27/10/2016 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at Ten, car-maker Nissan announces two new models

Ministers deny there's been a 'special deal'.

The decision safeguards 7,000 jobs in Sunderland,

ending concerns that Nissan could pull out of the UK

This is fantastic news for the British economy from Nissan.

This is a very important commitment of investment here in the UK.

Nissan said 'support and assurances' offered

Labour's demanding to know the detail.

We need to know what deal was done with Nissan,

what support and promises was offered, but there'll be many

other manufacturers now saying - what about us?

And this on the day new figures suggest the UK economy grew more

quickly than expected in the three months after the referendum.

In Iraq, Kurdish forces move closer still to the city of Mosul -

We're hearing quite a bit of outgoing fire.

The troops are trying to gauge how much resistance

In Calais, the migrant camp has now been cleared -

but aid workers say dozens of young migrants have nowhere to go.

Our amazing First Lady, Michelle Obama!

No doubt about the star of the show - Michelle Obama back

And we meet the man who transformed the way television treated art,

Andy Murray keeps up his pursuit of the World Number One tennis

ranking, beating Gilles Simon in the second round in Vienna.

The Japanese car company Nissan has confirmed that it's to build two

new models at its factory in Sunderland.

There had been concerns that Nissan might abandon the UK

following the vote to leave the European Union.

But today's decision safeguards 7,000 jobs.

Nissan said that 'support and assurances' offered

Ministers say that no compensation package has been offered,

but Labour is calling for any deals to be made public.

Our business editor Simon Jack is in Sunderland with the latest.

You know, it's not often that a car factory that produces 2000 cars a

day shuts down production, but they did today at 11am for this

announcement, which was greeted with cheers, and no wonder. A month ago

there was talk of deferral amidst Brexit uncertainty Auntie weeks ago

the boss of Nissan pops into Downing Street, has a more positive tone and

here we are today. The question is, what did the government offer Nissan

and what does that mean for the government's wider industrial

strategy? One thing is for sure, whatever they said, it worked.

It was the news that Sunderland had been working for -- waiting for, a

commitment to make cars into a post-Brexit future and it was

welcomed by workers. I'm over the moon, it brings security. I've been

here 25 years and I hope it will be here for 30 years. If Nissan goes

down the north-east will be gone. It took over from the shipyard and the

pits and if it was to go it would be back to the bad old days again. 55%

of cars built here in Sunderland are for export to the EU. Those exports

have bought 7000 jobs here in the plant and in total the car industry

employs 169,000 people, with an estimated five times that number in

the UK supply chain. This decision helps to paint a more reassuring

picture of a post Brexit economy. This is fantastic news for the

British economy, from Nissan. This is very important commitment to

investment here in the UK. It shows the strength of our economy. We've

been showing Nissan and others that we are committed to getting the best

possible deal from the future relationship that we will be

negotiating with the European Union and we wish to ensure and assure the

competitiveness of the British economy. Just a month ago at the

Paris motor show, the boss of Nissan was publicly expressing concerns

about the uncertainty that Brexit would create for its UK operations.

Well, it would mean obviously that Sunderland would lose

competitiveness when it comes to choosing a place where we will be

sourcing the products for Europe, because all of a sudden you are

taking 10% higher costs for tax reasons. The big question is what on

earth has the government offered Nissan to allay the fears? Is it

compensation against possible future tariffs? Is it some kind of grand,

maybe a cutting business rates? Nissan aren't denying that

inducements have been discussed but they are denying a sweetheart deal,

so whatever public money Nissan do end up getting the rest of the

industry will want as well. We have confidence in the government and the

government will put in enough note -- measures and means to support the

whole of the automotive industry so at the end of it we remain

competitive, no special deal for Nissan, it's the government working

with the whole industry. It seems the government is smiling on the car

industry, but what about the rest of the economy? I welcome a deal for

Nissan if it protects jobs but we can't be in a situation where we get

chaotically government leaks or individual statements dealing with

individual sectors of the economy and not the whole economy's future.

The city of Sunderland, full of cars set for European markets with the

wind it seems from government. The course for other sectors of the

economy is not yet charted. Simon Jack, BBC News, Sunderland.

Nissan's announcement came on the day that figures suggested

the UK economy grew faster than expected in the three months

Strong consumer spending was one of the main factors.

The rate of half of one per cent was slightly slower

than in the previous quarter, but better than the Bank

of England had forecast, as our economics correspondent

This Sheffield manufacturer of wire connectors and other goods

is everything the economy wasn't supposed to be following a vote

to leave - confident, growing healthily and exporting

patented manufactured goods based on innovation

If anything, the weakness of the pound, post-referendum,

We are 85% export - 40% of sales in euros,

So, clearly, the value of those sales will go up in UK sterling.

As the Chancellor visited a key export hub, Southampton's docks,

the picture emerging from the post-referendum fog

is of an economy growing faster than most expectations, including his.

Very strong third quarter growth, that tells us that we go

into the period of negotiation for our exit from the EU

from a position of strength, with the economy doing very well.

You warned in the spring that a vote to leave the European Union

would leave us as a country weaker and worse off,

that it would have a chilling effect, were you wrong?

The economy has proved to be very resilient.

We went into the referendum, I think the figures now show,

stronger than we thought at the time and the economy has held

But we are going to have a period of uncertainty ahead.

On the official estimate, the value of all goods and services

in the economy, gross domestic product, grew entirely

because of the services sector, up by 0.8%.

Elsewhere activity was down, with the construction sector

shrinking by 1.4% and manufacturing overall down by 1%.

The economy may be slowing down, but overall the economic effects

of the Brexit vote have been nothing like what the Treasury predicted.

In fact, to exporters like this one, the weakness of the pound has

given them a big lift, but that benefit is accompanied

If we're not members of the single market,

that short-term gain could morph into long-term economic pain.

Across Sheffield, this company has had to pay much more

for the circular saw blades and other tools it

If it hadn't announced higher prices, its profits would

We would probably have stayed in bed because it wouldn't be worthwhile

getting out of bed to come to work at that stage.

We would not be making sufficient money to pay for the heating,

the lighting, the wages and everything else.

So it was inevitable that we would have to put the prices up.

In cutting interest rates to record lows, the Bank of England

sought to protect towns like Sheffield from the chill

So far, at least, the climate's proved unexpectedly mild.

Andy Verity, BBC News, Sheffield.

Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg is in Westminster.

When Nissan talk about getting support and assurances, do we know

what they mean by that? Not precisely. Ministers say there was

no haggling -- haggling, say they there was no cheque-book involved

but if there wasn't a formal deal they have come to an understanding,

shall we say. Ministers don't fly to Japan with nothing to say. The boss

of Nissan didn't pop into Number Ten just to have a cup of tea at the

best way to describe it as the Wootton main things that were put on

the table, if you like. The first was a promise that ministers

basically communicated to Nissan that we have voted to leave the

European Union, but they haven't taken leave of their senses. They

promised they would be serious petitions who calmly, reckless --

rationally and not recklessly taken out of the European Union and over a

period of time with the economy and business at the forefront of the

mind. The second part of the discussions as I understand it were

basically assurances about what happens if things get very, very

sticky. And while there wasn't a deal, there were not detailed

proposals, there is an understanding that if things go south then

ministers don't deny they discussed the idea of compensation or possibly

grants. Neither of those things completely unprecedented in times

when the economy has a really hard time. But I think the broader thing

here is the background that ministers are worried about what

might happen to the economy, with the uncertainty of our relationship

with the EU as we prepare to leave, and therefore we have seen in the

last couple of weeks with Nissan -- Nissan, ministers are prepared to

sweat it, to really push, to try to make sure that big businesses, big

employers, do stay here in the UK and of course for other industries,

whether they are banks or the aerospace industry, they may look at

what has happened today and may look at the understanding that has been

reached between Nissan and the government and think well, I quite

fancy a bit of that and a president has been set. Laura Kuenssberg,

thank you. In Iraq, special forces say they've

moved more than 1,000 civilians from front-line areas around

the city of Mosul, the last stronghold of so-called

Islamic State in the country. As troops and Kurdish fighters

continue their drive towards the city, the militants

are fighting back, Our correspondent Orla Guerin

and cameraman Nico Hameon are with Kurdish fighters

and they're among the first journalists to get into

the village of Fazliya A harbinger of terror. We entered

hostile territory, taking the battle to IS with Kurdish Peshmerga

fighters. This was the second attempt to freeze a village of

Fazliya. Last week they faced heavy resistance. Along the way, tension

building, as we start to come under fire and to respond. We are moving

forward now, very slowly and carefully. We are hearing quite a

bit of outgoing fire. The troops are trying to gauge how much resistance

is in these villages. This was the answer. GUNFIRE. A massive roadside

bomb just ahead. It was one of four on our route. Then the Peshmerga

move to confront a suspected suicide bomber. They have to check him for

explosives with their bare hands. This time they were lucky. Just a

civilian. We arrive in what looks like a deserted village. Locals

start to emerge, tentatively, to offer thanks. But soon, this.

GUNFIRE. Warning shots. From weary troops. At last freedom and relief.

There's nothing to worry about, he says. It's all over. But there's a

of torment. -- there is a legacy of torment. They destroyed us, says

Mohammed. They completely destroyed us. There was a sense of a community

coming back to life, of old friends reuniting,

freed from the tyranny of IS. A moment of victory

for the Peshmerga and, "I can't find words to express how

happy I am", says Hallad. "It feels like I've

been born again." Nearby, locals attacked an IS sign

that had loomed over them, instructing women to cover

themselves from head to toe. Amar was happy to be wearing her

best and not wearing a hijab. As this woman thanks the Peshmerga,

IS make their presence felt, not Helping to secure the village,

Alan Duncan, a volunteer He's fought with the Peshmerga

since 2014 and has been part of the recent push

against IS or Daesh. It's kind of funny because places

that are weak, places that will stand and fight,

they're very up and down, you know, but you're talking a lot of these

people cheering now were probably They've just gone back

into their community, Even as they celebrate,

the troops know their enemy Well, the Peshmerga are now moving

through the village, they're securing the area street

by street and more and more They can speak freely for the first

time in over two years, but there The fighters are concerned that

among those coming out onto the streets there

could be suicide bombers. But there were no threats concealed

among the villagers, they were savouring the chance

to reclaim old pleasures, The black flag of IS has been pulled

down from the mosque, the Peshmerga vowing that never

again will it be allowed Orla Guerin, BBC News,

Fazliya, northern Iraq. In Calais, aid workers have

expressed concern for dozens of children and young people

who were forced to sleep on the roadside last night

after the French authorities closed Since Monday, some 5,500 people have

been moved from the camp The Home Secretary, Amber Rudd,

spoke to the French Interior for children who remain

in Calais to be protected. Our correspondent, Damian

Grammaticas, sent this report. It's the slow strangling

of life in the Jungle. French police moved in today then,

this afternoon, sealed off the entry,

reasserting control here. So it seems the polices' patience

is starting to run out and with each of these moves that

they're making up here, a bit more territory,

pushing the remaining refugees that little bit further

away from the Jungle. If you go on the bus

to the registration centre... If you are not 17 or younger,

then you need to take the adult bus. For the adults a new destination,

refugee processing We found this boy, 16

years old, from Sudan, the papers proving his age

are still in the Jungle. The French people

reject me to inside, The children are meant to be

going here, into care. Some will end up in the UK,

but last night a few were left An activist filmed this today,

children being detained by police. The destruction of the Jungle

is gathering pace, homes The fear is up to 100 children may

still have no place to go. This representative

from the Police Union told working here who could bring

the children to the police But nearby were more boys,

all under 17, wondering if they face The Jungle is gone, but a tangled

web of problems endured. Damian Grammaticas,

BBC News, Calais. Health experts in Northern Ireland

have expressed concern that pregnant women are putting their lives

at risk by taking abortion pills The strict abortion laws

in Northern Ireland mean that a pregnancy can only be legally

terminated if the life or health According to the United Nations,

six nations worldwide have a total ban on abortion

under any circumstances. A further 38, including

Northern Ireland, have very strict controls which allow abortion

if the mother's life, In recent months, campaigners

in Northern Ireland have intensified their calls

for a change in the law. Chris Buckler has this special

report. This was a deliberately provocative

stunt by pro-abortion campaigners, using a drone to deliver pills

capable of causing a pregnancy to be terminated, and then taking

the drugs in full view But similar pills are arriving

in Northern Ireland regularly, despite the strict laws that prevent

any abortion unless the mother's It's a class issue now where those

who can afford it are travelling to England, they're having

an abortion there privately and those who can't afford it

are here, to either situation or get these pills online

and face criminalisation. There have been many warnings,

that people can't be sure what they're ordering

from the numerous websites that Purchasing and using the drugs

is illegal across the UK and Ireland, but pills we ordered

arrived from India with little documentation and we had them tested

at Queen's University in Belfast. As with all drugs, there are risks

associated with this drugs use. Of particular concern with this drug

would be the heavy bleeding and a number of women

would actually require a blood If you're talking there

about potentially heavy blood loss as a result of using these drugs,

is that potentially But the BBC has learned that

recently, at least one woman was reported to police and charged

with using abortion pills Groups like Amnesty have been

involved in a long campaign to try to get the laws here relaxed,

but there's resistance, too. Abortion is a particularly sensitive

issue in Northern Ireland and that probably reflects the close links

between religion and politics. We've been looking to the UK

and saying, we don't want that to happen and our politicians have

been holding against the tide of some people, like

Amnesty International and other groups who are actively trying

to quite forcefully change our law. We made several requests to speak to

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister, Claire Sugden -

she refused them all. But she was due to give interviews

at this charity event. Has the NSPCC invited

you in here today? When it became clear that we wanted

to talk about abortion, however, Why is she not prepared to answer

any questions about abortion? I'm not answering

any more questions Northern Ireland's Health Minister

also refused to speak to us, a sign Its power-sharing Government

continues to consider proposals for allowing abortion in cases

of rape or incest or where the baby Campaigners claim a majority

of people support change, but so far there's no sign

of agreement among the politicians. A free-trade agreement

between the European Union and Canada is finally set to go

ahead after the Belgian region of Wallonia finally

agreed to the plans. has led to protests -

including today outside the European Commission in Brussels -

from workers who fear it gives too much power to multi-national

companies and harms Nasa has released an image that

sheds further light on the fate of a European spacecraft

which crashed on Mars last week. The magnified image shows the black

crater made by the Schiaparelli module after its parachute

was released too early, Dark smears on either side suggest

a fuel tank exploded 12 days before Americans visit

the polling stations to elect a new president and Republican

nominee, Donald Trump, has been campaigning

in the key state of Ohio, while the Democratic candidate,

Hillary Clinton, has been harnessing the campaigning power

of First Lady Michelle Obama at a rally in the key

state of North Carolina. Our correspondent, Nick Bryant,

is in Winston-Salem tonight. Huw, at a time when many senior

Republicans are distancing themselves from Donald Trump one of

Hillary Clinton's great advantages is the support she is receiving on

the campaign trail from big name Democratic backers. Her husband,

Bill Clinton, the Vice-President, Joe Biden, the President himself,

Barack Obama. In an election where millions more female voters will go

to the polls than male voters, it's a woman who's become her not so

secret weapon. This is the sort of enthusiasm,

these are the sort of crowds you don't often witness outside

a Hillary Clinton rally. But the headline act was not so much

the former First Lady, I thought you were going

to say Hillary Clinton? Hillary Clinton, too,

but Michelle, too. Michelle's the main one

I want to see, but I'm Warm, trustworthy with the charisma

of a rock star. Michelle Obama has personality

traits that critics say are lacking in the Democratic presidential

nominee, but Hillary Clinton knows it makes political sense

to be upstaged. It doesn't get any better

than being here with our most They're members of an exclusive

sisterhood, The First Ladies Club and they're determined to prevent

Donald Trump from occupying a White House in Washington that,

between them, they've lived Hillary, she says, is the only one

qualified to be president. She has more experience and exposure

to the presidency than any candidate Yes, more than Barack,

more than Bill. So she is absolutely ready to be

Commander-in-Chief on day one. Getting young women out to vote

is an urgent priority for Hillary Clinton

because many haven't been that enthused by the prospect

of a first female president. With millennial voters especially,

Michelle Obama could make I think Michelle has

convinced me because I look up to her as the First Lady

and all the things that she says encourages me to vote

for Hillary Clinton. Her presence in the election

is really helpful for millennials because sometimes we could look

at the election and think - And Michelle Obama is there

to reassure us that we can Michelle Obama has long been

a reluctant political warrior, but not in this election,

she's become the Democrats They talk about the "big

mo" in US elections, that all-important momentum,

but perhaps a new phrase should enter the political lexicon -

the Michelle effect. Nick Bryant, BBC News,

North Carolina. The author and eminent art critic,

John Berger, will be 90 next week and he'll be celebrating

with the publication of a new book, Berger was a key figure in making

one of the most influential television series on art,

called Ways of Seeing, It changed perceptions of art

and the way it was discussed. Our arts editor, Will Gompertz,

went to Paris to meet him. The activity of writing has,

for me, been a vital one. It helps me to make sense of things

and to continue. ARCHIVE: I want to question some

of the assumptions usually made John Berger was a young artist,

who became a writer, who persuaded the BBC to let him

make a television series on how the advent of mass media had

fundamentally changed the way ARCHIVE: Tonight, it isn't so much

the paintings themselves which I want to consider,

as the way we now see them. His programmes turned out to be

as iconic as the art Today, John Berger lives in Paris

with an old friend, and a bad back. We had four months to make these

programmes with nobody ever coming After four months, an incredible

amount of editing and re-editing, we offered it to them

as a fait accompli. I mean, when circumstances of making

television, which could never occur again and which

were miraculous for us. ARCHIVE: The process

of seeing paintings, or seeing anything else,

is less spontaneous and natural A large part of seeing depends

upon habit and convention. Is there a right way and, therefore,

a wrong way at looking at art? It's quite disturbing

to watch the public. People come in, they stand in front

of a painting, they take ARCHIVE: Reproductions distort,

only a few facsimiles don't. Take this original painting

in the National Gallery, only what you are seeing

is still not the original, Oh!

Where is it and what's happening? It's Hillary Clinton

giving an address And the whole audience

have turned their back I mean, I understand you're showing

it because it tells us something about our time and about the way

we try to survive in it and make sense of it,

which is very thought-provoking. But you would have to wait a long

time for the thoughts to be He's still writing and we'll wait

because as Arundhati Roy - fellow Booker Prize winner -

said, John Berger teaches us how to think, how to feel and how

to stare at things until we see It has seen two of its top figures

quit in as many months. Tonight on Newsnight, new disclosures about

problems at the heart of the independent child sexual abuse

inquiry. Join me now on BBC