:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight at Ten: We're in Cambridge where one of the biggest debates
:00:08. > :00:10.of this election campaign has just taken place, with exchanges
:00:11. > :00:13.on immigration, security and the future of public services.
:00:14. > :00:16.The debate included Labour's Jeremy Corbyn
:00:17. > :00:18.and featured repeated attacks on the Prime Minister
:00:19. > :00:27.Some of the clashes were over stagnating wages and austerity.
:00:28. > :00:29.Amber Rudd seems so confident that this is a country
:00:30. > :00:34.Have you seen people sleeping around our stations?
:00:35. > :00:43.I just have to take on some of Jeremy Corbyn's
:00:44. > :00:48.I mean, he has this money tree wish list in his manifesto.
:00:49. > :00:51.And the Prime Minister, campaigning in the West Country today,
:00:52. > :00:53.defended her decision not to be in Cambridge for tonight's debate.
:00:54. > :00:57.I think debates where the politicians are squabbling among
:00:58. > :01:02.themselves doesn't do anything for the process of electioneering.
:01:03. > :01:04.I think actually it's about getting out and about,
:01:05. > :01:06.meeting voters and hearing directly from voters.
:01:07. > :01:13.Also on the programme tonight: The breast surgeon sentenced
:01:14. > :01:21.Ian Paterson is sent to prison after performing completely
:01:22. > :01:23.unnecessary operations on patients after inventing or exaggerating
:01:24. > :01:28.Over four years of trauma and stress in trying to bring
:01:29. > :01:31.this man to account, no amount of prison sentence
:01:32. > :01:35.will ever compensate what myself and the other people affected
:01:36. > :01:48.At least 90 people are killed in the Afghan capital Kabul
:01:49. > :01:51.after a truck bomb explodes in the diplomatic quarter.
:01:52. > :01:53.And the global accord to curb carbon emissions -
:01:54. > :01:56.is President Trump about to withdraw America from the Paris
:01:57. > :02:00.Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: Arsenal majority owner Stan Kroenke
:02:01. > :02:03.says Arsene Wenger is the best person to manage the club as his
:02:04. > :02:29.With just eight days to go until the election,
:02:30. > :02:32.one of the biggest debates of this campaign has just taken
:02:33. > :02:37.There were seven party representatives involved,
:02:38. > :02:39.including the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who'd announced
:02:40. > :02:42.earlier in the day that he would, after all, be attending.
:02:43. > :02:45.The Prime Minister Theresa May did not take part, she said she'd
:02:46. > :02:47.rather be out meeting voters on the campaign trail.
:02:48. > :02:50.We'll have more on the day's campaigning in a moment,
:02:51. > :02:54.but first tonight's debate, which featured some forthright
:02:55. > :03:00.Here's our deputy political editor John Pienaar.
:03:01. > :03:09.Guess who came after all and what an entrance? Jeremy Corbyn left it late
:03:10. > :03:13.but how could he resist trying to show up Theresa May who stayed away?
:03:14. > :03:17.Maybe make up for the odd campaign gaffe. This was his chance and look
:03:18. > :03:23.at him, he meant to take it if he could. She came to stop him. Her
:03:24. > :03:29.leader's favourite, Amber Rudd. Fewer fans but a bigger motorcade
:03:30. > :03:33.and a single mission, take down Jeremy Corbyn. Wherever Theresa May
:03:34. > :03:43.was, she wanted this, the nearest thing this election has to a contact
:03:44. > :03:46.sport, to go her way. Amber Rudd was straight into the
:03:47. > :03:49.attack after Jeremy Corbyn criticised treatment of those on
:03:50. > :03:53.disability benefits. You are not credible... There is no extra
:03:54. > :03:57.payment you don't want to add to, no tax you don't want to rise. But the
:03:58. > :04:01.fact is we have to concentrate resources on the people who need it
:04:02. > :04:07.most, and we have to stop thinking as you do that there is a magic
:04:08. > :04:11.money tree. You have to be accountable... I would like to bring
:04:12. > :04:14.in other parties. It was already a personal confrontation. The Labour
:04:15. > :04:18.leader counterattacking on poverty. I would just say this, since Amber
:04:19. > :04:22.Rudd seems confident this is a country at ease with itself, have
:04:23. > :04:27.you been to a food bank, have you seen people sleeping around our
:04:28. > :04:35.stations? Have you seen... APPLAUSE. Have you seen the level...
:04:36. > :04:40.I would like to answer your attack. Because of your Government's
:04:41. > :04:44.conscious decisions on benefits. For Amber to say this is a Government
:04:45. > :04:48.that cares for those most vulnerable I think is downright insulting to
:04:49. > :04:52.the people that I see in my constituency surgery. This was a
:04:53. > :04:56.seven-sided debate. Brexit was inevitably a big issue tonight.
:04:57. > :05:05.Passion and heat from all sides. We have to get the population under
:05:06. > :05:08.control because if we carry Back will have a population of 80
:05:09. > :05:13.million. There will have to be a huge school building programme, new
:05:14. > :05:16.hospitals, new motorways, a new rail network, new houses, we are already
:05:17. > :05:20.having to build a house every seven minutes to keep up with the numbers
:05:21. > :05:26.of people coming to this country. I am afraid Ukip keep using this
:05:27. > :05:29.issue, they want to whip up people's hatred, division and fear and that's
:05:30. > :05:35.why they talk about immigration all the time. I think this debate shames
:05:36. > :05:45.and demeans us all, I don't think there is anyone in this room or
:05:46. > :05:49.anybody watching this debate from Cornwall to Kithness doesn't jn
:05:50. > :05:53.stand the positive contribution people have made who have come to
:05:54. > :05:57.this country and demonising them is unacceptable. Amber Rudd took her
:05:58. > :06:02.opportunity, if Theresa May had come along she would have said what her
:06:03. > :06:08.stand-in said next. I was thinking how chaotic it would be if they
:06:09. > :06:11.tried to run a Government. Jeremy Corbyn was put under pressure. He
:06:12. > :06:16.had come to apply pressure of his own, on pensions. You have said very
:06:17. > :06:19.clearly... Have you not read my manifesto, I am happy to give you a
:06:20. > :06:24.copy. I would like the answer now. Are you going to protect... They're
:06:25. > :06:31.going to get rid of it, Jeremy. Terrorism was always going to be a
:06:32. > :06:38.hot topic. And it was. I am shocked that Jeremy Corbyn just in 2011
:06:39. > :06:44.boasted that he had opposed every piece of anti-terror legislation in
:06:45. > :06:47.his 30 years in office. My opposition to anti-terror
:06:48. > :06:53.legislation isn't opposition to protecting us from terrorism, it is
:06:54. > :06:55.simply saying there must be judicial oversight over what is done in our
:06:56. > :07:02.name. You cannot give... APPLAUSE. It got heated. Ukip's
:07:03. > :07:07.leader demanded more action against extremists from Muslims, too much
:07:08. > :07:12.for Tim Farron. You have to rebuild trust and confidence in Prevent. You
:07:13. > :07:15.know the murderer last Monday was reported five separate occasions by
:07:16. > :07:21.the Muslim community. They want our safety as much as anybody else.
:07:22. > :07:23.Then it was over. No knockout blows but this fight heating up. Just a
:07:24. > :07:27.week to go. So as we've seen, Amber Rudd
:07:28. > :07:30.represented the Conservatives The Prime Minister spent most
:07:31. > :07:35.of the day campaigning. She visited the West Country,
:07:36. > :07:37.where she was challenged about not giving enough detail
:07:38. > :07:41.on her party's policies. Mrs May insisted she was listening
:07:42. > :07:48.to voters and rejected accusations that her decision not to go
:07:49. > :07:50.to Cambridge tonight Our political editor
:07:51. > :07:52.Laura Kuenssberg reports There is flash photography
:07:53. > :07:55.in her report. London, 9.00am.
:07:56. > :07:59.Days to go. A rare sight these days,
:08:00. > :08:02.an old-fashioned press conference. Labour attacking the Tories
:08:03. > :08:05.on public services. Patients are suffering ever longer
:08:06. > :08:10.waits in overcrowded wards. Those who need care have
:08:11. > :08:13.been left without it. A and maternity units
:08:14. > :08:15.in whole hospitals are Children are crammed
:08:16. > :08:19.into overcrowded and Schools are sending home begging
:08:20. > :08:26.letters to the parents. Rather than preparing, or even
:08:27. > :08:32.considering tonight's big debate, Theresa May was up early
:08:33. > :08:36.with the boats. Then a campaign classic, sampling
:08:37. > :08:40.the produce at a county show. Notably, the Prime Minister
:08:41. > :08:44.on the road today in parts of the country, the south-west,
:08:45. > :08:50.the Tories are trying to defend. But elsewhere, Labour
:08:51. > :08:53.and the leader's crowds are enjoying It's about 11.30am and we're
:08:54. > :08:57.on the road in Reading. This rally of people packed,
:08:58. > :09:01.waiting to hear from Jeremy Corbyn. It's just a case of vote for me,
:09:02. > :09:07.not that horrible man. I've come to see the horrible man
:09:08. > :09:10.because he's not horrible. It's relatable to people
:09:11. > :09:15.and he understands what young Their hero's welcome,
:09:16. > :09:21.ready to commit that he will debate I invite her to go to Cambridge
:09:22. > :09:26.and debate her policies, debate her record, debate
:09:27. > :09:28.their plans, debate their proposals, and let the public
:09:29. > :09:35.make up their mind. On the move, but heading the other
:09:36. > :09:42.way, the Prime Minister won't respond to heckles or agree
:09:43. > :09:45.to those chanted demands Staff at this factory in Bath did
:09:46. > :09:54.try to put her on the spot. But applauded when she was asked
:09:55. > :09:57.about not showing tonight. He's now up for a
:09:58. > :10:07.head-to-head debate. Doesn't it suggest that you're
:10:08. > :10:10.frightened of taking him on directly No, you know, Laura, first of all,
:10:11. > :10:14.I've been taking Jeremy Corbyn on directly week in,
:10:15. > :10:16.week out, at Prime Secondly, actually, yes,
:10:17. > :10:20.public scrutiny is for an election campaign but that's why taking
:10:21. > :10:23.questions from members of the public who are going to be voting
:10:24. > :10:27.on the 8th June is so important. Isn't your decision not
:10:28. > :10:33.to take part in a debate tonight a bit of a metaphor
:10:34. > :10:36.for your whole campaign? You're very happy to repeatedly
:10:37. > :10:39.criticise the Labour Party, but for your own plans you're
:10:40. > :10:42.reluctant to give us very much detail at all,
:10:43. > :10:45.whether that's on Brexit, your future immigration system,
:10:46. > :10:47.how many people will lose What I've done in terms
:10:48. > :10:53.of our manifesto has been open with the British public
:10:54. > :10:55.about the great challenges that we face as a country
:10:56. > :10:58.over the next few years and beyond and how we will
:10:59. > :11:01.address those challenges. And you talk about the Brexit
:11:02. > :11:04.negotiations, I've set out very clearly what our 12 objectives
:11:05. > :11:08.are for those Brexit negotiations. I believe that's
:11:09. > :11:11.the right thing to do. Don't people want more from you,
:11:12. > :11:16.because you're basically saying on many of these big issues,
:11:17. > :11:19.I'll get back to you? I think what we owe to people
:11:20. > :11:23.is to be open with them about the challenges we face
:11:24. > :11:26.as a society and as a country and be open with them about the solutions
:11:27. > :11:31.that we're offering. But in campaigns the path
:11:32. > :11:35.is so often less smooth for those Our political editor,
:11:36. > :11:49.Laura Kuenssberg, is with me. Will it change anything, Laura?
:11:50. > :11:52.Well, Sophie, I spoke to some of the audience tonight after the end of
:11:53. > :11:56.the debate, including some Tory voters, and a couple of them were
:11:57. > :12:00.clearly very frustrated that Theresa May hadn't bothered to show and in
:12:01. > :12:03.reverse pleased that Jeremy Corbyn had made the effort to turn up and
:12:04. > :12:07.to debate the other parties here tonight. I think it's pretty clear
:12:08. > :12:12.that in terms of today at least Jeremy Corbyn has had a tactical
:12:13. > :12:15.win. He has been seen to seize the initiative and come along and take
:12:16. > :12:18.part. I think it's too early to say how that's going to play out with
:12:19. > :12:22.the wider electorate, those people who weren't following every twist
:12:23. > :12:24.and turn of tonight's debate, those people who hadn't necessarily paid
:12:25. > :12:29.much attention to what the line-up was going to be, who the political
:12:30. > :12:33.players were all going to be at this big major event. In the spin room
:12:34. > :12:37.tonight where members of the press were watching and senior politicians
:12:38. > :12:41.were trying to claim victory for their person, it hasn't felt really
:12:42. > :12:46.like a wake or a celebration for any of them. I think the truth is really
:12:47. > :12:52.none of the seven politicians on stage tonight had a cringe-worthy
:12:53. > :12:55.disaster, nor did any of them, including Jeremy Corbyn, have some
:12:56. > :13:00.kind of big breakthrough moment that really feels like it will have a
:13:01. > :13:04.huge impact on the course of this campaign. I suspect by the time we
:13:05. > :13:08.get to the actual election, tonight might be remembered as the day when
:13:09. > :13:11.Theresa May didn't turn up, rather than what anybody who was actually
:13:12. > :13:18.here actually said. Thank you.
:13:19. > :13:20.A breast surgeon is beginning a 15-year sentence in prison tonight
:13:21. > :13:23.for carrying out needless and life-changing operations
:13:24. > :13:29.Ian Paterson, who's 59, exaggerated the risk of cancer
:13:30. > :13:32.to persuade his patients to consent to surgery.
:13:33. > :13:34.Althought the case related to ten patients, it's thought many more
:13:35. > :13:40.Our health editor, Hugh Pym, reports.
:13:41. > :13:42.A rogue surgeon who thought he was untouchable.
:13:43. > :13:45.He had the total trust of vulnerable patients,
:13:46. > :13:56.Some of his victims, who suffered from the operations
:13:57. > :14:00.he carried out, gathered before the sentencing this morning.
:14:01. > :14:02.Then they marched together into Nottingham Crown Court,
:14:03. > :14:06.determined to see justice being done.
:14:07. > :14:09.Many warned of a cancer risk, had breast surgery,
:14:10. > :14:16.They sat in court watching Ian Paterson, head bowed in the dock.
:14:17. > :14:18.Sentencing him, Mr Justice Jeremy Baker said: "In pursuit
:14:19. > :14:22.of your own self aggrandisement and the material rewards it brought
:14:23. > :14:25.from your private practice, you lost sight of the fact
:14:26. > :14:31.you were carrying out significant surgical
:14:32. > :14:34.You deliberately played upon their worst fears,
:14:35. > :14:37.either by inventing or deliberately exaggerating the risks
:14:38. > :14:41.The court also heard that his former patients endured
:14:42. > :14:43.pain and discomfort, with some suffering
:14:44. > :14:47.long-term complications, anxiety and depression.
:14:48. > :14:50.I lost my home. I lost my marriage.
:14:51. > :14:53.I lost my health. I lost my job.
:14:54. > :15:01.We may never know the real reason why he acted in such an evil way.
:15:02. > :15:05.Throughout the trial, he has made no attempt to show any
:15:06. > :15:10.remorse for his actions and maybe revealing his true character rather
:15:11. > :15:14.than the charming, professional man we all thought he was.
:15:15. > :15:16.Some questioned Paterson's 15-year prison sentence.
:15:17. > :15:20.He should be released on licence after seven-and-a-half years.
:15:21. > :15:24.We've all been given a life sentence.
:15:25. > :15:27.He's just going to walk away a free man after seven-and-a-half years
:15:28. > :15:30.and yet every morning we look in the mirror and the scars
:15:31. > :15:35.So I think at the least he should serve the 15 years he's been given.
:15:36. > :15:39.For the victims, the battle doesn't end here.
:15:40. > :15:41.Their lawyers are preparing a High Court civil action to be
:15:42. > :15:45.heard later this year, seeking damages from the hospitals
:15:46. > :15:51.Solicitors say they're acting for around 600 former patients,
:15:52. > :15:54.but more may come forward and the total number of victims
:15:55. > :16:02.Medical regulators say there are much tougher safeguards now,
:16:03. > :16:04.with regular staff appraisals and surgeons working in teams
:16:05. > :16:10.The safety net we have now in place is a very different one
:16:11. > :16:14.Does it provide an absolute guarantee against people
:16:15. > :16:18.I can't give you that absolute guarantee.
:16:19. > :16:21.But what I can say is that if people do perpetrate such criminal acts,
:16:22. > :16:24.I would feel very confident that those would be picked up
:16:25. > :16:27.But private hospitals, where Paterson and other surgeons
:16:28. > :16:30.work, are still not strictly regulated, according
:16:31. > :16:33.to medical leaders and even as he began his prison sentence,
:16:34. > :16:36.there have been calls for a wider enquiry into how patients
:16:37. > :16:52.At least 90 people, most of them civilians,
:16:53. > :16:55.have been killed and hundreds more injured after a massive car bomb
:16:56. > :17:00.The country's President, Ashraf Ghani, called it
:17:01. > :17:04.The bomb was detonated near Zanbaq Square in the heavily
:17:05. > :17:05.fortified zone during the morning rush hour.
:17:06. > :17:07.It struck the city's diplomatic quarter, damaging
:17:08. > :17:10.No one has admitted carrying out the attack.
:17:11. > :17:12.This report from our correspondent, Caroline Hawley, contains
:17:13. > :17:22.You could see from miles away the force of this explosion. A massive
:17:23. > :17:26.bomb at a busy Kabul intersection, hitting commuters on their way to
:17:27. > :17:31.work. Children on their way to school. It was a bomb so powerful it
:17:32. > :17:34.shattered windows up to a mile away, leaving a trail of horrific
:17:35. > :17:43.destruction. One witness said it was like an earthquake. There were so
:17:44. > :17:47.many casualties, security vehicles had to double-up as ambulances. The
:17:48. > :17:50.Afghan government said hospitals in the capital were in dire need of
:17:51. > :17:53.blood. TRANSLATION: I was working in the
:17:54. > :17:57.office when a powerful blast happened. I collapsed under the desk
:17:58. > :18:04.and received injuries from shattered windows. Most of the dead and
:18:05. > :18:10.injured were civilians, including many women and children. Among those
:18:11. > :18:13.killed is Mohammed Nazir, who worked for the BBC as a driver. The BBC
:18:14. > :18:17.said he was a popular colleague, with a young family. The area where
:18:18. > :18:21.the bomb went off is supposed to be one of the most secure parts of the
:18:22. > :18:26.capital, walking distance from the Presidential palace. The BBC's
:18:27. > :18:34.correspondent was at the scene soon after the attack. It was a water
:18:35. > :18:39.tanker or a lorry full of explosive that hit this trannic location right
:18:40. > :18:43.in the heart of Kabul. It's very close to the German embassy, Indian
:18:44. > :18:47.embassy, French and British embassies. Even in a country that's
:18:48. > :18:52.become painfully used to violence, the scale of this attack has been a
:18:53. > :18:55.shock. Security in Afghanistan has been deteriorating for some time.
:18:56. > :19:00.Most of the country was under government control by in 2014, when
:19:01. > :19:04.Nato ended its combat mission. Since then, large swathes of territory
:19:05. > :19:08.have fallen to the Taliban. Most of Helmand, where so many British
:19:09. > :19:17.soldiers lost their lives, is now in Taliban hands. So is much of the
:19:18. > :19:23.province of Kunduz. IS has a presence in Nangarhar. US commanders
:19:24. > :19:27.are asking for several thousand more. At one point we had 150,000
:19:28. > :19:32.foreign military boots on the ground. That did not weaken or
:19:33. > :19:35.destroy the Taliban. So a few thousand more today is not going to
:19:36. > :19:39.be a solution. Yes, in the short-term it is going to give some
:19:40. > :19:43.support and better training to the Afghan government and Afghan
:19:44. > :19:49.Security Forces, but the insurgency will still be there. Afghan
:19:50. > :19:54.intelligence are blaming a network, no group has admitted to carrying
:19:55. > :19:59.out one of the worstattacks Kabul has ever seen. Caroline Hawley, BBC
:20:00. > :20:03.News. President Trump is preparing to pull
:20:04. > :20:06.out of the Paris climate deal to combat global warming -
:20:07. > :20:08.that's according to media Donald Trump has not
:20:09. > :20:11.confirmed those reports, but he's said he will make
:20:12. > :20:13.an announcement Pulling out of the climate accord -
:20:14. > :20:17.signed in 2015 - was one of President Trump's
:20:18. > :20:19.key campaign pledges. Well, our correspondent,
:20:20. > :20:20.Nick Bryant, is in If he does indeed do
:20:21. > :20:26.that, what will it mean? Sophie, the indications tonight, as
:20:27. > :20:31.you say, so far unconfirmed, the question is not whether America
:20:32. > :20:36.would withdraw from the Paris Accord how will it remove itself from the
:20:37. > :20:39.Paris Accord under the terms of the agreement it's a three-year exit
:20:40. > :20:44.process. The Trump administration is said to be considering a nuclear
:20:45. > :20:47.option of opting out of all the UN's climate change negotiating framework
:20:48. > :20:53.that would short circuit the process. It would happen in the
:20:54. > :20:55.space of a year. Climate change scientists are saying that's
:20:56. > :20:59.potentially cla ma'am us to it is brings close to the day when the
:21:00. > :21:04.planet reaches dangerous temperature levels. One climate change
:21:05. > :21:07.scientists put it the global warming noose tightens. There is additional
:21:08. > :21:11.concern that other countries will follow America's lead. Two are
:21:12. > :21:20.outside the Paris Accord emit and that other nations might not be so
:21:21. > :21:24.committed to the emissions targets which are voluntarily. There is is
:21:25. > :21:31.talk of a green alliance between Beijing and Brussels the EU and
:21:32. > :21:36.China to make sure the climate change doesn't fall apart. Donald
:21:37. > :21:38.Trump has chosen isolation on arguably the biggest issue facing
:21:39. > :21:44.the planet. Nick Bryant, thank you. It's a war that's
:21:45. > :21:46.largely been forgotten. But Libya's descent into chaos,
:21:47. > :21:49.after the fall of General Gaddafi six years ago, has created a broken
:21:50. > :21:51.state and a breeding It's been exploited by so-called
:21:52. > :21:55.Islamic State, who've been drawing in young men,
:21:56. > :21:56.like the Manchester He'd only recently returned
:21:57. > :22:00.from Libya when he blew himself up. Our Middle East correspondent,
:22:01. > :22:02.Quentin Sommerville, has been talking to another man
:22:03. > :22:04.from Manchester - a former friend of Abedi's -
:22:05. > :22:12.who travelled to Libya, not to support the Islamic State
:22:13. > :22:14.group, but to fight them. His report contains flashing images
:22:15. > :22:16.and scenes which some viewers Libya's been ripping
:22:17. > :22:26.itself apart for years. Much ignored, it seemed far off,
:22:27. > :22:29.but we're more involved in this These home videos are from
:22:30. > :22:36.Benghazi and one faction, It's a foreign war, but this
:22:37. > :22:46.fighter is from Manchester. The boys from Moss Side
:22:47. > :22:52.became Libya's soldiers. Mohamed el-Sharif has taken up
:22:53. > :22:55.arms against Islamists, including the so-called Islamic
:22:56. > :23:00.State. He left Manchester in 2011,
:23:01. > :23:07.and never went back. People at that time
:23:08. > :23:11.wanted to come to Libya. Book a ticket to wherever and then
:23:12. > :23:24.just get a taxi into Libya. Once they know you're in Libya
:23:25. > :23:27.they know you're living, that's it, This is home now, drugs
:23:28. > :23:32.are widespread, dulling the monotony In this madness, the Islamic State
:23:33. > :23:39.is waiting for the right moment Make sure they don't go to that
:23:40. > :23:49.path, if you know what I mean. Like, if you needed them to do
:23:50. > :24:02.what they do, there's people that are looking for young lads
:24:03. > :24:04.to blow themselves up. They're going to make
:24:05. > :24:10.them do and do and do. He was once good friends
:24:11. > :24:16.with the Manchester bomber, Salman Abedi, but they chose
:24:17. > :24:18.different sides in Libya's war. they haven't seen each
:24:19. > :24:22.other in five years. I've been in wars
:24:23. > :24:25.for over three years. Mohamed was filmed proudly
:24:26. > :24:43.desecrating IS corpses. You posted a video on Instagram,
:24:44. > :24:46.tell me what happened? I do regret it but, what can I say,
:24:47. > :24:59.they deserved to do die, too. They deserved to die
:25:00. > :25:04.because they killed so many people. The journey to here from Manchester
:25:05. > :25:11.was quick and it was easy. Mohmmed stayed in Libya,
:25:12. > :25:15.but Salman Abedi brought Quentin Sommerville,
:25:16. > :25:27.BBC News, eastern Libya. Back to the election now
:25:28. > :25:31.and the largest unionist party in Northern Ireland,
:25:32. > :25:34.the DUP, has launched its manifesto, promising to work for the best deal
:25:35. > :25:38.in the Brexit talks. The party also pledged to make
:25:39. > :25:42.tourism a billion-pound industry and called for a public holiday
:25:43. > :25:44.to celebrate Northern Ireland's The DUP's leader and former
:25:45. > :25:48.First Minister, Arlene Foster, said she wanted a mandate for talks
:25:49. > :25:51.aimed at restoring But above all, she said,
:25:52. > :25:56.the election was about making sure On June 8th, I'm asking people
:25:57. > :26:04.to get Northern Ireland To vote to get the best deal
:26:05. > :26:26.for Northern Ireland. To strengthen our hands
:26:27. > :26:33.in the upcoming negotiations. To get the Assembly
:26:34. > :26:36.back up and running, To protect our place
:26:37. > :26:38.within the United Kingdom and to unite behind one
:26:39. > :26:40.strong unionist voice. Northern Ireland's Alliance Party
:26:41. > :26:42.has also launched its election manifesto, promising "progressive
:26:43. > :26:44.and pro-European politics." The manifesto includes
:26:45. > :26:46.a series of commitments on power-sharing in the Assembly,
:26:47. > :26:48.the economy and justice, This is a manifesto which pledges
:26:49. > :26:51.to oppose a hard Brexit, support a special deal
:26:52. > :26:53.for Northern Ireland and which will give the public
:26:54. > :26:56.the final say on the outcome The way we consume our daily news
:26:57. > :27:00.is changing, with a growing Nowadays, younger voters are relying
:27:01. > :27:03.less on newspapers and more But does that make them more prone
:27:04. > :27:07.to so-called fake news? Our media editor, Amol Rajan,
:27:08. > :27:11.has been finding out. ARCHIVE: Yes, it's
:27:12. > :27:13.Fleet Street, but how many of you know the inside story
:27:14. > :27:18.on the stories you read? Once home to Britain's newspapers,
:27:19. > :27:20.for decades Fleet Street provided Those are vanished times of course,
:27:21. > :27:26.thanks to the digital revolution, but for all the talk of the death
:27:27. > :27:29.of papers, the presses Read by nearly eight million people
:27:30. > :27:33.in Britain every day, papers often These days the Daily Telegraph
:27:34. > :27:40.is much more than just a newspaper, but in it is printed form it
:27:41. > :27:45.still boasts nearly half a million half a million readers,
:27:46. > :27:47.the majority of them If we wield any influence it's
:27:48. > :27:52.because of the influence of our readers and we're lucky
:27:53. > :27:55.to have many of them It's true that print circulation
:27:56. > :27:58.is in decline somewhat, but we still sell more than 450,000
:27:59. > :28:01.newspapers every day. Even as their print circulations
:28:02. > :28:04.fall and they move online, titles like the mighty Telegraph
:28:05. > :28:09.still wield enormous influence But there is another conversation
:28:10. > :28:14.going on during this election, one in which websites with a very
:28:15. > :28:16.different following tell One such website is Skwuawkbox,
:28:17. > :28:40.its anonymous author, a hard left member of the Labour Party
:28:41. > :28:43.and pressure group Momentum, spoke to us on the condition
:28:44. > :28:45.that we would preserve his anonymity, saying he operates below
:28:46. > :28:48.the radar of traditional media Many of his articles go viral,
:28:49. > :28:51.with some achieving hundreds The way that social media works
:28:52. > :28:55.in Facebook, more than Twitter, is that you've got this kind of Venn
:28:56. > :28:58.diagrams, the overlapping circles with people's sphere of influence
:28:59. > :29:00.and acquaintance and that person might be somebody you're already
:29:01. > :29:02.preaching to the choir, but their auntie or uncle,
:29:03. > :29:05.who sees their Facebook Their friend that they're connected
:29:06. > :29:09.to from work and it's that overspill around the edges of people's social
:29:10. > :29:11.media circles that interest me because that's where the message
:29:12. > :29:14.gets out and you get a chance With a lot of these sites
:29:15. > :29:17.that are popping up, their entire purpose is to destroy
:29:18. > :29:20.the status quo. They don't want to give a fair
:29:21. > :29:22.hearing to both sides. They don't want to engage
:29:23. > :29:24.with the opposition. They don't want to have
:29:25. > :29:26.the relationships that journalists Their entire purpose
:29:27. > :29:29.is to smash the system. In the UK, the older you are,
:29:30. > :29:33.the more likely you are to get most of your news from TV,
:29:34. > :29:35.but the comparison of print and online shows
:29:36. > :29:37.a growing generation divide. The younger you are,
:29:38. > :29:39.the greater the dependence 84% of young people mostly
:29:40. > :29:42.get their news online, with social media playing
:29:43. > :29:44.a key role. Just 4% of the same age range turn
:29:45. > :29:48.to newspapers first. The headlines are
:29:49. > :29:51.fairly sensationalist. In analysis published this
:29:52. > :29:55.evening, researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute
:29:56. > :29:58.conclude that so far British voters are getting less false or misleading
:29:59. > :30:01.news on Twitter than Americans saw in last year's
:30:02. > :30:05.presidential election. It's not as big of a problem
:30:06. > :30:08.as it was in the States. We found that in the lead-up
:30:09. > :30:12.to this election people So news from professional news
:30:13. > :30:17.organisations, and that's 53% Junk news has been around 13%,
:30:18. > :30:25.so a big difference there. Social media have created echo
:30:26. > :30:27.chambers where younger and often left-leaning audiences find
:30:28. > :30:29.and an alternative news agenda. The balance of power within the news
:30:30. > :30:34.ecosystem is shifting their way, even though many politicians
:30:35. > :30:36.are yet to realise. The Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger,
:30:37. > :30:52.says he is happy and excited after signing a new two-year deal
:30:53. > :30:55.to remain in charge at the club, ending months of speculation
:30:56. > :31:03.about his future. Wenger has been manager
:31:04. > :31:05.at the club for 21 years, but fans are divided
:31:06. > :31:14.on whether he should Wenger edge's remarkable reign at
:31:15. > :31:25.Arsenal will extend to a 23 year. The season's most contentious saga
:31:26. > :31:30.finally over. Amid fears among the fans Wenger face the media today.
:31:31. > :31:36.Identify myself so much with the club that of course when you can be
:31:37. > :31:43.where you love to be, that's easy. Difficult because you want to
:31:44. > :31:47.respond to the demands of all the people who love this club. The
:31:48. > :31:51.pressure has intensified this season. Arsenalual milliated in
:31:52. > :31:55.Europe and failing to qualify for the Champions League for the first
:31:56. > :31:59.time in 20 years. With the highest ticket prices in football, the fans
:32:00. > :32:06.fury boiled over. Wen Arsene Wenger we want you to go. Arsenal
:32:07. > :32:10.unexpectedly beat Chelsea to win the seventh FA Cup of Wenger's tenure.
:32:11. > :32:14.His decision to stay has left the fans divided. His uncertainty caused
:32:15. > :32:22.the players uncertainty in the dressing room. You know, it's all
:32:23. > :32:26.wrong. He should have just gone after the Cup final. He needs to
:32:27. > :32:29.earn the right now to get the fans back behind him. That is what we
:32:30. > :32:32.will wait to see. Today is a reminder of the immense be power
:32:33. > :32:37.that Arsene Wenger wields here at the emirates. His tack now must be
:32:38. > :32:42.to keep Arsenal's best players, to invest in new ones and to justify
:32:43. > :32:49.his new contract, worth an estimated ?16 million. After ten major
:32:50. > :32:53.trophies it's become hard to imagine Arsenal without Wenger before 13
:32:54. > :32:57.years after they last became champions his legacy hangs in the
:32:58. > :32:58.balance. Dan Rowan, BBC News.