:00:00. > :00:00.Tonight at 10: The Government wants business as usual
:00:00. > :00:09.on the Irish border, after Britain leaves the EU.
:00:10. > :00:12.The Prime Minister says people and goods should be able to cross
:00:13. > :00:15.between north and south as they do now.
:00:16. > :00:18.We do want to ensure that we don't see a return
:00:19. > :00:24.to the borders of the past, we don't see a return to a hard border.
:00:25. > :00:26.We'll ask whether the Government's plans are achievable.
:00:27. > :00:28.Republicans, including two former Presidents,
:00:29. > :00:30.join the condemnation of Donald Trump for his handling
:00:31. > :00:37.Unemployment falls to the lowest level in 40 years -
:00:38. > :00:42.but average earnings still lag behind inflation.
:00:43. > :00:44.Also tonight, the BBC talks to child soldiers
:00:45. > :00:51.trained by so-called Islamic State - and now living in Europe.
:00:52. > :00:55.And, as her film about civil unrest 50 years ago opens,
:00:56. > :00:57.Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow tells us race relations in America
:00:58. > :01:05.Until there's a meaningful conversation about race in America,
:01:06. > :01:13.I'm worried that these events will keep happening.
:01:14. > :01:16.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: Celtic try to make
:01:17. > :01:44.the Champions League group stage for a second season in a row.
:01:45. > :01:47.After Britain leaves the EU, people and goods should be able
:01:48. > :01:50.to move freely across the border between the Irish Republic
:01:51. > :01:54.and Northern Ireland, much as they do today.
:01:55. > :01:58.That's the government's ambition outlined in a paper published today.
:01:59. > :02:02.Ministers says they want no return to checkpoints and border posts.
:02:03. > :02:07.At the moment there are about 110 million border crossings every year.
:02:08. > :02:09.Northern Ireland exports ?2.4 billion worth of goods south of the
:02:10. > :02:13.border, that's nearly a third of all its exports,
:02:14. > :02:20.Critics of today's proposals say they lack credible detail -
:02:21. > :02:24.and have raised concerns that an open border could
:02:25. > :02:28.become a back-door for immigration from the EU.
:02:29. > :02:29.Our Ireland correspondent Chris Buckler reports
:02:30. > :02:38.For more than 300 miles, crossing fields and bridges,
:02:39. > :02:40.roads and rivers, there is a political dividing line
:02:41. > :02:47.But it is a border that currently cannot be seen, and many want
:02:48. > :02:51.Soft toys and cushions are the latest protest
:02:52. > :02:54.against what's been called a hard Brexit.
:02:55. > :02:57.Where some kind of barriers could divide towns like Belcoo
:02:58. > :03:06.bridge and people in areas like this have jobs,
:03:07. > :03:12.businesses and friends that require them to cross this border regularly.
:03:13. > :03:15.I cross this border quite easily 15, 20 times a day,
:03:16. > :03:19.moving goods sometimes, sometimes just to manage staff,
:03:20. > :03:23.meet different people, whatever is involved in daily work.
:03:24. > :03:26.If there is any sort of checks that slow that down or anything else,
:03:27. > :03:29.it is going to create a lot of logistical difficulties.
:03:30. > :03:32.The Government doesn't want to return to the days when border huts
:03:33. > :03:34.and customs posts marked where Northern Ireland
:03:35. > :03:39.This position paper seemed to dismiss the idea
:03:40. > :03:47.And ministers say they are determined to protect
:03:48. > :03:54.Allowing the free movement of people across Ireland and Britain.
:03:55. > :03:57.Ideas and aspirations that will be welcomed beyond these
:03:58. > :04:00.islands and Brussels, but ones which raise political
:04:01. > :04:02.and practical difficulties, with claims that it could allow
:04:03. > :04:07.a back door for people to get into the UK.
:04:08. > :04:09.We do want to ensure that we don't see a return
:04:10. > :04:13.to the borders of the past, we don't see a return to a hard
:04:14. > :04:15.border and that we are able to ensure that the
:04:16. > :04:19.and people between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is able
:04:20. > :04:25.Some have raised doubts about the UK's ability to forge
:04:26. > :04:28.trade deals with other countries if it agrees to meet the EU's
:04:29. > :04:40.And if a customs deal cannot be agreed with the EU,
:04:41. > :04:43.there are questions about what will happen to the billions of pounds
:04:44. > :04:45.of trade carried along these busy border roads.
:04:46. > :04:47.The British Government believes technology and online declarations
:04:48. > :04:52.could be used to monitor goods carried by bigger firms.
:04:53. > :04:54.But there are concerns about smuggling, and the Irish
:04:55. > :05:01.I don't believe the island of Ireland issues will be resolved
:05:02. > :05:03.through technology and I think this paper probably also accepts that,
:05:04. > :05:07.which is a step forward and I welcome that.
:05:08. > :05:10.It does leave you wondering what the border is going to look
:05:11. > :05:12.like and if you are outside of the customs union
:05:13. > :05:18.We are no clearer as to knowing what that is going to be, are we?
:05:19. > :05:22.That is because the negotiation now needs to take place.
:05:23. > :05:26.And there is a will to find solutions in those negotiations,
:05:27. > :05:28.because tied up with the politics and practicalities are concerns
:05:29. > :05:33.about the potential impact of peace and prosperity at this,
:05:34. > :05:36.what is currently the softest of borders.
:05:37. > :05:41.In a moment we'll talk to our political correspondent
:05:42. > :05:44.Alex Forsyth in Westminster, but first to Chris Buckler
:05:45. > :05:57.Chris, we have heard plenty from politicians today, what is your
:05:58. > :06:01.assessment of what people really want here? I think people who live
:06:02. > :06:05.close to this border will share many of the sentiments and thoughts in
:06:06. > :06:10.this report. The idea that they don't want barriers, they don't want
:06:11. > :06:13.anything that would get in the way of open roads. But you get the
:06:14. > :06:18.impression that a lot of that will depend on the wider Brexit deal. At
:06:19. > :06:24.the moment you get the idea that beyond the principles ministers are
:06:25. > :06:27.struggling to explain exactly how all of this would work in practice.
:06:28. > :06:31.However, looking at the detail there is a recognition of how important it
:06:32. > :06:36.is to this part of the UK, partly because of Northern Ireland's land
:06:37. > :06:39.border with the Republic, and the EU state, also because of the past. In
:06:40. > :06:43.it they have said time and again there needs to be protection of the
:06:44. > :06:47.Good Friday Agreement and the years of political progress. That is
:06:48. > :06:50.probably particularly true given there is no power-sharing Government
:06:51. > :06:55.at Stormont because of disputes between the two big parties. They
:06:56. > :06:59.don't agree on an awful lot, including bricks -- Brexit and the
:07:00. > :07:05.position paper. The Democratic Unionist Party welcomes the report,
:07:06. > :07:08.saying it is a constructive step, but Sinn Fein has described it as a
:07:09. > :07:12.cynical bargaining chip, the peace process is cynical bargaining chip
:07:13. > :07:18.in the negotiation with the EU. You might not be able to see it, but
:07:19. > :07:22.this border is certainly political. Alex is in Westminster. Is there a
:07:23. > :07:25.sense in which these proposals raise rather more questions than answers?
:07:26. > :07:33.The Government has been accused of a lack of clarity and confusion over
:07:34. > :07:37.its report into Brexit, and it says it has a vision. I am told the
:07:38. > :07:41.reporter on the island of Ireland was not meant to be a technical
:07:42. > :07:45.blueprint but a broad statement of principle. On the commitment to no
:07:46. > :07:50.hard border there is alignment between the UK and the EU, but there
:07:51. > :07:55.is scepticism about how that can work in practice. There is concern
:07:56. > :07:58.too about whether it would allow the Government to deliver on the
:07:59. > :08:07.referendum result, because a key plank of the Leave campaign was
:08:08. > :08:09.about taking back control of UK borders, and there are some concern
:08:10. > :08:12.that people can travel between Ireland and the UK without extra
:08:13. > :08:18.border checks, it could leave a back open TEU emigration. We expect more
:08:19. > :08:21.detail about Government plans for its immigration policy post Brexit,
:08:22. > :08:26.and this is subject to negotiation with the European Union. The
:08:27. > :08:29.Government says at the moment that it is about principles, the clarity
:08:30. > :08:33.offered today has been welcomed but there is no certainty about the
:08:34. > :08:39.day-to-day reality of life after Brexit or even if the Government can
:08:40. > :08:43.get agreement on that period in Westminster, let alone Dublin,
:08:44. > :08:46.Belfast and Brussels. Thank you, Alex Forsyth and Chris Buckler.
:08:47. > :08:48.Condemnation of President Trump is growing, after his comments
:08:49. > :08:50.blaming all sides for the deadly violence in Charlottesville,
:08:51. > :08:55.Two former Republican Presidents, George Bush, and his son
:08:56. > :08:58.George W Bush, have released a joint statement, calling on the American
:08:59. > :08:59.people to reject racial bigotry, anti-Semitism,
:09:00. > :09:07.One woman was killed and 19 people were wounded
:09:08. > :09:13.Our North America editor Jon Sopel reports.
:09:14. > :09:18.The memorial service for Heather Heyer, an anti-racism
:09:19. > :09:20.protestor mown down by a white supremacist in
:09:21. > :09:27.But far from this being an occasion when a nation comes together,
:09:28. > :09:30.America seems more bitterly divided than ever.
:09:31. > :09:34.They tried to kill my child to shut her up.
:09:35. > :09:45.This was Charlottesville on Friday night - racist groups chanting "Jews
:09:46. > :09:48.will not replace us," carrying Ku Klux Klan style torches and also
:09:49. > :09:57.marching to the slogan "White Lives Matter."
:09:58. > :10:02.Yesterday, the President blamed both sides for the violence that ensued.
:10:03. > :10:06.You had a group on one side and you had a group on the other
:10:07. > :10:08.and they came at each other with clubs and it was vicious
:10:09. > :10:11.and it was horrible and it was a horrible
:10:12. > :10:16.There was a group on this side - you can call them the left,
:10:17. > :10:19.you have just called them the left - that came violently
:10:20. > :10:21.attacking the other group, so you can say what you want,
:10:22. > :10:29.It is true there was violence on both sides.
:10:30. > :10:32.But the race hate protesters had come tooled up for trouble.
:10:33. > :10:38.This is not the Army, but a right-wing militia that turned
:10:39. > :10:44.Most had clubs, helmets and shields with white supremacist insignia.
:10:45. > :10:46.The anti-racism demonstrators were not organised, they were mostly
:10:47. > :10:53.local people among whom a small core had come to fight.
:10:54. > :10:59.But Donald Trump seeming to draw a moral equivalence
:11:00. > :11:00.between swastika-carrying neo-Nazis and anti-racism protesters has
:11:01. > :11:17.The senior Republican Paul Ryan tweeting...
:11:18. > :11:19.The only significant voice of support last night came
:11:20. > :11:22.from the former leader of the Ku Klux Klan,
:11:23. > :11:35.There is reported to be deep unhappiness among some senior
:11:36. > :11:39.White House staff over the President's comments.
:11:40. > :11:42.He had not been due to say anything and significantly,
:11:43. > :11:45.a new intervention - this time from two the former living
:11:46. > :11:51.Republican presidents George HW Bush and George W Bush -
:11:52. > :11:57.saying there is no room for bigotry or anti-Semitism in today's America.
:11:58. > :12:00.Donald Trump left New York today to resume his hardly quiet
:12:01. > :12:06.More isolated from the political and business establishment
:12:07. > :12:13.than at any time since he took office.
:12:14. > :12:19.It's not just political opposition, now a number of business leaders
:12:20. > :12:25.saying tonight they want nothing to do with him?
:12:26. > :12:31.Dramatic developments, when Donald Trump became president of one of the
:12:32. > :12:34.first things he did was to set a two bodies, want to advise him on
:12:35. > :12:39.manufacturing and the other to advise him on business in general.
:12:40. > :12:43.They had the cream of the CEOs of this country, they were the good and
:12:44. > :12:47.the great. After Saturday the President's comments in
:12:48. > :12:51.Charlottesville, one by one a trickle became a flood and more and
:12:52. > :12:52.more started to resign, then this lunchtime it started to emerge that
:12:53. > :13:11.maybe the advisory body was to disband itself in
:13:12. > :13:14.protest at what the president had done. This is a president who used
:13:15. > :13:16.to be the host of the Apprentice, he does not get fired, he fires, so he
:13:17. > :13:19.disbanded both of these industry bodies at a stroke saying I do not
:13:20. > :13:22.want anything more to do with you. It is a fundamental breach with the
:13:23. > :13:24.business community at a time when Donald Trump wants to achieve tax
:13:25. > :13:27.reform, greater infrastructure spending. Isn't everyone wailing in
:13:28. > :13:33.the White House over this? Probably not. Yes, the globalists are
:13:34. > :13:38.probably very unhappy at the turn of events. But the Nationalists and
:13:39. > :13:42.populists in the White House are probably quietly cheering all that
:13:43. > :13:44.has unfolded over the past few days. It is a sign of the dysfunction
:13:45. > :13:49.within Donald Trump's White House. The number of people out of work
:13:50. > :13:55.in the UK is now at its lowest level There's also been a slight rise
:13:56. > :13:58.in average earnings. Our economics correspondent Andy
:13:59. > :14:01.Verity is here with the details. Yes - if you look at the total
:14:02. > :14:05.number of unemployed people - Part of the reason it's
:14:06. > :14:10.such a low rate - 4.4% - is because it's a smaller
:14:11. > :14:12.and smaller percentage of an ever-growing workforce -
:14:13. > :14:17.32.1 million people. Now with the unemployment rate
:14:18. > :14:19.that low - in theory wages should take off -
:14:20. > :14:22.because employers need to pay more to attract staff and workers have
:14:23. > :14:24.greater bargaining power. Pay rises did improve slightly -
:14:25. > :14:33.the average was 2.1%. But we used to take it
:14:34. > :14:36.for granted that pay would rise That changed in the wake
:14:37. > :14:39.of the financial crisis, when pay rises - that's the blue
:14:40. > :14:42.line here - fell behind price rises But this year they flopped back
:14:43. > :14:53.again below inflation. In spite of low unemployment,
:14:54. > :14:55.earnings in real terms The paradox is we've got super-low
:14:56. > :15:03.unemployment right down to the level that would normally cause
:15:04. > :15:05.an acceleration of wages, It's not happening here and it's not
:15:06. > :15:11.happening in any country in the developed world,
:15:12. > :15:16.even with low unemployment. For companies like this
:15:17. > :15:19.upmarket motorbike maker, the tight labour market won't be
:15:20. > :15:23.solved by offering higher pay. It simply can't find enough skilled
:15:24. > :15:27.staff to meet demand for the bikes. At the moment, I can't drive
:15:28. > :15:30.the growth as fast as we're able - bizarrely, not because of models
:15:31. > :15:34.or orders or finance, but people. And it's super frustrating
:15:35. > :15:39.that we can't get the skilled staff to come in and take advantage
:15:40. > :15:44.of the orders that we have. Companies used to be able to afford
:15:45. > :15:46.inflation-beating pay rises because every year,
:15:47. > :15:48.each worker produced a little bit more per hour,
:15:49. > :15:51.helped by investment in new technology,
:15:52. > :15:54.training and skills. But that growth in productivity has
:15:55. > :16:00.been absent in 2017. Today's figures also show something
:16:01. > :16:02.interesting about the flow 3.56 million people working
:16:03. > :16:10.in the UK are non-UK nationals. That number is still rising -
:16:11. > :16:13.but not as quickly as it has been. In the first three months
:16:14. > :16:17.of the year it grew by 207,000 But in the second quarter it
:16:18. > :16:24.went up by just 109,000. A brief look at some
:16:25. > :16:35.of the day's other news stories. The Labour MP Sarah Champion has
:16:36. > :16:37.resigned as shadow equalities minister, after apologising for an
:16:38. > :16:39.article In the article she wrote that,
:16:40. > :16:45."Britain has a problem with British Pakistani men raping
:16:46. > :16:48.and exploiting white girls." The MP for Rotherham said she used
:16:49. > :16:55.an extremely poor choice of words. Tens of thousands of people have
:16:56. > :16:57.greeted the HMS Queen Elizabeth as she sailed into her home port
:16:58. > :17:00.of Portsmouth for the first time The 65,000 tonne ship,
:17:01. > :17:04.which took eight years to build, is the Royal Navy's largest
:17:05. > :17:08.ever surface warship. It can't currently deploy planes,
:17:09. > :17:10.but flying trials are due A group of robbers used
:17:11. > :17:16.sledgehammers to smash their way into a London
:17:17. > :17:19.jewellers this morning. Footage captured the men leaving
:17:20. > :17:23.the shop and escaping on mopeds. Scotland Yard said nobody
:17:24. > :17:25.was injured in the raid. A week of national mourning has
:17:26. > :17:33.begun in Sierra Leone, in the wake of the flooding
:17:34. > :17:35.and mudslides that claimed many hundreds of lives
:17:36. > :17:39.near the capital, Freetown. Officials say more than 100 children
:17:40. > :17:42.are among the 400 people who are known to have died when part
:17:43. > :17:45.of a mountain collapsed And at least 600 people
:17:46. > :17:50.are still missing. From Freetown, Martin
:17:51. > :17:55.Patience reports. In Freetown the ambulances
:17:56. > :17:58.are rushing not to the hospital They are ferrying the dead -
:17:59. > :18:08.victims buried alive by a landslide. The relatives wait outside
:18:09. > :18:11.to collect their bodies. Daniel wasn't home
:18:12. > :18:30.when disaster struck. But he tells me six members
:18:31. > :18:33.of his family are dead, The grief and anger
:18:34. > :18:44.is tangible here. This is a nation mourning
:18:45. > :18:47.the loss of hundreds. And rescue workers say that
:18:48. > :18:50.authorities are hampering This gaping scar was
:18:51. > :19:00.once a neighbourhood. It's the scene of a recovery
:19:01. > :19:07.operation on the hoof. Diggers have been drafted
:19:08. > :19:11.in but there are no sniffer dogs, The fear is disease could
:19:12. > :19:17.spread unless hundreds A trickle of aid is getting
:19:18. > :19:24.through but many, like So-called Islamic State
:19:25. > :19:41.is collapsing in the Middle East and attention is turning to fighters
:19:42. > :19:44.returning home, It's believed at least
:19:45. > :19:49.2,000 children have gone The group calls its child
:19:50. > :19:54.soldiers the Lion Cubs. The BBC has discovered that some
:19:55. > :19:58.of these boys and young men are now living in Europe -
:19:59. > :20:00.with the authorities Our Middle East correspondent
:20:01. > :20:05.Quentin Sommerville reports on how IS cultivated, controlled and
:20:06. > :20:13.sent children into battle. This is childhood in
:20:14. > :20:17.the so-called Islamic State. This footage, filmed secretly
:20:18. > :20:21.in Raqqa and passed to the BBC, is of what IS calls the cubs
:20:22. > :20:25.of the caliphate. They are child soldiers,
:20:26. > :20:29.barely teenagers. Clumsy and armed to the teeth,
:20:30. > :20:32.there are guns are almost Even as IS is collapsing,
:20:33. > :20:41.it's investing in its future. This is where the IS war machine
:20:42. > :20:56.suffered its biggest defeat, Here, the fighters
:20:57. > :21:00.honed their skills. Imagine fighting in this
:21:01. > :21:06.and then surviving. Well, some did, some escaped,
:21:07. > :21:11.and some have made it to Europe. We travelled to Belgium,
:21:12. > :21:15.and there we met Ahmed. TRANSLATION: They taught me how
:21:16. > :21:24.to use a Kalashnikov. They would keep talking
:21:25. > :21:28.about martyrdom operations. I was brainwashed,
:21:29. > :21:31.and I believed it. I told my family, you can't
:21:32. > :21:34.change my thoughts, and no matter what you do,
:21:35. > :21:37.I'm going to stay. He became disillusioned
:21:38. > :21:39.with IS and escaped first The authorities here don't
:21:40. > :21:47.know about his past. TRANSLATION: They were my enemies,
:21:48. > :21:50.now I'm living among them. They've received me
:21:51. > :21:54.and looked after me. When all this happened,
:21:55. > :21:57.I started to hate my entire past We travelled to Germany,
:21:58. > :22:11.where we met Moutassem. Again, his youth means
:22:12. > :22:13.his IS membership has He was one of many
:22:14. > :22:20.groomed by the group. TRANSLATION: They would give
:22:21. > :22:23.us whatever we wanted, and they would tell us
:22:24. > :22:25.that we are the best, that we are right and all the others
:22:26. > :22:29.are wrong and must fear us. They would also allow us to carry
:22:30. > :22:35.weapons wherever we go. For two weeks, he underwent
:22:36. > :22:37.military training and was Others, though, volunteered
:22:38. > :22:48.for suicide missions. TRANSLATION: They prefer children
:22:49. > :22:51.to adults because they can use them Nobody would expect that
:22:52. > :22:57.a 14 or 16-year-old boy Both teenagers that we met say
:22:58. > :23:05.they've turned their backs on IS. But as we travelled across Europe,
:23:06. > :23:08.we learned of at least three more We approached the EU
:23:09. > :23:14.police force Europol, Europe is still vulnerable, but it's
:23:15. > :23:25.here where the journey begins. On the Turkish border, Syrian
:23:26. > :23:29.refugees can still slip through, scrambling past searchlights
:23:30. > :23:37.and guard towers. Near the border, I met a people
:23:38. > :23:40.smuggler from Raqqa. He helped one of the boys make
:23:41. > :23:47.it from IS territory TRANSLATION: I've helped
:23:48. > :23:55.many, a huge number. It used to be easier
:23:56. > :24:01.back in 2014 and 2015. Now the situation is more
:24:02. > :24:03.difficult due to the presence You have to go through the Kurds,
:24:04. > :24:09.the rebels and the Borders. Its territory is shrinking
:24:10. > :24:20.and its supporters fleeing. These are the final days
:24:21. > :24:23.of the so-called caliphate, but still the Islamic State is no
:24:24. > :24:26.less of a threat. And amid these ruins,
:24:27. > :24:30.they leave behind a legacy. Hundreds of child soldiers
:24:31. > :24:35.and a new generation of hate. Quentin Sommerville,
:24:36. > :24:42.BBC News, Mosul. Thousands of low paid workers
:24:43. > :24:45.are to receive more than ?2 million in back pay as a result of tax
:24:46. > :24:50.investigations by the government. Around 230 employers were found
:24:51. > :24:53.to have paid workers Among the worst offenders
:24:54. > :24:57.was the retailer Argos Thousands of extra care home places
:24:58. > :25:05.will need to be created in less than 10 years,
:25:06. > :25:08.in order to cope with the growing Researchers at Newcastle University
:25:09. > :25:15.say England will need an extra 71,000 home places by 2025 -
:25:16. > :25:20.because people are living longer, and many need substantial help
:25:21. > :25:23.in their last years. Ida, who's 92, is being shown
:25:24. > :25:36.how to text at this IT class She feels she's making
:25:37. > :25:41.progress, though sometimes, it's hard to remember
:25:42. > :25:43.everything she's learned. Sometimes, it gives you a few
:25:44. > :25:51.minutes, then it comes back and - So, you know, you just have
:25:52. > :25:57.to work hard at that. The aim of the class
:25:58. > :26:01.at the Abbey Community Centre, in North London, is to help
:26:02. > :26:04.the learners live independent lives What this new research highlights
:26:05. > :26:09.is that while living longer can bring more opportunities,
:26:10. > :26:12.it can mean declining health - and that means
:26:13. > :26:15.a greater need for care. The report predicts
:26:16. > :26:17.rapidly increasing demands on a system which is already
:26:18. > :26:22.under great pressure. The care needs of the over-65s have
:26:23. > :26:25.doubled over two decades. Men now require 2.4 years
:26:26. > :26:30.of substantial care on average, So the report says 71,000 extra
:26:31. > :26:36.care home places will be needed in England by 2025,
:26:37. > :26:43.on top of the 220,000 in 2015. Care providers say they need to know
:26:44. > :27:08.about official plans before trying We need to create capacity and this
:27:09. > :27:14.is something governments have failed to do up until now. Sir Andrew
:27:15. > :27:20.Dilnot says the government needs to come up with something urgently. We
:27:21. > :27:24.need to spend more of as a nation. Some of that needs to come from
:27:25. > :27:29.individuals and some from the government. What the government most
:27:30. > :27:33.needs to do is come up with a clear strategy. Staying fit and staying
:27:34. > :27:38.healthy are the priorities for many in retirement. Some will live many
:27:39. > :27:44.years independently, some will need social care but the challenge for
:27:45. > :27:49.them and society as a whole is to work out who will pay for it.
:27:50. > :27:54.The actor Daniel Craig has put an end to months of speculation.
:27:55. > :28:01.Willie return as James Bond? Guest-macro. Yes.
:28:02. > :28:03.Speaking on an American chat show last night,
:28:04. > :28:06.he did stress that his fifth appearance as 007 will be his last.
:28:07. > :28:11.The film Detroit focuses on the civil unrest and riots
:28:12. > :28:13.that took place in the US city 50 years ago.
:28:14. > :28:15.And as we've reflected tonight, the recent protests
:28:16. > :28:17.in Charlottesville show America continues to grapple
:28:18. > :28:24.Detroit stars the British actor John Boyega, and is directed
:28:25. > :28:29.by Kathryn Bigelow, the only woman to have won the Best Director Oscar.
:28:30. > :28:31.It had its UK premiere tonight, as our entertainment correspondent
:28:32. > :28:38.Every direction you go to, you can see fires.
:28:39. > :28:44.1967, news coverage of Detroit, torn apart by race riots -
:28:45. > :28:50.This week, Charlottesville, a situation today that resonates
:28:51. > :28:54.with Kathryn Bigelow's historic movie.
:28:55. > :28:57.Even though the story takes place 50 years ago, it feels, sadly,
:28:58. > :29:02.very much like today, and therefore tomorrow.
:29:03. > :29:05.And until there is a meaningful conversation about race in America,
:29:06. > :29:10.I'm worried that these events will keep happening.
:29:11. > :29:18.I'm guarding that grocery store across the street.
:29:19. > :29:21.The movie centres on one tense and brutal night in the city.
:29:22. > :29:23.The story's moral conscience - a security guard
:29:24. > :29:29.It's so weird, the timing and everything, but I think now this
:29:30. > :29:34.makes this movie very necessary for perspective and also to see just
:29:35. > :29:37.how little has been done and to hopefully spark
:29:38. > :29:44.Of course, the film world itself is far from perfect.
:29:45. > :29:47.Detroit's director Kathryn Bigelow remains the only woman to win
:29:48. > :29:54.But this year, there have been breakthroughs.
:29:55. > :29:58.At the Cannes Film Festival, Sofia Coppola won Best Director.
:29:59. > :30:01.And Wonder Woman, directed by Patty Jenkins, has become one
:30:02. > :30:09.So much more needs to be done, but Wonder Woman
:30:10. > :30:14.And I think it is simply a glass ceiling that's
:30:15. > :30:17.in the process of shattering, but perhaps not as quickly
:30:18. > :30:24.The Oscar's Academy too has been changing, bringing
:30:25. > :30:31.The Academy to me represents huge influence -
:30:32. > :30:35.the voice of the industry - and it's very important for that
:30:36. > :30:41.I just hope there is a move forward because, yeah, I think were done
:30:42. > :30:49.Detroit is also aiming to be part of that conversation.
:30:50. > :30:52.A film that feels both historical and all too relevant to today.
:30:53. > :31:16.Tonight Newsnight looks at the mysterious tale of the investigative
:31:17. > :31:18.journalist who was last seen while following a story on a Danish
:31:19. > :31:23.submarine. Join me now on BBC Two. That's all from the News at Ten
:31:24. > :31:26.team - now on BBC One, it's time for the news
:31:27. > :31:27.where you are.