:00:00. > :00:07.A furious response from Apple, the computer giant, after a record
:00:08. > :00:10.tax payment is ordered by the European Commission.
:00:11. > :00:12.Apple, whose European HQ is in Ireland, is accused
:00:13. > :00:17.of benefitting from an illegal tax deal, which was agreed
:00:18. > :00:31.Member states cannot give unfair tax benefits to selected companies.
:00:32. > :00:34.Apple says it's done nothing wrong and will appeal against the ruling,
:00:35. > :00:40.Our responsibility as the Irish authorities is to collect
:00:41. > :00:46.We do that in a consistent way, in a transparent way and fully
:00:47. > :00:48.in accordance with the laws of this country.
:00:49. > :00:50.We'll have the latest from Dublin, where Apple has been accused
:00:51. > :00:52.of paying corporation tax of less than 1%.
:00:53. > :00:57.6,500 migrants rescued yesterday in the Mediterranean.
:00:58. > :00:59.The Italian coastguard says it was the busiest
:01:00. > :01:05.In Libya, government forces say they're now close to expelling
:01:06. > :01:09.all IS fighters from the city of Sirte after three
:01:10. > :01:15.The controversial badger cull in England is being extended
:01:16. > :01:20.to prevent the spread of tuberculosis in cattle.
:01:21. > :01:22.And we meet the former Royal Marine training hard
:01:23. > :01:31.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: England post a world record
:01:32. > :01:33.total of 444 to crush Pakistan in their one-day international
:01:34. > :01:57.and take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series.
:01:58. > :02:02.The computer giant Apple and the Irish government have both
:02:03. > :02:08.-- has been accused by the European Commission of enjoying an illegal
:02:09. > :02:12.deal which has produced huge tax benefits. The commission has ordered
:02:13. > :02:16.apple, Hughes European HQ is in Ireland, to pay ?11 billion in back
:02:17. > :02:20.taxes to the Irish government. Apple says it will appeal against
:02:21. > :02:24.the decision as will the Irish government. Apple made a net profit
:02:25. > :02:30.of more than ?40 billion in the financial year 2015.
:02:31. > :02:33.Our business editor Simon Jack reports from Dublin.
:02:34. > :02:39.Apple is one of the world's richest companies.
:02:40. > :02:45.Earning revenue around the globe. Much of that revenue ends up in
:02:46. > :02:50.Ireland, where it pays next to nothing in tax. After a three-year
:02:51. > :02:54.investigation into its tax affairs, today the European Commission ruled
:02:55. > :03:05.those arrangements were illegal. This decision sends a clear message:
:03:06. > :03:10.Member states cannot give unfair tax benefits to selected companies, no
:03:11. > :03:17.matter if they are European or foreign, large or small, part of a
:03:18. > :03:21.group or not. Money that Apple makes across the EU and beyond gets
:03:22. > :03:24.funneled to Ireland, which has an already low tax rate of 12. 5%.
:03:25. > :03:29.That's on profits made in Ireland. The international profits are not
:03:30. > :03:32.taxed at all, bringing Apple's overall rate to nearly zero, which
:03:33. > :03:37.is why the commission now wants Ireland to collect ?11 billion in
:03:38. > :03:42.back-dated taxes from those international profits. You might
:03:43. > :03:46.think that any country would welcome such a massive windfall. You'd be
:03:47. > :03:51.wrong. Apple has a long history in Ireland. Steve Jobs brought the
:03:52. > :03:55.company here in the early 1980s. Now it employs nearly 6,000 people. It's
:03:56. > :03:59.an important corporate citizen and the Irish government rejects the
:04:00. > :04:01.notion that it should be the tax police. If there was a case that a
:04:02. > :04:05.company was not paying its appropriate taxes in a region like
:04:06. > :04:07.the European Union or internationally, it's not for
:04:08. > :04:10.Ireland, because part this afternoon company operates in this country, to
:04:11. > :04:15.be the tax collection master for the world. Our responsibility, as the
:04:16. > :04:20.Irish authorities is to collect the tax that is owed to us. We do that
:04:21. > :04:23.fully in accordance with the laws of this country. What the commission
:04:24. > :04:26.seems to be doing here is overreached into a matter of
:04:27. > :04:30.national competency, which is taxation. US authorities are
:04:31. > :04:37.concerned that American companies are being targeted unfairly and that
:04:38. > :04:41.US taxpayers could lose out. We are concerned about a unilateral
:04:42. > :04:49.approach in state aid negotiation that's threaten to undermine
:04:50. > :04:51.progress that we have made collaboratively with the Europeans
:04:52. > :04:56.to make the international taxation system fair. Ireland has many
:04:57. > :04:59.attractions. For international business its low tax rates are
:05:00. > :05:03.definitely one. As countries compete with each other to attract that
:05:04. > :05:06.business with lower tax rates, multinationals can play them off
:05:07. > :05:09.against each other to their own advantage. What's needed, most
:05:10. > :05:15.people say, is a coordinated, global approach. What today's ruling and
:05:16. > :05:20.the ensuing acrimony has proved is that we're a long way from that just
:05:21. > :05:23.yet. By the banks of the river in Dublin, there was consensus that
:05:24. > :05:28.something needs to be done. I think it's deserved. They should pay it
:05:29. > :05:31.back really. I don't think anyone should get deals the way they V if
:05:32. > :05:36.it was me, probably locked up in jail. I think it's good essentially
:05:37. > :05:42.for Ireland to attract those companies here. The low tax of the
:05:43. > :05:48.companies is compensated by good tax of the employees of the company.
:05:49. > :05:52.Maybe a compromise could be made, it could be reduced from 13 billion to
:05:53. > :05:56.something lower maybe. To keep Apple here as well. Hunting down the
:05:57. > :06:00.world's missing tax will require global authorities to pull together.
:06:01. > :06:02.On today's evidence, they are still out of sync.
:06:03. > :06:05.Well, in a moment, we can speak to our business correspondent,
:06:06. > :06:11.Michelle Fleury, who is in New York, but first to Simon Jack in Dublin.
:06:12. > :06:16.Simon, when we see the entrenched positions on both sides, do you see
:06:17. > :06:22.any way of resolving this in the short or medium term? Well, they are
:06:23. > :06:24.entrenched positions. Talking to ministers today, the Irish
:06:25. > :06:28.government are adamant they don't want this money. They don't think
:06:29. > :06:31.they are owed it. They will appeal this decision. They've got
:06:32. > :06:34.two-and-a-half months to appeal to the European Court. I think we
:06:35. > :06:39.should look at today as not just an attempt to take a bite out of
:06:40. > :06:44.Apple's enormous offshore cash pile, it's the opening of a new frant in a
:06:45. > :06:48.battle to track down and tax appropriately offshore profits. What
:06:49. > :06:52.we've learned today is that this new get-tough approach from the European
:06:53. > :06:55.Commission is not going down at all well with the company, Apple, which
:06:56. > :07:00.is probably not a surprise. But not going down well here in Ireland and
:07:01. > :07:05.also not well on Apple's home turf in the US. US companies, remember,
:07:06. > :07:09.have 1. $1.2 trillion of money parked overseas.
:07:10. > :07:18.And Michelle, in New York, what's the reaction from there been today?
:07:19. > :07:25.US politicians rarely agree on much, especially not in this election
:07:26. > :07:29.year. We are seeing politician as growing to hate, essentially, the
:07:30. > :07:36.EU's actions regarding Apple. The White House says the EU has
:07:37. > :07:39.overstepped its authority. We heard from President Obama's spokesperson
:07:40. > :07:44.talking about the need for the US and EU to act together, to work
:07:45. > :07:47.together on how to tax multinationals, not engage in
:07:48. > :07:51.unilateral action as we've seen from the EU. The US Treasury department
:07:52. > :07:54.made dark pronouncements with regards to the crack down on foreign
:07:55. > :07:58.firms, basically saying that it threatens the business climate in
:07:59. > :08:04.Europe. Perhaps even more dramatic, one senior senator here in the
:08:05. > :08:09.United States accused the US, accused the EU of a cheap money grab
:08:10. > :08:15.targeting US businesses. The irony in all of this is that the White
:08:16. > :08:17.House has had its own issues with companies, American companies,
:08:18. > :08:21.relocating their headquarters overseas to cut their tax bill. But
:08:22. > :08:24.in this instance, American corporations and the US government
:08:25. > :08:30.see their interests as being aligned. As for the US and the EU,
:08:31. > :08:35.well tax is not the only area that's hit a rocky patch. The two sides are
:08:36. > :08:39.in the process of negotiating an international trade deal. American
:08:40. > :08:43.politicians here say they intend to complete those negotiations by the
:08:44. > :08:47.end of the year, but the word coming from Europe is very different. The
:08:48. > :08:50.French president, Francois Hollande, saying he doesn't see it happening
:08:51. > :08:55.in that time scale. Thanks very much.
:08:56. > :08:57.The Italian coastguard is predicting that calm weather conditions
:08:58. > :09:00.are likely to encourage more migrants to risk the crossing
:09:01. > :09:03.from northern Libya in the next few days to try to reach Europe.
:09:04. > :09:07.6,500 people were rescued yesterday by the coastguard off
:09:08. > :09:10.the coast of Libya - the biggest number in one
:09:11. > :09:16.So far this year, more than 100,000 people have arrived in Italy,
:09:17. > :09:20.and the latest estimate is that more than 2,700 people have died
:09:21. > :09:25.Our special correspondent Ed Thomas is in the Sicilian port
:09:26. > :09:28.of Messina, where new arrivals are being registered.
:09:29. > :09:39.If you thought this crisis had gone away, think again.
:09:40. > :09:48.The desperate swim to safety with the first sign of hope. Stranded off
:09:49. > :09:54.the coast of Libya, men, women and children are packed into smugglers'
:09:55. > :09:59.boats. The youngest are twins, just a week old and they're the lucky
:10:00. > :10:06.ones. Because in just 24 hours, the waters here have been overwhelmed.
:10:07. > :10:15.This is one of 40 rescues since Monday. More than 7,000 have been
:10:16. > :10:30.saved. It means frantic days at sea, like never before. About 5. 30am, in
:10:31. > :10:38.14 hours we rescued over 5,000 people according to the information
:10:39. > :10:41.we got from the authorities. It seems that calmer weather has
:10:42. > :10:47.tempted thousands to make the journey from Libya to Italy. Many
:10:48. > :10:52.here are from Eritrea, others Somalia, escaping war and poverty,
:10:53. > :11:00.hoping for something better. And still, the people traffickers are
:11:01. > :11:04.paid. This year alone, more tan 100,000 have used this route to
:11:05. > :11:09.cross into Italy. Again this journey has claimed lives. With more than
:11:10. > :11:15.3,000 drowned or lost in the Mediterranean. As day turns to
:11:16. > :11:20.night, dry land and Italy, the risk has paid off. These people look
:11:21. > :11:29.exhausted. They have no possessions but their clothes, but still,
:11:30. > :11:35.they're alive. A few minutes ago we saw about 40 people, women and
:11:36. > :11:39.children and families, from western African countries. This year, the
:11:40. > :11:48.beginning of this year, arrived by sea in Italy more than 40,700 lone
:11:49. > :11:53.children. And how many more are still to come? One estimate is that
:11:54. > :11:55.a quarter of a million people are waiting in Libya, willing to gamble
:11:56. > :12:03.everything for a new life in Europe. The British and French governments
:12:04. > :12:08.have promised to work more closely together to deal with the problems
:12:09. > :12:11.in Calais, where thousands of migrants are living in the camp
:12:12. > :12:14.known as The Jungle. The Home Secretary, Amber Rudd,
:12:15. > :12:17.met her counterpart in Paris today, amid growing calls from some
:12:18. > :12:20.opposition figures in France to terminate the agreement,
:12:21. > :12:22.which allows UK border officials In the Libyan city of Sirte,
:12:23. > :12:33.pro-government forces say they are advancing on the last
:12:34. > :12:35.strongholds of so-called IS took control of the city last
:12:36. > :12:41.year, and there were fears they'd Fierce fighting has been taking
:12:42. > :12:47.place in two districts of the city. Militia groups aligned
:12:48. > :12:49.to the Libyan Government of National Accord have been
:12:50. > :12:52.supported by US airstrikes. BBC correspondent Feras Kilani
:12:53. > :12:54.and cameraman Jamie Bowles are one of the few international teams
:12:55. > :12:57.to have reached the front line. The tanks begin to advance,
:12:58. > :13:11.the militants of so-called Forces loyal to the Libyan
:13:12. > :13:18.unity government are now pounding their positions
:13:19. > :13:21.and are close to regaining The unity government forces have
:13:22. > :13:27.mobilised all their ability already to retake the last two districts
:13:28. > :13:31.still under Isis control. Islamic State hoped their
:13:32. > :13:36.headquarters in Sirte would provide a base to launch attacks
:13:37. > :13:41.into Europe, but now the extremists The commander here tells me IS no
:13:42. > :13:52.longer have the manpower TRANSLATION: All the area in front
:13:53. > :14:03.of us is under IS control. You can see them from here,
:14:04. > :14:08.it's the districts number Within a few days we will take over
:14:09. > :14:17.all this area, by the help of God. IS militants quickly reply
:14:18. > :14:25.with sniper fire and suicide bombs, The military spokesman told us
:14:26. > :14:32.that they had expected these attacks and he's confident,
:14:33. > :14:36.with his men's progress. TRANSLATION: We are now in control
:14:37. > :14:40.of 75% of District Three and IS fighters have retreated
:14:41. > :14:44.towards the coast. The fighting in District One
:14:45. > :14:48.is still intense, but we will not On the day we visited this hospital,
:14:49. > :15:01.over 30 fighters were killed and we watched as medical staff
:15:02. > :15:06.battle to treat almost 200 men. Even if IS are forced out of Sirte,
:15:07. > :15:11.their threat continues. There is a strong feeling
:15:12. > :15:18.IS will regroup and return causing more devastation in a struggling
:15:19. > :15:23.country with two governments and hundreds of militias
:15:24. > :15:30.competing for power. The so-called Islamic State
:15:31. > :15:36.militant group says that one of its senior leaders,
:15:37. > :15:39.its spokesman, Abu Muhammad A website affiliated to IS, Amaq,
:15:40. > :15:44.says he was killed while surveying operations to repel the military
:15:45. > :15:57.campaigns against Aleppo in Syria. Frank you mentioned this man before.
:15:58. > :16:02.Underlining the fact he was a big fish. What difference will this
:16:03. > :16:07.make, his death? Quite a lot. If it's true. The reason I give that
:16:08. > :16:10.caveat, IS, in the past, occasionally has pretended that some
:16:11. > :16:16.of its significant people are dead to kind of call off the hundred for
:16:17. > :16:21.them to put up a false flag. It probably is true. It's significant.
:16:22. > :16:25.I don't think I can think of anybody since the death of Jihadi John who
:16:26. > :16:31.is probably more significant for the West who has been killed. This is a
:16:32. > :16:37.very significant blow for them because IS, is an organisation that
:16:38. > :16:41.blends pop beganed da in the heart of its strategy. It's party of its
:16:42. > :16:46.global operations. He was in charge of external operations and pop
:16:47. > :16:49.beganed da. In May this year he issued a strident call for attacks
:16:50. > :16:55.both on the He West and their enemies. It was the bloodiest
:16:56. > :16:57.Ramadan anybody can think of in living memory he has been targeting
:16:58. > :17:05.Britain and France and other countries. He will be replaced with
:17:06. > :17:08.someone without the track record of military expertise. It's a big below
:17:09. > :17:13.for IS. Thank you very much. Katrina Percy has reigned
:17:14. > :17:15.as chief executive of the Southern Health NHS Trust -
:17:16. > :17:17.one of the biggest mental health trusts in the UK -
:17:18. > :17:20.which has been heavily criticised for failing to fully investigate
:17:21. > :17:23.the deaths of hundreds of patients. But Ms Percy will continue
:17:24. > :17:26.with the Trust in a different role, Our social affairs correspondent,
:17:27. > :17:29.Michael Buchanan, who broke the story of the Trust's
:17:30. > :17:42.failings, has the latest. For five years she had led Southern
:17:43. > :17:45.Health, once named NHS Chief Executive of the Year. Today she
:17:46. > :17:51.resigned after months of criticism of the Trust. People died following
:17:52. > :17:55.care failings by southern health. The victims include Connor
:17:56. > :18:00.Sparrowhawk whose brother publicly confront her. I thought it was
:18:01. > :18:04.extremely inappropriate that you might have added grief to our family
:18:05. > :18:12.when you piled it on, all of you. All of us are incredibly sorry...
:18:13. > :18:18.Today, Connor's mother told me she welcomed Katarina Persie's
:18:19. > :18:22.resignation. It's good she's gone. It allows fresh air. I don't know
:18:23. > :18:27.how she could go to work every morning given everything that
:18:28. > :18:34.unfolded. The buck stops at the top. Problems at the Trust have mounted.
:18:35. > :18:40.There were unexpected deaths that were not investigated. A failure of
:18:41. > :18:44.leadership was blamed. In April the inspector found problems, again
:18:45. > :18:47.management was criticised. Throughout it all the Chief
:18:48. > :18:52.Executive refused to go, until today. In a statement Katrina Percy
:18:53. > :19:25.said: She will however keep her near
:19:26. > :19:32.?250,000 annual pay and benefits working as an adviser at the Trust.
:19:33. > :19:37.The deal gives taxpayers the best value for money. This is someone who
:19:38. > :19:41.has failed in her leadership role. I find it absolutely scandalous. It
:19:42. > :19:48.beggars belief I think the public would be horrified that the NHS is
:19:49. > :19:54.behaving in this way. For the family of Connor Sparrowhawk, the child
:19:55. > :19:57.nicknamed, Laughing Boy, today's resignation after a campaign of
:19:58. > :20:01.justice is a cause for satisfaction. He had such a strong sense of
:20:02. > :20:06.justice himself that he would have been outraged that she stayed in
:20:07. > :20:14.position for so long. So, yeah, thinking about Connor, yeah, there
:20:15. > :20:23.is a bit of justice, I suppose. Michael Buchanan, BBC News, Oxford.
:20:24. > :20:25.President Obama is to join Hillary Clinton on the election
:20:26. > :20:28.campaign trail next month in one of the states that could determine
:20:29. > :20:30.the outcome of the presidential election, Pennsylvania.
:20:31. > :20:32.It's a state that both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
:20:33. > :20:35.must win if they're to get to the White House, but they're both
:20:36. > :20:37.facing a challenge convincing many of the state's voters.
:20:38. > :20:39.Our correspondent, Nick Bryant, has been travelling
:20:40. > :20:45.across Pennsylvania talking to voters, with just 70
:20:46. > :20:48.Welcome to the town of Clinton Pennsylvania
:20:49. > :20:51.where the sign that greets you reads - Vote Donald Trump.
:20:52. > :20:53.It gets a nod of approval from Ron Sanski, a working-class
:20:54. > :20:56.voter, who lost his job at the beginning of the year.
:20:57. > :20:58.He likes Donald Trump, he loathes Hillary Clinton.
:20:59. > :21:04.I think he means what he says and he speaks for a lot of people,
:21:05. > :21:06.you know, from the heart, and I think that's pretty important.
:21:07. > :21:13.We're senior citizens and we're voting for Trump.
:21:14. > :21:16.This billboard has become something of a tourist attraction
:21:17. > :21:19.and what makes it all the more noteworthy, it was erected
:21:20. > :21:31.For the last 30 years she hasn't spoken a truthful word.
:21:32. > :21:34.In the back of his pick-up truck another sign reads -
:21:35. > :21:37.Like two-thirds of American voters, in what often feels like a lesser
:21:38. > :21:40.of two evils election, he just doesn't trust her.
:21:41. > :21:43.If the dog catcher was running against Hillary Clinton,
:21:44. > :21:47.Further down the road is Aliquippa, one of those faded steel towns
:21:48. > :21:50.where Hillary Clinton is vulnerable, but more than a third of voters
:21:51. > :21:56.Donald Trump has recently reached out to African-Americans
:21:57. > :22:00.after a poll suggested just 1% support him.
:22:01. > :22:10.What about his appeal to African-Americans?
:22:11. > :22:16.If I seen a black guy voting for Trump, I'd have to do like this
:22:17. > :22:20.Then you'd see the truth because he wouldn't be black.
:22:21. > :22:23.The local Mayor, Dwan Walker, reckons Donald Trump's outreach
:22:24. > :22:25.to black voters is primarily intended to persuade whites
:22:26. > :22:31.He sees it as a deathbed conversion that doesn't ring true.
:22:32. > :22:32.He's not preaching about stronger together.
:22:33. > :22:35.He's not preaching those things that bring people together,
:22:36. > :22:37.he's preaching things that are dividing us
:22:38. > :22:39.and we can ill afford, America can ill afford,
:22:40. > :22:44.Up river is Pittsburgh, a thrusting prosperous city
:22:45. > :22:49.where you find evidence of what's being called 'an education gap'
:22:50. > :22:51.opening up in the American electorate.
:22:52. > :22:53.Donald Trump has done well with white, working-class voters,
:22:54. > :22:56.but he's had a harder time attracting the support of whites
:22:57. > :23:03.In fact, he's in danger of becoming the first Republican presidential
:23:04. > :23:06.candidate in 60 years not to win a majority of white graduates.
:23:07. > :23:12.Monday night baseball at the Pittsburgh Pirates and a high
:23:13. > :23:17.school band blasts out a high decibel version of Aretha Franklin's
:23:18. > :23:22.Respect, something that both candidates have
:23:23. > :23:35.But of two unpopular contenders, in what's often been
:23:36. > :23:39.a cartoonish election, it's Hillary Clinton who for many,
:23:40. > :23:41.in the pricier seats in the stadium, passes a basic
:23:42. > :23:46.She's the most qualified candidate and she's not crazy.
:23:47. > :23:48.I can't believe that he could actually obtain the nomination
:23:49. > :23:58.I think everything that comes out of his mouth is a disaster.
:23:59. > :24:01.The questions of trust and ethics bedevil Hillary Clinton and that's
:24:02. > :24:03.partly why Donald Trump is still in the game.
:24:04. > :24:14.Nick Bryant, BBC News, Pittsburgh.
:24:15. > :24:16.The controversial badger cull in England is being extended
:24:17. > :24:20.to try to prevent the spread of tuberculosis in cattle.
:24:21. > :24:23.Some 1,500 badgers were killed last year, but now the aim is to cull
:24:24. > :24:33.Ministers say it is necessary to deal with Bovine TB,
:24:34. > :24:39.but critics say the policy is inhumane and ineffective
:24:40. > :24:42.as our rural affairs correspondent, Claire Marshall, has more details.
:24:43. > :24:43.Tonight, after darkness falls on these Dorset hills,
:24:44. > :24:46.trained marksmen are likely to be at work shooting badgers.
:24:47. > :24:48.Their exact location is being kept secret for security reasons.
:24:49. > :24:51.This is a new target area, part of a major expansion
:24:52. > :24:54.of the controversial policy announced today.
:24:55. > :24:57.The badger cull will now take place in new areas in Cornwall,
:24:58. > :24:59.Herefordshire, Devon, Gloucestershire,
:25:00. > :25:06.In 2015, around 1,500 badgers were shot, but this
:25:07. > :25:10.year the target is much higher, 10,000 animals are to be culled
:25:11. > :25:19.Conservationists say it flies in the face of scientific evidence.
:25:20. > :25:23.It's a huge scale compared with previous years and the problem
:25:24. > :25:27.It's unlikely, based on the Government's own advice,
:25:28. > :25:33.But the Government believes that killing badgers is a vital part
:25:34. > :25:37.of fighting Bovine TB, almost 30,000 cows had to be
:25:38. > :25:49.slaughtered last year as a result of disease, and it's
:25:50. > :25:52.Wiltshire farmer, Stephen King, has lost cows and a year's worth
:25:53. > :25:55.of business after TB was found in his herd.
:25:56. > :25:57.Months of testing by vets and, finally, he has a clear.
:25:58. > :26:01.Stephen doesn't hate badgers, but can't see another way forward.
:26:02. > :26:08.It shows that perhaps, you know, the Government ministers
:26:09. > :26:10.are trying to take things forward for us.
:26:11. > :26:13.I don't think really not doing anything just isn't sustainable
:26:14. > :26:16.because the problem will only get worse.
:26:17. > :26:21.Badgers do carry TB, but so do other mammals,
:26:22. > :26:29.such as deer and the infection can remain in the ground
:26:30. > :26:33.One of the key problems though is how easily infected cows pass
:26:34. > :26:40.The Government says that eradicating this reservoir of the disease
:26:41. > :26:47.Claire Marshall, BBC News, in Dorset.
:26:48. > :26:50.A scheme to raise money to buy tickets for thousands of Brazilian
:26:51. > :26:53.children to watch events at the Paralympic Games
:26:54. > :26:55.in Rio has already hit the first target of $25,000,
:26:56. > :27:02.The Games start in just over a week and Britain is sending a team
:27:03. > :27:06.This week we'll be hearing from some of them.
:27:07. > :27:09.We start with Joe Townsend from Eastbourne, who'll be competing
:27:10. > :27:15.He was injured while serving with the Royal Marines in Afghanistan.
:27:16. > :27:17.Our reporter, Kate Grey, herself a former paralympian,
:27:18. > :27:25.In February, in 2008, when I stepped on the improvised explosive device,
:27:26. > :27:28.I didn't really know what I was ever going to do with my life.
:27:29. > :27:32.I just remember sitting there on the battlefield
:27:33. > :27:36.in Afghanistan thinking - yeah, what am I going to do now?
:27:37. > :27:39.Six weeks in intensive care, three years in rehabilitation
:27:40. > :27:47.The road to recovery hasn't been easy for Joe.
:27:48. > :27:51.Even daft things like carrying a cup of tea whilst being in a wheelchair
:27:52. > :27:57.So, for me, it's just been a steep learning curve and trying to find
:27:58. > :28:03.ways around doing mundane, everyday tasks.
:28:04. > :28:07.I know a lot of guys kind of really struggle and dwell in the past
:28:08. > :28:11.I mean, it's fully understandable if you've been, sort of, young,
:28:12. > :28:16.fit and active and have something horrendous happen to you,
:28:17. > :28:19.then it's easy to look back and think - oh, why me?
:28:20. > :28:23.But I could just look forward in life and look to see
:28:24. > :28:25.what I could strive to achieve and move forwards, really.
:28:26. > :28:28.Once I was maybe six months into my rehabilitation
:28:29. > :28:31.at Headley Court, I started trying different adaptive sports.
:28:32. > :28:38.You're kind of free and your disability becomes irrelevant.
:28:39. > :28:40.I kind of got that competitive edge back, that spark and I was like,
:28:41. > :28:43.actually, I like this and it gives me the opportunity
:28:44. > :28:47.Despite the fact his sport, a triathlon, was not included
:28:48. > :28:50.in the London 2012 Paralympics, he still found a way to be involved.
:28:51. > :28:56.That day there and actually coming into the stadium with all those
:28:57. > :29:03.That, kind of, really set it in my head that, actually,
:29:04. > :29:06.I want to be there in Rio, but not for a theatrical piece,
:29:07. > :29:11.Joe's spent the last four years preparing for Rio and believes he's
:29:12. > :29:17.Triathlon's one of those sports where anything
:29:18. > :29:22.If I can deliver my best race on the day and give 100%
:29:23. > :29:24.of what I know I've been doing in training, then, yeah,
:29:25. > :29:27.I've definitely got the option of getting on the podium.
:29:28. > :29:29.I've served my country as a Royal Marine in Afghanistan
:29:30. > :29:32.and being able to fly the GB flag again and represent my country
:29:33. > :29:35.as an athlete, yeah, it's gone from one life to another.
:29:36. > :29:44.Just a fantastic experience, and I can't wait.
:29:45. > :29:46.Joe Townsend who'll be competing in the Paralympics next week
:29:47. > :29:53.It's been a record-breaking day at Trent Bridge
:29:54. > :29:54.where England's cricketers have been playing Pakistan
:29:55. > :29:59.England recorded the highest-ever score in one day cricket
:30:00. > :30:02.and Alex Hales broke the scoring record by an English batsman
:30:03. > :30:07.Our sports correspondent, Patrick Gearey, was watching.
:30:08. > :30:10.Later summer in Nottingham, the kind of afternoon where you'd be
:30:11. > :30:12.more likely to see a cricket ball in the Trent Bridge sky
:30:13. > :30:15.than a cloud, particularly with Alex Hales out there.
:30:16. > :30:18.Hales had 100 halfway through England's innings,
:30:19. > :30:22.Here was a chance to witness history.
:30:23. > :30:25.England's highest individual score in a One Day International stood
:30:26. > :30:29.at 167, this was the moment Hales set the mark higher.
:30:30. > :30:32.Hales and Joe Root both went, but others took on the record book.
:30:33. > :30:37.Jos Buttler needed 22 balls to smash England's fastest One Day 50 -
:30:38. > :30:43.In a dizzying swirl of sixes and fours, England were headed
:30:44. > :30:47.to a total no team had previously managed, with the last ball
:30:48. > :30:56.Well, Pakistan never got close to chasing the unprecedented.
:30:57. > :30:59.They were all out for 275 and England wrap up the series
:31:00. > :31:05.This has been one-day cricket with only one team in it.
:31:06. > :31:15.Newsnight is coming up over on BBC Two, here's Evan.
:31:16. > :31:17.Those stonking big multinational companies have had a good
:31:18. > :31:20.The world has worked in their favour.
:31:21. > :31:22.So does the EU's get tough policy on Apple today tell us
:31:23. > :31:27.something's changing, that the party is over
:31:28. > :31:31.Here, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.