and, as our transport correspondent richard westcott reports, it could spread to other train companiesby a strike — again. more than 2,200 southern services weren't running today. platform 2 for the delayed 0747 thameslink service. their passengers were forced to find other routes in. the whole situation seems

richard westcott, bbc news, croydon. we are live in the bbc newsroom.y general. he's had a six and a half hour senate confirmation hearing and he has commented on a whole range of issues from racism, from those allegations that donald trump groped women, two other issues. you can get a full update on bbc news. some of the main stories, including what is coming outside of the uk. if you're outside of the uk, it's world news america next and they will be looking at the final days of barack 0bama's presidency, katty kay will be talking to former defense secretary william cohen. here in the uk, the news at ten is next, they'll be looking at the significant rise in the number of people with mental health problems sking to be seen at accident and emergency departments. these are quite something, these pictures. i want to show these pictures of the us military using miniature swarming drones during a test in california. they are dropped out of these planes. these are called super hornets and they release the mini—drones which have a wingspan of 30cm. it's toug

richard westcott, bbc news, croydon. the city where he claimed victory in the presidential election eight years ago. but as his second term, as the 44th president of the united states comes to a close, how will he be remembered? in his second report, looking back at mr 0bama's time in office, our north america editor, jon sopel, looks at the international issues which have defined the 0bama presidency. there was always something upside down about barack 0bama receiving the nobel peace prize before he'd really done anything as president. when he came to office, one of the greatest strategic threats was iran, a resurgent power in the region, but more important than that was securing a multi—national deal to curb tehran‘s nuclear ambitions. an agreement struck, despite fierce opposition from israel's prime minister. when benjamin netanyahu came to address the congress, nearly two years ago, there was fury in the white house. they were angry that an invitation had been extended by republican leaders and accepted without the

richard westcott, bbc news.he gunman who killed 39 people celebrating the new year at a nightclub in istanbul fired more than a hundred shots. the authorities are continuing their hunt for the man who escaped after opening fire on party—goers. officials have now identified all but one of the victims, and they say nearly two thirds of them were foreign nationals. the so—called islamic state group claims it was behind the attack. seref isler reports. captured on camera, the moment bullets hit the nightclub in istanbul as attackers approach. security guards scramble as bullets ricochet around them. some try to run away — in vain. the victims had all gone to reina to celebrate the new year. now some will never go home. this funeral was for ayhan arik, a tour guide who had just been dropping off some tourists at the nightclub. turkey, once a beacon of stability in an otherwise volatile middle east, is facing its worst period of violence in decades. the attacks in 2015 and 2016 have hit military and civilian targets a

richard westcott, bbc news, croydon.ii. today, clare hollingworth, the british war correspondent who broke the story, died. she was 105. as a rookie reporter in poland, she'd spotted german forces gathering on the border in 1939. james robbins looks back at her extraordinary life and career. n ews news reel: this is a national programme from london. germany has invaded poland and has bombed many towns. but three days earlier, clare hollingworth‘s greatest scoop had already appeared in the daily telegraph. alone, inside germany, she'd seen the nazis massing for invasion. aged 27 and a journalist for less than a week, a woman in a man's world had beaten the lot of them. 1939, i went out to poland to become number two to hugh carleton greene of bbc fame, and i got to warsaw and he said, "one of us has got to go to the frontier." and i was on the german—polish frontier when the german hordes, tanks, moved in. and clare hollingworth‘s scoops kept coming. in 1963, she uncovered kim philby‘s escape to russia as an m16 traitor.

here's our transport correspondent richard westcott.britain is well below target, strikes have brought one of the busiest operators to a standstill, but none of it stops rail fares going up again today. i think it's a disgrace. particularly as the railways aren't that efficient, you know? there's always delays. in terms of the increase, well, that's fair. you've got to pay for things, if it includes paying for wages and people earning more money. across britain, the average ticket will be 2.3% more expensive. season tickets, among the fares regulated by the government, go up a little less — at i.9%. it follows years of stinging rises. even allowing for inflation, fares have risen 25% since the mid—1990s. season tickets in the south—east of england are now regularly over £4000 or £5000. successive governments have put the prices up because they want passengers to pay a bigger proportion of the rail bill so that other taxpayers pay less. ministers say they're reinvesting billions of pounds to improve the service with new stations, better

going on for nearly 10 months, is about staffing duties on trains. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcottike, again. more than 2,200 southern services weren't running today. announcer: platform two for the delayed 07a7 thameslink service. their passengers were forced to find other routes in. the whole situation seems like a complete joke. i'd like to know that when i get on the train, that i'm going to end up at my destination at a certain time. well, this is the queue just to get into east croydon station, all of these people are trying to get to london, it's about 8:a5am, commuter time. that's the start of the queue there. it snakes around a lot, then actually goes down the side of the station, probably about 100 metres or so, down that way. for nearly a year, they've been rowing about changes to the role of the onboard guard. southern wants drivers to take over closing the train doors. the unions say that threatens safety and jobs. southern says no—one's losing their post and the safety regulator is happy with the changes. there's no sign of a breakthrough. this is the body shops new £

our transport correspondent richard westcott reports from east croydon.00 southern services weren't running today. announcer: platform two for the delayed 0747 thameslink service. their passengers were forced to find other routes in. the whole situation seems like a complete joke. i'd like to know that when i get on the train, that i'm going to end up at my destination at a certain time. well, this is the queue just to get into east croydon station, all of these people are trying to get to london, it's about 8.45am, commuter time. about 8:45am, commuter time. that's the start of the queue there. it snakes around a lot, then actually goes down the side of the station, probably about 100 metres or so, down that way. for nearly a year, they've been rowing about changes to the role of the onboard guard. southern wants drivers to take over closing the train doors. the unions say that threatens safety and jobs. southern says no—one's losing their post and the safety regulator is happy with the changes. there's no sign of a breakthrough. this is the body shops n

richard westcott reports. it doesn't seem to make sense.ne speed twice as polluting as the engines on 20 tonne lorries and buses? this research comes from the same group that exposed vw cheating its emissions, so why do they think there is this huge difference between the latest cars and lorries? it is not about the technology, because the technology for cars and trucks is quite similar. it is more about the relation to how the vehicles are tested. for trucks, they are testing real trucks under real driving conditions, whereas for ca i’s real driving conditions, whereas for cars at its prototypes in the laboratory, which makes a very big difference. the research focuses on the average amount of poisonous nitrogen oxides being produced. lorries and buses belch out around 210 mg per kilometre. the latest ca i’s 210 mg per kilometre. the latest cars produced more than twice that amount. what is worse, cars can become six or seven times dirtier once taken out of the laboratories and put on the road. welcome to brixton road, london, which hasjus

richard westcott, bbc news, croydon. by the bbc, showing that tens of thousands of patients in england were left waiting on trolleys in the first week of the new year. nearly 500 of them waited over 12 hours, that's three times as many as for the whole of last january. 0ur health editor, hugh pym has the story. this was life at one hospital on the front line today, even more hectic than usual, with an astonishing 20% more patients than last year. they are urging people to stay away if the problem is not urgent and seek care elsewhere. the beginning of january is always a busy time, it's much busier than this time last year. i think we will make it through the winter but it is going to be really hard for us. since christmas the nhs has been under immense pressure with some of the busiest ever days in hospitals. the red cross said there was a humanitarian crisis but this was denied by the government. the bbc has obtained internal figures revealing the scale of the pressure. a number of patients relying on trolleys for hour

our transport correspondent richard westcott is at east croydon station — how much of a service has thereervice has there been today, richard? it has been quite limited. it's a bit calmer. you can see behind me. in rush hour this was a huge, snaking queue going hundreds of meters down the side of the station. no southern services today so station. no southern services today so people were cramming on the services there were. this has been rumbling on now for ten months and it's not just rumbling on now for ten months and it's notjust the strike days that are bad, it's everyday. drivers aren't working overtime, which is essential to running a railway line. cancellations, delays, every day. someone has got to step in to sort this out, people are saying universally. it's becoming all too familiar. realistically we aren't going to get on this one so we'll wait for the next one. commuters on one of britain's busiest rail lines, struggling through a strike. the whole situation is a complete joke. other like to know i'm going to end up other like to know i'm going to end up at my destination at

here's our transport correspondent, richard westcott.itain is well below target, strikes have brought one of the busiest operators to a standstill, but none of it stops rail fares going up again today. i think it's a disgrace. particularly as the railways aren't efficient, you know? there's always delays. in terms of the increase, well, it's fair. you've got to pay for things, if it includes paying for wages and people earning more money. across britain, the average ticket will be 2.3% more expensive. season tickets, among the fares regulated by the government, go up less at i.9%. it follows years of stinging rises. even allowing for inflation, fares have risen 25% since the mid—1990s. season tickets in the south—east of england are now regularly over £4,000 or £5,000. successive governments have put the prices up because they want passengers to pay a bigger proportion of the rail bill so that other taxpayers pay less. ministers say they're reinvesting billions of pounds to improve the service with new stations, better signals and electr

here's our transport correspondent, richard westcott.britain is well below target. strikes have brought one of the busiest operators to a standstill. but none of it stops at rail fares standstill. but none of it stops at railfares going standstill. but none of it stops at rail fares going up standstill. but none of it stops at railfares going up again standstill. but none of it stops at rail fares going up again today.” think it's a disgrace. particularly as the railways are not efficient, you know. there is always delays. as the railways are not efficient, you know. there is always delaysm terms of the increase, well, it is fair. you've got to pay for things. if it includes paying for wages and people earning more money. across britain the average ticket will be 2.3% more expensive. season tickets, among the fares regulated by the government go up less at 1.9%. it follows years of stinging rises. even allowing for inflation fares have risen 25% since the mid—19 905. season tickets have risen 25% since the mid—19 905. sea5on tickets in t

richard westcott, bbc news, croydon. now it's time for newsnight with kirsty wark. now, newsnight.uld like there to be some kind of high earnings cap, quite honestly. you could set a limit on top pay. i think it is probably better to look at the ratio issue. jeremy corbyn started the day with a surprising new policy, and this afternoon, it was dead in the water. this was not even the topic of his big relaunch of which was meant to be about freedom of movement. we will ask one of his closest lieutenants what he actually means. also tonight: jared is a very successful real estate person, but i actually think he likes politics more than he likes real estate. so it seems. meet 36—year—old jared kushner, donald trump's son—in—law and confident, soon to be top white house adviser. who is he bring to bear. and remember this? had you ever met with speaker ryan before, mr kushner? governor tarkin, ishould have expected to find you holding vader's leash. charming to the last. peter cushing and carrie fisher are no longer with us, but that is no obstacle to being a major character in a new st

richard westcott, bbc news. we will speak to the director in just a few minutes.e single market. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson, is in westminster. iainjeremy corbyn has been under pressure to respond to labour voters concerns over immigration, hasn't he? it is good to speak to you again. that is right on a couple of fronts. first of all, he wants more scrutiny of theresa may's plans. even his mps are asking him what labour's plans are asking him what labour's plans are after brexit. he has always been pressed to do more to reach out to labour voters who voted to leave in the referendum outside of london. he is addressing the issue of immigration head on. he is showing he recognises concerns about the effo rts he recognises concerns about the efforts of immigration. he is also saying he is no longer wedded to the free movement within europe. but his policies do not seem to be changing much at all. his solutions on immigration are similar to what he put forward before. an impact fund to help those areas with high levels of immigration put forward by gordo

our transport correspondent, richard westcott, is at east croydon station. richard.e station and further. they were letting people onto the platform slowly so they didn't overcrowd the trains. no southern services today. tens link were going into london but they are extra busy and had to filter people through. ten months this has been going on and what eve ryo ne this has been going on and what everyone is saying is they don't ca re everyone is saying is they don't care what is causing it, theyjust got to sort it out. station tannoy: platform 2, for the delayed 0747 thameslink service... it's becoming all too familiar. realistically, we are not going to get on this one so we'll wait for the next train. commuters on one of britain's busiest rail lines, struggling through a strike. the whole situation seems like a complete joke. i'd like to know when i get on the train that i'm going to end up at my destination at a certain time. it's that uncertainty of being able to say, i'll get back to meet someone, or i might have to get back for child cover or something. southern