:00:10. > :00:11.Tonight at ten, a warning from the French
:00:12. > :00:14.that Britain will face 'consequences' if it leaves the EU.
:00:15. > :00:18.David Cameron visits Amiens where President Hollande says
:00:19. > :00:25.TRANSLATION: There is the question of consequences if Britain
:00:26. > :00:28.There's the single market, free trade and also
:00:29. > :00:33.As the French clear the migrant camp in Calais -
:00:34. > :00:37.the UK promises more money to improve security around the port.
:00:38. > :00:40.But a warning that British border controls in France could be scrapped
:00:41. > :00:45.if the UK leaves the EU got this response.
:00:46. > :00:49.Look, that was agreed by an international treaty
:00:50. > :00:51.between Britain and France a few years ago.
:00:52. > :01:05.And all this as the president of the European Council -
:01:06. > :01:07.warns illegal economic migrants - not come to Europe.
:01:08. > :01:11.Sunderland defends the decision to keep selecting Adam Johnson -
:01:12. > :01:13.while the player awaited trial on child sex charges.
:01:14. > :01:15.After his latest success, Donald Trump finds himself under
:01:16. > :01:20.heavy fire from some big Republican names.
:01:21. > :01:28., if road. This promises are as worthless as a degree from the
:01:29. > :01:30.University. -- Donald Trump is a phoney, a fraud.
:01:31. > :01:32.Inside Syria - a special report on the deals being negotiated
:01:33. > :01:36.between Russian forces and local leaders.
:01:37. > :01:40.I want everybody out there on TV to know it.
:01:41. > :01:46.And retelling the story of the great Muhammad Ali
:01:47. > :01:50.with a major new exhibition in London.
:01:51. > :01:56.Coming up on BBC News, three medals for Great Britain on day two of the
:01:57. > :02:22.Track Cycling World Championships including gold for Laura Trott.
:02:23. > :02:25.The network of British border controls on French soil set up more
:02:26. > :02:28.than 20 years ago could be scrapped if the UK leaves the European Union.
:02:29. > :02:31.The warning came from France's economy minister on the day
:02:32. > :02:33.David Cameron was in Paris holding talks with President Hollande.
:02:34. > :02:37.Mr Cameron announced that Britain would spend ?17 million to improve
:02:38. > :02:40.security at Calais, while President Hollande warned
:02:41. > :02:43.of consequences if Britain left the EU.
:02:44. > :02:58.Our political correspondent Ben Wright reports.
:02:59. > :03:03.France and Britain standing together.
:03:04. > :03:08.membership of the European Union close, David Cameron has a prodigal
:03:09. > :03:17.fight on his hands and France is key to help.
:03:18. > :03:20.David Cameron used the summit to trumpet areas he says the UK
:03:21. > :03:21.could benefit, from security to jobs.
:03:22. > :03:23.Campaigners for Britain to leave the EU say that
:03:24. > :03:25.you are scaremongering on issues from...
:03:26. > :03:29.It is hardly surprising that France is prepared to echo your views
:03:30. > :03:34.When it comes to security and borders, we are better
:03:35. > :03:46.Drawing on my experience, I will go on making these
:03:47. > :03:48.arguments, not making up claims, but dealing with the reality.
:03:49. > :03:51.And could France tear up a deal that keeps British border
:03:52. > :03:53.guards in Calais if Britain left of the EU?
:03:54. > :04:00.The French president did not say yes, but...
:04:01. > :04:02.TRANSLATION: I don't want to scare you but I just
:04:03. > :04:06.There will be consequences if the UK is to leave
:04:07. > :04:10.There will be consequences in many areas.
:04:11. > :04:13.A more guarded answer than this French minister gave
:04:14. > :04:22.Emmanuel Macron was mobbed at this agricultural show after suggesting
:04:23. > :04:25.that France could let migrants cross the Channel to Britain if it
:04:26. > :04:28.This is Calais where around 4000 migrants
:04:29. > :04:39.are stuck, hoping to find a way to Britain.
:04:40. > :04:42.But for 13 years the UK and France have had a deal between themselves
:04:43. > :04:45.that means that the status of migrants is checked by British
:04:46. > :04:47.officials before they can leave French soil.
:04:48. > :04:49.It is not an EU agreement and Leave campaigners
:04:50. > :04:52.rubbished the idea that the deal will be scrapped if Britain left
:04:53. > :05:08.That was agreed by an international treaty
:05:09. > :05:11.between Britain and France a few years ago and it has nothing to do
:05:12. > :05:17.There is no reason at all why that should be changed.
:05:18. > :05:20.This is all part of a project to scare people
:05:21. > :05:23.into wanting to stay in the EU when actually all the arguments
:05:24. > :05:25.involve us taking back control and being big
:05:26. > :05:30.France and Britain disagreed on a lot during David Cameron's EU
:05:31. > :05:32.renegotiation but now Paris has effectively joined the Remain
:05:33. > :05:35.campaign, as will the other countries that want Britain to stay
:05:36. > :05:38.But will France's warning about consequences cause concern
:05:39. > :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. > :05:54.He was speaking at the organisation's annual conference,
:05:55. > :05:59.also being attended by the German finance minister Wolfgang Schauble,
:06:00. > :06:01.who insisted the EU would be more unstable
:06:02. > :06:10.Our economics editor Kamal Ahmed has more details.
:06:11. > :06:12.Anthony Gould remembers the last time Britain voted on membership
:06:13. > :06:18.of what was then the European Economic Community.
:06:19. > :06:20.The media entrepreneur from Kent, who exports around the world,
:06:21. > :06:29.This time, he'll be dancing to a different tune.
:06:30. > :06:31.EU membership in the early years definitely helped,
:06:32. > :06:34.but recently there's so much regulation and difficulties
:06:35. > :06:36.and that's why unfortunately I've come to the conclusion that it
:06:37. > :06:44.would be in the interests of our business to leave the EU.
:06:45. > :06:47.When it comes to the question of the European Union -
:06:48. > :06:51.At today's conference of leading small firms, the tone was sceptical.
:06:52. > :06:53.Yes, the majority still believe "in" is best, but "out"
:06:54. > :07:04.The negotiations the Prime Minister came out with were actually
:07:05. > :07:12.inadequate, far short of what the BCC wanted,
:07:13. > :07:14.and actually on the balance of probabilities now,
:07:15. > :07:16.Britain could have a bright future outside
:07:17. > :07:20.just as it would have done had we stayed in with a truly reformed
:07:21. > :07:24.Both sides in this EU referendum debate would love to grab
:07:25. > :07:27.the business vote for themselves, but although there have been some
:07:28. > :07:32.sceptical voices here today, for other businesses the tone
:07:33. > :07:40.Carmaking in the UK employs 800,000 people.
:07:41. > :07:43.Today, the SMMT trade body said 77% of their members backed Britain
:07:44. > :07:49.We think that being part of a reformed Europe and playing
:07:50. > :07:52.a role in that reformation is really, really important for not
:07:53. > :07:57.only Europe but also the UK in Europe.
:07:58. > :07:59.In London today, the German finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble.
:08:00. > :08:09.He was asked for his reaction should the UK leave.
:08:10. > :08:28.Look, it's a decision of the British people, of course.
:08:29. > :08:36.Business leaders left tonight after a day dominated by Europe.
:08:37. > :08:39.They are, of course, also voters, and will have their say on June
:08:40. > :08:49.Our Europe editor Katya Adler is in Brussels tonight.
:08:50. > :08:56.What are we to make of two big interventions in one day from France
:08:57. > :09:02.and Germany, and not exactly an helpful for Mr Cameron? Not exactly
:09:03. > :09:05.an helpful. But were they cynically hatched by plotting Prime Minister
:09:06. > :09:09.determined to win a referendum? Unlikely. And not just because he
:09:10. > :09:13.says so, because he would, but because those remarks were made by
:09:14. > :09:17.leading international politicians, not puppets of Number Ten. But is
:09:18. > :09:21.Downing Street letting it be known amongst global friends that David
:09:22. > :09:27.Cameron might have made during his years in office that it would be
:09:28. > :09:31.helpful to have their pro UK in the EU views known? Undoubtedly. We
:09:32. > :09:36.certainly got that message loud and clear in the recent meeting of the
:09:37. > :09:40.G20's powerful finance ministers. But the statements are also made out
:09:41. > :09:45.of self-interest. Germany worries that the EU without the UK will be
:09:46. > :09:50.considerably weaker. While the French President's arch rival in the
:09:51. > :09:53.elections that follow the UK's referendum is a passionate
:09:54. > :10:01.Eurosceptic so Brexit would play into her hands. European leaders we
:10:02. > :10:04.are unlikely to hear from in the referendum are those here in
:10:05. > :10:08.Brussels, the EU chiefs. If they tell Britain to stay in the EU, they
:10:09. > :10:12.worry that will hinder rather than help the campaign to remain. One
:10:13. > :10:17.thing they can do, they tell us, is to try to sort out the EU's refugee
:10:18. > :10:23.and migrant crisis, filling the news with scenes of chaos. The worry and
:10:24. > :10:27.fear here is that could send British voters running towards the doors
:10:28. > :10:31.marked EU exit and that is something that Germany, France and the rest of
:10:32. > :10:39.the EU really, really wants to avoid. Staying with a final point
:10:40. > :10:43.that capture was making, the president of the European Council,
:10:44. > :10:44.Donald Tusk, has warned would be illegal economic migrants not to
:10:45. > :10:46.come to Europe. He said they should not
:10:47. > :10:49.risk their lives and money Mr Tusk is visiting Greece
:10:50. > :10:52.and Turkey to try to secure agreement on reducing the flow
:10:53. > :10:55.of migrants heading for the west. In the past year, nearly a million
:10:56. > :10:58.migrants have passed through Greece. Up to 12,000 people are currently
:10:59. > :11:01.stranded at Idomeni on the Greek border waiting to
:11:02. > :11:02.cross into Macedonia. Our correspondent Danny
:11:03. > :11:09.Savage sent this report. Where Greece meets Macedonia,
:11:10. > :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. > :11:24.incident here on Monday, it's been fairly quiet
:11:25. > :11:26.when it comes to protests, but today, they flared up again
:11:27. > :11:29.with the migrants blocking the main railway track and calling
:11:30. > :11:31.for a greater flow of people Either it breaks up peacefully,
:11:32. > :11:42.or the police will move I don't feel like a
:11:43. > :11:48.human being anymore. Because I sleep in
:11:49. > :11:53.the middle of nowhere. Most here are Syrians and Iraqis,
:11:54. > :11:56.who say they are refugees fleeing But these mainly Moroccan men I met
:11:57. > :12:04.at a service station are described by EU leaders as economic migrants,
:12:05. > :12:07.told today not to waste their time You've gone through
:12:08. > :12:15.the fence seven times. This 26-year-old, who wanted
:12:16. > :12:18.to remain anonymous, I say to people who would
:12:19. > :12:29.like to come here, stop. Don't come, don't lose your money,
:12:30. > :12:32.your job, your family, your time. Back at the border
:12:33. > :12:34.the demonstration ended peacefully. The primitive living conditions
:12:35. > :12:36.here are taking their toll. Children especially
:12:37. > :12:46.are falling sick. This Syrian family have
:12:47. > :12:50.a nine-year-old who is diabetic and six-month-old twins,
:12:51. > :12:52.who they have been told shouldn't A trickle of people crossing to move
:12:53. > :13:01.up the migrant trail is just This crush developed
:13:02. > :13:04.when we were at the border It's terrible, but everyone
:13:05. > :13:16.is just wanting to cross, so everyone is just pushing,
:13:17. > :13:21.making it tough for everyone. Discouraging economic
:13:22. > :13:24.migrants is one thing, but nearly all of these people don't
:13:25. > :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. > :13:40.in reducing the flow of migrants into Europe would be an end
:13:41. > :13:43.to the conflict in Syria. The UN said the current ceasefire -
:13:44. > :13:46.now in its sixth day - was fragile, but appeared
:13:47. > :13:55.to be holding. Our correspondent Steve Rosenberg
:13:56. > :13:57.has been allowed to follow Russian He has been taken to the village
:13:58. > :14:01.of Maarzaf in Hama Province, and also to the district of Al-Tall,
:14:02. > :14:03.north of Damascus, Sometimes, even the Russian army
:14:04. > :14:09.needs a little extra help. We've been given a local escort
:14:10. > :14:17.for a Russian peace mission. We head into the mountains
:14:18. > :14:20.of Syria's Hama province. The Russian military wants to show
:14:21. > :14:22.us how it is encouraging peace Until recently, this village
:14:23. > :14:38.was under rebel control. The middleman who negotiated this
:14:39. > :14:45.is a local sheikh, Ahmad Mubarak. He is pro-Moscow and he has been
:14:46. > :14:48.helping the Russians do deals The sheikh is not only
:14:49. > :14:56.well respected here, In Syria, the difference between war
:14:57. > :15:05.and peace isn't always clear. Thanks to the Russians,
:15:06. > :15:08.there is a truce in Syria, Sheikh Mubarak says,
:15:09. > :15:13.and now they're helping us Deal done - the residents of Masyaf
:15:14. > :15:18.are given humanitarian aid and the chance for a checkup
:15:19. > :15:25.with a Russian army doctor. How do you end a civil war which has
:15:26. > :15:29.left more than 250,000 people dead Like this, say the Russians,
:15:30. > :15:31.with small steps, On a Russian military plane,
:15:32. > :15:40.we are taken to the Syrian capital As we approach central Damascus,
:15:41. > :15:50.we see destruction, but no fighting. Today, the UN said the cessation
:15:51. > :15:53.of hostilities in Syria Success, it said,
:15:54. > :16:00.was not guaranteed. Syria says that Europe should be
:16:01. > :16:07.praying for peace here. If it fails, maybe there will be
:16:08. > :16:10.more refugees and more terrorists We are brought to the
:16:11. > :16:28.district of Al-Tall. This town, too, has signed
:16:29. > :16:32.a declaration of peace You cannot have reconciliation
:16:33. > :16:53.without trust. And there are still many in Syria
:16:54. > :16:56.who don't trust the government enough to believe this war
:16:57. > :16:58.is about to end. A brief look at some of the day's
:16:59. > :17:12.other news stories... A man who raped five women he met
:17:13. > :17:19.through the dating website match.com has been sentenced
:17:20. > :17:22.to life in prison - with a minimum term
:17:23. > :17:25.of 12-and-a-half years. Jason Lawrance, who's 50
:17:26. > :17:27.and from Liphook in Hampshire, was also convicted of a series
:17:28. > :17:29.of assaults and attempted rapes. The South African athlete,
:17:30. > :17:31.Oscar Pistorius, has been denied the right to appeal
:17:32. > :17:33.against his conviction for the murder of his
:17:34. > :17:35.girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. He's been on bail since December,
:17:36. > :17:37.when judges overturned his earlier
:17:38. > :17:39.conviction on the lesser charge Two women who attacked
:17:40. > :17:46.a police station in Istanbul with guns and a grenade have been
:17:47. > :17:49.shot dead by police. After fleeing the scene
:17:50. > :17:51.of the attack in Bayrampasa, the women hid in a nearby building
:17:52. > :17:54.before they were found. Two policemen are reported
:17:55. > :18:01.to have been injured. Sunderland's manager Sam Allardyce
:18:02. > :18:04.has defended the decision to keep selecting Adam Johnson
:18:05. > :18:06.while the player was awaiting trial He was found guilty yesterday of one
:18:07. > :18:10.charge of sexual activity The lead investigator has told
:18:11. > :18:19.the BBC that she met the club's executives and outlined
:18:20. > :18:21.the case against the player Sunderland have strongly denied
:18:22. > :18:25.they knew he was going to plead Our correspondent Ed Thomas
:18:26. > :18:30.is outside the ground tonight. Mr Johnson, you have never
:18:31. > :18:32.apologised to this 15-year-old girl. Who knew Adam Johnson had
:18:33. > :18:39.groomed and kissed a child? In court, the footballer
:18:40. > :18:41.said he told the Today, it was left
:18:42. > :18:48.to Sunderland's manager, Mr Allardyce, you played
:18:49. > :18:54.Adam Johnson week after week, Were you aware that he had
:18:55. > :19:00.admitted kissing a child? I was aware of his plea
:19:01. > :19:05.for all charges to be not Just before the trial started,
:19:06. > :19:11.to hear that he had pleaded guilty was a massive shock
:19:12. > :19:13.to everybody at the football club, and the football club took
:19:14. > :19:16.swift and direct action After his arrest, Adam Johnson
:19:17. > :19:30.was suspended by Sunderland Football After he was charged
:19:31. > :19:53.with child sex offences, . He said that he had of messages
:19:54. > :20:00.and told police that he knew she was only 15. -- he sent her hundreds of
:20:01. > :20:05.messages. Speaking exclusively to BBC News, the detective who led the
:20:06. > :20:06.investigation into Adam Johnson has revealed details of a first meeting
:20:07. > :20:09.with Sunderland football club. At that point he was under arrest
:20:10. > :20:13.for sexual activity with a child and that was what was
:20:14. > :20:15.disclosed to the club. They were given a little bit more
:20:16. > :20:19.detail in terms of him having met the girl and that there had been
:20:20. > :20:22.sexual activity that took place. At the time, broadly,
:20:23. > :20:24.was it known that Adam Johnson had At that point in the investigation,
:20:25. > :20:28.yes. Broadly speaking, it was known
:20:29. > :20:31.at that time that the pair were sending messages
:20:32. > :20:32.to one another? At the centre of this
:20:33. > :20:41.is a 15-year-old girl who was an avid fan of Sunderland
:20:42. > :20:44.and Adam Johnson and She will want to know why
:20:45. > :20:59.he was allowed back onto the pitch. If Sunderland heard from Johnson
:21:00. > :21:04.that he had behaved inappropriately, I think it gives another strong
:21:05. > :21:07.message to say, why was he not continually suspended until such
:21:08. > :21:13.time that the matters were concluded? Varun Aaron calls for an
:21:14. > :21:16.investigation. Sunderland Football Club say that if they had known of
:21:17. > :21:22.his guilt, they would have sacked him on the spot.
:21:23. > :21:25.Delegates from every region of China are gathering in the capital,
:21:26. > :21:28.Beijing, for the 10-day annual session of the National People's
:21:29. > :21:30.Congress, the body which debates and approves government policy.
:21:31. > :21:37.High on the agenda is the state of the Chinese economy.
:21:38. > :21:44.Gross domestic product was expanding by over 14% in 2007.
:21:45. > :21:46.But that growth rate has now halved to just under 7%.
:21:47. > :21:49.China is now expecting to lay off 1.8 million workers
:21:50. > :21:52.to cut overcapacity in the coal and steel industries -
:21:53. > :21:58.Our world affairs editor, John Simpson, sent this
:21:59. > :22:02.It's got the look of a place in trouble.
:22:03. > :22:10.Buildings are empty, businesses going under, confidence dropping.
:22:11. > :22:12.True, China's growth rate is still far higher than Western
:22:13. > :22:16.But the American ratings agency Moody's has
:22:17. > :22:23.downgraded its outlook for China from stable to negative.
:22:24. > :22:29.Leading economists here are unmistakably worried.
:22:30. > :22:31.The real economy is suffering big time.
:22:32. > :22:33.If anything, I would say 2016 is the most critical year
:22:34. > :22:36.for the Chinese economy in the past, at least, one decade or so.
:22:37. > :22:39.If things were to go wrong here, there is always the fear
:22:40. > :22:43.The Chinese leadership is taking steps to make sure
:22:44. > :22:49.It's extraordinary how fast the mood here has changed.
:22:50. > :22:51.Until quite recently, people here were optimistic
:22:52. > :22:57.about the way things were going in China.
:22:58. > :22:59.Now, some are getting really worried that their government
:23:00. > :23:05.is lurching towards authoritarianism.
:23:06. > :23:08.They are even saying it is like a return to the old days
:23:09. > :23:12.In times of stress, Mao believed you've got to get a tighter grip
:23:13. > :23:19.The other day, President Xi Jinping duly went the rounds
:23:20. > :23:22.of the press and broadcasters, telling them, even from
:23:23. > :23:26.the newsreader's chair, that they had to toe the party line.
:23:27. > :23:33.We listen to the party's orders, the placards read.
:23:34. > :23:45.Yet Mr Xi does seem quite thin-skinned.
:23:46. > :23:47.In Hong Kong, five book-sellers who stocked some
:23:48. > :23:51.life of the Chinese leaders, vanished last October.
:23:52. > :24:00.Earlier this week, Chinese TV showed four of them confessing abjectly
:24:01. > :24:04.Should we be worried about China's new authoritarianism?
:24:05. > :24:13.TRANSLATION: China needs a stronger government that can take strong
:24:14. > :24:18.measures to push reform and development effectively.
:24:19. > :24:24.It might look from outside that our top leadership has become more
:24:25. > :24:30.aggressive, but this aggressiveness is not going to last long. But with
:24:31. > :24:34.security tightened in Beijing at the moment, one of the dwindling group
:24:35. > :24:42.of critics of the government here thinks that it all means president
:24:43. > :24:46.Xi Jinping is feeling vulnerable. TRANSLATION: I think the leader has
:24:47. > :24:49.a real feeling of crisis. He is worried that the rule of the
:24:50. > :24:55.Communist Party will be lost in his hands and that he could be replaced
:24:56. > :25:00.by his rivals. So he has got to hold onto power tightly. He is like a man
:25:01. > :25:04.floundering in water and he is going to grab whatever he can. Are you
:25:05. > :25:09.worried that you might get into trouble for saying the things you
:25:10. > :25:13.have said here? The fact that I can talk like this is highly unusual. I
:25:14. > :25:20.don't know how much longer I will be able to do it. Xi Jinping remains
:25:21. > :25:25.massively popular. People are very proud of China's achievements and
:25:26. > :25:26.yet the way that he is clamping down doesn't seem like confidence. Quite
:25:27. > :25:32.the opposite. Donald Trump, the current
:25:33. > :25:35.frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination,
:25:36. > :25:39.has faced an unprecedented verbal onslaught today from some
:25:40. > :25:42.of the party's biggest names. Mitt Romney - the Republican
:25:43. > :25:44.candidate last time - described Mr Trump as
:25:45. > :25:46.a 'phony' and a 'fraud' who threatened America's prospects
:25:47. > :25:51.for a safe and a prosperous future. John McCain, another former
:25:52. > :25:53.presidential candidate, was equally forthright
:25:54. > :25:55.in his criticism. Let's join our North America editor
:25:56. > :26:07.Jon Sopel in Washington. Until last June, this is what Donald
:26:08. > :26:12.Trump was most famous for, building his hotels like this one under
:26:13. > :26:17.construction in Pennsylvania. It is clear that the Republican high
:26:18. > :26:21.command would like nothing more than for him to go back to concentrating
:26:22. > :26:27.on that rather than politics because instead of building things, Donald
:26:28. > :26:31.Trump seems to be tearing the Republican party apart. Today, an
:26:32. > :26:33.astonishing series of attacks on him and his personality.
:26:34. > :26:36.Four years ago, he was the Republican candidate for President.
:26:37. > :26:39.Today, Mitt Romney was doing his best to destroy Donald Trump's bid
:26:40. > :26:43.And, in keeping with this election cycle, there was nothing coded.
:26:44. > :26:46.This was a full frontal, all guns blazing, no-holds-barred assault.
:26:47. > :26:56.His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University.
:26:57. > :26:59.He's playing the members of the American public for suckers.
:27:00. > :27:02.He gets a free ride to the White House and all we get
:27:03. > :27:09.Think of Donald Trump's personal qualities.
:27:10. > :27:12.The bullying, the greed, the showing off, the misogyny,
:27:13. > :27:25.Back in 2012, Mitt Romney was happy to accept Donald Trump's endorsement
:27:26. > :27:31.Mitt is tough, he's smart, he's sharp.
:27:32. > :27:35.He's not going to allow bad things to continue to happen to this
:27:36. > :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. > :27:46.I backed him - you can see how loyal he is -
:27:47. > :27:51.I could have said, "Mitt, drop to your knees."
:27:52. > :28:04.Donald Trump talks tough about China and Mexico...
:28:05. > :28:06.These anti-Trump TV ads aren't from the Democratic Party,
:28:07. > :28:08.they have been paid for by conservatives.
:28:09. > :28:10.They are running extensively in Ohio and Florida.
:28:11. > :28:14.These two states hold their primaries in 12 days' time
:28:15. > :28:17.and are seen as the last chance to stop Donald Trump's relentless
:28:18. > :28:24.Jon Sopel, BBC News, Washington.
:28:25. > :28:28.Muhammad Ali is - for many around the world -
:28:29. > :28:31.the greatest sportsman of all time, a man who rose from humble
:28:32. > :28:33.beginnings to becoming the three times heavyweight champion
:28:34. > :28:38.A major new exhibition at the O2 in London
:28:39. > :28:40.is devoted to his remarkable life and achievements.
:28:41. > :28:42.And as our arts editor Will Gompertz reports,
:28:43. > :28:51.it tells a story that reaches way beyond the boxing record books.
:28:52. > :28:54.He gets in my way, I'll confuse him with the shuffle!
:28:55. > :28:57.He's up to his old tricks, floating like a butterfly,
:28:58. > :29:10.My comeback will shake the whole earth.
:29:11. > :29:12.The Parkinson's disease which has rendered him to poorly to travel.
:29:13. > :29:15.But the Muhammad Ali Show goes on, in the shape
:29:16. > :29:25.This is the robe, Muhammad had a huge affection for Elvis Presley.
:29:26. > :29:26.Evidently, Elvis had a huge affection for Muhammad.
:29:27. > :29:31.He presented him this robe in Las Vegas.
:29:32. > :29:34.He gave it to him, all bejewelled, and he had it specially
:29:35. > :29:40.There's replica belts and photos aplenty, and the famous torn glove
:29:41. > :29:45.Muhammad is a symbol of hope and inspiration,
:29:46. > :29:51.and not just to African-Americans, to all people.
:29:52. > :29:55.But it was his special duty, he felt, to take his celebrity
:29:56. > :29:57.and try to use it for the betterment of those that
:29:58. > :30:03.could not lift themselves up, regardless of colour.
:30:04. > :30:06.It is as much for the public stands he has taken,
:30:07. > :30:08.as it is for his remarkable achievements in the ring,
:30:09. > :30:10.that prompted a contemporary British heavyweight to start a campaign
:30:11. > :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. > :30:30.What he believed in, what he done inside of his sport
:30:31. > :30:33.and outside of it, the amount of people he touched around
:30:34. > :30:35.the world, the amount of people that he's inspired.
:30:36. > :30:38.I always asked my mother, I said,
:30:39. > :30:41."Mother, how come is everything white?"
:30:42. > :30:44.I said, "Why is Jesus white, with blonde hair and blue eyes?"
:30:45. > :30:47.I said, "Mother, when we die, do we go to heaven?"
:30:48. > :30:50.She said, "Naturally we go to heaven."
:30:51. > :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. > :31:06.Muhammad Ali has transcended his sport to become a cultural icon,
:31:07. > :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. > :31:16.I'm going to eat some raw meat, going to train,
:31:17. > :31:19.I'm going to get ready and chops some more trees!
:31:20. > :31:34.The great Muhammad Ali, that was Will Gompertz reporting there.
:31:35. > :31:40.Tonight, is George Osborne about to raid the tax relief on your pension
:31:41. > :31:46.contributions? Join us now on BBC Two at 11pm. That is Newsnight on
:31:47. > :31:47.BBC Two. Now on BBC One, it is time for the news where you are. Good
:31:48. > :31:49.night.