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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 trump's 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 didn't happen. there are also claims that russian spies have compiled material to blackmail mr trump, including salacious videos of his private life. does anyone really believe that story? i'm also very much of a germaphobe, by the way, believe me. the bbc understands the russian memos on mr trump were compiled by a former member of mi6, christopher steele. the director of national intelligence, james clapper, has now called the president—elect. he said the leak did not come from within us intelligence, and they have not made anyjudgement that the information is reliable. as donald trump moved the media towards his business dealings, he confirmed he was handing total control of his empire to his two sons. these papers are just some of the many documents that i've signed turning over complete and total control to my sons. that too is proving troublesome. the ethics committee has now said his plan does not meet past presidential standards. this performance was a typically eccentric and bombastic piece of political theatre, which his supporters will love. but it did little to calm the swirl of controversies which surround this president—elect. laura bicker, bbc news, washington. with me is our security correspondent frank gardner. good morning. just checking your twitter feed for the latest on this story! you caught me there. but eve ryo ne story! you caught me there. but everyone wants to know of course is do these tapes, does this type or types exist —— tape. how do we go about establishing the veracity of the allegations surrounding donald trump at the moment?” the allegations surrounding donald trump at the moment? i think we have to go with what we know as fact rather than rumour and so on, because there are denials and come to denials. the fact that donald trump has said it is totally fake, you know, this is the same person who questioned whether president obama was really an american or born in america. of course he denied for some time that russia had been involved in hacking into the democratic e—mails. so you know, i would take that denial, not at face value. the office of the director of national intelligence, which is the overseer of intelligence gathering in united states, they put out a statement last night which they e—mailed to me and otherjournalists saying that they have not substantiated this, they are extremely concerned, the league did not come from them. but they have briefed but the president barack obama and the president—elect about the contents of this 35 page dossier. the allegations in it, abuse who haven't yet seen it i am not going to go into the details, but essentially the allegations in this dossier which were presented to the fbi in august are that there are the fbi in august are that there are the russians have got comprising material on president—elect trump, that he was in a room with prostitutes in the presidential suite at the ritz—carlton hotel in moscow in 2013 and they were doing some unusual sexual practices. donald trump has said this is absolute nonsense, totally made up, it has been made up by his political enemies. and i have not seen anything to substantiate it. there are rumours that the tape exists and that there are other tapes. i have not seen it were spoken to anyone who has seen it. more worrying perhaps the obligation that there are financial dealings, money passing from russia to members of donald trump's team which would give them a hold over him. again that is being denied. there is no evidence that it has been produced. it has been taken seriously enough that the briefings have been taking place and there is an investigative team by there is an investigative team by the us intelligence community that is the union to this, because in a few days‘ time donald trump is about to get his fingers on the nuclear codes. apart from anything he is going to wield enormous power, leaving aside everything else, do you really want america, if there is any truth in this, to be in a position where its chief executive is being held or buy a barrel by an adversary. so this is why people will be doing due diligence to whatever extent aunt on these allegations. that stuff about former mi6 allegations. that stuff about former m16 officer christopher steele prepared this memo, this dossier. but know about his reputation and why was he preparing this information in a memo in the first instance? christopher steele is a 50 something british retired sas officer, secret intelligence service officer, secret intelligence service officer, who was a russia specialist. he has a lot of good context specialist. he has a lot of good co ntext fro m specialist. he has a lot of good context from his time in moscow. he knows some former fsb and probably serving fsb officers. it is the successor to the kgb. the federal security bureau. they do the external spying a russia. he was commissioned by a washington political thing called a political activist committee, to basically compiled this dossier which looked at allegations that the russians had at allegations that the russians had a hold over donald trump. this was quite some time ago. this was earlier last year. but he found in that worried him so much that against the advice of his company 0rbis business intelligence, a british company based here in london, against their advice he passed this dossier to the fbi in august. somehow it leaked. the us intelligence community is saying they didn't deliberately rated but somehow it got out in about october. buzzfeed then published two days ago all 35 pages even though it is not substantiated. their view is that even though it is not substantiated, that the public make up their mind if it is true or not and that the public have a right to know what is being said about the man who was about to be the most powerful person in the world. the latest coming into us in the world. the latest coming into us from moscow. reuters, a statement from vladimir putin's spokesman. seeing the kremlin is saying it hopes that mr putin and president—elect trump will get along and that there will be more mutual respect in the us russia relations than there was under the obama administration. it is interesting, not for the first time of course, we are seeing donald trump criticising his own intelligence agencies and not appearing to criticise russia. this is an incredibly dangerous time actually. us intelligence is very farfrom actually. us intelligence is very far from perfect. they actually. us intelligence is very farfrom perfect. they screwed up com pletely farfrom perfect. they screwed up completely over iraq's weapons of mass destruction. no one will ever forget that. since then they have had, as mi6 has come at a complete root and branch reboot of the way they do stop. they now have checking and second sources and they keep separate the people who are gathering the intelligence from the people who are assessing it. the job of the assessors is to say, prove it. i don't believe it until you prove it. to try to stop that kind of thing happening again. right now this is dangerous because america is ina time this is dangerous because america is in a time of flux. there are conflict zones in the ukraine, syria, they have got aces to deal with, so—called islamic state, —— isis. all the hacking and interference, you have potential crisis building up in north korea and the nuclear weapons programme and the nuclear weapons programme and potential crisis in the south china sea over china's encroachment into islands and the territorial waters, international waters. this is no time for the president to be doubting and mistrusting his own intelligence agencies. those two organisations, the white house and the intelligence community, have got to work together. frank, thank you very much. at 12:30pm here on the bbc news channel, i'll put your questions on the political row over trump and the leaked dossier to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. please get in touch with us to ask those questions. you can text us or send an email or contact us via twitter using the hashtag #bbcaskthis. some of britain's biggest high—street names have reported strong christmas sales figures this morning. m&s reported a 2.3% percent rise in clothing sales in the 13 weeks to the end of december. food sales were up slightly too. meanwhile, tesco says its autumn sales were up by 1.8%. and john lewis has reported a 2.7% rise in sales over the christmas trading period. vishala sri pathma is at a shopping centre in essex for us. good morning to you. that's the first of all at m&s at tesco. they have both had some challenging times lately. tell us about how they have done and they ran done in the row to christmas. i am here at the lakeside shopping centre in texas. a few shoppers about. marks & spencer had an —— essex. they had a hike in sales including the first time in yea rs. sales including the first time in years. they put it down to range and availability. to christmas 2015 wasn't great for that particular section, marks & spencer homeware and clothing was down about 5.8%. they said the better range and availability help them. they also pointed to how christmas fell in 2016. it was on sunday so it meant more shopping days so more time for us more shopping days so more time for us to spend our money. tesco's also reported steady progress as they called it. there was an increase of 9.796. called it. there was an increase of 9.7%. more sales —— 0.7%. more sales of food and clothing but they were operating under different conditions in respect that they had a decent 2015. slightly different but generally the overall message was quite positive. broadly how have other retail ‘s been saying there sales were and have they been looking ahead to this year at all and giving any predictions about how shopping trends might continue throughout the year? you mentioned debenhams earlier on. they did quite well. they increased sales by about 196 well. they increased sales by about 1% for the previous year. 0nline sales of debenhams, a 13% rise on the previous year. a source the online fashion retailer have done quite well because of the drop in sterling. —— asos. they are expecting this year to be good for them. john lewis reported positive sales. however they warned their stuff at 2017 might be difficult for them and that bonuses this year might not be as good as well as the previous year. there is some content in there for the next 12 months. thank you for that. the latest nhs figures confirm a sharp rise in delays in discharging patients from hospital — because there's no social care package available. they're up by 42% in november, with more figures for december due in the next few days. this comes against a background of rising demand in accident and emergency care, routine operations, diagnostic tests and consulta nt—led treatment. with me is our health editor hugh pym. it always comes back to social care it seems, whatever other elements that are in other parts of the nhs. at the foundation of it all is social care. that is right. it has been confirmed by these figures to date. i hasten to add these are from november. the only get them a couple of months afterwards. the official figures from nhs england. we don't know officially what happened in december or early january other than the fact that the bbc was leaked a document showing quite how bad things were last big. so let's be clear, november was not a time the nhs was particularly in the headlines. more particular obvious stresses and strains apparent other than to those who work on the front line. even so, all the key targets we re line. even so, all the key targets were being missed it again. the key four our weights in a&e, 95% of patients being seen or assessed were treated within four hours. it was way off that. about 88%. that target hasn't been dead since the middle of 2015. a lot of it comes down to social care —— hasn't been met. beds are occupied for longer than they should have been. the increase in these figures today year—on—year. that means there are fewer figures coming into the bumper of the hospital so they get held up at various points in the chain. but that 42% for november increase in november in delays in discharging patients. the bad and more context. that is because of problems with social care. if you look at the overall number of delays, the increase is slightly less than that. they can because notjust by social ca re they can because notjust by social care but other bits of the nhs, for example you need to be charged —— transferred to other parts of the social community. the nhs has to accept some responsibility. we have seen accept some responsibility. we have seen consistent increases year—on—year of about 30%. that is all come home to roost in terms of the national debate over social care. theresa may and the government having to an emergency package just before christmas having not done a thing in the autumn statement. simon stephens the head of the nhs indicating that frankly that isn't going to solve the long—term problem, the long—term issue is how you bring social care funding up to where it should have been having been cut consistently over many yea rs been cut consistently over many years to take the pressure off hospitals. thank you. the headlines... the us director of national intelligence rejects suggestions made by donald trump official agencies leaked claims russia had compromising material on him. some of britain's biggest retailers including marks & spencer, john lewis and tesco, have recorded strong christmas sales figures. the latest nhs figures, as we have just been discussing, was a 42% increase in november compared to the year before in delays in discharging patients from hospitals due to problems arranging care in the community. in sport, the liverpool managerjurgen klopp admitted his side are not lucky not to be further behind following their semifinal first leg. they trailed 1—0. there we re first leg. they trailed 1—0. there were several missed southampton chances. west ham forward dimitri payet has told the club he no longer wa nts to payet has told the club he no longer wants to play for them. manager slaven bilic has since told the player to stay away from training and he will not feature against crystal palace. johanna konta is into her third wta final at the syd ney into her third wta final at the sydney international after beating the former wimbledon finalist eugene bouchard in straight sets. plans for the uk's first hydro—electric tidal lagoon will take a significant step forward today. a report from the former energy minister charles hendy concludes that the technology can deliver a secure supply of clean energy, with swansea bay the front runnerfor the £1.3 billion project. roger harrabin has more. will this be the uk's latest source of low—carbon energy? the tides in swansea bay are some of the highest in the world, so why not build a seawall to capture the outgoing tide? that is the plan from a private firm. they'll use hydroelectric turbines to generate power, as the water flushes through gaps in the seawall. the cost was thought too high for bill payers to bear. a review says it will need subsidy, but it's not as dear as it looks. if you look at the cost spread over the entire lifetime, 120 years to the project, it comes out at about 30p per household for the next 30 years. that's less than a pint of milk. and that's where i think we can start a new industry, and we can do it at an affordable cost to consumers. supporters hope we will see lagoons dotted around the coasts, that will bring down the cost, they say. but anglers fear the impacts of lagoons on wildlife, and the review advises government to agree terms forjust one of them, and then wait and see. roger harrabin, bbc news. a blast of arctic weather is expected to cause disruption across much of the uk over the next couple of days, with a warning from the met office of strong winds, ice and snow. scotland is bearing the brunt of the wintry weather so far, with the m71; in central scotland closed for a time because of ice. meanwhile, gale force winds cut power to 40,000 homes in the north east, cumbria and yorkshire. this morning, 100 flights have been cancelled at heathrow airport, as london braces itself for snow. 0ur correspondent megan paterson is at a gritters in penrith in cumbria — where preparations are well underway for the big freeze. good morning to you. gritters at the ready. any sign of the snow yet? not yet. this is the only gritter that in this depot in penrith near the m6 motorway and that is because all of the others are out on the road network here in cumbria. cumbria cou nty network here in cumbria. cumbria county council has 11 salt barons, gritting facilities across the country like this one. up until yesterday this one was bowled. 0ver the next 12 hours it has almost emptied. the county is gearing up for the snow ball. in what way signs of warning of adverse weather. it hasn't happened yet but it hasn't —— it has been a very busy time. carroll, you have been key to the preparations. what has been going on. our graduates have been putting salt don't dry and make sure that the road is safe. the problems we have been facing by the sporadic weather conditions. as quick as we get the salt to, the rangers washing it off and we are having to reapply. it has been a very drizzly and grey morning. what do you expect for the rest of today? there is a weather warning in place, how are you fixed? something some other. we will be trying to get the salt down in between the showers. overnight shift, they will carry on through the night getting the salt levels. this time last year your teams were key in gearing up after storm doesn't flooding. different weather this winter. do you think this will cause problems? we have been planning this all week so we have a detailed weather forecast that told us detailed weather forecast that told us this was coming in. all our gritters have had the close fitted in preparation for snow. we are just beside the m6. motorway drivers are advised to take cautions. on rural reds what should people do to keep safe ? reds what should people do to keep safe? -- routes. it is important they take extra care. some of the routes in cumbria will not be treated so they need to be taken with care. if that isn't necessary to take the journey my advice would be to stay at home. thank you very much. preparation is the key here in cumbria. so far it has been cold and damp and wept. like any other winter ‘s day but that snow is expected to come later this afternoon into the saving and we are waiting to see how much disruption it causes. thank you. some breaking news. we're hearing that west midlands police are confirming that the home secretary amber rudd's speech to the conservative party conference in birmingham last autumn is being treated as a hate incident. in the speech amber rudd suggested tightening rules which allow uk companies to recruit workers from overseas. an oxford university professor complained to west midlands police, claiming the home secretary was using hate speech to foster support for a political aims. what west midlands police are saying is that they have assessed the complaint and recorded it as a non—crime hate incident, but it had not been formally investigated is no crime had been committed. it has been treated as a hate incident, but not as a crime. it said the complaint had to be recorded in accordance with national lee's guidelines which state that where any person including police personnel records eight hate incident which is not the possibility of another agency, it must be recorded whether or not they are the victim. the professor who made the complaint said that some politicians had been using hate crime as an instrument to foster support for the political aims. that is the main detail of that coming to enter us from our home affairs correspondent. west midlands police confirming that amber rudd's speech to the conservative party conference in birmingham last autumn is being treated as a hate incident. the welfare of some of england's most vulnerable children in care is being put secondary to budgets, according to a former senior government advisor. lord laming — a former chief inspector of social care services — says some children with complex needs are being put into foster families rather than given specialist support in residential homes. the number of children in care in england is at its highest since the 1980s. jayne mccubbin reports. liam hill and lemn sissay both say they suffered at the hands of a care system that didn't care enough. how many times were you fostered? roughly 42 times. 42 foster placements! liam's mum was unable to look after him. at the age of five he went into care but went on to have 42 foster placements, 2a care home visits. lemn had just one long—term foster family but shortly after this picture was taken, they gave him up. it was not care, it's called care but care was the last thing that i received. i remember standing up on the table and swearing to them that you're not my mum and dad, i know who my mum is and i want to go back to my mum and based on that on christmas eve i was kicked out. liam tells us he was denied any specialist help and bounced around the care system for the next 13 years. foster carers aren't trained for therapeutic help. one of the issues was they put me into foster care and not a residential place because of money. a child in a foster family isn't necessarily the right place for it to be. a children's home if you get the right treatment can be an incredible place to be. do you really believe that? i don't believe it, i know it. successive governments have agreed for most children fostering is a better option, that's why the proportion of looked—after children in homes has fallen from a high of 40% in the ‘70s to just 11% today. how successfully we look after these children matters. look in prisons and you'll see between a quarter and a third of inmates have been in care. the howard league for penal reform believe some blame lies specifically with care homes. we've identified that children living in residential homes... are in care in residential homes are more likely to be criminalised. and we're worried that might be because the children's homes themselves are using the police as respite care, or to control children when they haven't got the resources. children's homeowners tell me they are under attack. that at homes like this they have specially trained staff able to deal with the rising tide of children who need specialist help. we're always frowned upon, we're always the last in the queue. myjob's more difficult now than it's ever been. some of the traumas that young people go through has got predominantly worse over the last couple of years. the truth is there just aren't enough places out there for all of the looked—after children. but the fear is too many of those children are in the wrong kind of place and getting the wrong kind of support. former government adviser lord laming, the man who chaired the victoria climbie inquiry, shares those concerns. he told me he fears children with complex needs are being fostered not because it's the best option but because it's the cheapest option. earlierjayne explained that lord laming's comments were not criticising the care that fosterfamilies give. lord laming's concern is that it's not right for everybody, and he is very much aware that local authorities have lost 40% of their budgets since 2010. residential care costs around £3000 a week, foster care around £600 a week. he doesn't want children to slip through the net because of the budgetary concerns. harvey gallagher from the nationwide association of fostering providers said there's no doubt residential care can offer more specialist help. by ofsted in the same way as homes. it is time for the very latest weather forecast. let's catch up with what is happening with darren over on the balcony. i suspect you have a lot of detail for us today. what is happening. a lot of snow lying across parts of scotland, northern ireland and north—west england. we may have some sun for the —— some snow for the rush—hour on east anglia and england. we have snow showers and quite a strong wind. further south it is a mixture of rain and snow. mostly rain at the moment. some snow over the welsh hills. as the cold air comes in we could get some snow on the back edge of parts of the midlands and the person first but it is across east anglia and the south—east we are quite concerned into the late afternoon and evening. once it clears the way it leaves a covering of snow for many. it will turn icy. to complicate things further we have bands of sleet and snow moving from the north so are most anywhere could catch them. we could see a spell of sleet and snow moving down quickly across parts of the east midlands and east anglia breast thing. once thatis and east anglia breast thing. once that is gone we have most of the wintry showers for northern scotland and northern ireland are mainly dry and northern ireland are mainly dry and sunny for many but very cold in the wind especially along the north sea coasts. more in happen now. —— have an hour. this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines at 11.30. the us intelligence chief rejects claims that allegations about donald trump were leaked by government agencies. unsubsta ntiated reports claim damaging material on the president—elect is being held by russia. several major retailers have reported increases in their sales over the festive period. growth was helped by the timing of christmas this year, which meant extra shopping days. a government—funded review is recommending building tidal lagoons to produce renewable energy. one proposal is for a £1.3 billion tidal lagoon in swansea bay. heathrow airport has cancelled about 100 departures and arrivals this afternoon, as forecasters warn of blizzard conditions sweeping across the uk later. time now for the sport. ahead of the start of the australian open on monday, british number onejohanna konta looks to be peaking atjust the right time, after reaching the final of the sydney international. she beat former wimbledon finalist eugenie bouchard in straight sets, to reach her third wta final. konta will now play world number three agnieszka radwa nska whom she's never beaten in the final. it will be their third meeting. going well is dan evans who is through to a world tour semifinal for the first time in his career. the british number three produced a stunning comeback from a set down to beat top seed dominic thiem at the sydney international. andy murray is in melbourne, ahead of the australian open draw which takes place in the early hours of friday morning. it'll be the first time in his career murray been the top seed at a grand slam. the tournament starts on monday. laura robson and tara moore won't be in the draw after losing their qualifying matches. dimitro payet "wants to leave" west ham according to the club's manager slaven bilic. payet enjoyed a sensational first season in the premier league helping the club to seventh placed finish, but has struggled to match those heights this season with the club struggling down in 13th. and now the french forward has told the manager he no longer wants to play for the club. we don't want to sell him. we have said 100 times we don't want to sell our best players, we want to keep them. he is definitely one of our best players. that is why we gave him such a long contract. i phoned him with that. and he refused to play for us. jurgen klopp has admitted his side are lucky to be trailing by a single goal. beaten 1—0 by southampton last night. nathan redmond with the only goal. if you want to disappointed damages after the game, won because they lost, won because he only won 1—0. that is how it is, we will strike back, we will be a different team. everything will be different at anfield. for us, it is dull posse mccutcheon possible. we kept a key sheep and we can do a good performance. we can attack. i think it is frustrating at the end of the game. this win with one goal up. manchester city have been charged by the football association, for breaching anti—doping rules. clubs must supply information about the whereabouts of their players so that drug testers know where they are. but the club failed to do so on three separate occasions. it's thought they'll be handed a fine rather than any kind of sporting sanction. the england captain alastair cook will meet with director of cricket andrew strauss on friday to discuss his future. although, with england not due to play a test untiljuly, it's thought there's no pressure to make any decision on his role as skipper. england lost their recent series against india 4—0. nba basketball returns to london this evening. the denver nuggets are taking on the indiana pacers at a sell—out o2 arena. the nba global games london is celebrating its tenth season in the capital. both teams will be excited to be here in london. they travel around the usa and canada but for the most pa rt the usa and canada but for the most part our games are in the united states. they will treat this as a big dealfor them. that's all the sport for now. that to the breaking news that the speech by amber rudd at the conservative party conference in autumn is being treated as a hate incident. in the speech, shoot suggested tagging rules which allowed uk to recruit workers from overseas. west midlands police are saying they are not treating this as a hate crime but as a hate incident, what is the difference? the police do not believe the law has been broken. therefore, it is not being investigated as a crime. but when somebody contacts the police and says that they believe a speech or an article is in effect a hate crime police are duty bound to record it as a hate incident, these are record it as a hate incident, these a re rules record it as a hate incident, these are rules for england and wales for police forces, where anybody reports a hate incident, it must be reported regardless of whether or not they are the victim, and irrespective of whether there is any evidence to identify the hate element. presumably rules drawn up by the home office, ironically. in conjunction with the home office, iam sure in conjunction with the home office, i am sure the police had some say. the predecessor of amber rudd might have sanctioned those rules. if you say something is a hate crime, if you say you have been a victim whether there has been evidence, it has to be recorded as a hate instance. it is being assessed by west midlands police. one person has made the complaint. an oxford university professor making the complaint saying hate speech was being used to foster support for her political aims. have we heard from the home office? we have had a terse statement saying this was not a hate crime. they are talking about the speech amber rudd gave in birmingham to the conservative party conference in which it was said the home office was examining whether to tighten the test companies take before recruiting from abroad. it had been floated in the media companies would have to draw up lists of nationalities to ensure they were reporting more british workers. amber rudd went on the today programme on radio 4 and said that was one of the options they were looking at. i don't think that proposal has gone very far since then. let's get more now on the news that the us director of national intelligence has rejected suggestions made by donald trump that official agencies leaked claims russia had compromising material on him. i'm joined now from birmingham by scott lucas. he's a professor of american studies at the university of birmingham. thank you forjoining us today. so much to talk about as a result of that news conference and the allegations surrounding the president—elect. first of all, these allegations, these apparent tapes relating to allegations of sexual misconduct and financial misconduct. do you think that these tapes actually exist? yes, i do. what they actually showed donald trump doing we have to wait and find out from the investigation. as early as last summer there were reports circulating the russians had tapes, the head of an eastern european intentions agency let that be known and eventually paul wood from the bbc reported that. in washington there was talk of such tapes. since summer, the collection of this dossier has occurred, done bya of this dossier has occurred, done by a private london based firm, carried out by a former british mi6 officer held in high regard. it set out details of the tapes, not only in moscow but in saint petersburg on multiple occasions and with multiple sources. whether those sources are telling the truth we wait to see but these allegations are being treated as credible by the us intelligence community. otherwise they wouldn't have ended up on the desk of president obama, i presume? not only that but president elect trump was informed about the last week. beyond these allegations from albeit multiple sources, there is as yet no other proof these tapes exist. we have gotten corroboration of the night they could exist. the report from paul wood of the bbc which he got through a british intelligence officer quoting an eastern dripping head of intelligence, that is separate from the dossier. this is an additional claim the russians had tapes. in addition, beyond the question of the tapes, we now know that the secret courts in the united states which handles top—secret international matters on intelligence, has put out warrants foran intelligence, has put out warrants for an investigation of two russian banks to see if they are connected with donald trump. this was a past investigation. we don't know yet whether it is ongoing. a few days from his inauguration as us president, what due diligence is being done in us politics by republican politicians as well as others to examine these is —— these allegations and could it actually make any difference to what happens next to donald trump? it could make a difference. we are having a battle over due diligence. the us intelligence community is carrying out due diligence system by checking out the latest claims as they did over russian hacking. what happened in both cases is donald trump accused the us intelligence community of working against him, being inept, linking them and calling them nazis. in the first case, russian hacking, trump gave way and admitted the russians did probably hack the election. but he threw out this illusion of fake news to try to intimidate or push back the intelligence community for carried out a necessary investigation. he may be doing that but can he push back critics from within politics including his own party? you have put the finger on the key difference. it is notjust the intelligence community but leading sensors likejohn intelligence community but leading sensors like john mccain, intelligence community but leading sensors likejohn mccain, he handed the latest dossier to the investigation. i expect him and marco rubio who gave the secretary of state nominee a tough time yesterday, they will not go along with trump and push this to the side. thank you for your time. let's get moe on the news that the uk's first hydroelectric tidal lagoon is set to get the go—ahead today. the review says although it would cost £1.3 billion to build it was a viable project. charles hendry was the author of the government review who explained the costing of the project. if you look at the cost spread over the entire lifetime. the entire lifetime, 120 years, it comes out at 30p per household for the next 30 years, that is less than a pint of milk and that is where i think we can start a new industry and we can do it at an affordable cost to consumers. our correspondent tomos morgan is in swansea bay for us. if this project does get off the ground literally, when could it start? todayis start? today is being seen as a significant step towards that. there are a few processors still to go. the other thing charles hendry has said in his review, that this tidal lagoon project could deliver low carbon power in the wake very competitive with other low carbon sources. the plan charles hendry has suggested is to go ahead with this pathfinder lagoon which would go around swansea bay here and deliver enough power for around 150,000 homes in swansea. they would see how that works and potentially look at building more across the uk. the company has planned for potentially six across the uk, four would be in wales. the cost of the initial project would be £1.3 billion. the next age would be getting the green light from westminster. after that, the company would need a marine licence from the welsh government and alleviate any environmental concerns. thank you very much for that. the authorities in belgium have charged new suspects in connection with the paris terrorist attacks in 2015. both men are suspected of having provided plotters with fake documents. that man was one of three suicide bombers involved in the brussels attacks. 130 people died in the paris attacks and 32 were killed by the explosions in brussels. the afg ha n by the explosions in brussels. the afghan taliban has released a video of two professors killed in august. it is the first time the australian timothy weeks on the left and american kevin king have been seen since they were abducted as they left work in kabul. here, in woman has beenjailed for 21 yea rs here, in woman has beenjailed for 21 years for the murder of an elderly neighbour in fife. sandra weir attacked mary loki with a rolling pin. the 82—year—old suffered more than 32 injuries. the high court in edinburgh heard her attacker had stolen money to fund a heroin addiction. 3000 american troops, tanks and armoured vehicles arrived in poland today. the biggest american presence in the region since the cold war to support a nato operation to deter russian aggression following fears from neighbouring countries since the conflict in ukraine. the arrival comes days before the inauguration of donald trump signalled he wants to improve relations with moscow. the kremlin has said the red and build—up in poland is a threat to russia's security. a turkish mp suffered a broken nose ina a turkish mp suffered a broken nose in a mass brawl at the turkish parliament last night. angry scuffles broke out between mps from the ruling party and members of the main opposition. tempers flared after mps debated proposed constitutional reforms which would give the president more powers. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour. but first. the headlines on bbc newsroom live. the us director of national intelligence has rejected suggestions made by donald trump official agencies leak came to russia had customising the table on him. some of it and's biggest retailers have reported strong christmas figures. the latest nhs figures show there was a 42% increase in november compared to the year before in delays in discharging patients from hospitals, due to problems arranging ca re hospitals, due to problems arranging care in the community. time for a round—up of the business news now. vishala is at the lakeside shopping centre in kent for us. we are in the lakeside shopping centre in essex, a few shoppers about trying to find some bargains. the last few months we have been hearing about christmas sales. today we got some positive numbers from the biggest retailers. here to talk through those numbers, hello, some positive winners today with marks and spencers, john lewis, debenhams in —— but let us talk about marks and spencers, they reported a rise in the clothing and homeware sales for the first time in two years. their food section has two years. theirfood section has been two years. their food section has been doing really well for a long time. the clothing section has been ailing. it has been important they turn this around and saw positive sales growth. last year they announced a 6% drop in clothing sales. we have seen positive trading state m e nts we have seen positive trading statements from jd sports and john lewis. there have been losers as well. some shops have said their sales have not been as good over christmas. next had a disappointing christmas. looking at the whole picture, on the whole, retailers have done well. some had really good christmas periods. it means as consumers we have gone out and spent more. 0nline, we have a source who have done quite well. the drop in sterling has helped sales, with international buyers. dev anand is say they had an increase in online sales. —— debenhams. this is a key thing over the years, online sales are increasing. john lewis say 40% of their sales are online. they have seen an their sales are online. they have seen an 80% growth. and marks and spencers and debenhams has seen big increases in the way people are shopping online. asos, they had great figures. marks and spencers and debenhams are happy with a few percent growth. the internet is changing the retail industry. and the year ahead, john lewis did well over christmas. they have warned staff 2017 represents uncertainty. we talked about the drop in sterling. what will happen? in terms of the consumer environment, interest rates will stay low which is good. but what will brexit do for the economy and no one knows. put that aside, the retailers are facing a challenging year because of the fall in sterling. the cost of food and clothes being imported is rising. the element is competitive so it is difficult to pass that on to consumers. thank you. that is it from me. i will be back throughout the afternoon with plenty more business. the nhs has been facing a long, harsh winter. pressure on staff and services has reached unprecedented levels and raises questions about how to ensure a sustainable health service. a yougov survey seen by the bbc suggests many people would be in favour of a rise in order to increase spending on the nhs. graham satchell looks at how we've reached this point. hospitals are full, patients we are told are at risk, doctors say it has been the worst week in the nhs in living memory. i think it is fair to say that currently we are in a crisis. we have been seeing the number of admissions going up yearly. we have seen the number of beds going down yearly. it is no surprise we have reached the point where the system cannot cope any more. there are simple reasons that the nhs is struggling. to start, it is winter and more are ill and more of us are ending up in hospital. one in two of us are getting cancer. it used to be one in three. that is because people are living longer. we have to do more with what we have. pressure is nothing new but professionals say that doing much more with what they have got, the budget, won't work. the government says it is investing record amounts in the nhs. that is true. we spend more on the health service than ever before. in england, it will be £120 billion next year. nhs england says in real terms, spending per head will go down in 2018. what is the solution? in a yougov poll, the public were asked this question — would you support increasing the basic rate of income tax from 20—21% and using that money raised to increased spending in the nhs? 42% said yes. for someone on an average income, it would mean giving the taxman £118 extra per year. i wouldn't mind it. if it needs it, definitely. the nhs to me is a bottomless pit. you can pour money into it, and it doesn't necessarily do anything. i think you can always pay a little bit extra in your tax. you moan about it but, yes, you get on with it. people might say they would pay more tax to fund the nhs but putting up taxes is politically tricky, and the government is certainly not talking about it, so what will happen if funding isn't substantially increased ? people might have to say, ok, we won't spend any more, so we have to wait longer. there might be stuff that you have to get in a year's time, rather than 18 weeks. but then you have to start talking about what we will stop doing, and that is really hard. it means people are then going to have to pay for those things. should taxes go up to fund the nhs? is continued deterioration of services inevitable? many want a broader more honest debate about the future of the health service. a 17—year—old boy from austria has created his own ski village in his backhouse, using his spare time to improve the resort and invent new models. should robots be given legal status as "electronic persons"? that's what meps are due to debate, as they vote for the first time on rules for how humans will interact with artificial intelligence. they'll also decide whether designers need to build in a kill switch which will allow robots to be shut down in an emergency. a report submitted to the european parliament suggests failure to prepare for advances in robot technology could pose a challenge to humanity to "control its own creation". researchers have found that baboons make sounds similar to the vowels used by humans to create words. barking and howling. they've produced a study into their grunts and squeaks that found five significant vocal expressions. it had been thought baboons did not have the larynx needed to make vowel sounds. the research suggests language might have begun to evolve earlier than previously thought. with much of europe currently in the grip of icy temperatures, the conditions have been captured beautifully in hungary. you can see here sheets of broken ice travelling along the danube river in budapest where authorities were forced to suspend shipping earlier this week. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment, we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. first, we leave you with a look at the weather. we are seeing some impact from snow lying across parts of scotland, northern ireland and the north west of england. the area is getting colder, it has come from a long way north. we have some milder air across southern parts of the uk. this weather system is producing some rain which is likely to turn to snow. the weather is straightforward in the northern part where it continues to be snowy. this rain and snow mix is moving eastwards. snow is falling over the hills in wales. that's wintry weather will clear away in the afternoon. it could turn snowy over the hills of the south west and the midlands. at this stage, still some heavy rainfall east anglia and the south—east of england. behind that, we have cold air. sunshine and snow showers sums it up. sunshine and snow showers sums it ly sunshine and snow showers sums it up. largely drive for eastern scotland. temperatures just above freezing. in the evening, this is of concern especially in the south—east, the rain is heavy. we are dragging down cold air, and we may get some snow developing across east anglia. a couple of centimetres widely. quickly as the skies clear it will turn icy which will be a major concern. overnight, more wintry showers will come in, a spell of sleet and snow into northern england and the north midlands. temperatures below freezing. ice cannot be rolled out anywhere. this will come to kick things first thing. that short lived spell of snow will clear away. then, apart from wintry showers in the northerly areas are many places will be dry and sunny but it will be cold. this is arctic air, feeling cold around the north sea coast where we could see severe gales and big waves. at the weekend, things calm down. it becomes less windy, still cold with wintry showers on saturday. increasing cloud will bring rain across the uk, lifting the temperatures. this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at midday. the us director of national intelligence rejects suggestions made by donald trump that official agencies leaked claims russia had compromising material on him. the bbc understands the former mi6 officer christopher steele who compiled the dossier containing lurid claims about donald trump is now in hiding. delays in discharging patients from hospitals because of social care problems increased by 42% in november, compared to the year before. also... as temperatures begin to dip, the met office issues yellow be aware warnings for much of the country. in scotland, the wintry weather conditions have already hit — while at heathrow dozens of flights are cancelled ahead of the expected snowfall. there are forecasts of blizzard conditions later. an independent review backs plans to build the uk's first tidal lagoon off swansea to generate hydro—electric power. good morning. it's thursday 12 january. i'm annita mcveigh. 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 trump's 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 didn't happen. there are also claims that russian spies have compiled material to blackmail mr trump, including salacious videos of his private life. does anyone really believe that story? i'm also very much of a germaphobe, by the way, believe me. the bbc understands the russian memos on mr trump were compiled by a former member of mi6, christopher steele. the director of national intelligence, james clapper, has now called the president—elect. he said the leak did not come from within us intelligence, and they have not made anyjudgement that the information is reliable. as donald trump moved the media towards his business dealings, he confirmed he was handing total control of his empire to his two sons. these papers are just some of the many documents that i've signed turning over complete and total control to my sons. that too is proving troublesome. the ethics committee has now said his plan does not meet past presidential standards. this performance was a typically eccentric and bombastic piece of political theatre, which his supporters will love. but it did little to calm the swirl of controversies which surround this president—elect. laura bicker, bbc news, washington. let's speak to our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford. hello to you. the latest trump the kremlin is its spokesman for vladimir putin said they hope that mr putin and donald trump will get along and there will be more mutual respect than there was under the obama administration. it sounds but moscow are trying to move past this particular story. it does. in the last few days it is curious it has almost seemed like donald trump and the spokesman for vladimir putin have been quoting one another and using the same language. but for talking about a witchhunt referring the latest allegations of secret contacts between the two administrations and now dmitri prescott repeating what donald trump said in his press conference. there was a hope in moscow that these two presidents but will get on, suggesting from here into moscow it is possible that would be the case on all matters but stressing that moscow was prepared to open a dialogue and hoping for a better stage of relations. over the past few months we have seen relations between the us and moscow hit rock bottom. moscow has repeatedly described relations is extremely damaged, a compromise and it has been looking to donald trump were in a sense a new era and hoping that relations will be warmer. trying to look beyond the scandal of the last day or two and hoping for things to get better. would it be fair to say that perhaps in some quarters there isa that perhaps in some quarters there is a way that the notion that donald trump is criticising his own security services and his own intelligence agencies but not moscow? that is right. although donald trump's words i suppose have become a little more nuanced. in that press conference you heard him except for the first time that he believed russia was behind the original hack of the democratic convention. he then went on to say that plenty of other people are acting as is well and trying to move beyond it. —— hacking us. he is trying to maintain the line that he wa nts to trying to maintain the line that he wants to be friends with moscow and vladimir putin but he has acknowledged that may not be easy and defeat to do to get on, he said he would go easy on russia. —— if the two don't get on. things aren't going to be quite as smooth and plain sailing as they might have imagined when donald trump was first elected. they are saying it is because there is such anti—russia hysteria in washington they are not allowing donald trump to reset relations with russia although here in moscow people claim he would have liked to have done it. thank you for that. there is a russian foreign ministry briefing about to start in moscow and we will keep a check on that. there are any new interesting lines coming out that we will bring them to you. annie machon is a former m15 intelligence officer and joins us on the line from brussels. thank you for your time today. let's talk about christopher steeled the former mi6 officer who has compiled this dossier. —— christopher steele. give us your understanding in why he was doing this work in the first instance. it appears he left m16 about a decade ago and then set up a private investigations company, a corporate spy company which is actually quite a normal standard career trajectory and these are there to be hired. it seems republican opponents of donald trump initially requested that the company do some digging into come's alleged collections with russia. then when trump was nominated as the republican nominee for the election, he was rehired by some democratic to try to dig up more dirt on trump. this is very politically motivated. christopher steele has a reputation as being highly competent and his reputation is very good from what we have heard. he decided against advice against this information, the allegations he has found on trump, that they had to be passed on to other parties. is unusual in your estimation? we are looking at the documents and they seem like a rushed job, almost a first draft a bit like the rushed job of the dodgy dossier in the war against iraq in 2003. it seems quite undigested. these companies, with the cachet of former m15 and mi6 officers, it is not just gathering former m15 and mi6 officers, it is notjust gathering information but to assess and make a judgment call. this is why i say that these are perhaps just draft documents and it is difficult to try and speculate how they made their way...l is difficult to try and speculate how they made their way... a final thought from you if you would. if these tapes that we're hearing about do exist, you expect that they will surface? i am sure there is a possibility. there seems to be strong vested interests in trying to discredit donald trump's presidency before it is formally started so we will see what emerges next. but actually i think people are hopeful with this new presidency but it will avert some conflict in the middle east and that is a big thing for most people will stop i can see his presidency being derailed yet. thank you for your time. at 12:30pm here on the bbc news channel, i'll put your questions on the political row over trump and the leaked dossier to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. please get in touch with us to ask those questions. you can text us or send an email or contact us via twitter using the hashtag #bbcaskthis. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has repeated his offer to donald trump to visit a london mosque with him. live to westminster and our assistant political editor, norman smith. as we mentioned this is a repeated offer. he has said this before. why is he repeating this offer now?m is he repeating this offer now?m is surprising in the sense in the current climate with fewer red allegations surrounding donald trump. you might expect mr corbyn to backtrack —— lower rate. far from it. he has reiterated the invite for mrtrump to come it. he has reiterated the invite for mr trump to come to notjust any old mosque but the finsbury park mosque which has been almost notorious in recent yea rs which has been almost notorious in recent years because of its ties to a number of radical islamist preachers, abu hamza and others. it has to be said mr corbyn's stance is somewhat in contrast to downing street who have resolutely been rebuffing reporters enquiries about the trump tapes. in part because they absolutely do not want to say anything that might jeopardise they absolutely do not want to say anything that mightjeopardise their effo rts anything that mightjeopardise their efforts to forge decent relations with mr trump. we just efforts to forge decent relations with mr trump. wejust had boris johnson a few days ago in washington trying to meet the trump team. they don't want to touch this issue with a bargepole. a prime minister's spokesman lobby meeting just a short time ago, when we asked about possible involvement of mi6 and when the government became aware, was there any sort of british involvement, because the former security intelligence officer is a former employee of mi6, —— employee. we were repeatedly told the reports only relate to former employees so we we re only relate to former employees so we were given nothing more at all. in contrast to mr corbyn who this morning repeated that offered to mr trump to come to the finsbury park mosque. when president trump arrives i'm sure we will have a meaningful conversation. i am appalled by his comments about women and his comments about women and his comments about women and his comments about minorities from the united states, his comments about muslims and his proposal to build a wall between the usa and mexico. surely in the 215t century we can do a bit better than that. you will meet him when he comes? of course. i'm sure we will have an interesting discussion. i have invited into visit finsbury park mosque. they are happy to receive him and discuss islam with him. any response? not yet, we are awaiting it.|j islam with him. any response? not yet, we are awaiting it. i suspect donald trump has more on his plate than to worry about an invitation from jeremy corbyn, never mind a fa ct from jeremy corbyn, never mind a fact that a visit to finsbury park mosque would prompt a huge security issue for the president's people and iam issue for the president's people and i am always struck by the enormity of the security operation in place, it seems almost inconceivable they would countenance a visit to the finsbury park mosque, but we will see. some of britain's biggest high street names have reported strong christmas sales figures this morning. m&s reported a 2.3% rise in clothing sales in the 13 weeks to the end of december. food sales were up slightly too. meanwhile, tesco says its autumn sales were up by 1.8%. and there were strong figures from john lewis and debenhams. the latest nhs figures confirm a sharp rise in delays in discharging patients from hospital — because there's no social care package available. they're up by 42% in november — compared to the year before — with more figures for december due in the next few days. this comes against a background of rising demand in accident and emergency care, routine operations, diagnostic tests and consultant led treatment. our health editor, hugh pym, has more details. these are for november. we only get them a couple of months afterwards. the official figures from public health that england. we don't know officially what happened in december or early january other than the fact that the bbc was late ago that meant showing how bad things were last week. november was not a time the nhs was particularly in the headlines, ordered the obvious stresses and strains apparent, other than to those who work on the front line. even so, all the key targets we re line. even so, all the key targets were being missed yet again. the key for our weight in a&e, 95% of patients being seen within that for hours. it was way off. about 88%. that hasn't been hit since 2015. a lot of it comes down to social care. if there is an social car in the community beds are occupied for longer than they should have been, big increase in figures today, fewer beds for people coming into the front door of the hospital so they get held up at various points in the chain. i wasjust about to add, but that 42% for november, 42% increase in delays in discharging patients, but that in some context for us. that is delays because of problems we re that is delays because of problems were social care. if you look at the overall number of delays, they are slightly less because the delays can be caused not by social care but other bits of the nhs. for example, you need to be discharged from hospital bed to emerge as difficulties with this in addition to social care. the nhs has to ex—sap some responsibility as well. we have seen consistent increases year—on—year about 30% and that has all come home to roost in terms of the national debate over social care. theresa may and the government having to crop of an emergency packagejust having to crop of an emergency package just before christmas having not done anything in the autumn statement but the nhs, simon stephens said of the nhs indicating that frankly that isn't the long—term problem being solved. the long—term problem being solved. the long—term issue is how you bring social care funding up to where it should have been having been cut consistently over many years to take the pressure of hospitals. the headlines... the us director of national intelligence rejects suggestions made by donald trump at official agencies of the claims russia had comprising material on him. some of the biggest retailers including marks & spencer, john lewis and tesco have reported strong christmas trading with sales up compared to last year. the latest nhs figures showed there was a 42% increase in november compared to the report in delays in discharging patients from hospitals. that was due to problems arranging care in the community. time for sport. that's get the latest. head of the start of the first major of the year. johanna konta is picking at the right time after reaching the final of the syd ney after reaching the final of the sydney international. she beat former london finalist eugene bouchard in straight sets to reach a third wta final. she will now play the world number three in the final. she will be looking to replicate the run that took her to the semifinals of the australian open last year. also going well is dan evans the british number three who is through toa british number three who is through to a world tour submit final for the first time in his career. he produced a stunning comeback year from one set down to beat the top seed dominik team. andy murray is already in melbourne and has been warming up ahead of the australian open draw which takes up in the early hours of friday morning. it will be the first time in his career that he will be a top seed, the top seed at a grand slam. laura robson and tara moore won't be in the draw after losing their qualifying matches. in football, after losing their qualifying matches. infootball, dimitri after losing their qualifying matches. in football, dimitri payet wa nts to matches. in football, dimitri payet wants to leave west ham according to manager slaven bilic. he enjoyed a sensational first season in the premier league helping the club to seventh place. he has struggled to match that this season with the club struggling down in 13th. now the french forward has told the manager no longer wants to play for the club. we don't want to sell him. we said hundreds of times that we don't wa nt to said hundreds of times that we don't want to sell our best players, we wa nt to want to sell our best players, we want to keep them. he is definitely one of the best players. that is white we gave him such a long contract —— that is white. he refused to play for us. the england test ca pta i n refused to play for us. the england test captain alastair cook will meet with director frigates and destroyers tomorrow discusses future with england —— andrew strauss. it is thought there is no rush to make a decision on his role after they lost the recent series with india 4-0. i lost the recent series with india 4—0. i will be back at around 1:30pm. thank you. a blast of arctic weather is expected to cause a lot of disruption over the next few days across much of the uk over the next couple of days, with a warning few days with a warning from the met office of strong winds, ice and snow. scotland is bearing the brunt of the wintry weather so far, with the m71; in central scotland closed for a time because of ice. meanwhile, gale force winds cut power to 40,000 homes in the north east, cumbria and yorkshire. our correspondent megan paterson is at a gritting depot in north cumbria — where preparations are well underway for the big freeze. tell us more about the preparations going on. we had just had an icy snow shower here in penrith by the m6 motorway in north cumbria. we haven't seen any heavy snowfall so far today. in the car park here in penrith there are no gritters and thatis penrith there are no gritters and that is because they are allowed on the road is preparing for the snow ball which is expected later this afternoon. cumbria county council has got 11 of these salt depots around the country. earlier on yesterday this was almost completely full of grit but it is emptied substantially of the last 12 hours as workers here worked extra shifts to make sure they got enough breadth of the road. the problem here so far hasn't been snow or ice but the relentless drizzle we have seen the last 12 hours or so which means every time the grid is spread on the road network here it is quickly rust away. that means the teams continually reads gritting roads. the rain continues to wash it away. we are expected to see heavier snowfall, more than a few flurries but things are looking not too bad at the moment. conditions have been worse in scotland. the m 74 was closed for a period early today. also ferry cancellations expected for part of the day in northern scotland. there have been like disruptions elsewhere as you mentioned. here in cumbria the advice for drivers is if you don't have to make a journey or not travel on rural roots, perhaps now let's get a look at the weather forecast. get stuck in it. a weather warning in price for much of cumbria and today. watching and hoping it doesn't get much worse. thank you. let's look at some of today's other developing stories. the authorities in belgium have charged two new suspects in connect with the paris attacks of november 2015. the two men are suspected of having provided one of the plotters with fake documents. that man, khalid el bakraoui, was one of three suicide bombers involved in attacks in brussels in march of last year. 130 people died in the paris attacks, and 32 were killed by the explosions in brussels. the afghan taliban has released a video of two professors kidnapped in august, in which they plead for donald trump to negotiate their release. it's the first time the australian, timothy weeks, here on the left, and the american, kevin king, have been seen since they were abducted as they left work at the american university in kabul. a woman has beenjailed for a minimum of 21 years for the murder of an elderly neighbour in fife. sandra weir, who's 41, attacked mary logie with a rolling pin in the pensioner‘s home last january. mrs logie, who was 82, suffered more than 30 injuries to her head and neck. the high court in edinburgh heard that weir had stolen thousands of pounds from her to fund a heroin addiction. more than 3000 american troops, tanks, and armoured vehicles arrive in poland today — the united states' biggest military presence in the region since the cold war. it's to support a nato operation to deter russian aggression, following fears from neighbouring countries since the conflict in ukraine. their arrival comes just days before the inauguration of donald trump, who's signalled he wants to improve relations with moscow. this morning the kremlin has said that us military build—up in poland is a threat to russia's national security. a turkish mp suffered a broken nose in a mass brawl at the turkish parliament last night. angry scuffles broke out between mps from president erdogan's ruling justice and development party and members of the main opposition, the republican people's party. tempers flared after mps debated proposed constitutional reforms which would give the president more powers. doctors believe they are closer to understanding why chronic stress increases the risk of heart disease and strokes. theirfindings, published in the lancet, suggest that increased activity in the part of the brain which responds to fear and anger prompts the production of extra white blood cells. this can make the formation of blockages in the arteries more likely. for a full summary of the news you can go to our website, where you'll be able to get more details on those allegations surrounding donald trump, and the wintry weather hitting many parts of the uk. that's all at bbc.co.uk/news. a government—funded review is recommending building tidal lagoons to produce renewable energy. it suggests that a £1.3 billion lagoon in swansea bay could be used as a pilot project. the former energy minister charles hendry — who carried out the study — says the technology would prove cost—effective over its lifetime. our correspondent tomos morgan is in swansea bay for us. what will the next stage is be in order to make this plan a reality? it would be to get the green light from westminster, the company will then seek a marine licence from the welsh government and then they would have to alleviate any environmental concerns but in reality this is a significant step towards ringing tidal lagoons to the uk and to here in swansea bay. and ebay you can see here behind me, i turbines will be dotted throughout creating green energy. let's have a quick chat with councillor rob stewart the leader of the council. good news? it is. we have been working tirelessly behind the scenes for many months. the charles henry report gives us a major step forward. it is up to the government to respond and make sure we can build this as quickly as possible. what can the council do to make sure this isn't another white elephant and something that doesn't happen for swansea? the work already put in has put us any good position to get on this. tidal lagoon power are ready to start as soon as they get the green light from government. from a council perspective we have been assisting in the planning consents. we are ready to go as soon as the government gives the green light. it is a huge project. say a few words, this would be a big blot on swansea if it were to fail.|j don't see how it could fail. this has been a £1.3 billion investment in the city of swansea. it provides power for 150,000 tonnes for 125 years. charles hennie makes clear he sees this as the start of a new industry in the uk and something we can export. over 2000 construction jobs for the region and we are working on a city deal in the background which could bring further investment to the city. are you happy for swansea to be a guinea pig for these types of projects?” happy for swansea to be a guinea pig for these types of projects? i don't see us as a guinea for these types of projects? i don't see us as a guinea pig but a pioneer. we will start a revolution in tidal and pioneer. we will start a revolution in tidaland green pioneer. we will start a revolution in tidal and green energy. are you confident with the overwhelming majority of those jobs being brought to south wales to create this lagoon? charles henry said himself he was really impressed by the overwhelming support for this project in swansea. but the tidal power company and the purpose of proof that much of the spend and much of the benefits of this will be retained locally and that is blamed for our economy. do you think you will be able to have the other projects that could happen further down the line if this was to be a success ? down the line if this was to be a success? we will help inform how to do it elsewhere as a pathfinder. six lagoons proposed around the uk which will help the uk not only meet its energy deficits andrew lewer 's reliance on foreign energy but also help meet emission targets and reduce the carbon footprint. this will be a game changer for the uk energy industry. what you say to the anglers and fishermen that have raised concerns for wildlife about building such a large—scale project and potentially be damaging to the bicske? i think we have answered many of those already. a local friend in yet the as... we can reassure people. this scheme can be beneficial but for the wildlife, environment and the energy generation needs of the region. thank you, leader of swansea council. significant step today towards bringing eight tidal lagoon towards bringing eight tidal lagoon to the uk and to swansea here. the next step will be seeking will the government make of this review? thank you. we have received some weather pictures. from northern ireland. this is the quaint chain pass in londonderry. if you don't already know, this part of northern ireland, in very high road and if it is going to snow, it usually shows there first. —— snows. this is the glen chain pass. it is coming down. that's find out more about the snow. straight to the balcony for the latest. i think we have got more of that on the way over the next few hours. some of the rain in the south is starting to turn to snow. so far it has been across more northern areas. these are wintry showers that have been affecting scotland, northern ireland. the rain here in the south, 5°99y ireland. the rain here in the south, soggy and dreadful weather eventually turning to snow particularly across the midlands and the south—east. clearing skies through this evening. some of the strategy weather will tend to freeze. really nasty conditions on the way. snow showers continuing in northern areas. moving across the north and east counties through the early hours of friday. freezing throughout the country. i see and wintry weather moving east into the south—east as well. fine, sunny but cold day on friday for many. almost anywhere could have some ice and tricky driving conditions. this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines at 12.30. the us intelligence chief rejects claims that allegations about donald trump were leaked by government agencies. unsubsta ntiated reports claim damaging material on the president—elect is being held by russia. the bbc understands the former member of britain's mi6 christopher steele, who compiled the dossier containing lurid claims about donald trump, is in hiding. he fled his home near london, fearing for his safety after his name was made public. delays in discharging patients from hospitals in england increased by 42% in november, compared to the previous year. hospitals report this affects their ability to quickly admit emergency a&e patients. heathrow airport has cancelled about 100 departures and arrivals this afternoon as forecasters warn of blizzard conditions sweeping across the uk later. some breaking news from the united states, this is president elect donald trump's saying that the director of intelligence james klapper, you can see his tweet on the screen, called him on wednesday to denounce what he says is the false and fictitious report illegally circulated. donald trump as is his want taking to twitter to make this short statement about the allegations of sexual and financial relating to a trip he made to russia. let us talk about that some more. welcome to our bbc ask this series, where we put your questions to our correspondents and experts. today we're focusing on the political row over donald trump and that leaked memo which claims russia has compromising material on us president—elect. with me is our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. before we get to your questions, your thoughts on what donald trump is saying about this phone call from the director of intelligence. that is not the what he said publicly? a classic donald trump tweet, first the timing, five o'clock when he put this tweet out in the morning eastern time in the early hours. like so many of his tweets, it contains elements of truth and elements which don't sound so convincing. it is possible james clapper called him last night to convey in person what james clapper put out in a statement late last night which is that, in his words, he was profoundly dismayed at the leaking of the dossier which found its way on to the internet but he said he did not believe it came within the interventions community. so donald trump is saying is this. he is making it sound as ifjames clapper apologised for the circulation of the leaked report, thatis circulation of the leaked report, that is not we think what james clapper is doing. he does not say that the report was false and fictitious, does he? here we are. he is not even president yet and we are analysing 140 characters of every tweet to figure out what donald trump is saying, that way madness lies. o nto saying, that way madness lies. onto the questions from the viewers. dr sujinder sangha on twitter says this. the entire world has a stake in the usa presidency. could the transfer on the 20th january be put on hold until the allegations are cleared? iam afraid i am afraid i have onlyjust seen your question, i would loved to have time to think about it. i cannot for the life of me think of a case like this, and we keep saying this about donald trump because everything about him in his candidacy and election is unprecedented, a case in which a presidential inauguration has been postponed for anything other than bad weather which can sometimes be catastrophically bad in washington in january. at noon on the 20th, donald trump will become president whether he has completed the oath in full or not, whether he is even in washington or not, that is just the law. u nless not, that is just the law. unless the 25th amendment of the us constitution has been invoked by congress, there is no mechanism by which this would not happen. now, if let's say, the dossier as published yesterday is true, if charges emanate from that, then who knows, something extraordinary could happen between now and the 20th. i think it is unlikely given the fact the intelligence agencies have yet to indicate they regard this dossier as anything other than interesting, potentially credible, but no more than that. and in the absence of any physical tapes. are there any tapes question mark where are they? almost certainly not in the united states. billy george on twitter comments. do you think the allegations made against trump are too detailed to be fabricated? how reliable is the source? there is more than one source. there are many, we have a report we believe was drawn up by christopher steel, former mi6 officer, who left the british intelligence community about ten years ago, set up his own private business, used his extensive contacts from his time in moscow and elsewhere to offer numerous services. and had a sufficient reputation to do this opposition research, to find out anything about donald trump and his relationship with russia that could be of use to his opponents. on the face of it he came up with a lot of material that could be of very great use. he cites a number of sources, former and serving officials within president putin's entourage, who make some extraordinary allegations. but that is all they are at the moment. are they too detailed? that is causing concern. they are so detailed that it would be difficult even for an intelligence agency with all of the paraphernalia and technology available, to come up with something so available, to come up with something so unbelievably damaging and destructive. so some people are raising questions about the level of detail. we have heard one or two details are potentially not true, some misspellings, the key question of whether donald trump's attorney andrew cohen attended a meeting in prague with kremlin officials in august last year, mr coen says he has never been to prague will stop it was later reported by cnn they might have referred to a different michael coen. if that is the sort of mistake in this dossier, you have to wonder how many others there are. siege by email writes this. if the fbi saw this report back in august why did they not make it public as they did the report on hilary clinton's suspect emails? hillary clinton's most passionate supporters will of course be smelling a rat. we know now this report, versions of it, were circulating in washington months ago. harry reed, the senior democrat in the senate said much the same thing in september, why is the intelligence community, he referred to the fbi, sitting on a dossier of explosive material about donald trump? there may be a number of reasons, one being it wasn't their report, it wasn't anything the american intentions agencies had been responsible for putting together. they may have wondered about its provenance, may have been trying to get some indications to how good it was. when an intelligence agency receives a dossier even if written by a former integers officer from dossier even if written by a former integers officerfrom a dossier even if written by a former integers officer from a friendly nation, they will not simply stick it out there in the public, they will want a long look at it. this links to the next question. andrew mitchell from cardiff comments on email. i would like to ask the bbc why it isn't informing viewers that the story on the trump file was first punted around the media a year ago, yet no media outlet would run with it because it couldn't be verified ? i have heard us on the bbc informing viewers that they knew about this file some time ago. i think what andrew wants to know is, given the extraordinary nature of this, why were we not told? want to bbc colleagues have been looking at this sometime. i was not personally aware aware of it. collectively, there wasn't a great deal of knowledge about it. various media organisations in the united states did pick up on comments like those from harry reed. one magazine had a look at it, others did too. the allegation there was something out there that needed to be publicised, that did surface from time to time but until the other day none of us had actually seen it. time for one more question. frankie rockett on twitter says this. what options exist to remove trump if and when the dangerous decisions start to roll out? is impeachment a possibility and how? iam thinking i am thinking he is if anything is proven against resident elect trump, what options would exist to remove someone what options would exist to remove someone in that scenario? it comes back to the question whether the inauguration could be put on hold. you cannot impeach someone put on hold. you cannot impeach someone who is not yet president. given the complexity of the allegations contained in this dossier and the fact they do not emanate and we have to keep saying this, from any american intelligence agency, it will take quite a long time to establish the veracity or otherwise of those allegations so it is pretty unlikely, here we are, nine days before the inauguration, that we are going to see anything getting in the way. it does mean that on the 20th, americans will witness this grand ceremony, one of the great moments in the american democratic experience, of a man being sworn in with his hand on the bible, and all of these allegations about his sexual behaviour, his business contacts, about whether or not he was used by the kremlin in some way to influence the outcome of the presidential election. all of that hanging in the air, and the sunshine, deeply depressing set of circumstances. i guess we will be talking about it long after the in operation has come and gone. thank you very much. and thank you for your questions. some of britain's biggest high street names have reported strong christmas sales figures this morning. m&s reported a 2.3% rise in clothing sales in the 13 weeks to the end of december. food sales were up slightly too. meanwhile, tesco says its autumn sales were up by 1.8%. and there were strong figures from john lewis and debenhams. vishala sri pathma is at the lakeside shopping centre in essex for us. we are in the lakeside shopping centre, a few shoppers about busy trying to find some bargains. the last few months we have been hearing about christmas sales and how they have been doing in the high street. today we have positive numbers from the big retailers on the high street. the stories of the day, some winners with marks and spencers, john lewis, debenhams reporting a rise in sales. marks & spencer is, they had an interesting few months, reporting a rise in the clothing and home myself for the first time in two years. their food section has been doing really well for a long time. the clothing section has been ailing. it is important this christmas they'd turned that around and saw positive sales growth particularly when last year they announced a 6% drop in clothing sales. we have seen positive trading statements from john lewis and jd sports. some retailers having a happy christmas. there have been some losers, some shops have said sales have not been as good over christmas. next had a disappointing christmas. on the whole, retailers have done pretty well. some had 0k christmas is, some had good christmas is. as consumers, we have spent more. 0nline, we have asos, they have done quite well. this drop in sterling has helped sales, international buyers buying more. debenhams have had an increase in online sales. how has that changed the market? this is a key thing. 0nline sales are increasing. john lewis saying 40% of their sales are online, an 80% growth in the numbers shopping through their mobile app. traditional high street retailers are seeing big increases in the way people are shopping online. asos, great figures from them. marks & spencer is our happy with a few percent growth, asos & spencer is our happy with a few percent growth, a505 is to 30% growth over the last year which shows how the internet is changing the retail industry. what about the year ahead? john lewis did well. they have warned staff 2017 represents uncertainty. we have talked about the drop in sterling. what will happen? in terms of the consumer environment, interest rates will stay low which is good for consumers. but what will brexit do for the economy and no one knows. put that aside, the retailers are facing a challenging year because of the fall in sterling. the cost of food and clothing being imported is rising but the environment is so competitive it is difficult to pass those increases on to consumers which puts them between a rock and a ha rd which puts them between a rock and a hard place. the headlines on bbc newsroom live. the us director of integers rejects suggestions made by donald trump official us agencies leaked claims russia had come rising material about him. mr chung has tweeted the claims are made up and phoney. some of britain's biggest retailers have reported strong christmas trading with sales up compared to last year. and the latest nhs figures show a 42% increase in november in delays in discharging patients from hospitals due to problems of ageing carer in the community. liam hill and lemn sissay both say they suffered at the hands of a care system that didn't care enough. how many times where you fostered? roughly 42 times. 42 foster placements! liam's mum was unable to look after him. at the age of five he went into care but went on to have 42 foster placements, 24 care home visits. lemn had just one long—term foster family but shortly after this picture was taken, they gave him up. it was not care, it's called care but care was the last thing that i received. i remember standing up on the table and swearing to them that you're not my mum and dad, i know who my mum is and i want to go back to my mum and based on that on christmas eve i was kicked out. liam tells us he was denied any specialist help and bounced around the care system for the next 13 years. foster carers aren't trained for therapeutic help. one of the issues was they put me into foster care and not a residential place because of money. a child in a foster family isn't necessarily the right place for it to be. a children's home if you get the right treatment can be an incredible place to be. do you really believe that? i don't believe it, i know it. successive governments have agreed for most children fostering is a better option, that's why the proportion of looked—after children in homes has fallen from a high of 40% in the ‘70s to just 11% today. how successfully we look after these children matters. look in prisons and you'll see between a quarter and a third of inmates have been in care. the howard league for penal reform believe some blame lies specifically with care homes. we've identified that children living in residential homes... are in care in residential homes are more likely to be criminalised. and we're worried that might be because the children's homes themselves are using the police as respite care, or to control children when they haven't got the resources. children's home owners tell me they are under attack. that at homes like this they have specially trained staff able to deal with the rising tide of children who need specialist help. we're always frowned upon, we're always the last in the queue. myjob's more difficult now than it's ever been. some of the traumas that young people go through has got predominantly worse over the last couple of years. the truth is there just aren't enough places out there for all of the looked—after children. but the fear is too many of those children are in the wrong kind of place and getting the wrong kind of support. former government adviser lord laming, the man who chaired the victoria climbie inquiry, shares those concerns. he told me he fears children with complex needs are being fostered not because it's the best option but because it's the cheapest option. earlierjayne explained that lord laming's comments were not criticising the care that fosterfamilies give. lord laming's concern is that it's not right for everybody, and he is very much aware that local authorities have lost 40% of their budgets since 2010. residential care costs around £3000 a week, foster care around £600 a week. he doesn't want children to slip through the net because of the budgetary concerns. harvey gallagher from the nationwide association of fostering providers said there's no doubt residential care can offer more specialist help. however, foster carers are professionals and they are inspected by ofsted in the same way as homes. volkswagen has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in the united states for using illegal software to cheat emissions tests for its diesel vehicles. its been ordered to pay fines of more than £3.5 billion, the largest penalty ever levied by the us government against a car manufacturer. it's been dubbed the diesel dupe, the world's second biggest car—maker rigging environmental tests for diesel emissions, and now volkswagen will play a heavy price for what us authorities have described as a ten—year conspiracy. the fine of £3.5 billion is the biggest ever levied by the us government against a car—maker. vw has already agreed a £12.3 billion civil settlement with car owners and environmental authorities, and, worldwide, 11 million vehicles are involved in this scandal. the us attorney general said vw lied to cover up its actions. hundreds of thousands of cars that volkswagen sold in the united states were pumping illegal levels of nitrogen oxides into our atmosphere, up to 40 times more than the amounts permitted underfederal law. now, what's more, these vehicles were equipped with software that masked the true amount of the pollutants the cars released. and it looks as though us regulators are farfrom finished. six executives have been formally charged with conspiracy. volkswagen says it deeply regrets the behaviour that led to this scandal, but there's still a turbulent road ahead, as the company faces potentially damaging lawsuits in europe. sarah corker, bbc news. in a moment, a full weather forecast with tomasz shafernaker. but before that. with this cold weather, we're being warned blizzards could be seen in some parts of the country, and meteorologists are also predicting rare "thundersnow" for parts of wales. thundersnow is like a thunderstorm, except snow falls instead of rain, as nick miller explains. snow is one thing, thundersnow is another. unusual but some of us have observed that recently, there may be more to come, the weather set up as it is, plenty of cold air across the uk, and underthat it is, plenty of cold air across the uk, and under that we are seeing snow showers. if they are big enough and there is enough energy you get a thunderstorm. but it is winter and instead of rain it is snow and you get thundersnow. there's not a huge amount of difference between the mechanics of a winter thunderstorm compared with eight summer thunderstorm, lots of airbags in quickly to deduce the clouds and within that cloud ice c rysta ls clouds and within that cloud ice crystals interact to produce a build up crystals interact to produce a build up of static electricity. the bigger, the mode likely there is a discharge in the form of a lightning strike. but there are some differences in winter. first, the lightning at night may appear brighter because it is reflected by the snowflakes. the snowflakes may muffle the sound of the thunder. you are not likely to hear thunder as far away from a winter thunderstorm asa far away from a winter thunderstorm as a summer thunderstorm. unusual, not unheard of, look out, listen out and you may be lucky enough to encounter thundersnow. in a moment the news at one with sophie raworth. first the weather. the weather is pretty horrible for some of us, we have rain, not too much in the way of snow but that read later on will start turning to snow across some southern areas of the uk. this is the weather system sliding across the south. notice these speckles of cloud, these are wintry showers which will affect northern areas with whether from the northern areas with whether from the north and the south which is worth two air masses are clashing and where the problematic area for forecasters is today, how much mixing will take place between the cold and milder air. the thinking is the cold air will win and we will see the snow settling in the south. and snow showers carried in by a strong north—westerly wind from the arctic. feeling sticky cold across northern areas, some of these wintry showers bringing a covering of snow. in the south, in the short term, we are talking about rain. this evening, in the rush hour, this weather system brings some snow from east anglia and london and further south. more wintry showers will affect western areas of the uk. temperatures will drop away tonight. under clear skies, there will be icy stretches. look at these wintry showers. and across scotland, blizzards across the hills. and down to modest levels. another area of snow affecting eastern coast on early friday morning. first thing, almost anywhere across the uk particularly across northern, central and eastern areas, be prepared for icy stretches. early on friday morning, watch this band of wintry weather which could give snow across eastern and southern areas. we are in for a bright, crisp, sunny friday. further wintry showers from time to time with thundersnow. we get a shower with snow and a flash of lightning as well. come the weekend, there is a change, it will be quite cold on saturday with lots of sunshine. sunday, milder weather on the way. on the us president—elect is understood to be a former mi6 officer from surrey. also this lunchtime. more festive cheer for the high street as marks and spencer, debenhams and tesco report better than expected figures in the run up to christmas. dozens of flights are cancelled at heathrow as heavy snow starts to sweep across parts of the uk. creating a tidal lagoon in swansea bay — the government backs the idea to boost the uk‘s energy supplies. and coming out of retirement — the 72—year—old former rally driver who's returning to racing. and coming up in the sport on bbc news:

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