this is bbc news — and these are the top stories developing at 11:003m. snow and ice across the uk are causing dangerous driving conditions and disruption all round the country. more than a thousand schools are closed, and hundreds of homes are still without power as temperatures continue to drop. in wales, more than 400 schools are closed, and after a weekend of heavy snowfall, falling temperatures are making life difficult for those trying to get out and about. as the grenfell fire inquiry begins, the council leader says she's sorry some families will still be in temporary accommodation this christmas. i'm sorry that they are in hotels, but i'm also sorry... it's one of those things, isn't it, they don't feel that they trust us enough. vladimir putin orders his russian troops to start pulling out of syria after a surprise visit to the country. also, the highest mountain in the uk isn't where you might think. mount hope, in the uk—section

of the antarctic, has been re—measured, and now takes top honours. and trouble in the tunnel. milk and water thrown at mourinho in a clash with celebrating city players after yesterday's derby. it's monday the 11th of december. i many mcveigh and welcome to bbc newsroom live large live parts of the uk are continuing to suffer large parts of the uk are continuing to suffer from the effects of heavy snow that fell over the weekend. many schools are closed,

homes are without power and freezing temperatures overnight have led to fears of black ice on the roads. the deluge of snow was compounded with freezing temperatures overnight. minus 12 was the coldest, in the appropriately named chillingham barns in northumberland. amber weather warnings have been issued by the met office for much of england, scotland and the whole of wales and northern ireland. more than a thousand schools have been closed across the uk, including more than 450 schools in wales, every council run school in birmingham, plus hundreds more across warwickshire, shropshire and gloucestershire. thousands of homes remain without power, cut off by snow and high winds, although the number was much higher overnight. and dozens of flights have been delayed, with heathrow particularly affected. there are reportedly 50,000 british airways customers stranded in the uk or european airports as a result of the weather. with thousands more expected to be disrupted today. in a moment we'll speak to ian palmer who's at heathrow airport —

but first let's cross to matthew richards in llangollen in north wales. it's absolutely picture postcard stuff behind you, but not without its problems, i imagine. that's right. if you haven't got to get anywhere or do anything important today than you can sit back and enjoy the views or go sledging. but as you magic, more than 400 schools across wales have closed today, meaning many parents are having to change plans make sure childcare arrangements are in place. many people simply haven't gone into work today. some of the major routes are being cleared by the council, but many of the roads, like the one in which i am standing now, although they are important to communities and link people together with their nearest town, they are simply not be easy enough to justify being cleared, so people are having to

wait or stay at home. the advice is to not travel on the roads unless you have to do. and if you have to, make sure you have preparations in place in case the worst happens. we have heard today about a mountain rescue have heard today about a mountain rescu e tea m have heard today about a mountain rescue team who went out to rescue a man who had fallen in snowdonia yesterday evening. not an easy trip to make at the best of times, but in these conditions, particularly hazardous. he was taken to hospital with chest and neck injuries after falling about 80 metres. thank you, matthew. these sky is a stunning blue in north wales was the rather more grey over heathrow. ian palmer is there. what's the ongoing disruption caused by the snow over the weekend? if you can hear me... you will notice there is a distinct lack of snow here at heathrow, but

nonetheless they are still suffering from the effects of yesterday's snowfall. yesterday there were 300 flights cancelled. here today, managers expect around 200 cancellations, if not delays. the problem is that heathrow is the busiest two runway airport in the world, meaning there is no spare capacity. so when they found themselves in a situation whereby they couldn't de—ice the planes, u nfortu nately they couldn't de—ice the planes, unfortunately they couldn't get incoming flights to land. that meant they had to go elsewhere to land, and things grounds to a halt. that meant there were thousands of people stranded in destinations right across europe where they didn't want to be. terminalfive yesterday across europe where they didn't want to be. terminal five yesterday had hundreds of travellers camped out on the concourse floor. today, clearly,

things are a stage where they are trying to catch up. and make sure they can try to get the planes to where they need to be and the people to where they need to be. i am told that if you are travelling then you should check with your flight provider, the company you are flying with, to make sure that your flight is going to travel as planned. i spoke to gatwick airport and they say that they are running as normal. but again, do check in case things change. it's not getting any warmer here, and things are changing quickly. lucy martin from bbc weather is here. here in the warm! what a contrast between heathrow and north wales.

beautiful blue skies in north wales. what's the overview of the weather situation right now? the snow we have seen is a result of saturday night being very cold. we saw a warm front coming up from the south that stalled over the central part of the uk. conditions were perfect to see lots of snowfall. some places saw 33 centimetres, that was recorded in stoney bridge. high wycombe saw 17 centimetres, but some places did not see anything. and it will get incredibly cold again tonight. that will bring its own set of problems. some warnings out at the moment. problems with ice, temperatures will fall away through the night. —12 in some spots, particularly where we have snow on the ground. very cold with wet conditions, meaning we could see more treacherous ice.l lot of care needing to be taken with those conditions. and looking ahead to the next couple of days, how are

things shaping up? tomorrow will be another cold today. probably fewer showers, but as we move into wednesday, a weather front coming across from the west with the wind spinning around two more westerly. it will not be as cold. still cold, but not as cold as we have seen, with wet and windy weather as well. are we going to have a white christmas? it's too early to tell! at the moment it looks like it'll be wet and windy, and there are signs it could turn colder at the turn of the year. but it is too early to tell. you are keeping us! thank you, lucy. the chairman of the public inquiry into the grenfell tower fire — in which 71 people died — is starting two days of hearings to discuss the future of its work. survivors are urging sir martin moore—bick to give them a more central role. meanwhile, amid ongoing criticism over its handling of the disaster, the leader of kensington and chelsea council said 300 homes

will have been bought by christmas for families affected by the tragedy. she spoke to our correspondent, frankie mccamley. i came into thisjob because i was absolutely determined to help people rebuild their lives. but it has been much more complicated and challenging than we initially thought. but i think by the time... we have bought 300 houses and we are getting people rehoused. that will build the trust. it's action rather than words. it's an ongoing process. 42 families from the tower have been reformed so far. that's been described as disgusting. well, let me give you an example of how circumstances have changed. so, we started off looking for homes for 150 people, households, and then it went down to in the i30s. and now we will have bought, by christmas, we hope, 300.

the reason the figures are changing, it's perfectly understandable reasons. sometimes we have had three generations housed in one flat. and they are taking the opportunity now for granny to get her flat, or if there are grown—up children, the children have the opportunity to get their own place. or we have people who have suffered, family relationships have changed. we are looking for more flats for them. 0r people whose family have come in to help them. so the number of homes has increased hugely. and the types of homes, whether it is one bedroom, two bedroom or three bedroom, that has changed. so we are getting there, but it has proven slightly more complex for totally understandable reasons than we had initially thought.

the leader of kensington and chelsea council. we can speak to angus crawford, who is at the fire hearing in central london. take is through a bit more detail about the procedure and process, what exactly will happen there today? as you said, these are preliminary hearings. just two days. there will be no evidence heard or called today. this is setting out the rules by which the enquiry will proceed. to give you an idea of the scale of the enquiry, there are 23 legal teams sitting in there are 23 legal teams sitting in the building behind me. already we have more than 200,000 documents. there are 500 witness statements to be taken. they have been talking about phase one, purely a fact—finding exercise. it was due to report at easter next year, but it is thought that will now take place in autumn next year. the key point made by the council to the enquiry

todayis made by the council to the enquiry today is that the bereaved will be at the very heart of this enquiry. the council to the enquiry is richard milic qc. it is of great importance to the enquiry that each individual voice of those most affected by the fire is heard. this was a shared trauma. it community devastated. but each of them has their own story to tell. their evidence will be crucial to the enquiry's understanding of what happened inside and around grenfell tower before the fire, during the fire and after the fire. their evidence can and will help us to save the lives of others. giving that evidence is also one aspect of the way each of them individually can be heard. and perhaps find some measure of closure. all of this of

course still takes place with the backdrop of the fact that we now know more than 100 of the grenfell families are still in emergency accommodation. you may render back when the fire occurred, there was a promise, an undertaking that they would be housed within three weeks. we now believe that is likely to ta ke we now believe that is likely to take at least 12 months. 0na on a surprise visit to syria, russian president vladimir putin has given the orderfor russian president vladimir putin has given the order for his forces to withdraw. it has also contributed to the territorial defeat of the so—called islamic state group. we can goa so—called islamic state group. we can go a life back to moscow and our correspondent steve rosenberg. president putin announced about a year and president putin announced about a yearand a president putin announced about a year and a half ago that he would start at some point the withdrawal

of russian troops. is there any surprise over this? i think the russians have announced on two occasions that they are going to cut their troop numbers in syria. so no surprise here, no. and actually considering security concerns the kremlin must have had ahead of this visit, its no surprise that this was a surprise visit. president putin came to congratulate his soldiers saying they had performed brilliantly in the military operation in syria. he said that in just over two years, the russian army, together with the syrian army, had crushed the most battle hardened group of international terrorists. he said he had taken this decision to withdraw a large part of the russian military contingent. he thanks the troops and said they could go home victorious. we should say that not all russian troops are going home. the russians will maintain two large bases in syria.

0ne air base where president putin was today, and also a naval base. strategically, what can we say about this decision in terms of president assad's position, and on what the russian thinking is on the viability of is asa russian thinking is on the viability of is as a force within the region? let's talk about what it means for president putin first of all. i think this is very much mission accomplished for the russian president. not only in terms of the russians defeating isis, the russians defeating isis, the russians keeping in power a key ally in syria, president assad, and therefore maintaining influence. and also russia increasing its role and profile in the middle east. but also if you look back to stir over two yea rs if you look back to stir over two years ago, before the russians launched their military campaign, there were attempts by the west to isolate russia after moscow's

annexation of crimea. to put it blu ntly, annexation of crimea. to put it bluntly, the russians in effect bombed their way back to the big table of international politics, forcing western leaders to deal with the kremlin because of this military operation. i think the result of that has been, certainly the russians see that they are once againa russians see that they are once again a major player on the international stage. the headlines on bbc newsroom live... more than 1000 schools are closed and hundreds of homes are without power as parts of the uk continue to suffer the effects of heavy snow. as the grenfell fire enquiry begins, the grenfell fire enquiry begins, the council leader says she is sorry some families. in temporary accommodation this christmas. vladimir putin orders his russian troops to start pulling out of syria after a surprise visit to the country. and in sport, tottenham will face juventus in country. and in sport, tottenham will facejuventus in the last 16 of

the champions league. the draw is underway at the moment in switzerland. a record five english teams are in the draw. chelsea were the last english club to win club football's biggest prize, in 2012. after manchester city's win over their neighbours manchester united yesterday, there was an altercation between the camps is leading to a member of the united staff being hit by some milk. city are now 11 points clear of united at the top league will stop and ronnie 0'sullivan wins eight sixths uk snooker chappell to equal the record of steve davis. 0'sullivan won five frames in a row to beat shaun murphy 10—5 at the barbican in york. theresa may will tell mps this afternoon there is a new "sense of optimism" in the brexit talks, after her last—minute deal aimed at moving them to the next phase. she will say she expects eu leaders to agree to start talks about future trade and security at a summit on thursday. the prime minister will insist

she has not caved in to brussels over the so—called divorce bill. we can go live to downing street and assistant political editor norman smith. is the sense of optimism the dominant mood because there had been less tha n dominant mood because there had been less than optimistic rumblings about all of this. i think it's a mixture of optimism and relief. let's be honest, at the of last week it looked like mrs may could be going into a real brexit car crash with the dup playing hardball. now we have a situation where pretty much all sides are pretty happy. it's a very unusual state of affairs when it comes to brexit, but the brexiteers are by and large 0k because they think the deal, while it involves a lot of money, isn't too much money. the european court still has a row, but it is time—limited. and in terms of this very contentious phrase, regulatory alignment between northern ireland

and ireland, they are trying not to get too steamed up about it because they have been told it will only refer to a few distinct areas. it will not involve huge amounts of cooperation, which might mean never really leaving the single market. so they are kind of on—board. and the remainers are pretty happy as well. they believe regulatory alignment opens the way to potentially staying very close to the single market and customs union. that's the trick mrs may has managed to pull off, managed to keep all sidesjust may has managed to pull off, managed to keep all sides just about happy. she has balanced all the different concerns, but all of that being said, there are significant tussles still ahead, not only whether we are close or distant to the single market, but also over the trade deal. when will we get it, and what will it entailed? on the subject of that, let's talk about the timeline between now and christmas. we have

the meeting of the 27 later this week which will be crucial for them to give the go—ahead to those talks moving on to trade and other issues. take us through what else might happen between now and christmas. take us through what else might happen between now and christmasm two critical elements in the run—up to christmas are that eu council meeting on thursday. i think eve ryo ne meeting on thursday. i think everyone is expecting that will give the green light to press on to trade. at the same time, here at westminster we have the last stages of the crucial eu withdrawal bill. that might still get very fraught indeed because there is going to be a crucial vote on whether mps should have to do have a vote on any brexit deal before mrs may signs it off. at the moment, all they have been told is that once mrs may has done a deal, she will put it on the table for them, and they can say yes or no. that's not good enough for many mps, and they want the chance to

send mrs may back to brussels to get a better deal. we will get a vote on that later this week. it's going to be another crucial brexit tussle for mrs may. if she can get through to christmas having got the trade talks started and also having got the brexit bill through parliament unamended, i think she will be pretty pleased. and you watch coverage of theresa may's statement to mps around 3:30pm — on afternoon live with martine croxall. dojoin us for that. thousands of firefighters in california are racing to halt wildfires which have forced more than 200,000 people from their homes in the past fortnight. state officials have ordered fresh evacuations of coastal communities, as new blazes break out in the hills near los angeles, fanned by strong winds. simon cullen reports. it's a battle being fought both from the ground and from the air. fanned by strong winds and hot weather, firefighters

are struggling to get the upper hand on a blaze which has become one of the most destructive in california's history. hundreds of homes have already been destroyed and thousands of people are being forced to flee. i'm scared to death. we packed up our whole car. we got out and evacuated this morning. 0ne fire in the coastal areas of ventura and santa barbara, has now burnt out an area larger than the size of new york, and it's still out of control. but it's not the only one. and resources are being stretched to the limit. we've been up 29 hours straight every other day. everybody on this division is at 28, 29 hours. so we are exhausted. but they are not coming off until the system. off until this is done. several firefighters have been injured, but only one person, a 70—year—old lady, has died. the fire front has become so large, it is clearly visible from space, giving a sense of the magnitude of the task ahead.

the us president donald trump has declared a state of emergency to provide extra resources to the worst affected regions. for now, authorities are focusing on bringing the fires under control. but soon, the focus will turn to assessing the damage and counting the cost of the devastating fire season. simon cullen, bbc news. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu israeli prime minister benjamin neta nyahu believes other countries will follow the us in recognising jerusalem as the capital. but the foreign chief of the european union said the eu would not change its policy. we can hearfrom said the eu would not change its policy. we can hear from them said the eu would not change its policy. we can hearfrom them both, starting with prime minister netanyahu. and it's time that the palestinians recognise thejewish state, and also recognise the fact it has a capital. it's called jerusalem. i believe, even though we don't have an agreement yet, this is what will happen in the future. i believe that all,

or most, european countries will move their embassies to jerusalem, recognise jerusalem as israel's capital, and engage robustly with us for security, prosperity and peace. you know where the european union stands. we believe that the only realistic solution to the conflict between israel and palestine is based on two states. with jerusalem as the capital of both, the state of israel and the state of palestine, along the 67 line. this is our consolidated position, and we will continue to respect the international consensus jerusalem until the final status on jerusalem until the final status of the old city is resolved with direct negotiation between the parties. and we hope the parties can engage in meaningful direct negotiations with the support of the international community. we can talk about this without

europe correspondent gavin lee from brussels. a clear message delivered to benjamin netanyahu there regarding the position ofjerusalem. away from those official statements, what have you been hearing about how he received that message? bearing in mind it's the first time in 22 years that an israeli leader has been visiting any of the eu institutions in brussels. i think that speaks of long and frosty relationships, partly because the long—term position of the eu is that there has to bea position of the eu is that there has to be a two state solution, there has to be a recognition that both israel and palestine have the shared capital ofjerusalem, going back decades, and what happens to the east ofjerusalem, the old city, pa rt east ofjerusalem, the old city, part of it annexed by israel. that position hasn't changed. a brief press co nfe re nce position hasn't changed. a brief press conference this morning that looked pretty frosty at times. both standing next to each other, quite awkward because they had opposite views. we heard from benjamin netanyahu views. we heard from benjamin neta nyahu saying that views. we heard from benjamin netanyahu saying that as far as he sees it, what happened with donald

trump was an acknowledgement of jewish history, that there is a recognition of jerusalem jewish history, that there is a recognition ofjerusalem as the capital. it's about who else will join him. will european countries go the same way? federica mogherini says she speaks on behalf of european countries and leaders saying this is not the way forward. she is concerned about that on a very serious level. note this, a few days ago, benjamin netanyahu said that several eu countries were privately thinking of moving their embassies to jerusalem. last privately thinking of moving their embassies tojerusalem. last week, hungary for example blocked and eu communique criticising donald trump. and the czech republic representative said he was happy with what donald trump had set and that the eu workouts. that's not to say the official government position has changed. from what we see today, it hasn't. mike pence is due to

visit the middle east very shortly. clearly these negotiations have to be handled very delicately because nobody wants violence to erupt in the region. no, and we have seen small skirmishes, notjust the region. no, and we have seen small skirmishes, not just around gaza, but also beirut yesterday with rocks flying. we have both mike pence coming to the region, and we also have mahmoud abbas, palestinians coming to brussels in a few weeks as well. it's about trying to kick—start the two state solution, but it has almost galvanised the israeli prime minister to hear the words of donald trump and work out if there is anything in this apparently unified eu, that we have seen, the deep fragmentation at levels when it comes to financing for greece, or the migration crisis, you can't help but wonder if the israeli prime minister is putting out feelers to see who else is on his side. i have just spoken to one of the eu commission press offices. and

whether and eu country like hungary, for example, can self recognise. they can say they differ on an opinion, but from what we hear inside the room today, all the eu foreign ministers are saying that they agree, including alan duncan for the brits. some details coming into us from the g re nfell tower some details coming into us from the grenfell tower fire enquiry. we reported earlier that it is starting to days of hearings to discuss the future of its work under the chairmanship of sir martin moore—bick. the enquiry has heard the metropolitan police have already gathered 31 million documents. 2500 physical exhibits. more than 1100 witnesses have given statements, 1144 to be precise. and 283 companies are part of the

investigation. some rather astounding statistics in relation to the enquiry, giving you some idea of the enquiry, giving you some idea of the scale and scope. the enquiry has no power to seize documents, but the police do have on the half of the enquiry, the enquiry can compel people to produce documents and they will consider as part of phase one of the enquiry how the fire spread across the cladding system. we are told the testimony of residents will be imported in phase one, which is mainly looking at what happened on the night of the fire itself. one other detail coming to us, the metropolitan police are investigating a number of offences in relation to the fire, including misconduct in public office, breaches of fire safety regulations, manslaughter and corporate manslaughter. the public enquiry has been told that. britain has a new tallest mountain. mount hope, which is sited in the part of the antarctic claimed

by the uk, was recently re—measured and found to tower above the previous title holder, mount jackson, by around 50 metres, or 160 foot. hope is now put at 3,239 metres while jackson is 3,184 metres. the map—makers at the british antarctic survey were prompted to take another look at the mountains because of concerns for the safety of pilots flying across the white continent. joining me now from our cambridge studio is adrian fox, head of mapping and geographic information at the british antarctic survey. tell us a bit more about the reasons behind your decision to take another look at the actual height of mount hope. yes, obviously, having accurate information about the heights of mountains is important for aircraft safety and so we have been producing, together with international collaborators, a new

serieses of o air operations planning maps and this led us to review the information that we had about mountain heights on the antarctic peninsula, given that we have got access to increasingly good satellite imagery, and this made us realise we believe that the height of mount hope was significantly inaccurate. so they were done through satellite imagery. yes, the existing height, the believed height 2860 metres goes back probably to the 1960s, from overland survey. but now with the availability of sub metre resolution, satellite imagery, we have been able to get an accurate height to plus or minus five metres for mount hope without deploying people to the area? exactly. it moves the burden of the work from people travelling overland back to working in the mapping office, at

british antarctic survey. give its a sense, you have mentioned how important it is in terms of safety for aircraft, but give us a broader senseif for aircraft, but give us a broader sense if you would of the work that you are doing, in the antarctic? . yes, so with mapping and geographic information centre, one of our key roles is supporting uk polar operations working in antarctica. that includes aircraft movements.” reckon that quizmasters up and down the country will be thinking there isa the country will be thinking there is a food question for my next quiz. it just really is a food question for my next quiz. itjust really underlines the fact there are still things that we don't know, it is an exciting place to be working. thank you very much dr adrian fox. let us look at the weather. another very cold day today, and

with temperatures close to freeze, there are a few patches of ice to be aware of. scatter showers for scotla nd aware of. scatter showers for scotland and northern ireland. brightening up across wales and central england although it will be wet for the south—east of england. another cold day. and it will be windy in the south can gales on the coast. as you go through tonight the showers become confined to coastal area, it will be mostly dry with clear sky, these are the temperatures in towns and cities. cold but rurally, particularly where we have snow on the ground it could be even cooler. minus 12c possible, so cold start to day, widespread frost, there will be brightness though through the morning though the next weather front is wait manager the wings. it will work eastwards bringing cloud and outbreaks of rain, in the north that could fall as snow, another cold day

again. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. snow and ice cause treacherous driving conditions and disruption all over the country. hundreds of schools are closed, and hundreds of homes are srtill without power following heavy snow and high winds on sunday. six months after the grenfell tower fire, an inquiry opens today — but some families are still living in temporary accommodation. the new leader of kensington and chelsea council apologised for failing to earn the trust of survivors, many of whom are still angry about how the tragedy was handled. one of the largest fires in california's history continues to spread, threatening the city of santa barbara. in the past week, the thomas fire has spread across an area of land that is larger than new york city. the draw for the knock out stages

has taken place, a record five english teams were in the hat. totte n ha m , english teams were in the hat. tottenham, manchester city, manchester united and liverpool won their groups with chelsea finishing second. 0lly is with me and has been keeping an eye on proceedings. incredible match ups here. chelsea really made the price for finishing second. . that is is right. we are into the last 16. all ties can be played in february and march. at this stage, in the last 16, the five english clubs kept apart, so chelsea by finishing second couldn't finish, face any of those four group winner, it was going to be tough unless they got besiktas. they didn't. chelsea are going to be facing shabby long so took the ball out, barcelona. so

barcelona going strong. any crumb of comfort chelsea have? they did beat barcelona in the semifinals in 2012, when they went on the actually win the champions league, but certain theyis the champions league, but certain they is about as tough a draw as they is about as tough a draw as they could have got. as for the other english teams, fairly kind, because manchester city, liverpool and manchester united, who all won their groups, if we can bring you that draw now, the full draw, the last 16. they have basel, porto and sevilla for manchester city, liverpool and manchester united. spurs, they won their group, that i we re spurs, they won their group, that i were the best performing team in the group stage, a bit unlucky perhaps because the teams that even wanted to avoid was bayern munich and juventus. spurs have gotjuventus. the real blockbuster of a tie, the favourites paris st germain against the 12 time champions real madrid.

that will be a fantastic match that one. that is a stand out tie. 0f course which ever of the english clu bs gets course which ever of the english clubs gets through perhaps an easier path, there won't be a ps6 or real madrid. fairly kind on the english clu bs madrid. fairly kind on the english clubs but chelsea getting barcelona, they are pretty unlucky. incredibly. thank you for keeping us up—to—date. staying with football, there was a big win for manchester city yesterday, over their neighbours manchester united. they have opened up manchester united. they have opened up an11 point manchester united. they have opened up an 11 point gap now at the top of the premier league. 0n up an 11 point gap now at the top of the premier league. on their title winning prospect the world of good. city took the lead through david silva from close range. that was just before the stroke of half—time. even closer to half—time marcus rashford got himself on the score sheet. capitalising on defensive errors for manchester city. that was one all at half—time. and then deep into the second half... manchester

united failed to get the ball away and it was o mep diwho got the winnerfor and it was o mep diwho got the winner for manchester city. after the match there was an altercation between the two camps. milk was a p pa re ntly between the two camps. milk was apparently thrown. simon stone is with me. it is like battle of the buffets pa rt with me. it is like battle of the buffets part two. you rememberfrom 2004 when sir alex ferguson had pizza thrown at him.. at the end of the game the manchester city players went and celebrated where with their supporters in the corner of the ground, but also the coaching staff we re ground, but also the coaching staff were celebrating in front of the dug out. they were trying to persuade pep guardiola tojoin his players. pep guardiola tojoin his players. pep guardiola tojoin his players. pep guardiola didn't want to do that. he felt it was too much, but i think the manchester united coaching staff saw this, it was relayed to jose mourinho, in the corridor, where the dressing rooms are, after they had gone up the tunnel. mourinho walked along the corridor. saw the dressing room was open, and

basically made his feelings known, there was a reaction, a lot of jostling, arteta got a cut above his eye. there was milk thrown that hit a wall, hit a member of the manchester united staff, so it was all a bit unseemly, the fa have decided to step in, they have asked both club what is happened. it is outside the referee's jurisdiction so the clubs have until 13th of december to let the fa know what went on. do you feel like in the context of their rivalry, it has been well documented how fierce the rivalry is, is that major incident? well, i mean it is major incident in the sense of there is a bust enup between the two club, knight of them would want. it was a big game. manchester city won the game, they are now 11 points clear at the top of the premier league, and i think most people, when they reflect on

this derby, will reflect on the fact it was the result that almost certainly ensured that manchester city will finish this season as champions, rather than the milk or the cut eye. simon, thank you for keeping us up—to—date. that is a all the sport for now, more in the next hour. for the first time, financial products based on the digital currency bitcoin have begun trading on a major us exchange. bitcoin is an "alternative" currency that mostly exists online and is not printed or regulated by central banks. it launched on a futures exchange in chicago overnight, allowing investors to bet on whether bitcoin prices will rise or fall. our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones, is here. reflect rory cellan—jones, is here. on this derby, will refle on reflect on this derby, will reflect on the fact it was the result that almost certainly ensured that manchester city will finish this season as champions, rather than the milk or the cut eye. simon, thank you for keeping us up—to—date. that isa you for keeping us up—to—date. that is a all the sport for now, more in the next hour. bitcoin has beenen the rise of late. let us do a reminder and explainer

in more detail about what it is. yes, it is something of a mystery. it isa yes, it is something of a mystery. it is a virtual currency invented by a man called some years ago, we don't know who he was, its a piece of software, and it is created by a process called mining which involves com pletes process called mining which involves completes solving ever more complex mathematical problem, that process, was causing a lot of concern at the moment, that process of creating bitcoin is using vast amounts of electricity, as enough as the whole of ireland uses in a year, so, it is a complex process and and it is also the focus of a huge amount of excitement. first of all from a group of libertarian people who thought this was the money of the future that nobody could control, thatis future that nobody could control, that is what they liked about it. now it has become something where people are rushing in to speculate about. and that is driving the price up. during that process it has become less used as a means of paying for thing, people think it will be worth more tomorrow. paying for thing, people think it

will be worth more tomorrowm paying for thing, people think it will be worth more tomorrow. it has been described as a wild west kurn circumstance here we have it overnight trading on an actual exchange, a futures exchange, how has that jump happened exchange, a futures exchange, how has thatjump happened if you like, that leap? well, the traditional finance industry is in two minds, most people in the traditional finance industry this is a bubble and a dangerous bubble but they don't want to be left out. you have all these big investors saying how with can we get some sort of access to this speculative bubble, without getting ourfingers to this speculative bubble, without getting our fingers burned to this speculative bubble, without getting ourfingers burned too badly. they think they can do it via the futures market. at the same time you have people in the wider community starting to look at investing in it, which is a dangerous situation actually. i am hearing stories of people borrowing money to invest in bitcoin which is pretty unwise. has this given it a certainly legitimacy, would you say not? i would say not, still. certainly legitimacy, would you say not? iwould say not, still. i mean, the, we have all been saying it's a

bubble for years and people say yes, i have got rich by not believing that it i have got rich by not believing thatitis i have got rich by not believing that it is a bubble, but by believing it is going to get hiring and higher. ithink believing it is going to get hiring and higher. i think there is still a lot of people thinking that something will happen, that will cause a run on the currency and it will evaporate. but for now huge amounts of interest in it p interesting. thank you. a chairman of a hospital in london has resigned. lord kerslake former head of the civil service says king's college hospital trust was struggling to cope with rising demand, increased costs and limits on spending. the regulatorfor england nhs improvement said the performance was the worst in the nhs. a dealt spokeswoman said they we re nhs. a dealt spokeswoman said they were working to tackle the issues. two in five women in the uk and one

in five men have been sexually harassed at work, according to major survey on workplace harassment for the bbc. many said that experienced inappropriate touching and unwelcome jokes, here is our correspondent. freelance copy wrighter laurie says she has lost count as to how many times she has faced sexual harassment since being self—employed. harassment since being self-employed. sometimes it isjust background noise, you will hear an inappropriate comment or somebody will be talking to your t—shirt rather than your face and other times you can be subjected to really. behaviour like times you can be subjected to really.behaviour like groping. the latest survey for the bbc, the results revealed 43% of people in flexible work had experienced u nwa nted flexible work had experienced unwanted sexual behaviour compared to 29% directly employed. those working in industries such as

hospitality, retail, orthe public sector were more at risk. 0verall 40% of women and 18% of men had experienced sexual harassment in the workplace. the survey also found people aged between 18—34 were more likely to report unwanted sexual attention compared to those over 55. about a power dynamic f you are the youngest person in a workplace, if youngest person in a workplace, if you are new in a workplace, if you are you are new in a workplace, if you a re less you are new in a workplace, if you are less aware of your rights and how to report who you you would report to makes you more vulnerable. campaigners are calling for employers to take reports seriously with protection for all workers. more than 1,000 schools are closed

as parts of the uk suffer. two days 3g. 53 rte. 9!’ 2425 “5": hs/k‘fj—£~>e . ....., w" 3 of e. way, police metropolitanpeliceare-.... .,.. w ,, .. .. , . e — metropolitanpeliceare-.... .,.. w ,, .. .. , . offences including misconduct in a public office, breaches of fire safety regulation, manslaughter, and corporate manslaughter. and vladimir putin odders his russian troops to start pulling out of syria after a surprise visit to the country. —— orders. gl pep liz —— top business stories. and christmas will cost more this year, thanks to soaring food price inflation. food and soft drink prices rose by 4.1% in the year to october — the biggest growth in four years. the average price of smoked salmon shot up by nearly 23%, brussels sprouts are up 8.4%, and christmas puddings cost nearly 8% more than last year. bitcoin has begun trading on a major exchange for the first time after launching on chicago's cboe futures exchange, the move allows

investors to bet on whether bitcoin prices will rise or fall. the price of the currency has soared from $1,000 at the start of the year, to more than $18,000 today, but critics have described the currency as a bubble waiting to burst. uncertainty is holding back the uk economy according to british chamber of commerce. they have downgraded their outlook gutting growth forecast. from boxes of chocolates to mince pies and even brussels sprouts. for many, christmas means a table piled high with food. but the price of the festive grocery shop has spiralled this year, thanks to growing food inflation. . .. let us speak to james walton. nice to see you. i outlined some of the

things that have gone up there, why? asimple things that have gone up there, why? a simple question, but why are we seeing such rises? there are a number of forces at work here, one of those of course is canner sip weakness, we do imxxxx currency weakness. as the value of the currency goes down we have to pay more for anything we import. there are other factors acting as well. 0ne are other factors acting as well. one of those of course is labour, the cost of labour for a lot of roles is going up as a result of things like the national living bank. finally of course we expect food businesses to do more for us. so over the last few years for example so over the last few years for exa m ple retailers so over the last few years for example retailers have invested a lot in smaller stores that are close to where we live and work they are vincenting more in online delivery, all of those things cost. they have to be paid for somewhere. and you raised a number of issues so let us break them down. warn is that warning from food manufacturer, saying they just warning from food manufacturer, saying theyjust can't get enough

worker, that could ultimately push up worker, that could ultimately push up prices, couldn't it? in any market place if demand exceeds supply price will go up. so when we talk about how much they have to pay workers, to get them to come to maybe food preparation or to pick fruit or that sort of thing as we get into the spring, that could have an effect on prices beyond christmas is what i am getting at? it is possible, but a lot is going to depend on labour market policy, plain up to and after brexit. ok, let us talk about some of the issues as well, as we talked about weak pound, that has had an effect on import, do we think as the weak pound continues it makes imports more expensive we should buy more stuff here? suppliers are looking for ways to reduce costs and they will be flexible when it. co—s to where they are sourcing goods from. a lot of things can only be brought

in from overseas, things like cranberry sauce, champagne, really those thingses do have to be sourced overseas. it is an interesting one, one we will talk about even more. james, thank you very much. more on this story on the bbc website. you can look at some the things you buy most often and whether they have seen some buy most often and whether they have seen some of the big increases we have been discussing there with james. the digital currency bitcoin is now being trading on a major exchange for the first time. the cboe futures exchange in chicago opened trading in bitcoin futures on sunday, and the cryptocurrency rose above $18,000. earlier we spoke to simon taylor, co—founder and blockchain practice lead at 11:fs, a consultancy which advises banks and governments on the future of money. it is one way directional traffic

which begs the question who is lose something that is concerning. it suggests bubble territory but it suggests bubble territory but it suggests this is an assess that is limited in supply. there are only 21 million bitcoin. it is interesting the volumes on the chicago board of options is very low. that could be just because it is early and it may continue, it is also interesting that the mainstreaming is, we are talking about it on bbc for instance, so the mainstream media is paying attention. i have had 37 people get in touch asking he how do they buy bitcoin, which says a lot. now in other news today. germany's intelligence agency has claimed that china has been using fake linked in profiles to gather information on german officials and politicians. the agency alleges that chinese intelligence use the networking site

to target at least 10,000 germans, possibly to recruit them as informants. i am glad someone uses that! qatar has signed another deal to buy hi—tech defence equipment. the jets will be built in the uk. to buy hi—tech defence equipment. thejets will be built in the uk. it follows a deal struck with a french supplierfor nearly follows a deal struck with a french supplier for nearly 500 armoured vehicles and french baby milk former maker has ordered a global product rerecall over fears of salmonella. health authorities in france say 26 children in the country have become sick since early december. a quick look at the numbers for you and what is happening on markets. it and what is happening on markets. it a big week for central bank action. it is excite manager the business world, because in the united states we might get an interest rate rise on wednesday, that would be the second in the last few months and

they expect another four over the course of next year, compare and cons forecast with with what is happening year where they are at record lows. you are up—to—date. two of the so—called chennai six have told the bbc that the british government failed to do enough to help secure their release from prison in india. billy irving, nick dunn and four other british men were arrested while working as guards on a ship to combat piracy in the indian ocean. they were convicted of weapons charges and spent four years injail. they won an appeal against their convictions last month, following years of campaigning by theirfamilies. the foreign office says it worked tirelessly behind the scenes to reunite the men with the families. speaking earlier to victoria derbyshire, billy irving said he felt let down and betrayed during the first three years of his detention. i believe i was let down back in 2014, when the case got quashed. we, by indian law, should have gone home. we had no charges keeping us at all, but the indian government and tamil nadu government refused

to release our passports, and basically refused us our right to leave the country. however, the government didn't believe us, they were kind of keeping back and thinking, are these actually innocent men at the time? but, as we've recently found, that they did do a lot to secure our release towards the end. maybe not the last time. from the start, they didn't help. when we first went to prison, we were in prison for the one night, the next morning they came to visit. they didn't speak about anything, they didn't know what's going on, theyjust came and give us a prisoner abroad pack and left. what did you think of that? i thought it was shocking, because the six men, the uk, 35 men in total, we didn't know what's going on. nobody explained in english to us.

we just got told, forced to sign things, saying "sign this or we'll call you terrorists, sign this or we'll make your life hell", that's all we got, was threats all the way into prison. for the last year, i believe all the media and the families' pressure, all the petitions put in, really pushed the government, and i think the government started to realise for the three years previous, they did nothing really — yes, 50 talks with their counterparts, but nothing happened. it was only when the media started picking up, started putting pressure on and it was getting bigger, it started to go to international news, and papers picking it up, i think a lot more pressure went on them. yes, they did start working at the end, but too little too late at the time, but it was the lawyers that did it. for of one year waiting for the appeal progress on, for a judge to stand down, and then following week stand back up and take the case. he said the case was too complicated. stood down. again it came back on, the acquittal, the acquittal papers basically said the whole case was a fast. that is basically it. the foreign office say the uk government's delighted

that the men were released and the foreign secretary also paid tribute to those who campaigned for them. they go on to say, the foreign office works tirelessly behind the scenes to reunite these men with their family. this included lobbying on their behalf, visiting them in prison, updating theirfamilies and maintaining close contact with their legal team. trast with with what is happening year where they are at record lows. you are up—to—date. the cold spell continues. with that plenty of snow, it is beautiful photos sent in earlier today, this one from buckinghamshire, as we go through the day today it is this area of low pressure that will bring rain and more snow and sleet. for south—east england. it has already this morning, this is

the radar, rain from the south—east, some of that falling as snow and snowy showers in the far north. as we move through today, then, we continue to edge slowly east, there will be a lot of dry and bright weather in wales, northern england, southern scotland but temperatures close to freezing mean there will be patches of ice, scattered showers for northern ireland and northern scotland, some of which could be when tri, here we are at 3.00, we have that rain and wintry mix, clearing toward the east and temperatures the are largely struggling into the single figures, fairly close to freezing. bright weather in wales, one or two showers clipping coastal areas and a similar story for northern england. 0ne clipping coastal areas and a similar story for northern england. one or two showers on the coast, and for northern ireland, and northern scotland, scattered shower, some of which will be wintry at times. breezy in the north and we will be fairly windy in the south as well, has the weather front pushes eastwards, as we go through tonight the showers become confined to

eastern coastal counties, sorry to coastal council, a lot of dry weather round, with clear skies it will be cold. those the temperatures in towns and cities. rurally they could be as low as minus 12, so potential for ice patches to form again and freezing fog, a frost but again and freezing fog, a frost but a fairly bright start, one or two showers in coastal area first thing but cloudierfrom showers in coastal area first thing but cloudier from the west with outbreaks of rain working in, that could fall as snow in the north, temperatures will be cold again though in the low single figure, as we move through to tuesday night, we will see that weather front continue to work eastwards, the winds spinning round, they are tightly packed so it will be a breezy day on wednesday, cloudier, showery outbreaks of rainen and temperatures on wednesday, not quite as cold, will start to see them rising up between three and 11 degree, so some cold temperatures before then, but turning milder on wednesday. this is bbc news — and these are the top stories developing at midday.

snow and ice across the uk are causing dangerous driving conditions and disruption all round the country. more than a thousand schools are closed, and hundreds of homes are still without power as temperatures continue to drop. in wales, more than 400 schools are closed, as the grenfell fire inquiry begins, the council leader says she's sorry some families will still be in temporary accommodation this christmas. vladimir putin orders his russian troops to start pulling out of syria after a surprise visit to the country. one of the largest fires in california's history continues to spread, threatening the city of santa barbara. also, the highest mountain in the uk isn't where you might think. mount hope, in the uk—section of the antarctic, has been re—measured, and now takes top honours. and trouble in the tunnel. milk and water thrown at mourinho

in a clash with celebrating city players after yesterday's derby. it's monday the 11th of december. i'm annita mcveigh and welcome to bbc newsroom live. large parts of the uk are continuing to suffer from the effects of heavy snow that fell over the weekend. many schools are closed, homes are without power and freezing temperatures overnight have led to fears of black ice on the roads. the deluge of snow was compounded with freezing temperatures overnight. minus 12 was the temperature in the appropriately named chillingham barns in northumberland.

amber weather warnings have been issued by the met office for much of england, scotland and the whole of wales and northern ireland. more than a thousand schools have been closed across the uk, including more than 450 schools in wales, every council—run school in birmingham, plus hundreds more across warwickshire, shropshire and gloucestershire. thousands of homes remain without power, cut off by snow and high winds, although the number was much higher overnight. and dozens of flights have been delayed, with heathrow particularly affected. there are reportedly 50,000 british airways customers stranded in the uk or european airports as a result of the weather. in a moment we'll speak to duncan kennedy, who's in hindhead in surrey. but first let's cross to matthew richards in llangollen in north wales. absolutely beautiful scenes behind you, but clearly the weather has

been causing problems. that's right. we've had several days of heavy snow now and the temperature has dropped significantly causing further problems. we recently had updated figures and almost 600 schools are now closed across wales with not many people venturing out and about today. those that need to take care. we have had stories from search and rescue teams across wales dealing with incidents. last night in the rhondda valley in south wales, 21—year—old man got into a serious problem while sledging. he slid into a ravine and had to be rescued. and one family encounter problems when climbing a mountain in snowdonia. mountain rescue teams were called to rescue a 24—year—old man who had fallen 80 metres and had head and shoulder injuries. for the rest of people in north wales and further afield, councils say they have been working hard to make sure major

routes are open and they will now get around to the minor roads and smaller communities who have been essentially cut—off for the best pa rt essentially cut—off for the best part of the last few days. do you have a sense of the picture improving over the next 24 hours or so? 0rwill improving over the next 24 hours or so? or will things remain tricky? we are hearing temperatures could drop to around —12 degrees in some places this evening, which will make black ice and issue for drivers on the road. again, people being urged to ta ke road. again, people being urged to take care not to make unnecessary road journeys unless they have to. and if they do, be prepared and make sure you have things like snow shovels, a full battery on your mobile phone, medication that you might need, and keeping yourself warm, dry, watered and fed if you get stuck and need to wait to be rescued. matthew from north wales. 0ur correspondent duncan kennedy is in hindhead in surrey for us now. looking equally picturesque behind

you, but tell us how difficult the snow is making life for people there. picturesque is one word. you might also use the word bleak. it's freezing cold, not sure you can see on the camera but the snow is horizontal mode. this is the scene around hindhead. we arejust below the m25 motorway, just off the 83. —— just off the a3. it is quite slushy, traffic is moving slowly on the a3. i came up from southampton through winchester and petersfield and it's a mixture of different types of weather. 0n the south coast it is more rain and sleet. the higher and further north you come, it is much more like snow, like these conditions here. we are in the middle of surrey, in hindhead.

anything over 300 feet, we are being told areas are getting between three and five centimetres of snow. the knock on effect in wales, and around the country, it's having a knock—on effect on transport and schools. paulista does not closed around hindhead itself. 0thers further afield. —— at least a dozen are closed around hindhead itself. and other schools that are open, there is lack of access to them. people are still trying to take advantage. if we can get a shot of ali, we can see you are wearing shorts in the snow. why is that? i was out for a short run, and then i am going to the gym. i thought i would come appear to take photographs of the weather. the weather doesn't stop

you? it never does. it is pretty bad around here, three and five centimetres. how is it affecting life around here? it will have a knock on effect with kids getting home from school this evening. a good three or four centimetres. we are nearly 900 feet above sea level here. these are the sorts of conditions you get regularly in the winter. i work locally, conditions you get regularly in the winter. iwork locally, down conditions you get regularly in the winter. i work locally, down in farnham. i'm a golf professional and there is no snow down there so we should be open today. myjourney was 0k up untilwe should be open today. myjourney was 0k up until we got to chirt. then the stub got thicker and thicker. will you try to get to work today?” will go home and get changed for work. i will be teaching there this afternoon. we are under cover, so we should be fine. the temptation not to laugh. you're getting cold, bad

luck, we will get a shot of you. there he goes! believe it or not, a manjogging in the there he goes! believe it or not, a man jogging in the snow. there he goes! believe it or not, a manjogging in the snow. i am there he goes! believe it or not, a man jogging in the snow. i am frozen here and i have five or six players on with gloves and the rest of it. but he is dead keen to get on with it. we have been holding him he ate waiting to talk to him. he has been getting cold. but he's off on his jogging getting cold. but he's off on his jogging now, and hopefully conditions will get better for him this afternoon. clearly some hardy types in hindhead. i think you're closing is much more sensible. do go somewhere inside and get warm, duncan kennedy in hindhead in surrey. the police have told the enquiry into the grenfell tower disaster that they are investigating a range of possible criminal offences, including misconduct in public office, breaches of fire safety regulations, manslaughter and corporate manslaughter. this week

marks six months since the fire that killed 71 people. meanwhile, amid ongoing criticism over its handling of the disaster, the leader of kensington and chelsea council said 300 homes will have been bought by christmas for families affected by the tragedy. elizabeth campbell spoke to our correspondent, frankie mccamley. i came into thisjob because i was absolutely determined to help people rebuild their lives. but it has been much more complicated and challenging than we initially thought. but i think by the time... we have bought 300 houses and we are getting people rehoused. that will build the trust. it's action rather than words. it's an ongoing process. 42 families from the tower have been reformed so far. been rehomeed so far. 42 families from the tower have been rehomed so far. that's been described as disgusting. well, let me give you an example of how circumstances have changed. so, we started off looking for homes for 150 people, households, and then it went down to in the 130s.

and now we will have bought, by christmas, we hope, 300. the reason the figures are changing, it's perfectly understandable reasons. sometimes we have had three generations housed in one flat. and they are taking the opportunity now for granny to get her flat, or if there are grown—up children, the children have the opportunity to get their own place. or we have people who have suffered, family relationships have changed. we are looking for more flats for them. 0r people whose family have come in to help them. so the number of homes has increased hugely. and the types of homes, whether it is one bedroom, two bedroom or three bedroom, that has changed. so we are getting there, but it has proven slightly more complex for totally understandable reasons than we had initially thought. leader of kensington and chelsea

council elizabeth campbell. our correspondent angus crawford is at the hearing in central london. when you see some of the detail emerging about the number of documents, physical exhibits and witness statements etc that the metropolitan police have gathered, leading into this enquiry, it gives you some sense of the scale of it. it is extraordinary. it is just a preliminary hearing as well. it sets out the rules for the enquiry, when it gets up and running properly, of how it will run. today there were 23 different legal teams here at the beginning of the enquiry. 424 what is called core participants. and despite that it was clear from the council enquiry that they want to put the voices of the bereaved at the very heart. the council to the

enquiry is richard millett qc. it is of great importance to the enquiry that each individual voice of those most affected by the fire is heard. this was a shared trauma. a community devastated. but each of them has their own story to tell. their evidence will be crucial to the enquiry's understanding of what happened inside and around grenfell tower before the fire, during the fire and after the fire. their evidence can and will help us to save the lives of others. giving that evidence is also one aspect of the way each of them individually can be heard. and perhaps find some measure of closure. we also heard some fascinating information today from the

metropolitan police who say they are now investigating a range of possible crimes connected to the fire, including misconduct in public office, breach of fire safety regulations, and manslaughter both personally and corporately. more figures coming out, the police say they now have more than 180 people working on the enquiry. 30 million documents involved. and this, really crucially and interesting, they have identified more than 380 individual companies that were involved in the building or the refurbishment of g re nfell tower. building or the refurbishment of grenfell tower. angus, thank you for the update, angus crawford in central london. this is the scene live from inside the hearing. just inside from where you saw angus reporting. we will continue to monitor proceedings and give you coverage throughout the day here on bbc news. on the left—hand side of the picture is the chair of the enquiry sir martin moore—bick. and

on thursday, a memorial service will be taking place at st paul's cathedral at 11am in memory of those caught up in the grenfell tower fire, six months on from the tragedy. we will bring special coverage on that throughout the day. on a visit to syria, the russian president vladimir putin has ordered his forces there to start a partial withdrawal. russian military support has been crucial in turning the tide of the syrian conflict in president assad's favour. it has also contributed to the territorial defeat of the so—called islamic state group. 0ur moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, told me the move is not a great surprise. i think the russians have announced on two occasions that they are going to cut their troop numbers in syria. so no surprise here, no. and actually considering security concerns the kremlin must have had ahead of this visit, it's no surprise that this was a surprise visit. president putin came to congratulate his soldiers saying they had performed brilliantly

in the military operation in syria. he said that in just over two years, the russian army, together with the syrian army, had crushed the most battle—hardy group of international terrorists. he said he had taken this decision to withdraw a large part of the russian military contingent. he thanked the troops and said they could go home victorious. we should say that not all russian troops are going home. the russians will maintain two large bases in syria. 0ne air base where president putin was today, and also a naval base. strategically, what can we say about this decision in terms of president assad's position, and on what the russian thinking is on the viability of is as a force within the region? let's talk about what it means for president putin first of all.

i think this is very much mission accomplished for the russian president. not only in terms of the russians defeating isis, the russians keeping in power a key ally in syria, president assad, and therefore maintaining influence. and also russia increasing its role and profile in the middle east. but also if you look back to just over two years ago, before the russians launched their military campaign, there were attempts by the west to isolate russia after moscow's annexation of crimea. to put it bluntly, the russians in effect bombed their way back to the big table of international politics, forcing western leaders to deal with the kremlin because of this military operation. i think the result of that has been, certainly the russians see that they are once again a major player on the international stage. steve rosenberg reporting from

moscow. the headlines now. more than 1000 schools are closed and hundreds of homes are without power as parts of the uk continue to suffer the effects of heavy snow. please tell the grenfell tower enquiry that they are investigating a range of possible criminal offences including manslaughter and corporate manslaughter. vladimir putin orders his russian troops to start pulling out of syria after a surprise visit to the country. we can get more from the bbc sport centre and the latest on the champions league draw. that's where we will start, the draw for the knockout stages of the champions league has taken place with a record five english teams involved. totte n ha m , five english teams involved. tottenham, manchester city, manchester united and liverpool all winning their groups, with chelsea finishing second. 0llie foster watch the draw. chelsea have paid the

price forfinishing the draw. chelsea have paid the price for finishing second. the draw. chelsea have paid the price for finishing secondm the draw. chelsea have paid the price for finishing second. it was a lwa ys price for finishing second. it was always going to be the risk, and it was realised in the draw in nyom today. they had to be kept apart from the english teams. it was narrowed down to three teams that chelsea could get, paris st germain, besiktas, who they would have wanted, but they have ended up with barcelona, five times champions and top of la liga at the moment. lionel messi, chelsea might have had it much easier. xabi alonso gave them the bad news as he helped with that champions league draw. there is didier drogba and the rest of the gang of five years ago when they became european champions. the last time they played barcelona was in the semifinals in 2012. they beat them, a fantastic way win in the nou camp saw them get through before

beating bayern munich in the final. recent history between the two has gone the way of chelsea. a lot of draws between the two. but we will see how they go in a few months‘ time when they face them for the first leg, which will be at stamford bridge, because the group winners a lwa ys bridge, because the group winners always play their second leg at home. the first leg will be played in february. you would have to say and barcelona are heavy favourites but chelsea might be confident because of their previous record. what about the other four english teams? they all won their groups, so they were aiming for fairly easy draws. i can certainly say the manchester clubs and liverpool will be happy with their drawers. there could have been some tough ones. manchester city away to basel. liverpool away to porto in those first legs. manchester united have sevilla, and they will all expect to reach the quarterfinals. spurs were one of the first names out, and they

have gotjuventus, runners—up, perhaps not the force they were last season, but spurs were the best performing of all the teams in the group stages, finishing above real madrid and borussia dortmund. a big surprise how well spurs performed in europe. but they gotjuventus, and that was one of the tougher draws they could have got. and the other matchjumping they could have got. and the other match jumping out from the draw, real madrid against paris st germain. madrid counting the cost of finishing second. they didn‘t want to get paris saint—germain. real madrid, 12 time winners and reigning champions. but paris st germain are putting all their resources. we saw them spending £200 million on neymar. they want to become european champions. they will win the french title more often than not. and you know they will give real madrid a really tough match. two sets of galacticos going head—to—head in

february. should be a fantastic time. but a fairly good set of drawers for the english clubs. we look forward to that. in the europa league draw, the knockout stages are ongoing. we are looking out for arsenal and celtic. we havejust been told celtic will face zenit saint petersburg. that‘ll be an interesting time. we‘ll keep our eyes open for arsenal. we will have a full round—up of the europa league draw at1:30pm. israeli prime minister benjamin neta nyahu believes other countries will follow the us in recognising jerusalem as the capital. but the foreign chief of the european union said the eu would not change its policy. we can hear from them both, starting with prime minister netanyahu. and it‘s time that the palestinians recognise thejewish state, and also recognise the fact it has a capital. it‘s called jerusalem. i believe, even though we don‘t have an agreement yet, this is what will

happen in the future. i believe that all, or most, european countries will move their embassies to jerusalem, recognise jerusalem as israel‘s capital, and engage robustly with us for security, prosperity and peace. you know where the european union stands. we believe that the only realistic solution to the conflict between israel and palestine is based on two states. with jerusalem as the capital of both, the state of israel and the state of palestine, along the 67 line. this is our consolidated position, and we will continue to respect the international consensus on jerusalem until the final status of the old city is resolved with direct negotiation between the parties. and we hope the parties can engage in meaningful direct negotiations with the support of the international community. federica mogherini, the eu foreign

affairs representative. here, six people, including a number of children, have been taken to hospital following a house fire in manchester. the blaze, which is now out, broke out at a mid—terrace house in the early hours of this morning. david guest is at the scene. morning. david guest is at the scene. what more can you tell us about this awful fire? it was around five o‘clock this morning where fire crews we re five o‘clock this morning where fire crews were called to jackson street in the worsley area of manchester. the house by the green tarpaulins behind me was well ablaze. two people had managed to get out by themselves, but they had to rescue a further six people who suffered serious injuries and are still being treated in hospital this morning. as far as who those people are, we don‘t know at this moment. the police hope to hold a media briefing later. jackson street and a number

of surrounding streets have been sealed off this morning. the tarpaulin was erected a couple of hours ago as forensic scientists began work on the property behind me. that raises questions about, how did this fire begin. that‘s what the police are trying to get to the bottom of. at the moment we don‘t know the condition of the people taken to hospital. wejust know the condition of the people taken to hospital. we just know they we re taken to hospital. we just know they were seriously hurt. we will wait for more from the police briefing. thank you to david guest in manchester. thousands of firefighters in california are racing to halt wildfires which have forced more than 200,000 people from their homes in the past fortnight. state officials have ordered fresh evacuations of coastal communities, as new blazes break out in the hills near los angeles, fanned by strong winds. simon cullen reports. it‘s a battle being fought both from the ground and from the air. fanned by strong winds and hot weather, firefighters are struggling to get the upper hand on a blaze which has become one of the most destructive in california‘s history. hundreds of homes have already been destroyed and thousands of people are being forced to flee.

i‘m scared to death. we packed up our whole car. we got evacuated this morning. 0ne fire in the coastal areas of ventura and santa barbara, has now burnt out an area larger than the size of new york, and it‘s still out of control. but it‘s not the only one. and resources are being stretched to the limit. we‘ve been up 29 hours straight every other day. everybody on this division is at 28, 29 hours. so we are exhausted. but they are not coming off until this is done. several firefighters have been injured, but only one person, injured, and one person, a 70—year—old lady, has died. the fire front has become so large, it is clearly visible from space, giving a sense of the magnitude of the task ahead. the us president donald trump has declared a state of emergency to provide extra resources to the worst affected regions. for now, authorities are focusing on bringing the fires under control. but soon, the focus will turn

to assessing the damage and counting the cost of the devastating fire season. simon cullen, bbc news. a new portrait of the duke of edinburgh, which will go on public display next year, has been unveiled. painted by artist the danish ralph heimans, the duke is shown in the imposing setting of windsor castle wearing the sash of the order of the elephant, denmark‘s highest—ranking honour. the duke has a close association with the nordic country as he was born a prince of denmark, as well of greece, before becoming a naturalised british subject in the 1940s. the portrait will go on public display in both the uk and denmark next year. wintry conditions across the uk at

the moment. nowhere near as cold as in some parts of the united states. spare a thought for this deer that had to be rescued by a firefighter in the us state of oregon after it had become stuck in the middle of an icy pond. the fire service deployed a special sled, and then just gently nudged the deer towards the shore. it took a while, but eventually the animal did make it back to the land, and was finally able run off back into the wild. certainly very cold here at the moment. and darren bett is on the other side of the newsroom. there isn‘t as much snow falling today. that‘s the first thing to say. but ice will be the major concern as we head into this evening. if it‘s not frozen already because of the lying

snow then chances are it will freeze very quickly in many areas as we head into the next few hours. a mixture of rain, sleet and snow coming from this lot in the south—east and east anglia. but it will start to withdraw over the next few hours and things will become drier. we will keep some wintry showers around the north sea coast and drier. we will keep some wintry showers around the north sea coast and coming drier. we will keep some wintry showers around the north sea coast and coming into drier. we will keep some wintry showers around the north sea coast and coming into wintry drier. we will keep some wintry showers around the north sea coast and coming into wintry scotland. drier. we will keep some wintry showers around the north sea coast and coming into wintry scotland. one or two clipping into south—east scotla nd or two clipping into south—east scotland and the north west. it will be cold more widely. it‘s also going to be colder more widely in central areas with snow more common. potentially icy on untreated surfaces. for most areas it will be a dry and sunny day. western parts will see the wind picking up and cloud coming in. rain particularly in northern ireland. in the west we will see higher temperatures. for many it will be dry, cold and sunny. still the threat of more ice as we head into tuesday evening and tuesday night. this is bbc newsroom live,

our latest headlines. snow and ice across the uk are causing dangerous driving conditions and disruption all round the country. more than a thousand schools are closed, and hundreds of homes are still without power as temperatures continue to drop. two days of hearings into the grenfell tower disaster, in which 71 people died have got under way. the metropolitan police are investigating offences including misconduct in public office, breaches of fire safety regulations, manslaughter and corporate manslaughter. russian president vladimir putin has ordered a partial withdrawal of russian troops from syria, after an unannounced meeting with syrian president bashar al—assad today. one of the largest fires in california‘s history continues to spread, threatening the city of santa barbara. in the past week, the ‘thomas fire‘ has spread across an area of land that is larger than new york city. more now on the cold weather currently sweeping the uk.

large parts of the country are continuing to suffer from the heavy snow that fell over the weekend. many schools are closed, homes are without power and freezing temperatures overnight have led to fears of black ice on the roads. it‘s proving to be a busy time for car breakdown companies — i can now speak to the rac‘s pete williams who is in our bristol studio. thank you forjoining u i know you keep an running tally over the weekend, during the wintry months andi weekend, during the wintry months and i think the tally certainly by the end of today will be certainly much higher than you would normally expect? absolutely, we anticipate we will attend round 11,000 break downs today, that is seven rery minute, yesterday, 1600 patrols were very busy on the road, dwelt with,000 break downs on what is a much quieter day, but this morning, we

have been dealing with motorists with problems with flat batteries, with problems with flat batteries, with all manner of problems, but particularly, accidents, so those who are skidding on that black ice. we are encouraging people to take ca re we are encouraging people to take care on the roads, and consider whether their journey is care on the roads, and consider whether theirjourney is really necessary to begin with. so that the number one piece of advice, especially with temperatures tonight going to be getting as low as minus 12, ask yourself if you need to be on the road. if you have to be how can you reduce your chances of breaking down? we would encourage the winter force, so breaking down? we would encourage the winterforce, so make breaking down? we would encourage the winter force, so make sure you have plenty of fuel, check your oil if you have time today, top it up if necessary , if you have time today, top it up if necessary, really importantly check your rubber so your tyres, make sure your rubber so your tyres, make sure you have a good tyre tread depth so round three millimetres or more to keep a round three millimetres or more to keepa grip round three millimetres or more to keep a grip of the road on the ice and snow, and the pressure is at the

correct level. check your cool last night, your electrics so that is your lights and fog light, and then make sure you is plenty of screen wash and have an additive that acts down minus 20 degree, that will help you keep on the journey and avoid a break down hopefully. and you would advice people to keep extra warm clothing in the car, make sure their mobiles are fully charged, that sort of thing. absolutely, if you are doing a long journey, leave plenty of time, it will take you two or three times as long to complete that journey in icy condition, pack plenty of thing just in case the worst happens and you get stuck or break down so you have additional warm clothing, charged up mobile phone, some food, a flask of warm tea or coffee, something like that, but also, when you are driving on the road, just take account of the

conditions, slow down, leave plenty of space between your car and the vehicle in front, maybe up to 10 times that you would normally leave between you and the car in front, and then drive with what we call a lightfoot, so don‘t accelerate sharply or brake sharply because thatis sharply or brake sharply because that is when your wheel also get into a that is when your wheel also get intoa spin that is when your wheel also get into a spin or lock up and you will skid on black ice, that is when accidents happen. these might seem like very common—sense pieces of advice, but they really are worth saying, because we don‘t usually have weather this bad and a lot of people don‘t have much experience of driving in these sorts of condition, do they? this is very true. for mo of us it has been five year since we have seen condition like this, when the vast majority of england and the uk get these kind of conditions it will only be for a few days at a time, a week at mostf will only be for a few days at a time, a week at most f you live will only be for a few days at a time, a week at mostfyou live in the highlands you are probably familiar with 40 or 50 days of snow and ice, you probably have winter

tyres on your vehicle or 4x4, so for the rest of us it is easy to forget how important it is to proceed with caution, in these kind of conditions, adjust your driving style, and just really slow down, we have seen lots of cars travelling at speed and in conditions where it really really is dangerous, a risk to the driver and to other road users. a busy day ahead for you, but thank you very much for talking to us with that very good advice. theresa may will tell mp there‘s is a new sense of optimism in the brexit talks after her last minute deal to move to the next phase. let us deal to move to the next phase. let us go to norman smith in westminster. norman, what can you tell us about the shape of the day ahead and just how when the prime minister say, she is optimistic and there is a sense of optimism how optimistic does she

mean? it's a contrast to normal brexit statements in the commons where the rival sides are taking clu m ps where the rival sides are taking clumps out of each other, we have an odd situation today, where basically eve ryo ne odd situation today, where basically everyone is kind of happy, the brexiteers think the deal mrs may struck on friday is just about all right, we are not paying a mutual money we think, the european court has a role but it is time limited and in terms of this contentious phrase about regulatory alignment between northern ireland and ireland, they are pretty much 0k with that, they will think it will only apply to a few cross—border issue, the remainors think that talk of regulatory alignment provides them with a way to ensure we stay cheek—by—jowl with the single market. they think it provides an avenue to ensure we continue with most of the regulations of the

customs union and the single market. they can‘t both be right but the wording of the text which mrs may agreed on friday is sufficiently vague and ambiguous to enable both side to draw the conclusions they want, from the deal, so for the time being there is a sort of temporary truce where everyone is going round with a bit of a smile op their face. and norman, looking ahead to between now and christmas, give us a timetable for what will be happening? the next sort of key juncture is on thursday, when mrs may is back in brussels, waiting for the european commission, formally to say yes all systems go. however, at the same time mrs may is still facing a tussle here in parliament over the eu withdrawal bill, this brexit bill that has been lumbering through the commons for weeks. this week we get to the critical vote, the crunch vote ensuring that mps have to vote any deal through,

before mrs may signs it off. what they have been offered by the prime minister is a vote once she has agreed a deal. tab take it or leave it vote. they believe that is not good enough. if they were to defeat mrs may on that that would be a significant moment, but i suspect she thinks she is probably got the numbers with the dup support, with some labour levers to get through and survive that vote too, which means by the end of the year mrs may could could have got trade talks started and the brexit bill through the commons. thank you norman. you can watch coverage of the statement to mps which is expected round 3.30 on afternoon live. join us for that. breaking news, the defect that causes the neurodegenerative disease huntingtons has been corrected in patients for the first time the bbc

has learned. with me is our health correspondent to tell us more about this breaking story. this is quite something. first of all remind us about the condition that is huntingtons, it is an horrific condition. it is devastating. some describe it as like a combination of parks sons, alzheimer‘s and motor neurone disease at once, it blights family, patients will have seen pa rent family, patients will have seen parent die, know they are going to die and there is a 50/50 chance of passing it on to their children. it is caused by a protein that builds in the brain, that is caused by a mutated piece of dna. the way the therapy works is it is injected into therapy works is it is injected into the spinalfluid therapy works is it is injected into the spinal fluid and therapy works is it is injected into the spinalfluid and it therapy works is it is injected into the spinal fluid and it bathes the brain with this drug. i lowers the production of that protein, the nearly is that should stop the brain dying. this is quite astonishing, experiences are saying it is the

biggest breakthrough in tackling neurodiseases in half a century. it is huge, isn‘t it neurodiseases in half a century. it is huge, isn't it it is. you have to remember neurodegenerative diseases they are some of the most intractable problems in medicines. there are not really drugs that stop the course of them. huntingtons is the course of them. huntingtons is the easiest to understand, there is a clear defect, a genetic aberration passed down you can see it‘s the toxic protein causing the problem, this is the first time they have been able to tackle that defect. the big question, now they are able to lower levels of the protein and do it safely, will that affect symptom they will follow the same patients to see if they continue to decline or if they are stopped it. do you know how many people have taken part? this was a first in human trial. 46 patients were part of this trial, so the first ones had very

low doses of the drug given and that was slowly scaled up and throughout the whole process, it was shown to be safe, and the higher the dose, the greater the reduction doctors saw in reductions of this oxics protein. this is fascinating. thank you for tell us more. thank you for tell us more. two in five women in the uk, and one in five men, have been sexually harassed at work, according to a major survey on workplace harassment for the bbc. many said they‘d experienced inappropriate touching and unwelcome jokes. here‘s our correspondent adina campbell. freelance copywriter lorrie hartshorn says she has lost count as to how many times she has faced sexual harassment since being self—employed. sometimes it is just background noise, you hear an inappropriate comment or someone is talking to your t—shirt rather than yourface, and other times you can be subjected to really inappropriate behaviour, like groping. in the latest survey for the bbc, the results revealed 43% of people

in flexible work had experienced unwanted sexual behaviour, compared to 29% who were directly employed. those working in industries such as hospitality, retail or the public sector were more at risk. and, overall, 40% of women and 18% of men had experienced sexual harassment in the workplace. the survey also found people aged between 18 and 34 were more likely to report unwanted sexual attention compared to those over 55. it‘s about a power dynamic. if you are the youngest person in a workplace, if you are new in a workplace, less aware of your rights and how to report, or who to report to, all those things make you slightly more vulnerable. campaigners are now calling for employers to take reports of sexual harassment seriously,

with protection for all workers. adina campbell, bbc news. with me now is matilda quiney, a management specialist at the trades union congress, the umbrella group for trades unions in the uk. toxic protein. thank you for coming along to talk to us. i know as the tuc you did a similar survey last year, what were the results of that? very similar, so the results of that? very similar, so half of all women in our survey responded to say they had ex pernted sexual harassment, and these were women across a wide sector ofjobs, and industry, you know, it wasn‘t just people in the sort of creative industries that we have been hearing about or in politics, but really across the piece. no industry exempt from it. no industry exempt from it and similarto your from it. no industry exempt from it and similar to your survey equally we found more younger women in, in

these insecure jobs there was a bit more of a prevalence there. and did you also find some men were reporting they had been victims of harassment too. our survey was of women, because that is what we had had reported to us as it being a particularly strong problem, so that was the question we were looking into. it is not a surprise some men are reporting it now. whether it is are reporting it now. whether it is a man falling victim to this or a woman, clearly if they ryou know, younger worker, workers on you know, contracts that are more flexible. where they feel less secure about employment status, the issues are there, in common between the sexes, aren‘t they, do they have the confidence to go forward and report what has happened to them? do you sense any change in that? do you accept more people are confident about continuing forward sty to a manager this has happened to me?”

think the cent publicity round certain high profile cases, plugs the kind of #metoo movement. they have been very important. but you still find that because there are these very insecure jogs, and they are more prevalent now, and we found that aboutle 0% of the women who experienced —— 80% of the women had not felt comfortable in speaking out about it. and you know, it is very understandable if you feel that you are understandable if you feel that you a re less understandable if you feel that you are less confident in yourjob, you aren‘t secure in yourjob, you feel if you speak out about something, that maybe you won‘t be invited back, or your shift also get less and less and dwindle off a it is a barrier. so what we are saying to women, isjoin their barrier. so what we are saying to women, is join their union, barrier. so what we are saying to women, isjoin their union, join barrier. so what we are saying to women, is join their union, join a union and just speak to them about what, the remedies might be for you. so surveys are one thing, access is another. if someone does follow that

course of action that you suggested, andjoina union, course of action that you suggested, and join a union, how do they know that the union is going to back them up, what more is the union going to do for them. what should unions and indeed companies, industry, businesses be doing in general to say to their staff, look, you can report this if it has happened to you. it is against the law. companies should have policies in place about this, it has been against the law for a very long time. companies may have policy, but they may be sitting on a shelf gathering dust, so really they need to go gathering dust, so really they need togoa gathering dust, so really they need to go a step further, have procedures in place and be communicating about the procedures to all their employee, particularly as they start. so they know what process they should take if something happens to them. union, it is high up on their agenda, they know just how much is high up on their agenda, they knowjust how much of a problem it is, and they have been very active.

i think they can often help women whopp don‘t have a voice at work. it is about giving them a voice. voice. 0bviously is about giving them a voice. voice. obviously you may feel very isolated in the workplace if this is happening to you. it is very isolating. likely adds not it is probably happening to other people. by probably happening to other people. by joining probably happening to other people. byjoining together with other women or men in a union, that union can present your case in a way that maybe helps you feel less vulnerable. they are there holding your hand through the process, or if your hand through the process, or if you don‘t feel able to be completely open about this, they can speak to management, and try and get these issues resolved without it becoming a pure livid case. you say among management and companies that guidelines advice maybe gathering dust on shelves somewhere, but do you think that at that level there is more and more awareness that

management has to be really proactive about saying to their employee, whether they are on flexible contracts or otherwise, you know, you can open up to us about this, it is not going to be detrimental to your career.” this, it is not going to be detrimental to your career. i think surveys such as this, plus the recent high profile cases are a wake up recent high profile cases are a wake up call for management. so you will find good employers will be thinking maybe we should just have a little check here about what is going on in your our workplace, make sure there isn‘t anything more we can do do. maybe they aren‘t so proactive, but there are a lot of things that employers can do to find views of their employeeings and workforce and their employeeings and workforce and the to find out more about things that might be going on and to try and put them right. just using the example of the high profile cases

just as an compute to put round more communication to tell people about what procedures they should take. thank you very much. we are hearing that king‘s college hospital‘s trust has been placed in special measures for finance. nhs improvement has placed the trust, the foundation trust in special measures following serious concerns about the growing deaf fit. this comes on the heels of the resignation of the chairman of the trust lord kersla ke, resignation of the chairman of the trust lord kerslake, who resigned saying he didn‘t do this lightly, as he loves king, but believes the government and the regulator are unrealistic about the scale of the challenge facing the nhs, and the trust, so he said that kings foundation trust was like many other trusts, phasing rising demand,

increasing cost of drugs and indeed limits to its spending. but in response to that, a spokeswoman for nhs improvement branded the hospital‘s financial performance as unacceptable, saying it was the worst in the nhs and continues to deteriorate and now we are hearing that nhs improvement has placed king‘s college hospital, nhs foundation trust? in special measures following serious concerns is about the growing deficit. this was the trust that responded to a number of the terrorist attacks earlier this year, westminster and london bridge for example, and it follows this news on from the news that lord kersla ke follows this news on from the news that lord kerslake has resigned as the boss of king‘s college hospital because of funding problems with the nhs, so really this all goes to the heart of the debate about whether

the nhs is getting enough money. two of the so—called chennai six — held in an indianjailfor 4 years — have told the bbc that the british government failed to do enough to help secure their release . billy irving, nick dunn and four other british men were arrested while working as guards on a ship to combat piracy in the indian ocean. they were convicted of weapons charges and spent four years injail. they won an appeal against their convictions last month, following years of campaigning by theirfamilies. the foreign office says it worked tirelessly behind the scenes to reunite the men with the families. speaking earlier to victoria derbyshire, billy irving said he felt let down and betrayed during the first three years of his detention. i believe i was let down back in 2014, when the case got quashed. we, by indian law, should have gone home. we had no charges keeping us at all, but the indian government and tamil nadu government refused to release our passports, and basically refused us our right to leave the country. however, the government didn‘t believe us, they were kind of keeping back and thinking, are these actually

innocent men at the time? but, as we‘ve recently found, that they did do a lot to secure our release towards the end. maybe not the last time. what would you say, billy? from the start, they didn't help. when we first went to prison, we were in prison for the one night, the next morning they came to visit. they didn't speak about anything, they didn't know what's going on, theyjust came and give us a prisoner abroad pack and left. what did you think of that? i thought it was shocking, because the six men, the uk, 35 men in total, we didn't know what's going on. nobody explained in english to us. we just got told, forced to sign things, saying "sign this or we'll call you terrorists, sign this or we'll make your life hell", that's all we got, was threats all the way into prison. for the last year, i believe

all the media and the families' pressure, all the petitions put in, really pushed the government, and i think the government started to realise for the three years previous, they did nothing really — yes, 50 talks with their counterparts, but nothing happened. it was only when the media started picking up, started putting pressure on and it was getting bigger, it started to go to international news, and papers picking it up, i think a lot more pressure went on them. yes, they did start working at the end, but too little too late at the time, but it was the lawyers that did it. for of one year waiting for the appeal progress on, for a judge to stand down, and then following week stand back up and take the case. he said the case was too complicated. stood down. again it came back on, the acquittal, the acquittal papers basically said the whole case was a fast. that is basically it. the foreign office say the uk government‘s delighted that the men were released and the foreign secretary also paid tribute to those who campaigned for them. they go on to say, the foreign office works tirelessly behind the scenes to reunite these men with their family. this included lobbying

on their behalf, visiting them in prison, updating theirfamilies and maintaining close contact with their legal team. you can watch the full interview on the bbc victoria derbyshire page. breaking news from the new york police department, who say they are responding to reports of an explosion of unknown origin in mid town manhattan, early morning there, extremely busy, these pictures not live i should sayjust coming in to us, some reports say it is at a bus terminal, certainly at some sort of transit hub, we are being told, and according to other reports on twitter, this explosion of unknown origin is at 42nd street and 8th

avenue in manhattan, you can see from the images on a busy monday morning lots of people being pushed back behind that white tape, as police try to clear the area, so thatis police try to clear the area, so that is all we have for you, at the moment, we of course will keep a close eye on these reports of an explosion of unknown origin in mid town manhattan according to the nypd. in a moment, the news at one. first, the weather. we had a lot of snow yesterday in wales but here much of the country has been dry and sunny but really cold. there has been a cold wind blowing in basildon but it has been mostly rain, very slushy, the wetter weather has come courtesy of the front. that is pulling away, the worse of that wet wet moving out

into the near continent and this evening we are left with wintry showers in east anglia and the south—east and a bit more cloud. where we don‘t have the cloud the temperatures already getting below freezing. a few showers clipping the far west of wales, the far south—west of england but for many we will have clear sky, frosty, icy wetering some shower, running along the north sea coast, up into scotla nd the north sea coast, up into scotland where in northern scotland this there will be know over the hills. hills. most showers will be of snow but any showers won‘t help the circumstances we have the lying snow, widespread ice developing, this evening, continuing overnight and into tomorrow as well. so very cold, very quickly, very ferocity as well. the wintry showers continuing. particularly running in in east anglia, one or two out to the west. many places will be dry, clear and it gets cold, more wildly. temperature also be more widely lower than they were last night. so where you have a covering of snow

you would be down to minus 12 in rural area, very icy on untreated surface, a bright and sunny start, the showers on the east coast will fate away, we will see cloud increase, the binging up in the west. it is probably here we will see the highest temperatures. for many it will be a clear, cold, and bright and sunny day. weather front is bringing that wet weather in from the atlantic. as it runs into the cold air there is maybe a bit of snow there is the risks of icy conditions as well ahead of that. we are drawing in less cold air, mild air round the middle part of the week. the winds go more westley, yes there will be cloud, shower, maybe longer spells of rain. it may bright up longer spells of rain. it may bright up in the west later. a few wintry showers but nothing like as bad as we have seen. hundreds of schools are closed and thousands have no power as snow and ice cover much of the uk. we‘ll have the latest on the disruption it‘s causing. snow continues to

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