welcome to bbc news, i'm aaron safir. our top stories. a report into last year's christchurch mosque massacre says new zealand's security agencies were too focused on the threat from islamist terrorism. the report significantly notes that the concentration of resources was not based on an informed assessment of the threat of terrorism associated with other ideologies. two of the biggest states in the us have warned of a worsening public health crisis, and dr fauci says christmas will be a greater challenge than thanksgiving. we don't listen to the public health measures that we need to follow, then we could start to

the things really get bad in the things really get bad in the middle of january. with time running out, the british prime minister will travel to brussels this week, to try and secure a post—brexit trade deal with the eu. and bob dylan sells the publishing rights to his entire music back catalogue in a deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in new zealand a royal commssion report into last year's terror attacks on two christchurch mosques has just been made public. the report said security agencies were "almost exclusively" focused on the threat from islamist terrorism, and that the police had failed to enforce proper checks on firearm licenses. but it added that there

were no failings within government agencies that would have alerted them to the imminent attack by the white supremacist. brenton tarrant was sentenced to life in prison for killing 51 muslim worshippers and injuring dozens of others. new zealand's prime minister jacinda ardern said the report would form the basis of a programme to make the country a more cohesive place. here's some of what she said. when we set up the enquiry i saidi when we set up the enquiry i said i wanted no stone left unturned to find out how the march 15 attack happened, what could have been done to stop it, and how we can keep new zealanders safe. today we have a nswe i’s. zealanders safe. today we have answers. on the matters of how the attack occurred and what could have been done to stop it, the commission found no failures within any government agencies that would have allowed the terrorist planning and preparation to be detected. but they did identify many

lessons to be learned insignificant areas require change. let's speak to the bbc‘s shaimaa khalil in sydney. thanks forjoining us. thanks for joining us. just talk us through than some of the other main findings of this report. it is a hefty report, 800 pages long, goes into extreme detail and not just about what happened, the planning of the attack but the environment that allowed this attack to happen, and for me there are three key areas, this paints a picture of a patchy security agency system, patchy in terms of information sharing, enforcement, and that goes into the heart of why brenton tarrant, the white supremacist that killed 51 people in those two christchurch masks went under the radar of the security agencies despite ten of them having had information about him. one of the otherfindings was about the lax enforcement oi’ was about the lax enforcement

or lax rules of arms licensing and again that goes to the heart of the question of how the attacker who was there for less tha n the attacker who was there for less than two years was able to get a licensing for the weapons that he bought and to accumulate the amount of weapons that he had when he carried out this attack and then another thing that the prime minister who would just listen to spoke about, which is the disproportionate focus by the disproportionate focus by the intelligence services on islamic extremism and not enough focus on the threat from the far right which is something that was echoed by the muslim community, they reacted to the findings and he said for years, we were targeted by hate speech, hate crimes, and today's report proves they were right. jacinda ardern almost immediately said that her government would be implementing all of the recommended changes, but there is promising to do that, and doing it, and some of those changes could take quite a few

yea rs. changes could take quite a few years. one of the proposals is quite a radical overhaul of the security agencies that you were describing. that's true, and jacinda ardern made sure to address that, she had a meeting with the survivors and with witnesses, some of whom the survivors and families got copies, advanced copies of the report and she did promise that some of these recommendations, 44 recommendations would be implemented almost immediately but some of them will take time, overhauling the police and the security services, of course it will take time, but we also have recommendations about further accommodations and modifications to how far armed licenses are administered and after the attack, new zealand did change its laws and ina zealand did change its laws and in a buyback scheme of military grade in a buyback scheme of military g ra d e style in a buyback scheme of military grade style firearms, another one was starting a programme, a police programme to detect early individuals with signs of

radicalism, so the recommendations really cover not just the security services but also engaging with the community as well, whether or not these are going to be implemented, whether or not they will be implemented in time, ithink they will be implemented in time, i think the major thing of the report is no—one wants to see this happen, more engagement with the community, which is what is representative of other mosques that have been asking for this. let's get some of the day's other news. the former french president nicolas sarkozy has said he'll go "all the way" to clear his name of corruption charges as he defended himself in court for the first time. it's one of several investigations the former president is facing. mr sarkozy denies all the charges. there have been protests in the lebanese capital, beirut, after the head of the central bank said subsidies for some basic goods couldn't continue beyond the next two months. dozens of demonstrators attempted to reach parliament. next yea r‘s world

economic forum has been moved from davos in switzerland to singapore because of fears about coronavirus. the annual gathering of global political and business leaders usually takes place injanuary but will now be held in may. the united states's top diseases expert dr anthony fauci has warned of another surge in covid cases after christmas. dr fauci gave the warning in an interview with new york governor andrew cuomo. he said the christmas and new year period may be even more of a challenge than the spike in cases which followed last month's thanksgiving holiday. we don't mitigate well. we don't listen to the public health measures that we need to follow. and we could start to see things really get bad in the middle ofjanuary. without substantial mitigation, the middle ofjanuary can be a really dark time for us. with a december 31st deadline looming, the latest talks on a future

trade agreement beteween the uk and the european union have failed to make progress, with both sides saying "significa nt differences" remain. boris johnson will travel to brussels later this week for face—to—face talks with the european commission president, ursula von der leyen. it comes after a 90 minute phone call between the two leaders failed to produce a breakthrough. our political editor, laura kuenssberg has this report. it's not always good to talk. the prime minister tonight spent more than an hour in conversation with the eu chief, but they seem only to have agreed on what they disagree on. a statement from both of them said: in other words, months of technical negotiations have hit the wall. so instead, the prime minister will leave westminster to go to brussels for the first time

in months, his team warning that a deal may not happen at all. we are at a critical moment in the negotiations. we are all working to get a deal, but the only deal that is possible is one that is compatible with our sovereignty. while an agreement is preferable, we are prepared to leave on so—called australian—style terms. what that really means is no deal at all, with the possibility of taxes and tariffs. being in the dark has often been a feature of these talks. reporter: have you made progress? morning! the eu's chief negotiator was up early to greet a crowd of diplomats, and the looks on their faces were not just because of the early hour. the chances of a deal just aren't good now. reporter: lord frost, is a deal is still possible? we're still working very hard. that is why there's clamour around the uk's chief negotiator, lord frost...

are you optimist a deal can be achieved? in brussels, the talks have been going round and round. both sides have worked hard to try to do a deal to keep business going for the next month without much disruption. the current rules will disappear at new year. but as deadlines have approached, the moods have turned dark. having heard from michel barnier this morning, the news is very downbeat. i would say he was very gloomy and obviously very cautious about the ability to make progress today. of course, there are huge complications in terms of getting the guts of a dealjust right, and the uk has extended something of an olive branch to the eu this afternoon by promising to ditch controversial bits of a draft law if everything can be sorted out. but in the end, in the next couple of days, the question for downing street may be quite a simple one — is borisjohnson willing to take the serious

practical risks of no agreement to preserve a political principle that leaving the eu was meant to be about the uk being completely in charge? the fear on this side of the channel, that the eu is still loath to accept that. the concern there — the one that's left the 27 just can't call the shots. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. with me is our news reporter paul hawkins. paul, we heard the uk government warning that a deal may not be possible. what are we hearing from the european side? it's sounding gloomy, one eu source it feels like a saint neck, that is santa claus, did not bring what you wanted and we keep hoping every day that he may after all. these face—to—face meetings, it may result in something, they could bea result in something, they could be a concession from one side oi’ be a concession from one side or the other, and things can

change with the dynamic in a room as opposed to the online call, but as it stands, these are, there are three main sticking points, fission, competition rules, and housing sources, i.e. governors, and at the moment they are quite fundamental gaps —— fishing. i would say that the outlook from the european side is not only more optimistic than in the uk side. the uk government under borisjohnson, side. the uk government under boris johnson, under theresa may, said that no deal is better than a bad deal. to the field — do they seem feel the same way in brussels? of course, they say there is some room for negotiating, but ultimately, it is the integrity of the single market, the integrity of the european project, the eu, that is fundamentally the most important thing, so in that sense, no deal would be better than a bad deal because ok, the

uk is one of the eu's major export markets and they don't wa nt to export markets and they don't want to lose that business, what they want to maintain tariff free access to the uk market but they are not willing to compromise on the key principle which is the uk single market. the eu single market, i should say. that is the founding principle. there has been a nervousness over the yea rs has been a nervousness over the years that brexit has taken the bretton woods want to pick off individual european countries and undermine that unity, and because ultimately, if she does make concessions, — she still has to turn back to the member states to turn back to the other initially in a strong enough to spot? france could veto a ny enough to spot? france could veto any deal, especially on the aspect of fishing quotas, but mostly, the 27 countries in the eu have been sticking together, they have remained fairly unified, and the only real, one of the areas where

they think they could be negotiation is on the fishing quotas, access to uk fishing waters, they could be movement there, it is the other two, the competition rules in the governance areas that will be the difficult wants to negotiate. they say politics is the art of the possible, so let's see what they come up with. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: why bob dylan is selling his entire catalogue of 600 songs. john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building in the centre of new york. there's been a crowd here standing in more or less silent vigil, and the flowers have been piling up. the 14th ceasefire of this war ended at the walls of the old city of dubrovnik. this morning, witnesses said shells were landing every 20 seconds. people are celebrating the passing of a man they hold responsible for hundreds

of deaths and oppression. elsewhere, people have been gathering to mourn his passing. imelda marcos, the widow of the former president of the philippines, has gone on trial in manila. she's facing seven charges of tax evasion, estimated at £120 million. she pleaded not guilty. the prince and princess of wales are to separate. a statement from buckingham palace said the decision had been reached amicably. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: a report into last year's christchurch mosque massacre says new zealand's security agencies were too focused on the threat from islamist terrorism. i've been speaking to aya al—umari, whose brother hussein al—umari was killed at al noor mosque after challenging the gunman. she described what her brother meant to her.

it still very hard to refer to hussein in the past tense but he was the backbone to his family and circle of friends and society. he would give up his time, money and effort if he knew someone was in trouble, and he was my guardian, notjust to me, but the mosque as well. during the attack he positioned himself in a manner that was going to attempt to tackle the terrorist and that ultimately cost him his life but if it meant giving a new lease of life to others, that is what he wanted. he is my hero and a hero that society does deserve to have. two years ago, global headlines were dominated by political upheaval

in venezuela — we reported extensively on what looked at the time like the end of the maduro regime. now, nicolas maduro is not only still in power, he has won a major electoral victory giving him back control of the national assembly. turnout was low and the poll was criticized internationally as fraudulent but it gives mr maduro complete control of the country's political institutions and the opposition is in peril. earlier, the bbc‘s katty kay spoke to the opposition leader, juan guaido at his home in caracas in an exclusive interview. so, following these elections, what is the position at the moment of the opposition in venezuela? translation: the most important thing at this moment for the venezuelan democracy, the democratic movement, is to have the legitimate support of the people in order to find a solution. the demand of our causes to have free presidential

and parliamentary elections. nicolas maduro's fraud has been defeated, not only on the streets but also seen by the international community which saw that there should not be conditions for participating in the process. the right to elect and be elected is simple. i could not be part of that process as i was disqualified but neither could 300 other venezuelans because they were injail or persecuted. the parties were made illegal or disbanded and that is why the whole world rejects that process and venezuelans keep demanding their right to choose so that the persecution does not keep growing. it will not stop us from demanding our rights. research has found that two thirds of glaciers in the european alps are likely to disappear by the end of the century. the study calculated how fast they would retreat because of global warming. if they vanished, it would have serious implications for drinking water, farming,

and power in the region. some — "breaking" — news for you now, of a different kind. a competitive form of break dancing, known as breaking, has been confirmed as a new sport for the 2024 paris olympics. the president of the international olympic committee says it will make the games "more youthful and urban". earlier i spoke to antonio castillo, president of usa breaking, about how he developed brea kdancing as a competitive sport. much of it was us just trying new things in our community and organising competitions and, more than anything, advocating for breaking to become an olympic sport so the entire world is excited, we are excited and we will see what happens in the future in paris 202a. and you will have a role there yourself? right now my role is to work on usa and create a national team to represent us at

the olympics as the birthplace of hip—hop culture and our goal is to bring home the gold. so right now the focus is on the national team. we are looking at some images of it now, of breaking now. it is quite energetic. how do you measure that competitively? how do you compare to sets of dancers? here what we do is the best b boys and big girls are the ones who are well—rounded. you must be able to do a little bit of everything. the essence of the dances in the footwork and also in the power moves that many people are familiar with. what we developed in the united states is a points system for grading and finding out who is the best based on a different set of criteria. and to have this recognised now as an olympic sport, really, the biggest stage in the world, what does that mean to the young people you work with? they are extremely excited. this has been an ongoing thing

for them and many of them started dancing at four years old, now they are 14 or 15, right there at the right time and the right age to be able to represent the united states at the olympics. for them this is a dream come true. in our community we always talk about the sport aspect of breaking can coexist alongside with art and they are excited about it and i am sure they are now going to take it far more seriously now that they can win a gold medal. and, briefly, how did you get into the sport? i started dancing at five years old. i was born in mexico and it was something that i took to with martial arts originally and then i saw somebody doing it at a community centre and after that i was hooked and never stop. it has been 26 years now and my lifelong passion. even to this day i practise, i teach, i have a school here in washington, dc and i try to be involved

with hip—hop culture, all elements and aspects as much as i can. it is a lifestyle for me. bob dylan has sold the rights to his entire back catalogue of songs in a deal rumoured to be worth $300 million. universal music made the announcement with a video. song: the times they are a-changing the times they are a changing is one of 600 songs — along with like a rolling stone, knocking on heaven's door, a raft of classics from the ‘60s and ‘70s — all the way through to modern standards like make you feel my love. the label is believed to have spent years trying to close the deal. richard f thomas is a professor of classics at harvard where he teaches includes a seminar on bob dylan, and who is also the author of the book, why dylan matters. i asked him why dylan is held in such esteem.

he matters for me because i have been with him for 55 years, listening to him, having his songs enter into my aesthetic sensibility, to put it that way. my thoughts and, yeah, he has been with me through life as a poet, and ancient authors have been with me. his ability to write and perform songs at that level, songs that we cannot produce but they are thoughts that we have and sentiments that we have and only he can put them into words and music at that level. clearly the music company is taking a bet that his music will be profitable 20 or 30 years from now. do you think bob dylan will still matter and be recognised and listened to 20 or 30 years from now? i think so. that is the question. and i think..., yeah,

it is a gamble, a statement of confidence that the songs and i think all the songs, many of them, notjust the ones you mentioned, the more popular ones which will be used for advertisements and so on but the songs themselves rather than being covered or performed by the person or image of bob dylan, they will persist and i believe that will happen. as i believe that the ancient authors i work on will continue to do so. i do wonder, there is so much choice now, so many different ways of listening to music. we do not have a kind of communal experience of culture and we are all quite fragmented. if someone with the songwriting ability of bob dylan arrived on the scene now, do you think they would be able to get that kind of broad appeal or is bob dylan unique?

i think he is unique, partly through his time, partly through his traditions, folk blues, gospel and part that he took on and integrated and transformed into the songs that he gave us. the songs and the components are old in terms of the lyrics but i think his knowledge of song and his contact with song traditions from the very early days are something that distinguish him. but in terms of circulation and general knowledge of an artist, i don't think we will see that again, just because of that fragmentation, as you say. you can reach me on twitter —

i'm @aaronsafir. hello there. tuesday is set to bring a real mix of weather across the uk and for some, the day will start off with some pretty dense fog, particularly across parts of southern and eastern england and up into the midlands. but further north, it's a different story. this area of low pressure swinging its way in from the east making it too windy for fog. instead, we've got cloud, we've got outbreaks of rain, a little bit of snow over high ground. but that's where we'll have the mildest start to the day, certainly relative to the pretty chilly conditions down towards the south. some spots 2—3 degrees below freezing, so that means we could have some freezing fog patches across parts of the west country, into the midlands, east anglia, up into lincolnshire. a few showers grazing the far south—east, a bit of winteriness mixing in with those, and that could give some icy stretches. a bit of sunshine through

the south—west of england, parts of south wales but for north wales, northern england, northern ireland, and scotland, well here, we've got a lot of cloud. we've got some outbreaks of rain. some snow over high ground in northern scotland and some brisk winds with gusts of 50 mph or more for coasts of western scotland. so, as we go on through the day, this area of cloud with outbreaks of rain willjust continue to pivot around across scotland, northern ireland, northern england, parts of wales. further south and east, some of the fog can be quite slow to clear particularly through east anglia and lincolnshire. most places should brighten up with a little bit of sunshine. chilly, though, in eastern parts, 2—3 celsius. further west, we could see highs of 8—9. and then as we go through tuesday night into the early hours of wednesday, we see this cloud with outbreaks of showery rain gradually working southeastwards. a little bit chilly for a time across parts of eastern england, and we could see a frost late in the night across northern ireland as the skies clear. but as we go on into wednesday, we see our cloud and showery rain tending to push eastwards.

then, a slice of sunshine and then we see rain returning to northern ireland, wales, and the south west of england. but those temperatures just showing signs of creeping upwards a little bit, 5—9 celsius. now that area of rain in the west will tend to dive away southwards. so, a lot of dry weather around on thursday, but then there is another frontal system waiting in the wings. so, thursday, dry for many, but there's the increasing chance of rain for the end of the week, but it will be turning a little bit milder.

this is bbc news. the headlines: a report into last year's terror attacks on two new zealand mosques has been made public. it says security agencies focused "almost exclusively" on the threat from islamist terrorism — while ignoring other ideologies. white supremacist brenton tarrant was sentenced to life in prison for killing 51 muslim worshippers. two of the biggest states in the us are warning of a worsening public health crisis as america's leading diseases expert predicts another surge in covid cases. dr anthony fauci said the christmas period may be even more of a challenge than the spike in cases following thanksgiving. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, will travel to brussels this week, in a bid to salvage a post—brexit trade deal. he will hold talks with the european commission president, ursula von der leyen.