22/04/2016 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at Ten - President Obama spells out his reasons

for wanting Britain to remain in the European Union.

Calling himself a close friend and ally, he insisted that British

influence in the world was enhanced by being in the EU.

If one of our best friends is in an organisation that

enhances their influence and enhances their power

and enhances their economy, then I want them to stay in it.

And he warned that if Britain left, it would face problems

negotiating its own trade deal with America.

Our focus is on negotiating with a big bloc of the European union

Our focus is on negotiating with a big bloc of the European Union

to get a trade agreement done, and the UK is going to be

As the president spent the day underlining the special

relationship, his message on the EU was not universally welcomed.

It's very odd that the United States, which guards its sovereignty

so zealously and so jealously, should be giving us lectures.

We'll have details of the president's forthright

intervention, and the reaction, and we'll be asking how it might

Police investigating the sudden death of the pop star Prince say

it is too early to establish the cause - but don't

A landmark agreement to slow the pace of climate change has been

signed at a ceremony at the UN in New York.

And exploring Shakespeare's legacy on the 400th

And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News - it's make

or break for Leicester City, in their bid for an historic first

In a forthright intervention, President Obama has set

out his reasons for opposing a British exit

He insisted it was in the interests of both the UK and America

Time and again, he underlined the economic benefits of membership,

as he saw them, and warned that if Britain left,

it would be at the "back of the queue" for an independent

Mr Obama's intervention was dismissed as "perverse"

and "hypocritical" by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson.

This report by our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, does contain

Who takes a helicopter to a birthday lunch? The 54-year-old American

president and his wife. To meet the 90-year-old British monarch and her

husband and sometimes chauffeur. Even they did not seem sure of the

etiquette of who gets to sit in the front. But once the niceties were

done, the entourage sped from Windsor to Westminster. The pizzazz

of the presidency, the power of the office. The megawatt political

celebrity of the man himself. It could not be doing and by the

Downing Street rain, as Barack Obama arrived to add his pure force to the

Prime Minister's biggest ever fight. Even before the president delivered

his verdict, David Cameron looked like he could hardly believe his

luck - and his friendship. I am honoured to have Barack Obama as a

friend. He has taught me the rules of basketball, he has beaten me at

table tennis. We were actually partners in that ping-pong game, and

we lost to some schoolchildren. Jokes over, Mr Cameron has always

said, if you are tempted to leave the EU, don't kid yourself you would

be able to trade with the rest of the world. I figured you would want

to hear from the President of the United States as to what I thinks

the United States might do. On that matter, for example, I think it is

fair to say that maybe some point down the line, there might meet a

UK-US trade agreement, but it is not going to happen any time soon

because our focus is on negotiating with a big block, the European

Union, to get a trade agreement done. And the UK is going to be at

the back of the queue. I am very proud to have had the opportunity to

be Prime Minister, and to stand outside the White House, listening

to this man, my friend Barack Obama, say that the special relationship

between our countries has never been stronger. But I have never felt

constrained in any way by the fact that we are in the European Union.

The American president warned of the risks of stitching Europe 's fabric.

Ultimately this is something the British voters have to decide for

themselves. But as part of our special relationship, part of being

friends is to be honest. And to let you know what I think. And speaking

honestly, the outcome of that decision is a matter of deep

interest to the United States, because it affects our prospects as

well. In the 21st century, the nations which make their presence

felt on the world stage are not the nations that go it alone for those

that team up to aggregate their power and multiply their influence.

Are you also saying that our decades-old special relationship,

which has been through so much, would be fundamentally damaged and

changed by our exit? And do you have any sympathy with people who think

this is none of your business? We are so bound together but nothing is

going to impact the emotional and cultural and intellectual affinities

between our two countries. One of our best friends is in an

organisation which enhances their influence and power and economy,

then I want them to stay in it. David Cameron's enemies in the

European campaign branded Mr Obama a hypocrite for intervening. Their

biggest player, Boris Johnson, even questioned his motives. The American

leader removed this bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office. Mr

Johnson wondered in print whether that was a symbol of the part Kenyan

resident's ancestral dislike of the British Empire. That was met by the

American president with a silky but deadly slap down. Prime Minister, if

I may, some of your colleagues believe it is utterly wrong that you

have dragged our closest ally into the EU referendum campaign - is it

appropriate for the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, to have brought up

President Obama's Kenyan ancestry in the context of this debate?

Questions for Boris are not questions for me. I love Winston

Churchill. I love the guy! Now, when I was elected as President of the

United States, my predecessor had kept a Churchill bust in the Oval

Office. There are only so many tables where you can put busts,

otherwise it starts looking a little cluttered. And I felt it was

appropriate, and I suspect that most people here in the United Kingdom

might agree, that as the first African-American president, it might

be appropriate to have a bust of Dr Martin McShane king in my office.

So, what did the Out campaign's biggest character have to say in

response? The crucial thing that Winston Churchill stood for, and I

think the crucial thing which America stands for, is

representative democracy. And the problem with the EU is that nobody

knows who is in charge, nobody knows who is making these decisions. And

as I say, I think it is very, very weird that the United States should

be telling us to do something they would not dream of doing in a

million years themselves. The Prime Minister and President Obama do not

share the political intimacy of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan,

nor a, and controversial cause, like George W Bush and Tony Blair. But by

speaking so powerfully in favour of Britain staying in the EU, Barack

Obama has done David Cameron much more than a favour. He has said that

on the EU, he is right and his rivals are wrong. Politics over, it

was time for a private dinner at Kensington Palace. Cambridge's

probably do not have to worry if the champagne is being put on ice. It is

in No 10 that the corks might really pop tonight. Laura Kuenssberg, what

kind of impact could this intervention have on the campaign,

in your view? If Downing Street had written a script for President

Obama, I don't think they would have dared write lines which were so firm

and clear in his conviction that we would be wrong to leave the European

Union. And particularly because jobs and the economy are right at the

centre of this debate. His suggestion that we would be sent to

the back of the queue if we left, looking for a trade deal, laid down

a very big challenge to the Out campaign, who also find themselves

with another problem tonight - a real rebuke to one of their biggest

political players. President Obama, without even mentioning his name,

slamming Boris Johnson's comments. Now, the big question, which we do

not know the answer to, and we will not know until the end of June, is,

whether or not these kind of interventions will really shift any

votes? How many of us come in the privacy of the polling booth, with

the pencil hovering over the boxes, we'll really think back to the words

of President Obama, and that will be what makes up our mind? And

remember, there are another two months to go in this campaign, and

20 more noises and debate to come. Jon Sopel, do you think that the

president achieved what he set out to achieve today? So much of what we

do is to try to decipher and decode what politicians say. What did they

really mean? No need with Barack Obama. He could not have been more

blunt. There was deliberate calculation from the White House.

They thought that it would alienate some people, him being so direct,

but he wanted to say what he wanted to say very clearly indeed. That

said, I am picking up some unease this evening from senior White House

staff about that phrase, the back of queue fills -- the back of the

queue. I am told it was not in the script. Americans never say that,

they would say, back of the line. But Barack Obama wanted to put down

a marker on that. This was not about helping David Cameron. This was

about the American political and economic establishment wanting to

say that they think it would be ruinous and precarious for Britain

to leave the European Union. As for the American people, I suspect they

will be much more transfixed on the dinner this evening with the Duke

and Duchess of and lunch with the Queen at Windsor, and how on earth

the Secret Service allowed a man who is nearly 95 years old to be driving

the president up to the castle! A postmortem examination has been

carried out to determine what caused the death of the American pop star

Prince. He was found dead at his home

in Minneapolis yesterday. Local officials have been giving

details tonight about the emergency Our correspondent

James Cook is in Yes, that news conference was held

by the sheriff who is investigating. It finished in the last half an hour

or so. It revealed that the postmortem has been completed, the

body has been returned to Prince's family. We are told there were no

signs of trauma on Prince's body, no signs that he committed suicide. But

the sheriff was unwilling to discuss speculation that Prince may have

been taking prescription drugs in the days leading up to his death,

and that perhaps that might have contributed. It could be some time

before we know that. Ray. But this has been another difficult day for

Prince's family and his many admirers.

Fans have been mourning a lost icon and wondering why this remarkable

life was cut short. Today, police gave a little more detail, saying

there were no signs of trauma on his body. We have no reason to believe

that this point that this was a suicide, but this is early in the

investigation and it is continuing to investigate. The focus is his

Paisley Park home and studio. It appears the artist was already dead

when he was found slumped in a lift yesterday morning.

Exactly how Prince died here is still unclear and the county

coroner's office has warned it could be several weeks before the results

of toxicology tests are known. Meanwhile, he continues to be

celebrated in death, as he was in life. On Broadway, Jennifer Hudson

lead the cast of the colour purple in this tribute.

# Purple aim, purple Ayn Hend #

For his friends, his sudden, still unexplained death, is clearly raw. I

think I would probably break down if I do a song right now. But, you

know, he was incredible and I am just glad that I was able to say to

him, I love you, the last time I saw him.

In Minneapolis, where a star was born and where he died, they partied

all night, remembering a local hero who became a global superstar.

Across the United States and beyond, one colour said it all. Famous

landmarks glowing in tribute, and everywhere, singing and dancing in

memory of an artist who redefined music. James Cook, BBC News,

Minnesota. A teenager who had an obsession

with serial killers has been convicted of murdering two strangers

in knife attacks in James Fairweather stabbed his

victims after picking them at random He had denied murder on the grounds

of diminished responsibility, as our correspondent

Duncan Kennedy reports. This is the 15-year-old schoolboy

who's become one of Britain's In this chilling police interview,

James Fairweather calmly admits While I was doing that,

my voices were laughing and laughing and laughing,

louder and louder. After he left this bar

in Colchester, Fairweather Three months after,

he murdered Nahid Almanea, He was arrested carrying this knife,

en route to a third victim, when a member of the public

saw him acting suspiciously. Today, James Atfield's

mother, Julie, spoke We had no idea the

killer was so young. James Fairweather is a monster

in our eyes and we will never be Fairweather told police officers

he was psychotic, that he was doing the Devil's work

as he carried out his killings. But detectives say he had a much

more dangerous fixation. That was his obsession with serial

killers, like the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe,

the Stockwell Strangler, Kenneth Erskine, and Ted Bundy,

watching DVDs about their crimes. Some want to be footballers,

some want to be ballet dancers, some want to be pop stars,

some want to be ordinary people with ordinary lives they can

go about and enjoy. This particular offender,

through a fascination with serial killers,

wanted to become a serial killer. The families of both victims say

they've been devastated by the actions of James Fairweather,

still only 17, and who will be Duncan Kennedy, BBC

News in Guildford. A landmark agreement to slow

the pace of climate change has been signed at a ceremony

at the United Nations headquarters in New York.175 countries

signed up to the deal. The treaty aims to keep global

warming "well below" 2 degrees, The plan was due to come

into force by 2020. But China, one of the world's

biggest polluters, said today that it planned to ratify

the changes this year. From New York, our science editor

David Shukman reports. From all over the world,

there are signs of change. Up in the Arctic, the lowest level

of winter ice since In the Philippines, riots

during a drought blamed on And floods in Britain

last winter which scientists say were more likely

with rising temperatures. Today, at UN headquarters,

came appeals for We ask you to protect it,

or we and all living things Now is the time to bring

a concrete change And then, a ceremony

to sign the new Paris The US Secretary of State, John

Kerry, brought his granddaughter. In all, about 170

countries queued up to sign the document -

a record turnout for any UN treaty. The next stage is for countries

to ratify it, and on that, there was a

significant announcement. TRANSLATION: We will

make early accession... The Chinese vice-premier,

Zhang Gaoli, said his largest polluter,

would join by September. This comes amid mounting concern

about rising global temperatures. Over the past century,

these are the years that have set And after another record set

last year, look how this With all the warm words

being uttered here, you might think this new

agreement on climate It is now up to each individual

country to turn their So, no surprise that all eyes

are on the United States, with the presidential elections

coming up, and Republican candidates who just don't

want any part of this. We don't know who is the next

president, and what standard the new

administration will take. Amid the uncertainty, Nasa has

released this new video, meant The operators of Alton Towers theme

park, Merlin Attractions, could face a multi-million pound

fine after they admitted breaching health and safety laws when a roller

coaster crashed last June, The most seriously injured victims

were in court to hear that staff procedures were "not as safe

as they should have been". Leicester started the season

as favourites to be relegated from the Premier League, but they've been

top of the table since January and currently have a five-point lead

with four games to go. Their Italian manager,

Claudio Ranieri, has so far been tight-lipped about their prospects,

but has now told the BBC that they're putting "heart and soul"

into winning the title. He's on the verge of masterminding

a true sporting fairy tale. So far, Claudio Ranieri has taken it

all in his stride, the Leicester City manager refusing

to get carried away. But today he told me

the Premier League leaders were intent on completing

a remarkable journey. Four matches to go,

we are straightaway Trying to win the title,

with all our strength, heart, soul. Try, because now

is the right moment. Having been 5000-1 to win the title

before the start of the season, Leicester City have defied

all expectations and now need just eight points to guarantee

one of the greatest Does it feel like a dream at

times, this? Because when I came here,

I said I hope to make But of course, never,

never, never come think Leicester City's squad cost

a fraction of some of the club's much wealthier

Premier League rivals. But Ranieri has forged a special

bond with his players. They have energy,

electricity inside. It is fantastic,

it's good, it's good. The charismatic Italian puts

the underdogs' success down to a host of factors,

among them the support of the club's But he believes whatever

happens this season, Leicester, a little team,

can fight against the biggest Ranieri's long managerial career has

taken him on a tour of some He's never won a league title,

but that could be about to change. Ranieri has already guided

Leicester City to the Champions Now all that remains is for them

to become champions and seal a place Tomorrow, the 400th anniversary

of the death of William Shakespeare will be marked with a series

of events across Britain, His works have been translated

into more than 80 languages, and Will Gompertz has been

exploring the bard's legacy, with Shakespearean actor

Simon Russell Beale. Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow

creeps in this petty pace from day-to-day,

to the last syllable He is arguably more popular now

than he has ever been There is a school of thought that

thinks it is entirely constructed fame, isn't it, to do with cultural

pressures, the British Empire, English being spread

through the world. There are people who believe that

but I don't think he could have survived that kind of pressure

unless he was very, very good. This blessed plot, this earth,

this realm, this England. He writes characters

that you can Doing Hamlet, for instance,

the worst thing you can possibly do is worry about what previous

Hamlets did. You have to convince yourself,

and it is certainly true that your Hamlet will be unlike any

other Hamlet that's ever been. That's sort of true

for all of those parts, And with the very great parts

like Hamlet, they are limitless, and therefore cannot

be done "properly." Whether tis nobler in the mind

to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or to take

arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing,

end them. Of course, nowadays,

Shakespeare's plays are taken around the world, you have taken

them around the world. Yes, you could probably go anywhere

in the world and say, "To be or not to be" and people

would recognise it. He must be, he must be the only

truly international writer. We are such stuff as dreams are made

on, and our little life I suppose the most obvious thing

about Shakespeare's plays is that they are imbued

with universal themes. Yes, absolutely, and

I'm sure that's why You have to go to the big boys

and girls for that, really. No, you unnatural hags, I will have

such revenges on you both that I will do such things,

what they are, I know not, but they shall be the terrors

of the Earth. But we'll leave you with some

of the lasting images of the presidential visit today,

which wasn't all about politics. It does contain some

flash photography. I have to say, I have never

been driven And I can report that it

was very smooth riding. The Queen has been a source

of inspiration for me, like so many She is truly one of my favourite

people. She is an astonishing person

and a real jewel to the world,