good evening and welcome to bbc news. us republicans and democrats are blaming each other for the continued stand—off over the government's budget, which has led to the shutdown of many public services in america. a bill to fund the federal government for the coming weeks did not receive the required 60 votes by the midnight deadline. president trump accused the democrats of putting politics above the interests of the american people. the democrat senate minority leader, chuck schumer, blamed ‘hard, right—wing forces‘ in the white house and said dealing with mr trump was like negotiating with ‘jelly‘. we can do big things, but the president needs to step up and lead. the republicans control the presidency, the senate, the house. they know who's responsible. the american people know that the republicans control the presidency, the senate and the house and they know who's responsible. america knows. this is the trump shutdown. only the president can end it. we democrats are at the table. we're ready to negotiate. the president needs to pull up a chair to end this shut down. the republican house speaker, paul ryan, condemned the democrats for rejecting the spending bill — describing it as utter madness. senate democrats shut down this government and now senate democrats need to open this government back up. stop holding our troops and children's health insurance hostage. end this reckless shutdown that is inflicting needless uncertainty on our country. let common—sense and cooler heads prevail. come to your senses. do the right thing. open this government back up. tens of thousands of women have been protesting in cities across the united states to mark the first anniversary of president trump's inauguration. in washington, demonstrators heard speeches by a number of politicians, including hillary clinton's running mate, senator tim kaine. there's been a march in new york too. but the total number of participants was much lower than the estimated five million who marched on january 21st last year, one of the largest protests in us history. one of the organisers of today's marches, breanne butler, told me the demonstrations are part of a broader campaign strategy. so the big focus this year in the us is midterm elections. so we have until november to make sure we are getting people registered to vote, we are doing voter education, making sure people who have been formerly incarcerated know they can vote. we will targeting mostly red states that have low voter turn out and do some on the ground building and making sure that we get people to the polls. it is all about protesting against your president isn't it really? i mean, the whole white house is a mess right now. i have been watching the news between yesterday and today. i mean, the reality and we said this last year theseissues reality and we said this last year these issues are going away. if this man is in office or not. these thing have been tobgsics in our country for the past decades, the past few decades. it is about us trying to make sure that we connect with people on the ground and that we are doing that on the the ground building and trying to work with different groups, partner with them, making sure we are a united front and we can actually get some stuff done this year. do you take pr the trump presidency any positives at all or do you see it all as a negative? i mean, for me the positive is that he definitely woke people up. we have been saying that you know a lot of women especially white women were not paying attention until donald trump was elected as our president. sometimes it is like a harsh reality to be like wow, this is where we are at now and to make sure that it's so important for people to be paying attention, especially in local elections, midterm elections, those are the things that shape presidential elections. to just be engaging people all year round what is happening locally. it is notjust about engage every four years. while we are speaking to you, we are able to show pictures from new york and it looks like a fairly big march, the word is not as many people turning out as they did a year ago? well i'm in las vegas and i have been watching the marches on tv, it seems like there is a lot of people. central park was gridlocked. it is not about numbers. it is another narrative that is toxic to say, oh, well you didn't as many people marching, so it is not successful. that is just not true. the reality isi that is just not true. the reality is i have been to protests that have 10 and 15 people and if they can move policy change it is successful. if we are able to inspire one person to really make a difference in their community or getting their friends to register to vote, whatever it is, imean to register to vote, whatever it is, i mean what is inspiring so so many people are emerging for different issues like last year. now, the big talk here in the united states is around daca and what will happen to these 800,000 kids who have lived here their whole lives, fighting for them and making sure we get answers and are able to protect them. that is one of organisers of marches across the united states today. militants have attacked a major hotel in the afghan capital, kabul. four gunmen entered the intercontinental hotel and opened fire on guests inside. police say they have killed two of the attackers but they are still battling to regain control of the building. there are reports of at least five casualties. turkey has begun a new intervention in the conflict in syria — by launching an offensive against kurdish held territory near its border. it has long fought kurdish separatists within its own country and is now shelling kurdish militia in the afreen region. mark lowen reports from near the turkey—syria border. it began today, so called operation olive branch. turkish fi6 fighter jets pounding afrin, an enclave of northern syria under the control of the syrian militia, the ypg. and turkish—backed syrian rebel fighters are on the ground as part of that offensive. turkey sees the ypg as a terrorist group, linked to turkey's kurdish militants, the pkk, who have been fighting an insurgency here in turkey since the 1980s. but it is a dangerous operation, because the americans back the ypg in the fight against the islamic state group. now this operation puts turkey in direct confrontation with its nato ally, the us. american support of the ypg has consistently infuriated the turkish government. and the syrian regime has warned that they would shoot down any turkish jet and see an incursion by turkey as a violation of syria's sovereignty. plenty of perils as turkey launches the operation, and yet it has still gone ahead, determined to reduce territorial control of the ypg, fearing they were consolidating territory on the other side of the border. this operation could bog turkey down in a potentially long and deadly military offensive. crisis talks in the us as politicians try to break the deadlock that's shut down the american government. it comes as tens of thousands hold protests — marking a year after the first women's march — held in opposition to president trump's inauguration. gunmen storm one of the highest profile hotels in the afghan capital, kabul — two of the attackers are reported killed. mary lou mcdonald is confirmed as the only candidate nominated to replace gerry adams as sinn fein president. and in rugby defending champions saracens thrash northampton to keep their hopes alive of qualifying for the european champions cup quarter—finals good evening. the us national government has officially shut down, a year to the day since donald trump took office as president. senators failed to agree a stop—gap budget — amid a bitter row between president trump's republicans and the opposition democrats over immigration and border security. senators are tonight trying to to broker a deal to get the us government running again. it comes as thousands of women joined marches across the country to mark the first anniversary of president trump's inauguration. david willis reports from washington. marking the first anniversary of president trump's inauguration — protesters took to the streets in washington and across the country as the government of the largest economy in the world went into shut down. the ayes are 50 and the nos are 49. a stop gap funding measure came up ten votes short after the democrat leader in the senate met with president trump. progress was made he said, before the deal—maker in chief changed his mind. negotiating with this white house is like negotiating with jello — negotiating with this white house is like negotiating withjello — it's next to impossibleches as soon as you take one step forward, the hard right forces the president three steps back. the white house branded the democrats obstructionist losers. what we have witnessed on the floor was a cynical decision by a set of democrats to shove aside millions of americans for the sake of irresponsible, political gains. the government shut down was 100% avoidable. outside on the streets we re avoidable. outside on the streets were the people whose fate democrats wa nted were the people whose fate democrats wanted to tie to this funding agreement. young people brought into the united states illegally, who president trump is threatening to deport. republicans want their fate linked to the funding of a wall across the border with mexico. they are working to find a solution to the crisis. hundreds of thousands of nonessential government workers will be paid on unpaid leave. not even members of the military will paid. president trump took issue with that, tweeting that democrats are holding our military hostage over their desire to have unchecked illegal immigration. the last shut down caused the closure of national parks and led to around 800,000 government workers being placed on leave. nobody here wants to see history repeat itself. a year ago, the president was celebrating sweeping to power on the platform of the ultimate deal—maker. he starts his second year with the government in shut down and his approval ratings at an all—time low. pennsylvania was one of the key states in delivering president trump his victory. he inspired hope among many working class voters in places like bethlehem, a former steel town that hadn't voted for a republican for president since the 1980s. the bbc‘s nick bryant went there to see how people rate his performance one year on. it was rust belt towns that helped put donald trump in the white house. 0ne put donald trump in the white house. one time steel powers houses that hadn't gone republican since the 80s. democratic strong homeds that became trump country. this is all new? yes. keith runs his own construction company. he knows there has been a rise in business and consumer confidence. it has seen him double his workforce. as long as i see builders happy, shovels going in the ground and there is work ahead of me, i'm happy. you're seeing a trump bump? absolutely. 10096. no doubt in my mind. this is a direct result. he may turn out to be a great president. this man runs a barber shop, but keeps an eye on the stock market, which has risen 30% since this time last year. a democrat he is proud to have voted for the billionaire. he is getting the politicians shook up, no business as usual. and like what he is doing. what about his behaviour? well, you know what are you going to do? you don't like his tweeting. nobody likes his tweeting. in my mind, for my customers and everybody else it is what everybody's thinking but won't say. there are people in bethlehem who record donald trump as a pariah. this woman is worried about the president's temperament.” don't think he has a real grasp on any kind of reality in a way. you know, in a theatrical reality his great. but as far as leading our country, i think he has no clue what he is doing. i don't think he realises the seriousness of it. people in the communities are not consumed by the fire and fury gossip from the white house. they're not following every twist and tweet. maybejudge his president with following every twist and tweet. maybe judge his president with an economic yard stick and many feel better off than they did this time last year. for all the chaos in washington there is a sense of resurgence in the rust belt. david, despite that report, with the protests a nd david, despite that report, with the protests and the shut down, this is not the sort of weekend the president would have really liked to have had one year on from his inauguration. not exactly. the president was due to be guest of honour at a fund—raising din ner to mark the anniversary. instead he is in washington feuding with opposition democrats and if anything his stance seems to have hardened over the la 24 hours. the white house said there will be no negotiation on immigration — the so—called dreamers issues, until democrats help solve the impasse with the sht down. the democrats say you can't debate with this man. the iconic statue of liberty has been closed and training for military recruits it being put on hold. many are wondering what ever happened to the president who gave the world the art of the deal. thank you. militants have attacked a major hotel in the afghan capital, kabul. four gunmen entered the intercontinental hotel and opened fire on guests inside. police say they have killed two of the attackers but they are still battling to regain control of the building. there are reports of at least five casualties. 0ur correspondent is in kabul now. what updates do you have for us then? kate several hours after the attack started, it's still going on according to officials. two attackers are still resisting inside the hotel, a very high—profile hotel in kabul. five people have been injured according to officials. but there are unconfirmed reports of many people who have died in this attack. and also the afghan security special forces have been deployed to the area and also the nato forces are said to be in the area helping the afghan security forces. the hotel was also attacked several yea rs hotel was also attacked several years ago and the responsibility was taken by the taliban. no group has taken by the taliban. no group has taken responsibility so far for this current attack. the security forces are engaging to clear different floors of the hotel and it is said that the kitchen of the hotel has, is burning and has been set on fire. so we will have to wait a few other hours to see what these probably casualties, the real casualties of the attack and who is taking the responsibility for the attack. thank you. sinn fein has announced who'll succeed gerry adams as its party president. mary lou mcdonald, who's a member of parliament in the irish republic, was the only candidate for the role. the two come from very different backgrounds as our ireland correspondent chris page reports. many would say gerry adams has been handing over to mary lou mcdonald for a long time. today it was confirmed she would be the new leader. please welcome the president elect of our party, mary lou mcdonald. she said she would put her own stamp on the job.” mcdonald. she said she would put her own stamp on the job. i won't fill gerry's shoes. but the news is that i brought my own! and we together will walk a journey which marks a defining epoch, a defining chapter in our achievement of a united ireland. her own politicaljourney has been very different of her predecessor. gerry adams comes from west belfast, the crucible of the conflict in northern ireland. security forces believe he was a senior ira member, although he has a lwa ys senior ira member, although he has always denied this. mary lou mcdonald was brought up in affluent suburb of dublin and joined sinn fein during the peace process. she has become a robust parliamentary adversary of the prime minister. sinn fein's opponents still focus on the party's links to the ira and shane is continuing to defend —— sinn fein is continuing to defend that. as well as being the second biggest party in northern ireland, it is the third largest in the republic. the first challenge for mary lou mcdonald will be negotiations to restore power—sharing with unionists at stormont. but she will be talking a lot about brexit, which republicans believe has changed the picture and renewed the debate about irish unity. six women from the british army have become the largest all—female group to ski coast—to—coast across antarctica. the ice maiden team began the 1,000—mile expedition on november the 20th. they've been battling winds of up to 60 miles per hour and temperatures as low as minus 40. with all the sport, here's lizzie greenwood hughes at the bbc sport centre. thanks very much. good evening. it's been a busy day of football. match of the day and scottish cup highlights are on bbc1 later tonight so if you don't want to know the scores — you know what to do. manchester city bounced back from their first defeat of the season with a 3—1 home victory over newcastle united. sergio aguero scoring a hatrick for the runaway premier league leaders. elsewhere there wins for arsenal, champions chelsea, manchester united, leicester and stoke who were playing under new manager paul lambert for the first time. in the scottish cup, aberdeen eased into the fifth round with a 4—1win over championship side st mirren. gary mackay—steven with the goal of the game to seal their place in the last 16 draw. amongst the other teams through are the highland league side — brora rangers and cup holders celtic. and arsenal's alexis sanchez will move to manchester united. the quarter—final line—up for rugby union's european champions cup is still undecided as teams continue to jostle for places on the last weekend of qualification. holders saracens gave themselves a late life—line by beating northampton at the expense of ospreys. which means the only welsh team through are scarlets. they topped their pool with a narrow win over toulon, leaving bath in the cold. ade adedoyen rounds—up the action for us. for the fans the final round of pool matches is something of a mathematical maze with a host of permutations for their teams. for the defending champions, saracens, the defending champions, saracens, the challenge to secure a bonus point against northampton and hope other results go their way. but the visitors opened the scoring. saracens quickly took control though and ran in five tries in the first half. and they secured the bonus point. the second half was more of the same with two more tries to com plete the same with two more tries to complete the win. they're second in pool 2 and complete the win. they're second in pool2and in complete the win. they're second in pool 2 and in a strong position to qualify as one of the best runners up. scarlets are not guaranteed a place, they had to win against toulon and did. but only narrowly after taking a convincing lead, the players had to give everything to resist a fight back from the french side. world number one simona halep survived an epic battle at the australian open tennis to reach the 4th round. but former champion maria sharpova is out. in the men's draw there was no trouble for top seed and defending champion roger federer, who at 36, looked as good as ever on his way to beating richard gasguet in straight sets. novak djokovic is also through. britain's kyle edmund is action overnight in his last 16 match. now it'ss just a few weeks until the winter olympics begin in pyeong—chang. and today the ioc have agreed that the hosts south korea and their neighbours north korea can march under the same flag in the opening ceremony. the international olympic committee has also allowed both nations to field a unified team in the women's ice hockey for the first time. north korea will have 22 athletes at the games including skiers and ice skaters. there's plenty more on the winter olympics on the bbc sport website including some brilliant footage of the british women's bobsleigh team. but from me for now, goodnight. you can see more on the bbc news channel. that is all from me and the team. goodbye. the temperatures will climb in the week ahead, but the transition to milder weather will bring some issues. where we had fine weather to end the day we will see clear skies over night and then this next system pushing in from the west promising to bring some rain and eventually some milder air. but with cold air still holding on, some of us will see some snow and ice over the next 12 to 24 hours. the wet weather works in across northern ireland we could see some icy conditions and some snow. snow in wales as this wet weather pushes in. ahead of that some mist and fog and a very cold night in the north. some parts of scotla nd night in the north. some parts of scotland down to minus 13. with the rain moving into the cold air we will see some snow and ice in central and northern areas tomorrow morning. the wet weather will move north and east. we will see some snow for a time. but much of it will turn back to rain as we get into the afternoon. after a bright start, things will cloud over in north—east scotland. here we will see some significant snow. but rain returning to the west. a mixture of rain, sleet and snow in the midlands and some snow in lincolnshire and east anglia. it is 12 in the south west. here it will be rain. windy as well as we head through the afternoon. into sunday night, we push that band of rain and it will be mostly rain by this stage through to the north—east. some rain hangs around in the south on monday. but monday not a bad day. some sunshine. a lot of cloud. some drizzle over the hills in the west. but temperatures beginning to nudge up to six to ten degrees that. is the story, temperatures will climb. with the milder conditions we will see some wet and windy weather at times.

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