:00:00. > :00:00.The White House clarifies President Trump's response
:00:07. > :00:08.to the Charlottesville attack, saying he does condemn
:00:09. > :00:18.A man's been charged with murder after a car was driven
:00:19. > :00:20.into anti-racism protestors, killing one woman and
:00:21. > :00:26.One day on from the violence surrounding the white
:00:27. > :00:27.nationalist rally - the governor of Virginia
:00:28. > :00:39.The political rhetoric in this country has bred bigotry and hatred.
:00:40. > :00:42.We'll be live in Washington with the latest reaction.
:00:43. > :00:46.A joint pledge from the Trade Secretary and the Chancellor -
:00:47. > :00:52.a Brexit transition period will not be a back door to staying in the EU.
:00:53. > :00:54.Painful memories of the violence that surrounded the partition
:00:55. > :00:59.of India and Pakistan - 70 years ago.
:01:00. > :01:02.And two late medals mean Britain's athletes reach their target
:01:03. > :01:26.The White House has defended President Trump's
:01:27. > :01:28.response to the violence in Charlottesville Virginia -
:01:29. > :01:30.after the biggest gathering of white nationalist groups
:01:31. > :01:36.A 20-year old man has now been charged with murder after a car
:01:37. > :01:39.was driven into a woman who was part of a demonstration against
:01:40. > :01:45.After President Trump spoke of violence 'on many sides' -
:01:46. > :01:47.a spokesman clarified today that his condemnation included white
:01:48. > :02:03.Our correspondent Laura Bicker sent this report from Charlottesville.
:02:04. > :02:09.After a violent day of division, Charlottesville has come together to
:02:10. > :02:16.pray, to show that this city condemns the hate brought here by
:02:17. > :02:21.neo-Nazis and white supremacists. The Virginia governor went from roll
:02:22. > :02:25.to roll, hugging worshippers in this Baptist Church, promising to keep
:02:26. > :02:31.policy -- Michael politics out of the pulpit but there was a message
:02:32. > :02:41.you felt he had to give. The political rhetoric in this country
:02:42. > :02:45.today has bred bigotry. Hundreds of white supremacists gathered in the
:02:46. > :02:49.city yesterday for a planned rally. Rolling broke out as far right
:02:50. > :02:53.groups including the Ku Klux Klan were challenged by civil rights
:02:54. > :03:01.activist. The police dispersed the crowd but the day would not end
:03:02. > :03:06.peacefully. A car, at speed, rammed into protesters. The crash killed
:03:07. > :03:11.32-year-old Heather Hier who had fought racism all her life. Police
:03:12. > :03:15.have charged 20-year-old James feels with second-degree murder. One of
:03:16. > :03:22.the organisers of the far right rally try to hold a press conference
:03:23. > :03:29.but he was heckled, almost. I would like to condemn any of the violence
:03:30. > :03:35.that yesterday. I disavow anything that led to folks getting hurt.
:03:36. > :03:41.Shame! Shame! As the crowd shouted him down, he tried to leave. But
:03:42. > :03:47.instead he was forced to flee. Police moved in to keep the
:03:48. > :03:51.protesters back. These people felt that bigotry has no place in the
:03:52. > :03:56.streets of Charlottesville, but this could be any town, any city across
:03:57. > :04:01.America. An example of the simmering racial tension and that has become
:04:02. > :04:05.heightened under President Trump. The President stopped short of
:04:06. > :04:10.explicitly condemning these violent scenes and some fear that having
:04:11. > :04:13.Donald Trump in the White House has emboldened white supremacists. It is
:04:14. > :04:17.important for us to call these people what they are, white
:04:18. > :04:21.supremacist. I don't understand why that is difficult. That is what they
:04:22. > :04:26.are. They are not hiding this behind the statue, they did not come here
:04:27. > :04:33.because of a statue, they came here to fulfil the promise of President
:04:34. > :04:36.Trump and take their country back. Calm has been restored for now,
:04:37. > :04:39.giving the city time to remember those who lost their lives while
:04:40. > :04:40.challenging hate and trying to keep the peace. Laura Bicker,
:04:41. > :04:41.Charlottesville. Jon Sopel our North America Editor
:04:42. > :04:51.is in Washington... What do you make of the political
:04:52. > :04:56.reaction to all of this not least from President Trump himself? It is
:04:57. > :04:59.interesting. All throughout the presidential election campaign
:05:00. > :05:03.Donald Trump as fears in his criticism of Hillary Clinton and
:05:04. > :05:06.Barack Obama for not saying the word radical Islamic terrorism after a
:05:07. > :05:10.terrorist attack in Europe or in the USA and is argument was unless you
:05:11. > :05:15.identified it you cannot solve the problem. On this he has chosen not
:05:16. > :05:18.to say those words and that has brought condemnation across the
:05:19. > :05:22.political spectrum and across the Republican party. The only voice I
:05:23. > :05:27.have heard in support of what he said was from the former head of the
:05:28. > :05:32.Ku Klux Klan. Today we have had some clarification, a banker Trump has
:05:33. > :05:35.tweeted, there should be no place in society for racism, white supremacy
:05:36. > :05:40.or neo-Nazis and the White House itself issued a statement saying of
:05:41. > :05:51.course the President meant to include white supremacist, the KKK
:05:52. > :05:54.and neo-Nazis. It is hard to avoid the conclusion that Donald Trump did
:05:55. > :05:56.not say those words when he is so good as social media himself, that
:05:57. > :05:59.he is choosing not to disavow the far right which played such a big
:06:00. > :05:59.part in his election victory. Thank you.
:06:00. > :06:01.After weeks of public divisions between members
:06:02. > :06:03.of the Cabinet over Brexit, the Chancellor Philip Hammond
:06:04. > :06:06.and the International Trade Secretary Liam Fox have made a joint
:06:07. > :06:08.pledge, saying that a transition period will not be a back door
:06:09. > :06:12.The two have previously put forward opposing views on Brexit.
:06:13. > :06:17.Here's our Political Correspondent Ben Wright.
:06:18. > :06:21.He's the Brexit-loving Trade Secretary itching to do deals,
:06:22. > :06:24.but Liam Fox, seen here in the US last month, has been
:06:25. > :06:32.in a dispute with the man in charge of the economy,
:06:33. > :06:34.Philip Hammond, over what should happen after Britain leaves
:06:35. > :06:40.Writing a joint piece in the Sunday Telegraph,
:06:41. > :06:43.they say there must not be a cliff edge break when Britain leaves
:06:44. > :06:47.They will seek a time-limited transition period with the EU -
:06:48. > :06:52.But during this period, Britain will leave the EU single
:06:53. > :06:58.market and the customs union - a win for Mr Fox.
:06:59. > :07:00.I think it is actually very encouraging because over the last
:07:01. > :07:04.three or four weeks we have seen conflicting signals sent out
:07:05. > :07:07.by various numbers of the Cabinet, and now it does look as if
:07:08. > :07:09.someone has said to Mr Fox and Mr Hammond,
:07:10. > :07:13.The customs union sets EU-wide import tariffs.
:07:14. > :07:19.The single market allows free trade and the movement of people.
:07:20. > :07:22.Ministers say the UK can leave both while still giving business
:07:23. > :07:26.confidence during our departure from the EU.
:07:27. > :07:29.It sounds worryingly to me as if the price Philip Hammond has
:07:30. > :07:32.had to pay for a transitional arrangement has been to sign up
:07:33. > :07:34.to us leaving the single market and the customs union.
:07:35. > :07:37.I think that is a dreadful mistake for the future
:07:38. > :07:43.of our economy, for jobs, and prosperity in Britain.
:07:44. > :07:46.It's in Brussels all this will have to be hammered out.
:07:47. > :07:49.The EU insists progress must be made on sorting out the terms
:07:50. > :07:50.of the divorce before the UK's future relationship
:07:51. > :07:56.And one issue the EU wants clarity on is how the border
:07:57. > :07:58.between Northern Ireland and the Republic
:07:59. > :08:03.This week the government will publish its formal
:08:04. > :08:05.position paper on the issue, expected to include
:08:06. > :08:07.plans to give Irish citizens the right to move
:08:08. > :08:14.This week, ministers will also set out their thinking on how
:08:15. > :08:16.a new customs arrangement with the EU could work,
:08:17. > :08:18.and more position papers will follow in a clear effort
:08:19. > :08:20.to scotch criticism that ministers are divided
:08:21. > :08:28.It is also intended to put pressure on Brussels
:08:29. > :08:31.to crack on with talking about Britain's future
:08:32. > :08:33.relationship with the EU sooner rather than later.
:08:34. > :08:39.Kenya's defeated opposition leader, Raila Odinga,
:08:40. > :08:41.has urged his supporters to boycott work tomorrow following
:08:42. > :08:43.the disputed results of the presidential election.
:08:44. > :08:45.Mr Odinga made his first appearance in public since the ballot
:08:46. > :08:51.are said to have been killed since the result was declared -
:08:52. > :09:01.international observers have described the poll as free and fair.
:09:02. > :09:03.Learner drivers are to be allowed onto motorways in England,
:09:04. > :09:05.Scotland and Wales for the first time next year.
:09:06. > :09:08.They'll need to be accompanied by an approved instructor
:09:09. > :09:12.The government hopes the change of rules will mean drivers will be
:09:13. > :09:14.better prepared to drive on motorways on their own,
:09:15. > :09:23.They can be daunting for young motorists.
:09:24. > :09:26.Driving at speed, surrounded by bigger vehicles.
:09:27. > :09:32.From next year, learners will get motorway lessons.
:09:33. > :09:35.Sean Curley passed his driving test six weeks ago.
:09:36. > :09:43.It took him a further two weeks to brave a motorway on his own.
:09:44. > :09:48.You're going to have to move over to the right,
:09:49. > :09:51.and there's cars going 70 miles an hour, sometimes faster,
:09:52. > :09:52.and you've not experienced anything like it.
:09:53. > :09:57.Young drivers are much more likely to crash than older motorists.
:09:58. > :10:01.1.5% of UK licence holders are under 19, but that age group is involved
:10:02. > :10:10.In general, young drivers are seven times more likely
:10:11. > :10:16.If you're a motorist like me, I'd much rather have somebody next
:10:17. > :10:19.to me on a motorway who's been taught how to drive on a motorway
:10:20. > :10:22.than somebody who's just left the test centre and driven straight
:10:23. > :10:24.down onto a motorway for the first time.
:10:25. > :10:26.I think this is something that will mean a safer
:10:27. > :10:29.There will be strict rules for learner drivers on motorways.
:10:30. > :10:32.They will have to have an approved driving instructor with them,
:10:33. > :10:35.and they must be in a dual controlled car, where the instructor
:10:36. > :10:38.Some road safety groups believe the motorway lesson
:10:39. > :10:40.should be compulsory, but only once you've
:10:41. > :10:45.There is, though, widespread support for this change to the rules.
:10:46. > :10:51.This is all about making it a controlled environment,
:10:52. > :10:54.making sure that nothing can go wrong, or if anything does go wrong,
:10:55. > :10:57.there is a fully qualified and fully trained professional next to them
:10:58. > :10:59.that can help guide them through those situations.
:11:00. > :11:01.Not the type of thing I would maybe recommend for
:11:02. > :11:16.It's additional training to make new motorists drive
:11:17. > :11:28.After the final day of the World Athletics Championships -
:11:29. > :11:31.so with news of that and all the sport -
:11:32. > :11:33.let's join Olly Foster at the London Stadium.
:11:34. > :11:37.Ten days of competition is now over here at these Championships,
:11:38. > :11:39.Great Britain won two more relay medals tonight, and they have
:11:40. > :11:47.Here's our sports correspondent, Natalie Pirks.
:11:48. > :11:50.The smiles of Britain's young relay quartet were infectious.
:11:51. > :11:53.It might not be the anthem everyone expected to hear,
:11:54. > :11:58.but on a balmy summer's evening, it sounded just perfect.
:11:59. > :12:03.The future Queen of British athletics is touted as Laura Muir.
:12:04. > :12:06.Tonight, she was in the 5,000 metre final -
:12:07. > :12:09.an unfamiliar distance for her - along with Eilish McColgan.
:12:10. > :12:12.A stunning sprint finish by Kenya's Hellen Obiri
:12:13. > :12:31.Well, that was always going to be a big ask for Laura and Eilish,
:12:32. > :12:33.but there are more medal opportunities for Britain tonight.
:12:34. > :12:37.Could they be about to hit a target that before yesterday had looked
:12:38. > :12:40.Britain took Olympic bronze in the 4x400 metres
:12:41. > :12:43.The USA, though, would take some beating here.
:12:44. > :12:45.But when Jamaica's injury curse struck yet again...
:12:46. > :12:47.COMMENTATOR: And Jamaica have pulled up.
:12:48. > :12:56.The USA won by a country mile, but Emily Diamond brought it home.
:12:57. > :12:58.And, hanging on for silver, Emily Diamond takes it.
:12:59. > :13:00.It was Britain's seventh successive world medal in the event,
:13:01. > :13:05.One more medal was all it would take to ensure that Britain
:13:06. > :13:16.The men's 4x400 relay was the final event of the championships.
:13:17. > :13:18."R-o-o-o-ney" goes up the cry from the crowd!
:13:19. > :13:20.Martyn Rooney ensured the bronze would be theirs.
:13:21. > :13:25.In the end, though, it doesn't matter how it comes.
:13:26. > :13:42.Natalie Pirks, BBC News, at the London Stadium.
:13:43. > :13:44.With record ticket sales, these championships have been
:13:45. > :13:46.hailed a huge success, and will help repair athletics'
:13:47. > :13:47.image after a series of doping scandals.
:13:48. > :13:50.But the sport also moves on without two of its greatest stars.
:13:51. > :13:56.He may not have been competing, but this evening, Usain Bolt
:13:57. > :13:59.The legendary sprinter afforded a lap of honour,
:14:00. > :14:01.as athletics said goodbye to its greatest star.
:14:02. > :14:03.Last night, however, the Jamaican had been upstaged
:14:04. > :14:05.by a remarkable performance from the British men's
:14:06. > :14:20.A victory that is still not sinking in.
:14:21. > :14:22.We've all dreamt of this, since we came to the sport
:14:23. > :14:25.we want to be the best at and we are and it's just very
:14:26. > :14:29.surreal and I just have to pinch myself that this is the reality
:14:30. > :14:32.Watching on, the women's sprint relay team whose silver also helped
:14:33. > :14:34.transform the hosts' Championships after days of near misses.
:14:35. > :14:37.The head of British Athletics says the sport has new-found belief.
:14:38. > :14:40.The real issue is have we got the underlying talent to take
:14:41. > :14:42.us into the next age of British athletics?
:14:43. > :14:47.I think what people have seen this week is we absolutely have.
:14:48. > :14:50.Mo Farah has provided many enduring images.
:14:51. > :14:52.This morning no exception, despite a silver in his
:14:53. > :14:58.His links with coach Alberto Salazar, who is under
:14:59. > :14:59.investigation by US anti-doping authorities, means Farah's legacy
:15:00. > :15:02.is not without controversy and today he reacted angrily
:15:03. > :15:08.If I have crossed the line or Alberto has crossed the line
:15:09. > :15:11.and something is done, then why can't it be done?
:15:12. > :15:13.Why do we keep bringing year after year in the headlines?
:15:14. > :15:19.I achieved what I have achieved and then you try to destroy it.
:15:20. > :15:21.Controversy was never far away at these championships.
:15:22. > :15:24.With athletics trying to recover from a doping scandal,
:15:25. > :15:27.superstar Usain Bolt was beaten in his farewell 100 metres
:15:28. > :15:32.An outbreak of illness at the team hotel saw sprinter Isaac Kuala then
:15:33. > :15:34.dramatically prevented from racing before being allowed to compete
:15:35. > :15:37.via an individual time trial, but the saddest sight was that
:15:38. > :15:40.of the legendary Bolt in his final appearance, the relay,
:15:41. > :15:48.denied cruelly once again, this time through injury.
:15:49. > :15:51.I remember after losing the 100 metres someone said
:15:52. > :15:53.to me, don't worry, Muhammad Ali lost his last fight
:15:54. > :15:55.also, so don't be stressed about that, and for me
:15:56. > :16:06.This has looked and felt like London 2012 and as with the Olympics
:16:07. > :16:08.here five years ago, there have been sell-out crowds,
:16:09. > :16:11.proof once again that when it comes to major sports events British
:16:12. > :16:13.enthusiasm remains undimmed and at a time when athletics
:16:14. > :16:16.is facing a challenge to remain as relevant as it once was,
:16:17. > :16:23.London has come to the rescue of the sport.
:16:24. > :16:25.The sport has got to be on its bended knees saying thank
:16:26. > :16:30.you, you have done something no other city could have done.
:16:31. > :16:32.As athletics tries to look forward, London 2017
:16:33. > :16:34.marks the end of an era, the changing of the guard,
:16:35. > :16:36.the championships that refused to follow the script.
:16:37. > :16:45.The world Championships are over here; in Ireland,
:16:46. > :16:47.the Women's Rugby World Cup continues.
:16:48. > :16:50.The hosts came from 14-nil down to beat Japan 24-14 so they can
:16:51. > :16:53.Wales can't, after losing to Canada ...
:16:54. > :16:57.And defending champions England had another 10-try victory,
:16:58. > :17:03.They top their pool with one round of games to go before
:17:04. > :17:07.the semi-finals which will be held in Belfast.
:17:08. > :17:10.That's just about all from here, the BBC Sport website has highlights
:17:11. > :17:13.of these championships and plenty of other sports news today including
:17:14. > :17:24.2 results from the Premier League, back to you Mishal.
:17:25. > :17:27.This week - India and Pakistan mark 70 years
:17:28. > :17:29.of independence from Britain - a moment of freedom that came
:17:30. > :17:35.amid one of the largest mass migrations the world has ever seen.
:17:36. > :17:37.The Muslim-majority state of Pakistan was created to both
:17:38. > :17:40.the west and the east of India, with Muslims travelling in one
:17:41. > :17:44.direction, Hindus and Sikhs in the other.
:17:45. > :17:47.Around 12 million people are thought to fled the violence that
:17:48. > :17:50.erupted, with communities targeting each other.
:17:51. > :17:52.A million people are thought to have died .
:17:53. > :17:56.Many South Asians who came to Britain in the years
:17:57. > :17:58.after independence were from places affected by the partition.
:17:59. > :18:00.Seven decades on - they've been telling
:18:01. > :18:07.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE: And all the time, the bloodshed goes on.
:18:08. > :18:09.As the new dominions of Pakistan and India take
:18:10. > :18:13.When British India was divided along religious lines,
:18:14. > :18:16.people who'd lived side by side for centuries soon found themselves
:18:17. > :18:24.They fled in their millions across the new borders.
:18:25. > :18:27.Throughout this vast land, Hindus and Muslims seek safety
:18:28. > :18:35.70 years ago, his family fled Pakistan for India.
:18:36. > :18:40.He left his home and his first love, Yasmine.
:18:41. > :18:50.I used to tell her like, putting my hands like this
:18:51. > :18:58.against the moon, "One day I'll give you this moon."
:18:59. > :19:08.That parting of each other was most, I would say, unbearable.
:19:09. > :19:11.She was crying, I was crying, and we hold the hand
:19:12. > :19:21.And slowly, slowly, slowly, we left each other.
:19:22. > :19:30.I could see that she is looking at me, til that end.
:19:31. > :19:33.One day we were quite happy, and in the evening, we were made
:19:34. > :19:39.Harchet Bains was 11 years old and living
:19:40. > :19:45.His family no longer felt safe in Muslim-majority Pakistani,
:19:46. > :19:52.and travelled by foot in a line to India.
:19:53. > :19:57.It became bigger and bigger as we walked along, because other
:19:58. > :20:07.I remember the Army men telling us, be close together.
:20:08. > :20:14.People are killing other people, so be very, very vigilant.
:20:15. > :20:16.Fleeing from their looted, bloodstained towns comes
:20:17. > :20:21.a new exodus, a million displaced persons...
:20:22. > :20:23.Moving in the other direction was Khurshid Sultana,
:20:24. > :20:29.She was from Delhi, where Muslims like her were being targeted.
:20:30. > :20:35.She left for Pakistan with nothing but the clothes on her back.
:20:36. > :20:38.One day in her new home she received a letter from her two best
:20:39. > :20:41.school friends in Delhi, both Hindu girls.
:20:42. > :20:44.They wrote me a letter about my Muslim friend who was with me,
:20:45. > :20:54.She was raped and somebody married her, and I think
:20:55. > :21:03.And it was a teacher, actually, in the school.
:21:04. > :21:06.But it's shocking that it was a teacher at the school
:21:07. > :21:12.I know the people living all your life, like brothers
:21:13. > :21:22.Tens of thousands of women were raped and abducted during this
:21:23. > :21:30.Decades after Raj left his childhood home and his first love,
:21:31. > :21:37.The first thing I did, I took the dust from the ground
:21:38. > :21:43.and kissed it, put it on my forehead.
:21:44. > :21:46.I brought these two stones as a memory, as if I'm
:21:47. > :21:53.still connected with my soil, my birthplace.
:21:54. > :22:04.70 years after partition, she still hasn't returned to India.
:22:05. > :22:08.Why? What are you afraid of?
:22:09. > :22:15.I'm still scared the people might kill me.
:22:16. > :22:17.Harchet lives in Hertfordshire, and is still affected
:22:18. > :22:24.It was a great tragedy, and we didn't like being friends one
:22:25. > :22:30.Although we got independence, they said, we are independent now.
:22:31. > :22:38.But what good it was when you have lost everything?
:22:39. > :22:40.And we'll have coverage from Pakistan and India on partition
:22:41. > :22:47.You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.
:22:48. > :22:55.That's all from me, stay with us on BBC1.