:00:00. > :00:00.Tonight at Ten, car-maker Nissan announces two new models
:00:00. > :00:11.Ministers deny there's been a 'special deal'.
:00:12. > :00:14.The decision safeguards 7,000 jobs in Sunderland,
:00:15. > :00:16.ending concerns that Nissan could pull out of the UK
:00:17. > :00:24.This is fantastic news for the British economy from Nissan.
:00:25. > :00:28.This is a very important commitment of investment here in the UK.
:00:29. > :00:30.Nissan said 'support and assurances' offered
:00:31. > :00:35.Labour's demanding to know the detail.
:00:36. > :00:38.We need to know what deal was done with Nissan,
:00:39. > :00:40.what support and promises was offered, but there'll be many
:00:41. > :00:43.other manufacturers now saying - what about us?
:00:44. > :00:46.And this on the day new figures suggest the UK economy grew more
:00:47. > :00:49.quickly than expected in the three months after the referendum.
:00:50. > :00:56.In Iraq, Kurdish forces move closer still to the city of Mosul -
:00:57. > :01:03.We're hearing quite a bit of outgoing fire.
:01:04. > :01:05.The troops are trying to gauge how much resistance
:01:06. > :01:10.In Calais, the migrant camp has now been cleared -
:01:11. > :01:15.but aid workers say dozens of young migrants have nowhere to go.
:01:16. > :01:19.Our amazing First Lady, Michelle Obama!
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:01:44. > :02:07.ranking, beating Gilles Simon in the second round in Vienna.
:02:08. > :02:11.The Japanese car company Nissan has confirmed that it's to build two
:02:12. > :02:13.new models at its factory in Sunderland.
:02:14. > :02:16.There had been concerns that Nissan might abandon the UK
:02:17. > :02:19.following the vote to leave the European Union.
:02:20. > :02:22.But today's decision safeguards 7,000 jobs.
:02:23. > :02:26.Nissan said that 'support and assurances' offered
:02:27. > :02:29.Ministers say that no compensation package has been offered,
:02:30. > :02:32.but Labour is calling for any deals to be made public.
:02:33. > :02:39.Our business editor Simon Jack is in Sunderland with the latest.
:02:40. > :02:46.You know, it's not often that a car factory that produces 2000 cars a
:02:47. > :02:50.day shuts down production, but they did today at 11am for this
:02:51. > :02:55.announcement, which was greeted with cheers, and no wonder. A month ago
:02:56. > :03:01.there was talk of deferral amidst Brexit uncertainty Auntie weeks ago
:03:02. > :03:04.the boss of Nissan pops into Downing Street, has a more positive tone and
:03:05. > :03:07.here we are today. The question is, what did the government offer Nissan
:03:08. > :03:10.and what does that mean for the government's wider industrial
:03:11. > :03:13.strategy? One thing is for sure, whatever they said, it worked.
:03:14. > :03:20.It was the news that Sunderland had been working for -- waiting for, a
:03:21. > :03:26.commitment to make cars into a post-Brexit future and it was
:03:27. > :03:30.welcomed by workers. I'm over the moon, it brings security. I've been
:03:31. > :03:34.here 25 years and I hope it will be here for 30 years. If Nissan goes
:03:35. > :03:39.down the north-east will be gone. It took over from the shipyard and the
:03:40. > :03:44.pits and if it was to go it would be back to the bad old days again. 55%
:03:45. > :03:48.of cars built here in Sunderland are for export to the EU. Those exports
:03:49. > :03:54.have bought 7000 jobs here in the plant and in total the car industry
:03:55. > :03:58.employs 169,000 people, with an estimated five times that number in
:03:59. > :04:03.the UK supply chain. This decision helps to paint a more reassuring
:04:04. > :04:06.picture of a post Brexit economy. This is fantastic news for the
:04:07. > :04:10.British economy, from Nissan. This is very important commitment to
:04:11. > :04:14.investment here in the UK. It shows the strength of our economy. We've
:04:15. > :04:18.been showing Nissan and others that we are committed to getting the best
:04:19. > :04:20.possible deal from the future relationship that we will be
:04:21. > :04:26.negotiating with the European Union and we wish to ensure and assure the
:04:27. > :04:30.competitiveness of the British economy. Just a month ago at the
:04:31. > :04:33.Paris motor show, the boss of Nissan was publicly expressing concerns
:04:34. > :04:39.about the uncertainty that Brexit would create for its UK operations.
:04:40. > :04:41.Well, it would mean obviously that Sunderland would lose
:04:42. > :04:45.competitiveness when it comes to choosing a place where we will be
:04:46. > :04:51.sourcing the products for Europe, because all of a sudden you are
:04:52. > :04:55.taking 10% higher costs for tax reasons. The big question is what on
:04:56. > :04:59.earth has the government offered Nissan to allay the fears? Is it
:05:00. > :05:03.compensation against possible future tariffs? Is it some kind of grand,
:05:04. > :05:06.maybe a cutting business rates? Nissan aren't denying that
:05:07. > :05:10.inducements have been discussed but they are denying a sweetheart deal,
:05:11. > :05:15.so whatever public money Nissan do end up getting the rest of the
:05:16. > :05:18.industry will want as well. We have confidence in the government and the
:05:19. > :05:21.government will put in enough note -- measures and means to support the
:05:22. > :05:26.whole of the automotive industry so at the end of it we remain
:05:27. > :05:29.competitive, no special deal for Nissan, it's the government working
:05:30. > :05:34.with the whole industry. It seems the government is smiling on the car
:05:35. > :05:38.industry, but what about the rest of the economy? I welcome a deal for
:05:39. > :05:42.Nissan if it protects jobs but we can't be in a situation where we get
:05:43. > :05:45.chaotically government leaks or individual statements dealing with
:05:46. > :05:50.individual sectors of the economy and not the whole economy's future.
:05:51. > :05:55.The city of Sunderland, full of cars set for European markets with the
:05:56. > :05:58.wind it seems from government. The course for other sectors of the
:05:59. > :06:01.economy is not yet charted. Simon Jack, BBC News, Sunderland.
:06:02. > :06:03.Nissan's announcement came on the day that figures suggested
:06:04. > :06:06.the UK economy grew faster than expected in the three months
:06:07. > :06:09.Strong consumer spending was one of the main factors.
:06:10. > :06:11.The rate of half of one per cent was slightly slower
:06:12. > :06:14.than in the previous quarter, but better than the Bank
:06:15. > :06:16.of England had forecast, as our economics correspondent
:06:17. > :06:22.This Sheffield manufacturer of wire connectors and other goods
:06:23. > :06:25.is everything the economy wasn't supposed to be following a vote
:06:26. > :06:28.to leave - confident, growing healthily and exporting
:06:29. > :06:30.patented manufactured goods based on innovation
:06:31. > :06:35.If anything, the weakness of the pound, post-referendum,
:06:36. > :06:45.We are 85% export - 40% of sales in euros,
:06:46. > :06:50.So, clearly, the value of those sales will go up in UK sterling.
:06:51. > :06:53.As the Chancellor visited a key export hub, Southampton's docks,
:06:54. > :06:56.the picture emerging from the post-referendum fog
:06:57. > :07:01.is of an economy growing faster than most expectations, including his.
:07:02. > :07:05.Very strong third quarter growth, that tells us that we go
:07:06. > :07:09.into the period of negotiation for our exit from the EU
:07:10. > :07:13.from a position of strength, with the economy doing very well.
:07:14. > :07:16.You warned in the spring that a vote to leave the European Union
:07:17. > :07:18.would leave us as a country weaker and worse off,
:07:19. > :07:21.that it would have a chilling effect, were you wrong?
:07:22. > :07:24.The economy has proved to be very resilient.
:07:25. > :07:27.We went into the referendum, I think the figures now show,
:07:28. > :07:30.stronger than we thought at the time and the economy has held
:07:31. > :07:39.But we are going to have a period of uncertainty ahead.
:07:40. > :07:42.On the official estimate, the value of all goods and services
:07:43. > :07:45.in the economy, gross domestic product, grew entirely
:07:46. > :07:49.because of the services sector, up by 0.8%.
:07:50. > :07:51.Elsewhere activity was down, with the construction sector
:07:52. > :07:56.shrinking by 1.4% and manufacturing overall down by 1%.
:07:57. > :07:59.The economy may be slowing down, but overall the economic effects
:08:00. > :08:02.of the Brexit vote have been nothing like what the Treasury predicted.
:08:03. > :08:05.In fact, to exporters like this one, the weakness of the pound has
:08:06. > :08:08.given them a big lift, but that benefit is accompanied
:08:09. > :08:17.If we're not members of the single market,
:08:18. > :08:23.that short-term gain could morph into long-term economic pain.
:08:24. > :08:26.Across Sheffield, this company has had to pay much more
:08:27. > :08:28.for the circular saw blades and other tools it
:08:29. > :08:32.If it hadn't announced higher prices, its profits would
:08:33. > :08:37.We would probably have stayed in bed because it wouldn't be worthwhile
:08:38. > :08:40.getting out of bed to come to work at that stage.
:08:41. > :08:43.We would not be making sufficient money to pay for the heating,
:08:44. > :08:44.the lighting, the wages and everything else.
:08:45. > :08:48.So it was inevitable that we would have to put the prices up.
:08:49. > :08:51.In cutting interest rates to record lows, the Bank of England
:08:52. > :08:53.sought to protect towns like Sheffield from the chill
:08:54. > :08:57.So far, at least, the climate's proved unexpectedly mild.
:08:58. > :09:02.Andy Verity, BBC News, Sheffield.
:09:03. > :09:09.Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg is in Westminster.
:09:10. > :09:16.When Nissan talk about getting support and assurances, do we know
:09:17. > :09:20.what they mean by that? Not precisely. Ministers say there was
:09:21. > :09:23.no haggling -- haggling, say they there was no cheque-book involved
:09:24. > :09:27.but if there wasn't a formal deal they have come to an understanding,
:09:28. > :09:31.shall we say. Ministers don't fly to Japan with nothing to say. The boss
:09:32. > :09:35.of Nissan didn't pop into Number Ten just to have a cup of tea at the
:09:36. > :09:45.best way to describe it as the Wootton main things that were put on
:09:46. > :09:47.the table, if you like. The first was a promise that ministers
:09:48. > :09:49.basically communicated to Nissan that we have voted to leave the
:09:50. > :09:52.European Union, but they haven't taken leave of their senses. They
:09:53. > :09:56.promised they would be serious petitions who calmly, reckless --
:09:57. > :09:59.rationally and not recklessly taken out of the European Union and over a
:10:00. > :10:02.period of time with the economy and business at the forefront of the
:10:03. > :10:06.mind. The second part of the discussions as I understand it were
:10:07. > :10:10.basically assurances about what happens if things get very, very
:10:11. > :10:14.sticky. And while there wasn't a deal, there were not detailed
:10:15. > :10:17.proposals, there is an understanding that if things go south then
:10:18. > :10:23.ministers don't deny they discussed the idea of compensation or possibly
:10:24. > :10:25.grants. Neither of those things completely unprecedented in times
:10:26. > :10:30.when the economy has a really hard time. But I think the broader thing
:10:31. > :10:34.here is the background that ministers are worried about what
:10:35. > :10:37.might happen to the economy, with the uncertainty of our relationship
:10:38. > :10:42.with the EU as we prepare to leave, and therefore we have seen in the
:10:43. > :10:45.last couple of weeks with Nissan -- Nissan, ministers are prepared to
:10:46. > :10:51.sweat it, to really push, to try to make sure that big businesses, big
:10:52. > :10:55.employers, do stay here in the UK and of course for other industries,
:10:56. > :10:58.whether they are banks or the aerospace industry, they may look at
:10:59. > :11:01.what has happened today and may look at the understanding that has been
:11:02. > :11:05.reached between Nissan and the government and think well, I quite
:11:06. > :11:07.fancy a bit of that and a president has been set. Laura Kuenssberg,
:11:08. > :11:12.thank you. In Iraq, special forces say they've
:11:13. > :11:14.moved more than 1,000 civilians from front-line areas around
:11:15. > :11:17.the city of Mosul, the last stronghold of so-called
:11:18. > :11:20.Islamic State in the country. As troops and Kurdish fighters
:11:21. > :11:22.continue their drive towards the city, the militants
:11:23. > :11:24.are fighting back, Our correspondent Orla Guerin
:11:25. > :11:30.and cameraman Nico Hameon are with Kurdish fighters
:11:31. > :11:32.and they're among the first journalists to get into
:11:33. > :11:54.the village of Fazliya A harbinger of terror. We entered
:11:55. > :11:59.hostile territory, taking the battle to IS with Kurdish Peshmerga
:12:00. > :12:03.fighters. This was the second attempt to freeze a village of
:12:04. > :12:11.Fazliya. Last week they faced heavy resistance. Along the way, tension
:12:12. > :12:17.building, as we start to come under fire and to respond. We are moving
:12:18. > :12:24.forward now, very slowly and carefully. We are hearing quite a
:12:25. > :12:28.bit of outgoing fire. The troops are trying to gauge how much resistance
:12:29. > :12:37.is in these villages. This was the answer. GUNFIRE. A massive roadside
:12:38. > :12:47.bomb just ahead. It was one of four on our route. Then the Peshmerga
:12:48. > :12:55.move to confront a suspected suicide bomber. They have to check him for
:12:56. > :13:04.explosives with their bare hands. This time they were lucky. Just a
:13:05. > :13:11.civilian. We arrive in what looks like a deserted village. Locals
:13:12. > :13:20.start to emerge, tentatively, to offer thanks. But soon, this.
:13:21. > :13:33.GUNFIRE. Warning shots. From weary troops. At last freedom and relief.
:13:34. > :13:44.There's nothing to worry about, he says. It's all over. But there's a
:13:45. > :13:48.of torment. -- there is a legacy of torment. They destroyed us, says
:13:49. > :13:54.Mohammed. They completely destroyed us. There was a sense of a community
:13:55. > :14:00.coming back to life, of old friends reuniting,
:14:01. > :14:03.freed from the tyranny of IS. A moment of victory
:14:04. > :14:07.for the Peshmerga and, "I can't find words to express how
:14:08. > :14:16.happy I am", says Hallad. "It feels like I've
:14:17. > :14:22.been born again." Nearby, locals attacked an IS sign
:14:23. > :14:24.that had loomed over them, instructing women to cover
:14:25. > :14:32.themselves from head to toe. Amar was happy to be wearing her
:14:33. > :14:38.best and not wearing a hijab. As this woman thanks the Peshmerga,
:14:39. > :14:41.IS make their presence felt, not Helping to secure the village,
:14:42. > :14:54.Alan Duncan, a volunteer He's fought with the Peshmerga
:14:55. > :15:00.since 2014 and has been part of the recent push
:15:01. > :15:05.against IS or Daesh. It's kind of funny because places
:15:06. > :15:08.that are weak, places that will stand and fight,
:15:09. > :15:12.they're very up and down, you know, but you're talking a lot of these
:15:13. > :15:15.people cheering now were probably They've just gone back
:15:16. > :15:18.into their community, Even as they celebrate,
:15:19. > :15:23.the troops know their enemy Well, the Peshmerga are now moving
:15:24. > :15:29.through the village, they're securing the area street
:15:30. > :15:32.by street and more and more They can speak freely for the first
:15:33. > :15:38.time in over two years, but there The fighters are concerned that
:15:39. > :15:42.among those coming out onto the streets there
:15:43. > :15:48.could be suicide bombers. But there were no threats concealed
:15:49. > :15:57.among the villagers, they were savouring the chance
:15:58. > :15:59.to reclaim old pleasures, The black flag of IS has been pulled
:16:00. > :16:04.down from the mosque, the Peshmerga vowing that never
:16:05. > :16:07.again will it be allowed Orla Guerin, BBC News,
:16:08. > :16:17.Fazliya, northern Iraq. In Calais, aid workers have
:16:18. > :16:19.expressed concern for dozens of children and young people
:16:20. > :16:22.who were forced to sleep on the roadside last night
:16:23. > :16:25.after the French authorities closed Since Monday, some 5,500 people have
:16:26. > :16:29.been moved from the camp The Home Secretary, Amber Rudd,
:16:30. > :16:41.spoke to the French Interior for children who remain
:16:42. > :16:47.in Calais to be protected. Our correspondent, Damian
:16:48. > :16:49.Grammaticas, sent this report. It's the slow strangling
:16:50. > :16:55.of life in the Jungle. French police moved in today then,
:16:56. > :16:57.this afternoon, sealed off the entry,
:16:58. > :17:00.reasserting control here. So it seems the polices' patience
:17:01. > :17:03.is starting to run out and with each of these moves that
:17:04. > :17:05.they're making up here, a bit more territory,
:17:06. > :17:08.pushing the remaining refugees that little bit further
:17:09. > :17:10.away from the Jungle. If you go on the bus
:17:11. > :17:16.to the registration centre... If you are not 17 or younger,
:17:17. > :17:29.then you need to take the adult bus. For the adults a new destination,
:17:30. > :17:31.refugee processing We found this boy, 16
:17:32. > :17:39.years old, from Sudan, the papers proving his age
:17:40. > :17:42.are still in the Jungle. The French people
:17:43. > :17:44.reject me to inside, The children are meant to be
:17:45. > :17:55.going here, into care. Some will end up in the UK,
:17:56. > :17:59.but last night a few were left An activist filmed this today,
:18:00. > :18:06.children being detained by police. The destruction of the Jungle
:18:07. > :18:16.is gathering pace, homes The fear is up to 100 children may
:18:17. > :18:31.still have no place to go. This representative
:18:32. > :18:33.from the Police Union told working here who could bring
:18:34. > :18:37.the children to the police But nearby were more boys,
:18:38. > :18:40.all under 17, wondering if they face The Jungle is gone, but a tangled
:18:41. > :18:45.web of problems endured. Damian Grammaticas,
:18:46. > :18:50.BBC News, Calais. Health experts in Northern Ireland
:18:51. > :18:53.have expressed concern that pregnant women are putting their lives
:18:54. > :18:55.at risk by taking abortion pills The strict abortion laws
:18:56. > :19:00.in Northern Ireland mean that a pregnancy can only be legally
:19:01. > :19:03.terminated if the life or health According to the United Nations,
:19:04. > :19:09.six nations worldwide have a total ban on abortion
:19:10. > :19:13.under any circumstances. A further 38, including
:19:14. > :19:25.Northern Ireland, have very strict controls which allow abortion
:19:26. > :19:26.if the mother's life, In recent months, campaigners
:19:27. > :19:30.in Northern Ireland have intensified their calls
:19:31. > :19:32.for a change in the law. Chris Buckler has this special
:19:33. > :19:33.report. This was a deliberately provocative
:19:34. > :19:36.stunt by pro-abortion campaigners, using a drone to deliver pills
:19:37. > :19:40.capable of causing a pregnancy to be terminated, and then taking
:19:41. > :19:42.the drugs in full view But similar pills are arriving
:19:43. > :19:51.in Northern Ireland regularly, despite the strict laws that prevent
:19:52. > :19:53.any abortion unless the mother's It's a class issue now where those
:19:54. > :20:03.who can afford it are travelling to England, they're having
:20:04. > :20:05.an abortion there privately and those who can't afford it
:20:06. > :20:07.are here, to either situation or get these pills online
:20:08. > :20:10.and face criminalisation. There have been many warnings,
:20:11. > :20:13.that people can't be sure what they're ordering
:20:14. > :20:15.from the numerous websites that Purchasing and using the drugs
:20:16. > :20:20.is illegal across the UK and Ireland, but pills we ordered
:20:21. > :20:23.arrived from India with little documentation and we had them tested
:20:24. > :20:28.at Queen's University in Belfast. As with all drugs, there are risks
:20:29. > :20:31.associated with this drugs use. Of particular concern with this drug
:20:32. > :20:41.would be the heavy bleeding and a number of women
:20:42. > :20:44.would actually require a blood If you're talking there
:20:45. > :20:48.about potentially heavy blood loss as a result of using these drugs,
:20:49. > :20:51.is that potentially But the BBC has learned that
:20:52. > :20:55.recently, at least one woman was reported to police and charged
:20:56. > :20:58.with using abortion pills Groups like Amnesty have been
:20:59. > :21:02.involved in a long campaign to try to get the laws here relaxed,
:21:03. > :21:05.but there's resistance, too. Abortion is a particularly sensitive
:21:06. > :21:08.issue in Northern Ireland and that probably reflects the close links
:21:09. > :21:13.between religion and politics. We've been looking to the UK
:21:14. > :21:16.and saying, we don't want that to happen and our politicians have
:21:17. > :21:20.been holding against the tide of some people, like
:21:21. > :21:23.Amnesty International and other groups who are actively trying
:21:24. > :21:27.to quite forcefully change our law. We made several requests to speak to
:21:28. > :21:30.Northern Ireland's Justice Minister, Claire Sugden -
:21:31. > :21:32.she refused them all. But she was due to give interviews
:21:33. > :21:37.at this charity event. Has the NSPCC invited
:21:38. > :21:41.you in here today? When it became clear that we wanted
:21:42. > :21:44.to talk about abortion, however, Why is she not prepared to answer
:21:45. > :21:49.any questions about abortion? I'm not answering
:21:50. > :21:52.any more questions Northern Ireland's Health Minister
:21:53. > :22:02.also refused to speak to us, a sign Its power-sharing Government
:22:03. > :22:08.continues to consider proposals for allowing abortion in cases
:22:09. > :22:11.of rape or incest or where the baby Campaigners claim a majority
:22:12. > :22:18.of people support change, but so far there's no sign
:22:19. > :22:20.of agreement among the politicians. A free-trade agreement
:22:21. > :22:47.between the European Union and Canada is finally set to go
:22:48. > :22:49.ahead after the Belgian region of Wallonia finally
:22:50. > :23:02.agreed to the plans. has led to protests -
:23:03. > :23:06.including today outside the European Commission in Brussels -
:23:07. > :23:09.from workers who fear it gives too much power to multi-national
:23:10. > :23:11.companies and harms Nasa has released an image that
:23:12. > :23:21.sheds further light on the fate of a European spacecraft
:23:22. > :23:24.which crashed on Mars last week. The magnified image shows the black
:23:25. > :23:26.crater made by the Schiaparelli module after its parachute
:23:27. > :23:28.was released too early, Dark smears on either side suggest
:23:29. > :23:32.a fuel tank exploded 12 days before Americans visit
:23:33. > :23:40.the polling stations to elect a new president and Republican
:23:41. > :23:42.nominee, Donald Trump, has been campaigning
:23:43. > :23:44.in the key state of Ohio, while the Democratic candidate,
:23:45. > :23:46.Hillary Clinton, has been harnessing the campaigning power
:23:47. > :23:48.of First Lady Michelle Obama at a rally in the key
:23:49. > :23:50.state of North Carolina. Our correspondent, Nick Bryant,
:23:51. > :24:00.is in Winston-Salem tonight. Huw, at a time when many senior
:24:01. > :24:03.Republicans are distancing themselves from Donald Trump one of
:24:04. > :24:07.Hillary Clinton's great advantages is the support she is receiving on
:24:08. > :24:12.the campaign trail from big name Democratic backers. Her husband,
:24:13. > :24:15.Bill Clinton, the Vice-President, Joe Biden, the President himself,
:24:16. > :24:21.Barack Obama. In an election where millions more female voters will go
:24:22. > :24:22.to the polls than male voters, it's a woman who's become her not so
:24:23. > :24:28.secret weapon. This is the sort of enthusiasm,
:24:29. > :24:34.these are the sort of crowds you don't often witness outside
:24:35. > :24:36.a Hillary Clinton rally. But the headline act was not so much
:24:37. > :24:45.the former First Lady, I thought you were going
:24:46. > :24:50.to say Hillary Clinton? Hillary Clinton, too,
:24:51. > :24:52.but Michelle, too. Michelle's the main one
:24:53. > :24:54.I want to see, but I'm Warm, trustworthy with the charisma
:24:55. > :25:03.of a rock star. Michelle Obama has personality
:25:04. > :25:05.traits that critics say are lacking in the Democratic presidential
:25:06. > :25:08.nominee, but Hillary Clinton knows it makes political sense
:25:09. > :25:12.to be upstaged. It doesn't get any better
:25:13. > :25:15.than being here with our most They're members of an exclusive
:25:16. > :25:25.sisterhood, The First Ladies Club and they're determined to prevent
:25:26. > :25:28.Donald Trump from occupying a White House in Washington that,
:25:29. > :25:30.between them, they've lived Hillary, she says, is the only one
:25:31. > :25:34.qualified to be president. She has more experience and exposure
:25:35. > :25:37.to the presidency than any candidate Yes, more than Barack,
:25:38. > :25:46.more than Bill. So she is absolutely ready to be
:25:47. > :25:52.Commander-in-Chief on day one. Getting young women out to vote
:25:53. > :26:04.is an urgent priority for Hillary Clinton
:26:05. > :26:07.because many haven't been that enthused by the prospect
:26:08. > :26:13.of a first female president. With millennial voters especially,
:26:14. > :26:16.Michelle Obama could make I think Michelle has
:26:17. > :26:26.convinced me because I look up to her as the First Lady
:26:27. > :26:29.and all the things that she says encourages me to vote
:26:30. > :26:31.for Hillary Clinton. Her presence in the election
:26:32. > :26:33.is really helpful for millennials because sometimes we could look
:26:34. > :26:36.at the election and think - And Michelle Obama is there
:26:37. > :26:39.to reassure us that we can Michelle Obama has long been
:26:40. > :26:43.a reluctant political warrior, but not in this election,
:26:44. > :26:46.she's become the Democrats They talk about the "big
:26:47. > :26:55.mo" in US elections, that all-important momentum,
:26:56. > :26:57.but perhaps a new phrase should enter the political lexicon -
:26:58. > :26:59.the Michelle effect. Nick Bryant, BBC News,
:27:00. > :27:10.North Carolina. The author and eminent art critic,
:27:11. > :27:13.John Berger, will be 90 next week and he'll be celebrating
:27:14. > :27:16.with the publication of a new book, Berger was a key figure in making
:27:17. > :27:20.one of the most influential television series on art,
:27:21. > :27:26.called Ways of Seeing, It changed perceptions of art
:27:27. > :27:30.and the way it was discussed. Our arts editor, Will Gompertz,
:27:31. > :27:32.went to Paris to meet him. The activity of writing has,
:27:33. > :27:35.for me, been a vital one. It helps me to make sense of things
:27:36. > :27:41.and to continue. ARCHIVE: I want to question some
:27:42. > :27:46.of the assumptions usually made John Berger was a young artist,
:27:47. > :27:52.who became a writer, who persuaded the BBC to let him
:27:53. > :27:55.make a television series on how the advent of mass media had
:27:56. > :27:58.fundamentally changed the way ARCHIVE: Tonight, it isn't so much
:27:59. > :28:04.the paintings themselves which I want to consider,
:28:05. > :28:07.as the way we now see them. His programmes turned out to be
:28:08. > :28:10.as iconic as the art Today, John Berger lives in Paris
:28:11. > :28:16.with an old friend, and a bad back. We had four months to make these
:28:17. > :28:18.programmes with nobody ever coming After four months, an incredible
:28:19. > :28:28.amount of editing and re-editing, we offered it to them
:28:29. > :28:35.as a fait accompli. I mean, when circumstances of making
:28:36. > :28:37.television, which could never occur again and which
:28:38. > :28:40.were miraculous for us. ARCHIVE: The process
:28:41. > :28:42.of seeing paintings, or seeing anything else,
:28:43. > :28:44.is less spontaneous and natural A large part of seeing depends
:28:45. > :28:52.upon habit and convention. Is there a right way and, therefore,
:28:53. > :28:58.a wrong way at looking at art? It's quite disturbing
:28:59. > :29:05.to watch the public. People come in, they stand in front
:29:06. > :29:12.of a painting, they take ARCHIVE: Reproductions distort,
:29:13. > :29:24.only a few facsimiles don't. Take this original painting
:29:25. > :29:31.in the National Gallery, only what you are seeing
:29:32. > :29:35.is still not the original, Oh!
:29:36. > :29:46.Where is it and what's happening? It's Hillary Clinton
:29:47. > :29:48.giving an address And the whole audience
:29:49. > :29:54.have turned their back I mean, I understand you're showing
:29:55. > :30:00.it because it tells us something about our time and about the way
:30:01. > :30:04.we try to survive in it and make sense of it,
:30:05. > :30:12.which is very thought-provoking. But you would have to wait a long
:30:13. > :30:20.time for the thoughts to be He's still writing and we'll wait
:30:21. > :30:27.because as Arundhati Roy - fellow Booker Prize winner -
:30:28. > :30:30.said, John Berger teaches us how to think, how to feel and how
:30:31. > :30:58.to stare at things until we see It has seen two of its top figures
:30:59. > :31:01.quit in as many months. Tonight on Newsnight, new disclosures about
:31:02. > :31:06.problems at the heart of the independent child sexual abuse
:31:07. > :31:07.inquiry. Join me now on BBC