these are the areas south wales. these are the areas most at risk of seeing some disruptive snowfall. particularly where we have this more persistent snow drifting westwards through the rest of the night. still feeding showers into eastern areas, and some clear spells, as well, with temperatures below freezing, so widespread frost and some ice tomorrow. tomorrow, this area of snowfall could bring up to 20 centimetres of a higher ground in the south—west. it will snow here for a good part of the day. elsewhere, shell is blowing in on the easterly wind but maybe not as many as today. drive towards the south east, but it will still feel cold. —— dry towards the south east. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: 23 british diplomats are to be expelled by moscow amid tensions over the nerve agent attack in salisbury. the british consulate in st petersburg will also close. the prime minister has said russia must account for its actions. we will never tolerate a threat to the life of british citizens

and others on british soil from the russian government. applause meanwhile, counterterrorism police have started contacting russian exiles living in the uk about their personal safety following the suspected murder of businessman nikolai glushkov. snow and ice grips parts of the uk, leaving flights cancelled and amber weather warnings across much of the uk. a 35—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two women are shot dead in east sussex. now on bbc news, injanuary 2017, finland began a bold social experiment. the government started paying 2,000 unemployed finns a basic income. it's free money — it comes with no strings attached. in this special programme, we follow the stories of four finns to see if the scheme has helped them

get back into work. injanuary 2017, finland began a bold social experiment. the government started paying 2,000 unemployed finns basic income. they each get a guaranteed 560 euros a month for two years. it's free money — it comes with no strings attached. you could say that basic income is money for free because you don't have to fulfil any conditions to get it. basic income is an idea that has gained some high profile champions, from facebook chief mark zuckerberg to elon musk to bernie sanders. and this experiment is being closely watched by policymakers around the world. we have been following four people

who have been chosen to receive basic income. it was like winning a lottery. i think i am much more inspired to get a job. has it changed their lives? could it change society? i am feeling more and more free and independent. i felt more comfortable to maybe open up my business again. my name is tanja. i am 30 years old, i live in 0ulu in the north of finland, and i have only worked four or five months in a factory. i know that 0ulu has some problems with unemployment, but i know there are also jobs here.

tanja has been in full—time education for most of her life, and has never had a long—term job. that is not unusual for people in 0ulu, a town 100 miles south of the arctic circle, where she has spent all of her life. the unemployment rate here is 15%, twice the national average. i went to 0ulu university of applied sciences. it's always so hard to get the first realjob. you have great grade papers, but then they look, you have no experience. now that i graduated from the business school, they are offering me jobs like... cafeteria worker. i have a big worry that i can't anymore pay my bills, i don't remember the last time that i went to the store and bought food. i get food from my mum, that's so embarrassing. i want to work, and i want to be

able to go to the store and buy my own food, and buy whatever i want. "i want that cheese," and i want to be able to buy the good cheese, you know? even if tanja gets a job, she will still get the full basic income every month. but she's not convinced the experiment will make any difference to her. i opened the letter and they said "you are selected to get the basic income." i was like yay, yay, yay! then i realised, i read the paper down, and they said that "if you are not working, your benefits will be the same." i was like, ugh. the benefit from the basic income comes only when you get a job. you get thejob, like, 1,500 euros, and on top of that

you get the basic income. but the government wants to see whether the way people receive the money will change their behaviour. there is no means testing, and no requirement to apply forjobs. so the government would like to find out what is the effect of basic income on the employment rate of this particular group. tanja is not convinced it will help herfind a job, and she thinks it is unrealistic that the government could roll out the scheme nationally. it's just not possible to give everyone in finland, 5 million people, 560 euros a month. i don't see it happening. the finnish government isn't going to assess the pilot until the two—year experiment is finished. so far, it's quietly optimistic about how the pilot is going,

but there are concerns about the cost. i think we have some data to prove that this is, well, if not a glorious success story, but it has very positive aspects. now we are making this experiment, it's very generous, and it would be too expensive to afford it for all citizens. but i am happy that we have taken the first step. five hours' drive to the south from 0ulu, juha is hoping the basic income will help him rediscover his entrepreneurial spirit. my name is juha jarvinen, i am 39 years old, father of six kids and artist. i was making window frames, wooden decorative window frames, and that was my business for seven years. all of this five, six years what i have been unemployed,

i have been dreaming to start a new company, new business. so i will try to start to shoot and edit commercial videos for small companies to youtube and social media. but also i want to do artwork, creative work. juha is optimistic about the way basic income works will make it easierfor him to get back into employment. with the basic income, the biggest change is the bureaucracy. like before, i needed to fill out different kind of forms, and i need to meet employment office people, and i was spending quite a lot of my time to stuff that has no meaning. with basic income, i can focus on the more important things. i don't need to spend my time to something that has no meaning. and i really believe also

that this would be super good for all of the people. so i got my humanity back. then i can start to do things what i can do, and what i want to do. and i can use my skills. five months after the start of the experiment, juha is still unemployed. but he is full of enthusiasm. he is about to start his new business. we don't know yet whether there are many persons who have started their own companies, but i have read from newspapers that there are some, and they have been very positive about this, this possibility to, they have two years to say, peaceful time, to start their own companies. but unions in finland think basic income will have the opposite effect. basic income would basically be an early retirement scheme that

you can take up whenever you want. you can simply choose to stop working and live off your savings and basic income, and that means lower level of employment and less taxes. so even less money to fund the social benefits and services we want. some of the people on the basic income trial were established in professional careers for many years before losing theirjobs. my name is tuomas muraja, i am a freelance journalist and author. but i have been without work since 2013. i was a foreign news editor in the third daily newspaper in finland. but then they decided to put down all the sections of the foreign affairs, so basically i lost myjob. it's not easy to find

a job as a journalist in the capital of finland. so, for tuomas, being chosen for a basic income pilot was a dream come true. it helps me as a freelancer, and it is social security, in a way. without the stigma. for me, it is not embarrassing any more to get benefits. work has changed, and social politics has to follow that trend now. i think that this basic income will encourage people to get back to the society and not be at home. and he thinks finland can afford a system like this one. the northern countries are more prepared for this kind of basic income system because the same money is there already. we pay taxes. now we spend it in a smart way. the budget for the basic incomes

experiment is 20 million euros. this is an experiment, not a full model. the problem is that it will be paid by the tax money from hard—working people, and it's hard tojustify it to employees, that you have to pay a higher level of tax to provide benefits for those who simply choose not to work. it may be expensive, but the truth is that policymakers have to start thinking radically about new ways to make the labour market work in the future. studies indicate that, in the next 20 years, between 30 and 47% ofjobs in developed economies could be at risk of automation. that means robots doing jobs that humans currently do. all this is preying on the mind of our fourth basic income recipient. i am sini marttinen, i am 35 years old, i live in helsinki,

the capital of finland. i worked for a danish company, and through that company i worked all around the world. and after about six years of travelling around, i moved back to finland, and the employer told me that i had to move again. which i didn't want to do, and so i had to give up thejob, so i became unemployed. sini now works for herself, and very flexibly. so now i am still working, so i have one customer, i am working for a foundation. one week, i might work two days, five days, three days, so it is a bit insecure. so i have work, but my income level changes all the time. sini is convinced that more and more people like her will be pursuing flexible careers like this in the future. a very common comment that i get from people,

you know, you're educated, open and ready to do different kind of work, how can you be unemployed? and i think, it's not discussed openly, but it is the situation for educated people, you are unemployed sometimes. and if the scenario of robotics and all these kind of, the concept of work will change, more and more educated and skilled people will be unemployed. it's now ten months into the pilot, and things have changed radically for tanja. when we first met her, she thought basic income would make no difference to her prospects of finding a job. i took this job offer. speaks finnish. it is telemarketing.

i actually enjoy myjob a lot. i love my co—workers, i love the office, i love the hours. and ijust love to be being independent, earning my own money, and standing on my own two feet. speaks finnish. now i actually can go to the store and buy food and not be so worried when i am going to eat the next day. basic income has changed my life. without it, i couldn't have taken a job with a little lower salary. i really have dreamed a long time to work in an advertising agency, and do something with marketing. i am going to learn to be the best telemarketing person in finland, and find an advertising agency that would give me a job, my dream job.

so has she changed her mind about the basic income experiment? at first, i was quite sceptical about basic income. it is obvious that we can't afford to pay it to every citizen. but then i realised, it is actually a genius idea. if you just pay it for those people who have been at home for so long, and been unemployed for so long, that is a huge drive for them to get a job. we are human beings, we need human contact, we need to be proud of something, and that's a huge problem when you are unemployed. i think i have turned my life around. when we metjuha five months ago, he was hoping he would be able

to start a small business after going bankrupt. ten months after starting in the experiment, i still feel super happy and free and independent. juha has set up one business already, but he wants to expand. i got my own business and have been running that for the last few months. the easiest money is making those drums and selling. it is hand—craft, it's not super good for business, it takes time to make, and i love it. good to see you. then one thing i am planning, with a couple of my friends, is to start, like, a b&b. we are going to be calling people

that know how to draw and paint, and doing something in painting and putting it here so that next week you can start filming. we have some studios, so people would stay here and spend here one week, two weeks or a year. do you want me to help you with the drums? and juha and his friend mika have other plans, too. toda, they have come to meet the mayor to talk about transforming an old art school and turning it into workshops for artists. juha is optimistic that he will still be on a firm financial footing after the basic income experiment ends. i think for me it is enough. i believe that after, one year, my business is running,

and i don't need other help. i very much believe that basic income would be super good for finances and the economy of the government. i feel that it should be good for others, also. when we first met unemployed journalist tuomas, he was optimistic that the basic income trial would help them find a newjob. he is now married to former mp and green party activist rosa merilainen. what else is new? what has changed in my life since june? i got married. but, financially, not so much. i am still without a job. i can say that the basic income has

changed a lot in my life. 0k, psychologically, yes, but financially not so much. tuomas was craving the structure that the job would bring. i would be happy if i had ajob, even a part—time job, for the routines. in that sense, you can call me lazy because i need a producer, i need somebody to tell me what to do, and i enjoy doing that. now, afterfive years — almost five years as a freelancer, maybe i'm not the right person to be like that. my wife can do that. she has always done that. but for me, it's more secure if you have a job. as tuomas attends a political event with his new wife,

how does he feel now about job prospects? i have still over one year to go, so anything can happen. so i am quite optimistic. i am not worried when this pilot is ending because then i have got back to the old system and get those benefits another way. let's see. during summertime next year, i will have a job. and what about sini? she wanted a career structure that will allow her to work for multiple employers and still find time for herself and her family. the insecurity of not having a permanent job, and actually working as self—employed, allows also to have more freedom in the way you spend your time. my dad has alzheimer's,

and me and my sister, who lives also in finland, we try to help them out a lot. sini has found that basic income gives her more time with family, and also to pursue charity work. with basic income, it's kind of easy, maybe, to get this work—life balance. so basic income helps me to make myself available to help my parents, or do volunteer work. of course, i understand not everybody is motivated to do those things, but i'm the type of person that i want to do something that makes me happy, and i would want more people to have the courage to say, ok, maybe money is not everything. what would you like to study? language. i think basic income, as an idea, for everyone to receive it, is a very nice idea.

on an individual level, it's been very, very life—changing for me. so i would see a package more or less in a way that, if your income drops to a certain level, then you become part of kind of the basic income or the benefit system. four people, four very different experiences of basic income. tanja has found a job she would never have considered before. juha has rediscovered his entrepreneurial spirit. tuomas is still unemployed. and sini has found a way to pursue a portfolio, career, see her family and do charity work. there is a year to go

before the trial ends. is there a chance the government will extend the scheme to all of finland's unemployed? finland is quite modern in this way. we have a culture of experimentation, and where we want to see these kind of social innovations in practice. so, whether this basic income is the solution to poverty or labour market problems, we can still be proud that finland has taken this sort of bold way of testing, and hopefully our experience can benefit other nations. we will have to wait and see if finland's experiment becomes a model for the future. good evening. winter returned with

a vengeance today. strong, cold easterly winds have been blowing across the country, and the winds have been bringing some snow showers. that was how it looked in north yorkshire. this was the scene a little bit earlier on in kent. and if we take a look at the earlier radar from today, you can see just how many snow showers there were. lots and lots of them feeding in from the north sea. and then some more persistent snow that's been developing down towards the south—east. two main areas of concern through the rest of this evening. met office amber warnings across parts of the south—east, the london area, also across yorkshire, lincolnshire and into parts of the north midlands. and then, into tomorrow, south—west england and the south—east of wales also covered by a met office amber warning because of this area of more persistent snowfall that is going to continue to drift its way westwards as we head through the night. that could give 5—10 centimetres of snow in places, but perhaps a little bit more in the way of snow beginning to develop across the far south—west.

elsewhere, still some showers, clear spells as well, a widespread frost and the potential for some ice to take us into tomorrow morning. but the main concern for the first part of tomorrow really is the south—west of england and parts of wales because this snow will continue to fall, really piling up, and blown in on this strong easterly wind. the snow is going to blow around, it's going to drift. that could cause its own issues. and still this feed of snow showers across parts of north—east england and the eastern side of scotland, one or two into northern ireland as well. now, as we go on through the day, many of the showers in eastern areas will tend to fade. it will be quite a slow process but, by the afternoon, many places here will be dry, particularly down towards the south—east where we could see some brightness. but notice the snow continues for a good part of the day across the south—west of england, and that's why there is so much risk for disruption here. still pretty windy and still cold as well. but as we move through sunday night, we will lose that area of snowfall from the far south—west. high pressure taking charge. and we'll lose the cold, easterly winds, starting to bring in more of a northerly wind on monday. now, northerlies are never particularly warm,

but they will not be quite as cold, so temperatures of around 4—7 celsius. a largely dry day with some sunny spells. and as we head on through the coming week, those temperatures are going to climb back into double digits. by the end of the week, things do look pretty unsettled. this is bbc world news. our top stories. moscow summons the uk ambassador to confirm it is expelling 23 british diplomats as the row over the nerve agent attack ona the row over the nerve agent attack on a double agent continues. us officials investigate allegations that they mishandled facebook data in an effort to support president trump's vision campaign put thousands flee violence in syria. aid agencies say almost a quarter of a million people have been driven from loans this week. and the

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