As i was just as i wasjust mentioning, president berdych man of turkey once extensive new berdych man of turkey once extensive new president erdogan once extensive new powers, the Turkish Parliament looks to agree, if it does the matter will go to a referendum. The president is saying these powers will bring stability and develop into turkey but not eve ryo ne and develop into turkey but not everyone is convinced. Translation will these changes to the constitution bring in price cuts . Will there be free water, will it end terrorism, will it decrease taxes, will it strengthened pussy or will it bring in an authoritarian regime . Do the people need this, you ever ask them . There had been some small protests. These were pictures from earlier outside parliament in ankara. If you hundreds people and they love the police as well. The crowd was eventually dispersed by the police, which used water cannon among various other tactics. This whole new push for new powers for the president needs to be seen in the president needs to be seen in the context of the failed coup of last summer. Since then in turkey there has been a state of emergency. More than 50,000 people have been sacked or suspended from state jobs, Media Outlets have been shut, journalists have been arrested. We have been covering this on outside source and have also covered how turkey has a penal code which states that anybody who insults the president can face up to four years in prison. So the president is already a seriously powerful figure, but mr erdogan would like more powers. Bbc turkish now on exactly what these new powers are. Right now, the party who is in power right now, the party who is in power right now is making an offer of changes to the constitution. So with these changes if they will be approved in the parliament and then in the referendum, they will be offering, the system will be changed from a parliamentary one to a president ial one, so the president will be on top of the execution, so he or she will have more powers than the parliament. For example right now in turkey, parliament has more powers than the president. The president has been normally very symbolic role in turkish republic, but with this constitutional change, he or she will be having more powers, and also for example checks and balances, and the separation of powers, will be in danger. And it looks like the majority of parliament will agree with the president , but what about Public Opinion . Do they like this shift in system . Progovernment newspapers for example, they are saying it will be approved by the public, but some companies are making some public calls, so we can see that the margin is very small. Some Public Opinion are saying it will be a no to the constitution in the public polls and some are saying yes, but it will be very close, so the Public Opinion polls are showing the Public Opinion polls are showing the margins are very small. Is there a direct connection between the failed coup of last year and the suggestion of new powers now . Actually yes, they are saying there will be more stability. So as the president will be gaining more powers, the stability will be constructive. Those kind of event will be less in the future of turkey. We have had stories from turkey, from the us, and now one of the main ones in the uk. Martin mcguinness is resigning as Northern Irelands to be the First Minister. This matters not only because it shows the depth of Northern Irelands political crisis but because of the man himself. Martin mcguinness was crucial to the ira ending its Armed Campaign to Northern Ireland to join the republic of ireland. This resignation is over the handling of the Controversial Energy scheme. More of that in a minute. Mr mcguinness gave a statement, he says an election is needed, that seems likely by the way. This is more of what he said. We in sinn fein will not tolerate the arrogance. Sinn fein wants equality and respect for everyone, and thats what this process must be about. So today i have told Arlene Foster that i have tendered my resignation, effective from 5pm today. So i believe today is the right time to call a halt to the dups arrogance. Is the right time to call a halt to the dups arrogance. The bbcs Stephen Walker in our belfast newsroom has been helping me describe the controversy at the centre of this story. What is at the heart of this dispute is a story that has been going on in Northern Ireland for a that has been going on in Northern Ireland fora numberof that has been going on in Northern Ireland for a number of months. This renewable Heating Scheme was set up, the idea was it would move one form of energy to renewable forms of energy but the tariffs were set too high. It ended up potentially costing the executive £400 million, so costing the executive £400 million, soa costing the executive £400 million, so a big mistake was made. Then there was lots of criticism over the way that that scheme was handled. Here in Northern Ireland we have this Power Sharing executive, we have the dup as the lead unionist parties sharing power with sinn fein, so we have Arlene Foster as First Minister and Martin Mcguinness as deputy First Minister. That is the way the government has to work, and if you havent got a First Minister or and if you havent got a First Ministerora and if you havent got a First Minister or a deputy First Minister, then the Power Sharing cant work, and what we have seen today is Martin Mcguinness standing down as deputy First Minister, because he wanted the First Minister to step aside whilst an investigation took place. She refused to step aside, so he has now decided to step aside himself, which effectively means the end of Power Sharing in Northern Ireland. And as such, stephen, is this sufficiently serious that it is a threat to the longer term political process in Northern Ireland . It certainly means that Power Sharing will end, unless there isa Power Sharing will end, unless there is a replacement for Martin Mcguinness. Under the legislation there has to be a replacement within seven days, but sinn fein has made it clear there wont be a replacement. Then it. The british government, the Secretary Of State then would have to call elections. He has said today he will look at this in terms of a reasonable time period. People are potentially guessing that there could be elections to the Northern Ireland assembly potentially in march, so basically unless there is the romantic movement in the next few days, we are witnessing the end of this current arrangement between the dup and sinn fein, and then we would see those fresh elections to a new assembly. Much more background on the situation in Northern Ireland available from bbc news online whenever you wanted. Time for outside source sport. Lets talk about cristiano ronaldo, who has won fifas inaugural best Player Of The Year award. Will perry is live with us year award. Will perry is live with us from the bbc sport centre. No great surprise here, i think the thing of more interest as this is a brand new award when we already have one that does much the same thing. Yes, we should explain that, because for the past six years the worlds best player has received what was called the fifa cosmic ballon dor award. A version of that prize has been awarded from france footballs magazine since 1956. Fifa end of the association of that, instead ended their association with that. 2016, what a year for cristiano ronaldo, as well as scoring that decisive penalty in the Shoot Out To Win the Champions League, He Captained Portugal To Euro 2016 glory and was recognised with his fourth ballon dor in december. In has something messi doesnt, which he will enjoy, the honour of being named best fifa mens player. The former Manchester United forward had been the favourite in the weeks building up to this. 44 games, 42 goals, 14 assists, the top scorer in the Champions League last Coracle Moustache Macro classes and, and hes still only 31. The best mens coach today, claudio ranieri, the Leicester City manager. What a yet it has been, recognised what a year it has been, taking Leicester City to that and precedent it Premier League title last season. City to that and precedent it Premier League title Last Seasonlj also Premier League title last season. also want to talk about Something Else fifa is up to. We reported before about its plans to expand the world cup. This is a reporter with the wall streetjournal. This is what Diego Maradona thinks about the idea. Translation this is what Diego Maradona thinks about the idea. Translation i am delighted by giannis initiative, because it gives chances to teams that otherwise would start the qualifiers knowing they had no chance of getting to the world cup. It gives each country the dream, and it renews the passion for football. As faras im it renews the passion for football. As far as im concerned, its a fantastic idea. Diego maradonas keen. There are quite a few other people who arent so keen. Keen. There are quite a few other people who arent so keenm keen. There are quite a few other people who arent so keen. It is hugely controversial, this, but we have some fresh news from Richard Conway out in zurich for us tonight. Fifas council are expected as we understand to approve that expansion of the world cup to 48 teams tomorrow. They have considered five different options. This is the big new idea of the fifa president , gianni infantino, making his statement as president. Europes big clu bs, statement as president. Europes big clubs, which provide around 80 of the players at the world cup have objected to the reforms, believing that there are already too many games being played throughout the course of the season. But a Confidential Fifa Report that has been seen by the bbc, it proposes that an enlarged competition could be staged in 32 days, a finalist taking part in seven games, and that is the same number as under that current format. That analysis also contends that the quality of football, and this is something that has been questioned, that the quality of football on display would not be watered down with the 16 extra teams. Fifa would expect a 1 Billion Us Dollar increase in revenue, the huge, and interestingly it lists how fifa are looking to make all games including qualifying b1 by winning or losing, now draws, so penalty shoot outs. This is a tweet from espn, telling us it is clemson against alabama, the rematch, a year in the making, the National Championship is up for the grabs. I know this is american couege grabs. I know this is American College football, it is a big deal. When we asked Anthony Circa about us politics, he said he had spent his whole life gathering enough expertise to help us out on this. Hello, lets leave donald trump to one side for a moment. For people watching who know nothing about couege watching who know nothing about College Football, tekkers from the start of this game. All right, as you said, this is a rematch from last year, where alabama defeated clemson in a high scoring shoot out. Both teams are a year wider and clemson has a quarterback who is a junior, a runner up for the highest level trophy in college athletics. Alabama are still considered the favourite, they have won four National Championships in the past eight years, but a lot of wags are picking clemson to pick an upset. This is only the third year that there has been a play off in College Football, so you are talking about the world cup going to 48 teams. Well, three years ago there were no teams, just two teams playing in a quasi National Championship. Now it isa quasi National Championship. Now it is a four team two game play off, so iam going is a four team two game play off, so i am going to be watching tonight, im looking forward to it. Where does College Football fit into americas Sporting Pecking Order . Everyone knows the National Football league is the most popular, most watched sport in the us, but number two isnt baseball or nba basketball, it actually is College Football. Last year, the National Championship game, 35mm americans watched the year before when ohio state won their National Championship. 35mm americans. It is very popular, the stadiums across the country regularly draw upwards of 90,000, 100,000 fans. My of box my of 90,000, 100,000 fans. My of box my hometown, they sell it out regularly in texas. Across the south it isa regularly in texas. Across the south it is a very big sport where professional sports are not quite as prominent, at least in austin, the university of Texas Longhorns where the game in town. It is the longhorns, i have been there once and everyone is wearing the t shirt. Enjoy the game, we have asked quite enough view on this programme. Anthony live in washington, dc. In a feud minutes, actually we will be hearing from someone else based in the newsroom, becausejon sopel, the bbcs North America Editor has made two Special Reports on president obamas legacy. I will play you the first of those in a minute. Here in the uk, the girlfriend of a missing raf serviceman corey mckeag says he is due to become a father. He disappeared after a Night Out With Friends in bury st edmunds. April oliver, his mother, had been speaking to the bbc. We started off seeing each other, and it was quite casual. We were both seeing other people at the time, and then we sort of lead on to have, stations whereby we thought it was getting serious, and what we going to do, and what plans we had. We know he disappeared at the end of september, how recently at the end of september, how rece ntly ha d at the end of september, how recently had you seen him before then . I had seen him near enough the same week that he had gone missing. Apart from the raf boys, i think i was one of the last people to see him. Which is quite hard. When he went missing you happen to be away abroad with your family, so when did you here had gone missing . abroad with your family, so when did you here had gone missing . I had only been there literally a few days when i got a call from the raf boys, asking if i had seen him or heard from him, on the monday, i think it was. And then thats when i knew that he was obviously missing, and then i very quickly got a plane home. And then how long after that did you then discover that you were pregnant . I found out i was pregnant a couple of weeks after i came back, obviously after going through police interviews. U nfortu nately obviously after going through police interviews. Unfortunately i have had to make a Massive Decision by myself. I mean i was hoping and praying that we would find out some information that he would come home so we could make the decision together. We have had, stations about children and what we wanted in the past, and it was something that i hope that he would be here to help me make the decision, but U Nfortu Nately me make the decision, but unfortunately he isnt. And this will be first grandchild . It will, yeah. Should be a occasion for you. Can you feel any joy yeah. Should be a occasion for you. Can you feel anyjoy about it at yeah. Should be a occasion for you. Can you feel any joy about it at the moment . I was at the scan with april the other day, and i dont think anybody could see that and not be affected by it. Bu