this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at 12.00pm: police say they're treating the stabbing of three people at victoria station in manchester last night as a terrorist investigation. we are working to piece together the details of what happens. nasa scientists wait to find out whether their space probe new horizons has successfully flown past the most distant object ever explored. the robotic craft was due to fly past the icy mass of ultima thule four billion miles from earth a few hours ago. we set a record. never before has a spacecraft explored anything so far away. the world welcomes in 2019. london celebrated the new year with a specatacular display of fireworks. in edinburgh, home of hogmanay, the city's castle was lit up

by fireworks as thousands attended a concert headlined by franz ferdinand. this party is one of the biggest parties in the world. new year is celebrated all across the globe and people celebrate in all sorts of ways, but i don't think anywhere does it quite like hogmanay. but eight revellers in the french city of rennes were rescued from a new year's eve ordeal after becoming trapped on a funfair ride, more than 50 metres in the air. police say they're treating the stabbing of three people at victoria station in manchester last night as a terrorist investigation. two passengers and a british transport police officer have been

treated for knife wounds. a man has been held on suspicion of attempted murder. will batchelor reports. the prime minister has been tweeting saying her thoughts are with the people injured last night. 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 9pm yesterday. 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, hmm, that doesn't sound good. but, at the point i was just edging towards the tracks to jump onto the 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. within the last half—hour or so, the police have given this update on the incident. last night we experienced our horrific attack on people simply out to enjoy the new year's eve celebrations in manchester. my thoughts are very much with the couple who are still being treated in hospitalfor their very serious injuries and of course with the british —— brave british transport police officer stabbed during the attack. i know that the events of last night will have affected many people and caused concern, particularly as the incident happened so close to the scene of the terrorist attack of the 22nd of may 2017. | the terrorist attack of the 22nd of may 2017. i think believe this makes ita may 2017. i think believe this makes it a more terrible attack for our city. let me give you some of the details of what happened last night.

just before nine p:m., the british transport officers responded to a call of a mild armed with a knife and swiftly disdained —— detained him. the officers acted with incredible bravery to make sure the armed attacker was immediately detained. he remains in custody in manchester. we are treating this as a terrorist investigation, which is being led by counterterrorism officers with support from greater manchester police. we were working throughout the night to piece together the details of what happened and to identify the mild who was arrested. this detailed work will continue and we are currently searching an address into cheetham hill area of manchester, which we believed the mild has most recently been living. the work will continue to ensure we get the full facts of what happened and why it took place. the american space agency nasa is waiting for a signal from its new horizons probe, which has aimed to fly past the most distant object ever explored in our solar system.

the robotic craft was due to fly past a huge body of ice and dust called ultima thule. but it is some 6.5 billion kilometres from earth, so it will take over six hours for new horizons to get a radio message and any pictures home. here's 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. three, two, one! go new horizons! 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 mean 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 keep working until the 2030s. by that stage, it could be leaving the solar system, on its way to nearby stars. so where exactly is the lump of ice and dust known as ultima thule? 0ur science editor, david shukman, has this explanation. to explain what this

mission is all about, let's use our virtual studio and start at the middle of our solar system. 0rbiting closest to the sun are the four small rocky planets, including earth, and then further out there are four much larger planets. the best known of these is saturn with its famous rings. right on the margin is tiny pluto, three billion miles away, but it turns out pluto is just one part of a massive outer zone we only started discovering in the last 20 years or so. thousands of tiny worlds and lumps of rock and ice, known as the kaiper belt. these are objects left over after the planets were formed. one of these is known as ultima thule and until now we have only had this artist's impression of it. but after racing from earth on a 13 yearjourney, nasa's new horizons spacecraft, the most distant exploration in human history.

with such vast distances involved, it will be a real breakthrough for space research if images from the new horizons probe do reveal new data about the outer reaches of our solar system, as professor monica grady from the open university explained to me earlier. it isa it is a really great start, going as far beyond as we have ever gone before with the spacecraft to look at the body. we are going to find out so much about this little rocky object, high much of it is rock, how much of it is ice, what can tell us about the solar system 7 much of it is ice, what can tell us about the solar system? it is really exciting. something that caught my eye when i was reading up on this is that this has been described as a piece of cosmic history. what can it

tell us about the solar system and its development? the whole of the solar system formed more or less at the same time from a single cloud of gas and dust and a lot of the gas became the sun, a lot of the dust became the sun, a lot of the dust became the sun, a lot of the dust became the rock and planets, but there were some bits, that were left over. these are the bits right at the edge of planetary system that became the khyber belt. these are original bits of dust and ice from which the solar system was made and they have not been changed in the way the dust has made the earth has changed. it is primitive material, a lot of guys in there, a lot of volatile species, which are of the stuff that light came from, as welcomes a really exciting. we have heard that we might get some first data back later this afternoon, perhaps some images, which would be very exciting about is the case, but it will take quite a while to really

understand all of the information coming from temp two, isn't it? yes. in 2015, new horizons past pluto and scientists are still trying to interpret the data they got from pluto, so with the data coming back so pluto, so with the data coming back so slowly from ultima thule, then, yeah, it is going to be —— keep people occupied for several years to come. each time a discovery is made, hypotheses have to be revised, you have to take on board other information, so it is a constant learning process, which is fantastic. did you use the word species in your previous answer when he talked about the information coming back or dead in the studio? sorry, device web? the word species in the previous answer. yes, just gas species, not animal species are anything like that, just different types of molecules! it is good to

clarify! sorry. tell us about why this was chosen, ultima thule, as the object of this exercise, if you like? well, although there are hundreds and thousands of these bodies out there in the khyber belt, they are all a long, long way apart and they are so small and so didn't, so and they are so small and so didn't, so little light reflects from them, we don't know where most of them are, so it is a question of, 0k, let's have a look and see what is there. we knew what the trajectory, there. we knew what the trajectory, the orbit of new horizons was after it went past pluto, so it is a question of, how can we change that orbit to go somewhere handy? ultima thule was handy. it has been observed by the hubble space telescope but only as a few tiny blobs on a pixel, so it is going to be there. that is how the spacecraft

was gathered there. that is how the spacecraft was gathered there. two uk border force boats have been redeployed from overseas to patrol the english channel in response to recent migrant crossings. it is not yet known how long it will take the boats to reach uk waters. the home secretary, sajid javid, says the operation will protect human life, as well as borders. since november, more than 230 migrants have attempted to cross the english channel illegally in small boats. the amount of plastic waste predicted to reach landfill in the uk last year after china banned imports of waste has failed to materialise. research by the bbc‘s reality check team found that waste diverted from china has been shared out between other nations. 0ur environment analyst roger harrabin has more. china was the world's waste—eater. the uk was exporting 500,000 tons of plastic a year to be recycled there. when it closed its ports to foreign rubbish, there were fears that plastic waste would build up

in the uk. but instead, britain's waste has been brought here to indonesia, where some of it gets dumped. the other main nations accepting british plastic are malaysia, turkey and poland. malaysia is now suffering from dumping of low—value waste, and its government is considering a ban on rubbish imports. the real concern is that we're causing environmental damage in other countries, where they've accepted what china's said no to, but they don't have proper, modern facilities to deal with it, and it's ending up in the environment. so why doesn't the british government build its own waste recycling? ministers say they are trying to cut down on waste, but they say international shipments are an acceptable way to trade an often valuable resource. roger harrabin, bbc news. samantha harding is the litter programme director for the campaign to protect rural england. you just saw her in roger's report. she told me that the key to improving plastic recycling was better collection systems.

the waste that we were sending over to china in the first place is such low quality, and that is why china said, we don't really want this any more. there is the question of saying, well, we shouldn't really be looking for other markets to send poor quality waste to. at this point, china has given us the opportunity to ask the question, why is the waste we are sending there such poor quality? that is partly because we have such bad collection systems. when you say poor quality, do you mean waste that can't easily be recycled for further use? the waste that we were sending over to china in the first place is such low quality, and that is why china said, yes, exactly. often it is being collected in a way that means it has become contaminated. you have paper mixed in with glass, for example. it is difficult at that point for the processors that we have here and overseas to turn that into any kind of meaningful product. that is why we haven't seen this

plastic waste mountain that we were fearing, a lot of that has been sent for incineration which, of course, is not we should be doing at all. ultimately, clearly the answer isn't sending waste to other countries. it is about, number one, not producing so much waste in the first place and, number two, by better collection methods and better recycling. let's talk about the first of those points — not producing the waste in the first place. what is the campaign to protect rural england. doing on that front? one of the things we have worked with a lot of other ngos on is the carrier bag charge. it has been hugely successful. in terms of reducing the products that we use and reducing waste, in england we have stopped using 15 billion plastic bags since the charge came in in 2015, which i think shows the clear direction of travel for us as consumers, that we are really happy to embrace some of these changes that have been introduced. and better collection and better

handling of waste, better recycling? asi handling of waste, better recycling? as i say, we do have an opportunity to say let's improve the quality of how we collect products here. therefore, if we have lots of really good products, good material, what that will attract as investment in the reprocessing facilities that we could happen legally safe, which would then also create jobs. an example of that something like a deposit return system for cans and bottles. for the perspective of the consumer, you get some bottles. for the perspective of the consumer, you get some money bottles. for the perspective of the consumer, you get some money back when you return your can or bottle to recycling, but those products gets split up properly where you return those two. those cans and

bottles can then be recycled into other cans and bottles. 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. the headlines on bbc news: police say they're treating the stabbing of three people at victoria station in manchester last night as a terror investigation. nasa scientists wait to find out whether their space probe, new horizons, has successfully flown past the most distant object ever explored — icy mass of ultima thule four billion miles from earth. billions of people around the world have welcomed the start of the new year.

2019 was ushered in with spectacular fireworks displays and concerts across the uk. sport, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's 0lly foster. good afternoon. andy murray says he doesn't know how much longer he'll be able to play at the top level. last year was virtually a write—off following hip surgery and though he made a winning start to 2019 at the brisbane international today, he revealed just how hard his rehabilitation has been. ben croucher reports: a new year, and new season, but could be seeing the end of andy murray? his latest comeback was against australian wild card james duckworth and an early viewing that troublesome hip was holding upjust fine. those familiar and very mannerisms were back, like winning the points you probably don't expect him to. in one first set and he

turned the clock back with some vintage andy murray. just how many lost causes can he keep chasing? in truth, duckworth rarely challenged andy murray, fleeting glimpses of power from the australian, or delete just the thing moments are paying for the great britain. it has been really harsh 18 months. a lot of ups and downs. it was trickyjust to get back on the court competing again. i am happy! back on the court competing again. i am happy i am back out here again. i wa nt to am happy i am back out here again. i want to try and enjoy it as much as ican andjust want to try and enjoy it as much as i can and just try and enjoy playing tennis as long as i can. i don't know how much longer it will last, but we'll see. it will last until tomorrow at least in brisbane. the fourth seed is likely to show this new andy murray just where his fourth seed is likely to show this new andy murrayjust where his game is out. new andy murray just where his game is out. the british number one

johanna konta has been talking up her chances this year after switching coaches and she has made a really impressive start. she's also playing in brisbane and beat the former us open winner and world number six sloane stephens in straight sets. konta is just inside the world top a0 after a patchy 2018. geraint thomas and chris froome are both going to focus on the tour de france this year. froome isn't going to defend his giro d'italia title in may, conserving his energy for a tilt at a record—equalling fifth tour title in france injuly. that means he'll go head to head with fellow team sky rider thomas, who won the tour for the first time last year despite froome being team leader. maybe if i hadn't have won that in 2018 and my tablet that the duo did well type programme, but having won the tour, number one on my back, it

would be sad not to go back to it really and not to go back 100%, as well. so, yeah, ithink that really and not to go back 100%, as well. so, yeah, i think that is what will happen. lam i am getting to the point in my career now i am getting to the point in my career now when i'm thinking about what kind of legacy i want to leave behind. ifi what kind of legacy i want to leave behind. if i am able to win the tour de france for the fifth time and join that group of bike riders, only four people have ever done that, so tojoin that, to be the fifth four people have ever done that, so to join that, to be the fifth would be incredible. tojoin that, to be the fifth would be incredible. england all—rounder tom curran played a starring role in his side's latest win in the big bash — the t20 tournament in australia. he was pick of the bowlers for the sydney sixers, as they beat the brisbane heat, taking three wickets before hitting the winning runs. they reached their target of 165 with three balls to spare, to win by five wickets. there's a full fixture list in the championship, league 1 and league 2,

but just three games in the premier league. everton host leicester, arsenal are home to fulham and tottenham can move back to second in the table if they win at cardiff. they had a surprise defeat to wolves at home on saturday so maurizio pochettino will be hoping for a response from his players, but cardiff have pulled themselves out of the relegation zone with four points from their last two games so will be no pushovers. 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. that's all the sport for now.

you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. there is commentary on radio five live on that early kick—off. five live commentary on the spurs match at cardiff. i forgot to update my fa ntasy tea m, at cardiff. i forgot to update my fantasy team, i've just remembered! 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 listen to big ben's customary bongs mark the start of the new year. 0ur reporter ben ando joined the crowds. big ben bongs. 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, and 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. princes street in edinburgh was the focus of the scottish hogmanay celebrations. four, three, two, one! around 60,000 people gathered to watch the fireworks and the concert, headlined by the group franz ferdinand. this party is one of the biggest parties in the world. new year is celebrated all across the globe and people

celebrate in all sorts of ways, but i don't think anywhere does it quite like hogmanay in edinburgh, you know? just look around you, it's completely amazing. 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. ben ando, bbc news. but for some revellers in france, a trip to the funfair

turned into a traumatic ordeal as eight people ended up seeing in the new year stuck high above the city of rennes in brittany. a warning — there is some flashing in these images. a helicopter was called in to help rescue the three adults and five teenagers from the 52 metre high bombermaxxx ride which had suffered a technical fault and stopped at around 8.30pm. the eight people, the youngestjust 13—years—old, were left high in the air with their feet dangling in what was to become a nine—hour ordealfor some of them. initial attempts to reach those trapped using ladders failed, before a rescuer was winched down by the helicopter. they were evacuated one by one with the last person finally getting off the ride at around 6.00am. the ride's owner said a new part had broken. london is continuing its new year celebrations throughout the day, with a special parade which began

at 12.00pm in trafalgar square. the spectacle features performers from 26 nations around the world. 0ur correspondent graham satchell met some of the dancers participating earlier. welcome to trafalgar square or preparation to well under way for this year's new year's day parade in london. you are watching dancers from various different countries in south america. i am going to have that chap with fernando montana. good morning. you are looking forward to taking part in the parade today? of course. we are went to celebrate. the theme is that london welcomes the world. does it feel like that today? of course. we are so like that today? of course. we are so excited to be sharing our traditions and our colours. the best

city to be today is london. fernando, have a great day. happy new year. we are going to introduce you to another part of the parade today. here are of the cherokee indians who have come all the way from north carolina, who are going to do from north carolina, who are going todoa from north carolina, who are going to do a war dance. i will have it explained to me by the chief, richard. good morning. what are we about to see? the lead warrior is setting at challenge down, the other warriors are saying they had his back to go into battle. they will now tell their war story through dance. this is a warning to other tribes, to anyone else around that these guys mean business when they came to war. these are of the warriors of anna could do. how does it feel to be in london today? amazing. wonderful. doggy through some of the costumes. this looks

like a british army uniform to me. the cherokee travel to london in 1762 as emma sarries representing the tried and got to meet the cherokee were allied with england's and it is where you see the british folks, the soldier hopes. thank you very much. have a great day. so, the cherokee indians, who are pretty scary, just finishing up their dance and they will be a key part of the parade today. there will be 10,000 participants in the parade. it's notjust a new year but a new leadership in brazil as jair bolsonaro is inaugurated as the country's president in the coming hours. the far right politician swept to power on an anti—crime, anti—corruption promise, but took aim at minority groups in a campaign that earned him the nickname ‘the trump of the tropics'. we can cross to brasilia

and speak to our south america correspondent katy watson. what is expected today? it is about four hours until the ceremony starts, six hours until he gives his first speech. it has been pouring with rain. it has not stop people coming. people turning up in the colours of the brazilian flag. i met one man who said he bought a ticket a year ago one man who said he bought a ticket a yearago in one man who said he bought a ticket a year ago in the north—east of brazil, so sure he was that he was going to win. benyamin netanyahu from israel and mike pompeo, the us secretary of state, are here. the venezuelan president is not invited,

nor the cuban leader. this far—right president is very clear that the left is not welcome here. despite that there are celebrations starting. you can hear the music behind me. people are gathering, waiting for the ceremony. what is the bolsanaro waiting for the ceremony. what is the bolsa naro presidency waiting for the ceremony. what is the bolsanaro presidency going to look like? will it be as controversial as his campaign has suggested? yell —— his campaign was full of rhetoric, sexist, homophobic, racist rhetoric. they got very many people nervous about what that would mean for the presidency. whether he will turn that down once he comes into power, he says he will be willing for all of brazil. a lot of people are very nervous about what the next four yea rs nervous about what the next four years will mean for people here, especially minority groups. financial markets are happy. they think the economy will be in much better hands with bolsanaro. socially, in terms of progress, what

will it mean for brazil? a lot of people very nervous. katie watson. thank you. north korea's leader, kim jong—un has given a new year address in which he says the country is still commited to giving up nuclear weapons and that he is prepared to meet again "at any time" with us president donald trump. there's been little progress on north korea's denuclearisation since the two leaders held their historic meeting on the issue injune. laura bicker reports. this new year offers a tantalising prospect for south koreans. for decades, this nation, technically still at war with its neighbour, has simply longed for peace. but a year of talks between north and south and the united states has meant some are now daring to hope, could 2019 be the year that dream is achieved? translation: i think because of the atmosphere kimjong—un is hesitant right now but i hope he comes and meets with our president

and tours around seoul. just a few miles away, pyongyang celebrated new year with more than its usual flair, a glitzy midnight show, despite being under strict economic sanctions. the north‘s leader kim jong—un was also upbeat and rewarded those watching his speech from washington and seoul by renewing his commitment to denuclearisation. translation: we have proclaimed that we will no longer make nuclear weapons. we will not use them or spread them. but then came the warning. translation: i am always ready to sit down again with the us president at any time and will make efforts to produce an outcome that the international community would welcome. however, if the us miscalculates our people's patience, forces something upon us and pursues sanctions and pressure without keeping a promise made in front of the world, we have no option but to explore a new path in order to protect our sovereignty and achieve peace in the korean peninsula.

the deal reached in singapore injune was so vague that neither side can agree on what was agreed. north korea believes it has held up its side of the bargain by not testing any new missiles and destroying one test site but since then talks have stalled between the two sides. in his speech, kimjong—un pointed to the hope and optimism in both south and north korea that they can forge a path towards peace. his message to the united states is we can have that relationship too but the ball is now in the trump administration's court and, unless they act, 2019 might not be as peaceful as everyone here hopes. laura bicker, bbc news. air ambulance charities are set to benefit from an extra £10 million of funding from the government. the money, previously announced by the chancellor, has now been made available. it will pay for extra doctors and specialist equipment. these fonts will give charities the

chance to bid for specialist equipment. —— funds. airambulance is not only bring patient into hospitals, they take chocolate and specialist equipment to patients at the scene of accidents, and that is why it is crucial this money is there. one of the singers with the american 70s band dr hook, ray sawyer, has died at the age of 81. # when you are in love with a beautiful woman, it never ends. he was known for his trademark hat and eye patch, 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. now it's time for a look at the weather, with matt taylor.

hello. a decent day for a new year ‘s walk, run or cycle. most places dry. some isolated showers in the north and east of scotland, eastern england, and the remnants of a weather front in the south. most will have dry weather with long sunny spells. it stays breezy with some clouds in the east of scotland and eastern england tonight. in central and western areas clear skies, light winds, a widespread frost. if you are heading back to work tomorrow, it will be a case of gravity ice breaker. but a blues k —— blue sky day throughout. more cloud in the far north of scotland, eastern england, some coastal showers can't be ruled out. for the vast majority a dry and sunny

wednesday. temperatures in mid—single figures. we continue with that theme for the rest of the week. good afternoon. police have launched a terror investigation after an incident at manchester's victoria railway station last night in which three people, including a police officer, were stabbed. a 25—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. in the last hour, the chief constable of greater manchester police described the incident as an horrific attack. the victims‘ injuries have been described as serious but not life threatening. 0ur correspondent danny savage is at the greater manchester police headquarters. this is greater manchester police headquarters and in the last hour we have heard from the chief constable and the senior counter—terrorism officerfor and the senior counter—terrorism officer for the and the senior counter—terrorism officerfor the area. and the senior counter—terrorism officer for the area. they have been talking through details of what has been happening last night and throughout the night and this morning, the sequence of events, who

was involved and thoughts on motivation. 0ne was involved and thoughts on motivation. one thing is clear, they are treating this as a attack. a railway station in central manchesterjust before 9pm last night. move away now. move. police restrain a man on the ground who moments earlier had been wielding a knife, attacking passers—by. a bbcjournalist was on the platform at the time and saw what happened. it's new year's eve, people have had a drink, they probably, it's just, it's just a fight, it will fizzle out in the next few seconds. but then ijust heard a guy shout as part of a sentence, allah, and i thought, that doesn't sound good. the point i was just edging towards the tracks to jump onto the tracks he was pepper

sprayed, he was tasered, they kind of swarmed on him, brought him down. three people were stabbed, one of them was a police officer, the other two were a man and woman in their 50s. the injuries are serious but not life—threatening. a short time later the man was taken away from manchester victoria station by police, shouting god is greatest in arabic. this morning the chief constable of greater manchester police said it is being treated as a terrorist incident. we are treating this as a terrorist investigation. which is being led by counterterrorism officers with support from greater manchester police. we are working throughout the night to piece together the details of what happened and to identify the man who was arrested. manchester victoria station was closed overnight, it has now reopened, but this was obviously a very alarming and frightening incident for people there at the time. this is an ongoing investigation.

yes. the latest is that the property is being searched in the cheetham hill area of manchester at the moment. they have an individual, they believe they know who he is, he is 25 and from the local area but they are not giving away more details. they have searched a property in cheetham hill. nothing to suggest others are involved that they are keeping an open mind over motivation but they have good quality cctv from the station which shows how the events unfolded. what witnesses saw and heard will be part of their inquiry what the man was shouting and why he may have carried out this attack. the location of this, this is manchester victoria station, adjacent to the manchester arena which is where the suicide bomb attack took place in 2017 in which 22 people died. detectives and

counter—terrorism officers believe the location is a factor and what happened here last night but their inquiry is very much ongoing. 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 backs the deal, britain can turn a corner. the referendum in 2016 was divisive, but we all want the best for our country. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has called for an end to what he called the "divisions of recent yea rs." in his new year sermon, he says the uk is "wonderfully more diverse" than it used to be — yet people are disagreeing on many things and are struggling to disagree well. 0ur religion editor

martin bashir reports. can i make you a cup of coffee? for his new year's message the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, didn't venture far. this is the kitchen at his london residence in lambeth palace. a home that he shares each year with around 20 young people who commit themselves to ten months of prayer, study and community service. they have an extraordinary range of backgrounds, cultures and opinions. they live together, cook together, volunteer with charities together, and, because they are human, they clash together. named after a benedictine monk who became archbishop of canterbury at the end of the 11th century, the community of st anselm is an attempt to challenge whatjustin welby says is increasing division and rancour in british society. we disagree on many things and we are struggling with how to disagree well. turn on the television,

read the news, and you see a lot that could tempt you to despair. quoting the gospel ofjohn, the archbishop said thatjesus chose community over conflict, hope over despair, and he says that we should do the same in 2019. hope lies in our capacity to approach this new year in a spirit of openness towards each other. that will involve choosing to see ourselves as neighbours, as fellow citizens, as communities, each with something to contribute. and he acknowledged how challenging this will be in the current political climate. with the struggles and divisions of recent years, that will not be easy. but that difficult work is part of the joy and blessing of being a community. whether it is the 20 people here or millions of us, i wish all of us a happy, and more importantly hope filled, new year.

let's take a look at some of today's other news. scientists at the american space agency nasa believe their new horizons spacecraft successfully encountered the most distant object ever in the solar system this morning. they hope the probe will send confirmation in the next few hours and say the flypast, several billion miles from earth, will help them learn more about how planets form. the north korean leader kimjong—un has warned that he may change his approach to relations with the united states if it maintains sanctions. in his new year message, mr kim said he was still committed to ridding the korean peninsula of nuclear weapons, and was prepared to meet president trump again at any time. a new cap for energy prices has come into force in england, scotland and wales. the industry regulator, 0fgem, estimates it will save 11 million people an average of £76 a year.

consumer groups say households can still save more by switching suppliers. northern ireland, which has a separate regulator, already has a price cap. warnings from the recycling industry that the uk would struggle to cope with plastic waste, after china stopped importing it a year ago, have failed to materialise, according to bbc research. for many years two thirds of britain's waste sent abroad went to china and hong kong. but the bbc has found that other countries have stepped in to take britain's waste. 0ur environment analyst roger harrabin reports. china was the world's waste eater. the uk was exporting 500,000 tons of plastic a year to be recycled there. when it closed its ports to foreign rubbish, there were fears that plastic waste would build up in the uk. but instead, britain's waste has been brought here to indonesia, where some of it gets dumped. the other main nations accepting

british plastic are malaysia, turkey and poland. malaysia is now suffering from dumping of low—value waste, and its government is considering a ban on rubbish imports. the real concern is that we're causing environmental damage in other countries, where they've accepted what china's said no to, but they don't have proper, modern facilities to deal with it, and it's ending up in the environment. so why doesn't the british government build its own waste recycling? ministers say they are trying to cut down on waste, but they say international shipments are an acceptable way to trade an often valuable resource. roger harrabin, bbc news. 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 along the embankment as big ben's customary bongs marked the start of the new year. in edinburgh, some 60,000 revellers celebrated hogmanay

in the city's street party, with fireworks lighting up edinburgh castle. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 6:30pm. bye for now. hello, you are watching bbc news. now, as we enter the new year, let's look ahead to what we can expect to happen in the run up to the day we are due to leave the european union on march 29th. these are the thoughts of some of our best brexit brains. it's almost the impossible question. what is going to happen here in 2019 with brexit? can it be any madder than last year? yes, it probably

can. the one thing we do know is we are set for the big meaningful vote at the beginning ofjanuary. at least we think we are. that should bea least we think we are. that should be a moment of some clarity. we will know if the prime minister's deal will go down or if mrs may surprises eve ryo ne will go down or if mrs may surprises everyone and delivers on her brexit deal. if it does go down, a whole range of options explode. 0ption one is we could drift towards no deal. we could simply slip out on march 29 without any agreement. the other possibility is momentum really builds behind a second referendum. there are also toss questions. how do you set it up? what would be the questions? would resolve anything? that leaves option three, which, i think, might be what possibly happens. that is we ask for time. we can't make up our minds. so yes, we

better ta ke can't make up our minds. so yes, we better take a bit longer. in other words, someone decides we are going to have to ask for an extension of article 50 or even revoke it. the real danger in predicting any this is because brexit has changed all the rules in this place when it comes to politics. the traditional party loyalty is no longer apply. friends are foes. party discipline has broken down. right and left no longer really matters. you just can't predict what is going to happen. what is on the horizon for the eu in 2019? brexit, of course. that is due to happen with relatively little fa nfa re to happen with relatively little fanfare on march 29. then the negotiations over the future relationship with the uk will begin in earnest. they will be massive. that is the theory. i suspect theresa may would be back in brussels trying to seek more reassurance is brussels trying to seek more reassurance is to

brussels trying to seek more reassurance is to help herself her brexit deal back home. if that does not go through, the eu has some back—up plans. it may be prepared to extend the negotiating period if the uk asks. but what all these countries are really focused on is the european parliament elections due at the end of may. the old ce ntre due at the end of may. the old centre right, centre left and liberal parties, with they really be challenged by the eurosceptics and populists, who seem to be on the rise everywhere? populists, who seem to be on the rise everywhere ? there populists, who seem to be on the rise everywhere? there will be some big changes to the top jobs rise everywhere? there will be some big changes to the topjobs in rise everywhere? there will be some big changes to the top jobs in the eu because jean—claude juncker is retiring from the european commission. he will have to be replaced. they will have to find a new foreign policy chief, a new president of the european parliament and a new president of the european central bank. the eu leaders will meet for a massive summit in the —— in romania on the 9th of may, where they will sit down and plot a future

for the eu that doesn't have the uk in it any more. business is going to start 29 where it left off in 2018, in the dark. you will see that those businesses who have not got ready for it are beginning to think the unthinkable, that we may leave with no deal. a crash course in the —— inventory, vat etc. that will keep businesses busyin vat etc. that will keep businesses busy in the first three months of the year. we may have to ask the eu for a bit more time, which would give some breathing space, but extend the period of uncertainty where businesses invest less. businesses also care about what their customers are doing. we are finishing 2018 with consumer confidence at a five—year low. now that in no way is a bit of a surprise. the good news is that unemployment is very low and wages are going up faster than inflation.

we are all getting a bit better off every day. that is good news for business. 2019 is shaping up to be the most challenging and unpredictable year to run a business in living memory. there will be some very tense moments in the weeks and months ahead. if we focus on some good news, the most important economic fact in any one's life is if they have a job or not. record numbers of us do, wages are going up faster than inflation. so we start from a position of reasonable strength in what promises to be a very interesting year. simonjack concluding that look ahead to the year. time for the weather forecast with matt taylor. high pressure is in charge, keeping things largely dry. a fair bit of sunshine by day. by night it would be frosty and there could be some patchy fog. what is happening at the

moment is this massive area of high pressure is moving its way in. low pressure is moving its way in. low pressure to the east. because of the flow of winds, they are dragging an errorfrom flow of winds, they are dragging an error from the north. flow of winds, they are dragging an errorfrom the north. the flow of winds, they are dragging an error from the north. the cold air with snow is in eastern europe. high pressure dominating, keeping things right. some showers in northern and eastern parts of the uk. it could be wintry in the north of scotland. the re m na nts of wintry in the north of scotland. the remnants of that weather front towards the far south—west. this afternoon if you are out for a walk to get rid of the christmas excesses , breezy to get rid of the christmas excesses, breezy in the north—east. the winds nowhere near as strong as they have been. winds like elsewhere. some patchy cloud, some showers. the remnants of the weather front in the south producing the odd isolated shower. most will be dry. into tonight, breezy along the eastern coastal districts. clearer

skies in the west. with winds lightest, this is where temperatures will drop the furthest. a widespread frosts to take you into tomorrow. temperatures imrul areas of central scotla nd temperatures imrul areas of central scotland —5 and —6. a new working day from any as the new year gets under way. lots of frost across western areas. a crisp start. a blue sky day for the vast majority. more cloud in the far north of scotland. maybe he's in counties of england. the odd isolated shower. wednesday will be dry, sunshine and temperatures in mid single figures. close to where we should be at the time of the year. high pressure it sits with us through much of the rest of the week. centred in southern parts of the uk. this is where winds will be lightest. by day, just about all areas would stay predominantly dry with good sunny spells and temperatures sticking in double figures —— single figures.

goodbye for now. this is bbc news. the headlines at 1.00pm@ police say they're treating the stabbing of three people at victoria station in manchester last night as a terror investigation. we are working to piece together the details of what happened and to identify the man who was arrested. go new horizons! nasa scientists wait to find out three, two, one! nasa scientists wait to find out whether their space probe new horizons has successfully flown

past the most distant object ever explored. the robotic craft was due to fly past the icy mass of ultima thule four billion miles from earth a few hours ago. we set a record. never before has a spacecraft explored anything so far away.