over stop people are flowing back into country. many of you i know are coming back in with your plants and factories, thank you very much. america's a new—found prosperity is undeniable, unprecedented and unmatched anywhere in the world. america achieved this stunning turnaround not by just america achieved this stunning turnaround not byjust making changes to policies but adopting a whole new approach. centred on the well—being of the american worker. every decision we make on taxes, trade and regulation, immigration, education and more, is focused on improving the lives of everyday americans. we are determined to create a higher standard of living than anyone can imagine. right now thatis than anyone can imagine. right now that is what we are doing for the workers. we are determined to ensure the working and middle class reap the working and middle class reap the largest gains. a nation's highest duty is to its own citizens.

honouring this is the only way to build faith and confidence in the market system. only when governments put their own citizens. restoring the bonds of love and loyalty that unites citizens and powers nations. today i hold up the american novel it will produce the most benefits for people on the 21st century and beyond. pro—worker, pro—citizen, pro—agenda demonstrates how a community can five and its community, its government and its people work together for the good of the whole nation. as part of this new vision we pass the largest

package of tax cuts and reforms in american history. we double the child tax credit benefiting a0 million american families and lifting 658,000 single mothers and theiri million children out of poverty and out of poverty quickly. we passed the first ever tax credit for employers who provide paid an past paid family leave for... we make childcare much more affordable and reduced or eliminated childcare, wait lists all across the nation. our childcare reforms are supporting working parents and ensuring their children have access to high quality ca re children have access to high quality care and education, all of which they very much deserve. we lowered oui’ they very much deserve. we lowered

our business tax from the highest in the developed world down to one that is not only competitive but one of the lower taxes. we created more than 9000 opportunity zones in distressed communities where capital gains or long—term investments are taxed at zero and tremendous wealth is pouring into areas that for 100 years saw nothing. the 35 million americans who live in these areas —— 35 million americans. my administration has also made historic investments in historically black colleges and universities. i saved in historically black colleges and universities. isaved hbc, we in historically black colleges and universities. i saved hbc, we save them. they were going out and we save them. we are removing roadblocks to success workers and communities. we have also launched

the most ambitious campaign in history. we are removing eight old regulations, which will save an average american household is about $3100 per year. it was going to be for everyone we do two but we were able to lift up to eight and we think that may go quite a bit higher. we still have a way to go. today, i urge other nations to follow our examples and liberate your citizens from the crushing weight of bureaucracy. for that you have to run your own country is the way you want. we are all so establishing the constitutional rule of law in our country, it is essential to our economy, our liberty and our future. essential to our economy, our liberty and ourfuture. that essential to our economy, our liberty and our future. that is why we have appointed over 190 federal judges, a record, to interpret the law as written. 190 federaljudges.

think of that, and two supreme court judges. as a result, investment is pouring into our country. in the first half of 2019 the united states attracted nearly one quarter of all foreign direct investment in the world. think of that, 25% of all foreign investment all over the world came into the united states and that number is increasing rapidly. to every business looking for a place where they are free to invest, thrive, innovate and succeed there is no better place on earth than the united states. as a central pa rt than the united states. as a central part of our commitment to building an inclusive society, we established the national council for the american worker. we want every citizen, regardless of age or background to have the cutting edge skills to compete and succeed in tomorrow's workplace. this includes critical industries like artificial intelligence, quantum computing and

sg. intelligence, quantum computing and 56. under if anchor‘s leadership, oui’ 56. under if anchor‘s leadership, our pledge to america's workers has become a full—blown national movement with companies committing to provide newjob and training opportunities. already very close to 15 million american students and workers, 15 million. america is making sweeping changes to place workers and their families at the centre of our national agenda. perhaps the most transformative change of all is on trade reform. where we are addressing chronic problems that have been ignored, tolerated or enabled for decades. our leaders did nothing about what happened to us on trade. before i was elected, china's predatory practices were undermining trade for everyone. but no one did anything about it except allow it to keep

getting worse and worse and worse. under my leadership, america confronted the problem head on. under our new phase one agreement, phase two restarting negotiations very shortly, china has agreed to substantially do things that they would not have done, measures to protect intellectual property. stop. technology transfers, remove trade barriers on agricultural goods, where we were treated so badly. openness, financial sector, totally that's done. and maintain a stable currency, all backed by very, very strong enforcement. a relationship with china right now has probably never been better. we went through a very rough patch but it has never, ever been better. my relationship with the chinese president is an extraordinary one. other than that

we love each other! additionally, china will spend an additional $200 billion over two years on american services, agriculture and energy and manufactured goods. so we will be taking in in excess of 200 billion, could be closer to 300 billion when it finishes. but these achievements would not have been possible without the implementation of tariffs, which we had to use. and we are using them on others too. and that is why most of our tariffs on china will remain in place during the phase two negotiations. for the most part, the ta riffs have negotiations. for the most part, the tariffs have been left and we have been paid millions and millions of dollars a year. as a country. as i mentioned earlier, we ended the disaster in one of the worst trade deals ever made, not even close, and replaced it with the incredible new

trade deal, in the nearly 25 years after the deal, the united states lost one in four manufacturing jobs, including nearly one in four vehicle manufacturing jobs. it was an incentive to leave the country. the agreement exemplified the decades‘s long failures of the international trading system. the agreement shifted wealth to the hands of a few promoted massive outsourcing, drove down wages and shuttered factories and plants by the thousands. they would leave our country, make the product, sell it into our country. we ended up with nojobs product, sell it into our country. we ended up with no jobs and product, sell it into our country. we ended up with nojobs and no taxes and by other country pot products, that doesn't happen any more. this is the wreckage i was elected to clean up. it is bubbly wire ran for president more than anything because i couldn't understand why we were losing all these jobs to other countries at

such a rapid rate and it got worse and worse. i think it is probably the primary reason why i ran but there are other reasons also. and to replace with a new system that puts workers before the special interest. in the special interests will do just fine but the workers come first. our brand—new us mca is the result of broadest coalition ever assembled for a trading agreement. manufacturing, agriculture and labour all strongly endorsed the deal. and as you know, itjust passed in congress overwhelmingly. it shows how to solve the 21st challenge —— the 21st century challenge —— the 21st century challenge we face. digital trade, reassuring lost jobs challenge we face. digital trade, reassuring lostjobs and reassuring lost wages and living standards. the united states has also concluded a great new deal with japan,

approximately $a0 billion and com pletely approximately $a0 billion and completely renegotiated our deal with south korea. we are also negotiating many other transactions with many other countries. and we look forward to negotiating a tremendous new deal with the united kingdom, they have a wonderful new prime minister, who wants very much to make a deal as they say. to protect our security and our economy. we are also boldly embracing american energy independence. the united states is now by far the number one producer of oil and natural gas anywhere in the world, by far, it is not even close. while many european countries struggle with crippling energy costs, the american energy revolution is saving american families $2500 every year. an lowering electric bills and numbers that people said it couldn't happen. and also, very importantly, prices at the pump. we have been so

successful that in the united states no longer need to import energy from hostile nations. with an abundance of american natural gas now available, our european allies no longer need to be vulnerable to unfriendly energy suppliers either. we urge our friends in europe to use america's vast supply and achieve true energy security. with us companies and researchers leading the way, we are on the threshold of virtually unlimited reserves of energy, including from traditional fuels, clean coal, next—generation nuclear power and gas technologies. at the same time, i'm proud to report the united states is amongst the clearest air and drinking water on earth and we are going to keep it that way and we just came out with the report that this moment it is the report that this moment it is the cleanest it's been in the a0

yea rs. we the cleanest it's been in the a0 years. we are committed to conserving the majesty of god's creation and the natural beauty of our world. today, iam pleased creation and the natural beauty of our world. today, i am pleased to announce the united states willjoin 1 trillion trees initiative being launched here at the world economic forum.1 launched here at the world economic forum. 1 trillion trees. applause. and in doing so we will continue to show strong leadership in restoring, growing and better managing our trees and forests. this is not the time for... this is a time for optimism. fear and doubt is not a good thought process because this is a time for tremendous hope and joy and optimism and action. but to embrace the possibilities of tomorrow we must rejected the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse. they

are the heirs of yesterday's foolish fortune tellers and i have them and you have them and we all have them. and they want to see us do badly but we don't let that happen. they predicted an overpopulation crisis in the 1960s, mass starvation in the 70s. and an end to oil in the 1990s. these alarmists always demand the same things, absolute power to dominate, transform every aspect of our lives. we will never let radical socialists destroy our economy, wreck our country or our liberty. america will always be the proud, strong and unyielding bastion of freedom. in america, we understand what the pessimists refused to see. that a growing and vibrant market economy focused on the future lifts the human spirit and excites

creativity, strong enough to ove rco m e creativity, strong enough to overcome any challenge by far. the great scientific breakthroughs of the 20th century from penicillin to high yield wheat to modern transportation and breakthrough vaccines have lifted living standards and saved billions of lives around the world and we are continuing to work on things that you will be hearing about in the near future. that even today, sitting here right now, you wouldn't believe it is possible. that we have found the answers. you will be hearing about it but we have found a nswe i’s hearing about it but we have found a nswers to hearing about it but we have found answers to things that people said would not be possible, certainly not ina very would not be possible, certainly not in a very short period of time. but the wonders of the last century will pale in comparison to what today's young innovators will achieve because they are doing things that nobody thought even feasible to begin. we continue to embrace

technology, not to shun it. when people are free to innovate, millions will live longer, happier, healthier lives. for three years now america has shown the world that the path to a prosperous future begins with putting workers first, choosing growth and encouraging entrepreneurs to bring their dreams to life. if anyone doubts what is possible we had need only look at the towering achievements of the past. only a few hundred miles from here, are some of the great cities of europe. teaming centres of commerce and culture. each of them is full of reminders of what human drive and imagination can achieve. centuries ago, at the time of the renaissance, skilled craftsmen and labourers looked upwards and built the structures that still touch the human heart. to this day, some of the greatest structures in the world have been

built hundreds of years ago. in italy, the citizens once started construction on what would be a 1a0 year project. in florence, an incredible place. while the technology did not yet exist to com plete technology did not yet exist to complete their design, city fathers forged ahead anyway, certain that they would figure it out sunday. the citizens of florence did not accept limits to their high aspirations. and so the great dome was finally built. in france, another century long project continues to hold such a grip on our hearts and our souls that even 800 years after its construction, when the cathedral of notre dame was engulfed in flames last year, such a sad sight to watch, unbelievable site, especially

for those of us that considered it one of the great, great monuments and representing so many different things. the whole world grieved. through her sanctuary now stands scorched and charred and a site that is hard to believe. when you get used to it to look at it now, hard to believe. but we know that notre dame will be restored, will be restored magnificently. the great belts will once again ring out for all to hear, filling millions with wonder and awe. the cathedrals of europe teach us to pursue big dreams, daring adventures and unbridled ambitions. they urge us to consider not only what we've built

today but what we will endure long after we' re today but what we will endure long after we're gone. they testify to the power of ordinary people to realise extraordinary achievements when united by a grand and noble purpose. so together we must go forward with confidence, determination and vision. we must not be timid or meek or fearful but instead we must boldly seize the day and embrace the moment. we have so many great leaders in this room, not only business leaders but leaders of nations. and some are doing such a fantasticjob, we work together very closely. we will draw strength from the glories of the past and we will make greatness our common mission for the future. together we will make our nation is stronger, our country is safer, our culture richer, our people free and the world more beautiful than ever

before. above all else we will forever be loyal to our workers, our citizens and our families. forever be loyal to our workers, our citizens and ourfamilies. the men and women who are the backbone of our economies. the heart of our communities and the soul of our countries. let us bring light to their lives one by one and empower them to light up the world. thank you very much. god bless you, god bless your countries and god bless america. thank you. thank you very much. applause. president donald trump speaking at the world economic forum in davos on the day impeachment proceedings against him begin in the united states, starting with a very itchy portrait of the us economy and how it has flourished under his leadership. he then went on to talk about climate change and spoke of the importance of ignoring

the prophets of doom. he said the free market economy can overcome any challenge, talking about how scientific developments have changed gloomy predictions in the past. he mentioned the exam full of penicillin, which he said save billions of lives around the world. let's talk more about what he was saying with a professor of international politics. welcome. what did you take from that? obviously there was a large part of what he was saying was, i guess, focusing on the audience at home who we re focusing on the audience at home who were also looking at what was going on with the impeachment and addressing the issue of climate as well. i think he was largely addressing the audience at home and this particular day because the trial begins. in a way, he was trying to sound like a global statesman. someone who brings people together, he is extolling the virtues of historic europe and how everybody can work together but

actually that belies a very large pa rt actually that belies a very large part of what he has been doing ever since he started his campaign for the presidency, which is in effect questioning relationships, alliances, friendships, trade treaties and so on. and in effect trying to extract as much value as he claims for american workers as he possibly can. and that has upset his allies, exacerbated tensions and a couple of weeks ago it nearly led to a regional war in the middle east as a regional war in the middle east as a result of the withdrawal from the iran nuclear agreement for example. soi iran nuclear agreement for example. so i think he is trying to sound like a statesman. in a way, he is speaking to his supporters at home. this is the kind of person i am and this is the kind of person those democrats are trying to get rid of. did you take anything new from anything that he was saying? by now, three years into his presidency, we basically know the kind of things is likely to say. he will extol the virtues of his administration and he will basically say that he has

created all these jobs, that the stock market is soaring and so on. and that he effectively stands for the ordinary working man. on each of those fronts you could say there is a big problem with the reality of it. that is the evidence that that stands for. the jobs which have it. that is the evidence that that stands for. thejobs which have been created. they are very often very poorly paid and precarious. the kind of... people are far more insecure than they used to be. if you're speaking to people at davos, the inequality in the united states in the world generally far greater. the global risks, the world economic forum, says the biggest problem in the world today is political polarisation and the political violence that may result across the world. he has not addressed any of that because a large part as a result of his many of the policies that he has been pursuing. stay with us that he has been pursuing. stay with us because i want to speak more with

you ina us because i want to speak more with you in a moment about impeachment. asi you in a moment about impeachment. as i mentioned, later today the impeachment trial does begin in the united states senate. democrats and republicans are expected to disagree sharply on the rules. the president is charged with abusing his powers by asking ukraine to investigate his political rivaljoe biden. here is our us correspondent. the law sensors will stand and remain standing. do you swear that in everything... yes, these are 100 members of the united states senate but the next few weeks they will also bejurors but the next few weeks they will also be jurors and judges. but the next few weeks they will also bejurors and judges. they but the next few weeks they will also be jurors and judges. they get to fix the rules of the trial and decide on guilt. well, we will be sitting there in our chairs probably in the order of six hours a day starting at 1pm eastern time and then six days a week, so this is going to be, i think, kind of a gruelling exercise but also one that will be public. there are almost no

rules for a try like this. democrats and republicans are at completely at odds over whether to call witnesses at all. that all means this trial could last anything from two to six weeks. in the coming weeks senate republicans are going to face a choice, will they take their cues from the white house as leader mcconnell clearly stated, in a cover—up of president trump, will play in this most sacred of undertakings, prescribed by the constitution, vote for a fair trial with witnesses? it would take a two thirds majority in the senate to convict the president and remove him from office. that is extremely unlikely. nevertheless, these coming weeks will resonate for years to come. bbc news, washington. well, it is obviously a republican majority senate, is the outcome clear then? the outcome is pretty clear, i would

say there's about 99% chance president trump is going to remain president, at least untiljanuary next year. however, if three or four senators do flip and vote for all witnesses who have been brought previously to the house and the documents as well that were blocked by the white house, then that could elongate the trial. it could mean more is known in greater detail and maybe even collateral too what is already known. so that could damage the confidence of the gop senators in him and also public opinion. that could then make it a much more politically damaging process for the president. thank you very much. well, i think we can go back... we can't go back to davos, we will try to go back shortly because our reporter is there. first of all, let's move onto other news. network rail is being investigated by the office of rail and road over its

poor performance on routes operated by train operators northern and trans—pennine express. in a statement this morning, the office of rail road said the top priority for passengers is that their train arrives on time and that isn't happening consistently enough across the country. while there are areas of very good performance such as in wales and western region, network rail's performance in other areas is not good enough. we will talk about that in a little more detail shortly. but first, terrorists could be made to take a lie detector test to prove they have reformed and i'm not planning to carry out another attack. as part of a new wave of measures announced by the government. terror offenders will face more time injail as part of so—called counterterrorism bill, introduced after an attack in london in november. our home affairs correspondent reports. the fishmongers' hall attacker usman khan had come out of prison

one year before the attack. he'd been serving 16 years for preparing terrorist acts, but had been released automatically halfway through that sentence. visiting the metropolitan police's specialist training facility, home secretary priti patel has announced a further increase in funding for counterterrorism policing of £90 million, but she also promised that by mid—march, there'll be a new counterterrorism bill before parliament, ending the automatic early release of terrorist prisoners and raising the minimum sentence available tojudges. we will ensure that we increase sentences to 1a years for the offenders who are involved in planning terrorist offences but also involved in training for terrorist offences as well, and with that we are absolutely clear that we are going to be reviewing licensing conditions so that people do not have early release. ministers say they'll introduce lie detector tests for people recently released from prison for terrorist offences, and they'll double the number of probation officers specialising in counterterrorism. there'll also be more psychologists and imams involved

in deradicalising prisoners. once somebody has been radicalised, no—one is saying that there's a 100% guarantee that someone can be deradicalised, but if there is a chance, we ought to be funding that and committing to it. counterterrorism police say their work has gone up by a third in three years, and insist the best way to turn the tide is to divert people away from extremism in the first place. daniel sandford, bbc news. justice secretary robert buckland has defended the use of lie detectors on bbc breakfast after questions were raised over their accuracy and appropriateness in the criminaljustice system. lie detectors have already been introduced in assessing the risk posed to the public by sex offenders. they are not part of the criminal investigation process all the evidence that one might hear in

court. it is all about the authorities assessing the risk posed to the public by offenders. so they're used in sexual offences stop in the domestic abuse proposals that we produce, polygraph testing is going to be introduced. so this is not a new concept. i think it is a sensible measure in order to maximise our understanding of the risks that some of these prisoners posed to society. robert buckland. the nhs in england faces more than ten thousand new claims for clinical negligence each year — some cost thousands of pounds to settle, others reach the million pound mark. estimates put the total outstanding cost of claims at 83 billion pounds. the total budget for the nhs last year was 129 billion. last year, the payouts came

to 2.3 billion pounds. this is more than double compared to nine years ago where payouts cost 900 million pounds. and although ten percent of the claims are related to obstetrics — they take up 50% of the compensation because a child injured at birth will often need a lifetime of care. the bbc news has also learned that the bill for legal fees alone is costing more than four billion pounds, and there are fears that the costs are spiralling out of control. angus crawford has this report. brother, son, nephew. this is hayden. soon after, though, he was rushed to hospital, a virus attacking his heart. and after a failure in care, he died there, atjust six days old. it is every parent's worst nightmare. we just had to there and watch as our son slowly died in front of our eyes, literally. and then he died, in front of our eyes. it has been four years so far of trauma after trauma. in the face of official silence, they felt they had no choice but to sue.

i haven't really thought about it as suing the nhs. i have thought about it as kind of fighting for a voice for hayden, and fighting for, you know, acknowledgement of his life and his rights. i don't think we really had a choice. you can't bring that person back. nothing is going to bring them back, and the only thing that helps is to have acknowledgement that they existed, that they mattered, and answers as to why, how this happened. the hospital did eventually admit liability, years later. that picture is being repeated across england. payments for clinical negligence have doubled since 2015. last year, the nhs paid out £2.3 billion, but the total cost of outstanding claims now stands at a staggering £83 billion, and we've learnt legal fees make up £a.3 billion of that. doctors worry the costs are spiralling out of control, but lawyers for patients say the rise is driven by failures in care. the nhs in england says 70% of claims are now resolved without going to court, and it is committed to learn from incidents in order

to improve patient safety. but hayden's death is evidence of a system that failed, one his parents believe is in urgent need of reform. i mean, imagine spending that money on training, on more doctors and nurses. there is a death, and you pay, there's a death, you pay, there's an injury, you pay. and they're not actually fixing the source of the problem, so it'sjust going to be repeated. the chief executive of a patient charity for safety joins the chief executive of a patient charity for safetyjoins me now. that was a poignant point from the

pa rents of that was a poignant point from the parents of that child saying they pay and they are not sorting out the problem at the core. what is your response to that? they put their finger on the button. it is a family i know but they are saying the same thing we hearfrom many of i know but they are saying the same thing we hear from many of the families and individuals who we help at our charity, that nobody really wa nts to at our charity, that nobody really wants to cause problems for or sue the nhs but they often feel forced to because they haven't had an honest apology, acknowledgement of what has gone on, or any assurance that the same thing won't happen to anotherfamily that the same thing won't happen to another family in the same way. that's when they ask for legal redress as a last resort. why do you think the nhs finds it so difficult to apologise? it is partly about culture, although i'm sad to say in large parts of the nhs there is still deny defend culture. a lot of

people are understandably worried about the size of the financial bill with clinical negligence cases. it pales into significance when we think of the human cost of these perfectly avoidable errors. but what adds insult to injury is when the nhs doesn't recognise that it is at fault. if it did, if it could investigate these incidents, recognise it is at fault, and arrange some kind of settlement early on, many patients as we have said only want an apology, an acknowledgement, and assurance it won't happen to someone else. some will need compensation but that can be offered without the need to go to court or incur legal costs. if that happened, much of the legal costs associated with clinical negligence would also disappear. but the holy grail has got to be prevention, which is far better than any remedy.

on that, comparisons have been drawn with the aviation industry, which rigorously examines every accident, every time there is an issue, and it has brought down accident rates as a result. it has been said many times that the nhs could learn from the aviation industry. why doesn't that happen? people talk about it and there is some light at the end of there is some light at the end of the tunnel. we have a body called the tunnel. we have a body called the healthcare safety and investigation branch which is using methodology from the airline industry safety investigations. over time, the quality of nhs investigations may well increase. that means, if we get it right in the nhs, not only do we get to the root of what went wrong, in individual cases, and hopefully avoid costly litigation, treat patients and families fairly, but we have got learning at the end of that

investigation that can help make things safer for the rest of us. what is deeply disappointing is in this context of discussing clinical negligence, very often people think about the solution being about preventing these cases even being possible to go forward, of compromising on people's access to justice. that is nojust compromising on people's access to justice. that is no just and fair way to proceed. if it was followed, we could find that patients and families who have suffered harm by the nhs actually have less rights, less access to justice and people harmed in any other part of society and that can't be right. obviously we are talking about figures, cash, because that's what has emerged today but behind those figures, as you well know, there are individuals who not only have to deal with something bad that has happened in their life but keep fighting, and

that's another cost you cannot quantify. absolutely. at action against medical accidents we have conversations every day with patients or their families who have been harmed through avoidable harm in health care. we owe it to them to learn from those incidents and make things safer for everyone. that will be less likely if there's any compromising on people's access to justice. if they aren't able challenge, then that means lessons won't be learned from those cases, so as well as being unfair and unjust of the people who have been harmed, it is making the nhs less safe for people like us. peter walsh, thank you forjoining us. let's go back to davos. sally, the two i suppose box office speakers

have been out today, greta thornburg and donald trump. let's start with donald trump, and what he said and how that went down in davos. donald trump, and what he said and how that went down in davosm donald trump, and what he said and how that went down in davos. it was exactly what we were expecting in the sense that most of his speech was dedicated to how well the american economy is doing under his leadership. all the changes that he introduced when he became president and the impact they have had in boosting growth, in creating millions of newjobs, and therefore helping the american worker, and he was very helping the american worker, and he was very good at congratulating himself on his leadership, especially when it comes to trade. referring to just last week alone, brokering two historic trade agreements, he said. one with china but also he said with mexico, canada and america. a new trade agreement that throughout the previous trade agreement that he argued was no good

for anyone, and especially not the american workers. so most of his speech was dedicated to how well the american economy is doing, how prosperous it is, and he said, follow our example. he said very little about climate change. he talked about the fact the us would get on board with the world economic forum's1 million —— 1 trillion trees commitment, which is to plant 1 trillion trees going forward. he didn't remark on the impeachment hearing that begins later today and didn't take any questions from the media who are there either. as soon as he finished his speech, he smiled and waved and he received the applause, but then he was off. now he is in some bilateral meetings and

lunch meetings with business leaders gathered here. what about greta thunberg, what has she been saying? it is interesting because as you say, she has already addressed the media who are here. she was part of a panel discussion this morning, and right now she will be part of a discussion, a lunchtime session called averting a climate apocalypse. basically she is telling global leaders who are gathered here, heads of state, corporate, global ceos that they need to take action. let's have a listen to what she said this morning. we are fighting for the environment and the climate, and if you see it from that aspect what has been done... if you see it from a bigger perspective basically nothing. that is what we had expected. it will require much more than this, this isjust the

very beginning. she is one of ten teenage climate activists who are basically saying it is urgent, it is now that we need to see action to prevent this climate crisis. really interesting though that president trump in his speech, when he did refer to the climate discussion happening here at the world economic forum, he was basically pooh—poohing those who are predicting an apocalyptic future because of their predictions on what might happen in the environment. he said we must be positive, let's not listen to these very negative voices that want to fill inc with fear going forward. so that was an interesting line coming from president trump. but greta thunberg once again addressing delegates in davos right now, holding this lunchtime session which is all about the global carbon emissions and the fact they are on

course to rise above 1.5 celsius and what that means for the environment. thank you very much, sally. she will be speaking at midday and we will bring you that live on bbc news. in china death toll from a new coronavirus has risen to six with the official number of people infected almost 300. most of those who've contracted the virus are in wuhan, where the authorities are taking more drastic measures to try and limit the spread of a new disease which causes pneumonia. the world health organisation has also warned that the disease is likely to spread to other cities and countries. rich preston reports. it's now been confirmed the virus known as 2019—ncov can be passed from human to human. more than 200 cases have been reported — mostly in the city of wuhan.

despite early efforts to contain the virus, cases have now been reported in shanghai, shenzhen and in the capital beijing. cases have also been reported injapan, south korea and thailand. this latest development comes as millions prepare to celebrate chinese new year, making journeys of hundreds of miles across the country. it's the largest annual human migration in the world, and there are fears over the potential that has to spread the virus. australia has added its name to the list of countries that will screen passengers. singapore, hong kong and japan have announced similar measures, as well as the us cities of san francisco, la and new york. china's president, xijinping, has ordered resolute efforts to curb the spread of the virus, saying people's safety and health is the top priority. translation: after the outbreak in wuhan, authorities immediately informed the world health organization, relevant countries, regions and organisations about the epidemic. china has been keeping in close touch with them and has been releasing information to the public.

we will work along with others to handle the epidemic and safeguard the safety of health globally. in the early 20005, the chinese government was criticised for initially covering up the extent of the sars crisis — a virus which went on to kill more than 700 people, mostly in asia. rich preston, bbc news. our correspondent sent this update from beijing on how people are responding to the concern. the most dramatic moves are being taken in wuhan, the city where the sickness cluster broke out. scientists are saying anyone with an elevated temperature should not leave, the city's government has ordered that all local tour groups should not be allowed to go, and not be allowed to leave the city. cars as they drive away are being randomly pulled over

with passengers checked for their temperature. they are having to take these more drastic measures to stop these more drastic measures to stop the spread of this virus as the numbers go up and up. last week, the numbers go up and up. last week, the numbers were coming five at a time ora numbers were coming five at a time or a few more. now every time we get an update it seems to bejumping by bigger and bigger increments, now nearly 300 infected. we have those screening procedures in place all over the country, in airports and train stations, but overseas australia is the latest country to have special screening arrangements for passengers arriving directly from wuhan. in the meantime i guess the more serious news is scientists in hong kong havejoined their uk cou nterpa rts in hong kong havejoined their uk counterparts now in estimating that the real number could already be in the real number could already be in the thousands rather than the hundreds in terms of people who have been infected. the modelling and likely work out what the spread of

the diseases, and i think the authorities have not identified eve ryo ne authorities have not identified everyone who is sick so far. we have these cases popping up, there is somebody in isolation in brisbane, and in the philippines a five—year—old boy who arrived also from wuhan is being monitored. they think maybe he has the coronavirus. the authorities are not taking any chances and putting much more stringent screening programmes in place. stephen mcdonnell. now time for the business news. a record number of women in full—time work has pushed the uk employment rate to a new high. the figure could reduce the chance the bank of england will cut interest rates next week. facebook will create 1000 newjobs in london this year including hiring more people to

tackle harmful online content. it will take their uk workforce to more than a000. pressure has been growing on social media firms to remove posts promoting self—harm and political extremism. and network rail has been issued a formal warning for its poor service in the north—western central regions of england, including northern and trans pennine express. the regulator is investigating whether network rail is doing everything it reasonably can to improve for passengers. let's start with news that the institute of directors is calling on the government to publish its negotiating objectives for the next stage of brexit talks. a new survey suggests the majority of its members don't think it will provide enough uncertainty to unlock business investment that has been held up in that uncertainty over the uks held up in that uncertainty over the uk s departure from the eu. 55% of those companies said they could only

make planning and investment decisions once they understood what the uks decisions once they understood what the uk 5 future relationship with the uk 5 future relationship with the eu would look like. let's speak up the eu would look like. let's speak up ali, good morning to you. the idea of unlocking investment is important, that investment that has been held up until now? yes, it is certainly not rocket science to say that this was only ever supposed to be about the exit process. the next age was the most seminal one because that's where changes would come. about one third say this will be enough to make those investment decisions, but a much largerfigure of two thirds are effectively saying they need that certainty about what they need that certainty about what the future relationship will look like, particularly those with longer site goals. in terms of being able to plan, the prime minister and government have said they don't want

to extend the transition period. we need to help give business and indication of where they might be headed if they want them to be in time. give some examples of what we are talking about. what investment might be unlocked and what is the key? if you think about it from the perspective of particularly in the manufacturing industry where lead times are several years in the making, we knew when it came to no deal what that would look like for the most part because there is a model for that relationship with the eu in terms of other countries. are we going to have any alignment on tariffs, tariffs in and of themselves? what are the customs arrangements going to be? what will the arrangements be on immigration? without having all these kind of figures and knowledge in place, it is hard to plan for knowing where you need to have your staff in the coming months and years. is there a

danger that if the government publishes too much information about what it wants from trade talks they are playing their hand too early? yes, we know there won't be a running commentary every day but particularly because this government has said they don't want to extend the transition period, that's where i think this becomes nervous insofar as knowing what they have to prepare for. at least of the government gives a clear indication of their priorities, what kind of balance between alignment divergences do people want to have in these negotiations, just giving an indication of that might help business prepare to some degree in advance but we have to remember it is important from northern ireland perspective particularly, where there will be lots of changes coming down the track, as a result of the new deal brought back, that we need to have some kind of adjustment period regardless of what happens. you cannot expect businesses to prepare completely in advance about

knowing that detail. good to talk to you, thank you. in other news disney's streaming service will arrive in the uk on the 2ath of march. disney plus will also arrive in other countries on the same day and will cost £5 99 per month but it will be up against tough tough competition from the likes of amazon, and netflix among others. city fibre is a company backed by goldsmith sachs, and low—cost airline easyjet says it has raised forecasts for revenues in the first half of the year after performing

better—than—expected so far this year. passenger numbers were up 2.8%, and let me show you what that has done to their share price. up a.5% today, much better—than—expected, and markets are looking at what will happen in future, not necessarily what has just happened. brent down by more than 1.5% today but the ftse 100 off byjust over 1%. more from me in the next hour. a woman who was wrongly deported says no amount of money can make up for the way she has been treated. she came from the windrush generation. the uk home office says it is determined to write rungs of those who were threatened with

deportation and in some cases were removed. she returned to the uk last month after decades spent trying to sort out her immigration status. she has been speaking to our community affairs correspondent. for the first time in more than four decades, chiplyn burton can now rest a little easier. she arrived in lancashire from jamaica in 1965, aged seven, on her parents' passports, one of many caribbean families who came to the uk, known as the windrush generation, and given indefinite leave to remain. but chiplyn's first problems started in the 19705 when she returned to jamaica with her family but she was later refused entry back into the uk. i was stopped injamaica from 1976 to the year 2001, and i had to struggle. there were times where i felt like killing myself. when chiplyn eventually came back to the uk, she ended up staying and working in care services without legal documents until 2015. she then received the news

she was dreading. "oh, chiplyn, i'm so sorry to tell you but they've decided they're not going to give you your stay." so i said, "so what does that mean now?" "oh, i'm so sorry but we have to lock you up." i said, "lock me up? so, am i a criminal?" chiplyn was detained at yarl‘s wood immigration removal centre in bedfordshire for three months. and did you have an opportunity to say goodbye to your family? no. not even a phone call? no, nothing at all. she was then deported back to jamaica. it was only when the scale of the windrush scandal came to light almost two years ago, when she realised she was one of the many victims who had been mistreated. oh, boy. can you give mejust

a little second, please? chiplyn finally got the news she had been desperately longing for in november last year. in a statement, the home office says, "miss burton has now been granted indefinite leave to remain and a member of its vulnerable persons team is in close contact with her." chiplyn flew back to the uk three weeks ago and is now working with lawyers to claim compensation through the government windrush scheme. if they even give me £1 million, £1 billion, it cannot buy back my happiness, it cannot buy back my life because it is forever scarred. adina campbell, bbc news. now it is time for a look at the weather with nick miller. there is a split in the weather across the uk at the moment.

scotla nd across the uk at the moment. scotland and north—west wales cloudy but mild, elsewhere sunshine and feeling chilly. this is a view from this morning in lincolnshire with frost on the ground as well. it is the cloud and milder weather that will win out as high pressure gets squeezed further southwards in the coming days, more atlantic air with more moisture feeding in, and a weather front in scotland giving some outbreaks of rain across western parts in particular as we go through this afternoon. northern ireland a good deal of cloud again, in north—western england and wales. at the moment quite a lot of sunshine through eastern england, southern england into south wales with patchy cloud developing. this is where we have the lowest temperatures. double figures across much of scotland and northern ireland. the cloud will win out as we go through the next couple of days, you can see it spilling down across the uk overnight. it is quite misty and foggy in some of the hills, with drizzle in some places

too. overnight temperatures are higher but in the channel islands may see a touch of frost under clear skies here. an indication we are into the milder airfed in skies here. an indication we are into the milder air fed in with plenty of cloud, so hard pressed to find much in the way of sunshine showing up on this weather map for tomorrow. parts of eastern scotland and eastern areas of northern ireland will see brighter skies a time, but it's only really limited. winds for the most part are light but they will freshen towards northern parts of scotland. 12 degrees, 13 degrees in the warmest parts of scotland, but quite widely now we are into double figures. thursday pretty similar for most of us, with more substantial rain and a stronger breeze feeding into northern scotland. temperatures may bea northern scotland. temperatures may be a degree or two down before we go into thursday but not dropping too much. going into the weekend, high

pressure again getting squeezed away. weather fronts from the atla ntic away. weather fronts from the atlantic starting to move in. a very gradual transition to something more u nsettled, gradual transition to something more unsettled, that means it will be breezy more widely across the uk. you may see some rain, not everyone will at the weekend, but also some sunny spells too. it may be very windy though in parts of scotland in particular into parts of next week.

you're watching bbc newsroom live. opening the davos summit. trump lodge is a fierce attack on climate change activism and says it is not a time for pessimism. this is a time for tremendous hope and joy and optimism and to embrace the possibilities of tomorrow we have two reject prophets of doom. nothing has been done in terms of the c02 global emissions. that is what we are trying to achieve, among other things. greta thunderbird has also been speaking at davos and will bring you a full address in the next

few minutes. president trump was talking ahead of his impeachment in washington today. terror offenders are to face longer... lie detector tests. rails a re are to face longer... lie detector tests. rails are being investigated for poor performance. the office of railand for poor performance. the office of rail and road see that the performance in the north—west and central region are not good enough. a bbc investigation is says that the nhs faces £83 billion worth of clinical negligence claims. prince harry rejoined his wife and son after stepping back from my wife. good afternoon and welcome.

president trump has lost a stinging attack on environmentalists in his address at the the world economic forum. although using most of a speech to defend his economic record, he went on to say that the prophet of doom have had incorrect predictions for decades. he told readers that it was a time for optimism are not pessimism and people needed dreams. united states are no the number one producer of oil and natural gas in the world, by far. many european countries struggle with crippling energy costs while the american energy revelation is saving american families $2500 every year and lowering electric bills in numbers that people said we re bills in numbers that people said were not possible. it is also very important to note that prices at the pump. important to note that prices at the pump, they have been so successful

that the united states no longer needs to import energy from hostile nations with an abundance of american natural gas now available, our european allies nor can to be vulnerable to unfriendly energy suppliers. we urge our friends vulnerable to unfriendly energy suppliers. we urge ourfriends in europe to use about applause vast supply and achieve true energy security. with us companies and researchers leading the way, we are on the threshold of virtually unlimited reserves of energy, next—generation nuclear power and gas and hydrogen technologies, at the same time i am proud to report united states is among the cleanest airand drinking water on united states is among the cleanest air and drinking water on earth and we are going to keep it that way. we just came out with a report that at this moment it is the cleanest it has been in the last four years. we

are committed to conserving the majesty of god posed by creation and the natural beauty of our world. today i am pleased to announce united states willjoin1 today i am pleased to announce united states willjoin 1 trillion trees initiative b was two—year at the world economic forum. —— being launched here at the world economic forum. greta thunberg is talking so we will listen. we are not telling you to keep talking about reaching net zero emissions or carbon neutrality by cheating and fiddling around with numbers. we are not telling you to offset your omissions byjust telling you to offset your omissions by just paying telling you to offset your omissions byjust paying someone else to plant trees in places like africa while,

at the same time, forests like the amazon are being slaughtered at an infinitely higher rate. planting trees is good, of course, but it is nowhere near enough for what is needed and it cannot replace real litigations and real—world nature. let us be clear, we do not need a low carbon economy. we do not need to lower emissions. our emissions have to stop if you have two —— if you want to get below the target. until we have the technology that can put our emissions to minus at that scale, we must forget about net zero. we need real zero. distant net zero. we need real zero. distant net zero emission targets will mean absolutely nothing if we just continue to ignore the carbon

dioxide budget that applies to today, not the distant future dates. if high emissions continue right now, even for a few years, that remaining budget will soon be completely used up. the fact that the usa is leaving the paris accords seems to outrage and worry everyone and it should. but the fact that we are all about to feel the commitments that you signed up for in the paris agreement doesn't seem to bother the people in power in the least. any plan or policy of yours that does not include radical emission cuts at the source, starting today, is completely insufficient from meeting the 1.5 or well below 2 degrees commitments of the paris agreements. again, this is

not about rights or lefts. we could not about rights or lefts. we could not care less about party politics. from a sustainability perspective, he writes, be left and the centre have all failed. no political ideology or economic structure has been able to tackle the climate and environmental emergency and create a cohesive and sustainable world. that world is, in case you have not noticed, is currently on fire. you say children should not worry, you say children should not worry, you say they should leave it to you and that you will fix it and you promise you won't let us down. don't be pessimistic. but then... nothing.

silence. 0r pessimistic. but then... nothing. silence. or something worse than silence. empty words and promises which give the impression that sufficient action is being taken. all the solutions are obviously not available within today's society, nor do we have the time to wait for new technological solutions to become available to start drastically reducing our emissions. of course, the transition isn't going to be easy, it will be hard and, unless we face there is no together with all cards on the table, we will not be able to solve this in time. in the days running up to the 50th anniversary of the —— the 50th anniversary of the world economic forum, i joined the 50th anniversary of the world economic forum, ijoined a group of climate activists that demand that you, the world was back most

powerful and influential business and political leaders, begin to take the action needed. we demand at this years the world economic forum participants from all companies, banks, institutions and governments immediately halt all investments in fossil fuels exploration and extraction, immediately end all fossil fuel subsidies at immediately and completely diverged from fossil fuels. we do not want these things done by 2050, or 2030 or next year. we want it done now. it may seem we are asking for a lot and you will see we are naive, but this isjust the very minimum amount of effort thatis the very minimum amount of effort that is needed to start the rapid sustainable transition. either you do this are you are going to have to explain to your children white you

are giving up on the 1.5 degrees target, giving up without even trying. i target, giving up without even trying. lam target, giving up without even trying. i am here to tell you that, unlike you, my generation will not give up without a fight. the facts are clear, but they are still too uncomfortable for you to address. you just leave it because you think it is too depressing and people will give up. people will not give up. you are the ones giving up. last weekl you are the ones giving up. last week i met with polish coalminers who lost theirjobs because their mines were closed, but even they had not given up. on the contrary, they seem to understand the fact that we need to change more than you do. i wonder, what will you tell your children was the reason to feel and

leave them facing it climate chaos that you knowingly brought upon them? that is seem so bad for the economy that we decided to resign the idea of securing living conditions without even trying? our house is still on fire. un action is fuelling the flames by the hour. —— yourin fuelling the flames by the hour. —— your in action. picture children all else. thank you. applause thank you, greta thunberg, for your provocative words. i'm going to

start by asking our panellists a number of questions... that was the swedish activist greta thunberg speaking to some of the world's most influential leaders and business investors gathering at the world economic forum. she appeared there this time last year and it's really catapulted her to global fame, having started her demonstrations in sweden. she said in davos this year that she cannot complain about her voice being heard, she says she's been heard all the time, but young people are not at the centre of the conversation and they need to be. this is about as and future generations. later today, this is about as and future generations. latertoday, donald trump's impeachment trial begins at the us senate. the proceedings are

happening. it is the republican dominated senate and they are expected to disagree sharply on the rules. the president is charged with abusing his powers by asking ukraine to investigate joe biden. abusing his powers by asking ukraine to investigatejoe biden. what happens today? least wa nted least wanted a united states senate will vote on the rules for the trial. they have been set by the republican majority at the democrats don't like it because effectively the republicans are trying to make this door as quickly as possible. the outcome is not much in doubt. we expect the president to be acquitted but the democrats want to do their best to bring out as much evidence and witness testimony as possible. there will be arguments in the senate later on and we will expect the trial itself and the presentation of evidence to get under way properly tomorrow. we just

wa nt to under way properly tomorrow. we just want to say goodbye to viewers watching us on bbc two. more coverage happens on bbc news. good buy if you are watching us on bbc two. the procedures, as you are explaining, i going to be very important and could potentially ship the outcome. is there any sense there that this impeachment against him to succeed, bearing in mind it isa him to succeed, bearing in mind it is a republican dominated senate? no, there is a lot of ground to beast cover between now and that anticipated acquittal, so there is a lot of evidence to be brought out. there is a lot of arguments to be had. fat give you an idea of the rules been proposed, the democrats are being offered 2a hours to

present their case. that is over two days, so they will do 212 hour sessions if republicans get their way. it will start 1pm tomorrow, going through to the early hours of thursday and then friday. then the white house will get their chance to dojust the white house will get their chance to do just the same. the key disagreement between the two sides is whether or not further witnesses should be called and that is something that there will be vote on later in the process. meanwhile, president trump is at davos at the world economic forum. he spoke earlier. what a date we have had. we have had such contrasting messages from the keynote speakers here at the world economic forum. you just imagine

that donald trump through in earlier today with his entourage, coming from washington, where he came with his very forthright message of how well the american economy is doing under his leadership. he basically said that world leaders guarantee here should follow his example, follow the american economic model to ensure prosperity for all. that was very to ensure prosperity for all. that was very much his message to all those gathered here in the congress centre, which was absolutely packed. he had a very short look at climate change, which is the main issue under discussion here at the world economic forum, and he had a bit of agoat economic forum, and he had a bit of a go at those activists who are here. greta thunberg is the most prominent of them. they are warning ofan prominent of them. they are warning of an apocalyptic future, she has actually just spoken at a lunchtime session, which she has told averting

a climate apocalypse. now donald trump —— donald trump said we should learn from previous predictions of yea rs learn from previous predictions of years gone by, what you refer to as almost fortune—tellers were telling us that terrible event would happen in the near future. us that terrible event would happen in the nearfuture. he us that terrible event would happen in the near future. he called us that terrible event would happen in the nearfuture. he called on the dow gets you to be very positive and optimistic about the future and not believe the message of those who say otherwise. greta thunberg hasjust done a five minute speech at the lunchtime session which is very much focused on the challenge facing the climate, facing the crisis that is ahead. she was very clear in saying that the world is burning as we speak. she was quite insistent that planting 1 trillion trees, which the world economic forum announced they we re world economic forum announced they were committed to, even that will

not help. there needs to be more urgent action. it has been a disappointing day for the brits at the australian open. konta was beaten in her second match in five months following a knee injury. i knew going into the match andi injury. i knew going into the match and i was not too fuel my best and not have the match tightness that we all love to have as competitors. it definitely did not discourage me from doing the best i could out there today and it definitely wasn't enough. the semifinalist in melbourne two years ago is now down

to 65 in the world and is out of the tournament as well. manchester united have been charged by the football association for failing to ensure their players conduct themselves in an orderly fashion. it relates to two players confronting a referee at the liverpool game at the weekend. it has since prompted the former captain to criticise the former captain to criticise the former —— only focusing on tomorrow's game against birmingham. we have lost to liverpool. a team that you all say are fantastic. we have been in the game until the last kick of the ball. for me, that is strides forwards. of course we are disappointed at losing the game, we do not want to be behind in the week, but there were signs there

that we are on the right track. for me now is not the time to start talking about the recruitment. from the i think we are looking to the next game against burnley. we are a lwa ys next game against burnley. we are always looking to improve the squad and the club but for my mind now is not the time to start that discussion. leicester tigers have announced steve borthwick as their new head coach. the former england captain, who currently works under eddiejones as england skills coach, willjoin the tigers after the six nations. leicester are cu rently 11th in the premiership, with only alread—relegated saracens below them. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. terrorists could be made to take a lie detector test to prove they have reformed and are not planning to carry out another attack as part of a new wave of measures from the

government. terror offenders will face more time injail thanks government. terror offenders will face more time in jail thanks to the bill introduced after the attack in london in november. jack merritt as our schedules were killed on london bridge last year after a man who was released on licence halfway through a16 released on licence halfway through a 16 year sentence. at the time of his death, jack's father said he would be livid if his death was used to perpetuate an agenda of hate, can't fully world that we do not lock people up and throwing the key. the minister ofjustice lock people up and throwing the key. the minister of justice promised lock people up and throwing the key. the minister ofjustice promised to force dangerous terrorists, who faced extended senses, to face a full time behind bars. we want a minimum term of 1a years in prison for people convicted of serious offences. to scrap early release

from jail for those classed as dangerous also. we want to also double counterterrorism officers, increased counterterror police funds and increase the number of specialist psychologists working to deradicalise offenders. a home affairs correspondent reports. the fishmongers hall attacker usman khan had been serving 16 years for preparing terrorist acts but was released halfway through. visiting the metropolitan police's special training facility, the home secretary has announced a further increase for counterterrorist repeat —— policing of £90 million, but also promised that by mid march there will be a new counterterrorism bill and in the automatic early release of terrorist prisoners and raising

the... we will ensure that we increase sentences to 1a years for the offenders who are involved in planning terrorist offences but also involved in training for terrorist offences as well, and with that we are absolutely clear that we are going to be reviewing licensing conditions so that people do not have early release. ministers say they'll introduce lie detector tests for people recently released from prison for terrorist offences, and they'll double the number of probation officers specialising in counterterrorism. there'll also be more psychologists and imams involved in deradicalising prisoners. once somebody has been radicalised, no—one is saying that there's a 100% guarantee that someone can be deradicalised, but if there is a chance, we ought to be funding that and committing to it. counterterrorism police say their work has gone up by a third in three years, and insist the best way to turn the tide is to divert people away from extremism in the first place. daniel sandford, bbc news.

the justice secretary thejustice secretary defended the use of lie detectors on bbc brea kfast after use of lie detectors on bbc breakfast after questions were raised over the accuracy and appropriateness in the criminal justice system. lie detectors have already been introduced in assessing the risks posed to the public by sex offenders, it came in seven years ago. they are not part of the kernel investigation process or the evidence that one might you in court, it is all about the authorities are assessing the risk posed to the public by offenders. they are used in sexual offences, in the domestic abuse proposals we produce, polygraph testing is going to be introduced. this is not a new concept and i think it is a sensible measure in order to maximise our understanding of the risks that some of these prisoners pose to society. the nhs in england faces more than 10,000 new claims for clinical negligence over the year. some

agreed to settle and others have reached the million pound mark. estimates to the outstanding cost of claims is £83 billion. the total budget for the nhs was £129 billion last year. piers have come to £2.3 billion, more than doubled the nine yea rs billion, more than doubled the nine years ago when it cost £900 million. the bills for legal fees alone are costing more than £a billion, bbc news can report. brother, son and nephew. this is hayden. soon after he was rushed to hospital, a virus attacking his heart, and after a failure and care he died after six days. we had to sit and watch our

son died, in front of her eyes, and we had to watch him die. it has been four years of trauma after trauma. in the face of official silence, is that they had no choice but to sue. i have not thought about it as suing the nhs. i thought about it as fighting for a voice for hayden and fighting for a voice for hayden and fighting for a voice for hayden and fighting for acknowledgement of his life and his rights. i do not think we had a choice. you cannot bring that person back, nothing will, and the only thing that helps is to have acknowledgement that they existed. that they mattered. i want answers as to why this happens. how this happened. the hospital did eventually admit liability years later. that picture is being

repeated across england, payments for clinical negligence have doubled since 2015. last year the nhs paid out £2.3 billion, but the total cost of outstanding claims now stands at a staggering £83 billion. we have learnt that legal fees make up £a.3 billion of that. doctors worry the costs are spiralling out of control but lawyers for patients seen the rise is driven by failures in care. the nhs in england say that 70% of claims are now resolved without going to court. it also says they are committed to learn from incidents in order to improve patient safety. but hayden passed my there is evidence of a system that failed, one that his parents believe is in urgent need of reform. imagine spending that money on training doctors and nurses? there is a

death, you pay, there is an injury, you pay, and they are not actually fixing the source of the problem so it isjust going to be repeated. the doctor from the it isjust going to be repeated. the doctorfrom the medical it isjust going to be repeated. the doctor from the medical defence unionjoins me doctor from the medical defence union joins me know. doctor from the medical defence unionjoins me know. they support doctors at risk of litigation. these are doctors at risk of litigation. these a re eye doctors at risk of litigation. these are eye watering figures, what are your thoughts on why we are who we are? there are huge levels of composition both been paid and was being stored up to be paid in the future. we think there needs to be a change ina future. we think there needs to be a change in a lot to bring money back from going out of the nhs and go back into the nhs. are using people should not be able to sue? know, at the heart of these cases there a tragic circumstance, so it is absolutely right to get compensation, but when you are talking about individual claims costing millions and millions of

pounds going out to fund care on a private basis, we think that actually an assessed care package within the nhs could mean that the money from funders, such as organisations as ourselves, could go back into the nhs and systems that would look after notjust back into the nhs and systems that would look after not just the patient concern but other patients that suffer similarly work negligence isn't established. why do you think the situation is as it is no with the claims jumping so dramatically? doubling in recent yea rs ? dramatically? doubling in recent years? a number of factors. the amounts are eye watering. £83 billion is more than £3000 for every person in this country. three quarters of the total budget for the nhs every year. it is huge. an historic law from 19a8 is driving that. the reality is that the nhs

provides excellent care and could well be the organisation that provides care to patients who are being funded for the rest otherwise, and we wanted to be... dusty fear -- the situation where someone thinks something has gone wrong in and elevate medical environment, does become confrontational to quickly? and is that lead to this path been walked too often? the association for personal injury lawyer says that, actually, so many of the people they represent don't want to ta ke people they represent don't want to take money from the nhs. what you wa nt take money from the nhs. what you want initially is an apology and they want to know what has gone wrong. the way the system is said is that denials are made and as a potential fear of accepting liability and the potential costs and get worse. there needs to be a transparent

investigation as to what happened, it needs to involve the relatives of the patient and if possible the patient themselves so they can get an understanding, and also the hospital itself can see what went wrong and try to make changes to make sure it doesn't happen again. we have been saying for many years inappropriate apology should be provided, and often that is all people are looking for, an apology and a reassurance it won't happen again. why is that so difficult? one talks about a blame culture where individuals get frightened they will get investigated. sometimes nurses and doctors are investigated by police and people are concerned that if they go forward and cooperate and provide clear transparency that they might somehow be blamed, but from our perspective of the best way to resolve these types of cases is to engage with the family and the patient concerned to be entirely

transparent, provide of apologies and where possible change the system so things can go right in future. when you have an enormous potential criminal negligence claim, they may lose money that would otherwise fund patient care. if we could change the law we could see that money brought backin law we could see that money brought back in so patients could see that and hopefully the blame culture would fall away. thank you very much. time now for a look at the weather with darren bent. big differences in the weather across the uk today. a lot of the fog we had across parts of england and wales has been thinning and lifting and we will continue to see sunshine across much of england, south wales, the east midlands and the pennines. north—eastern scotland particularly chilly and temperatures

will fall quickly this evening. we will fall quickly this evening. we will see this cloud continue to push down from the north lifting temperatures later in the night. the lowest temperatures by the end of the night likely to be across the far south of england. very much milder further far south of england. very much milderfurther north in far south of england. very much milder further north in the cloud. cloud is what we will see a lot of on wednesday, even across southern and eastern parts of england where we have seen the sunshine today. the best of the brakes to the east of higher ground and temperatures will be widely hitting nine to 11 degrees. it should be milder than today across southern and eastern parts of the uk even though there will be much more cloud.

hello this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines... president trump was speaking just hours before the start of his impeachment trial in the us senate, which kicks off in washington later today. terror offenders are to face longerjail today. terror offenders are to face longer jail sentences and today. terror offenders are to face longerjail sentences and lie detector tests before they are released as part of what the government is describing is a major shift in approach. network rail is being investigated on poor performance. the office of rail and road says performance in the north—west and central region is not good enough. a bbc investigation finds the nhs in england finds more than £83 billion worth of unsettled

claims of clinical negligence. prince harry returns to canada to rejoin his wife and son after stepping back from real life. in china death toll from a new coronavirus has risen to six with the official number of people infected almost 300. most of those who've contracted the virus are in wuhan, where the authorities are taking more drastic measures to try and limit the spread of a new disease which causes pneumonia. the world health organisation has also warned that the disease is likely to spread to other cities and countries. rich preston reports. it's now been confirmed the virus known as 2019—ncov can be passed from human to human. more than 200 cases have been reported — mostly in the city of wuhan. despite early efforts to contain the virus, cases have now been reported in shanghai, shenzhen and in the capital beijing. cases have also been reported

injapan, south korea and thailand. this latest development comes as millions prepare to celebrate chinese new year, making journeys of hundreds of miles across the country. it's the largest annual human migration in the world, and there are fears over the potential that has to spread the virus. australia has added its name to the list of countries that will screen passengers. singapore, hong kong and japan have announced similar measures, as well as the us cities of san francisco, la and new york. china's president, xijinping, has ordered resolute efforts to curb the spread of the virus, saying people's safety and health is the top priority. translation: after the outbreak in wuhan, authorities immediately informed the world health organization, relevant countries, regions and organisations about the epidemic. china has been keeping in close touch with them and has been releasing information to the public.

we will work along with others to handle the epidemic and safeguard the safety of health globally. in the early 20005, the chinese government was criticised for initially covering up the extent of the sars cri5i5 — a virus which went on to kill more than 700 people, mostly in asia. rich preston, bbc new5. our correspondent stephen mcdonnell sent this update. the most dramatic moves are being taken in wuhan, the city where the sickness cluster broke out. scientists are saying anyone with an elevated temperature should not leave. the city's government has ordered that all local tour groups should not be allowed to go, and not be allowed to leave the city. cars as they drive away are being randomly pulled over with passengers checked for their temperature. they are having to take these more

drastic measures to stop the spread of this virus as the numbers go up and up. last week, the numbers were coming five at a time or a few more. now every time we get an update it seems to bejumping by bigger and bigger increments, now nearly 300 infected. we have those screening procedures in place all over the country, in airports and train stations, but overseas australia is the latest country to have special screening arrangements for passengers arriving directly from wuhan. in the meantime i guess the more serious news is scientists in hong kong havejoined their uk counterparts now in estimating that the real number could already be in the thousands rather than the hundreds in terms of people who have been infected.

the modelling and likely work out what the spread of the diseases, and i think the authorities have not identified everyone who is sick so far. we have these cases popping up, there is somebody in isolation in brisbane, and in the philippines a five—year—old boy who arrived also from wuhan is being monitored. they think maybe he has the coronavirus. the authorities are not taking any chances and putting much more stringent screening programmes in place. now time for the business news. a record number of women in full—time work has pushed the uk's employment rate to a new high of 76.3%. the record figure could reduce the chance that the bank of england will cut interest rates next week.

facebook will create a thousand newjobs in london this year, including hiring more people to tackle harmful online content. it will take facebook‘s uk workforce to more than a,000. pressure has been growing on social media firms to remove posts promoting self—harm and political extremism. network rail has been issued a formal warning for its poor service in the north west and central regions of england, including train operating companies northern and trans pennine express. the regulator is investigating whether network rail is "doing all it reasonably can to improve service for passengers". let's get more on those job figures that show the uk employment rate rose to a new high, driven largely by the number of women working full—time. the employment rate was pushed to a new high of 76.3%. that's according to the latest official figures from the office for national statistics. why is it important? the bank of england will keep a close eye on it when it decides interest rates next week.

let's speak to a uk economist. talk me through these figures because there a big difference... a large number of women working full—time is what is pushing up the employment rate. a good headline figure and it says a lot about the labour force. absolutely. we have had strong employment figures, we also have unemployment that stays relatively low and earnings which are relatively high on where we have had a little decline over the last few months, but still way above inflation rates, which means it's real earnings are rising and are strong. overall relatively strong figures but there is a little bit around it that makes us be a little bit more cautious so for example when you look at vacancies we have had a bit of an uplift and overall

the trend in vacancies has been negative, and then also when you look at the monthly figures, they haven't been that great with a bit ofa haven't been that great with a bit of a wobble in november. but that could also be down to the uncertainty around the election where we had some of this data coming out so it is a little bit early, to early to call whether this was just a blip early, to early to call whether this wasjust a blip based on the early, to early to call whether this was just a blip based on the data that we had last week. was just a blip based on the data that we had last weeklj was just a blip based on the data that we had last week. i wanted to get into that because the bank of england have said they will keep a close eye on this. so how much will the bank of england think ok, this is just the bank of england think ok, this isjust a the bank of england think ok, this is just a temporary blip, one was perhaps caused by brexit uncertainty, or one that suggests a longer term recovery in the economy? i think it would be wise, given the

uncertainty around brexit, it would be wise to pause and wait for more data probably in the next few months before they take action. the reason it is quite important is rates are already relatively low so for the bank of england the margin to act is very small, whereas in terms of the actual data it may point later on that there is no need to actually stimulus. in any event most of the stimulus. in any event most of the stimulus we see will be down to uncertainty so cut may be down to people to invest or spend more at this stage. remind us what the bank of england is contending with because unemployment figures is just one element, they also have to keep an eye on inflation and gdp growth.

absolutely, so we have very weak inflation figures at the moment, down to regulatory pricing and things that are down to a weak economy. so overall inflation figures arejust one economy. so overall inflation figures are just one element of it but it does give them some room for manoeuvre. then we are delivered of week gdp figures recently but that could be because of the uncertainties around elections and brexit, and may not necessarily be an indication that the economy as a whole is slowing significantly at this stage. as always, grateful for your thoughts. thanks for running us through those employment figures this morning. in other business stories we've been following disney's streaming service, including star wars, marvel, pixar and national geographic, will arrive in the uk on 2ath march. disney+ will also arrive

in ireland, france, germany, italy, spain, austria and switzerland on the same date. it will cost £5.99 a month but will be up against competition from apple tv+, netflix, amazon prime and britbox. telecoms giant talktalk has agreed to sell its fibrenation network business to cityfibre, a company backed by goldman sachs for £200m. the sale of the business had been delayed last year when the labour party said it would nationalise bt‘s openreach network if it won the general election. low cost airline easyjet says it's raised forecasts for revenues in the first half of the year, after performing better than expected so far this year. passenger numbers rose 2.8% to 22.2 million. let me show you the numbers. easyjet on the board one of the biggest risers on the day after better—than—expected forecasts for the year. remember they are looking ahead, not necessarily back, so investors like what they see. keep

an eye on this figure of 1% because they will be digesting figures and looking towards that interest rate decision from the bank of england next week, so the pound currently buying you $1.31. some breaking news to bring you about north korea. north korea has said the united states has ignored its year—end deadline for nuclear talks and no longer feels bound its year—end deadline for nuclear talks and no longerfeels bound by commitments which included a halt to the nuclear testing and firing of intercontinental ballistic missiles. these comments have come from the envoy for north korea who has been speaking to geneva at the united nations conference on disarmament. he said we found no reason to be unilaterally bound. if the us

persists in hostile policy towards the people's democratic republic of korea there will never be nuclear eyes asian of the korean peninsular. the talks led to hopes there may be some sort of a breakthrough but over the past 18 months the talks broke down and north korea said earlier this month that despite that personal relationship between the president and the north korean leader, it will be moving on from the wasted time spent in negotiations. now an update on our headlines. opening the davos summit, president trump has defended his economic record and launched a fierce attack on climate change activism, saying it is not time for pessimism. mrtrump was it is not time for pessimism. mr trump was speaking hours before the start of his impeachment trial

in the us senate. that kicks off in washington later today. terror offenders will face longer jail sentences and lie detector tests before they are released as pa rt tests before they are released as part of a major shift in approach. prince harry has arrived in vancouver in canada tojoin his wife meghan and their son. he left london afterjoining the prime minister borisjohnson at a uk—africa investment summit. our correspondent is in vancouver. we think harry has been reunited with his wife and son and one can only imagine that might have been a rather emotional reunion. they have been separated by thousands of miles and an eight—hourtime been separated by thousands of miles and an eight—hour time difference in what can be described only as a turbulent time for the couple

themselves and the wider royal family. we know that harry will have boarded that flight with a heavy heart. he said he wanted to continue to serve the queen, the commonwealth and his military associations but following the negotiations with the queen and senior members of the royalfamily, queen and senior members of the royal family, that had queen and senior members of the royalfamily, that had not queen and senior members of the royal family, that had not been possible. while he will have come here with great sadness, that will also have been coupled one would imagine with excitement at seeing his wife and son, and it's hoped now that they will now be able to move through the transition period to a more peaceful life here in canada. sophie long reporting from vancouver. representatives of australia's tourism industries say the country's recent bushfires have already cost them almost

700 million dollars with that number likely to increase further in the coming months. many international visitors are expected to stay away even though most of the fires are now out or under control. tourism is estimated to account for more than 3% of australia's annual economic output and one in every 13 of its jobs. the bbc‘s phil mercer reports from kangaroo valley in new south wales. this is a place that should be full of visitors but it's not because people are staying away because of the fires. this is the story that is being repeated in many other parts of the country. everyone is devastated. people are being laid off. we are trying to scramble to get help from the government, welfare and whatever we can, but that's proving very

difficult and a long process, and frustrating for people. people coming in in tears so it has been devastating. the trade minister simon birmingham says the bushfires have inflicted enormous damage on australia's international tourism reputation. the government will spend millions of dollars but many people are deciding not to come. this country has paid an enormous price during this crisis. vast areas of bushland have been scorched. many properties have been scorched. many properties have been scorched. many properties have been destroyed and lives and livelihoods have been lost. phil mercer, bbc news, in kangaroo valley.

a woman who was wrongly told she'd been living in the uk illegally, before being detained for three months and then deported, says no amount of money can make up for how she's been treated. chiplyn burton came to britain from jamaica, in the 1960's, as part of the so—called windrush generation. thousands of people arrived from the caribbean, many sailing on board the empire windrush. the uk home office says it's determined to right the wrongs experienced by relatives of those who lawfully came to the uk, many of whom were threatened with deportation, and in some cases removed. chiplyn returned to the uk last month after decades spent trying to sort out her immigration status. she's been speaking to our community affairs correspondent adina campbell. for the first time in more than four decades, chiplyn burton can now rest a little easier. she arrived in lancashire from jamaica in 1965, aged seven, on her parents' passports, one of many caribbean families who came to the uk, known as the windrush generation, and given indefinite leave to remain. but chiplyn's first problems started in the 19705 when she returned

to jamaica with her family but she was later refused entry back into the uk. i was stopped injamaica from 1976 to the year 2001, and i had to struggle. there were times where i felt like killing myself. when chiplyn eventually came back to the uk, she ended up staying and working in care services without legal documents until 2015. she then received the news she was dreading. "oh, chiplyn, i'm so sorry to tell you but they've decided they're not going to give you your stay." so i said, "so what does that mean now?" "oh, i'm so sorry but we have to lock you up." i said, "lock me up? so, am i a criminal?" chiplyn was detained at yarl‘s wood immigration removal centre in bedfordshire for three months. and did you have an opportunity

to say goodbye to your family? no. not even a phone call? no, nothing at all. she was then deported back to jamaica. it was only when the scale of the windrush scandal came to light almost two years ago, when she realised she was one of the many victims who had been mistreated. oh, boy. can you give mejust a little second, please? chiplyn finally got the news she had been desperately longing for in november last year. in a statement, the home office says, "miss burton has now been granted indefinite leave to remain and a member of its vulnerable persons team is in close contact with her." chiplyn flew back to the uk three weeks ago and is now working with lawyers to claim compensation through the government windrush scheme. if they even give me £1 million, £1 billion, it cannot buy back my happiness,

it cannot buy back my life because it is forever scarred. adina campbell, bbc news. the one o'clock news is coming up in a moment but first darren has the weather. over the next few days and nights we are expecting more cloud widely across the uk. the —— this morning we started with huge temperature contrasts. those were the differences continue through the afternoon as well. we still have high pressure in charge. round the top of it this milder, cloudier atla ntic top of it this milder, cloudier atlantic air. it feels pretty chilly out there. the areas of mist and fog we have seen are tending to shrink so we will keep sunshine across much of southern england and south wales, the east midlands to the east of the pennines. probably some sunshine in

the north—east of scotland where it should be very mild at 11 degrees. the cloud thick enough in western scotla nd the cloud thick enough in western scotland to bring drizzle on the weather front and the temperature is probably double figures in many northern parts of the uk, more chilly further south. temperatures will fall quickly with a frost in a few places, then cloud amounts tend to increase from the north, if anything lifting the temperatures. the coldest weather by the end of the night likely to be in the far south of england. certainly much milder as you head further north. wednesday sees less sunshine with a lot of cloud around, quite misty as well, especially over the hills. the best of the sunshine to the east of high ground, especially in eastern parts of scotland where temperatures could reach 13 degrees. it should be milder further south across england and wales but with that cloud, which is stuck under the area of high pressure. we have another week where the front approaching as we head towards the end of thursday. that's

not going to make great inroads, mainly affecting the far north of scotland. to the south a lot of cloud, and it should be frost free in the morning. some breaks in the cloud, especially in north—eastern england and eastern parts of scotland. those temperatures properly around eight or 9 degrees. as we head into the weekend, that first weather front weakens as it moves southwards. there are more arriving in from the atlantic and this is where it will be coming from as we head into the weekend. the weather turning more unsettled gradually. probably more likely to get some rain in the north—west.

president trump launches a stinging attack on environmentalists he says they're alarmists, and that it's time for optimism. he tells business and political leaders in davos that campaigners are trying to dominate every aspect of people's lives. this is a time for tremendous hope and joy and optimism and action. but to embrace the possibilities of tomorrow, we must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse. you say children shouldn't worry. you say children shouldn't worry. you say children shouldn't worry. you say just leave you say children shouldn't worry. you sayjust leave this to us, we will fix this. we promise, we won't let you down. don't be so pessimistic. and then... nothing.