01/03/2017 BBC News at One

President Trump appeals for unity in his first speech to Congress

saying the time for "trivial fights" has passed.

Democrats listened mostly in silence but the President

struck a softer tone, urging people to come together

From now on, America will be empowered by our aspirations, not

We'll be asking our correspondent in Washington whether this does

really signal a change in the President's style.

Do we need to have girlfriends and boyfriends at this age?

Sex education is to be made compulsory

In France Presidential candidate Francois Fillon vows to fight

on despite being put under formal investigation over fraud claims.

Tougher punishments for drivers who use their mobile phones

And rewriting the rule book, the game of golf gets

Coming up in the sport on BBC News: It's understood Leicester have held

informal talks with Roy Hodgson over the vacant managers position,

following Claudio Ranieri's sacking last week.

Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.

President Trump has used his first speech to Congress to declare

"a renewal of the American spirit" and a "new chapter of

He adopted a more measured tone than in his inauguration address,

condemning the recent vandalism of Jewish cemeteries and the fatal

Here's our Washington correspondent Laura Bicker.

Donald Trump's trip to Congress gave him a few last moments

Yet again, the President delivered what few had expected -

What we are witnessing today is the renewal

Our allies will find that America is once again ready to lead.

He softened his tone on immigration, talked of reform

and a new merit-based entry system - a slight shift in policy.

But he said it was still important to keep out those

Those given the high honour of admission to the United States

should support this country, love its people and its values.

We cannot allow a beachhead of terrorism to form inside America.

We cannot allow our nation to become a sanctuary for extremists.

Then the announcement the Republicans were waiting for.

Tonight, I am also calling on this Congress to repeal

Still, no detail on how health care would be reformed

There was also little mention of foreign policy.

President Trump stuck mostly to his "America first" mantra.

But there was this reassurance for Nato,

We strongly support Nato, an alliance forged through the bonds

of two world wars, that dethroned fascism, and the Cold War,

There was much in the speech for Democrats to like,

a trillion-dollar investment in infrastructure, talk of paid

family leave, but most stayed stony-faced throughout.

Others showed their displeasure and dressed in the white

colours of suffrage, despite the President's

We all salute the same great American flag and we all

Democrats decided to focus their message on the division they feel

Real leaders don't spread derision and division.

Real leaders strengthen, they unify, they partner and they offer

real solutions instead of ultimatums and blame.

The speech was prime-time television and his supporters loved it.

When he spoke about the economy, when he spoke about jobs,

Harley-Davidson, I had my biker hat on, Bikers For Trump.

I like to ride once in awhile, go out west.

I get goose bumps, the hairs on my back stand up every time he speaks.

After such a rocky first month, Republicans will be delighted

There were a lot of big promises and very few real details.

But the speech was inclusive, optimistic.

How long will this good feeling last?

All eyes will be on Twitter for that answer.

Our correspondent Jane O'Brien is in Washington.

Is this softer tone the start of a new approach or not?

It is too early to tell but Twitter has been quiet so far. This was all

about tone. The president did not change the substance of what he has

been saying for the last two years during the campaign and in the early

days of his presidency but what he proved last night is he can present

his ideas and policies in a far more conciliatory fashion. That is

important because during his campaign he had been talking about

draining the swamp, chastising, lambasting the lawmakers he spoke

before last night. Last night it was all about unity. It will take longer

to bring Democrats onside. Uniting his party. Republicans concerned

about he has been focusing on things they consider to be a distraction

and not on their priorities of tax reform and overhauling the

affordable care act. Many of them will be greatly relieved he did not

start any new controversies, he stuck to the script, they rose in

applause and gave him many standing ovation. They will be very satisfied

with what he had to say. Whether or not the rest of the country is ready

to come on board after that speech, the cliche, we have to wait and see.

And if you want to watch President Trump's speech

to Congress in full, you can on the BBC iPlayer.

Sex education is to become compulsory in

The Education Secretary, Justine Greening, says that children

as young as four will be taught about relationships and secondary

school pupils will learn about sex and relationships.

There will be a particular emphasis on the dangers of sexting, online

We must make sure nobody takes embarrassing pictures of us. Even

the youngest children are taught about their bodies and relationships

with other people. Soon such lessons will be compulsory in all schools in

England. Sex and relationship education updated for the cyber age.

The widespread use of sexting, sexual bullying of girls in

secondary school and the ready availability of hard-core online

Perl graffiti have made MPs call for new compulsory lessons. The guidance

schools are looking to in terms of how they teach relationships and sex

education was developed in 2000 and Britain is a very different place.

That is really important we have an updated approach that means our

children are safe and protected and they are prepared for life in modern

Britain. All children from the age of four onwards will be taught about

relationships while older children will be taught age-appropriate sex

education. Previously such lessons were only compulsory in council run

schools not academies. Teaching unions and the Church of England

have welcomed the announcement but others are not impressed. Very often

children are being interested -- introduced a things at school they

have not seen before. Topics introduced far too young we have not

yet seen. We have to be aware of this. It is not always about

protecting them, we are sexualising them through state programmes. This

cannot be good idea. Of course we have to care for our children.

Parents will have a right to withdraw their children from lessons

if they wish. The Government faces its first

defeat over the Brexit bill Opposition peers want

the legislation amended to guarantee the rights of EU nationals to remain

in the UK. Our Assistant Political Editor

Norman Smith is in Westminster. How likely is a defeat and what

would that do to the government's timetable? So far Theresa May has

pretty much pummelled her opponents into the dust when it comes to

Brexit. Tonight she is going to be on the receiving end in the House of

Lords despite the fact she went in there at the start of the debate to

give peers a killer Jeffrey stare. This evening they are almost certain

to defy her and vote to guarantee the rights of EU nationals living

here. Why? They think it is morally unacceptable to leave these people

in limbo. They argue it is far better for Britain to seize the

moral high ground in these negotiations. It is unlikely to

happen. Theresa May will overturn that result in the Commons because

she insists she cannot guarantee the position of EU nationals until the

position of British nationals living elsewhere in the EU is also

guaranteed. That may not happen for some time because other EU countries

are not willing to discuss it until the negotiations get under way. It

may take their many months to come up with an agreed position and the

danger is the whole issue gets messed up into the argy-bargy of the

Brexit negotiations. EU negotiators may say you want to talk about EU

migrants, we want to talk about your Brexit bill, which means it could

take some time to get the deal. Two women have been charged

with the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean

dictator Kim Jong Un. They face the death

penalty if found guilty. Malaysian police believe they wiped

the deadly nerve agent VX on his face in Kuala Lumpur airport

just over a fortnight ago. The women claim they thought they

were taking part in a video prank. In a phalanx of heavily armed police

the two women were taken to court. The fear was that they were

vulnerable to attack because they Kim Jong Nam, the excelled

half-brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un, was murdered

on February the 13th. The accused are alleged to be

the women who jumped Kim Jong Nam at Kuala Lumpur airport

and smeared his face The alleged assassins, one

from Vietnam, one from Indonesia, claimed they were duped

into thinking they were taking part In court today the charge

was read to them. She was perfectly all

right and she was calm. Of course she was definitely

distressed because she is But the Malaysian

authorities are sceptical. If the attackers thought the gel

they were smearing on the victim was harmless why did they keep it

off their own skin? North Korea denies being involved

but it has sent diplomats to Malaysia to try to get the body

sent to North Korea. There is more

investigation to be done. After a certain period of time

we will have to make In this case we have

to do it as a government, taking into consideration

the international system. The two women accused today face

the death penalty if found guilty. The ultimate price for being pawns

in a bigger political game. The French presidential

candidate Francois Fillon has refused to stand down,

despite being told by magistrates that he will be put under

formal investigation. The centre right politician has

repeatedly denied allegations that he paid his wife and children

public money for work Defiance from Mr Fillon,

but he will still be He knows he is in a very difficult

situation. His poll ratings have gone down and he is in third place.

His image has suffered and he cannot campaign without protesters

everywhere he goes. He is going to be summoned before the Italian

magistrate on much the 15th just before the campaign properly starts

and probably placed under formal investigation. He is in a very

difficult situation but he has chosen to fight back. It was a very

competent press conference in which he laid into the institutions of

France as being behind his problems, and that is a message fraud with

possibilities for the future because he is blaming the institutions of

France for turning on him. He knows the situation is tough but not

desperate. His support has not entirely collapsed. His base support

remains there. His idea with the party behind him, and they were

there, a stoic stern grave continuation of his current pass,

that he can still do it. President Trump appeals for unity in

his first speech to congress. A spoke in the wheel

for Great Britain's The team was only given

seven weeks to prepare Budapest's city council has

ratified their decision to withdraw its bid to host

the Summer Olympics It leaves only Los Angeles and Paris

competing to host the Games. Tomorrow voters in Northern Ireland

go to the polls for the second The election was triggered

when the Deputy First Minister, Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness,

resigned over a row with the Democratic Unionist Party

about a green energy scheme scandal. That scheme remained the hot topic

last night as Northern Ireland party leaders again clashed over the issue

in the second TV election debate. Our Ireland correspondent

Chris Buckler reports. Every election is

a test of leadership. And in Northern Ireland

these are testing times. The collapse of

Stormont power-sharing government has led to a second

election within a year. And the breakdown

in the relationship between the DUP and Sinn Fein feels

personal as well as political. And what about a bit

of respect, Michelle? The DUP leader Arlene Foster has

been under personal pressure. Over a financial scandal linked

to a botched green energy scheme. It has not been the cause

of this election. The cause of this election of course

is the wish of Sinn Fein to implement their radical Republican

agenda on Northern Ireland. It is about arrogance,

it is about how the It is about the fact

that Arlene could not even be humble to accept

that she has made a mistake. And whilst we will get

to the bottom of all the issues with the public enquiry,

there are some things we do know to And that is the fact that

Arlene did strip out Only months ago they were

talking about a shared The DUP have spent this campaign

warning of the potential dangers posed by Sinn Fein

success at the ballot box. The only thing that will

change is the DUP's ego And I don't think the

public care about that. They care about health

and education. Ultimately, just like ten months

ago, getting a government back at Stormont depends on the

power-sharing deal after the People voted for you last time

and they got Martin McGuinness. And he wrote your

resignation letter. The Ulster Unionist party

and the nationalist SDLP are trying to present themselves

as an alternative to This is an opportunity

to bring about change, away from two parties who only share

space, power and responsibility because the law

says they have two. And the SDLP leader

challenged Arlene Foster. Over the DUP decision to block

the introduction of same-sex Arlene Foster will commit

now to not using the There are many challenges for all

the parties if power-sharing is to return to Stormont. I see we have a

very balanced audience in tonight. Let me be clear... The whole

electorate will have their say when they vote tomorrow.

The BBC has seen documents which suggest Ford is to lay off

around 1,100 jobs at its car plant in Bridgend.

Our Wales Correspondent, Tomos Morgan, is there.

Tell us more about what is in the documents. This makes document shows

that this planet is underperforming compared to the plant in Dagenham.

Overtime is double that in the Dagenham plant and production costs

6% more. That coupled with the fact that they have not got enough more

projected investment here means they say in this links document by Ford

that they project over 1000 jobs could be lost by 2020. Over 2000

people are employed here and currently it creates around 700,000

engines per year. Some of them go to Ford, some two Jaguar Land Rover.

But the only other project they had was cut by half in September, down

to 125,000 per year as was the investment and some unions have been

asking what will happen, what are the future plans for the jobs in

this place considering the numbers have been cut so significantly. The

Welsh Government has said they have been in talks with Bridgend over the

last few weeks to make sure that these jobs stay in place. The First

Minister Carwyn Jones has said losing these jobs would be the worst

case scenario but the unions have said the UK Government needs to step

in and supplies some kind of investment. And in PMQs today to is

had said she was in talks with Bridgend about the future. This

place has been here since 1980 and had to put ?3 billion of investment

but without any war, the manufacturing powerhouse in South

Wales will certainly be diminished. Drivers caught using handheld mobile

phones will face tougher penalties from today,

in England, Wales and Scotland. The fine has doubled to ?200,

and the number of penalty points has also doubled to six -

meaning that new drivers could lose Police have pledged to put

an "increased focus" On a busy main road

in Cambridgeshire police cameras The evidence from around the UK

is crystal clear, we've been warned, The most recent report from the RAC

found 31% of drivers admit to using a hand-held phone

at the wheel compared She had it held in both hands

so texting or doing whatever This driver was spotted

holding her phone to plot a route. You had your phone in both hands

on top of your steering wheel. You may or may not be aware,

it is going to change. ?200 fine and no option of any sort

of education course at all. It's just how she was using her

phone that makes it an offence. It's more than just

making a phone call. We can do more and more

with our mobile phones and the temptation to use them

on the move has proved From today there will be no more

driver awareness courses, new licenses can be revoked and bus

and lorry drivers could face All underlining a very

simple message. Your mobile phone belongs

in the glove box. Thomas ignored that advice and is

serving a sentence for causing the deaths of four people when he

ploughed into stationary traffic. We're all going to learn this lesson

and we can learn it the easy or the hard way. I learnt hard way but it

is an easy problem to solve. Just put your phone away. Back in

Cambridgeshire, a two-minute call will have serious consequences for

this HGV driver. In the 20 odd years I've been

on the road I've seen I've seen phone in one hand,

laptop on the other, and knee What just happened there,

a minor indiscretion in relation to the scale of things,

but no, I should know better. Unfortunately your

mum has been killed. Police operations will now run

alongside a media campaign centred Higher penalties are only

part of the answer. In the end, we must all be conscious

of the lives we put at risk. There is nothing that is

so important it cannot wait. Don't use your phone

whilst you're driving. Robert Hall, BBC News,

Cambridgeshire. Liverpool's Lime Street station

will be closed for several days after a wall collapsed and blocked

all four lines into the station Passengers are being advised

to check alternative routes. How much disruption is it causing?

This could have been a really serious incident last night. It

happened at about quarter to six when an 80 foot high retaining wall

right next to the West Coast Main Line, about three quarters of a mile

up the track behind me, gave way. We had our helicopter up in the last

hour or so looking into that deep cutting were all the debris is now

in place. What happened is the rubble collapsed, it set off centres

on overhead power lines and alerted a signalman. Then they stopped

services running and put all the signals to read. So luckily no train

hit the rubble because that could have been very serious. The Rail

Accident Investigation Branch are looking at this now to see if they

will have to take any action. In the meantime the railway station remains

shut to all services for the next several days because they have got

to get into that cutting to remove the rubble which they say was caused

by a third party pudding shipping containers on top of the ball, five

of them, with a lot of stuff in them which has caused the wall to

crumble. It will take some time to put right and in the meantime buses

are being laid on for passengers and it will cause a lot of disruption

for people. 14 of Britain's para-cyclists

are set to compete at the track World championships

in Los Angeles on Thursday. But with the International Cycling

Union providing just seven weeks' warning to prepare for the event

many cyclists are frustrated. And some including Britain's most

decorated Paralympian, Dame Sarah Storey, have opted out

of competing all together. Kate Grey has been to meet the GB

team in their final preparations It was the culmination

of years of training. In Rio the velodrome

was a gold medal factory. Contributing to Britain's most

successful Paralympic Games. From the high of 2016, 2017

was expected to be a quieter year. But with just seven weeks

notice, cyclists were told the World Championships were just

around the corner. And it's left many questioning

the way the sport is run. I can't imagine any other sport

getting away with it. I mean, we're talking about para-

cycling, we had four days in Rio, four days in London where we had

6000 people in the standings. It's not a little sport,

it's quite a big sport It's not very good for the athletes,

it's not good for the nations. I mean, there's nations

that aren't going. It kind of makes a mockery

of the whole thing, it makes everything look a little bit

Mickey Mouse and like its just organised by people who don't

know what they're doing. For tandem rider Sophie Thornhill

it's an opportunity to take a relaxed approach

to the championships. Everyone's going to go

in there with new targets, you know, not as high

as you would expect from Rio. And that's a good thing

because we are going in there These British athletes are making

the most of a far from ideal situation and it raises concerns

about why these sorts of problems are still occurring

in Paralympic sport. The head of the British Paralympic

Association told me big improvements need to be made in the years

between the games. When people see the track cycling

at the Paralympic Games and the stadium being full and a key

part of the event schedule, you really want to see that

replicated over the four years. And I think a lot of international

federations really need to see that For Jody, at 38 years old, his time

is running out in the sport. But he's determined to make

a difference for those If I make a voice about it and I get

out there and talk about it, then hopefully for the generation

after me, they can benefit And it would be nice to develop

the sport and be part of developing The challenges in para-

cycling will continue But for the athletes,

it's now about delivering on the track and continuing

the momentum from Rio. Proposals have been unveiled that

if adopted will be the biggest shake-up of the rules of golf

"in a generation". They include easier ways to take

free and penalty drops, and reducing the time allowed

to search for a lost ball Our sports correspondent

Katie Gornall reports. Cotton is open champion for the

second time... Few sports are steeped in tradition of golf with

laws dating back to 7044. The game has evolved but the rules remain

notoriously difficult to navigate. I think you would need a degree to

understand them. Anything they can do to make "Has to be a bonus. Today

we need to be a bit more mindful that people who are new to the game

need to understand the rules more quickly. And start playing imagery

without worrying about being penalised. Even the professionals

find it tricky. At the Masters last year confusion over a rolling

overshadowed the first major triumph for Dustin Johnson. I think he has a

two shot penalty. He will have made the ball moves, that is one shot.

Situations like this, the golf authorities want to avoid. If it is

too intimidating for people then we need to look again and I think that

was the circumstances we face. These proposals have been described as the

biggest set of changes to golf in a generation. The aim is not just to

simplify the rule book but also make it more accessible, to remove male

only references and speed up the game.

We also have the 42nd rule, to play the next shot, you need to play

within 40 seconds. So that will speed that up. That is a big deal

these days, keeping the play going. Then we have to drop rule, typically

you do not have to drop from shoulder height but just drop on the

ground like this. That is quite a big change. It is a big change. Then

also parting with the flagging, there is now no penalty with that.

The change of pace has been inspired by other sports. Meanwhile golf is

often seemingly resistant to change. The new rules should come into

effect in 2019, a significant attempt to move with the times.

Europe's most active volcano has erupted in a fiery show of lava.

Mount Etna, on the Italian island of Sicily, has been largely dormant

The volcano's latest eruptions began on Monday evening.

Authorities have reported no danger to the nearby towns and there has

Its eruptions can last days or even weeks -

A look at the weather now with Nick Miller.

It is a date for the daffodils today especially in Wales. Climate, it is

the first day of spring but not a huge amount of sunshine on offer.

Plenty of cloud around in southern England and outbreaks of rain edging

a little further north this afternoon. For the north of England,

Northern Ireland and Scotland, still some sunny spells. A few showers

around, some of these wintry on the hills. Not really feeling like

spring with single figure temperatures for most. Tonight we

have wet weather leading in and strong winds developing along the

coast of south Wales and along the south coast and inland. The wind is

strengthening into the Midlands as well. Then rain, sleet and snow no

feeding north through Wales and into parts of northern England. We could

see some accumulations and some snow possible even at lower levels. Wet

and windy weather overnight, not very pleasant. To the north of that,

Northern Ireland drive for a time but could see some rain and feels no

feeding in later in the night. Still some wintry showers in the north and

north-west of Scotland. Tomorrow is quite windy to start with a

specially crossed South East England, East Anglia. Some wet

weather for Northern Ireland, the Midlands, using. Some showers in the

North West of Scotland. Coming back to Wales and the South West but into

the afternoon, a lot of fine weather, the best of the sunshine

across central and eastern parts of the UK. Tomorrow evening the rain

comes back to Northern Ireland and into parts of Scotland. Again some

sleet and snow on higher ground. Then by Friday another area of low

pressure coming up from the. That means for England and Wales, rain

spreading north, some about quite heavy. But most of that mainly dry,

the best of the sunshine on Friday in Scotland. And for the weekend,

the huge amount of sunshine, looking unsettled at times but not all the

time. And it is the first weekend of meteorological spring. You can look

to the Equinox or the solstice to understand why seasons changed at

the beginning of the month. Take a look on the website and also get the

latest forecasts there. A reminder of our main

story this lunchtime. President Trump appealed for unity

in his first speech to Congress saying the time for trivial fights

has passed. That's all from the BBC News at One

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