to to the governor of istanbul. that happened within the first hour of the new year. at this moment, at least 35 dead, at least 40 wounded. of those dead, one is a law enforcement officer of those who are wounded, ten critical. this information to us within the last three hours. we've been waiting for updates, but they've been clear to say, law enforcement and officials from the government in turkey, to say that they will be slow in giving information. saying that they want to protect the ongoing operations happening at the reina nightclub. r reina nightclubs where 4,000 individuals can be held. celebrating the new year. only about an hour in, the report is that about 5 or 600 were inside the venue. it was a large nightclub. very popular. those who follow the travel websites or chatter will say it's a place that you had to be. upscale, young, the "it" culture there in istanbul. one of the places you need to go. it sits right on the strait. a very large waterway there in istanbul, turkey. it is a two-level restaurant

in istanbul right now. what we are hearing is president obama has been briefed on istanbul on the nightclub attacks we are hearing that the principal press secretary eric shultz putting out a statement, in that statement saying, this, quote, this afternoon the president was briefed by his national security team on the attack. the president expressed condolences for the innocent lives lost, directed his team to offer proposed assistance to the turkish authorities as necessary, and to keep him updated as warranted, end quote. again, that statement coming from the principal deputy press secretary eric schultz, and president obama was briefed on what is happening there in turkey. also this statement coming from ned price ned price, the spokesperson for the national security council saying the united states condemns in the strongest terms the horrific triismt attack at a nightclub in istanbul, which has left dozens dead, many more wounded, that such an atrocity could be perpetrated upon innocent revelers, many o

mark lohan with the latest on the attack in istanbul. there will be more coverage as the story develops. i would like to wish you all, from bbc news, a very happy new year, not the way we would like to be reporting for the start of the gear that we wish you good night. the latest headlines from bbc news. at least 35 people have been killed and a0 wounded in an armed attack on a nightclub in istanbul, turkey. state media says an attacker fired shots during new year celebrations at the trendy reina nightclub. as the world rings in 2017, terrorism is a serious concern. there's tight security in a lot of countries. many new year events are seeing heavily armed police and troops. the united nations security council has unanimously welcomed efforts by russia and turkey to stop fighting in syria, and says it supports the start of a political process. government ministers in the democratic republic of congo have signed an agreement with the opposition to end a political crisis, but presidentjoseph kabila has yet to sign it. his mandate expired,

istanbul has been on high alert. this has been a year that has seen a wave of deadly terror attacks. both by so—called islamic state, but also by the kurdish militant group, the pkk. at least 22 terror attacks this year have killed 360 people. it has been a very, very distressing year for turkey. a very grim year. this nation was hoping to put that behind them, and therefore people were celebrating tonight, albeit in an atmosphere of heightened security with people prevented from going into the centre of the city. areas of istanbul were cordoned off as well as areas of ankara. this appears to have been a targeted attack on a very popular nightclub, that will send shockwaves through the country, and showjust how vulnerable turkey remains after a very grim year of terror attacks. one of the national television stations is saying special police force officers are currently still searching the nightclub. you mentioned the pkk and islamic state. the answer is we still do not know yet. yet the governor of istanbul is com

people were worried about anything that could have happened in istanbul because istanbul has been the scene of many attacks recently. for instance, at taxing square people we re instance, at taxing square people were expecting something could happen, but at a nightclub this is something new. —— taksim square. the fa ct something new. —— taksim square. the fact that these people disguised themselves as father christmas is of course a concern as well. we still need to learn about how many people are being treated at the hospital. we are not allowed at the scene at the moment and there is still a lot of police presence at the moment and we are about a kilometre away from the scene. all the ambulances have been sent away and from what we understand there are not any more people who will be treated and we probably could expect the casualties to increase. briefly, if you would, there were some 17,000 police officers on duty in istanbul and yet the situation was very tense, i gather, around new year's eve, fearing another attacker? —— attack? yes, considering what istanbul has be

to to the governor of istanbul. that happened within the first hour of the new year. at this moment, at least 35 dead, at least 40 wounded. of those dead, one is a law enforcement officer of those who are wounded, ten critical. this information to us within the last three hours. we've been waiting for

mark lowen reports from istanbul. the mood was of celebration, one of istanbul's top nightclubs, reina, counting down to 2017. five, four, three, two... they expected a night ofjoy, a fresh start — not this. less than two hours into the new year, a gunman opened fire outside, bullets ricocheting as he shot a policeman and a civilian. another camera showed people carolling as the attacker struck before he stormed inside. inside, his killing spree continued — turks and foreigners murdered, others jumping into the freezing bosphorus to escape. dozens more were injured, some critically. the gunman is still at large. witnesses spoke of the horror. translation: i had my back turned, my husband suddenly told me to get on the floor. a man ran inside, two or three people started firing, then there was this fog. i fainted at that moment until special forces took us out of there. they shot randomly, there were bodies lying on the floor. today, the scene was heavily guarded. too late for the victims of last night's security b

iam attacked at the heart of istanbul's is. i am standing just in front of the bosporus bridge, connecting asia and europe. such a cliche, but the beautiful cliche. whilst asia and europe are connected in one city, you are getting different cultures, different backgrounds. gathering different backgrounds. gathering different people in the same place. now it is quite heartbreaking to see those people are getting killed in dispute city. we should keep them alive. this is the main point. we should keep alive our own people and the tourists. the headlines on bbc news: at least 39 people have been killed after a gunman opened fire in a packed nightclub in istanbul. turkish authorities are still searching for the gunman. buckingham palace says the queen did not attend a new year's day church service at sandringham because she is still recovering from a heavy cold. police looking for a hit—and—run driver. the 12—year—old girl who was killed in a hit and run incident in greater manchester has been named as helina kotlarova. the

istanbul time. this likely was the aftermath of a new year's party and again, richard, an unsecured probably location. we're securing world wide the mass gatherings from times square to sydney, australia and yet isis this week have put out communiques night club attacks, and they even said in their communique night club. so it gives us of course domestically we all harkin back to the night club tragedy in orlando, gunman going in late in the night hours or early in the early morning hours, crowded night club. this may be two actors. you know, wildly shooting. turkey's been plagued with this. we've done a lot of reporting on that from turkey, the bombings from the airport, the assassination recently of the western ambassador, which is so chilling in that video as you can see the killer standing there right behind the ambassador. so turkey, you know, is in the threat zone there and likely this is a terrorist act. they' to go into a night club and shoot just a massive amount of people is generally not

also a reminder how fragile istanbul has become. in december we have seen another one in besiktas, 44 people dying, most of them police. just after that another attack in central anatolia, the armed forces again. still civilian casualties taking a huge space in turkey's recent history. this is becoming worse in the new year. a very sad day, thank you. the queen has missed a new year's day church service at sandringham, because of a lingering heavy cold. last week, she was forced to miss the christmas day service for the first time in many years. the duke of edinburgh and prince edward were among those who braved the pouring rain this morning to go to church. we can speak to our correspondent richard galpin who is in sandringham for us. a pretty miserable day so far there? pa rt part of the reason why she has decided not to go to that church service. very calm, very wet, persistent rain. as i say, one of the reasons why she did not go to the reasons why she did not go to the church service. buckingham palace saying it was a precautio

authorities also carried out raids in istanbul, making 12 arrests. islamic state has carried out a series of bombings in baghdad, targeting shia muslims. at least 35 people were killed and 61 were injured. and this story is popular on bbc.com: hong kong's former leader donald tsang is about to stand trial for corruption. he denies claims that he failed to register a conflict of interest when awarding a digital licence application. he is the highest—ranking official to face such charges. that's all from me now. and the top story here in the uk: the police watchdog the ipcc is to investigate the fatal shooting of a man on the m62 motorway.

istanbul, 17 miles, 2a kilometres west of the city. it also shows he managed to benefit from a support network to some extent, managing to take refuge in an apartment belonging to a tedious national. he will be questioned as to any kind of support network to carry out this attack in the heart of the city. we'll keep you up to date with any developments on that arrest. but now for the day's other big stories. in just four days‘ time donald trump will be inaugurated as the 45th president of the united states. he's been busy ahead of the ceremony. as well as meeting the son of martin luther king he's also been criticising germany's chancellor, threatened its automakers with tough taxes, and questioned the relevance of the nato military alliance. our north american editorjon sopel explains what we might expect from mr trump's foreign policy. there isn't an overarching philosophy. in the bush—blair era we had liberal interventionism. some people have chosen to portray donald trump as an isolationist. i don't think that's right. as with

michael owen in istanbul. the power—sharing executive in northern ireland has collapsed and new elections to the assembly have been announced for the second of march. earlier today sinn fein refused to nominate a new deputy first minister following the resignation of martin mcguinness. sinn fein are blaming the first minister, the dup's arlene foster, for mishandling a controversial energy scheme which could cost the taxpayer £500 million. 0ur chief correspondent gavin hewitt reports. the ten years power has been shed in northern ireland. it was one of the foundation stones of peace. today that power—sharing government collapsed. i propose that a draft 0rder in council be brought forward shortly to set an election date of thursday, the second of march. no—one should underestimate the challenge faced to the political institutions here in northern ireland and what is at stake. the trigger for the breakdown was a row over a controversial green energy scheme drawn up by unionist minister arlene foster. but

the first funerals have ta ken istanbul nightclub. the first funerals have taken place for some of the 39 victims. most of those killed were foreign nationals from countries including israel, jimmy shere, france, belgium and saudi arabia. —— tunisia. 23 have died after a ferry caught fire off the coast of indonesia. this story is trending online. a prankster has tampered with the iconic hollywood sign overlooking los angeles. it comes sign overlooking los angeles. it co m es after sign overlooking los angeles. it comes after voters in the state approved the use of marijuana for aduu approved the use of marijuana for adult recreational use. that is all from me. stay with us here on bbc world news. goodbye. now on bbc news, it is time for reporters.

just 18, from israel, she had travelled to istanbul for a weekend break with friends. a little earlier, we asked our correspondent mark lowen how turkey is reacting to this claim of responsibility from the extremist group that calls itself islamic state. well, they have not commented officially on the claim of responsibility. they have focused more on their efforts to find the gunman, saying that they have detained eight people in connection with the attack, and that after forensic evidence and with a basic description of the gunman, they believe they are close to identifying him. i suppose they are not commenting directly because the claim of responsibility is linking directly to turkey's actions in syria. is saying that this is a revenge attack for turkey's attacks in syria. of course, turkey launched a ground operation back in september in the north of syria, to push is back and to push kurdish militias back from the turkish border area. so the government does not want to give credence to that kind of threat, i suppose. it does show that is cells are being consolida

we will go live to istanbul later in this hour. buckingham palace has said the queen will not attend a new year's day church service at sandringham because of a lingering heavy cold. she missed the christmas day service for the first time in many years. the palace said the queen was still recovering. we can speak to our correspondent richard galpin who is in sandringham for us. what more do we know? what is happening at the church service? it was due to get under way just now, other members of the family are there. the duke of edinburgh, the princess royal are attending. the queen has decided to do so because of a heavy, lingering cold. we understand she is up and about. it is a precautionary measure. they don't want to take any risks. therefore she is staying indoors. the weather is horrible, wet and cold. pretty unpleasant. not the kind of place where somebody who is unwell and 90 years old would wa nt to is unwell and 90 years old would want to be. there was tightened security across the uk and around the world as events took pl

our correspondent joins us now from istanbul. the dead are being married, cameras are being allowed from insight -- being very, cameras allowed insnside the nightctclub, and yet the gun man remains at large. is there more thananpeculaonon at this point?t? reporter: the n number is steady increasing -- 2 foreigngn nationals dedetained att istanbl aiairport today alolong with aa number of ototarrests.s. many believeved it to be in connectiti with a tetelephone cl the alleged gunman made using the phone of the taxi driver that drove him to the nightclub. security forces have been following that leaead very, very clososely. despite them having video and a clear image of the alleged gunman, they are starting to identify even his nationality. throughout the day there have been reports of him being incurred to stand. -- being from turkestan. others saying he is from the uighur minority in china. not even clear how we entered the country. -- how he entered the country. a lot of unclear unknowns and this is adding to the feeling that secu

he was arrested tonight in a western istanbul suburb of esenyu rt was arrested tonight in a western istanbul suburb of esenyurt along with his four—year—old son and others. they were reportedly hiding in an apartment belonging to a kwqyz in an apartment belonging to a kyrgyz man in istanbul, so there will be questions over his support network that he managed to have an questions over whether he had support and accomplices bore the attack itself, in which he is thought to have killed 39 people —— for the. most were arab tourists, some were turkish nationals, some jumped into the freezing bosporus to escape. the photographs show him very heavily bruised, being held by his neck wearing a grey t—shirt and bloodied. he's been transferred to police custody now and the turkish authorities will be hugely relieved by this capture but the greater challenge for turkey going forward is how to secure this country, how to prevent the wave of terror attacks that is engulfing turkey from continuing and how to step up intelligence so as to reassure a country that frankly feels very shaken at the mo

thank you, mark lowen in istanbul. and the so—called islamic state group has also claimed responsibility for a suicide car—bomb attack in iraq in which 35 people died. it happened at an outdoor market in the shi'ite neighbourhood of sadr city in baghdad, the second major attack in the iraqi capital in three days. here, a girl injured in a fatal hit—and—run in oldham on new year's eve has died. zaneta krokova, who was 11, had been in a critical condition in hospital. her 12—year—old cousin, helina kotlarova, died at the scene on saturday night. peter harris has more. at the scene, tributes continue to build. this is now a shrine to two young girls. 11—year—old zaneta krokova lost her fight for life this morning. her 12—year—old cousin, helina kotlarova, died soon after being struck by the car on new year's eve. respects were being paid by classmates and teachers. very popular, they had a lot of friends. well—known. very outgoing. from all at academy oldham, our thoughts and prayers are with the fam

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. the scandal surrounding south korean president park geun—hye has intensified with the arrest by danish police of the daughter of a close friend and confidante. the daughter, chung yoo—ra, who's a medal—winning dressage rider, is wanted for questioning over allegations that she got preferential treatment at a top university because of her mother choi soon—sil‘s friendship with the president. president park was accused of colluding with her confidante to extort money and favours from big business. parliament voted last month to begin impeachment proceedings against her. the bbc‘s steve evans joins us from seoul. on saturday, we had the head of the country's national pension fund being arrested. this corruption investigation is certainly widening. it is very wide indeed, and labyrinth on. but the length of the whole thing is, to be president and her close friend get money from companies in favours from companies in return for favouring them? this particular aspect today conce

that theedia reporting main suspect in the istanbul attack has been caught. and putting his presidency in perspective when it comes to race. barack obama's legacy largely depends on who you ask. viewers onome to our public television in america and also around the globe. at the end of this week the united states will have a new president, but already donald trump is casting a long shadow across the atlantic. in his latest series of interviews and tweets, the incoming american leader has criticized germany's head of state, threatened that country's automakers, and questioned the relevance of nato itself. one german official says that last one has caused worry across the military alliance. james robbins has more. james: they rehearsed the inauguration in washington with a stand-in for president trump. but no one knows quite what to expect on friday's ceremony, still less what will happen in the first 100 days. the president-elect continues to amaze, now accusing germany's chancellor merkel, more than 11 with veryffice, catastrophic mistake, the open-doors appro

this show is actually the possibility of dying in istanbul, in central parts of istanbul, the high possibility is just quite apparent, to be honest. and now it is getting harder to take in. because yesterday, last night, it was a night where people would raise hopes about the new year. and just two hours into this new year, u nfortu nately most of just two hours into this new year, unfortunately most of those hopes have just died out. just finally, is the polarisation that we have seen in turkey over the last 12 months or so, is there any sense of that in terms of the reaction to this latest attack? are people pulling together and unifying in condemning it or not? it is getting harder and harder to unify around that kind of painful attacks and horrific events. u nfortu nately attacks and horrific events. unfortunately in turkey. some of the people are just ain't that, i mean, those people who are attacking the nightclub, behind us, there foreign countries and strangers behind kind of thing. the countries who don't wa nt turkey of thing. the countries who don't want turkey to be a stronger coun

let's go first to istanbul. koray caliskan understand -- explain what you understand took place and what is taking place in the aftermath. >> good morning, amy. what happened was before the ingsck, there had been two w of discussion in the country. the head of the director for business affairs called new year celebrations illegitimate. direct the reporting to the prime and us to come is in public office whose salaries were paid by christians, muslims ,jews, every citizen and the sickler country. he called those celebrations illegitimate. the second wing of discussions -- there were people who put a gun on a santa claus and threatened him to leave the country. it happened. only two days later, and isis terrorist attacked a nightclub. the most famous international nightclub in this country. populated by around 800 people celebrating the new year. what happened afterward was unbelievable. so there has been open intelligence in the country regarding a possible attack of destinations in istanbul. when you're talking

obviously use them a lot of time in istanbul. for the people who live there, this will obviously be the latest thing to affect them, but how is it affecting day—to—day life? turks are defiant and have known decades of terror. attacks stretch back to the 1980s. but i have to say that this is a fearful country and also extremely divided, politically polarised as well. whenever there is a security threat or attack it deepens that divide for and against president erdogan and the government here. last night's attack will yet again deepen that polarisation, deepen the fear and anger and it's a very grim way for the country to start the year. thank you for your time this morning. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. hgppy happy new year, once again. the flurries of snow today. it is turning colder. for some, a day of blue skies. for others, a case of grab your wellingtons. not a great start for the start of 2017 weatherwise. some rain is always wel

istanbul was already on high alert j'uj'u istanbul was already on high alert juju a string of attacks. there were 16-17,000 juju a string of attacks. there were 16—17,000 police officers on the streets. do you think this was an intelligence failure? not necessarily. when you read the reports coming out from both the turkish government as well as travel warnings from the us state department and the united states embassy in turkey, but actually, when you put them all together, you can see that there was enough intelligence to understand that there was this sort of risk. 0perationally, usually it is very ha rd to create 0perationally, usually it is very hard to create actionable intelligence, to know when the attacker will strike, where he or she will strike. 0r attacker will strike, where he or she will strike. or they will strike. and using which sorts of weapons or explosives. those are much harder to do, as we have realised in brussels earlier this year. last year, this past summer with the truck attack in nice, the truck attack in berlin, it wasn't that much of an intelligence fai

let's talk to our correspondence in istanbul. bring as up—to—date as far as you know about what has been happening the few at last hours. the whole area around the nightclub, where we are, close to the area, it has been sealed off by the police. 0n has been sealed off by the police. on my way here i saw several police vehicles, armed policeman and also quite heavy security presence. this is how we start the new year and also we know some of the victims we re also we know some of the victims were identified and as far as we know, 21 people were identified who have been killed in yesterday's brutal attack. 15 of them are foreigners. still it is unclear which nationalities they are. they are still trying to understand who those people are, their names and other details. i can tell that we are not, in turkey, making a good beginning to 2017, after experiencing quite a chore matic 2016. several bomb attacks and casualties. we have left those behind. turkey has seen so many attacks on security forces but this is very different. thi

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. in other news: 23 people have died and 17 are still missing after a fire broke out on a tourist ferry in indonesia. passengers jumped into the sea to save themselves as flames engulfed the boat that was heading for a holiday island north of the capital, jakarta. officials believe a short circuit in a generator caused the ferry to catch fire. around 200 people were rescued. 35 russian diplomats expelled from the united states by president 0bama have left the country. the plane, carrying all the affected personnel and their families, took off from virginia. mr 0bama ordered the expulsion in response to alleged hacking during the recent presidential election. syrian activists say government forces have again bombarded a rebel—held area north—west of the capital, damascus. government aircraft are reported to have attacked wadi barada. 0pposition groups warned on saturday that they'd abandon the ceasefire brokered by russia and turkey three days ago unless the attacks were halted. more

istanbul nightclub attack. if four-day-old d cease-fire is now under threat as government troops step up attacks near damascus. the bloodiest prison riot in brazil in over 20 years. dozens were killed and that fighting between rival drug gangs. violence is so intense, decapitated bodies were thrown over the prison walls. also coming up this hour, how china is hoping higher taxes on cars will help reduce its pollution problem. we will have the details in our business update. sports fans of the chelsea football team are due in court today over an alleged race is incident on the paris metro in 2013 when a black commuter was pushed off a train. that's racist incident on the paris metro in 2013. let's get straight to our top story. in turkey, renewed footage has been released -- new footage has been released, the attack left 39 people dead. new images have come out, showing its healthy video of a man who was thought to be the gunman. -- a selfie video. catherine has the latest. >> the news of that photo or selfie ta

they have been others detained including two foreigners at istanbul airport. it's not clear what link, if any, they are thought to have had with the attack. those tired of terror went to the scene of the massacre today, a quiet commemoration. tributes were laid and thoughts gathered about how their country can rebuild and how their country can rebuild and how the net generation can regain a sense of safety. i don't want to cry any more while i am watching the news, you know? it makes me really sad. and they don't want my daughter to grow up in this kind of environment, you know? with this news, all the background and everything. i want her to be happy. and so nervous wait to see if those who protect this country are really closing in on the man who brought horror to new year's eve. mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. that's a summary of the news. newsday is coming up at midnight. now on bbc news, it's time for newsnight. happy new year. or is it? as we all head back to school after the christmas holiday, we've assembled a class of the very brightest students. and

. >>> also the latest on the new year's terror attack in istanbul. dozens dead, a gunman on the loose and a claim of responsibility from isis. our reporter is in istanbul with the latest. >>> and winter storms and fierce winds making those holiday trips back home more difficult in parts of the country. we're going to have a full weather update. let's start with kristen welker, outside trump tower in manhattan. kristen, president-elect trump is saying that he is going to reveal things that others don't know about hacking. what he's got up his sleeve? >> reporter: well, that is the big question. we have pressed him and his top officials for clarification on that point. the only thing that the president-elect will say is that he's going to give more information on tuesday or wednesday, after he has an intelligence briefing. so we will avery to wait and see exactly what he's talking about, but here is the bottom line. he isgain questioning u.s. intelligence and again potentially setting up battle lines with members of congress, including his own party. s

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. the scandal surrounding south korean president park geun—hye has intensified with the arrest by danish police of the daughter of a close friend and confidant. chung yoo—ra, a medal winning dressage rider, is being questioned whether she got preferential treatment to a university because of choi soon—sil‘s friendship with the president. president park was accused of colluding with her friend to extort favours from big business. parliament voted to begin impeachment proceedings against her last month. 23 people have died and 17 are still missing after a fire broke out on a tourist ferry in indonesia. passengers jumped into the sea to save themselves as flames engulfed the boat that was heading for a holiday island north of the capital, jakarta. officials believe a short circuit in a generator caused the ferry to catch fire. around 200 people were rescued. catharina moh reports. what's left of the zahro express ferry. officials say it burst into flames shortly after setting sail

the governor of istanbul has called ita the governor of istanbul has called it a terrorist attack. translation: at around it a terrorist attack. translation: ataround1:15am, it a terrorist attack. translation: at around 1:15am, a terrorist attack and entertainment venue using a firearm. the terrorists first shot and killed a police officer at the front and then fired at people in the venue who were only there to have fun on new year's eve. 2016 has been a terrible year for turkey. the eu candidate country has seen over 15 attacks and an attempted coup. public gatherings for new year's eve were already restricted with around some of the attacks have been blamed on so—called islamic state and some on so—called islamic state and some on kurdish pkk militants. according to turkish state tv, more than 200 people have lost their lives. public gatherings for new year's eve were already restricted with around 17,000 police on duty and the country already nervous. but, just as it entered 2017, turkey was reminded once again that tight security cannot always prevent such a determined att

a massively popular place in istanbul and well—known across turkey. popular place in istanbul and well- known across turkey. very cosmopolitan as well. it was deliberately targeted. he was prepared all right. he was in some psychological state. the express, on one of its inside pages, say this man is now believed to have been a turkmen, possibly from chechnya or eastern afghanistan, or turkmenistan, one of the most enclosed places. they are coming from a lot of different places now. what the times is referring to, i think, is the very high profile spokesperson and operational manager, was killed at the end of september. his successor was any named three weeks ago and started saying the same things to which the times is referring, namely lone wolves, go out and attack and do things on your own and do your own thing. as the times gathers, this is the warning from uk security chiefs, that they are very worried this is the message that has gone out before. use vehicles to drive into crowds. don't bother with firearms if you are not particularly good. use kidnap and cold still. as you menti

. >>> breaking news tonight from istanbul turkey. an attack on the nightclub in the city with many casualties reported. we want to get the latest from matt bradley. he joins us live from london. matt? >> that's right, peter. now the mayor of istanbul is now calling this a terrorist attack. excuse me, the governor saying it's being investigated as such. those are still the early numbers at the moment. we're hearing there were 35 people killed and 40 wounded. those numbers could go up. we're waiting to see if those casualties increase. this was in a crowded nightclub. police say there may have been as many as 500 people inside the club at the center of one of istanbul's crowded party districts. it's not clear whether the bodies of the asill i can'ts are among the casualties. we don't know if they're in custody or at large. we'll get you the details as soon as we get there. there's been no claim of responsibility. as you can see from the images, the police are combing through the crime scene. as i mentioned, there's been no claim of res

they've launched raids in istanbul, making 12 arrests. islamic state has carried out a string of bombings in baghdad targeting shia muslims — and killing at least 35 people. and this story is popular on bbc.com. the daughter of the woman at the ce ntre the daughter of the woman at the centre of south korea's presidential dashmac woman at the centre of south korea's presidential scandal has been arrested in denmark. chung yoo—ra, an accomplished horsewoman, is charged with staying in denmark illegally. her mother's accused of using herfriendship with president park geun—hye for personal gain. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. and there's one item of news to bring you here in the uk at this hour. the police watchdog the ipcc has launched an inquiry after a man

our sara sidner is there in istanbul. she also described it as a location where there are a number of nightclubs. what will investigators try to discern from this view in this video? >> it suggests tame this is a well-trained gunman. he's going it alone and he killed the police officer outside. to be this calm in this type of situation, you know, suggests this was a planned attack and he had a sense of training. again, we don't know who carried this out. you know, it does have hallmarks of islamic state. but, you know, an amateur, you know, doesn't mount this kind of attack and act this calmly when walking into such a crowded place. >> what do you mean haulmllmarkf the islamic state? in what way? >> a variety of attacks earlier and over 400 people have died in different attacks in turkey since 2015. you know, they're divided roughly between kurdish separatists. those attacks have tended to target security forces. and this, because, again, it's a nightclub. it's a new year's eve celebration. it's, you know, popular with we

we'll have the latest from istanbul. are among the dead. also tonight, the queen misses the new year's day church service at sandringham, because of a lingering heavy cold she caught before christmas. because of a lingering heavy cold two cousins, aged 11 and 12, were holding hands crossing the road when they were knocked down in a fatal hit—and—run crash. and a goal—of—the—season contender in a fatal hit—and—run crash. helps arsenal to victory at the emirates good evening, and welcome to bbc news. police in turkey are hunting for a gunman who opened fire at a nightclub packed with new year revellers, killing at least 39 people. with new year revellers, another 69 people were wounded, four of them critically, in what istanbul's governor described as a "terrorist attack". a police manhunt is under way after the attacker left his gun before taking advantage of the chaos and escaping the scene. the shooting marks a bloody end to a year which has seen ankara and istanbul targeted by several attacks carried out by the so—called i

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. we will turn back to turkey later on when we speak with a journalist. first, the day's other news: a fire that broke out on a tourist ferry in indonesia has left 23 people dead and 17 missing. passengers jumped into the sea to save themselves as flames engulfed the boat, which was heading for a holiday island north of the capital, jakarta. officials believe a short circuit in a generator caused the fire. what's left of the zahro express ferry. officials say it burst into flames shortly after setting sail from muara angke port injakarta. more than 230 people were on board, heading to tidung island to celebrate the new year holiday. witnesses say a lot of passengers jumped into the sea. survivors were treated at a hospital injakarta, where relatives of the dead also gathered. translation: thick smoke suddenly emerged, blanketing the cabin. everybody panicked and ran up to the deck to throw floats into the water. in a split second, the fire became bigger. it was coming from where the fue

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. and the so—called islamic state group has also claimed responsibility for a suicide car—bomb attack in iraq in which 35 people died. it happened at an outdoor market in the shi'ite neighbourhood of sadr city in baghdad, the second major attack in the iraqi capital in three days. rail fares have gone up today, with campaigners calling the 2.3% increase in england, scotland and wales a "kick in the teeth." the government says the rise is below average wage increases, and the money is needed to pay for the modernisation of the network. here's our business correspondent joe lynam. if you have to pay out thousands have a of pounds for a rail season ticket, your new year has not started very well. with the exception of northern ireland, the average ticket will be 2.3% more expensive. season tickets, which are set by the government, go up by 1.9% — still considerably more than inflation at the moment. even allowing for inflation, fares have risen by a quarter over the past 22 years. pe

we'll be live in istanbul with the very latest. also on the programme: a second girl has died after a hit—and—run on new year's eve in oldham. new year, new rail fares. prices rise above inflation again, with the government saying it'll help pay for modernisation. and plans for new garden towns and villages take root across england.