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Tonight at Ten - more civilian deaths in Syria, | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
as the Assad government pledges to fight on. | :00:07. | :00:12. | |
In the city of Aleppo, on another day of suffering, | :00:13. | :00:15. | |
rebel-held areas are once again under siege, | :00:16. | :00:17. | |
We have a very strong government, we have sustained the six-year | :00:18. | :00:27. | |
war against Syria and, I assure you, we shall continue. | :00:28. | :00:31. | |
In London, Syria's opposition groups set out a plan | :00:32. | :00:33. | |
for political transition, as the Saudis warn | :00:34. | :00:37. | |
If Bashar al-Assad continues to be obstinate and continues | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
to drag his feet and continues to refuse to engage seriously then, | :00:42. | :00:45. | |
obviously, there will have to be a plan B, which would involve more | :00:46. | :00:48. | |
We'll be looking at today's plan, and we'll be asking if it provides | :00:49. | :00:54. | |
In Rio, minutes to go until the start of the Paralympic Games, | :00:55. | :01:02. | |
Mike Ashley - the boss of Sports Direct - | :01:03. | :01:07. | |
appeals for more time to fix the company's problems | :01:08. | :01:10. | |
Clearly I could have done a better job, | :01:11. | :01:15. | |
but I didn't knowingly do it badly. | :01:16. | :01:22. | |
Mark Carney denies that the Bank of England "over-egged" warnings | :01:23. | :01:25. | |
And will Apple's latest iPhone be the company's saviour | :01:26. | :01:31. | |
And coming up in Sportsday at 10:30pm on BBC News, | :01:32. | :01:39. | |
Andy Murray makes a strong start in his US Open quarterfinal, | :01:40. | :01:43. | |
but he doesn't have it all his own way against Kei Nishikori. | :01:44. | :02:06. | |
Syria's opposition groups meeting in London have presented their most | :02:07. | :02:11. | |
detailed plan to date to end the conflict which has | :02:12. | :02:14. | |
Their proposals for a peaceful transfer of power would involve | :02:15. | :02:22. | |
the departure of President Assad - a notion dismissed as "crazy" | :02:23. | :02:24. | |
President Assad's forces have been accused of new attacks on civilians | :02:25. | :02:29. | |
in the city of Aleppo, in the same area hit by a suspected | :02:30. | :02:32. | |
This report from Damascus by our Middle East editor | :02:33. | :02:39. | |
Jeremy Bowen contains some distressing images. | :02:40. | :02:43. | |
Another air attack on East Aleppo, which is held | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
Civil defence workers pulled out casualties, as they've done | :02:49. | :02:54. | |
The attack was close to the place where local reports say bombs | :02:55. | :03:03. | |
containing poisonous chlorine gas were dropped on Tuesday. | :03:04. | :03:07. | |
The Syrian government always denies using chemical weapons, | :03:08. | :03:09. | |
This side of the city is at the moment the government's | :03:10. | :03:15. | |
The Syrian army has tried to surround East Aleppo to seal it | :03:16. | :03:21. | |
off and attempt to impose a siege and to starve out the anti-regime | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
Casualties were taken to one of East Aleppo's | :03:25. | :03:30. | |
The fighting and attempts to impose a total siege mean they're short | :03:31. | :03:36. | |
The regime blames the bloodshed on foreign countries | :03:37. | :03:42. | |
It denies allegations it rigs elections here, | :03:43. | :03:47. | |
and says President Assad has no plans to leave office. | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
We elected our president, we elected our Parliament. | :03:52. | :03:55. | |
We elected our local administration units. | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
But these western countries would recognise only what they want, | :04:01. | :04:03. | |
So we have a very strong government, we have sustained a six war, | :04:04. | :04:12. | |
a six-year war against Syria, and I assure you we shall | :04:13. | :04:18. | |
continue as long as the intervention takes place. | :04:19. | :04:21. | |
In London, backed by Britain, the Saudis and others, | :04:22. | :04:25. | |
a Syrian opposition coalition has produced the most detailed blueprint | :04:26. | :04:27. | |
yet for a transition of power, insisting on President Assad | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
and what it calls his clique leaving. | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
They don't expect a yes any time soon from Damascus. | :04:36. | :04:38. | |
If Bashar al-Assad continues to be obstinate and continues | :04:39. | :04:42. | |
to drag his feet and contunies to refuse to engage seriously, | :04:43. | :04:45. | |
then obviously there will have to be a plan B which would involve more | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
This part of the capital could not look more different | :04:50. | :04:56. | |
There is huge war damage only a few miles away and across the country, | :04:57. | :05:02. | |
If the demand to step down had been delivered by a victorious army | :05:03. | :05:08. | |
at the gates of his palace, President Assad would have | :05:09. | :05:10. | |
But the way things stand now, he doesn't. | :05:11. | :05:16. | |
The era of the Assads in Syria seems to be far from over. | :05:17. | :05:20. | |
Hair-raising rescue journeys have been happening every day in this | :05:21. | :05:22. | |
These were civil defence workers in rebel-held East Aleppo | :05:23. | :05:27. | |
racing to save casualties in Tuesday's attack, | :05:28. | :05:31. | |
that local reports say contained chemical chlorine gas. | :05:32. | :05:37. | |
One Syrian general I've spoken to said the war could | :05:38. | :05:40. | |
Our chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet has been | :05:41. | :05:55. | |
following those meetings between Syrian opposition | :05:56. | :05:56. | |
groups which have been taking place in London. | :05:57. | :06:01. | |
Are you detecting any sign of potential progress? This is a | :06:02. | :06:06. | |
comprehensive plan that the opposition and its allies have | :06:07. | :06:10. | |
developed. It's essentially a security and political blueprint | :06:11. | :06:15. | |
intended to send a message to the President's powerful allies like | :06:16. | :06:19. | |
Russia and Iran, that if the president goes, Syria would not | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
collapse, as the regime did in neighbouring Iraq and Libya went | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
there authorities were removed. But this good plan has a big problem. No | :06:28. | :06:34. | |
matter how much the opposition, the Saudis and Boris Johnson called on | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
President Assad to go, you will not simply step down. We have seen the | :06:39. | :06:44. | |
big players like Russia and the United States, they can make a | :06:45. | :06:47. | |
difference if they want. In the last few hours we are getting some signs | :06:48. | :06:51. | |
that these protracted talks between the US's John Kerry and Russia's | :06:52. | :06:56. | |
Sergei Lavrov are making progress. I have been told tonight that it's | :06:57. | :07:03. | |
likely they could reach a deal by Friday. John Kerry will fly away | :07:04. | :07:06. | |
tomorrow, but there is a bit of hope. They are aiming for enhanced | :07:07. | :07:12. | |
military operation against the so-called Islamic State, and a | :07:13. | :07:15. | |
nationwide temporary truce. That would help stop some of the pain we | :07:16. | :07:21. | |
saw in Jeremy Bowen's package tonight, with some of those | :07:22. | :07:24. | |
harrowing moments in Aleppo. But it will not stop soon, and sadly that's | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
what Syria and the world needs, and it's absolutely not in sight. | :07:30. | :07:34. | |
In a few minutes' time in Rio, the Paralympic Games will get | :07:35. | :07:37. | |
underway with an opening ceremony at the Maracana Stadium. | :07:38. | :07:39. | |
Organisers are hoping to erase the memory of a series of problems | :07:40. | :07:42. | |
in recent months including poor ticket sales, a funding crisis, | :07:43. | :07:45. | |
and criticism of the way athletes have been classified. | :07:46. | :07:48. | |
So with 12 days of competition ahead, let's join our correspondent | :07:49. | :07:51. | |
All eyes are now on the opening ceremony of the 15th summer | :07:52. | :08:07. | |
Paralympic games. Despite all the problems, and there have been a lot | :08:08. | :08:11. | |
of problems, all the venues are ready. Crucially, all the athletes | :08:12. | :08:15. | |
are here and the mood is turning to that of excitement. But the funding | :08:16. | :08:19. | |
crisis we know about has led some to believe that the Paralympic movement | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
would be unable to capitalise on the success of London 2012. A warning | :08:25. | :08:27. | |
that my report contains flashing images. | :08:28. | :08:30. | |
It's been just over two weeks since Rio said | :08:31. | :08:32. | |
But tonight the crowds have returned to the Maracana to mark | :08:33. | :08:35. | |
the start of the 15th summer Paralympic games. | :08:36. | :08:40. | |
I'm very excited, we all very excited for the Paralympic games. I | :08:41. | :08:45. | |
can't believe it's happening here Rio. | :08:46. | :08:47. | |
the movement has grown, culminating in London 2012, | :08:48. | :08:50. | |
With a record number of tickets sold and more people tuning | :08:51. | :08:56. | |
in than ever before, the Paralympic movement | :08:57. | :08:57. | |
But it's been a bumpy road to Rio 2016. | :08:58. | :09:03. | |
The entire Russian team have been banned. | :09:04. | :09:07. | |
There has been controversy over athlete classification, | :09:08. | :09:09. | |
a poor start to ticket sales, and worst of all, | :09:10. | :09:12. | |
There was a real sense that it was dire, as bad as it could get. | :09:13. | :09:19. | |
Did the IPC have any warning signs that this could get any worse? | :09:20. | :09:26. | |
What happened was the organising committee ran out of money. | :09:27. | :09:32. | |
Therefore the consequence was pretty serious for the Olympics, but | :09:33. | :09:35. | |
absolutely dire for the Paralympics. Every country is going to be here, | :09:36. | :09:40. | |
every nation? Every country is here, there will be no team not here | :09:41. | :09:44. | |
because of lack of money. We made sure of that. The Paralympic | :09:45. | :09:47. | |
movement has come together, as have the people of the world, and | :09:48. | :09:50. | |
particularly the people of Britain from what I know when I was back | :09:51. | :09:55. | |
there. Really, nobody was going to let the Paralympics die here. | :09:56. | :09:59. | |
Competition starts tomorrow, but as a result of the cuts, there will be | :10:00. | :10:03. | |
fewer venues and reduced transport facilities and there is no escaping | :10:04. | :10:07. | |
the fact this has angered some athletes. We should not be taking | :10:08. | :10:12. | |
out our begging bowls. We understand people are living in difficult | :10:13. | :10:15. | |
times, but what we don't understand is why we have to be an after | :10:16. | :10:20. | |
thought every time. Why should these games be staged on a shoestring? But | :10:21. | :10:25. | |
early concerns to do with ticket sales have diminished and the mood | :10:26. | :10:30. | |
here is optimistic. The hope is the sport will soon overtake the | :10:31. | :10:34. | |
problems. People might look at the negative, but I think people will be | :10:35. | :10:38. | |
pleasantly surprised and when they see the performances of British | :10:39. | :10:41. | |
athletes especially, getting gold medals, I think it will be forgotten | :10:42. | :10:47. | |
about. Over 4000 athletes from 160 countries will join thousands of | :10:48. | :10:51. | |
volunteers. The games are about to begin, but perhaps here in Rio, the | :10:52. | :10:55. | |
Paralympic movement has already passed its hardest test. | :10:56. | :11:00. | |
And it does seem as though they have already passed their biggest test, | :11:01. | :11:07. | |
looking forward with the sport starting tomorrow and new broadcast | :11:08. | :11:11. | |
deals, particularly in America, means the games will be beamed to | :11:12. | :11:16. | |
more people than ever before, which the Paralympic movement Will Hope as | :11:17. | :11:19. | |
a positive effect on people's understanding of disability. There | :11:20. | :11:22. | |
is definitely a general sense here that it will be all right on the | :11:23. | :11:29. | |
night. Nikki Fox there at the start of the Paralympic games in Rio. | :11:30. | :11:37. | |
Mike Ashley - the boss of Sports Direct - | :11:38. | :11:40. | |
has asked investors to give him 12 months to fix the | :11:41. | :11:42. | |
Mr Ashley has been accused of running parts of his company | :11:43. | :11:46. | |
Today, the shareholders, unhappy with bad publicity | :11:47. | :11:49. | |
and falling profits, called on the chairman | :11:50. | :11:50. | |
Our business correspondent Emma Simpson was at | :11:51. | :11:53. | |
the annual general meeting in Shirebrook in Derbyshire. | :11:54. | :11:55. | |
Welcome to Sports Direct HQ, and its billionaire founder, | :11:56. | :11:59. | |
who threw open the doors to show us around the warehouse where workers | :12:00. | :12:02. | |
Clearly, I could have done a better job. | :12:03. | :12:07. | |
A charm offensive at breakneck speed. | :12:08. | :12:18. | |
Could I ask you to empty the contents of your pocket | :12:19. | :12:21. | |
Mike Ashley then pulled out a wad of ?50 notes as he demonstrated | :12:22. | :12:25. | |
I'm just going to look in the tray, could I, mate? | :12:26. | :12:29. | |
But it was always going to be harder to impress this lot, | :12:30. | :12:39. | |
the shareholders, who have come to have their say at the AGM. | :12:40. | :12:41. | |
They have seen the share price tumble by nearly | :12:42. | :12:43. | |
Sports Direct has had a very difficult year. | :12:44. | :12:48. | |
It now needs to put that behind them. | :12:49. | :12:52. | |
And we believe a change in the corporate governance | :12:53. | :12:58. | |
and the board composition should help do that. | :12:59. | :13:00. | |
I will be supporting an independent inquiry, right, | :13:01. | :13:03. | |
into the way in which this company does its business, | :13:04. | :13:06. | |
because I think it's unsustainable and exploitative. | :13:07. | :13:09. | |
Inside, there were some testing moments. | :13:10. | :13:12. | |
The chairman, Keith Helliwell, was conciliatory, admitting | :13:13. | :13:16. | |
that the way the company had acted has been embarrassing at times. | :13:17. | :13:21. | |
But Mike Ashley looked glum and clashed with the Unite union rep | :13:22. | :13:28. | |
saying, "Don't pull me down, it doesn't help," while large | :13:29. | :13:30. | |
corporate shareholders pressed for changes at the top. | :13:31. | :13:33. | |
Those independent shareholders voted for the chairman to go, | :13:34. | :13:36. | |
It is disappointing, and my job, and my job with the company, | :13:37. | :13:45. | |
is to show that in 12 months' time they should have confidence in me, | :13:46. | :13:48. | |
I deserve their confidence, and they will see a big | :13:49. | :13:50. | |
We've done some good work in 90 days, so let's do some fantastic | :13:51. | :13:59. | |
And if we fail, I won't be stood here, he won't be stood | :14:00. | :14:11. | |
It's a damning blow from investors, but Mike Ashley owns | :14:12. | :14:15. | |
He calls the shots, and he's come out fighting. | :14:16. | :14:18. | |
Emma Simpson, BBC News, Shirebrook in Derbyshire. | :14:19. | :14:24. | |
The Prime Minister has told MPs that the Government will not be | :14:25. | :14:27. | |
reporting back on every twist and turn of the Brexit negotiations. | :14:28. | :14:30. | |
In the first Prime Minister's Questions since the summer break, | :14:31. | :14:32. | |
and more than two months after the EU referendum, | :14:33. | :14:35. | |
Theresa May said she was taking a considered approach and seeking | :14:36. | :14:38. | |
Later she was pressed to clarify whether she wanted | :14:39. | :14:43. | |
the country to remain within the European single market. | :14:44. | :14:47. | |
Please could she tell us and clear up the confusion from yesterday, | :14:48. | :14:50. | |
does she value membership of the single market? | :14:51. | :14:56. | |
Does she think it should be an aim or an objective of the negotiations, | :14:57. | :15:00. | |
and that we should be trying to stay in it if we can? | :15:01. | :15:07. | |
What I say to the right honourable lady is the aim | :15:08. | :15:10. | |
that we have is to get the right deal in trade in goods | :15:11. | :15:13. | |
We will be looking to develop a new model of the relationship | :15:14. | :15:19. | |
between the UK and the European Union. | :15:20. | :15:21. | |
And we will not, as I said earlier, be setting out every bit | :15:22. | :15:24. | |
of our negotiating hand in advance of entering those negotiations, | :15:25. | :15:26. | |
because that would be the best way to come out with the worst deal. | :15:27. | :15:30. | |
The Prime Minister speaking earlier today. | :15:31. | :15:31. | |
The economic risks of a Brexit vote were not exaggerated | :15:32. | :15:36. | |
by the Bank of England, according to the Governor, | :15:37. | :15:38. | |
He was answering questions from members of the | :15:39. | :15:41. | |
Mr Carney said he was "absolutely serene" about the bank's actions, | :15:42. | :15:46. | |
and stressed that the recent cut in interest rates - | :15:47. | :15:48. | |
as part of an emergency package of measures | :15:49. | :15:50. | |
Our economics editor Kamal Ahmed watched to the exchanges. | :15:51. | :15:56. | |
The message was clear, a slowdown, possibly a recession, | :15:57. | :16:00. | |
if Britain voted to leave the European Union. | :16:01. | :16:03. | |
Before the referendum in June, the Governor was in warning mode. | :16:04. | :16:07. | |
Of course there's a range of possible scenarios | :16:08. | :16:09. | |
Which could possibly include a technical recession. | :16:10. | :16:14. | |
Now, after the Bank cut interest rates and some positive | :16:15. | :16:19. | |
economic figures, Mr Carney was talking not of gloom, | :16:20. | :16:21. | |
I'm quite comfortable with the analysis we did in advance, | :16:22. | :16:30. | |
the preparation we did in advance, the effectiveness of | :16:31. | :16:33. | |
All of which put us in a position to help this economy | :16:34. | :16:40. | |
adjust and help make it, if I can bring it back to the issue | :16:41. | :16:43. | |
which is at the heart of the referendum, | :16:44. | :16:45. | |
which is to help make the leaving of the European Union a success | :16:46. | :16:48. | |
With almost icy politeness, Jacob Rees-Mogg, a Brexit backer, | :16:49. | :16:55. | |
laid out the charge sheet against the Bank. | :16:56. | :17:01. | |
The Bank of England was contributing to a fear in the markets | :17:02. | :17:05. | |
about what would happen in the event of Brexit, which it is now saying | :17:06. | :17:08. | |
That seems to me to be at the heart... | :17:09. | :17:13. | |
No, Mr Rees-Mogg, we were absolutely clear-eyed about the risks. | :17:14. | :17:16. | |
We are charged by Parliament to do that. | :17:17. | :17:19. | |
The next step is not just to observe risks, | :17:20. | :17:21. | |
We have made the crystallisation of those risks less likely. | :17:22. | :17:29. | |
Mr Carney said he welcomed evidence of an economic bounceback, | :17:30. | :17:32. | |
As barometer of investor confidence in the UK economy, | :17:33. | :17:38. | |
the value of the pound against the dollar is | :17:39. | :17:40. | |
Before the referendum, sterling was riding high, | :17:41. | :17:46. | |
After the Brexit vote, the pound's value plunged to $1.28. | :17:47. | :17:56. | |
Good for exports, not so good for imports such as food and energy, | :17:57. | :17:59. | |
Since then, the pound has seen some volatility and then | :18:00. | :18:05. | |
Investors are feeling more confident as the threat | :18:06. | :18:11. | |
The UK has held up pretty well after the Brexit referendum. | :18:12. | :18:18. | |
A lot of confidence indicators are pretty weak. | :18:19. | :18:24. | |
And if we look ahead, I think there's still some | :18:25. | :18:26. | |
Maybe as we trigger Article 50, probably next year, and as inflation | :18:27. | :18:32. | |
picks up and squeezes consumers' real income. | :18:33. | :18:35. | |
The cheers went up just 76 days ago, but major questions remain | :18:36. | :18:39. | |
What about tax and spending policies to support the economy? | :18:40. | :18:47. | |
The answers will take months or years to become clear. | :18:48. | :18:50. | |
In the race for the White House most major opinion polls seem to have | :18:51. | :18:59. | |
tightened once again, reducing the apparent lead enjoyed | :19:00. | :19:01. | |
by Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump during the summer months. | :19:02. | :19:06. | |
Mrs Clinton has been persistently dogged by criticism of her use | :19:07. | :19:08. | |
of a private email server while she was Secretary of State. | :19:09. | :19:13. | |
This week she's been campaigning in Florida, | :19:14. | :19:15. | |
one of the key battle ground states which for the past five presidential | :19:16. | :19:18. | |
Our correspondent Nick Bryant joined her on the campaign trail | :19:19. | :19:23. | |
Florida, the Sunshine State, where the road to the White House | :19:24. | :19:30. | |
Battlegrounds don't come much more beautiful, | :19:31. | :19:36. | |
and this one is especially important because its multiracial | :19:37. | :19:38. | |
demographics are representative of the country as a whole. | :19:39. | :19:44. | |
That helps Hillary Clinton, because to study the faces | :19:45. | :19:47. | |
at her rallies is to look at a mosaic of modern-day America. | :19:48. | :19:52. | |
Donald Trump supporters are mainly white. | :19:53. | :19:55. | |
But her events lack the scale and passion of his rallies. | :19:56. | :19:59. | |
It's telling that her best applause lines come from attacking | :20:00. | :20:05. | |
the billionaire, her Trump card, in the most literal sense of all. | :20:06. | :20:08. | |
He stands there, mocks a reporter with a disability, and he calls | :20:09. | :20:11. | |
women "pigs", and he calls Mexican immigrants "rapists and criminals" | :20:12. | :20:16. | |
Donald Trump is totally unfit and unqualified to be our president. | :20:17. | :20:30. | |
Beating the most unpopular Republican presidential nominee | :20:31. | :20:31. | |
in the history of modern-day polling should have been something | :20:32. | :20:34. | |
The problem - she's the most unpopular ever Democrat. | :20:35. | :20:42. | |
Take this women's football team, practising on a field next | :20:43. | :20:44. | |
Its players are split 50-50 between Clinton and Trump. | :20:45. | :20:52. | |
Coach Denise Shilty Brown has a theory about why they aren't more | :20:53. | :20:55. | |
enthused about the prospect of a female president. | :20:56. | :20:58. | |
They speak about things they have heard Trump say or done | :20:59. | :21:01. | |
They still think he's honest and forthright, | :21:02. | :21:05. | |
and yet everything that Hillary has been perceived as saying or doing, | :21:06. | :21:09. | |
they really want to hit her hard for it. | :21:10. | :21:13. | |
Unfortunately we criticise women faster and easier, | :21:14. | :21:16. | |
and we are much more accepting of men's mistakes. | :21:17. | :21:21. | |
But it's with white males that her poll numbers are tanking. | :21:22. | :21:25. | |
Local businessman James Ollashay would rather dive into a shark pool | :21:26. | :21:28. | |
It's the cumulative effect of the e-mail controversy, | :21:29. | :21:33. | |
and foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation. | :21:34. | :21:36. | |
A poll this week revealed voters think Donald Trump is more honest. | :21:37. | :21:41. | |
Too many scandals, too many things, some of which at least | :21:42. | :21:45. | |
I have a struggle believing her, honestly. | :21:46. | :21:49. | |
Twilight racing in a state that is used to close contests. | :21:50. | :21:56. | |
Some show the billionaire edging ahead. | :21:57. | :22:00. | |
Donald Trump is gaining in the polls, not because he's | :22:01. | :22:02. | |
becoming more popular, but because Hillary | :22:03. | :22:04. | |
A poll released in the last couple of days suggested her image | :22:05. | :22:10. | |
is at its lowest point in 25 years in public life. | :22:11. | :22:18. | |
As we enter the home stretch, she remains the favourite, | :22:19. | :22:21. | |
but both of these deeply unpopular candidates are limping | :22:22. | :22:23. | |
Nick Bryant, BBC News, Florida. | :22:24. | :22:30. | |
The Prime Minister has attempted to reassure Conservative MPs opposed | :22:31. | :22:33. | |
to her plans to allow new grammar schools in England. | :22:34. | :22:39. | |
Theresa May was speaking tonight in Westminster at a meeting | :22:40. | :22:41. | |
She said grammars would not be forced on areas that | :22:42. | :22:45. | |
Our political correspondent Iain Watson is in Westminster tonight. | :22:46. | :22:50. | |
What is the significance of these remarks? I think it is this, it is | :22:51. | :23:02. | |
the first time that Theresa May, as Prime Minister, has discussed her | :23:03. | :23:05. | |
thoughts on grammar schools with her own MPs, coming just 24 hours after | :23:06. | :23:10. | |
a Government document was leaked suggesting that grammar schools | :23:11. | :23:14. | |
could be expanded. This obviously concerned some of her own | :23:15. | :23:17. | |
backbenchers, tonight she told them she would not be turning the clock | :23:18. | :23:22. | |
back grammar schools to the 1950s where children were split aged 11 on | :23:23. | :23:34. | |
the basis of academic ability, and Grammar schools would not be imposed | :23:35. | :23:37. | |
on areas which did not want them. But she achieved the feat which | :23:38. | :23:39. | |
possibly only a new Prime Minister can, as well as reassuring opponents | :23:40. | :23:42. | |
of grammar schools, she reassured supporters. She said that there is a | :23:43. | :23:44. | |
selection of house price in the current system, where people may pay | :23:45. | :23:47. | |
more to live close to an outstanding school. She was signalling that it | :23:48. | :23:51. | |
was a logical that the areas which already have grammar schools, such | :23:52. | :23:56. | |
as Kent, that there should be a ban, as currently exists, on new schools | :23:57. | :24:00. | |
in those area. Those who support grammar schools | :24:01. | :24:03. | |
for Juba signalling that you might take that approach and expanded to | :24:04. | :24:13. | |
the rest of the country, so if there was demand to have new grammar | :24:14. | :24:15. | |
schools, that is something she would consider. We expect to get the | :24:16. | :24:18. | |
government's formal proposals in the next few days. Ian, thank you. Some | :24:19. | :24:21. | |
of the other main news stories now. Hundreds of thousands of passengers | :24:22. | :24:27. | |
using trains in London, Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire have once again | :24:28. | :24:29. | |
had their journeys disrupted by another strike | :24:30. | :24:32. | |
affecting Southern Rail. Members of the RMT union have walked | :24:33. | :24:34. | |
out for 48 hours in a long-running The union said today the dispute | :24:35. | :24:37. | |
could last till Christmas. The first part of a multi-billion | :24:38. | :24:52. | |
pound deal which could see the US media giant liberty media acquiring | :24:53. | :24:56. | |
Formula 1 could be announced. Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone | :24:57. | :24:59. | |
says he will stay on in his job for three years. Liberty Media will buy | :25:00. | :25:04. | |
a minority stake, with the intention of eventually mounting a full | :25:05. | :25:05. | |
takeover. In rugby union, Warren Gatland has | :25:06. | :25:06. | |
been confirmed as head coach of the British and Irish Lions | :25:07. | :25:09. | |
for the second time. He'll lead their tour of his home | :25:10. | :25:11. | |
country New Zealand next summer. His assistant Rob Howley | :25:12. | :25:14. | |
is to take charge of Wales The tech giant Apple has | :25:15. | :25:17. | |
unveiled its new iPhone this evening in California, | :25:18. | :25:20. | |
with some new features. But the bigger question | :25:21. | :25:23. | |
is whether this new version will satisfy the demands | :25:24. | :25:25. | |
of shareholders who want to see the company continue | :25:26. | :25:28. | |
to achieve rapid growth. Our technology correspondent | :25:29. | :25:31. | |
Rory Cellan-Jones has the story. It's the best iPhone that we have | :25:32. | :25:44. | |
ever created. His company has been ordered to pay | :25:45. | :25:49. | |
Ireland billions in back taxes, his investors wonder if the boom years | :25:50. | :25:54. | |
are over, but, for Tim Cook, everything is awesome. | :25:55. | :25:58. | |
It makes all the things you do every day so much better. The boss of | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
Apple knows that an iPhone launches the biggest event of the company's | :26:03. | :26:08. | |
year, vital to regaining momentum. The iPhone 7 is waterproof and | :26:09. | :26:11. | |
boasts what is said to be the best camera in a phone, but it is most | :26:12. | :26:16. | |
notable for what is missing. The old headphones jack is missing, now you | :26:17. | :26:19. | |
will have to plug-in you set into the power jack or splash out on | :26:20. | :26:24. | |
wireless and earbuds. That means millions will find their way of | :26:25. | :26:28. | |
living has become obsolete. I know why they are doing it, more money, | :26:29. | :26:33. | |
you will be able to buy headphones, they will cost more. It is the next | :26:34. | :26:38. | |
step, they always try to do new things. For me, it would not work. | :26:39. | :26:43. | |
If the connection and sound quality are better, they may be some | :26:44. | :26:45. | |
advantage. Apple has a range of products making | :26:46. | :26:53. | |
plenty of money from all of them, but the iPhone accounts for more | :26:54. | :26:56. | |
than 50% of its revenue and even more of its profits. In the last | :26:57. | :26:58. | |
year it has seemed that its best days might be behind it. Apple's | :26:59. | :27:03. | |
share price reflects the iPhone plasma changing fortunes. The launch | :27:04. | :27:07. | |
of the bigger iPhone six in 2014 was a huge success, by the following | :27:08. | :27:13. | |
May, the price had hit a record high of $133. But since then, as sales | :27:14. | :27:19. | |
faulted, it headed downwards, closing tonight at $108. | :27:20. | :27:23. | |
Its biggest competitor Samson has seen phone sales surge ahead, | :27:24. | :27:28. | |
although there was a recall last week after some batteries caught | :27:29. | :27:34. | |
fire, a major setback. But Apple is battling not just the Korean firm | :27:35. | :27:38. | |
but a smartphone -- smartphone market which is dawning. | :27:39. | :27:43. | |
Markets are saturated, people already own a phone, they are being | :27:44. | :27:47. | |
used for longer and longer. If Apple wants to deliver growth and make | :27:48. | :27:50. | |
Wall Street happy it these two really crack these emerging markets, | :27:51. | :27:54. | |
like China and India. The marketing chief of Apple said | :27:55. | :27:58. | |
this about removing the headphone socket. | :27:59. | :28:09. | |
It comes down to one word, courage. But a company which prides itself on | :28:10. | :28:11. | |
thinking different may find it has not been bold enough to get iPhone | :28:12. | :28:13. | |
sales surging again. Grime is a unique blend | :28:14. | :28:14. | |
of musical influences. It's said to be bold and British, | :28:15. | :28:16. | |
its popularity driven It started in East London around 15 | :28:17. | :28:18. | |
years ago but it's achieved much And the second Grime Awards took | :28:19. | :28:23. | |
place tonight in London, as our correspondent | :28:24. | :28:26. | |
Colleen Harris reports. It's British, it's raw, | :28:27. | :28:33. | |
it's from the streets. What punk was to rock, | :28:34. | :28:38. | |
grime is to hip-hop. Less about champagne and fast cars, | :28:39. | :28:52. | |
more about life on the margins. # That's not me, | :28:53. | :28:57. | |
and it's shut down #. This home-grown scene has emerged | :28:58. | :29:01. | |
without big record label backing and at times has been criticised | :29:02. | :29:04. | |
for being too aggressive, too dark. But with Mercury award nominations | :29:05. | :29:11. | |
for MCs Skepta and Kano, along with big brand sponsorships | :29:12. | :29:19. | |
knocking on the door, She is one of the few female MCs | :29:20. | :29:22. | |
and is from Birmingham. New artists on the scene | :29:23. | :29:45. | |
have shaken the scene up and brought something very | :29:46. | :29:48. | |
refreshing to the scene and people are like, | :29:49. | :29:53. | |
grime is popping again, Social media is one of the best | :29:54. | :29:57. | |
things that could have Or someone who wants | :29:58. | :30:07. | |
to start writing. You pick up your phone | :30:08. | :30:11. | |
and that is all your supporters How much has social media driven | :30:12. | :30:16. | |
the movement of grime? I think grime has been very good | :30:17. | :30:23. | |
at harnessing what digital media is and can be, | :30:24. | :30:26. | |
and translating that not only into followers, but into ticket | :30:27. | :30:29. | |
sales and album sales. For a genre built on the underground | :30:30. | :30:33. | |
scene, it's growth and appeal to new audiences has attracted | :30:34. | :30:42. | |
commercial interest. The brands want to reach out | :30:43. | :30:46. | |
to the people that these artists Obviously this is a very | :30:47. | :30:49. | |
youthful audience. And brands are going to love that | :30:50. | :30:53. | |
and want to associate They can get direct | :30:54. | :30:56. | |
access to the consumer. This grimy sound now shaping up | :30:57. | :31:07. | |
to secure its place Tonight, if Saudi Arabia is using | :31:08. | :31:11. | |
British weapons to bomb Yemen, Newsnight learns of turmoil | :31:12. | :31:24. | |
at the heart of the British establishment as senior MPs tried | :31:25. | :31:28. | |
to water down Join me now on BBC Two, | :31:29. | :31:31. | |
11pm in Scotland. Here on BBC One it's time | :31:32. | :31:38. | |
for the news where you are. | :31:39. | :31:41. |