he guard at those beach gates. he didn't even have a mobile phone, let alone a walkie—talkie. so he couldn't raise the alarm quickly. he said that none of the four private security guards who were all unarmed, which is required under tunisian law, but he said none had any training. they barely had any education. and he also went on to say that they had no means of actually monitoring cctv footage. there was no live feed and no room to do that. as for the cctv, he say that in the hotel there are only eight cctv cameras. on the day of the attack, two of them were not working and crucially one of those was at the entrance to the hotel. so that was obviously a very big issue. we also heard a comparison between the impeel yar hotel and the —— imperial hotel and others and some

had more than a0 cameras. in terms of who was appearing today, we had two managers from the holiday company responsible for booking all the holidays for those who were killed. they were pushing back saying they had no responsibility for security, not even for monitoring security and if there had been any improvements in security, in the run up to the attack. richard galpin there. the headlines on bbc news: borisjohnson has been criticised for language used to warn eu leaders not to punish the uk for brexit. hsbc confirms plans to move one thousand staff to paris, a day after theresa may said the uk would leave the single market after brexit. thousands of british holidaymakers are flown out of the gambia amid safety concerns over political unrest. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day.

the ftse and the dax not doing badly. the nasdaq about even. thousands of british holidaymakers are being flown home from the gambia after a state of emergency was declared there. the foreign office is advising people to avoid all but essential travel to the country, after its president refused to accept that he lost last month's election. thomas cook is one of the travel companies affected. they are due to fly back 1,000 uk tourists from gambia. earlier i spoke to their group director of operations, paul hutchings, who said it wasn't an overreaction to bring tourists home. we have been monitoring the situation in the gambia for quite a number of weeks now and we have been working closely with the foreign & commonwealth office and the uk government to make sure that we have taken the appropriate steps

to assure the safety and security of all of our thomas cook customers. that is our priority. there is a risk that the airport will be closed, how confident are you that you will get everybody back? we have introduced a programme that is well planned and it is controlled. we have to be aware of how many aircraft we can get into the airport at any one timement we have three and a half customers in the gambia. about a thousand are package tour customers and the remainder are flight only. we are putting on additional flights in the next three days and providing enough airline seat capacity for 3,500 customers and we should be able to complete that programme by the end of friday afternoon, which is when the last flight is planned. why are you differentiating

between package and flight—only passenger? we are hearing from some who are concerned that you are prioritising those on package deals. no we are not prioritising package customers, all our customers are equally as important us to. the difference that we have is of course when you provide accommodation and a flight we know where our package tour passengers and customers are. we know where they're accommodated and it maybes it is easy for us to make contact and starting the plan. the difficulty with some flight only customers are some are gambian nationals, others are there to stay for extended periods over the winter and it is more difficult to make contact with those customers. we rely on them to make contact with us and we put a lot of information

on our web—site to make sure that they contact us so we can appropriately make the airline seat booking for them and the reservation for them so we can get them all back as quickly as we can. on the line isjim coyle, who is from glasgow but is currently on holiday in the gambia. jim, it is good to talk to you. just describe the situation on the ground as far as you know it in relation to any unrest or activity there. the unrest... it's... any unrest or activity there. the unrest... it's. .. you any unrest or activity there. the unrest... it's... you know what it's like, the president won relinquish power. he is due to leave tonight. if he doesn't leave, there may be military intervention from senegal.

but the british people here are taking it in their stride. the locals also have taken their family to senegal, because they're frightened. but we here where we are, we are not frightened at all. do you think there has been an overreaction from the foreign office in advising tourists and holiday makers to leave? well, we need to wait and see what happens this evening. if yahya jammeh doesn't leave there could be military intervention. but hopefully he goes peacefully. but i don't think that will happen. you don't think he will go peacefully? no, i don't think. so he is in banjul, we are about ten miles from there. we know where he is. when are you going to leave then? we are due to leave on

saturday. we spoke to thomas cook this morning and they said that our flight this morning and they said that our flight is still on for saturday. if the circumstances change, they will get in contact with us over the phone. so we are just sitting waiting. you're not looking to leave earlier than saturday? no. i would rather not! but you can understand particularly those people who might be closer to banjul than you are, why thomas cook is trying to get them out as fast as possible. that's correct, yes, iagree them out as fast as possible. that's correct, yes, i agree with that. what about local people there, how concerned are they do you think? the local people are very concerned. the businesses have shut down today. local stores and they have closed down. some people have left to go to senegal. and they're really concerned. all our mateds were sent

-- all concerned. all our mateds were sent —— all our maids were sent home early and bar staff in the local restau ra nt early and bar staff in the local restaurant closed at 10 o'clock. so local staff are concerned, but you seem quite sanguine about the situation at the moment? yeah. what can you do? we are on holiday! enjoy yourself! all right, well i can you do? we are on holiday! enjoy yourself! all right, welll hop can you do? we are on holiday! enjoy yourself! all right, well i hop you continue to enjoy that holidayjim. good luck to you and all the brits out there. even out there in fact in gambia.jim coyle out there. even out there in fact in gambia. jim coyle speaking to us from gambia. there has been european reaction to theresa may's statement on brexit. one from a member of the european trade department. it is good that the uk cabinet and the prime

minister said what are the intentions concerning brexit. now, we know the subject, the matter on which dewith negotiate. and o' —— on which dewith negotiate. and o' —— on which we can negotiate and if there is positive will on both side, the deal could be mutually beneficial. would you back a free trade deal? sure. i have no problem with that. i think basically generally freed trade deal, any free trade deal is good for both sides. it helps to boost economies. so if it is just about free trade deal, i would be in favour of that arrangement. do you think what you say reflects the mood of other european leaders, who seem in some way to make sure that britain doesn't benefit from leaving the eu. well, of course, some people and some members of the european

continental political establishment are politicking a bit too much over that. i think that what we need is realism and pragmatism, less politicking. i understand that maybe some people here are a bit scared that if everything goes well, some other countries might be encouraged to leave the eu as well. i don't think this is the case. i think that we should be mature and we should be responsible and we should try to reach the best possible deal for both sides. a waxwork of donaldtrump has been unveiled at madame tussauds ahead of his inauguration on friday. mr trump's doppelganger replaces ba rack obama's waxwork in the london tourist attraction. he willjoin several other world leaders, including vladimir putin and the late south african leader, nelson mandela. in the next few minutes, barack obama is expected to answer reporters' questions at the white house, two days before leaving office.

mr obama is likely to use his final news conference as the outgoing us president, to defend his decision to shorten the sentence of convicted lea ker chelsea manning. you can watch live coverage on the news channel from 7. before that time for the weather. hello, a very quiet weather picture here in the uk at the moment. which means that nothing really will change very significantly for most of us and certainly not very quickly. so here we are, looking at oui’ quickly. so here we are, looking at our weather watchers from norfolk. beautiful mottled sky. very bright and dry. we have had sunshine further south, that is where we had the frosty start this morning. for the frosty start this morning. for the majority unther der the cloud it

was murky. there will still be some holes in that cloud and it is where the holes form where we will see frost and fog developing tonight. where we have the clear skies, quite a sharp frost. but there could be other areas in the north—east of scotla nd other areas in the north—east of scotland where we could see a touch of frost. as we wake up tomorrow, the areas in the south prone to frost such as in hurst will have a similarwake up. misty frost such as in hurst will have a similar wake up. misty and murky in east anglia the midlands towards wales. more moisture and more likely of some fog as well as some frost. and maybe some freezing fog. it will be quite murky. the cloud is low and will sit on hills of wales and shropshire and affects the motor ways a cross shropshire and affects the motor ways across the pennines. a mainly

cloudy picture in northern england and northern ireland and scotland. there could be some frost and fog early on in the grampians. a similar picture tomorrow under the cloud. it is very low cloud with very little wind to lift it. so there won't be much change. temperatures start at 7 oi’ much change. temperatures start at 7 or8and end much change. temperatures start at 7 or 8 and end at 7 or 8. maybe more cloud in east anglia and some breaks in the north—east of scotland. we keep the status quo on friday. more limited frost. just south of the ma. but there could be breaks elsewhere. temperatures around the 6 to 8 degree mark. and it is very similar into the weekend. high pressure keeping things settled and dry. very useable weather if you like to get out and about. some dry weather, but not that much sunshine.

this is bbc news with me clive myrie — the headlines. barack obama prepares for a final farewell. i'm at the white house where journalists have packed the briefing room for their last chance to question president obama before he leaves office. on a visit to india, britain's foreign secretary warns eu leaders not to penalise the uk over brexit. if mr hollande wants to administer punishment beatings to anybody who chooses to escape rather in the manner of some sort of world war ii movie then, you know, i don't think that is the way forward. meanwhile european commission presidentjean—claude juncker promises to seek a "balanced" brexit deal — but warns of difficulties ahead. we want a fair deal with britain and a fair day for britain