good morning. welcome to breakfast, with louise minchin. our headlines on new year's day: move away now! move! counter—terrorism police investigate as three people are stabbed at a tram stop in manchester, including a police officer. he had a kitchen knife in his hand, and it was a, you know, a black handle and a long blade, and i thought, this is not good. waiting for a message from 4 billion miles away. a nasa probe reaches the most distant object ever explored. goodbye 2018, hello 2019. people across the world welcome in the new year. it is a new year and a new start for andy murray. he is safely through to the second round of the brisbane international, his first tournament since september. and we start off a new year of weather with things a little bit

colder than they have been, but a lot more sunshine too. i'll have all the details right here on breakfast. it is tuesday 1 january. our top story: counter—terrorism police are leading an investigation into the stabbing of three people at victoria station in manchester. two passengers and a british transport police officer have been treated for knife wounds. will batchelor reports. move away now! move! a new year, but an increasingly familiar sight. one man, armed with a knife, bringing violence and fear to uk cities. this was the scene at manchester victoria station just before 9:00pm yesterday evening. the man being restrained by police officers had allegedly stabbed two people, a man and woman aged in their 50s, as they waited on the platform. a british transport police officer who went to help was stabbed in the shoulder. all three suffered injuries described as serious

but not life—threatening. i don't want to say it's this or it's that... bbcjournalist sam clack was waiting for his tram home when he saw the attack. it's new year's eve, people have had a drink. they've probably — it's just a fight, it'll fizzle out in the next few seconds. but then, ijust heard the guy shout, as part of a sentence he shouted "allah", and then i thought that, hmm, doesn't sound good. but, at the point i was just edging towards the tracks to jump onto tracks, he was pepper sprayed, he was tasered. theyjust kind of swarmed on him, brought him down. greater manchester police said that, while there was no evidence of a wider threat, the investigation is being led by counter—terrorism officers.

manchester victoria is just yards away from the city's arena, where in may 2017, a suicide bomber murdered 22 people as they left a concert. the station was closed overnight as officers maintained a high profile. will batchelor, bbc news. 0ur reporter dave guest is at victoria station for us this morning. this must have been a really alarming time for anybody who was there. good morning to you, yes, of course it was a very alarming time, as will set in his report, this station right next door to the manchester arena, the scene of the terrible attack in may 2017, of course what happened here was nothing on that scale but was still very alarming. a man with a knife, we heard it described as potentially a12 we heard it described as potentially a 12 inch kitchen knife, suddenly started attacking people indiscriminate lee. the police officer who was injured has now been released from hospital, but the man and woman who were injured remain in

hospital today. their injuries are said to be serious but not life—threatening. they were both stabbed in the abdomen, the woman suffered some facial injuries as well. you have seen from the pictures in that report the british transport police were quickly on the scene to try and detain the suspects, they pinned him to the ground. he is of course now being questioned. the investigation is being led by counterterrorism police although at this stage they say they are remaining open—minded about what led this man to do what he did in the station last night. the station itself remains closed off to the public while forensics examined and continue to examine the scene around the tram stop where this happened last night. a very worrying time for manchester as it wakes up this new year's day. two uk border force boats have been redeployed from overseas to patrol the english channel, in response to recent migrant crossings. the home secretary, sajid javid, says the operation will protect human life as well as borders. 0ur correspondentjohn mcmanus is in dover. john, this move follows a busy period on the kent coast.

iimagine it i imagine it will be before these new patrol boats are there, good morning. that's right, because they are making their way from southern europe, from the waters between turkey and greece where those two cutter boats have been carrying out similaranti— migrant cutter boats have been carrying out similar anti— migrant operations in that part of the world, we are up to 200 people a day try and make that crossing, which puts the arrivals here into perspective. in 2018 there we re here into perspective. in 2018 there were 551 people who tried to cross from the north of france to britain. many of those never made it. they we re many of those never made it. they were stopped by french forces and turned back, but sajid javid says this is a major incident. among the announcement he made yesterday, aside from the two cutters, he says there will be greater co—operation with french forces, joint patrols in the channel waters, efforts to tell migrants how dangerous journey behind me can be, and of course there will be efforts to disrupt those criminal gangs that are taking money from migrants to get them

across the channel. thank you very much indeed. theresa may has used her new year message to suggest that britain can turn a corner if parliament backs her brexit deal. mps are due to vote on the prime minister's withdrawal agreement this month, after a vote on the deal was postponed because of fears it would not get the support of the commons. in the next few weeks, mps will have an important decision to make. if parliament back the deal, britain can turn a corner. the referendum in 2016 was divisive, but we all want the best for our country. nasa is waiting to find out whether its new horizons probe has successfully flown past an icy rock nicknamed ultima thule, the most distant object to have been visited by an spacecraft from earth. it will take several hours before a signal confirming the fly—past reaches mission control. here is our science correspondentjonathan amos. far beyond the big planets, like saturn and neptune,

far beyond even the dwarf planet pluto, the new horizons spacecraft has been chasing down a mysterious, icy world known as ultima thule. and, atjust after 5:30am gmt this morning, the probe should have whipped by its target, flashing its cameras and gathering all sorts of scientific data. researchers believe the deep—frozen, 30—kilometre—wide object can tell them new things about how the solar system formed, 4.6 billion years ago. ultima appeared as a tiny blob in the pictures taken on approach. the new ones, when they arrive, should be very detailed. but patience is required. the vast distance radio signals must travel to get home means the images will take fully 20 months to download. the great thing about such a slow data transmission rate is that it's almost a gift that keeps on giving. every week or so, we'll get new images back from the spacecraft, and we're going to learn new things for the next two years, out through most of 2020,

of what ultima thule looked like during the fly—by. new horizons will continue to push deeper and deeper into space. with plenty of fuel and power, scientists say it could continue working until the 2030s. by that stage, it could be leaving the solar system, on its way to nearby stars. a new energy price cap has come into force in england, scotland and wales. the industry regulator, 0fgem, estimates the cap will save 11 million people an average of £76 a year. consumer groups are warning that it could cut the number of cheap deals available. northern ireland has a separate energy regulator and already has a price cap. one of the singers with the american ‘70s band dr hook, ray sawyer, has died at the age of 81. # when you're in love with a beautiful woman... he was known for his trademark hat

and eyepatch, which he wore after losing his right eye in a road accident. the group's hits included sylvia's mother and when you're in love with a beautiful woman. people around the world have been saying goodbye to 2018 and welcoming in 2019 with a bang. in london, an estimated 100,000 people gathered to watch big ben's customary bongs mark the start of the new year. 0ur reporter ben ando joined the crowds. big ben chimes silenced by repairs for much of 2018, to herald 2019, big ben was back. london's now—traditional new year fireworks drew thousands to the banks of the river thames. and the theme this year, according to the mayor of london, sadiq khan, was that london is open, and europeans are welcome. with more than 100,000 tickets sold, this is the largest annual fireworks display in europe.

it involves eight tons of fireworks, fired from 348 separate positions. the whole sky was glowing. it was... i don't know, it was — we see it always on the tv, and it was one of the best fireworks displays that has happened. auckland, closest to the international dateline, is the first of the world's great cities to usher in the new year. in sydney, more than a million turned out to watch, despite huge thunderstorms just hours earlier. across asia, from north korea, to hong kong, to russia, music and fireworks. in dubai, the world's tallest building, the burj khalifa, became a tower of light. across europe, in paris, athens and berlin, the festivities continued. but in new york, the good mood was not matched by the weather,

as 2019 arrived with a downpour. you are watching bbc breakfast. since november, more than 230 migrants have attempted to cross the english channel in small boats. now, in a move to deter others from making the dangerous journey from france, two border force ships are to be deployed in the english channel. but is it the right approach to the problem? i'm joined now by asad rehman from the charity war on want. thank you forjoining us. what do you think the news of the two patrol boats on their way, what difference will it make? we have to put it in a broad context. people are not fleeing for a pay cheque, these are not economic migrants, these are

people i would call survival migrants, people fleeing inequality. we live in a world where inequality is increasing. 0.7% of the world's population, the top 1%, owns half of the world's wealth and 70% of the world's population owns less than 396. world's population owns less than 3%. that means 3.5 billion people living on less than $1 a day, so until we deal with those kinds of reasons, the issues of climate change, as your previous piece was showing, about the impacts of killer floods and droughts around the world, and of course of conflicts, and there is great irony of us sending cutters into the channel while we are still selling arms to many of the countries who are on our own list of human rights violators, such as saudi arabia, israel, bahrain and egypt. so i think the a nswer to bahrain and egypt. so i think the answer to this as we have to take a step back, we have to look at the structural reasons of why people move, and we have to be able to protect the rights of people to be able to move. people are moving to

survive and for the right to a dignified life. have you got any particular insight as to why suddenly it seems to have happened that now people are choosing to try to get to the uk by boat at this particular time? so i think there area number of particular time? so i think there are a number of reasons, of course, why people would like to try and enter the uk. there is truth in that statement of, you know, there is a legacy of empire and colonialism. people come here because britain was over there and british banks and corporations are still in so many parts of the world. that has meant that many people have family and friends here, and when people are in desperate situations and are seeking to safe haven, of course they want to safe haven, of course they want to go towards where they have friends and family. but also the experience of many migrants in france, we have seen the experience in the camps, of people's tents being ripped, sleeping bags being taken in freezing temperatures, and migrants, and remember these are people, men, women and children,

they are in very vulnerable situations and are forced to make very desperate steps to cross the channel. and this is because we don't have a fair asylum policy. we don't have a fair asylum policy. we don't have a process where people are able to make thatjourney in a much more dignified and safe way, instead people are forced to rely on people smugglers. because we have militarised borders increasingly, where government all across the world, from donald trump to far—right governments across europe, have talked about orders and fences rather than actually talking about compassion and justice. and i think until we shift our narrative around migration and actually look at why people are forced to move, we will never be able to address what is a global problem. also, if we could just focus a bit on what is going on from calais, in the english channel as well, this is a dangerous journey, and the home secretary saying this is notjust about border security. this is about human life, sending these patrol boats. absolutely, and people are forced to make very, very desperate journeys.

we have seen just in the mediterranean alone nearly 35,000 people have drowned in the mediterranean. and the response of many government has not been to try and rescue people, but actually to try and prevent people from making those journeys. and so we have seen, for example, the italian government prevent rescue boats from rescuing migrants. ijust want prevent rescue boats from rescuing migrants. i just want to talk about what is happening right now in the english channel. absolutely, so i think the response has to be something very, very different. if the response is simply about sending warships into the channel as an act of deterrence, that is not going to work. what we actually need to be doing is saying we recognise why people are making this desperate journey. we have to make sure that people don't have the need to make that desperate journey, which people don't have the need to make that desperatejourney, which means people have to have a fair process to be able to make asylum applications. if we don't have that, then of course we will see this continuing desperate attempt by people to come to the uk. thank you very much for your time on breakfast

this morning. a lot of the out and about last night. perhaps you are planning a new year's day walk. what will the weather be like? happy new year. there is no excuses if you have a bit of a thick head this morning or you have indulged in an to many over the christmas period. plenty of fine weather to get out. increasing amount of sunshine, but it will feel a little on the cooler side of this either wins come down from the north. through the night and into today, high pressure in the west of the uk that will creep in over the next few days. holder, smelly conditions across eastern europe today, but itjust clips us, a drop in temperature rather than anything too drastic —— snow we conditions. a little bit of sunshine

breaking through here and there, but more cloud than sun across this south. there will be some clouds in the far north of scotland, some of them turning wintry. further south, blue skies in much of western scotland, northern england as the go through this morning. temperatures in low single figures. need to high single figures further south. the cloud could be thick enough to produce the odd shower to begin with, especially around coastal parts of norfolk. elsewhere, it brea ks parts of norfolk. elsewhere, it breaks up. blue skies for many through the afternoon, a few showers to the north and the north sea coasts. the wins will ease in the second half of the day, especially further west. nothing desperately changes. down to what we have been used to relate, but where we should be the most places in single digits. a few showers around the far north

and east of scotland tonight, right", but further west, and east of scotland tonight, right", but furtherwest, light winds and clear skies and widespread frosts set to develop. in rural areas, would get down to —5, —6 in some parts of central scotland. in the east, one or two shower clouds coming off the north sea through the day. the vast majority will be dry on wednesday, long spells of sunshine, almost uninterrupted for many, particularly in central and western areas. a fine day in store. for the next route —— few days, high—pressure state of us and it stays fine and dry. it will be a little bit cold on those walks. perfect weather for it.|j little bit cold on those walks. perfect weather for it. i totally agree. we both agree that cold winters, we are not fans. you don't wa nt winters, we are not fans. you don't want a warm and soggy new years day. cold and crisp and many have earned

that pint at the pub. what do you make of this picture? this is a wink wink from andy murray. this is the picture on the back of the times today. he is celebrating the end of 2018. it has been a torrid time to him. his hip surgery, he has dropped down to 240 in the world, nowhere near the british number one any more because he has not played september —— tournament —— tournament since september. he eat james —— tournament —— tournament since september. he eatjames duckworth —— tournament —— tournament since september. he eat james duckworth at the brisbane international. speaking afterwards, murray said it had been a really tough dealing with his bad hip, and that he was nervous about returning to the court. he plays danil medvedev next. it is not easy to sort of sum up in one sentence or in one answer. it's been a really hard 18 months, a lot of ups and downs,

it was trickyjust to get back on the court competing again. i'm happy and back out here again, i want to and enjoy it as much as i can, and, yeah, try and enjoy playing tennis as long as i can. i don't know how much longer it's going to last, but we'll see. that is a man who really loves what he does. to hear that crack in his voice as he took about being back in tennis. i don't like that he talks about how long it will last. it makes me feel sad and worried about 2019 for andy murray. and a great start to the year forjohanna konta. the british number one beat former us open winner and world number six sloane stephens in straight sets. things looking better for konta, who's fallen to 37th in the world after an inconsistent 2018. hgppy happy 2019 to both of them. let's

see some wins. there's more festive football to look forward to today. as well as a full programme in the lower divisions, we have got three games in the premier league as well, and after they lost at home to wolves on saturday, tottenham will be taking their frustrations to cardiff city, who arejust outside the relegation zone now, thanks to their win over leicester. we've as good a chance as five or six other teams. there are teams that didn't think they would be there. there are more pressure on them than us. we have improved so much since the start of the season, i can't tell you. they have really taken it on board and we are competing. that is what we have to do in the remainder of the season. it is a long season. tottenham, they'll be trying to bounce back i imagine on tuesday. but they are all difficult games. you've just taken over in a big newjob, all eyes are on you — do you want to take advice from the guy who did the job before you? well, you probably would if that guy was sir alex ferguson. he's been back at manchester united's training ground since 0le gunnar solskjaer took over as caretaker boss, and solskjaer says he's been looking for tips from the great man. i've had him for 15 years,

so obviously, he's influenced me more in the 15 years before that he has in the last week. obviously, i do keep him informed, and he did pay us a visit yesterday and i think he enjoyed his time at the training ground and we had a nice few chats, us and the staff, and he encouraged us. he knows that we are — we've got this. it's man united through and through. he was very sorry, but arsenal manager unai emery has been fined £8,000 for improper conduct. he kicked a water bottle, which hit a supporter during their draw at brighton on boxing day. he apologised straight away and again at the end of the match. but he has been fined. new year's day also means the start of another transfer window in england and scotland, and there's already been some business done in the first few hours. the former arsenal and manchester city midfielder samir nasri has joined west ham on a free transfer, on the day his drugs ban ends.

he was suspended for 18 months for receiving an intravenous treatment in the united states. this was a bit bizarre, wasn't it? floyd mayweather came out of retirement for a lucrative exhibition fight in tokyo, and who can blame him? he earned £7 million for 140 seconds' work — that's all — and that's how long it took him to beat the japanese kickboxer tenshin nasukawa. mayweather is a former world champion at five different weights. he's 41 now, 21 years older than his opponent. this fight don't go on his record, this fight don't go on my record. and it's all about having fun. but while having fun, of course i want to make a couple of dollars when i'm having fun, so we did that. it might not go on his record, but it certainly goes in his bank account. the former england captain sir alastair cook, as he's now known, will bejoining the bbc‘s

test match special team to cover england's tour of the west indies in the next couple of weeks. after his knighthood was announced in the new year's honours, he'll be flying out to the caribbean for the second and third tests. and michael van gerwen plays michael smith in the final of the pdc world darts championship at the ally pally tonight. both players in extraordinary form in their semifinal wins on sunday, and now the pdc chairman barry hearn says those standards can help take the game even further. he wants darts to have the same global pulling power as sports such as golf. we are not a uk sport, we are a global sport, and as such now, we're looking at expanding into north america, into south america. we've opened a small office in china because we're looking at the chinese market. there is a huge way to go, and i don't see any reason at all why darts shouldn't be the same size as professional golf. talking about golf, if you're seeing in the new year with a round of golf today, then you might want to pay attention because from today, several new rules come into force in the sport.

changing for the better. some people don't agree because golf is a purest game, and some people say it is not going to speed it up either. but you don't have to take the pin out, you only have three minutes to look for your ball, there is no penalty if your ball, there is no penalty if you accidentally hit the ball when you accidentally hit the ball when you doing a practice swing any more. all the faff around golf, but it does take a long time to play, the rules are complicated. they are trying to attract people and make it quick as you don't act give up your whole day to play a round of golf. last night, thousands of people lined london's streets to see in the new year. while many will be feeling fragile this morning, others are up and about, getting ready to celebrate 2019 at the city's new year's day parade. brea kfast‘s graham satchell is in trafalgar square for us this morning. they are busy practising. good

morning. good morning. yes, we are right in the middle of preparations this yea r‘s the middle of preparations this year's new year's day parade. the theme airs welcome the world. let's have a quick chat. good morning. hgppy have a quick chat. good morning. happy new year. what you think of london? it is fantastic. i love the historical features about this place and there is a lot of shopping to do. i and there is a lot of shopping to do. lam and there is a lot of shopping to do. i am from colorado springs in the us. have a great day to day. now, look at this. this is the marching band and there are 170 of them in the bandleader will get them to go. let's do it! what will they play? right now they are playing

shut up and dance, a really popular tune in america right now. the students are part of the regular band programme, we see them every day in the year. what does it mean to be here in london today? day in the year. what does it mean to be here in london today7m day in the year. what does it mean to be here in london today? it is priceless, a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity coming to london and being a part of this wonderful parade and seeing all the wonderful people. i am so thankful to the organisers are giving us this opportunity. i am so glad these kids get to experience it. will it be the first time these guys have been outside america? yes, for most of them, it is the first time they have ever been overseas so them, it is the first time they have ever been overseas so it is exciting to see them experience the city. they will carry on playing and i will talk to someone else. have a great day. we will try and find another man part of the parade. good morning. taylor was part of the

american version of the voice and how what is it like to be in london? it is my first time —— kaleb. i can't wait to sing today. i am singing a few songs off my new re cord singing a few songs off my new record that is coming out this year and the vip grandstand than doing a duet with meghan mckenna. something unusualfor us, duet with meghan mckenna. something unusual for us, but quite an american tradition, a big parade. this parade, yes. it is amazing. it is everything i have read about and heard about. it will be awesome. thank you very much. i think the band will carry on playing for us as we say goodbye to you. let's listen to down as grove marching band. —— downers grove. the parade kicks off at 12 o'clock and goes from piccadilly circus and snakes its way

around and end up in parliament square. that is it from us. back to you. 0h, you. oh, my goodness. the energy is quite something at this time of the morning. lee's pass on our thanks to all of them and we hope they can be like that all day. stay with us. we have the headlines shortly. hello, this is breakfast, with louise minchin. here is a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: counter—terrorism police are leading an investigation into the stabbing of three people, including a police officer, at manchester's victoria

railway station. a man and woman in their 50s were attacked at about 8:50pm last night. officers say they are keeping an open mind on the motive. a man has been held on suspicion of attempted murder.