children. also on the programme... president trump pardons nearly 1,600 capitol rioters as he signs off on a flurry of new policies during his first few hours in office. donald trump is back in the white house. the sun is rising here in washington, we will look at the impact his changes are already having on america and the rest of the world. prince harry continues his battle against tabloid newspapers, as his case against the publishers of the sun comes to trial. no, this is where i belong, with my sister, _ no, this is where i belong, with my sister, sticking together through thick_ sister, sticking together through thick and — sister, sticking together through thick and thin. the actor pauline quirke, famous for starring in tv sitcom birds of a feather, has retired following a dementia diagnosis. later in the hour on bbc news, it's another big week of european football. nine champions league matches coming up later with aston villa away at monaco.

good afternoon. the prime minister has said that the uk faces a "new threat" and that "terrorism has changed" following the murders of three young girls in southport last year. his address comes after 18—year—old axel rudakubana pleaded guilty yesterday to all of the charges against him in relation to the knife attack at a dance class last summer. following his guilty plea, his long history of violence emerged. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. a school born in the uk who turned into a violent killer. the case of axel rudakubana is indicative of a new threat the uk faces, the prime minister says. terrorism has

changed, expanded beyond organised groups like al-qaeda with clear political motives. that groups like al-qaeda with clear political motives.— groups like al-qaeda with clear political motives. that the threat of course remains, _ political motives. that the threat of course remains, but _ political motives. that the threat of course remains, but now- political motives. that the threat - of course remains, but now alongside that we also see acts of extreme violence perpetrated by loners, misfits, young men in their bedrooms accessing all manner of material online, desperate for notoriety. so the deaths of the girls will, sir keir starmer says, the deaths of the girls will, sir keir starmersays, lead the deaths of the girls will, sir keir starmer says, lead to fundamental change. axel rudakubana fundamental change. axel rudaku ba na pleaded fundamental change. axel rudakubana pleaded guilty to their murders yesterday, obsessed by killing he had downloaded details of an al-qaeda training manual and the poison rice in. he had been referred to the prevent programme, aims to identify extremists and stop attacks. there was a follow—up that didn't appear to have an overarching motive. we didn't appear to have an overarching motive. ~ ., ., ~ motive. we do need to either rethink prevent or have _ motive. we do need to either rethink prevent or have an _

motive. we do need to either rethink prevent or have an alternative - prevent or have an alternative scheme that deals with really high risk people who are obsessed with violence. the example i would give, thinking about america, is the terrible phenomenon of school massacres stop that is not political terrorism or religious terrorism, it is copycat killing. terrorism or religious terrorism, it is cepycat killing-— is copycat killing. prevent has got to be shut down _ is copycat killing. prevent has got to be shut down and _ is copycat killing. prevent has got to be shut down and started - is copycat killing. prevent has got| to be shut down and started again. we have _ to be shut down and started again. we have been told on multiple occasions _ we have been told on multiple occasions it is not up to the job needs— occasions it is not up to the job needs to — occasions it is not up to the job needs to be reformed. frankly, sometimes you are better to scrap it and start— sometimes you are better to scrap it and start again. we are sick and tired _ and start again. we are sick and tired of— and start again. we are sick and tired of these moments. the prime minister said the _ tired of these moments. the prime minister said the inquiry _ tired of these moments. the prime minister said the inquiry will- tired of these moments. the prime minister said the inquiry will be - minister said the inquiry will be far—reaching and look into failings by institutions to protect the children and their families. changes are needed possibly to the law and approaches to terrorism and what people see online. axel rudakubana accessed much violent content. i accessed much violent content. i would like to see the inquiry look at also whether the government and the police and the cps should have put more information into the public

domain. ., ,, ,, ., domain. today sir keir starmer said he had not been _ domain. today sir keir starmer said he had not been able _ domain. today sir keir starmer said he had not been able to _ domain. today sir keir starmer said he had not been able to say - domain. today sir keir starmer said he had not been able to say more . he had not been able to say more about axel rudakubana at the time in case it led to any future trial collapsing. case it led to any future trial collapsing-— case it led to any future trial colla-usin. , ., , collapsing. yes, of course i was ke -t collapsing. yes, of course i was kept up-to-date _ collapsing. yes, of course i was kept up-to-date with _ collapsing. yes, of course i was kept up-to-date with the - collapsing. yes, of course i was kept up-to-date with the facts | collapsing. yes, of course i was i kept up-to-date with the facts as kept up—to—date with the facts as they were emerging, that is the usual practice. butjust like you, as a journalist, i had to observe the law of the land. it was not my personal decision to withhold this information any more than it was a journalist was my personal decision not to print or write about it. that is the law of the land and is in place for reasons i have set out to protect the integrity of the system to ensure that the victims and their families get the justice that they deserve. families get the 'ustice that they deserve. . , , ,, ., deserve. last summer, keir starmer aid deserve. last summer, keir starmer paid tribute — deserve. last summer, keir starmer paid tribute to _ deserve. last summer, keir starmer paid tribute to the _ deserve. last summer, keir starmer paid tribute to the victims. _ paid tribute to the victims. today he said the families had been failed by the state and change must come. damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster. in a moment we'll speak to our correspondent nick garnett who is in southport, but first we're joined by our deputy political editor vicki young in westminster.

vicki, this was an address dealing not only with this attack but with society in general and how the public is kept safe. yes, it was highly unusual and incredibly wide ranging. unfortunately, there are lots of horrific crimes in this country but for the prime minister come out at the first opportunity and to launch a public inquiry i think shows the level of concern there is here and to some extent what he was doing today was to try and front up about the terrible failings of the state and the news that it was possible that this teenager may be could have been stopped before he carried out this terrible crime. the prime minister has been under personal criticism for being accused of a cover—up and to try to answer that as well today. but it was much more than that. we talked about really the state of society. he talked about the definition of terrorism, how things might have changed. he

talked about online safety laws, the role of social media in all of this and really the fundamental question, what do you do about a teenager who people know they are going down the wrong track? there needs to be a mechanism in place to make sure these crimes don't happen. certainly an awful lot to grapple with and we are about to hear from the home secretary in the house of commons who will be giving more details about that public inquiry. our correspondent nick garnett is in southport. nick, what are you hearing from the community there and how they are dealing with what's emerged since the guilty plea? well, it is now six months since the stabbings and summer has turned to autumn and no winter, but it feels as if it was yesterday. this square was full of flowers in the weeks after the attack. now there are bracelets left and little pebbles with the names of the dead girls painted on them as memorials from local children. people feel relieved

that a trial did not happen. that the details of what had happened lastjuly didn't need to be poured over every single day during the trial. but there is another side to that. sean halsall is a local councillor and he lives on the road where the attacks happened. he says some are shell—shocked at some of the details that have turned out in the details that have turned out in the last 2a hours as to what axel rudakubana did and what he was up to and how he was in contact with the authorities time and time again. sarah mcentee runs the royal british legion community hub in southport. she says the public inquiry that has been launched needs to get results. if the system changes and addresses the challenges that young people have, then it will succeed, she says. passers—by have told me that they still think things are being covered up, that there are still details that they don't know about. whether that is the case and whether thatis whether that is the case and whether that is put to rest as a public inquiry gets under way, that is the

big issue, and that is what the government has got to address. it has to put the minds of the people who live here at rest. but this is a town that has done an awful lot. it has tried to come together since those terrible stabbings. there have been all sorts of events going on here as they try to show a sign of solidarity in the wake of what happened. and we'll be looking at more of the details of the government's prevent counter—extremism programme at half—past—one. following his return to the white house, president trump has signed a flurry of executive orders and said that the "golden age of america begins right now", after being sworn into office for a second presidential term. sophie raworth is in washington and has been watching the events unfold. sophie, it's been a busy 2a hours? it certainly has. after he was sworn in as president

there were more speeches, a parade and he and the first lady spent last night dancing at three separate balls in front of thousands of supporters. the president also did what he had promised to do, he signed a shock and flurry of executive orders which will have far—reaching consequences, notjust for the united states, but also for the rest of the world. he has declared a national emergency on the us and mexico border. he is withdrawing from the paris climate agreement in the world health organization and he has pardoned more than 1500 of his supporters who stormed the capitol building in 2021. with more details, our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. president trump is back down to business and always in front of a crowd. he signed executive orders, including pardoning nearly all the trump supporters who stormed the capital four years ago. many were convicted of trying to overthrow the us government. he started rolling back biden—era policies, pulling out of the paris climate change deal

and the world health organization. could you imagine biden doing this? i don't think so. cheering. it has been a long road back to power for donald trump. he has overcome two impeachment trials, several criminal indictments and an assassination attempt. it seems only a hat can hold him back. he described his win as a divine intervention. just a few months ago in a beautiful pennsylvania field an assassin�*s bullet ripped through my ear, but i felt then and believe even more so now that my life was saved for a reason. i was saved by god to make america great again. as well as god it appears he has the world's richest men by his side. the so—called tech bros were guests at his inauguration. one of them caused controversy.

many on his own social media site x accused elon musk of throwing a nazi salute. my heart goes out to you. four years after he was evicted from the white house donald trump is back inside. he has long portrayed america as a country with huge problems only he can solve, but now is the time for him to prove it. approximately 1,500 for a pardon. donald trump's sweeping pardons of convicted criminals is a campaign promise fulfilled, but it is also a reminder ofjust how radical this presidency is likely to be once again. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. president trump has started his second term as promised with a shock and awe flurry of executive orders. ben chu from bbc verify has been trawling through some of them — there are 100 or so — to see what they will mean. president trump signed 26

executive orders on the day of his inauguration, covering areas ranging from border control, designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organisations, to energy policy, withdrawing the us from the paris climate agreement, to diversity and gender, declaring that there are only two genders, male and female, and many more executive orders besides these. but what are these executive orders? well, they are a written order or directive issued by the president to the us federal government, which does not require approval of the us congress, its legislative branch. they are not explicitly mentioned in the us constitution, but authority for issuing them is accepted to derive from article two, which states that the executive power shall be vested in a president of the united states of america, and every president from george washington down has used them. presidents can revoke the executive orders of their predecessors. on his first day in office in 2021, joe biden signed an order laying

the ground for the us to rejoin the 2015 paris climate agreement, reversing an order from donald trump's first term. trump's new executive order to end birthright citizenship, automatic american citizenship granted to anyone born in the us, has already drawn a legal challenge on the grounds that it is unconstitutional. the 14th amendment of the constitution explicitly states that all persons born or naturalised in the united states are citizens of the united states. congress can also pass a law to override an executive order, although the president still has a veto over that law. in his entire first term, trump signed 220 executive orders. after a single day in office, he is already heading quite rapidly towards matching that total. it is president trump's first full

day here in the white house. joining me now is our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley. the scale of what he is doing is huge and the impact will be enormous, won't it? it is breathtaking. _ enormous, won't it? it 3 breathtaking. he promised to have our heads spinning and he certainly achieved that. some of those things take effect immediately, pulling out of the paris climate change agreement, all with the brush of a pen, pulling out of the who. that

will be felt immediately. that has caused alarm around the world and many people are concerned, but here in america many of these are very popular and they play extremely well to his base, but don't forget that 50% of americans didn't actually vote for donald trump although he won the popular vote. there are a lot of people here who are alarmed and are waiting to see what the man now in the white house will do over the next days, weeks, months, everyone watching. the day is onlyjust starting here in washington, the sun coming out as you can see behind us. we will wait to see what happens today and we will have the latest at six. right now, back to you. our top story this afternoon. the prime minister promises a change in the uk's terrorism laws following the southport murders and warns of a new threat from "loners and misfits". the actor pauline quirke, famous for starring in tv sitcom birds of a feather, has retired following a dementia diagnosis.

coming up on sportsday in the next 20 minutes on bbc news, liverpool will be looking to reach the champions league knockout stage. they've got a perfect record in europe, but need just a point against lille to reach the last 16. an eight—week trial at the high court in london is due to start today over allegations made by prince harry that the sun, and its owner news group newspapers were involved in unlawful newsgathering. the former labour deputy leader lord tom watson is also suing the company. our home and legal correspondent dominic casciani is outside court. dominic, the case was due to get under way this morning, but there's been a delay. what can you tell us? that's right, a mysterious delay because the world media is here and all the lawyers are here for prince

harry's team and newsgroup newspapers. nothing has been going on for hours and the dead was asked to delay the case until two o'clock so that the two sides could continue discussions about something we don't know about —— the judge was asked to delay the case. that has caused speculation in the media that perhaps there are settlement talks going on. i stress, we have nothing to suggest that that is definitely the case, it is purely speculation. but as of last night, most of us here would have said the chances of that happening were less than the chances of meghan markle signing up to do a lifestyle column for the sun. so it is about what is at stake here for prince harry and newsgroup newspapers. let's look at the issues in this case which will pan out over the next eight weeks. a royal witness coming back to court. harry! it's almost two years since prince harry told a judge that mirror group newspapers had used unlawful news—gathering techniques to get stories about his life. he won that battle, and today his bigger case against news group newspapers — the owner of the sun — begins.

he'll give evidence next month, and recently told a new york audience that he wanted answers for 1,300 other claimants who'd accepted settlements to drop their cases because they couldn't afford the risks of a trial. i know why people have settled. they've settled because they've had to settle. so therefore, one of the main reasons for seeing this through is accountability — because i'm the last person that can actually achieve that — and also closure for these 1,300 people and families. those payouts began almost 20 years ago, when the scandal of tabloid reporters listening to voicemails emerged. in 2011, news group newspapers closed down the news of the world — the sun's sister title — after one of its journalists listened to voicemails left for murder victim milly dowler. her parents and charities they support received £3 million to settle their claim. hugh grant was among the last to settle last year, saying he didn't want the enormous sum, but couldn't afford to go to trial. that's left the prince

and lord tom watson — the former labour mp who investigated phone hacking. over eight weeks, the trial will consider three key questions... was there a culture of unlawful news—gathering across news group's newspapers? were prince harry and lord watson targeted? did ngn leaders cover up illegal practices like phone hacking? this is the first time that news group newspapers, rupert murdoch's british newspapers — the news of the world, as was, and the sun — faces the same kind of scrutiny. if those allegations were to be found proven, it could have severe reputational consequences for both the company and any individuals who are implicated. prince harry accuses rebekah brooks — ngn's chief executive and a close confidante of rupert murdoch — of knowing what went on. in 2014, an old baileyjury cleared her of being involved. today, ngn says allegations of a cover—up are wrong, and will be strongly denied. dominic casciani, bbc news.

66 people have died and more than 50 others are being treated for injuries in hospital after a fire at a turkish ski resort. let's get the latest from our correspondent nicky schiller. nicky. yes, we know this blaze broke out in a 12 story hotel in the bolu mountain ski resort in north—west turkey. that is about 100 miles from the capital, ankara. reports say that it started around 3.30 in the morning in a restaurant on the fourth floor, but we have seen dramatic pictures of how quickly the blaze spread throughout the building. there are reports that some people tried to jump out of the windows. we have seen bed sheets that people had thrown out of those windows to try and get out. local

media reports say that two people died after trying to jump out of the windows. the hotel itself is investigating whether any of the people inside were trapped at any point. it is busy there at the moment because it's the start of a two—week school holiday, which meant there were around 230 people in the hotel. the local governor says it took about an hour for the emergency services to get there because of the freezing conditions and how far away from the nearest town it was. it's also on the side of a cliff. so that made the firefighting efforts difficult. president erdogan has issued a statement where he says there will be a full investigation. he says, our pain is great, our heartache is great.— he says, our pain is great, our heartache is great. nicky schiller, thank yom _ hundreds of aid trucks are continuing to flow into gaza as the ceasefire between hamas and israel holds into a third day. hamas has confirmed it will release the next israeli hostages on saturday in exchange

for palestinian prisoners. it follows the first release of prisoners and hostages on sunday. the high profile youtuber mr beast says he's interested in buying tiktok. the content creator, whose real name isjimmy donaldson and has over 111 million followers on the app, said he wanted to save the platform, but released no further details about an offer other than that it will be "crazy". the chancellor will arrive in the swiss town of davos today for the world economic forum, where she will say that the uk is "on the up" as she meets business leaders and investors from around the world. our economics editor, faisal islam, is in davos. faisal, what is the chancellor hoping to achieve during her trip? it's going to be a turbulent start to the markets this year, not least because of what has been happening in america and speculation about the trade system. this is a great

opportunity for the still newish government to present itself and its plans, particularly to convince the world that britain is a great place to grow businesses. that has been in doubt because of some of the decisions around the budget, but she will want to appear here directly to the big international investors. she was helped by one of britain's biggest banks, barclays, saying they are very optimistic about growth, not necessarily the story we have been hearing back home, but she will been hearing back home, but she will be meeting with big investors. the message i'm hearing privately is that yes, the uk has a lot of assets economically and the government has put in place what they say is a kind of stability. but now they need to see some long—term decisions are difficult decisions. coming into sight now is a decision on airport expansion. we have been here before on this. it has been long delayed because of court cases and because of covid when the demand for airlines collapsed. but it is back

on the agenda again, because air traffic is booming again. there is a shovel ready project at gatwick, where they want to convert a runway, but there is also the idea that heathrow might expand again which is being considered. the government and opposition said there were four tests that had to be met if they were to go with that, but the investors that have been backing both of those projects and lots of other projects in the uk are here in davos and they are wondering what the direction of policy is and when the chancellor arrives here, she will have questions to answer and some convincing to do. but there are some convincing to do. but there are some people willing to listen about britain's growth prospects, important as they are not just to the economy, but for the whole of britain. . , ., britain. faisal islam in davos, thank yom — the actor pauline quirke, best known for her role in the long—running comedy—drama birds of a feather, will be stepping back from acting, as she is living with dementia. her husband, steve sheen, announced that she has made the decision, following her diagnosis with the disease four years ago. our reporterjessica lane has more.

put the magic back in your marriage. i don't think paul daniels could put the magic back into mine. known to many as one of the stars of long—running comedy birds of a feather... no, this where i belong, with my sister, sticking together through thick and thin. and what's the real reason? i've been here so long, i forgot to pay my gas bill. pauline quirke also starred in many dramas, including emmerdale and broadchurch. you people destroyed my family. her 50—year career saw her nominated for many acting awards, and she was given an mbe in the late queen's final birthday honours in 2022. today her husband announced that she has been living with dementia for the past four years, and said, "we kindly request privacy and understanding for pauline and ourfamily during this difficult period. pauline just wants to spend time with herfamily, children and grandchildren".

charity alzheimer's research uk has thanked them for speaking out. we've seen with other people in the media eye like dame barbara windsor, who was very public about her diagnosis of alzheimer's disease, which is one of the most common diseases that causes dementia, that actually, it helps so many other people, whether that's talking about it in their own families to come forward and get a diagnosis, but it starts to break down the stigma that still exists around dementia. although pauline quirke will now step back from acting, hundreds of drama schools in her name have been launched around the country over the years, allowing children to follow in her footsteps. i started acting when i was nine and i came from, at the time, quite a deprived part of london and my mum didn't have much money and the drama lessons that i went to were 10p a lesson, you know, so it was a long time ago. but because of those lessons and getting involved, my life has been completely different. and what's in it for me, dor? nibbles.

alzheimer's research uk says that by speaking out, pauline and steve will raise awareness of dementia as well as funds to help research the condition to support others in the future. jessica lane, bbc news. in the australian open, the headline quarter—final match between novak djokovic and carlos alcaraz always promised to be won on the finest of margins and is looking like it might go all the way. the ten—time winner in melbourne — djokovic — is currently 2—1 up. our sports correspondent nesta mcgregor has been across the action so far. the last time novak djokovic and carlos alcaraz faced off, olympic gold was on the line. the spaniard was out for revenge and a place in the semifinals. no man has won the australian open more times than djokovic, though. the serbian, now coached by andy murray, is on a

quest to title number 11. a closely contested first set, the 21—year—old winning this 16 shot rally. another magnificent drop shot! djokovic appearing to feel the physical strain and shortly after, he took a medical timeout. alcaraz remained focused and on serve, took the first 6-4. to focused and on serve, took the first 6—4. to start the second, djokovic, refreshed, reenergised and raced into a three—game lead, the type of skill and resilience were too many, he the greatest of all time. but alcaraz foote back to level things up, seemingly testing his opponent's ability to move. but it was soon one set apiece after powerful hitting from the 37—year—old. meetings between djokovic and alcaraz never fail to disappoint, the third set further proof, the serb on serve display the full array of shots that has made him the most decorated male tennis player of all—time. and he is clearly eagerfor more. tennis player of all—time. and he is clearly eager for more. mcgregor,

bbc news. a reminder of our top headline this afternoon: the prime minister promises a change in the uk's terrorism laws following the southport murders and warns of a new threat from "loners and misfits". and, still to come, conservationists are celebrating the discovery of a new rare colony of red squirrels in the yorkshire dales. we ll have a full forecast in the next half hour, but it's time now for a quick look at the weather. here's helen. we have had this stagnant weather for a while now and some troublesome fog this morning, which is now lifting. but about to change. we have the fifth named storm of the season, not even developed yet, but when it does, it does, it will rapidly deepen and cross the atlantic during thursday and thursday night, barrelling into our shores. it is storm eowyn, which is expected to bring widespread gales

and disruptive winds which could cause damage. gusts could reach 90 miles an hour, possibly more, in exposed locations. obviously, the wind is of concern, but there will be rain and hill snow to go with it. more later. let's return to our main story. the prime minister has set out the government's response to the southport attacks, after he said there were "grave questions to answer" on how the state "failed" to protect yesterday, axel rudakubana pleaded guilty to murdering 3three girls in a knife attack at a taylor swift—themed dance class in the seaside town last year. the crown prosecution service said the 18—year—old had "meticulously planned" the attack and had a "sickening interest in death and violence". but he had been known to authorities before the killings. it can now be reported that rudakubana was referred to the government's counter—terrorism programme — prevent — three times, between 2019 and 2021, over his general obsession with violence. as a young

teenager, he called childline several times — eventually telling the service he was going to take a knife into school because of racial bullying. this was one of the incidents that led to him being excluded from school in october 2019. but less than three months later, he returned and attacked another student with a hockey stick. lancashire child safeguarding partnership said police responded to five calls from his home address between october 2019 and may 2022, relating to concerns about his behaviour. earlier, the uk's independent reviewer of terrorism legislation told the bbc that the government's prevent counter—extremism programme "needs to change". it's worth thinking about when prevent came in. prevent came in to deal with al-anda, so we were talking then about groups of islamists with an emir, a leader. they would have radicalising preachers, and the idea was to pick up people who were getting persuaded by that sort of ideology,

catch them and deradicalise them before they used violence. now, that's totally different from the world we live in today, where you have these things on the internet which pull people into violence, and sometimes, as i say, it's just an obsession with violence that seems to get them going. so in rudakubana's case, i can see from the reporting that he was referred to prevent, but i can also see that if someone in the police said, "he doesn't look as if he's going to become a terrorist but nonetheless, he is fixated with violence", i can see that he might fall out of prevent and the question is, what on earth is there to manage the risk that person presents? in the past few minutes, the home secretary yvette cooper has spoken in the commons — she said the families deserve answers, and that questions need to be asked about rudakubana's contact with police, children's social care and youth offending teams.

all those agencies had contact with him, yet between them, they completely failed to identify the terrible danger that he posed. how did he fall through so many gaps? it isjust unbearable to did he fall through so many gaps? it is just unbearable to think that something more could and should have been done. we'rejoined now by our uk correspondent daniel sandford. daniel — what else have we learnt from the home secretary? much of what she has been saying to mps has focused on two issues. one is around young men being drawn into violence but without any specific ideology, and the other has been the issue of how prevent let down the families of those three goals who were tragically killed and all the others who were injured in the attack —— the three girls who were killed. on the issue of young men being drawn into violence, she revealed something we didn't previously know, which is that in the last year for which figures are available prevent, 162 people who

were referred to prevent were referred because they had expressed an interest in school massacres. that is not al-qaeda or far right neo— nazism or any other political ideology, it is an interest in killing children in schools. that gives you an idea of the kind of thing that young people are being caught up in. she said that axel rudakubana, of the time he was referred to the prevent counter extremism programme, had expressed interest in school shootings, the london bridge attack, which was an islamic state inspired attack, the ira, mis and islamic state inspired attack, the ira, m15 and the middle east. so it gives you this wide interest in essentially people who are carrying out acts of violence rather than any particular ideology. on the specifics of his involvement in prevent, she said there had been a rapid review into his involvement prevent, a learning review, and it has concluded that when a decision

was made that his referral to prevent should be closed, that that was wrong. but given his age and complex needs, he should have been referred to the next stage of the programme which is called channel web, where someone sits down and tries to address people's violent and extremist thoughts. she said the review concluded that too much weight was placed on the absence of ideology, without considering the vulnerabilities to radicalisation or taking account of whether he was just obsessed with massacre or extreme violence. so already, there has been a review that has concluded that had prevent —— how prevent dealt with him was wrong. find that had prevent -- how prevent dealt with him was wrong.- dealt with him was wrong. and i have been accusations that _ dealt with him was wrong. and i have been accusations that it _ dealt with him was wrong. and i have been accusations that it has - dealt with him was wrong. and i have been accusations that it has about. been accusations that it has about the south attacker were covered up. how has the government address that? there are two aspects to that, what was allegedly being covered up, and of course, the suggestion at the time was that what was being covered up time was that what was being covered up was that he was an asylum seeker

and an islamist. well, both of those facts are wrong. he certainly wasn't an asylum seeker, he was born in wales, and he was interested in all sorts of ideology and one of the things looks at was islamist ideology, but he also looked at the far right and was interested in was around the world. he was interested in jenga 's around the world. he was interested injenga 's can and adolf hitler. but there has been an issue around what information should have been put into the public domain that met he was interested in genghis khan. could the authorities have said in the week that the riots started that it is not correct that he is an asylum seeker and it is not correct that he has any ideology at all? there has been this clash between wanting to preserve the trial, because there could have been a trial with a jury on it, and make sure nothing was said that would make that trial unfair and essentially mean the trial could take place, versus putting into the public domain important facts about his case. that is a subject of

really vigorous debate amongst politicians and certainly people in the conservative party and reform have criticised the government for not being more open, but also the media are upset about the lack of information that they have been given over the months and feeling that, the full mainstream media feeling they were not told as much as they could have been given the circumstances and the enormity of what took place onjuly circumstances and the enormity of what took place on july the 29th last year. what took place on july the 29th last ear. _, , ,., last year. our uk correspondent daniel sandford, _ last year. our uk correspondent daniel sandford, thank - last year. our uk correspondent daniel sandford, thank you. - more still to come on the programme — now it's time to join our colleagues with the news where

hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm ollie watkins. it's the return of the champions league, with aston villa one of the british sides looking to seal a knockout place. liverpool are the only team with a perfect record. just a point against lille tonight will see them reach the last 16. the hattrick is still on — there's a scare for sabalenka but she is through to the semifinals at the australian open. the champions league returns tonight. it is the penultimate round of matches, with qualification for the last 16 still in the balance for so many clubs. the top eight in the 36—team league go straight through to the knockout stage, the next 16 sides go into two—legged play—offs next month. aston villa are fifth, but only one point above those play—off spots. they are away at monaco in one of the early kick—offs today. it's a 5.45pm start in the principality. monaco are in mid—table after back—to—back defeats in the competition.

they lost to arsenal last month. how we are playing this competition is the most important. time to enjoy each moment. trying to focus each match. trying to show our capacity, how we can face in this competition against the better teams in the world. monaco is one of the teams, as well, experience in europe, last year second in the french league this year fourth. here i have played sometimes and it's very difficult. they have very good players. liverpool are the only side with a 100% record, six wins out of six, and they need just a point at home to lille tonight to guarantee a top eight finish and automatic qualification to the last 16 that would potentially secure a kinder draw, but the liverpool manager says that's impossible to predict. i love looking at a league

table in the way of, if we are number one, we probably have the most easy team to face because that is impossible to say because of this weird format, weird i don't mean in a negative way, but a strange format we want to win but not from an idea it will probably give us the best meet up for the rest of the campaign. we are having now. here are this evening's other fixtures: atletico madrid, in 11th, host fourth—placed bayer leverkusen. barcelona, in second, are away at benfica and will look to take advantage of any slip by liverpool, while dortmund could take a step towards a top eight finish with a win at bologna. manchester city have bolstered their defensive options again with vitor reis the second player to join the club in the space of 2a hours. the deal for the 19—year—old brazilian defender was only announced this morning. he is costing nearly £30 million pounds from palmerias. another young defender, 20—year—old abdukodir khusanov arrived yesterday from french side lens forjust over £33 million. both have been training with the squad today, although they won't be eligible to play away at psg tomorrow

in the champions league. we've had the first of the quarter—finals at the australian open. the women's champion, aryna sabalenka, is into the semis after a 19th win in a row at melbourne park. the world number one, who is looking to secure a hattrick of australian open titles, had to work really hard to battle past the 27th seed, anastasia pavlyuchenkova. she won the first set 6—2, but lost the second by the same margin and then went a break down in the third, but she turned it round taking the decider 6—3. honestly, i was just praying today. i was just praying to just, you know, trying to put the ball back in these tough conditions. we both were, like, just trying to put the ball back. it was it was very difficult to play. i mean, she played amazing tennis. very aggressive. i'm just super happy i was able to somehow, somehow magically win this match and, of course, guys, thank you so much for the atmosphere.

sabalenka will play paula badosa next, after she stunned the world number three coco gauff. the spaniard, who almost quit tennis last year with a chronic back condition, won in straight sets to reach herfirst grand slam semifinal, today of course maybe i had a little bit less expectations, but i still have pressure because i wanted to win so badly. i will step on the court in the semifinals against i don't care who and i will want to win so badly. that is part of me. when i'm in the final rounds my level raises and i just want to give 100% and leave it all on the court. it's approaching one o'clock in the morning in melbourne, novak djokovic and carlos alcaraz are playing their quarter final right now.

it's currently 4—3 to novak. alexander zverev is waiting in the semis for the winner of that match the german beat the usa's tommy paul. he took the first two sets on tie breaks and though paul pulled one back, zverez sped through the fourth set 6—1 to reach the last four for the second straight year i think if you're in a semifinal of a grand slam you have to expect a tough match. you know you're not going to get to the semis of a grand slam by not deserving to be there and not playing great tennis. so if somebody is there, that means that they have played great tennis. and yes, more often than not it happens to be, you know, a sinner, an alcaraz, a djokovic to get there because those are the best players in the world. so i'm going to prepare myself for a tough battle. the latest survey of disabled sports fans has shown a rise in the number who feel that there are barriers stopping them attending live sport or affecting their enjoyment of it. that includes inaccessible public transport, a lack of support from club staff and abuse.

the survey carried out by the charity level playing field says one—in—12 fear facing discriminatory comments. their chief executive, owain davies, says governing bodies and clubs need to do more. the message is really is a really straightforward one. we need to have that level of engagement. we need to really kind of pay attention to the survey and to absorb these key areas, review the facilities to tackle those kind of those top barriers. but importantly as well, is that at the clubs this has to go from the bottom up and from the top down. gone is the time where disabled people are just happy just to be there and you know, and they'll tolerate the poor experiences. they have the opportunity to speak up about this. fans are told to report any racism that you hear in the stand, either towards players or against other fans, but disability abuse, that really stood out to me. we can't have a situation where if somebody is receiving abuse

that their choice is to not attend. that can't be happening. so we're using this platform that we have through our campaign with governing bodies, clubs across the country will get behind, and we're using our opportunity to showcase this situation and to kind ofjust to really recognise that watching live sport is so important for disabled people. it might be for some disabled people, the only opportunity that they connect with their society that week. it's important that we kind of not just fall asleep with this. we need to make sure that we are on it, that we make the changes and disabled fans have the opportunity to watch live sport like others. fast—bowler mark wood will play for the first time since august in england's first t20 against india in kolkata tomorrow. he picked up a thigh strain in the test series against sri lanka and then discovered a stress fracture in his elbow. wood willjoinjofra archer in england's pace attack, with ben duckett set to open

the batting alongside phil salt. it will be the first time duckett, england's test opener, has opened in t20s for six years. it will be the first match under brendon mccullum as he takes on coaching duties for the white ball teams. it's not a new setup because baz has been around for a while and there's a lot of players in this squad that have been with him in the test setup for a number of years already. so, yeah, just looking forward to building that relationship in the white ball setup. it's going to be a great series against a really top side in their own conditions, so loads to look forward to, yeah. hobart hurricanes are into the final of the big bash league. they beat sydney sixers by 12 runs in tasmania. england's chrisjordan, one of the game's best death bowlers, limited the sixers to just eight runs off the final over when they needed 21 and the match was effectively lost by the time they hit a boundary off the final ball. the sixers do have another chance and will play the winner of wednesday's eliminator between sydney thunder and melbourne stars.

the hurricanes' victory means they will also have home advantage for next monday's final. novak djokovic is now 5—3 up with alcaraz serving to stay in the match. novak djokovic is 2—1 apple. there is lots more on the bbc sport website, including all the build up to tonight's champions league football and reaction to those australian open quarterfinals. good afternoon. a rare colony of red squirrels has been discovered on a tree plantation in the yorkshire dales. despite being a native species, red squirrels have been driven to the verge of extinction by their grey counterparts, and there's now thought to be fewer than 40,000 of them

left in england. with more, here's fiona lamdin. deep in the yorkshire dales, new colonies of rare red squirrels are springing up. today, julie and her team of volunteers are heading into the woods to check on the endangered mammals. back in the '60s, there were no reds here. but now there are over 20 — some of whom, right on cue, come out for oui’ cameras. just watching them just lifts me. it's great. my face is starting to ache because i've been smiling so much. and you're smiling as well, because you've experienced

the same thing as well, so what can be wrong with that? it's been a pretty amazing morning. it has, hasn't it? 2002, reds became evident here because the landowners had planted some christmas trees, and it's thought that the red squirrels here have came from the red squirrels that are in cumbria, which is great. the population that i found most recently in another area of north yorkshire is a brand—new population of squirrels. we didn't know they were there. your heart's in your mouth with joy at seeing such a tiny thing. so up for life, really — busy, busy, finding, seeking, eating, munching, just being a squirrel. i think it's something that everybody should see and i'm really keen that we do our bit to help it for my grandkids so they can see and have the same effect. native to the uk, there used to be 3 million red squirrels, but their population declined when the victorians introduced the greys, who now massively outnumber by almost ten times

as many grey squirrels compared to the reds. the greys spread diseases which kill the red squirrels, so pilots have begun giving oral contraception to help manage the grey population, while others are eating them. maybe once a month, i'll have...i'll have squirrel. what do you eat it with? i like it with porcini mushrooms. others like it in curries, pies, burgers. you know, you can do anything with squirrel meat that you can with any other meat. but i prefer it really slow cooked till it falls off the bone. and conservation efforts are pretty strategic — creating buffer zones around red squirrel strongholds, making sure the two don't mix. we have a known population of red in that direction by a few miles, and in the other direction there are greys in a number

of miles, and in the middle we're in a buffer zone, and we do not want those two networks coming together. so at the moment, this is really quite a key point. here in yorkshire, there is a quiet confidence that, after many years, these precious creatures are beginning to thrive once more. fiona lamdin, bbc news. in the summer of 2021, 35 puppies and a dog were rescued from a caravan in eastbourne after they were found living in what police called "a state of squalor". four years on, their owner — who had already been banned from keeping pets — has been handed a two year suspended sentence for causing their suffering. our reporter fiona irving has been to see how the dogs are doing now. oh, look at that! oh, no, they're so thirsty. dehydrated, starving

and just weeks old. when they were found, these puppies suffered from infections and infestations. one — a dachshund — didn't survive. eddie, come here. but the others were all rehomed. come here. yeah! sit! meet eddie. he was one of the sickest puppies taken from the caravan. we got him and he had salmonella, he had some, like, joint issues going on. he had ringworm so there's, like — there were spots in his fur where it was falling off. all round, just not great. this is pepper. now three and a half, this feisty dachshund was hospitalised for weeks after her rescue.

she had campylobacter, which is a bacterial infection that's resulting from having lived in faeces, and eating raw food and just general, really unwell. despite their rough start in life and the thousands spent on vet fees, all the dogs are now doing well. she's loving life. she's enjoying every minute. he's a gentle, a gentle little giant dog. puppies that have at last found love. fiona irving, bbc news. now the weather with stav. now the weather with helen. all eyes are on the atlantic because pep has now been named —— storm eowyn has been named, the fifth storm of the season. as the gusts form, the storm

will develop through thursday as it crosses the atlantic. look at this, the low will bring some really nasty weather. but there is calm in the meantime. and it is the lack of wind that was causing the problem is morning with the stagnant fog. it has lifted now, with hazy sunshine either side of this and the weather front which is giving rain across northern england and north wales and the showers across the north and western eyes. but with the hazy sunshine, temperatures have at least nudged up on those of yesterday. but we have another weather system to contend with before the storm arrives and it is this one off the coast of portugal. the arms of rain are moving northwards tonight. as we go through this evening, we have got the weather front that is currently across northern england sinking southwards, the other one moving up to join it. southwards, the other one moving up tojoin it. perhaps less southwards, the other one moving up to join it. perhaps less fog, southwards, the other one moving up tojoin it. perhaps less fog, but there are still the risk of a touch of frost. but there are clearer skies if you want to watch the planetary alignment for the north. don't worry if you miss it, because it is around for the rest of january, i believe. a cold start tomorrow morning, even in the south,

patchy fog around. it will be a slow brightening process in southern areas, still patchy rain around. one or two showers in the north—west, but it doesn't look as showery today and we could see hazy sunshine. in northern england, northern ireland and northern scotland, we could see fog patches slow to clear again. temperatures are par for the time of year. the weather front is still close by tomorrow night, drifting out of the way, and then we get clearer skies and a cold night. you may notice the rain coming into the west of northern ireland. so we are starting to see some change, the first batch of rain. this is not the storm, it is our first significant rain for some time. it will give snow on the hills as it crosses on thursday. temperatures starting to recover a bit. but it is still going to feel chilly with all that cloud around. a breezy day on thursday, but nowhere near as windy as it looks on friday. widespread gales, gusts of 50 to 60 miles an hour,

enough to cause damage and disruption to trees and power lines and outside buildings. but we will also potentially see gusts of 90 miles an hour around some of the irish sea coasts together with heavy rain and hills known for a time. it doesn't look like a very pleasant day at all. we will keep you updated. i'm sure the warnings will be updated between now and then as well. . lets remind you of our top story this lunchtime. the government has been setting out its response to the murders in southport in which three young girls died injuly last summer. speaking in the commons in the past few minutes yvette cooper, the home secretary has revealed that axel rudakubana, who carried out the attacks, bought the knife that he used in the killings on amazon, after he already had a conviction for violence. she has described that as a "total disgrace". it follows the prime minister this morning setting out plans to change the uk s terrorism laws. you can follow this story on the bbc

news website throughout the day. that's all from today's bbc news at one. enjoy the rest of the day. goodbye.

live from london. this is bbc news: a deadly fire has engulfed a 12—storey hotel in a turkish ski—resort, killing 66 people and injuring over 50. the blaze broke out at the grand kartal hotel early this morning, trapping guests during a busy holiday period. donald trump uses his first hours back in the white house to tear up joe biden's policies, issuing pardons for those who stormed the us capitol four years ago. just hours after that pardon, a far—right militia leader involved in the riots is released from prison. iam in i am in washington, where

president trump will attend a national service breakfast before meeting with the republican congressional leadership to discuss furthering his policy agenda. studio: the ceasefire between israel and hamas holds into a third day — with a further exchange of hostages and prisoners expected at the weekend. a deeply personal legal battle for prince harry against the publishers of the sun newspaper begins today. welcome to bbc news now. 66 people are dead after a fire erupted at a hotel in a popular turkish ski resort in the central province of bolu. overnight, the fire swiftly engulfed the 12—storey grand kartal hotel, which is clad with wood.

at first ten people were reported dead, but in the past