:00:00. > :00:10.Theresa May is forced to backtrack on one of her key manifesto pledges,
:00:11. > :00:17.On the campaign trail, Theresa May says she would consider
:00:18. > :00:20.imposing a cap on the total amount people might pay for care,
:00:21. > :00:31.But talk of imposing a limit has come after days of controversy
:00:32. > :00:36.about elderly people being forced to pay more for their social care.
:00:37. > :00:38.The basic principles remain absolutely the same
:00:39. > :00:40.as when they were put in the manifesto and
:00:41. > :00:47.As elderly people and their carers took in news of the change,
:00:48. > :00:49.the Prime Minister's opponents accused her of causing
:00:50. > :00:58.They haven't explained to the millions of people
:00:59. > :01:02.who are desperately worried about the sort of care what they're
:01:03. > :01:05.who are desperately worried about the sort of care that they're
:01:06. > :01:08.This is a government in chaos and confusion.
:01:09. > :01:11.We'll be looking in more detail at the Conservative approach
:01:12. > :01:13.to social care in England, and what it could mean
:01:14. > :01:18.President Trump starts his official trip to Israel and expresses
:01:19. > :01:20.confidence about a peace deal with the Palestinians.
:01:21. > :01:24.I've heard it's one of the toughest deals of all,
:01:25. > :01:29.but I have a feeling we're going to get there, eventually.
:01:30. > :01:31.Facebook insists that it is serious about monitoring offensive material
:01:32. > :01:37.And two centuries of tradition in Japanese art stealing the show
:01:38. > :01:46.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: David Moyes resigns
:01:47. > :01:50.as Sunderland manager after just one year in charge.
:01:51. > :02:12.The club ended the season bottom of the Premier League.
:02:13. > :02:16.The Prime Minister stands accused of performing a hasty U-turn
:02:17. > :02:20.on her plans to reform social care in England.
:02:21. > :02:22.Just four days after publishing the Conservative manifesto -
:02:23. > :02:25.and following widespread controversy - Theresa May claimed she was now
:02:26. > :02:31.The Prime Minister said she would consider imposing a limit
:02:32. > :02:34.on the cost of home care for the elderly.
:02:35. > :02:37.Mrs May's opponents said the about-turn was the very opposite
:02:38. > :02:54.Our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, reports.
:02:55. > :02:59.Serenely rolling along, it had seemed, with only a few noises off.
:03:00. > :03:02.An antihunting protest was the last of the Tories' problems today.
:03:03. > :03:04.The manifesto created a mess over social care that
:03:05. > :03:10.The original version of the Tory plans were to be bundled away.
:03:11. > :03:15.It might not sound like it, but this is a big change
:03:16. > :03:18.to what Theresa May had planned - introducing a limit,
:03:19. > :03:22.a cap, on how much people in England could have to pay.
:03:23. > :03:24.This manifesto says that we will come forward
:03:25. > :03:29.with a consultation paper, a government green paper,
:03:30. > :03:32.and that consultation will include an absolute limit on the amount
:03:33. > :03:34.people have to pay for their care costs.
:03:35. > :03:37.You have just announced a significant change
:03:38. > :03:40.to what was offered in your manifesto, saying there will now be
:03:41. > :03:44.the possibility of a cap on social care that was not in the plans
:03:45. > :03:45.that was announced just four days ago.
:03:46. > :03:49.That doesn't look so strong and stable, Prime Minister,
:03:50. > :03:52.it looks rather like panic in the face of opposition.
:03:53. > :03:56.Our social care system will collapse unless we address this problem,
:03:57. > :03:59.and we can't leave it to the future, we have to start
:04:00. > :04:10.That is why I want to fix it, and I'm going to fix it.
:04:11. > :04:12.She was, though, pressed again and again, seeming
:04:13. > :04:19.Let's be clear, we have not changed the principles that we set
:04:20. > :04:23.out in the manifesto, we are very clear about
:04:24. > :04:25.the principles on which this system will operate.
:04:26. > :04:36.And ministers, well, they didn't really want to talk about it either.
:04:37. > :04:39.Can I ask you very quickly about the U-turn on social care?
:04:40. > :04:41.Secretary of State, can we ask you very quickly
:04:42. > :04:46.When did Theresa May change your mind?
:04:47. > :04:48.A closed-door, because just yesterday, ministers were saying
:04:49. > :04:57.Any chance that you will look at it again?
:04:58. > :05:01.But there were concerns inside the party.
:05:02. > :05:07.The Prime Minister herself had heard nerves on the doorstep.
:05:08. > :05:18.The principle of who pays stays the same, but the change of heart
:05:19. > :05:20.is a gift and a source of gags for Labour.
:05:21. > :05:24.You cannot trust this woman, she does U-turns an immigration,
:05:25. > :05:27.on Parliament won't be meeting, having an election until 2020!
:05:28. > :05:36.And it is what is called strong and stable!
:05:37. > :05:38.But the opposition is still attacking the part
:05:39. > :05:41.of the plan that remains - the value of people's homes
:05:42. > :05:44.in England will be factored in for all kinds of social care,
:05:45. > :05:46.even though assets below ?100,000 will be protected.
:05:47. > :05:48.This is what happens when you have a government that
:05:49. > :05:50.thinks it's going to win with an enormous majority.
:05:51. > :05:55.Governments that have landslide majorities make bad decisions,
:05:56. > :05:56.big mistakes and take people for granted.
:05:57. > :06:00.Social care is devolved, decided separately in Wales,
:06:01. > :06:03.Northern Ireland, and in Scotland, where her plans for the future
:06:04. > :06:05.will be published in the manifesto tomorrow.
:06:06. > :06:08.Theresa May, though, has been trying to make inroads
:06:09. > :06:11.in areas that have been hostile to Tories for years.
:06:12. > :06:17.And don't forget, she's been trying to make this campaign
:06:18. > :06:23.Are you embarrassed by this U-turn, Prime Minister?!
:06:24. > :06:30.The Prime Minister is adamant she has not budged on her principles,
:06:31. > :06:32.but she has made a big change to her plans published
:06:33. > :06:36.For the first time in this general election campaign,
:06:37. > :06:44.The Tories say they are the only ones who are willing to be honest
:06:45. > :06:48.Why was there no mention of a cap in the manifesto?
:06:49. > :06:52.But if honesty is the best policy, seemingly, that involves
:06:53. > :06:54.being ready, at short notice, to take your own plans apart.
:06:55. > :07:04.The idea of a cap, or limit, was first put forward
:07:05. > :07:06.in a Government review, commissioned by David Cameron
:07:07. > :07:10.It had been due to come into force last year
:07:11. > :07:14.Our social affairs correspondent, Alison Holt, examines how
:07:15. > :07:16.the Conservatives intend to tackle the challenge of
:07:17. > :07:23.Pensioner Peter Martin is fulltime career for his
:07:24. > :07:29.Limited savings mean they qualify for council help,
:07:30. > :07:40.OK, I'll make you another cup of tea, then.
:07:41. > :07:43.Peter has spent the last few days trying to work out
:07:44. > :07:45.what the Conservative care plans would mean for them.
:07:46. > :07:47.He believes they'd lose local authority help because the value
:07:48. > :07:50.of their home would be included in calculations for the first time.
:07:51. > :07:53.At the moment, we're paying ?68 a month.
:07:54. > :07:57.And if the new system came into effect tomorrow,
:07:58. > :08:07.He says he finds little reassurance in the promise they could pay later.
:08:08. > :08:10.He also wants more details on how a care cap would work.
:08:11. > :08:13.Under the new system, I see only uncertainty.
:08:14. > :08:15.I see the money disappearing very quickly, the debt
:08:16. > :08:27.And just a complete lack of certainty for the future.
:08:28. > :08:35.So what would the Tory plans mean for people who need care?
:08:36. > :08:37.At the moment, in England, anyone who has assets or savings
:08:38. > :08:40.of more than about ?23,000 pays for their care.
:08:41. > :08:43.Last week in their manifesto, the Conservatives said
:08:44. > :08:47.they'd increase that, allowing people to keep ?100,000.
:08:48. > :08:51.The value of their home would be included in the calculations
:08:52. > :08:55.for both residential and home care, deferred payments would allow
:08:56. > :09:04.the costs to be recouped from someone's estate after death.
:09:05. > :09:07.But it is what was missing that has caused the controversy.
:09:08. > :09:10.No mention to the cap or limit to the massive costs someone
:09:11. > :09:12.would still face before they got council help.
:09:13. > :09:16.Now Theresa May says they will consult on what she calls
:09:17. > :09:20.an absolute limit, but doesn't say what that will be.
:09:21. > :09:23.Sir Andrew Dilnot wrote the report which said a cap on care costs
:09:24. > :09:27.was essential to help people plan ahead.
:09:28. > :09:34.Worried by last week's proposals, he welcomes this change.
:09:35. > :09:36.The proposals, as they were described last week,
:09:37. > :09:40.failed to answer one of the two big questions
:09:41. > :09:43.is everybody going to manage the risks that they face?
:09:44. > :09:46.So people with last week's proposals were left with an enormous
:09:47. > :09:50.Putting a cap in place means that people will be able to manage it,
:09:51. > :09:53.and that means this set of proposals is much better.
:09:54. > :09:55.Many questions remain about the costs and details
:09:56. > :09:58.of the plans, but for people like Peter and Doris, getting this
:09:59. > :10:07.Earlier this evening, the Prime Minister was asked again
:10:08. > :10:10.to explain her thinking on social care, when she spoke
:10:11. > :10:20.The principles on which we have based our social care policy remain
:10:21. > :10:23.We need to ensure that we have long-term
:10:24. > :10:31.We need to be able to ensure we can fund social care for the future.
:10:32. > :10:33.We're doing the honest thing about putting a proposal
:10:34. > :10:45.And they will make their choice on that. How could it be honest to
:10:46. > :10:50.reject a cap in your manifesto and four days later say, we are going to
:10:51. > :10:56.have a cap? That is honest about that? I set out in our manifesto was
:10:57. > :10:59.a series of principles to say to people, this is a big issue, will
:11:00. > :11:04.need to address it and we being honest that we need to fix it and
:11:05. > :11:08.that is what I want to do. I will not bury my head in the sand play
:11:09. > :11:10.politics that Jeremy Corbyn. I'm going to fix it.
:11:11. > :11:13.Our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, is with me.
:11:14. > :11:23.This kind of absurd is not usual in a campaign of this kind. What impact
:11:24. > :11:27.could it have on the Conservative campaign? Unusual for two reasons,
:11:28. > :11:31.because in living memory, there is no other main party leader who has
:11:32. > :11:35.made a significant change to their published manifesto that they waved
:11:36. > :11:40.in front of the cameras days after putting it out into the public
:11:41. > :11:44.domain. It is also unusual because this is the first time in this
:11:45. > :11:50.election campaign at least we have really seen Theresa May showing the
:11:51. > :11:53.pressure clearly being rattled and being exasperated by repeatedly
:11:54. > :11:57.being asked the same straightforward questions and struggling to give
:11:58. > :12:03.clear answers and is trying to wriggle out of a technique OT of
:12:04. > :12:06.whether this is a change a lot. Denying this is a straightforward
:12:07. > :12:10.U-turn, but this is a change to the plans put forward several days ago.
:12:11. > :12:15.Theresa May and the Tories have clearly made the political
:12:16. > :12:19.calculation was worse to suck up the political embarrassment of a day
:12:20. > :12:23.like today rather than stick to a set of plans that could risk
:12:24. > :12:27.serious, serious damage to their prospects. One Cabinet Minister
:12:28. > :12:32.said, better deal with it now than risk it overtaking the whole
:12:33. > :12:37.campaign. This is the problem, Theresa May has made this campaign
:12:38. > :12:40.obviously and deliberately about questions of leadership. Her
:12:41. > :12:45.resolve, her determination to make decisions and to stick to them. And
:12:46. > :12:50.we have here an episode suggesting she is maybe quite a lot more
:12:51. > :12:52.susceptible to pressure and her team and the rest of the Tory party would
:12:53. > :12:54.have us believe. Again, thank you. A reminder - for all the latest
:12:55. > :12:59.election news and analysis, And if you want to watch
:13:00. > :13:10.all of Andrew Neil's interview with Theresa May,
:13:11. > :13:16.you can do on the BBC iPlayer. NHS trusts in England will record
:13:17. > :13:19.a deficit of around ?750 million The figures have been made public,
:13:20. > :13:24.despite the Government's insistence that they should not be published
:13:25. > :13:27.during an election campaign, Our health editor, Hugh Pym,
:13:28. > :13:47.is here with more details. Tell us about well-being. -- tell us
:13:48. > :13:51.about the figures. They are important figures about the state of
:13:52. > :13:55.NHS finances in England and they were due out at the end of May but
:13:56. > :14:01.the Department of Health and Brady told NHS leaders, you cannot publish
:14:02. > :14:05.them because that would be a breach of Whitehall convention, restricting
:14:06. > :14:09.government announcements. NHS leaders were not happy as tonight,
:14:10. > :14:14.one organisation representing trusts and NHS providers has put out its
:14:15. > :14:20.own estimate, saying there was a deficit of between 700 and ?750
:14:21. > :14:24.million, a big deficit but they say an improvement on the previous year
:14:25. > :14:29.because of cutting agency staff bills. So this is an absurd position
:14:30. > :14:32.that the public figures were not released until a couple of weeks but
:14:33. > :14:36.versions have been doing the rounds tonight. Very much.
:14:37. > :14:38.Labour says it will bring forward its pledge to scrap tuition
:14:39. > :14:41.fees to include students starting university in England this autumn,
:14:42. > :14:44.Jeremy Corbyn also said that students, who are part-way
:14:45. > :14:46.through their courses, would not have to pay
:14:47. > :14:50.In Labour's attempt to reach out to young people,
:14:51. > :14:52.Mr Corbyn also promised more investment in Britain's arts,
:14:53. > :14:56.music, film and theatre, as our political correspondent,
:14:57. > :15:06.In what used to be an old fruit and veg market, Jeremy Corbyn
:15:07. > :15:08.upped his sales pitch to students in Hull.
:15:09. > :15:11.Labour had already promised to scrap tuition fees for English students
:15:12. > :15:13.studying at English universities from next year.
:15:14. > :15:16.Now he says students starting this year will be free of fees.
:15:17. > :15:18.Surely we should be investing in our future.
:15:19. > :15:20.Somebody who doesn't achieve the profession they want -
:15:21. > :15:31.nursing, teaching, medicine in some other form, engineering, -
:15:32. > :15:33.whatever it happens to be, they lose out, but we,
:15:34. > :15:37.as a society, lose out because we've lost a qualified person who can help
:15:38. > :15:38.improve our industries, improve our services,
:15:39. > :15:45.From this autumn, universities in England can charge up to ?9,250
:15:46. > :15:52.Labour says new students and those part way through courses would have
:15:53. > :15:56.The party claims this policy would cost the taxpayer
:15:57. > :16:02.But the Tories, Lib Dems and those studying the numbers said the policy
:16:03. > :16:06.would benefit better off graduates most of all.
:16:07. > :16:09.If you're a relatively low earner, you'll never pay back anything
:16:10. > :16:11.like what you've borrowed and the whole thing gets
:16:12. > :16:18.It's only the higher earners who pay it all back.
:16:19. > :16:21.So if you get rid of the tuition fees, then it's the highest earners
:16:22. > :16:24.who benefit the most and the lowest earners don't benefit
:16:25. > :16:30.Jeremy Corbyn's on the stump today with one of Hull's heavy hitters,
:16:31. > :16:35.But if Jeremy Corbyn's going to have a chance of getting
:16:36. > :16:39.to Number Ten in just over two weeks, it's young voters he needs.
:16:40. > :16:43.Today's policy is a clear attempt to woo them.
:16:44. > :16:47.Education is a devolved issue and Scottish students at Scottish
:16:48. > :16:54.At the University of Hull today students weighed up the latest
:16:55. > :17:00.have Concerned about how it's going to be funded.
:17:01. > :17:02.Also concerned about Jeremy Corbyn on policies such as Trident.
:17:03. > :17:05.I won't be voting Labour again unfortunately.
:17:06. > :17:09.I think it's going to go down really well with students.
:17:10. > :17:11.Labour policies are historically pretty popular with students.
:17:12. > :17:17.I think this will be absolutely no exception.
:17:18. > :17:19.At a rally here this evening, a rapturous
:17:20. > :17:22.welcome for Jeremy Corbyn, but in this Labour-held city is
:17:23. > :17:27.he just preaching to the converted or reaching new supporters?
:17:28. > :17:34.President Trump, who's on a visit to Israel,
:17:35. > :17:38.has demanded that Iran stop supporting what he called
:17:39. > :17:42.He said there was a growing realisation in the Middle East
:17:43. > :17:46.And he underlined the strength of the link between
:17:47. > :17:49.the United States and Israel, suggesting there was a rare
:17:50. > :17:52.opportunity to move forward with seeking peace
:17:53. > :17:59.Our North America editor, Jon Sopel, sent this report.
:18:00. > :18:01.Even with his arrival on Air Force One,
:18:02. > :18:04.a small piece of history was made -
:18:05. > :18:09.the first-ever direct flight between Saudi Arabia and Israel.
:18:10. > :18:12.The two countries have no diplomatic relations.
:18:13. > :18:25.he's here on an outreach programme, not that Melania Trump seemed very
:18:26. > :18:29.interested in that. The self-proclaimed deal maker is after
:18:30. > :18:35.what he called the ultimate deal, peace between Israelis and
:18:36. > :18:40.Palestinians. We have before us a rare opportunity to bring security
:18:41. > :18:46.and stability and peace to this region and to its people, defeating
:18:47. > :18:51.terrorism and creating a future of harmony, prosperity and peace. But
:18:52. > :18:56.we can only get there working together. There is no other way.
:18:57. > :19:01.After the warmth of his reception in Saudi Arabia, it seemed the whole
:19:02. > :19:06.Israeli ruling cast had decamped to the airport to make a public display
:19:07. > :19:11.of appreciation towards this country's most important ally. It
:19:12. > :19:15.was then on to Jerusalem, a still divided city, whose future status
:19:16. > :19:19.will be hotly contested Any Currency peace agreement. When Donald Trump
:19:20. > :19:23.was a candidate, he vowed the US embassy would move from Tel Aviv to
:19:24. > :19:26.Jerusalem, now under pressure from the Palestinians that seems
:19:27. > :19:29.increasingly unlikely. As a candidate, he had nothing to say
:19:30. > :19:35.about settlement building in the West Bank. Now that he's president,
:19:36. > :19:38.he's urging Israelis to be cautious. It seems that the candidate and the
:19:39. > :19:46.president can be two different people. But symbols can be as
:19:47. > :19:51.important as words. It won't have been lost on Israelis that Donald
:19:52. > :20:02.Trump became the first president to visit the western wall, one of
:20:03. > :20:08.Judaism's most holy site. He put a note in a crevice, a tradition going
:20:09. > :20:12.back centuries. The Trump mission to bring together the three great
:20:13. > :20:17.religions of Christianity, Judaism and Islam. This evening, Donald
:20:18. > :20:21.Trump went to have dinner at the Israeli Prime Minister's residence
:20:22. > :20:25.and Benjamin Netanyahu was sounding unusually upbeat and positive about
:20:26. > :20:28.the future prospects. For the first time in many years, and Mr
:20:29. > :20:34.President, for the first time in my life tip, I see a real hope for
:20:35. > :20:39.change. But in the West Bank, talk of change and new beginnings seemed
:20:40. > :20:43.as far away as ever, as Israeli soldiers clashed with Palestinian
:20:44. > :20:49.protesters, some clearly unhappy about the president's visit.
:20:50. > :20:53.Our Middle East editor, Jeremy Bowen, is in Jerusalem.
:20:54. > :21:02.What are your impressions of this visit so far? First of all, the
:21:03. > :21:06.comments about Iran. Things which will go down very well with the
:21:07. > :21:11.Israelis and the Saudis, the reality is that President Trump continues to
:21:12. > :21:18.honour the nuclear agreement with the Iranians. Now Iran and Israel
:21:19. > :21:24.have been drawn together by their shared feeling that Iran is an
:21:25. > :21:28.enemy. Now that is unlikely, I mean, I beg your pardon, Saudi Arabia and
:21:29. > :21:32.Israel have been drawn together by a shared feeling that Iran as an
:21:33. > :21:37.enemy. I think that is very unlikely to translate into Saudi Arabia
:21:38. > :21:40.taking up Israel's positions on the Palestinians. The Saudis already
:21:41. > :21:45.have a peace plan of their own that's been on the table for 15
:21:46. > :21:48.years, offering full peace and recognition by Arab countries of
:21:49. > :21:53.Israel in return for a Palestinian state in the whole of the west bank
:21:54. > :21:57.and east Jerusalem. The Israeli government is way away from
:21:58. > :22:00.accepting anything like that. Also, the Palestinians and Israeli
:22:01. > :22:03.leaderships really dislike and distrust each other. That's another
:22:04. > :22:10.big problem. So President Trump thinks he's a deal maker with the
:22:11. > :22:16.personality to cut through the kinds of problems that have defeated
:22:17. > :22:20.lesser men. Now I think that the whole point about what's going on
:22:21. > :22:24.here, it's not like trying to fix the price of an office building.
:22:25. > :22:34.It's not about trying to get the numbers right. It's about reck
:22:35. > :22:36.numbers right. It's about reconciling the world views with
:22:37. > :22:40.very different perceptions about the way ahead. Jermey Bowen there, our
:22:41. > :22:43.Middle East editor there in Jerusalem.
:22:44. > :22:45.Facebook says it takes very seriously its responsibility
:22:46. > :22:48.to monitor offensive material posted on its pages, after leaked documents
:22:49. > :22:52.showed its policy is not to remove all graphic content,
:22:53. > :22:57.The live-streaming of people self-harming is also tolerated,
:22:58. > :23:01.because Facebook says it doesn't want to censor or punish
:23:02. > :23:10.Our media editor, Amol Rajan, has more details.
:23:11. > :23:16.The founder of Facebook is nothing if not an idealist. Facebook's
:23:17. > :23:20.mission is to make the world more open and connected. But such
:23:21. > :23:25.openness comes with dangers. With nearly two billion users now, the
:23:26. > :23:29.sheer volume of content on Facebook is proving impossible to control.
:23:30. > :23:33.The leaked policy guidelines refer to areas such as extremist violence,
:23:34. > :23:37.revenge porn and self-harm. Moderators are required to intervene
:23:38. > :23:41.when there is a statement of intent to commit violence against an
:23:42. > :23:44.identified and vulnerable person. So a specific threat targeted against
:23:45. > :23:49.the American president would be deleted. But a more general
:23:50. > :23:55.expression of massive such as this would not. These guidelines show
:23:56. > :23:58.that the soon to be 7500 moderators who work for Facebook are often
:23:59. > :24:02.making hugely important decisions under immense time pressure. But the
:24:03. > :24:07.reporter behind the story says it's just too big a responsibility. We
:24:08. > :24:15.realise what the extent and breadth of the problems that Facebook has,
:24:16. > :24:21.everything from racial problems on the site to revenge porn. There's no
:24:22. > :24:24.way that Mark Zuckerberg would have thought 14 years ago that Facebook
:24:25. > :24:30.would have been facing those issues in 2017. A former Facebook staffer
:24:31. > :24:34.says its role is not to be the asher of what is and isn't offence itch
:24:35. > :24:39.material. -- arbitor. It's not a bunch of people making it up as they
:24:40. > :24:43.go along. Over many years, this rule book has been built up as new social
:24:44. > :24:48.problems come along, new users come along. The company says, "We work
:24:49. > :24:52.hard to make Facebook as safe as possible while enabling Free Speech.
:24:53. > :24:56.In addition to investing in new people, we're building better tools
:24:57. > :25:00.to keep our community safe." Amy Wilson, who has self-harmed in the
:25:01. > :25:04.past, was upset when asked by Facebook to remove images of her
:25:05. > :25:07.healing wounds. She believes such images can symbolise recovery. But
:25:08. > :25:13.the images of people in crisis should never be shown. I don't think
:25:14. > :25:18.photos of actual self-harm and somebody doing it on the live
:25:19. > :25:21.streams or photos of wounds, I don't think they should be shown at all. I
:25:22. > :25:25.don't understand how there could be any positive in it. Facebook say
:25:26. > :25:32.they work with law enforcement to save lives. But all this is
:25:33. > :25:35.uncharted terrain, neither a simple platform nor conventional publisher,
:25:36. > :25:38.technology giants are a new kind of company growing so fast that the law
:25:39. > :25:43.and public opinion is struggling keep up.
:25:44. > :25:45.President Trump's former National Security Advisor,
:25:46. > :25:47.Michael Flynn, will reportedly refuse to give evidence
:25:48. > :25:51.to a Congressional committee, investigating alleged Russian links
:25:52. > :25:56.He's been summoned to give evidence to the inquiry but is expected
:25:57. > :25:59.to invoke the Fifth Amendment, which gives him the right not
:26:00. > :26:07.A prison psychiatrist, who until last month
:26:08. > :26:10.worked at Woodhill Prison in Buckinghamshire, has told BBC
:26:11. > :26:13.News that safety improvements were not made following a series
:26:14. > :26:16.of suicides, because there was a shortage of staff.
:26:17. > :26:21.Since 2013, 18 inmates have died at Woodhill Prison.
:26:22. > :26:24.According to official figures, there were 120 suicides in jails
:26:25. > :26:28.in England and Wales in 2016 - a record number.
:26:29. > :26:33.Campaigners will find out tomorrow if the High Court is to order
:26:34. > :26:37.Our correspondent, Michael Buchanan, has the story.
:26:38. > :26:45.18 prisoners have killed themselves at Woodhill since 2013.
:26:46. > :26:48.Levels of assault and violence are also rising.
:26:49. > :26:51.The prison is chronically understaffed.
:26:52. > :26:54.Inmates can be locked up for 23 hours a day.
:26:55. > :26:58.What does that do to you, to be locked up for that amount of time?
:26:59. > :27:00.Well, it has a big impact on you mentally.
:27:01. > :27:02.It can give you serious mental health issues.
:27:03. > :27:07.Jamie Blyth has been in and out of Woodhill for the past 12 years.
:27:08. > :27:10.Everyone can break and I was at breaking point, like.
:27:11. > :27:14.And obviously, my brother hit that point and now he's gone.
:27:15. > :27:19.His brother, Daniel, killed himself in prison last year.
:27:20. > :27:23.An inquest jury found Woodhill's failure to learn from previous
:27:24. > :27:29.Jamie was in a neighbouring cell block at the time.
:27:30. > :27:32.He has known seven of the 18 prisoners who have died here.
:27:33. > :27:34.We're getting the wrong type of staff.
:27:35. > :27:38.Like, where we used to get all the old ex-forces and that,
:27:39. > :27:41.guys that were, you know, could be annoying and hard to be
:27:42. > :27:45.around, but they were straight and you where you stand with them.
:27:46. > :27:49.We're getting a lot of people that I don't think are meant for the job.
:27:50. > :27:51.Campaigners will learn tomorrow if judges are willing to order
:27:52. > :27:57.They argued before the High Court last month that the prison had
:27:58. > :28:00.failed to fulfil previous promises to make the jail safer.
:28:01. > :28:04.Their concerns about Woodhill come amid record levels of prison
:28:05. > :28:10.Since 2012, the number of prison officers has
:28:11. > :28:15.During the same period, the number of prison suicides
:28:16. > :28:19.I remember going home and saying, my job has become insane!
:28:20. > :28:23.Elisabeth van Horn worked as a psychiatrist at Woodhill
:28:24. > :28:28.She resigned, frustrated at the challenges she faced.
:28:29. > :28:31.There've been a number of inquests after suicides saying that
:28:32. > :28:45.You can only get things done if you've got the workforce to do it.
:28:46. > :28:47.So was the prison regime itself creating mental health problems?
:28:48. > :28:50.Particularly for people with pre-existing mental health problems.
:28:51. > :28:56.That's a sort of added burden that they really cannot cope with.
:28:57. > :28:59.Nearly ?1 billion has been taken out of the prisons and probation
:29:00. > :29:03.budget in recent years, but ministers now say they're
:29:04. > :29:07.looking to recruit 2,500 new prison officers.
:29:08. > :29:10.Prison suicides don't elicit widespread sympathy, but each one
:29:11. > :29:16.And each avoidable death also blunts the argument that prison works
:29:17. > :29:28.Michael Buchanan, BBC News, Woodhill Prison in Buckinghamshire.
:29:29. > :29:30.A promise to campaign for a referendum on the final Brexit
:29:31. > :29:33.deal features prominently in the manifesto of the Green Party
:29:34. > :29:37.The co-leader, Caroline Lucas, who was the party's only MP before
:29:38. > :29:39.the election was called, set out what she called
:29:40. > :29:42.a Green Guarantee, including a universal basic income
:29:43. > :29:51.Our political correspondent Eleanor Garnier reports.
:29:52. > :29:54.The Greens are a party with not just one but two leaders.
:29:55. > :29:58.In Central London today, they set out what they called
:29:59. > :30:03.big and bold ideas, which they insisted were possible.
:30:04. > :30:06.This election is about what kind of future we want for our children.
:30:07. > :30:09.It is about protecting our values of openness,
:30:10. > :30:15.It's about our promise that a confident and caring future
:30:16. > :30:19.is possible, if we work together, if we do politics differently
:30:20. > :30:26.The party's policies include holding a second referendum
:30:27. > :30:31.They want to explore having a universal basic income
:30:32. > :30:37.Plus, they've got a long-term aim to scrap university tuition fees
:30:38. > :30:42.in England and all existing student loan debt.
:30:43. > :30:45.They're defending one seat but hoping to win over voters
:30:46. > :30:51.I feel like a lot of Green supporters are now maybe going more
:30:52. > :30:55.Labour because Labour have maybe more of a chance.
:30:56. > :30:59.I wouldn't personally vote for the Green Party.
:31:00. > :31:02.But I can see them becoming a force in the future
:31:03. > :31:08.The Greens say they're standing up for young people
:31:09. > :31:11.and the environment, but they're standing aside in more
:31:12. > :31:15.seats than they're likely to win in the hope that it will help Labour
:31:16. > :31:20.Pushing for a progressive alliance with other parties on the left has
:31:21. > :31:23.led to criticism they'll end up in a coalition of chaos.
:31:24. > :31:29.To do that, they first need to get located.
:31:30. > :31:35.Sinn Fein has launched its general election manifesto,
:31:36. > :31:38.which is calling for a referendum on whether Northern Ireland should
:31:39. > :31:42.leave the UK and become part of the Irish Republic.
:31:43. > :31:45.The party wants the vote to be held within five years.
:31:46. > :31:47.Sinn Fein's leader in Northern Ireland, Michelle O'Neill,
:31:48. > :31:50.said the only way of securing a future in the European Union
:31:51. > :31:55.was to end partition with the Republic.
:31:56. > :31:58.So this is very much an opportunity to tell both the Tories and the DUP,
:31:59. > :32:03.again, in the strongest possible terms that we reject Brexit,
:32:04. > :32:06.that we reject any border, that we reject any attempt to put
:32:07. > :32:10.limits on our freedom of movement, we reject barriers to trade
:32:11. > :32:14.And we absolutely reject Tory cuts, that we stand
:32:15. > :32:21.for rights, for equality and for Irish unity.
:32:22. > :32:24.One of the most recognised and imitated images in the world,
:32:25. > :32:28.known as The Great Wave, was originally a woodblock print
:32:29. > :32:32.created by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai almost
:32:33. > :32:38.It is the centrepiece of a show, that opens this week
:32:39. > :32:41.at the British Museum, looking at the last decades
:32:42. > :32:44.of the artist's long life, when he produced some
:32:45. > :32:48.Our arts editor, Will Gompertz, has been to take a look.
:32:49. > :32:58.It's emblematic of the power of the sea.
:32:59. > :33:02.You've got these men in their boats completely dwarfed
:33:03. > :33:09.But I think it's also become in some ways emblematic
:33:10. > :33:18.And you're immediately aware of this almost frozen power of the image
:33:19. > :33:23.and I've come to think that maybe Hokusai is actually inventing
:33:24. > :33:28.When Hokusai made his famous series of wood block prints
:33:29. > :33:31.featuring Mount Fuji, he was around 70, old for
:33:32. > :33:37.He considered it a new beginning of his life as an artist
:33:38. > :33:45.At the age of 75 he takes the name Old Man Crazy To Paint
:33:46. > :33:48.which is wonderful, I think it's an expression of this
:33:49. > :33:54.He is determined, the older he gets, the better he will become.
:33:55. > :33:58.From the age of 90, there is an extraordinary painting
:33:59. > :34:04.Technically this is a staggering painting and Hokusai has this
:34:05. > :34:08.all worked out in his head before he ever touches his brush to paper.
:34:09. > :34:10.You can't make corrections with this kind of painting,
:34:11. > :34:13.it's not like an oil painting where you can scrub a bit
:34:14. > :34:17.You've got to get it right the first time.
:34:18. > :34:24.What is it about his work that makes it resonate so?
:34:25. > :34:26.He's interested in the world of work.
:34:27. > :34:28.Ordinary people going about their business
:34:29. > :34:32.in sometimes amazing nature, sometimes in the city of Edo.
:34:33. > :34:37.It's not the really grand people he tends to paint, it's us.
:34:38. > :34:39.We know Hokusai was a great master who influenced the likes
:34:40. > :34:42.of van Gogh and Degas, but what this exhibition also shows
:34:43. > :34:45.is that old age doesn't necessarily mean a slow decline,
:34:46. > :34:48.rather a fresh start and unleashing of creative powers and a time
:34:49. > :35:02.Newsnight is coming up on BBC Two, here's Even.
:35:03. > :35:08.An awkward day for the Tories altering a manifesto policy on
:35:09. > :35:13.social care, that was only four days old. What does it tell us about
:35:14. > :35:17.Theresa May? We'll hear what one of the Daily Mail's most senior
:35:18. > :35:19.columnists makes of it. Join me now on BBC Two.
:35:20. > :35:23.Here on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.