tonight at six — the culture of denial that enabled a rogue breast surgeon to get away with botched operations on hundreds of women. today at five: the series ian paterson is serving a 20—year of failings, at many levels, jail sentence for his crimes. which allowed a breast surgeon, now an inquiry says thousands of his to perform unnecessary operations, other patients might be affected. possibly on thousands of women. colleagues avoided or worked around him. an official report says patients of ian paterson, were let down, some could have known, by the failures of a ‘dysfunctional‘ others should have known, health care system. and a few must have known. on a daily basis it affects us. i try not to let it rule my life among his patients, women but to move forward this who didn‘t even have cancer was important to me. and others who were left with a much it is important for the people lower chance of survival. who died to be heard. we'll have details of the inquiry, if you were an ian paterson patient and we'll be talking to a woman you were 50% more likely to get who was 16 when ian paterson a re—occurrence of breast cancer first operated on her. the other main stories because you'd been left with breast tissue, basically a time bomb in your chest ready to explode, on bbc news at 5: british citizens resident in china are told to leave the country if they can, as the death toll from coronavirus reaches more than 400. a court is told that hashem abedi —

brother of the manchester arena bomber — is equally guilty of the murder of the 22 people who died in the attack. and a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the uk is to be brought forward by five years, to 2035. it's five o'clock. our main story is the outcome of an independent inquiry, which found that hundreds of patients, treated by a breast surgeon in the west midlands, were let down over many years, by numerous failures by individuals and organisations. ian paterson, who practised in the nhs and privately, was convicted of 17 counts of wounding patients in 2017, and jailed for 20 years.

more than 200 patients gave evidence to the inquiry, about unnecessary breast surgery, and operations which left them vulnerable to a recurrence of cancer. the chairman of the inquiry said the health care system had proved itself to be dysfunctional, at almost every level, when it came to keeping patients safe. 0ur correspondentjohn maguire has the latest. these were the patients who became victims of ian paterson. when he was jailed in 2017 — for carrying out hundreds of cases of unnecessary breast surgery — the trialjudge said he had deliberately preyed on his patients‘ worst fears. working at both private and nhs hospitals in the west midlands, he treated thousands. in many cases, he would encourage people to undergo surgery more than once, knowing that what he was doing was totally u nwa rra nted. today, his victims are seeing the results of a major independent inquiry into his malpractice.

the inquiry report contains — at its heart — 87 pages of patient accounts. the suffering described, the callousness, the wickedness, the failures on the part of individuals and institutions as well as paterson himself. my report sets out what can only be described as wilful blindness in relation to paterson's behaviour and aberrant clinical practice. colleagues avoided or worked around him. some could have known, others should have known and a few must have known. with a bit of luck, everything will be implemented, things will be put in place, especially in the private sector, where the patient was not protected at all. so, hopefully things will be put in place. mr paterson sort of more or less

coerced us into going privately by telling me that my operations were urgently needed. and in actual fact, as i found out many years later, i didn't have cancer at all. on a daily basis it affects us. i try not to let it rule my life but to move forward this was important to me. this was important for the people who died to be heard, because — without any exaggeration — there are so many unnecessary deaths. in some cases, the surgery dates back more than 20 years, scars of the body and of the mind that are yet to heal. i think some of the times people will look and think, "0h, well, it's done now." but it isn't for us. the psychological implications is never—ending. yet still, after such an extensive inquiry, the key question of why remains unanswered. paterson declined to give evidence at his trial.

his victims‘ theories range from greed to playing god orjust sinister self—belief. for the many hundreds if not thousands affected by his malpractice, today's report will be welcomed only if and when guarantees are in place that no one else will suffer as they did ever again. john maguire, bbc news. as we heard in that report, the inquiry chair, bishopjames, described a toxic culture of avoidance and denial, which helped to facilitate ian paterson's crimes. health minister nadine dorries has apologised on behalf of the government. it is with deep regret that we acknowledge the failure of the entire health care system to protect patients from ian patterson's malpractice and to remedy the harms. nothing i can say today can lessen

the horrendous suffering that patients and their families experienced and continue to go through. i can only start to imagine the sense of violation and betrayal of patients who put their trust in ian patterson when they were at their most vulnerable. at the enquiry reports today, on world cancer day, makes this all the more poignant. and i apologise on behalf of the government and the nhs for what happened, not least that ian patterson was able to practice unchecked for so long. jade edgington was a teenager when she began treatment with ian paterson. she had a lump removed from her breast on his advice when she was just 16. she had another three lumps removed by him over the next three years, only to be told years later that her surgery had been unneccesa ry. shejoins me now via webcam. thank you so much forjoining us.

just your thoughts today, when you see the conclusions of this report and the very strong language about the failures, at so many levels. what was going through your mind at that time when you saw the conclusions? i think it is a positive step because we have waited a long time to have something come out that acknowledges that there was a lot of failure is. i have said quite often over the years that he was allowed to do these things, so, you know, ithink was allowed to do these things, so, you know, i think it's a positive step forward, and i think the language is accurate. it was a horrendous time, and there are a lot of people who have been affected. for me, it's a positive step forward , for me, it's a positive step forward, and i hope the recommendations get takes —— get taken seriously recommendations get takes —— get ta ken seriously and recommendations get takes —— get taken seriously and implemented. when you first had the treatment, you have —— it is a question of

trust at such a young age, when you don't question. so, you're in a position of great vulnerability. absolutely, yeah. i've said it again multiple times, like you just said there, we had no choice but to trust there, we had no choice but to trust the people that were telling us these things. if i went into hospital tomorrow and somebody who is an expert tells you that this is what needs to happen, the course of treatment, you obviously have no choice but to go along with it, so, like you said, it puts you in a massive position of vulnerability. and being so young at the time, it is scary. but even now, we have no choice, so there does need to be some changes in the way that things are monitored, the procedures that are monitored, the procedures that are in place, and hopefully that will change off the back of this enquiry. you give the strong impression that you are someone who wa nts to impression that you are someone who wants to look positively at life, and you said, this is a positive step, the fact that this enquiry has

come out. could you share with viewers the kind of impact that this has had on new? it started at the age of 16, but you didn't find out until some years later the truth of the situation, is that right? yeah, it's really quite scary. when you are 16, like you say, you just trust in what people are telling you, you don't have... you are not able to comprehend the seriousness of the situation you are in. even some yea rs situation you are in. even some years later, in my early 20s, again, you can't comprehend the severity and how wide this goes. but now i have my own daughter, i think if someone have my own daughter, i think if someone did that to her, how would i feel? and then it makes me feel really sad for my parents at the time, and really angry, because how difficult it must be to kind of send your baby off to be put under anaesthetic, to be cut open, to have stitches and then to have them removed and have scars that will last the rest of my life. it does

have an impact. and it's really scary that he got away. i try to think positively about it. i am one of the lucky people because i am fit and healthy. there are a lot of people who are not here to speak, and that is why i want to communicate and do interviews like this, because more people need to hear about this, and we need to be more aware, so hear about this, and we need to be more aware, so hopefully, now the enquiry has come out and there has been a lot of press coverage, people will be more careful and may be asked for second opinions and do more research before agreeing to have things done. i think, with the enquiry, a lot of changes and responsibility should be on the nhs and the private sector to do more due diligence around what their surgeons are doing, because we are vulnerable, we don't have a choice and we have to trust the professionals. that point leads me really to the final question, if i may, which is, you know, do you have more confidence that, following a report like this, it will be far

more difficult for somebody like patterson to operate in future, and to operate, as he did, for many yea rs ? to operate, as he did, for many years? are you confident that the nhs, after a scandal of this kind, has learnt enough so that it won't happen again, or is much less likely? much less likely, i hope. i think there is still a long way to go. the recommendations have come out. there is no kind of timeframe around when these will be implemented or how, what oversight is going to be in place following on from this, so i think we are a long way to go, but i think the media coverage on something like this is paramount, because people need to be more aware. at least if we educate people on the fact that this has happened, you know... we don't want to be scaremongering, but i think people do need to be aware. i think something like this coming out is

going to be a positive step forward, but i do think we have got a long way to go with it. like mike jade, it is very good of you to talk to us, and thank you for sharing your experience. good to talk to you. —— jade, it is very good of you to talk to us. all british citizens in china should leave the country, if they can, to minimise the risk of exposure to the coronavirus. that's the official advice published by the foreign office earlier this afternoon. work is continuing to bring home britons from hubei province, where the outbreak began. the foreign secretary dominic raab said that the ‘safety and security of british people will always be' the government‘s top priority. so ‘british nationals in china are advised to leave the country if they can‘, to minimise the risk. the foreign office estimate that there are just under 30,000 british nationals living in china. in other developments, china have admitted ‘shortcomings‘ in their response to the virus. the death toll has risen to 425, with over 20,000 confirmed cases worldwide.

our correspondent robin brant is in shanghai and explained the significance of the foreign office advice. the british governmentjoining the advice that came from the us several days ago. there was a change this morning in the advice that appeared on the foreign office‘s website. previously it was advising against all but essential travel to here, saying no—one should go to the province where this outbreak is centred. but now the advice is for any british people in china, who are able to do so, they should leave the country. i think this is not because we have seen a sudden increase in the severity of the outbreak of this virus, i think it is because the foreign office is about to try and lay on what it calls "the last flight" to evacuate british people out of that city of wuhan and appeal for details for people to sign up went out yesterday, and that was the last flight. and also, over the last week or so, the foreign office has removed nonessential staff from parts

of its embassy in beijing and also its consulates throughout the country. that means there is fewer people that can help any britons here who are in distress, so all of that, i think, has led to this change in advice. any british people who are here who are able to leave china, the british government says they should do so now. our correspondentjon donnison is at the foreign office. tell us a little more about the advice that has been given today and what the foreign office is saying. it certainly leaves a lot of questions and a lot of difficult decisions for a lot of people. around 30,000 british citizens living in china, and all the foreign office are living in china, and all the foreign office a re really living in china, and all the foreign office are really saying is, if they are able to leave, they should do

so, using the remaining commercial flights. of course, we know that several airlines, british airways notably, no longer flying several airlines, british airways notably, no longerflying in and out of china, so there is no real answer as to how those people should get out of china, where they should go, should they come back to the uk? would they then be quarantined? should day self quarantine? many people living in china might have been there for years, studying there perhaps. a lot of questions that, frankly, in a brief statement from the foreign office, don‘t get answered. thanks very much indeed. given what was said there at the foreign office, it is good to put those points to someone who will have some answers. i‘m joined by sam mulliner, who‘s lived in china for the past nine years. he and his wife work as teachers at a british international school in shanghai. white might good of you to join us.

—— good of you tojoin us. what is your response to the statement from the foreign office? we are not going to travel back to the uk or travel away. as things currently stand, we have no plans to leave shanghai. it isa have no plans to leave shanghai. it is a very safe place to be. i know that sounds like a strange thing to say, with the virus hitting, but we are living under self positioned quarantine, and doing very well, so we have no plans to return at this point. what do you make so far of the response of the british authorities, and how has that response affected you there? could you compare it, may be, with the response of the chinese authorities so we can response of the chinese authorities so we can get a response of the chinese authorities so we can get a sense response of the chinese authorities so we can get a sense of response of the chinese authorities so we can get a sense of your experience? absolutely. i think i can experience? absolutely. i think i ca n safely experience? absolutely. i think i can safely say, the response of the chinese government here has been

phenomenal. the fact that they have taken the steps today to say that they made mistakes, the fact that they made mistakes, the fact that they can build a hospital in ten days, the fact that they‘ve supported everybody, and the fact that the entire population here has stepped up and has taken this as seriously as it is. personally, i‘ve heard nothing from the foreign & commonwealth office. it doesn‘t mean that we haven‘t heard anything. i know my company has been in regular contact with them, and the school has been, but i‘ve heard nothing, save what i‘ve seen myself on the bbc website. does that surprise you? not necessarily. as you said earlier, there are nearly 30,000 ex pats earlier, there are nearly 30,000 expats living here in china. and their priority had to be with those in wuhan first. when you say you feel safe there, you readily acknowledge that some people may find that a bizarre thing to say, given the position you are in, but

surely, returning, you know, going ona surely, returning, you know, going on a flight with hundreds of people, all the rest of it, that is also a risky thing to do. absolutely. i feel safer staying in my house right now with my wife and my cat than i do go into an airport filled with people, getting on a plane filled with people. with a 14 day incubation period, it‘s a risk. with people. with a 14 day incubation period, it's a risk. final point, sam, to do with flights. you must have had a look at flights. you must have had a look at flights and the availability of them, flights being laid on etc — what is the position? from what i've seen, there are still limited flights available to get out of shanghai, far fewer provide flights available to get out of shanghai, farfewer provide an option to come back, certainly within the financial limits of being a teacher. the flights are becoming increasingly less available as more and more airlines are cancelling

flights, and we are finding that a number of our colleagues that are currently in the uk or abroad who are currently looking to try to come back to china at some point or having their return flights cancelled, so there is a significant financial risk. as your previous correspondence said, the fco information has been, if you are able to do so. and we can‘t guarantee that we are able to do so. sam, we wish you good luck, and thank you forjoining us. my pleasure. that was sam, talking to us pleasure. that was sam, talking to us from shanghai. our thanks to him for joining us from shanghai. our thanks to him forjoining us on bbc news at five. the headlines on bbc news: a ‘dysfunctional‘ health care system allowed breast surgeon ian paterson to perform unnecessary operations , on hundreds, possibly on thousands of wome , says a damning report british citizens resident in china are told to leave the country if they can ,

as the death toll from coronavirus reaches more than 400. a court is told that hashem abedi — brother of the manchester arena bomber — is equally guilty of the murder of the 22 people , who died in the attack. in sport, england are facing defeat in the first one—day international against south africa in cape town. south africa have two half centuries, with the hosts well set to chase down their has been confirmed match against scotland at murrayfield on saturday. eddiejones says he expects him to have recovered from his groin injury in time for the ireland game. juergen klopp and most of his first team won‘t feature in liverpool‘s fourth—round match against shrewsbury town after they drew 2—2 to get a reply at anfield. liverpool‘s under 23s will play.

a ban on selling new petrol, diesel or hybrid cars in the uk will be brought forward from 2040 to 2035, under government plans. experts said 2040 would be too late, if the uk was to achieve its target of emitting virtually zero carbon by 2050. the summit, known as cop26, is being hosted in glasgow. it is an annual un—led gathering, set up to assess progress on tackling climate change. cop26‘s former president claire o‘neill was sacked on friday, and wrote an angry letter accusing the prime minister of failing to support her work. our energy and environment analyst roger harrabin has more details. before long, this will look like history. the government previously decided to stop the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2040, to combat climate change. now, the date for electric and hydrogen cars to become the only ones on the forecourts will be 2035, after ministers accepted that 2040 just simply wasn‘t fast enough.

and that includes hybrids. but the more ambitious target could be tough. i think it‘s challenging. if you look last year, it was something like 1.6% of all new car sales were battery electric, so we‘ve got to go from 1.6% to 100%, either electrical or, indeed, zero emission, things like hydrogen fuel cells. environmentalists say conventional vans and cars could and should be phased out sooner. meanwhile, the aviation industry‘s getting in on the climate act, announcing a scheme to take care of emissions from planes by 2050. planting trees to soak up the emissions from planes is part of the proposed solution, but so is developing new fuels derived from waste. the plan is controversial. the industry can't rely on things like biofuel, for instance, which the government's own advisers

have said can be highly polluting. it also can't look to carbon offsetting as a way to keep things business as usual. this morning the prime minister was joined at the science museum in london by children and sir david attenborough, to launch the uk hosting of a vital global climate summit planned for glasgow in november. and it is now up to us to put before the nations of the world what has to be done. we don‘t need to emphasise to them or to you that the longer we leave it not doing things but going on talking about the problems, the worse it‘s going to get. we are pledged, here in the uk, to deliver net zero by 2050. and we are the first major economy to make that commitment. i hope you agree it is the right thing to do. but mrjohnson‘s party was spoiled by the former head of the climate summit, who he sacked last week. she said he‘s failing to lead on climate change. he‘s also admitted to me that he doesn‘t really understand

it, and it‘s good that... reporter: really, he said that to you? yes, he‘s said all sorts of things over the years but, you know, as i think i said in my letter... he said he doesn't understand climate change ? he doesn‘t really get it, i think, is what he said. but others around him do. so, how did the pm respond? reporter: prime minister, claire o'neill suggests you're not showing leadership on climate change. why would she say that? we‘ve got the prime minister accused of failing to lead on climate change, we‘ve got aviation trying to clean up, and we‘ve got the end of the road for one of the most successful machines in history, the internal combustion engine. it seems like it‘s notjust society changing the climate, it‘s now climate changing society. roger harrabin, bbc news. and at around 5.45 we‘ll be joined by the business secretary, andrea leadsom, whose department is organising cop26, the climate change conference.

we will ask the minister about the conference and the plans announced by the government today. that‘s coming up later. a pedestrian has died after being hit by an unmarked police car in cheshire. the man died at the scene of the crash in warrington, which happened shortly after seven o‘clock yesterday evening. cheshire police said the incident had been referred to the independent office for police conduct. several streets in central london have been cordoned off for a second time in 24 hours, after an unexploded world world ii bomb was found. scotland yard confirmed that another part of the ordnance had been found on tuesday, prompting the evacuation of buildings in soho. for the first time in its 33—year history in the uk, ikea has confirmed plans to shut one of its large uk stores. more than 350 jobs are expected to go at the coventry branch of the swedish furniture and home improvement giant. the store had opened in 2007 and cost £35 million to build.

the old bailey has been told that the brother of the manchester arena bomber was equally guilty, of killing the 22 people who died in the attack. hashem abedi denies murder, the attempted murder of those who survived, and conspiring with his brother salman to cause an explosion at the ariana grande concert in 2017. our correspondent dan johnson is at the old bailey. dan, bring us up—to—date on what has been said there today. this case opened with a real statement ofjust how devastating that bomb was. 22 people died, 91 were seriously injured, 111 had to receive hospital treatment, and the prosecution barrister said there were hundreds more who had been in effect —— had been affected by the psychological trauma of what happened in manchester arena last night. the prosecution says hashem abedi is just as guilty as his brother, and

that he acted intending that whoever deployed the device should kill, maim and injure as many people as possible. the jury was told he helped his brother by gathering the necessary components, buying chemicals online through different accounts, having them delivered to different addresses to cover their tracks. also, gathering equipment to put the bomb together and testing different ways of building the bomb and trying to make sure that it was effective in what they wanted to achieve. the brothers allegedly ordered litres of sulphuric acid and hydrogen peroxide. hashem abedi might post my fingerprints were found on pieces of metal at the scene, and his fingerprints were also won some disused vegetable oil ca ns also won some disused vegetable oil cans in the garden shed at their home. those cans had come from the ta keaway home. those cans had come from the takeaway shop where first night work. his prints were also found that a flat they rented together. that was described as somewhere they could quietly store the component and build their bomb. the

prosecution accepted it may have been salman abedi who decided where and when to detonate that bomb, but they said there is evidence that both of the brothers had been radicalised to some degree in the yea rs radicalised to some degree in the years after their parents moved away from manchester to libya, and that they share the goal of causing maximum disruption. some of the families of victims have been here in court, alongside other survivors, and some are watching the proceedings back in manchester. this is just the first day of the prosecution opening this case. there isa prosecution opening this case. there is a lot of evidence to hear, this will be a long trial, and hashem abedi denies all the charges against him. dan johnson with the latest from the old bailey on that case. a look at the headlines and the sport coming up in a few minutes, but now, the weather. the weather is pretty quiet at the moment. cold, frosty weather on the way tonight and tomorrow. nothing

desperately cold but colder than we have been used to. we will have this settled weather until thursday or friday. we will start to see changes to something more unsettled on friday. in the short wind is falling like tonight across many parts of the uk. there will be mist and fog, particularly across central areas of the uk, a few showers in north—western scotland. the blue colours are the frost outside of town. tomorrow‘s forecast, a lot of sunshine, light winds, mist and fog patches in one or two areas lingering. one or two showers in north—west scotland. enjoy this speu north—west scotland. enjoy this spell of settled weather, because an u nsettled spell of settled weather, because an unsettled spell is coming from the weekend onwards.

this is bbc news. the headlines... a ‘dysfunctional‘ healthcare system allowed breast surgeon ian paterson to perform unnecessary operations on hundreds, possibly on thousands of women, says a damning report. on a daily basis it affects us. i try not to let it rule my life but to move forward this was important to me. it is important for the people who died to be heard. british citizens resident in china are told to leave

the country if they can, as the death toll from coronavirus reaches more than 400. a court is told that hashem abedi — brother of the manchester arena bomber — is equally guilty of the murder of the 22 people who died in the attack. let‘s catch up with the sport and katie. hi there. we will start with the news that england is facing a battle to avoid going 1—0 down in the one—day series. the hosts are cruising towards their target of 259. england were put into bat and started well but then had a middle order collapse. dual route —— joe root was run out. england recovered with a good partnership. south

africa are in total control. quinton de kock reached his century. a few moments ago south africa were 195—1 in the 35th over. we have got news from all the home nations. who will not play against england. manu tuilagi will miss that match at murrayfield too. it was widely expected because he limped off with a groin strain in england‘s defeat to france on sunday. however, eddie jones does expect him to be fit to face ireland in the third round of matches. he had only played one matches. he had only played one match in six weeks before the six nations because of another groin issue. update from the wales camp, a big blow for them as liam williams will not play in either matches against ireland or france. but he could face england, that‘s according

to the wales defence coach. williams underwent surgery after injuring an ankle at the world cup injapan. ireland have had to make and enforce change for their matches against wales after injuries to two players. he made his debut against scotland at the weekend but had to come off after five minutes with a head injury. golf, the governing body has said they want to break the cycle of hitting distance but it could take yea rs before hitting distance but it could take years before solutions are found. it's years before solutions are found. it‘s claimed that an increase number of courses are at risk of becoming less challenging or obsolete. to play golf really well you need to be up play golf really well you need to be up to drive the ball, hit the ball onto the green, chip and putt. i think one of the great things about our game think one of the great things about ourgame is think one of the great things about our game is this balance. and over the years and decades there have

been players who are good at one or two but they have quite often have a slight weakness in one of the other areas. but that, to me, is if you lose that balance, that amount of skill, that breadth of skills, you are changing the nature of golf. and there will be nojurgen klopp on the liverpool bench tonight for their fa cup replay at home to shrewsbury. there won‘t be any first team as either as they are sticking to the winter break. the under 23 is will have to get past the ligue one side at anfield. shrewsbury came from 2—0 down to earn the replay and whilst jurgen klopp will not physically be there his influence will still be felt. i don't know what more support you could wish for as a young player. so i know there has been a lot spoken leading into the game but there is total clarity around the decision and we will support the

decision and we will support the decision and we all follow him because he has earned that. and there are 5/4—round replay is tonight, all the build—up to oxford‘s match against newcastle sta rts oxford‘s match against newcastle starts on the iplayer and red button. there is also full coverage of that game on bbc one from 8pm. oxford v newcastle is over you can get reaction and highlights from the rest of tonight‘s ties on the iplayer and of course on the bbc sport website. that is all support for now. all british citizens in china should leave the country, if they can, to minimise the risk of exposure to the coronavirus. that‘s the official advice published by the foreign office earlier this afternoon. let‘s talk to professor paul cosford, the emeritus medical director at public health england. he joins us from wesminster.

could you just take viewers through the thinking behind this advice. this advice is entirely in line with what we are seeing in terms of the way the outbreaks are developing in china. it is clear that the risk is greatest in wuhan. the risk in the rest of china is starting at a much lower base but the risk is increasing elsewhere across china. in one of the things that happens is the sort of infections develop and these situations develop is that it becomes more difficult to travel and of course there is huge pressure is on the rest of the chinese services and systems. so if people want to leave, now is a good time to do so. i suppose the answer, lots of viewers will be thinking, if they heard the interview earlier with a british man and his wife who are teachers in shanghai, he was saying, look, i feel perfectly safe where i am, i‘m indoors. i don‘t want to go out, i don‘t want to go to an airport and get on a plane for hours

with people who may be contagious or whatever else. i feel safer here. and in any case, he said, the flights are not easy to get. so i‘m just wondering how practical this advice is, even at this stage. well, of course, the people who are closest in touch with the situation on the ground in china is the foreign & commonwealth office and it is then that have decided this is the correct advice to give. as i said, it is entirely in keeping with what we are seeing in terms of the outbreaks are developing in china. of course, our principal responsibility is to protect the population and to do what we need to do to protect people in the uk and thatis do to protect people in the uk and that is why we have given our advice about if you are here from china and you develop symptoms, either a cough, fever or shortness of breath, then you need to phone nhs111 quickly and then we will make arrangements for an assessment. that

is the most important piece of advice for people returning from china and we are giving that advice to everybody coming in from one of the direct flights from china, as we speak. there is a key phrase isn't there that people should leave if they can. what if they can‘t? there that people should leave if they can. what if they can't? well, what we give is the advice as to the level of risks are. it is clear, as isaid, level of risks are. it is clear, as i said, that in china the risk is developing over the rest of china outside of wuhan. so if people are able to leave on their wish to leave, now is a good time to do so. of course people will be able to make their own choices as to whether they will wish to remain in china or not. and the precautions that they should take are those that have been advised by the chinese government thatis advised by the chinese government that is taking very many actions to control the outbreaks of the coronavirus across china. thank you very much forjoining us. it is 530 apm. -- it is

it is 530 apm. —— it is five it is 530 apm. -- it is five 38 pm. borisjohnson has announced that he‘s bringing forward by five years the date when the sale of all new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars will be banned — now 2035. the change comes after experts said 2040 would be too late if the uk wants to achieve its target of emitting virtually zero carbon by 2050. i‘m joined now by philip new, who chairs the electric vehicle energy taskforce, which advises the government. thank you forjoining us. if we are speaking here principally about moving the entire market in the direction of electric vehicles, where would you say we are in that journey at the moment? we are on the nursery slopes. i mean, this is a very immature market but it is a market that is already developing apace, not only in terms of the introduction of electric vehicles themselves but also the way that the thinking is emerging around what needs to happen to make sure that we have the infrastructure and network capability to make sure that in the

future charging electric car is as straightforward as today filling a tank of petrol. that is one of the key point, isn‘t it? when you see this day 2035 and you just nodded to the clear infrastructure weaknesses at the moment, is 2035 realistic? we think so, both from the task force point of view are my own organisation. we have to remember that this is being done against a backdrop of almost a revolution in our energy system. not only are we making great progress with decarbonising it but it is becoming increasingly digitalised. it is becoming much smarter. that starts to open up all sorts of fresh possibilities that give me some hope that this is a deliverable and achievable target. if we boil it down we have to do three things, we have to make sure that we have enough electricity at the right place at the right time to meet people‘s needs. that means making sure we invest in new generation and

we are smart about knowing where we need to put in more wires. the second thing is then making sure that we have got enough charge points in the right place. and then the third is to make sure that the experience around charging is as sea mless experience around charging is as seamless as possible. those other three goals that we have got. smart systems really make that much more achievable, much less scary proposition than it might have been five, ten, years ago. there are two issues, that list is clear, i‘m just wondering about two other issues that crop up time and again. that is to do with vehicles and the kind of range they have. that electric vehicles have been seen in the past, rightly or wrongly, to be vehicles with limited range. and indeed that they are vehicles which are generally expensive to buy. so what is going to happen in terms of cost and range? two things, with cost the

committee on climate change has forecast that by about 2024, 2025, so forecast that by about 2024, 2025, so less than five years from now, we should start to see the lifetime cost of owning an electric car reach parity with a like cart with a internal combustion engine. that feels like a challenge that is well on track within this 2035 timeline. as far as range is concerned, there isa as far as range is concerned, there is a lot of work going on in terms of improving battery performance. in the uk we have the faraday institute amongst other things that is doing some great work on coming up with new technologies, new battery chemistry is, that will extend range and also reduce the extent we see battery degradation happening in the future. so i think there is a lot of grounds for optimism about the technology. what we have to do now is make sure that we get the softer aspects of the system and market structures and consumer propositions in sucha structures and consumer propositions in such a state that they are ready to enable us to take advantage of these great technology leap through lea p these great technology leap through leap frogs that we are doing at the

moment. let's talk about government and the role of government and how consistent governments need to be when we are talking about change on this scale. notjust change for the consumer but change for the economy really as well. and you talked about the need to change levels of generation of electricity, which again is another big question for the government. so is the thinking joined up at this point? sufficiently joined joined up at this point? sufficientlyjoined up to deliver what you acknowledge will be a very ambitious thing to do? the great thing that we have in this country and it is a real advantage for the uk is the climate change act. so this is something that seems to have multiparty support, it has been with us now multiparty support, it has been with us now for about 15 years. and the committee on climate change are now beginning to think about the targets that were becoming in place for the

period 2032, to 2037. so there is longevity and consistency based on the fact that we have legal targets defined and laid out. so i think thatis defined and laid out. so i think that is something that is really a source of comfort and encouragement for all of those that are engaged in helping support the move towards decarbonisation. beyond that, i would see that there is insufficient urgency about the steps we need to ta ke urgency about the steps we need to take now to make sure that the launch pad is in place for this. that, if in five years time, we have made quite a lot of progress then we really should get worried. ok, good to talk to. chief executive at the energy systems catapult. i mentioned that we have beenjoined by the business secretary and that is andrea leadsom. i‘m pleased to say the ministers there. thank you for joining say the ministers there. thank you forjoining us. we had philip talk in there about what the government needs to be doing, we heard a range of things. first of all, how realistic do think

this target is you have set? well, today we are announcing a consultation on effectively decarbonising new diesel and petrol vehicles by 2035, so that all new vehicles by 2035, so that all new vehicles would be electric or a zero carbon by 2035. so what is important about that is it‘s actually a consultation and it is not an announcement. so we will be working now very closely with car producers and with the industry to make sure that we understand exactly what that requires of government. again, you probably get quite a few of the m essa g es probably get quite a few of the messages that we got there, it is fairly representative really of this pa rt fairly representative really of this part of the industry. charging points, charging network, generation of electricity, this won‘t come as a prize to you at all so i‘m assuming that you have kind of factor that in already? exactly. we have already announced over £1 billion the new charging infrastructure, that has

been really key. we have a targets of making sure that nobody is more than 30 miles away from a charging point. but also really importantly we have already done a huge amount in the power sector to decarbonise, to ensure new clean energy. we have commitments on offshore wind, extra generation to meet the expected doubling of demand electricity by, within the next decade. so there is a huge amount of work to be done but during the course of this year and this really important year of climate action in the run—up to 23 in november this year. we do hope to be setting out our plans to be decarbonising every sector of our economy. and of course that does include where we will be able to source renewable energy from the power that decarbonisation. when we think about people driving cars, petrol, diesel and hybrid and the way that they will need to be

encouraged to switch for what it is lots of people are pretty established way of getting around on the way that they pay for fuel and the way that they pay for fuel and the way that they pay for fuel and the way that they deal with their ca rs the way that they deal with their cars and charge the cars and all the rest of it, fuel the cars. do you think they will need incentives to do that? well, some, yes, others i think are already deciding that they wa nt to think are already deciding that they want to change to perhaps a hybrid car or an electric car. so people are making decisions for themselves andi are making decisions for themselves and i think it is a really important point that you are making about how do we ensure that actually everybody understands not just the do we ensure that actually everybody understands notjust the incentive to be able to decarbonise their own lives but also the opportunities that are out there. so it is clearly the case that if we are going to meet our net zero targets, we can‘t just throw taxpayers‘s money at the issue. it does require effort by individuals, by families, by businesses right across the economy. so the government needs to set the direction but then we do want to ensure that people can follow in

there and take decisions for themselves to decarbonise their own lives. we have this very important summit happening, this cop26, as you know, it is important for the uk in this debate. we had one woman who was in charge of it losing her post at the end of last week. and then basically saying, look, i don‘t think the prime minister is serious about this and he is not been paying any attention to the kind of work i‘m doing. now, is she making that 7 why i‘m doing. now, is she making that up? why would she make such a very strong criticism of prime minister‘s green credentials at this stage of the game? well, alli can say is i have worked very closely with the prime minister and right across government on this issue, it is absolutely at the top of the agenda. just this morning the prime minister was announcing co p26 just this morning the prime minister was announcing cop26 and talking about his personal commitment to decarbonisation. he recognises this is one of the great, if not the

great challenge, that the world faces. and we are committed to making a huge success of cop26. for those viewers who are puzzled, minister, could you tell us what your understanding is of why she is no longer in the job. well, it was decided this should be a ministerial job. normally in these climate meetings it has fallen to a minister andi meetings it has fallen to a minister and i think that was the decision that was taken and of course it does make it easier across government to manage the various different policy levers if it is within government. yes, but the way it has been done just before this takes place the prime minister is accused by person in this position of not being sincere about his green credentials. now surely that is not an ideal situation for the government to be in. well, the prime minister is very clear in his commitment to both the

success of co p26 clear in his commitment to both the success of cop26 but more importantly to leading the world in tackling climate change. this change is an important decision in order to maximise the opportunities of working across government to make a success of those very important climate talks. secretary of state, thank you very much forjoining us. andrea leadsom there the business secretary. it was a night of chaos, confusion and embarassment in the us state os iowa, as the process of choosing a democratic candidate to fight donal trump for the presidency in november, got underway. results from the iowa caucuses have been delayed for hours, after an app designed to collate the figures failed. when officials tried to phone in the figures, the lines became jammed. our correspondent chris buckler reports from the state capitalo des moines. for the democrats and each of the candidates, this was meant to be a big night. the iowa caucus is seen

as a moment to secure momentum in the battle to become the party‘s presidential candidate. but there was no victor, because there were no results. let me begin by stating that i imagine have a strong feeling that at some point the results will be announced. cheering. and when those results are announced, i have a good feeling we're going to be doing very, very well here in iowa. cheering. so, we don‘t know all the results... laughter. ..but we know, by the time it is all said and done, iowa, you have shocked the nation. cheering. the voting system used in the iowa caucus is complicated. members of the democratic party gather in places like schools, libraries and theatres, and publicly declare their support for candidates.

there are two rounds of voting, but failures in the technology used to report the results meant none were released. iowa is known as a flyover state — it is right in the middle of america and its snow—covered streets are far away from the politically influential cities on its east and west coasts. but, for months, democrats hoping to become the party‘s nominee have been travelling here because this is the first of the state—by—state contests to select a candidate, and a good result here is a chance to be seen as an early frontrunner. but the failure to be able to announce any result led the trump campaign to declare that the democrats were stewing in a caucus mess of their own creation, with the sloppiest train wreck in history. i have a message for every american. our union is stronger than donald trump. cheering. candidates like elizabeth warren have been taking to the stage, but none of them has been able to give a victory

speech, and their campaigners and supporters are heading home without knowing the results of this crucial caucus. this night has been a huge embarrassment for the democratic party. chris buckler, bbc news, in des moines in iowa. they‘re a choir of young iraqi women — yazidis — who‘ve used music to try to come to terms with the terrible suffering in their community — years of persecution at the hands of the islamic state group. a group of them have formed a choir and have just arrived in the uk to perform — david sillito reports. women sing. if you passed them in the street, you really wouldn‘t give them a second glance — a group of cheerful and rather glamorous young women doing a bit of sightseeing. but what you don‘t see are the horrors they‘ve endured. translation: i was nine

years old at the time when isis attacked sinjar. i don‘t know anything about where my father and mother are, nor about my brother or his five children. the choir was only formed a couple of months ago. the women are yazidis, they‘re from the sinjar mountains of northern iraq, a religious minority that suffered appalling persecution. many of their songs are their own stories of kidnap, torture and rape at the hands of isis. it is almost impossible to comprehend what some of these women have gone through, and this musical project, well, it‘s an attempt to save a culture, but it‘s also therapy. translation: when isis attacked sinjar, they kidnapped me and my brother and my sister.

translation: i am a yazidi survivor. i was 14 years old when isis attacked our home. translation: when isis attacked, they kidnapped me and my family. isis soldiers came and chose some girls and took them away. then they sold me to one of them who was from turkey. and this is the world they grew up in, the small yazidi community. their musical traditions go back thousands of years. nothing is written down, and there are just 16 official musicians left. one reason they are here is to deposit at oxford‘s bodleian library a record of this endangered musical culture, before it is too late. the yazidi people have been through a terrible time. there are only 16 left of these people who are allowed to perform the music.

this is about recording and preserving the music around the year, so we are recording the whole year‘s music and depositing it in the bodleian. but, more than anything, the choir is a way of trying to cope with experiences no—one should face. it is a really good thing. i enjoy and ifeel good when i play music with girls in this group, and i make new friends. for helping us in this country, really it is a good thing for us. thank you. david silitto, bbc news, greenwich. time for a look at the weather, here‘s tomasz schafernaker.

we have entered a spell of settled weather. i want to say colder weather. i want to say colder weather as well but it seems this winter that even the slightly colder weather isn‘t particularly cold. in fa ct, weather isn‘t particularly cold. in fact, temperatures are still a fraction above average for the time of year. this guys are going to clear tonight and we will have a touch of frost, mist and fog. but thatis touch of frost, mist and fog. but that is it, the extent of our winter. this is what it looks like now, high pressure building off the atlantic, you can see the blue colours there. that is the air that has arrived from the northern climes, not desperately cold. you can see temperatures this evening still hovering at seven, eight celsius. five there in aberdeen. tonight the winds will fall flat calm, they have been strong in the last few days, but we are going to be right in the middle of this area of high pressure now and in the middle of the high pressure at the winds tend to fall very light. you

get clear skies, mist and temperatures dip close to freezing, outside of town for sure there will be on airfrost. outside of town for sure there will be on air frost. the outside of town for sure there will be on airfrost. the high pressure anchors itself, it is centred there in the english channel but it is influencing the weather across a large chunk of the continent. much of england and wales, light winds, a bit offair of england and wales, light winds, a bit of fair weather cloud, hazy at times. scotland is on the edge of this high pressure so that means there is more of the wind and showers there in the western isles and northern isles. in the south of the north temperatures are more or less the same between seven and 9 degrees. the high pressure is with us degrees. the high pressure is with us thursday but it is moving a little bit towards the east, that means it is taking it settled weather away with it as well. i‘m giving way to this unsettled weather out here in the atlantic which will be coming our way. not in the short

term, there fine, light winds there. where the fog forms overnight and lingers on thursday temperatures could be four or 5 degrees but in the sunshine it should be seven or eight. temperatures picking up towards friday, friday across much of the country, at least the bulk of the day should be fine. then friday night into saturday it is a com pletely night into saturday it is a completely different picture, an extremely powerful jet stream completely different picture, an extremely powerfuljet stream out there in the atlantic heads our way. what does that mean? it means the weather is about ten very unsettled from this weekend onwards and i‘m pretty sure there are some severe gales on the way. we will have to 00:59:36,873 --> 2147483052:06:34,020 batten down the hatches but notjust 2147483052:06:34,020 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 yet.