many taken to hospitals in the center of baghdad.ly this was a sectarian attack. >> zarqawi was kind of hitler-like. i mean, he was an individual who was incredibly brutal. he was a dictator with a plan. and his plan was to kill as many people that did not see life the way he saw it and to try to change the face and the nature of the middle east. and, frankly, the islamic world. >> zarqawi was taking advantage of tensions on the ground between the sunni and shia for hundreds if not thousands of years. essentially taking a candle to that pocket of gas. >> horrific violence that was occurring across the country. there were people being killed every day in baghdad by the score. there were these big suicide bombings, car bombings, 14 a day in some periods during iraq. >> it was a chaotic scene, a dangerous place to be both for uniformed military and for the innocent civilians who were kind of caught in the maw of that trap. >> zarqawi became the symbol of the ability to fight head on head against america. >> he absolutely hated the west.

baghdad is full of checkpoints. everywhere you go there are checkpoints.ely difficult to stop every single attack. thank you very much. the un security council will meet later to consider a russian resolution endorsing the ceasefire agreement in syria. the draft text calls for access for humanitarian aid convoys and expresses support for a political process to end the conflict. rebel groups have accused the syrian government of repeated violations of the ceasefire. here, air passengers are being warned of continuing disruption with flights because of earlier fog. heathrow, gatwick and london city airports have all warned passengers to check with their airlines before travelling. our correspondent angus crawford reports from heathrow airport. this really has been a question of the morning after the fog the night before, so yesterday we know that something like 200 flights were cancelled across the uk, that affected about 30,000 people. it also meant that air crew and aircraft were in the wrong places when it came to departures and arrivals today, so even th

they want to pretend that iraq should only be dealt through baghdad. currently baghdad is dominated the mostnd second, reliable allies in the area are the kurds. these are decisions they have got to work out but i suspect they will be much more open to ensuring the kurds are equipped or more capable than the obama administration. >> thank you very much. today, mr. trump picked his secretary of state. would you be able to elaborate on trump and foreign policy? is it going to be harsh or how would you define that? mr. gingrich: i think if you are isis, it is likely to be really harsh. [applause] general mattis, when he was in iraq, he was a major general at the time, coined the phrase the marines can be your best friends or your worst enemies and you get to decide which. i suspect you will find the new secretary of state is going to negotiate and talk with everyone but he will do so based on american values and american interests. it's a great story that secretary of state george shultz used to tell. when you have a new ambassador, you bring them by the

on one occasion, when we had had a horrible day in baghdad. three suicide car bombs in different major markets, hundreds of people killed. it started out by giving good news. there was good news. the soccer league did start back up. yes, the swimming pools and operation in sadr city and a couple of other things. i said, look, the people of baghdad, they know that this was a terrible day and we owe it to them, to our troops, to everybody to step up to that microphone and say today was a terrible day in baghdad. here is what took place. here is the latest on that. doing inhat we are immediate response to that. here is what we will do in the future. we are never going to stop all of this, that we are determined to stop more and mitigate the risk. you can't get ahead. the challenge is if the political rhetoric is too byging and not backed up action, you have a problem on your hands and credibility starts to be called in question. michael: we turn to an issue that has occasioned a great deal of rhetoric but far less action, the fall of aleppo. it f

at least 28 people are killed in two bomb explosions at a busy market in baghdad. so—called islamic state group say two of its militants were responsible. 40% of councils in england have no procedures in place to prosecute people who misuse disabled parking permits. in half an hour, reporters. we look back at some of this year's best reports, including a painkillers epidemic in america. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. celebrations have begun around the world to welcome in 2017. this is the scene live in hong kong, as thousands of revellers bring in the new year. that is the scene in victoria harbour, as thousands lined the sure there to watch the display. in the past half—hour, a rather different take on celebrations in tokyo, as thousands of balloons were released in honour of their biggest holiday. people will go to shrines to praise the good fortune and good luck in the coming year. spectacular fireworks have also illuminated sydney and auckland to celebrate the arrival of 2017. this was the scene in sydney harbour just over an hour ago. officials there

at least 28 people are killed in two bomb explosions at a busy market in baghdad.o—called islamic state group say two of its militants were responsible. also in the next hour: a new world record for female cyclists. kyser tylen from nottingham covered over 32,000 miles in 12 months. breaking a record that stood since 1938. and it has been such an intense year in british politics, it is enough to make you want to escape toa cabin is enough to make you want to escape to a cabin in the middle of nowhere. i will review it all in half an hour. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. celebrations have begun around the world to welcome in 2017. this was the scene in sydney earlier, where officials there say it's the city's biggest ever fireworks display. 1.5 million people are estimated to have been celebrating by the opera house on the harbour front. and in hong kong an hour ago, a similarly extroverted display as the sky along the waterfront lit up with thousands of explosions. and you may be able to hear a rather techno rendition of auld lang syne. security has been st

the looting that occurred right after the fall of baghdad showed that there was almost no ability toern. so had we left, i think we would have appeared extraordinarily irresponsible, as though we had knocked something over and set it on fire and then driven out. those iraqis who actually thought life would get demonstrably better were very disappointed because it actually got worse. in 120-degree heat there was no electricity, there was no garbage pickup, there was no sewage, there was little law and order. so they became restless. >> we created a huge vacuum by disbanding saddam's regime elements. when we disbanded the iraqi army, we put a bunch of people, mostly sunni, out onto the streets with nothing to do. they had a personal dignity that we took from them. and when we took it from them and didn't give it back to them, we basically sent them home, no paychecks. now they're not being able to take care of their families. that vacuum was created, and it was immediately filled. and zarqawi, he was the guy that was going to fill it. and he came in like a bat out of hell. >> abu musab

he was killed in 2006 what is f- 16 fighting falcon crashed outside baghdad before his body could be recovered, iraqi insurgents stole it and kept it as a trophy for years. >> he was the trophy and they passed him around. >> reporter: the air force recovered small fragments of his body which were buried here in 2006 but not until august this year the rest of his remains were found. in october he arrived in dover.>> back in the states. back on our soil where he should have been a long time ago.>> reporter: as the f-16s flew over the ceremony in formation signaling major gilbert is back where belongs.>> i'm not going to pray for my son to come home because he is home. >> reporter: so a final goodbye for the hero is not what this family they wanted or the end they needed, it's the end he deserved and finally got. at arlington national nikki burdine wusa9. >> major gilbert's family lives in san antonio. >>> another transition of power happening well before inauguration of our 45th president. the trinket transition underway in area souvenir shops. at washington welcome center trump tokens

reporter: police say the woman had been visiting friends on baghdad road. when she got in car to leave she started to back her toyota down the driveway but then opened the door. >> it appears that she stepped out of her vehicle, and had left the car in reverse stepped out, , the car rolled back and struck her. reporter: police say the woman was found in the road with traumatic injuries, her car idling just feet away. >> it appears that the vehicle was in reverse and had rolled him a driver into the street and came to rest of the road near a telephone pole. reporter: the woman was transported to portsmouth regional hospital where she later died. bagdad road was closed for several hours during the late afternoon as investigators tried to reconstruct the accident. >> the accident investigation is ongoing. we have enlisted the services of an accident team. they will likely released the identity of the woman released in the accident tomorrow morning. tom: tonight, the investigation into the homicide of a two-year-girl in berlin continues. the attorney general's

is, the people of baghdad baghdad, w that this was a terrible day and we owed it to them, to our trooperso everybody to step up to that microphone and say, today was a terrible day in baghdad. here is what took place. here's the latest on that. here's what we're doing in immediate response to that. here is what we will do in the future. lay out all, we will never stop all of this but we are determined to stop more and to mitigate the risk. you have to again, you can't get ahead so the challenge is, if the political rhetoric is to ringing and then it's not backed up by action or what have you, then i think your problem on your hands and then obviously credibility starts to be called into question. >> to turn to an issue that has occasioned a great deal of rhetoric but far less action, as the fall of aleppo calls to my church is wartime words, tonight the sun goes down on more suffering than ever before in the world. president putin has shown no desire to slack in the russian campaign in syria and his unwavering in his support of the assad regime. under present obama, the united states is m

with the lead regimental commander going all the way from kuwait to baghdad, these guys are going tok together to formulate a strategy this president will endorse as commander in chief, that congress will support with funding and he's going to cut the legs off from those who didn't know what they were doing the last 15 years. >> how do you see the trump doctrine? i'm hoping we build the next generation of military equipment where maybe we don't have to send men and women on the ground banging on door after door in baghdad looking for a bunch of terror willing to slaughter on a whim. >> or blown up. >> by an ied. >> all of that.ç >> i believe the secretary of defense will question -- i'll give you one now, there's nobody in this town thing that. what if something happens in the middle east and in ronald reagan's case the ayatollah khamenei decided to give up the hostages. what happens if erdogan decides on inauguration day he will close the air base? i can assure you that it is one person if no other in this town that's already thought of what to do and that's jim mattis. that's the

with the lead regimental commander going all the way from kuwait to baghdad, these guys are going toork together to formulate a strategy this president will endorse as commander in chief, that congress will support with funding and he's going to cut the legs off from those who didn't know what they were doing the last 15 years. >> how do you see the trump doctrine? i'm hoping we build the next generation of military equipment where maybe we don't have to send men and women on the ground banging on door after door in baghdad looking for a bunch of terror willing to slaughter on a whim. >> or blown up. >> by an ied. >> all of that.ç >> i believe the secretary of defense will question -- i'll give you one now, there's nobody in this town thing that. what if something happens in the middle east and in ronald reagan's case the ayatollah khamenei decided to give up the hostages. what happens if erdogan decides on inauguration day he will close the air base? i can assure you that it is one person if no other in this town that's already thought of what to do and that's jim mattis. that's th

. >> any time you have a chance to kill baghdad i would be a big deal. sooner the better. >> when u.s. forces raided a compound last year and killed isis operative, his wife was captured said she had been with baghdadi a few days earlier. >> she was the den mother for a lot of the sex slaves. many were taken underage, including the one western hostage, kayla mueller. mueller was al baghdadi's sex slave. he was raping her. that was exactly the location where u.s. special forces raided. >> where is baghdadi now? earlier this year, officials says he was most likely hiding in the isis stronghold. at some point, he was believed to go to iraq. but after the offensive to retake the city began in october, baghdadi is believed to have left mosul despite recording this audio message for his fighters. >> translator: holding your ground in honor is a thousand times better than retreating in disgrace. >> u.s. officials tell cnn baghdadi's days are numbered but he remains elusive known as the inadvice i believe sheik he's obsessive about secrecy. he's involved in the

at least 28 people are killed in two bomb explosions at a busy market in baghdad. the so—called islamic state group say two of its militants were responsible. 40% of councils in england have no procedures in place to prosecute people who misuse disabled parking permits. coming up in half an hour click‘s first ever studio audience live programme. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. celebrations have begun around the world to welcome in 2017. this is the scene live in tokyo injapan as thousands of revellers bring in the new year. you saw balloons being released a few seconds ago. this is the biggest holiday in japan. many few seconds ago. this is the biggest holiday injapan. many people will go holiday injapan. many people will 9° pray holiday injapan. many people will go pray for good luck and good fortune in 2017. that's tokyo. . spectacular fireworks have . illuminated sydney and auckland to celebrate the arrival of 2017, as celebrations continue around the globe. this was the scene in sydney harbourjust hours ago. officials there say it's the city's biggest e

first of all, baghdad currently is dominated by iran. second, the most reliable ally you have in the area are the kurds. i suspect you will see this administration. i don't know. this is decisions they have to work out. i suspect they will be much more open to ensuring that the kurds are equipped and are capable than the obama administration. >> yes, ma'am. she is running up with the microphone. >> thank you very much, mr. gingrich. my name is sally john from cctv america. today, mr. trump picked his secretary of state. would you be able to elaborate on trumpism in foreign policy? is it going to be really harsh or how would you define it? >> i think if you are isis, it is likely to be really harsh. general mattis, when he was in iraq, i think he was a major general at the time, coined the phrase that the marines can be your best friends or your worst enemies and you get to decide which. i suspect that you are going to find that the new secretary of state will be inclined to negotiate and talk with everyone but he will do so based on amer

at least 28 people are killed in two bomb explosions at a busy market in baghdad.called islamic state group say two of its militants were responsible. also in the next hour... hull prepares to take on the mantle of uk city of culture. 0rganisers say the year—long programme will change perceptions of the city forever. chelsea hold off stoke to secure a 13th successive victory. we'll have that and the rest of the day's action in sports day in half an hour's time. good evening and welcome to bbc news. celebrations have begun around the world to welcome in 2017. this was the scene in sydney earlier, where officials say it's the city's biggest ever fireworks display. about 1.5 million people have been celebrating by the opera house. and in hong kong, a similarly elaborate display as the sky along the waterfront lit up with thousands of explosions. earlier today the city had seen pro—democracy rallies against the government, but now a rendition of auld lang syne as revellers come together to celebrate. aside from the celebrations, security has been stepped up in major ci

at least 28 people have been killed in two bomb explosions at a busy market in baghdad.d in the early morning near shops in the mainly shia al—sinak district. the so—called islamic state group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which it says was carried out by two militants wearing suicide vests. more than 100 of britain's 0lympic and paralympic stars have been recognised in the new year honours list, with knighthoods for andy murray and mo farah. the tennis world number one has capped off a year which saw him win wimbledon and olympic gold for a second time. katherine grainger, britain's most decorated female 0lympian, has become a dame, as has heptathlete jessica ennis—hill. there's also a knighthood for the gold medal—winning paralympian lee pearson. there were also some notable names honoured from the worlds of arts and entertainment. among them, there's a knighthhood for the knotty ash funnyman ken dodd, as our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. i'm full of plumptiousness. how tickled i am... he's been one of britain's favourite entertainers fo

at least 28 people have been killed in two bomb explosions at a busy market in baghdad.rs were wounded in the blasts which happened in the early morning, near shops in the mainly shia al—sinak district. the so—called islamic state group has claimed responsibility for the attack. issam ikirmawi from bbc arabic has the latest. when the authorities spoke of the blast they said it was one suicide bomber and one explosive that was parked on the market. this is a market mainly for car parts of people go there to buy cheap car parts. it was great with shoppers when the blast took place. there is an impression that islamic state is in the area and with the latest advances, they are now carrying out attacks in baghdad and other places, which was that they have not been cornered. there are still operating in other parts of the country and they are still capable of launching such attacks. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: counting down to the new year: why the world is having to wait a little longer to celebrate 2017. for this is bbc world news today. i'm alpa patel. t

several years as a moscow correspondent and bureau chief for the "new york times" as well as being baghdad bureau chief and currently in the washington bureau. you open your book with a story about vladimir putin senior. who is that? guest: putin's father, also vladimir was hard-working, you know, labor, communist party member, had been in the military, but when world war ii, the great patriotic where they call it began he was recruited to fight. of course, everyone was. ended up fighting at the beach of leningrad, which is where putin is from, today's st. petersburg and if you know your history of the war, the beat the beach of leningrad was horrific. 's father and mother were trapped inside the city. on older brother of his died during the siege and his father was terribly wounded on the battlefield that most people unless they are really history buff probably have never heard of. when they tried to break out of the siege and it's an amazing sight to see even today. it was a horrific battle, the soviet army lost 300,000 men during that battle and his father barely survived. he was previo

. >> fresh reinforcements coming straight from baghdad. to hold the land retaken by special forces in the golden division to do the bulk of the fighting in eastern most so -- eastern mosul. as we cross in avenue, shots ring out. soldiers opened fire. enemies don't seem to fire back. division hasolden suffered heavy losses. mo forces trainedal in urban warfare. >> progress has slowed down considerably. for civilians the situation is also deteriorating. these people traveled miles in search of humanitarian aid. quirks they shoot bullets over our heads. we keep running after the truck's. we have no food, no water, no fuel. me -- usband told they are blaming the iraqi's and all the muslims in the world. >> this changes the course of one of the most important battles. anchor: today's december 2, which means it is the international day for the abolition of slavery. dayas chosen on this that the u.n. halted the trafficking and expectation of humans. there are official estimates, around 21 million forced labor victims worldwide, who in turn genera

on one occasion, when we had had a horrible day in baghdad.ee suicide car bombs in different major markets, hundreds of people killed. it started out by giving good news. there was good news. the soccer league did start back up. yes, the swimming pools and operation in sadr city and a couple of other things. i said, look, the people of baghdad, they know that this was a terrible day and we owe it to them, to our troops, to everybody to step up to that microphone and say today was a terrible day in baghdad. here is what took place. here is the latest on that. doing inhat we are immediate response to that. here is what we will do in the future. we are never going to stop all of this, that we are determined to stop more and mitigate the risk. you can't get ahead. the challenge is if the political rhetoric is too byging and not backed up action, you have a problem on your hands and credibility starts to be called in question. michael: we turn to an issue that has occasioned a great deal of rhetoric but far less action, the fall of aleppo. it falls

essentially halfway between falluja and baghdad. more rounds came in, and this wasn't my impression of how a prisoner of war camp was run. you didn't interrogate prisoners in combat. you removed them from the zone and more importantly for the safety of the actual prisoners. so, in terms of when i knew something wasn't quite right even before i thought about the issue of interrogation most of us were sort of confused by why it had been arranged this way. >> host: interesting. do tell a story in the book about receiving these prisoners for interrogation, and getting little to nothing about them in terms of intelligence implied they were picked up engaged in anti-coalition activities. what does it mean to be engaged in the anti-coalition activities? >> guest: it was an impossible task. most of these prisoners were ground up by young infantry soldiers on this impossible mission and in those cases, they didn't think that they were going to be sent back to prison. it was just such a confusing place. they would go to a house where someone

a government in baghdad that pursued sectarian agenda, a brutal dictator in syria who lost control ofts of country. social media that reached a global pool of recruits and a hollowing out of iraq's security forces. >> yeah. taya, i'm curious to get your thoughts where the president is in all of this. he lists some things there but all you have to do is look at five seconds video from aleppo, syria, to know where we are. it is heart-breaking. >> i can see where meghan coming from a little bit being disgusted throwing his intelligence leaders under the bus. i think he is doing that a little bit. the other side i agree with you, harris. idealogically he wants to believe radical islam is not that bad. he continues to ask us to trust and be open-minded believe terrorism really isn't as bad as we think it is. he is acting as if the generals are playing it up for their own political purposes. reality of it, people who are serving overseas and people who dealt with it, in the homeland, here, we know it's real, for him to say that he is surprised by that means he is not getting it and we are?

throu baghdad through syria to lebanon. >> the scale of what they are involved in right now, particularlyhe al qaeda element in iraq, and just the level of destruction that they are having and the level of killing they are doing inside of that country is just terrible. >> so those were in january and february of 2014. right around the time that president called isis or isil the jv team. carl higby is a former navy seal and trump supporter. larry cord, senior fellow with the center for american progress and former assistant defense secretary. gentlemen, thank you very much. good to have you all here. when you look at it in that context, carl, why would the president say in an interview that is happening now as he is about to leave office, that his intelligence people were not giving him the full picture? >> that's a fundamental lie. barack obama's policy has been a complete disaster. he knows darn well that he was told that. anyone that told him isis is a problem he fired them. that way he didn't have to listen to tlem. when he says he didn't hear about this from intelligence community, th

so—called islamic state has said it carried out two bombings at a busy market in the iraqi capital, baghdad 28 people. more than 50 other people were wounded. a third blast happened later in the east of the city. 0ur correspondent jonny dymond reports. for iraqis, 2016 ends as it began, with bloodshed and grief. just one of the shoppers and traders slaughtered on a saturday morning. there were two bombs. one in a car parts shop, then another when a crowd had formed around the first. fathers, and sisters, and mothers, and brothers. translation: when we heard the explosion, we found many people killed and wounded, whom we rescued and sent to the hospital. why does this happen in iraq? why to the iraqi people? to the north, the battle to take mosul, iraq's second city, from so—called islamic state continues. it is a long slog. and for many residents, the only way is out. three more months, iraq's government says, the action might take. maybe next year will be better. but many iraqis are giving up, as they flee their battered city with nothing but bags and suitcases. the united nations security

they want to pretend that iraq should only be dealt through baghdad. currently baghdad is dominated the mostnd second, reliable allies in the area are the kurds. these are decisions they have got to work out but i suspect they will be much more open to ensuring the kurds are equipped or more capable than the obama administration. >> thank you very much. today, mr. trump picked his secretary of state. would you be able to elaborate on trump and foreign policy? is it going to be harsh or how would you define that? mr. gingrich: i think if you are isis, it is likely to be really harsh. [applause] general mattis, when he was in iraq, he was a major general at the time, coined the phrase the marines can be your best friends or your worst enemies and you get to decide which. i suspect you will find the new secretary of state is going to negotiate and talk with everyone but he will do so based on american values and american interests. it's a great story that secretary of state george shultz used to tell. when you have a new ambassador, you bring them by the

and we will be in contact with baghdad and kurds, but we will not interfere in the diplomatic affairs of iraq. >> let's go with an online publication. >> thank you for this opportunity. we talked about patriotism today a little. this word has been used a lot this year. so, the question is, is the state may be overzealous in terms of patriotism? there was the incident in moscow and onsk. it is hard when hooliganism can be called patriotism. should we take our hooligans and call them patriots? as for the animal torture, you talked about the rights of the pet owners, but there are some animals that don't have owners. they should be taken from the streets. the girl should have a harsher punishment for their action. >> that wasn't the main take away from my statement. as i said, we need to find the most humane principles. we must provide some kind of civilized system. in instances where wild animals attack children, local authorities cannot turn a blind eye to it. as for patriotism, the russian government supports patriotism. we have no other unifying force. should we differentiate between

hunter donaldson was visiting new york city when he stepped on a baghdad exploded and lost part of his leg. >>> we were lucky with the christmas day weather but will it hold out? allyson rae looking at mile days before the temperatures go down. >> temperatures start to plunge. we will see mile days and even warmer tomorrow and well above average. into the upper 40s today and claudia didn't feel that great. tomorrow unseasonably warm and into the 60s. ahead of a cold front that brings cooler air. the air mass behind the cold front nothing to do with arctic air and won't be a huge drop in temperatures. ab 40s and tomorrow in the 50s. cold air doesn't arrive until friday. a few degrees below average on friday. tomorrow very interesting because some area stay in the 50s. areas further south lake central virginia in southern maryland near 70 degrees. definitely a wide range of temperatures headed our way. tomorrow we will see a couple of showers but nothing too heavy or too great and no yellow weather alert tomorrow. it will impact the morning and some areas a better chance than others. >>>

suicide bombers targeted a market in central baghdad. nobody claimed responsibility but isis launched attacks on nearly daily basis in the capital in the last few months. >>> the world's highest suspension bridge is open in china. it is only eight temts of a mile long, cuts time to travel to two provinces from five hours to ten minutes. >>> a store owner murder in philadelphia was laid to rest. hundreds of friends and family gathered for a funeral mass. the 81-year-old was working in her store when gaunld down. the grandson stole a necklace worth thousands. green went to the store expecting to see the grandson but wasn't there. instead he shot buck. >>> police arrested two women that assaulted a cashier at wawa. they released these photos as they searched for the women. according to investigators, they walked in and deliberately threw hot coffee on the cashier. no word on what charges they may face. >>> philadelphia zoo said good-bye to its oldest lion. he w she was euthanized. she was believed to be the oldest in the united states zoo p

people in baghdad don't care because they have their own violence. same in other places. there is a failure on moral and political grounds. throughout. not only in syria, but yemen and other places. the main corporate's are the syrian regime, iran, and their allies. there is more responsibility lacking. when was the last time barack obama mentioned aleppo? aleppo will haunt him forever. what we have seen in aleppo, the monumental carnage is unique that never before -- we have seen it streamlined live, heard killed on youtube, their cries, and there is incredible indifference. katty: use at a level haunt the obama administration, and it should haunt everybody, what happens to the rebels trapped in that city? does the fall of aleppo push them further into the arms of extremists? that webody believes were abandoned. there is a sense of abandonment. and thedonment of jews, city of aleppo. aleppo, in our collective memories as arabs, is one of the great cities. damascus, cairo, aleppo. it is like athens, rome, london. it is part of my collective memory as an air of growing up.

suni, saudi arabia, they have a fear that through baghdad or tehran is going to be a greater threat to them. so, we have this thing that is developing and it could be dealt with. it's this intervention in a timely fashion. we know that going back to the early '80s. it's going to be from the russians and the syrians and we can see that until it is completed, they are going to partner with hezbollah to help asad finish the job where the sunni moderates remain and it's more likely than not that they will be successful in accomplishing that so my question to you is knowing that order anticipating back and knowing that it's highly unlikely to go to the international criminal court and that we have to just deal with this realistically what would you now say to the policymakers about what the united states should be saying at this point before the mission is completed what would you say the words that should be spoken that looks like an understanding. >> i think that's to first address the problem of the influence more broadly that it presents in the united states and then more broadly lookin

after the bomb attack, i carried on to baghdad, to report on the fall of saddam hussein.business, which countries take years to recover from. yet, over my career, the number of dictatorships has dropped sharply from 90 to only 20 now. a worldwide appetite for freedom really took hold with the fall of the berlin wall in 1989. it brought an end to the cold war and changed our world radically. i was in berlin to see it. an unforgettable memory. cheering the old soviet empire was in a state of total collapse everywhere. in eastern europe, i watched the series of major after—shocks which followed. most of them were pretty much bloodless, but not in romania. gunfire the army deserted the communist regime of president ceausescu and sided with the revolutionaries against the secret police, who fought a brief but savage rearguard action. gunfire we've come round the back of the building where the secret police are holed up and you can hear them firing now. they're firing down in this direction. every now and then, bullets zing off the walls behind us. the battle started at dawn. t

say it was about 3:00 this afternoon when they got a call that somebody had been struck by a car on baghdad road. police say someone who witnessed

farther toward the southeast into baghdad, typically whenever you think of this area you're thinkingwarmer temperatures. subzero temperatures as well heading through the end of the week. so fairly potent winter storm out here towards southeastern europe. that cold air doesn't just impact that area. even back towards the north we are looking at rather chilly temperatures across much of central and eastern europe. moscow with a high, not a low, of minus 10. warsaw at minus 2. vienna at the freezing point for your daytime high on tuesday. back towards the west, a little bit warmer into london, but you're going to be looking at scattered showers heading through your tuesday out here. if we take a look here across japan, i also want to mention our storm system moving overhead. we have a low back toward the north. that is bringing some wet snowfall across parts of hokkaido, about 20 centimeters possible. it's down towards the southwest where we have another storm system kind of on the tail end of this. same upper-level feature. it has a lot of energy with it. it's going to be bringing wide

more for liberating us from isis if we were given weapons directly to them and not send weapons to baghdad. >> it ultimately worked in europe. we divided europe up and balkas and sometimes people live better divorced when they don't have to live with each other everyday. i hope we can stop bolton. >>> this morning's trump's incoming chief of staff reasons priebus said tillerson is too close to putin. >> can somebody who has a friendship plaque in his office be tough on vladimir putin? >> rex tillerson is a tough guy. and you know what, at the astronauts, musicians, other americans, canadians, a lot of folks have gotten this award. but the truth is that having relationships with people is not a bad thing. i don't know how we got to the place where having an actual functional relationship with someone who might not be a person that we first think of to have that relationship is suddenly a bad thing. >> senator chris murphy from connecticut and most importantly on foreign relations committee. i can't think of a better committee to be on right now senator. >> a lot of action right now. >> and

entered baghdad. numerous intelligence officials say the very use of the red phone, the nuclear risk reduction center line communicated via secure satellite communicated how serious the situation had become. >> it's extremely unusual, and it doing so, sends a signal unto itself. so it's a dramatic step to pick that phone up and use. >> reporter: a teletype link dubbed the red phone was put in place 53 years ago in the wake of the cuban missile crisis, when the u.s. and russia came to the brink of nuclear war. this hotline was used to prevent misunderstanding in a nuclear age. the call came a month after the president's face to face with vladimir putin at the g20 in china. a senior intelligence official tells nbc news, he believe message to the russians in that final halloween transmission ended up muddled, containing no bright line, and no clear warning about the consequences. the russian response, said the official, was non-committal. >> based on what we know now, i would say that our response was in

at least 28 people have been killed by two explosions at a crowded market in baghdad.he so—called islamic state group in iraq said it carried out the attack. i'll be back at lipm. now it's time for click. right. this is it. the very first click live. we are filming in front ofa click live. we are filming in front of a studio audience of 250 people. we have eight amazing tech demos that have never been demonstrated on stage in this way before. it's going to be fun. it's going to be terrifying. what could possibly go wrong? ! everything! why is there a laptop on your knee? because we haven't finished writing the show yet. is that a bad thing to be doing this close? hello? hello? we have a saying in television, never work with children, animals or computers, because they are the most unpredictable things you can get in atv unpredictable things you can get in a tv recording environment. is anybody there? that was interesting. hello? hello. hello. can you see me? yes. can you see me? i'm not sure the system is quite stable here. whoa. 0i! not now balthasar. are you ready? y

two bomb explosions at a busy market in the iraqi capital, baghdad, have killed at least 21 people.in the blasts which happened at a market. the motives are not known and no one has admitted carrying out the attacks. donald trump has praised russia's president putin for his decision not to engage in a row about the expulsion of diplomats. in a tweet, the us president—elect said he always knew the russian leader was ‘very smart‘. president 0bama has ordered 35 russian diplomats to leave the country after accusing moscow of interfering in november's presidential election. 40% of councils in england have no procedures in place to prosecute people who misuse disabled parking permits. new analysis of official figures found that in 61 local authorities blue badges could be used fraudulently without fear of being fined. the finding has been described as ‘staggering' by a disability charity. 0ur our main story is the new years honours. the recent reintroduction of the british empire medal has put service in the community at the heart of list. this year, the bdm has been ordered to more than

at least 28 people have been killed by two explosions at a crowded market in baghdad. the so—called islamic state group in iraq said it carried out the attack. rebecca morelle looks back on the year in science — from british astronaut tim peake‘s adventures in space, to a discovery that will transform our understanding of the universe. that's review 2016: the year in science. from the mission of a lifetime, this was the year british astronaut tim peake spent six months in space. to a colossal feat of engineering. in 2016, the world's largest radio telescope was unveiled. we also learned about the secret life of seals and what they get up to under water. and saw advances in a controversial new genetic technique. human organs are growing inside these pigs. this was also the year a global climate deal came into force but the election of donald trump placed a question mark over its future. and after decades of searching, scientists have detected gravitational waves. it's been called the discovery of the century, making 2016 a truly momentous year for science. i'm here at t

the sunni, the saudi arabia, they have a fear that through baghdad, through tehran, through damascus is going to be a greater threat to them. so we have this thing that's developing. it can be dealt with realistically, or we can just step back and wait for the whole dynamic to unfold. we have a choice here as americans to kind of anticipate the inevitable, and try to get into this underlying pathology with an intervention in a timely fashion. so we know that going back to the early '80s, that the iranians and the russians were the partners of assad's father, because the naval base was up in their hometown. the assad hometown. so we know that's going to be a driving force for the russians, and for the syrians. and we can see that until it's completed, the russians and iranians will partner with hezbollah to help assad finish the job, not just in aleppo, but in the other cities where the sunni moderates remain. and that it's more likely than not that they will be successful in accomplishing that. so i guess my question to you is, knowing that, or anticipating that, and knowing that it'

to bomb explosions in iraq in baghdad have been reported at a market.s admitted carrying out the attacks. —— two bomb explosions. around 3,000 police officers will be on duty across central london tonight as crowds gather to celebrate the new year. scotland yard says extra resources have been brought in to keep people safe following the terror attacks in berlin and nice earlier this year. greater manchester police and other forces say they've also stepped up crowd protection measures. those are the main stories this morning. it feels as though this has been a sports programme. it has been top of the show with all the sports stars getting the honours in the new year ‘s honours list and then the review of the year, we look back on what was a great 2016 per sport. we know that for a number of us, 2016 has been one that we want to move on from that in sporting terms, it has been phenomenal. it is myjob to techie through a skip of the action. —— take you. hull city are off the bottom of the premier league but they missed out on a first league win in nearly t

on one occasion, when we had had a horrible day in baghdad. three suicide car bombs in different major markets, hundreds of people killed. it started out by giving good news. there was good news. the soccer league did start back up. yes, the swimming pools and operation in sadr city and a couple of other things. i said, look, the people of baghdad, they know that this was a terrible day and we owe it to them, to our troops, to everybody to step up to that microphone and say today was a terrible day in baghdad. here is what took place. here is the latest on that. here is what we are doing in immediate response to that. here is what we will do in the future. we are never going to stop all of this, that we are determined to stop more and mitigate the risk. you can't get ahead. the challenge is if the political rhetoric is too ringing and not backed up by action, you have a problem on your hands and credibility starts to be called in question. michael: we turn to an issue that has occasioned a great deal of rhetoric but far less action, the fall o