03/10/2016 BBC News at Six

The UK economy is in for a rollercoaster ride -

At the Tory conference he prioritised money for housing

We are ready to take whatever steps are necessary to protect this

Sterling has fallen to a three-year low - we'll be looking

at what Mr Hammond's plans mean for the economy.

On board with some of the five thousand migrants who've crossed

These people will have been travelling for several hours now,

they'll have left the Libyan coast in the darkness, unclear

as to whether they're going to reach their destination.

Reality star Kim Kardashian is robbed at gunpoint

I've met the man I want to spend my life with.

And the first film by a black British film director opens

And coming up in the sport on BBC News, Durham are relegated

to Division Two of the County Championship

and will start next season with a 48-point penalty.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

The UK economy is in for a roller coaster ride - as the UK

negotiates its exit from the European Union -

so said the Chancellor Philip Hammond as he outlined to the Tory

conference his financial priorities over the coming year.

He pledged spending on new homes and transport but emphasised

that the deficit is still too large and will need to be tackled.

Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg was watching.

You probably have seen him somewhere.

Philip Hammond has done some of the biggest jobs

But now he's the man in charge of the country's money.

Dropping in on the nearest building site has long been a political

staple, but some things really have changed.

As the economy waits and holds its breath

after the referendum, it's Philip Hammond's time,

The fiscal policies that George Osborne set out

But when times change, we must change with them.

So we will no longer target the surplus at the end

But make no mistake, the task of fiscal

In other words, he'll still try to balance the country's

books but isn't promising to have it done by 2020.

There'll be no splurge, spending will still be cut

But this Tory Chancellor is also willing to borrow,

despite his hope to get the country out of debt.

Throughout the negotiating process, we are ready to take whatever steps

are necessary to protect this economy from turbulence.

Recognising the need for investment to build an economy that

A new plan, for the new circumstances Britain faces.

A Conservative government demonstrating the flexibility,

the common-sense and the pragmatism that has made our party the most

successful political party in British history.

They don't look like big spenders or borrowers,

it's only 2 billion to start with to build houses, but before

the referendum, the previous Chancellor, rarely seen

without his high viz jacket, would never a borrower have been.

Dealing with the deficit was practically his

The big campaign claim in the general election,

that only the Tories would get the country out of debt.

The Tories prided themselves on squeezing spending,

making enemies in some quarters and fans in others.

The cuts won't stop, but the new Chancellor wants

the option of slowing down or even borrowing, because after our vote

to leave the EU, he can't be sure what the country can afford.

You and Philip Hammond and conservative Cabinet ministers

That's what Labour promised at the election.

He said at the start of his speech, we still have a big deficit and

there is still work to do, but we need to be practical in bringing

that deficit down. The previous Chancellor promised to bring

infrastructure, it's just he failed to deliver. So it is a snub to

George Osborne? It's different. The point is, it's highly possible that

once we are clear and established about our relationship with the

European Union, the economy itself will grow fast. So he inherits a

particular situation, has to look at it and review it as he sees fit. If

it takes a little longer, so be it. Brexit has changed to have Tory talk

on the deficit, it's no longer number one. But it's not the end of

the spending squeeze. But perhaps a pause for breath.

So what do the Chancellor's plans mean for the economy,

coming a day after Theresa May said negotiations over Britain's

withdrawal from the EU will begin by next March?

Here's our Economics Editor, Kamal Ahmed.

The Treasury, run by Philip Hammond and Britain's holder of the purse

strings. A department engaged in a delicate balancing act between

borrowing to support the economy post the referendum and austerity.

Balancing the books, cutting the deficit so the government doesn't

spend more than it earns. The Chancellor still wants to get the

deficit under control, but can't do it as fast as he was hoping, or as

fast as George Osborne was hoping, because he is expecting the economy

to do less well. He might spend a bit more, but even if he doesn't, we

won't get that deficit down to zero. The deficit is what the country

spends and what it receives in revenues from things like taxes each

year. It has been the key political battle ground since the financial

crisis. In 2006, seven before the financial crisis, the deficit was

?36 billion. As the recession hit, tax revenues fell and spending rose

and the deficit hit ?155 billion in 2009, 2010. Before the referendum it

was forecast to fall to ?55 billion next year and zero by 20 20. Philip

Hammond today confirmed that target has been abandoned. The government

will borrow more to support the economy. We have seen a range of

positive news, consumers are relatively resilient, manufacturing

benefiting from the lower pound. But overall, in the medium term, we are

still expecting challenges and that would mean for the Chancellor, there

are likely to be less revenue coming in and more challenges to support

the economy. A tweet from an old friend, wishing the new Chancellor

look. It's not really look of course, the pound fell as markets

planned for Britain leaving the EU. Manufacturing figures were strong.

It is a delicate balancing act as the Chancellor plots his course

through this most uncertain of times.

Let's talk to our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg who's at the Tory

You were listening to Philip Hammond's speech, how do you

interpret what he had to say and what it says about this new

government's thinking? It is a departure from the days when David

Cameron and George Osborne were in charge when it felt the deficit was

the priority, almost to the exclusion of anything else. It is a

big political departure from Matt. But it's not a promise to introduce

the kind of borrowing and spending Labour have been calling for and

it's not an end to the cuts. But in a sense, what it really is is Philip

Hammond, with so much uncertainty around, trying to check there are

airbags there and ready to go if the process of leaving the EU becomes a

political and economic car crash. One of the things it tells us,

although the Prime Minister is determined how government is not

going to be dominated about how we waved goodbye to Brussels, big

decisions are already being driven by what Brexit really means and the

uncertainty it creates and maybe no more so than in the economy. Thank

you very much. Autumn is closing in,

the weather and the water is getting colder but still they come,

4,000 in the last two days, Migrants continue to make

the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean but they're

arriving in a Europe where countries are closing their borders

and where public opinion Nearly 3,500 are believed

to have died this year. More than 600 children have drowned

in the same period - Reeta Chakrabarti joined one rescue

mission, led by the charity I have been on this rescue ship for

over a week. Forgive me, I am battling the sound of the ship's

engine. I am in the middle of a Mediterranean and there are people

on the deck behind me, over 200 people who were rescued by this ship

yesterday. They are a fraction of the thousands of people that have

made that perilous crossing in just the last two days, undeterred by the

danger they are exposing themselves to, and by the potential reaction

they might meet in Europe. Scanning the horizon in the early

morning, when the sea The migrant boat set out at night

so the owners won't be caught. A vessel comes into view with around

100 on board. There is no orange to be seen,

meaning no life jackets. The team scrambles to

get the small rescue They're given life jackets

to make them safe. Over 300,000 people reached Europe

across this sea, this year. Over 3000 have died doing so,

or been reported missing. The people have been

quite calm until now, but they are quite clearly getting

a bit agitated and the rescuers are having to tell them to sit down,

stay calm and they These people will have been

travelling for several hours now, they will have left the Libyan coast

in the darkness, unclear if they're ever

going to reach their destination. There are smiles, relief,

but no celebration. The group is entirely male

and mostly from West Africa. This young man is among them,

he didn't want to be identified. He's come from the Ivory Coast,

which he left four years He says he's experienced kidnap

and forced labour and hopes TRANSLATION: We are all human

beings, what ever the colour We don't do this because we really

want to, we do this If only people would welcome

us because we're not The conditions in which we find

ourselves are really unfavourable. And now there is effectively

a second rescue going on. There is another humanitarian

mission ship over there. It's already transporting migrants,

and about 100 of them are being transferred from that ship

to this one. There are women this time,

some of them looking shattered The majority of these

people are from Somalia. One is this 16-year-old girl,

escaping a forced marriage. She's been travelling for ten months

and wants to study medicine Italy, where the boat is heading

will let her stay in till she's 18. If you don't like me,

maybe you will have I may be different from others,

or I may be the same. The flimsy vessels that deliver

people here are destroyed by the rescuers so it

can't be reused. As for their occupants,

they face an uncertain future in a Europe uncertain

that it wants them. Reeta Chakrabarti, BBC News off

the Libyan coast. The operator of Southern Railway has

said conductors' contracts will be terminated unless the RMT union

accepts changes to their roles. 14 more days of strikes are planned

in what has been a long-running dispute.

Richard Wescott is with me. It seemed like a good idea at the time?

Twitter gives people an opportunity to be negative as well as positive.

There are plenty of angry customers who don't care how they resolve

this, they just want it resolved. It has been dragging on since the

spring, but today the company gave the RMT union and ultimatum.

Basically, the company wants to change what the guard those on the

train, the unions are not happy. The company had said by midday on

Thursday, accept the deal, or postpone the strikes, or we start

doing it anyway. People could then start losing their jobs. We will see

what happens when this deadline passes on Thursday. Richard, thank

you. The reality TV star Kim Kardashian

has left Paris after being robbed at gunpoint in the early hours

of this morning. It's understood several men,

dressed as police officers, got into the luxury apartment

where she was staying. They made off with more

than ?8 million worth of jewellery. Lucy Williamson's report from Paris

contains some flash photography. It's not hard to know

where Kim Kardashian is - last week, her fans,

followers and photographers Today, it was police,

not paparazzi, on the steps of the luxury apartment,

investigators now occupying the rooms where one of the world's

best-known celebrities was held up and robbed in the early

hours of this morning Police have told us that the five

men broke in here last night and handcuffed the security guard,

forcing him to show them the apartment where Kim

Kardashian was staying. Once inside, they held a gun to her

head as they robbed her of jewellery worth almost ?8 million

and then tied her up and locked her in the bathroom

while they escaped. A police official said the robbers

had been well prepared. TRANSLATION:

The gunmen were informed and very likely seasoned robbers,

nothing was left to chance. They wore police styled jackets,

balaclavas, so they wouldn't be recognised

if caught on CCTV footage. heard the news while performing

in New York last night. Family emergency,

I have to stop the show. "Family emergency," he says,

"I've got to stop the show." As Kim Kardashian flew

back to the US today, morning shows broke

the news to America. She was badly shaken,

her spokeswoman said, On social media,

some joked about the attack as a wife, a mother,

a daughter and friend. The woman whose celebrity

was built on broadcasting today chose privacy in the face

of a very personal ordeal. Our top story this evening,

a warning from the Chancellor that the UK economy

is in for a rollercoaster ride. And still to come, emotional scenes

as Monty Python star Terry Jones receives a Bafta

after revealing he has dementia. Swansea sign up former

USA manager Bob Bradley after sacking Francesco Guidolin

earlier, the club has won just one

league game this season. For the first time, a movie

by a black British director, Amma Asante, is to open the 60th

London Film Festival this week. of the first President

of Botswana, Sir Seretse Khama, Their mixed-marriage

triggered a diplomatic crisis Elaine Dunkley has been speaking

to Amma Asante about her film. I am told that tuna longer wish were

Mido honour my duty as George King because of the colour of the Wi-Fi

have chosen! A United Kingdom, a film based on the true story of a

marriage that shocked the world. I love this land! But I love my wife!

Creatively, it is a fascinating story, what happy is when the

intimate story of two people falling in love happens against a huge

political backdrop, the backdrop of an empire. But also, there are all

these details in the film that I haven't been allowed to previously

see on-screen as a black woman growing up in Britain today, and so

I was really aware of the young privileged African men who were

running around London in the 1940s, you know, in trilbies and overcoats,

many of whom were going to go back to their countries and be part of

walking their countries into independence during that period. Do

you feel accepted as a British director, or do you still get a

question, where are you really from? It is very interesting, once I

became a little bit known as a director, I was kind of claimed in

many ways. I became understood as somebody who is British,

particularly because I think my stories are able to express

something of what it is to be bicultural.

My father would not approve. The language in your film is very bold

when it comes to issues around race, has that been influenced by your

upbringing? Yeah, I lived in a very explicitly negative world when it

came to race. I remember coming home from the cinema in Streatham hill

with my cinema, having bottles thrown at us. We were one of just

two black families living on the streets that I lived in in

Streatham, so we were very unusual in many ways, and we were reminded

of that regularly. You have been recently invited to vote as part of

the Oscars, there was the Holy See what diversity at the Oscars - is

there a will to change, and will things change? This has to be a many

pronged attack, we have to start changing within the industry, and

when the films are presented to ask voters, we have to judge them

fairly. Do you ever get those pinch me moments? Walking down the red

cupboard for the premiere of my film the first time with my dad at the

London Film Festival 12 years ago. I am very lucky, and yeah, right now,

it is every other day I am pinching myself. The stories from the past

are being given a new vision, a breakthrough for black British

history on the big screen. The new interim manager of England's

football team, Gareth Southgate, says he wants to move

on after a very difficult week that saw the departure

of Sam Allardyce. The former manager was filmed

in a newspaper sting appearing to give advice on how

to bypass player-transfer rules. I am involved in a sport that I

love, and an industry that at times I don't like. And really, outside of

that, the detail of what happened last week, I am not too vague with

that, because I genuinely was locked away.

One of the two remaining hospitals in the rebel-held eastern half

of the Syrian city of Aleppo has been targeted by an airstrike,

according to the medical organisation that supports it.

The UN Secretary General last week called the targeting

The hospital has been repeatedly targeted in the last week.

It is, or it was, the largest one in that part of Aleppo,

where it's estimated a quarter of a million people

Our Middle East correspondent Quentin Sommerville

joins us now from neighbouring Lebanon.

What's so concerning is not just that this is a hospital,

but it's reported to have been repeatedly targeted.

Yes, Fiona, undoubtedly this is a tactic being used by the Russians

and the Syrians. We speak to people inside Syria, and they tell us that

when the bombing started, they hid in homes. When they got bigger, they

did in their basements. The Russian tactic is to bomb them when they are

out in the open, helping the sick and the injured, targeting those

lifelines. It is an effective and brutal tactic, and as the UN said,

it is also a war crime. There have been so many war crimes in Syria you

could almost be forgiven for losing count of them, but the UN has made

it clear they are being noted, counted, and the people responsible

will one day be brought to account. Of course, that provides very little

comfort to people in Aleppo tonight, whether they are in rebel held areas

or elsewhere, who are under the threat of these bombs. Quentin

Sommerville in Lebanon, thank you. A brief look at some of the day's

other other news stories. The Deputy First Minister

of Northern Ireland Police searching for an RAF airman

who went missing in Bury St Edmunds more than week ago

are examining a bin lorry. Corrie Mckeague disappeared

after an evening out with friends. Police have seized the lorry,

believing it may contain information about his mobile phone.

BP has shut one of its oil platforms west of Shetland following a leak.

The incident happened on the Clair installation yesterday morning.

The company says about 95 tonnes were spilt.

the oil is currently moving away from the shore.

Martin McGuinness says the British Government is on a collision course

with the European Union and wants a hard border between Northern Ireland

and the Republic of Ireland would be disastrous and that there are

difficult times ahead. The world heavyweight champion

Tyson Fury announced his retirement in an expletive-laden rant

on Twitter today, but hours later

reversed his decision. It was reported last week that Fury

had tested positive for cocaine. That was a week after withdrawing

from a title rematch with Wladimir Klitschko

because he was medically unfit. In a later tweet,

he said he'd return to the ring The Monty Python actor and director

Terry Jones, who announced last month

that he has dementia, has accepted a prestigious award

for his film and television work. The recipient of the 2016 Bafta

award for his outstanding contribution to film

and television is Terry Jones. Cardiff last night,

and a standing ovation for a man who has been making

us laugh for 50 years. Michael Palin, his Python co-star

and friend since the early 1960s, presented him with

the Welsh Bafta award. For me, it was emotional,

because I love the guy, you know, and we've done

so much together. He's helped me

out of so many scrapes, he's helped me make jokes,

he's helped us write sketches, He's a brilliant

and intelligent guy who's taught me

an awful lot. there's so much

that we still enjoy. Terry Jones has been a documentary

maker, director and author, but he'll be forever

linked with Monty Python. Well, let me introduce

you, Mr John Smith. Terry Jones using his Bafta

as a mask, the old spark of humour

is still there. He's suffering from

progressive aphasia, a form of dementia which affects

his ability to speak. His son Bill, clearly emotional,

spoke for him. These struggles

we are having at the moment, Well-deserved award in very

difficult circumstances. Right, let's take a look at the weather,

John Hammond is here. All very quiet back on, but over in

the Caribbean this is the beast that is Hurricane Matthew, you can see

the art of the storm as it moves northwards, but the winds circling

around the eye, still well over 100 mph, crashing into Haiti, a glancing

blow for Jamaica, Eastern Cuba, ending up in the Bihar -- Bahamas.

We will keep a close eye on it, I can assure you. I come, very quiet,

a delightful scene earlier on, and most of us enjoyed sparkling autumn

sunshine. A bit of low cloud forming overnight in some eastern areas, in

particular the high ground, and on low ground a few fog patches, but

nothing too widespread. Some of us had a frost this morning,

temperatures not as low tonight, but well down into single figures in

rural spots. Any low cloud and mist will tend to break up, and other

lovely day. There is a weather front to the far north-west, and it will

be pushed away by a breeze from the south-east. By the afternoon,

temperatures not doing too badly, possibly the high teens. Out of the

breeze in the sunshine, very nice indeed. There is high pressure over

Scandinavia, so chilly winds around at high pressure, and there will be

a trend through the second half of the week for more chilly air to

arrive on our doorstep. Not desperately cold, but you will

notice the difference from mid week onwards, this blob of blue arriving

from the near continent, cooling things down. To sum up this week, a

lot of dry weather, that is important, a blustery wind, and a

trend to turn things more chilly later on. We will keep

an eye on Matthew as well. A reminder of our main story this

evening, the Chancellor has warned the UK economy is in for a

roller-coaster ride after the Brexit boat.

That's all from the BBC News At Six, so it's goodbye from me,

and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.