:00:00. > :00:07.Tougher than expected - slow progress in Brussels
:00:08. > :00:09.as David Cameron tries to reach a credible deal
:00:10. > :00:16.The Prime Minister arrived at the crucial summit of EU leaders
:00:17. > :00:20.hoping for agreement on the reforms he's demanded.
:00:21. > :00:23.I'll be battling for Britain, if we can get a good deal
:00:24. > :00:26.I'll take that deal, but I will not take a deal
:00:27. > :00:31.One thing is beyond doubt, whatever he comes back with
:00:32. > :00:33.tomorrow, he's not going to strengthen his position
:00:34. > :00:39.The 28 EU leaders were locked in talks this evening -
:00:40. > :00:41.but there are still major sticking points.
:00:42. > :00:44.We'll have the latest from Brussels where formal talks
:00:45. > :00:52.Also tonight: A ruling by the Supreme Court means hundreds
:00:53. > :00:57.of people in prison for murder could now challenge their convictions.
:00:58. > :01:01.And you know, my mother gave me this bible, this very bible.
:01:02. > :01:04.Donald Trump in a new clash - this time with the Pope
:01:05. > :01:09.after he questions the Presidential hopeful's faith.
:01:10. > :01:12.England rugby's Matt Dawson joins a campaign for all children
:01:13. > :01:15.to be vaccinated against meningitis after his own son's fight
:01:16. > :01:27.You have those moments where you think, I might be looking at my son
:01:28. > :01:29.for the last time. And Aussie rules -
:01:30. > :01:31.how an Australian coach Later on BBC London: Four police
:01:32. > :01:35.forces serving the capital are amongst the worst in the country
:01:36. > :01:38.- according to a major report And the professionals living
:01:39. > :01:42.in hostels because they can't afford Three years after he promised
:01:43. > :02:07.an in-out referendum on Britain's place in the European Union,
:02:08. > :02:10.the Prime Minister is at a crucial summit in Brussels trying to secure
:02:11. > :02:12.a deal on the reforms But reports tonight suggest that
:02:13. > :02:17.little progress has been made so far - and there are still a number
:02:18. > :02:20.of areas where Our political editor
:02:21. > :02:37.Laura Kuenssberg is in Brussels Sophie, round the table tonight, EU
:02:38. > :02:40.leaders one by one listing not the compromises they think they can
:02:41. > :02:44.offer David Cameron, but the problems they have with the changes
:02:45. > :02:48.he wants to make to the European Union. The deal that will shape all
:02:49. > :02:52.our futures in the EU is not in a ditch tonight, but there is no
:02:53. > :02:58.question, with Downing Street talking of an impact, it is a long
:02:59. > :03:10.way off being done. One, two, three, four. That is not
:03:11. > :03:14.remotely the half of it. The Prime Minister wants 27 other politicians
:03:15. > :03:18.to agree to his terms. Good afternoon. We have some important
:03:19. > :03:23.work to do today and tomorrow and it will be hard. I will be battling for
:03:24. > :03:28.Britain. If we can get a good deal, I will take that deal, but I will
:03:29. > :03:31.not take a deal but does not meet what we need. I think it is more
:03:32. > :03:38.important to get this right, than to do anything in a rush. With a good
:03:39. > :03:43.deal of hard work, we can make this happen for Britain. Mrs Merkel wants
:03:44. > :03:49.this to happen now. I will do everything to keep the UK, she said.
:03:50. > :03:56.But there is the disdain for some Britain's demands.
:03:57. > :04:00.No country has the right of a veto, France said. I think everybody will
:04:01. > :04:05.have its own drama, and then we will agree. In the last hour, Downing
:04:06. > :04:10.Street officials emerged to say no real progress was made in the first
:04:11. > :04:15.round of talks. No deal, but plenty of disagreement and yes, those
:04:16. > :04:22.dramas. It is the disagreements that could derail the process or drag it
:04:23. > :04:25.on and on. It could be a long day tomorrow. The Prime Minister wants
:04:26. > :04:31.to change the EU rules and plenty of other countries do not. Limiting
:04:32. > :04:35.benefits for EU migrants in the UK, new regulations to protect the city,
:04:36. > :04:39.before giving you the choice to vote to leave or stay. Still making the
:04:40. > :04:48.case with leaders one-on-one, but eager to hold that vote in June. But
:04:49. > :04:51.can the Prime Minister bring everyone together? Inside, they
:04:52. > :04:54.gathered ranks. There are still disagreement on how long the EU
:04:55. > :05:01.should be able to limit benefits, and whether it is fair for any new
:05:02. > :05:05.rule to apply only to us. And anger over the proposed deal goes way
:05:06. > :05:11.beyond these brave souls in the Brussels cold this afternoon. There
:05:12. > :05:17.are plenty of Eurosceptics, MPs and ministers among the Conservatives
:05:18. > :05:20.ready to attack. I want a positive relationship with Europe based on
:05:21. > :05:27.friendship and free trade. We cannot have that as measures of a political
:05:28. > :05:33.union. Do you have any respect for what David Cameron is trying to
:05:34. > :05:38.achieve? Absolutely none. Bit David Cameron will use this can deliver a
:05:39. > :05:43.new EU. There are so mini countries, same any complications involved, it
:05:44. > :05:49.is easy to forget the big truth. This is the best chance David
:05:50. > :05:52.Cameron has of getting a new deal for the UK with the rest of the
:05:53. > :05:55.union. There could be months more of talks, but there is no guarantee
:05:56. > :06:00.that terms would get any better, so his political future could be
:06:01. > :06:04.determined tonight. Brave or foolhardy? This EU negotiation has
:06:05. > :06:09.seen the prime ministers striking out on his own. He can take with
:06:10. > :06:11.him, as the talks head towards the early hours, will shape where his
:06:12. > :06:13.legacy lands. So what can David Cameron hope
:06:14. > :06:16.to achieve in the negotiations and what are these significant
:06:17. > :06:18.sticking points in his way? Our deputy political editor
:06:19. > :06:20.James Landale is here. Well, Sophie, after many
:06:21. > :06:24.months of negotiation, 18 pages of legal text that
:06:25. > :06:29.David Cameron hopes will change Britain's relationship
:06:30. > :06:31.with the European Union, changes designed to deter migrants
:06:32. > :06:35.and protect the economy. Changes that critics say are not
:06:36. > :06:37.worth the paper Since last year's election,
:06:38. > :06:44.David Cameron has been on tour, more diplomat than Prime Minister,
:06:45. > :06:47.clocking up the air miles across Europe, all to
:06:48. > :06:50.win support for his proposals to reform Britain's place
:06:51. > :06:54.in the EU, for which he has been More of the same will not
:06:55. > :07:01.bring the European Union More of the same will
:07:02. > :07:07.just produce more of the same, less competitiveness,
:07:08. > :07:11.less growth, fewer jobs, That is why we need fundamental
:07:12. > :07:26.far-reaching change. But while much is agreed,
:07:27. > :07:28.there are still significant David Cameron wants to limit the
:07:29. > :07:32.amount of child benefit EU migrants can send home - by making it reflect
:07:33. > :07:35.the cost of living Some countries want this restriction
:07:36. > :07:39.to apply only to new claimants Mr Cameron also wants to cut tax
:07:40. > :07:45.credits for EU migrants working in Britain, by phasing in payments
:07:46. > :07:48.gradually over four years. But there is no agreement over how
:07:49. > :07:51.long this restriction Right now the draft text has a big X
:07:52. > :07:58.where the number of years should be. Another of Mr Cameron's
:07:59. > :08:00.aims is for Britain - in particular the City -
:08:01. > :08:03.to have greater safeguards from financial decisions made
:08:04. > :08:06.by eurozone countries. But there's uncertainty over how
:08:07. > :08:10.those safeguards might work and who has the final decision over
:08:11. > :08:16.when they should be triggered. Now - David Cameron wants some
:08:17. > :08:19.of these reforms to be written into the EU's treaties and made
:08:20. > :08:22.more legally binding. Specifically, he wants his plan
:08:23. > :08:25.of opting Britain out of more political integration -
:08:26. > :08:27.or ever closer union - But some countries oppose any idea
:08:28. > :08:34.of treaty change So, Sophie, there is still a lot
:08:35. > :08:40.of detail to sort out In a moment we'll speak to our our
:08:41. > :08:50.political editor Laura Kuenssberg - but first let's talk to our Europe
:08:51. > :08:53.editor Katya Adler. Katya, tougher than expected that's
:08:54. > :08:55.what we're hearing - is David Cameron going to be able
:08:56. > :09:10.to secure the deal he wants? Well, Sophie, look all of those
:09:11. > :09:14.stumbling blocks remain. We are hearing from sources inside the
:09:15. > :09:18.meetings, they have expressed surprise that there is so little
:09:19. > :09:21.sign of compromise tonight. Clearly, all the players involved want to be
:09:22. > :09:27.seen to stand their ground at first, not just the Prime Minister but EU
:09:28. > :09:31.leaders who oppose his reforms. Key now will be one-to-one chats with
:09:32. > :09:36.those leaders, informal ones overnight. At this point in the
:09:37. > :09:49.game, it is personal chemistry that is as important as politics.
:09:50. > :09:54.There is a real will here to get the deal done and dusted and out of the
:09:55. > :09:56.way. 28 world leaders have other things to do rather than bicker over
:09:57. > :09:59.tax credits, for example. This deal is not a vote winner or a crowd
:10:00. > :10:02.pleaser. David Cameron wants to focus on the referendum itself.
:10:03. > :10:07.Perhaps after these bilateral chats, a Belgian breakfast and some sleep,
:10:08. > :10:13.there may be a more harmonious atmosphere in the morning. And
:10:14. > :10:20.Laura, the stakes for Mr Cameron are incredibly high? They certainly are.
:10:21. > :10:24.Mr Cameron caused a big risk when he promised us say whether to stay or
:10:25. > :10:28.leave the European Union. That is a gamble that could be hard to
:10:29. > :10:32.deliver. You may wonder what the hurry is. In theory, he has until
:10:33. > :10:38.the end of next year to deliver at all. In practice, he wants it done,
:10:39. > :10:41.and he wants it done now. These are absolutely crucial days and to lose
:10:42. > :10:54.this chance of a likely deal at this stage, would be a serious setback to
:10:55. > :10:56.the whole project. Thank you, both. Thank you, both.
:10:57. > :10:58.Hundreds of people who are in prison for murder
:10:59. > :11:00.could now challenge their convictions.
:11:01. > :11:02.It comes after Supreme Court ruled that the law of joint enterprise
:11:03. > :11:04.in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has been
:11:05. > :11:08.That law allows people to be convicted and jailed for murder
:11:09. > :11:11.even if they did not actually strike the fatal blow.
:11:12. > :11:12.Our Wales correspondent Hywel Griffith reports.
:11:13. > :11:14.Four convicted killers found guilty of one crime.
:11:15. > :11:16.In 2011, sisters Ashleigh and Holly Robinson and their boyfriends
:11:17. > :11:19.Gorden Harding and Sacha Roberts were all jailed for the murder
:11:20. > :11:21.of Antoni Robinson, the women's father.
:11:22. > :11:24.He was stabbed in his own home in north Wales.
:11:25. > :11:27.Gorden Harding was the one with the knife in his hands.
:11:28. > :11:31.The jury were told the others were all part of a raid on the house
:11:32. > :11:35.The sisters had planned when to enter the home
:11:36. > :11:39.but their mother is convinced that doesn't make them killers.
:11:40. > :11:42.How does that make you a murderer when you haven't taken anybody's
:11:43. > :11:46.life, you haven't discussed taking anybody's life?
:11:47. > :11:48.They were in another room, they weren't aware
:11:49. > :11:58.The case against the sisters and their boyfriends
:11:59. > :12:01.here at Mold Crown Court was based on the idea that all were jointly
:12:02. > :12:05.responsible because all could foresee their actions could lead
:12:06. > :12:08.to a violent, physical, fatal attack, but today's ruling
:12:09. > :12:12.from the Supreme Court says that key principle of joint enterprise has
:12:13. > :12:18.been interpreted wrongly for more than 30 years.
:12:19. > :12:22.For campaigners, that is a victory, with Britain's most senior judge
:12:23. > :12:26.saying the legal test shouldn't be whether someone can foresee
:12:27. > :12:30.what could happen but whether they intended for it to happen.
:12:31. > :12:35.The courts took a wrong turn in 1984 and it is the responsibility of this
:12:36. > :12:42.The ruling followed the case of Ameen Jogee, jailed
:12:43. > :12:48.Jogee was outside but he egged on his co-defendant.
:12:49. > :12:51.His murder conviction has now been set aside.
:12:52. > :12:55.There are other landmark cases, like the murder of Stephen Lawrence,
:12:56. > :12:59.which have also depended on the idea of joint enterprise.
:13:00. > :13:02.Today's ruling won't make every conviction unsafe but,
:13:03. > :13:07.for Antoni Robinson's family, the idea that hundreds of cases
:13:08. > :13:10.could now be considered for appeal is distressing.
:13:11. > :13:14.We sat through that trial, which was horrendous.
:13:15. > :13:18.We looked at all the evidence, which was horrendous and,
:13:19. > :13:21.as far as we are concerned, the jury found them culpable
:13:22. > :13:27.The ruling also brings change for those who police our streets
:13:28. > :13:31.and there is concern over how it will be interpreted.
:13:32. > :13:34.If the bar is set too high, the person who is really
:13:35. > :13:37.guilty could walk free, and that isn't good for justice,
:13:38. > :13:40.it's not good for victims or the public.
:13:41. > :13:43.What is important is that the principles are right
:13:44. > :13:47.so that somebody who is innocent can't be convicted of an offence
:13:48. > :13:51.just by standing by, but it's very important that people
:13:52. > :13:54.who are really behind particular offences can be caught
:13:55. > :14:00.Joanne Barr is now hoping the Appeal Courts will look again
:14:01. > :14:10.She believes today is the first step in bringing them home.
:14:11. > :14:19.Pope Francis has become embroiled in the race for the
:14:20. > :14:28.Pope Francis has questioned the faith of US presidential hopeful
:14:29. > :14:32.bundle trump after his use on immigration -- Donald Trump.
:14:33. > :14:35.Speaking at the end of a visit to Mexico he told reporters
:14:36. > :14:37.that anyone who talks about building walls instead of bridges
:14:38. > :14:41.Our North America editor Jon Sopel reports.
:14:42. > :14:43.The Pope went deliberately to the US-Mexican
:14:44. > :14:45.border where Donald Trump wants to build his wall,
:14:46. > :14:48.not to make a political point, he said, but a
:14:49. > :14:53.But, on his flight back to Rome, when asked about the billionaire
:14:54. > :14:55.property developer, he couldn't resist and waded straight
:14:56. > :14:59."A person who thinks about building walls wherever they may be and not
:15:00. > :15:02.of building bridges is not Christian", said the Pope.
:15:03. > :15:06."As far as what you said about whether I would advise to vote
:15:07. > :15:09."or not to vote, I'm not going to get involved in that.
:15:10. > :15:12."I say only that this man is not Christian if he has said
:15:13. > :15:19.But he has said exactly that, on almost
:15:20. > :15:34.In this race for the White House, the one thing we have learned
:15:35. > :15:35.about Donald Trump is that he doesn't do
:15:36. > :15:40.He has bullied opponents, lashed out at critics,
:15:41. > :15:43.even mocked the disabled, but taking on the leader
:15:44. > :15:52.For a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful.
:15:53. > :15:59.If and when the Vatican is attacked by Isis,
:16:00. > :16:03.which, as everyone knows, is Isis's ultimate trophy,
:16:04. > :16:06.I can promise you that the Pope would
:16:07. > :16:08.have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been
:16:09. > :16:16.Donald Trump has sought to play up his Christian faith in a bid
:16:17. > :16:20.to win over the key constituency of conservative evangelicals.
:16:21. > :16:23.Having the Pope call that into question is hardly helpful.
:16:24. > :16:30.My mother gave me this very bible many years ago...
:16:31. > :16:33.But Donald Trump throughout has defied political gravity.
:16:34. > :16:36.What makes others crash to the ground has often
:16:37. > :16:47.Turkey has blamed Kurdish militants based in the country and Syria
:16:48. > :16:50.for yesterday's bombing in Ankara, which killed 28 people.
:16:51. > :16:52.The country's Prime Minister said the explosives were detonated
:16:53. > :16:56.by a militant from the Syrian organisation, YPG and was helped
:16:57. > :17:07.14 people are being held in connection with the attack.
:17:08. > :17:09.Half a million people have now signed a petition calling
:17:10. > :17:12.for all children to be vaccinated against meningitis B.
:17:13. > :17:16.At the moment only babies get the vaccine.
:17:17. > :17:18.The campaign started after a two-year-old child died
:17:19. > :17:23.Her death prompted the former England rugby star, Matt Dawson,
:17:24. > :17:26.to reveal how his family endured what he called "two weeks of hell"
:17:27. > :17:30.after his two-year-old son Sam contracted meningitis.
:17:31. > :17:39.He's been talking to our health editor Hugh Pym.
:17:40. > :17:44.With his son only two days back from hospital, Matt Dawson is still
:17:45. > :17:50.struggling to come to terms with his family's ordeal, nearly using
:17:51. > :17:55.two-year-old Sammy, struck down with a strain of meningitis. You have
:17:56. > :18:06.moments where you think, I might be looking at my son for the last time.
:18:07. > :18:10.What have I not said to him? So, I mean, a hugely emotional
:18:11. > :18:14.roller-coaster. He posted pictures of his son, who had a different
:18:15. > :18:18.strain of the disease, on Twitter, to back the campaign for wider
:18:19. > :18:25.availability of the meningitis B vaccine. It has to be available to
:18:26. > :18:30.northern just newborns. Toss more than just. Common-sense has to
:18:31. > :18:34.prevail. The number of people who have signed up to that petition,
:18:35. > :18:40.over half a million people, that is a proper chunk of the nation. The
:18:41. > :18:47.best of two-year-old Fay debt after she contracted meningitis B prompted
:18:48. > :18:54.a surge of support for the campaign. Fay was too old to qualify for
:18:55. > :18:59.meningitis B back sign on the NHS. About 800,000 are born each year in
:19:00. > :19:03.the UK but children born before May 2015 will not be protected unless
:19:04. > :19:08.their parents paid for a private vaccine. Last year, the UK became
:19:09. > :19:12.the first country in the world to bring in a national meningitis B
:19:13. > :19:18.vaccination programme, restricted to young babies on the advice of
:19:19. > :19:23.independent scientific experts. The decisions of whether or not vaccines
:19:24. > :19:27.are used are based on a very careful analysis on whether it is good value
:19:28. > :19:32.for the NHS to do that. As part of the work done to decide to use this
:19:33. > :19:35.for infants, we did that analysis and worked out that the highest risk
:19:36. > :19:40.groups were infants and that is where we get the highest value for
:19:41. > :19:43.the NHS. Matt Dawson acknowledges that a line has to be drawn
:19:44. > :19:51.somewhere but he believes a wider entitlement to meningitis vaccines
:19:52. > :19:54.must be considered. Electro-convulsive therapy -
:19:55. > :19:55.otherwise known as ECT - is a practice that many people
:19:56. > :19:58.assume has long since disappeared from mental health treatment
:19:59. > :20:01.in the UK, but it hasn't. ECT is used to treat people
:20:02. > :20:03.with severe depression by sending an electric current
:20:04. > :20:05.through the brain It's used in Northern Ireland more
:20:06. > :20:09.than anywhere else in the UK. But in the Irish Republic,
:20:10. > :20:11.new laws are being introduced that will only allow ECT to be used
:20:12. > :20:14.if a patient gives their consent. our Ireland correspondent Chris
:20:15. > :20:24.Buckler has this exclusive report. Images of electroconvulsive therapy
:20:25. > :20:26.are often associated with a different era,
:20:27. > :20:30.but ECT is still used today and it can be effective
:20:31. > :20:35.in tackling severe depression. When these panels are brought out,
:20:36. > :20:39.the person will have had a muscle That helps prevent injuries caused
:20:40. > :20:46.by convulsions as electric current is sent to the brain,
:20:47. > :20:51.triggering an epileptic seizure. That can result in side
:20:52. > :20:53.effects like memory loss I have looked after many individuals
:20:54. > :20:59.who have been profoundly unwell to the point of wanting to kill
:21:00. > :21:03.themselves, not eating or drinking and having florid delusions,
:21:04. > :21:07.who have responded completely It is accepted that ECT is not
:21:08. > :21:17.suitable for everyone who finds Michael Mulcahy is an artist
:21:18. > :21:23.who was given the treatment without his consent and he says
:21:24. > :21:26.he is still having nightmares To think that this barbaric
:21:27. > :21:35.treatment still exists, being strapped down to a metal bed
:21:36. > :21:40.and a rubber sheet, getting an injection,
:21:41. > :21:48.and then waking up, and you... You didn't want to be
:21:49. > :21:54.in your own body. I came in here without my
:21:55. > :22:03.permission. Michael was given ECT without his
:22:04. > :22:06.consent in the Republic of Ireland. The Irish government
:22:07. > :22:13.is in the process of introducing legislation to stop the treatment
:22:14. > :22:16.in cases where the patient isn't The idea of unwillingness
:22:17. > :22:21.is unsavoury and something We should not have a situation
:22:22. > :22:28.where a state forces a particular Just across the Irish border
:22:29. > :22:32.in Northern Ireland, as in the rest of the UK,
:22:33. > :22:35.consent is not always needed for a patient to be given ECT,
:22:36. > :22:39.although it happens only in extreme cases and with specific
:22:40. > :22:44.medical approval. Last year in Northern Ireland,
:22:45. > :22:47.psychiatrists made more than 50 requests for people to be treated
:22:48. > :22:50.without their consent, an increase of almost 50%
:22:51. > :22:54.on a few years before, although it is not known whether
:22:55. > :22:59.some of the requests were refused. Those figures include both people
:23:00. > :23:01.who were unable to give consent as well as patients who simply
:23:02. > :23:04.refused, but there are some psychiatrists wary of losing
:23:05. > :23:08.the option of ECT in all If you were to rule out the use
:23:09. > :23:15.of ECT for individuals who could not consent, then you would be
:23:16. > :23:18.eliminating a treatment that Scientists are still working
:23:19. > :23:26.to try to understand the brain and drugs are constantly
:23:27. > :23:28.being developed to tackle depression but, until new,
:23:29. > :23:31.more effective treatments are found, what was once known as electroshock
:23:32. > :23:34.therapy will still have And there's plenty more from BBC
:23:35. > :23:48.One's season on mental health, All the details are on our special
:23:49. > :23:53.website at bbc.co.uk/inthemind. And you can follow us on social
:23:54. > :24:00.media at hashtag In the Mind. A brief look at some
:24:01. > :24:03.of the day's other news stories. President Obama is to visit Cuba
:24:04. > :24:05.next month, the first sitting US leader to go
:24:06. > :24:08.there since 1928. The White House said Mr Obama
:24:09. > :24:11.would meet the Cuban leader, The two nations announced in 2014
:24:12. > :24:17.that they would move to reopen ties Three wards at Leicester Royal
:24:18. > :24:23.Infirmary have been closed after 14 cancer patients were
:24:24. > :24:26.diagnosed with swine flu. The hospital says the patients have
:24:27. > :24:29.been isolated to avoid the outbreak spreading, and are being given
:24:30. > :24:34.antiviral treatment. British Gas is facing calls to make
:24:35. > :24:37.further cuts to its energy prices after its parent company -
:24:38. > :24:39.Centrica - revealed that profits British Gas has already cut prices
:24:40. > :24:48.three times since the beginning of last year, but some critics say
:24:49. > :24:53.that's not enough. For almost 20 years,
:24:54. > :24:55.petrol in Venezuela It has been almost free for people
:24:56. > :25:01.living in the oil producing country. But now prices are suddenly going up
:25:02. > :25:04.- and quite substantially. A litre of premium petrol
:25:05. > :25:09.was costing just one US cent. But today the price shot up
:25:10. > :25:13.to almost a dollar per litre. Venezuela's economy was already
:25:14. > :25:15.struggling but now it has been hit hard by the collapse
:25:16. > :25:18.in the oil price. is in the country's capital,
:25:19. > :25:35.Caracas. It is often said that oil is more of
:25:36. > :25:40.a curse than a blessing and that is certainly be case with Venezuela, a
:25:41. > :25:43.country often accused of badly mismanaging its natural resources.
:25:44. > :25:47.People here are used to getting petrol for nothing but, because of
:25:48. > :25:51.falling oil revenues, the government is stepping in to raise the price of
:25:52. > :25:52.petrol to bring in more revenue, and many people say the policy is long
:25:53. > :25:55.overdue. Venezuelans are used to having
:25:56. > :25:57.the cheapest fuel in the world, less than the price of a bottle
:25:58. > :26:01.of water to fill a car Now the embattled government has
:26:02. > :26:05.been forced to raise prices by a massive 6000%, probably be
:26:06. > :26:08.first time in history such a huge price rise has been
:26:09. > :26:11.so widely welcomed. We couldn't keep on paying
:26:12. > :26:16.almost nothing for petrol. But it's too late to
:26:17. > :26:18.save this government. Of course it's justified,
:26:19. > :26:25.says this motorist, but he says, We used to be at the top
:26:26. > :26:31.of Latin America, now With some of the world's
:26:32. > :26:37.biggest oil reserves, Venezuela neglected other industries
:26:38. > :26:41.as the oil revenues flowed in. It failed to invest and billions
:26:42. > :26:44.disappeared through corruption so, when the oil price crashed,
:26:45. > :26:48.it was completely exposed. Rarely has a country so badly
:26:49. > :26:51.mismanaged its natural wealth, In ten years, we destroyed 100 years
:26:52. > :26:59.of energy industry, oil, How destructive -
:27:00. > :27:09.very much, very much. There is no other country committing
:27:10. > :27:15.suicide as Venezuela. The country is deep in recession,
:27:16. > :27:17.unable to afford imported food or goods, but it is ordinary
:27:18. > :27:20.Venezuelans who are suffering. With inflation expected
:27:21. > :27:23.to hit 700% this year, according to the IMF,
:27:24. > :27:28.Venezuela is perhaps the world's The government has resorted
:27:29. > :27:34.to printing more money, rendering the bolivar almost
:27:35. > :27:37.completely worthless, and people here have to queue
:27:38. > :27:40.for hours to find even This feels like a
:27:41. > :27:45.country on the brink. Having queued all morning,
:27:46. > :27:48.they haven't won the lottery, just a ticket to get into a shop
:27:49. > :27:51.where there might be eggs, There is no love lost and little
:27:52. > :27:58.cooperation between the opposition controlled Congress
:27:59. > :28:01.and Nicholas Nicolas Maduro's socialist government,
:28:02. > :28:05.a government which accuses Venezuela's enemies abroad
:28:06. > :28:11.of carrying out economic warfare. It is North American imperialism,
:28:12. > :28:15.they have no morals or ethics, They have no respect
:28:16. > :28:19.for international law and they will do anything
:28:20. > :28:27.to destabilise us. As Venezuela's economy falls
:28:28. > :28:29.apart, so does society. Murder rates here are higher
:28:30. > :28:32.than anywhere else in the world. The rule of law is consistently
:28:33. > :28:34.undermined and people All of this in what should
:28:35. > :28:38.be one of the richest, Now all eyes may be on rugby union
:28:39. > :28:48.right now with the Six Nations - but rugby league's
:28:49. > :28:50.also in the spotlight. There are big hopes for England's
:28:51. > :28:52.rugby league team - with the appointment
:28:53. > :28:53.of a tough-talking Wayne Bennett has been hugely
:28:54. > :28:58.successful down under When he takes over in the autumn
:28:59. > :29:03.it'll mean England's rugby league, rugby union and cricket teams
:29:04. > :29:05.are all coached by Australians. Our sports correspondent
:29:06. > :29:14.David Ornstein reports. He's been described as the greatest
:29:15. > :29:17.coach of his generation. Wayne Bennett is rugby league's
:29:18. > :29:21.answer to Sir Alex Ferguson, and now the decorated Australian
:29:22. > :29:23.is in charge of England. But does he welcome
:29:24. > :29:29.such lofty comparisons? Yeah, I've also been told I look
:29:30. > :29:32.like Clint Eastwood. Bennett inherits a squad that
:29:33. > :29:40.recently beat New Zealand, the world's top-ranked team,
:29:41. > :29:43.but they've never lifted a major We need England to be like they have
:29:44. > :29:52.been in the past and There is an opportunity to do that
:29:53. > :29:58.and I thought I'd grab it. England will want his presence to be
:29:59. > :30:02.felt at every level of the sport. The main focus, though,
:30:03. > :30:04.is on bringing success Hopefully we can
:30:05. > :30:08.actually win something. When I've been in the camps,
:30:09. > :30:11.we've been close, but we need Wayne Bennett leads out
:30:12. > :30:18.the Brisbane Broncos here in Wigan on Saturday for the World Club
:30:19. > :30:20.Series. It's a first chance to cast his eye
:30:21. > :30:22.over an exciting generation of England players and he won't be
:30:23. > :30:26.the first Australian recruited to boost the nation's
:30:27. > :30:30.sporting fortunes. Last year, Trevor Bayliss was put
:30:31. > :30:33.in charge of England cricket. The rugby union side
:30:34. > :30:36.are now led by Eddie Jones. Also in rugby union,
:30:37. > :30:39.the other Home Nations all have southern hemisphere
:30:40. > :30:42.coaches, but why? I think we've all learned a lot
:30:43. > :30:46.off each other. We shared a lot of ideas throughout
:30:47. > :30:48.decades. Bennett's capability in this role
:30:49. > :30:56.won't be seen until the autumn, when they next play,
:30:57. > :30:59.and they will hope, by going down under,
:31:00. > :31:01.they will end up at the top. Newsnight's about to begin over
:31:02. > :31:17.on BBC Two in a few moments. Tonight, our special contribution to
:31:18. > :31:22.the euro debate, or one of them, is Lord Mandelson. How does he rake
:31:23. > :31:25.David Cameron's efforts in Brussels? Join me on BBC Two.