and christian fraser is in london. in 11 hours‘ time, the polls open in alabama and voters will chose between a republican accused of molesting a child and a democrat who is pro—choice on abortion. polls suggest the republican could win. but roy moore, who also believes muslims should be banned from serving in congress and homosexuality should be illegal, has been shunned by members of his own party. the top republican senator from alabama, richard shelby, chose to go on national television yesterday to say he couldn't vote for mr moore because the accusations of sexual harassment were just too compelling. i want to reiterate again, i did not vote for roy moore and i would not vote for roy moore and i would not vote for roy moore. i think the republican party can do better. the president however does not agree. this weekend he recorded a robocall — essentially a telephone phone marketing message — in support of mr moore. ryan moore is the guy that we need to pass our make america great again agenda. roy is a conservative who helped me steal this country back on track after eight years of the obama disaster. get out and fought for roy moore. eight women have accused mr moore of harassing them. one of them says she was just 14 at the time. this weekend, mr moore denied those charges again. ido i do not know them. i have had known counter with them. i have not molested anyone. i do not know why they are saying it that it is not true. let's get more now from politico's national political reporter — gabriel debenedetti — who's in birmingham, alabama. good to see you. what impact does mr trump, the president, coming out with this global call in support of roy moore have? what about the republican who came out against roy moore? roy moore hopes the present weighing in has a huge impact on the one notices what senator shelby had to say. the roy moore campaign is trying hard to turn it whatever voters it can who are big fans of the president but my piece kettle of roy moore and who are relying on this endorsement from president trump to really win over. at the same time, the democrat running against roy moore is really relying on this message from senator shelby, who is trying appeal to conservatives. and there are many in this state. who do not like roy moore and what his dance floor. they are to get permission for those folks to do a write—in campaign and getting someone other than roy moore who will not allow doug jones to win the seat. the polls have been all over the place. some put roy moore ahead, some put the democrat, doug jones ahead. to what extent are people telling pollsters the truth on the way that they are voting? that is the huge question right now. there is a lot of speculation that this is actually affecting people on both sides. on the one hand, there are certainly voters supporting roy moore too, because of his accusations, they do not want to tell pollsters this. on the other hand, there are voters supporting doug jones cannot say it out loud and do not want to talk about it, specifically because he is a democrat. alabama has not collected a democrat to the senate since the early 1990s. very few democrats have even won any state—wide office here. there are very few democrats here. it is sort of attempted word, democrat, the first place. it is affecting both sides. as a result, no—one has any idea what the results will look like tomorrow. how important is to make tomorrow? —— turnout. turnout is the entire game tomorrow. both campaigns are focusing on it. forjones, the important thing is to turn a base voters. african—american voters in this state, many of them sympathetic to democrats but don't usually vote. roy moore is trying to win over rural vote rs roy moore is trying to win over rural voters who might not have voted in the primary but are big fa ns voted in the primary but are big fans of president trump. they are both revving up their get out the vote campaigns enormously in the last few hours. given that roy moore is the antiestablishment candidate, it is quite interesting, the gamer doug jones has been playing in the last few days. he did not want to make it national and get outside activists coming in but he is changed tack. that is right. doug jones got support from a number of surrogates in the state in the last few days. the newjersey senator, the former massachusetts governor gaming. but they are not names necessarily famous and often infuriated republicans who hate democrats in alabama. thejones campaign want to win over african—american voters and energise them enough without turning this into a national referendum. then again, the end of the day, thejones campaign has accented calls from barack obama and joe biden. those might not be the most popular figures in alabama but they are betting that those calls will be enough to win the right voters over. 0k, enough to win the right voters over. ok, gabriel, thank you very much for joining us from birmingham, alabama. i mentioned that i am heading there. ryan christie is coming as well. he willjoin us to give analysis in this crazy race. there has been so much focus on the sexual harassment allegations against roy moore. it is worth reminding people that even before those allegations were made, he was already seen as being outside the mainstream of the republican party because of some of his more controversial positions. run through some of those. he has defied federal law twice. he was the chiefjustice of the alabama supreme court and removed from office twice. why? he openly defied the us supreme court. he said, i want to keep the ten commandments up in my office and the courthouse. they said, what are you doing? you cannot have a religious display in a courthouse. but yet to his supporters, who think he is an evangelical christian, he is very popular. these folks in alabama think, he is sticking up for us and sticking it to the federal government. he thinks on sexuality should be illegal and muslims should not serving the us congress. with those positions not put him out of the bounds of other republicans supporting him already? here's where to the mainstream and this guy does not represent the party of abraham lincoln, the party of freedom of association, freedom of the press. he wants to suppress enjoy condemn people based on religion. that should not be condoned in any way in american vortex. but he could still win with these positions and it says a lot about the state of alabama that you have so many people realising this has national ramifications. this is a struggle we not see just in this election, but the struggle between the pragmatists, the establishment in washington and the evangelical wing of the party. that goes beyond alabama. it does. ithink, frankly, this could be the official that divides is not breaks the republican party apart. alabama has really put themselves in the cross hairs of nominating someone who is not only outside the mainstream, not only someone outside the mainstream, not only someone who has been accused of terrible sexual crimes against children, but also someone who i think is very racist and bigoted views. how would the republican party workers' party if we were to nominate and then collect someone who represents out of the mainstream views such as roy moores? there is a lot hanging on this and am glad that is why we are going to birmingham to see on the ground what the stakes are into this will turn out. thank you forjoining us. it is interesting because it has wider national implications. it is hard for me to imagine that roy moore would be elected in another state. it really is, because alabama has such resistance to electing a democrat at all. particularly one thatis democrat at all. particularly one that is as pro—choice as doug jones is. that is why i think you're seeing this race is close of this —— as it is. in other states, i'd do not believe he would even be in contention. we have heard from gabriel that democrats stumping for doug jones at the moment. the cynical side to me wonders whether they are actually hoping that roy moore windsors. because he will cause all kinds of crazy problems to the republican party. they knew that before these allegations of sexual harassment. throw in an ethics investigation... it is not even clear that he will go along with them. he is someone come from the steve banning wing of the party. he will come to washington and cause a lot of problems, as he has done in alabama. there was a really good article in the new york times this week which i've read at length. it paints a portrait of a president obsessed with television. and his own image. the article says the ammunition for his twitter what is television. now one according to this report touches the remote—control other than president trump. during meetings, the 60 inch screen might be muted, but mr trump peter madden scrolling headlines. what he misses, ejects it later on a state—of—the—art system that a p pa re ntly state—of—the—art system that apparently records cable news. it seems like president trump might have read this report because today he was back on twitter saying... i think he has been watching his own news headlines. what you reckon?“ people have not read it, they should read it. it is a fascinating read and obviously research. weeks. the correspondent who has written it has had a sit down with the present before. two bits stuck out to me. one is the general kelly is in some way trying to control access to the oval office with limited success. the other part about it for me was this idea that if he is not in the news, he hates it. yes. even if the headlines are bad, according to this report, he would rather be on television. if he looks at the television. if he looks at the television screens after a couple of days he is not the, then he gets very angry and wants to be back in the news, which could account for some of the more combative things the president does. this is not a president who shies away from controversy. he runs to it and likes the fact he is on television. as we have no mcdonald run, although is yours being in celebrity television, brand and image and being on the front of television screens is very important to him. what about this idea that he had suddenly discovered the limits of this power? he was a political novice before going into office. he is found, to his cost, after some run—ins with the likes of mitch mcconnell, the majority senate leader, that he is not some imperial leader. he has to work with the other two branches of government. the piece makes the point that he could do what he wanted in his business empire because it belonged to him and it was a shock to get into the white house and not be able to run the country in that way. we discussed this before. why is donald trump attracted to strong men? it is not necessarily strongly does, it is the systems that they operate in. the constraints of a democratic process sometimes seem to chafe on him. it is not a hatchet job, this article. do go and read it. it is an insight into the president and the way that he works. efforts to contain ongoing wildfires in southern california are focusing on a blaze which threatens the city of santa barbara. the thomas fire — as it's known — has become one of the largest in the state's history. it has damaged an area greater than that of new york city. vladimir putin has ordered the partial withdrawal of russian troops from syria, during an unannounced visit there. mr putin was met by syrian president bashar al—assad as he arrived at the russian hmeimim airbase, near latakia. russian military support has been crucial in turning the tide of syria's civil war in mr assad's favour. mr putin made a similar withdrawal announcement last year, but russian military operations continued. police in new york say a rush hour explosion at manhattan's busiest bus terminal was an attempted terror attack. the suspect — who had a homemade bomb strapped to his body — was injured along with three others. the device was described by authorities as "low—tech". the plot comes less than two months after an uzbek immigrant killed eight people in lower manhattan by driving a truck down a bike path. from new york, nick bryant reports. it is 7.20, the height of rush—hour, and a security camera appears to show an explosive device going off amidst a crowd of monday morning commuters. a picture taken from cctv appears to show him on the floor shortly afterwards. it was a low—tech bomb which left the bomber himself with the worst injuries. three others were treated afterwards for minor injuries, including a police officer, in what the authorities have described as an attempted terror attack. police were called to a reported explosion, responding units found and injured 27—year—old male. we have identified him as akayed ullah. he had burns and wounds to his body. an investigation at the scene indicates he was wearing an improvised low—tech explosive device attached to his body. coming at such a busy time in such a congested place, the intent appears to have been to cause maximum destruction. the port authority bus terminal serves 65 million passengers a year, this could have been so much worse. this was an attempted terrorist attack. thank god the perpetrator did not achieve his ultimate goals. thank god our first responders were there so quickly to address the situation to make sure people were safe. what's remarkable is that within two hours of the attack, new york city has pretty much returned to normal. the subways are all open and people are going about their business. this attack failed to cause death and it failed to cause much disruption. the speed at which this city started moving again not only speaks of its determined resilience but also the creeping normalisation of these kind of attacks in the world's major cities. new yorkers know that their transportation systems are vulnerable. nick bryant reporting there from new york. and joining us now from philadelphia is jack thomas tomarchio — a former deputy assistant secretary at the department of homeland security. thank you very much forjoining us. i want to pick up on that normalisation factor. there were some press reports that new yorkers we re some press reports that new yorkers were panicking. there was actually no indication of that at all. is there a risk that this process of normalising, that new yorkers, like europeans, are realising the city is vulnerable? i do not think there is a risk. new yorkers... u nfortu nately, a risk. new yorkers... unfortunately, many others across the world, we expect a terror attack in almost every month. people started to be vigilant and we have a situation that might not be normal, but i don't think by seeing people say, this is not a big deal... these are big deals. in this case, we had are big deals. in this case, we had a low—tech explosive, an individual who probably was not very technically competent and we had no serious injuries, except maybe to the attacker himself. i do not think the attacker himself. i do not think the populace has in any way become so blase about this that they do not feel these are important, because they still are. in the van attack in october in new york and in this one, in both cases, the suspects were taken alive. how critical and how useful is that for counterterror experts? certainly from an intelligence standpoint, that is the gold standard. you do not exploit intelligence from dead people and you do not exploit intelligence from a dead attacker. the important thing now, the issue we are always concerned about post—attack, is who the individual was, what motivated the individual was, what motivated the individual, how do the individual did what he did, how did the attacker get the money and support to do it? were there other individuals who were conspirators or supporters? was he part of a network ora supporters? was he part of a network or a cell? all of these pieces of information are critical for intelligence officers to build the whole picture of who the attacker was and what motivated him. it is very important for us. this guy came in on an immigrant visa. he worked legally in new york between 2012 and 2015. he had a black cab, limousine driver's licence. again, you have talked to us about the markers and social media activity that police and agencies try to pick up but that might not be anything in this man's background that would indicate he was a problem. that is absolutely right. this individual might be self radicalised. he might have a mental problem. he could have other issues that caused them to do this. we do not know right now. but we want to determine, digging and mine the data to find out what the motivations were. again, if the individual, very much like the killer in las vegas, the shooter in las vegas, the individual leaves a normal life and may be as quiet and all of a sudden, in one instant of rage, comes out and commits an horrendous act, it is very difficult to find these people and predict them. again, that is why we do the forensic analysis, psychological, psychosocial analysis of that individual‘s motivation and it's all personal history. as associations, friendships... that is what the meat of the post—incident forensic investigation is. it is good to talk to you. thank you for coming on again. thank you. heavy snow, thick ice and high winds continue to cause trouble for commuters all over europe. in austria, winds up to 160—kilometres—per—an—hour rattled across the alps, bringing down trees and power poles. in france, these traffic workers had to throw grit under the tyres of heavy vehicles to keep them moving on the slippery ice. and similar conditions on italian roads. some ferries in naples were stuck in port due to the wind and train travellers also faced lengthy delays. at europe's busiest airport, london heathrow, a quarter of flights have been cancelled as the bad weather beds in — as our correspondent sima kotecha reports. a blanket of snow, covering large parts of the uk. an ideal playground for children, many of whom have had the day off with hundreds of schools closed due to treacherous conditions. here in birmingham, the council—run schools are closed today. the local authority has faced criticism with some saying there was no need because roads like this one have been cleared throughout the day. the council says tomorrow it will be up to individual headteachers as to whether they open or remain closed and that the priority for them is the safety of children. it's not just here, schools in buckinghamshire, shropshire and staffordshire have also been closed. many roads have been layered with ice, making driving difficult. some vehicle emergency services are claiming they've had almost 111,000 calls today from people struggling on the roads. yesterday we did 14,000, 600 of those were vehicles stuck in snow. main advice would be take it very steady. pack a few extras in the car, like a blanket, and make sure your torch and mobile phone is charged up. make sure you have your main contacts saved in your phone. in south wales, a lorry got its tyres stuck in the snow, while in northern ireland, a postcard picture emerged on the belfast to londonderry route. in the highest village in surrey, freezing temperatures combined with strong winds proved challenging, but some of the locals cannot get enough. up here, we sometimes get a flurry but it never really settles. and this is the first time in about three years we've had some decent snowfall. in the west midlands, an nhs trust put an appeal out for four—wheel drive vehicles to help stranded nurses get to hospitals. we offered a number of them to our nhs colleagues because there's pressure on them at the moment to get patients to hospital. we have well—trained drivers and good vehicles that we are happy to lend. a quarter of the flights from heathrow have been cancelled, while the port of calais has reopened. it had been closed for a few hours. however, it says there are still some delays to ferry services between the port and dover. the met office says it will be an extremely cold night with some places experiencing temperatures of around —12 celsius. much of the snow will turn to ice, raising more concerns about getting out and about tomorrow. i think, for the first time ever in history, it probably goes into the guinness book of records, you and i both had snow on the same weekend. i got three orfour both had snow on the same weekend. i got three or four inches. i both had snow on the same weekend. i got three orfour inches. i do not think it has been a news story at all. you probably were not aware of it. i flew into washington from california, in a blizzard, the flight california, in a blizzard, the flight landed on time. no—one took any notice, except this person. this little animal took some notice. my new dog, charlie! charlie is a rescue dog from tunisia who has never seems now before in his life. if he is from tunisia, i can understand why! random, buti if he is from tunisia, i can understand why! random, but i have a rescue dog from tunisia. charlie loved it. he ran around like a little snow plough. i am submitting this is my first piece of evidence. it was filmed by my daughter. this proves firstly that it snowed and secondly that trains still run in britain when it snows. this is the train back from the north yesterday. i had train back from the north yesterday. ihada train back from the north yesterday. i had a little girl sitting next to me yet be so —— yesterday saying, can we get off the train? i said, when we get to london, it will be fine. of course, in london, there was no snow. in lots of countries, trains to run on time when the snow. it is sort of thing. we have mastered the leaves and seemingly we're now getting to grips with the snow as well. so that is good. just one line of news. i think this has broken while we were only. the pentagon has announced transgender recruits will be annoyed to enlist into the military as of january the. —— allowed. that is after donald trump previously announced they would be banned. twojudges have overruled him. like with the muslim ban, he has to deal with the courts. he has limited powers as president. the interesting thing about transgender recruits the interesting thing about tra nsgender recruits is the interesting thing about transgender recruits is that the secretary of defence, general matters, has been in favour of still loving transgender members to serve in the military, which has putter—mac dodds. it looks like mattis and the courts agree on this one. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — the american women calling on congress to investigate allegations of misconduct by president trump. we hearfrom one of them. and a breakthrough that brings hope for patients with huntington's disease — the biggest advance for 50 yea rs. that's still to come. thank you very much forjoining me. real concerns in the next few hours into the morning rush hour on tuesdayis into the morning rush hour on tuesday is the extent of the lying snow. and the -10, -11 —10, —11 russell. let us see how you will fare. we start the day on the school run or the commute. enough to keep the frost at bay in parts of east anglia but we will see how those temperatures plummet, watch out for the fog as well, but even in the major conurbations, down 2—7d and then afterwards manchester and sheffield. not overly warm. a brighter day for the most part, a crisp sort of day, that sunshine doing nothing for the temperatures at all, later in the day, another band of cloud and from the atlantic and fora time, band of cloud and from the atlantic and for a time, particularly over higher ground, there will be some transient snow as we bring the moisture in from the atlantic. elsewhere, there will be sunshine but no heat. here is the picture on tuesday into wednesday, one pulse of cloud and rain works its way across. some hefty showers following on behind, ganging together to rob you of your sunshine until the break—out and something drier and brighter and the temperatures are last on the up. this is beyond 100 days. our top stories. it is almost time to vote in alabama. it is still too close to call. a bangladeshi man sets off an explosion at a busy new york subway station. and coming up in the next half an hour, three women who have accused donald trump of sexual harassment say it is time for congress to hold an enquiry. awards seasonis congress to hold an enquiry. awards season is here and the golden globes, kicking it off, we will see who made the short list. let us know your thoughts. three women who have accused donald trump of sexual harassment have demanded a congressional enquiry. they say that before he became the presidential candidate he groped them and forcibly kissed them. the white house has said that those claims are false and the women say there was a contrast between the men who have recently been accused of sexual harassment have been fired and a president who is still in office. one of the women has been speaking to my colleague. speaking out about sexual misconduct, but in this case it is the most powerful man in the world they are accusing. in an objective setting without question, a person with this record would have entered the graveyard of political aspirations, never to return yet here are with that man as president. these women spoke out one year ago but in the wake of the harvey weinstein scandal they are calling on congress to investigate the president. this is not a partisan issue. this is how women are every day. this is not a partisan issue. jessica who was at the news conference said she was assaulted by mr trump decades ago while she was sitting next to him on a flight. the next thing i know, donald trump is over me like a wet blanket. he is kissing and fondling and everything and the next thing i realised was that he was putting his hand up my skirt. i grabbed my purse and went to the back of the aeroplane. it was after the release of this tape where mr trump can be heard about groping women when more than a dozen accusers came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct. all i with allegations of sexual misconduct. alll can with allegations of sexual misconduct. all i can say is that is totally fa ke misconduct. all i can say is that is totally fake news, it is fake, made up totally fake news, it is fake, made u p stuff totally fake news, it is fake, made up stuff and it is disgraceful what happens, but that happens in the world of politics, john. in the past week, three members of congress have been forced to resign over accusations of sexual misconduct. in this current climate, many are asking whether same pressure at the gates of the white house. but many voters simply are not concerned. donald trump won the election in spite of these allegations which he denies. at a time when so many women are sharing their stories, jessica wants to make sure that hers is not forgotten and that the president of the united states is held to account. people who have experienced this remember every detail. they remember when it happened, they remember who it happened, they remember who it happened with, they remember where they were, they remember how they got out of it, they remember going home and most of them would say, and i threw away my clothes. we don't forget this. jessica leads speaking to my colleague. in the last few minutes the white house press secretary was asked about those allegations of sexual misconduct against president trump. the president has addressed these accusations directly and denied all of these allegations and this took place long before he was elected to be president and the people of this country had a decisive election supported president trump and we feel like these allegations have been answer to that process. that is the response of sarah sanders, wonder woman in the administration but another senior person has seen it another way. the american ambassador to the united nations came out over the course of the weekend, gave a television interview and was asked about these accusers and was asked about these accusers and whether they should be believed. listen to her response. women who accuse anyone should be heard. they should be heard and they should be dealt with and i think we heard from them prior to the election and i think any woman who has felt violated or felt mistreated and anyway, they have every right to speak out. it is interesting, you have the president saying it is fake news, his un ambassadors saying that these women deserve to be heard and sarah sanders, amateur what she was saying that she seemed to be saying that there was an election, we won, that there was an election, we won, that settles it. i have watched these women who have accused him being interviewed on the american networks only get the impression that they remember every detail. they are very convincing. on the other side they say that a lot these allegations... women are trying to say this is not a political issue, this needs to be bipartisan, we have seen this needs to be bipartisan, we have seen this debate. the response should not be republican or democrat despite the fact of course that the president is a republican and it is easy for this to become politicised but a lot of women want to resist that temptation. with the terms of a divorce agreement in place the way is clear for the divorce agreement in place the way is clearfor the eu and divorce agreement in place the way is clear for the eu and the divorce agreement in place the way is clearfor the eu and the uk to begin talks about trade but how closely aligned should they remain to the single market after brexit? one of the people whose job it is to ensure a level playing field is margaret thursday. she has been a thorn in the side of the big tech companies who have managed to avoid paying corporation tax and when i spoke to her earlier i began by asking whether apple has paved the billions of back taxes she has demanded from them for business conducted here in europe. they have not paid that. this is why we have referred them to the eu courts. we have seen the recovery from the dutch authorities, from the belgian authorities, they have recovered unpaid taxes and the irish will have to recover unpaid taxes as well. when it comes to the big companies, you have also find google for abusing dominance in search, facebook for providing misleading information in its accusation that rapper acquisition of what's up. do you think the tech giants, particularly the tech giants need to do more? they need to follow out need to do more? they need to follow our common rule book, because it is for everyone to do business in europe but we do have a common rule book and that applies for us companies as well as european companies, as well as any other company and! companies, as well as any other company and i think it is important for businesses to say we want to compete on merit and not by cutting corners. can i talk to you about the brexit negotiation because you are at the competition commissioner and i'm sure you have an interest in regulations and rules, what do you understand by full alignment?“ regulations and rules, what do you understand by full alignment? it is important for us as well as for the uk businesses to have a level playing field, so that we compete on the quality of products, prices, services that we attach to it and thatis services that we attach to it and that is what we compete on. a lot of people raise the example of the chlorinated check—in. say that the uk doesa chlorinated check—in. say that the uk does a trade deal with the united states, we know that chlorinated chicken is not accepted in the european union so what happens to chicken farmers who might deal with european union, how does that work, technically? i don't know what to tell you and i think that is why a lot of people have the uncertainty about what will happen in the future and that is why it would be a good thing to advance the negotiation, to be able to give answers to people so they know where to do their business, where to engage themselves in future openings and this is our ambition, to get on with it enabled to be able to provide answers to that question and many others. you have said before that when it comes to tax harmonisation and the harmonisation of rules and regulations, you're not a federalist, but the things we are reading in the uk this week from people like martin schulz, the former president of the european parliament is that he once the united states of europe and when people at the back, they think, most people at the back, they think, most people in the uk did not want that so maybe they were right to leave. the good thing about europe is that everyone can form their own opinion. lam everyone can form their own opinion. i am entitled to mine as well as martin schulz is entitled to his. i am nota martin schulz is entitled to his. i am not a federalist, ithink martin schulz is entitled to his. i am not a federalist, i think what we have created in europe is unique, it is not a copy of something historic, it is not out of the theory book, what someone hasjust it is not out of the theory book, what someone has just thought of, it is not out of the theory book, what someone hasjust thought of, it is concrete and develop democracy based on european history and i think that is a good thing. i think we are developing according to what people want. the prime minister of the uk said that she wanted a deep and special partnership with the european union but there is a lot of frustration at the moment directed at ireland because it has these corporate tax rates at 12.5% and we have talked about the difficulties that has posed in relation to apple, are you concerned that when britain isa are you concerned that when britain is a sovereign state and the government is making sovereign decisions that it will exist as a low tax economy off the european mainland? the uk is an active part of this tax alliance and they see no reason why the uk should leave that. it comes from, i think, a conviction from the rest of the countries that not only many company should pay their taxes but that all companies should pay their taxes. margaret vestager there with some interesting thoughts. theresa may promised to ensure that no new barriers were put in place between northern ireland and the republican to said that the uk would be leaving the eu in a smooth and orderly way. i know that some doubted we would reach this stage. the process ahead will not be easy. the process ahead will not be easy. the progress so far has required give and take for the uk and eu to move forwards together and that is what we have done. of course, nothing is agreed until is agreed. what we have done. of course, nothing is agreed until is agreedlj think the prime minister has the christmas spirit thinking that leave and remain above be happy about the same thing. the israeli prime minister and the eu foreign policy chief have publicly disagreed over the us decision to recognisejerusalem as the country's capital. federica mogherini has said the eu would not recognise jerusalem as the capital, as president trump did last week. meanwhile, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said the us decision was a recognition of reality. critics continue to demonstrate against mr trump's decision. in beirut today, tens of thousands of supporters of lebanon's hezbollah demonstrated chanting "death to america!" and "death to israel!". our middle east correspondent martin patience was there. an extraordinary turnout, is expected here in the southern suburbs of beirut which is the strong but —— stronghold of hezbollah are. hundreds of supporters turning out onto the straight from all walks of life, this is more of a movement thanjust a political grip and they have been denouncing the decision of donald trump to name jerusalem denouncing the decision of donald trump to namejerusalem as the capital of israel. as far as they are concerned, jerusalem will always be an arab capital and the reality is that there are plenty of protest, they are saying we will give our blood, our souls to the palestinian cause, this is about domestic politics, about rallying support for hezbollah around the palestinian flag as well as the issue of israel. a fifth day of protest in the middle east. survivors and breathed families have called for the parry into the g re nfell tower called for the parry into the grenfell tower fire to be helmed called for the parry into the grenfell towerfire to be helmed by volunteers. they will set out the future of the enquiries work, victims of the fire say they are already being pushed to the sideline. bitcoin has begun trading on a major exchange for the first time after launching on chicago's cboe futures exchange. the move allows investors notjust to buy and sell the electronic currency but to bet on whether it price will rise or fall. it's already gone from being valued at $1,000 at the start of the year, to rising above $18,000 today. the governing for corsica coalition won 56.5% of votes in the second round of polling on sunday. the national say they want more autonomy, not full independence. saudi arabia has announced it will lift a ban on commercial cinemas that has lasted more than three decades. the ministry of culture and information said it would begin issuing licences immediately and that the first cinemas were expected to open in march 2018. the kingdom did have cinemas back in the 1970s, but clerics persuaded authorities to close them. this is beyond 100 days and still to come. . . the tv star keith chegwin — better known to fans and friends as cheggers — has died at the age of 60. he died at home after battling a progressive lung condition. chegwin became a household name hosting shows like multi—coloured swap shop and cheggers plays pop. here's our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba. his energy, his sheer enthusiasm, made keith chegwin into a household name. welcome to our very special christmas edition of cheggers plays pop. from everybody here... merry christmas! figures who worked with him have been paying tribute.|j figures who worked with him have been paying tribute. i knew he was very well, i spoke to him about four weeks ago and he said he was recovering, so i did not expect this and it is very sad news. maggie philbin said it is incredibly sad, he was a one—off, full of life, generous and with a focus on things that mattered, his family. keith was loved by everyone who knew and worked with him. his career did decline for a time and the public was shocked to discover that he was an alcoholic, something he spoke about when he appeared on celebrity big brother. i do all the tricks. you never buy a full bottle of whiskey because you cannot hide it, so you by four half bottles. in fact reality tv gave him a new outlook, he was able to regain much of the fame from his early career thanks to his honesty, his personality and his endless ability to laugh at himself. and fuse tv stars can claim to have had a top—selling chart hit, to have entertained millions while in their teens and then to have still been doing the same for viewers decades later. you're watching beyond one hundred days. scientists are hailing a major breakthrough in the search for a treatment for the brain disease huntington's. a research team at university college london has managed to correct the defect which causes huntington's and now hopes the deadly disease can be stopped. the development has been described as the "biggest breakthrough in neurodegenerative diseases for 50 years". here's our health correspondent, james gallagher. when you've got something that's degenerative, you know every day, the last day was probably better than the next one is going to be. this family has been blighted by huntington's, they have seen their mother stephanie, uncle keith and grandmother olive all dying from it. they describe it as parkinson's, alzheimer's and motor neuron disease rolled into one. frank, his sister sandy and also their brother peter's brains will all slowly degenerate from huntington's too but now they have hope. the treatment is called gene silencing. huntington's disease is the result of a corrupted gene that leads to the creation of a toxic protein which destroys the brain. a messenger carries the blueprint from the corrupted gene. this treatment sticks to the messenger, disabling it and lowering the production of the toxic protein. 46 patients had to be experimental drug injected into the fluid that babes the brain and spinal cord. the therapy was safe and effective, led by scientists at university college london, who say the results are of ground—breaking importance. for the first time we have the potential and hope for a therapy that one day may slow or prevent huntington's disease completely. this is the experimental therapy. it is exciting but it is not a cure. it will require far more research and following patients for years to come. this is a brain dying of huntington's. doctors are starting longer trials to see whether targeting the protein can change the course of this disease for families like the allens. if it works and it stops me getting any worse, that will be fantastic. personally i never really thought it would happen, that that would happen. it's all about can we stop it in other people, our children. toxic proteins also build up in the brains of patients with diseases like alzheimer's and parkinson's. trials are now planned to see if gene silencing could help these people too. it's that time of year when holywood rolls out the red carpet. awards season is here with the golden globes announcing its short list this morning. leading the pack is mexican filmmaker guillermo del toro's the shape of water, which gets seven nominations. other films to watch are the post — this a tribute to journalism with stars tom hanks and meryl streep. and in the best drama category, the british world war ii tale dunkirk is also on the list. joining us is larry hackett, the former editor in chief of people. one thing that interests me is that we always look for it seems, every year at the golden globes and the oscars we look to see what hollywood is preoccupied with. in this first year after trump has become president, are we seeing any trompe type themes in this? it is hard to say. you can look at the post as being an example of the triumph of journalism. people will look at that as the triumph and defiance of a free press. there may be allagui reason with the shape of water which isa reason with the shape of water which is a cold war film about a strange creatures trying to keep from the russians, i'm not sure what the analysis would be, but i'm sure something is there. you have not only the administration and political climate but you have the climate particularly in the last quarter of the year with sexual harassment. harvey weinstein was caught up in this and the crimes he has been accused of having the most egregious and you have seen that reflected here in the nominations, both transparent which had jeffrey tambo as the star and he has been accused of harassment was not nominated nor house of cards which starred kevin spacey. both of those which had been at home in the nomination categories for the past several years, with no nominations. that is a reflection of the way hollywood is reacting to what is happening. just because it has been so busy here, i have not had time to see many of these, the one i want to see many of these, the one i want to see is three billboards, just because i love francis mcdormand. see is three billboards, just because i love francis mcdormandlj have not seen it. it is a small movie. it is a real surprise here, it has got mixed reviews. it is a vehicle for frances mccartney, she eats up the screen and is a compelling figure. it is a surprise. it will be interesting to see, the golden globes is the first nominated show, is what lasts into the oscars. the shape of water and certainly the post will be there for the nominations. the director of the loved ladybird was not nominated for best director nor was the director of wonder woman. they will probably get oscar nominations because there isa get oscar nominations because there is a backlash already that all the director nominees are all men. that will be interesting to see how that plays out. since we are talking about themes, we have a mini british team, we have dunkirk that is nominated for best motion picture and gary oldman nominated for best actor in the new churchill drama, darkest hour. we are very supportive of that idea, obviously the great escape from dunkirk and what churchill went through. i don't want to say it is a comic book that it is a storybook version of what the british endured during the war and the performance by gary oldman was acclaimed and i think they will go far. they're more like oscar movies than golden globe movies sol far. they're more like oscar movies than golden globe movies so i think they will both be there. you talked a little bit about hollywood moving on, christopher plummer has been nominated for a role which was kevin spacey‘s. we saw a trailer for this movie with kevin spacey in it and he was pulled out and now christopher plummer has a nomination. there has beena plummer has a nomination. there has been a lot of media with christopher plummer in there. there have been a lot of trailers on tv with christopher plummer in it. i defy you to ask anyone who has seen the trailer to understand what it is about. that is not what is happening here, this is not aboutjohn paul getty. it is about ridley scott and the removal of kevin spacey. seth meyers is going to be the host, you can be sure that there will be ple nty of can be sure that there will be plenty of comments about this, the golden globes tends to be a somewhat champagne fuelled affair when things get a little more casual and of script and the oscars, so coming as it does now right after this election coming up in alabama and all that has gone on the sheer politically, with the sexual harassment, you can be pretty sure it is going to be a night. thank you for joining it is going to be a night. thank you forjoining us. when i was in la last week, those billboards were all over the place with christopher plummer‘s name all over it. it was super fast that they turn that movie around. just before we go, the united states could soon be sending humans back to the moon and beyond. president trump is scheduled to sign a directive instructing nasa to start a space mission to the moon and eventually to mars. the last time the us sent astronauts to the moon was in 1972 on apollo 17. my my daughter was at the science museum and i think she saw apollo 12 and apollo 1a and she is into moon stuff at the moment. this is interesting because there are scientists who have said that going to the moon, we have learned all we could learn from going to the moon and it should not be the focus of the us space budget but that the technology now with telescopes is so strong and that we should find out more about our universe from technology rather than sending people out there and i will miss you, christian, when you go.|j people out there and i will miss you, christian, when you go. i will send you a treat. we will see tomorrow, same time. our real concerns over the next few hours into the morning rush hour is the extent of the line now and the fa ct the extent of the line now and the fact that we may well find quite a widespread problem on untreated services with ice, destruction is distinctly possible. still picturesque will be have some of that line no provided you can get over your own driveway, elsewhere the snow has become something of an issue on the highest ground and we have to really look for it but otherwise it has been a pretty decent sort of day. still some showers there to be had across the north and west of scotland, through northern ireland, the west of wales down into the south—western still a supply of showers around an area of low pressure that has brought some windy weather across parts of east anglia and the south—east, those winds easing and clearing skies on behind, even in the towns and cities, down 2—5d at least and we have the line no, this is where we get the headline makers, —10, —12 or so. let us see how you will ferrell, as we start the day on this: orjust the commute. enough in the way of cloud and breeze to keep cloud in east anglia but england, you can see how the temperatures plummet. watch out for patches of fog as well, but evenin out for patches of fog as well, but even in the major conurbations across the midlands, down 2—7d and up across the midlands, down 2—7d and up towards manchester and sheffield, down to minus five. not overly warm across the heart of scotland and northern ireland, but it is a brighter day for the most part, a crisp sort of date and that sunshine doing nothing for the temperatures at all and later in the day, another band of cloud in from the atlantic, with the associated rain and for a time, over the higher ground, with the associated rain and for a time, overthe higher ground, some transient snow as we bring that moisture in from the atlantic. elsewhere, sunshine yes, heat, no. here is the picture from tuesday and wednesday, one pulse of cloud wind and rain works its way across the british isles, it is in the south—east to start the day on wednesday and then some hefty showers following on behind, banging together to rob you of your sunshine until we break out in something drier and brighter and the temperatures are at last on the up. on the programme tomorrow, we hear from male sex workers who say they would not go to the police if they we re would not go to the police if they were raped. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. drivers are being told to take care, flights have been cancelled and there are delays on the railways, as snow and freezing temperatures grip the uk. the snow has been fun for some as more than 1,000 schools in england and wales shut their gates. however, fresh warnings tonight of treacherous conditions — temperatures may plunge to minus 13. manchester police launch a murder investigation after three children die in a house fire — two have been named. an explosion in the heart of new york city is being called an "attempted terror attack". 5th the suspect was injured and is now in custody. scientists say they are close to a breakthrough in the fight with huntington's disease. it could be the biggest advance for 50 years,

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