31/05/2017 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at Ten: We're in Cambridge where one of the biggest debates

of this election campaign has just taken place, with exchanges

on immigration, security and the future of public services.

The debate included Labour's Jeremy Corbyn

and featured repeated attacks on the Prime Minister

Some of the clashes were over stagnating wages and austerity.

Amber Rudd seems so confident that this is a country

Have you seen people sleeping around our stations?

I just have to take on some of Jeremy Corbyn's

I mean, he has this money tree wish list in his manifesto.

And the Prime Minister, campaigning in the West Country today,

defended her decision not to be in Cambridge for tonight's debate.

I think debates where the politicians are squabbling among

themselves doesn't do anything for the process of electioneering.

I think actually it's about getting out and about,

meeting voters and hearing directly from voters.

Also on the programme tonight: The breast surgeon sentenced

Ian Paterson is sent to prison after performing completely

unnecessary operations on patients after inventing or exaggerating

Over four years of trauma and stress in trying to bring

this man to account, no amount of prison sentence

will ever compensate what myself and the other people affected

At least 90 people are killed in the Afghan capital Kabul

after a truck bomb explodes in the diplomatic quarter.

And the global accord to curb carbon emissions -

is President Trump about to withdraw America from the Paris

Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: Arsenal majority owner Stan Kroenke

says Arsene Wenger is the best person to manage the club as his

With just eight days to go until the election,

one of the biggest debates of this campaign has just taken

There were seven party representatives involved,

including the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who'd announced

earlier in the day that he would, after all, be attending.

The Prime Minister Theresa May did not take part, she said she'd

rather be out meeting voters on the campaign trail.

We'll have more on the day's campaigning in a moment,

but first tonight's debate, which featured some forthright

Here's our deputy political editor John Pienaar.

Guess who came after all and what an entrance? Jeremy Corbyn left it late

but how could he resist trying to show up Theresa May who stayed away?

Maybe make up for the odd campaign gaffe. This was his chance and look

at him, he meant to take it if he could. She came to stop him. Her

leader's favourite, Amber Rudd. Fewer fans but a bigger motorcade

and a single mission, take down Jeremy Corbyn. Wherever Theresa May

was, she wanted this, the nearest thing this election has to a contact

sport, to go her way. Amber Rudd was straight into the

attack after Jeremy Corbyn criticised treatment of those on

disability benefits. You are not credible... There is no extra

payment you don't want to add to, no tax you don't want to rise. But the

fact is we have to concentrate resources on the people who need it

most, and we have to stop thinking as you do that there is a magic

money tree. You have to be accountable... I would like to bring

in other parties. It was already a personal confrontation. The Labour

leader counterattacking on poverty. I would just say this, since Amber

Rudd seems confident this is a country at ease with itself, have

you been to a food bank, have you seen people sleeping around our

stations? Have you seen... APPLAUSE. Have you seen the level...

I would like to answer your attack. Because of your Government's

conscious decisions on benefits. For Amber to say this is a Government

that cares for those most vulnerable I think is downright insulting to

the people that I see in my constituency surgery. This was a

seven-sided debate. Brexit was inevitably a big issue tonight.

Passion and heat from all sides. We have to get the population under

control because if we carry Back will have a population of 80

million. There will have to be a huge school building programme, new

hospitals, new motorways, a new rail network, new houses, we are already

having to build a house every seven minutes to keep up with the numbers

of people coming to this country. I am afraid Ukip keep using this

issue, they want to whip up people's hatred, division and fear and that's

why they talk about immigration all the time. I think this debate shames

and demeans us all, I don't think there is anyone in this room or

anybody watching this debate from Cornwall to Kithness doesn't jn

stand the positive contribution people have made who have come to

this country and demonising them is unacceptable. Amber Rudd took her

opportunity, if Theresa May had come along she would have said what her

stand-in said next. I was thinking how chaotic it would be if they

tried to run a Government. Jeremy Corbyn was put under pressure. He

had come to apply pressure of his own, on pensions. You have said very

clearly... Have you not read my manifesto, I am happy to give you a

copy. I would like the answer now. Are you going to protect... They're

going to get rid of it, Jeremy. Terrorism was always going to be a

hot topic. And it was. I am shocked that Jeremy Corbyn just in 2011

boasted that he had opposed every piece of anti-terror legislation in

his 30 years in office. My opposition to anti-terror

legislation isn't opposition to protecting us from terrorism, it is

simply saying there must be judicial oversight over what is done in our

name. You cannot give... APPLAUSE. It got heated. Ukip's

leader demanded more action against extremists from Muslims, too much

for Tim Farron. You have to rebuild trust and confidence in Prevent. You

know the murderer last Monday was reported five separate occasions by

the Muslim community. They want our safety as much as anybody else.

Then it was over. No knockout blows but this fight heating up. Just a

week to go. So as we've seen, Amber Rudd

represented the Conservatives The Prime Minister spent most

of the day campaigning. She visited the West Country,

where she was challenged about not giving enough detail

on her party's policies. Mrs May insisted she was listening

to voters and rejected accusations that her decision not to go

to Cambridge tonight Our political editor

Laura Kuenssberg reports There is flash photography

in her report. London, 9.00am.

Days to go. A rare sight these days,

an old-fashioned press conference. Labour attacking the Tories

on public services. Patients are suffering ever longer

waits in overcrowded wards. Those who need care have

been left without it. A and maternity units

in whole hospitals are Children are crammed

into overcrowded and Schools are sending home begging

letters to the parents. Rather than preparing, or even

considering tonight's big debate, Theresa May was up early

with the boats. Then a campaign classic, sampling

the produce at a county show. Notably, the Prime Minister

on the road today in parts of the country, the south-west,

the Tories are trying to defend. But elsewhere, Labour

and the leader's crowds are enjoying It's about 11.30am and we're

on the road in Reading. This rally of people packed,

waiting to hear from Jeremy Corbyn. It's just a case of vote for me,

not that horrible man. I've come to see the horrible man

because he's not horrible. It's relatable to people

and he understands what young Their hero's welcome,

ready to commit that he will debate I invite her to go to Cambridge

and debate her policies, debate her record, debate

their plans, debate their proposals, and let the public

make up their mind. On the move, but heading the other

way, the Prime Minister won't respond to heckles or agree

to those chanted demands Staff at this factory in Bath did

try to put her on the spot. But applauded when she was asked

about not showing tonight. He's now up for a

head-to-head debate. Doesn't it suggest that you're

frightened of taking him on directly No, you know, Laura, first of all,

I've been taking Jeremy Corbyn on directly week in,

week out, at Prime Secondly, actually, yes,

public scrutiny is for an election campaign but that's why taking

questions from members of the public who are going to be voting

on the 8th June is so important. Isn't your decision not

to take part in a debate tonight a bit of a metaphor

for your whole campaign? You're very happy to repeatedly

criticise the Labour Party, but for your own plans you're

reluctant to give us very much detail at all,

whether that's on Brexit, your future immigration system,

how many people will lose What I've done in terms

of our manifesto has been open with the British public

about the great challenges that we face as a country

over the next few years and beyond and how we will

address those challenges. And you talk about the Brexit

negotiations, I've set out very clearly what our 12 objectives

are for those Brexit negotiations. I believe that's

the right thing to do. Don't people want more from you,

because you're basically saying on many of these big issues,

I'll get back to you? I think what we owe to people

is to be open with them about the challenges we face

as a society and as a country and be open with them about the solutions

that we're offering. But in campaigns the path

is so often less smooth for those Our political editor,

Laura Kuenssberg, is with me. Will it change anything, Laura?

Well, Sophie, I spoke to some of the audience tonight after the end of

the debate, including some Tory voters, and a couple of them were

clearly very frustrated that Theresa May hadn't bothered to show and in

reverse pleased that Jeremy Corbyn had made the effort to turn up and

to debate the other parties here tonight. I think it's pretty clear

that in terms of today at least Jeremy Corbyn has had a tactical

win. He has been seen to seize the initiative and come along and take

part. I think it's too early to say how that's going to play out with

the wider electorate, those people who weren't following every twist

and turn of tonight's debate, those people who hadn't necessarily paid

much attention to what the line-up was going to be, who the political

players were all going to be at this big major event. In the spin room

tonight where members of the press were watching and senior politicians

were trying to claim victory for their person, it hasn't felt really

like a wake or a celebration for any of them. I think the truth is really

none of the seven politicians on stage tonight had a cringe-worthy

disaster, nor did any of them, including Jeremy Corbyn, have some

kind of big breakthrough moment that really feels like it will have a

huge impact on the course of this campaign. I suspect by the time we

get to the actual election, tonight might be remembered as the day when

Theresa May didn't turn up, rather than what anybody who was actually

here actually said. Thank you.

A breast surgeon is beginning a 15-year sentence in prison tonight

for carrying out needless and life-changing operations

Ian Paterson, who's 59, exaggerated the risk of cancer

to persuade his patients to consent to surgery.

Althought the case related to ten patients, it's thought many more

Our health editor, Hugh Pym, reports.

A rogue surgeon who thought he was untouchable.

He had the total trust of vulnerable patients,

Some of his victims, who suffered from the operations

he carried out, gathered before the sentencing this morning.

Then they marched together into Nottingham Crown Court,

determined to see justice being done.

Many warned of a cancer risk, had breast surgery,

They sat in court watching Ian Paterson, head bowed in the dock.

Sentencing him, Mr Justice Jeremy Baker said: "In pursuit

of your own self aggrandisement and the material rewards it brought

from your private practice, you lost sight of the fact

you were carrying out significant surgical

You deliberately played upon their worst fears,

either by inventing or deliberately exaggerating the risks

The court also heard that his former patients endured

pain and discomfort, with some suffering

long-term complications, anxiety and depression.

I lost my home. I lost my marriage.

I lost my health. I lost my job.

We may never know the real reason why he acted in such an evil way.

Throughout the trial, he has made no attempt to show any

remorse for his actions and maybe revealing his true character rather

than the charming, professional man we all thought he was.

Some questioned Paterson's 15-year prison sentence.

He should be released on licence after seven-and-a-half years.

We've all been given a life sentence.

He's just going to walk away a free man after seven-and-a-half years

and yet every morning we look in the mirror and the scars

So I think at the least he should serve the 15 years he's been given.

For the victims, the battle doesn't end here.

Their lawyers are preparing a High Court civil action to be

heard later this year, seeking damages from the hospitals

Solicitors say they're acting for around 600 former patients,

but more may come forward and the total number of victims

Medical regulators say there are much tougher safeguards now,

with regular staff appraisals and surgeons working in teams

The safety net we have now in place is a very different one

Does it provide an absolute guarantee against people

I can't give you that absolute guarantee.

But what I can say is that if people do perpetrate such criminal acts,

I would feel very confident that those would be picked up

But private hospitals, where Paterson and other surgeons

work, are still not strictly regulated, according

to medical leaders and even as he began his prison sentence,

there have been calls for a wider enquiry into how patients

At least 90 people, most of them civilians,

have been killed and hundreds more injured after a massive car bomb

The country's President, Ashraf Ghani, called it

The bomb was detonated near Zanbaq Square in the heavily

fortified zone during the morning rush hour.

It struck the city's diplomatic quarter, damaging

No one has admitted carrying out the attack.

This report from our correspondent, Caroline Hawley, contains

You could see from miles away the force of this explosion. A massive

bomb at a busy Kabul intersection, hitting commuters on their way to

work. Children on their way to school. It was a bomb so powerful it

shattered windows up to a mile away, leaving a trail of horrific

destruction. One witness said it was like an earthquake. There were so

many casualties, security vehicles had to double-up as ambulances. The

Afghan government said hospitals in the capital were in dire need of

blood. TRANSLATION: I was working in the

office when a powerful blast happened. I collapsed under the desk

and received injuries from shattered windows. Most of the dead and

injured were civilians, including many women and children. Among those

killed is Mohammed Nazir, who worked for the BBC as a driver. The BBC

said he was a popular colleague, with a young family. The area where

the bomb went off is supposed to be one of the most secure parts of the

capital, walking distance from the Presidential palace. The BBC's

correspondent was at the scene soon after the attack. It was a water

tanker or a lorry full of explosive that hit this trannic location right

in the heart of Kabul. It's very close to the German embassy, Indian

embassy, French and British embassies. Even in a country that's

become painfully used to violence, the scale of this attack has been a

shock. Security in Afghanistan has been deteriorating for some time.

Most of the country was under government control by in 2014, when

Nato ended its combat mission. Since then, large swathes of territory

have fallen to the Taliban. Most of Helmand, where so many British

soldiers lost their lives, is now in Taliban hands. So is much of the

province of Kunduz. IS has a presence in Nangarhar. US commanders

are asking for several thousand more. At one point we had 150,000

foreign military boots on the ground. That did not weaken or

destroy the Taliban. So a few thousand more today is not going to

be a solution. Yes, in the short-term it is going to give some

support and better training to the Afghan government and Afghan

Security Forces, but the insurgency will still be there. Afghan

intelligence are blaming a network, no group has admitted to carrying

out one of the worstattacks Kabul has ever seen. Caroline Hawley, BBC

News. President Trump is preparing to pull

out of the Paris climate deal to combat global warming -

that's according to media Donald Trump has not

confirmed those reports, but he's said he will make

an announcement Pulling out of the climate accord -

signed in 2015 - was one of President Trump's

key campaign pledges. Well, our correspondent,

Nick Bryant, is in If he does indeed do

that, what will it mean? Sophie, the indications tonight, as

you say, so far unconfirmed, the question is not whether America

would withdraw from the Paris Accord how will it remove itself from the

Paris Accord under the terms of the agreement it's a three-year exit

process. The Trump administration is said to be considering a nuclear

option of opting out of all the UN's climate change negotiating framework

that would short circuit the process. It would happen in the

space of a year. Climate change scientists are saying that's

potentially cla ma'am us to it is brings close to the day when the

planet reaches dangerous temperature levels. One climate change

scientists put it the global warming noose tightens. There is additional

concern that other countries will follow America's lead. Two are

outside the Paris Accord emit and that other nations might not be so

committed to the emissions targets which are voluntarily. There is is

talk of a green alliance between Beijing and Brussels the EU and

China to make sure the climate change doesn't fall apart. Donald

Trump has chosen isolation on arguably the biggest issue facing

the planet. Nick Bryant, thank you. It's a war that's

largely been forgotten. But Libya's descent into chaos,

after the fall of General Gaddafi six years ago, has created a broken

state and a breeding It's been exploited by so-called

Islamic State, who've been drawing in young men,

like the Manchester He'd only recently returned

from Libya when he blew himself up. Our Middle East correspondent,

Quentin Sommerville, has been talking to another man

from Manchester - a former friend of Abedi's -

who travelled to Libya, not to support the Islamic State

group, but to fight them. His report contains flashing images

and scenes which some viewers Libya's been ripping

itself apart for years. Much ignored, it seemed far off,

but we're more involved in this These home videos are from

Benghazi and one faction, It's a foreign war, but this

fighter is from Manchester. The boys from Moss Side

became Libya's soldiers. Mohamed el-Sharif has taken up

arms against Islamists, including the so-called Islamic

State. He left Manchester in 2011,

and never went back. People at that time

wanted to come to Libya. Book a ticket to wherever and then

just get a taxi into Libya. Once they know you're in Libya

they know you're living, that's it, This is home now, drugs

are widespread, dulling the monotony In this madness, the Islamic State

is waiting for the right moment Make sure they don't go to that

path, if you know what I mean. Like, if you needed them to do

what they do, there's people that are looking for young lads

to blow themselves up. They're going to make

them do and do and do. He was once good friends

with the Manchester bomber, Salman Abedi, but they chose

different sides in Libya's war. they haven't seen each

other in five years. I've been in wars

for over three years. Mohamed was filmed proudly

desecrating IS corpses. You posted a video on Instagram,

tell me what happened? I do regret it but, what can I say,

they deserved to do die, too. They deserved to die

because they killed so many people. The journey to here from Manchester

was quick and it was easy. Mohmmed stayed in Libya,

but Salman Abedi brought Quentin Sommerville,

BBC News, eastern Libya. Back to the election now

and the largest unionist party in Northern Ireland,

the DUP, has launched its manifesto, promising to work for the best deal

in the Brexit talks. The party also pledged to make

tourism a billion-pound industry and called for a public holiday

to celebrate Northern Ireland's The DUP's leader and former

First Minister, Arlene Foster, said she wanted a mandate for talks

aimed at restoring But above all, she said,

the election was about making sure On June 8th, I'm asking people

to get Northern Ireland To vote to get the best deal

for Northern Ireland. To strengthen our hands

in the upcoming negotiations. To get the Assembly

back up and running, To protect our place

within the United Kingdom and to unite behind one

strong unionist voice. Northern Ireland's Alliance Party

has also launched its election manifesto, promising "progressive

and pro-European politics." The manifesto includes

a series of commitments on power-sharing in the Assembly,

the economy and justice, This is a manifesto which pledges

to oppose a hard Brexit, support a special deal

for Northern Ireland and which will give the public

the final say on the outcome The way we consume our daily news

is changing, with a growing Nowadays, younger voters are relying

less on newspapers and more But does that make them more prone

to so-called fake news? Our media editor, Amol Rajan,

has been finding out. ARCHIVE: Yes, it's

Fleet Street, but how many of you know the inside story

on the stories you read? Once home to Britain's newspapers,

for decades Fleet Street provided Those are vanished times of course,

thanks to the digital revolution, but for all the talk of the death

of papers, the presses Read by nearly eight million people

in Britain every day, papers often These days the Daily Telegraph

is much more than just a newspaper, but in it is printed form it

still boasts nearly half a million half a million readers,

the majority of them If we wield any influence it's

because of the influence of our readers and we're lucky

to have many of them It's true that print circulation

is in decline somewhat, but we still sell more than 450,000

newspapers every day. Even as their print circulations

fall and they move online, titles like the mighty Telegraph

still wield enormous influence But there is another conversation

going on during this election, one in which websites with a very

different following tell One such website is Skwuawkbox,

its anonymous author, a hard left member of the Labour Party

and pressure group Momentum, spoke to us on the condition

that we would preserve his anonymity, saying he operates below

the radar of traditional media Many of his articles go viral,

with some achieving hundreds The way that social media works

in Facebook, more than Twitter, is that you've got this kind of Venn

diagrams, the overlapping circles with people's sphere of influence

and acquaintance and that person might be somebody you're already

preaching to the choir, but their auntie or uncle,

who sees their Facebook Their friend that they're connected

to from work and it's that overspill around the edges of people's social

media circles that interest me because that's where the message

gets out and you get a chance With a lot of these sites

that are popping up, their entire purpose is to destroy

the status quo. They don't want to give a fair

hearing to both sides. They don't want to engage

with the opposition. They don't want to have

the relationships that journalists Their entire purpose

is to smash the system. In the UK, the older you are,

the more likely you are to get most of your news from TV,

but the comparison of print and online shows

a growing generation divide. The younger you are,

the greater the dependence 84% of young people mostly

get their news online, with social media playing

a key role. Just 4% of the same age range turn

to newspapers first. The headlines are

fairly sensationalist. In analysis published this

evening, researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute

conclude that so far British voters are getting less false or misleading

news on Twitter than Americans saw in last year's

presidential election. It's not as big of a problem

as it was in the States. We found that in the lead-up

to this election people So news from professional news

organisations, and that's 53% Junk news has been around 13%,

so a big difference there. Social media have created echo

chambers where younger and often left-leaning audiences find

and an alternative news agenda. The balance of power within the news

ecosystem is shifting their way, even though many politicians

are yet to realise. The Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger,

says he is happy and excited after signing a new two-year deal

to remain in charge at the club, ending months of speculation

about his future. Wenger has been manager

at the club for 21 years, but fans are divided

on whether he should Wenger edge's remarkable reign at

Arsenal will extend to a 23 year. The season's most contentious saga

finally over. Amid fears among the fans Wenger face the media today.

Identify myself so much with the club that of course when you can be

where you love to be, that's easy. Difficult because you want to

respond to the demands of all the people who love this club. The

pressure has intensified this season. Arsenalual milliated in

Europe and failing to qualify for the Champions League for the first

time in 20 years. With the highest ticket prices in football, the fans

fury boiled over. Wen Arsene Wenger we want you to go. Arsenal

unexpectedly beat Chelsea to win the seventh FA Cup of Wenger's tenure.

His decision to stay has left the fans divided. His uncertainty caused

the players uncertainty in the dressing room. You know, it's all

wrong. He should have just gone after the Cup final. He needs to

earn the right now to get the fans back behind him. That is what we

will wait to see. Today is a reminder of the immense be power

that Arsene Wenger wields here at the emirates. His tack now must be

to keep Arsenal's best players, to invest in new ones and to justify

his new contract, worth an estimated ?16 million. After ten major

trophies it's become hard to imagine Arsenal without Wenger before 13

years after they last became champions his legacy hangs in the

balance. Dan Rowan, BBC News.