In the california mudslide. At least 20 others are missing and dozens of homes have been destroyed. This is the town of montecito. Rivers of mud flowed down the street. Now, this area was also hit by wildfires last month its thought the scorched earth those fires created prevented the rain from being absorbed into the ground. As you can see in this photo, it wasntjust mud and trees that was washed away so were huge rocks. And all of this has blocked roads and railways. This is Santa Barbaras county sheriff. The only words i can really think of to describe it, was it looked like a world war i battlefield. It was literally a carpet of mud and debris. As always with natural disasters, there have been stories of terrible loss and of survival. Trees are just coming down. We trees arejust coming down. We ran into the house, and right then the boulders blustered through our house. We got upstairs and we got to about eight feet, nine feet up the stairs and we crawled out a window to the roof. The house was wiped out, just took everything out. Later, we were worried about the neighbours house and we went over to see if they were 0k. Neighbours house and we went over to see if they were ok. We heard a little baby crying. We found the kids, we took down, found a little baby, i dont know where it came from. We got it out, got the mud out of its mouth. I hope that its ok. They took it right to the hospital. But it was just a baby, four feet down in the mud, under the rocks. I am glad we got him. But who knows what else is out there . Another journalist there is Kacey Drescher, whos been tweeting out some coverage. This image shows you an suv is set in amongst the debris and the mud and the water. You can see more and the water. You can see more of and the water. You can see more of her pictures on her twitter feed, but she joins us live. Thank you for your time, tell us more live. Thank you for your time, tell us more about what you had seen . Thank you for having me, i am on the very road where i snapped those voters last night. The 101 freeway closure, the entire interstate which would take you to los angeles is closed, it is a swamp. Cars are face down, lodged in the mud. We have new information, 15 dead, 2a missing, homes destroyed. I was missing, homes destroyed. Iwas in missing, homes destroyed. I was in the brunt of the damage yesterday. I saw homes completely wiped off their foundations, yesterday. I saw homes completely wiped off theirfoundations, roofs scattered into piles of debris and ca is scattered into piles of debris and cars that had obviously tumbled down the hillside, just into fragments of metal. It was just astonishing. Give us an idea of the ongoing search operation . That is correct, there have been helicopters dipping over my head all day. I saw aerial fitted of certain rescue crews on the roofs of homes opening skylights to see if there were survivors. I am backing up right now because their vehicles trying to clear out this road, iam vehicles trying to clear out this road, i am standing in mud well over my boots. It is still a very muddy, destructive area that we are in the middle of. You can hear the helicopter going over my head right now. All morning we have been trying to see if there are any suivivois we have been trying to see if there are any survivors in the maths. Who are the people we can see behind you . Can anyone come to this area . 0h, you . Can anyone come to this area . Oh, no. It is blocked out, i am on Coast Village road, a major there where in montecito. It is an upskill suburb of Santa Barbara, Ellen Degeneres and Oprah Winfrey have homes in these neighbourhoods. They have authorities blocking off the entrances to these areas. We had to show our press pass and have a conversation with a Law Enforcement officer just to conversation with a Law Enforcement officerjust to get conversation with a Law Enforcement officer just to get through. Conversation with a Law Enforcement officerjust to get through. We are with a gentleman right now trying to get up the hillside to see if his home is still standing. Are people being allowed to try to reach their homes, or are there some areas which the authorities have come to be blocked . There are some areas the authorities have completely blocked off, but i will say that i have seen several people with large suitcases and bags tracking down this thoroughfare in montecito. I will try to turn around so montecito. I will try to turn around so you montecito. I will try to turn around so you can montecito. I will try to turn around so you can get a scope of what i am surrounded with right now. I have seen people coming in and out, trying to get supplies. They have shot of gas to the town. People obviously cant be here right now. Thousands of people are evacuated andi thousands of people are evacuated and i have seen several folks with bags. You can obviously tell, just trying to get essentials to live off for the time being. We are very grateful for you bringing us up to date, thank you very much. That is Kacey Drescher live in the middle of the story, speaking on her phone. It is not a place very tv truck would easily reach. We can speak to people on their phones and we appreciate kacey breaking away from her reporting to do that. I have a map of california here, if we go on much more closely we can see the worst hit communities are in sa nta see the worst hit communities are in Santa Barbara county, just up the coast from los angeles. As kacey told is, Oprah Winfrey lives there. Lots of the rich and famous live this area. Oprah winfrey posted this video on instagram. This is how deep the mud is. And. It is gone. We also heard from the tv host Ellen Degeneres, who says the 101 freeway in my neighbourhood isa the 101 freeway in my neighbourhood is a river. My city needs your love and support. Montecito is the name of the place. James cook has been there. We havent actually had a full and detailed update for some time. I think that tells you that they are simply focused on trying to get into those neighbourhoods. They talked of one area, romero canyon, where around 300 people were stuck. There are other areas closer to the town of montecito which is down on the coast, we have seen helicopters in action. It is a very big operation, dozens action. It is a very big operation, d oze ns of action. It is a very big operation, dozens of fire engines coming into this area in the last couple of hours as well. We came up here trying to make our way up the main highway along the coast. In parts it is completely blocked apart from access for emergency vehicles. Mud is very thick across the road and the power is quite staggering. There are now questions about what happened before this. The ferocity of it may be a surprise, the fact it has happened was not. It was preceded by the largest wildfire in californias history, but scorched quite an enormous area in the hills and mountains above here. The ground was slick and hard, making it difficult to absorb moisture. These rings were forecast, forecast to be heavy, albeit not very very prolonged period. Some of the evacuation orders were given but the question is if they were given for the right areas, if they were enforced, if people listen to them. We bring you the biggest global stories, with the help of bbc journalists from all around the world. There was james in california. Next we turn to france. This is Catherine Deneuve, one of frances best known actresses, and shes caused quite a stir. Along with a big group of french women who have published this open letter in le monde newspaper. It isa it is a response to the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the fallout that has followed. It says men should be free to hit on women. They also argue. Men have been punished summarily, forced out of theirjobs when all they did was touch someones knee or try to steal a kiss. Anne Elizabeth Moutet and Farideh Cadot are two of the 100 women who signed this letter. The letter starts by saying that rape is a crime, Sexual Harassment in the workplace is a crying and that this is not something we could condo. What we do condone is the way people find themselves subjected to a kind of one minute hate multiplied ad infinitum on social media, they lose theirjobs and livelihoods, there is no due process, Legal Process in any way, and the sentences. It is the idea that women are so sentences. It is the idea that women are so stupid and weak that they can tell the difference between a rape and a man who, frankly, tries to pull. We are adults. One signatory was a body who was gang raped, one is an iranian who remembers and explains in the letter y regimes with a religious bent have the security. Insecurity in men women relationships. There is a great deal of difference between somebody with charm and a good manner that you might be interested in and somebody who, frankly, is being a complete pain on public transport or something. Neither of which is illegal, but there is a difference. We are trusting ourselves, men and women, that in the end we will know the difference, women will be able, because theyre grown ups, to say sorry, mate, not interested , grown ups, to say sorry, mate, not interested, and the men themselves will realise that it succeeds better if you do it nicely. We all who sign this letter are all agreed with what they say, with the balancetonporc and metoo and all the association. We do not say they should not be punished, we do not say that we should stop this, we just say that women cannot eternally stay a victim. Equality means also that you can say no, you can react, you can refuse. It has gathered not a little criticism. Italian actress asia argento tweeted, Catherine Deneuve and other french women tell the world how their interiorized misogyny has lobotomized them to the point of no return. She is one of the people who has complained about harvey wednesday. Harvey weinstein. Whatever your view, the story perfectly reflects that these issues play out differently in france. Hugh schofield in paris explains. There is a permanent strand in french thought, french intellectualism, which feels that what comes from the american anglo saxon world is suspicious and probably overstated, and what has happened here is an expression of that. These are women who are saying there is puritanism out there, a very american, anglo saxon concept, and we want to fight that. It is a cultural difference. There has a lwa ys cultural difference. There has always been the feeling that american style feminists are different from the french feminism, because the french can understand femininity and sexuality in a different way. One has to add that there is a generational issue as well, these are older women and there is a Younger Generation of feminists coming behind who are very angry with Catherine Deneuve for having made the stand that she and the other women have. Syria now. The un has condemned a rise in civilian casualties in two areas that are marked as de escalation zones. First idlib. Idlib is a province in the north. The un says, ground attacks and air strikes have escalated as a government offensive jeopardising the safety of hundreds of thousands of civilians. Next eastern ghouta, just outside damascus. We talked about this place last night. Its held by rebels and has been besieged for over four years. Were told, since 31 december, at least 85 civilians have been killed. Well, this distressing video came into the newsroom earlier from eastern ghouta. It shows the aftermath ofan airstrike. The government is escalating its attacks. Earlier i spoke to Mahmoud Ali Hamad of our Arabic Service and asked why the government was escalating its actions in these two areas now. East ghouta is one of the last stronghold held by the opposition. We remember how the russians managed to conquer idlib, the stronger stronghold but the opposition never had. The result was the desecration of the city, the displacement of around 400,000 people. The Syrian Regime believe this is the only way to get the opposition militants out of those pockets. They do not believe in their own ability to actually take back control of those areas, which is why we see the involvement of the russians at its maximum, it is a brute force and we have seen it in some of the pictures that have come out. We have been speaking to civilians via telegram, they were telling us that the kind of bombing that is being carried out on them is of a different order, something they attribute to the russians. We cannot verify those allegations independently but have come to believe that the regime now believes that if he is to conquer and secure the outskirts of the capital, which is most important are the regime and its allies, they need to get the russians involved in the air. We have seen previous sieges resolved with an agreement where fighters and civilians have been allowed to leave. Are any talks of that nature happening . This is a very important subject that i have talked about to civilians and militants. I spoke to someone civilians and militants. I spoke to someonejust civilians and militants. I spoke to someone just before coming on the show, he was a militant leader and he said to me, basically, we have to break up because we know what is awaiting us. We know that plan for us awaiting us. We know that plan for us is very similar to what happened backin us is very similar to what happened back in december 2017, and what happened in homs back in 2015. So the ability of the regime to do those kinds of military operations is very limited. With the russians help, they hope to achieve as much result is possible before there are any meetings between the different fighting factions. These militants who you are talking to, realistically what do they hope they can achieve now . Do they accept they can achieve now . Do they accept they cannot defeat . I pose the question you asked, basically it is out of desperation. He used the example of an injured beast being cornered. They know what is awaiting them, they know they will be ferried away from their families, their families will be taken to a different place, they will be sent north to idlib. They know that. It will come the time when idlib itself will come the time when idlib itself will be literally the last stronghold of the opposition. Basically they are saying we are not going to die in any other place or pocket in idlib, we will have our stand and we have to fight here in the towns and cities. We began the programme with stories from syria, france and california. Inafew from syria, france and california. In a few minutes we will turn back to the korean peninsular and we will talk about canada, because it has filed a trade complains against the us. It is a long one. Samira hussain will take us through it. Cancer patients at a specialist nhs hospital could face delays to their treatment due to a major shortage of staff thats the warning from a senior doctor in a leaked email sent to staff at Churchill Hospital in oxford. He says Specialist Nurse numbers at the hospital are down by 40 . Our Health Editor hugh pym was there earlier. There were concerns raised us to this e mail got into the public domain, written by a very senior clinical figure domain, written by a very senior clinicalfigure here in cancer care, doctor andrew weaver, sending a note out to fellow clinicians who had had a meeting to discuss the situation, with concerns about the shortfall in staffing, particularly for cancer nurses, specialist cancer nurses, a 40 shortfall. He said as a result of the staff shortage they were having to reconsider when people started chemotherapy. For those with virgin conditions, it would go ahead as usual. For those with urgent conditions. But for others what might have started in two or three weeks will now be four weeks. This is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. Our lead story is. At least 15 people have died in floods and mudslides in southern california. The same area was recently hit by a huge wildfire. Some people are reportedly still trapped in their homes. Some of the main stories from bbc world service. The search for Malaysia Airlines flight mh370 is back on. It disappeared in 2014 with over 200 people on board. Malaysias government will pay an American Firm up government will pay an American Firm up to 70 million if and only if it manages to locate the plane. That is from bbc indonesia. Around 5000 iranians facing the Death Penalty for drug crimes might be spared after sentencing guidelines we re spared after sentencing guidelines were changed and it was decided to apply this changes retrospectively. That is from bbc persia. One of the most that is from bbc persia. One of the m ost rea d that is from bbc persia. One of the most read stories on the bbc website and individualist is a marine biologist who says a humpback whale protected her from a 15 foot tiger shark during a recent dive. The Ethiopian Government has decided to ban adoptions by all foreigners. The best known case of this is angelina jolie, whose adopted daughter zahara is originally from ethiopia. And ethiopia is one of the main countries where americans adopt children from. In the last five years, nearly 3800 ethiopian children have been adopted by american families. In the last 15 years. And its expensive. It takes a long time. The most recent figures we could find are for 2013 when the average cost to adopt was nearly 46,000. Very relevant to this weeks decision is the conviction of this woman. Shes carri williams, of washington state, and in 2013 she was convicted along with her husband of starving and beating her adopted daughter from ethiopia to death. That sparked a broader discussion in ethiopia about the number and nature of adoptions by foreign families. This is the perspective of a specialist in family law in nairobi. I feel the decision is very u nfortu nate. I feel the decision is very unfortunate. We are in a similar situation in kenya with our government havent declared a moratorium against International Adoptions in 2014. The reason i say it is unfortunate is because it comes against a background where it isa comes against a background where it is a recognised international principle set out in the Un Convention on the rights of the child and our very own african charter on the rights and welfare of the child that the best place for a child to grow up in is in a family, and afamily child to grow up in is in a family, and a family setup for the childs best development. So decisions like this by government, what they do is lock out a lot of children who then remain institutionalised, and an institution should be the very, very last report. So i understand the need for the child to grow up in their own culture, that is recognised by International Standards as well. It is recognised, thatis standards as well. It is recognised, that is the International Law on the adoption of children that you first try and make sure their children stay in their families, try and make sure their children stay in theirfamilies, and if try and make sure their children stay in their families, and if they cannot then find a family within their own country. And then if that is not possible, then if there is a family that is suitable, that is approved and has been vetted, then that child should grow up in a family, not an institution. Canada and the United States are once again at loggerheads on trade. This time its canada which brought a complaint to World Trade Organisation, citing 188 different examples of alleged wrongdoing by the United States. The us trade representative has been very quick to respond. He says canadas claims are unfounded and could only lower us confidence. This is to do with a range of disputes. Samira hussain is live in new york. If you can, give us a brief summary of all of these different issues the canadians have . There are all kinds of trade issues that occur between canada and the United States. It and back and forth is between levels of government and canada and the United States. What canada and the United States. What canada has done is taken all of its complaints to the World Trade Organisation. That is the governing body that adjudicates any trade disputes. They are saying about some of the measures the United States has been taken in some of these decisions has been unfair and they have not been in line with what the World Trade Organisation has already listed as ways to really resolve these kinds of disputes. Listed as ways to really resolve these kinds of disputeslj listed as ways to really resolve these kinds of disputes. I saw you wa nted these kinds of disputes. I saw you wanted to talk about this. Arent they talking about nafta in a couple of weeks . The timing of this is really interesting, batty or three weeks we will see that canada, the United States and mexico will be meeting in Montreal Canada to be discussing nafta and the real negotiation of nafta. These re negotiation processes have not been going very well. There has really been no big conclusions coming out of it. That has lots of people worried about the future of this trade agreement. In fa ct future of this trade agreement. In fact there are some Media Organisations that are reporting that they are worried that the United States willjust walk that they are worried that the United States will just walk away from nafta altogether. Even the head of one of canadas largest banks, the royal bank of canada, has said the royal bank of canada, has said the same thing, they are worried the United States will walk away from this decades old trade agreement. With only 30 seconds, i hope the mexicans are involved in these discussions . The canadians and americans are notjust working it out themselves . They are absolutely involved, but what is interesting is for all the talk you have with regard to mexico and the United States, we are seeing and the United States, we are seeing a bigger impact is possibly happening between canada and the United States and their trade relationship. Thank you very much, Samira Hussain in new york. In the second half of the programme we will hear what donald trump said ina we will hear what donald trump said in a press conference an hour ago. See you in a minute. Good evening to you. Lets see what is happening around the world. As is often the case, there has been some wild weather somewhere around the globe. California has been making the weather headlines in the last day or so, without massive storm that ripped through and brought all the flash flooding. This is the mass of cloud. I will add the jet stream now. This dip in thejet of cloud. I will add the jet stream now. This dip in the jet stream, thatis now. This dip in the jet stream, that is what helps spawn bad storm, the rainstorm which ravaged the region. We saw the flash flooding and mudslides as well, u nfortu nately, and mudslides as well, unfortunately, people lost their lives as well. We are seeing flash flooding in parts of las vegas as the storm system moved into the desert regions. The good news is the weather is improving, on thursday, tomorrow, sunny skies in la and san diego, the really unsettled weather is across the Pacific Northwest of the United States and into canada. Elsewhere, a different storm is brewing. Around the midwest and canada. It has warmed up in those really cold spots in the last day or so, but with the clash of cold and mild airwe will so, but with the clash of cold and mild air we will seek storms swarming around the midwest, the great lakes, so there is snow on the way. It looks like places like chicago and detroit and into canada and montreal, there is a fair bit of snow on the way. Look at the temperature drop in montreal, from 5 degrees 2 9, that is the daytime high. Lots of weather action continue across north america. Closer to home, europe, we have the jet stream overlaid and a little Storm Brewing very close to iberia, around the bay of biscay, pushing through as i speak with severe winds and heavy seas around the coastal areas. Very disturbed weather across siberia, through the pyrenees and alter the western mediterranean as we go across the course of their estate. Improving a little in the alps, lots of snow in the alps in the last few days, here are the highs on thursday, madrid, london and paris are on a par. Come friday, better conditions across spain and portugal, we will seize on sunshine to think that hovering around 7 degrees in paris, london and madrid. The weather at home, this is the satellite picture from earlier. You can see the gloomy weather across the east but much brighter skies finally filtered into many Western Areas. Fog may be a problem through the course of tonight. Wednesday night into thursday, extensive fog across many Western Areas of the uk, it could be very dense and last into the afternoon on thursday. Thursday itself could be quite grey and chilly in some areas. These are the highs, around 5 degrees in cardiff, glasgow barely above freezing on thursday. If you wa nt above freezing on thursday. If you want a bit more on the uk Weather Forecast and the weather for the week ahead, it is coming up, as usual, just before 10pm. Hello, im ros atkins, this is outside source, and these are the main stories here in the bbc newsroom. At least 15 people have died in floods and mudslides in southern california. A group of 300 people are reportedly still trapped in their homes east of Santa Barbara. We dug down, we found a little baby, we dont know where it came from. We got it out, got the mud out of its mouth. I hope its ok, they took it right to the hospital. Ethiopia has banned foreign adoptions, putting the future of thousands of orphans in doubt. One frances best known actresses says men should be free to hit on women, in the workplace, or indeed anywhere else. Your questions are always welcome. Bbcos is the hashtag. President donald trump has been meeting with norways Prime Minister erna solberg in washington dc. About an hour ago they held a press conference. Donald trump was asked about the investigation into alleged collusion with russia. Its its a democrat hoax that was brought up as an excuse for losing an election that frankly the democrat should have won, because they have such a tremendous advantage in the electoral college, so it was brought up for that reason. But it has been determined that there was no collusion by virtually everybody so we will see what happens. Will we be open to. We will see what happens, certainly will see what happens, but when there has been no collusion and nobody has found any collusion at any level, it seems unlikely that you would even have an interview. Lets go to our north america reporter anthony zurcher. I wasnt aware that almost everyone had decided there was almost no collusion . I think that is a bit of a stretch, a bit of Wishful Thinking on the part of donald trump. I went and counted his he on the part of donald trump. I went and counted his ini he gag gthink g wants hat in g wants hat in g wants the but 5§~ wants the 27, f but 5§~ wants mullah 77 7 77 public, but the robert mullah investigation is still ongoing. It doesnt seem like in any way the investigation is winding down. If he asks donald trump to testify, to provide answers to questions, there is pretty much no way donald trump is pretty much no way donald trump is that lawyers can say no. They can negotiate over the details but u nless negotiate over the details but unless mr trump wants to claim fifth amendment protections, he will have to answer. Frankly it is an agreement i have no problem with but as usual they made a bad deal. So we could conceivably go back in that i say this, we are very strong in the environment, i feel very strongly about the environment. Our epa commissioners are very environment. Our epa commissioners are very powerful, in the sense that they want to have clean water, clean air, but we also want businesses that can compete, and the paris a cold really would have taken away our competitive edge, and were not going to let that happen. Im not going to let that happen. Im not going to let that happen. Anthony i a lwa ys going to let that happen. Anthony i always get confused, because the president always slips and slides on what his position on the deal is. Right, and the United States hasnt formally withdrawn from the agreement yet, it cant. But he seemed to indicate that it has and that we might go back. I think fate less may be in his advantage here, the more he doesnt being vague maybe in his advantage. People who think we have already pulled out will believe that as well. But the bottom line is he is trying to turn this into an economic discussion, and economic debate, even though the climate accord marks are not mandatory. They are simply goals that are optionalfor the mandatory. They are simply goals that are optional for the us. That are optionalfor the us. To make it seem like it will be the price the United States is paying if it continues to be a part of it. We have not mentioned norway yet, yet it was a joint press conference. What did they talk about . They took about arms sales to norway, trade, which donald trump emphasised should be reciprocal. Every time donald trump gets on stage with one of these foreign leaders, he almost sounds like the arms dealer in chief. He talks about how great us military weaponry is, and encourages our allies to buy more of it. He views that as an economic benefit for the United States as well. Quick question about the book that has been dominating the last few days, is that furore starting to ebb away . I think it is 32. Days, is that furore starting to ebb away . Ithink it is 32. Steve days, is that furore starting to ebb away . I think it is 32. Steve bannon was perhaps the final bit of big news coming out of this. That you know how the news is here, which donald trump it is or whiz onto the next big swirling controversy or interesting story, and i think that is happening here as well. The question about a lasting mark from the book is is it going to undermine the book is is it going to undermine the view of donald trump as an effective leader, as a capable leader . Theyre obviously Many Democrats who have their suspicions and some moderates as. Thank you. South korea has always said it hoped hosting the Winter Olympics would would help improve relations with north korea. It seems to be working. Yesterday the two had a meeting for the first time in two years. Now were told theyll meet again at the International Olympic committees headquarters in switzerland on january 20. Noor salman, to be precise. Lausanne. Things are getting more political still because america has announced its Vice President mike pence will lead their delegation to the games. And we know talks between the us and south korea are ramping up. Yesterday, their president s spoke. Heres the transcript President Trump said hed be open to talks with north korea at the right time. And president moon said this today. Translation in terms of security and defence, south korea and the United States are the closest of allies. We also share the same view of the significance of the threat from north korea. So south korea and the United States have been working closely together against north Koreas Nuclear threat. Heres how people in korea are responding to this new level of engagement. So the olympics could only happen in so many decades in korea. If north korea participates in this, it will bea korea participates in this, it will be a once in a lifetime event. It also means it could be the only place where we can show we are caught operating. I think it is a good chance, north Korean People coming to south korea in pyeongchang, i think it is a Good Opportunity we can become one as a country. Our south korean citizens can see how North Koreans do, and think that they are not as bad. Can see how North Koreans do, and think that they are not as badm was an it was a good chance and opportunity for both sides to have better relationships than before. On the face of it, this is north koreas desire to be at the olympics that is persuading it to talk. That may not be all though. This is excellent from Karishma Vaswani on the bbc news website on how sanctions are also making themselves felt. Heres more from sophie long in seoul. Soi so i think today we really saw that ferried difficult diplomatic lion that the south korean president has to tread now. Yesterday it was all about inter korean relations, and he is trying to have all his government was trying to have a genuine dialogue with north korea, and to really reopen corporation. But at the same time he has to think on an international level. He was saying today these two processes are, entry, that the inter korean talks in hopes will be more of is all part of the move towards denuclearisation. He is also standing by his allies start he said at this that he would not ease any sanctions in any way that would undermine the international sanctions, the un sanctions imposed at the end of last year. Head to the bbc news website for more on that. We talk about the problems in venezuela frequently. Its economy is in a perilous state and this means People Struggle to get the basics like bread or toilet roll being two examples. Contraceptives is another one theres a shortage and that means some people are having to decide whether to have sex or not. This is the latest report from katy watson. Margarets pharmacy is looking a bit empty these days. She hasnt had any deliveries of contraceptive pills for a year. Everyday people, looking for a year. Everyday people, looking for them, and every day she has to turn them away. They are having to adapt. Translation it used to be just men buying condoms, but women are buying them now too, because theres nothing else, and the price of condom is has gone up 200 . This lady is living with the consequences, she lady is living with the consequences, she is now expecting her third baby because she could not get contraceptives. Translation my first reaction was to cry. At the moment getting contraceptive pills is really hard. There is nothing, and when you can get a hold of them, they cost so much. I am making plans to get sterilised, because the idea of having another baby no way. To get sterilised, because the idea of having another baby no waym isa of having another baby no waym is a struggle, her older boy some fantastic without new clothes and shoes so she can pay for our medical appointments. When the price of food is spiralling and contraceptives cost 88 months salary, something has to go. That is notjust contraceptives in short supply. Doctors and mothers have told me that often women have to buy their medical supplies, like clubs and antibiotics, and hand them the doctor when they give birth. This doctor when they give birth. This doctor says of the births he attends, the vast majority are unplanned. He thinks the governments priorities are wrong. The government, instead of giving you as an adult sex education, give you as an adult sex education, give you anti contraception pills, condom is, what is this government do with the populace . If you are pregnant, i give you house, i give you money, but that is only for the first year, maybe, and sometimes in food. Last year, this kill 1015 and had a big Party Marking her passage into womanhood. In two months time there is another important date, the birth of her daughter. She is excited but apprehensive about the future. Translation im scared. Once i give birth, and because it is hard to get contraceptives and condom is, im afraid that if i have sex i will get pregnant again. Its a reality that more and more women and girls are facing here in venezuela, the choice to decide their future taken away from them at a time when so many future looked so bleak. Katy watson, bbc news in venezuela. Financial services are pivotal to the bespoke brexit trade deal that the uk wants. Thats why these two men, chancellor Philip Hammond and brexit secretary david davis have travelled to berlin to persuade for the time being, remember, the German Government isnt yet fully in place, carousel german leader Angela Merkel fully in place, german leader Angela Merkel to give her support to a trade deal between the uk and the eu which includes Financial Services. Angela merkel is desperately trying to create a new coalition government, after her disappointing was out in septembers german election. That is not resolved yet. For the view from westminster, ben wright. Just before christmas, there were high fives around westminster among government ministers when the broad terms of the divorce bill between britain and the eu was agreed, including the financial settlement britain had the papers. But that was just the first app, the first hurdle that have to be cleared. What we are seeing now is the beginning of the second phase of brexit negotiations, and its all about the future relationship between the eu and the uk, in particular the trade relationship. So we are seeing two key ministers, the chancellor and the brexit secretary, who were on different sides during the referendum, showing a united front on this Charm Offensive in germany, putting a chummy arm around german businesses, saying even though britain is leading the singles market and the Single Market and the Customs Union there can still be a really close, good trade deal between the eu and the uk that works in the interest of both sides. The uk is asking for a bespoke deal that incorporates goods and services. The u k. s very worried about the incorporates goods and services. The u k. s very worried about the future of the city of london. That is the case they are making in germany. For their part, the eu has said for months that they will not countenance a bespoke deal with the uk, that the uk cant carry pick the best bits of the Single Market it once, and that there can be no special arrangements of the city of london. They go into the talks fairly far london. They go into the talks fairlyfarapart, and london. They go into the talks fairly far apart, and while the uk is in germany, the eu throughout this process has so far shown it is very solid as a negotiating block. Before their trip the pair wrote an article in the german newspaper frankfurter allegmeine saying. For the german perspective heres the German British Chamber of commerce. I think they are trying to get the best dealfor britain. I think they are trying to get the best deal for britain. Whether they will succeed remains to be seen because from the German Government point of view and the European Union point of view and the European Union point of view and the European Union point of view, yes and original deals might help individual businesses, but the germany and the eu it is also important Single Market stays intact, and therefore it will be difficult to negotiate bespoke deals. As we recalljust a few months ago, everyone was talking about no deal is better than a bad deal and other want to do individual deals and that will be difficult, but they will try to convince the german politicians and also the Business World that that might be an option. Of course britain wants to sell Financial Services very easily to the rest of the eu, but if it doesnt want to stick to the rule book it will be difficult for the others to accept such kind a model. If we start unpick the European Market and i think the whole market is in dangerand market and i think the whole market is in danger and i will probably be more expensive for the eu, and therefore i think the eu is less willing to come from as with britain on that front. Thousands of people whove been stranded in the alps are now seeing some relief. Trains are moving again, helicopters are ferrying people out if they need it, but others are making the best of the situation. Imogen foulkes reports. For those who are in a huge hurry, the helicopters are waiting. Some tourists, though, seem quite happy exactly where they are. Translation since we have arrived yesterday morning, and we are leaving saturday, we dont feel blocked at all. But for communities across the alps, the heavy snow continues to cause problems. Some villagers are still cut off. Others are without power. The biggest worry of all is over avalanches. Tonnes and tonnes of snow has fallen, and the weather is warmer than normal. It means the snow is loose, wet and heavy. More likely to slip down the mountain. Winter sports fans are being warned to stay only on slopes and parts marked clearly as safe. Meanwhile, the alpine authorities are working round the clock to clear the snow. Their window of opportunity may be short. More snow is forecast for thursday. Earlier in the newsroom, bbc environment correspondent Navin Singh Khadka called me he wanted to show me some pictures hed be sent of glaciers in the himalayas that are melting. This involves vast amounts of water and new research has found this water is being held in hundreds of icy ponds above the surface and in rivers below it. What happens then matters because map the himalayas cover a wide area including india and china and water is a precious commodity. This study was conducted at the Khumbu Glacier in nepal right next to mount everest. And the ponds themselves are huge several times bigger than an olympic swimming pools. Navin singh khadka. So where is the place film of water in the himalayan region going . That has been a puzzle for scientists. As a result, this report has found that on these debut covered place years, hundreds of icy ponds have been formed, and they are holding back the water, and also releasing it, regulating it basically. So what scientists are saying is these icy ponds will be holding more and more water back, because they will become bigger, more void, which means the future water security, these icy ponds will hold the key. They saying is although the study is on one particular glacier, this is a story that resonates the entire himalayan region, china, no power, afghanistan nepal. Scientists are saying if there are closely is that our deep recovered in the or andes or rockies, similar situations will happen in the wake of climate change, the rising global temperature that is causing accelerated lisa hill notes. And it is not just about water, accelerated lisa hill notes. And it is notjust about water, when more water gets accumulated, it also could mean disaster is impending, flash floods and so on. We will finish the programme now by looking at the british army. The british army has defended a new Recruitment Campaign which focuses on the emotional and physical support it gives to soldiers. The army wants to reassure applicants that their sexuality or religion will not stand in the way of becoming a soldier. Mark urban is a correspondent for bbc newsnight. Mark, along withjonathan beale, are two of the bbcs journalists who know this story best. This isjonathans report. It is all right to cry and show emotion in the army it is a Recruitment Campaign very different to those of the past. Part of what is called army belonging. Voiced by soldiers to say there is emotional as well as physical support for new recruits. The adverts answer questions such as, can i be gay and join the army . Whilst a muslim soldier explains how he can still practice his faith. All aimed at groups not seen as the traditional target audience, but minorities who may have been reluctant to sign up. Our traditional cohort would have been white, male, caucasian, 16 to 25 year olds and there are not as many of those around as there once were. Our society is changing and so it is appropriate for us to reach out to a broader base. The army has been struggling to recruit, made all the more difficult by a lack of a Major Campaign like afghanistan or iraq. War is often the best recruiting sergeant. It is also competing in an era of relatively high employment. The regular strength of the army should be 82,000. But it is currentlyjust over 77,000 strong. A shortfall of more than 4,000. But some former soldiers question whether the army is trying to be too politically correct with these adverts. They are aiming their recruiting campaign at specific minorities and they should be aiming at more broadly at the kind of people who will want tojoin the army, the people who are looking for a fight, looking for action and adventure. This older advertisement is what people might expect from the army. A recent plan to drop its be the best motto because it was seen as elitist, was blocked by the defence secretary. It is still an organisation whosejob is to be ready for combat. But the head of the army says it must broaden its appeal and reflect modern britain. Just quickly before we finish, remember yesterday we were talking about the japanese astronaut who is currently on the International Space station . He announced he had grown nine centimetres in his three weeks up nine centimetres in his three weeks up in space. Now he has told us that in fact he got that wrong, and in fa ct in fact he got that wrong, and in fact he has grown two centimetres in his three weeks in space. That is average for astronauts in zero gravity. They do grow, just not quite as much as this man told us. He says there was a measurement error, which is one way of putting it. Given that these astronauts have to carry out lots of experiments, we are hoping his attention to detail is back on track pretty soon. Apologies forgetting that wrong but we took him at his word that he had grown and he had not quite as much as he said. See you tomorrow. Hello, thanks for joining hello, thanks forjoining me. We will give you a fair amount of detail on how we expect to see whether developing across the British Isles over the next few days, which will take is through the weekend and into the first part of next week. Then well try to give you some themes about what happens next week. In the shorter term, a fairly quiet spell of weather at the moment, a weak ridge of High Pressure following behind an old weather front, all over the eastern side of the British Isles on wednesday, the overriding the odd bit of cloud. The main story first up bit of cloud. The main story first up across bit of cloud. The main story first up across many Western Areas is bit of cloud. The main story first up across many Western Areas is one of fog, and some of that may well leave on through the day. But if you manage to get rid of that, it is in the west you are likely to see the better chance of sunshine. Temperature is not really responding to that, particularly where you hold onto the fog. It could be two, three, 4 degrees. Still the odd spot of crystal as we get on through thursday night into the first part of friday towards the west. It is a conversation a pretty chilly fair and that prospect of some fog as well. Those quiet conditions look to stay on until the first part of friday certainly, though we begin to see something of a bit of a change moving into the west, as initially it is the breeze that picks up. So i dont think Northern Ireland will see much of a problem with fog on friday morning. It could still be an issue for other parts. Again, a cloudy day, the odd spot of rain when the cloud thickens up at any length of time. Hints of brightness, yes. That is for the favoured few rather than the many. Even on into the weekend, this area of low pressure is trying to throw a frontal system into the British Isles but making heavy weather of it, if you forgive the pun, severe because it is running into High Pressure dominant over europe. The front stays with you for the greater part of the day, which means many western part and especially through Northern Ireland, and here we are as ahead at sunday, that is the remnants of that front. Something good deal more active coming in from the atlantic producing much more wet and windy weather. Here comes that weather front, gradually, we suspect that this range, it is a suspicion that it is working its way across the British Isles. I think that is fairly well nailed on but my suspicions are raised about how quickly it will get away from the eastern side of the British Isles. Following on behind, brighter skies, but i think the temperatures will dip away. That is because we will find ourselves in the first part of next week on the cold side of the jet stream. There is mild to be had but it is a way down towards the south west of the British Isles, and the contrast is such between the cold air in the north and the milder air in the south that there will be air in the south that there will be aof air in the south that there will be a of wind generated. They will be weste rli es, a of wind generated. They will be westerlies, rattling in a number of showers commerce some quite squally, thundery, and there will be no on higher ground. As we move to the end of the week, the low pressure moves from the north west of us out to the east. High pressure builds towards the west. That generate something of a north to north westerly wind down and across all parts of the British Isles. That orientation is pretty short lived. What we have to work on for the greater part of that week is it will be often windy, quite when trego showers across the northern half of the British Isles, and with that changing orientation to the north, a bit of a short, sharp shock of cold weather to many parts. Its highest level in a decade. Official figures for november show the sector grew for a seventh month in a row boosted by the weak pound and the state of the Global Economy. The Global Economy is growing. Were a small trading nation and that rising tide is also lifting the uk boat. But in contrast, the construction sector saw the biggest fall in output for the past five years well have the details. Also tonight after the mudslides in california at least 15 have died but rescuers find some survivors, including babies. We dug down and found a little baby, i dont know where it came from, we dug it out, got the mud out of its mouth, i hope its ok they took it right ot the hospital. A special report from jordan where thousands of injured syrian