The torture of a mentally disabled man in chicago, streamed on facebook live, as a despicable hate crime. Also, the winner of the bbcs sound of 2017 has been announced. Ray burke. Greg burke. 22 year old south londoner, ray black, has been described as embodying female black britishness. And a more ancient noise. How stonehenge may have sounded, thousands of years ago. Good morning. Its friday 6th january. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The us President Elect, donald trump, has voiced fresh scepticism about claims that russia tried to interfere in the american president ial election, just hours before hes due to receive a detailed briefing from intelligence chiefs on the alleged cyber attack. He appears to be sticking to the opinion. The in a series of tweets overnight, he said the three intelligence heads have collectively insisted the kremlin ordered the attack to undermine mr trumps opponent, Hillary Clinton and have warned the President Elect against disparaging t
Plans to have 48 teams at the tournament in 2026. And carol has the weather. Good morning. A breezy day ahead of us. For some of us, starting on a bright note with sunshine. It is cold. Thicker cloud in the west will introduce rain going from east to west during the day. Later the wind will strengthen. And ill have more details on the weather for you in 15 minutes. Thanks, carol. Good morning. First, our main story. Another strike is affecting services on Southern Rail. Drivers belonging to the aslef union will stop work for three days this week. The dispute about the role of the guard on trains has been going on for nearly ten months. 0ur South Of England correspondent, Duncan Kennedy, is at horsham Train Station. Duncan, what is the mood like among passengers there . It has been crippling train lines for ten months. Commuters are out there. You have to get up early. It ta kes there. You have to get up early. It takes longer. I am abandoning going out to town tomorrow. We will see how
For the 2026 tournament. Good morning. Its tuesday 10th january. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Jeremy corbyn has said eight hat to limit the maximum amount that people can and. In a speech this afternoon he is expected to give more details on labours approach to brexit and to say for the first time that he is not wedded to the principle of the Free Movement of people. Norman smith is in westminster death. He is not wedded but he says access to the Single Market is more important and significantly he has had the line about the maximum and in cap, lots to chew over this morning. Today was Thejeremy To Chew over this morning. Today was the Jeremy Corbyn, to chew over this morning. Today was theJeremy Corbyn, relaunch, reboot at the start of the new year, if you like, repositioning his party and brexit, as well. Trying to resent and optimistic, confident view and brexit. To do away with the idea that labour was seeking to thwart brexit. Mr corbyn expected to say that britain could be bette
Hello, good morning. Iam Annita Mcveigh and welcome to bbc newsroom live. The us director of National Intelligence has rejected suggestions made by donald trump that Official Agencies Leaked claims russia had Compromising Material on him. In a statement, James Clapper said he had called the President Elect to say the information had not come from the us Security Services. Meanwhile the bbc understands the ex mi6 officer who is believed to have prepared the memo containing the unsubstantiated claims is now in hiding. Christopher steele, who runs a london based intelligence firm, is believed to have left his home this week. Our washington Correspondent Laura Bicker has the story. Donald trumps not a huge fan of the press corps, but he had a message to send to the media and to Us Intelligence agencies. He believes they leaked unsubstantiated allegations that his Election Team colluded with russia. It is all fake news, it is phoney stuff, it didnt happen. There are also claims that russian
The Football World pays tribute to the former england manger Graham Taylor whos died suddenly aged 72. And we speak to the writer of la la land the man whos brought the art of the musical back to hollywood. And coming up in the sport on bbc news west hams star player Dimitri Payet wants to leave and is refusing to play for the club this weekend. But the manager says he wont be sold. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A former mi6 officer has gone into hiding after being named as the source of the latest allegations against President Elect donald trump. Christopher steele produced a dossier last year which included the allegations that mr trump had been caught in compromising financial and sexual activities. The allegations are unproven and americas cia, which has acknowledged the existence of the dossier, says it has made no judgement about its credibility. Heres our security correspondent Gordon Corera on the british connection. The murky world of intelligence gathering