this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at twelve: two people are arrested after the fatal stabbing on a train in surrey yesterday. police say the death appears to have followed an altercation between strangers. in relation to what we know so far in regard to happened, it is not random in the fact that there was no contact between the two people before the incident. we know that they were talking together. that's all we know about the two men at this moment in time. smokers and problem drinkers admitted to hospital in england will get help to quit or cut down — to reduce demands on the health service. police in california say three people have been shot dead at a bowling alley in torrance near los angeles. ryanair is voted the worst short—haul airline for the sixth year in a row — in a survey by the consumer group which. and coming up at half past twelve — click looks back at its highlights of 2018 and looks ahead to what we might expect in the tech world this year. police investigating

the fatal stabbing of a man on a train in surrey yesterday say they have arrested the main suspect. the man was detained at an address in the farnham area at about 6 o'clock this morning on suspicion of murder. a 27—year—old woman was also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. the victim, a 51—year—old father, was killed in front of his 14—year—old son, in what police described as a "violent killing". the attack happened on the 12.58 service between guildford and waterloo. police said the victim and his teenage son boarded the train at around 1pm at london road station in guildford. after the attack, the suspect left the train at clandon station. officers were then called to horsley station at 1.15pm

following reports of the stabbing. after a major manhunt, a man was arrested on suspicion of murder at an address in the farnham area this morning. the assistant chief constable at british transport police, sean o'callaghan, told our reporter katharine da costa more about how they believe the incident unfolded on the train. clearly people will be very concerned about the style of the attack. what we know so far is that both men joined the train at guildford. straightaway, there has been a conversation between the two men. they have continued that conversation for 3—4 minutes. starting in one carriage and moving through to a second carriage. at some stage then, violence has resulted in this tragic death of the man yesterday afternoon. of course, he had his 14—year—old son with him. there would have been passengers on either of those carriages, people would have seen it. how much information had either never to get from eyewitnesses and the son? as you can imagine, really, really tragic circumstances, the fact that a 14—year—old son has

to witness what happened. of course, our thoughts and feelings are with the family in this case. we are supporting the 14—year—old son with experts, specialist trained officers at this time. in terms of witnesses and what they saw, we have been speaking to witnesses at the time and reviewing cctv imaging and that is what has assisted us and led to the arrests. our news correspondent, james waterhouse, is at horsley station, where police were alerted to the attack. well, we know that a male suspect was first arrested in a house in farnham, about 25 miles from here. this is horsley station, where the alarm was first raised. the male suspect,, he has been described as black and in his 20 and 30s, was arrested alongside a 27—year—old woman on suspicion of helping an

offender. the focus now is finding the murder weapon. they're looking in clandon, where the suspect is believed to have got off the train, as well as farnham itself. at the moment, the line is open, there is a police presence here. the line is open, but this investigation is waiting for no one. it is a disturbing attack, because of the circumstances that we have been told about, the presence of the teenage boy as his father was dying, the police must be kind of concentrating a lot of their effort on trying to reassure travellers about the general safety on the railways. well quite. this is a hugely popular commuter route in and out of london from surrey, it is a very much an affluent county. and there is a balance to be struck for police officers, they gave the statistic

that this is a rare incident, they say violent attacks like this happen in as few as one in every million journeys. there are reassurances being given. but passengers and customers are still turning up as we speak now, as you were saying, the 14—year—old boy is being given help, along with the family from specialist officers. but this investigation, albeit there has been a 17—hour man hunt is moving at a rapid pace and you imagine police will be satisfied with the way it is going. 0fficers don't believe this attack to be terror—related. the independent 0ffice for police conduct has begun an investigation after 31 year old man was shot dead by armed officers in coventry last night. west midlands police said two other men were arrested at the scene, on burnaby road in the north of the city. the area remains cordoned off. police described the operation in the area as "intelligence—led". smokers and problem drinkers

who are admitted to hospital in england will be given help to cut down or quit. the measures are part of a new long—term plan aimed at reducing demand on the health service. nhs england says problem drinkers and smokers cost the health service £6 billion every year. earlier i spoke to deborah arnott — chief executive of action on smoking and health, a health charity which works to eliminate the harm caused by tobacco. i asked her how this approach differs from previous attempts to curb smoking. because it is about dedicating funding for services to sick smokers in the nhs and historically there are community services provided by the public health budget through local authorities, which u nfortu nately have local authorities, which unfortunately have had their budgets cut, and this is meeting smokers at a point where they're most likely to change, when they have been diagnosed with something and doctors with say if you quit smoking it will

help. suspect it better to put the money into preventing. you need both. it will reduce bed pressure, smokers are five times more likely to get flu, that is a major cause of winter bed pressure. there is a pilot in manchester where they estimate they will save ten million and 30,000 beds. so it is cost saving. not cost causing. lung cancer, which is aer the ying thing to be diagnosed with, 30% of people dig nosed are —— diagnose rd still smoking. so it not only helps prevent disease, it helps recovery. the difficulty is always for these things, particularly in the pressures that the nhs is under, notwithstanding the additional funding from the chancellor, that it has to find the money up front and

get the savings a few years down the line. that is always a difficult thing to convince people of, to invest money in a service up front to get savings that may come, but we can't deliver them now. a report by the royal college of physicians, which is what this is based on, shows the savings are here. the savings on reduced admissions to hospital and reduced readmission and shortening of length of stay happen in year one. it is cost saving even in year one. it is cost saving even in year one. it is cost saving even in year one. that is why the nhs is including this in the long—term plan. police in california say three people have been shot dead at a bowling alley near los angeles. detectives say they are working to identify those involved in the shooting, in which four other people were injured. the torrance police department — attending the scene — said the investigation was ongoing and to avoid the area. some local reports suggest a fight broke out in the bowling alley before the shooting. five teenage girls have died in a fire at an escape

room venue in poland. the girls, all fifteen years old, had been celebrating a birthday party. escape games involve players finding clues and solving puzzles to make their way out of a locked room. this report from monika plaha has flashing images. what was meant to be a birthday celebration amongst friends turned into an evening of horror. the emergency services were called to this escape room on friday evening after a fire broke out at around 5pm. five girls, all aged 15, locked in a room as part of the game, were all killed in the blaze. a 25—year—old man was seriously injured. the incident happened in poland's northern city of koszalin. its mayor has declared sunday as a day of mourning. officials say they are inspecting over 1,000 escape rooms across the country. translation: from tomorrow, all escape rooms, game centres and clubs will undergo fire safety inspections, with special attention

paid to evacuation plans, escape routes in this type of location. there should be a moderator in each location able to unlock the rooms and let people out. we will check this and it will be strictly controlled. poland's president reacted to the news on twitter, writing it was a devastating tragedy that five joyful girls have had life torn away from them. the cause of the fire is not yet known but polish authorities say they will continue to investigate what caused this tragedy. donald trump says that the partial us government shutdown — now entering its third week — could last months or even years. democrats are refusing to agree to the funding the president needs to build a wall along the border with mexico. officials from the white house and congress will meet again this afternoon in a further attempt to end the budget row. jeffrey kofman is with me now — he is a canadian—born, emmy—awa rd winning broadcaster. first of all, we have had shut

down‘s before, why is this one particularly unusual? well usually it is about blaming the other side and donald trump set a trap for himself before christmas when he said i'm happy to own this shut down. now he is trying to blame the democrats. what is critical is that for the first two years of his presidency, donald trump had a compliant republican—controlled congress. as of yesterday, the democrats now control the house of representatives and there is an accountability and oversight which he is not used to. he says he wants to get this wall through, that until the congress approves it... the funding of five billion between the wall on the mexican border, he will

not re—open the government. the democrats have no reason to give in. they ran against him and did well and part of this was none of this bluster about the wall. there is a stand off and it is not clear how it will be resolved. the republicans in support of president. to a man and woman? no. we are seeing fractures. this is in its second two weeks. shut downs to be clear are somewhat common. it is a brinksmanship game that goes on. normally it is resolved. this is the third in the last year. the longest shut down was three weeks, with no sign of resolution, this could break the record and it is causing hardship. a quarter of the workforce, 800,000 people are not being paid or working without pay. this includes ironically, he says the wallis about security, among the agencies is the

department of homeland security. they are are not high paid jobs, the people who check your luggage at airports, are not highly paid and do not have the reserves to say well mr trump postures, we will make do. what about the political impact, the president made the wall one of his signature policies, we have moved from the original concept that it would be paid for by the mexicans, the mexicans say no. is this damaging president trump yet or is he perceived as standing his ground? only what he promised to deliver. exactly. it depends who is looking at president trump. to his base and in his mind, he needs to deliver this to prove he is the, that he has credibility. if you look back at the

2016 election, there were two phrases that were common. that his crowds were chanting. lock up her referring to hillary clinton and build the wall. he has staked his credibility on this. it is very unlikely that he can win this. now... it is hard to see how he can back down. tharts. that is what you mean by the trap. yes it is a trap. the challenge for trump, he is a man who really runs an authoritarian presidency and doesn't like the checks and balances that are part of us system. it wouldn't happen in business if you're the boss you're the boss. and it won't happen if you have congress kowtowi ng the boss. and it won't happen if you have congress kowtowing to your whims. his book is not the art of compromise. compromise for him is for wimps. his own vice president,

who we hear little from, mike pence, tried to brokary e er a deal to give status to the children of immigrants. the so—called dreamers. they came over with their parents. trump said no. the thing about trump, he said this could go on for yea rs, trump, he said this could go on for years, on the surface this is horrifying and appalling, what we have learned about trump is that a lot of this is bluster. so what he says today may not be true tomorrow. how he is going to save face and the democrats will save face — stay tuned. thank you. at least two people have been killed in thailand's worst tropical storm in 30 years. powerful winds knocked down trees and electricity poles. airports reopened and ferry services resumed today but holiday makers hoping to leave tourist areas are being warned of long delays due to a backlog of flights.

the headlines on bbc news: a male suspect is arrested following the murder of a man on a train in surrey yesterday. smokers and problem drinkers admitted to hospital in england will get help to quit or cut down — to reduce demands on the health service. police in california say three people have been shot dead at a bowling alley in torrance near los angeles. ryanair has been voted the worst short—haul airline for the sixth year running, in a survey by the consumer group which. the airline had to cancel scores of flights last summer because of a series of strikes. ryanair has called the research ‘irrelevant‘ because it says it's carrying more passengers than ever. here's our transport correspondent tom burridge. ryanair is by far europe's largest low—cost airline. but the consumer group which? said it was by far the worst rated short—haul airline in an annual survey. which? asked nearly 8000 of its members

about recent experiences on 19 different airlines. which? said rya nair's overall score was dismal, with the airline was my reputation declining significantly over the past year. 2018 wasn't a good year for ryanair. multiple strikes by its staff across europe men huge disruption for hundreds of thousands of passengers over the summer. the airlines werejudged on criteria such as boarding, seating, customer service and value for money. thomas cook and wizz air also came out badly. easyjet was somewhere in the middle. and jet2 near the top. ryanair described in the ratings as irrelevant. it said it is now carried 1111 million passengers each year. an increase of 78% injust six years. let's talk to pippa jacks — group editor of the "travel trade gazette". on one level this would be regarded

by most companies as really bad news — people would be hauled into the chief executive's office and given a real thrashing over a survey like this. but that doesn't seem to be case. we have seen during the history of ryanair there is no correlation between how passengers feel about the brand and their likelihood to book them if the price is right. it is about 7,000 passengers that were surveyed, is that a big enough sample to be accurate, they make millions of journeys each year. they do. it is a decent sample size, if you compare the size of ryanair to the airline that came out on top, a very tiny channel islands company, the scale is important to note as well i think. but in general i think what people will say in a survey about

their experience and how they rate an airline doesn't ring true then they make a booking. ryanair is a short haul airline and maybe people endure rather than enjoy the journey, because they know they have more money to spend at the end of it for their holiday. but in terms of this as a long—term business model, what are the pressures on ryanair? how competitive is this market?m isa how competitive is this market?m is a hugely competitive market and airlines are facing so many challenges with brexit and oil prices going up and increased competition. but rya nair prices going up and increased competition. but ryanair is one of most profitable in europe and it is buying new aircraft and has expansion plans, because it markets

itself on lowest fares, it seems to be carry on delivering perhaps not the best service, but getting the bookings in. what is the message to other airlines, others will think, why are we spending all this money on providing a service, even one or two thrills when it doesn't like we get any benefit from it and in a accepts sense we are selling ourselves short. you see jet two and they are rated highly. that shows it doesn't just have they are rated highly. that shows it doesn'tjust have to be the ryanair way. i think the airlines would prefer way. i think the airlines would p refer to way. i think the airlines would prefer to be in the middle ground and not in the lowest of the low and not being the lowest fares. fla a tt ra cts not being the lowest fares. fla attracts a different customer that isn't just looking for attracts a different customer that isn'tjust looking for £10 less. are we seeing a change in the market for longer haulflights we seeing a change in the market for longer haul flights looking at this model, to be doing something more

basic, where price becomes in a sense an overriding factor above other things. that has been a huge trend in the last few years. particularly transat lactic, they are offering bundle fares, you have to pay extra for baggage or your meal. that does work with some customers. it gives them the opportunity to book without the elements included, but in general the tra ns—atla ntic carriers elements included, but in general the trans—atlantic carriers are doing brilliantly too. so there is room for all the models i think. thank you. a definative split in the christian orthodox church is about to move a step closer. in constantinople, modern—day istanbul, the head of the global orthodox movement is due to officially recognize ukraine's orthodox church as separate and independent from moscow — ending a relationship that has lasted for centuries.

) the ukraine orthodox church is important and it is the main religion here. most of ukraine follows the religion to some extents 01’ follows the religion to some extents or the other. this morning, wall to wall on television is the ceremony from istanbul, where the man who heads the global orthodox community will be signing what is called the thomas to grant official recognition for ukraine to have its own independent branch of the orthodox church and that means that it will be separate from russia for the first time for hundreds of years. the fact that ukraine's president has gone to istanbul to witness the ceremony is a mark of how important people are making this moment. for

them, this is, for many people, they talk of it being a final moment of independence, ukraine has been independent for 27 years, but still had this link and many people are regarding this as a moment that was a long time coming, but will break that link with russia. a lot of this is about the politics and relations between the two countries, the president of ukraine is in the middle of an election campaign, trying to hold on to hisjob. one can see the political appeal for him. but what is the kind practical cause of this, why have the two churches being driven apart in this way? well, i think there are a couple of aspects to this. firstly, the country to country relations between russia and ukraine, which goes without saying are awful. russia seized crimea from ukraine and there is a conflict in eastern ukraine in which russia is fuelling and arming rebels fighting the

ukrainian army. from the international perspective there was a feeling it wasn't tenable to have this link where moscow controlled all of these parishes inside ukraine andi all of these parishes inside ukraine and i think there is a realisation because of that conflict, the mood has changed in ukraine, that whereas people before tolerated that continuing link to moscow through the russian orthodox church, there isa the russian orthodox church, there is a sense that's changed and people we re is a sense that's changed and people were ready to have a separate church and what we are seeing is that church, the ukrainian orthodox church, the ukrainian orthodox church, being given international recognition as being separate from russia. mountaineering experts say the risks of winter climbing should not be under—estimated following the deaths of two young climbers on ben nevis in recent weeks. a student from germany died on new year's day while another young climber — 21 year old patrick boothroyd from west yorkshire — died on the mountain in december. here's our scotland correspondent james shaw.

ben nevis, the highest mountain in the british isles, and for that reason extremely popular with walkers and climbers. but the paths across its north face can be dangerous. this is what is known as the ledge route. on new year's day a student from bristol university fell 500 feet down the mountain from this path and was killed. her three companions were rescued by a coastguard helicopter. the helicopter managed to winch them from where they were on the crag, and i was below the crag, where, unfortunately, she had fallen. it was the second death in recent weeks. patrick boothroyd, who was 21, died in december. tens of thousands of people climb ben nevis every year. most use this path to the summit, which is relatively straightforward. but some, including the two students who died recently, attempt the rock faces and gullies on the northside. which even in the best weather

are never free of risk. many new climbers use professional guides. this group was returning from the mountain from a training day. it is horrible to hear of accidents and fatalities in the mountains. especially as it is such a life—affirming thing to do. despite our best efforts we can't control everything. sometimes things go wrong fairly randomly. experienced climbers know and accept the dangers of scaling britain's highest peak. those with less experience may not be so aware that this place can be beautiful and deadly. james shaw, bbc news, ben nevis. ajapanese restaurant owner has paid a record $3.1 million for a single pacific blue fin tuna fish. the new record was set at the first tuna auction of 2019 at tokyo's toyosu fish market. from tokyo rupert wingfield hayes reports. many traders were expecting a new

record to be set at this year's opening tuna auction and they were not disappointed. the price paid for this 278 kilo prize by kiyoshi kimura was far higher than his own previous record. he is known as japan's tuna king and the price he pays at the annual new year's auction bears only a vague relation to the actual price of tuna. on a normal day a similar sized fish would sell for around £45,000. today's record is in part about status and it creates a lot of publicity for mr kimura and his sushi empire, but it is also a reflection of the scarcity of large blue fin tuna. they are officially listed as an endangered species. last year catches off the coast ofjapan were significantly down and

since the middle of last year, prices in tokyo have climbed by more than a0%. in china, the city of harbin is kicking off its annual winter festival with the world famous ice sculptures. ice and snow carvers have unveiled their masterpieces, which are made from big chunks of ice dragged out of the nearby river, carved, brushed and lit up. harbin's temperatures can fall to minus 25 degrees celsius, but, despite the cold, the winter festival is a huge tourist attraction — more than a million people visited last year. now it's the twelfth day of christmas and if you were expecting 12 drummers drumming you might be disappointed. in the us state of maine, these goats are being treated to cast—off christmas trees. smiling hill farm took in 650 trees last year and is treating its hungry herd of goats to the same festive

feast this year. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. we have had a lot of cloud across the country today and that is what we will keep for the rest of the afternoon. we will have breaks from time to time, allowing for some brightness. with the breeze coming off the sea, it will be cooler in the east, five or six degrees. a south—westerly flow further west and here milder. a weak front will arrive through the night and bring rain to scotland and northern ireland. but as it bumps into high pressure, it will weaken. with all the cloud around, generally speaking, it will be a little mild we are temperatures holding up in the west. favoured spots eastern

scotla nd the west. favoured spots eastern scotland and north—east england. tomorrow a band of cloud bringing drizzle to northern england and wales. top temperatures on sunday of seven to 11 degrees. take care. hello this is bbc news with shaun ley.