:00:00. > :00:07.All state schools in England will become Academies.
:00:08. > :00:10.The plans will be announced in tomorrow's Budget.
:00:11. > :00:12.The Chancellor George Osborne will insist that the plans deliver
:00:13. > :00:16.greater freedom to decide on the curriculum and admissions.
:00:17. > :00:22.There are certain freedoms around curriculum, around the way you use
:00:23. > :00:25.resource that you have as an academy that you don't have
:00:26. > :00:28.But the move will end the long-standing role of local
:00:29. > :00:33.authorities in providing education and Labour says it's a distraction.
:00:34. > :00:37.This feels like it's a press ahead with an agenda that there is very
:00:38. > :00:40.little evidence for, to hide from some of the really
:00:41. > :00:47.We'll have more details of the academies plan and we'll be
:00:48. > :00:49.looking at what else is likely in the Budget.
:00:50. > :00:52.A major security operation in Brussels.
:00:53. > :00:58.The investigation is linked to last year's attacks in Paris.
:00:59. > :01:01.A welcome home for Russian fighter pilots, among the first to be
:01:02. > :01:06.withdrawn from Syria by President Putin.
:01:07. > :01:09.A special report from central Africa on the urgent need for action
:01:10. > :01:12.to save the elephant from poachers and traffickers.
:01:13. > :01:15.There are another four of these carcasses spread all around
:01:16. > :01:23.They arrived too late to catch the poachers who were long gone.
:01:24. > :01:25.And from dismay to despair, the champion player beaten
:01:26. > :01:28.by a computer and what it says about the future
:01:29. > :01:36.And coming up in Sportsday later in the hour on BBC News,
:01:37. > :01:38.find out if Manchester City reached the Champions League quarter-finals,
:01:39. > :02:02.despite an early injury to their captain Vincent Kompany.
:02:03. > :02:06.There's to be a radical shift in the way state schools
:02:07. > :02:09.The plans will be announced by the Chancellor in tomorrow's
:02:10. > :02:13.Ministers want to force all schools in England to become academies
:02:14. > :02:16.making them independent of local authority control.
:02:17. > :02:19.Schools would have to convert by 2022.
:02:20. > :02:22.Ministers say it would give them greater freedom
:02:23. > :02:24.to decide their curriculum, admissions and staff pay.
:02:25. > :02:37.Our education editor Branwen Jeffreys has more details.
:02:38. > :02:43.It is the school revolution that began under Labour. Failing schools
:02:44. > :02:50.closed under the council and reopened as academies. As Education
:02:51. > :02:55.Secretary, Michael Gove gave cash to more schools to convert. Now a
:02:56. > :02:59.Conservative government wants to finish the journey, ending more than
:03:00. > :03:04.100 years of English councils running local schools. My next
:03:05. > :03:10.ambition is this. 500 new free schools, everyone and Academy, and,
:03:11. > :03:15.yes, local authorities running schools a thing of the past. Academy
:03:16. > :03:22.schools have more freedoms, to choose what to teach, and decide
:03:23. > :03:25.what to pay staff. It is meant to encourage fresh ideas, offering
:03:26. > :03:32.parents greater choice, and had teachers the chance to work together
:03:33. > :03:36.in a chain of skills. The real winner is working in a multi-Academy
:03:37. > :03:39.trust because you have a collaborative environment where you
:03:40. > :03:44.can hold each other to account and the learning is deeper and richer in
:03:45. > :03:48.that kind of environment than perhaps was traditionally the case
:03:49. > :03:55.in local authority schools. Already in England, 2000 secondary schools
:03:56. > :03:59.are academies, more than half, but fewer than 3000 primary schools have
:04:00. > :04:08.changed, so most are still run by councils. Now council schools will
:04:09. > :04:13.have 4-mac-6 years to start becoming academies. Officials will be working
:04:14. > :04:16.on finalising details of plans and this will require a change in the
:04:17. > :04:22.law. It goes much further than before. Not just intervening in
:04:23. > :04:26.schools which are failing or under performing, this will radically
:04:27. > :04:32.change how even the best schools in England are run. Labour says there
:04:33. > :04:35.is little evidence these plans will mean a better school system. Some
:04:36. > :04:46.academies have struggled and failed to. There are some areas,
:04:47. > :04:50.Lincolnshire, mostly, my own area of Manchester, where schools are
:04:51. > :04:55.already academies but still require improvement. What is the government
:04:56. > :05:00.strategy for these areas? And from the Chief inspector, a warning just
:05:01. > :05:07.a few days ago. Some academies are paying top executive salaries but
:05:08. > :05:11.delivering poor results for pupils. For the Chancellor this is about
:05:12. > :05:16.putting his stamp on public services, reshaping skills and
:05:17. > :05:21.taking England on a different journey from the rest of the UK.
:05:22. > :05:24.Tomorrow's Budget will be the eighth delivered by George Osborne.
:05:25. > :05:27.And in the four months since his last report on the state
:05:28. > :05:29.of the UK's finances, economic growth has dipped and tax
:05:30. > :05:35.Added to that is the political challenge posed by the referendum
:05:36. > :05:37.on Britain's future in the European Union.
:05:38. > :05:39.In a moment we'll be talking to our political editor
:05:40. > :05:41.Laura Kuenssberg but first our economics editor Kamal Ahmed reports
:05:42. > :05:45.on some of the likely measures to be announced tomorrow.
:05:46. > :05:48.Home to the Chancellor, number 11 Downing Street,
:05:49. > :05:52.and where George Osborne has been spending the last few days
:05:53. > :06:00.Four months ago the Autumn Statement was full of optimism.
:06:01. > :06:02.I report on an economy growing faster than its competitors,
:06:03. > :06:06.and public finances set to reach a surplus of ?10 billion.
:06:07. > :06:11.The Chancellor will travel from here down the road to Parliament.
:06:12. > :06:14.He will have his red box with him and in there he will have
:06:15. > :06:18.new forecasts, and they are likely to show that the UK economy has
:06:19. > :06:23.taken something of a turn for the worse.
:06:24. > :06:26.The Bank of England has revised economic growth downward
:06:27. > :06:35.Our wages are rising less quickly, just 3% a year.
:06:36. > :06:38.Both reduced tax revenues for the Government, which,
:06:39. > :06:42.don't forget, is facing debts of ?1.5 trillion.
:06:43. > :06:45.That means the Government has to borrow more to pay
:06:46. > :06:51.So, what state are the Government's finances in?
:06:52. > :06:54.Well, so far this year, the Government has
:06:55. > :07:03.Now, that's 13.7% down on last year, but still a long way
:07:04. > :07:09.above the optimistic expectations of last autumn.
:07:10. > :07:15.The Government's target is to borrow ?73.5 billion this financial year.
:07:16. > :07:20.Will George Osborne hit that target in the Budget?
:07:21. > :07:23.And what about that ?10 billion budget surplus -
:07:24. > :07:30.The surplus that was forecast in November was already not that
:07:31. > :07:34.large when we are thinking about the four-year forecast.
:07:35. > :07:36.Things have moved against him since November so he may not
:07:37. > :07:39.have a lot of room for manoeuvre, particularly as there are number
:07:40. > :07:42.of giveaways already promised in the Conservative manifesto.
:07:43. > :07:44.In his Budget, George Osborne has always mixed pain
:07:45. > :07:50.What will the Chancellor want to trumpet?
:07:51. > :07:53.He could increase the point at which we pay tax on our income
:07:54. > :07:59.That could make taxpayers a few hundred pounds a year better off.
:08:00. > :08:01.He could also raise the level at which the higher 40p
:08:02. > :08:07.rate of tax kicks in, meaning fewer people pay it.
:08:08. > :08:10.He will announce support for major infrastructure projects -
:08:11. > :08:16.the high-speed rail link between Manchester and Leeds,
:08:17. > :08:21.His critics say this is all a bit of a diversion, but the real story
:08:22. > :08:24.of this Budget will be public sector cuts and tax rises.
:08:25. > :08:31.Fuel duty, the tax on petrol and diesel, is facing
:08:32. > :08:34.Unprotected departments at the Home Office could be facing
:08:35. > :08:43.There are likely to be higher taxes on business.
:08:44. > :08:47.Whatever George Osborne announces, he will have to sell it here,
:08:48. > :08:53.The Conservative majority is actually quite small and every
:08:54. > :08:58.debate is dominated by the European referendum.
:08:59. > :09:00.Fear of a Brexit could make this a rather more careful
:09:01. > :09:07.Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg is at
:09:08. > :09:13.the Chancellor's official residence, Number 11 Downing Street.
:09:14. > :09:21.We heard about some measures there and we talked about schools earlier
:09:22. > :09:27.but what is the main challenge for George Osborne tomorrow? There are
:09:28. > :09:32.three. He is likely to announce more cuts. He told the BBC as much as
:09:33. > :09:35.three weeks ago. That comes hard on the heels of six years of cuts which
:09:36. > :09:39.have hit millions of families around the country. He wants to show that
:09:40. > :09:45.the government is not just about that. They still have ideas for
:09:46. > :09:48.reform. I think the government's announcement to force schools in
:09:49. > :09:54.England to become academies with more cash and the option of
:09:55. > :09:56.extending the school day with more time for extracurricular activities
:09:57. > :10:01.as part of that. They want to show they have not run out of ideas and
:10:02. > :10:07.they are not all about balancing the books. He also faces polishing up
:10:08. > :10:14.his political reputation inside and outside of his party. After a series
:10:15. > :10:17.of defeats, tax credits, Sunday trading plans, something of his
:10:18. > :10:22.stock has fallen away in recent months and he will want to use a big
:10:23. > :10:30.day like tomorrow to rebuild that. The third big challenge is how he
:10:31. > :10:37.lets it all together, persuading all of us to vote to stay in the EU at a
:10:38. > :10:42.referendum at the end of June. Budgets are not just a bunch of
:10:43. > :10:44.numbers but a semaphore for the government and, in this case, the
:10:45. > :10:46.Chancellor's ambitions. There's been a major security
:10:47. > :10:49.operation in Brussels this evening, linked to last year's
:10:50. > :10:52.terror attacks in Paris, when 130 people were killed
:10:53. > :10:53.by Islamist extremists. Belgian security forces are said
:10:54. > :10:57.to be hunting for at least two people and one suspect
:10:58. > :10:59.has been killed. Our Europe correspondent
:11:00. > :11:21.Damian Grammaticas is at the scene. Yes, the raid took place this
:11:22. > :11:25.afternoon, a joint raid by Belgian and French police. Ever since the
:11:26. > :11:31.Paris attacks, both forces have hunted down any leads. There are 11
:11:32. > :11:35.people in custody already and any associates are being investigated as
:11:36. > :11:40.well and those investigations brought police here this afternoon
:11:41. > :11:45.to carry out this raid. One French policewoman was injured and one man
:11:46. > :11:52.armed with a Kalashnikov was shot dead. It has been confirmed this
:11:53. > :11:56.evening that he was not one of the prime suspects in the Paris attacks,
:11:57. > :12:03.that is Salah Abdeslam, still on the run.
:12:04. > :12:11.And police converged on Southern Brussels in the middle of the
:12:12. > :12:14.afternoon. They sealed off streets a few minutes drive from the centre of
:12:15. > :12:19.the capital, locking down the entire area. Belgian and French
:12:20. > :12:22.investigators had been following Leeds since the Paris terror
:12:23. > :12:31.attacks. They tried to search a flat here. When we reached the door, they
:12:32. > :12:34.were met by automatic gunfire. TRANSLATION: Two individuals are
:12:35. > :12:42.holed up in the building and a security cordon has been set up by
:12:43. > :12:48.police. Following the set up, special forces teams arrived and the
:12:49. > :12:52.operation is ongoing. Police kept the area cordoned off all afternoon,
:12:53. > :13:00.parents waiting on the street for hours. Dismantled me there was
:13:01. > :13:05.shooting in the Street and parents had to wait to pick up their
:13:06. > :13:09.children. My daughter told me she was sad, she was crying all
:13:10. > :13:14.afternoon, she says. We are still very scared. And officers took up
:13:15. > :13:19.positions on rooftops. Late in the afternoon they made their move.
:13:20. > :13:30.There was more gunfire and then confirmation of one body. Belgian's
:13:31. > :13:38.prime ministers said this evening that for officers had been
:13:39. > :13:41.injured. Tonight, the police operations were ongoing, still
:13:42. > :13:42.searching the surrounding streets, and sure if more gunmen were holed
:13:43. > :13:48.up there. The first Russian fighter jets to be
:13:49. > :13:51.withdrawn from Syria have returned to their home bases
:13:52. > :13:52.following yesterday's announcement by President Putin that most
:13:53. > :13:55.of his forces were being moved. The decision was welcomed by the US
:13:56. > :13:58.Secretary of State John Kerry, who said the withdrawal might be
:13:59. > :14:01.the best opportunity to end Our chief international
:14:02. > :14:19.correspondent Lyse Doucet The pull out starts at first light
:14:20. > :14:26.in Russia's airbase in northern Syria. The bombers are leading. Just
:14:27. > :14:32.hours after President Putin's sudden announcement, mission accomplished.
:14:33. > :14:41.The homecoming, a zero's welcome in Russia. A carefully choreographed
:14:42. > :14:48.parade. The band plays an old Soviet military song. This is all about
:14:49. > :14:56.Putin power. We are really glad our troops are coming home, she says.
:14:57. > :15:02.Surprised but happy. Thanks to our soldiers, he adds, the so-called
:15:03. > :15:08.Islamic State is doing worse, the Syrian army, doing better. That is
:15:09. > :15:14.victory. Russia sent its warplanes and advanced weaponry to Syria lasts
:15:15. > :15:17.member, ostensibly to target Islamic State but it bolstered President
:15:18. > :15:33.Assad's forces. President Putin's announcement took
:15:34. > :15:36.the world by surprise. Here, the government says its new all along,
:15:37. > :15:42.that is what you hear on the streets. It was expected, this man
:15:43. > :15:45.says, the agreement was for Russian forces to enter Syria for a certain
:15:46. > :15:51.period and now we are advancing step by step in the peace process. But
:15:52. > :15:54.Damascus, emboldened by Russian mite, is taking a tough line,
:15:55. > :16:00.refusing to discuss President Assad's future. I ask it prominent
:16:01. > :16:06.member of Parliament if Russia is exerting pressure. TRANSLATION:
:16:07. > :16:10.Russia is not putting pressure on us, they are talking to us, trying
:16:11. > :16:15.to find the best solution for the Syrian government. You are in the
:16:16. > :16:20.West are wrong if you think Russia is telling the government what to
:16:21. > :16:25.do. There is no denying Russia's pivotal role in Syria. Russia's
:16:26. > :16:30.military objectives here are clear so the question is what is President
:16:31. > :16:34.Putin's political plan for Syria? Does it include President Assad and
:16:35. > :16:39.if not who or what is the alternative? But the fighting in
:16:40. > :16:45.Syria is not over despite the partial truce. So Russia is not
:16:46. > :16:49.pulling out completely. It's military presence remains
:16:50. > :16:52.significance. Even that may not be enough to end this most tangled love
:16:53. > :17:04.for us. What are your senses of the
:17:05. > :17:10.prospects for a more robust settlement?
:17:11. > :17:13.I think millions of Syrians, after they have been through everything,
:17:14. > :17:21.they do not dare that everything could all be over. This truce has
:17:22. > :17:25.given Syrians are tantalising glimpse of what Syria could be like
:17:26. > :17:30.again. It is this truce and those docs that are slowly getting
:17:31. > :17:37.underway in Geneva that represent the best chance in years to try to
:17:38. > :17:41.move Syria a little closer to peace rather than further back towards a
:17:42. > :17:45.more destructive war. But you must be clear why it is happening. It is
:17:46. > :17:51.not because Syria's warring parties understand there is no military
:17:52. > :17:55.solution or they have put aside their profound differences, it is
:17:56. > :18:01.because they're outside powers, 17 of them, are sitting around the same
:18:02. > :18:04.table. They don't trust each other, they have different enemies and the
:18:05. > :18:08.genders, but it must be recognised that Russia's decision last
:18:09. > :18:14.September to become militarily and politically involved in Syria has
:18:15. > :18:19.galvanised a stagnant process. It broke the deadlock. It is to the
:18:20. > :18:22.credit of the West, particularly the US, reluctantly accepting that
:18:23. > :18:26.Russia has the best cards at the table and it should be allowed to
:18:27. > :18:34.play them. The difficulty, if not the danger, is that Russia is
:18:35. > :18:39.playing a bigger game, bigger than Syria, having a lot to do with
:18:40. > :18:44.Russia's position on the world stage and being taken seriously when it
:18:45. > :18:49.comes to solving world crises. Even Vladimir Putin with Russia's might
:18:50. > :18:55.may not succeed in Syria but for the first time in five years at least he
:18:56. > :19:00.and other major players are trying and in Syria now a little is a lot.
:19:01. > :19:03.Airlines, shipping companies and conservation charities are among
:19:04. > :19:06.those who've promised to share more information to make life harder
:19:07. > :19:10.for traffickers of animal products and wildlife.
:19:11. > :19:12.The declaration was signed by dozens of companies at Buckingham Palace
:19:13. > :19:18.One of the most urgent cases right now is the African elephant.
:19:19. > :19:22.Every year between 30,000 and 40,000 African elephants are killed
:19:23. > :19:28.With fewer than half a million left, their numbers are being dramatically
:19:29. > :19:32.cut by the endless appetite for ivory in Asia.
:19:33. > :19:34.Poachers and rangers are now in armed conflict in a number
:19:35. > :19:37.of African countries, with the Democractic Republic
:19:38. > :19:40.Our Africa correspondent Alastair Leithead has sent this
:19:41. > :19:53.It's tough terrain in around Garamba National Park,
:19:54. > :19:56.where less than 100 rangers are trying to protect the last
:19:57. > :20:03.of the elephants across thousands of square miles of grassland.
:20:04. > :20:06.We joined one of their foot patrols to a place where
:20:07. > :20:14.The grass is so high, the only way to see a carcass
:20:15. > :20:22.is from the air, and then to direct the rangers in.
:20:23. > :20:24.This elephant was clearly killed by a poacher.
:20:25. > :20:32.There are another four of these carcasses spread around
:20:33. > :20:36.They arrived too late to catch the poachers,
:20:37. > :20:41.30,000 to 40,000 elephants are being killed in Africa every
:20:42. > :20:44.year, and with only around 400,000 left, it will not be long at this
:20:45. > :20:51.And with so few boots on the ground, those responsible often get away
:20:52. > :21:00.We followed their footprints, one of the rangers told me,
:21:01. > :21:07.There are perhaps 1,300 elephants left here.
:21:08. > :21:14.Garamba was of one of Africa's first national parks
:21:15. > :21:17.and a World Heritage Site, originally set up to protect
:21:18. > :21:21.the northern white rhino, but that has already been wiped
:21:22. > :21:28.Now, they are fighting to save the elephants that are left,
:21:29. > :21:38.in a place surrounded by civil war and heavily armed militia.
:21:39. > :21:42.And that's why African Parks, the group managing Garamba,
:21:43. > :21:56.This ranger explained how dangerous the work is.
:21:57. > :22:00.His patrol was ambushed by 40 men, probably from Sudan,
:22:01. > :22:05.Eight rangers have been killed in the last year.
:22:06. > :22:09.Training rangers takes a lot of time and money,
:22:10. > :22:16.and the men they are up against are hardened fighters.
:22:17. > :22:19.It feels like you're fighting a war against poachers.
:22:20. > :22:23.I think Garamba is probably today at the forefront of conservation
:22:24. > :22:28.I don't think there are not many other places which have so many
:22:29. > :22:39.This local man was arrested after a tip-off, and ivory recovered.
:22:40. > :22:47.By the time it reaches the market in Asia, it goes for at least ?750.
:22:48. > :22:54.Then reports came in of another attack.
:22:55. > :22:56.There are the carcasses, by the river.
:22:57. > :23:02.And we spotted a sixth further up the river.
:23:03. > :23:05.It's hard to make out, but you can see that their faces
:23:06. > :23:09.have been cut off and the tusks have been taken.
:23:10. > :23:12.They need hundreds more rangers to protect Garamba.
:23:13. > :23:14.On the front line of the poaching war, the elephants
:23:15. > :23:25.A brief look at some of the day's other news stories.
:23:26. > :23:28.The Church of England is to introduce changes to the way
:23:29. > :23:30.it deals with allegations of sexual abuse by clergy.
:23:31. > :23:33.It follows a critical independent report which has been seen
:23:34. > :23:37.It reveals that senior clergymen kept no record of claims disclosed
:23:38. > :23:44.A prison officer, Adrian Ismay, injured in a bomb attack
:23:45. > :23:46.in Northern Ireland earlier this month, has died.
:23:47. > :23:50.The 52 year-old was seriously hurt after a booby-trap device exploded
:23:51. > :23:56.A dissident republican group, widely referred to as the New IRA,
:23:57. > :24:03.A report into a helicopter crash off Shetland in which four people died
:24:04. > :24:07.says flight instruments were not adequately monitored by pilots
:24:08. > :24:09.in the moments leading up to the crash.
:24:10. > :24:13.The Air Accidents Investigation Branch report says the lack
:24:14. > :24:16.of monitoring meant a reduction in air speed was not noticed
:24:17. > :24:24.Americans are voting tonight in five states in primary contests
:24:25. > :24:28.for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees.
:24:29. > :24:31.The results could see Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
:24:32. > :24:34.make significant steps towards securing their party's
:24:35. > :24:39.Mr Trump's recent campaign events have been disrupted by clashes
:24:40. > :24:42.between supporters and opponents and he's faced criticism
:24:43. > :24:44.for appearing to encourage the violence.
:24:45. > :24:56.Let's join our North America editor Jon Sopel in Palm Beach Florida.
:24:57. > :25:02.When Donald Trump arrives at his Private members club behind me later
:25:03. > :25:06.this evening he will be hoping the Republican race will effectively be
:25:07. > :25:12.over and he will be the undisputed champion. This, despite the millions
:25:13. > :25:22.spent by Conservative groups attacking him, and violence at his
:25:23. > :25:25.rallies,... If there's one place in America
:25:26. > :25:27.where Donald Trump shouldn't He's upset a lot of Hispanics
:25:28. > :25:34.with his rhetoric, and he's up against the local Cuban-American
:25:35. > :25:35.senator, Marco Rubio. But for all the controversy,
:25:36. > :25:38.if you join up the dots, Trump is the most important
:25:39. > :25:48.man in the world now. Trump is scary, but he's the only
:25:49. > :25:51.one who can beat Hillary Clinton. I think anything is better
:25:52. > :25:54.than Hillary Clinton. The latest firestorm is the violence
:25:55. > :26:06.that has erupted at Trump rallies as his supporters skirmish
:26:07. > :26:10.with protesters, scenes becoming increasingly tense, actions that
:26:11. > :26:13.should have no place And the charge against Mr Trump
:26:14. > :26:22.is that far from condemning, his language has condoned,
:26:23. > :26:24.even incited such behaviour I'd like to punch him
:26:25. > :26:29.in the face, I'll tell ya. You know what they used
:26:30. > :26:32.to do to guys like that They'd be carried out
:26:33. > :26:37.on a stretcher, folks. I would have been boom,
:26:38. > :26:43.boom, boom, beat the... So if you see somebody getting
:26:44. > :26:46.ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out
:26:47. > :26:48.of them, would you? I promise you, I will pay
:26:49. > :26:55.for the legal fees. Am I allowed to rip that
:26:56. > :26:58.whistle out of their mouth? And that sort of language
:26:59. > :27:04.brought this rebuke I know I'm not the only one in this
:27:05. > :27:09.room who may be more than a little dismayed about what's happening
:27:10. > :27:14.on the campaign trail lately. We have heard vulgar and divisive
:27:15. > :27:17.rhetoric aimed at women and minorities, at Americans
:27:18. > :27:21.who don't look like us or pray Yes, Donald Trump's comments
:27:22. > :27:28.have caused a furore, If anything, his poll lead
:27:29. > :27:32.is increasing, and at this polling station in Miami, he seems to be
:27:33. > :27:42.the only name in town. And for all the discussion
:27:43. > :27:45.of punch-ups, if he wins here tonight and in Ohio,
:27:46. > :27:47.the talk will instead be about having delivered a knockout
:27:48. > :27:58.blow to his opponents. Football, and Manchester City have
:27:59. > :28:00.qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League
:28:01. > :28:03.for the first time in their history. Despite going close to scoring a few
:28:04. > :28:06.times, they could only manage a 0-0 draw at home tonight
:28:07. > :28:08.against Dinamo Kiev. But they make it through to the last
:28:09. > :28:12.eight thanks to their 3-1 victory A computer programme designed
:28:13. > :28:20.by Google has comprehensively beaten a human champion of the ancient
:28:21. > :28:23.Chinese game of Go, winning Lee Se-dol, a Korean
:28:24. > :28:27.champion of the game, said he regretted the result,
:28:28. > :28:30.which has raised new questions about the power of artificial
:28:31. > :28:33.intelligence over human beings. Our technology correspondent
:28:34. > :28:36.Rory Cellan-Jones examines what's been learned from the contest
:28:37. > :28:38.and considers the future It's been an epic contest
:28:39. > :28:46.between man and machine, pitting a supreme player of
:28:47. > :28:49.a complex game against an artificial intelligence programme which teaches
:28:50. > :28:54.itself to play ever better. And, at the end of the final game,
:28:55. > :28:59.Lee Sedol's face told the story. Although he'd fought
:29:00. > :29:02.hard and even won once, the machine, AlphaGo,
:29:03. > :29:06.had come out on top. No triumphalism from the British
:29:07. > :29:09.founder of the company behind it. As with all powerful technologies,
:29:10. > :29:15.they bring opportunities and challenges and we have to make
:29:16. > :29:19.sure, as developers of these kind of systems, all AI researchers
:29:20. > :29:22.around the world that they think about the ethical
:29:23. > :29:27.responsibilities they have. The technology behind programmes
:29:28. > :29:30.like AlphaGo is already finding Better voice recognition software
:29:31. > :29:36.is one and Cambridge is one of the world's leading
:29:37. > :29:39.centres in the development At Microsoft's Cambridge research
:29:40. > :29:46.lab, you might think that this was down time, in fact, it's serious
:29:47. > :29:50.artificial intelligence research. Scientists here are using the game
:29:51. > :29:54.Minecraft to test how AI programmes The idea is to teach the AI how
:29:55. > :30:01.to interact with people and objects. The programme is all
:30:02. > :30:05.about augmenting the skills Another example, a system using AI
:30:06. > :30:10.to examine scans of brain tumours The researchers here
:30:11. > :30:15.insist that it's all about collaboration,
:30:16. > :30:18.not competition. I think we have a choice,
:30:19. > :30:21.we're in control of the technology, I think we should avoid that
:30:22. > :30:25.dystopian future of - I think we should make a conscious
:30:26. > :30:30.decision to create artificial intelligence as a deep partnership
:30:31. > :30:32.between humans and machines This is not about the rise
:30:33. > :30:37.of machines, it's about One of Britain's leading scientists
:30:38. > :30:41.says the sheer pace of change means There's a boundary between science
:30:42. > :30:46.and science fiction, we don't know quite where that lies,
:30:47. > :30:48.but certainly some people are raising concerns
:30:49. > :30:52.that a computer might, as it were, go rogue
:30:53. > :30:54.and if we have the internet of things, then a computer
:30:55. > :30:57.could interact with the real world If that happened, that
:30:58. > :31:04.would obviously be potentially It had been thought that a computer
:31:05. > :31:09.would take another 10 years to beat AI's victory has brought its
:31:10. > :31:14.potential and its risks into focus. Newsnight's about to begin over
:31:15. > :31:25.on BBC2 in a few moments. On our running order tonight,
:31:26. > :31:29.Brexit and the Press. Alastair Campbell says the papers
:31:30. > :31:32.are pulling the wool over our eyes, to persuade us to vote
:31:33. > :31:34.to leave the EU. He'll debate that with Sun
:31:35. > :31:37.writer, Trevor Kavanagh.