whether he is abandoning israel, ithink feelings on the issue.that is questionable, given that the us has just signed its biggest ever military aid package, worth $38 billion, but there is a very powerful pro—israel lobby in us politics and they spend a lot of money and they have a lot of friends. but barack 0bama is not in office for much longer and donald trump has signalled it will be different with him in charge. you know, palestine— israel 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

well, ithink beyond the bounds of the constitution.te and discussion, so a matter of debate and discussion, so what i am saying is that i inked that from a legal and constitutional point of view, there is no reason for the president to leave office. minister, are you in any way embarrassed by the answer is that you feel you have had to give to me today, presumably for political reasons? i haven't any reason to be embarrassed. i am just telling you the way i look at the situation in south africa, that we have got a functioning government in place, we have got a president in place, which there have been some unfortunate incidents around. this wonderful creation of yours, which has in essence to find your career, and that if this marvellous lady, the veto. —— evita. she is this sort of wonderful afrikaans woman, obviously a creation, you are in drag. let's get ourfirst look at a creation, you are in drag. let's get our first look at evita herself, in the most iconic circumstances, perhaps one of the most memorable times of your life, actu

two of the reasons of the terrorist attack, i think, two of the reasons of the terrorist attack, ithink but mainly the third aim, i think, the third aim of the attack was to carry the syrian cores into the turkish territory in the longer term, and the sponsors of the longer term, and the sponsors of the attack aimed at russian response, the response to... it did not happen. so we can say that we can see that both sides, the turkish and russian sides, kept their cool heads despite the shocking incident, and they have started to investigate the situation, the incident, and they are now interpreting the situation from a common threat and it isa situation from a common threat and it is a threat to both sides, so actually, here, ithink it is a threat to both sides, so actually, here, i think both sides will ramp up there, efforts in the fight against terrorism. so what could that potentially look like in terms of the shape of the relationship to come and what is done? bilateral relations between turkey and russia will suffer less. for example, the turkish tourism sector can suffer in that se

ithink all pa rents cars, colleges, you know. ithink all parents work, don‘t they?pt, didn't he? my second husband left me bankrupt. and the third one, he didn‘t leave me bankrupt, he just left with all the money. that must be very difficult because as a hollywood star, you have massive amount of money until your second or third marriage? jono yes, but husband spend a lot of money. i could shop all day on what they spend. due regret that you trusted your husband is so much and it didn‘t work out for one reason or another? your second husband gambled another? your second husband gambled a lot and your third husband, a hotel complex at didn‘t work out? a lot and your third husband, a hotel complex at didn't work out? as a woman, i have two are you honestly. ——i have to and the u. when you fall in love, you have to believe that you are in love otherwise you won‘t get married. i am rather victorian and i think if the man says, i love you, debbie and they want to be used for the rest of my life, you must believe him or you wouldn‘t marry him. i‘m not a com plete wouldn‘t

i mean, ithink, you know, the conservative government‘s commitment in the 1980s to introduce a poll taxntly to hold a referendum, without thinking through what its consequences might be. as for mrs thatcher, the poll tax ended her career, but not before the files reveal westminster council threatened her with a fine if she didn‘t complete her own poll tax registration on time. nick higham, bbc news. we will take a look at the weather forecast. good evening. the fog has been causing some trouble once again across the southern half of the uk. there is a changed to clear and colder conditions behind this weather front which will slip its way southwards over the next couple of days. bringing some rank with it. behind that we are seeing colder air heading our way. ahead of that there has been extensive fog once again. you can hardly see across the thames at kingston earlier this afternoon. a met office weather warning in force for dense fog patches across the southern half of england in particular. disruption more than likely, a slow on the roads and we may see further delays at some of the

ithink the phoney war will come to an end. britain voted to leave the european union in june, obviously britain voted to leave the european union injune, and actually the practicalities of that will start next year. so the british government wants to spark what is called article 50, that starts the process of exit, by the end of march. that is a two you process, so that process should be completed, we think, by 2019. | that process should be completed, we think, by 2019. i think their attentions on both sides. in britain there are tensions between those who wa nt there are tensions between those who want what is called a hired brexit, fully out of the single market, out of the customs union, able to sign trade deals around the world itself, with no reference to the european union, and those that want a softer brexit. still having preferential access to the single market, possibly still in the customs union. that is attention on one side. on the european side, the 27 other member states, there are tensions between those who wan

ithink it will be difficult to take out of the game initially.like the fa, and it will be hard at first, i think. the fa, and it will be hard at first, ithink. but the fa, and it will be hard at first, i think. but something to work on, and the doctor has done his research, and he knows a lot about it, more than i do. so i think we have got to listen to people like dr michael grey. talk us through what science is telling us at this stage about what heading the ball does to the body, and in this case we're talking about a child. right, so a numberof talking about a child. right, so a number of issues. the first is, i think, is really important that we dispel the idea that we are trying to say stop sport, stop children from playing sport. it is really important that children are doing that. the issue now is with repetitive impacts to the brain. the brain sits inside the cranium, and each time there is an impact, the brain is rattling around inside the cranium, and the rotations are causing structural damage to the neurons. break this down for us, y

she found a new fan base and, ithink, a new generations. be acting or her work, whether it be acting or her other work, from younger people, people who weren't even born in the 70s. maybe they have seen men now, but they didn't get the chance to see the original movies when they we re see the original movies when they were released. —— maybe they have seen were released. —— maybe they have seen them now. she said she seemed to attract the nerds, maybe because of her outfit in star wars, particularly revealing. she took it on board. what was her reaction like when she starred in the latest film, the force awa kens? when she starred in the latest film, the force awakens? yes, the force awa ke ns, the force awakens? yes, the force awakens, which was released towards the end of last year. she loved it. she revelled in the fact that she was back in this role which had made herfamous. she was back in this role which had made her famous. she enjoyed was back in this role which had made herfamous. she enjoyed every minute. she enjoyed getting back

ithink voter. do i think he thinks those things? not really.ng at. i kind of rate what he did. politics is business, every country is like a business. it's no different to running the salon. you are in power, or whatever... you have people influencing and telling you what to do, stuff like that. but, if donald trump can be such a successful businessman, the country isa successful businessman, the country is a business so maybe he will be successful? he makes business decisions... comb it out? yeah, it is looking a bit... laughter funky music change barbers! kanye for president next time! the fog has been a problem in recent days, there was a change on the way. it will take a while for this weather front to heading southwards across the uk. as it does, behind it, cold, cleaner arctic across the uk. as it does, behind it, cold, cleanerarctic air. but that will take a couple of days to happen. there has been sunshine ahead of all of that. this is the view from one of our weather watchers in devon, lovely here. but in kingston, greater london? anyt

ryan knows enough about the bill in this country, ithink.ter being interviewed for the job earlier in the season. the question would be whether ryan would want the job after knowing he was second place originally, but premier league management is few and far between. alan pardew was recently sacked by crystal palace. the birmingham manager was impressive. nigel pearson kept leicester in the premier league to seasons ago. and then there is the wales‘ manager, chris coleman. his stock is high after leading wales to the semifinals in the euro 2016 matches. the worst defence in the premiere league, and only one of the bottom of the table in goal difference. they have recruited well, so the january window, for the next manager, it will be crucial for them staying up. alan curtis and paul williams the coaches will be in charge. the everton manager ronald koeman says he is looking to do business in the january transfer window. reports have linked the club with a move for teenage charlton forward ademola lookman and they‘ve also been linked with man

well, auden, ithink, isjust such a wonderful humane voice.emember when i first started reading auden‘s poetry many years ago, i was so rested by it. i was struck by the stength of the ideas, the complexity of the ideas and the beauty of the language. so he's a poet who manages to say the most profound things about life in a very, very beautiful way. that is an enormous breadth, as you say. and you are a polymath in many ways because you're an academic in the medical law field and then you suddenly discovered that writing was more or less taking over your life. you were producing three, four, five books a year. how do you manage to organise your life to do that? is it meticulously organised? well, you have to be quite careful about organisation if you are doing that number of books each year. i have a season for each of the series. there'll be a period of a few months where i know i have to write the next isabel dalhousie book. you know that is the time when this will be done and you just sit down and do it? that's right. i have to do it. the

i mean, ithink, having written it, the way i feel about it is quite filmic. i see it visually. see the camera spilling out from the boat, i can see the close—up of the hands. but not necessarily through the eyes of the character, if that makes sense. no, indeed. sometimes you are, but in the way that the camera can do that. it's a shifting focus. read us a little bit, including that natural description. maybe the moment which is a crisis in the book. and this is not giving anything away, i mean, he's clearly somebody who believes he's going to come to grief as a result of a storm, an amazing flash of lightning. just read that passage to us. the first lightning strikes out somewhere past the horizon. at first, he thinks it's some sudden glint. the thunder happens moments later, and he feels sick in his guts. a metallic sheen comes to the water, like cutlery, like metal much touched. and you've seen that yourself? i've been there, and not gladly, not hit by lightning. but i've certainly been on the water when the electricity about you changes. and it's this extraordinary collecti

gosh, ithink, you know, i had champagne in very small quantities, and red wine, but eight or nine orut it meant that actually around your parents it doesn't become something to hide, and my brother had the same treatment and both of us, it is a small percentage, but it is true, i think it has to do with the fact that it think it has to do with the fact thatitis think it has to do with the fact that it is a forbidden thing, so i think the relationship of many people with alcohol seems to be a little bit distorted. the attitude is you shouldn't do this, it is bad, and you shouldn't enjoy it, the same with sex and stis and drugs, you should teach people to do it in a way that is responsible and intelligent and sane and you use protection when you have sex and when you drink you make sure you a and if you have to do drugs don't go and if you have to do drugs don't go and buy it from someone down the corner. just be sensible about the way you do these things and then you won't rely on the nhs to pick you up out of the gutter. not that we condone anything here that is illegal, of course. d

so, yes, it is like going into a supermarket, well, ithink yes, it is like going into a supermarket,t is a really good idea, it is trialled in six hospitals, the idea is that they can track and hip replacement that has gone in. so, there is a barcode on your hip? so if something has gone wrong with it, they know where it has gone wrong, who put it in. they will take you when go in so you know who your doctor is. at the moment it is all done in paperform. you would think at the moment it is a good idea. sensible, do you think? absolutely, it is crazy that they rely on paper at the moment. there is the issue that people get metal put into them, they don't know what it is, and if there is a problem later on, they don't know what to blame, and these products are not re called blame, and these products are not recalled in the way they should do, fioi’ as recalled in the way they should do, nor as quickly. speaking of healthcare, the nor as quickly. speaking of healthca re, the sun nor as quickly. speaking of healthcare, the sun at a story, a month to see your gp, patients want they face m

no, ithink already. they are just commercial! no, i think what i do serves the person.ndringham. here's the royals leaving sandringham church. the duke of edinburgh has had a heavy cold himself but he looks quite well there and he's in the company, just in the shadows there, there's prince harry, i think. in the shadows there, there's prince harry, ithink. we in the shadows there, there's prince harry, i think. we can see prince charles as well. he takes his faith very seriously. he's been speaking passionately at in recent days about religious hatred and more welcoming attitude to those fleeing persecution. i dare say we will hear more about that in the queen's speech at 3pm. she is not with them as she has a heavy cold. let's get a check on the weather now. 0ne one or two ambitious hats there. one oi’ one or two ambitious hats there. one or two winter coats. but i don't know that we need them. that's the temperature profile we have at the moment. 13—14dc. the record temperature of the christmas day in the uk's 15. 6 temperature of the christmas day in the uk's 15.6 ce

65, coming up, ithink. he has just got older and nastier.investigating domestic violence and historic sex abuse cases much more assiduously and that's one reason for the rise in today's figures. whether it's growing anger and resentment, or that justice is finally catching up with offenders, more and more older people are ending up on the wrong side of the law. i've come down from the control ce ntre i've come down from the control centre into the armoury room, which as you can see is basically full of weapons. mark is in charge of this room. what have we got here? basically when we have a preplanned firearm operation, officers will come in here and we will issue weapons that they require for thejob here and we will issue weapons that they require for the job from this room. 0ur armed response vehicles can therefore still cater for the spontaneous jobs and then we will cater for the preplanned operations. the rest of the weapons you can see ourfull the rest of the weapons you can see our full training the rest of the weapons you can see ourf

i think, like you, john, ithink, you know, there's a story out there, you know, we want to see the truthvable journey. and good friends, too. here's to good friends. a lot of my life has been spent reporting on people freeing themselves from authoritarian rule. democracy has flourished worldwide. in the 1970s, there were fewer than a0 democracies. today, there are around 100. but democracy hasn't happened in china. and now the chinese government seems to be trying to clamp down in hong kong, despite the promises beijing made at the handover from britain. a bookseller named lam wing kee ran a shop in central hong kong with four colleagues, selling books which were critical of china's leadership. lam was grabbed by the authorities during a trip to the mainland and detained, with no access to a lawyer. his shop closed down. 0k, well, this is it, all absolutely locked up, padlocked and so forth. i can't tell you... perhaps i'm being naive. ..but how shocked i am about this. i've known hong kong for 30 years, it's always a place which is normal and safe and the rule of law applies, and here c

we, ithink, have been warned about that.ands of women, over a 30—year period, who have disappeared and many have been murdered? certain lives seem to be valued less. but there also seems to be something very different when an indigenous woman goes missing or is found murdered, in terms of whether it is the quality of the search, the quality of the investigation, whether it's even deemed a murder, whether it's deemed a suicide or an overdose, or an accident. the charges that are laid out the plea bargaining, the sentencing, the time served, all of that seems to be a very uneven application of justice. i spoke just the other day to the family of a young woman, joey english, whose body was found in a park only a few miles from here, severely brutalised and dismembered. her family are furious. they feel that her death can directly be ascribed to neglect. and you're the minister who is supposed to be taking care of these people. i've heard a lot of those stories. the families are rightfully upset that the lives of their loved one

given more leeway to test the ground with, i think, perhaps. more leeway to test the ground with, ithinkith, i think, perhaps. finally onto the telegraph. i saw you come into the office tonight with a whole load of shopping bags, clearly prepped for christmas. the story here is chaos in store for online shoppers over earlier christmas deadlines. in store for online shoppers over earlier chri5tma5 deadlinesm in store for online shoppers over earlier christmas deadlines. it is all but the shopping on the internet. of course because of rules about when shops will be open, they cannot be open on christmas day. they are on boxing day but know we all go online in this country, more than most countries, christmas day is now a shopping base, so that is what they are saying. will there be a panic as they try —— is now a shopping day. a classic kind of before it happens story, i think. shopping day. a classic kind of before it happens story, i thinklj think it is cold classic skier panic story. honestly, as if people in the run—up to christmas need to be sent into a panic about getting their shopp

this weekend and it will be quite heavy, i think. through this weekend and it will be quite heavy, ithink it will be quite heavy, i think. behind that, we see another pulse of cold air coming down from the north. so day—to—day, it changes. we will keep you up—to—date including weather warnings which have been issued for the fog and i will be back with more details in half an hour's time. this is bbc news. the headlines: ministers reject criticism that plans to require voters to show id at polling stations are a "sledgehammer to crack a nut". the children's commissioner for england warns that four in five young carers aren't receiving the help they need from social services. russian crash investigators examine a recovered flight data recorder recovered from the black sea, to try and discover why the military plane came down on sunday. the prevent anti—extremism programme is defended by leicestershire‘s chief constable — simon cole says some of the criticism of the scheme is "hysterical". also this hour, tributes are paid to the actress, liz smith, who's died at the age of 95. does this thi

that such a kind invitation, ithink i'm than welcome to come down!to see no because i am a chicken when it comes to getting into the cold sea! what makes people do this on the most gluttonous day of the year? christmas, chanukah, sunday, why would you jump into the cold sea? it's quite invigorating and gives you an appetite to eat turkey later in the day. how better to start the day with a nice cold swim? it sounds like lots of people are going to be taking part and will have funds we wish you a very christmas. merry christmas to you, too. i'll give you a free round of golf as a present if you come down! that's my kind of christmas present! here's nick with a look at this morning's weather. the team here are all excellent at theirjob but they're good at other things and nick's secret talent is that he is a really impressive cook. look at this. this is a small sample of what she cooked up for his family for the christmas weekend. —— what he cooked up. the pie is the christmas cake, it is coated in an almond paste that is toasting in the oven and it ha

well, ithink extension of the period of negotiation. that is a matter of interpretation. the treaty shall cease to apply to the state in question from the date of entry to the force of the withdrawal agreement. that can be after 2019 and indeed, is generally understood to be capable of that interpretation by most people and that is why i have been asking this question. i just want clarity about that question. sorry, chairman, in which case, i had misunderstood the question you're asking me earlier. i thought you were asking about the end that the period be extended. that is the negotiating period. you did give a very clear answer to that question. i am asking you a different question. i would expect, asi different question. i would expect, as i hope to have tried to answer in the first place, i would expect us to be able to note is —— to negotiate a deal within the two—year period that is set out. but it may be the case that there are some practical aspects which require a period of instrumentation thereafter. —— implementation. that is

ithink pleased to see the way the germans had reacted. this christmas market now today, there are people coming to look at there are people coming to look at the flowers and the candles in memory of the victims, but also to visit the market itself, to go out and drink mulled wine and eat sausages in a demonstration that life must go on. thank you very much indeed from berlin. you're watching bbc news. let's return to our other developing breaking news. that is about an internal flight in developing breaking news. that is about an internalflight in libya which has been hijacked and diverted to malta. these are the latest pictures we've had in. all flights in and out of malta have been cancelled. this is the live shot here. you can just cancelled. this is the live shot here. you canjust make cancelled. this is the live shot here. you can just make out the tail fin of the airbus a320 owned by afriqiyah airways travelling to tripoli. try itself about 500 kilometres north of libya. we understand that the pilot had originally intended to try an

the delicacy, given the fact that tpp will not go through, given some classic misunderstanding is, ithinkific, including the scale of japan's contribution to defence, i think it really is important to have a early meetings. tpp is not going through, i think there is a need for some substitute in terms ofjoint projects, building exercises and are early meeting i think will be very important in that regard. the music world has been paying tribute to george michael, who died yesterday, from suspected heart failure, at the age of 53. the singer sold more than 100 million albums in a career spanning nearly four decades. his partner said he will never stop missing him. # wham barn, i am a man #. wearing a bikerjacket and a white tee, george michael takes his first steps into the limelight as one half of the pop duo, whami. # if notjust stop, don't get in a rut #. back then, he had big hair and a perma—tan — it was his idea of early ‘80s glam. the reality was a little different. so they stuck us in this hotel that couldn't have been more than 80p a night. audience laughter. i was sleeping the ni

nonetheless, ithink this has shaken people, when it comes, obviously, just a couple of days before christmasolice said anything about how they uncovered this plot? we understand some of these people were known to the police, they were of interest to them and were in the two or three surveillance operation. we understand that time they have been gathering digital evidence, but also seen some of the men carrying out a reconnaissance mission to go to an iconic point within melbourne by the flinders train station, by st paul's cathedral. therefore they decided to escalate their operation to stop these men, to bring them in, in a series of five raids, and within the last couple of hours, the first of those man has appeared before the courts in melbourne. the 26—year—old has been charged with one count of preparing an act of terror. and all those arrested are not recent migrants. that has of course been the focus of the debate in europe. but people who have lived in australia for a long time. yes, what some people refer to as the homegrown terror threat. of the five men, four australian—born but o

ithink teach us how to find some kind of way forward? sure.rorist groups in binary terms. either the group is going to thrive, or essentially it will be killed. but i think it is more useful to recognise the terrorist groups are very often quite fluid, and this explains their longevity. so for example, the mujahideen, after they repelled the soviets from afghanistan, they do not disappear. they thought of a way to reinvent themselves, and basically, they would become or at least elements of them would become al-qaeda. so terrorist groups are whatjessica stern al-qaeda. so terrorist groups are what jessica stern has al-qaeda. so terrorist groups are whatjessica stern has called protein in the sense that they continuously reinvent their political rationale. i think islamic state will undergo the same process. it will abandon it streams of the caliphate in iraq and syria, but it will find some kind of popular reason in order to try to rally people from all over the world —— dreams. the real question is will islamic state continue to thrive in its

so there is hope, ithink, in the sources of pollution. so there is hope, i think, in the future.e? i mean, we need solutions in the near term? sorry, we need to be shutting down coal plants, and the good news is that in the last few months, china has announced over 20 coalfire power pla nts to has announced over 20 coalfire power plants to be shut down, ones they have spent billions of dollars trying to construct, they're now shutting down. the equivalent of all of the uk, and spain's coalfired power plants combined. so there's tremendous commitment, i think, on china's part. there were environmental activists who are saying over the past year that chinese shorts have slackened off because the economy has also slowed down? yes, i think that we should view the journey towards blue skies as sort of a step ladder. this is certainly not a smooth progression towards doing everything that we possibly can, but on — you know, we do have economic pressures. so in recent months, they have allowed steelfired plants — steel plants and aluminium plants, concrete plants to fire up once again n

vintage vladimir putin, an attempt, ithink, to kremlin.he moral high ground. thank you very much. a nationwide ceasefire that came into effect overnight between the syrian government and rebel factions appears to be holding across most of the country, although some clashes have been reported. the deal was brokered by russia and turkey with the backing of iran in an attempt to end the civil war that began in 2011. the united states was not involved. here's richard galpin. this was the moment when the tide of syria's devastating civil war turned. buses lined up earlier this month to evacuate thousands of rebel fighters, defeated in their key stronghold in aleppo. a huge blow to the opposition movement, leaving the syrian regime in a commanding position. and giving the regime an opportunity to negotiate a ceasefire from a position of strength. translation: this reflects the reality that after aleppo's liberation the situation is now different. there is a real opportunity to reach a political solution for the crisis in syria that ends the bloo

ithink the more i have been we will go for. —— yes, you become.learning there are so many south african gins and so are so many south african gins and so many around cape town. so that is a great surprise, yes, enjoying it. the gin market is expected to keep growing as more distilleries continue to search for new flavours with strong local roots, and consumers go in search of the perfect gin and tonic. just time to bring you a tweet... 0ne perfect gin and tonic. just time to bring you a tweet... one of our viewers sent. he has been to one of the memorial services for the victims of the berlin attack, and using the hashtag bbcos he showed us what he could see at brandenburg gate. a beautiful show of solidarity, posting one of these. from aleppo to berlin, we know your pain, someone has pleaded that there. and this one as well. stay tuned to bbc news for all the latest developments, from berlin and all the other main news stories. from here in london, thank you for watching. we have been forecasting some pretty rough weather and that has already arr

no, not at all, ithink we all want a better relationship with russia, the question ought to be, thoughnge in its behaviour to enable such a relationship? because all of the problems we have had have been caused by russian actions, whether it is the cyber hacking, the invasion of neighbours, annexing territory, threatening military use and nuclear use. that was kurt volker, former us ambassador to nato, giving his perspective on this whole situation. we have lots more details and analysis as well on the website and we have up to the minute information on russian and us reaction coming in thick and fast on this story. now, another big story, more than 2a hours since a nationwide ceasefire began across assyria and while it appears to be holding in most areas it has emerged that not all rebel forces consider themselves to be involved. in particular one islamist group, which has links to outsider, has insisted it will continue to fight against the syrian government. our correspondent alan johnston reports. there is a ceasefire but many on the front lines won't put aside their gunsjust yet,

ithink in the going on? how this could have happened? no. just shocked and full of adrenaline. you have no idea what is going on. it tore the lights down. the place had gone dark. we had no idea. the people around us had no idea. the people around us had no idea. and only after it had passed us idea. and only after it had passed us and carried on going past us, it is too reminiscent of what happened in nice. as the vehicle ploughed into the area, just describe what was going on around you. so people registering king, where we had this bank, everybody looked over, because we thought fireworks were going on or something —— were just drinking. people were screaming. it was going so people were screaming. it was going so fast. it must have been going 40 miles an hour. it made no attempt to stop whatsoever. it was terrifying, and everyone around us wasjust in shock. we all got a phone that. my first phone call was to my mother says she knew i was so. people calling emergency services. says she knew i was so. people calling emergency servicesm cha

and now eddie redmayne, damina lewis, ithink tom hiddleston, they all went to eton and...derful actors. i love them. i've worked with tom. they're fantastic. no, it's not the fact that they're all doing brilliantly. it's the fact that it's very hard for working—class kids to... in my day, we subsidised theatre, we got grants, but these days, you can't get a grant for drama school at all. no. so that's a worry, then. where will the next generation of working class actors come from? i don't know. they will not come, presumably, through drama school, obviously. i think things go in cycles, don't they? i do believe that. i was lucky to be on the wave of michael caine, tom courtenay, albert finney — all started it for us in the ‘60s. then in the ‘70s, we really cashed in on that. it was really not good to have a middle—class accent. you'd hear posh people trying to talk like that so they would be accepted. because it wasn't trendy. i was lucky to be part of that. there was no feeling... before that, you had to get rid of any accent you had. do you think hollywood has gotten bet

yeah, ithink opposite of what the former was?hen the origins of the speech today go back a number of months, when it was assumed that secretary of state clinton was going be the new president, and the feeling at that point was, let's do some of the dirty work in terms of outlining an american prescription for peace to save a new clinton administration the political cost of doing and saying certain things. of course, trump's victory at end of that strategy, but, again, as you suggested, it forced the entire political and diplomatic context for these remarks to disappear absolutely, and in the end what you may have is a reaction against them, which in our sense would strengthen the very tendencies that secretary kerry criticised so bitterly. yeah, imean, kerry criticised so bitterly. yeah, i mean, there is obviously a reason why he is doing it now, just a few weeks before he leaves office, and they said also that there was no greater friend to israel than they said also that there was no greaterfriend to israel than be they said al

well, ithink, you know, if that is the intention of the tweet, and i think that would be reading toooint. you know, that is a radically different concept than either the united states or russia have had regarding the role of nuclear weapons. i mean, these weapons are only there to deter nuclear use. these are not usable weapons. they're vitally different from conventional arms. if donald trump intends to hold back proliferation, the spread of nuclear weapons, building up the us nuclear capacity is not going to do any good. it will make the situation worse. in order to deal with north korea, he has got to engage kimjong—un in a dialogue to try to freeze north korea's nuclear and missile testing, which is helping them improve their own nuclear capacity, which is still relatively small, but getting more dangerous. he needs to avoid ripping up the nuclear deal with iran, that is successfully blocking their path to nuclear weapons. so that's the way to hold back proliferation, not to brandish nuclear weapons, and to talk about expanding capacity, at a time when we have far too many than w

ithink so. it is of ourjourney through the veil of tears? i think so. it is what i said before.n two legs and we were humans. is that what keeps you going? you have written a huge number of books, a marvellously —— marvellously successful writer, selling tens of millions of books around the world, and yet he did not wa nt to around the world, and yet he did not want to stop, you want to keep going. it is what i do. iam want to stop, you want to keep going. it is what i do. i am not a woman who has ever gone out, unless it is birthday or christmas, with the girl friends to celebrate something, i went to work on a newspaper when i was 15 and a half, so... newspaper when i was 15 and a half, so... you have been writing since the age of 15, 16, almost every day. i sold my first short story when i was ten years old. as hemingway said you can only call yourself a writer when you're paid for it. so i was paid at the age of ten. who bought it? it was a children's magazine who was always asking for contributions, and my mother liked this story and sent it to them. we were not looking for

ithink it is so, so important for young people to have a voice.y when it comes to working on things that affect us from politics to our everyday lives. hopefully a 17—year—old receiving the queen's honour can be an inspiration to other young people to wa ke inspiration to other young people to wake up and say, today i can bring a change to my community. that is one of those honoured today. joining me now from his home in wallasey is the reverend robert towers nelson, who has been awarded an mbe for his work with the homeless on the wirral. congratulations. thank you, good morning. good morning. let's begin with your work. tell us about that for which you have received this honour. the citation is for work with homeless people and the community of wearable. the main focus of that will be my work with homeless people. i instigated and co—founded a homeless project 25 yea rs co—founded a homeless project 25 years ago, and it has become since then having started as just a temporary night shelter for six weeks in the winter, it has now become a permane

ithink in time. in what way do they mean that? i think in lots of ways. i think...daries in his music. he became a household name for lots of reasons. he combined lots of different music genres. but ijust think combined lots of different music genres. but i just think that, combined lots of different music genres. but ijust think that, in 1998, yes, you had other gay musicians at the time, but for somebody who was a household name, beloved by millions of people, to come out and say, so stridently, how proud they were to be who they were, that they were not going to apologise, that they were not going to feel belittled, that they were not going to be ashamed, was something that i think transformed a lot of attitudes. a lot of people can come out and say, i am gay like george michael. i know people who did. he was very political, somebody who backed labour in the time of thatcherism, supporting the miners during the miners strike. when his mum died, and he loved her so much, he put on a benefit gig for nhs nurses. during the iraq war, when it was an fanciful —— unfash

i mean, ithink, you know, the conservative government's commitment in the 19805 to introduce a poll taxtment quite recently to hold a referendum, without thinking through what its consequences might be. as for mrs thatcher, the poll tax ended her career, but not before the files reveal westminster council threatened her with a fine if she didn't complete her own poll tax registration on time. nick higham, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. good morning. some contrasting weather conditions to close out our final few days of 2016. take, for example, yesterday. it was cold and foggy in the south—east pretty much all day for some of us. temperatures just a couple of degrees above freezing, and not much to be seen from the london eye. by contrast, into the south—west, it was a beautiful afternoon with plenty of sunshine, as seen by this weather watcher's photo in st ives. 12 degrees the high here, and it was mild in the north and west of scotland as well. but it is going to turn increasingly wet and windy. high pressure, though, into the south just hangs on, and so fog certainly going

yes, well, ithink they know who they are looking for?e details are still quite vague. you're right, now it seems, they are possibly looking for a tunisian suspect. they don't know that many details about who they are looking for and about why they are looking for and about why the attack took place. yesterday, the attack took place. yesterday, the debate was about whether was this was an asylum seeker to carried out the attack. we knew a lot of details about this suspect, he was detained and questioned for hours, but there was no forensic evidence found on him. police say that makes it highly unlikely that he had anything to do with the attack or the lorry because it was a brutal murder of the original driver in that cabin of the truck that experts say it is unlikely that the suspect would have had no dna orforensic evidence on him. so now the hunt goes on. there is no real evidence who this might be. we don't know any identity of who they're looking for and we don't really know the motivation behind the attack because although it looks

ithink it is in danger but i do not think it is in danger but i do not think it is in danger but i doyou take what's happening on the ground, it is still possible. it's becoming increasingly difficult, it's also becoming more difficult, it's also becoming more difficult in the sense that more people on both sides are despairing of the two—state solution. if you follow opinion polls in both israel and in the palestinian authority, you will see them see that there was a majority in favour of the two—state solution for but as kerrey said, it is theoretical in the sense that they cannot see how to achieve it. the more there is a stalemate and the more there is no progress towards peace, the more people will despair of that solution and the more difficult it will become. that is certainly a concern for me, as someone is certainly a concern for me, as someone who believes in a two—state solution and has spent over two decades of his life negotiating peace with the palestinians. what do you expect of donald trump when he comes into the white house? has been tweeting that israels should stand

as doctors, ithink, the passing one on? not at all.ook and see it. but a patient, when people have trouble or worries you have to help them and help them get to the right place and get the right diagnosis. sometimes you have to do what suits them and when it is the right time for them. sometimes you will have people who do not want to pursue an active diagnosis and you need to back off sometimes. you try really hard to get a diagnosis that you cannot get them into memory clinics or secondary care. it is far better than that is certainly, doctors are not... something interesting fare about some people not wanting the diagnosis. tell us about these conversations. have you even start a conversation like that? it isa even start a conversation like that? it is a difficult conversation. a diagnosis of dementia is... it is a fairly serious life changing diagnosis not only to yourself but for your loved ones and people around you. there are people who do not want an answer. and i'm sure you probably see this. you sometimes have family or carer

wednesday, wednesday morning in particular, i think, to wednesday, wednesday morning in particular, ithinkrticular, i think, is a candidate for some very thick, perhaps even widespread fog across parts of england, particularly central, southern south—eastern errors, and this high pressure will stick around through wednesday, and into thursday, but in the north—west of the country, low pressures a re pressures are trying to push them, so pressures are trying to push them, so there will be contrast across the uk as we slowly edged toward the end of the year. so north—western parts of the year. so north—western parts of the year. so north—western parts of the uk, scotland, northern ireland, probably more likely to have more of a breeze, may be some rain at times, the further south and east you are you are likely to have some bright weather, but remember that there is no risk of thick, widespread, perhaps widespread fog, across more southern areas. widespread, perhaps widespread fog, across more southern areas. as we head to the new year on the cost of the old and the new year, there's going t

ithink mother who work. they had the cars, colleges, you know.nk all pa rents colleges, you know. i think all parents work. don't they? especially as they have a divorce. that is the thing. your third husband left you bankrupt, didn't he? the second one with the bankrupt first stop and the third husband, he just left with the bankrupt first stop and the third husband, hejust left with with the bankrupt first stop and the third husband, he just left with all the money. that must be very difficult because as a hollywood star you had amassed a huge amount of money until your second and third marriages. i know, but husband spent a lot of money. i called shop all day on what they spend. do you regret that you trusted your husband is so much financially and in the end itjust didn't work out that for one reason or another in the case your second husband he gambled a lot, didn't he? in the second husband, the hotel complex it didn't work out? as a woman, i must answer you honestly. when you fall in love you honestly. when you fall in love you do not real

central london tonight is reassuring to most people, i think, tonight is reassuring to most people, ithinktonight is reassuring to most people, i think, who have turned out to see the fireworks, but it is also a reminder of the security threat that this event and events around the world face tonight. the operation as a huge feat. there are 3000 stewards on duty tonight, in addition to the 3000 or so metropolitan police officers, some of them aren't, who are on duty around the city. most of the central london area was closed off after around two o'clock this afternoon. after several hours, there has been no traffic through the city at all. that is just one part of this operation. 100,000 people will be packing out the ease of viewing areas between miller and midnight. whining about 20 people along the embankment. they are here to see what promises to be another spectacular display. london is now established as one of the best in the world. we will get 12 minutes of fireworks after big ben chimes at midnight, all carefully choreographed and synchronise to be specially chosen soundtrack, whic

how is it proportional to kick out a few diplomats and freeze -- ithink all americans think is it the an attack. we do not really know what has he russiansed that is classified don't report it and our government can't tell us because of the nature of the intelligence i. think the further point here is to agree with noelle, is this idea that donald trump has to walk a really fine line here because the closer --wish is not our friend but donald trump needs russia in any type of counterweight to china. so, for him to take on the chinese, take on their bad trade policies, currency manipulation, he has to fine a way to, one, slap putin on the hand, and, two, work with him to counterbalance the chinese. so a tough spot. >> what do you make of putin response today. historically the russians retaliate in kick, kick out x number of diplomats. didn't do it this time. it's curious, isn't is, that here's putin trying to portray himself and maybe he is being gracious and magnanimous, and characterizing in clear and con size terms that barack obama is utterly irrelevant. >> yes, and that's a slap i

for me, when i think about the challenges in front of us, ithink about the people i grew up with in my neighborhood . most of all, the american people are for great and determination, a sense of fairness, equity and balance. there's no quit in the american people. they get up area they move forward. and i'm really proud of what barack and i did for the economy, more than 15 million new jobs after losing more than 800,000 new jobs the day we got sworn in, that month. lowest unemployment rate in 2007, rescuing the auto industry but the truth is because of the changingnature of the economy, globalization, digitalization is a roadblock, the depth of this great recession , there's still people that got left behind. my dad used to say, i don't expect the government to solve my problems but i do expect them to understand it area to understand my problem. it's not an accident, the highest rate of suicide as white men between the ages of 40 and 55. the greatest of use of opioids is not in black neighborhoods or are eight's, it was white men. the only people in america with a life expectancy has

our correspondent andrew black is in edinburgh for us, and it is a broad night, ithink andrew black istage. it has been a great night in edinburgh. a sell—out night so here on princes street and the surrounding area we have 75,000 people gathering to see in 2017 and the bells, and all of that will be beamed around the world to 1 billion people. police have been very vigilant tonight for anything, of course, following the incident in early on, but they have had a very proportionate response to tonight. they have wanted to make sure people we re they have wanted to make sure people were having fun, while making sure everything was safe. now we are just building up to the main event of the night, that is the gigantic fireworks display which is going to be launched from the battlements of edinburgh castle. we are told that is the most intense six minutes of fireworks you will see anywhere in the uk, and infact even fireworks you will see anywhere in the uk, and in fact even if you are not in edinburgh you will still see the fireworks and the accompanying laser show for more than 20 miles a

it is so hard to say this, but, for example, ithink adele is a once in a decade artist.f those. the beatles of course. very, very high up that ladder. one thing i will say, though, very high up that ladder. one thing iwill say, though, is very high up that ladder. one thing i will say, though, is that people never seemed to have just enough talent, they have either got so much talent, they have either got so much talent it is in abundance, or not quite enough. when you have got that much talent, it is really hard to turn off, you know, the switch. someone like elton john turn off, you know, the switch. someone like eltonjohn was probably writing a song right now, you know. i think that is one of the issues. people turn to all sorts of ways to relax, and it is a very challenging life, if your mind is on all the time. fantastic to talk to you, thank you so much sharing your memories and singing the song for us, which was wonderful itself. simon climie, many thanks to you, thank you for your memories. just to say there is much more for you online, looking back at george mic