:00:00. > :00:09.Tonight at Ten, the Prime Minister launches her election campaign
:00:10. > :00:14.with an outspoken attack on European politicians and officials.
:00:15. > :00:17.Speaking in Downing Street after the rising Brexit
:00:18. > :00:20.tensions of recent days, Theresa May accuses Brussels of not
:00:21. > :00:25.Threats against Britain have been issued by European
:00:26. > :00:34.All of these acts have been deliberately timed to affect
:00:35. > :00:37.the result of the general election that will take place
:00:38. > :00:42.The Prime Minister had visited the Queen to mark
:00:43. > :00:45.the dissolution of Parliament, as political opponents accused
:00:46. > :00:51.Mrs May of poisoning the political atmosphere for partisan reasons.
:00:52. > :00:54.Let's calm down, be serious, be sensible and approach these very,
:00:55. > :00:58.very important negotiations with the seriousness
:00:59. > :01:07.It is a cold and calculated choice by Theresa May to try
:01:08. > :01:10.and make our neighbours in Europe into our enemies, just so she can
:01:11. > :01:16.And from Brussels another warning that the Brexit process will be
:01:17. > :01:18.a steep and rocky path for both sides.
:01:19. > :01:23.A student has been found guilty of planting a home-made bomb
:01:24. > :01:35.Accusations of lying as the two candidates seeking the French
:01:36. > :01:39.presidency debate ahead of Sunday's final round.
:01:40. > :01:43.The director of the FBI defends his decision
:01:44. > :01:45.to re-open the investigation into Hillary Clinton, weeks before
:01:46. > :01:51.And the most prestigious award in the world of British art boasts
:01:52. > :01:57.a rather more mature short list this year.
:01:58. > :01:59.Coming up in Sportsday later in the hour on BBC News,
:02:00. > :02:02.Juventus score what could prove to be some very decisive away goals
:02:03. > :02:28.in their Champions League semifinal against Monaco.
:02:29. > :02:41.The Prime Minister has opened her election campaign
:02:42. > :02:45.an outspoken attack on European politicians and officials,
:02:46. > :02:47.accusing them of trying to influence the outcome
:02:48. > :02:50.Mrs May also claimed they were working against
:02:51. > :02:53.Her comments follow days of rising tension with Brussels.
:02:54. > :02:55.Opposition parties have accused the Prime Minister of poisoning
:02:56. > :02:58.the atmosphere and of conducting herself in a way that's unworthy
:02:59. > :03:04.Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg has more details.
:03:05. > :03:09.What was on her mind, with that raise the eyebrows?
:03:10. > :03:12.Not just the formalities at the palace of revving up
:03:13. > :03:20.for an election - which she, remember, was not obliged to call.
:03:21. > :03:22.But Theresa May seems determined to play the Brexit
:03:23. > :03:32.Setting her face against Brussels, she wants you to believe
:03:33. > :03:38.Whoever wins on the 8th of June will face one overriding task,
:03:39. > :03:46.to get the best possible deal for this United Kingdom from Brexit.
:03:47. > :03:49.And, in the last few days, we have seen just how tough these
:03:50. > :03:55.Britain's negotiating position in Europe has been misrepresented
:03:56. > :04:04.The European Commission's negotiating stance has hardened.
:04:05. > :04:06.Threats against Britain have been issued by European
:04:07. > :04:14.All of these acts have been deliberately timed to affect
:04:15. > :04:16.the result of the general election which will take place
:04:17. > :04:26.Yes, she did just accuse some in the EU of interfering in our election.
:04:27. > :04:29.The events of the last few days have shown that whatever our wishes
:04:30. > :04:33.and however reasonable the positions of Europe's other leaders,
:04:34. > :04:36.there are some in Brussels who do not want these talks
:04:37. > :04:39.to succeed, who do not want Britain to prosper.
:04:40. > :04:42.This Brexit negotiation is central to everything.
:04:43. > :04:45.If we do not get the negotiation right, if we let the bureaucrats
:04:46. > :04:48.of Brussels rule over us, we will lose the chance
:04:49. > :04:57.to build a fairer society, with real opportunity for all.
:04:58. > :05:00.The last few days have seen the intensity of the jousting of
:05:01. > :05:05.But, using all the trappings of Downing Street, Theresa May has
:05:06. > :05:07.just upped the ante even further, even accusing some in Brussels
:05:08. > :05:12.of trying to make trouble in the general election.
:05:13. > :05:15.Just who could she have had in her sights?
:05:16. > :05:18.The chief negotiator at the EU Commission?
:05:19. > :05:25.Days after a tense Downing Street dinner, amongst suggestions the UK
:05:26. > :05:30.would have to pay 100 billion euros as we leave EU.
:05:31. > :05:35.Some have created the illusion that Brexit would have no material
:05:36. > :05:37.impact on our lives, or that negotiations could be
:05:38. > :05:54.More cryptically, less diplomatically, he said...
:05:55. > :05:57."Just like when hill walking, you have to learn the rules,
:05:58. > :06:06.The Government didn't start the day with a subtle message.
:06:07. > :06:12.The Tories, eager to make disputed claims about Labour's plans for tax.
:06:13. > :06:14.Forget that, every question was about the possible
:06:15. > :06:22.And rather than ramp up the row, those two had tried to tone it down.
:06:23. > :06:25.Could I ask you both not simply to hide behind the fact
:06:26. > :06:32.In this election, don't voters deserve to know how much
:06:33. > :06:34.of their taxpayer's cash they may be asked to stump up?
:06:35. > :06:37.Is that figure closer to zero, or 100 billion?
:06:38. > :06:41.They want a good outcome from this negotiation.
:06:42. > :06:48.They want the best possible outcome from the negotiation.
:06:49. > :06:50.We do that in the negotiating room, not by negotiating
:06:51. > :06:54.I'm not remotely surprised that people are manoeuvring for opening
:06:55. > :07:02.That approach long gone by the afternoon - above all else,
:07:03. > :07:07.And Brexit creates opportunities and problems for every party.
:07:08. > :07:09.I voted leave, I'm proud to have voted leave.
:07:10. > :07:20.I don't think Theresa May can expect to be taken seriously.
:07:21. > :07:22.It is a cold and calculated choice by Theresa May
:07:23. > :07:25.to try to make our neighbours in Europe into our enemies, just
:07:26. > :07:30.It is a political decision by her, and it's not worthy
:07:31. > :07:33.Theresa May has some formidable foes.
:07:34. > :07:40.I think what we've seen today is her trying to make the EU
:07:41. > :07:43.But she's playing a dangerous game here.
:07:44. > :07:45.By poisoning the atmosphere of these negotiations,
:07:46. > :07:48.she risks getting a bad deal, or no deal.
:07:49. > :07:51.Her rivals wonder if she really means it.
:07:52. > :07:55.I don't think anyone in Brussels really believes that Theresa May
:07:56. > :08:00.is prepared to walk without signing a comprehensive deal.
:08:01. > :08:02.This doesn't seem to have a strong scent...
:08:03. > :08:05.But it's Labour that is vulnerable in a big way.
:08:06. > :08:08.Theresa May is after their traditional support.
:08:09. > :08:10.We will negotiate a Brexit that works for all,
:08:11. > :08:17.We won't threaten Europe on the way into Brexit and, above all,
:08:18. > :08:19.in this election campaign, we'll put forward a proposal
:08:20. > :08:21.and a plan for Britain which is about dealing
:08:22. > :08:27.Behind the gates, Theresa May was never going to be the kind
:08:28. > :08:32.But even in the heat of an election campaign,
:08:33. > :08:39.In a moment we'll speak to our Europe editor
:08:40. > :08:42.Katya Adler in Brussels, but first let's go to
:08:43. > :08:47.Westminster and our political editor Laura Kuenssberg.
:08:48. > :08:54.Let's talk about the tone and the language deployed by Theresa May
:08:55. > :08:58.today, and the thinking behind it. Well, it's not so long ago that the
:08:59. > :09:01.Prime Minister repeated again and again there would be no running
:09:02. > :09:05.commentary over Brexit, and even yesterday she was still sort of
:09:06. > :09:09.trying to stand by the idea that somehow this spat was just idle
:09:10. > :09:12.Brussels gossip. This afternoon, blasting out from one of the most
:09:13. > :09:16.powerful microphones in the country, in front of the shiny black door at
:09:17. > :09:21.the start of the election campaign, quite an extraordinary attack on her
:09:22. > :09:27.opponents in the Brexit negotiations. The reasons for that,
:09:28. > :09:30.I think, pretty clear. First of all, historically, British Prime Minister
:09:31. > :09:34.at Prime Minister have enjoyed politically pointing the finger at
:09:35. > :09:39.unnamed forces in Brussels across the Channel. The context here is
:09:40. > :09:43.different. The Tories are, I think, genuinely quite cross behind the
:09:44. > :09:47.scenes about how the last few days have unfolded, with the aggressive,
:09:48. > :09:51.unnamed briefings. Of course, this is an election time. We are at a
:09:52. > :09:54.crucial moment, not just in terms of the general election but local
:09:55. > :09:58.elections right across the country, where ballot boxes will open
:09:59. > :10:02.tomorrow morning. The Tories sense an opportunity here. Remember,
:10:03. > :10:06.nearly 4 million voters chose Ukip at the last general election. They
:10:07. > :10:10.think they can scoop up handfuls of those votes and also picked off
:10:11. > :10:15.Labour voters, traditional Labour voters, many of whom chose out in
:10:16. > :10:19.the referendum. A lot of this is about positioning and opportunity in
:10:20. > :10:24.a general election. I think it is fair to say, in politics, by being
:10:25. > :10:29.strong and talking tough, you can win friends and influence. But go
:10:30. > :10:34.too far, sound excessive, bandy about strong accusations that cannot
:10:35. > :10:38.be taken back, there is also a risk you could get left out in the cold.
:10:39. > :10:44.Let's go straight to Brussels and put some of those points to Katya.
:10:45. > :10:48.First, thoughts on what kind of impact this contribution by Theresa
:10:49. > :10:52.May could have on Brexit talks? Well, there was Brexit talks have
:10:53. > :10:56.not yet started, they are not going to start for several weeks. In a
:10:57. > :11:00.way, it does not impact immediately, there are no big talks or decisions
:11:01. > :11:03.that need to be made tomorrow. But we can see already how nasty things
:11:04. > :11:13.can get, extremely quickly. There were no real sense of outrage in
:11:14. > :11:16.Brussels at the comments, at a EU leadership level, they are being
:11:17. > :11:22.seen as comments by a Prime Minister in an election campaign. They don't
:11:23. > :11:26.expect her to talk down a wall with Brussels if she thinks she can score
:11:27. > :11:32.political points like that. But the atmosphere is souring. What is your
:11:33. > :11:35.sense of what is really at stake? Are we talking about a different
:11:36. > :11:39.culture in terms of politics, the way people do business, or something
:11:40. > :11:43.more fundamental? I think you are seeing a huge clash of political
:11:44. > :11:47.cultures. On the one hand, there is the cut and thrust of Westminster
:11:48. > :11:50.politics, where you live and die by the verbal sword, where you take
:11:51. > :11:54.your opponent by the scruff of the neck and can destroy them. In
:11:55. > :11:58.mainland Europe, it is a pretty for an idea. There is lots of coalition
:11:59. > :12:05.building, it is about consensual politics. When it comes to
:12:06. > :12:10.relations, the mood music is important. At the moment, EU backs
:12:11. > :12:14.up. You can see how it has changed so fast, almost a year ago, there
:12:15. > :12:18.was dismay here, people were upset and there was a period of denial.
:12:19. > :12:23.Then there was a lot of talk about trying to keep the UK ever so close.
:12:24. > :12:26.Tonight, it is more about the UK, already a third party, at arms
:12:27. > :12:30.length, a difficult customer. But they will deal with that difficult
:12:31. > :12:36.customer. Angela Merkel, many years as a politician, she knows that a EU
:12:37. > :12:41.and UK deal is important for both sides. Do business, they will. As I
:12:42. > :12:47.say, the mood is bad and we can expect trouble again ahead. Thanks
:12:48. > :12:50.again. Katya Adler and Laura, thanks to you in Westminster.
:12:51. > :12:53.Labour has said it will suspend the planned closure of some hospital
:12:54. > :12:58.services in England if it wins power next month and begin an immediate
:12:59. > :13:01.review of the proposals, which would see some Accident
:13:02. > :13:03.Emergency departments and maternity units being downgraded or closed.
:13:04. > :13:05.But the Conservatives claim the NHS modernisation programme has been
:13:06. > :13:12.Our health editor, Hugh Pym, has more details.
:13:13. > :13:15.Protests against NHS closures are nothing new,
:13:16. > :13:17.but in some communities, like Huddersfield, concerns
:13:18. > :13:23.This protest last autumn was in reaction to plans to remove
:13:24. > :13:30.Campaigners say people will suffer because of longer journey times.
:13:31. > :13:33.Patients are going to be dispersed all around the north
:13:34. > :13:36.Those will involve longer trips and the longer the trip,
:13:37. > :13:41.the more danger there is inherent in the situation.
:13:42. > :13:43.Labour's John Ashworth, at a meeting of activists
:13:44. > :13:45.from Huddersfield and around West Yorkshire, said
:13:46. > :13:48.he wanted to halt closures, specifically by stalling NHS reform
:13:49. > :13:56.Let's just have a moratorium on them and let's just step back
:13:57. > :14:00.When we review them, let's involve clinicians, but let's
:14:01. > :14:04.Let's involve the public because so far they have been cut
:14:05. > :14:06.out of the decisions, and we don't think that's fair.
:14:07. > :14:09.The NHS reform documents are known as sustainability and transformation
:14:10. > :14:14.plans and have been published in 44 areas across England.
:14:15. > :14:17.Some involve hospital bed cuts and service reductions,
:14:18. > :14:21.with funds reinvested in community care.
:14:22. > :14:23.The south-west London plan involves the possible reduction of five
:14:24. > :14:30.Local campaigners say this one, St Helier, faces closure.
:14:31. > :14:33.But the plan's authors say that resources will be shifted into local
:14:34. > :14:37.area teams involving GPs, social care staff and nurses,
:14:38. > :14:41.providing care closer to people's homes.
:14:42. > :14:44.For the Conservatives, Jeremy Hunt said, in a written statement,
:14:45. > :14:47.that Labour's plan was "nonsensical" as the party had previously backed
:14:48. > :14:50.the reforms which were, he claimed, supported by leading doctors.
:14:51. > :14:56.The Liberal Democrats said the real issue was lack of investment.
:14:57. > :15:04.Fundamentally, if there's not enough money in the system,
:15:05. > :15:07.however you rejig those services, you're never going to be able
:15:08. > :15:09.to provide the quality of care that is needed.
:15:10. > :15:11.That's why as a party, the Liberal Democrats,
:15:12. > :15:14.we are calling for significant investment to be made in the NHS.
:15:15. > :15:16.NHS leaders believe that the plans, getting more people treated
:15:17. > :15:18.away from hospitals, are essential in response
:15:19. > :15:22.to rising patient demand and stretched resources.
:15:23. > :15:24.Whoever's in Government can expect more intense political
:15:25. > :15:35.A 20-year-old student has been found guilty of planting a home-made bomb
:15:36. > :15:40.Damon Smith, who has Asperger's syndrome,
:15:41. > :15:47.was caught on CCTV last October leaving a bag filled
:15:48. > :15:49.with explosives in one of the carriage.
:15:50. > :15:51.The train was evacuated minutes before he had set
:15:52. > :15:54.Our home affairs correspondent, June Kelly, has the story.
:15:55. > :15:56.Alone on a London Underground platform, Damon Smith is caught
:15:57. > :15:59.on CCTV priming his device to explode on the Tube.
:16:00. > :16:02.It's inside a rucksack and he's timed it to go
:16:03. > :16:10.Surrounded by passengers, he feigns interest in his book.
:16:11. > :16:13.Further down the line he gets off, but he's abandoned the rucksack
:16:14. > :16:15.in the carriage and left the device, packed with ball-bearings,
:16:16. > :16:20.The rucksack was eventually spotted, North Greenwich
:16:21. > :16:33.Although parts of the bomb were viable, it failed to explode.
:16:34. > :16:36.If it had detonated, it certainly would have endangered life.
:16:37. > :16:38.Without a doubt, it would have caused mass casualties and certainly
:16:39. > :16:40.would have caused substantial damage to the Underground system.
:16:41. > :16:46.He had an unhealthy interest in firearms and violence,
:16:47. > :16:49.particularly in mass shootings in America, and although he was in
:16:50. > :16:51.possession of some Isis material, we cannot prove his motivation
:16:52. > :16:56.This was Damon Smith in a police interview.
:16:57. > :16:59.He has Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism.
:17:00. > :17:02.When I was on the Tube, I realised it was going to Stratford.
:17:03. > :17:07.And I thought, it'd be a good time to leave my bag for a prank.
:17:08. > :17:10.A former friend witnessed his developing interest
:17:11. > :17:18.He was showing me videos of Isis grabbing a knife and cutting off
:17:19. > :17:27.He was, like, "Don't this look sort of fun", and all that.
:17:28. > :17:30.I was like, "No, it doesn't, it look as bit wrong, actually."
:17:31. > :17:32.Hello, everyone, I'm going to shoot my gun.
:17:33. > :17:35.He had posted this on the internet, this pistol fired blank rounds.
:17:36. > :17:38.He also showed off his knife and he posed on Facebook
:17:39. > :17:44.Damon Smith used an Al-Qaeda bomb-making manual to help him
:17:45. > :17:46.construct his device, but he denied he held
:17:47. > :17:59.He will be sentenced later this month.
:18:00. > :18:03.A brief look at some of the day's other news stories.
:18:04. > :18:06.Police in Dorset have arrested four people in connection with the murder
:18:07. > :18:10.He was shot during a burglary at his home in the early
:18:11. > :18:14.Sainsbury's says that profits have fallen by more
:18:15. > :18:18.as it warns of a challenging trading market and unpredictability in the
:18:19. > :18:23.The supermarket says it's trying to avoid passing on the increases
:18:24. > :18:28.Facebook is taking on another 3,000 staff to monitor inappropriate
:18:29. > :18:35.The company has been criticised for failing to act quickly enough
:18:36. > :18:39.to remove violent broadcasts on its live streaming service,
:18:40. > :18:43.including some images of murders and suicides.
:18:44. > :18:45.It is ten years to the day since three-year-old
:18:46. > :18:48.Madeleine McCann went missing from a holiday apartment in the
:18:49. > :19:01.Her disappearance sparked a massive police search
:19:02. > :19:03.and worldwide attention, but a decade later,
:19:04. > :19:05.despite extensive global inquiries, the investigation remains open.
:19:06. > :19:09.Ten years, ten years after everything changed for them.
:19:10. > :19:11.Tonight, Gerry and Kate McCann attended their church,
:19:12. > :19:14.in Leicestershire, to remember their first child, Madeleine.
:19:15. > :19:17.It's a family of four instead of five and it should
:19:18. > :19:33.1,000 miles away another service tonight, in the Portuguese resort
:19:34. > :19:36.of Praia da Luz where the toddler disappeared during a family holiday.
:19:37. > :19:37.It's unbelievable that there's been nothing.
:19:38. > :19:43.This comes into my mind every day, every single day.
:19:44. > :19:47.Jenny Murat is still haunted by what happened, she only lives
:19:48. > :19:49.a few yards from the block where Madeleine and her
:19:50. > :20:02.Back then she set up a stall, appealing for information,
:20:03. > :20:04.but it was something she saw herself that's now reported
:20:05. > :20:06.to be a significant part of this investigation.
:20:07. > :20:09.She remembers driving past the McCann's apartment on the night
:20:10. > :20:10.Madeleine vanished and seeing a young woman acting
:20:11. > :20:15.I noticed her there and she kind of looked as if she was
:20:16. > :20:22.But I do remember she was wearing a plum coloured top.
:20:23. > :20:24.Jenny Morut says she informed the police at the time,
:20:25. > :20:27.but this is the first time she's talked about it publicly.
:20:28. > :20:30.She also told me she saw a brown car that night,
:20:31. > :20:32.speeding towards the McCann's apartment, going the wrong way
:20:33. > :20:42.One of the small cars, like the rental cars you have.
:20:43. > :20:43.The normal every day, sort of, rental cars.
:20:44. > :20:47.I saw the driver, I was beside the driver.
:20:48. > :20:50.Both of us looked at each other and he had a very
:20:51. > :20:58.Ten years of publicity have produced ten years of theories,
:20:59. > :21:07.It's had a huge impact on my personality and the way I was...
:21:08. > :21:11.Jenny Morut's son, Robert, was the first person
:21:12. > :21:13.to be made an arguido, or named suspect, in the case.
:21:14. > :21:15.A decade on, his name may have been cleared,
:21:16. > :21:21.I'd like to know the truth, not theories.
:21:22. > :21:23.I just want to know why that was the case.
:21:24. > :21:26.It didn't only lead to me being destroyed, it led to my whole
:21:27. > :21:29.family being destroyed and affected by those allegations.
:21:30. > :21:34.You're adamant, you were not there that night?
:21:35. > :21:41.This resort is now synonymous with what happened to Madeleine
:21:42. > :21:44.and many here are fed up with all the attention.
:21:45. > :21:46.Ten years and, like the McCann family, this community
:21:47. > :22:05.At exactly this time ten years ago the McCann's were outside their
:22:06. > :22:08.apartment, screaming in the street, frantically searching for help.
:22:09. > :22:12.Since that night, really, we don't know much more. We don't know,
:22:13. > :22:16.despite everything that's been written and said, all the money
:22:17. > :22:20.spent on investigations. That's pras the most extraordinary part of this
:22:21. > :22:26.whole story, we don't know how Madeleine left here, who she was
:22:27. > :22:36.with. The only thing we know for certain is that she's still missing.
:22:37. > :22:41.Huw. Jon Kay there with the latest from Praia da Luz.
:22:42. > :22:44.The two candidates hoping to be President of France
:22:45. > :22:46.are going head-to-head in the final television debate of the election.
:22:47. > :22:49.The latest polls suggest the centrist Emmanuel Macron is well
:22:50. > :22:52.ahead of his far-right rival, Marine Le Pen, but his lead has
:22:53. > :22:55.Both are competing to win over large numbers of apprently undecided
:22:56. > :22:58.and reluctant voters ahead of the final round on Sunday.
:22:59. > :23:00.Our correspondent, James Reynolds, has been watching the exchanges.
:23:01. > :23:13.Emmanuel Macron, the frontrunner, won't want to slip up.
:23:14. > :23:15.He's standing as a pro-EU, pro-immigration centrist and he's
:23:16. > :23:28.protecting a clear lead in the polls.
:23:29. > :23:30.Marine Le Pen, from the from the Front National,
:23:31. > :23:34.I asked her what she wanted from the debate?
:23:35. > :23:38.TRANSLATION: What do I expect from the debate?
:23:39. > :23:40.Some clarification from Mr Macron, he's still being very vague.
:23:41. > :23:43.And tonight, on French TV, the two candidates faced one another
:23:44. > :23:50.TRANSLATION: Mr Macron is the candidate of savage
:23:51. > :23:57.globalisation, uberisation, economic uncertainty,
:23:58. > :23:59.social brutality, of every man for himself.
:24:00. > :24:01.TRANSLATION: You have shown you're not the candidate
:24:02. > :24:05.The question is - do the people want your defeatist attitude?
:24:06. > :24:09.You say globalisation is too hard for us, so is Europe.
:24:10. > :24:11.Let's shut our borders, leave the euro because
:24:12. > :24:23."I treat the French like adults," Mr Macron told his opponent.
:24:24. > :24:35.TRANSLATION: The safety of our people, the fight
:24:36. > :24:43.against terror and Islamist extremism, you don't want to take
:24:44. > :24:47.Against terrorism, we have to close our borders straightaway,
:24:48. > :24:50.immediately, and that's what I'll do the moment I take power.
:24:51. > :24:52.TRANSLATION: Closing borders achieves nothing.
:24:53. > :24:55.There are many countries outside the Schengen area that have been hit
:24:56. > :24:57.as hard as this by terrorist attacks, and since 2015
:24:58. > :25:02.we have put back border controls to fight terrorism.
:25:03. > :25:04.In this debate, the French people have heard two
:25:05. > :25:14.Two and a bit hours in they are still talking. Emmanuel Macron
:25:15. > :25:18.accuses his opponent of playing games with people's anger. She
:25:19. > :25:23.accuses him of making a mess of the country. Tough words from both, but
:25:24. > :25:29.no surprises. That may end up helping the frontrunner. There are
:25:30. > :25:34.now just two full days of campaigning left before Sunday's run
:25:35. > :25:40.off vote. Huw. James Reynolds, our correspondent there.
:25:41. > :25:43.The director of the FBI, James Comey, says he has no
:25:44. > :25:45.regrets about his decision to re-open his investigation
:25:46. > :25:47.into Hillary Clinton's emails just before the presidential
:25:48. > :25:50.Mr Comey said be felt "mildly nauseous" at the thought
:25:51. > :25:53.that he might have influenced the result, but insisted he would
:25:54. > :26:00.He was giving evidence to a Senate committee,
:26:01. > :26:02.and our North America editor, Jon Sopel, was watching.
:26:03. > :26:05.History is likely to judge that this law enforcement officer played
:26:06. > :26:08.a decisive role in determining the outcome of the 2016
:26:09. > :26:12.Just days before polling, James Comey revealed the FBI had
:26:13. > :26:14.reopened its inquiry into Hillary Clinton's emails from
:26:15. > :26:25.Speak would be really bad, there's an election in 11 days.
:26:26. > :26:28.Concealing, in my view, would be catastrophic,
:26:29. > :26:31.not just to the FBI, but well beyond.
:26:32. > :26:37.And honestly, as between really bad and catastrophic,
:26:38. > :26:39.I said to my team - we've got to walk into
:26:40. > :26:43.So how does he feel now about the impact his
:26:44. > :26:48.It makes me mildly nauseous to think that we might have had some
:26:49. > :26:53.But, honestly, it wouldn't change the decision.
:26:54. > :26:56.What's not in doubt is that his letter, 11 days
:26:57. > :27:01.before America voted, convulsed the campaign.
:27:02. > :27:02.Its significance can't be over-stated.
:27:03. > :27:04.This was Donald Trump, the day the news broke.
:27:05. > :27:07.The investigation is the biggest political scandal since Watergate
:27:08. > :27:16.and it's everybody's hope that justice, at last, can be delivered.
:27:17. > :27:18.And Hillary Clinton has now made clear she believes that James Comey
:27:19. > :27:30.I was on the way to winning until a combination of Jim Comey's
:27:31. > :27:34.letter, on October 28th, and Russian WikiLeaks raised doubts
:27:35. > :27:37.in the minds of people who were inclined to vote for me,
:27:38. > :27:44.But Donald Trump, on Twitter, attacked Hillary Clinton
:27:45. > :28:02.and seemingly has a swipe at James Comey, too.
:28:03. > :28:05.The question is - why did the FBI make public the email investigation
:28:06. > :28:07.and not the parallel inquiry into the Trump campaign's
:28:08. > :28:11.The answer seems to be that Congress had been told the email
:28:12. > :28:13.investigation was complete and therefore reopening it needed
:28:14. > :28:16.It's an explanation that baffles many Democrats.
:28:17. > :28:33.The general election is five weeks away, but tomorrow voters will be
:28:34. > :28:35.taking part in local and mayoral elections in England,
:28:36. > :28:38.It's a major exercise in local democracy with councils
:28:39. > :28:40.supplying essential services to millions of people.
:28:41. > :28:42.Our political correspondent, Vicki Young, is here to explain
:28:43. > :28:45.the range of contests taking place tomorrow.
:28:46. > :28:49.It's very rare for local elections to be held in the middle
:28:50. > :28:51.of a general election campaign and all the parties will be
:28:52. > :28:54.hoping for signs that they're making progress.
:28:55. > :28:57.Almost 5,000 seats are up for grabs, but none in Northern Ireland.
:28:58. > :29:01.In Scotland, these elections involve all 32 councils
:29:02. > :29:09.Back then the SNP won the most seats, but Labour wasn't far behind.
:29:10. > :29:12.A key battleground this time will be Glasgow City Council,
:29:13. > :29:16.where Labour's held overall control since 1980.
:29:17. > :29:18.In Wales, all 22 councils are being elected.
:29:19. > :29:21.Labour performed strongly five years ago and it's
:29:22. > :29:26.defending almost 600 seats, far more than any other party.
:29:27. > :29:29.Plaid Cymru and the Tories are hoping for gains and Ukip
:29:30. > :29:32.could build on its good showing in the Welsh Assembly elections.
:29:33. > :29:37.In England, there are 34 elections, most of them for County Councils,
:29:38. > :29:40.and this is a traditional area of strength for the Conservatives,
:29:41. > :29:43.who have twice as many seats as Labour.
:29:44. > :29:46.The Liberal Democrats are hoping to claw back some of the ground
:29:47. > :29:50.they've lost over the past few years and Labour's strength will be
:29:51. > :29:52.tested in the councils they control in Derbyshire,
:29:53. > :29:58.So with a general election next month, how much should we read
:29:59. > :30:09.It will give an indication of whether the Conservatives are a long
:30:10. > :30:12.way ahead in the opinion polls, whether they are advancing in
:30:13. > :30:16.Scotland. Are Labour really in trouble across the length and
:30:17. > :30:22.breadth of Great Britain? We shouldn't assume that what happens
:30:23. > :30:24.on Thursday will necessarily be replicated exactly in the general
:30:25. > :30:27.election ballot boxes. Six areas of England
:30:28. > :30:30.will elect new Metro Mayors - Greater Manchester, Liverpool,
:30:31. > :30:32.the West Midlands, Tees Valley, the West of England
:30:33. > :30:34.and Cambridge and Peterborough. They'll mostly be responsible
:30:35. > :30:37.for economic development. Doncaster and North Tyneside
:30:38. > :30:39.are also voting for Local elections won't necessarily
:30:40. > :30:46.tell us much about how people might vote in a national contest,
:30:47. > :30:49.but as the results come in on Friday, party leaders
:30:50. > :30:51.will seize on anything that suggests they have momentum
:30:52. > :31:02.heading into the general Thank you very much, again. Looking
:31:03. > :31:07.forward to the local elections tomorrow.
:31:08. > :31:10.It's the most prominent arts prize in Britain and for years it's been
:31:11. > :31:12.the preserve of young British artists.
:31:13. > :31:15.But this year, for the first time since 1991, the Turner Prize has
:31:16. > :31:18.scrapped the age limit and two artists over 50 have made
:31:19. > :31:20.Our arts correspondent, David Sillito, has been
:31:21. > :31:39.It's been a strange day for Lubaina Himid.
:31:40. > :31:42.She's painted for more than 35 years and today, at the age of 62,
:31:43. > :31:46.Her paintings bring black lives and faces to often very
:31:47. > :31:49.white art galleries, and this is perhaps her signature
:31:50. > :31:52.work, 100 life-size portraits made when...
:31:53. > :31:56.Did you think that national recognition
:31:57. > :32:07.Well, I hadn't thought about the Turner Prize,
:32:08. > :32:09.in terms, I don't know, nominations or shortlisting
:32:10. > :32:18.Born in Zanzibar, she's lived and taught here, in Preston,
:32:19. > :32:31.And she's not alone, the other nominees,
:32:32. > :32:33.Hurvin Anderson, Andrea Buttner and Rosalind Nashashibi
:32:34. > :32:37.This jury and the Turner Prize has perhaps looked back at certain
:32:38. > :32:39.artists that were unfairly overlooked and decided to open it up
:32:40. > :32:42.to those that maybe deserve a second chance or that flourish
:32:43. > :32:46.And it's certainly been a year of flourishing for Lubaina
:32:47. > :32:57.I'm making a space where other black audiences can feel at home,
:32:58. > :33:01.where they can look at these cutouts and think - "Oh, that looks a bit
:33:02. > :33:03.like my auntie" or "Oh, that's kind of got the demeanour
:33:04. > :33:14.It's like being home, it's like being in amongst people you know.
:33:15. > :33:17.It's that making a space in an art gallery where you're not
:33:18. > :33:28.Newsnight is coming up on BBC Two, here's Evan.
:33:29. > :33:30.Ramping up the rhetoric, tension with the neighbours.
:33:31. > :33:32.Britain is in danger of finding the rest of Europe
:33:33. > :33:36.We'll be getting perspectives from the UK and the EU,
:33:37. > :33:39.asking who is provoking whom and how we're going to negotiate