President trump launches a stinging attack on environmentalists he says theyre alarmists, and that its time for optimism. He tells business and political leaders in davos that campaigners are trying to dominate every aspect of peoples lives. This is a time for tremendous hope and joy and optimism and action. But to embrace the possibilities of tomorrow, we must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse. You say children shouldnt worry. You say children shouldnt worry. You say children shouldnt worry. You say just leave you say children shouldnt worry. You sayjust leave this to us, we will fix this. We promise, we wont let you down. Dont be so pessimistic. And then. Nothing. Silence. Well have the latest live from davos. Also on todays programme donald trump will this evening becomes only the third us president to be tried in the senate accused of abusing his powers. The nhs in england owes more than £4 billion in legal fees, after clinical negligence claims. Prince harry arrives in canada to be reunited with his family, 36 hours after saying he had no choice but to step back from royal life. And, we meet the 21 year old footballing wonder who tells us he has big ambitions for the year ahead. And coming up on bbc news disappointment forjohanna konta and kyle edmund at the australian open, as both are knocked out in the first round. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. President trump has launched a stinging attack on environmentalists. Speaking at the World Economic forum in davos, he rejected those he called prophets of doom whose predictions had been wrong for decades. He used his speech to mount a strong defence of his record and to attack climate activism, saying its a time for optimism, not pessimism. The campaigner Greta Thunberg said inaction from political leaders is fueling the flames of Climate Change. Our Diplomatic CorrespondentJames Robbins sent this report. Getting away from it all. Donald trump has flown over 4000 miles from
washington to the Alpine Heights of davos, hoping to look more like a president on the world stage, less like a defendant back home. Hes treading carefully on all the ice and snow. Any fall here would look terrible. But will this gathering of the World Economic forum, 5000 feet up the World Economic forum, 5000 feet up in switzerland, given embattled president the high ground he courageous . Even without impeachment, hes way out of step with the main goal of this meeting to do much more to tackle global temperature rise. This is a time for optimism. Fear and doubt is not a good thought process, because this isa time good thought process, because this is a time for a tremendous hope and iy is a time for a tremendous hope and joy and optimism and action. But to embrace the possibilities of tomorrow, we must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse. They
are the heirs of yesterdays foolish fortune tellers and i have them, you have them, we all have them and they wa nt to have them, we all have them and they want to see us do badly but we dont let that happen. Being here today in switzerland that not in washington, the president may feel he is among friends, surrounded by more than 100 fellow billionaires. But in truth, hes in a much more vulnerable and uncomfortable position than any of them. Applause 0ne them. Applause one of his fiercest critics, Greta Thunberg, the swedish teenager climate activist was condemning not just the United States but governments around the world. She accuses them of making empty promises to hide in action. You say children shouldnt worry. You say just leave this to us, we will fix this, we promise, we wont let you down. Dont be so pessimistic. And then. Nothing. Silence. 0r something worse than silence empty
words and promises, which give the impression that sufficient action is being taken. President trump will be using the rest of his time in davos to focus on one to one meetings with other world leaders. He will be discussing everything from trade disputes to the huge tensions of the middle east. But the long shadow of events in washington seems to reach here to switzerland. 0ur economics editor faisal islam is at davos. We could not have had two stark differences there on the whole issue of Climate Change, which is impacting discussions where you are . The starkest of contrasts here at davos between trump and Greta Thunberg. The president of the us in an otherwise optimistic speech talking about how great and amazing he felt the us economy was doing, chose to take a couple of minutes to
direct his annoyance and it was annoyance come at those Climate Change protesters. He didnt name Greta Thunberg but we all know who those words were targeted at, the prophets of doom, as he called them. The fortune tellers, he also called them. He really thinks there is a trade off, a trade off between a thriving us economy and too much regulation and Climate Change alleviation and that was the message he did want to hit back on. It wasnt a message overall popular, even amongst the elite businessmen and financiers here. They are more in tune with the idea of at least trying to do something about Climate Change. When asked very specifically if he had a message to Greta Thunberg, he said actually, he was being part of a plan to plant in a Million Trees and the American Water was one of the cleanest water in the world. Big new challenges on trade as well for donald trump to address
but at the moment, he seems to want to ta ke but at the moment, he seems to want to take on the teenage schoolgirl activist. Thank you for now. Donald trump will this evening become only the third american president to go on trial in the us senate. Hes accused by the house of representatives of abusing his powers. But with the Republican Party in the majority in the upper house, its highly unlikely the president will be removed from office. Gary 0donoghue reports from washington. Will all senators now stand or remain standing and raise their right hand . Do you solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of donald john trump. . Yes, these are 100 members of the United States senate, but for the next few weeks, they will also be jurors and judges. They get to fix the rules of the trial and decide on guilt. Well, well be sitting there in our chairs probably in the order of six hours a day, starting at 1pm eastern time, and then six days a week. So this is going to be, i think, kind of a gruelling exercise but also one that will be public. The president faces two charges. The first is that he abused his power by pressuring the president of ukraine to investigate one of his main democratic rivals, former Vice President joe biden. The second is that he obstructed congress by trying to stop officials giving evidence and withholding documents. There are almost no rules for a trial like this and democrats and republicans are completely at odds over whether to call witnesses at all. That all means this trial could last anything from two to six weeks. Democrats want to hear from the former National Security adviser, john bolton, who reportedly likened the pressure being put on ukraine to a drug deal. But republicans are threatening to retaliate, by insisting joe biden or his son appear too. In the coming days, Senate Republicans are going to face a choice will they take their cues from the white house, as leader mcconnell clearly stated, and engage in a cover up for President Trump . Or will they, in this most sacred of undertakings prescribed by the constitution, vote for a fair trial with witnesses . The president continues to dismiss his impeachment as a hoax, instead focusing on his achievements, here at a farmers rally in texas. And what do i get out of it . Tell me. I get impeached, thats what i get out of it. By these radical left lunatics, i get impeached. But thats ok. The farmers are sticking with trump. It would take a two thirds majority in the senate to convict the president and remove him from office. That is extremely unlikely. Nevertheless, these coming weeks will resonate for years to come. And gary is in washington. 0n capitol hill. So, this evening, really, the beginning of an extraordinary period . Yes, it will be. They will have a ding dong today over the rules of this trial, which they will vote on, the democrats dont much like the timetable the republicans are trying to impose. That will see 12 hours of evidence on both of the next, each of the next four days, including saturday, possibly going into the early hours of the following day. The republicans want this over as soon as the republicans want this over as soon as possible. Democrats will force a vote on witnesses because they want to hear from some of the people of the white house has blocked from giving testimony at all, such as the former National Security adviserjohn bolton, who described that ukraine pressure from the president as a drug deal. So there will be a big battle between there will be a big battle between the two sides. The outcome isnt much in doubt. We are expecting the
president to be acquitted but the question, will it take a week or will it take a month and what kind of damage will be done to him in the meantime . Gary, thank you for now. Gary 0donoghue in washington, dc. The death toll from a new coronavirus in china has risen to six with the initial amount of people infected almost 300. Most of those whove contracted the virus are in wuhan, where the authorities have said that anybody who has a High Temperature should remain in the city. There are fears the virus could spread swiftly, and further across the country, as millions of people prepare to travel home for the Chinese New Year holidays later this week. Here, new laws to stop early automatic release from prison and increase the sentence for serious terrorism offences are being introduced. It comes in the wake of the fishmongers hall attack
in november, where usman khan killed two people while out it of prison on licence. Our Home Affairs CorrespondentDaniel Sandford reports. The man who carried out the fishmonger is a whole attack in november, usman khan, came out of prison one earlier. He spent six yea rs prison one earlier. He spent six years in prison, released automatically halfway through the sentence, prompting widespread criticism of the criminaljustice system. The father of jack merritt, the young man killed here at fishmonger toll, has said his son would not have wanted his death to be used to justify tougher sentencing for terrorism but today the government is doing exactly that. Watching elite Police Firearms officers as they trained to combat terrorism, the home secretary priti patel announced that by mid march
there will be a new counterterrorism bill before parliament, ending the automatic Early Release of the most serious terrorist prisoners, and raising the minimum sentencejudges can pass. We will ensure that we increase sentences to 14 years for the offenders that are involved in planning terrorist offences but also involved in training for terrorist offences as well. With that, we are absolutely clear that we are going to be reviewing licensing conditions, so that people do not have Early Release. Ministers say they will introduce a lie detector tests to help monitor people recently released from prison for terrorist offences, something Jack Merritts father described as a cynical headline grabbing gimmick. There were a boy more radical psychologist and imam is involved. But preventing extremism is as important. It is great to look at
prison sentences and punishment and all of that and investing money on more staff and all of that but what is important is to prevent things from happening in the first place, which to me is martins law, which to me is putting money into prevent. Once somebody has been radicalised, no one is saying there is a 100 guarantee someone can be de radicalised but if there is a chance, we ought to be funding that and committing to it. Counterterrorism police warned that their workload has gone up by a third in three years and agree that more needs to be done on diverting people away from extremism. Daniel sandford, bbc news. The nhs in england owes more than £4 billion in legal fees, to settle outstanding claims of clinical negligence, according to figures obtained by bbc news. Each year, the nhs receives more than 10,000 new claims for compensation, as Angus Crawford reports. Brother, son, and nephew. This is hayden. Soon after, though, he was rushed to hospital, and died there. He was just six days old. It is every parents worst nightmare. We just had to there and watch as our son slowly die in front of our eyes, literally. And then he died, in front of our eyes. In the face of official silence, they felt they had no choice but to sue. Parental concerns not listened to. I havent really thought about it as suing the nhs. Ive thought about it as kind of fighting for a voice for hayden, and fighting for, you know, acknowledgement of his life and his rights. I dont think we would have gotten the answers that we had any other way. You cant bring that person back, nothing is going to bring them back, and the only thing that helps is to have acknowledgement that they existed, that they mattered, and answers as to why, how this happened. The hospital did eventually admit liability, years later. That picture is being repeated across england. Payments for clinical negligence have doubled since 2015. Last year, the nhs paid out £2. 3 billion, but the total cost of outstanding claims now stands at a staggering £83 billion, and weve learnt legal fees make up £4. 3 billion of that. More complex claims and a change in the way they are calculated, partly to blame. Doctors fear costs are spiralling out of control, but lawyers for patients claim safety failings is still the biggest issue. Youve got patients who were injured negligently, and thats why they have to be compensated. What we should be looking at is improving patient care and patient safety. We will then have less injured patients, and the cost of litigation will then go down. The nhs in england says 70 of claims are now resolved without going to court, and it is committed to learn from incidents in order to improve patient safety. But haydens death is evidence of a system that failed, one his parents believe is in urgent need of reform. Theres a death, and you pay, theres a death, you pay, theres an injury, you pay. And theyre not actually fixing the source of the problem, so itsjust going to be repeated. Angus crawford, bbc news. Prince harry has arrived in vancouver in canada to rejoin his wife, meghan, and their son archie. He left london last night after attending a uk Africa Investment summit. Its not clear when the couple will return to the uk. Our correspondent sophie long sent this update from vancouver. We think that harry has now been reunited with his wife, meghan, and their young son,
archie, and one can only imagine that might have been a rather emotional reunion. The couple have been separated by thousands of miles and an eight hour time difference, in what can only be described as an extremely turbulent time both for the royal couple themselves and the wider royal family. Now, we know that harry would have boarded that flight in london with a heavy heart. Hes talked very candidly about his Great Sadness at having to take such a major step back. He said he wanted to continue to serve the queen, the commonwealth and his military associations, but that following those negotiations with the queen and senior members of the royal family, that had not been possible. So, while he will have come here with Great Sadness, that will also have been coupled, one would imagine, with excitement at seeing his wife, meghan, and their young son, archie. Its hoped now both hope expressed by the queen and harry himself that they will now be able to move through that transition period to a more peaceful life here in canada. Sophie long on vancouver island. Our top story this lunchtime
donald trump has luanched a stinging attack on environmentalists, at the World Economic forum in davos. And still to come on the programme, is there a diversity crisis in foster ca re . Coming up in the sport on bbc news leicester tigers have confirmed Steve Borthwick is to become their new head coach. Hell leave his role in the england coaching setup. A woman who was detained for three months at an Immigration Centre and wrongly told she was in the uk illegally says no amount of money can make up for how shes been treated. Chiplyn burton is part of the Windrush Generation she came here from jamaica in the 1960s. Its taken more than 40 years to sort out her immigration status. She finally returned to the uk last month after the home office admitted it made a mistake. Shes been speaking to our community Affairs Correspondent adina campbell. For the first time in more than four decades, Chiplyn Burton can now rest a little easier. She arrived in lancashire from jamaica in 1965, aged seven, on her parents passports, one of many caribbean families who came to the uk, known as the Windrush Generation, and given indefinite leave to remain. But chiplyns first problems started in the 1970s when she returned to jamaica with her family but she was later refused entry back into the uk. I was stopped injamaica from 1976 to the year 2001, and i had to struggle. There were times where i felt like killing myself. When chiplyn eventually came back to the uk, she ended up staying and working in Care Services without legal documents until 2015. She then received the news she was dreading. Oh, chiplyn, im so sorry to tell you but theyve decided theyre not going to give you your stay. So i said, so what does that mean now . Oh, im so sorry but we have to lock you up. I said, lock me up . So, am i a criminal . Chiplyn was detained at Yarls Wood Immigration Removal Centre in bedfordshire for three months. And did you have an opportunity to say goodbye to your family . No. Not even a phone call . No, nothing at all. She was then deported back to jamaica. It was only when the scale of the windrush scandal came to light almost two years ago, when she realised she was one of the many victims who had been mistreated. Oh, boy. Can you give mejust a little second, please . Chiplyn finally got the news she had been desperately longing for in november last year. In a statement, the home office says, miss burton has now been granted indefinite leave to remain and a member of its Vulnerable Persons Team is in close contact with her. Chiplyn flew back to the uk three weeks ago and is now working with lawyers to claim compensation through the government windrush scheme. If they even give me £1 million, £1 billion, it cannot buy back my happiness, it cannot buy back my life because it is forever scarred. Adina campbell, bbc news. Planners have been criticised for allowing new Housing Developments to be built without local amenities like schools, shops and health centres, making using a car a necessity. Our environment analyst Roger Harrabin is with me. We started the programme talking about the environment, what are the criticisms here . 142 different sites, mainly out of town estates, we re sites, mainly out of town estates, were surveyed and fun sadly wanting. Three quarters of them, the surveyor said, should not really have been given permission in the current state. Issues like poor amenities, lots of parking as far as you can see, the next slide will show more tarmac space in a place where a village atmosphere should be. Lastly, this maine road going past a development with the fence cutting off the development from the surrounding land. The surveyors from University College london say it is not good enough. The main finding of our research is that instead of creating green and pleasant places for people, we are creating isolated road dominated environments without any real character or quality. In fact, 20 of them, weve found are so poor that they shouldnt have received planning permission at all. Interestingly, this backs up a government survey, a National Survey of peoples opinion which suggests that 76 of people in england now think we should be driving our cars less. It could be a bit embarrassing for the government, the opposition politicians are saying why have you not publish this survey when you are planning a Roads Programme totalling about £28 billion, i think this one has more legs in it. Roger harrabin, thank you. Network rail, which runs britains rail infrastructure, is to be investigated over poor performance in Northern England and the midlands. The regulator, the office of rail and road, has put the Government Owned Company on a warning for contributing to delays on networks such as northern and transpennine express. Network rails chief executive has apologised to passengers and said that problems would be fixed. There are fears that ethnic minority foster children are growing up without a full sense of their identity because they are being placed with white families. Nearly a quarter of children in foster care are from a black, asian or minority ethnic background, but two thirds of local authorities in england have a shortage of bame carers. Sabbiyah pervez has more. Will you grab me the pasta so i can put it on for tea tonight . No worries. Fatima and sagheer have been fostering children for 16 years. Over that time, theyve cared for children from many different backgrounds. I think you need a lot more to have that experience because youve got a lot more kids coming into care at the moment. They need to know their roots. We get a lot of phone calls from carers who are, white carers, who say, this child needs care, how do we meet their needs . If there were more carers from bame backgrounds, theyd be able to meet these needs. At the moment in england,
there are around 55,000 children in foster care. Approximately one in four children in care comes from an ethnic minority background, that only 15 of Foster Carers are from a similar background. So why are there low numbers of Foster Carers from diverse backgrounds . Well, charities have told me a lot of the time the red tape and level of scrutiny involved puts people off, but also because there are so few numbers of bame Foster Carers, those who are interested have few people to turn to for support and information on whats involved. Shaz was in care for four years. He was never placed with a foster family. Hes a british but many of his care home staff were white. It was weird because being muslim, i, like, eat halal meat and all of this, and i go to a mosque and stuff like that, but then when i transitioned into being in care, they didnt know
what that meant. In quite a lot of circumstances, they would give me pork and stuff. Now that hes left care, shaz thinks his experience could have been a lot better. In an ideal situation, i would probably want to be fostered by an asian family, because then there would be more understanding and more open minded. The government say they are looking into this issue and every child should have a Stable Family background, despite their ethnicity or religion. Im extremely concerned about it, because i think were letting down children and thats why were making sure that we give a focus to adoption and fostering in general, as well, because i dont want any child to be going without a loving home. For shaz, the Care Experience is over. He is now back with his family. But for those children still in care and with more entering the system, theirfuture depends on more people opening up their homes. Sabbiyah pervez, bbc news. Hes one of the biggest stars
in World Football atjust 21 hes already won the world cup, and now Kyllian Mbappe says there is much more to come. The france and Paris Saint Germain striker says he hopes to win the champions league, the euros and the Olympic Games this year. Natalie pirks has been to meet him. If the world didnt know his name before russia, they certainly knew it after. Now mbappe with a shooting chance. Hes done it again at 19, Kylian Mbappe became only the second teenager in history to score in a world cup final. The first, pele. Bonjour, ca va . Bonjour. Tres bien, merci. All his short life hes been touted as the new thierry henry, but russia proved hes a star in his own right. Im kylian, im kylian. I think after the world cup people say, ok, he is not the new. The new. Hes kylian. Ok, everybody know him now. And i was happy about this. I was proud because i say, ok, now everybody know who i am, how i play, how good i can be. Now i have to be better, because when you have this, you want this. This is already a lot. He was signed to nike atjust seven years old, his talents dazzlingly obvious. But with such privilege comes responsibility. With his parents by his side last night he launched his new foundation, with the aim of helping children from across paris achieve their dreams, the way hes living his. What is Kylian Mbappe capable of now, after winning a world cup . Everything. If you won the world cup you can do everything. I remember before the world cup, journalists saying, kylian, what is the objective of the competition . I say, i come for the win. For me, it was normal. I say, i come for the win. But after that, in france, nobody. Nobody understands. This guy is crazy. And, after all, when we won, people say, yeah, he tells the truth. You have to believe in you. If you dont believe in you, who will believe in you . The euros and the olympics loom large this summer, and rumours of a huge move to spain persist. But he is still finding time to keep an eye on the premier league. What liverpool do in this moment is amazing. Its amazing. They lost zero game. They are easy. When you watch, you think everything is easy, but thats not easy. They play and they win, they win, they win. They are like a machine. Takes one to know one. Natalie pirks, bbc news, paris. Wow, only 21 shame on, isnt it . what were we doing at that age, darren bett . i cant remember that far back good point, well made it will be turning milder and cloudier, but this morning it was 5 in gloucestershire, worcestershire and oxfordshire and 9 degrees in highland scotland. Those contrasts continue through the rest of today. High pressure is in charge, around the top we are drawing in mild
atla ntic the top we are drawing in mild atlantic air, but that area of