:00:00. > :00:00.On the front line as Iraqi forces continue their assault
:00:07. > :00:19.With helicopter gunships in the skies, troops take more
:00:20. > :00:23.territory from IS as they advance on the city of Mosul.
:00:24. > :00:25.The town of Abu Saif is under attack.
:00:26. > :00:34.It's all that lies between these men and Mosul city proper.
:00:35. > :00:38.But they are running into stronger resistance and roadside bombs.
:00:39. > :00:43.Theresa May perches on a step to keep an eye on the House
:00:44. > :00:46.Famine is declared in South Sudan - a country devastated
:00:47. > :00:54.We do have famine, and food insecurity has worsened in many
:00:55. > :00:56.parts of this country, largely because of this
:00:57. > :01:05.An increase in council tax in nearly every authority in England -
:01:06. > :01:10.but it's still not enough to pay for social care.
:01:11. > :01:12.And the dream is over for Sutton United as Arsenal head
:01:13. > :01:19.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News,
:01:20. > :01:22.the five sports that lost their Olympic and Paralympic
:01:23. > :01:48.funding have had their appeals rejected by UK Sport.
:01:49. > :01:52.There's been ferocious fighting between Iraqi forces and so-called
:01:53. > :01:55.Islamic State as troops battle their way towards
:01:56. > :01:59.Their helicopter gunships now control the skies, but the road
:02:00. > :02:04.to IS's last stronghold in Iraq is littered with roadside bombs.
:02:05. > :02:09.To win back Mosul is crucial as it's Iraq's second largest city.
:02:10. > :02:13.An offensive on the east of Mosul began last October.
:02:14. > :02:16.Now Iraqi troops, supported by British
:02:17. > :02:18.and American special forces, are trying to take
:02:19. > :02:20.control of the west, where 750,000 people
:02:21. > :02:28.Our Middle East correspondent Quentin Sommerville and cameraman
:02:29. > :02:30.Nikki Millard are the only international journalists
:02:31. > :02:40.Their report contains some graphic images.
:02:41. > :02:43.Iraq says its Mosul operation is the dawn of victories
:02:44. > :02:46.and on the second day of their offensive, its troops
:02:47. > :02:53.again prepared to face the so-called Islamic State.
:02:54. > :02:57.An armoured force, set on the city's west.
:02:58. > :02:59.Yesterday, Iraqi forces moved like a blitzkrieg
:03:00. > :03:06.The reason being, all along this route, there are suspected roadside
:03:07. > :03:16.Slowed to a crawl at times, bomb disposal technicians
:03:17. > :03:26.But above, they have full command of the skies.
:03:27. > :03:34.In their sights, a small IS-held town, Abu Saif.
:03:35. > :03:42.Emptied of people, every home there became a target.
:03:43. > :03:48.The town of Abu Saif is under attack.
:03:49. > :03:51.It's all that lies between these men and Mosul city proper.
:03:52. > :03:55.They managed to get here in record time and now,
:03:56. > :03:59.from the air, and from land, they're trying to take Abu Saif.
:04:00. > :04:05.For the first time, these forces have sight of Mosul.
:04:06. > :04:08.For Colonel Fallah Ali Wabdan, it is an important prize
:04:09. > :04:23.TRANSLATION: Abu Saif is very important for us
:04:24. > :04:25.because it's on high ground and that is very good
:04:26. > :04:32.in helping us win control of the airport, which is below us.
:04:33. > :04:39.Iraqi forces are using the latest warfare tools.
:04:40. > :04:41.Filmed this morning during the battle, watch
:04:42. > :04:48.American and British special forces are a mostly
:04:49. > :05:02.This motorbike was cut in half by an air strike.
:05:03. > :05:11.The corpses, believed to be two IS fighters, lie in the dirt.
:05:12. > :05:14.By the afternoon, Abu Saif was back in government hands, but it
:05:15. > :05:20.hadn't slipped fully from the militants' grip.
:05:21. > :05:26.They struck back, killing at least two soldiers.
:05:27. > :05:32.And the day ended as it began, with IS home-made bombs.
:05:33. > :05:35.So these tactics are designed to slow down the advance
:05:36. > :05:42.IS are using them in greater concentration,
:05:43. > :05:44.in bigger towns and villages, so as these troops move forward,
:05:45. > :05:46.they will experience better defences and more resistance,
:05:47. > :06:01.Still, this was another important Iraqi victory.
:06:02. > :06:05.But winning against the Islamic State comes at a cost.
:06:06. > :06:08.Quentin Sommerville, BBC News, on Mosul's southern front.
:06:09. > :06:12.As the House of Lords began debating the Brexit bill today,
:06:13. > :06:21.Theresa May sat in on the session, the first time in nearly 20 years
:06:22. > :06:25.Downing Street denied her presence was a form of intimidation,
:06:26. > :06:27.but peers were warned not to try to stop Brexit
:06:28. > :06:33.Our Deputy Political Editor John Pienaar has more.
:06:34. > :06:35.Blue lights flashing, Theresa May was determined not to miss this.
:06:36. > :06:38.She'd already sent peers a clear message while out campaigning.
:06:39. > :06:43.Brexit is coming - get out of the way.
:06:44. > :06:46.Properly, there will be debate and scrutiny in the House of Lords
:06:47. > :06:48.but I don't want to see anybody holding up what the
:06:49. > :06:55.Prime ministers scarcely ever appear here, perched by tradition
:06:56. > :07:00.As the PM watched, reported threats to abolish the Lords if peers
:07:01. > :07:01.blocked Brexit were dismissed to her face.
:07:02. > :07:04.We will not be threatened into not fulfilling our normal
:07:05. > :07:12.And neither will we be goaded into acting irresponsibly.
:07:13. > :07:17.If we ask the House of Commons to look again at an issue,
:07:18. > :07:20.it is not a constitutional outrage, but a constitutional responsibility.
:07:21. > :07:24.190 peers wanted to speak, a modern record.
:07:25. > :07:28.Labour's former Trade Secretary was scathing about Government
:07:29. > :07:30.claims that Britain could keep its trading rights.
:07:31. > :07:32.Not, he said, if the UK abandoned EU rules.
:07:33. > :07:43.And to say otherwise, my Lords, is a fraud on the public.
:07:44. > :07:46.The Lib Dems want a second referendum, although no one now
:07:47. > :07:50.For many of us, the approach being adopted by the Government
:07:51. > :08:01.For those of us, and there are very many in Your Lordship's house,
:08:02. > :08:04.for whom Europe has been a central theme of our entire political lives,
:08:05. > :08:07.to sit on our hands in these circumstances is both
:08:08. > :08:21.These EU migrant workers protesting today want their right to live
:08:22. > :08:24.and work in Britain guaranteed, not later in talks - now.
:08:25. > :08:30.In the coming days, ministers will be pressed to agree.
:08:31. > :08:33.But here were over 50,000 letters demanding the law to get Brexit
:08:34. > :08:35.started should be passed quickly with no changes, an argument
:08:36. > :08:38.supported by some who had campaigned against it.
:08:39. > :08:42.I voted to remain in the European Union, but I support
:08:43. > :08:46.this bill because I believe the referendum was decisive.
:08:47. > :08:49.A former Chancellor said no deal was better than a bad one.
:08:50. > :08:54.As soon as it is clear that sadly, our European Union partners
:08:55. > :08:58.won't accept our offer, we should move on.
:08:59. > :09:00.There is nothing to be gained by protracted
:09:01. > :09:12.They will be talking until the early hours and tomorrow until midnight.
:09:13. > :09:15.Then next week, the Government may just lose votes on migrant rights
:09:16. > :09:17.and on the right of Parliament to demand a better deal.
:09:18. > :09:21.But when it comes to a test of who backs down, Theresa May
:09:22. > :09:27.Peers spotted Boris Johnson in the House, too, a show
:09:28. > :09:34.The betting is that Lords won't defy the elected MPs or the referendum.
:09:35. > :09:36.Ministers mean to keep the final say on Brexit and start divorce
:09:37. > :09:47.Nearly every local authority in England is planning to increase
:09:48. > :09:49.council taxes in the coming year to provide care for
:09:50. > :09:52.From April, council tax could rise by nearly 5%
:09:53. > :09:58.But the Local Government Association says that still won't be enough
:09:59. > :10:03.and warns there will have to be deep cuts to other council services.
:10:04. > :10:10.147 of them plan to raise council tax specifically to pay
:10:11. > :10:17.Our Social Affairs correspondent Alison Holt reports from Surrey.
:10:18. > :10:26.This is where the pressure on the social care
:10:27. > :10:27.system can at times be seen most clearly.
:10:28. > :10:36.81-year-old Margaret Williams has been in hospital since she had
:10:37. > :10:38.a fall, but is waiting for the care she will need
:10:39. > :10:43.And it is social workers in Surrey who are trying to arrange
:10:44. > :10:46.Because I've been in here for how many weeks?
:10:47. > :10:49.So obviously, I'm going to be weaker.
:10:50. > :10:53.Yeah, so we think you need someone to come in at least four times
:10:54. > :10:58.In a busy hospital, she knows her bed is in demand, but for
:10:59. > :11:00.the council, finding funding and companies to provide home
:11:01. > :11:04.When I met her, she had been in hospital
:11:05. > :11:10.And then they sent me home, but I had to
:11:11. > :11:13.come back in two or three days and I've been here ever since.
:11:14. > :11:18.I'm just phoning up regarding Margaret
:11:19. > :11:20.Williams, which we are waiting for the joint funding.
:11:21. > :11:22.Social workers were able to get her the care she
:11:23. > :11:26.But according to today's local government survey, most councils
:11:27. > :11:36.for this sort of support for people in care homes or their own homes.
:11:37. > :11:38.In Surrey, they say it is relentless.
:11:39. > :11:40.I've worked in adult social care for 20 years
:11:41. > :11:41.and I've never known the
:11:42. > :11:44.And there's no simple solution to it.
:11:45. > :11:47.People are living longer, and their needs are
:11:48. > :11:51.And Surrey's chief executive believes
:11:52. > :11:54.they have no choice but to raise council tax to meet the growing
:11:55. > :12:00.We are struggling to balance next year's
:12:01. > :12:03.budget and we are really struggling to balance and make it sustainable
:12:04. > :12:11.I think our services are at breaking point.
:12:12. > :12:13.Surrey's Conservative-led council abandoned plans to ask
:12:14. > :12:16.voters for a 15% tax rise after what were described as government
:12:17. > :12:20.But like most authorities in today's survey,
:12:21. > :12:28.council tax here is likely to rise by nearly 5%.
:12:29. > :12:30.And many councils warn that other services like bin collections
:12:31. > :12:36.and road mending will still face cuts.
:12:37. > :12:39.There has been a united voice of local government to say that
:12:40. > :12:41.they need to have more funding into social care
:12:42. > :12:42.and that the crisis in
:12:43. > :12:53.But the Government says extra money is already being put into
:12:54. > :12:56.social care, particularly services like this, which help people regain
:12:57. > :13:01.It also says local authorities will soon be able
:13:02. > :13:04.to keep all the money raised by council tax and business rates,
:13:05. > :13:05.giving them more control over their spending.
:13:06. > :13:12.Meanwhile, NHS managers in England say winter pressures,
:13:13. > :13:15.including an unexpected number of hospital admissions and A
:13:16. > :13:19.patients, have contributed to an overspend that will see
:13:20. > :13:22.the Trusts collectively miss the national financial target.
:13:23. > :13:37.NHS finances have been under pressure for some time. The
:13:38. > :13:40.Government says it has helped by helping hospitals reduce their
:13:41. > :13:44.agency staffing bills and that has had an impact. Even so, figures are
:13:45. > :13:48.worse than expected. Last November, the regulator, NHS improvement,
:13:49. > :13:54.predicted a full-year deficit for trusts in England of ?580 million.
:13:55. > :14:01.It has now had to revise that up to a new figure of up to ?850 million
:14:02. > :14:04.for those trusts over the year. To put that in perspective, that is
:14:05. > :14:08.against a total budget of 80 billion. What other reasons? The
:14:09. > :14:15.first lies in A Between October and December last year, the numbers
:14:16. > :14:19.of patients going into A were up by 200,000 over the same period the
:14:20. > :14:23.previous year, more than expected. That costs hospitals money. Another
:14:24. > :14:26.reason is difficult it is discharging patients back into the
:14:27. > :14:30.community because of social care problems. That means hospitals are
:14:31. > :14:34.close to being full. They have had to cancel routine surgery and
:14:35. > :14:38.operations. That costs them money, because they don't get the income if
:14:39. > :14:44.those operations are cancelled. Once again, that is social care affecting
:14:45. > :14:47.NHS finances. So all eyes are on the Budget now. Ministers say they are
:14:48. > :14:50.coming up with a package of measures for social care in England. NHS
:14:51. > :14:54.leaders will be watching closely to see whether they make a difference
:14:55. > :14:56.thank you very much. Footage has emerged of the moment
:14:57. > :14:59.the exiled brother of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un,
:15:00. > :15:01.was attacked last week The CCTV images appear to show
:15:02. > :15:05.a woman walking up to Kim Jong-nam He died a short time
:15:06. > :15:09.later and so far, four Our Tokyo Correspondent Rupert
:15:10. > :15:15.Wingfield-Hayes reports. These are the last moments
:15:16. > :15:19.of Kim Jong-nam's life as he walked into Kuala Lumpur Airport
:15:20. > :15:23.a week ago today. Suddenly, a woman in a white top
:15:24. > :15:26.grabs him from behind and places The whole thing has taken
:15:27. > :15:35.less than five seconds. Moments later, Kim Jong-nam can
:15:36. > :15:38.be seen seeking help He told them he'd had
:15:39. > :15:42.something wiped on his face These final images show him being
:15:43. > :15:50.led to the airport medical centre. A short time later,
:15:51. > :15:53.he collapsed and died. The accusation that North Korea's
:15:54. > :15:55.dictator had his own brother assassinated today
:15:56. > :15:59.prompted this response. It has been seven days
:16:00. > :16:03.since the incident, but there is no clear evidence on the cause
:16:04. > :16:09.of the death, and at the moment, we cannot trust the investigation
:16:10. > :16:16.by the Malaysian police. Malaysian police now have four
:16:17. > :16:20.suspects in custody. These two women from Indonesia
:16:21. > :16:22.and Vietnam are accused They claim they had no idea
:16:23. > :16:27.what they were doing, that they were paid to take part
:16:28. > :16:30.in what they thought Then on Saturday, police detained
:16:31. > :16:36.a 46-year-old North Korean man But four other North Korean suspects
:16:37. > :16:42.appear to have got away, flying to Jakarta on the day
:16:43. > :16:46.of the murder. The Malaysians still don't know
:16:47. > :16:49.what was on the cloth that was wiped A second autopsy has now been
:16:50. > :16:55.ordered to try and identify A state of famine has been declared
:16:56. > :17:07.in parts of South Sudan, the first to be announced in any
:17:08. > :17:11.part of the world since 2011. The government and the United
:17:12. > :17:15.Nations report that around 100,000 people are currently affected,
:17:16. > :17:21.and just under five million people, 40% of the country's population,
:17:22. > :17:25.are in urgent need of food. South Sudan is the world's newest
:17:26. > :17:27.country, having gained independence But hopes of prosperity have been
:17:28. > :17:33.shattered by three years of civil Alistair Leithead sent this report
:17:34. > :17:43.from the capital city, Juba. When famine hits,
:17:44. > :17:47.the smallest suffer. There's acute malnutrition
:17:48. > :17:50.here in the children's hospital in the capital,
:17:51. > :17:53.but it's far worse upcountry, His distended belly and painful skin
:17:54. > :18:00.condition are obvious Malnutrition is really bad
:18:01. > :18:09.because it has increased. It has been here for some
:18:10. > :18:13.years, but this year, Hadiya gets one or maybe
:18:14. > :18:22.two meals a day. Her mother, Mary, can't afford
:18:23. > :18:25.to feed her, amid the economic chaos This is Unity State,
:18:26. > :18:34.a rebel stronghold where 100,000 people now feel the effects
:18:35. > :18:37.of famine, and 1 million Some aid has been
:18:38. > :18:45.delivered but not enough. Famine is not declared lightly,
:18:46. > :18:48.only when help doesn't reach, and when large numbers of people
:18:49. > :18:53.are starving to death every day. The real tragedy is that this
:18:54. > :18:57.is largely man-made, and we do have famine and food
:18:58. > :19:02.insecurity has worsened in many parts of the country,
:19:03. > :19:04.largely because of this Because of fighting,
:19:05. > :19:09.because of insecurity, because of access challenges,
:19:10. > :19:12.also because of attacks on humanitarian workers
:19:13. > :19:17.and sometimes looting of assets, we have not been able
:19:18. > :19:19.to provide assistance For more than three years,
:19:20. > :19:26.a civil war has been fought across South Sudan,
:19:27. > :19:28.largely along ethnic lines. The former vice president
:19:29. > :19:35.and president Salva Kiir, in the hat, are from
:19:36. > :19:38.the two main tribes. Their political spat
:19:39. > :19:41.tore the country in two. Well over 3 million
:19:42. > :19:43.people have been forced Hundreds of thousands
:19:44. > :19:50.of them are in camps set up by the United Nations,
:19:51. > :19:52.across the country, 1.5 million have fled
:19:53. > :19:56.to neighbouring countries, creating one of the worst refugee
:19:57. > :19:59.crises in the world. Towns have emptied here
:20:00. > :20:03.in the crop-growing south of the country, adding
:20:04. > :20:06.to the food shortages. In the last six months,
:20:07. > :20:11.450,000 people have fled to Uganda. Thousands still cross
:20:12. > :20:13.the border every day, and describe atrocities,
:20:14. > :20:16.rape and murder, by The UN has warned of the potential
:20:17. > :20:23.for genocide and now a deepening Alastair Leithead,
:20:24. > :20:29.BBC News, south Sudan. We can speak to our UN correspondent
:20:30. > :20:33.Nick Bryant, who's in New York. Now the UN has declared a state
:20:34. > :20:36.of famine in South Sudan, what difference will
:20:37. > :20:51.that practically make? The declaration of a famine by
:20:52. > :20:54.itself does not automatically trigger a heightened international
:20:55. > :20:58.response. What the United Nations is hoping for is that it will focus
:20:59. > :21:02.more global attention on the crisis in South Sudan and also get more
:21:03. > :21:06.local access on the ground for relief agencies who are trying to
:21:07. > :21:10.feed these are starving people. Unicef has more than 600 feeding
:21:11. > :21:14.stations in South Sudan right now but it can't reach the famine
:21:15. > :21:18.affected areas because it is simply too dangerous to go into them. One
:21:19. > :21:22.official I spoke to a few moments ago said he hopes this declaration
:21:23. > :21:27.of famine will bang heads together of some of the warring factions, so
:21:28. > :21:33.they will grant humanitarian access. Global attention is a key problem as
:21:34. > :21:35.well, especially at the time when so much international diplomatic
:21:36. > :21:40.bandwidth is taken up by countries like Syria and Yemen. To give you an
:21:41. > :21:45.illustration of the problem, the United Nations has appealed this
:21:46. > :21:49.year for $1.6 billion to help the situation in South Sudan. As of
:21:50. > :21:55.tonight, it has received less than 1% of that figure. Despairingly, a
:21:56. > :22:00.senior UN official said to me tonight, that is part of a larger
:22:01. > :22:04.problem. The international humanitarian system is just being
:22:05. > :22:08.completely overwhelmed right now. It cannot cope simultaneously with
:22:09. > :22:13.these crises in Syria, Yemen, South Sudan and other countries as well.
:22:14. > :22:18.The UN to night is considering declaring famines in three other
:22:19. > :22:23.countries, northern Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen. What is so frustrating is
:22:24. > :22:28.that these famines Ahmad made. Yes, they are exacerbated by drought and
:22:29. > :22:32.crop failures, but primarily, they are caused by conflict and war. Nick
:22:33. > :22:34.Bryant at the UN in New York, thank you.
:22:35. > :22:37.After one resignation and one refusal, President Trump has now
:22:38. > :22:40.named his latest pick for the role of National Security Advisor.
:22:41. > :22:42.General HR McMaster replaces General Michael Flynn,
:22:43. > :22:46.who was forced to step down earlier this month after making
:22:47. > :22:48.secret phone calls with Russia and misleading the vice
:22:49. > :22:51.Mr Trump has just been speaking about why he made
:22:52. > :22:57.He's a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience.
:22:58. > :23:01.I've watched and read a lot over the last two days.
:23:02. > :23:05.He is highly respected by everybody in the military,
:23:06. > :23:09.and we are very honoured to have him.
:23:10. > :23:12.Let's talk to our North America editor Jon Sopel.
:23:13. > :23:15.So who is General McMaster and is President Trump likely
:23:16. > :23:28.Welcomer if you had General Mike Flynn here, conspiracy theorist,
:23:29. > :23:33.controversial, McMaster is on the other side of the scale altogether.
:23:34. > :23:38.He is mainstream, a soldier's soldier, described as the US Army's
:23:39. > :23:41.for most warrior intellectual. He has written a very good book on
:23:42. > :23:45.Vietnam in which he criticised the way the government handled it. He
:23:46. > :23:49.has also been closely involved in the campaign in Iraq and Afghanistan
:23:50. > :23:54.and saying they did not do enough about counterinsurgency. Under the
:23:55. > :23:58.Obama administration, he was also brought in to look at the kind of
:23:59. > :24:02.hybrid warfare being waged by Russia and the lessons that needed to be
:24:03. > :24:07.learned and the threat posed by Russia. A very different kind of
:24:08. > :24:10.individual. A lot of people are saying, frankly, Donald Trump could
:24:11. > :24:15.have saved himself a lot of trouble if he had appointed general McMaster
:24:16. > :24:18.in the first place. His appointment has been welcomed by some of the
:24:19. > :24:22.mainstream Republicans, also, interestingly, the vice president
:24:23. > :24:28.Mike Pence had a say in who should be appointed. What we don't know is
:24:29. > :24:32.whether he has got the autonomy to appoint his deputies. That was a
:24:33. > :24:35.controversial matter with regards to Rex Tillerson, the Secretary of
:24:36. > :24:39.State who couldn't. We will have to see over the coming days. Just one
:24:40. > :24:42.other thing to bear in mind, you talked about the one person who
:24:43. > :24:46.rejected the president, there was some talk that may be Donald Trump
:24:47. > :24:53.would struggle. General McMaster is a serving military officer - he
:24:54. > :24:55.couldn't say no. Jon Sopel, thank you very much.
:24:56. > :24:58.Here, there have been protests in several cities around the UK over
:24:59. > :25:00.Mr Trump's planned state visit to the UK.
:25:01. > :25:02.The biggest, in London, saw thousands of demonstrators
:25:03. > :25:06.It coincided with a debate in Westminster following a petition
:25:07. > :25:08.signed by nearly 2 million people calling for the visit
:25:09. > :25:11.The Government says the state visit will definitely go ahead,
:25:12. > :25:14.but that didn't stop MPs from clashing over it.
:25:15. > :25:18.What are we contributing to by allowing President Trump
:25:19. > :25:21.to continue in that rhetoric which divides people
:25:22. > :25:25.and tells us that Muslims are the enemy, that the Muslims
:25:26. > :25:30.That is me as a Muslim in this house.
:25:31. > :25:32.I am not an enemy to Western democracy.
:25:33. > :25:38.We can refer to all the things about Donald Trump,
:25:39. > :25:39.as some people have, even though he is
:25:40. > :25:55.While we have been on air, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed
:25:56. > :25:59.that five teenagers have been arrested in London on suspicion of
:26:00. > :26:05.the preparation of terrorist acts. The arrests are understood to relate
:26:06. > :26:06.to plans to travel to join a banned organisation.
:26:07. > :26:09.UK Sport has rejected appeals by seven sports that won't receive
:26:10. > :26:11.funding ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.
:26:12. > :26:13.Archery, weightlifting and wheelchair rugby
:26:14. > :26:16.won't get any money, and badminton, which secured
:26:17. > :26:20.a bronze medal in Rio, has been stripped of its funding, too.
:26:21. > :26:22.Our sports editor Dan Roan sent this report from
:26:23. > :26:25.the National Badminton Centre in Milton Keynes.
:26:26. > :26:28.Public money has transformed Britain's Olympic and Paralympic
:26:29. > :26:34.fortunes, but as well as winners, there are losers.
:26:35. > :26:38.These are among the seven sports that today learned their desperate
:26:39. > :26:40.appeals against funding cuts have been rejected.
:26:41. > :26:43.Perhaps the unluckiest, badminton, which had ?5.7 million wiped out
:26:44. > :26:45.despite meeting its Rio medal target with this bronze
:26:46. > :26:50.The woman who controls the purse strings told me
:26:51. > :26:54.Badminton and wheelchair rugby and other sports have
:26:55. > :26:58.got medal potential, but it is not strong
:26:59. > :27:01.enough for it to be higher in the meritocratic table.
:27:02. > :27:04.We have just run out of resources to be able to reach that far.
:27:05. > :27:06.But here at the National Badminton Centre in Milton Keynes,
:27:07. > :27:09.they are reeling from a decision that threatens jobs
:27:10. > :27:14.Absolutely devastated. I'm gutted.
:27:15. > :27:17.From a player point of view, you need that funding to help
:27:18. > :27:21.you get in the best shape possible, to go out there and win a medal
:27:22. > :27:27.And knowing that you haven't got that support from UK Sport just
:27:28. > :27:30.means that everything is hard work, everything is an obstacle,
:27:31. > :27:38.But with falling ticket sales hitting all-important
:27:39. > :27:40.National Lottery funding, UK Sport says its resources
:27:41. > :27:43.UK Sport's no-compromise approach has helped transform
:27:44. > :27:47.Britain into an Olympic and Paralympic superpower.
:27:48. > :27:51.But for the first time, sports with real medal potential
:27:52. > :27:54.are being excluded from funding and rarely before has this winning
:27:55. > :28:02.The approach that we take has worked and it will continue to work as long
:28:03. > :28:07.as we are not deviated from it by a general feeling
:28:08. > :28:10.that there might be in the general public that actually,
:28:11. > :28:12.the resources should be spread across more athletes
:28:13. > :28:17.Actually, that will compromise the results and we will do less
:28:18. > :28:21.well in the Olympics and Paralympics in 2020.
:28:22. > :28:25.?350 million is being invested in a bid to better Britain's triumph
:28:26. > :28:31.in Rio but for those sports cut adrift, the future
:28:32. > :28:38.The journalist and broadcaster Steve Hewlett has died
:28:39. > :28:44.The former BBC Panorama editor and presenter of Radio 4's
:28:45. > :28:46.The Media Show had movingly documented his final months
:28:47. > :28:57.The BBC's Director-General Tony Hall said Steve Hewlett had been
:28:58. > :28:59.a trusted voice who embodied the best of public
:29:00. > :29:08.Football, and the dream is over. In United. The non-league club had
:29:09. > :29:09.hoped cause a major upset tonight and secure a place in the
:29:10. > :29:12.quarterfinals of the FA Cup. But in what was the biggest match
:29:13. > :29:14.in the club's history, Our sports correspondent
:29:15. > :29:24.Natalie Pirks was watching. Sutton United are not used to seems
:29:25. > :29:27.like this, the arrival of Arsenal through Gander green lane into
:29:28. > :29:31.temporary chaos. As the Premier League stars battled their way
:29:32. > :29:36.towards the dressing room, sat in United's fans dreamt about what
:29:37. > :29:39.might be. We have to be careful because they don't play an
:29:40. > :29:43.artificial grass. -- they have to be careful. It will be harder for them.
:29:44. > :29:49.We have home advantage as well. We could beam but -- win but if we get
:29:50. > :29:53.beaten 5-0, Nick Scruton has been amazing. In the goldfish bowl of
:29:54. > :29:57.this tiny ground, one manager was under far more pressure than the
:29:58. > :30:00.other but for the part-timers, who once had top-flight dreams, to night
:30:01. > :30:06.with their showcase, particularly the ones who used to play for
:30:07. > :30:09.Arsenal, like Roarie Deacon. But as the 12 time FA Cup winners got to
:30:10. > :30:15.grips with the plastic pitch, they began to grow in confidence. They
:30:16. > :30:19.began to find the gaps. Lucas Perez' classy crosscourt at the South
:30:20. > :30:22.Londoners. A pub of the fists to lift the early tension. But if
:30:23. > :30:26.Arsenal needed a reminder they were still in a game, they quickly got
:30:27. > :30:30.one, a crunching one. Ospina could have done with a wake-up call, too,
:30:31. > :30:36.his mistake almost leading to a southern equaliser. But quality
:30:37. > :30:40.always find a way. 100 up for Theo Walcott in Arsenal red and white.
:30:41. > :30:44.Arsenal's longest serving current player with a century for the club.
:30:45. > :30:48.That would be that, surely, wouldn't it? Sutton had other plans. It was
:30:49. > :30:54.sufficiently worrying enough for Arsen Wenger to centre the crowd
:30:55. > :30:57.pleasing cavalry. Here comes Alexis Sanchez. But in truth, the
:30:58. > :31:02.cholesterol levels on the bench looked to be the bigger threat.
:31:03. > :31:04.Arsenal had done their job but so had Sutton, desire, heart, pride. It
:31:05. > :31:12.has been one hell of a ride. Arsenal's team was packed with
:31:13. > :31:16.internationals and a World Cup winner, yet still there was no gulf
:31:17. > :31:21.in class. Of course, in the end, quality and fitness told by force
:31:22. > :31:24.Sutton United, this cup run has been a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Now
:31:25. > :31:28.it is over to Lincoln city, the only non-league side left in the FA Cup
:31:29. > :31:29.and the night, the Sutton manager has urged them to go out and enjoy
:31:30. > :31:30.their