:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight at Ten: The pressure mounts on the US Attorney General,
:00:08. > :00:11.who stands accused of lying under oath.
:00:12. > :00:14.Following calls to stand down over claims that he lied about contacts
:00:15. > :00:16.with Russian officials during the election campaign,
:00:17. > :00:28.operatives or Russian intermediaries about the Trump campaign.
:00:29. > :00:31.President Trump has declared his total confidence in Mr Sessions,
:00:32. > :00:35.but his political opponents have been piling on the pressure.
:00:36. > :00:41.The fact that the Attorney General - the top cop in our country - lied
:00:42. > :00:46.under oath to the American people is grounds for him to resign.
:00:47. > :00:49.Mr Sessions also promised not to have any involvement
:00:50. > :00:52.in the official investigation into Russian interference
:00:53. > :01:00.Police chiefs in England and Wales have blamed budget cuts
:01:01. > :01:05.for a series of failings identified by inspectors.
:01:06. > :01:08.The value of the parent company of Snapchat has risen
:01:09. > :01:12.sharply, after its launch on the New York Stock Exchange.
:01:13. > :01:15.In China, we witness the official efforts to silence popular criticism
:01:16. > :01:19.ahead of the National People's Congress.
:01:20. > :01:23.And Jackie's life after JFK - the lost letters which reveal a love
:01:24. > :01:28.affair with a senior British diplomat.
:01:29. > :01:31.And coming up in Sportsday later in the hour on BBC News -
:01:32. > :01:36.After an epic tie-break, the world number one
:01:37. > :02:02.One of President Trump's most trusted colleagues, the US
:02:03. > :02:05.Attorney General Jeff Sessions, is under intense pressure tonight.
:02:06. > :02:09.He's facing allegations that he lied under oath about his contacts
:02:10. > :02:12.with Russian officials during the election campaign.
:02:13. > :02:14.But Mr Sessions, speaking within the past hour,
:02:15. > :02:18.has denied any improper contact and he's announced that he'll not be
:02:19. > :02:21.involved in the official investigation into claims of Russian
:02:22. > :02:25.influence in the presidential election.
:02:26. > :02:36.Our North America editor Jon Sopel reports.
:02:37. > :02:38.Marine One touching down on the Navy's newest aircraft
:02:39. > :02:40.carrier, and the president feeling the full
:02:41. > :02:42.downdraught of the latest setback to buffet his Administration.
:02:43. > :02:45.His Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, facing charges that he lied under
:02:46. > :02:48.oath during his confirmation hearings over his contacts with the
:02:49. > :02:53.But the president is standing by him.
:02:54. > :02:55.Mr President, do you still have confidence in the
:02:56. > :03:01.When were you aware that he spoke to the
:03:02. > :03:07.What's emerged is that then Senator Sessions met the Russian
:03:08. > :03:09.ambassador at the Republican convention in July.
:03:10. > :03:12.But at his confirmation hearing this January,
:03:13. > :03:15.he denied any contact with the Russians.
:03:16. > :03:19.If there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the
:03:20. > :03:23.Trump campaign communicated with the Russian
:03:24. > :03:25.government in the course of
:03:26. > :03:37.Senator Franken, I'm not aware of any of those activities.
:03:38. > :03:40.I have been called a surrogate a time or two in
:03:41. > :03:44.that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians.
:03:45. > :03:52.I'm unable to comment on it. We've now had the national security
:03:53. > :03:55.adviser fired over his legs to Russia, the Attorney General accused
:03:56. > :03:58.of perjuring himself because of his contacts and the White House is
:03:59. > :04:01.absolutely insistent there is nothing untoward, there is nothing
:04:02. > :04:10.to see, and the crowd should move on. But the questions keep piling
:04:11. > :04:13.up. Senior Democrats are demanding Jeff Sessions' resignation and for
:04:14. > :04:17.the appointment of a special prosecutor. The fact that the
:04:18. > :04:21.Attorney General, the top cop in our country, lied under oath to the
:04:22. > :04:26.American people is grounds for him to resign. It is grounds for him to
:04:27. > :04:31.resign. He has proved that he's underqualified and unfit to serve in
:04:32. > :04:36.position. Of trust. Republicans aren't going that far, but a growing
:04:37. > :04:39.number have said that you can't have an Attorney General overseeing an
:04:40. > :04:43.investigation into Russian activities, if he himself is
:04:44. > :04:48.comprised. They are demanding him recuse himself. Based on what we
:04:49. > :04:52.have read on the information is not complete, the Attorney General
:04:53. > :04:55.should further clarify and I think you will need to recuse himself at
:04:56. > :04:58.this point. At a news conference a short time ago Jeff Sessions
:04:59. > :05:03.insisted he'd done nothing wrong, but he did bow to pressure from
:05:04. > :05:08.within his own party. I've decided to recuse myself from any existing
:05:09. > :05:12.or future investigations of any matter relating in any way to the
:05:13. > :05:21.campaigns for president of the United States. # Goblin Webb bless
:05:22. > :05:25.the USA -- God bless the USA. There's no disguising the warmth of
:05:26. > :05:30.the reception the US president received. His hope is the rest of
:05:31. > :05:33.the American personnel are more interested in what he's doing in
:05:34. > :05:40.national security and jobs than they are in latest Washington brouhaha.
:05:41. > :05:45.That report just in from our North American editor, John Sobel.
:05:46. > :05:47.Policing in England and Wales is in a "potentially perilous"
:05:48. > :05:50.state, with some forces putting the public at risk, according
:05:51. > :05:52.to the police watchdog, the Inspectorate of Constabulary.
:05:53. > :05:55.The report did say most of the 43 forces were providing a good
:05:56. > :05:57.service, but that others were letting victims down.
:05:58. > :05:59.Police leaders say forces are having to "prioritise more"
:06:00. > :06:02.because of a sharp fall in their budgets, as our home editor
:06:03. > :06:07.The arrest of a suspected drug dealer in Bedfordshire this morning.
:06:08. > :06:10.This is the traditional view of what police do.
:06:11. > :06:15.But the alleged crime scene offers clues
:06:16. > :06:19.to what 21st century policing now involves.
:06:20. > :06:24.Phones and sim cards may reveal victims requiring protection.
:06:25. > :06:28.A laptop might reveal evidence of cybercrime.
:06:29. > :06:30.The presence of a woman's possessions could suggest a
:06:31. > :06:39.Bedfordshire Police were today described as "inadequate" in a
:06:40. > :06:42.report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, with around a third
:06:43. > :06:44.of chief constables in England and Wales
:06:45. > :06:46.told their effectiveness was
:06:47. > :06:51.There's a rationing of police services in some areas
:06:52. > :06:53.because resources are stretched. Deliberately on occasions.
:06:54. > :06:57.The amount of risk associated with a victim is downplayed.
:06:58. > :06:59.Bedfordshire Police is criticising a report which
:07:00. > :07:05.In an extraordinary response, Bedfordshire Police issued their own
:07:06. > :07:07.video rebuttal, complaining the official inspectors had got it
:07:08. > :07:12.Later, the Chief Constable told the BBC the HMIC had failed
:07:13. > :07:15.to recognise the force's changing priorities,
:07:16. > :07:23.Only today, the officers and staff from this unit have arrested an
:07:24. > :07:26.individual who is responsible for downloading the most abusive and
:07:27. > :07:30.And that's what we're doing, we're protecting
:07:31. > :07:35.And I'm very frustrated that the good work
:07:36. > :07:41.Police budgets have been cut by over 20% in the last five years, but then
:07:42. > :07:45.crime has fallen by a third in the same period.
:07:46. > :07:47.The government argues if some forces are coping, poor
:07:48. > :07:54.Theresa May once said the mission of the police was to cut crime.
:07:55. > :07:59.But of the priority and emergency calls they receive,
:08:00. > :08:02.actually less than a quarter are directly crime related.
:08:03. > :08:05.A typical day in a typical force will see 50
:08:06. > :08:09.arrests, but also 14 incidents relating to
:08:10. > :08:10.mental health issues and
:08:11. > :08:15.Police work has shifted from catching
:08:16. > :08:22.There was an age where if someone had an obvious injury from an
:08:23. > :08:25.assault, somebody got arrested, how straightforward is that?
:08:26. > :08:27.It has completely changed, it's about
:08:28. > :08:31.It's about assessing what the risk is.
:08:32. > :08:32.Have police officers become social workers?
:08:33. > :08:36.They've had to become broader public servants as well as, not forgetting
:08:37. > :08:39.and they still make lots of arrests, they still take people to court.
:08:40. > :08:42.It's a long way from Z Cars or The Sweeney.
:08:43. > :08:45.Whether forces are getting their 21st-century priorities right
:08:46. > :08:54.British Cycling has apologised for failings in the way it
:08:55. > :08:57.looked after its riders, and it's promised to improve.
:08:58. > :08:59.An investigation was launched last year, after allegations
:09:00. > :09:03.And the team's new chairman, Jonathan Browning, has set out
:09:04. > :09:06.a plan for improving the welfare of athletes.
:09:07. > :09:11.Our sports editor Dan Roan has more details.
:09:12. > :09:13.For years the story was one of success -
:09:14. > :09:15.British Cycling defined by medals and glory.
:09:16. > :09:19.But now the image has been tainted amid a damaging tide of bullying
:09:20. > :09:24.All have been denied, but today, the man tasked with salvaging
:09:25. > :09:26.the sport's reputation told me it was time for
:09:27. > :09:31.Do you owe riders and staff an apology today?
:09:32. > :09:35.We've already met with our groups of both riders and staff and we've
:09:36. > :09:39.made it very clear that where there's been failings,
:09:40. > :09:43.We recognise them, but we're going to do something
:09:44. > :09:47.So there was a bullying culture then here at British Cycling?
:09:48. > :09:49.I think there have been some well reported instances
:09:50. > :09:55.Today, with training here continuing as normal,
:09:56. > :09:59.British Cycling unveiled a 39-point action plan, designed to overhaul
:10:00. > :10:04.It all stems back to last year, when former sprint cyclist
:10:05. > :10:08.Jess Varnish complained about sexism and bullying amid a culture of fear
:10:09. > :10:11.at the sport's high-class performance programme.
:10:12. > :10:16.A decade ago, Jenny Copnall was national mountain biking
:10:17. > :10:19.champion and says she was also a victim of discrimination
:10:20. > :10:23.I've certainly known of staff who have said to me down the years,
:10:24. > :10:27.and particularly when I retired, that they supported and they had
:10:28. > :10:33.felt bad for my situation, but hadn't been able to say
:10:34. > :10:38.anything, because they were worried about their job.
:10:39. > :10:42.The idea of job preservation was almost a joke amongst riders,
:10:43. > :10:46.in the way that management behaved and decisions were made.
:10:47. > :10:48.British Cycling's credibility was further damaged yesterday,
:10:49. > :10:51.when MPs heard about a failure to keep records of medical
:10:52. > :10:56.Sir Bradley, if we could have a quick chat, please?
:10:57. > :11:01.The man at the centre of the storm, Sir Bradley Wiggins,
:11:02. > :11:04.today declined to answer questions about the contents of a now
:11:05. > :11:07.infamous medical package delivered to him in 2011.
:11:08. > :11:11.But there's a real warning here for other sports, too.
:11:12. > :11:15.A growing sense that British Cycling is symbolic of a win at all costs
:11:16. > :11:18.mentality that comes at too high a price.
:11:19. > :11:22.Today, it was warned that unless things improve,
:11:23. > :11:25.it could lose millions of pounds worth of public funding.
:11:26. > :11:28.Your best funded and most successful governing body
:11:29. > :11:33.Well, there's a lot going on around British Cycling.
:11:34. > :11:36.There are a number of fires that seem to be going off in different
:11:37. > :11:40.areas and it's difficult for them at this point in time.
:11:41. > :11:42.I was shocked and disturbed by what I heard yesterday,
:11:43. > :11:51.particularly around the area of medical management.
:11:52. > :11:58.Do you accept it looks very suspicious? I accept we have many
:11:59. > :12:00.gaps that we need to address in how we run some of the areas of the
:12:01. > :12:05.business. These
:12:06. > :12:07.are dark days for the sport thought to be an explosive report
:12:08. > :12:11.into cycling's culture now imminent, A brief look at some of the day's
:12:12. > :12:16.other other news stories. The Syrian army says it's regained
:12:17. > :12:19.control of the city of Palmyra IS has twice held Palmyra -
:12:20. > :12:23.which is famous for its ancient ruins - during the six-year
:12:24. > :12:25.Syrian conflict. During that time they've
:12:26. > :12:27.destroyed some of the city's Polls have just closed
:12:28. > :12:31.in the second election to the Northern Ireland Assembly
:12:32. > :12:33.in less than a year. The power-sharing executive,
:12:34. > :12:36.led by the Democratic Unionist Party Three skiers have been
:12:37. > :12:46.killed in an avalanche 18 people were skiing
:12:47. > :12:50.off-piste on fresh snow when they were hit by the avalanche,
:12:51. > :12:52.near Courmayeur, this afternoon. Three people were seriously
:12:53. > :12:54.injured and were taken A man has admitted raping
:12:55. > :13:02.a woman just hours before Derry McCann, who's 28,
:13:03. > :13:06.attacked the woman in a park McCann was jailed for a similar
:13:07. > :13:11.attack when he was a teenager. He'll be sentenced next month
:13:12. > :13:14.and was told he faced "a very, The French presidential candidate,
:13:15. > :13:23.Emmanuel Macron, has unveiled his policy agenda -
:13:24. > :13:26.promising to boost the economy Mr Macron, who's running
:13:27. > :13:31.on a centrist manifesto, had been Tonight it emerged police have
:13:32. > :13:37.searched the home of one of Mr Macron's rivals,
:13:38. > :13:40.Francois Fillon. He now finds himself in the unusual
:13:41. > :13:43.position in this election of being the only major candidate
:13:44. > :13:46.not facing possible criminal charges, as our Paris correspondent
:13:47. > :13:56.Lucy Williamson reports. His stage may not be as glitzy
:13:57. > :14:05.as the Oscars but Emmanuel Macron knows how to
:14:06. > :14:07.play the star. Never mind that critics
:14:08. > :14:11.describe his campaign as blah blah land -
:14:12. > :14:15.all talk, no real policies. Today this 39-year-old first-time
:14:16. > :14:30.candidate came armed He's promised big tax cuts,
:14:31. > :14:35.spending cuts and the sale of government stakes in some
:14:36. > :14:38.companies but he's also promised 50 billion euros of investment
:14:39. > :14:41.and help for those on low incomes. Mr Macron's supporters are largely
:14:42. > :14:43.young, urban professionals. So, one journalist asked -
:14:44. > :14:45.why does a former investment banker TRANSLATION: I was born
:14:46. > :14:53.in a provincial town and in a family that had nothing to do
:14:54. > :14:56.with the world of It's with a lot of pride that I say
:14:57. > :15:03.I am the candidate of the working and the middle classes and frankly
:15:04. > :15:05.when I compare my project with Marine Le Pen's,
:15:06. > :15:08.she wants to withdraw from the eurozone and destroy 30%
:15:09. > :15:10.of people's savings. Expanding his vote to blue collar
:15:11. > :15:17.workers is key for Mr Macron. Here in Lyon he's won over
:15:18. > :15:20.the socialist mayor but the support of the city's factory workers
:15:21. > :15:23.is proving much more difficult. TRANSLATION: If it's between Macron
:15:24. > :15:26.and Marine Le Pen in the second round I would vote for Macron,
:15:27. > :15:30.but it would be a vote of necessity, I think he will better try to get
:15:31. > :15:38.closer to people in general. By "people", I include,
:15:39. > :15:45.of course, older people, more conservative people
:15:46. > :15:48.and workers who work. Polls suggest Marine Le Pen has
:15:49. > :15:53.the support of almost half the blue collar vote in France and is gaining
:15:54. > :15:56.among farmers and some But she's also battling
:15:57. > :16:00.claims that she misused EU Emmanuel Macron's strategy lies
:16:01. > :16:08.in holding together two The centre-left
:16:09. > :16:14.and the centre-right. Critics say the glue in that formula
:16:15. > :16:17.has been Mr Macron's personality This programme tries to offer
:16:18. > :16:26.something to both sides but will it be enough to keep them
:16:27. > :16:30.faithful and get them out to vote? With his centre-right rival
:16:31. > :16:35.Francois Fillon under investigation for embezzlement,
:16:36. > :16:41.this presidency could come down to a choice between
:16:42. > :16:42.Mr Macron or Marine Le Pen, between globalisation
:16:43. > :16:44.or protectionism - This weekend China will open
:16:45. > :16:53.its annual parliamentary session, As usual the weeks leading up
:16:54. > :16:58.to the congress have been marked by a nationwide effort to stop some
:16:59. > :17:01.of the most marginalised members These petitioners are often
:17:02. > :17:07.prevented from airing their grievances and this
:17:08. > :17:09.year our correspondent John Sudworth has had first-hand experience
:17:10. > :17:11.of the tactics deployed by the authorities
:17:12. > :17:13.to silence criticism. There are some violent
:17:14. > :17:17.images in this report. We are stopped from meeting
:17:18. > :17:30.the family we've come to see. This woman and her sister
:17:31. > :17:34.claim their father was beaten to death
:17:35. > :17:39.by a policeman in a land dispute. They're among the many thousands
:17:40. > :17:43.of people who travel regularly to Beijing seeking justice
:17:44. > :17:47.- known as petitioners. So the petitioners
:17:48. > :17:50.hope to use China's annual parliamentary
:17:51. > :17:54.gathering to make their case. But here's the reality,
:17:55. > :17:57.China's Communist Party doesn't want By this country's dispossessed
:17:58. > :18:07.and marginalised. The thugs force us out
:18:08. > :18:14.and smash our cameras. Before the start of the National
:18:15. > :18:18.People's Congress this weekend, a major security
:18:19. > :18:24.operation is under way. While local officials work to stop
:18:25. > :18:27.petitioners reaching Beijing, at the Petitions' Office,
:18:28. > :18:30.where, in theory, their complaints and grievances can be lodged,
:18:31. > :18:34.hundreds of plain clothed security guards now lie in wait to catch
:18:35. > :18:42.people and send them home. We meet two women who show
:18:43. > :18:48.us their petitions. One, claiming that a well-connected
:18:49. > :18:53.company boss stole money from her. The other, trying to overturn
:18:54. > :19:03.an alleged miscarriage of justice. "We come here during the Congress
:19:04. > :19:06.because there is a chance for to us meet upright officials",
:19:07. > :19:08.this woman says, "but instead we're treated as
:19:09. > :19:13.troublemakers and threatened." The interview is abruptly stopped,
:19:14. > :19:16.although for now, at least, the Few petitioners ever
:19:17. > :19:23.succeed in getting Along with the persecution,
:19:24. > :19:29.it makes their faith in the system We are just a few blocks
:19:30. > :19:41.away from the People's Congress but the reality they play
:19:42. > :19:43.here is very different indeed. For those who need political
:19:44. > :19:45.representation the most, this is a system marked by suspicion,
:19:46. > :19:48.surveillance and control. Shares in the company that owns
:19:49. > :19:56.the messaging app Snapchat have jumped nearly 50%
:19:57. > :19:59.on its stock market debut. Snapchat, which is best known
:20:00. > :20:02.for its disappearing messages, allows its 158 million users
:20:03. > :20:04.to share photos, often using novelty filters,
:20:05. > :20:09.but it has never made a profit. Our technology correspondent
:20:10. > :20:19.Rory Cellan Jones is with me, Rory, why is the company that doesn't make
:20:20. > :20:23.a profit the subject of this attention? . The shares have been
:20:24. > :20:25.massively oversubscribed with big investors terrified of missing out
:20:26. > :20:29.on the next big investors terrified of missing out
:20:30. > :20:32.on the next big thing. The young founders were billionaires on paper
:20:33. > :20:36.before it opened on the New York Stock Exchange and within a couple
:20:37. > :20:44.of hours the shares were trading at a price of $25, up nearly 50% on the
:20:45. > :20:48.day Even at the open price, $17, the company was valued then at an
:20:49. > :20:51.extraordinary $25 billion. All the more extraordinary when you think it
:20:52. > :20:56.has never made any money. In fact last year it made a loss of $515
:20:57. > :21:00.million. But the investors, they are not betting on what the company is
:21:01. > :21:10.now but on what they believe it might become with that very young
:21:11. > :21:17.audience, mainly 15-25-year-olds, they don't watch TV, this is the a
:21:18. > :21:21.way of reaching them. But the competition has slowed recently.
:21:22. > :21:25.There's competition from Instagram, which is copying a lot of Snap
:21:26. > :21:30.Snap's capabilities and there is a warning sign from what happened to
:21:31. > :21:34.Twitter. On its opening day on the stock market, its shares rose over
:21:35. > :21:36.90%, today those shares are 40% below the opening price a few years
:21:37. > :21:41.ago. The Chief Inspector of Hospitals
:21:42. > :21:44.in England has given a stark warning about the state of the NHS,
:21:45. > :21:47.saying it's standing on a "burning platform",
:21:48. > :21:49.with four out of five trusts needing Professor Sir Mike Richards says
:21:50. > :21:54.the traditional model of caring for patients is no longer capable
:21:55. > :21:56.of meeting the needs Our health editor Hugh
:21:57. > :22:04.Pym has the story. I'll bring your baby across and let
:22:05. > :22:07.you know about the checks A new birth today and
:22:08. > :22:11.a new beginning for this Maternity and other services were
:22:12. > :22:17.rated inadequate by the regulator, the Care Quality
:22:18. > :22:19.Commission, in 2015. The Trust, which includes
:22:20. > :22:21.Addenbrooke's, was put into special measures,
:22:22. > :22:23.but now it's tackled the problems It was a very big shock
:22:24. > :22:26.for our patients. The boss who helped steer
:22:27. > :22:29.the hospital from the low point of special measures back to where it
:22:30. > :22:35.should be, told me how The wider leadership teams invested
:22:36. > :22:45.a huge amount of their time, you know in some cases well
:22:46. > :22:48.over two days a week, in going out into frontline clinical
:22:49. > :22:50.areas and talking to staff and listening to them and listening
:22:51. > :22:53.to patients about what needed and listening to them and listening
:22:54. > :22:57.to patients about what needed The Care Quality Commission makes
:22:58. > :23:01.clear that while there are successful turnarounds
:23:02. > :23:03.like at this hospital, there are others where there
:23:04. > :23:05.is cause for concern and where care The CQC report said across major
:23:06. > :23:08.hospital trusts in England, 68% were rated as inadequate
:23:09. > :23:10.or needing improvement. 81% was said to need to improve
:23:11. > :23:13.safety but 93% were praised But those ratings were done before
:23:14. > :23:21.this winter's extreme pressure in hospitals and the CQC says
:23:22. > :23:24.the whole system needs a complete Of course I have concerns
:23:25. > :23:28.about what has been happening and I think we need to take a long
:23:29. > :23:32.look at that to see what more can be done in terms of improving the acute
:23:33. > :23:37.care model, from emergency admissions, through the hospital,
:23:38. > :23:39.through to discharge. So we need to look across
:23:40. > :23:43.the country at all of those things. But some hospitals are managing
:23:44. > :23:48.it better than others. The system as a whole is under
:23:49. > :23:56.strain but for some hospitals those who having had a bad
:23:57. > :24:00.inspection have turned things around The former Prime Minister,
:24:01. > :24:05.Gordon Brown, has called on the Government to implement
:24:06. > :24:07.the next stage of the Leveson inquiry into allegations
:24:08. > :24:09.about press intrusion. Mr Brown says there are
:24:10. > :24:13."unanswered questions" about the way newspaper journalists
:24:14. > :24:15.have behaved which need The Leveson inquiry
:24:16. > :24:19.was intended to be in two parts but five years on, the second phase
:24:20. > :24:23.still hasn't happened. Our media editor Amol
:24:24. > :24:25.Rajan has the story. The Leveson Inquiry allowed victims
:24:26. > :24:30.of phone hacking and press intrusion to explain in
:24:31. > :24:34.harrowing detail how their lives had been ruined by Britain's
:24:35. > :24:36.tabloid press. And former Prime
:24:37. > :24:48.Minister Gordon Brown, whose bank and mortgage accounts
:24:49. > :24:51.were broken into, says it's now time Leveson one could only deal
:24:52. > :24:56.with part of the problem. The whole of the problem
:24:57. > :24:58.has got to be dealt with, including the way
:24:59. > :25:00.Murdoch newspapers impersonated Including the way that there
:25:01. > :25:04.were breaches of the law. Including also how e-mail
:25:05. > :25:06.interception might have happened, as well as
:25:07. > :25:12.telephone interception. The remit of the first
:25:13. > :25:16.inquiry was broad. To look at the culture,
:25:17. > :25:18.practice and ethics of Britain's A second, more specific,
:25:19. > :25:22.inquiry would look at claims of police corruption and allegations
:25:23. > :25:24.of corporate wrongdoing at News But five years on, it
:25:25. > :25:53.still hasn't happened. It was almost certainly
:25:54. > :25:56.the worst experience of my One man splashed across tabloid
:25:57. > :26:02.front pages was the teacher, He was wrongly accused
:26:03. > :26:07.of killing his tenant, Joanna Yates,
:26:08. > :26:09.and hounded for weeks. He's now patron of
:26:10. > :26:11.the press reform group One sees the same kind
:26:12. > :26:15.of treatment of innocent people in the press that
:26:16. > :26:17.I had to go through. One finds the same extraordinary
:26:18. > :26:20.disregard for truth Victims of press abuse believe
:26:21. > :26:25.Britain's newspapers But many journalists
:26:26. > :26:29.have already appeared in the dock, according
:26:30. > :26:31.here at the Old Bailey. And some of Fleet Street's loudest
:26:32. > :26:33.voices believe this is all part of a vendetta
:26:34. > :26:36.against a free press. One of Rupert Murdoch's most
:26:37. > :26:39.controversial former editors says a second inquiry
:26:40. > :26:42.would be a waste of time. You'd get some clapped-out old judge
:26:43. > :26:46.out of retirement to discuss the "Relationship"
:26:47. > :26:53.between the police and the press. The police and the government
:26:54. > :27:09.want to control what Many of Gordon Brown's
:27:10. > :27:13.criticisms focus on Mr Murdoch, who is
:27:14. > :27:15.currently trying to buy the remainder of Sky,
:27:16. > :27:17.with a Five years after
:27:18. > :27:22.David Cameron promised part two, victims of press abuse
:27:23. > :27:25.believe the Leveson Inquiry is A series of lost love letters
:27:26. > :27:32.detailing the relationship between Jackie Kennedy
:27:33. > :27:35.and a British aristocrat and senior diplomat are to be
:27:36. > :27:37.auctioned this month. The letters were written
:27:38. > :27:42.after the assassination of President Kennedy
:27:43. > :27:44.but ended when Jackie Kennedy married the Greek tycoon
:27:45. > :27:46.Aristotle Onassis. Our correspondent David Sillito has
:27:47. > :27:48.been studying the letters. Dear David, your last
:27:49. > :27:50.letter was such a cri de I would do anything to take
:27:51. > :27:54.that anguish from you. It doesn't seem that we can
:27:55. > :27:58.ever help the people we David Ormsby Gore,
:27:59. > :28:06.Britain's ambassador in The person writing to him
:28:07. > :28:10.was a woman he wanted to marry, This is a love story
:28:11. > :28:14.in letters that was, for the A few weeks ago,
:28:15. > :28:19.the lock was forced, David Ormsby Gore had known
:28:20. > :28:23.Jack Kennedy for many years. He was more than just
:28:24. > :28:25.an ambassador, he was a The story of this glamorous golden
:28:26. > :28:29.couple and the tragedy of the These letters reveal
:28:30. > :28:51.the private story. How when David Ormsby Gore
:28:52. > :28:56.lost his wife romance blossomed. But his heart was broken,
:28:57. > :29:07.and Jackie left He writes about their plans
:29:08. > :29:14.for a marriage, a possible secret All that, he says, has
:29:15. > :29:18.become irrelevant trash. "As for your photograph",
:29:19. > :29:19.he says, "I weep when I Why do such agonising
:29:20. > :29:23.things have to happen?" We also have Jackie
:29:24. > :29:25.Kennedy's response to that She writes back to him, painfully,
:29:26. > :29:29.one Aristotle Onassis's own stationery from his yacht,
:29:30. > :29:31.and with a Greek stamp on the envelope, and says,
:29:32. > :29:34.no, it's not that bad, really, I'll always love
:29:35. > :29:36.you and we'll always have But I don't know how
:29:37. > :29:40.much that placated him. No one knew what was in the box,
:29:41. > :29:45.there wasn't even a These letters are a fascinating
:29:46. > :29:50.glimpse into the world of the White House, the Kennedys,
:29:51. > :29:52.and a romance bound by grief. ...Have shared so many lives
:29:53. > :29:54.and deaths and hopes and pain. We will share them
:29:55. > :30:01.forever, and be forever An update on our main story, the
:30:02. > :30:03.pressure on US Attorney-General Jeff Session who has been accused of
:30:04. > :30:06.lying and his announcement today that he will not be involved in the
:30:07. > :30:08.official investigation into claims by Russian interference in the US
:30:09. > :30:14.presidential election. Let's go live to the White House, or North America
:30:15. > :30:17.editor Jon Sopel is there. This statement tonight, Jon, do you think
:30:18. > :30:20.he has done enough to answer critics? I think on the Republican
:30:21. > :30:25.side they are hoping so. That is what they wanted. They wanted him to
:30:26. > :30:28.say - I'm not going to have any part in any investigation overseeing it,
:30:29. > :30:31.into whether the Russians interfered in the election. The Republicans
:30:32. > :30:35.have got that. The Democrats, though, are not going to let that
:30:36. > :30:41.go. They believe he lied under oath when he said "I had no contacts with
:30:42. > :30:44.the Russians." He explained that by saying - I was asked whether I had
:30:45. > :30:49.contacts as a Trump campaign manager. The answer to that was no.
:30:50. > :30:52.Did I have contact with them as a member of the armed services
:30:53. > :30:57.committee, well, yes, I did. With hindsight he may have been
:30:58. > :31:01.better-served of giving a more honest answer at the committee
:31:02. > :31:03.hearing. So to that extent it was a self-inflicted wound. They are
:31:04. > :31:06.clearly hoping in the White House now that they have stopped the
:31:07. > :31:12.bleeding. Thank you very much for the update. A reminder that
:31:13. > :31:16.Newsnight is coming up on BBC Two. Here is Evan.
:31:17. > :31:24.Tonight, all the reaction the it argument in the US over the Joan
:31:25. > :31:26.general and as it is World Book Day we have the writer and illustrator,
:31:27. > :31:27.Raymond