:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight at ten: How ministers plan to transfer thousands of pieces
:00:08. > :00:11.of European Union legislation into British law.
:00:12. > :00:14.The parliamentary archives at Westminster will make room
:00:15. > :00:16.for new additions to the British statute book, as the law binding
:00:17. > :00:21.the UK to the European Union is set to be repealed.
:00:22. > :00:24.We want a smooth and orderly exit and the Great Repeal Bill
:00:25. > :00:29.It will provide clarity and certainty for businesses,
:00:30. > :00:32.workers and consumers across the United Kingdom
:00:33. > :00:38.But there are concerns that the process ahead could weaken
:00:39. > :00:44.the rights built up and guaranteed in EU law over four decades.
:00:45. > :00:47.All rights and protections derived from EU law must be
:00:48. > :00:53.All rights and protections - no limitations, no qualifications,
:00:54. > :01:01.And in Edinburgh, the day after the Brexit process started,
:01:02. > :01:04.Scotland's First Minister signs her letter demanding
:01:05. > :01:08.We'll have more from Edinburgh, Westminster and Brussels
:01:09. > :01:11.on the questions being asked about the Brexit process.
:01:12. > :01:16.The little boy who died after his surgery was repeatedly delayed -
:01:17. > :01:19.two doctors talk about the situation in one of Britain's biggest
:01:20. > :01:25.The women who could have been suicide bombers -
:01:26. > :01:27.we report from Nigeria on the brutal tactics of the militant
:01:28. > :01:34.In the mountains of North Wales, a helicopter crash has claimed
:01:35. > :01:56.the lives of this couple and three other members of the same family.
:01:57. > :01:58.And we return to Homs - with the Syrian conflict
:01:59. > :02:03.in its seventh year - to meet some of the city's children.
:02:04. > :02:20.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: Manchester City Women
:02:21. > :02:23.A day after the Brexit process formally started,
:02:24. > :02:26.ministers have revealed their plans for converting thousands
:02:27. > :02:29.of items of European Union legislation into British law.
:02:30. > :02:33.They have announced what they call a Great Repeal Bill,
:02:34. > :02:36.which they say will provide "clarity and certainty" on what
:02:37. > :02:41.But critics warn it could allow changes in the law without proper
:02:42. > :02:43.parliamentary scrutiny, and a weakening of
:02:44. > :02:51.Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg reports.
:02:52. > :02:55.Locked inside the tower, preserved for safekeeping.
:02:56. > :03:01.Scrolls and scrolls and scrolls of the laws of our land.
:03:02. > :03:06.But this one that has shaped so much for decades will be disappearing.
:03:07. > :03:12.Repealed, rolled back, the act that took us into the EU.
:03:13. > :03:16.He wants to pass instead a huge set of new laws that will put
:03:17. > :03:20.the thousands and thousands and thousands of European measures
:03:21. > :03:25.which currently govern us on the statute books.
:03:26. > :03:28.As we exit the EU and seek a new, deep and special
:03:29. > :03:30.partnership with the EU, we do so from a position
:03:31. > :03:33.where we have the same standards and rules.
:03:34. > :03:37.But we ensure we deliver on our promise to end the supremacy
:03:38. > :03:44.In other words, on the day powers come back to Westminster
:03:45. > :03:49.from the EU, the laws will not just disappear.
:03:50. > :03:52.The Repeal Bill will essentially cut and paste the lot
:03:53. > :03:57.But Labour is worried the Tories might take the chance
:03:58. > :04:04.All rights and protections derived from EU law must be
:04:05. > :04:10.converted into domestic law, no limitations.
:04:11. > :04:18.As sovereign power, we will indeed have the power to amend,
:04:19. > :04:24.repeal or improve all of this ghastly EU legislation.
:04:25. > :04:28.If he panders too much to the secret and quiet, or not so secret,
:04:29. > :04:33.agenda of the barmy-army Eurosceptics behind him,
:04:34. > :04:36.he will not get the level of co-operation he otherwise
:04:37. > :05:15.would when he talks about pragmatism.
:05:16. > :05:19.With all law under the Union Flag, the Government has promised again
:05:20. > :05:22.But as we leave, it's politicians abroad who could really
:05:23. > :05:27.EU leaders were not exactly sunning themselves
:05:28. > :05:30.Hunkered in the gloom of the conference centre instead.
:05:31. > :05:32.Firm and downbeat about the prospect of a happy ending.
:05:33. > :05:34.Brexit has made us, the community of 27, more determined
:05:35. > :05:41.We will remain determined and united in the future.
:05:42. > :05:43.Ministers know they can't just breeze through
:05:44. > :05:51.It is more than just tidying up a few laws, but an exercise
:05:52. > :06:03.As we've heard, after Britain leaves the European Union in two years'
:06:04. > :06:06.time, politicians in the UK will have the power to change any
:06:07. > :06:09.of the laws that have been transferred from the EU.
:06:10. > :06:12.The Confederation of British Industry says there could be
:06:13. > :06:15.opportunities for more flexible regulations, but unions say
:06:16. > :06:19.there is a danger that workers' rights could be weakened.
:06:20. > :06:21.Our business editor Simon Jack has been looking at the likely
:06:22. > :06:28.There isn't a business or a worker in the UK that European regulation
:06:29. > :06:33.Rules on the chemicals that are going to our
:06:34. > :06:36.drugs, the components that go into our planes, and how financial
:06:37. > :06:42.Once we leave, can the government free
:06:43. > :06:45.business from what some of them, like this steel factory in Dorset,
:06:46. > :06:50.It's easier for us to export to Mongolia than it
:06:51. > :06:54.And the EU has made our product more expensive.
:06:55. > :06:56.We want to protect workers' rights, we want
:06:57. > :07:00.to ensure good health and safety, but we have got to get rid of the
:07:01. > :07:04.enormous amount of paperwork and cumbersome regulation that gives no
:07:05. > :07:09.advantage to the business, the customer or indeed the consumer.
:07:10. > :07:11.But some industries are steeped in decades of heavy regulation
:07:12. > :07:16.for good reason, and it's unlikely there will be any rapid change.
:07:17. > :07:18.I think it's somewhat of an illusion to think
:07:19. > :07:20.that we're going to see immediate benefits.
:07:21. > :07:22.Actually, we are suffering from uncertainty.
:07:23. > :07:25.The Great Repeal Bill gives us some degree of
:07:26. > :07:28.certainty, but a lot of devil lies in the detail.
:07:29. > :07:30.So this is actually about life and death.
:07:31. > :07:35.It's making available products for critical care for patients, to keep
:07:36. > :07:53.them healthy, to treat cancer, to control epilepsy.
:07:54. > :08:03.Get it wrong and we're going to see some very
:08:04. > :08:08.Even fairly simple companies will never be free of EU
:08:09. > :08:18.regulation if they want to sell their products there.
:08:19. > :08:21.65% of our bikes are sold within the EU.
:08:22. > :08:23.So to adhere to two different sets of
:08:24. > :08:25.rules, the UK and the European one, really doesn't make sense.
:08:26. > :08:26.We'l have one bike which adheres to the
:08:27. > :08:27.highest standards there are out there.
:08:28. > :08:29.Not all regulation comes from Brussels.
:08:30. > :08:30.Some laws are made right here in Whitehall.
:08:31. > :08:32.Businesses are never quite sure where EU regulations stop
:08:33. > :08:36.This is meant to give some clarity, bring it all
:08:37. > :08:38.together for the sake of consistency.
:08:39. > :08:40.And over time we can decide ourselves to get rid of the
:08:41. > :08:43.But, say some, one person's pesky regulation is
:08:44. > :08:44.another person's important safeguard.
:08:45. > :08:46.We already know some employers' lobbies, and also some
:08:47. > :09:08.politicians, are calling for Brexit to create the opportunity for there
:09:09. > :09:12.But what we are calling on the government
:09:13. > :09:14.to do is to act on the commitments made to protect and to
:09:15. > :09:17.Businesses across all sectors have begged for
:09:18. > :09:20.This colossal cut and paste exercise of
:09:21. > :09:21.EU law into UK law will provide some.
:09:22. > :09:23.But it may not lead to the huge and sudden bonfire of
:09:24. > :09:24.regulation some hoped and some feared Brexit would deliver.
:09:25. > :09:26.Two things expected tomorrow - the President of the European
:09:27. > :09:28.Council, Donald Tusk, will talk about his draft guidelines
:09:29. > :09:30.We'll be talking to our Europe editor Katya Adler in a moment.
:09:31. > :09:32.But tomorrow will also see the delivery of a letter
:09:33. > :09:38.Let's talk about that with our Scotland editor, Sarah Smith.
:09:39. > :09:43.The crucial letter makes a formal request to the Prime Minister on
:09:44. > :09:46.independence. The Scottish Government have released a picture
:09:47. > :09:51.tonight of Nicola Sturgeon sitting on the sofa, Hearst shoes kicked
:09:52. > :09:56.off, her legs tucked underneath her, as she's putting the final touches
:09:57. > :09:58.to the letter. Couldn't be more different than the very formal
:09:59. > :10:02.portrait of Theresa May signing the Article 50 letter in Downing Street.
:10:03. > :10:06.Very different images, and believe me, that is no accident. But while
:10:07. > :10:11.the picture might look quite casual, the contents of this letter are not.
:10:12. > :10:15.We are deeply serious. In it, the First Minister asserts that she has
:10:16. > :10:17.a clear mandate to ask for another referendum since the Scottish
:10:18. > :10:28.parliament voted to back her arduous day, and she repeats her request for
:10:29. > :10:31.a vote in 18-24 months' time. She says by of the Brexit deal will be
:10:32. > :10:34.clear. But she knows what the Prime Minister is going to say in reply.
:10:35. > :10:37.The Prime Minister has said she doesn't think now is the time to
:10:38. > :10:42.talk about another referendum. She's not prepared to enter into any
:10:43. > :10:49.discussions about a possible referendum until after the UK has
:10:50. > :10:51.left the EU, and maybe for some years after that.
:10:52. > :10:54.Let's go to Brussels and Katya Adler will stop Donald Tusk's statement
:10:55. > :10:59.tomorrow, an idea of what the guidelines will be. What do you make
:11:00. > :11:04.of that? Actually this is a very big moment in a momentous week. The week
:11:05. > :11:09.that the UK began formal proceedings to leave the EU. Tomorrow, we will
:11:10. > :11:13.indeed get a clearer idea about the EU's position, when it comes to
:11:14. > :11:16.Brexit. These are just draft guidelines. They'll be expanded on
:11:17. > :11:21.and finalised at a summit of EU leaders who are in Brussels at the
:11:22. > :11:25.end of next month. But we will get a much clearer idea of where they are
:11:26. > :11:30.going, and crucially, after months of veiled threats and teeth baring
:11:31. > :11:34.between two sides, we will now have two clear and cool documents on the
:11:35. > :11:38.table. One from Theresa May, delivered here to the EU yesterday,
:11:39. > :11:42.and the other, the draft guidelines from EU. We'll be able to compare
:11:43. > :11:46.and contrast them, see where there may be easy agreement and whether
:11:47. > :11:50.two sides will probably fall out. We don't expect any big surprises
:11:51. > :11:54.tomorrow. The European Commission and key leaders like Angela Merkel
:11:55. > :11:58.have been pretty clear. For example, no cherry picking when it comes to
:11:59. > :12:01.the single market. They want to make headway with divorce proceedings
:12:02. > :12:05.before talking about trade in the future relationship. For the EU,
:12:06. > :12:09.this is a tricky balancing act. It wants to keep Britain close for
:12:10. > :12:12.economic, political, security reasons, but on the other hand it
:12:13. > :12:16.wants to make this process unpalatable enough to put other EU
:12:17. > :12:20.member states off wanting to leave as well. So for the EU this isn't
:12:21. > :12:26.all about Brexit. It's about safeguarding European unity. Katya
:12:27. > :12:31.Adler, thank you, in Brussels and Sarah Smith, a in Edinburgh.
:12:32. > :12:34.Senior staff at one of the UK's biggest children's hospitals have
:12:35. > :12:37.warned that pressure to cut waiting lists is putting the safety
:12:38. > :12:41.They say the death of one little boy - whose urgent care was delayed -
:12:42. > :12:46.Two senior surgeons at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital have
:12:47. > :12:48.told the BBC that the focus on reducing waiting lists has taken
:12:49. > :12:52.The hospital has denied that pressure is being
:12:53. > :13:01.Our health editor Hugh Pym has this exclusive report.
:13:02. > :13:04.He was admitted to hospital for emergency surgery,
:13:05. > :13:06.which should have been straightforward, but after
:13:07. > :13:12.His family say their lives were torn apart.
:13:13. > :13:16.You don't expect to take a baby to hospital and come away without them.
:13:17. > :13:22.His grandmother Julie spent a harrowing week at
:13:23. > :13:24.Royal Manchester Children's Hospital in April last year.
:13:25. > :13:26.Nobody would listen to how much pain he was in,
:13:27. > :13:31.His mother was too upset to be interviewed.
:13:32. > :13:35.Doctors saying he'd needed an operation for a hernia in his
:13:36. > :13:52.He became critically ill and never recovered.
:13:53. > :13:58.He was basically put in a room and left.
:13:59. > :14:00.And all we got, nearly everyday, was, "He's not having
:14:01. > :14:02.the operation today, he's not having
:14:03. > :14:04.Surgeons at the hospital have told the BBC that Kayden's death
:14:05. > :14:07.They said for some time before that they were warning
:14:08. > :14:09.management about the shortage of operating theatres.
:14:10. > :14:11.Basem Khalil, a paediatric surgeon, says there was a top-down focus
:14:12. > :14:14.on bringing down waiting lists for planned or elective surgery,
:14:15. > :14:19.One of the consultant surgeons had offered
:14:20. > :14:26.to cancel his elective lists, so with elective patients on it,
:14:27. > :14:31.so that he could do Kayden as an emergency, but did not receive
:14:32. > :14:37.That doctor, he believes, felt he didn't have the authority
:14:38. > :14:40.to change his planned surgery to accommodate Kayden.
:14:41. > :14:47.The hospital did not take any substantive actions with regards
:14:48. > :14:52.to warnings that were given by myself or my colleagues.
:14:53. > :14:58.I feel that the children are being let down, that
:14:59. > :15:00.despite the amazing work that we are capable
:15:01. > :15:03.of doing and are doing, we have been let down,
:15:04. > :15:11.I think that is completely unacceptable.
:15:12. > :15:13.Another surgeon, who retired in January this year,
:15:14. > :15:17.was highly critical of the culture at the hospital.
:15:18. > :15:21.I was part of the group that wrote a letter to the medical director,
:15:22. > :15:27.saying that the surgical services were unsafe last year.
:15:28. > :15:32.Simple answer, they haven't responded to it.
:15:33. > :15:38.I think it's an indictment of the management.
:15:39. > :15:40.The medical director of the Trust which runs the hospital
:15:41. > :15:49.We let Kayden down on this occasion and I'm bitterly sorry about that.
:15:50. > :15:52.What do you say to the suggestion that you're prioritising routine
:15:53. > :15:58.elective care and that urgent cases sometimes suffer?
:15:59. > :16:01.There is no instruction or edict gone in this organisation that
:16:02. > :16:03.prioritises elective over emergency surgery.
:16:04. > :16:07.The hospital has apologised to Kayden's family and said
:16:08. > :16:10.the delays that led to his death were unacceptable.
:16:11. > :16:14.But Julie says they still feel their loss as acutely as ever.
:16:15. > :16:17.I listen to my daughter and then I cry because what my
:16:18. > :16:23.She'll ring me and she'll say, "I can't do this no more," you know,
:16:24. > :16:26.or she'll ring me and say she's going to take her own life
:16:27. > :17:00.There's pressure across the NHS, juggling the need to provide
:17:01. > :17:00.urgent care and coping with rising waiting lists.
:17:01. > :17:02.The hospital defends its safety culture, but after Kayden's death,
:17:03. > :17:02.two surgeons felt they had to come to the BBC to voice concerns.
:17:03. > :17:02.Tonight, health regulators confirmed they were taking a close look
:17:03. > :17:03.Five members of the same family have died in a helicopter crash
:17:04. > :17:07.The privately-owned aircraft went missing yesterday as it was flying
:17:08. > :17:14.Search teams found the wreckage this morning.
:17:15. > :17:18.It was in this remote mountainous area of Snowdonia where rescue teams
:17:19. > :17:22.found the wreckage of the helicopter and five bodies.
:17:23. > :17:25.Volunteers had combed the peaks and valleys
:17:26. > :17:29.in appalling weather conditions, looking for the aircraft.
:17:30. > :17:32.Police blocked off the few narrow lanes that lead up into the Rhinog
:17:33. > :17:36.mountains north of Dolgellau and to the east of the
:17:37. > :17:42.There is very difficult and hazardous terrain involved
:17:43. > :17:44.and it's in the area of south Snowdonia.
:17:45. > :17:48.A crash that has been located, along with five people,
:17:49. > :17:53.We are now preserving the scene for a joint investigation
:17:54. > :17:59.The BBC understands those on board were husband and wife
:18:00. > :18:02.Ruth and Kevin Burke, and three other members
:18:03. > :18:08.The couple lived in the village of Hulcote near Milton Keynes.
:18:09. > :18:10.A family spokesman has revealed that six children
:18:11. > :18:18.This is the type of helicopter involved, a twin engined Squirrel.
:18:19. > :18:20.It took off from near Luton yesterday lunchtime,
:18:21. > :18:24.but failed to arrive at its destination in Ireland.
:18:25. > :18:26.It was initially thought it had crashed into the sea,
:18:27. > :18:30.but it was then established it had disappeared from radar
:18:31. > :18:34.Police described search conditions as atrocious,
:18:35. > :18:38.with visibility down to less than ten metres in places.
:18:39. > :18:41.The aircraft was eventually found by a volunteer mountain rescue
:18:42. > :18:46.team in a remote spot, some miles from here.
:18:47. > :18:49.Tonight, police have said they may have to suspend their operation
:18:50. > :18:53.to recover the victims, because of the difficult terrain
:18:54. > :19:04.they are having to work in, and a forecast of more bad weather.
:19:05. > :19:07.Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram has caused
:19:08. > :19:11.persistent turmoil in Africa's most populous country.
:19:12. > :19:13.It has spent the past seven years carrying out bombings,
:19:14. > :19:15.assassinations and abductions, with the aim of overthrowing
:19:16. > :19:20.the government and creating an Islamic State.
:19:21. > :19:23.The militants, who've now been pushed out of several towns
:19:24. > :19:25.and cities by the Nigerian army, have intensified a suicide
:19:26. > :19:28.bombing campaign, often involving women and children.
:19:29. > :19:31.The BBC's Clive Myrie has been to Gwoza, the former
:19:32. > :19:34.stronghold of the group, in north-east Nigeria.
:19:35. > :19:43.You may find some of the images in his report distressing.
:19:44. > :19:53.Bandit country, with an unseen enemy happy to die.
:19:54. > :19:57.Our heavily-armed military convoy snakes around fresh craters,
:19:58. > :20:01.blasted by roadside bombs just hours before we arrived.
:20:02. > :20:14.The shots a warning for anyone lurking in the bush.
:20:15. > :20:18.We stop at the city of Gwoza, once the base of operations
:20:19. > :20:26.For eight hellish months, they held sway here.
:20:27. > :20:29.By the side of the local abattoir, bodies piled up every day.
:20:30. > :20:33.Hundreds died, mostly men and boys, often beheaded.
:20:34. > :20:37.Women were raped and forced to marry fighters.
:20:38. > :20:39.It took a major assault by the Nigerian army
:20:40. > :20:46.Boko Haram had hoped to make this city the capital
:20:47. > :20:50.of a new Islamic State run under strict Sharia Law.
:20:51. > :20:56.But it's the Nigerian military who are in control,
:20:57. > :20:57.and Boko Haram have taken to the hills.
:20:58. > :21:01.This is the mosque where the group's leader used to pray,
:21:02. > :21:05.extolling the virtues of his warped brand of Islam, in sync
:21:06. > :21:13.with so-called Islamic State, to whom he pledged allegiance.
:21:14. > :21:17.But forced back into the bush by Nigerian troops, he is having
:21:18. > :21:21.to rely more now on fighters desperate to get to heaven,
:21:22. > :21:27.and is mobilising scores of women suicide bombers.
:21:28. > :21:30.Boko Haram promised paradise if these three teenagers
:21:31. > :21:36.But the police convinced them life was worth living.
:21:37. > :21:40.Abducted and drugged, this girl's target was a petrol station.
:21:41. > :21:43.This picture taken minutes after she was due to die,
:21:44. > :21:56.This woman was married to a Boko Haram fighter
:21:57. > :21:59.who told her she should die for the cause.
:22:00. > :22:01.TRANSLATION: They are calling the women and saying
:22:02. > :22:04.they are going to teach them how to read the Koran.
:22:05. > :22:08.Then they tell them to go and detonate a bomb.
:22:09. > :22:12.They tell them if they do that, they will go straight to paradise.
:22:13. > :22:15.Some women would rather do it and die than to
:22:16. > :22:24.My husband asked me to do it, but I said no.
:22:25. > :22:27.So everyone now poses a threat and can be searched,
:22:28. > :22:30.especially women travelling from rural areas.
:22:31. > :22:34.There are claims the military has a shoot to kill policy if a woman,
:22:35. > :22:41.even with children, refuses to stop at a checkpoint.
:22:42. > :22:43.These distressing images filmed by an eyewitness show the aftermath
:22:44. > :22:47.Two people have blown themselves up, but a third
:22:48. > :22:53.Locals urge the soldier at the bottom left of
:22:54. > :23:07.The crowds now worry that the bomber is heading their way.
:23:08. > :23:19.The frequency of such attacks has unnerved the security forces,
:23:20. > :23:24.who maintain they do act within the law to save lives.
:23:25. > :23:29.We have not had any incident where a woman and her child
:23:30. > :23:35.approaches one of our locations and is challenged and is fired at.
:23:36. > :23:40.But there are allegations from Amnesty International that
:23:41. > :23:44.Nigerian security forces have illegally detained and executed
:23:45. > :23:48.hundreds of people accused of links to Boko Haram.
:23:49. > :23:53.And that government-sanctioned vigilante groups have also carried
:23:54. > :23:57.out human-rights abuses against Islamist suspects.
:23:58. > :24:01.Boko Haram once controlled an area the size of Belgium.
:24:02. > :24:04.Their fighters may now be in retreat.
:24:05. > :24:15.A brief look at some of the day's other other news stories.
:24:16. > :24:17.A mother and her 13-year-old son have died after being stabbed
:24:18. > :24:19.at their home in Stourbridge in the West Midlands.
:24:20. > :24:28.Police say a man in his 20s who's known to the family
:24:29. > :24:32.Ken Livingstone has dismissed criticism of his controversial
:24:33. > :24:35.comments about Hitler on the first day of a Labour Party
:24:36. > :24:40.The former Mayor of London could be expelled from the party tomorrow,
:24:41. > :24:42.over his claim that Hitler had supported Zionism.
:24:43. > :24:45.Today, he insisted that there had been "real collaboration"
:24:46. > :24:52.between Nazis and Zionists before the Second World War.
:24:53. > :24:54.Controversial tests taken by seven-year-olds in England's
:24:55. > :24:56.schools could be abandoned under new Government plans.
:24:57. > :24:59.Teachers and some parents have complained the assessments put too
:25:00. > :25:04.Last year, hundreds of parents took their children out of school
:25:05. > :25:09.Health officials have published new guidelines for the amount
:25:10. > :25:12.of sugar that should be in everyday foods, from breakfast
:25:13. > :25:17.The aim is to cut the amount of sugar children consume by 20%
:25:18. > :25:21.Public Health England says children are currently consuming three times
:25:22. > :25:28.A coroner has opened and adjourned the inquest into the death
:25:29. > :25:30.of the man who carried out the Westminster terror
:25:31. > :25:35.Khalid Masood killed three pedestrians by driving into them
:25:36. > :25:42.on Westminster Bridge, and fatally stabbed a policeman.
:25:43. > :25:48.Even though Khalid Masood murdered four people
:25:49. > :25:52.in his attack on Westminster, there must be an inquest,
:25:53. > :25:54.Today, in a brief opening hearing, the coroner was told how he had
:25:55. > :25:57.driven onto the pavement three times as he crossed the River
:25:58. > :26:02.Detective Superintendent John Crossley told the coroner that
:26:03. > :26:07.after fatally injuring three people on Westminster Bridge, Khalid Masood
:26:08. > :26:11.came round to Carriage Gates and attacked one police officer
:26:12. > :26:16.Another officer shot him, and he was declared dead
:26:17. > :26:22.At the postmortem, the cause of death was described
:26:23. > :26:29.Videos filmed at the time recorded three shots,
:26:30. > :26:39.As she closed today's hearing, the Westminster coroner
:26:40. > :26:42.Dr Fiona Wilcox said, "I take a moment to pass my sympathies
:26:43. > :26:44.to the family of Khalid Masood, who are also victims
:26:45. > :26:51.Masood spent his last night at this Brighton hotel.
:26:52. > :26:54.Debbie Hall checked him in, and was one of the last people
:26:55. > :26:59.to see him the next morning as he dropped off his key and left.
:27:00. > :27:06.In the booking comments after he had left, I actually put, "Nice man."
:27:07. > :27:10.He was, in fact, a very dark person who was about to cause a lot
:27:11. > :27:15.Many of the survivors of Khalid Masood's attack are
:27:16. > :27:21.This was Melissa Cochran, whose husband Kurt was killed,
:27:22. > :27:30.surrounded by her family, who have flown over from America.
:27:31. > :27:32.As the war in Syria enters its seventh year,
:27:33. > :27:36.more than five million Syrians have fled the violence in their homeland.
:27:37. > :27:39.The city of Homs, where the rebel uprising began, is now
:27:40. > :27:42.almost completely returned to government control.
:27:43. > :27:45.In 2014 our chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet
:27:46. > :27:48.reported from the old city, and she's now returned to meet
:27:49. > :27:56.a little girl who'd been caught up in the fighting three years ago.
:27:57. > :28:04.Besieged and bombarded for two years.
:28:05. > :28:08.The government finally allowed some families to leave.
:28:09. > :28:26.One of the most traumatised children I'd seen in this war.
:28:27. > :28:45.Baraha is now one of the oldest in her class.
:28:46. > :28:54.These eager kids know learning matters.
:28:55. > :29:02.So many Syrian children aren't in school.
:29:03. > :29:05.You know, in some ways, of course, this is terrific to see,
:29:06. > :29:10.children just being children here in Syria, in a place which has
:29:11. > :29:13.seen some of the worst fighting of the war.
:29:14. > :29:17.And now, an ordinary day, with children going to
:29:18. > :29:27.Through the alleyways of the old city, now
:29:28. > :29:35.The last time I was here, it looked like this.
:29:36. > :29:40.And a mortar hit the kitchen, killing her brother,
:29:41. > :29:53.Later, a mortar almost hit Baraha and her sister.
:29:54. > :30:02.So, I met you three years ago, and now you are almost 12.
:30:03. > :30:15.You are OK, you are sleeping at night, you don't have bad memories?
:30:16. > :30:17.TRANSLATION: Thank God I forgot everything.
:30:18. > :30:22.When I go to bed, I remember when I had a part in a play,
:30:23. > :30:26.I remember school, what I did during the day.
:30:27. > :30:30.Hard for her father to forget, now bringing up four
:30:31. > :30:37.Heading into her future, this little girl has already
:30:38. > :30:48.It's the same for all of them, children all across this country.
:30:49. > :31:04.Their fate still lies in Syria's hands.
:31:05. > :31:18.All eyes on Europe and Europe as Mike eyes on us as we feel our way
:31:19. > :31:24.to a new future. We will hear from the German defence minister. Now we
:31:25. > :31:27.are out of the way, will the EU start pursuing a common defence
:31:28. > :31:28.policy? Join me on BBC Two.