:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight at Ten - yet more pressure for the NHS in England,
:00:08. > :00:11.with the worst-ever waiting times in accident and emergency.
:00:12. > :00:13.The latest figures show a record number of patients spent more
:00:14. > :00:16.than four hours in A in December, and leaked figures suggest January's
:00:17. > :00:24.It's really not a great patient experience for many of our patients
:00:25. > :00:30.That's what the staff tell me as well.
:00:31. > :00:33.But NHS managers say staff are working flat out
:00:34. > :00:36.to provide a good service, and the vast majority of patients
:00:37. > :00:44.It's not acceptable and it's not what we want.
:00:45. > :00:46.We have planned more this winter than ever before.
:00:47. > :00:48.That planning has worked in most places.
:00:49. > :00:52.But some places are under intense pressure.
:00:53. > :00:54.We'll be examining the latest figures -
:00:55. > :00:56.and we'll be taking a look at the system in Germany,
:00:57. > :00:59.where spending on health is the highest in the European Union.
:01:00. > :01:03.The scheme to bring child refugees to Britain from Europe
:01:04. > :01:09.The Archbishop of Canterbury says he's saddened and shocked.
:01:10. > :01:12.A vigorous welcome in the Oval Office for new US
:01:13. > :01:14.Attorney General Jeff Sessions - the most controversial
:01:15. > :01:24.Chaotic scenes in the South African Parliament,
:01:25. > :01:28.as President Zuma is accused of promoting rampant corruption.
:01:29. > :01:31.And we talk to the British sprinter who competed in Rio -
:01:32. > :01:33.who's now hoping to rebuild his running career after
:01:34. > :01:43.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: Find out if the Leeds Rhinos
:01:44. > :01:46.could hold onto the lead, and beat St Helens in
:01:47. > :02:07.the first match of the new Superleague season.
:02:08. > :02:10.Record numbers of patients spent more than four hours in accident
:02:11. > :02:13.and emergency units in England in January, according
:02:14. > :02:19.During a difficult winter for the NHS, January seems to be
:02:20. > :02:21.the worst performing month in the past 13 years.
:02:22. > :02:25.The figures also suggest record numbers of people waited longer
:02:26. > :02:28.than 12 hours for a hospital bed, once they'd been seen.
:02:29. > :02:31.The doctors' union, the BMA, has accused the government
:02:32. > :02:34.of failing to grasp the seriousness of the situation, as our health
:02:35. > :02:42.Scenes like this on BBC News this week have highlighted the immense
:02:43. > :02:49.Here at Royal Blackburn Hospital, rated as good by inspectors,
:02:50. > :02:52.some patients waited up to 13 hours in A
:02:53. > :02:58.Official figures have confirmed that it was the worst
:02:59. > :03:03.December for waits since modern records began.
:03:04. > :03:06.Today at Hillingdon Hospital in west London, things were a bit calmer,
:03:07. > :03:11.but managers confirm that they've been stretched to the limits.
:03:12. > :03:12.It's been fairly relentless in terms of November
:03:13. > :03:19.I'm confident that the safety of our patients is being maintained
:03:20. > :03:25.at a high quality, but it's really not a great patient experience.
:03:26. > :03:29.In December in England, 86.2% of patients were treated
:03:30. > :03:32.or assessed in A within four hours, the lowest since
:03:33. > :03:38.That was below Scotland, where 92.6% of patients
:03:39. > :03:42.In Wales, the figure was 81%, and the percentage
:03:43. > :03:49.in Northern Ireland was just under 70 - all below the 95% benchmark.
:03:50. > :03:52.In England, the number of patients stuck on trolleys or chairs for more
:03:53. > :03:56.than four hours before a bed could be found was nearly 61,800 -
:03:57. > :04:03.It has been a steep climb this year, but the thing that has changed
:04:04. > :04:06.the most has been not the 2% or 3% increase in demand,
:04:07. > :04:12.but the 40% increase in the delays in moving patients,
:04:13. > :04:14.helping them get back to their homes and back into the community.
:04:15. > :04:18.With the A target being so badly missed, there's now a debate
:04:19. > :04:22.about whether it should be dropped or amended.
:04:23. > :04:26.There's a certain art in setting the bar at the right level.
:04:27. > :04:28.The fact is that the NHS has been meeting, for example,
:04:29. > :04:33.It's only recently that it started to go wrong.
:04:34. > :04:36.So we need to examine the reasons why it's
:04:37. > :04:42.Many hospitals like this one are running at 95% of capacity.
:04:43. > :04:46.That means they're nearly full, so with more emergency cases coming
:04:47. > :04:50.in and difficulties discharging some patients back into the community,
:04:51. > :04:54.some of those needing surgery are having to wait longer.
:04:55. > :04:59.Even cancer patients like Martin are affected by delays.
:05:00. > :05:03.Until this year, that's been very rare, as hospitals prioritise cancer
:05:04. > :05:06.treatment even during the busiest weeks of winter.
:05:07. > :05:11.His operation was cancelled minutes before it was due to take place.
:05:12. > :05:14.He's now had the surgery, but he says it was a
:05:15. > :05:20.Very anxious not to go through all that again,
:05:21. > :05:28.Your mind and that is going overtime.
:05:29. > :05:36.December's A performance figures in England were poor,
:05:37. > :05:40.but NHS documents leaked to the BBC suggest that they were
:05:41. > :05:45.It's clear that hospital staff are working at full stretch.
:05:46. > :05:48.Winter is far from over, and the intense pressure seems
:05:49. > :05:58.This week has brought many calls from staff and patients for more
:05:59. > :06:02.But some experts insist that the current problems
:06:03. > :06:05.are not being caused solely by financial factors.
:06:06. > :06:07.Branwen Jeffreys has been to Germany, where spending
:06:08. > :06:09.on health is the highest in the European Union,
:06:10. > :06:19.They never worry about a lack of beds.
:06:20. > :06:23.Germany has almost three times as many as the UK.
:06:24. > :06:26.One day after the operation, I can walk.
:06:27. > :06:30.For George, that means almost no waiting.
:06:31. > :06:34.In England, patients wait several months.
:06:35. > :06:38.For George, it's been just a few weeks since the decision was made.
:06:39. > :06:44.I have to decide when I want to take the operation.
:06:45. > :06:48.Normally, it takes three or four weeks to get
:06:49. > :06:58.All of this paid, for by health insurance, 14% of George's salary,
:06:59. > :07:05.Germany's health system is convenient, but expensive.
:07:06. > :07:12.And that worries doctors like Martin Wetzel.
:07:13. > :07:15.So in order to save money in the long term, they're
:07:16. > :07:18.putting more effort now, and more time with patients, into convincing
:07:19. > :07:26.It's a lot of time to convince him to try another way, that it would be
:07:27. > :07:29.better to lose ten kilograms of weight to solve
:07:30. > :07:33.the problem with his diabetes instead of taking pills.
:07:34. > :07:35.Do you have the time now under this new system?
:07:36. > :07:40.Doctors here in the Black Forest have been given a financial
:07:41. > :07:46.incentive to make patients healthier overall by joining up care.
:07:47. > :07:49.Many parts of the NHS are trying to do the same.
:07:50. > :07:51.Here, there are cheaper gym sessions,
:07:52. > :07:58.It's subsidised by health insurance, and it's saving money.
:07:59. > :08:02.As a result, they're spending 6% less on looking after patients.
:08:03. > :08:06.So I asked the health manager running it all,
:08:07. > :08:10.why isn't the rest of Germany worried about cost?
:08:11. > :08:15.The economy runs so well in Germany, so their social health institutions
:08:16. > :08:18.and the insurance funds have no problems.
:08:19. > :08:23.But everybody knows it is just a question of time.
:08:24. > :08:29.It may result in five years or it may result in eight or ten years,
:08:30. > :08:36.The rolling countryside of Thuringia, hundreds of miles
:08:37. > :08:42.villages where there are more old faces than young.
:08:43. > :08:45.There is more money in the German system, but that doesn't mean
:08:46. > :08:49.Here in what they call Germany's green heart,
:08:50. > :08:53.they have a terrible shortage of GPs.
:08:54. > :08:55.And it's because of that that they are finally beginning
:08:56. > :09:07.Many doctors still work alone in Germany, but here they are having
:09:08. > :09:09.to use nurses more to help GPs provide home visits
:09:10. > :09:18.They don't have relatives, so doctors have to make home visits.
:09:19. > :09:24.There's often not enough time in the day to do that.
:09:25. > :09:34.That's why we enabled a few years ago nurses to make home visits.
:09:35. > :09:38.A visit from the nurse keeps these older patients well.
:09:39. > :09:43.Germany's population is one of the fastest ageing in the world.
:09:44. > :09:46.They have the money now to make the changes needed in the future.
:09:47. > :09:51.Branwen Jeffreys, BBC News, Thuringia.
:09:52. > :09:55.And tomorrow on BBC News, the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt
:09:56. > :09:58.will be responding to the issues raised by our coverage this week
:09:59. > :10:15.There'll be more details online at bbc.co.uk/health.
:10:16. > :10:17.Ministers have been forced to defend their decision to abandon
:10:18. > :10:20.a scheme to bring vulnerable refugee children to Britain from Europe.
:10:21. > :10:23.The Home Secretary Amber Rudd said the project, devised
:10:24. > :10:26.by the Labour peer Lord Dubs, risked encouraging people
:10:27. > :10:29.traffickers, which is why it would close next month -
:10:30. > :10:37.Campaigners had hoped to bring in 3000.
:10:38. > :10:39.Labour said the decision was shameful, and the Archbishop
:10:40. > :10:42.of Canterbury said he was saddened and shocked.
:10:43. > :10:46.Our home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford has the story.
:10:47. > :10:50.Stranded at a hostel in Athens, this 17-year-old Afghan refugee
:10:51. > :10:55.He wants to come to Britain and was being helped
:10:56. > :11:00.But the government scheme to assist unaccompanied child refugees
:11:01. > :11:04.in Europe with no family in the UK, which has taken 200 so far,
:11:05. > :11:15.If I am stuck here, it's really hard to me to achieve my aims,
:11:16. > :11:18.to achieve my goals, because here there is no
:11:19. > :11:23.perfect school or perfect college for the refugees.
:11:24. > :11:26.NEWSREEL: 200 girls and boys wave a greeting to England.
:11:27. > :11:30.It was the Kindertransport that saved thousands of Jewish children
:11:31. > :11:33.from the Nazis that inspired those who persuaded the government last
:11:34. > :11:37.year to take in more of today's child refugees crossing Europe.
:11:38. > :11:40.It's a comparison ministers think is unfair.
:11:41. > :11:47.Well, I'm a refugee and I came to England at the age of six.
:11:48. > :11:50.Among those saved in the '30s was Lord Dubs, who led the push
:11:51. > :11:54.This afternoon he told me the government had
:11:55. > :11:59.When there is something that calls on humanitarian action,
:12:00. > :12:03.and when as I believe the majority of British people support that
:12:04. > :12:06.humanitarian action, I think the government are behaving
:12:07. > :12:09.very shamefully by saying, no, we don't want any more of this.
:12:10. > :12:12.I think it's disappointing and shabby, and I don't think
:12:13. > :12:17.Those who want to help more child refugees,
:12:18. > :12:20.including the Archbishop of Canterbury, said today
:12:21. > :12:23.that the government was going back on commitments it made last year.
:12:24. > :12:26.But ministers say to that that there's no point in inviting
:12:27. > :12:29.thousands of children here if the local councils,
:12:30. > :12:33.who will have to look after them, can't cope.
:12:34. > :12:37.These are children who need looking after over a period.
:12:38. > :12:42.When we accept them here, it is not job done.
:12:43. > :12:44.It is making sure that we work with local authorities,
:12:45. > :12:47.that we have the right safeguarding in place.
:12:48. > :12:50.Called to the Commons to defend her decision,
:12:51. > :12:53.the Home Secretary even found opposition from a few
:12:54. > :12:59.But councils warned that caring for refugee children is expensive.
:13:00. > :13:02.It costs on average ?50,000 to support a child in the UK care
:13:03. > :13:06.system, and every unaccompanied refugee child is entitled to exactly
:13:07. > :13:10.the same care and support as a child from the UK.
:13:11. > :13:13.We need to make sure that where those costs are rising
:13:14. > :13:19.There are tens of thousands of refugee children still in limbo
:13:20. > :13:23.in Europe, but ministers prefer schemes that take children
:13:24. > :13:28.who are even more vulnerable, from camps near to Syria.
:13:29. > :13:31.And the Home Office said that in all, 8000 children
:13:32. > :13:34.were given refuge of some sort in the UK last year.
:13:35. > :13:43.Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court has described
:13:44. > :13:45.the President's attacks on the judiciary as "demoralising"
:13:46. > :13:49.The comments by Neil Gorsuch were made in a private conversation
:13:50. > :13:52.with a Democratic senator, but later confirmed
:13:53. > :13:56.During the day, one of the President's most
:13:57. > :13:59.controversial cabinet nominees, Jeff Sessions, was sworn
:14:00. > :14:06.Our North America editor Jon Sopel has the latest.
:14:07. > :14:09.I, Jeff Sessions, do solemnly swear...
:14:10. > :14:11.It hasn't been neat, it hasn't been easy,
:14:12. > :14:18.but Senator Jeff Sessions, a hugely controversial choice
:14:19. > :14:21.over an allegedly racist past, has finally won approval to be
:14:22. > :14:25.And it's clear that he and the president are on the same page.
:14:26. > :14:28.We have an increased threat, since I was United States
:14:29. > :14:34.Mr President, you have spoken firmly on that.
:14:35. > :14:37.You have led this nation, to say we're going to respond
:14:38. > :14:40.effectively to the threat of terrorism, and you can count
:14:41. > :14:45.on your Department of Justice to do so in an effective way.
:14:46. > :14:48.But Donald Trump's plan to ban migrants from seven mainly Muslim
:14:49. > :14:52.countries isn't going to be decided by the Justice Department.
:14:53. > :14:56.It is going to end up here, at the Supreme Court.
:14:57. > :14:59.And his recent denunciation of federal judges involved in that
:15:00. > :15:03.Astonishingly, even his pick for the Supreme Court
:15:04. > :15:13.has called the move "disheartening and demoralising."
:15:14. > :15:16.Judge Gorsuch, who has been touring Capitol Hill offices to win
:15:17. > :15:18.support for his nomination, wouldn't express those
:15:19. > :15:38.He did reveal this in a series of private meetings.
:15:39. > :15:39.You misrepresented his comments totally.
:15:40. > :15:41.His comments were misrepresented, and what you should
:15:42. > :15:43.do is ask Senator Blumenthal about his Vietnam record.
:15:44. > :15:46.It didn't exist, after years of saying it did, so ask
:15:47. > :15:49.Senator Blumenthal about his Vietnam record.
:15:50. > :15:54.He misrepresented that, just like he misrepresented Judge Gorsuch.
:15:55. > :16:02.There is no question that Judge Gorsuch said
:16:03. > :16:03.that these attacks on
:16:04. > :16:04.the judiciary are disheartening and demoralising.
:16:05. > :16:09.There were White House staff in the room, and his own spokesman
:16:10. > :16:17.The judiciary and executive are two separate branches of government
:16:18. > :16:18.that are meant to keep their distance.
:16:19. > :16:24.Judge Gorsuch, when he was unveiled at the
:16:25. > :16:26.White House last week, seemed determined to do that quite
:16:27. > :16:29.literally, though it seems to be something to president is struggling
:16:30. > :16:35.President Trump is continuing to defend his travel ban
:16:36. > :16:37.against seven mainly Muslim countries, as the courts
:16:38. > :16:42.Mr Trump is claiming that American public opinion
:16:43. > :16:47.He made immigration one of his main campaign themes.
:16:48. > :16:49.One of the states where Mr Trump gained particular
:16:50. > :16:55.Our correspondent Aleem Maqbool has been there, to find out what people
:16:56. > :17:00.make of the argument over travel and immigration.
:17:01. > :17:04.Beautiful Alpine Montana is the size of Germany.
:17:05. > :17:09.It's got a population of just 1 million, but fewer than 20 refugee
:17:10. > :17:11.families have been resettled in the entire state
:17:12. > :17:17.And yet this is where some of the strongest views
:17:18. > :17:23.I believe that what we have seen with our president
:17:24. > :17:34.This is a man who couldn't be happier.
:17:35. > :17:42.Hollis is heavily involved in local politics and he's a preacher.
:17:43. > :17:44.His Christian compassion, though, does not extend to those he feels
:17:45. > :17:52.There you go, kids, that will keep you warm.
:17:53. > :17:55.If they come among us and then try to enact something,
:17:56. > :18:10.If groups of radical Islamic people begin to show up who will eventually
:18:11. > :18:12.attempt to harm our women, those militant people need
:18:13. > :18:14.to understand that the women of Montana are armed.
:18:15. > :18:19.Hollis says those who are protesting against Donald Trump's immigration
:18:20. > :18:23.policies do not represent the real America.
:18:24. > :18:33.This is a local rally in support of the refugees.
:18:34. > :18:36.Not a bad turnout for a weekday lunchtime in the snow, perhaps.
:18:37. > :18:39.But these are certainly not the loudest voices on this issue
:18:40. > :18:44.The state has one of the most high-profile anti-immigrant
:18:45. > :18:47.campaigns and before the election, had one of the biggest anti-refugee
:18:48. > :18:53.The anger for many is directed mainly at Muslims, something local
:18:54. > :19:04.politicians are tapping into - some would say even fuelling.
:19:05. > :19:07.After days of debate, the State Senate has just passed
:19:08. > :19:13.a bill to say Sharia law can't be applied in Montana.
:19:14. > :19:18.This woman and her family arrived here just a couple of months ago.
:19:19. > :19:22.They fled Eritrea with no choice about where the UN sent them.
:19:23. > :19:25.After more than four years of vetting, they landed in Montana -
:19:26. > :19:30.nervous, shy about talking on camera, adjusting to a different
:19:31. > :19:37.world, and to this storm of anti-immigrant sentiment.
:19:38. > :19:40.But as far as many here and across America are concerned,
:19:41. > :19:43.there is simply no room for new immigrants, to whom the door
:19:44. > :19:56.There were chaotic scenes in the South African Parliament,
:19:57. > :19:59.as President Jacob Zuma tried to deliver his annual state
:20:00. > :20:01.Opposition MPs called the president a "scoundrel"
:20:02. > :20:06.and "rotten to the core" because of corruption allegations.
:20:07. > :20:09.The president ordered the deployment of troops around
:20:10. > :20:11.the parliament building to deal with thousands of protestors.
:20:12. > :20:13.Mr Zuma and his government have faced allegations
:20:14. > :20:15.of corruption for over a decade, as our Africa correspondent
:20:16. > :20:22.The gloom here in Port Elizabeth can feel relentless.
:20:23. > :20:26.It's a rough city, worn down by corruption and neglect,
:20:27. > :20:31.and a revealing place to judge South Africa's future.
:20:32. > :20:38.This place has become known as Toilet Valley.
:20:39. > :20:40.The neighbourhood was supposed to house thousands of poor families.
:20:41. > :20:46.Somehow, the toilets got built, but no homes.
:20:47. > :20:49.They tell us we're going to get houses in three months' time.
:20:50. > :20:52.Three years that you've had this beautiful toilet
:20:53. > :21:02.No wonder people are losing patience.
:21:03. > :21:03.As the poor struggle here,
:21:04. > :21:04.the powerful are looting with impunity.
:21:05. > :21:07.It's negligence from those who have been entrusted to deal
:21:08. > :21:16.Well, it boils down to corruption. You can't run away from it.
:21:17. > :21:20.It's the same story with these buses, which have sat unused
:21:21. > :21:24.in a depot since they were brought in for the 2010 World Cup.
:21:25. > :21:26.The corruption here is quite breathtaking.
:21:27. > :21:32.This one bus scandal alone has cost the city more than ?100 million,
:21:33. > :21:35.and that's just a fraction of what has been
:21:36. > :21:42.To many in South Africa, the blame goes all the way
:21:43. > :21:45.to the top with the example set by President Jacob Zuma,
:21:46. > :21:56.arriving this evening to address parliament in Cape Town.
:21:57. > :21:58.Tighter security is becoming something of a habit here.
:21:59. > :21:59.Inside, opposition MPs interrupted the President's speech...
:22:00. > :22:02.An incorrigible man, rotten to the core.
:22:03. > :22:03...Reminding him that he'd broken his oath
:22:04. > :22:05.of office in relation to a corruption scandal.
:22:06. > :22:16.Eventually, political theatre turned into something more violent,
:22:17. > :22:18.security guards called in to eject the protesting MPs.
:22:19. > :22:22.get his chance to celebrate his government's achievements.
:22:23. > :22:25.We are building a South Africa that must be free from poverty,
:22:26. > :22:40.But the political mood here is sour, and likely to get worse.
:22:41. > :22:44.But as gloomy as things may seem here, there's change in the air.
:22:45. > :22:48.Here in Port Elizabeth and in other key cities,
:22:49. > :22:50.the opposition has been winning power in local elections,
:22:51. > :22:58.nudging South African democracy in the right direction.
:22:59. > :23:01.The result, a frenzy of initiatives in Port Elizabeth,
:23:02. > :23:04.the former opposition now keen to show it can fix the city and,
:23:05. > :23:09.who knows, maybe win power nationwide in 2019.
:23:10. > :23:13.The result, a frenzy of initiatives in Port Elizabeth,
:23:14. > :23:17.the former opposition now keen to show it can fix the city and,
:23:18. > :23:18.who knows, maybe win power nationwide in 2019.
:23:19. > :23:23.is this the way out of trouble for South Africa?
:23:24. > :23:25.This is the only way out of trouble for South Africa.
:23:26. > :23:28.That is why it is so critical for us to have achieved
:23:29. > :23:30.what we did in the last local government elections.
:23:31. > :23:33.We are steadfast that by 2019, we will put a coalition government
:23:34. > :23:34.together that will govern South Africa
:23:35. > :23:36.where we bring all people together.
:23:37. > :23:38.That's a message that has begun to gain momentum.
:23:39. > :23:41.If they keep on being competent and they don't lose motivation
:23:42. > :23:43.as time goes, then South Africa is set to boom.
:23:44. > :23:50.Perhaps, but in Toilet Valley, they're still waiting for homes.
:23:51. > :23:54.South Africa's economy remains stagnant, and the challenges
:23:55. > :24:03.Andrew Harding, BBC News, in Port Elizabeth.
:24:04. > :24:06.A brief look at some of the day's other news stories.
:24:07. > :24:10.Four men who were part of a gang that sexually exploited teenage
:24:11. > :24:12.girls in Rochdale are facing deportation to Pakistan.
:24:13. > :24:18.The men - British nationals of Pakistani origin -
:24:19. > :24:20.were jailed for between six and 22 years.
:24:21. > :24:23.Immigration judges have rejected appeals against plans to strip them
:24:24. > :24:28.The City of Edinburgh Council says it'll examine all
:24:29. > :24:30.the recommendations of a report which found poor quality control
:24:31. > :24:34.was to blame for a wall collapsing at a primary school a year ago.
:24:35. > :24:37.The incident led to the temporary closure of 17 other schools
:24:38. > :24:43.which were built as part of the same private finance agreement.
:24:44. > :24:46.New data from the Department for Transport shows record levels
:24:47. > :24:58.There were over 320 billion vehicle miles travelled last year.
:24:59. > :25:00.This is the most ever recorded and is 2% more
:25:01. > :25:03.than the pre-recession peak, in the year ending September 2007.
:25:04. > :25:05.Four of Labour's newest MPs have been promoted
:25:06. > :25:10.The mini-reshuffle was necessary after a number of the Shadow Cabinet
:25:11. > :25:13.defied the leader's order to support the Government's Brexit Bill.
:25:14. > :25:23.There are now 14 women in Mr Corbyn's 29-member Shadow Cabinet.
:25:24. > :25:26.In Egypt, the only centre for treating victims of torture has
:25:27. > :25:29.been closed without warning by the authorities.
:25:30. > :25:32.The security forces of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
:25:33. > :25:35.are accused of regularly torturing detainees as they try to crush
:25:36. > :25:39.It's an allegation his government denies.
:25:40. > :25:45.From Cairo, our correspondent Orla Guerin reports.
:25:46. > :25:48.Here in the shadows, in a rundown apartment block,
:25:49. > :25:57.But today, therapists and doctors sat idly outside
:25:58. > :26:00.after police shut down the El Nadeem Centre -
:26:01. > :26:10.the only refuge in Egypt for victims of torture.
:26:11. > :26:12.One of the co-founders told us their services are crucial
:26:13. > :26:16.When it comes to police stations and prisons,
:26:17. > :26:19.the map of torture in the country is the map of the country.
:26:20. > :26:21.There isn't a hamlet, a village, town, city,
:26:22. > :26:36.That's denied by the authorities, who speak only of isolated cases,
:26:37. > :26:46.but the centre has treated thousands since 1993.
:26:47. > :26:48.Now for the first time ever, there's no entry.
:26:49. > :26:50.Well, other doors here may soon be closed.
:26:51. > :26:52.More human rights organisations are being targeted -
:26:53. > :26:54.they've been accused of illegally receiving foreign funding
:26:55. > :27:00.Campaigners say the aim is very clear - to silence anyone who dares
:27:01. > :27:10.But some torture victims continue to speak out,
:27:11. > :27:18.Recently, he told us what happened after his arrest in 2014.
:27:19. > :27:20.TRANSLATION: I was abused at the checkpoint where I was arrested.
:27:21. > :27:24.Then they transferred me to the police station.
:27:25. > :27:29.I was electrocuted on my private parts.
:27:30. > :27:32.They kicked me with their military boots and hit me with sticks.
:27:33. > :27:34.Having spent more than two years in jail, yesterday
:27:35. > :27:36.he was detained again, snatched off the street along
:27:37. > :27:46.He says he was blindfolded and interrogated for hours.
:27:47. > :27:50.Mahmoud used to turn to the El Nadeem Centre for help.
:27:51. > :28:00.Now he, and many others, have nowhere to go.
:28:01. > :28:10.There is more pressure on the Football Association tonight, this
:28:11. > :28:12.time from MPs. They have passed a motion of no-confidence in its
:28:13. > :28:16.leadership and have called on Parliament to step in and reform the
:28:17. > :28:19.organisation. While the vote was largely symbolic, ministers have
:28:20. > :28:20.warned that the FA needs to modernise or it might lose millions
:28:21. > :28:26.of pounds public funding. Two of Britain's best sprinters -
:28:27. > :28:29.James Ellington and Nigel Levine - were involved in a road accident
:28:30. > :28:31.last month, and their injuries were described
:28:32. > :28:33.as "career threatening." They're now back in the UK
:28:34. > :28:34.receiving treatment, and one of them, James Ellington,
:28:35. > :28:37.has been discussing what happened with our correspondent
:28:38. > :28:43.David Ornstein. James Ellington is one
:28:44. > :28:45.of Britain's finest sprinters, But today, he's
:28:46. > :28:52.learning to walk again. Three weeks ago, Ellington
:28:53. > :28:55.was involved in a head-on collision as a passenger on a motorbike
:28:56. > :28:59.during a training camp in Tenerife. I was on the floor and there
:29:00. > :29:01.was blood everywhere, and I looked at my leg and my leg
:29:02. > :29:04.was in pieces I lost six pints of blood,
:29:05. > :29:10.so I was kind of laying there, thinking to myself "What the hell
:29:11. > :29:12.is going on?" This was the x-ray
:29:13. > :29:18.of his right tibia. Ellington's surgeon
:29:19. > :29:19.described the injuries He suffered an open fracture
:29:20. > :29:26.of his right leg, a broken left ankle and damage to his pelvis
:29:27. > :29:30.and an eye socket. The crash was so horrific that
:29:31. > :29:32.I don't think most people would have survived,
:29:33. > :29:34.to be honest. So when I was laying
:29:35. > :29:36.in the hospital bed in Tenerife and I saw my team-mates coming
:29:37. > :29:39.to visit me, they looked pretty emotional but I was saying
:29:40. > :29:41.to them "It's cool", because I knew I was lucky
:29:42. > :29:45.to be alive. 2016 was Ellington's
:29:46. > :29:47.best year to date. He competed against the likes
:29:48. > :29:51.of Usain Bolt at the Rio Olympics. Four years earlier,
:29:52. > :29:53.he auctioned himself on eBay, just to fund his journey
:29:54. > :29:57.to the London Games. What is your outlook
:29:58. > :30:02.for your future as a sprinter? Being an athlete and a determined
:30:03. > :30:06.person, I think this is going to be Imagine that, being on the track
:30:07. > :30:14.after what you've been through. That belief is familiar
:30:15. > :30:40.to Ellington, but success now Tonight, we will be speaking to
:30:41. > :30:44.Britain passed by top cop, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe. He has been the
:30:45. > :30:47.Metropolitan Police Commissioner for over five years, but is about to
:30:48. > :30:56.step down so that he can give us an honest view of how well the police
:30:57. > :30:59.are doing. Join me now on BBC Two. And in the next few hours, we are
:31:00. > :31:03.expecting the federal appeals court in California to release the
:31:04. > :31:08.judgment on the travel ban ordered by President Trump and to declare
:31:09. > :31:10.whether that is legal or not. Full coverage for you online and on the
:31:11. > :31:12.BBC News Channel.