12/09/2016 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at Ten, a ceasef Bowen, ire brokered

President Assad, despite his outward defiance today, is said to accept

We have an exclusive report on life inside Aleppo

where there's a glimmer of hope after a prolonged siege.

It's been a long, hot and dangerous summer in Aleppo and you can see it

in the fabric of the city, the damage that's been done.

The ceasefire is meant to stop all of that.

We'll be asking if the ceasefire is likely to hold as more

Barely two months after he left Number Ten, David Cameron decides

it's now time to leave the House of Commons.

As a former Prime Minister, it is very difficult, I think,

to sit as a backbencher and not be an enormous diversion

and distraction from what the government is doing.

The government's plans for new grammar schools in England

have been set out by ministers but they've caused a deep

Hillary Clinton is being treated for pneumonia.

Her opponents insist health is now an issue

Welcome to the Great British Bake Off.

And one of the BBC's most successful and popular programmes

coming up in BBC News, Josh Butler says the England cricket team

respects the decision of Eoin Morgan and Alex Hales not to tour

Bangladesh due to security reasons. The ceasefire in Syria brokered

by Russia and the USA came It's probably the last chance

to obtain peace in a united Syria according to John Kerry,

the US Secretary of State. Russia has promised that its ally,

President Assad of Syria, But several rebel groups

have demanded guarantees because they fear they will still be

targeted by Assad's forces. During the day there's been more

fighting in the northern Our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen

travelled there today The further you drive north in Syria

the more intense the war becomes. This road is the regime's fragile

link between Damascus and Aleppo. Rebels caught it this summer

where it reaches the Aleppo suburbs and were only driven back by Syrian

troops of the weekend. and were only driven back by Syrian

troops at the weekend. Shelling was still going

on as we drove in. Government artillery

hitting rebel positions. It's been a long, hot and dangerous

summer in Aleppo and you can see it in the fabric of the city,

the damage that's been done. The ceasefire is meant

to stop all of that. Since the fighting started

here in 2012, the west side of the city has been

in government hands. Armed opposition groups

control the East. Four years of fighting

have devastated Aleppo. This gives an idea of the firepower

of the Syrian army and its Russian backers who have been making

gains around Aleppo. One of the big questions

about the ceasefire is whether they are prepared

to give their enemies a chance Groups backed by the Americans have

been told they have two separate Groups backed by the Americans have

been told they have to separate from more radical militias

who they regard as allies. And another important rebel group

which is backed by Saudi Arabia has already rejected

the ceasefire agreement. TRANSLATION: The deal

that was announced between the US and Russia to resolve the issue

in Syria does not achieve in our view the basic minimum goals

set by our avenging people. They will lose all their

sacrifices and gains. In Damascus, President Bashar

al-Assad chose to celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid

by visiting and praying It was in rebel hands for five years

until they surrendered at the end of August after what the UN called

an unrelenting siege. President Assad's government has

backed the ceasefire but his words suggested that he has

unfinished military business. TRANSLATION: The Syrian state

is determined to recover all areas To restore security,

to rebuild the infrastructure and everything else

that was destroyed in both human We came here today to replace

the fake freedom that they tried to promote at the beginning

of the crisis. The holiday is being celebrated

even though there was a steady thunder of artillery

fire throughout the day. The ceasefire agreement

is complicated, potentially fragile and all sides in the war doubt

whether it can work. At the very least it might be

a respite for the people Today's ceasefire doesn't include

jihadist groups such On Syria's border with Turkey

another battle for control is taking place as Free Syrian Army soldiers

backed by Turkish troops have been battling to take

back territory from IS. Turkey is hoping to establish

a 70-mile zone with no IS presence along the Syrian side of the border

while also excluding Recent military action has been

around the town of Jarabulus. Our correspondent Mark Lowen

and cameraman Goktay Koraltan are among the first Western

journalists to reach the town A month ago, they'd have been

killed for doing this, but now Jarabulus is free

from so-called Islamic State Rebel soldiers supported by Turkey

took back the Syrian border town after three years,

and we were taken in to see it. 20,000 refugees have returned

to the jihadists' former stronghold, but the shadow of IS will be hard

to erase, a brutal time when enemies were executed at these

posts for all to see. This woman was forced

to bear witness. Her son was beheaded by IS,

who then brought his head to her. "We lived here in

a prison," she says. "We couldn't leave

or talk to anyone. "They forced us to cover

up and stay inside. Turkey was once a reluctant partner

in the anti-IS coalition, but it led the rebels this time,

both seizing the chance to hit Kurdish fighters too,

they see as a threat. A rebel commander tells me they are

aiming to retake the capital TRANSLATION: There is no

difference between IS and Kurdish militia,

they are both terrorist Now we have won back

Jarabulus, we feel confident TRANSLATION: There is no

difference between IS We will go towards Raqqa

and liberate all Syrian land. Turkey has managed to,

in effect, get here what it has long called for -

a de facto safe zone, pushing IS out, but just

as importantly for Turkey, keeping Kurdish fighters away,

allowing refugees to come Turkey now feels emboldened by this

operation and says it will push The militants are excluded

from this ceasefire. The battle against IS will intensify

if that ceasefire elsewhere holds. There is still nervousness here,

ID checks amongst rumours of sleeper cells but life is returning

to Jarabulus and the momentum Mark Lowen, BBC News,

Jarabulus, nothern Syria. With me now is our diplomatic

Correspondent James Landale. What is the assessment of how robust

the ceasefire is likely to be? John Kerry the US Secretary of State said

the deal brokered by the Russians is by no means perfect and was very

open about that but also said this, in his view, maybe it's the last

chance to see a united Syria. The problem is we've had ceasefires

before and they have not always lasted and the opposition groups are

very sceptical about this one. Some of them are very rotten to break

away from their allies of links to Al-Qaeda as a dealer requires them

to but many of them also simply don't believe Syrians will do what

the Russians are asking, namely that they end the barrel bombing.

President Assad was clear, he said he wanted to recover the whole of

Syria but that does not sound like a man about to lay down arms. There's

the added confusion that this ceasefire does not apply to all the

fighting in Syria. If there are seven days of calm, potentially we

could see the United States and Russia coordinating military attacks

against the so-called Islamic State group and the other faction with

links to Al-Qaeda. Tonight it's too early to assess whether its holding.

There's clearly some violence still taking place but people were

expecting that. I think the question will come, what does this sustained

over the next few days? They were likely to be a reduction of

violence, yes, some humanitarian aid going in, yes, the beginning of the

end of the conflict? Very, very unlikely. OK, James, thank you very

much. David Cameron is to leave

the House of Commons. His decision to resign as an MP

comes barely two months after he stood down as Prime Minister

following his defeat At the time he said he'd

continue as a backbench MP. But he's now concerned

about being a distraction and said he wanted to remove the risk

of causing any difficulties Our political editor

Laura Kuenssberg has more details. Not just out of Number 10,

but out of politics too. Despite the promise he would go on,

David Cameron is walking Friends say he doesn't want to be

a backseat driver and make life With modern politics,

the circumstances of my resignation, it is pretty possible to be a proper

backbench MP as a former Prime I think everything you do will

become a big distraction and a big diversion from what the government

needs to do for our country. No Tory leader had ever posed

with huskies before but no Tory leader had ever put such a premium

on changing their party. And it took them back to power

albeit through the early That rose garden moment

some came to regret. Being a Prime Minister of coalition

is quite different to being a Prime Minister of a single party

government because it requires a lot It requires an ability to persuade

people of your point of view and to listen to other people

who don't share your point of view and I think he did all of those

things and he did those Before, after a decade

as Tory leader, winning Taking on Labour

opponent number four. It's the end of one political

period, the opening of another one and I think we should just respect

people when they move on to do But the headline of David Cameron's

chapter in history will be promising and then losing

his referendum gamble. The British people have spoken

and the answer is we are out. Transforming the UK's place

in the world, turning Just as Tony Blair will be

remembered in history as the man who took us into Iraq,

David Cameron will be remembered as the man who accidentally took

is out of Europe and it's very sad. Friends denied he's flounced out

because he doesn't agree with the new boss, but there's

a real danger they admit anything he says could drive a wedge

and David Cameron himself Obviously I'm going to have my own

views about different issues. People would know that and that's

really the point. As a former Prime Minister,

it is very difficult I think to sit as a backbencher and not be

an enormous diversion and distraction from

the government is doing. He was sometimes accused

of believing his own hype. Nothing is really impossible

if you put your mind to it. After all, as I once said,

I was the future once. Such recent history feels already

so much in the past. We can talk to our political

editor Laura Kuenssberg. Money talks about diversions and

distractions, is that because he foresaw agreements and disagreements

coming up the Theresa May's government? I think there's an

element of that and as part of his final U-turn. Theresa May 's

government has looked more different and more of a departure from David

Cameron 's previous administration than many Tories expected. She was

ruthless and clearing out his people and she's been absolutely unafraid

of distancing herself from him, junking some of his ideas, and I

think, bluntly, it would have been hard for David Cameron to support

wholeheartedly everywhere proposal she was putting forward, every idea

that she had. Some people in this particular circle are pretty cross

about the way the new administration has behaved but they deny that David

Cameron has gone off in a stroppy here, because he does not agree with

what she's been getting up to and I think, as with any big decision in

life, a mixture of motivations. Being a form anything, former Prime

Minister, leader, former minister, is pretty difficult around here. Any

raised eyebrow, any absence from the crucial vote could have been

interpreted or misinterpreted in a way that might have made life very

difficult for Theresa May and I think David Cameron genuinely did

not want that to happen. At the end of the day, though, politicians are

an ambitious breed. If you have a top job and it slips away, maybe the

motivation for putting in the hours slipped away too. All right, Laura,

thanks very much. Laura at Westminster.

The Government's controversial plans for new grammar schools in England

All state schools would be able to select pupils by academic ability

But there would be conditions attached.

New grammar schools would have to ensure a share

of places went to pupils from low-income backgrounds.

And pupils would be able to enter at 14 and 16 years

They would also have to offer help to nonselective schools.

Our Education editor Branwen Jeffreys has been

What do you think is going to happen?

Suddenly that question is so much harder to answer.

This is one of the four grammar schools in Southend,

the Essex Borough academically selective schools, and now pupils

travel as far as 20 or 30 miles to study here.

There is a lot of demand for grammar school education.

Parents value it, the students value it, and they are willing

to make the sacrifice, for want of better words,

Here, they want to see the detail, but they will consider

This isn't the only grammar school that is oversubscribed.

It's not unusual for grammar school pupils to travel

Their parents want the option of a highly academic education,

and that's the political calculation behind this policy.

When we talk about selection in this country, we have to acknowledge

that we now have selection by house price already.

For those who are able to buy a house in the catchment area

Under Labour we have education, education, education.

This Government's mantra is segregation,

Just up the Thames from Southend, Tilbury is built around its docks.

Local councillors say they'd welcome grammar schools but not

My brother went to a grammar school years and years ago,

but it does split kids up a bit, doesn't it?

You can almost guarantee that whatever you're

going to learn there, you are going to get it.

You're going to get your qualifications there, you know?

What if a ten-year-old comes to you and says, "Mum, I failed."

That's a ten-year-old saying she's failed.

Schools here are already struggling to raise standards, so today

questions from senior Tories about how the impact

Will she accept that we will be tested by how far she can

in specific ways ensure that this change does not damage

the opportunities for any people in other schools?

From another former Education Secretary,

In the face of the opposition to all reform and all debate

from the dogmatists on that side of the House, she will be driven

Most secondary schools in England are run by academy trusts.

Today, one of the biggest, which runs almost 50 schools,

said they won't bring back selection because they don't believe

it will close the gap between rich and poor.

We believe in opportunity for all, we believe no child should be left

behind, we believe every child matters, and a return to the failed

policy of grammar schools from our past is just not

As we come through the gates, we will call for the ball...

These plans will have to get past many opponents

Not just from the official opposition parties,

but backbench Tory MPs and wary academy school bosses.

Following Hillary Clinton's admission that she's been treated

for pneumonia, her Republican opponent,

right to make health an issue in the presidential campaign.

Mrs Clinton was forced to leave yesterday's 9/11 memorial event

in New York when she apparently felt unwell, and she's cancelled

Our North America editor Jon Sopel looks at the likely impact

of the health question on the Clinton campaign.

There's only one topic of conversation today in America

What impact will it have on the race?

How long will she be laid up with pneumonia?

It can run the full gamut from relatively mild,

walking pneumonia if you will, all the way to being critically ill,

being in the intensive care unit requiring a breathing tube.

As long as she's being treated appropriately with the proper

antibiotics, it seems like she will make a full recovery.

No flowers or grapes, but there was this Donald Trump.

I don't know what's going on, like you I just see what I see.

The coughing fit was a week ago so I assume that was pneumonia also.

The coughing fit came in Cleveland last week,

though she did her best to make a joke of it.

Every time I think about Trump, I get allergic!

And yesterday too after her collapse, she tried to make

But it would be hours before her team would admit she had

pneumonia, even though the diagnosis had come days earlier,

and on social media even friends have been critical.

This is David Axelrod, who was Barack Obama's

And today the campaign admitted to being at fault.

It took us a bit to get that information together

In retrospect, I think we should have provided more

And so a new twist in the race for the White House.

Health is now a major issue, and though it may sound trivial

to talk about the lack of openness with which her illness

was communicated, it feeds into a narrative.

Whether it be about her e-mail server, or money raised

by the Clinton foundation, there's a sense there

is a lack of transparency, and Hillary Clinton can't afford

to give voters new reasons to doubt her.

But that she did at the weekend, when she described millions

You could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call

Well, Hillary Clinton lives a sequestered life behind gates

She mocks and demeans hard-working Americans,

who only want their own families to enjoy a fraction of the security

In this seesawing battle, it is Donald Trump's campaign

which seems to be in rude health, while Hillary Clinton's

Hillary Clinton is due back out on the road on Wednesday when she is

meant to be going to Las Vegas, and in two weeks you have the first

presidential debate which is seen as crucial to both of the candidates.

Hillary Clinton has tweeted, thanks to everyone who has reached out with

the well wishes, I'm feeling fine and getting better. But a lot of

people on social media are saying if you cannot cope with a memorial

service, how will you manage the pressures of the White House? That

may not be fair, but who said politics was fair?

Thank you for the latest on the campaign.

Detectives investigating the murder of the black teenager

Stephen Lawrence in south-east London 23 years ago have launched

a new witness appeal after the DNA of an unknown woman was found

The DNA was found on the strap of a bag found close

Police don't believe the woman was involved in the attack but may

They think the strap was left by Stephen Lawrence's attackers

and might have been part of an improvised weapon.

The general-secretary of the TUC, Frances O'Grady, has condemned

what she called greedy companies which treat workers like animals.

Speaking at their annual conference in Brighton, she singled out

employers who declared their workforce to be self-employed

Our industry correspondent John Moylan reports from Brighton.

Jonathan is a courier for a delivery firm.

Rain or shine, he works ten hours a day.

But because he's self-employed, he misses out on some workers'

rights, so when he was off sick recently he didn't get paid.

It is branded to me as flexibility but what it really means

I have to save up for when I'm ill or when I'm on holiday.

It simply means that I'm on my own and my company

The growth of insecure work is a new front

A long campaign at Sports Direct forced the company to end zero hours

contracts in its stores, and now the delivery firm

Hermes is in the spotlight amid claims its couriers make less

It is now facing a possible inquiry into its working practices.

So, today at Congress, the head of the TUC had this

Any greedy business that treats its workers like

If you run a big brand with a dirty little secret, a warehouse

where people don't even get paid the minimum wage,

a fleet of couriers who are slaves to the app,

We are on our way, delegates, we are coming for them.

But for some, casual work isn't a problem.

Steve Rowe is a driver with taxi firm Uber.

He likes being self-employed and is relaxed about not

I want to be independent, I want to be able to drive

when I want to drive, I want to be able to work

on my projects when I want to work on my projects.

And with the Uber platform, I have total flexibility.

Self-employment is growing, as is the number of people who say

they are on zero hours contracts, so unions here know that protecting

workers in this so-called gig economy, where people juggle

a number of insecure jobs, well that's becoming

It's been another successful day for Britain's Paralympians in Rio.

Will Bayley overcame his disappointment in 2012 and a crowd

backing his Brazilian opponent today to win gold in the table tennis.

While Aled Davis set a record in his shot put category.

Our sports correspondent Andy Swiss reports.

If you have ever wondered what being Paralympic champion means, here is

the answer. Will Bayley was born with a condition that restricts the

movement of his limbs, but when he was seven his grandmother bought him

a table tennis table and this is where it has let him. He was up

against Brazil's Israel Stroh and most of the crowd, but after silver

in London, it was gold. And what a celebration. His clambering onto the

table earned him a yellow card, not that he seemed to mind. He later

told me it was the fulfilment of a lifelong dream. I have given

everything to try and win the gold medal and I mean everything. I have

had blisters on my feet for years and years, going to bed thinking I'm

never going to achieve my dreams. I can live my life knowing I have done

something which I thought could never happen. Meanwhile a sweltering

day proved the sweetest for Aled Davies. One of the stars of 2012

with a new Paralympic record in the shot put and another gold medal for

Britain's expanding gold collection. Finished off by the flashing blades

of Richard Whitehead as he charged the 200 metres. Behind him Dave

Henderson, just five years after losing his legs in an explosion in

Afghanistan, barely believable bronze medal. Another of yesterday's

champions says in this British team, success is inspiring success. I

remember on Friday night coming back from my event and there is a slow

motion of Jonnie Peacock coming through the line, he has won, and

Richard Whitehead and a few others added to this thing, the swimmers

are it as well, and it leads to more and more and you want to be part of

that club. Hoping to join that club, Abby Kane only turned 13 last month,

but she reached her final. She had to settle for sixth place but it was

a personal best and some debut. Also in the swimming pool, Ellie Simmonds

broke the Paralympic record on her way to the final to the individual

medley. After gold in London, could it be a repeat in Rio?

Yes, Ellie Simmonds goes for gold at around 20 to midnight your time. She

will star as the favourite but let's look at the medal table as things

stand. Great Britain in second place behind China, with 25 gold medals,

and with six days still remaining here, they will be expecting plenty

more to come. One of the BBC's most successful

and popular programmes the Great British Bake Off

is to move to Channel 4. The independent company

which makes the programme, signed a three-year deal

with Channel 4. Love Productions had told staff

they'd been unable to reach But the BBC said there were limits

to what it could pay and it had made a very strong offer

to keep the programme. Our correspondent David Sillito

reports. The winner of the 2015

Great British Bake Off is... A baking competition that's

beaten allcomers. 15 million people watched Nadiya win

last year's Bake Off but it's now It's a pretty bad day for the BBC.

The BBC have nurtured a show that I don't think any other broadcaster

would have done and turned it into this massive hit.

The Bake Off negotiations have been going on for about a year now

The BBC's offer was rejected and Love Productions went down

the road and signed a three-year deal with Channel 4.

In a statement this evening, they said:

the first big programme the BBC has lost recently.

Channel 4 took over Formula One and The Voice has gone to ITV.

But does it matter to viewers?

One former Bake Off winner feels so long as it's the same show,

I did a poll on my Facebook and other social media

and lots of people were really outraged that it's moving.

My gut feeling was a bit of a shock to begin with.

And now, I've got my head round it I'm a little bit calmer.

Channel 4 will begin with a celebrity Bake Off

The presenters, they've only just been told.

Negotiations are yet to begin, but when this year's champion

is finally revealed, it really will be a showstopper

Tonight is a serious ceasefire begins, an interview with the

spokesman with a jihadi group, still a target for Russian warplanes. And

how did the BBC managed to lose the Great British Bake Off to Channel 4?