this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 4pm... businesses warn of price rises after the chancellor, sajid javid, said there would be no alignment with eu regulations after brexit. contenders in the race to replacejeremy corbyn as labour leader call for unity as they take part in the first hustings of the contest, answering questions from party members in liverpool. police demand an urgent meeting with the commander of the us base close to where harry dunn was killed, after another incident involving a car being driven on the wrong side of the road. heavy rain and thunderstorms dampen bushfires in eastern australia, but bring flooding to some areas.

british scientists suggest the number of people already infected by a new virus emerging in china is far greater than official figures suggest. a crack—down on alcohol—fuelled holidays in majorca and ibiza, as pub crawls and happy hours are banned in three popular resorts. and the hernia mesh implants used with little or no clinical evidence. find out more about that and other exclusive reports from the victoria derbyshire programme. that's in half an hour. british business groups have warned the chancellor there'll be higherfood prices and jobs might be affected,

if britain diverges from eu regulations after brexit. the warning comes after sajid javid's comments in today's financial times newspaper, where he's also insisted that firms must adjust to new regulations, and that not all businesses will benefit from brexit. in the article, he says... the food and drink federation have warned that the chancellor's comments sounded like the "death knell" for frictionless trade and would result in price rises. we'll speak to them in a moment. meanwhile, the confederation of british industry said, the government shouldn't feel ‘obliged' to depart from eu rules. the cbi's director general said...

our business correspondent, katy austin, is here. first, katy, how unexpected is this? well the messages to hammer home to businesses that they need to get used to the idea that there won't be the same alignment when it comes to regulations. this is not a new idea at all. boris johnson regulations. this is not a new idea at all. borisjohnson has signalled in his government that it does not wa nt to in his government that it does not want to close chuck close trading relationship afterwards. it does what not want to follow the rule book after it has left that block. this message is hammering home to businesses after october after businesses after october after businesses have said that this is not the direction they want to go in because it could hurtjobs and can bet it if no is. now we're coming up to the start of the transition period where trade negotiations are

really going to get going, and we get a picture of what life will be like after brexit. he is saying you need to plan for it as much as you can. as you can. what has been the reaction from wider business? there has been a pragmatic response accepting that the government wants to go in this direction. it does not wa nt to go in this direction. it does not want the uk to leave and perhaps get a better arrangement than perhaps it has at present but some manufacturing industries like the car industry is saying that it wants to have an early sight of exactly what the government is planning so it can help read between the lines, mitigating the effect and make sure that the volume of cars being made here for example doesn't go down, and so that trade can happen without too many problems. and the food and

drink federation as you have said they are saying that friction shameless trade could have implications in loading costs. right when do we get to see the detail on this? there wasn't a lot of detail in this. the devil is always in the detail and he did not specify exactly what regulations he wanted to pull away from and exactly what regulations affected which industries. we will of course have see but this is the crucial point when organisations are gonna have to step up when it comes to trade. let's get more on this then. joining us live now from rutland is ian wright, the ceo of the food and drink federation. what do you make of sirjavad's comments today. first of all, it was very apt that he made his comments

because there are implications to food and drink in these comments. he said we will not be in the single market in the customs union. we know that that is the government's position and they are perfectly entitled to take that course of action. what we don't know is where the divergence will be. it is not like they are going to suddenly rewrite the entire rule book. we are going to divert from the eu as we leave the european union on the 30th ist of december. what we don't know is where the individual elements of that divergence will come. from your business point of view, what are the alignment rules that are most pertinent to success? for the few food and drink industry which exports high percent of its production to the eu, so a massive percent of our workers are dependent on sales to the eu, we need trade

without friction and those sales. that is the test for the government going forward. in the negotiations on the european trade deal, and negotiations with america and others that are going on. incidentally, we strongly support this. we want free trade with the eu and america new zealand japan and canada. their test for the government is minimum possible friction. if they can meet that test, we will be very very happy. what are your suggestions then? you have said you are willing to work with the government. what would be the best way to meet in the middle? we think it is our duty to work with the government. we want the minimum number of sanity checks, so the minimum number of sanity checks, so checks on animal health, plant health that are consistent with the highest bubble possible standards of

food safety. we want minimum paperwork. that should be possible to be negotiated in a detailed and comprehensive and as the prime minister says ambitious free trade deal. that is down to the negotiators, and i have a lot of confidence. if it is michael gove who was doing those negotiations, i have a lot of confidence in their government's ability to do that, but that will be the test of them, and if they fail to meet that test, there will be consequences for manufacturing jobs, notjust there will be consequences for manufacturing jobs, not just in there will be consequences for manufacturing jobs, notjust in food and drink but in the other industries mentioned. you mentioned the cheques there where you said it would work. can it really be done? well we have at the moment and it works perfectly well. and it has in other free deals that work well. the

bala nces other free deals that work well. the balances of between speed... and everybody wants certainty, i understand that. the speed of the negotiation and the detail of the negotiation. and that is wrapped up in this use of the word comprehensive. so can you have a comprehensive. so can you have a comprehensive free trade deal and an ambitious one. i think you can, but it will be a big test and it is down to the government to deliver this. and companies like ours to advise them. you mentioned at the beginning of our conversation frictionless trade. is this where those price rises would appear from ? trade. is this where those price rises would appear from? yes. we currently have frictionless trade with the eu. the stockjust moves across whether it is to ireland or through the channel tunnel. it moves ina through the channel tunnel. it moves in a completely frictionless way. there are no barriers. we think that it is possible to replicate that in the free—trade deal, but it requires

both sides to have a lot of faith in the standards of the other side, and thatis the standards of the other side, and that is where this issue of regulatory divergence comes in. at the moment, we have the highest standards in food safety on both sides of the channel, between the republic and northern ireland. we need to keep that for three reasons, because it is great for trade, but more important because it is vital for consumer health and equally important it is vital for the faith of the consumer and particularly the uk consumer in the food and drink that they are eating. thank you very much. the five mps who want to replace jeremy corbyn as labour leader, have been taking questions from party members in liverpool. the candidates called for unity within the party, despite jostling for position over a number of issues. it's the first of a series

of events around the country, which will culminate in a new leader being selected at the start of april. here's our political correspondent, susana mendonca with the latest. heading in to face party numbers, this, the first hustings in labour's leadership contest. the opening question — how to bring a divided party together after its general election defeat. the whole point of the labour party was that it was established to bring together all views across the centre—left of politics to become a credible force to keep the tories out of power. and yes, we will disagree, but we have those disagreements in private. rebecca long bailey is seen as the closest candidate to outgoing leaderjeremy corbyn. the other front runner is sir keir starmer, who also called for unity. we've had far too much division. i think the whole of the party wants to be united. they want to come together, so we have to end factionalism. stop asking the question, which bit of the party you from? and start saying,

what are you saying? what i saw in the election, and i went to 44 constituencies, was the big teams of labour supporters out there drawing together, putting their differences aside. the candidates were also quizzed on their position on brexit, which is seen by some as a reason why labour lost many of its northern seats. the wigan mp, lisa nandi, who opposed another referendum, said the party had airbrushed complexities about brexit. my leave—voting constituents, are no more racist little englanders than my friends who voted to remain our liberal elitist, and we should never allow the tories to do that, to divide us, young against old. birmingham'sjess phillips also said the party needed to bring together the north and the south. our coalition of labour voters and labour members has two very big hearts in this game. we have got to send that fight to borisjohnson to make sure that in grimsby he is delivering exactly what he promised on the side

of a bus, at the same time as making sure that in our london seats, people feel we are not going to turn away from europe. tell me what democracy looks like. this is what democracy looks like. the shadow foreign secretary, emily thornbury, who campaigned for another referendum said that labour had to unite now against the conservatives. we may well end up facing a no—deal brexit, and we have to take the fight to that, because in the end, what unites all of us is that we have to look afterjobs and the economy because that is what we are about. as for its new leader, the candidates will be vying for the support they will need to make it to the final round of voting. the chief constable of northamptonshire police has demanded an urgent meeting with the commander of the us base where the woman wanted over the death of harry dunn was stationed after video emerged of another incident involving a car being driven nearby on the wrong wide of the road.

the footage of the latest near miss near raf croughton emerged as police revealed details of a separate incident in which a police vehicle was struck by a car being driven on the wrong side of the road in october. the headlines on bbc news... businesses warn of price rises after the chancellor, sajid javid, said there would be no alignment with eu regulations after brexit. contenders in the race to replace jeremy corbyn as labour leader call for unity as they take part in the first hustings of the contest, answering questions from party members in liverpool. police demand an urgent meeting with the commander of the us base, close to where harry dunn was killed after another incident involving a car being driven on the wrong side of the road. in on the wrong side of the road. sport, south africa

and in sport, south africa have closed and 208 for six in port elizabeth. three times and on 63, in a first in the innings lead ofjust under 300. watford boss mike troy dini had a penalty saved. northampton saints are looking good for the european league cup quarterfinals after a win at lyon. i will be back with a full update around half past five. heavy rain and thunderstorms have caused flash floods in parts of south—east australia, which have been badly affected by wildfires. there have been downpours in victoria, new south wales and queensland, which has helped to douse some of the blazes. fires have been raging in australia since september, killing at least 28 people, destroying thousands of homes and scorching millions of acres of land. our correspondent in sydney, phil mercer, has more. australia is a land well used

to nature's extremes, but this is a country being confronted by fires that continue to burn, very significant storms bringing large amounts of rain to parts of eastern australia. and there have been parts of this country that remain dry. so this is a country that, in queensland, for example, parts of queensland experienced three times the monthly rainfall average injust one night. that brought flooding to many areas. and of course, this rainfall is a blessing and a curse. it's a blessing because some of that rain has fallen on fire grounds on bushfires, aiding the emergency effort that stretches all the way back to september. so significant rainfall here in new south wales and in the state of victoria, too. but of course, with the rain comes

the risk of flooding and also the risk of contamination. there are fears that ash from some charred areas of bushland could leach into rivers and water systems, affecting the drinking supplies of australians. we haven't seen any evidence of that yet, but that does remain a factor in this rain that is continuing here in eastern australia. and, of course, significantly the psychological boost. australians in the last couple of days, waking up of a beleaguered country that's battling, as we say, dozens of bushfires, a longstanding drought. so what we need is more rain. and the authorities do caution that the heavens do need to still continue to open and give us flooding rain, if this bushfire crisis is to come, finally, to any sort of conclusion. take a look at these pictures of a baby kangaroo, called louise, who was rescued with horrific burns to her legs and paws,

as fires ravaged australia's south east coast two weeks ago. her volunteer carer has been looking after animals like louise, nursing them to recovery. australia's continuing bushfire crisis has taken an enormous toll on wildlife, with huge numbers of mammals, birds, reptiles, insects and other species killed. the australian government has announced a $50 million fund to help rescue and protect wildlife affected by the crisis. message from the page - (1615 nc headlines) (sport pres)and in sport... (oov)but england have taken a sixth south african wicket in port elizabeth. scientists say the number of people infected by the new respiratory virus that's emerged in the chinese city of wuhan is likely to be far higher than official figures suggest. there are nearly 50 laboratory confirmed cases of the virus, which is related to sars, but experts in london estimate the true number is closer to 1,700.

the alarm has prompted screening at airports across asia and in the us. gareth barlow reports. this is wuhan, the chinese city where the mystery virus was first identified. an outbreak that has since turned deadly. scores of infections have been confirmed but now a team at imperial college in london estimates the true figure is around 1,700 cases. while the outbreak is centred in china, there have been two cases in thailand and one injapan. we are not able to...to prohibit people from travelling so what we can do is detecting and bring any suspected to receive treatment from our service facility. airports in asia and the united states have begun screening travellers arriving from wuhan. uk team behind the study said that, while they're concerned, it was too early to be alarmist.

the virus is similar to sars, which killed almost 800 people and infected over 8,000 in 2002. it looks like the virus is closely related to sars, which emerged previously. since sars emerged, people have been developing vaccines and drugs to see if they work against sars. the problem is this virus is different. we do not know yet if those drugs and those vaccines work. chinese scientists say there has been no cases of the virus spreading between humans and that it came about from infected animals at a seafood and wildlife markets. but the team at imperial college argues the possibility of substantial human—to—human tranmission should be considered more seriously. identifying how the virus is spread will be crucial to understanding its threat and how best to react. gareth barlow, bbc news. the flight recorders of the ukrainian airliner which was accidentally shot down by iranian forces will be sent

to ukraine, according to one news agency in iran. it's reporting that the so—called "black boxes" had not been read in iran and would be transferred to ukraine where french, british and canadian experts will try and retrieve information from the cockpit voice and flight data recorders. all 176 passengers and crew were killed after the ukraine airlines plane was shot down by the iranians shortly after take—off from tehran‘s main airport. a law has been passed banning pub crawls and happy hours, in three popular spanish tourist destinations, in a bid to crack down on alcohol—fuelled holidays. restrictions apply to the tourist hotspots of playa de palma and magaluf in majorca , and san antonio in ibiza. the regional government says it's the first legislation of its kind in europe. earlier i spoke to sophie griffiths, editor

of travel trade gazette. i asked her why the balearic island government is taking this action. the government of the balearics has been wanting to tackle for several years now. they had a new minister of tourism who took office last year and he was really emphatic in wanting to crack down on this. quite interestingly, last year, they introduced an ecotourist tax which came into force on the 1st of april, and that was designed to fund sustainability measures. so, depending on when you travel, it would charge you a different amount each day, but from between one and 2 euros between may to october per person per day. interestingly, under 16s didn't have to pay that tax, so even then they were obviously trying to encourage families, but it looks like, there, they were kind of managing tourism flow. now, it seems that they are managing the types of visitors that they attract, and i think that is what is going to be really interesting in this five year trial that they are implementing. well, we've had some reaction from local businesses in these tourist hotspots. what does it mean, though,

for british tourists, and also british companies who are working in conjunction with the hotspots? what is, i think, worth noting is that this is not a ban on alcohol per se. so, you are still going to be able to go to a restaurant or a bar and enjoy a nice glass of wine with a meal. what the authorities say is that this is a crack down on booze tourism. so, that is people drinking to excess. so, theyjust want to get rid of the binge drinking aspect and encourage people who don't want to engage in that, and engage more in the family market. for all—inclusive hotels, apparently, torah operators that do already have signed their deals with all—inclusive hotels won't be affected yet by the ban, but obviously in years to come there will probably be changes that people will see. i think it is a really interesting move. they want to stop poor behaviour, but also it is the safety aspect. so, another thing that they are keen to target is so—called balconing. that's when people jump

from balconies into swimming pools, or from one balcony to another. that has been massive concern the association british travel agents has sent out press releases year after year warning about this and in 2018 alone over a three—month period over the summer, there were 11 brits injured in balconing and five of them resulted in death, so they were often linked to alcohol excess. so it's something that is a real concern and something that the authorities will want to clamp down on. the local governments there, or the local government there a saying that this will set a precedent for europe. could we see more of these measures being put in place? i think results around europe are going to be watching this very very closely. the balearics government has said this is a five year trial but i think, yeah, depending on the success, it will be really interesting to see if this will be replicated, and i think resorts across the med and across europe will be keeping an eye on this. quickly, how key, or how important has alcohol played in attracting tourists in certain areas? i think that's the challenge isn't it? there has obviously been... you've seen youths, late teens and early 20s, wanting to go on these types of holidays. i'm actually from newquay in cornwall which itself has struggled with its image as a stag and hen do, and it is something

and it is something that they have tackled over recent years by police working with local authorities and working with venues, and over recent years they have totally transformed their image. they have become this kind of family resort again, and you've seen new yoga studios opening up, new tapas bars, and yet visitor numbers have stayed stable, so it is really interesting to see the types of visitors. tourism is a huge part of the balearics. they don't want to get rid of tourists. they are not saying, brits, you are not welcome. but they are just saying, drink carefully, think about what you're doing, and let's try and encourage families back as well. sadiq khan says he wants put london on a par with scandinavian capitals, by making it a carbon—neutral city by 2030, if he's re—elected as mayor of the capital later this year. mr khan s strategy to go carbon—neutral, forms part of what he calls a green new deal for london, which he'd roll out during a second term. speaking earlier, sadiq khan said, london needs to be ambitous in order to make the city greener. we face in london, across our country and around the world, a climate emergency. we've seen in london the consequences of the air quality

crisis, and we need to take action. it is ambitious. what i've announced today is a new green deal for london, with a plan to get us to carbon neutral by 2030, using the power of city hall, the dynamism of the private sector and voluntary groups to work together to meet the target. the alternative is not worth thinking about. it is very ambitious, though, that date. how will that be achieved? just think about what we've achieved over the last three and a half years in london. people said that i couldn't bring in an ultra—low emission zone. we've done it, and we've seen a reduction in nitrogen dioxide, but also in particular, people said we couldn't stop buying diesel double—decker buses. we've done it. only electric buses in london, or hybrid or hydrogen buses. we've started only giving licences to zero—emission cable taxis, electric taxis. people said i couldn't do it. we started in london encouraging even more people to walk, cycle, use public transport. we are retrofitting buildings. this week, we launched a new power

company, london power, 100% renewable energy. look, it's going to be hard. i'm hoping the government will work with us to make sure it is a success, but it is in all of our interests, both our generation, the next generation, people across the globe, to get this right. it's time for the government to wake up. i intend for london to be the greenest city going forward, to be the greenest london mayor ever. i need londoners' support to help lobby the government to do their part as well. and what impact could this have on the third runway at heathrow? i think a new runway at heathrow airport is catastrophic for the climate emergency. it's catastrophic for air quality, for noise pollution, it doesn't make economic sense, let alone environmental sense. the prime minister promised that he would lie in front of a bulldozer to prevent the third runway. he is a man who doesn't break promises, so i'm sure it won't happen. and there's been ‘panda—monium' at a zoo in sichuan provence, in the south west of china.

20 bear cubs, born in 2019, were gathered up by zookeepers and shown off, at the country's giant panda conservation centre to mark the upcoming lunar new year, which this year falls onjanuary 25th and rings in the year of the rat. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello there. high pressure will be with us for some time now, bringing with it a lot of dry weather, variable clouds and good spells of sunshine, particularly for part two of the weekend. it will be a very cold start once again with lots of sunshine throughout the day. the winds will remain light, and will continue with overnight frost for the next few days. here it is, this area of high pressure which has been building in, pushing that low pressure northwards and taking the showers and the breeze with it. the temperatures and the clear skies, light winds will all plummet tonight with widespread, pretty hard frost, particularly out of town. northerly wind could just bring one or two showers to eastern parts of norfolk and to eastern kent, but high pressure dominates the scene for part two

of the weekend, so another largely dry one, with light winds. you will notice more isobars and weather fronts in the north—west of the uk. this will bring more cloud to the north—west of scotland, perhaps some spots of rain for the northern isles, and it will be windier too. so, temperatures nine or 10 celsius for stornoway, but elsewhere, after a cold start, it is going to be a cold afternoon.

hello, this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines: the chancellor, sajid javid, says there will be no alignment for businesses with eu regulations after brexit — companies warn food prices could rise and jobs may be affected as a result. contenders in the race to replacejeremy corbyn as labour leader call for unity — as they take part in the first hustings of the contest. answering questions from party members in liverpool. police demand an urgent meeting with the commander of the us base, close to where teenager harry dunn was killed — after two more incidents involving cars being driven on the wrong side of the road. heavy rain and thunderstorms dampen bushfires in eastern australia, but bring flooding to some areas. british scientists suggest the number of people already infected by a new virus emerging in china is far greater