this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones with the latest headlines. fresh rail strikes on the first working day for many of the new year. union leaders say they want a settlement, the government says passengers have had enough. wear a face covering if you're going out — the latest advice to adults who are feeling unwell — amid high cases of flu and covid. a british couple are among four people to die in a helicopter crash on australia's gold coast — three others are critically injured. ireland's prime minister leo varadkar has said mistakes were made on all sides in the way britain's exit from the european union was handled — and that there is room for further negotiations. politicians in moscow call for military commanders to be held

accountable for the deaths of russian soldiers in a ukrainian attack. thousands queue to pay their respects to brazilian football legend pele, as he lies in state at his former club, santos. and coming up... we've been talking to a guide dogs charity that's recruiting for more volunteers to tackle a shortage of trainers. we are at the moment looking very heavily to recruit lots of volunteers, and we've been very lucky lot of people have been so generous with their time, and we are in recovery mode and hopefulfor generous with their time, and we are in recovery mode and hopeful for the future but do need a little bit of patience for a little bit longer. as thousands of people prepare to return to work following the christmas and new year

break, the rmt union at network rail is staging a 48 hour walk out. this is the latest rail strike in a long running dispute over pay. the walk—outs by the rmt on third and fourth january and sixth and seventh january will affect services across england, scotland and wales. the rail delivery group have advised people to only travel if "absolutely necessary". network rail says the strikes will result in only about 20% of services running with many areas not seeing any trains at all. train drivers from 15 rail companies from the aslef union will also walk out on the 5th of january. marc ashdown reports. a new year, but no end in sight in this bitter dispute. train passengers returning to work after the festive period are facing delays, disruption and cancellations. just 20% of the uk's rail network will operate today and tomorrow. if you're lucky enough to have trains running near you, they'll be starting much later,

and will finish by early evening. it's a headache for people like corinne, who's on a zero hours contracts, and will now struggle to get to work. i support the right to strike, absolutely. so i don't begrudge the strike. but how long it's going on for, it leads to accumulated stress and rage. the dispute over pay, working conditions and job security has been rumbling on since june last year. it involves around 40,000 members of the rmt union in a range ofjobs at 1a train operators, as well as network rail. union members will walk out for another 48 hours on friday. meanwhile, a 24—hour strike by train drivers at the aslef union on thursday, is also expected to result in widespread disruption. the unions say they are willing to get back around the negotiating table, but that the table is bare. rail operators and network rail say they've made fair and reasonable pay offers, and have once again apologised to customers for the ongoing disruption.

the department for transport said the government was being reasonable and stood ready to facilitate an end to the rail disputes. marc ashdown, bbc news. general secreary of the rmt, mick lynch has said that the government is blocking a deal with the unions. all the parties involved know what needs to be done. to get a settlement. but the government is blocking that settlement and doing nothing about this dispute and that needs to change. so i hope mark harper and the ministers responsible can move that forward. we think we are going to get a meeting with them next week but they seem content for the action to go ahead, and have done nothing over the past six or seven weeks to move it forward. this morning, transport secretary mark harper told bbc breakfast that he is eagerfor a deal to be secured with the rail unions: i want to see the rmt back around the table _ i want to see the rmt back around the table so we can try and get a good _ the table so we can try and get a good settlement that is fair to the

people _ good settlement that is fair to the people who work in the industry, but also fair— people who work in the industry, but also fair to— people who work in the industry, but also fair to the travelling public and the — also fair to the travelling public and the taxpayer. the taxpayer has made _ and the taxpayer. the taxpayer has made a _ and the taxpayer. the taxpayer has made a huge investment in the rail industry— made a huge investment in the rail industry over the last couple of years _ industry over the last couple of years because of the real difficulties it had during the pandemic. that protected the people that work— pandemic. that protected the people that work in the industry, and i think— that work in the industry, and i think it — that work in the industry, and i think it is — that work in the industry, and i think it is fair now that they accept _ think it is fair now that they accept the offer that is on the table — accept the offer that is on the table and sign up to some of the necessary— table and sign up to some of the necessary reforms, and i want to see that detail— necessary reforms, and i want to see that detail being thrashed out now, and the _ that detail being thrashed out now, and the sooner they get back around the table. _ and the sooner they get back around the table, we have meeting set up for next _ the table, we have meeting set up for next week that the real minister is leading, — for next week that the real minister is leading, i— for next week that the real minister is leading, i want to see those meetings _ is leading, i want to see those meetings lead to a successful conclusion as soon as we can. our business correspondent theo leggett is at euston station in central london. more misery for passengers today but this is only the start. bring us up to data. , ., this is only the start. bring us up to data. , , , this is only the start. bring us up todata. , , , to data. this may be the first day back at work _ to data. this may be the first day back at work but _ to data. this may be the first day back at work but the _ to data. this may be the first day back at work but the first - to data. this may be the first day back at work but the first week i to data. this may be the first dayi back at work but the first week of to data. this may be the first day l

back at work but the first week of a struggle to work for many. we have seen the start of a 48 hour walk—out by members of the rmt union, you can see some of them behind me, that means about only a fifth of the normal service will actually be running in parts of the network will be shut down altogether. that right comes to an end, but there's date is the turn of aslef train drivers to walk out on strike, so that will cause just as much disruption, walk out on strike, so that will causejust as much disruption, but when that is over on friday and saturday, another 48 hour walk—out by the rmt, so all of this week we are seeing intense disruption, the rail companies themselves saying don't travel unless you absolutely have to. as for the dispute at the core of this, you heard from mick lynch and mark harper, doesn't look to you as though they are on the verge of a deal? it does not to me. they may be talking about getting around a table next week but we have heard that before. at the moment, the dispute which is about pay and working conditions, working practices seems as immutable as ever. there is no sign of a

solution, the rail companies say workers can only get more pay if they accept changes to working practices, the union say what they are being asked is excessive, that they can't possibly agree to that. at the moment it looks as though this dispute, this week of strike action will not be the last. for those peeple _ action will not be the last. for those people who absolutely have to travel, you've mentioned effective services will be running, give us a sense of which trains will run where they will be. sense of which trains will run where they will be— they will be. they will be focused on core lines, _ they will be. they will be focused on core lines, between _ they will be. they will be focused on core lines, between major - on core lines, between major stations you may get some, for example south—western railway will be operating services from london through to walking and onto basingstoke, but other parts of their network will be shut down, more minor stations will not see services, so this is the kind of thing we have grown very used to throughout december, we had strikes you may remember in mid—december, strikesjust before you may remember in mid—december, strikes just before christmas, also disruption over christmas as well. it has been a long time anyway since

we saw services without some level of disruption, because there have been overtime bans as well. what rail companies are saying, as i said, is that people should not travel unless they absolutely have to try and find alternatives where possible. let's get more now from our political correspondent iain watson. who is at westminster. good to see you, happy new year. not a happy new yearfor you, happy new year. not a happy new year for those you, happy new year. not a happy new yearfor those many you, happy new year. not a happy new year for those many people who are trying to travel on the trains this morning. what is your sense of the government position on the streets? hgppy government position on the streets? happy new year to you as well, but as you say, it may be a new year but the same old problems in the railways, does not seem to be a breakthrough, perhaps others incentives could be put on the table at next week's talks to try and unlock the current deadlock. perhaps better holiday pay or perhaps better pension entitlement and so on but that doesn't seem to be enough for

the trade unions, who are worried aboutjust pay but conditions at work as well. and the extent of the reforms required in order to unlock a pay deal. the government would say several things. a pay deal. the government would say severalthings. first a pay deal. the government would say several things. first of all, it would point out that two of smaller rail unions have actually accepted an offerfrom network rail, but rail unions have actually accepted an offer from network rail, but the big rail unions, those that are driving the trains, the guards, the rmt, aslef, that looks no nader, the dispute being resolved, the position as we heard from mick lynch from rmt is that he believes the employers, the train operating companies as well as network rail, that they are constrained by the government and what they can offer and that looks like at this stage there is no prospect of the strikes which last until the weekend being hauled off. more widely than that i would expect with parliament resuming next week, the government may well want to say

more about its minimum service level legislation. at the moment it would apply to the railways, legislation is in a very early stage. if they go ahead with that it will at least look as though they are trying actively to do something about the current dispute, but the difficulty is how quickly can they do that? mark harper again omitted on bbc, something he told a committee of mps, the transport select committee, that this might help in the medium term, but won't solve the current dispute. i think some people will be suggesting the government perhaps ought to be more active in trying to get a breakthrough in this dispute, rather than necessarily legislating for the future. there are wider problems with the government, we have this problem on the railways but also between them, between the nurses and ambulance workers, four days of strikes in the nhs, drawing criticism from health professionals, notjust criticism from health professionals, not just from the criticism from health professionals, notjust from the unions about the current state of the nhs as well. taste

current state of the nhs as well. we will move onto that story now, thank you for it up. adults who are unwell are being urged to wear a face covering outdoors, in new advice to try and stop the spread of flu and covid. the uk health security agency has also issued back—to—school advice, asking parents to keep children off school if they are showing symptoms of scarlet fever, such as a high temperature. jon donnison reports. with doctors warning the nhs has already gone past breaking point, concerns today that schools going back could add further pressure. the message from the uk health security agency is to keep children home if they're unwell and have a fever, to avoid infecting others. and the advice is not just for children. the agency's chief medical adviser, susan hopkins, says adults who are unwell should also stay home and should wear a face covering if they have to go out. they should avoid health care

settings and vulnerable people. the reason for the concern, a rising number of cases of flu, covid and scarlet fever, which is caused by the strep a infection. nhs england says 9,500 people are currently in hospital with covid. add on to that almost 4000 people with flu, and it means 13% of hospital beds in england are being occupied by people with those two illnesses. and all this comes with doctors saying some a&e departments are already in a complete state of crisis, to the extent that it's causing patients harm. i come to work to treat patients, to make people better ultimately. that's why we go into it. it sounds very simple, but that's what we do. and it hurts to see that people are coming to harm. and to see people coming in sicker than they necessarily should have been, because of some of these problems that are occurring.

and at the worst case — i've spoken to paramedics, for instance, who have arrived at the scene of patients after long delays, only to find they've already passed away. many hospital staff say they're already at their limit. and there's more strike action plan by nurses and ambulance staff over pay and conditions. jon donnison, bbc news. british couple diane and ron hughes from merseyside are among four people who have been killed in a mid—air collision between two helicopters near a theme park on australia's gold coast. three other australian passengers were seriously hurt. australia's prime minister said the country had been left shocked by the "terrible and tragic incident". phil mercer reports from sydney. crash investigators say the main rotor blades of a helicopter that had just taken off collided with the cockpit of another as it was coming

into land. the plates broke off on impact, sending the aircraft plunging onto a sandbank. a british couple, a pilot and an australian woman died. three other passengers, including two young boys are seriously ill in hospital. we've seen from _ seriously ill in hospital. we've seen from jet _ seriously ill in hospital. we've seen from jet skis, _ seriously ill in hospital. we've seen from jet skis, family - seriously ill in hospital. we've - seen from jet skis, family photos, ordinary members of the public rushing to assist these people. b, rushing to assist these people. a second helicopter was able to make an emergency landing. beach—goers rushed to help the survivors. i saw rushed to help the survivors. i saw the two helicopters _ rushed to help the survivors. i saw the two helicoptersjust _ rushed to help the survivors. i saw the two helicoptersjust as - rushed to help the survivors. i saw the two helicopters just as they were _ the two helicopters just as they were about to crash. 0ne the two helicopters just as they were about to crash. one of them from _ were about to crash. one of them from underneath, seems like you came up from underneath, seems like you came up and _ from underneath, seems like you came up and hit _ from underneath, seems like you came up and hit the bottom of the other one and _ up and hit the bottom of the other one and the top... just a loud bang and pieces. — one and the top... just a loud bang and pieces, shrapnel flying everywhere. i and pieces, shrapnelflying everywhere-— and pieces, shrapnelflying eve here. ., ~ ., . ..'., everywhere. i heard like a crack and said to my husband, _ everywhere. i heard like a crack and said to my husband, what _ everywhere. i heard like a crack and said to my husband, what was - everywhere. i heard like a crack and said to my husband, what was that l said to my husband, what was that noise? _ said to my husband, what was that noise? . . , said to my husband, what was that

noise? . ., , , noise? the crash happened during the busy christmas _ noise? the crash happened during the busy christmas holiday _ noise? the crash happened during the busy christmas holiday period - noise? the crash happened during the busy christmas holiday period on - noise? the crash happened during the busy christmas holiday period on the l busy christmas holiday period on the gold coast in queensland. the state premier says it is an unthinkable tragedy. what started as a scenic flight over one of australia's most popular tourist destinations has endedin popular tourist destinations has ended in catastrophe. the australian transport safety bureau is investigating what happened and why. in the last couple of hours, our correspondent shaima khalil has been to the scene of the accident. she sent us this update. this is the site of the crash, it happened right here on the tiny sandbank. the wreckage of one of the helicopters and the other one were picked up earlier today and the authorities were finding it challenging to actually remove them because of the tide. the police are still here, some police investigators are still here gathering evidence but we also know there are divers here now, we know at least one, we've seen at least

one currently under water trying to find anything that would help with the investigation, and look how close it is to the sea world theme park, a stone's throw away. earlier we could hear holiday—makers on the rise. 0ne we could hear holiday—makers on the rise. one of the eyewitnesses said that while the other helicopter was trying to land, it hovered over the park, and there was concern that it could actually crash into people. the headlines on bbc news... fresh rail strikes on the first working day for many of the new year. union leaders say they want a settlement, the government says passengers have had enough. wear a face covering if you're going out — the latest advice to adults who are feeling unwell — amid high cases of flu and covid. and coming up... we've been talking to a guide dogs charity that's recruiting for more volunteers to tackle a shortage of trainers. a procession will take place through the streets of the brazilian

city of santos later today, for the footballing legend pele, before a private family ceremony and his burial. the player, who was the only person ever to win the world cup three times, died last week at the age of 82. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson reports. what a send—off for brazil's king of football as he began his final journey. pele came home to santos football club, his coffin laid on the pitch where he made his name. brazilians did not want to miss their chance to pay their respects, a moment for reflection, and sadness, that this great presence has gone. the queue began at dawn and grew throughout the day. despite the searing summer heat, brazilians young and old came from far and wide, to see the man who revolutionised football and made this country famous. he is the number one

ambassador of this country in the world, in my opinion. so, if you travel abroad and you talk about brazil, the first word you see coming back is, "you are from pele's country." we grew up with him, especially the streets where i grew up, he used to go to the supermarket. every day we say hello to pele. that was normal for us. "i never saw him play," this little boy told me, "but we'll really miss him because he was the best footballer in the world." for those who knew him well, the memories kept flowing. translation: he was a fantastic person. - he had a generous heart, he was kind, notjust because he was the athlete of the century, but he was a simple man. he always looked after people in a really sincere way. he was humble. that's my biggest memory of him, of pele, as a man and a great athlete. as the sun went down the people kept coming. the queue kept on growing through the day.

and just look at it now overnight. i spoke to one brazilian who said, "we don't have a monarchy. "pele was the closest thing to it. "people just want to say goodbye." tears, emotion and a celebration of the king. his biggest fans said goodbye to pele in style. from here, the coffin will be taken through the streets of santos ahead of a private family burial. katy watson, bbc news in santos. let's go straight to brazil with the latest pictures, it is very early in the morning, but as katie was saying and as you can see for yourself, tens of thousands of brazilians have been queueing through the night to pay their respects to pele, the football legend is lying there in the middle of the santo stadium where he scored so many of his calls, and as we were seeing in the

report and issue may be able to is people quietly file past, many have wept, others have applauded the player who revolutionised football and helped brazil win three world cups. there he is, remembered after dying at the age of 82. we are expecting brazil's new president to join the mourners this morning, shortly before the week ends, and after that we know pele's often will be taken through the streets of santos ahead of a private family burial, but pele remembered in the santos stadium in brazil. politicians in russia have called for commanders in the russian military to be held to account for the deaths of dozens of soldiers in a ukrainian rocket strike. in a rare admission moscow announced that 63 of its service personnel had been killed — ukraine says the figure was actually in the hundreds. 0ne senator said it was clear that intelligence and air

defence had failed. meanwhile ukraine's president zelensky says he's received intelligence to suggest russia plans to continue with drone attacks as a large part of its strategy. translation: we have information that russia is planning a protracted | attack using shahed drones. it is probably banking on exhaustion — exhausting our people, our anti—aircraft defences, our energy. but we act to do everything so the terrorists fail in their aim, as all their others have failed. let's speak to our correspondent, hugo bachega, who's in kyiv. good morning to you, thank you for joining us. i want to come back to what president zelensky said in his address, but first of all, this attack, how unusual is it for ukraine to inflict this kind of attack on russia? i know the number of troops who died is disputed, but none the less, it is sizable, isn't it? , ., ~ _,

none the less, it is sizable, isn't it? , ., ~ , it? yes, and i think, you saw this admission _ it? yes, and i think, you saw this admission by _ it? yes, and i think, you saw this admission by moscow, _ it? yes, and i think, you saw this admission by moscow, the - it? yes, and i think, you saw this - admission by moscow, the admission of losses, which is extremely rare, so i think it gives us an idea of how significant, how devastating this attack was, and i think the level of reaction as well, there's been a lot of criticism from commentators, bloggers who are kremlin supporters, who support the russian war, who have been angry, they say this attack happened because of mistakes that have been made by the russian army. lots of people are questioning the decision to house so many troops in a single location, nearthe to house so many troops in a single location, near the front line, and their reports are suggesting the use of mobile phones by soldiers allowed the ukrainians to locate this facility. apparently this was a school that had been turned into a base by russian forces, apparently some of those people who were being housed there were recently mobilised soldiers, soldiers who had just joined the army, apparently they were waiting to be deployed, so a

devastating attack on new year's eve, and if this number is confirmed, 63 soldiers killed, the number that has been given by the russian authorities, this would be one of the deadliest attacks by ukrainian forces targeting russian troops since the beginning of the war. , ., , war. interesting that president zelensky did — war. interesting that president zelensky did not _ war. interesting that president zelensky did not choose - war. interesting that president zelensky did not choose to - war. interesting that president - zelensky did not choose to trumpet the attack in his address last night, which we played a clip of just a little earlier, instead he wanted to focus on possible russian drone attacks in the future. how surprising was that, did you think? i think the ukrainians rarely admit route tax on russian positions and i think it yesterday because of the extent of the losses... think it yesterday because of the extent of the losses. . ._ extent of the losses... perhaps because of— extent of the losses... perhaps because of the _ extent of the losses... perhaps because of the criticism - extent of the losses... perhaps because of the criticism that i extent of the losses... perhaps l because of the criticism that was being made by some russian commentators, but last night president zelensky talked about those drones that had been used by

russia to attack cities across the country, he said that the government had information, that russia is likely to continue with these attacks, and he said that the russian plan was to wear down ukraine's air defences, its energy supplies and its people, and he also said more than 80 drones had been shot down by the country's air defence forces in the first two days of the year, and i think there is no surprise here, really, because russia has intensified their attacks using these rainy and red drones, targeting cities across the country, and i think people are angry, tired of these attacks because even places like kyiv away from the front lines have been frequently targeted and now president zelensky is warning ukrainians that these attacks are unlikely to stop. the irish prime minister leo varadkar has said mistakes were made

on all sides in the way britain's exit from the european union was handled. mr varadkar conceded that trading arrangements for northern ireland might be too strict, and that there was room for changes to be made. britain and the eu are currently negotiating on how to reduce the problems caused to business by the trading border in the irish sea. investigators are looking into the cause of a fire at a hotel which left three people dead. emergency services — including 21 ambulances and 60 firefighters — were called to the new county hotel in perth yesterday morning. 11 people were treated at the scene and the bodies of three people were discovered after fire was put out. a playerfor the american football team, the buffalo bills, is in a critical condition in hospital after collapsing on the field. damar hamlin was injured during a game between his team and the cincinnati bengals. he was given cpr on the field before

being taken away in an ambulance. nick hamilton is a reporter and host at nitecast media and sirius xm broadcasting company. he was watching the match on television and told us what he saw. 0ne one of the most bizarre things you could probably see. first and foremost allow me to say my prayers and thoughts on healing out 21 and his family. when you watch something like that —— out to damar hamlin. you would hope they get back up, they usually give the thumbs up or p0p they usually give the thumbs up or pop back up at some point on the sideline, but it was such a really bizarre, textbook hit, hejumped back up, approximately five or ten seconds later he collapsed on the field, and immediately they alerted the medical staff of both the cincinnati bangles and buffalo bills to render aid to him. i spoke to a couple of people who happen to be near the scene and they informed me

that he actually had cpr performed on him, and later on, probably about three orfour minutes on him, and later on, probably about three or four minutes later esp confirmed they had performed cpr on damar hamlin in order to be able to transport him to a local hospital where he was accompanied by his mother inside the ambulance as they transported him to a local cincinnati hospital, because they did not have such an extensive trauma unit to be able to work on him. based upon what i saw on television, you can see the emotion, the reaction on both sides of the field, whetherfrom the reaction on both sides of the field, whether from the the reaction on both sides of the field, whetherfrom the bangles the reaction on both sides of the field, whether from the bangles are the bills, and someone that was there, i can inform you the heads up players crying, players in shock and disbelief, even those who rarely show emotion absolutely overcome with emotion, as you can understand, watching somebody like that in front of your eyes just collapse due to an

injury like that, the players decided later on, they went to the locker room, they were deciding whether or not to continue with the game, and i was also told the head coaches were on the phone with nfl reps for quite some time to discuss the measures of what was going to transpire after the fact. we later on saw buffalo bill's' equipment manager bringing the equipment inside the locker room, which gave indication the game was more than likely going to be postponed and delayed due to the nature of what transpired on that field, and eventually the nfl made a statement saying the game had been cancelled due to the nature of what transpired with damar hamlin and his injury. that was witnessed by so many. there has also been an update on his condition, according to his marketing manager and friend he said

"his vitals are back to normal and they have put him to sleep to put a breathing tube down his throat, they are currently running test and will provide updates as they happen via twitter". time for the weather with carol. hgppy time for the weather with carol. happy new year. the same to you. good morning and happy new year. it wet and windy start to the day for many of us, the rain continuing today to pick from the west towards the east, only to be followed in hot pursuit by another band of rain, some of which will be heavy. quite a bit of cloud entity as well, it is one sunny skies across the far north of scotland with temperatures six — 12 degrees. through this evening and overnight, oursecond 12 degrees. through this evening and overnight, our second band of rain pushes from the west towards the east, lingering longer to cross the forest of scotland and eventually the south—east of england, going to be a windy night and there will be showers around. look at the

overnight temperatures, much higher than we would expect, even by day at this time of year. tomorrow the rain clears the south—east quite quickly, solely moves away from north to scotland, lingering the northern isles, but a line of saudi rain across a centrist way that the country and on either side some sunshine and once again feeling mild.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... fresh rail strikes on the first working day for many of the new year. union leaders say they want a settlement, the government says passengers have had enough. wear a face covering if you're going out — the latest advice to adults who are feeling unwell, amid high cases of flu and covid. a british couple are among four people to die in a helicopter crash on australia's gold coast. three others are critically injured. politicians in moscow call for military commanders to be held accountable for the deaths

of russian soldiers in a ukrainian attack. thousands queue to pay their respects to brazilian football legend pele, as he lies in state at his former club, santos. sport now, a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good morning. it's been some season for brentford. they'd already beaten manchester united and manchester city, now they've added liverpool to that list. they took the lead through an own goal, this corner going in off liverpool's ibrahima konate. the game was then in the balance at 2—1, before brian mbuemo settled it late on. liverpool's andy robertson said the performance wasn't good enough but brentford, they're up to 7th.

i can't praise the players enough. they are incredible. the effort, the attitude, the hard work, the togetherness. everything they put together to beat a team like liverpool. it is simply impressive that we beat city away, draw with tottenham, when we should have won. beat west ham, and now beat liverpool. we should have scored tonight, obviously, an awful lot of goals as well. when we were direct, when we had runs in behind, we were pretty much always very dangerous. i think first half, the chance that darwin has, the chance kostas has, the chance... i'm not sure with virgil, if that was offside or not. but they are really big ones. and well played, as well. so, that's obviously... but in the end, it became the game they wanted, much less the game we wanted, obviously. an nfl game was suspended overnight after american footballer damar hamlin collapsed on the field of play.

he's now in a critical condition. in shades of the incident that affected footballer christia eriksen, the buffalo bills player fell to the ground after colliding with an opponent during the first quarter of a match against the cincinnati bengals. he received on—field medical attention for more than half an hour before being taken to hospital. the nfl called the game off afterwards. he remains in a critical condition. new zealand were all out for 449 in their first innings of the second test against pakistan in karachi. matt henry, who played for kent last season, claimed the third test match half century of his career. his partnership with ajaz patel added 104 runs for the last wicket. henry took the first wicket of pakistan's innings, dismissing abdullah shafique forjust 19 runs. pakistan are currently 57 for two. emma raducanu made a winning start to 2023 with victory over teenager linda fruhvirtova in her opening match at the asb classic in auckland.

the briton, 20, came through 4—6, 6—4, 6—2 against the 17—year—old czech rising star in a rain—affected match. raducanu, the 2021 us open champion, was a set and a break down against an opponent ranked one place lower than her in the world at 79th. matt proudfoot has left his role as england forwards coach less than a month after eddiejones�* departure as head coach. jones was sacked by the rugby football union after a disappointing 2022, with steve borthwick hired as his successor. he previously served as a springboks assistant in their 2019 world cup win. us golfer scott stallings was handed a surprise, after discovering his masters invitation had been sent to another person of the same name. stallings tweeted that he had been checking the mailbox five times a day for his invitation, before receiving a direct message from another scott stallings. it said this:

"i received a fedex today from the masters inviting me to play in the master's tournament april 6-9, 2023. i'm100% sure this is not for me. i play, but wow, nowhere near your level." good of him to get in contact undermined the real scot that his invite was waiting for him. that's all the sport for now. it could have been another phantom of the open, there. brute it could have been another phantom of the open, there.— of the open, there. we could have had another — of the open, there. we could have had another film _ of the open, there. we could have had another film out _ of the open, there. we could have had another film out of _ of the open, there. we could have had another film out of it. - prince harry has said he wants his father and brother back — in a new interview ahead of the release of his upcoming memoir "spare". in a trailer for the sit—down interview with itv, he says "they've shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile," although it is not

clear who he is referring to. 0ur royal correspondent daniela relph has more. they are the first hints of what this book will offer. the trailers from itv and cbs in america, released ahead of the publication of spare, point to a bitter family fallout. it never needed to be this way. the leaking and the planting. i want a family, not an institution. they feel as though it's better to keep us somehow as the villains. they've shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile. i would like to get my father back. i would like to have my brother back. getting his father and his brother back won't be easy. the royal family presented a united front without harry and meghan this christmas. but harry has repeated his claims that the family is an institution that didn't support him with a media set against him. these new interviews have both been done by experienced journalists, and there is a sense that they may be more challenging.

one of the criticisms that you've received is that, well, 0k, fine, you want to move to california, you want to step back from the institutional role. why be so public? you say you tried to do this privately. and every single time i've tried to do it privately, there have been briefings and leakings and planting of stories against me and my wife. you know, the family motto is, never complain, never explain. but it's just a motto. it's hard to see how these interviews will help a family reconciliation. prince harry has again voiced his anger, his sadness and his frustration. and buckingham palace has again made no comment. an assessment ofjust how damaging these new interviews will be, can be made when they're broadcast next weekend. daniela relph, bbc news. now you might want to make a note of the name of the london—based entrepreneur craig cohon, who has made the biggest new year's resolution of his life.

the former executive begins a 4,000 kilometre walk from london to istanbul today — to campaign for carbon removal. he's due to arrive in istanbul in earlyjune, just before his 60th birthday. the project comes after he became the first private citizen to undertake a personal lifetime carbon audit following the cop26 climate conference. craig cohon joins us now to tell us more about his mission. very good morning to you. we are very grateful you are joining us before you embark on this epic journey. tell us a little bit more about what triggered the decision. first of all, i hope you willjoin me sometime along the route, you are absolutely welcome to join me. i have been a polluting, privileged white, male businessman. and i put a lot of c02 into the world. and i

have decided to remove all of that from 1963, put forward carbon credits to get at carbon down. we have 2 trillion tonnes of carbon that we put up there. and boomers need to be part of the solution, because i am not going to leave this planet to my kids and grandkids, worse off than when i came into it. i think it took you to mcclements to work out your carbon footprint. how on earth did you do it? i on earth did you do it? i interviewed my on earth did you do it? i interviewed my parents, who are 85 and 84, now converts to the carbon removal mission, so to speak. we talked about how much beef i ate, how much flight site, where did i travel, how many cars, how many t—shirts i bought. it's a huge amount of work. it was 28 times more than the average person in the uk. i felt kind of ashamed of that. i'm guilty, i'm totally guilty, but not to blame. so i want to try to reverse, remove and redeem myself, so to speak. i am getting the

balance off my debt, the debt off my books for carbon, and i am campaigning and walking across europe as a start of the campaign to hopefully inspire some other people to get involved. we are in a pretty bad situation in the world right now, and this is a little bit of hope. i think we can make the change that we need to make, but we have to start talking about it now.— start talking about it now. explain how you're _ start talking about it now. explain how you're going _ start talking about it now. explain how you're going to _ start talking about it now. explain how you're going to do _ start talking about it now. explain how you're going to do it, - start talking about it now. explain how you're going to do it, you - start talking about it now. explain | how you're going to do it, you have gone back and worked out how many burgers you have eaten in all of your years all of the planet, probably too many, more than you want to tell me. but to use your words, how do you redeem that? i words, how do you redeem that? i think there is something called carbon removal. we have to not only reduce and mitigate the amount of carbon we are putting up a knee environment, we have to take the 2 trillion tonnes down. we can do that with planting a huge green belt around the city of london, is an example. we can do that by putting c02 into concrete, when we build new buildings. we can do that by taking

old trees, christmas trees, and turning them into biochar, a better type of forestation that sucks carbon in. there is lots of interesting technologies. we have to scale it up because we are not focusing enough on reducing our carbon footprint, the carbon into the environment. this is a way to get people interested in a solution, and bring some into this era of war, pestilence, famine, floods inflation and high energy prices. maybe we could do something, it starts with people my age. could do something, it starts with people my age-— could do something, it starts with people my age. lets say there are --eole people my age. lets say there are people your _ people my age. lets say there are people your age — people my age. lets say there are people your age you _ people my age. lets say there are people your age you cannot - people my age. lets say there are people your age you cannot afford j people your age you cannot afford the time or whatever else to go on these kind of walks that you are embarking on. are there any small things people can do that might make a difference?— a difference? absolutely. number one, ou a difference? absolutely. number one. you can _ a difference? absolutely. number one, you can start _ a difference? absolutely. number one, you can start thinking - a difference? absolutely. number one, you can start thinking about| one, you can start thinking about removing passed carbon. so, this is not everyone, this is for people that have the means and opportunity to actually think about their past

carbon footprint. you can go on walkabout.org, interesting technologies you can read about and invest this is not about buying an electric car, it is about looking backwards to look forwards. 2 trillion tonnes is 2 trillion baby elephants up there. trillion tonnes is 2 trillion baby elehants u- there. , .,, , , , elephants up there. presumably by us doinu elephants up there. presumably by us doin: this elephants up there. presumably by us doing this interview, _ elephants up there. presumably by us doing this interview, this _ elephants up there. presumably by us doing this interview, this has - elephants up there. presumably by us doing this interview, this has now- doing this interview, this has now increased your carbon emissions because of the power you have had to use to do it. i'm beginning to wonder, you are having to go further on the walk? i wonder, you are having to go further on the walk?— on the walk? i think i am going to have to continue _ on the walk? i think i am going to have to continue into _ on the walk? i think i am going to have to continue into india - on the walk? i think i am going to have to continue into india if - on the walk? i think i am going to have to continue into india if i - have to continue into india if i keep on having interviews with you, rebecca, so maybe we should stop right now. rebecca, so maybe we should stop riaht now. ,., ., rebecca, so maybe we should stop riaht now. a ., rebecca, so maybe we should stop riaht now. ., i. ., right now. good luck to you, and aood to right now. good luck to you, and good to chat- — the compound injerusalem that

houses the al—aqsa mosque, a site sacred to both muslims and jews. itamar ben—gvir was seen touring the area with heavy security. the site is currently only open to muslim worship. mr ben—gvir has long called forjews to be allowed to pray there too. the palestinian authority has condemned the visit, calling it an unprecedented provocation. the past year has been one of the deadliest for palestinian children in the occupied west bank, according to the united nations and rights groups. the un says excessive use of force by the israeli military has led to the deaths of 150 palestinians — 33 of them children — the highest number since 2005. israel launched a military operation last year — in response, it says, to increased palestinian militant attacks. bbc arabic�*s heba bitar has more.

a place that should have been safe for her to live was where she died. she had gone to look for her cat on the roof of her home. but it was there that is really forces shocked there that is really forces shocked the 16—year—old four times. translation: the israelis initially said they were armed men here. i said, what do you mean? this is a child. she is like a rose, and they killed her. we demand an investigation into those that killed her, and the army personnel that shot my daughter.— her, and the army personnel that shot my daughter. israel later said its forces had _ shot my daughter. israel later said its forces had accidentally - shot my daughter. israel later said its forces had accidentally killed i its forces had accidentally killed her, after coming underfire from gunmen during a raid on the city. so a body, not yet fully grown, was laid to rest last month. increasingly common scenes in the occupied west bank, where the un says israeli forces killed 33 palestinian children last year.

local rights groups say israel's military is acting with impunity. despite the continuous israeli aggression and crimes against palestinians, israel right now is not held to account. by, palestinians, israel right now is not held to account.— not held to account. a string of deadly attacks _ not held to account. a string of deadly attacks by _ not held to account. a string of deadly attacks by palestiniansl not held to account. a string of. deadly attacks by palestinians in israeli cities from march left 19 people dead. since then, the israeli army has carried out almost nightly raids on palestinian fighters in the west bank. the un says 150 palestinians were killed by israeli forces last year. but israel's army blames palestinian militant groups for the rising number of deaths. it says that nearly all of those killed were legitimate targets. be’s says that nearly all of those killed were legitimate targets.— says that nearly all of those killed were legitimate targets. 95% of the eo - le were legitimate targets. 95% of the people were — were legitimate targets. 9596 of the people were involved _ were legitimate targets. 9596 of the people were involved in _ were legitimate targets. 9596 of the people were involved in terrorist. people were involved in terrorist activity. meaning they were firing

at us or having an imminent threat on life of our soldiers. 5% as collateral damage, which is tragic. but crackdowns to get tougher, as israel ushers in a new ruling alliance. it includes ultra 0rthodox, ultranationalist and far right parties. 0ne leader has suggested relaxing rules on israeli security forces opening fire, and it will cause palestinians to fear for the year ahead. the headlines on bbc news... fresh rail strikes on the first working day for many of the new year. union leaders say they want a settlement, the government says passengers have had enough. wear a face covering if you're going out, the latest advice to adults who are feeling unwell — amid high cases of flu and covid. thousands queue to pay their respects to brazilian football legend pele, as he lies in state at his former club, santos.

elephants have been a huge tourist attraction in thailand for decades but when covid struck their owners were left struggling to feed them, because of the lack of visitors. although tourist numbers have started to recover, the industry faces another challenge, because many visitors now see using the animals for entertainment as unethical. 0ur south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, has been looking at how the country's 3000 captive elephants can be supported in the future. there is a place in thailand where people and elephants have lived and worked together for centuries. they used to travel the country to entertain tourists. but when covid struck, they moved back here to surin, where they have been struggling to make a living. this charity is offering these elephants free health checks and medication. they often have problems with their digestive systems, says this volunteer,

because of the stress of moving or because they are now getting the wrong kind of food. the sheer size of these animals makes them hugely expensive, they cost as much as a luxury car to buy, and eat hundreds of food kilos every day, but there is another challenge to thailand's elephant economy, and that is that the tourists who sustained it for so long now have ethical concerns about all the various tricks they have been trained to perform. joy lives with three generations of elephants, descendants of animals passed down to her by her parents and grandparents. covid forced her to bring them back from the holiday island of phuket where they have been doing tourist shows. these days, she posts videos of them on social media, but the donations she gets from their online fans are never enough.

she is hoping that as the tourists return, some at least will still be willing to pay to watch the elephants perform. translation: i think there may not be as many elephant shows - as they used to be because we know that some foreign tourists think that people who keep elephants don't love them. 0r treat them badly by making them perform. so they might not want to feed the elephants or watch the show like before. everywhere we went in surin, we found people live streaming their elephants through their phones, trying to cover their costs. because there is no easy exit from this business. translation: whatever the future is, i think we still have to keep them. if the economy was better, or someone wanted to buy them, we might consider selling. but with the economy like this, there is no way out, we have to take care of them.

there are thought to be more than 3,000 captive elephants in thailand. these are very long—lived animals. if their use as tourist entertainment is increasingly viewed as unethical, it is not clear how else their livelihoods can be funded. jonathan head, bbc news, north—eastern thailand. you may remember a few months ago a story about my bbc colleague sean dilley, whose guide dog sammy was retiring, leaving him facing a two year wait for a replacement. that's because during the pandemic the charity guide dogs had to pause its breeding and training programmes for the first time in its history. now the charity wants to recruit more volunteers to ensure more matches can be made. sean's been to meet one of the puppy trainers.

are you my little star? meet archie... ..and his puppy raiser, lisa. archie? touch! they're learning what makes a good guide dog. good boy. so the reason that we use hand touch is so when archie is placed with a visually impaired person, obviously they can't see when he's running back, when he's coming. so they can pop out this hand as a target. and archie's getting his head around some things he may need to quit if he's to win a working harness. he'll have to learn what this is for. lisa's is one of more than 2000 households giving their time for free to help raise guide dog puppies for around a year. it's opened up a whole new world. i've made lots of new friends, ifeel part of a community that i wasn't before. not only that, obviously you're doing something very good at the end of the day. it's all around really rewarding.

i honestly think they are doing their absolute best. like me, kelly is waiting to train with a new guide dog. that means getting out is a lot harder. walking with a cane is like walking with one hand tied behind your back. it is really, really difficult. kelly's second dog, river, retired lastjuly. she's waiting for the right match. this doesn't only affect her, but her 15—month—old daughter. i'm the one who can't take her out when i want to, i have to say. "well, let's wait for daddy", or, "let's wait till we go see nana and granddad". i can do everything else she needs, and i'm her mummy and i love her, and i'm the one that's there when she has her nightmares and i play with her. it doesn't impact on our relationship, but i think it impacts on how i feel about the job i'm doing as a mum. guide dogs is the largest breeder of assistance animals in the world. before the pandemic, they bred as many as 1500 dogs in a year. but during that time they stopped for five months and lost a third of their puppy raisers.

so, that is our puppy reception. the breeding programme is recovering, but guide dog says what it needs now is more people. guide dogs could not do what we do with our volunteers. so we are, at the moment, looking very heavily to recruit lots of volunteers. and we've been very lucky that a lot of people have been so generous with their time. and we are in recovery mode and we are hopeful for the future. but we do need a little bit of patience for a little bit longer, as these dogs make their way through the system. as you said, these little puppies here, that we saw today, it will take about two years for them to make partnership. at around seven weeks old, these pups will be dropped off to their puppy raising families. for lisa's first pup, fergall, it's the end of one journey, but the start of another. i've got all this. i'm packing the three toys up from home. his biscuits that i always give him — half a biscuit at bedtime. this, i've had it made and had his name put on it and his id number. the day has come for fergal to start his advanced training.

that means lisa must say a painful goodbye. i want him as upset as little as possible. they're his toys. there you go, you get a big boy lead now. bye—bye, sweetheart. many guide dog users stay in touch with their puppy raisers. but many do not. thanks a lot. i'll ring you tomorrow. lisa knows this could be the last time she sees fergal. yeah, i'm fine. it's hard, but you've got to remember why you're doing it. guide dogs say they need more volunteers like lisa to help cut waiting times. people like us are needed so much to help people like you. the tears are worth it.

that was lisa, a guide dogs volunteer, who spent the past year training little archie. he's now off to a new home where he'll be able to assist a visually impaired person like our reporter sean dilley. thor the walrus has been on the move again — this time popping up in blyth. after spending new years eve in scarborough, he's since migrated 100 miles north to the northumberland town where he's been relaxing on a pontoon. wildlife experts say it's a good sign that thor is heading in the direction of his natural habitat. people are being urged to leave the walrus in peace. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood what is in store? it has been a grey and grizzly start to the new year.

it certainly has, and we have more of that coming our way as well. it is pretty wet this morning, but it is pretty wet this morning, but it is mild. that mild air is remaining with us through today and tomorrow. we see something a little bit cooler slipping southway time on thursday. as we head into friday, again, something cooler. but it is transient. 0nce something cooler. but it is transient. once again we have mild air coming from the west. today, wet and windy, and mild. the rain has been falling steadily in the west. 0n the leading edge, we have seen some snow. that is really transient, because with this rain comes the milder conditions. that snow will readily melt. as we head for the rest of the day, the band of rain continues to push into the north sea. then we have this next batch coming in behind it. wherever you are, it is going to be fairly cloudy and also pretty windy, with the exception of the far north of scotland, where we will see some sunshine. temperatures today, seven to a mild for the time of year 13 degrees. through this evening and overnight, this rain moves from the

west, towards the east, again, some of it will be heavy. it's going to be windy. it will linger as mist in the south of england and in between there will be showers. i mentioned it will be windy, but it will be exceptionally mild for the time of year. these temperatures are higher than we would expect by day. much less by night. tomorrow, in the morning, we say goodbye to the rain in the south—east. the rain in north—east scotland pulls away as well. and then we see some showery rain returning to northern ireland, southern and central scotland and northern ireland. 0n either side there will be some sunshine around, and gusty wind, as you can see from the numbers in these black circles. in the channel islands, we have the dregs of the weather front. that could produce some showery outbreaks of rain at times. a bit more cloud getting in across southern counties, with the odd spot of rain in cornwall. it's going to be mild. 12, 13, 14, maybe even 15 in the south and in the north, seven to about 10

degrees. as we head into thursday, things are really giving us a headache. this low pressure, with its front, keeps changing position and it may do again. what we think is happening at the moment is that we start off in a relatively cloudy note, some showery rain in the west, but we have this rain piling in across northern ireland and also scotland. it might move injust a bit quicker and it is also going to be windy. still, for most, relatively mild.

this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. politicians in moscow call for military commanders to be held accountable for the deaths of russian soldiers in a ukrainian attack. fresh uk rail strikes on the first working day for many of the new year. union leaders say they want a settlement, the government says passengers have had enough. around the uk pastures are told not to use the trains all week amid a fresh wave of strikes. a british couple diane and ron hughes are among four people to die in a helicopter crash on australia's gold coast — three others are critically injured. thousands queue to pay their respects to brazilian

football legend pele, as he lies in state at his