ian pannell reports from barack 0bama's former hometown and finds gun crime is out of control.year to get a rare glimpse of china's determined expansion in the south china sea, one of the most contested areas anywhere in the world. beijing is building huge artificial islands on the spratly island chain, which the americans and others insist are illegal. the area is difficult to get to, but rupert wingfield—hayes flew in a small civilian aircraft into china's self—declared security zone 200 kilometres off the coast of the philippines. this is what he found. it's just before dawn on the philippine island of palawan. even at this hour it's hot, but there's no sign here of the trouble brewing a few hundred miles out to sea. i'm about to take off on a trip the chinese government has tried to stop. this place is called mischief reef. until a year ago there was nothing here, just a submerged atoll. now look at it. millions of tons of material have been dredged up to build this huge new island. then as we close to 12 nautical miles, this.

|j status, by barack 0bama, and she works in hr in a hospital.out buying our house. because i feel safe, i don't feel afraid. that executive order by barack 0bama along with the city's sanctuary status is now under threat. my fear is that i will no longer feel free. i will not feel confident, so what is going to happen. after that, people will start working... back then... cleaning houses, cleaning ya rd then... cleaning houses, cleaning yard work, construction. without a licence. critics of sanctuary cities say they shield criminals from being detected by federal authorities. and put residents in danger. people who are here to work and work hard, i don't think they are going to be affected by any of these sweeping changes. it is more about the drug cartels, we have a massive problem in new mexico. when it comes to the murder rate, santa fe fares quite well against emily sized cities who are actively cooperating with the immigration for smooth agencies. the mayor of santa fe says that while local police also always look for criminals, they will n

ian pannell reports from barack 0bama's former hometown and finds gun crime is out of control.es. how scientists are using animals for organs. the bbc went to extraordinary lengths this year to get a rare glimpse of china's determined expansion in the south china sea, one of the most contested areas anywhere in the world. beijing is building huge artificial islands on the spratly island chain, which the americans and others insist are illegal. the area is difficult to get to, but rupert wingfield—hayes flew in a small civilian aircraft into china's self—declared security zone 200 kilometres off the coast of the philippines. this is what he found. it's just before dawn on the philippine island of palawan. even at this hour it's hot, but there's no sign here of the trouble brewing a few hundred miles out to sea. i'm about to take off on a trip the chinese government has tried to stop. just 140 nautical miles from the philippine coast, we spot new land. this place is called mischief reef. until a year ago, there was nothing here, just a submerged atoll. now look at it. millions of

ian pannell reports from barack 0bama's former hometown and finds gun crime is out of control.tle of the sexes. we meet the moroccan warrior women taking on and beating the berber men of north africa at their own game. the bbc went to extraordinary lengths this year to get a rare glimpse of china's determined expansion in the south china sea, one of the most contested areas anywhere in the world. beijing is building huge artificial islands on the spratly island chain, which the americans and others insist are illegal. the area is difficult to get to, but rupert wingfield—hayes flew in a small civilian aircraft into china's self—declared security zone 200 kilometres off the coast of the philippines. this is what he found. it's just before dawn on the philippine island of palawan. even at this hour it's hot, but there's no sign here of the trouble brewing a few hundred miles out to sea. i'm about to take off on a trip the chinese government has tried to stop. as we roll down the runway, we're all tense. no one has tried what we're about to do. we're now heading south—west towards

ian pannell reports from barack 0bama's former hometown and finds gun crime is out of control.s are dealing with a shortage of organ donations. the bbc went to extraordinary lengths this year to get a rare glimpse of china's determined expansion in the south china sea, one of the most contested areas anywhere in the world. beijing is building huge artificial islands on the spratly island chain, which the americans and others insist are illegal. the area is difficult to get to, but rupert wingfield—hayes flew in a small civilian aircraft into china's self—declared security zone 200 kilometres off the coast of the philippines. this is what he found. it's just before dawn on the philippine island of palawan. even at this hour it's hot, but there's no sign here of the trouble brewing a few hundred miles out to sea. i'm about to take off on a trip the chinese government has tried to stop. just 140 nautical miles from the philippine coast, we spot new land. this place is called mischief reef. until a year ago, there was nothing here, just a submerged atoll. now look at it. millions o

barack 0bama was the first sitting president to visit hiroshima, a powerful symbol of reconciliation.e. we listen to a silent cry. shinzo abe spoke of an alliance of hope, as the first japanese prime minister to address the us congress. i offer my eternal condolences. this bond of friendship is hugely important to japan. tokyo feels under threat from a strengthening china and a north korea which is developing nuclear weapons. cheers. kanpai. some fear for the future of the relationship under a new president. archive: those who lost their lives at pearl harbor would never be forgotten. but these few days will be about remembrance and laying to rest the final ghosts of a world war which brought out the worst in humanity. if you're someone who suffers from regular aches and pains, scientists in oxford think they may have found the reason why, and it goes back millions of years. it's all to do with the way humans have evolved, as smeetha mundasad has been finding out. 3—d printing the bones of our distant ancestors and imagining how we might look in thousands of years' time. an unconventi

barack 0bama was the first sitting president to visit hiroshima, a powerful symbol of reconciliation.. shinzo abe spoke of an alliance of hope, as the first japanese prime minister to address the us congress. i offer my eternal condolences. this bond of friendship is hugely important to japan. tokyo feels under threat from a strengthening china and a north korea which is developing nuclear weapons. cheers. kanpai. some fear for the future of the relationship under a new president. archive: those who lost their lives at pearl harbor would never be forgotten. but these few days will be about remembrance and laying to rest the final ghosts of a world war which brought out the worst in humanity. details are emerging of george michael‘s charity work, as tributes continue to pour in since his death on christmas day. for years the singer had donated money to organisations, and recently worked undercover at a homeless shelter. nick quraishi reports. he was a huge personality, whose life played out in the headlines. but behind this onstage persona, details of george michael‘s charitable donati

barack 0bama was the first sitting president to visit hiroshima, a powerful symbol of reconciliation.ke of an alliance of hope, as the first japanese prime minister to address the us congress. i offer my eternal condolences. this bond of friendship is hugely important to japan. tokyo feels under threat from a strengthening china and a north korea which is developing nuclear weapons. cheers. kanpai. some fear for the future of the relationship under a new president. archive: those who lost their lives at pearl harbor would never be forgotten. but these few days will be about remembrance and laying to rest the final ghosts of a world war which brought out the worst in humanity. it's estimated that four out of every 10,000 babies is born missing either a hand or the lower part of theirarm. prosthetics can be extremely expensive and children soon outgrow them, which prompted two british dads to use their spare time and cash to see what they could do to help. zoe kleinman reports. nine—year—old isabella was born without a hand. a video of her receiving her first 3—d printed prosthetic went

barack 0bama was the first sitting president to visit hiroshima, a powerful symbol of reconciliation.we listen to a solemn cry. shinzo abe spoke of an alliance of hope as the first japanese prime minister to address the us congress. i offer my eternal condolences. cheers, kanpai. questions remain about the strength of any future relationship with the next president. newsreel: those who lost their lives at pearl harbor will never be forgotten. but these few days will be about remembrance and laying to rest the final ghost of a world war which brought out the worst in humanity. laura bicker, bbc news, washington. in many parts of the world, it's the festive season and a chance to take a break from work and spend time with friends and family. but not for everyone. some people can't take time off. tim allman takes a look at those who've enjoyed a different kind of christmas this year. a long way from home, but celebrating christmas as best they can. us soldiers at an iraqi army base near mosul. plenty of turkey and tinsel, but thoughts are obviously elsewhere. it is kind of rough, because

to welcome over 500,000 gas. 0ur outstanding pastry chefs have raked 2000 holiday cookies and barack 0bamaas treated the american people to countless dad jokes. although a few got a frosty reception. 0h jokes. although a few got a frosty reception. oh no, the last one. merry christmas, everyone. we wish you and your family a happy and healthy 2017. this is bbc news. the headlines: donald trump says he will dissolve his controversial charitable foundation to avoid any conflicts of interest. benjamin netanyahu has ordered a review of israel's contacts with the united nations — after a resolution demanded a halt to israeli settlement—building on occupied palestinian land. boko haram has no place left to hide, says nigeria's president. it's after the army captured a key base of the islamist militants. he said the camp in the sambisa forest in the northeast of the country was taken two days ago. but the group till carries out suicide bombings in the northeast and in neighbouring niger and cameroon. bbc africa's editorjames copnall says the nigerian government still has some way to go before vic

in other news: us president barack 0bama has permanently banned new oil and gas drilling in us atlanticin one of his last major environmental protection actions before leaving office next month. mr 0bama invoked a provision of a 1953 law which will be difficult for president—elect donald trump to reverse. volkswagen has struck a deal with the us authorities over some 80,000 vw, audi and porsche cars with 3—litre diesel engines. the agreement is another step towards allowing the german car maker to put the emissions cheating scandal behind it. injune vw agreed to a $15 billion settlement for another 475,000 vehicles affected by the scandal. the new agreement will cost volkswagen an estimated $1 billion. nike, the world's leading sportswear manufacturer, has posted better—than—expected profits following a rebound in its basketball business. profits rose 7.3% to $842 million in the three months to november, while revenue jumped 6.4% to $8.18 billion. nike's basketball category and thejordan brand accounted for about 15% of nike's wholesale revenue in 2016. another executive has left twitte

barack 0bama was the first sitting president to visit hiroshima, a powerful symbol of reconciliation.e force ourselves to feel the dread of children confused by what they see. we listen to a silent cry. shinzo abe spoke of an alliance of hope, as the first japanese prime minister to address the us congress. i offer my internal condolences. this bond of friendship is hugely important to japan. tokyo feels under threat from a strengthening china and a north korea which is developing nuclear weapons. cheers. kanpai. some fear for the future of the relationship under a new president. archive: those who lost their lives at pearl harbor would never be forgotten. but these few days will be about remembrance and laying to rest the final ghosts of a world war which brought out the worst in humanity. laura bicker, bbc news, washington. russia has observed a day of mourning after a military plane crashed on sunday, killing all 92 people on board. at the crash site in the black sea, a0 ships and more than 3000 people are involved in the search operation. one of the main targets is the aircraft's

is it not the equivalent of barack 0bama going to hiroshima?e very different in some ways. of course, the scale of hiroshima was at least 100,000,130,000 or the scale of hiroshima was at least 100,000, 130,000 or so people 100,000,130,000 or so people killed. in this case 2500 by the attack was unprovoked. certainly we didn't... and attack was unprovoked. certainly we didn't. .. and the attack was unprovoked. certainly we didn't... and the united states did not directly invite that attack. so it isa not directly invite that attack. so it is a tangled story and the two cases are difficult to compare. i think we should continue to examine the history, to draw a more precise equivalent is only a recipe for a rancorous debate which probably does not have an easy end. looking ahead, president 0bama is nearing the end of his administration and president—elect trump may be very different top how do you see the us— japanese relationship?” different top how do you see the us— japanese relationship? i think it is a good thing that the riot of these succe

but barack 0bama is not in office for much longer and donald trump has signalled it will be differentrael is obviously incredibly complex, but you can boil it down to a soap opera, you have got president 0bama apparently fed up got president 0bama apparently fed up with benjamin netanyahu, who he never really got on well with, and not donald trump piles in with a tweet saying, things will be different afterjanuary 21 he becomes president, so there are all sorts of issues at stake, but there are big personalities as well, that is perhaps the way to get into the story. the us ambassador to the un said, we arejust story. the us ambassador to the un said, we are just reflecting what is happening on the ground, in their view, our policy is, you cannot have a two state solution and keep building. exactly. it is a policy that many internationally agree with. it isjust that us politics is so with. it isjust that us politics is so framed that it is very difficult for politicians of either party to break with the sort of constant support of israel in the security class. you wonder about the tim

barack 0bama was the first sitting president to visit hiroshima, a powerful symbol of reconciliation. we force ourselves to feel the dread of children confused by what they see. we listen to a silent cry. shinzo abe spoke of an alliance of hope, as the first japanese prime minister to address the us congress. i offer my eternal condolences. this bond of friendship is hugely important to japan. tokyo feels under threat from a strengthening china and a north korea which is developing nuclear weapons. cheers. kanpai. some fear for the future of the relationship under a new president. archive: those who lost their lives at pearl harbor would never be forgotten. but these few days will be about remembrance and laying to rest the final ghosts of a world war which brought out the worst in humanity. laura bicker, bbc news, washington. we can now speak to a professor formerly from the university of hawaii. what do you make of all this? well, i think it is a very nice opening for prime minister aby to be here. it will have an impact injapan. —— abe. to be here. it will have an impact in japan.

barack 0bama similarly used photography to project himself as a young and relatable candidate.dress the fact that both candidates in 2016 were national public figures for decades prior to their candidacy. the juxtaposition of the two photographs actually is surprisingly relevant to the way they attempted to portray themselves in 2016. you have hillary clinton trying to seem soft and relatable, where in fact, at the time, the american public found her to be a complicated figure because she had a career in her own right and wasn't a more traditional first lady. donald trump as host of the apprentice was trying to portray himself as a tough businessman. those two personas both ended up being how they portrayed themselves in the 2016 election as well. while presidential candidates may spend a lot of effort controlling their image, the advent of digital photography and smartphone photography all sort of lead to a situation where candidates have less control over their image than they might like, with amateur photographers being able to have a say in the conversation that's created.

us president barack 0bama has permanently banned new oil and gas drilling in us atlantic and arctic watersffice next month. mr 0bama invoked a provision of a 1953 law which will be difficult for president—elect donald trump to reverse. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes, has been following this story it isa it is a widely used provision in the law which he is invoking to take this action, a provision which gives the president the power to withdraw federal waters for a new oil and gas drilling. this is a joint action with canada, the prime minister justin trudeau has made a long—term commitment to protect the up thick from drilling. president 0bama said it is the arctic unique ecosystem thatis it is the arctic unique ecosystem that is behind this decision. the risk of damage of working in this remote region and concerns are about climate change. he also said it would take decades to fully develop the infrastructure necessary, on a large scale, drill for oil and gas in these areas. he said this is coming ata in these areas. he said this is coming at a time when we to continue to mo

the final christmas message from the white house for the family of barack 0bama. for december at the north pole. climate change scientists say that these are publicly linked to man—made climate change. it follows a summit during which arctic sea ice reached the second lowest extent ever recorded by satellites —— it follows a summer. now we have the weather forecast from tomasz. follows a summer. now we have the weather forecast from tomaszm follows a summer. now we have the weather forecast from tomasz. it is going to be exceptionally mild, too warm for any snow. christmas itself is going to be incredibly mild. windy as well with a bit of rain on the way notjust through christmas but and into boxing day. storm stconor is sending all that mild air from the atlantic, from the azores. this vortex is sucking in all of that warm from the south and sitting on top of us during the course of tonight and tomorrow. increasing winds across north—western areas. for many, breezy, cloudy and act with rain coming and going. the heaviest rain will be across the north, west of sco

in just a few hours, shinzo abe will be accompanied by the us president, barack 0bama, the first visitthe leaders of both countries since the attack in which nearly 2,500 americans died. 0ur north america correspondent laura bicker reports. archive: we bring you a special news bulletin. the japanese have attacked pearl harbor by air. pearl harbor by air. pearl harbor by air. pearl harbor proved to be a deadly turning point in world war, two as the battle ships spurned and the bodies of over 2,000 american servicemen were counted, the us declared war on japan. it servicemen were counted, the us declared war onjapan. it has taken 75 years for an enemy to become a close ally. shinzo abe will be the first japanese leader to show such penitence that he'll pray at a memorial in the harbour for the sailors and marines who were killed. there will be no apology. but there will be expressions of regret. japan's neighbour china feels those signs of contrition are not enough and tokyo should mend fences closer to home. translation: japan cannot turn over a new page of history without reconciliatio

shinzo abe will be accompanied by the us president barack 0bama, making the visit the first by the leadersse who died, but will not issue an apology. the actress liz smith, best known for playing nana in the bbc sitcom, the royle family, has died, at the age of 95. she acted in numerous television series and films, and won a bafta for her role in a private function in 1985. daniela relph looks back at her life. what is she? she's a vegetarian, nana. 0h! could you have some wafer—thin ham? could she have wafer—thin ham, barbara? the unforgettable nana speakman. liz smith was the eccentric, loveable centre of the royle family. very unusual taste! i put in a bit of ta—ra—sa—la—ma—ta as well! in the vicar of dibley, more of her perfect comic timing. happy birthday, frank. do you want to put me in a home? success came late for liz smith. a single mother of two children in a series of part—time jobs, she didn't start acting properly until she was 50. what a nuisance for you. it was like a wonderful realisation that at last i was being given a chance. it had come. it had come at last. last night.