs, to adapt. the crown on netflix shows how new digital competitors invest

lavishly to lure in viewers. do you suppose i could borrow it? for a couple of days? just to practice. is there an event on? is it always this busy? amazon are also spending big, using former bbc starjeremy clarkson. looking good is more important than looking where you're going. new technology is rapidly changing the way we watch television. a younger generation do not want a fixed schedule decided by somebody else. viewers prize convenience. and that means watching what we want, when we want. # in a perfect world... gogglebox has been a huge hit for channel 4. oh! many television executives say it would be wrong to write off traditional television channels just yet. 95% of all the hours viewed of television in the country are still to linear channels.

and so what we as public service broadcasters must pay attention to is the balance between reaching audiences in new ways, but making shows big and famous by using the strength of our linear channels at the same time. planet earth i! was watched by millions on tv, but hundreds of millions on social media, via clips like this one. only by adapting to these platforms will broadcasters survive and thrive in the new digital landscape. we will have the headlines for you. it is coming up to a 30 pm, now the weather. —— 8:30pm. numerous met office weather warnings are in force, overnight tonight the strong winds continue to blow across scotland and northern ireland, blowing a gale in places with frequent wintry showers,

snow getting to low levels, wintry showers in northern ireland and northern england. cold in the northern england. cold in the northern half of the uk, particularly more rule spots, the risk of icy patches into thursday morning. showers will continue across the northern half of the uk tomorrow, some of the showers quite frequent. further south, tomorrow, some of the showers quite frequent. furthersouth, rain moving into the cold hour and as it interacts it will turn to snow. for pa rt interacts it will turn to snow. for part of the midlands, welcomed the south—west of england by the middle of the afternoon. a cold feeling day, feeling like some zero for many, feeling like —2—macro or three. in the evening we see the mix of rain, sleet and snow heading towards east anglia and the south—east. behind that, further snow showers, turning cold and frosty. you are watching bbc news. the top