revenue is shot to pieces really. that lord berkeley talking on sky this morning. let's speak now tojoe rukin from stop hsz, the national campaign against the project, who is in kenilworth in yorkshire. good morning to you. this is exactly what you want to hear, and i suppose the problem as it comes from somebody who's been a long—standing critic of the project. well, tony bla kley critic of the project. well, tony blakley spent a decade at eurotunnel and was part of the rail freight organisation, so this is someone who was very, very much pro—rail, and also knows what he's talking about. ijust also knows what he's talking about. i just need to also knows what he's talking about. ijust need to correct you. you said this is almost double the original cost. actually, it triple the original cost for the original cost of h52 was 32.7 billion. 2010. and now we are looking at over three times that amount. the other thing is, back then it was meant to connect to heathrow airport, the channel tunnel, and those things have gone, and yet are still

ra m pa ntly have gone, and yet are still rampa ntly out of have gone, and yet are still rampantly out of control and basically, what tony buckley said todayis basically, what tony buckley said today is what we have been saying for years, the costs have been deliberately underestimated, the benefits of been massively overestimated, the damage to the environment has been downplayed because it's been lobbied for by the construction industry and there is a thing called entry and you come up with a proposal and you make it cost about what you think you can get the politicians to believe it will be working for. you say, yes, this is what is going to cost and these other benefits, go ahead with it, aren't you? yes. it's only after that point they say, actually, you know what, it's going to cost billions of pounds more than that, it won't do anything like we have said but, you know what, we are getting billions of pounds out of you for building it and our mates are going to make a lot of money around the square mile around the central station, manchester piccadilly circle, they will make a lot of money as well, and that's what this has always been about and what this has always been about and what tony barclay‘s report is on

todayis what tony barclay‘s report is on today is what we have been saying for decades. it's about time that someone for decades. it's about time that someone in government actually listen to the truth and stopped listening to the lobbyists. it's a problem for you now know the politics have changed massively for the last three months? no. can i finish the question, please? boris johnson did not have a parliamentary majority at that time, a small significant number of conservative mps in the south of england to be passionately opposed to hs2. now he has won lots of seats in the north of england where the strength of feeling for hs2 is logically strongerfor london... feeling for hs2 is logically stronger for london... no. therefore, the politics is more likely to go ahead... absolutely not. i do not know, i am sorry that

is completely incorrect. the idea that there is massive support for this and in north of england is wrong. there are things, vested interest like the northern power voice partnership, which has set itself up as spokesperson for the north, they are all for it. they are getting paid for construction and getting paid for construction and getting £1 billion for building hs2. what happened with the election is all of those towns, those places are left behind and ignored. left about and taken for granted have stood up and taken for granted have stood up and said we have had enough, hs2 for them is more of the same. it is about saying well, the north, you know, it will do really well for that square mile around manchester piccadilly station and that square mall around leeds central station. that is what they know it is, isn't it? we will have to leave it there. thank you very much for being with us thank you very much for being with us this morning. we will be taking a

look at the papers in just a few moments. nando, a look at the weather, here is still. early quiet weekend of weather. still got a weather front close by to the north of scotland, is a thicker cloud there, submit and pieces of rain on the rather more noticeable went here than elsewhere. the cloud just thick enough across the high ground in western england and wales. not amounting to much. in relatively mild afternoon. not a great deal changes to the course of the evening. with a fairly complete cloud cover, temperatures holding up 4010 degrees or so. a mild search of the new day on monday. it dries out for many, but do not be filled by that. in northern ireland, scotland

and the north of england and increasingly early afternoon, eventually into the midlands you will also the range. it binds up nicely behind it. no rain in the south—east until quite late in the day. goodbye. hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines... iranian mps chant "death to america!", as president trump warns the united states has a list of 52 targets that will be hit "very hard " if iran retaliates for the killing of its top military leader. royal navy warships are ordered to escort british—flagged vessels in the persian gulf and the prime minister is returning to the uk from his caribbean holiday. hundreds of thousands of people gather in the iranian city of ahvaz after the body of general soleimani arrived from iraq earlier. this is the scene live in the iranian city of ahvaz where hundreds of thousands of people are gathered after the body of general soleimani arrived from iraq.

the australian bushfires claim their 24th life — as a man dies helping defend a friend's home in new south wales. more than 2,000 homes have been destroyed and an estimated 500 million animals killed. the costs of hs2 are "out of control" and its benefits overstated, according to the deputy chair of its review panel. before the papers — sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. good morning to you. good morning to you, as well. england's cricketers are off to a fantastic start in cape town. it's day three of the 2nd test against south africa. and they have james anderson to thank — his two early wickets, saw south africa finish on 223. giving england a 46 run lead — and they now have the chance to build on that in their second innings. they are currently xx—xx — as they look to level

—— they are currently 17 without loss, as they look to level the board match series. fa cup third round weekend continues today, with 11 more ties. one of the great stories so far, has been that of 40—year—old aaron wilbraham. he scored the equaliser for league one rochdale, who took newcastle united, of the premier league, to a replay. and as alex gulrajani reports, that wasn't the only comeback of the day. commentator: first time. wilbraham! at 40 years old, aaron wilbraham might have thought the days of scoring against a premier league side were behind him. but he did just that. steve bruce, a cup winner in his playing days, brought newcastle to rochdale, two divisions beneath them. 0nly victory on their minds, especially when mickael amarone, a £21 million striker, gave them the lead. but the boys from the big league couldn't finish their lowly opponents. wilbraham snatching a draw

which earned his side a money—spinning replay at newcastle's st james's park. looking forward to it and went there with bristol city, actually, and scored a few years ago. so i'll be looking to do the same again, hopefully. it was a similar story at vicarage road where watford threw away a three—goal lead at home to tranmere. 46 league places between two divisions separate these two and no—one could have predicted this comeback. two goals in 15 minutes reduced the gap to just one and with time running out, tranmere were awarded a penalty. paul mullin, the hero. it's a special moment against a premier league side to get the replay and get them back to prenton park on a tuesday or wednesday night. watford are a great side, but if we do what we did today, the second half mentality right and go toe to toe with them and see where it takes us. what that result meant to tranmere's players and fans is clear. the fa cup adventure well and truly still alive for them and rochdale. alex gulrajani, bbc news. there are more chances

for upsets today. amongst them, non—league side afc fylde are away to sheffield united. fylde are the lowest ranked team left in the cup — they earned their place in round three with victory over kingstonian — and they freely admit this is the biggest match in their history. i think in this case it's going to be something special for our team—mates, afc fylde. we've not been to the third round before. when you get a chance to play a premier league game it's notjust a normal match on a normal weekend. we are really looking forward to it and hopefully there will be a good atmosphere as well. later today, there's a merseyside derby at anfield. carlo ancelotti's arrival at goodison park has given everton a renewed sense of confidence, and one man in particular seems to have benifitted more than others. striker dominic calvert—lewin has scored three times, since the italian's arrival. —— benefited more. for me, as a young player,

you can't really ask for anyone better to be in charge. you know, he's worked at some of the biggest clubs in the world and worked with some of the best players and best strikers in the world. so for me, it's an unbelievable learning experience at this stage in my career and to have the backing of him, like i have done so far, it fills me with a lot of confidence going onto the pitch and, as you can see in my current form, i've been hitting the back of the net. so i'd like to think that's helped. that's all the sport for now. don't forget, the bbc sport website has more on all the results of the 3rd round so far and the build up to today's matches. the womens super league also returns from its winter break today. now on bbc news, it's the papers. hello and welcome to our look at this morning's papers. with me are the journalist josie cox and the sun on sunday's

political editor david wooding. the shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmerjoins i hope you both had a great break over christmas. let us take a look at what the front pages are saying. the observer says that doubts are growing over the united states case for killing qassem suleimani. it says that donald trumps decision has driven a wedge between washington's relations with its allies. the sunday times says that british troops in iraq are trapped in a tinderbox after the assasination of qassem suleimani. it reports that they're going to be given more firepower to combat any possible attack. the mail on sunday says the prime minister is jetting back to the uk to deal with the iran crisis. the paper says a number of ministers are angry that president trump didn't give the uk prior warning before the attack. the sunday express leads with the foreign office's advice that british tourists in the united arab emirates and israel should remain vigilant — whilst telling tourists in iraq or iran to leave immediately.

the sunday telegraph says that the navy is set to be deployed to guard british ships in the gulf. the independent leads with a report from iran. they say that the funeral was marked by outpourings of grief and vows of vengeance. the sunday mirror carries a report on milly dowler‘s killer, levi bellfield. let's begin with the sunday times. all the front pages petty much united on this one big story. 0bviously united on this one big story. obviously the big question now is how is iran going to respond to this? i think more immediately there are so many this? i think more immediately there are so many question specifically here in the uk of what this means for relations between the uk and ds. borisjohnson has yet for relations between the uk and ds. boris johnson has yet to for relations between the uk and ds. borisjohnson has yet to respond, as we know he is jetting borisjohnson has yet to respond, as we know he isjetting back from his holiday. but he has not quite landed yet and lots of papers make the

point that he is cutting his holiday short and rushing back to the uk, but does not seem like he is in any great rush with me to be quite frank. it is definitely his biggest foreign policy tests and his premiership began. it'll be interesting to see how that pans out. and then, more broadly i think it'll be interesting to see the analysis unfold. 0ver it'll be interesting to see the analysis unfold. over the justification for this attack, lots of experts have been saying that the case is quite thin provide trump decided to do this. it is daphne quite an unusual step to take for any quite an unusual step to take for a ny western quite an unusual step to take for any western superpower to order a political assassination in this danger. so, lots and lots of questions that will help get some a nswe i’s questions that will help get some a nswers to. questions that will help get some answers to. dave, what do you make of the sunday times this morning?m obviously looks like britain is putting the defence into the places where our interests are most address, that is in the region. let us address, that is in the region. let us not forget, despite the unease

about a political assassination of an enemy on another country, iran has been behind a lot of terrorism in this region and in particular soleimani is the more it lower to his bed behind a lot of these attacks. it seems that boris has already ordered to rush the guns into those areas like embassies and places across the region. as you say there are a lot of people who are vulnerable he might not be serving in the military, diplomats, tourists, all kinds of people. striking photo on the front from one of the mourners attending the funeral in, i say the funeral in the first of a series of possessions. this is going to be huge pr operation if nothing else, isn't it?

for iran, but perhaps also for donald trump. —— for iraq. he has proven many times in the past couple of weeks and months that his aim is to present himself as the strong man, isuppose, to present himself as the strong man, i suppose, and to create a legacy of sorts into the run—up to the next election. perhaps this is also an attempt by him to perhaps detract from some of the impeachment chatter that is going on in the us. and to disprove that he is a competent, capable leader who can make strong decisions whether they are the right decisions and whether they are justified is another question. it highlights the erratic nature of donald trump. when he came to power three years ago it was all about withdrawing the people from the middle east, withdrawing american interest and now because of this decision to launch a political

assassination, it is in fact if anything tied to america back into that region. they cannot polite quite so easily as they were going to. the observed very, josie, says that you gibb repartee, a certain degree of scepticism about the american case that there was an immediate threat. it has to be set against the series of attacks that had been only in the last few months, i think 11 had been only in the last few months, ithink11 in had been only in the last few months, i think 11 in iraq and the killing of an american civilian last friday. that is exactly right and i think one of the interesting things has been the presence of donald trump on social media since the attack and him trying desperately to justify it post event. i think he fired upa justify it post event. i think he fired up a barrage of tweets on the last night, you know, reinforcing his narrative on the whole thing. now, the tweets to me sounded

slightly... entry trump style, i do not know what the right term as poet. very out there. he is certainly not afraid to speak his mind. but people have also come out and said the shoes he is out of touch with the reality of the situation, he does not fully understand the implications. some have even called him unhinged. so, you know, this isjust another iteration of trump being trump. you know, this isjust another iteration of trump being trumpm is interesting literature angle imagined there, josie. let not forget this sudden tap and as a result of donald trump tweeting against the iran regime and against soleimani. —— let us not forget this incident happened. last 90% he has 95% smart among republicans what is done, which again makes you very ellis a bit with an election or other corner. wright let us look at the sunday telegraph, this answers your point about how does it affect britain? one very direct way is the

navy ships in the gulf. in the gulf the ships have been victims of piracy, again iran, we must not underestimate despite any criticism of champion, the bad guys here are iran. it is whether trump's response to that was proportionate or not. that is the truth. it highlights in the sunday telegraph piece, a bit of affection that is not to strongly bridge between the four hidden office and mention of defence. the defence secretary saying we should through our support behind america, but as the foreign secretary is saying we need to ds glacial is a bit. better fiction there. nevertheless, iran is the bad guy. —— may need to de—escalate.

perhaps thatjust perhaps that just shows the royal navy are strengthening their position. and even more striking image, josie, the demonstrations we will see more of today and tomorrow. might across the region that highlights this year impact of this event and the gravity of it. you know, how disproportionate i suppose the ukrainian regime considered this attack to be. the pictures we are looking at now our lives from the city where the body is being shown, i'm sorry in iran. where the coffin is going. this gives you an idea of the fact demonstrations on the round iran. very much, even if the government had orchestrated that in what is the second most populous city in iran, they may be a second

amount of orchestration, there's clearly a lot genuine anger. its prize in our nation, we had been attacked, we will respond even if we do not like the regime at home. we have seen the burning of uk flags, as well as american flags. moving away from the middle east, we will look at the story on the front of the telegraph about hs2. the business case for this, has a change? even if they politics has changed, has the business case change? the numbers have changed. this is really a remarkable story, a remarkable report. it puts the cost of hs to at almost treble what it originally was. it really does call into question how rigorous the initial analysis really was and what the ultimate economic impact and benefit of hs2 really will be. so, i

think this could actually mark the beginning of the end of hs2 as we know it. if you can say that. of course, it is a very critical months. we will get a decision later on this month by the hs2 both won in its current form as planned, whether its current form as planned, whether it will be scrapped altogether over better in moderated, toned down version will materialise. but regardless, either way, version will materialise. but regardless, eitherway, it is version will materialise. but regardless, either way, it is a huge figure. the government has already spent something like £9 billion hs2 before even an inch of track had been made. that at the same time as the nhs being deeply underfunded. david, but the government to cancel this, borisjohnson david, but the government to cancel this, boris johnson has david, but the government to cancel this, borisjohnson has never been a great fan of hs2 and a lot of conservative mps in the south—east of england heavily affected by this have not been either. but politically, to cancel it would be to say i got it wrong, theresa may

cottage run, david cameron got it wrong, governments going back, you can set as labour's vault. is it not more likely that they will come up with a version of the plan that is a bit cheaper? but basically still satisfies the desire to improve rail links in the north, because otherwise they have one of the seats in the north and then they are taking infrastructure away. yes, i think so. borisjohnson said in the la st think so. borisjohnson said in the last election that he wanted infrastructure to be a major issue, along with the nhs. 0f infrastructure to be a major issue, along with the nhs. of those northern seats were won something, but if he spent all this money, £107 billion on this one project, that does not leave a lot in the kitty. the big issue as well as notjust the class, it is the completion date. —— the class, it is the completion date. — — not the class, it is the completion date. —— not just the class, it is the completion date. —— notjust the cost. it is now going to 60p for every pound

invested. i think you are right, what will happen is he will find a way of building from the north downwards, so that the north but feel the benefits first. the important thing is if you scrapped this, whatever the cost and whether we need high—speed rail or not, what we need high—speed rail or not, what we do need is capacity. there is not the capacity and perhaps he will do it in conjunction with an east—west line of some kind connecting the towns and cities. let us move on to a better as it were. inside the sunday mirror, josie, we have got lisa nandi and a great headline. what is more they have spelt keir starmer correctly. indeed, this is his big launch day stop not exactly unexpected, we had seen this coming for some time. i fear if you jokes

coming on, he is coming to steve na g e. coming on, he is coming to stevenage. stevenage is not a place they lost last time, they lost some time ago. even though he was probe remained, he can reach out to brexit supporting towns. exactly, ithink that'll be one of the big point that he makes. the labour party was predominantly remain, so that'll be somewhere where he can take up some support. in addition to that, he is also, he is quite business that they, he has that acumen that perhaps they, he has that acumen that perhaszeremy they, he has that acumen that perhaps jeremy corbyn might they, he has that acumen that perhaszeremy corbyn might have liked. so, as a result of that, i think that he, you know, he stands a good chance of picking up a pair portion. time is against this, david. another political story, if we made. anotherfigure who is determined not to be consigned to

history. nigel farage. halfway through the review and we have not mentioned the dword, brexit. that shows how the world has moved on the new year. this nigel barrage is determined to make sure we do not forget brexit and he is going to throw a big party on january the sist, throw a big party on january the 3ist, £100,000 throw a big party on january the 31st, £100,000 invested in fireworks, bands playing and a little momentum over other gas. we cannot wait to find out what the memento is. we will end with grace girls. page three of the times. gray school roll is. some good news for the bed scroll. the great squirrel is very dominant. this is a story about the team who cloned dolly the sheep is looking into a solution for

the threat of the great squirrel. so, ido the threat of the great squirrel. so, i do not fully understand other genetics and science behind this, but i think the long story short is they are looking at a way of making female grey squirrel sterile, so that the populations, prevents the explosion. my smack so we will potentially have very elderly great squirrels and some young red ones. we were safe. dave and josie, thank you ever so we were safe. dave and josie, thank you ever so much by rushing to the pages for its at the end. i'm sorry we ran out of time. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — 7 days a week on the website and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer.

hello once again. the weekend continues the way it started. saturday was a cloudy day for many parts of the british isles and the rest of sunday will also be equally cloudy. there will be some gaps in the cloud, away from the north and west of scotland. a weather fencer keeping the rain coming and going here at times throughout the course of the day. the old spot of rain across the high ground in the western side of england and wales. northern ireland is very cloud—like, but at least it is mild. 12 degrees for some. they went at its strongest across the north—western quarter of scotland, a gentle breeze a little bit further towards the south. not a gradual of change into the evening. that rain perhaps just leaving

scotla nd that rain perhaps just leaving scotland for a time. where the cloud breaks, eastern side of the hills perhaps we could get down to three of4 perhaps we could get down to three of 4 degrees. generally many of the rna range of five to ten. not a particularly constructed the new day, but a dry one for many. notice the number of isoba rs day, but a dry one for many. notice the number of isobars and that we have a weather front, too. northern ireland early risers may still be in dry conditions, but they really will not last very long at all. eventually the rain comes into england and the south—west of england. you will not say it until later in the day across east anglia and the south—east. this guy will brighten nicely, a blustery enter the day here. if he thought that was a windy day, look at this. this is tuesday building up with a low pressure close to iceland. the front will dangle its rain all over northern and western parts of britain, fleetingly for a time to the midlands, east anglia and the

south—east. the rainbowjust keep on going across the north—western quarter of scotland. the real concern as they went. the met office already have a yellow winning out for the gassing is here. —— for the wind here. that could well be disruptive to your travel plans. but at least it is all coming from a mild direction. we could get up to 15 or 16 degrees. a wet and windy started the week, very mild, things get else a bit quieter and drier as the big goes on.

this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 10. iranian mps chant "death to america!", as president trump warns the united states has a list of 52 targets that will be hit "very hard" if iran retaliates for the killing of its top military leader. royal navy warships are ordered to escort british—flagged vessels in the persian gulf and the prime minister is returning to the uk from his caribbean holiday. this is the scene live in the shi'ite holy city of mashhad in north—eastern iran where mourners have filled the streets. the australian bushfires claim their 24th life as a man dies helping defend a friend's property in new south wales. more than 2,000 homes have been destroyed. the costs of hs2 are "out of control" and its benefits