14/02/2017 BBC News at Six

Trouble for Trump - less than a month in office

The president's right hand man - Michael Flynn was the top adviser

adviser on security, but he misled his boss

about the extent of his discussions with Russian officials.

We'll be asking where this leaves an administration.

Fuel prices push inflation up to a two and a half year high -

expect more rises in the cost of living.

Reports that the half-brother of North Korea's dictator has been

Ukip's leader admits his claim that he lost a close friend

I haven't lost anyone who was a close personal friend,

there were people I knew in football.

He earns millions with his pithy clips on YouTube -

but now he's accused of anti-Semitic and Nazi references.

And coming up in the sport on BBC News:

Will Manchester City's Gabriel Jesus play again this season?

City confirm he's fractured his right foot.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

Donald Trump's presidency is just 24 days old and already a key member

of his team has been forced to resign.

Michael Flynn quit overnight after it emerged that he'd misled

the administration about the extent of his conversations with Russia's

But the resignation is unlikely to close down the controversy.

Here's our North America editor Jon Sopel.

They were oh so close, politically inseparable, but after just three

weeks of national security adviser, Michael Flynn has gone in a stunning

fall from grace, after day of chaos and confusion at the White House.

The camera loving president suddenly becoming camera shy when asked his

future. Do you have confidence in him? Today, the Republican

leadership welcomed his departure. You cannot have a national security

adviser misleading the president and others so I think the president was

right to ask for his resignation and I believe it is the right thing to

do. This all goes back to action taken over the Christmas period by

the former President Barack Obama to impose sanctions over Russia over

its interference in the election. On the 29th of December, Michael Flynn

speaks to the Russian ambassador in a series of calls. On the 15th of

January Mike Pence denies sanctions were discussed. What I can confirm

having spoken to him about it, is that those conversations which

happened to occur around the time that the national states -- United

States took action to dispel diplomats have nothing whatsoever to

do with those sanctions. But in late January the former acting Attorney

General warned the White House it might have been led by General

Flynn's account. No action was taken. On the 9th of February, the

Washington Post revealed Flynn did discuss sanctions and then the

pressure group. Today, the White House was trying to draw a line

under the affair. In the end, it was misleading the vice president that

made the situation and sustainable. Which the White House knew about

last month and yet you went on the air and said General Flynn had the

complete and full confidence of the president. And General Flynn decided

he should resign last night and the president accept resignation. Please

welcome to the stage General Mike Flynn! Michael Flynn was a spear

carrier for Donald Trump during the election making Hillary Clinton's

honesty is central part of the attacks. We do not need a president

who believes that she is above the law. Lock her up, that's right. Yes,

that's right, not corrupt! But now it is Michael Flynn who, on a

question of trust, has been found wanting, and finds himself very much

alone. Jon Sopel, BBC News, Washington.

In your report you said the White House is trying to draw a line under

this whole affair, will they manage that? I doubt it, George. I think

they are trying to isolate it and say it was purely a question that

might Flynn had misled the vice president. But that is not quite it.

What happened was the problem started when it got made public. It

is not just the misleading, it is the misleading coming into the

public domain. There is the whole series of questions, who knew what

and where? What did the president know about the calls which took

place to the Ambassador? What about the advice the acting Attorney

General gave to the White House counsel? Those will fade away I

suspect in time. There is a much bigger question than all of this and

it all centres on what is the trump relationship with Putin's Russia. If

you think of all the people Donald Trump has insulted on Twitter,

freely, the one person he will not have a word said against is

Vladimir Putin, and that question is a big one and is here to stay. Thank

you. Higher oil prices and the fall

in the value of the pound have pushed inflation to its highest

level since June 2014. The rate - as measured

by the Consumer Price Index - As our economics correspondent,

Andy Verity reports - the cost of living is likely to rise

further as companies pass Prices may be up, but it's not

yet the consumer who's being squeezed hardest,

it's the company that sells you the goods and, even more so,

the companies that produce them. This East London brewery has

boosted prices by 5%, but it's costs have risen

twice as fast. We've got auto enrolment for

the pensions coming in this year. We've got huge business

rate increase this year. And, on top of that,

we've not got a weaker pound so our raw material,

imported raw material price. In the shops, prices rose by 1.8%,

but further up the supply chain The price of goods leaving

the factory, wholesale prices, are up by 3.5% and producers aren't

yet passing on the much higher cost of raw materials,

up by more than a fifth. Well, I'd remind you that

the inflation figure announced this morning, 1.8%,

is still below The Bank of England

Monetary Policy Committee is seeking to manage inflation,

to maintain itself at or around 2%. So when inflation is at this level,

the economy should be working well. It's worth remembering,

we've been through one of the tamest periods for inflation

since the 1960s, the price of food overall is down

2% on two years ago. If you take vegetables,

like potatoes, down by 4%. The key question is -

with petrol prices rising by 17%, when will these prices

start to go up again? So far, retailers are shrugging off

higher transport costs and they're still selling us goods they bought

last year When that stock runs out, they'll be

faced with an unpalatable choice - absorb the higher cost

and watch their profits shrink or raise prices and accept the risk

that customers walk away. The half-brother of the North Korean

leader Kim Jong-un is reported to South Korean media

sources say Kim Jong-Nam was killed at Kuala Lumpur

airport yesterday morning. He's thought to have left

North Korea after being passed over Here's our diplomatic

correspondent, James Robbins. It is a country where public joy is

the test of loyalty. This is currently the man loyalists must

venerate, Kim Jong Un, latest to the Qin dynasty who have ruled North

Korea since the 1950s, the world's oddest and most secretive Stalinist

nature does this explain the leader's half brother Kim Jong-Nam

apparently poisoned as he went to board a flight. He was attacked with

spray on needles. He died on the way to hospital. It is hard to know who

would have had it in for Kim Jong-Nam, other than his half

brother the ruler of North Korea, Kim Jong Un. Why? Although Kim

Jong-Nam had been lying low for a while, he had gone off message badly

before. He had said some stuff about not believing in hereditary

accession. No nation is stranger than North Korea, in the grip of the

Qin dynasty for -- Kim dynasty. Kim Il Sung was leader and then his son

Kim Jong Il succeeded him. Then the question was who should be next. The

man believed to have been murdered was passed over and power instead

went to Kim Jong Un. North Korea's pursuit also explains the pursuit of

nuclear weapons. This week's test prompted public displays of joy at

home and condemnation around the world.

The Ukip leader Paul Nuttall has been forced to admit that he did not

lose any close personal friends in the Hillsborough disaster -

He was speaking on Liverpool's Radio City Talk and the admission calls

into question his account of what happened that day.

I haven't lost anyone who was a close personal friend,

there were people I knew in football.

I basically went through your website last night, searched

It's PaulNuttallMEP.com, that's your website.

It is your". That is wrong. -- your own quote.

Our deputy political editor John Pienaar is in Stoke,

where Mr Nuttall is standing for MP in the upcoming by-election,

How damaging is this for the Ukip leader? Well, George, this

by-election is important to the credibility of Labour but also Ukip

and its leader. To have Paul Nuttall's account of his involvement

in the Hillsborough disaster is not only emotionally loaded but

politically significant. Paul Nuttall has called suggestions that

he was not present at the Hillsborough disaster disgusting and

cruel. Labour are keen that his credibility is damaged. Why? Because

Stoke is an important test of how well or badly Labour is doing at

hanging on to traditional supporters in areas which voted heavily to

leave the European Union. Paul Nuttall has had a lot of flak. This

is a dispute and the election that either side can afford to lose.

Thank you. And here is a full list

of all the candidates standing in the Stoke-on-Trent Central

by-election as well as Mr Nuttall. Police are investigating the death

of a 10-year-old boy at a branch He's been named locally

as Kaden Reddick. Officers say he was injured

after an incident involving store furniture yesterday afternoon,

and died later in hospital. His death is being treated

as unexplained but not suspicious. The owner of the French car firm,

Peugeot, says it could buy the Vauxhall and Opel brands

from America's General Motors. Here, General Motors employs 4,500

people at the Vauxhall car plants As our business editor, Simon Jack,

reports if the deal goes through it Vauxhall makes 60,000 vans

here in Luton every year, it makes another 120,000 cars

at Ellesmere Port and both factories could have a new owner

if General Mortars sells its European business to the owner

of Peugeot and Citreon. Any potential deal

would redraw the map Across Europe, the PSA Group

has 14 production sites GM Europe is known as Opel and has

eight factories outside the UK with 39,000 employees and of course

there's Vauxhall in Luton Now, these are only talks

at the moment, but if a deal did go-ahead putting together Peugeot,

Citreon, Vauxhall and Opel, it would be a game-changer,

creating a giant behind only Volkswagen in

European car production. And whenever you get consolidation

on that scale it's bound to cause understandable concern

at plants like this in Luton and all around Europe

about whether job cuts could be Cutting costs I think would mean

closing some plants in Europe to try If we think about that,

then where does that leave the UK, in the sense that we've got flexible

labour markets here. General Motors has already indicated

it faces a financial I think there's going to be some

vulnerability for the UK plants The French government

owns 14% of PSA, as does The French government owns 14%

of PSA, as does the Peugeot family. The French government

own a significant chunk of Peugeot. They've already come out and say

they welcome the prospect of Peugeot buying Vauxhall Opel

and we want to make certain our Government is not

sitting on the side lines, because you can bet your life

that the French government will be The Government told the BBC

tonight it was monitoring There are a lot of moving parts

in this negotiation, but these manufacturers have

collaborated before and together they hope to assemble

a European car giant. One of President Trump's top

advisers is forced to resign over claims he misled the administration

about contacts with Turning the clock back -

for the first time in half a century a steam train carries passengers

on a scheduled mainline service. Coming up in Sportsday

on BBC News... Arsenal build up to their

Champions League last 16 tie against Bayern Munich,

with Arsene Wenger's future There's been a huge growth in what's

called the gig economy - that's when people juggle a number

of jobs without guaranteed hours Now, the Government is carrying out

a review into working The TUC says tax lost from those

using self-employed laws in the gig Here's our economics

editor, Kamal Ahmed. Meet Jonathan Esseku,

Uber driver and a member of the new economy, self-employed,

his own boss. In a changing world of work that has

thrown up controversies over tax, over security of employment,

over the very way we will work Uber's good for me because it

enables me to be flexible. You know, you can work

the hours you want. When you're ready to work,

you work and when you're working, you know, you'll be quite reasonably

rewarded for your efforts. Talking to entrepreneurs,

the man the Prime Minister has asked for a plan

for the new world of work. He says the amount of tax raised

by the Government has fallen as some businesses use it to avoid tax

and rights such as maternity Self-employment is a legitimate

route for many companies, but we've got to make sure that

people aren't simply trying to find a way of disguising real work

as self-employment in order to avoid paying taxes or living up

to employment regulations. A new study by the unions says

the Government could be losing up to ?4 billion a year

in lower tax payments. That is made up of ?2.1

billion lost from the rise in the self-employed,

who pay less tax. And then there is the ?1.9 billion

lost from those on zero-hours contracts, who tend to be pushed

into lower paid work. Workers are losing

out on basic rights. The taxpayer is losing out

on funding for the Exchequer But of course, the taxpayer is also

having to fund a higher in-work benefits bill because very often

the self-employment, For many people, like here

in central London, the new world of work is a pretty positive

development, but for others Theresa May has pledged to enhance

the rights of many people When Matthew Taylor's report

comes out in the summer, expect it to pledge new rights

to fair and decent employment. And fairer taxation,

the Treasury is on the case, looking to next month's Budget

to reform the rules on how businesses are taxed

in this new world of work. Felix Shellberg - otherwise

knows as PewDiePie - is the highest paid

star on YouTube. 15 billion times -

that's right 15 billion. Now Disney has decided

to end its lucrative collaboration It says some of his videos have

included Nazi references Mr Shellberg denies being anti

semitic and says he meant Mr Shellberg rose to fame playing

games on YouTube. I have an eye on you, sir. With more than 53 million

subscribers he's the world's highest pay YouTuber, reportedly earning ?12

million from the site in 2016 alone. Recently, his videos have been

extremely controversial. Containing Nazi references or anti-Semitic

pictures. I like the editing. He asks these two boys to hold up a

sign saying, "death to all Jews." Disney cut its ties with the star

calling it the videos inappropriate. The challenges comes, his ability to

reach a massive audience. Brands at your peril work with people like him

because he is provocative he can be a dangerous proposition for any

brand, particularly Disney. The 27-year-old responded by saying he

was trying to show how crazy the modern world is, but he's in no way

supporting any kind of hateful attitudes. What does that mean for

him on YouTube? They told us he didn't break any of their rules.

However, his up-and-coming subscription feature has been

cancelled. He's been taken off the Google preferred list, which means

top advertisers won't be posting on his void Yeos. You need to shout the

loudest and be the most controversial so these new

broadcasters write about what you are doing in a negative way. Traffic

is traffic. That's how you earn your living. With more people heading

online to do just that, it's yet to be seen whether successful YouTubers

can remain controversial and still appeal to the advertisers?

The complex needs of our ageing population present challenges

In Scotland, the integration of health and social care

is intended to improve older patient's experiences,

many can be treated at home rather than in hospital.

Since April last year, the budgets for NHS and local

council services have been merged to try to improve co-ordination.

Here's our Scotland editor, Sarah Smith.

Elizabeth Gibson has both a psychotherapist and a social

worker calling on her at home, helping her recover

Without their help, she might well still be in hospital,

taking up a bed that can now be used for patients with more

Well, I think I got better quicker, which is great.

In the hospital, they haven't enough beds.

If they can do it at home - a, I think you're much better at home.

You don't get bugs and infection, etc, and I think it's

Placing one foot in front of the other.

This is the Scottish Government's flagship NHS policy in action,

the integration of health and social care.

All the medical staff involved in Mrs Gibson's care meet

regularly to co-ordinate their patient's needs.

By providing care at home, they should be able to reduce

Integrated health and social care centres, like this one,

combine GP practices with social work, mental health services,

physiotherapy, district nurses and health visitors.

Having all of that under one roof, managers say, makes it much easier

to co-ordinate a patient's different care needs.

We have traditionally had hospital care, people were in-patients,

they were acutely unwell and then they went out to the community,

to a nursing home, and those two things were very separate.

But in fact, we realised that people get much more out of our care

if we can have them looked after in their own environment but,

importantly, that they have the right care,

Spending on the NHS in Scotland is higher

than in the rest of the UK, but there are still problems

and it's too soon to see any measurable, nationwide change

We do know at the moment there are some great examples,

but they're not being rolled out fast enough or consistently enough

across Scotland given the scale of the challenge.

90-year-old Neta Hastings discovered integration does

After what should have been a very brief hospital stay,

her daughter had to battle to get her the care she needed at

I was really annoyed about it, you know.

There's lot of people in there who don't have somebody

battling for them and they're lying there waiting for care,

Mrs Hastings' experience is exactly the kind of problem integrated care

is meant to address, but her case shows it is not yet

For many, it was a romantic era of travel.

The sights - and sounds - of the steam train was once

Well today, steam power returned for the first time in nearly half

a century in a timetabled service between Cumbria and North Yorkshire.

Let's go live now to our correspondent,

We maybe in a fairly remote spot but a steam train will pull into this

platform, pulling eight carriages with hundreds of passengers on

board. Way more than you would normally expect to find on a train

at this time of the week. That's because the attraction of steam has

proved very strong for people today. On the Settle to Carlisle line

today, the sights and sounds It's a long time since

the mid-morning service from Skipton B.

B. But then this was the first

timetabled steam train in England Standard fares and discounts

applied, you'd normally pay a hefty premium for a steam trip,

but not here, not this week. I thought I'd fetch my wife

for Valentine's Day. so it was cheaper

than a bunch of roses. So what do you make

of the Valentine's present? On the footplate, the crew

were working hard, tonnes of coal were shovelled as the train went

back-and-forth between And this isn't just

about a trip on a steam train, for lots of people it's a ride

through the Yorkshire Dales countryside as well and crossing

the Ribblehead viaduct. Talking to some customers

on the train that had travelled from Essex,

Norfolk, you know, just for I think, you know, Valentine's Day,

the Settle and Carlisle railway, on a stream train, I mean,

how better does it get? So could we see more

timetabled steam trains It's something we could do once

a year, maybe twice a year. You know, it would fit in Cornwall

in Anglia, in Scotland say. Yeah, we could take

it round the country. This maybe the start of something

special on Britain's railways, 49 years after mainline

steam officially ended. From the mountains to the coast, a

glorious day today in the west of Scotland, 14 degrees. Sticking out

in the sunshine, nicely indeed. Not so sunny for all of us. Cloud in

Northern Ireland through to Wales and in Holyhead. In Hollywood it was

warmer than this. In Holyhead it was disappointing with rain. They will

push northwards through the night. We could see showers to the far

south-east and wet weather to the far south-west of England.

Temperatures not that low. Maybe a touch of frost to the northern

Glenns of Scotland. Frost-free but a wet start to the day, breakfast time

across parts of Cornwall, pushing into Devon and thundery bursts here

up into south-west Wales. Murk around and fog up over high levels,

but should brighten up a little bit. Don't hold your breath. Showers into

Northern Ireland, for west side of Scotland. Scotland will have

sunshine to the northern Glens. It will be chilly. Through the day,

hopefully it will brighten up for some of us. The best of the sunshine

to the north of Scotland. This band of showery rain pushing up through

the heart of England, through Wales, through Northern Ireland we will see

showers into north-west England, south-west Scotland. Behind that it

will brighten up to the far south-west of England and Wales.

Double figures in many places. Another mild one coming up.

Thursday, quiet to the southern half of the UK. Any fog should lift.

Sunshine will develop. Further North, a boisterous day for Scotland

and Northern Ireland, for north of England, a breeze here and blustery

showers to the far north of Scotland. Pretty mild. Watch out for

fog on Friday morning. It could be an issue. John, thank you.

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

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