:00:00. > :00:00.Tonight at Ten, a warning from the French that Britain
:00:00. > :00:09.will face "consequences" if it leaves the EU.
:00:10. > :00:12.David Cameron visits Amiens, where President Hollande says that
:00:13. > :00:18.Britain should stay in or face inevitable fallout.
:00:19. > :00:20.TRANSLATION: There is the question of consequences if Britain
:00:21. > :00:24.There's the single market, free trade and also
:00:25. > :00:31.As the French clear the migrant camp in Calais, the UK promises more
:00:32. > :00:34.money to improve security around the port.
:00:35. > :00:37.But a warning that British border controls in France could be scrapped
:00:38. > :00:42.if the UK leaves the EU got this response.
:00:43. > :00:47.Look, that was agreed by an international treaty
:00:48. > :00:50.between Britain and France a few years ago.
:00:51. > :00:59.And all this as the President of the European Council warns
:01:00. > :01:08.The Germans expressed their desire for the Britain to stay in the EU.
:01:09. > :01:12.Also tonight. Sunderland defence the decision to keep selecting Alan
:01:13. > :01:17.Johnson while he was on child sex charges.
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:01:20. > :01:24.heavy fire from some big Republican names.
:01:25. > :01:31.Donald Trump is iPhone, a fraud, his promises are as worthless as a
:01:32. > :01:34.degree from Trump University. -- is a phoney.
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:01:48. > :01:49.Coming up in Sportsday: Three medals for Great Britain on day two
:01:50. > :01:53.of the Track Cycling World Championships in London.
:01:54. > :02:15.Laura Trott takes gold in the scratch race,
:02:16. > :02:20.The network of British border controls on French soil set up more
:02:21. > :02:24.than 20 years ago could be scrapped if the UK leaves the European Union.
:02:25. > :02:26.The warning came from France's economy minister on the day
:02:27. > :02:31.David Cameron was in Paris holding talks with President Hollande.
:02:32. > :02:35.Mr Cameron announced that Britain would spend ?17 million to improve
:02:36. > :02:38.security at Calais, while President Hollande warned
:02:39. > :02:41.of "consequences" if Britain left the EU.
:02:42. > :02:52.Our political correspondent Ben Wright reports.
:02:53. > :03:01.Solidarity,, rating the Somme. France and Britain standing
:03:02. > :03:06.together, with a vote close David Cameron has a political fight on his
:03:07. > :03:10.hands and France seems keen to help. Now a salesman for Britain's EU
:03:11. > :03:15.membership, David Cameron used this summit to trumpet areas he says the
:03:16. > :03:20.UK benefits, from security to jobs. By minister, campaigners for Britain
:03:21. > :03:24.to leave the EU say on issues from security to Calais, you are
:03:25. > :03:31.scaremongering. RU? It's hardly surprising, is it, that France is
:03:32. > :03:35.prepared to echo your views on this. When it comes to security, our
:03:36. > :03:39.borders, I'm convinced we are better off, we are stronger insider
:03:40. > :03:43.reformed European Union. I will go on making those arguments drawing on
:03:44. > :03:47.my experience, not making hypothetical claims, dealing with
:03:48. > :03:51.the reality. And could France stir up a deal that keeps British border
:03:52. > :03:58.guards in Calais, if Britain left the EU? The French president did not
:03:59. > :04:01.say yes, but... TRANSLATION: I don't want to scare
:04:02. > :04:06.you but I just want to say the truth. There will be consequences if
:04:07. > :04:15.the UK is to leave the EU. There will be consequences in many areas.
:04:16. > :04:19.A more guarded and than this French minister gave in a newspaper
:04:20. > :04:22.interview. Emmanuel Macron was mobbed at an agricultural show in
:04:23. > :04:28.Paris after suggesting France could let migrants cross the Channel to
:04:29. > :04:33.Britain if it left the EU. This is Calais, where around 4000 migrants
:04:34. > :04:37.are stuck, hoping to find a way to Britain. But for 13 years British
:04:38. > :04:42.border officials have been posted here to check the status of migrants
:04:43. > :04:47.before they leave French soil. It's an agreement between fans and the
:04:48. > :04:50.UK, not an EU deal. And either country can terminate the
:04:51. > :04:54.arrangement if they give six months' notice. Leave campaigners rubbished
:04:55. > :05:02.the idea that deal would be scrapped if Britain left the EU. Donnez-moi
:05:03. > :05:05.un break that was agreed by an international treaty between Britain
:05:06. > :05:10.and France a few years ago. It has nothing to do with the EU, there's
:05:11. > :05:13.no reason, you have to wonder about the timing of this particular
:05:14. > :05:17.adventure. It's all part of a project to try and scare people into
:05:18. > :05:20.wanting to stay in the EU, when actually all the arguments are in
:05:21. > :05:25.favour of is taking back control and being big enough to stand on our own
:05:26. > :05:29.two feet. France and Britain disagreed a lot on the EU
:05:30. > :05:32.negotiation but Paris has effectively rejoined the remain
:05:33. > :05:37.campaign, as will other EU countries that want Britain to stay in. But
:05:38. > :05:40.we'll France's warning about consequences caused concern or
:05:41. > :05:45.incredulity among British voters? Ben Wright, BBC News, Amiens.
:05:46. > :05:48.The UK's long-term economic future could be brighter outside the EU,
:05:49. > :05:50.according to John Longworth, the head of the British Chambers of
:05:51. > :05:53.He was speaking at the organisation's annual conference,
:05:54. > :05:56.also being attended by the German finance minister Wolfgang Schauble,
:05:57. > :05:58.who insisted the EU would be more unstable
:05:59. > :06:07.Our economics editor Kamal Ahmed has more details.
:06:08. > :06:10.Anthony Gould remembers the last time Britain voted on membership
:06:11. > :06:16.of what was then the European Economic Community.
:06:17. > :06:18.The media entrepreneur from Kent, who exports around the world,
:06:19. > :06:25.This time, he'll be dancing to a different tune.
:06:26. > :06:28.EU membership in the early years definitely helped,
:06:29. > :06:35.but recently there's so much regulation and difficulties
:06:36. > :06:40.would be in the interests of our business to leave the EU.
:06:41. > :06:43.When it comes to the question of the European Union -
:06:44. > :06:53.At today's conference of leading small firms, the tone was sceptical.
:06:54. > :07:00.The negotiations the Prime Minister came out with were actually
:07:01. > :07:03.inadequate, far short of what the BCC wanted,
:07:04. > :07:08.and actually on the balance of probabilities now that Britain
:07:09. > :07:12.could have a bright future outside of the European Union,
:07:13. > :07:15.just as it would have done had we stayed in with a truly reformed
:07:16. > :07:20.Both sides in this EU referendum debate would love to grab
:07:21. > :07:24.the business vote for themselves, but although there have been some
:07:25. > :07:28.sceptical voices here today, for other businesses the tone
:07:29. > :07:37.Carmaking in the UK employs 800,000 people.
:07:38. > :07:42.Today, the SMMT trade body said 77% of their members backed Britain
:07:43. > :07:48.We think that being part of a reformed Europe and playing
:07:49. > :07:52.a role in that reformation is really, really important for not
:07:53. > :07:56.only Europe but also the UK in Europe.
:07:57. > :08:00.In London today, the German finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble.
:08:01. > :08:06.He was asked for his reaction should the UK leave.
:08:07. > :08:28.Look, it's a decision of the British people, of course.
:08:29. > :08:32.Business leaders left tonight after a day dominated by Europe.
:08:33. > :08:35.They are, of course, also voters, and will have their say on June
:08:36. > :08:48.Our Europe editor Katya Adler is in Brussels tonight.
:08:49. > :08:56.What are we to make of two big interventions in one day from France
:08:57. > :09:00.and Germany, and not exactly unhelpful for Mr Cameron? Not
:09:01. > :09:04.exactly unhelpful, but were they cynically hatched by a plotting
:09:05. > :09:07.Prime Minister determined to win a referendum on EU membership?
:09:08. > :09:12.Unlikely and not just because he say so, because he would, but because
:09:13. > :09:15.those remarks were made by leading international politicians, not
:09:16. > :09:19.puppets of Number Ten. But is Downing Street letting it be known
:09:20. > :09:23.amongst global friends that David Cameron might have made during his
:09:24. > :09:28.years in office that it would be helpful to have their pro-UK in the
:09:29. > :09:33.EU views known? Undoubtedly, we certainly got that message loud and
:09:34. > :09:37.clear at a recent meeting of the G20's powerful finance ministers.
:09:38. > :09:40.But these statements are also made out of self-interest. Germany really
:09:41. > :09:45.does worry that the EU without the UK will be considerably weaker,
:09:46. > :09:50.while the French President's archrival in elections that follow
:09:51. > :09:53.the UK's referendum is a passionate Eurosceptic, so Brexit would play
:09:54. > :09:57.into her hand and against President Hollande, so he wants to avoid it.
:09:58. > :10:01.European leaders though that were unlikely to hear from in the lead up
:10:02. > :10:05.to the referendum are those hearing brussels, the EU chiefs. If they
:10:06. > :10:09.tell Britain to stay in the EU, they worry that will hinder rather than
:10:10. > :10:14.help the remain campaign. But one thing they can do, they tell us, is
:10:15. > :10:18.to try to sort out the EU's refugee and migrant crisis, filling the news
:10:19. > :10:23.with scenes of chaos and EU splits and wrists. The worry and fear here
:10:24. > :10:27.is that could send British voters running towards the doors marked EU
:10:28. > :10:31.exit, and that is something that Germany, France and the rest of the
:10:32. > :10:34.EU really, really want to avoid. Katya Adler in Brussels. Staying
:10:35. > :10:40.with the final point catcher was The President of the European
:10:41. > :10:45.Council, Donald Tusk, has warned would-be illegal economic
:10:46. > :10:48.migrants not to come to Europe. He said they should not
:10:49. > :10:51.risk their lives and money Mr Tusk is visiting Greece
:10:52. > :10:54.and Turkey to try to secure agreement on reducing the flow
:10:55. > :10:57.of migrants heading for the west. In the past year, nearly a million
:10:58. > :11:00.migrants have passed through Greece. Up to 12,000 people are currently
:11:01. > :11:03.stranded at Idomeni on the Greek border waiting to
:11:04. > :11:04.cross into Macedonia. Our correspondent Danny
:11:05. > :11:08.Savage sent this report. Where Greece meets Macedonia,
:11:09. > :11:11.a growing number of people They want to move on, but can't,
:11:12. > :11:20.so today, they protested. Ever since the tear gassing
:11:21. > :11:23.incident here on Monday, it's been fairly quiet
:11:24. > :11:25.when it comes to protests, but today, they flared up again
:11:26. > :11:28.with the migrants blocking the main railway track and calling
:11:29. > :11:31.for a greater flow of people Either it breaks up peacefully,
:11:32. > :11:37.or the police will move I don't feel like a
:11:38. > :11:48.human being anymore. Because I sleep in
:11:49. > :11:52.the middle of nowhere. Most here are Syrians and Iraqis,
:11:53. > :11:55.who say they are refugees fleeing by EU leaders as economic migrants,
:11:56. > :12:08.told today not to waste their time You've gone through
:12:09. > :12:13.the fence seven times. This 26-year-old, who wanted
:12:14. > :12:17.to remain anonymous, I say to people who would
:12:18. > :12:23.like to come here, stop. Don't come, don't lose your money,
:12:24. > :12:30.your job, your family, your time. Back at the border
:12:31. > :12:33.the demonstration ended peacefully. The primitive living conditions
:12:34. > :12:38.here are taking their toll. Children especially
:12:39. > :12:42.are falling sick. This Syrian family have
:12:43. > :12:47.a nine-year-old who is diabetic and six-month-old twins,
:12:48. > :12:51.who they have been told shouldn't A trickle of people crossing to move
:12:52. > :12:59.up the migrant trail is just This crush developed
:13:00. > :13:07.when we were at the border It's terrible, but everyone
:13:08. > :13:14.is just wanting to cross, so everyone is just pushing,
:13:15. > :13:20.making it tough for everyone. Discouraging economic
:13:21. > :13:22.migrants is one thing, but nearly all of these people don't
:13:23. > :13:26.fall into that category. They are Europe's problem
:13:27. > :13:29.and current plans to deal with them One of the most important elements
:13:30. > :13:39.in reducing the flow of migrants into Europe would be an end
:13:40. > :13:42.to the conflict in Syria. The UN said the current ceasefire -
:13:43. > :13:45.now in its sixth day - was fragile, but appeared
:13:46. > :13:47.to be holding. Our correspondent Steve Rosenberg
:13:48. > :13:50.has been allowed to follow Russian He has been taken to the village
:13:51. > :13:56.of Maarzaf in Hama Province, and also to the district
:13:57. > :13:59.of Al-Tal, north of Damascus, Sometimes, even the Russian army
:14:00. > :14:08.needs a little extra help. We've been given a local escort
:14:09. > :14:13.for a Russian peace mission. We head into the mountains
:14:14. > :14:17.of Syria's Hama province. The Russian military wants to show
:14:18. > :14:20.us how it is encouraging peace Until recently, this village
:14:21. > :14:31.was under rebel control. But the village elders have agreed
:14:32. > :14:34.to sign a declaration of peace The middleman who negotiated this
:14:35. > :14:43.is a local sheikh, Ahmad Mubarak. He is pro-Moscow and he has been
:14:44. > :14:46.helping the Russians do deals The sheikh is not only
:14:47. > :14:52.well respected here, In Syria, the difference between war
:14:53. > :15:04.and peace isn't always clear. Thanks to the Russians,
:15:05. > :15:07.there is a truce in Syria, Sheikh Mubarak says,
:15:08. > :15:09.and now they're helping us Deal done - the residents of Maarzaf
:15:10. > :15:19.are given humanitarian aid and the chance for a checkup
:15:20. > :15:26.with a Russian army doctor. How do you end a civil war which has
:15:27. > :15:30.left more than 250,000 people dead Like this, say the Russians,
:15:31. > :15:33.with small steps, On a Russian military plane,
:15:34. > :15:38.we are taken to the Syrian capital As we approach central Damascus,
:15:39. > :15:52.we see destruction, but no fighting. Today, the UN said the cessation
:15:53. > :15:55.of hostilities in Syria Success, it said,
:15:56. > :16:00.was not guaranteed. Syria says that Europe should be
:16:01. > :16:04.praying for peace here. If it fails, maybe there will be
:16:05. > :16:07.more refugees and more terrorists And they may bomb here and there,
:16:08. > :16:14.in Europe, as happened We are brought to the
:16:15. > :16:22.district of Al-Tall. "God protect the Syrian army",
:16:23. > :16:25.they chant, as soon as we get out This town, too, has signed
:16:26. > :16:29.a declaration of peace You cannot have reconciliation
:16:30. > :16:52.without trust. And there are still many in Syria
:16:53. > :16:56.who don't trust the government enough to believe this war
:16:57. > :17:00.is about to end. A brief look at some
:17:01. > :17:11.of the day's other news stories: A man who raped five women he met
:17:12. > :17:14.through the dating website match.com has been sentenced to life
:17:15. > :17:17.in prison, with a minimum term Jason Lawrance, who's 50
:17:18. > :17:22.and from Liphook in Hampshire, was also convicted of a series
:17:23. > :17:24.of assaults and attempted rapes. The South African athlete
:17:25. > :17:27.Oscar Pistorius has been denied the right to appeal against his
:17:28. > :17:29.conviction for the murder He's been on bail since December,
:17:30. > :17:35.when judges overturned his earlier conviction on the lesser charge
:17:36. > :17:37.of culpable homicide. Two women who attacked a police
:17:38. > :17:45.station in Istanbul with guns and a grenade have been
:17:46. > :17:47.shot dead by police. After fleeing the scene
:17:48. > :17:50.of the attack in Bayrampasa, the women hid in a nearby building
:17:51. > :17:53.before they were found. Two policemen are reported
:17:54. > :17:59.to have been injured. Sunderland's manager, Sam Allardyce,
:18:00. > :18:01.has defended the decision to keep selecting Adam Johnson
:18:02. > :18:04.while the player was awaiting trial He was found guilty yesterday of one
:18:05. > :18:09.charge of sexual activity The lead investigator has told
:18:10. > :18:15.the BBC that she met the club's executives and outlined
:18:16. > :18:17.the case against the player Sunderland have strongly denied
:18:18. > :18:21.they knew he was going to plead Our correspondent Ed Thomas
:18:22. > :18:28.is outside the ground tonight. Mr Johnson, you've never apologised
:18:29. > :18:30.to this 15-year-old girl. Who knew Adam Johnson had
:18:31. > :18:37.groomed and kissed a child? In court, the footballer said
:18:38. > :18:41.he told Sunderland everything. Today, it was left to Sunderland's
:18:42. > :18:51.manager to answer the questions. You played Adam Johnson,
:18:52. > :18:54.week after week, specifically, Were you aware he had
:18:55. > :19:03.admitted kissing a child? No, I was aware of his plea
:19:04. > :19:07.for all charges to be not guilty. When the - or just before the trial
:19:08. > :19:11.started, to hear that he had pleaded guilty was a massive
:19:12. > :19:13.shock to everybody. Which, the football club took
:19:14. > :19:23.swift and direct action After his arrest, Adam Johnson
:19:24. > :19:37.was suspended by Sunderland. After he was charged, a month later,
:19:38. > :19:43.he was allowed to continue to play. He went on to take 28 more
:19:44. > :19:50.appearances, collecting ?60,000 a week. Adam Johnson knew that his
:19:51. > :19:57.victim adored him. He sent hundreds of messages to the child. He told
:19:58. > :20:02.police he knew that she was only 15. That was the 2nd of March...
:20:03. > :20:05.Speaking exclusively to BBC News, the detective who led the
:20:06. > :20:08.investigation into Adam Johnson has revealed details of her first
:20:09. > :20:13.meeting with Sunderland Football Club. At that point, he was under
:20:14. > :20:16.arrest for sexual activity with a child and that is what was disclosed
:20:17. > :20:21.to the club. They were given a little more detail in terms of he
:20:22. > :20:26.had met the girl and there had been sexual activity taking place. At the
:20:27. > :20:32.time, broadly, was it known that Adam Johnson had met the girl and
:20:33. > :20:35.kissed her? At that point, yes. Broadly speaking, again, was it
:20:36. > :20:40.known at the time that the pair were sending messages to each other? That
:20:41. > :20:44.was known. At the centre of this, we have a 15-year-old girl, at that
:20:45. > :20:48.time, a massive Sunderland fan and a fan of Adam Johnson. Describes him
:20:49. > :20:56.as her idol. She will want to know why he was allowed on the pitch. Who
:20:57. > :21:00.knew what? Campaigners want answers. If they heard from Johnson that he
:21:01. > :21:04.had behaved inappropriately, it gives another strong message to say,
:21:05. > :21:11.why was he not continually suspended until such time that the matters
:21:12. > :21:14.were concluded? There are now calls for an investigation. Sunderland
:21:15. > :21:15.Football Club say if they had known Johnson's guilt they would have
:21:16. > :21:21.sacked him on the spot. Delegates from every region of China
:21:22. > :21:24.are gathering in the capital, Beijing, for the 10-day annual
:21:25. > :21:27.session of the National People's Congress, the body which debates
:21:28. > :21:28.and approves government policy. High on the agenda is the state
:21:29. > :21:32.of the Chinese economy. Gross domestic product was expanding
:21:33. > :21:37.by over 14% in 2007. But that growth rate has now
:21:38. > :21:42.halved to just under 7%. China is now expecting to lay off
:21:43. > :21:46.1.8 million workers to cut overcapacity in the coal
:21:47. > :21:49.and steel industries - Our world affairs editor
:21:50. > :21:53.John Simpson sent this It's got the look of
:21:54. > :22:00.a place in trouble. Buildings are empty, businesses
:22:01. > :22:06.going under, confidence dropping. True, China's growth rate
:22:07. > :22:09.is still far higher than Western But the American ratings agency
:22:10. > :22:17.Moody's has downgraded its outlook Leading economists here
:22:18. > :22:27.are unmistakably worried. The real economy is
:22:28. > :22:29.suffering big time. If anything, I would say 2016
:22:30. > :22:32.is the most critical year for the Chinese economy in the past,
:22:33. > :22:35.at least, one decade or so. If things were to go wrong here,
:22:36. > :22:38.there is always the fear The Chinese leadership
:22:39. > :22:42.is taking steps to make sure It's extraordinary how fast
:22:43. > :22:48.the mood here has changed. Until quite recently,
:22:49. > :22:51.people here were optimistic about the way things
:22:52. > :22:55.were going in China. Now, some are getting really worried
:22:56. > :22:57.that their government is lurching towards
:22:58. > :23:02.authoritarianism. They are even saying
:23:03. > :23:05.it is like a return to the old days In times of stress, Mao believed
:23:06. > :23:10.you've got to get a tighter grip The other day, President Xi Jinping
:23:11. > :23:16.duly went the rounds of the press and broadcasters,
:23:17. > :23:20.telling them, even from the newsreader's chair,
:23:21. > :23:26.that they had to toe the party line. We listen to the party's
:23:27. > :23:32.orders, the placards read. Yet Mr Xi does seem
:23:33. > :23:42.quite thin-skinned. In Hong Kong, five book-sellers
:23:43. > :23:45.who stocked some pretty lurid stuff about the love life of the Chinese
:23:46. > :23:48.leader, vanished last October. Earlier this week, Chinese TV showed
:23:49. > :23:58.four confessing abjectly Should we be worried
:23:59. > :24:03.about China's new authoritarianism? TRANSLATION: China needs a stronger
:24:04. > :24:12.government that can take strong measures to push reform
:24:13. > :24:18.and development effectively. It might look from outside
:24:19. > :24:21.that our top leadership has become more aggressive, but this
:24:22. > :24:22.aggressiveness is not But with security tight
:24:23. > :24:28.in Beijing at the moment, one of the dwindling group
:24:29. > :24:31.of critics of the government here thinks it all means
:24:32. > :24:33.President Xi Jinping TRANSLATION: I think the leader now
:24:34. > :24:42.has a real feel of crisis. He is worried that the rule
:24:43. > :24:48.of the Communist Party will be lost in his hands and that he could be
:24:49. > :24:51.replaced by his rivals. So, he has to hold
:24:52. > :24:53.on to power tightly. He is like a man floundering
:24:54. > :24:57.in water and is going to grab Are you worried that you might get
:24:58. > :25:02.into trouble for saying the things TRANSLATION: The fact that I can
:25:03. > :25:07.talk like this is highly unusual. I don't know how much longer
:25:08. > :25:12.I'll be able to do it. Xi Jinping remains
:25:13. > :25:15.massively popular. People are very proud
:25:16. > :25:19.of China's achievements. And yet, the way he is clamping down
:25:20. > :25:22.doesn't seem like confidence. Donald Trump, the current
:25:23. > :25:32.frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination,
:25:33. > :25:36.has faced an unprecedented verbal onslaught from some
:25:37. > :25:39.of the party's biggest names. Mitt Romney, the Republican
:25:40. > :25:42.candidate last time, described Mr Trump as a phoney
:25:43. > :25:45.and a fraud who threatened America's prospects for a safe
:25:46. > :25:48.and a prosperous future. John McCain - another former
:25:49. > :25:50.presidential candidate - was equally forthright
:25:51. > :25:54.in his criticism. Let's join our North America editor
:25:55. > :26:07.Jon Sopel in Washington. Until last June, this is what Donald
:26:08. > :26:10.Trump was most famous for, building his hotels, like this one under
:26:11. > :26:15.construction in Pennsylvania Avenue. It is clear that the Republican high
:26:16. > :26:20.command would like nothing more than for him to go back to concentrating
:26:21. > :26:24.on that rather than politics. Instead of building things, Donald
:26:25. > :26:28.Trump seems to be caring the Republican party apart. Today, an
:26:29. > :26:30.astonishing series of attacks on him and his personality.
:26:31. > :26:33.Four years ago he was the Republican candidate for President.
:26:34. > :26:35.Today, Mitt Romney was doing his best to destroy Donald Trump's bid
:26:36. > :26:41.And, in keeping with this election cycle, there was nothing coded.
:26:42. > :26:46.This was a full frontal, all guns blazing, no-holds-barred assault.
:26:47. > :26:55.His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University.
:26:56. > :26:58.He's playing the members of the American public for suckers.
:26:59. > :27:01.He gets a free ride to the White House and all we get
:27:02. > :27:07.Think of Donald Trump's personal qualities.
:27:08. > :27:11.The bullying, the greed, the showing off, the misogyny,
:27:12. > :27:23.Back in 2012, Mitt Romney was happy to accept Donald Trump's endorsement
:27:24. > :27:29.Mitt is tough, he's smart, he's sharp.
:27:30. > :27:32.He's not going to allow bad things to continue to happen to this
:27:33. > :27:41.Back to today and it's hard to believe that Mr Trump
:27:42. > :27:44.and Mr Romney will be exchanging Christmas cards.
:27:45. > :27:47.I backed him - you can see how loyal he is -
:27:48. > :27:51.I could have said, "Mitt, drop to your knees."
:27:52. > :28:00.Donald Trump talks tough about China and Mexico...
:28:01. > :28:03.These anti-Trump TV ads aren't from the Democratic party, they have
:28:04. > :28:09.They are running extensively in Ohio and Florida.
:28:10. > :28:12.These two states hold their primaries in 12 days' time
:28:13. > :28:15.and are seen as the last chance to stop Donald Trump's relentless
:28:16. > :28:25.Jon Sopel, BBC News, Washington.
:28:26. > :28:28.Muhammad Ali is, for many around the world, the greatest sportsman
:28:29. > :28:31.of all time - a man who rose from humble beginnings to becoming
:28:32. > :28:34.the three times heavyweight champion of the world.
:28:35. > :28:37.A major new exhibition at the O2 in London is devoted
:28:38. > :28:39.to his remarkable life and achievements and,
:28:40. > :28:42.as our arts editor Will Gompertz reports, it tells a story that
:28:43. > :28:49.reaches way beyond the boxing record books.
:28:50. > :28:57.He gets in my way, I'll confuse him with the shuffle!
:28:58. > :29:06.My comeback will shake the whole earth.
:29:07. > :29:11.- the Parkinson's disease which has rendered him to poorly to travel.
:29:12. > :29:13.But the Muhammad Ali Show goes on, in the shape
:29:14. > :29:23.This is the robe, Muhammad had a huge affection for Elvis Presley.
:29:24. > :29:27.Evidently, Elvis had a huge affection for Muhammad.
:29:28. > :29:29.He presented him this robe in Las Vegas.
:29:30. > :29:32.He gave it to him, all bejewelled, and he had it specially
:29:33. > :29:38.There's replica belts and photos aplenty, and the famous torn glove
:29:39. > :29:45.Muhammad is a symbol of hope and inspiration,
:29:46. > :29:48.and not just to African-Americans, to all people.
:29:49. > :29:51.It was his special duty, he felt, to take his celebrity and try to use
:29:52. > :29:54.it for the betterment of those that could not lift themselves up,
:29:55. > :30:03.It is as much for the public stands he has taken,
:30:04. > :30:07.as it is for his remarkable achievements in the ring,
:30:08. > :30:09.that prompted a contemporary British heavyweight to start a campaign
:30:10. > :30:14.for Muhammad Ali to be awarded an honorary knighthood.
:30:15. > :30:17.Ali is the greatest in his field, as a boxer, as a man
:30:18. > :30:24.I don't believe there is any other sportsmen who is on his level,
:30:25. > :30:29.What he believed in, what he done inside of his sport
:30:30. > :30:32.and outside of it, the amount of people he touched around
:30:33. > :30:34.the world, the amount of people that he's inspired.
:30:35. > :30:37.I always asked my mother, I said,
:30:38. > :30:40."Mother, how come is everything white?"
:30:41. > :30:43.I said, "Why is Jesus white, with blonde hair and blue eyes?"
:30:44. > :30:47.I said, "Mother, when we die, do we go to heaven?"
:30:48. > :30:49.She said, "Naturally we go to heaven."
:30:50. > :30:52.I said, "Well what happened to all the black angels
:30:53. > :30:58.What would it mean to him to be given a knighthood?
:30:59. > :31:05.Muhammad Ali has transcended his sport to become a cultural icon,
:31:06. > :31:10.as famous for his oratory as he was for his glove work.
:31:11. > :31:13.He is a man who always likes to have the last word.
:31:14. > :31:23.I'm going to eat some raw meat, going to train, I'm going to get
:31:24. > :31:28.Our arts editor Will Gompertz reporting.
:31:29. > :31:40.Is George Osborne about to raid the tax relief on your pension
:31:41. > :31:41.contributions? Join me now on BBC Two, 11pm