with me now is lord ricketts, former permanent under secretary at the foreign and commonwealth officee you. sir tim barrow, is he up to thejob? good to see you. sir tim barrow, is he up to the job? yes, he's a very good guy, i've known him for years, he's a tough, experienced, professional negotiator, serving twice at our mission to the eu, he has been ambassador to moscow, a pretty tough number, so he can be trusted to give honest and professional advice which is what we need. and as such, then, in packable credentials that brexiteers may like, as they didn't like in sir ivan? i think we should get away from the idea that people should go to brussels if they are one of us, brexit enthusiasts. what you need is an objective professional civil servant who will tell people the truth, his best opinion about what they are confronting. sir ivan did that and i'm upset about the denigration i've heard of him, he's a fine civil servant. the government have moved quickly, it is a record to make an appointment like this within 2a hours and they've chosen a seasoned man who will do a professional

adviser at the israeli embassy has been secretly recorded saying he wants to "take down" the foreign office minister sir alan duncan — who's a strong critic ofjewish settlements. theresa may is promising a far—reaching programme of social reform to tackle what she calls the "everyday injustices" experienced by working families. nicola sturgeon says she's not bluffing about the prospect of a second scottish independence referendum if the terms of brexit are not right. the average amount of unsecured debt has reached a record high of almost £13,000 per uk household. heavy snowfalls and sub—zero temperatures are continuing across europe — causing more than twenty deaths — and bringing transport chaos. shyama perera and prashant rao will be here to help me review the sunday papers. including the sunday telegraph carries an article by theresa may in which she says the government has a duty to step in and tackle injustice. hollywood is gearing up for this year's golden globes — the bbc drama, the night manager is up for four awards. the israeli ambassador in london has apologised after the embass

down" some british mps — including the foreign office minister, sir alan duncan.undercover aljazeera reporter as he lunched with a female aide to the mp robert halfon — a former political director of the group, conservative friends of israel. mr masot is also heard describing the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, as an idiot. the ambassador, mark regev, said the comments did not reflect the israeli government's views. jane—frances kelly reports. the emergence of the footage is highly embarrassing for the israelis. it shows shai masot dining with, among others, an aide to the conservative education minister robert halfon. mr masot, a senior political adviser at the israeli embassy, says he would like to bring down a member of the british government. sir alan duncan has been a fierce critic of israeli policy. just over two years ago, he described israel's control and division of the west bank city of hebron as nothing short of apartheid, where palestinians were treated as second—class citizens. in the covert footage, mr masot also describes sir alan's boss, borisjohn

we gather that whitehall, the foreign office, the home office have been scrambling to work out what it british citizens. what is your understanding question to interpret it for us. the jury question to interpret it for us. the jury telegraph front page is boris keeps united states open to britons. as faras we keeps united states open to britons. as far as we can tell, boris has had a word with somebody and he is saying that if you are a british citizen, you are ok. if you are travelling to the us from anywhere other than those countries, for example, the uk, it doesn't apply to you. we were a bit confused because we we re you. we were a bit confused because we were thinking, if i am a somali, travelling from the uk to america, that doesn't apply to me? it doesn't make sense. the guidance of my collea g u es make sense. the guidance of my colleagues in cairo have gone to the airport there, that is not what is happening there. people are not being allowed to fights. unless you are coming physically from one of those countries you are safe, but is what the foreign office is saying, does n

do you think there has been an overreaction from the foreign office in advising tourists and holidayeave? well, we need to wait and see what happens this evening. if yahya jammeh doesn't leave there could be military intervention. but hopefully he goes peacefully. but i don't think that will happen. you don't think he will go peacefully? no, i don't think. so he is in banjul, we are about ten miles from there. we know where he is. when are you going to leave then? we are due to leave on saturday. we spoke to thomas cook this morning and they said that our flight this morning and they said that our flight is still on for saturday. if the circumstances change, they will get in contact with us over the phone. so we are just sitting waiting. you're not looking to leave earlier than saturday? no. i would rather not! but you can understand particularly those people who might be closer to banjul than you are, why thomas cook is trying to get them out as fast as possible. that's correct, yes, iagree them out as fast as possible. that's correct, yes, i agree with that. what about local people

advisor at the israeli embassy has been secretly recorded saying he wants to "take down" the foreign office minister sir alan duncan — who's a strong critic ofjewish settlements. the prime minister says she will announce more details about her brexit plans over the coming weeks. insisting that britain will get the right deal. it is wrong to look at this as a binary issue as to whether you get control on immigration or access to the single market. i don't see it as a binary issue. the average amount of unsecured debt has reached a record—high of almost £13,000 per uk household. the big freeze. parts of europe and eastern united states are hit by a cold snap. heavy snowfall and sub—zero temperatures have left more than 20 people dead and caused transport chaos. and in half hour — the click team explore the gadgets on display at las vegas‘s massive consumer electronics show. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the queen has appeared at a church service in sandringham — her first public appearance for weeks after suffering from a heavy cold over christmas. she arrived just over an hour ago,

advisor at the israeli embassy has been secretly recorded saying he wants to "take down" the foreign officeinister sir alan duncan. the big freeze — parts of europe and the eastern united states are hit by a cold snap. heavy snowfall and sub—zero temperatures have left more than 20 people dead and caused transport chaos. and at 4.30pm, a bbc wales investigation into the deadly condition known as sepsis. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister, theresa may, says the government will take back control of britain's borders when we leave the eu and appeared to suggest that could mean leaving the single market. but in her first interview of the new year, mrs may said the choice between controlling immigration and a good trade deal was not a binary decision. mrs may also said 2017 would be the year when the government will set out more of its domestic agenda. here's our political correspondent susana mendonca. ever since she took on the top job, there is one subject which has dominated theresa may's premiership. brexit means brexit. and we are going to make a success of it. is i

sunday features israeli officials allegedly caught making a vow to ‘take down‘ borisjohnson‘s foreign officey. and the sun on sunday feature a story of a man, who was born a girl 20 years ago, being four months pregnant. right. 0k let us again. martin, could you begin for us this time? we have two martins. we must not get confused. theresa may in the sunday telegraph, setting out her vision for a shared society, and not the big society, which was the tactic of david cameron. it is a society, unlike the famous quote from margaret thatcher although slightly misinterpreted. a big defining. . .. she said there was no such thing as society. yes. everyone is focusing on brexit but from the point of view of the prime minister, her big focus is this idea of trying to present herself and reposition the tory policy as a party for the ordinary person, a person who was struggling a little with the difficult changes in the workplace and globalisation and so forth and saying here is a government that can intervene and fix broken markets. she talks about promoting american greste. she talks about education

in a statement, the foreign office said... government is not taking any further action, the film raises uncomfortable questions about mrshai raises uncomfortable questions about mr shai masot, and just how much influence he has been able to wield. us authorities have formally charged an iraq war veteran over the mass shooting at a florida airport on friday. the fbi is facing questions over its handling of the case, after it admitted that esteban santiago visited its office in alaska last year, and that his erratic behaviour led to a referralfor a mental health assessment. gary o'donoghue reports from fort lauderdale. a mother, grandmother, a great—grandmother, and a wife, olga woltering was born in britain, but had lived in the united states for decades. today, her church in georgia described her death as a tragedy, and paid tribute to a joyful, loving person. also among the dead, 57—year—old michael oehme, who was on his way, with his wife, for a caribbean cruise. three others died in yesterday's carnage, as the gunman used a

in a statement, the foreign office said... government is not taking any further action, the film raises uncomfortable questions about mr masot, and just how much influence he has been able to wield. jane—frances kelly, bbc news. the us president—elect, donald trump, has said having a good relationship with russia is a good thing — and only stupid people or fools would think it was bad. posting on twitter, mr trump said that when he was president, russia would respect the us far more than it did now. from washington, our correspondent, barbara plett—usher. well, mr trump has been doing most of the news—making, as you were seeing there with his tweet on russia. he has renewed his calls for closer cooperation and warmer relations with russia. i think it's a signal that he doesn't want to change his approach to russia, even though the intelligence report accused russia of meddling in the election. he did have mr trump, after the briefing appearing to concede that russia may have been involved in some way, but he did not say anythi

m is certainly good news for mo farah, but basically the foreign and commonwealth office has put on itsnt saying the foreign secretary has had conversations with the us government and they can clarify that anybody who is a uk national who happens to be travelling from one of the seven countries targeted by this executive order, anybody who is doing that who isa uk order, anybody who is doing that who is a uk national, and the order does not apply to you even if you were born in one of those countries so uk nationals seem to be given a pass. if you are a dealer citizens of one of those countries, travelling to the us from outside those countries, the us from outside those countries, the order does not apply to you. mo farah isa the order does not apply to you. mo farah is a dual nationality somali citizen. he is training in ethiopian and he was concerned he would not get back to the us which is currently his home base. his family are there but if the foreign office is to be believed, he will be able to do that because he is not travelling to the us from one of those countries affected. w

foreign office and as soon as the foreign office says we advise against all but essential travel thant. and there are tens of thousands of people booked to travel to the gambia for the rest of the winter. at the moment, of course, several 100 people were told last night your holiday is not going ahead. they will get full refunds. other people in the next few days should get full refunds, and tour operators will be offering the chance to switch to alternative destinations. thank you very much. sorry about that, just punched you in the arm that! you are watching brea kfast in the arm that! you are watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, claims countries are queuing up to sign free trade deals with britain when it leaves the european union. thousands of british holidaymakers will be flown home from the gambia because of the country's worsening political crisis. the foreign office now advises against all but essential travel there. only a straight punch! it's not like we haven't got enough sofa! here's carol with a look at this

what we have heard today is the foreign office decided not to increase its travel advisory, ta ke note highest level, which would be advising british nationals against all travel to tunisia, despite their having been the horrific attack in tunisia in the capitaljuniors horrific attack in tunisia in the capital juniors in march, horrific attack in tunisia in the capitaljuniors in march, 2015, targeting a museum in which 22, mostly foreign, tourists were killed. this came just three months before the attack ensues, the subject of this inquest. there has been a lot of focus on that and whether the foreign office should indeed have changed its advice or not. what this foreign office officials said is they believe they took a decision in march 2015 across whitehall that they would not do so because the threat was not sufficient enough, despite the previous attack, they thought the threat was not sufficient enough to go to the highest level. that raises questions, one of which is whether the foreign office was concerned about the impact of pulling all british tourists from tunisia. 400,000

adviser at the israeli embassy has been secretly recorded saying he wants to "take down" the foreign office minister sir alan duncan, who is a strong critic ofjewish settlements. the queen has attended church at sandringham after missing services over christmas and the new year because of a heavy cold. the big freeze — parts of europe and the eastern united states are hit by a cold snap. heavy snowfall and subzero temperatures have left more than 20 people dead and caused transport chaos. a huge turbine is transported through hull ahead of its installation as part of the 2017 city of culture event. and we visit a school that is hoping to break down barriers between different communities in northern ireland. that's in reporters. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister, theresa may, says the government will take back control of britain's borders when we leave the eu, and appeared to suggest that could mean leaving the single market. but in her first interview of the new year, mrs may said the choice between controlling immigration and staying in the single market was not a

advisor at the israeli embassy has been secretly recorded saying he wants to "take down" the foreign office minister sir alan duncan — who's a strong critic ofjewish settlements. theresa may is promising a far—reaching programme of social reform to tackle what she calls the "everyday injustices" experienced by working families. the average amount of unsecured debt has reached a record—high of almost £13,000 per uk household. the big freeze. parts of europe and eastern united states are hit by a cold snap. heavy snowfall and sub—zero temperatures have left more than 20 people dead and caused transport chaos. and take danny into town. —— i was wondering if i might take danny into town. what for? a change. hollywood is gearing up for this year's golden globes — the bbc drama, the night manager is up for four awards. and in half an hour, dateline london dateline london will look at how far president putin and russia are influencing events in the middle east. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the queen has arrived for a church service at sandringham — let's cross to our royal correspondent d

of the foreign office, lord ricketts said theresa may's decision to invite donald trump on a state visit to the uk so quickly has put the queen in a "very difficult position". a state visit is the highest accolade the country can pay to a foreign leader. and normally it is offered after a us president has been in office for several years. and to issue the invitation in the first days of president trump's being in the white house, to happen in the next few months, felt to me when i heard it a bit premature, frankly. i didn't think it was necessary. i think it would've been fine to have suggested he come on an official visit for talks with the prime minister, perhaps tea the queen and save this absolute honour of the state visit for later. my suggestion, and it is only a suggestion, is perhaps since a date has not yet been set for the state visit that it could be put off a little bit perhaps until things calmed down and we can receive the president on a state visit in the way we would want to with the celebration of the relationship with the us and in the meantime he should

lord ricketts, former head of the foreign 0ffice, ricketts, former head of the foreign office, he says this drags the queen into the controversy. is that true? how damaging does that make this? lord ricketts is clear that there is a risk that it drags her into controversy, particularly because the visit has been brought forward so very quickly. i think we should be clear that the queen is always deployed, if you like, as an instrument of political and diplomatic policy when invitations are issued on her behalf to visit this country as a state visit. there is no more coveted prize for a foreign leader than that particular invitation. it is much coveted. you can see why, because the imagery in front of the palace of the arrival and all of the pomp and pageantry that goes with it, no other country can deploy the weapon of a state visit because they simply don't have anything on this scale to offer. in the unequal special relationship with the united states, this is a

if the worst fears are realised and the airport is shot, given that the foreign & commonwealth officeative of going across the back are in senegal. it's across the back are in senegal. it's a difficultjourney, across the back are in senegal. it's a difficult journey, not across the back are in senegal. it's a difficultjourney, not a pleasant experience, but that would be another possibility. however, i'm assuming that we will actually find that the wise heads will prevail in terms of the tourist industry, the gambian tourist board has already said they are looking forward to british holiday—makers returning. indeed, i'vejust been british holiday—makers returning. indeed, i've just been checking, you can happily but a february holiday from thomas cook in the gambia. the longer this goes on, though, the more that gambia's image is tarnished, and the more it is going to ta ke tarnished, and the more it is going to take to rebuild the tourism industry that is so essential to the point simon, always good to good to talk to you, thank you very much, simon calder. the headlines and bbc the e

news just into us from the foreign office. six britons have died in a road crash in saudi arabia.ts suggest victims we re unconfirmed reports suggest victims were from manchester and glasgow. indeed there is one report the dead include five people from one family in manchester. but that is, i stress, unconfirmed. we understand they were travelling in a minibus between mecca and medina. what is confirmed by the foreign office is the families of six british people, who have sadly died following this road accident, are being supported. the foreign office says it is also supporting several more british nationals who were injured in the crash. more on that as it comes into us. that's the latest from saudi arabia at the moment. six british citizens dying in that road crash. we'll try to talk to the foreign office for more information through the course of the afternoon. conservative—controlled surrey council is to hold a referendum on whether to increase council tax by fifteen per cent — to fund improved social care in the county. the council says it has a "huge gap" in its budget as a

but we've heard today is that the foreign office decided not to increase its travel advisory, take it all travel to tunisia, despite their having been a horrific attack in tunisia in march 2015th, targeting —— in which 22 foreign tourists were killed. this came just three months before the attack which is the subject of this inquest. there has been a lot of focus on that and whether the foreign office should indeed have changed is advice and not. what this line of his official saysis not. what this line of his official says is that they believe they took a decision in march 2015, across whitehall, but they would not do so because the threat was not sufficient enough. to go to the highest level. that raises questions, one of which is whether the foreign office has been raised in court was concerned about pulling all british tourist from tunisia. 400,020 14. all british tourist from tunisia. 400,02014. impact that would have in tunisia. it would have an impact on the tourist industry, which as we heard in court today would have an impact on the economy, and that in time and have impact

thousands of uk tourists are being returned from the gambia after the foreign office issued new travel foster. baroness rachael heyhoe—flint has died at the age of 77. one of the finest women's cricketers in a 22 year england career, she was also hugely influential in the development of the women's game. she captained her country for 12 years and was the first woman to be elected onto the full mcc committee. the ecb says cricket was hugely enhanced by her fearless approach and pioneering spirit. let's speak to claire connor from the ecb. you knew rachael very well. such a sad day, he was hugely influential in the development of the women's game? yes, she was. she obviously left an enormous mark on the sport for everything she has done as a player, everything she has done as a player, everything she has done for the lady taverners, the charity, the mcc and latterly as an ecb board member. the game has progressed hugely in recent years and rachael paved the way for a lot of that progress. we use the word kind of pioneers and trail—blazers quite lightly, but she was one of those women who

rogers is a patriot, he is an example of the best of the foreign office.y significant and very, very serious. the world is getting very, very complex and to look only at the british interests and not looking at the big picture is very dangerous for the national interest. it also struck me in his farewell e—mail to the civil servants when he was pointing out that whitehall and in general britain doesn't have the negotiating expertise, doesn't have the staff, doesn't know enough about how to do the trade deals and he also, in his earlier memo which leaked, pointed out that even after this two—year process it will be up to each national parliament to approve the deal and it could fail at that point. he said some pretty important things that perhaps the prime minister was not interested in hearing. i'm conscious that the idea of some kind of goldilocks brexit, that everybody likes, not too hard or soft or hot or cold, won't even work within your own party. the least of the prime minister's worries is the conservative party. there's a strong consensus behind th

the foreign office says uk nationals should not be banned from travelling to the us, even if they holdual nationality with one of countries affected by president trump's travel ban. an online petition against president trump's planned state visit to the uk has gained more than 800,000 supporters. in yemen us commandos have killed at least 1a al qaeda militants in a raid authorised by president trump. benoit hamon will be the socialist candidate in france's upcoming presidential election, beating former prime minister manuel valls to the nomination. also coming up — i'll be reviewing the morning papers with jacqui francis and tom bergin. including the times which says the white house has backed down over a travel ban on dual nationality britons. coming up, choose life, transporting 20 years on. we'll get the review on that. good evening and welcome to bbc news. president trump is facing growing criticism tonight both at home and abroad over his controversial order restricting people from seven mainly muslim countries from entering the us. the temporary ban on travellers from countries i

senior foreign office diplomat, sir tim barrow, is to become britain's new ambassador to the eu — itticised ministers for "muddled thinking" over brexit. a man's charged with causing the deaths of two cousins by dangerous driving, as they crossed a road on new year's eve in oldham. the retail giant next warns of a challenging year ahead, after its shares take a tumble due to a drop in sales in the run up to christmas. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's the brexit secretary david davis has been urged by his labour shadow keir starmer to clarify the governments plan for leaving the eu. it follows an attack on the government from sir ivan rogers britain's departing eu ambassador, following his resignation yesterday. sir tim barrow, political director at the foreign 0fficer will replace sir ivan rogers. in an email to staff informing them of his decision to leave — sir ivan said the government did not have a plan for the negotiation. he went on to say:

the foreign office is advising people to avoid all but essential travel to the country after its presidentefused to step down, and declared a state of emergency. thomas cook said it was implementing contingency plans to bring home all its uk customers on additional flights over the next a8 hours. a baby has been born to a previously infertile couple in ukraine using a new type of three—person ivf.

on sunday features israeli officials allegedly caught making a vow to take down borisjohnson's foreign officeand the sun on sunday feature a story of a man, who was born a girl 20 years ago, being four months pregnant. let's start with the sunday telegraph. this is to reason me, i think she has written a piece inside and the front page is taking experts from it. think she has written a piece inside and the front page is taking experts from it. the shared society, not the big society. this appears to be to reason me's mission statement in setting up the platform for and, almost. along article, by the look of it, inside. the shared society is the theme. it does seem reminiscent of david cameron and his big society, doesn't it? it doesn't give mea society, doesn't it? it doesn't give me a lot of excitement in terms of watching is actually saying. this is the thing about, we don't want to give out a hand—out, and want to give out a hand—out, and want to give a hand up, world this is about giving a handshake. everyone should be nice to each other and it is the business of government to make sure w

so as the foreign office here starts looking for a new ambassador, mps are looking for answers about what the government's objectives are. and they're hoping theresa may will provide some in a speech on brexit expected soon. one she will have to write without sir ivan rogers at her shoulder in brussels. james landale, bbc news. tom bateman is that westminster for us. tom bateman is that westminster for us. tim barrow, he will be our man leading the charge in the brexit talks. what do we know about him? another new whitehall‘s figure name. he's a career diplomat, he's low cut it at the side of various foreign secretaries. he was an ambassador for moscow up until last year. he's had a key role in the civil service in terms of that core. firstly, the speed of this. 2a hours since we learned that sir ivan rogers was going from that posed in brussels. now, of course, we've got the letter which we learn about what he thinks. it shows you how quickly theresa may and downing street wanted to get this issue sorted, and not have it hanging over them. secondly, the selection. in that, you have

this is an invitation to them by the foreign office and downing street —— driven by the foreign officeehind this. clearly, there are big initiatives involve, with the new president and brexit, how are you picking that up? what boris johnson the foreign secretary has been telling the commons, and he is still on his feet now, that this plan is united kingdom wants to keep freight close to the president of the united states, whoever that turned out to be last november. this will be the driving force in the political environment, the brexit environment, that those sitting on the foreign office committee felt that this was a year that it would be appropriate and helpful to have a us president visiting for a state visit. thank you. nicholas witchell with his latest thoughts. and we'll have more on all the latest developments from the trump white house tonight at 7pm in our programme 100 days — with katty kay in washington, and christian fraser in london. that's at 7pm here on the bbc news channel. six people, including two former hbos bankers, have been found guilty of fraud and bribery that

the court heard from a senior foreign office official, who defended advice given to travellers at thedent richard galpin has the latest. what we've heard today is that the foreign office decided not to increase its travel advisory, ie ta ke increase its travel advisory, ie take it to the highest level, which would be advising british nationals against all travel to tunisia, despite their having been the horrific attack in tunisia in the capital in march 2015, in which 22 mostly foreign tourists were killed. this camejust mostly foreign tourists were killed. this came just three months before the attack which is the subject of this inquest. so there has been a lot of focus on that and whether the foreign office should indeed have changed its advice or not. this is outside live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story. the british prime minister, theresa may, has ruled out membership of the eu single market when britain leaves the european union. she said staying in would mean accepting the eu's rules without having any say in making them. an air strike by the nigerian military has acciden

the foreign office minister. you are watching wednesday in parliament.d, post—manufacture, as it is called, is wasted each year in the uk. the environment, food and rural affairs committee is carrying out an enquiry into food waste in england and has been healing —— hearing from a panel of supermarket chain representatives. one of the issues that gets a lot of attention is what to do with misshapen fruit and veg that does not make the grade. tescos told the mps about its perfectly imperfect range. what we've typically have done, and i know others have done the same, is we have widened our specifications to the point where that is still perfectly edible food and it can be sold either at discount, it takes account of the whole crop idea, so when you get a flash of a specific product we can then move extra product that would not make our specifications normally into this perfectly imperfect world. and pretty much every customer who has ever bought one of those has come back and bought another on the basis that it works as a concept. where the product is sti

herfall years there, is about some of that her fall within the oracle of this, and between the foreign officef the time, when you are advising ministers, when you want them to listen to you, you really wa nt them to listen to you, you really want them to do what you say. it would be beneficial to look at the advice being given, and make sure you had the most rounded advice, and making sure you think through all the options. that tension is very healthy. having been someone on both sides of that, i wouldn't read too much into the dysfunctionality of that, it would actually be more dysfunctional if you didn't have a healthy tension between the parties, ministers with ambitious plans which they need to deliver on. he does say that, in his opinion, serious bilateral negotiation experience is in short supply. is that a concern for you? there are people who want to leave the eu that still recognise its complex, and good negotiators will be needed ? its complex, and good negotiators will be needed? i'm one of those. the reason why we have a dearth of multilateral skills within the foreign office and

most are following foreign office advice to leave, even if some are reluctant.sary, i think, at the moment. but i understand that we need to do it. to me, it feels stupid, because this will all be over within 24 to 48 hours. but it's not just foreigners fleeing the capital, banjul. many gambians fear possible violence, as the president tries to cling to power, defying his election defeat last month. president yahya jammeh at first conceded that he lost, 22 years after seizing power, and facing mounting accusations of torturing and murdering opponents. but then he changed his mind, and refused to step down. the man who won, adama barrow, fled to neighbouring senegal. he insists he will be sworn in as president tomorrow, and other west african states, including nigeria, are preparing their forces to intervene on his behalf. the foreign office stresses that one of its first duties is the protection of britons overseas. so ministers felt they had no choice but to urge those in the gambia to leave. the americans took a similar decision, more than a week ago. minister

today a senior foreign office official admitted they had not been formally monitoring the security arrangementsby stress the high risk of terrorist attacks, including in areas visited by foreigners. next in lime to give evidence here will be tui, the parent company of thomson which sold all the package holidays to those who were killed. it is also likely to face some tough questions. richard galpin, bbc news at the high court in london. an 18—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a teenage girl whose body was found on a pathway in rotherham. the girl has been named locally as 16—year—old leonne weeks. south yorkshire police say her body was found by members of the public yesterday morning. our correspondent danny savage is in rotherham. what is the latest? apologies, we don't seem to have the sounds to danny savage at the moment. the rest of the news... the search for a malaysian airliner that vanished three years ago with 239 people on board has been called off. an underwater search for debris from flight mh370 has failed to discover a significant amount of wreckage. the

this comes from a former foreign office ministerand ina comes from a former foreign office minister and is obviously in the wake of what has been happening with donald trump but aimed at us. this is not actually knew. it is quite amusing to think of russians chasing boris johnson around. it must be a dream job that they were hoping for because i am sure they would have a lot of fun. but, yes, what they are always looking for is compromising material. not necessarily to blackmail somebody. it is often to find out more about them or whatever. even those who are well disposed to russia. and that is what the allegation is over trump i am not entirely surprise, however, that the russians have the foreign secretary and the international trade secretary in their sights. secretary and the international trade secretary in their sightsm is not really astonishing. it is astonishing. if you publish —— pitched this idea to a publisher or a television producer, if it had all the details, they would not take you seriously. it seems to me that we are now going back... we are having are now going back..

until today said tim barrow was one of the most senior officials at the foreign office, always on hand tonight he's our new ambassador to the european union with the awesome task of getting the brexit preparations back on track. his former boss said he was the right man for the job. he's an absolutely classic, tough civil servant. very experienced. knows the eu very well and will go in there and do a good job. i think he will say honestly to ministers what he thinks the position is, when they take a decision on the project and plan, then he will implement it very loyally. sir tim is a former ambassador to moscow and has spent much of his career working in brussels. while ukip criticised what they saw as another foreign office insider, tory campaigners for brexit were relaxed about the appointment of a career diplomat with a natty line in waistcoats. and a record for delivering. i think it makes sense to get this resolved swiftly, but what matters most is getting it right, not quick, and i think sir tim is the right guy to bring some fresh thinking, a whole range of experience, and lead

we need to make sure that the foreign office and the us embassy in london are on the same page on thishe team at number10. was my understanding, as did the team at number 10. i applaud them for the work they did, certainly on behalf of families like mine. the anguish we have suffered has been horrific. i am a successful guy, i have a platform to talk to you. there are millions of people in the uk and the rest of europe who are dual nationals who will be worried about this. the more clarity we can get from the white house, the sooner, the better. what about the message it sends out? do you think it helps or hinders in the fight against terrorism? it is counter—productive. this plays into the narrative of daesh and isil. theresa may gave a brilliant, eloquent speech to republican congressmen and women in philadelphia. she talked about not only fighting daesh on the battlefield, but combating the ideology, defeating the ideology. this sort of divisive ban, the language of division, plays into their narrative. and i guarantee you one thing, one think there will be doing today, which is sad

although the foreign office have clarified that british citizens are exempt from the band, the foreignretary has been under pressure to say why it took so long to get clarification —— the ban. say why it took so long to get clarification -- the ban. in the house of commons, that's the place. this conservative mp was born in iraq, one of the seven countries that are subject to the travel ban. he is pleased that he has confirmation he will be able to visit the usa but is still opposed to the policy. clearly the foreign secretary had worked throughout sunday and into the night talking directly to the white house, was my understanding, as did the team at number ten and understanding, as did the team at numberten andi understanding, as did the team at number ten and i applaud them for the work they did, certainly for families like mine. the anguish we have suffered in the last 72 hours has been horrific. there are millions of people in the uk and the rest of europe who are dual nationals or original national is that those countries and they will be worried. and now more than a million peopl

so as the foreign office here starts looking for a new ambassador, mps are looking for answers abouts are. and they're hoping theresa may will provide some in a speech on brexit expected soon. one she will have to write without sir ivan rogers at her shoulder in brussels. james landale, bbc news. joining me from downing street is our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. what does this resignation reveal? since we have common error we are hearing a new diplomat has been appointed. —— since we have come on air. he will be sir tim barrel, a senior foreign office official, former moscow ambassador and he has done time in brussels in his career and downing street hopes that they can have a smoother relationship with him than with ivan rogers. but still some questions to face the government, the resignation highlighted tensions, more departments are involved, more than just the foreign office and there are tensions between senior officials and key ministers. those officials and key ministers. those officials believe that those ministers just officials believe that those ministersjust do no

the court has been hearing from a senior foreign office official. to travellers heading to tunisia at the time. 0ur correspondent richard galpin is following the story for us at the royal courts ofjustice. what we've heard today is that the foreign office decided not to increase its travel advisory, ie ta ke increase its travel advisory, ie take it to the highest level, which would be advising british nationals against all travel to tunisia, despite their having been the horrific attack in tunisia in the capital in march 2015, at the museum where 22 mostly foreign tourists we re where 22 mostly foreign tourists were killed. and of course this came just three months before the attack which is the subject of this inquest. so there's been a lot of focus on that and whether the foreign office should indeed have changed its advice or not. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news today. an 18—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a teenage girl whose body was found on a pathway in rotherham. the girl has been n

london has apologised after an embassy official was filmed saying he wanted to take down the foreign officeister, sir alan duncan, who is a strong critic of jewish settlements. the queen has attended church at sandringham after missing services duty a heavy cold. the average amount of unsecured debt has reached a record high of almost £13,000 per uk household. heavy snowfalls and subzero temperatures are continuing across europe and the eastern united states, causing more than 20 deaths and bringing transport chaos. cuba is at a turning point. last year saw the end of decades of isolation from the usa, with tourism needing a new spirit of enterprise here. some sanctions have been lifted, like commercial flights from the us. the wheels are in motion, but everyone‘s wondering exactly where is cuba headed right now? that question is especially poignant after the recent death of fidel castro and election of donald trump to the us presidency. if the thawing of relations does continue, the economy here may benefit, but is this country in danger of losing its soul? those precious assets that make

in a statement, the foreign office said: a while the british government is not taking any further actionaises uncomfortable questions about mr masot, and just how much influence he has been able to wield. jane—frances kelly, bbc news. theresa may is promising to introduce wide—ranging social reforms, to correct what she calls the "everyday injustices" faced by ordinary working families. in an article for the sunday telegraph, she says she wants to build a "shared society", with a commitment to fairness, and reveals a deliberate attempt to break away from her tory predecessors. our political correspondent, susana mendonca joins us now. susanna, what do you think she means by a "shared society? it is ata it is at a leader ed miliband about assured society back in 2015. to reason me is about in terms of stop focusing on the individual but to look at the responsibilities we have for one another and she said in the past governments have failed do that and she wants to be a focus. that distance is from previous conservative leaders. david cameron talked about the big society which is about cha

the foreign office also said it wouldn't comment on specifics before the inquest. advice is to give the best possible understanding of the context, threats and hazards. tui could have improved security. some hotels already had. so the boys at their main door at checking the customers inside the car, who they are, why they are coming, who are they exactly. gerard moutou runs one of the best protected hotels in tunisia. every part of the radisson is watched by 75 cctv cameras. here you can see at the front desk, you can see all the customers checking in. somebody is on duty here all the time? 24-7. it is recording for up to three months. the beach here, that's our private beach. the hotel is protected by 2a security officers and two armed tunisian policeman. this level of security had been put in place before the sousse attack. we were very proactive. as soon as something happened, we increased the security level of the hotel. why? for a simple reason. we couldn't afford to lose any customers. all the tourist hotels and the police are now implementing tighter securit

is it a solution, or does it create another problem inside the foreign office? after sir ivan rogers stood down, and the process a successor was led by sirjeremy heywood, the cabinet secretary scotching rumours that a political brexiteer would be put in. sirjeremy has ensured that at one level, nothing changes. a whitehall life will run the british mission to the eu. —— lifer. but at another level, everything changes. he is a clean slate. sir ivan rogers carried a lot of baggage because he was associated with david cameron's negotiations. interestingly, tim barrow has achieved a first. he has united remainers and almost all leavers. one dissenting voice is nigel farage. in the film i, daniel blake, you see the main characters daniel blake and his friend kate lose their benefits after being sanctioned by the benefits office. sanctioning is a punishment for not looking for work hard enough or turning up on time for appointments or whatever. now, daniel blake's story is fiction, but those who work in food banks say that sanctioning does force people into charity. w

the foreign office also said it wouldn't comment on specifics before the inquest.is to give the best possible understanding of the context, threats and hazards. tui could have improved security. some hotels already had. so the boys at their main door at checking the customers inside the car, who they are, why they are coming, who are they exactly. gerard moutou runs one of the best protected hotels in tunisia. every part of the radisson is watched by 75 cctv cameras. here you can see the front desk, you can see all the customers checking in. somebody is on duty all the time? 24-7. it is recording for up to three months. the beach here is our private beach. the hotel is protected by 2a security officers and two aren't tunisian policeman. ——2 armed tunisian policemen. this level of security had been put in place before the sousse attack. we were very proactive. as soon as something happened, we increased the security level of the hotel. why? the simple reason we could afford to lose any customer. all the tourist hotels and the police are now implementing tighter secu

the foreign and commonwealth office are advising against all but essential travel to the gambia because of political uncertainty and potential military intervention following the presidential elections on the first of december last year. the foreign 0ffice say if you are currently in the you should leave by commercial means if you have no essential need to stay there. —— currently in the gambia. thomas cook say they have contingency plans to return nearly 1000 british customers from gambia. there is a state of emergency there after the president declared the state of emergency after refusing to hand power to the opposition leader, who won the election last month. theresa may has been setting out her long—term vision for britain's base in the world as it embarks on the historic path of withdrawing from the eu. it was herfirst major speech on brexit since taking office and she emphasised at doesn't objectives. they included a stronger britain, a nation in charge of its own laws, in control of immigration and pursuing free trade, possibly as pa rt and pursuing free trade, possibly as part

the foreign office has confirmed that six britons have died, after a road accident in saudi arabia.ught to have been on pilgrimage, when their minibus crashed while travelling between mecca and medina. we understand that this family travelled on a journey they had booked through the tour operator behind me. they have told us that all 12 of the people on the minibus are part of the same extended family. some from scotland, some from manchester, with ages from pensioners down to a small baby, just a couple of months old. the baby was two months old, we are told he died in the crash with his grandparents, both from manchester. another relative from manchester also died, and two people from glasgow died on the part of that family. we believe from glasgow central mosque that they have five children, who were not involved in the crash. there were several people injured, including the mother of the baby and siblings, children aged two and four years of age will stop also and four years of age will stop also a pensioner is in a critical position. the tour operators say it is the first accid

travel website which is on the foreign office website.g given by the foreign office, the high risk of terrorist attacks, he said they would never have gone to tunisia in the first place. so this is a very, very important point in this inquest. the lawyer for tui pointed important point in this inquest. the lawyerfor tui pointed out in response that on the tomson website there is a link for information, including a link to the foreign office advice so this is going to be a real bone of contention in this inquest. we also heard from some other witnesses who talked about a whole litany of failures by the emergency and security services at the time of the attack. one man, a former soldier called kevin hawks said that he had been trying to help someone said that he had been trying to help someone who was lying injured, he'd been shot in the leg by the swimming pool area and called for help. he said some paramedics arrived but he said some paramedics arrived but he said they had absolutely no medical equipment with them and did absolutely nothi

they say that the foreign office itself should also be given a clear out and the campaign leave eu notars for sir ivan rogers, saying he was part of the old eu establishment and others are saying it is time to get someone who strongly believes in brexit into that position as the crucial position of ambassador to the eu before negotiations begin in the eu before negotiations begin in the spring. a very brief statement, the spring. a very brief statement, the uk government saying, "sir ivan rogers has resigned if you months early. he has taken this decision now to enable a successor to the appointed before the uk in vokes article 50 before the end of march. we are grateful for his work and commitment over the last three yea rs" commitment over the last three years". that is a statement, pretty short. i wonder what you make of that, it has just come through. short. i wonder what you make of that, it hasjust come throughm is rather terse. no statement from sir ivan rogers, no resignation letter, none of that. yes it is true he was due to stand down in november, it was a four—year term and