:00:07. > :00:12.Tonight at ten, France warns Britain not to seek too many concessions
:00:13. > :00:16.during negotiations to leave the EU. Theresa May is attending her first
:00:17. > :00:20.EU summit as Prime Minister, an opportunity to meet and address the
:00:21. > :00:25.leaders of the 27 other member states. Despite a warning from
:00:26. > :00:30.France that the UK could not expect any favours, Theresa May tried to
:00:31. > :00:34.strike a reassuring note. The UK is leaving the EU, but we will continue
:00:35. > :00:38.to play a full role until we leave, and we'll be a strong and dependable
:00:39. > :00:41.partner after we've left. We'll have the latest from the summit, where
:00:42. > :00:47.Theresa May has been addressing fellow leaders over dinner this
:00:48. > :00:50.evening. Also tonight. In the final televised debate of the US
:00:51. > :00:58.presidential campaign, Donald Trump alleged once again that the election
:00:59. > :01:01.was rigged. Iraqi forces say they are making progress towards Mosul,
:01:02. > :01:06.the last major stronghold of so-called Islamic State in Iraq. The
:01:07. > :01:08.House of Commons has called for the former boss of BHS, Sir Philip
:01:09. > :01:14.Green, to be stripped of his knighthood. And following Alan
:01:15. > :01:18.Turing, a pardon for thousands of other gay and bisexual men,
:01:19. > :01:25.convicted of sexual offences under walls which are no longer enforced.
:01:26. > :01:28.Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News, Manchester United were looking for
:01:29. > :01:29.the win they needed to kick-start their Europa League campaign against
:01:30. > :01:49.Fenerbahce at Old Trafford. Theresa May is in Brussels
:01:50. > :01:53.for her first European Union summit The 28 leaders are
:01:54. > :01:57.having dinner tonight, during which the Prime Minister
:01:58. > :01:59.is expected to update them on the current state
:02:00. > :02:02.of her government's plans During the day President Hollande
:02:03. > :02:07.warned her in effect not to expect any favours
:02:08. > :02:10.during the Brexit talks, while Mrs May insisted the UK
:02:11. > :02:13.would remain a strong and dependable partner for the EU
:02:14. > :02:17.after its departure. Our political editor Laura
:02:18. > :02:29.Kuenssberg reports from Brussels. This is such a cauldron of competing
:02:30. > :02:33.demands and ambitions without any detail from the UK of what they
:02:34. > :02:37.really want the future to look like, but the Prime Minister has tonight
:02:38. > :02:40.tried to assert herself, warning the other 27 countries not to make
:02:41. > :02:46.decisions or have discussions about issues that affect the whole of the
:02:47. > :02:48.EU, including the UK, while we are still in, despite the seeming
:02:49. > :02:53.contradiction that we have decided we are on our way out. As the first
:02:54. > :02:58.sign really in Brussels really that Theresa May intends to be heard,
:02:59. > :03:03.whatever our decision was at the end of June. She wants the UK to still
:03:04. > :03:07.play a full role in the EU. She is demanding that she will not be
:03:08. > :03:10.frozen out right at the beginning of this relationship. It will matter so
:03:11. > :03:14.much to her political success and of course to all of us.
:03:15. > :03:16.She'll make this entrance many times.
:03:17. > :03:19.The black limousine with the blacked out windows.
:03:20. > :03:22.A few short steps into the relationship that
:03:23. > :03:29.This is my first European Council and I'm here with a very clear
:03:30. > :03:34.The UK is leaving the EU but we will continue to play a full
:03:35. > :03:37.role until we leave and we will be a strong and dependable
:03:38. > :03:41.It's in the interests of both the UK and the EU that we continue
:03:42. > :03:44.to work closely together, including at this summit.
:03:45. > :03:49.The others promise not the lion's den but a nest of doves.
:03:50. > :03:52.The Prime Minister doesn't look so sure.
:03:53. > :03:58.Whatever the UK's hopes, Europe is not ready to talk.
:03:59. > :04:02.You can be sure she will be absolutely safe with us.
:04:03. > :04:06.Is there any chance that EU leaders might talk informally before
:04:07. > :04:12.We will not discuss about our future negotiations today.
:04:13. > :04:15.Leader after leader, the message to Theresa May -
:04:16. > :04:22.work out how you are leaving the club and then we'll listen.
:04:23. > :04:25.We're waiting on the UK, she says, we don't have to get
:04:26. > :04:35.No negotiation without notification and I hope that Theresa May
:04:36. > :04:49.If she wants hard Brexit, negotiations will be hard.
:04:50. > :04:52.Our decision to quit has done a lot more than raise eyebrows,
:04:53. > :04:57.The main business, migration, trade, what to do about Russia.
:04:58. > :05:00.But Theresa May wants to use these moments to make new friends
:05:01. > :05:04.and firm up the old, to ease fears that we'll just
:05:05. > :05:08.crash out of the EU, even if some are quietly
:05:09. > :05:12.crossing their fingers we might in the end change our minds.
:05:13. > :05:16.It is deeply unlikely but, having voted to leave,
:05:17. > :05:20.some Europeans hope we might decide to stay.
:05:21. > :05:26.Some of us are keeping that option at the back of our mind.
:05:27. > :05:31.But that can only happen if the British people
:05:32. > :05:34.or the British government reverses the decision that has been taken
:05:35. > :05:40.It can't be the Europeans who reverse that decision.
:05:41. > :05:43.This isn't a day for detail but a hugely important
:05:44. > :05:47.Whether she likes it or not, the biggest thing Theresa May
:05:48. > :05:50.will likely do is lead us out of the European Union,
:05:51. > :05:53.so ultimately her success or failure as Prime Minister will be
:05:54. > :06:00.decided here in Brussels, not in Britain.
:06:01. > :06:03.She takes her place in this line-up, believing she'll be the last
:06:04. > :06:11.Yet, in this political twilight zone, Theresa May wants to reassure.
:06:12. > :06:14.Our place in the EU has often been hard to find but,
:06:15. > :06:17.as the Prime Minister grapples her way towards the exit,
:06:18. > :06:27.Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Brussels.
:06:28. > :06:32.The leaders are talking over dinner in Brussels tonight. Let's go
:06:33. > :06:36.straight to the conference centre and Katya Adler, our Europe editor,
:06:37. > :06:40.is there. After today's words and exchanges, what is your sense of
:06:41. > :06:45.where this summit is going for Theresa May? We have to look at this
:06:46. > :06:50.exit in post-war Europe is one of the most dramatic developments, but
:06:51. > :06:55.it really is more processed than a single event -- Brexit in post-war
:06:56. > :06:58.Europe. Until Downing Street launches the formal Brexit
:06:59. > :07:01.proceedings we are stuck in a holding pattern of screaming
:07:02. > :07:05.silences. EU leaders are desperate to know from Theresa May the details
:07:06. > :07:08.of the kind of Brexit deal she wants, but she's refusing to give
:07:09. > :07:12.that running commentary either at home or abroad. Whereas for their
:07:13. > :07:16.part, EU leaders will not enter into talks about trade deals either
:07:17. > :07:20.interim or otherwise, until those formal Brexit talks start, even
:07:21. > :07:24.though Mrs May really wants to know where you fix ability lies. So while
:07:25. > :07:28.both sides are sitting at dinner wanting to scream at each other,
:07:29. > :07:32.just tell me, in fact, all 28 leaders including Mrs May have been
:07:33. > :07:36.discussing Russia and Syria, as the Prime Minister herself pointed out
:07:37. > :07:40.tonight, as long as the EU -- the UK remains in the EU it does stay a
:07:41. > :07:43.full member and we are an infinite number of negotiations, talks and
:07:44. > :07:48.arguments away from Britain walking out of the door just yet. Katya
:07:49. > :07:51.Adler with the latest at that summit in Brussels.
:07:52. > :07:54.Donald Trump has confirmed that he will after all
:07:55. > :07:56.accept the final outcome of the presidential election -
:07:57. > :07:59.In the third and final televised debate of the campaign
:08:00. > :08:01.the Republican candidate repeated that the election system
:08:02. > :08:06.His Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, had accused him
:08:07. > :08:16.Our North America editor Jon Sopel reports from Las Vegas.
:08:17. > :08:19.No handshake, not even grudging respect.
:08:20. > :08:22.For 15 minutes, though, something novel.
:08:23. > :08:25.A detailed policy debate without insults.
:08:26. > :08:27.But, when the subject turned to Russia, their hacking
:08:28. > :08:30.of Democratic Party computers and Donald Trump's admiration
:08:31. > :08:34.for Vladimir Putin as a strongman, that all changed.
:08:35. > :08:39.If we got along well, that would be good.
:08:40. > :08:42.Well, that's because he'd rather have a puppet as President.
:08:43. > :08:50.The Russians have engaged in cyberattacks against
:08:51. > :08:54.She has no idea whether it's Russia, China or anybody else,
:08:55. > :09:04.But then Donald Trump was questioned about the procession
:09:05. > :09:07.of women who've come forward to accuse him of sexual assault.
:09:08. > :09:11.These women, the woman on the plane, the woman...
:09:12. > :09:15.I think they want either fame or her campaign did it.
:09:16. > :09:21.Donald thinks belittling women makes him bigger.
:09:22. > :09:24.He goes after their dignity, their self-worth, and I don't
:09:25. > :09:27.think there is a woman anywhere who doesn't know
:09:28. > :09:32.Nobody has more respect for women than I do.
:09:33. > :09:40.The moderator intervened because the audience was laughing.
:09:41. > :09:43.There were sharp exchanges on guns, abortion, immigration.
:09:44. > :09:46.We have some bad hombres here and we're going to get them out.
:09:47. > :09:48.And this on Social Security benefits.
:09:49. > :09:53.My Social Security payroll contribution will go up,
:09:54. > :09:56.as will Donald's, assuming he can't figure out how to get out of it.
:09:57. > :09:59.But what we want to do is replenish...
:10:00. > :10:03.Then came the truly astonishing moment of this debate.
:10:04. > :10:06.Donald Trump has alleged in recent days that the
:10:07. > :10:11.Both his daughter and his running mate have said they would
:10:12. > :10:13.of course accept the verdict of the American people.
:10:14. > :10:26.She should never have been allowed to run for the presidency based
:10:27. > :10:29.on what she did with e-mails and so many other things.
:10:30. > :10:32.Are you saying you are not prepared now...?
:10:33. > :10:35.What I'm saying is that I will tell you at the time.
:10:36. > :10:39.Well, Chris, let me respond to that, because that's horrifying.
:10:40. > :10:43.Every time Donald thinks things are not going in his direction
:10:44. > :10:47.he claims whatever it is is rigged against him.
:10:48. > :10:52.There was even a time when he didn't get an Emmy for his TV programme
:10:53. > :10:55.three years in a row and he started tweeting that the Emmys
:10:56. > :11:06.And it's funny, but it's also really troubling.
:11:07. > :11:08.In the spin room afterwards, his surrogates were scrambling
:11:09. > :11:15.So today Mr Trump in Ohio was trying to extinguish the fire
:11:16. > :11:19.that he himself had set, with a joke.
:11:20. > :11:21.If I win this election, I'll accept the result.
:11:22. > :11:28.Of course, I would accept a clear election result, but I would also
:11:29. > :11:33.reserve my right to contest or file a legal challenge in the case
:11:34. > :11:43.But as one blaze is damped down, another seems to catch.
:11:44. > :11:46.Today, another woman has come forward to claim she was subject
:11:47. > :11:50.to an unwanted sexual advances from Mr Trump.
:11:51. > :12:03.Or what you did to me so many years ago.
:12:04. > :12:06.Last night, his family, who are also his closest advisers,
:12:07. > :12:10.He needed to win big in the final debate but that stern face
:12:11. > :12:18.Jon Sopel, BBC News, Las Vegas.
:12:19. > :12:21.The debate was the last chance for a mass television audience,
:12:22. > :12:23.with tens of millions watching, to see both candidates
:12:24. > :12:28.The Republican polling expert Frank Luntz assembled
:12:29. > :12:31.a group of undecided voters in Las Vegas to watch the debate
:12:32. > :12:34.and to get their instant reaction to the exchanges.
:12:35. > :12:37.Our correspondent James Cook was there.
:12:38. > :12:40.If you lean towards Trump, turn your dial to one.
:12:41. > :12:44.If you lean towards Clinton, turn your dial to three.
:12:45. > :12:50.Some two dozen floating voters reacting to every sigh
:12:51. > :12:57.Because based on what she's saying and based on where she's going...
:12:58. > :12:59.The lines show approval ratings second by second, red for those
:13:00. > :13:02.leaning to Donald Trump, green for those inclined
:13:03. > :13:05.to Hillary Clinton, and yellow for the undecided voters.
:13:06. > :13:10.So what difference did the debate make?
:13:11. > :13:20.I went from Trump to Clinton, because Clinton proved to be more
:13:21. > :13:23.of an adult and actually I think she did better than Trump.
:13:24. > :13:30.Because she's been in office with Obama, they've been there long
:13:31. > :13:33.enough, and not enough has gotten better over that period of time,
:13:34. > :13:36.so in essence he's saying you didn't do anything, so I'll give a guy
:13:37. > :13:43.But what of the most controversial moment, when the Republican
:13:44. > :13:47.suggested yet again that the poll would be rigged?
:13:48. > :13:52.I'm not looking at anything now, I'll look at it at the time.
:13:53. > :13:54.How many of you had a problem with Donald Trump saying
:13:55. > :13:57.that he would not affirm the election results,
:13:58. > :14:03.I think because our country is built on a fair election
:14:04. > :14:06.and when the results come in, yes, there can be evidence
:14:07. > :14:08.of voter fraud sometimes, but we have to trust that it's
:14:09. > :14:12.working the way it should and the results stand.
:14:13. > :14:14.Why didn't what Trump said bother you?
:14:15. > :14:16.There's a lot of disconnection from the population
:14:17. > :14:21.How many of you wished there were two other
:14:22. > :14:22.candidates, that would replace both of them?
:14:23. > :14:28.The pollster running this focus group is a horrified Republican,
:14:29. > :14:32.who says both candidates are limping to the finish line.
:14:33. > :14:36.If the rest of the world wanted to see America humbled,
:14:37. > :14:44.A broken system, broken candidates and an electorate that is afraid,
:14:45. > :14:50.After the final debate this small slice of the American electorate
:14:51. > :14:52.remains pretty evenly divided between Donald Trump
:14:53. > :14:56.and Hillary Clinton, but most of them are united
:14:57. > :15:03.For millions of people in this country this has been a depressing
:15:04. > :15:16.Our North America editor Jon Sopel is in Las Vegas tonight.
:15:17. > :15:23.18 days to go, we've had the three televised debates. What's your sense
:15:24. > :15:27.tonight of the state of this race? Well, Hillary Clinton very clearly
:15:28. > :15:32.left Las Vegas last night feeling very buoyant indeed. Her team around
:15:33. > :15:36.her were celebrating a bit, there was quite a few drinks taken on the
:15:37. > :15:40.plane going back to New York. How this manifests itself is Hillary
:15:41. > :15:45.Clinton is expanding her ambitions. She is looking at Republican states,
:15:46. > :15:54.like Utah, Arizona, Midori, as possible targets as they sensed
:15:55. > :15:57.support for Donald Trump is crumbling -- Missouri. For Donald
:15:58. > :16:01.Trump, he needs to get his campaign on an even keel and get back to the
:16:02. > :16:03.issues that have served him well in the run-up to this presidential
:16:04. > :16:05.stage of the campaign. But he's coming under attack and those
:16:06. > :16:08.comments last night about not perhaps accepting the result have
:16:09. > :16:12.brought fresh criticism from Barack Obama. But with 18 days to go,
:16:13. > :16:17.there's still a high degree of unpredictability. Jon Sopel with the
:16:18. > :16:20.latest in Las Vegas after that debate.
:16:21. > :16:21.The Iraqi Prime Minister says the operation to recapture
:16:22. > :16:24.the city of Mosul - the last major stronghold
:16:25. > :16:32.of so-called Islamic State in Iraq - is progressing faster than planned.
:16:33. > :16:35.IS controls a large area around Mosul, where 1.5 million
:16:36. > :16:39.In the past 48 hours Iraqi government forces have made
:16:40. > :16:42.significant gains to the south of the city.
:16:43. > :16:45.Today, their Kurdish Peshmerga allies began a major advance
:16:46. > :16:49.on three fronts - to the north and east.
:16:50. > :16:52.Our correspondent Orla Guerin is with Kurdish forces attacking
:16:53. > :17:04.Singing of bravery on their way into battle.
:17:05. > :17:07.Kurdish Peshmerga fighters shoulder to shoulder, knowing dawn
:17:08. > :17:16.could bring them face-to-face with so-called Islamic State.
:17:17. > :17:19.And, with first light, the Kurds began attacking IS positions,
:17:20. > :17:31.The militants replied with tracer fire.
:17:32. > :17:53.The Peshmerga tried frantically to shoot it down.
:17:54. > :17:56.A drone, apparently rigged with explosives, killed two
:17:57. > :18:18.But there was little time to celebrate.
:18:19. > :18:29.As IS is pounded with heavy weapons, the Kurds listen
:18:30. > :18:37.Here, they try to coordinate a counter-attack on the troops.
:18:38. > :18:41.Target them on the bridge, one commander says, fire missiles
:18:42. > :18:48.Then there is a plea for reinforcements.
:18:49. > :18:57.But IS couldn't muster any here and the assault continued.
:18:58. > :19:03.Soon the extremists were losing ground.
:19:04. > :19:05.We are entering an area that the Kurdish forces
:19:06. > :19:09.They came in about half an hour or so.
:19:10. > :19:16.Now, the further they go forward, the more resistance they expect
:19:17. > :19:19.to face from suicide bombers and from snipers,
:19:20. > :19:26.and we've heard some sniper fire just in the last few moments.
:19:27. > :19:32.The troops believe that IS has spent months planting roadside
:19:33. > :19:38.There will be many more hazards on the journey ahead,
:19:39. > :19:41.and Kurdish sources say IS is now regrouping in some areas.
:19:42. > :19:54.Orla Guerin, BBC News, north of Mosul.
:19:55. > :20:01.An American soldier was killed today in a bomb attack near Mosul. More
:20:02. > :20:05.than 100 US troops are advising Iraq each -- Iraqi forces as they
:20:06. > :20:06.advance. The American commander of coalition forces is helping to
:20:07. > :20:12.coordinate operations from an coordinate operations from an
:20:13. > :20:14.airbase at Qayyarah and he told our defence correspondent that defeating
:20:15. > :20:23.IS was not going to be easy. The fight for Mosul is being led by
:20:24. > :20:29.Iraqi forces but with America's help. Supported by Apache gunships,
:20:30. > :20:34.we travelled with the most senior coalition commander in Iraq,
:20:35. > :20:38.Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend, now keeping a close eye on the
:20:39. > :20:45.battle. The BBC is the first media to begin this access since the
:20:46. > :20:49.offensive was launched. Our first stop, and austere base from where
:20:50. > :21:00.the US is supporting Iraqi and Peshmerga forces as they push
:21:01. > :21:03.towards the city. Their artillery and these shells being used to
:21:04. > :21:10.target so-called Islamic State. There are days when we are going to
:21:11. > :21:12.do our well and there are days we are going to get to vote. This is a
:21:13. > :21:19.big operation in a long war. So, big operation in a long war. So,
:21:20. > :21:23.when you pull back and look at it, here's what I see. I see the Iraqi
:21:24. > :21:30.security forces have largely encircled Mosul and they are
:21:31. > :21:35.imposing their will on the enemy in Mosul now. There are 5000 US troops
:21:36. > :21:41.in Iraq but not to directly join the fight. All general Townsend tells me
:21:42. > :21:44.is the offensive, an American imposed plan, but he is in close
:21:45. > :21:51.contact with Iraqi commanders. At contact with Iraqi commanders. At
:21:52. > :21:53.his next meeting with a rock's chief of defence staff, he looks for
:21:54. > :21:59.reassurances that they have enough equipment and men. Defeating IS in
:22:00. > :22:03.Mosul won't be easy. They are adaptable, creative and cunning. We
:22:04. > :22:12.have seen all kinds of examples of that. It's a challenging opponent.
:22:13. > :22:15.They crucify people and they drive They crucify people and they drive
:22:16. > :22:22.over people on the street with bulldozers. Are they using human
:22:23. > :22:26.shields? Yeah, probably. This is a brutal opponent that has to be
:22:27. > :22:31.long it will take but, as we leave long it will take but, as we leave
:22:32. > :22:34.with Mosul in the distance, any victory still looks some way off.
:22:35. > :22:36.The House of Commons has called for the former owner
:22:37. > :22:39.of British Home Stores, Sir Philip Green, to be
:22:40. > :22:43.The vote by MPs isn't binding, but it will add to the pressure
:22:44. > :22:49.Sir Philip, who was knighted for 'services to retail' a decade
:22:50. > :22:52.ago, sold BHS for ?1 last year - shortly before it collapsed.
:22:53. > :22:54.He's accused MPs of misrepresenting the facts, as our business editor
:22:55. > :23:00.This knight of the realm has been described by many
:23:01. > :23:03.as more like an emperor, and today, they came to bury him,
:23:04. > :23:12.I see Green as a billionaire spiv, a billionaire spiv who should never
:23:13. > :23:15.have received a knighthood, a billionaire spiv that has
:23:16. > :23:21.BHS is one of the biggest corporate scandals of modern times.
:23:22. > :23:25.I think the whole House has sympathy for the thousands of workers
:23:26. > :23:28.and pensioners who've lost their jobs and seen their benefits
:23:29. > :23:33.reduced as a result of greed, incompetence and hubris.
:23:34. > :23:35.Strip Philip Green of his knighthood, take him to task
:23:36. > :23:38.and maybe get him to sell a few of his superyachts
:23:39. > :23:40.so my constituents and everybody else's constituents can get
:23:41. > :23:44.the pensions and retirement they worked so hard for.
:23:45. > :23:47.To be honest this wasn't really much of a debate
:23:48. > :23:52.To call for another committee to strip somebody of an honour
:23:53. > :23:56.when the normal process is that an honour is only taken away
:23:57. > :23:59.if somebody has committed a criminal offence is an abuse
:24:00. > :24:03.Jane Costello from South Shields was one of 11,000 people
:24:04. > :24:09.who lost their jobs and she was very clear about what should happen.
:24:10. > :24:11.I think he should be stripped of his knighthood, 100%.
:24:12. > :24:13.He doesn't realise what he's done to everybody and he's swanning
:24:14. > :24:23.It's not fair for what everybody else is going through.
:24:24. > :24:25.Today's motion does not mean that Sir Philip Green will
:24:26. > :24:29.Any decision on that will be made here, in Whitehall.
:24:30. > :24:32.It's also very rare for people not found guilty of doing anything
:24:33. > :24:37.Fred Goodwin of RBS fame is the last and possibly most famous example,
:24:38. > :24:41.but it seems Sir Philip has become the new poster boy for popular
:24:42. > :24:50.During her party conference Theresa May made a thinly disguised
:24:51. > :24:54.A director who takes out massive dividends while knowing
:24:55. > :24:58.that the company pension is about to go bust.
:24:59. > :25:10.One possible route to redemption may lie in honouring a pensions promise
:25:11. > :25:17.It's resolvable, sortable, we will sort it.
:25:18. > :25:21.Sir Philip Green was watching today, and I understand a new attempt
:25:22. > :25:25.at a pensions settlement is imminent, but at this stage cash
:25:26. > :25:27.may save his knighthood but not his reputation.
:25:28. > :25:34.A brief look at some of the day's other other news stories.
:25:35. > :25:37.The Scottish Government has published its draft bill on a second
:25:38. > :25:47.The move doesn't guarantee another referendum,
:25:48. > :25:49.but First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Scotland should be
:25:50. > :25:52.ready to hold a vote, if it's in Scotland's interests.
:25:53. > :25:54.The European Space Agency says it still doesn't know the fate
:25:55. > :25:58.of a robotic probe which was due to land on Mars yesterday.
:25:59. > :26:00.Scientists say that signals from the robot were lost less
:26:01. > :26:02.than a minute before it was expected to touch down.
:26:03. > :26:07.They believe its parachute was jettisoned too early.
:26:08. > :26:10.Community pharmacies in England will have their budgets cut by more
:26:11. > :26:14.Reports earlier this year suggested that 3000 chemists could close
:26:15. > :26:18.as a result of the funding shake-up, but that figure has been
:26:19. > :26:25.Labour described the plans as "short-sighted".
:26:26. > :26:28.A Royal Navy destroyer and a frigate have been sent to shadow
:26:29. > :26:30.a group of Russian warships which are passing through the North
:26:31. > :26:36.The ships, including Russia's only aircraft carrier
:26:37. > :26:40.and a battle cruiser, are believed to be heading
:26:41. > :26:45.Tonight Nato said there was concern the vessels might launch attacks
:26:46. > :26:56.Our diplomatic correspondent James Robbins is in Moscow tonight.
:26:57. > :27:04.James, what is your reading of the situation there? Well, the decision
:27:05. > :27:09.originally to deploy Russia's only carrier for the first time to a
:27:10. > :27:14.combat zone was taken, we believe, about three months ago by President
:27:15. > :27:18.Putin and the Kremlin, but the fact is deployment is going ahead at a
:27:19. > :27:22.time when Russia says it is extending by another 24 hours its
:27:23. > :27:27.military pause in Syria, suggested Nato and its Secretary General that
:27:28. > :27:32.the longer term plan may be much grimmer, from the point of view of
:27:33. > :27:35.the people of Aleppo. The Secretary-General suggested Russia
:27:36. > :27:40.could be about to inflict even greater human suffering on the city.
:27:41. > :27:45.The military purpose is clear. It will give Russia a far greater
:27:46. > :27:48.firepower in the region, there is also a clear political message. It
:27:49. > :27:52.isn't actually necessary to send a carrier to the eastern Mediterranean
:27:53. > :27:58.to achieve that increase in firepower. It could be done with
:27:59. > :28:02.land-based aircraft. Part of the political message is partly to
:28:03. > :28:06.Britain and France, particularly Britain, taunting the Royal Navy for
:28:07. > :28:10.not having an operational aircraft carrier of its own and, to France
:28:11. > :28:15.and Nato allies, saying that Russia has the will to fight in Syria, and
:28:16. > :28:19.you have shown that you don't. I think that is the message President
:28:20. > :28:22.Putin wants to send out. James Robbins with the latest from Moscow.
:28:23. > :28:25.Thousands of gay and bisexual men who were convicted of sexual
:28:26. > :28:26.offences under laws which have since been abolished
:28:27. > :28:30.Campaigners say around 65,000 men were convicted, of whom
:28:31. > :28:36.The government says anyone found guilty of consensual
:28:37. > :28:37.same-sex relationships would have their names cleared,
:28:38. > :28:41.and for those still living the offences would be removed
:28:42. > :28:46.Our correspondent Judith Moritz has the story.
:28:47. > :28:50.There's nothing to hide in Manchester's gay village,
:28:51. > :28:57.50 years ago, doing this could land gay men in jail.
:28:58. > :29:01.The World War II code breaker Alan Turing was prosecuted for gross
:29:02. > :29:10.This memorial to Alan Turing in Manchester remembers him
:29:11. > :29:15.as the father of computer science and as a victim of prejudice.
:29:16. > :29:18.After Turing was pardoned in 2013, his family campaigned for other
:29:19. > :29:25.prosecuted gay men to be given the same treatment.
:29:26. > :29:28.Now, the so-called Turing Law will be extended to thousands of men
:29:29. > :29:35.Men I spoke to in Manchester welcomed the decision.
:29:36. > :29:39.Some of my friends that grew up back then, they had to hide away.
:29:40. > :29:42.They were made to be criminals and they weren't criminals,
:29:43. > :29:44.but they were made to feel like they were.
:29:45. > :29:49.It wasn't nice, I imagine, to be walking down the street
:29:50. > :29:53.If it wasn't for those people, we wouldn't be able to do that
:29:54. > :29:57.today, so we have to remember what they went through for us.
:29:58. > :30:01.But not all campaigners feel that pardons are enough.
:30:02. > :30:04.We introduced two of them, young activist Daniel Harris
:30:05. > :30:11.What I'm most interested in, which pleases me, which drives me
:30:12. > :30:14.more than anything is the posthumous apology to all those
:30:15. > :30:20.that have gone before, all those that have died before,
:30:21. > :30:23.Alan Turing, and going back as far as Oscar Wilde.
:30:24. > :30:26.I see a pardon as kind of a way forward but it's not enough,
:30:27. > :30:32.and I completely ask for the Government to actually give
:30:33. > :30:37.an official apology and put right the wrongs from the past.
:30:38. > :30:40.Men eligible for pardons will have to apply through the Home Office.
:30:41. > :30:44.Alan Turing's family say they're glad other men will finally receive
:30:45. > :30:52.Judith Moritz, BBC News, Manchester.
:30:53. > :31:06.Here is Kirsty. Tonight, we are rewarding the wrong headteachers
:31:07. > :31:08.with big paycheques and knighthoods when the best teachers are paid the
:31:09. > :31:11.worst. Join me now on BBC Two. Here on BBC One it's time
:31:12. > :31:15.for the news where you are.