01/04/2016 BBC News at Ten

The Business Secretary visits Port Talbot to try to reassure steel

workers, three days after they're told their plant is to be sold.

Sajid Javid tells them Port Talbot has a future and there will be

a resolution, but he's short on detail.

The process has begun but I'm confident that,

when that begins, with our involvement, we will see a process

We have a special report from China which stands accused

of selling its steel to the UK at well below what it

We'll be asking whether the Government has misjudged our trading

Delivery driver Junead Khan is found guilty of planning to kill US

Millions of low-paid workers get a rise through the new national

living wage but there are warnings of the effect on businesses.

No regrets - we speak to the man who posed for a photo

I want, if the worst does come to the worst,

I want my family and my friends to know that I died how I lived.

And England get into the swing of things before their T20 cricket

final against the West Indies this weekend.

Nico Rosberg just edges Lewis Hamilton in Bahrain,

as Mercedes set the pace ahead of Sunday's Formula One Grand Prix.

Three days after the steel crisis erupted, the Business Secretary

Sajid Javid arrived at the plant in Port Talbot insisting that steel

is vital to the future of UK industry.

Mr Javid has been under fire for being in Australia at the time

that its owners - Tata - announced that they wanted to sell

He said the Government had been "engaged with Tata for weeks"

He sought to reassure workers but declined to specify what help

the Government is willing or able to offer.

Our Wales correspondent Hywel Griffith sent this report

Among furnace men and fitters, Sajid Javid arrived to feel the full

heat of this crisis three days after it began.

The Business Secretary was on the other side of the world

when Tata announced the sale of its UK business.

And no one was sent to speak to these workers in his place.

He insists he had been talking to the company from the start,

One thing that was new was talk afterwards about the timeframe

of the sale, which I got concerned about and that is why I rushed back

here, because talk of three or four weeks was not what I had in mind.

These workers had hoped for detail, but they got none.

Not at the moment, but it seems positive.

The Government has already said no to full nationalisation,

A private sale would be the answer to its prayers,

So some form of supported sale with incentives to keep the business

The alternative would be to allow it to fail -

financially much cheaper, but politically it would come

It is hard to overestimate what is at stake.

Jobs here come with a ?30,000 starting salary.

Nothing in this area can compete on the same scale.

And yet people's horizons are broad, especially when it comes to looking

at what is happening in other countries.

Scott says his whole family is suffering because of the influx

The third generation of his family to work here, his father

is nearing retirement, his pension at risk.

I don't think there is a future here for me, for my father,

I don't think there is a future for anyone.

This is a global trade war that is hotting up.

Today, China announced a 46% tariff on some European steel imports.

Some EU members want to raise the stakes.

It's claimed Britain has blocked high tariffs

The French are in favour of lifting this rule.

And yet here we are, the UK standing in the way

of a method to actually solve the problems we are facing today.

For workers with jobs on the line, that does not sound fair.

I have been involved, calling the first meeting of the EU

Council on an emergency basis months ago.

We have seen tariffs imposed much more quickly.

The reality is that the UK has been a leader in getting tariffs imposed

Meeting over, the Business Secretary will have taken home

The pressure is on to make up for lost time.

Despite disagreeing over tariffs, both the Government and unions

are blaming cheap Chinese imports for the woes facing

In 2013, the UK produced 12 million tonnes of steel.

13 years ago, China exported just over 7 million tonnes of steel.

Last year that jumped to 107 million tonnes.

China has been accused of "dumping" its steel on European markets -

meaning selling it not just cheaply, but at a loss.

has been to the city seen as China's steel capital.

No economy has ever risen so far and so fast.

In just a few short decades, China has become the world's biggest

In the boom times, every new mill, many backed with government money,

Except now growth is slowing and China finds itself making more

This plant alone employs almost as many people as the whole

China's government admits it has a problem, but for local

authorities, concern over jobs and social stability means

there is huge pressure to keep those furnaces burning.

But the workers starting the early shift this morning insist China

"We make a good, competitive product", this man insists.

The argument that subsidised, surplus steel is devouring British

"We don't get any subsidies", this man insists.

"In fact, our industry pays a lot of tax".

In reality, though, the Chinese steel industry survives on large

amounts of state support that even the government says

And the UK says it does raise the issue of China's glut of cheap

steel, although with closer diplomatic ties now the priority,

critics say the British Prime Minister may be reluctant to push

No one can accuse China of doing nothing.

Unprofitable mills are being made to close.

The trouble is, nothing like fast enough to help British workers out

Let's speak to our Political Correspondent, Alex Forsyth,

who's at Westminster for us this evening.

It has been a difficult week for the steel industry and the Government

and ministers are no closer to a resolution. Steely executives have

been warning for months that the flood of steel places unsustainable

pressure on the industry. The accusation is that the government

failed to act when it could because it posed an EU plan which would have

allowed higher tariffs on cheap imports from China, so critics say

the Government prioritised trade relations with China over the UK

steel industry. Ministers refused that, saying they did oppose

wholesale change of the tariff system because it could have

affected industries other than steel and pushed up prices, but they say

they insisted on higher tariffs on some specific Chinese products. They

are trying to show they are taking action internationally as well as

domestic league. Senior Government sources have said the Prime Minister

approached the Chinese president during a dinner at the White House

last night to raise concerns about the industry. In truth there are

limited levers the Government can poll because this is a global market

and there is overcapacity. And yet ministers face pressure to find a

solution in Port Talbot, but also widely across the UK for an industry

they say is vital. But David Cameron has admitted tonight that that is a

very difficult situation. An Islamist extremist has been found

guilty of planning an attack Junead Khan was a delivery driver

whose route took him past RAF Police said he'd planned to stage

a car crash and to attack a soldier Both Khan and his uncle,

Shazib Khan, were also convicted of preparing to join so-called

Islamic State in Syria. Our Home Affairs Correspondent

Daniel Sandford reports. The black flag of so-called

Islamic State hanging on the wall behind him in his bedroom in Luton,

this is Junead Khan, who was planning the first attack

on US servicemen in the UK, and was being helped and advised

by an IS recruiter in Syria. His intended targets,

American airbases in East Anglia, His plan, to slaughter a US airman

in an attack similar to the one His weapon, this knife

he was trying to buy, His intention was to target a US

military officer by staging He was then going to use

a knife to attack that He had also researched quite

extensively and got instructions As Junead Khan made his plans

last summer, his friend from Luton, Abu Aziz, seen here on the left,

was killed by the Americans in An IS leader and planner

of attacks on the West, he was in a vehicle

destroyed by a drone. This seems to have increased

Junead Khan's determination. When police arrested him last July,

his iPhone contained key evidence of his planned attack,

including an online conversation with Junaid Hussain,

an infamous IS recruiter Chatting on the encrypted social

media app, Surespot, Junaid Hussain at first offered

to send Junead Khan the home But Khan said he wanted to kill

Americans so Hussain He then sent him instructions

on how to make a bomb. When Junead Khan announced his

intention to target US servicemen at airbases in Britain,

Junaid Hussain, in Syria, Just over a week later,

Junead Khan was arrested, and six weeks after that,

Junaid Hussain was killed by an American drone strike,

their plot abruptly terminated. Junaid Hussain, who came

from Birmingham, had been one of IS's most prolific propagandists,

which is why the Americans He wasn't like a single

fighter with an AK-47 He had the potential,

through his cyber efforts, to reach across the sea

and to motivate, radicalise and inspire violence in foreign

countries around the world. With two of his IS contacts dead

from American drone strikes, Junead Khan now faces a long prison

sentence for his part in plotting to kill US servicemen

based in Britain. Daniel Sandford, BBC News,

at Kingston Crown Court. A 16-year-old boy has been sentenced

to nine years' imprisonment for killing a pupil

at a school in Aberdeen. The victim, Bailey Gwynne,

who was also 16, died after being stabbed in the heart

at Cults Academy in October. The defendant - who can't be

named for legal reasons - had denied murder, but was convicted

of culpable homicide. The new National Living Wage

has come into force, with workers aged over 25 now

entitled to a minimum payment The Chancellor, George Osborne,

said the measure would play a central role in moving Britain to

what he called "a higher wage, lower tax and lower welfare

economy". But businesses say

they face higher costs. Our Economics Correspondent

Andy Verity reports. If you work in a job like this

on the minimum wage, you might well have a reason

to smile to yourself today. If you are 25 or over,

you just got a pay rise of more than 10%, four times as much

as your better-paid colleagues. I'm trying to start saving

for a house at the moment. I've got a little bit of savings

but obviously that extra money per year will mean I'll be able

to put a bit more away and hopefully get there sooner than

I would otherwise. The living wage should cause

a so-called ripple effect where employers lift the pay

of workers on the next rung So 1.8 million people earning less

than ?7.20 will get an instant pay rise but, over the coming year,

2 million full-time workers can expect an average boost of ?860,

while 2.4 million part-time workers It's going to help

millions of people. So often in the past

when the economy grows, And we were determined that this

time it would be different, that everyone would benefit

as the economy grows, and that's what you get

when you have a modern, compassionate Conservative

government on the side Most of those who gain are women

and more than half work part-time. Many have partners

earning a full-time wage. That means you get a different

picture when you look at households. By the end of this Parliament,

the benefits of the national living wage will actually be spread

across all household incomes. The poorest households won't gain

much because most in that bracket The biggest gain is to households

with incomes not at the top Then look at this -

four years from now, the cuts to in-work benefits

that were postponed in the Autumn Statement

will be back. For the poorest households

and the whole of the bottom half, those cuts far outweigh any gains

from the national living wage. While the national living wage

is a welcome and bold policy move, it can't be said to

offset welfare cuts. It's not of the same order

of magnitude and it's much more spread across households,

rather than concentrated on those with lower incomes,

who are going to be hit A year ago, few well-paid

workers would have bet on a Conservative Chancellor

forcing their employer to dish out higher wages, a policy previously

cherished by the left. Fewer still would have expected it

to help most not the households at the bottom but

those in the middle. The United Nations is warning

of a deepening humanitarian crisis in Yemen, with more than 2 million

people displaced from their homes and 80% of the population

in need of aid. It comes a year after Saudi Arabia

began a bombing campaign against rebel forces who had toppled

the country's president - a campaign in which the British

Government has admitted offering the Saudis military

advice and training. Our Middle East correspondent

Orla Guerin has sent this report It does contain some

distressing images. The ancient city of Sanaa,

cradled by mountains, where a year of war has

cast a long shadow. This is ten-month-old Marwan,

weakened by hunger. It's long been a threat

to Yemen's children, but the United Nations says the risk

of severe malnutrition has doubled And the threat of famine now looms

over half the country. Here in the capital, the queue for

aid on the World Food Programme. Prices have soared because

of a Saudi blockade, a choke hold on a country that

imports 90% of its food. The temperature is rising

here and tempers are fraying. What people get when they come

here is a food voucher. It's supposed to be enough to feed

a family for a month, but many here are telling us

they need a lot more help. One woman has just said

she and her family, including her children,

are living on tea and bread. And then there's this,

the impact on Yemen's schools. More than 1000 are reported to have

been damaged or destroyed The principal of this school tells

us it was hit three times Half the classrooms were demolished,

but no pupils were present The teachers carry

on as best they can. But these ten-year-olds have already

learned hard lessons "I'm scared they'll target

our house," he says, "and our friends' houses,

and the whole village." Even before the bombing

began, Yemen was the Arab Some here believe it has been

set back by decades. The United Nations says this

is a forgotten conflict, partly because Yemenis can't

easily flee to Europe. There has been precious little

attention for victims An air strike hit his neighbourhood

as he slept. "There was a burst of fire

and I started screaming," he says. "My grandfather was killed,

and two of my uncles. "By God's will, we will soon get

revenge on the enemy." More peace talks are coming,

but too late for Mohammed. He will carry the terrible scars

of this war for President Jacob Zuma of South Africa

has said he will abide by the ruling of the country's highest court

that he should pay back some of the ?15 million of taxpayers'

money that was spent He's been under intense

pressure to step down after the court found he'd

breached the constitution. Despite accepting the court's

ruling, it's unclear how much money Sarah Young, a British crew member

in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race,

has died in an accident. The 40-year-old was washed

into the sea by a wave as she tended to the mainsail aboard

the IchorCoal boat. Organisers have paid tribute,

saying she was an integral part The British man who posed

for a photo next to a plane hijacker who was wearing

a suspected suicide belt has been explaining why

he did what he did. Ben Innes was one of the passengers

onboard an Egypt Air flight He told the BBC he wanted to take

a closer look at the belt to see if it was fake or real,

and that he had no regrets, This is the image that

shocked Ben Innes to fame, as the picture he hashtagged

"best selfie ever" went Beside him Seif Eldin Mustafa,

wearing what at the time When he approached the hijacker,

six others were still being held hostage, prompting

criticism from national newspapers. But he says asking for a picture

was his attempt to influence a tense I wanted him to understand

I wasn't a threat. I also wanted a closer

look at this bomb. I have no expertise

in that field but there might have been a tell-tale sign

it was fake, or real. I also just thought,

if the worst comes to the worst, I want my friends and family

to know I died how I lived, What you say to some security

specialists who say this was more sensible and you were putting other

passengers who were still held All these experts

and specialists, and also I say to all the keyboard

warriors out there who have an opinion on the

matter, that was the Those are the actions

I took, and I in no way I have no blemishes upon my

conscience about the actions I would do the exact same

thing, the exact same Ben and everyone else on board

the flight emerged safely He says the ordeal has not

changed his attitude to flying, Police have praised a group

of children who helped them As a police helicopter

was trying to locate the men, the friends, who were out

on an Easter egg hunt, formed an arrow on the ground

showing the pilot which direction England's cricketers go

into their T20 final against the West Indies

in India this weekend finding themselves unlikely

celebrities with local cricket fans. With the hosts beaten

in the semi-finals, England's players have found their

popularity on the rise, Inside three weeks in India,

England's cricketers have travelled from world irrelevance

to world finalists. Now, in a country where cricketers

really matter, they suddenly have Jason Roy is very

good, good chaser. Obviously we want to finish

with a win in the final. The guys have been gaining

confidence from personal performances and other people's

performances within the team. Right now, Kolkata is a city

processing a tragedy. The sudden collapse of a flyover

here and the loss of life has naturally provoked

grief and resentment. In these circumstances,

it's often the role of cricket India's semifinal defeat came

against cricket's West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo

has been leading the dance routine which has accompanied their route

to the final, and he wants everyone Possibly, the President

has been busy. At the start of this tournament,

England lost to West Indies. Win the trophy, and they might just

be as famous back home Well, it's a half-century

since England's last That's all from us. Now it's time

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