:00:00. > :00:17.and France's new president will take office in just six days' time.
:00:18. > :00:22.Side by side, the president-elect and the outgoing head of state
:00:23. > :00:25.at a formal ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe, commemorating the end
:00:26. > :00:33.As France enjoyed a bank holiday, we talked to parents in a Parisian
:00:34. > :00:40.suburb about their hopes for the Macron presidency.
:00:41. > :00:44.It will be hard for him because I'm sure lots of people vote for him
:00:45. > :00:49.yesterday, but it's almost against Marine La Pen.
:00:50. > :00:52.Also on the programme tonight: No backing down -
:00:53. > :00:54.a Conservative Government would stick to its target of cutting
:00:55. > :01:04.net migration to the tens of thousands says Theresa May.
:01:05. > :01:08.An investigation into Rupert Murdoch's bid to take
:01:09. > :01:11.full control of Sky - will it be engulfed by allegations
:01:12. > :01:14.Record numbers of migrants have tried to reach
:01:15. > :01:18.We have a special report on the rescue efforts
:01:19. > :01:32.One of the women I see has got a little child with her.
:01:33. > :01:34.And the rivers running dry in the UK before
:01:35. > :01:36.summer has even begun, prompting fears of a drought.
:01:37. > :01:38.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: Chelsea
:01:39. > :01:41.are heading towards the title, but will it cost Middlesbrough
:01:42. > :02:06.We will have all the news from Stamford Bridge.
:02:07. > :02:10.Good evening from Paris, where, in six days' time,
:02:11. > :02:13.Emmanuel Macron will be installed as president, after his decisive win
:02:14. > :02:15.in yesterday's contest against Marine Le Pen.
:02:16. > :02:18.He's already started work on forming a government,
:02:19. > :02:21.and he's taken calls from world leaders, including Theresa May,
:02:22. > :02:27.The official result was confirmed earlier today.
:02:28. > :02:31.The centrist Mr Macron won with 66.1% of the vote,
:02:32. > :02:35.with Marine Le Pen of the Front Nationale on 33.9%.
:02:36. > :02:39.The turnout was 74% - the lowest in nearly half a century -
:02:40. > :02:45.which means that some 11.5 million people didn't cast a vote.
:02:46. > :02:47.The day brought a highly visible statement that the transfer
:02:48. > :02:50.of power is under way, when the president-elect
:02:51. > :02:53.and the outgoing head of state appeared side by side at a ceremony,
:02:54. > :02:55.here at the Arc de Triomphe, to commemorate the end
:02:56. > :02:59.of the Second World War in Europe, 72 years ago today.
:03:00. > :03:02.Mr Macron declared that the time had come again to fight
:03:03. > :03:14.Our Europe editor, Katya Adler, reports on the day's events.
:03:15. > :03:25.It has been a day of reflection in France, paying tribute to the World
:03:26. > :03:36.War II fallen. Taking stock of fresh challenges ahead. France's brand-new
:03:37. > :03:42.and youngest ever President elect here at VE Day commemorations. A
:03:43. > :03:48.little hesitant, a little unsure, taking his cue from the outgoing
:03:49. > :03:53.head of state. It will be a steep learning curve. Emmanuel Macron is
:03:54. > :04:01.pretty new to politics but the crowds here were hopeful. It's very
:04:02. > :04:05.difficult to put some reforms in France and having someone who is so
:04:06. > :04:09.young will help to change things. TRANSLATION: We hope he keeps his
:04:10. > :04:11.promises, politicians normally don't, we want France for the as
:04:12. > :04:22.well as the rich. Tonight Emmanuel Macron's fans and
:04:23. > :04:29.foes will be watching this with interest. A fly on the wall
:04:30. > :04:31.documentary filmed during his presidential campaign. This
:04:32. > :04:36.intriguing because France is about to be presided over by a politician
:04:37. > :04:42.known for his chance but whose person, party and policies are
:04:43. > :04:46.pretty much unexplored. What we do know is that he is the Europhile, a
:04:47. > :04:53.passionate one, and leading Europeans are cock-a-hoop, in
:04:54. > :04:57.understated tones. TRANSLATION: Emmanuel Macron carries the hopes of
:04:58. > :05:02.millions in France and across Europe. He led a courageous
:05:03. > :05:10.pro-European campaign and stands for openness to the world. Emmanuel
:05:11. > :05:14.Macron has raised high expectations, promising many things to many
:05:15. > :05:18.people. To dramatically reform France, caring for the fragile while
:05:19. > :05:25.boosting business, and to change the European Union and be very tough on
:05:26. > :05:28.Brexit, but he doesn't have his own government or MPs in parliament so
:05:29. > :05:36.is he flexing muscles he doesn't yet have? France's President-elect has
:05:37. > :05:44.made Brexit threats are plenty. Damp and desperate in Calais today. After
:05:45. > :05:48.Brexit, Mr Macron has vowed to tear up an agreement where France
:05:49. > :05:53.prevents thousands of migrants making their way to Dover each year.
:05:54. > :06:00.He has talked about tempting banks and businesses from the City of
:06:01. > :06:05.London this side of the Channel. But domestic discontent, not press kit,
:06:06. > :06:09.will be his main focus. It is what drew one in three voters to Marine
:06:10. > :06:17.Le Pen, his far right rival -- not Brexit. She is popular here in the
:06:18. > :06:20.pool halls of Calais where unemployed youngsters while
:06:21. > :06:24.frustrated days away. In struggling towns like this, there is little
:06:25. > :06:28.faith in elite educated metropolitans Emmanuel Macron. Young
:06:29. > :06:35.people vote for Marine Le Pen because they can't find any jobs.
:06:36. > :06:38.The unemployment rate is sky-high here in Calais unfortunately.
:06:39. > :06:45.TRANSLATION: There are no jobs and too many migrants. He said almost
:06:46. > :06:49.60% of Calais thudded Marine Le Pen and maybe next time the whole
:06:50. > :06:53.country will be ready. -- voted for Marine Le Pen. That evening in Paris
:06:54. > :07:00.there were small but demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron caused some
:07:01. > :07:05.organised by the trade unions. As a centrist politician, he faces
:07:06. > :07:11.opposition left and right. And only weeks away from crucial elections.
:07:12. > :07:14.Despite Mr Macron's compelling margin of victory,
:07:15. > :07:19.there is nonetheless a real sense, even within the Macron team,
:07:20. > :07:24.that his win was secured by people whose main motivation was to vote
:07:25. > :07:27.against Marine Le Pen, rather than a positive desire to see
:07:28. > :07:32.So to find out more, earlier today, I went to one of the Parisian
:07:33. > :07:34.suburbs to meet some parents at a junior football
:07:35. > :07:43.It's the annual bank holiday football tournament in this
:07:44. > :07:45.eastern suburb of Paris, a typically diverse community
:07:46. > :07:48.on the outskirts of the capital, and where the reaction
:07:49. > :07:50.on the terraces to yesterday's election seems to be more
:07:51. > :08:02.I'm sure that lots of people vote for him yesterday, but it's almost
:08:03. > :08:04.against Marine Le Pen, and he's young, and he
:08:05. > :08:10.Experience, so it might be difficult for him.
:08:11. > :08:17.It is a complex picture, even in a mixed community like this one.
:08:18. > :08:20.One of the coaches - who left his ballot paper
:08:21. > :08:22.blank, by the way - told me that the issue
:08:23. > :08:25.of immigration and social integration raised by Le Pen had
:08:26. > :08:31.TRANSLATION: It is a big problem, even for established
:08:32. > :08:38.Foreigners coming to France these days just aren't able to integrate.
:08:39. > :08:47.That doesn't mean all of them are racist.
:08:48. > :08:50.And it is abundantly clear that it was fear of a Le Pen
:08:51. > :08:53.presidency more than anything else that drove many people to vote
:08:54. > :09:00.TRANSLATION: I'm very happy it wasn't Le Pen,
:09:01. > :09:06.As most people will tell you, this election was about voting
:09:07. > :09:12.There had been talk on the left of sitting it out,
:09:13. > :09:14.of refusing to take part, and while some certainly
:09:15. > :09:19.did, it didn't change the dynamics of the 2017 race.
:09:20. > :09:23.I have some friends from the left, from the right, and everybody
:09:24. > :09:30.The first time that, when I have lunch with people,
:09:31. > :09:36.everybody agree to vote for that man.
:09:37. > :09:37.And in this Parisian suburb, another element
:09:38. > :09:43.If Macron gets it wrong, Le Pen will be back in five
:09:44. > :09:51.years' time, probably with a very different result.
:09:52. > :09:54.And a flavour of some of the voices earlier today in eastern Paris.
:09:55. > :09:58.Our Europe editor, Katya Adler, is with me.
:09:59. > :10:05.We have seen the euphoria with the Macron team which is understandable
:10:06. > :10:09.but let's talk about the challenges he faces. This was a very divisive
:10:10. > :10:12.presidential campaign and those divisions don't there's a bit
:10:13. > :10:16.overnight because the election is over. You pointed out that even
:10:17. > :10:21.among those who voted for Macron, many did so just to stop his rival.
:10:22. > :10:24.Namy has to somehow bring France behind him and the clock is ticking
:10:25. > :10:29.with those all-important parliament elections coming up and he needs a
:10:30. > :10:38.majority in parliament, a credible government to past the reforms he
:10:39. > :10:41.has promised everybody and if he does not get that and as to build a
:10:42. > :10:44.coalition, will he jump into bed with one of the traditional parties
:10:45. > :10:46.he has distanced himself from? He would risk losing the reform
:10:47. > :10:49.credentials before even starting. He will be a powerful voice in the EU
:10:50. > :10:53.and there are challenges ahead, not least the Brexit process, so if he
:10:54. > :10:58.likely to make a big impact on it? He has promised to be a hard line
:10:59. > :11:02.but that is France, France is always a tricky negotiator with Brexit and
:11:03. > :11:05.that is a bit of a status quo, at least for the British government.
:11:06. > :11:11.Where you can see the positive side for Macron with Brexit is that the
:11:12. > :11:16.UK needs EU unity to have a deal and make the future trade deal. Macron
:11:17. > :11:21.will put EU unity first, Marine Le Pen would have caused chaos in the
:11:22. > :11:25.EU, she wandered out of the euro and possibly the EU and the EU in
:11:26. > :11:29.disarray would mean no deal for Britain. And for years he was the
:11:30. > :11:33.French Minister of the economy Tom will not say no to a good trade deal
:11:34. > :11:35.that is advantageous for the UK, France and the rest of the EU. Thank
:11:36. > :11:36.you. So in just six days' time France
:11:37. > :11:41.will have a new president in power at a critical moment for the future
:11:42. > :11:44.of this country and for There's more detail and analysis
:11:45. > :11:49.on the BBC News website: But, for now, let's join Sophie
:11:50. > :12:00.for the day's other main stories. Here, Theresa May has confirmed
:12:01. > :12:04.that the Conservatives will stick to their target of reducing net
:12:05. > :12:07.migration to below 100,000 a year That's despite repeatedly missing
:12:08. > :12:11.that pledge since it was first Meanwhile, Ukip says it wants
:12:12. > :12:15.to have zero net migration over Here's our political
:12:16. > :12:23.editor, Laura Kuennsberg. Her report contains some flash
:12:24. > :12:26.photography. They couldn't leap to their feet
:12:27. > :12:28.fast enough, gathered to hear their leader in marginal
:12:29. > :12:31.Harrow in north London, who joked she is after the same
:12:32. > :12:36.scale of support as the new French leader, who scored
:12:37. > :12:38.nearly 70% of the vote. We need to ensure we've
:12:39. > :12:42.got an equally strong mandate and an equally
:12:43. > :12:47.strong negotiating position. But it was Team Theresa who,
:12:48. > :12:50.year after year, missed their target for net immigration,
:12:51. > :12:54.which has been three times higher What is the point of sticking
:12:55. > :13:00.to an immigration target that many of your colleagues think it
:13:01. > :13:03.unworkable, some people even think it is pointless,
:13:04. > :13:06.and when you were in charge as Home Secretary it was a target
:13:07. > :13:10.that was missed for six years? We do want to bring net migration
:13:11. > :13:12.down to sustainable levels. We believe that is
:13:13. > :13:14.the tens of thousands. And of course once we leave
:13:15. > :13:18.the European Union we will have the opportunity to ensure we have
:13:19. > :13:20.control of our borders So the target stays, but note,
:13:21. > :13:31.you didn't hear a deadline. Three Cabinet ministers here,
:13:32. > :13:35.why should voters believe the Prime Minister will meet
:13:36. > :13:37.the immigration target this time? She didn't when she was
:13:38. > :13:40.Home Secretary for six years. She's made it very clear
:13:41. > :13:42.that once we leave But her record as Home Secretary was
:13:43. > :13:47.she missed the target for six years! She missed it for six
:13:48. > :13:51.years as Home Secretary. I think if you look at her record
:13:52. > :13:54.as Home Secretary, you will find It wouldn't be a British campaign
:13:55. > :13:59.without a banana somewhere. Whatever point this voter in
:14:00. > :14:05.Leamington Spa was trying to make. Labour doesn't put a number
:14:06. > :14:08.on its plans for immigration but says the target
:14:09. > :14:11.just doesn't work. Theresa May made that promise
:14:12. > :14:14.in 2010 and the same promise in 2015 and didn't get anywhere near it
:14:15. > :14:17.on any occasion at all. Obviously our manifesto will set
:14:18. > :14:22.out our policy when that's produced. Ukip has its own new idea
:14:23. > :14:24.for tighter control. Ukip will go into this election
:14:25. > :14:34.with a policy of balanced migration, which means zero net immigration
:14:35. > :14:44.over the next five-year period. Scotland's First Minister,
:14:45. > :14:47.pulling pints in Perth, wants power Having a Tory target that is not
:14:48. > :14:54.practical, will not be met, but is driven by ideology,
:14:55. > :14:57.will harm our economy and it's another reason why it's important
:14:58. > :14:59.that we have MPs into this election standing up for
:15:00. > :15:06.Scotland's interests. Close by, the Lib Dems
:15:07. > :15:10.were after votes at St Andrews. The target was Tory policy during
:15:11. > :15:13.the coalition and the Lib Dems Don't set a silly, artificial target
:15:14. > :15:19.that you know you will break just because it will please
:15:20. > :15:22.a couple of newspapers. Easier to hit in theory
:15:23. > :15:28.after Brexit but no explanation from the Tories so far
:15:29. > :15:31.on what they will do in practice. We are in rather a no man's land,
:15:32. > :15:35.the time before the main political parties are ready
:15:36. > :15:38.with their final manifestos. It's only then we will see exactly
:15:39. > :15:41.what promises they are willing to make in black and white but it's
:15:42. > :15:45.absolutely clear, however unworkable, however discredited,
:15:46. > :15:49.Theresa May is adamant she will stick to her
:15:50. > :15:52.immigration target. But how she plans to get there,
:15:53. > :15:55.we're still in the dark. The most recent figures show that
:15:56. > :16:02.net migration stood at just Many employers here say
:16:03. > :16:07.they rely on workers Some business leaders have expressed
:16:08. > :16:12.concern about the Government's plans to significantly cut the numbers
:16:13. > :16:15.and say migration should be set according to economic need rather
:16:16. > :16:17.than arbitrary targets. Our business editor,
:16:18. > :16:26.Simon Jack, has more. A growing economy needs a growing
:16:27. > :16:29.number of workers and the EU has been a plentiful supply of them
:16:30. > :16:32.for businesses, like this food producer
:16:33. > :16:36.in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland agri-food
:16:37. > :16:38.industry is massively reliant on EU nationals to make
:16:39. > :16:41.up their workforce. Some 48% of fulltime workers
:16:42. > :16:44.in Northern Ireland agri-food That number exaserbates
:16:45. > :16:51.when you take into account the casual agriculture labour that
:16:52. > :16:54.comes in seasonally So the stakes are very high
:16:55. > :16:58.to the agri-food industry That is precisely why some business
:16:59. > :17:02.groups don't like this target. In its very own manifesto,
:17:03. > :17:05.the CBI said with unemployment at near record lows,
:17:06. > :17:09.this target is unhelpful The risk of a single,
:17:10. > :17:18.blunt number is that it doesn't enable the needs of the economy
:17:19. > :17:20.to be reflected in So we know we have great
:17:21. > :17:24.ambitions for the country. We know we want to
:17:25. > :17:26.build a million homes. We want to improve our
:17:27. > :17:32.road and rail system. These are all ambitions
:17:33. > :17:34.that need people. Net migration measures
:17:35. > :17:36.the difference between the number of people arriving in the UK
:17:37. > :17:38.and the number of people leaving. According to the latest
:17:39. > :17:40.figures 273,000 more people Of that number, 165,000 more came
:17:41. > :17:47.from the EU than went the other way. While the number arriving
:17:48. > :17:49.from outside the EU was nearly So even if you reduce net migration
:17:50. > :17:56.from the EU to zero, that 100,000 In fact, that target
:17:57. > :18:03.was last hit in 1997. Some say that proves that if we've
:18:04. > :18:08.done it before, we can do it again. For decades the UK economy performed
:18:09. > :18:10.perfectly well with net migrations levels of about 60,000,
:18:11. > :18:20.for example in the 1980s and 1990s. There's no reason we
:18:21. > :18:22.can't do that again. It's actually good for the economy
:18:23. > :18:25.in the long run to cut At the moment it produces a low
:18:26. > :18:28.skill, loo productivity, -- low productivity, low-wage
:18:29. > :18:33.economy. Businesses across many sectors have
:18:34. > :18:35.been re-assured they will be able But can you re-assure everyone
:18:36. > :18:42.whilst still cutting net That's one reason perhaps why
:18:43. > :18:45.there is no delivery date on a promise first made
:18:46. > :18:47.two elections ago. There's only one thing,
:18:48. > :18:49.it seems, worse than missing an immigration target,
:18:50. > :18:52.and that's not having one at all. Labour has promised to abolish
:18:53. > :18:56.parking charges at NHS hospitals in England,
:18:57. > :18:59.if it wins the election. The party says the policy would cost
:19:00. > :19:01.around ?162 million, which it would meet by raising
:19:02. > :19:04.the tax on private health insurance The BBC has announced
:19:05. > :19:13.details of its general There'll be two Question Time
:19:14. > :19:19.Specials in which party leaders The first will involve
:19:20. > :19:22.Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn. There will also be a seven-way
:19:23. > :19:25.debate with senior party figures and interviews
:19:26. > :19:30.with the main party leaders. You can find information on each
:19:31. > :19:32.of the party's policies, along with detailed analysis
:19:33. > :19:35.of what they mean in practice, that's on a special
:19:36. > :19:44.section of our website. Record numbers of migrants have
:19:45. > :19:46.already tried to reach Europe More than 7,000 have been rescued
:19:47. > :19:52.from the Mediterranean over The Italian coastguard says as many
:19:53. > :19:56.as 200 may have drowned. Most of them have set off
:19:57. > :19:58.from Libya, attempting the treacherous crossing in search
:19:59. > :20:02.of a new life in Europe. Reeta Chakrabarti has spent the last
:20:03. > :20:06.week on a rescue ship. She joins us live
:20:07. > :20:17.from Southern Italy. Sophie, thank you. The sea is calm
:20:18. > :20:22.now that spring has come and that means that the migrant boats have
:20:23. > :20:26.started again and in a big way. Over Easter weekend, more than 8,000
:20:27. > :20:30.people were rescued from the Mediterranean and this weekend, as
:20:31. > :20:36.you mention there, the numbers have been very similar. Now this ship I'm
:20:37. > :20:40.on rescued over 500 people on its own. The charity Save the Children
:20:41. > :20:44.said it was their biggest such operation so far. Those migrant
:20:45. > :20:49.people are now safe on the shore, but the bigger question surrounding
:20:50. > :20:51.this sort of migration and the criminal activity that sustains it
:20:52. > :20:54.continues. Seven uneventful days at sea
:20:55. > :20:56.with the rescue mission and then We have two rubber
:20:57. > :21:02.boats possibly one wooden boat. Team, please prepare
:21:03. > :21:07.on deck for rescue. A scene, said the crew,
:21:08. > :21:11.like never before. First two, then three,
:21:12. > :21:13.then as we were spotted, more and yet more boat loads
:21:14. > :21:18.the people veering towards us One of the women I've seen has
:21:19. > :21:33.a little child with her. This toddler named Blessing is one
:21:34. > :21:36.of the tiniest travellers. Her mother Joy, who's Nigerian,
:21:37. > :21:39.said she risked the journey because she couldn't return
:21:40. > :21:42.to her home country. She was working in Libya,
:21:43. > :21:45.but she was repeatedly kidnapped I asked her what she hoped
:21:46. > :22:15.for from the future. Blessing is happily ignorant
:22:16. > :22:17.of her mother's grief and oblivious Still they come, goodness knows how
:22:18. > :22:24.many people were cramped into that They're all processed now, checked -
:22:25. > :22:31.this man clearly in pain. The vast majority on board
:22:32. > :22:33.are men of working age, from west and east Africa,
:22:34. > :22:36.and also from Asia. There are many factors driving them,
:22:37. > :22:39.but the turmoil in Libya is key. These scars, Imran told me,
:22:40. > :22:43.were inflicted on him in Bangladesh, He says he was targeted
:22:44. > :22:51.by the local Mafia and so left But he went months unpaid and was
:22:52. > :23:03.beaten if he asked for his wage. He told me he took the rubber boat
:23:04. > :23:06.because Libya was dangerous. Libya was intolerable,
:23:07. > :23:11.he couldn't do it any more. Last year broke records
:23:12. > :23:14.for the number of migrants making the crossing,
:23:15. > :23:18.and this year looks set to top that. Italy has borne the weight
:23:19. > :23:22.of housing and caring for them, but opinion is hardening with claims
:23:23. > :23:25.that these rescue missions are a taxi service for migrants
:23:26. > :23:30.and even that the aid agencies are colluding with Libyan
:23:31. > :23:34.people smugglers to bring Our sole mission is to save
:23:35. > :23:39.the lives of people and especially children who are escaping violence,
:23:40. > :23:41.persecution and extreme poverty. We have no contact whatsoever
:23:42. > :23:47.with people smugglers. Earlier in the week,
:23:48. > :23:51.a body was spotted. This crossing from Libya has become
:23:52. > :24:01.an established route run by ruthless criminals who care little
:24:02. > :24:03.whether their desperate passengers A 35-year-old man has been charged
:24:04. > :24:12.following a dog attack on a two-year-old girl
:24:13. > :24:15.in Liverpool yesterday. The girl suffered injuries
:24:16. > :24:18.to her head and body, when several dogs got into the garden
:24:19. > :24:22.where she was playing in Toxteth. She's in a serious but stable
:24:23. > :24:25.condition in hospital. Andrew McGowan from Toxteth,
:24:26. > :24:29.is accused of being in charge of four dogs which were
:24:30. > :24:31.dangerously out of control. The telecoms regulator Ofcom has
:24:32. > :24:33.said it's very concerned about the rising cost of telephone
:24:34. > :24:36.calls to directory enquiry services. The four largest providers charge
:24:37. > :24:39.at least ?5.50 for a call Campaigners are worried elderly
:24:40. > :24:44.people will be caught Ofcom says it's planning
:24:45. > :24:53.to review the market. A senior official who worked
:24:54. > :24:55.for President Obama has said she warned the Trump administration
:24:56. > :24:58.that its original choice as National Security Advisor
:24:59. > :25:03.was open to Russian blackmail. Giving evidence to a Senate
:25:04. > :25:07.committee, the former deputy Attorney-General,
:25:08. > :25:09.Sally Yate, said Michael Flynn had lied about his contact
:25:10. > :25:12.with the Russian ambassador. He resigned after
:25:13. > :25:18.less than a month. The Halifax bank says house prices
:25:19. > :25:21.in the UK fell by 0.2% between February and April,
:25:22. > :25:23.the first quarterly drop The lender says household
:25:24. > :25:29.finances are being squeezed by rising prices in the shops
:25:30. > :25:31.which is weakening The Fox News presenter Bill O'Reilly
:25:32. > :25:38.has been one of the most famous in America for years,
:25:39. > :25:41.but he stepped down last month, after being accused of sexual
:25:42. > :25:43.harrassment by a number of women. Now one of them has flown to London
:25:44. > :25:46.to block Rupert Murdoch - who owns Fox - from taking full
:25:47. > :25:49.control of Sky. Today she met with the media
:25:50. > :25:54.regulator Ofcom, which is investigating whether Murdoch's
:25:55. > :25:58.company 21st Century Fox would be fit and proper to take
:25:59. > :26:01.full control of Sky. Caution, you are about to enter the
:26:02. > :26:14.no-spin zone... This anchor, Bill O'Reilly,
:26:15. > :26:16.and the network's former boss are at the centre of sexual
:26:17. > :26:18.and racial harassment claims that have led
:26:19. > :26:20.to their departure from Fox News. Arguably, the three most
:26:21. > :26:24.important men at Fox are out. This huge corporate scandal has
:26:25. > :26:28.shaken it to the core. Over two decades, a mixture
:26:29. > :26:34.of conspiracy, aggression and nationalism has made
:26:35. > :26:36.Rupert Murdoch's channel the most watched cable news
:26:37. > :26:40.network in America. For the Murdochs,
:26:41. > :26:43.the timing couldn't be worse. They're currently trying
:26:44. > :26:45.to take full control of the British broadcaster Sky
:26:46. > :26:52.through an acquisition They declined an interview request,
:26:53. > :26:56.so I said hello to the boss Are you worried about Ofcom at all?
:26:57. > :27:02.No. You should be worried about the BBC
:27:03. > :27:08.as well. Fox News is getting record ratings,
:27:09. > :27:12.so I'm not worried at all. You don't think Ofcom will consider
:27:13. > :27:15.what is happening at Fox News? Nothing is happening at Fox News.
:27:16. > :27:18.Nothing. You have lost three of your top
:27:19. > :27:21.people, that is something, isn't it? There is a sexual and racial
:27:22. > :27:23.harassment accusation. And the other two
:27:24. > :27:29.are quite separate. The harassment scandal at Fox News
:27:30. > :27:33.is the talk of Manhattan and it Federal investigators are looking
:27:34. > :27:37.at whether fox concealed payments And the worry for Rupert Murdoch
:27:38. > :27:47.and his family is that the echoes of the phone hacking scandal
:27:48. > :27:52.are getting louder by the day. Lawyer Douglas Wigdall
:27:53. > :27:54.is representing over 20 He wrote to Ofcom with details
:27:55. > :27:58.of the claim and is meeting with them on Thursday to provide
:27:59. > :28:01.background on the allegations They have let him stay for over
:28:02. > :28:05.a decade because he was making So I am not confident
:28:06. > :28:15.that they terminated Bill O'Reilly and gave him $20 million
:28:16. > :28:17.on the way out just because they are not confident
:28:18. > :28:20.that the other moves they have made have been done because they
:28:21. > :28:22.want to create change. I think they are doing these things
:28:23. > :28:25.because they have lost advertisers I experienced sexual harassment
:28:26. > :28:29.as a job applicant at Fox News channel by an employee named Mr Bill
:28:30. > :28:34.O'Reilly. Radio host Wendy Walsh seen
:28:35. > :28:38.with her lawyer Lisa Bloom filed a complaint against Mr O'Reilly
:28:39. > :28:40.by phone, only in America Mr O'Reilly and former Fox News
:28:41. > :28:49.boss Roger Ailes denied The two women flew from Los Angeles
:28:50. > :28:57.to London today to specifically to explain to Ofcom why
:28:58. > :29:00.in their view the Murdochs are not fit and proper
:29:01. > :29:02.to own Sky outright. I hope that the good people
:29:03. > :29:06.of the UK no how openly 21st Century Fox has ignored the laws
:29:07. > :29:09.protecting women's rights I know that women's rights
:29:10. > :29:15.are valued here, and I hope that 21st Century Fox, parent
:29:16. > :29:20.to Fox News, says it has taken prompt and decisive action
:29:21. > :29:27.to improve its workplace, overhauling top management
:29:28. > :29:29.and appointing women With pottable investigation
:29:30. > :29:34.is now under way, Mr Murdoch's claim that nothing
:29:35. > :29:40.is going at Fox News sounds like what some Fox contributors
:29:41. > :29:42.would call fake news. This photograph was taken
:29:43. > :29:45.at the weekend in Cumbria. It's a rare sight
:29:46. > :29:49.at this time of year. But it's because large parts
:29:50. > :29:52.of the UK simply haven't had much This Met office map shows the rain
:29:53. > :29:56.across the UK last month. The darkest areas are those that
:29:57. > :29:59.have had less than a third Danny Savage reports
:30:00. > :30:06.from the Yorkshire Dales. Across large parts of Britain at
:30:07. > :30:11.the moment there is a lack of water. A dry spring, preceded
:30:12. > :30:15.by low winter rainfall, This wouldn't be an unusual,
:30:16. > :30:24.widespread sight in late summer When I had a ride around up
:30:25. > :30:30.there on Friday, you get a lot of small ponds and wet holes that
:30:31. > :30:35.are usually there all year round. They're all dried out,
:30:36. > :30:38.they're absolutely bone dry, there's nothing at all
:30:39. > :30:40.in the bottom of them. Stuart Herd has farmed
:30:41. > :30:44.here all his life. The riverbed drying up is not
:30:45. > :30:47.unheard of but he's noticed You can tell that it's been a lot
:30:48. > :30:52.drier because we're actually noticing sheep that have come down
:30:53. > :30:56.to parts of the river where the water is still running,
:30:57. > :30:58.noticing sheep standing Whereas ordinarily they would be
:30:59. > :31:04.spread about up on these fells and drinking out of little springs
:31:05. > :31:07.and streams and things like that, which suggests there isn't as much
:31:08. > :31:11.water up there as what there has Southern England has seen the driest
:31:12. > :31:15.conditions with just over half the average rainfall since last
:31:16. > :31:19.July. The water company Affinity says
:31:20. > :31:23.people must do their bit to avoid And these pictures were taken
:31:24. > :31:29.in northern England over the last few days, showing rivers many miles
:31:30. > :31:34.apart in a similar condition. But Yorkshire Water says
:31:35. > :31:37.there shouldn't be widespread alarm. I think nationally
:31:38. > :31:40.it's been very dry. Up in Yorkshire it's been a dry
:31:41. > :31:43.winter, probably the driest in the last six years,
:31:44. > :31:48.but we have seen recharge, every other month we've seen some
:31:49. > :31:51.rainfall but in the last six weeks A few dry months doesn't
:31:52. > :31:56.make a drought, though. It may be bone dry in some
:31:57. > :31:59.of the headwaters of these river catchments but we're a long way
:32:00. > :32:04.from a water crisis. A few miles down the valley,
:32:05. > :32:07.the Wharf looks a lot more healthy, and reservoir levels
:32:08. > :32:10.are holding up too. A prolonged dry spell may
:32:11. > :32:13.change things but it Danny Savage, BBC News,
:32:14. > :32:23.Upper Wharfedale in North Yorkshire. Newsnight's about to begin over
:32:24. > :32:33.on BBC Two in a few moments. Paris is the centre of world
:32:34. > :32:37.attention today. That's how they like it. We're here looking at how
:32:38. > :32:41.politics is changing. Are there lessons for Britain and the West
:32:42. > :32:42.from the rise of a 39-year-old former banker to the president of
:32:43. > :32:46.France? Join me now on BBC Two. Here on BBC One, it's time
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