good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. donald trump will meet the heads of the us intelligence services later today, after claims that russia interfered in the american presidential election. the heads of the cia, fbi and national intelligence all insist the kremlin ordered a cyber attack to help donald trump s campaign. but the president elect has made his doubts very public, in a series of comments on social media. last night, the outgoing vice president, joe biden, told mr trump to grow up , saying it was absolutely mindless not to have faith in america s intelligence agencies. daniel boettcher has the latest. us intelligence is convinced russia tried to influence the american election by hacking democratic party e mails. president elect donald trump has not only dismissed that, but set himself on a collision course with the intelligence agencies. their determination to show that they re right was made clear at a congressional committee hearing. the hacking was only on
welcome to bbc news. donald trump will meet the heads of the us intelligence services later today, after claims that russia interfered in the american presidential election. the heads of the cia, fbi and national intelligence all insist the kremlin ordered a cyber attack to help donald trump s campaign. but the president elect has made his doubts very public, in a series of comments on social media. last night, the outgoing vice president, joe biden, told mr trump to grow up , saying it was absolutely mindless not to have faith in america s intelligence agencies. us intelligence is convinced russia tried to influence the american election by hacking democratic party e mails. president elect donald trump has not only dismissed that, but set himself on a collision course with the intelligence agencies. their determination to show that they re right was made clear at a congressional committee hearing. the hacking was only one part of it and it also entailed classical propagan
welcome to bbc news. the nhs in england has denied claims from the british red cross that there s a humanitarian crisis in its hospitals. latest figures show a&e departments have had to shut their doors to patients more than 140 times in december, because of a lack of beds. the red cross, which helps patients return home from hospital, is calling for more government money. but nhs england say plans are in place to cope with additional demand and that talk of a humanitarian crisis is overblown. our health correspondent, smitha mundasad, reports. winter pressure on accident and emergency nothing new. but the red cross now says the strain on hospitals in england amounts to a humanitarian crisis. the charity claims social care cuts mean patients are being sent home without the right support so they end up back in a&e. red cross volunteers support nhs staff and say they ve seen patients sent home without clothes. some who don t receive the care they need to get washed. even
among the winners. it s five o clock. our main story is the deepening political crisis in northern ireland, following the decision by sinn fein‘s martin mcguinness to resign as deputy first minister. his resignation took effect a few minutes ago. it s the latest twist in the controversy, about the mismanagement of a green energy scheme, which has cost hundreds of millions of pounds. sinn fein have been demanding that the democratic unionist leader arlene foster stand aside as first minister, while her handling of the scheme is investigated, but she s refused. mr mcguinness says he s demanding an assembly election, so that the people of northern ireland can express a view. a short while ago, mr mcguiness gave this statement. can i say first of all, i have met with the first minister arlene foster at 1.30, and we had a conversation about what i would like to speak to you about. over the last ten years, i have worked with dup leaders, and i have reached out to unionists on the