this is bbc news, i'm carole walker. the headlines at 11:00pm: police name 51—year—old lee pomeroy as the man who was fatally stabbed on a train in surrey yesterday. a man has been arrested in connection with the murder. in relation to what we know so far regarding what's happened, it was not random in terms of there was no contact between the two people before the incident. we know that they was talking together. that's all that we know about the two men at this moment in time. the bbc understands that two british special forces soldiers have been seriously injured in an islamic state attack in syria. the police watchdog begins an inquiry after a 31—year—old man is shot dead by armed officers in coventry. white house officials including vice—president mike pence make no progress in a meeting with democrats, as the government shutdown goes into its third week. also this hour: it is fa cup third—round weekend. league one strugglers gillingham have caused the biggest upet, knocking out premier league

cardiff with a 1—0 win. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, joe twyman and yasmin alibhai—brown. stay with us for that. the family of a man who was fatally stabbed on a train yesterday say he was honourable and would always help others in trouble. lee pomeroy, who was 51, was attacked in front of his teenage son, just after they boarded a train in guildford in surrey. a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, and a woman detained at the same time is being held on suspicion of assisting an offender. our correspondent chi chi izundu has the latest. today should have been

lee pomeroy‘s 52nd birthday. but instead, his family are mourning his sudden death, witnessed by his 14—year—old son. in a statement, they said: after a 17—hour manhunt, at 6:00am this morning, at this property in farnham, police arrested a 35—year—old man on suspicion of murder. a woman was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. police also removed a vauxhall corsa, and forensic teams and officers have

been here searching the house. we understand no weapons had been found. i heard the police shouting the usual stuff. you know, put your hands up, turn around, and all that sort of thing. and then, you know, it went quiet. they led her out first, put her in a police wagon over there, and a few minutes later they brought him out, handcuffed, put him in a police wagon here. there were armed police everywhere. lots more police turned up, and that was it. it was yesterday at around 1:00pm in the afternoon that lee pomeroy and his son got onto the train at the london road station, in guildford, to waterloo. today, police described the confrontation. both menjoining the train at guildford. more or less straightaway, there was an conversation between the two men. they have continued that conversation for about three or four minutes, first in one carriage, and then in a second carriage. at some stage, violence then ensued,

resulting in the tragic death of the man yesterday afternoon. specialist officers are supporting mr pomeroy‘s 14—year—old son. police have expressed concern for those who witnessed this incredibly frightening attack. an independent investigation has begun into the fatal shooting of a 31—year—old man by police during a raid on a house in coventry. sean fitzgerald died at the scene on burnaby road last night, and two other men are being questioned on suspicion of being involved in the production of cannabis. sarah campbell reports. this is the man shot dead by police. 31—year—old sean fitzgerald, who a friend today said was the kind of person who went out of his way to help people. no matter how nice a guy is, or how bad a guy is, nobody deserves to get killed. that's number one. and especially from the police, that's the people who are supposed to protect us and keep us safe.

few details have been confirmed by the police about last night's raid, other than it was part of a long—running intelligence—led operation. two men, both aged 26, were arrested and are being questioned about involvement in cannabis production. investigators from the independent office for police conduct have spent the day at burnaby road. contrary to initial reports, the watchdog has said there is no indication that mr fitzgerald was shot in the back. body—worn video has been examined, and there will be a full forensic postmortem, and the findings of that will form part of the independent iopc investigation. neighbours have expressed their shock at what has happened so close to home. i've lived here for 21 years. i've never seen anything like this, that bad. you always think, "ooh, it's never going to happen where i live", and when it does, it's a bit of a shock. the house in which sean fitzgerald was shot continues to be searched. close by, there are a growing number of tributes to him. sarah campbell, bbc news.

two british special forces soldiers have been seriously injured in an attack in syria by fighters from so—called islamic state. it is understood they were wounded by a missile which exploded near the syrian town of deir al—zour, in the east of the country. russia's deputy foreign minister says moscow won't consider a prisoner swap for a former us marine with british nationality who has been arrested on suspicion of spying. paul whelan, who also has canadian and irish nationality, was detained by the fsb security agency last month. his family say he is innocent and was in russia for a friend's wedding. donald trump says that the partial us government shutdown, now entering its third week, could last months or even years. democrats are refusing to fund mr trump's wall along the border with mexico. officials from the white house and congress are meeting again now. mr trump says he is considering declaring a national emergency in order to build the wall without congressional approval. our correspondent david willis is in washington. they met for a couple

of hours this morning, senior democratic officials, and senior government — senior white house officials, including the vice president, mike pence, and the president's son—in—lanared kushner. we don't know, however, if they just left for lunch, or whether that's it for the day, or whether they will be coming back. so it's difficult to see, despite whatever happens today, that there will be some sort of breakthrough, because these two sides are so farapart. president trump, of course, insisting that any solution to the government shutdown be conditional on funding available for his pet project, the border wall. the democrats flatly refusing to have anything to do with that project, which was of course a signature campaign issue for donald trump a couple of years ago.

they say that the wall would be ineffective, and it would be effectively a waste of money. so we have, as i say, two sides a long way apart. president trump, though, saying this morning that a lot of people do support the border wall. the only people who don't, he said, were criminals, drug dealers and human traffickers. and he's talking now about this idea of declaring a national emergency, to somehow drive through the building of the wall and get the funds he needs. is that a realistic option? it would be a highly controversial move, were he to go in that direction. and it's the sort of move which i don't think would have the full support even of his own party, let alone the democrats. it would be the sort — it would be using the sort of legislation, the sort of rules, if you like, that are normally implemented in times of war.

in order to basically get funds from the pentagon, the department of defense, to build that wall. and i think there would be a lot of legal challenges as well. hence it may be some — this may be not the sort of strategy that president trump is really considering employing. it may have been floated more as a sort of threat, if you like, to the democrats than as a realistic proposition, because it would be, as i say, highly controversial. 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. a chief executive of the firm awarded a controversial government contract to operate cross—channel freight ferries after brexit insists the company will provide a good service, despite never

operating ferries before. seabourne freight, which has no trading history, told a french website it would be ready to make four round trips daily between ramsgate and ostend in time for britain leaving the eu at the end of march. two stabbings have taken place in east london this afternoon. police were called to church road in leyton just after 3:30pm, where a woman was found with stab injuries and two men had suffered slash wounds. the woman, who is in her 30s, is in a critical condition in hospital. and, in what is believed to be a separate incident, a couple of miles away, a 26—year—old man was found with stab wounds on field road in forest gate. the victim remains in a critical condition in hospital and a man has been arrested on suspicion of grevious bodily harm. three men have been killed and four others wounded in a shooting at a bowling alley in southern california.

witnesses say shots were fired after a fight broke out at the gable house bowl complex, in the coastal city of torrance on friday night. police say no suspects have yet been identified. the un children's agency, unicef, says the central african republic, already one of the most dangerous country's on earth, is also the worst place in the world to be a child. after six years of civil war, rival armed groups control most of the country, and the conditions for children are desperate. one in 2a newborns doesn't survive beyond their first 28 days, and just three in five children complete their primary school education. our correspondent anna foster reports from kaga—bandoro, a remote area around 250 miles from the capital, bangul in the heart of africa, a ribbon of water winds its way from north to south.

400 kilometres from the nearest proper road, kaga—bandoro is a difficult place to reach. but no matter how far the journey, how long it takes you to arrive, nothing can prepare you for this. no incubators — babies wrapped in kitchen foil to survive. translation: we have nothing. my daughter, that's all i've got. we were attacked by rebels. i was pregnant. what do i do now? i hope things are better for her. six years of fighting, and healthcare in kaga—bandoro is almost nonexistent. one hospital, one doctor, nearly 200,000 patients. medics afraid to work here because of the threat of attack. when there's security, you can have access to the population.

you will see sometimes they try to recruit people, but they refuse to come in this area. so this is a very — a very big problem. security is the umbrella, and then everything would follow. in a town where ammunition is on sale at the local market, there is no security. makeshift camps beside a united nations compound are the only place where people feel safe. just outside the safe zone, we found this abandoned village, ransacked by rebels on a killing spree. at least 26 people were murdered. those who survived won't return. kaga—bandoro is a city divided by this bridge across the river. behind me is that muslim area, in front is the christian area. and as you can see, they are separated by huge curls of barbed wire and a heavily manned un checkpoint. and, in many ways, this bridge is a symbol of the division thatis affecting the whole country. with most men fighting, these muslim women fled to neighbouring chad. they thought it would be safe

to return, but there is little here for them now. translation: when we came back, we were treated like strangers. we, the women, have suffered most. men come for our daughters. they take them away. many of us have been raped. everything they could do to a woman, they did. singing. schools in kaga—bandoro aren't just here to educate. there are also to keep children in classes and off the battlefield. 15—year—old justin watched seven members of his family being murdered. he wanted revenge, and was welcomed into a rival armed group. translation: me and my friends would cut up the bodies and take whatever they had on them, their belongings and everything. i really didn't like being in the group, and was very glad when i was released. now, he is being looked

after, and is training to be a carpenter. most of the central african republic is under rebel control. the government is in no position to take over. jeanette ngaindiro told me she wanted her daughter to grow up and make a difference. ten days after we filmed her, the baby girldied. in a country where young lives stand little chance, what future can possibly lie ahead? anna foster, bbc news, in the central african republic. the headlines on bbc news: police name 51—year—old lee pomeroy as the man who was fatally stabbed on a train in surrey yesterday. a man's been arrested in connection with the murder. the bbc understands that two british special forces soldiers have been seriously injured in an islamic state attack in syria. the police watchdog begins an inquiry — after a 31—year—old man is shot dead by armed officers in coventry. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's

ben. hello. hello. good evening. we are in the middle of one of football's biggest weekends. it's fa cup third round weekend. the top teams havejoined in — and the ties didn't disappoint. we've had a couple of upsets already today. the biggest at priestfield, where league one gillingham beat premier league strugglers cardiff city — 45 places above them. 21—year—old elliot list with the only goal of the game in the 81st minute. the gills are just a point above relegation in league one...but are now through to the fourth round of the fa cup for the first time in 15 years. a great strike there. there were further surprises too, as a couple of other league one sides, accrington and portsmouth, beat championship opposition in ipswich and norwich, respectively. big win too for bristol city. i—0 winners over huddersfield town, who will be disappointed to go out, but realistically have

premier league survival to worry about. josh brownhill with the only goal of the game. no trouble for manchester united. they are safely through to the next round. a fifth win in a row for new caretaker manager ole gunnar solksjear as adam wild reports. in this famous old competition, these two sides of history. manchester united and reading first met in the fa cup more than a century ago. times may have changed, but this is a united side beginning to remind everyone of what they've once had. they went ahead, thanks to a very modern twist. the ball went in, but a video replay here gave them a penalty instead. juan mata keeping his cards. despite their stuttering season in the championship, reading to create enough chances to keep this a contest. opportunities though theyjust could not take. united could. their lead was doubled before the break, romelu lukaku squeezing into second.

winning one and the extent of five. not bad to the glory days quite yet at old trafford but for manchester united things continue to look brighter. and wild, bbc news. here are the rest of today's results, from the early kick offs brighton beat bournemouth in an all premier league tie, and burnley won at home to barnsley. a stoppage—time penalty in that one. burnley had gone 64 games without being awarded one. in the three o'clock kick offs there were wins for bolton, brentford, and swansea. middlesbrough recorded the biggest win of the day — all five of their goals coming in the second half against peterborough. and in this evening's games — arsenal and crystal palace both won, while newcastle and blackburn drew so they'll need a replay. newcastle coming from behind in that one. all the scores, highlights and analysis over on the bbc sport website. to rugby union's premiership, and leicester tigers have continued their recent good run as they try to turn their season around. they beat gloucester by 3a points to 16 at welford road — george ford on the scoresheet for the home side, as wasjonny may

who ran in a couple of tries against his old side. elsewhere leaders exeter beat bristol, worcester beat bath and harlequins saw off bottom side newcastle. in the pro 14, ospreys beat cardiff 20—ii, this pinpoint cross field kick from sam davies helped george north to one of two ospreys tries. wins too for benneton, scarlets, edinburgh, munster, and leinster. and netball‘s new super league season has started. all of the first round matches were played on the same day, in the same place — the birmingham arena. and in a repeat of last season's final, wasps beat loughborough lightning by 72 points to 42 in what had been expected to be a much closer tie. there were also wins for superleague debutants london pulse, team bath and strathclyde sirens. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much indeed.

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 ryanair‘s overall score was dismal, with the airline's reputation declining significantly over the past year. 2018 wasn't a good year for ryanair. multiple strikes by its staff across europe meant 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 the ratings as irrelevant. it said it is now carried mi million passengers each year. an increase of 78% injust six years. tom burridge, bbc news. 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's 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 actual helicopter managed to winch them off the crag from where they were and i was below the crag, which was carn dearg buttress, where, unfortunately, she'd 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 is returning from the mountain after a training day. it's horrible to hear of accidents

and fatalities in the mountains, especially because it's such a life—affirming thing to do. despite all of our best efforts, we can't control everything. it is a risky environment and 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. a restaurant owner injapan has paid a record $3.1 million for a single pacific blue fin tuna. the hammer came down on the winning bid during an auction at the world's largest fish market, in the country's capital, tokyo. from there, 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 by kiyoshi kimura for his 278 kilo prize 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 relationship 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 pacific bluefin 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 40%. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in

tokyo. in a few minutes‘ time we'll have our second edition of the papers and a chance to see what challenges our reviewers think lie ahead for the prime minister over brexit. and theresa may herself will be interviewed on the andrew marr show tomorrow morning as the programme returns for a new year. that's at ten o'clock on bbc one. it'll be available afterwards via the iplayer. now though darren bett has the weather forecast. hello. hello there. good evening. very quiet weather at the moment and pretty dull weather as well. that was certainly the case today with cloudier skies for many parts of the uk. a bit like this, a weather watcher picture taken in shropshire. we still have cloudier skies for many places overnight and into tomorrow and all because of high pressure. that is in charge of the weather. it is essentially filled with cloud. a weakening weather front moving in from the north—west. we are seeing rain and drizzle at

the moment across scotland are parts of northern ireland. that will peter out as it drifts slowly down towards the far north of england. lots of cloud ahead of that, brakes coming into the far north—west of scotland later on in the night. and briefly in the north—east of scotland it will turn quite chilly. otherwise temperatures under the cloud are typically 2—4d. pockets of rain and drizzle will linger across parts of southern scotland, north—west england, and move back towards northern ireland late in the day. there is a loss of cloud to the south of that. if you are looking for the sunshine it is across northern scotland where the temperature is a backdown to seven degrees. elsewhere, milder than today, despite all the cloud around. the high pressure bringing cloud will get squeezed away on monday. we have a storm coming in from the atla ntic have a storm coming in from the atlantic and that will pack a punch lead in the day across northern scotla nd lead in the day across northern scotland severe gales in the forecast. the winds will pick up for all of us on monday, a change in recent days. rain mainly for

scotla nd recent days. rain mainly for scotland and northern ireland as that syncs southwards it tends to peter out. we get sunshine in northern ireland, northern england, and southern england. the main story is the strength of the wind on monday. much windierfurther is the strength of the wind on monday. much windier further north across the uk, gusts of 70 mph or more in northern scotland. it should bea mild more in northern scotland. it should be a mild day with temperatures widely in double figures. that storm conor that area of low pressure will sweep away towards scandinavia eventually, by tuesday, it will be windy overnight, then more of a author north—westerly wind arriving on tuesday. that will be a much colder wind. —— another. on tuesday. that will be a much colderwind. —— another. i on tuesday. that will be a much colder wind. —— another. i think the north—west will turn hazy later on and we will see shower was running into north—eastern parts of scotland, gunners no —— north sea close. for a while the wind will touch gale force. further west, the winds will be lighter, temperatures back into single figures, typically 7-9d back into single figures, typically 7—9d or so. in the sunshine it

should not feel too bad. probably going to be chilly by wednesday. hello, this is bbc news. we will be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first the headlines: the family of lee pomeroy, the 51—year—old man fatally stabbed on a train in surrey yesterday, say it was a pointless attack. a man has been arrested in connection with the murder. the bbc understands that two british special forces soldiers have been seriously injured in an islamic state attack in syria. an investigation has been started after a 31—year—old man was shot dead by police in coventry. officers had gone to an address near the city centre as part of a pre—planned operation. white house officials including vice president mike pence make no progress in a meeting with democrats, as the government shutdown goes into its third week. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be

bringing us tomorrow. with me arejoe twyman, who is the director of the polling organisation deltapoll, and the author and journalist yasmin alibhai—brown. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. let's start with the observer, which reports that the threat of a tory rebellion could mean a delay in the rollout of the government's flagship welfare reform, universal credit, as work and pensions secretary amber rudd seeks approval for a pilot scheme to be rolled out instead. brexit leads the independent. the paper says theresa may's hopes of securing legally binding changes needed to win support of her deal are fading,