sharif after the father of sara sharif was assaulted in prison weeks after being jailed for the toddler's murder. and an arctic blast hits the uk. temperatures fall to nearly minus eight celsius with snow warnings for the weekend. hello i'm nicky schiller. we start this hour in the united states. it relates to that new year's day attack in new orleans. new day attack in new orleans. now the brother _ day attack in new orleans. now the brother of _ day attack in new orleans. now the brother of the _ day attack in new orleans. now the brother of the man who killed 14 the brother of the man who killed 1a people has given an interview to our us partner broadcaster cbs. now in it he says he is struggling to understand how shamsud—din jabbar could have committed such an attack. now the fbi say that the army veteran acted alone and had declared his

support for the islamic state group. now in videos he made before the deadly attack, the 42—year—old talked about killing his family as well. his half—brother, 24—year—old abdurjabbar, said it was normal for his family not to spend holidays together, but he has no idea why his older brother was in new orleans. he did speak of his shock on receiving the phone call. now as i said he gave this interview to cbs, which is our partner in the united states. and i want to play you now some of what he has told them. i’m of what he has told them. i'm still shocked _ of what he has told them. i'm still shocked by _ of what he has told them. in still shocked by the whole thing. it doesn't seem like it actually happened. ijust drop my phone and crawled into a corner somewhere and started crying. this is completely out of character for him. these actions. and they are also not any type of representation of

what it means to be a muslim. so that a little of the interview that the half brother of the new eileen�*s terror suspect has been giving to cbs. they are going to release some of that later which will bring you here on bbc news —— the new orleans terror suspect. we've also been hearing from some of the families of the 14 victims of the new orleans attack. one of them has told the bbc his family were given zero information about the death of 21—year—old tiger bech. tiger was a former all—ivy league kick returner, playing for the princeton tigers from 2016 to 2018. his brotherjack has been speaking to my colleague sumi somaskanda. obviously, it's pretty tough losing somebody like my brother. he was such a great person. he has so many friends. if i were to put an announcer

to say to stand up if you were tiger's best friend, hundreds of people would stand up. it hurts, you know? that was my best friend. looked at him, looked at him, looked up to him for everything. he was my role model, my inspiration. all i ever wanted to do wasjust make him proud. he was so selfless and kind, resilient. my parents and my sisters have been pretty emotional as you could think. i just try to be there to be that rock for them. it's definitely been pretty tough, though. jack, you've been talking a little bit about the fact that you spoke to your brother on the phone just hours before new year's eve. can you tell us a bit about that conversation? yeah. it was just another phone call. like i said, that's my best friend, my inspiration, my role model. we talked every day. he was the first person i told about whatever it was, good, bad and different.

i talked to him so much. we thought it was going to be another regular conversation. i was just showing him i was at my uncle's house in dallas and he was in new orleans with my parents eating, and i was showing him what we were eating and he was showing us what he was eating. but the last words that we ever told each other was, i told him to be safe and that i loved him and he told me how much he loved me. hung up the phone and that was the last time i ever spoke with him. tell us a bit more about your brother. you said he's your role model, your best friend. quite the football player as you are, as well. oh, yeah. he was a beast in every in every way in life. uh, you know, his name was tiger, and it was very, very fitting. um, you know, he was a go getter. you know, he was a smaller guy, five eight, five nine. and from a young age,

hejust fought. he was always a fighter. whatever it was, whether it was in sports, whether it was at just wherever it may be, in every facet. he's touched so many lives and impacted so many lives. and, um, you know, me and my family, this is something that we're going to have to deal with. you know, every time we wake up and every time we go to sleep, um, it's going to be something, you know, every holiday there's going to be an empty seat at the table. um, but he wouldn't want us to grieve and mourn. you know, he'd want us to keep attacking life. to go and do what he did. be resilient, charismatic, um, loving. kind. he'd want us to go, um, be there for each other and all our different endeavours. and he wasjust, like i said, my role model. my family's role model. my family's a miss. i miss him so much.

my mum and my dad have done such an awesome jobjust raising me and my three siblings. you know, we're so close. us three. so many people always tell us they've never seen siblings so close like this ever before. and the first thing i told my parents and my family was because, like i said, he lives up in new york, and we're just all scattered across the country. and i told him instead of, you know, instead of only seeing him a couple of times a year, um, now he'll be with us in every moment, you know, in every part of our lives. the brother of tiger bech speaking to my colleague. you can get all the information on what new orleans is doing now that the area where the attack happened reopen overnight. you can see that on the bbc news

app. a team of police officers and anti—corruption investigators trying to arrest the impeached south korea president yoon suk yeol have called off their operation after a six—hour standoff with the former president's security. in a statement, they called the arrest practically impossible because of the sustained blockade. reports say that they were met by a human wall of around 200 people. let's take you live to the scene near the presidential compound where mr yoon�*s supporters are still on the streets — when the suspension of the operation was announced they chanted "we won." others have placards that say "stop the steal". mr yoon is under investigation for abusing his power and inciting an insurrection when he tried to impose martial law in early december. elsewhere, opponents of the former president have also been on the streets. south korea's main opposition party has warned presidential

security personnel against obstructing his arrest. in the last hour, the anti—corruption investigators say they will demand that the acting president to order yoon�*s guards to stand down. the investigators have until monday to enforce the arrest warrant. several thousand police officers have been deployed around the area of the presidential palace. we start our coverage with this report from our seoul correspondent, jean mackenzie, who's been outside the presidential palace. the stand—off started before dawn. police blocked the roads around the president's home, pushing back his incensed supporters. as the sun rose, the first officers ran up to his house to make the arrest, but they were unable to get in — blocked by the president's security team, who refused to open the door. by lunchtime, the officers had given up — an arrest was impossible, they said. mr yoon may have been suspended, stripped of his power, but still his security is protecting him. it's been exactly a month

since president yoon plunged his country into crisis, imposing martial law, ordering troops to storm the parliament. he quickly reversed the decision, but he's being investigated for starting an insurrection, and he's refused to cooperate with authorities — ignoring all requests to come in for questioning. his supporters have camped out around his home, also determined to block his arrest. this is totally uncharted territory for south korea — it is the first time a sitting president here has ever faced an arrest, and even though most people here are still so upset about his decision to try to bring the country under martial law, the core of his supporters here have stayed loyal to him, and they have surrounded the president's residence this morning, they're riled up and angry, and they've been spurred on by the president himself, who has thanked them for working so hard to defend him.

they chant the same unfounded conspiracy theories mr yoon himself has alluded to — that last year's elections were rigged, and the country has been infiltrated by pro—north korean forces. we will fight. and... they have to... they have to kill me first before they arrest president yoon. that will not happen — never again. i am ready to lie down and be killed by the communist elements. mr yoon swore he'd fight this until the end. this is exactly what he, his security, and his supporters are doing. jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul. bbc korean�*s yuna ku joined me from seoul with this update. so the corruption investigation office for high ranking officials, or cio, judged that the arrest of president yoon was practically impossible to carry out as they were concerned for the safety of the

team on the ground. as mentioned, according to local media, cio said during a briefing that around 200 military and security service personnel overwhelmed the number of their side, which is cio officers and police officers all together. they were creating a human wall to block the officers from entering the building to arrest the president. this led to small and large fights during the attempt and the cio had to eventually quit their attempt this time. this is uncharted territory. what can we expect in terms of trying to execute that arrest warrant for mr yoon? so after today's initial attempt, investigators say it will take time for them to review and decide on their next steps. however, it is possible that they will make another arrest attempt before

the warrant expires next monday, though it's a bit unclear if they may make such an attempt over the weekend when crowds will undoubtedly be at its largest. so it will be more even harder for them to arrest president yoon during the weekend. the cio also seemed to have the option to request an extension or reissue the warrant if they need even more time. ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you a line of breaking news from the literary world. we hearing that david lodge has died at the age of 89. he best known for his campus trilogy, set in the fictional university of rummage. two of those books were shortlisted for the booker prize, which is the prize in the book world. nice world was

also turned into a tv miniseries. the news there that the british author david lodge has died at the age of 89. nhs england says there were over 5,000 patients in hospital with the flu at the end of last week. that's almost three and a half times higher than the same week in 2023. catherine, what are these figures tell us? if catherine, what are these figures tell us?— catherine, what are these figures tell us? if you go back to the end — figures tell us? if you go back to the end of _ figures tell us? if you go back to the end of november - figures tell us? if you go back to the end of november at. figures tell us? if you go back. to the end of november at that point there were almost 1200 people, patients in hospital a day with the flu. by the end of last week that had gone up to over 5000. last week that had gone up to over5000. so last week that had gone up to over 5000. so essentially it has quadrupled in a month. that does sound really bad and it is much worse than last year. at this point last year it was closer to 1300 people a day but you do get good flute years and bad flu years. last year wasn't so bad. the year before was actually slightly worse than this. so we are in much worse territory than last year but it

has been better before. but to pull it back out of it, we have heard today from the president of the royal college of emergency medicine and he says in a way it is just shades of grey and it doesn't matter if it is better or worse than something we have had over the last ten years because it is just unacceptably awful. he says that last year there were nearly 111,000 extra deaths in england because of people waiting too long in amd. use that phrase again, the level of harm is unacceptably awful. we have heard from nhs confederation. it says we should be under no illusions that the service is in a position of national vulnerability, as the intense pressure we are now seeing starts to grip local services. it points out that the next two to three weeks will be some of the busiest that we will see in the busiest that we will see in the nhs. ., the busiest that we will see in the nhs. . , ., , the nhs. yeah, partly that is because we _ the nhs. yeah, partly that is because we are _ the nhs. yeah, partly that is because we are in _ the nhs. yeah, partly that is because we are in this - the nhs. yeah, partly that isj because we are in this period of extreme cold here in the uk and that often leads at this time of year to more people going into hospital. absolutely. the uk health

security agency has out an amber alert for all of england for the first time this winter. it essentially means that we will expect a rise in the use of health services, physically by people who are older, more vulnerable, have more complex health conditions. the advice to those people is as ever that the nhs is open but if you need it think about 111, think about pharmacies. but if you need it call 909 and go to an emergency room. . ~' call 909 and go to an emergency room. ., ~ i. call 909 and go to an emergency room. ., ~ ,, y call 909 and go to an emergency room. ., ~ i. , . . room. thank you very much. we are going _ room. thank you very much. we are going to _ room. thank you very much. we are going to stay _ room. thank you very much. we are going to stay on _ room. thank you very much. we are going to stay on that - are going to stay on that subject because we were talking about the cold temperatures. they dropped to minus eight degrees in parts of the uk overnight and there are warnings of snow into the weekend as simon jones reports. snow, ice, torrential rain, flooding — the wintry weather has arrived with a vengeance — and the warning is, more is on the way. after what was an unseasonably mild christmas period, you can certainly feel it has got a lot, lot colder. and that's why health—care providers like this hospital are being put on a state

of high alert for the coming days. the uk health security agency has issued an amber cold health alert for all of england, lasting until the middle of next week. much of scotland is covered by met office warnings for snow in the coming days, while ice is a particular concern in northern ireland and wales. there is an increase in risk to people who are more vulnerable to the health impacts of cold weather, and there might be more pressure on health and social care services. so it's really important for people to stay informed and stay warm as much as possible. that pressure is already being felt by the east of england ambulance service — which has put an extra 90 ambulances on the road to try to deal with demand driven by an increase in respiratory illnesses. our call levels are at the highest level that we've experienced ever. that, typically, we would see at around 3,900 calls a day,

and we've been receiving in excess of 5,700 calls. the charity age uk says, as the cold bites, it will be a challenging time for pensioners who have lost the winter fuel allowance. the consequences of the decision is that we know there are around about 2.5 million older people who need the winter fuel payment who will not be receiving it, and so the knock—on effect to those older people will be that they will be worried, anxious about turning on their heating at this precise moment. this is the moment where the decision that was made injuly really comes home to affect older people. the government has said it's right support is targeted at the most needy in society. do you want a drink, lovely? do you have coffee? yeah, coffee, ido. homeless charities like this one in exeter will be out on the streets, offering support to those who don't have a place to call home. even if it'sjust a tiny bit of help each day, you kind of are — not changing people's lives, but you're making that day better and hopefully helping them and encouraging them to get

on the pathway that is going to change their life. transport is likely to be affected — scotrail has already had to shut some lines because of challenging weather conditions. the met office is warning of possible delays on the roads and at airports, too. three, two, one, go. in aberdeen, children have been enjoying the snow, but the worst—hit areas could see up to 40cm this weekend. simon jones, bbc news. don't forget you can get the forecast for where you are on the bbc weather website or app. around the world and across the uk this is bbc news.

police are investigating after the father of sara sharif was reportedly assaulted in prison weeks after being jailed for the 10—year—old's murder. urfan sharif is said to have been attacked at belmarsh

prison on new year's day by two other inmates in a cell. he said to have suffered cuts to his face and it is understood he received medical treatment inside the prison. a prison service spokesperson said police are investigating an assault on a prisoner at hmp belmarsh on the 1st of january. it would be inappropriate to comment further they investigate. 43—year—old urfan sharif and beinash batool were convicted at the old bailey last month of killing sara sharif. how do you provide care for older or disabled people that struggle with day to day tasks like washing, dressing themselves, eating and taking medication, especially as we live longer? also, who should pay for it. it's something that every nation has to tackle. well, proposals on the long—term funding of social care in england are unlikely to be delivered before 2028 at the earliest, according to the government. but councils and care providers

say it is too long to wait for reform of vital services which are already on their knees. with more here's our social affairs editor alison holt. we're living longer, and more of us have complex health needs, but the care system that supports people in care homes or in their own homes has been in crisis for years. councils who buy most care, and service providers, say they're juggling growing demand against underfunding and staff shortages. the government says care costs will double in the next 20 years, so the task for the new commission is to draw up sustainable and affordable plans for the future. the new care commission will be led by baroness louise casey, who has led past government inquiries, and has a reputation for getting things done. the commission will start work in april. it's been told it must build political and public consensus to avoid the arguments that have led to the failure of past plans. proposals for medium—term reforms will be published by mid—2026.

but the final report — with its plans for how care services will be organised and paid for in the long term — is unlikely to be delivered before 2028. care providers say they need a plan for the future much sooner. the announcement about an independent commission led by baroness casey looks to many in the sector as a government delaying tactic. it's not going to report for two to three years, as i understand, and... ..it feels like fiddling while rome is burning. if the government wants to make this work at scale, we need a completely different approach — not ignoring social care, but drawing it in and funding it properly. the government says it is also setting out plans to train more care staff to carry out health checks, and providing an additional £86 million before april to make home adaptations that help people with disabilities remain

under their own roofs. alison holt, bbc news. wes streeting is the health and social care secretary. he had this to say when asked about whether the review was enough to secure the future of social care. ~ . , , to secure the future of social care. ~ ., ,, ., care. we are ripping the social care. we are ripping the social care crisis _ care. we are ripping the social care crisis that _ care. we are ripping the social care crisis that we _ care. we are ripping the social care crisis that we are - care. we are ripping the social care crisis that we are looking | care crisis that we are looking to stabilise the sector over the next 12 to 2a months but also to deliver the reforms we need for the medium and the long term to make sure that we have got a national care service that is fit to meet the needs of older and disabled people in our country. i wish we could fix his problems quicker but i don't have a magic wand. the new year has led to high pollution levels in many cities across asia, including here, in hanoi in vietnam. a combination of atmospheric conditions and increased emissions, as more fuel is burnt for heating during the colder winter months, means a thick coating of smog is hovering

above the city. you can hardly see the city there in those pictures but definitely a lot of smog there in vietnam. i want to take you back to the live pictures that we are getting in out of south korea. you will see the protesters are still there on the streets of seoul coming up to 830 and a lot of them are holding a placard that you can see, stop the steel. they are supporters of the former president yoon suk yeol, who of course was impeached. earlier today the security authorities tried to go in and arrest him but they were blocked. now the anti—corruption investigators anti—corru ption investigators have now anti—corruption investigators have now appealed to the acting president to intervene, as they tried to arrest yoon suk yeol for his failed attempt to impose martial law. you will remember this happened in

december. yoon suk yeol who has been impeached is still in the presidential compound where an attempt to detain him was blocked by security staff earlier today. there was a six hour stand—off. of course, the crisis itself has plunged south korea into political chaos after what had been a long period of stable democratic government. those are the live pictures from seoul. we will have the latest hear on bbc news. hello. it has been a cold, frosty start to the day and we are going to see this cold snap continuing right through the middle of next week. some potentially disruptive weather on the way into the weekend, sharp frosts, a risk of some icy conditions and, for some of us, some disruptive snowfall, especially late saturday into sunday. cold air mass is with us at the moment. the winds are coming in from north—west, so they are bringing some snow showers to north—east scotland. a brisk breeze down the east coast of england and a few more showers filtering in for western scotland, northern ireland, north—west

england, so some icy stretches around. quite a bit of sunshine for most of us. a relatively calm sort of day and temperatures generally about two to six degrees for most of us. into the evening hours, we've still got some wintry showers in the north—west, so there could be further icy stretches here. some mist, some freezing fog patches developing through the midlands, east anglia, as well, and a cold night with temperatures subzero in our towns and cities, but colder than that in the more rural spots. it is through the weekend that we see the weather turning more disruptive. some of us see a risk of significant snow. if you don't see much snow, you might see the wind and the rain too. quite a quiet start to saturday. chilly, frosty with some lingering fog around. the cloud increasing from the south—west ahead of this area of rain as that bumps into this cold air in place. top temperatures just three or four degrees for most of us. colder than that for scotland. that rain is going to turn into snow, so a period of snow for a time for parts of wales, southern and central england, as well. that pushes into northern england, northern ireland. we'll see the snowfall becoming quite persistent. further south it will turn quite quickly back to rain. so much milder air, brisker

winds working into the south, but across northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england too, especially over the higher ground, that snowfall is really going to be mounting up through the day on sunday. to the south of that, with the milder air, it will be falling as rain. look at that contrast in temperature — 13 in london, just two degrees in aberdeen on sunday. it's through this zone, through the central slice of the british isles, really, that we could see 20 to 40cm of snow over the higher routes in particular. that has got the potential to cause some significant disruption. eventually, we will lose this low pressure during monday and that will open the doors again to a cold air mass coming in with further wintry showers. so, yes, a milderspell for some of us in the south for a time, but things turn cold again into next week with further wintry showers in the forecast. do keep up to date with the warnings.

forging ahead — president biden will block a takeover of us steel by its japanese rival in the coming hours, according to reports, but will the trump administration reverse the decision? losing energy — tesla sees its first annual fall in sales in a decade, sending shares down sharply. trouble in the heart of europe, as germany and france grapple

with political crises and economic stagnation. welcome to business today. we start in the us where, in the next few hours, president biden is set to block a $14 billion takeover of us steel by its japanese rival, nippon steel. that's according to sources speaking to both reuters and the washington post. but with just days left in the white house for biden, the big question is whether the incoming trump administration will reverse the decision and allow the controversial deal to go ahead. our asia business reporter mariko oi has more.

there were reports that president biden will