richard lister reports. it isa it is a battle over american values

richard lister, bbc news. m.ed. m. ed. investigation is m.ed.tigation is taking place after a person was killed after a house fire. police said the fire was targeted and wilful —— a murder investigation. garden villages have been announced in order to create new homes. the new villagers must include green spaces and good transport links. the government says the plans will help provide vital homes in rural campaigners have warned there is still strong opposition to some of the projects. much more on this story is coming up at six o'clock on bbc breakfast. dan walker will also have the rest of the day's news and sport, including

richard lister, bbc news.ng you a hgppy i will leave you by wishing you a happy new year. time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello, i'm marc edwards and this is sport today, from the bbc sport centre. coming up on our programme: arsenal move up to third in the english premier league, after a giroud wonder strike against crystal palace. mourinho is not happy. the special one slams the ivory coast for wanting to take one of his players early for the africa cup of nations. and world number one andy murray still rates novak djokovic as the biggest threat this year. hello, and thanks forjoining us here on sport today. we are going to kick off the show in the english premier league, where arsenal are up to third after a 2—0 win over crystal palace at the emirates, 0liver giroud grabbing all the headlines with an outrageous scorpion back—heel to open the scoring in the first half. he will be thinking he has got one of the contenders for goal of the season. alex iwobi added another in the second half, bu

richard lister reports.tlarova, killed in an apparent hit—and—run crash last night, a crash that also left her 11—year—old cousin critically ill. when we ran there, she was on the floor. she had blood all over herface, and i was touching her, i was trying to see if she's going to breathe or something, but she couldn't breathe or nothing. and i've seen herface, this face was all, you know, bleeding and... there was nothing...to do. her sister said the two girls were crossing ashton road and holding hands when they were hit by a black vw golf which sped away. police went to speak to anyone who saw that cart ora to speak to anyone who saw that cart or a dark—coloured peugeot 807 singing area. they have also appealed for the driver of a white then on the same stretch of road to come forward —— seeing in the area. specially trained officers were supporting the girls' families. richard lister, bbc news. m.ed. m. ed. investigation is m.ed. investigation is taking place after a person was killed after a house fire.

richard lister, bbc news.he headlines on bbc news: police in turkey continued to hunt for a gunman who launched an attack on a nightclub in istanbul, killing 39 people. here, police arrest five men after a car hit two girls in oldham last night, killing one and leaving the other in a critical condition in hospital. the royal family attends a new year's day church service in sandringham, but without the queen, who still has a heavy cold. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are caroline frost, entertainment editor at the huffington post. and robert fox, defence editor at the london evening standard. welcome to you both, and happy new year. we haven't got long, so we have to press on. we have the time to ta ke have to press on. we have the time to take a bit longer at 11:30pm. the telegraph headlines the government's plan to build new garden towns in england to try to alleviate the housing crisis. it also reports on the hunt for the gunman who attacked

richard lister, bbc news.gunman who killed 39 people in an attack on a nightclub in istanbul. here, police arrest five men after a 12—year—old girl was killed in a collision in oldham — her 11—year—old cousin remains in a critical condition. the queen misses a new year's day church service in sandringham as she recovers from a heavy cold. the telegraph headlines the government's plan to build new garden towns in england to try to alleviate the housing crisis. it also reports on the hunt for the gunman who attacked an istanbul nightclub. the daily mail chooses to focus on the queen missing churchdue the daily mail chooses to focus on the queen missing church due to illness, saying she has not been seen in public for 2h days. the guardian reports the demand from a top gp that the government must drop its plans to guarantee access to doctors at weekends or risk cuts to weekday services. thousands of patients are waiting for hip and knee operations, according to the daily express. it also quotes princess anne, who

richard lister reports.e men, aged from 18 to 59, are still in custody and are being questioned about the crash, which killed 12—year—old helina kotlarova and critically injured her cousin, zaneta krokova, who's11. when we ran there, she was on the floor. she had blood all over herface, and i was touching her, i was trying to see if she's going to breathe or something, but she couldn't breathe or nothing. and i've seen herface, this face was all, you know, bleeding and... there was nothing...to do. helina's sister said the two girls were crossing ashton road and holding hands when they were hit hit a black vw golf, which sped away. police want to speak to anyone who saw that car, or a dark—coloured peugeot 807 seen in the area. they have also appealed for the driver of a white van which was on the same stretch of road to come forward. greater manchester police said specially trained officers were supporting the girls‘ families. richard lister, bbc news. one ofjeremy corbyn's closest allies has suggested the

richard lister reports.t we are going to evacuate basically that we are going to eva cuate eve ryo ne basically that we are going to evacuate everyone back home today. today? yes, today. it is not what they wanted to hear, tourists in the gambia have been told it is not safer them to stay. thomas cook has five aircraft to bring almost a thousand of its package tourists home. for those now gathering at banjul airport, it's been a stressful day. we just think really it is overkill and they are just trying to frighten people. to me, it feel stupid, because this will all be over within 2a and is the 48 hours. be over within 24 and is the 48 hours. asking us to leave is unnecessary i think at the moment, but i understand that we need to do it. tension in the gambia has been building for weeks. residents are fleeing the capital, as are some government ministers, as the political crisis threatens to become violent. at its centre, this man, azzedine yahya jammeh, who has refused to accept the results of last month's

richard lister, bbc news.ended the measures on twitter, arguing that the us needed strong borders and what he called extreme vetting of new arrivals. speaking on nbc television's ‘meet the press' programme, the president's chief of staff, reince priebus, defended the executive order, claiming it didn't cause chaos at airports across the country: i think its one of these things, and if you ask a lot of the people at the customs and border patrol, they would just tell you you got to rip off the band—aid and you have to move forward. it wasn't chaos, the fact of the matter is 325,00 people from foreign countries came into the united states yesterday and 109 people were detained for further questioning most of those people were moved out. we got a couple dozen more that remain and i would suspect as long as they are not awful people they will move through before a half a day today and perhaps some of these people should be detained further and if they are folks that should not be in this country they are going to

richard lister, bbc news.bcam is samira asgari, an iranian researcher who was barred from flying to the us for her new post doctoraljob. and give it talking to us on bbc news. this presumably al came as a bit of a shock. yes, it was an extreme shock, i have been preparing for this position for months, now, and finally my visa came after administrative processing and i was ready to go and i am there at the gates to take my flight to boston andi gates to take my flight to boston and i am not allowed on, iam gates to take my flight to boston and i am not allowed on, i am of course shocked and frustrated. who spoke to you about that?|j course shocked and frustrated. who spoke to you about that? i opened my gate and scanned the boarding pass but they wouldn't let me through and as soon as it did not a man was waiting for me, calling me by my last name and asking me to talk to him, metres away from the front desk, and he told me that he is the consulate of the united ‘s dates of america in frankfurt and he told me t

richard lister has more. three, two, one!e capital, creating the busiest night of the for the london ambulance service. its control room keeps watch over more than 600 square miles and 7 million people, using a sophisticated computer system. but just after midnight, that system failed. the computer crash meant that all call details had to be written down. call handlers couldn't see where the ambulances were. they had to use radios to contact paramedics. inevitably, that meant delays. we do deal with the most critically ill and seriously patients first, and we continued to do that last night. obviously, i'd like to apologise to any patients who did have a slightly extended waiting time while we were dealing with the system on paper. the london ambulance service says because it has no computer record, it doesn't know exactly how many calls it dealt with last night. these were some of the incidents they attended, but there were hundreds more. if the system fails at a time when there is huge pressure on the system, when, for exam

richard lister reports.to 59, are still in custody and are being questioned about the crash, which killed 12—year—old helina kotlarova and critically injured her cousin, zaneta krokova, who's11. when we ran there, she was on the floor. she had blood all over herface, and i was touching her, i was trying to see if she's going to breathe or something, but she couldn't breathe or nothing. and i've seen herface, this face was all, you know, bleeding and... there was nothing...to do. helina's sister said the two girls were crossing ashton road and holding hands when they were hit hit a black vw golf, which sped away. police want to speak to anyone who saw that car, or a dark—coloured peugeot 807 seen in the area. they have also appealed for the driver of a white van which was on the same stretch of road to come forward. greater manchester police said specially trained officers were supporting the girls‘ families. richard lister, bbc news. the first 1a areas in england to be selected for so—called garden villages

richard lister, bbc news. couldn't get there in time.ender in october. it's being changed to protect it from counterfeiters. new designs have also been unveiled for the £2 coin and the 50p piece. in the first premier league action of the new year, a goal—of—the—season contender action of the new year, helped arsenal beat crystal palace at the emirates. their north london rivals tottenham, meanwhile, beat a lacklustre watford 4—1 meanwhile, to move into the top four for the first time since october. katie gornall was watching. for the first time since october. in nature, yellow and black is meant to signal danger, but it turns out tottenham had little to fear from the hornets of vicarage road. had little to fear kieran trippier isn't spurs' first choice at right back, but here's one way to catch the boss's eye. the pass was perfect and harry kane did the rest. six minutes later, this double act had their encore. trippier to kane, 2—0. act had their encore. christmas may have been and gone, but the home side were in a gift—giving mood. and

richard lister reports. news, it is basically that we are going to evacuate everyone back home today. today? yes, today. it is not what they wanted to hear, tourists in the gambia have been told it is not safe for them to stay. thomas cook has sent five aircraft to bring almost 1000 of its package tourists home. for those now gathering at banjul airport, it's been a stressful day. we just think really it is overkill and they are just trying to frighten people. to me, it feels stupid, because this will all be over within 2a hours to 48 hours. asking us to leave is unnecessary i think at the moment, but i understand that we need to do it. tension in the gambia has been building for weeks. residents are fleeing the capital, as are some government ministers, as the political crisis threatens to become violent. at its centre, this man, president yahya jammeh, who has refused to accept the results of last month's elections and declared a state of emergency. if the situation is allowed to continue, it may lead to a

to get more clarification on this statement, we'rejoined by our correspondent, richard lister. of coverage today of mo farah and also a british mp. this clarification, does it make things clear because it seems to be contrary to what we have heard? things clear because it seems to be contrary to what we have heard ?m is certainly good news for mo farah, but basically the foreign and commonwealth office has put on its website a statement 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 app

our correspondent, richard lister, joins me now with the latest.ave a sense of how widespread these cancellations are? the royal couege these cancellations are? the royal college of surgeons says it is happening across the u k, notjust in nhs england. they say that they we re in nhs england. they say that they were hearing anecdotally that there we re were hearing anecdotally that there were more cancellations and postponements at the end of last year, so they have triggered a survey amongst hospitals in the country to find out the extent of the problem. —— amongst all hospitals. they haven't got the definitive statistics but they tell me that large numbers are having to postpone cancer surgeries and that so postpone cancer surgeries and that so far, in the past two weeks, it has affected dozens of cancer patients. and why are they saying that this is happening specifically now? because of the pressure on the nhs, half the hospitals in england required a major alert in the first week of the year because of the pressure on nhs resources. and they do

our correspondent, richard lister, has given me more details. college of surgeons says it is happening across the uk, notjust in nhs england. they say that they were hearing anecdotally that there were more cancellations and postponements at the end of last amongst all hospitals in the country to find out the extent of the problem. they haven't got the definitive statistics but they tell me that large numbers are having to postpone cancer surgeries and that so far, in the past two weeks, it has affected dozens of cancer patients. and why are they saying that this is happening specifically now? because of the pressure on the nhs, half the hospitals in england declared a major alert in the first week of the year because of the pressure on nhs resources. and they don't have the inpatient beds available to be able to ensure that every person who is due to have cancer surgery can have space in a hospital and have it done and have care when they come out of surgery. the pressure on the resources is the problem. it is upsetting for the cancer patients

come after chaos at airports yesterday when travellers with legal visas were turned away — as richard listerthis is what america looks like. they were waiting for these lawyers to emerge after fighting for two iraqi men held on arrival in the us despite having american visas. it is a challenging case for mr trump's authority. the judge in a nutshell sort through what the covenant was doing and gave us what the covenant was doing and gave us what we wanted which was to block the trump order and not allow the government to remove anybody who has come and who he has caught up in the order nationwide. they cannot remove anybody. it is only temporary, though. the ruling will be reviewed next month when there is no directive about what should happen 110w directive about what should happen now to the dozens of illegal immigrants —— legal immigrants detained across the country at airports. at chicago airport authorities released 17 migrants detained, but for them and thousands of others the freedom to come and go from the youth as freely has now ended. —— to go from the us freely. this is including

richard lister reports.t isa it is a battle over american values and it's going on all across the county. in columbus ohio last night it was met with pepper spray. in dallas, texas, there was a silent vigil and concern over what the future holds. we came from mexico. things aren't great there now. do deny something an opportunity to build a future seems completely wrong. the most significant protest came from sally yates, an abomb ma appointee asked by president trump to stay on as acting attorney general. she said it was her duty to stand for what is white. she was sacked within hours. a furious white house said she betrayed her department and accused her of being very weak on illegal immigration. teeth ex-from the nation... this he can tiff order may be controversial but polling suggests at least half the country supports this ban against predominately muslim nations. these seven nations, one, they are not our friends and are not willing to provide the necessary background information on their nationals fo

here's our correspondent richard lister. the blustery conditions are not portend for the meeting to come. washington has rolled out the red carpet for mrs may but the prime minister will have to tread carefully with the commercial president who is used to getting his own way. our priority is to lay the groundwork for a trade deal to counterbalance britain's departure from the eu. 0n the quayside in liverpool, cars bound for the us and construction equipment, too. president trump has promised a building boom and britain wants a pa rt building boom and britain wants a part of that. if we can get a slice of that we can export the goods he needs to carry on with the construction. britain's trading relationship with the us is already healthy. the value of our exports to them is £16 billion. 0ne fifth of uk global exports. we sell them more than we buy with imports totalling £35 billion. we export more to the us than to any other country. but we are only america's fifth biggest market. we need them more than they need us. in his f

short time ago at the start of his first full working week at the white house. 0ur correspondent richard listerof his in tray. this is donald trump's workplace now. he is embarking on a programme of radical change. he had the oval office redecorated, too, bringing in gold curtains and a bust of winston churchill. he said today would be his first proper working day. so what was his to—do list look like? if he sticks to his campaign promises, it looks like this. near the top is repeal of 0bama care. the former president's health—care reforms which trump actually began dismantling on friday. he says he will withdraw from the transpacific trade partnership with 12 pacific rim countries. the white house insists that will happen. mr trump said he would also abolish gun free zones in places like schools on day one. though that will take legislation. then there is this.|j would legislation. then there is this.” would very very strongly get rid of the attack on the border. we have a border like a piece of swiss cheese. people are pouring through. that border will be this big single first thing i do. he

here's our correspondent richard lister. minister began her day in the chill winter sunshine of arlington national cemetery. on the quayside in liverpool, correspond with the united states and construction equipment, too. president trump has promised a building boom and britain wants a pa rt building boom and britain wants a part of that. if we can get a slice of that, we can give him the contribution he is looking at. the uk exports goods to america worth £45 billion, that is a fifth of uk global exports, and britain was maxell elsmore goodson buys, with imports totalling £35 billion. we export more to the us than any other country, but the america's fifth biggest market, we need them more than they need us. in his first because president, donald trump said repeatedly that the strategy will be to buy american, higher american. although he wants bilateral trade deals, they come with conditions attached. we want to deal with the ones that treat us well and that they don't treat us well we will give them a 30 day notice of ter

our correspondent, richard lister, has the latest. no hate, no fear! refugees are welcome here!battle over american values and it's going on all across the county. in columbus, ohio last night it was met with pepper spray. in dallas, texas there was a silent vigil and concern about what the future holds. we came from mexico. things, unfortunately, aren't great there now. to deny somebody the opportunity to build a future seems completely wrong. the most significant protest came from sally yates, an obama appointee asked by president trump to stay on as acting attorney general until his own pick in confirmed. in a letter to the government's lawyers she said it was her duty to stand for what is right and... she was sacked within hours. a furious white house said she betrayed her department and accused her of being "very weak" on illegal immigration. president trump wants this man in thejob. he is a controversial choice quote dogged by allegations of racism. no racism. note jeff sessions. democrats said senator sessions. democrats said senator sessions would put politics before cou

here's our correspondent, richard lister. in arlington cemetery, paying her respects to america's war dead. security is at the heart of the meeting but so is trade, it is hope of a future deal driving this visit. in liverpool, cars bound for the united states and construction equipment as well. president trump has promised a building boom and britain wants a part of that. if we get a slice of that we can export the goods he needs. britain has a good trading relationship with the united states. one fifth of uk global exports go to the us, and britain sells more than it buys with imports totalling £35 billion. we export more to the us than we do to any other country. but we are only america's fifth biggest market. we need them more than they need us. in his first week as president, donald trump has said repeatedly his strategy will be "buy american, hire american." and although he wants bilateral trade deals they'll come with conditions attached. we want to deal with the ones that treat us well, and if they don't treat us well

our news correspondent richard lister reports. this is donald trump's workplace, now.chill. he said today will be his first proper working day. so what does his to—do list look like? if he sticks to his campaign promises for day one, it looks like this. near the top is repeal obamacare. the former president's healthcare reforms which donald trump actually began dismantling on friday. he's said he'll withdraw from the transpacific trade partnership with 12 pacific rim countries. the white house insists that will happen. president trump said on day one, he would also abolish gun free zones in places like schools, but that will take legislation. and then there's this. i would very, very strongly get rid of the attack on the border. we have a border that is like a piece of swiss cheese. people are pouring through. that border will be the single first thing i do. he has changed his position on the new border wall, suggesting it wouldn't be built along the whole border and he might not insist mexico pay for it upfront. but his supporters will expect some action quickly. and

richard lister reports.ws, it is basically that we are going to evacuate everyone back home today. today? yes, today. it's not what they wanted to hear, tourists in the gambia have been told it's not safe for them to stay. thomas cook has five aircraft to bring almost 1,000 of its package tourists home. it will offer flights for 2,500 travellers in the coming days. for those now gathering at banjul airport, it's been a stressful day. wejust think really it is overkill and they are just trying to frighten people. to me, it feels stupid, because this will all be over within 24 and is the 48 hours. asking us to leave is unnecessary i think at the moment, but i understand that we need to do it. tension in the gambia has been building for weeks. residents are fleeing the capital, as are some government ministers, as the political crisis threatens to become violent. at its centre, this man, president yahya jammeh, who has refused to accept the results of last month's elections and declared a state of emergency. if

him from inside out and i don't want to go down that route, i really don't. 0ur correspondent richard listerthe warning from the royal college of surgeons. it's not just it's notjust a problem for nhs england, they've been hearing it every day. they have triggered a survey amongst all the hospitals in the country to find out the extent of the problem. they say they haven't got the definitive statistics yet but they tell me large numbers of hospitals from across the uk are having to postpone cancer surgeries and that so far, just in the last two weeks, it has affected dozens of cancer patients. why are they saying this is happening specifically now then? simply because of the pressure on the nhs. half of hospitals in england declared a major alert in the first week of the year because of the pressure on nhs resources and they simply don't have the inpatient beds to make sure every person who is due to have cancer surgery can have space in hospital to have it done and of course when they come out of surgery for the care they need. that's the problem, it is the pressure on resources. and obviou

richard lister reports. no fear — refugees are welcome here!battle over american values and it's going on all across the county. in columbus, ohio last night it was met with pepper spray. in dallas, texas there was a silent vigil and concern about what the future holds. we came from mexico. things, unfortunately aren't great there now. to deny somebody the opportunity to build a future seems completely wrong. the most significant protest came from sally yates, an 0bama appointee asked by president trump to stay on as acting attorney general until his own pick in confirmed. in a letter to the government's lawyers she said it was her duty to stand for what is right and... she was sacked within hours. a furious white house said she betrayed her department and accused her of being "very weak" on illegal immigration. protection of the nation from foreign terrorist entry... the executive order might be controversial, but polling suggests at least half the country supports the temporary immigration ban against these seven predominantly muslim nations.

here's our correspondent, richard lister.ill hope the blustery conditions aren't a portent for the meeting to come. washington has rolled out the red carpet for theresa may but the prime minister will have to tread carefully with a controversial president who is used to getting his own way. her priority is to lay the groundwork for a trade deal with the us to counterbalance britain's departure from the eu. on the quayside in liverpool, cars bound for the united states and construction equipment too. president trump has promised a building boom, and britain wants a part of that. for us as a company, if we can get a slice of that we can export the goods that he needs to carry on with that construction he is looking at. britain's trading relationship with the united states is already a healthy one. the value of our exports to the us is £16 billion. that's a fifth of uk global exports, and we sell them more than we buy with imports totalling £35 billion. we export more to the us than we do to any other country. but we are only am

our correspondent richard lister is here. what is the significance of the attorney—general role?big deal. the attorney general is one of the top four cabinet positions, they are seen as one of the guardians of the constitution. although they are appointed by the president, their first duty is to protect the constitution, and it is up to that person to defend government laws at the supreme court, should they face challenges. we know that the president's executive order on immigration has been challenged by various courts, and it is likely it will end up in the supreme court. sally yates could have resigned quietly, she knows she will not stay, the president already has another attorney general lined up, he is going to the procedure. she knew she would not be able to stay, she decided to make a fuss and say, i don't believe this order is lawful, i don't believe government lawyers should defend it, and i will not defend it. joanna is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. a french—canadian student has appeared in court in quebec, charged with the murder of