:00:07. > :00:11.The desperate plight of Aleppo, where 100 children have been
:00:12. > :00:15.We report on the suffering of so many children,
:00:16. > :00:19.as the UN demands an immediate end to the Russian bombing.
:00:20. > :00:22.Everybody knows that as long as these kind
:00:23. > :00:29.explosive weapons takes place, children will be killed.
:00:30. > :00:33.And across the border in Lebanon, we report from the densely-crowded
:00:34. > :00:37.camps, where many have managed to escape.
:00:38. > :00:39.Those who've crossed the mountains of Syria behind me
:00:40. > :00:42.and arrived here in Lebanon, find themselves carrying the trauma
:00:43. > :00:46.of war in a world where they're hemmed in by poverty.
:00:47. > :00:48.We'll have more on the latest demands that Russia and Syria
:00:49. > :00:58.The pound hits a new low and shares hit a new high
:00:59. > :01:02.After just 18 days in charge, it's reported tonight that
:01:03. > :01:08.Diane James has quit as leader of Ukip.
:01:09. > :01:10.The biggest Caribbean storm for nine years.
:01:11. > :01:18.Hurricane Matthew has battered the coast of Haiti.
:01:19. > :01:31.Can I look at your CV. CV? . You still don't get this, do you? . And
:01:32. > :01:40.we talk to the British director about a life on benefits. His film
:01:41. > :01:49.that won a prestigious prize. Coming up in Sportsday later
:01:50. > :01:51.in the hour on BBC News: The five-time Grand Slam champion
:01:52. > :01:54.Maria Sharapova has her doping ban reduced by nine months and can
:01:55. > :02:01.play again next April. We start tonight with
:02:02. > :02:04.the desperate plight of Aleppo - the Syrian city once again suffering
:02:05. > :02:06.heavy bombardment - following the collapse
:02:07. > :02:10.of the recent ceasefire. The United Nations has called
:02:11. > :02:14.for an immediate end to the bombing of eastern Aleppo by Syrian
:02:15. > :02:19.and Russian forces. The latest official figures show
:02:20. > :02:23.that more than 100 children have been killed in the rebel-held areas
:02:24. > :02:25.in just over a week. Our special correspondent,
:02:26. > :02:28.Fergal Keane, reports on the growing His report does contain
:02:29. > :02:33.some distressing images Tenderness, from a father who must
:02:34. > :02:38.watch the slow wasting Yekya Eskif, aged 11,
:02:39. > :02:46.was wounded in an air strike. A child starving because of
:02:47. > :03:16.the damage to his bowel Hospitals have come
:03:17. > :03:25.under sustained attack. With only basic facilities,
:03:26. > :03:41.doctors struggle. "Good boy, we're almost
:03:42. > :03:57.finished", the doctor says. His grandmother wants
:03:58. > :03:59.to get him to Turkey. Listen to the sound of rockets
:04:00. > :04:06.landing before she speaks. There's still an
:04:07. > :04:16.irrepressible longing for normality. Ahmed, on the right, is risking
:04:17. > :04:20.the walk to school with friends. The children are now
:04:21. > :04:24.taught in the basement, in the hope they might be safer
:04:25. > :04:29.from falling bombs. But, really, nowhere
:04:30. > :04:31.in East Aleppo is safe. Aleppo's agony
:04:32. > :05:00.began four years ago. The city's east is a claustrophobic
:05:01. > :05:07.hell, for which there Before the latest encirclement,
:05:08. > :05:15.many fled, children losing We met some of them
:05:16. > :05:23.in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. The siege represents just
:05:24. > :05:29.the first encirclement. Because even if they
:05:30. > :05:33.manage to escape Aleppo, the children face a new trap -
:05:34. > :05:36.those who've crossed the mountains of Syria behind me
:05:37. > :05:41.and arrived here in Lebanon, find themselves carrying the trauma
:05:42. > :05:44.of war, in a world where they're Wihdat arrived from
:05:45. > :05:53.Aleppo three days ago. Crossing the mountains at night
:05:54. > :05:56.on a mule, with a severe heart She's joined her grandchildren, who
:05:57. > :06:03.arrived with her son Her father was killed by a sniper
:06:04. > :06:23.in Aleppo. The old Aleppo family,
:06:24. > :06:31.where parents were strong, Abdul Fatah cannot work
:06:32. > :06:39.because of injury, so his 14-year-old daughter Batul
:06:40. > :06:43.works in the fields all day every Cluster bombs, bunker busters,
:06:44. > :07:05.barrel bombs, phosphorus bombs. They have all been dropped
:07:06. > :07:08.here by the Syrian government 106 children have been killed
:07:09. > :07:15.in just over a week. The Kremlin says rebels
:07:16. > :07:19.are deliberately using populated areas and rejects claims Russia
:07:20. > :07:33.is carrying out war crimes. We are taking the most strict
:07:34. > :07:35.precautions to make sure we don't If this happens, well, we are very
:07:36. > :07:40.sorry but we need to investigate I've never seen anything
:07:41. > :07:44.so blatant as these kinds Everybody knows that as long
:07:45. > :07:54.as this kind of attacks, with these massive explosive
:07:55. > :07:57.weapons, takes place, It cannot be denied that this
:07:58. > :08:00.will be the result, so these attacks There are enough treaties,
:08:01. > :08:06.laws and promises to The trouble is that nobody
:08:07. > :08:14.with power cares to That is the tragedy
:08:15. > :08:31.of the children of Aleppo. So, Fergal, tonight we are in the
:08:32. > :08:35.position again where the u niegsds is demanding an immediate end to the
:08:36. > :08:37.bombardment of Aleppo. Are you detecting any signs that new
:08:38. > :08:42.initiatives are coming forth which may bring better results? We do know
:08:43. > :08:46.that the French and Spanish are trying to push a Megs to the UN
:08:47. > :08:49.Security Council which calls for teend all flights over the city of
:08:50. > :08:52.Aleppo and the appointment of a UN truce monitor. Frankly, I don't
:08:53. > :08:57.think that's going to go anywhere. The Russians have already, on four
:08:58. > :09:03.occasions, vetoed moves that they have saw as being an attempt to
:09:04. > :09:10.isolate or punish President Assad in Syria. They are not likely to agree
:09:11. > :09:14.to this. You also have to ask, from all the rhetoric of condemnation
:09:15. > :09:19.that has come from the West, what, for example, would President Obama
:09:20. > :09:23.be able to do. He knows the American public, as indeed the British
:09:24. > :09:28.public, are opposed to further military ventures of any kicked in
:09:29. > :09:31.the Middle East. So there is nothing GB toy public backing for a
:09:32. > :09:36.unilateral no-fly zone. He would have to ask himself is he going to
:09:37. > :09:39.put American pilots into the air to enforce a no-fly zone and risk
:09:40. > :09:42.clashes with the Russian Air Force and maybe a I had weir
:09:43. > :09:46.conflagration. People have known from the very outset and have been
:09:47. > :09:53.clear about what their strategy are in all of this, is President Assad,
:09:54. > :09:57.and the man who backs him with his Air Force, Vladimir Putin, they have
:09:58. > :10:01.one strategy, they believe in whatever they need to do, whatever
:10:02. > :10:06.the cost to civilians, to secure a victory. With what we have seen in
:10:07. > :10:11.the past in places like Aleppo, the fighting continues until the robes
:10:12. > :10:14.agree to a ceasefire deeshlings a deal under which they agree to
:10:15. > :10:17.evacuate the stain only then is there really respite for civilians.
:10:18. > :10:19.That's probably a more likely outcome. Thank you very much.
:10:20. > :10:20.The Prime Minister says the economy remains strong,
:10:21. > :10:22.despite concerns about Britain's exit from the European Union.
:10:23. > :10:24.Though she acknowledged it wouldn't be plain sailing
:10:25. > :10:28.There was a warning today from the International Monetary Fund
:10:29. > :10:31.that economic growth in the UK will slow down next year,
:10:32. > :10:34.and in the financial markets, the pound sank to a 31-year low.
:10:35. > :10:37.Theresa May has been speaking to our political
:10:38. > :10:45.Nothing about leaving the EU is likely to be neat and tidy.
:10:46. > :10:47.But how much mess does the Prime Minister think
:10:48. > :10:55.Exit is an opportunity, but with the pound
:10:56. > :11:01.Prime Minister, the pound, today, has sunk to a 31-year low.
:11:02. > :11:07.The very well-respected International Monetary Fund
:11:08. > :11:08.is warning there is going to be a slowdown.
:11:09. > :11:10.How worried are you about the impact on people's livelihoods,
:11:11. > :11:12.as we untangled ourselves from the European Union?
:11:13. > :11:13.Well, the process of leaving the European Union is going to be
:11:14. > :11:15.one which is going to take complex negotiations with the EU.
:11:16. > :11:17.I'm very clear that we want to get the right deal for the UK.
:11:18. > :11:20.I've said it's not going to be plain sailing and there will be
:11:21. > :11:24.I think we should always remember that the fundamentals
:11:25. > :11:28.But, Prime Minister, the pound sinking to a 31-year low
:11:29. > :11:30.is perhaps more than a bump in the road.
:11:31. > :11:33.And, in fact, the Chancellor suggested yesterday this
:11:34. > :11:38.Now many people find roller coasters pretty terrifying.
:11:39. > :11:44.It's going to be a process of negotiation.
:11:45. > :11:47.I'm very clear and I'm ambitious for the sort of deal that we get.
:11:48. > :11:50.We are going to get the right deal for the UK as a result
:11:51. > :11:56.That means the maximum opportunity for businesses here in the UK to be
:11:57. > :11:59.able to trade with and operate within the single market
:12:00. > :12:05.Are you not worried about what has happened to the pound today?
:12:06. > :12:08.If you stand back and look at the fundamentals of our economy,
:12:09. > :12:11.which are strong, if you look at the other economic data that has
:12:12. > :12:14.been around in recent weeks, if you look indeed at the most
:12:15. > :12:17.recent forecasts that are now coming out for growth
:12:18. > :12:20.in our economy this year, all of that is more positive
:12:21. > :12:23.than people had expected it to be and that people
:12:24. > :12:28.You've said many times we'll make a success of Brexit
:12:29. > :12:30.but unless you acknowledge the real risk, isn't there a danger
:12:31. > :12:34.that you're not taking the risk seriously enough?
:12:35. > :12:37.First of all, I've said it's not going to be plain sailing as we go
:12:38. > :12:39.ahead and go through this process of negotiation?
:12:40. > :12:41.People shouldn't be worried about what might happen
:12:42. > :12:47.Well, we've been very clear, that as we look ahead over
:12:48. > :12:49.the coming months and, yes, the IMF and others have said
:12:50. > :12:53.that they are forecasting a slowdown in the economy next year,
:12:54. > :12:57.but what the Government needs to do is to ensure
:12:58. > :12:59.that we are taking the right approach,
:13:00. > :13:01.that we are, in terms of the
:13:02. > :13:03.process of Brexit, that we are making that
:13:04. > :13:12.You have very clearly ruled out having a general
:13:13. > :13:16.that the public has a Prime Minister that,
:13:17. > :13:18.with respect, they haven't elected, for four years?
:13:19. > :13:20.Well, first of all, the public elected a Conservative
:13:21. > :13:24.They elected us on a manifesto that we are putting into place.
:13:25. > :13:26.You are doing a lot of things that were not
:13:27. > :13:33.Shouldn't there, therefore, be a mandate?
:13:34. > :13:34.Do you really think you have a mandate to do some
:13:35. > :13:40.They elected a Conservative Government on a manifesto
:13:41. > :13:42.which my Conservative Government is putting into practice.
:13:43. > :13:44.We are continuing the work that David Cameron started.
:13:45. > :13:46.But, of course, circumstances have changed because on June 23rd,
:13:47. > :13:48.we had a significant vote here in the United Kingdom
:13:49. > :13:51.and of course, the Government has to look at whether it needs to do
:13:52. > :13:56.Now, the first thing, of course, is to deliver on that vote,
:13:57. > :13:58.to say that we trust the British people.
:13:59. > :14:01.It's only the Conservative Party that is saying we trust the British
:14:02. > :14:03.people and we will ensure that Britain comes out
:14:04. > :14:06.of the European Union and what we need is stability.
:14:07. > :14:08.You have talked about the economic situation, you have
:14:09. > :14:12.Actually what markets want is stability and a general election
:14:13. > :14:19.This week the Prime Minister wanted her party to know
:14:20. > :14:24.But also to show a calm, brave face for the rest
:14:25. > :14:28.Behind closed doors, ministers just don't
:14:29. > :14:31.agree yet on how life outside the EU will look.
:14:32. > :14:33.Right now, perhaps, Theresa May is only willing to provide one
:14:34. > :14:43.As we heard there from Laura, sterling dropped to its lowest level
:14:44. > :14:45.against the dollar for 31 years, as investors reacted to details
:14:46. > :14:48.about the timing and manner of Britain's departure
:14:49. > :14:56.But as sterling fell, share prices rose to nearly record highs,
:14:57. > :14:58.as our economics correspondent, Andy Verity, reports.
:14:59. > :15:01.A strong Government stance on Brexit goes in and a weak pound comes out.
:15:02. > :15:09.In spite of all the upbeat economic figures since the referendum,
:15:10. > :15:12.the currency markets are worried that tough trade negotiations
:15:13. > :15:14.will mean weaker economic growth and that means a weaker pound.
:15:15. > :15:16.In just over a year, sterling has dropped by 20%,
:15:17. > :15:23.It's now down to its lowest since 1985 yet, at the same time,
:15:24. > :15:26.shares in the biggest 100 companies on the London stock market surged,
:15:27. > :15:28.closing the day just shy of a record high.
:15:29. > :15:35.Well, we're seeing equity markets benefit from the impact of loose
:15:36. > :15:38.monetary policy, ie interest rates globally remaining low,
:15:39. > :15:41.but as far as UK stocks in particular are concerned,
:15:42. > :15:44.because of the FTSE 100's makeup, where three quarter of its earnings
:15:45. > :15:46.come from overseas, when those earnings are translated back
:15:47. > :15:48.into the UK, earnings levels are benefitting from
:15:49. > :15:53.The weak pound has also acted as a stimulus to manufacturers
:15:54. > :15:55.and other exporters, making their goods cheaper
:15:56. > :16:02.In the short-term, there's strong evidence that the weaker pound has
:16:03. > :16:05.been helping large parts of the economy, at least as much
:16:06. > :16:07.as it's been harming, but traders here are looking
:16:08. > :16:10.to the furture and their calculation has to be that if there's less trade
:16:11. > :16:13.and less economic growth, then it's less worth holding
:16:14. > :16:19.pounds and investing in the British economy.
:16:20. > :16:21.In the spring, this post-Brexit future was expected
:16:22. > :16:25.by the International Monetary Fund to be pretty bad to very,
:16:26. > :16:27.very bad with severe regional and global damage.
:16:28. > :16:32.Now they're forecasting that this year will be the fastest growing
:16:33. > :16:34.economy in the G7 group of industrialised countries,
:16:35. > :16:43.I think it was wise of us to warn against those possibilities.
:16:44. > :16:47.In fact, I think it would have been malpractice not to think about those
:16:48. > :16:51.possibilities and I would credit that preparation in part
:16:52. > :16:55.for the mild response that we ended up seeing.
:16:56. > :16:58.The forecast for the UK next year is a sharp slow down.
:16:59. > :17:01.The anxiety is that restrictions on immigration could lead
:17:02. > :17:03.to new trade barriers that could make the whole
:17:04. > :17:07.For now though, that anxiety is a long way
:17:08. > :17:17.Business leaders have expressed concern about the Government's
:17:18. > :17:20.latest plans to reduce immigration set out at the Conservative Party
:17:21. > :17:23.conference today by the home secretary, Amber Rudd.
:17:24. > :17:29.Those plans could include making it harder for firms to recruit
:17:30. > :17:31.from overseas or imposing more rigorous conditions
:17:32. > :17:36.Our deputy political editor, John Pienaar, has more details.
:17:37. > :17:41.Why shouldn't your next Shami kebab or chicken madras be cooked up
:17:42. > :17:52.You don't see many working in Birmingham's famous
:17:53. > :18:03.Some here say there is a reason for that.
:18:04. > :18:05.No British person can work up until 5.00am
:18:06. > :18:07.in the morning, it's too difficult for them.
:18:08. > :18:09.What about making curry, can you learn
:18:10. > :18:12.Well, I personally can, but the English people
:18:13. > :18:16.It's too difficult because of all the spices and mixing
:18:17. > :18:21.But the new Home Secretary isn't taking no for an answer.
:18:22. > :18:23.The vote to leave the EU showed a desire for tougher
:18:24. > :18:26.There'd be fewer work permits for foreigners,
:18:27. > :18:28.better training and more pressure on employers to train
:18:29. > :18:31.This will include examining whether we should tighten the test
:18:32. > :18:33.companies have to take before recruiting from abroad.
:18:34. > :18:36.However, we still need to do more, so all British people get
:18:37. > :18:38.the opportunities they need to get on in life.
:18:39. > :18:49.The tests should ensure people coming here are filling gaps
:18:50. > :18:53.The Government's committed to get the numbers added to the UK
:18:54. > :18:55.population below 100,000, but the number's been below 100,000,
:18:56. > :18:57.but the number's been rising, not falling.
:18:58. > :19:00.Small firms and large would have to follow the British jobs for
:19:01. > :19:04.The plan to get many more British workers into jobs normally done
:19:05. > :19:14.Homegrown workers often won't work for the low pay involved.
:19:15. > :19:16.There'd have to be a big increase in training programmes to make
:19:17. > :19:19.the difference in migrant numbers ministers want to see and businesses
:19:20. > :19:21.say their main concern is just doing business,
:19:22. > :19:23.making profits, not helping to fulfil a minister's promise
:19:24. > :19:27.We need to invest - and businesses do invest to the tune
:19:28. > :19:29.of ?45 billion a year, in skills, development and training
:19:30. > :19:33.- so that we have a workforce in the UK that can meet
:19:34. > :19:37.But we have short-term skills gaps and it is vital for businesses to be
:19:38. > :19:39.able to get employees from overseas who can meet those
:19:40. > :19:44.Training British workers to do jobs they can't or won't do will take
:19:45. > :19:47.time, but ministers feel they can't afford to wait much longer before
:19:48. > :20:02.After just 18 days in charge it's being reported tonight that the Ukip
:20:03. > :20:09.leader, Diane James, is set to stand down. She took over last month from
:20:10. > :20:12.Nigel Farage, who resigned as leader after June's referendum campaign.
:20:13. > :20:17.Our political correspondent joins us from Westminster. What are you
:20:18. > :20:21.hearing from Diane James' decision here? The party hasn't confirmed
:20:22. > :20:26.that Diane James is stepping down. Senior sources within Ukip are
:20:27. > :20:30.telling me that is indeed the case. I haven't spoken with Miss James
:20:31. > :20:35.directly, I'm told it's for personal reasons, in part the pressures of
:20:36. > :20:41.the job, due to family commitments. She was elected as leader less than
:20:42. > :20:45.three weeks ago. This news of her departure would create further
:20:46. > :20:51.turmoil in Ukip which are suffering from rifts and speculation over who
:20:52. > :20:55.may take over. Nigel Farage's return name is already in the fame. Thank
:20:56. > :21:06.you very much for that update there on that story. Alex Forsyth.
:21:07. > :21:09.One of the most powerful hurricanes to hit the Caribbean in recent years
:21:10. > :21:12.Torrential rain and storm winds forced many people
:21:13. > :21:15.Appeals are being made for fresh food and water.
:21:16. > :21:17.Our correspondent, Nick Bryant, has the latest from Port-au-Prince.
:21:18. > :21:20.Haiti has taken a brutal pounding from the worst storm to rip
:21:21. > :21:22.through the Caribbean in almost a decade.
:21:23. > :21:31.Hurricane Matthew has brought sustained winds
:21:32. > :21:36.of 145 miles per hour and torrential, unrelenting rain.
:21:37. > :21:40.This category four storm has compounded the problems of a country
:21:41. > :21:44.still reeling from the 2010 earthquake and a cholera epidemic
:21:45. > :21:47.that these conditions are sure to exacerbate.
:21:48. > :21:56.The country's interim president said the storm has already claimed lives.
:21:57. > :21:58.TRANSLATION: We've already seen deaths, people who are out at sea,
:21:59. > :22:04.People who didn't respect the alerts and have lost their lives.
:22:05. > :22:08.This is one of the world's poorest nations.
:22:09. > :22:10.Many of the country's 11 million people live in shanty towns that
:22:11. > :22:15.offer little protection from the high winds and rains.
:22:16. > :22:17.Many refuse to evacuate, fearing the few possessions
:22:18. > :22:27.This is the main route into the capital, Port-au-Prince,
:22:28. > :22:31.almost impassible as the floodwaters began to rise.
:22:32. > :22:34.The fear is of catastrophic mudslides in a landscape
:22:35. > :22:40.Hurricane Matthew could drop as much as three feet of rain
:22:41. > :22:43.and we're seeing evidence of flash-flooding already.
:22:44. > :22:47.The conditions here are absolutely atrocious,
:22:48. > :22:52.to step outside is to become drenched within seconds.
:22:53. > :22:55.But coastal areas along the southern shoreline,
:22:56. > :22:58.which we've yet been able to reach, are by far the worst hit.
:22:59. > :23:07.There the floodwaters are said to be shoulder high.
:23:08. > :23:11.It's three main cities along that southern shoreline that are
:23:12. > :23:14.particularly badly hit. They are cut off from the rest of the country at
:23:15. > :23:19.the moment because a bridge along the main route from the capital has
:23:20. > :23:24.collapsed. As we came on air I spoke to a senior UN official who
:23:25. > :23:29.estimated that some 5 million people have been affected by this
:23:30. > :23:34.hurricane. Huw, that's almost half the population of this impoverished
:23:35. > :23:39.country. Nick, thank you very much, Nick Bryant there with the latest
:23:40. > :23:46.for us on the hurricane there in Haiti.
:23:47. > :23:48.This year's Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded to three
:23:49. > :23:50.British-born scientists who all work at universities
:23:51. > :23:53.David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz have been
:23:54. > :23:56.honoured for their pioneering studies of unusual states of matter.
:23:57. > :23:58.Their work has led to the development of new types
:23:59. > :24:02.of electronic devices as our science editor, David Shukman, reports.
:24:03. > :24:05.From steel strong enough to hold up bridges, to the intricate robots
:24:06. > :24:08.on a production line, we depend on materials that have
:24:09. > :24:13.qualities that make them useful for particular task,
:24:14. > :24:16.but there's also an unseen world where materials don't behave
:24:17. > :24:18.as you'd expect and research into that world was awarded
:24:19. > :24:24.Three scientists, born in Britain, recognised for making some strange
:24:25. > :24:32.One of the judges resorted to using pastries to
:24:33. > :24:38.How materials can change their characteristics
:24:39. > :24:48.One of the winner was Duncan Haldane, applauded
:24:49. > :24:50.by his students at Princeton University.
:24:51. > :24:52.Time to double down and learn some electro magnitudes
:24:53. > :24:56.He told us that fundamental research could lead
:24:57. > :25:01.Science goes by people exploring where they want to go and sometimes
:25:02. > :25:03.they find something good and sometimes that actually
:25:04. > :25:07.So we don't know where it's going to go, so it's really
:25:08. > :25:10.important that people should follow their dream, basically.
:25:11. > :25:12.So what's this Nobel Prize for Physics been awarded for?
:25:13. > :25:16.Well, it's all about revealing that materials can exist in states
:25:17. > :25:23.So take water, when it's heated it's in the form of steam,
:25:24. > :25:26.a little cooler and it becomes a liquid that you drink,
:25:27. > :25:28.colder still and it freezes into ice.
:25:29. > :25:31.But it turns out that when the temperature is even lower,
:25:32. > :25:35.materials can exist in another whole range of different states
:25:36. > :25:39.in which they behave in ways that just aren't expected.
:25:40. > :25:43.For example, allowing electricity to flow without resistance
:25:44. > :25:47.and if this can be controlled, new much faster computers may be
:25:48. > :25:52.So this research is seen as having huge potential.
:25:53. > :25:58.Maybe it's going to help us develop new kinds of materials that have
:25:59. > :26:03.I think the 21st Century we're going to start to see an explosion
:26:04. > :26:05.of new electronic devices, new materials, all making use
:26:06. > :26:10.of this information that was started back decades ago.
:26:11. > :26:13.Duncan Haldane and his two fellow prize winners were at one stage
:26:14. > :26:16.seen as out on a limb with their research,
:26:17. > :26:17.now it's become mainstream and they're looking
:26:18. > :26:28.Within hours, the candidates for the US vice-presidency will face
:26:29. > :26:32.each other in the latest televised debate of the campaign.
:26:33. > :26:35.It takes place as Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate
:26:36. > :26:38.for the presidency, launched the first in a series of television
:26:39. > :26:41.adverts focusing on her rival Donald Trump's tax affairs.
:26:42. > :26:43.Leaked documents have suggested that the Republican has avoided
:26:44. > :26:49.Our North America editor, Jon Sopel, has the story.
:26:50. > :26:51.Most Americans pay federal income tax.
:26:52. > :26:54.It's the subject that won't go away and it's the subject the Clinton
:26:55. > :26:57.campaign are oh so keen to keep in the headlines.
:26:58. > :26:59.Donald Trump's taxes, the focus of this latest attack ad.
:27:00. > :27:03.This guy lost almost $1 billion in one year.
:27:04. > :27:06.He's still refusing to release his tax returns,
:27:07. > :27:09.but he's not denying the claims he may have not paid federal income
:27:10. > :27:13.tax for nearly two decades, and last night claimed again it
:27:14. > :27:20.I was able to use the tax laws of this country and my business
:27:21. > :27:23.acumen to dig out of the real estate mess, you would call it
:27:24. > :27:28.a depression, when few others were able to do what I did.
:27:29. > :27:38.But the three pages of his 1995 return, published
:27:39. > :27:41.by the New York Times, showed that he lost over
:27:42. > :27:43.$900 million in one year, and Hillary Clinton
:27:44. > :27:50.Yesterday his campaign was bragging it makes him a genius.
:27:51. > :27:53.Here's my question - what kind of genius
:27:54. > :27:58.loses $1 billion in a single year?!
:27:59. > :28:03.Uncomfortably for Mr Trump, an interview has surfaced from five
:28:04. > :28:05.years ago when he criticised those who didn't pay their fair
:28:06. > :28:09.Well, you know, I don't mind sacrificing for the country,
:28:10. > :28:12.to be honest with you, but you do have a problem
:28:13. > :28:15.because half of the people don't pay any tax.
:28:16. > :28:18.There's been no sudden collapse in Donald Trump's support, but it's
:28:19. > :28:23.Polls suggest that roughly three quarters of Americans
:28:24. > :28:25.think it's their civic duty to pay income tax,
:28:26. > :28:28.roughly three quarters of Americans think that Donald Trump ought
:28:29. > :28:34.On this issue, he seems to be on the wrong side of public opinion.
:28:35. > :28:38.Tonight, it's the Clinton and Trump deputies who'll be in the spotlight
:28:39. > :28:41.in the one and only wice-presidential debate.
:28:42. > :28:44.Even if Hillary Clinton's running mate is asked about the weather,
:28:45. > :28:47.you can bet the answer will be about Donald Trump's taxes.
:28:48. > :28:59.A film about one man's battle to get welfare benefits -
:29:00. > :29:02.which won the prestigious Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival -
:29:03. > :29:06.has been premiered in Newcastle tonight, the city in which it's set.
:29:07. > :29:09.The film called, I, Daniel Blake, was made by the veteran British
:29:10. > :29:13.Our arts editor, Will Gompertz, went to meet him.
:29:14. > :29:19.No, mate, if I was going to create a scene, you'd know about it.
:29:20. > :29:22.A single mother on housing benefit has been moved from London
:29:23. > :29:28.Do you mind if this young lass signs
:29:29. > :29:31.Enter Daniel Blake, the film's 59-year-old protagonist.
:29:32. > :29:34.He's a joiner, recovering from a heart attack,
:29:35. > :29:37.who also finds the welfare systems designed to support him thwart him.
:29:38. > :29:45.We were really lucky in that the two main actors have a great,
:29:46. > :29:50.I think - I'm saying it as the director -
:29:51. > :29:53.a great sensitivity and nusiance and there's a fragility to them,
:29:54. > :30:11.The film's about friendship and it's about two people trapped
:30:12. > :30:13.in different ways, in the same system.
:30:14. > :30:17.You still don't get this, do you, Mr Blake?
:30:18. > :30:19.This is an agreement between you and the state.
:30:20. > :30:24.Do you ever worry with your films that people won't go
:30:25. > :30:26.because they think - Oh, it's a Ken Loach film,
:30:27. > :30:28.we know what he has to say, it's always
:30:29. > :30:36.Yes, I think it's not helpful, that's because everybody's story
:30:37. > :30:38.is different and people's situations are different.
:30:39. > :30:42.I mean, I guess Jane Austin has a tougher time, you know.
:30:43. > :30:48.God, all she is telling us about is a vicarage.
:30:49. > :30:50.Well, actually, there's more to it than that.
:30:51. > :30:57.Ken Loach made his name 50 years ago with the profoundly
:30:58. > :30:59.moving television drama, Cathy Come Home.
:31:00. > :31:06.Cathy Come Home wouldn't be made today, it'd be stopped.
:31:07. > :31:08.It wouldn't even get beyond the script stage.
:31:09. > :31:10.Is there a problem for British directors and writers
:31:11. > :31:15.I think it's a huge problem because it means that we're not
:31:16. > :31:18.Good film directors, good writers could tell our stories,
:31:19. > :31:25.I think you said you were going to stop making movies?
:31:26. > :31:28.I said it in a moment of weakness and I thought -
:31:29. > :31:30.how am I going to get through this again?
:31:31. > :31:35.Well, there are so many stories to tell, aren't there, really?
:31:36. > :31:37.It sounds like the 80-year-old director will continue to tell them.
:31:38. > :31:40.We hear it and if you do it really realistically, it sounds right.
:31:41. > :31:51.Will Gompertz, BBC News, Newcastle.