hello, this is breakfast with christian frazer and babita sharma. the siege of a luxury hotel in kabul has come to an end — 12 hours after it was stormed by heavily armed militants. five people were killed but security forces were able to free more than 100 guests. good morning, it's sunday 21 january. also this morning: new plans to make sure faulty goods are removed more quickly from shops and homes. the ukip leader henry bolton fights to keep his job as the party holds an emergency meeting to discuss his future. blue badge permits forfree parking are to be made easier to get for people with dementia and autism. and in sport, england struggle batting first in the third one day international as they bid to clinch the series against australia.

thomas has the weather. be prepared for a bit of snow this morning. quite tricky on some of the roads. the snows will not be the same everywhere. more later. good morning, first our main story. the authorities in afghanistan say a siege of a luxury hotel in kabul has come to an end, more than twelve hours after it was attacked by gunmen. an interior ministry spokesman said five civilians including one foreigner were killed at the intercontinental hotel, along with all three attackers. more than 100 people have been rescued. andrew plant reports. the intercontinental hotel in kabul, at dawn on sunday morning, blackened and smoking after an 11—hour siege that's seen at least five people killed and several more wounded. the shooting started after nightfall on saturday, several gunmen armed with grenades and automatic weapons. translation: at first, i heard some gunfire and then, after 15 minutes, a worker from the hotel approached and said

that suicide attackers entered the hotel. security forces were fighting the gunmen floor by floor with reports of hostages being taken. we now know that around 100 guests have been allowed to leave. it's thought the security guards at the entrance to the 5—storey building are among those who came under fire. the intercontinental hotel in kabul is popular with foreign guests. situated on a hilltop a few miles outside the city, it has been the target of an attack before, in 2011, when 21 people died, including nine attackers. security forces said two of the gunmen had been shot and killed, two more were thought to be hiding in the building. it is not yet clear whether they are still on the loose. the attack comes days after the us embassy in kabul issued a warning about hotels in the city, saying extremist groups could be planning an attack, saying hotels as well as public gatherings could be potential targets.

officials have not yet said if all the guests and staff with the procedures come to an end. this is a shot in the centre of kabul. the intercontinental hotel. this comes days after warning about hotels in the city. an investigation is under way to find how the attackers were able to get access to that hotel in the centre of kabul city. the second time it has been hit. there was an attack at hotel in 2011. large—scale recalls of dangerous and faulty goods will be managed by a new body from today. ‘the office for product safety and standards‘ will ensure they're removed from homes and shelves more quickly. our business correspondent joe lynam reports. in recent years, there have been notable product recalls such as the samsung galaxy note and some whirlpool tumble dryers. now the

government hopes to accelerate the time between recognising the problem and removing the product from shops and removing the product from shops and homes. the new ‘the office for product safety and standards‘ will primarily cover electrical white goods like washing machines or produce and will have a panel of experts to decide whether a minor or local issue requires a national recall and will ensure that imported eu goods will be properly checked once the uk leaves next year. what this new body will do is ensure the know—how and technical expertise is available to prevent any delays and keep the public as safe as possible. hundreds of products are recalled in britain every year but this new agency hopes to prevent these kinds of incidents. the future of the ukip leader, henry bolton will be up for discussion when the party‘s national executive holds an emergency meeting later today. there have been calls for him to step down after it was reported his girlfriend had sent offensive texts, including racist comments

about prince harry‘s fiance meghan markle. let‘s talk to our political correspondent, emma va rdy. if he did go, this would be the fourth leadership contest in two yea rs. fourth leadership contest in two years. this is a crunch moment in a saga that has been playing out since christmas. henry bolte and has been under pressure to step down ever since his relationship hit the headlines and those of offensive and racist text messages were leaked to the news papers. henry bolte and says he wants to keep hisjob the news papers. henry bolte and says he wants to keep his job that he was spotted in a barjust days after with jo marney, he was spotted in a barjust days after withjo marney, after declaring their relationship is over. he says he has been supporting her during death threats and said that text messages that were leaked did not represent her core beliefs. nonetheless, henry bolte and has lost the confidence of many people in ukip. it would have to go to a

vote of the wider party but he may decide to step down and if he does, is going to compound what‘s been a pretty catastrophic yet the party. difficult time the party. we will speak to gerard batten, the party‘s brexit spokesperson after eight o‘clock. turkey has warned that it could deploy ground forces today after launching air attacks against kurdish fighters in northern syria. more than a hundred targets were bombed in the afrin region with the syrian kurds backed by the us, but turkey calls them terrorists. people with hidden disabilities in england could soon be entitled to blue badge permits for free parking. the department for transport said the change would make it easierfor those with conditions such as autism and dementia to access services they needed. helena lee has this report. the blue badge scheme was first introduced in england in the 19705. today, around 2.4 million people with disabilities have one. it

allows them to park free of charge on roads and normally without time limit5. on roads and normally without time limits. the government is now proposing to extend the scheme. it wa nts proposing to extend the scheme. it wants people with disabilities and conditions like autism and dementia to be able to qualify for a blue badge so they too can enjoy the freedom to get out where and when they want. the department for transport say5 they want. the department for transport says only some councils recognise hidden disabilities under the current scheme because they interpret the existing rules differently. the proposals would be the biggest change to the scheme since it was first introduced. the plans will now go through in a tight public consultation. helena lee, bbc news. they say a man‘s home is his ca5tle, and for one artist in brazil it really is. marcio matolia5 has lived in a 5andcastle for 22 years in an upmarket neighbourhood of rio de janeiro. it isn‘t huge inside, but he has everything he needs.

marcio says if there is heavy rain he just 5culpt5 himself a new 5andcastle. he compare5 his style to niemeyer and gaudi, and makes money from donations and runs a book exchange. iam glad i am glad he has built it far enough back from the tide. you‘re on that beach, won‘t you? yes. you see these incredible 5a ndca5tle5 yes. you see these incredible 5andcastle5 and they truly are works of art. and that‘s pretty phenomenal. let‘s just take a look at the papers this morning. start with the sunday telegraph. having this headline about bori5johnson. tie5 for america are vital. extraordinary economic relationship.

the sunday times. after 50 —— up to 50 labourmps on the sunday times. after 50 —— up to 50 labour mp5 on the de5election hit li5t. moderate labour mp5 have been warned thatjeremy corbyn allie5 wa nt warned thatjeremy corbyn allie5 want centrist candidates replaced with more left—leaning ones. and the 0b5erver with more left—leaning ones. and the observer is talking about there5a may‘5 government planning to announce irresponsible company bo55e5 who fail to protect workers pensions will be hit by huge fine5, coming in the way of the collapse of carillion, of course, and the fact that 20,000 members of the company are expected to face huge cut5 that 20,000 members of the company are expected to face huge cuts to their retirement funds. the sunday express, brexit. demands that there5a may to end free movement the second we leave the european union

on march 29 next year. they also say in5ide on march 29 next year. they also say inside that they want the transition period to finish much sooner than 2021. it will probably finish after a year if they had their way. let us catch up with the weather. he was thoma5. a cold morning? ye5, a cold morning? yes, it is. is the coldest night of the winter so far in scotland, —13 degrees, really cold but the contrast acro55 in scotland, —13 degrees, really cold but the contrast across the uk where it is mild and colder are huge at the moment and that is leading to ice and snow, a battleground between the cold in the north and mild in the cold in the north and mild in the south. quite tricky to some of us. the south. quite tricky to some of us. if you are happening to travel this morning. this is what it looks like around nine o‘clock. by this stage, i think it‘s starting to turn to rain acro55 northern ireland and

has been snowing here very heavily in the last few hours or so. but look at that. we‘ve got some 5now across look at that. we‘ve got some 5now acro55 mostly the hills of wales, certainly through the midlands which cut5 certainly through the midlands which cuts off for the snow around here somewhere. southern wales through bristol down into central and southern parts of england and probably the m4 northwards. if we are north of that, some sleet and snow falling today. how much? probably covering some areas but the amounts that will get on the ground will vary greatly, particularly across scotland, up to ten centimetres and some freezing rain so centimetres and some freezing rain so really messy. but this is only temporary because that weather front is out of the way through this evening and overnight and you start getting much milder row coming off the atlantic. it is going to snow today. a bitterly cold day but this is only temporary through this afternoon. tomorrow, a completely

different story. we have much milder i’ow different story. we have much milder row coming off the atlantic. the difference between today and tomorrow across the uk will be absolutely huge and in fact as we head into monday in the week ahead, we start to see milder air pushing in the atlantic. that means things are going to turn quite a bit milder. the temperatures around 13 degrees in london. much milder as well. there is some snow on the way this morning. there will be a covering. some of us no doubt will go out and build a snowman but stay careful on the roads and by tomorrow, a lot of it will be gone. how are we supposed to dress that? winter wardrobe, summer wardrobe. don‘t ask me, i‘m just the reporter. we wa nt don‘t ask me, i‘m just the reporter. we want everything from you thomas. it is set to be cold today. it is set to be cold today. it was cold on the way in. the bitter blame game over

the government shutdown in the united states could be over today. the senate‘s will be back in session to try and break the impasse on spending legislation. it all started when a bill to fund the federal government did not get the number of votes it needed by the deadline of midnight on friday. joining us now from washington dc, is david smith, who‘s the washington bureau chief for the guardian newspaper. david, good morning. forthose of david, good morning. for those of us who want familiar with the workings of the federal government, what is this shutdown about? it's a fundamentalfailure this shutdown about? it's a fundamental failure for agreement on the government‘s budget, where it will allocate its money, and without republicans and democrats in the house and the senate reaching an agreement, there is and money for government functions, some government functions, some government agencies. it is not literally mean that absolutely

everything stops. i was out and about in washington today. some things were going on as normal. essential services such as the military and the police carry on. but to give you one example, this particular shutdown, national parks would also remain open but litter would also remain open but litter would not be collected, toilets would not be collected, toilets would not be cleaned. for tourists in new york, the statue of liberty has closed down. also, around 800,000 federal workers who might not turn up on monday, it is ultimately very costly to the government until the budget is agreed upon. and it is costly because time is money, the clock is ticking. what is the latest you are hearing? hour by hour, it's been changing on capitol hill. at one point, things seemed quite hopeful

that an agreement would be reached, perhaps before the end of the weekend, however those hopes have gone backwards again. really, the republicans and the democrats, they are digging in their heels, blaming one anotherfor this are digging in their heels, blaming one another for this impasse and nobody seems willing to give an inch and as you can imagine, it‘s overshadowed the first anniversary of donald trump‘s inauguration. overshadowed the first anniversary of donald trump's inauguration. how significant you think it is a trump administration and the donald trump? it is terrible timing that he marks one year in office with the government shutdown. the democrats, unsurprisingly, have been very quick to blame him for that, pointing to remark he made a while ago saying

that what this government needs is a good shot down. —— shut down. the infamous meeting at the white house about ten days ago where he used some very derogatory language about immigrants from haiti and africa, has come back to haunt him. it‘s from that moment that we saw a downward spiral in the negotiations and bitterness on both sides. it really has undermined what he would like to see as his unique selling point which is a businessman and dealmaker. this was one deal he spectacularly failed to pull off. david, is a deal imminent? no, not particularly. i think they will get there eventually, as they always do. right now, it‘s hard to see who is going to blink first on this. i suspect it will depend on pressure from the public, which ever party

thinks it‘s losing the of public opinion may have to budge. david smith, thank you. i have an alert syste m o n smith, thank you. i have an alert system on my twitter feed, smith, thank you. i have an alert system on my twitterfeed, i can tell you who he is blaming added the democrats, believe me. we‘ll be back with the headlines at 6.30, but now it‘s time for the film review with jane hill and mark kermode. a warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week‘s cinema releases is mark kermode. what have you been watching this week? very exciting week. we have the post, starring tom hanks and meryl streep. coco, the new animation from pixar. and the commuter, the new liam neeson action vehicle.

and the post, it‘s aboutjournalism. i can‘t wait, i‘m excited. did you like it? i really did, it‘s a newsroom thriller about the revelations of the pentagon papers, a report which basically said that successive us administrations had misled the country about the vietnam war. the film is largely set in 1971. tom hanks is ben bradley, the editor of the washington post. he is eagerfor a scoop. meryl streep is catherine ‘kate‘ graham, the publisher and proprieter of the washington post. it‘s going to the stock exchange, so its finances are slightly precarious. after the white house gets an injunction on the new york times, after they publish some of the pentagon papers, ben bradley wants to publish. but meryl streep says, hang on, there are reasons why we can‘t do this, not least of all that it might actually endanger the paper.

here is a clip. do you have the papers? not yet. oh gosh, oh gosh, because you know the position that would put me in. you know, we have language in the prospectus. yeah, i know, i know that the backers can change their mind. i know what's at stake. you know, the only couple i knew that both kennedy and lbj wanted to socialise with was you and your husband, and you own the damn paper. it's just the way things worked. politicians and the press, they trusted each other so they could go to the same dinner party, and drink cocktails and tell jokes, while there was a war raging in vietnam. i don't know what we're talking about. i'm not protecting lyndon. no, you've got the man who commissioned the study, he's one of about a dozen party guests out on your... and protecting the paper. the thing i like about this film is it has a number

of intertwining stories. one is the story of kay graham finding her own voice. she‘s surrounded by men in boardrooms at the beginning. she doesn‘t really speak, she‘s slightly like a fish out of water. but during the course of this, she has to step up to the mark and decide what‘s the right thing to do. second thing is, it runs almost like a prequel to all the president‘s men. the end of this film runs right into the beginning of all the president‘s men, which is a film that i was really, really affected by in the 19705 when it came out. i was a kid when i saw it, and loved it. there‘s great period detail, sequences in the printing presses of the washington post. we‘re looking at the hot metal machinery, the old linotype machines. on a third level and most importantly, it‘s a really contemporary story. yes, it‘s set in 1971. yes, the period detail is great, the performances are great, meryl streep and tom hanks are fantastic, the whole ensemble cast is great. but this is a really contemporary story about, in this particular case, a corrupt president in the white house attempting to stop the press

from expressing you know, the right of free speech. and you look at that, and you look at what‘s happening today, in which the press is under attack, all the stuff about fake news. recently we had the so—called fake news awards. it‘s a film almost like a call to arms for the press, the independent press. from a free press, to truth to power. and it‘s interesting that what spielberg has done is to take a period piece and tell the story straight, you know, it‘s not twisted in any way at all, and tell it in a way which makes it seem urgently contemporary, in terms of its gender politics, in terms of its newspaper politics, in terms of the way it talks about the necessity for a free speech and good reporting, good factual reporting, to keep check on authorities. i mean, i — i‘ve seen the film twice now, and would happily go back and see it a third time. and you don‘t need to be interested injournalism, or in the issues you‘ve just raised, to like it as a film? i think that helps, and i certainly know some people who aren‘t interested in those things, and aren‘t interested in that particular bit of history, who have said, why would you go

and see it? you see it because it is a personal drama about those two characters, but also something that leads you very much by the hand. it does assume from the beginning you might not know this stuff, so it gives you a primer. it starts you in a battlefield, and it leads you and tells you all you need to know. i would encourage anyone to go and see it, because i think it‘s a film that is timely, although it is a period piece. and i think you don‘t have to be specifically interested in that war or the pentagon papers orjournalism to find it a gripping drama. and the performances are just great. 0k, fantastic. an animated film is your second choice. and a really good one, coco, the new film from pixar, set at the mexican day of the dead festivities. so 12—year—old miguel longs to be a musician, but his family have banned music, because his great—grandfather years ago chose music over family. so therefore there was no more music in the family anymore. 0n the magical day of the dead, fate takes a hand in the land of the dead. i thought this was terrifically entertaining, and also very, very touching fare.

0n the one hand, it has lovely animation and slapstick sequences, and all the sort of stuff you would expect from a pixar vehicle. more importantly, it has great songs, great music. but it‘s dealing with some very difficult subjects — it‘s dealing with dementia, it‘s dealing with memory, it‘s dealing with death and life, it‘s dealing with loss. it‘s dealing with the way people live on, as long as they live on in our memory. and also the way songs and music will linger in our minds sometimes, you know, if anybody has had any experience of people with dementia, music somehow cuts through. cuts through, doesn‘t it? there are moments that will make you weep, moments that will make you laugh. in the end, it‘ll make you cheer. if you liked this film, you see it and you like it, and i really think you will do, there‘s another film from a few years ago, from 2014, called book of life, which got overlooked. it does have thematic depth. they make a nice companion. go and get book of life on dvd, because it‘s a different film, but there are great similarities and they are both terrific. 0k, the commuter.

the premise of the story is quite gripping. the commuter — does it deliver? liam neeson is a ex—cop working as an insurance salesman. the beginning of the film, he loses hisjob, he‘s doing his commute. he needs money because he has to pay for his kids‘ tuition. suddenly, vera farmiga turns up and says, i want you to find someone for me. i can‘t tell you who they are, or what they look like, but if you do it there will be a reward. here‘s a clip. someone on this train does not belong. all you have to do is find them. that's it. this person is carrying a bag. you don't know what it looks like, but inside that bag is something they have stolen. this person goes by the name of prynne. it's not a real name. they will be on this train until coldspring. you find them, you find the bag, the $100,000 is yours. don't leave the train before finding the bag. don't tell anyone about this offer.

waita minute, waita minute. simple. i thought this was hypothetical. it's just a little thing. shouldn't be too hard for an ex—cop. how did you know? oh, that's me. you‘re being serious, right? you have until next stop to decide. what kind of person are you? ok, so it‘s intriguing setup. they‘re strangers on a train. she has this — find the person, can‘t tell you why, there will be reward. hitchcock thrillers — you set up those rules. the rules have to make sense, and you have to obey the rules. what happens, it has an interesting premise and setup, and 20 minutes in it goes, none of this makes sense, and actually, we don‘t care. it throws the rules out the window. why would he do it? that is thrown out. and itjust gets back into liam neeson walking around the train punching people. and the most frustrating thing is that when you see that clip, you think it‘s intriguing.

what‘s going on? it‘s literally 20 minutes in, the film goes, i don‘t care. i don‘t think these rules add up to anything. the whole scenario doesn‘t make a... shall wejust have him punching somebody? and you get the first punching sequence, and then you go, 0k, fine, it is taken on a train. it‘s that film you‘ve seen all those times before, except on a train. it reminds you, what happened to that really interesting idea you threw out the window? 0k, fine, moving swiftly on. clearly not a patch on the film of the week, three billboards, which i have not... i‘ve thought about it every single day since i saw it, which is interesting in itself. brilliant performance by frances mcdormand, who has a strong chance of winning the best actress 05car. martin mcdonagh, who wrote and directed, has done a really terrificjob.

made a tragicomedy that is comic and genuinely tragic. i know it is divisive. some take against it, and don‘t get on at all. but i laughed in the bits that are funny, but i also cried, because i think it really deals with tragedy, it really deals with loss. it‘s really well filmed. there are moments in it that are almost transcendent. they are about, like with coco, life and death. the chaucerian ear for obscenity that martin mcdonagh has rings true. did you love it? with hindsight, i loved it, i wasn‘t sure as i was watching, but i think the script is terrific, and it‘s really stayed with me in a positive way. don‘t take somebody who doesn‘t like swearing. that goes without saying. that‘s the only caveat, isn‘t it, it‘s a very striking film. for dvd? so i am not a witch. it turned out in the outstanding debut category at the baftas. a satirical, surreal tale of a young girl who is given the chance to accept life as a witch, or turn into a goat. the director has done a brilliantjob.

i thought it was a really remarkable feature, something which, yes, it‘s funny, yes, it‘s satirical, but it‘s also about misogyny and magic. one of those films, again, sometimes you‘re watching it and don‘t know whether to laugh or cry, and end up doing both. it‘s really well worth checking out. thank you, mark. a really, really intriguing week. and many more like that to come, because we‘re building up to awards season. plenty to come. a reminder, before we go, you will find all of the film news and reviews from across the bbc on the website. and you can find all our previous programmes on the iplayer as well. it‘s a cracking week. enjoy your cinema going. thanks for being with us. bye— bye. hello, this is breakfast with christian fraser and babita sharma. here‘s a summary of today‘s main stories from bbc news. afg ha n

afghan security forces say the siege ofa afghan security forces say the siege of a luxury hotel in kabul has come to an end more than 12 hours after it was attacked by heavily armed militants. five civilians were killed at the intercontinental hotel. more than 100 people including 16 foreigners have been rescued. let‘s now see the scene live in kabul. you can see the intercontinental hotel there in the background, where security services have now brought that 12 hour seige to an end. the smokers stopped but this went on for 12 hours. there are some reports that the attackers managed to get through the backdoor. we understand the siege is over. there will a huge investigation into exactly what happened at the hotel and how the attackers managed to gain access. a new body for product recall is has

been set up called the fice for product safety and standards, and it will take over the monitoring of goods imported from the eu after brexit. ukip‘s national executive committee will meet discussing the controversy surrounding the pa rty‘s will meet discussing the controversy surrounding the party‘s leader, henry bolton. he faced calls to step down after it was revealed his girlfriend sent a series of offensive texts including racist m essa 9 es offensive texts including racist messages about prince harry‘s girlfriend, meghan markle. more than 100 targets were bombed in the afrin reason —— region. a fresh attempt to break the deadlock which has led to the shutdown of parts of the us government. a fresh vote is

set to take place in the senate. democrats say donald trump blocked the deal but the claim has been denied by the white house. people with hidden disabilities in england could soon be entitled to blue badge permits for free parking. the be entitled to blue badge permits forfree parking. the department of transport said the change would make it easierfor transport said the change would make it easier for those with conditions such as autism and dementia to access such as autism and dementia to a ccess services such as autism and dementia to access services they needed. the proposals would be the biggest change to the blue badge scheme since it was first introduced in 1970. they say a man‘s home is his castle and the one artist in brazil, it really is. he has lived in a san castleford 22 years in an upmarket neighbourhood of rio dejaneiro. it isa neighbourhood of rio dejaneiro. it is a very big inside but it has everything you could possibly think of. he says if there is rain, he can sculpt himself a brand—new 5andcastle. impaired his style to

gaudiand 5andcastle. impaired his style to gaudi and runs a book exchange. he has the weather for it but running repairs would take a ball his time. the view is not bad though. jj is here with the sport. a busy day in australia? certainly. cricket and tennis. the british number two, kyle edmund. he‘s been doing very well in the competition so far. yes let‘s start with tennis because kyle edmund is attempting to reach a grand slam quarter finalfor the first time. britain‘s number two has already seen off the eleventh seed kevin anderson and dealt with some incredibly hot conditions in melbourne on his way to the last sixteen. it‘s much cooler today, just 26 degrees. but the battle is just as intense against andreas seppi. edmund is 26 places above the italian in the world rankings, although you wouldn‘t know that from watching so far as it‘s been incredibly tight. england‘s cricketers can

clinch their one day series with victory over australia in the third one day international in sydney. australia won the toss and put england into bat. they‘ve not had an easy time at the crease. six wickets have fallen, captain 0wen morgan out for 41 // and moeen ali didn‘t last much longer after replacing him. gone forjust six. jos buttler is there and keeping england ticking over. he‘s just got his half century in the last few minutes. england 201/6 with ten overs to play. alexis sanchez is on the verge of joining manchester united from arsenal, after united midfielder henrikh mkhitaryan agreed to be part of a direct swap. the players will both have their medicals today. mkhitaryan‘s paperwork for his transfer was completed yesterday.

the length of the armenian‘s contract at arsenal, and his salary, is undisclosed. sanchez missed arsenal‘s 4—1 win over crystal palace because he was travelling to manchester. the premier league paid tribute to cyrille regis, with fans across the country taking time to remember the former england striker, who died last week. 0n the field, there were few surprises with those fighting for a top four finich all winning, as drew savage reports. before the action, time for reflection. football took a minute to celebrate the life of west brom commentary and england striker cyrille regis who died this week at the age of 59. and then, business as usual. manchester city took another step towards the premier league title with scorer sergio aguerro at

it again. last week‘s game against liverpool a distant memory. beaten 3-1. it is so important because we need goals and we score in the past and present and we will score the future. it is an important finish. city are still 12 points ahead of manchester united. family had two on target. lu ka ku manchester united. family had two on target. lukaku put on the hard yards. martial put it away. that puts the site in second place, points ahead of chelsea. they started with five draws and struggle to goals. in brighton, that was no longer a problem. there is a lovely flow about chelsea here, absolutely sensational, what a wonderful goal. a great afternoon for hazard, he scored to make himself and made this young man‘s day. arsenal reacted to

last week‘s lost the bournemouth by destroying crystal palace. goals in the first few minutes although there area the first few minutes although there are a few —— our long way from champions league places. and stoke responded to their new manager with their first responded to their new manager with theirfirst win in months. it means they are out of the relegation zone. elsewhere, leicester are up to seventh after beating watford. everton versus west brom and west ham versus bournemouth both finished 1—all. southampton hosts spurs later today. celtic cruised into the scottish cup fifth round with a 5—nil thrashing of brechin city. the scottish premiership champions have had a 3—week winter break, and looked refreshed at celtic park. brendan rodgers fielded a strong team, despite his opponents currently sitting bottom of scottish football‘s second tier, without a league win all season. saracens are still in with a chance of retaining their champions cup trophy, after beating northampton saints 62—14. the defending champions had to win against saint to have a chance of making

the quarterfinals. but they still need other results to go their way today if they are to make the last eight. scarlets have no such worries. they beat toulon to become the first welsh side to qualify for the quarter finals since 2012. bath and 05preys are out though. england‘s ross fisher is tied for the lead heading into the final day of the abu dhabi international, with rory mcilroy also in contention. mcilroy, who‘s only just returned from injury, is third — one shot off the pace, after hitting eight birdies in his third round. fisher produced some of his best golf, hitting a round of seven under par to take the lead — and move to 17 under for the tournament. there will be a new name on the masters trophy this evening with mark allen taking on kyren wilson. neither player has reached this stage before.

allen knocked out two—time winner john higgins in his semi—final, having already beaten ronnie 0‘sullivan. wilson defeated world number three judd trump to make his first masters final. england won their opening match of the netball quad series against new zealand 64 points to 57 at the copper box arena in london last night. the match had to go to extra time after the score was level at 49 points all at the end of regulation time. it‘s the fourth edition of the round robin format series between england, south africa, new zealand and australia, with all the teams preparing for april‘s commonwealth games on the gold coast. history was made at ascot yesterday as un de so won the clarence house chase for a record third time. in testing conditions, jockey paul townend patiently guided the favourite home. it‘s the 8th grade one win for un de so who‘s trained in ireland by wille mullins. how‘s this for impressive driving?

a mistake in heat one saw british bobsleigh duo meesha mcneill and montell douglas nearly come out of their sled at the final world cup event before the winter olympics, but thanks to mcneill‘s quick reactions the pair narrowly escaped crashing. a walk in the countryside — a simple activity that has inspired goodness me, that puts me on the edge of my seat. it makes me feel uncomfortable. we have lots of that kind of thing to look forward to. indeed. are we all excited for the coming curling experts? thank you very much. a walk in the countryside — a simple activity that has inspired artists, writers and even the prime minister! now a 2004 trek taken by a group of men has been turned into a play. black men walking covers a few miles in the peak district, but 2,000 years of black history. ali fortescue put on her walking boots to meet the cast and the real men they portray.

we are all. we are home. we are home. 2000 years of black british history told on a walk in the peak district. we walked england before the english. it's a play inspired by a real walking group and just days before the first curtain call, the cast of come back to where the story started for a final run through and to meet the man who inspired the play. the story takes place on the day when the walkers probably shouldn‘t be going out because of weather warnings and along the way, they encounter over 500 years of black british history, characters from the past emerging. watch the

play is really looking at is how long do you have to be in a place to be part of it? how long do you have to be in yorkshire to become a yorkshireman? today is all about getting the actors into characters so here we are in the peak district and this is of course all about walking group so shall we do some walking? we are joining walking group so shall we do some walking? we arejoining the original walkers on the route they have done many times. it‘s a long stretch along the yorkshire derbyshire border, more than enough time to the actors to get to know the walkers and the story they will be bringing to the stage. you are one of the founding members of the original group? why was it started? something healthy, something that gave as an opportunity to share and talk and discuss with each other because it‘s something that men don‘t do, particularly men within perhaps the black community and we felt that we wa nted black community and we felt that we wanted to continue to develop our friendship. and they have inspired a play. it's amazing, to think that is

the case. so we are looking forward to seeing what the play will do and say about the group but also what it has to say about living in britain today in the 21st century. there is a real kind of misunderstanding that the black community has just arrived re ce ntly the black community has just arrived recently on —— on windrush, for example. we have been here for centuries. i wanted to reflect that, tell those stories, the hidden british history is in my thesis. those of the stories we are telling. more than ten years since they started walking, this is one they will never forget. a5 started walking, this is one they will never forget. as the sheffield walkers bid farewell to the actors will be taking their story around the country. bbc news. black men walking is on at the royal exchange theatre in manchester until the 3rd of february before going on a nationwide tour. really looking forward to seeing that. absolutely. it is a day for

walking, it‘s nice and fresh but it‘s very cold. some freezing rain on the way and how much snow are going to get today? this picture is pretty good. it gives you an example of the amounts of snow that some of us are of the amounts of snow that some of us are getting through the course of this morning. a lot of areas have not had the snow yet. at the moment, it is across some of the western areas. look at coal that he is in scotland. and it is the coldest night of the winter so far. but some of the weather then around one o‘clock in the morning. by this stage, milder wearer has reached a northern ireland. we are talking about rainfall. the weather front is just about approaching the north—west of england, lancashire here, turning to snow across northern parts of wales through the

midlands, just about almost into central and southern england. cornwall in devon, no snow for you. it's cornwall in devon, no snow for you. it‘s going to be rainfall. the mild air is coming in. look at what happens. you get this whole line of snow. this is the weather front which is basically moving in, sliding into that cold air is sitting across eastern parts of the country. and you know, it‘s going to bea country. and you know, it‘s going to be a real headache to predict who actually gets the snow and who gets the street. who gets the snow turning to rain. 0ne the street. who gets the snow turning to rain. one of those messy pictures where if you want to snow, you might be disappointed. and the other way around as well. really messy, wintry picture. but it‘s only going to last for a few hours. that means by tomorrow morning, we are all in the milder atlantic s0 no snow in the forecast for tomorrow in a very different dates are many of us. a very different dates are many of us. so much better tomorrow. a lot brighter. a couple of light show or showers. then the weekend is looking

different. milder rare from the atlantic. —— milder out. temperatures climbing. when we get milder coming in off the atlantic, it‘s not ideal. you can see cloud and rain coming in. 0verthe it‘s not ideal. you can see cloud and rain coming in. over the next few hours, a period of snow in the recap. clicking on the roads. i surround. the most of us, isjust going to come and go. hot, cold. we‘ll be back with the headlines at 7:00. but first, it‘s time for click with spencer kelly. at the oily roads mixed with fresh water have become a lethal recipe for disaster. the veide highway patrol, it is someone calling 911 or

driving apps. it provides him with details and the best route to get to the scene. it will show that any responders. it‘ll tell me the location, what kind of accident, if it‘s debris, how long it‘s going and if there‘s any responders that are assigned to the call that are on their way. it constantly updates him on the situation as it develops. having a robust system in place doesn‘tjust help with weather—related collisions. with our route 91 shooting that we had at mandalay, for the portion that we handled in the highway patrol,

it‘s really getting the public that‘s on the strip off the highway as quickly as possible, or closing off the freeway so we can have those critical resources, fire, medical, ambulances, to get people to the hospital and get there quickly. in 2017, 15,000 crashes were tended to, with over 300 people dying on average each year in road accidents in nevada. getting emergency services to the scene as quickly as possible is critical. we‘re gonna send injury to it and it‘s camera 217. the system has been running through the regional transportation commission‘s traffic management centerfor the past three months. now because we‘re getting information through so many different data streams, not just the dispatchers, but we‘re getting it through social media, things like the waze app, so people are tagging them in as they‘re driving. because all of this is happening so quickly, we might have already sent out all of that information and had everybody in this room aware before the first 911 call comes in. so we‘re talking about possibly ten to 15 minutes of improvement in response time in some of these incidents. that‘s major when you‘re dealing with traffic incidents. waycare pulls in data from several sources — traffic signals, cctv cameras, in vehicle sensors and information

from driving apps. it factors in things like what day of the year it is, the time of day and the weather. responding to incidents rapidly is one thing, but the point is to be able to predict incidents before they happen, so the responders can be better prepared and in the right location. using deep learning, what we do is we look at the historical data, run it through algorithms to develop patterns that are emerging and tie it to what‘s happening now on the road. by doing that we‘re essentially able to look forward in time to identify where these incidents are likely to occur. unfortunately, waycare wasn‘t able to predict this one. the trooper‘s taking pictures. it looks like it‘s the rear. you see how she was spinning out? she did a full 180 and struck right here. being able to foresee accidents here could really save lives. the hope is that as the data gets more sophisticated, the predictions will become more accurate. every day we get more and more evidence about what causes... ..what triggers an incident and the artificial learning gets smarter and smarter and more capable. for nevada now, though, the initial results are promising. they get there faster, we clear it faster and that means less secondary accidents and,

if you think about it, secondary accidents have... basically 18% of secondary accidents are fatalities. so we‘re reducing the fatalities on the roadway. and of course the goal is to prevent accidents altogether and richard taylor and lara lewington have been looking at some in—car technologies that may help make that a reality. at ces, as you might expect, there‘s a lot of interest in self driving cars and it‘s pretty clear that we are on a one—way street towards full autonomy. but that does still seem to be a way off, although we don‘t know exactly how far. in the meantime, though, there is plenty of innovation to be seen before we reach our final destination.

unsurprisingly, the move towards autonomated driving is focused largely on safety, with hyundai creating a system to intervene when we need it the most. the car‘s fitted with a combination of biometric sensors in the seat, they‘re tracking heart rate, and a low resolution camera which is tracking your facial movements. the reason it‘s low resolution is so that the refresh rate is quicker. so if there‘s a problem, if it seems you‘ve lost concentration or you‘re drifting off to sleep, then the car can quickly react toautonomously be moved off the road to a safe spot. and the basic premise of this technology could be available injust a year. meanwhile, nissan has a different, even more futuristic twist on biometrics, using my grey matter. the idea of this system is really to provide an interaction between man and machine, between my brain and the ai. and the concept here with nissan is that even in a world

of autonomous vehicles, there will be roles for humans to play. after all, a lot of people do find driving quite a positive experience. it can interpret the signals coming from the human and actually enhance the ride. this so—called brain to vehicle tech currently involves wearing this bizarre looking electrode studded helmet to capture my brain activity and interpret the signals as much as half a second before my muscles do. so, as i‘m about to say "change lane" or "hit the brakes", it will initiate the action for me, giving me a smoother ride, and yet still allowing me a sense of control. they do need to sort out that helmet, though. laughs oh, dear. i‘m not driving very well here. yet what we can‘t hide away from is the fact that when full autonomy does come to pass, it‘s not simply about cars. this is yamaha‘s concept motorbike.

a self—driving racing vehicle that should be able to do speeds of over 120 mph, although not on actual roads you‘d hope. but whatever the form of autonomous vehicle, it‘ll need to interact safely with pedestrians and cyclists too, a challenge that ford are hoping to overcome in their vehicles. initially, cyclists will have to be seen by the vehicles and we are building perception into our autonomous vehicle that allows it to detect the cyclists, objects, to understand their intent and ensure that we can be safely navigating in the same space. and ford are just one of the big brands who‘ve called on the help of nvidia, whose processes, combined with intelligence software, can make the environment around the vehicle safer. for example, using lidar sensors to alert a driver who is about to open a car door onto a cyclist. and ai is fuelling other experiences inside the car, too. speech recognition specialists

nuance power many of today‘s in—car interactions and they showed off how they‘ll look in future as well. today we think about the assistant as something that we interact with using voice, but we can add other modalities. of course we have the screen, we have touch, but maybe we can use gestures and in this specific prototype we introduced eye tracking, as a way of helping the assistant understand what am i, as a driver, looking at and then i can ask questions about my environment. so if i see a coffee shop in front of me, i can just ask a question about it. what is the user rating of this coffee shop? starbucks coffee has a user rating of three stars. until when is it open? it closes at 11pm. send a message to frank baker, saying, "let‘s have coffee tonight". 0k, sending a message to frank baker, saying,

"let's have coffee tonight". ready to send it? yes. so the other part of this system is that there are microphones placed in different parts of the car, which means the ai can respond according to where the different passengers are. so here on the passenger seat i can say, "hello, dragon, i‘m cold". 0k, raising the temperature in zone two to 71.0 degrees. there‘s definitely a trend towards making ourjourneys more enjoyable as well as safer. toyota have even updated their happiness tracking concept car, aiming for a more pleasurable journey and even suggesting where you might want to go, for anyone who needs their car to tell them. since you are a foodie, i'll tell you something interesting. there are many options around union square from casual dining to michelin starred. high—end restaurants as well as popular cafes. do you like it? yes.

that was a bit of fun, but i didn‘t need the al to tell me that i was ready for dinner. sushi? yeah, let's go. let‘s go. and, from boeing to boozing, i‘m on my way to the tipsy robot, where mixology has been given a hi—tech makeover. here, the drinks are shaken and served by these two chaps. i can even invent my own cocktail, by choosing from some of the 120—odd spirits hanging from the ceiling — or, i assume, all of the 120—odd spirits in one. can i do that? no, i can‘t do that, apparently. these droids can mix 100 cocktails an hour between the two of them. that sounded impressive, until i discovered some human bartenders can do ten times that. and that‘s it for click in the us for this week. don‘t forget you can follow us on twitter,

where you can see loads of extra backstage videos and photos. although, trust me, you don‘t want to see what happens after i have one or two of these. cheers, see you soon. 0h, fruity! hello, this is breakfast with christian frazer and babita sharma. the siege of a luxury hotel in kabul has come to an end — 12 hours after it was stormed by heavily armed militants. five people were killed but security forces were able to free more than 100 guests. good morning, it‘s

sunday 21 january. also this morning: new plans to make sure faulty goods are removed more quickly from shops and homes. the ukip leader henry bolton fights to keep his job as the party holds an emergency meeting to discuss his future. blue badge permits forfree parking are to be made easier to get for people with dementia and autism. and in sport, britain‘s karl edmund loses the first set of his last 16