14/04/2016 BBC News at Ten

The Labour leader warns of a "bonfire of workers' rights"

if the UK votes to leave the European Union.

Jeremy Corbyn urges Labour supporters to vote to stay

in the EU, despite his own misgivings in the past.

It's perfectly possible to be critical and still be convinced we

Will be asking how significant the Labour leader intervention could

prove to be for the referendum. Libya - the new magnet for migrants

- amid warnings the country doesn't have the resources to deal

with growing numbers The lack of a strong central

government and the security chaos here makes this an easy

environment for smugglers. The boss of BP faces one

of the biggest-ever shareholder revolts over his ?14

million pay package. In need of a little more practice -

the Duchess of Cambridge tries her And from a tough inner-city

upbringing to the parade ground at Sandhurst - the story of one

officer cadet's remarkable rise. And coming up in Sportsday

on BBC News, could Liverpool reach

the Europa League semifinals? It was all square after the first

leg against Borussia Dortmund, Jeremy Corbyn has made his first

major intervention in the debate over Britain's membership

of the European Union and has said Labour will back the campaign

to remain in the EU. He warned that a vote to leave

in the June referendum would lead to what he called a "bonfire

of workers' rights". Mr Corbyn, who has attacked the EU

in the past, insisted it was possible to be critical of it

but still be convinced that Britain Our political editor,

Laura Kuenssberg, reports. Jeremy Corbyn has taken

a while to work out exactly where But now he is officially

in the In crowd, and taking his The Labour Party is overwhelmingly

for staying in, because we believe the European Union has brought

investment, jobs, and protection for workers, consumers

and the environment. The European Union -

many warts and all - has proved to be a crucial

international framework to do that. Just imagine what the Tories

would do to workers' rights here in Britain if we voted

to leave the EU in June. They would dump rights on equal pay,

working time, annual leave, agency workers, maternity pay,

as fast as they could get It would be a bonfire of rights that

Labour governments have secured. But he didn't sound that

enthusiastic about staying in. For many years, Jeremy Corbyn had

public doubts about the EU. Have a European bureaucracy,

totally unaccountable to anybody, powers have gone from national

parliaments, they haven't gone to the European Parliament,

they've gone to the Commission and to some extent

the Council of ministers. Before today, you've branded some

of its policies crazy and immoral. Would you now actually describe

yourself as a pro-European? This is a decision about

whether we stay in and argue for the kind of socially

just Europe that I want, that our party wants,

that the vast majority of trade unions and ordinary people in this

country want, or we That's the decision

that's being made. Does it mean I recount on everything

I've ever said or done? Absolutely not, I'm

sorry about that. But what about EU immigration,

that tops so many people's concerns? Do you think too many people

from other parts of the EU have come No, I don't think too

many have come. I think that the issue has to be

of wages and regulations. There's nothing wrong with people

migrating to work around the continent, but there has to be

a level playing field What we have is unscrupulous

employers doing that. Jeremy Corbyn insists there's

nothing half-hearted about Labour's campaign to stay

in the European Union, but his support for the institution

does feel somewhat grudging. But as we hurtle towards

the referendum choice, how he tries to persuade

Labour voters to back 9 million people voted

Labour last May. In Middleton, the seat stayed that

way, as it has done for decades, but Ukip has nibbled away

at the party's support. So can Jeremy Corbyn bring

vital votes for the EU? I'm a fan of Corbyn,

his opinions and his policies, I look at the life we had before

we were in and I voted for the common market, I've no

problems with the common market. I've no problems with being

friendly with Europe. But I don't see why another country

should say we have But there's a lot of trading sides

in this referendum. Hello, it's David

Cameron on the line. Jeremy Corbyn is on the same side

as him, and him, the Lib Dems, the SNP and others trying

to persuade you to vote to stay in. Only a clutch of Labour MPs will

argue against all these politicians. But one of them says Mr Corbyn

was going through the motions. I feel Jeremy was trying to look

like he really meant it and he did very well at that, but deep down

I know that Jeremy does not believe that the EU is reformable

and of course out in the country there are millions of Labour

supporters and voters who just can't At midnight this whole

campaign officially begins. Jeremy Corbyn's EU journey might

have taken some time, but his position and the date

is now set. Our political editor

Laura Kuenssberg is at Westminster. Two months until the referendum,

how important could the Labour Jeremy Corbyn's support in that room

today didn't feel much more than lukewarm. He was saying yes, OK,

rather than yes please. But you know, the important thing is that he

has done it at all. It was becoming increasingly awkward for the Leader

of the Opposition, the leader of the party that is officially signed up

to back staying in the EU, to stay relatively silent. So this

contribution adds up to what's been quite a good day at the office for

the In camp. They've had Jeremy Corbyn out there urging his

supporters to get on board. One of the biggest unions, Unison, with

more than a million members, have said they will work to stay in.

You've had Lloyds, the biggest high-street bank, warning of the

risks of leaving. The secretary-general of Nato also

adding his voice to that campaign. In the last hour or so, White House

officials have confirmed that this time next week, when President Obama

touches down in the UK, he is intense if he is asked on making it

clear that he believes that British voters should make a decision to

stay in. Whether it makes you cry into your cocoa, or cheer with

excitement, in less than two hours we are officially into the campaign

period proper and there's no shortage of people already queueing

up to try to tell all of us how to vote. Stand by! Our political editor

Laura Kuenssberg, thank you. Libya has warned that it does not

have the resources to control the flow of people heading to Europe

and has accused the EU of failing to deliver

on promises of help. Yesterday, EU officials warned

of an "alarming build up" The latest figures show more

than 24,000 people have already made the crossing from Libya

to Italy this year. The UN says 325 people

have died since January. Our Middle East correspondent,

Orla Guerin, travelled to Misrata - where the coastguard is struggling

to cope with the numbers of migrant boats setting sail -

and sent this special report. Out on patrol off Misrata,

but only just staying afloat. We joined the Libyan coastguard,

who are bracing for a tidal wave of migrants heading

for Europe's shores. They have only 15

for the entire coast. This officer, who passed out from

the Britannia Royal Naval College, Just support us, be with us, help us

to fight illegal immigration. It's really painful to see people

dying in the middle of the sea, But supporting Libya is tricky

when back on shore there are three rival administrations

and multiple militias. will now attract a lot more migrants

trying to reach Europe. Libyan officials tell us that's

exactly what they expect. The lack of a strong central

government and the security chaos here make this an easy

environment for smugglers. And Islamic State is now in control

of the town of Sirte down the coast, And here, just one of the boats

on the open seas this week, Coastguard commanders say that

Islamic State will use this route to reach the West. They will use the

sea to go to Europe, to other countries, so the situation is very,

very bad, so we have to do something, we have to control this

area, exactly, searched, and another place. -- Sirte. Here, one of the

boats on the open seas this week, jammed with migrants heading for

Italy. They were heading for Europe, their dreams on hold for now. We met

some of the men at a detention centre in Tripoli. Among them, this

man from Nigeria, who wanted to provide for his brothers and

sisters. My mum is dead, my dad is dead. I'm the first son in my

family. I have relatives I'm taking care of. I and tired of life. And

Libya is triad of trying to cope with an endless stream of migrants,

so tired one official here says the answer could be to ship them to

Italy. I have said many times the European countries, they should come

here to Libya and support the acting government to tackle this problem,

or I believe the other solution, the other option, is to send them to

Europe to hire boats and send them there because we have hundreds of

thousands of those migrants here and we can do nothing. It's a really big

problem. A big problem with big profits. Libyan police showed us

some of the cash they have recovered recently. They say smugglers can

earn ?350,000 with a single voyage. They claim this Nigerian man is one

of them. I swim, I swim,

I swim for 24 hours on top of sea, He was detained after a ship

went down in December with the loss of more than

100 lives. Why do you think

that they are blaming you? Why do they say you are a smuggler,

if you are so innocent? They are surprised

only me one survived. It's not by my power,

it's by God Almighty. And this is where the search

for a new life can come to an end, in the desert sands

within sight of the Mediterranean, Here there are no names,

only numbers. As migrant season begins,

rows of fresh graves are waiting for those who could soon be claimed

by the waves. Libya says it needs a lot more help.

Ambassadors from the EU, including Britain, where in Tripoli today.

What more can they do? We have been hearing the same message for days

here from Coast Guard officials, from Libyan police, and from senior

political figures here in Tripoli. They say that Libya simply cannot

continue to shoulder this burden on its own, that for years it has been

trying to deal with what it regards as Europe's migrant crisis. Now, the

difficulty for Europe has been the lack of credible institutions here,

the lack of a functioning government. We have had two rival

governments, two rival parliaments, and a plethora of militias. Now

there is a third government, a newcomer on the scene, a fragile

national unity government that arrived here within the last two

weeks. It's not going far outside the Naval headquarters, where its

operating from. It hasn't established its control yet even in

this city. Much less along the Libyan coast. EU ambassadors came

back today, including the British ambassador, are hopeful and Libyan

officials are acutely aware of the deal that was done with Turkey, of

the aid given to Turkey. They want some kind of assistance coming their

way if they are to stop the flow of migrants headed for Europe. Thank

you. Shareholders in BP have staged one

of the biggest-ever revolts Almost 60% of them voted

to reject a ?14 million deal Bob Dudley was given the 20% rise

despite BP losing billions But Mr Dudley has already been paid

and the vote is non-binding. Here's our business editor,

Simon Jack. The chief executive of BP,

Bob Dudley, was awarded pay and bonuses of ?14 million

for his work last year, and today the shareholders arrived

at their annual meeting to mount one of the biggest revolts

in UK corporate history. I think, um, our friend's salary

is just a little bit over the top, Well, he is at the top

of the company, and I think he probably earns it

and deserves it. I know he's doing a good

job, he's not worth it. It's easy to see why

the majority are upset. Over the last year,

the value of the company fell and yet Bob Dudley's pay

went in the other direction. A falling oil price has seen

profits slump at all oil companies, and BP have the additional cost

of settling claims resulting from the Deepwater Horizon

disaster of 2010. The chairman of the board

said this today. "We have always judged executive

performance not on the price of oil or bottom-line

profit but on measures that are clearly within

the management's control, and from that perspective

the board has concluded that it has been

an outstanding year." Bib Dudley's pay today by saying

that the oil-price crash wasn't his fault, the Deepwater

Horizon explosion wasn't his fault - these were cards he was dealt,

and under the circumstances he played them pretty well

and deserved the big bucks. Today, shareholders overwhelmingly

rejected that rationale. gives entirely the

wrong message to the market, the country as a whole,

and to the employees, some of whom have

been made redundant. Remember, today's vote

is just a protest. Like this environmental one

outside the AGM, That doesn't mean it won't be

noticed in other boardrooms. I think this really is a watershed

moment for British business, and I'm sure other companies

will be looking very closely, will be examining

their pay packages, and making sure that they fit with the actual

delivery over the previous year. What will investors make

of Sir Martin Sorrell's ?60 million pay cheque

from advertising group WPP? Shareholders last rose up in 2012,

costing several bosses their job. Is this the beginning

of another shareholder spring? Delays at accident and emergency

departments in England are at the worst level

since records began 12 years ago. Figures for February show the number

of people seen within four hours was even lower than in January

and well short of the 95% target. There's been no big increase

in seasonal illnesses, but accident and emergency

performance in England though ahead of Wales

and Northern Ireland. Patient numbers coming

into A have surged, A performance in England

in February was the worst

since records began in 2004. Hospitals should have a target

of treating or assessing 95% The latest figures show in February,

just over 87% of patients Other targets missed included calls

to the NHS's 111 service, ambulance waiting times,

and cancer treatment. Resources are being stretched to

the limit by higher patient demand. It's clear that what the system

lacks is money. Money to buy things,

money to buy staff, money to free up beds to allow patients to flow

through the system more quickly, especially money in social care,

which has taken a big hit financially over

the last five or six years. The Government denies

it's underfunded the service and says ?10 billion extra

a year will have been invested

to back the NHS's own plans by 2020. And hospitals are coping well,

given increased numbers of patients. Staffing is another challenge

for hospitals. the A department

will be temporarily closed because they can't recruit

enough doctors. The Government's policy of limiting

what they can pay for agency staff We cannot safely staff our rotas,

and that's because we have a shortage of doctors

who are able to lead an emergency department overnight

without the backing of consultants. that recruitment is becoming

a major concern for the NHS. We can see more and more trusts

under huge pressure. or they will have to have

less patients on the wards so they have the right ratio

of staff to patients. So we think patient care

is going to be at risk. NHS chiefs want to make efficiency

savings and where possible keep people out of hospital

with care closer to home. but short-term pressures

on the system are intense. A video has emerged showing

some of the school girls kidnapped by Islamist rebels

in Nigeria exactly two years ago. More than 200 girls

were taken by Boko Haram. They were captured in Chibok,

in the northeast of the country. Despite a big military effort,

the girls are still missing. At least 300 students were abducted

from a school in Damasak last year. Today families of the Chibok girls

have been marching in the capital, Abuja, to demand the government

does more to find them. From there,

our Nigeria correspondent This is the first time

any of the kidnapped Chibok girls Shown in a proof-of-life video

sent to the Nigerian government, it's likely negotiations were

under way to secure their release. The girls state their names

for the camera. And despite captivity,

they appear healthy. stunned disbelief and renewed hope

when shown the video. that if that is the case,

these girls is truly still alive. Today in the capital,

the young and old protested They're marching towards

the presidential villas. They want answers

from their government. In two years, not a single one

of the girls has been rescued. a ring of security stopping them

from going any further. Not two weeks, not two months,

but two years. It's unfair,

if they put in more effort, This is the school where the girls

were kidnapped two years ago. A month later, they appeared

in a Boko Haram propaganda video. The mass abduction

drew international condemnation and sparked a social-media campaign

supported by high-profile figures. But despite international

military assistance, the Nigerian army has failed

to find the girls. The Chibok kidnapping might

have captured worldwide attention, there are many more

who have been killed, raped, or even forced to be

a suicide bomber by Boko Haram. The UK has joined France, Germany,

Italy and Spain in agreeing to share information about the secret owners

of businesses and trusts. The deal, announced

at the International Monetary Fund comes in the wake of the tax

revelations in the Panama Papers. has called the move a hammer blow

against those evading tax. From Washington, here's our

economics editor, Kamal Ahmed. They came to the most

powerful political city in the world to tell the public,

"We get it - the wealthy that use complicated and secret

structures to shelter their riches Now the latest step -

ministers arrived to announce the automatic sharing

of tax information between the five largest economies

in the European Union. Today we deal another hammer blow

against those who would illegally evade taxes

and hide their wealth in the dark corners

of the financial system. Britain will work with our major

European partners to find out been used as conduits for evading

tax and laundering money that have been used as conduits

for evading tax and laundering money

and benefiting from corruption. Earlier, Christine Lagarde,

the head of the International Monetary Fund,

was pressed on how the authorities should react to the controversies

over tax. Everybody has to be part of it,

because if you have little holes in the system,

well, you know, creative thinkers and tax optimisers,

and there are plenty of those and they have great minds

and great imaginations, It needs global leadership,

doesn't it? it needs to be totally

comprehensive. After the shocks of the Panama

Papers, politicians are trying to show they are

responding to public anger. Yes, today's announcement

is a tightening of the rules on tax avoidance, but it is

almost the way this has been The five finance ministers

of Europe's biggest economies, the head of the IMF,

the head of the OECD. If this is a debate

about the elites and the rest, well, the elites have come

here to show the public they are trying to crack

this problem. The question - have the politicians

gone far enough? It's a great first step,

but there's a lot more to be done. There's one player missing

from the list, that is the US, and it also shows that

the UK needs to do more work in its own backyard

and tackle overseas territories. Information on

who really truly owns companies in these overseas territories

also needs to be made available. one of the tax havens

in the eye of the storm. The next step, David Cameron's

anti-corruption summit next month, try to persuade the public

that they get it. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

have arrived in the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan

for a two-day visit. They met the country's

young king and queen and tried their hand at archery,

the national sport. Our royal correspondent

Nicholas Witchell This is a country

that proudly proclaims Until quite recently,

it was known as the hermit A small nation, strongly influenced

by its Buddhist faith, They even have

a national happiness index here. So a place with a difference

for William and Catherine to visit. But a destination

that's hardly a priority They normally have to have

a very clear purpose. So you might ask why -

other than to imbibe some happiness and contentment,

why have William and Catherine come to this small country

in the Himalayas? Here's the official line -

Bhutan has a new king. King Jigme,

with his wife Queen Jetsun, two royals of a similar age

to William and Catherine, he's Bhutan's first constitutional

as opposed to absolute monarch, which happens to be sandwiched

between India and China. It's also, of course,

a pretty amazing experience for the visitor, of

whom there still aren't that many. The king and queen escorted

their guests to a Buddhist temple, And here's another part

of the experience - archery, which, as Kate discovered,

is not as easy as it looks. Bhutan has some of

the best archers in the world. Come to think of it,

not a lot of people know Bhutan. Nicholas Witchell, BBC News,

Thimpu, Bhutan. Now there have been some great

nights of European football but tonight Liverpool may

have surpassed them all. They came back from 3-1 down

against Borussia Dortmund to win 4-3 in the Europa League and book

a place in the semifinals of the competition,

as David Ornstein reports. It's nights like these

that make Anfield so special. On the eve of the final

Hillsborough Memorial, Initially, Liverpool failed

to live up to the occasion. And then doubled it,

through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. This is why he is one

of Europe's hottest properties. Liverpool would now need three goals

to win, and got one back

through Divock Origi. When Marco Reus restored Dortmund's

advantage, it seemed game over. Felipe Coutinho with a fantastic

strike to give them renewed hope. And Mamadou Sakho

levelled the scores. At this point Liverpool were still

heading out on away goals. That was until Dejan Lovren,

in stoppage time, rose highest

to seal an incredible win. Jurgen Klopp, against

his former club, the favourites to win the Europa League,

takes Liverpool into the semifinals. the elite academy where British Army

officers are trained, a black cadet who's worked his way

up through the ranks will be awarded the Sword of Honour,

the highest accolade. Kidane Cousland's family and friends

told him not sign up, saying the Army was

just for white people. Our defence correspondent

Jonathan Beale who's told him about how different

life at Sandhurst is to the housing estate

in North London where he grew up. Brought up in Tottenham,

I didn't know my dad. Single mum, lot of conflict

racially, there always is where there is a low level

of kind of opportunity, and personally a really poor level

of schooling when I was there. I was illiterate till

roughly the age of 11, is when I can actually remember

being able to read a book where the British Army

trains its officers. A place where old, sometimes

curious traditions continue. But also where Kidani Cousland,

Danny to his friends, is fulfilling what was once

just a dream. Danny joined the Army seven years

ago as a private, against the advice of friends and family,

who said it was for white people. He served in Afghanistan,

and the Army spotted his potential. Now he is preparing for his passing

out parade, in which he will receive the Sword of Honour,

a first for someone like him. I've had racism

everywhere the world. And I come to the Army,

and I've had it from individuals, but as an institution,

it is not about that, and as an institution,

it isn't racist. For me, with my few GCSEs at C

grade, you know, to rub together, I didn't expect to be where I was,

to be perfectly honest. But when people speak

to you about how well you did academic schools and all that stuff,

you realise, I am probably saying to myself, sure I'm a little bit

better than I think I am. Watching him tomorrow

receive the Sword of Honour as the first British black male

dancer with the Royal Ballet. It is something, for getting

something so huge, it is amazing, something to be proud of,

but seeing his being there, seeing his journey as well,

it is just inspiring to see him The British Army is still

overwhelmingly white - just over 4% of its soldiers come

from Britain's ethnic minorities. But the Army insists Danny's award

is not about tokenism - Newsnight is coming up on BBC Two,

here is Evan Davis. Tonight, we are looking at the finances of Labour's

trade union spokesman, questions are being asked about the money he got

from donations miners made to the union he ran. Join me now on BBC

Two, 11pm in Scotland. On BBC