:00:07. > :00:10.Police are still questioning a man in connection with a terrorist
:00:11. > :00:15.attack near a mosque in North London last night.
:00:16. > :00:17.It happened when a van was driven into worshippers
:00:18. > :00:23.The driver was pinned down by local people until police arrived.
:00:24. > :00:24.He was shouting, where are all Muslims?
:00:25. > :00:30.The man arrested has been named as Darren Osborne,
:00:31. > :00:35.who's 47 and had been living in Cardiff.
:00:36. > :00:37.11 people were injured at the scene and one man died -
:00:38. > :00:40.though he'd collapsed before the attack and the cause
:00:41. > :00:45.There is no place for this hatred in our country today and we need to
:00:46. > :00:49.work together as one society, as one community, to drive out this
:00:50. > :00:54.evil that is affecting so many families.
:00:55. > :00:57.We'll have the latest from the scene and we'll have reaction
:00:58. > :00:58.from politicians and community and faith leaders.
:00:59. > :01:05.A minute's silence for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire,
:01:06. > :01:10.as the number of dead has been revised again to 79.
:01:11. > :01:13.12 months after the referendum, the official Brexit talks get under
:01:14. > :01:18.way between the United Kingdom and the European Union.
:01:19. > :01:20.In central Portugal, extensive areas have been evacuated
:01:21. > :01:26.as forest fires continue to spread - at least 62 people have died.
:01:27. > :01:29.And, a cultural giant reborn - we visit Dublin to see the wonders
:01:30. > :01:32.on display at the new-look National Gallery.
:01:33. > :01:34.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News:
:01:35. > :01:36.A morale-boosting win for England, as the Under-21s come
:01:37. > :01:39.from behind to beat Slovakia in their European Championships'
:01:40. > :02:06.Police are still questioning a man on suspicion of terrorism offences,
:02:07. > :02:09.after a van was driven into a crowd of worshippers last night
:02:10. > :02:16.Witnesses say the driver shouted that he wanted to kill Muslims.
:02:17. > :02:19.The attack happened in Finsbury Park shortly after midnight.
:02:20. > :02:22.11 people were injured and one man died - though he'd
:02:23. > :02:24.collapsed before the attack and the cause of his
:02:25. > :02:30.A van was driven onto the pavement, hitting people in its path.
:02:31. > :02:32.Bystanders held the driver until police arrived.
:02:33. > :02:40.as Darren Osborne, has been arrested under the Terrorism Act.
:02:41. > :02:42.Our home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford is at
:02:43. > :02:57.Yes, we have entered the last week of Muslim holy month, a time of
:02:58. > :03:02.fasting during the day and coming together as a community at night to
:03:03. > :03:07.break the fast and pray. But last night on a sweltering summer
:03:08. > :03:12.evening, the community was subjected to a brutal attack. My report
:03:13. > :03:16.contains distressing and flashing images.
:03:17. > :03:27.It was just after midnight in London and the third attack using a vehicle
:03:28. > :03:31.in just three months. This time the Muslim community was the target.
:03:32. > :03:36.Basically drove on the pavement, coming straight towards all the
:03:37. > :03:42.Muslims and as he is coming to them, he hit them. After the van had
:03:43. > :03:51.crashed through worshippers marking the holy month of Ramadan, men who
:03:52. > :04:00.had been to prayers found themselves wrestling the driver. I asked him
:04:01. > :04:07.why, why? Innocent people. He goes, I want to kill Muslims. He said I
:04:08. > :04:13.want to kill all Muslims. After a struggle, the suspected driver was
:04:14. > :04:18.arrested. The Imaam had intervened to prevent violence and the suspect
:04:19. > :04:25.was handed over to the police. Why did you do that? We flagged them
:04:26. > :04:29.down, told them the situation, there is a man, he mowed down a group of
:04:30. > :04:35.people and there is a mob attempting to hurt him if you don't take him,
:04:36. > :04:40.God forbid he may be hurt. He said he had rushed there to a help a
:04:41. > :04:48.cousin. I couldn't believe it. What I saw there, I was like, oh, like a
:04:49. > :04:53.field full of... Flesh, people screaming. Half of them were
:04:54. > :04:57.teenagers. I was telling everyone, look, you know, we can't do nothing
:04:58. > :05:02.about him. We need to focus on these people. Try and get help to these
:05:03. > :05:09.people. There is one ambulance and... You know there is other
:05:10. > :05:14.people injured. We have got cars. The 47-year-old suspect is believed
:05:15. > :05:20.to be Darren Osborne, a father of four from Cardiff, unknown to MI5.
:05:21. > :05:24.He was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and then of
:05:25. > :05:33.terrorist offences. As he left, he waved to the crowd. Can we take any
:05:34. > :05:44.more terror Prime Minister The Prime Minister arrived at the scene,
:05:45. > :05:48.visiting Finsbury Park Mosque. The terrible terrorist attack that took
:05:49. > :05:52.place last night was an evil act borne out of hatred and it has
:05:53. > :05:56.devastated a community. I'm pleased to have been here to see the
:05:57. > :06:02.strength of that community coming together all faiths, united in one
:06:03. > :06:07.desire to see extremism and hatred of all sorts driven out of our
:06:08. > :06:11.society. There is no place for this hatred in our country and we need to
:06:12. > :06:16.work together as one society, as one community, to drive it out, this
:06:17. > :06:20.evil that is affect soing many family -- affecting so many
:06:21. > :06:26.families. The Prime Minister's visit came 12 hours after the van ploughed
:06:27. > :06:29.into a group of worshippers, Theresa May clearly wanting to be seen among
:06:30. > :06:34.the community that was attacked, as soon as possible. Jeremy Corbyn, who
:06:35. > :06:41.is the local MP, was up much of the night talking to his constituents.
:06:42. > :06:47.And visited the scene with the Labour mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.
:06:48. > :06:52.Throughout the day, the enormity of what happened appeared to weigh on
:06:53. > :06:56.the shoulders of politicians. It is a terror on the streets and of the
:06:57. > :07:03.people I'm proud to represent. That is why I'm here. All around the
:07:04. > :07:08.politicians visiting a huge police operation was under way. The focus -
:07:09. > :07:15.this white van rented in Wales. It had turned off the main Seven
:07:16. > :07:19.Sisters Road into a cul-de-sac, hitting people as it went through.
:07:20. > :07:25.Some of them were treating a man who was apparently suffering from a
:07:26. > :07:29.heart attack. The man later died. This was clearly an attack on
:07:30. > :07:34.Muslims who looked like they were probably Muslims and they were
:07:35. > :07:43.coming from a prayer meeting. We treat this as a terrorist attack and
:07:44. > :07:50.we in Met are as shocked as anybody in this local community or across
:07:51. > :07:54.the country at what's happened. In this year of terror, the Muslim
:07:55. > :08:00.community of North London was a new target. But the consequences of the
:08:01. > :08:02.violence were the same - some people in hospital have potentially
:08:03. > :08:08.life-changing injuries. As we've heard, the BBC
:08:09. > :08:10.understands the suspect to be Darren Osborne,
:08:11. > :08:12.who's 47 and a father of four, who'd been living in Cardiff,
:08:13. > :08:16.but is believed to be from Somerset. Police have been searching
:08:17. > :08:18.a residential address in the Pentwyn area of the city,
:08:19. > :08:34.as our Wales correspondent More than a 150 miles from Finsbury
:08:35. > :08:38.Park, this house in Cardiff is a central part of police
:08:39. > :08:40.investigation. The home of Darren Osborne, originally from
:08:41. > :08:48.Weston-super-Mare, who has been living here for ten years with his
:08:49. > :08:52.partner and four children. This woman and her family moved next
:08:53. > :09:01.door. Darren Osborne had helped her with DIY. Us j a shock. -- just a
:09:02. > :09:05.shock. He seemed an every day guy, I see walking the dog and taking the
:09:06. > :09:12.kids to school. He was never up pleasant to me. Did you see him at
:09:13. > :09:18.the house yesterday? Yes, he was singing at dinner time with his kids
:09:19. > :09:45.as normal. His family issued a statement saying:
:09:46. > :09:49.This family run-company has played a part in the investigation. The
:09:50. > :09:55.vehicle used in the attack came from here. Managers at the company said
:09:56. > :10:01.they're shocked and saddened by what happened in Finsbury Park. They say
:10:02. > :10:06.they're helping the investigation. Police continue to guard the family
:10:07. > :10:11.home, during the afternoon I spoke to many people who live in the
:10:12. > :10:15.street, who knew the family, and they're overwhelming feeling is of
:10:16. > :10:18.shock. Over the coming days, the questions will continue - what was
:10:19. > :10:25.it that led to this terror attack? As we heard, the Metropolitan Police
:10:26. > :10:28.Commissioner said this was 'clearly an attack on Muslims'
:10:29. > :10:30.in one of the most diverse There have been growing calls
:10:31. > :10:34.for action to tackle the growth in Islamophobic hate crime,
:10:35. > :10:36.especially since the Our Religious Affairs Correspondent,
:10:37. > :10:40.Martin Bashir, has spent the day talking to people
:10:41. > :10:46.near the Finsbury Park mosque. With temperatures and tensions
:10:47. > :10:51.rising in this multiethnic part of north London,
:10:52. > :10:53.the chairman of Finsbury Park Mosque An attack on one faith is an attack
:10:54. > :11:02.on all faith and communities. Those who try to divide us
:11:03. > :11:05.and who aim to spread fear, hatred But the events of last night have
:11:06. > :11:18.shattered the peace in north London. We can't go to the mosque
:11:19. > :11:22.without looking behind our back. Who's going to want
:11:23. > :11:24.to go to mosque now? We have to look behind our backs,
:11:25. > :11:27.just to practice our religion The aftermath when I was here
:11:28. > :11:35.talking to some of the people, there was a lot of anger and a lot
:11:36. > :11:38.of hostility because once again Muslims have fallen victim
:11:39. > :11:40.to another terrorist attack. We have allowed in this country
:11:41. > :11:43.for Islamophobia to grow and thrive. Communities Secretary Sajid Javid
:11:44. > :11:46.came to visit the crime scene. As he spoke to reporters
:11:47. > :11:48.he was interrupted by As a Muslim how do I
:11:49. > :11:52.keep my son and I safe? Because we don't, we don't
:11:53. > :11:55.feel safe at the moment. I don't even want to
:11:56. > :11:59.send him to school. And I know many members
:12:00. > :12:07.of the community across Britain that will express a very similar feeling
:12:08. > :12:10.to what you've just said. Sajid Javid tried to
:12:11. > :12:13.offer some consolation. This is my community,
:12:14. > :12:16.to hear all these things happening in London,
:12:17. > :12:25.as a Muslim you feel so pushed out. Whilst religious leaders have
:12:26. > :12:29.condemned this attack in unison, many in this community are angered
:12:30. > :12:33.by the media coverage and what they say is the rush
:12:34. > :12:38.to connect acts of terror with Islam, but a reluctance to do
:12:39. > :12:43.so when the victims are Muslim. Other faith leaders argue that
:12:44. > :12:46.if Muslims are being asked to help in the fight against radical
:12:47. > :12:49.extremism, then the least they deserve is fairness
:12:50. > :12:55.when they become the victims. I think Islamophobia
:12:56. > :12:56.probably has lurked below And I think sometimes incidents
:12:57. > :13:02.like this happen and it brings it to the surface and I think
:13:03. > :13:05.the community leaders have a real responsibility to speak out and say
:13:06. > :13:10.this is not acceptable. Those community leaders will now
:13:11. > :13:12.play a central role as people in north London respond to this
:13:13. > :13:17.latest terror attack. Martin Bashir, BBC
:13:18. > :13:25.News, Finsbury Park. The Muslim Council of Britain
:13:26. > :13:28.condemned the Finsbury Park attack saying this was the most violent
:13:29. > :13:31.manifestation to date of Islamophobia and called for more
:13:32. > :13:34.to be done to protect mosques. Theresa May chaired a meeting
:13:35. > :13:38.of the government's emergency committee this morning and announced
:13:39. > :13:41.extra police to be deployed around mosques and she urged people to come
:13:42. > :13:45.together in the face of extremism, as our security correspondent
:13:46. > :13:57.Frank Gardner reports. This attack targeting British
:13:58. > :14:01.Muslims, has been labelled one of Britain's most violent incidents of
:14:02. > :14:08.Islamophobia to date. It took the Government just eight minutes to
:14:09. > :14:12.call it a terrorist attack. The attack tar getted the ordinary. The
:14:13. > :14:16.Prime Minister called it as sickening as the other attack this
:14:17. > :14:21.year and repeated her intention to set up a commission to counter
:14:22. > :14:24.extremism. But while police and emergency services were soon on the
:14:25. > :14:28.scene, there are suggestions that policy makers may have
:14:29. > :14:37.underestimated the threat from far right extremism. The whole counter
:14:38. > :14:41.extremism agenda has focussed on Islamist extremism and we have seen
:14:42. > :14:46.a growing concern around the far right and individuals who adhere to
:14:47. > :14:59.extremist ideologies, but haven't been tackled. Far right extremism in
:15:00. > :15:08.Britain is a growing problem. In 2012 to 2013 172 extremists were
:15:09. > :15:15.referred to police. By 2015 to 16 it has increased. Less is known public
:15:16. > :15:24.about these cases, there isn't the same level of prop gran Da as that
:15:25. > :15:28.put out by Jihadist and there is no international organisation driving
:15:29. > :15:34.it. They're harder to detect. The nature of these incidents, we have a
:15:35. > :15:40.lone individual using rudimentary tools, to launch a terrorist
:15:41. > :15:46.atrocity against a range of targets, if they haven't told anyone it is
:15:47. > :15:54.difficult for the Security Services. Now this will be looked again with
:15:55. > :16:01.earlier assumptions being examined. Tracking far right extremism is the
:16:02. > :16:05.job of the police and counter terrorism. But they're dealing with
:16:06. > :16:09.lone individuals and knowing when they move from violent ideas to
:16:10. > :16:15.action is extremely difficult. Let's return to Finsbury
:16:16. > :16:26.Park and speak to our What is your assessment to night of
:16:27. > :16:32.the way this investigation is coming together and the mood in Finsbury
:16:33. > :16:37.Park? Clearly the police have one suspect at the moment and he is in
:16:38. > :16:42.custody. So far as the mood is concerned, there is no doubt that
:16:43. > :16:44.overnight there was raw anger and even at dawn this morning groups of
:16:45. > :16:50.very angry young man who witnessed the incident were expressing their
:16:51. > :16:56.raids. The mood tonight has moved more towards one of solidarity. It
:16:57. > :17:00.is a mixture of the old, white, working-class community with
:17:01. > :17:03.immigrants from the West Indies and North Africa and more recently
:17:04. > :17:08.middle-class professionals like lawyers and bankers who have lived
:17:09. > :17:12.and moved into the area. This is an area where I will Hamza was in
:17:13. > :17:15.charge at Finsbury Park mosque and they got through that. Theresa May
:17:16. > :17:21.was visiting that mosque today and this feeling of solidarity which has
:17:22. > :17:24.developed through the day is represented by the fact that most of
:17:25. > :17:30.the people who are leaving flowers this evening are not from the Muslim
:17:31. > :17:35.The number of people believed to have died in the Grenfell Tower
:17:36. > :17:37.disaster in west London last week has risen to 79.
:17:38. > :17:40.The Metropolitan Police have warned that they may never be able
:17:41. > :17:47.A minute's silence for the dead was observed at 11 o'clock this
:17:48. > :17:53.The BBC has seen letters which reveal that four government
:17:54. > :17:56.ministers received warnings that fire regulations were not keeping
:17:57. > :17:58.people safe in high-rise blocks like Grenfell Tower.
:17:59. > :18:02.Our home editor Mark Easton has more details.
:18:03. > :18:06.There have been too many days like this.
:18:07. > :18:10.The firefighters of Red Watch, first on the scene last Wednesday,
:18:11. > :18:14.linking arms with others across the United Kingdom,
:18:15. > :18:17.the country pausing to reflect on the Grenfell Tower tragedy,
:18:18. > :18:24.a nation once again standing silently united in grief.
:18:25. > :18:32.And then for Red Watch it was back to their harrowing
:18:33. > :18:37.As the official count of those now presumed to have died
:18:38. > :18:40.in the fire rose to 79, police today confirmed that
:18:41. > :18:44.24-year-old Khadija Saye, 65-year-old Tony Disson
:18:45. > :18:47.and 39-year-old Abutars Ibrahim were among the dead.
:18:48. > :18:52.And tonight it was announced that 52-year-old Khadijah Khalloufi also
:18:53. > :18:59.This was the reaction of firefighters when they raced
:19:00. > :19:06.It emerged tonight that one crew had extinguished the blaze that started
:19:07. > :19:10.the fire and were leaving when it was realised flames
:19:11. > :19:12.were rising up outside the block with a ferocity that
:19:13. > :19:18.I've investigated major crime for most of my service and I've seen
:19:19. > :19:22.some terrible things but I don't think anything prepared me
:19:23. > :19:26.for what I was going to see when I was in there.
:19:27. > :19:29.The Grenfell fire response team, including the Red Cross,
:19:30. > :19:32.London boroughs and Whitehall departments, is now
:19:33. > :19:36.providing financial, physical and psychological support
:19:37. > :19:43.Over ?200,000 in aid has been given out, hotels and estate agents
:19:44. > :19:46.are helping find temporary bed and permanent homes.
:19:47. > :19:52.Is almost as though you have arrived three days too late.
:19:53. > :19:54.The arrangements were not invoked by the Royal Borough of Kensington
:19:55. > :20:01.At that point that is when we can step in.
:20:02. > :20:02.Why didn't they ask for help earlier?
:20:03. > :20:04.That is obviously something that people would want
:20:05. > :20:09.Some residents from evacuated homes next door to Grenfell Tower say
:20:10. > :20:13.they have been told their only option is to return to the flats.
:20:14. > :20:15.One resident, Joe Delaney, says a number of his neighbours
:20:16. > :20:19.are now in homes without hot water and other amenities.
:20:20. > :20:22.Without hot water and with water coming from a tank that is under
:20:23. > :20:26.that charred husk of a tower, yes, that is where we are being
:20:27. > :20:32.The authorities say no one has been forced to move back.
:20:33. > :20:35.The blackened shell of Grenfell Tower stands
:20:36. > :20:38.against the clear blue sky on a summer's day and seems
:20:39. > :20:42.to challenge all those who stand in its shadow to demand answers
:20:43. > :20:45.and to demand justice for the scores of people we now know
:20:46. > :20:55.Tonight a BBC Panorama broadcast details some angry letters sent
:20:56. > :21:00.to government ministers by MPs on a fire safety committee.
:21:01. > :21:06.The MPs say, can we really afford to wait for another tragedy?
:21:07. > :21:09.they complain life safety implications are not
:21:10. > :21:14.And just two months ago they were still warning
:21:15. > :21:17.the government it is now time to listen.
:21:18. > :21:20.The government said tonight that work on new fire regulations
:21:21. > :21:24.was under way with a consultation due this summer, although after
:21:25. > :21:32.the Grenfell Tower tragedy they would reflect on the correct
:21:33. > :21:41.Meanwhile, a criminal investigation is under way with Scotland Yard
:21:42. > :21:45.promising to go wherever the evidence takes them.
:21:46. > :21:51.Where offences have been committed I will do everything within my gift
:21:52. > :21:55.to ensure that those responsible are brought to justice.
:21:56. > :21:58.This evening a silent protest in the shadow of Grenfell Tower
:21:59. > :22:05.from a community that says it hasn't been listened to for far too long.
:22:06. > :22:07.The government has now started to make emergency fund payments
:22:08. > :22:10.to those made homeless by the fire at Grenfell Tower.
:22:11. > :22:13.Ministers say every surviving family will get ?500 pounds in cash
:22:14. > :22:18.Our special correspondent Lucy Manning reports on the impact
:22:19. > :22:20.of the relief effort and the continuing
:22:21. > :22:27.She is called Firdaws, just 12 years old, but those who know her say
:22:28. > :22:34.Firdaws starred in a Comic Relief debate just two months ago.
:22:35. > :22:35.I unrealistically think that poverty is just
:22:36. > :22:38.going to disappear like this, but as Bill Gates said
:22:39. > :22:45.Now Firdaws, her six-year-old brother, 13-year-old brother
:22:46. > :22:48.and parents are feared to have been killed in the fire.
:22:49. > :22:51.There is no doubt that she and the other children all had
:22:52. > :22:56.Sean and Hadil took the children away on activity trips and ran
:22:57. > :23:02.They were very sensible, always asking intelligent questions
:23:03. > :23:10.She was always learning and teaching the younger children
:23:11. > :23:14.and Yahya, the oldest child, absolutely loved football.
:23:15. > :23:17.He was always making jokes, had a brilliant sense of humour.
:23:18. > :23:22.The youngest child, Yaqub, was just a bundle of energy.
:23:23. > :23:24.They could have been alive today but they were neglected
:23:25. > :23:31.So many children lost in this community, a community
:23:32. > :23:37.still struggling to get all the help that it needs.
:23:38. > :23:41.Miguel Alvez lived on the 13th floor of Grenfell and now his home
:23:42. > :23:45.is a room on the 14th floor of a hotel with his
:23:46. > :23:51.They promised me that they will do something in the next
:23:52. > :23:56.So you think you will be in a hotel for three to four weeks?
:23:57. > :23:58.I really don't know but I expect that, yes.
:23:59. > :24:00.So you had to ask the council for help?
:24:01. > :24:04.They didn't come and offer it to you?
:24:05. > :24:09.Miguel's family did receive ?500 from them yesterday,
:24:10. > :24:13.but Miguel is struggling to get new documents and needs his family's
:24:14. > :24:22.Ryan and Tina write a message for six-year-old Yaqub
:24:23. > :24:28.Their mum was happy for them to talk about him.
:24:29. > :24:38.He was so good at handwriting and good at running and scooter bikes.
:24:39. > :24:41.He sounds like a really nice friend so you have good
:24:42. > :24:47.Everyone from the Royal family are keeping on coming and making
:24:48. > :24:54.sure and double checking that everyone in this country
:24:55. > :24:59.And some of the parents here believe their children
:25:00. > :25:09.Twelve months after the United Kingdom voted to leave
:25:10. > :25:12.the European Union the first formal talks to set the terms of departure
:25:13. > :25:20.Michel Barnier, the EU's chief negotiator, said he hoped
:25:21. > :25:23.the talks would be held in a constructive atmosphere.
:25:24. > :25:26.For the UK the Brexit Secretary, David Davis, talked of forging
:25:27. > :25:30.Mr Davis said he'd secure a deal "like no other in history".
:25:31. > :25:38.Our Europe editor Katya Adler is in Brussels with the day's events.
:25:39. > :25:46.Today was just day one of what will now be many rounds of EU - UK Brexit
:25:47. > :25:51.negotiations, but it was a historic day for the UK where many do dream
:25:52. > :25:56.of new beginnings and for the EU as well, which up until now as a union
:25:57. > :25:58.has only grown in size, but today began those exit talks for one of
:25:59. > :26:06.its prized members. Hanging onto that handshake as hard
:26:07. > :26:12.as he could, this was David Davis's show of strength today, the first
:26:13. > :26:17.day of face-to-face Brexit negotiations almost 12 months since
:26:18. > :26:21.the UK voted to leave the EU. I am here in Brussels today like Michel
:26:22. > :26:27.Barnier to begin the next phase of our work, to begin anew, deep and
:26:28. > :26:32.special partnership. Determined to sound confident and upbeat everyone
:26:33. > :26:35.knew the Secretary of State carried British political uncertainty in his
:26:36. > :26:41.back pocket and he knew that they knew. Fast forward through this
:26:42. > :26:45.first day of negotiations were Brexit divorce details like the
:26:46. > :26:48.Irish border, citizens' rights and a possible exit bill were discussed
:26:49. > :26:53.and it became clear that David Davis had given in on what he pledged
:26:54. > :26:58.would be the row of the summer, his demands to talk trade with the EU
:26:59. > :27:02.from the start. There were the closing press conferences at the
:27:03. > :27:06.European Commission, there was one Brexit promise he insisted he was
:27:07. > :27:11.sticking to. Can the EU trust that what you ask for today or tomorrow
:27:12. > :27:15.will eat what you ask for in a few days' time considering the political
:27:16. > :27:20.confusion in the UK? The position has not changed. Because the
:27:21. > :27:24.membership of the single market requires the four freedoms to be
:27:25. > :27:29.obeyed and we want to bring back control of our laws and borders, we
:27:30. > :27:34.will be leaving the single market. He said the UK would leave the
:27:35. > :27:42.European customs union as well. I then Michel Barnier's intentional
:27:43. > :27:46.upbeat mood erupted into this. TRANSLATION: The UK decided to leave
:27:47. > :27:51.the EU, not the other way round, and the consequences are substantial,
:27:52. > :27:57.human, social, financial, legal and political. This is not about
:27:58. > :28:02.punishment and revenge, but do not underestimate those consequences.
:28:03. > :28:08.The two men did agree that this must be an orderly Brexit and this is the
:28:09. > :28:13.EU proposed timetable. Phase one, which began today, focuses on the
:28:14. > :28:18.divorce, the UK and tangling itself from 44 years of EU membership.
:28:19. > :28:24.Brussels hopes to start phase two by the end of this year, sketching out
:28:25. > :28:27.the future relationship, including trade and security cooperation and
:28:28. > :28:32.deciding whether a limited transition agreement would be
:28:33. > :28:38.needed. Phase three before negotiations legally end in March,
:28:39. > :28:42.2019, parliaments in 27 EU countries, the European Parliament
:28:43. > :28:47.and the British Parliament will vote on the final Brexit deal. Time is
:28:48. > :28:52.very tight, which is why the UK wants to talk about trade and its
:28:53. > :28:56.future EU relationship from the word go. Whatever happens, Brexit
:28:57. > :29:03.negotiations will be tough, Peter Mandelson told me. He was EU trade
:29:04. > :29:09.Commissioner for four years. The whole negotiation will be messy,
:29:10. > :29:14.fraught, unhelpful, two from both sides and whilst there will be some
:29:15. > :29:18.give and flexibility, at the end of the day the European Union will
:29:19. > :29:22.negotiate and reach an agreement on the basis of its laws and until
:29:23. > :29:29.people understand that, it will not be within hailing distance of
:29:30. > :29:32.getting that final agreement. David Davis today declared himself a
:29:33. > :29:38.determined optimist, but the EU warned a path to a fair deal for
:29:39. > :29:43.both sides is fraught with risk. Insiders at today's talks insist the
:29:44. > :29:48.mood was positive and constructive, but how much hard bargaining can you
:29:49. > :29:53.do on day one? The UK and the EU both want a good deal, but what is
:29:54. > :29:57.good for one side is not always good for the other and with Brexit so
:29:58. > :30:02.politically sensitive on both sides of the Channel compromises will be
:30:03. > :30:05.hard to reach. Our Europe editor in Brussels.
:30:06. > :30:08.In Portugal emergency workers have been evacuating areas in the path
:30:09. > :30:11.of major forest fires which so far are reported to have claimed
:30:12. > :30:14.Hundreds of firefighters are tackling the fires
:30:15. > :30:17.which are thought to have been started by a lightning
:30:18. > :30:21.Our correspondent James Reynolds has been to the region where relief
:30:22. > :30:27.These are the flames of Portugal's worst disaster for more
:30:28. > :30:37.For a third day here in the centre of the country, forests burn.
:30:38. > :30:42.On Saturday, flames quickly engulfed this road.
:30:43. > :30:46.The fire caught families who'd been trying to drive to safety.
:30:47. > :30:50.It's hard to conceive of their last minutes.
:30:51. > :30:52.Portugal has more forest fires than any other
:30:53. > :30:58.It's had years to make proper preparations,
:30:59. > :31:05.and yet on this road dozens lost their lives in the fire.
:31:06. > :31:09.The village of Nodeirinho watched the fires approach.
:31:10. > :31:15.A dozen residents jumped into this water tank to escape.
:31:16. > :31:20.84-year-old Marta da Conceicao was helped in by her daughter.
:31:21. > :31:24."Oh god, oh god, it was awful", she tells me.
:31:25. > :31:37.The rescue effort continues during a three-day period
:31:38. > :31:42.The country now asks why its most isolated residents
:31:43. > :31:53.James Reynolds, BBC News, central Portugal.
:31:54. > :31:57.The former Play School and Play Away presenter Brian Cant has
:31:58. > :32:11.A mainstay of children's TV throughout the 1960s and 70s he also
:32:12. > :32:13.provided the voiceovers for programmes such
:32:14. > :32:17.Brian Cant had been suffering from Parkinson's Disease
:32:18. > :32:27.There have been many tributes today to a real pioneer of children's
:32:28. > :32:32.The National Gallery of Ireland, home to great masters
:32:33. > :32:33.including Caravaggio, Rembrandt and Goya, has played
:32:34. > :32:37.a leading role in Irish culture for more than 150 years,
:32:38. > :32:39.inspiring giants such as George Bernard Shaw,
:32:40. > :32:45.The Gallery has now reopened after a multi-million pound
:32:46. > :32:47.refurbishment with a spectacular show of the works of the Dutch
:32:48. > :32:52.Our arts editor Will Gompertz has been to Dublin to see the reborn
:32:53. > :32:56.institution said to be at the heart of the nation
:32:57. > :32:59.Finally, having been locked firmly shut for the last
:33:00. > :33:02.six years, the gates to Ireland's National Gallery open
:33:03. > :33:06.once again to reveal what has been a much-needed,
:33:07. > :33:11.We've had the decades of dilapidation, the buckets
:33:12. > :33:15.on the floor, the mouldy paintings and the obvious necessity
:33:16. > :33:20.of improving the gallery and here we are now.
:33:21. > :33:23.It has taken a long time, we have had a whole banking collapse
:33:24. > :33:27.and we have had a huge recession, we have had the literal decimation
:33:28. > :33:31.of all the capital budgets in government and we managed to keep
:33:32. > :33:37.It has been possible to see some of the gallery's masterpieces
:33:38. > :33:40.in the few rooms kept open during the refurbishment but not
:33:41. > :33:43.like this, not in their full glory, where Rubens hangs alongside
:33:44. > :33:47.Rembrandt, next door to a Breugel with a Yeats below
:33:48. > :33:53.We can't tell, no one knows what she is writing
:33:54. > :33:58.but there is a sense of her doing something that matters.
:33:59. > :34:03.Vermeer's famous painting Woman Writing A Letter With Her Maid.
:34:04. > :34:07.More than anything it is about how scarce northern
:34:08. > :34:15.There is a great sense of him withholding, holding in,
:34:16. > :34:18.knowing that what he really wants you to do is move your eye
:34:19. > :34:21.always towards this face, that you are going to move
:34:22. > :34:26.in towards something you cannot know and cannot see,
:34:27. > :34:30.which is her gazing at the words she is making.
:34:31. > :34:33.She will have plenty of company in the weeks ahead in the form
:34:34. > :34:36.of nine other Vermeer paintings that the National Gallery of Ireland
:34:37. > :34:39.has borrowed from museums around the world for a special exhibition
:34:40. > :35:00.Tonight on the day of yet another terror attack we have a
:35:01. > :35:04.behind-the-scenes look at our hospital dealing with a major
:35:05. > :35:05.terrorist incident. It is both moving and uplifting.