:00:00. > :00:08.close for the final time. street, the last BHS stores
:00:09. > :00:22.We're like a family. to find a buyer failed -
:00:23. > :00:29.So sad. everyday is like a grieving
:00:30. > :00:34.Also tonight: over its pension fund goes on.
:00:35. > :00:35.A rare report from north eastern Nigeria
:00:36. > :00:41.could die of malnutrition. by the fight against Boko Haram
:00:42. > :00:43.The family of the late Lord Janner say they'll
:00:44. > :00:50.after allegations of child abuse. and clear his name -
:00:51. > :01:13.known as the Spitfires of the Seas. a century ago went on to be
:01:14. > :01:21.The last BHS stores have closed for the final time today -
:01:22. > :01:27.11,000 people have lost their jobs. of trading by the retailer
:01:28. > :01:30.The previous owners, Dominic Chappell and Sir Philip
:01:31. > :01:32.Green, have been criticised by MPs for mismanaging the chain
:01:33. > :01:34.and failing to protect its pension scheme.
:01:35. > :01:48.Our Business Correspondent Joe Lynam reports.
:01:49. > :01:56.It has been here for 44 years. at the store in St Albans.
:01:57. > :01:59.street since 1928. been on the UK high
:02:00. > :02:02.unlocked for the last time. in as the doors were
:02:03. > :02:05.connection with the retailer. had a very strong
:02:06. > :02:09.sad I am that it is closing. I don't know why, just to say how
:02:10. > :02:12.Sorry, BHS, I'm really sorry that you are going
:02:13. > :02:14.and lots of other people in this town are sorry to.
:02:15. > :02:17.and lots of other people in this town are sorry too.
:02:18. > :02:21.go to the wall. an established firm like BHS
:02:22. > :02:24.Yes, it does. closing down?
:02:25. > :02:27.It really does, it is part of the fabric of the high Street.
:02:28. > :02:30.closing store looks like. of a
:02:31. > :02:33.The shelves are being packed up, everything has been marked down to
:02:34. > :02:40.next to nothing, some things are completely gone.
:02:41. > :02:43.If you look over there, you will see empty shelves and
:02:44. > :02:45.there you will see boxes of old DVDs for ?1.
:02:46. > :02:47.BHS enjoyed years of underinvestment even before Sir
:02:48. > :02:52.Philip Green bought the chain in 2000.
:02:53. > :02:55.ostentatious retailers. famous, flamboyant and
:02:56. > :02:58.He paid himself well, but failed to turn
:02:59. > :03:01.around BHS before selling it on for a pound to the twice bankrupt
:03:02. > :03:05.Dominic Chappell, a man without any experience in retail.
:03:06. > :03:08.Two select committees of MPs wanted to know why
:03:09. > :03:16.They didn't make all the big happened to the pension fund.
:03:17. > :03:21.They didn't make all the big decisions.
:03:22. > :03:23.you. deficit stole up on
:03:24. > :03:25.During cross-examination, Sir Philip appeared at times tetchy.
:03:26. > :03:31.It's really disturbing. looking at me like
:03:32. > :03:34.The vast majority of BHS stores were shut down weeks ago.
:03:35. > :03:38.Some may never open again. high
:03:39. > :03:41.This afternoon, staff at 22 BHS stores up and down the country,
:03:42. > :03:58.She was here when this building goodbye to their jobs for good.
:03:59. > :04:07.I will miss all my friends. opened.
:04:08. > :04:13.That is the end of the BHS brand, of two an uncertain
:04:14. > :04:16.That is the end of the BHS brand, what happens in a row over the
:04:17. > :04:19.pension fund? Sir Philip Green is in charge of the pensions regulator,
:04:20. > :04:23.you'll want to find out how much money is needed so all BHS
:04:24. > :04:27.get exactly what they are entitled get exactly what they are entitled
:04:28. > :04:29.to. I understand that is making good progress but it's a matter of months
:04:30. > :04:32.rather than weeks before it is rather than weeks before it is
:04:33. > :04:36.decided. The figure of 600 million which is often bandied around, that
:04:37. > :04:41.would cost a new insurance company would cost a new insurance company
:04:42. > :04:44.if they came in and took over all my abilities. The real figure for a
:04:45. > :04:47.renegotiation of the current pension renegotiation of the current pension
:04:48. > :04:48.scheme would be much smaller than that. Whatever figure Sir Philip
:04:49. > :04:53.actually pays, I suspect it won't actually pays, I suspect it won't
:04:54. > :04:55.please quite a few members of staff or MPs at the end of the day. Joe
:04:56. > :04:59.Lynam, thank you. At least 35 civilians are reported
:05:00. > :05:02.to have been killed and 50 injured in the latest Turkish air strikes
:05:03. > :05:04.in northern Syria. They are the first significant
:05:05. > :05:07.civilian casualties since Turkish tanks and troops began their
:05:08. > :05:11.offensive into Syria last week. The aim was to drive so-called
:05:12. > :05:14.Islamic State out of a town close to the border -
:05:15. > :05:17.but as Yogita Limaye reports, Turkey also wants to stop the Kurds
:05:18. > :05:25.extending territory they control. In the hills of northern Syria,
:05:26. > :05:29.there is a new battle raging. war.
:05:30. > :05:33.the country's civil This is video from the
:05:34. > :05:39.Kurdish news agency. Until now, these Kurdish YPG
:05:40. > :05:41.fighters were launching attacks against so-called
:05:42. > :05:44.Islamic State. But now their mortars
:05:45. > :05:51.are aimed at Turkish forces. Just two weeks ago, these
:05:52. > :05:53.Syrian Kurdish forces backed by the US
:05:54. > :06:02.drove IS out of Manbij. river.
:06:03. > :06:08.to withdraw to the east of the to the IS held town of Al Bab.
:06:09. > :06:23.they want to move further west In footage given to the BBC
:06:24. > :06:29.near Manbij, this is why P In footage given to the BBC
:06:30. > :06:32.near Manbij, this YPG proceed towards Al Bab.
:06:33. > :06:36.they are because it will help them back.
:06:37. > :06:39.trying to push them died.
:06:40. > :06:42.are allegations that civilians have On Saturday a Turkish
:06:43. > :06:43.soldier was killed. in Syrian territory.
:06:44. > :06:47.began launching attacks so-called Islamic State.
:06:48. > :06:50.as an offensive against But once IS was driven out
:06:51. > :06:53.of the Syrian border hitting Syrian Kurds.
:06:54. > :07:01.seems to have shifted completely to The government here wants
:07:02. > :07:03.to ensure a Kurdish corridor is not formed along
:07:04. > :07:06.the border with Syria. At a major rally in the southern
:07:07. > :07:11.city of Gaziantep, president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said
:07:12. > :07:15.that Turkey will fight Kurdish groups in Syria with the same
:07:16. > :07:20.might that it combats IS. TRANSLATION: We will continue
:07:21. > :07:22.until we get rid of One more growing conflict in a
:07:23. > :07:35.he told the crowd that had gathered. One more growing conflict in a
:07:36. > :07:42.region that's already seen years of war. Yuki telling my BBC Istanbul.
:07:43. > :07:44.In Libya, 28 government fighters have been killed and 180 wounded
:07:45. > :07:47.as the battle against IS for control of Sirte continues.
:07:48. > :07:50.Forces loyal to the UN-backed unity government
:07:51. > :07:53.have been moving in to the last districts of Sirte controlled
:07:54. > :07:58.by IS, in the latest stage of an offensive that began in May.
:07:59. > :08:01.Pope Francis has said he wants to visit the Italian villages
:08:02. > :08:07.to offer comfort to the victims. as soon as possible,
:08:08. > :08:13.300 people were killed. of the area, where almost
:08:14. > :08:20.to the reconstruction fund. are to donate today's takings
:08:21. > :08:22.Germany's Vice Chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, has
:08:23. > :08:25.warned that the future of the European Union could be
:08:26. > :08:31.also considered leaving. handled and other member states
:08:32. > :08:36.with the Prime Minister at Chequers. on Wednesday to discuss Brexit
:08:37. > :08:39.We'll hear from our political correspondent, Chris Mason
:08:40. > :08:42.at Westminster in a moment but first to Jenny Hill in Berlin.
:08:43. > :08:52.In some respects there were no about the German
:08:53. > :08:56.In some respects there were no surprises here, the big fear for the
:08:57. > :08:59.German government is Brexit will precipitate the disintegration of
:09:00. > :09:04.Europe. That's why we heard sick, Gabriel saying today if negotiations
:09:05. > :09:06.are handled badly then other member states might start to leave, too,
:09:07. > :09:11.and the EU will go down the drain. and the EU will go down the drain.
:09:12. > :09:12.Mr Gabriel isn't going to be the last German politician you'll hear
:09:13. > :09:14.saying Britain cannot cherry pick. saying Britain cannot cherry pick.
:09:15. > :09:18.Tonight he has said Britain can't Tonight he has said Britain can't
:09:19. > :09:24.expect to take away the nice things without taking responsibility, too.
:09:25. > :09:27.he represents the views of many he represents the views of many
:09:28. > :09:31.German politicians here. Angela Merkel tends to be rather more
:09:32. > :09:35.conciliatory, she's given an interview to German media tonight in
:09:36. > :09:38.which she is said that the Brexit decision has been difficult, and
:09:39. > :09:43.that other EU member states must rush to decisions when it comes to
:09:44. > :09:47.working out how to deal with it. Nevertheless, despite the softer
:09:48. > :09:49.tone from Mrs Merkel you can expect two things. First of all, she's not
:09:50. > :09:53.going to give ground on the issue of going to give ground on the issue of
:09:54. > :09:55.freedom of movement, that is an absolute abiding principle for Mrs
:09:56. > :09:59.Merkel and the German government. Merkel and the German government.
:10:00. > :10:03.Secondly, they're in mind Mrs Merkel has been doing the rounds this week,
:10:04. > :10:06.she's visited something like 15 different European leaders this week
:10:07. > :10:10.trying to broker a deal for the future of Europe. She is really
:10:11. > :10:16.starting to plan, making a very good show of starting to plan, for a
:10:17. > :10:19.Europe without Britain in it. That is the view from Berlin. Let's turn
:10:20. > :10:23.to Chris Mason in Westminster. What do we know about how our government
:10:24. > :10:27.is going to approach Brexit? It'll be a big moment on Wednesday when
:10:28. > :10:31.Theresa May covers her cabinet for the first time since the summer
:10:32. > :10:33.break at Chequers, her country retreat in Buckinghamshire. She's
:10:34. > :10:38.asked them to come along with ideas on how best to deliver Brexit, the
:10:39. > :10:42.big question the big government faces. There will be differing
:10:43. > :10:46.views. Some want to emphasise a desire that will ensure access to
:10:47. > :10:49.could pose problems in terms of could pose problems in terms of
:10:50. > :10:54.dealing with immigration. There will be different views here as well,
:10:55. > :10:59.when MPs come back to Parliament a week tomorrow. Today we've seen a
:11:00. > :11:03.new group emerged cold", it emerged from the ashes of a failed Remain
:11:04. > :11:07.campaign, one of its founding members, Anna Soubry, a Conservative
:11:08. > :11:12.MP, has said tonight it is absolutely critical for UK maintains
:11:13. > :11:15.access to that single market. And yet as we were hearing from Jenny,
:11:16. > :11:20.there will be voices in Europe that they that can't happen if freedom of
:11:21. > :11:24.movement is going to be shifted as a policy idea as well. A huge amount
:11:25. > :11:28.for the new government to wrestle with. Downing Street said today that
:11:29. > :11:32.Theresa May returns to work after her summer break with Brexit top of
:11:33. > :11:37.her in a tray. It will remain top of her in tray for years to come. Chris
:11:38. > :11:40.Mason at Westminster, Jenny Hill in Berlin, thank you both.
:11:41. > :11:42.Aid agencies are warning of a growing humanitarian crisis
:11:43. > :11:44.in north-eastern Nigeria, where more than two million
:11:45. > :11:47.people have been displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency.
:11:48. > :11:49.The United Nations says 50,000 children could die from malnutrition
:11:50. > :11:52.unless they receive immediate assistance.
:11:53. > :11:54.Our correspondent, Martin Patience, has gained rare access to the town
:11:55. > :12:01.of Bama, one of the worst affected by the violence.
:12:02. > :12:05.This was a town once controlled by Boko Haram,
:12:06. > :12:09.but it is only now that the scale of the suffering is being revealed.
:12:10. > :12:16.Three-year-old Mohammed is close to death.
:12:17. > :12:25.severe malnutrition. of a million children suffering
:12:26. > :12:32.Doctors are struggling to save his life.
:12:33. > :12:39.There was no money to buy food. Mohammed's mother tells me.
:12:40. > :12:44.Life in the village was the survival of the fittest.
:12:45. > :12:49.Rescued by the army, relief is now at hand.
:12:50. > :13:01.Bama feels frozen in time. street after street of devastation.
:13:02. > :13:04.When Boko Haram came into town, life stopped here.
:13:05. > :13:07.These people were filling up their cars at the local petrol
:13:08. > :13:10.station, but most of them never got away.
:13:11. > :13:16.Nobody knows for sure. died in the violence.
:13:17. > :13:18.And while there are pockets of reconstruction in Bama,
:13:19. > :13:26.But it's not just here. to be done.
:13:27. > :13:31.Towns and villages across this region lie devastated.
:13:32. > :13:37.Hawa is just three. are suffering the most.
:13:38. > :13:41.She has only known a world of hunger.
:13:42. > :13:46.Her mother couldn't afford food, but finally she is getting help.
:13:47. > :13:51.need humanitarian aid. people who desperately
:13:52. > :13:54.4.5 million people who we have categorised as severely food
:13:55. > :13:58.insecure, that means they are really on the edge of life and death.
:13:59. > :14:04.from their villages, their homes. who have been forced
:14:05. > :14:10.is far from secure. from the fighting, but their future
:14:11. > :14:18.Martin Patience, BBC News, Bama, Nigeria.
:14:19. > :14:20.A British man has died while attempting to swim
:14:21. > :14:22.the English Channel. Nick Thomas, from Ellesmere
:14:23. > :14:26.Calais. last night less than a mile from
:14:27. > :14:34.unconscious from the water. hours and was pulled
:14:35. > :14:37.Two United Airlines pilots are in custody after being arrested
:14:38. > :14:42.influence of alcohol. of being under the
:14:43. > :14:49.for a scheduled flight to New York. they arrived at the airport
:14:50. > :14:52.The family of the late Labour peer Lord Janner are demanding
:14:53. > :14:57.until civil cases are heard. postpones plans to investigate him
:14:58. > :14:59.They say they should have the chance to cross-examine his accusers
:15:00. > :15:04.to clear his name. to use their inheritance
:15:05. > :15:10.flash photography. Symonds' report contains
:15:11. > :15:13.Lord Janner was hauled to court last year to face multiple criminal
:15:14. > :15:17.charges of child abuse, but he died within months.
:15:18. > :15:20.That left unresolved allegations dating back to his life
:15:21. > :15:27.homes and schools. regularly visiting children's
:15:28. > :15:30.More than 30 men and women now say he abused them.
:15:31. > :15:35.he left his children. for compensation from the money
:15:36. > :15:41.100%. is determined to fight the claims.
:15:42. > :15:44.Our family has decided this is what we want to use such
:15:45. > :15:48.inheritance as there is to clear his name.
:15:49. > :15:54.will investigate the Janner case. into child sexual abuse
:15:55. > :15:56.It wants to know whether the earliest allegations
:15:57. > :16:02.The family's position is clear. in a failure to prosecute.
:16:03. > :16:07.He has never been convicted of any offence and is entirely innocent.
:16:08. > :16:11.He was not prosecuted because the allegations were fabricated.
:16:12. > :16:13.They were investigated by the police, properly,
:16:14. > :16:16.and dismissed as the rubbish that they were.
:16:17. > :16:21.What this enquiry is doing is working on an assumption of guilt.
:16:22. > :16:25.The family have been told they will not be able to fully cross
:16:26. > :16:28.examine Lord Janner's accusers at the enquiry,
:16:29. > :16:32.which is why they want to bring the case here to the civil courts.
:16:33. > :16:35.But those who represent alleged victims are worried the courts may
:16:36. > :16:44.They say the inquiry is vital. for there to be a ruling
:16:45. > :16:49.Lord Janner over the years. allegations made against
:16:50. > :16:53.He was somebody of huge importance in the political world,
:16:54. > :16:55.a member of Parliament, sat in the House of Lords,
:16:56. > :16:59.and the crimes are alleged to have taken place within an institution,
:17:00. > :17:03.so they do fit neatly into the remit of the national inquiry.
:17:04. > :17:05.Lord Janner's family are fighting back against dozens of accusers
:17:06. > :17:07.making allegations spanning decades.
:17:08. > :17:15.Neither side is prepared to back down.
:17:16. > :17:20.Good evening. Downes at the BBC Sport Centre.
:17:21. > :17:23.Lewis Hamilton fought his way from the back row of the grid
:17:24. > :17:26.to finish third in a chaotic Belgian Grand Prix at Spa.
:17:27. > :17:29.Nico Rosberg, who started on pole, won the race, putting him
:17:30. > :17:42.After the summer break, this was the in the drivers' championship.
:17:43. > :17:48.After the summer break, this was the weekend spa and retreat, but here
:17:49. > :17:51.there was to be no relaxation. Championship leader Lewis Hamilton
:17:52. > :17:56.excelled to the back row of the grid, punishment for a series of
:17:57. > :18:03.penalties. At the front was Nico penalties. At the front was Nico
:18:04. > :18:09.Rosberg. In between there were other battles. That early drama saw Lewis
:18:10. > :18:13.that would make all come to a stop that would make all come to a stop
:18:14. > :18:20.and catch their breath. Kevin Magnuson perhaps lucky to escape.
:18:21. > :18:24.The race halted, time to reassess. Once back, Hamilton surged forward
:18:25. > :18:30.again, doing what he does best, incredibly now up to third. Ahead of
:18:31. > :18:34.him Daniel Ricciardo and eventual winner Nico Rosberg. To catch them
:18:35. > :18:38.would prove too much. For Hamilton from the back row to the podium, a
:18:39. > :18:42.surprisingly enjoyable spa weekend. surprisingly enjoyable spa weekend.
:18:43. > :18:44.There were two fixtures in the Premier League today,
:18:45. > :18:47.so it's time to leave the room if you don't want to know
:18:48. > :18:50.the results as Match of the Day 2 follows soon on BBC1.
:18:51. > :18:52.Manchester City are top of the Premier League.
:18:53. > :18:54.They maintained their 100% record under new manager Pep Guardiola
:18:55. > :18:56.as they beat West Ham 3-1 at the Etihad.
:18:57. > :18:59.And two of the goalscorers were tonight named in Sam Allardyce's
:19:00. > :19:04.Ham's Michail Antonio. Raheem Sterling and West
:19:05. > :19:11.Middlesbrough drew 0-0. West Brom and
:19:12. > :19:14.Surrey have ended Yorkshire's hopes of a domestic double
:19:15. > :19:17.by winning their One-Day Cup semi-final by 19 runs at Headingley
:19:18. > :19:19.The home side are aiming for their third straight
:19:20. > :19:23.County Championship title but fell just short of Surrey's 255-7,
:19:24. > :19:29.despite a brave effort from Tim Bresnan.
:19:30. > :19:33.after today's ninth stage. in the Vuelta a Espana
:19:34. > :19:36.Spain's David de la Cruz took the leader's red jersey.
:19:37. > :19:39.Froome is aiming to become the first man in 38 years to win
:19:40. > :19:53.Back to you. France in the same season.
:19:54. > :19:55.This week, one of Britain's deadliest, but least-well known
:19:56. > :19:58.naval forces celebrates its 100th anniversary.
:19:59. > :20:00.The Coastal Marine Force was founded during the First World War
:20:01. > :20:03.as a fleet of high-speed torpedo-boats to attack the Germans.
:20:04. > :20:16.Duncan Kennedy has the story. earned more gallantry medals
:20:17. > :20:24.of maritime warfare. helped change the tactics
:20:25. > :20:27.And now a century after their creation, the final few left have
:20:28. > :20:31.come together in Portsmouth for an anniversary sail-past,
:20:32. > :20:36.watched by veterans like Robin Coventry.
:20:37. > :20:41.but deadly seaborne force. assigned to this nimble
:20:42. > :20:43.We were just going out to make trouble and that,
:20:44. > :20:49.often enough, we did, not only for ourselves,
:20:50. > :20:51.but for the Germans as well, which was lucky.
:20:52. > :20:55.And they must have been fairly fed up with us, too.
:20:56. > :21:02.three junior officers. and were the idea of
:21:03. > :21:07.They were just 50-feet long and carried one or two torpedoes,
:21:08. > :21:14.enough to hit large enemy ships and then escape at high speed.
:21:15. > :21:17.In fact, they were sometimes called the Spitfire of the sea,
:21:18. > :21:23.because they were so fast, capable of 30 or 40 knots.
:21:24. > :21:28.Her enemies had never seen anything like them.
:21:29. > :21:35.had an astonishing success rate. there were 2,000 of them and they
:21:36. > :21:39.They sank over 500 enemy vessels and were awarded
:21:40. > :21:45.of the naval service. more than any other branch
:21:46. > :21:50.In war, these vessels fired more torpedoes than Britain's submarines.
:21:51. > :21:57.shrink in the face of great danger. and a miniature navy that did not
:21:58. > :22:05.Duncan Kennedy, BBC News, in Portsmouth.