cannot be internal battles, i cannot be the best_ internal battles, i cannot be the best option in that election. more than 60 million americans are the grip of a huge winter storm could bring the heaviest snow in a decade. two major incidents are declared as floodwater inundates lincolnshire and lester. and brutalist and others talked the golden globes winners list. hello, i'm annita mcveigh. uk prime minister has defended his record on tackling sex abuse gangs operating in the uk. it follows calls from opposition parties for a national inquiry, and condemnation on social media from the tech billionaire, elon musk. sir keir starmer accused the far right of spreading "poison", lies and misinformation, because, he said, they were "desperate for attention".

0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. is the world's richest man now after stripping politics here. he is the world's richest man, with the ear of the us president, now disrupting politics here, too. in a blizzard of posts, elon musk has attacked sir keir starmer, calling him a national embarrassment who should be in prison, claiming he was complicit in crimes committed by grooming gangs responsible for child sexual abuse. and musk attacked the safeguarding ministerjess phillips, saying her behaviour had been utterly disgusting, she was a rape genocide apologist, and should also be in prison. the prime minister clearly felt he could no longer ignore the interventions and waded in today, defending his record as director of public prosecutions, saying he was the first

to tackle the gangs head on. that's why i reopened cases that had been closed, and supposedly finished. i brought the first major prosecution of an asian grooming gang in the particular case in rochdale, but it was the first of its kind, or many that then followed that format. we changed, or i changed, the whole prosecution approach. rochdale was just one town of many. 0ver several decades, thousands of young girls were groomed and abused by gangs. many of the men involved of pakistani descent. nervousness about inflaming racial tensions meant some cases were not investigated. the controversy over grooming gangs, and what government, police and others failed to do, goes back many years. elon musk�*s interventions are helping whip it up anew, and now others have waded in. kemi badenoch and the conservatives have said there should be a new national public inquiry. nigel farage has said he supports that, too. elon musk will in a few days become part of the american administration, so he has an important international role. some of his language has been completely unacceptable. the fact that some politicians in this country are now under greater protection as a consequence is also unacceptable. but in many ways, all of that is a bit of a distraction. the spotlight should be on the failure of this government to have a nationwide inquiry into these

into these grooming gangs. there was an independent inquiry set up a decade ago which spent seven years investigating abuse in england and wales. two and a half years ago, it produced 20 recommendations. its chair, professor alexis jay, is now working with a new group, whose mission she says is not to call for new inquiries, but to advocate for the full implementation of the original recommendations. and her group says the original inquiry, which heard from over 7,500 victims and survivors, provided a clear road map for action. yet two years later, none of its recommendations have been fully implemented. jess phillips, who has a long record of protecting women and girls, was attacked by elon musk because she has recently said that in 0ldham, a local inquiry would be better than a government led one. when the poison of the far right leads to serious threats tojess phillips and others,

then in my book a line has been crossed. he said conservatives had done nothing in government and labour would make it a crime not to report child sexual abuse if you were aware of it. we you were aware of it. will bring that to live here on we will bring that to live here on bbc news. it is not correct to brand as far right _ it is not correct to brand as far right we _ it is not correct to brand as far right. we are _ it is not correct to brand as far right. we are raising. far right. we are raising legitimate _ far right. we are raising legitimate concerns - far right. we are raising . legitimate concerns about far right. we are raising - legitimate concerns about the gang — legitimate concerns about the gang rape _ legitimate concerns about the gang rape of— legitimate concerns about the gang rape of vulnerable - legitimate concerns about the| gang rape of vulnerable young girls — gang rape of vulnerable young girls if— gang rape of vulnerable young girls ifthet— gang rape of vulnerable young girls. if that kind _ gang rape of vulnerable young girls. if that kind of— gang rape of vulnerable young girls. if that kind of attitude i girls. if that kind of attitude that— girls. if that kind of attitude that keir— girls. if that kind of attitude that keir starmer— girls. if that kind of attitude| that keir starmer expressed that— that keir starmer expressed that is— that keir starmer expressed that is why _ that keir starmer expressed that is why these _ that keir starmer expressed i that is why these horrendous crimes— that is why these horrendous crimes got— that is why these horrendous crimes got covered _ that is why these horrendous crimes got covered up - that is why these horrendous crimes got covered up in - that is why these horrendous crimes got covered up in the | crimes got covered up in the first— crimes got covered up in the first place _ crimes got covered up in the first place. it _ crimes got covered up in the first place. it is _

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question on elon musk in the criticism that he has launched against keir starmer over many days now, when that question came from a journalist, the auto 0 came back on. this was a scripted answerfrom auto 0 came back on. this was a scripted answer from keir starmer. it was a very carefully planned response from downing street. elon musk is notjust downing street. elon musk is not just world's which downing street. elon musk is notjust world's which is man, notjust world's which is man, notjust world's which is man, not just the owner of social media platform x. in two weeks, he will play a key part in donald trump's incoming us administration. the tight rope that keir starmer is having to always needing to respond to the criticism. without wanting to upset donald trump. the us government very careful to maintain relationships with them. i suppose that is the path that keir starmer is trying to walk and i suppose it

struck me that this was a very carefully planned and worded intervention to what seemed like an off—the—cuff question. harry, thank you very much. harry, thank you very much. harry farley there. justin trudeau has announced he'll step down as the prime minister of canada and as the leader of his party. he's been in office for nine years. he also announced the temporary suspension of parliament. mr trudeau has been under pressure to resign for months, with more than 20 fellow members of his liberal party publicly urging him to go. a little earlier, this is how prime minister trudeau announced his plan to step down. i intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister, after the party selects its next leader through a robust, nationwide, competitive process. last night, i asked the president of the liberal party to begin that process. this country deserves a real choice in the next election, and it has become clear to me

that if i am having to fight internal battles, i cannot be the best option in that election. let's speak to our north america correspondent nada tawfik. hello again. we watch that statement a little earlier. tell us more about what he had to say. tell us more about what he had to sa . , , tell us more about what he had to sa . g , . to say. justin trudeau said he had discussed _ to say. justin trudeau said he had discussed with _ to say. justin trudeau said he had discussed with his - to say. justin trudeau said he| had discussed with his family, his future. he described himself as a fighter numerous times, but as we heard there in his statement, he ultimately decided that given the internal battles within his own party, more than a dozen members of parliament clung him to resign, that he could not be the best option in the elections. he said canadians deserved real choice. he said he would proto— parliament, suspend parliament until march. it would stave off

a no—confidence vote in the government for some time. but justin trudeau, after nine years in office and after four months, really signalling that he would push on and stay on as the leader of the liberal party, finally he has decided that the internal battles are just too much for him to fight against. it really came after his deputy prime minister and finance minister suddenly resigning in mid—december, citing sharp criticism of justin trudeau and his handling of donald trump's threats of steep tariffs. after winter break, we know the answer — justin trudeau stepping down as soon as the liberal party chooses a successor. what's next for _ chooses a successor. what's next for canada _ chooses a successor. what's next for canada dan, - chooses a successor. what's next for canada dan, nada? j chooses a successor. what's i next for canada dan, nada? -- and then- _ next for canada dan, nada? » and then. now we are going to see a very intense battle for

the leadership of the liberal party. there are already several names being circulated about who could go on to replace justin trudeau about who could go on to replacejustin trudeau as leader of the party, but aside from that, liberals are down and pulling against the rival conservatives party. elections need to be held on or before october 20. we could see a no—confidence vote in parliament was to get back —— once he gets back in march. a lot of canada will be facing as canadians face a housing crisis, rising costs, and even more economic trouble with the united states.— united states. thank you very much for _ united states. thank you very much for that, _ united states. thank you very much for that, nada - united states. thank you very much for that, nada tawfik. l heavy snow and flooding are causing widespread disruption for many parts of the uk. more than 170 flood warnings are in place across england and wales.

a majorflooding incident has been declared across rutland and leicestershire — 17 people rescued so far. the fire and rescue service says it's received more than 200 calls since the morning. they've called on people living in affected areas to take steps to protect themselves, including turning off electricity gas and water, moving to higher ground, avoiding flooded roads, and checking for flood alerts. meanwhile, yellow warnings for snow and ice are in place for northern and western scotland, northern ireland, as well as wales and south—western england. we can speak now tojulie beresford, assistant chief fire officer for leicestershire fire and rescue. thank you for joining us. especially after what is obviously a very busy time for you and all your staff. what the situation? thank you and good evening. i'm pleased to say the situation

doesn't seem to have calmed down, but that's not to say those dreadful conditions don't still exist out there. he experienced this morning, as you've already said, a significant number of calls, which is why we issued a major incident notice at around about 7.30 this morning.— 7.30 this morning. yeah, and we've been — 7.30 this morning. yeah, and we've been showing - 7.30 this morning. yeah, and we've been showing our - 7.30 this morning. yeah, and i we've been showing our viewers of flooded fields and difficult conditions. as the combination of both snowmelt and rain? i of both snowmelt and rain? i think it was a combination of a bit of a perfect storm with, as you say, the forecast itself. there overnight and into the early hours in the morning, with what was already waterlogged. people were returning to work after christmas and new year break, so there was an awful lot of traffic on the road. it simply became a little bit overwhelming. became a little bit overwhelmina. ~ . fl became a little bit overwhelmina. ~ . �*, ~ , overwhelming. what's your key advice to people _ overwhelming. what's your key advice to people living - overwhelming. what's your key advice to people living in - overwhelming. what's your key advice to people living in the i advice to people living in the affected areas right now? we mentioned some, but really good to hear directly from yourself.

absolutely, and thank you for repeating this key messages. it simply is to not take those risks. floodwater is really difficult to predict. you may think you know an area, but you really don't particularly when it's underwater. there are things underneath that water that you simply can't see. water rises at a tremendous pace, as we've seen from some pace, as we�*ve seen from some of pace, as we've seen from some of the dreadful pictures of cars being engulfed, etc. as you rightly said, take those steps to protect if you're worried about your property, contact your local councillor your local builders. if you feel you're going to be as a consequence of the water, dial 999. the main message is to stay out of the water and not to try and drive through floodwaters, no matter how well you think you know it. hopefully some rest fight for all the people in those areas soon and for all your

crewmembers. julie beresford, thank you very much.— crewmembers. julie beresford, thank you very much. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

circular timer is meanwhile keir starmer is promising to cut the number the timer is number of nhs patients in england who are waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment. the government wants to reduce the total by nearly half a million by the end of march next year. ministers say better patient choice, and extra access to community diagnostic centres and surgical hubs, are key parts of the plan. professor dame clare gerada is the former chair and president of the royal college of gps. she still practises as a family doctor. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. looking at this plan, in terms of working differently, what's going to

happen to lead to this reduction in waiting lists, do you think?— reduction in waiting lists, do ou think? . ., , you think? there are two things bein: you think? there are two things being proposed- _ you think? there are two things being proposed. one _ you think? there are two things being proposed. one is - you think? there are two things being proposed. one is to - you think? there are two things being proposed. one is to givel being proposed. one is to give gps better access to more complex tests. we have already direct access to test like x—rays, but it's actually to make to, allow us much more access. thus the first one. the second one is to extend what we have already, which is something called a vice and guidance. if we asked for advice and we do the rest the care, the government is saying it will give us a contribution towards the cost, but that will cost us. and also doing much of the work that would have been done by the hospital. those are really the two main things that i understand that are coming out of these recommendations

from the government. it out of these recommendations from the government.- from the government. if for example — from the government. if for example you _ from the government. if for example you as _ from the government. if for example you as a _ from the government. if for example you as a gp - from the government. if for example you as a gp is - from the government. if for| example you as a gp is able from the government. if for. example you as a gp is able to send a patient for a particular type of testing that you weren't able to do before, are you confident that the resources are there, that the staffing is there to ensure that this process runs more efficiently, runs faster from start to finish?— efficiently, runs faster from start to finish? that's a very aood start to finish? that's a very good question. _ start to finish? that's a very good question. yes - start to finish? that's a very good question. yes and - start to finish? that's a very good question. yes and no, | start to finish? that's a very . good question. yes and no, but a lot of the problems in hospital and patients listening to this will be they have been asked to have a test, quite complex. when they go to their employment, the test either has been done or it has been done, the results aren't available —— their appointment. the results aren't available —— theirappointment. it the results aren't available —— their appointment. it can go up two or three times for hospital and the task still has been done. we know the test arrives because it comes into our inbox, we can then generate what will trigger the appointment with a consultant. that will actually save time,

save money, and more importantly, save the patient grief. the second one is you're actually right — if we diagnose somebody quicker with better access to ultrasound scans for gall bladder, but the patient then isn't seen because it's still a long waiting list — the more we do we tell the patient they've got a problem or they are than the problem then they would have gone the first place. but we have to do now is use this as a start. we now have to create clever systems that we don't then just refer the patient that they have to wait months and they have to write a letter. there has to be a fast track access to hospital access. there has to be a better way to using the record. most patients will have it on their smartphone. most patients will have it on theirsmartphone. it most patients will have it on their smartphone. it is a beginning, and it's acknowledging that change has to happen, but you're absolutely right. if we just worked in exactly the same way as before, all we do is create the queue at an earlier place

the queue at an earlier place the plate professor dame claire, thank you. more than 60 million americans are in the grip of a huge winter storm that could bring the heaviest snow — and lowest temperatures — in a decade.several inches in a decade. several inches of snow have dropped on eastern parts of the us. what's known as a polar vortex is sweeping down from the arctic. missouri, kansas and kentucky are among those declaring a state of emergency. lets go alive to washington and talk to merlin comments. —— tom s. dress for the situation? ibis s. dress for the situation? as ou can s. dress for the situation? is you can see, s. dress for the situation? sols you can see, it's s. dress for the situation? is you can see, it's still s. dress for the situation? sis you can see, it's still snowing and it has been doing so since last night. it's not as badly affected as some others in the country. for example, kansas and missouri are some of the worst hit. they've seen up to 16 inches of snow and blizzard like conditions. this is some of the snow yes and coldest weather that the us has

seenin coldest weather that the us has seen in just over a coldest weather that the us has seen injust over a decade —— s. __ seen injust over a decade —— s. —— snowiest. it's all caused by a polar forecast. s. —— snowiest. it's all caused by a polarforecast. even s. —— snowiest. it's all caused by a polar forecast. even the sunshine state has escaped. —— has not. thousands of flights have been cancelled and delayed and the country as big of the us, has real knock—on effects. the national weather service hasissued the national weather service has issued warnings for drivers, saying driving conditions are near to impossible and dangerous, and officials are advising people to stay at home if they can and if at all possible. in five states, there also powder averages. at least 230,000 customers are affected —— power outages. in dc, it's welcome news for some because public schools are closed and there is an annual snowball fight, which i've actuallyjust been out and people, there were hundreds of

people, there were hundreds of people at the park throwing snowballs. there are people charging at each other and having fun in making the most of the snow day. for others, lawmakers are at congress right now trying to certify the election and there is no such thing as a snow day in the us constitution.— constitution. indeed. merlin, thank you — constitution. indeed. merlin, thank you very _ constitution. indeed. merlin, thank you very much. - awards season is getting under way in hollywood with the 82nd golden globes ceremony kicking things off in beverly hills. the brutalist took a slew of awards, including best drama, best director and best actor. the largely spanish language musical emilia perez was one of the other big winners. emma vardy reports from the red carpet. known as hollywood's biggest party, plenty of a—listers were out to dazzle on the red carpet. baby reindeer. baby reindeer, the british drama about stalking and sexual abuse picked up two awards. its creator, richard gadd, called for more of life's

darker tales to make it onto screen. any story, when done right, is universal, and all the weird, idiosyncratic struggles we go through on a daily basis are just as worthy of being committed to screen as any. so, commissioners, streamers, when you're totting up the numbers and putting together the budgets for this year, remember to keep some back for the little person to tell their story. thank you so much. but it was the japanese drama shogun that won the most tv awards of the night. emilia perez. the unusual musical about a mexican drug lord was one of the big winners in the film categories. emilia perez and its transgender star karla sofia gascon accepted one of its four awards with an emotional speech about the trans experience. you can maybe put us injail. you can beat us up. but you never can take away our soul, our resistance, our identity.

wicked. audiences have been flocking to wicked after much love for it as a stage show, but it only won one of its nominated categories, picking up box office achievement. a win here can give a film or an actor some momentum in the long award season, which peaks in march at the oscars. but the oscars can be fickle, and a golden globe is no guarantee of oscars glory. adrien brody. it was the brutalist that won the top drama prize. a film about a holocaust survivor which also took best director and the best actor award for adrien brody. demi moore. and after 45 years in the industry, demi moore won her first ever major award with best actress for her role in the substance, a satirical horror about beauty and ageing. just know you will never be enough, but you can know the value of your worth if you just put down the measuring stick. and so today i celebrate this as a marker of my wholeness and of the love that is driving me, and for the gift of doing something i love and being reminded that

i do belong. thank you so much. a night of some surprises provided plenty to celebrate and debate at the after parties. emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. let me tell you a little bit about what's coming next. we will be live in the house of commons where the home secretary is do to make a statement on sexual implication. after a tax bite musk and opposition conservative mps, elsewhere viewers can see focus on africa, so much more to come. do stay with us here.

hello again. the number of flood warnings should be falling in the next few days as things turn a bit drier. still a wintry picture, particularly over the hills across northern england. certainly a woollyjumper came in handy today with those strong winds as well. those winds wrapped around that area of low pressure that's bringing these clusters of cloud to bring in some wintry showers overnight, still in that cold north to north westerly winds. there'll be some more snow affecting northern scotland, to northwesterly winds. there'll be some more snow affecting northern scotland, wintry showers for northern ireland, moving over the irish sea into wales, western england, saw a covering of snow in places and also some icy conditions, too — many other parts of the uk becoming dry with clear skies. there'll be widespread frost. temperatures across southeastern parts of england certainly a lot lower than they were last night. there'll be some spells of sunshine, though, i think, on tuesday. more snow for northern

scotland, some more wintry showers, northern ireland, pushing into north west england onto the pennines, a few more for wales. the odd shower possible elsewhere as well. still quite windy in the north east of scotland, but otherwise, the winds won't be quite as strong as they were today. still going to feel cold, mind you — temperatures struggling up to around four or five degrees at best. moving quickly into wednesday, and whilst many northern parts of the uk will be dry and sunny after another frost, we got more snow showers for northern scotland, one or two wintry showers for northern ireland. head further south and there'll be more cloud around here making it feel cold. some wet weather moving across the english channel, bumping into the colder air. so we've got the risk of some snow widely across southernmost parts of england, areas that haven't really seen much snow just recently at all — it's been more rain here. another cold day though, on wednesday, temperatures only getting up to around two or three degrees. now, this area of low pressure threatening to bring that wetter weather into the far south of england then moves away overnight, still left with these northerly breezes bringing down the colder air. another widespread frost, i think, on thursday. again, more wintry showers coming into northern and eastern parts of scotland, one or two flirting with some of those irish sea coastal areas. so many parts of the country, thursday will be dry and sunny,

but it's again cold, even though the winds aren't particularly strong — highs of two or three celsius. the strongest winds are what we saw today. after that, the winds won't be as strong, but still cold air, more really cold nights and mornings, and the risk of some snow showers and icy conditions.

this is bbc news, the headlines sir keir starmer defends his record prosecuting sexual abuse gangs after attacks by elon musk and opposition conservative mps. this and opposition conservative mp5. is the scene live westminster this is the scene live in westminster where home secretary yvette cooper is due to make a statement shortly on the government efforts to tackle child sexual exploitation. justin trudeau resigns as canadian prime minister, ending weeks of speculation on his political future. plans are set out to treat more patients in england within 18 weeks — but health leaders express concern over staffing and funding. and the women using tattoos to reclaim their bodies

after treatment for breast cancer. before that, it is time for sport, it lets us get the latest with gavin. we'll start with the football — and the action continues in the premier league later. and what an evening it could be for nottingham forest — who could move level on points with second placed arsenal, if they win at wolves — who are only above the relegation zone on goal difference. it's a return to his former club for forest boss nuno espirto santo and there's a lot of mutual respect between the two portuguese head coaches. the performances help, the players feel that they are confident, playing good, achieving good results, i know vitor pereira from a long time ago at the beginning of our careers. he had a very good career as a manager and he is showing at wolves. we expect a tough match against a good team because wolves are good squad. nuno, i know him from a long time...

since the time he worked in portugal.