0:00:04 > 0:00:08Tonight at ten - the second Cabinet reshuffle in the space of a week,
0:00:08 > 0:00:12this time to appoint a new Secretary for International Development.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Penny Mordaunt is promoted to the Cabinet.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16She's a strong supporter of Brexit - and has been tipped
0:00:16 > 0:00:19for promotion for some time.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22I'm looking forward to working with the team here to continue
0:00:22 > 0:00:24building a safer, more secure, more prosperous world for us
0:00:24 > 0:00:29all, and really giving the British public pride in what we do.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32She replaces Priti Patel, who resigned last night
0:00:32 > 0:00:34after admitting a series of unauthorised meetings
0:00:34 > 0:00:37with senior Israelis.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40And the appointment of another prominent Brexit campaigner
0:00:40 > 0:00:44maintains the balance in Cabinet between Leavers and Remainers.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46We'll have more details, as the latest Brexit negotiations
0:00:46 > 0:00:49get under way in Brussels.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50Also tonight.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Following the death of the Welsh Labour politician
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Carl Sargeant, the First Minister defends his own handling
0:00:55 > 0:00:59of the allegations made against his colleague.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02I probably did all that I could to make sure that everything
0:01:02 > 0:01:04was being done by the book.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08I had no alternative but to take the action that I did and I hope
0:01:08 > 0:01:13that people will understand that.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16On his last day in Beijing, President Trump is full of praise
0:01:16 > 0:01:18for the Chinese president, but walks away with no
0:01:18 > 0:01:22major concessions.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Kevin Spacey will be edited out of a new Hollywood film,
0:01:25 > 0:01:29following more allegations of sexual assault.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32And in Belfast tonight, Switzerland beat Northern Ireland in the first
0:01:32 > 0:01:37leg of their World Cup play-off.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News, we'll have the action
0:01:40 > 0:01:42from the womens' Ashes Test in Sydney, where England have work
0:01:42 > 0:01:46to do going into day two.
0:02:06 > 0:02:06Good evening.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10For the second time in the space of a week Theresa May has been
0:02:10 > 0:02:19forced into a limited Cabinet reshuffle, after Priti Patel
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Penny Mordaunt has taken over as International Development Secretary,
0:02:23 > 0:02:27replacing Priti Patel, who resigned last night after a series of
0:02:27 > 0:02:32unauthorised meetings with Israeli officials.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Her appointment maintains the rather delicate balance in Cabinet
0:02:34 > 0:02:36between leavers and remainers, as the latest Brexit negotiations
0:02:36 > 0:02:37get under way in Brussels.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg reports.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45One for sorrow, two for joy.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48One Brexiteer Cabinet minister departs through the back door.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Another about to arrive.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Even the driver of the shiny ministerial car was expecting
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Penny Mordaunt as the favourite, but neither he or we knew for sure,
0:02:56 > 0:02:58until the gates opened up.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03So a little bit before half past two, the carefully choreographed
0:03:03 > 0:03:08arrival of the newest recruit to Theresa May's Cabinet.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12A promotion for Penny Mordaunt, another Brexiteer around
0:03:12 > 0:03:15the Cabinet table.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Her appointment was not a surprise.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Her Wikipedia page was changed before the official announcement.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25But unusually she arrives at her new department with experience.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26Congratulations.
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Thank you so much.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Not just as a junior minister in government,
0:03:29 > 0:03:33but having years ago been an aid worker in Eastern Europe.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36It's my first day here and I'm delighted to be here.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39I've already met some of the staff and they're doing a terrific job
0:03:39 > 0:03:43building a more safe, more secure and more
0:03:43 > 0:03:45prosperous world for us all, and I want to continue doing that,
0:03:45 > 0:03:48but also to give the British public confidence and pride
0:03:48 > 0:03:50in what we're doing.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52You might recognise her from a rather unlikely
0:03:52 > 0:03:56TV diving competition.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00She was also a magician's assistant in a former life.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03But as well as working for charities and being a Navy reservist,
0:04:03 > 0:04:10she ran for parliament for the first time in 2005, elected in 2010.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12What do we want?
0:04:12 > 0:04:16She backs Andrea Leadsom, not Theresa May, for Prime Minister.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19But crucially, campaigned to leave the EU, on the stump alongside
0:04:19 > 0:04:23the woman she replaced.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27In terms of Brexit, whilst I hope everyone is united behind
0:04:27 > 0:04:30the Prime Minister's approach, nevertheless it's also helpful
0:04:30 > 0:04:33to have another person who was an enthusiastic campaigner
0:04:33 > 0:04:36for Brexit during the referendum.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38How damaging is this for the government?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40With the Brexit Secretary heading to Brussels for the sixth
0:04:40 > 0:04:44round of the troubled talks, Number Ten's decision preserves
0:04:44 > 0:04:47the almost 50-50 balance at the top table between those who backed
0:04:47 > 0:04:53Remain and those who backed Brexit.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Welcomed by all sorts at her new department
0:04:55 > 0:04:59further up Whitehall, a move that Theresa May hopes
0:04:59 > 0:05:03will keep the political peace, at least for now.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Westminster.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08As we mentioned, the latest stage of the Brexit
0:05:08 > 0:05:10negotiations is under way.
0:05:10 > 0:05:16Our Europe editor Katya Adler is in Brussels.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20Some thoughts on the prospects of peace talks, not least in the light
0:05:20 > 0:05:24of what has been going on in British politics in the past few days?
0:05:24 > 0:05:29That's right and here in Brussels all those events unfolding at
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Westminster are being watched with incredulity. Every twist and turn
0:05:32 > 0:05:38considered here to be relevant to Brexit. The big EU worry is that a
0:05:38 > 0:05:41weak government can't make big and bold moves and the moment that David
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Davis walked into the stores, here at the European Commission tomorrow
0:05:44 > 0:05:48for the sixth round of Brexit negotiations, he'll be told in no
0:05:48 > 0:05:53uncertain terms that he needs to make a big, bold and quick move on
0:05:53 > 0:05:57money. Of course there are other divorce issues that still need to be
0:05:57 > 0:06:00ironed out, not least the Irish border, but at the moment it's money
0:06:00 > 0:06:05that is the big Brexit stumbling block. Theresa May has said to the
0:06:05 > 0:06:11EU that the UK will honour financial commitments made while an EU member,
0:06:11 > 0:06:13but that's not enough for the EU right now. They want written
0:06:13 > 0:06:18promises. They want specific promises. And they've told me they
0:06:18 > 0:06:22wanted within the next two weeks, or they are threatening to hold back on
0:06:22 > 0:06:26the talks UK so once and that's about a future trade deal and
0:06:26 > 0:06:29transition deal. Now of course the government is not going to want to
0:06:29 > 0:06:34be seen to give in to EU bullying, but we are hearing rumours tonight
0:06:34 > 0:06:38that it may be preparing a concession on the money issue, and
0:06:38 > 0:06:43the logic there would be that in the end of future trade deal with the EU
0:06:43 > 0:06:47and a smooth transition deal would be worth a lot more than a so-called
0:06:47 > 0:06:51exit bill.Catcher Adler, thank you, with the latest in Brussels. --
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Katya Adler.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56The First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, has defended his
0:06:56 > 0:06:58handling of allegations made against a colleague who's believed
0:06:58 > 0:07:00to have taken his own life earlier this week.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Carl Sargeant was removed from his Welsh Cabinet job
0:07:02 > 0:07:05and suspended by the Labour Party, but his family say he was never
0:07:05 > 0:07:08given details of the allegations against him and was unable
0:07:08 > 0:07:09to defend himself.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Mr Jones said he's acted correctly and by the book,
0:07:11 > 0:07:15as our Wales correspondent Sian Lloyd reports.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Carl Sargeant, a former Welsh government minister,
0:07:18 > 0:07:21who was sacked from his job and suspended from the Labour Party
0:07:21 > 0:07:25on Friday, amid harassment claims.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Anything to say about Carl Sargeant, First Minister?
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Carwyn Jones, the man who took that decision,
0:07:30 > 0:07:34left his home this morning not giving anything away.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37En route to the Senedd to face fellow Labour Assembly members
0:07:37 > 0:07:40for the first time since the death of their colleague.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Facing criticism about how he handled the investigation
0:07:42 > 0:07:47from Mr Sergeant's family and from within his own party,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50there were questions over Carwyn Jones' position.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55He'd promised a statement, but this wasn't a time for him to resign.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58We were all very shocked by what happened last week.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03There is great hurt, anger and bewilderment.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Carl was my friend.
0:08:07 > 0:08:14In all the years that I knew him I never had a cross word with him.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16But he defended his conduct in the way he responded
0:08:16 > 0:08:19to the allegations against Carl Sargeant.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23There is a legal process to go through.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27I'm obviously acting within that, but I welcome the scrutiny
0:08:27 > 0:08:30of my actions in the future, and it's appropriate for that
0:08:30 > 0:08:34to be done independently.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Carl Sargeant's body was found at his home on Deeside on Tuesday.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Today, a family friend gave an insight into
0:08:40 > 0:08:45what Mr Sergeant and his family had been going through.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Messages were put out to the media and interviews were given
0:08:47 > 0:08:52where he didn't know they were about to happen.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57Or the additional details would be placed into the public domain.
0:08:57 > 0:09:05It broke him.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08During that press conference, held here, Carwyn Jones made it
0:09:08 > 0:09:11clear that he is staying on.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14But questions remain tonight from those who are shaken to the core
0:09:14 > 0:09:17by these tragic circumstances.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20It's not clear yet when they may be answered.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25Sian Lloyd, BBC News, Cardiff.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27The MP Charlie Elphicke, who was suspended from
0:09:27 > 0:09:29the parliamentary Conservative Party last week following allegations
0:09:29 > 0:09:32of improper conduct, has said the process
0:09:32 > 0:09:35being followed by the party is fundamentally wrong.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Mr Elphicke - who's denied any wrongdoing -
0:09:37 > 0:09:40said he had not been told about the allegations in detail
0:09:40 > 0:09:42and said he first heard the news from the media.
0:09:42 > 0:09:48The Conservative Party said the case had been referred to the police.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51On the last day of his state visit to China, President Trump has been
0:09:51 > 0:09:54full of praise for President Xi Jinping.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Mr Trump, who's been highly critical of China in the past,
0:09:56 > 0:09:59said the big trade imbalance between the two countries
0:09:59 > 0:10:02was largely down to previous US presidents -
0:10:02 > 0:10:05and wasn't China's fault.
0:10:05 > 0:10:11Our China editor Carrie Gracie reports from Beijing.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14The real estate billionaire and the career communist.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18Making an odd couple.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22But both see themselves as men of destiny.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26With a mission to make their nation great again.
0:10:26 > 0:10:32President Trump once raged that China was a jobs thief.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36But in Beijing he was all smiles and gratitude.
0:10:36 > 0:10:43President Xi, now a very special man who makes his people proud.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45I just want to thank you for the very warm
0:10:45 > 0:10:46welcome.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49My feeling toward you is an incredibly warm one.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50They did eventually talk about the hard
0:10:50 > 0:10:52things.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54The North Korean nuclear crisis, and a massive US trade
0:10:54 > 0:10:58deficit in China's favour.
0:10:58 > 0:10:59But Donald Trump blamed that on previous
0:10:59 > 0:11:01American presidents.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Not on his host.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06I don't blame China.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07LAUGHTER.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Who can blame a country for being
0:11:09 > 0:11:12able to take advantage of another country for the benefit of its
0:11:12 > 0:11:14citizens?
0:11:14 > 0:11:19I give China great credit.
0:11:19 > 0:11:25And America's deal-maker in chief got some big sales in return.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29China needs to keep stable access to US markets.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31TRANSLATION:The common interests of our two countries are far greater
0:11:31 > 0:11:34than the differences.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35With constructive attitudes, we can look
0:11:35 > 0:11:38for common ground.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40This is not a real news conference.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43There were no questions from the media.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Neither on North Korea, nor on whether the
0:11:46 > 0:11:50business deals are worth celebrating.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53In the absence of a major move to open Chinese markets.
0:11:53 > 0:11:58Instead, a US president is starring in a show put on by his host to give
0:11:58 > 0:12:00the impression of openness, while maintaining an iron grip on the
0:12:00 > 0:12:05message.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08An American steakhouse in Beijing.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11But the steak is not American.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Because despite a Trump deal earlier this year, it's still
0:12:13 > 0:12:19hard to import fresh meat.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22TRANSLATION:I'd really like to use American beef, because we are a US
0:12:22 > 0:12:26brand, the taste would be more authentic.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30But chefs don't control the menu for China's markets.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Many are closed, and critics say what's
0:12:34 > 0:12:39needed is not fancy deals, but bringing down the barriers.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41If we don't address them now, I'm afraid
0:12:41 > 0:12:43that they're going to get worse and the gap
0:12:43 > 0:12:46is going to get wider, and
0:12:46 > 0:12:49the friction between China and the US in the trade area
0:12:49 > 0:12:51is going to get larger.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56I feel that this is a missed opportunity.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Charm and disarm.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01But when the toasts are over, the trade
0:13:01 > 0:13:06deficit will still be big and North Korea is still a crisis.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09President Xi hopes this personal bond will
0:13:09 > 0:13:15convince Americans that China's rise does not mean US decline.
0:13:15 > 0:13:23Carrie Gracie, BBC News, Beijing.
0:13:23 > 0:13:28Let's go live to Beijing tonight and Carrie Gracie is there. In your view
0:13:28 > 0:13:34what has President Trump actually achieved on this visit?This has
0:13:34 > 0:13:38been a US state visit to China unlike any other, from the host
0:13:38 > 0:13:42lavish welcome and from the guests, and if you say thank you. For China
0:13:42 > 0:13:47it couldn't have gone better. There was no unpleasantness on Twitter and
0:13:47 > 0:13:52what's more, unlike berating China for unfair trade practices, which is
0:13:52 > 0:13:57what usually happens when US presidents come here, Donald Trump
0:13:57 > 0:14:06actually convert you to China for outplaying the US -- actually
0:14:06 > 0:14:11congratulate it. He did not press publicly for human rights or
0:14:11 > 0:14:17democracy. So what did he get in exchange for his US seal of approval
0:14:17 > 0:14:22on an increasingly assertive Chinese strongman? He got some big trade
0:14:22 > 0:14:27deals. Now the thing about those however is that they are, many of
0:14:27 > 0:14:33them, non-binding and have no fixed times frame, so as he moves from
0:14:33 > 0:14:38China to Vietnam in the next few hours the Chinese President, waving
0:14:38 > 0:14:43off, can feel satisfied he made no concrete promise on North Korea or
0:14:43 > 0:14:47on trade or on anything else.Carrie Gracie, many thanks for the latest
0:14:47 > 0:14:51in Beijing on that state visit by President Trump.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54More than 2000 children under the age of 15 have been identified
0:14:54 > 0:14:55under the government's counter-terrorism programme,
0:14:55 > 0:14:56according to the latest figures.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59In all, in the 12 months to April last year, more than 7500 people
0:14:59 > 0:15:02were identified as being at risk of extremism, as our correspondent
0:15:02 > 0:15:09Sima Kotecha explains.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14Five terror attacks in Britain just this year alone, preventing any
0:15:14 > 0:15:17further attacks is a top priority for the government.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20That's why it has something called Channel, a
0:15:20 > 0:15:23programme designed to stop people from being drawn into violent or
0:15:23 > 0:15:25extremist behaviour.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Salman - not his real name- was radicalised
0:15:27 > 0:15:29in prison.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32By the time he was released, just months ago, he was
0:15:32 > 0:15:34ready to go to Syria to become a suicide bomber.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37His words have been voiced by an actor to protect his
0:15:37 > 0:15:38identity.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42I was told that I would get all my sins washed away.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45The only way to do it is to become a martyr and everything will be
0:15:45 > 0:15:46forgiven.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48And you will go to heaven.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50To me, it was the easy way out.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Just to kill myself and blow somebody up.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54If you believe in something, you will do anything.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56He's now changed his views, but he's the kind of
0:15:56 > 0:15:58person the government wants to help.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02Today's figures show that over the last year,
0:16:02 > 0:16:05out of the nearly 8000 people referred to the government's
0:16:05 > 0:16:07counterterrorism strategy, more than 300 went on to receive
0:16:07 > 0:16:08specialist support, including therapy and
0:16:08 > 0:16:12mentoring.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Four out of five were judged to have had their
0:16:15 > 0:16:18vulnerability to terrorism reduced, but one in six withdrew from the
0:16:18 > 0:16:21voluntary process, despite concerns about their ideology.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23A lot of youngsters are being radicalised as
0:16:23 > 0:16:23well.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Due to their vulnerability to drugs.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Thousands of children have been referred to the programme, and
0:16:28 > 0:16:30that's likely to be down to more pressure
0:16:30 > 0:16:31on teachers and doctors to
0:16:31 > 0:16:34identify vulnerable individuals.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37A charity partly funded by the Home Office reaches out to men outside
0:16:37 > 0:16:41mosques.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44We're hoping to attract people to come here and talk to us
0:16:44 > 0:16:45about vulnerabilities they might have.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48And that might be radicalisation, it might be
0:16:48 > 0:16:51homelessness, it might be in terms of drug dependency.
0:16:51 > 0:16:57And that's something that we're trying to reach
0:16:57 > 0:16:59out to them, so they can get help.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Channel hasn't been without its critics.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03There are some who argue that it targets particular
0:17:03 > 0:17:04communities and creates suspicion around them.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06There are also questions about how effective it
0:17:06 > 0:17:09really is, and how those who are put through the programme are later
0:17:09 > 0:17:11monitored.
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Participation's also voluntary, raising serious concerns
0:17:12 > 0:17:18about what happens to those who refuse help.
0:17:18 > 0:17:23One of the big challenges is for people who already
0:17:23 > 0:17:25have really violent extreme views, but who might not be committing
0:17:25 > 0:17:27crime, how do we engage them?
0:17:27 > 0:17:30It's highly unlikely that someone in that
0:17:30 > 0:17:33state of mind is going to willingly engage with government programmes,
0:17:33 > 0:17:35because it goes against exactly what their ideologies may be.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Ministers are adamant it's working.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40It is stopping hundreds of people from
0:17:40 > 0:17:43actually resorting to violence, and has
0:17:43 > 0:17:45diverted them away, and it is
0:17:45 > 0:17:47showing that the wider community, teachers and professionals, are
0:17:47 > 0:17:49engaging in the policy and we are managing to help
0:17:49 > 0:17:55keep the country safe.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57The UK's threat level remains severe, which means the
0:17:57 > 0:17:59effectiveness of the government's strategy is crucial.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Sima Kotecha, BBC News.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Sussex Police, who are investigating the deaths of 12 residents
0:18:04 > 0:18:07of a private care home, have arrested a woman on suspicion
0:18:07 > 0:18:11of neglect and fraud.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Officers are looking into the treatment of dozens
0:18:13 > 0:18:15of residents at homes run by Sussex Health Care.
0:18:15 > 0:18:22Our social affairs correspondent Alison Holt is here.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26Well, Sussex Police put out a brief statement today saying that they had
0:18:26 > 0:18:30arrested a woman who lives in West Sussex, that she's in custody and is
0:18:30 > 0:18:34being questioned about fraud and neglect. This is part of an ongoing
0:18:34 > 0:18:38investigation which the police first got involved in back in May. And it
0:18:38 > 0:18:44is into nine care homes run by Sussex health care. This company
0:18:44 > 0:18:48provides support for older people, some with dementia, and also for
0:18:48 > 0:18:52younger adults with severe physical and learning disabilities. At home
0:18:52 > 0:18:57is mainly in the Horsham area of West Sussex. The investigation is
0:18:57 > 0:19:02focusing on allegations of a lack of care and safeguarding of 43
0:19:02 > 0:19:07residents since April 2000 15. 12 of those residents have since died.
0:19:07 > 0:19:12Sussex health care have said today that they continue to cooperate
0:19:12 > 0:19:17fully with the police and the county council to support this ongoing
0:19:17 > 0:19:20investigation.Many thanks again, Alison Holt, social affairs
0:19:20 > 0:19:21correspondent.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24A brief look at some of the day's other other news stories.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27The father of a man who died after his former girlfriend
0:19:27 > 0:19:30allegedly threw acid over him has wept in court as he described
0:19:30 > 0:19:31the injuries his son suffered.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Cornelius van Dongen's son Mark was left paralysed from the neck
0:19:34 > 0:19:35down and blinded in one eye.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37The 29-year-old later took his own life at
0:19:37 > 0:19:41a euthanasia clinic in Belgium.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Berlinah Wallace denies murder and claims she thought the liquid
0:19:44 > 0:19:47she threw at him at their home in Bristol was water.
0:19:47 > 0:19:48The trial continues.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50The availability of social housing in England has
0:19:50 > 0:19:55fallen to an all-time low, according to new figures.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57In the year to April, just 5380 houses or flats were built
0:19:57 > 0:20:01by housing associations or councils.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Half of the boroughs in London had no increase in social housing.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Six years ago the number of new homes for social rent
0:20:06 > 0:20:10was more than 39,000.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13The former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown has told the BBC that
0:20:13 > 0:20:21voters might be persuaded to turn away from Brexit if they realise
0:20:21 > 0:20:23that the so-called red lines on immigration
0:20:23 > 0:20:24and control of borders
0:20:24 > 0:20:25can't be delivered.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28I think what's going to happen is we're going to come to a crisis
0:20:28 > 0:20:31point next summer and I can't tell you exactly how it's
0:20:31 > 0:20:35going to work itself out, but this is what's going to happen.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39By next summer the public will have made up their mind that the four red
0:20:39 > 0:20:42lines that the government had actually set in place are not
0:20:42 > 0:20:43going to be achieved.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46They're going to be crossed.
0:20:46 > 0:20:47Former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51The arguments about the UK's housing crisis are often focused
0:20:51 > 0:20:54on a perceived lack of space to build new houses and
0:20:54 > 0:20:55the preservation of green belt land.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58But new analysis from the BBC suggests there's much more space
0:20:58 > 0:21:02than people might imagine.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06Just six percent of the land area of the UK is built on, and less that
0:21:06 > 0:21:08one % of that constitutes housing.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Using the most detailed satellite and surface mapping data of the UK,
0:21:11 > 0:21:18the BBC has produced a land-use map for every local authority.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Our home editor Mark Easton has been analysing the findings.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22The concrete jungle.
0:21:22 > 0:21:23Roads, buildings, stone and tarmac with
0:21:23 > 0:21:24barely a blade of grass.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27In geography jargon, this is called continuous urban fabric,
0:21:27 > 0:21:29where more than 80% of the ground is covered by
0:21:29 > 0:21:33artificial surfaces.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35So how much of the UK do you think is classified as
0:21:35 > 0:21:39continuous urban fabric?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Have a guess.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43The answer is on the other side of this card.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46I'll reveal all in a minute.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Using high-definition satellite images and detailed local
0:21:49 > 0:21:52maps, the land use of every corner of the UK is revealed.
0:21:52 > 0:21:57The City of London, for example, is 98%
0:21:57 > 0:22:00continuous urban fabric, and perhaps that comes as no surprise.
0:22:00 > 0:22:05Nearly all the land around here is covered
0:22:05 > 0:22:07in roads and buildings, but this is actually
0:22:07 > 0:22:09quite unusual in the UK, and I think people might be
0:22:09 > 0:22:12surprised just how little of the land in the country is actually
0:22:12 > 0:22:14covered with buildings and roads.
0:22:14 > 0:22:15So the official answer to the question,
0:22:15 > 0:22:17how much of the UK is continuous urban fabric is...
0:22:17 > 0:22:200.1%.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Looking at the whole of the country, more than
0:22:26 > 0:22:28half is farmland.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Most of it pastures.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Forests, woodland and natural landscape account for a
0:22:32 > 0:22:34third of all the land.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Urban green space, parks and gardens make up two
0:22:37 > 0:22:39and a half percent, with the area actually built on, roads, buildings,
0:22:39 > 0:22:48ports and airports accounting for just 5.9%.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Take a council like Bradford in West Yorkshire.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Your mental picture is probably of a bustling urban centre.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54But the aerial mapping reveals that continuous
0:22:54 > 0:22:55urban fabric accounts for
0:22:55 > 0:22:58just 0.3% of the local authority.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Overall, just a quarter of the land surface is artificial.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Indeed, 10% is this.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07I'm standing in a peat bog.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Surprisingly, perhaps, about 10% of the UK
0:23:09 > 0:23:10landscape is covered in
0:23:10 > 0:23:13ground like this.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16In fact, there is almost twice as much peat bog in the
0:23:16 > 0:23:24UK as the land that we've built on.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27It's a Cinderella landscape and it's made up of meters and metres of this
0:23:27 > 0:23:28stuff, which is peat.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30And what's amazing is this surrounds the towns
0:23:30 > 0:23:31and cities of northern England.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33The top area for peat bog is the Outer
0:23:33 > 0:23:37Hebrides, where it covers 61% of the land.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Number 1 for pastures is Armagh city in Northern Ireland, covering
0:23:40 > 0:23:4185% of the local authority.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43The area with the highest proportion of
0:23:43 > 0:23:49natural grasslands is Blaenau Gwent, in industrial South Wales.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51So how much space is given over to buildings?
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Offices, factories and homes?
0:23:54 > 0:23:57We've been crunching the numbers and our best estimate for
0:23:57 > 0:23:59the whole UK is that 1.4% of the country
0:23:59 > 0:24:02is covered in buildings.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05That equates to about 2% for England, just less than 1% for
0:24:05 > 0:24:08Wales, and less than half of 1% for Scotland and Northern Ireland.
0:24:08 > 0:24:13So how much of the UK is covered by housing?
0:24:13 > 0:24:20Well, put it this way, 99% of the UK is not covered in housing.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23A tiny proportion of the UK is the concrete jungle
0:24:23 > 0:24:26of our imagination.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Indeed, the entire area covered by buildings is smaller
0:24:29 > 0:24:34than the land revealed when the tide goes out.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Most of us, it seems, have a very confused
0:24:36 > 0:24:39idea of what our country actually looks like.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43Mark Easton, BBC News.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46If you want to find out how green your local area is,
0:24:46 > 0:24:56you can use the BBC land use calculator at bbc.co.uk/news.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01In Zimbabwe there's heightened tension over who will succeed
0:25:01 > 0:25:06Robert Mugabe as president, after one of the leading contenders
0:25:06 > 0:25:10was sacked and forced to flee the country.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Former vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa was until this
0:25:12 > 0:25:16week seen as a favourite to take over from Mr Mugabe, who is 93.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18But now Mr Mugabe's wife Grace is expected to be
0:25:18 > 0:25:19appointed vice-president, and could eventually
0:25:19 > 0:25:24succeed her husband.
0:25:24 > 0:25:32From Harare, our correspondent Shingai Nyoka reports.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, one of Africa's last strongmen.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39His wife, Grace, looks on with pride, as
0:25:39 > 0:25:44Harare's International Airport undergoes a name change.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47The ruling Zanu-PF party in government say that
0:25:47 > 0:25:50this was long overdue, and that there are several more plans to
0:25:50 > 0:25:52immortalise the long-time leader.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54From next year there will be a public holiday,
0:25:54 > 0:25:57a Robert Mugabe day, to commemorate his birthday.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00And after that, a 1 billion US dollar
0:26:00 > 0:26:04science University is also planned.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08Married for 20 years and 40 years his junior, his wife, Grace,
0:26:08 > 0:26:09could cement those plans if she succeeds
0:26:09 > 0:26:12him.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15I think what is happening now is really natural attrition,
0:26:15 > 0:26:19regeneration of the party.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21We are way ahead even of the opposition.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22In the past we've been criticised
0:26:22 > 0:26:23as a party.
0:26:23 > 0:26:24For being fossilised in the past.
0:26:24 > 0:26:29Now we are living.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32But she's not popular with everyone.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37At last weekend's rally, she was booed
0:26:37 > 0:26:39by then vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa's supporters.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Do it, I don't care!
0:26:41 > 0:26:44President Mugabe sacked him this week.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47He was a long-time ally and the heir apparent.
0:26:47 > 0:26:56It's opened the way up for Mrs Mugabe.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00The woman who started her career in the presidential typing pool is now
0:27:00 > 0:27:02just steps from becoming the female vice president, her latest speeches
0:27:02 > 0:27:06revealing her ambition.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08TRANSLATION:People need to know I am capable, so
0:27:08 > 0:27:13give me that job and see.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15The party holds a special congress to appoint
0:27:15 > 0:27:18a vice president in a few weeks.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Grace Mugabe looks certain to take that role, and perhaps eventually
0:27:21 > 0:27:23become Zimbabwe's first female president.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27But as history has shown, nothing is guaranteed.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31Shingai Nyoka, BBC News, Harare.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35The actor Kevin Spacey is to be edited out of a Hollywood film -
0:27:35 > 0:27:39just weeks before it's due to be released.
0:27:39 > 0:27:40The unprecedented move follows new allegations -
0:27:40 > 0:27:44of sexual assault and harassment - against the Mr Spacey.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46His scenes will be re-shot - using another actor -
0:27:46 > 0:27:51as our correspondent in Los Angeles James Cook reports.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Kevin Spacey as you've never seen him before, and probably won't
0:27:54 > 0:27:56again.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59How much would you pay to release your grandson if not $70
0:27:59 > 0:28:00million?
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Nothing.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Now Christopher Plummer will take over the role of
0:28:06 > 0:28:12the oil tycoon John Paul Getty, hoping to rescue a film in crisis.
0:28:12 > 0:28:17For the crew and some of the cast, it will be an intense few weeks.
0:28:17 > 0:28:25Although Spacey is often on-screen alone, some stars will reportedly
0:28:25 > 0:28:27have to reprise certain scenes.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30One of the actors in the film, Valentina Violo, told us it must
0:28:30 > 0:28:31have been a complex decision.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34I think that everything's going a little bit crazy right now.
0:28:34 > 0:28:35So probably if they took this decision
0:28:35 > 0:28:37it is good for the movie.
0:28:37 > 0:28:44But perhaps there was no real choice.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47The allegations against Kevin Spacey now span more than 30 years and
0:28:47 > 0:28:48include men, women and children.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51The double Oscar winner has not responded to many other claims, but
0:28:51 > 0:28:53he has admitted he needs to address his behaviour.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57Hollywood loves a comeback, but perhaps not this.
0:28:57 > 0:29:02I can't imagine anybody in Hollywood working with him again.
0:29:02 > 0:29:07I mean, he's, he's damaged goods.
0:29:07 > 0:29:08There's just a taint there.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11And I feel like by replacing him in this film, by
0:29:11 > 0:29:12shelving his other film, Hollywood is...
0:29:12 > 0:29:15They did not only throw him out the door, they nailed the door
0:29:15 > 0:29:16shut.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20And put a bar on the door and said, you're not coming back.
0:29:20 > 0:29:21Morals matter, but in this business, cash
0:29:21 > 0:29:22commands.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25The firms behind the film are determined to protect their
0:29:25 > 0:29:27investment, even if that means this British director trying something
0:29:27 > 0:29:31radical.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35Sony clearly has confidence that Ridley Scott can pull this off.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38The director is held in exceptional regard in Hollywood, with a
0:29:38 > 0:29:40reputation for speed and efficiency.
0:29:40 > 0:29:44Even for him, though, this will be a challenge.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46And with Kevin Spacey gone, the publicity will hardly
0:29:46 > 0:29:48hurt.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50This troubled film may yet have a happy ending.
0:29:50 > 0:29:56James Cook, BBC News, Los Angeles.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59Football - and Northern Ireland have been in action tonight -
0:29:59 > 0:30:01in a vital World Cup play-off.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03They faced Switzerland in Belfast - in the first of two matches.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06At stake - a place in next year's finals in Russia.
0:30:06 > 0:30:16Our sports correspondent Joe Wilson is outside Windsor Park.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20There is a second leg to come at Basel at the weekend. Under the
0:30:20 > 0:30:23floodlights behind me Northern Ireland were defeated after a
0:30:23 > 0:30:26refereeing decision. Their manager described it as per wheel during an
0:30:26 > 0:30:31staggering. You may well decide he was right.
0:30:31 > 0:30:37Inside Belfast's modernised Stadium, doors are decorated with the past.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40The great Pat Jennings was in goal when Northern Ireland were World Cup
0:30:40 > 0:30:41regulars.
0:30:41 > 0:30:421982, that will never fade.
0:30:42 > 0:30:451986 was the last time Northern Ireland qualified.
0:30:45 > 0:30:46Now, the shiny new era, Northern Ireland on
0:30:46 > 0:30:51the brink of the World Cup again.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Stuart Dallas yelled forward by Belfast
0:30:53 > 0:30:54towards Switzerland, stopped
0:30:54 > 0:30:57without subtlety.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01Just a yellow card for the defender.
0:31:01 > 0:31:02World rankings in individual talent, Switzerland stood
0:31:02 > 0:31:06superior.
0:31:06 > 0:31:07Xherdan Shaqiri teased passes towards the Northern Ireland
0:31:07 > 0:31:15goal and they were getting close.
0:31:15 > 0:31:20Dallas couldn't continue in the second half and dealing
0:31:20 > 0:31:22with the Swiss attack was tough enough for
0:31:22 > 0:31:28Northern Ireland without the referee intervening.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Hang on, the referee interpreted this as handball by Corrie
0:31:30 > 0:31:31Evans.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33In his mind it was a penalty.
0:31:33 > 0:31:34And, thus, it was 1-0.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36A manager plots and plans for everything and
0:31:36 > 0:31:37then sees that.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39Northern Ireland launched late attempts, not on
0:31:39 > 0:31:40target.
0:31:40 > 0:31:421-0 down with the second leg in Switzerland, a refereeing
0:31:42 > 0:31:44decision has left them climbing a mountain.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48Joe Wilson, BBC News, Belfast.