opened in kenya connecting the port of mombasa with a couple of my robey it'll soon be extended to lake victoria the total price tag eight billion dollars even though kenya needs the infrastructure the real deal with china poses many questions. there's no way if its bid to keep trains on the new nairobi mombasa link looking speak in spanish they're not just an infrastructure project they're important to the image of progress that kenya wants to project and that includes the polish presentation of the train stuff at morning roll call. the four hundred seventy two kilometers of railway line cost around three and a half billion euros the chinese state stumped up most of the capital chinese companies laid the tracks and delivered around sixty diesel locomotives and seventeen hundred carriages the opening of this artery of communications in eastern africa is a great achievement of the friendship between china and kenya in the new era it is also the chrysalis zation of the win win and mutually beneficial cooperation between china and kenya. this stretch is just the beginning they are a big plans afoot

soon the line will be extended all the way to lake victoria. the total price tag -- $8 billion u.s.n though kenya needs massive infrastructure investment, the railway agreement with china raises many questions. reporter: there's no effort spared to keep trains on the new nairobi link looking spic and span. but they are not just in infrastructure project -- they are important to the image of progress that kenya wants to project. that includes the polished presentation of the train staff at rollcall. the 472 kilometers of railway line cost around 3.5 billion euros. the chinese state put up most of the capital. chinese companies laid the tracks and delivered around 60 diesel locomotives and 1700 carriages. >> the opening of this artery of communications in eastern africa is a great achievement of the friendship between china and kenya in the new era. it is also the crystallization of the win-win in mutually beneficial cooperation between china and kenya. reporter: this stretch is just a beginning. there are big plans afoot for expanding kenya's rail network. this line links the capital

nairobi it's finance and operated by chinese firms soon the line will extend all the way to move on lake victoria the total price tag eight billion us dollars even though kenya needs massive investment in infrastructure the railway agreement with china raises many questions. there is no effort spared to keep trains on the new nairobi mombasa link looking spick and span they're not just an infrastructure project they are important to the image of progress that kenya wants to project and that includes the polish presentation of the train stuff at morning roll call the four hundred seventy two kilometers of railway line cost around three and a half billion euros the chinese state stumped up most of the capital chinese companies laid the tracks and delivered around sixty diesel locomotives and seventeen hundred carriages through the opening of this artery of communications in eastern africa is a great achievement of the friendship between china and kenya in the new era it is also the chrysalis zation of the win win and mutually beneficial cooperation between china and kenya. this stretch is just the

two people were killed in a nightclub fire in kisumu on lake victoria in kenya.trical fault may have been the cause. the renowned mexican crime journalist gumaro perez has been shot and killed while attending a christmas celebration at his son's school. he is one of 12 journalists to have been killed in mexico this year. no one has been arrested over the killing. that's on bbc mundo. cardinal bernard law has died aged 86 in rome. he was forced to resign as archbishop of boston 15 years ago over a church sex abuse scandal. back to this tax reform in the us. let's give you some details. it'll lower corporate taxes from 35% to 21%. the argument for this is that if corporations benefit, so do many americans. the president has only one thing at the top of his mind. ultimately what does it mean? it meansjobs, jobs, ultimately what does it mean? it means jobs, jobs, jobs. the tax rates for individuals will also drop, at least until 2025. the highest earners who get a 2% cut. if you look right across the spectrum, the bipartisan tax policy centre put out this data which

lakes. now on bbc news, victoria derbyshire takes a look back at the exclusive interviews and films which have

lakes. now on bbc news, victoria derbyshire takes a look back at the exclusive interviews and films which have her programme in 2017. hello and welcome to our programme. over the next 30 minutes we will bring you some exclusive interviews and original reports that we have broadcast over the last 12 months. earlier this year we reported on how police risk assessment forms were used against predominantly black music artists. form 696 was used as a risk assessment for certain concerts but, as explained, the events targeted seem to attract similar audiences. we don't question it any longer. we just know they try to shut us down. there should be a review of the whole 696 process. so would you say that form 696 is racist? yes. it is a big tidal wave of...positive things. that's why i'm not complaining. it is all great, it's all blessings. stormzy hit number one with his debut album gang signs and prayers a few weeks back and broke records, including racking up the most first week streams for a number one album in chart history. attention is so strong on grime right now that when he freestyles about

. >> reporter: their 12-year-old daughter, victoria, now has a pink carpet. >> her bed came from lakehe dresser and the bookshelf came from a friend in concorde. >> reporter: her six-year-old brother, alex, sleeps on the bed bought with the help of gift cards from community groups. he plays at a table full of donated legos. >> we had a mountain of legos, the old house. he has been getting donations from people. that is one of the things to get him back to normal. >> reporter: the christmas tree is already up. decorated by ornaments that have come from family, friends, and even strangers. the train, it is right where it should be. >> new train set. a train was important for our son. >> reporter: while there -- while there are things that cannot be replaced. >> toasting goblets from our wedding. >> reporter: [laughter] it was one of the first things that she found. those two eiffel towers were on the property, the orange one is all rested because of the fire. >> reporter: the hickman say they feel lucky. lucky after searching for almost two months, there up, twinkie, finally made it to

. >> reporter: their 12-year-old daughter, victoria, now has a pink carpet. >> or baked come from lakenty, the dresser and the bookshelf came from france in concord. >> reporter: her six-year-old brother, alex, sleeps on the bed bought with the help of gift cards from community groups. he plays at a table full of donated legos. >> we had a mountain of legos, the old house. he has been getting donations from people. that is one of the things to get him back to normal. >> reporter: the christmas tree is already up. decorated by ornaments that have come from family, friends, and even strangers. the train, it is right where it should be. >> new train set. a train was important for our son. >> reporter: while there -- while there are things that cannot be replaced. >> toasting goblets from our wedding. it was one of the first things that she found. those two eiffel towers were on the property, the orange one is all rested because of the fire. >> reporter: the hickman say they feel lucky. lucky after searching for almost two months, there up, twinkie, finally made it to a neighbor's house. >

victoria has a pic carpet. >> her bed came from up in lake county. her dresser and the book shelf came from friends in concord. >> 6-year-old brother alex sleeps on a bed bought with gift cards. >> this is a bed. >> he plays at a table full of donated legos. >> we had a mountain of legos at the old house. and he has been getting donations from people, that was one of the things to try to get him back to normal. >> and the christmas tree is already up. decorated by ornaments that have come from family, friends an even strangers, and the train, it's right where it should be. >> new train set, train was really important for our son, he loves trains. >> and while there are of course thing that can't be replaced. >> this is were our toasting gone let from our wedding. yeah. one of the thing things that she found. >> those two eiffel tower were on the property. the orange one is all rusted because of the fire. >> the hick mans say they feel lucky, lucky after searching for almost two months their cat finally made it it to a neighbor's house. >> december 1s

. >> the 12-year-old daughter, victoria, now has a pink carpet. >> her bed came from lake county.er dresser on the bookshelf came from friends in concorde. >> her 6-year-old, brother alex, has a bed from ikea. >> he plays at a table filled with donated legos. mag we had a mountain of legos at the old house. he has been getting donations from people. that was one of the things to try to get him back to normal. >> the christmas tree is already up. it's decorated by ornaments that have come from family, friends, and strangers. the train is right where it should be. >> that the new train set. that's important for our son. he loves trains. >> while there are, of course, things that cannot be replaced. to mac these are our toasting goblets from our wedding. [ laughter ]>> that was one of the first things she found. those two eiffel towers were on the property. the orange one is all rusted, because of the fire. >> the hickman's say they feel lucky. after two months, there cat twinkie made it to a neighbors house. >> on december 1, i checked my facebook page, there'd was from my neighbor.