:00:09. > :00:15.Tonight at ten, France warns Britain not to seek too many concessions
:00:16. > :00:18.during negotiations to leave the EU. Theresa May is attending her first
:00:19. > :00:22.EU summit as Prime Minister, an opportunity to meet and address the
:00:23. > :00:26.leaders of the 27 other member states. Despite a warning from
:00:27. > :00:32.France that the UK could not expect any favours, Theresa May tried to
:00:33. > :00:36.strike a reassuring note. The UK is leaving the EU, but we will continue
:00:37. > :00:40.to play a full role until we leave, and we'll be a strong and dependable
:00:41. > :00:43.partner after we've left. We'll have the latest from the summit, where
:00:44. > :00:49.Theresa May has been addressing fellow leaders over dinner this
:00:50. > :00:52.evening. Also tonight. In the final televised debate of the US
:00:53. > :01:00.presidential campaign, Donald Trump alleged once again that the election
:01:01. > :01:03.was rigged. Iraqi forces say they are making progress towards Mosul,
:01:04. > :01:08.the last major stronghold of so-called Islamic State in Iraq. The
:01:09. > :01:10.House of Commons has called for the former boss of BHS, Sir Philip
:01:11. > :01:16.Green, to be stripped of his knighthood. And following Alan
:01:17. > :01:20.Turing, a pardon for thousands of other gay and bisexual men,
:01:21. > :01:27.convicted of sexual offences under walls which are no longer enforced.
:01:28. > :01:30.Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News, Manchester United were looking for
:01:31. > :01:31.the win they needed to kick-start their Europa League campaign against
:01:32. > :01:51.Fenerbahce at Old Trafford. Theresa May is in Brussels
:01:52. > :01:54.for her first European Union summit The 28 leaders are
:01:55. > :01:59.having dinner tonight, during which the Prime Minister
:02:00. > :02:01.is expected to update them on the current state
:02:02. > :02:04.of her government's plans During the day President Hollande
:02:05. > :02:09.warned her in effect not to expect any favours
:02:10. > :02:12.during the Brexit talks, while Mrs May insisted the UK
:02:13. > :02:15.would remain a strong and dependable partner for the EU
:02:16. > :02:19.after its departure. Our political editor Laura
:02:20. > :02:31.Kuenssberg reports from Brussels. This is such a cauldron of competing
:02:32. > :02:35.demands and ambitions without any detail from the UK of what they
:02:36. > :02:39.really want the future to look like, but the Prime Minister has tonight
:02:40. > :02:42.tried to assert herself, warning the other 27 countries not to make
:02:43. > :02:48.decisions or have discussions about issues that affect the whole of the
:02:49. > :02:50.EU, including the UK, while we are still in, despite the seeming
:02:51. > :02:55.contradiction that we have decided we are on our way out. As the first
:02:56. > :03:00.sign really in Brussels really that Theresa May intends to be heard,
:03:01. > :03:05.whatever our decision was at the end of June. She wants the UK to still
:03:06. > :03:09.play a full role in the EU. She is demanding that she will not be
:03:10. > :03:12.frozen out right at the beginning of this relationship. It will matter so
:03:13. > :03:16.much to her political success and of course to all of us.
:03:17. > :03:17.She'll make this entrance many times.
:03:18. > :03:21.The black limousine with the blacked out windows.
:03:22. > :03:24.A few short steps into the relationship that
:03:25. > :03:31.This is my first European Council and I'm here with a very clear
:03:32. > :03:35.The UK is leaving the EU but we will continue to play a full
:03:36. > :03:38.role until we leave and we will be a strong and dependable
:03:39. > :03:43.It's in the interests of both the UK and the EU that we continue
:03:44. > :03:46.to work closely together, including at this summit.
:03:47. > :03:51.The others promise not the lion's den but a nest of doves.
:03:52. > :03:54.The Prime Minister doesn't look so sure.
:03:55. > :04:00.Whatever the UK's hopes, Europe is not ready to talk.
:04:01. > :04:04.You can be sure she will be absolutely safe with us.
:04:05. > :04:07.Is there any chance that EU leaders might talk informally before
:04:08. > :04:14.We will not discuss about our future negotiations today.
:04:15. > :04:17.Leader after leader, the message to Theresa May -
:04:18. > :04:24.work out how you are leaving the club and then we'll listen.
:04:25. > :04:27.We're waiting on the UK, she says, we don't have to get
:04:28. > :04:37.No negotiation without notification and I hope that Theresa May
:04:38. > :04:51.If she wants hard Brexit, negotiations will be hard.
:04:52. > :04:53.Our decision to quit has done a lot more than raise eyebrows,
:04:54. > :04:59.The main business, migration, trade, what to do about Russia.
:05:00. > :05:02.But Theresa May wants to use these moments to make new friends
:05:03. > :05:05.and firm up the old, to ease fears that we'll just
:05:06. > :05:10.crash out of the EU, even if some are quietly
:05:11. > :05:14.crossing their fingers we might in the end change our minds.
:05:15. > :05:18.It is deeply unlikely but, having voted to leave,
:05:19. > :05:22.some Europeans hope we might decide to stay.
:05:23. > :05:28.Some of us are keeping that option at the back of our mind.
:05:29. > :05:32.But that can only happen if the British people
:05:33. > :05:36.or the British government reverses the decision that has been taken
:05:37. > :05:42.It can't be the Europeans who reverse that decision.
:05:43. > :05:44.This isn't a day for detail but a hugely important
:05:45. > :05:49.Whether she likes it or not, the biggest thing Theresa May
:05:50. > :05:52.will likely do is lead us out of the European Union,
:05:53. > :05:55.so ultimately her success or failure as Prime Minister will be
:05:56. > :06:02.decided here in Brussels, not in Britain.
:06:03. > :06:05.She takes her place in this line-up, believing she'll be the last
:06:06. > :06:12.Yet, in this political twilight zone, Theresa May wants to reassure.
:06:13. > :06:16.Our place in the EU has often been hard to find but,
:06:17. > :06:19.as the Prime Minister grapples her way towards the exit,
:06:20. > :06:29.Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Brussels.
:06:30. > :06:34.The leaders are talking over dinner in Brussels tonight. Let's go
:06:35. > :06:38.straight to the conference centre and Katya Adler, our Europe editor,
:06:39. > :06:42.is there. After today's words and exchanges, what is your sense of
:06:43. > :06:47.where this summit is going for Theresa May? We have to look at this
:06:48. > :06:52.exit in post-war Europe is one of the most dramatic developments, but
:06:53. > :06:57.it really is more processed than a single event -- Brexit in post-war
:06:58. > :07:00.Europe. Until Downing Street launches the formal Brexit
:07:01. > :07:03.proceedings we are stuck in a holding pattern of screaming
:07:04. > :07:07.silences. EU leaders are desperate to know from Theresa May the details
:07:08. > :07:10.of the kind of Brexit deal she wants, but she's refusing to give
:07:11. > :07:14.that running commentary either at home or abroad. Whereas for their
:07:15. > :07:18.part, EU leaders will not enter into talks about trade deals either
:07:19. > :07:22.interim or otherwise, until those formal Brexit talks start, even
:07:23. > :07:26.though Mrs May really wants to know where you fix ability lies. So while
:07:27. > :07:30.both sides are sitting at dinner wanting to scream at each other,
:07:31. > :07:35.just tell me, in fact, all 28 leaders including Mrs May have been
:07:36. > :07:38.discussing Russia and Syria, as the Prime Minister herself pointed out
:07:39. > :07:42.tonight, as long as the EU -- the UK remains in the EU it does stay a
:07:43. > :07:45.full member and we are an infinite number of negotiations, talks and
:07:46. > :07:50.arguments away from Britain walking out of the door just yet. Katya
:07:51. > :07:53.Adler with the latest at that summit in Brussels.
:07:54. > :07:56.Donald Trump has confirmed that he will after all
:07:57. > :07:58.accept the final outcome of the presidential election -
:07:59. > :08:01.In the third and final televised debate of the campaign
:08:02. > :08:03.the Republican candidate repeated that the election system
:08:04. > :08:08.His Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, had accused him
:08:09. > :08:18.Our North America editor Jon Sopel reports from Las Vegas.
:08:19. > :08:21.No handshake, not even grudging respect.
:08:22. > :08:23.For 15 minutes, though, something novel.
:08:24. > :08:26.A detailed policy debate without insults.
:08:27. > :08:29.But, when the subject turned to Russia, their hacking
:08:30. > :08:32.of Democratic Party computers and Donald Trump's admiration
:08:33. > :08:36.for Vladimir Putin as a strongman, that all changed.
:08:37. > :08:41.If we got along well, that would be good.
:08:42. > :08:44.Well, that's because he'd rather have a puppet as President.
:08:45. > :08:52.The Russians have engaged in cyberattacks against
:08:53. > :08:56.She has no idea whether it's Russia, China or anybody else,
:08:57. > :09:05.But then Donald Trump was questioned about the procession
:09:06. > :09:09.of women who've come forward to accuse him of sexual assault.
:09:10. > :09:13.These women, the woman on the plane, the woman...
:09:14. > :09:17.I think they want either fame or her campaign did it.
:09:18. > :09:22.Donald thinks belittling women makes him bigger.
:09:23. > :09:26.He goes after their dignity, their self-worth, and I don't
:09:27. > :09:29.think there is a woman anywhere who doesn't know
:09:30. > :09:34.Nobody has more respect for women than I do.
:09:35. > :09:41.The moderator intervened because the audience was laughing.
:09:42. > :09:45.There were sharp exchanges on guns, abortion, immigration.
:09:46. > :09:48.We have some bad hombres here and we're going to get them out.
:09:49. > :09:50.And this on Social Security benefits.
:09:51. > :09:55.My Social Security payroll contribution will go up,
:09:56. > :09:58.as will Donald's, assuming he can't figure out how to get out of it.
:09:59. > :10:00.But what we want to do is replenish...
:10:01. > :10:05.Then came the truly astonishing moment of this debate.
:10:06. > :10:08.Donald Trump has alleged in recent days that the
:10:09. > :10:13.Both his daughter and his running mate have said they would
:10:14. > :10:15.of course accept the verdict of the American people.
:10:16. > :10:28.She should never have been allowed to run for the presidency based
:10:29. > :10:31.on what she did with e-mails and so many other things.
:10:32. > :10:34.Are you saying you are not prepared now...?
:10:35. > :10:37.What I'm saying is that I will tell you at the time.
:10:38. > :10:41.Well, Chris, let me respond to that, because that's horrifying.
:10:42. > :10:45.Every time Donald thinks things are not going in his direction
:10:46. > :10:49.he claims whatever it is is rigged against him.
:10:50. > :10:54.There was even a time when he didn't get an Emmy for his TV programme
:10:55. > :10:57.three years in a row and he started tweeting that the Emmys
:10:58. > :11:08.And it's funny, but it's also really troubling.
:11:09. > :11:10.In the spin room afterwards, his surrogates were scrambling
:11:11. > :11:17.So today Mr Trump in Ohio was trying to extinguish the fire
:11:18. > :11:21.that he himself had set, with a joke.
:11:22. > :11:23.If I win this election, I'll accept the result.
:11:24. > :11:30.Of course, I would accept a clear election result, but I would also
:11:31. > :11:35.reserve my right to contest or file a legal challenge in the case
:11:36. > :11:45.But as one blaze is damped down, another seems to catch.
:11:46. > :11:48.Today, another woman has come forward to claim she was subject
:11:49. > :11:52.to an unwanted sexual advances from Mr Trump.
:11:53. > :12:05.Or what you did to me so many years ago.
:12:06. > :12:08.Last night, his family, who are also his closest advisers,
:12:09. > :12:12.He needed to win big in the final debate but that stern face
:12:13. > :12:20.Jon Sopel, BBC News, Las Vegas.
:12:21. > :12:22.The debate was the last chance for a mass television audience,
:12:23. > :12:25.with tens of millions watching, to see both candidates
:12:26. > :12:30.The Republican polling expert Frank Luntz assembled
:12:31. > :12:33.a group of undecided voters in Las Vegas to watch the debate
:12:34. > :12:35.and to get their instant reaction to the exchanges.
:12:36. > :12:39.Our correspondent James Cook was there.
:12:40. > :12:42.If you lean towards Trump, turn your dial to one.
:12:43. > :12:46.If you lean towards Clinton, turn your dial to three.
:12:47. > :12:52.Some two dozen floating voters reacting to every sigh
:12:53. > :12:58.Because based on what she's saying and based on where she's going...
:12:59. > :13:01.The lines show approval ratings second by second, red for those
:13:02. > :13:04.leaning to Donald Trump, green for those inclined
:13:05. > :13:07.to Hillary Clinton, and yellow for the undecided voters.
:13:08. > :13:12.So what difference did the debate make?
:13:13. > :13:21.I went from Trump to Clinton, because Clinton proved to be more
:13:22. > :13:25.of an adult and actually I think she did better than Trump.
:13:26. > :13:31.Because she's been in office with Obama, they've been there long
:13:32. > :13:35.enough, and not enough has gotten better over that period of time,
:13:36. > :13:38.so in essence he's saying you didn't do anything, so I'll give a guy
:13:39. > :13:45.But what of the most controversial moment, when the Republican
:13:46. > :13:49.suggested yet again that the poll would be rigged?
:13:50. > :13:54.I'm not looking at anything now, I'll look at it at the time.
:13:55. > :13:56.How many of you had a problem with Donald Trump saying
:13:57. > :13:59.that he would not affirm the election results,
:14:00. > :14:05.I think because our country is built on a fair election
:14:06. > :14:08.and when the results come in, yes, there can be evidence
:14:09. > :14:10.of voter fraud sometimes, but we have to trust that it's
:14:11. > :14:14.working the way it should and the results stand.
:14:15. > :14:16.Why didn't what Trump said bother you?
:14:17. > :14:18.There's a lot of disconnection from the population
:14:19. > :14:22.How many of you wished there were two other
:14:23. > :14:24.candidates, that would replace both of them?
:14:25. > :14:30.The pollster running this focus group is a horrified Republican,
:14:31. > :14:34.who says both candidates are limping to the finish line.
:14:35. > :14:38.If the rest of the world wanted to see America humbled,
:14:39. > :14:45.A broken system, broken candidates and an electorate that is afraid,
:14:46. > :14:52.After the final debate this small slice of the American electorate
:14:53. > :14:54.remains pretty evenly divided between Donald Trump
:14:55. > :14:57.and Hillary Clinton, but most of them are united
:14:58. > :15:05.For millions of people in this country this has been a depressing
:15:06. > :15:18.Our North America editor Jon Sopel is in Las Vegas tonight.
:15:19. > :15:25.18 days to go, we've had the three televised debates. What's your sense
:15:26. > :15:29.tonight of the state of this race? Well, Hillary Clinton very clearly
:15:30. > :15:34.left Las Vegas last night feeling very buoyant indeed. Her team around
:15:35. > :15:38.her were celebrating a bit, there was quite a few drinks taken on the
:15:39. > :15:42.plane going back to New York. How this manifests itself is Hillary
:15:43. > :15:48.Clinton is expanding her ambitions. She is looking at Republican states,
:15:49. > :15:56.like Utah, Arizona, Midori, as possible targets as they sensed
:15:57. > :15:59.support for Donald Trump is crumbling -- Missouri. For Donald
:16:00. > :16:03.Trump, he needs to get his campaign on an even keel and get back to the
:16:04. > :16:05.issues that have served him well in the run-up to this presidential
:16:06. > :16:07.stage of the campaign. But he's coming under attack and those
:16:08. > :16:10.comments last night about not perhaps accepting the result have
:16:11. > :16:14.brought fresh criticism from Barack Obama. But with 18 days to go,
:16:15. > :16:19.there's still a high degree of unpredictability. Jon Sopel with the
:16:20. > :16:22.latest in Las Vegas after that debate.
:16:23. > :16:23.The Iraqi Prime Minister says the operation to recapture
:16:24. > :16:26.the city of Mosul - the last major stronghold
:16:27. > :16:34.of so-called Islamic State in Iraq - is progressing faster than planned.
:16:35. > :16:37.IS controls a large area around Mosul, where 1.5 million
:16:38. > :16:41.In the past 48 hours Iraqi government forces have made
:16:42. > :16:44.significant gains to the south of the city.
:16:45. > :16:46.Today, their Kurdish Peshmerga allies began a major advance
:16:47. > :16:51.on three fronts - to the north and east.
:16:52. > :16:53.Our correspondent Orla Guerin is with Kurdish forces attacking
:16:54. > :17:06.Singing of bravery on their way into battle.
:17:07. > :17:09.Kurdish Peshmerga fighters shoulder to shoulder, knowing dawn
:17:10. > :17:18.could bring them face-to-face with so-called Islamic State.
:17:19. > :17:20.And, with first light, the Kurds began attacking IS positions,
:17:21. > :17:33.The militants replied with tracer fire.
:17:34. > :17:55.The Peshmerga tried frantically to shoot it down.
:17:56. > :17:58.A drone, apparently rigged with explosives, killed two
:17:59. > :18:20.But there was little time to celebrate.
:18:21. > :18:31.As IS is pounded with heavy weapons, the Kurds listen
:18:32. > :18:39.Here, they try to coordinate a counter-attack on the troops.
:18:40. > :18:43.Target them on the bridge, one commander says, fire missiles
:18:44. > :18:49.Then there is a plea for reinforcements.
:18:50. > :18:59.But IS couldn't muster any here and the assault continued.
:19:00. > :19:05.Soon the extremists were losing ground.
:19:06. > :19:07.We are entering an area that the Kurdish forces
:19:08. > :19:11.They came in about half an hour or so.
:19:12. > :19:18.Now, the further they go forward, the more resistance they expect
:19:19. > :19:21.to face from suicide bombers and from snipers,
:19:22. > :19:28.and we've heard some sniper fire just in the last few moments.
:19:29. > :19:34.The troops believe that IS has spent months planting roadside
:19:35. > :19:40.There will be many more hazards on the journey ahead,
:19:41. > :19:42.and Kurdish sources say IS is now regrouping in some areas.
:19:43. > :19:56.Orla Guerin, BBC News, north of Mosul.
:19:57. > :20:03.An American soldier was killed today in a bomb attack near Mosul. More
:20:04. > :20:07.than 100 US troops are advising Iraq each -- Iraqi forces as they
:20:08. > :20:13.advance. The American commander of coalition forces is helping to
:20:14. > :20:16.coordinate operations from an airbase at Qayyarah and he told our
:20:17. > :20:21.defence correspondent that defeating IS was not going to be easy.
:20:22. > :20:30.The fight for Mosul is being led by Iraqi forces but with America's
:20:31. > :20:35.help. Supported by Apache gunships, we travelled with the most senior
:20:36. > :20:38.coalition commander in Iraq, Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend,
:20:39. > :20:42.now keeping a close eye on the battle. The BBC is the first media
:20:43. > :20:49.to begin this access since the offensive was launched. Our first
:20:50. > :20:52.stop, and austere base from where the US is supporting Iraqi and
:20:53. > :21:04.Peshmerga forces as they push towards the city. Their artillery
:21:05. > :21:10.and these shells being used to target so-called Islamic State.
:21:11. > :21:14.There are days when we are going to do our well and there are days we
:21:15. > :21:21.are going to get to vote. This is a big operation in a long war. So,
:21:22. > :21:25.when you pull back and look at it, here's what I see. I see the Iraqi
:21:26. > :21:32.security forces have largely encircled Mosul and they are
:21:33. > :21:37.imposing their will on the enemy in Mosul now. There are 5000 US troops
:21:38. > :21:43.in Iraq but not to directly join the fight. All general Townsend tells me
:21:44. > :21:49.is the offensive, an American imposed plan, but he is in close
:21:50. > :21:54.contact with Iraqi commanders. At his next meeting with a rock's chief
:21:55. > :21:58.of defence staff, he looks for reassurances that they have enough
:21:59. > :22:04.equipment and men. Defeating IS in Mosul won't be easy. They are
:22:05. > :22:10.adaptable, creative and cunning. We have seen all kinds of examples of
:22:11. > :22:15.that. It's a challenging opponent. They burn people alive in cages.
:22:16. > :22:22.They crucify people and they drive over people on the street with
:22:23. > :22:26.bulldozers. Are they using human shields? Yeah, probably. This is a
:22:27. > :22:30.brutal opponent that has to be stopped. He will not be drawn on how
:22:31. > :22:33.long it will take but, as we leave with Mosul in the distance, any
:22:34. > :22:36.victory still looks some way off. The House of Commons has called
:22:37. > :22:38.for the former owner of British Home Stores,
:22:39. > :22:41.Sir Philip Green, to be The vote by MPs isn't binding,
:22:42. > :22:44.but it will add to the pressure Sir Philip, who was knighted
:22:45. > :22:51.for 'services to retail' a decade ago, sold BHS for ?1 last year -
:22:52. > :22:54.shortly before it collapsed. He's accused MPs of misrepresenting
:22:55. > :22:56.the facts, as our business editor This knight of the realm has
:22:57. > :23:02.been described by many as more like an emperor,
:23:03. > :23:05.and today, they came to bury him, I see Green as a billionaire spiv,
:23:06. > :23:14.a billionaire spiv who should never have received a knighthood,
:23:15. > :23:17.a billionaire spiv that has BHS is one of the biggest corporate
:23:18. > :23:23.scandals of modern times. I think the whole House has sympathy
:23:24. > :23:27.for the thousands of workers and pensioners who've lost
:23:28. > :23:30.their jobs and seen their benefits reduced as a result of greed,
:23:31. > :23:35.incompetence and hubris. Strip Philip Green of his
:23:36. > :23:37.knighthood, take him to task and maybe get him to sell
:23:38. > :23:40.a few of his superyachts so my constituents and everybody
:23:41. > :23:42.else's constituents can get the pensions and retirement
:23:43. > :23:46.they worked so hard for. To be honest this wasn't
:23:47. > :23:49.really much of a debate To call for another committee
:23:50. > :23:54.to strip somebody of an honour when the normal process is that
:23:55. > :23:58.an honour is only taken away if somebody has committed
:23:59. > :24:01.a criminal offence is an abuse Jane Costello from South Shields
:24:02. > :24:05.was one of 11,000 people who lost their jobs and she was very
:24:06. > :24:10.clear about what should happen. I think he should be stripped
:24:11. > :24:13.of his knighthood, 100%. He doesn't realise what he's done
:24:14. > :24:15.to everybody and he's swanning It's not fair for what everybody
:24:16. > :24:25.else is going through. Today's motion does not mean that
:24:26. > :24:27.Sir Philip Green will Any decision on that will be made
:24:28. > :24:31.here, in Whitehall. It's also very rare for people not
:24:32. > :24:34.found guilty of doing anything Fred Goodwin of RBS fame is the last
:24:35. > :24:39.and possibly most famous example, but it seems Sir Philip has become
:24:40. > :24:43.the new poster boy for popular During her party conference
:24:44. > :24:52.Theresa May made a thinly disguised A director who takes out massive
:24:53. > :24:56.dividends while knowing that the company pension
:24:57. > :25:00.is about to go bust. One possible route to redemption may
:25:01. > :25:12.lie in honouring a pensions promise It's resolvable, sortable,
:25:13. > :25:19.we will sort it. Sir Philip Green was watching today,
:25:20. > :25:23.and I understand a new attempt at a pensions settlement
:25:24. > :25:26.is imminent, but at this stage cash may save his knighthood
:25:27. > :25:29.but not his reputation. A brief look at some of the day's
:25:30. > :25:36.other other news stories. The Scottish Government has
:25:37. > :25:39.published its draft bill on a second The move doesn't guarantee
:25:40. > :25:49.another referendum, but First Minister Nicola Sturgeon
:25:50. > :25:51.said Scotland should be ready to hold a vote,
:25:52. > :25:54.if it's in Scotland's interests. The European Space Agency says it
:25:55. > :25:56.still doesn't know the fate of a robotic probe which was due
:25:57. > :26:00.to land on Mars yesterday. Scientists say that signals
:26:01. > :26:02.from the robot were lost less than a minute before it was expected
:26:03. > :26:04.to touch down. They believe its parachute
:26:05. > :26:09.was jettisoned too early. Community pharmacies in England
:26:10. > :26:11.will have their budgets cut by more Reports earlier this year suggested
:26:12. > :26:15.that 3000 chemists could close as a result of the funding shake-up,
:26:16. > :26:20.but that figure has been Labour described the plans
:26:21. > :26:27.as "short-sighted". A Royal Navy destroyer and a frigate
:26:28. > :26:30.have been sent to shadow a group of Russian warships
:26:31. > :26:32.which are passing through the North The ships, including Russia's
:26:33. > :26:38.only aircraft carrier and a battle cruiser,
:26:39. > :26:42.are believed to be heading Tonight Nato said there was concern
:26:43. > :26:47.the vessels might launch attacks Our diplomatic correspondent
:26:48. > :27:04.James Robbins is in Moscow tonight. James, what is your reading of the
:27:05. > :27:09.situation there? Well, the decision originally to deploy Russia's only
:27:10. > :27:14.carrier for the first time to a combat zone was taken, we believe,
:27:15. > :27:18.about three months ago by President Putin and the Kremlin, but the fact
:27:19. > :27:22.is deployment is going ahead at a time when Russia says it is
:27:23. > :27:26.extending by another 24 hours its military pause in Syria, suggested
:27:27. > :27:32.Nato and its Secretary General that the longer term plan may be much
:27:33. > :27:35.grimmer, from the point of view of the people of Aleppo. The
:27:36. > :27:40.Secretary-General suggested Russia could be about to inflict even
:27:41. > :27:44.greater human suffering on the city. The military purpose is clear. It
:27:45. > :27:49.will give Russia a far greater firepower in the region, there is
:27:50. > :27:54.also a clear political message. It isn't actually necessary to send a
:27:55. > :27:57.carrier to the eastern Mediterranean to achieve that increase in
:27:58. > :28:03.firepower. It could be done with land-based aircraft. Part of the
:28:04. > :28:06.political message is partly to Britain and France, particularly
:28:07. > :28:10.Britain, taunting the Royal Navy for not having an operational aircraft
:28:11. > :28:15.carrier of its own and, to France and Nato allies, saying that Russia
:28:16. > :28:19.has the will to fight in Syria, and you have shown that you don't. I
:28:20. > :28:21.think that is the message President Putin wants to send out. James
:28:22. > :28:24.Robbins with the latest from Moscow. Thousands of gay and bisexual men
:28:25. > :28:26.who were convicted of sexual offences under laws which have
:28:27. > :28:28.since been abolished Campaigners say around 65,000 men
:28:29. > :28:31.were convicted, of whom The government says anyone found
:28:32. > :28:38.guilty of consensual same-sex relationships
:28:39. > :28:39.would have their names cleared, and for those still living
:28:40. > :28:42.the offences would be removed Our correspondent Judith
:28:43. > :28:48.Moritz has the story. There's nothing to hide
:28:49. > :28:51.in Manchester's gay village, 50 years ago, doing this
:28:52. > :28:59.could land gay men in jail. The World War II code breaker
:29:00. > :29:03.Alan Turing was prosecuted for gross This memorial to Alan Turing
:29:04. > :29:12.in Manchester remembers him as the father of computer science
:29:13. > :29:17.and as a victim of prejudice. After Turing was pardoned in 2013,
:29:18. > :29:20.his family campaigned for other prosecuted gay men to be
:29:21. > :29:27.given the same treatment. Now, the so-called Turing Law
:29:28. > :29:30.will be extended to thousands of men Men I spoke to in Manchester
:29:31. > :29:37.welcomed the decision. Some of my friends that grew up back
:29:38. > :29:40.then, they had to hide away. They were made to be criminals
:29:41. > :29:44.and they weren't criminals, but they were made to feel
:29:45. > :29:46.like they were. It wasn't nice, I imagine,
:29:47. > :29:51.to be walking down the street If it wasn't for those people,
:29:52. > :29:55.we wouldn't be able to do that today, so we have to remember
:29:56. > :29:59.what they went through for us. But not all campaigners feel that
:30:00. > :30:03.pardons are enough. We introduced two of them,
:30:04. > :30:06.young activist Daniel Harris What I'm most interested in,
:30:07. > :30:13.which pleases me, which drives me more than anything is the posthumous
:30:14. > :30:16.apology to all those that have gone before,
:30:17. > :30:22.all those that have died before, Alan Turing, and going back
:30:23. > :30:25.as far as Oscar Wilde. I see a pardon as kind of a way
:30:26. > :30:28.forward but it's not enough, and I completely ask
:30:29. > :30:34.for the Government to actually give an official apology and put right
:30:35. > :30:39.the wrongs from the past. Men eligible for pardons will have
:30:40. > :30:42.to apply through the Home Office. Alan Turing's family say they're
:30:43. > :30:46.glad other men will finally receive Judith Moritz, BBC News,
:30:47. > :31:06.Manchester. Here is Kirsty. Tonight, we are
:31:07. > :31:10.rewarding the wrong headteachers with big paycheques and knighthoods
:31:11. > :31:13.when the best teachers are paid the worst. Join me now on BBC Two.
:31:14. > :31:16.Here on BBC One it's time for the news where you are.