:00:00. > :00:08.Google reveals to the BBC that it has agreed to pay ?130 million
:00:09. > :00:23.The move follows widespread criticism and a six-year inquiry
:00:24. > :00:25.by tax authorities - but Google says the payment
:00:26. > :00:29.isn't an admission it has done anything wrong.
:00:30. > :00:35.We are following the rules. We want to move fast because we want to
:00:36. > :00:38.ensure that we pay the right amount of tax.
:00:39. > :00:41.We will be asking if this represents a good deal for the Treasury -
:00:42. > :00:44.and what it means for other multinationals whose tax affairs
:00:45. > :00:45.have caused controversy. Also tonight...
:00:46. > :00:47.More tragedy in Europe's migrant crisis,
:00:48. > :00:49.as 44 people drown off the Turkish coast, including
:00:50. > :00:54.The east coast of America braces itself for what could be
:00:55. > :01:11.This is a city and region in shock down, with millions of people being
:01:12. > :01:12.told to stay indoors and not venture out until the storm passes on
:01:13. > :01:14.Monday. The babies born deformed in Brazil -
:01:15. > :01:18.pregnant women are advised to avoid South America after an outbreak
:01:19. > :01:22.of the Zika virus. And the statues growing in stature -
:01:23. > :01:25.listed status for our best modern works, but do we know
:01:26. > :01:38.they are there? We spend so much time looking down
:01:39. > :01:40.at our digital devices that we forget to look up and see what is
:01:41. > :01:42.around us. Guilty of promoting terrorism -
:01:43. > :01:47.two men face prison for handing out "pro-Isis" leaflets on Oxford
:01:48. > :01:49.Street. And the parents of an eight-year-old
:01:50. > :01:52.with cerebral palsy are told the NHS Google has tonight revealed
:01:53. > :02:15.to the BBC that it has agreed to pay ?130 million in retrospective taxes,
:02:16. > :02:18.after an audit of its accounts The company has acted
:02:19. > :02:24.after controversy over the low level of tax paid by giant multi-national
:02:25. > :02:27.companies that operate in the UK, but which have their
:02:28. > :02:30.headquarters abroad. Google maintains that its payment
:02:31. > :02:33.now is not an admission that it avoided paying tax in the past,
:02:34. > :02:36.but an acknowledgement Here's our economics
:02:37. > :02:42.editor, Kamal Ahmed. It is the company that
:02:43. > :02:45.says, don't be evil. OK, Google, what's the quickest
:02:46. > :02:54.to way home by bike? Until it comes to tax and a toxic
:02:55. > :02:58.row on how much one of the most portable companies in the world
:02:59. > :03:01.pays, or more precisely doesn't pay, You are a company which says you do
:03:02. > :03:07.no evil and I think you do do evil. We will make sure
:03:08. > :03:11.the big multinational The technology giant
:03:12. > :03:15.is attempting to leave that controversy behind,
:03:16. > :03:18.saying it will pay more tax Rules are changing
:03:19. > :03:22.internationally, and the UK Government is taking the lead
:03:23. > :03:25.in applying those rules, so we will be changing
:03:26. > :03:27.what we are doing here. And we are paying ?130 million
:03:28. > :03:30.in respect of previous years, when the rules were
:03:31. > :03:33.to pay in respect of We have agreed to pay
:03:34. > :03:37.more tax going forward, and that we are paying the right
:03:38. > :03:40.amount of tax with the tax authority in the UK
:03:41. > :03:42.after a thorough, routine, Google has agreed the payment
:03:43. > :03:47.after a six-year inquiry In 2009, HMRC opened
:03:48. > :03:56.its inquiry into the company. It looked at ten years
:03:57. > :03:59.of tax payments between Google has now agreed to pay ?130
:04:00. > :04:07.million of taxes for those ten years A rather more uncomfortable
:04:08. > :04:16.time for Mr Brittin, questioned by MPs over
:04:17. > :04:21.Google's tax affairs. The Chancellor of the Exchequer
:04:22. > :04:23.has also expressed his While we offer some of the lowest
:04:24. > :04:28.business taxes in the world, we expect those taxes
:04:29. > :04:34.to be paid, not avoided. Mr Brittin, whose company makes
:04:35. > :04:38.billions of pounds of profit and actually pays most
:04:39. > :04:41.of its tax in America, said it was time to
:04:42. > :04:45.make a new settlement. I think it is right that
:04:46. > :04:49.where there is public concern, politicians and the press
:04:50. > :04:52.are concerned about international companies, not just
:04:53. > :04:55.us, when the rules change, that you should change with them,
:04:56. > :04:57.and we have done that. Does that not show that your critics
:04:58. > :05:00.were right, that you were avoiding No, we were applying
:05:01. > :05:03.the rules as they were, and now we are applying
:05:04. > :05:06.the new rules, which means I spoke to him here at
:05:07. > :05:12.the World Economic Forum in Davos. It might seem apt -
:05:13. > :05:15.it has been many of the companies here which have been
:05:16. > :05:18.criticised for not paying what has been described
:05:19. > :05:22.as their fair share of tax. One of those is
:05:23. > :05:24.Facebook, which caused controversy after paying just ?4000
:05:25. > :05:29.in corporation tax in 2014. The US giant Google has
:05:30. > :05:31.decided to increase Let's talk to Kamal,
:05:32. > :05:38.who is at the World Economic Forum Some might say ?130 million over
:05:39. > :05:43.several years is loose change I think there will be a number of
:05:44. > :05:56.a victory for the Treasury or not? I think there will be a number of
:05:57. > :06:02.organisations claiming at least partial victory today. It is a
:06:03. > :06:05.relatively small number but still significant politically. One of
:06:06. > :06:09.those claiming victory I think will be George Osborne, the Chancellor.
:06:10. > :06:13.He has been campaigning on this for two or three years. And of course,
:06:14. > :06:18.it is a little bit more money for the public finances. A second grip,
:06:19. > :06:21.HMRC, the tax authority, which will be pleased they have got some form
:06:22. > :06:27.of deal with Google, showing that they can at least have some degree
:06:28. > :06:30.of a crackdown with big, global, multinational companies. Another
:06:31. > :06:35.winner, those politicians who have been complaining about this issue
:06:36. > :06:39.for so many years. And finally, well, probably Google itself. At
:06:40. > :06:44.least it now feels it has made a proper agreement with HMRC. It will
:06:45. > :06:47.pay more taxes in the future. And it puts the spotlight on its
:06:48. > :06:51.competitors. Starbucks and Amazon have also had controversies around
:06:52. > :06:57.tax, and they have said they are looking at paying more. One outlier
:06:58. > :07:02.left, Facebook, still paying very small amounts of corporation tax in
:07:03. > :07:05.the UK, and not looking like they are going to change that position.
:07:06. > :07:10.The wonder will be now if that pressure will grow on Facebook.
:07:11. > :07:13.More than 40 people, including 20 children,
:07:14. > :07:16.have become the latest to lose their lives in the freezing
:07:17. > :07:21.The latest tragedy came as France warned that the scale of the migrant
:07:22. > :07:23.crisis is threatening to destroy the European Union.
:07:24. > :07:26.Last year more than a million people arrived.
:07:27. > :07:29.Already this month, another 36,000 have made the journey.
:07:30. > :07:33.Today, Germany urged Europe to unite to tackle the crisis.
:07:34. > :07:45.These people were trying to reach Greece.
:07:46. > :07:48.In the last 24 hours, more than 40 have died trying
:07:49. > :07:53.This baby was rushed to intensive care but did not
:07:54. > :07:58.Europe's leaders barely agree on how to help.
:07:59. > :08:01.Today, the German Chancellor met the Turkish
:08:02. > :08:08.TRANSLATION: Deep inside I am convinced that the problem
:08:09. > :08:11.of illegal migration can only be solved
:08:12. > :08:14.if we work together in fighting the root causes
:08:15. > :08:26.Europe's leaders have yet to fully implement a controversial quota
:08:27. > :08:28.system to relocate 120,000 migrants across
:08:29. > :08:32.They are setting up so-called hotspots, special
:08:33. > :08:35.reception centres in Italy and Greece, from which migrants can
:08:36. > :08:37.be sent on to other countries or turned
:08:38. > :08:43.And they have offered Turkey more than ?2 billion in return
:08:44. > :08:49.TRANSLATION: I want to tell the people in Germany and the EU,
:08:50. > :08:51.this is not a German crisis or a European
:08:52. > :09:10.We cannot just pass this crisis onto each other.
:09:11. > :09:12.We have to solve it together, in Syria and in Iraq.
:09:13. > :09:15.Germany WAS the promised land of Europe.
:09:16. > :09:19.These people told us they have waited here for days.
:09:20. > :09:22.I am so sorry for Germany, what's happened.
:09:23. > :09:24.Germany say, welcome to Germany, these people.
:09:25. > :09:26.And they couldn't manage these people.
:09:27. > :09:29.And across Europe, attitudes are hardening.
:09:30. > :09:33.Germany, after the Cologne sex attacks, is divided.
:09:34. > :09:35.What I think is that Germany has got it half right
:09:36. > :09:39.I think we have to help the refugees, by all means,
:09:40. > :09:43.but not by opening the gates and allowing millions to come.
:09:44. > :09:46.You cannot plan when war is in a country.
:09:47. > :10:05.But the journey is not over yet, and Europe's doors are closing.
:10:06. > :10:10.Politically, this crisis continues to expose the fault lines running
:10:11. > :10:15.through Europe, as, one by one, member states prioritise national
:10:16. > :10:24.interests over European ones. There is our concern at the highest level,
:10:25. > :10:26.that the crisis is no longer simply straining the European Union, but
:10:27. > :10:28.threatening to destroy it altogether.
:10:29. > :10:31.David Cameron has been in the Czech Republic
:10:32. > :10:33.pressing his case for EU reform ahead of a possible
:10:34. > :10:39.This evening he went for a pint with the Czech Prime Minister,
:10:40. > :10:42.who earlier suggested allowing countries to close their borders
:10:43. > :10:45.temporarily as an "emergency brake", if their welfare system
:10:46. > :10:50.Mr Cameron had said he would welcome alternative proposals to his plans
:10:51. > :10:57.A woman from east London who was sentenced to three-and-a-half years
:10:58. > :10:59.in prison for killing a convicted paedophile has had her sentence
:11:00. > :11:04.Sarah Sands, a mother of five, stabbed her neighbour
:11:05. > :11:08.Michael Pleasted, who was 77, in November 2014.
:11:09. > :11:11.Three Appeal Court judges ruled the original sentence given
:11:12. > :11:19.Sarah Sands took a knife to a neighbouring man's flat
:11:20. > :11:24.Last September, the judge had described her case as exceptional.
:11:25. > :11:28.She lived with her five children on this east London estate.
:11:29. > :11:32.In November 2014, she was caught on CCTV on her way to 77-year-old
:11:33. > :11:40.He was on bail, charged with sexually abusing
:11:41. > :11:44.And it emerged later, he was a convicted paedophile.
:11:45. > :11:46.She stabbed him eight times, severing an
:11:47. > :11:52.CCTV shows her leaving his flat 20 minutes
:11:53. > :11:54.later with the knife clearly visible.
:11:55. > :11:57.She was found guilty of manslaughter by reason of loss of control,
:11:58. > :12:01.Today, at the Court of Appeal, the Attorney-General
:12:02. > :12:03.successfully argued that the original sentence
:12:04. > :12:07.was unduly lenient, highlighting that Sarah
:12:08. > :12:10.Sands took the knife with her when she went
:12:11. > :12:12.to Michael Pleasted's flat, that she made attempts to cover up
:12:13. > :12:15.what she had done and that she had not called the emergency services
:12:16. > :12:21.Three Appeal Court judges today more than
:12:22. > :12:27.doubled Sands' sentence to 7.5 years.
:12:28. > :12:31.The offender took with her to the scene a knife which was used
:12:32. > :12:36.in the infliction of fatal injuries, when the jury was sure that
:12:37. > :12:41.at the time, she intended to cause at least
:12:42. > :12:51.Appearing in court via a video link from prison, Sands appeared shocked
:12:52. > :12:57.It would be devastating for her, because she has had her time
:12:58. > :13:02.She would have been warned that it was possible but plainly
:13:03. > :13:05.would have hoped that it would not come to pass.
:13:06. > :13:07.That is what the Court of Appeal is there for,
:13:08. > :13:10.however, to make these kind of decisions in these very difficult
:13:11. > :13:13.Members of Sands' family were in court.
:13:14. > :13:15.She was expected to be released this summer,
:13:16. > :13:24.but can now expect to stay in jail for at least the next two years.
:13:25. > :13:27.Tens of millions of people on the US East Coast have been warned
:13:28. > :13:30.to prepare for a huge blizzard which is expected to leave
:13:31. > :13:39.In Washington DC, more than 2 foot of snow is forecast to fall
:13:40. > :13:42.A state of emergency is already in place there,
:13:43. > :13:43.as it is in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia,
:13:44. > :13:51.Our North America editor, Jon Sopel, is in the capital,
:13:52. > :14:02.Yes, this is the rush hour, or what would normally be the rush hour.
:14:03. > :14:06.Traffic would normally be back up all along here, but Washington is in
:14:07. > :14:10.shutdown. All federal buildings closed, and the administration has
:14:11. > :14:14.said people should stay indoors between now and when the storm ends
:14:15. > :14:17.on Monday morning, and as you can see the snow is falling heavily.
:14:18. > :14:20.NEWSREADER: A massive blizzard takes aim at 75 million Americans.
:14:21. > :14:23.The north-eastern seaboard of the United States is bracing
:14:24. > :14:27.itself for a once in 100 years event.
:14:28. > :14:33.The District of Columbia is expected to be hit the hardest this morning.
:14:34. > :14:36.This is West Virginia, where the storm arrived this
:14:37. > :14:39.morning, and it's gradually making its way north,
:14:40. > :14:43.with Washington forecast to be hit hardest by a combination of epic
:14:44. > :14:47.snowfall driven by hurricane force winds.
:14:48. > :14:51.Folks need to understand this is a life-threatening type of storm.
:14:52. > :14:56.So if you do not need to be out, we are asking folks by three o'clock
:14:57. > :14:59.today you need to be where you are going to be
:15:00. > :15:03.I want to be very clear with everybody.
:15:04. > :15:11.It has life and death implications and all the residents
:15:12. > :15:14.of the District of Columbia should treat it that way.
:15:15. > :15:20.And people are taking heed, if the lines in food shops
:15:21. > :15:26.By yesterday afternoon, this supermarket in Washington
:15:27. > :15:37.And hardware shops too have been doing a roaring trade.
:15:38. > :15:42.We are getting our snow shovels and we are getting provisions,
:15:43. > :15:47.all kinds, and we're going to hunker down.
:15:48. > :15:52.It was crazy scenes, there was no bread, no organic milk,
:15:53. > :15:54.and I thought, oh my goodness, it's like Snowmagedden,
:15:55. > :15:57.like we had years ago, everyone is taking everything
:15:58. > :16:01.A little snow fell on Wednesday and it caused total chaos
:16:02. > :16:08.This driver found himself the subject of some
:16:09. > :16:21.Not even the passenger from this flight.
:16:22. > :16:25.The President returned from Detroit to find it slippery underfoot
:16:26. > :16:30.His armoured limo, the Beast, and the rest of his motorcade,
:16:31. > :16:45.Two foot is forecast to fall over the next 36 hours.
:16:46. > :16:48.Pregnant women are being urged to seek advice before travelling
:16:49. > :16:51.to many countries in Central and South America, due to a major
:16:52. > :16:55.outbreak of Zika virus, a tropical disease spread by mosquitoes.
:16:56. > :16:57.The illness is rarely serious in adults.
:16:58. > :17:00.But it's thought to cause severe birth defects,
:17:01. > :17:03.affecting brain development, in newborn babies.
:17:04. > :17:06.More than 20 countries are struggling to control the epidemic.
:17:07. > :17:09.Some are advising women to delay pregnancy.
:17:10. > :17:15.Around 4000 newborn babies there have suffered brain damage
:17:16. > :17:19.Our correspondent Wyre Davies has sent this report,
:17:20. > :17:27.Trying to be strong for the sake of their babies.
:17:28. > :17:29.These young mothers were all told several months
:17:30. > :17:33.into their pregnancies that their sons and daughters
:17:34. > :17:37.would be born with abnormally small heads, having suffered restricted
:17:38. > :17:42.What was once an extremely rare condition is now increasingly
:17:43. > :17:46.common, affecting thousands of families in Brazil.
:17:47. > :17:50.It is feared but not yet confirmed the cause may be linked to the Zika
:17:51. > :17:53.virus, passed on by the same tiny mosquito responsible
:17:54. > :17:58.Specialists here say the challenge now facing Brazil is on a scale
:17:59. > :18:02.similar to other recent global health crises.
:18:03. > :18:08.We have newborns, thousands of newborns, with microcephaly,
:18:09. > :18:14.and we don't know what is to come, so we are in an emergency situation.
:18:15. > :18:19.Without a vaccine for Zika, in the worst affected parts
:18:20. > :18:23.of Brazil, fumigation and clean water management
:18:24. > :18:28.It's thought the Zika virus may have arrived in Brazil
:18:29. > :18:31.during the World Cup in 2014, and since then it has exploded
:18:32. > :18:38.It's transferred by these small mosquitoes, larvae of which have
:18:39. > :18:42.been pulled out of these pools in Salvador and across the country.
:18:43. > :18:46.Out of control in Brazil and now present in more than 20 countries,
:18:47. > :18:53.The US has warned pregnant women not to travel to infected regions,
:18:54. > :18:56.and some governments have even advised women
:18:57. > :19:02.The timing could hardly be worse for Brazil,
:19:03. > :19:08.with thousands of visitors arriving for Carnival and the Rio Olympics.
:19:09. > :19:13.The public health advice is too late for Mila Mendonca,
:19:14. > :19:18.she gave birth to Gabriel seven months after contracting Zika.
:19:19. > :19:21."Right up until he was born, nobody could tell us how bad things
:19:22. > :19:28.She remains positive about her son's microcephaly,
:19:29. > :19:41.but theirs is an increasingly common story, in many parts of Brazil.
:19:42. > :19:45.A police officer and community support officer have been sacked
:19:46. > :19:49.over how they dealt with a Bristol man who went on to be murdered in a
:19:50. > :19:54.vigilante attack. Avon and Somerset Police said PC Kevin Duffy should
:19:55. > :19:58.have known that the man was in danger, but he refused to speak to
:19:59. > :19:59.or visit him. Last month, he and Andrew Passmore were convicted of
:20:00. > :20:04.misconduct in public office. The Syrian army has been making
:20:05. > :20:06.gains against opposition forces in the west of the country -
:20:07. > :20:09.with air strikes by Russia playing Russian forces have taken our
:20:10. > :20:13.correspondent Steve Rosenberg to Salma in Latakia province -
:20:14. > :20:16.a town which had been in rebel In the mountains above Latakia,
:20:17. > :20:25.there's been heavy fighting. The Syrian army has
:20:26. > :20:29.been on the offensive. But it's Russia's military
:20:30. > :20:32.which is driving us here in one They are taking us
:20:33. > :20:38.to this town - Salma. The Russians have told us
:20:39. > :20:41.that the Syrian army retook this town from rebels a few days ago,
:20:42. > :20:44.but we've been told we can only spend a short time here
:20:45. > :20:47.because there are buildings which are booby-trapped,
:20:48. > :20:49.and security is still In Salma you can see
:20:50. > :20:55.the scars of war, and you can There were battles raging
:20:56. > :21:00.here only days ago. It was Russian air power that helped
:21:01. > :21:06.the Syrian army take back this town. "Russia has helped us so much,"
:21:07. > :21:12.the local governor tells me, "by destroying terrorists,
:21:13. > :21:15.their weapons and their command Nearly four months of Russian air
:21:16. > :21:20.strikes have helped the Syrian army More than 200 towns and villages
:21:21. > :21:25.according to Moscow. That doesn't mean President Assad
:21:26. > :21:28.is winning this war, but for now Russia has
:21:29. > :21:33.stopped him from losing it. It's not only Russian air
:21:34. > :21:35.power that is bolstering It's Russian warships too,
:21:36. > :21:43.in the Mediterranean. We were allowed on board
:21:44. > :21:46.the Vice-Admiral Kulakov, a Russian destroyer
:21:47. > :21:50.off the Syrian coast. And behind these hatches, missiles,
:21:51. > :22:07.for destroying submarines. Not that so-called Islamic
:22:08. > :22:11.State has any of those. "We face plenty of potential threats
:22:12. > :22:16.above the water too," the ship's captain tells me, "like
:22:17. > :22:21.terrorists in speedboats. So we need to protect
:22:22. > :22:23.all the Russian warships that Russian force from the air
:22:24. > :22:28.and from the sea - it's a statement that Russia sees
:22:29. > :22:34.itself once again as a global power. To the west, the message
:22:35. > :22:37.from Moscow is clear. You may not like us,
:22:38. > :22:39.but you can't ignore us if you want to solve crises
:22:40. > :22:50.like the conflict in Syria. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts
:22:51. > :22:53.said tonight it plans to double the number of its minority
:22:54. > :22:56.and female members by 2020 - following criticism of the lack
:22:57. > :23:00.of black nominees for this year's The move came as the British actress
:23:01. > :23:04.Charlotte Rampling described the campaign to boycott this year's
:23:05. > :23:09.awards as "anti-white racism". Nominated in the Best Actress
:23:10. > :23:12.category for her role in the film 45 Years, the actress said perhaps
:23:13. > :23:17.black actors didn't deserve on merit A number of public sculptures
:23:18. > :23:25.by some of England's greatest artists have been given
:23:26. > :23:27.protected status. They were designed to bring our
:23:28. > :23:30.public spaces back to life They include works by Henry Moore,
:23:31. > :23:35.Dame Barbara Hepworth and Sir Antony Gormley -
:23:36. > :23:38.his first to be listed. Our arts editor Will
:23:39. > :23:43.Gompertz has the story. Here are some of the 41 newly listed
:23:44. > :23:47.postwar public sculptures. They were chosen because they
:23:48. > :23:51.captured the mood of the country. They'll all a far cry
:23:52. > :23:59.from the old heroes on horses Historic England, who advised
:24:00. > :24:03.on the listing process, described them as brave new art
:24:04. > :24:05.for a brave new world. Four of the pieces, including
:24:06. > :24:08.Wild Boar by Elisabeth Frink, can be found in Harlow, Essex,
:24:09. > :24:11.which was built after the war and now calls itself
:24:12. > :24:15.the "Sculpture Town". Modernism abounds among
:24:16. > :24:17.the listed works. Some of which, such as this abstract
:24:18. > :24:20.sculpture on London's South Bank, are more popular now
:24:21. > :24:24.than when they first appeared. Frankly I was rather depressed,
:24:25. > :24:27.it was rather negative. The critics weren't particularly
:24:28. > :24:32.enthusiastic and I didn't get a great feedback from the public,
:24:33. > :24:36.but as the years have gone by I do get a strong impression that it has
:24:37. > :24:39.gained the affection of quite a wide The trouble with a lot of public
:24:40. > :24:48.sculpture is it tends to become It's either so familiar
:24:49. > :24:51.that we can no longer see it, or it gets obscured by new buildings
:24:52. > :24:54.and street furniture, or we spend so much time looking
:24:55. > :24:57.down at our digital devices that we forget to look up
:24:58. > :25:03.and see what's around us. This work, which clings to the wall
:25:04. > :25:05.of the John Lewis store in Oxford Street, is by the late
:25:06. > :25:09.great Dame Barbara Hepworth, designed, as she said,
:25:10. > :25:11.to make people feel airborne OK, but you do have
:25:12. > :25:18.to look at it first. The listening man by Antony Gormley
:25:19. > :25:23.becomes the first listed work by the artist, who is perhaps most
:25:24. > :25:26.famous for this - An outdoor work of art so successful
:25:27. > :25:32.that councils and companies across the country rushed
:25:33. > :25:35.to commission their own reputation-enhancing
:25:36. > :25:38.monumental public sculpture. But for every winner
:25:39. > :25:42.there was many a dumb bronze. So says the artist who made this
:25:43. > :25:45.sculpture, recently installed Why do we get so much
:25:46. > :25:50.bad public sculpture? I mean, there is a lot of not good
:25:51. > :25:55.work around, absolutely. I think it's because probably
:25:56. > :25:58.something has been made and just dumped there, it's not made
:25:59. > :26:01.for the space, it's not related to the site at all, it's just
:26:02. > :26:06.a thing dumped on the ground. There are currently 15,000 outdoor
:26:07. > :26:10.sites dedicated to showing public That's a lot of art,
:26:11. > :26:15.free to see, in what amounts to a national massive
:26:16. > :26:25.museum without walls. Now on BBC One, it's time
:26:26. > :26:27.for the news where you are.