:00:00. > :00:08.Tonight at Ten: A challenging year ahead for the global economy,
:00:09. > :00:12.the latest warning, this time from the Bank of England.
:00:13. > :00:16.The Governor rules out an imminent rise in interest rates in the UK.
:00:17. > :00:18.A rather different message to the one he delivered just
:00:19. > :00:28.The year has turned and that decision proves straightforward, now
:00:29. > :00:38.is not yet the time to raise interest rates.
:00:39. > :00:40.Recent turbulence in the global economy, with a focus on slower
:00:41. > :00:43.growth in China, are the main factors behind the decision to keep
:00:44. > :00:47.We'll have more on the Governor's message and we'll be taking a closer
:00:48. > :00:49.look at what's happening in the Chinese economy.
:00:50. > :00:52.Also tonight: A court rules that a baby girl in Cumbria was sexually
:00:53. > :00:55.assaulted by her father shortly before her death.
:00:56. > :00:57.A special report on Turkey's handling of the migration crisis.
:00:58. > :01:01.23,000 people have been smuggled into Europe in the past three weeks.
:01:02. > :01:06.It's a journey of about two-and-a-half hours across to
:01:07. > :01:10.Greece and once they're there the journey into Europe begins.
:01:11. > :01:13.A two-day strike by junior doctors in England scheduled for next week
:01:14. > :01:18.has been suspended as talks on the new contract continue.
:01:19. > :01:21.And, they have a black host, but no black actors among
:01:22. > :01:23.the nominees for the second year running.
:01:24. > :01:25.On BBC London: How to spot whether children are being
:01:26. > :01:28.The new Government website for teachers and parents.
:01:29. > :01:30.And the Tory man who wants to be Mayor.
:01:31. > :01:54.Zac Goldsmith sets out his vision for London.
:01:55. > :02:00.The latest warning of a bumpy year ahead for the global economy has
:02:01. > :02:02.come from the Governor of the Bank of England.
:02:03. > :02:05.Mark Carney - in his first major speech of 2016 -
:02:06. > :02:08.has ruled out an imminent rise in interest rates in the UK,
:02:09. > :02:11.a rather different message to the one he delivered just
:02:12. > :02:16.The value of sterling sank to its lowest for seven years,
:02:17. > :02:19.following the news that Mr Carney was concerned by weaker economic
:02:20. > :02:22.growth and volatility in China, where growth is at its lowest
:02:23. > :02:34.Our economics editor Kamal Ahmed reports.
:02:35. > :02:36.In China the economic juggernaut is slowing as the country attempts
:02:37. > :02:39.Around the world, the global oil price is collapsing,
:02:40. > :02:41.a reflection of weakening growth and in Britain,
:02:42. > :02:47.For the governor of the Bank of England there are warning signs
:02:48. > :02:52.Now is not yet the time to raise interest rates.
:02:53. > :02:57.This wasn't a surprise to market participants
:02:58. > :03:03.They observed the renewed collapse in oil prices,
:03:04. > :03:06.the volatility in China, the moderation in growth in wages
:03:07. > :03:15.He said the next rate rise wouldn't be governed by a firm timetable,
:03:16. > :03:18.That means we will do the right thing, at the right
:03:19. > :03:23.It was here at Lincoln Cathedral that the governor said
:03:24. > :03:26.that the question of interest rate rises would come into sharper relief
:03:27. > :03:32.That was last summer and things have certainly become chillier
:03:33. > :03:36.since then, both for the weather and the UK economy.
:03:37. > :03:40.After today's speech, many are now predicting
:03:41. > :03:45.that the first interest rate rise in the UK since 2007 may not arrive
:03:46. > :03:53.For local residents it might be good news for mortgage holders,
:03:54. > :04:01.I mean, obviously, I appreciate that you don't want mortgage rates to go
:04:02. > :04:07.up too high because that's going to impact greatly on people.
:04:08. > :04:10.The problem now is I'm getting nothing, virtually nothing,
:04:11. > :04:17.There is nothing you can do without taking a risk and at my age,
:04:18. > :04:22.Is Mr Carney flip-flopping on when interest rates may rise?
:04:23. > :04:25.The trouble with trying to say what you're going to do
:04:26. > :04:28.with interest rates is people rightly say,
:04:29. > :04:30.well, give us a clue about where it's going?
:04:31. > :04:33.But you can't give a clue because your actions are always
:04:34. > :04:38.There could be more poor data tomorrow.
:04:39. > :04:41.Figures are likely to show that wage growth is slowing,
:04:42. > :04:47.another headwind for an economy beset by local and global problems.
:04:48. > :04:57.As we heard, Mr Carney's predictions were made against a background
:04:58. > :04:59.of bleak forecasts about the health of the global economy.
:05:00. > :05:02.And one of the main factors is a slowdown in China.
:05:03. > :05:05.The Chinese economy grew by just under 7% in 2015.
:05:06. > :05:07.Although this rate seems impressive here in the West,
:05:08. > :05:09.it's the weakest annual growth in China since 1990,
:05:10. > :05:19.Some observers insist Chinese growth is actually much weaker
:05:20. > :05:21.than the official data as our correspondent Stephen Evans
:05:22. > :05:28.It's the shopping centre where shoppers barely came.
:05:29. > :05:30.Modelled on the Pentagon in Washington, this massive retail
:05:31. > :05:35.park in Shanghai was meant to be a money magnet
:05:36. > :05:42.Inside, rows and rows of empty shops and a solitary,
:05:43. > :05:50.Just outside Shanghai, this tailor makes a winter coat.
:05:51. > :05:56.It's cold here but she fears the economic chill.
:05:57. > :06:02.TRANSLATION: It's very difficult for him to find a new
:06:03. > :06:08.Employers don't want him and he's no longer young enough
:06:09. > :06:16.Our financial situation is definitely going to get worse.
:06:17. > :06:22.This economy has ploughed ahead at 10% a year for nearly three
:06:23. > :06:24.decades and no economy can sustain that growth.
:06:25. > :06:30.Some question whether Chinese official figures are accurate
:06:31. > :06:32.but they don't add the big picture - slowdown.
:06:33. > :06:36.China produced less electricity in 2015 than the year before,
:06:37. > :06:46.This economy's grown from the starvation and the wreckage
:06:47. > :06:54.Now it's moving forward at a more normal pace.
:06:55. > :06:58.But the question is can it make that transition smoothly?
:06:59. > :07:01.Nobody's going to dismantle this amazing structure
:07:02. > :07:05.but are the financial foundations secure?
:07:06. > :07:12.Can it make the change without a crash?
:07:13. > :07:16.And there are problems, wages have risen, cutting China's
:07:17. > :07:20.competitive advantage, much construction was on borrowed money.
:07:21. > :07:30.So without lowering the cost of capital, then this
:07:31. > :07:37.It used to be said that when America sneezed,
:07:38. > :07:44.The outlook for China is darker and that makes it tougher
:07:45. > :07:51.China hasn't caught economic pneumonia yet but nor is it
:07:52. > :08:03.Stephen Evans, BBC News, Shanghai.
:08:04. > :08:05.A judge has ruled that a baby girl from Cumbria,
:08:06. > :08:08.who died suddenly in 2012, had been sexually assaulted
:08:09. > :08:11.by her father shortly before her death.
:08:12. > :08:14.Poppi Worthington was found with serious injuries at her home
:08:15. > :08:15.in Barrow-in-Furness but it's still not known
:08:16. > :08:20.Paul Worthington was questioned by police on suspicion of sexual
:08:21. > :08:23.assault but was not charged and he's denied any wrongdoing.
:08:24. > :08:29.Poppi Worthington was a healthy 13-month-old toddler
:08:30. > :08:37.For three years, secrecy surrounded her death but,
:08:38. > :08:40.for the first time, a High Court judge has revealed moments before
:08:41. > :08:49.Poppi died she'd suffered a violent sexual assault by her father.
:08:50. > :08:51.This is Paul Worthington, he was alone with Poppi
:08:52. > :08:55.He was questioned on suspicion of sexual assault, but never charged
:08:56. > :09:01.and released after an investigation full of mistakes.
:09:02. > :09:05.The court was told there was a series of police failures
:09:06. > :09:08.to investigate Poppi Worthington's death.
:09:09. > :09:11.The judge said the case was "unprecedented."
:09:12. > :09:14.He called it "astonishing incompetence", missed opportunities
:09:15. > :09:23.The court detailed a catalogue of errors by detectives
:09:24. > :09:27.Her nappy, clothes and bedding were lost.
:09:28. > :09:30.Paul Worthington's laptop was also lost.
:09:31. > :09:33.Senior police officers didn't visit Poppi's home and her parents
:09:34. > :09:37.were not interviewed for eight months.
:09:38. > :09:43.I want the Home Secretary to step in now and give this case to another
:09:44. > :09:46.force to try to salvage some hope that there could be a criminal
:09:47. > :09:53.investigation after all of the failings.
:09:54. > :09:56.Those failures mean we still don't know the cause of Poppi's death
:09:57. > :10:00.and without new evidence her father won't face prosecution.
:10:01. > :10:03.I do accept that the police and other agencies perhaps have
:10:04. > :10:08.This is former detective Mike Forster, he led the inquiry
:10:09. > :10:15.The BBC has seen this unpublished report by
:10:16. > :10:22.the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
:10:23. > :10:23.It describes the investigation as "unstructured and disorganisation",
:10:24. > :10:30.I think what people need to try and understand as well
:10:31. > :10:33.is that the IPCC look at policies and procedures and how it should be
:10:34. > :10:40.Tonight, the Government has warned Cumbria County Council's Children's
:10:41. > :10:45.Services to improve or face tough action.
:10:46. > :10:50.Paul Worthington has denied abusing his daughter,
:10:51. > :11:01.An independent review of the handling of child sexual
:11:02. > :11:03.abuse allegations against the late Lord Janner has blamed poor police
:11:04. > :11:05.investigations and mistakes by prosecutors for the failure
:11:06. > :11:14.Greville Janner, a former Labour MP, died in December, before
:11:15. > :11:16.an official review of the facts could be held.
:11:17. > :11:19.A man who alleges he was sexually abused as a child by Lord Janner
:11:20. > :11:21.says he's angry that three opportunities to prosecute
:11:22. > :11:28.A 48-hour strike by junior doctors in England, planned for next week,
:11:29. > :11:30.has been suspended by the British Medical Association.
:11:31. > :11:33.Talks are continuing between the BMA and NHS employers on the terms
:11:34. > :11:39.of the controversial new doctors' contract.
:11:40. > :11:42.The two sides disagree over how best to make more health services
:11:43. > :11:50.Our health correspondent Sophie Hutchinson is outside the BMA
:11:51. > :11:55.headquarters in central London for us tonight.
:11:56. > :12:02.Should people read into this they're closing to some agreement? Perhaps
:12:03. > :12:06.edging towards a deal, you might say, that is the hope that there is
:12:07. > :12:09.no sign of a significant breakthrough at this stage. The
:12:10. > :12:13.talks between Government officials and doctors have been taking place
:12:14. > :12:18.behind closed doors, so details are limited. But what doctors here today
:12:19. > :12:22.at the British Medical Association have said is that they feel that
:12:23. > :12:26.things are improving, that there is now real room for some progress.
:12:27. > :12:31.They said that they were hopeful. They also said they felt the
:12:32. > :12:34.Government was now listening to their concerns, which have been
:12:35. > :12:38.around safety and also around pay. They say that's why they've called
:12:39. > :12:41.off this strike next week, this two-day strike that was going to
:12:42. > :12:46.take place, the Government has welcomed that and clearly it's
:12:47. > :12:51.better news for patients. That strike has been called off but there
:12:52. > :12:56.was a third strike on the list, is that going ahead? Yes, at the moment
:12:57. > :13:00.that strike planned for 10th February is going ahead. That would
:13:01. > :13:07.be a full walk-out by junior doctors. It will be the first time
:13:08. > :13:10.in the NHS that junior doctors have not covered emergency care and
:13:11. > :13:14.clearly that is a much greater challenge for the NHS than the
:13:15. > :13:20.previous strikes and for patient care. Now that is the threat hanging
:13:21. > :13:23.over these negotiations now, there are three weeks until then for the
:13:24. > :13:30.Government and junior doctors to reach some kind of understanding and
:13:31. > :13:37.the clock is ticking. Thank you very much for updating us.
:13:38. > :13:40.The European Union has two months at best to get the migration crisis
:13:41. > :13:42.under control, according to the President of the European
:13:43. > :13:46.He says failure to control the influx of refugees and migrants
:13:47. > :13:47.could mean the end of the Schengen Agreement,
:13:48. > :13:50.the system which allows freedom of movement without passports
:13:51. > :13:54.More than 23,000 people have been smuggled from Turkey into Europe
:13:55. > :13:58.so far this year, that's three times more than in the whole of last
:13:59. > :14:05.The EU has pledged over ?2 billion in aid for Turkey to help
:14:06. > :14:09.But, as our special correspondent Fergal Keane reports
:14:10. > :14:11.from the Turkish port of Izmir, that hasn't stopped the criminal
:14:12. > :14:17.gangs determined to make more money from the crisis.
:14:18. > :14:20.By the time they get here there's one choice,
:14:21. > :14:25.refugees must pay the criminal gangs or get stuck in Turkey.
:14:26. > :14:28.So far in 2016 the numbers trying to cross to Europe have tripled
:14:29. > :14:35.And with rough winter seas, prices have more than halved
:14:36. > :14:42.Families come into cafes like this to meet the smugglers' middlemen.
:14:43. > :14:45.Just behind me a deal is being brokered now to try
:14:46. > :14:48.Using a Syrian contact, we've been able to secretly record
:14:49. > :14:53.a conversation with one of the middlemen.
:14:54. > :14:58.The smuggling Mafia has offices in the centre of town,
:14:59. > :15:00.where we secretly filmed this man who calls himself Abu Saif
:15:01. > :15:42.We've discovered that even children have been recruited into the trade.
:15:43. > :15:45.These Syrian refugee boys were selling life jackets.
:15:46. > :16:00.The oldest, no more than 13, the youngest about eight.
:16:01. > :16:02.Then the older one offered to organise a crossing
:16:03. > :16:15.And the boy assured us they'll be no danger of the boat breaking down.
:16:16. > :16:18.But boats do sink, the drowning of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi last
:16:19. > :16:28.Overcrowded boats, sinking on rough seas as refugee try
:16:29. > :16:38.Resisting the smugglers' orders can be perilous.
:16:39. > :17:04.And we would discover just how dangerous and brazen they are.
:17:05. > :17:07.Under the light of a thunder storm we waited at a beach.
:17:08. > :17:09.More than 30 people downed here a week earlier.
:17:10. > :17:14.Suddenly, the lights of a smugglers' coach carrying refugees.
:17:15. > :17:18.As the sun rose, we found the people on the beach.
:17:19. > :17:20.They were readying themselves, soon the smugglers would
:17:21. > :17:36.The majority here are women and children from Iraq.
:17:37. > :17:40.We left our country, but we still love our
:17:41. > :17:47."When I left my home, I cried and I cried.
:17:48. > :17:50.My family and my children had left and I was alone there."
:17:51. > :17:53.The people here are now waiting for the smugglers' boat to arrive.
:17:54. > :17:55.It's a journey of about two-and-a-half hours
:17:56. > :17:57.across to Greece and once they're there, the journey
:17:58. > :18:02.The police came, Turkey says it's clamping down on smuggling,
:18:03. > :18:04.they've been dozens of arrests, but not this time,
:18:05. > :18:10.Then four vans appeared, the Turkish smugglers
:18:11. > :18:42.We hid behind rocks and witnessed the loading of the refugees
:18:43. > :18:46.as the boats are launched, a smuggler jumps off,
:18:47. > :18:47.the people are on their own.
:18:48. > :18:50.A man desperately tries to restart the engine.
:18:51. > :18:58.After nervous minutes, the second boat is on its way again.
:18:59. > :19:03.War and the failure of government have left the vulnerable
:19:04. > :19:12.Fergal Keane, BBC News, western Turkey.
:19:13. > :19:16.As we saw there in Fergal's report, many of the refugees trying to get
:19:17. > :19:29.Today, the UN published a report saying that violence suffered
:19:30. > :19:30.by civilians there remained at "staggering" levels.
:19:31. > :19:33.It says at least 18,800 people were killed between the beginning
:19:34. > :19:37.The UN accuses the so-called Islamic State group of systematic
:19:38. > :19:38.and widespread violence, including holding some 3,500 people,
:19:39. > :19:41.mainly women and children, as slaves.
:19:42. > :19:43.Alleged abuses by troops, militiamen and Kurdish forces
:19:44. > :19:52.Our correspondent, Jim Muir, reports now from the front-line
:19:53. > :20:06.of Fallujah and Ramadi, as the Iraqi Army tries to confront
:20:07. > :20:10.Just a week ago this was an empty field, now it's home to hundreds
:20:11. > :20:13.fleeing the battles at Ramadi, joining many thousands uprooted
:20:14. > :20:17.Razil arrived here with her family, or what's left of it.
:20:18. > :20:18.As they were fleeing, a bomb went off.
:20:19. > :20:20.Razil's two teenage sisters were killed.
:20:21. > :20:22.She and her brother were hit by the shrapnel.
:20:23. > :20:25.The family had already lost one of its sons to the self-styled
:20:26. > :20:35.TRANSLATION: They took my son and held him for a year,
:20:36. > :20:39.Then they came and said, "we've killed, and don't even ask
:20:40. > :20:43.Life was terrible the children were living in fear.
:20:44. > :20:46.The dogs were living better than that us.
:20:47. > :20:49.The camp's not far from the front-line with the city of
:20:50. > :20:57.Under Saddam Hussein, they virtually ruled Iraq.
:20:58. > :21:00.Now, IS is in control there, cashing in on Sunni resentment
:21:01. > :21:06.against the Shia dominated government.
:21:07. > :21:09.The battle for Fallujah is clearly coming up very soon,
:21:10. > :21:11.but as the government forces push harder against IS,
:21:12. > :21:13.the militants, one thing is becoming very clear -
:21:14. > :21:16.this is not a war that can be won by military means alone.
:21:17. > :21:19.They have to win back the Sunni community whose alienation
:21:20. > :21:22.from the Baghdad government gave IS, the militants, fertile soil
:21:23. > :21:30.Most of the IS fighters in Fallujah and elsewhere are believed to be
:21:31. > :21:35.But here, Sunni tribes have taken up arms against IS.
:21:36. > :21:40.TRANSLATION: Everybody's been harmed by IS, houses and mosques destroyed.
:21:41. > :21:49.They arrived saying, "we've come to help you,
:21:50. > :21:53.to defend you", but now they have shown their true colours and people
:21:54. > :21:56.are cursing IS because they've seen its reality.
:21:57. > :22:01.This is what IS left behind in Ramadi.
:22:02. > :22:05.The Army's almost won the fight here, but there's a long way to go
:22:06. > :22:07.before IS is driven out of the huge Anbar province.
:22:08. > :22:10.History has shown that if the government loses the battle
:22:11. > :22:13.for Sunni hearts and minds, it could lose all this
:22:14. > :22:26.A statement from the so-called Islamic State group has confirmed
:22:27. > :22:28.the death of the British militant known as Jihadi John in a drone
:22:29. > :22:35.Mohammed Emwazi was a British citizen of Arab origin who gained
:22:36. > :22:43.notoriety worldwide for his filmed executions of Western hostages.
:22:44. > :22:52.US forces said last year that they were "reasonably certain"
:22:53. > :22:54.then that he'd been killed in a strike.
:22:55. > :22:57.Labour has released the findings of its internal inquiry into why
:22:58. > :23:02.It says it failed to convince voters it could be trusted on the economy,
:23:03. > :23:05.During the day, another report was published on the mistakes made
:23:06. > :23:07.by polling organisations which failed to predict
:23:08. > :23:09.a Conservative majority and suggested a hung parliament
:23:10. > :23:17.Our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, reports now
:23:18. > :23:21.How did you chose who lives behind this famous door?
:23:22. > :23:23.We are saying the Conservatives are the largest party.
:23:24. > :23:25.Pollsters and pundits thought the decision was achingly close,
:23:26. > :23:35.As ballot boxes were closed, the extensive exit poll
:23:36. > :23:37.was like an electric shock to the political establishment.
:23:38. > :23:40.If this exit poll is right, Andrew, I will publicly eat my hat
:23:41. > :23:44.All those predictions of a hung parliament were off,
:23:45. > :23:47.mainly because of one big simple mistake.
:23:48. > :23:54.They had too many Labour voters in them and too few
:23:55. > :23:57.The pollsters were wrong, but were you listening?
:23:58. > :24:07.Did you pay any attention to the polls?
:24:08. > :24:11.Every now and again I read the results,
:24:12. > :24:16.It was really only in the last week or so before the election that
:24:17. > :24:19.I realised that they were all singing from the same book
:24:20. > :24:21.which was - it's going to be too close to call.
:24:22. > :24:24.Do you think people do pay attention to the opinion polls?
:24:25. > :24:27.Definitely, I think most people do, you know because, you know,
:24:28. > :24:30.it takes a bit more extra effort, I suppose, to dig deeper.
:24:31. > :24:31.Did you pay attention to the opinion polls?
:24:32. > :24:37.I mean, I'm 76 now, so I've been there, done it.
:24:38. > :24:39.Ed Miliband can only get into Downing Street if he has
:24:40. > :24:49.But the polls were the backdrop and for as long as it looked
:24:50. > :24:53.like a dead heat, the Tories accused Ed Miliband of plotting to use
:24:54. > :24:56.Did the polls change politicians behaviour in the campaign?
:24:57. > :24:59.Yes, and they did influence the questions they were asked.
:25:00. > :25:01.But did the polls shift millions of votes on their own?
:25:02. > :25:07.The Tories win and Labour's loss were about more than numbers.
:25:08. > :25:10.Almost as soon as it was unveiled, carving the party's policies
:25:11. > :25:14.in the so-called EdStone seemed like a mistake.
:25:15. > :25:17.But an official party report today said much more went wrong
:25:18. > :25:23.Ed Miliband struggled to be seen as a strong leader.
:25:24. > :25:25.Labour didn't present a compelling pitch for power and didn't persuade
:25:26. > :25:32.The task we had was to try to convince people
:25:33. > :25:39.that they could trust us, particularly with the economy,
:25:40. > :25:44.and to deal with issues that the Conservatives had made
:25:45. > :25:46.issues of divisions between people, like welfare and immigration.
:25:47. > :25:49.And we weren't able to do that in the end.
:25:50. > :25:51.Working out what went wrong is the easy part,
:25:52. > :25:54.the report says Jeremy Corbyn will need 94 more seats next time
:25:55. > :25:57.Hugely popular among his own supporters, but as all politicians
:25:58. > :26:00.know, getting your own party on side is not nearly enough.
:26:01. > :26:08.Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Westminster.
:26:09. > :26:10.The Republican front-runner, Donald Trump, has said he has
:26:11. > :26:13.received the endorsement of the former Governor of Alaska,
:26:14. > :26:19.In a statement, the businessman described Sarah Palin,
:26:20. > :26:23.a former Republican nominee for vice-president, as a friend
:26:24. > :26:25.for whom he had great respect and said he was proud
:26:26. > :26:28.Our Washington correspondent, Gary O'Donoghue, is at
:26:29. > :26:31.the Trump Hotel in Washington for us tonight.
:26:32. > :26:40.Gary, what impact might this have on the Republican race?
:26:41. > :26:46.In less than an hour's time two of the most colourful and controversial
:26:47. > :26:51.figures in recent political memory will stand side by side on a stage
:26:52. > :26:56.in Iowa, less than two weeks before that state has its say on who should
:26:57. > :27:03.be the nominee for Republican presidency. Now, that is a huge flip
:27:04. > :27:08.to the Trump campaign. Why? Sarah Palin is a huge darling of social
:27:09. > :27:13.conservatives and evangelicals they are a significant part of the
:27:14. > :27:22.Republican electorate in Iowa. Now, Donald Trump's main rival for the
:27:23. > :27:25.candidacy is Ted Cruz, the Senator from Texas, he has been running them
:27:26. > :27:29.a close second he would have loved Sarah Palin's endorsement. More than
:27:30. > :27:33.the endorsement, what Donald Trump has proved once again is that he can
:27:34. > :27:39.draw the oxygen, pull the limelight, from his arrivals onto to himself at
:27:40. > :27:48.a key moment in the campaign. Huw. Gary, thanks again for theup date.
:27:49. > :27:54.Gary O'Donoghue at the Trump Hotel in Washington.
:27:55. > :27:56.Tributes have been paid to Glenn Frey, a founding member
:27:57. > :27:58.of one of America's most successful groups, The Eagles,
:27:59. > :28:11.# Take it easy. # Take it easy...
:28:12. > :28:15.He was the lead singer on several of the group's hits,
:28:16. > :28:18.wrote some of the band's biggest hits among them,
:28:19. > :28:22.The group sold more than 150 million albums worldwide.
:28:23. > :28:25.The absence of black actors among the nominees for the Oscars
:28:26. > :28:28.for the second year running is "unforgivable", according
:28:29. > :28:31.to the British actor David Oyelowo, who was overlooked last year
:28:32. > :28:34.for his performance as Martin Luther King in Selma.
:28:35. > :28:43.There are calls to boycott this year's Oscars ceremony.
:28:44. > :28:46.The director Spike Lee says he won't be attending.
:28:47. > :28:49.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has said it's looking
:28:50. > :28:52.again at the diversity of its membership as our
:28:53. > :28:55.I'm Chris Rock and I'm hosting the Oscars.
:28:56. > :28:58.He may be the host, but the Hollywood elite does not
:28:59. > :29:01.Nominations for the Oscars are decided by some 6,000 members
:29:02. > :29:05.of the Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences.
:29:06. > :29:07.Overwhelmingly, white men over the age of 50.
:29:08. > :29:12.And this year, all 20 performers up for an Oscar have one thing
:29:13. > :29:23.For 20 opportunities to celebrate actors of colour,
:29:24. > :29:28.actresses of colour, to be missed last year's one thing,
:29:29. > :29:35.for that to happen again this year is unforgiveable.
:29:36. > :29:37.Also missing is this film, Straight Outta Compton,
:29:38. > :29:43.Critically acclaimed, but Oscar-nominated not
:29:44. > :29:48.as Best Picture, but for its white screenwriters.
:29:49. > :29:52.In Compton today, dismay about the Oscar nominations runs deep.
:29:53. > :29:56.For many people here what is happening in Hollywood
:29:57. > :29:59.is symbolic of a continuing fight for equality, half a century
:30:00. > :30:01.on from the civil rights struggles of the 1960s.
:30:02. > :30:12.I think when you have 40 actors, over two years, and not one
:30:13. > :30:16.We're not - we're just saying being nominated,
:30:17. > :30:22.Yeah, I think it's kind of reality, it happens, but it's not right
:30:23. > :30:24.and it's time for somebody to speak up.
:30:25. > :30:29.I think that they should look deeper into the actors and nominate black
:30:30. > :30:41.So does Spike Lee, he's boycotting the ceremony,
:30:42. > :30:42.calling the Oscars lily white.
:30:43. > :30:45.The only black film-maker ever to win a Best Picture Oscar has told
:30:46. > :30:48.the BBC the problem is bigger than the Academy.
:30:49. > :30:50.I think racism has a lot to do with it.
:30:51. > :30:55.You want to talk about the Academy and obviously the demographic
:30:56. > :31:00.of the Academy, one can talk about that.
:31:01. > :31:02.That, to me, that's beside the point.
:31:03. > :31:04.It's about the source, getting things made.
:31:05. > :31:06.The President of the academy says she's heartbroken
:31:07. > :31:09.I hope that everybody understands that this organisation is completely
:31:10. > :31:11.committed to turning this narrative around.
:31:12. > :31:14.Too late for this year's Oscars, already drowned out by the question
:31:15. > :31:22.Newsnight is coming up on BBC Two, here's Evan.
:31:23. > :31:28.Now, there is one indicator, one thing that tells you everything
:31:29. > :31:34.To find out what it is, join me now on BBC Two,
:31:35. > :31:38.Here, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.