:00:00. > :00:08.The Welsh village of Aberfan falls silent 50 years after the disaster
:00:09. > :00:14.that killed 144 people, most of them children.
:00:15. > :00:18.Remembering the dead at the exact moment when the village was suddenly
:00:19. > :00:22.hit by an avalanche of coalmining waste.
:00:23. > :00:26.It swept down the hillside engulfing a primary school
:00:27. > :00:30.Some rescuers had to dig with their bare hands
:00:31. > :00:41.Hell of a noise. We didn't know what it was. We looked out of the window
:00:42. > :00:45.and seen like a black mass. Prince Charles laid a wreath
:00:46. > :00:48.in the village this afternoon and paid tribute to the survivors
:00:49. > :00:51.saying no-one could have borne those losses with greater
:00:52. > :00:53.strength or greater courage. A teenager's arrested on suspicion
:00:54. > :00:58.of terrorism after a suspect package was found on the tube
:00:59. > :00:59.in London yesterday. Sailing past the White Cliffs
:01:00. > :01:11.of Dover, the Russian It's been an extraordinary display
:01:12. > :01:15.of Russian military power just a few miles off the British coast. One
:01:16. > :01:19.Moscow newspaper called it an Armarda.
:01:20. > :01:21.The undercover Fake Sheikh, journalist Mazher Mahmood is jailed
:01:22. > :01:25.for tampering with evidence in a drugs trial.
:01:26. > :01:28.And a controversial twist for Wonder Woman as the fictional
:01:29. > :01:35.character's made a United Nations envoy for women.
:01:36. > :01:40.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News, England are in a real battle
:01:41. > :01:46.in the first Test against Bangladesh. The tourists were bowled
:01:47. > :02:01.out for 293 while the hosts closed day two on 221.
:02:02. > :02:04.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Ten.
:02:05. > :02:08.It was one the worst disasters in modern British history.
:02:09. > :02:17.This morning at 9:15 a minutes' silence was held in the village
:02:18. > :02:20.of Aberfan at the exact moment 50 years ago when 116 children
:02:21. > :02:26.between the ages of 7 and 10 and 28 adults were killed.
:02:27. > :02:31.They died when an avalanche of coal waste, 150,000 tonnes of it,
:02:32. > :02:33.slid down the hillside and engulfed the village primary school
:02:34. > :02:37.Around half the children at the school were died.
:02:38. > :02:39.Sian Lloyd has spent the day in Aberfan.
:02:40. > :02:44.Early morning in Aberfan and a community coming together
:02:45. > :02:48.to remember the disaster 50 years ago.
:02:49. > :02:52.The site of Pantglas School is now a memorial garden.
:02:53. > :02:56.At 9:15, the moment classrooms were engulfed,
:02:57. > :03:23.And at the cemetery, high on the hillside.
:03:24. > :03:33.This was a time to remember the 144 people who died in a man-made
:03:34. > :03:37.disaster when liquefied coal waste slid down the mountainside.
:03:38. > :03:43.Eight-year-old Gerald Kirwan was in the second year juniors.
:03:44. > :03:46.He was one of the lucky ones, but his memories
:03:47. > :03:53.I could hear like, a rumbling, like thunder.
:03:54. > :04:01.A hell of a noise, didn't know what it was
:04:02. > :04:04.and we looked up to the window and we see, like,
:04:05. > :04:11.I'd been pushed across the classroom to the back wall,
:04:12. > :04:17.We were just waiting, wondering what had happened
:04:18. > :04:23.to cause the devastation we were trapped in.
:04:24. > :04:27.Where classrooms once stood, today the Prince of Wales planted a tree,
:04:28. > :04:44.No-one should have to bear the losses you suffered, but
:04:45. > :04:51.no-one could have borne those losses with greater strength
:04:52. > :05:00.A balloon for each of the victims and a moment for Gerald Kirwan to
:05:01. > :05:05.share with his granddaughter, after keeping his emotions bottled up
:05:06. > :05:13.We never, ever spoke about it, to my mother and father,
:05:14. > :05:25.Even the children, there were only a few of us
:05:26. > :05:37.But it had been a disaster that was waiting to happen.
:05:38. > :05:41.Coal waste had been dumped in huge tips on top of streams and
:05:42. > :05:50.Local people were joined by miners in the search for survivors.
:05:51. > :05:52.But as the hours passed, rescuers realised that
:05:53. > :05:56.the children they were now finding had all died.
:05:57. > :06:01.Many were looking for their own own sons and daughters.
:06:02. > :06:03.David Goldsworthy lost his ten-year-old
:06:04. > :06:10.This is the first time he has returned to Aberfan
:06:11. > :06:13.on the anniversary itself from Canada, where he emigrated
:06:14. > :06:25.He would have been 60 this year, in August.
:06:26. > :06:40.No-one was ever prosecuted for the lives that were lost,
:06:41. > :06:44.although the National Coal Board was found to be to blame.
:06:45. > :06:47.I can go back to that class in seconds.
:06:48. > :07:05.And I don't imagine that will ever go away.
:07:06. > :07:12.Today has been difficult for many people here in Aberfan. For some,
:07:13. > :07:17.it's been the first time they've opened up and spoken publicly about
:07:18. > :07:21.what happened that day. This community showed great strength when
:07:22. > :07:26.fighting for answers and justice following the disaster and it
:07:27. > :07:33.continues to show that resilience, particularly today 50 years on when
:07:34. > :07:34.so many people have been looking in on Aberfan, the community spirit
:07:35. > :07:38.here's been tremendous. A 19-year-old man has been arrested
:07:39. > :07:41.under the Terrorism Act, following the discovery
:07:42. > :07:44.of a suspicious device on a Tube The man was arrested today by armed
:07:45. > :07:49.police who used a Taser stun gun during the operation on a street
:07:50. > :07:52.in North London. Our Home Affairs Correspondent,
:07:53. > :07:56.June Kelly has the story. The teenage suspect under
:07:57. > :07:59.arrest and being led away It was early afternoon
:08:00. > :08:05.when they moved in on him on a busy Armed officers were involved
:08:06. > :08:10.in a large police operation. They had him just under
:08:11. > :08:14.where the bridge is, just there. It was all seen by this man,
:08:15. > :08:18.who doesn't want his face shown. All of a sudden, I saw four or five
:08:19. > :08:23.men running towards this guy then they put him on the floor,
:08:24. > :08:26.they were shouting, saying "Armed And then I was looking from upstairs
:08:27. > :08:33.- they had him on the floor Police used a Taser stun gun
:08:34. > :08:41.to overpower the 19-year-old. He was struggling not
:08:42. > :08:47.to be arrested, but in the end they arrested him
:08:48. > :08:49.and they took him away. He has been detained
:08:50. > :08:52.after a security alert yesterday A suspicious package was found
:08:53. > :08:58.on a train at North Greenwich station and was detonated
:08:59. > :09:01.in a controlled explosion. Police are said to be
:09:02. > :09:03.keeping an open mind about a possible motive,
:09:04. > :09:07.and are not looking for anyone Over the past 24 hours patrols have
:09:08. > :09:13.been stepped up around transport hubs in the capital,
:09:14. > :09:16.to reassure the public. The device is now being
:09:17. > :09:25.forensically examined. There are reports, unconfirmed
:09:26. > :09:28.by the police, that it contained Tonight the suspect
:09:29. > :09:32.is being held on suspicion of committing, preparing
:09:33. > :09:36.and instigating terrorist acts. Theresa May has warned other
:09:37. > :09:40.European leaders that Britain mustn't be sidelined,
:09:41. > :09:42.within the EU, while both The Prime Minister was speaking
:09:43. > :09:49.after a summit in Brussels where she was allowed just five minutes,
:09:50. > :09:53.in the early hours of this morning, to outline her position
:09:54. > :09:55.on leaving the European Union. From Brussels here's our
:09:56. > :09:57.Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg. Colour-coded documents tagged,
:09:58. > :10:03.ready for the talks. But after only a five-minute hearing
:10:04. > :10:06.at 1am can Theresa May Not just throw up their hands,
:10:07. > :10:12.or worse, gang up against Britain. My aim is to cement Britain
:10:13. > :10:21.as a close partner with the EU once we have left and the UK
:10:22. > :10:24.will continue to face similar challenges to our
:10:25. > :10:27.European neighbours. We will continue to share the same
:10:28. > :10:30.values and so I want a mature, cooperative relationship
:10:31. > :10:34.with our European partners. Do you really expect all 27
:10:35. > :10:38.countries in the European Union to keep listening to Britain
:10:39. > :10:42.when we are quitting? Aren't they entitled,
:10:43. > :10:45.actually, to ignore us now? But as long as we are members
:10:46. > :10:48.of the European Union, we continue to meet our rights
:10:49. > :10:51.and obligations as members of the European Union and that has
:10:52. > :10:55.been welcomed and I think that is the right spirit
:10:56. > :10:59.and approach to take in this. We will continue to play our role,
:11:00. > :11:02.as I have done, I can assure you that
:11:03. > :11:09.I haven't been backwards Just listen to the EU's
:11:10. > :11:13.top official. How did the evening
:11:14. > :11:16.go with Theresa May? We had no special event
:11:17. > :11:20.with Theresa May yesterday. to stop influence draining
:11:21. > :11:25.away before we leave. She has all the experience,
:11:26. > :11:27.she knows the corridors, how to talk on how to behave
:11:28. > :11:30.and what to expect from others, There's still business to do,
:11:31. > :11:36.on steel dumping, on Russia. How did you get on with
:11:37. > :11:42.Theresa May last night? ..that the UK still
:11:43. > :11:46.deserves to have a voice. This is so tricky for
:11:47. > :11:49.the Prime Minister because Britain has basically told the rest
:11:50. > :11:52.of the EU, we want a divorce, but we won't move out for two years
:11:53. > :11:55.and we still want to call the shots. Theresa May is keen to preserve
:11:56. > :11:58.as much influence as possible, but that will be irritating
:11:59. > :12:02.to the rest of the EU. It's been a grumpy summit all round,
:12:03. > :12:06.with tensions between its leaders on Brexit, and despite the Brussels'
:12:07. > :12:10.top brass's best efforts, an EU trade deal with Canada is
:12:11. > :12:16.being blocked by just one tiny part A taste of what might
:12:17. > :12:21.lie ahead for us. As meeting the EU's top official,
:12:22. > :12:25.the difficulties of escaping As leaders left after 15 hours
:12:26. > :12:33.of talks out of 24... More or less one hour left
:12:34. > :12:36.to Italian journalists. ..not much is settled, but this -
:12:37. > :12:40.there is no guarantee continental colleagues will heed Britain's
:12:41. > :12:44.demands to be heard. No sense, even, that our wishes
:12:45. > :12:48.will be a priority. And the Prime Minister lives under
:12:49. > :12:55.no illusion that quitting the EU Well while in Brussels,
:12:56. > :13:02.Theresa May said the European Union had to keep "all options" open
:13:03. > :13:05.to try to halt Russia's bombing of civilians
:13:06. > :13:07.in the Syrian city of Aleppo. Her warning came as a Russian
:13:08. > :13:09.task force, including an aircraft carrier,
:13:10. > :13:12.steamed through the English channel The convoy was shadowed all the way
:13:13. > :13:17.by Royal Navy ships, as our correspondent
:13:18. > :13:35.Daniel Sandford reports. Just off-shore, beneath Dover, the
:13:36. > :13:42.Russian aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov. A 30-year-old survivor
:13:43. > :13:48.from the Soviet era. On the decks, Mig 29s. Two of the
:13:49. > :13:53.planes on board to reenforce the Russian power planes in Syria.
:13:54. > :13:59.The Russian ships were man marked as the Defence Secretary put it, by the
:14:00. > :14:05.Royal Navy. The type 45 destroyer, HMS Duncan sailed from Portsmouth to
:14:06. > :14:10.do the defensive duties. As we watched all ships were sailing west,
:14:11. > :14:13.down the main shipping lane. It's been an extraordinary display
:14:14. > :14:20.of Russian military power, a few miles off the British coast. One
:14:21. > :14:23.Moscow newspaper called it an Armada and the chosen route, straight down
:14:24. > :14:27.the English Channel is likely to have been chosen deliberately.
:14:28. > :14:33.The warships could have gone around the north coast of Scotland but this
:14:34. > :14:37.was the route that sent a powerful message, one which a former Royal
:14:38. > :14:41.Navy Admiral said was a wake-up call.
:14:42. > :14:45.Since the end of the Cold War we allowed capabilities to decline and
:14:46. > :14:50.our skills to decline as well. We have to get back into the game of
:14:51. > :14:54.countering the Russians when they seek to coerce European nations or
:14:55. > :15:00.project power like they have done with this task group.
:15:01. > :15:06.The task group is reenforcing a big Russian presence in Syria. Today the
:15:07. > :15:12.EU, blocked by Italy, stopped short of threatening sanctions by Russia
:15:13. > :15:17.for what it called aRossilities, like the bombings of civilians in
:15:18. > :15:21.Aleppo. Russia denies that this is a demonstration of hard power.
:15:22. > :15:25.. We are not talking about Russia's place on the world stage, that is
:15:26. > :15:31.not the aim of what Russia is doing in Syria. What Russia is doing is
:15:32. > :15:35.assisting at the request of the legitimate Government of that
:15:36. > :15:40.country, assisting its fight against terrorism. The truce in Aleppo,
:15:41. > :15:50.announced by Moscow, still held today. There were UN medical
:15:51. > :15:57.evacuations, and no-one able to leave. But the show of strength off
:15:58. > :16:01.the south coast was are reminder that the truce will not hold forever
:16:02. > :16:07.and more Russian firepower is on its way. Daniel Sandford, BBC News in
:16:08. > :16:09.Daniel Sandford, BBC News in the English Channel.
:16:10. > :16:12.In Iraq, government troops backed by Kurdish forces are inching
:16:13. > :16:14.forward in their fight against so-called Islamic State.
:16:15. > :16:16.Clashes near the city of Mosul have continued throughout the day
:16:17. > :16:19.with Iraqi troops pushing in from the South and Kurdish
:16:20. > :16:23.Today IS struck back launching an attack in Kirkuk a hundred miles
:16:24. > :16:26.Our Middle East Correspondent Orla Guerin is less than 10 miles
:16:27. > :16:33.from Mosul and sent this report from the frontline.
:16:34. > :16:38.Savouring freedom, civilians brought to safety by Kurdish fighters.
:16:39. > :16:43.They escaped the tyranny of so-called Islamic State,
:16:44. > :16:45.and the dangers of coalition air strikes.
:16:46. > :16:51.IS targets north of Mosul being pounded again today,
:16:52. > :17:05.This is the scene in the city of Kirkuk.
:17:06. > :17:07.Security forces battling to regain control, after a daring
:17:08. > :17:17.They hit multiple targets in and around the oil-rich city,
:17:18. > :17:25.which is 100 miles from Mosul and had been considered secure.
:17:26. > :17:28.Troops hunting for the militants who proved they can still strike
:17:29. > :17:38.Back at the front line, bomb disposal experts arrived
:17:39. > :17:46.They've already cleared 300 landmines along a stretch
:17:47. > :17:52.Troops are getting into position now for mine clearance.
:17:53. > :17:54.This is absolutely crucial for the Peshmerga
:17:55. > :18:01.The mines are slowing progress and they're claiming
:18:02. > :18:04.lives, but the work has to be done with care.
:18:05. > :18:07.Islamic State has laid mines in this area like a carpet.
:18:08. > :18:16.There were fears it was a suicide bomber.
:18:17. > :18:23.Nearby, civilians who had just fled, now safe from IS, but being screened
:18:24. > :18:28.by Kurdish intelligence, they're trying to prevent militants
:18:29. > :18:36.This man tells us they were forced to grow beards, and if IS caught
:18:37. > :18:43.someone with a phone, they were beheaded.
:18:44. > :18:52.He's rushed away before he can say more.
:18:53. > :18:56.A new camp is now being raised here for the many others
:18:57. > :18:59.who are expected to seek refuge from Iraq's latest war.
:19:00. > :19:04.Orla Guerin, BBC News, north of Mosul.
:19:05. > :19:07.In other news London City airport was closed for around three
:19:08. > :19:09.hours this afternoon after it was evacuated because of
:19:10. > :19:14.26 people were treated at the scene for breathing difficulties -
:19:15. > :19:17.Tonight police said they discovered what they "believe
:19:18. > :19:23.But they say it's not being treated as a terrorist related
:19:24. > :19:25.and that the spray cannister may have been discarded by a passenger.
:19:26. > :19:30.Flights were cancelled for more than three hours.
:19:31. > :19:32.The French authorities say they will start clearing
:19:33. > :19:35.the migrant camp in Calais - known as the jungle - on Monday.
:19:36. > :19:42.Migrants will be put on buses and taken to 300 temporary
:19:43. > :19:49.The authorities say the whole camp will be demolished by Friday.
:19:50. > :19:52.The FBI is investigating the cause of cyber attacks which have affected
:19:53. > :19:55.some of the best-known names on the internet today including
:19:56. > :19:59.The sites were disrupted after what's known as a denial
:20:00. > :20:10.It's not clear yet who is responsible, but the
:20:11. > :20:14.Authorities are looking at whether it is a criminal act.
:20:15. > :20:16.Nissan, says it will decide next month whether it will produce
:20:17. > :20:19.a new version of its Cash-qai model at its plant in Sunderland,
:20:20. > :20:22.in the first major investment decision in the car industry
:20:23. > :20:25.Last month, the company's chief executive
:20:26. > :20:28.warned he could halt investment because Brexit could make it more
:20:29. > :20:33.The Conservatives won the by-election in Witney brought
:20:34. > :20:43.about by David Cameron's departure from politics.
:20:44. > :20:46.But the new MP 's majority was cut from 25,000 to around 5,000
:20:47. > :20:51.In last night's other by-election Labour held the uncontested
:20:52. > :20:54.seat of Batley and Spen following the killing of the MP
:20:55. > :20:58.Mazher Mahmood - the man better known as the Fake Sheikh -
:20:59. > :21:01.who was responsible for a string of high profile tabloid stings,
:21:02. > :21:03.is beginning a 15 month jail sentence tonight.
:21:04. > :21:05.He was convicted of tampering with evidence in the drugs
:21:06. > :21:10.trial of the singer Tulisa Conto-stavlos,
:21:11. > :21:12.trial of the singer Tulisa Contostavlos,
:21:13. > :21:20.Mahmood has now been sacked by his employer News UK -
:21:21. > :21:23.Our correspondent David Sillito was in court.
:21:24. > :21:25.The man with his face hidden behind the hood is Mazher Mahmood,
:21:26. > :21:28.the Fake Sheikh, the king of the tabloid sting.
:21:29. > :21:36.He would pose as an Arab sheikh and lured dozens of people to do
:21:37. > :21:38.or say things that made them front-page news.
:21:39. > :21:43.Today, he was the one heading for jail, a 15 month sentence
:21:44. > :21:45.for lying and manipulating evidence, trying to get the singer Tulisa
:21:46. > :21:49.Outside court, one of his former victims, the actor John Alford,
:21:50. > :21:54.We now know that Mazher Mahmood is a manipulator of evidence
:21:55. > :22:04.This goes to show no one is above the law.
:22:05. > :22:08.Behind him, others who had been stung by the Fake Sheikh.
:22:09. > :22:14.He's not a journalist, he is a nasty conman.
:22:15. > :22:18.No, I never did, I never thought that we, the little people,
:22:19. > :22:25.would ever get the truth out there and it's a great day for us.
:22:26. > :22:28.Now many of the criminal cases are under review.
:22:29. > :22:35.Over the years, he's boasted about how many people he's
:22:36. > :22:37.helped send to prison, sometimes based almost entirely
:22:38. > :22:45.He has now been sacked by the Sun On Sunday
:22:46. > :22:48.but some wonder why it didn't happen sooner.
:22:49. > :22:51.It was 28 years ago that he left his job at the Sunday Times
:22:52. > :22:55.He was soon back, a star of Rupert Murdoch's News of the World.
:22:56. > :22:58.His former boss always felt there was something wrong.
:22:59. > :23:00.The warnings were there, the warnings were there
:23:01. > :23:03.for the police, who continued to assist him, the warnings
:23:04. > :23:07.were there for News International, who continued to employ him,
:23:08. > :23:12.and I find it astonishing that he wasn't found out soon.
:23:13. > :23:15.and I find it astonishing that he wasn't found out sooner.
:23:16. > :23:17.And of course, all this follows the hacking scandal.
:23:18. > :23:20.The Government said there would be a second part of the Leveson
:23:21. > :23:22.Inquiry, an investigation into the press and the police.
:23:23. > :23:25.This conviction has only added to the demands for that inquiry
:23:26. > :23:31.To comic book fans she's an iconic superhero,
:23:32. > :23:35.brought to life in a hit seventies TV show and soon a film.
:23:36. > :23:36.To the United Nations, she represents 'female empowerment'.
:23:37. > :23:41.And because of that the UN has made the fictional character -
:23:42. > :23:49.Wonder Woman - an honorary UN ambassador for women and children.
:23:50. > :23:54.as our New York correspondent, Nick Bryant reports
:23:55. > :24:01.She can leap from tall buildings, she can also bend steel,
:24:02. > :24:04.but the transformation of Wonder Woman into a UN Ambassador
:24:05. > :24:08.for Female Empowerment has plunged this world body into the kind
:24:09. > :24:20.of storm that would test even her superhuman powers.
:24:21. > :24:23.With a new film about to be launched, UN officials hope the hero
:24:24. > :24:42.will help to reach younger audiences around the world.
:24:43. > :24:49.And the actor who first played her, spoke out.
:24:50. > :24:54.Wonder Woman helps to bring out the inner strength that every woman has.
:24:55. > :25:01.The staff at the UN mounted a silent protest. Real women deserve a real
:25:02. > :25:06.ambassador read their signs. There is real annoyance, that cultural,
:25:07. > :25:11.religious, and geopolitical sensibilities may be tramled by the
:25:12. > :25:18.cartoon character's leather boots. Hundreds of the UN staff have added
:25:19. > :25:23.their name to an online petition, complaining "that a large breasted
:25:24. > :25:29.white woman, of impossible proportions, scantily clad in a
:25:30. > :25:35.shimmery body suit with an American motif and knee-high boots is not an
:25:36. > :25:40.appropriate figure head." So what's been the reaction outside of the UN?
:25:41. > :25:46.I like what she stands for but I don't appreciate what she is
:25:47. > :25:53.wearing. I think she a great woman character but I think we could find
:25:54. > :25:59.somebody who is not so hyper sensualised.
:26:00. > :26:04.There are many here who see this as a towering PR disaster.